VOL. st>—NO 3>» ITEMS CONDENSED. Two State constables at Wyoming barracks have resigned because the pay was too small. From a bushel and a half of seed potatoes of the early red variety, Effenger Dangler, of Birdsboro, grew fifty bushels of potatoes. Watching a base ball game at Shen andoah, Walter Carls,3 years old.step ed too close and the batter unwitting ly fractured his skull. Stroidsburg is just winding up the celebration of an Old Home Week | which lias brought hundreds of form er residents and visitors to the town. Mrs. William H. Kuhl.of York, was seriously injured one night recently by jumping from a street car during a panic, caused by the blowing out of a fuse. In trying to beat a passenger train over a grade crossing at York Friday morning, Jeremiah Alexander, a team ster,almost lost liis life,and two mules of a team of four were so badly in jured they had to be killed. After a chase of over sis months the State police department at Harrisburg ; has been informed that it had secured the arrest at Utica, N. Y., of Samuel Addricue, formerly of Shamokin, on the charge of murder committed in Northumberland county. W. J. Hidlay, of Scott township, Columbia county, was the owner of a valuable shepherd dog. Now the dog is dead because he attacked a porcupine and to put him out of his misery was killed. His tongue was peppered by I quills from the porcupine. Hayden, the 7 year old son, of i Councilman David S. Jones, of Ban gor, Lehigh county, placed the lighted I stump of a cigar in his pocket where j it set fire to various other boyish trea sures and in addition caused burns to the boy serious in character. While a farmer named Aaron Kee- ! port, of Manor township, Lancaster j county, was delivering a load of hay 1 in Lancaster, Clarence Schmidt, aged j 12 years, is said to have lighted a i cigarette which came in contact with j the hay and the latter went up in ; smoke. Overcome by the heat, John Wood- j ward, of Pottsville, a carpenter, fell from the top of a three-story building I on which he was working. He pitched j head first and landed on a low porch. ! He was practically scalped and it re quired twenty-four stitches to sew his j scalp on again. In addition lie receiv- ! ed internal injuries. The oldest man that ever gave the police of York the slip is Abe Ormau- j er, 80 years of age, who slipped ou [ through the back droor of his home | Friday morning while a policeman sat patiently waiting on the front stoop I for him to appear. Later lie was cap- j tured. He was wanted on the charge ! of attempting to stab his son-in-law with a screw driver. IMPALED IN REAPER GUARDS. —While attempting to stop a runaway i team in a wheat field G. L. Dunkle, j iged *»8, a farmer in Riggles Gap,near 1 Altoona, was knocked down by the j flying team and impaled on the point- j ed knife-guards of the reaper. Al- 1 though the swiftly-moving blades did not reach him, Dunkle was dragged some distance and terribly lacerated j oy the prongs that entered his body in j several places and which will likely | cause his death. Twenty-four stitches j were necessary to close the wounds. FULL OF NEEDLES.-As a result j jf stepping upon a package of needles ! 20 years ago, Mrs. Joseph Orris, aged j 28, is reported dying at her home j n Richland township, two miles from j Johnstown. About 10 years ago she stepped on a fallen trolley wire anil it | is believed that the needles became | magnetized; 49 pieces have already j been removed. It is thought that pieces j uay have reached the vital parts. TETANUS SERUM EFFECTIVE. -According to advices received by j ■tate Commissioner of Health Samuel i )ixou, the tetanus antitoxin furnish- j nl free by the State to indigent per- j .ons proved effective in every one of | he twenty-nine caess in which it was j tdministered. Not a case of lock-jaw '.eveloped although several of the pali- | nts sustained ugly wounds ou the j Fourth of July. HONOR MEDAL MAN DEAD.— ! Charles S. Fnriiian, of Bloornsburg, one of the nation's medal of honor nen died in hs sixty-eighth year. He received the medal for leading a hand ul of men across an open stretch near Oevil's Den in the battle of Gettys iurg and capturing a detail of Louis ana Tiger sharpshooters. HIS 700'i'H WEDDING.—The Rev. J. P. Schellhamer, 401 Madison ave me, York, who has been serving past irates in York oounty for almost 17 years, performed his soven-hundredth vedding ceremony the other day. •USED HATPINS.—When detected tealing in a Philadelphia store, two ▼omen, one of them with a baby in ler arms, kept the store detectives on he run with hatpins until they were übdued byjsix policemen. illimtuur JMnm&m. I DANVILLE LOST P INNINGS GAME Saturday's Results. Berwick, 2; Danville, 1, 11 innings. Bloomsburg, 1!3; Nanticoke, 7. Shickshinny, 5; Nescopeck, 2. STANDING OF THE CLUBS W. h. P.O. | W. 1.. P.O. Danville. ..19 s .TO2 \ Shlck'ny.. ..12 7 .632 Nanticoke..l<> # .610 Bloom 13 11 .*ll Berwick....lS 8 .6521 Nescopeck .6 16 .273 The Danville Champions have but ted into two games this year of the ultra extraordinary class—one the 10 innings set-to at Shickshinny on May 28th which the Browns won by a score of 3 to 2; and the game at Berwick on Saturday in which the car town boys nosed out a scanty win in the 11th in nings. Score 2to 1. The few who were fortunate enough to be witnesses of both of these games rather incline to the belief that Satur day's argument went even a little ahead of the Shinny defeat in playing and excitemeut. Sure enough we can be that it was of the nerve racking, collar wilting variety, bristling with hair breadth j escapes for both sides, thrilling plays, that made the spectators forget the : brilliant work of one man as soon as he had accomplished his turn to watch the circus stunt of another tosser. The rain which proceeded the game 1 kept many Beiwick fans in the shelter of their homes, or other places, and the crowd was, therefore, only fair; their temerity cost them the sight of the prettiest game that will likely be j played on Fowler field this season. The play was so tight that many de- ] cisions that directly effected the score j were so close as to be entirely umpi- | re's choices. Two decisions at the plate, the run that Sliatto scored in the first and Nipple's try for the plate in the ninth, were both extremely doubtful,but in both cases the umpire decided iu Berwick's favor, although many Berwick people were found aft er the game who believed the umpire was wrong. ButKleckner was obvious ly triyng to frame up a square deal, so not a word from here against him. "During the eleven innings almost every man on the Danville team had at some time or another a chance to display his ability. Of the even 50 chances that, came Danville's way only three were errored. These were Nipple's muff of Umlauf's throw iu the fifth, Wagner's drop of Patterson's line drive in the same session, and Veith's juggle of Musser's roller in the seventh. So it will be perceived that Danville misplays did not ad vance Berwick runners in scoring in nings. Rowe was in the box for Danville and pitched the line ball throughout the game, of which we all know he is thoroughly capable—when lie wants to. Throughout nine innings he held Berwick scoreless when they were fighting like demons to push runners across the pan. Many times Bersvick runners would be pawing the dust in the paths when the side was retired. Rowe's performance was marred however by the 11th innings when two bases on balls, issued to batters of doubtful ability, were largely responsi ble for Berwick's winning run. Brennan in right field was one of the stars of the game, although Ber wick gave liim chances in but one in nings—the eighth. He played his posi tion with both his head and his hands and is a big improvement over his pre decessor in the right garden. The eight!) was almost entirely Brennan's. His catch of Patterson's fly was the first out. Bowers, next up, drove one of his well known lines into Jimmie's section for what, with an ordinary player, would have been a clean hit, but the Danville fielder's quick recov ery and fine throw retired the ex-Sha niokin player at first. Flaherty's two bagger followd and Met/.ler next up, sent a hit into right lield on which Flaherty tried to score, but Jimmie was again thero with the goods and cut the runner off at home. The work of the infield again and j again lowered Berwick's hopes of scor ing, The most brilliant stunt being cutting off runners at second ; Rowo and Unilauf figured in three of these (juick put outs,and Veith and Umlanf pulled off a fourth. Danville's inability to score more runs is due, in a large measure, to Mussei, who did the tossing for Ber wick. He bestowed only four hits on the leaders, an error helping in the making of Danville's only run. Only in four of the eleven innings did extra Danville batters face tho Berwick artist. His work was very stoaify and sure, and seemed to improve when Dauville runners were on the sacks. Outside of Musser there was no particularly starry features gravitated to Berwick's credit. While not showy, their work,however, was very steady, which perhaps gets just as much. " Reds" Metzler was in Saturday's game after a period on the bench. Of course "Reds" was thoroughly elated Continued on 2nd Fag#. SCHOOL BOARD JN SESSION I The school board held a regular I meeting Monday eve. Owing to the op ! pressive weather the session was a i short one. The following members were present: Sechler, Orth, Swarts, Pursel, Fischer, Heiss, Marks, Cole, Burns and Shultz. The principal business on hand was the awarding of the contracts for the cleaning of the several school build ings of the borough. On taking up the subject it was found that there was no bidder for the cleaning of the second ward building and the matter was left in the hands of the directors of that ward,who will cast about to find some one who is willing to do the work. Contracts for cleaning the other ward buildings were awarded as fol lows : First ward building, Mrs. Ella Kauffman, 140.00. Third ward building, Mrs. Caroline Halderman, $24.50. Fomth ward building, Mrs. Amelia Davis, $22.50. There was only one bid for cleaning the Welsh Hill school house, which the school board considered too high. The cleaning of this builidng was left in the hands of the fourth ward di rectors. On motion of Mr. Pursel it was ord ered that the borough sewer be extend ed to the second ward school building. On motion of Mr. Burns it was ord ered that flush closets be installed in the second ward school building. It was ordered also that bids for the same be invited to bo in by next meeting night. Mrs. Kate Maus Jones appeared be fore the school board in the interest of spring water from the Maus farm, which she desires to supply to the pub lie schools. The matter was discussed by Mrs. Jones and several members of the board, after which it was referred to the committee on supplies. The following bills were approved for payment: U. S. Express Co £ 1 00 Emery Shultz 2.-10 The Gem 15.00 J. H. Woodside 2.00 O. L. Eggert 7. .">0 People's Coal Yard 34!). 05 ('. EL Voris (Com.) 7.96 George Byers 22.28 John A 1 beck 7.20 D. C. Williams 3.74 TEACHER ELECTED Mrs. E. W. Young has been elected teacher of tlie intermediate school to be openeil in the joint, school district on the soutli side. An agreement has been readied between the joint school board and the trustees of the P. O. S of A., and agreeably with the plans, therefore,the additional school opened in the hall of the latter order. The school term will begin on Tues day, September 6th, immediately fol lowing Labor day. Mrs. Young, who will teach the in termediate school, is a very successful teacher and for some years past has j had charge of the primary school on 1 the south side. Iler promotion leaves j a vacancy in the primary school of Riverside where she taught last year. ' Riverside borough will not elect its j teachers until the first meeting in August. TO BE BURIED HERE Josephine Louise, the ten-months- I old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John H. ; Vastine, of Shamokin, departed this I life at 8 o'clock vesteiday morning ! following an attack of whooping cough. Dr. Vastine is a sou of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Vastine,West Market street,and was formerly a resident of this place. The deceased child will be brought to | Danville for burial. The 'funeral will be held Friday, the body arriving on the 2:24 Pennsylvania train. Inter-| iueut will be made in Odd Fellows' cemetery. Moonlight Party. The following party of young peo -1 pie from this city and the south side enjoyed a moonlight hack ride to the j home of Raymond Anderson on Tues- I day evening: Misses Maragret Ourry, ! Nora Uuger, Kate Yeager, Josephine Hummer, Nellie Curry, Thursa Bayn hain, Pearl Chambers, Cora Wilson, Jean Elliott of Shenandoah ; Messrs. Guy Hoke, Bob McCoy, Howard Mor rison, John Boettinger, Harry Dailey, Klmer Wagner, Jasper Stetler, Charles Scrntton, Elliott Bird, Clarence Her man, Win. Breiteubaugh, John Deeter, Ray Anderson, Lester Kimbel. Sustained Painful Injury. Hon. L. W. W'elliver, of Exchange, ! met with a painful accident Tuesday evening, when a chair on which he was sitting collapsed. In falling Judge Welliver crushed the two outside fing ers on one of his hands. After being helped into the house Mr. Welliver fainted from the pain. Dr. Gordner, of Jerseytown, happened to be in Ex change when the acoident oocurred and dressed the injury. DANVILLE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 28. 1910 MAKING WASTE PLACES BEAUTIFUL ! The triangular plot of ground op j posite the residence of Kev. J. B. Grier and bounded by Walnut street, Bloom street aud the driveway, form erly "ccupied by the old scales, which has ueeu enolosed with a hedge and | planted with flowers, is a forcible il | lustration of what may be done by in dividuals to transform homely and ! waste places into veritable beauty I spots. ! Until the citizens living near the ! triangular spot in question took the matter in hand, it was always an eye- I sore in the center of what is an at tractive part of town,being a sort of a j dumping ground and treated as com mons usually are. I The fine trees with their shade make I the spot inviting, and all that was needed was a little care and attention gratuitously bestowed to make the plot what it is today. The real lesson conveyed is that the public as a body respect such efforts and aviod trespass ing nearly as much as though the spot were private property. How many other spots there are about town that might be cleaned up by the citizens —sodded and planted with flowers. What possibilities for picturesque effect the entire river front affords, if instead of being made a dumping ground for trash it were properly laid out aud planted with flowers and shrubbery. Up to the present, it is true, those owning property nearby have had but little encouragement to fix up the liv er front owing to the dumping of trash 1 over the bank, often done without the knowledge of the authorities. Senti ment has changed, however, aud the public is hardly in a mood to tolerate longer practices that might have been connived at iu the past.lt is logical to conclude that our citizens will wake up and that in the years to come the river front will be the most inviting part of town. The wonderful trans formation wrought at Memorial park iu the brief period of a year or so de monstrates that the citizens of Dan ville along with their enterprise are : not blind to the beautiful iu nature and art. THE LAST RITES The funeral of Mrs. Henry Divel | took place from the family residence, Cliuich street, yesterday afternoon aud was largely attended. The services were conducted by the 1 Rev. J. H. Musselman, pastor of Pine Street Lutheran church. The pall bear ers were: W. Fred Jacobs, Sam A. Mc- Coy. Frank IT. Schoeh, E. S. Miller, George A Frey and Samuel Werkheis- i The following persons from out of ! town attended the funeral: Mr. and j Mrs. G. W. Billmau.of Reading; Mrs. S. G. Johnson, of Roswell.N. M.;* Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fleckenstein and son j Jay, Mr. aiul Mrs. John Beck, Mr. j and Mrs. Jacob Divel, and Graydon I Moyer, of Milton ; Mrs. Robert Mills, | of Lock Haven; Mrs. John Hcune and j Mrs. John Heini of Williamsport; Henry Yocum anil wife, Eugene Straus- j ner, Miss Harriet Brown, Mrs. Joseph j Rearick, of Lewisburg; Mrs. Dough- j erty, Mrs. Chailes Yocum, John Ranck, Mrs. Hendershott, of White Deer; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rine, of Kelly X Roads; Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, of Mazeppa; Mr. and Mrs. William Chrisman, of Bloomsburg; Charles Reice, of Orangeville; Hon. John G. MeHenry, of Benton. STILL AT LARGE The coal black steer, belonging to H. G. Wagner, proprietor of city hall meat market, which escaped just as he was to be slaughtered Thursday even ing, is still at large, notwithstanding that searching parties are the most of tho time on his trail. On Monday Mr. Wagner heard that the steer was seen on Montour ridge down along the riv er, Sunday, but nothing tangible lias grown out of tho rumor. The owner lias hopes that lie shall yet recover tho steer, the value of which at the present price of beef rep resents a considerable item. Mean while it is hoped that the stray anim ; al may find plenty to eat out on the | mountain, otherwise he may lose very | much in weight. New High School at PotUgrove. The contract for the erection"of the 1 new High School building of tho East | Chillisquaque school district,at Potts | grove, was awarded to George W. i Keefer, of Sunbury, when the bids ! were opened at the oflice of Attorney | Edwin Paul last week. The contract j price is $4,850. Tiiere were three other bids running up to #5,600. The new building will be erected on the site of the old one and will be ready for oc cupancy late this fall according to the terms of the contract. Under modern conditions it is pos sible to uiive 12,000 three quarter-inch rivets in ten hours. 9 INJURED IN PASSENGER WRECK I The worst smasliup in the history of the Susquehanna, Bloomsburg & Ber- I wick railroad, which crosses the north j ern end of Montour county, and the j only passenger wreck the road has ever | had, occurred Tuesday morning at j 11:30 o'clock, when the east bound train was ditched between Mordans | ville and Eyeisgrove. The trouble was caused by a broken | brake beam on a cattle car that was being hauled on the rear of the train. This car, full of cattle, landed on its top in the ditch and the passenger coach, next ahead,fell on its side,nine of the seventeen passengers receiving more or less severe injuries. The car which caused the trouble was a New York Central cattle car which left the shops on July 10th, 15)10. It was filled with cattle con signed to the Berwick Store company at Berwick. The train is known as passenger No. 2, due at Berwick at 12:30 and was running live minutes late, making about 30 miles an hour when the ac cident happened. The cattle car on the reai left the tracks on a sharp curve at Hawks bridge, a half mile below Eyersgrove. The momentum of the train carried ; the car a hundred yards before it turn- ] ed a complete somersault and landed | on its top in the ditch. In the passenger coach ahead were ■ 1? passengers, many of whom were on their way to attend the funeral of Mrs. ! J. W. Bruner at Bloomsburg. This car | was pulled from the tracks aud fell on its side iu the ditch, hurling the oc- j cupants to the lower side. The com bination baggage and mail car, the only other one on the train, remained part ly on the track with its rear end iu the ditch. The tender was partly off the rails and the locomotive's weight held if on the track. The only means of exit from the passenger coach after the accident was j the rear door and the passengers whose [ injuries had not incapacitated them rushed for this opening. The injured were: Mrs. Lewis Heddeus, of Pine Sum- i mit, right arm broken between the shoulder and elbow. Mrs. Eugene Lyons, of Luzerne, back aud hip sprained. Harry W. Hartley, of Harrisburg, formerly of Bloomshurg, wrist sprain ed and tingei badly cut. John Gardner, of Unityville, con tusions of the chest. Mrs. John Gardner, right wrist sprained. Miss Clara Eves, of Millville, back cut and sprained. Mrs. B. S. Gardner,of Buffalo, New York, wounds'and lacerations. Eugene Lamb, of Luzerne, hip aud back badly bruised. Vernon Miller, conductor, of Ber wick, hand badly cut and contused wounds of the head. All the passengers were able to leave i the car unaided except Miss Eves and Mrs. Ileddens, the former being pin ned under a seat. The conductor aided tnese women out of the wreck. The passenger car was badly wreck- j ed. Every window on the lower side I was broken,but not a pane of glass on the upper side suffered. The seats were all wrenched loose, but curious ly, the lamps in the car, even to the shades, were intact. The cattle in the car that caused the ! wreck,of course,landed on their heads, ! when the car overturned, but, with the exception of a few broken horns, not a one was injured. They succeed ed iu breaking open the door aud gain ing their freedom, but were later cor raled in a nearby pasture. Several doctors were rushed to the scene and dressed the injuries. The passengers who were bound for Blooms burg made the remainder of tho trip by automobile. NO LIGHT DEAL HERE It has boeu reported in this section for some days that the Wilkes-Barre Gas & Electric Light company, is to take over all the smaller companies in Luzerne and adjoining counties. With that object in view $7,000,000 will be borrowed to finance the undertaking. The Pittson, West Side and Hazle ton companies are included in the deal. The company at Mahanoy City will also surrender its gas franchise, but hold onto its electric light plant, it is said. It is said by combining all the com panies operating expenses can be re duced. It is announced'that there will be no increase in the price of light, but rather a reduction in some places. As far as the Columbia Power, Light and Railways company is concerned , there is absolutely nothing doing. B. O. Ellis, of Bloomsburg, general man ager for the company, yesterday stat ed that it had nothing to do with his oompany, no overtures having been made. The baby's chances of life are im proving the world over. GROUND BROKEN FOR BIG SEWER | The second ward sewer extension, which was begun last April and for a time was much delayed by a deposit of quicksand, is at last on the home stretch, having wound its course around from the D. L, & W. station to Beaver street, thence to East Mark et street, where oue branch extends eastward and the other,on which work was in progress yesterday, westward as far as Railroad street. At the latter point work has been abandoned for the present, the work men, about a dozen in number, being transferred to the big sewer for sur face water, which will have to be com pleted before that section of East Market street is paved. The completion of the second ward extension carries the sewer into a very largo area of town that heretofore has not had the benefit of a sewer. The demand for sower extension along with the demand for modern conveni ences in the household, which is im plied, was never more apparent than at present. Along with a number of dwellings the second ward school building will at once connect witli the new sewer extension, installing a mod ernjlavatory system similar to the one doing service in the fourth ward. Beyond the corner of East Market and Railroad streets, where the work was dropped yesterday, the sewer will be carried southward to Front street, thence westward to Iron street, along that thoroughfare northward to an alley midway between Front and East Market streets, which it will follow westward, draining all the dwellings on the south side of East Market street. All the properties on the nortli side of the latter street will be drain ed into a sewer soon to be carried east ward on Mahoning street from the al ley at opera honse block,where the ex tension built last year ends. The com pletion of the second ward sewer ex tension beyond the point reached at present will in no way interfere with the improvement on foot on East Market street,which explains why the men were taken off the job yesterday and put to work on the surface sewer. The latter is going to prove a pretty big proposition. As far back as any one can remember the surface water on East Market street drained into the canal. The reconstruction of the lat ter street makes it necessary to carry off in pipes underground water which heretofore drained over the surface. The volume of v ator to provide for is enormous,nothing less than a two-foot terra cotta pipe being adequate The big underground drain will begin at a point opposite the yard of the Danville Foundry and Maciiine company, ex tending eastward to the alley at Cook's j court, which it will follow to the can al. Ground for the surface sewer was broken near the canal yesterday. The pipe—an enormous quantity—is al ready on the ground. The digging where the work was in progress yes terday was not deep, but at certain points the excavation will have to be carried to a depth of nine feet or more, i WOMAN FIGHTS SNAKE Jlrs. Johnson, wife of the proprietor of the cafe at the terminus of the Weigh Scales trolley line, had a thril ling battle with a huge black snake Monday morning while enjoying a pleasure jaunt along the Pennsylvania railroad tracks near Tharptown. Mrs. Jobson had left her home at Tharp town to walk to her husband's place of business. As she stepped onto the path along the railroad a big black snake leaped at her and in a few min utes the woman was struggling de sperately with the reptile, at the same time screaming for l.elp. Several men responded to Mrs. .Tobson's cries and with clubs succeeded in diverting the snake's attention from the woman and in finally killing it. Tho snake mea sured live feet, seven inches in length and was four inches in circumference. Mrs. Jobson, other than being badly frightened, was not any the worse as the result of her battle with the rep tile. EXCESSIVE SPRINKLING The water works are very heavily taxed these mid-summer days to fur nish all the water needed for sprink ling streets, lawns and gardens. Es pecially at the [present time, when a drought is prevailing, the quantity of water used is much in excess of what is required at other seasons. In spite of lavisli sprinkling many of the lawns abont town present a brown appearance, the sod apparently being dead. Why this should occur if the sprinkling be done at. the proper time it is hard to tell. Obviously, there is nothing like the pure rain from heaven to refresh drooping veg etation. Nearly every day brings in dications of rain,bat the signs all fail and the drought continues. ESTABLISHED IN 1855 INTERVIEW WITH JAMES SCARLET The article appearing in these col umns Tuesday, which set forth a plan I then on foot to make James Scarlet the nominee for governor on the Third Party ticket to be formed at Philadel phia today aroused a great deal of in terest throughout this section, especi ally in Danville, the home of Mr. Scarlet. The plan, however, to make Mr. Scarlet the nominee for governor has fallen through. Mr. Scarlet was inter viewed in this city on his return home from Harrisburg last evening and he was most emphatic in the declaration that he could not be induced to ac cept. the nomination for governor. He explained that his professional engage ments in the State cases as well as in the United States government work absolutely forbid his candidacy or his entering the field of politics for any office. In answer to inquiries from the Philadelphia Press, Evening Bulletin, North American and other papers as to whether he would accept a nomina tion for governor, if it were unanim ously tendered him by the Third Party convention, Mr. Scarlet wired that he was not a candidate for the office and could not accept it if tendered him. It is an open secret that Mr. Scar let prior to the Republican State con vention was approached by prominent leaders of that party,who begged that ho permit them to use his name in connection with the nomination for governor. There is not the shadow of a doubt that had Mr. Scarlet aspired to the governorship lie would not have lacked support but would havo had a powerful following attesting to his personal popularity and the high esteem in which" his servicesjto the State are held. SUNDAY WORK In conversation with a News report er yesterday Superintendent of the Water Woiks P. J. lveefer adverted to the fact that he has been'subjeoted to adverse criticism for his practice of selecting Sunday as a time for instal ling tire plugs and making other re pairs that necessitates shutting off the water from a portion of town. Ho explained that if persons would stop to consider tliey would see the wisdom of his course. A shutting off of the water, he says, always leaves the portion of town affected without facilities for fighting fire. When the industrial plants are in operation a tire is more likely to i ccur than when they are idle. therefore, Sunday is the time when danger from fire is reduced to a minimum. Mr. Keefer points [to the fact that, had the water been shut off on East Market street Tuesday ns it was on Sunday afternoon when repairs were made, the tire which broke out at the Structural Tubing works would have swept the whole plant. Mr. Keefer says he would much lather make repairs on week-days, and he hopes to make it clear that in do ing such work on Sunday he is in fluenced solely by a desire to prevent loss from fire. 12th REGIMENT TEAM MT. GRETNA, July 27. The junior lifle team of the Twelfth regiment won the Wiggens rapid lire trophy this morning. They had a total of 172 points, which is an average of 43 for each of the four men out of a possible 50. This is excellent shooting, being a remarkably high score, equal to that of the senior teams. By this match the Twelfth's ffcu wins three out of four trophies whichv is a record score. As the senior team of the Twelfth has on it moie experienced marksmen than the junior team, the two teams having been chosen in the competi tions at the Sunbmy matches,the pro spects are bright for the Twelfth's carrying off all the honors of the matches at Mr. Gretna. INFANTILE PARALYSIS Infantile paralysis has been reported to tho State department of health from four counties, the last place to be heard from being Columbia borough. The health authorities will make an investigation at Columbia and Shen andoah. Tuesday night a case of the disease was reported from Pottsville. State inspectors will make an inquiry. William Hess, son of Commissioner and Mrs. J. A. Hess, of Bloomsburg, was a victim of the disease last fall, his left eye having been affected, but he recovered. A young son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryon Cox, also of Bloomsburg, died of the disease a few weeks ago. Weather variations have a marked influence on the efficiency of electrical wires.
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