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71st YEAR. --NO. 32
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HONESDALB, WAYNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1913.
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AGRICULTURAL
Illustrated Article Reproduced by Courtesy of
This Popular Publication Excellent Letter
From County Superintendent J. J. Koehler.
Will "Rag Babies" bo tho salva
tion of the corn crop? Put this
question to the average farme and
the chances are that ho will think
you are joking maybe crazy. This
is because tho average farmer's only
notion of a "Rag Baby" Is little
.Mary's home-made doll. Explain to
him just what you mean, however,
and in ninety-nine casos out of a
hundred his interest will be awaken
ed, then his wonder, and finally his
enthusiasm. .
Tho so-called Rag Baby is a simple
device for testing seed-corn so sim
ple that any boy or girl can learn all
about It in a few minutes and by
Its use any farmer, anywhere, Is
guaranteed an Increase of ten bush
els an acre In his corn crop. This
isn't theory, but a solid, substantial
fact which has already been demon
strated time and again In different
localities.
While It Is true that In recent
years many farmers have come to
realize the importance of testing
their seed corn before planting, the
majority of them have failed to do as
well as they know in this matter, be
cause the most of the methods rec
ommended for this purpose were too
troublesome. This is not the case
with tho Rag Baby, however, which
Is simplicity itself and costs practi
cally nothing.
Prof. Perry G. Holden last year se
lected forty ears of seed corn, ap
parently exactly alike, from an Iowa
fa'rmer's seed corn. Kernels were
taken from each ear and germinated.
One ear was dead. Tho kernels from
some cars germinated very strong,
from others fairly strong, from oth
ers weak. The seed from each ear
was planted in a separate row. The
kernels from the ear which showed
the most vigorous germination pro
duced at the rate of ninety-two bush
els an acre. The ear that showed
the weakest germination produced at
the rate of twenty four bushels an
acre. There you have a difference
of sixty-eight bushels an acre as be
tween good and bad seed. But no
man on earth could have picked the
good from the bad ears merely by
looking at them. You may be able
to tell some ears that will not grow,
hut you can never be .surd of., that
which will 'grow '..without, a ,test.
Now, If good Seed "willTjroduco as
much as ninety-two. bushels an acre,
isn't it reasonable to suppose that
our uveruge corn yimu, wnicn is only
twenty-six bushels an acre, could be
increased to thirty six bushels with
a little care in selecting seed?
The Rag Baoy methoa of testing
seed corn, as introduced into tho ru
ral schools, is creating a lot of in
terest and enthusiasm. Many of these
agricultural kindergartens, as they
might be termed, have been estab
lished in various parts of the coun
try, and the farmers are profiting
through them no less than the chil
dren. The Rag Baby test is conducted in
the following manner: A piece of
good strong sheeting nine inches
wide and four or five feet long is
marked off into a dozen squares,
about two and one-half inches wide,
running through tho center of the
strip. The squares are numbered
from one to twelve as shown In tho
lllisrrnrinn. Twplvfl nnra nf pnrn nro
then selected, these also being num-
lllllll III I.WKIVM 111 iriH.
hiihii nun Hiiri!.iu mil. in irrmi. ill I nil
ilTN Lll 1IH LeHLtill.
Next take up ear No. 1, and, with
mi iinmi. in il inmKHr kiiiih Rnniipn
II hiiitii hi in i 1. riininvH kiy
cernels from the ear and place them
n squaro No. 1. It is a good plan
o take tho kernels from different
arts of tho ear, because it some
Imes happens that one side or one
(Continued on Pago Three.)
Mr. Koelilcr's Letter.
r. rcriftnr;
In reply to your request of last
nnrtnv. I flnil It tnn Into In thft
chool year to make an appeal to the
eachers of the various districts for
n organized co-operation In the
jaunty corn contest about to be start-
u.
Nearly all of tho rurai schools in
wenty-three districts have closed
nd a large number of their teachers
re non-residents. However, I glad-
make an appeal directly to the pu
lls and to thoso teachers who are
limn an av rim r ri nr t nmr ennnma
I am in hearty sympathy with this
lovement. or any other movement
ill. iiu.H u. LtmiiHiiuv Li, tjiiin;ii rnnii
fo, to create an Interest in definite
nes of industry, and to sustain this
itercst until it can be productive of
ood results.
My chief concern Is not the corn,
t. infl nnv. tin itrlh nut m iiih wnnr
puts Into life. He reaps what he
)ws. Tho amount of Interest, plan,
ork depends largely upon outward
Imull with which he comes In con
rt. Theso stimuli must he furnish-
1 to him by his associates, by his
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jnieusivu ruiuei lUUU. uaiouqivu,
0 snouiu De laugui umureaeo re
us and be made to realize that he
tho chief agency to produco the
iBirea results, mo cenerauv nuts
fort Into his work In proportion to
e amount of compensation he gets
nr IT in nav.or.mal DUtteraitTinn in
oney, or in direct enrichment of
1110. .
if
ira Ru
A growing boy is quick to com
prehend his environments. Adverse
conditions appear magnified In his
eye, and be. becomes discouraged
very readily. But he has one asset
which is a redeeming feature. His
spirits are buoyant. An encouraging
word from a big hearted father, a
cheerful look from a true teacher or
a book filled with optimism will
make his nerves tinkle with pew as
pirations, bring a flush to his cheek
and lustre to his. eyes.
Many boys go wrong, not so much
because they are bad at heart but
because they havo no sustained in
terest in any specific useful thing.
It does not take much to interest
a boy If the appeal is only of the
right sort. I havo in mind a young
man whose life Illustrates this point
very well. Ho graduated from high
J.. J. KOEHLER,
Superintendent of Wayne County
Schools.
state, State normal school, and col
lege in succession on his own earn
ed capital. He completed a technical
course in the last) named institution
and at present fills n responsible pos
ition. One day'l asked him to what
he' attributed hls-success .chiefly, -and
where he Tecelved most of his inspir
ation. He readily answered, "Some
one throughout my boyhood days
kept me Interested in one thing at
least, l nad one teacher who inter
ested me intensely In Physiology,
one who appealed to ,me through the
medium of Literature and another
one who made me realize that I
could surmount all difficulties In
Arithmetic. A big-hearted relative
had confidence in me and made me
believo that I could unravel all rea
sonable difficulties if I only kept the
faith." Do you not attribute your
success to nam work mainly?
"Yes," he answered, "but inspiration
preceded hard work and was the
mainspring of my efforts."
How much better it would be if
father and growing son were com
panions on tho farm, in the town,
and tho father make an effort to
help interpret life for the boy in
terms of the former's profitable ex
perience, Instead of this abominable
pessimism that his lot Is the worst on
earth!
Every kind of work Is drudgery
Just so long as tho Individual finds
no joy in It, whether it he preaching
tho Gospel, teaching school or rais
ing corn.
When tho preacher delights in
reading the light of salvation into tho
souls of his hearers; when tho teach
er finds joy in helping tho child to
unfold his mind, to know himself
and to get a larger vision of life;
when tho farm boy sees the growing
corn, his own thought and effort
transformed into flourishing crops,
himself as a part and parcel of life
in general, and his share of contribu
tion to tho welfare of humanity
then and not until then will each one
In turn And poetry and harmony and
music In his work.
Contests among the boys are good
stimuli; contests among the boys
with a co-operation of wise paronts
and thoughtful teachers aro better.
The former must bo enlisted to Kelp
remove adverse conditions and fur
nish tho wherewith-al; tho latter, to
select information on the subject and
help tho boy Interpret the printed
page. Allow me to quote at this
point from Dr. Wm. A. McKeevor of
Kansas, " We must get agriculture
into tho schools. But we must ap
proach It from the standpoint of love
and labor. Love and labor will solve
all the problems before us. We are
beginning to teach that culture and
industry are one and the same.
Away yonder on Mount Olympus is
not the place where we muBt look for
Inspiration. We must put poetry In
to the farm, the homo, the mind. We
must put beauty and music Into these
things. There Is just as much poe
tic inspiration in the rustling corn,
In tho well-kept, happy little homo,
as In those things away off yonder
In history and in tho clouds. The
great proposition before us is that
of interpreting the dirt and toll of
life into terms of divinity. If each
day brings Joy, and a man dreams
of his task at night, his life is truly
great."
Young people are constantly drift
ing to town from various districts
of our country. In some sub-school
districts you can scarcely find any
KINDERGARTEN
body except gray-haired aged peo
ple. Schools aro very small. If you
stop to ask thoso peoplo the cause of
an tins emigration, they will give you
various answers. Some win say that
young people don't want to work any
more. Others will answer that the
pleasures of town llfo allure them
thither. Still others say that farm
llfo to .them means nothing but
drudgery. The first answer is not
true. Young people at present are
willing to work as strenuously as
those of former days but they see
that constant and perpetual work
will reduce them to a machine and
deprive them of the force of person
ality. Wo must give them time for
recreation. Wo ' can not elevate
boys and girls with work alono.
Recreation and good social experi
ences are as truly necessary to their
development as skillful and directed
work.
Not all boys raised on tho farm
are adapted for farm life. It is not
the aim of national socinl workers to
keep all boys on the farm but to
make rural llfo shine forth in Its
true glory and retain the young peo
plo who are adapted for farm life,
in the country, and mako advantages
possible in rural communities that
can not bo had in cities.
Good schools In rural districts,
with an enriched course of study, are
an important factor to bring about
better conditions. But they are not
the only factor. We must have good
roads as well, and an effective rural
credit system. A young man who
buys a farm on borrowed capital at
six per cent, interest is a "cooked
Tho financial burden is generally too
heavy for him to bear over seasons
of partial failuro of crops. How
much better it would bo if some of
the money from rural districts that
flows Into the coffers of watered
stock promoters wore spent in enrich
ing country life, or loaned at a rea-
sonable rate to purchase farms!
Rural schools with a constant
change of teachers, professionally un
prepared, can not contribute very
much to the solution of those prob
lems, nor can township high schools,
unless experienced teachers are se
cured and retained, who are able to
read the needs of the community and
can reasonably measure up to thoso
needs.-
High school boys and girls can not
be very much inspired by cut and
dried college and university ideas,
nor can those same ideas influence
the farmer to contribute liberally in
the nature of taxes.
Wo have been aping higher Institu
tions of learning too long. It seems
to me that just as much beauty, sym
metry, charm, mental discipline, cul
ture, and poetry can be found in tho
study of growing corn as in the' study
of mosses, their classification, com
mitting their horrible foreign names,
and In the romantic search for them
over rocky slopes and precipices.
Pity the poor child of fourteen or
fifteen years whose time in' Botany lsyi
spent In committing columns or for
eign names of fungi, mosses, etc'..
who knows very little of the nutri
tive value of the common crops, or
their economic values, and whose
eyes have never been opened to the
beauty of tho common plants around
him. Botany in rural districts must
be closely correlated with agricul
ture and each must be interpreted in
terms of tho other to be of any prac
tical value.
The teacher of agriculture oucht
to teach all the related subjects.
The proposed corn contest has a
tendency to create an interest in corn
culture and, no doubt, will result in
a greater acreage of corn as well as
a study of varieties adapted for dif
ferent localities. It will result in
making tho boy more discriminating
In seed selection and more thought
ful in his work. The habit of- com
parison and discrimination that ho
may acquire will be applied to his
work in general. Therein consists its
chief valuo.
If prizes are given at all, they
should be so distributed that they
are within reach of different districts
and communities. The county ought
to bo divided into districts, each hav
ing common conditions. If each dis
trict is to bo awarded a prize, it will
bo a greater Incentive for tho boys
to work.
Yours truly,
J. J. KOEHLER.
FORMER 1IOXESDALE PRIEST
TAKEN ILL IN ROME.
A cablegram received by Right
Rev. Bishop M. J. Hoban, of Scran
ton, Wednesday, from Monslgnor
Thomas F. Kennedy, rector of the
American Callege In the eternal city,
stated that Rev. J. J. Griflln,pastor
of St. Aloyslus church of Wllkes
Barre, Is dangerously ill in Rome.
More details of the priest's illness
aro not given but it is evident that
his condition is critical. Father
Griffin has several relatives hero
and is very well known In this sec
tion of Wayne county, having at one
time been an assistant pastor of St.
John's church. He weriT abroad
some time ago for his health.
ROWLAND'S
New store in the Schuerholz building, opposite
the New Postoffice will be ready for occu
pancy about May 1st.
From now until then 10 discount.
ROWLAND
JEWELER OF QUALITY.
WYOMING CONFERENCE.
Bishop Berry Talks on Amusements
Election of Officers.
,, Wednesday afternoon's session wns
devoted to the receiving of statisti
cal reports of the conference
Last night Rev. Dr. O. L. Sovor
son, superintendent of the Oneonta
district, gave his celebrated address
on "Tho Battle of Gettysburg" for
the benefit of the superannuated
ijreachers' fund. Ho spoke to a large
ludience and his vivid descriptions
bf 'the famous battle of fifty years ago
was followed with closest attention.
A ;large American flag was draped
over tho platform. Dr. Sevorson was
a'soldler in the Union army at Gettys
burg and his address was first infor
mation of three days' fighting, that
resulted in turning the tide of tho
Civil war.
Bishop Berry addressed tho night
session on "Amusements." He said
that while the Methodist church goes
no farther than any other church In
respect to the abuses of amusements
and recreations, it does go farther in
specifically stating what cannot be
done under its rules.
"Because of our attitude," the bis
hop said, "because of our prohibi
tions, because wo are so firm in
specifying regarding these amuse
ments, we aro under obligations tQ
indicate to our people the proper rec
reations that they may enjoy without
violating our rules.
Bishop Berry told of his own boy
hood under the guidance of his fath
er who was a Methodist preacher for
sixty-one years. His father was so
perpendicular in carriage and char
actor, the bishop said, that he leaned
over backwards. Wherever tho fam
ily lived the father always equipped
a gymnasium for his eleven sons, and
this gyninaslum was at the back of
the house where eleven sawed wood
on Saturdays. The sons were not al
lowed to go to parties nor to any
place of amusement. The bishop said
that he is thankful times have chang
ed and that the church feels obli
gated to provide wholesome recrea
tion for tho young people and that it
believes in the development of its
social side.
"Our peaple are renowned for our
singing," the bishop said, "for our
happy hearts, for our jollity, and
while we denounce the abuses of
amusement wo believe in recreation
of tho proper sort. As a church we
must continue to encourage tho de
velopment of tho social side of life."
Bishop Berry announced the trans
fers of Dr. W. F. Plerco from Mich
igan conference; David Evans from
this conference to Michigan; R. W.
Lowry to the Central New York
conference.
Tho following officers were elect
ed: Rev. B. P. Ripley, recording sec
retary; assistants, Rev. T. M. Furey,
ofWScranton; Rev. G. H. Prentico, of
Winamie; nev. W. R. Crawford,
ReV, E,- B. Pearce; statistical secre-
sery, .Rev. ,C R. Hlckok, of -Scran toni
assistants, .Rev. R. Floyd Lesh, Rev.
Robert S. Boyce, Rev. Lloyd A. Cur-
en, ev. ,John T. Tuthill, Rev. Frank
J. Nlles, Rev. G. B. MacAllister,
Rev. George Varnsworth, Rev. W. N.
Fulcomer, Rev. 'Ernest Z. Gillespie,
Rev. L. Sanford, Rev. W. I. Randall,
Rev. C. E. Sweet; treasurer. Rev. S.
E. Van Hoesen, of Luzerne; assist
ants, Hev. E. E. Pearce, Rov. T. E.
Welles, Rev. R. E. Austin, Rev. W.
B. Arnold, Rev. D. G. Frey, Rev. iH.
W. Thomas, Rev. William MacAl-
plne, and Rev. W. C. Wolcott.
Death of Mrs. Bone.
Mrs. Sellna Bone, widow of the
late Frank Bone, died at her home
in Wilkes-Barre on April 14, aged
78 years, of general debility.
CANAL A PART OF THE U. S.
Judge Holds Residence There Entitles
One to Naturalization.
Judge Thompson in the naturaliza
tion court at Philadelphia recently de
cided that the canal zone Is a portion
of the United States nud that residence
in the canal zone permits a person to
seek naturalization in this country.
The decision was given In the case
uf Louisa Kurath. Tho government
nought to bar the woman from natural
ization, although she had been employ
id as a government nurse in the cnnnl
tno for the last six years.
THE CHAMPION HEN IS FOUND.
Fowl Lays Three Eggs Which Weighod
Total of Fifteen Ounces.
Hens of all colors and breeds
throughout tho country have been out
done by a big whlto Orpington pullet
owned by 0. W. Fox of Now Stanton,
Pa.
Fox exhibited three eggs recently
laid by bis champion pullet, which
measured a trlflo over six inches In
lesser clrcumferenco and eight Inches
In greater. The combined weight of
the three eggs was fifteen ounces.
FINAL VOTE ON BOND ISSUE
WILL BE SOON
MEASURE IS BEING URGED BY
PEOPLE OVER THE ENTIRE
STATE.
Amendments Mndc in tho House Will
llo Concurred in by Senate To Let
the People Decide No Danger of
Hold up in tho Senate.
Tho measure that will provide the
funds for giving Pennsylvania cood
roads Is facing the final stage in its
passage through tho Legislature.
This Is the resolution to amend tho
constitution so as to permit tho Stato
to issue bonds up to $50,000,000 for
the construction of highways.
Action of tho House of Represen
tatives Monday night in recalling the
bill from the roads committee and
passing It on second reading left
nothing except the vote on final pas
sage between this measure and its
submission to the peoplo at the
polls.
Thus the whole good roads pro
gram is at its most critical state, and
tho Pennsylvania Motor Federation
and other organizations Interested In
highway Improvements are urging
their friends everywhere to unite in
a last appeal to members of the
House to vote so that the people
may have an opportunity to exnress
their judgment on this most import
ant matter, it is probable that when
this reaches the eye of the reader
nothing but a telegram will reach his
representative in timo to bo of any
use.
The vote of 166 to 18 in favor of
the resolution on second reading In
dicates that It will have a safe ma
jority on final passage, but does not
necessarily insure this, because of
tentimes members reserve their op
position to a measure until it reaches
the final staco. All fH
roads therefore are being urged to
renew their efforts to Insure a big
majority for the bond issue resolu
tion. It passed both branches of the
1911 Legislature unanimously and
had only three votes against It in tho
Senate this time, and tho desire is
that tho majority for it in the House
shall be as largo as possible for ef
fect In tho coming campaign for its
approval by tho people.
Because of a typographical error
in tho printed copies of the resolu
tion, it has been necessary for the
House to make a slight amendment,
to make it conform exactly to the
resolution that passed the last Leg
islature. This will necessitate re
turning it to the Senate for concur
rence in the amendment after the
House has passed it, but there is no
danger of Its being held up In the
Senate, which is overwhelmingly in
favor of adopting this business-like
plan of financing the greatest and
most.- needed public improvement
ever undertaken, in.PennsyJlyahIa.t '.
Market Reports.
New York, April 17.
BUTTER Steady to Arm; receipts, 11.S05
packages; creamery, extras, lb., 35&c;
flrsts, 31V4o35c; seconds, 33V4o34c.J thirds,
SlaS2Hc; state dairy, tubs, finest, 32a
S5cj good to prime, 32a31c; common to
fair, 27a31c; process, extras, 30a31V4c;
flrsts, 29a30c; seconds, 2Ga27c; Imitation
creamery, flrsts. 29a30c; factory, current
mako, flrsts, 26aE7c; sdconds, 25a25Hc:
thirds, 22a23c; poking stock, current
make. No. 2, 24a24c; No. 3, 21a23c
CHEESE Irregular; receipts, 1,407
boxes; state, whole milk, specials, white,
fresh, lb., 12al3Hc; held, 16tfal7c; col
ored, 12alSVtc.; hold, 17al7V4o.I average
run, white, 12al214c; held, 16al6Wc; col
ored, 12al2Hc: held, 16al6Vic; daisies, ICa
17c; state skims, held, specials, 12al3c;
winter fresh specials, DHalOc.; fair to
choice, 9HalHa; undergrades, Ba7c.
EGGS Irregular; receipts, 24,934 cases;
fresh gathered, extras, doz., 21c; storage
stocked flrsts, 19Va20Hc; regular packed
flrsta, northerly, 18V5al9Hc.; southerly, 18a
lSHc; seconds, 17&al8c; dirties, IGa
17o.; checks, 14al6c; state, Pennsylva
nia and nearby hennery whites, good to
largo size, 22a23c; defective In size, etc.,
20&a21c; hennery browns, 21c; gathered
brown and mixed colors, 19a20c; duck
eggs, 20a30c; goose eggs, 40a50c.
POTATOES New, steady; old, weak;
Bermuda, bbl., 3.50a5.5O; Florida, $2a4.25;
Maine, bag, Jl.S5a2; state, Jl.75ol.90; west
ern, Jl.75al.90; sweets, Jersey, basket, $1.25
al.ffi.
LIVE POULTItY Heavy supply; unset
tled outlook and uncertain.
DRESSED POULTRY Firm; western
frozen milk fed broilers, 12 to box, 21 lbs.
to dozen and under, 28c; 28 to 30 lbs., 23a
25c; fryers, 31 to 45 lbs. and over to dozen,
17al9c; roasters, 48 lbs. and over to dozen,
21c; frozen corn fed broilers, 51 lbs. to
dozen and under, 21a25c; 28 to 30 lbs. to
dozen, 21a22c; roasters, 48 lbs. and over to
dozen, 19a20c; chickens, bbls., Philadel
phia and Long Island, squab broilers, pair,
TOaSOc: broilers, lb., 4Oa50c; Pennsylvania
broilers, 30a40c; nearby average chickens,
14alCc; fowls, frozen, 16alSKc; fresh,
western, boxes, 16Hal9c; bbls., 16HalSc;
old roosters, fresh or frozen, 14al4Hc;
frozen ducks. No. 1, 18a20c; No. 2, 14c;
squabs, white, dozen, J3.25al.M; dark, 1.75;
frozen turkeys, western fancy, lb., 21a5c;
nearby spring ducklings, lb., 22c
Live Stock Markets.
Pittsburgh, April 17.
CATTLE Receipts light, market steady;
prime, t8.C0o8.75; good, J3.S5a8.45; medium,
js.25a8.40; fair, tl.WoS; common, J6a7.25;
common to good fat bulls, J5a7.75; com
mon to good fat cows, Jlat.SO; heifers,
JS.tOaS; fresh cows, VSaSO.
HOGS Receipts, 15 loadB; market ruled
15 to 20 cents lower; heavy choice, 9.25a
9.30; medium, t3.33aS.40; heavy mixed, $9.40
a9.45; heavy Yorkers, $9.40a9.45; light York
ers, t9.45a9.C5; pigs, J3.45a9.05; roughs, JSa
8.60; stags, J7a7.50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts, 4
loads; demand only fair; market ruled
lower at steady prices; receipts of calves,
400 head; demand light, market Blow and
lower; prime wethers, t0.35aS.5O; clipped
good mixed, JCaS.25; clipped fair mixed,
J5.25a5.75; clipped culls to common, J3a4;
clipped lambs, Jl.EOaS; spring lambs, JlOa
13; veal calves, J7o9; heavy and thin
ealrea Ji.50ae.50.
Cannon Sells Farm For $100,000.
Ex-Congressman Cannon recently
sold bis farm, a 400 aero plot, at Flth
lan, west of Danville, 111., to Edward
Stephens and Frederick Endicott, both
of Flthlan, for $100,000. The land was
bought by Mr. Cannon In 1880 at $26
aa aere.
UTILITY BILL FAS -5 WAYNE
POWER COmrANY
IT IS STATED THAT PUBLIC
UTILITY' MEASURE WAS AVR1T
TEN FOR CORPORATIONS.
Company GcnerntlnB Electric Power
Near Hawley Sulci to Bo Seeking
Right to Pass Through Towns
AVithout Asking Permission.
Harrisburg, April 14. The im
pression is growing that tho public
utility commission bill, amended by
agreement between Attorney General
Bell, representing tho administra
tion, and William Draper Lewis, and
Henry G. Wasson, acting for the Pro
gressives, containing many features
aimed to benefit tho corporations and
especially a syndicate of capitalists
who seek special privileges.
It is known he.ro that the clause
which would give utility companies
virtual eminent domain rights, street
railways excepted, was inserted for
tho purpose of aiding a syndicato
generating electric power in Wayne
county to pass through cities, towns
and boroughs without tho permission
of tho respective authorities. This
same combination of capitalists, In
cluding the practical leaders in tho
Progressive party, also seeks emln
.ent domain rights for water compan
ies. Tho corporations have been given
the best of tho provisions of the bill.
It Is planned by those engineering
the bill to hold a hearing of the sub
committee of the judiciary general
next Tuesday, make a number of
slight amendments and then jam the
bill through without giving another
public meeting. This Is tho most
important measure before the legis
lature and less serious consideration
has been given to it than many minor
bills.
Because of tho attitude of this
committee dominated by those repre
senting the interests, it is likely that
unless the tactics are changed that
the House will either amend it great
ly or defeat it entirely.
The bill in its present form is
clearly a corporation measure. The
Interests of tho public are only
slightly protected, while the corpora
tions have obtained all they Seek.
It must be said in justice to tho Re
publican machine that tho amended
bill has tho sanction of the practical
politicians of the progressive move
ment. If the bill passes it will get
to the public with the approval of the
Progressives.
C. Elmer Brown, assistant city so
licitor of Pittsburg, who has made a
long study of the public utility situ
ation, declared recently that the bill
was written at the behest of tho cor
porations. TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION MEET
ING. .
The spring or Semi-annual session
of the Wayne County Teachers' As
sociation will be held at Lakewood
on May 9th and 10th, in tho High
school building.
Superintendent J. J. Koehler, af
ter three years' effort, has succeeded
in securing Dr. J. George Becht, sec
rotary of the Stato Board of Educa
tion at Harrisburg. Dr. Becht stands
high in tho educational forces of the,
stato and tho association is to he
congratulated In getting so valuable
and sought after a mamas Dr. Becht.
The first session will be on the
evening of tho 9th when Dr. Becht
will deliver a lecture on some popu
lar educational theme. On the
morning of tho 10th ho will speak
upon "Methods." Tho lecture will
be free and It is hoped that the peo
plo of that section of Wayne county
will take advantage of the opportun
ity and turn out and hear this talent
ed educational worker.
HOY SCOUTS ELECT OFFICERS.
Honesdale Troop of Boy Scouts
met Tuesday evening and elected of
ficers for tho ensuing year as fol
lows: President, Clarence Bodio; vice
president, Irwin Morrison; secretary,
Earl Hulbert; treasurer, Walter xiob
Inson. This Is the third year for the
scouts and the enthusiasm is greater
now than when organized. It Is the
first boys' organization that has kept
together for this length of time in
Honesdale in twenty years.
Since organization tho troop has
lost one member owing to being dis
respectful to tho Scout Mastor.
The Scouts accepted tho Invitation
extended to them by tho Board of
Trade committee In chargo of the
Gurney celebration parade, which
will occur on tho evening of tho 23rd.
WAYNE'S SONS ALWAYS MAKE
GOOD.
When Lackawanna county was
created by slicing off a good-sized
piece from old Luzerne, that county
became a judicial district by itself.
As a part of tho court machinery thsy
had to havo a stenographer, for court
stenography was just coming to tbo
front. They took a former Wayne
county man for stenographer, and H.
H. Coston was his name. All of thoso
years he has been on the Job, report
ing tho various grists that passed
through tho grinding mills of Jus
tice, and his services have always
been paid for on tho por diem basis.
By order of the Court of Lackawan
na, signed by Judges Edwards, New
comb and O'Neill, dating from April
first the pay will be a fixed salary of
$3,000 per year, Tho same action
was also taken with W. D. Coston,
a regularly employed court steno
grapher. The Coston brothers were
born at Seelyville.
NO SNOW- NO WORK.
Owing to tho light fall of snow
last winter, making it Impossible to
draw acid wood, J. G. Hill told a
Citizen representative to-day that he
would be compelled to close down
his acid factory May 1st. This is
unusually early to suspend work.
Tho factory will "remain closed until
October 1st.