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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21

"A DESPATCH informs us that the
Department Of Agriculture is looking
for some way 70 make denatured al
cohol at a cost So low that it will take
the place of other fuel and light. 1t is
said that the Department has agents
IN Europe who are investigating a
potato found there which is twice as
large as ordinary potatoes, but not
very good for eating. This potato is
very productive aud on single acre
enough can be grown to make 500
gallons Of alcohol, which, it is alleged,
will furnish light and heat and power
70 last a farm household an entire
year. That sounds plausible enough,
but we fear there will be many n slip
between the promise and its fulfill
ment. In the first place machinery
viii be required to prepare the pota-
toes for distillation. Then a distilling
apparatus viii be necessary, and some
one who knows how all these things
must be done Then, too, Uncle
Samuel has special laws regulating
the making Of alcohol. \ license is
required, and that Is not to be had
gratis, as all di-tiIIers know. Before
the farmer gets to work in mauufac-
turing his light, heat and power pro-
duct, We fear he will run up against
score of snags that will efiectualiy
cure him of wishing to compete with
coal oil and coal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21

THEY are not done with the
land-grabbers in Oregon yet. Men
of Senatorial and Judicial rank have
been tried and convicted of attempt
ing to defraud the Government of its
lands, and the crop of these rogues is
not harvested yet. Last week a fresh
batch, consisting of an Oregon State
Senator and two State Representa-
tives, were tried and convicted in the
Federal Courts. If the prosecutions
continue, Oregon will soon be able to
clean out the gang that has so long
brought dishonor upon her name. The
only pity is that the punishment
which the law prescribes is not heavi-
er than it is. But these numerous
convictions are having a good effect
on all the neighboring States, and for
a while, at least, the evil complained
Of will he less heard Of, and that will
be a distinct gain.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21

Iowa promises to carry off the
championship this year for her Won
derful grain crop. Her corn crop
alone Is put down at 3S1 900, 600
bushels, and, if the weather remains
good during the next few weeks, may
20 to 400, 600, 600 bushels. But corn
is not the only cereal grown in Iowa.
Her oats crop is estimated to reach
147, 600, 600 bushels; her barley, A.,
600 900 bushels, and her spring
wheat, 10000 900 bushels. She will
also have l, 100000 bushels of rye.
In all, her experts calculate on at
least $50, 600, 600 bushels of grain,
and it may be more. That would
give her nearly $50 bushels of grain
for every man, woman and child in
the State. From this we can see how
muchtshe will have to sell.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21
EYES 4 SPECIALITY.
SUES FOR WIFE'S AFFECTION
Had Lived Happily Together for
Thirty Years.

Altoona, Sept. 17.-Charles A.
Harrison today sued Richard Weaver
for $4,000 damages for alternating
his wife's affections. Harrison and
his wife had lived together happily
for thirty years. One day he went
to Weaver's house to bring her
home.
"Dick Weaver's little finger is
worth more to me than your whole
body" Harrison says she told him,
and she refused to 60 home. Har-
rison became melcholy and disappear
el, leaving a note of good-by, but le-
turned in a week.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21
DIDhtheria Closes Sch o OILS.

Pottsville, Pa, Sept. 18.- Because
diphtheria broke out among the school
children of Mount Carbon, a neig h.
boring borough, the schools today had
to be closed. Two children were
taken sick in the schoolroom with the
malady. The cooperation Of the
Pottsyille Board of Health was asked
today to fumigate the schools.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21

enjoy the same privileges that our
corporations do when they pay
one-third of one per oentum OF their
capitalization
Men of the type of the Democrats
who thus strove to check the law-de-
flying corporation magnates are such
as will be wanted in the legislature
upon which the people will rely for
enactment of just and comprehensive
corporation laws.
Grim and DewaIt Appeal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21

IT is announced that the city of
Hamilton, Ohio, which three years
ago started in to operate its own
water, gas and lighting plants, has 50
far sunk $3.50, S75, 900 a year
loss for a city with less than 80, 600
inhabitants is paying dear for its pub
lie utility ownership, and the citizens
have decided to discontinue their little
but costly, experiment.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21

-CAPTAIN RICHARD PEARSON
HoBsoN admits that Mr.. Bryan is the
greatest man alive. Knowing, as
everybody does, Mr.. Hobson's opin-
ion concerning his own merits, this
concession on his part is an exhibition
Of personal forgetfulness and modesty
that outshines even the sinking of the
old hulk in Santiago harbor.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21
ECZEMA and PILE CURE

ERE E Knowing what it was to suffer
" l | will give FREE OF CHAR
GE to any afflicted a positive cure for
Eczema, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Piles
and Skin Diseases. Instant relief. Don't
su er longer, Write f. w. WILLIAMS,
| 40 Manhattan Avenue, New York, En~
co Stamp.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21
A Certain Cure for Achin1 Feet.

Aliens Foot-EaSe, a powder; cures Tired,
Aching, Sweating, swollen feet sample sent
FREE, also Sample of FooT-EAsE SANITARY
CORN-PAD, n new invention. Address, Allen
=. Olmsted, Leroy, \. y.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21
pENNSYLVANIA
\ RAILROAD
Schedule in Effect May 27, 1905
Trains leave South Danville as follows:

Trains leave South Danville as follows:
For CatawiSsa. East Bloomsbury NeScopcck
Nauticoke, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Scran-
ton and intermediate stations ali a. m
~ and 80 p. IN. week days, and l0.l7 a. m
daily.
For Sunbury and intermediate stations. 900
q. IN. and 7.5l p m. weekdays and I.3l p. m
daily. For Sunbury only, Fla p. m week
days.
For Pottsville, Reading and Philadelphia,
III afid lO.l7 a. IN. and 22l p. IN. weekdays
For HlZieton, Ill and l0.l7 a. M, 2.2l and 5.yO
p. IN. weekdays.
For LewiSbnrg, WilliamSpOrt and Lock
HdNen, 800 a. m., II. 10 and i.3l p. m, week
days l.3l p. IN. Sunday for WiliamSport
andintermediaet stations, 81 p. m, week
days
For BellefQnte, Tyrone Phiipsburg, Clear
held, and Pittsburgh, 900 a. m, and l2.lu p.
m. weekdays.
For Harrisburg and intermediate stations 900
a. m, l2.lO, LII, and 7.jl p. m, weekdays;
4.3l p. m. Sundays
For Phi adelphia (via Harrisburg Baltimore,
ana Washington, 800 Il. M, l3.l0. I.3I and
I5l p. M weekdays: 4.3l Sundays p m.
For PittSburg (via Harrisburg 900 "A. m,
l3l, and 7.jl p. m, weekdays: i.3l D. m.
sundays; tvta LewiStOwn Junction. gOOa.
m, ana l2.lO p. m. weekdays: via Lock
HaVen) 800 Il. m, and II 10 p IN. weekdays.
For further information apply to ticket
agents.
| W. W. ATTERBURY, J. r. WOOD.
| General Manager. PasS'r Traffic Mgr
! GEO. w. BOYD, General Pass'r Agt.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21

This bill provides for kind Of
junketing trip to the Lewis and
Clark Exposition, to be held in
Portland, Oregon and the objection
TO the bill, In my way of looking at
1t, is that ii takes the prerogative
Of the governor of the state out OF
his hand. We have had consider
able experience with these eXposi-
tiOns, and in the future we should
know where to place the RESPONSE
bility for our exhibits. The eXposi-
tiOn that we exhibited in at Buffalo
few years ago, when we appro-
priated $35 900. was announced on
the floor of the house to be a fail
ure. The exposition at Charleston.
In which we appropriated, | think.
like amount Of money. and In
which there was a clause that a
part OF that money should be set
aside for an agricultural exhibit, in
order to show the agricultural re-
sources of this state, there was
practically not one cent expended
on that agricultural exhibit. and
nothing was there but a buL ling.
For the Worlds Fair we appro-
pTiated something like 100000 10
have an exhibit, and the members
of this house. especially the MEM
bers who represent the great agri-
cultural interests, thought surely
we would have an exhibit there
that would be a credit TO the great
products of the farms Of our state.
Pennsylvania in its agricultural
production ranks eighth in this I'm
Ion, yet at that exposition Penn
sylyania's agricultural exhibit
ranked about S5th, in my opinion.
and its horticultural exhibit was a
disgrace to the state Pennsylva-
MIA ranking third in the produc-
tiOn OF apples, had an exhibit at
the st. Louis Exposition that was
disgrace and had to be taken
away. No one particularly was TO
blame for It. The officer who had
charge Of It was a gentleman OF
high standing, and so were the
members on the commission. |
have no fault To find with any OF
these gentlemen, but | think with
the experience we have had we
should have somebody to hold re-
spOnsible. and If the governor ap-
points the commission he is the
man 10 whom we may look to see
that Ia have a decent exhibit. In
spcahIdg Of the agricultural exhib-
II at the Worlds Fair, | want to
say that the tobacco exhibit was
excellent 1t was practically the
best exhibit shown there, and the
person who got 1t up was certainly
entitled TO a great deal of credit
But ! for one am not In favor of
dividing responsibilities, and there
fore | hope the members of this
house will agree with this amend
ment to permit the governor to ap-
point the commission and hold him
responsible for the exhibit"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE

Estate of Efiie j. Arnwine, late OF West
liemlock township, deceased.
Letters of administration upon the estate
of Ellie j. Arnwine late of West Henlock
township, Montuur County, State of Penn
sylvania, having been granted by the Reg
lister of Montour County 10 the undersigned,
all persons indebted to said estate are re-
queSted to make payment, and those having
claims to pres mt the same without delay 10
GEo. u. ARNwINE, Buckhon, Ia.
CHAS =. AESWINE
Route 8, Danvillc. Pa.
or To AdminiSt ratOrS
CHARLES V. AMERMAN. Danville. Pa.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21

Published every Friday at Danviue, the
county seat nf Nontour county, Pa, at SloO a
year u advance or sI-5 10 not paid i'm ad-
vance. aut un paper viii he discontinued
uutI au arr.amge is paid, except at the
unfian uf fhe publisher.
Rates of advertising made known on APP
pHcation. AdiraS> AN communications To
THE INTELLIGENCER.
DANVILLE. PA.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21

Continued on page 3.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21
Democrats Blocked Great Junket.

1t is conceded that Farmer" Creas!
contributed largely TO the defeat oi
the machines move to provide a grand
junket TO the Lewis and Clark expo
sition for the enjoyment Of It's hench.
men. When that measure was up In
the house. Mr.. Greasy said:
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21
oreasy's Appeal For Trolley Freight

The records Of the state Legislative
session of 1905 furnish all Of the in.
formation following. They may be
taken ad random. Here is Representa-.
tive William T. Creasy's resolution te
discharge the committee on city pas.
senger railways from further consider.
alton of the bill, which the committee
eventually strangled to death, to au
thorIze all trolleys and street railways
TO carry freight.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-21

Just a few days ago l talked
with one OF the leading members
on the other side of the house, who
said he thought II was about time
to stop this increasing salary busi-
ness and this creating of new de-
paItments. Here we are creating
a department that will cost at least
between $36, 900 and $4,000 a year.
| don't think we ought to create q
new department, with unlimited
power to a few men. and l am sat-
isfied the work this commission Is
to do will be no more than what
Is being done in the state today,
and | cannot see, IL we want TO do
something, why we cannot do 1t
by a cheaper method than this"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
FOR SALE.

In these days when so many men Of
standing are freely lending their
names to this great corporation and
that-for a consideration-it is worth
while to remember a story about Gen
eraI Robert E. Lee that has just been
revived. The truth Of the story is
vouched for by those whose integrity
cannot be questioned. even if it were
not impossible to believe anything
derogatory to General Lees private
life and character.
It is related that Immediately after
the close of the war, when General
Lee, broken in health and spirits, the
weight OF defeat crushing him and the
wolf of poverty approaching, had re-
turned to his desolate home in Vir-
Einia, he was approached by a COM
mittee and offered the presidency Of a
northern life insurance company. The
salary named was a very large one, so
large that General Lee knew he could
not possibly earn it. He refused the
offer
An attempt was made to argue the
question. He was told that no great
amount of work was expected Of him,
for his standing, his spotless character
and his influence with southern men
would be an invaluable asset to the
company 1t was suggested that be-
cause of this he could earn all and
more than it was proposed to pay him
and that within a few years he could
amass a competency. General Lee is
said to have considered the matter
e. only for a moment. Then he replied,
briefly: What influence I have with
the southern people is not for sale
Think of the simple herOism Of that
stand, There was nothing inherently
dishonest in the proposition. The in
STRANGE company did not intend to rob
anybody. On the contrary its purpose
was a good one. Yet Lee, broken in
fortune his occupation gone, his home
in ruins. hardly knowing where to
turn for the necessities of life, would
not permit the use of his name because
he construed it as the sale of his influ-
ence with the people he loved and for
whom he fought.
Compare the lists of officers and
directors Of the great corporations of
today and see how often the names of
the same men appear, how impossible
IL is for them to keep in touch with the
affairs of the organizations TO which
they lend the weight Of their names.
These men are not dishonest, but they
certainly are not governed by the high
standard by which General Robert E.
Lee marked out his life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
TWO IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

Sewage and other filth TO the amount
of ]. 500 tons per day may be dumped
into the Mississippi river daily by Chi
caso by way of the Chicago sanitary
canal. according to an opinion just
handed down by the supreme court Of
the United States in the case of the
state Of Missouri versus the state of
Illinois. The compIainants contended
that the amount Of sewage named was
being dumped daily into the Missis-
sIppi. that the result was the contain
nation Of the water. rendering it IN
IL for culinary purposes and destroy
ing the value of the St Louis water
works plant
The court did not, of course, rule that
Chicago has the right to pollute the
stream. 1t held. merely. that Nilsson
RI did not make out case That is,
the complainant failed to prove that
the water was deprived of potable
qualities. Thus ends a celebrated case.
Had the court handed down a con-
trary opinion Chicago would have been
compelled to solve her sewage prob
lem over again, Notwithstanding the
enormous expense already incurred
And II looked for a time as If Mis-
souri, had the evidence.
II will be remembered that a year
or two ago some Representatives OF
Missouri went TO a point near the be-
ginning Of the sanitary canal and
,,,,ietIv dumped into It several barrels
of harmless germs. These germs, IL
was claimed. were later drawn from
eaucets in St. Louis. 1t was declared
that the experiment demonstrated be-
vond the possibility of doubt that
harmful germs, entering the water al
Chicago, would live until they reached
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
500 REWARD, $500

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
60 learn that there is at least one dread
"a disease that science has been able to
o,Irs in an its stages, and that is Catarrh
IyaITs Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraterni-
- Catarrh being constitutional dis
Zee requires a constitutional treatment
JaIIs Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
Sto2ziDr the foundation Of the disease
snd giving the patient strength by build
ing up the. constitution and assisting ma
~ In doing its work. The proDrietO-s
baxse so much faith in its curative powers
tbat they offer One Hundred Dollars for
go case that IL fails to cure Send for
iief IF testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio.
rake Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27

St Louis and there scatter disease
and death. The court evidently did
not believe the contention was well
founded.
Another interesting case decided by
the supreme court recently was that of
Martin versus the state of Texas. Mar
tin is a negro under sentence of death.
He claimed that he was discriminated
against because no negroes were on
the jury that tried him. Justice Har-
Ian, delivering the opinion OF the court.
declared that this did not constitute
prima facie evidence of discrimination.
The decision will be welcomed
throughout the south where a negro is
almost never permitted to serve on a
jury.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
JUSTICE FOR ALASKA.

In the senate the other day two
measures passed that will. If the house
also acts favorably, be of great ben
eft to the territory of Alaska. The
first bill gives Alaska q delegate to the
house of representatives: the second
provides that the business license fees
collected in Alaska and sggregating
about 500. 900 a year. are to be retained
by the territory and, with an added
$780, 900 from the national treasury. ex-
pended on road building. Heretofore
the fees have been paid 10 the federal
government.
It is time that justice was being done
Alaska. All Of the territory owned by
the United States, except the Philip
pines, has a voice, if not vote, in con-
gress except Alaska II is difficult TO
understand why there has been so
much delay about this act of simple
justice. Yet it 10 understood that the
delegate bill will meet with strong op-
position in the house.
The reason for this opposition is not
stated. Heretofore all the representa-
ton Alaska has had has been through
persons who had personal interests at
stake. They have appeared at various
times before congressional committees
and often have misrepresented condi-
lions. It is quite true that the people
of Alaska might not send a f1rst-class
man to congress, but they would have
only themselves to reproach for the
fact and they are most willing to as
sumo the risk.
The house should not hesitate about
passing the bill. There will be no OBJ
lection to the other measure, accord
ing to well posted observers. With
$500, 900 a year Alaska should be able
to make marked progress in road build
ing. Roads are badly needed in the
territory. Recently the statement was
made that the number Of miles OF
made highways UP there is so absurdiy
small as not to count for anything al
all. There are some toll roads and one
Of the first things to be done with the
annual appropriations will be to pur-
chase them and throw them open to
the public.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
TEXANS IN TEXAS.
baltimore News.)

"A native Texan is almost an anomaly
in Texas" said +. B. Wilkes at the Lex
ington the other afternoon. Ihat seems
a strange statement to make, but it is a
very true one, nevertheless You know.
Texas is all comparatively new country,
end most OF the people there are from
north of that section II will be diff
ferent in another generation, but today
the first thing one man asks another on
being introduced to him is, Where are
YOU from, sirT It is told OF certain
preacher out there that one sunday when
his church was pretty full he asked:
How many native Texans are there
In this congregation?
Seven men arose.
How many men are there here who
are not living under their own names2
Not a man arose. but there was an
awful period Of suspense there for awhile,
until the pastor gave out the closing
hymn"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27

1. The only persons in Washington
who vote are those holding residence in
the states outside where they vote. Of
ficiaIs preserve their residence in the
states from which they come There IS
no voting in Washington.
2 Washington is in the District of Co
Iumbia, which is a part of the United
States
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27

Wealth is sometimes a great handi-
cap. For instance, there's the Utah
convict who was refused release from
the payment of a fine of 5000 because
he had $50 in his possession.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
Or a Prohibition Candidate.
CWashington POSI-

Pittsburg has q boy who cannot stop
running when once he stars, and his
parents do not know what to do with
him He was cut out for a SantO Do
minQo soldier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
NO FRANCHISE IN WASHINGTON

To The Salt Lake Herald:
Please answer these questions through
vour columns: Can a person vote in
Washington. D. c.? Is Washington. D.
C, in the United States? READER.
Boise, Idaho.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27

There will be no war between Ger
many and France over Morocco. Ger
many has made concessions that will
ably did not want to cast any gloom
over the wedding festivities of his son,
EiteI-Fritz.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27

John D. Rockefeller's pastor says;
The man with good life and a bad
creed and a bad life" However, nei-
Their would be very safe to tie to.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
MARRIAGE LICENSES,

1s72-Noah A. BoIlard, Salt Lake.
Ellen Lofgren. Sandy.
1s73-Earl l. EIsberry, Salt Lake.
Nellie Bellegravia. Salt Lake.
ls74-SamueI Z. Newbold. South Jordan.
Ella NJ. Maybey, South Jordan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27

When horse can sink down so far
in a street that it is almost out of
sight, is it a sign that the street su-
pervisor is doing his full duty and
doing it we'll?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
Is the Lid on in Milwaukee,
Lilwankee Sentinel. J

NNuIWduhtt otfltiItf'F
DR.. Wiley says bottled whisky Is the
only safe kind" Shucksl 1t isn't safe
for two minutes when the woods are full
of corkscrew toters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
Cox Was His Friend Then.
Chicago News. J

However, Nick Longworth will always
be able to prove that he got elected to
congress without any help from the
Roosevelt family.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
CLEVER PARAGRAPHS.
Ben Had Better Be Careful.
0ns AnReles Times.l

If Ben Tillman weren't an old man,
there is probably nothing that the presl-
dent would rather do. at this juncture.
than to get him over in the woodshed Of
the White House and put on the boxing
gloves with him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-27
How to Keep Them.
New York Herald.l

New 1OTk HeTdld-D
The president of a Chicago bank which
has failed loaned the family cook $500.
This is one way of solving the servant
problem