Republican News Item B. M. VANDYKE, Editor- PUBLISHED FRIDAYS By The Sullivan Publishing Co At the County Seat of Sullivan County. LAPOHTE, FA. THO3. J. INGHAM, Proprietor. Entered al tbe Post Office at Laporte, ae eecond-claßß mail matter. TP ROFE RDS^Ii fRANCIS W. MEYLERT, Attornoy-at-Law. Office in Keeler'e Block. LAPOIiTE, Sullivan County, PA. J.J. & F. H. INGHAM, ATTORRBTS-AT-lAW, Legal business attended to in this and adjoining counties _A PORTE, PA. £ J. MULLEN, Attorney-at-Law. LAPORTE, PA orrica m coortt buildirs HBAR COURT DOUB*. ' J H. CRONIN, LAW, ROTARY PUBLIC. OFFICR OR HAIR BTRRRT. DIISHOHE. PA First National Bank OF LAPORTE, PA. Capital - $25,000.00 Transacts a general banking business. TIICW. J. INGHAM, KI)W. I.ADI.KV President. Cashier. 3 per cent interest paid on time deposits, ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. J P. BAHL, TONSORIAL ARTIST Pooi Room, Confectionery, Tobacco and Cigars. Opposite Hotel Bernard LAPORTE, PA. LaPorte; Past and Present. In looking over the file of the News Item, we find in the issue of May 7, 18tl7, the following letter to this paper: My dear LaPorte: 'Tis said you had a summer school last year and expect to have another this Summer. Surely no place has a better right, if you behave yourself seemly. Now, as much as I love you I must say a word. You do at times have more tum bled down fences, trees, ehickm coopsetc., to the square—than any place with your possibilities, to be found. Why not now spruce up? If you can't paint your houses and fences you can clear the rubbish out of the yards and beautify them by flower plots, and cover the back sheds with green vines, chop up and haul away the down trees, burn the pile of brush lying along the streets. Have a place to say to your cows: "So far shalt thou go and no farther." Coulil you not part with a few of' your dogs? You might use that money to beautify your park. Rustic benches and rustic arbors there would be an idea of the ar tistic. Some former guests criticise you because you offer no modern amuse ments. You certainly can if you wish. With a little bodily exertion and less expense, you can offer a Hue bicycle track on the ball ground, where amateurs who have been ac customed to asphalt tracks, may exercise on their wheels. You also can offer many tennis courts. You have a lake; a sheet of water far more beautiful as to variety of out line than Eagles Mere. Why not have several boats to let to the Sum mer School and other summer guests. You surely can have no bet ter advertisement as a summer re sort. Hoping to not be misunderstood, Jam Your devoted admirer, Miss The al)Ove letter was no doubt written with well meant effort to better the town of Laporte. Let us see if our critical Miss wrote in vain. Take first the matter of tumble down fences, trees, etc. This was indeed a sore spot to the welfare of the town at one time but thanks to the Village Improvement Society and the efforts of the citizens in | dividually there is seen no more these marks of earlessness, at leart not to any extent. Then take the admonishment to the authorities in regard to allowing the village green to suffice for the general use as a cow pasture. Does this condition exist today? Echo answers "Nit". Should an unruly specimem of the s bovine species go so far as to nib ble a few juicy bits irom the pub ; lie green she is at once taken to i task by Pound master Higley and I the owner caused to pay for bossy's [ unladylike action. In the matter of supporting an overdose of worthless dogs the town has not yet entirely recovered, but this is a minor fault anyway for if dogs have a right to live, where could be a better place than on top of this old mountain where chasing birds and rabbits and other amusements of dog life abound, and where the atmospheie is such as to cause rabies to be an unknown disease. Next we would like to take you for a look at the park. See those neat new benches? You would 1 e surprised at the comfort they give weary pleasure seekers in the good old summer time. And the general condition of the park. Isn't that a soother for sore optics? Yes, tbe ladies are responsible for the neat condition of this property. Our writer mentions making a bicycle track on the athletic grounds. This we do not have. The bicycle is a thing of the past to a certain extent, and there is no longer call for this manner of amusement. In the line of modern attractions Laporte is up to the minute. Be sides the boats to let and the ten nis courts mentioned in the letter we have a fine bathing beach a I Lake Mokoma, a merry-go-round, a motor boat, beautiful paths through the woods, and many other means of pleasure and amuse ment. We have an up to date athletic park and some ball players who can play the game. In the sports line, taking most any class into consideration, Laporte certain ly shines. The Lake Mokoma Company deserves credit lor this and many other features that make the town an ideal place for the summer visit of pleasure seek ers. Jn the line of general improve ments and accomodation facilities we have two excellent hotels, La porte and Bernard which are up to date in every respect and of sutti- dent capacity to accomodate a large number of guests. Then there is the ''Mountain House" which, each summer, is filled with city guests. The Mokoma Com pany have recently erected several cottages and prospects are that more will be built in the coming season. The water service problem, which has lieen a subject of discus sion for several years past, is to be remedied. A company has been formed and in the course af a year it is expected there will be running water in the majority of Laporte homes. This is one of the most commendable improvements the people have ever undertaken. Taking all in all we think the writer of the above letter can feel that she has Vteen many times re paid for her effort to induce the people of Laporte to "spruce up'' for in addition to all the things she mentions that could and should l>e done, the town has made gigantic strides in several ways until today we have an ideal summer resort, healthy, pleasant and not overly expensive. The best quality the Laportians can brag of is the excel lent health embracing atmosphere which, were the town devoid of all other inducements to summer boarders, would Ins sufficient to make it a place much sought by this class. Much more could l>e said in praise of our neat and attractive village and some pointers could still be given for additional im provements, but for the present we will let well enough alone and trust to the ability of the various improvement societies and each in dividual to make every effort pos sible along the improvement line | The Game Commission of the State is endeavoring to pass an act 'to require resident hunters to se cure a license before hunting. The license will be given them for the sum of one dollar and with this only will they dare go out for the purpose of hunting game with a gun. Numerous attempts have heretofore been made to pass such a game law but have proved futile, lacking as they did, the support of the farmers and hunters of moder ate means who think it would l>e encroaching upon their rights as free and independent citizens. As reasons for passing the gun license act, the Commission in a special bulletin distributed through out the State, says that the passage of the act will increase bird life and other kinds of game; means additional lure to out-door recre ation and exercise and thus will promote better health; that it will eliminate the small boy with a gun; means increase food supply, means protection to land owners; extermi nation of vermin through bounties, and various reasons, some of which are no doubt true, some are doubt ful and some are too far fetched to be thought seriously of. This act may be alright and it may not, however it looks to us like another of the many flimsy game and fishing laws that compel the little hunter and fisherman to take a back scat while the genuine "sport" goes in for the spoils. There is much need of action to in crease the game and fish in this State but it seems to us that a let ter way to gain this end would be to close the season on such game as is scarce for a few years instead of crowding the j>oor man, who can ill afford to pay a dollar for a few hours sport, out of the ring and let the rich one, who is really the best marksman and has better facilities for bagging the game, have full play. It lookH to us like a mighty poor way to in crease game f>r the city hunter generally makes a pretty clean sweep when he scours the country and takes home much mote game than is killed by the country liunt er in the same length of time. m m s In this issue of the News Item will be found some timely articles 011 poultry raisiug by C. M, Bar nitz. Mr. Bam it'/ is one of the best authorities 011 poultry in the State. He is well known to the farmers of the country, having lectured a the farmers' Institute held at Estella and Muncy Valley and we trust that the articles from his pen will meet with favor. We invite the readers to write us con cerning these articles and if they are properly appreciated we will make this line a permanent de partment of the paper. We also have opportunity to secure matter pertaining to farming and fruit raising and would be glad to have the farmers express their opinion as to the use of it through these columns. Speak up gentlemen. We wish to make this paper what you wish it and will consider all suggestions as to its betterment. Rev. Emory M. Stephens, Dis trict Superintendent, will preach in the M. E. chnrch at this place on Monday evening, at 7:30. Quarterly Conference will im mediately follow preaching ser vices. until in a few years this record of our "good things" will look as does the letter of fourteen years ago, to the observer of the present state of OUJ thriving village. wkllHiidU 60 YEARB* t w|^^^|v.EXPCRIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an B&mBgM&BSt Patents taken through Munn jk Co. recelT€ uprcial notice , without onarge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. largest dr dilation of any solentlflc Journal. Terms. S3 a £6". 'o« r months, 11. Sold by all newsdealers. NBUkzssMP J Tanneries Being Closed Down. j A large number of the tanneries owned by the Elk Tanning Com pany are being closed down entire ly or the force of employes greatly reduced. At the Roaring Branch plant an order has been received to lay off a, number of the employes. The Ralston plant has been closed temporarily. Orders were recently received to start up the large plant at Costello, Potter County, but within seven hours after the men had gone to work another order was received to shut down for an indefinite period. Work in the Galeton tannery has also been dis continued. The tannery at Hills grove has closed and that at Pow ell is running slack. The Laporte tannery has not ceased operation*} but is running light handed and will no doubt close in a few weeks at the longest. This means quite a blow to the people of Laporte and it is hoped that the machinery will not be silent long before orders are received to resume work in full force. Accuse Senator" of Buyrng Seat. Charges of bribery, attempted brib ery and other corrupt practices, both in the senatorial primary election and in the election of a United States senator by the legislature of 1909 were pre ferred against United States Senator Isaac Stephenson at Madison, Wis. The charges are made in a state ment filed with Governor F. E. Mc- Govern by the committee appointed in 1909 by the state senate to investi gate the primary campaign and the charges preferred while Stephenson's election was being fought out in the joint convention of the two houses of the legislature. The committee declares that, in its opinion, both the nomination and elec tion of Stephenson, who is a multi millionaire lumberman, were fraudu lent and void. It urges that a copy of the report be sent to the United States senate, with the request that that body make a full investigation of Stephen son's right to retain his seat. Senator Stephenson is charged with violating the statute which requires that an account under oath of cam paign expenditures be filed, and it is also charged that such violation was premeditated. Seven Dead In Gas Explosion. As the result of an explosion of nat ural gas in the basement of the five and ten cent stoi'e 1 of J. C. McCrory & Co., at Connellsville, Pa., seven per sons are believed to have perished. Five charred bodies have been re covered, only one of which was posi tively identified. The second body taken from the smouldering ruins was declared by the parents to be that of Miss Christabel Smith, aged nineteen years. Mabel Wagner, fifteen years old, and Minnie Mulac, aged fifteen years, are known to have perished. Of the bodies recov ered four are girls. The fifth is that of an unidentified man, supposedly a cus tomer. Attempting to change meters with out shutting off the gas at the curb is held responsible for the tragedy, and Coroner Bell promises a thorough investigation tofix the responsibility. That any of the twenty-five persons In the store escaped is regarded as miraculous. Within a few moments the entire two-story brick building was a mass of flames. Within fifteen min utes after the explosion the walls col lapsed. Famous Picture Slashed. Rembrandt's most famous picture, "The Night Watch," was badly dam aged by a discharged naval cook by the name of Sigrist, who entered the Rijks museum, at Amsterdam, and with a knife deliberately slashed the masterpiece. Sigrlst, who was arrested, declared that his vandalism was an act of ven geance against the state because of his discharge from service in tho navy. The cuts traverse the principal fig ures of Captain Franz Banning Cocq's company of arquebusiers, but art ex perts express the opinion that the damage Is not beyond repair. Didn't Speak In Fifty Years. Philip Burkhart, ninety years of age. Is dead at English, Ind. Burkhart had been insane for about fifty years and had not spoken a word in that time. During the Civil War he lost his mind and became superstitious on the ques tion of witches. He believed witches were always trying to put burs in his hprse's mane and tail and he kept his gun loaded with needles to shoot the witch. Taft Wants Canal Fortified. President Taft sent to ccnrr so a special message urging the for: "flea tlon of the Panama canal. The president recommends tha' an appropriation of $.",000,000, tj t.irt the work on the propood dsfens?*, bo made at the present session of von grees Youtsey Denied Pardon. Governor Willson, of Kentucky, re fused to grant a pardon to Henry E. Youtsey, convicted of the murder of Governor William Goebel. The gover nor says he believes Youtsey guilty of a cruel murder and therefore refuses to grant the pardon. O Take SKJ S ° NE j \ Pain Pill, then— TaKe To Head-Off a Headache Nothing is Better than Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills They Give Relief without Bad After-Effects. "For four years I was subject to almost constant headache. At times so severe I was unfitted for work. Through the advice of a friend I was persuaded to try Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills and the result has been that I have entirely eradicated my system of those continuous headaches that followed a hard and continuous mental strain."—O. L. Russell, Agt. C. & N. W. Ry., Early, la. For Sale by All Druggists. 25 Doses, 25 Cents. 5 MILES MEDICAL CO., E.khart, Intl. Trial List, February Term, ii)ii. Return Day, February 13,1011. I.—Thomas 1). House vs. The* Le high Valley Railroad Company; No. -I(i December Term, 15)10. Tres pass. I'lea—"Not Guilty. Scouten Thomson 2.--William Lardhack vs. W. J. McCartney; No. 2 May Term, 1910. Defendant's Appeal, Plea—"Non Assumpsit" and "Set-Off". Scouten Mullen Walsh 3.'—William Land back, Jr., by his next friend, William Landhack vs. W. J. McCartney; No. :} May Term 1010. Defendant's Appeal. Plea— "Non Assumpsit" and "Set-Off". Scouten Mullen Walsh 4.—Patrick Connor vs. Margaret Connor, Administratrix of John Con nor, Deed. No. US May Term, 1910. Assumpsit. Thayer , Walsh s.—George B. Sellers vs. M. J. Devanney; No. 7:> May Term, 1910. Defendant's Appeal. Plea—"Non- Assumpsit.' Meylert Scouten <>.—Thomas Knecht vs. The Le high Valley Railroad Company; No. K September Term, 1910. Trespass. Plea—"Not Guilty," Stouten Thomson 7.—George Terry, by nis next friend, Sylvester lirown, vs. John N, Walker and Ada Walker. No. September Term, 1910. Trespass. Plea—"Not Guilty." Mullen Walsh B.—John F. Hunter vs. The Town ship of Laporte; No. 1-1 September Term, 1910. Trespass, l'lea—"Not Guilty." Scouten Mullen ProtKonotary's Office. LaPoite, Penna. January 2, 1911. ALBERT F. IIEIvSS, Prot'y. NOTICE OF APPEAL. To the Tax Payers of the sever al boroughs and townships ot Sulli van County: Take no tic that the County Com missioners will hold an Appeal in their office at LaPorte, Pa., on Feb ruary <i, 1911, at 10 o'clock, a. m., to hear such as may feel themselves aggrieved by the late assessment and to make such charges as may seem to them just and proper. County Commissioners. Commissioners' Office, Dec. :JO, 1910. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Letters of Administration hav ing been granted the undersigned on the estate of Hannah Buck, deceased late of Davidson Townliip, notice is hereby given to all persons owing said estate to make payment to, and all persons having claims against the estate to present the same to L. 11. BUCK, Administrator. Sonestown, Pa., Jan. 2, 1911. I 3 CENTS A LINE ADS. j FOR SALE—Yoke of Oxen; part ly broke; well matched; Holsteins; , coming 3 years old. Will sell, or trade on cows. Address Box 104, Hillsgrove, Pa., or call and see them on my farm near the splash dam. Charles Chilson. ] A Classified Ad will sell it. ! M. BRINK'S PRICES For This Week. ~ ton 100 lb Cotton Seed M«'al 1.70 Corn Meal 20.50 1.05 Crackod Corn 20.50 1.05 Corn 20.50 1.05 • | Sacks each 0c with privilege of returning without expense to me. Schumacher Chop 24.00 1.25 Fancy Bran 2<!.(H) 1*35 Fancy White Miriils. 30.00 1.60 Oil Meal .'17.50 1.5)0 Gluten 26.00 1.35 Brewers Grain 25.0) 1.80 Oyster Shells 10.00 00 Choice Cottonseed Meal 32.50 1.75 Beef Scrap 3.00 Oats per hu. .45 Charcoal 50 lb sack .00 Oyster Shells " 35 140 lh hag Salt coarse or fine .65 56 lh hag Salt 30 Buckwheat Flour 2.20 Slhumacher Flour sack 1.50 Muncy '• >< I*3o Spring Wheat " " ].<;o Potatoes per hu .45 M. BRINK, New Albany. Pa. The Best place to buy goods Is olten asked by the pru pent housewife. Money saving advantages are always being searched tor Lose no time in making a thorough examination of the New Line of Merchandise Now on l^mmiYoNl ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. All answered at Vernon Hull's Large Store. HILLSGROVE, PA. muni; ißocii Groceries, to lie choice must be fresh. In order to sell fresh gro ceries we must keep them contin ually moving, buying and selling. That's just what we are doing Therefore our groceries are fresh and choice in the true sense of the word. If you are not getting the best in the grocery line tell us and we will tell you the reason and how to overcome it. Buschhausen's. LAPORTH, PA Cbippewa Ximc IRilns. Lime furnished .n car load lots, delivered at Right Prices. Your orders solicited. Kilns near Hughesvill* Penn'a. I M. E. Reeder, j MUNCY, PA. WANTED At once. Men to represent us, either locally or traveling. Now is the time to start. Money in the work for the right men. Apply at once and secure territory. ALLEN NVRSEDY CO., Bochestcr, N. Y. Try a SMALL AD in th s paper, It will pay you. DeWIfTJ_CA RBO L ,ZEO WITCH HAZEL BALVE For Piles, Burns, Sores*
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