The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-03-30
Mayburg.

Forest Proper of Tionesta was at the
burg looking over the air plant.
Wm. Richards was a visitor TO Nebras-
ka and Warren.
f. X. and James Brown have been
away on business all week Mill run
ming right along.
A fine baby boy arrived at the home Of
II. V. Matthews Saturday morning. Har-
ry is happy.
Rafting on the creek this week makes
things look like old times.
On Monday last Rev, Zahniser was
called away to attend the funeral of his
brothers. child. His brother was one OF
our former pastors, who still holds a
warm place in our hearts, and our SYM
pathy goes out to him in his sad bereave-
ment.
Meeting still going on at Mayhurg. 1t
is doing good, although none have been
saved.
High water, thunder storms, with rains
have stamped March of 1904 as a very
peculiar month, aDd as fitting ending
of one of the hardest winters | ever ex-
perienced. | remember the winters of
lSSl-2-3 as being winters of cold and
deep SHOWS, but for steady, hard freezing
the winter we have just passed through
beats them all. Lumbermen got along
fairly well, but it has been fight for oil
production | am not a believer in the
idea that the cold affects the oil below,
but the work cannot be accomplished and
the wells do not get the care they have in
summer and consequently fall off in pro-
duction.
Capt. j. j. Haight OF Cooper Tract was
visitor at VIM. Richards Thursday,
looking over the Dads, end incidentally,
the air business. Also iuquiring into an
accident that happened on the Balltown
hill ten days ago, when VIM. King slid
over the road, landing with his team and
Mrs. King, about 90 feet below. There is
some talk of a suit concerning it, but the
roads cannot be kept in as good condition
in winter like this as in ordinary
weather. Then sometimes drivers are
careless and drive too near the edge for
safety.
But speaking of good roads, they can
not be too good, and accidents like the
above have tendency TO stir things up.
Put me down as voting for good roads,
every time and all the time. April is the
best month in the year to repair roads.
Dirt moved in April will settle with the
spring settling and give us good, hard
roads all summer. Dirt moved later
makes dust and mud all summer. Quite
difference, but it's so all the same.
While the road is soft from the frost COM
ing out, ton of earth can be moYed as
cheaply by the road machine as hun
dred pounds can be later on, when it has
settled and becomes hard, when it is al
most impossible to move without first
blowing. Year after year the same old
running of the scraper and the product a
little dust that blows away, which if done
in April the shoulders formed by the ruts
and pushed over toward the dllches couIu
be scraped into the middle of the road,
rounding it up and leaving it good
rounded road-all road and all ditch -
which would remains dry and hard all
summer. Push the thing along and LET
us haye agitation on good roads. | see
some counties are starting for state aid
Is Forest county going to lag behina?
trow not. You know the Salvation army
has song, the chorus of which is
Gwen all push the old chariot along
! And not lag behind"
that's the spirit of help. / hope Forest
county will get hold of it on the good
roads business, quick.
MORE ANON.
] Whit &, i,II,y al ,yprl1 tIis NEpulI h1