illonluur tjjwi American.
VOL. o4—NO. 30
, 15. IRVING H. JENNINGS,
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,leases of the Stomach and Intestines
a Specialty
IIEBIS CONDENSED.
The Abbey church in the Nortli of
England centuries ago had the same
simple music that is now being adopt
ed iu the great Catholic Cathedrals of
that couutry.
The managers of the Chester County
Agricultural association have decided
to conduct a dog show this fall iu con
nection with the races and display of .
farm products, machinery, live stock, |
etc.
Nineteen strychuine pills,enough to i
have killed a couple of adults, were
eaten by Albert Mutterspaugh, of
York, aged 18 mouths, but by the j
prompt use of a stomach pump his life
was saved.
Schuylkill couuty huckleberry pick
ers having learned that rattlesnakes
and copperheads hide whenever it |
thunders,now tire dynamite bombs be
fore they enter a berry patch on the !
mountains.
Workmen on Saturday discovered in j
the basement of Philadelphia s im
mense city hall that a pier supporting j
a portion of the seven-story wall on
the east side of the building was j
crumbling away and there was danger
of a collapse. The rooms above were
vacated and men have gone to work to
repair the defect.
The number of deaths in Philadel
phia last week was 227, of which 127
were children who succumbed to dis
eases incident to the great heat.
Lightning struck the dwelling of
Isaac Rauderbush. of East Greenville,
a few days ago, wrecking a bedstead,
peeling the mercury off the back of a j
mirror and perforating the paper on j
the parlor ceiling in a fantastic man- |
ner.
The Pine Hill Coal company a year
ago inaugurated a profit-sharing plan
with its meu working in their colliery ;
near Minersville, and the first distri- j
bution has just been made. There |
were 500 employes entitled to a share
in the profits, and their total share
was #1,138.
Property owners and residents of I
East White land township, Chester j
county, interested in the improvement j
of the roads, have organized "The
East Whiteland Improvement associa
tion," to confer with State Highway
Commissioner Hunter aud to solicit
all residents of the township to join j
the association.
Three boys of Allentown none over ;
12 years "of aae. were caught in the
act of stealing a crate of eggs from !
the store of Samuel K. Fluck, on |
Saturday. Mr. Fluck started to pur- j
sue them when they bombarded him
with eggs until he was compelled re- |
treat. His store room was badly spoil
ed by the broken eggs. The boys were 1
afterwards arrested.
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VALUABLE DOGS
PLACED IN PERIL
Several persons in Dauville, owners
of valuable dogs.are pursuing a course
that will be pretty sure sooner or lat
er to result in the death of the highly
prized animals withfall the ill-feeling
and regret that may be relied upon to
attend such a contingency.
The officers are sworn to do their
duty aud one duties in the
present emergency is to enforce the
quarantine against dogs. They have
dous their duty well iu the premises
and because of their fidelity they have
been heartily commended.
Persous, who permit their dogs to
ruu at large with out being muzzled
cau not but realize the risk they are
taking. That the officers make 'an
exception of their cases is not to be
supposed. If ttieir dogs escape, there
fore, it is only by the merest chance.
There are a couple of very valuable
dogs in town, which are permitted to
go upon the streets at pleasure, un
muzzled. The officers would dread to
shoot either of tnem.yet they have de
clared that if they were to meet the
unmuzzled dogs when properly armed
they would surely do their duty.
Thus the situation is apparent. It
would be an easy matter to obey the
quarantine, while by persistently vio
lating it a man has nothing to gain
but turns a valuable and inoffending
animal out where it is almost certain
to meet its death.
There seems to an erroneous impres
sion abroad that after a few weeks
there will be a let-up in the enforce
ment of the quarantine. At all events
many persons are becoming very care
less. Already during the present week
some half a dozen dogs have been shot
by the police.
.HUM PLANT
Bill 1,1
A communication from Dr. Samuel
j q Dixon, State commissioner of liealth
! was read before council Monday eve,
which practically makes it incumbent
| on the borough of Danville to prepare
i plans for and construct a plant for the
I purification of all of its sewage before
I July Ist, 1910.
Dr. Dixon's letter covers seventeen
' pages typewritten, aud is an exhaus
tive commentary on the drainage and
sererage, the source of water supply
and contamination thereof, aud the
relation of these to the spread of dis- !
ease.
The letter comes as a reply to a re
quest from the council of Danville to j
the State department of health for pre
mission to install a sewer to accom
modate residents on West Mahoning \
street aud also to install a sewer to
accommodate residents of the second
ward that would lead down the bed of
the abandoned canal. Some time after
the borough's request was received by
the department of health. Dr. Dixon
sent Prof Walkor, of State college, to j
this city in the capacity of a sewer
age expert. Prof. Walker, was allowed
to make a minute study of the condi
tions in Danville, and the letter in a
large part contains data that Prof
Walker gathered during that visit to
Danville.
The letter begins with a description
of the borough of Danville followed
by an enumeration of the industries
located here aud their sources of wat
er supply. The letter also reviews the j
number of cases of typhoid fever in
Dauville during the years since 1895. j
remarking that "The preseuce of typ
hoid fever iu the community,since the
infection has not been traced to priv
ate sources, directs suspicion to the j
river water, which is known to be
polluted by sewage."
Also, Dr. Dixon states, "It is clear
ly evident that the discharge into the
river at Danville constitutes a meuace
to the health of those people below
who rely upon the river as a source of
public water supply. Therefore, the j
borough of Danville should make pre
paration to purify the borough sew- ,
age at as early a date as practicable.
The State has made an appropriation
and its officers have devised plans for
modern sewerage and sewage dispos
al works for the Danville State hospit- ;
al which plans will be executed as ap
proved immediately."
Continuing the letter says :
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS.
"The assessed valuation of the bor
ough is reported to be two million,
four hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars and the bonded indebtedness
one hundred and twenty-nine thous
and, eight hundred dollars. If these
figures be correct the munnicipal bor
rowing capacity is in the neighbor
hood of forty thousand dollars, so it
would appear. Existing bonds partly
cover the loans for the proposed sewer
extension but additional bonds will be
required to complete the construction.
Entrance fees for sewer connection are j
levied upon the property owner. These
are calcualted to reimburse the bor
ough for the cost of the sewers when
the properties have all been connected
to the system; but there is no com
pulsory ordinance relative to connec
tion. The borough owns its own elec
tric plant which is operated iu connec
tion with the pumping station of the
water works. Under these circumst
ances, while the town is possessed of
its public utilities whioh are valuable
assets, its inability to undertake the
immediate construction of a sewage
purification plant is evident because
even forty thousand dollars would be
an iufufficient sum to pay for sewage
works.
"Before alplant can be installed to j
treat the sewage, of the bor
-1 ough, all storm water and large leak
age and : most"roof water must be ex
cluded from the sewers. Studies must
be made to determine the best plan of
gatheriug'tfthe sewage of the entire
boroughjat one point and its delivery
thence to]the*dlsposal works A site
| should be selected latter aud a
detail plan'shall be prepared, togeth
er with estimates of cost and all cf
these as a complete design shoald be
submitted to the/iCommissiouer of
Health for approval. The plan as final
ly adopted should then control all sew
er work.
•' The borough is amply able to assume
this small cost of preparation of plans
aud it'should be done at once
"In view of the foregoing considera
! tions, it has been unanimously argeed
iby the Governor, Attorney General
| and the'Oomuiissioner of Health that
| the interests of the public health will
| be subserved by granting a permit,and
j I do hereby grant a permit
I for the proposed sewer extensions un
| der the following
| CONDITIONS & STIPULATIONS :
( FIRST:—That all Btorin aud roof
water be excluded from the proposed
I sewers, that particular pains be taken
Continued on 2nd Page.
DANVILLE PA., THURSDAY. JULY 23, 1908
lICII
MAKES REPORT
«
At the meetingof council Monday even
iug a report was read from the Bor
ough Solicitor Edward Sayre Gearhart
detailing the results of a recent visit
to Harrisburg for the purpose of se
curing the aid of the State highway
department in paving East Market
street. Mr. Gearhart announced that
the assistant State highway commis
sioner had been favorably impressed
with the proposition,but recommended
that the borough council make some
satisfactory legal arrangement with
the Dauville and Sunbury Transit com
pany in regard to the paving of its
share of the street before anything
further be done in the matter. On
motion the communication was ac
cepted and ordered filed.
BIDS FOR FIRE ESCAPE
The secretary reported three bids re
ceived for constructing a fire escape
on the city hall as follows:
Dauville Foundry and Machine com
pany, $283.50.
Meritt & Co., of Philadelphia,s24l.-
00.
Glen Mfg. Co.,cf Elwood City, Pa.,
£■'45.00.
Mr. Angle moved that lowest bidder
receive the contract. The motion was
carried and contract awarded to Mer
itt & Co. as per specifications
Secretary Patton then read the com
uiunication from Dr. Dixon, an ac
count of which appear.? in the adjoin
ing column.
On motion of Mr. Russell the com
munication was accepted and laid on
the table for future consideration.
OPERA HOUSE LICENSE.
George D. Edmondson appeared in
behalf of Edmondson and Foust Broth
ers in an endeavor to secure a set
figure of license for the opera house.
Mr. Edmondson stated that the house
had been run at a loss last year, aud
that in view of the amounts paid in
towns the size of Danville aud even
larger, a fixed reasonable sum should
be named. Mr. Edmondson consider
ed #SO annually a reasonable figure.
On motion of Mr. Cleaver, the matter j
was left in the hands of the committee j
on law for investigation.
MISCELLANEOUS? BUSINESS.
Mr. Pursel of the committee of
streets and bridges, reported the bad j
condition of Church street between
Mahoning street and the D. L. & W. j
railroad,stating that many complaints
had been received and recommended j
that the street be improved. No action I
was taken.
On motion it was decided to allow
Jacob Fischer to purchase at cost 200
paving brick from the borough for the
purpose of paving iu the neighborhood
of his home on Mill street.
On motion the street commissioner
was instructed to remove the loose |
stones on Market street aud deposit the
same in the worst holes on the street.
On motion of Mr. Angle the build- |
ing committee was instructed to make
an estimate of the probable cost of er
ecting a building at the water works
for storing the sweeper and furuishiug
the electrician a workshop.
The committee on public improve- .
ments was instructed to place the
urns, donated to the park by Mrs. J.
R. Beunett, in a proper position and
to have proper bases supplied.
The following members were pres
ent: Schatz, Cleaver,Moyer.Everhart,
Russell, Marshall, Angle, Connolley.
The following bills were paid by
council at its session Friday night:
BOROUGH DEPARTMENT.
Regular employes $127.50
Labor aud hauling 261.38
Dauville Fdy & Machine Co 3S.S!i
Friendship Fire Co 36.00
F. Hartman 4 80
D. L. & W. R. R Co 114.26
.Tames Gibson 18 00
S. J. Welliver Sons Co 4.2S
Frauk H. Stewart Electric Co . 8.77
Walker aud Kepler 48.56
Oscar Smith . 6.00
Wallace Hoover 25.60
Labor at New Park ... .. 7.50
M. H. Schram 34 45
WATER DEPARTMENT
Regular Employes $177.86
Labor 54.35
Danville Fdy & Machine Co 15.82
Friendship Fire Co 12.90
S. J. Welliver Sons' Co 1.00
J. H. GoeserCo 6.75
Atlantio Refining Co . . 29.25
P. & R. Coal and Iron Co 192.23
P. H. Pouts, Agt 51.20
P. J. Keefer, Sup't 3 00
Operation Successful,
Word was received from Philadel
phia Monday eve by Dr. W. R. Paules,
, that Mrs. Abraham Hendrickson, of
Valley township, who was removed to
the Jefferson hospital last week, had
been operated on Monday and that
the operation was successful. This is
one of the few successful operations
for spinal anesph ia on record.
A yield of thirty-seven bushels of
wheat to the acre is reported from
Eembleßville, Chester county.
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ARTILLERI GIF
The people of Danville and the sur- I
roundiug country turned out by the
thousands Monday and lined the
streets to witness the arrival iu Dan- !
ville of Battery D, 3rd battalion,
United States Army, which camped
Monday night a field in the Welliver
farm in the upper end of town.
Monday afternoon and all Monday
evening the field where the soldiers (
wero in camp was crowded with spect
ators, thousands visiting the spot. All
were treated with the greatest courtesy
by the officers and men aud Danvilliaus
were loud in their praise of the bat
tery. The camp was roped off to give
visitors a better opportunity to view
than would have been presented had
all been allowed to roam at will among
the tents.
Among those who viewed the spec
taclo were hundreds who had never
before had an opportunity to inspect
one of Uncle Sam's guns equipped aud
ready for action or to witness a camp
which to every intent and purpose
was ready to respond at a moment's
notice to a call into action.
The artillerymen were met at East
Danville Monday afternoon by two
automobiles carrying city officials and
were escorted into aud through the
streets of the town to the site of the
camp. Ml along the line of march the
homes and business places were pro- !
fusely decorated, aud thousands of
people lined the streets to view the
unusual spectacle.
NAME CHOSEN FOR CAMP.
Iu honor of the founder of Danville,
the camp was named Camp Daniel
Montgomery by Captain Horn, and
all his official orders and reports bear
that heading.
PREPARATIONS FOR SOLDIERS. ,
Captain Horn was greatly pleased
with the reception his battery was
accorded in Danville. Through the
courtesy of Lafayette Welliver the
bittery was given a place to camp
free of charge and ice was furnished
free to the battery by E. Gaertner.
BATTERY ONE OF THE FINEST.
The second battalion under Capt.
Horn is noted for its strict discipline
and its record at the recent maneuvers
shows it to be one of the moßt efficient \
in the service in movement and marks- s
manahip.
In addition to Captain Horn, the j
commander,are Captain Jones, battal
ion and camp adjutant and commis
sary; Lieutenant Taska, surgeon; the J
battery officers First Lieutenant A.
W. Huntley ; Secoud Lieutenant, W.
H. Shepherd: Sergeant Major Edward
Jarchow; mounted orderlies, Nicholas
aud Heaney and First Sergeant Char
les E. Keley.
GUNS THROW .SHELL 4 MILES.
There are in all 115 men. Four, three
inch guns are carried. These have an !
eifective range of four miles and five 1
a fifteen pound explosive. Shell and
sharpnel are thrown each sharpnel
having 262 bullets. With each gun is
its caissou a gun and caisson being
each drawn by 6 horses with three
drivers in the saddle. In addition are
the extra ammunition wagons, "kit"
wagons for the blankets.iobesand kits,
four army wagons aud the ambulance.
The men use the "dog" tents about
large enough for a man to enter on
his hands aud knees and sleep upou a
blanket on the ground.
PICTURE OF CAMP LIFE.
A realistic picture of camp life was
given Monday evening with the horses
tethered in one long line, the mess
sergeant and cooks busy with their
preparations tor the mess, a barber
shop at work, the ambulance with
several patients, the guard tent also
occupied,the blacksmith and saddler's
tents ready for use and the command
ent's tent presenting a busy scene with
the orders being giveu for the local
camp aud issuing of orders complete
for the remainder of the march to
points below.
BATTALION WITH HISTORY.
The third battalion has one of the
oldest histories of any iu the service.
It opened the battle at Gettysburg
and served through it and has a rec
ord of 65 battles in the rebellion. As
Grime's battalion it was at Sautiago
in the battle with the Spaniards,
BLOOM DOG
HAD RABIES
After the mad dog scare in Blooms
i burg about a week ago when young
Frank Veits was bitten by a dog that
I was suspected of having rabies, the
{ animal's head was sent to the State
laboratories for a microscopic exami
nation.
Word was received in Bloomsburg
yesterday that the head had been sub
jected to an examination, and that the
results had shown that the dog was
mad.
1 IB
HORSES HI
Residents in the vioinity of Walnut j
j and Railroad streets witnessed a thril
ing sight Monday afternoon when j
the four year old son of Millard Cook, j
in attempting to cross Walnut street,
was knocked down by the team attach- !
ed to the express wagou of Emery j
Shultz and by a seeming miracle saved
from being crushed to death by the
horses' hoofs,
j Mr. Cook, who resides near Grovati
ia, had brought his family to town to
witness the eutry of the soldiers and
had taken a position at the corner of
Bloom and Railroad streets. The young
son of Mr. Cook in company with two J
playmates had gone to the caudy store ,
of G. L McOlain to purchase some
caudy. The little fellow,in a hurry to
get back to see the soldiers, did not
notice Mr. Shultz's express wagon ap
proaching and unmindful of the driv- !
er's cry of warning started across Wal- |
nut street, ruuning directly under the j
horses feet. Mr. Shultz made a frautic j
effort to stop the horses and succeeded I
in bringing them to a standstill be
fore the wheels of the heavy wagon j
touched the boy.
In falling, the youngster in some
miraculous manner had succeeded in
! clearing the front hoofs of the team j
and when picked up was lying safely !
under the horses' hind feet, the anim
als seeming to take care by standing
; perfectly still not to harm him.
He was carried to the home of John
Doster where it was found that no j
bones were broken, two short gashes j
in the fleshy part of the right leg !
slightly below the knee, being the ex- j
tent of the lad's injuries.
TROLLEY COLLIDES
WITH ICE WAGON
! A collision between J. L. Kline's
ice wagon and a car on the Danville
& Sunbury line occurred on Mill
street Monday morning. Frank Heim
one of Kline's men narrowly escaping
serious injury.
The accident occurred in front of
Glias Meiers restaurant where Mr.
Kline was making a delivery of ice.
The wagon was standing parallel with
the rails, facing down street, when!
i tho team became frightened by the
noise of'the approaching car, and j
| backing, threw the front end of the
j wagon directly over one of the rails.
Heim in an endeavor to avert a collis-
I ion sprang to the horses' heads thereby
placing himself between the prancing
animals and the car. The motorman
of the car threw on the reverse, but
'on account of the recent passing of
the street sprinkler the rails were wet |
and the wheels of the car slid. The i
car struck the wagon a glancing blow !
breaking the scoop.
fIERCHANT'S
ANNUAL OUTING
The merchauts' picnic this year will |
be an occasion ot unusual importance'
as it will be held under the auspices
of the Y. M. 0. A., to which organiza
tion the proceeds of the outing will be
applied.
The merchauts of town have been
canvassed and at the first suggestion
the idea seemed popular. All have
consented to close their places of busi
ness at 12 o'clock noon and to remain
closed during the afternoou and even
ing. The date set for the picnic is
j Thursday, Augtst 6th. The outing
will be held at DeWitt's park and of
course will be au all day affair.
The committee of arrangements is
composed of the following : Jesse Shan
non, B. W. Mnsselman, W. L. Mc-
Glure, David Resse, Howard Reppert,
Joseph Divel, Arthur Lawrence, W.
E. Gosh, General Secretary C. H.
Manley and Physical Director J. C.
Ainsworth. The aim is to make the
picnic one of the biggest outings that
has ever been held at DeWitt's park.
Tho list of amusements will comprise
a game of base ball, in all probability
between Bloomsburg and the Merch
! ants of Danville, in addition to which
there will be contests and sports of all
kinds. It is believed that the attend
ance will be little if any below a
thousand.
An admission fee of five cents will
j be charged, in addition to which re
freshnaeuts will be sold. The commit
tee is very busy perfecting arrange
ments.
Dedication of I, O. O. F. Orphanage
Announcements had beon made that
the Odd Fellows' orphange, near Sun
bury, would be formerly dedicated on
Labor day. When this announcement
was made it was the intention of the
1 Odd Fellows to dedicate the structure
before the building had been entirely
completed, now, however, sufficient
t funds are on hand to carry on the work
1 and It is expected that the orphanage
> | will be entirely finished by Thanks
' j giving day, when the postponed cere
> monies will be held.
Mir D BROKE
MP EARLY
Battery D, 3rd Battalion. United !
States Army, which pitched its tents
at Cauip Daniel Montgomery Monday
afternoon,broke camp at au early hour
Tuesday morning ani over a hundred
strong inarched down through town
leaving by way of Northumberland
street. Tuesday night the battery en
camped at Selinsgrove.
The regulars while in camp afforded
our citizens an object lesson showing
what army life iu at least one of its
phases is like,and that all classes took
advantage of the opportunity to learn
no one will doubt who witnessed the
congestion of people about the camp
and noted the crowded condition of
the trolley cars as the latter transport
ed the people back wards au i forwards.
The degree of curiosity if not real
enthusiasm shown far eclipsed auy
previous manifestation of the people.
As a drawing card the artillery camp
had the average circus beat a mile.
It is to be regretted that the break
ing of camp took place at an hour —
between five and six o'clock—when
only a few people were astir. The
sight was really worth seeing. The
farmers were just lining up in the
curbstone market when the artillery
meu, riding two abreast, passed along
Mill street and disappeared down
Northumberland road. It was about
6:20 o'clock when the troops turned
the corner at Mill aud Northumber
land streets. About the only persons I
who witnessed their departure were
the farmers attending market and a
few early risers of town who had come
out to make purchases.
The visit of the battery was a speci- i
al delight to the members of Goodrich
Post and other veterans,as the mount
ed soldiers begrimed with the march,
the cannon and the other accouter
ments of war constituted the only re
minders of active service that they
had seen since the days when they
themselves were Uncle Sam's fighting
men and participated in the weari
some march and encamped in the fields
at night. As the battery passed down
Mill street Tuesday morning one of
our veterans saluted an officer aud he
executed the greeting with so much
grace and dignity that he won the ad
miration of the artilleryman,who was
overheard as lie remarked to a com
panion: "That man is an old soldier."
During the stay of the regulars the
veterans were shown every considera
tion and it was quite plain that the
proper feeling of comradeship existed
between the artillerymen and the vet
erans who preceded the former in ser
vice.
BRICK MAKING
PRACTICALLY OVER
Brick making, which due to the im
provements at the hospital for the in
sane has been a leading industry dur
ing the summer, is likely to move »t
a halting pace between the present
and fall.
John Keim, who has the contract
for furnishing the rough or red brick
to Mosier & Summers, lias made his
last delivery, having furnished over
twelve hundred thousand brick. This
is a little less than figured on by the
contractors, the hand'made brick pro
duced by Mr. Keim proving somewhat
larger than the machine-made pro
duct which were employed in the cal
culations.
Embracing his fourfyards Mr. Keim
had over sixty men employed up to a
day or so ago. He expected to be kept
busy untilJOctober,but Messrs Mosier
& Summers have made such excellent
progress on the buildings that the
brickwork at this stage is practically
completed.
Iu order to keep pace with the pro
gress of the work Mr. Keim was ob
liged to nearly double his force of
men, in'addition to which he has had
a large number of teams employed in
hanliug brick.
The brick delivered at the hospital
include,not only the buildings for the
iusaue, but also the new piggery, the
contract for which is also held by
Mosier aud Summers. Now that the
hospital contractors are supplied Mr.
Keim finds himself with a surplus of
four hundred thousand brick on hand.
In view of business conditions he does
not feel encouraged to pile up a much
larger stock aud Mr. Keim lias been
obliged to suspeud a number of his
employes. He has hopes of selling
more bricK, but it is doubtful wheth
re he will resume on such a large scale
any more during the present season.
Juvenile Base Ball.
The "Teddy Bears'' defeated the
! "Bumble Bees" in a game of base
ball on the Merchants Jfield yesterday
afternoon by a score of 6to 4. The
j battery for the "Teddy Bears" was
IM. Little aud L. Murray: for the
"Bumble Bees," Keefer and Hickey.
Lewis E. Taylor, of Perkasie, is
I taking a walk around the bordors of
Bucks county, a distance of 320 miles.
ESTABLISHED IN 1855
STATE HUM
ON SOUTH SIDE
The preliminary survey for the
State highway petitioned for on the
south side of the river was begun yes
terday. During the morning Engineer
W. L. Butler, of Wilkes-Barre, repre
senting the State highway department
accompanied by a corps of assistants,
arrived in Danville aud proceeded
immediately to the south side where
the corps began work.
The appearance of the engineers has
revived interest in the proposition to
improve the Suubury road under the
act of May 1, 190."), which up to a few
mouths ago constituted an issue on
which the people of the South side
were nearly equally divided, many
advocating the State highway as a
much needed public improvement
quite iu line with the progress of the
times and others opposing the improv
ed highway as unnecessary and as en
tailing on Gearhart township a heavy
and needless expense.
The petition was originally ; made
about two years ago.askiug for a mile
of improved highway in Gearhart
township. Suubury road to the line of
Riverside borough is less than half a
mi lie "in length. In order that the mile
might be covered the petition asked
for the improvement,; alongjwith the
above named thoroughfare, of Sun
bury street Avenue as
far as the borough line.
About this time theJ£Penu6ylvania
railroad company entered upon repairs
on Hazletou Avenue, which rendered
a reconstruction of that'street [unnec
essary. Early last spring the citizens
of Gearhart township and Riverside
borough jointly petitioned the county
commissioners for one mile of State
highway to begin at the river bridge
and to extend Gear
hart township and Riverside borough.
The proposed highway will extend
from the bridge to the farm of John
Mowrey, the latter some distance be
low Riverside borough.
The last proposition proves no more
popular than the first with a good
many of the tax payers of Gearhart
township. Iu Riverside borough there
seems to be little opposition.
The county commissioners of Nor
thumberland county upon the presen
tation to them of a petition from Gear
hart township and Riverside borough,
pursuant to the act of May 1, 1905,
petitioned the State highway depart
ment to undertake the reconstruction
of the Sunbury road.
As the next step provided for in the
act the State highwav commissioner
caused the highway to be examined.
That the engineers have appeared aud
beguu the survey is taken by the pe
titioners to indicate that the represen
tations were found to be well founded
and that the work from now on will
proceed with little delay.
The present survey is ouly prelimi
nary in its nature, h-iug only a mat
ter of measurements an I the stakiug
out of the roadway. A circumstance
which reassures the petitiouers is the
fact that while the petition presented
asked for only one mile of State high
way the engineers are under instruct
ion to carry the preliminary survey
four miles down the river. What may
be back of this order no one presumes
to know, but it is taken to indicate
that the interest of the State highway
department has beeu aroused and that
it is desirous of learning not ouly
what changes should be made iu the
existing highway but also how far it
might prove expedient to carry the
improvement.
THE HIGH SCHOOL
PROPOSITION
Riverside borough, it seems, has
about abandoned the idea of establish
ing a high school the preseut year aud
in all probability the pupils of that
town eligible for the high school, like
those of Gearhart towuship, will bo
sent to Danville. Riverside has some
fourteen high school pupiis. while
Gearhart township has twenty-four.
A member of the Riverside school
board Tuesday stated that although
there is little likelihood of a high
school beiug established there this
year yet the idea has by no means been
abandoned and that a high school is
something that will be pretty sure to
come to pass in the near future.
WM. GETHING
BROKE 2 RIBS
William Gething, West Hemlock
towuship, yesterday morning sustain
ed a peculiar accident when he frac
tured two ribs, while in the act of
emptying a bucket of refuse.
I Mr. Gething had carried two buc
kets of slop to the refuse barrel, and
was lifting one bucket up to the bar
| rel when he slipped and fell, striking
j his side on the other bucket. He drove
at once to the office of Dr. Curry
where tbe injury was dressed.