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O A. flTEPHENKON, Editor and Pak.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, Vm
BY TUB WAV-.
The people of Reynoldsville have tllf
got what thy wanted la the long run, In the
way of public Improvements, despite the
obstructions of fossilized molluscs and dill
tory "powers that be."
Reynoldsville the Central
Point of Proposed New
Normal School District
LINCOLN, THE MARTYR PRESIDENT,
Born Feiiruary 12, 1800.
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Concerning Age of Minors.
'two bills are now before the Penney!
vanla Legislature which are of more
than passing Importance to the people
of Reynoldsville and Jefferson county.
The first provides for the creation o
a new normal school district composed
of Clearfield, Jefferson and Armstrong
counties. The second asks for an ap-
nrnnplnf Inn nl AtOHOA tim Ilia ....
of establishing a State Norman School Many False Affidavits
at Dayton, Armstrong county. The
seleotlon of Dayton, a rural village
of less than 500 Inhabitants makes the
measure look farcial. If there Is any
possibility of the new district being
created, the school should be located
in a central point and in a place easy
of access by railroad and trolley. The
geographical center of the three coun
ties named Is Reynoldsville and It Is
also surrounded by a rapidly growing
system of trolleys and railroads which
clinch the argument from a standpoint
of convenience. There are numerous
other advantages In the way of social,
religious and educational Influences
hardly necessary to recount when men
tloning Reynoldsville as the logical
point for the location of such an In
stltutlon. All this Kith a big "If"
however. Full many a bill Is intro
duced that Is never heard ol more.
T IS FITTING that the public schools should emphasizi the birthday tf thl
great man, whom the people so dearly love. Though he was of loly par
entage, the habit of his mind and soul was to high and noble aspirations.
"He kept, so far as be could, Intellectual company with choice, lovable spirits
becathu he was of their kin, and so he grew more and more like them, and more
and more Into the confidence and affections of a mighty people until they had
taken him Into their heart of hearts, as no man before In our national history."
Among the first books that Lincoln read were the Bible, Pilgrim's Progress,
od JEiop 's Fables. Here we find the basis of bis literary taste and the chief
characteristic of his literary style simplicity. His "wonderful power of narra
tion" might be explained In the same manner. The moral of the association Is
that any onoD book merits thorough reading. Better know a few good books
intimately than cover the whole range of literature.
In these days of multiplied books and of free schools, it will bo well for the
bays and girls to recall the fact that Abraham Lincoln had ektremely limited
opportunities In this line. Ino free textbooks were his I No generous supply of
tablets and pencils I He borrowed his books because he was often too poor to
buy them. 'Of his yearning to know, bis stop-mother said: ''He read everything
he could lay his hands on, and when be came across a passage that struck bimi
he would write it down on boards and keep It by him until be coul l get paper.
Then he would copy It, look at It, oomtnlt It to memory, and repeat It."
These facts from the life of this great man should be an example and a les
son to the pupils of the Reynoldsville schools. May the exercises of next Friday
spur them on to greater application to their work, to greater punctuality in their
school duties, and to a higher appreciation of the privileges whloh-they enjoy In
a land of free crools
Thousands of Acres Of
Unproductive Land Might
Be Made Yield A Profit.
There are thousands of acres of land
in the section surrounding Reynolds
ville practically unproductive which by
a sane method of reforestation could be
made yield heavy profits to the owners
of the land within the next decade or
two profits absolutely certain without
regard to local progress or stagnation.
- Most of this land was denuded of the
virgin forest from twenty to thirty
years ago nd the barren acres of
Btumpage and undergrowth has slnoe
laid negleuted. Had the land been
systematically replanted and guarded
there would now be a new forested area
and the lumber produot would com
mand a price far greater than the
original supply. The constantly In
creasing demand for wood, together
with the overdraln already made upon
these sources. Indicates a world short
age of wood. Most of the countries of
Europe have taken care to keep up the
. home wood product by looking after
their forests before they were des'
troyed or hopelessly depleted, and mat)'
aging them for a sustained annual yield
about equal to the demand. The Brit
ish Isles, however, are practically
stripped of productive forests. If Great
Britain Is to grow her own wood, she
will have to begin at the beginning,
set out the eeedllngi on treeless ground,
and wait for them to reach marketable
size. The British Forestry Commission
recommends that this work of starting
future national forests from the seed
be undertaken "as a sound and lemun
eratlve investment."
If it is "a sound and remunerative
investment to s art forests from the
seed in England, (as actual experiment
has demonstrated), how much more
profitable it will be to Americans in
view of the fact that the measures that
are now being proposed in the United
States are sc muoh simpler and less
expensive. In this country remains of
the original forests are already on the
. ground. Alt that is necessary is to
.bring them to a stale of full produc
tiveness. The present annual produo
ductlon of forests io the Yited States
Is scarcely more than twelve cublo feet
per acre of all kinds of wood. The cen
turies of experience in Saxony, Switzer
land and France show that the same
kind of land will grow- three to eight
times as much wood under wise forest
management with corresponding profit
to the men who have the patience and
foresight, to take advantage of the
present opportunities. It Is a question
well worth consideration by our Penn
ylvmnia laLd owners.
A new bill to regulate child labor
In Pennsylvania has been Introduced
In the state legislature. It makes
little change in present requirements
but alms to prevent fraudulent certlfl
cation as to to age by parents and
guardians. The State Child 'Labor
Association is behind the bill and a
representative says the bill is the result
of months of study both as to what has
proved practicable In other states and
may be reasonably expected to pass.
It is the first comprehensive Child
Labor bill ever presented in Pennsyl
vania, so far as we are aware. Other
'child's labor bills' have been limited
to factories, stores, etc., or have been
solely mining child labor bills. The
chief aim of the Salus bill is to stop
the great abuses that are possible under
the present laws because of the false
oaths which parents make as to their
children's ages. The members of our
association believe tbat the responsi
bility for child labor here Is mainly and
usually on the shortsighted father or
mother of the child laborer himself.
Manufacturers and coal operators are
responsible only to a most limited ex
tent. There are 52,000 children at
work In bur 'state whose parents have
sworn that they are fourteen years old.
We estimate that from 3,000 to 10,000
of the affidavits on which these chl'dren
are really 10, 11, 12 and 13 years old
nineteen states, including every one
of the other great industrial states of
the country, have set affidavits aside
as. proof of age and require parents,
where It is possible, to produce birth
recoras, oaptismai records or Borne
other reliable records as proofs of their
children's ages.
The Pennsylvania Educational Com
mission has recognized this evil and
has put Into its bill, now pending,
requirement that parents must bring
proof of age of this sort before their
children may leave school to work.
Lumbering in Washington
As Seen By a Former
Resieent of Reynoldsville.
Is a
The way to build up the public school
standard is to co-operate with the
teachers in their work. Show your in
terest and sincerity by a visit to the
Reynoldsville public schools on Patrons'
Days, next Monday and Tuesday.
The operation of the "steel plant"
under new management is another sign
J the returning business confidence
throughout the land. -
Reynoldsville Has:
A tannery.
A silk mill.
Bummer park.
A tlass factory.
Two grist mills.
Parochial school.
Two brick plants.
Two woolen mills.
A sewage system. s
Two planing mills.
Three newspapers.
Two express offices.
Healthful location.
Abundance of labor.
A macaroni factory.'
Two cigar factories.
Good trolley service.
Three Are companies.
Two candy factories.
Two telegraph offices.
. Up-to-date merchants.
Immense coal deposits.
Principal streets paved,
A modern public school.
Large beds of limestone.
Cheapest fuel In the state.
Innumerable social clubs.
Forty lodges, more or less.
Banltary compound factory.
Seven well conducted hotels.
Five modern church edifices.
Excellent city water supply.
An up-to-date machine shop.
Free sites for new Industries.
Abundant coal, coke and gas.
Reasonable rents for tenants.
Numerous amusement resorts.
Police protection for property.
Well trained professional men.
Live Business Hen's Association.
Surrounding population of 70,000.
Large wholesale establishments.
Best people on earth for citizens.
Telephone service oyer three lines.
"An electric light and power plant.
Four club rooms for social recrea
tion. Biggest honey producing concern
In the state.
Finest clay and shale deposits In
' Pennsylvania.! i ;i i
Shipping facilities over two great
railroad systems.
Largest coal mine In the world
within three miles.
Some of the largest and finest
stores In the county.
Three solid national banks with a
combined capital of 1325,000.00
and surplus of approximately
' 1160,000.00. 1
Ostrandor, Wash., Jan. 30, 1909,
dear Editor Star: As time I
little heavy with me to-day, being far
from my native state and atnongstrang
ers, I thot I would drop a few lines to
you to Jet you know what kind of a
country this is. It is a grand country
in many respects, but I will only try to
give you a small sketch of what I have
seen, and I have seen but a small por
Hon of Washington state. I am in one
of the lumbering districts. I worked
in the Pennsylvania lumber woods the
greater part of my early life and I thot
I knew just about all there was to know
about lumbering, but I find tbat a man
"never gets .too uld to learn." The
way they do things out here beats my
time, as the timber is so much larger
and is handled so differently. The trees
grow to a height of 250 to 300 feet and
are from 3 to 0 feet In diameter at the
stump. Woodsmen have their different
parts of the work to do and have names
for the work, Buch as undercutters,
sawyers, buckers, &o.The undercut-
terB ohop notches on each Bide of the
tree for what they call a spring board
tout is uxea in toe notcn lor the saw
yers to Btand on while sawing the tree
down. The tree Is cut so as to leave
the stump from 8 to 12 feet high, and
some times men stand from 12 to 20 feet
from the ground on the spring boards
while sawing their trees and when the
tree begins to crack they jark the saw,
jump down and run for life. It looks
dangerous and It is dangerous for there
are a good many hurt and quite a num-
bor killed. Then they have what they
call Bteam donkeys to haul the logs to
their railroad. They don't cut roads,
but run wire ropes away back in the
woods over logs, over hills and down
Into deep gulches, hitch onto a log 7 or
8 feet in diameter and 60 to 100 feet
long and snail it right along to where
tbey want it. I went out to one of the
camps just to see for myself, as I could
not believe what I was told, but I found
it to be all true, and more wonderful
than had been told me. To take a look
at these forests one would think they
were never to be out away.
Mr. Collins, a Pennsylvania man, has
a large mill here and outs a large
amount of bill stuff, much of which Is
from 36 to 100 feet in length. This is
quite a broken country where I am:
canons, high mountains capped
with snow, but it Is warm down here In
the valley. The Cowlitz river is a
large Btream swarming with fine salmon
and other fine flsb; the forests have
plenty of game such as elk, deer, bear,
wolves, mountain oougar, lynx, klntes,
and small game. It Is healthy out here,
pure air, good water and plenty of fruit.
Business Is brisk and money plenty, but
not much of tbat seems to come my way.
The money in circulation out here Is
gold and silver, no paper used only as it
comes from the east and then It is soon
sent back and you see no more of it
until some easterner comes this way
They count money by i bits, bltS, 2, 3
4, 5, 6, 8 bits, then dollars.
C. P.Harding,
Ostrander, Cowlitz Co., Wash.
Well, Did You See That
BEE-LINE
At Robinson & Mundorff's
Well, if you have not, "it
will not cost you any
thing to have a look, so
just step in and look
around. Of course, we
sell bee supplies and try
to keep a complete line of
"Root's" goods on hand.
This month we are going
to give our customers the
benefit of a SPECIAL
DISCOUNT, so we would
appreciate your order at
as early a date as possible.
Rea Bee & Honey Co.
Owing the Illness of the editor of The
Star during the past week, there may
not be the usual amount of personal and
local news in this issue. Attending to
the editorial, reportorial and office work
at the same time is a rather strenuous
job for the "committee of one" in
charge.
Development of the lower vein of coal
spells prosperity for Reynoldsville. '
Ever There?
"When your heels hit hard
And your head feels queer.
And your thoughts rise up
Like the froth on beer;
And your legs are weak.
And your voice Is strong,
And you laugh like at some ';
fool song,
You're drunk
B' Gosh, you're drunk.".
St. Louis Republic.
P
SATISFIED
PUBLIC
Is the best adver
tisement. ::: 1908
was a successful
year in my optical
work and I will try
to make 1909 even
better.
G.C.GIBSON,
Optician.
Come, Mr. Renter,
Let us reason together
THE majority of the imperial fortunes of to-day
were made through judicious realtv investments.
Never before were the possibilities for fortune
D "!,,d,nK 80 Pgnan : with opportunities as they
are at the present time. Russell Sage said:
' Young man, buy real estate ami then work hard at
ZoZ7,t ' r'mr rmleat"te um V old age
Here Is the advice of one of the most successful financiers of the
Hife-a man who accumulated a fabulous fortune. The first
thing towards getting a start In lire is to save money. The next
thing to Invest It profitably. Now, at the beginning of the
yearly a good time M glance over tbe past and see what you
hav done toward owning a home of your own. That house you
live In might have been yours. You paid for It. but the title
still remains with the land-lord. Once in a lifetime is enough
or a mistake of this kind. See u. for prevention. Can't you
ook back over the past few years and sed where you missed it
In not Investing In lots? Others bought them whilb they were
cheup and made fortunes. You can't get rich working for
wages. Its the savings well invested that bring fortunes. There
is one safe, consorvatlve Investment that should appeal to every
person trying to get a start In life. It is real estate. If you are
, a married man you should have a home; If single, you should
count at least one good building lot among your possessions.
We will help you to make a good choice and make It easy for
you to finance the proposition, It's your move. Here are a few
of the bargains we can offer you now:
ONE LOT on south side Main street; 32x150. Suitable
fir ' house or store building; fine location for some order to
build them a permanent home. :
ONE LOT on s.mth side Jackson street; 50 x 150 feet with
two good frame bouses thereon, one 0-room and one 7 room
Good barn on lot. Will sell together or separate. Ttiese are
on the paved street and are bargains. Investigate soon
ALSO, One good building lot In DaBols, on Tabe Avenue,
and one large brick building In Falls Creek containing four store
rooms on first floor and a nice suite of living rooms on secoml
.floor. Building Is 73 x 58 x 68, 30. It is advantageously located
and would be very suitable for small manufacturing business,
such as shirts, overalls, mittens, eto. A bargain.
These are only a few of the good things we have. We can
offer you timber, coal and business propositions, and best of all
Sewer Clean and Sewer Clean Double XX. Do not forget
these. Come in and see us, and as we said before, "Let us reason
together."
Reynoldsville Chemical Co.
ROBT. Z. PARRISII, Manager.
OVER REYNOLDSVILLE ' HARDWARE STORE.
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GILLESPIES
Good Buy Shoe Sale
To close out all our broken lots, odd sizes,
we continue this Good Buy sale, for you,
and Good Bye, for us, of Shoes and
Rubbers. We've cut prices lower
than the lowest notch.
SHOES
$3.20 and $4.00 Shoes. Good Buy Price
2.50 and 3.00 ShoeB, Good Buy Price
2.50 Shoes, Good Buy Price
2.00 Shoes, Good Buy Price
1.50 Shoes, Good Buy Price
2.69
2.19
1.98
1.69
1.19
On our 39, 49 and 69 cent counters you'll find extra good values.
RUBBERS
$3.00 Hi Top Rubbers, Good Buy Price " $2.49
3.25 Hi Leather Hi Top, Good Buy Price . 2.49
2. 75 and 2.50 Heavy Rubbers, Good Buy Price 2.19
2.25 and 2.00 Heavy Rubbers, Good Buy Price 1.69
3.75 Gum Boots, Good Buy Price, . 3.19
1.75 Lo-Cut Rubbers, Good Buy Price . 1.39
Ladies,' Misses' and Children's ArcticH . 69c
25c size White Cross Foot Powder, Good Buy Price 15c
10c size " " 7C
STOCK TAKING WEEK.
This week you can still buy Ladies,' Misses' and Children's Coats at
one-half price. Wo're giving Furs another cat. Not many left. Cut
prices still hold good on a great many lines,
attend this Good Bay Sale at
Money in your purse to
GILLESPIES.
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