- V. T1IE CITIZEN, FRIDAV, SEPT. 0, 1010. tt u - it tt it VALUABLE NEWS FROM Important Happenings and Personal Items Contrlb- $ utcd by THE CITIZEN'S Corps of Correspondents. $ BEACH LAKE. I A number or boarders tiro hero yet. This 1ms been the best year, as every house 1ms been full. William Butler has moved In the house vacated by Mervin Gavltt. William Bullock of California Is visitliiB J. P. Build. Mr. Budd Is erecting a cottage by the lake. We have not learned if it Is for himself or to sell. A son was added to Mervin Qavltt's home Tuesday. George Dunn of Hawley is spend ing some time with his brother and sister here. Ho is somewhat better than when he made his last visit. May Bradbury has returned to West Chester State Normal school. W. C. T. U. convention here about Sept. 20. Soon we will be thinking about going to the fair for a Jolly good time. Delbert Mclntyro is still confined to the house. Rheumatism seems to be his chief trouble. Norman Davey of Norrlstown Is visiting at his home here. At the recent masquerade at Ives' hall the three Brooklynltes at Mrs. Bradbury's carried off the prizes, two having the first and one the third. Mr. Wizzard and bride have return ed to Beach lake. John P. Budd has broken ground and started the foundation for his new house. Miss Jennie VanWert, accompan ied by her brother, Herman Van Wert, and wife of Peckville, have gone to Toronto, Can., on a trip. A young son arrived Aug. 30 to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Gavitte. Mis3 Lizzie Hlller Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Olver, In Scran ton. J. B. Wilmarth Is drawing logs to the mill to have them sawed up in lumber to build an addition to his barn next month. The W. C. T. U. women are look ing forward to an enjoyable time during the convention Sept. 20-21. USWICK & LAKEVILLE. Miss Eleanor Waterson of Brook lyn, N. Y., arrived Saturday and is the guest of Misses Jennie and Pearl Crane. Our new neighbors arrived at TJs wick Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Rohr huber and four children. They are in their new home on the Sylvanus Purdy place. Mr. Schleupner has moved back on his own farm at Uswick. Miss S. Helen Crane of Brooklyn, X. Y., and Edwin Waterson of the same city and Harold E. Crane of Scranton all came to S. R. Crane's Saturday and returned to their em ployment Tuesday. The family that has purchased the Long pond property took pos session Sunday. We learn they ex pect to have an up-to-date hotel. Mrs. Charles Crane, who visited Scranton friends a few days, return ed Friday. Joseph Merzog, with L. M. Bitt ner's threshing machine, threshed for Arthur Crane this week. All are sorry to hear Mr. Bittner is sick again. He went to Hawley to con sult a physician. Everyone is glad to learn that the others who are sick are recovering. Charles Daniels is now able to take short walks. Oliver Locklin, who has typhoid fever, is able to sit up. MILANVILLE. Mr. Christie and family, who have been occupying one of tho bungalows, left Sunday for their now home at Rutherford, N. J. Mrs. Luscombe, Miss Edna Lus combe, Miss Thomas, Misses Ethel and Helen MacGruder and Donald MacGruder left Tuesday for Brook lyn, N. Y., after summering at Skin ner's Falls in their bungalows. Miss Bessie Sherwood of Hoyt vllle. Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Reeves Sampson. L. D. Tyler of MIddletown, N. Y is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Tyler. Frank Skinner of Scranton spent Labor day in town. Clair Tegeler arrived home Sat urday from West Grove, where he has been employed In tho drug store of his brother, W. H. Tegeler. Mrs. I. E. Tlhbltts, Mr. and Mrs. Judson Yerkes and son, Lewis, aro visiting Mrs. W. A. Yerkes. Harold LaRue of Norwalk, Conn., Is visiting his mother, Mrs. Marlon Brown. Tho Tyler Hill Sunday 6chool hold their picnic in Sampson grove Fri day. Mrs. George Holdrldgo returned to Brooklyn, N. Y., Monday. H. G. Carr and family removed to Scranton Monday. Mrs. Newton Cornish Is spending a few days in Scranton. Mrs. Helen Skinner, who has been sick, Is improving. Mrs. Charles Kinnle, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. II. M. Pago, left Tuesday for hor homo at El Paso, Texas. Mrs. Walter Vail and Miss Jonnlo Dolonson of Deposit, N. Y., aro visit ing their brother, James Dolonson. J. J. McCullough wont to Blng hamton, N. Y Tuesday. Gertrude Calkins, Bennlo and Charlie Hocker entered High school NEIGHBORING TOWNS g SOUTH CLINTON. This place was shocked by the news that Mr. Spcmack, a Polish farmer living on what Is known as the Brady farm, had a black horse stolen out of his pasture. No trace of the horse has been found as yet. The drama given by the young people of this placo was a grand success. Every part was perfectly rendered. After expenses are paid they cleared ?40. They presented the church with the money. Miss Mildred Burdlck has return ed home, after spending six months with her aunt, Mrs. H. J. Baker. Miss Burdlck will be greatly missed In church and social circles, Hamlin Bullock, who has been poorly, Is able to be out. We were favored with his presence at our C. E. meeting Sunday evening. School has commenced, with a good attendance. We have an ex cellent teacher. Many from this place attended the C. E. convention at the Clinton Baptist church. HIVEHDALE. Fred and Julia Ricdel of Pleasant Mount spent Sunday with their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Rledel of this place. Mr. and .Mrs. H. G. Wlldenstein and two children, also Miss Gertrude Ihl'efeldt, spent Sunday at Henry Ihlefeldt's in Belmont. The Young People's society will give a drama en titled "Louess" at the Lutheran church, after which Ice cream will be served on tho church lawn. All are cordially Invited. Walter A. Guston and Miss Anna Wlldenstein were married at the M. E. parsonage In Honesdale by Rev. Will H. Hiller at 1 o'clock Wed nesday of last week. The young couple were attended by Elwin Gus ton of Parsons, brother of the groom, and Miss Minnie Snedeker of Alden vllle, a cousin of the bride. They will reside at the home of Mr. Gus ton at Pleasant Mount. John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris. Weuzel, fell from a lumber wagon Sunday afternoon and fractured both bones of his arm below tho elbow. Dr. Craft reduced the fracture. Positively the Best Attractions Ever offered by nny count' fair in America. Every attraction will bo high class the best that money can buy. NEWSPAPER HUMOR. "Many people talk much more agreeably than they write," said tho literary person. "Yes," replied Mr. Owington. "My tailor does that." Washington Star. Fuddy "I understand there is some talk of removing the name of Pythagoras from the front of tho Boston Public Library." Duddy "Why so?" Fuddy "Someone has discovered that ho wrote: 'Have nothing to do with beans.' " Boston Transcript. "Has anything been discovered on Venus?" asked the student of as tronomy. "No," replied the old professor, whose mind had slipped a cog and transported him into mythological fields "not if tho pictures of her aro authentic." Brooklyn Citizen. "I see they hung a paper eiTigy of your employer to a telephone pole last night." "Yes; and wo mobbed the bunch that did it." "Why?" Aren't you a striker?" "I sure am. But those fellers wasn't members of the Paperhangers' union." Toledo Blade. Still on Earth. A Missouri clergyman had In hla pastoral flock a member who wob re luctant about meeting the contribu tion basket Tho pastor had thrown out many broad hints, but all to no avail. One day tho member fell ill and waa taken to tho Ensworth Hospital. When tho clergyman arrived the man waa delirious. While tho pastor was sitting besldo his bed a wild yell 6f "Flrel Fire!" camo from across tho street. Tho sick man drew himself up on his elbows. "Where where am I?' be oskod excitedly. "Calm yourself, brother," soothed the pastor, with Just the faintest twin kle In his eye. "You ore still at the Ensworth Hospital." Electric House Cleaning. Lightning ripped up the carpets, tore a bed apart and smashed a gas meter in a house at Poughkeopeie. It seem that this phenomenon has been obsorvsd before, but it is usually known as house cleaning. Pittsburg Gazette. CASTOR I A for Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought RESUME rail. Legislative Graft Commit tee Holds Public Session. WALL SREET COMES FIRST. Mysterious Books In Montclalr Ware house Are Basis of Today's Inquiry. Witnesses In Adds' Revelations Are Still Out of Town. Now York, Sept. 7. Probing Into graft wns resumed at 11 o'clock this morning by tho legislative committee appointed to Inquire into the rumors nnd charges of bribery and other ir regularities In connection with past legislation. Tho contmitteo met In the nldermanlc chamber at the city hall, and an inter ested crowd gathered to watch the proceedings. 'flint mysterious warehouse room full of account books which was such a mystery in Montclalr for many weeks Is tho basis of tho first investi gation by the legislative graft commit tee. The books were transported to the headquarters of the graft committee in the Liberty tower building nnd exam ined by Assistant Counsel Krescl and Ills expert accountants. What Mr. Kresel has ferreted out lias been reported to M. Linn Bruce, chief counsel; Mr. Murrell. (mother as sistant counsel, nnd Chairman Mcrrltt of tho committee. Thexo books, those of tho defunct brokerago Arm of Elllngwood & Cun ningham, wcro somewhat In evidence lu tho investigation into Insurance matters conducted by Superintendent of Insurance Hitchcock. It was dis closed that G. Tracy Rogers, who Is supposed to look after traction railway interests, was a special partner In the Arm of Elllngwood & Cunningham. Mr. nitchcock further discovered that among those who had speculative ac counts with Mr., Itoger's firm wero Congressman (former State Senator) George B. Mnlby of St. Lawrence, for mer Senator Jotham P. Allds, Louis A. Goodscll of Orange, known lu the sen ate as a friend of Lou Bedell, nnd James T. Rogers, for several years an assemblyman from Broome county. Itlght lu tho middle, so to speak, of Mr. Hitchcock's investigation he went to Albany, consulted with Governor Hughes and then summarily adjourn ed his Investigation. It became known that the books he had been at work upon would be turned over to thjo graft committee. The commltteo Intended to begin Its public sessions with a continuation of the Inquiry started nt Albany in tho Allds trial. Some of the- witnesses the commltteo wishes to'hear on these sub jects partly uncovered in the Allds trial are yet out of town on vacatlou. and as Investigator Kresel was ready to go nhead with the Elllngwood & Cunulugham boijks that was made the order for this morning. Charles II. Houghtellng, sergeaut-at-arms of the senute, has visited Lyons. N. Y nnd subpoenaed nnrry F. 'Am merleln to nppear before tho legisla tive investigating committee here on Sept. 14. lu Uie visit to Mr. Zimmer lln's residence ho was accompanied by former Assemblyman Edsou. W. llaimi. The Zluiinerlln subpoena is tho result of tho astounding revelation made by Mr. Zlmmerlln that ho hud while at Albany as legislative ageut of the License Beet Sugar itellulng company some years ngo bribed tile deceased Senator John lialnes with two pay ments of 515,000 each and tho deceased Assemblyman Jean L. Burnett with $1,500. The committee is also, It is said, pre paring to inquire Into n report that $.0.000 was spent nt Albany by race track Interests lu fighting autigambllng legislation. REFUSES TO ENJOIN STRIKERS Federal Judge In lowar Denies Request of C. W. Post at Michigan. Ited Oak, la.. Sept O.-Judgo Smith Mcl'herson of tho United States dis trict court has denied the request of C. W. Post of Battle Creek, Mich., for un injunction to restrain tho American Federation of Labor and its otllcers and the Bucks Stovo and Itango com pauy of St Louis from entering into a closed shop acreoment DEFERTHIZER DETECTED. British Association Hears of a Great Discovery In Agriculture. Sheilleld, Sept. 0. At tho meeting of the British association Drs. Russell nnd Hutchinson announced the discov ery of tho mlcro-orgaulan which de stroys tho bacteria which aro essential to fertility of tho soil. It is believed that this la tho mast important agricultural discovery of the last naif century. On of the Natives. A gentleman was onco showing a countryman round a too, when they came to a cago containing a kanga roo. "What is thatr inquired tho coun tryman. "Oh." replied tho gentleman, "that la a native of Australia!" Immediately the countryman throw up his arms in horror, exclaiming! "Goodness gracious, my sister married one of themr-Loudon Telegraph. BUS ERIE ROAD A FEW 1 tIC A SONS PRESENTED FOIt UNPRECEDENTED PROS PERITY AND USEFULNESS OF ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING RAILROAD SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES SOME INTERESTING FACTS. A railroad that serves its patron's woll, gives Kb passengers safo trans portation and keeps freight from standing in yards and does many un usual traffic things, always attracts attention. Just now, by reason of a splendid earning statement, the Erie Is being rather favorably discussed in banking circles. Foreknowledge of what was doing and a desire to substantiate some statements rela tive to superior servlco nnd excellent physical condition led Charles F. Spearo, tho financial writer and rail road expert of tho New York Even ing Mail, to make a personal inspec tion trip over tho line. .Mr. Spcare Is no novice at practi cal railroad Inspections and, having many of them, Is In a position to in stitute comparisons. His findings and conclusions aro published in a pamphlet and ha found the Erie to be a very much better railroad than most people think It Is. Mia says In part: What nn Expert Has to Say. "There aro two Erles; tho financial Erie and the physical Erie. The first is understood and dep'lored. It Is an incubus on every member of the operating staff, from the presi dent down to the. lowest track work er. Stockholders sigh over It. Tho second is not appreciated and is so confused with and enveloped in the first that only a small minority will credit It at Its full value. "It Is essential that one see the Erie at work and study Its prob lems and the manner of meeting them before drawing final conclu sions about its destiny from annual report analysis. "From the physical standpoint the Erie Is an interesting study. One may even grow enthusiastic over It at certain points. To be sure, the fi nancial cloud by which the company Is surrounded has a way of always lloatlng across Erie skies when they seem to be brightest, emphasizing its poverty and llmltatons. My person al belief is that the Erie cannot es cape ultimate reorganization, nor ought it to try to. "On the other hand, one cannot but have a profound respect for what Erie men have made of their road with so little to work wit,h and with the perpetual necessity for stripping every bone clean to the marrow, "This- series of articles on the Erie has primarily to do with the physical and operating aspects of the road. It is in this quarter that new meth ods have been introduced in recent years, and' by them the stigma of a long period of Inefficiency, resulting in poor service, removed. The Erie, like tho Baltimore and Ohio in tho reorganization days, has been look ed upon as- a; comic railroad proposi tion by commuters In and out of New York, who have measured all other parts of the property by tho few miles they have seen of it. Granting that service In the subur ban zone was bad for many years and the quality of equipment on an equal plane, we have to accept tho Public Servlco records over the past year which show a smaller percentage of delayed trains on this road than on any other entering tho Jersey City terminals. In Juno tho Erlo operat ed 2S5 fast freights and but four of these failed to make connections or reach terminals on time. This is nearly a perfect record in this class of efficiency. "Efficiency on tho Erie is the re sult of necessity. If the Erlo wero wealthy, like some of its competi tors, it, too,, would probably ho wast ing money Just as they aro In ex pensive terminals, stations, overmain- tenanco and in the numerous ways that wasto is absorbed whero credit Is good nnd new capital can easily bo raised. My personal belief Is that this wasta nearly always equals tho gain that is to be had from ability to adopt methods tending toward greater economy. The Erie has as loyal a body of men as Is to be found lit tho East, and men who are today very proud of tho results which, thoy are helping to produce, This quality Is everywhere apparent out on the road. It Is one of the best assets the Erlo management possesses. It saves many dollars for net earnings, by preventing waste In accidents, dolays and in uso of ma terial and starts a whole lot of new revenue In tho dli company's treasury. "Last February and March, when the New York Central and Pennsyl vania wcro badly blocked In tho Middle Wost, owing to heavy snow storms, and later, floods, tho Erie took their business and moved It In one month Its loaded cars lncreas' ed 9 per cent, in tho other 1C por cent. This was a test of efficiency, Primarily tho engines of the Erie wero in better condition then to stand tho strain of bad weather than were those of its competitors. Tho most powerful Mallet engines ever built aro to bo found on the Erlo haul lng coal trains up tho hills at Fort Jorvis and Susquehanna. By means of tho Guymard and tho Genesee cut-offs, the Erie has the lowest po tential and about the lowest actual grades across the state. Dy the use of them It has been able to Increase its tralnloads, At particular points Its expenditures In half. To do this has Involved tlm j outlayi In, tho. last flVo hillo3iofivow line, an avoragq Of ?200, OOQ per mile, with Individual, miles costing form fGOO.OO to ?1, 000,000. "Tho physical condition of tho Erie boars, In all essential matters, evi dence of careful and ample malntaln anco. There Is no wasto exhibited except where duo to lack of funds for providing agencies for economy. This npplles particularly to the shops of tho company, which have still to be reinforced in numbers before the best results can be obtained. In the past few years sovcral million dol lars havo been expended In Increas ing shop facilities. But they aro still Inadequate. The roadbed Is strong, with a largo proportion of rock ballast on tho four track and double track divisions, 100-pound and 90-pound rail, steel bridges and more solid overhead crossings on the now lines than ono sees In a long ourney. "That the Erie has not neglected its physical body is shown in tho comparisons below, which give Its three-year average of maintenance of way and maintenance of equipment, and that of tho four roads whose statistics have been used to suggest proper Erlo perspective: M. W. M. E. per mllo per mile. Tot. Erlo ?2,200 $4,330 ?G,G30 Le'gh Val. . 2,300 4,100 C.400 N. Y. Cen. . 3,000 3,770 C.770 Lackawanna 5,770 4,920 10,690 Del. & Hud. 1,820 2, COO 4.420 For these figures, covering tho years 1907, 1908 and 1909, It will he seen that the Erie has been put ting Into its road, bridges and build ings as much per mile, approximately, as tho Lehigh Valley, 20 per cent, more than the Delaware and Hudson, and If the relation between the many miles of four-track lino on the New York Central, compared with two tracks on the Erie, were to be taken Into consideration, tho per mile al lowance on both roads would be about equal. The Erie has no pre tentious stations or station grounds, It Is not over-generous with paint on its buildings or with its facilities for section labor. Every dollar of ex penditure has to check up into an ef ficiency result. There are none to spare for decorations. "The unit of greatest importance on a railroad is the locomotive. What It does In tho way of yearly mileage, the number of failures that it records and the cost of repairs to keep it in condition and for fuel and labor to run It, aro the best ef ficiency measures obtainable. "Tho engines of the Erie, and this statement Is made after a recent careful Inspection of tho Lehigh Val ley and dally observations of the power of the Reading and Central of New Jersey, are a thoroughly busi nesslike-looking and acting lot. A majority of those In the freight ser vlco are 100-ton to 110-ton capacity, with exception of the Mallets, which aro twice as large. The record of tho Erlo for engine failures this past year, kept by the Public Service Com mission, Is second to the Lackawan na and has been better, at inter vals, than that road." -- -- -f HUM PER TEACH CROP. HARRISBURG, Sept. 8. Enos B. Engle, state nursery In spector, has stated that tho peach crop In central Pennsyl vania, Including the famous South Mountain belt, was the greatest In a decade. Ho said that tho trees were so full of fruit that tho peaches wero smaller in size than usual. Mr. Engle's recent Inspection tour covered peach-growing counties. -f N EXTRAORDINARY OFFER. Tho Citizen, which is now ac knowledged to ho tlie leading news paper in Wnyno county, makes tho following offer: Wo will send you Tho Citizen for one year (101 issues) for $1.50 and Hive you 0110 dollar's worth of Citi zen Conpons, which will ho accepted as cash by tho leading merchants of Honesdale. EVER INCREASING. 000 4-f COOH-KOOaM-f OCO X A bank account is like a snowballroll it gently along and it will get larger (almost without your noticing it) as the days go by. Like the snowball, too, the hardest work is making the first deposit, giv ing it the first push, after which the initial Impetus gains as the ball runs down, the bank (account rolls up. We want to help you with your financial snow ball. FARMERS and MECHANICS BANK. CORN'S NATIVE LAND. .Belief, that the Grain Originated In n : , Amelca Spoiled by' China. It has been generally' believed that America was the original ho:ne of corn. Last year a small lot of shelled corn of a kind new to this coun'ry was sent to the department of agri culture from Shanghai. It proved to havo qualities that may make it valua ble in breeding a corn adapted to tho hot nnd dry conditions of tho south west. Tho plants raised In the test ovcrsged less than six feet In height, vith nn average of twelve g.cen loaves at tho time of tasselllng. Tho ears averaged five and a half Inche3 In length and four and one-third Inrhes In greatest circumference, with sixteen to eighteen rows of sna'l grains. On the ijpper part of ho rlnnt the leaves are all on one sldi of tho stalk Instead of being arrange 1 In two rows on opposite sides. Besides this, tho upper leaves stand erect in stead of drooping, and the tips of the leaves are therefore above the top of the tassel. The silks of the car aro produced at the point, where the leaf blade Is Joined to the leaf sheath, and they appear before there Is any sign of an ear except a slight swelling. This corn is very different from any that Is now produced In America. Its peculiar value is that tho erect ar rangement of the leaves on one aldo of the stalk and tho appearance of the silks In the angle whero the leaf blade Joins tho sheath, o.Ter a protect ed placo In which pollen can settle nnd fertilize the silks before pollena tlon. While this corn mny be of little value Itself, it Is Ilkey that by cross breeding theso 'desirable qualities can be Imparted to a larger corn, which will thus bo hotter adapted to the southwest The exports say that this particular corn is so different from anything in tho new world that It must have been developed In tho old world, and Inti mate that corn was grown In China many years before the voyage of ro -umbus. The fact that this admission Is made by experts of a department which has a cabinet officer froui taU ! country's greatest corn state is inter es ting. As She Is Spoke In Slam. This 1b an extract from a Siamese paper that has an English column for foreign readers: "Shooting Outrage O Fearful Agony. Khoon Tongwas a man of La n goon and on his return accidentally shot at by some miscre ant "scoundrels. Untimely death, oh fearful! All men expressed their mourn. The cowardice dogs is still at lariro." Everybody's Magazine. Co Into the ATLAS E-Z Seal Jar Whole a fact which gives it great advant age over old-style, small-mouth jars. Stop cutting up large fruits for canning. Go to your dealer and ask for Atlas E-Z Seal Jars. After that you can fill your shelves with jars holding full-sized fruits natural looking as well as good tasting. Atlas E-Z Seal Jars are very strong; smooth at top and sure sealers. HAZEL-ATLAS CLASS CO. Wheeling, W. Va. Pkij Bears the Btgn&turo of at Damascus this week. from 40 to 95 per cent., and (0 cut fooomooof-mcxmcoot-Hooofcoo4mc
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers