PAGE SIX THE Vik “AN AUTUMNAL REVERIE” Between the balmy airs of sum- mer and the piercing blasts of Hs winter there comes an intervening : space of time, which seems to bid farewell to the departing days and herald the coming season. 01d Sol make§ his visits short- er as each day advances and he delights, as it were, in hiding be- ‘hind the fleecy clouds. A chill- ness pervades the land and we hu- mans scurry to. the actic. and search in drawers, ©}? trunks or chests for woolens, furs, or flan- nels from the year before. The verdue of the lawns suc- cumbs to tawny shades and even giant forests shiver from the cold and shake loose from their moor- ings the hallowed leaves there crowning glory. The evergreens alone resist the vagrant blasts and raise their mittened hands in mute. - defiance. But their hour is not far distant when some wandering woodsman will covet them for Yuletide decoration. It is indeed a melancholy sea- son, this period of death, this me- tamorphosis which nature under- goes and we should pause and con- We might | express our feelings thus, though template the change. slightly plagiarized: — The melancholy days have come, The saddest of the year, The coal bin’s almost empty And spring is no where near! But as autumn tinctures sum- ‘mer, so does springtime vivify Mo ol hat heat for ME!" —— heat tions may be all right for the feilow who don't care what his heat costs. Give me coal for real econ- omy and constant winter comfort. Clarence Shupp Center Moreland 50-R-16 ST 7 fies re J lk aE 3920 ~~ . * LIGHT WEIGHT : HEIFERS SELL BEST By Dr. John M. Evvard ‘When well fattened heifers, of choice to prime grade, reach the desirable weight of 600 to 750 pounds, the pro- portion of fat to lean in the carcass is about right and the size of cuts most suitable for the housewife’s de- mand. | If the heavier, super finished weights of 800 to 1000 pounds are attained bhe- fore shipping, the preponderance of fat becomes a cooking and table nui- sance. Likewise, the cuts are too heavy. The proportion of lean to fat weights for near-best taste is approxi- mately 70 to 30, that it 70 per cent of hand seperable leans as contrasted with 30 per cent fat. At the heavier weights, the heifer carcass may run over one-half fat, which means tco much grease ana waste. As compared to the lighter weights, the lean meat of heavy heif- ers is not improved in marbling, taste, BE avn Ll F * [color and tenderness by the rr RICULTURAL AUTHOR! * longer feeding. And at the strong weights, | the heifer ribs and fore quarters are i super-laden with the wasty fat. Steer calves, on the other hand, may well stand a longer feeding period than heifers, because after the 600 pound fattening stage is reached they portion to fat than do the heifers. put on much more lean meat in pro- But even with baby beef steers, now- a-days, the heiver weights of 900 pounds or over are often sharply dis- counted in selling value, so much so that it is questionable in many cases, particularly when one figures the in- creased cost of gains at the heavier weights, whether the baby beef steers should exceed the 900 pound fat weight when sold. FE In these modern days, we cattle feeders must keep in tune with the market price trends, sell our young weights rather than make them over- light ripe and over-weight before bidding well fattened cattle to hanay them adieu. Bloomingdale adelphia Friday to attend school. Mrs. Oscar Neely and sins Clifton and Billie, and Mrs. Harold Booth called on Mrs. Rollin Culver Thurs- day afternoon. Richard Sutliff is moving to Nanti- coke. ° Mrs. John Metcalf was at coke Wednesday. On Saturday evening a very color- ful man-less wedding was held in the M. P. church hall to an appreciative audience the bride wore white and carried chrysanthemums. Fillowing are the characters: Edith Harrison, Monema, Martz, Myrtle An- derson, Kathryn Bilby, Bertha Martz, Rebecca Martz, Carola Graham, Mil- dred Trimble, Hattie Post, Hester Wolfe, Anna Moss, Elva Sutliff, Eli- zabeth Sutliff, Supper was served wedding. Members of the social’ com- mittee of our Christian Endeavor Si- who sponsored the wedding Nanti- following | ciety p.. and Anna Moss. | Milton Gregory, president ‘of the lo- | cal Christain Endeavor presided at the ‘regular business meeting held in the hall Friday evening, the following at- tended: Hester Martz Wolfe, Anna Moss, Kathryn Bilby, Russell Bilby, Bertha Martz, Rebecca Martz, Eleanor i Moss, Carola Graham, Edith Harrison, Jasper Harrison, Dewey Martz, Mone- : ma Martz, Mildred Tremble, James TI-O-GA FEED SERVICE THE QUESTION OF COST is probably very much in your mind as the Fall and Winter feeding season approaches: INVESTIGATE TI-O-GA FEED SERVICE before You will be surprised at what savings you will make by using this method as compared with any other. TALK THIS OVER WITH YOUR TIOGA-EM- PIRE DEALER who can give you full details and you make a decision. feeding instructions. DALLAS, PENNA. DEVENS MILLING CO. Feeds Manufactured by ; TIOGA-EMPIRE FEED MILLS, Inc. WAVERLY, N.Y. | | | a Ww | . KUNKLE, PENNA. | 9:30 a. m. | Tremble, Hattie Post, Clayton Wil- liams, Elva Sutliff, Elizabeth Sutliff, Billy Tremble, Doris Tremble, Jean Miss Ella Culver will motor to Phil- | Tremble and Milton Gregory. The annual church fair if the M. P. church will be held Friday evening, December 11. A fish supper will be served. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the M. E. Church met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Vosler, Thursday. Sunday School at 2 p. m., preaching at 3 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Martz of this place, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fletcher of Shavertown were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Booth and Mr. and Mrs. Moss. | -Huntsville- Church Service Sunday, M. E. Church. Morning Worship 9:30 a. m, | | Sunday School 10:30 a. m. Epworth | the | League 6:30 p. m. | | Christian Church morning worship | Sunday School 10:30 a. m. | | | Christian Endeavor 6:45 p. m. were; Hattie Post, Edith Harrison, | The Woman's | Home Missionary So- | ciety will meet i in the M. E. Church next Wednesday at a twelve o'clock | | Luncheon. Following lunch a box of | | Christmas gifts will be packed to send | to Ellis Island. | president of tne Society will preside, | A. J. Hadsall will review the les- Mrs. !son from the Study Book. Enigmas Come and bring a gift. [Garharart Mrs. Clarence Elston | DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1931. Pennsylvania Was First State in Rail, - Steamboat and Highway Development LYCOMING Vv LUZERNE Upper Left: The ‘Stourbridge Lion,” at Honesdale, Pa., was the first railroad locomotive to operate in the Western Hemisphere. Upper Right: World's first passenger-carry ing steamboat was navigated on Delaware River. Below: First concrete state highways still doing duty in Pennsylvania between Easton and Allentown. By WILLIAM SYLVAN ENNSYLVANIA'S importance in the development of transpor- tation methods is unique. Even though the year 1931 witnessed a slowing up in modern highway building, the Keystone state is fa- mous because it was one of the very first to undertake a progressive pro- gram of durable highway construc- tion, when it became apparent that the automobile was to become a prac- tical vehicle of commerce. But more interesting still is the fact that it was in this state that two epoch-making events in the annals of transportation took place. Epoch-making, to Le sure they were, but it is doubtful if the average per- son is aware of these two facts of authert c historical record: The first steam locomotive to turn a wheel on rails in the whole western hemisphere rolled out of Honesdale on August 8, .829. The first passenger-carrying steam- boat in the world was invented by John Fitch in Bucks County and made its maiden trip on the Delaware River, between Philadelphia and Burlington, N. J. in June, 1790. This was nearly twenty years before Robert Fulton's Clermont steamed up the Hudson River. . The ‘Stourbridge Lion’ was the name of the diminutive locomotive which gave Pennsylvania the dis- tinction of being the first state to wit- ness the mechanical propulsion of a vehicle on rails. It was imported from Stourbridge, England by Horatio Allen of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, for use in the com- pany's coal mining operations. The records show that after two trips the Stourbridge Lion had to be abandoned because of track diflicuities. For a good many years the: Stourbridge Lion rusted away in a shed, but finally it came into its own again as an exhibit ‘n the Smithsonian Insti- tute in Washington, D. C., where its record is being forever preserved. John Fitch’. steamboat does not seem to have cver been christened. This may have been because the in- ventor was too poor to buy cham- pagne. That he was often on inti- mate terms with poverty there is no doubt. Spiirned or ignored by such celebritics as George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, and given scant consideration by the State legislatures of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, it was with great difficulty that he finally succeeded in building a steam- ship that would carry passengers. Here is the first steamboat advertise- ment ever printed, which appeared in June, 1790 in the Pennsylvania Packet and other newspapers. : THE STEAMBOAT is now ready to take passengers, and is intended to set off from Arch Street ferry in Philadelphia, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, for Rurlington, Bristol, Bordentown nd Trenton, to re- turn Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Price for passengers 2’6 to Burlington and Bristol, 3/9 to Bordentown and Trenton. Since the days of the Stourbridge Lion and John Fitch’s boat, rail line and steamshir ravel have made steady progress until today we have transportation service that is one of | has the marvels of the world. In a re- markably short time the automobile developed from a sputtering street curiosity to a highly efficient vehicle, of which lhere are nearly 27,000,000 on our roads and streets today. , Yet strangely enough, highway de- velopment has not kept pace with this tremendous production and util- ization of .he automobile which hag done so much to promote the social and economical welfare of this coun- try. Too many ‘‘horse and buggy’ types of roads are being built and maintained at great annual expense in places where the need for durable, first class highways is clearly indi- cated. An analogous situation would be to have powerful locomotives and fine coaches and pullman cars but only poorly ballasted and dangerous roadbeds over which to operate them. With many it is a, matter of re- gret that Pennsylvania has virtually abandoned first class construction on the state highway system and con- centrated on low-cost surfacing for a large mileage of back roads which will serve relatively little traffic. Long ago engineers pointed out that roads such as these become a tre- mendously, and increasingly, costly burden to motorists because of the extensive repairs which are neces- sary annually as a result of damage by freezing and rain. The re~ords show that in the eight years vp to 1921 the mileage of durable highway construction in Pennsylvania exceeded that of all other types, but that in 1921 durable construction rep- resented less than eight per cent of the total. 3 Inc. Tunkhannock COMPLETE BATH FIXTURES Snow white sanitary fixtures at our low prices, create a lot of business the vear around. See our complete display, showing white sinks at $5.00 up. Mrs. E. J. Miller of Noxen has recently reroofed with our 3 in 1 strip shingles. These shin- gles weigh 245 lbs per They'll last a lifetime. REROOF BEFORE THE SNOW FLIES square. ASPHALT SHINGLES 4 in 1 sa. $4.50 Arro sq. 5.00 2in1 sq. 5.50 ROLL ROOFING loc $1.20 1.45 1.65 2.10 sa. 5.25 We apply roofiing if requested J. B. Anderson of Wyoming, purchased a great farm helper from us recently; an Ohio Man- ure Soreader. .The Ohio is both light and strona and will make Mr. Anderson’s labors easier. LET US HEAT YOUR HOME Light Medium Heavy Ex. Heavy Slate Channeldrain Steel gf dered Mrs. G. ® a surprise dinner in the church par- & lors anniv- | : lersary. During the serving of the din- B ner, J. Alfred Rogers, president of the ¥ | class, presented Mrs. Learn in. behalf 3 lof the class with a large basket of | Bronze and White Chrysanthemums, § as a token of the love and esteem in K | which she is held by the class. A large | illuminated birthday cake, especially ¥ prepared for the occasion furnished 1 {the light for the serving of the dessert. @ Following the dinner the guests were | h lentertained with games and music | § | furnished by members of the § Those present were: Mrs. G. A. Learn, g Mrs. Lee Earl, Bertha Randall, Janc | J. Alfred Rogers, will be asked by Mrs. Albert Perrego The members of the B. A. Class of the M. E. Sunday School recently ten- A. Learn, their teacher her on birthday class. | Evans, Betty Ruth Hazel, Olive Evans, Betty Breckenridge, Mildred Bertram, James Beacham, HUNTING HUNTING & FISHING 18 a 52-page monthly maga= sine crammed full of hunt= ing, fishing, camping end trappingstoriesandplictures, valuable information about uns, revolvers, fishing tacke e, game law changes, best Dlacss to get fish and game, el Only $1.00°¢ for two whole years 24 bl issues. Bubscribe now an we willsend you FREE of charge this Remington Sheath Knife, with 434 in. blade of finest steel and big handle shaped to fit han ogetherwithleathersheath, Thig knife 18 just what you need for hunting, fishing and camping trips. | Clip this adv, and enclose with $1.00 bill, Mall your, order to-day to HUNTING '& FISHING Transit Bidg, ‘ Boston, Mass. = | Mrs. S. P. Frantz, Mrs. Ralph | Paul Johnson, Harold Elston, Walter Palmer, Robert Kastenbander, David Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kastenband- er, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnson, Mr. land Mrs. Paul Eckert, Mr. and Mrs. | I Clarence Elston. | | Lehman spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bertram. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rineman recent- ly visited Misses Elizabeth and May Johnson at Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. Ralph W. Shaver of Brookville | is spending two weeks with local friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elston and | children of Idetown spent Sunday with Mr. ad Mrs. Arthur J. Hadsall. lall day meeting and quilting in the [M. E. Church on Thursday. A birth- day committee composed of Mrs. T. W. I A, Learn, Mrs. Clarence Elston, ser- Stoeckel, Mrs. H. A. Randall, Mrs. G ved dinner to ‘the following: Mrs. A. J. Hadsall, Mrs. Ida Wilcox, ‘W. {ver, Mrs. George Brown, Mrs. Celeste IK. Prutzman, Mrs. Jack Kennan, Mrs. M. E. Keeler, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. | Prutzman and son Frank, Mrs. Cecil | Moore, Walter Covert, C. F. Terry, J. | Alfred Rogers, Mrs. Frank H. John- son, Mrs. J. A. Rogers, Mrs. J. R. Ber- tram, Mrs. Gordon Johnson, T. ‘W. Dankes, | Stoeckel, Mrs. Harvey W. | Mrs. Nellie Bertram and children of | The Ladies’ ‘Aid Society held their ! Mr. and | Sha- | When In Luzerne Visit THOMAS RESTAURANT 77 MAIN STREET Formerly Weidners Lunch Home Cooking Special Dinners Home Made Pies Just Like Home Phil and Letha Will Be Glad To See You Phone Kingston 7-9422 Mrs. George Kostenbander, Miss Jane | Keener, Mrs. C. M. Pettebone, Mrs. Lee Earl, son Boyd, Harold B. Elston, Mrs. G. A. Learn, Mrs. H. A. Randall, Mrs. T. W. Stoeckel, Mrs. Clarence Elston. : od Mr. and Mrs. G. ‘A. Learn entertain- ‘ed sixteen persons at dinner on Mon- |day to celebrate their birthday anni- | versaries, also their Wedding anni- versary and the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bertram. Bingo and Card Party to raise mon- {ey for milk for the underweight chil- dren will be given at the Dallas High | School on Monday evenina November 130th, at eight o'clock. This party is being sponsored by the | Entre Nous Club and the money rais ed is to be given to the Parent Teach- ers’ Association. Many beautiful prizes have been donated by Merchants of | Dallas and vicinity and are on display {in Kuehn's Drug Store at Dallas, Pa. | Tickets are fifty cents. | | | ] NOTICE OF LIQUIDATION Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned is closing up its affairs, and creditors are notified to present claims for payment on or before February 1, 1932. Petition for dissolution will be presented to the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne Co., on February 1, 1982 at 10 o'clock a. m. FARMERS STATE BANK OF SHICK- SHINNY BY: O. S. GREGORY, PRESIDENT BEACH SHOEMAKER, SECRETARY C. W. Dickson, Attorney, Trust Company Building, Berwick, Pa. October 16, 1931. JOHN T. JETER REGISTERED ENGINEER Surveying Maps Estimating Center Hill Road Phone Dallas 174-R-3
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