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he Dallas Post
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~ THE DALLAS POST, INC.
" Publication Office
hman Avenue, Dallas, Pennsylvania
A. McHenry ............ .President
. Harold Wagner...... ....Secretary
‘W. Risley..Mng. Editor and Treas.
[ember Pennsylvania Newspaper
k Publishers Association.
Member Circulation Audit Bureau.
ber American Press Asseciation.
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THE DALLAS POST is a youthful
ekly ‘rural suburban newspaper,
wned, edited and operated by young
en interested in the development of
e great rural-suburban region of
the Prighest ideals of journalism.
Thirty-one surrounding communities
tricute weekly articles to THE
POST and have an interest in its ed-
orial policies. THE POST is truly
ore than a newspaper, it is a com-
unity institution.” :
Subscription, $2.00 Per Year.
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THE DALLAS POST PROGRAM
The Dallas Post will lend its sup-
‘and offers the use of its columns.
all projects which will help this
sommunity and the greaf rural-subur-
n‘ territory which it serves ‘to at-
the following" major ~ improve-
ts: - TT ®, 3 . SRI
A free library located in the Dal-
jas region. Sunn
2. Better and adequate street light-
ing in Trucksvilleé,; Shavertown,
Fernbrook:and Dallas. © ~~
Sanitary sewage disposal system
~ for Dallas. : : ; :
~ Closer cooperation between Dal-
las borough and surrounding
_ townships. SEA
~ Consolidated high schools and
better cooperation between those
_that now exist. '
~The appointment of a shade tree
~ commission to supervise the pro-
tection and see to the planting of
shade trees along the streets of
Dallas, Shavertown, Trucksville
and Fernbrook. :
~The formation of a Back Moun-
2 omeowners Interested
~ in the development of local insti-
~ tutions. the organization of new
ones and the development of a
; community consciousness in Dal-
las, Trucksville, Shavertown and
~ Fernbrook.
. A modern concrete highway lead-
ing from Dallas and connecting
the Sullivan Trail at Tunkban- |
nock. 7
The elimination of petty politics
from Dallas borough council and
all school boards in the region
covered by The Dallas Post.
10. And all other projects which help
tc make the Back Mountain sec-
tion a better place to live in.
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THE PRESIDENT'S TERM
One-half of the term for which
President Hoover was elected has been
completed. Only a little more than a
ear from now his party will decide
hether to renominate him or to select
5 mebody else to carry the Republi-
n banner. “Between now and June
1932 both parties will ‘concentrate
their attention upon the administration
of the Government of the United
States, but upon how best to hold or
to seize the reins of Government for
themselves. :
There is something radically wrong
5 th a system which gives the Presi-
dent, whether he be Democrat or Re-
publican, barely time to get settled in
"his - job before the whole country is
thrown into a turmoil over the ques
tion of his successor. Everybody with
good sense recognizes that that is true,
‘but the problem is how to change it.
- One proposal which has been ser-
oily put forth many times. and which
might work better than the present
system is to amend the Constitution so
“playing politics” in
office with an eye to renomination,
‘and it would ‘give him time to master
ie job and prove his constructive
robably it will be a long time before
t plan will be put into “effect, if
all. Another suggested: system is
to shorten the time between the elec-
tion of the President and his assump-
tion of office, as well as to cut down
the length of political campaigns. That
has good sense in it too. After a new
President and Congress have been
elected in November, the old ones con-
tinue to function until the fourth ot
the next March. Once the people
have decided upon a change, why not
ake the change effective at once?
Luzerne county and in the attainment;
AND HIS BANK
By ROME C. STEPHENSON
President American Bankers Association
ANKERS recognize that their busi-
ness carries especially heavy pub-
lic responsibilities and welcome" all
sound measures to
aid them meet the
duties this im-
poses. Unceasing
efforts “to bring
about continually
improving meth-
ods to safeguard
depositors in
banks of all kinds
have long been up-
permost in the
plans of bankers’
organiza-
tions throughout
the nation. They
are not the outgrowth merely of the
past year of business adversity, but
have been carried on actively for many
years and have resulted in great prog-
R. C. STEPHENSON
“| ress along lines of better, safer bank-
ing methods. Although banking along
with all business has suffered reverses,
conditions in this field have been far
less severe than they would have been
had not bankers been widely success
ful in their endeavors to develop the
high standards of banking that now
generally prevail. $ 2
The American Bankers Association
and bankers’ organizations in every
state actively support the principle
of government supervision of banking.
The national shanks; which receive
their charters to do business from the
federal government; are under the su-
pervision of the Comptroller of the
Currency at Washington. Through his
efficient staffs of expert bank examiners"
"in every section he has the duty and
powers to keep watch of the way every
national bank is being conducted, to
suggest desirable changes in its poli-
cies or methods and even to step in
and take control for the protection of
the depositors if such action is war-
ranted. The state banks, also, whieh
are chartered by the various state gov-
ernments, are subject fo similar sus
pervision and control by state bank
officials. In addition banks in many
places have long maintained voluntary
clearing house associations which en-
force even closer supervision over their
members. ; Hs
Bankers Favor Public Supervision
Present laws adequately enforced:
contain ample provisions for govern-
ment supervision. Bankers univer-
sally believe in strong, capable banking
departments manned by officials with
‘the discretion and courage to enforce
these laws and act under them as the
common welfare demands. They be-
lieve that these public officials should
be paid sufficient salaries to command
the services of men of character, ability
and a resolute spirit of public service.
They believe also that the banking de-
partments should bs kept free from
all political or other special influence
in order to be able to act at all times
with single-minded independence solely
for the benefit of the public interest.
Although banks in the United States
operating under state or national char-
ters are thus subject to supervision of
public authority, they.are strictly pri-
vate business enterprises. They are
owned by their stockholders and ad
ministered by officials chosen through
the boards of directors which their
stockholders eléct. No bank is owned or
operated by the United States Gov-
ernment, nor, with one small exception
in a western state, by any state gov-
ernment. The function of government
in banking is to promote and enforce
careful banking administration through |
the system of examination and super-
vision which I have described. This,
however, does not relieve the individu-
al depositor from .the necessity of
judging and choosing carefully as to
his banking relations, just as in his
other business or professicnal rela-
this last fourth of March is not the
Congress that was elected last Novem-
ber. Those Senators and Representa-
tives will not meet, unless called in
special session, until. next December,
more than a year after their election.
Then, after a single session in Con-
as to make the President’s term! gress, the members of the lower house
will have to go out and ‘seek re-elec-
tion.
In 1787, when the system was set
up in the Constitution, it took weeks
or even months to travel between the
outlying ‘States and the seat of Gov-
ernment, and it was necessary to give
newly elected officials plenty of time
“after -election” before taking “up” their
duties. But there is no excuse now.
Two or three weeks would be plenty
of time, after election day, in which
to count all the votes, and have them
certified, and inaugurate the new
President and the new Congress. And
a campaign which runs from June un-
til November takes up very much
more time than is these
days of rapid communications and
universal ability to read, to educate
the voters to the merits of the different
needed, in
The Congress whose sessions ended
issues and candidates.
:
THE INDIVIDUAL
fnvnsthe
tions. He must ilquife for Aimself Into
the character and type of institution
and men he shall do ‘business with,
satisfying himself as to their reputa-
tion, reliability and capability. These
qualities are essential to complete the
element of safety and dependability in
any human institution.
An Illusory Law
The bank deposit guaranty law in
any form is a snare and a delusion, de-
clares a banker in a state where it has |
been tried, adding: “It is a license and
encouragement to irresponsible banks
and banking and penalizes capital sol-
vency and prudent banking. It creates
| a sense of security in the minds of the
unthinking and uninformed that is
false and impossible to be realized on
ultimately. To compare it to legitimate
insurance is without reason and ab-
surd. It jeopardizes the solvency of all
banks and the safety of all depositors
for the theoretical safety of a few.
Guaranty schemes always have been,
are and always will be impotent, futile
and disastrous. It is not new. Has been
tried, failed and discarded at intervals
for more than 100 years in this coun-
try. No well-informed, honest, and in-
telligent mind can accept it in prin-
ciple or practice. Competent hank su-
peryision and restriction of banks to
territory that will warrant sufficient
capital investment and accounts is the
only sane and honest course and will
afford all the guaranty -the depositing
public is entitled to as compared with
all other human affairs.”
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LETTERS .....
TO THE
....EDITOR
‘We are indebted to Mr. M. C. Mosier,
of Dallas R: D. 1," for the following
clipping taken from the ‘April 20, 1909,
issue of the Wilkes-Barre Record. We
are always pleased to receive such con-
tributions and are glad to publish
them whenever merit warrants.—Edi-
tor.
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN DEAD
The Elder Dr. Laing of Dallas Dead
After An All Winter's Illness From
a Complication of Diseases
(Daily Record, April 10, 1909)
After’ riding the hills of Dallas for a
period of thirty-seven years, minister-
ing to the sick, Dr. James G. Laing
passed to his final reward yesterday
after an illness which covered the en-
tire past winter. A long life of useful-
ness came to an end and there is
mourning in’ the region of which Dal-
las ig the centre. His age was 78
years.
Dr. James Gardner Laing was born
March 14, 1831, at Argyle, Washington
County, N. Y, He was the oldest son
of Rev. James Laing and Mary CGard-
ner Laing. His parents came from
Scotland. His father was a Présbyter-
ian clergyman at Andes, N. Y. Dr.
Laing received his medical education
at Albany Medical College.
Dr. Laing is survived by his wife and
one son, Dr. H. M. Laing of Dallas; a
sister, Miss Anna Laing of Paterson,
N. J, and two brothers, Robert and
William of Andes 'N. Y. Two years
ago he lost~-a son, Robert, and never
fully recovered from the shock inci-
dent to that bereavement,
His wife is Charlotte Lee Morris,!
whom in 1861 he married at Cudde-
backville, N. Y, She was a daughter
of Rev. Henry Morris.
The funeral will take place in Dallas
at 2 p. M. on Wednesday from the
residence.
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WHICH COMES FIRST?
Dear Editor: —
The old hen blinking on her nest out
in the chicken house doesn’t know a
thing about market prices, supply and
demand, the depression, or farm relief.
But day after day, week .aftet week she
just keeps putting the same vitamins
same proteins....the same
healthful food value which nature or-
dained in those eggs....whether they
sell for 12 cents or sixty cents a dozen.
And if the world turned upside down
tomorrow we’d probably find the hen
sitting placidly underneath the mess
turning out her daily globelet of health
wrapped in the world’s most sanitary
package.
So if the same full ration....the
same bundle of carbohydrates, mine-
rals, fats and vitamins is appearing
day after day from mother hen we're
certainly getting a bargain now when
her product is selling .at the lowest
price in many years. , Let's crack a few.
extra. eggs into the frying pan for
breakfast. ‘We'll all be better for it.
, A. BIG CHICKEN
MAN FROM THE WEST.
rrr tse eter. —
The following letter clipped from the
Tunkhannock Republican will be of in-
terest to, all who remember the old
covered bridges that once dotted thej:
streams of Wyoming county:
Montrose. Newspaper Man Appeals For:
Preservation of Wooden Bridges
Dear Sirs: .. : :
Every once in awhile I note that one}
of “Wyoming , county's - old wooden
bridges is being condemned and a new
bridge erected. 1 want to speak a
word through The Republican for{
these “relics” of bygone years. The
past year or two I have travelea
through sections of Wyoming county
where the old covered bridges still ex-
ist. I have grown to love them and
never do I approach one of these worn
patriarchs of pioneer times but I feel
a quickening of heart beats and mem-
ory goes back to the days when Wyo-
ming’s hills were covered with primi-
tive forests.
In this hurrying age it ig refreshing
to meet up with “one of these old
friends,” for they do seem like friends
to anyone who Ioves the out of doors.
True they are antiquated and quite
‘things or ig it simply the low ebb of
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The Amateur Gardener Starts His Spring Exercise By Albert T. Reid|
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* NOW -LISTEN To ME. EVERY YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME You -
ARE A BIG STRONG MAN AND YOU MUST HAVE A GARDEN WHERE YoU
CAN WORKOUT. THEN \VHEN THE \VEEDS GET REAL HEALTHY YOUR WIND
S$ OUT.
HE LAST TIME,
TWICE.
\WELL®~ I'VE EXERCISED A HOE ~
SO YOU BETTER THINK
I'M fouT FOR Goon!”
useless for heavy traffic, but I trust
that county officials will permit some
of these old bridges to sand as monu-
ments to the past. Wayne and Susqu-
hanna counties have done away with
these covered bridges, and I doubt if
there are any standing in Bradford |
county. They have followed the pass-
ing of log houses, which were not un-
common a few decades ago.
I know I express the sentiments of
thousands of Wyoming county people,
and many thousands more outside the
confines of your county when I make
this feeble plea for the old covered
bridge. Let some of them stand. The
quaint, sturdy structures, with their
heavy beams showing the marks of
the broad-axe and planks used un-
stintedly in their sides and tops, cause
us to" hark back three or four geéner-
ations when the men and women of
that time were ready to cheerfully un-
derge hardships which make it possi-
ble for us to live lives of greater eas.)
—even though we may not profit by |
their labor and devotion to principles |
as much as we might, |
To totally remove these old land- |
marks bridging the streams of breauti-|
ful Wyoming seems like sacrilege. I
trust that the Daughters of the Amer:- |
can Revolution and other citizens who
love the lore of pioneer days will aid
in keeping ‘some of these old monu-|
ments standing, The daughters or
Wyoming have done much in rearing
markers on historic sites. Let them use
their efforts toward preserving some |
of these relics which once destroyed |
can never again be replaced.
Sincerely,
WwW. W. AITKEN.
Montrose, Pa.
ne ietesbmieg
LIKES SPORT NEWS
Dallas, Pa., |
March 7, 1931. J
Mr. Howard Risley, Editor,
Dallas Post, |
Dallas, Pa.
Friend Howard:
Allow me to compliment you on two |
phases of your paper, the one in which
you are giving more and more space |
to the athletics of this section. The]
schools and community seem to have |
an intense ‘interest in basketball. It
has been good judgment on your part
to anticipate . this and report that
which they want to read about. The
other item is your editorial in the|
March 6th issue of The post on “Capi-
tal. Punishment.” 1 like your stand]
very. much. -
Would you care to ‘give a little
thought to the petty gambling in our
public schools? It is the practice
among school children, boys and. girls,
from the first grade up, of playing
marbles for keeps. TI try to analyze
my own attitude to determine if IT am]
out . of tune with the. times, or if
gambling” is gambling. = We have ak}
ways had it when you and I were in
school, but never to the extent it now
persists. Is it the changing order of
morals which follows all war? It it is
low morals then sow the seed and the
Parent-Teachers’ Association probably
will cultivate and harvest for yon.
R Very. truly yours,
L. A. McHENRY.
a.
WELL, MR. BLANK
37 State St., Bloomfield, N. J,
. March 6, 1931.
Dallas Post,
Dear Editor: — -
I have been informed by Mr. Calvin
McHose that at the time of your re-
cent crusade he Xindly contributed the
Sum of $1.00, and requested that the
subscription, thusly purchased, be sent
to me at the above address. I have
yet to receive a single copy, and hope
that you will consult your records, and
insert my name therein so that IT may
receive my first copy in the near fu-
ture.
Very truly yours,
Just as soon as we know your name
-Alderson-
Adda Garinger, Correspondent
Sara Keiper.
AUTOCASTER, -
end at Rock Glen, Pa. as a guest of
Harry Allen, Jr., who recently un-
Alderson Epworth League will have [derwent an operation for appendicitis,
two special speakers present on Sun- |ig doing nicely.
day evening. Henry Mangapella, presi-
dent of Noxen Epworth League, will
be one. All are welcome to these
meetings.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Oakes and fam-
ily and Messrs. Ferris Richardson and
Pete Gorman, of Towanda, spent Sun-
day evening with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
monia.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Thompson have
taken up their residence in the Swlii-
van apartment in Dallas.
Iris Kitchen is nursing the small son
of Paul Nulton, who is ill with pneu-
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Garinger enter-
Kitchen. tained a number of young people from
Adda Garinger is spending the week- | Wilkes-Barre on ‘Sunday evening,
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