The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-09-17

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tising or other fake Inducements to sub
s.itu,e for the old stand-bys, with who's
merits and dement's he is at least famil
lar. and knows how best to cultivate, o
most effectually to overcome. To see
field OF grain prove practically BARRE
and worthless, from which he has ez
pectei a phenomenal yield with cor
responding profits, and upon which h'
has expended extraordinary cost anc
trouble would have proven the las
straw for the proverbial patience Of Job
and very probably have ELECTED tn
harsh language in which tho patriarch
frien de advised him to indulge. Her
is the new tangled, high priced, muct
advertised Alaska wheat for Instance
which an Idaho man is off jring Tor sale
A special agent of the Government De-
partment OF Agriculture was recently
sent to investigate the merits of the
grain, and this is his report: The Alaskt
wheat is yielding not over 25 bushels t
the acre, instead of the 200 ae advertised
and it ia badly mixed. The grain lie in
terior; the quality being soft and white
Ordinary wheat is yielding fully al
much and the best varieties far more.
Thus is another seed fake exploded.
The August crop report issued BY
the Government at Washington is moi
very encouraging. THE condition oI
corn was the lowest in five years, and
means loss OF 125, OOJ, 600 bushels over
the August estimate. the probable yield
for this year being now about the actusI
harvest of 1907. For spring wheat the
report indicated the loss OF nearly o.
100 600 during August, leaving the crop
still, however, above last year but for
oats the report showed u further heavN
Iss last moath, 80 that this year's YIELD
w,ll be far from tho b imper crop looked
r al the opening OF the summer. Th'
probable harvest u set at 2l0 500 ulu
Ishels. Tue average condition Of Ia,
oh crop when harvested vas ~ 5 las
month; 655 In 1907, aud 81 IN 1906
Ia Pennsy ylvauia the average condition
was 81, against ten year average Of s3
By applying to tho United S.ates
DIpartm ent Of Agriculture, Washing
ton, ID. G, you can have your name
placed on the list OF those receiving the
IN Dnthly announcement Of the govern.
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which you desire.
1t is freak Of geography that the
Dem ocrAts should disfrauchIse the negro
ia rhe South AMI be tenderly solioitoue
about the vote Of the colored brother in
the \ orth.
Forest VanWert. who has ocep
connected officially with the Aldenvill'
Gu! Glass Co. since lis inception, hat
Resigned his position, and entered thf
employ Of the Wayne Cut Glass Co.
Il jnesdale. as travelling sslesmsn. The
latter plant is worsing 10 the full ca
pscity OF their factory. The company
Will soon remove to their new thr,
story brick building, at the foot of 12tt
street, on Iodustry Point, and increase
tonir force to seventy employees.
The Farview hospital ruilding com.
mission met 10 Philadelphia on the 81
/, slant, and opened the bids for the Con-
-uction of the frsl two buildings. l.
is understood that tho only bid from
HJnt sdale was submitted by contractor
Richard Ii Brown, who is nov engaged
10 the erection OF the uonesdalo Ii, =
) hool building and Texas No. Fire
Engine House. The Farview contrac,
WAS awarded to George A. Glenn & c..
OF Philadelphle. The specifications csl
Tor constructing the building OF Nay
A Aig stone, Peunsy lvaDia marble or
Hummels.one. Ii is said that tho bid Of
Glenn q Co. Was the lowest rendered
o. several thousands Of dollars Mount
ing to $llS,OOO for the erection of the
tTo buildings It is expected that the
commission will visit Farview within c
few days. aud that preliminary work
will be soon started.
"A rare treat for the people of Homes
dale. The John Griffiths Co. will prosen'
"OCheilo' at the Lyric, Oct. 9th.
N. X. Butler. Of the Pleasant Mount
d'h hatchery, is at once to make great
Improvement to it, being o large pond
covering some three acres, to be used
f.r supplying water to the house used
Tor pickerel hetcnins.
Mrs. Edna Kennedy, of Whining
to'i Del, committed suicide, Aug 30 h,
by drinking lsudsnum and carbolic acid
She died in q brief psrioi after taking
the poison. Her husband died some
three years ago. Mrs. Kennedy was 80
years old. There is no known cause
for her committing the rash act. She
was daughter of w. .. Curtis, of
Sherman, this county.
Guy Tell" trotter owned BY +.
j. Crockenburg, OF Waymart, was en-
tered in the 2:2O class at the Greene,
n. Y fair last week, and came 10 Sec
ond III three heats. 9
Mrs. 4. H. Clark, OF North Nam
street, has sold her property in that To-
cation, comprising q modern two story
d yelling, barn and nearly six acres OF
iand, to her son-in-law, Charles f. Bul-
lock. Consideration in the deed, IL o..
-Doa't waste the water. Many CON.
panies have already shut off the supply
from manufacturing plants, street
eprinkling, garden hydrants, etc In
this respect Honesdale has been highly
favored. Economlze in the use OF
water as far as possible,
Tio Honesdale public schools open
Honday morning with an attend
2l5 boys and 255 glrll, total OF
Il,v, ~..h moro to come. L7at year al
the end of the first month, there wert
enrolled i6S scholars.
The soldiers monume Mt erected BY
the State on the battle field OF Winches
Ter, Va, will be unveiled on Saturday
Sept. l9th,-the 44th anniversary Of tn
battle. Among the soldiers from Wayn