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Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
Home for Aged Odd Fellows.

The Odd Fellows have decided upon
what the old building at the orphan
age, near Sunbury, shall be put to, af
ter the completion of the new build
ing next year, and the decision reach
ed will appeal to every one interested
in this great benevolent institution.
Immediately after the completion of
the new wings, and they have been
made ready for the occupancy OF the
numerous orphans cared for there, the
old buildings will be fitted up for the
use of aged and infirm Odd Fellows
and their wives. Thus the Odd Fell
lows will not only have home for the
orphans, where they will be cared tor
and educated, but they will have a
haven of rest for the Odd Fellow and
his wife in the declining days Of thefl
lives. s... 4,s '.'
This institution has been a splendid
success ever since it's beginning All
in this section will wish the Odd Fell
lows the greatest success in the extern
sion OF their charitable institution.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
Supervisors rlay Be Indicted.

Unless the supervisors of Upper
Augusta township, Northumberland
county, repair certain of the township
roads within the next thirty days, they
may be open to indictment in crimin-
al court.
For the past several years the mail
carrier on rural free delivery route
No. l running between Sunbury and
Klinesgrove, has made frequent com
plants regarding the poor condition
of the roads over which he passes, and
the constant danger of accident from
ruts, washed out banks and unrepaired
bridges.
Postmaster L. K. Hill of Sunbury,
has received letter from the fourth
assistant postmaster general stating
that unless the roads of the township
are repaired within the next thirty
days route No. will be withdra wn
Mr.. Hill Immediately forwarded this
information to the supervisors of the
township, who are @. P. Reinhart, F.
W. Cooke and Peter Keefer. If the
supervisors fail to act and the people
along the route lose their free deliv-
cry route thereby criminal action may
be brought against the township auth
critics.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
STOLE WAGON AND
LOAD OF GOODS

Word was received from Lykens by
local officers yesterday morning that
wholesale robbery bad been COM
mitted in that place Tuesday night,
and that the supposed robbers were
last seen fleeing in this direction.
A about midnight several unknown
parties with an auger and bit manag.
ed to break open back window in L.
A. Hensel's department store, the
largest establishment in that vicinity.
Once inside they ransacked the place
of all the valuables it contained. They
filled Dayton wagon which they had
outside with costly furs, jewelry. suit
cases and other articles to the value
of almost $1,000.
Several residents of Lykens, return
ing home at late hour, saw the men
driving rapidly out of town, but did
not recognize them. The Dayton wag-
on, the bay horse and the stolen goods
are the only clues which the police
have with which to trace the robbers.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
TEACHERS SEEK OFFICE.

1t is said that Hon. Henry Houck,
secretary of internal affairs elect, has
about 5000 letters from Office seekers
on file. although he never would ad-
NIT it, much less talk about it. AT
Lebanon it is said that public school
teachers in Pennsylvania who, because
of their environnt have become rather
timid as rule in seeking political
preferment, seem to think that their
opportunity has arrived in the eleo,
tion of one of their fellow .pedagogues
to State office.
Their energies are now being en-
ployed in writing letters to Mr..
Houck. AS he has never been an ac-
tive politician, in this fact many
office seekers seem TO see y chance of
elevation.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
THREATENED
STRIKE ON P. & R

There is point of difference be-.
tween the management of the Phila-
delphia d Reading railroad and its
employees in regard to new schedule
of wages which if not settled to the
satisfaction of the men may result ia
gigantic strike involving 1000 of the
company's employees. The negotiations
pending for some months between the
management and the men ha 20 reached
crisis which may determine whether
strike, far reaching in its results,
will be called, or the railroad author
tiles recognize the schedule submitted
by the men in which their demands
are embodied.
Some two months ago representa-
tives of the locomotive engineers, loco
motive tiremen, railroad conductors
and railroad trainmen submitted a
schedule to A. Z. Dice, general super
intendent of the Reading, requesting
an increase in salary which amounted
about IA per cent. This schedule fixed
a scale of wages on each division of
the road for the class of employees be-
longing to the organizations named.
One of the most important requests in
it was that the men be paid from the
time they reported for duty, after be-
ing called instead of from the time
they took out a train. Under the sys-
at hn
thirty minutes before train time, and
are not paid for that thirty minutes.
From the time the negotiations were
started the demands of the men were
put off until November 1st when there
was an increase of wages to all men
| receiving less than $40 per month.
This increase was refused unless there
was an understanding that the sched-
ule should be signed by the company.
This was declined by the management
for the reason that it would bs tacit
| acknowledgement on their part that
the employees had a right to negotiate
| differences from the standpoint OF
organized labor and not in their in.
dividual capacity. We're it not for this
fact, the labor men say, the schedule
would be signed without delay.
The last conference between Super
intendent Dice and the labor repres
entatives was held at Reading on Sat
urday, and it is said Mr.. Dice refused
| point blank to sign the schedule.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
Celebrated 10th Birthday.

The home of W. w. Hollobaugh was
the scene of very pleasant surprise
party Friday which was rendered in
honor OF Mr.. Hollobaugh's 26th birth
day.
The affair was a complete surprise
to Mr.. Hollobaugh, and the occasion
proved most enjoyable to the large
gathering of guests. In the afternoon
music was furnished by graphophone
and in the evening the Delsite orches-
tra, of Mausdale, rendered number
of selections. The amusements indulg-
ed in were numerous. but dancing was
the feature. An elaborate diuner was
served and ia the evening refreshments
were served Mr.. Hollobaugh was the
recipient of number of gifts. At a
late hour the gusets returned to their
homes wishing Mr.. Hollobaugh many
happy returns of the day.
Those present were Mr.. and -Irs.
Charles Hollobaugh, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Luckenbill, Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Colder, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
D. Phillips. Mr.. and Mrs. Mont Con-
fer, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Shultz, Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Fausey, Mr.. and
Mrs W. W. Hollobaugh, and Mr.. and
Mrs. David Dyer, of Union Corner
Mrs Ellen Yeager, Mrs. SaDina Sny-
der, Misses Lulu Yeager, Elizabeth
Flick, Mamie Yeager, Eva Phillips,
Florence Fausey, Anna Murray, Nora
Cooper. Jennie Garnet, Eva Boyer,
Laura Fenstermacher, Winifred Flick,
Dora Umstead, Mary Merrell, Olive
Colder, Elise Confer, Maud Colder,
May Confer and Anna Colder Messrs.
Guy Runyan. Roy Shultz, Elmer Gold
er, Charles W. Dyer. Lorie Yeager,
William Boyer, Adam Phillips, of
Milton; Raymond Yeager, Peter San-
die. John Heller, Calvin Arter, Ed
ward Delsite, Charles Flick, Purdy
Arter, Herbert Hendricks, w. b, Kase,
sCharles Snyder, Harry Yeager, Spenc-
or AFTER, Francis Delsite. Lewis Fig
les. Harry Marr and Charles Figles.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
LINCOLN FARM
ASSOCIATION

A number of our citizens are being
enrolled as honorary members of the
Lincoln Farm association, patriotic
organization formed by American
citizens for the purpose of preserving
as IA National Park the farm on which
Abraham Lincoln was born.
On August 2S, 1905, the birth place
of Lincolu-a farm of ITO acres in the
blue grass region of Kentucky-was
put up at public auction to be sold for
taxes. All but one of the bidders rep
resented some business concern trying
to secure the property for advertising
purposes or private speculation.
The farm was purchased by Robert
J. Collier and is now in the hands of
an association of patriotic citizens.
There are wealthy men who would
gladly give all the money. needed to
carry out this plan, but as Lincoln
was man of the whole people it is
believed that this memorial should be
a work of the people. Upon contribut
Ills any bOVnOOh 80 tNhto ohH N-c
person becomes an honorary member
of the Lincoln Farm Association and
will receive a handsomely engraved
certificate filled in with his name
and it is all the same whether he gives
% cents or S25.
The matter of receiving subscrip-
tions is left in the hands of |. Y.
Griar, Esq. and those who wish to
become members may enroll their
names at the First National Bank for
the present; later on the paper will be
placed at some other central point.
The Lincoln farm plan is endorsed
by President Roosevelt and Grover
Cleveland. Mark Twain, who is one
of the board of Trustees, indulges in
| this characteristic remark:
1.-THE government is spending mil
lions every year on agricultural col
leges and model farms to teach the art
of raising more corn and squashes. In
the present political, moral,and social
atmosphere of the American people
! there is nothing in that line that can
compare with this little model farm
| that raised man.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
SCRAPPLE.

This is the way the West Chester
Local News enthuses over scrapple
THE scrapple season dawns upon us,
with its ravishing perfumes and its
poesy. Scrapple follows sauer kraut,
and is itself followed by the buck
wheat cake The three constitute and
compose the great gastronomic trio
logy of the late autumn. They are
equally savory and their ineffable es-
sences are alike stimulating and re-
vivifying. Sauer kraut, perhaps, is a
shade the most nourishing, and the
buckwheat cake, it may be admitted
is the most romantic of the trio. But
even against these irresistibly seduc-
tive delicatessen, sorapple holds It's
own. For the brief month following
the falling of the leayrs II = the king
victual and master aliment OF the great
plain people.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
MOVING BACK
TO DANViLLE

Since the starting up of the Reading
Iron works especially during the pres
ent week, there has been steady in
fiux of people into town, and from
general appearances in short time
there will not be an empty house.
1t is well-known fact that after
the shut down at the Reading iron
works good many families moved
away. On Welsh Hill, especially, a
number of company houses were vac
ant and boarded up during the sum
mer. These are the dwellings that are
now mostly being occupied and NOV
ings are of almost daily occurrence.
Some of the families formerly lived
here and are merely returning with
the advent of better times. Others are
strangers who have been attraced by
news of resumption and want to try
their fortunes in new field.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
Rewards and PuniShments.

Some OF US do not pretend to know
much about methods of taxation. We
are dreamers, impractical, devoid of
those severely practical traits which
are Characteristic of the successful bust
ness man of the times. and at odd
moments bewildered by modern meth
ods. Sometimes it looks to us as
though it would be better to reverse
processes.
There is the question of taxation,
for instance. Ought "a man to be fined
or rewarded for the display Of public
spirit? Here is citizen who owns n
corner lot, having thereon erected a
disreputable looking frame building
worth few hundred dollars. He tears
it down and erects on its site a splen
did edifice, an ornament to the town,
instantly his tax bill leaps up.
Another citizen, of very prudent
frame of mind, is the owner Of vac
ant lot in good neighborhood. 1t is
likewise neglected lot. Weeds grow
there in the season for weeds, Old tin
cans and other debris ornament it. In
winter the sidewalk in front of it
where there is a Sidewalks usually
covered by snow and ice. Others build
all around it and the lot gradually in
creases in value. But the tax of the
owner never increases. 1t is IA mere
tritle compared with the amount paid
by his progressive neighbors who have
helped to build the city.
Would it not be possible to devise
some more equitable method? Ii the
public-spirited citizen is taxed a little
more every time he adds bit to the
appearance of the city, should not the
non-progressive person who does moth
ing worth while to help the town and
who is benefited by the enterprise of
Others be fined in some way for his
lack of civic spirit? We speak with
hesitation and reserve, admitting that
there may be reasons for existing Gus.
tom, which is likewise rather yeuer.
able, which we have not been able to
| fathom.
Speaking from the standpoint of a
visionary, does not the man who
beauties the landscape by handsome
structure deserve the applause of his
fellow citizens and the approval of the
municipality? Does not he who re-
moves an ugly and dilapidated shanty
and puts in its place modern bust.
ness block which attracts the atten-
tiou of visitors and creates thoughts
of beauty in the mind of the busiest
passer-by do a good deed? And is it
not the duty of the State aud of the
municipality to recognize the good
which men do and to reward them for
it?
Speaking from the same Impractical
standpoint, does not the fossil or tha
skinflint stand in the way of the prog
ress of the people? Is it not true that
| he fosters tin cans and weeds and
other unsightly things, that he makes
| his noighbor wax not with anger when
beating out path through the untrod-
den snow? Is it according to the etern.
al fitness of things that such a citizen
should be actually rewarded for his
stupidity or parsimony? We do not
| pretend to know we merely inquire.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
improvements on South Side

The work of improving the bridge
approach and the street leading down
TO the station, begun last week by
Gearhart township and the Pennsyl-
vania railroad company, will not be
completed this fall. l..
The macadamization will be carried
from the bridge southwark to the rail-
road crossing, where work will stop
for the winter. But very short time
will be required to complete the mac
adam up to the point designated.
The Improvements on the street lead
ing down to the freight house will be
spring. Meanwhile the Danville and
Sunbury Street railway company will
have ample time to raise the track of
its line as required to conform with
the change of grade.
County Comm ssioner Cook is author
ity for the statement that the county
commissioners will haul limestone on
that portion of the approach omitted
by GearharJ township and which nat
urally devolves on the two counties.
While the county commissioners are,
about it, it would be very good thing
if they would give the bridge good
cleaning, as with the approach on the
south side in good order mud will no
longer be factor on the driveway. At
places there is an inch or more of mud
on the bridge carried there by the
wheels that ploughed through the
muddy approach. Some of this mud
has found its way over the entire
length of the bridge and is even drag
ged out over the paving on Mill street
near the bridge approach 1t detracts
very much from the appearance of the
bridge, and now that there are pros
poets of keeping the driveway clean
the mud should be scraped up and
hauled away without delay.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
MOONLIGHT
SCHEDULE AGAIN

The borough council has decided to
adopt moonlight schedule for the
electric light plant.
This will probably prove agreeable
news to economically inclined taxpay-
ers, who perceive under this schedule
a perceptitle reduction in cost of op-
Grating the plant. but the action will
not be regarded with much approval
by another class who. as they express
it, want good light at all times and as
taxpayers they are willing to pay for it,
The latter class cite the failure and
dissatisfaction that followed an at
tempt to run on moonlight schedule
during the first year or SO Of the plant s
history. The mere fact that there is a
moon in the sky, regardless of the fact
whether under the then existing con-
ditions it proves much of a factor in
producing light or not, they state, is
too often taken as an excuse for shut
ting down the plant at any hour and
thus the streets are apt to be in prac-
tical darkness when light is most need
ed. Even at full moon, when the trees
happen to be out in leaves, it is urged,
the streets are too dark for pedestrians
and electric light is needed.
Council, however, believes that all
these things can be regulated. As will
be perceived by the report presented
at the last meeting of council the cleo
trio light plant last month was in OPP
Grafton 1872 hours, representing in that
time consumption of coal amounting
to S207. 80. If the time the plant is in
operation can be reduced monthly
some fifty or sixty hours by the aid OF
the moon the saving, as can easily be
computed, during six months of the
year will be considerable. Altogether
our borough fathers have deemed il
wise to make another exper riment, this
time under restrictions that will be
sure to produce satisfaction, if such q
! thing is possible. Tie moonlight sche
dule will be in force some six months
of the year, only when the trees are
not in leaves. During that time the
| shutting down and the starting up o1
the plant as it relates to the moon will
be directly in the hands of Borough
Electrician Newton Smith, " hose goot
| Judgment no one doubts. A shutting
down of the plant will be permitted
only when the moon &c large enough
to cast brilliant Ii. pt I'd the sky i:
! positively clear.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
WILL INVITE bids
FOR CURBING

Now that the State is advertising
for bids for the paving of North Mill
street the borough of Danville is fol-
lowing suit and is preparing to adver-
tise for bids for putting down the curb
along the portion to be paved, some
1900 feet IN length. Borough surveyor +
Keefer is at work on the specifications
and will have them ready in few
days.
Although the owners of abutting
property have agreed to pay for the
curbing, yet the work will be done by
the borough and all the curbing will
be included i'll ont contract. The curb
ing iu all respects will be like that
employed on that portion of Mill street
already paved.
1t is said that there will be one or
more local contractors among the bid
ders for the paving on North Mill
street., as well as for putting down the
curb. The proposals will be opened on
Wednesday of next week, December
10th.
Although the State will pave but
Uhree-fourths Of twenty feet or fifteen
feet, the State highway department
invites proposals for the entire width
of the street. 1t advertises for the paw.
ing of twenty feet, three-fourths OF
which the State will pay for, and al.
so for twelve feet additional. This is
done in order to secure uniformity il
| the work and that the paving the
seventeen feet belonging to the Dor
ough as we'll as the fifteen feet de-
voloving on the State-may be com
pleted at one and the same time.
The State highway department has
made it very plain that it intends tt
enter upon the paving for the very
first thing next spring. For this rea
son it is proceeding to award the con
tracts early this winter and is so care
fully attending to other details. Ii
order to keep pace the borough is be
stirring itself to award the contrac
for curbing.
Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-12-14
AS TO TOWNSHIP
ROAD TAXES

The following article from the Phil
adelphia Press treats with a subject
that is of prime Importance, and is
commended to the attention of the
leaders of the Intelligencor, and
especially those who reside in the
townships:
At the last egular session of the
legislature an act was passed authoriz-
ing townships of the second class. up
ON proper petition to the court, to vote
on the question of requiring road taxes
to be paid in money instead of being
worked out, las has been commonly the
case. Many townships took advantage
of this act at the last February cleo
tion. Not all of those voting gave
majority for the payment of the road
tax in cash, but large proportion did
and thereby manifested their progress
sive spirit. The coming February elec
tion affords another opportunity to
those townships that took no action
| last year, or which then gave a mega
tive vote. Upon the petition to the
court of twenty-five citizens of a
township the court is required to
authorize an election, the petition to
be filed at least thirty days before cleo
| tion. There are convincing reasons
why the system of working out the
road tax that has prevailed i'll the most
of the townships of the State should
be abolished. 1t has never made good
roads and never will. The greater part
of the work is wasted for it does not
even keep the road in decent repair.
State Highway Commissioner Hunter
recently said that So, 000 900 are annu
ally wasted in Pennsylvania shoveling
loose dirt on the roads, which is wash
ed away by the first real rainstorm
leaving the roads III even worse condi-
tion than before anything was done to
them. 1t was a very conservative state.
ment. If the road taxes were collected
in cash the supervisors would have
something to work on, and could use
the money where most needed 1t is
another advantage that each township
which decides to adopt the cash sys-
tenn will receive from the State an
amount equal to 10 per cent. of the
total road tax collected in such town
ship. This is entirely apart from the
State aid for roads constructed under
the supervision of the State highway
department. 1t is so much money
turned over to the township authorit-
les for road repairing and to be ex-
pended by such authorities. The bene-
fit which townships Of the second class
may derive from the application of
this act are indisputable. 1t should be
brought to the attention of the people
in all such townships, so that n vote
can be taken on it at the coming cleo
tion.