ounty r V MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY. NOVEJlliEIl 19, 11)09. VOL. XV. no PSk C BRIEF MENTION A subsorip'ion (lance Is being pro moted to he given in Forest Kail, , Wednesday evening Nov. Z4tli. Iijdeath ensued, at the Pike street I no doubt will be a very enjoyable j I affair. The deer season opened last Mon day and nearly all oar Nlimads are In the viols hunting oiih with 1 orris. Don poisoners hive il prived Hon. Jacob Kleer and L. F Hafner of the privilege of navinj do" tax ni-xt yi'ar unless they rnplaoa the s'ock Any one who will take this cnnre lo in Jure owners of dogs ought to be severely punished. "There wag an area of 850,0(10 acres la Pennsylvania burned ever by for ests fires during the past year cntnit Ing a cost of f 123,000 for extinguish-, Ing the flames, while the d imape by fires 1 ai not been computed.'' The pleasant full weather chanced yeiterday morning abruptly to cold and blustery. The rainfall preced ing was insignificant, and unless a considerable precipitation comes soon tnere will be s-iinus trouble for many lo obtain wa'er. Frank H. Smith, a prominent East Stroudsburg business man and own. er in chief of tbeStromlsbnig Passen gur Riilway died at his home last Siturdny aged over 77 yonrs "Afforestation creates a new indus try; it does not compete with private enterprise. The conversion of com paratively unprofitable lands into forests enhances the productiveness of tho ndjacent areas and should pro mote the development of the small holdings movement '' , "The forests ot this Country, the products of centuriet of growth, are fast disappearing. Oursupply of gome varieties will be practically exhaust ed in ten or twelve years. In the case of others, without reforesting, the present century will see the end. When will we take up iu a practical and intelligent way the restoration of our forest t? ' "There is at least one town in the world wherd no taxes are assessed Freudenstadt, in the Black Forest of Germany. This city of 7,000 inhab itants and an annual governinent.il expense of $?5,000 pays the total r cost of government fri in ihe revenue of 6,000 acres ol pine forest This forest la managed according to the latest forestry ideas and is increasing In value." 'The American people use 700,000- ow.uuu mareues yeany reu,111nng..-o- 000,000 board feet of our be pine , ,,D ... o..,.. ........ ipiaced in trout streams, and are omize in our use of matches if ourj constructed as to oatoh timber supply ii not more carefully ' kuariiea ami managoi as investments as in Odriuany and t ranee." ( I ecu- nical World.) State deiiiocritrt are so elated over ' the Muusou vote that they feel quite sure luey can eieo mo nex Vover- .honorably mentioned as a candidate when they bad in mird only a good looking ind fluent individual as a figure head probably now will be dropped iu fuvor of a man wlio can show state strength, one with whom they can make an effective campaign. If Mr. Palmer had the bee buzzing in bia bonnet be would better get, out Lis fly killer and tquelch it. There are other places to which be might i aspire with far better show of suo oess. Governor is not likelf now to bo written in front of his name by the big democratic leaders. ' "Is there a better example any where of the effi'Cls of foiest de-truet Ion than can be found in the bare bills, decaying stumps and Kiplii.g woodland: of Pike comity?" After years of stealing through nn der weights, apparently l.y conni vance of custom heus i llicsala pro tected by city politicians, the sugar trust now seems in a lair way to he prosecuted. The government has b en dnfrauded of millions of dollars and the facts have long been known but all efforts to exi'ose these direci ly ooncaiiied in the triuda have bet ii smothered. The New Yoifc custom house must have been a piradiso for sugar thieves for years G. A, Swepcmser has been fcleoted to do the preliminary woikin mafc lug the new indices to deeds in tin K-s3orders oalue. leveial iu lott submitted specimens of their ham! writing for consideration and nil were excellent, t ut Im cause of bis long experienoo iu vnti 'us pot-i utiir req'iiriog care aud neatnrg, oiii biued with his leiblo ntyla of eu tuausbip be was selected. Theio is no doubt the. work will b.' well and aitifaeloii!y doue. Putt Jervia Is threatened with j James B. Dok, who owns a besn good sized damage unit. Bainuel ufal park near Somniervllle, N, J., Curry, administrator of Dooglas j n h)ch r0 mgny foreign trees and Curry, who wag Injured so that ' nineh Valuable statuary, has doted crospmg O-it 16th, claims fio.uuu damages because a p le of dirt was iuft wVhoe.t lights aud Carry in step pin!; from a train fell over It and was run over by a car. Forester Gilford Pinchol has writ ton a letter to President Taft to which he states that be has enongh jot controversy and wants to know I where ho standp. He Intimates that the Prc.-i lent must choose between him and Ballinger and that it thi latter stays he will find some other Deld for his activities. Albert Leroy, the three months old sou of Jesie Myers and wife of Mil ford township died last Saturday. H. P. Nilisof Lehman was in town Wednesday All" rt Cotterill attended thi fun eral of Lis siiler-lr-Uw at Flanders, N. J. this week. Uur husband died only a fw days ago. Mrs. VV. II Armstrong spent a few dn.rs in New York recently. Pr.mtli is very seiiously affecting man sections of this and other .-tabs. The rtreams nre very low and wells and springs heretofore gup posed to be unfailing are dry. Walei is being hiuihd in tank cars ii places to supply manufacturers and some have been compelled to close All predictions of rain seem to fall. Hawlry people will have to be con tent with a passenger depot ouly ai the old station bat freight may he billed from there in car load lots The State Railroad Commissioner has decided that it has no other legal authority. . . Thanksgiving Day next week. Get your turkey ready, If you can And the bird and have the price. Nice fresh pork will make a good substitute if Ihe other is not get at able. Miss Bettie Cornelius was in New York part of this week. F T. Maguireof Philadelphia who has the contract for building the new house of the Blooming Grove Hunt ing oud Fishing Club commenced work this week. ' It will be a large and commodious structure about 140 ft. square and will oust (50.000. It is very probable the Fish Com-mis-ioners will have an act intro duced in the next legislature to re i oeal nil laws allowing fish baskets j(r ,., rB(kg t0 be pIa(y(, , atretimK- Itj, f )UnJ ymt A(ivaDUge i8 taken of ,he prUUee ami that they are ry (1)i,1R K,)1lg down 8lream. Tm, ab0M, of ,e ,aw win be the reaaon fur rt.,.ai " hand rod miners lost ' thpiir Hvrs in the St. Paul coal mine Cherryj m ,a8t 8aturday by a flre wm(jh gllrte(, , g ba,8 of hay , the stables in the mine. The little town baa two hundred widows and one thousand orphans. Philadelphia school children will i be roliovwd of the worry csnsed by compound partnership and propor tion in arithmetic as they will be drt ppod from the public schools, and the whole course in the lower grades will be simplified, mora attention being paid to counting and less to abstiaet reasoning. . Fractions are likely to be moved up along the liue go that little folks will not be so much troubled with the things that make them mad. It is a sensible idea.. ... : ' I- John Dgen has removed his bar ber shop to the place formerly occu pied by him lu rear of the post office. Charles Bchunno ofLakewood, N. J., is spending a few days at Hotel Schanno. R. V. R. Huvvesant, who has been viitiug Miilord for some Weeks and bus been coming here for 47 oon gecitive yars, has gone to St Aug ustine, Florida, to pass tbe winter. The current nnmbnr of Putnam's Magazine oontuing an excellent arti- nlii l.u n A Wtllu mI11 Iha Pnnl I ,. ' ... .,, ... Guurnian which outlines tbe bittory and work of liifford Pinchot. It 1 i Illustrated by cnts of Grey Towers ', ami the ktutlents quarters. It is a i.igti tettiuionial to bis work aud w .rlh in the department. (i. M. Carpenter of Glen Eyre caught a monster carp in the Dela ware a few days ago. The fish weighed 24 pouuds. J. E. B.yd and family spent part ot tin wee in ?iew Xork. President Tall baa Issued a procla motion eipciuiiug Tuutaday, Nov, i'j.h, T! iinLsyikiijg day, his grounds been use of fire, presumed to be carelessly started which threat ened great damage. Two boys John Vandervort and Frank Sanford of Matamoras were put In Jail herelatt Monday charged ith robbing the house of Anna Miller. Sarah M. Bevans died In Port Jor- vle last Monday aged about 68 years. .She was boru iu Bandyston N. J. and was a daughter of Abrain and Eliza beth Bevans. Miss Justine Roberts, the wbll known elocutionist, will give a re cital on Thanksgiving evening at the Presbyterian church. Water Coaservatioa The controversy between Forester Pinohot and Secretary Ballingeruver water site reservations has assumed large and national importance. Nat orally those who know Pinchot and bis sincerity ot purpose and untiring labor to promote the best interests of the country in conserving our timber lands and water supply will tavor bis position. In fact we of the East generally know so little of the vaBt resources of the West in timber and water that we can hardly oompass the magnitude of the problem and its importance to this and future gsn e aliens. Knowing something of the land frauds, and not ouly those but many others which have been and are being perpetrated on the govern ment by her agents and officials, we look with suspicion on those who by their acts seem to be favoring the greed of individuals and corporation?, Pinouot is in the best possible posi tion to know more of the details of n ih schemes and (heir ultimate oon s quenoes and effects than any other man. and when be says there is an inclination lo allow tbese valuable rights to pass from the control ot the people into the hands of monopolies he touches a responsive chord in the popular mind. People from theit knowledge of what has been are quite ready to believe what easily pay be the vase, and they are pot satisfied with the teohntoat objections to hie methods,. The broad questions is he working aloug lines which wll pro mote the greatest good to the great est number as against those who are not is one which when answered af flrmatlveiy will draw the country to his aide. Those who oppose will be viewed .with suspicion as having some end In view ior their own gain. People read and think and are begin ning to vote their views and as that day cornea to pass no party can af ford, if it wishes to continue Id power to ignore the rights and voloe of the masses Forced Into Exile. Win. TJpchurch of Glen -Oak, Okla, wag an exile from home. Mountain air, he thought, would cure a fright ful lung-racking cough that had defied ail remedies for two years. After six months he returned, death dogging his steps. "Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery," he writes, "aud after taking six bot tles I am si well as ever." It saves thousands yearly from desperate lung diseases. Infallible for Coughs and Colds, it dispels Hoarseness and Sure throat. Cures Grip, Bronchitis Hemorrhages, Asthma, Croop, Whooping Cough, 60o and II 00, trial bottle free, guaranteed by All Druggists. Forest Fires In Pennsyl vania. "Forest fires have been frequent in Pennsylvania during the past years They are not ii. frequent now, and each year that they continue there is lost to the State an economlo value which must be estimated in millions of dollars. Property, life and pro ductive capacity of soil are lost. It la unwise tor the people of the State to allow this fire-fiend to continue Its destruction. Let the newspapers .of the State enter actively Into a , , , ... . campaign of education until the peo ple realize that eaoh forest fire, no matter how small, is a lose to them selves and-to the State as a whole." (G. H. V?.) Young Girls Are Victims, of Headache, as well as older women, but all get quick relief and prompt cure from Dr- King's New Lite puig, toe world's beat remedy for slok and nervous headnches. Tb"y - ' make pure blood, and slroog nerves aud bulid up your health. TiJ Uim, &c at a' I DruggUu. ! NEWS FROM WASHINGTON After a protracted absence during a long gammer vacation, the per sonnel of tbe Government, with the exception of the Legislative Branch Is back in Washington. An exten sive and positive legislative and administrative program is in pros peot. The President during his Jour ney of several weeks, coveiiog near ly evjry state, made numerous speeches and was not reticent as to his Intentions The mere faot thot ha is tbe executor of the Roosevelt Policies, a feet which he hag again and again emphasized is sufficient to indicate that there will be something doing at the Capitol during the earn ing winter. Perhaps tbe most important project, al'hongb tbe leaet sensational, will be an effort to remedy the laws delay in the Federal Courts, and to invent a plan for securing prompt and eco nomical justice in the Federal Courts thereby setting an example to the State Courts. It is a fact acknowledged by all except snide lawyers that the admin istration of Justice in this country is more dilatory and slovenly thaa in any civilized country, with the ex ception cf Russia, if indeed Russia can be called civilized. It is expected that the President will recommend legislation sur press ing the boycott. Also, a bill modify ing the injunction processes There will be a recommendation lo Congress imposing limitations upon the trans fer of water power sites to individ uals and corporations and fixing rentals and rates to be charged. He will also recommend reforms in the mineral land laws to the effect that coal, iron, and other minerals shall be treated under the royalty system, bringing the Government a perpetual revenue. Tbe question of ship subsidies will be urged upon Congress with the object of developing onr Merchant Marine with of course the ulterior object of furnishing a large number of sea-seasoned Americans to man the United States war ships in time of war. The adoption of Income tax amend ment to the Constitution will be fa vored, this tax to be resorted to only In time of national stress. The creation of a Central Bank of issue will be lecommended, tbe ob ject of which will be to guard against currency stringency, Tbe President will also urge that Inter-state Commerce Commission shall have increased powers in the regulation of the issue of railroad gecurities on a sound basis. Also, to classify freight, to initiate com plaints of discrimination iu rates, to compel connecting railroads to form continuous routes, aod to establish fixed rates among common carriers. It may be inferred from atate- meats in big speeches, that he will recommend the prohibition of hold ing stock in competing railroads, and probably a new Court of Ap peals to hear cases carried up from the decisions of tbe Interstate Com merce Commission In fixing rates. It will be seen at a glanoe that this is a heavy and very Important program, aud it is doubtless suffi cient to keep Congress busy for tbe remainder of Mr. Taft's administra tion. The Pressdent's official family, as his Cabinet is called, Is back in Washington and busy in tbe prepa ration of the several reports for Con gress. It is to be understood that there will be a rigid outtlng down of expenses. The postmaster-general has an nounced his intention to make the Post Office, as far as possible, non ex pensive to the Government. He however, cannot do this without leg islation. The Post Office Is the greatest common carrier in the world, but in the United States, the cream of carrying profits Is skimmed by tbe express companies, leaving the Post Office tbe skimmed milk The Post Office department should be in this country, as it is iu other countries, a source of profit to the Government. There are thousands of city carriers and rural carriers. who, if the United States bad a parcels post law, like other civilized and even semi-clvillzed countries, could be used without additional ex pense to deliver small packages, and thus be of incalculable service to tbe people, and pay through the Post Office, a revenue to the Government. The Secretary of the Navy bag a program of eoonomy, whioh It ia hoped Is not merely missionary, but he. will certainly have opposition from Benalors Flu'e of Maine and McIIenry of Lonlslans and other In his efforts to wipe out. utlerly useless and expensive Navy Yards, in ports that the ghipa of the United Sla'es Navy cannot enter, and which have nseless since the discontinuance of shallow draft wooden war vessols. NOTES FROM SANDYSTON Dr. W. Jones of Layton will take a vacation and pass a part of the time In hunting. Dr. McAllister of Port Jervlg will take charge of the Doctor's patients while he is away. ' Several parties of city hunters are booked for this vioinity this week,' as on the 15th the law went off of rabbits. The local hunters have been shoot ing rabbits oil the past week. Tbe supper and play at tlio Iluines ville church on Friday evening paoked the basement to its utmos: capacity. The play was flue and the sapper as usual was all that oould be desired. Mr. and Mrs E. B. Crane of Port Jervis called on relatives at Layton on Thursday last. A party was brutally beaten in this town and at once secured war rants for the arrost of his assailants. One pnrty skipped and tl e other was arrested. One settled for $25 and a few days ago tbe other settled for ten dollnrs and then gut the warrant from tbe. constable. There is np use for a Grand Jury in this town H id those parties a legal right to compound o criminal case? Miss Hattio Transue of Walpack is spending a few days visiting rela tives In Milford. Tbe Flatbush Fish Club is having the timber gotten but for a large barn on tbe Bevans firm. The barn will be 120 feet Ion 42 feet in width with cellar Btnbles and be attached to the south end of the present barn, making a building nea.ly 200 feet!"18 Fl'riDK- aa eHry as tll,B Rra"? long. Tbe drouth is still with us and hardly a well lu tbe town but what is showing its effects. Wells that were not known to go dry heretofore are dry now, and if the drouth con tinues a couple of seeks more water will be a luxury. Barton Litts of Chatham white here on a visit and bunting bad an operation en one of bis eyes which was entirely successful. Superintendent Decker visited all tbe schools In this valley last week. On Wednesday ef last week all hunters were in and along tbe moun tain in quest of deer. One party consisting of eight shot one in Wal pack, Elmer Roe . firing the lucky shot. If there were as many deer a? hunters wbat a flock there wonld be. Kills Her Foe Of 20 Years. "Tbe most merciless enemy I had for 20 years,'' declares Mrs. James Duncan, of Haynesville, Me., "was Dyspepsia. I suffered intensely alter eating or drinking and could scarcely sleep. After many reme dies had failed and several doctors gave me np, I tried Electric Bitters, which cured me completely. Now I can eat anything. I am 70 years old and am overjoyed to get my health and strength buck again." For Indegestlon, Loss of Appetite, Kidney trouble, Lame Buck, Fe male Complaints, its unequaled. Only 50c at All Druggists. WANTED! SALESMEN to represent us in tbe sale of our High Grade Goods. Don'i delay, apply at once. Steady employment ; liberal terms. Exper enoe not necessary. ALLEN NURSERY CO. Rochester, N. Y. . A 8calded Boy's Bhrisks horrified his grandmother, Mrs. Maria Taylor, of Nebo, Kt., who writes that, when although he would . dleBubklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured him. Infallible for Burns, 8calds( Cuts, Corns, Wounds, Bruises. Cures Fever-Sores Boils. Skin Eruptions, Chilblains, Chapped Hands. Soon routs Piles. 25c at All Druggists. Scrub Pine For Pulp. "Recentests at the U. S Forest Service laboratories at Washington show that the long ueglected scrub pine can bo advantageously used for wood pulp making. The paer ob- tvtned from this pulp makes news papers, wrapping a-d fine ledger i iftrt," THE CHILD'S PRAYER TO HER MOTHER. Listen to me mamma dour And hear my evening prayer; You told me (rod nnd yon were near Always to have a care O'er me and watch me through the night As well as through the day, But mamma do you watch mo still Since He look yoa away? Papa and all are kind I know But mamma I loved you bes And every day oh, I cry so Since they lai 1 you down to ret And mamma I miss .von, yes I do, Tell that to God and Ho Perhaps at night will send you In sweet dreams back to me. I see you smile down at me now J'rom your picture o'er my tied. And I almost think you touch my brow In your lap I lay my head; "God bless yon child" I hear you say As your good night kiss you give. Dear mamma I shall ulways pray That like you I may live. Cecilia A. Ccllb. Best Time For Planting Trees. "When Is Ihe best time for plant ing fruit tiees like the peach, apple and plum? If trees are plnnted in the fall Is it necessary to hill them up over the bud?" The above Information was request ed of Prof H. A. Surface, State Zool ogist of Pennsylvania, by a man residing in Franklyn county, near the Maryland line in a celebrate! 'fruit belt " It is a sample of hun dreds of similar letterg received vih in a few weeks. The reply of Pro feasor Surface was brief and to tie point, as follows; "1 am well satisfied that apple, pear and quince trees can be planted iu the fall with good advantage, and I would prefer fall planting for such kinds. However, in planting peach and plum I would as sooa plnnt in can be put Into proper order. 'et 1 believe that fall planting of peach and plum trees in your part of the State and over the warmer portions of Pennsylvania would be all right and successful, It will be best to cut them back well at planting, and I think it would be advisable to mound them up over the hud. If they were so mouuded they would not be liable to be killed by every severe winter freezing, and if they were injured, only the upper and ex posed part would be damaged, and the remainder could be left to grow a Dew top, which it would do very uicely. Cherry trees should be planted in the spring the earlier Ihe better. Real Estate Transfers Max Bucbe to Harris Mei.delson, lots in Hydo Park Porter. George Gregory Sheriff gold as property of Isaao Eekert to Philip F. Fulmer, land in Delaware. E. L. Parks to O. II. Bruco, lot in Lincoln Park West fall. R. M. Young to Alpheus Uensley, 171 acres Dataware, (1500. Emma M. Emoraon to W. F. Cbol, lot in Milford B-iro f.'50. Anthony E Snllh to John L. D.I Van Akin, lot in Laokuwaxcn 1075 C. V. Maxwell to A. H. Wood ward Co., i)H53 acies Shohohi nr.d Westfall u"5, 000. Margaret E Ryder and o;hers to DoroDana Divis, Ardtoruish Farui, Delaware 276 acres. Alice Trinemsn to Elmer E B'aik- mm, lot iu Wetttntl Alphens B. tisley to Geo. L. Jvvce, timl er on luuds in Delaware tSOO. Cedar For Pencils. "The lead pencil Is one of ihe iiKfct common articles in everyday use, and since prai ticaTy the only wood used in their ni:.n if ii'tino is red cedar, sud since the pencil Indus try is steadily growing (3211,000,000 are made anuually iu the United State) the supply of red cedar is be coming greatly depleted. ' "Red cellar has a soft, straight grain and is very free from defects when proierly g.-on. Because of its peculiar qualUies iu good substi tute for it has ever been found aud it is doubtful if any other Industry is so deiendeut upjn a si i g'e species as the ueucil industry i-t-i.'. pendent um red cedir, It is the inly wood the price Of which is always quoted by the pound '' (Philadelphia Puhlio Ledger, April 10th, 1,909 ) Subscribe for the Press. liL-lu Thanksgiving Proclamation President Taft today officially pro claimed Thursday, November 25, as Thanksgiving Day. The President's proclamation was issued as usual from the State Department, where it received the official seal of tha United States. The following Is lha tavl nf ihm proclamation: "By the President of the United States of America i "A PROCLAMATION. "The season of the year has re lamed when, in accordance with the reverent custom established by onr" forefathers, the people of the United States are wont to meet to their usual places of worship on a day of thanksgiving appointed by the civil magistrate to return thanks to God for the great mercies and benefits which they have enjoyed. "During this past year we have been highly blessed. No groat ca lamities or flood or tempest or epl -demic sickness have befallen us. We have lived in quietness, undis turbed by wars or miners of ware. Peace and the plenty of bounteous crops and of great Industrial product ion animate a cheerful and resolute leople to all the renewed energies of beneficent industry and material . and moral progress. It is altogeth er fitting that we should humbly and gratefully acknowledge the di vine source of these blessings. "Therefore, I hereby appoint Thursday, tbe 25th day of November, as a day of general thanksgiving and I call upon the people on that day, laying aside thtir usual vocations, to repair to their churches and unite in appropriate services of praise and thanks to Almighty God. "In witness whereof, I have hear unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixer. "Done at the city ot Washington this ICth day of November, In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of tbe inde. pndence of the United State the one hundred and thirty-fourth. "WILLIAM H. TAJT." "By the President. P, C. Knox, secretary of state.'' Water Power. "The day will ooine when ear eoal will be gone, when the mines will be emptied and when fuel fur power pio luction and for the generation of heat and light will be practically at an end. Ou that day tbe people of this country will turn to water power for salvat'on. If we, the people of today, do not. take steps, do not do all within the pewer of mortals to safigtiatd th. se water powers we an 1 our children and our children's c hildren will suffjr for our criminal ne-leet and blind fatuity." Official Vote In State Cumpleie and official return la the state give tha following plurali. lies : Stoher Treasurer over Kipp plurality H-'.fctlT, Sisson Auditor General over Clark plurality 164,053, Von Moscbziskor Supreme Court Judge over Munson 82.813. Tbe amendments, exoept the 7th were carried by the following majorities : Amendment No. 1 15 480 " 221 6T ' " 321 48 " 415 623 " 628 037 " 621 276 " 820 Ik " ' 8 1 637 ' " 1019 47f Schedule 5,61 X. No. 7, relating to appointment of election boards, was de'eated by mejorlty ot 6,6, l
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