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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
10th Wedding Anniversary.

Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Pannebaker.
Liberty township, were married 20
years ago on October goth and they
celebrated the anniversary on Satur-
day by entertaining large number of
their friends at their pleasant home.
The occasion proved most enjoyable,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Pannebaker were
the recipients of number of beauti-
full gifts. They were rendered an old
fashioned serenade in the evening.
Those present were: Mrs. Emma
Brusstar, of Philadelphia Miss Mabel
Wilson, of Paradise, Oregon; Miss
Mary Heller, of Lew wistown; Mr.. and
Mrs. J. @. Surver, Mrs. Annie Worley,
Helen and Ralph Worley, of Milton;
Misses Sallie and Iona Hendricks and
John Hendricks, of Danville; Mrs.
Harry Greiner, of Mausdale Mrs. S.
G. Surver and Miss Bertha Surver, of
Riverside; Jacob Nicholas, of Dewart !;
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Curry and son
John, Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Curry
| uduRut6JS ElUlst anu Mai SdltJ, MI
and Mrs. Daniel Billmeyer and daugh-
ter Bertha, Mrs. Margaret Springer,
Mr. and Mrs. John Mauger, Edgar
and Anna Mauger, Mrs. Robert Cor
nelson and Miss Winifred Cornelison,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Robinson, Sr.
and Mrs. Edwin Robinson. daughters
Edna and A lima, Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Pannebaker, Miss Vida Pannebaker,
Mrs. Howard Hilkert, Florence and
Stanley Hilkert, Mr.. and Mrs, James
Hilkert and daughter Mary, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Hilkert and son William,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Hilkert and son
Earl, Mr. and Mrs. J. +. Hendrickson
and daughter Miriam, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. J. Leidy, Mr.. and Mrs William
Starner, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Dietrich,
Edna and George Dietrich, Mrs. Jesse
Conway, Mabel and Leroy Conway,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Manner and
daughter Mary, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Patterson, Miss Maud Hendricks. Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Billmeyer, Misses
Margaret, Katie and Anna Manner ;
Messrs Purdy Arter, Freeman Rob
bins, Calvin and Edwin HilKeIt, John
Miller and John Fruit.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
RlE,,C[]R5ORfEING lE,C[]R5O WING THE, '''"'
''' e STATE HIGHWAY

.CaS3factor DIG. Rogers Monday
began work ON the recrowning OF the
State highway in Mahoning township
between the borough line and Valley
township. This work will constitute
the finishing touch ON that section of
the state highway, which was begun
some three years ago.3HA III s''I' '''''
oar readers are familiar with the
unsat isfactory condition that the State
highway was left in by the contract
ors, the Maryland Construction com
pany, as we'll as the several attempts
riade later to fix up the road to com
ply with the specifications each Of
which. however, failed to accomplish
its purpose. ..., 80 r'... ,.......,',.. ....
The stains of affairs as relates to the
State highway was fully explained by
Assistant Highway Commissioner X,
d. Benlan in this city ON February
18th last when the township supervis-
ors and the county commissioners ef-
fected permanent organization. '7
Mr.. Beman acknowledged that the
road was not built according to specifi-
cations. He attributed its defects to
incompeteney on the part of men on
whose Judgment the highway depart
ment relied 1t is true. that the de-
partment had accepted the road and
applied to the township and Montour
county for the payment Of their respec-
tive shares of the cost. .e ...........
1t was not until refusal was made
to pay by the township and the coun-
ty that the highway department. be-
came aware that the road fell short OF
specifications. At this juncture, Mr..
Beman said, the acceptance of the
highway was Withdrawn and the con-
tractors and their bopdsmen were held
to the faithful performance of the
work. .".-.l ........
The assistant highway commission
er assured our citizens that the high.
way would be completed the follow.
ing spring The department. may be
forgiven for the six months addition
al delay now that there are such good
prospects of the road being completed
before winter. a1aa.a.lr - a.H En
TO begin with, along with other de-
fects, the crown of the highway in
question was never properly construct
ed. At the present time the top course
and part of the second course is worn
away. Material for the two course;
to be applied is distributed along the
highway. The amount of work on the
contract, therefore, that remains to be
done is not heavy and should be com
pleted during the next month.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
Goal Dredres Rean HarveSt.

The four ncal dredges employed on
the North Branch at this place are
reaping a harvest since the last freshet
which seems to have deposited a good
deal of coal where it is easily accessi-
bic for the dredges.
All summer three lor four dredges
were at. work on the river at this
place, but for nearly three months the
water was so low as to interfere with
the success of their work.
The recent freshet has not only fur
nished abundant water in which to
navigate the dredges in any part of
the channel, but it seems to have
brought more coal down stream or at
least shifted the deposits so that coal
is found where none existed before.
AS a result each of the dredges is ex-
tracting plenty of coal and the supply
of the river article is rapidly accumu-
lating in town A ready sale is found
| for all the coal extracted.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
SMALL BALLOT S',l ''O
IHhfGy5 This WEAR

The election will Htke place ON Nov
ember 9th, from whirh it will appear
that the candidates Lave less than two
weeks in which to complete their can
vass. That they are all making the
best use of their tine goes without
saying. .,-r,,..,,...... .....
The ballots have been received at
the office of the. county commissions
ers. They are unique this, year. in
that they are, smaller than has ever
been known since the adoption of the
present method of voting. The size OF
the She ct is about eight by four inches
and besides the column containing the
names of the parties for straight
vote there are three short columns
only, giving candidates for Estate
treasurer, county treasurer" and
prothonotary. - ... ....,....., ...
Candidates for State treasurer, are
as follows; Republican, John o.
Sheath; Democratic, John G. Har
man; Prohibition, Matthew H. Stew
enson; Socialist, Samuel Clark
County treasurer: Republican, A
II, Grone; Democratic. A. J. Stein
man; Prohibitionist, J. +. Hendrick
son.
Prothonotary Republican, william
Vastine; Democratic. Thomas G. Vim
cent Prohibitionist, Thomas G. Vim.
cent.
1t will be observed that there are NJ
local candidates ON the Socialist tick
ct.
Four thousand. two hundred ballot
have been printed and delivered at tn
commissioners office for use at tn
election. In addition 925 specimen
ballots have been printed.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
nnr Snnnlu of Wheat.

One Of the largest grain exporting
firms in Chicago sounds note of
alarm with regard to the heavy ex-
portation of wheat to Europe which
seems to merit more than passing con-
sideration. According to this author
ity. the general shortage in wheat
crops has brought on an era of high
prices which completely upsets the
normal order of things Farmers are
selling their grain right and left, and
as consequence, the demand from
abroad is absorbing supply which
normally should be reserved for win
ter consumption at home. This fore
shadows q great increase in the price
of food and worst of all possible
bread famine, forcing the people to
fall back largely on vegetables and
other articles of diet not obtained
from breadstuffs. o" H.t'a fsa3 ul
Against such contingency the mass
of customers, of course. have no way
of defending themselves There is,
however, possibility that sane and
orderly influences working in the
home market may tend to alter condi.
tions for the better The enlistment
of these is obviously great desider-
atum and it is not fanciful idea.
Certain it is that the American peo'
pie are just as we'll able to bny and
store the wheat produced on Ameri'
can soil as are the foreign consumers,
and it will be strange, indeed, if, IL
the ordinary processes of commerce,
they should be compelled to forfeit
the opportunity of so doing. ..
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
.FHEING THE '''l u.l'''
AJ1 JURY WHEEL

His HoDur Judge Evans inanRnrated
a departure in this county yesterday
when he came down to Danville and
Joined the jury commissioners in the
work of filling the jury wheel.
No one about the court house can
recall a time when the president judge
Of this district assisted or lent his
presence here before while the jury
wheel was being filed, Nevertheless,
Judge Evans explained last evening,
it is one of the duties of the president
judge under the law to be on hand
while this important work is in prog
ress. his junction being to see that
the purpose of the law is fully carried
out-that no abuses creep into the
work and that the men selected are in
all respects qualified for jury duty,
Judge Evans by his presence yester-
day has convinced the people of Mon
tour county that he aims to have
the law administered impartially and
that he regards it as his duty to know
What is going ON III every department.
of court.
Jury Commissioners Robert O. Auten
and Henry Kearn came into town yes
terday forenoon but they did not get
down to work, until during the after
noon. They were much gratified to
find Judge Evans present to assist them
in filling the wheel.
Four hundred names in all will have
to be selected and but little more than
beginning was made yesterday after
noon. Judge Evans will not be pres
ent today, but he will join the jury
commissioners again tomorrow or
Thursday and will remain with them
until the work is completed
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
More Money in q Gent Fare.

With the maximum rate of fare two
cents per mile the railroads of Ohio
collected more money than they did
when the maximum rate was three
cents per mile. The increase is, in
round numbers, 81, $50, 900. This find
ing and the figures are taken from the
annual report of the State railway
commission, which in turn is compil-
ed from the returns made by the rail
road companies to that body. Not
only are the passenger receipts heavi-
er, but in nearly every instance the
earnings per train mile have increas-
ed, an index of more value than the
mere increase in receipts.
This is the testimony of the rail
roads themselves. and consequently the
lawmakers who enacted the reform
statute in the face of strong opposition
and of many diIeful prophecies of
ruin to come are breathing much east
er now that the test of the first year
has become known.
The fiscal year ended on the Both OF
last June, but the work of compila.
tion and comparison was not oomplet.
ed until last week. These statistics
are of especial interest not only to the
people Of Ohio, but the other states OF
the union, because of the action of
various legislatures and commissions
in reducing the maximum passenger
rate. In some instances the states have
been restrained from putting these
laws into effect by the courts.
In some it being held that the re-
duced rate is oonfiscatory, because ii
is u-remunerative, and in others the
law has been permitted to go into ef-
feet Tor certain specified time to
ascertain the result. The two cent
fare law became effective in the State
of Ohio. March 10, 1906, so that the
reports for the year ending June 30,
1906. contain the receipts during more
than three months under the two cent
fare law.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
Reforestration Imperative.

Pennsylvania is giving careful at
tention to the reforestration of large
areas of mountainous land denuded of
timber during the last generation.
There can be no question demanding
more earnest thought in our State
through the Legislature. The depart
ment having immediate supervision
of the public lands should have the
definite support of the people.
Unless we give to this subject the
attention which its Importance de-
mands we may expect increasing ills
from sudden changes of climate, long
droughts, sudden floods and deprecia-
tion of agricultural lands. IL is but
fair that we of the present generation
should provide against these ills for
our children and our children 8 chill
dren. .H N- dos
The State forest reservations seem
to mean little to many thoughtless
people, but they represent the wisdom
of men who have gone deeply into the
problem that confronts the people OF
the United States in the rapid de-
struction of their timber areas. Penn
sylvaia has taken advanced ground in
restoring the barren hills that now
stand only as reminders of the splen-
did forests which once We're the pride
of the Commonwealth. 90 Am .,it ~.
1t is estimated that the present rate
of QUITTING, with the present rate OF
growth, would abolish our forests ut.
terly by about the year 1880. 1t must
therefore be evident to all that the
preservation of our wooded areas is a
! pressing matter.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
The World Growing Better2

Every once in while some writer,
clergymen or prominent person tells
us the world is growing worse, that
is, the people. and as a proof cite a
long list of crimes and horrors, that
laws are not observed, aud that we are
drifting back to barbarism. Not all
people think so Evangehne Booth,
head of the Salvation Army, is optim
istic and looks on the bright side. She
SAYS, II would not for one moment
wish to place myself among those who
think that the world is on the whole
growing worse. Never before were the
sick and the poverty stricken of the
community so we'll cared for. Never
before was so much money given to
missionize the heather rarely if ever
before was there such q lack of self
boarding of wealth. Never before were
there so many different agencies at
work for the uplifting of man, the
combating of sin, land the amelioration
of sorrow and suffering. And it is
surely patent to even the least observ
ing that at no time was there strong
er tendency to swing the tremendous
force Of the law into the balance for
equity and justice. 1t is being de-
monstrated as never before that there
is not one legal code for the poor and
another for the rich. i" tgE..
Evangeline Booth is in a pretty
good position to judge, ana to know
what she says is correct and we agree
with this remarkable woman, who
manages an army of nearly two mil
lion people AS few men could manage
it, She bas had experience in almost
every part of the world. She is one
of the wisest women of her day, and
considers her words before she speaks
them And she says the world is
growing better Evangeline Booth
knows both the good and the bad on
this earth. She not only knows the
world but the underworld. She knows
the slums and the shambles of, city,
life. Yet over against this dark. back
ground of sin and sorrow she sees the
shining of tho sun. 1ssu 2aE1 9AGil1iG
Let us be ashamed of our doubts
We see only the arc OF the circle that
Evangeline Booth sees. She is true
prophecies. r..s g.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
The Rise Of the Prune.

One good result of the imitation of
prices will be the elevation of the
prune. Always it has been lowly art
icle of food but it has never been de-
spised eXcept-according to the comic
papers-by those denizens of boarding
houses who were forced to eat them
several times day or go hungry, be-
cause prunes were cheaper than some
other articles that furnished forth
the boarding house feast of the joke
smiths. The cheapness of the prune
has become tradition. Often it has
been said to n vapid and garrulous
fellow, by way of remonstrance and
reproach "You make a noise like a
prune To the wight who aronsed
contempt and resentment by indiscreet
remarks that touched the auditor on
the raw it has been declared with the
intention of reducing him to his pro-
per level in the comparative values OF
citizens You're full of prunes y
Never could anything be more belittl-
ed than by saying of it (: Il would not
give prune for it. 4"
The lowly prune is about TO be
elevated to its proper place on the
tables of the epiours and the gourmets
and it will even take deserved rank on
the table of the Duke Humphrey with
the other COSTLY yiands that make his
banquet hoard groan again. The tale
of the prune is simple and moving.
Six hundred acres of orchards i'll Cali
fornia which produced $500 tons Of
prunes in.19OO have produced only lSC
tons this year, and the twenty six
growers who own the fruit will hold
it thntil5 the market will reach the
maximum price they have agreed up
on. The prune is about to become a
luxury.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
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Socialism.

yloilr5 B Socialism. Iufd5lt siI g
1t is c4rtainlyiagreatpi pity II fBlshop
Hoban is right-and5 welsuppose he is
when he reciares that many social-
lists are enemies of religion. Zone has
a right TO look for infidelity and athe-
ism among anarchists, but those who
profess TO believe that /, all, men are
brethreu and 1thats the need Of one
should iro)t!p conceru ef7all certainly
give tile lie toCtileir- professions when
they rejeet religion, ,sthe only solvent
which wifi eventually dissolve the
bitterness of selfshness aud bring its
SUBJECTS to recognize, that the highest
privilege of man is to serve. his brother
The first Christians We're soeiallst
They had all things in com mon. Those
who had possessions sold them, and
cast the proceeds into the common
treasury. They were animated by an
exalted impulse and of their own mot
ion determined to inaugurate the prin
ciples of universal brotherhood and
mutual helpfulness. There was no
command from the Founder of their
faith to do this. But one can readily
understand how the lofty doctrines
which he inculcated might lead his
disciples to try the experiment of un-
iversal brotherhood. And the heart
that does not commend their purpose
is cold indeed. a#ssEa ra..l
Yet, so imperfect was human nature
that the experiment failed. The
church at Jerusalem soon lapsed into
pauperism. Collections were taken
pretty constantly in the other church
es for the relief of the believers at
Jerusalem. They had tried to carry
into effect lofty idea the imperfect
ions of human nature made it a mel
anoholy failure. But socialists should
not cherish a grudge against the
church because humanity is weak.
They might find more profit in inquir
ing into the collapse of the golden
dream Of the early disciples. The cir
cumstances ought to have been pecul-
iarly favorable. .,- asr r-- g. am.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
Returned Pooketbook.

Three weeks ago pooketbook con-
tanning s44 was rifed in the home of
J. A. Craig, in Butler. On Sunday
the money was returned while the
family was away and was placedN in
the same pocketbook from which 1t
had been taken. Two cases of goods
stolen on Saturday night from the
store of W. H. DeArme have also been
returned. Both cases are mystery.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
A CHAPTER ONGft
j. 30 ELECTRIC LIGHT

Now that the borough solicitor has
decided that the municipality has no
right to manufacture electricity for
other than its own use the prime NOV
ers in the project to establish an cleo
trio light plant to be controlled by
citizens are bracing themselves for a
fresh effort to secure the adoption of
an ordinance by council granting them
the right to erect and maintain poles
and wires on the streets and alleys of
Danville.
While Investigating the subject of
light in the borough some interesting
facts we're learned that may be new to
the general reader. Leaving out the
question of commercial light and
dwelling on the subject of municipal
or street light alone, the borough is,
indeed, highly favored. 49,,
There are just ninety mine arc lights
i'll use in Danville and it is an incon-
trovertible fact that there is not a
town in this part of the State whose
streets are lighted as Danville's are.
With respect to street lighting even
such progressive towns as Williams
port and Wilkes-B have to yield
the palm to Danville.
In addition to the large number of
arc lights on the streets, which lacks
one only of being round hundred. an
expert states that the quality of the
lights counts for great deal. 1t will
be observed that the lights here burn
with nearly pure white, which makes
them vastly superior to lights which
burn with yellow tinge. II there
are dark places in town, in most in
stances the absence of light will be
found to be due to the thick foliage
of the trees and not to the inter
walls between the lamps nor to the
quality of the light. With proper CO.
operation between the borough and
property owners, with such lights as
are employed there should not be a
dark spot in Danvllle. M
DuIIhS btio sulhuiOi' o"ih6 w ''S
/ densely shaded streets, the moonlight
schedule, even in the modified form
favored by council, could not be OBJ
served in the operation of the muni-
cipal plant By next month, however,
when the leaves shall have fallen, the
plant will go back to moonlight sche-
dule. { H u.r .H HH h..H aH q.
The borough plant is working like a
charm, Notwithstanding the heavy tax
upon it,. For two years and half it
has been in steady operation That a
breakdown of some sort, necessitating
a shut down of the plant, should not
have occurred in this interval is in
deed quite remarkable.
There is constant danger of some
thing of the sort occurring and those
who are responsible for the lighting
of the borough streets are beginning
to agitate the installation of auxiliary
unit to fall back on in the case of a
breakdown in the present engine and
/ dynamo. Without duplicate should
a serious accident occur the borough
might be left in bad plight, indeed,
aud would probably learn for the first
time what disadvantages follow when
a town is in darkness. f ...r..
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24

ONLY A LITTLE COLD in the
head may be the beginning of an OBJ
stinate case of Nasal Catarrh. Drive
out the invader with Ely's Cream
Balm applied straight to the inflamed
stuffed up air-passages. Price SOC.
If you prefer to use an atomizer. ask
for Liquid Cream Balm. 1t has all the
good qualities of the solid form OF
this remedy and will rid you of cat
arrh or hay fever. No cocaine to breed
a dreadful habit. No mercury to drop
out the secretion. Price 75c. with
spraying tube. All druggists, or mail.
ed by Ely Bros. 56 Warren Street,
N Y ...
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
The Trinmnh Of Wireless.

Future generations will doubtless
telegraphie connections between the
Old World and the New last week as
the most important event of the year
1907. Marconi has been experiment.
ing for several years with more or less
success. but now he throws off the air
of mystery that has hitherto enshroud
ed his movements and tells the world
that he is ready to do business Oh the
wireless basis. This is another great
triumph of the human intellect, a still
further invasion of natures realm,
the bringing into the business world
of something surprising the widest
tales of fancy.
Marconi announces that for the pre-
sent he will take only press dispatches
but in short time he expects to be
ready to take all the business that of
fers. The cable rates are twenty-five
cents word, but he starts with ten
cents for ordinary messages and five
for press messages. He intimates that
these prices will be cut in two soon
after he gets his stations inAworking
order. This will result in great ex.
pansion of telegraphic business be-
tween the two continents and it is
likely to compel the cable companies
to reduce their tolls very materially
All of which is certainly destined to
turn out for the betterment of the
world and closer Relations among the
peoples who inhabit it.
Glacn hah ht nhc n 70 oo,,n In. in4. r.n.,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-24
Married In This City.

John M. Ellenberger, of Sunbury,
and Florence NJ. Kline, of this city,
were married last evening. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. W
N. Wallis, pastor of the United Evan
gelical church, at the residence of the
latter, Iron street.
The newly welded couple left for
Sunbury on the Z :51 Pennsylvania
train.