VOL. XVI. NO. 11
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112 RANCIS W. MEYLERT,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office in Keeler's Block.
LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA.
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Republican News Item.
. Local Items.
James Minnicr of Williamsport
visited relatives in town Sunday.
Nelson Laurenson has gone to
Towanda where he has employ
ment.
A. C. Risley and wife of New
Milford spent part of the week at
Hotel Bernard.
John FJynn of Median Junction,
Miss., is visiting his brother
Michael in this place.
Irvin Bealmear of Baltimore is
among the'recent arrivals in La
porte for the summer.
Ilomer 11. Martin, editor of the
Ilughesville Mail made our office a
pleasant call last week.
Mrs. J. W. Murrelle and daugh
ter Willa of Athens, are spending
the summer in this place.
Laura Voise of Springfield,
Mass., is spending the summer
with Miss Fanny Meylert.
Edwin S. Philips and family of
Kennett Square arrived in Laporte
for the summer Saturday.
Large quantities of ice are being
shipped to Williamsport by the
Lake Mokoma Company.
Mrs. Johnson, daughter Anna
and son Howard of Ralston are
spending a few weeks with Miss
Bertha Johnson.
Prof. Willard Pyle, wife and
son of New York City arrived
last week and are occupying their
cottage at Lake Mokoma.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Colt of Buf
falo were in Laporte last week
enroute for Eagles Mere where
they will spend some time.
Rev. A. W. Williams of Muiwy
and a camping party of twelve
l>oys are spending some time on
the south shore of the lake.
Mrs. Mary Donlin and Miss
Elizabeth Hassen of Montrose
spent the past week as guests of
the latter's brother, John Hassen
Sr.
Miss Mildred McDonald of In
diana, and sister Mrs. Chas.
Long of Rochester, N. Y., are
guests at the fcottage of their sister
Mrs. F. 11. Farrell.
R. M. Pennock, formerly with
the Lake Mokoma Company and
now an instructor at State College,
is spending the summer at his
fathers cottage at Laporte.
A letter recently received from
Chas. L. Wing of Sanford, Fla.,
former publisher of this paper says
that the weather is very nice and
moderate with the gulf breezes
wafting over the land from coast
to coast and the nights are ex
tremely cold.
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1911.
C. W. llofTa of Dushore is drill
ing for coal 011 his place in Murray.
b Miss Laura Boice of Springfield,
Mass., is spending the summer in
La porte.
Bank Inspector, Benj. Marcuse
of New York City was in town
Wednesday.
Mrs. Roberts returned recently
from a visit with relatives in
Tunkhannock.
Miss Olive Keeler is visiting
friends and relatives in William
sport and Newberry.
Lawrence Lavalle of Cherry
Township, Jury Commissioner,
was in town Wednesday.
Miss Charlorte Barton, teacher
in the Clarion State Normal School
is a guest at the Mountain House.
Application for incorporation as
a borough is l>eing made by a num
ber of the citizens of Mildred and
Beinico.
If the male school teacher under
the new school code has to wear a
halo, will the fair haired teacher
wear a haloine ?
J. P. Miller, postmaster at
Muncy Valley was in town on
business Wednesday and made our
office a pleasant call.
Mrs. Bivins, of Passaic, N. J.,
mother of Percy A. Bivins former
ly of Laporte, is among the new
arrivals at the Mountain House.
At a meeting of the school
board on Tuesday evening, Mr.
Leahy of Overton was elected
Principal of Laporte :ligh School.
Ernest A. Hegel of Brooklyn,
N. Y., formerly book-keeper for
the Elk Tanning Company at this
place, is spending a few days in ;
town.
The Pyle cottage was opened
this weelt. It is occupied l>y Josiah
Pyle and wife and Mr. William
Pyle, wife and son of New York
City.
The Mokoma Spring Water Co.,
will shortly extend its lino of
pipes to the Court House, tho La
porte Hotel and the Cheney cot
tage.
Judge C. E. Terry, wife and
daughter , Miss Helen contemplate
a trip to Duluth, Minn., by way
of the great, lakes soon.—sTunk
hannock Republican.
The summer season at Essiok
HeightH is in full swing and many
people from all parts of the State
are guests at the hotel. Everyday
brings something now in the social
line to interest the vacationers.
On account of the ravages of
tho Hessian fly in the wheat crop
of Pennsylvania, agricultural ex
perts agree that the wheat for next,
year should not be planted until
after September 25.
The New Albany Mirror, pub
lished by F. L. Taylor, came out
last week in new seven column
folio size, instead of five column
as before. "Freem" makes no
brags about his larger paper, but
we can imagine the satisfied grin
upon his countenauce as ho springs
this new one on the readers of his
"news reflector."
Main Street in Pushore has
been treated to a coat of oil to
keep the dust from Hying into the
stores and hotels. Burgess Ham
mond engineered the job and ac
cording to the Dnshore Review,
was also conductor and nearly the
whole crew. The paper also says
that it was done for an experiment
but we must inform our friend
that the experimental stage in re
gard to street oiling has long been
passed.
Headless Body found in
Mud Pond by Fisherman
While fishing in Mud Pond,
about six miles from Jamison
City on Friday of last week, Geo.
Snyder of Elk Grove came upon
the badly decomposed headless
body of a man He first mistook
the bod}' for a log, finding it in
one of the most secluded spots on
the pond, a place over which the
brush hung heavily.
Making tin* startling discovery
that the head was missing, Snyder
hurried back to Jamison City
leaving the body untouched. The
body was not taken from the water
until Saturday night, until it had
been ascertained that it had boen
found in Luzerne instead of Sul
livan County.
Whether the head had been
severed from the body by a mur
derer or whether the man had
drowned and the decomposition
accounts for the absence of the
head could not be definitely told.
That his death occurred in the
winter months is shown by the
clothing worn which was heavy,
while an overcoat was found on
the shore nearby. A strange fact
was that wore throe shirts, a coat
and an overcoat while his trousers
were missing.
A letter written in a foreign
language was found in an inside
pocket. Other contents of the
pockets were a lady's silk hand
kerchief, an insurance memoran
dum book and a pair of nose glass
es. His clothes were of texture
that indicated that he was a man
of some education and refinement.
Put Up Index Boards.
Anyone driving about the coun
try cannot fail to notice the ab
sence of the index boards at the
different cross roads. In some
instances the boards are up lmt the
lettering has all l>een washed off by
the rain so that they are absolute
ly worthless so far as aiding the
travelers is concerned. There is
a law requiring the proper officers
of each township to put up and
keep in proper condition, so that
they can be read, index boards at
all cross roads. The law in this
respect is not lived up to very well.
It is the duty of the constable of
each township to report such neg
lect, when making his report to
the court.
Forest Fires Again Raged in
Drv Woodland.
Forest fires which started at the
head of Lake Mokoma on Saturday
and burned until Monday morning
were extinguished by the heavy
rain. The extended drouth caused
the under vegetation to become
very dry and even the green foliage
ignited readily. Fires also raged
in the region of Boeder's Switch.
No extensive damage was done as
watchers kept the flames from
approaching the big timber. Pet
rikin's cottage was in some dan
ger at one time but the (lames
were fought back.
We must remember that in ad
dition to a county judge, county
treasurer, sheriff and prothouotary,
we are to elect this fall pretty
nearly a full complement of bor
ough and township officers. The
school code has legislated all of
tho school boards out of office, and
we are to elect a full board of five
—two for six years, two for four
years. €ind one for two years. Oth
er borough and township officers
are t) be elected. Look about you
and make up your mind who you
want. They will be nominated
September 30, along with the
the county officers. Don't vote for
any officer because he has been
unsuccessful with his own business
and you feel sorry for him. We
want successful business men for
officers.—sCanton Sentinel.
A Good Dairy Town.
Laporte is the highest county
seat in Pennsylvania, and they
have high old times there every
summer over pasturing the cows in
the streets. The streets of La
porte are wide the founders of the
town were generous, and reserved
a good wide strip for each street.
The town has not grown as much
as was expected; is not in fact,
much of a mart of commerce, and
the result is that on each side of
the narrow traveled strip in the
center there is a wide expanse of
grass. Cows are pastured on this
public grass land and the citizens
whs have no cows to pasture say
that the aforesaid- cows are a
nuisance.,—Canton Sentinel.
Thanks, Bro. Newell, every
knock is a Boost, and your interest
in behalf of the little town on the
mountain top seems not to have
diminished one whit since you left
the county. However your inim
itable Newellistic imagination
which so often leads you estray,
seems to have been working over
time, and we judge that during
such time your pen worked out the
above, parts of which are true no
doubt. For instance : We have
very wide streets in Laporte and
on either side there is some grass
which every year is neatly cut and
niked up, leaving as pretty streets
as any in this section.
You say the town has not grown
as much as was expected. Again
you are right, but we are still ex
pecting and the town is still grow
ing at a rapid pace until it will no
doubt some day meet the expec
tations of the most enthusiastic.
But on that matter of the cows
is where yon left the earth. Cows
are not pastured in the public
grass lands of Laporte, except per
haps in a few instances when some
one has baited his bovine at the
end of a rope for a short Turie.
Why, Mr. Newell, wo would no
more be a cow on the streets of
Laporte than we would walk of
our own free will in front of a
gatling gun, for in the former case
we would be immediately pounced
upon by pound master Higley and
promptly relegated to the confines
of the animal jail where we could
weep over our misfortune until
doomsday unless someone coughed
up our line and promised in
the future to give us legal fodder.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
John Hassen, Jr., on Friday,
July 7, 1011.
The great popularity contest
conducted by the Dushore Review
has just closed and the prizes
awarded as follows : Piano to
Jessie Wilcox of Dushore; brass
l»eds to Mabel Oarey of Lovelton,
and Lizzie McNellan of Laporte;
couches to Anna Kaier of Dushore,
and Myrtle Bryan of Forksville.
Among the guests at Camp
HeJvetyni this week were : Misses
Coles, Billings and Matthews and
Messrs. Stuart Rhodes and Noble
Mason.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I hereby announce mytelf as candidate
'or the nomination for the office of Slier,
iff of Sullivan County, subject to the Re
publican rules.
W. H. BIDDLE,
Feb. 24, 1911. Elkland Township.
I hereby announce myself as candi
date for the nomination for the office of
Sheriff of Sullivan County, subject to the
Rules of the Republican Party.
FREI) W. SCHANBACIIER,
March, 1, 1911. Forksville, Fa.
I hereby announce myself as candidate
for the nomination for the office of Com
missioner of Sullivan County subject to
the rules of the Republican Party.
FRANK STRICKLAND,
March, 17, 1911. Hillsgrove, Pa.
1 hereby announce myself as a candi
date for the nomination for the office of
County Commissioner of Sullivan County,
subject to Republican rules.
\V. T. MORE,
June 26, 1911. Forksville, Pa
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Francis J. Sick of Mildred and
Miss Edythe Saxe of Wilmot were
united in marriage on Tuesday,
July 18, 1911 at Wilmot by Rev.
J. O'Donnell. The groom is the
son of Wendell Sick of Dushore
and one of the county's best young
gentlemen. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
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