Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-09-19

Writing on Charities and Com
mons" Caroline Bartlett Crane gives
an account of what has been done by
the Women's Civic Improvement
league in Kalamazoo. Mich, a city Of
$1,000 population. to prove that it does
not cost too much to have clean streets,
says the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
I'VE studied the matter of street
cleaning as we'll as we could, and then
wa asked for and received permission
frola the city council to take charge Of
Six blocks of the main business street
for three months. Then we introduced
the Waring system, the salient fea
lures of which are:
"Virst.-Sweeping the pavements by
hard with push brooms and collecting the
.irt into piles.
Second immediately taking mp each
pile Of dirt and deposiiing 1t. with the
help Of a small hand broom and shovel.
into u bag suspended upon a two wheeled
bag carrier which the sweeper pushes
ubput with him.
''rnird.--Tying the bags when filed and
depositiug them III convenient places In
alleys or along the street to be removed
by wagon.
Fourth. - The orderly or patrol
system. by which each man Is given
Gejinlte portion OF the street TO keep clean
and is held responsible for this portion.
"Fifth.--A white uniform tof at least
w,i,c coat and hat or hclneD and Il wa
torproof outfit for rainy days.
sixth. Flushing the streets at stated
inteTyals--unce n week-in the absence of
dreuching rains.
we secured carts brooms. uniforms
for lie men, and we made three neat
galvanized iron street cans, aluminium
painted and inscribed, For Waste Pa
pe.'. Fruit Skins, etc We also succeed.
cd III getting The council TO pass an
nutisptting ordinance. We took pho
togruphs of all the filthy downtown
alleys ana of The hdeous refuse dumps
nhich disiigured our naturally beauti
ful river banks.
"On the appointed day we began all
along The me AT once. The men be-
gan TO seek the pavement, and after
they found ii the fire department came
out ut 3 O'Clock in the morning with
some secondhand hose and flushed the
streets under the direction of the chair.
luaii of the women's committee. Dif.
fcle2t ways Of flushing were tried on
Successive mornings until the right
way was found flushing without noz.
zle from the middle of the street each
way and either bagging the storm
sewer entrances or stationing men
with hoes to keep the coarser dirt from
entering OF course the best way TO
dush is with a patent street flushing
machine which works with compress
cd aig and which can be charged with
air as well as water at any street
hydrant.
"Our very attractive cans We're
placed al intervals on poles along the
streets, and boys from our Junior
league distributed thousands of little
dodgers like this:
PLEASE!
":rhe Womens Civic Improvement
league han undertaken TO keep Main
street clean. We ask YOU to help US,
Please do not throw anything--paper.
fruit skins, peanut shells or other litter
in the street Put II in the waste paper
can al the corner. And. gentlemen. please
do net spit on the sidewalks or in this
gratinss or anywhere but In the gutter.
NOV please don't throw this In the
street.
..Our alley pictures were sent to the
tenants or the owners, sometimes to
the health officer, with the result that
the alleys were cleaned up like ls1gic
aud have been kept fairly clean ever
since.
COURT PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, Hos. CHAs. f TERRY President
Judge Honorables Henry Richn and 4. c. r.
Term ner and General jail Delivery, quartz,
Sessions of the Peace, Orphans Court and Com.
tleir precept, bearing date the y day of Ma!
1906, 10 me directed, for holding the severn
courts in the Borough OF LaIorte:on Monday the
IL day of Sept 1907, at O'Clock p. m.
Therefore. notice is hereby given to the Coroner
Justices OF the Peace and Constables within the
county, that they he then and there in their prop
ef person at2 O'Clock p m OF said day. with theil
rolls, records, inquisiti0ns examinations and
other rememberances to those thing, to which
tileir Offices appertain to be done. And to those
who are bound by their recoglizance to prosecute
against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail Of
the said county of Sullivan are hereby notified TO
be then and there to prosecute against them as
RANK w BUCK, Sheriff.
oheriff's Office Laporte Pa. Aug!2, 1907
Trial List. September Term 1907.
Return day Sep. l6, 1907, at o clock pm
w. W. Jackson, Admr H. b. n. G. t.
a. OF George d. jackson decd vs John u
1Itz aud Rush J Thomson. executors OF
last will aud testament OF John ut2 decd.
No. ., Sept I. 1905. Assumpsit Plea,
non assumpsit.
Mullen, Walsh. Thomson.
?, Joseph Fisher ys Harriet Steinback
aud Riley Steinback No. %, December
term. 1905. Ejectment. Plea, not guilty.
iughams, Mullen
j. ". Bates VS. +. g. T'rexler. II. G. !
Trexer, and j II, TurrelI; trading as the
TrexIer 4 Turrell Lumber Co. Trespass.
No. 46, y. T. 1906. Plea. not gnlltv.
Scontsn. Bradley Thomson, Mullen
4 Charles Bishop VS. Lewis Cai,a.
No. 8. Dec. term 1906
Defendants appeal. Plea Not guilty.
w Ii. Hill. Scouten. Bradley.
A. K. ChiIson VS. Isaac Little No
>. May term, 1907, Trespass. Plea,