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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
ritter OVERSEER
Of THE POOR

Joseph M. Ritter, Democrat, was
elected overseer of the poor of the
Danville and Mahoning poor district
at the election Tuesday, winning out
on total of 637 votes as against 500
cast for James O. Rishel, Republican
candidate.
The poor dictatorship was the only
office for which there was very spir-
tied contest. Throughout the borough
there was a semblance of a fight for
the office of council, which created
some interest The successful candid
ates for council are as follows: First
ward, John M. Marshall; second ward,
James M. Jones third ward, J. B.
Cleaver fourth ward, James f. Con-
nelly.
Next in order are the school direct
ors, the successful candidates being as
follows: First warl, DR.. 1. G. Bar
ber second ward, w. j. Burns; third
ward, Jacob Fischer fourth ward,
Augustus Heiss, 8, years, and Albert
Lloyd, year.
For borough auditor John L. Jones,
Republican, won out, receiving 4S2
votes as against 39S cast for Walter S.
Ditzler, Democrat, and 1872 votes for
Oliver r. Shilling, Prohibition can
didates A glance at the vote shows
that Mr.. Shilling ian far ahead of his
ticket.
In another column will be found a
table giving tbe full vote cast.
The election, passed off very quietly
Indeed as relates to some of the dis
trcts it would be difficult to recall'a
year when suchsa state of inaction,
not to say Indifference, seemed to pre-
vail, or such light vote was polled-
even at spring election. This is rend-
cred all the more noteworthy in view
of the weather. which was of that de-
lightful sort calculated to tempt peo-
pie out of doors, rather than to tend
to keep them at home. In some of the
wards for an hour at time during
the afternoon the polls presented a de-
serted appearance. Voting was prob
ably the most active in the first and
third wards. Generally throughout
the county little more than half a vote
was polled.
Whatever may be said as to the turn
out at the polls no one can accuse the
voters of any servility or lack of in
dependence in voting. Party lines
seemed to have nothing to do in de-
termining the result The candidates
as a rule ran close. With several 1t
seemed to be a neck to neck race and
the victory was won on the smallest
possible margin In the second ward
James NJ. Jones won out over Jacob
Dietz, for council by a majority of 1.
In the fourth ward James +. Connel-
ly, Jr., for the same office defeated
Charles Mottern by majority of /.
Benton B Brown, running on the
three tickets. was elected high const-
able for the borough.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
MANY APPEALS
FOR ASSISTANCE

The Montour American is informed
by thepresident of the Woman Benev.
olent society of Danville that there is
an almost unprecedented demand upon
the society for. assistance. The appeals
from the very poor for help have be-
come so numerous and so pathetic that
it has been decided to present the mat
ter to the public.
AS is we'll known the Benevolent So
oiety, with the lip tied resources at its
command, can do comparatively little
to meet the general demand. Not only
are coal and provisions needed, but in
large number of cases the people are
nearly destitute of clothing.
1t is in the latter respect that the
society believes that the general pub
lie could render valuable aid. The
president of the society asks all those
who have clothing, especially under
clothing. to spare to kindly deliver it
over to the society. promising that the
members will see TO it that the articles
are distributed where they will do the
most good. Thus, many poor people
might be comfortably clothed with
garments that are not being worn and
are put to no use. The clothing con
tributed may be left at the residence
Of DIR. O. Shultz, Bloom street.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
DR.. c. A. STOCK
medical examiner

DR.. g. A. Stock has received a COM
munication from DR.. Samuel G. Dix
on, State health commissioner, offer
ing him the appointment Of medical
inspector of Montour county and ask
ing him also to take charge of the tub
erculosis dispensary, which the de-
partment will open in Danville.
DR.. E. A. Curry was previously
medical inspector of Danville and he
was also appointed to take charge of
ths-tlbsIessesis dispensary. He soon
discovered, however, that he lacked
the time necessary to give to the vast
amount of detail involved in the con-
duct of the tuberculosis dispensary
prompt and satisfactory attention. He,
therefore, decided to resign both as
medical inspector and as head of the
tuberculosis dispensary. His resigna-
tion was reluctantly accepted by DR..
Dixon, who proceeded at once to make
new appointment.
DR.. Stock informed a representative
of this paper yesterday that he will ao-
cept the appointment and that by next
week he expects to have the tuber-
culosis dispensary in operation.
The relationship of the county med
ical inspector to the department of
health is that of a consultant, to be
called upon to diagnose doubtful cases,
tosinvestigate epidemics, to vaccinate
school children when requested by the
commissioner, to visit in person or ap-
point deputy to visit cases of erup-
tive diseases or suspicious throat con-
ditions when there.is no physician in
attendance and to order such an en-
forcement of any regulations of the
department. of health as may be neces-
sary to protect the public. When neces-
sary he shall appoint quarantine
guards, whose pay shall not be over
50. 90 per day.
1t shall be the duty of the county
medical inspector to report any neglig-
ence on the part of health officers, fail
ure on the part of the physicians to
report cases Of communicable diseases
or neglect on the part of ministers,
nurses, school teachers and undertak-
ers to comply with the rules and reg
ulations prescribed by the department
Of health. The medical inspector has
variety of additional duties. Init
those enumerated above are probably
the most important.
The tuberculosis dispeusary has been
prev iously described in these columns.
Besides free treatment, the necessitous
poor that may be suffering with tub
erculosis are furnished with milk and
eggs free at the dispensary. The fact
must be we'll established, however,
that the patient is actually without
means and resources and is dependent
upon. .outside help. In order that there
may be no deception before the ap-
plicant for aid is admitted blanks con-
tanning questions of the most search
ing nature have to be filled out and it
would ouly be by the grossest misrep
resentation with risk of detection that
an unworthy person or a patient not
actually indigent could get on the list
for free tres tment and free supplies.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
GPORTSMEN
INTERESTED

Northumberland county sportsmen
are being asked for their signatures
to petition which is to be submitted
10 the next Legislature regulating and
codifying The State game laws The
petition has already over 8, ZOO names,
1t having been circulated in several
counties. In Northumberland there
viii be J, 900 more nanss added. The
following legislation rs recommended
by the petition: 10 mako che opeu
season for killing rabbits squirrels.
pheasants quail aud wo0duook from
November lst 10 December lst to uro
hibit the digging out of rabbits from
holes in Jhe ground, stone fences and
stone walls; to prohibit the bunting
and killing by all persons until they
shall have paid an annual tax of one
dollar for license for that purpose
TO be issued by the county treasurer,
this money to be used for restocking
game preserves, no man TO be prevent
cd from hunting on his own premises
without such License during the open
season. The petition will be extensive
ly circulated through the county. The
Legislature will, in all probability
pass these amendments because the
sentiment will be overwhelming
among sportsmen from all parts of the
State toward the above changes in the
game laws.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
THREE FRIENDLY
LITTLE SPARROWS

Three sparrows, which have discov-
cred that the water works afford
pleasant retreat during winter, have
apparently overcome their dread of
human beings and have taken up their
domicile in the spacious building.
The birds fly in and out at pleasure
and they sing and ohirp merrlly as
they dance about the wires and steam
pipes overhead. Heretofore the crew
centered all their affections on
"Shovel the oorpulent and phlegmat
dog that poses as mascot at the var.r
works. they now show great inter c
in the birds and evidently deri ~
little pleasure from their prcstian
They allude to them as their "caD-
aries.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
Funeral of Mrs. Mauper.

Mrs Sarah S. Mauger, whose death
occurred Sunday night was consigned
to the grave at Oak Grove yesterday.
Services were held at the residence of
w. II. Mauger, son of the deceased,
West Mahoning street, at 10:30 O'Clock
Rev. M. X. Foster pastor of st. Paul $
M. e. church, officiating. The funer.
al proceeded to Oak Grove where fur
theI services were held in the church
and interment was made. The pail
bearers were: Will c. Brown, G. @.
Long. John Hunt and f. NJ. Get.
walds.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
Elected Pastor.

At meeting OF the joint consistory
OF the Paxinos- Augusta charge of the
Reformed church, held at Snydertown
Tuesday it was found that Rev. Rich
ard f Gass. of Tannersville, Pa had
been unanimously elected to the past
crate of the charge. A call has ao-
cordingly been extended to the Rev.
Mr. Gass. Rev. Gass is known as an
able preacher and tireless church
worker. The charge will no doubt
prosper under his pastorate.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
ITEMS CONDENSED.

Fred Hoffman, of Park Place,
Schuylkill county, on Saturday tried
to board Lehigh Valley freight train
at Delano, but was thrown upon his
head against the rails. His skullswas
misunderstanding died in short time.
Miss Mary Ryan, trained nurse
residing in Philadelphia, went to
Athens, Bradford county, on Saturday
to wait on her sick mother, but just as
the train approached the station she
died suddenly of heart failure.
Michael Brickner, of York. veter-
an of the Civil war, who had been an
invalid for two years. suffering from
diseases contracted duringl the war,
died on Wednesday and on Saturday
the news came along that he had been
granted a pension of $40 per month.
William Brown, of Philadelphia,
aged 10 years, while changing his
clothing on Saturday placed a collar
button in his mouth, and while sneez-
ng the button lodged in his windpipe.
He died before the arrival of a ply
sician.
Clarence Allen, of Reading, aged 16
years, while at play fell through a
hole in bridge, near Eckert's fur
mace, landing on pile of cinders,
ninety feet below. His skull was frac-
tuTed huE he NAV reooyar
Among the items of receipts in the
last report of the State sinking fund
commission is one of SS40 10 as fines
for Sabbath breaking, imposed under
the act of 1889 They covered various
offenses from auto riding to selling
goods.
Five hundred quarts of uitro-g glyc-
cerine exploded early on Friday morn
ing destroying the plant of the Du-
pont Powder company, at Lewis Run.
Mexican county No one was in the
plant at the time. Windows were brok-
en- in houses four miles away.
Philadelphians propose celebrating
the 225th anniversary of the establish
ment of the city during the week of
October to be known as founders
week, and Mayor Reyburn has just ap-
pointed committee of 250 representa-
tive men, from various walks in life
to make arrangements for the celebra-
tion.
The epidemic CT measles which start
ed in Pittsburg in December is still in
progress and one thousand cases de-
veloped during the first fifteen days in
February.
The York Merchants association on
Saturday decided that there are too
many holidays and will not observe
Washington's birthday.
R. R. Caldwell, an aged oil produc-
er of Bradford. was struck by loco
motive on Saturday, while standing
on the tracks of the Erie railroad
watching the flood, and died several
hours afterwards at the Bradford hos
pital.
Owing to the high water in the AL
legheny river at Pittshurg the Second
Presbyterian congregation, of which
Rev DR.. S. Edward Young is pastor,
was flooded out on Sunday evening,
and services were held in the Alvin
theatre
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
DEATH RESULTS
FROM INJURIES

William r. Lewis, of Mahoning
township, departed this life on Tues
day night as the result of injuries
sustained in being kicked by a horse.
The deceased was 81 years of age and
is survived by his wife and several
children also by his mother, Mrs.
Christiana Lewis, who resides with
the family of the deceased The fun
eral will take place at 1 p. M, Fri
day. Interment at Mt. Vernon ceme-
terry.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20
LOCAL Teachers
Institute

Notwithstanding the lnclement
weather the local teachers institute
in the Riverside school building Sat.
urday proved quite a success. A few
teachers who were expected to par.
ticipate in the program were unable
to attend, but their absence was more
than counterbalanced by the enthusi
asm of those who were present.
The institute took in Riverside Dor.
ough and Rush and Gearhart town.
sslh.ips: Ip addition to the teachers Of
these districts there were present W.
w. Fetzer, superintendent of the
schools of Northumberland county
Ira d. Shipman, superintendent of the
schools of Sunbury, and Professor L.
H. Dennis, supervising principal OF
Northumberland borough. A number
of patrons were present, along with a
sprlnkling of pupils, who took part in
the exercises. The large room occupi-
ed by the primary department on the
first floor was crowded.
: The committee that had the affair
in hand was composed of Miss Bertha
Surver, Miss Blanche Campbell and
Miss Nettie Gulick. Each of the pap
ers read was followed with discussion.
while the exercises were interspersed
with singing and recitations by the
pupils. The male quartette was pres
ent land rendered two selections.
Misses Ethel Shannon and Helen
Armes sang a duett.
The morning session was brief. A
discussion on "The Best Method of
Teaching Children How to Use Good
English was opened by Miss Blanche
Sechler, teacher of the Kipp's run
school. The discussion, which was
generally participated in, was lengthy
and brought out very many practical
points.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was opened
with scripture reading and prayer by
the Rev. John Conley Grimes. pastor
of st. Peters NJ. E. church, River
side, after which the assemblage join
ed in singing America. A Flag
Salute" by the pupils of the primary
department. of the Riverside school,
taught by Mrs. E. W. Young, was a
pleasant feature.
Miss Elizabeth Reeder Rush town
ship teacher, opened the discussion on
"Is the Vertical System of Writing
Superior to the Spencerian System? If
so. in What Way"
Miss Lyons, also of the Rush town
ship corps. read paper on How May
Teachers Best Secure the Cooperation
of Parents. -
Miss Becker, teacher of the primary
school. South Danville, opened the dis
ussion on ''What are the First Grade
Teachers to Do for Busy Work that
will not Weary the Eye?"
Miss Blanche Campbell, teacher of
the grammar grade of the South Dan
vile school. read paper on "How
Can History be Made Attractive to
the Child?"
Superintendent Shipman followed
with talk on Geography, dwell
ing on correlation of history and geo.
graphy and advancing some good
points on the teaching of direction
and of latitude and longitude.
Professor L, H. Dennis spoke on
Cooperation of Parents With Teach
ers -
Among the minor features was a
Doll drill' by the pupils of Mrs.
Young's room and "Billy's Black
smith, a recitation by several little
boys, both of which were very much
enjoyed by those present.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20

Over 200. 900 tons of ice, fifteen inches
in thickness, were housed this inter
along the ontelaunee. in Berks coun-
ty
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-02-20

Barney Curran, resident of Bris-
tol. Bucks county, was struck by an
express train at the Mill street cross
ing on Sunday night and killed. He is
the third man killed at crossings in
the town this year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Clover Growing.

Glover occupies place in Iowa
agriculture that no other crop can
fill. AS a source of cheap protein
and as a nitrogen gatherer it is in
despensible to both the live stock
and the grain farmer. At the pres
ent time, however, clover is secon-
dary crop, both in acreage and in
value. For every acre of clover in
the state there are l6 acres of timo-
thy and 46 acres of corn. At the
same time farmers are buying large
quantities of high priced concen.
trates for feeding purposes, and in
some cases, commercial fertilizers
to maintain the productivity of their
soil, when clover will cheaply sup
ply both of these needs. Ono Of the
reasons for the small acreage of
clover is the diffiuculty in securing
stand. This is especially noticeable
in the southern part of the state,
where the soils are often low in
humus.. The Soils Department of
the Iowa Experiment Station has
been conducting a series of expert |.
ments with view to putting clover
growing On more certain and
profitable basis. The results a
these Investigations have been pub
lished in Bulletin No. 90, Glover
Growing on the Losses and Till
Soils of Southern Iowa." which may
be obtained free upon application
to Director G. F. Curtiss, Ames
Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
THE soRRowFuL TREE.

its Flowers Open at Night and Close
With the Dawn Of Day.
There is tree in Persia to which
the name "the sorrowful tree is given,
perhaps because 1t blossoms only In
the evening. When the first star ap-
pears in the heavens the first bud of
the sorrowful tree opens. and as the
shades Of night advance and the stars
thickly stud the sky the buds continue
gradually opening until the " hole tree
looks like one immense white flower
On the approach of dawn. when the
brilliancy of the stars gradually fades
In the light of day, the sorrowful tree
closes Its flowers, and ere the sun is
fully risen not single blossom is Wis
ible. A sheet of flower dust rs white
as snow covers the ground around the
foot of the tree. which seems blighted
and withered during the day. while,
however, it is actively preparing for
the next nocturnal festival The fra
GRANGE of the blossoms is like that of
the evening primrose.
II the tree is cut down close to the
roots a new plant shoots up and at
tains maturity In an incredibly short
time
In the vicinity of this singular tree
there usually grows another which is
almost an exact counterpart of the sor-
rowful tree, but less beautiful. and.
strange to say It hlooma a.A1 sis,,ss.ts.s
daytiNR ~ s.Si.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
Rigby on Negro Problem.

81. have recently studied the negro
problem at short range, and l see
in it different proposition from
what / formerly entertained" said
"A. G. Rigby of independence the
other day. while l was in the
south made it point to take the
southern view of the matter and /
quickly discovered that the south
erner hates the negroes as class
but treats him we'll as an individual,
while in the north there seems to be
great sympathy and respect for the
negroes but utter hatred for the ne
gro as an individual. This difference
is so marked as to become quite
noticeable when northerner goes
south. The southerner has much
more patience with colored man
than have we people of the north.
If we had to change places and as
sumo the responsibilities that be.
came the white mans burden in the
south we would make sorry out of
it. The people of the south UNDER
stand the colored race and they de-
serve praise rather than censure for
their conduct toward. the. black
.:i.llill Cedar Falls Record. 3
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
ECCENTRIC STAMPS. !.
slundsrs That Bring Joy to tho Hear.
Of Philatsliata.

Of Philatsiists.
'The fascination of stamp collect.
ing" said postal official, Lies in the
rare finds which are continually made
and the curious points which some
times make stamp of the face value
Of few pence worth hundreds OF
pounds. For instance. the twopence
blue Mauritlus stamp which the Prince
Of Wales bought at public auction for
f1,450 was unique In one respect-the
proper wording on 1t, Post Paid Mauri-
tius,' had by strange error been al
tered to Post Office Maurltius.'
Another stamp which has been
priced at several hundred pounds is
valuable for the mere misspelling OF
single word. 1t is a British Guiana is-
sue worth just cent, but 1t is sought
after by all collectors because the word
'Patimusque' figures on itsinstead Of
'Petimusque.' s,,l}S3,
again, a one penny Cape NSof Good
Hope stamp changed hands the other
day for nearly f2OO simply because in
stead of being red, as are all the others
Of this issue. Its color was blue.
Some years ago In Western Australia
few stamps We're printed with the fg.
ure of swan upside down upon them
When the mistake was detected the is.
sue was hastily destroyed. Several
specimens had escaped. and one Of
them has been sold for f4O0s"-L London
Tit Bits. t f7tt
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08

not been possible to store the power
or to combine effectively the force of
several windmills or make the
hurricanes surplus energy do duty
in days of calm.
The defects are cured by convert ng
the wind power into electricity and
equalizing ITS use thorough the sto-
rage battery. Denmark is taking
advantage of this to convert it's wind
power into electric power for COM
mercial purposes. 1t is stated that
wind of fifteen miles an hour will
produce eight horse power, and that
a twenty mile gale will develop
eighteen horse power. As the pow
er of many windmills can be con.
centrated and made to serve a single
plant, there is infinite possibility in
this resource in any section blessed
with frequent winds of considerable
force.
The United States has abundant
wind-swept territory. The sea-
shores, prairies and highlands
everywhere have an unlimited sup
ply Of this force. It can be con-
yerted into electric power and COM
bined and stored for use as readily
here as in Denmark. The utili-
zation of this wind power would
lessen the drain on our diminishing
wood and coal supplies, and supple.
ment the water power as means of
furnishing the land with electric
energy for commercial purposes
Philadelphia Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-07-08
An Unwise Law Defeated.

The country is to be congratulat-
ed on the fact that the 320 Acre
Nom Resident Homestead bill was
finally defeated in Congress. 1t
was close call. The bill was quiet
ly slipped through the senate with
out any publicity being given to the
fact that such measure was con-
templated. Its promoters in the
house were ready for it and it was
railroaded through that body with
all the ease and expedition with
which a creased pig slips through
the crowd at Fourth of July pic
mic. Strange, isn't it, how hard it is
to get bill through the Public
Lands Committee of the House that
proposes to protect the public do
main, like for instance, the repeal
Of the Climber and Stone Act or
the repeal of the Communication
Clause Of the Homestead Act" when
it is so easy to get something
through that makes it more easy to
pass what remains of the public
lands over to land grabbers.
The bill was finally defeated after
spirited debate on the floor of the
House of Representatives, when il
came back to the house for a vote
on the Conference Report. The
thanks of the country are due to the
Congress who made the fight on the
floor against the nil l.-Maxswell's
Talisman.