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CRADLES L WING, Wiior.
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H nlin ii W ury Thnc*.i t Aftomoo
By The Sullivan Publishing Co
At tho County Seal of Sullivan County.
> IiAFOKTE. PA.
W*'l M.ssoN, I llt'll.
THOS. J. INCIIAM, S< .t Tii an.
Entered hi the Po>-l <HI ire at I,a parte, hs
second-class mail matter.
ROAD WORK IN ENGLAND.
Mit hod of Maintaining Highways and
Filling Up Soft Spots.
It may interest many to learn how
road maintenance is carried out in
i.'nat I'ritain and Ireland. All roads
;r d bridges are under the direct
charge of the county surveyor, who is
in all oases a qualilied civil engineer,
with assistants under him to see to
the detail work. lie divides tho roads
i»f the county into sections, as seems
he: t to him. for maintenance purposes i
'I liese several sections are advertised ;
Im ally in tin 1 newspapers and by oth |
ir means, and bids are invited for their i
maintenance for six or twelve months,
say:-' James Johnston of Douglas conn- |
ty. Neb., in the Breeder's Gazelle of 1
< hi 'go. These bids are opened
ri i .11 day by a board of county com
iiii ..-i mers. assisted by the county stir- j
\eyur. The lowest bidder gets the j
v> rlc, but no hid is accepted until the
sticci ssful bidder puts up a bond i
slgaed by two solvent sureties that the
work will be performed. Should the
centr ictor fail to do the work the |
ct» nii.v surveyor can iiave it done and i
sue the bondsmen for the work and j
cos: < All bidders for this work have
S| e.i cations of the work to be done i
on r • several sections of road. How
long ihe section is, how many tons of j
niei.il are to be broken and put on. '
cleaning, keeping the water tables
el at and the grass off the road all
tin ■-'(• are specllied. so that he knows
exactly what he has to do. The mat- 1
ter of put ling on the metal is looked j
after very closely indeed. The con
tractor lia.i to put all the material on
l!.e i i.adsi.V. The surveyor or his a
sista lit comes and measures it and
then marks it with slaked lime, so
that i: cannot be interferred v\ith uu
til il is put on the road. Farmers are ;
always tho contractors for this work. I
The re'ds everywhere are always in j
good indition. There are many soft
spots ovei there bog and lilands,
with i tin every day and sometimes
112. 'Hi' fiuir hours at a time but the
heaviest antes can spin along the bog
reads and in the rainiest weather with |
no »!:ii.aige to tlie road.
Tl • have no ditli ult\ with the soft j
bott iin Ireland They simply throw j
in rock, and the softer the spot the j
bigger the reeks, until they make it a j
hard spot anil then put the small stuff |
'(11 top. A mistake will surely In- |
made 'f bricks are tlirown into soft '
sp i! Tiiey are simply no good foi j
the pi.. pose intended
II is lo be hoped that the people of j
the I'i ited States will stop spending j
li ne red wasting motley in shovelitii:!
tli.'f i.! > tiie soft spots, but will goto |
wor', like im a of business and bud
A HUSTLING GRANGER.
L. H. Hcaley, Master Connecticut Slate
Grange.
L. 11. lie ,!ev, the energetic mastet ;
r 112 I'onnectii ut state grange, is show !
fisr his capacity for work and his aiiii I
i • t-i '.ill bis olflc-e in a most commend j
ible way. The rrai .-e in that state i- I
.-.•.rowing substantially under his uina ;
a genu at. Hi is a fluent and forceful I
spcaVi rand I in great demand among !
the gr.inges of that stale.
One of the points driven home by!
him is the fact that the grange is |
a farmers' organization and that the j
lecturer owes it to members to bring |
wlihln their reach the in-st iuforma |
lion obtainable concerning work upon
("lie farm. Hotter methods of agrleul
lure ere in deii. and cases, are too j
rare in which farmers are recclvln; |
what tbev should from their soil and j
crop.;. qThe cost of raising crops must •
hen I'liceil, says Master Henley, ami j
it should be one of the chief functions !
of I 1 • grange to help farmers in thi.; j
r. pe, t. I.ecturers, if true to the pur- i
pnsis of th ' grange, will not fail te
1 ring out the experiences of their best j
: il i: ist successful farmers on topi' s
j-i "i :g l<( the firm, the household
and t ! io home. Let the grange lie the
center toward-which all the best farm- I
ers sal their families look for prac
l :il assistance in their work.
('(•nnectient has now something over!
12,iii'ii members. Statu Master liealey i
v.. instructed at the last state grange |
meeting to uppolnt a committee of ten
from each Pomona Jurisdiction to na-1
si t to develop plans for more general j
en-operation among the members of
the 1 'rder with regard to financial mat
ters.
Salaries of National Grange Officers.
V.'ill the editor give me pome Informa- j
tton s to salaries of the national grange
i-s and members of the executive
i .ittee?-- E. S. I'.
At the last annual meeting of the J
national grange the finance committee •
flr-ed the salaries as follows: State
nia -or, S.lfiO per year and s.l per day
and actual traveling expenses while j
away from his office In discharge of
his official duty; worthy lecturer, S4OO
a .\"-.ir a d per day and expenses:
the worthy secretary. $1.200 a year nnd
t:\veliiig expenses when on duty for •
th" Order: the worthy treasurer, -
:i year and expenses. Each memb
i 112 the executive committee gets $3 pe:
<' - and expenses when engaged i
the work of the grange.
I
Co-operaiive Business Enter
prises Much Discussed.
A Farmers' Organization In New Jer
sey Affords Some Excellent Sugges
tions For Specific Grange Co-opera
! (ion In Buying and Selling.
j i From the reports of the various
state grange meetings we learn that
_ considerable attention was paid to the
| matter of co-operative buying and sell
ing of farm products. Only in isolated
! cases has anything beeu done with
more than ordinary success along these
i lines. Massachusetts has organized a
I co-operative association, with capital
stock valued at $25,000, shares $5, is
sued only to members of the Order. It
is probable that something along this
line will be done in New York state.
; Such an organization iu order to be
1 successful must be confined to mem
bers of the Order, so far as concerns
i the holding of stock, but the outsider
: must be given the privilege of pur
chasing supplies at the same prices
! as grangers where such co-operative
I grange stores are operated. In such an
| organization the stock should be held
1 entirely by members of the Order, and
I they should get dividends, if declared j
J ti|#)ii it, and also a certain percentage
l of profits. There should be no dis
crimination as between members and
nonmembers as to buying at these
! stores, however. Organized along these
lines we believe that grange stores
may be made a success.
There is in New Jersey a farmers'
organization, though not a grange or
, ganliwtlon, which Is called the Produce
Exchange, with a capital of SIOO,OOO,
and it buys and sells every thing the
i farmer uses or grows and can do busi
ness anywhere. We give the details of
its plan as reported in the Rural -New
j Yorker:
I The shares are $5 each, and no man can
own more than twenty. The stockholders
elect twelve directors, who elect the offl-
I cers and appoint the manager ami local
■ ,'rents. The main office is at Freehold
Seven thousand dollars of stock has been
paid in. On this they have equipped their
I offices and since the organization have
iloi.e SIOO,OOO worth of business. As yet the>
$400,000 worth of business. As yet they
have dono very little buying except to
buy SIO,OOO worth of seed potatoes. As it
Is estimated lhat In tho district In which
the exchange now does business there Is
used annually between JJuO.OOO and $300,000
worth of fertilizers and seeds other thuii
: poi toes. It would seem as It here was a
! field well worth looking after, which tho
I exchange Is now taking hold of.
| There are too members. For these were
soil last year 1,000 carloads of pototoes,
besides other produce, earning. It Is esti
mated, to Its members not less than $50,-
000 They have received on an average
for the potato crop $1.75 per barrel, which
has been sold in eleven different states
j and fifty different cities. They were so
fortunate as to secure as manager a busi
ness man who has been for eleven years
I engaged in the trade, lie is In direct lole
j graph and telephone communication with
i all shipping points as well us the local
I stations. When produce is brought In it
Is inspected, graded and sent where the
' market reports for the day Indicate to be
I the best. shipping points and sold direct
to de alers. Sometimes the different
; markets will vary on a day's sale from
| ID ti> 3 cents a barrel. This price Is aver
: aged for all of the same {Trade aud the
j nrlc-e announced the day following and
i the farmers paid on presentation of their
I shipping receipts. For this service, where
I the exchange does the selling, a charge is
I made of 10 cents per barrel. Small lots
'• of produce of various r-.orts are sometimes
sent to commission houses, of which the
exchange has a select list, and the goods
! are sent, as above, where tho price and
1 demand seem best, according to the di
ret dally reports received. The farmer
j pays the regular 10 pev cent commission
The e.Mhnnvo Joes all the business and
; for this receives Its pay by a reduction
j from the commission houses to :t per i out
i when sent to store ami a per cent when
! sold on pier, the latter saving cart ;e
I Today the exchange could pay for all
| equipment and expense, return all money
! puid iu and have a surplus left as a divl
| (lend In stock.
Patrons' Fire Relief Association.
! The eleventh annual report of
j Dutchess and Columbia I'atrons' Fire
Relief association shows a strong
financial standing—on Jan. 1, 2,701
policing, carrying risks to the amount
of $(5,705,750. The total receipts for
the year, including the amount on
hand at fhe beginning of the year,
were $1 1,483.81. The balance on hand
the first of this year was about $2,000.
The average annual assessment for
eleven years was about $1.55 per theu
sand. The cost per thousand for three
years for losses, premiums and ex
penses was $5.20 per thousand.
In the fifty-one granges in the state
of New York there are 121 co-operative
fire insurance companies. Including the
grange companies. The amount of
risks carried is $381,591 ~125, and the
average per thousand foupthese compa
nies for the year 1007 (the 1!»0S figures
not yet given) was $2.77, and the av
erage for the grange companies was
SI.BO.
The West Waking Up.
The Inst quarterly reports of the new
granges organized show that the state
of Washington had twenty-one and
Idaho .seventeen, following forty-three
in Washington and ten in Idaho the
previous quarter. The organizing of
sixty-four new granges in six months
in the state of Washington shows
what the farmers think of the Order j
ia that state. This is done under the]
admirable leadership of C. 1$ Kegley, j
master of Washington state grange. ,
When the grange solves the problem j
of securing farm help for the farmers
they will confer upon them a very '
great favor.
State Lecturer Lowell of New Yet!
has devised a syetern of leaflets for u
of subordinate lecturers, whlch*ron
tain brief essays and other appropr!
ate matter.
T'lere has been a rapid advance ii
the i» eof industrial alcohol the yen
past. Many gTange halls are men;
lighted with it. j
j Short Talks on ,
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People generally read advertisements more than they did a few years ago.
1 he reason is to be found ia the advertisements themselves.
Advertisers are more careful than they used to be. They make the advertise
ments moro readable. Some of them even become, in a
■way, a department of the paper, and people look for them v —ls , (J
e very day with as much xest and pleasure as they turn to /T~\|
any other feature. •
This is true of many department stores all over _ /fjb&gjZZ v*»
the country. Jf\lfl
111 many cities there is just one man who appre !
ciates the value of such interest. l-i!
He breaks away from the old set style. He tells I % 112
something interesting in his space every
There are lots of interesting things
j business. Look over the miscellany page of jmM
i any paper—look at its local news columns, J
| and its telegraph news, for that matter, & i i I
| and you'll see that the majority of the 1
| items are more or less closely related to jM%r
| some business fact. \/fy.
Dress thesa facts up in a becoming tk. com, *JV ki,
\ garb of words, and they will find readers, t-tdesta.tr
even though they be in a "mere advertisement." Let the merchant come
down off his pedestal and talk in his
nee^n t kc flippant—far from it,
let him not write as if he were ad
| ' l ' m U^OUt S ° met^' at even a greater
! jff|s reader's house—goes in and sits down
i ' Son the ta^'e w hen ho eats, ard
if his hands while he is smoking after
~(p the rnea '- It reaches him he is is
p;-• iiilli'iii aa approachable condition.
' Mm: 112 That's the time to tell him about
i rmW pfjTvW' y° ur business—clearly, plainly, convinc.
•®rlpiV '4, lngly—as one man talks to another.
*• Tki nru'Sfapar fm rifkt iuit itt r rti|-*l
k*UM mmtl sits d*+m with kmm." Cfl ChMris* Austin Bates, Srm Y+rJk*
I MUNCY PA.
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Never Before Have|We Received
iSO and 75 so many praises and heard?!'so
Boys' Knee many flattering remarks*as l [we
: Pants have had this Season.
I Special. Were you one ot the vast 1! irr nisj'ihat —|pa
crowded our store during the past wet k?
Did you?set your share of the ailicks ft
advertised? II not you should
< O N \I:IH:RI.NOW WI
Wo are making new friends fast: selling more
But we still want more friends, want to sell our stock taster, ye
we are spurred onto deeper price cutting. People wonder how
we can do it. To this we can answer, tiiat no other store in till
section- has the wholesale buying facilities enjos ed by this es ta 1 nulon ElzL M
lishment. We can buy lower, we can sell lower.
Sweater Coats Specials Men's Corduroy Pants Men S Shirts
I From i 19 to 2.c0 . v .. ~
Men's or Bovs' Sweater Coals .iIS V > AKm, S .{9c
Mens'sweater coat* .75 CHILDREN'S' SUITS Men's Work si, ir, s {9.-
Mens sweater coats 1-5 From Q9C tO *.CO aild C 50 MenV Manuel MurU Ssc
Men's sweeter coats I.SOj Wf , K) ... n ' lC . r .L K.cl.y !• iannel overshirts 1.39
coats 2.00; MEN S TROUSERS
Mens'v neck sweaters 25 and 40c Frolll (H)C to li? 4 7"> • Men's extra heavy cotton
Mens cardigan'jackets 1.2;> , A . , rn ~, c mixed socks OSc
- MEN b OVERALLS- Men's, all woo! socks 19s
Underwear From 39c to Roy* and wris .stockings 09c
B9BK«- MEN'S ODD COATS ££ Z
""ribbed or fleeced 20 and 2f»c AIM riCeS All I fIC( S
Men's ribbed*underwear DllCh aild CordUl'OV tO 2.2 s , A|s " '''« li,,f »>eu's lumbermen
nil colors 39<' " rubbers—Lainbertville andl Ball
Men's fleeced lined underwear Haml - A l, 'g saving lor you
_^!l^ olorß . 39< ' QT-ir MenVr ar 19c
Boys Corduroy 01 ivyivO iw Ca p«
Pants. W '" 4 ' Also big line Ot Shoes at sav- jl-atlies' FURS at great reduction.
Bovs'corduroy knee pants, U'f? pfiClS tor 200
! throughout, line ribbed quality SilOe. Ladies' IOS Shoes lOT 1.09
worth regular 75c Special 39c| Men's Working Shoes 1.6=) •' k 1 NKS "" " zeS frou ' hbo T
Men's Suits £' lce L s Dull « l,s shoes at redu «' d Ladies' Sweaters J
is si: $ Big Line of Men's and Z
|sriT MS .S Children's Overcoats at re- , .. , r .
iMensSuit? 11.75 14.50 rjllPpH- HPIPPQ LdUltJo "Udlo
U; 15.50 If) 25 UUOCU |JI IUCO. [.adieu' Coats from 8.50 to 12.00
So Come to J. M. Wighton's to satisfy your wants. Remember
sale otilv lasts this month. Railroad fare from Laporte and
Nordmont for purchase of $io"oo or over.
Fhe-Che
TRI-WEEKLY 5 LAPORTE !
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world, particularly that of our newspaper in Sullivan countv.
i State, all the time and tells it Pre-eminently a home newspaper
impartially. Conies to subscrib- The only Itepublican paper iu
ers every other day. It is in fact county and conies from the seal
almost a d*ily newspaper, and of justice with new news from
you cannot afford to be without the county offices, clean news
it. We offer this unequaled from all sections of the county
paper and the NEWS ITEM and political news you want to
! together one year for read. This with Tri-wseklys at
$1.501 |s|,s()
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In #»ery city there is one best If you want to keep in touch
paper, and in Willianisport with the Republican party
! jit is the Gsuette and Bulletin. organization aud be informed
It is the most important, pro- fjj* 0,1 a " r,>a ' estate transfers or
i gressive aud widely circulated legal matters in general that
i paper in that city. The first transpires at the county seat
i to hold the fort journalistically. you must necessarily take the
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! md you are sure to be pleas
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SONESTOWN.
Administratoi s' Notice.
Notice is herein given that Letters ot
j Administration ujion the est«te ot Fran
cis \\ . t■a 11 n•; 11 ei. late ot f.tt porte Boro.,
Sullivan County, J'euna.. deceased, have
j been granted to the undersigned. All
j persons indebted to said estate are re-
I <|tiested io make payment, and those
j having claims or demands against the
| same will make them known without tie
] lay to
MRS. THERESA GALLAGHER,
! l.aporte, Penna., Administratrix.
j January 4. 1909.
! QOUKT i'KOCLAMATIO.N.
WHKKKAS. HON. CIIAS. K IKHRY Resident
fudge. Honorable* Henry Kichlin and It. c. K.
K>kiiika Assoc. Judges ofjthe Courts of Oyer and
■ Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter
sessions of the Peace, Orphans'Court and Com
. mo" I'lens til l lie < ount> of Sullivan, have issued
tlieirprecept, bearing .tate the It .lay of Mar.
1,109. to me directed, lor holding ihe severa
courts in the Borough of Laporte. on Monday the
IT day of May IHO9. at 2 o'clock p. ».
Therefore,notice is hereby given to the Coroner,
J Justices of the Peace and Constables within the
! county, that tliey be then and there In their prop
j er person at i! o'clock p. ra. of said day, with their
I rolls, records. Inquisitions examinations and
I other renicmberances to those things to which
their offices appertain to lie done. And to those
I who are bound by their recognizance to prosecute
against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail of
| thesaid county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to
I he then and there to prosecute against them iu
| will be just.
JI'DKON BRCWV etierifl
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