Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-08-29
sANDYsTON


1t is surprising to fnd so many Of
the truly good in this world and yet
they must be here for some Of the
correspondents Of this county s
| press are lamentiug the wiokedness
of Cranberry lake, a summer resort
made by the D., L. g W. r r. a
few miles from Newton. So long as
the people going there behave them
selves and desire cool drink of
lager and a quiet orderly dance,
say let them alone and let these too
good for this world people stay
away and attend TO their own af-
fairs If these truly good had their
way everybody would have to walk
"Spanish" and hand over their dol
lars to everything connected with
church work.
Our board of freeholders are hav-
ing a hard time of it in the matter
of good roads. We of this valley
are very anxious that the piece OF
road from Tuttle's Corner to Cul-
ver's Gap shall be built but 1 am
afraid the issue is doubtful. The
new road as surveyed avoids all the
heavy grades and if built on the
lines laid out by Engineer Konkle
one can trot the whole length of the
road. Make that road macadam or
dirt but give us the road following
the stream
The boys of Hainesville, to relieve
che monotony of Sunday, played a
few games of base ball but the aw-
fully good folks of that locality
raised such howl that the boys out
of sympathy for their sufferings
carefully laid aside bat and ball and
rested.
The social at the Layton M. K.
church on Thursday evening was
we'll attended despite the threaten
ing weather. The receipts were
$47.
Edward Adams wife and daugh-
ter of Bloomfield, N. j., are domi-
oiled at Francis Simpsons where
they have for several years spent
their summer outing
The bridge on the Ennis road, as
1t is called, leading from Bevan's to
Pine Hill has fallen into the stream,
and travel is stopped.
William g. Drake of this town
died on Sunday afternoon last aged
58 years. Mr.. Drake was sick only
a few days and was not thought to
be in any immediate danger. He is
survived by his widow and three
children of adult age Myra, Sadie
and Walter, at home.
Almost every owner of land is
complying with the law in posting
his lands and if all mean that hunt
ers must keep off there will be
mighty little lands to hunt over.
The fine for hunting upon posted
lands is 500. Look for the notices.
Charles Grau and wife of Haines-
vile will take two weeks outing
in visiting their son in his New
Hampshire home and will leave for
that state one day this week They
will visit New York and Boston
while on their trip.
Our school board met one night
last week but as only A of the 9
members were present no business
was transacted. 1t was carried that
the biographies now in use should
be exchanged for more modern
text book and Frye's book will be
substituted. An adjourned meeting
will be held this week when the
hauling of coal and repairs to school
buildings will be discussed and
voted on.
Stopping in Hainesville a day or
two ago noticed the loading of an
immense pile of corn baskets from
the store of James M. Stoll "Jim"
buys anything that comes along and
gets away with it, too. He cannot
get enough baskets to supply his
demand and he disposes of from
1, 500 TO 1900 baskets annually. No
man in that locality would be miss
ed more than James M Stoll.
The potato crop is a fairly good
one and now comes the report that
they are rotting. The price has
fallen to As and SO cents per bushel
and the rot may finish what prom
ised well to the producer.
El Mundo, a Havana newspaper
and the personal organ Of General
Maxine Gomez, has just published a
false and misleading statement in
regard to General Leonard Wood, in