VOLUM McCONNELLSLUJRG, PA.. OCTOBER 4. 1906. NUMHER 2 LETTER M CANADA. Charlie Deavor YMI About Homestead tag In the Dominion. Great Rush for Wheat Land. THIRTY-FIVE TO FORTY I1US. AN ACRE. Editor News : Vonda, the place where I writo from, is lo cated about 90 mil 5.8 east of Bat- tloford oq the Canadian, northern ; road, and about 24 miles east of the Canadian Pacific branch that runsnorth to Price Albert Von da is a small town nicely located on the prairie, it being less than ten months old. One week ago, yesterday, I was in Saskatoon, which is located on the Prince Al bert branch of the C. P. road. Saskatoon is the bust town I have run across in northwestern Canada, It is nicely located west of the south branch of the Sas katcbawan river, and has a popu lation of 35,000. It is also the landing place of immigrants that settle in the Gnose Lake county, which is about 75 miles west ot Saskatoon. The contract has been let for the building of the trans continental railroad. It crosses at Saskatoon, as does, al so, the Kerkella and Wetaskawin branch of the Canadian Pacific R. It. So Saskatoon will likely be quite a railroad center. From Saskatoon, I went down to Regina a few days and came back up to - Vonda Regina has a population of 10,000, and is nicely located m the wheat country.. The soil around Reginia seems to be sticky a little gummy perhaps, when it is a little wet and a person has about ten acres, more or less, hanging on his feet About the ""Jy siest place in Regima is the Dominion Land Office. It is open ed at 9 arrf., and until 5:30 p. m. ;' Vowearf ' imagine the crowd that gathers there at the doors be tween 8 and 9 o'clock. I was lucky enough to get right at the door-knob and get waited on in the forenoon. When the door was unlocked, the people rushed in ai d up the steps to the office counters like a drove of pigs com ing to feed, when called. There are other gove nment land offices located at difierent places over the country. The one at Regina is the main office, and others are sub-offices. There is a sub office at Saskatoon. I will now tell you about my trip down to my homestead south of Vonda. There were three of us started to walk down to our homesteads about 30 miles south east of Vonda.. We started Sat urday at 9:30 a. m., and walked until dark, when we had to stop lor we were using the sun as our guide. .We all lay down on the open prairie and slept well until about 12 o'clock, when our lent began to get cold, as we bad noth iug but our overcoats, and they weren't long enough to cover our feet We then walked around in a circle until our feet were warm ed up a little, and by that time the moon came up, and by 8 o clock, we started "on our journey using the moon for our guide un til sunrise. Wo should have kiudled a lire, but bad nothing to burn, we waiuea all day bun day from 8 o'clock in the morning until 8 p. m , and started out on Monday morning at 8 oV.W.k and got buck to Vonda Monday at 4 p. m. We saw seven wolves ou 1 our journey, and all ' kinds of ducks and geese. We are located on the survey of 'he Jterkella branch of the C. P, R. R,, which is to be built this year. I couldn't begin to describe the immigration to this country. Ev ery train that goes west is crowd , ed, and every f n lght baa from twelve to fifteen and more Im mi grant cars. This country is bo inj settled very fast, and the best hoinestsitd laad Im tukeu up that !a cl:3tD the rail road. I won't heevrr four tzilen frora town, --"Jt- r-lrc-i Isflonj'.sttd, tri Vint wi:i t tu.'.i fall, or eirly ncrt t-n-z. Th:t will ci'.s ny i wort j r ':'X KUCH MAIL NOT DELIVERED Failure of Writer to Put Their Address es on Letter aod Package the Principal Cause. HAVE NAME AND ADDRESS PRINTED. How to effect a redaction in the enormous amount of undeliv erable letters and packages which are being received by the dead letter office, is a matter to which Assistant Postmaster General Do Graw has been giving much attention since that division was placed within his lunsdiction. Over 11,000,006 pieces of unde- liverable mail were bandied by the division last year, and the av erage number received each day is now between 80,000 and 85,000. Mr. De Graw believes that this number is excessive and could be greatly reduced by the use of or dinary care by putroDS ot the postal service. Not only are the writers and addressed put to great Inconven ience and trouble by the non de livery of their mail, but the pe cuniary Joss is considerable, as during last month alone over $2, 000 for which no owners could be found, was turned inti the Fed eral treasury. Unfortunately. the greater part of the monetary loss falls upon persons who are most in need of fund. Failure on the part of writers to put their addresses on letters and packages is the tnucipil cause of the losses. Mail mat ter bearing the return address of the writer is not sent to the dead letter office, but returned direct ly to the sender in case of non-de li 'ery, and it is by giving the wid est publicity to the neglect of the writers to observe this simple precaution that Mr. De Graw hopes Vo accomplish something towards the general adoption of the plan by the people. The postoffice department is now sending out cards upon which are printed the form of ad dress to be used in mailing let ters, postal cards, etc., suggest ing that card addresses' of the writer bo placed in the left upper corner of the envelope. One ol these cards is being enclosed in each dead letter returning to the writer. Good results are expect ed through this method, but, of course, only a portion of the peo ple can be reached in that way. ' Business men have Ion? ago learned that they cannot afford to use an envelope on which their name and address is not printed, and dozens of farmer and ethers get their euvelopes and letter pa per at a printing office with name and address printed on, where one did ten years ago. By get ting a bunch of them printed at a time, the expense is but little more than buying a small quan tity at a time from a retail deal er, without the printing. OoTT. Rev. T. P. Garland will preach at Cedar Grove next Sunday at 10 o'clock a. m. Mrs. Ella Golden, Mrs. Laura Sharpe aud Mr. Elizabeth Car' nell, spent a few days with Lem uel Mellott and family at Sharps burg, and attended the monument dedication on tha Antietam bat tlefield on the 16th and 17th, ult. They all Report a good time, aud siy it was worth visiting. Bessie Bornhart, of McKees- port, and Sadi5Berubart,of Berk ley, spent the past week wit Mrs, Alfred Mellott. Allen Smith and family spent Sunday at William' Carnell'a. The farmers are very busy cut ting corn and seeding. Ros Bernhard, who wusvacci nated, was uno mscious for i short time. lie is no better. now. 1 get t2 a day, and board ei. Its ni'ia I work fur has over 400 dsres la wheat, it wiU avjr t from C5 to 40 bushc'.j r-r acre. Charles W, Dkave. VctU, Ccn. ' IN THE TEMPLE OF JUSTICE MoreThaa Usually Large Amount of Business Before the Court This Week. MANY PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. At two o'clock Monday after noon, with Judge Swope aud his associates Bender and Humbert on the bencb, and the court offi cers at, their respective desks, the crier touched the button and the wheels of justice begin to move. The constables were the tirbt to be thrown in the hopper, and from them were screened the following reports : Christian Spade, of Union township, said the new road in that township was much out of repair. The Court duected the District At torney to look after the supervis ors. A. J. uomerer, or Taylor township, told the Court that the road leading from Hustontown to New Grenada wa hai dly up to the standard, and the Judge ordered the District Attorney to notify the supervisors ot Taylor to get busy. II. E. Denhong, of Licking Creek township, gave informa tion that Alonzo Spriggs had been carrying concealed deadly weap ons. The Court promptly award ed process. J. C. Foster, of Wells, reported the bridge in New Grenada, un safe, and the road from George A. Stewart's, to the Bedford county line, out of repair. Calling the roll of grand jurors drawn, it was found that tiiey were all present W. H. Nelson was excused from serving, and H. K. Markley, of Bethel, was ap pointed foreman. All the petit jurors answered to their names except . Jacob C. Hess, who is out of the county. GENERAL BUSINESS. , Conda Welmer was appointed guardicn of Albert W. Sipes, and bond approved. Permission was granted Mr. Weimer to join in deeds conveying certain real es tate of said ward, and guardian acknowledged deeds in open court Upon request of the District Attorney, permission was grant ed him to settle the case of Com monwealth vs. O: P. Carmack, charged with f. and b., and that ot Com. vs. Bruce S. Hanu, on same charge. ACCOUNTS. The first and final account ot Emanuel Mills, administrator of estate of Julia Mills, deceased, was confirmed. First and final account of M. R. Shaffner, Esq.. administrator c. t a. of es dta of Miss E Rebecca Pott, deceased, read and confirm ed. Hon. John P. Sipos appoint ed auditor to make distribution. First and final account of Guts. E. Barton, administrator of the es tate of Mrs. Alice Smith, lute of McConnellsburg, deceased, was confirmed. First and final account of Thou P. Garland, administrator of the estate of Nathan Mellott was con firmed aud Geo. B. DunieN ap pointed auditor to make distribu tion. Second aud final account of S. Marshall Jackson, administrator of the estate of N. B. Jackson, de ceased, and Hon. S. W. Kirk, ap pointed auditor to iniiko distribiv tion. First and final account of C. J, Barton, administrator of the us tate of Margaret E. Duwney, de ceased, wua confirmed and Hon W. $cott Alexander -appointed uu ditor to make distribution. First and final account of Goo. A. Harris, Esq., administrator of the estate of Stephen F. Keepers, deceased, confirmed. First and final account of Oliver Mellott, executor of the will of Noah Mellott, deceased, whs con firmed ltuturu of order of real estate of Francis Ilernhoy by T. Seott Her n'ifty, aJ.:iimiitrator. .Sale con frved tj Gr&nt Taker hi the sum i f :i.a. 1 ' ita vf JV -3 I'4K: , (fewrtiied. Return of sale by Thomas K Slusher, administrator to Job Mnnn, confirmed. Price $100. Estate of Muhulda Mellott, de ceased. Return of sale made by. M. R. ShaHner, administrator, wa. confirmed: tracts Nos. 1 and 4 to Richard Pittmun, and tracts 2 and 3 to James G. Alexander. Con firmed. Estate of Laura Garliuk, de ceased. Writ of purtitioii grunted by the Court. Estate of Geo. W, (Jomorer, de ceased. Return of writ of parti tion confirmed, nnd rule on heirs awarded. Return of real estrte of J. W. Miller, deceased. Continued in the sum of $750. Estate of Eva C. Eckert and Christopher Eckert, deceased. Permission granted Sophia Gresa to pay money into Court. Estate of U. Jt. Truax, deceased. Return of order of sale confirmed. Price $655. Inquest awarded in estate of David Brubaker, deceased. Return of order of sale of real estate of Lewis D. Wible, deceased, confirmed. $1025. Return of order of sale of iol. estate of Josabed Lodge, deceased. Sold for $2720. Sale confirmed. Hon. S. W. Kirk appointed guardian of Frederic-und Bertha Blair. Bond $400. Report of W. Scott Alexander, auditor appointed to make distri bution in estate of Sarah L Mc Kibbin, deceased, as sold by Lizzie E. McKibbin. Report confirmed. Samuel Mellott appointed guar dian of Pearl, Gertrude, Mary Myrtle, and Helen C. Brubaker, minor children of the late John Brubaker, deceased. . Bond of M. R. Shaffner,' admin istrator of the estate of Mahuldu Mellott, in the sum of $1500 ap proved by 4he-tCourL. In No. 44, June, term, 1!)U5, Harriet R. Cooper and Wm. Coop er vs. Ervin F. Fisher and Motion presented to discontinue. Court awarded rule. 1 It was now four o'clock, and us the grand jury had not reported any bills, court adjourned until Tuesday morning. TUESDAY MOUNING. The first business of general interest before the court this forenoon was the trial of the "Com. vs, James Hess" case; Mr. Hess being charged with larceny of a telescope containing ladies' wearing apparel.. The evidence showed that on the afternoon of August IB, 1900, H. H. Shaw, Amos Williams and his two daughters, and A. B. Shaw aud daughter, went to the campmeeting then in progress at Crystal Springs, arriving at the camp about 6 o'clock. The ladies intended staying a day or two with the family of Jacob Rice, who had a tent on the grounds. As they did not know just whore Mr. Rice's tent was, the team was hitched near the preachers' tent, and the telescope containing wear ing apparel belonging to the lad ies, wus left in the vehicle, ard the party went in search of their friends, whom they soon found. Not thinking they were taking any risk in leaving the telescope in the carriage, thev attended the evening service, and then went for the telescope. Thev looked. The telescope was gone. The girls were worried. After making home iuquiry, Mr. Shaw felt justified in swear ing out a search warrant and ex amining the premises of James Hess, of Licking Creek township and the same placed In the hands of Constable II. E Deshong, who with Mr. Shaw, aud his daugh ter, went to Mr. Hess' home on th 8th of , September. When near the home of Mr. Uess, they met Mr. Hess and his wife in a buggy, As joou as Mr. Hess noticed the constable, he jumped out of the buggy and ran back to ward his house. The dilutable i eing tomethitig of a sprinter, leaped from hi buggy and ran after Hes. VVhou the latter found that t'le constable had too (OaulUmml ou puxe five. I PURIFY YOUR WELL State Health Commissioner Tells Folks of Rural Districts How to Pre 'vent Typhoid. "Disinfect your wells and avoid typhoid fever," said State Health Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon, in discussing tho campaign which the State Department of Health is making against this disease that is attended Willi so much suffering aud mortality through- i.ii the State. Mr. Dixon was speaking par ticularly of tho rural districts, where such a large part of the population have 'wells or springs ou their propertied and do not realize that they are seriously polluted until driukingfrom them has opened the door of the home to typhoid. On investigation i'. is found that theso wells aud springs receive their pollution by surface drainage from neighbor ing vaults, barnyards or pig sties. Dr. Dixon said : ' Of course, the first thing to do is to remove the cause of pol lution; that is, locate su-jh build ings so that the drainage from them will not reach the water supply. Many wells are polluted by tne persons who go to them for wa ter, carrying filth on their shoes, as for instance when the farmer walks directly from the barnyard to the well in times of wet weath er, if the platform of the well is not in good repair the retuse that he carries on his boots and de posits on the platform finds its way into the well. To disiufect the well or spring, the cheapest, and perhaps the best, agsnt is freshly burned un slacked lime. For the ordinary well atleastone half bushel shou'd be dumped into t,he well, and by means of a long-handled .brush the sides should be carefully scrubbed down with tne resulting milk ot lime. "The wall should then be pump ed out, cleaned, allowed to refill and a like amrunt of lime added. The well should then be allowed to stand for at least twenty-four hours, and after being repeated ly exhausted and allowed to refill until all traces of the lime have disappeared it may again be used. The delivery pipe, chains and other fixtures should be scrub bed with a solution made by dis solving six ounces of pure carbol ic acid in a gallon of hot water, which should in turn be removed by scrubbing with plain water. In the case of springs, an ade quate amount of lime should be used, their bottom and sides bs ing thoroughly scrubbed with the resulting milk of lime." Recent Deaths. LAYTON. Helen b, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Laytou, of Bethel township, died September 28, 1900, aged 7 months and 19 days. Interment at the Cedar Grove Christian church, and the funeral services conducted by Rev. Powers. WHEELEH. Mrs. Mary Wheeler, widow of the late William E. Wheeler, late of Bethel township, deceased, died at the home of her son, Mr. George Gray, near Sideling Hill postoftice, September 5, 1906, ag ed 72 years, 10 months, and 20 days. Mrs. Wheeler was a daughter of Peter Clevenger, deceased, and had been married three times. She was the mother of five chil dren, two of whom are living, namely, George Gray, of Sideling Hill, and Mrs. Chas. Paull, of South Fork, Cambria county, Pa. Mrs. Wheeler had been sick since April, paving sulTered a stroke of paralysis; but she bore her lufirtr.ities with Christian fortitude, teeling that while it was .veil to uve, to die and be with Christ were far better. Mrs." yiielr was a loaalstont member of j.he Christian church. and her re;mtins were laid rest in the cemetery nt Cedar Grove church, ih funeral services b inV Conducted by Rnv. Thos. l Giwrlud, ' GAME PLENTIFUL Mure This Year In Pennsylvania Than Has Been Seen In the State for Many Years. SO SAYS GAME SECRETARY KALBFL'S. "There will be more game this year in Pennsylvania than has been seen in tlio state for many yours." S:alGame Sojr.-taiy Kalbfus says, "1 am gi iliug splondid accounts from my c rre sxni(li'ins all over tho state. From evecy section come good accounts of the vast quantities of gime this year. "This is so with pheasauts, wild turkeys, deer, quail, gray squirrels ar.d rabbits. There will be more deer killed than for ma;:y a year. As for quail I have the best kind of reports especial ly concerning the quail we got from Alabama for breeding pur poses. Some of them have been seen leading tiocks of twenty-one, wtiich is propagating some. "The reports concerning deer are very encouraging, but there are also reports that some are being killed out of season. We'll get the people who do that and teach them a lesson. 1 account for the increase in the amount of game to the fact that there have been few forest fires this year, owing to the increased vigilance of the forest wardens, who are al so game wardens, and the work of the people generally, who are takiugan interest m the game question and are on the watch to protect game out of season and to see that during the open season, the laws regarding the amount of game one man can kill during a season are observed. "The day of the pot hunter is gone in this state, and the men who kill game to.ship it outside for sale have about been eliminat ed. The true sportsman is com ing into his own, and he is taking mighty good care that he observ es the law and compels others to observe it." HIX0N HANKS NUPTIALS. Wedding of Miss Jennie Hanks and Er nes t A. Hixsos In Brush Creek Val ley Last Wednesday. One of the leading social events of the season in the quiet little valley of Brush Creek, occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hixon, near Crystal Springs, when thoir son Ernest A. was united in marriage to Miss Jennie, daughter of the late Nathan B. Hanks, Esq., deceased. The parlors in which the cere mony was performed, were beau tifully decorated with festoons of Goldenrod, beneath a union of which, in the center of the room, the happy couple stood, while the Rev. Wise, of Breezewood, in the presence of a half hundred or more iuvited guests, eolerunly confirmed the promise which Uie bride and groom each made to take the other "for better or worse." Miss Grace Hixsou, sister of the groom, was the maid of hon or, and Oharles M. Lodge, the best man. The serving of the sumptuous wedding dinner, aud the large number of .valuable snd useful presents, were in keeping with tlio social status of tin contract ing parties. A fitting climax to the day's festivities, was the arrival in the evening, of a hay wagon load of friends of tho young people who had been "too busy" toaltoud the wedding, but who were bound not to lose the opportunity to come and "pay their respects." Well, they were a happy-go lucky crowd, and serenaded the bride and groom in great shape. The groom was equal 'to' the occasion, and set up a geneous quantity of cigars and cider for the boys, and lot" of good cake i'for the girls, and the whole day's festivities passed off likv a pleasant dream. J. B. Mellott, D. D. S., and wife of Need more, spoutluhtF-nturily li towu. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Snapshots at Their Comings and Goinj; $ . Here for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful'Outing. NAMES. OF VISITORS AND VISITED Prof. Barton and family were guests ol Grunt Baker and wife near Knobsville, at dinner last Thursday. Edgar Alexander showed us a bunch ol ripe raspberries a few days ago that were the second crop grown this year. ' Rev. J. C. Grimes and wife, of this place, are spending a week in Harrisburg and attendingthededi cation of the capitol. Jefferson C. Mellott, one of Bel fast township's substantial citi zens, spent a few hours in Mc Connellsburg. last Friday. Mrs. Edward Shimer and son Frank, of this place, are an ong those who are spending a few days at Harrisburg attending the dedication of the capitol. S. K. Pittman, doing a prosper ous mercantile business in the vi cinity ot Shippensburg, spent a couple of days last week among relatives and friends in this com munity. V. R. Sipes, at the Tollgate on the Mercersburg pike this side of Folta, called at the News oftico while in town last Thursday, ai d advanced his su bscription a cou plo of years. Geo. H. Metzler, ot Decorum, accompanied by his little daugh ter Mona, and his mother, visited in the home of S. P. Metzler at New Grenada, from Friday until Tuesday of last week. C. R. Shoemaker, wife ani chil dren, of Jannette, Pa., and Har ry Laidig, wife and son, of Sterl ing, 111., are enjoying a visit in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Laidig at Huston town. H. (J. McGowan expects to move his family to Mount Union in a few weeks, where he will be en gaged in the butchering business. We hope their new home may be pleasant, and the busiuess profit a ole. Grant Baker bought the Frank Hershey farm near Knobsville last Saturday at public sale for $818.00. The farm contains 110 acres; and if there are 200,000 feet of saw timber on it, as re ported, Grant ought to get out on it.- ABRAHAM DISH0NQ DEAD. Was a Member of the 158th Regiment, and Fought for Uncle Sam in theCivil War. Abraham Dishoug, for many years a resident on the "lower farm" in the Meadowgrounds, died at the home of his son-in law, George M. Myers, noar Warfords burg, on Friday morning of last week, aged 85 years, 3 mouths, and 7 days. Funeral, conducted by Rev. Powers, of Needmo;e, took place ou Sunday, and inter ment was made in the cemetery at the Presbyterian church at Warlordsburg. '. Mr, pishong served in the Civ il War, and was a member of C in, pany K. 158th Pennsylvania Reg iment He was mustered into service November 4 18fi2. and mustered out on the 12th of Au gust, Besides his wife, who was Sa rah Ottkraau, he Is survived by eight children, namely, Catheriuo wife of George M. Myers; Con rad, Warfordsburg; Clarence, FranHlin Mills; Fannie Vores, Knobsville; Jamesand Annie, uear McConnellsburg; Aiara, near Co. valt, and Charity, in Ohio. -'Evidence of Appreciation. To show their appreciation of the good work he has douo in the Sunday school" this year, al "it forty members of the PI:-- Grove Sunday school r ' at the home of thc'.r t (lent, David Gjr'-- V day evening cf .' ' ' ,
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