:<;:s>m{€AN N£WS ITP"
CHARLES L. WING, 112 I
P i stii'i J 1 M t it} Ttt" i» itf Afte? » > >t ' |
By The SulHvar -'ulilisbing Co
At tho County Sen .11 'uiiivan County.
LAFOH . Pi.
W <;. ..M » O.N. , i lii ::
THUS. J. INC.;I) \M. fc > y«V TU bs.
Rntiral hi th»* ■ tflice At LapOrte, us i
BeCOn.i-oi: rf mail matter.
L.'eutcuar'- C'virnor a Granger.
ii»i»t"!: .a! i 'Vi nor ("hauler of New
Vork joined tlie Bed Hook grange of
(• . co it; one of its recent
■ He \ .is lw\ lied to make ii
io talk on the occ.islou. in which
! said Cat till: j'Tiiiigo lnoveinont is j
i ! ■ in: n;r so ; oweri'iil liat it' the fa nr.- !
cr want-- ; :i.vt;;:• -j; that if right there
i.i an r .1 un.the sun why he
< ; it. "P.i!' w:iliont a firm and
Intelligent organization," said ho, "y° n
c. -.it - i to Aibatiy and demand of
t'a- ir ;-I.t •!.» that which you are en
.l tn I-' •.*. and 1 run imagine no
• . iter guard than the presence
\! • ivpiv .ii : lives of such
: i • ■:!ii.n as ihls thai will watch
■ 'in i. itii.m in I.ho interest
. ' ; rial and for the welfare of the
• in le people."
Ex-Governor Bell of Vermont savp
!an. a - in that stale are putting
• iin• . iiiio aavlugs hanks now
r tii :n end it mi west to buy
ii;s ,Mg t(n;l:3. (jetting wise!
.J. W I>AKUOW
Good Raa?u I" France,
la France the highways are the
• iiii'f competitors of the railroads. The
112 'rr. aching and splendidly maintained
i ■ d system Itas distinctly favored the
: 1 land' d prni rletors. and in their
rr • erity and their ensuing; distribu
tion of wealth lie: ;iv ; . i;<-y to these
• it of the wonderful financial \ i (:■ 1-
ity and pi'i sperify of the French na
tion Tiie road system of France I- >
1 eon of far gr nter vnine to the coun
try as the means of raising the v'alne
of lands and cf putting tiismall pea
ant* proprietors in easy communication
with tlieir markets than have the rail
roaTs.
GRANGE BANKS.
Pennsylvania Has Twenty of Them,
With P.'j—urtes of About $^,030,0G0.
Th. ipvii the grange organisations in
tiie slate of Pennsylvania there has
P. .'a v, i 1 out a practical demon
: nil ion of the fact thai farmers are
:iilie \o have and sue es-jfully operate
their own f-incinl institutions. Jn
the saort space of about three years,
I'a-t Master Mill, some twenty
ha tl. and ine trust company have
In en organ l/oil. The capital stock of
I l.i instill 'ions is considerably over
: I .cm ■ • >. ; i i heir resources at this
time approximate $0,000,000.
T1 ■ -re re about 3.<»()(> shareholders
in ■ i- vara-us institutions and while
the Institutions all receive the usual
!. i. si « and federal
aai . riti'-c fh"y are also audited and
liiorc-uglily i xaMined at frequent iu
pi:-, ale auditors specially
< ■ ■ d! i- •• tins purpose by the instl
gani; id that l. t one of them Is in any
way responsible for the operation of
a " r, nor is there anv liability at
i.late grange as an or-
Tliis movement lias, how
ever, • >e inch to popularize the;
gra:- • .and indicates the progressive
• ■ ..i-ter o r t! ■ membership in the
st it le,
A Woman otato Inspector.
Mi ivra "ill-, v. ho holds'the office
of ! nrna C»li'<» state grange, is
nue of the winiien ' ; itors or Inspectors
of v r!. hops and 1 i lories. She spent
ii.o: of in inter in Columbus. She
was ailed Cincinnati fir six weeks'
■ ■' and n sent to Columbus for
i' • c ird ' ck in April. She liexl vis
: id .Marii.a mid 1 ela ware in her ol!l
--cial capacity.
Fire and Tornado Insurance.
T: ■ Kansas I'.irons' Fire and Tor
nai: ■ association has decreased the
ee-■ of instn -nice to grange farmers of
that ante fnil\ one half. II is now
i ji .- ing ' ii'in In risks on sonie
. !,'> ■ ove i ( i11 licies. The cost on
ii >?1 </ ' r Iti'.W was The
)■ • dent and trea urer ea ii draw the
ill '.icon! sal; "y of Ssi» each.
T' •la ' ■ - a ont of (he Ohio stnte j
■ e iV;n.: i' combined purchases by 1
iei>a. I■ iii -it state lasl year of"
J'lii.OiiO worth of binder twine.
A ».'• - F or Poetry.
"T ■> y 111 I. '< - aryV"
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "It
i a g; -at convea alio.ail convenience, j
ii . nai ' • c pei ;- • i.» ipiote instead <•!' '
; s'apiidy ...-i.-ai il." Washington I
"I" !v li.tp '.no a can keep th
yoaiig. i'i k-.voad.
Japan's Cooc! Reads.
Japan is peculiarly well off in re- j
s ; i-t of good hif.'hwuys. The Tokaido. !
v, iiicdi nn frc in Kyoto to Tokyo, is
<■■• a- SOO tu'des in ieiiath and is adiui
r ly con ill ! eil There is also the 1
>.' ksiM'i'.i! wPi'-h Is even longer and
I sses tin' iitiih soii'c cf the finest seen
i-rv In ihe world The reason of ■
.1 ;nn'-. <• .!' e <> a the* matter of
l id i I' • jn the i.hi day- not so '
very long -ago—ihe duliuios, or terri-
I, rial • opies. had to '• airney to Tokyo
• ace a year in order to pay , heir re
. eets to the ov.-r. '• u. They .<?- n e'ed
r ad. with great rctinu-s,' anil if
' ■ hitrhv a s w ere not in perfect con
< lion feudal justice was meted out to
lae delinquents.
nnipj/ nnun on?? niHP
bism hUAu oUlLUllib
i
Wlethods of Construction Adopted
by an Ohio County.
MACADAM IS ICO EXPENSIVE.
Homer W. Jackson Tells Why Prop
erly Constructed Brick Highways |
Are Cheaper Than Stone Ones—Teri j
Feet Wide Enough For Country Use. ■
Washington county, O, has pretty
definitely committed itself to a policy
of brick road building. The county
officials and the different city and
country organizations are a unit on the
subject. Some work has already been
done, and a comprehensive road build
ing campaign only waits on a little
more definite knowledge as to what
scheme of road building will best suit
local conditions.
Tiie unanimity of opinion as to the
desirability of brick roads Is surpris
ing. I attended a monthly meeting of
the Valley Farmers' club, n social or
ganization which unites the farmers of
the Ohio valley In Washington county,
where the subject of an -afternoon de
bate was, Shall Washington county
Issue bonds for SIOO,OOO to build brick
roads? This club has a membership
of about 200, and probably l'J5 were
present at the debate, but if there was
a man among them who did not favor
brick roads he did not say so either in
public or private. The member who
took the negative side of the tpies
tion in the debate contended that with
their present knowledge of brick road
material and construction they were
not yet ready to expend large sums.
As the facts become known about
the relative cost of stone and brick
roads and the enormous cost of main
taining tlie former brick toads are
rapidly growing in popularity. While
it is true that brick roads cost more
than stoic, the difference Is not as
great as is generally thought. In Wasli
i
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LAYING BIUCK OH A SIXTEEN FOOT HOAX). |
Ington county, for example, brick roads
are being built at a cost: of ouiy $2,000 :
to $3,000 per mile more than niacad- |
utilized roads would cost, and it has
been found that the cost of maintain- ;
• iug the latter will in six or. eight years j
consume all the difference. After that i
the maintenance of the stone n a. I con- !
tinues increasingly expensive, while
the properly constructed brick road j
will under ordinary conditions need ;
no repairs for an indefinite period
One of Washington county's fanners
observed, "The first cost of a stone
road Is only the beginning of the ex
pause; the brick road is an asset."
Here, as elsewhere, it has been found
that the best argument for brick loads
is—a brick road. Two or throe years
a;:'o the first one was built for a dis- I
tance of half a mile along the Ohio
river where the road is Hooded two
or three times a year and where it was j
conceded that no other kind of a roac?
would "stay put"for a single season.
The brick road stayed, and every farm
cr who drove into Marietta over that
road is clamoring for its extension.
At the time of my visit to Washing
ton county last fall the commissioners j
were finishing two new brick roads
One Tip the Muskingum valley is six 1
teen feet wide with two feet of gravel i
outside the curb and two feet of earth
berin outside the gravel, practically
a twenty-four foot roadway. Here the
brick is laid on a seven to eight inch
gravel base with concrete curb, brick,
curb and berm all rolled toon even
surface. The cost of this road was
$11,500 a mile, and it was built under
state aid law.
On the west side of the Muskingum
I river, on tiie ridge above Marietta, they
wore building u ten foot brick road.
| This road was built on a direct levy
! made by the county commissioners, !
! and the fact that they dared to make
! such a levy proves how generally pub
! lie sentiment approves this kind of 1
road building. This road has a broken j
j stone base with two feet of stone anil
I two of earth berin, making an eight-'
I eon foot roadway. The curb on this
road is of brick. While this is the
j cheapest of all curbing, opinions differ '
'as to its permanence. Certainly the j
1 berm must be kept up most carefully,
as any falling away of the support
will let the curb down. The cost of
i the different curbs used was put at
! $-1,000 a mile for stone, $2,250 to $2,000
J for concrete and $1,500 to SI,BOO for
brick. This ten foot road cost about ;
the same as the sixteen foot—sll.B-10
for 0,000 feet—owing to the fact that
it was laid out among the hills, where j
' tiie grading was heavier, the hauls
longer and harder and cracked stone
i used in place of gravel.
The ton foot roadway re-enforced with
eirlit feet of stone and earth lierm
seems wide enough for ordinary coun
try roods and met the approval of most
fanners I .interviewed. There was a
pretty general sentiment, however, in
favor of sixteen foot roadways on the'
: main traveled roails and approaches to
the city.—Homer W. Jackson In Na
tional Stockman and Farmer.
Short Talks on
Ad vert ssisio' < e ii
: ByXharlesAustin Batds?W-; Wii
««£«*
No. 19.
People generally read advertisements more than they did a few years ago.
The reason is to be found in the advertisements themselves.
Advertisers are more careful than they used to be. They make the ndvortise
ments more readable. Some of them even become, in a
way, a department of the paper, and p<j->p!e look for them
every day with as much zest and pleasure as they turn to
any other feature. ,(>*T
This is truo of many department stores all over JC, ■'#
the country.
In many cities there is just one man who appre J# 1
ciatcs the value of such interest. J, lIJ !
lie breaks away from the old set style, ilj tolls j L •. ?
something interesting in his space every
day. C ' :7 }-
There are lots of interesting things in Jjf ■
business. Look over the miscellany page of -
any paper—look at its local news columns, 1 'sf i
and its telegraph news, for that matter, £; ,' ' 1
and you'll see that the majority of the i .'y'' >- V
items are more or less closely related to
some business fact.
Dress these facts up in a becoming -. Ut the m „ ehnHt come hi,
parb of words, and they will find readers, pedestal."
even tnough they be in a ''mere advertisement." Let the merchant cor?'*?
down off his pedestal and talk in his
needn't b - flippant—far from it,
let him not write as if ho were ad
That's the time to till him about
' i WW™*** your business—clearly, plainly, convinc
' ing'y—■as one man to another.
*" TV nt -.usfeifer gtv, rifki imJt its nuM _ . , _ .
xtlj dtmm mSU tmm." CUC*". GUW*. Autt<+ Rmtet, Krm i~K
_ MUNCY PA.
Never Before Have" We Received
50 and 75 so many praises and heard 7 so
Boys' Knee many Mattering remarks as we
Pants Heavyweight h ave had this Season. M —ft
Assorted style rjr r3S M «
Special. Were you one oi th - vast 'hr n: s . : §J|. i; - - ' r j
crowded our store during l ep: --.x v a k." ?•s:'. If
Did you.:.ct your-shrre of the :ic!i :> « riltfti 1 i Cw3
advertised? It not you shouk
i OME HERE NOd) 'wfafe
We are n: iking new friends fast: selling more
goods than ever before
;;ut WJ s'.ill \.ant more friends, want to sell our to k fa "er. ye
- o ;ir 'spun :d onto deeper price cutting. l\ opie won.'er how ~
v\ e can do it. To this we can nsw« r, tiiat no other sio in ihi I
I section has the wholesale Wiyii g facilities enjoyed yilnsesia I
'i-liinerit. We can buy lower, we can sell lower, |
Sweater Coats Specials Men's Corduroy Pat s Men S Shifts
- Hn.m 1 19 to N.rligceJM.u-
Meii s or Uove .>wfilter Coats .- s h
.r- GHII.DRI MS' SUITS ■'
ir»Mip MveatiT codts 1 - 1i•m1) h lo .co anon 5 '
1 1 f,| ' J ■' VI- niiiu'l \.l shirt- 1.3V
Men* sweeter coat." 1 •• . ... ... i nr
Men* V"nei'k pwfilters :V> ami 4(" HlOffl OOC i>v' 4 /"■ • ■- • cav cotton
jMengcardigftn'jackeU V* MEN'S OVERALLS. sock, t\
Underwear Hom # c to ,.
L>»" ; „ , MEN'S ODD COM
Boy* Mi its or Diatti'lß r , . T?> . 1..:-. \ • • .
"""ribbed or lleeeed 20 ami 2t»- /' 11 ' HCCS /. \ :S
| Men's ribbed" under wear Dud) Ulid Omni V b>C 10 2 Si xU " ""
,11 colors 89. ' .-..bU-M-1,,,i11,. *,„!« Mai ;
! Men's fleeced lined underwear I<i,n "; A b..* * :l xr..r v
alll ' olors • a "' C^l— Ti { \ M.n's. aps |,
boys Corduroy iwo,*
Pants Also bi?? Hne of Shoes at S.'IV- &adle*VFtJß&at great reductiot I
I'IIVS' corduroy knee pants, Minci HgOi.v' .s !>.(' 2.5() L> 1 ES> I'.I.ANKIiTS T.V
throughout, line ribbed Mv I 'o'" - I o* vhOtS tor 1 0'» Vl .
j worth regular 7Sc Special 39c Me US' VVortiH "h >eS 1.65 '.. ' a ''"f 8 ;
MIAIIV VJNITO V\/, !.. DOUGLAS Shoes at rediLfd J «• ? 0..,
Men s otiits prices oweateis
gig Line or Men's and sr!
SrS" «s S Children's Overcoats at re- , , , r ~
s u,„s„i„ 11.76 wm ( j ||re( | nrices
1 8 ; lft.no 10iv. UUUOU pi IbOO. .Ladies" C.'oats rnn oto jl'.OO
So Come to J. M. Wighton's to satisfy your wants. Remember
sale only lasts this month. Railroad iare from i.aporte .'ind
Nordmrnt for purchase of sio'oo or over.
free ES !
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Tells nil the general news ofthe j! jj Best dressed and most renpected j
world, particularly that of our | J newspaper in Sullivan countv !
ktate, all the time ami telJs it J i Pre-eminently a home newspaper
impartial]) . Comes to rib * | The only U.publican paper in
ers every other day. It. is in fact. $ V*'V J county and comes from the seat
almost a daily newspaper, and 5 _ Jof justice with new news trot'-
you can,\ot afford to be without j £ the county offices, clean news I
it. We oiler this uuequaled I 8 from .Til sections of the countv j
paper and the NEWS ITEM ; | and political news you want t<> j
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| and Tri-Weskly j
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I
]n Bvcry city there is oive beat j ,» ■; If you want to keep in touch I
' )»i« per, and in WiHiamsport j jj with the Republican partv |
it is the 0» 2eite and Bulletin. | - or«.;*.i!ii;::itioii and be informed |
It is the most important, pro- ! ! on !l " r, ' a ' estate transfers or |
gtessive and widely circulated j ( le>;;d mutters in general tliat i
paper in that ci v. The first j | transpires at the >.:ounty seat !
to hold the. fori journalistically. I j you nuitt nf-c 'sarily take the J
j Order of the IS'eus Item. | | N I:^'- v .Va ITEM. j
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a, formity and strong shooting qual.i.v . L* ■ . ' .iter; root. Oct the genuine. 9
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8 —W— I—— I I I ' • ' - -\Z3K3I ' V:>
£, 41 ♦> /> £ < |
4 8 *w \ y W1
C hop **
V\'hr'e yur repnir 'wnik
receives
nd \«.»m ;ire sure to be pleas-
V h T-. you c n g t glass
es co r cdv fitted: that make
v ' r • yes see like young ,
eyes. *
Where you can get high
grade V.?, Cocks and
al I: n'> f,i Jt welejy at the
>ar#ain prices you have long
oi ked lor.
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LJ.Yoorhees,
SONESTOWN .
'Si 'j'S "M if, -«t, DESIGNS 1
' 'A >A O TRADE-MARKS 4
1 ; '..0 Co?Y RIGHTS «
a £* a qpPvi £ W OBTAINED J
► AC-VIC-; •*• ; TO PATENTABILITY IP'fffclP 3 !" i
112 Ncnui- 1..•• litvi II! • .1- .« ,-u •' sa <
> lwi . 'How toobtair. Patents'' £ ■lhini *
' Charges moderate. No fer till patent is secured. 5
r Letters (trtetly confidential. Address, 1
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Tonr Ilowels TVlth Cuseareti,.
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IC C. 0 C f.vi'. drunHistsrotund moncxy.
| The Lackawanna
Trust and
Safe Deposit Co.
13 one of the strongest financial
institutions in the State.
It has a capital and surplus of
$450,000.00.
It's an absolutely safe place for
your savings and every dollar
you deposit will earn ;> per cent,
compound interest.
Write for the booklet
!: "Hanking by Mail."
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