"stronger than 4 per cent. \ by: (1 I 0) Pa | mm [Z THE LARGEST CIRCULA1... JF ANY COMMUNITY WEEKLY IN LUZERNE COUNTY % ! | | ! | fe AD () CED) | SU lB ww li al + cs in ‘BE cLin You car AND GIVE MORE COMMUNITY WELFART DRIVE C—O . ‘DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1930 FORTIETH FEAR Coon Farm Agent Advises Spraying Trees With Weather Permitting, All Be cidious and Evergreen Trees Should Be Sprayed Now ad | abel | “All home owners who have decidious | ‘and evergreen trees and shrubbery | affected with scale insects, red spider | (co only known as red mite), aphid | eggs, ete, would do well to have their plantings sprayed at this particular time, if weather conditions permit, ad- vises J. D. Hutchison, county agent. The increase in damage of scales and red spider has resulted in con- siderable interest in oils as insectides. To meet the demand created by the success of these sprays against this pest, manufacturers of spray materials have placed on the market many dif- ferent ‘brands and types of oil sprays ~ varying in price and composition. Be- cause of the wide range in the nature of the ingredients and their process of manufacture no short statement can be taken as embracing all of the va- rious types. These oils should be applied when the trees and shrubs are in a dormant stage, for injury is likely to occur if | applications are made after growth | has started. . There are certain cautions which! should be, upheld, namely: 1. Never apply an oil spray to a tree or shrub in freezing weather, or | when there is a possibility of freezing '*® temperatures within two hours of the "time of application. Freezing tempera- tures wil break down the oil solution and will in most cases cause severe burning to the sprayed tree or shrub. 2. To secure complete control, the i application should be made thoroughly making sure to cover all twig growth and special ‘attention should be given | ‘to the undersides of the tree as well | ‘as the upper surfaces, for it is here | that most of our scales and eggs are! + most numerous. ‘ 3. In using a miscible oil stock solution, as the it should not be used This dilu- tion means one gallon of the oil to each twenty-five gallons of water. 4. Lead arsenate should not ‘added to oil sprays. 5. Never used oil with lime sulphur | solutions. 6. Nicotine | sulphate. or Black Leaf 40 is not necessary in making oil ap- ~ plie ations, since oil solutions if prop- ' erly ppiled will Iii. most, aphid oss. "Unless “you have the proper : Sean facilities to apply these sprays, with sufficient pressure, it is advisable to consult your local nur- seryman, who will make these applica- tion at a normal cost. be | 5 - District Governor Guest At Local Rotary Club Warren I. Acker, Governor of Fifty- . First District, Makes Splendid Ad- dress At Local Club Last Evening The members of the Dallas Rotary Club were given a fine address on Rotary by Warren T. Acker, district governor of Rotary International, fifty-first district, at Higgins’ College Inn last evening. Being the first visit of the District Governor to the local club during the current Rotary vear, the local mem- bers not only heard their new District Governor, but were recommended as a club for their community and club service. : District Governor Acher spoke on the “Sixth Objegt” and also spoke of the success of Rotary as a community service club, this being the anniver- sary of Rotary’s twenty-fifth year as a service organization. ‘He also spoke on the good Rotary was doing in promoting an interna- tional feeling of good will with an ob- ject of furthering and joining together all nations in an international peace. After the regular meeting the offi- cers and directors met with the dis- ‘ trict governor to receive instructions for the coming year. ed LAKE TWP. STUDENTS PRESENT LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY PROGRAM An interesting program was given at Laketon high school Friday after- noon, February 14, to commemorate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln and to celebrate St. Valentine's Day. These people made the program a suc- cess: Autobiography of Lincoln, Adelaide Hausch; ‘ThegHelpful Face of Lin- coln,” intermediate grades; “The Valentine,” Helen Shannon; “Lin- coln’s Ancestry,” Pauline Oney; “Anecdotes of Lincoln,” David Mayer; “The Child's Lincoln,” Bobby Avery; “The Valentine Man,” grammar grades; “Lincoln,” Beatrice Kocher; “ILike Lincoln,” primary grades; se- lection, Girls’ Glee Club; “Favored . February,’ Catherine Condaras; “A Characterization of Lincoln, Leona Kocher; “Story of St. Valentine's Day,” grammar grades; “Abraham Lincoln,” intermediate grades; ‘Lin- coln,” LaVerne York; “The Valen- tine,” oRbert Jackson; “He Leads Us Still,” Carlton Kocher. Dyer Lauderbach AUCTIONEER Sweet Valley | sheila. AUTO OPERATORS OBEY “SLOW” ‘privilege. ‘and 14th, respectively, at Brig Call Dallas 209 TEA FOR TWO / a “Who has the automobile license tag ‘tea for two?” was the ques- tion received the other day by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania displays taa “T42"” on a car used in their Philadelphia territory. Another query was as to the wherezbouts of the tag bearing the symbol “OIL.” Ilva Fay Lig- gett, of 1837 State street, Harris- burg, has this tag. One of the “12” tags has the curse. taken off of it in the opinion of A. Paul Derstine, of Sellers- ville, whose car operates with the tag “130K.” => C. E. Societies Are Guests At Sweet Valley Splendid Program Marks Gathering —Chrictian Church is Awarded Sil- ver Shield The first rally of the Sweet Valley Christian Endeavor Union was held | fornia, under way all sections benefit. Saturday evening at Oakdale. This | | branch includes the following so- cieties: Huntsville Christian Church, Oakdale M. E. Church, Bloomingdaie | M. P. Church, Reyburn M. P. Church, Sweet Valley Church of Christ an) Christian Church. At 6:30 p. m. & delicious dinner was, | served to ninety members. Dur- ing the banquet various societies gave songs and recitations. Rev. Joe Del-| Kanic of Sweet Valley presided, Tiob-| "ert Lancaster of Parsons had charge ' of devotions and the scripture lesson, II Timitory 2. The address of welcome was ziven by the president of the Sweet Valley | brance, Rev. Joe DelKanic. He then presen.cd the C. E. shield to the so ciety naving the largest perceniagz? of | members present. The C. E. Society l'of the Christian Church ws» the 'I his means that the\nexzt raily will be 5 eld at Sweet Valley. Rev. frarvey Bennett of Medi, Pa, spoke concerning Tenth Legion work among Christian Endecavorers of the State. The 1ymn, “My Faith Looks Up To Thee,” was beautifull pantomined by Mis Carolyn Eckhart of Sweet Valley. The address of the evening was given by Arch McQuilken, State presi- dent - of Christian Endeavor. He stressed the need of a spiritual life "among Indeayorers everywhere. He also stated that we cannot serve Christ unless we know Him. The oaly wav to know Him is to meet Him and talk to Him. There were more than 140 present at the evening meeting. wl Ge SIGN IN SENDING FOR CARDS | On February 10, 1929, 660,000 opera- tors of motor vehicles had applied for, their drivers’ licenses, but on the same day this year only 514,000 had | made application, the Commissioner | of Motor Vehiciles at Harrisburg gid today. ‘The operators’ license year pozins March 1; therefore less than three weeks remain in = which 1,536,000 | drivers must secure new cards. “Undoubtedly,” said Eynon, thousands of drivers operate at times without cards of any kind, on January * we mailed blank appli-! cations to 2,050,000 holders of tne Doubtless the inclement weather of the last few weeks has cooled the driving ardor of a great] many and if this sort of weather con- | tinues many thousands of operators will not care whether they have cards or not. “Bright and -early on the morning of Saturday, March 1, however, motor patrolmen throughout the state begin to ask operators of motor vehicles to produce their cards. The fine for op- erating without a card is $10.” The Bureau of Motor Vehicles con- tinues to receive thousands of applica- tions to which is attached $1 instead of the legal fee of $2 fixed by the last legislature. O POTATO DAYS ARE TO BE BIG EVENTS “many | all | but | T.arge attendances are anticipated at two county-wide potato days on Thursday and Friday, February 13th gsville and Carverton cornmunities. An unusually attractive program has peen arranged for each day at which time the latest methods for efficient potato production will be discussed. The program for Carverton will be as follows: 10 a. m.—L. Dixon's successor), John Dickey, Agronomist, “Successful Potato Practices.” Dinner will be served. The TLadies’ Auxiliary of Mountain Grange il serve one of their famous chicken dinners. Bring your wives along, they will be welcome at both meetings. 1 p. m—W. A. oRgers, well known local entertainer, will be present. 1:30 p. m.—Demonstration in proper slaking of lime. Inspection of machin- ery display furnished by Whitenight & Kschinka, Powell-Davies Tractor oC. and the Luzerne County Co-operative Association. 2:15 p. m.—Informal discussions led by Mr. Dickey and Mr. Denninston. 3 m.—Henry W. Reist, “How Can T. Denniston (Dr. “Shall We Spray?” o DP. | We Hold Our Local Potato Markets.” There. will also be shown an interest- ing movie on “oPtato Practices.” | first of all more business for the rail- | stone, | new building means more | clear, | all | tirely | build the whole country every All potato growers are invited to both meetings. Building Boon Forecast For the Year 1930 New Construction To Take Up Slack Estimated At Well Over Nine Bil- lion Dollars | PUBLIC WORKS TAKES THE LEAD Every Part of the Country Will Bene- fit By the Resumption of Building Activity in All Lines By Caleb Johnson All the signs point to the inaugura- tion in 1930 of the biggest building program in the history of the United | States., And if it turns out that way, it will mean greater prosperity than ever for all parts of the country. For it doesn’t make any difference whether new building activity is concentrated in New York, Chicago) Florida or Cali- wherever new construction is Everything that goes into modern building operations comes from some- where else. Our forefathers built with the material ready to hand. To- day there is hardly a spot mn the United States where a building of even the most modest kind can be con- structed entirely of local materials. Building activity; therefore, means roads and steamship lines. Lamber from the Pacific northwest zoes into houses in Massachusetts and Virginia. Southern pine builds homes mm Minne- scta. Vermont marble, Indiana 'imne- cement, lime, sand and crave: | from every part of the country’ are | ised everywhere else. The rere transportation of building material makes for more employment and het- ter times. Steel is” a big item in modern build- ing. Let the big cities add only 5 per cent to the number of skyscrapers and | i* means increased activity for the steel mills, for the iron mines, for the coal miners and the limestone (uarrv- men. Brick, terra-cotta, artificial building boards straw, wood pulp, sugar cane, stalks and gypsum—stimulated de- mand for these means more wor and more money in far outlying corners of the nation. New buildings call more plumbing supplies, which means | greater markets for iron and steel,| all the rnade of corn- plaster, + AY 20) brass and copper, renewed activity in | the pottery industry. Electrical | equipment of new buildings means! more work for the copper miners. among other things. Nails and screws, | hinges and doorknobs, plate glass— not! only those who produce raw materna 5 but the factories which fabricate them | and the dealers who handle them all] benefit, werever they may be located, by a building boom that may be cen-| tered three thousand miles away. And paint—-| enefitting the lead and zinc nines, the | linseed oil growers and many others. | New buildings mean more furnitnre. | That affects not only the great far-| niture centers from Grand Rapids to | High Point, but the makers of uphol- stery fabrics, and back through them | to the growers of cotton, wool ana, silk, the hardwood lumber producers | [ and importers. So renewed activity in building, it is means better business in iines which affect almost every community, section, all classes of people, en- in local employment where th: buildings are being constructed. The nation is knit together so tightly by the strands of business that what | benefits one benefits all. Next to agriculture America’s greatest industry. building is | Wa re forty | vears. That is the average of American buildings, whether they are | frame farmhouses or great steel sky- scrapers. Perhaps the modern sky. scrapers 'may last longer than that. Physically they probably will, but steel buildings only twenty years old are being torn down in New York to make room for. iger ones, because rising taxes and - land values have made the older ones unprofitable. Any year when the increase in new buildings is not at least two and one- half per cent. has to be compensated for later by a higher percentage of new construction. New building has been slow for a couple of years; now | it is starting up at a rate calculated to take up the slack. The {total amount of money which will be spent for new buildings in the United States in 1930 has been esti- mated by competent investigators at $9,000,000,000. That figures out about $72.50 for every man, woman and child in the nation. At four to a fam- ily, it means about $25 a month more money in circulation for each family, and that amount may easily make the differece betwee good times and | bad times. uilding normally increases every | year. There are 1,650,000 more people | living in the United States this year then than they were last; next year there will be another million and a | half. They have to be provided ‘with homes. New factories, stores and | office building have to: be constructed | to house the additional business en- terprises,. or the expansion of the old | ones, necessary to provide this addi- | tional population with food, clothing | and entertainment. A quarter of all lite million people move every year from the farms to the town: that additional housing in the towns. It] take an average of nearly $1,500 a head, or. an annual total of clese to $3,000,000,000, to house the new popu-| lation of the nation and take care of means -slown for | ngent among {*the ie | Supt. Zeiser To Speak At Parent- Teacher Meeting Program to Be Featured With Ex- hibits of Students’ Work—Orches- tra to Entertain H. H. Zeiser, superintendent of Wilkes-Barre city schools, will be the speaker Monday night at the meeting of Dallas Parent-Teacher Association in the high school auditorium. Mr. Zeiser has had long years of experi- ence both as a teacher and as super- intendent of schools and has done much toward making WilkesBarre schools among the finest in the State. Beside the address by Mr. Zeiser, there will also be a number of other features on the program, among them a number of ‘musical selections by the newly organized school orchestra. Re- freshments will be served. During the afternoon and evening there will be exhibits of students’ work in alll of the rooms of the school, and parents are urged to take the time to view these exhibits and see for them- selves som of the fine thihgs being turned out by the students. The motto of the Parent-Teacher Associa- tion is: “Know Your School.” One of, the first steps being taken to ac- qraint parents with the work of the scl.ools is the exhibit which will be the first time on Monday afternoon and evening. Laketon Class Games Create Much Interest Seniors Lead With Three Victories and No Defeats—Freshman Trail | League By Mildred Kocher ILaketon high school students the grammar grade boys and girls are participating basket- bal contests. Much enthusiasm is he- ing shown over the contests and each class team does its part for the glory of the class. | Students have organized a hoys' and basket ball team and at noon two of the teams play. The gram ..ad students heing ardent lovers of hasket- bull, hope to be victorious over all and in Inter-Mural girls’ # | high school teams, but naturally the high school doesn’t anticipate this and is striving not to let it happen. The Inter-Mural contest will con- tinue the remainder of this week and al of next week. Such a contest af- fords much pleasure and enjoyment the students and brings spirit of each class into play. The Juniors have two ery stiong teams and are looking forward to win eery game, but the Seniors, who ur2 just somewhat older and wiser, will | put up a hard fight and no doubt ruin | the highest hopes of the Juniors and also the other class teams. Inter-Mural Leaue Standing aside from the direct increase | S new | j Sophomore | ‘Freshman Senior Junior Grammar Sophomore Freshman ee LEAVES FOR HONOLULU Senator A. J. Sordoni of Forty Fort left Tuesday with Mrs. Sordoni for an extended tour of the Hawaiian Islands and wil Ispend some time at Honolulu. ea Tey RETURNS FROM TEXAS John L. Sullivan, who with his sisters and brothers left two weeks ago for Texas, due to the condition of their mother, who was quite ill at the time, returned home late Wednesday evening. Fe those who move into town. For thew not only have to have houses to live in but stores to buy from; they must be provided with schools, hospitals, libraries, theaters, garages, | railroad stations, court houses, jails, insane asylums, buildings of every conceiv- able kind. In 1929 the building program of tne nation was less than these normal re- quirements. That means that the | shortage has to be made up in 1930, if possible. And economists say that it is not only posible but certain: Wha holds up building is always a short- ge of investment capital available for mortgage and building loans. The soundest of all investments, real es- tate loans do not pay spectacular in- terest and during the stock market boom literally thousands of millions which ordinarily would “ave gone into building were diverted into spec- ulation. Now that flurry is over the capital once engaged in Wall Street available once more, to finance new nstruction. IS CO Luzerne Raid Yields Large Liquor Supply “Handle Bar” Mike Pleads Guilty te Sale and Possession of High Power Refreshments | It was just time for three o'clock | tea on Tuesday afternoon and every- thing was in readiness for the after- noon and evening rush at the estab- lishment of Handle Bar Mike in the old Raub homestead at Luzerne when a group of State police and boys from the Back Mountain region paid Handle Bar a visit. Handle Bar, as he is familiarly known by his acquaintances, is none other than Mike Pucek, of Luzerne. And thereon hangs a tale or a mous- tache. Mike’s peculiar nickname is the natural consequence of his mous- tache, which with many grotesque twists resembles the handle bars of a bicycle. Friendly to the Back Mountain toys is Handle Bar, perhaps too friendly for “buys” made recently at his estab- lishment show that the ‘tea” is not so weak. Chemist's analysis shows an a:iccholiec content of 46.80 per cant. Headed by Rev. H. F. Henry of Shavertown M. E. Church; assisted by ‘Chief of Police Edward Avery of Kingston township and State Troopers L. W. Clark, F. M. Duffy and A. J. Wilson, the raid on Mike's place netted 1,800 quarts of home brew, 140 gallons of wine and a quantity of whiskey. At a hearing before Justice of the Peace Xnarr of Fernbrook, Pucek pleaded guilty to charges of sale and possession and was bound over to Luzerne county court. Ziba Howell To Continue Race For School Job Friends of Injured Schoolman Work- ing Throughout the County in His Behalf Reports from the Mary Packer hos- pital at Sunbury indicate that both Ziba R. Howell and Otis Rood, who were injured last week in a motor accident,, are recovering nicely, Dur- ing the early part of the week both of the injured men suffered ‘relapses from shock and for a while no visitors were allowed to see them. It was necessary for surgeons to perform a sinus operation upon Mr. Rood. The results of the operation also showed that keside other injuries he suffered a broken nose. ! Despite their confinement, both Air Rood and Mr. Howell are looking for- | ward tc the coming election for county | superintendent of schools and expect to be back on the job before the elec-, tion takes place. The injured men wish to thank all those) who have called on them at the cspifal end also those who have seat | te While Mr. Howell is in the | hospital there are a number of school | directors throughout the county work- | ing actively for his election to the | county superintendency. Lake Twp. Wins | Over Dallas Twp. In Close Game | | Laketon Boys Break Tie By Defeating Dallas Township Team By Score of, 28 to 19—Lead League. A capacity crowd attended the games between Dallas Towship and Laketon at Kunkle on Friday night. Over a hundred Laketon supporters, accompanied their teams. The Lake- ton girls won by the score of 48-10. The showing of the Dallas girls, how- ever, was better than the score indi- cates. Kocher of Laketon scored 26 points. ‘Spencer was high scorer for Dallas. IA. great deal of interest was mani- fested in the boys’ game since neither tearm had lost a league game to date. There was little to choose between the two teams at the end of the half, the score being 12-8 in Laketon’s favor. Near the end of the game, however, the Lake boys rallied and drew awa) to a safe lead, the final score being 28-19. The victory put Laketon in undisputed possession of first place in the Bi-County League. Davis handled the game capably. - Bi-County League Standing (Boys) Pet. 1.000 750 667 .200 .000 1. Lake Twp. 0 Lehman Twp. 1 Dallas Twp. 1 Kingston Twp. 4 Monroe Twp. 4 Bi-County Leaaue Standing (Girls) XY. 0 Pct. 1.000 500 .334 .000 Lake Jwp. Lehman Twp. Monroe Twp. Dallas Twp. Schedule for the Week Monroe Twp. vs. Lake Twp. Laketon. Lehman Twp. Vs. Kunkle. At Dallas Twp. at Tin Wyoming | foil (get that speed—well, Sewer Problem Puzzles Dallas Borough Council Clot of Land For Sewerage Disposal Plant Offered Council at Half the Price Quoted Three Years Ago Editor's’ Note—The Post wiil be glad to publish any contribution from its readers on the following important subject ‘which is a problem which will certainly have to be solved by the borough with- in the next few years. There ‘has been considerable agita- tion during the past few years for the borough of Dallas to, develop a . sewerage, system and disposal plant in Dallas. More recently there have been complaints from townships along Toby’s Creek that the practice of dumping sewage in that stream is a menace to health. Health officers and employeer of the State Department of Health have in- vestigated the ‘complaints but nothing has ever come of it. Although many local citizens are in favor of a better method of. sewage disposal than the one now at hand and are certain that the State will soon act in the matter, there seems at present no way with which to finance a sewerage project. At the last meeting of council a plot of land at the lower end of the borough in the vicinity of the traction company - barns was offered to the borough as a place for the develop- ment of a sewerage - disposal plant. Council decided to consider the matter for thirty days and took out a cour- tesy option on the land for that period of time. Althought council hasn’t the money to go on with the project, the purchase of the land is considered good busi- ness by many who are well acquainted with the local situation and the iin- crease in land values in this region. Council can now buy the land at half the price asked for the same plot three years ago. It is almost unanimously agreed that the location is ideal for :u sewerage disposal plant. The only alternative left for the borough in case it does not want to build a sewerage plant is to run a pipe line seven miles to the Susquehanna river. The ex- pense of such a move would make it prohibitive even if there were no op- position from the government which is not favorable to Sewerage outlets in the Susquehanna river. If the ‘council decides to puvelmee: the land offered it, that plot can be used for some time as a public dump- ing ground, a thing sorely needed by the borough. Lehman Pupils To Give Class Play Wednesday Soaks Class Woman” Production Chooles ”Bertie’s Cave For Annual Dramatic ° February class of IL.ehman present “Bertie’s comedy-drama in On Wednesday evening, th, the Senior igh school will ave Woman,” a three acts. / The setting of the play is a ranch owned by Bob Banning and his sister Ann. The Mounteravens of the English nobility, who have been held up and robbed, find lodging at’ The Devil's Roost and are forced to earn their food and lodging at the | point of Ann’s revolver. The nobility prove to be “downright sports” and Phil Harder, in his attempts to Ann and the prize stallion by threatening to hang. Bob as the bandit! Henry, Bertie’s 'man-servant, has plenty of spunk and nerve, and he always happens to be on the scene of action ‘at exciting moments. And oh, come and see for yourself—eh, what? The cast of characters lows: Bob Banning, Emerson Brown: Ann Banning; Willian Casterline; Speed Maguire, -Earl T. Farley; Lord Bertram Mounteraven (Bertie), Rob- ert Stroud; Lady Isabelle Mount- craven, Florence Weintz; lady Diana Mountcravn, Louise Brown; Henry Watkins, Mike Skopic, and Phil Har- der, Lanceford Sutton. o— A REAR SPORTSMEN TO HOLD MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY EVENING is as fol- There will be a special meeting of Sportsmen of Dallas Camp, No. 227, at Higgins’ Restaurant, Wednesday evening, February 19th, at 8 Pp. m. This tneeting has been called for the purpose of the discussion of duties of the various committees that hate been appointed and also for the presenting of applications for eggs and birds of Ringneck pheasants. Applications will also be made for trout to be planted in the various streams in this vicinity. Early spring being the best time for stocking of the streams. All members are urged to be present and bring any person whom might be interested. c 0. Brown AUCTIONEER Telephone Call W. D. Gay’s Store CENTERMORELAND -