VOL. XIII. NO 45 <524,000—544,000 O ) v Which Do You Prefer • < \ The average man earns about sx, iro a year. He r J works 40 years and earns a total of $44,00 in.l life V \ time. The average dav laborer gets $2,000 a day or 112 / S6OO tor a year of 100 days. He earns $24,000 in a I \ life time. The difference between $44,000 and §24- J 000 is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a 7 V practical education in dollars and cents The in-C )creased self-respect cannot be measured in money. > C Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when ? s the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V \ ton. Pa., can give you an education that will make S I high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of \ 112 wor< you care to follow, this great educational ln-Q \ stitution can prepare you in your spare time and at A r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. Our r tl local Representative will show you how you P triple your earning capacity. Look him up today, 112 V He is \ J O. F.BREm>TAlsr, 5 C. I. S. Representative. TO WAND A, PA. HARDWAR No Place Like this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD HEATERS: ONE OP WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. The Sliopbell Dry Good Co., - 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. CoRS n T 5 OF THE BEST We curi'r. afford to have any l>ut the lie<t. Kvery corset si the new line demanded by late styles. We do more than merely keep slup with your needs We anticipate them, Hefore the new gown a new corset ot course. Let us help you select the right one. Of Course there are Gloves to Buy. to <»o with the new Spring costume. Here vou will find a kid glove stock of < x cellent qualities an I splendid color range at moderate prices. You can't go far wrong when you come here (or gloves. Veilings White Waistings litre are all the best of the uew style The assortment Includes all sorts of veilings. There is so little difference be- new white waist matei ial.s—plain fabrics twpen the cost of a good veil and a poor fancy checks, neat figures, stylish stripes, one that it pays tc buy the best here. dots. etc. New Spring Suits Their presence is a pleasing change from the sombre color of winter. Every day new styles are being added to the collection. They are made in the smartest of the new spring styles. We can't describe them in detail, but ask you lo see them Knit Underwear Embroideries We show a splendid line of medium and insertions in ali the various widths weight knit underwear fur early spring and qualities, Fine dainty edges or wear. wide flouncing widths. Black Silks 'Never showed a better line of black silks than these we have in stock today. McCall's Patterns and Magazine for April are ready. Patterns 5c and 10c. Magazine ;')C a copy. Subscribe for the News Item Republican News Item. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY APRIL 1, 1909. MAINTAINING STONE ROADS. Protective Value of Wood Meal Mixec With Oil and Tar. One who is interested iu road build ing ancl thinks lie knows how lo main tain a macadamized road in a thor oughly effective and cheap way says: "If my observations are correct the destruction of a ro:id starts in the fol lowing manner: Small stones or peb bles are loosened by the wheels of ve hicles and scattered over the road, leaving little holes therein. Now, as long as the wheels had iron tires these little stones were ground or crushed by those wheels, and the holes in the road W'Tc filled again with their dust, the ruins playing perhaps a good part in packing and tilling the material. "With the soft wheeled automobile all this changed for the worse. The rap id revolution of the broad wheels and the suction caused by them and by the low bodies of the machines loosen t!ie little stones more easily and quickly, and as there are hardly any iron wheels left to grind and crush the loose pebbles the small holes soon be come plentiful, and before long they grow into large ones and ntts. "To sprinkle the roads with liquids is quite ineffective to prevent spoiling. It must be something that has a body that will bind the particles of the road, till all holes and protect the surface. It must be solid enough to be strewn on the road. There are probably many Ways of producing such a road pro tector, and many ingredients might be used for it, but one of the best. 1 think, would he wood meal —that Is, ground sawdust, ground hay or straw, ground cornstalks or any such article which is cheap and plentiful and which can easily be ground to meal and which will float and not clog up the sewers if used in the city. This meal should be soaked In or mixed with oil or with a mixture of oil and tar or any other suitable' binder, so that it will not only protect and keep intact the roads, but also lay the dust. If used on as phalt it would give a good footing for horses, which is sorely needed." NEW TYPE OF ROAD. Combination of Brick and Concrete With Sar.c! to Distribute Pressure, With contract work about to begin on millions of dollars' worth of new roads in New York state there is natu rally irni'-h curiosity as to whether or not any new ideas in construction will be tried The state engineer's recent report indicates that the ordinary mac adam does not last well under the im pact and friction of automobile traffic, which is rapidly increasing, and roads well suited for the demands of a dec ade ago fall to give satisfaction pro portionate with their cost under mod ern conditions. It is Improbable that the Ideal form of construction has been discovered, although the building methods are very numerous. A Brooklyn Inventor claims to have embodied scientific ideas in a form of road for which he has been granted patents and for which he mokes strong claims. It has a surface of pav ing brick block joined with cement and supported by large blocks of con crete. Through each block run several vertical holes, and in these, according to the Inventor, lies the virtue of the idea. The holes are filled with sharp sand, and between the bt'iek surface and the supporting blocks is placed an Inch layer of sand. This road, it is held, cannot be broken down. The sand dis tributes pressure upon the surface against the sides of the*holes instead of vertically. Drawing moisture from the ground, it will present a springy, elastic base, for which a life of many years is anticipated. The new road has many other advantages—in theory, at least. It Is probable that an offer will be made to give an actual illustration of its value to those interested In the construction of now state highways. AUTOMOBILE ROAD TEST. Norristown, Pa., to Find Out How Mo tor Cars Affect Highways. In resenting the imputation that au tomobiles are more harmful to Im proved highways than horse drawn ve hicles Assemblyman Ilex of Norris town, Pn., at the annual convention of supervisors the other day suggested that a practical test be made to dem onstrate the relative wear and tear of both classes of vehicles on public roads. lie offered to contribute to the con struction of such a road, which will be composed of two parallel highways ex actly alike. Over one of these roads horse drawn vehicles are to pass and over the other the automobiles. Highway Seven Hundred Miles Long. A highway stretching in a dlrc t line of 700 miles from Atlanta to Washing ton is now the subject of promotion on the part of tlie Good iioads club of Georcrla. A live working grange In a communi ty so Improves the soclnl conditions that farms for rural homes are actually worth more for its having been lu It. The Grange National bank of Tioga county, Pa., has been open seven mouths and carries deposits of ov«r s>oo,ooo. How the Forestry Bill will Elfcct the Farmer. The farmers of Pennsylvania are | showing much interest in the Forest ry Bill now before the House of Representatives, known as house Hill No. 22<>, the essential words of which are as follows: •'That the Pennsylvania Depart mt nt.of forestry shall have power to make reasonable rules and regula- I tions and to issue permits governing tin? cutting and removal of timber : and wood and the pasturing of live ■ stock andj'ali other occupancy and | use of timber, land and wood land within tiiis commonwealth. Here is inserted a paragraph de i daring any violation of the bill a i misdemeanor punishable by a tine I not exceeding #500,00 or imprison ment not exceeding :)() days, or both, and then the following: "Provided" That nothing in this | act shall prevent the use of any lend ;in good faith**** for the marketing jof the mature forest products of |of such lands upon permits to lie ! issued by the Department of Forest j try* * One of the direct results of this bil! that the Pennsylvania Department of Forestry shall have the power to make rules and regu lations governing the way in which the farmers shall cut tiieir trees and wood from their own wood lots in which they pasture tiieir cattle, and the farmers will be compelled to se am- permits from the Pennsylvania Commissioner of Foresting when ever (hey desire to cut one or more trees for wood purposes. The bill would practically give the power to the Forestry Commission er at Ilarrisburg of saying whether or not any particular farmer may go into his own wood lot and have the privilege of cutting some fence posts, wood for Ills house or sugar bush or a binding pole for his hay rack, or to cut trees or wood for any other purpose whatever. If for any reason the Commission er of Forestry should decline to grant a permit in any of the above cases the farmer lias no redress whatever, but must meekly submit to a law which confiscates his proper ty- On account of the high prices of wood ami lumber the wood lots ittnebed to nearly all farius have in creased very largely in value, which fact has become very generally to the tax assessors, who for the past few years have anil no doubt in the future will gradually increase the valuation- 011 said lots for tax ing purposes. The result is that the farmers are every year paying higher and higher taxes on their wood lots, and if permits cannot for any reason be obtained to cut the trees the result is high taxes anil no income, which means conticication. In other words the farmer will he compelled to pay high taxes upon lands which heowusand cannot use. The bill opens up many new troubles for the farmer. Suppose he desires a piece of timber for some particular purpose and does not wish t< delay a few weeks in order to forward tin application for a per mit to the Commission of Forestry and wait for an inspector to come from Harrisburg to view the par ticular tree and make report, but immediately goes upon his own land anil cuts down the tree and then sup pose ho is seen by a passerby or troublesome neighbor and reported. He at once becomes liable to a tine of SoOO.OO and a term in jail. This is certainly not the kind of legis lature which would promote the prosperity and happiness of the far mers of Pennsylvania. In another, more indirect, but as positive a way will the proposed bill injure the farmer. The lumber men buy from the farmers anil use annually thousands of tons of hay and thousands of bushels of grain, besides being one of the largest of any elasse- consuming all other farm products, such as eggs, chickens, butter and milk. With the lumber business decreased to a small part of its present propositions, if not. en tirely wiped out, as a natural and direct result of the bill the farmer would feel the result as much as the lumbermen themselves. Thousands of farmers every win ter take their teams into the woods and make goodjwages in the lumber men's camp stocking logs and wood, drawing lumber to the railroads and wood to the chemical and paper factories. With the lumbermen practically prohibited from cutting timber this source of revenue to the fanner will be destioyed and his must profitable winter occupation taken from him. Could anyone conceive a more vicious piece of legislature from the farmer's viewpoint? All farmers interested in their own welfare should give this matter careful consideration and insist that poposed act be rejected, and to that end write to their respective rep resentatives and senators to use their influence to defeat the bill. HEMLOCK GROVE ITEMS. There will be services at the church next Sunday as follows: Sunday school at 2 o'clock; preaching services at 3 o'clock. All are invited to attend these services. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Phillips speQt some time last week visiting friends at Hughesville and Muncy. j, (Juite a number of young people were pleasantly entertained at the hoineof Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Phillips Saturdry evening. Oaigel and music were the principal features of the evening's entertainment. Mrs. Edward Phillips and daugh ers Clara and Eftte spent Saturday as the guest of the formers son homas at Fairview. Thomas Sherwood of Unityville, formerly ot this place, called here on Saturday. Lloyd Phillips recently purchased a new horse. Torrence Bedder of Muncy Valley called on friends, while returning from a business trip to Morth Mount ain. The Methodist church, at this place, will on next Saturday even ing hold an "Easter Social" The affair has invited special preparation, which promises an evening, s enter, taimnent never before offered to a Hemlock Grove audience and will at onie appeal to those seeking a few hours enjoyment. A supper will be served. All are invited to attend. Proceeds for repairing the church. The schools close here on Friday of this week. A special program has been arranged for the occasion, consisting of dialogues, recitations, and singing. An invitation is ex tended to all to attenu. especially the presence of parents is evident of great sympathy between home and school, and will to a great extent in fluence the attitude of the pupils with reference to their work iu school. Washington Camp No. Pa., In Memorium. Whereas,lt has pleased the Divine Creator and RuLr man and his destinies to call our beloved brother Lymau O. Harvey to that eternal r<st, from which there can be no re turning, and, whereas, the pleasant relation he has hold as a member of this Camp makit it very fitting that we should place 1 port our record our deep feeling of 1 ppreciatioti of his services, and regj t of his loss, and, Whereas, by hii death the Camp sustained an in? tfirable loss and the community it lod, honest and luwabiiling citizd Therefore, be resolved, that Washington Camj to. 314, P. O. S. of A., extend toe widow and family our hearl t sympathy in their hour o£ greater sorrow, and be it further resolved that our charter be draped in mourning for at least thirty days and a copy of these reso lutions be presented to the widow, a copy sent to the county papers,and a copy be placed on the minutes of this camp. 11. H. Starr, 11. S. Starr, ('. E. Haz/.en, Com. iftml Tohnno Spil and SltUHc Hoar Mte >«t, a 7'n quit tobai'co easily and forover, be mo? tu tic, full of iife. uorve and vinor, take No-To ftiia. thewcinaer-wnrucr, that uiaU*>s weak nwt iirong. Mi driißßlsts, 60c 01 it. C.ureKuurur v«*a and rumple free. Addres.- Kerned? Co, Oliicueo «.. >7<-'v Vork How Are Tmr Ktdneya 112 f>r. Hohbs' Sparains Ptll« cure all kl<lney llts. Sairi I ftw. Add Sterling Itemedf Cu..CUieaitoor N. T 75C !PL R YEAP BERNJCE ITEMS. August Hehrant was injured in ju the Conneli mines, Thursday hy a fall of Hock. There are 110 bones broken. Mr. and Mrs. David Spence <<f Mildred took their 14 months <>!il boy to the Williamsport hospif i to undergo an opeiation for stoma 1 trouble Thursday, but it was not necessary to operate on him so tlx • returned home on Saturday and iv is getting along as well as ean be ex pected- Mrs. Freed was operated 011 ; the Williamsport hospital Wedn. day and was improving rapidly ;.> her frienus were expecting it home in a few days when Sund / Hev. Freed received a dispatch 1 > come at once as Mrs. Freed had suffered a relapse. James J. Connors is a Philadel phia visitor this week. Mr. and John Walters and Mr-> Edward Raumgardner of Mildred are at lla/.olton attending the fu neral of Mr. Walters, brother. Fire broke out in the engine room at Connell shaft and quickly de molished the engine room and fan house which will throw the nun out of work for a number <}■ days. The origin of the tire is un known as there was no tire around the plant at that place. As large forces of men are at work at the ruinsand will build a temporary fan house the mines can be in operation in a short time. Miss Marion Josephine Osier, oi;<- of Bernice's prettiest girls and Jam. s Claud Locley, Bergen X. Y. when married at Bern ice March 21th by Rev. Berks. The wedding march w:>.- pleyed by Miss Ruth Myer. The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. James Wheatley. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. William A. l)a%is, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wheatley, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Meyer and daughter Helen Mr. and M<s. C. !.f. Knimer, Mr. and Mr. Patrick Harry Weed and Miss Ruth Meyer, Miss Bessie Wheatley, Mrs. A. A. Baker, Mrs. Frank Shatter, Mr . Marion Saxon, Mrs. Rose Holla, Mrs. J. Ilofman. l)ushore Friend-: Dr. and Mrs. H. X. Oslor and Mi s Marcella Brogan. Mrs. J. M. Osier aud Mr. Boyd Osier of Lincoln Falls Mr. and Mrs. James Lochry and son Clarence of Coudersport J'a. Dr. and Mrs. James Whalen and daughter Helen and Miss Margaret Loghery of Bergen New York. Mr. tind Mrs. Charles Bullock, Misses Shirley and Lillian Bullock and Master Craydon Bullock of Corning, New York. Mr. Albert and Anna Osier Kay of Forksvlle and Mrs. L. C. McHenry of Benton. An elaborate reception followed. The bride is the daughter of ex- Sheritt" W. Osier. The wedding presents consist <•!' Silverware, cut glass, china, and linen. The wedding tour will tak 1 in the following places: Anton:- Texas and the city of Mexico. Their home address will he Corning N. V. Where they will hold a reception and receive guests. All the reader and editor of the News item extend congratulations to the happy couple Sir. Lawrence McDonald Punxsu tawney is visiting friends at tlii-; place. The bake shop of J. W. Zindle located in the rear of his store, in Galeton, Potter County was blown up, about;; o,clock \V< dnesday nioi 11 ng. The building is a one-story brick structure. There was no one at work at the time and as wood is u<ed for fuel and 110 gas used, it i thought to have been the work c.-f some malicious person who u- 1 1 this means of revenge. The build ing is nearly wrecked. A large hole was blown through the back end of the hi ing and the doors, window and plaster blown out into the alley. Mr. /indie's damage will bo about SI,OOO. Arthur Brown a young man from Williaiusport visiting friends in town, found a stick ' 112 dynamite Wednesday morning near the Acme bowling. Whether this dynamite was a part of the explo sion that had been used on the Zin- I del building, is a mistery. r - j
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