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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-03

schoolmastcr. When Walsh would
come home he would ask What little
boy knows his lesson I would say
nothing until he would say later, Well.
II some little boy can say his letters
ne can have ten cents | always got
tn ten cents" said Mr.. Clarkson with
a misChievous smile.
"My early recollections of Carbon
dale are somewhat broken" continued
Mr. Clarkson. "for the reason that
when youngster I felt more like hav-
Ing adventures than remaining at
hone. do recall we'll, however. the
first hose Companies that We're here.
There were four | belonged to Eagle
No .. which had its house where the
COumbia'S home stands now. II was
hard in those days to get money from
the city. and # the members did not
represent most of the families of the
town we would have no companies.
'rh, firemen of today may have trou-
bic getting what they want; that Is.
they think they have. They should
have Witnessed some of our troubles.
Why. the hose house we had to "uild
ourselves David PrenderGast and
more of the boys carted the bark from
myself put on the side and the lining
and filled in between the walls with
sawdust so that the house wouldn't
blow away and that we wouldn't freeze
to death
THE companies had their hands full
running to fires. sIt used to keep us
a-humping sometimes. one night the
night of the big tannery fire, the tam
~
lives now. we had six fires 10 run to.
Many time | stood up to my hips in
the Lackawanna working the pump
handles OF the old engine.
Fine Body of Men.
THE firemon We're fine body Of
men when they turned out on parade,
for they We're the flower of the town.
There used to be great rivalry between
Carbondale and HOnesdale firemen,
and I can recall the spirit that used TO
take hold of all of the boys whenever
they went to Honesdale. But the odds
We're against us when we held our
| contests there. The Honesdale men.
besides being up to all kinds of tricks
and capers. would have the whole
| town to help them work the pumps.
The First Engine.
"nhe coming of the first engine to
| Carbondale, the little Major Sykes,
was a great event in Carbondale. There
| was a whole lot of talk about how the
! thing might look and the day II
reached here everybody who could was
! on hand To see ii. There used to be a
turn table for it near the Seventh Ave-
| nue. station, also a little round house
| Where Memorial Park Is, we used
to call pigweed park This was where
the circuscs used To show. My father
| was no hand TO let us go to circuses,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-03
Rivalry Among Miners.

After the mines were started we'll.
there used t. be great rivalry among
the Welsh and the Irish miners. En-
och Morgan ana my father were corr
sdered the best Minors. ana tn" nan
were always trying to get contests up
between them.
The school that | attended was
the little red building where the First
National bank stands now. Ed Clark
son, James kirkWood. John Mcdonald.
son of Sandy Mcdonald. who owned
Sanly's field. Thomas Dickson, Mich
ael Burke, of South Main street. all
went to this school Il was John
Walsh'S | have a distinct recollection
of all Of the Non who livrG in arbon.
dale in the thirlios and furti,s. There
was II. S. Pierce, John NJ. poore f. q.
Grow, brother of Congress sman- at
Large Galusha Grow: Patrick Mofitt,
who lived on Eighth avenue. The
Dicksons, Thomas ana George. lived
on Pike street, about where ConSta BILE
MOrans home Is. | was only a child
three years old whom James Archibald.
Father Of Judge Archibald, Of Scranton.
came here. That was in 1892. He was
civil engineer along the Erie canal.
The First Bank.
"The first bank in Carbonate was
the private bank of II. :. Pierce, who
was running a store at the time. II
was here that we got all of our drafts,
FOR there was no other means Of send
ing money away.
In the iOS there We're two Or three
hotels, tavorns they were then. RrOn-
sons railway hotel and CoyleS. Bron-
sons Was at the corner of Main street
and salem avenue, but 1t was DESTROY
ed in the big fire uptown, of those days.
The Hose Companies.
"The hose companies were all the
attraction for us young fellows. We
had four companies, one for each ward
There were the RcscucS No. |, the
Eagle No. >, the Goodwills No. and
the Neptunos No. 4. The Rescues was
in our ward and we had a house on the
spot where John Won Becks large
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-03

Mr.. Ncalon. ~ can't but marvel at the
changes between the Carhondal" of to-
day and the days when W. had only
taverns. no railroads or tclographS or
any Of the wonderful cOntrivances uf
these laVS"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-03

only man who could deliver such a
fin" lecture without notes; General Nc
Cartney, a fine gentleman and a great
speaker. were some of the persons who
gathered big audiences in the Acad-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-03
rx-posTMAsTER JOHN NEALSN

rx-POSTMASTER JOHN NEAL0N
r is probably the hest Informed man
hereabouts on the early history of
Carbondalc. Mr.. Noalon is the oldest
citizen In CarhOndale. He was born in
Carbondala in 1929, when log cabins
aboundcd in the woods hcrcabOuts,
when Scranton was Slocum Hollow
and Inventive minds were turning to-
wards loComotion by steam. This was
the year the StourhidEe Lion. tn" first
locomotive IN America. made its event
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-03

securely tampcd with weeds, stones
and the like and when 1t went off II
exploded. blowing away two Of the fn-
gers of the man who got the quarter
for setting 1t off. a big piece of the
metal, Weighing about 50 pounds came
crashing through tho roof of Sweet
& Raynor's store, which was 300 feet
distant, whore Singers clothing store
is now.
The mine fall of Jan. IL. 1916, was
terrible happening. can remember
1t too well. There were fourteen lives
lost. Six were meyer found. They
were John Brennan, 4. Walsh. John
Farrell, Peter Crawley. James Toulan.
Henry Dcvancy. Names Of others
Ebcn Williams. Pat Walker. Jas Ne
Grath, Henry Moore, Patrick Leonard.
Mark Brennan, Patrick Mitchell, Will
liam Kline, Pat Clarke. driver boy,
lived until evening of that day.
School Books of Old Days.
ITO go back to my school days in
Jack Walsh's school said Mr.. Ncalon,
after thinking awhile. "Td like to show
you some at the books we studied.
Here they are:
Cobb's Spelling with Alphabet. and
First, Second ana Third readers
t0bb's Sequel to Readers; English
Reader; Ilale's United States History
lindlcy Murrays English GRAMMAR:
Smiths Atlas ana Geography; Dabolls
Arithmetic, Bonycastle's Mcnsuration
by Michael Ryan.
when ! look back now concluded
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-03
Old Fashioned Methods.

Things We're old fashioned in those
days. when you compare them with
the playhouses of today. We had
benches, but no stage. If stage was
The Grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1901-06-28
Little Mother. Sabbath Keeping.

Dolly is firm believer in the Croa-
tor. but she is also a most devoted
mother to family of six bisque kid
and waxen babies On Sunday morniu 2
nurse came home from church ard
found Dolly busi;y pressing out a
dolls dress with a toy flatiron MUSE
fixed her charge with stern. reprov-
ing eye This 10 Sunday" she said
Just as if Dolly didn't know the dullast
day of the seven. You should not la
Dor m the Lords day" Dolly lifteG a
pink face and smiled serenely. God
knows this little iron isn't hot" she
aid.-Current Literature.
The Grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1901-06-28
More Cotton, Less Wool.

The consumption of cotton cloth IS
increasing Formerly the people of the
United States used nine pounds of wool
per capita annually. The substitution
of cotton in the cheaper grades of cloth
has reduced that average to six pounds
year, while the amount of cotton
consumed per capita has risen to tweE-
ty-fve pounds. One-third Of the wool
we consume comes from foreign cou1-
tries, two-thirds of the cotton we grow
is sent abroad. We do not even manu-
facture all the cotton goods we use.
Our supply of fine goods still comes
from Europe Record Herald
The Grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1901-06-28
ROUGH RIDER AND HIS VIEWS.



Good tobacco is grown all over
Santa Fe. n. NJ, who has lately been
mustered out as commanding officer
of company in the Thirty-fourth in
fantry, and who was promoted from
second lieutenant to first Lieutenant: Of
Rough Riders on the field OF battle by
Col. Roosevelt. in a recent CONVERSE
ton. The best tobacco. however, is
grown in the Cacaygan valley, broad
and fertile stretch of country toward
the northern portion of the island. The
Cacaygan river overilows its banks an
nually. much like the River Nile. ana
leaves rich sediment all the way
from six inches to one foot in depth.
When the river subsidies all the farm
ers have to do is to pillow up the de-
post and plant their seed. The coun-
try is still sparsely settled, but some
day will undoubtedly be opened up by
the construction Of a railroad. Now
the tobacco has to be shipped down the
Cacaygan river to town ut its mouth
named Aparri | have Travelled nearly
all over the world and come in contact
with about every kind of people, but
nowhere have | found people who dis
liked work as heartily as do the Gu
bans. They are pretty nearly in the
lowest scale. The Filipinos are FAR
better class and if the ClIbans are fit
for self government | am sure the
F'ilipinos are The latter are more do
ellie and Industrious, and while they
are sometimes treachcrous. they are TO
be trusted far more than the Cubans.
For men with small capital and small
talents the Philippines offer the best
opportunities | know of anywhere.
Companies formed over there two
years ago have doubled their capital
annually. The United States land laws
ought to be extended to the Philip
pines. 1t would result in an imme-
diate and extensive development ar3
make the islands blossom with pros
perity.'
Capt Dame was formerly member
of the territorial legislature in New
Mexico.
The Grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1901-06-28

those recorded as vaccinated the death
rate is low in proportion to the evil
hences of thoroughness revealed by
the scars. OF l0,i03 cases in Homer
.on hospital 2,S05 had good VAGINA
ton marks and the fatalities among
them were 8 per cent; 1851 had indif-
ssrent marks. and the ratio Of fatali-
ties was per cent; l,295 were alleged
10 have been vaccinated but had no
scars, and of them 9 per cent We're
:atal, while the unvaccinated num-
Eered 2,l69. with AZ per cent of fatal
lies. The evidence collected shows
that the medical associations of Brit
ain and other countries are abundant
ly justified in fayoring compulsory
vaccination as measure of public
safety. and it would be extremely dan
gerous to relax our vigilance in {. mat
ter of such vital Importance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12
CONSOLIDATION.

We copy another interesting article
from the Herald, written by Superintend-
ent Alexander, on. the consolidation OF
schools. Perhaps the most pertinent
point, is the admission of Superintendent
Alexander, that like General Hancock's
view Of the tariff, it is largely local
question. That is, some few localities
want it, while it will take time to edu-
cate the rest-if ever. As Superintend-
ent Alexander says, it is not new ques-
ton, and in places in eastern states, suct,
consultations have been successful. If,
as he suggests, we are to have some
practical examples of such consolidation
in the near future in this county,, it will
be an experiment which will be of much
interest to the other districts here.
We notice writer in the Mountaineer,
gives quite an array of points against this
scheme, which would doubtless apply in
many cases, but in other cases would at
least cut but little figure. As we said
two weeks ago, our own opinion lis that
the natural love of autonomv III III she rum
ming Of the local school, is after fall, the
greatest barrier to the genera af'adoption
of this scheme. Lots of nei9hborhoods
prefer to run their, own little country
school, even at greater xexpense and
more limited educationsl facilities, than
to be part Of greater district.
However, discussioh on this subject is
good and will do tgood. We shall be
glad, d,to publish any communication on
this subject, from our educators, men,
bers Of school boards or tax payers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12
We happened to be present when the
matter was up before them, and made
the, suggestion that possibly an arrange

matter was up before them, and made
the suggestion that possibly an arrange
nient might be made with the sheriff
whose ieesSare much more than all other
expenses together and with others who
would get fees, to scale down prices so
that the county could get title at small
er cost and at such a cost. that the
county would be reimbursed by future
sales Of the property to individuals.
The opinion Of the board seemed to be
that the fees stated were mandatory, and
therefore such arrangement would not
be valid though in the yearly tar sale
this is exactly what they do with the
newspapers. s
The special provision for the publica-
ton of the list in the county seat paper,
is one Of several paragraphs relating to
the advertising, is numbered q, and is
somewhat contradictory to preceding
provisions, and had escaped our personal
notice until the Pink Paper spoke of it.
Now if the Pink Paper will kindly
itemize and explain its procedure at the
time of the division oftax sale proceeds
and work with this paper and why.we
never got our share, and the Chronotype
tell us all about the Knight-Bestic deal
in the ballot printing and why the bill
was cut down by the board couple OF
hundred dollars or so-maybe, there
might be other hogs to kill than Ward
well.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12
Commissioners
Proceedings.
: : OFFICIAL. 5
: ssssssssssssssssssse0seees
Pen,bina

Pembina, N. D., April /, 1901,
Board met as per adjournment, pres.
ent commissioners Often, Taylor, Ny.
rick and Sigfnsson.
Resolved that all taxes levied and as.
sessed against lots !, 2 and 8 in block 10,
OF Fosters addition to the village Of
Bathgate, be stricken from the tax lists.
said lots being fractional lots and having
been used for nuisance ground, and
therefore worthless, and that
the taxes for the years 1859
and 1900, levied against lots is aud Ii in
blk e, Fosters addition to the village of
Bathgate be cancelled for the reason, that
! tlle same M s county property under ! GER.
tain taxdeed Issued to said Pemuabina 60
June "a 1883. Resolved further that s.
quit claim deed be issued w TIE county
auditor g and chairman 81 tl,e board 81
county commissio ioners 10 ". K K Poster.
lots 3 and !, blk. 10 and
lots lots y and i, BIZ. 81 Fostsrs B addition d
g Bathkate. upon psymeatl al SlOto be|
turned into county general Ind I'D, He
paying alIexpenses ID conlie - With
he same. sS'3
The following bills were allnWS &,
tO Johanson, wolf bounty ]. IA 1. s|i !. ID
Resolved that the county Gs s,,l q 4 sc.I ~
:ept the sum Of ga u (being ctir II Il saxll
z q full payment of personal taxs aSist /
: S.sP. :. ]. 3 Nelson oi Elora townsbip x sSo s
en- 1soa 1soA 1875 and 1sg8 EIl
q McDonal IS . y days feeding
stock qliafsntine snall.p pox case
sofs IA Brooks !. 81 !. !. !. !. !. ]. III OolS
N sAlieE Dssksy g days attenaling 1:E
5'aa'apo pos Ed Broo'ss a n All 4 81
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12
OFFICIAL DIRECTOR

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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12
The Pioneer Express.
ABOUT LEaAr. HOGS.

The Pink Paper scores the various
Pembina county members Of the late leg
islature for passing laws in the interest o
county seat papers, creating snaps fol
newspapers and saying none but county
seat papers should have the snaps" And
then the Chronotype man joins in with a
suggestion, that either the county seat be
removed or Wardwell killed-the latter
preferable.
We presume, that (as was the case
with us) probably the first intimation
that there was such a law passed in re-
ference to newspapers, came to these leg
islator's knowledge from the P. P. in its
criticism.
So far as we have seen, though we have
not made an extended study for Snaps
there is only one law that has such pro-
vision, that for selling all real estate that
has been and was delinquent for taxes
for 1896 and previous years, through dis.
trict court proceedings. The general
theory of the law is all right. There are
several thousand town lots in this county
and other counties, that under present
laws, go on the tax list year after year.
and nobody ever pays taxes on them or
buys them attax-sale. The title under
tee present law acquired by the county
is almost valueless, but il the property
could be taken before the district court.
and sold under judgment as provided in
this law, the title would be nearly If not
quite valid. The property Or much Of Il.
could then be sold BY the county to ac-
tuai purchasers, who would paytaxes on ii.
As we said that part Of the law is des.
irable, from many points Of view, the dif. |
ticulty IN carrying out this law IS the
enormous expense, il, as IS supposed.
ull legal fees would have to Sc paid
court and sheriff. and to other officials.
making an expense which would prob
ably be far more than the total value ofl
the lots The total printers fee however.
would appr oximateS about 10 cents Der
description for sixsweeks publication al
two different iotis This IS no partic-
ular snap, Just fair RATES, and of course
any paper would be glad is ret Il. though |
i would seem that some. papers wunid |
prefer that nobody should have il. Z rratherl
han the county sent paper should !
get II. '''
4 is the same dog IL the manager az.
position thai nov causes ti,e. yearly s Ii
sale to be printed and adyerfised Il, .,,;I
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12

The PIONEER EXPRESS is sent only on the d.
ect order of subscribers, andNs continued until
ordered stopped and all arrearages paid.
per year. Subscribers paying In advance have
the choice Of several premium papers In addi-
uon.
plimentary only, and while we desire them to be
considered as Invitations to subscribe, they will
NOT be continued except upon request.
Tho PIONEER ExPREssi is the best advertising
medium in the county, having more general
circulation than any other paper. Card Of rates
sent on application.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12

The blood may be in bad condition,
yet with no external signs, no skin
eruption or sores to indicate it. The
symptoms in such cases being variable
appetite, poor digestion, an indescribable
weakness and nervousness, loss of flesh
and general rundown condition of the
system - clearly showing the blood has
lost its nutritive qualities, has become thin
and watery. It is in just such cases that
SIS. S. has done SOME Of its quickest and
most effective work by building up the
blood and supplying the elements lacking
TO make it strong and vigorous.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12

JgD Wallace insanity fees Hamil-
silton and Walsh cases .... % 90
d = Briden goods co poor Rjggers Is %
David Askew rent CO poor 3 mos Is 90
Wilson & Curriepub proceedings
blanks, ETC.. Il IS
III J5E Horgan witness tees walsh in
sanity case. 1 l9
+ Board adjourned until 2 p. m.
Board met as per adjournment, all
members present. Minutes read and ap-
proved up to date.
a. E. Bcstia appeared before the board
and Presented a bill for $l74.O5. claiming
balance due on election supplies for 1900
Resalyed that the bill be rejected on
the grounds that Penbina county did
not contract with Walker Bros. for said
election supplies, but through the county
auditor, purchased election supplies from
H. Il. Lampman, and the bill for the
same was considered and audited bS the
board Dec. 20, 1900.
Following bills were allowed.
Robert Mcbride, cash paid asses
sors as per voucher ..........s .s247 40
do cash paid attorney on or
der court, Wilson case. ........ Is 90
Z do cash paid Conrod on or
der Commr Taylor 20 90
do cash paid Hogan on acct
co poor on order Of Myrck, 10 90
do cash paid for wood by
order of Myrick. "a 35I
do cash paid for stamped en-
velopes, box rent, postage, etc. 10B At
do cash paid freight, ETC.. IL 35
B + Walters board prisoners, Feb AZ Isl
F,A Feldman -four co poor, Bou-
vette, Thomas and others. 49,. IL 7OI
Walker Bros blanks, warrants, etc 20 so
[ohan Stephanson board and care
Th Bjarnadotter. 20 90
! Resolved that the CO auditor and CO
reasurer be authorized to accept the or
ginal tax for 1900, and original sales for
lll back years on lots and in block 10
pCrystal city.
Nelson Hebert, rent co poor Mrs
Hooler, Feb and March $500. II col
'R Shaw stationery, supplies y. Al rs
IsG Buchanan cutting wood. .... 10 90
81 Farrow attending court .... g. 10
Hogan board and clothes co
- B .
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12

My wife used sew
eral bottles of S. S. S.
as q blood purifier and
to tone up a weak and
emaciated system, with
very marked effect by
way of Improvement.
"We regard it a
great tonic and blood
purifier. "-J. F. DUFF,
Princeton, Mo.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12

tetuIns, and NERVOUSNESS vanishes as new
rich pure blood once more circulates
through all parts of the system.
S. S. S. is the only purely vegetable
blood purifier known. 1t contains no min
erals whatever. Send for our free book
on blood and skin diseases and write our
physicians for any Information or advice
wanted No charge for medical advice.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, GA
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-07

BROCKwAY's psychic seance, Sunday. Tues
Gay, Thursday S:l5 y. M 2oc: readings daily.
FcIENDsHIp Hail. 3e5 McAllister-Mrs c. ].
Meyer; sittings daily: test to all tonight. loc.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-07
ssN FRANCISCO GAIL.

BUSINESS OFFICE o. TIE San Francisco
Call. corner or Market and Third streets; open
until l. O'Clock every night in the year.
BRANCH OFEICES-527 Montgomery street
IoTrer Clay; open Until 9:30 a. m.
$50 Hayes street; open until $50 p. m
e39 MoAllsster street; open until $50 p m.
SIS 1-aiLin street; open until $50 p m
lsa sIission street; open Until 10 P. n
.2Gt Market sueet. corner Sixteenth open
Cutl
lce Eleventh stree; opcn untn p M
1855 Valencia street: oren until T. n.
?.cfthH7est corner Twonty-sccono and Neh-
tScly streets: open until p. III.
2299 Fillmore r;rcet: opcn until ?. m
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-07
AGENTS WANTED.

AGENTS wanted for Life Of President Theo-
dore Roosevelt; thrilling illustrated bio
Eraphy Of our youngest President; complete
OUTFIT mailed on receipts of S5c in stamps; be
first in the field. s. c. MILLER CO., Port
land, Oregon.