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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
VETERANS REUNION.

The 18th Annual Reunion of the
Columbia County Veterans Asso-
citation will be held at Benton OH
Saturday, September nth. Ex-
tensive arrangements have been
made for big time.
Invitations have been sent to
every veteran on the roll, and to
Camps of Sons of Veterans and P.
O. S. of A.
The marshals of the parade will
be Col. A. d. Seeley, of Berwick.
w. o. Holmes, of Bloomsbury, and
Charles Edison, of Benton.
Two bands will be present, and
addresses will be made by Hon.
John G.. McHenry and Rev. w. l.
Burrell, of Benton, and Senator
Webster Grimm, of Bucks county.
The following program has been
arranged;
MORNING SESSION.
The business session will be held
at Association Headquarters in P.
O. S. of A. Hall at 10 o'clock.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Called to order by President Karns
Prayer, Chaplain, w. R. Whitney.
Reading of minutes Of last meeting.
Collection of dues.
Reading of number of deaths dur
ing the year.
Selection of place of next years
meeting.
Nomination and election of officers.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Parade will form at o'clock and
after disbandment the afternoon ex-
ercises will be held in the Presby-
terian church.
Prayer, Rev. w. r. Whitney
Solo, Miss Leona Stiles
Address of Welcome,
Rev. w. I. Burrell
Response, M. P. Lutz, Bloomsbury
Singing, Sons of Veterans Quartette
of BendertoWn.
Recitation, Fred Hosler
Address, Hon. John G. McHenry
Singing, Sons of Veterans Quartette
of Bendertown.
Address, Senator Webster Grimm,
of Bucks County.
Benediction, Rev. w. r. Whitney
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
INJUDICI0US CRITICISM.

Since the receipt of the report
from DR.. Frederick A. Cook that
he has discovered the North Pole,
there has arisen a number of gen
tlemen. who have formerly gambol-
ed about on the Arctic ice, who
have assiduously been libating the
discoverer's glory with water of low
temperature. They have asserted
that the feat reported to have been
accomplished by the explorer was
an impossible one; in short, that
DR.. Cook is either a liar, or that
the severe physical strain incident
to the perilous Journey so unbal
anced his mind that he is laboring
under mental delusion that he has
really found the Pole.
Now isn't it funny that nearly
all of these ungenerous carpers are
former Arctic explorers who were
unsuccessful in their efforts to do
the same thing that DR.. Cook has
accomplished They have voiced
their malevolent sentiments with
out knowing anything of the OBJ
servations. logs, and records that
the returning traveller has brought
back with him. Because they were
unsuccessful in similar quests of
their own, they claim that no other
man could have outdone them.
This is foolishness, but every in
ventor, every explorer in the
worlds history, has had doubters
to contend with in just this way,
and in most cases the skeptics have
been forced to acknowledge their
opinions wrong.
Suppose that DR.. Cook is at fault,
that he has made a mistake, and
that his data prove i'll error. Would
it not show better sense on the part
of his critics to wait until this could
be proved ?
On the other hand, the discoverer
has offered all his proof to any geo.
graphical society to inspect. He
knows that a great deal of his data
can be checked; he knew that
Peary was in the same neighbor-
hood; he knows now that Peary S
records could disprove his own,
were they false, and yet he is quite
willing that a comparison should be
made. He asks what reason he
would have to invent fictitious
report, which could easily be dis
proved.
The King of Denmark has been
first to pay homage to DIR. Cook !;
many foreign explorers of the Arc
tic and Antarctic regions have con-
graduated him; the President of
the United States has cabled felici-
tations; the skeptics are few in
number, but they have been max
ing a loud noise. These detractors
would gain much more credence if,
after close examination of the eX-
plorer's reports they could disprove.
Until they do that, it would be more
judicious to preserve silence.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
NORMAL SCHOOL OPENS.

Yesterday morning at ten o clock
the student body assembled in the
Normal School chapel for the first
time in the scholastic year of 1900
10. The members of the faculty
were all on hand, and the alumni
were we'll represented.
DR.. y. J. Waller, who led the
chapel exercises, was greeted with
an enthusiastic applause as he en-
tered the stage. A second burst of
enthusiasm followed later when he
announced that the members of the
senior class would not be required
to spend their vacant periods in
Study Hall.
1t was large number of faces
that DR.. Waller looked down upon
from the stage. The balcony was
we'll filled by the senior class, and
we'll nigh every seat was occupied
by the lower classes down stairs.
After the chapel exercises, the
remainder of the day was divided
into short periods. for the various
classes to report to the faculty, to
have text books assigned and re-
ceive preliminary instructions. Reg
ular classes began this morning.
The attendance this term is large.
The dormitories, especially the
girls, are taxed to their utmost
capacity, and some students have
been provided temporary quarters
until other accommodations can be
secured.
There are three hundred and
seven boarders in the school, Of
whom ninety-six are boys, and two
hundred and twelve girls. The
number of day students is one hun
dred and seventy-three.
Mrs Katherine L. Larrabee has
resigned her position as custodian
of Study Hall, and the position
will be filled by Mr.. l.. J. Albert
son, who for the past five years has
been teaching in the Philippines.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
PRISONER ESCAPES.

Wasyl Stakock of West Berwick
was brought before the court on
Tuesday morning charged with
adultery. He is married and his
wife is in the old country. For the
past three years he has been living
with Annie Olsheski, under a
written agreement in which among
other things the woman agreed to
obey the wishes of Stakock.
He pleaded guilty, and on being
called for sentence an interpreter
stated that Wasyl thought this
agreement was marriage license,
and that many of the foreigners in
West Berwick were living under
like arrangements.
Judge Evans sentenced him to
pay the costs, fine Of $50, and
stand committed until the sentence
is complied with.
The prisoner was taken to the
Sheriff s Office, accompanied by the
woman and her brother-in-law.
The two latter went in and out the
door several times, apparently in
consultation, and the last time
Wasyl went with them. The at
tention of Deputy Sheriff Maust
was otherwise momentarily en-
gagged, and when he looked for
Wasyl he was missing. He was
seen running past house on First
street by the family, but nothing
was thought of it.
Immediate search was made for
him, but up to this time nc trace OF
the fugitive has been found.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE.

A conference of elementary Sun-
day School Workers, under the aus
pices Of the Columbia County Sab
bath School Association, will be
held in the Methodist church,
Bloomsbury, on Saturday, Septem-
Der nth.
The following program has been
prepared:
MORNING SESSION.
9:l5 Devotional Rev. Il. II. Hickman
$3.50 Why We Are Here,
Miss Eunice Spear
County Primary Supt. North Side
CONFERENCES
9:45 The Beginners,
Led by Miss Robson
1890 The Primarians,
Led by Miss Minnie Penman
Ills The Juniors,
Led by Mrs. Maude Junkin Baldwin
Indiana State Primary Supt.
1900 The Separate Apartment in the
One Room Church,
Miss Bertha Gilbert,
County Primary Supt. South Side
1915 Luncheon Hour.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Ills Devotional, Rev. S. +. Dickson
$50 Address, Mrs. Baldwin
200 Ideal Primary Session,
Superintended by Mrs. A. l.. Ent
The new graded lessons will be taught
as follows:
Junior. Mrs. Baldwin
Primary, Miss Louise Robbins
Beginners Mrs. j. b. Nuss
800 Open Parliament.
3:45 Address, Before He is Nine"
Prof o. II. Bakeless
4:30 Closing Address,
Mr.. Myron l. Low,
Pres. Col. Co. S. s. Association
While this program is arranged
especially for teachers of pupils un-
der twelve years of age, all Sunday
School workers are cordially invited.
A special invitation is extended
to pastors and superintendents.
An Offering will be lifted to aid
in defraying expenses Of conference
This will be basket meeting"
That is, those in attendance will
bring their own luncheon, and eat
it at the church. A pleasant room
will be at their disposal for the noon
hour.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
FARMERS TELEPHONE PICNIC.

A Farmers Telephone Picnic will
be held Saturday, September II,
1909, at the new park, on Bow
mans Island, one-fourth mile from
Orangeville. Everybody is cordially
invited. No one can afford to miss
this opportunity of seeing the new
park and meeting friends from all
over the county. A good program
has been arranged, including two
prominent speakers.
The Orangeville Band has been
secured to enliven the occasion.
Stands will be convenient where
sandwiches, coffee, ice cream, cake,
cigars and soft drinks can be pro-
cured. There will be no regular
dinner served, so take your basket.
Those going in wagons can reach
the park by crossing Bowman's
dam, and those going on the train
can walk from the depot to the
park which is but a short distance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
MAIN STREET PAVING.

The proposition to pave Main
street from Iron to East is not be-
ing allowed to slumber by the Town
Council. The contract has been let
and already the consent of most of
the property owners has been OBJ
tanned.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
HEAD OF BENTON SCHOOLS.

Mr.. Bruce Albert has been elect
ed Principal of the Benton schools,
in place of Prof. +. T.. Beare who
resigned. Mr., Albert is graduate
of the Normal School and has al
ready shown marked ability as an
educator. He will fill his new po-
sition with credit to himself, and to
the satisfaction of the public.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
JAILED FOR WHEAT THEFT.

Charged with the theft of
wagon containing twenty-one bush
els of wheat, belonging to Levi
Miller, of Mifilin township, Ward
Ketcham and Charles Dresh, of
near Berwick, were arrested last
Thursday, and upon their confes-
sion were committed to Jail.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
FARMERS PICNIC WAS LARGE.

The annual picnic of Farmers,
held at Grass Mere Park last Thurs
day was record. breaker. Eight
hundred went up from Bloomsbury.
The total attendance was estimated
at seven to eight thousand.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
A FINE MANSION.

The new residence of Hon. John
G.. Harman is rapidly nearing COM
pletion, and it is expected that it
will be ready for occupancy by Oc-
tober Ist. The grounds are now
being graded by Geo. H. Keiter
and a force of men.
This will be fine property when
completed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
WILL MOVE HERE.

Rev. G. c. Zeigler who has been
serving the congregations of the
Christian churches at both Berwick
and Bloomsbury has resigned the
former charge, and will move to
Bloomsbury. After he is establish
ed here, he will serve during the
week the congregations at Millville
and Rohrsburg.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09
MATCH FACTORY TO START SOON

Mr.. Fear hopes that the Match
Factory will be ready to start next
Monday, but there have been some
unexpected delays always incident
to the erection of large plant,
that may postpone operations a lit
tie longer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09

The Miffllnville property of J. r,
Sutton, absconding tax collector of
Berwick, is advertised at Sheriff's
sale on Saturday, September 18th
at the Court House.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-09-09

The Normal School opened its
fall term on Tuesday with large
attendance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
KASPARILLA

This sterling household remedy is most
successfully prescribed for world of
troubles" For arrangements of the di-
gestive organs it is natural corrective,
operating directly upon the liver and ali
:nentary canal, gently but persistently
stimulating healthful activity. Its
beneficial influence extends, however, to
every portion of the system, aiding in the
processes of digestion and assimilation of
food, promoting a wholesome, natural
appetite, correcting sour stomach, bad
breath, irregularities of the bowels, con-
stipation and the long list of troubles
directly traceable to those unwholesome
conditions. Kasparilla dispels drowsi-
ness, headache, backache and despond-
ency due to inactivity of the liver,
kidneys and digestive tract. 1t is a
strengthening tonic of the highest value.
g If it fails to satisfy we authorize all
dealers 10 refund the purchase price.
HoYT CHEMICAL Co. Portland, Oregon
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

A party of ladies called at the
Union Statesman office the other day
and asked to be shown the big print
ing plant of the Washington Printing
& Book Manufacturing company.
From department to department
they were shown, and their interest
and establishment increased as the
inner workings of the big printing
plant were explained.
Before entering what is known as
the mechanical department, they were
shown through the new offices of the
Morning Union and Evening States
man. now nicely arranged and newly
painted. To many people a news
paper Office seems to be a sort of
secret sanctum wherein few are al
lowed and from which few are ever
allowed to escape
fees on the above mentioned day now
have an entirely different opinion.
They were first introduced to the
business office where the subscription
accounts and advertising accounts
are kept. Here they were aprised of
the fact that a newspaper bookkeep-
ing system is compiled to carry more
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
AWST TO WAlLA WALLAS GREAT PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT /

or moulded by the machine into a
solid line If a mistake is made in
a single letter, the whole line must
be reset. There are four of these ma
chimes in the aUnion-S Statesman of
flee and each machine operated by one
man, will set as much type as four or
method. The ladies learned that the
machines in reality do not ''set type"
but rather set or assemble matrices
OF moulds When line Of these
moulds have been assembled they are
then automatically passed over and in
front of a pot of molten metal The
metal is forced out and into the
moulds and trimmed into a bright,
new line of type. This line of type is
called a slug in printing Office YER
nacular.
From the linotype they saw the type
taken to the proof press, the proof
taken and sent to the proofreader; the
errors marked and the corrections
made by the operator of the machine.
Then the ''head boy" sets the heads
to the various articles and the mat
ter is passed over to the foreman, who
in this case is also the makeup"
man. He places the type in the
forms" which are just the size of
page of the paper. The forms are
locked or keyed up SO they can be
lifted from the "stone" or table and
passed on to the press room.
Thus the ladies had followed the
news and advertising seen in the ad-
vartising managers room and the ed
itorial rooms to the press room.
Here they saw the pressman take
the forms and put them on the press,
and in a few minutes printed pages
of the paper were being delivered at
the rear Of the press ready for the
folding.
The folding machine was next in
vestigated and explanation made of
the process of folding the sheets and
trimming them into the size of the
paper received by subscribers each
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

individual accounts than any other
business upon the face of the earth.
An account is kept with eevry sub
scriber, and with every advertiser,
which. in tie case of the Union and
Statesman, reaches to about 1000. In
the business office they were also
shown the workings of the private
telephone exchange over which one
young lady presides. There is scarce
ly minute during the day when the
telephone is not in use. The private
exchange has 10 different stations
which the office central girl can call
and connect with any phone in the
city or long distance. In addition to
this feature any one station can call
any other station without the aid Of
the "office central or the central
girls in the telephone building.
From the business Office they were
shown through the offices of the adj
vertising manager and his assistants.
and some insight given as to the man.
ner in which advertisements are Sc
cured and prepared for the mechan-
ical department further back in the
building. Here they found the adj
vertising department divided into two
departments-the display and the
classified, with men looking after
each branch.
Across the hall they found the
news and editorial rooms presided
over by the city editor He has the
management of the gathering of the
local news. He has a force of re- |
porters for the Morning Union and !
another force for the Evening States !
man. The reporters for the evening |
paper report for duty at o'clock in |
the morning and work until after the |
paper is off the press. They then get !
heir bearing again and often look up
mater for the next days issue The
reporters for the Morning Union re-
port at l o'clock in the afternoon and |
Don start out on their quest for news.
They report again to the Office at Z |
o'clock and begin the writing up of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

their stories" They may at any
time. however, be detailed upon some
special story which takes them to all
kinds of places, from the saloon dive
To the interviewing of the leading per-
sons of the city, state or nation. The
society editor takes care Of the society
news each day and for the Sunday
Union Statesman.
Going a little further into the office
the ladies found the Associated Press
telegraph operator, sitting at his desk
busily engaged in transcribing the
clicking Of the telegraph instrument
and writing it out with a typewriter.
He receives on an average of about
$4,000 words of Geographic news
each night. Sometimes it runs as
high as $4,000.
In an adjoining office is the tele-
grarh editor. who receives the type
written telegraph news from the OPP
orator and prepares it for being set
into type. He writes the heads over
each article and decides what prom
innce it chall receive in the paper.
He has a schedule Of heads, numbering
six, and every item Of news entering
the paper must be givn one of those
heads. according to the judgment OF
the telegraph editor. The telegraph
editor also writes the heads for all
of the local news.
From the editorial rooms the party
was conducted through a door and
into the mechanical department. And
here they found an extremely busy
place Printer, wer. fi-st encountered
who were engaged in setting the type
for tn ADVERTISEMENTS. All Of the
large, or display type in a paper is
set by hand, while the smaller type
in the advertisements as well as the
news, is set by machines.
From the adalley the ladies passed
to the row Of type setting machines
known as Merganthaler linotype
machines "Mtrgcntralnr' is natle
of the inventor of the machines, and
linotype" means that the type is set
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04

morning and evening.
The carrier boys were on hand and
the circulation manager was busy
counting out their respective allot-
ments of papers for their routes.
The ladies took great interest in
watching the boys loading up their
sacks with from $50 to 200 papers and
vending their way out Of the build
ing to begin the delivery Of the days
news.
From the press room the party was
taken down into the basement and
shown the stereotyping machinery,
and the methods of making the cuts
for the advertisements and news col
umns.
Coming back up stairs they visited
the book binding department and saw
the ruling machine at work. They
saw books in all stages, from the
printed sheets to the completed book
They saw how the edges were colored
and no wthe gold lettering was placed
on the back and front.
The book sewing machine was a
wonder for size and drew forth many
comments from the ladies who had
been used to a much smaller model
Passing on toward the front of the
building they saw the six job presses
in operation, printing all kinds of
matter from the visiting card to
magazine.
When finally through the big print
ing plant they expressed themselves
as being hardly able to realize that
they had not been outside the city of
Walla Walla during the preceding
half hour. One of the ladies said:
why, it is a regular factory, and
from the number Of men, women boys
and girls employed l can realize what
an enormous amount of money it takes
to keep the institution going. 1t must
be among the largest employing in
situations in the city. 1t is a most
interesting place to visit l almost
wish 1 could get a job in there my
self"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
THE BEST GIRL. A GIRLY GIRL

"The Best Girl Ever'-who was
she? What is she? Everybody knows
her. If you can't tell at the first guess
you never will guess. Who was she
Ruth, standing breast-hish amid the
summer corn? Esther, not daring to
lift her dropping eyes to the unmov1ng
scepter, holding her life and her peo-
pies safety? Helen of Troy, whose
face launched thousand ships ana
turned crowned kings to merchants!
Portia. Shakespeare's perfect woman,
whose severed lips were parted with
sugar breath, whose hair played the
spider with its golden mesh to entrap
the hearts of men? Juliet, the child
sweetheart in whose starry eyes there
lay more peril than in twenty un-