NEWS IT*:*' PoMUhM '•*>" !•'•*•> ' ll A tarn >;> '* • I By The Sullivan 'Publishing Co ▲ttheCounty Hem of Sullivan County. LAPORTE, PA. W ('. MAMS. ' (ten. THOS I. INCH \M\ - > 'y A 'l iens. Steroil HI the Pom 112 Ltporte, as second-class mail matter. | GOOD ISO BUGGERS Organization For Improving High ways Formed at Sturgeon, Mo. BEGINNING OF A GREAT WORK.| How the Members cf the Brotherhood of Dr-aggers Have Pledged Them jp>b Ives to Work For Improved Roads. 811Covicts For Road Building. v ■ There was a good roads crusade re let atly started at Sturgeon. Mo., which ps deserving (112 warmest * raise. At Ft he head is a farmer. Get % • W. Mat fl.'iiuii, who has been an cnthusia i lon the subject for (lie past forty years land wiio four years ago decided it was liiiie to practice some of the principles he had been preaching and set a good example for his neighbors. Accord- ' iiiy,!\ he made a drag of oak lumber. | .and to the edge of the front piece lie bolted a blade of steel, made by the j loi al blacksmith, which acted as a j light scraper to throw the dirt col- j lei led in front of the drag to the con- j tor of the road. When he visited Sttir- j T i •••II, three miles distant, he attached j 1 lii drag to the rear of his wagon or j In! ••.t and dragged the roads both ; i ouiing and going. In this way he con- ! Mimed very little more time ill making the trip to and from town and in the course of a year had made a road which he and (lie residents of the sec tion claim to be superior to rock roads eleven months in the year, while at no tin. does it become so muddy as to impair seriously Its usefulness in haul ing heavy loads over it when it is at i its worst. It is as smooth and hard as a boule- I vard today, though there were heavy j rains recently for two days at Star | goon and in its vicinity. Mr. llatterton ] is so alilicted with rheumatism be can j hardly walk. Still he has made three miles of countrj boulevard practically with his own efforts in four years. With this inspiring example as an incentive the business men of Sturgeon ! and the farmers of the country got to gether a few days ago and organized a brotherhood of good road draggers. «J 11 <. ..cing TO rofiow \ IN* oi attaching a drag to the vehicles in j which they drive about on ordinary business. Several automobilists prom ised to illt h the drag to their motor • •ars. Hankers, farmers, doctors, gar t! i' l-i'.v,\ei merchants and hack :'i :■; propose to co-operate and devote them elves for one year in making and niainlainlng good roads, no matter what else may happen. "Dragging is the t, simplest and least expensive mt : • 1 to obtain good roads. There is in hi-.ig which "ill add so much tc the pro, ~er. and general advance ment of (ho communities as good roads." asserts one enthusiast sound ing the keynote of the brotherhood this should be an ex."-aple for othet conn:.unities, to follow. What has been , done can 1 u done, and the best has never yet been attained in any phase j of life. The Missouri enthusiasts have j started a great work. They deserve not only praise, but that imitation which is the slncerest form of flattery There is a -Teat awakening just at present in this matter of good roads. The Missouri legislature has passed u | resolution v hieh proposes to submit to j the people the question of levying a : state tax of 5 cents on each hundred j dollars of assessed valuation, to be set j apart ami apportioned to the several i counties as a permanent road fund. '■ One Missouri county has recently put ; a jrai.T of e in i> is to work on the pub- ! lie hi hways, ordering several portable ! steel cages, in which the convicts can : be confined at night, so as not to lose | time transporting them to and from i work. All over the country super- | -oral hoards and city councils are | getting together and deciding to do something besides talk. All these ; things are good, but there is something ; even better, and that is activity on the part of the farmer iu road dragging. I.et him set an example and prove the system is good and feasible and ! Isiaturcs, supervisors anil city coun cils will fall iu line quickly enough. '1 litre has been plenty of talking. It i , time now togo to work individually 1 and collectively. The Whole World For Good Roads. The motor car naturally suggested I t»• - good road, and all the world has i taken up the building of good roads in i response to tlie suggestion. It is . ! new Idea with us in California, but it is growing like the weeds by the road side these warm, damp spring days The single county of Los Angeles is getting busy to spend $;},500,0()0 in the eo:. [.ruction of 300 miles of fine roads j in tie of its own limits. The state, we hope, will not lag behind Jn re spouse to this twentieth century senti ment. The governor asks for an ap propriation of !>; 18.000,000 to build two trunk lines the whole length of ihe s' le, In till something like 1,000 miles I - I.os Angeles Times. I 1' H E Si R. AN G E £ ==:- r--.-= Conducted by | J. W. WARKOW, Chatham, N. V.. I JPrtia Correspondent Xew York State Grange NEED OF THE HOUR,: A Closer Union In the Work of Grange Lecturers. The Lecturer of the Michigan State ! Grange Suggests Specific Methods j For Improving Present Conditions.! Value of Directed Effort. [Special Correspondonce. ] ''What iu your opinion would! Strengthen (he grange anil grange ! work today?" you ask. A closer union among the various | lecture departments, national, state, ' pouiona and subordinate. On t lie | basis that the greatest mission of the grange is educational and that the lec- j turer occupies the position of a teach- j er, the organization should develop 'strong con--tractive plans for exploring and pre-empting the full possibilities of the lecture hour. The system with which its educational work is conduct- j ed should be made co-ordinate with that of other similar institutions de voted to agricultural and rural social j uplift. As a whole, we will do our best under an aggressive, stimulating and directing force, emanating from the highest and permeating every dei gree of the order. of the specific methods by ; which this closer union might be en-1 con raged are: First. -Through communications and ! advising b.v correspondence of the na- j tional lecturer with under lecturers. i Second.- Through up to date printed j matter relating to grange history, tic- j compllshinents, progressive methods and present methods, made available l'or distribution from the national and ! state offices. Third. —Through a few broad topics j suggested to form the basis of uni formity in program work and to se cure concentration of discussion ; throughout the order within a given | time. Fourth. Through lecturers' confer- j ences (a) at national sessions, which state granges should encourage and i perhaps assist their lecturers to at-i tend; (In at state sessions, which po- 1 moi'.a and subordinate granges should , encourage and sometimes assist their; lecturers to attend; (c) at pomona ses sions, which subordinate granges should encourage their lecturers to at tend. JENNIE BL'ELL, Lecturer Michigan-State Grange. TliC CP.AMCC MCCDCD. It Must Aid In Keeping the Young i Men on the Farm. The drift of young people from i rural homos to the city has shifted a ! heavier burden to the shoulders of t hose who remain, says a writer in the ] National Stockman. \\"e no longer j have the old methods of entertaining j the young people in tlie country that ! were common forty years ago, when ; every - hoolliouse had its singing : s hool tn I literary society. The opera and moving picture shows are only in ' the towns. The bowling alleys, bil liard haii, poolrooms and card tables 1 are there also. There is no better method of over- 1 coming all these difllcuUies than to ; have in every community a good, live grange. It encourages education. li i promotes social relations. It aids the backward. It broadens the horizon. ' It elevates the morals. It teaches thrift and economy. It promulgates now ideas and demonstrates old themes. It develops a progressive farmer who is equal to those in any other calling. It makes of farming a profession, dealing with scientific facts fully established. it dignities labor and raises the toiling husbandman to a higher plane than he ever before lias occupied. It is no new thing. For forty years it has toiled for the benefit of the masses. It Is no untried thing. Its demands have been heard by con gress state legislatures. It seeks no mere selfish ends. All its past has been marked by widespread benefits. Dimit, Not Demit. In seeking honorable dismission from a grange a member secures a card known as r. "dimit." This word is often spelled incorrectly "demit." for which there seems to be no valid rea son. A writer in the American Agri culturist gives the correct derivation of the word as from the Latin diiuit tere, to send away. Webster defines it as to dismiss, let go or release. Demit is derived from the Latin de mittere, to end or bring down, to low er. A dimit from an organization does not lower one, and no grange should accept bylaws from its committee with ! such spelling in the text. Those senators and congressmen holding down the grange's demands for parcels post, postal savings banks and the grange good roads bill will never have any monuments raised by popular subscription, says the Nation al Stockman. National Secretary Freeman was one ! of the speakers upon the agricultural spc inl ntu over'lie ('. 11. and »>. liues in Ohio. Other "pealeers were Govern or Harmon and Secretary Randies of the Ohio state board of agriculture. Pennsylvania state grange will meet in the auditorium of the State college Dec. 21-2-1. <sl)ortTalks»on " J| d < No. 19. People generally read advertisements more than they did a fewgyears ago. The reason is to be found in the advertisements themselves. Advertisers are more careful than they used to be. They make thowuivcruse lnents mora readable. Some of them even become, in a •way, a department of the paper, and pen pie look for them v . ( every day with as much lest and pleasure as they turn to /T\. any other feature. J!st" This is true of many department stores all over la many cities there is just one man who appre- / ciates the value of such interest. 112. vA (! lie breaks away from the old set stylo. He tells I \y'y-ffliyAj* something interesting in his space every ate There are lots of interesting things in A/ Y ] business. Look over the miscellany page of j any paper—look at its local news columns, J and its telegraph news, for that matter, El I ! and you'll see that the majority of the 'j If items are more or less closely related to '0: some business fact. yrfa Dress these facts up in a becoming .. M th . mir ,, :an , cem , jJZ,# kf , garb of words, and they will find readers, t*dtstai." even though they be in a "mere advertisement." Let the merchant com© down off his pedestal and talk in his net *dn't be flippant—far from it, Ut ' et nnt v ' T ' te as were H(^" (Sfij&i M"""" — 7~ f|o dressing somebody afar off, and telling Wg him about something at even a greater The newspaper goes right into its reader's house—goes in and sits down " ' s on the table when he. eats, and (Jjin bis hands while he is smoking after '■ irnvin ,^le nica '- It reaches him when lie is in ll'^' au a l 1 P roac bable condition. " That's the time to tell 4um about ' your business—clearly, plainly, convinc '' ' '1 ingly—as one man talks to another. • 73k* nrwtp»ftr /w right dtUm iti nmfcrV , _ , Lms* mud sitt dmm ali la* Chmrbm Mutiu Batti, A MUNCY PA. Never Before Received GO and 76 go many praises and heardifso %' Sj Boys' Knee many flattering remarks asjwe Pants Hwvy weisiu have had this Season. fiK&lSPal - - Assorted style mam . sli Special. Were you one ol the vast thrcnus that -y J fla crowded our store during the past w(< k> Wg Did your share of the- sticks i» ! advertised? II not you should V ( onnilliKENOU>l§g| We arc making new friends last: selling more goods than ever be lore But wc still want more friends, want to sell our stock faster, ye |Hn we are spurred onto deeper price cutting. People wonder how - we can do it. To this we can answer, that no other store in tin i section has the wholesale buying facilities enjoyed by this es la 1 ... ~ , , . J hi oaviKnuu. BROTMUS ICO Ibhment. \\ e can buy lower, we can sell lower. Sweater Coats Specials Men's Corduroy Pants Men's Shirts From 1 19 to 2. co M . v . .. Metfs or Bov* Sweater Coats »3S • H • - lannel Shirts Ssc Mens sweeter coat* 1.50 ' ' Kichy Flannel dvershirts 1.39 2 -°° MEN'S TROUSERS Mens \ r neck sweaters 25 and 40c Froil'l 69 Cto 1 • Men's extra heavy cotton Mens cardigan"jackets 1.25 MEN'S OVFRALIS mixed socks oSo —— „ s J Men's all wool'socks Ills Undei Wear From ?9C to Hoys and ft iris Stocking* 09c Drawers— C - MEN'S ODD COATS o!,c I»ove>i)iHßoi UIHWUB , # Ladies K-ieitiator.- IQ C rililietl or (leeced 20 and 2Ge All I lICt J S Ail i tiC* S Men's ril.bedjindeiwear DllCll ai)d CordllP>y BSC tO 22S Also hig line mens lumbermen J all colors 39<- " rubbers—Lambertville and* Ball Men's fleeced lined underwear Band. A lug saving f or you- nil colors 39. >«. Boys Corduroy vji IV yivwi iweaps j 9c Pants. Also big line of Shoes at sav- Udiev FUlts at great reduction. Hoys' corduroy knee pants, Jlined ing priCCS f'Jl 2.50 L)I'eSS |{|.;|, HLAXKETS Iron) 75c*»up. throughout, fine ribbed quality SllOe. Ladies' 165 SllOeS for I.OM worth reirular 75c Special 39c M1 IS Working SIIOCS 16S ■ N,KS a " *' ZL " H 'rom 1.50 up. Men's Suits Shoes at reduced Sweaterß , Big, Line of Men's and £ !ix.s WM Children's Overcoats at re- , .. , r Mens Suit* 11.75 14.50 fjl IPpH HfIPPQ Luulbb V-fO9IS 15.50 1C 25 UUOCU P 1 Ladit* Coats Iron, 3.50 to 12.00 So Come to J. M. Wigliton's to satisfy your wants. Remember sale only lasts this month. Railroad fare from Laporte and | Nordmont lor purchase of SIO'OO or over. ( the SHE 1 TRI-WEEKLY H LAPORTE I GAZETTE and BULLETIN REPUBLICAN NEWSITEM Tells all the general news of the, Best dressed and most respected world, particularly that of our newspaper in Sullivan county. State, all the time- and tells it Pre-eminently a home newspaper impartially. Comes to subscrib- The only Republican paper in | ers every other day. It is in fact county and comes from the seat almost a daily newspaper, and of justice with new news from you cannot atlord to be without I lie county offices, clean new* I it. We ofler this unequaled from all sections of the county paper and the NEWS ITEM a P o '' I ' o6 ' news you want to together one year for read. This with Tri-wseklys at $1.50| .Jt | $ 1.50 The REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM and Tri-Weekly GAZETTE AND BULLETIN. —nn — In f*ery city there is one best If you want to keep in touch pa per, and in Willianisport KsP with the Republican party i. it is the U«zette and Bulletin. organization and be informed It is the most importaut, pro- on a " r<:a ' estate transfers or gressive and widely circulated legal matters in general that paper in that city. The first transpires at the couuty seat to hold the fort journalistically. you niu*t necessarily take the Order of the News Item. 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