The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-24
FOREST CITY.

Thomas Brown made a business TRIP
to Honesdale, Tuesday.
Miss Ellen Smith and Nh james Cor
don. both of this borough, were united
in marriage at o'clock Tuesday after
noon in the Presbyterian church by
Rev. w. a. Darlington. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gordon will reside in Forest City.
Four Forest City young men. r. Bur
ton Smith. NJ. Gordon, Sidney Lott and
Richard Moyle, went down to the re-
cruiting office at Carbondale and en-
listed in the regular army, on Tues
day. This makes seven Forest City
boys enrolled in the regulars, Nelson
Westcott, George Bennett and Thomas
Brown, jr now being with the Eleventh
infantry, at San Juan, Porto Rico.
Messrs. William II. Wildenberger and
|. V. Smith spent the first of the week
in New York city.
Mrs. Theron l.. Horton is visiting her
son, Ernest Horton, at Waymart.
Miss Anna Mclaughlin is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Fred. Soby, at Jer-
myn.
Mr. and Mrs. A. d. Kehrens are
guests today Of Mr.. Kehrens' parents
in Scranton.
For the past two years times have
been what are called hard" in Forest
City. The reason was that the mines
were worked only a few days in each
month during a greater part of that
time and that there were no other in
dustries here to fall back on that would
give men employment and thus some
what relieve unfavOrable conditions.
Twice in the past eight years a board
of trade has been organized in the bor-
Ough, presumably with the object in
view of securing the location in Forest
City of one or more manufactu es-
tablishments, but in both instances the
board, after a very short existence,
quietly took it's place among the things
that have been and practically nothing
was accomplished. To some, such eX-
perience would seem to indicate that
the people of the town We're incapable
Of making a sustained effort toward
building the place up on solid foun-
dation and assuring it's future growth
and business prosperity. But this is
| not the right view to take of the mat
ter. When the business men and prop
erty owners come to thoroughly realize
, that the borough can make but little
further progress without the aid of
manufacturing industries they will
| awaken from their inactivity and use
the energy which they possess in such
a manner that results will follow which
| will make Forest City thriving and
prosperous community. The board of
trade that was last organized here
started out well and succeeded in hav-
ing a company formed and a shop built
for the manufacture of mine cars. The
venture did not prove the success that
it was expected it would and the board
Of trade died a natural death through
lack of continuity. There was no good
reason for such result. One failure
would not discourage an individual and
Of business men working for the build
ing up of their town, for the increase
in value of their property, for the plac-
( ing Of their business on a more paying
! basis and for the furnishing of those
who earn by their labor their daily
bread with a sure means of livelihood.
Every town that has ever amounted to
anything has done so by means of var
| led industries and the measure of a
| towns prosperity is guaged by the
number of its enterprises employing
! labor. When this is Well understood
and acted upon in the right way, Forest
City's future will be assured and it will
| be a successful one. Then property
| values will not decrease. but increase;
| then business will not he at stand
| still, but will boom; then the failure of