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‘Municipal lighting plant.
A free library located in the Dallas region.
and Dallas.
Sanitary sewage disposal system’ for Dallas.
Closer co- operation between Dallas | borough and surrounding town-
hips.
Py Consolidated high schools and better co- operation Between those that
now exist.
: 8. The formation of a Back Mountain Club made up of business men and
home owners interested in the development of a community consciousness in
Dallas; Trucksville, Shavertown and Fernbrook.
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Sullivan’ Trail at Tunkhannock.
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covered by THE DALLAS POST.
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brook
RE
1M.
~ Why thers isa “utilities Gestion’: :
Ira Jewell Williams, noted Philadelphia attorney, wins
his suit, forcing the State Senate Utilities
Investigating Committee to discontinue
operations.
Williams is counsel for James S. Benn,
former._Public Service Commissioner, one
of the witnesses who refused to testify before the commit-
‘tee. Williams, in his own name, sued as a taxpayer to en-
join the committee from conducting hearings.
He pleaded that the committee was wrongfully created
ata special session, called for another purpose. The Court
allowed ‘the plea.
But what a pitiful, three-for-a-nickel point this is, on
Which to block a pobe legal in every other way, and earn-
+1y desired by the majority of the citizens of Pennsyl-
vania. . Is there any other taxpayer in the Commonwealth,
besides Mr. Williams, who really believes that spending
$100,000 on the probe is a misuse of public funds?
There is a utilities issue precisely because of these tac-
tics on the part of opponents of utility regulation.
~~ And, if they only knew it, the more such tactics they
use, the greater the public anger, the more far-reaching the
~ successive changes in utilities law.
3 .
‘The Public
And The |
Utilities
A
*
President-elect Roosevelt, Governor Lehman, of New
York and Governor Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, are co-oper
ting with the Institute of Public Engineering in an ol
into the distribution costs of electric light and power.
In other words, after years of propagandist and re-
pressive effort by some of the great power interests, the
American people have as their next Prsident a power lib-
“eral, and have put power liberals into the Governors’ chairs
of the two leading industrial States.
Doesn't this show the more rapacious type of power
interest what is happening? Isn’t this enough to convince |
~ them that the more they try to kill this issue without per-
~ mitting it to be fought through, the more alive the issue be-
comes?
~The greatest’danger to the power industry does not
come from the liberals who demand fair, low rates, but
from those interests in the industry which fight these very
reasonable requests.
Williams’ “victory” will force the Senate to start a new
inquiry, with teeth in it. That is all he has accomplished.
* * *
~~ If the power industry, and all connected with it, desire
it to continue to exist as a private business, they will wel-
~ come thorough housecleaning and effective public regula-
; tion.
Fighting every investigation and regulatory statute,
they fight the 123,000,000 people of the United States of
America. In that battle they must lose. Fighting against
public control is fighting for public ownership.
: Taxpayers, tired of supporting city, State and Federal
drones, will be interested in the latest news from Moscow.
2; Walter Duranty reports that Stalin
- Good Way
To Handle
Drones
henchmen, a third of the Communist
party, as too ignorant and unfit for lead-
ership.
Should he do so, Duranty points out, he will only be fol-
lowing the example of Lenin who, in 1921, expelled about
‘half the party members.
Now Sovietism has many defects — bureaucratic inef-
ficiency, inexperience, lack of flexibility—all too obvious in
the slowing up of the Five-Year Plan.
But this habit of discharging public officials whole-
‘sale for shirking their jobs is one that our‘ own political
bosses might profitably imitate.
POST 18 a youthtul weekly rural-suburban newspaper, >
{ 2
Better ‘and adequate street lighting in Trucksville, Shavertown, Fern-
may soon “fire” nearly a million of his |
—K
Iss
Kaspa, a four year old white
boy, is found in the heart of the |
jungle by Kali, a powerful lioness,
who has just been bereft of her
cubs and the little man-child is
raised by her in the midst of the |
lion family. The family consists |
of Kali’s mate, the leader of the
pack, her two young cubs Ruka
and Dogo, another male lion,Ngu-
va and Mua,his mate, who is
trapped and killed by natives. Pa-
ka dies of old age and the family
is left without a leader. One day,
while the lions are enjoying their
kill, Bulu,
black-maned, young and powerful,
drives Nguva and the two cubs
away,
a strange male lion,
chases Kaspa up a tree,
and takes his place at the Kill.
Kali, obedient to the law that
governed her kind, accepts Bulu |
“as the new leader of the pack.
CHAPTER 4
It seemed to Kali that they could
not do better than obey Bulu and
wax fat under his dominance. Ruka:
and ‘Dogo would fall into line, of
course. The habit of subsurvience to!
an older line was implanted in them. |
They were not old and experienced |
enough to take independent
Nguva must fend for himself. He had
challenged Bulu's leadership and had
lacked the determination to gain his
point. Kali obeyed the instinct of her
kind. But Kaspa was not so amend-
able.
He understood that while Bulu tul-
ed the lion pack there was no place
in it for him, and the idea of joining
with strangers or living a solitary life
was frightening.
He resented the intrusion of the big
lion into their circle, and,
young lions, had no wish to let that
resentment cool. He had .all the per-
tinacity and determination of man
As long as he lived Bulu would be
his enemy and he< would direct all his
energies to overcome him,
He watched the dawn break over
the dark line of trees, and in silence
suffered his companions to
daytime
action. |
unlike the
depart to
seek their lair.” When
had vanished in the
waiting hyenas had
they
glade the
gathered to the
he slipped down
and
iremajns of the kill,
ING OF THE Ji
a Quramount Gicture
Based on the novel "THE LION'S WAY”
By C.T. STONEHAM
COPYRIGHT 1931 BY CHARLES THURLEY STONEHAM
'| He found the old lion lying in a don-
i tail-end of the rains, the donga had
{water in it, and Nguva had drunk |
| there.
|mauled and had lost a great deal of
{conveyed to him his sympathy.
| his injuries.
| his
lets, as such
the tree and took the trail of Nguva. |
: YAH
Tal A e
ga about a mile away. It being the
The old fellow was badly
blood. Kaspa sat own by him and
Nu-
va did not reply. He was feeling
sore and savage; his pride had been
hurt even more than his body.
Kaspa understood that he would
lie up near the water for at least
three days to recover somewhat from
‘After that he intended
to live solitary. He had not had a
mate since Mua's death, and he did
not want one. Doubtless there was
plenty of meat to be had by a single
lion, and - certainly when a kill had
been made it would last longer. He
did not ask Kaspa to share his for-
tunes, by which the boy knew that
he had no desire to be reminded of
ignnminous dismissal from
pack. It seemed probabzle that Nguga
| would turn into a dangerous old’ mi-
-the |
WILL IT COME TO THIS?
~ sroell
You'VE GONE
ENOUVGH
FAR y:
©
An Exchange
The following -: editorial com-
menting on the formation of a
borough in Kingston township is
| sogynist, who would become ey cattle |
‘or mankiller and eventually end his |
life in a battle against spears or bul- |
beasts always do.
—~Kaspa stayed the day with
He didn’t know what to do. In his |
mind a fierce anger against Bula held
sway, but-he knew that his only saf- |!
‘ety lay in keeping out of the big lion's |
way. He dared not remain fin the dis-
trict, for sooner
would take him
or later his
by
trees. or rocks at hand, and then he
could not live a minute in combat
with. that terrific strength.
When night came he took leave ot
Nguva and headed away up-river
He had determined to seek the high
veld where Paka had heen fond of
hunting when the dry season was
firmly established. It was nearly a
hundred miles to the cave in the don-
ga, but he accomplished it
nights. He killed a dik-dik
forest antelope) on the way,
when at last the high, open
was about felt
ful and contented.
Things were different from
he had expected.
not ‘yet left the and
plains. covered with these
tle and little
in which both men and cattle lived.
(Continued next week)
in two
(a small
and
country
him he quite 'cheer-
what |
The Bemogo had
district, thet
were cat-
the mud-built villages
Dallas As
‘By Harry Anderson
As one of the Post’s former publish- |
ers, 1 have
ley to say something to his army of
readers. I hardly know where to be-
gin or what to say, and what appears
this week may be considered as sort |
of an introduction to a possibly more
extended resume of some of the his-
tory of Dallas and .vicinity during my
residence here.
The beginning of a new year in-
variably invites retrospe ction. In our
idle moments memory goes back over
the old year and recalls its joys, its
sorrows, and perchance, its lost op-
portunities. To many of us reminis-
cences reach back far beyoaa the pre-
ceding year. We think of the old
home town of yesteryears of its
primitive business places, its dusty
roads and its old-fashjoned school and
church, And we try to choke back
the lumps: in our throat and dry the
moistened eyes as we pull aside the
veil that screens us from the distant
past to peer into the faces of those
who have gone before — those we
loved and honored, but whose memory
to many of the present generation
means little more than that they ex-
isted ,a fact attested probably by no
further knowledge than the inscrip-
the nearby cemeteries.
But, ah, friends, how much more
that memory means to some of us. It
is nearly half a century ago that I
began to know Dallas well. And in
the years that followed I formed ac-
quajntances and friendships which T
count among the dearest remember-
ances of my life, If I were inclined
to be poetical, I might they
meant the perfume of the
the beauty of the rose and the gran-
deur and sturdiness of the hollyhock.
But I was never poetical.
have often been told that I was too
matter of fact for my own good. But
I think those who know me best, will
give me credit for always appearing
for just what I have always been,
and for saying just what I meant in
my own homely way.
say
hyacinth,
It is just forty-two years ago since
I walked into a little one-story, one-
room structure alongside the old Odd ,
Fellows Hall on Main street, Dallas,
and hung up my coat and hat to be-
and reporter on the Dallas Post.
been asked by Edjtor Ris- |
In fact I|
| See It
The
Odd Fellows Hall referred to is not
the present building owned by that
lodge. The old building, which had
stood many years, took fire one night
about thirty-five years ago and was
burned to the ground.
I continued my work with the Post,
| which I bought outright in 1906, al-
‘ most
| years,
continuously for thirty-five
And filling so many positions
on the paper at the same time, it fell
to my lot to write up not only the
murders, the weddings, the social
events and the general gossip of the
surrounding country, but all obitu-
aries as well. And this igs the part
of the work that used to get me. As
time rolled on as I have stated, I
made many acquaintances and some
fast friendships. Every now and then
one of these would say the final word.
Keeping this up for thirty-five years
in the little home town was no pleas-
ant job, and believe it or not, the
pages of copy paper were so blurred
with tears on some occasions that I
could scarcely read my own copy as
I went to the case to put it into type.
But somehow as I sit down to
thump the old typewriter in response
to the invitation of the estimable boy
, who now guides the destinies of the
tions on the white headstones dotting
|to my first love.
“get away from the attachment form-
Post, it seems rather like goin back
Somehow I cannot
ed through the long years of associa-
tion with the old paper.. As stated be-
fore the work in the old <<oys was
trying and arduous, Diversion seem-
ed absolutely necessary, And So we
newspaper fellows used to take a day
or two off occasionally, But it was
always all right with the old paper.
She was right there to welcome me
back for the week's work, after I got
rested up.
In
tell of some of the interesting experi- |
ences of Dallas and its people. For
the present, however, I wish to recall
the names of some of the town’s hon- |
in the
all
ored dead, who are resting
nearby cemeteries.. I knew
these
well along in years, were active in
their various pursuits:
John J. Ryman, W. P. Kirkendall, |
John T. Phillips, Wm. J. Honeywell, |
surprise with no |}
future letters I may attempt -to |
of |
|
gentlemen well, and when I first |
‘came to Dallas many of them, while |
taken from the columns of the
Sunday Independent of January 8.
Have A Care — Shavertown
Citizens of ‘Shavertown, populous
i | sector of Kingston township, who have
him.
| been yearning for some time to take
on ‘the airs of borough government,
i will have to prove to Judge Benjamin
R. Jones that they have
| ficient reasons to tear themselves loose
| from the venerable township of King-
enemy i ston and place upon the shoulders of
| property owners the added expense of
la new form of Sovernment.
| Instead of appoinfing a commission
to take testimony the jurist will hear
congratulated. Nine times out of then
the desire for a new government is
inspired by an itch for office on the
part of the citizens aiding or abetting
the movement. The judge will be
much better able to analyze the situ.’
lation than any commission.
Boroughs are not as easily created
in these days of unbalanced budgets
and oppressive taxation as in the per-
iod when taxpayers
unknown, There are thirty or forty
association were
i more municipalities in Luzerne county
{now than there is any. excuse for.
| Many of them are 5 th peanut var-
iety and it’s difficult to understand
how any well informed court counten-
anced their creation.
Shavertown citizens who a
chief magistrate, councilmen all
the expensive departments and other
political that a borough
government calls for have plenty of
opposition to the achievement of thei»
desires and must present a pretty
strong case if they hope to have a
jurist of the wisdom and experience
of Judge Jones give them a favorable
decree.
Students of the comparative costs
of various kinds of local government
can find much food for thought in
comparing the budgests of the bor
ough of Plymouth and the of
Pittston. There is a ditrerence of less
than 1800 in the population of the two
places and yet Pittston taxpayers
must dig down into their pockets for
$225,000 to give the upper end com-
munity a government that in effi-
ciency cannot compare with the gov-
ernment Plymouth provides for $120,-
000.
Cities mean more jobholders than
boroughs and boroughs put townships
far in the shade in the same respect. |
Shavertown taxpayers should stop, |
look and listen before making the
plunge.
want
and
bric-a-brac
chr
John A. Hildebrant, Dr. James C. La-
ing, Marvin Riley, Peter E. Williams,
W. K. "Goss, Ira“D. ‘Shaver, B. ‘W,
Brickel, John Welch, Wm. Whipp,
Chester White, Perry Wardan, George
Wardan, Sidney Wardan, Spencer
Wardan, Theodore Stoeckel, Sr., Rob-
ert Wilson, Leonard Machell, Thomas
Hatfield, John Bulford, Henry Ran-
dall, C. D. Gregory, Vincent Hoover,
James Williamson, Mack Honeywell,
Perry Frantz, James Honeywell,
Andrew Raub, Chas. C
Fred Franklin,
well,
Elias Shaver,
| Cooke, M. I. Yaple,
| Thomas Oakley, William Shaver,
Frank Morris, Reese Isaccs, John
Garrahan, Joseph Atherholt, and nu.
{merous others whose names I do not
at this time.
of the next two
i recall
Many generations
silent majority,
ranklin, Dr.
Theo-
Stroud,
Machell,
Smith,
Wil-
Fred
have also joined the
| among them being: Asa Fr
| Hones M. Laing, Robert Laing;
Stoeckel, Jr.,, Frank
Ma chell,
| James Hildebrant,
| Willi
| liam Bulford, Stanley
| vooren Ed
bread, C. M. Honeywell, and qujte a |
dore
George
Frank P,
Bulford,
Shaver,
Thomas
Foster
am Monk,
Shaver,
come, editor, pressman, printer, devil Captain Jacob Rice, Jefferson Riley, ‘number of other male residents.
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Dear Sirs:—
While the emiroveny between the
bas attention of the State, “the follow-
ing letter addressed to Governor Pin-
good and suf. |
the case himself, for which he is to be
chot by R. D. Leonard, vice-president
of the Atlantic Refining company, is
illuminating. ; a ! of
Dear Governor Pinchot:
city and undoubtedly has been
with suitable interest.
ing in your
message, on the = =
of trucks, !
as ollows;
denundine relief from the nuisan
and the danger occasioned. by
quoted as 5
You are further
the heavier
tons,
vehtoles, {
represent 19% of the total. ve
hicles registered. It is regretable, tha
the Governor of the State of Pe
sylvania should agree that ‘mot
trucks are a nuisance and a danger
because of their increasing = >
It believed that if
had a full appreciation for the servic
that these vehicles are rendering and
the revenue that they are producing
for the state, that you
different point of view.
If it be true, as you
all the cars registered in Penn: sylvy
nia, 12.4% are trucks, it is likewid
true that the owners of these tric]
are paying 429% of all gasoline 13
money paid into the Revenue Depa
number, is
state, ‘that ¢
‘ment of the state and over 36% c
land 9-%%
combined revenue from gasoline —
and license fees.
If it is also true, as stated ne yo x
that trucks in excess of ten tons, ro;
present 1% of the total vehicles regis
tered, it is likewise true that the ow
ers of these trucks pay 10-14% of all
the gasoline tax money paid into the
Revenue Department of the state,
of the combined revenu
from gasoline tax and license fees.
What actual evidence is there, tha
there is occasion to state that trucks
are a nuisance, and is it not true, ‘ac !
| portion
[comes to the state
| hicles and paid
, hicles,
Cis
cording to the
own records,
State Department's
that the accidents nc-
casioned by trucks or in which truck
are involved, are proportionately an
considerably less than those oceasio:
ed by passenger cars? HI
Considering the relatively large pro j
of the total revenue that
from motor ve
by commerecjal ve
or trucks, as stated above, 1
evident that the owners ;
these vehicles are paying more than,
| their equitable” proportion for the use
of the highways?
‘You further draw a comparison b
tween the operation of the railroads
Garrahan, Parkerson Perrego, Samuel
Litts, C. B. Rarker, Alfred Cole, Harry |
and their incident expenses and the
operation of trucks. The owners of
{trucks are the business concerns of
lthe
| these trucks
Andrew Fagerstrom, Barney Honey-
| twenty-five
1000),
state. Ninety-five per cent of.
are used in ordinary
delivery service of the owners, who,
lin the operation of their business, are
subject to other forms of current
taxes, real estate, merecan-
tile corporate tax, ete, in
addiion to which, for the use of the
highways they paying a Ba80-
and fee.
a matter of public record that
the state of Pennsyl-
form of tax that they
including
liCense tax,
are
line tax
Tt is
all railroads in
vania
license
, in_every
ery form of taxes. f
twelve ($12,000 ,000).8
The owners of commercial vehicles, in
addition to other forms of taxes
that they pay, in gasoline tdx and L-
cense fees are paying to the state
million dollars ($25,00
or twice as much in these two
million, dollars
all
Robert White- | taxes as all the railroads pay in ey-
evy orm of taxes, : Lg
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