Libra ry
Republican Hews Item.
VOL. XVI. NO. 84
THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED AT THE COUNTY SEAT OP SULLIVAN COUNTY.
jj PROFESSIONAL CAPDS.j
fRANCIS W. MKYLERT,
Attorney-ftt-laaw.
Office in Keeler's Block.
LAPORTE, Sullivan County, PA.
£ J. MULLEN,
Attomoy-at-L«w.
LAPORTE, PA
orrtca m coohty buildihs
rkarooukt house.
J H. CRONIN,
law,
hotaby poblic.
omul OH MAIM BTKBBT.
DUSHOKK. PA
First National Bank
OF LAPORTE, PA.
Capital - - - fis, 000.00
Transacts a general banking busint ss.
J. 1.. CHRISTIAN KIJW. I.ADI.KY
President. Cashier.
8 per cent interest paid on time deposits,
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
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HOW LATE CAN WE PRUNE/
This is a practical question
ed at. this time of year by many
persons. State Zoologist Surface
from his office at Harrisbiirg has
issued the following statement*
"Pruning can be done at any
time of the year, but the larger
branches should be cut off when
they art dormant or nearly so. If
I had trees that realy needed
pruning, I should do this even
after the time of full blossomiing,
but should prefer to do it before
the blossoms open, and even before
the growth has started much. The
large stubs should be painted with
tar paint or oil paint. Be careful
a'»out burning brush near the trees
as they are easily damaged by
heat."
For those ritous State Conven
tions, the cure is presidential pre
ference primaries.
In four months the net result of
the congressional session have been
an excess of investigations, and a
£>aucit\ of important legislation.
j SONESTOWN ITEMS
E G. L. Norton of New Albany
was in town last Tuesday.
Mis. Sadie Fox, who has been
working at the Sonestown Hotel,
has returned to her home in Eagles
Mere, as garden working is on hand,
Mr. (ieo. K«ass has returned from
Florida, buying spent the past six
months there, and says it is too hot
there now for him to enjoy good
health.
Mr. Hen. C. Speary has returned
to town again, having been to
Youngsdale, Clinton county, with
his brother John, who is an the
sick list.
Siwith Bondman was in'Unity
ville last Monday buying potatoes
and had the luck to get 18 bushels
and that was all the potatoes there
was in .Jordon Twp.
Mr. David Myers of Milton,
brother of James Myers, of Straw
bridge, who owns the Novelty
Works here, has taken cluirge oi
the same as foreman and moved his
fam4y here.
Mr. W. 11. Dildine of Muiicy,
foreman of the Welliver & Hitler
Heading Factory has moved his
family in A. T. Armstrong's house
at the Grist Mill below town.
Mr. George Rea, our station
agent. wolf on vocation for the next
; six weeks, lie says he reckons he
l will have to stand with his back
|to the trout streams to keep the
j fish from jumping in his face.
Commencement Exercises
Commencement Exercises of the
Laporte Borough High School will
be held on Friday evening. May o,
1912, at eight o'clock, in the High
School auditorium. Music will be
furnished by Mr*. Killgore s orches
tra of Dushore, addresses will be
given by Supt. J. E. R. Killgore*
and Prof. Gartner of Susquehanna
College.
The pupils of the Laporte Schools
will give an entertainment in tin*
auditorium of the High School
building. Tuesday evening, April
SiO, 15)12. at eight o'clock.
The program will consist of recita
tions. music and a play, by the High
School pupils, entitled "The lhirg
lar.'' Admission 'JO cents.
Proceeds will go toward Com
mencement expenses.
Ice Cruani will be sold iiiMucdiute
ly after the entertainment, in the
rooms on the first lloor.
A PROMINENT
LAWYER DEAD
H. Stuart HeiMley died at hi*
residen c inWilhunsport at 1 :•"><>
u'clock Tuesday afternoon, aged 75
yerrs and one month. He had
ln'cn confined to 'he house only
for the past two weeks-
Benjamin Stuart Bentley was
horn in Montrose, Susquehanna
county, and practiced law in Mon
trose until ISSt; when lie took up
his residence in Williamsporfc and
continued the practice of law.
When the Superior court was
created, in June, l8f)5, Mr. Bent
ley was appointed prothonotary
for the Wiliamsport district and.
continued to hold that office until
death removed liini.
At the meeting of the
Village Improvement Society the
following olficers were Heeled for
ill 5 ensuing year:
President, Mrs. Edw. Ladley,
Vice President, Mr.-. J. L. Smyth,
Treasure Mrs. T. .J. Keeler,
Secretary, Mrs. F. H. Ingham.
Executive Committee, Mrs. F.
W. Meylert, Mis. 1 . L. Ford and
and Mrs. J. L. Smyth, The So-1
ciety is in a nourishing condition i
and increasing its membership. 1
$25,000.00
LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. FRIDAY APRIL 26 1912.
Seat
Local and«Pcrsona! Evcstsj
Tersely Told. j
Will Mahaffy is on the sick list.
C. C, Duffield was in town over
Sunday.
Miss. Jessie Rogers spent Satur
day iu Dushore.
Ivn Hess spent Sunday at he«-
home.
Win. Rurlwo has moved his fam
ily to Sonestown.
Raymond Shaffer of Forks was
•at Laporte Tuesday.
Henry Jordan of Forks was at
Laporte Tuesday,
11. (>. Tarbox of N»ordniont was
at Laporte on Wednesday.
W. H. Biddlc of EJatt-lla was in
town the for« part of the week.
1-he News Item force now con
sists of \\ illard Day, Charles Danb
erman both of Williamsport, I'a.
J. G. Scouton was a business
mau at the Court House on Mon
thly.
Z. K. Botsford of Nowlmonl was
calling on friends in Laporte Tues
day.
Geo. Wanck of Cambclleville
was a business ltuni in Laporte
Wednesday.
Earnest Speary of Nordmout
was in town the beginni"g of thy
week.
Miss. Irene Leahy is visit nig
her brother Mr. John Leahy of tliis
place.
David K. Littlv of Forksvillo
was a business man at Laporte
Wednesday.
Helen Carpenter spuut a few
days with her mother at say t o this
week.
Mrs. K. S. Chase of Kngles Merc,
who has been iH all Winter issoino
what improved.
Chester (iumble who has spent
the Winter at Hillsgrove, returned
home this week.
A\'c observed the familiar fact: of
John Pardoe of Forksrillo in La
porte Wednesday.
Mr. John Leahy attended the
weddrng of John Pyue. and Alice
Foley of Towanda.
E* E. Mecnru, W. 11. Taylor
and J. W. Dickersou wore at the
Bernard Hotel Tuesday.
The V. I. S. will meet at the
homo of Mrs. J. L. Smyth, on
Monday evening. April the 20.
Wm. B. Fellinger moved from
the Association house No, I.to a
house at the Tannery.
A. S. Buckley, Supt. for the Elk
Tannery Co. spent the day at La
porte Tuesday.
Misses liattie Traugh and Fran
cis Kennedy walked to tlio formers
home, tit Nordmout Sunday.
Mr. and Mr. T. J. Keelor. of La
porte. were gvuests of Mr. and Mrs.
L. It. Gumble of Picture Kocks on
Monday.
W. E. and 11. L. Crawford of
Muncy were looking after th.i
speckeled beauties at Laporte the
earlier part of the week.
W. B. Snider of Xordinont, was
transacting businet-s in Laporte on
Tuesday, and made the I ten a
pleasant call.
C. J. Cunningham of Dushore,
assisted by Newton C. Maben lias
been repairing the Court l!ou t
furnace this week.
Win. Rogers had the misfortune
to have his foot cut while at work
jn the tannery lust- Thursday i>
now able to get around again.
John C. Sliaad, Chairman of the
Ke( u'dicau County Comiiiitu , spent
a few hours in Laporte, on his way
I home from Mun y Valley, Wed- 1
[ nesday.
Miss Helen MacDcrmott, who
| i made bur home with Mrs. A. 11.
! l*ischhausen, her coiuin. for the
' [oast t»even years, since the death
of her mother, has gone to Mount
Saint Mary's Seminary, Scranton,
There will be a Bake Sale on
Saturday afternoon, April -7, be
ginning ilk at the home of
Mrs. T. J. Keeler, lee C'l'eanijtJakes
and Candy the usual articles
■ of food will on sale that a 1 tor
noon.
The Item Is sending out a few
sample copies thi# week, and il
you receive one consider it as a
person&l for your subscrip
tion. If you don't receive a copy
and happen to read this in your
neighbor's paper give it the same
consideration. We want you on
our list.
The high winds of th« fore part
of the week blew down the maple
tree at the south west corner of
the, park. It is to be hoped that
the Boro Fathers will have it re
moved before it vs needed for fire
wood next winter.
$1.50 Coal Carries $2 in Gold
An interesting featui * about the
coal tniiitfd iu Cumbria, A\yo., is
thai it is claimed to be gold-bear
ing. Some of the coal has contained
as much as si.oo per ton in gold,
and thw coal was sold for 81.>>0 per
t in. Wliwu Coke made at Cambria
was selling for s:;..">o per tnin ssvmp
les were teikwi from 31 cars during
a period of three weeks and assayed |
The sumplee showed an average of j
sj. lt; per tfm in gold and 50.28 in j
silver. The explanation offered for '
the presence of gold in this coal is j
thi'j- the sands which mibwfirged j
the old ]ieat Log and now form the j
roof of phe coal bed wet # derived in i
part from gold-bearing alluvium. 1
While the sand was being deposited j
'tho gold worked dow■ iiNo the !
wnderlyiug bog and i» uow found
in the coal.
This is «iie of khe intere«ting
statements made in a report to be
published in a few days br the I .
S. Geological Survey. It is BuUo-
U-n t'.i'J. entitled '-Coal near the
Black Hills. Wyoming-South Dako
ta,"' by K. W. Stone.
What th® coal will do under a
boiiwr is shown by comparative
tests mads by tb« < 'ainbria Fuel Co.,
at Cambria, by the Lincoln Traction
Co.. Lincoln, Nebr., and by the
(leological Survey fuel-testing plant
ut St. Louis. These tests aro com
pared with similar tests made on
competing coals. Besidss a d»s-
Cri(>tiou of the coal field and coal
mining operations at Cambria,
which is 7 miles north of Newcastle.
Wyo., the report contains a des
cr.it))tion of all known coal expos
ures around the Black Hills, ex
tending from Sundance and Alad
din. Wyo., to the openings in the
bank of Cheyennu Hiv«jr east of
lidgemont. S. Dak. Four dille4'cnt
eoals, bituminous, splint, canncl,
and "pine needle," ar« produced
here. The conclusion luached is
that notiM of Wie local localities
around the edge of Iht v Black Hills,
except Cambria, will ever add to
the State's record of coal produced
and shipped. 'Hie report is fulh
illustrated.
The information contained in this
report was collected by Mr. Stone
at various times while he was ex
amining lands for classification. It
vas not originally compiled for
lUolicat.oii. but it proved to be so
omprehensivc rind complete that
t iias Ix'i'ii it. - -milled under on#
covt r. iiullctin IU!) can be obtain
ed free on request from the director,
U. S. (ieologieal Survey, Washiug-
D. C'.
i i exis produced 9,000,000 barrel b
[of pstredeuin in 1911, but still tuatl
isa't what they iu Tox:;.j. I
NOTICE
John H. English, lessee of the
Republican News Item from July
Ist 1911 to July Ist 1!)12, on the
evening of April Ist, left the office
and the town and has not been
j seen in either place since. The
1 management of the Item had been
entirely in his liamL up to the time
of his departure. By his failure to
giit out the issue of the Item for
the first week in April Ids contract
with the Estate of Thomas J. Ing
ham for tine lease of iue office be
came void, and his connection with
the paper ceased.
We have been busy so far trying
to get printers and got the regular
issues out, and have not been able
K) get at the accounts. Mr. Eng
lish claims that he is not of age and
contracts made by him are void.
We presume that mail which was
intended for the News Item office
but sent iu the name of John B.
English has never reached the Item
and that this may cause some eon
fusion. If you have written |£e
Item and not had a reply, kiadly
write again addressing your letter
to F. 11. Ingham, Em:.
The office is now in good run
ning condition and we are ready to
do your job work or take your sub
scription.
List of Jurors, May Term, IS) 12.
Name Ofcupution Resilience
Grand Jurora.
Ceorge Arey Farmer Cherry
Bowman Barrett Blacksmith Hillwgrove
Edward Brown Mackinemaa Bernice
Gtjorge W. Bender Fanner Forke
<'lmrles Cook Miner Bernice
Hartley ChHson Farmer IlillHgrove
(Jharries Coli*uau Miner Bernice
Chrisiiaa Heinze Farmer Klkland
Frederick llotte Clerk Dushore
Kimber Horn Laborer Davidson
Anthony Kilmer Justice o( Peace Fox
Sylvester Kilmer h'arm«r Flkland
liussel McCarty Farmer Elk-land
• ieorge M|-yei.i Merchant Davidson
Frank Meyer Merchant Bernice
< lu'isies McCurroH Farmer Colley
W ill-iam Painter Farmer Klkland
Conrad Unssel Blacksmith Shrewsbury
Robert Simmons Machinist Davidson
i >scar Snyder Farmer Cherry
Andrew Small Farmer Mavidson
John Watson Foreman Davidson
Charles Webster Farmer Forks
< ieorge Whipple Foreman Ricketts
John 11. Ilouser Fireman Riekrtts
Charles Kaseman Merchant Fox
John Ivarge Farmer Rinplale ,
Samuel Kilmere Farmer Forks
tatwrencc Lmtreuson Laborer Laporte B.
•Fames Lang Laborer Lopez
Frank Laudon Laborer Dushore
Joseph Mclrityre Farmer Laporte T. '
Fnos Mc< iee Jr. Laborer Bennice 1
Daniel McCartv Laborer Bernice
Warren May Farmer Khklaiid'
Melvin Mullen Farmer Elkland
Henry Richart Farmer Davidson
Dentins Ryan Farmer Cherry
William 11. Rogers Cunti'.ii u-Laporte T.
Silvester Sullivan Enjritieer Lo, ie/.
Samuel Secules Laborer Jatni.-on C,
William .Shaffcr Farmer Forks ,
David I'tz Rlacl«Mi>ith Dushore ,
John Walsh Lumber,man Ringsilnle
Charles Weinbrod Farmer Cherrr
TKAVKIWK OR PETIT JL liORS
Archie It. Adams Engineer Rickettg
tieorge Adams Ladorer Lopez
Samuel Bird Farmer Forks
Brady Bennett Laborer Eagles Mere
John Bedford Farmer Hlkland
Frank Bird Farmer Forks
'ieorge W. Bigger Blacksmith Davidson
Charles Brink Contractor Ragles Mere
David Cook Laborer Dushore
Henry Cttminings Farmer Mere
John Catl Farmer Klkland
vlartin Cavanaugh Farmer Cherry
Matthew C<lemmons Mine Supti Bernice
Francis Coyle Farmer Cherry
i ieorge DNCCOII Laborer Beriice
Henry Darby Laborer Hillsgrove
Ira Edler Far»ier Rlklaad
'ieorge S. Eddy Teamster Laporte B,
Warren H. Fanning Merchant Foe
(learhart Fritz Farmer Davidson
Brady IfouselenechtHotel k'p'r Davidson
Airfield Harrison Laborer II 11. „rove
Porter W. Htin»!.-, i aiiiicf Che>>\
Wilber J. L.»bui\r 1. |» •• • .
l'o.u-r lhgley Farim r !
i>rudy lluii" l.ii> »rer J' l r i.
\\ .i.i ,tit l*i .11 L .cr jj. ,
75C PER jgAR
T. J. INGHAM ESTA.TB
Corn Growing Contest
Benton. Pa.. April 10, 1912
The Item,
Laporte, I'a.
Gentlemui:
I wish you would announce i
, the columns of your good paper th
following committee which 1. hav
named to take charge of the coin
growing contest:
Prof. \\ . . Kvans,Bloomjbtirg, ]'.•
Prof. Itcese Kilgore, Dushore, I .t.
Prof. I. 11. Mau.<er, Runluwy, Pa.
I'rof. C.W. J)err,\Vashinjtit»nville.- J .
Mr. James C. Packer, Sunhnry, Pa
Mr. A Ip\. Hillineyer, \\ shingtor
ville, Pa.
Mr. C'lias, H. l>Wdine,Orangeville,lv
I am selecting for this commil
teu the County Superintendent <
each of the four counties compri>
ing tiiis district and three prom:
nent and disinterested farmers, t
the district making a total men,
herein p of seven.
Ihr committee will anuoMuci
their plans in full detail in a lette
issued.- For the immediate i+ifoi
mat-ion ol prospective contestant:
the eon tent will be based, jn 'maril
®n the highest net return from a.
acre of laud planted to corn. Ever
contestant must be witlan tl
twenty year age limit, fie e»>.
employ help if he wants to but 1
must charge up such employmei..
against his eest.
I have received a letter kom OP
bright young boy who says he
going to specialize in potatoes
good for lam. We will arrange al
for a potato contest everybody ca
participate, who wants to, old ai
young, and suitable prizes will I
arranged for same. With potato
selling around $1.50 per bushel i
towns surrounded by fertile roil ;
means something to both the far,
wand consumer that we UT;:'
give more attention to this crop.
Very truly yours,
MCHENRY.
Sullivan County Sunm ;
Normal School
In High School Building, I'
shore. Five weeks' term beginni.
Monday, May '27. 1912.
FACULTY:
bn addition to a large corpse
local instructor* we shaH'liave w
us Prof. Lister, a Palmer Metl
Writing expert, during the w>
of June. If). Also an expert
Primary Methods.
In addition to the stress pla
upon Writing and Primary M
ods the following will w
special attention:
Pennsylvania History (Requ!
under the "'New Code" J, i
School Subjects for Professic
Classes, and Course and Metko
Grammer for Intermediate
Grammer Grades.
Every teacher in the county
gardless of the grade of the ■•«
cate held, should attend tkisse
whicli promises to l>e the most '
ful in its history.
TERMS :
For full term of live weeks.
For less than full tnin. s2.o<
week with a mininmm char;
$;;.oo.
M. K. BLACK, Prim
Chicago woman has sued a
ty doctor for $50,0t)9 fwr sp
her complexion. Just think -
girl with SSO,LOW worth ®f
seeking the service of a beaut;
tar.
ILECTJtIC BPJIS-KS
What the worl ilw'-
advie* and mot • <> .-i.n •
He is is a I «>1" f."'
feewan I n .id . 'km
long the « . a in> k
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