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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11
OUT FOR THE BEST ROADS
Why the West nsiisvss Ia suiidinS
Highways For Automobiles.

Highways For Automobiles.
1.-THE good roads movement In the
east does NOT compare With that OF the
west" said Horace o. Gordon OF the
Oklahoma Good Roads association
while he waa Ia New York on Q visit.
"I think the work Of the good Soads
advocates In the east has, stirred up
the public demand and desire for the
best roads In the world III the west,
but l do not believe the eastern states
are carrying ont the work so thorough
~ as the western states.
1--WE in the west appreciate the fact
that the opening Of the wester1 coun-
try depends entirely upon It's roads.
and we are not going to build high
ways which Will last merely . decade.
like your eastern state rehds, to be
torn up by automobiles.
I'VE are building roadsS which the
motor cars cannot tear up. We feel
that the automobile can do ID more
good than the horse because we have
to cover hundreds of miles where you
in the east cover tens Of nilea.
''It seems ridicuions thing to bnild
a road for the use of the hsFsA which
is ON the decline. and then when the
automobile comes along ana afean It
up to jump up and ysn that tl.A motor
cur is destroying our roads. Tie thing
to do is to build roads ferrtAe 1utomo-
bile, and then the horse can u1e them
as long as he lnsts. which VIII lot be
great while.''
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11
Forest s.rvie. and os4A ls.SI..


Realizing that with thicker settle
ment and increasing use o. the m.
tional forests good ronds VIII become
more and more crying neGesstty, It has
been arranged that the ofnce Of spubifc
roads Of tho department. Of agriculture
shall cooperate with the forest service
in drawing up plaas for comprehensive
systems Of roads a4d traits p the ma
tional forests Hitherto the funiis al-
Iotted by congress to the forest service
for permanent improvements o. na-
tionai foresta have largely heeR used
for road and trait buflding. but the
amount is too snail compared with tho
total area Of the forests to make pos
sible more than a smaff .hegfnnlng.
Building each year under, the new ar.
rangement can be done With reference
to a carefully. worked out plan, escap-
Ing the danger Of undirecteds. effort.
The roads. trails. telephone linss and
3re lines already constructed In ma
tional forests are proving Of great
value both in the work Of fsrsspfotec-
tion and In serving the convenience Of
the public. The further this work can
ben carried the greater viii b. the use
fulness Of the forests to- tths1suxround-
tng xegions. This -, only, one ,of the
manyways IN Nhieh the aSssse Aervice
h promoting the intefestss o. the peo-.
aiA
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11

FITS hard 70 run ont Of rcbacker'
during vet timeer Ssnpaatpes : farm
or, being hsased off-from tlss source
Of supply by inpassabis reads and
with AoeninS b 20 bat ID brssd over
ths situation" ..asa.--
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11

Common wealth Of Pennsylvania
County of sullivan, IS.
We the undersigned Auditors OF Sullivan
County do hereby certify that In puIsuHnt to the
various duties imposed upon Us by the several
Acts OF General Assembly and the supplements
thereto We did meet ut the Office Of the County
Commissioners in the Court House IN the borough
of Laporte, on Monday the 4h day Of January,
A. D.. 1909, and did commence to; audit, adjust
subject to our adjournmeIita until this date when
we completed this cur Annual ihtpost and we
further certify that We did audit and adjust the
knowledge ability information and belief Us the
same appears audited, adj justed settled and fully
set forth and itemized in this foregoing report
In testimony whereof we have hereupto get our
hand. and seal this 9th day OF January 1909
q. ELDAAH WILCOX, /
.SSa e. ID. +. MCCARTHY,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11

am, IN handCounty Frcas. last audit S03 ~
Amount received from Collectors for
ana for previous years, during lg08 2i3l Il
Amount received from Collectors OF 0S
state tax, $50 N6: County tax, 107g3 Is;
Dor tax, $50 l;}........................I 1883 2i
Amount OF County tax received from
Uuseated and Gated Lands during l9JS $3.50 36
do state. II of State tax for 1908 S52 2a
Ia amt received of Sher Brown Jury ice 90
County portiun LIQUOR license ............ 640 20
Amt. reed. from sta e for premiums
paid TO County Agricultural Fair. 14S 90
Toumt uf borrowed money l90s....... 1900 90
au resident OF LapoTte fu- CCal........ Al 90
do J. B. Simmons for book ........... 60
do Co, Com. Laud Redemption. 17S %
do Dist Atty. fees ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 400
DO sheriff Brown costs paid. AZ 81
Jury Fees ...................... 90
90 y. +. Heess, fury feos.,.......... 90
do T.. J. Mullen Office reit..... 80 %
do Fox TWP Poor Dst...............,.... lS2 so
do u, }. Frani.y, Per Capity tax
from shrewsbury TWP. 90
] ecd. from State for bounties ............ 1872 90
Amt due County Treasurer. S697 81
1892 81
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11

A live working grange ina commnni-
ty SO improves the social reenditions
worth more for its having been in It.
The Grange National bank OF Tiogs
county. Pa, has been open seven
months and carries depseits e Over
$4,000.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11

COMMISSION ERs ACCOUNT.
BY County orderS< <u ,wn.
bofDP. BENNETT, salary, $50 6F
Lxpens es 23 % So 90
;: H. MCCARTHY, Salary $1,000
EXPENSE 1879 5ls 81
MICHAEL MCDONALD. Salary 5Oses
Expeni &c 81 G1 sSi VI
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11

TREASURER
Uuseacd IandsC the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11


u p years.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11


ending 1903
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-03-11

INDECENT PERSONS.
Paid Henry Cummings due for medical
attendance and support Of Ella Hart 62 81
Anna Kane support Gf Chss. Hughes 80 90
D. H. CffmmiRs 5 50
lO2 II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
LABOR LEADERS GO;
PLAN A BIG STRIKE
Threat Made That General Walkout
Will Be the Result of Trouble
of Switchmen.

ST. Paul, Dec. 2S.-All the strike
leaders who have been in consulta-
tion with President Hawley of the
Switchmen's union, have left the city
and there were no new developments
early today.
Hawley declared last night that
the heads of the various railway
branches of the Federation of Labor
would leave for their Headquarters
to prepare for a general strike un-
less the railroads meet their de-
mands.
New York, Dec 2S.-Referring TO
the likelihood of eastern railway en-
ployes demanding an increase in
wages, President Brown of the New
York Central is quoted as saying:
LAS far as am able 10 learn there
is no disposition by the railroads to
deal arbitrarily or unreasonably with
the employees. The whole matter
hinges on the one question, whether
there has been since the last increase
in wages a material increase in the
cost of living
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
INVESTIGATION SIMPLY
a TILT BETWEEN TAFT AND TED

oped to this point is one involving
the principles of government which
President Roosevelt established, and
those which the opponents of Roose-
veltism would substitute.
The investigation is to be one not
alone Of Secretary of the Interior Bal
linger, but of Clifford Pinchot and the
forestry bureau. The general impress
sion among Washington newspaper
correspondents is that the object of
the investigation is to whitewash Bal
linger and develop some pretext to
bring about the dismissal of Pinchot.
That, the outcome of the investigation
will be an important crisis in the Taft
administration, particularly from a po-
litica1 standpoint, is admitted by ALL
Because he tried to follow out the
Roosevelt policies Pinchot has been
most unpopular with the new admin
istration. Only recently any attempt
was made to play clever trick on
Pinchot. Those who would like TO
see him out of the government service
succeeded in having him offered pro-
fessorship at Ann Arbor. but he re-
fused to nibble at the bait which was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

mendations of Mr.. Roosevelt and his
suhordinates. 1t Will not be long
now. therefore. before the country
will D. 1abfe to draw the Hdeadly par
alleI' upon the conservation ques-
tion and distinguish clearly the line
of cleavage, if any exists, between
the present and the last aGministra-
ton.
Mr.. Pinchot's observations gener
ally are accepted in administration
circles as indicative OF his intention
to fight from now on where all the
world may see. In a word, he has
picked up the gauntlet which Secre
tary Ballinger, backed up by the
president, threw down in a letter ad-
dressed to congress through the med
ium Of Senator Jones at Washington.
There were reports during the day
that Mr.. Pinchot's speech would lead
to a request for his resignation, but
this was denied in responsible quar-
ter. 1t was asserted that Mr.. Pin
chot's views in a general way were
similar to those entertained by the
president and his secretary of the in
terror. 1t was added that this would
be shown by the president in his
forthcoming message.
Mr.. Pinchot's speech. according to
the administration, merely has laid
down principles which will be ac-
cepted by all right thinking Amer
leans. The president and Secretary
Ballinger purpose to enact those
principles into law. For some days
past Mr. Ballinger has been at work
preparing drafts of bills covering
notifications of the stone and tim
Der act. classification of public lands.
withdrawal of water power sites, etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
A Schooner Arrives on
Washington Coast Af-
ter Fearful Trip.
CAUGHT BY A TYPH0ON
Most of Food Supply Was Ruin
ed-Men Saved by Favor
able Winds.

Hoquiam, Wash, Dec. 2S.-Its
crew reduced almost to specters by
slow starvation and with the cap
tain believed 10 be dying, the schoon-
er. Minnie A. Caine, was towed into
Gray's harbor yesterday with only a
few rounds of hard tack standing
between the men and death. The
schooner sailed from Hypong, China,
Sept. 20, and was still off the China
coast when a typhoon almost wreck
ed the vessel and carried away most
of the food supplies.
Saved by Favorable Winds.
For almost 100 hungry days, the
captain and crew were on short ra-
tions and had adverse winds been
encountered of this coast, all admit
they must have perished. Captain
Olsen was too near death from heart
disease, superinduced by, lack of food.
physicians say, to permit him to be
removed to a hospital.
German Freighter Given Up.
Hamburg, Dec. 28.-The German
freight steamer Capua, with its crew
of 23 has been given up for lost.
The vessel sailed from this port Dec.
l for Genoa and was last sighted
two days later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
BY TAV.

BY IAV.
Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington. Dec. 26.-The proposed
investigation of Ballinger and his con-
duct of the general land Office is the
biggest and most portentous thing that
has happened under the Taft regime.
Inasmuch as the fate of one of the
mainstay policies of Theodore Roose-
welt is involved in the controversy.
it is not at all improbable that the ex-
president himself will take an active
hand in the proceedings. There is
every likelihood that Roosevelt will
be on American soil before the inves-
tigation can be completed, which will
probably not be within year, par
ticularly should the investigating COM
mittee make trip to Alaska.
Quarrel Between Taft and Teddy.
Simmered down. the Pinchot-Ballin-
ger feud is a quarrel between Roose-
welt and Taft. and is so regarded in all
well-informed circles in Washington.
Roosevelt is squarrly behind Pinchot.
Taft is just as firmly supporting Bal
linger. The fight which has devel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
TAFT WILL REPLY
Special Message to Congress
Expected to Be an Answer
to Pinchot.
FIGHT FOR T. RS POLICIES
May Hold There Is No Essential Diff
ference-Denied Forester Will
Be Asked to Resign.

Washington. Dec. 2S-The forth
coming congressional investigation CT
the so-called Ballinger-Pinchot contro-
versy was the subject of a conference
today between President Taft and Req
resentative Dalzell. one of the repub-
lican leaders of the house. The in
vestigation will be carried forward by
a joint committee and open to the
public.
Taft VIII Reply.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 28.-Gif-
ford Pinchot's talk on conservation
before the University club in New
York yesterday was a bomb in the
administration camp. President
Taft's answer to it will be found in a
message he will send to congress
Immediately after the holidays. When
the 2. ssidentAs views are in black
and white it will be apparent wheth-
er or not there are any differences
between the Roosevelt policy, as out
lined by Pinchot, and the Taft pol
icy, as interpreted by Secretary Bal
linger.
SustaInS BRIIinEer.
The president has insisted that
Ballinger in his annual report has
gone beyond the acts and recon-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Many Reasons OGered.
before him.

dangled before him.
The Committee Personnel.
Friends of Pinchot are particularly
anxious to know the personnel of the
committee that is to do the investi-
eating. Senator Gore offered a reso-
luton to the senate which provided
for an investigation of the conduct of
the general land Office and bureau of
forestry with respect to stone and
timber lands, coal lands and other
mineral lands, waterpower sites. rail-
way right of way, and the public do
main generally in the states and ter
ritories of the United States. including
Alaska. The measure provided for
committee of eight members of each
house, and named the following sena-
tors: Nelson. Dolliver, Lodge. Bris-
tow, Root, Tillman, Stone and Owen
Il object" said Senator Aldrich
promptly upon the reading of the Gore
resolution. He added that when it
came up again he would move that t
be referred to the committee on pub
lie lands.
The Gore resolution may be consid-
cred dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
SHIPS CREW STARvES ALL
THE WAY ACROSS PACIFIC

and $1,0O0OO0 taken away from them
to line the pockets of the Rock Island
insiders.
Last week, It is said. the Rock ISL
and crowd, when the stock was at 46,
bought calls on 100000 shares good
until March, which were said to have
been put out by English spectators
Following the usual London custom,
the sellers bought in $4,000 shares Of
the stock, forcing the price UP to above
so and leaving the remaining $4,000
shares open until the price had
touched SO.
There was a holiday on the London
exchange yesterday, and this, it is
said, was taken advantage of to
squeeze the Britishers Market buy
ing orders were put in before the open
ing, and when the stock reached SO
the orders from London for the SO, 900
shares were executed. It was this buy
ing which forced the price to 81.
The average price paid for the 50,-
900 shares was something above rs
and the loss on the transaction TO the
sellers of the calls about $1,000, 900.
Road Director Confirms Story.
This report was practically con
firmed by the head of one of the large
international banking houses. A men,
ber of the Rock Island crowd, who
spoke with authority, said:
There is nothing in the affairs of
the company to account for the ad-
vance in price of the stock in such
violent manner. 1t looks to me as
though some one had been selling
what he did not own. l have under
stood that there was a considerable
short interest in the stock, and it
looks as if the shorts were being
squeezed. You may state positively
that neither the officials of the com
pany nor the leading owners of the
property have had anything 10 do with
this mornings rise in the stock.
''W. H. Moore has been in Chicago,
and l am sure that Mr.. Reid has not
been specializing in the shares.
London and Paris interests have
been large buyers of the stock recent
ly and Representatives of these foreign
interests, 1 understand, are now in
New York. 1t may be that the. mp
In price was partly due to the bh. ing
Of the stock for the account Of foreign
spectators who had sold calls on it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
BLACK FlEND
CHARGED WITH
DENVER GRIM E

Denver, Colo, Dec. 2S.-The body of
Mrs. Belle Rup, wife of railroad en-
oloye was found in the Platte river
his morning terribly mutilated. and
he police are searching for a negro
hey believe committed the crime. A
negro attempted to force an entrance
70 the house last night but the woman
fred two shots through the door and
drove him away. She then went in
search of policeman and it is thought
he waylaid and killed her. According
10 the children the negro returned
some time after Mrs. Rup left and took
everything OF value he could find.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
SELL LIVE STOCK
AT ANY PRICE NOW
Sheep and Cattle Starving in Wyo-
ming and Owners Are Facing
Heavy Losses.

Buffalo, Wyo., Dec. 2S.-Range and
weather conditions In this section are
so bad flock masters are Offering their
sheep for sale at 81 per head. These
sheep could not have been purchased
six weeks ago or before the cold wave
and snow in for less than Sc per head.
The weather has moderated slightly
but continues severely cold at night.
Little snow has melted and lack of
feed and exposure to cold. it is pre-
dicted. will cause great loss to sheep
raisers. Cattle are also in bad condi-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
HOGS AT KANSAS
CITY SET A MARK

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 28.-Hogs
brought the unusual price of $3.50 here
today, the highest market since 1882.
ST. Louis, Dec 2S.-Two loads of
hogs sold today at sS.75, the highest
price since 1890.
Chicago, Dec 2s.-The highest
price of the year, $S.75, was paid
here for a few choice hogs today.
Pittsburg, Dec. 28.-Hogs We're
quoted today at $3.50, the highest ever
recorded here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Do Not Like Appointees.

sary loss of life and destruction OF
property"
Do Not Like AppOintees.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed
by local Nicaraguans over the appoint
ment by President Madriz of General
Toledo as minister of war and Colonel
Leets as commander at Corinto. The
former, they say. has taken part II
several instructions in other Central
American countries and will be DIS
trusted by Nicaragua's neighboTS.
while Leets, they continue. is a Rus
sian and served Zelaya all too well as
secret service chief
offered No Asylum.
Managua, Dec. 2S.-The statement
by Zelaya at Salina Cruz, Mexico yes
asylum of the British cruiser Shear
water by the British minister is de
MED here today.
Zclnya His Wuy.
Santa Lucrecia. Mexico, Dec. IS
The private car on which former
President Zelaya and party are pro
ceeding to Mexico City passed
through here today. The party is
due at Mexico City tomorrow morn
ing.
BI@mes Wee Consul.
Salina Cruz, Mexico, Dec. 2S.-De-
claring the attitude of Secretary
Knox toward him could not fail to
be disapproved by all fair minded
people and that he believed the sec
retary's judgment was warped by
false reports of conditions in Nicar-
ague. made by Harry Caldera. the
American vice consul at Managa,
Jose Santos Zelaya, ousted dicts' ~
of Nicaragua, endeavored yesterG -
to justify his execution of the Amer
leans. Cannon and Grace. as an act
/ which any one in his position would
Z have committed.
VIII Stay SIX Months.
/ Zelaya deDarked from the Mexican
gunboat General Guerrero yesterday
afternoon and left at night for Mex
/ leo City in private car attached tC
/ the regular passenger train due in
that city On "Wednesday morning.
/ 'T am going to Mexico City to re
main six months" he said ''If the
/ climate agrees with me l will send
or go for my family. If it does not
| agree with me l will go to some place
/ in Europe. I am on my way to Mex
/ leo City to thank President Diaz and
the Mexican officials for their kind
/ ness to me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
SHIP is AFIRE;
400 IGNORANT
OF THEIR DANGER

Liverpool. Dec 2S.-Fire was dis
covered in the hold of the liner Celtic
last Wednesday when the vessel was
four days out from New York The
fire was still burning when the vessel
arrived but its presence was unknown
to the 400 passengers. AS soon as the
cargo was discharged the hold was
flooded. The extent of the damage
has not yet been ascertained.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
WOMAN KILLS HER
PETS; ATTACKS LDREN

severely injured before police officers
arrived
Philadelphia, Dec. 28.-Bernard II.
Bail, second vice pre-. ident and gen
eral freight traffic manager of the
Reading railway. became violently in
sane today in his Office and was re-
moved to a hospital. OverwOrl1 is be-
lieved the cause of Balls breakdown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Cincinnati. Dec. 2S.-Mrs. Mary
Lipp. suddenly becoming seized with
a murder mania. today killed her pet
rabbits. burned her chickens alive,
crushed the head of her pet dog and
then set fire TO the home and attempt
ed to throw two of her children INTO
the flames. One of the children was
slightly burned while Mrs Lipp was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
FOUR SHOT FIRERS
DIE In EXPLOSION
One of Victims of Windy Shot at
CentraIia Lost Two Relatives
at Cherry.

Centralia, Ill, Dec. 2S.-Four shot
firers were killed in a dust explosion
caused by windy" shot in mine No.
5, two miles south of here, today. The
workings were badly damaged. The
dead are foreigners. Charles Carlson,
one of the dead, lost two relatives in
the Cherry disaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
WANT TO KNOW
The WHEREFORE
Meteoric Rise of Rock Island
Stock Subject of an In
vestigation.
BY THE STOCK EXCHANGE
London Investors, Caught Because
Day Was Holiday There, the
Heaviest Losers.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Investigation Of
and common, in which 21S.00O shares
changed hands and the stock rose 3IA
points and fell back 80 points in half
an hour yesterday, has been begun by
the board of governors of the New
York stock exchange
The governor appointed as a spe-
cial committee of inquiry Francis L.
Eames, ]. T Atterbury and Ernest
Groesbeck, and these men began at
once to run down the men who cor
nered" Rock Island, and gave Wall
street a brief chill
No such prompt action has followed
any sensational coup since the famous
Northern Securities deal in 1891. and
it is taken as Evidence that the stock
exchange governors propose to e2er-
else unremitting vigilance to protect
that institution against new charges
of winking at irregular dealings. such
as led Governor Hughes last year to
obtain a Wall street investigating com
mittee from the legislature.
Keep PrObings Secret.
During the brief session which the
governors of the exchange held yester-
day afternoon several members who
figured in the buying and selling were
called before the committee. but no de-
tails regarding the preliminary inVes-
tigation were made public Those
brokers credited with executing the
orders declined TO throw any light on
the subject. They will be called to
testify later before the investigating
committee.
Many Reasons offered.
There were all sorts of reasons
given to account for the rise. but the
one which was generally accepted as
true was to the effect that group of
Londoners had been caught mapping
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Dec. 70 In American History.

1S25-General James Wilkinson. sol
dier in the Revolution, against the
Indians and in the war of 1912,
died; born 1867.
19O1-,Rear Admiral Francis ASbury
Rec, q. S. N, retired. a veteran of
the civil war, died; born 1923.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Ex-senator Roberts Dead.

Los Angeles, Dec. 2S.-Former
United States Senator Roberts of
Wyoming died here yesterday. Mr..
Roberts came to California some
months ago in search of health.