Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Mar. 12, I9CB.
IB
AS FARM HANDS
If the experience of Mrs. Kate Mans
Jones, of Valley township, is to be
takeu as a criterion, then there is a
method iu sight by which the farmers
of this section may be able to solve
the perplexing problem of help, which
with each succeeding year of late has
grown to be a more serious one.
ludeed, so grave has the question of
securing labor become that not a few
farmers of this section have been im
pelled to discontinue farming, not
withstanding that they had bronght
their laud up to a high state of cul
tivation and that the maiket condi
tions are the best that have existed for
many years.
During a few months past the im
migration bureau of the government
has come to the rescue of the argicul
turists In response to an appeal from
the farmers' league of Lancaster coun
ty the Labor and Immigration bureau
of Washington sent a number of im
migrants from the farms of Northern
Germany into that section. The immi
grants have proven themselves good
workers, although they labor under a
handicap of not being familiar with
the methods of American farmers and
uot being able to master the English
language.
Mrs. Jones, who conducts a dairy
farm near Munsdale, was the first in
this section to apply to the immigra
tion bureau. As usual in such mat
ters there was a good deal of formal
ity to comply with, but the applicant
was successful in obtaining first class
help, consisting of£husband, wife
and child.
During an interview yesterday Mrs.
Jones explained how she had proceed
ed in order to obtain immigrants as
help. First of all, one has to under
stand that it will be necessary to com
ply with instructions to the very let
ter.
The rules require that the person ap
plying for help fill out "information
blanks," which are-supplied by the
government forwarding the same to
the chief of the division, using ad
dressed envelopes, which are enclosed
with the blanks.
The applications will then be plac
ed upon the list of active opportuni
ties. Mis. Jones was required to wait
but ten days. The immigrants which
she recieved are Polish people, who
have proven especially capable. They
have lived with gMrs. Jones for about
a month and have demonstrated their
trustworthiness. C. L. Green, the in
spector in charge, iu a letter to Mrs.
Jones explains that the Poles being an
agricultural people make excellent
farm hands,although the average Am
erican farmer has not become acquaint
ed with the fact.
The inspector-in-charge impresses
upon all those desiring help tlie neces
sity of stating accurately the amount
of wages that they will pay, also the
necessity of advanoing funds for trans
portation, as very few of those desir
ing work at the present time are in
possession of sufficient funds to pur
chase railroad ticbots due to the fact
that they have been out of employment
for a loug time.
Several other farmers of this vicin
ity have decided to imitate Mrs Jones'
example and to apply to the bureau of
immigration for foreign help.
Development of the Fennsy.
An idea of the vastness of the Penn
sylvania railroad system—and its im
portance to the country it traverses
is to be obtained from figures in the
annual "Record of Transportation
Lines," just compiled by the mainten
ance of way departments of the sys
tem. These figures show n total mile
age of 11,080.60 of which 6,154.63 are
located east of Pittsburg and Erie,and
4.925.97 west of Pittsburg.
The lines penetiate thirteen states
and the District of Columbia, the
greatest mileage being in Pennsyl
vania, where the system has 4,067,48 1
m les of line. Ohio is second with i
1,831.13 miles and Indiana is thirdj
with 1,541.82 miles. There aro 823.C6 |
miles of line in New York and 771.i»3 I
miles in New .Jersey, Illinois has 635.- 1
24 miles, Maryland 552.70, Michigan t
435.36, and Delaware 374.05 miles. In !
the District of Columbia and each of
the states of Kentucky, Missouri, Vir- j
ginia and West Virginia—termini of !
different portions of the system—the '
mileage is less than 100.
The total trackage of the system i
amounts to 23,572 miles, of which 13,. j
188 are east of Pittsburg, and 9,748.10 j
are west of that point. The intensive j
development of the system,to meet re
quirements of commerce, in recent j
years is to bo seen in the fact that I
while the mileage has increased ouly |
518.15 since December 81, 1903, the to- j •
tal trackage has increased 3,027 miles.
The system a' the present time has 3,- m
241.90 miles dT second track—about cue ' i
third of the total; 763.28 miles of third t I
track,551.36 miles of fourth track, and ! j
7,934.98 miles of sidings belonging to !
the company.
While Frank Moslock, was lying in y
bed in his room in Colorado, near
Girardville. Sohuylkill county, on
Monday, he was mysteriously shot, a
bullet coming through a window and v
entering his chest. He may not re- «
cover.
DR. SAMUEL OUT
FOR CONGRESS
Dr E. W. Samuel, on Thursday of
last week announced himself as a can
diadte for congress and on the day of
his auuouuoemeut the following article
appeared in the.'Mount Carmel Item :
"Dr. E. W. Samuel, of Mouut Car
mel, today announces himself as a can
didate for congress in this, the Six
teenth congressional district, subject
to the Republican primaries.
''This action, while no doubt ex
pected throughout the eutire district,
was uot definitely decided upon by our
townsman and former congressman,
until a few days ago. Leaders of the
Republican party and many of the best
Democrats in the four counties iiave
written to him and advised him to be
a caudidate. The call was plain and
unuiistakoable. The people wanted the
Doctor to enter the field, and he has
consented.
"We can only speak of Doctor Sam
uel iu terms of highest praise. As our
I representative iu t.he Fifty-ninth con
gress his record was clean and houor
able, and signal ability marked every
i official act, He was honored by the
speaker of the house and was appoiut
: od a member of important committees,
j "His best servico to his constituency
was no doubt rendered as a member of
DR E. W. SAMUEL,
the pension committee. Pensions
granted upon his recommendation in
this district alone are numbered in the
' thousands. The bills introduced by
him, and his work as a congressnin><,
were such as to entitle him tojtlie xTTT
stinted paise of our'people.
"It is not our purpose, at this'time"
however, to review his official career,
| but to refer to Dr. Samuel, townsman.
I Since last he has Btepped into public
j affairs the community here has iiad
| much cause to recognize in him a man
! among men, a public spirited citizen,
a man who has rendered priceless ser
j vice to our town.
j "No one at this time can calculate
the good that the Doctor did in un
tangling the trolley affairs—how he
stepped in when a most deplorable
condition confronted us, ended a strike
which had proven disastrous and cost
ly to the community, brought order
out of chaos,and by his diplomacy and
sacrifice of mouey proved himself a
public benefactor.
"The ending of the groat trolley
strike of last year will ever be point
ed to as one of Dr. Samuel's crowning
achievements. He suceeded where oth
er men—men of money and shrewd
business acumen—had failed. Every
trolley employe, every miner who has
occasion to travel to and from his
work on the cars, iu fact, every man, j
woman and child residiug in this j
locality, profited by his good work.
"The good of this community, the
promotion of its business interests,anil ]
the advancement of its citizens, has i
ever been uppermost in his mind. He '
is the only congressman from this dis
trict who ever honored a Mount Car- I
met hoy with an appointment to Wett j
Point. He has helped numbers of oiti-1
zens in various ways, and has never !
turned a deaf ear||to an appeal, where |
the cause was worthy.
"Doctor Samuel will be unopposed
j for nomination by the Republicans.
He is recognized to be the strongest
j man in the district, and the logical
j man to represent ua in congress.
! "If the sentiment in Mount Carmel
is any indication of the political situa
tiou, our townsman will be elected by
the largest majoirty ever given a cou
j gressioual candidate. Mount Carmel
will take advantage of its opportunity
| to pay him a glittering tribute of re
j spect and esteem. "
"
WB ancQTC ■■MMM *ov
PERSONALS, i
I 8
Charles Winpatp, of Philadelphia,
arrived yesterday to join his wife for
a visit at the home of the latter's par-
I cnts, Air, and Mrs. Grant Ridgway,
j Ferry street.
Mrs. Joseph Nesbitt returned to Brvn
Mawr yesterday after a several days'
j visit at the home of tlie Misses Voris,
] Pine street.
Charles' Richards and daughter, Miss
Manie Riohards.of Wapwallopen, spent
yesterday at the home of the former's
sister, Mrs. D. C. Hunt, West Mahon
ing street.
Mrs. William Moore and Miss Annie
Farley, Church street, spent yesterday
with friends in Bloomsburg.
Mrs. Daniel Brown Recovered.
Mrs. Daniel Brown, Sycathore street,
was able to be out yesterday for the
first time after a nineteen weeks' ill
ness with typhoid fever.
OUR STATE
HIGHWAYS
The suggestion of spring that is em
bodied iu those March days tarns the
thoughts of the school boys toward
truancy. Attendance Officer Young
bore a psrplexed and jaded look Tues
terday and lie told his troubles freely.
Up to within arecenttime.it seems,
playing" hookey" was not practiced to
any considerable extent in the high
school. The officer, it is true, was
kept fairly busy rounding up the boys
of the lower grides but he had no diffi
culty in showing good result, few tru
ants being able to elude him longer
than half a day at a time.
During a few weeks past the officer
says truancy has become a problem in
the high school. To match the wits
and ingenuity of a lad 16 or 17 years
old is "quite a different proposition
from handling boys of ten or twelve
and the officer made no secret of the
fact that he was not meeting with sat
isfactory results in his efforts to keep
the big boys in school.
Ho suggested that if the matter
could be brought before the parents
in some way they might be able to
render valuable assistanco in keeping
down truancy. He is incliued to be
lieve that boys play truant who mau
age to keep all knowledge of it away
from the parents.
The officer suggests as a remedy that
the parents pay strict attention to the
reports, noting especially the attend
ance. He thinks that in many inst
ances the boys might be deterred from
truancy if they felt convinced that the
matter would in this way be brought
to the attention of their parents.
Conch .lames C. Rice of Columbia's
crew returned to New York recently
froiu Toronto, where he attended the
funeral of the late Ned. Haitian, the fa
mous oarsman and sculler, and arrived
on the Columbia campus In time to see
the rowing machines set up for the
winter indoor season. He told of a
plan of his to erect n monument in
honor of the former champion, sub
scriptions for which are being taken
up by the people of Toronto, headed by
the mayor, who announced through the
Toronto press that he was strongly in
favor of the memorial and looked for a
large public subscription as well as an
appropriation from Toronto, says the
New York Times. Rice has headed the
list with SIOO, and a public meeting
will soon be held in Toronto to take
definite steps In the matter.- At Co
lumbia, where Hanlan coached for
three years, a subscription is also be
ing started for the monument. Among
those interested is Francis S. Rangs.
ono of the leaders In Columbia's row
ing affairs nnd a steward of the Pougli
keepsle regatta.
Toronto Is about to establish a regat
ta course which Is almost identical to
the ono over which Ilanlan won his
first famous race from Courtney.
Rice proposes to name this the Ilan
lan memorial course and have a monu
ment erected at the start opposite Ilan
lan point. "This would be In sight of
Hanlan's old cottage," he said, "and
would remind the youngsters of poor
old Ned, the man who taught the world
to row."
Monism.
Monism la the doctrine of tho one
ness of mind and matter, God and the
universe. It Ignores all that Is super
natural. Monism teaches that "all are
but parts of one stupendous whole,
whose body nature is and God the
soul;" hence whatever is only con
forms to the cosmic laws of the uni
versal all. Mind can never exist with
out matter, nor matter without mind.
They are but the two sides of the same
thing.—New York American.
The Bloodstained Equator.
numan life, I have reason to know,
Is held cheap at Equatorvllle, and the
plate Is stained with many crimes. In
fact, the whole equator Is throughout
its 25,000 miles a line of ignorance,
savagery and blood. It is a black line
which civilization ought to paint white, j
—Strand Magazine.
The man who is always on time has
a big advantage in the struggle for
•ucoeap.—Chicago Record-Ilerald.
If a man would learn to pray, let
hlin goto sea.—French Proverb.
See Washington
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m VIA THE
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
WILL LEAVE ON
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1908
A SPECIAL TRAIN
will be run from Wilkes-Barre to Washington and return, and will leave South Danville at 10:22 A. M.
A stop will be made at Harrisburg for luncheon ongoing trip.
r TaV r,p sl3-4:^
covers transportation to and from Washington and hotel accommodations from dinner on date of tour until
after luncheon the following Thursday—three days.
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TO WELCOME
THE BIG FLEET
Chief Burgess W. J. Rogers lias re
ceived an invitation to be present iu
San Francisco when the great Ameri
can fleet now steaming up along the
western coast of the continent reaches
that city a month or so later. The
communication addressed to the "May
or" of Danville, came to hand yester
day. It reads as follows:
"You are respectfully invited to at
tend the festivities iu honor of the
officers and men of the American fleet,
which will assemble in the bay of San
Francisco on arrival during the month
of May, 1908."
The invitation is signed by Edward
Robeson Taylor, Mayor of City and
County of San Francisco,and by James
D. Phelan, Chairman of the official
eommittee"for the reception of the
fleet.
Burgets Rogers highly appreciates
the honor of the invitation,although he
has not yet come to a final conclusion
as to whether or not he will attend.
AN ORDINANCE
REQUIRING THE * STATUTORY
""BOND TO BE GIVEN BY THE
BOROUGH SOLICITOR AND FIX
ING THE AMOUNT AND DEFIN
ING THE CONDITIONS THERE--
OF.
SECTION I.—Be it ordained and en
acted by the Chief Burgess,and by the
Town Council of the Borough of Dan
ville, in the County of Montour and
State of Pennsylvania, in Council as
sembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same :
That the Borough Solicitor shall here
after give a bond to the Borough of
Danville, with two or more sureties,
to be approved by Council, in the sum
of Five Hundred Dollars, conditioned
for the faithful performance of his
official duties as the tame are or may
be defined by law and ordinance.
Approved this 7th day of March A.
D. 1908.
WILLIAM J. ROGERS,
Chief Burgess.
Attest:
HARRY B. PATTON,
Secretary of the Borough of Danville.
Council Chamber, City Hall,
Danville, Pa., March 7th. 19C8.
Auditor's Notice.
The undersigned, an auditor ap
pointed by the Orphan's Court of Mon
tour County, to distribute the funds
in the hands of John T. Blue, Admin
istrator of the Estate of I«aiali Blue,
deceased, as appears by liis first and,
final account,to and among the parties
entitled thereto, will attend to the
duties of his appointment at his office,
No. 333 Mill street, Danville, Pa., on
Wednesday the Bth day of April, 19( (S, j
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, when J
aud where all parties interested ar*;
requested to prevent their oiaims be
fore the uudersigned or be forever (ie
barred from coming in upon said fund.
THOS. 0. WELSH, Auditor.
M 13,19, 26, A 2.
Sweet Spring.
Sweet spring Is but a little way ahead.
Tho lamhs will soon begin to play. The
dead
Old form of winter soon will lio o'erspread
By green in-ass, and the April sky
Will atretch above us by and by.
The dandelion's fa<;e will glow.
The winds will gladden aa they blow.
And Cupid's darts will freely fly.
The waiting buds will soon begin to
sprout.
Tho brooks will laugh as. winding In and
out.
They hurry onward to tho soa. The shout I
Of him who tills the soil win be
Re-echoed back from hill to lea.
And then the man who golfs once mora
Will sclaff and foozle as of yore
And vent his feelings horribly!
—New York Times, j
The Nearest Star.
Sir Robert Ball, writing in the Home
Messenger, said that if a row of tele-;
graph posts 25,000 miles long were j
erected around the earth at tlie equator
and a wire were stretched upon these i
posts for a circuit of 25,000 miles and
that then the wire be wound no fewer ■
than seven times completely about this '
great globe we should then find an j
electric signal, sent into the wire at 1
one end, would accomplish the seven 1
circuits in one second of time. To
telegraph, however, to the nearest star 1
tt would take four years before the !
electricity would reach its destination.!
TRUANCY IN THE
HIGH SCHOOL
Now that the season of the year has
arrived when we may naturally expect
a uioniti or six weeks of bad roads the
stretch of Stute highway between this
ci'y and Maundale looms np as a real
blessiug to the several hundred people
who daily drive over it. Whore iu the
past at this season the wheels sank in
to the in ire nearly axle deep the
vehicles now roll easily along over tlie
hard macadam.
As is revealed by the experiment be
tween Danville and Mausdale the con
struction of a State highway affords a
practical solution of the problem of
keepiug bad roads iu repair: also, not
withstanding the outlay, considerable
as it may seem, such a highway is
cheap in the end.
Derry, Valley, Limef.tone and Lib
erty townships have made application
for State highways. Some of these
townships applied the year before last
Montour county's pro rata share of the
annual appiopriation for roads was
absorbed at least in part by the recou
structon of North Mill street last year.
There shoul i be money available this
year for the reconstruction of roads is
one or more of the above named town
ships that have made application.
- The status of affafrs in our cquniy
relating to road reconstruction with
State aid would prove an absorbing
topic for the annual convention of the
township supervisors.
Montour county has only about two
miles of State highway, a small pro
portion indeed, of its total mileage of
roads,which mileage, according to the
supervisor's reports, presented when
the new road law went into effect,
is some 385 miles.
The above named townships will.no
doubt, be on the alert and each in its
turn prepared to act as fast as the
State's appropriation for roads be
comes available.
Widely Kuown Hotel Mail.
James M. Kline, proprietor of the
Central hotel at Bloomsburp, and a
man widely known nil over this sec
tion of the State,died Tuesday morn
ing at 2 :80 o'clock, after a protracted
illness.
Mr. Kline was the proprietor of the
Soutli Danville hotel for three years
from 1898 to 1901 in which year he
sold it to Harvey Dietrich and bought
the Central hotel at Bloomsburg.
The deceased was a member of the
Friendship Fire Co , No. 1; of Theta
Castle, No. 276, Knights of the Gold
en Kagle, and of Catawissa Aerie No.
478, Fraternal Order of Eagles.
The funeral will bo held Iroui the
Central hotel at 2 o'clock Friday aft
ernoon. Rev. Dr. G. H. Hemingway,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church
will bo the officiating clergyman. In
terment will be maile iu Rosemont
cemetery at Bloomsburg.
Returning to his home at 1 o'clock
on Tuesday morning, Guy D. Bear,
sou of Postmaster Adam Bear, of
Rohrerstown, Lancaster county, dis
covered three men attempting to force
an entrance into the postofflce. The
burglars opened fire on young Bear,
but he returned fire when they fled - ~
Kennedy's
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Cough Syrup
Relieves Colds by working them out
of tho system through a copious uU
healthy action of the bowels.
Relieves coughs by cleansing the
mucous membranes of the throat, ehoa*
and bronchial tubes.
"As pleasant to the taste
as Maple Sugar"
Children Like It,
Fir BACKACHE-WEAK KIDNEYS Try
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AN ORDINANCE. I
TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE, CON
SITTING OF ONE SECTION, EN
TITLED, "AN ORDINANCE AU
THORIZING. EMPOWERING AND
REQUIRING THE BOROUGH OF
DANVILLE, MONOUR COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA TO ISSUE CER
TAIN COUPON COROUGHBONDS
FOR THE PURHO-IE OF PROPER
LY SECURING AND PAYING
CERTAIN HPECIALLY AUTHOR
IZED BOROUGH INDEBTEDNESS
INCURRED OR TO BE INCUR
RED BY THE SAID BOROUGH IN
THE MAKING OF'CERTAIN BOR
OUGH IMPROVEMENTS AND AL
SO PROVIDING FOR THE PAY
MEVT OF INTEREST AND PRIN
CIPAL OF THE SAID BONDS"
APPROVED THE FIFTH DAY OF
NOVEMBER A. D. 1904, AUTHO
RIZING, EMPOWERING AND RE
QUIRING THE SAID BOROUGH
TO HEREAFTER ISSUE ALL OF
THE UNSOLD COUPON BOR
OUGH BONDS AUTHORIZED BY
SAID ORIGINAL ORDINANCE AS
AFORESAID WITH INTEREST AT
THE RATE OF FOUR PER CENT
PER ANNUM PAYABLE SEMI
ANNUALLY.
SECTION I—Be it ordained and en
acted by the Chief Burgess,and by the
Town Council of the Borough of Dan
ville, in the County of Montour and
State of Pennsylvania in Council as
sembled,and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same,
Tlint an Ordinance, entitled, "An or
dinance authorizing, empowering and
requiring the Borough of Danville,
Montour County, Pennsylvania, to is
sue certain coupon Borough bonds for
the purpose of properly securing and
paying certain specially authorized
Borough indebtedness incurred or to
be incurred by the said Borough in the
making of certain Borough improve
ments and also providing for the pay
ment of interest and principal of the
said bonds", approved the fifth day of
November A. D. 1904, which ordinance
reads as follows:
"Be it ordained and enacted by the
Chief Burgess and by the Town Coun
cil of the Borough of Danville, in the
County of Montour,and State of Penn
sylvania, in Council assembled, and
it is hereby ordained and enacted by
the authority of the same: That for
the purpose of properly securing and
paying certain specially authorized
Borough indebtedness incurred
or to be incurred by'the said Bor
ough of Danville, and in the mak
ing of certain Borough improve
ments duly authorized by the Borough
election held on the secoud day of
August, A. D. 1904, for"such specific
purpose, the said Borough of Danville
be, and it is hereby, duly authorized,
empowered and required to issue three
hundred coupon Borough Bonds in the
sum of One Hundred Dollars each, re-
deemable at the pleasure of the said
Borough of Danville, after the first
da.v of November, A. D. 190$), and
livable on the first day of November
A. D. 1924, with interest from the first
day of November A. D 1904, at the
rate of three and one half per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually by the
Treasurer of the said Borough of Dan
ville, in lawful money of the United
States, at his office in the said Bor
ough on the first day of May and on
the first day of November in each year,
on the presentation of the proper in
terest coupon attached", be
and the same is hereby amended, so
as to be and read as follows:
'"Be it ordained and enacted by the
Chief BurgeßS.and by the Town Coun
cil of the Borough of Danville, in the
County of Montour,and State of Penn
sylvania, in Council assembled, audit
is hereby ordained and enacted by the
authority of the same: That for the
purpose of properly securing and pay
ing certain specially authorized Bor
ough indebtedness iucurred or to be
incurred by the said Borough of Dan
ville. and in the making of certain
Borough improvements duly authoriz
ed by the Borough election held on the
second day of August A. D, 1904 for
such specific purpose, the said Bor
ough of Danville he, and it is hereby,
duly authorized, empowered and re
quired to hereafter is-aie all of the un
sold coupou Borough bonds authoriz
ed by the original Ordinance to be is
sued as aforesaid, in the sum of One
Hundred Dollars each, redeemable at
the pleasure of the said Borough of
Danville, after the first day of Nov
ember A. D. 1909, and payable on the
first day of November A. D. 1934 with
interest from the first day of Novem
ber A. D. 1904, at the rate of FOUR
PER CENT, per annum,payable semi
annually by the Treasurer of the said
Borough of Danville, in lawful money
of the United States at his office in
the said Borough on the first day of
May and on the first day of November ,
in each year, on tho presentation of
the proper interest coupon thereto at
tached.
APPROVED : this 29th day of Feb
ruary A. D. 1908.
WILLIAM J. ROGERS.
Chief Burgess.
Attest: HARRY B. PATTON,
Seoretary of the Borough
of Danville, Pa.
Council Chamber, City Hall,
Danville, Pa, Feby 29th 1908.
A gossan Tebe, a Hungarian,residing
at Martin's Creek, Northampton ooun
ty, became melancholy because his
wife, whom he had married quite re
cently, deserted him, aud on Sunday
night he attempted to cremate himself
by starting a big fire on the floor of
his bed room. The fire was seen by
others, and he was rescued after being
terribly burned.
A BUSY YEAR
FOR COUNCIL
The ensuing year opens up greater
possibilities in Danville than have oc
curred for a loug time past and the
town will undoubtedly.£take a big
stride forward, completing improve
ments already on foot and inaugurat
ing new ones, 'i'i.e spirit of enterprise
and progress 'revealed during a few
years past will be amply sustained and
all will labor to advance and protect
business interests and to make Dan
ville a "oity beautiful."
During the year the public p&rk will
be completed, a soldiers'f monument
will be erected, street and sidewalk
improvements will be pushed forward,
a new unit representing considerable
expenditure ofjmoney will be instal
led in the municipal light plant, in
addition to which it isieasonably cer
tain that the canal problem will be
tackled iu a manner that will insure
tangible results.
Borough S. Gerahart
feels confident that council as organiz
ed with its marshalep
under new committees 'planned with
reference to the needs of a growing
town is better equipped than ever be
fore to grapple with the problems that
arise in municipal government. At the
meeting ot oouueii, Friday night, Mr.
Gearhart descanted eloquently on the
advantages gained.
The duties of the new committee on
"public property and public improve
ment," Mr. Gearhart explained, will
consist in part of receiving the public
park and the soldiers' monument,
whioh will soon be transferred to the
tjorough as a trust. It will be be the
duty of this committee to take care of
the park and the monument.
Acting on the recommendation of
two grand juries the county commis
sioners during the coming year will
no doubt cause the retaining wall to
be built between the filter plant and
the river bridge. The borough solicit
or alluded to thejpossibilities that ex
ist there for creating a "beauty
spot." After the retaining wall is
built it will devolve upon the borough
to complete the improvement by filling
up and grading at the 'spot. This
work,along with the planting of flow
ers, required to beautify the spot, he
said, will be in'the hands of the com
mittee on public property and public
improvements, which will also have
charge of city hall, water works build
ing, public square on East Market
street, public fountain, etc.
The above committee will also act
in conjunction with the board of
trade. The solicitor deplored that no
meetings have been held by the latter
body for a long time past. With such
aid and inspiration as comes from the
committee of council, ho thought, a
policy of aggressiveness may be reviv
ed in the board of trade and, as the
result of tue combined'elTorts, outside
capital may be induced to invest in
Danville.
The new committee on public sur
veys has a large and fruitful field to
operate in, embracing in its scope not
only the changing of municipal
grades, fills, excavations, ornamental
plots,etc., but also the project of sew
ering and filing in the abandoned can
al.
Not the least important of the new
committees is the oue on public health.
The State legislature has enacted
health laws with the strictest kind of
requirements on thejpart of tiie mun
icipalities, which laws can be effectu
ally enforced only through the medium
of a stuuding oommitteo of council.
| The committee of health will also
1 render effeotive assistance to the local
board of health in times of emergency
j or epidemic
Charles Parme, aged 19 months, on
Thursday, spied a bottle on the table
at his pareuts' home'ou Forbes street,
Pittsburg, and climbing on <1 chair
seized aud drank its contents —carbolic
acid. The child was hurried to the
Mercy hospital, where it died in a
short time.
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W T. HRUBAKEK, Manager.
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A convenient and homellko place
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Room.* $ I ,co per day and up
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