The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-12-22
STOLEN PAPERS RECOVERED.
Leon Watson Receivers Papers Stolen
at Rellettyille, Sept. 19ih.--Found
BY Three BOys--.0ther News.


W. Leon Watson met with a very hap
py surprise Sunday by having his lost
papers that we're taken at the time the
railroad station was broken into and the
s. d T. railroads and Mr.. Watson's safes
were burglarized last Septem ber, re-
turned to him. On Sunday two of Fred
Grsham's boys and Joe Forbes, all boys
about l3 years old, we're plsyfully track
ing rabbits on the A. L.. Weller farm,
when one of the little bunnies ran into
small sewer to elude his pursuers. When
the boys came up and saw the little fellow
was "in hole" they secured a pole and
and on making exploration of the cavity
the weapon struck some metallic sub
stance and upon fishing out the object
they were surprised to find it was the
safety box of safe. The iron baud encir-
cling the top had been opened by some
heavy sledging and the contents were
visible. 1t was only the work of min
ute to learn that the papers aud valuable
notes were the private property of Mr..
Watson. The boys were not long in de-
livering the valuable package to its own
er, who upon looking over the notes was
surprises to learn that there seemed TO
be more papers in the package than he
thought he really owned. The notes
were o. k. and had been working over
time drawing interest that was almost
prohibitive by our state laws. 1t is now
believed that the burglars when they left
town went down the railroad tracks as
far as Harry Watson's automobile garage,
where the fumes being too much for
them they crossed the creek on the foot
bridge and when a safe distance away
they examined the contents of their find
and placed what they did not want where
II was discovered as above narrated.
The new steam skidder was hauled to
the scene of operations at Hastings last
week and with no preventing providence
the machine will be ready to operate by
the coming Thursday. The derrick has
been adjusted and wires are place so
but very short time will see the first
skidder of this kind in Forest county at
work. TO operate skidder like this one
requires seyen men and the usual work
accomplished in 10 hours is 40 thousand
feet. First before the machine is put in
place to skid, loader has made each side
of the track for a distance of 100 feet clear
of all logs, so place is ready to haul up
the trees just as they were cut down,
minus the bark, which was removed in
the proper season. A derrick is an
chored 1900 feet from the skidder and any
timber in this distance is hauled up to the
track, where it can be cut into the proper
lengths and loaded by one of the Ameri-
can log leaders, of which this company
has three. When the land is stripped of
timber along the line, new location is
secured and so on until the forests are
denuded of their timber. The working
of this machine is being watched with
much interest by the company and en-
ployes alike.
The largest l6 foot log that has found
its way into the new mill was delivered
one day last week. The log was of hem
lock aud scaled 1900 feet with a Dusen-
bury rule. This is the same tree or the
largest part of it that was reported in one
of the local papers last week as cutting
1900 feet.
Miss Kate Guenther was compelled to
close her school at Brookston on Friday
for an indefinite period, owing to an epi-
demic of scarlet fever having broken out
among the foreign colony which resides
at that place. Up until Saturday two
deaths had occurred. The last one dying
Saturday had been in attendance at school
the previous Thursday. Miss Guenther,
after thoroughly going through the first
degree OF complete disinfection, came
to Kellettvile on the evening train Sat-
urday.
Jack SwartZ returned home Saturday
after spending few days in attendance
at the meeting of the National base ball
association in New York. Jack reports
having received several very tlattering
offers from other clubs to join them this
coming season but he remains true to his
first love aud will cover the initial sack
for our owD team.
Krbbs IL Ray had their new roadster
out Sunday with King Burdo, for the
first time. Your correspondent was an
eye witness to the speed shown by this
pair and we think when you hear honk,
honk behind you you had better leave
clear track and take to the tall timber.
The Kellettville Concert Band gave an
oyster supper in Andrews hall, Saturday
evening. Ice cream, cake and coffee
we're also served, as we'll as some very
fine music.
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