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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
Floor on Catawissa River Bridge

The floor on the Catawissa bridge
has been causing all kinds Of trouble
ever since the structure was opened to
the public. On the Danville bridge
the wear and tear Of weather and
traffic seems only to produce better
road for all kinds of travel
In view of the fact that Danville
and Catawissa bridge floors are built
of the same material the following
latest condemnation of the up-river
job, from the Bloomsbury Press, will
be interesting:
Ten times worse than it was earlier
III the year, those who have seen the
flooring of the Catawissa bridge de
scribe it as being. While the condition
was bad enough then, the upheavels of
the blocks used in the flooring were
only in spots, standing out like huge
boils on an otherwise fairly good sur
face, but today the condition is such
that the entire bridge is in the same
condition. The blocks are elevated in
places from twelve to eighteen inches
and the general opinion is, that the
job is about the worst that was ever
worked off on an unsuspecting public.
1.-The situation has now passed the
point where mild words can be used
i'll describing it. 1t is squarely up to
the county to have the condition rem
edied before the county has a lot Of
damage cases on its hands. With the
bridge in its present condition they
will follow as surely as night follows
day. 1t has only been good luck there
have been no serious accidents there
already. \ horse in crossing the
bridge Saturday, fell down and the
horse of George Martin, of Blooms
burg, fell down Sunday afternoon.
Fortunately, neither horse was injur-
ed
"The Penn Bridge company was
the contractor for the bridge and they
are the ones directly responsible for
the bridges condition Welderlick, of
Allentown, did the floor job under
sub-contract, and when the blocks were
put in it was stated in these columns,
as well as in other county papers that
the work was of inferior order, but
the inspectors allowed it to pass
County Commissioner Hess stated
ones to make good and that the Com
missioners were trying to bold them
Somebody should be held "
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
Death Claims We'll Known Lady

Miss j. Nettie Henrie after pro-
tracted and painful illness departed
this life on Saturday morning. The
deceased was the daughter of the late
Samuel Henrie and was a lifelong
resident of Dauville.
She was a young woman of most eX-
emplary Christian character. Kind
and sympathizing by nature through
out her entire life she was devoted to
others and i'll return was deeply below
ed for her tender sympathy and self
sacrifice. She was nearly lifelong
member of the Grove Presbyterian
church and among the younger people
of town there were few that were
more widely known.
Her suiferings covered a period OF
much over a month For a week OF
more preceding her death her case was
regarded as hopeless. She bore heI
suffering with patience and Christian
fortitude. She was conscious until
nearly the end. which occurred at &c
O'Clock Saturday morning.
The deceased is survived by two
brothers, John T., Of Berwick, and
Frank G. of this city; also one sister,
Miss Anna, who resided at the family
homestead on Bloom street along with
the deceased and her brother Frank.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
Picking CuIm to Keep Warm.

Because of die dead-l lock in the school
board, of Conyngham township. Col
umbia county, the schools are with
out fuel and in some parts of the dis
trict the teachers and pupils are COM
PEELED to 20 out and pick coal from
the culm banks or else close the
schools. according to the Ashland
Telegram, which speaks of the situa-
tion as follows:
lowing to factional differences in
the school board, affairs in the Con-
yngham school district are in a deplor
able condition, and there is much in
dignation among the people. These
difficulties have retarded the school
work in many ways for the past six or
more weeks, and the tardy action of
the courts in giving the people redress
is anything but cOmmendable. Prompt
action is what the people want. but,
it seems, must be content to see it drag
along while the school system is Grip
pied, and children deprived of the
rights to which they are entitled un-
der the laws of the State There is
great wrong somewhere and it should
be the duty Of the courts to rectify
this wrong at the earliest possible
time
Because of these contentious teach
ers are unpaid, as we'll as others to
whom the district is indebted No sup
plies have been received, and the
schools are without fuel In some
parts of the district. it is said, that in
order to keep the rooms comfortable
teachers and pupils have been compel
led to pick coal from the culm banks
or else close the schools.
1T is certainly disgraceful rehec-
tion on our laws when any man, or
body of men, are permitted to be re
'pousiblc tor such a condition of af-
fairs as is here pointed out. The legal
remedy should be applied. and it should
be done quickly, and without any fur
thor dallying with the law
The maudamus served ON the presi-
dent and secretary Friday orders that
the report for state appropriation be
made out at once, and that they re-
port to court the first Monday in
December that the duty has been per
formed, or they Will stand committed
for contempt.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
Fell Under Train at rliltOn.

Harry Held, whose residence is some
where in New York State, is a patient
at the Mary NJ. Packer hospital, Sun
bury, the victim of an accident, which
occurred at the Reading passenger sta
tion at Milton, on Saturday afternoon.
Held is connected with the Electric
Theatre company, which exhibited at
the Milton fair grounds during the
last week, and on Saturday he decid-
ed to go to Bloomsbury and make ar
rangements for the appearance of the
company at the fair at that place this
week.
When Held arrived at the Reading
passenger station at Milton, the train
was about ready to leave and by the
time he had purchased his ticket it
was in motion. Rushing out of the
station he attempted to board the train
and missing his footing he fell. Still
retaining his hold on the handle he
was dragged for some distance and
when he finally left go the wheels of
one of the coaches passed over the
back part of his right foot badly crush
ing it.
DR.. Ross was summoned and Held
was given medical attention and it
was decided to send him to Sunbury
to the Mary NJ. Packer hospital. He
was met at the station there by DR..
Shindel, the Reading company's ply
sician, who accompanied him to the
hospital and dressed his injury.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
More rIoney for State Roads.

State Highway Commissioner Hunt
er is urging upon the local authorities
of every county in Pennsylvania the
necessity of cooperating with the de-
partmen- for the passage, by the next
Legislature, of bill increasing tire
appropriation for public roads if they
want constructed all the roads for
which certain counties have already
asked State aid. For example, the
amount of money appropriated to 8eav-
er county, which has al eady applied
for State aid to build fifty one mil es
of road, for use until June ], 1907. is
Si2, 92l.3l. The apportionment for
l907-l90S then becomes due. and
amounts to SIG, 0O4 -, making a total
of SJS, 92j 50 available for use until
June J., 1908, at which time the 1908
1909 appOrtiOnment, amounting to $40, =
0Ol. -, becomes due, making a total of
81, $50. % available for road building
until June J., 1909 The total State
share of roads constructed and CON
tracted for amounts to about S5S, 937.
so The apportionment to Beaver coun-
~ until June / 1908 has been entirely
consumed, and the work is consequent
" hampcred
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
Killed by Explosion.
TAMAQUA. Oct. 8.

terrible explosion occurred this
morning at the lower mill of the II.
\. Weldy Powder company's plant
about thee quarters of a mile north OF
here Four men were instantly kill
ed and two others fatally injured.
The explosion occurred in the dry
house where 500 kegs Of powder were
stored The explosion was terrific and
was heard and felt miles away from
the scene Of the catastrophe.
The dead, who are all from Tama-
qua, are:
Wilson Sassaman, aged ~, wife and
several children.
Thomas Pursel, aged 30, single
Calvin Deiber, aged %, single.
Edward Dreisbach, wife and two
children.
The injured are:
Irwin Sassaman, son of Wilson Sassa-
man, married. Horribly burned and
can't live.
Lorin DeWire, of Winfield, Union
county, a p. & r. painter, leg torn
off, critical condition.
Pursel and Deiber were in the dry
house and were blown to pieces. Irwin
Sassaman had just left the dry house
before the explosion occurred. He was
hurled into a mill pond. Wilson Sassa-
man was in the keg house and WAS
burned to death.
Lorin DeWire, one Of the injured, is
p. d r. painter and was painting a
railroad bridge spanning the Schuyl-
kill about 80 feet from the mill when
the explosion occurred. His leg was
torn off near the body and hurled so
feet away, while he fell into the river
and swan ashore.
DeWire was taken TO the Ashland
hospital on p e r. passenger train.
A physician attended him enroute.
The doctor forgot the scverered por-
tion of the leg when the train arrived
at the hospital, and it was discovered
later by the baggagemaster when the
train reached Shamokin.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
AN OLD LETTER.

Our townsman, James NJ. KelsO, has
in his possession an old letter that is
"a most curious document 1t was writ
ten in l84l by +. r. Skunk, at that
time superintendent of common schools
of Pennsylvania, and was addressed to
Mr.. Joseph Kelso, father of James NJ.
Kelso, who was then school director
in Chester county. The letter was in
answer to an inquiry made by Joseph
Kelso about point under dispute i'll
the Chester county school board. The
most curious part of the epistle is that
no envelope was used. The paper was
folded and then sealed upon itself. +.
Il. Skunk was later, in 1914 elected
governor of Pennsylvaniaand re-elect-
ed in 1S47.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
y Squares on Election Ticket.

Tie voters of the State will have
enough parties from which to select a
candidate this fall. there being twelve
party squares for State tickets on the
ballot. OF course every new party that
took out nomination papers and secur-
SEQ "a sufficient number of signers is en-
r.r.ed tp "a place on the ticket and to
hare "a separate square. and the indie
Iau1euts have been unusually active
TIE parties entitled to squares on the
ballot this yearare a. follows: Repub-
leau Democratic. Prohibition, Social
lst. Socialist Labor. Citizen. City,
Eammauv-alt.. jefferson. LincolD,
Referendum aud Union Labor
There are many other parties that
have filed papers iu the State depart
meuf claiming certain party names
for gu3geship legislative and congress
sigual nominations. aud in some coun-
ties there win De as many as fourteen
squares ON the ticket Among the
names pge-emptei are Mitchell, Penn
svlwuia Blacksmith, Roosevelt, Square
Deal. Nomination Paper Party, Sen
atarIaI. Judicial Reform, Butler Re
publican. Federation aud Majority
Bale.
~ will De- some time VET before the
official ballots viii ba certified from
tae state department, as there are SO
many contests on before the Dauphin
county court chat certifying it now is
impossible.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
A LASTING EFFECT.
This Evidence Should Prove Every Claim
Made for Doan's Pills in Danvile.

This Evidence Should Prove Every Claim
Made for Doan's Pills in Danviile.
Relief from the pains aud aches Of a
bad back is always welcome to every
backache sufferer; but to cure a lame,
weak or aching back is what is want
ed. Cure it so it will stay cured. 1t
can be done Here's the strongest evil
ence to prove it,
Thomas Lewis, retired, of 6l5 Mill
street. says: Il can only reiterate my
former statement made in 1896 about
Doan' Kidney Pills. They cured me
eight years ago and the cure then
made has been lasting and have had
no return of my old trouble. Before
using them | was troubled with back
ache. | used everything recommended
but got no relief The lameness over
the kidneys and the terrible aching
continued in spite of everything that
/ did and there seemed to be no relief
for me. | learned about Doan s Kidney
Pills and read the statements made by
people who had used them and con
cluded to try them. They not only re-
moved the lameness and backache but
they benefited my health in general.
They also relieved the headaches to
which | had been subjected for con
siderable length of time. / can recon-
mend Doans' Kidney Pills as a reli-
able backache and kidney cure. "
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no other
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
Big DRAIN FOR
CHURCH STREET

-Ie succession uf heavy rains dur
iu- t.a summer and fall. which has
demonstrated that the borough's sys-
tal at drainage is totally wrong, has
brag-ht council face TO face with a
problem that is more important than
stree. repairs or paving and demands
speedy solution For reasons not
necessary "a explain in some parts of
-Ha borough the surface water has
h#.a diverted from natural channels
following Tie slope of the land into
Artificial waterways where it has
seemed eNueiieut % lead it, As is al
WAYS fEe ease when natural law is
violated there was penalty to pay
aa. t.l- has followed every time the
water BIAS accumulated under the
au-al aud heavy rains that made
r.. present season unique. The stories
cE orertaNed cutters. of flooded pave
ueut- and cellars on Bloom and Low
- Mulberry streets are twicetold tales,
bat tae bad state of affairs is clearly
5ae % tae Iiyerting Of the water
The matter was taken up at the last
meeting OF council and all agreed that
tha only solution was to get the wat
er as lar as possible back into its orig
iuaI channels. which would imply that
The excess above the +. & r. crossing,
instead ot being conducted down
Bloom street. should be permitted to
follow the natural slope of land down
ta Blizzard S run.
Pursuant 20 action taken at that
meeting Borough Surveyor Keefer of
suuburv came up to Danville Tues
CAV and in company with p J. Keef
er. superintendent OF sewers, and
George Jac0bs. Il. ". Bedea and Amos
Es-tine. couucilmanic committee on
streets and bridges. went carefully ov-
~ te ground go see how the excess of
water 0n Bloom street might he got
rli of without causing annoyance and
damage
some of the councilmen favored sink
lu- pipe along the alley at the rear of
tle Grove church, Others favored Pine
street. Ehilc still Others thought that
Church street was the only thorough
fare thar should be considered. The
borough surveyor favored Church
street Tuesday and this was the thor
olghfare selected by the committee to
contain the proposed drain, which will
take u tile water above the crossing
and pass through under both the F. &
z anu the D. l. & W. railroads The
committee yesterday was divided be-
tween an Is-inch and a 2+-inch pipe.
This point viii De finally settled by
council when the committee makes its
report at the next meeting. The pro-
posed drain viii add something to the
bluEh's expense account, as it will
h4Fe 90 be laid AT considerable depth
and the distance between Bloom street
and Blizzard run is over two squares.
Nevertheless it is a necessary improve
ueut. one that has been deferred too
long already.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
PUPILS MUST
MEND THEIR WAYS

Judging from candid expression OF
opinion INDUCED in by several mem
bers of the school board it would seem
that the boys and girls of the first
ward schools stand in danger of los
ing a great deal of the freedom at pre-
sent enjoyed during the recess period,
if they do not speedily abandon sever
al practices. which reflect discredit on
the school
Under the present rules the pupils,
especially those of the high school, at
recess are permitted to leave the school
grounds and meander to almost any
point, if by so doing they get back to
the building by the time school goes
into session. The directors claim that
the boys and girls are sadly prone tc
abuse these privileges.
One of the directors referred to has
noticed that the boys, who of course,
are not permitted to smoke about the
school grounds. and who probably are
not supposed to smoke at all, at recess
seek the Y NJ. G. \. and there in the
shadow of that institution, which is
understood to stand for purity and
obedience IN boys, habitually indulge
in cigarettes or in pipes This practice,
the director said, is not only detri-
mental to the boys, but it is giving a
great deal of concern 10 the general
secretary of the y. NJ G. A, who is
doing what lie can to break up the
practice.
Another director has observed that
the girls at recess habitually stroll
down town. On starting out the OBJ
jective point seems to be the post office
corner, after which in little groups
they stroll up and down Mill street.
Notwithstanding that they are on the
principal thoroughfare and that the
streets may be crowded they have the
habit of walking abreast and crowd
ing pedestrians, who have business ON
the sidewalk, clear off into the gutter.
The disrespect or thoughtlessness
shown by the school girls, the director
claimed, is often appalling With arms
linked and five or six abreast
taking up every inch of room, they
come sweeping along with an utter
disregard for Others. The director re-
lated an experience of his own in
which he said, he was obliged to get
out in the gutter and hold on to a
htching post while the phalanX of
budding femininity swept imperious-
lv by.
Other directors expressed themselves
in the same strain, agreeing that if
less complaint is not heard concerning
the conduct of pupils the proper thing
to do Will be to adopt rule obliging
them to remain on the school grounds
during recess. The matter Will prob
ably be discussed at the next meeting
of the school board.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
TO IMPROVE
SCHOOL GROUNDS

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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
A Young rIOther AT 70.

MY mother has suddenly been made
young ut TO- Twenty years of intense
suffering from dyspepsia had entirely
disabled her, until six months ago,
when she began taking Electric Bit
ters, which nave completely cured her
and restored the strength and activity
she had in the prime of life, " writes
Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick, of Danforth,
Me. Greatest restorative medicine on
the globe Sets Stomach, Liver and
Kidneys right, purifies the blood, and
cures Malaria, Billiousness and Weak
ness. Wonderful Nerve Tonic. Price
SOC. Guaranteed by Paules & Co.'S
drug store.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
Danger From The Plague.

There's grave danger from plague
valcnt, unless you take DR.. King $
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. Mrs Geo. Walls,
of Forest City, Me, writes: "It's a
God send to people living in climates
where coughs and colds prevail. l find
it quickly enls them. 1t prevents
Pneumonia, cures LaGrippe, gives
wonderful relief i'll Asthma and Hay
Fever, and makes weak lungs strong
enough to ward off Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. SOC and 81.
Guaranteed by Paules q Co.'S drug
store Trial bottle free.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
Argument Saturday.

Court convened Saturday morning
honor Judge G. G. Evans and Associ.
ates Blee and Wagner on the bench.
Owing TO the absence of r $. Ammer.
man, one If the counsel interested,
court rose without transactiug any
business.
1t was agreed to hold court next Sat.
urday for the purpose Of hearing argu-
ment on the exceptions filed to the re
port of the viewers on the river road
in Mahoning township; also for hear
ing.argument of exceptions to road in
Limestone township near the farm of
Clark Benfeld
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
State BUYS Timber Land.

The recorder of deeds of Clinton
county received for record an agree
ment of sale whereby the State comes
into possession of 9545 acres of land in
Noyes and Beech Greek townships, IN
that county. y similar instrument
was filed with the recorder of Centre
county for 5000 acres, making an addi-
tion Of more than 10, 500 acres to the
forest reserve in that section.
The land Is being sold by the Ly-
coming Land q Lumber company, of
Williamsp0rt. for $3.50 an acre. The
State now owns 90, coo acres in Clinton
county, known rs the Hopkins reserva-
tion, which will grow III value
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
ALL THE GOOD QUALITIES

Ely's Cream Balm, solid, are found III
Liquid Cream Balm, which is intended
for use in atomizers. That it is all an
unfailing cure for Nasal Catarrh is pro-
we'd by an ever.increasing mass of test,
imony 1t does not dry out nor rasp the
tender air passages 1t alavs the intiam-
nation and goes straight to the root of
the disease. OBJ situate old cases have
been cured in few weeks. All drug
gists, TIC, including spraying tube, or
mailed by Ely Bros, jG Warren Street
New York
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
EMPLOYED in Bloom Sburg,

Danville workmeu just at present
are giving Bloomsbury a lift mt street
paving and at other jobs Of the same
sort. Each morning for a month or so
past some sixty-five men have taken
the early car tor Bloomsbury where
they put i'll the day.
There is lull in business in Blooms
burg this week owing to the county
fair and a less number leave town
each morning than usual
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11

down and in other ways declares its
inability 80 go further, you would con-
slider il criminal to use force. Many a
man Of humane impulses, who would
not willingly harm kitten, is guilty
OF cruelty where hIs own stomach is
concerned. Overdriven, overworked,
when what it needs is something that
will digest the food eaten and help the
stomach to recuperate. Something like
Kodol For Dyspepsia that is sold by
PaulcS x Co.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11

Can you win: You realize that to win
in anything these days, requires
strength, with mind and body in tune.
y man or woman with disordercd di-
gestive organs is not in shape Tor a
days work or days play. How can
they expect to win? Kodol For Dyspe-
psia contains tie digestive juices of a
healthy stomach and will put your
stomach III shape to perform its i'm
portant function of supplying the body
and brain with strength building
blood. Digests what You eat, relieves
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Sour Stomach,
Palpitation of the Heart and Constipa-
tion. Sold by PauleS q Go.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
COFFIN MAKERS.

The editor of the Charleroi Daily
Mail gives the people of Charleroi
some good advice which is applicable
to other towns and cities. He says
. If you want the town to be town,
talk it up. We feel like terming those
people coffin makers who go about de-
crying the conditions of business, the
distant qualities of the people, and the
slow progress of the public improve
ments. -
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-10-11
THERE TOOl

Some of them live in the "Lum ber
City, . toe it appears Judging from
the following remarks of lhe Williams
port News: Some parents in this city
are LAYING mp a harvest of regret
which they will reap in the future
when they will look upon the ruined
lives of their children. -