DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1929
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A FINE START
The Post congratulates James Oliver on his public-spirited move in giv-
ing Dallas borough high school a radio set.
Frequently there is plenty of idle
talk about what the schools should do and what they should not do, but the
thing that counts most in the long run is action and Jim has taken a step
which should meet with the hearty approval of the community and should be
followed by other public-spirited citizens.
A move is under way to form a
Parent-Teacher Association—that’s good: Other citizens are giving books
to equip a small school library and still others are backing the school athletic
association and helping it pay for football equipment.
A good school reflects
a good town. If you aren’t actively working for your borough school, you're
missing a lot of fun.
the best to be found anywhere.
Get on the band wagon.
Let’s make Dallas schools
HALLOWE’EN MASK BALL
Right now is the time to put a big red circle around the date, October
31, on your calendar.
holds its annual frolic in the new high school auditorium.
be there.
That is the night the Henry M. Laing Fire Company
Everybody will
. Make it a real community get-together and at the same time help
a worthy cause. Don’t forget, mark the calendar now.
MACDONALD—A PEACE PROPHET
Ramsay MacDonald's visit to the United States is important for may
reasons—but perhaps most important because he comes as a messenge¥] of
peace, with the intentin of hastening the world-wide peace movement.
When
Armistice Day comes. this year, the outlook for-world peace, we hope, will
be much brighter because of MacDonald’s visit.
We have made many sacrifices for war, says MacDonald—why, not make
some sacrifices for peace? These words ‘are noble and beautiful:
“They point
atca new: era of intenational understanding and loving kindness the world
Over,
This apostle of peace—this good, will messenger from Great Britain—
comes not as a Prince or King to these shores, but as simple Ramsay Mac-
Donald, son of a Scottish farm laborer. When Hoover and MicDonald speak,
two men speak who have risen from poverty to great leadership, two men who
have treasured and never abandoned the simple, sincere manners of their
origins.
Let us hope the accomplishment of these two figures, acting in
friendship and cooperation, is great indeed.
THE WEEK’S
DOINGS
On Saturday night Tunkhanock will
dedicate its new $125,000 junior-senior
high school building. Dr. John ‘A.
H. Keith, Superintendent of Public In-
struction of Pennsylvania, will be the
speaker. Many are the former graduates
of Tunkhanock high school who have |
pre- |
made fine records in the leading
paratory schools and colleges of the
country. A number of these former
students of fifteen, twenty, twenty-
five and thirty years ago hold re-
sponsible positions with the United
States Government.
The Tunkhannock Republican says:
“Virginia chestnuts appeared in the
market at Tunkhannock a few days
ago. It is doubtful if there is a chest-
nut tree bearing in Pennsylvania, and
one would have supposed that they
‘were extinct throughout the country
owing to blight. ‘Other chestnuts froin
Italy are cen
stands and though larger than the néa-
ymon enough on city fruit |
tive kind. they lack the sweetness and
richness of flavor.” The editor of this
column knows where there are two
health: trees in this section bearin<~
an ab: nd nce: of chestnuts, but al
editor: others will hve 2 hard |
time ce‘ting the proof from this ches'- |
nut eater.
Now that the world series is over
most of us can get down to work again |
—and especially if we bet on the Cubs.
Anyway, wasn't that last inning of the |
Jast game a thriller?
High winds and stormy weather kept
local linemen of the telephone com-
pany busy the latter part of the week
replacing poles that were blown down.
Poles were blown down at Orange and
in the vicinity of Pikes Creek.
An error appeared in the Dallas Post
last week in the article relating retails
of the famous Mud Run train wreck.
We are informed by Charles Berry,
star reporter of the Wilkes-Barre
Record, that Father Matthew was not
killed in the wreck, but died about the
time of the Civil War. Father Mat-
thew was an Irish priest, who came to
this country and stayed here for about
« year. His work along temperance
lines ‘made him a world-wide figure.
The Commonwealth Telephone Com-
pany has closed its exchange at Har-
vey's Lake for the winter season and
Harvey's Lake subscribers will be
served in the future from the Dallas
office. . In the spring the . Harvey's
Lake system will be served by auto-
matic telephones wand an automatic
switchboard. This will eliminate at
least one operator - at the Harvey's
Lake :ofifce. ~ At -a later date auto-
matic ‘telephones “will be installed at
Dallas. Tunkhannock already has
them,
C ontributors’
Column
Editor Dalas Post—I would appre-
ciate if you would give me a litetle
space in your contributors’ column.
The Raid
Quite a little comment was made by
various persons who live
about the raids of a few little punch
boards.
Now I am a citizen of Dallag and | Pigeon trapping
ifX the |
live at Fernbrook. I wonder
people who were back of these raids
ever gave any thought to the dens,
speakeasys and other notorious places |
in particular |
in Dallas township, and
those gambling joints around Fern-
brook? Where is this new deputy con-
stable that was appointed? I hear he
lives in Dallas borough now.
Ancther thing. I get tired of read-
ing the Dallas news in the Sunday
papers for I know they are written by
a certain party, who is very, very and
very friendly to the ¢ld burg=ss. Why
not, when an article is written as news,
don't they write facts and not per-
sonal feelings, I sure do think a lot
of the Post for their stand in allewing
the people and its readers a contribu-
tors’ column,
Wilkes-Parre Record has it.
How can. we taxpayers and citizens
or
voice our approval or disapproval if
we do not have an independent paper
| tc lielp us.
If there are to be raids, let's get our
| own police busy, and clean the real
dens instead of our own respectable
business places who were imposed
vpon last week. ?
A READER.
P. S.—I am signing my name but
would suggest that just my initials be
entered on the news.
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
Several women in Dallas have asked
that a Parent-Teacher Association
meeting be held in the high school
auditorium on October 21, at 8 o'clock.
All parents of students in the borough
school are invited to attend this meet-
ing. The purpose of this organization
will be told by somene familiar with
parent-teacher associations in other
places.
retro) eet meer
INTER-HIGH SCHOOL PAGE
RECEIVES COMMENDATIONS
The Post has received many letters
from our readers expressing words of
commendation in regard to the inter-
high school page which is running in
the Post.
Our readers can still further improve
this page by creating addition interest
in it by having their children, who
may as yet have not contributed to
this page, write an article wnich we
will be more than glad to publish.
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{Ryman Pays
Tribute To
Daddy Emmons
Famous Old Harvey’s Lake Character
Was Beloved By All Sportsmen—
Numbered Judges, Millionaires and
National Figures Among His Friends
HISTORY OF DALLAS
Before the invention of the lucifer
‘match, the matter of keeping fire in a
house, especially in winter time, was
one of extreme importance in that
sparsely settled country. Every one
burned wood then, about there, and
fire was kept over night by covering
a few “live coals” with ashes in the
fireplace. Somethimes this failed, and
then, if no flint and punk were at hand
some other member of the family had
to go to the nearest neighbor, probably
a mile or more away, and bring fire.
It is not difficult to imagine their suf-
ferings during the winters in this re-
spect. Had food, clothing and other
things been plenty and good, this
hardship could. have been better en-
dured; but thty were not, and, worst
of all, there were almost no means of
procuring them, There was = an
abundance of game and fish for a time,
but they did not satisfy a civilized
people. Buckwheat was early intro-
duced in Dallas, and was afterwards
so extensively raised there that the ex-
pression “Buckwheat-Dallas”’ was fre-
quently used by way of marking this
fact in connection with the name. Tt
is a summer grain and quick to ma-
ture. In ninety days from the day
when tht crop is sowed it can be
grown, matured, gathered, ground and
served on the table as food, or, as has
been often remarked, just in time to
'‘neet a three months’ note in the bank.
Another practical benefit from raising
this grain was that, in gathering it, a
largt quantity of it shook off and was
scattered over the fields. This afforded
a most attractive pigeon food, and dur-
ing the fall and spring seasons, and
often during “much of the winter,
pigeons would flock in countless num-
bers all over that country. They came
in such quantities that it would be
difficult to exaggerate their numbers.
When a boy I used to see flocks that
extended as far as the eye could reach, fourth birthday anniversary.
from end to end, and these long
strings or waves "of birds would pass
over so. closely following each other
-that sometimes two or three flocks
could be ‘seen at once, and some days
they were almost constantly flying
over, and the noise of their wings w:
not unlike the sound of a high wind
blowing through the pine woods. They
cast a shadow as they passed over like
a havy cloud. Often they flew: so
low as to be easily reached with an or-
dinary shot gun. The skilled way of
capturing them in large quantities,
however, was with a net. William, or
Daddy Emmons was a famous pigeon
trapper as well as fisherman. He used
decoy pigeons. They were blind pigeons
tied to the ground at some desired spot
and when they heard the noise of large
flocks flying overhead, they would
flap their wings as if to fly away.
Attracted by this the flok would come
down and settle near the decoys,
where plenty of buckwheat was always
to be found. When a sufficient num-
ber had settled and collected on the
right spot, Mr. Emmons was con-
cealed in a bush or house near
by, would spring his net over them
quickly and fasten them within. After
properly securing the net, the work of
killing them began, It was done in an
instant by crushing their heads be-
tween the thumb and fingers. Hun-
dreds were often caught and killed in
this way
Pigeons
were so plenty that
at one spring of ‘the net. |
some |
hunters cut off and save the breasts)
the balance away.
in Dallas twenty- |
five and thirty years ago was almost
if not quite a parallel with the great
shad fishing days in the Susquehanna.
On the morning of September 5th,
1887, while walking along the roadside
in Dallas borough, “Daddy” Emmons |
was knocked down by a wagon loaded |
with hay, through some carelessness |
of the driver coming from behind. |
Daddy Emmons was pushed off the]
lower bank of the roadside, a broken |
thigh was the result and he died from |
the shock at the house of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Davis, in Dallas village, with-
in a few days at the, of ninety-two
vears.
only, and threw
Death of Daddy Emmons
At
day
Lake fisherman, William, better known
as “Daddy” Emmons, passed to his
eternal rest. Two weeks ago, as then
stated in this paper, he was knocked
down and badly injdred bya hay wagon
near Dallas, his thigh being broken.
From this shock he never rallied. His
death occurred at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Davis, in Dallas, who
during his last days administered to
his every want and did everything that
a loving heart and willing hands could
suggest and do to make him comfort-
able.
“Daddy” Emmons went to Harvey's
Lake from New Jersey about thirty-
five years ago, and ever since has been
a prominent character at that favorite
resort. Up to about two years ago he
lived in a hut in a copse of woods on
the banks of the lake, and was looked
upon as the ideal fisherman of the
neighborhood. He knew just where
the finny tribe was most numerous,
and seldom failed to make a catch
when the proper effort was put forth,
He taught many of the prominent men
of his day the art of angling, among
his pupils being the late Judge Pax-
son, of Philadelphia. Since leaving the
lake he has resided with his daughter,
Mrs. Davis, from whose home the
funeral will be held tomorrow.”—
Leader, September 15, 1887.
half-past eight o’clock
I quote the following tribute to his
memory, written soon after his death
by Hon. Caleb E. Wright, formerly of
the Luzerne bar:
Daddy Emmons
“I never see the name of this harm-
less and gentle spirited man, or hear
it pronounced but with reverential
emotion. Many years have passed
since it was first my pleasure to bhe-
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B. FRANK BULFORD OBSERVES
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
October
observe
B. Frank
seventy -
He was
born in Dallas, where the electric
depot now stands, later moving to the
farm in Dallas township, where he has
ae Lis entire life since. Mr. Bul-
f signed the charter for Dallas
borough fifty-one years ago, of whom
they are only two left in Dallas.
At a family dinner to be held Sun-
day the following will attend:
Mr. and Mrs, Frank Bulford, Miss
Ruth May Hazel, Mr. and Mrs. Gus-
tav R. Splitt and children, Helen and
Durwood, Mr, and Mrs. OOlie L. Har-
vey, Miss R. Elizabeth Breckenridge,
Miss Ruth Creasy, Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Elston and son Harold.
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On "Sunday,
Bulford will
20th,
his
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come associated with him in the 'mys-
tic art of capturing fish—an occupa-
tion that everybody knows is, and al-
ways has been with all men, one of the
characteristics of genius.
“The first time I met this ancient
fisherman was at Harvey's Lake.
There he had his summer cabin, in-
vited to it by the genial warmth that
lured also the osprey and the king-
fisher, and like them devoting himself
to the one occupation. He had his boat,
his bait net, and all his tools of trade
at hand; and with the ‘morning dawn
was up and abroad upon the waters.
“At our first interview I thought I
discovered his merit; and: then and
there we grew into bonds of affinity.
On the little inland seal was don-
superior
sleight of hand, and often wondered |
where such matchless skill in captur-
ing pickerel and catfish could have
found growth. But when the bold |
stream issuing from the density of |
the Sullivan county woods, armed with
the coachman or yellow-sally, my com-
panion laid down his arms at my feet.
The most cautious and alert of un-
tamed things, the trout, challenge a
prowess not thrust promiscuously upon
the souls of men. It is a special gift.
“With every yard square of that
noble sheet of water, largest of Penn-
sylvania lakes, Daddy Emmons was
familia¥. The places where, at dif-
ferent times of the day,
could be scooped up with his net, and
what spots, at different hours, lay the
largest of fish he sought,
bait shiners |
“A man may be good on water with- |
out much knowledge of woodcraft.
This was once demonstrated when the
old fisherman undertook to ‘guide
George Lear, of the Bucks county bar,
and myself from the north shore of the
lake to Beaver Run. We wished to
reach the run at the foot of the great
‘meadow. It was once a meadow, but
of late years an inextricable confusion
of alders,; through which the stream
found its way, a mile or so in extent.
Instead of reaching it below the jungle,
our conductor brought us in above.
Our Bucks county friend started in
first. A short distance brought him to
the alders. We found his track, where
he had penetrated the tangled under-
growth, but that was all. The future
attorney general of the Commonwealth
was lost. In hunting for him, having
wound up our lines, we got lost too. I
don’t know how many hours we wan-
dered in the dismal slough, chiefly in
circles, but Squire Kocher, hunting his
cattle. found and rescued us. Mr.
Lear, getting out upon a long road, fol-
lowed it to the lake, and a lad of
Judge Barnum’s rowed him across to
the hotel.
“There was wa pleasing simplicity and
honest candor in this old navigator of
the lake that commended him to the
regard of men far above him in social
rank. Judge Paxson of our Supreme
Court, for many years a summer resi-
dent of the celebrated resort, spent his
days in company of Daddy Emmons.
Their communion was a pleasant thing
to behold, and the distinguished jurist,
in common with many others, will ever
bear a kindly remembrance of this pis-
catorial veteran, deploring the sad
catastrophe that hastened his descent
to the tomb.”
(Continued Next Week)
Heard Around
The Corner
DO YOU KNOW
THAT the. Wilkes-Barre Sunday
Telegram maintains a spicy news
column in the “Wise Old Owl,” which
is the first page of the second section
of that paper?
THAT interest was centered around
Dallas in last Sunsay’s column when
tliey drew attention to a c¢artain offi-
cial of this community, who, it seems,
is not following the straight and nar-
row path in regard to nis attention to
the fairer sex?
THAT quite a little ‘eeliny is he-
coming apparent in the coming bur-
gess scrap between Thom Higgins and
Squire Anderson.
THAT this so-called raid of ‘last
week was entirely a matter of politics,
and if we would elucidate, there
would be some of the boys quite un-
comfortable about tewr ?
THAT F. F. Morris is making quite
an extensive campaign foi the office
of school director?
THAT according ramadrs around
the corner, Ralph H. Rood will most
likely surprise some of us nn election
day
THAT the slate of candidates for
council as advertised last primary
does not set so good at this tim=2?
THAT Harry Garranan was high
man in the council figat and will most
likely repeat the pericrmance, As a
conscientious and zarncst public
cial Harry is 100 per cent? He is just
as efficient and courteous in his bank-
ing duties.
THAT. the Merchant and Miners
{ Bank of Luzerne is making extensive
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building alterations to the hank at
Luzerne?
cent. of
THAT approximately 20 per
offi-'|
the people of this territory do their
banking in Luzerne.
THAT we should support our local
institution and business places?
THAT
would’ give to each other that whole-
hearted cooperation wand assistance
which one would naturally expect but
does not receive, that our community
would be not only ‘more progressive
but financially better off?
THAT rumor has it that Kingston
township is figuring on having paid
police protection, and that our lecal
chief is slated for the job? We don’t
know whether it will be a part or
full time position.
THAT several suggestions have been
made that Dallas council reduce police
expenditures for the coming winter?
This could save money and would al-
low them to start next spring on some
more extensive road improvements.
THAT Dallas borough council has
received more favorable comments on
its stand fOr better roads in the
borough than any other actien they.
have taken in the past?
THAT. the supervisors of Dallas
township are doing their bit to help
the Henry M. Laing Fire Company?
Just last week they turned over $50 :
to the company. There are many citi-
zens of Dallas township who are mem-
bers of the fire company.
THAT this fellow, Dyer Lauderbach,
who is the Republican nominee for tax
collector of Dallas township, is very
well thought of? Dyer looks like the
| next collector.
THAT Dr, Bodycomb, our new den-
tist, is now ready to tend to your
needs Dr. Bodycomb has an up-to-
date office in the Sullivan building.
THAT hunting season will start a
week next Friday, November 1st?
THAT it will be unlawful to shoot
pheasant, better known as Pennsyi-
vania grouse.
THAT this is enough for today?
are personal
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for---if it is in the house.
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“second story worker.”
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