iHflntflttf American. VOL. .">S—NO 30 DR. IRVING H. JENNINGS, DSN! IST. Ujfi' 112 Jlovr* A. M.to VI M. 104 Mi" St., K M. <o i 1/. D.awillt. Pa. n »m t,T/., m. 425 Mill St., Dakvillb, Pa. , iseases of the Stomach and Intestines a Specialty ITEMS CONDENSED. WANTED Local agent to advertise and iutroduce the new educational wcil; WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY and ATLAS of the WORLD. Must ba edu ated aud able to furnish good refer ences as to ability and character. THE SAALFIEtiD PUBLISHING COM PANY, AKRON, OHIO. A $3,000,000 plant will be buiit by tne Forged Steel Wheel company at Butler. The tire companies of Pittsburg are going in the future to carry oxygen outfits to resusoitate firemen and other persons who become overcome by smoke. Two young girls waylaid on the Grant boulevard iu Pittsburg by two burly negroes, are in a serious condi tion as the result of the subsequent struggle. T..e taxpayers of Trevorton, North umberland county, have brought suit against the road commissioners of Zsrbe township for alleged overtaxa tion on the installment of water plugs. Nine workmen who were repairing the borough reservoir at Moutours ville, four miles away l'rom Williams port, were thrown into the Snsque hanna river when their boni sank. Three were unable to swim and there was great difficulty iu rescuing Harry Neufer, who almost drew his rescuer down with him. The others were res cued wi.hout difficulty. Robert Daley, of the Pittsburg bu reau of electricity, was tried on the grounds that he is incompetent and that he performed work for private in dividuals. The testimony showed that he had connected a number of business houses 30 that police help could be called iu case It should be needed, but lie expressed himself as being confid ent of acquittal. Postal Inspector Rose and a deputy marshal ariested Samuel Lewis, a Montrose hotel porter, tor alleged rob bery of post office boxes. They say that when Lewis went to the office to get the mail from the box rented by his hotel, he stnek his slender arm into other nearby boxes through the hotel box, aud took letters out of them. He has been sent to jail in default of btil. Darby is said to have more dogs than any other borough in Delaware coun ty. In other towns in that section they are waging a war on the canines, many of which are said to have cross ed the county line when the Philadel phia dog catcher began his rounds. Trolley traffic ou the Lehigh Valley , Transit company's lines between North ' Wales and Ambler has fallen off con- I siderably lately because of a boycott of the working classes. The company's attempt to collect another fare be tween the two towns is the cause aud the workmen who formerly rode on the trolley lines now travel on the steam road. The offer of the company to sell commutation tickets at a low rate had no results. Wiillam C. Adams went t.o a gas office at Chester to pay a bill, and there saw Miss Mildred Temple. He sought an introduction audi immedi ately became a caller at her home. In three weeks Mildred had ohanged her name to Mrs. Adacis. The national convention of the Am erican Fedreation of Catholic societies ; started yesterday at Pitt-burg. Among the visitors were two Indian chiefs, Red Willow aud White Horse. It is the picture of Red Willow that adorns the S5 bills, and he'was given an en t iusiastic ovation on his arrival at t.ir- Smoky City. Masked robberii enter.iji n '.ome of Pi ter, Bradley aud his wife, who live on a truck farm near Wilkes Barre, and hound aud gagged the old couple while they pilfered the house. The villians secured IJ2OO and the man and ! woman, who are nearly 1)0 years of age, were found unconscious and are ( now iu a critical condition. Dr. William Mann Irvine, president of the Meroersburg academy at Mer cersburg. hau'annouueed that a gift of 925,000 has been made to that institu tion to be used in the building of a new gymnasium. The name of the donor is withheld. NeaficJ&JLevy's shipyard, in Phila- ' celphia, has been chosen as the site or a new immigration station by Secre- ] tary Nagel, of the department of com merce and labor. No less than thirty locations were presented for consider ntton. The new public buildings will 1 . i fv »•'- • irer fror« m* "ill in no *• *'* v t elp t'"> {in yrffs of •on ■ DM TAKEN i CM Considerable feeling was manifested in council Friday eve over Hie deplor able condition of the old canal,especi ally the upper end, which has become foul and unsanitary beyond auything ever experienced in the past. Mr. Everhart reported that owing to the protracted drought the canal between Beaver street and the* Brake Beam plant has become foul and poisonous and as the result fish are dying by the huudreds and that in various stages of decay they may be seen floating about on the surface of the stagnant water, presenting a nauseating spectacle and adding to the bad odors ttiat naturally belong to the old ditch a stench doubly horrible, which makes life miserable in that part of town. He warned coun cil on behalf of the long-suffering citizens that the limit of endurance ha* been reached and that unless the borough come to their rescue drastic measures would be adopted, which conncil may deplore Mr. Uurr.v reported that the matter had been brought to his attention and that the citizens demand that the bor ough remove the dead fish, the most of which are large-sized carp Mr. Everhart called attention to a rank growth of "cat tails" in the can al west of Beaver street, which ob structs the water way and adds to the foul condition of the upper por tion. He recommended that a drain be dug along the entire length of the can al to the end that the stagnant water might be carried off. At this juncture Mr. lies called at tention to the fact that the proposi tion to drain the canal would be im practicable,as the pipes uuder the cul verts are clogged. It was. hie opinion, too, that the borough would assume a risk, if it entered on the canal prop- I erty either to dig a drain or to remove ] the dead fish, as the D. L. & W. R. R. company has posted notices all ' along the canal in that part of town forbidding trespassing. The outoome of it was that on mo tion of Mr. Cleaver it was ordered that the secretary be instructed to ' 'communicate with the D. L. & W. R. R. company,describing conditions and requesting that it abate the nuisance. ' On motion of Mr. Deutsch it was , ordered that the State department of Health as well as William E Meehan, Commissioner of Fisheries be notified of the condition of the canal. J The report of Borough Electrician Newton Smith was received, which showed that the plant was iti op eration -.'7 a hours during July and that the total cost of operating the plant for the month was $£37.58. Sixty tons iof coal at t'J. SO per ton were consum ed. On motion the D. L. & W. R R 1 Co. was granted permission to repair the street leading from Church street i to the station of that company. On taction of Mr. Deutsch it was ordered that the street commissioner ibe instructed to repair Front street, ' leading from Mill street eastward. ! Crushed limestone will be used. On motion of Mr. Cleaver it was ordered that D. L. & W. avenue be ' filled up in front of the property of i Curtis Cook, spalls from the stone yard to be used. Attention was called to the foal con ; dition of a drain at the Titel property on North Mill street. On motion of Mr. Deutsch it was ordered that the | street commissioner be instructed to investigate the matter aud report to the sewer oommittee in order that a remedy may be applied as soon as pos sible On motion cf Mr. Everhatt it was ordered that a sewer extension be made : on West Mahouing street to take in ' i the new properties of J. W. Phillips ' and others The following members were pres ent Soliat/., Clearer. lies, Jones, Mar shall, Currv. Everhart. Connclley and Deutsch. The follow ing bills were approved ; for payment. BOROUGH Di;P'T. Regular employes . . *117.50 ! .Tames Gibson, 25,50 j E H. Miller 4.50 ! Hazleton Mcliy. & Supply Co . 19.35 , Joseph Lechner .... ..... go j ; George F. Reifsnyder 33.5] A. F. Hartman 3.00 : I D. L. W. R. R. Co 37.77 Labor and hauling . '.'60.30 1 Wallace A. Hoover 3,60 j W. M. Wynn 47.4'.' B. O. Tiiliughast . 120.00' • Silver Springs Quarry Co 8.84 WATER DEP'T. Regular employes .<155.48 ;P. H. Foust ... 24.60 : D. L. & W. R. R. Co 3.10 i Labor on streets fit!,so i Peoples Coal Yard ... 176.73 Lehigh Coal & Nav. Co 30.75 P. & R. Coal <Ss Iron Co .17.28 | Rensselaer Mfg Go 103.50 A M. Peters . fill Standard Gas Co h4O ' Friendship Fire Co 2,175 Joseph Lechner ... 14 <l2 li B Brown 14 00 DANVILLE- !PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 12, 1909 DANVILLE LBS TO JERWIEK Result of Saturday's Games Berwick, 2; Danville. 1. 11 innings. Nanticoke. 5; Nescopeck, 1. Benton, o; Alden. 3. Shickshinnv, 7; Alden, 3. Friday's game. Bloomsburg, 4 ; Shicksliinny, 3. STANDING OF Thb CLUBS. W. L. P.O. Nanticoke 14 3 .824 Danville 12 4 .750 Shickshinny SI 8 .52!) Nesoopeck 8 9 .471 Benton 7 9 .438 Bloomsburg 7 9 .438 Berwick ........ ti 11 .353 Alden 4 14 .222 Saturday failed to produce any change whatever iu the relative staud ing. Danville's defeat and Nanticoke's victory over Nescopeck boosts Nanti coke's chances some, but don't oinch the matter by any means. Nanticoke has played one more game than Dan ville aud tho locals have two to play off. Mark it dowu. things are going to happou aud Danville is going to be right in the midßt of them. The team is second to none. The Danville Susquehanna league team suffered a temporary setback in their pennant chasing aspirations on Saturday when after holding the score 1-1 for ten innings Berwick slipped in one'on[them iu the eleventh and ciueh ed'the game. The game was a pitcher's battle troni the start aud was pretty nifty through out. "Pinkie" Coveleskie had his shooting irons iu A! working order and pitched nis best game since he has been*witli the team. He had fourteeu strikeouts and no passes, the league record. Berwick had tlie misfortune to loose their star twirler, Thompson, in the fifth, when he was hit by a foul from his own bat and had to retire. Pace was subslitnted. A large bnnoh of the base ball frat ernity accompanied tbe Browtw on their trip to the enemy's country, and made things hum on the least provoca tion. Neither side scored until the fourth inuing when Danville opened and clos- side of the chalking. Thomas got a basejon balls and gained second on Metzler's sacrifice. Llvengood flied out to right field. Thomas making third after the throw. Coveleskie's hit tojeentro brought Thomas over the plate with our only bit of joy. Do oley, next mau up, flied out, retiring the side. Berwick brought in the first tally in thejseventh when Ash smashed out a three bagger. Something then hap pened that caused much grief and not a few tears among the faithful. With Ash ou third, Hess iu anticipation of the sqneeze play, played up close. Coveleskie not seeing him. threw the ball to third. Hess failed to connect, offcourse. the'ball punctured the air over the base and disgusted lost itself injthe crowd. Ash scooted home. Pre sent No. 1. There wa- no further scoring uutil the eleventh. In Berwick's naif, Dag gett, Berwick's left fielder, flied out to Tnouias. Kaiser, next up, hit to right field, while Pace followed with a hit to center, advancing Kaiser to third. Mellau knocked a long foul to left field which Mackert caught. The crowd at third base interfered with his throwing and Kaiser came home on the throw with the necessary tally. The score : DANVILLE. R. H O A. E. Hess. 3b C 0 1 L 0 Umlauf, ss .0 1 0 3 0 Thomas, 3 b 11 10 11 Metzler, cf .0 0 1 0 0 Livengood, 2b ... 0 0 1 3 1 Covelekeie, p. 0 2 0 10 Dooley, c 0 1 15 0 0 Mackert, If 0 0 2 2 0 Ammerman. tf ..0 12 0 0 Totals 1 6*32 11 2 BERWICK. R. H. O. A. E. Mellan, 2b .0 2 4 0 0 Ash. ss 11 2 3 1 j Fisher, 1!; ......0 0 9 0 0 Moyer. tf,. 0 0 2 0 0 Evans, cf 0 0 4 0 0 Morris, c 0 1 8 3 oj Dadgett, If 0 0 3 0 0 Kaiser, 8b 1 10 0 1 Paco, p 0 11 2 0 Thompson, p.. ......0 0 0 2 0 Totals a fi 33 9 2 Pan vi lie 0 0 0 1000000 o—l Berwick. .. 000000 1 000 I—2 *2 ont when winning rnn scored. Two base hits, Ammerman, Mellan. I Three base hits. Ash Sacrifice hits, Metzler, 2, Umlauf, 1, Stolen bases, Dadgett 2, Dooley, Metzler, Mackert. 1 Left on bases, Danville 4, Berwick 3. Struck ont. by Coveleskie 14, by Thompson 4, by Pace 8. Double plays, Ash. Base on balls, otl Coveleskie 0, off Thompson 2, off Pace 1. Umpire, FISHER. Time of game 2 :30. SOL PIS. MOWED SVI HOT A sesßion of court wag lield Satur j day morning with his Honor Judge \ Evans and Associates Bleeand Welliv j er on (lie bench. About lite only business on hand was ! that relating to the transfer of liquor license at the hotel of William O. Dougherty on Northumberland street. More than usual iuterest attached to the petition for transfer by reason of ] some complications that existed and tho eminent counsel employed. Promptly on Saturday morning John H. Garruan, Esq., of was on hand for the third time during the last three weeks in the interest of the transfer. There was no remonstr ance (lied in the present case and ev erything promised clear sailing. NOL.PROS. ALLOWED. Before proceeding with the petitiou for transfer Mr. Garman addressed the court, asking that a not, pros, he al lowed in the case of Commonwealth j vs. William C. Dougherty, the charge being "Carrying concealed deadly weapons." Mr. Garman fully explain ed all the circumstances, which made it appear that the case was one in which judicial clemency migtit be very consistently exercised. His Honor 1 Judge Evaus accordingly allowed a nol. pros., the defendant to pay the costs. ' GOOD CHARACTER ESTABLISHED The petition of John K. Tooey for a transfer of license at the Dougherty stand was then taken up. Major O. P. Gearhart, William Turner, Patrick Hickey, George Lewis and William Deutsch were called to the stand in succession. The testimony was un animous in showing that the applicant was a man of good character and eminently qualified to conduct a hotel. Among additional facts adduced was tiiat William O. Dougherty, the then licensee, was tiie owner of (he stand and that he desired to quit the hotel business. The lioense was formally transferred and bond was approved by .Tndge Evans Saturday morning. OTHER BUSINESS. Among other matters Saturday S. J Welllver and John Campbell were ap pointed viewers in place of Samuel Mowrey and Samuel Snyder, appoint ed .Tune !t, 190!', who decline to serve for good and suffioient reasons. In re Myrtle Appleman, a habeas oorpus proceeding, case was continued until Nov. 28, 190!', at cost of the respondent. PAVING ORDINANCE ON ITS WAY It seems to be problematical wheth er or not paving on East Market street will go forward this season. The borough solicitor explaining the law has shown that an endless amount of formality has to be complied with, which will occupy practically all sam mer and autumn. Some of the counrilmen, however, in view of the exceedingly bad condi tion of East Market street are loth to abandon the project to pave this year. Witli the hope of being able to do something yet this summer the ruleß were suspended ai the last meeting of council and the ordinance tor paving was rushed through on the three read ings, being adopted with practically no change. On Saturday morning the ordiuauce was mailed to Chief Burgess Ames bury, whom sojourning at Atlantic City, for his signature, a measure which was deemed advisable in order la avert loss of valuable time. FOUND DEAD IN FRONT YARD Charles Moore, aged seventy-three years, a prominent resident of An thony township, and well known in Grange circles, departed this life Monday morning at hie home near Ex change. He was found lying dead in the front yard near the house about eleven o'clock. FMr. Moore lived in Anthony towu ship the greater part of his life. Over fifty years ago he. together with five brothers and one sister removed to that section from Snyder county. For many years the whole number were in various ways prominently identified with the life of the country there abouts. His wife, wiio with one brother. Henry and sister, Mrs. Rouche, both of Ohio, survives him, is the daugh ter of the larg Squire Strnuse. Spending Vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Curry of Brooklyn and Mr. Bushrod Mussel mau of Philadelphia are visiting rela tives in this city. Both Mr. Curry and Mr. Mnsselman were Danville boys and may be relied npon to turn np here annually at vacation time. That their old friends have not forgotten them is made manifest by the cordial welcome that each year awaits them. nu FOR MSI The contracts for cleaning the sev eral school buildings of the borough were awarded at the regular meeting I of the school board Monday eve There ' was no scarcity of bidders. In the first ward there were five bid ders. as follows: Mrs. Harry Kauff man, $40.00; Mrs. Benjamin Bookmil ler, $35.00; Mrs. Nanoy $50.00: Mrs. F. P. Roes, $48.00; Mrs. Charles Baker, $35.00. On motion of Dr. Barber the con tract for cleaning the first ward school building was awarded to Mtb. Book miller. There were three bidders for the work of cleaning the second ward building, as follows Mrs. Anna Flan agan. $25.00: Mrs. Harry Kauffman, $25.00: Mrs. Ella Lynn, $30.00. On motion of Mr. Redding the con tract was awarded to Mrs. Lynn for SBO.OO. There was only one bidder for the cleaning in the third ward building Mrs. Charles Keefer. Her figure was $24 00. On motion it was decided not to award the contract for cleaning the third ward building last night. There was only one bid also for cleaning the fourth ward building, that of Mrs. Rebecca Lovett, who agreed to do the work for $24 00. On motion of Mr. Heiss the contract for cleaning tiie fourth ward building was awarded lo Mrs. Lovett at the above figure. On motion the contract for cleaning the Welsh hill school house was award ed to Mrs. Anne Anderson at $5 00. Mi-.n Evaus and Miss Bird were pre sent at the meeting and on being call j ed upou to give an expression of opin ion concerning a change of spellers both recommended the Spauiding and Miller speller to take the place of the one in use up to tlie present. On motion therefore, the board de cided to adopt the Spauiding and Mil ler speller for use in the schools. Mr. Burns reported that contracts for desks and tables for the schools had been awarded to John Doster's Sons as the lowest bidder. As pertain ed to the desks in the high school room, which it was proposed to replace with new,lie said the committee wonld recommend that the desks at present in use be overhauled and that, if pos sible, they be retained in use. On motion the board adopted the re commendation of the committee and it was decided to employ a couple of expert workmen to overhaul tiie desks. ELECTED TEACHER. A B. Mover of Snubury, was elect ed teacher of scieue.e and mathematics in the high school to succeed Johu Kaseswho resigued. The salary was fixed at S9O per month. He was recommended for_ the posi tion by the committee on teachers and certificates, who were satisfied as to his qualifications. Mr. Mover is thirty years of age and is married. He is a graduate of tiie Bloomsburg State Normal school and also oi the Lebanon Valley college. He has had eleven years experience in teaching. Miss Frances Hiatt, who last year was pupil teacher,on motion wa~ elect ed first Bnpply teacher for the coming . term. Miss Mary Jameson was elected supply teacher in the high school. Miss Hattie Kase was also elected as supply teacher. Tiie following members were pres ent: Sechler, Orth, Barber, Burns, Redding, Shultz, Pureel, Fischer, Heiss. Cole and Swarts The following bills were approved for payment Frank Fry ... $ 2.00 Adams Ex. Co ... .25 M:istocr Democrat 2.00 Freight and drayage .. 11.65 Edward Sainsbury 17.47 A. J. Gearhart .11.25 jF. M. Owen . . .50 , Erza Haas 1.20 .Standard Gas Co 1.25 Elijah Morgan 3.00 C. L. Eggert 6.75 i Friendship Fire Co 6,75 Setli Lormor 3.00 United Tel. & Tel. Co 6.00 Freight on coal 166.21 East Boston Coal Co . 465.52 Danville Sto. & Mfg Co 402.61 David Grove ... 21.10 HALTS WORK ON NEW YARDS A preliminary injunction was grant ed yesterday by .fudge Savidge re straining the Pennsylvania Railroad from continuing its work on tiie prop erty of the Sunbury.Lewisburg & Mil ton street car line in Northumber land. Options on a large amount of : property were procured by Mr. Mc- Nitt of Ihe trolley line for tiie pur pose of running the line through i Northumberland to W'infield. This property is now being appropriated by the Pennsylvania for its new yards. ' Bradford is now holding its "Old ' Home Week," and the celebration is very sncoeasfnl. ni EH 0] colli The ordinance lor paving East Mark iet street, which passed council on its j third reading Friday night,and which Saturday morning was furwarded to Atlantic City tor the approval of Chief Burgess Amesbury, came back to Dan ville Monday morning properly sign ! ed. The next step in the proceednre will be the posting of handbills explaining the paving proposition and notifying all those who are dissatisfied that they may appeal to court. Iu order that no time might be lost as Bocn as the ordinance arrived yes -1 terday morning, President Andrew Sehatz issued a call for a special rneet j in« of council to be held at 8 o'clock Monday night. At the meeting on motion it was re ! solved that at least twelve .hand bills be posted in conspicuous places along the liue of proposed improvement, ex plaining the passage and approval of the ordinance as well as the fact that the petition was signed by two-thirds of the owners of property representing not less than two-thirds in the num ber of feet of the property fronting or abetting on the said part of said street proposed to be paved and curbed and tht.l any person interested aud deny . iug the fact that said petition was so signed may appeal to the court of com mon pleas within sixty days from the passage or approval of said ordinance and present a petition to the said court, setting forth the facts tor the proper inquiry and determination of court in the premises. As is shown by the foregoing sixty days must elapse before the next and final step can be taken in the pro cedure. Council, however, has not ab andoned the hope of being able to be gin the work of paving the coaling autumn, hence the haste with which the signature of the burgess was pro oared and the special meeting was called to take action on the hand bills. SPRINKLING A HEAVY DRAIN The effect'of the severe drought is 1 felt at the water works in an unprec edented drain upon the reservoir, caused by the unusual demand for water for sprinkling purposes During the entire day the pumps are kept busy working almost to the limit of their capacity. With one-half or perhaps a greater proportion of the hydrants of town open at the same time, as frequently occurs, the effect cau easily be im agined aud the question natu:aliv tu<_ ,gists itself: " vVhat if a tire were f o occur—could the pumps «i\t-suffloie ; pressure to send ti;> streams wl e e needed?" That this qu eat lon admits of • ci s • , erable doubt was demonstrate 1 >y 112 occurrence last \v>ek When i e ii-i> i broke out at the Dauv II- 1 m •:i v A. Machine company's plaut sprn.klicg | must have been general about town judging from the effect at the water works. The pumps were never known to work much harder even during a 1 fire. Fortunately the blaze at the foundry ' was extinguished without drawing ou the water main, hut the attaches of ! the water works are confident that, if there had been a tire at that hour which would have required three or four streams of water, the pumps • would have been unable to give the i pressure needed. Iu view of the fact chat a danger ous tire is likely to occur at any time, jnst at this season while the demand tor water is so great water takers are asked at the first sonndjof the fire bell to discontinue bprinkling in order to 1 give the firemen all the pressure they need. Under any circumstances it would be only for a few moments and would naturally entail little inconven ! ience on those engaged in sprinkling, I whereas, unless some such precaution j ba employed, a fire might gain great headway through lack of sufficient pressure. PARSONAGE 13 NOT NON-TAXABLE Down in Cumberland county Judge ■Sadler has just announced a decision which is of importance in every com munity. The congregation of the Af | rican Methodist Episcopal Zion church ; in Carlisle built a parsonage connect i ing it with the churoh aud holdiug that the two were practically one building and therefore, non taxable. ; 'Judge Sadler has just ruled against | the couteniou of the colored brethren, j doing so with great reluctance, he i said, but compelled to obey the law. It has been held for many years that a parsonage connected with the pulpit is exempt from taxation because it is actually part of the church structure. Patriotism is best illustrated by a devoted and upright life. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 IHUT OF IP AVOID Henry Grove, assisted by his son, David,lias undertaken the difficult",job of repairing desks the high school room so as to make them serviceable He entered apon I lie work yesterday morn ing. The desks in question have been in service for some thirty years and as the result of the hard wear and tear to which they were exposed"they have become very shackly to say nothing of the manner in which they''are scarred and defaced. They have been repeated ly repaired so that the screws in num erous instances refuse to hold any longer. The school board had practic ally decided to throw out the desks, and install new ones. The cost involved, which would amount to several hundred dollars, caused the board togo slowly, how ever. It; was discovered that the desks are made of cherry; that they are large and comfortable and altogether are such desks as'can not be obtained at the present day. At this .juncture some one suggested Henry Grove as an expert workman in that line, who might be able to repair the desks so that they would answer for several years.flu view of the big sum of money thatfmigbt thus be sav ed it was considered worth while to make a trial. Accordingly Mr. Grove was employ ed. By last'evening he'had completed nearly one and there" was not one that was not practically as gool as new when it left his hands. The desks are all taken apart by Mr Grove, tlie tops being pianed and sandpapered. Where the screws will no longer hold, as frequently occurs in the slats belonging to the seats, rivets are inserted. There are some ninety desks injall tojgo over in this way, which makes it reasonably clear that Mr. Grove will need pretty near ly all the rest of ttie vacation period to complete his job. WIIERE PISHING IS WEAL SPORT Fishing from the river bridge has becomo a popular and exhilarating pastime. Therefis seldom an hour dur ing the day when half a 'dozen lines may not be seen dangling from the lower sidewa!k*with][tho same number of Isaac Waltons hanging over the iron rail intently watching the bait. it is seldom that the fisherman i* enabled to ludulge in his sport under such peculiar conditions. From the sidewalk of the I.ridge the eye takts in a wide area of water, which at pre sent is so clear that not only is the bottom distinctly visible but every fish great and small that happ=tisJto r.ouie that way. Ihe fishermau from the bridge dues not cast his line bliucly. Up firs' spies his ti-11. After iiuvui.; selected the largest he drops the bait as near as possible to the fis'i's nose. It is here that the real excitement of fishing from the bridge comes in. Many of the black bass are veritable monsters and to hook o;,e of them would be to cap ture a prize worth having, but what can be more provokiug and cause great er suspense than to see one of these big fellows moving leisurely about iu close proximity to the'hait and all the while affecting not to'see it. Now and then a black bass is hooked; from the bridge, but up to the present none of the big ones have been canght, which would make the effort worth while. DEMAND FOR LABOR MET BY BUREAU WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. Work has been secured for 8,000 per sons during the past six weeks through the information division of the De partment of Commerce and Labor. Most of them have gene to the wheat fields of the dorthweat, although, ac cording to a statement made bv the department, labor is much in demand in factories as well as on the farm. The division on information, under a ruling by Assistant Secretary Mc- Harg, is coufiued in its operations to unskilled labor, the labor organiza tions having protested against any activity oo the part of the government looking to the employment if s!; lied labor. An Agreeable Change. Barring thefcrying need of rain the weather conditions were nearly ideal yesterday. The cool wave following so closely on the hot wave, which gave us the highest records of the siasou, constituted a mast agreeable change. Mercury yesterday morning register ed 6(5 and was lower than at any time since July >6, when it registered St;»( the same hour of the day. At noon yesterday the thermometer stood at 75. The mean temperature Tuesday was SO. The gentle shower would be warmly welcomed hemaways jast now.
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