THE CITIZEN.
VBBUSHEI) XVEST WEDNESDAY KKD FEItlAT BT
thk cmnat rtmusmna coxfakt.
ateredBB sitiiI-1(irh matter, at the post
office, Honesdale, Fa.
A Flood of Bills What Legislation
l Needed Corporation, For
estry, Pensions and Local
Option Taking Precedence.
B. B.HAKDKNBKUGH, - - PRESIDENT
W. W. WOOD. - - MANAGER AMD SBC'Y
DiBBcrons: "
. R. DORrUKOEIt.
BERRY WILBON.
W. W. 'WOOD.
M. B. ALLEN.
E. B. HABDEVBEBOH.
HOBSCRIPTION: $1.50 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1909.
A RECENTLY published report of the
Boston Park Commission is interesting.
In 1900 twelve miles of road were oiled
to keep down the dust, and the result
was so satisfactory that in 1907 the whole
extent of more than forty miles was
treated in this way. Mr. Futman, the
engineer, has "carefully calculated the,
cost, and he says the annual cost of
prinkling a 30-foot roadway was $489 i
mile, whereas the cost of oiling the same
roadway 30 feet wide was $375. In ad'
dition to laying the dust the asphaltum
in the oil had a binding effect on .the
surface of the road, and very materially
lessened the cost for repairs. The oil is
put on in an emulsion in which 15 pounds
of soap dissolved in 50 gallons of water
is mixed with 100 gallons of crude oil,
the whole being agitated to the proper
point of emulsion, and then 150 gallons
of this is mixed with 450 gallons of wa
ter and sprinkled on the roads. The
plan has given the very best of satisfac
tion in Boston, and might be treated
elsewhere with corresponding satisfac
tory results.
KASBISBUKQ liKTTE&.
Hon. Alfred Marvin has introduced in
4ho House a joint resolution to provide
lor the appointment of a commission to
set jointly or separately with like com
missions from either New York or New
Jersey to ascertain the probable cost of
acquiring toll bridges across the Dela
ware river between the States and mak
ing an appropriation of !2,000 tor ex
penses of the commission. Like, com
missions have been7 or will be, appoint
ed by the other states and it is probable
that the cost of purchasing the toll
bridges will be carefully determined so
that bills may carry the proper appro'
priations. The steps taken should have
the cordial support of all citizens. Some
biidges may be, and no doubt are, good
dividend paying properties but the few
stockholders should not be considered to
the detriment of the many -who are tax
ed to cross from one state to another.
A mi.ij has been offered in the Penn
sylvania Senate making it a $25 offenso
to "treat" friends or others with intoxi'
cants. Further, thirty days in jail for
the trcatcr is at the discretion of the
oourt. Senator Walton, a lawyer of
Greene county, is the author of the bill,
the purpose of which, as the title sets
forth, "is to encourage sobriety and
temperance." There is no doubt in the
world that such a law, if properly oh
served, orpossible of enforcement, would
do more for the temperance cause than
any amount of prohibitive legislation
Not one moderate drinker in ten ever
steps up to the bar and takes his glass
alone, and if treating becomes a punish
able offense most of them will find small
attraction in the saloon. But if half a
dozen "good fellows" meet socially, the
chances are that each will be outside of
at least six drinks before the partv breaks
up. and find his pocket depleted cor
respondingly.
The federal government expenditures
for January were more than fifteen mil
lion dollars in excess of the receipts,
This should not be a matter of much
concern to the unthinking taxpayer who
is usually satisfied to "let well enough
alone," but possibly he will begin to
think some if Congress decides to resume
some of the Spanish war revenue raising
schemes and even go so far as to put a
tax on coffee and tea. These means of in
creasing the revenues are being seriously
advocated at Washington.
OBITUARY.
in ssie, the six year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Canning, of Lack
awaxen, died on Thursday morning last.
of diphtheria. The funeral services were
held on the following day.
Mrs. Barbara Flederbach died at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. An
thony Mang, in Cherry Bidge, on TaieS'
day, Feb. 2, 19U9, aged thirty-three years
of consumption. She was the widow of
John Flederbach, wllo died in Hones
dale, nine years ago. Besides her par-
onts, she is survived by a son, Edward
four sisters, Mrs. Joseph Bohner, Mrs,
George Donnelly and Miss Susan Mang
all living in Newark, N. J., and Mrs,
Adam Feik, of this nlaoe, nnd four broth
era, Frank, John and George, of Cherry
Ridge, and Anthony, of Port Jervis.
Rev. M, K, Zweizig, father of Rev. J
B. Zweirig, of the Carley Brook M. E.
church, died on Thursday evening ol
last week, at his home at Reading, aged
71 years. He was n school teacher by
profession, having served 45 years in that
capacity in Berks, Lehigh, Carbon and
Schuylkill 'counties. The widow and
even children are left to mourn thelrloss:
Jtev.1V, H. Zwebsig, of Cherry Valley ;
Rev. J. B. ZweUig, of Carley Brook;
Steer R. Zweisk, of Reading; Mrs.
From our Special Correspondent.)
Feb. 1st. Since the beginning of the
preeert session upward of iour hundred
bills have been introduced, many of them
appropriation bills. Trobably not more
than that number will reach the Gover
nor, for in a short session like the pre
sent one bids fair to be, many good
measures fall by the wayside, and a
whole lot of good ones fail of passage.
With such a flood of bills under way it
is impossible to take more than passing
notice of even those of greatest import
ance.
Representative Dunsmore, of Tioga
county, has offered a bill to double the
tax of five mills on the capital stock of
corporations, the extra five mills to be
paid over to the counties for the pur
pose of reducing local taxation. While
the State needs some revenue of this
kind, and the counties also, this bill
will hardly become a law. A similar
measure passed the House two years ago
but was killed in the Senate. Corpora
tions are complaining of burdensome
taxes under the present system. Mr.
Dunsmore has introduced another bill
which is more likely to become a law,
and which is badly needed at this time
to correct some inequalities of taxation.
It provides for a Commission of fifteen
members, five to be appointed by the
Governor, five by the President pro tem.
of the Senate and five by the Speaker of
the House, to revise and codify the
revenue laws of the State, and report to
the Legislature ot 1911. The members
of the commission will serve without
pay, but $30,000 is asked for to defray
expenses. The last general revenue act
was passed in 1689 and changed condi
tions make a revision necessary.
Pennsylvania needs a Legislative re
ference .bureau and is likely to get it
this year. It would prevent a duplica
tion of laws, save time and money and
secure some good, needed legislation.
New members are not familiar with acts
already on the books, nor with the facts
in connection with bills similar to those
they are bringing in, which have been
turned down heretofore. A bill intrO'
duced last week provides for three audi
tDrs to audit the accounts of all institU'
t'ons receiving State aid, each Auditor
t) receive a salary of $3,000 a year and
expenses. At present the State has a
law authorizing five traveling Auditors,
with exactly similar duties, at a salary
of $1,500 and expenses. Here is where
the reference bureau comes in. Every
bill is referred to this bureau for infor
mation on what this State has done,
what other states have done or are do'
ing along certain lines, and what discus
sion in public prints can be placed be'
fore those desiring information. A labor
saving arrangement.
So far there have been three bills of
fered in the Legislature to pension sol
diers enlisting from this State in the
civil war, the amount required to pay in
each case running into the millions. Mc
Dowell's bill carries an appropriation of
$3,000,000 ; McJenkins' asimilar amount;
while Townsend's calls for $2,250,000
The bill favored by the G. A. R., similar
to the one that passed the Legislature of
1907 has not yet been introduced.
Local option bills are expected soon
and a warm fight is looked for. It is
understood that Representative Fair of
Westmoreland, will introduce the bill
prepared by the Anti-Saloon League
and around this one the fight will center.
The Speaker has promised to give it a
fair show and the floor of the House
will be the arena. Incidentally a flood
of remonstrances against any local op
tion law is being laid before the Legis
lature and referred to the proper com
mittee.
Hon. Gifford Pinchot, National Com
missioner ot forestry, will aaaress
meetinc on Wednesday evening in the
interest of forest preservation, by ar
rangement with Representative Marvin
of the Forestry Committee. Pennsyl
vania woke up, not too late, to the fact
that something needed doing, and the
hundreds of thousands of acres now
owned by the State, which will be
planted and tended, will eventually
remedy a condition which had threaten
ei to cause infinite trouble,
That fertile source of trouble and in
vestication, the Legislative Record, is
again to the front, like Banquo's ghost
that will not down. At present the
State is payine high-water mark prices
for it, $12 per page, which some people
think is too much. Certainly the con'
tractor don't lose much money at that
figure. During the session of 1907
committee was appointed to investigate
the conditionssurroundingthls contract,
but the committee was not required to
report and good-naturedly allowed the
hend of the session) to slip past without
saying much, The Chairman of that
committee, tried hard to get back
member at this session, but failed.
Deputy Attorney General Fred. W.
Fleitz has announced that he will retire
at the close of the present session of the:
Legislature and look after his private
practice. No official about the Hill is
more popular, and deservedly bo, than
Mr. Fleitz, and be will be very much
aaissed. It was goaerally believed ihfct
the Assistant Depaty Attorney Genera,:
canvass for the nomination forjudge in
his home county, and if successful, he
also will retire in January next.-. His
opponent is James 8. Beacom, a former
State Treasurer, who is something of a
fighter himself. The Attorney General,
Hon. M. Hampton Todd, is spoken, of
as a possible candidate for Judge of the
Supreme Court this year.
The report of Auditor General R. K,
Young for the fiscal year ending Nov.
SO, 1908, which was sent to the Gover
nor on Friday last, received consider
able discussion at the hands of the large
dailies. Gen. Young broke all records
by completing his report within two
months after the close of the year and
has set a mark for his successors- In
his letter the Auditor General calls at
tention to the need of legislation provid
ing for equalization of taxes, particular
ly the taxation of subjects not now taxed.
He also favors a tax commission. His
suggestions meet with favor generally
at the hands of the press.
N. E. Hause.
James Ham Post. G. A. R., and of the stirring scenes of the war, through which
Ladies Circle, for the year 1909, look they had passed, and were marked by a
nlace last Friday evening, at the Post realism arising from their experiences in
Room, in the presence of members of camp and battleheld, witn entertaining
the Post, the Circle, and invited uueste. episodes of foraging expeditions.
The opening prayer was offered by Mr. Greeneentertamed the audience by
Rev. Thomas M. Jordan. Assistant 'Rec- reading a passage from nis latest story,
tor of St. John's (R. C.) church. about to bepnbushed in tne Ofouui's
The Maple City Drum Corps furnished Companion, in which the scenes ot tne
the martial muBic for the occasion, open- evening of April 14, 1865, in and near
ing with the "long roll," and following,
intervals", with "Glory Hallelujah"
and other war time jnelodies. These
were very effectively given, and recalled
the days of the war.
The orchestral music waB furnished by
Sonner's orchestra, and its selections of
patriotic and other airs added largely to extended address. What he did say,
the interest and entertainment of the. oc- however, was in his happiest vein, and
kent his hearers in the best of humor.
The vocal music was a patriotic song 1 Alluding to the army experiences of
medley, given in a very pleasing manner previous speaker, Mr. Wood, who, at
bv MisB Gladvs Mantle. the age of sixteen, left home in oppo-
The installation services of the Post sition to his parents' wishes and eniistea
were the first in order. The officers in- in the Union service, he said he greatly
Ssjsun Lleyd, of Casabola, Pa., and Jmm E. B. Ouaniaehaw, it Weataore-
Behrsr, of Hwn4en, Fa.
G. A. R. Installation Services.
The installation of the officers of Capt.
tory That preserved the Union and de
livered "tne lanooi uie ireo" irom me
Btain of slavery. They realize, too, that
the long pathway over which yon have
passed since the close of that strife,.
wmcn ucars tne loorpnnifl oi .your jour
ney of forty-four years, Is also marked
by the headstones of scores of jyonr
comrades who fell by the wayside. They
know, as you know, that the lost mile
stone for the last survivor of your gallant
band cannot be far ahead ; that there
the last and all-conquering enemy pa
tiently abides your coming, and is cer
tain of his victory. And this knowledge
eives a tinee of awe to the admiration
with which they regard you, as you ad
vance unshrinkingly to the last encoun
ter. What wonder that, as one by one
you drop from your places in the line,
the public sense of gratitude becomes
more and more deen and oervadinc.
What honors will not te heaped on your
last survivor, who, some day, may visit
these rooms, the scene of so many glad
reunions, and, looking at the seate which
there will be none to fill, recalls the
words ol the poet
"When I remember all
The friends once linked together,
I've seen around me tall
Like leaves In wintry weather,
I feel like one who treads alone
Some banquet ball deserted;
Whose lights are fled.
Whose garlands dead.
And all but he departed."
The addresses of Messrs. Wood and
Lathrop were largely reminiscent of the
Ford's Theatre, Washington, with the
assassination of President Lincoln as the
climax, were vividly depicted.
The lateness of the hour when Dr.
Swift was announced led him to Bay
that he would not detain his audience
from the waiting camp-fire tables by an
stalled were the following:
Commander Henry Wilson. .
Senior Vice Commander J. E. Cook
Junior Vice Commander Stuart O.
Lincoln.
Officer of the Dav I. N. Forman.
Quartermaster Graham Watts
regretted that he had not had a similar
experience, which was quite within the
range of possibilities, as Mr. Wood and
himself were born on the same day of
the same month of the same year. Re
ferring to Mr. Greene as one of the de-
Officer oi Jthe Guard Michael Weber, pendable speakers for such occasions, he
'Bomity,' woviUl ttfaoaofl bisi, S&t
that fesMOBsau tt fljwwwttfijj a
Chanlain Peter R, Collum
Adjutant Benjamin Gardner.
The Mustering Officer was .Halsey
Lathrop, of Griffin Post, Scranton, who
went to the front in May, 1861, in the
first company that left Honesdale; Com
pany C, 6th Pa. Reserves. TboiOflicer
of the Day, I. N. Forman, who went
out at the same time, in the same com
pany, performed the duties of that po
sition during the services
Then followed the installation of the
officers of the Ladies' Circle. Following
were the officers installed:
Presidents-Mrs. Wm. Clark.
Senior Vice President Mrs. Isaac H
Ball.
Junior Vice President Mrs. George
Searles.
Treasurer Mrs. D. B. Mantle.
Secretary Miss Jennie M. Ball.
Chaplain Mrs. Mary Thorpe.
Conductress Mrs. Wm. Kmzinger.
Assistant Conductress Miss Nellie
Cook.
Gurad Mrs. Wm. McArthnr.
Assistant Guard Mrs. Geo. B. Kimble
These officers were severally escorted
to the altar, for installation, by a guard
of honor, consisting of eight charming
young ladies viz :
Nella Kimble, Florence Kimble, Lizzie
Burger, Mildred Freeman, Constance
Kimble. Rebecca Gillen, Merle Eldred
and Daphne Williams.
They were dressed in white, and equip
ped with wooden javelins, decorated
with streamers showing the national
colors, which were held in an arch over
the heads of the officers while the obli
cation was administered. They had
been carefully trained for this service by
Mrs. Wm. Clark; and they executed a
variety of manoeuvres with a grace and
precision that aroused much admiration,
The Installing Officer was Mrs. C. E
Baker, Past President of the Ladies'
Circle.
Following the installation services, the
speakers of the evening were successively
introduced by the Post Commander. The
opening address was delivered by Chief
Burgess Thomas J. Ham, and he was
succeeded by W. W. Wood, Homer
Greene, Halsey Lathrop, and Rev. Dr.
Wm. 11. Swift.
The addresses were admirable in con'
ception, patriotic in tone, spirited in de
livery, and, while treating with due
gravity the historical conditions attend
ing the civil war, and the momentous
issues involved, and paying appreciative
tribute to the men whose heroism pre'
served the Union, abounded in flashes of
wit and humor, and were marked by the
characteristics that entertain, instruct
and inspire. They were reoeived with
enthusiastic applause.
Chief Burgess Ham, in the opening
address, spoke in behalf of the people of
Honcsdale, and paid a merited tribute
to our citizens, for the patriotic spirit
with which they support the- Grand
Army, and spoke feelingly of its rapidly
thinning ranks. Said he, on this point :
"The people of Honesdale are, and
ever' will be. mindful of the great debt
that is due yon; and their sentiment in
relation to this becomes more deap and
ears est asr one by one', the Grim Reaper
rtwlHBM vonr iramber. Thev do set for
get that yon "bore the' blood Jbnrd en of
tear years of war, and wkfa 0aara4M
falling beride you k the stress of battle,
carried the t ef ear ceeatry to a vio-
marvelled how any one could go to the
Lyric to hear Homer Davenport, when
they had an opportunity the same even
ing to hear Homer Greene. His closing
words embodied the expression of his
wish that at the final roll call of the ran
somed by the Great Captain, all of his
veteran hearers would be- prepared to
answer "herel"
The banquet, prepared by the Ladies
Circle, with which the affair closed, was
among the best in the history of the Cir
cle, and received ample justice, with
evident appreciation.
Basket Ball.
A very interesting game of basket ball
was played between the Honesdale and
the White Mills teams, at the latter
place on Saturday evening. The game
was hard fought, it being the deciding
contest of a series. In Saturday night'
battle the Honesdale team were victors
by the score of 30 to 16.
The line up :
Honesdale White Mills
Brader forward Seller
Finnerty " Wenders
Schuerholz center Dorflinge:
Vetter guard Murphy
iiader " iieilman
Goals Brader 4, Finnerty 4, Schuer
holz 4, Vetter 3; Seller 2, Wenders
Dorflinger 1, Murphy 1, Bellman 1.
HENRY Z. RUSSELL,
FaE&lDUIT.
ANDREW THOMPSON
TICS rassrecsc
EDWIN F. TORREY.
ALBERT C LINDSAY.
HONESDALE NATIONAL BANK.
Tills Bank was Orgaalred In December, 1838. and Netionallzcd
In December. 1864.
Since its organization it has paid In Dividends
to its Stockholders,
$I,9O5,8OO.0O
Bank Depositors
are Entitled at
all Times to
Know What Se
curity is Behind
Their Deposits
The Comptroller of the Currency bas
placed It on the HONOR ROLL.
from the tact that Its SurplusFund MORE than equals
Its Capital Stock.
Whatever of success and stability bas been attained
during this unbroken seventy-two years years ol finan
cial depression and convulsion, as well as ot prosperity
and profit Is largely due to the liberal conservatism
which always characterized its management and In
regard to whlchjts directors have always acted as a
unit.
To those who appreciate no logic but that of figures,
the following statement is taken from our books, this
2Gth day of lecember, IS06 :
TBaPkdfBP CaPtal of this QQ
faTi.9. $254,404
The security wc offer our depositors Is, therefore,
with stockholder's liability, equivalent to
gPTi Af A This In addition to the lnteg-3t5i5i-.'T'U4.
rity of the men who have
This Bank will be pleased to receive all
or a portion of YOUR banking business.
H. C. HAND, Peesidknt.
W. B. HOLMES, Vice Pees.
H. S. SALMON, Cashier
W. J. WARD, Aes't Cashier
We want you to understand the reasons for the AB SOJL.UTE SECURITY
ot tola iianfc.
xmn-
WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
HONESD A T Fi, PA.,
has a capital; OP - - - 100,000.00
AND SURPLUS AND PROFITS OF - 355,000.00
"MAKING ALTOGETHER - - 455.000.00
EVERY DOLLAR of which must be lost before any depositor can losearKWIMY
It lias conducted a growing and successful business" for over 35 years, serving
an increasing number of customers with fidelity and satisfaction.
Its cash funds are protected by MODERN STEEL VAULTS.
All of these things, coupled with mservative management, insured
by the CAltEFUL PERSONAL ATTENTION constantly given the
Iiank's affairs by a notably able Hoard of Directors assures the patrons
of that SUPItEMK SAFETY whleh Is the prime essential of a good
Hank.
Total Assets, - - -
$2,733,000.00
II. C HAND,
A. T. SEAKLE.
T. It. CLAI1K.
0- DEPOSITS 5IAY BE MADE BY3IA1L.
DIRECTORS
OH AS. J. SMITH,
H.J. CONGER.
W. F. SUYDAM.
a. U. HOLMES
K.P. KIMI1LE
H. S. SALMON
Advertise in THE CITIZEN.
i Wanamaker & Brown
G are Famous for mak-
a
sjrinu style
StYLE EFFECTS are defeat fl if the '
clothes are inferior or the tailoring
cheap. They have never offered other
than btrlrtly all wool fabrics, so woven ,
and true in color that default In wear, ,
or fading. Is impossible, ,
" The garments are made under perfect ,
" sanitary condition, and on the premises. ,
The samples and styles for Suits, and ,
" Overcoats for spring or summer are ,
uere. ana ,
A. M. HENSHAW, Their A?ent, .
Jo will be pleased to exhibit styles and 1
)o prices, which you will find are very at- '
10 tractive. 1
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LYRIC THEATRE
BEH.H.Dirai'1. - - LESSLE AlilllMGEH
8- AFTERNOON AND EVENING
FRIDAY CCD 17
tinee 3:30 P. H. 1 JUL? .Lt
Matinee
W. F. MANN presents Miss Gertrude
Ritchie and Miss Snsanne Ames in
:and:
SUNSHINE
A Dramatization of MAKY J. HOLMES'
Famous Novel.
A Beautiful Story of Southern
Life.
Second Successful Season.
Special Scenic Production.
nillPCC EVENING. 15, 25, :I3 and 50c
rnllltO MATINEE. 15 and SB cents;
A. I. COLEMAN & CO.,
STOCKS AND BONDS
ALLEN HOUSE UOTI-lirNQ
HONESDALE, PEHW'A.
We Offer for Sale :
Honesdale National Hank Stocl:.
Honesdale Shoe Company Stock.
Enterprise Cut Glass Company
(EUnira) Stocl:
Bond 1
Ilatleton Gas Light Co., first
mortgage, due 19SI, parand
interest.
Wyoming Valley Gas and Elec
tric Co. , gen'lmtge. V due IBIS,
SB and interest.
We Will Buy :
jS men pan Knitiing Co. Stock.
Farmers' end Mechanics' Sank
Stock. '
Hants&aU JXm Sank Stoek.
MLLFfcMr8. CliiilKitil, m
S- SEAT SALE opens at box office at 9
o'clock a. m on above date.
MARCH I, 1909.
A CARLOAD
We have no Insurance against
panics, BUT
We want to sell
Every business man In Wayne
county a good sized life or en
dowment policy that he mar
use as collateral security for
borrowed money tideyou over
tight places when sales are
poor and collections slow pos
sibly bead oil Insolvency.
We want to sell
Every farmer a policy that will
absolutely protect his family
and home.
We want to sell
Every laborer and mechanic a
saving policy that will be im-
T possible for him to lapse or
ose.
If not Life Insurance
Letuswrite someof yourFIHE
INSURANCE. Standard, re
liable companies only.
ITISnETTEKTO DO IT NOW. THAN
TO WAIT AND SAY "IP"
HITTINGER & HAM,
General Agents.
WHITE MILLS, l'A.
WILL ARRIVE !
011 juad kwpect them and jjai prices,
At BROWNS.
M. IFF. RRAM
Hear of Allen House
LIVERY
Boarding and Sales
STAB L
m a m
Vt.A n m IfW mm Mi
Hire for CASH.
idMNi i ! ! mt nn
Sielgks, Harass aol
Wkfes ALWAYS ONHAlfD.
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