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The oasis., 1908-12-19

three new tracks, about a quarter
OF q mile in length, on the recently
filled portion OF the 8. p. yards,
and still more are to come.
ON DISPLAY
In one Of our Windows
A Beautiful line of Hand
Painted japanese Crockery
y LA MoDA.
Mr.. George B. Mason, who has
held down a desk in the custom
house some months, went to Doug
las this morning to take the post Of
deputy collector at that sub port.
Mr.. J. A. Reddoch, division SUI
perintendent on the Mexican Cen
trail railway, arrived at Nogales,
summoned by the serious illness Of
his brother Mr.. Charles Reddoch.
Forgood substantial service wear
Hamilton. Brown IL Co.'s Patrol
5hoe," sold at the Red House, Ra-
mon Vasquez.
Rochin & Mendez will continue
their great sale of Curios and Novel
ties during the week, and will make
a discount from their we'll known
low prices one very purchase made.
The OASIS is in receipt of a letter
from Mr.. Sid. d. Kempton, convey
ing the intelligence that he is
located now at Barranca del Orc,
in the Territory of Topic, Mexico.
Major Francisco Salido, project
of the Alamos district of Sonora,
was at Nogales yesterday, coming
up Thursday evening and starting
this morning on his return journey
home.
The steam shovel is still working
on the hill near the court house.
Next week will finish up that side
of the tracks, when the shovel will
go for" the big hill where the
water tank stands.
Mrs. M. Craven, at the American
millinery store, Crawford street,
near the stone bridge, has received
a fine line of ladies' neckwear, very
stylish and dressy, that set off a
costume to wonderful advantage. =
In another column there appears
the regular monthly statement OF
the Banco de Sonora, which makes
a very gratifying showing. The
balances have reached an aggregate
that pass the ten million dollar
mark.
Tuesday evening Mark Lulley
returned from visit at the Wan
dering Jew camp where he is doing
assessment work. He states that
someone had broken into his house
at the mine and carried off about
) 5000 worth of provisions, supplies
etc.
Monday there were at Nogales
Messrs. NJ. S Greene and William
A. Berryhill of Kansas City, re-
turning home from Llano, where
they had been to visit the camp Of
the Carcahui Mountain Copper
Company, of which Mr.. Green is
president.
Monday evening there arrived
! from Naco Mrs. L. l.. Temple
mother OF Mr.. II. J. Temple, super
intendent of the Sonora and Can
The oasis., 1908-12-19

edware, Hand Painted China, Cut Glass,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
When Shad Were Pleuty.
Caught by the Thousands in This Vicinity
Many Fisheries Near Here.

In an old report of the State COM
mission of fisheries, is much inter-
esting information.
In the account of the old shad
fisheries the name of Danvile has
prominent place. Included among
some memoirs, is that of Joseph
Van Kirk, of Northumberland,
who says:
II take pleasure IN saying that
my recollection Of the shad fisher
les dates back to the year 1920. In
that year and the succeeding two or
three seasons l 6shed at Rockafel-
ler's island, rear Danville. In our
party there were six of us. We
fished with seine one hundred and
fifty yards long, and caught some-
thing like from three thousand to
four thousand marketable shad,
weighing from three to nine pounds.
AT that time there were eight fish
cries between Danville and Lines
island. AT all of these fisheries
large quantities of shad were caught
and they were sold from twelve
and one-half to twenty-five cents
apiece. / have heard of hauls con-
tanning from three thousand to five
thousand and three hundred was
very common haul. People came
from twelve to fifteen miles for the
shad and paid cash exclusively for
them.
"The cutting of the shad supply
was great and serious loss to this
community from both a monetary
and economic view, since the fish
in its season was staple article of
food. and employed in the taking
and hauling quite large proper.
tion of our Inhabitants. This in
dustry was wholly abolished by the
erection of dams, and thousands of
dollars capital invested in the busi-
ness were instantly swept away out
of existence. All of the fisheries
were profitable investments and the
loss of them to this section of the
country was incalculable.
The late John X. Grotz often
told of the shad fisheries at Blooms
burg. He remembered when the
fish were caught here by the wagon
load, and sold at shilling apiece.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
Special Campaign Offer.

Here is an excellent offer and op-
portunity to keep in touch with the
presidential campaign and what the
world is doing. Give your post
master, newsdealer or rural carrier
81 90 and The PHiladeLbhia Press,
The Great Metropolitan Daily, will
be mailed to you six days each
week until December /. This is a
very liberal offer and great re-
duction in price and is good only
during the presidential campaign.
The /hiladtLphia Press contains
all the up-to-date political news, is
always accurate and reliable. 1t
contains the best market reports,
all the news of the world of sport.
You can get the Summer resort
news and also a daily page for
women. 1t is truly the one great
home newspaper. Hand your or
der in at once, for this offer is good
only short time. Do it now, for
this is the only way to keep posted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
Wrote on Newspapers.
Mailed Them al Third Glass Rates.

Postal Inspector Herbert E. LII
cas-, of Williamsport, went to Sha-
mokin last Friday and interviewed
several young men who had been
writing love epistles on newspapers
and sending the same through the
mails by using a one-cent stamp.
The postal laws provide that all
papers, ETC., containing writing
shall be classed as first class mail
and be paid for at that rate. The
youths had written their love mes
sages on the margins of the paper
and then mailed the same under the
newspaper and periodical rate. For
this violation of the law they were
made liable to heavy fines or i'm
prisonment. Having acknowledged
their error the young men were
given their freedom after paying
fines. The inspector stated that this
ruling is frequently violated by per-
sons and that the government offic-
ials are making determined effort
to break up the practice.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
About Log Drags.

Approaching the great help that
local Good Roads associations can
render the cause of good roads, the
Illinois highway commission in
their last report devote considerable
space to their importance and the
work of several Illinois associations.
One in particular, the Galva Good
Roads Improvement association, is
singled out for special mention be-
cause of its splendid work encourage
ing the general use of the split-log
drag on the dirt roads leading to
Galva. President Miller, of this
association, speaking of their work
of grading, draining and dragging,
recently states: I'VE have speci-
mems of road where the grade was
completed in this manner and drain
tile laid where the water line was
within one foot of the surface, and
through which for many years
people waded hub deep in mud in
the spring, and sometimes in the
fall when it rained but these por-
ticns Of the road are now as firm
and as good as any we have" He
also stated that the highway CON-
missioners have made contracts with
the farmers to keep their roads
dragged for eight dollars a mile and
that the cash system of road tax is
heartily approved by beth the tax
payers and road users.
Speaking of the excellence of
these roads A. N. Johnson, Illinois
state highway engineer, says they
could we'll serve as model earth
roads,"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
Hardening Iron.

When phosphorus is applied to
heated iron it has the effect of fac
iliating the absorption of carbon
by the iron. BY taking advantage of
this fact new iron-hardening pro-
cess has been invented In Germany
With the aid of phosphorus, carbon
is caused to penetrate the iron rapid
ly to considerable depth and caus-
es 1t to become so hard at a depth of
about millimeter that 1t can be
neither cut nor Clipped with the best
chisel At the same time the weld
Ing properties of the iron are not
injuriously affected.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
Suicide at TurbOtvilIe.

Peter Kisner, aged about Is years,
a widower, and woodsman by trade
committed suicide by hanging him.
self in the stairway of the barn at
the Eagle Hotel, Turbotville, some
time Sunday morning. Kisner had
been at the house for some days, as
was his habit when in that section,
and his disappearance on Sunday
was not unusual, and nothing was
thought of it until young Randall
Ellis, son of Landlord Frank Ellis,
of the hotel, Monday afternoon at
tempted to go up the barn stairs,
when he ran against the lifeless
body of Kisner suspended to a joist
of the second floor, his feet almost
touching the lower step.
The young man gave the alarm,
when a crowd gathered and it was
soon discovered the man was dead,
and after an inquest held by Squire
Troxell, Justice of the Peace, the
fact developed that Kisper was last
seen Sunday morning near the barn,
and inasmuch as no visit to the sec
ond floor had been made in the
meantime, it is quite conclusive the
act was committed as stated, Sum
day morning. Kisner is survived
by one son, living close by, who
with Undertaken Grittrer took
charge of the remains.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
Not Play, But Work.
Aiming 10 Put Citizen Soldiery on Constantly
Higher Plane OF Efficiency.

Commenting on the annual en-
campnent of the National Guard of
the State at Gettysburg this week,
the Erie Times says: "The annual
encampment of the National Guard
is an event whose importance is not
properly rated by the average citi-
zen. He is apt to look upon it as
summer lark. AS a matter of
fact the encampment is an event for
work, not play. The citizen soldi-
cry is being placed on constantly
higher plane. The National Guard
is being given the opportunity to
become of real, practical advantage
to the nation, and the opportunity
is being improved. Time was. and
not so long ago, when the National
Guard were referred to as "petti-
coat soldiers, and were regarded as
a type of tin soldier dandies. All
this is passing. The men who make
the National Guard of the present
are men in serviceable suits of
khaki, made for wear aud tear and
dirt and CRIME, men who look upon
soldering as business, who while
they are keenly alive to every op-
portunity for a good time" have
passed the point where recreation is
deemed the one and only object for
enlisting in the citizen soldiery."
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
A Summer Substitute for Meat.

In the August Woman'S Home
Companion Fannie Merritt Farmer
gives number of hot-weather sub
,titutes for meat. One such substi-
ute consists of cheese and maca.
.oni croquettes:
Break macaroni in half inch
pieces; there should be two-thirds
# a cupful. Cook in boiling salted
water until soft, drain in a colan-
Ter, and pour over two cupfuls of
old water, to prevent pieces from
,dhering. Add thick white sauce
made of two and one-half table
poonfuls of butter, one. third cup
ul of flour, one cupful of milk
me fourth of teaspoonful of salt
md a few grains of pepper; then
i'd one-third of a cupful of grated
cheese. Spread on plate to cool.
Shape, dip in crumbs, egg, and
crumbs again, fry in deep fat, and
Train on brown paper"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
HoW's This e?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
larrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
Z. ]. Cheney for the last IS years,
md believe him perfectly honora-
lie in all business transactions and
sinancially able to carry out any OBJ
legations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
sernally. acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
,ystem. Testimonials sent free.
Price IS cents per bottle. Sold by
III Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
Coal to Last 400 Years.
Expert SO Estimates Duration Of PennsyI.
vania's Supply.

That the coal originally in the
Pennsylvania anthracite fields ag-
gregated FL, 900, 900, 900 short tons,
and in the, bituminous fields II2-,
574, 900, 900 short tons, leaving still
in the ground II 900, 900, 600 short
tons + anthracite and 10, 900, 600,
900 of bituminous, is the estimate
of the situation reported by M. R.
Campbell, of the United States
Geological Survey.
He figures that at the rate of
production reached in 1907, the
available coal supply in Pennsyl-
vania would last about 400 year..
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
FLORIDA CAMPHOR GROVE.
One OF 1000 Acres Started by Manu-
featuring Concern.

Secretary James Wilson, of the
Department Of Agriculture, In a re-
cent address delivered before the Am
ericus Club of PittsbSsg declared
that the United States was success
fully experimenting in the product
Ion of camphor. He said, in part:
For years the Department has
been distributing camphor tree seed
and thousands of trees are now
growing throughout the South and
In the Pacific Coast States. Two
years ago a serious effort was made
10 develop the manufacture OF cam
phor from these trees.
by improvements in manufact-
uring processes satisfactory results
have been accomplished and large
manufacturing concern Is now build
ing up a camphor grove of 1000
acres in Florida, from which it hopes
to make its camphor. This firm
uses more than 100000 worth Of
camphor every year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
SUPPORT FLAG STORY.

Direct descendants of Betsy Ross
at Willow Grove, Pa, declare that
the truth about making of the first
American flag by the Philadelphia
woman was matter of common
knowledge in their family; and that
they entertained not the slightest
doubt that the flag had been made
in the little house on Arch street by
Betsy Ross one day between May
IS and June 7, 1777.
THE controversy is ridiculous, !"
said David Newport, prominent
member OF the Society of Friends,
writer and author, and former
Government official. Said Mary
Satterhthwaite of Willow Grove, a
granddaughter Iof Betsy Ross, and
sister of David Newport's wife:
"Dear Grandma, if she could only
know that such a fuss was being
made about the first flag"
Mary Satterthwaite, like Betsy
Ross, can in the twinkling of an
eye twist a piece of paper and with
one snip of a pair of shears cut out
a FIVE pointed star-just as perfectly
and Just as quickly as is declared
Betsy herself cid when she persuad-
ed General Washington that the
stars OF the flag should be FIVE
pointed instead of six-pointed.
David Newport is SO years of age
and is known all over Eastern Penn
sylvania because of his connection
with the Society of Friends and be-
cause of his writings. He lives on
a splendid country estate with his
wife, who was Miss Susan Satterth-
waite, a granddaughter of Betsy
Ross. Mr.. and Mrs. Newport have
been married more than 81 years.
"Thee wants to know about the
flag ?" asked David Newport.
"Well, there is to my mind no
doubt that Betsy Ross made the
first flag. Neither is there any
doubt in the mind of my wife nor
her sister Mary. Both in their
childhood days had heard the story
it was common knowledge, not
hearsay in the family that Betsy
Ross made the flag.
when the British took Phila
delphia, the Arch street house was
used to quarter British soldiers.
Betsy Ross hated the British and
she also hated Stephen Girard, be-
cause of his hard dealings.
"It was the most natural thing
in the world for General Washing
ton and George Ross, and uncle of
Betsy Ross, to go to her when the
question of the flag was under con-
sideration. And l have absolutely |
40 doubt but they did go to her.
when the design OF the flag
with its thirteen stars was shown
to Betsy Ross, and she saw that the
stars were six-pointed, such as
we're on the British flag, she took
a pair of shears and a piece of
paper, quickly cut out 6ve-point-
ed star. 1t is Our belief that the
suggestion of using the hve-pointed
star was the direct result of Betsy
Ross hatred of the British. This
hatred was accentuated because the
British who were quartered in the
Betsy Ross house had termed her
he little rebel'.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
An Eye on the Future.

Tommy's maiden aunt had called
attention to some of that young
mans misdemeanors, thereby caus-
ing him to be punished. Tommy
pondered a while, then asked !,
Papa, will little sister Gladys be
an aunt to my children when / am
a man %
Eyes, Tommy" answered his
father, much interested. "Why
do you ask ?"
"'Cause she might as we'll get
married and have a home of her
own, for / don't intend to low any
aunts to stay around my house,
making trouble for my children. :"
- W0man'S HOme CoMbanion FIR
august
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23
Remove Fountain Pen When Stuck

When a fountain pen becomes
stuck so 1t cannot be unscrewed with
the fingers a good plan. says Popular
Mechanics, is to place a strip of fine
emery cloth around the part to be
unscrewed. with the emery side in
and clamp the ends In wise or
pliers.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-07-23

The studio of Ralph G. Phillips
will be closed on Friday for the
summer. Mr.. Phillips and family
will leave for Eagles Mere.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-10-23

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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-07-09
WITHOUT A rAoue4r OF rEAR.
Behavior Of American Troops In the
Face of Awful Death.

,One Of the most remarkable events
In the annals of American arms oc.
Cured at Fort Crook, Neb., the other
day when a tornado struck the place.
AS the dispatches tell the story
When the officers realized that a tor.
nado had struck the post 600 men Of
the Sixth regiment were brought to
battalion formation and in the midst
of flying slate roofs and other debris
they were marched across the parade
ground to the substantial buildings,
where they were pat at rest and took
to the cellars. The fort was damaged
to the extent Of 100000"
History and fiction alike have dwelt
upon the dauntless spirit of men who
have manifested their willingness to
charge the gates Of hell or scale the
heights Of heaven" but doubtless no
better illustration of this spirit was
ever given than when this devoted
band of American soldiers at Fort
Crook formed ranks to "do or die" to-
gether in the face of resistless tor
nado, says the Kansas City Journal.
Those who have never viewed the
fury of one Of these terrible outbursts
Of the angry elements cannot imagine
the dreadful reality Of the scene. with
the heavens blacker than night, the
darkness intensified by binding fash
es of lightning, the terrors of the
storm multiplied by the terrific
crashes of heavens artillery, and the
air filed with swirling clouds which
hide all else but the awful figure Of
death, the CHASTITY funnel-shaped cloud
which makes gigantic leaps along the
Ground, uprooting trees and whirling
houses, animals and human beings
through the air on the wings of the
death-dealing wind.
1t Is a sight to appall the stoutesf
heart and to cause the human mind to
realize the utter impotence Of man in
the presence Of angry nature. The
charge of the Six Hundred at Balak-
lava was a trivial incident of military
duty compared with the steadfast dis.
cipline of the 500 American soldiers at
Fort Crook, who coolly formed in line
and braved the tornado's fury as
though 1t were matter OF mere rou.
tine duty.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-07-09
TRADE THAT WAS CALLED orr.
Minister'S Really Good Reason for Not
Purchasing Horse.

Il saw an instance recently" re-
marked Senator Carter Of Montana,
"of one way to get along with Indians
when It comes to a horse deal. One
OF the missionaries who makes occa-
sional excursions into the Crow coun.
try by way of getting on friendly
terms with the tribe, commissioned
two Of the men to get him a swift,
strong and presentable riding horse,
and he stipulated that he would pay a
hundred dollars for the kind of horse
described. The braves soon appeared
with a horse, swift, strong and a
splendid looking animal, but, alasl so
vicious that he had to be clubbed al.
Dlost to insensibility before he would
be saddled. Then the Indians blind
folded him to get on the bride.
"The missionary looked on, anything,
but edited by the conduct of the
braves and fierce temper of the horse.
Still, the Indians insisted that they
had brought the horse described and
sionary explained that though the
horse could go like the wind, the rider
ran the risk OF having his neck broken
before he dismounted More than that,
the missionary was not strong enough
to beat the horse as the Indians had
Besides, he finished tearfully, How
can ! blindfold the horse whenever !
want to mount? The Indians replied
that all he had to do was to take Off
his shirt and tie 1t over the horses
head. But conceive said the man OF
God, how would look being com
relled to take off my shirt every time
] got on the horse. Why, you Indians
know that I go among whites as well
as Indians, and women as well as
men. 1t would cover me with shame
to pull off my shirt that way. ] can
not buy this horse The Crows
thought 1t over and finally gave up on
the ground that it would not be seem
ly for the preacher to have to take off
his garments promiscuously, so the
deal was off amicably."
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-07-09
NO MusIo in THE JAPANESE.
AZ a People They Are Not Moved BY
Melodious Sounds.


There IL no music In Japan except
that made by the birds, the wind, the
running streams and the roaring
waterfalls, says a writer in the Mil
waukee Sentinel. The people have
no music in them, they do not sins
or even whistle, or play any musical
instrument worthy of the nam1 They
are not moved by the concord Of
sweet sounds" They have few rude
instruments, but the sounds they give
forth are harsh, inharmonious and al
together unmusical There is a din
ner band at the Grand hotel Yokoha-
ma, and there was brass band at the
imperial garden party, the only bands
I have heard in all japan. Even at the
geisha dances, the most popular in
japan, the music is primitive and dis
cordant And the dances are worse
than the music II is not in any
sense dancing as we know It, IL is
simply a series of posturlngs. accom-
panied by the flirting fans, flags, or
handkerchiefs, but lacking the motion
and inspiration that thrills and fas-
cinates in the merry mazes Of the CO.
tillon and the waltz. The religious
dances are slow, dignified and impress
sive, but have none of the life and
intoxioation that gives interest and
charm to the participant or beholder.