The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-02-07
Arrf and Afrrabuuts,
Coudersport Market.

The Agricultural Serfess OF this Coun-
tEat itsmeeting held in December. ad-
jourHei to February court week. when
1t proposed to take measures prrpara-
-on to holding fair next fall
We hope this programme will he car
ns out; that the meeting court week
will be largely attended, and everything
put In proper working order to accom-
.l>a the result aimed at.
Our County has extensive agricultu-
uI resources which are becoming every
ar more and more developed but
drifting along rs we have done. with
otaworking agricultural organization,
aud without county fairs. the outside
arII does not know what it is accom-
.,hing, what its resources are. nor
g.ac it Is capable of. The best adver-
,sanrnt that can possibly be published
m Tire benefit of the County, is the
N aimg of such a fair rs its farmers can
as.y grt up. Advertising is the life Of
H,n,=s. and advertising Of this kind
muLd certainly he the life of Potter
County
Hon. c, = Jones was in town over
Sunday. lie c,2ne Saturday night and
returned to Harrisburg Monday morn
mc.
toadcr>pOrt has got a Billiard Saloon.
Il ], located over Rees' jewelry store il
1- Dixie building, and is kept by Mr.
David Ingralam.
The snow on the Hog Back" be-
tween here and Kettle Creek has been
Ha tow feet deep the present winter.
~l.iS Ifow over three feet in depth.
Last Monday a man whose name we
mot learn, working for Fish 4 Tn
.TtIH on "a lumber job near the Joerg
farm on Kettle Greek, met with a seri-
accident. He was trailing logs
alaa tug broke letting the whitfie-
r-- tIy back, which struck him in the
Ea.,,. breaking one rib and injuring
4 Internally in a serious manner.
IA The donation at Colesburg last Mon
4aE evening for Rev. Q. NJ. Leggctt
j"aacrd substantial results to the
1omt Of fifty-nine dollars.
n Netake the fr5lwing statement from
r NlIlimn>port Sun. Our readers will
from L what are the prospects of
.- numbering region Of Pennsylvania.
Il line destruction of the forests in
.0aINdnIa las gone on 50 rapidly of
IT. Years as TO excite serious apprchen-
l> ot a failure Of the supply. The
--...I has become so serious that the
a.fSl lumheTncn in Northwestern
......NN wanna have united in a circular.
ar" they have sent to lumber dealers
-"' consumers through the State. call
asNtlnR to the critical condition
3r lumber interests. II appears
.@ ,a> That The amount Of pine lum-
"ahNduy Clu on the SUSquehanna
ana It's tributaries exceed 500, ,OO0,-
51tt. Should this amount be cut
@,s next i've years, it would amount
hUo0,oo0 feet. \ careful esti-
mas been made of the area
-e TIMBER lands. and the aver
,s" OF lumber per acre, and the
VI mig conclusion is reached that
N \. ears stocking at the present rate
,i-z.r .,-I,''ouo feet per year would ell
II sr..rf.g- Unjust all the pine lumber now
M ;,f...l These statements are made
e. ,rTt careful estimates, and with
NJ II '-]1ic endorsement on the part of
~ ,.''s1 experienced lumbereTs in the
|' uist part Of last week Zeke Edge
~ VINO was working on one of the
DeI Jobs on Kettle Creek, was going
r. "s slide in company with another
Il When descending log bounded
III lhe slide just at the right point
S'IkIng HIM broke both his legs.
n vas taken to North Point. where
"oken limbs were set and his con-
VA -" rendered as comfortable as possi-
"ueT ordinary circumstances the
- paragraph would close our ac-
- oi this accident, but there is
~ part to the story which proves