The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-05-02

The Reyiew OF Reviews, more thai
any other monthly magazine published
deals with the news of the month. "Cal
ifornia's Catastrophe" "George F. Baer
Master-Spirit of the Anthracite Indus
try" Municipal Ownership in Chicago,
RAILWAY Rates and Court Review,
Congress and the Consular Service,
and "The New York Post Office" ar
among the titles of articles in the Ma,
number.
This is the time of year when, II yol
see man on the street with his wife
wearing troubled look on his face, it il
not conclusive evidence the messenger
boy has brought them bad news. Tn,
probability is that she has domestic re-
furnishing scheme in her head, and il
leading him as lamb to the inspection
and financial endorsement of selection
of carpets, curtains, wall paper and rugs
essential to the carrying out of the
scheme.-Ex.
IS. II. Carson started the drill this
week on the Pownell place, Hickory
township, He has the contract for drill
ing three wells in this field, which is
now owned by a Warren company, and
was formerly the property of the National
Oil Co. The Bradford parties who are
drilling on the Guiton farm, Guiton vile,
Green township, are having a streak OF
bad luck, having lost some of their tools
in the hole two weeks ago. They are
down between 1900 and 800 feet.
-McClure's Magazine for May, In addi-
ton to its sterling text. headed by the
first of the Kipling stories and the Life
Insurance articles, is one of tho best illus
trated numbers of any periodical that has
been on the stands in long time. The
following well known artists appear in
its pages: Andre Castaigne, Glackens.
Fem, Ditzler, Lowell, Wyeth, Taylor,
and Sloan. In addition Prof. Wood
berry's valuable essay on Milton is illus
trated with good reproduction of rare
portraits Of the great poet.
The Smithsonian Institution has for
a number of years been making exper-
ments by which it hopes to'perfect pro-
cess for weather representation covering
a whole season instead of the "a hours
now estimated by the United States
Weather Bureau. Unless competent
scientists are greatly mistaken the con-
of the Smithsonian Institu-
TONS hopes will soon be realized and the
farmer may within year or two hope to
have forecast for him whether the coming
winter will be mild or strenuous or if the
ensuing summer will be wet and cold or
hot and dry.
During last week a number of forest
fires were set out in various parts of the
but, so far as we have been able
10 learn, the destruction of property has
not been very great. On Cropp Hill and
IN the vicinity of Starr postoffice some
'ences we're burned, but other property
was saved by hard work. II. w. Lede-
our on the old c. 4. Ledebur farm, Au-
gust Rhodes and Carlos Heath lost quite
! lot of their fences. In the Dawson run
iistrict considerable portion was burned
'ver, but no serious results are reported
Neither is there anything serious reported
rom the eastern portion of the county,
he rain of Saturday night having checked
whatever fires had been burning in that
ection.
Bids for repairing tie lower creek
,ridge at Nebraska were received and |
'pened on Friday last by the County |
commissioners. 1t was found that the |
owest bid was by the Penn Bridge Co.,
# Beaver Falls, Pa, 10 whom the con-
ract was let. Their bid was 81, ,070, which
vas Sll0 less than the lowest of the other
ompeting companies, which were as
ollows: Canton Bridge Co., 81 ,lSO; Nell
on Construction Co., 81 ,2l9; York Bridge
o., 81 1850; Toledo Massillon Bridge Co.,
| 40. The repairs to be made are of
considerable magnitude, requiring al
most a complete new structure under the
rch, consisting of steel joists and other
ron work, besides a new oak floor. The
'ork is to begin and be completed with
ut unnecessary delay.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
re more plucky fighters, fish that put up
lore exciting contests than do the trout,
lere is not one among them all which
ives the average angler such intense en-
'yment as do the beautifully -colored
'out-at home in brook and river, rush.
lg mountain stream and placid forest
uncovered lake. 1t is in these homes of
le fish the wisest men find an unspeak-
Die charm and attraction. Fierce COM
ats with the mighty tarpon, the king
sh, the barracuda and the striped bass,
r exciting contests with the princely
'lmon. mean nothing to the philosoph-
al mind when compared with the quiet
leasure, the full enjoyment of nature,
hich come from following the meander-
lgs of the streamlet and taking from its
aters the fish about whose beauties more
Oetic lines have been written than have
cen penned upon almost any other SUBJ
ct. That veteran angler, Charles Hal
ck, has said that if the preference lay
etween the extirpation of the salmon
nd trout, the last-named fish would, by
Is choice, remain among us. And he
as right, for there is no comparison in
le degree of enjoyment that is derived
ON the pursuit of these fish.-Forest
I'd Stream.
Three Licenses in Forest County.