THK CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1010.
THE CITIZEN
rUBLISIIKD KVKRT WEDNESDAY AND fBIDAf BY
IIIK CITIZEN rUnUBIIt.NO COHrANY.
Kntered as serond-clnss matter, nt tho post
olllce. Uoncsilale. l'n.
SUBSCRIPTION .'. $1.50
K, 15. 1IAKDKN1IICHOII. - l'.llESIDKNT
W. W. WOOD. MANAQUK AND SKC'Y
DIRECTOR!!
C. H. DORFUNOER. M. B. ALLEN.
II KURT WILSON. E. B. HARDENBEHCllt.
W. W. WOOD.
' WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 1, 11)10.
When you hear people speak of tho
"Pittsburg Pirates" they have refer
ence to the baseball team and not to
the councilmcn and bankers of that
elty.
"The King Is dead; long live the
King!" King Edward nscended tho
throne nine years ago, and it was
thought that on account of his
previous life of pleasure-seeking,
etc., that he would bo n dismal fail
ure, but he proved himself a King
of Kings nnd one of the most tactful
sovereigns the world ever knew. Now
.another Prince of Wales ascends the
throne and ngnln there are sighs,
mutterings and dark prophecies as
to Great Britain's future. Although
King George inherits a throne that
is set upon a powder mine, yet his
tory may repeat itself and the King
of to-day and to-morrow may pleas
antly surprise his millions of loyal
subjects as did tho King of yester
day. Tho Independent, in a previous
issue, advanced the Idea that the
newspapers should call attention to
the uncovering of the graft which
is now In progress all over tho
country. As the metropolitan news
papers with their large circulation
aro using "scare" headlines to call
attention to the graft exposures in
the larger cities, it devolves upon
the smaller country papers to do a
little digging and uncovering of
graft In their own localities. We
want to call attention to some graft
that has been practiced upon the
people of Wayne county, and which
the editor of the Independent has
some knowledge of. This gentle
man, who has always been shouting
"stop thief," to call attention away
from some of his own grafting, has
shown his ability, whenever he has
had a chance, to outgraft some of
the big grafters. Just one instance
of a steal can be "best understood- by
the following example of his capac
ity to graft when he has opportunity.
When the Uniform Primary law was
passed, it became necessary for the
county commissioners to pay for
printing the primary ballots, this
money being refunded by the state
to the counties. The size and num
ber of these ballots, and the labor
necessary to print them, has not
changed materially since the first
primary was held. Reformer Haines
charged the county $300 for the bal
lots used at the first primary, and
was paid that amount. At the next
primary, emboldened by his success,
he charged $350, and was paid by
the county commissioners, but the
Auditor General at Harrlsburg re
fused to pay the bill, but cut it in
half, and only paid the commis
sioners ? 1 715. and In so doing gave
vent to his indignation at tho at
tempted steal by stating that
Haines had charged more for Wayne
county ballots than had been charg
ed by any othor county in the state
in proportion to its population. As
Haines had received this $300 from
tho county, in ordor to get back tho
$175 overcharge, the commissioners
had to wait until tho following fall,
and then deduct It from a bill which
he then rendered; and by this means
tho taxpayers recovered tho $175 of
graft which Haines had ubo of with
out Interest from May until Novem
ber. About this time tho Citizen
Publishing Co. wns formed, and they
requested tho privilege of bidding
on tho next ballots. After carefully
estimating tho cost of paper, ink
and labor necessary to print tho
satno sized ballot, but a much larger
number, tho Citizen gavo an esti
mate of $08, which was accepted
and after completion and delivery
of tho ballots, was paid, and a care
ful cost account proved that tho
amount was all that any honest con
cern could fairly expect or demand.
Now, in corroboration' of our chargo
that tho Independent deliberately
overcharged, which Is another name
for grafting, tho Independent ngrees
to do this year the same work for
$77.00, which Is an open confession
that when ho charged $300 ho rob
bed tho county of $223 by charging
nearly 400 per cent, moro tor the
work than it was worth. When ho
charged $350 for practically the
same Job a year latter ho endeavored
to take out of the treasury of Wayne
county 1273 more than the Job was
worth, nnd bad It not been for tho
vigilance of the Auditor General ho
would have gotten away with the
graft. This Is a sahijilo of what
this Would-be reformer, "Don"
Haines, (who la everlastingly shout
ing "Stop Thief") would do if ho
hnd tho chance. Thus endeth tho
first chapter.
HARRISBURG LETTER.
May 7, 1910.
Northeastern Pennsylvania Is once
moro represented nt Hnrrlsburg by
a chief at tho head of ono of the
lnrgo Departments of tho Stnte Gov
ernment. It took only a few mo
ments of tho time of the Supremo
roiirt in ilnrlrln that. Hon. C. Fred
Wright of Susquehanna county wns . when few persons cared to do aiiy
the proper person to occupy tho of- tiling for tho communities In which
flee of State Treasurer, nnd that ' they lived. "Civic interest" was an
same question need not bother us , uncomprehended phrase, nnd only
again, for wo hnvo a precedent to I approach to It by tho avorago clti
gulde us. It Is settled, that under zen wns In his regular and continu
tho existing law, tho Governor has " "kicking" at the taxes he had
the right to make tho appointment. . to pay. Dirty streets, filthy back
Treasurer Wright haB already qunl-1 yrs nntl vacant ot8' nmost tree"
ificd by filing a proper bond In tho highways, ugly public build
sum of $500,000, which was found '"SB, dumps here and there, and es
to bo satisfactory, and he was sworn peclally over the banks of any con
In. Up to this time there hnvo been venient water course, nil these were
no changes announced but there , accepted without question as matter
may be changes later. The bank ' of course.
balances have been counted, tho 11 was expected that the children
securities examined nnd everything should play in the streets. Why
found to bo in proper form. Ono not? Pnrks were conceived to bo
question only remains to be decided I ornamental places where carriages
ivhnHinr tho. nnnnlnten shall servo 1 could drive on week days only
for one year or three. '
Auditor ' General A. E. Slsson, j
of Erie, assumed oillco on Tuesday
at noon, succeeding Hon. It. K. 1
Young, who will resume tho prnc-
tiro nf law nt. Wollsbnro. General :
Young has had a most successful
ndminlfltrnHnn. v Inwnil from nnv
nni-
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standpoint. High water mark in the " ' "u"'u-"u' ' f.nE,f,prp,, 1 saltation and a little more of a col
collection of revenue was reached in okn e , "Bf ''f1 lection you can install some neat
W-A a,u,,nt ,:each,n '"u .h,,, Tir,?," f V 1 trash cans Into which the thoughtless
over $u.iui,uuu, a ngure mat ' '
bo ptppIIpiI hv nrilv the hardest work I
and persistent effort. The three scavengers which were sometimes an
years of his term show total collec- noying; poles and wires were eagerly
Hons amounting to $80,059,244.33. , welcomed to the perpetual use of the
This Is far ahead of any previous streets and bill boards were an evi
record. In other ways he establish- denco of prosperity,
ed new high water marks, setting . The railroad station was more or
n nnpn fnr thnwo ivlin Khmilrl fnllflW
General Slsson comes to the De-!
partment with a ,good record and
an experience of several years in tho
public service. No changes have
been announced thus far, and It is
the purpose of the new official to
proceed cautiously, giving due re
gard to efficiency, worth and experl-
ence. Naturally ills assumption or
tho olllce Is somewhat displeasing i
to our Democratic friends, who are
prophecying nil kinds of evil things ,
for his administration. It is only
fair to suspend Judgment until he
has become accustomed to his posi-
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tion and has indicated what might hoi
expected of him. It Is too enrly
to condemn him for something he
has not done and the American de
sire for fair play should prevail. He
needs no defence and proposes to
conduct his office fairly and hon
estly
Rnvomi hnnma for finvernnr have
been sprung, but dark horses aro so
plentiful that it is very difficult to
pick a winner. Were it not for the
serious condition of his health, Judge
Charles E. Rice, of the Superior
Court, would be in the race for the
honor, and he would be a strong
candidate. Knowing ones predict
that the nominee will come from the
section east of the Susquehanna rlv-
er, but the western section Is work-
Ing hard to land a man. He must
needs be a strong man to win this
year. Hon. Henry Houck will un-j
doubtedly be named for Secretary
nf infnrrmi Affnirs tn eiiwopiI i.in-!
self.
N. E. HAUSI3.
SHERMAN'S BUSY SUMMER.
Vice President Is Scheduled to Make
Many Addresses.
Uticn, N. Y., May 10. With the ex
ception of the month of August, which
he plans to keep free o all speaking
engagements. Vice President Sher
man's summer promises to be n very
active one. He will deliver many
speeches In defense of tho Aldrleh
Payne tariff law, Incidentally aiding
various Republican congressional can
didates In an effort to preserve a Re
publican majority In the house. Tho
vice president has engagements to
speak at Kalamazoo, Mich., on May 17
nnd Iowa City, Iu., on June 15, He hns
tentatively accepted im Invitation to
ntteud the convention of the Repub
lican editors at Saratoga Springs on
June 2 und will also fill some' other
dates during that month. In Septem
ber ho will Juvnde Kansas and Okla
homa. -
HOW'S THIS?
Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
We, tho undersigned, have known
F. J. Choney for tho last ID years,
and bollevo him perfectly honorable
In nil business transactions and fi
nancially ablo to carry out any ob
ligations made by his firm.
Wnldlng, Klnnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is tnkenMu
tornally, acting directly upon tho
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials- jont free.
Price 75 cents pcrbottlo. Sold by
all Druggets. j.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
TO BEAUTIFY - . -
HON ESDALE
"What You Can Do for "Vour
Town" Is tho Utlo of n very interest
ing and instructive artlclo in "Tho
Circle," a well known mngazlnc,
from tho pen of J. Horace McFnr
lnnd, president of the American
Civic Association. Mr. McFarland is
one of the best authorities on muni
cipal matters and any thing ha
writes enn nlways be read with profit.
The artlclo Is as follows:
"The time was not so long ago,
I,ast- more or less contorted llower
hods, with marblo adornments and
cast iron fountains, If the town wns
"Hush." The school yard was a
modified ash heap, or was not In
existence for what was the use of
wasting, the money of the taxpayers
in ouyinc more Krouiiu man wiu
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gravely mentioned as Important ,
less oi n shuck, useiui iu nun?
through, except for the loafers who
haunted tiie reu not stove in tne
winter and irrigated the nearby
tracks with tobacco extract In sum
mer. The surroundings were dusty,
dirty and defiantly ugly.
Manufacturing establlshm e n t s
were also made perfectly "practical"
,.U 1 rtn Inont ontnlnlnn nf rTTl fl Tl1 nil.
oli"u "l
tation or orderliness or beauty,
Beauty? Were wo not taught the
vanity of beauty, right In the
churches themselves Inconsistently
as beautiful as our raw Ideals and
small contributions could make them?
Ana wnne tne near women anu emi
dren, In whom God kept alive, aided
by the flowers and tho tre.es, the
sense of beauty and the sight of
beauty, were considered as unfit to
worry with town affairs, we men went
on our "practical" way of high
prosperity, using up the natural re
i sources we never made a gain of,
and never can replace a grain of,
whlle we gashed the face of nature,
polluted tho river, and blamed on
Providence the deaths that followed
our filth.
But what a change a decade has
wrought! First stirred into the sus
picion of tho power of man made
beauty by the glory of Chicago's
"White City" In 1893, wo have grad
j "ally come to care about things that
I mane our nome towns uutier places
! to live in. Wo have discovered the
avoidable cause of typhoid fever and
malaria, and the value of grass,
green trees and fresh air. Wo find
that parks are cheaper than police
men, and school gardens teach what
the "three R's" cannot, and that
clean and sightly streets are mighty
nlco to live on. Wo have established
! some playgrounds, cleaned up some
water fronts, choked some of the
dirty smoke, put a few wires under
ground, and como to understand n
little about the value of "city plan
ning." That! Is, some of us thought of
thoso tilings and some of us hnvo
done sorao of them in some places.
"Civic Improvement" means a vague
of something moro than it did, and
actually a few of us realize that we
get mighty good value for tho taxes
we pay when wo try to soo about It
In a businesslike way.
Now there aro many communities,
largo and small, where civic lmpulso
Is nwake, or at least awakening in
which thero may well bo dono good
things In 1910. There are 914 com
munities In thoso United States hav
ing flvo thousand population or over,
and probably twico as many between
that population and a numbering of
ono thousand. I do not believe there
is ono of theso Hired thousand old
communities In which a llvo man or
woman, and a moro llvo boy or girl,
cannot make an distinct civic im
pression before tho next Now Yenr's
Day. This -will not be dono by dream
ing over a big scheme, but by doing
something seomlngly little and closo
by for tho good of nil, at least nt first.
So great Is tho power of multiplica
tion In tho civic germ that Imitation
of a good thing enn bo prevented only
by surrounding it with a sound nnd
slghtproof fence.
Thero are two methods of work
Individual and collective. Let mo
first proposo activity to tho Individ
ual.
Two gonoral divisions of civic ef
fort appear, also. One relates to
constructive work, as In improving
tho surroundings of a home or In
working, with others to obtain a park,
Tho othor has to do with tho rc-
movnl of nuisances besetting the com
munity, whether of a slnglo smoking
chimney or of a plngue of dlsenso
carrying files.
The Individual may first of all cast
his civic eye critically about tho
homo. Is It clean, back and front,
la there n forgotten heap In that back
yard which ho would hato to hnvo at
tho front door step In view of all?
First cast out the beam of thine
own eye, nnd then shalt thou see
clearly to cast out tho mote of thy
brother's eye.
Once clean how does It look?
Could tho npproach bo a little moro
pleasing If God's first aid to tho
clvlcally injured, the green of tho
shrub nnd tho vine and the plant wns
applied? It Is so easy, so cheap to
plant the humblest home into tho
beauty that shames all man's archi
tecture that 1 must propose It us
among the first things to do. And
how the virus of green will spread!
1 take dally hnpplness In seeing
how certain African citizens of a
street I piiss upon have Imitated their
neighbor, who put out on his curb a
tub planted .with ennnns and caladl
inns. So now one sees a long row of
such tubs nil summer, and, while the
tnsto is not the best, tho impulse
back of the tub display Is fine.
Consider now tho highway tub
street. Do loose papers fly nbout?
Is it tho habit to throw fruit refuse
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sldered trifles, that make unkept the
highway. Right here look out for
trouble; do not allow somo insidious
suggestion of advertising to propose
"economy" by making the trash cans
a worse nuisance than that they are
to remove. In Cleveland these cans
grotesquely shout of whisky, gin and
vaudeville on three sides, to the
shame of a city that can afford better
things.
Now, how about the trees on the
street? Have they been butchered
by a "trimmer?" If so, begin to call
attention to the sacrilege of an at
tempt to Improve on God's design of
tree symmetry. Insist that most
trees do not require trimming most
of the time. "In case of doubt don't
trim." But do see to it that tho
trees are cleaned of decay and scale,
and that they are protected from tho
gnawing of the horses and the biting
of insects. If I may interpose here
a suggestion of organized action, It
is that an attempt be in nil a to put
all the trees of the town In the con
trol of the park or shade tree com
mission. Twenty-two New Jersey
communities aro growing into tree
prosperity and beauty under a bene-
flpent law,ftwhlch Pennsylvania also
has. The federal city, Washington,
has more than ninety thousand mun
icipally planted and controlled trees,
making the finest tree showing on
the continent. I can't tell more about
tree work here but I will write about
It to any ono who really wants to
know, and applies what he learns to
his own town.
Perhaps the street Is wide enough
to Include one or two grass plots
one In tho center or one on each
side. We haven't yet begun to know
about proportioning our street widths
In America. I see In little towns
streets with an unkempt roadway of
mud or macadam forty to fifty feet
wide not infrequently flanked by just
as unkempt sidewalks twelve or
fifteen feet wide. Yet London
Bridge carries an enormous traffic
STBLLGROWSftSG CONDITION OF
Honesdale Dime Bank
HONESDALE, PA.
At the close of business May 2, 1910
(Condensed)
HKSOUUCKS.
Loans
Bonds & Mortgages . .
Ileal Estate, Furnlturo
nnd Fixtures
Cash and duo from
bnnks
Overdrafts
$
Deposits May 20th, 1000
" Nov. 20th, 1000
' May 28th, 1907
" Dec. 10t!i, 1007
Ii. O. MUMT-OIU), President.
upward of two thousand teams nn
hour on but 32 feet of width. Wldo
streets aro flno but not when they nro
unnecessarily divided Into only a
roadway and n sidewalk. Thirty
feet of paved or macadamized road
way will accommodato milch travel
and few residence streets need moro
than that. Five feet of good side
walk Is better than twclvo of sloven
ly bricks or stones. Tho remaining
space will put grass next to the
houses nnd grass next the street curb,
It will also put coolness Into tho
summer air and beauty Into tho town
when tho open grass strip gives hos
pitality to the properly spaced and
properly chosen trees.
So tho mnn or woman bitten of the
Improvement bug can well work upon
others on the homo street, to the end
that It shall bo made as fine as Dela
ware Avenuo In Buffalo, East Avenue
In Rochester, nnd many streets In
mnny towns. Softly? The reduc
tion of street traffic surface saves cost
In paving nnd in sweeping nnd so It
commends itself mnny times to thoso
who care little at first for tho beau
ty that Is to come.
About the school there Is much to
bo dono. Here young America Is
educated. Mark that! The educa
tion Is inclusive, and It works Im
partially and quite effectively when
tho teacher la an ugly building, a
filthy outhouse, a barren school ynrd.
n moro barren school Interior. True
tho school authorities do not direct
ly pay for the instruction in bad
health, bad civics and bad tnsto, but
In instruction may be proceeding just
the same.
See to it Improving American, that
the teachings of the school are all
good! Do not let the good book work
obscure tho bad eyework, so that you
fall to have the whole school and its
surroundings an exhibit to civic
'righteousness. Here are the boys
and girls who will be In control In
half a generation or less. They can
do so much better for the town and
the Country If we do a little bettfr
for thorn!
1 think now of a city where a
great civic gospel was simply preach
ed through a good woman, who forr
ed tho barriers of the school board.
To put before the honest acute open
minded children, be they natives or
foreign born, the vital facts of home
and community life, in a simple
phrase, fitted to their own environ
ment Isn't that splendid worn.' Now
conies to mind Public School 2G, In
Rochester, which I found one day to
be a true factory, and not a mere
book packery! These boys and girls
really learned to live as Americans.
Has your home town one acre of
useful park or playground, for every
hundred of Its population? Is the
nearest playground so that any child
can get to it, without paying trolley
fare In not more than a half mile
walk? Do the parks have all manner
of Invitations to recreation and rest
In them, to win the weary workers
from sordid homes or hell outpost
saloons? Is there supervision' and in
struction In play available?
Did you ever, Mrs. Improver, Invite
a visitor to your pleasant home and
ask hlra to arrive through the cellar
or barn yard? But your town invites
your visitors I suspect, to enter
through a railroad or trolley sur
roundings that would make your
clean cellar a way of beauty in com
parison. Just think how It Is with
those who pass through your com
munity. Do they see Its worst, or Its
best? Is the town Inviting the pass
er through to stop, rest and stay by
the stable, ware house, billboard and
gcnernl trash conditions found about
most railroad entrances?
So here's work to do, with credit
and profit as a reward. Get tho work
started and it will go, nnd you will
find the railroad people usually ready
to respond to suggestions. You
may need to talk to some factory peo
plo about their surroundings too.
Toll them from me, If you enro to.
that I find prosperity to always attend
attention to fnctory surroundings,
both as to business and also the way
REPORT OF THE
LTAHIUTIES.
Capital Stock ? 75,000.00
Surplus, Earned 15,740.85
Deposits 528,310.20
mils Payable : 5,000.00
.-( I, :n 8.7a
72,070.53
110,000.00
50,80 1. an
2.11)
$051,000.11
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STATEMENT SHOWING GROWTH
$130,311.72
218,243.37
200,872.14
350,200.07
Deposits May 10th,
" Nov. 27th,
" April 28th,
" Nov. 0th,
Moy 2, 1010, Deposits $528,346.26
W. T. mEFJjKK. Vlco 1-rosldcnt.
in which tho work people respond.
Of organized efforts there may bo
many, but nono moro potqnt for tho
true good of tho homo town than
one which results In obtaining from a
proper trained city dcslgnor thero
nfo a sennt half a dozen such In
America n plan for development.
"City planning" Is city common
sense. No sane man would think of
building a house by random, with
out a plan, but most American towns
havo grown Just thnt way. A proper
plan does not proposo to tear up or
rebuild a community; It does proposo
to tako proper advantages of exten
sions, to bring Into proper use for
the public the ideas that have been
found to make for health and wealth
and happiness In town construction.
A sane plan sees n 'generation or
more ahead, nnd It points out tho
plnces for parks and playgrounds and
civic centers, It shows the value of
water front Improvement, It formu
lates tho best practice for street de
tails. If tho American Civic Association
had done nothing else than foster city
planning, It would havo long slnco
Justified Its existence. So I conclude
by urging the aspiring lover of the
home town, large or small, ns one In
concert, to work for a good city plan
as next to the fundamental provision
for the liberties of tho state."
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cluding inhaler and one bottle of
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cost only 50c.
Somo single suits to clean up
stock, at Menner & Co.'s store, will
be sold out regardless of rost. 4w
BENJ. II. DITTHICH. Lessee A Manager.
ONE WEEK COMMENCING
MONDAY MAY 9
THE PICKERT
STOCK COMPANY
Presenting a
Repertoire of
Popular Plays.
OPENING PLAY
MONDAY EVENING
"HELLO BILL"
A Screaming Comedy.
Up-To-Dale Specialties
PRICES 10-20-30 and 50cts.
MATIXKK SATURDAY, 10 and 20 cts.
Sent Pale opens at the Hox Olllce at
9 A. M. Mornluy. May Htli.
i
$
9051,000.11
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1008
1008
1009
1009
1310,055.91
408,857.01
409,078.00
508,482.43
JOSEPH A. FISOJI,' Cashier.