Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-11-18

laws which guarantee equality.
"Too many people are trying Il
lie I'd automobile lives on wheelbar
row incomes, says this Hon. Charles
B. Landis. Not always altogether
their fault, either, with automobile
prices on all the necessities Of life.
A poetess in an insane asylum in
Minnesota has won a prize from o
magazine for q poem. Possibly the
incident serves TO throw some light
upon the origin Of some queer poems
that appear in the magazines.
Most Governors have TO wait un
I'll they are elected before receiving
honorary college degrees. Woodrow
Wilson'S Ii. d. from Princeton was
conferred while his campaign was
on, but with excellent assurance
that it would be worn in office.
If some of those aviators don't stop
going up SO high that they cannot
see the earth, they may not be ablr
to find their way back.
The firm of Lufty s. Macksoud OF
New York of which Joseph and Eli
Is Macksnud well known here art
owners has been forced into bank
ruptcy, The nominal assests art
about $4,000 and liabilities about
b38, 900. Losses Of accounts in South
American states are given ss a cause.
People here will sympathlse with the
irm in this misfortune They have
made this their summer home for a
few years past and have always dealt
uprightly with people here. The
schedule shows that there will be lit
tie left for the men when debts are
paid and it may be question wheth
4r they can retain their property in
town.
Mrs. Alan Johnstone, Of Copen
hagen nee Miss Pinchot is ct Grey
Towers.
N. q. Palmer and family have
gone to White Plains to pass the
winter.
Charles Kurtz and wife of Ding
man township have as a guest a
young son.
DIR. Clarence Klaer with his fami
y OF Tioga Pa, recently visited reIa-
tives here.
An old Maine Hunter predicts .
mild winter because deer hove moi
changed their summer coats, beaver
have not cut down trees for their
winter food, muskrats have not built
their winter habitations, and ducks
had not yet left the lakes. He has
noted for several years the signs OF
she times as indicated by animals
end says he has not missed a single
guess.
In district in Luzerne County 80
nen voted and 124 votes were re
turned Tor Tener. In Schuylkil
County in one district where over
one hundred votes were returned
when the ballot bax was opened it
was found to be empty, and in many
other cases frauds of a similar nature
have been discovered. These evils
explain why party like the Key
stone which stands for civic righteous
ness can have such a startling
growth. There is an awakening
among the people.
AS one result of the adoption Of
the womans suffrage amendment t.
the constitution bill has been intro
duced before the Seattle council pro-
hibiting smoking at polling places at
general or special elections.
The audit of Sibley, who spent
s42, 900 to obtain the nomination tor
Congress, has been postponed until
next May because of his illness, and
it is doubtful now if it ever Will be
held
Mrs. A. s. Dingman has gone for
an extended visit with her sister at
Reseoa, Monroe Go.
Frank Pioot shot a deer in the
vicinity of Dark Swamp this week.
Ifyou have property to sell or hous
es or bungalows to rent by listing
them with the Pike County Realty
Co. they will be advertised in New
York and Brooklyn. The New York
branch is at 90 Church Street, Hud.
son Terminal. Room 1865.
The Office of the Delaware Valley
Transportation Co and Wells Fargo
Express have been removed to the
Dimmiok House Stable. Telephone
connection. 81.
The state dairy and food division
will prosecute all who sell decom-
posed or wormy chestnuts Complaint
has been made that many sold
which are used for food purposes
contain many wormy ones.
The D. v. Transportation Co. il
having a large enclosed wagon bull
for carrying passengers and express