Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-10-15
BRIEF MENTION

new cut through Bergen hill, fol
passenger traffic, Feb. 1910. Sew.
en- hundred men are working by day
and five hundred by night. Tht
tunnel will be used for freight trains
The Peary-Cook pole controversy
stands at present about like thi:
Peary says Cooks EskiInos make hi:
claim to have reached the pole. Q
physical and mathamatical impossi.
bility, and Cook says his Eskimo:
were instructed not to tell Peary
about 1t and they have kept their
word. The evidence for or against
the lain of either explorer should
rest on stronger grounds than the
statements of Eskimos.
a snow storm swept through sew.
eral Of the western states this week
damaging Fruit and potatoes.
In the three oornered fight for
mayor in New York all three candi
dates profess to be against Tamnany
Gaynor who is the candidate of that
ring Of leeches and boodlers says he
will be independent If elected, bu'
thers is An old adage about stream
not rising higher than its source and
the sachems of Tammauy are very
likely too wise TO put up a man
who would turn and rend them
Charles Thornton. the mail car
rier, has abandoned the automobile.
DR. G. S.-yan Etten Of Rhinebeck,
N. Y. visited here this week.
Mrs. Eleanor Estabrook of Susane.
hanna county and her sister Mrs
james B, Cuddeback of Port Jervis,
were guests in town a couple of days
this week.
If supervisors wish to secure state
aid for their roads they must meas.
ure, and report all roads under their
jurisdictSon'to the state department.
before Nov 18th The law psovidts
that the state pay the township so
per cent of the amount of cash road
taxes collected. Not to exceed, how
ever, 500 a mile. If the roads have
not been measured and reported sup.
ervisors should get busy. The aid is
too substantial to lose.
E. P Emerson. who is in the lum
Der business near Port Jervis and is
one Of those applying for trolley fran
chises in that city. was stricken with
sppoplexy while visiting here last
Sunday, His condition is somewhat
improved.
Streams are:veFy low and though
there has been some rain it has not
supplied the quantity necessary to
till upsprings and soak the ground
But then we all hope winter is
couple of months away.
The contractors have finished the
dixie at Matamoras. The cost of the
addition was about $4,000 and it Is
said TO be an excellent Job. Consid-
erable of the money was left among
the people there who were employed
on the work or furnished material.
Soup beans are often infested by
. weevil which lays its eggs in the
little green seed forming in the pod
They can be killed by putting the
beans in vessel IKE a wash boiler.
and pouring half an ounce of bisul.
phid OF carbon into a shallow vessel
and setting 1t on the beans and C aver
Ing tightly and allowing 1t to remain
a few hours. That % unity is suffi-
cient to treat q bushel of beans. and
will not injureth beans either tor
eating or growing.
HonAGiRoFd Pinchot of Washing
ton is entertaining Hon. james r.
Garfield, ex Secretary of the Interior
and his wife, at Grey Towers. R
A hurricane deWn in Florida this
week caused epormous property dam
age. The wind blew seventy Ave
miles an houtS
The Tammany vote in New York
threatens TO be cut some. Nine in
dictments have been found against
as many meh for fraud In connection
with last years registration and the
stealing Of the Independence League
primaries this year.
The first freeze of the season here
happened Tuesday night this week
and vegetation was killed.
Deoollette gowns are being worn
just a tFitie lower than formerly
the sheath gown will be slit Just a
little bit'mOre-and now comes the
seatless and "ruthin nuthin" gowns
We will soon have to profess Christ
ian Science and imagine We don'l
Eee anything.
8. g. Chapman, who owns fiue
property on Twin Lakes, will build
four or hve bungalows this fall, and
parties who have bought the old loe
house property expect to erect ssv
sral.