The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-06-06
John Pags, Hungarian, aged about

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thirty-eight years, was killed at the
Lynch chemical works Monday by a pile
of wood falling on him. The body was
brought to the undertaking rooms of
Squire Borden and the burial was at this
place Wednesday. He is survived by a
wife and four children In the old country.
Sheffield Observer.
The w. G. Il. u. of Tionesta held re-
ligious services at the County Home Sun
day afternoon, at which there was quite a
large attendance, including ladies from
Buffalo, Minneapolis, Titusville, East
and West Hickory. The large dining
room oi the Home was tastefully deco
rated with evergreens and cut flowers.
The services were conducted by Rev. j..
G. Bowman and Mrs. Angus Carson, and
the inmates seemed to enjoy the occasion
very much.
Rural free delivery carriers will be
pleased to learn that the posioffice APP
preparation bill as reported by United
States Senator Penrose, carries an
amendment giving this class of govern
ment employees, fifteen days leave Of alb
sence in each year with pay, exclusive
of Sundays and legal holidays. BY Civ
ing rural carriers an annual vacation, the
government will be doing for them only
what it has done for years for all other
classes of employees in the postal service.
AT Bullion, near Franklin, Sunday
afternoon, the reso ourcefulness of Henry
Corhett an oil we'll pumper, saved the
life of Bertha Collinwood, II years old,
whose leg had been bitten by copper
head snake. When The girl ran screaming
to Corbett he bound the leg above and
below the wound and carried her to the
pump station, in which was suction gas
pump. He placed the wound over the end
of the pipe which takes In air and held it
there for several minutes. In this way
all the poison was sucked out of the
wound and the girl is recovering.
The County Board of Farmers Insti-
tute Managers will meet at the County
Commissioners Office, Tionesta, Tues
day, June 18th, to arrange for the place
where institutes are to be held this sea-
son. All of our people who desire insti-
tutes, ought to attend this meeting and
present their claims. This board is COM
posed of the local members of the State
Board OF Agriculture and one represen-
tative from each County Agricultural So
ciety, the Pomona Grange and County
Alliance. If you find that you cannot
attend this meeting, address letter with
your request to Chairman of Board of
Institute Managers, care of County Com
missioners.
The act of the Legislature of 1901 to
encourage the preservation of forests by
providing for rebate of taxes levied
upon forest lands has been pronounced
unconstitutional by Judge David Cam
eron, of Tioga. The law was designed
to permit rebate equal to 80 per cent.
of all taxes, local and county, annually
assessed and paid upon timber lands OF
uOt LiOio bhoh my oOiOSi "hOiO 'hO
owner maintained upon them not fewer
than fifty trees of not less than pre-
scribed size to the acre. County Com
missioners have had all sorts of trouble
with the act, and its enforcement in
some counties has appreciably reduced
the revenue. The constitutionality OF
the measure was questioned from the
first, and in order to have this point de-
termined the Commissioners of Tioga
County recently refused to allow one oi
the rebates claimed, and the case was al
once taken to court. Judge Cameron
has not filed written opinion, but is ex-
pected to do so, when his reason will be
known. An appeal will be taken to the
Supreme Court, so that there may be no
uncertainty about it.