ES RE AA EAS OS SRE " erm i ws = > NOTE—A bill of Sand Spring Water Company, amount $1775.00, refused py Councll, same returned to Water Company. The James Scott Sidewalk account has been paid in 1916. A Sinking Fund of Three Mills Is being properly maintained, which Interest js adequate to meet charges and retire bonds at maturity. P OLEX the itch. Try Doan’s Ointment. . ; ; ee Harsh physics react, The more you scratch, the worse Foe | ecsems, any skin itching. 56e 2 be. | easily. =. a - \ \ REPORT OF VIEWERS FINANCIAL STATENENT oH he smo L / Action on petitions for new roads and bridges has been recently taken OF as follows in the Somerset court. FF Wm The Court has ordered the vacation a. of the road in Quemahoning Town- ship leading from a point near the ’ : residence of Charles Zimmerman to : the Stambaugh sawmill, which was For Year Ending December 31st, 1915 recommended by the following view- —— ers: Attorney John A. Hartman, of M. F. BARR, Colisstor: Windber; Capt. William M. Schrock, 1 : |of Somerset, and Joseph B. Miller To Balance Duplicate 1914 .. .. «. «. «so «co 20 oo ..$3511.74 $3611.74 of Jelferson Township. DR. The vacation of a road in Jenner 4 eduias tes. 8385:82 Township. passing through Pilltown, By Ce IY hea ? - - 1% i rv we oe 11598 8511.74 |has been ordered by the Court on y Vectors recommendation of the following M. F. BAER, Collector. viewers: Attorney Rufus E. Meyers, DR. 1915. of Somerset; Joseph B. Miller, of To DUDHCBEE ++ +s .+ + +s 4sivs sv twin ive ue ex 9233.74 Jefferson Township, and Virgil M. To Aqaious .. : ey Ne Io 9365.99 on sii 08 of Attorney Sra I, . n To 5 per cont added on $2334 ? 31 John A. Hartman, of Windber; Capt. CR. William M. Schrock, of Somerset, and By Cash paid Treasurer, Active Aecomt.. .. ..... .. 3509.28 Peter Dumbauld, of Milford Township, By Cash paid Treasurer, Sinking Fund, 1914 .. .. .. 973.79 Viewers, the court has ordered the va- By Cash paid Treasurer, Sinking Fund, 1916 .. .. .. 2164.89 cation of a ‘road in’ Jefferson Town By discount allowed Tax Payers. .. .. ar av eeies 20041 ship, leading from the Mt. Pleasant By Balace Due from Collector Jan. 1, 1916. aise wens 2451.67 9366.99 pike to the Husband:Bakersville R. H. PHILSON, Treasurer. road. DR. The report of Attorney Louis C. “Active Account.” Colborn, of Somerset; Joseph B. Mil- ler, of Jefferson Pownship, and Peter: To Cash from M. F. Baer, 1914 .. .. .. .. «¢ oo oo 3335.82 Dumbauld, of Milford Township, To Cash from M. F. Baer, 1916 .. .... .. «0 «cc ov on 3609.23 Viewers. in favor of the vacation of a To Cash from Liquor Licenses .. .. .. «. es so oo oo 588.00 road passing through Kline's Mills, in To Cash from Valentine Gres, Burgess .. .. .. .. .. 708.28 Sedner Township, Has been approved To Cash from St. Railway Co. .. «. vv v0 eo on on oe 115.60 by the Court. To Cash from Sewer Connections .. .. .. «. «oc co oo The Court has approved dhanges in To Cash from Scale Receipts .. .. .. . as Weve MOS a public Toad in Jenner and Quems- .To Cash from Mrs. McGary St. Ymprovelient at Bridge 86.73 noning Dam, ‘recommended’. by the t at Bridge 43.13 ? y To Cash from E. F. Clark, St. Improvemen following Viewers. Attorney Rufus To Cash from Phil. Imhoff, Bricking Ditch .. .. .. .. 8.48 E Meyers. of Somerset; Peter Dum To Cash from 2 Loads of Ballast .. .. .. .. .. «. 2.25 vauld of Milford Township, and Virgil To Cash from Geo. Hocking Paving Account .. 20.00 M_ Black, of Confluence Cash Transfer from Sinking Fund . .. 900.00 9401.58 » ’ . : The grand jury has concurred with : CR. Attorney Rufus E. Meyers of Somer- Cash Paid Balance due Treasurer last year . .. .. 273.91 set; Peter Hoffman, of Paint Town- Cash Paid for Street Labor, including Relaying of ship, and Jeremiah J. Reiman, of Sto- North St. Sewer .. .: .. +. +s .. eee ev 2080.24 nycreek Township, Viewers, who re- Cash Paid for Hauling .. Sr eve a ines ine 237.99 ported favorably on the petition of Cash Paid for Use of Horse .. .. .. .v +. «0 os oo oo 187.64 citizens of Quemahoning Township Cash Paid for Grading .. .. .i .. cc ce +s 3s oe on 116.39 for a new bridge over Layman Run, Cash Paid for Light .. .. .. «sss 5 as .. 2011.50 where the public road leading from Cash Paid for Police Service .. .. .. .. .. . 1490.51 Hooversville to Landstreet crosses Cash Paid for Tile .. -.. oe 513.28 the stream. Cash Paid for Pipe & Fixtures, Now ‘Bridge. 80.87 Attorney John A. Hartman, of Cash Paid for Cinder & Ballast .. .. ves 189.27 Windber; Capt. William M. Schrock, Cash Paid for Freight on Brick &. Ballast 234.16 of Somerset, and Jeremiah J. Reimer Cash Paid for Tax Collector's Commission .. 258.52 of Stonycreek Township, Viewers ap- Cash Paid for Refund on Taxes & Printing Statements 19.06 pointed by the Court on petition of Cash Paid for Burgess Salary for 11-2 years 225.00 citizens of Shade Township for a new Cash Paid for Legal Services W. C.Truxal 100.00 bridge across Over Run, where the Cash Paid for Secretary’s Salary & Postage .. .. 55.76 public highway leading from Kantner Cash Paid for Preparing Tax Duplicate .. .. .. .. .. 15.00 to Central City crosses the stream, Cash Paid Auditors welt we ARES A CN a Ts 9.00 near the residence of G. B. Cassiday. Cash Paid for Surveying .. .. Chea 27.850 The grand jury has declined to con- Cash Paid for Health Officer, Fees. & Supplies - aie 47.60 cur with Attorney Louis C. Colborn, Cash Paid for Secretary Board of Health . .. .. 30.00 of Somerset; Virgil M. Black, of Con: Cash Paid for Lumber, Bridge & Culvert Repairs .. 68.28 fuence, and Joseph B. Miller, of Jef- Cash Paid for Repairing Municipal Building & Scales . 41.71 ferson Township, who reported favor Cash Paid for Smithing .. .. . es se delice ine swine 17.20 ably on the petition of citizens of hi Cash Paid for Telephone Service Fae vies ewiiew 18.67 ford Township, for a new bridge over Cash Paid for Expenses to Somerset, Somerset Tele Glade Run. phone hearing and Logal 4 Advice... .. .. .i Je iv 30.45 Attorney John A. Hartman, ‘of Cash Paid for Brick .. .. .. «ciesive ss se: seas ab 230.00 Windber; Capt. William M. Schrock of Cash Paid for Hardware .. i... oes vo: sition Jeiv. ee ies 37.89 Somerset, and Peter Hoffman of Paint Cash Paid for Printing .. .. .. .. . . elise 58.95 Township, Viewers appointed by the Cash Paid Frank Zeigler, Payment on Contract ce’ we 503.00 Court on petition of citizens of Jenner Cash Paid Chas. Beal, Payment on Contract, Filling Township, have reported in favor of a Approaches .. .. . ee ee swaie ss emitee ee 50.00 new bridge over Picking Run. Cagh Paid Stato TAY .. .. .o =« -sisie ve as vs == ov 106.00 The Court has ordered the vacation Cash Paid, Meals for PriSoners .. .. .. .: oes se 8.10 of a road in Brothersvalley Township Cash Paid for SIZns .. .. oc c+ 2s +02 on See air 80 connecting the Mud Pike and the Cash Paid for Copper Wire, Centre St. Bridge Lights 14.40 Beachdale road, which was recom- Cash Paid for Sundries: .. .. .. .. .. . <n 5h... 4510 mended by the following Viewers: Balance in Hands of Treasurer ... .. .. .. eo eo 47.13 9401.68 Attorney Rufus E. Meyers, of Somer- R. H. PHILSON, Treasurer. set; Jeremiah J. Reimer, of Stony- a ” creek Township, and Peter Dumbauld, Sinking.Fund + 86.33 of Milford Township. To Balance on Hand January 1, 1916 .. .. .. .. «.. .. 9 On petition of the Supervisors. of To Cash from M. F. Baer .. . . vena. 3138.68 Broth ey 7 Bi 4 chute To Cash from Geo. Donges Bal. Street Paving Se aaa. 8343 rothersvalley Township and abutting To cash from E. D. Leonard, Meyers Ave, Paving .. .. 111.00 property holders, the Court has ore To Cash from Geo. H. Hocking, Meyers Ave, Paving .. 60.00 dered ‘a change in the width of the Macdonalton road, as provided by the To Cash from W. H. Hoffmeyer .. .. . ed 394.29 a a ol iM 5 101 To Cash from Interest by Bank (June) .. .. .. .. .. 22.80 ct of Assembly of May 5, 3 Wo Cash trom Interest by Bank (DEC) +: +« +s nv. +. 2300 | #79988 ( The Court has npoinied the fol lowing Viewers to pass on the peti- CR. tion of citizens of Addison Township, By Interest Pald .. .. cc ov vv cviosivel se seve, en 1331.26 for a road to connect to Confluence- By Transfer to Active Account .. .. ,. .¢ «¢ oo 900.00 Addison highway and the Newbury Ry Bonds .. .. .. Jia, ies alias wel «1500.00 road: Attorney John A. Hartman; of By Balance in Hands of Treasurer ss heii del serie 1068.27 4799.58 | Windber; Capt. William M. Schrock, LIABILITIES of Somerset, and William P. Hay, of Somerset Township. BODAS OULSIANAME ... .. .. «ec «ou 2s +s ss se «+ + 26600.00 The Court has confirmed the report cone eas EAs TIBRRI ov hie vente sy 20606.71 |Of Attorney Rufus E Meyers, of Som- BCgl-ansous 8 P Th ovnher Jovtn nt i erset; Joseph B. Miller, of Jefferson RESOURCES Township, and Jeremiah J. Reiman, of Balance Due from W. H. Hoff meyer .. .. «. .. .. .. 271.14 Stonycreek Township, Viewers ap- Balance Due from M. F. Baer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2451.67 pointed on petition of the of Milford Balance Due from Pole & Steam Tax .. .. .. .. 491.40 Township for a new road to connect Balance Due from Sewer Connections. .. .. .. 126.36 the Cox’s creek road leading from Balance Due from Miscellaneous Accounts .. .. .. .. 22.40 Rockwood to Somerset with the road Balance Due from Jas. Scott Paving Account .. b84.97 leading from the Mud Pike to Wilson Bal. Due from Church of Brethren side walk & pav. St181.96 Creek. he viewers reported against Balance due from A. E. Shoemaker Estate ditto 222.24 the laying out of the road. Balace due from Brick Ditch Accounts 31.14 Judge Ruppel has ordered the Balance in hands of Treas. Active Account Sur 4738 opening of a new road beginning at Bal. in hands of Treasurer, Sinking Fund . 1068.27 5498.58 |.1 ‘intersection of the Confluence Actual Indebtedness .. .. . 2410803 |g merset road and the Markleton We, the undersigned auditors have examined the road and extending to the public road above account and find it correct. leading from Kingwood to Markleton. KARL H. STOTLER, The laying out of this road was rec- MARCH 10, 1916 E. J. DICKEY, ommended by Attorney Rufus E. C. C. NAUGLE, Auditors Meyers, of Somerset; Joseph B. Mil- ler, of Jefferson Township, and Peter Dumbauld, of Milford Township, Viewers appointed by the Court on petition of citizens of Upper Turkey- foot Township. weaken the will lead to chronic consti Doan’s Regulets operate 26c a box at all stores. bowels, pation. | lock, six miles east of Warren, for KEYSTONE PARAGRAPHS The Philadelphia and Reading Rail- way company has placed orders for 1,000 hopper coal cars of 100, 000 pounds capacity each. The Stan- dard Steel Car company will build 500 cars and the Pressed Steel Car company the other 500. The cars will cost between $1,250,000 and $1,500,000. En route to New York from Los An- geles, to sail for Europe and enter the aviation service of the allies on the eastern front, Deloyd Thompson, rec ognized as one of the foremost air men of the United States, visited his mother, Mrs. S. J. Thompson, at Wash- ington. A casting‘ weighing about 101,000 pounds was made at the Ridgway Ma- chine Tool company. The casting is for an anvil base for a large steam drop hammer and is part of a machine which, when completed, will weigh 260,000 pounds. Fears are felt that Warren ana other towns along the Allegheny rver, a8 well as towns along the Clarion river, will experience one of the worst floods in history within the next few weeks because of deep snow in the woods. Ground has been broken at Hem- the construction of a new acid works. The plant will cost about $25,000 and when completed will employ forty to fifty men. The three-year-old daughter of Mrs. Hugh Donahugh of Shamokin was scalded to death when she fell into a tub of hot water which had been pre- pared for the father’s bath on coming home from work at the mines. Until a concrete pier, undermined by waters of Dunbar creek, is replaced be unable to use the high bridge which crosses the creek and Pennsyl- vania railroad tracks at Fayette. Shot twice in the head with a re- the West Penn Railways company will | | L. J. Holidays is erecting a cars and taxicabs ps and taste; light and ai one of the most popular an Cl $1.00. CONFLUENCE. | During the last week two people were operated on in Dr. Frantz’s hos- pital. They were Elmer Shipley of Confluence and Elsie Bird, daughter of W. A. Bird of Listonburg. Both are getting along well after their operations. | Harry M. Lawver, a well known! and highly respected trainmsn who has resided here for many years, was | taken to the Mercy Hospital at Pitts- burg for an operation. Mr. Lawver was operated on early in the winter at the same hospital, but returned home. Dr. H. P. Meyers, who accom- | panied him to the hospital, returned | home Thursday and reports him rest- ing comfortably. The Tenth District Association of the = Sunday Schools of Somerset county will hold a rally at Listonburg Thursday, March 30. A number of well known Sunday School workers | are expected to be present. i gar- age here near the postoffice. 0. B. Maddox, train auditor on the. i i B. & O. R. R., with headquarters at! volver, James Sophano of Farrell is in Buhl hospital, Sharon, and is not ex- pected to recover. leged to have done the shooting. The shovel manufacturing plant, the sole industry of Union Furnace, was totally destroyed by a spectacu- lar fire with a loss of $80,000. James Thomas, aged twenty-nine, and Pittsburgh freight train at Mt. Jewett. under the wheels. The borough council of Arnold is taking steps to prevent further dam- age from sinking of parts of Moore, Reid and K:mball streets, which are over coal mines. - Gas and water lines : |’'have been broken. State Troopers Charles Ferich and. John Ferguson were seriously injured and several others are said to have suffered cuts and bruises in a strike | riot at Langeloth, one mile from Burgettstown. Fire did $15,000 damage in the ware- house and trestle of the Canon Knox Supply company at Altoona and the adjoining stable of the Altoona Con- crete Construction and Supply com- pany. Reading his own death notice in the papers caused Michael Cooke of St. Marys considerable amusement. A man killed on the railroad at Johnson- Dominic Arintino, aged twenty- seven, of Pine Run, died in the Alle- gheny General hospital, Pittsburgh, shortly after being struck by a Penn- sylvania railroad train near Apollo. Leaving a note saying he could not live without his mother and that he hoped to meet her in heaven, Carl Burns, aged eighteen, of near Green- ville, shot and killed himself. Rev. A. L. Metcalf of the Presby- terian church at Leisenring is named defendant in a suit for $5,000 filed by William McFarland, who was struck by the minister's automobile. The receiver of the Mercer County Brewing company, petitioned the court to permit the sale of the brewery on the grounds that it was impossible to run the same at a profit. William Pasco, a Media teamster, has applied for a raise in pay from his employer. He gave as his reason the birth of quadruplets at his home. Furnace No. 4 in the battery of ten is being put into operation at the Donora Zinc works and furnace No 2 is being put in shape for operation. This season’s maple syrup and su- gar production will be smaller than for many years, according to reports from Indian Creek valley. A large steel floating hangar, built for the government, has been launched at Ambridge. The craft is 225 feet in length and 65 feet wide. An epidemic of scarlet fever and measles has caused the health authori- ties of Latrobe to adopt rigid quaran- tine measures. An average of $100 to $500 has been added to the assessed valuations of | residential property in Altoona. Superintendent Edgar Reed has riculum the study of Spanish. iting his father-in-law, Jacob C. Show The police are | looking for Thomas Ross, who is al-! {dealer from Smithfield, W. Va., has which for eighteen years had been | ‘for the last several weeks. fourteen miles west of Huntingdon, ! i sock social in the Sunday School en- was killed by a Buffalo, Rochester that was well patronized. There were several As he jumped off a car his | washouts on the B. & O. Wednesday overcoat caught and he was thrown and a number of trains were late, but {Confluence and Oakland branch. burg had been identified as Mr. Cooke. |; "|'health? added te the Donora high school cur Parkersburg, was here this week vis- who ‘has been an invalid for several months. Jefferson VanSickel, a lumber been visiting relatives in this vicinity The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church gave a tertainment room Thursday evening, slides and "no serious inconvenience felt. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ferrell, March 22, a little son. | E. W. Debolt of Charleston was a | recent visitor with friends up the The Lutheran Sunday School will render a beautiful Easter service in the church Easter Sunday. The many friends of Mrs. S. T. Downs will be sorry to learn she is quite ill at present. Miss Esther Black has gone for a visit of a few days in Pittsburg. - Melvin Sellers, who was operated on at Frantz’ Hospital, hlas been re- moved to his home. Miss Nina Fike was in Connelis- ville the last few days where she has a musical class. Rev. Lawson Campbell, an evan- geiist of the Christian Church, Pittsburg, has been holding evange- listic services at Allison. Rev. W. W. Wagner, of Salisbury, preached in the Lutheran Church there Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. C. G. Masters and daughter, Lydia, went to Beachley where they will spend several days with Mr. Masters, superintendent of the Beachley Coal Company. H. L. Sellers, who has been ill with rheumatism, is reported some better. Thomas Knight. who has been {ll for several days, is able to be out again. . A. B. Flanigan of Johnson Chapel and son-in-law, Orville Burnsworth, who is visiting him, were in town vesterday and report Mrs. Flanigan, who has ben ill, a little improved. The many friends of Miss Mary Kate Davis will be glad to learn she is improving from her recent severe illness. PERFORATE YOUR TIN CANS. Who would have thought that the tin can is a menace to the public The expert malaria inves- tigators of the U. S. Public Health Service have found however that dis- carded tin cans containing rain wa- ter are breeding places for the mos- quito which is [the sole agent in spreading malaria. . A hole in the bot- tom of the empty can might have re- sulted in the saving of a human life. Certainly it would have assisted in preventing a deliberating illness. Empty tin |cans have no business about the premises anyway, but if we | must so decorate our back yards, let's | see to it that the can has a hole in| the bottom of it. | Children n Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA (RE MONONGAHELA HOUSE g railroads, — goes, sicsetholt places Und nal management of Mr. J. B. Kelley, vr os sinatra the Ean per day i any room, with or without bath. ERR EERE J. B. Kelley, Manager Smithfield St., Water St. and First Avenue PITTSBURGH European Plan Located at the very gateway to the city, just out of the con- gested zone, yet within reach FEE (I E32 EE Re] in com- ES Hi {E0 Cuisine Unsurpassed Note These Reasonable Reims 5 Service Single ithout $1.00 1.50 3¢) Complete Cafe eee BD 2 Se Club Bred, Se ort Ia IE 00, $2. 50m & ub Dinners at 50c, 60c, 75c and $3.00 per day. ‘Each additional person $1.00 [3 ~ FLEET Ni (DBRT If you want to know just how well it pays to spray, look up market quota- tions and see what a difference there is between the ‘fancy’ grades and the - poorer ones, which run knotty, wormy, and rotten at core. Spraying has more than any other one thing to do with making fancy fruit, the kind that brings the high prices. Wherever the value of spraying is full appreciated, there you are sure to fin SPRAY PUMPS used and valued. They are built by ¢know-how’’—not by guess; designed by people who know A fruit-growing conditions demand. 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Endorsed by 40,000 people—endorse ed at home. Proof in a Meyersdale citizens state- ment. H. L. Heffley, 306 North St. Mey- ersdale, says: “About three years ago I was troubled by severe pains in the small of my back, brought om by my work which kept me in damp places. The pains were so bad that I became alarmed. I was very lame {in the morning and could hardly stoop over or lift anything. I got a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills at Thomas's Drug Store and I improved after ta- king it. Three boxes cured me and I haven't been troubled since.” Price 50 cents at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a Kidney remedy— get Doan’s Kidney Pills, the same that cured Mr. Heffley. Foster—Mil- burn Co., Pros. Buffalo, N. Y. ——————————— The work of street paving in Ber- lin will soon begin, the State High- way Department having advertized |for bids for same. This will mean | work for quite a number of mem. 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