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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19

Easter service in Grace church an
nounced. Music under the direction Of
j. j. Curtis, with Miss Blanche Kesler
as organist.
Announcement of the opening of the
Irving Cliff Hotel. (The building was
destroyed by fire the evening designated
for the opening.)
Twenty-Five years ago:
Election of directors of the Honesdale
Building Loan and Savings Association.
(Of the fourteen chosen, five are still
living.)
For the first time in the history of
Honesdale, New York and Philadelphia
Sunday dailies reached the borough at
ten O'Clock on Monday morning. (They
now arrive at ten o'clock on the day of
publication.)
The D. H. G. Co. mined 1,214 ,O92
tons of coal for the year Just ended, a
falling off of nearly 10000 tons from
the previous year.
O'Brien's circus and animal show
gave an exhibition in Honesdale.
Prof. j. NJ. Dolph received an offer to
become school superintendent of Port
Jervis, and decided to accept at the close
of his years engagement with the
Honesdale Graded School.
The Bishop of Pittsburg confirmed
10 r0a olacc ~, Grooa ol,,.oA
James Foster, of Ohio, was visiting his
brother, 1. N. Foster, of Church street.
w. j. Tracy and Miss Alice Reed, and
John A. Gale and Miss Anna Reed,
married by Rev. H. G. Swentzel.
A cyclone at White Mills crashed in
the front of E. A. Dorflingers store, and
did other damage.
The barn and most of the contents of
Oscar Bunnell's barn, in Texas township,
destroyed by an incendiary fire. 81
-.,. .
Thirty years ago:
S. j. Foster appointed Teller OF the
Honesdale Bank, vice Frank w. Gren-
nell, dismissed.
Del. & Hud. Canal opened for naviga-
ton for the season.
Snowdrifts from six to eight feet high
still to be seen in different parts of the
county.
New telegraph line between Carbon
dale and Honesdale completed.
Mrs. John Hawker, complaining of
not feeling well on Wednesday morning,
attempted to rise from her bed and fell
back dead.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19
Not CONTAGIOUS,

Walter ]. Travis, golfing at Rye,
sympathized with a friends story of
a drunken caddy.
1T is amazing" said Mr.. Travis,
how people with serious RESPONSE
bility on their shoulders-butlers,
engineers, caddies and SO on--will
get drunk.
"A lady 1 know" he went on,
came downstairs to see the flowers
on the eve of large dinner, and
found her butler staggering about
the dining room with red eyes and
disordered hair.
THE man dropped a cut glass
bowl and laughed and his mistress
cried Indignantly:
GOOD gracious, Parker, you're
drunk!'
THE butler with silly smile,
said, soothingly;
Don't be alarmed, ma'am, It
amt ketchin' n'."-Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19
WEDNESDAY, MAY I9, 1909.
Republican State Convention
Te the Republican Electors of Penn



Republican State Convention
Te the Republican Electors of Penn
sylvania:
am directed by the Republican
state Committee to announce that
the Republicans of Pennsylvania,
by their duly chosen representatives,
will meet in convention at the Ma
jestic Theatre in the city of Har-
-risburg, on Wednesday, June 16,
1909, at 1880 o'clock a. M, for
the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for the following offices, to
wit:
One plrson for the Office of State
Treasurer.
One person for the Office of Au-
ditor General.
One person for the Office of Judge
of the Supreme Court.
Also for the transaction of such
other business as may be presented.
In accordance with the rules gov
erning the Republican party in
Pennsylvania, the representation in
the State convention will be based
on the vote polled at the last presi-
Dental election; under the rules
each legislative district is entitled
to one delegate for every two
thousand votes cast for the presi-
dental electors in 1908, and an
additional delegate for every frac-
tion of two thousand votes polled
in excess of ore Thousand.
By order of the Republican State
Committee.
w. r. Andrews, Chairman.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19

ADVANCE sheets of that importan'
publication, The Statistical Abstract of
the United States, soon to be issued by
the Bureau of Statistics of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, contain
great deal that is indicative of the pro-
gress and prospects of the country. A
feature that will command special at
tention is the showing of the increase in
the national wealth. The aggregate in
1850 was placed at 81 ,OOO, ZOO, 900, which
had advanced to 5000, 900, 600 in 1860,
and, Notwithstanding the setback of the
costly and bloody Civil War, to $50, ,OOO,-
100000 in 1870, going steadily forward
until in 1904 it was placed at $lO7, ,OOO,-
100000. The average wealth per capita
was $308 in 1850 and was reckoned at
$3.50 in 1904, and this, too, in the face
of extraordinary increase in population.
Agriculture of course plays a great part
in the national exhibit. The wealth pro-
duction of the farms, given in the Alb
stract on the authority of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, was in 1897, $4,-
250, 1000, 900, and in 1907, 81, 7,412, ,OOO, ZOO.
Among the valuable articles produced
OH the farm are included wheat. of
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19

A rationis the subsistence for one per-
son for one day. There are various kinds
of rations, and the components vary ac-
cording to the nature of the duty per-
formed. They are severally known as
the garrison ration, the field ration, the
haversack ration, the travel ration, the
Filipino ration, and the emergency ra-
ton. The garrison ration is issued to
troops in garrison or in permanent
camps the field ration to troops not in
garrison or in permanent camps; the
haversack ration to troops in the field in
active campaign when transportation is
limited; the travel ration to troops
travelling otherwise than by marching
and separated from cooking facilities !;
the Filipino ration for use of the Philip
pine scouts; and the emergency ration
to troops in active campaign for use on
occasions of emergency.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19

ONE of the most excellent products
the recent session of the Legislature is
the Wertz act making it misdemeanor
for any person to make, utter, circulate,
or transmit false or derogatory state
ments affecting the solvency or financial
standing of any bank, banking house,
banking company, title insurance com
pany, or other financial institution, in
this Commonwealth. Everybodyis is more
or less familiar with the disastrous re-
suits that have sometimes followed the
spreading OF an utterly unjustitiable ru-
NOR concerning the condition of bank.
Every period of financial depression has
been marked by one or more such sense
less "runs" on perfectly sound institu-
tions. a wild story of that sort usually
spreads like wildfire, and oftentimes
mere idle remark will result in great dis
turbance in the community and actual
loss to many innocent persons. Because
of the great Importance of nipping this
sort of thing in the bud, the penalty for
starting such stories is fixed at So 600
fine and five years at hard labor. That
ought to serve as check on the mos
malicious or careless tongue, and parties
who have been accustomed to permit
their tongues to run riot regardless of
consequences, will do we'll hereafter to
be careful how they talk of bank.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19
HARRISBURG LETTER.

May is, 1909.-1n vetoing the bill
providing for an appropriation of
100000 for the extension to Cap
itol Park, Governor Stuart undoubt-
edly felt that he was doing what was
the best thing for all the interests
concerned. While not committed to
the bill he favored its passage and
his approval would have been given
had there been sufficient revenue in
sight to warrant the expenditure. or
If the Legislature had passed some
new laws which could be depended
upon to produce revenue. The ap-
preparation was made to cover FIVE
years and not more than half a mil
lion could be utilized in any one
year. 1t was understood, however,
that two millions would not complete
the work This amount would have
been used to purchase the property,
raze the houses and other buildings,
construct a subway and prepare for
the laying out of the grounds. Lat
er on would have come shrubbery,
landscape gardening, granolithic
walks, fountains, comforts and con-
veniences, all of which cost money.
Probably five millions would have
been required before the work was
all done.
1t was only by the most strenuous
and persistent efforts of the last leg
islature, particularly on the part of
the Dauphin county delegation, that
the bill got as far as the Governor
this time, and having received a
knockout blow, it will be difficult
imatter to get it that far again. For
that reason it's promoters hoped the
measure would receive the approval
of the Governor, even if the appro-
priation were cut seventy-f1ve per
cent. The important thing was to
ask the Legislature for funds from
time to time to carry on the work.
Reluctantly, the Governor withheld
his approval from the bill and it fell.
That voluminous curiosity, known
as the School Code" also lacked one
vote, that of the Governor. While
he would probably have approved it
had it been passed in the original
form prepared by the Commission ap-
pointed for that purpose, it had been
so amended, repealed and substitute
ed that the Commission failed to rec
ogniZe it, and most of them went on
record as opposed to the bill. Dur
was whipped into form to suit a ma
jority of the Legislature, and pass
ed, an undigested mass. The Gov
ernor did the rest, probably without
shedding a tear.
With the highway bill the Cover
nor felt differently. This was ear
marked as an administration meas
ure, and pressure was brought to
secure votes, on that ground. Had
the revenue been sufficient this bill
would have become law. Condi-
tions here were the same as with the
Park extension bill, for the appro-
priation provided by this bill was in
tended for a beginning only. Now
new start must be made.
The rather sudden death of John
Fl. Sanderson on Friday removes the
central figure in the prosecutions
brought by the State on account of
the furnishing of the new Capitol
But two of the original defendants
remain, one of whom it was thought
would not be able to stand the strain
of trial. 1t is intimated that civil
suit may be brought against Sander
sons estate to recover some of the
money received for overcharges.
(To be Continued.)
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19

which the farm value in 1908 was set
down at $6l7 ,O00, 900, a larger sum than
in any previous year in the history Of
our production cotton, of which the
value in 1905, the year of largest valua-
ton, was 1922, 900, 900; hay, in 1907,
$744 ,Oo0, 900, and corn, in 1908, 81 ,616,-
900, ,OO0-these being in all cases values
on the farm. Last years farm products
in the United States were officially esti-
mated to be worth $4,000, ,O0O,OOO.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19

Josiah Kellar, well-known citizen of
Texas township, while on his way into
town from his home on Union Hill, WIS
run over by the cars at the crossing near
st. Johns church, and almost instantly
killed. The coroner's jury censured the
D. & H. G. Co. for not maintaining a
watchman at the crossing.
100000 tons of coal piled at Homes
dale.
Carley Brook post Office established.
with Fred. Brunig as postmaster.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Barnes, of
Colorado, paying visit to Mrs. Barnes's
father, Coe F. Young.
Eben H. Clark, father of Hon. Perry
A. Clark, died at his home in Cherry
Ridge, from an attack of typhoid pneu-
monia.
Thirty-fiye years ago.
The Vescelus Trio gave splendid
concert in Liberty Hall.
Methodist ministers of the county at
tending Wyoming Conference at Wilkes
Barre.
The papers publish bitter personal
letters by the parties to the Howe and
Pritchett controversy, growing out Of
the burial of A. c. Howe, by the Odd
Fellow Brotherhood.
Lieut.. Commander Charles w. Tracy,
executive officer of the U. S. Sloop of
War Alaska" sailed with his ship from
Key West, Florida, under sealed orders.
Peter s. Barnes ran raft on a Della
ware freshet, from Ten Mile River to
Dingman's Ferry, 200 feet long by go
feet wide, with only one assistant. Said
to have been the largest raft ever run on
the Delaware by SO small crew.
General search being made for Stephen
Jay, aged "a, who left Richard JAWS, in
Oregon township, to gather sap, and
wandered away into the woods and be-
came lost The body was found in
George Kimble's mill pond.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19
Another objection.

There's one great objection to
the flying machine" said Mr.. Sirius
Barker, and that's the question of
safety appliances"
1T can carry a parachute"
"Yes, but parachute looks 30
much like an umbrella that every
time you want to use 1t you're sure
to find it has been borrowed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19

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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19
LEST We FORGET
HonesdaIe at Regular In
tervaIS.
A 35 YEAR GLANCE BACKWARD
What was Doing in HOnesdale
and Vicinity During the Cor
responding Week for Every
Five Years Since 1874.

Five years ago:
State bridge over Park Lake at Main
street inspected and approved by State
officers.
Seelyville Water Co. organized.
Prohibition County Convention in
Honesdale. S. A. Tolley and A. V.
Tyler nominated for Representatives.
A. T.. Searle selected as orator for
Memorial Day exercises.
Three arrests of Honesdale merchants
for violation of pure food law.
VIM. j. Lane and Miss Susie Bishop
married by Rev. T. M. Hanley, in St.
Johns (R. c. church.
Sig Sautelles circus gave two exhi-
billions afternoon and evening.
w. B. Holmes appointed trustee of
East Stroudsburg State Normal School.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Ethelbert Talbot ad-
ministered the rite of confirmation to a
class in Grace church.
f. f. Reynolds, foreman and man.
ager of the Herald office, left for Bratte-
boro, Vt.
Hon. Charles A. McCarty started on a
business trip to Deadwood, S. d.
Morris Freeman, of Court street, SUBJ
mitted to a second surgical operation.
John j. Skelly, merchant of lower
Main street, died.
Honesdale Base Ball Club beat Scran-
ton High School, IA 0.
Ten years ago:
The graves of forty-seven veterans to
be decorated in Glen Dyberry cemetery
on Memorial Day.
The Del. q Hud. Canal announced as
a thing of the past.
The amateur performance of "In
Brightest America" under the auspices
of the Honesdale Improvement Associa-
ton pronounced grand success. Net
proceeds, $17S.00.
Somebody poisoned T. B. Clark s
handsome Irish setter, "Duke.'
Wayne Rebekah Lodge, l. O. o. F.,
Instituted in Freedom Hall, with Mrs.
Kate Ross as Noble Grand.
First concert on the new band stand
in Russell Park, corner of Sth and Court
streets.
Prothonotary George A. Smith started
on six weeks trip to Porto Rico.
Co. f. inspected by Major w. S. Mil
lar and Col. L. A. Watres, of Scranton.
Rev. and Mrs. John r. Atkinson were
visitors with Mrs. Atkinson's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Dorfiinger, in White
Mills.
Lieut.. Col. Edgar Jadwin, very ill of
nervous prostration, came from the hos
pital in Savannah, Ga, to recuperate at
his parents home in Honesdale.
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-25
COMMITTEES REPORT.

To Honorable NJ. e. Hay,
Governor of the State of Washington:
On March II. 1909, the legislature of
the state of Washington adopted house
concurrent resolution No. 16, authoriz-
ing the appointment of legislative in
vestigating committee In accordance
with this resolution, the president of
the senate and the speaker of the house
appointed the following members to
constitute the investigating committee
which appointments were duly con-
f1rmed by the senate and the house. VIZ:
Senator Pliny L. Allen, of King
county;
Senator H. o. F1shback, of Lewis
county;
Representative ]. c. Hubbell, of Kit.
I, titas county;
Representative Howard Taylor of
King county;
Representative w. c. McMaster, of
King county.
That Sam H. Nichols was secretary
of state of the state Of Washington
from 1901 to 1909: was reelected for
the term 1909 to 1918, and that during
the period 1901 to 1909 he was ex-officio
insurance commissioner of this state.
That j. H. Schively was deputy in
surance commissioner of the state of
Washington from 1901 to 1909; that he
became insurance commissioner of this
state in 1909. having been elected for
the term 1909 to 1913; that as deputy
insurance commissioner he had the
power to grant certificates of authority
to insurance companies, or to revoke
certificates, and had other general au-
thority in the insurance department of
the state
That ]. H. Schively, as deputy in
surance commissioner of this state, al
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alton the course for your honorable
body to pursue is as well defined as
black from white. There is no compli-
cation to cloud the right OF conceal the
wrong. The facts are before you.
tee of your own creating, a commit
tee composed of those who favored
and those who opposed this investiga-
ton, and the report of that committee
is the unanimous verdict of it's mem
bers.
This legislative body is almost
unanimously republican in its COM
position, and in you is reposed the dual
trust of protecting the interests Of
your constituents and the reputation
of your party The people who gave
to you their suffrage will not only
hold you individually to account for
the course each of you pursue, but will
also hold the republican party to ac-
count for the result of your collective
action.
I recommend that your honorable
body continue the present committee
a thorough and searching examination
into the administrative affairs of the
state.
Opposition to further investigation
can come only from those who have
something in their official records,
records which they desire to conceal.
An honest official welcomes examina-
ton into the conduct of his affairs, as
such examination can only reflect cred-
it upon him. Absolutely no weight
should attach to the argument of ex-
pense against the continuance of this
committee. The people of this state
will never begrudge one cent that is
expended in Kidding the public service
of corruption. You can render no bet
ter service to the state than ia pro-
viding for a continued and effective
crusade against dishonesty and venali-
ty in office.
Tn conclusion, trust your delibera-
tons will be characterized by spirit
of fairness and be confined to the
matters growing out of a consideration
Of the report OF your committee
III. p HAY, Governor.
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count kept, either in the office Of the
treasurer or auditor, of the bonds or
other securities showing what amount
Of securities should be in the hands of
the treasurer belonging to the several
school or other special funds.
We recommend that proceedings be
instituted Immediately to cancel all
tide land contracts which are repre-
scented by tide land notes in the hands
of the treasurer, all of which notes
are long past due We believe the til
tie to these lands should be, vested
in fee simple in the state SO that the
state may be able to sell or lease
them the same as other state It'd
lands.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
The committee has carefully gone
over the vouchers of the superintend-
two years, and finds that they are reg
ular as to form; that where sub vouch-
other expenses they show economical
management and regard for the best
interests of the state
The superintendent was Intercepted
regarding the deficiency of about $500
provided for by the recent legislature,
and from the statements made by him
the committee finds that about $3.50
of said deficiency was created by the
purchase of postage stamps and other
necessary expenses prior to the ap-
preparation by the legislature for the
deficiency and the balance was to pay
other like expenses during the interim
between the passage of the appropria-
ton had not been made, the superin-
tendent would personally have lost the
$50 advanced by him, and the de-
paftment would have been hampered
for lack of funds during the remainder
of the biennial period.
Eastern Washington Hospital fog
insane.
The committee, together With Sena-
tor r. A. Hutchinson, Architect John
K Dow and several contractors of
Spokane, made an exhaustive examin-
alton of the new building at Medical
Lake, erected during i905-s, the condi
tion of that building being the basis of
charges made by Senator Hutchinson
against the bosF1 of control.
The committee finds that the cement
floors in all parts of the building are
cracked and uneven; that in certain of
the assembly rooms. where the area Is
large, the center of the floors have
settled from one to two inches. These
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floors are constructed of reinforced
concrete, and the settling undoubtedly
occurred during the process of build
ing. Other minor defects and careless
ness on the part of the contractor in
finishing certain portions of the build
ing We're noted.
From the examination made, the
committee believes that the building
| is entirely safe for occupancy; but
the committee finds that in accepting
the building and paying the full con-
tract price the board of control did not
exercise the regard for the interests of
the state that aen in their position
should have done, and deserve censure
for neglect of their duty as officials
From the examination and inspec-
ton made by the committee, we be-
lieve the institution to be in very COM
petent hands.
The committee made an especially
careful examination of the north wing
of the main building, which was erect
ed about 1898, and found the walls
badly cracked, and that only a COM
plete survey by competent builders
could determine whether or not said
mittee therefore recommends that such
board of survey be Immediately en-
ployed to inspect said wing and make
a detailed report of the condition.
The committee finds that the fire
escapes on all buildings at Medical
Lake are entirely inadequate, and a
fire in any one of these buildings
must necessarily result in great loss of
life. We believe it would be criminal
for the state not to Immediately pro-
vide suitable fire escapes on all these
buildings
School for Defective Youth
The committee was shown through
This building by Superintendent Wood
ruff
The class Of inmates in this insti
tuition is the most helpless of all the
wards Of the state, and particular
methods are necessary for their teach
ing and welfare. They should have
plenty of room, both in and out Of
DOORS neither of which are provided
in the present location. The building
was intended to house one hundred
and twenty inmates, while the pres
ent population is one hundred and six
ty. The grounds consist of twenty
acres, being a part of the Eastern
Washington hospital site. The recent
legislature appropriated money for the
purchase of adjoining land and the