The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1909-05-05

of damage TO the public roads In the
neighborhood of Nebraska; also took
away some of the railroad bridges on Big
Coon creek for Collins, Dsrrah & Co. The
Salmon Creek Lumber Co. also had some
railroad track and bridges washed away
at Six Mile, above K%ellettville.
1.-THE Haymakers," an operate can
tata In two parts, by George f. Root, will
be presented at the court house some
time the latter part of May, by a chorus
Of forty voices from the young people Of
the Presbyterian church. The principals
In this pretty cantata have devoted much
time in rehearsal during the past winter,
and there is no question but that the affair
will be a complete success.
The Summer School at Tionesta opens
Tuesday, May 18th. The term promises
to be a successful one. The principal
will be at the public school building,
Monday, where he may be reached by
Forest County telephone, and any stu
dents wishing to gain any further infor-
nation may telephone or call at the
building. Tionests students should en-
roll sometime during the latter part of
this week so that they may be supplied
with needed books.
w. A. Sbewman, Sr., until recently
editor of the Enterprise, at Randolph, N.
Y, died April 9th, Of pneumonia, alter a
u,oal.go ,1Iooa. NJ. Chaoc IaI cold
bis business to the Randolph Register
and was preparing to join his son in the
west. He was aged 66 years and had been
a lifelong resident of Randolph, where he
was greatly respected. The funeral was
held Saturday. Besides his wife, he is
survived by one son, w. A. Snowman,
Jr., of Oregon City, Oregon, and n
daughter, Miss Grace, at home.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of Franklin District, Erie Con-
ference, M. E. church, holds its twenty
eighth annual meeting at Tidioute, Thurs
day and Friday of this week. Mrs. San
ford Secor and Mrs. Wilbur McKeen are
delegates to il from the Nebraska auxil-
eary and Mrs. Ida Small and Mrs. Lyman
Cook have a part in the program. Miss
Sarah Morrow, a former Tionesta girl,
presents the greetings of the Presbyterian
church to the convention. The Frank lin
District embraces such places as Frank
lin. Oil City, Titusville and many smaller
towns.
Usual interest conferred in the Chapel
exercises at the Clarion State Normal
School Thursday morning when the hon
or members of the Senior class were an
nounced. This years class numbers
seventy-six. At the faculty meeting,
ihirty-eight names were proposed for
hsnprs, which is an unusually high num-
Showing proficiency. From this
group the twelve haying highest standing
were selected. After a brief congratula-
tory address by the principal, DR.. Becht,
the selections were announced, the an
nouncement being enthusiastically re-
ceived by the student body: Forest
county is represented in this number by
Charles Anderson Of Brookston,
Thursday last, April 10Th, the coun-
try passed through one of the worst
storms in its history, it being general in
nearly all parts of the United States east
of the Rocky Mountains and extending
from Texas on the south to the lakes on
the north, causing immense damage to
property and much destruction of life in
many of the southern states, where hight
winds and tornadoes prevailed through
out the day. Locally the country suffered
most from floods. The Allegheny river
overlooked its banks, while islands were
entirely submerged, rain falling in tor
rents almost the entire day and far into
the night, causing the highest natural
water flood in a number of years. Yet
with it all the damage wrought was COM
psratively small. Tionesta creek over
flowed its banks and in some places
travel was impeded by submerged roads.
The losses. however, were Insignificant,
and the w~ashouts were few.
Last week during the high water
while Albert Lawrence was looking after
a pair of the Hickory barges which he
had tied up at one of the islands below
town he witnessed a novel and rather
ludicrous sight. The island was com
pletely submerged under two to three
feet of water. This had the effect to drive
the groundhogs and field mice out of
their burrows, and he counted no less
than a dozen lusty ''chucks" clambering
over the drift piles and on the trees, and
nearly every floating slab or board con
tanned a mouse or two. The expression
of uneasiness and fear or the counte-
nsnces of the little animals was almost
heartrending, and so appealed to Albert's
sense of humanity that he helped a num-
Der to safe quarters where they could be
secure till the flood subsidized and they
could begin business anew. To them the
flood was as real as was the one in Noah's
time to the human race of that period.
On Tuesday, April 9th, the crew
operating f. X. Browns No. 3, model 10,
Bsrnhart Log Loader at Mayburg msdea
record that it is thought was never ex-
ceeded in Forest county or this part of
Pennsylvania, by loading and delivering
to the mill fifty standard CTR loads of
logs, about one hundred and forty
thousand feet log scale, in nine and one
half hours. None of these cars were
loaded the day before, but all were loaded