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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
AIlaying Controversies

President Taft is talking earnestly
and frankly to members of Congress,
both regulars and Insurgents, point.
ing out to them the folly Of their
course in permitting controversies OF
8 person nature to retard legislation
create the impression 10 the public
mind that the national legislature IL
devoting most Of its time to fighting
and thus menaeiDg Republican sue
cess next November The President
takes the ground that large part Of
the existing strife is purile. To those
who have insisted on the Importance
Of eliminating Cannonism, Mr.. Taft
has pointed out that their aim can
be best achieved by = sincere and ear
nest campaign and can in noWise be
promoted by petty warfare. A vie.
tory over Mr.. Cannon when there is
something at stake, a. for instance
legislation recommended by the ad-
mlnistration, he has pointed out,
would mean q great deal. Mr.. Tan
has also admOnised the regular Re-
publicans not to so about with chips
on their shoulders seeking occasions
to make things UNPLEASANT for the In
surgents. He has not hesitated to
voice his conttmpt for some Of the
methods adopted but he is disposed
to believe that as the work Of the sea
son advances and members have
really important affairs to occupy
their minds they win abandon their
faotional pickering and devote them.
selves earnestly 10 seFloua woyk,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
Capitol Scandal victim

J. H. Stevenson, who was score
tary to contractor J. h. Henderson Of
Capitol graft notoriety committed
suicide last Sunday by leaping from
a ferry boat. He had been subpoen.
aed to testify for the State in the
case against J. n. Huston. For
nearly two years he had eVaded SER
vice but was finally caught. Con-
nection with the infamous steal has
been fatal TO several who we're in it
Those who have died are J. II. San
derson chief contractor, convicted ;
William l.. Mathues convicted and
sentenced George F. Payne oontrao
tor who died of nervous breakdown ;
and Frank Irvine. travelling auditor,
who became insane during the trial
and died. These men with others
were successful in robbing the State
Of large sums, whether all prohted
by the steal or not, or were simply
negligent in the performance of their
duty, they have at least gained one
reward that of having their names
perpetuRted as connected with the
infancy.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
Farmers should Rsad

Farmers have time durinR the bad
days in winter and long Stenings to
improve their ideas By reading and
studying how best 60 do their work
30 as 10 make IL more pleasant and
profitable. There aro men With
plenty Of money with which 70 sx.
pertinent and buy new machinery.
and they give them results. Not al-
ways can farmers afford 70 follow
their advice but some Of the auggss-
tions made may be Of value. Only
by reading and thinking can fara
or come to a profitable cOnolnslon -
TO what is best for him in his oircnm
stSnoes. Every farmer can improve
his methods and Il is the one who
studies carefully how 10 do this who
makes his labor more probable.
Farming is no longer . hAp.hAnsnrd
business, il is a science. Years ago
nearly all farmers pursued the same
general way Of raising crops. The
soil was virgin and produoed well,
there were few pests, and labor wAa
cheap. This is all reversed, soils
have become worn out, pests ara
numerous and labor IL high, hence
eternal vigilence is the price Of suc.
cess. Acres must be made TO pre-
duce greater yields with economy OF
abor, machinery must take the
place of hired help and the farmer
must be better informed in his bust
ness. These are not theories they
are facts. There are farmers who
nave ploughed around stumps and
stones and other distractions for
years, which a few moments Of tine
and stick of dynamite would re-
movo. This is only one illustration.
Barnyards have been allowed O.
each away their valuable contents,
manure has been piled under caves,
1 NaNeAo hoNO uCGA bhOWCu W ob4uu =
4hivering in the oold and to tramp
nut to some water hole to drink, ell
such leaks must be stopped IL farm
ing is to pay. One county ls rough
and to a great extent sterile, but oil
these waste places could be made
productive of something. Fruit on
Derries could be raised on rocky acreG
and sheep like such play grounds,
Farm products are high and expert
testimony is that the demand is like.
" to keep pace with the supply. The
only way then lie TO make the soil
more profitable and turn waste
places into productive spots. II oul
farmers would awaken to these posi-.
bilitIes and direct their energies tC
these ends there is no reason why
'ur county should not in . very few
| vqaro hlOaaOu1 liba a Roaa
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
The Country Prosperous

A picture which reflects the pross
Perity Of the country, and especially
that Of the farmer. is drawn in the
statement of domestic exports for
1909 prepared by the Bureau Of Sta
tistios Of the Department. Of Com
meroe and Labor. Corn ct 20 cents
q bushel, wheat at eI.04 and about
10 cents for every pound Of cotton
exported is the record. More than
t2A, 900, 900 worth OF corn and oGS,-
100000 worth OF wheat went from
American ports TO feed the world
last year. More than eA00, 900, 600
worth Of cotton went to foreign luoms
and as these figures show only Ihe
exports from the principal ports. the
detailed statements win be larger.
While there are some decreases
from 1908 the showing on the whole
is entirely satisfactory.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
Township Nominations
DELAWARE

(Democratic)
Justice Peace. Van SAINT Hood.
Assessor-John W. Hornbeck.
Supervisor-Augustus Middaugh.
School Directors 8 years., @.
Emery, Louis ChAttilon , years,
Stoll Jaeger.
Judgeof ElectioE-Aug MiddAugh
Inspector-Frank r Downs.
Authorization a. Brown
0verseer Of Poor-David Gam.
(Republican)
Justice Peace-C. W. P. SNart.
wout.
Supervisor-Daniel Shoemaker. !.
Judge OF Election-IsaiAh Dundas
Inspector-C. w. P. swartwout.
School Director years-AifrSd
D. Smith.
Overseer Poor--John Dundas.
Auditor-Irving Angle.
BOROUGH OF MILFORD
(Democratic)
Town Council-GeOrge DaunGnn
August Meroier.
Judge of Election-Frank e Brink
Inspector-Jsccb C. schorr JE.
Assessor-James h. Heller.
Auditor-Emil y. Bergot.
Overseer Of Poor-W, L. Boyd.
IND. SCHOOL DISTRICT
School Oireotors--E. 8. Wolfe, J
F. Terwilligsr.
Auditor-E. Il. Klein.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
Out Of The oingsr Jar.

The ruler Of the soOst provideth
not the egg.
Time flies'' cries the lover. Time
erawls7 naoans the prisoner.
One can very oflen cut down HE
expenses by Quitting out his eztrAva-
ganees.
The man who b sIway putting hIs
foot down Is pretty sure in time TO
enoouatsF = tack.
The ''sundries' Item In q man's
personsi aocOunt may often cover .
multitude VI sins.
A boil Is the rssult Of q humoF In
the blood, but few victims see any.
thing funny shout tt,
Occasionally We meet with people
who are IKE aome Of fbe naodeEn bed
steads- ali brass
No matter how many, entries therg
may be inthe race Of life, the clock
is right there atthe Windup.s
II is odd. .;im't it, shat in . world
full Of lost battons one never By any
chances come upon a lost buttonhole.
II yOu depart while your host still
wants you to stay
Yeu're snreiof q welcome when next
you're that way.
Be wide awake, hustle snd make
tracks, but do not. on any pFstext,
mako maddy ones on your wifs's
beat carpet.
Il does not necessarily follow that
The one who can indite the most
sentimental valentine will make the
best mats.
"Are you this mater. asked the
landsman. ss he won't aboard the
ShiP. '.No. sir, I'm the man that
cooks the mste,7 replied the Irish
cook.
A man has siuvsntsdifa clock shat
needs TO be wound up but once In
10000 years. Unfortunately. how,
ever. one is apt to forget in shat time
where he put the key.
II the wives who ars obliged 70 40,
count TO their husbands for every
cent they get, were 70 turn the e.
bles BY demanding n-audit Of the %
bacco and beer expenses, things
would be different.
From February FARM JOURNAL
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
Program Eor ConRresa

President Taft has mapped ont q
programme for Congress that IL well
calculated TO keep our solons busy
the rest Of the session.
President Taft proposed 10 amend
the laws for regulating corporations
and for nav law to establish postal
savings banks for the benefit Of ths
people, which he promised IN his
campaign, and also = law to authoF-
'ze the establishment Of post parcel
deliveries which will enable the Post
Ofhce 70 underbld the oxorbitAni
charges made by the vprious express
oompAnies. The way the Congress-
men and Senators are bearing from
their constituents on these reforms
indicates that the public is alive &c
the necessity for such measures and
that these laws will be passed, =
recommended by President TAFT, IN
his recent messages.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
NOTES FROM
SANDYSTON

john Bond the veteran driver Of
the tobacco wagon Of Lane Lock.
ward and 20 Of Caldwell N. J. has
driven his wagon through this sec
ton for 80 years and 0 months, and
in April next viii be A years.
His average drive isII5 miles per
week, which figured out makes q to
Aal 2el, ,BBt miles or nearly IL times
around the earth.
BE enjoys good health, and is the
came jolly good nstured Johnny
Bond as Of yore.
The store house owned by the es-
tate Of Washington Lantz decd In
Layton. was sold last week 10 Seth
Shay Of this town. Tho premises
are occupied by Frank McKeeby,
who viii move to hrs store at Bevans
Mrs. Cora Shay, while crossing the
road ct her home on Tuesday last fell
breaking one Of the bones of her
right arm at the elbow. She Is get
ting along nicely.
Watering milk is a crime, and II
the party doing that is accused Of II
he Is fighting mad. The difference
between that and stealing is = distine
tion without a difference.
II
The Oyster Supper in the Layton
church on Wednesday evening
brought ont q good attendance.
The supper was all that could be
desired, and everybody spent pleas
ant evening
Receipts were SO dollars,
The icy condition prevailing during
the past week resulted In many get
ting a tumble. The only one injured
reported so far was Mrs. Shay of
Layton.
We are having plenty Of snow and
our mail carriers got frightened at
she amount In the read and did not
make their full trip. The roake
were NOT blocked at any time.
A series OF extra meetings com
menced last Sunday evening in the
Universalist church at Bevans.
In one Of our schools several Of the
larger pupils curse and swear at their
teacher during school hours. 1t is a
pity that the trustee does not attend to
the matter, or the father Of that pu
lpul give his boy good sized dose of
strap.
Miss Alice Raser and jacob Garri
leon were married at BranohvilIe on
Wednesday last, the Rev. Greenleaf
IofneiAtIng.
| The teachers meeting Of the West
eFn Branch Of this county will be
held in the Layton school house on
Feb. IL, instead Of January 18th as
Announood,
Monday morning the mercury
stood at Is below.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21

That the State aid extended to tu-
berculoUa sufferers <tasongh the De.
partment Of Health dispensAries Is
reaching the really needy Is evi.
denced by careful statistics that
Health COMMISSIONS Dixon has just
complied.
These statistics which are based up
on q total Of 9, 500 patients examined
at the dispensaries, Of whom 6.T2S
were found to have tuberculosis. dur.
ing q period OF seventeen months
ending December 81, 1908, show that
the average family income in the
homes from which these patients
came was t2A.6S per month. The av
erage number of persons in the fAmi.
ly was 4.ss aud the average per Capi-
ta income t6 80.
''These facts are particularly graft
fying'' tAid DR.. Dixon today. "With
the thousands Of tubercuIOus patients
whom we arc asked 70 help tsisquite
possible that occasionally the States
charity is imposed upon. We Ars
fully justified, however. by the tabu.
lated records. In drawing the conclu-
sion that the really needy poor
among PennsylvAnia's unfortunate
victims Of Tuberculosis are the ones
that are being helped, just as ths Law
making the appropriation OOntem-
plated"
An interesting stndy Of the possible
source Of infection ean be made from
the dispensaFy statistics In S,G0t
GASES, there was reasen TO believe
that the desease was contracted II
the house from another member oI
the family. This shows how import
ant Is the work which the visiting
nurses Of the diepensArIss are doing
in teaching the members Of ths
household how % .gusrd AsAinst be
Ing infected BY one ~ the family wh'
has the disease.
In 474 eases the possible source o
infection was . fellow employee
Fully alive 10 the danger nom thil
source the State Department o
Health has communicated diree
with all the large employers Of iAbO
throughout the State, urging the ne
oossity Of frequent medical inspectiol
and calling attention 20 the State
dispsDsAries where suspected case
among the poor will be axaminsd a
any time free.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
Split Log Drag.

II may seem little premature. as
one looks ont On snow and lee, to
talk about road making bat It is well
TO he prepared, for spring will surely
come and the earlier the roads are
worked the better. No better imple
meat fer road making can be as
eheaply made as the split log drag.
and none ts moro effective. Take a
log seven, feet long about ten or
inches over and carefully split IL.
Take one slab the largest and solid
est for the front, bore a two inch
hole In the center Of the face Of 1t IS
inches from the small or road end
and three or four from the other and
one In the center. Take the rear
slab and bore q hole about 8 or
inches from the small end and Others
to correspond with the holes In ths
front slab. Make stakes about 50
inches long 10 fasten them together
and they may also be braced. Chains
are used, Rttvohed at both ends Of
the drag and brought together at the
Whmletreea, the farther they are
from the drag the greater the bite,
and the chain toward the center Of
the road should be shortest. The
front slab may be shOd with a strip
Of iron 70 make it more lasting
With this drag the roads when soft
may be rounded so as to shed water
and that is the great aim in road
nAklng.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
Income Tax

Congress has amended the Consti-
tuition Of the United States. 50 as to
provide for an income tax, and it is
pow up 70 the States to Fatify that
Anendmsnt, which becomes a part
Of our Constitution as coon as It shall
have bsen ratified by three-fOurths
Of the States. The corporations and
capitalists Of the country are doing
thSiE utmost 10 influence the lsgis-
lAtures OF the various States against
this amendment.
However. it is believed that she
amendment will be ratified by pae
tieaily ell Of the States.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
THE NEW YEARS RESOLVE

As the dead year s olasped by a dead December.
So let your dead sins with your dead days lie.
new life is yours and new hope? Remember
We build our ladders to climb to the sky.
Stand out In the sunlight Of promise, forgetting
Whatever your past holds of sorrow and wrong;
We waste half strength in a useless regrettIng;
We sit by old tombs in the dark too long.
1 tell you the future hold no terrors
For any sad souls while the stars resolve
II he will stand but firm the grave of his errors;
And instead of regretting resolve, resolved
1t is never too late TO begin rebuilding,
Though all into ruins your life hurled.
For lookl How the light Of the New Year is gliding
The woFn face Of the bruised old world
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
OBITUARY
SARAH L Fox

Sarah L., wife Of John 7. Fox,
died ct her home in Shohola at :1C
O'Clock lsst Friday evening Of intes
final trouble, aged 50 years.
Her surviving relatives are her
husband, two sons Harry and John
T. Jr., of Jersey City.
The funeral was held at the house
Sunday afternoon at three O'Clock,
and the body was taken to Jersey
City on Erie train 80 Monday morn.
ing for intermept.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
NOTICE OF ELECTION

The annual meeting OF the Stock
holders of the blooming Grove Hunt
ing and Fishing Club for the elect
ion Of Directors to serve for the en-
suing year. and for the transaction
Of any other business that may prop
erly come before the meeting, will
be had at Hotel Walton. In the City
of Philadelphia. PENN, on the first
day Of February 1910 at 8 so o'clock
In the afternoon Of that day.
EDWIN B. WOODS.
Dated Dec. 18th 1903 Secretary
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
THE LORD OF GLENMoRE

The village bells pealed forth early Spring morn,
For the heir Of the Castle Of Glenmore born.
Such changing and cashing neer heard before
For great welcome rendered the young Of Genmore
And grand fete given on this holiday,
The people made merry in their happy way,
'Long live our lord he reign three ten''
Were the toasts that drunk and all amen"
Twas midday in summer the bells rang out again,
Glenmore with his beautiful bride from Cceraine
Came forth from the church in bridal array
And all too merry that holiday.
od bless the young couple what fine handsl pair'
Was heard from all sides. Gaps flung In the air.
Lord and lady Glenmore bowed and smiled all around,
From the coach Of gineas ground
Twas evening in autumn, the village bell toned
Twas cherries and dreary the wind it blew cold.
AS a cortege passed the vault Of Gleumore
In the chuchyard and therein placed the corpse
OF the dear good old MASTER and the prayers
From the hearts Of the people and the that she'd
Told how much they had loved hmBut ALPS passed away
And the Castle of Genmore has gone to decay.
CECILIA A CULLEN.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
Greedy Wish

wife-Ah. Schuyler. 1 wish I was
in heaven.
Husband-I wish / was in
schwartz's tavern.
Wife Yes. You greedy ding you
always wants TO be 10 do best place.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
BEGIN 1T.
g o E t H E

Lose this day lettering twill be the same story
Tomorrow, and the next moro diIatory;
True incsion brings its own delays,
And days are lost, IamentIng over day.
Are you in earnest? Seize the very minute;
What You can do, or think you can. begin It;
Boldness has genius, power and magic in IL.
Only begin IL, and the work will be completed
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
WANTEDl

Statesmen to represent Us II
the sale Of our High Grade Goods
Don't delay. spplysat Onos. STEADY
employment; liberal teEns. Exper
enoe not necessary.
ALLEN N0RsERY co.
Rochester, \. Y.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
Tubercular statistics

From Fsbruary FAM JoURN
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-02

Times Is not only afraid Or double
itaxaIoh on rs special interests but
| ii Is afraid 81 any taxation at all,
irhe people are learning ali the while
In the matter of taxing the real
wealth OF the country and the owners
of easy money like oil wells, gas
wells and coal leases can't get out
much longer and let the hard working
people pay all the taxes. The time
is at hand when those who have the
money shall pay the taxes. Any man
who has a gas well bringing in 5000
a year ought to be willing to pay on a
property valuation Of 5000. That is
very low estimate Of its value. The
childish twaddle aout assessor Nc.
Daniel not being fair because he had
not assessed Mr.. Fowler's property at
as high figure as he himself would
be willing to pay Is beneath the usual
tone OF the morning papers argu.
metns. The Times knows that prop.
critics nowhere are assessed at higher
than actual values. Would the ed.
itor OF the Times take for his prop.
critics the prices at which the yalua.
ton on them Is placed by the asses.
sor? Don't wiggle out OF this ques.
ton, now, be fair and answer direct
ly. fiE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-02
Showed the Giant
All the shoes

"A ANY said evening Evelyn
VV big giant who lived
AQ England In the oden England
believed to
We'll this giant became with
Shrewsbury which Wales The
thing offend the GIANT he made
He puzzled bis MIND for long time what
determined dump the shrewsbury
earth oil up the and make overflow people
Shrewsbury
HE wasa wicked old giant wasn't he daddysr
"ndeed he wasdcar said daddy
took his Immense big spade filed
that'i held enough Garth fill
home Wales missed
bis and miles and miles
and tired of carrying the heavy
by and by along the road oYhrd
week 70 Shrewsbury collect repaired
bagu Of worn shoes on his bk giant
Good morning said bad MI Giant the road 10
shcysbury? ssJ.. 5...E rs
cam said the cober bn why shrewsbnry
Then the told him his plan of drowning shys
bury Tho cobber tbought That will people In sh
bury are drowned shnlehae he
VIII never Shrewsbury
rs too far See have Just walked all the
nave worn out all these shoes walking opened his
anu Showed the giant NIL the shoes which
on said the giant in that think
am tired out already and
longer think shall just drop It here go
so dropped the load he stood md
away Nobody In Shrewsbury again. but where
tie earth there is still
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-02
FRUIT. IN WEST VIRGINIA.

1t is pleasing news, that A. L. Dacy.
OF Morgaitown brings to the city. Mr..
Dacy, is the horticulture expert Of the
experiment station at the state uni.
versity and is secretary Of the West
Virginia Horticultural association. In
an interview with. the News he stated
that a new record would be set by the
fruit crop in West Virginia this year.
Fruit in West Virginia is making
wonderful strides. The wealth in this
industry in our state is not fully real
lied. Some ideas OF Its magnitude may
be named from Mr.. Dacy's statement
that West Virginia will reduce half
a million baskets OF peaches this year.
The apple crop is in proportion. One
Of the best features Of this is that
information of the excellent condition
for fruit in West Virginia will lead
many others to take up the industry
Wheeling News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-02
"sToRM.sTlRREp TUNNELroN.p

There is something pathetic about
an announcemnt made In the papers
that Congressman Sturgiss has been
invited to speak "in storm.stirred Tun.
nelton," the inference being that the
candidate for Congress could hardly
hope to be asked to speak there be-
cause. the Republicans were so bitter
toward each other that a meeting
could scarcely he held. Just think Of
such a spectacle,'a candidate for Con.
gressfnneertain :. as. to his.S welcome
among members Of his own party 5be-
eau Sc of afuss over a post office zap.
poii,tment! - Congressman Sturgiss
can't devote his best energies to. fight
ing the opposite party but he has to
spend much Of his time, thought and
energy In tryingsto ;appease- and pla-
cate the members Of his own party.
How long can the Republican. party in
West Virginia stand such pickering
and strife as has been manifest for
the pas few years? 1t is shame that
Republicans can't treat each othei
with more consideration. The cut
throat policy Republican factions are
lpracticing on each other can have no
other end than the complete over
throw OF Republican rule. And the
shame Of It is, that It is allowed to
go on, when It could be stopped by
less than half dozen men were they
to undertake the task seriously. Take
Marion county, for example. When
the compromise proposition of Mr..
Furbee was submitted to the State
committee, one man in Washington
could have settled the Marion county
differences by word. Now, the
breach has. widened and It will take
much hard work to put the Republic
cans Of this county in position to win.
Many think It cannot be done at all.
And Republicans have brought all this
trouble on themselves. 1t would be no
task at all to whip the Democrats to
a standstill In Marion county II the
Republicans would quit fighting each
other and fight the common foe. When
will orr contentious cease? 81.