Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-08-05


The County Commissioners have
replanked the Mott Street bridge.
The total cost Of oilirg Milford
streets this season was sass and the
job is now completed. Il has been
| very successful IN aIIsying dust and
little inconvenience 70 travel.
Prof. Surface says there il no
known preventive for The chestnut
weevil or worm. It's habits aud his
tory are well known but there has
been no means discovered Of prevent
ing its damage
August 9Th the motor cyclists il
the Nsuth Annual r a. b. Endur-
snce Run will pa,s through town
The start will be made the day before
at Philadelphia. The run will GOV
sr sos miles Newark viii be the
objective point for the second day
and then she return to Phile.
The keystone party last week nom
mated former State Treasurer w. b
Berry Of Chester |or Governor. d..
Clarence GibbOney Of Philadelphia
for Lieutenant Governor, COrDelius
d. SeulIy Of PittsbuEg for State Treas
irer, and John J. Casey Of WiISpt-
Barre for Secretary of Internal AT
fairs. a State Committee hiss beei.
appointed and vigorous campaign
Is proposed.
The State Highway Department
las been informed by the Attornes
General that it cannot incur any ex
penses in furnishing plans and speei-
1cstiOns TO townships which have
elecIed to adopt the work system u
road tax, nor can it make any sur.
veys fpr such townships. The pur.
pnSe Of the act is to discourage tbs
work tax system.
Milford will cross bats on Friday
md Saturday, August 9th and 6tl
with the Hawley A. c.
George W. WeiRitman and wife oi
Brooklyn are visiting their dauk htel
Mrs. }. p. Van Etten IN town.
The sale conducted by MiIlers il
Masonic Hall building the past few
/ lays has been a record breaker TO
the town. a lot of people secured
bargains.
2 An old fashioned thunder showel
J passed over the town early Tuesda,
morning. The vivid lightning an'
loud paals Of thunder we're r, minder
! Of what we used to have, and tn
{ rain was oppOrtune.
I The Cuban Giants toyed with tn
, Milford nine last Friday and Satur
$ day. In the first game the Giant
won by a score Of IA and in the las
e by So. That is they only took s
o mauy runs and donated so many +
II Milford.
Mrs. Kate Lee Harmon and Mrt
y Lucy Maitland went 10 n Y. Mon
II day in an auto and returned yssteI
D day accompanied by Ar. Archibal
z Harmon, who recently arrived fror
q Ecuador, s. A.
A team belonging 10 John F. Woo
of Twin Lakes ran away last Satul
day and he was thrown out of III
wagon aud received q cut on hi
=" head. The horses ran a mile an
we're not injured but the wagon wa
I" somewhat damaged.
. E S. Wolfe visited his brother
y Law at Herriok Center, Way ne Co
the first of the week.
" Milford Water Company is havin
=" a map made Of its mains and come
tions which Is an excellent plan an
III may save much unnecessary diggiT
when honsehoiders wish to find the
IL tsIs.
., We have been wondering for son
= time whether the inimitsble l. Sic
n les has been consumed by fires fro
the scintellations Of his own wit,
J.. whether some of the snakes he b
- cOnjured up have been revengei
- and swallowed him He does n
!, seem longer to appear as a brig
=, particular star Ia the Mill Rift no
-, zon. and Billie Padgett is losing /
%, of IT. e advertising.
N. Henry E Kleinstubsr OF Dinem
I'D township and Miss Anna L. Johns
of Brooklyn, n. Y, were marri
IN June 22nd at the home of the bri
,en in the presence Of immediate relatiN
his Of the families. They are now /
rc, il z in Dingman township
ihe Hon. Alfred Marvin and family
all Matsnioras have gone to Asbu
Park. N. j.. for three weeks vii
lny They will return by way Of the De
TIM ware valley in their auto.
.nt Two separate colonies of beav
ent are building dams in streams abb
nn' Port Jervis. They display 3 81
and Ingenuity almost equal to hun
inc tntalliQanoa ard are very secTetiVl