Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., July 30, 1908. Park is to see nature in a variety of majestic moods. Mammoth hot springs, with multicolored terraces, cliffs of glass, beautiful lakes, mighty falls, glorious canyons, and geysers of all descriptions, are found in this wonderful region. On August 24 a personally-conducted tour through the Yellowstone Park to Portland and Seattle, returning through the magnificient Canadian Rocky Mountains, will leave the East by special train over the Pennsylvania Railroad. Five and one-half days will be spent in the Park, one day in Port land, one day in Vancouver, one day at Field, B. C., one day at Laggan, Alba., one day at Banff, and stops will be made at many other points of interest. The tour will cover a period of twenty-two days. As an educational trip for either teacher or scholar, this tour is especially attractive, as it covers a section of America rich in scenery and replete with the marvelous manifestations of nature. The rates, which will cover all necessary expenses, will be 824G from New York, $243.20 from Philadelphia,s24l.2o from Washington and Baltimore, 8230.80 from Pittsburgh, and pro portionate from other points. Preliminary leaflets may be obtained of Agents, and de tailed itineraries will be ready for distribution shortly. Per sons desiring to avail themselves of this opportunity to visit the Park of the Nation should make application for Pullman space early, as the party will be limited. Make application through local Ticket Agent or address Geo. W. Boyd. General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. BRICK SUGGESTED FOE SM ROADS It is believed the time is not far dis tant when state roads in Pennsylvania will be constructed of brick instead of macadam. While macadam is a great improvement over dirt roads, brick is rapidly displacing the former and is becoming more nopular as its advant ages are made known. One element in favor of brick is the matter of cost. It is asserted that a properly constructed brick highway can be built at even less cost, especial ly in this section of the country, where much of the macadam material has to be shipped in at a cost much in excess of the material's value. The prepara tion of the toad for brick is no more expensive than that for macadam, and its lasting qualities are much greater. It is a fact that however carefully macadam road is built it wears out rapidly and requires almost constant attention. Brick paving last for years and where a section of road does yield through sinking or wear it can be re placed easily and at no great cost. The test has already been made and the unanimous opinion is that brick is much the superior. It is said that the State Highway Commissioner is look ing with favor on the brick road and that will advocate that material where new highwavs are being projected. Travelers' Tales. A distinguished traveler and war correspondent on a lecture tour in Scotland spoke one night at a little village four miles from a railway sta -1 tlon. The chairman of the occasion, after introducing the lecturer as "the mon wha's come here tae broaden oor intel lects," said that he felt that a wee bit prayer would not be out of pleaee. "And, O Lord," he went on. "pit it intae the heart o' this mon tae speak the truth, the hale truth and naething but the truth, and gie us grace tae un \ derstan' him." Then, with a glance at the lecturer, the chairman said, "I've been a trav eler ineself.' Ant 9 as Fertilizers. I In South Africa white ants are now I regarded as fertilizers. In the neigh trorbood of the ant hills, which attain very largo proportions, corn and maize grow to twV.'e the size of the ordlnnry plants. ADVERTISING IN THE LOCAL PAPERS Wesley A. Sfaugcr, editor of the Office Outfitter, Chicago, recently made an addresss before a bouy <,f retailers iu which ho (ailed attention to the value of the looal newspapsr. He said in part: "The local ut.w?v*T 1 "" >s the great est thing the retailer has if he will use it right,but a large proportion are too prone to believe that the editor will take care of their interests, whether they look after his or not This is wrong. If merchants as a class would only take advantage of the op portunities that the local newspapers afford them they would reap rewards far beyond their fondest dreams. "While self preservation is the first law of nature, editors of local papers have a habit of letting self interest go to the limit wtien it comes to a ques tion of serving the community. For this they are entitled to recognition, which they rarely receive. "No doubt the retailers have en couraged them as far as sentiment goes. They have undoubtedly sa,d that they approved of the editor's me thods and called him "good boy," but in how many cases have they falkn short in the real encouragement that | counts? How often have they neglect !ed to use his columns, thinking that they were clever in it'/ Iu failing to i patronize liirn they have too often kill ed the goose that laid the golden egg. "You must get behind your local 1 editor and push for all you are worth. Ho gives you #2 back for every dollar you invest with him. He furnishes for you at his own expense one of the biggest assets you possess, the medium through which to let the people know i what you have to sell. Within recent years the mail order proposition has been somewhat bothersome. The edit -1 ors of the country papers have done ; more than all other influences combin ed to win business back into normal channels and to reconvert the farmer I to the logical belief in home trading. | "The country eidtor refuses to take t profits from your enemy when the enemy will pay him more than you | will. He refuses to accept business from the mail order store in the dist ant city and even goes further by tell ; ing how superior the local store is to ! the distant one and derailing the ad vantages of buying at home. "Do not let it be said in your com munity that yon have let your editor's work go unappreciated. Use Ids pap er. Make him prosperous and yourself rich doing it. If you have foolish ideas about the nonproductiveness of newspaper advertising, throw them off and try it out. One try will prove nothing. If it is successful, so much tue better, but the constant use of the paper in an intelligent manner will produce the results. "The best friend any business uiac in the world has, next to his wife, is the local newspaper, and if lie dosn't get full value for this friendship it iE liis fault, not the editor's. The editor of the average so-called country paper has done ruore to upbuild his town and the retailers in it, than all other influences combined, and it also fol lows that as au almost unbroken rule he is the least appreciated person in his community." In conclusion Mr Staogcr said thai the country newspaper man does not ask for charity, bur stands r»ady to repay the u>erchaut 500 per cent, on every dollar properly spent in adver tising. A stable owned by Dr. K. B. Blair, iu East Waynesburg, Green county, was destroyed by fire on Monday en tailing a loss of $2,500. Gleu Mor rison, aged 1" years narrowly escaped death by coming in contact with a heavily charged electric wire. 60 YEARS EXPERIENCE / i ■ ■ ■ . I DESIGNS r TYin COPYRIGHTS &c. 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