Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16

Kansas leads the States in the
number of women who bold tbt
cfiice If Superintendent of Schools
Forty counties are thus supplied aud
in twenty-four others there are can.
didetes enuugh of whosn are likely to
be elected to make . maj rity.
Pennsylvania State Health Depart
ment by its expenditure Of three
million dollars in the last four years
claims to have saved about twenty
three million dollars for the State
in checking the spread Of typhoid
fever, preventing diptheria, and saw
ing tuberculosis patients
A y u1g widow wis took up
homestead in North Dakota two
yehrs ago has received over a thous
and proposals. Some girls might
/ think that more than her share
Few people perhaps know what it
meant by the term gold filled applied
to watch GASES and jeweiry and sup
pose that the metal IN some way is
impregnated with gold. In fict il
consists of taking two sheets of gold
between which is placed a section Of
solder coated metal The sandwich
is heated and pressed so that The
three parts are welded togerber It
VIII resist acid hut its durability de-
pends on ths thickness OF the gold
leaf.
Hnmdn Life. magazine pub
i,hed in Boston Is an ideal paper for
'bs home. It gives the news Of the
world, tells about people who have
do e great things, aud is well illus
trated.
We have mentioned reading
room for the town, a place where
he youth could assemble and find
books and papers and a place TO
spend an hour or twoin the eveniI g
such an opportunity might inculcate
habits of reading and would give
boys better atmosphere than street
corners. ''
Cave bank road is being widened
and preparations made TO build the
retaining wall OH the upper side.
At tae Maine primaries Monday
democrat was nominated for Cover.
nor and two OF the four congressman
chosen ara democrats. This>is the
fl st fiop the state has made iir hirty
years, and some New Tnk papers
look upon 1t as a rebuke to Roose-
volt. A dcmocratio house will select
a successor TO Senator Eugene Hale. 4
Local option Also will take the place
of state wids prohibition.
In Berks county RFasshoppers have
attacked peach Orehards, eating holes
in the leaves. Prof, Surface advices
to spray with some arsenica) poison
like Paris green, ons ounce to gal.
Ion Of water.
AlgernoO Gregory is spending the
week In New York.
Borers which infest apple end
ounce trees may he killed by put.
cling small tufts Of cotton saturated
wishf bisulphide Of carbon and then
plssterlng the holes with mud.
Painting the trees with raw iinseed
oil and pure white lead will prevent
them from entering. A common
way Is to dig them out with knife
and piece of wire.
According 10 the census return
Port Jervis is falling of in popula tion
and has only little over 5000 inhab-
itants. Naturally the papers 4 that
cheerful city complain.
Ge' rye b, Heller AMI Miss Marie
F. Durand were married in Brooklyn
Saturday Sept 10th.
Silas e. Seeley of Newark visited
his parents here the fist of this
week
Frank Dixon. of California, an
evangelist was q gu st with the falni-
ly Of Hon Jacob Klaer, lis brother
~ law, for several dsgs reoontly
Last Sunday be favored the Prcshy-
teriuh congregation with some excel
eut snlus.
Dingnian towusl p supervi-urs are
Ia'ni part ui ne. Sa ioad in
good cpLdi itu. II l. being rounded
uns 80 81 ed wa'ri ard ,hat IS he
,crri Of 60 d rosd making
George Is Heller and VIII Of
BROOKLYN visited relatives here This
week. They expect soon to go to
Arizona where they will reside and
engage in She business Of farming
and raising fruit,
Miss Helen Palmer is absent this
week on her vacation.
Ida Grace Mills and Herbert B
Palmer, both OF Carlisle, Pa, we're
married September 9Th at the home
Of the bride. Herbert is well known
here where he passed his life until
manhood, taking the first steps in