the crnzKN, Friday, November s, 1000.
CORRESPONDENTS' COLUMNS
THE MOST RELIABLE MEDIUM FOR
SPREADING INFORMATION
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Mrs. Bcckwlth visited her brother,
Mortiinorc Lavo, nnd family, recent
ly. Mr. Kcirhmoyc. of Prompton,
moved into the Schoonover house
last weelc.
Mrs. W. It. Signer went to Scran
tno Saturday to visit friends and
was Joined joined by Rev. W. I).
Signor, Monday; both returning
Wednesday. During there absence
there son Duanc staid at the home
of 1. J. Many
Mrs. J. 13. Faatz is entertaining a
friend, Mrs. Brundage, of Scranton,
she also expects her sister, Mrs.
Mrs. Cott, of Miners Mills, this
week for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Ameigh and Mr. and
Mrs. Tremain entertained the Meth
odist choir at supper Saturday. In
the evening the young folks were
given a good time.
Beardsley Shredded Codiish is
delicious.
Mrs. Slayton and daughter, Mrs.
J. V. Starnes, spent Tuesday at
Whites Valley.
During last week daughters ar
rived at the homes of Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Smith and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Blake.
Mrs. Wesley Paynter and daugh
ter, Isabelle, of Carbondale, arc
visiting Miss Grace Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bodie and
daughter, Helen, are spending sev
eral days at Haines.
Rev. J. B. Cody gave a very inter
esting account last Sunday morning
of the recent convention at Harrls
burg where he was sent as a dele
gate. He leaves this week on his
annual vacation, probably spending
it in the northern part of the county
in the interest of Sunday school
work.
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Election day passed very quietly.
Not many voters in evidence.
Mrs. C. M. Loring spent Monday
in Scranton.
A largo attendance was reported
at the social held by the East school
last Friday evening at Emerson
Conklin's.
Try a box of Beardsley Shred'
ded Codfish.
Mrs. Amanda Clearwater and
Miss D. P. Hamlin visited in Nichol
son over Sunday.
H. D. Spangenberg left on Friday
last for St. Cloud, Florida, where he
expects to spend the winter.
Miss Flossie Edwards of the
Lackawanna State Hospital, is spend
ing some time with her parents here.
Mrs. Alice Bldwell, of Hawley,
visited her sister, Mrs. Florence
Chapman, last week.
The reunion held at Ira Ressigue's
Thursday, Oct. 2S, was a very en
joyable affair. About eighty-four
people were present.
Mrs. C. D. Wolfe and Miss Mae
Walker visited Scranton last week.
Earl Williams visited his family
over Sunday.
Mr. LaBarr, Irvin LaBarr and
two friends from Wllkes-Barre, are
out for a few days' hunting.
Mrs. W. H. Alt is ill at this writ
ing. Mr. and Miss Rutledge, of Da
mascus, visited Florence Boyce over
Sunday.
H. M. Simons of Scranton, spent
part of last week with his brother,
C. L. Simons.
Our schools will be closed next
week on account on the institute.
Miss Martha Goodrich, of Haw
ley, visited relatives here last week.
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Election passed off very quietly
here.
The Ladies' Aid met with Mrs. H.
P. Curtis for dinner to-day.
Mrs. Henry Arnold and daughter
Mrs. Susie Cook, are visiting another
daughter at Kingston, Pa.
On Friday last George Cramer
fell out of an apple tree. He was
boverely bruised and strained but
by the full but the doctor found no
broken bones.
Henry Lavo, of Dallas, Texas, Is
spending several weeks with his
sister, Mrs. George Cramer.
Bert Snediker, wife and two
daughters, were recent guests of
Prompton relatives.
Potatoes and apples are nearly
all harvested. A great many bush
els of apples from orchards lying
near the mountain have been stolen
and carried off In Backs by men,
women and children.
Beardsley Shredded Codfish Is
delicious.
Mrs. A. R. Peck spent several days
the past week with relatives at
Steene.
Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Bunting were
recent guests of their daughters, who
reside in Carbondale and Waymart.
Messrs. John B. Varcoe, H. E.
Snediker and Lewis Arnold have
improved their houses by a coat of
paint.
Communion at tho Clinton Centre
Baptist church Sunday, Nor. 7th.
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The Sunday school of Grace Luth
eran church celebrated their annual
Reformation and Home Mission ser
vice on Sunday evening. There was
a large congregation present. The
following program was rendered:
Processional, "O Word of God In
carnate," sung by the school, as they
marched into the church by classes;
vcrslcles; Gloria Patrl; epistle and
gospel; "Little Deeds," exercise by
Mrs. Smeltzer's clnss; "Our Work,"
by class of Mrs. C. E. Eilenberger;
song by class of Mrs. S. W. Eilen
berger, "What Can the Children
Do?"; hymn No. 2GS; Reformation
responsive reading; "The Luther
Story" nnd song, "We Belong,"
class of Miss Flora Flower; Scrip
ture verses and song, "Work," by
classes of Mrs. G. L. Marshall and
Mrs. G. Tritchler; address; hymn
No. 288; offering; "We Give Thee
But Thine Own"; hymn No. 274;
closing service and benediction. The
children took their parts well, and I
acquitted themselves most credit
ably. Kerling Moore, who has been
spending the summer at Irvington,
N. J., returned home on Saturday.
M .S. Drake, of Irvington, N. J.,
is visiting friends in town.
The first meeting of the grammar
school society was held Friday af
ternoon, Oct 29. The program was
as follows: Song, by society, No.
194; referred questions, Clifford
Newell and George Adams; decla
mations, Harry Flower and Charles
Keesler; "Story Without Adjec
tives," Jessie Matthews; oration,
Benjamin Smith; essay, Florence
Keesler; sentiment roll, Charles
Sebrlng, Robert Courtney, George
Adams, George Sebring, Harry
Flower, Charles Keesler, Alta Geary,
Sophie Piscko; question box, Verdon
Crooks; extemporaneous speech,
Jas. Crooks; debate, "Resolvea, That
Manufacturing is More Important
to the People Than Farming." Af
firmative, John Crooks, Frances
Newell, Maurice Dowllng; negative,
Raymond Crooks, Seldon McAree,
Madge Edwards; the judges decided
infavor of the affirmative, as well as
the house; critic's report; song 187;
adjournment.
ask your grocer to get you
some Beardsley Shredded Codfish
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Morgan, of
Scranton, spent the week-end anu
Sunday as the guests of their son's
family, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A.
Morgan.
Miss Nellie Timlin spent Sunday
at Rocky Glen.
Miss Mary Scull visited relatives
at Peckviile over Sunday.
Messrs. George Tritchler, E. F,
Sebring and Harry Decker attended
the banquet of the Salem Masonic
Lodge last week.
Miss Mary Harvey, of Princeton,
N. J., is the guest of 'Squire and
Mrs. W. L. Harvey.
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Mr. Sanders and daughter, Au
gusta expect to visit their home at
Mt. Vernon, N. Y this week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Audricth from
New York spent two weeks at Mr.
John Schlenpner's pleasant home at
Uswick, and had a jolly time. They
returned on Friday.
Mrs. John Mains attended the
funeral of her cousin, Nelson Chap
man, on Tuesday, at Chapmantown
Church at 11 o'clock. Deceased shot
himself in the mill while standing
near his father on Saturday. The
gun in his hand was accidentally
discharged shooting the boy, who
died instantly. He was 12 years old
and was an only son of Mr. and Mrs
Marvin Chapman.
Mr. N. C. McCane of Honesdale
Is visiting friends In this vicinity
He arrived at Olmsted's on Tuesday
evening.
Mr. Sanders had the misfortune
to lose a cow last week.
Laura Cortrighe and her friend
Mr. Marsh, of Honesdale, visited at
John Rueschers on Sunday, returned
to Honesdale in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Harloe and
two vhildren, of Ledgednle, Ivisited
Chas. Utt and wife, on Tuesday of
last week. He returned to his era
playment in Scranton on Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Walter Walker and daughter
Olive, of Narrowsburg, arrived at
Lakevllle, on Monday evening. They
are visiting the former's parents, L
James and wife.
Mrss Hazel James, who has been
visiting her uncle, William James,
at East Orange, N. J., for the past
ten days, returned home on Tuesday
evening.
Mr. Rlchter moved on Mr. Gauser's
farm at Uswick on Tuesday, Oct. 26.
Miss Sophia Rlchter, who has been
working at Rowlands, is now at
homo with her parents,
Mrs. Lewis Curtis and daughter,
Ellen Gertrude, of Pink, are visiting
tho former's father, F. B. Pennell,
and family, at Uswick, and is also
vlBlting and calling on her friends at
this place.
Roy White, of Gravity, arrived In
this place on Saturday to hunt for
a week.
Mr. B. F. Garing, also Miss C. L.
Gredleln of Cherry Ridge, visited
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Olmsted on Sun
day and returned home In the even
ing.
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Election is over and a very light
voto was cast.
Last week S. N. Cross and J. G.
Simons spent the time in the vicin
ity of the court house.
Mrs. Victoria Noble, of Tracy vllle
Is spending a week with her broth
er, Albert Bortree, and called on
a few of her mnny friends last Sun
day. The High school held a social last
Friday night and realized ?30 to
apply on the library fund.
Although no serious damage was
done Hallowe'en night the boys
were out and on Sunday morning
Charley Howe's carriage was found
riding the church shed.
Rev. Webster is now holding ex
tra meetings at South Sterling.
This evening (Tuesday) over
thirty of Miss Bculah Cross' young
friends made her a birthday sur
prise party and a very enjoyable
evening was spent.
Report says Hallowe'en was cele
brated at Jericho Sunday evening
and a number of out buildings bears
"testification" to the fact.
Ask your grocer to get you
some Beardsley Shredded Codfish.
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The Central Republican club held
its second annual ball at the Flor
ence Theatre last Saturday evening,
and it was a success financially and
otherwise. The Ideal orchestra
furnished music. The new White
Mills Cornet band serenaded the
club before the opening of the fes
tivitles.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berger and
Mrs. William Webber were guests of
friends at Beach iLake recently.
John Winders is the new chauf
feur for C. H. Dorfilnger.
Mrs. Fred Warner and Mrs. John
Foos have returned from New York
after two weeks' stay.
Joseph Fish sold his property on
the hill to Harry Williams; consid
eration ?1,250.
Mrs. Thomas GUI, who underwent
an operation lately, is improving
rapidly to the delight of her many
friends.
Charles Smith and family of
Honesdale, attended services here
Sunday. They came In their auto
and had as their guest Rev. Whlt
taker of Grace church, Honesdale.
Prof. Wagner will hold a ball and
reception at the opera house at this
place Christmas night, December
25th.
REMARKABLE SPRAYING
RESULTS.
Franklin County Man Realizes 95,-
000 From Orchard He Intend
ed to Abandon.
An article having recently ap
peared In a Harrisburg newspaper
in regard to the remarkable apple
crop which Mr. Gelwlcks, of Frank
lin county, realized from an orchard
which three years ago he had decid
ed to abandon, on account of its
unpromising condition, due to the
ravages of San Jose scale, Professor
H. A. Surface, State Zoologist,
whose name was used In the article,
has been the recipient of a number
of letters inquiring as to the truth
of the statements made. To each
letter an affirmative answer was
given. As the article is worthy of
the widest publicity, it Is given here
in full:
"What is considered the most
remarkable 1909 apple crop in
Pennsylvania has just been sold at
the ordchard of C. C. Gelwlcks, St.
Thomas, York Township, Franklin
county. Gelwlcks raised 4,500
bushels of apples on a thirty-acre
plot and sold them at the orchard
for ?5,000.
"Three years ago Mr. Gelwlcks
was unable to get even ten cents a
bushel for his apples and decided to
chop down all of his trees and raise
wheat and corn.
"The entire orchard in 1906 was
affected with San Jose scale. The
trees were withered looking and the
apples very small and wormy.
Economic Zoologist Surface heard
of the decision of Gelwlcks, visited
the orchard and found It filled with
trees about eleven years old. He ad
vised the spraying of the trees with
a boiled lime and sulphur solution.
"The trees were sprayed in 1907
and that year off of six acres he got
600 bushels of the finest kind of ap
ples. Last year the crop was fine
again, but this year, when all the
neighboring orchards were bearing
only a third to one-half a crop the
trees were loaded down with apples,
some of the limbs being pressed to
the ground by the weight of the
fruit.
"After spraying the trees none of
them died and now all are in a most
flourishing condition. The spraying
has had a beneficial effect upon all
of the orchards in the neighbor
hood, for all of the farmers, who
formerly believed only peach trees
could be helped by spraying, now
know that the San Jose scale can
be driven off of apples trees for
good.
"It Is necessary In spraying that
the 'proper solutions ho used. S. B.
Rlnbhart, of Mercersburg, recently
sprayed 22,000 trees in his orchards
with i an oil solution and practically
every, tree has been killed."
ADDS
IN THE CITIZEN
ALWAYS BRING RESULTS.
A 50-YEAR FIRE
EXTINGUISHED
Four Hundred Million Tons of Coal
Saved.
In order to save four hundred
million tons of coal from a flame
that had been burning half a century,
one of the most remarkable opera
tions In the history of American
engineering has just been completed
at Mauch Chunk, Pa.
This is one of the garden spots of
the country. The scenery of the
famous Panther Creek Valley and of
the heights that overhang It caused
this section to be spoken of as the
Switzerland of America. Some of
its beauty has been torn from It
by the great coal mining operations
that have been continually In opera
tion, but much remains of the pic
turesque. But under this smiling face of
nature has been raging for half a
century, beginning before the Civil
War was started, a consuming fire
that has eaten ton after ton of coal
In its relentless advance.
Nobody knows how this fire start
ed, but it was first discovered in the
mines on February 19, 1859. Dur
ing the time It has been raging,
while two generations were coming
and going, it has consumed ten mil
lion tons of coal, estimated at a loss
to the company of J25.000.000.
Succeeding administrations of the
Lehigh Valley Coal and Navigation
company, owners of the land, have
recognized that the greatest service
they could do to tho company was to
stop the progress of the flames, be
fore they finally got Into the main
deposit, and destroyed ail the coal.
Four hundred million tons of that
lay in danger, and this represented
a value of $2,000,000,000. It was
a stake well worth playing for, and
well worth exerting the last atom
of Ingenuity, and spending a fortune
In cash, If the advance of the flames
could be checked. But how to do
It was the problem.
That flame which may have been
started from hot ashes raked from a
stove at the foot of the slope, or
from a miner's lamp, carelessly left
among the timbers, presented a
problem so serious that the best en
gineers failed in their efforts at a
solution.
One plan after another was tried
by engineer after engineer, but the
result was always the same failure
and a big outlay of money for which
no return could be shown.
In the early stages the blunder
was made of attempting to subdue
the flames with water, but this only
made the situation worse. The wa
ter coming in contact with the flames
produced explosions that cracked
the coal open, andraade new paths
along which the Are could make its
way.
Sometimes the fire would slow up
a bit, and engineers would get the
idea that they had succeeded. On
one occasion, Indeed, it seemed to
have stopped altogether, but just
when the hope dawned the flames
broke out afresh, in still more pow
erful volume, and the sacrifice of
valuable coal land went on una-
j bated.
Only one fortunate circumstance
came to the aid of the man who has
now finally succeeded in making the
winning fight against the fire, W. A
Lathrop. This is the shape of the
deposit. Because Mother Nature
elected to place the coal in such
direction as she did, Mr. Lathrop
was able to devise the scheme that
has finally brought success after
five decades of failure.
The general shape of the Panther
Creek coal basin has been likened to
that of a man's hand, with the
thumb extended and the other fing
ers held together. The spur that
marks the thumb extends to Summit
Hill, and at the end of the thumb
the slope was originally opened up.
The point where the fire started fif
ty years ago was on the outside of
the thumb.
It has taken fifty years for the
flame to eat up this giant thumb,
but now the job Is vitally accom
plished, and the next step of the
work of devastation would be to get
Into the main part of the hand.
Once Into the hand there would
have been nothing to stop the pro-i
gress, and four hundred million
tons of coal must Inevitably have
been sacrificed. But there is where
science in the person of Engineer
Lathrop came to the rescue.
W. A. Lathrop, in addition to be
ing an expert on engineering sub
jects, is also the president of the
Lehigh Valley Coal and Navigation
company, and he has been for a
long time devoting himself to study
of the subject in order to save the
great coal deposit.
He first tried the plan of "slush
ing holes." Long borings were
made across the spur and in ad
vance of the rapidly moving flames.
It was difficult work, for the heat
was great, and the men who gave
the battle had to be relieved often.
These seven hundred holes were
driven down to the water level and
were then filled with mud, the Idea
being to form a barrier of wet clay
between the fire and tho main coal
deposit. The deepest of the holes
was so deep that It took eight thous
and tons of the Blush to fill It.
But ten times that much wouli
have proved unavailing. The flames
went right through tho slush the
same as if it had been so much com
bustible material. In December,
1908, tho Are went through the last
of the mud defenses, and brought
Mr. Lathrop to tho decision that
only one thing could save the main
coal deposit. A solid concrete wall
must bo placed ahead of the flames.
This was to be built exactly on
the same lines as the fireproof, wall
that guards a dwelling, for instance
a theatre. Only In this case was
presented the enormously difficult
project of sinking Buch a wall 175
feet deep Into, the earth. It had to
bo twelve feet thick to make sure
that no flame could get through it,
and in order to make a long enough
contact to tho flames, something they
could not work around. It was nec
essary to have 1,050 feet of It, or
nearly one-fifth of a mile.
In some places It was found that
175 feet was not deep enough; the
wall had to be carried down to n
depth of 247 feet.
The building of this wall was a
heroic task. Shafts were sunk and
then the cut was walled up on all
sides with cement.
The lire was only 400 feet away
when the work started. The engin
eers recognized that this was too
close for safety, but they had no
choice, for If tho wall had been built
any farther away it would not cut
off the main body of the coal basin
and hence would be useless as a
barrier.
Therefore all the risks had to bo
borne. As soon as the first shafts
were sunk they created a draft that
carried the fire literally roaring to
ward the barrier line.
The ground was so shattered that
it seemed almost like cutting
through quicksand.' The rocks
through which the men had to cut
became so hot that a miner could
not touch them with his bare hands.
An insidious gas came through the
cracks in the rock; it filled all the
shafts. Lights would not burn In
It, and men who were subjected to
Its fumes quickly collapsed.
When this fire damp first began
Its work, it created panic, and vol
unteers could not be Induced to go
down Into the shafts. Undefeated,
President Lathrop Immediately in
stalled powerful ventilating machin
ery, and a field hospital on the
ground was equipped with the most
powerful restoratives.
Surgeons were employed to take
care of the men, high wages were
offered to volunteer miners, and the
dnuntless president, Mr. Lathrop,
set an example of courage by going
down into the mine himself and di
recting the work.
Finally tho requisite number of
BREGSTEIN BROS.
FALL OPENING.
The need of heavier garments is as insistent as we are about hurry
ing you male folks hero. We know what a great store this is; know
how well prepared we are to save you. That's why we cay with all the
confidence in the world, "Come Here."
HIGH ART AND COLLEGIAN
Suits and Overcoats are ready In all tho striking patterns for the
present season. Styles for the young man styles for the older. All
in all, It's a grand gathering of clothes you should wear 910 to 920.
Hats
If your price is 91.50, we'll Bhow
the Prominent; if you'll pay 92.00,
Gold Bond Is tho hat for you. Then
comes tho Knox at 93.00. Variety
a plenty.
Furnishings
There are a great many places to
buy fixings, but thero's always one
n . n xl 825 MAIN STREET,
Bregstein Brothers, Honesdale, pa.
volunteers was obtained, and the
three shifts were placed on duty,
each working eight hours a day.
Thirty miutes at a time was all
that a man could stand in tho shaft,
and so every half hour the forco
at work had to be changed, and
oven with this precaution thero
were frequent cases of prostration.
But so well did the hospital forco
work that not a single death oc
curred during the entire operation.
The work of excavation Is practi
cally completed. The lino of shafts
and the open cut have been filled
up with fire-proof material. The
alternating Bhafts have been sunk
and filled up. Thero is a fireproof
wall 700 feet long, twelve feet thick
running from the top of tho hill
where the coal outcrops to the last
shaft, which at a dept of 175 feet,
reaches the permanent water level.
From this shaft to the boundary of
tho coal seam, 247 feet below the
surface, a tunnel Is being driven.
This will cut the lower coal seam In
two, leaving not a scrap of com
bustible material.
When the tunnel Is cut through,
It will be walled up with cement and
filled with mud. This will make the
fire wall 1,050 feet over Its total
length. 700 of which goes to the sur
face of tho ground and Is In some
places 175 feet from Its top to Its
base under ground.
The cost of the work Is estimated
at ?250,000, but If it does its work
and there are no misgivings on
this point It will save a 400,000,
000 coal-filled field and extinguish
a fire that has burned for fifty years
In the recesses of the earth.
ARRIVAIi
AND DEPARTURE
OP
TRAINS
Delaware & Hudson R. R.
Trains leave at 6:55 a. m., and
12:25 and 4:30 p. m.
Sundays at 11:05 a. m. and 7:15
p. m.
Trains arrive at 9:55 a. m., 3:1b
and 7:31 p. m.
Sundays at 10:15 a. m. and 6:60
p. m.
Erie R. R.
Trains leave at 8:25 a. m. and
2:48 p. m.
Sundays at 2:48 p.
m.
Trains arrive at 1:
:40
and 8:08
p. m.
Saturdays, arrives at 3:45 and
leaves at 7:10.
Sundays at 7:02 p. m.
STEADY ACCUMULATION
of funds will wear away the hardest
rock adversity plants in your path.
Dollars, dollars and yet dollars,
slowly but surely deposited with us
will Blowly, but regularly and sure
ly win 3 per cent, interest each year,
with its compounding.
FARMERS & MECHANICS
BANK
Honesdale, Pa.
We want you here
today !
Rather a pointed request
but we're saying it by right
of superior knowledge on
the subject of FALL AND
WINTER CLOTHING.
best place. It's here. The Eclipse
shirt, 91.00 to 92.00. Ever wear
the Just Right Glove, 91.00 to 92.00
and the Corliss Coon collars? In
quarter sizes, 2 for 25c.
Underwear
Wo feature tho Australian natu
ral wool underwear at 91.00 per
garment; also Setsnug Union Suits
for men at 91.00 to 92.00 per suit.
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