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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-04-11
TO THE PUBLIC.

in this issue l announce myself
as candidate for the Office of AS
sociate Jud e of Columbia county.
l have always been a Democrat,
and assure you if nominated and
elected to the Office which now
aspire to fill, will be guided Who'll.
ly by my best judgment, and en-
deavor to do my duty as see it,
and as l have done it in the past
I promise, if elected, so far as with.
in my power, a fair, honest and
impartial administration. with equa,
and exact justics to all men and
special privileges to none.
I will endeavor to see all the
Democratic voters in the coun'y be-
fore the Primaries in June next
and will be content to abide their
decision at that time. Based upol
my pledges as herein stated l viii
ask the voters to stand by me.
Sincerely yours,
If. w. w. BLACK
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-04-11
NOTICE PRIMARY ELECTION
For the Spring Primary Election TO Be Held
Saturday June LIST, Between the Hours
OF 2 p. M. and 8 p. NJ, 1907.

tie Hoters Of Columbia County,
In accordance with SECTION
,. HREE paragraph Four of the UNI
FORM PRIMARY ELECTION LAW
notice is hereby given that the sew
eral political parties in the said
county will vote at the various
polling places in the said county on
Saturday June Ist, 1907, between
the hours of P. NJ. and s P NJ. to
nominate candidates at the Spring
Primary election as follows, to wit :
One person for Associate Judge.
One person Tor County Surveyor.
Two persons for delegates to the
Republican State Convention.
Four persons for delegates to the
Democratic State Convention.
Six persons for delegates to the
Prohibition State Convention.
One person for Republican Com
mitteeman in each election district.
One person for member of the
Democratic Standing Committee in
each election district.
One person for Chairman of the
Prohibition party.
One person for Secretary Of the
Prohibition party.
One person for Treasurer Of the
Prohibition party.
One person tor committeeman
from each election district for the
Prohibition party.
JERRY A. HESS County
c. L. PoHE Commis'
E. RINGRosE sioners.
Attest A. B. BLACK,
Commissioners Clerk
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-04-11
Another Shoemaker Burns Coal Ashes
Lock Haven Man Has Compound Like That OF
Iohn eImon, OF Altoona.

Whether he has guessed the Sc
cret of John Elmon, the Altoona
co3b,er who has found a way to
make coal ashes burn, or has dis
covered another and equally virtu-
Gus compound, it is a fact that
Peter c. Jobson, of Lock Haven,
also shoemaker, is burning coal
ashes and getting excellent results.
Jobson, besides being a shoemak-
er, does a small coal business. For
Is years he has been seeking plan
whereby ashes could be burned and
has experimental from time to
time with partial success. While
he was in bed few nights ago,
meditating, the secret came to his
mind, and it SO impressed him that
he could not sleep. Friday he
mixed his compound with coal ash
es and was astonished at the results.
His shop and house were better
heated that day than ever before,
and since he has been constantly
experimenting.
Saturday he burned a combina-
tion OF four6fths ashes and refuse
and one-hith bitumnous coal, and
with the aid of his compound, there
was red hot fire all morning. In
the afternoon he used nothing but
ashes and refuse, and there was no
perceptible difference in the volume
of heat.
Jobson will not reveal the nature
of his compound. He will continue
to experiment from day to day. and
any one doubling that he has real
thing will soon be convinced il they
call at his shop. The fire burns in
circle about a cylinder of the
stove and does not burn hole
through the centre. as is usual with
bituminous coal.
E. Beatram Sylvis, an engineer
at the Avis Cut-glass Works, in
the lower end of Clinton county,
has also discovered secret COM
pound with which it is possible to
burn coal ashes. He has worked
on his secret for the past II years
and says that about 10 cents worth
of the compound will be all that is
needed for each ton of ashes con-
sumed. Sylvis will erect factory
at Avis and manufacture his COM
pound.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-04-11
THAT DOG.

We have often heard the argu-
ment from different men that their
particular dog is valuable piece
of property. that they pay taxes on
him and they have just as much
right to keep him as they would
have to keep a COW or a horse.
There is no gainsaying this argu.
ment. Any man has a right to
keep a dog. We have known some
men to keep six, and we do not
know of any law that would pre-
vent his keeping a hundred. We
are, however, under the impression
that man is under the same obli-
cation TO restrain his dog as he
would be to restrain his COW. In
other words, he must not let his
dog run. If a man wants to keep
six dogs he should fence in field
as big as he thinks he can afford
with fence that dog can neither
Jump over or crawl through, and
he should turn his half a dozen
dogs therein, and proceed to enjoy
them. He certainly has no righ
to turn them loose to live as bes
they can on the neighbors and the
country.-Ex.
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Hunting for a SCape Goat.

That the conspirators in the capi
tol grating operations have deter
mined to find scape goat is prac.
tically certain. Architect Huston,
in recent interview, put .he res.
possibility on Governor Penny.
packer while former Superintend.
ent of Public Grounds and Build.
ings Shumaker, with equal positive
ness lays the blame on Huston. He
was the Machiavelian, Mr.. Shu-
maker declares, who pulled the
wool" over Pennypacker's eyes and
made that "bugo,ogist" like a
chunk of soft putty i'll the hands OF
the gang. Presumably some of the
others will give their iuterpreta-
tiOns ofthe mater, later on. Penny
packer has declined to make reply
to Huston, already, but he may
think better of it when he discovers
that it is necessary to Save his own
bacon"
Meantime the aggregate Of graft
is growing to prodigious proper
tions though nothing has been re-
vealed to indicate what became of
the money. 1t has been observed
that Sanderson is a very rich man
now, whereas before the event he
was only moderately we'll off. But
nobody imagines that he got all the
rake off. 1t is an inflexible rule Of
such men that participants IN graft
ing operations shall understand
addition, division and silence. /"
Huston's fees amounted to upwards
of half million dollars and the
chances are that he would have to
be satisfied with that sum. Cassell,
who furnished the metal cases, did
tolerably we'll but was hardly allow
ed more than million Of velvet. I"
Assuming that Sanderson, Cassell
and Huston divided three millions,
what became of the rest?
The default of the Enterprise
National bank of Allegheny entail
ed all extraordinary demand for
funds on the machine but Treasur-
er Berry states that he can discover
no sign that the rake-off was used
for the purpose of meeting this exi.
gency. That being true the infer.
ence is plain that somebody, other
than those named, must have par
ticipated in the loot. Nobody sus.
pected until the fact was brought
out in judicial inquiry that Dur
ham was getting a slice of the
enormous profits on the contracts
tor the Philadelphia filter plant.
Yet it is now all established and
even an admitted fact and why
might there not have been some
such silent partner or partners in
the capitol graft. The alternative
is to assume that Pennypacker got
a share. .-BeIlefonke UakcHuaH.
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TO DOUBLE TRACK SUNBURY DI.
VISION.

Following the tour of Superin-
tendent T. w. Allibone and Assis-
tant Engineer w. r. Thompson
over the Sunbury division on Sat
! nrday it has been announced, un-
officially, that the entire Sunbury
division will be double tracked,
and that The WORK will be complet-
ed this summer.
The need for double track on
this division has long been almost
a necessity on account of the in
creasing traffic and the consequent
congestion all along the line The
officials of the Sunbury division
have for many years been working
with the ultimate object Of having
the whole division double tracked,
and now ii seems that they have
sufficiently interested the men high
III authority of the necessity of the
improvement.
Much of the road is at present
double tracked. Between Danville
ana Sunbury there are only four
niles where there is but one track.
o. the rest of the division the
many sidings make almost a con-
;inual double track to Wilkes Barre.
1t is the intention when the double
track is finally completed to insti-
tute a number of improvements on
the line; curves will be straigh'en-
ed out and new bridges will be
built. A new cement bridge is now
i'll course of erection at Roaring
Creek. This bridge, which was
started last week is to be for
double track. The company is al
SO making improvements on its
telegraph lines.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-04-11

The new State Hospital for the
Criminal Insane was definitely To-
Gated at Fairview, Wayne county,
on Saturday last by the State Com.
mission, of which ex Speaker Hen
ry F. Walton, of Phila. is chair
man. The site is one of the finest
in the State, nearly the entire
county of Wayne, with its hundred
pretty lakes, its dairy farms and
sections OF primitive forests, being
visible from the ground upon which
the new institution is to be erected.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-04-11

The Columbia & Montour Elec.
trio Railway Co. will erect more
buildings at Columbia Park. NJ.
II. Rhodes has the contract for the
building of dining hall IS by 90
feet, and for an addition to the
kitchen.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-04-11

Souvenir Post Cards are printed
at this Office. Half tones supplied.
IF.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-04-11

Here is an object lesson for town
ship road officials who neglect the
country highways: Mark Bream,
of Midway, has recovered from
Conewago township, Adams county
500 damages for injuries to a
horse, which bIoke leg by sep
ping into a chuck hole on the road
leading to Edgegrove, several
weeks ago. The animal had to be
killed, and Mr. Bream entered suit
for damages before Justice of the
Peace George l.. Rice, of McSher-
rystown.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-04-11

Ask for Aliens Foot Ease, A Powder.
It makes walking easy. Cures Corns, Bun
ions, IngrowiDg Nails, swollen and Sweating
feet AT ali Druggists and shoe stores, CSC.
Don't accept any substitute. sample FREE.
Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y. Adj.
, 1907-05-30
Gathered No Trout Fry.

Capt. G. j.. Rhode, superintend-
ent of the Saratoga fish hatchery,
was in town Monday. He in
forms the Sun that the efforts
this year to gather trout fry were
of no effect, it being too late in
the season to accomplish anything.
He will, however, devote his time
this summer to the work of en-
larging and deepening the trout
pools at the hatchery and other
necessary work of improvement
that has been let go for a more
convenient season." 80 that in re.
atty there will be no time lost.
, 1907-05-30
NATIONAL FOREST NOTES

4. Forest Ranger, James Black
hall, who is stationed at River
side, was down over Sunday, re-
turning to Riverside Monday.
Forest Ranger, Frank Pennock
is down from keystone, where he
has been stationed all winter,
bathing for rheumatism for a few
days.
Technical Assistant; Clinton g..
Smith, went up to E~ncampment
Monday on National Forest mat
ters. BE is expected to return
Saturday.
Forest Ranger, Geo. H. Multi
son, who is stationed at Dixon,
this county, on the west side of
the Sierra Madre National Forest,
has been over this week. He re-
turned to his post today.
Supervisor j. W. Nelson has
been detained at home this week
by sickness lin his family He
expects to be able to move into
their new quarters at the Club
house the first of next week.
TheiClub' house, which is now
the new quarters of the National
Forest Officers, is admirably ar
ranged and adapted to service.
The Office roomslare on the west
and are lighted by large windows
and furnish ample room for the
. office work of the'force. The rest
of the building is arranged for q
dwelling, furnishing very desira-
ble,quarters for Supervisor Mel
sons family. There is talk OF
purchasing this building for the
forest service. No better choice
could be made and it is hoped the
National Forest officers will give
the matter their favorable consid.
eration.s The building was very
substantially built and>is in good
condition-Ain fact one of the very
best buildings in the town.
, 1907-05-30
The WalcOtt Hotel

Many are the complimentary
remarks about the Walcott Hotel
since it passed under the manage
ment of Mrs. Della Harden. Ev-
cry one who has taken a meal
there speaks of the cuisine in the
highest manner. No one need
hesitate about stopping there for
meals for they will meet with the
best of treatment in that line, for
Mrs. Harden will spare no pains
to make the hotel second to none
in the country so far as her means
will permit.
, 1907-05-30
THREE MILES
OF track laid-Eneine and Cars
ordered-Work on Grade
progressing rapidly.

From General Manager Bald.
ridge, who was up from the
front" the first of the week, we
learn that track laying on the
s. d E. road is progressing very
favorably. Three miles of track
have been laid and the end of the
line Is nov at Pass creek. This
was necessary before an engine
could be put in commission, as
there is no water nearer than Pass
creek and an engine without water
is rather useless.
An engineer prehaps two, has
been ordered and will be mere
shortly. In the e time a
water tank will be erected at Pass
creek and the bridge across that
stream built. This will enable
the work to be pushed much more
rapidly than has been possible
heretofore.
The grading camp just above
town, having been driven out by
the high water in the river, has
moved up on the line to a point
opposite the ranch of r. A. Day
and are busy grading the line
thru a school section at that point.
The continued wet, stormy wea-'
ther has been a great handicap,
both to the track laying and grad
ing. Settled weather will enable
all parties to make better showing
than has been possible the past
two weeks.
, 1907-05-30
R MOERKE,
in CHICAGO
Woman. Well Known Here, Makes
Some Startling Claims Of ua
Personal Prowess.

The following dispatch from
Chicago, under date of May %,
will be interesting reading to the
people of Wyoming and to Car.
bon county especially. Mrs. Moer-
Ike is we'll known here but some OF
her claims will be rather startling
to our peoples:
"Mrs. Katie Moerke, champion
woman "broncho BUSTER of Wy
oming, is in Chicago for medical
treatment.
EYES," said Mrs. Moerke today.
I'm the champion bad pony rid.
er,of the West. I've shot men
who molested me, and I'm a crack
shot. When l drove a stage in
Wyoming l ran down two high.
waymen who tried to hold me up
When the Union Pacific train was
held upin Carbon County chas.
ed the train robbers alone with
their $4,000 booty into the Hole
in the Wall"-but Chicago? Oh
don't talk about it. I'm not afraid
of man or beast, but Chicago is sc
close. Why, 1 am SO nervous here
that l go to bed every night with
my 'popgun' under my pillow, and
] never go on the street without it
Frequenting cars and autosis sim.
ply fierce"
, 1907-05-30
Hotel Wolf Arrivals.

j. r.. Enos, W. j. Wilson, Fred
Neff, Denver; @. F. Wallace, Liv-
ingston, Mont; Vim. P. Webb, L.
M. Horson, Bay City, Mich; Otto
Rauch, Rock Springs; Chas Nc
Kay, Bennett; A. FL. Grow, Ed.
Parkinson, Chas. Knapp, II. F.
Miller, w. l.. Beattie and wife,
Encampment; G. E.. Oehler, G. E.
Owens, Owens Camp; q. Nissem,
Chicago; A. F. Potter, Washing
ton, ID. o.; FL. Rogers, Pine
Bluffs, Wyo.; Geo. E. Davis and
wife, WATERFOWL, s. d.; j. +.
Gates, Salt Lake; j. Louis, Sol
Chase, Kansas City; VIM. Olson,
st. Paul; L.. 9. Gorton, Indepen-
dence, Kas.; Harry Willford. Miss
Rose Willford, Los Angeles;
Frank w. Pennock, Keystone
Wyo.
, 1907-05-30

Sun, there r two or three other
June brides who are quite well
known in this community. Miss
George Savage, who is well
known and universally loved here,
is soon to enter wedlock with a
gentleman in the city of Washing
ton. This wedding has excited
much interest among the young
lady's friends here and hopes are
entertained that her lot will be a
very happy one.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage on the 18th Of June, in
Denver, of Miss Marie Lougay
and Arthur L.. Norman. Miss
Lougay was a Saratoga resident
for several months, at the time
her father, DR.. Lougay and his
wife were lessons of the Cottage
Hotel. She made many friends
here and became quite popular
among the young people of her
set, and they are all wishing her
a happy married life.
, 1907-05-30
Boys Gymnasium Open

Harmonlca hall was fitted out
with a gymnasium for boys and
was opened to the youngsters OF
the town last Tuesday night
There was a large crowd of people,
both old and young to witness the
antics of the boys, who entered
heartily into the spirit of the &C.
casion. They will find a never
ending source of amusement, cul.
ture and help in the gym" and
should be very grateful to the
older heads who made it possible
for them to have this play house.
The directors and prime movers
in this matter are Mayor Hickok
Marshal Taylor, Messrs. Mace,
Price, Pilon, Webb and Jensen
The direct supervision of the hall
rests with Marshal Taylor, who
will see to it that all is righ'
there.
, 1907-05-30
ADDITIONAL CHIPS

Luke Wheeler is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ryan were in
the city yesterday.
G. NJ. Wilcox was down from his
Cow creek ranch Tuesday.
E. L. Stewart was in from Lake
creek the first of the week.
Otto Fouts is running the delivery
wagon for Gus Jensen & Bro.
John A. Schoonjans was in the city
the first of the week from his Pass
creek ranch.
Hon. Andrew Olson, general mana
ger of the Carbon Timber Company,
is in the city to look after the i'm
mense tie drive of his company now
gong down the river.
, 1907-05-30
FIVE CENTS
WESTERN UNION
Is TELEGRAPHCO.
Suit Begun by Attorney General
Mullen to Gust That sr
Company.

The following dispatch from
Cheyenne to the Denver, Post
speaks for itself:
"Ouster proceedings have been
filed here by Attorney General
Mullen against the Western Un-
ion Telegraph Company because
of its refusal to file articles of in
corporation. The company has
refused to file such papers and
pay the fees on the grounds that
it is carrying on an interstate,
business and that it's establish
ment in the state preceded the
corporation law, and that it is
consequently not amendable to
the law. The case will be tried in
the district court"
The above dispatch will be read
with a great deal of satisfaction by
the people of this state. The
Western Union is a corporation
that needs reforming. 1t has
grown great in power and wealth
and is entirely independent-at
least it thinks so-of all the world.
Well, by the time Attorney Cen
eral Mullen gets thru with it it
may be willing to comply with
the law just like any other plain
citizen.
There are two other great cor
poratiens that need attention.
One is the Pullman Sleeping Car
Company and the other III the Pa
cifc Express Company. With
these two might be included all
other express companies operating
in the state. 1t is quite evident
to every one who has occasion to
travel that the Union Pacific rail-
road company has done the fair
thing in reducing it's fares. Now
let the express and sleeping car
companies do the same thing,.in
the way of reducing rates and the
people will rejoice. For years the
people have been robbed by these
two great corporations and the
robbery is still going on. The
suit against the Western Union is
only a starter" 1t is supposed
to be a telegraph company and to
do business by telegraph, Well,
it does, but it often happens that
you can do your business quicker
by mail than by telegraph, ~
, 1907-05-30
Miss Sensintaifar Entertains.

Miss Sensintaffar entertained
the boad of trustees and their
wives and the teachers last eve
ming, at the pleasant home of Mr..
and Mrs. F. j. Cramer. The eve-
ming was pleasantly spent in
games and light refreshments
we're served during the evening.
The table decorations were tiny
red and white flags, the colors of
the Saratoga public school, con-
Meeting each plate with the chan
dalier by streams of baby ribbon,
making a most charming effect.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
A. R, Huntington, Mr.. and Mrs.
d. E. Winsor, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Crawford, Miss Eva l.. andrews,
Prof. Miller and @. Il. Bremen.
, 1907-05-30
SCHOOL CLOSED
Prof. Miller andSTwO of the Pre-.
sent Force of Teachers
Re-Ensased.s

School closed yesterday and the
children freed from long con6ne.
ment are racing around the streets
enjoying their freedom.
Prof. Miller reports that the ex-
aminations in the various depart
ments was very satisfactory, show
ing very material progress in all
the rooms.
Prof. Miller, Miss Eva l.. An.
drews and Miss Emma Sensintaf.
far have been engaged for, next
year. The board of trustees ARE
fortunate in securing the services
of these instructors, for their work
has been of the best and the pa
irons of the school are perfectly
satisfied with the years work.
Mrs. Winsor declined a further
engagement. She is a teacher OF
high rank and her work here for
the past three years has been
equal to the best. 1t will be- hard
to fill her place.
The work of disciplining the
Saratoga public school end getting
it under thorough control has
been a hard task for Prof. Miller,
but he has accomplished it to the
entire satisfaction of every patron
of that institution. Besides pos
sessing great executive ability the
Prof. is equipped with q splendid
education and the board of trus-
tees are very much pleased over
the fact that he will stay with
them at least one, if not two years
longer in his capacity as principal.
Miss Sensintaffar will not leave
for her home for a week or ten
days. She expects to visit the
jamestown exposition this sum-
mer. Prof. Miller expects to
leave Friday for his home in
South Bend, Ind. Miss Andrews
will spend the summer in Wyom-
ing. She will teach summer
school at Rockdale, Wyo., leaving
for that place Saturday.
, 1907-05-30
Death Of Fred Currie

Fred Currie died at his ranch
in the Encampment river valley
on the 10th, of May, of pneumonia,
and the remains we're inferred in
the Dunkard graveyard near that
place on the afternoon of the 18th,
the funeral being largely attended
Mr. Currie was a son-in-law of
Mrs. Ann Parr. He was an in
dustrious, hard working man and
a good neighbor. He leaves a
wife and little daughter to whom
the sympathy of the community is
extended.
, 1907-05-30
A Spell of Cold Weather.

The spell of cold weather that
descended upon this valley last
Friday has remained with us and
kept things in a moist and deci-
dedly cool state. In more ways
than one this has been very fortu-
nate. It has caused the river to
drop from one to two feet and
thus saved the inhabitants of this
city some trouble. Another week
of warm weather and the North
Platte river would have been such
a raging torrent as few of the peo-
pie of Saratoga had ever dreamed
that it could be- The small
streams, from Spring creek south,
had all left their banks and were
going straight down the valleys
without regard to their natural
channels. They are all now
soberly within their banks. This
spell of moisture has also been of
great benefit to the range and to
growing crops, as the ground has
had a thorough wetting and will
now be able to stand considerable
drouth without detriment to the
range or crops.
, 1907-05-30
Memorial Sermon

Rev. Forde preached a most ex-
cellent memorial sermon last Sun
day to a fair sized audience. There
was a lamentable absence of the
Old Soldier, for whom, more es-
pecially, the sermon was intended.
There has been a remarkable
thinning out of the ranks in the
past year and Rev. Forde dealt
very touchingly and tenderly with
this phase of his subject.