Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-01-12

cided to get after soap clubs who do
Il large business in that county. 1t
is said that these clubs take several
thousand dollars out of the section
annually and do not pay one cent of
tax. The new appraiser has decided
that they must pay tax and has
already on his list a large number of
soap club agents.
These clubs are regarded as great
detriment to the merchants, and it is
considered just that they be
compelled to pay a tax when it is
taken into consideration that the
merchants are forced to-Wilkes-
barre Times.
That would be too bad! The most
Of the soap clubs in this part of the
county run their legs off selling soap
and lotions for the Larkin Soap Co.
of Buffolo, which is owned by the
Standard Oil Co., and what would
poor Rockefeller do if the soap clubs
should be put out of business? Just
consider what might happen if John
DIS income should be cut down
another million or two.
Your home merchant will have to
worry through somehow, in any
event-but how about poor John?
You may not know it and YOU may
not believe it, nevertheless it is Il
fact that Mr.. Larkin gets a princely
salary for running that Buffalo bust
ness and the rest of the profits go to
the Standard Oil Co. who owns the
whole shebang. This information
was given by man who furnished
nearly all the lumber used in the Lar
kin building at Buffalo. 1t costs you
no more than it did the editor of the
Messenger. r.-Lacyville Messenger.
Forty-fve COWS belonging to Ian
ing and Brown, of WysoX, Bradford
county, We're recently tested for tu-
bercuosis and the entire herd found
to be effected Arrangements were
as once made to have them shipped
away for slaughter under the direct
ION of the State Neterenary Board.
Heretofore the state paid for cows
that were tested and found to have
tuberculosis, but not for cattle that
were killed for beef and then found
to be diseased. But now the law is
such that if an animal killed for
beef, is found to have tuberculosis,
the state will pay for it upon proper
proof-not to exceed cents pound,
nor $25 for whole carcass. Informa-
ton will be furnished by DR.. Town
er member of State Board.
The Williamsport News says in
regard to the new railroad: "The
proposed railroad from Biughamton
to Williamsport and the probability
of its construction this year revives
a project of an interesting nature, the
building of spur of the new road to
Eagles Mere. AS the new road is to
pass by Hillsgrove it would be q
comparatively small matter to build
the spur. While the whole matter
so far is just speculation, there seems
to be a good chance of such a move
being made and that it would be a
popular movement is arrured when
the situation is understood. The
spur would be Il standard guage
which would allow drumming Pull
man palace ears right to the lake.
At present Washington people us IL
ally come to Williamsport by the
Pennsylvania then take the Reading
to Halls and tho w. and \. b. tC
Sonestown and from there the mar
row gauge. AS far as Sonestown
the Philadelphia and New York peo-
pie using the Reading have now ex'
cellent facilities, but it is probable
that if the talked of spur were built
the Philadelphia and Reading would
arrange to run parlor cars over it to
the lake. On the other hand it il
possible that if the new road were to
move in the direction of Eagles Mere
the w. & n. b. would wide gauge
their road from Sonesto wn to the
Lake"
From birth a boy can hold proper
ty, at seven he is, if intelligent, an
swerable for crime; at fourteen he