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THE DALLAS POST Will lend its support and offers the use of its
lumns to all projects which will help this community and the great ruratf-
suburban territory _which it serves to attain the following major improve-
ite Municipal lighting plant.
3 A free library located in the Dallas region.
3. Better and adequate street lighting in Trucksville, Shavertown, Fern-
ok and Dallas.
4. Sanitary sewage disposal system for Dallas.
5. Closer co- operation between Dallas borough and surrounding town-
Pennsylvania i is the Keystone State of American indus-
try. Second in Population among the states of the Union,
it is withal at the very forefront
where conservation is concerned.
With approximately two million
acres of State owned land — far
flung recreational areas — it has
its teeming milions of city dwellers. It holds undisputed
leadership where game and wild life is concerned. How best
to bring to the knowledge of the masses, and particularly
the younger generation of urban dwellers, a first hand
knowledge of nature’s program has been a problem.
~The environmental education exhibit of wild birds and
animals of this Commonwealth, staged by the State Game
Commission during January and February, is designed to
‘bring to the school children and all logers of nature of the
~ mefropolitan areas intimate glimpses of wild life, and under |
‘as nearly natural conditions as limited space and confine-
ment will permit. Erie, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Reading,
‘Wilkes-Barre, Warren, Washington, Johnstown, Clearfield,
Oil City, and Williamsport are cities participating in the
program. The exhibit will be in Wilkes-Barre next week.
Through the co-operation of local sponsoring sports-
men’s organizations, the exhibits are adequately housed
‘and no admission fee is charged. The large and rather uni-
Yue environmental settings, when running water and ponds
and natural cover for quail and pheasants, and suitable sur-
roundings for all other exhibits, appeal alike to both young
and old. In addition to the larger groups, smaller but
equally interesting exhibits of bear cubs, wild cats, red and
gray foxes, raccoons, porcupines, gray and black squirrels,
opossums, and other animals are on display. Other special
exhibits of mounted specimens, furs, antlers, etc., add to
the charm of the display. Lecturers on wild life, the work
day visitation in each city. Attendants are always at hand
‘to answer questions and give information to the visiting
throngs.
This program of the Game Commission has been most
enthusiastically received where already shown. Attendance
‘has run into many thousands dail”. A’greatly increased in-
terest in wild life and more enligh*ened knowledge of the
great out-of-doors is inevitable. Indeed, many children of
‘school age are seeing for the first time wild animals outside
of story books. Living specimens of many of the varieties
shown have previously never been seen by the large per-
centage of the adult attendance. This educational program
cannot be other than productive of a better understanding
‘and greater love for our Commonwealth.
is Word On School Criticisms
Frequently we hear criticisms of the | should be eliminated or at least sub-
manner in which the schools of the |limated to the extent that distraction
region are being handled. In most in- |from studies is at a mimimum,
stances this criticism is directed at No civic organization, no matter
‘the principal or some other Derson |how important its functions in the
who is vitally interested in the wel- |community, should feel that it has the
fare of the schools. right to interfere with school work or
In most intances the censure is un- (be granted priviledges beyond those
fair, has no basis in fact and IS given to any parent or citizen.
fraught with prejudice. There is pro-
bably no more distasteful or disagree- The schools are conducted for the
able job in any of the communities whole Be Th single
of the back mountain region, than be- 4 Dor Dar pi hey are here to do
= he greatest good for the greatest
ing the principal of one of the schools.
~The job is made doubly disagreeable
because of ,the continual meddling of
persons who should know better and
number.
Many times the school teacher and
principal are criticised because they
because principals and school teach- [are good teachers, consientiously try-
ers are attempting to do a first class {108 to see the schools in just this
4 light.
educational job with limited funds.
The first duty of any school teach-
—er is to diréct and teach the pupils.
That in itself is the biggest job any
teacher can hope to do. To do this
Job as it should be done, every parent
“and every citizen should co-operate
with the schools. Education is the
primary purpese of the schqgols. When
ot¥ er community activities interfere
ork, those activities
The first duty is to community, stu-
dent and parent, If they follow this
guide they are bound to stir up cri-
ticism from groups who wish to ex-
ploit: the schools to their own ends.
If we want good schools in this region
we will have to look at them as ends
in themselves and not as institutions
groups in the community.
‘are provided for the beaver and ducks, miniature corn fields
~ of the Game Commission, and related subjects, illustrated,
with appropriate moving pictures, are given during the foun
secondary to the interests of various |
TO DALLAS TOWNSHIP
TAXPAYERS
’ . + - March 8, 1933 -
Dear Sirs:—
There have been a number of ar-
ticles in the paper lately about Dal-
las Township. Let's have another one.
I will start with the Poor Board. They
have been doing everything in their
power to put every one in the town-
ship in their charge. Tha ones they
are taking care of have a higher stan-
dard of living than those left to pay
ithe taxes. No one works in Dallas
Township any more, That might hurt
the in-law and other relations of the
Road Supervisors if they had to have
these men work. I would like to ask
the male members of the Poor Board
why all Poor Orders must go to the
storekeeper in Kunkle when there are
two stores in the Township. . Both
have the same prices, I have made
my guess,
Now for the Supervisors. It looks
to me as though these men considered
themselves and their families the best
loafers in Dallas Township, and did
not want to put anyone else on for
fear they would not loaf as well. It
is common practice for these men to
get out sto work the roads during a
dry spell and scrape the dust up in
the center of the road. The only rea-
son I can see for that is that when
the automobiles go along the road they
make so much dust that no one can
see how many men are loafing. If
they come to a place where stone are
needed they put them in from the size
of your head to the size of a wash
boiler, and as it is real work to break
them up, very little of it is done. Ride:
over the roads and see for vourself,
My suggestion for a man for this job
would be one who has something else
to do so that he and all his relations
would not have to live on the town-
ship. With only sixteen miles of ro~d
it is very difficult to ‘distribute the
loafing in a way that will sunport the
Supervisors and all their relations.
Let us now look at the School
Board. At the Taxpayers Meeting the
other week the president of the board
said among other things that the
school board were holding their meet-
ings in his office to save electric light
bills for the taxpayers. Sounds good
doesn’t it? Let's see what the net re-
sults of this wave of economy amount
to. 1f they burn six lights of 100
watts each the hourly consumption
would be 600 watts, and for three
hours, 1800 watts. To make sure of
having enough we will call it 2000
watts. Now, 1000 watts make a kilo-
watt and at four cents per kilowatt
that make a lump sum of eight cents
| per month or a grand total of 96 cents
saved each year for the taxpayers.
What. price economy. What a sym-
‘pathetic School Board. The indispu-
Jess facts surrounding this situation
are that the meetings were held scuge
other place because the School Board
does not want the taxpayers to at-
tend the meetings The office of The
Old Orchard Rabbit Co., where the |
meetings are held, is very small and
if any one goes over there to a meet-.
ing he is obliged to state his business
and is then turned out. The School
Code says that Board meetings are to
be held in the School House and the
School Directors are viplating the law
by holding them elsewhere. The tax-
payers should stop this illegal proce-
dure.
When it comes to. teachers they are
not so careful of the pennies. True
enough they cut the salaries of the
Principal and other teachers but why
not save that amount instead of hir-
ing another teacher that is not need-
ed, thereby substantially increasing
that 96 cent fund that was started by
saving lights. Certainly, if the Prin-
cipal is capable he could work out a
schedule so that he could have a study
period at intervals and use such per-
iods to visit the other rooms. The
slide door was installed to make one
room out of two small ones and one
teacher could take care of both class-
es on such occasions. It is done in
other schools and could be done here.
During the same meeting it was al-
so announced that $4,000 had been
saved on buses this year. If the. bus
service this year is a sample of the
business ability of the Board then it
compares favorably with the other
plan mentioned above,
results are concerned. When parents
have to go with their children to the
bus and find ‘it so full that they have
to push them on and hold them until
the driver gets the door shut. I would
say that a portion of that $4000 should
be used in providing another bus.
These conditions were brought to the
attention of the School Board but they
were not remedied until one of the
parents decided he had
a, stop to it which they did. The School
Board wanted to make a big showing
when they asked for bids for school
buses.
but to get it would cost real money
so they advertised for buses with fif-
ty feet of seating space. That left
one type of bus out in the cold, so
they advertised again in a way that
would include the model in question.
These were finally decided upon. The
result was that they could not carry
all the pupils and the School Board
now pays forty dollars a month addi-
return trip and bring the surplus. At
least that amount comes out of the
$4000. Actual requirements are five
sixty passenger buses on the
from DeMuns to Huntsville, and the
jLaxpayers should see that they are
provided. The money is paid out by
the State in other places and Dallas
Township should get their
challenge the State Board of Educa-
tion and also the local School Board
to mention another school in the State
any time up to 9:30 and then taken
out in the afternoon twenty minutes
before school should close. Simply so
that one bus can make two trips and
get all the children home at a rea-
sonable time.
school is dismissed cause a
{bance in the rooms and halls,
distur-
so all
lof them might as well be dismissed
at the same time. ' But again, the
School Code says so many hours per
‘know of the promises made to this
day. Are the children getting it?
To the Taxpayers of Dallas Town-
ship I can only say that you are pay-
ing an enormous sum of money for,
something you are not getting. It is’
high time that the School Board was
made to hold their meetings in the
School House, where the law speci:
‘fies, and then get out and attend these
meetings, and see that you get what
you are paying for.
Taxpayer,
R. D. 3., Dallas, Pa.
Looking asad in Dallas Township
J Dallas, Twp.
> March 9, 1933
Dear Sirs:
1 shall appreciate it very much if
ou will be good enough to print the
following letter in your paper in the
near future.
I see by the papers, and hear from
those taxpayers who attended the
meeting, that Dallas Township has a
Taxpayer's Association, There's noth-
ing wrong with that but they are
about ten years too late to do any real
good. The Poor Board has a large
part of the one-time taxpayers resting
comfortably. The Road Supervisors,
together with their families and all
their relations are well taken care of
on the roads in a highly profitable
form of leisure. Not to be outdone,
the local School Board is helping the
unemployment situation by hiring
teachers that are simply not needed.
It would therefore seem altogether ad-
visable for the few who remain to
support these generous philanthrophies
in the Township, to join the Associa-
tion and see if there is not something
else they can do besides furnishing
hard-earned money for this mnever-
ending performance to which they
have not been invited up to this time.
I understand in this connection, that
Mr. Barber asked the taxpayers some
questions that they. could not answer.
I am taking the liberty of asking a
few more that will touch some sub-
jects that he did not cover.
1. How many thousand dollars more
did our School House cost than it
would have cost if the majority mem-
bers of the School Board at that time
had acted in the™interests of the tax-
payers instead of otherwise?
2. How many
know that the representative of a
certain Heating Company took the ma-
jority members of that Board to Phil-
adelphia and showed them the town?
Why did he not take them all?
3. How many of the taxpayers
representative on that trip?
4. How many of the taxpayers
know just what that representative
meant when. he afterward _stood up
at a School Board meeting and asked
the Board and a few taxpayers who
were there, if they wanted the work
on the new building stopped entirely
5. How many of the taxpayers
know why the Board at that time
did not deduct from the contract price
the amount per day for the number |
of days the contractor went over the
time limit set for him to finish the
= Our country is in an awful state,
of ‘the taxpayers |,
building ? >
6. How many of the taxpayers
insofar as net |
had enough |
and asked the Highway Patrol to put |
They knew what they needed |
tional for one of the buses to make a |
road |
share. I!
where children are brought to school |
Children leaving before {
know that’ when the {final bids for
| heating the new building were in the
{hands of the School Board, one of
its members, now on the taxpayers
| committee, said if that is the kind of |
(heat they want we will give them
| the highest priced heat we can get? |
| (And that is just what they did.)
7. How many of’ the taxpayers
know who the man was who blocked |
the deals that the majority members '
of that Board tried to put over? |
In fairness to the over-burdened
taxpayers of the Township, let me
add that if the ex-member of the
Board in question, as well as another
man of more recent connection, think
it would be advisable to run for the |
office of School Director again, I will | |
answer all the above questions in full,
and then let the taxpayers decide
whether they want them again or not.
It is my understanding also from |
those who were present at the tax-
payers meeting that the President of |
the Board announced that he had |
saved the taxpayers several thousand
dollars on school buses. How did he
do this? Simply by entertaining bids
from men outside tthe township who
bid the routes down to a point where
they were no longer profitable to any-
body including themselves. And it
might be added, in passing, that those
same men’ have expressed themselves
in that manner. Cne of these fellows |
pulled a fast one on the Board and |
apparently they are not vet aware
of it It was reported that he said he
{had hired a man to run his bus when
in reality he had sold his route and
then defied the Board to do anything
about it. This sounds like a rather
embarrassine position for any School
| Poanrd to A fair question to ask
in tre civenmetance is—just what is
{Taekine on the mart of the local Board
that will permit such activities?
| Tn conclusion let me add this word of
| sound advice. To all the taxpayers of
| Dallas township, whether you have an
|agsociation or not, go to your School
Board meetings and have a voice in
ithe spending of your tax money. You
{are entitled to this voice and you owe
fara,
{it not only to yourselves but to your
children.
A Citizén
ee i ee
PRAISES COUNTY
Shavertown, Ra.
March 8, 1932.
Dear Sirs:—
Three cheers for the county road
men. Have you noticed the fine job
{they have done fixing the county
{highway on the hill at the Shavertown
| M. E. Church? I hope you will be as
| generous in your praise of this good
iwork as you were in condemnation of
their neglect in waiting to repair that
dangerous hole in the road. They
have done a good job this time, even
{if it was late in coming.
0. D. Williams.
mete emrrmeeem
i “THE NEW DEAL”
| Pray what is this that all are talk-
ing of.
Our God looks down
above
{ And sees, a man, a creature grand
Whom we have chogen to rule our
upon us from
i himu
{with the
from the Bomogo.
| tribe is distributed along
And .we poor people cannot wait
The time has come for immediate
action
Franklin Roosevelt will give us sat-
- isfaction
Our beautiful land shall thrive once
more
And all be happy as of yore.
A New Deal for us all he said
Our hearts no longer feel like lead.
‘We cannot hope in just a day.
Our President to find a way.
Roosevelt and his Cabinet
think and plan
Our duty is to help all we can.
must
Of this grand country we are proud
Lets voice our cheers and sing aloud.
A New Deal we are going to get
And again we'll prosper you just
bet,
So back up Roosevelt with all your
might
God grant his New Deal will set us
right .
For four long years he shall us
lead
And in that time his strength “he! 11
need,
So let us pray to God above
To fill our hearts with courage —
love.
May the New Deal bring us peace
once more
‘And our Country prosper
before.
Mrs. John Girvan,
Pallas, Pa.
as never
MRS. HARIET CRANE
3
Death claimed Mrs. Harriet Ginna £50
77, a well known resident of Pike's
Creek, at her home there on Saturday
night after two days’
monia.
She was buried on Tuesday after-
noon following services at the home
atl and additional services in Maple
Grove Church at 2. Interment in
Maple Grove Cemetery. $
The following children survive:
Charles, Fred, Edward, Elmer, William
and Mrs. Llewellyn Lozier.
EDWARD K. SCOTT
«Two days’
ted in the death Sunday of Edward
K. Scott, 78, at his home on Sorber
Mountain. Mr.
the following children: ]
Berwick; M. A. Scott, Dallas; Mrs.
Leon Goss, Broadway; Mrs. Wilson
Fetterman, Catawissa; Mrs. Bert La-
Bar, Union, N. J.; Mrs. William Hop-
pes, Harold Scott, Miss Alice Scott
Hoppes, Laketon; Russell Scott, Mrs.
Fred Webb, Wilson Scott and Ray-
mond Scott of Naxen.
Funeral services were held on Tues-.
day afternoon at 2 in Loyalville M.
E. Church. Interment in. Bronson
Cemetery. :
Scott is survived by
Boyd Scott,
“Bassi,” he said to the waiting as-
kari, who withdrew.
“What ruhbish,” said Grant in a
scornful voice. “Sefton has been too
long up there in the blue by himself.
Did you ever hear of such nonsense?”
Horton opened eyes startling blue in
his lean tanned face, and made the
expected show of interest.
“What's he been doing?” He had
almost fallen asleep while Grant was
reading the report. It was a sleepy
place, this little coastal town of Chola
with climate, dazzling
white Arab architecture,
its steamy
houses of
that almost forced. the eves to shut
| against their glare, and soft cooing of
doves in the waving palm trees.
Grant tossed the over
“Secret.—~and
but there's no. harm
I, person-
report
confidential,
your
to
f
course, in
reading it if you want to.
ally, think it's rubbish; I shall be
interested to know how it strikes
you.” 3
The - first part of the report dealt
collection of the hut tax and
the condition. of crops in the vicinity
lof the hill station of Nyoka. Then
followed the portion that aroused
| Grant’s scorn.
“I. have just received a deputation
As you know, this
both sides
of the border, #hd I have ascertained
‘that the district from which these
people have come is beyond the head-
| waters of the Nyoka river and there-
fore out of my jurisdiction. This
does not dffect the curious story
they have to tell. The drought
unusually severe in that part, T under-
stand, and the are becoming
dangerous, actually raiding cattle and
killing the herds in daylight, This is
not of course,
things happen in such conditions, but
what excites my astonishment is a
story they tell of a strange creature,
half man, half lion, who leads these
forays and apparently lives with the
lions and shares: their meat. They
they have known this man for
some years,
“He lives
black-maned
they
is
lions
extraordinary, such
say
big
On one occasion
dogs and he
in a cave with two
lions.
hunted him
killed most of their animals and made
with
his escape.
ormous in stature and fleet of foot!
as a buck,
KING OF THE JUNGLE
a Garamount Gicture
Based on the novel "THE LION'S WAY”
ly By C.T. STONEHAM
Y (IN COPYRIGHT 1931 BY CHARLES THURLEY STONEHAM
CHPTER 9
tall A t
that every herd boy is ‘looking for a
man running with the lions and fully
persuaded he has seen one.”
Horton pondered.
“I remember that story about the
Rhodesian native, you know. ‘He lived
{several years with the lionesses, and
when eventually she was shot he; was
inconsolable.”
Grant yawned.
mostly,” he said.
and so on.”
That did not please Horton , for he
“Travelers tales
was the owner of the Canadian Ob-
server, and newspaper stunts were
dearer to him than anything in life.
His keen eyes narrowed slightly as
he regarded his host. He was not at-
tracted to Grant. It was good of the
fellow to put him up considering there
was a hotel of sortg that he could
have but he was glad that
boat for which -he was
be in on the morrow
he could get away
heavy-minded, boisterous person,
“What sort of a chap is Felton 2
he inquired casually. :
“Oh, rather young, and a bit too en-
thusiastic. nervous type;
unfitted the job he’s got,
ask me. got to be hard to
stand years of life in Nyoka. It's
gone to,
the Malindi
waiting would
and
Sensitive,
for
A man’s
not see any one for months on end.”
Horton nodded.
“Hard luck on a young fellow,” he
‘commented. He rose leisurely to his
feet. “Well, T shall go for my usual
stroll. What will you do?”
“Work,” growled Grant, perking his
head at the open door of his office.
He laughed jeeringly. “I must am-
swer Sefton’s letter for one thing—
tell him to pull himself together ‘amd
keep off the bottle, and so on.” FFA
Horton was" frowning as he walked
out into the glaring sandy street.
Surely that was not th yt
to one’s subordinates
ed the opinion of on
that he would h
himself, i
“Too enthusiast
what was the i
Grant—he hadg
About as §
They describe his an en- the
His strength is prodigious |
and he can pull down and carry off ad
zebra. They persist that he is a Wk
man with yellow hair and a fair
much tanned, of course. To tl
is a god, and they will nod
take any expedition :
they think that we mig
the district, _
frain from Killing é
remem
agains
to leave
“Do you
the Press abou
Rhodesia
with a lioness a
I wonder if there ass
There: js seldom
out fire even in native
rested, and shall
\North-
féuna living
v2 her kills?
ything in this
smoke Ww.
ern
story,
communities.
[ am very much inte
4
endeavor to, make further inquiries.”
Horton returned the typewritten
pages thoughtfully
“you don’t think there is anything
in it?” he said.
Grant threw back -his heavy dark
head and roared out a laugh in the
manner peculiar to him, “Witchcraft
and sorcery,” he scoffed. “A good
wizard can impersonate a lion and
make people believe that he is one.
They are too frightened to discrimi-
nate, The rumor spreads and creates
land.
| A Democrat, so noble staunch and
| true
No fear hath he of what he'll do.
AN
fear and wonder far and ‘wide,
SO
hore. Supposing
ng in this story of a
nt for the Observer! He
# had more time to ies.
Ne matter; go up-country and
young fellow Sefton, for in-
e. It might cost him fo dol
8, but
im—he had gp.
was a °
had
ro POPP VV OO TN
~ « Siftings »
VOI VOWVY
COST OF CRIME
The cost of crime in Susghehanna
county for the past year is shown in
a report of the county jail, showing
that malefastors have cost $22,884.11.
Total expenditures for maintenance of
ithe jail as paid by the county ocom-
| missioners amounts to $7,983.11.
[total amount paid for maintenar of
{persons and correctional insti 4 hs
amounts to $12,879.02, Trai. rd
tion of prisoners to instivaty
amounts to $1,971.98, The amofnt
| paid for food for prisoners in Nl
| county jail was $4,645.30. Heat lor
{the jail consumed $600; lights, $297. 3:
{painting, $406.74; plumbing, $411.¢;
water, $117; electrical supplies d
‘labor, $117.50; fireman, $250.
illness of pneu-
illness of pneumonia re- :
“Newspaper stunts
from this
right off the beaten track, and he does
fong lions—a, white man?
The |
if you.
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