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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
ALEX foster
FOR BURGESS

The Republicans held their borough
and district conventions at the Baldy
house on Saturday evening.
George Il. Seohler was chosen presi
dent of the convention and W. ]. Burns
and E. V. StIoh secretaries.
Seth I.ormor was nominated as can
didate for overseer of the poor OF the
Danvills and Mahoning poor district.
The same organization answered for
both conventions. After nominating
a candidate for overseer of the poor,
the convention proceeded to select can
didates for the borough officers.
DR.. j. J. Kline, who was endorsed
by the first ward Republicans Friday
night, having declined to run, on mo-
tion his name was withdrawn from
the convention.
Alexander Foster was nominated for
burgess.
For tax receiver George f. Reif-
snyder was nominated
w. Haydn Woodside was chosen as
candidate for auditor.
Delegates were present at the con
vention as follows: First ward, George
r Sechler and T. W. Bedea; second
ward, W. J. Burns and II. +. Deaner;
third ward, W. E. Kase and L. V.
Stroh; fourth ward, William jenkins
and Alexander Mann Mahoning town
ship, William b. Hauser.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
SUCCESSFUL
YOUNG TRAPPERS

Isaiah Gresh aud Fred Seidei, Of
WashingtCnville, hold the record AS
trappers in Montour county.
The picturesque Chllisquaque with
its entire system Of tributaries by
common consent seems to be given oy-
er to those two hardy and nature-lov-
ing young fellows. Mr.. Gresh takes
the section below Washinstonville and
Mr.. Seidel the territory above
Not only aluus tie crock bot far up
the small tributaries they have set
traps fer came aul ia looking after
these tnoy arc Obliged 10 walk fifteen
to eighteen miles daily. The trapping
soa-on hegius Octouer l5;h end ioss
until March l5sr.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
School BOARD
Meeting

The school board held regular
meeting Monday night.
DR.. Barber Of the high school com.
mittee called attention to the fact that
Mr.. Bickel. principal of the high
school, is off duty owing to illness !:
also that Mrs. Coulter was absent 215
days last week owing to the death of
a relative. Miss Jamisou, he said is
acting as a substitute teacher in the
high school during the principals ill
ness, while Miss Blue was employed
during Mrs. Coulter's absence. Both
substitute teachers, he said, rendered
very good service. The question of sal
ary for the extra teachers, he said,
would now have to be settled. The
matter was discussed at length, when,
on motion of DR.. Barber, it was ord
cred that Miss Jamison ana Miss Blue
each be paid SO per day for the time
employed
Borough Superintendent Dieffen-
bacher reported to the board that Mr.
Bickel would be able to resume his
position rs principal on Wednesday.
On motion regular order of business
was suspended and board heard the
faculty's report on text books. Mrs.
Coulter for the faculty recommended
two additional books for use in the
high school as follows: Elements of
English and Composition by Gardner,
Kitridge and Arnold, and Newcomer 5
English Literature. On motion OF Mr.
Fischer the books we're adopted as re-
commended.
Mr. Fischer of the building and re-
pair committee recommended the use
of a chain arrangement on the furnace
in the third ward to inform the jani-
tor of the temperature of the different
rooms. On motion this was ordered.
The following members were pres
ent: Heiss, Cole, Burns. Redding,
Fischer, Lloyd, Fish. Barber, Orth,
PuTsel, Swarts.
The following bills were approved
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
Party from Northumberland

The following young people of
Northumberland. were entertained at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur But
Ter, Mill street, on Tuesday evening
Misses Marion, Mamie and Myrtle
Phillips. Mildred Gieger Anna Land.
back, Geraldine Bremen. Emily Gssk
ms Nina Walker. Carrie Butler, Lucy
Johnson and Sara Morgan Messrs
Oharlie Mailey, Charles Atherton.
Eugene CornweIl. Daniel Tierney
Paul Sloppy, Jim Baldwin. Ri'ey
Zerbe. Hazel Wood and Genevieve
shartzer, of Danville.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28

home aud do the same thing over
again. The law giyes.the school di-
rector almost unlimited power. II
he alone that can change conditions
in a school district, when thew are not
conducive to good schools. He can to
this, but it requires backbone
The school director first thought
should be to do the very best thing
possible for the children Of the dis
trict. Tie school director is sort of
home missionary; he serves without
Iay and labors for the common good.
School directors have kept pace with
teaching but not with other boards in
business methods Secretaries of school
boards should receive 81 fficieut pay to
justify them in keeping a set of books
that would make available all the in
formation desirable.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Yesterday afternoon Deputy State
Superintendent Reed h. Tietrick de-
livered an excellent address on '~Some
observations on School Administra-
tion. He was followed by Superin-
tendent Lose. who took as his subject
THE Modern School.
During the afternoon officers for the
ensuing year were elected, as fol
lows: President, Dr. l. G. Barber;
vice presidents, William Burns and J.
NJ. vought; secretary. B. L. Diehl
treasurer, Jacob Shultz.
The follow directors were chos-
Ell as delegates to the State convent.
ion of school directors; J. H. Cole, }.
N PurseI, William Fry, j. Madison
Vought aud John J. Cotner. Michael
Breckbill, Alfred Diehl and George
Van Ordstsnd were chosen as altern.
ates.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
4 CHILDREN
DIE IN BLAZE

DUNBAR, Pa, Jan. 81.
Four children were cremated rand
their parents seriously injured today
in a ire which destroyed the home Of
a. NJ. Kendall. The dead
Easl ksurull e'ev u years old, Pearl
Kendall. seven ,-ar-. Anna Kendall,
fouv wears, IL ahr, two years.
Mr.. and Mrs Kendall leaped from
second story window aud were dang
erously hurt, 1t is believed the fire
started from small gas stove which
was left burning WHEN the family re
tired last night
The parents II ade repeated efforts to
reach the room occupied by their four
children when the fire was discovered,
but were finally compelled to jump
from the window TO save themselves.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
305 Applicants.

Northumb mberland county license
court set on Monday with Judges Saw
idge and Autan on the bench. There
were no remonstrances against 1855 ap-
plicants, and they were all granted
license at once, among them being six
new ones. Three applicants were re-
fused
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
Visiting Relatives s.

Mrs Fred Kirkendall and daughters
Eleanor and Cordelia, of Wilkes Barre.
and Mrs. Charles Gearhart and daugh-
ters Louise and Georgiana, of Kings
ton, arrived yesterday for visit at
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ.
Gearhart. East Market street
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28

The Northumberland County Bar
association on Monday voted that at
the annual banquet in Sunbury, this
year. each attorney purchase his own
drinks if he wantsunv This was done
to meet the objections against serving
intoxicauts 1T the feast.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
ITEMS CONDENSED.

A fire at Wilkes Barre on Saturday
badly damaged the old First National
bank building causing loss of $40,
600
]. S Bush, of near Pottstown. fell
in his barn on Saturday and broke his
leg-the fifth time that he has had
limbs fractured.
Benjamin Ward, of Chester, has cross
ed the Atlantic ocean 156 times, Gov
ering nearly half million miles on
the billowy deep.
John Claypole, aged 3S years, was
shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff
James Matter, of Butler county, dur
ing the raid of large cooking main
at Prayv!lle, near Butler, on Friday
night
Isaac Reynolds, of Lancaster, has
been sued twenty-one times within a
few years for neglecting his wife and
three children. He had been directed
to pay So per week for their support.
Chester Chandler, of West Chester,
bought turkey from a West Marlbor-
ough farmer at twenty eight cents
pound but as there were two pounds
of corn in its crop, he claims the price
was too high,
William HiXson, aged Il years, while
skating on the Lehigh river at Easton,
on Saturday. broke through the ice
and was drowned
After q chase of three weeks Oonst-
able Terrell, of Pittsbrug, arrested on
Saturday d. @. McAfee, former real
estate man of that city, on charge of
passing a worthless check on city
barber. MoAfee was found by the con-
stable under a bed at his home, al
though told that he was not at home.
The $50 women graduates of Bryu
Nawr college have undertaken to raise
an additional endowment fund of S1,-
900. 900, and $780, 900 is already in
sight.
The epidemic of typhoid fever in
Reading has abated and Miss Alice NJ
O'Hsllorau, chief of the staff of train
ed nurses, has returned to Philadel-
phia with all the other nurses from
that city. During the epidemic since
October there we're go cases in the
city.
The municipal water plant of Frank
lin shows an annual profit OF about
s15, 600.
NJ. II. Toole of Scranton, a reserve
officer of the city police force, has
been arrested on a charge of robbing
e. h. Keenan,, a travelling man, of $50
John Likowitz, aged 9 years, who
broke through the ice in deep mine
hole, near Emaus, Lehigh county, was
rescued fromsdowningeby the bravery
and skill.ot HenrysSchan2aubach, aged
13 years
While Peter Hulsinger, Of Reading,
aged so years, was on his way early
on Sunday morning to fish for suck
sFs' ne was sttuch oy an engine on
t'' FeAnsylVan'" railroad bridge aud
50 S7Vet'y INJURED that ne may die.
Mrs. Agnes Smith, aged 50 years, an
inmats of the O!d Peoples home, in
Darby, Delaware county. was so bad
!y burned on Saturday by her clothing
taking Gre from q red hos stove that
she die3 Of her iujugies gu Sunday
morning.
ne,isIr corr..r. of a,,, NJ.
go.nery county. while trvipg ia drive
a spike en- Saturday. missed II au3 bit
his thumb strikiug Of the nail upd
inaictins painful wounl III. next
door neighbor. Edwin Krau.s. wlfo
laughing over the acciusnt. s.fpuei
and fell on a buardwaIk. frac.ur,rr
several ribs.
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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28

Near Bethlehem, in the icy waters
of Mouocaoy creek Rev. J. O. Rote.
Of Ebenezer Mennonite Brethren
church, on Monday baptized eleven
converts. while the banks of the creek
were crowded with on. lockers.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28

Charles Kendig, a prominent and
wealthy farmer of East Fallowfield
township, Chester county, committed
suicide on Tuesday by hanging him =
self. having become despondent be-
cause of domestic troubles.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28

The boy who does the very best he
can will succeed as q man.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28

MRS. Jesse Shannon. of South DAN
Vile. was q Sunbury visitor yesterday.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-28
HON. REED b. TIETRICK.

Reed b. Tietriok, deputy superin-
teuiens OF public instruction, follow
ed periutsndent Lose He delivered
very fine address. He had been n
farmer boy, and for some years,
county superintendent, he explained
He told couple of good stories and
by the time he was ready to begin
rightly he was on the best of terms
with the audience.
Mr.. Tietriok deplored that in too
many cases on such occasions direct
ors, while willing enough to listen
are very slow to put the new ideas
into practice. They are entertained
and enlightened but they go right
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14
Horse-Racing at the AIbu-
querque Fair

Lovers of horse racing will
have the opportunity of a life
time at the Twenty-ninth Annual
New Mexico Fair and Resources
Exposition in Albuquerque Octo-
Der II to II, next.
$4,000 is offered in purses, and
the prospects are good for the
most imposing array ofbig stake
races ever pulled off in the south
west.
AS albuquerque this year is on
the Fair circuit with Pueblo, Ell
PasO, Dallas, and Phoenix, she
will have her pick of the very
fastest thoroughbrcds in the
southwest to break the trip
from the Colorado Fairs, and
the Texas towns and Arizona.
The running and harness pro-
gram will be a little better than
anything ever previously seen
on the Albuquerque track.
The latter has been improved
and made the best track in the
southwest, with an enlarged
Grand Stand, and other addit-
ions, which makes Traction
Park the ideal racing place ofthe
southwest.
The stable room has been
doubled, and horsemen will have
every convenience and accomo-
dation.
Lovers of fast horses will miss
something exciting if they miss
the Twenth-ninth Fair.
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14
Albuquerque 0. 0. 0.

Six more Owls are this week
pearching in the nest of the Duke
City lodge, No. 1877, Order OF
Owls, as the result of a session
of that order in the Knights of
Columbus hall this week. Near
ly 175 members of the order were
present, and after the usual rOu-
tine of business had been trans
acted, the floor was cleared and
the half dozen candidates were
put through all sorts of stunts
for the benefit of the onlookers.
The feature of the evening,
however, was the lunch, which
was served at a late hour by the
official chef, Frank Anderson.
The menu comprised all the del
icacies necessary in making up a
tempting spread and the crowd
did not hesitate in freely COM
menting on the quality of the
food and the manner of the ser
vice. The session of the evening
was by far the most enjoyable of
those given by the lodge since its
organization less than six months
ago. The membership of the
local Order of Owls is now over
two Misunderstanding. Citizen.
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14
Dry Farming in Arizona

1t is predicted by persons con
versant with the development o1
Arizona that within a few years
practically all the tillable land in
the northern part ofthe territory
will be under cultivation by dry
farming methods. In many places
in the districts tributary to Pres
cott people are growing crops OF
various kinds. Dry farming is be-
coming popular and there is a
steady gain in the influx ofhome-
seekers. Corn in one of the thriv-
ing crops of the northern part of
Arizona and vegetables are re-
ported doing well this year.
There is considerable interest
among the farmers of the terri
tory in the Dry Farming Con-
gres which will meet at Billings,
Montana, October 26-2S and
there will be a large exhibit of
Arizona products sent to the In
ternational Exposition of Dry
Farm Products which will be
held at Billings, October 25-26.
George ]. McCabe of Palmerlee,
the Arizona member of the nation
al executive committee of the Dry
Farming Congress, is earring on
an active campaign for member
ships in the Congress and inter
esting the farmers in the collect
ion of material for. the exhibit.
The officials of the Santa Fe rail
road also are stirring up interest
among the farmers along their
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14
Hon. Alex. F. McAllister
Passes Away

Never in the history of Navajo County, has there been
death that has shocked the community the death of Alex
F. McAster has, who died at Hobrook Thursday morning
o'clock.
When the news received here it cast gloom
citizens, from which they have recovered.
''Mac" as he familiar known, known bv
every man, and child in Navajo County and it will
be many day before they reconcile themselves
fact that the is gone, whence returneh."
The immediate of his death was heart trouble
and of only few days duration The funeral will be
held Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the Eks
sisted by the Owls he being charter member of both oga
nzations. Mac pioneer of the county, and one who
safely say, had enemy the confines of the
territory
In our next issue we will undertake to publish fu1
account of his career in the southwest.
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14
Coal Diggers From Gal
lup Put Grays in the
Has Been Class at
Albuquerque

The Gallup Coal Diggers dem
onstrated very fully Sunday at
Traction park that the large
amount OF self esteem which they
possess and the Carbon city
people possess for them, is we'll
placed. They out played the
Barelas Grays in eight of the
nine innings, knocked the much
touted Weeks off the mound, and
finished with the big end of a
6 to 3 score.
The fact that 200 hard earned
samoleons had been wagered on
the meeting drew the largest
crowd of the season to the park.
A great many believe that the
bet was newspaper talk, but if
they could get glimpse of Dan
Padilla's bank account they
would see where a check for
hundred had been drawn against
it in favor of the Coal Diggers.
1t was really the most stinging
defeat that has been passed out
to the locals this year. To think
that the Carbon City could send
a bunch over to the metropolis
and gather in the coin in their
own back yard is cause for re-
morse. And what is worse, the
victory was earned by superior
playing, with an even break of
luck.-Albuquerque Citizen.
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14

lines and urging them to send
samples of their crops to be ex-
hibited at Billings.
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14

The heaviest rain of the season
visited Winslow Sunday night,
commencing about II O'Clock,
and the downpour continued al
most without intermission until
after 2 O'Clock Monday morning.
The rain covered a considerable
area but appeared to be heavier
to the south of town.
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14
WinSIoW Jrs. VS.
HoIbrook Jrs.

The baseball fans of Winslow
witnessed one OF the best games
OF the season, when the WinslOw
Juniors beat the Holbrook
Juniors (?) by a score of 10 to 9,
which makes the second game
won by our team from Holbrook.
Take it all through it was the
best Junior game that has been
witnessed on the Winslow dia-
mond this s ason.
The HolbIook battery were
Lund and Ballard, whive Toe
Daze and Everetd Walcott look
ed after the heavy end for the
Winslow boys.
Our boys could find no fault
with Barney Rholes of Winslow.
who umpired the game, as his
decisions were fair and inst.
TIE following is the score bv
innings:
Holbrook-O l O2OO5- Q
Winslow- 6 900 OO3O 1-1O
Pedro Arrese returned from
Kansas City Sunday, where he
had been with a shipment of
sheep. He reports having had a
very successful trip. Mr.. Arrese
left for his mountain ranch Mon
day.
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14

]. A. Malo!y, of Holbrook, was
a Winslow visitor last Sunday
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14

0. A. Burtner, of Albuquerque,
N. NJ, representing the Royal
typewriter, was in Winslow thi.
week showing up the merits of
his machine.
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14

Owing to the death of A. F.
McAllister, there will be no base
ball game between Williams and
Winslow Sunday. However, the
Junors will go to Flagstaff, and
play the Flagstaff Juniors.
The Winslow mail., 1909-08-14

Mr.. ]. A. Roush and wife, of
Albuquerque, N. NJ, were visit
ing with Mr. Roush's sister, Mrs.
Riley Walcott, this week. Mr..
and Mrs. Roush are enroute
home from Seattle, Wash, where
they have been taking in the
Alaska Yukon exposition.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-23
Men and Women of Newark
NO. "A. JOSEPH HEDDEN, JR.

NE of the o prosecuted men in Newark during hi years Of the
American Revolution. the years that tdea mems souls" was Justice
Joseph Hedden, j, whose father had thirteen children, 1s grandehn-
|dren, 16 REORGANIZATION and three reat-great-grandchndren and who
died in 1898, at the age d So years. Tn therefore,. the son of Joseph Hedden, 81,
was probably born between 1920 and 1850, for he must have been a mar OF
middle age with a great constitution, to have lived 50 long Is he did un-
der British cruetes.
On the night Of January o. 1880 a party Of British Soldiers from New York
raided Newark burned houses comm tilted many outrages and finally seized
Justice Joseph Hedden in his house. W hnh vas N Broad street near Len-
hardy street dragged him out of bed-and it was a bitter cold highland
forced him at the point of bayonets to walk through the now TO the Hudson
river. His sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts, who lived across from what is
now Washington Park where the Second Presbyterian Church now is rushed
to the house as her brother a being dragged OUT in his night clothes
Mrs Hedden made efforts to wrap q blanket about her husband, and was
wounded by the brutal British sold err. who made her and Justice Hedden
and other patriots tramp down what is now the Plank road Justice Hedden
was imprisoned in the Sugar House" in New York and he Vas so cruelty
treated that in a few months his limbs began to mortfy. Then his brothers.
David and Simon. were permitted to take him % Newark He died on Sep
TENDER 81 $780, an wa buried in the Old Burying Ground, but the grave
stone was never found.
town, and also ne of great courage. q well as a loyal patriot for he was
made by the State Council of Safety commissioner for the county of Essex
for signing and inventorying the estates and effects of persons gone ove to
notified the British that when they came to the little settlement they should
The night that Justice Hedden wan 50 cruelty treated the old Newark
on fire by the British soldiers and burned. Simon Hedden. a brother II JUS
te Hedden. vas a mar Of great siren 9Th and courage. their father, J-a
seph Hedden, s, va a strict church member. There ire man. hundreds
of descendants of he Eeddens in Newark and New Jersey, n some OF them
have won distinction in different kinds of business and in the PROFESSIONS
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-23

TT it not probable that women will
ever outgrow the charm which the
impassioned letter writer and ardent
lover exerts In comparison with the
emotional reserve Of the more practi-
cal man.
Perhaps the most sedate and uncon-
ventional girls are the more easily in
iuenced by the romantic sutton who
carries them by storm with his wooing.
Certainly the calm and matter-of-
fact beau has no chance with nine girls
out OF ten when his rival can quote
poetry and pay compliments gracefully
In words spoken and written. +.
Young women have grown self-re-
liant and sensible in these college
taught days, but Romeo still remains
their favorite hero. And the choice
works a great deal of harm when it
comes to forming friendships that tend
to matrimony. says the writer in the
Philadelphia Press.
Some of the very finest men in the
world, strong characters, and of the
eyrt that win in the other crises of
life. fail in the matter Of love for the
reason that they lack, or else despise.
the glib speech or snowy written rhet-
ORIG of the more gifted courtier.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-23

For 1t is one of the gifts that the
! gods provide, and it does not consist of
| good looks, or wen of fine 1t
is rather the harm of expressing sem
timent and affection in a fiattering and
| convincing manner.
1t is largely the gift that good ac-
tors possess, who can so aptly portray
love that they only mimic.
1t is by no. means a gift to be UNI
derrated, but on the other hand, 1T
should not be allowed to put other
sterling masculine qualities in the
shade.
The deepest natures are usually the
most reserved In men, though not al
ways in women. A man of the best
fiber, after he has passed boyhood,
takes love seriously. He hesitates TO
loudly voice his feelings, and seldom
writes Of them to the woman he loves
| sometimes better than life.
Women rarely understand this re-
! serve, and the moro superficial young
gallant who has learned the arts of
winning feminine favor gains ground
even though in other ways he be most
undesira BILE.
Yet this emotional expression in man
| or Woman in love or friendship, is nc
| proof the loyalty or lasting quality OF