a, a er ——————— rn — ———e. — PPING DAYS INDEPENDENT AS! PATTON'S RAPID GROWTH! .........] ceeds more con- Now has Population of All Aninien tha n later on. most Four Thousand. | Thompson so a istmas P CENSUS IS COMPLETED | igre in resents A § may Advance Along all Lines During Marti nd Services are county’s the Past Half of a Decade—Interesting | oq. 00 t of Figures Adduced by the Assessors—No |The de Race Suicide Here, age an . Frang Ever since the federal census was| gq p taken in 1900, when Patton commenced | am 3 to grow by leaps and bounds, specula- | the * . Pa tion has been rife as to the actual pop-| riends u f { “ulation of the place. Some of the] Se ul, guesses were wide of the mark, while | a a S H d Kk 9 . an er= the more conservative ones placed it | a nearer to what is now known to be the | { bl . actual figures. : a e Li n To satisfy this natural curiosity on . en, the part of the people, Assessor John | Somerville, of the First ward, and As-| _pessor John E. Radcliffe, of the Second | ward, conceived the idea of taking a census themselves. This was done by the two gentlemen named, without pay or compensation, as they made the] early visits to the homes of th CY K C . Aeople. heir report as submitted to t b's P ° 3 9 ortiers, JoURIER shows that the first ward present has a population of 2,158 : i ‘the second ward 1,701, or 457 less, o p T ing a grand total of 3,859 peopl S on Oo PS > siding in Patton, exclusive of t utfits, Sweaters born this week. Remember these res. o£ Ww ’ . ures and the next time strangers < you the population of “the | n I — Star” you will be able to give t Silk Tie 2 - correct answer. s 25 and This undoubtedly places P - ———— the largest borough in the co p To ps and Pil Gallitzin a poor second, and . il- largest municipality, Johns} £ the first. As a desirable slties 1 EE ———. dence Patton leads the, *S, Leather terial growth of the >: pace with the increay During the past five gE ir come aom— some residences ang rames, 1Q, ness blocks have b all departments — steady advance streets have bee to be, many » laid, a $10,000 a $30,000 schoq dustrial impr that have ag of about $15(, telegraph sy, and a street pleted that towns with Cambria ¢ The rel ment has this time | structure consecrat God and ments mi new frat. have bee least, Pa ‘team tha tants an At pre school ag teen yea, 369, or makir Duris 67 bj wal PA, 1041 1eSS in ctly in aughter 1 season. Ss: Kinds of: eats, 5. of
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