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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
Radical Change,

AT the last session of the legislat'
ure, joint resolution was adopted
providing for certain amendments tC
the State constitution. This resolu.
tion will come up again for considera.
tion by the next legislature, and il
adopted, will he voted on by the pee.
pie of the state in the year 1909. The
amendments, which affect the people
generally relate to the change in the
elections, the terms of county and local
officers and of aldermen. The changes
suggested are sweeping ones. The pro-
visions Of the proposed amendments
as gathered from the pamphlet laws
just issued, are as follows:
Elections are divided into two clas-
ses. One is called the general election
and the other the municipal election.
These elections are to be held only
once in two years. The general cleo
tion is to be held in the even number
ell years and the municipal elections
in the odd numbered years. Both are
to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November in each
of the respective years The spring
election is to be entirely done away
with
The term of every county office is to
be four years and aldermen and just
ices of the peace six years. The term
of local offices that in now one year is
to be two years, and the term that is
now three years is to be four years
kIf the amendment be adopted, all
officers, to be elected in the even num-
bered years, whose term of office will
expire in an odd numered year, will
hold his office for one year more. And
all officers to be elected in. odd num-
bered years, whose terms of Office will
expire on an even numbered year, will
hold his Office for another year.
All county, city, ward, borough and
township officers are to be....elected at
what is termed the municipal election !;
and this is to be held in the odd num-
bered years. The terms of all city,
borough and township,otficers are to
begin on the first Monday OF Decem-
Der after their election. The time
when the term of other officers is to
begin is, not to be changed
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
TURN TABLE
ABOLISHED

The turntable, which for so many
years was an appendage of the D. L.
& W. railroad yards at this place, has
been abolished and on its site switch
is being constructed TO connect with
the round house.
Hereafter locomotives Will be turn
ed at Bloomsbury. Among other
changes the supply coal, which in the
past was always left exposed, hereaft-
er will be kept in the round house.
From time to time a great deal of tn g
coal has been pilfered and it was
deemed advisable to give it better pro
lection.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
Recent Railway Legislatiop


The legislatures have all finished
their work for the calendar year and
it is instructive to look back over the
swath that they have severally and
collectively cut through the railroad
operations of the country. Nearly
three hundred bills have been passed
affecting the railroad interests of the
United States, the most prominent
among them being those that have re-
duced the rates Of the various lines.
There are twenty states, or nearly half
of the whole bunch, that have either
reduced rates on passenger traffic or
have taken preliminary steps with
that in prospect. 1t is a radical change
all along the line. The basis of it has
been largely hit or miss Ohio was
the first state to declare a fat two
cent rate and as the railroads in the
state have shown larger passenger
earnings since that was done, other
states, without close examination of
local conditions, have assumed that a
similar result would follow similar
action.
Indiana has a fiat two cent rate.
Iowa makes the rate two cents on
roads with gross earnings of $4,000 n
mile; two and half on roads earning
$4,000, and three cents on roads earn
ing less than that. This looks like an
attempt to supply a basis adjusted to
the strength or weakness of the road.
1t does not insist upon a Procrustes
bed for the road to run on. But Mich
igan has decreed that all roads hav-
ing passenger earnings of 1,2OO, a
mile shall pay the two cent rate. Wis
consin bases it ON gross earnings of
50, 800 mile, and West Virginia on
all lines over fifty miles in length.
The two cent rate went into effect
in Nebraska last March, with penal
ties for violating the statute so heavy
that the roads put it into force upon
the very first day it was due, await
ing final adjudication of the constitu-
tional questions involved by the sup
RENE court of the United States.
Pennsylvania 5 two cent rate law will
60 into effect October although here
the fight against its constitutionality
is being waged in the State courts,
the only state where the appeal is TO
. Nrt1 l1 Tn, 10 ha
States the rates have not dropped to
what is the popular figure in the
north, but low enough to arouse sharp
controversies as the country is by this
time we'll aware.
The new public service commission
in New York can make two cent rate
if so disposed. So can the new rail
road commissions of Vermont, Montana
and South Dakota. In the States
north of Mason and Dixon's line the
average earnings per train mile are
about twenty cent. higher than below
it, Massachusetts is classed among the
ten states from which similar legisla-
tion to that enacted in the States quot
ed is expected. The big railway sys-
TENS in New York State have volun-
tarily lowered their rates, and any
further adjustments that may seem de-
sirable can dobutless be effected
through arrangements with the rail
road commissioners. But what a grist
of special labor has been accumulated
by all this legislation for the supreme
court of the United States
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05

DROP BY DROP the offensive dis
charge caused by Nasal Catarrh falls
from the back of the nose into the
throat, setting up an inflammation that
is likely to mean Chronic Bronchitis
The certain, rational cure for Catarrh
is.Ely's Cream Balm, and the relief
that follows even the first application
cannot be told in words. Don't suffer
a day longer from the discomfort of
Nasal Catarrh. Cream Balm is sold by
all druggists for so cents. or mailed by
Ely Bros, Sc Warren Street, New
York.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
F0OLING A CAMEL.
How the Arabs Let the Animal Exhaust
Its Bad Temper.


You all have heard stories about the
camel-how patient and useful he is
on long hot journeys, so that he is
often called the ship of the desert"
But he has one very bad fault He
likes to pay back" and II his driver
has injured him in any way he will not
rest till he has returned the injury.
The Arabs, who wander about the
deserts and so use the camel a great
deal, know about this fault OF his and
have a queer way OF keeping them
selves from getting hurt
When driver has made his camel
angry, he first runs away out of sight.
Then, choosing a place where the camel
will soon pass, he throws down some
of his clothes and fixes them SO that
the heap will look like sleeping man.
Pretty soon along comes the camel
and sees the heap. Thinking TO him
self, Now I've got him." he pounces
on the clothes, shakes them around and
tramples all over them. After he Is
tired of this and has turned away the
driver can reappear and ride him away
without harm.
Poor silly camel! He has been in
what we call "a blind rage" so angry
that he can't tell the difference be
tween a man and heap of clothes
Mayflower.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
Administrator Notice.

Estate of William.R. Miller, late of
the Township of Liberty, in the
County of Montour and State of
Pennsylvania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration ON the above estate
have been granted to the undersigned.
All persons indebted to the said estate
are required to make payment, and
those having claims or demand against
the said estate will make known the
same without delay to
DANIEL K. MILLER,
administrators of William r. Miller,
deceased.
P. o. Address Pottsgrove, Pa, r.
f. d. No. /.
Edward Sayre Gearhart, Counsel.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
.DANVILLE COOK
IN COLLEGE ROW

The following art Gle which appear
ed in the Philadelphia North AmeIi-
can on Monday refers to Edward Klein
er, tie we'll known chef, whose home
is in this city:
COLLEGEViLLE. Sept. /.
There has been Iested contest at
Ursinus college this summer between
the professors of the summer school
and the college cook, and the profess
sors have come on victorious.
Urisnus college has all expert cook,
who receives q salary equal to that
paid 70 some of the professors. In fact
he stands so high in his profession
that Le calls himself chef. Realizing
that college, like the average in
dividual. will put up with many in
,conveniences in order to keep a good
cook. the chef, it is asserted, has late
ly been treating the professors in a
manner that indicated that he thought
they were very small potatoes.
This summer some of the college
buildings have been used to accoum
modate summer boarders, under the
supervision of the chef. while in an
other part of the buildings the regular
Ursinus summer school has been CON
duced.
1t is declared that the cook compel
led some of the professors to vacate
their regular quarters and give them
up to summer boarders, who paid
fancy prices and, further, that he has
made a systematic practice of setting
apart the best of everything in the
way of eatables for the boarders, while
members Of the faculty were compell-
ed to subsist on the "ieavings, and
often these were not plentiful. Many
of the students and alumni of the col
lege who happened in town this sum-
mer have protested against the in
dignitles to which various parts of the
campus and buildings, sacred to all
sons of Ursinus, have been subjected
by the boarders.
Complaints to the cook were in
effectual and finally the members of
the faculty held a meeting and drew
up a round robin" addressed to the
board of directors rehearsing the in
dignities to which they were subject
and demanding a redressal of their
grievances.
Some of the professors went so far
as to declare that unless the cook was
squelched they would look for posi-
tions elsewhere.
When the board received the faculty S
statement, at recent meeting, sever
al members at first thought it huge
joke, but the seriousness of the situa-
tion and the possibility of a strike
among the professors were soon made
apparent. They appointed q committee
to investigate the various charges of
derelictions upon the part of the cook,
and finally decided to abolish the sum-
mer boarding house altogether and to
use all the buildings and grounds for
a first-class summer school in the fu-
ture.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
MEMORIAL TO
THOMAS JEFFERSON

To honor the author and other sign
ers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Association of the United States, a
body corporate under the laws of the
District of Columbia, and directed by
Board of Governors composed of en-
inent Americans who are co-operated
with by vice president and State
Committee in each State of the Union,
plans have been approved which call
for the erection at the National Cap
ital of memorial building of consid.
erable proportion and of classic arch
iteoture. The Parthenon at Athens
has been accepted as the design. The
estimated cost will be about $500, 900
This tribute will be in design and
cost fully i'll keeping with the magni-
ficent character of the men and the
Importance of the document declaring
to the world in unmistakable terms
that all men are created equal; that
they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights that
among these are life, liberty and tine
pursuit of happiness; that to secure
these rights governments are institut-
ed among men, deriving their jus
powers from the consent of the COVER
ned.
No appeal will be made to congress
for financial assistance, as has been
frequently the case in the erection of
memorials to others.
Modelled after the Parthenon at Ath-
ems, the proposed building will be
most imposing and attractive. The
plans, now completed, call for struct-
ure rs by 130 feet. In general outline
it will resemble the stately main build
ing of Girard college in Philadelphia,
only it will be much more ornate and
will contain many architectural re-
tinements that the other building lacks.
In addition to the As pillars that will
entirely surround the big rectangular
structure, there will be an inside row
at the main entrance. Charles Bald
erston is the architect and John Boyle
the sculptor.
The executive officers and board of
governors of the association are:
Acting president, Hilary A. Hebert,
first vice president: treasurer, Jesse
B. Wilson, of Washington, D. c..
secretary, William Shields Mexican,
of New Jersey.
Board of Governors Mark A. Smith,
Arizona; Judge Morris B. Beardsley,
Conn /; r, r. Kenney, Del ; DR., Ralph
Welsh, d. @. ex-Gov A. D. Chandler,
Georgia; Col. Oswald Tilghman,
Maryland and Josiah Quincy, Mass
Horace S. Cummings, N. H., chair
man; Philip P. Baker, N. j.; Alton
B. Parker, n Y; Josephus Daniels,
N. c.. Charles Emory Smith, Penn a.
D. L. Granger, r. L.; Capt F. W.
Wagener, S, G. Harry Lee Maynard,
Va.
Each State is represented by vice
president, the Hon. George W. Guthrie,
mayor of Pittsburg, filling that office
for Pennsylvania and of the State
committee in this vicinity are Hon.
Simon p Wolverton and ]. Simpson
Kline, ESQ. of Sunbury and George w.
Ryon and Curtis .. McWilliams, of
Shamokin.
Mr.. F. Chauncey LaRose, assistant
secretary, of the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial association, was in this city
yesterday in furtheIance of the move
ment
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
String of Big Bass.

John d. Jones, Mowrey street, on
Labor day. caught what is probably
the largest string of bass that has been
taken from the Susquehanna by any OF
the local fishermen this season. His
catch numbered 10. the smallest one
being / inches and the largest H.,
while the other measured between
13 and 10 inches
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
Literary Institute and State Nor
NAL School, Bloomsbury, Pa.
lo07-Io0S.

New Science Hall, costing so, 00O-
Laboratory Methods-Good Gymnas,
ium-New Library and Recreation
Rooms-Well-Drilled Model School,
with ample recommendations Free
Tuition to Prospective Teachers
Healthful Location-33 Passenger
trains daily-Fall Term opens Sept. 8,
1907-Classes begin Wednesday, Sept.
18th. For various courses and rates
see catalogue. Address
D. j. WALLER, JR., Pricipal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05

A young man who dropped Into the
recorders office for marriage license,
finding that a license had just been is
sued containing the name of the young
lady who was to figure in the docu-
ment sought, purchased his license all
the same with the name of another
girl inserted. That was his day for
getting ready to be married, and he
didn't propose to let small matters
bar the way.-Kansas City Journal.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
Sour
Stomach

Ne appetite. less Of strength. nerves.
Eess. headache. constipation. bad brsaks
general debility. sour Fisinga. and ssssEsA
Of the stomach are ell due 10 indigsssisa
Kedel relieves naigsstisn. This new dlssszs
cry represents the natural Juices si ai6pss
hon as they exist In q healthy sssHsaA.
combined with the greatest kaewa sreas
And reconstruotlvo properties. ks4sl f$
dyspepsia doss not emily relieve inalEasssa
and dyspepsia. but THE ismsss Fsmsse
helps all stsmaoh Rsukiss BY sIeanstne
purifying. swsstoaang ssz siFsngsAsekE4
the mucous membranes iniag The stsmAs1.
Mr.. 8. 8. Dsil q RsvssswssA ~. w., sssy-
vas troubled With ssaf assnssA fss fvszzz peaa
Ter BABY"
ke<sl Disssts Whss Yss EsA
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Prepares ~ q. Q. Dewitt n CO., oNs0<s1SA
For Sale by Paules & Co.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
OF inseress TO Women.

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,flhealthl but who have exacting duties
iolperforA either in the way of house.
hdld cares\or in social duties and func-
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as VeifaSh % Nursing mothers, DR.. Pierce's
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ing nervine. BY its timely use. much
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Bear in mind, please that DR.. Pierce's
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but is a MEDICINE OF KNOWN COMPOST
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wrapper. kAn examination of this list of
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the place of the commonly used alcohol,
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may not be out of place TO state that the
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05
Notice for Proposals.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Commissioners of Montour Coun-
ty, Penna, at their Office in the Court
House at DanviIle, Penn'a, until II
O'Clock, a. m.. Saturday, September
18th, 1907, and will be opened two
hours later for building three (3) high.
way bridges in Montour County.
Penn a, according to plans and specifi.
cations on file in Montour County
Commissioners Office. Bidders must
submit such check as is called for in
specifications as a guaranty that they
will execute proper contract and bond
for building the proposed bridges if
contract is awarded them by the Com
missioners of Montour County, Penn'a
at their bid. In case of failure on any
bidders part to execute contract and
furnish proper bond for building the
work, the check of such bidder will
be forfeited to Montour County as
'Liquidated Damages for failure Oh
such bidders part to fulfill the terms
of his proposal.
Any proposal not conforming to these
requirements and specifications on file
in the Office of the Commissioners of
Montour County, Penn'a, will not be
considered.
CHARLES ". COOK,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-09-05

Cream BaIm is placed into the nostrils. spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief lie i'm
mediate and a cure follows 1t is not drying-does
not produce sneezng Large Size, so cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
ELY BROTHERS. Sc Warren Street, New York
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-11-02
MR. aHoRan B. oAITHRR.


IfIotftttottF
To Offset the charge Of bossism 20 clearly
proved against Judge Crothers, the Democratic
candidate for Governor. to say nothing of other
allegations against him. the press of that party
IL calling Mr.. George r. Gather. the Republic
can candidate. all sorts Of names, but giving no
facts to justify such action. except in one par
ticular-that Is that he was once q Democrat.
That he grew to manhood under Democratic in
fuence and training is a well known fact, and
that this training attached him to the Demo
cratic party in his early manhood was perfectly
natural. But when his Judgment ripened and
he began to contrast the principles and policies
of the two parties he came to the just conclu-
sion that the success Of the Republicans meant
the prosperity Of all classes of the people. Mr..
Gather is about as far removed from demagog
ism as man can be, but he Is devoted 10 hui
manity and. seeing in the course Of the Repub-
Hcan party the best means of advancing the in
terests Of the people, he has given his best efforts
to promote its success.
He came to the party when its fortunes in
State and county were allow tide and apparently
without the possibility Of political preferment.
To do this necessitated the severing of ties that
must have cost him much mental sorrow; but
to him it was the path of duty and he did not
hesitate to take it. He should be honored by all
men for this exhibition Of moral courage and de-
votion to principle. pursued at great apparent
self sacrifice.
Mr.. Gathers public services have been such
as to enfitle him to the unlimited confidence of
the people. and he will undoubtedly receive the
votes of many members of the opposition party
who know his sterling worth. his great ability
and incorporating integrity.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-11-02

AN INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT writes to THE
UNION as follows: EVERY honest voter, every
believer in Constitutional manhood suffrage,
when be puzzles and frets over the intricate
ballot to be voted next Tuesday, must remem-
Der it is the improved ballot, concocted and
framed by the Democratic leaders, made legal
by the Democrats in extra session, and APP
proved by the Democratic platforms. Any
party that would give to an honest community
of ordinary intelligence form of ballot so
difficult to vote, liable to 80 many mistakes by
good, solid white voters, as well as black, ought
to be rebuked. The only way to rebuke a
party guilty of wrong doing is to vote against
its candidates. NOsU is the time to give this re-
Duke to the Democratic party leaders. Punish
and rebuke such leaders and the voter will do
the party good service and make it useful to
the people instead of an imposition upon and
an oppressor of them. Independent Demo-
Gratis, honest and well-meaning men of all
parties, when we go into our voting booths
next Tuesday and worry over marking our
tickets, fearing all the time our vote will not
be counted, let us rebuke the party that has
forced such ballot on us for no good purpose,
by selecting the Republican candidates and
placing our marks in the squares opposite
them, Do not fail in this duty to ourselves
and the honest and respectable voters who
have not been so fortunate as to be so well ed
heated as some Of us.''
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-11-02

Mr.. GEORGE r. GATHER, Republican nomi-
nee for Governor, spoke at rousing mass
meeting at Belair on Monday night and among
other things said: I'VE have been pointing
out to the voters of this State the gross injus-
tice of the extra session law Of 1901, with its
numerous and devious devices for disfran-
chising the voters. The wholesale disfran-
chisement which that law has accomplished
has been shown to be 10000 votes in every
election in the city of Baltimore. and an aver
age of $1,000 for the entire State. With such
record Of injustice and injury it is not surpris-
ing to find some of our opponents of this cam
paign, and the Democratic organ itself, sup
porting some revision Of this law. 1t was re-
served for ex-Gov. John Walter Smith. how
ever, in his speech at Belair last week to come
to the rescue Of this iniquity, and to declare to
the people that this is fair, honest and
reasonably satisfactory election law 1t is
eminently proper that this gentleman, the
originator of the extra session, and, therefore,
the progenitor of this beautiful piece of cleo
ton machinery, should be proud of the off
spring of his political genius and should extol
its virtues and duties"