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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-11-24
Missouri
Wealth.

Lik'e the revenues of an empire are
We figures in the new 1910 Red Book
for Missouri's surplus products for
1909. The enormous total of S342,-
s4z,9o3, an increase of almost SsS,-
900, 900 over the previous years pro-
duction. includes only such commo-
dities as were, during the twelve
months considered, hauled, driven
afoot or shipped to market from the
i14 counties of Missouri.
After year of hard work Labor
Commissioner J. G. A. Hitler and
Supervising Sta,is.ician A. T. Ed
monston of the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics have made public some inter-
esting facts and figures on the wealth
and high standing of Missouri, "the
poultry queen Of the Union," title
which will cling for years to come.
CsAll is set forth in an up-to-date and
entertaining fashion in the 1910 re-
r. -. .Sat a.rsrtment. which publi-
cation is now so generally and widely
known as the "Rtd Book"
MILLIONS IL LIVE STOCK.
The largest one item in Missouri's
1909, vast array Of wealth, is that for
live stock, which amounted to $780,
e5o,S5S, as Missouri is one of the
l,ading livestock producers in the
Union. During six years the state
has raised a surplus of live stock to
the tune of 37,926.373 head.
Contrary to expectations, more
cattle, hogs, horses. mules, sheep and
goats went to market from Missouri
counties than in the preceding year.
The high prices such commodities
were obtaining tempted farmers to
sell as many animals as they could
spare.
The second largest item on the list
is that of farmyard products, rated at
S45. goa ,6s5, and showing the Mis-
souri, hen to be worthy of her fame,
spread far and near, as an unrivaled
wealth-producer.
The surplus eggs for the year num-
bered 14s,73o,o4o dozens, and the
surplus poultry, live and dressed, had
total weight of 2Io, 3o4,I92 pounds.
The values of the two commodities
were almost neck and neck for the
season, and each practically reached
the sag 3,ooc, 900 mark.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Next to the farnryard products ir
value during the year of 1909 come.
1.-The classification of farm crops, which
amounted to s3S 46a.756, and in
cluded all the field crops, such a.
wheat, oats, corn. hay, flax, rye, cot.
ton, tobacco, etc
Fourth in value come the mine anG
quarry products, reaching total val
uation OF $3I, ,367.I73, followed by
the forest products, worth $23,s4I,
3S7.
Other classhcations in the list o
surplus wealth are Mill products
apiary and cane; dairy (worth SI4,
57o,93s); Missouri corncob; nurs
cry, liquid, fish ard game, packing
house, cotton, NJ ,iicinal, vegetable
and canned good, fresh fruit, WOO
and mohaif, stone and clay and mis-
cellaneous.
The figures for the poultry de
partment, Of wide interest because
this is product found OIL every farm
show an enormous growth for tn
sp,surplns during the last nine years
In 1900 the surplus was rated at Sia,
84;.o2z, while ior 1909 the figure
are nearly quadrupled, with the tota
Of S45,oos,65s. Tne years ealhers
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
Two More Get Pensions.

From the Greenville Evening Record,
under date of January l3, the following is
taken, which shows that our Congress-
man may break the special pension re-
cord In his determination to continue
this good work for those who need and
are entitled to receive his aid;
Congressman N. p. Wheeler has scored
again on special pension bills and has
succeeded in getting two more favorably
reported by the pensions committee and
both are for Mercer county men:
John w. Campbell, of Grove City,
S24.00 a month.
Timothy Sullivan, jamestown, S24.OO a
month.
This is in addition to the five recently
noted in this paper. Seven special pen
sions with the session scarcely started is
record of which Mr.. Wheeler may well
be proud.
The Congressman also has a general
pension bill to present, with provisions
to cover the time and kind of service of
the 55th Pa. and other regiments which
have been uniustly barred from psrtici-
patton in pension benefits.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
POrkey.

A child eighteen months old of Mr..
and Mrs. Chss. Zerby, died Saturday
morning of mem brsneous Group. Inter-
ment in the Leeper cemetery.
A. l.. Weller's teams are busily en-
gagged hauling lumber from Henry's
Mills and piling it in the South Penn
board yard at Porkey.
Mrs. Jas. Welsh is visiting her daugh-
ters, Miss Lois Welsh and Mrs. Jas. Nc
Michael, in Sheffield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Burdick, of Hen
ry's Mills, are visiting at the home of o.
E. Rupert.
Bertha Jordan visited friends in town
the past week.
There WAS no Sabbath school Sunday,
it being impossible for the children to
get to the church on account OF the heavy
fall of snow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elva Brennan are going
to spend the winter with his brother,
Lewis Brennan, at Minister.
The people in our village were quite
uneasy Tuesday night when the ice from
the Minister pond started, gorging at
Green's Island, below Balltown. and
causing the water to back up and over
flow the banks of the creek. For time
it looked as though the people would
have to take to the tall timber. The
water began to fall and in thirty minutes
the danger was past.
MIR. and Mrs. John A. Lore left last
week for Prospect, Florida, going first to
his former home in New Jersey for a
short visit. Mr.. Lore has been in the
Forest county oil fields for twenty -four
years. Our people are sorry to lose them.
Little Edward Harrington, who has
been suffering from infantie paralysis, is
improving very slowly.
VIM. Lsbree, of Minister, departed last
week for Coainga, California. This is
the second trip for Mr.. Labree in the
past year.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
COPENHAGEN OUT OF IT
Statement That DR.. Cooks OriqlnaI
Notebook Is No More Valuable
Than Previous Papers.

The University of Copenhagen
has published an official statement an
nouncing that the investigation of DR..
Frederick A. Cooks original notebook,
as well as the papers previously re-
ceived from him through his secretary
Walter Lonsdale, not only does not
prove that he reached the pole, but
show that it is unlikely that he did SO.
For this reason the university, accord
ing to the statement, has now decided
to drop the matter.
Daring the past month the council
of the University has made every eff
fort possible to get in communication
with Cook but without success. There
are many still among the university
people who believe that DR.. Cook will
be able to eXonerate himself and they
have requested the council of the uni
versity to postpone for a while the
question OF cancelling the degree con.
ferred on him after his arrival from
the north.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
Notice of Appeals.

Notice is hereby given that the Com
missioners of Forest County will he at
the following places at the time desig-
mated, for the purpose OF holding appeals
from the triennial assessment of 1910.
The Assessors of the different townships
are requested TO meet with the Commits
sioners at the places designated:
Kingsley Township, Thursday, jan
uary q, at Kellettville.
Howe Township, Friday, January 2S,
at Pigeon.
jerks Township. Saturday, January
20, at Marienville.
Barnett Township, Monday, January
81, at Clarington.
Green Township, Tuesday, February l.,
at Nebraska.
Tionesta Township, Wednesday, Feb
ruary 2, at Court House, Tionesta.
Hickory Township, Thursday, Febru-
ary 3, at Endeavor.
Harmony Township, Friday, February
4, at West Hickory.
Tionesta Borough, Saturday, February
5, at Court House, Tionesta.
w. II. HARRISON,
j. NJ. ZUENDEL,
III. II. MCCLELLAN,
Commissioners of Forest County.
Attest
S. M. HENRY, Clerk.
Tionesta, Pa, January 4, 1910.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
RECENT DEATHS.


Delos Slocum, one of the Oldest resi-
dents of Tylersburg, died at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. Victor Wingard, in
Tylersburg, Sunday night, January %,
1910, of ailments incident to old age. He
was aged 70 years and had been a
resident of that community for about 40
years. His wife died two years ago. He
is survived by six sons and one daughter,
as follows: William, of Truemsns; James,
of Lynch; George, of Endesvor; John, of
Ohio; Frederick, of Erie; David Slocum
and Mrs. Victor Wingsrd, of Tylersburg.
Funeral services will be held Thursday
at the Hagen church, near Tylersburg,
and the interment will be made in the
cemetery at the church.
vANCAMP.
John VanCsmp, of Msrienville, died at
his boarding house on Cooper avenue, Oil
City, ut o'clock Saturday morning, Jan.
22d, from Bright's disease. He was en-
gagged in drilling water wells on Hasson
Heights at the time he was stricken with
the illness which caused his death. Mr..
Van Camp was aged 81 years. He was
son of the late John Van Camp, Of Tlo-
nesta. Eighteen years ago he was married
to Miss Elsie Sivus, at Marienville, who
survives him, together with four child
rem. He is also survived by his mother,
Mrs. John VanCamp, of Fryburg, three
brothers and two sisters, as follows: j.
E., of Lucinda, Pa, William, of West
Samuel, of Fryburg, Mrs. Isaac
Hepler, of Kane, and Miss Goldie Van
Camp, of Tionesta. He was a member of
the Free MetL odist church of Marienville.
The body was brought to Tionests
morning for interment in River
side cemetery. the funeral being held this
at 10 o'clock.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

WHAT amounts to the virtual proposal
TO transplant to American soil the British
age pension scheme, is contained In the
bill introduced by Representative Cou-
drey of Missouri. If enacted the govern
ment would have to pay weekly stipend
to every man above the age of 20 who has
lived here 20 years or more and whose in
come is shown to be not over S253 year.
To all such with an income less than Sl02
year the pension would amount to 81
month and that is the maximum, the
amount being graded down to 25 cents a
week for those having at least $40 in
come. This forestalls Congressman w.
b. Wilson, who was reported to have an
old age pension idea in the warming pot.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
ACTION BY GOVERNMENT
Department Of Justice to Begin Pro
ceedings Against Beef Trust.

Right in line with the general
movement through the country against
high prices of foodstuffs, and partic
ularly meats, announcement was made
officially that the department of jus
tice is about to begin proceedings
against the beef trust. The depart
ment. it was said, would proceed
against Armour G Co., Swift & Co.
Morris & Co. and the National Pack
ing company, all of Chicago.
According to information given out
the National Packing company is con
trolled by the three concerns named
The companies, it is alleged, control
the price of beef through their control
of the National Packing company
The proceedings will be begun as soon
as possible. The federal grand jury
will meet in Chicago next Monday and
at that time the government will be.
gin the examination of witnesses in
the case.
The prosecution will be criminal. II
was said that 1t was not known wheth.
er proceedings in equity to dissolve
an alleged combination in restraint Of
trade would be instituted. The insti.
tuition of civil proceedings, It was ex.
planned would depend largely on the
condition divulged by the witnesses
examined by the grand jury.
The action will be taken under the
Sherman antitrust law. 1t is the idea
of the department of justice that there
is combination in restraint of trade
between the three packing concerns
through the National Packing com.
pany.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

AN industry OF the United States that
has grown with enormous strides is the
production of natural gas, the value of
which has increased since 1882 from
s2l5, 900 to S54 9IO,374 in 1908, the latter
figure being 254 times greater than the
production of 26 years ago. Pennsyl-
vsnis, of the % gas-producing states, led
in the production in 1908 with $40, ,lO4. .544;
West Virginia was next with Sl4,sS7 ,l5O.
then came OHIO, Kansas and Indiana.
The remaining states production was be-
low 81 900, 900 each.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
OFFERS BRYAN $4,000.
Tom Watson Wants to Debate With
Nebraskan on "Eoreian Missions

Nebraskan on "Foreign Missions"
Tomas f. Watson, the Populist lead.
er, is so eager to meet Mr.. Bryan in
joint debate on the subject of For.
eign Missions" that he offers to give
the Nebraskan $4,000 if the latter
will accept the challenge. Watson has
been denouncing foreign missions"
in his magazine and has angered the
church people.
William 7. Ellis of Philadelphia
and Rev. DR.. Broughton Of Atlanta
have challenged Watson to debate but
the latter has refused to meet them.
Today. however, he announced that he
will meet Bryan and offers $4,000 to
induce the latter to accept Watson
stipulates that the gate money shall
go to certain struggling Georgia
schools, but he says he will give
Bryan $4,000 out of his own pocket.
Watson claims Bryan has never aided
any institution in Georgia, though this
state has supported him in presiden-
tial elections and has hadsomely paid
him for many lectures he has de-
liyered
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
SMUGGLED CHINESE
Five Were Found Concealed In a
Carload of Potatoes.

Ogdensburg, N. Y, Jan. 25.-Chi-
nese Inspector George w. Ketcham
went to Cherubusco and on investi-
eating carload of potatoes shipped
from Burke by D. Johnstone to the
same name at Springfield, Mass, found
five Cinnamon snugly ensconced be-
hind a wall made of potato bags.
The car was only half filled with
potatoes, the Chinks having plenty of
room to move about. They had a
basket of food, several cans Of water
and there was stove, wood, etc, in
the car so that there would be no dan.
ger of suffering from cold. The Off
GERS took the Cinnamon into custody
and brought them to Malone and
locked them up at the detention house.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

THE State Highway Commissioner, 10.
seph w. Hunter, has issued warning that
the new state automobile law, requiring
all drivers to be over IS years of age and
to hold licenses, must ne observed strict
ly. The law went into effect on the first
of January and has been declared con-
stitutional by Deputy Attorney General
William H. largest, who says it prohib-
its anyone except the owner operating
machine unless he has license granted
after proof of his competency. The own
ers must have licenses also when they act
as chauffeurs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

CONGRESS has amended the Constitution
of the United States, so as to provide for
an income tax, and it is now up to the
States to ratify that amendment, which
becomes part OF our Constitution as
soon as it shall have been ratified by
three-fourths of the States. The corpora.
tions and capitalists of the country are
doing their utmost to influence the legis-
latures of the various States against this
amendment. However, it is believed
that the amendment will be ratified by
practically all of the States.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

PENNSYLVANIA editors in their state
convention the other day "resoluted"
quite commercially. One of the objects
of their disapproval is the insurance graft
whereby fire insurance companies wiring
from the public such enormous profits as
to enable them 10 pay 60 to 100 per cent.
dividends The editors advocated an in
vestigation of the whole fire insurance
question by the state legislature. They
also adopted resolutions in protest against
the proposition to increase the postage
rate. Altogether they did good days
work away from their sanctums.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
PEOPLE who slake their thirst and cool

PEOPLE who slake their thirst and cool
their internal economy with soft
drinks will be interested to hear what
Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust of
Harrisburg has to offer upon the question.
He says that eighty per cent. of eight
hundred samples examined were found
to b. adulterated. He says that many
of these pre- arations are nothing but tap
water of uncertain purity, sweetened with
saccharin, fllsvored with an essence, of
ten artifically colored with coal tar dye
and actually made foamy with a tincture
of soap bark"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

1T has been discovered in the office of
the secretary of the commonwealth that
an commission in the newly amended sec
tion q of article of the constitution will
in all probability, result in giving Audi
tor General-elect Il. A. Sisson, of Erie, a
term of five years. The amendments pro.
vide that the terms OF the secretary of in
ternal affairs, the auditor general and the
state treasurer shall be each four years.
But in order to conform with section 2 Of
article s, which provides that elections
for state officers shall always be held on
even numbered years, an exception was
made in the case of the state treasurer
elected in 1909 In this nase it was pro-
vided that he shall serve three years and
that his successor shall be elected in 1912.
No exception is made in the case of the
auditor general and it is contended that
Mr.. Sisson will have to serve until 1914.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

SATURDAY, January 20, will be Carns-
tion Day, date set apart in memory of
the martyred President, Mckinley. He
was born on January 29th and as bis IA
vorite flower WAS the csrnation, grateful
people have taken to the wearing of the
fragrant blossom upon that occasion as a
mark of esteem aud respect. 1t is indeed
pretty custom and just such simple
show ofatf' ction as would please man
of his great heart and unostentatious
WAYS
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
ALL NIGHT IN TROLLEY CARS
Snowbound Passengers Suffered Lit
tie Discomfort.

Irwin, Pa, Jan. 25.-Two trolley
cars on the Irwin-Greensburg line
were caught in big snow drift east of
town last night an could not move.
The big snow pillow and sweeper cars
were unable to reach them. Those
on board suffered little discomfort as
a result of being compelled to spend
the night in the stalled cars, as
warmth was provided by steam heat.
ers.
In the morning snow shovelers
cleared the tracks so that the cars
could be moved. Roads in all direc-
tions are drifted full and fences are
out of sight. On the pike west of
town an opening was made by vol
unteers so that a funeral could reach
Long Run cemetery.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

A REPORT from Washington, d. c., is
in effect that Col. Wesley r. Andrews,
Republican state chairman, is seriously
i'll, though not dangerously so. He is
said to be suffering with slight attack of
pneumonia. His many friends through
out this section sincerely hope that his
recovery will be speedy and permanent.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

In Cleveland some thirty thousand
heads of families have signed pledge TO
eat no meat for thirty days, and other
thousands are joining the strike. This
sort of thing is easily understood by the
beef trust, and ifit becomes general over
the country, there will be reduction in
price which will show that what the trust
could not do it will do if forced to do it.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
SCHUMACHER MURDER
Confession by a Naval Prisoner Held
at Portsmouth,

James Hall, the naval prisoner
held at the United States prison ship
Southery at the navy yard in Ports
mouth, N. H., under sentence for
fraudulent enlistment, has made a
complete confession that he murdered
Anna Catherine Schumacher, in the
Holy Sepulcher cemetery in Roch-
ester, N. y, on the afternoon of Aug.
Z, but that the killing of the girl was
an accident.
Halls confession was made in the
presence of Chief Boatswain C. T.
Hill, in command of the prison ship,
and District Attorney H. H. Widner
and Sheriff Gillette of Monroe county,
New York. 1t was taken down by
Stenographer w. j. Richter, an expert
in the attorneys Office.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
Charter Notice.

In the Court of Common Pleas of For
est County, of February Term, 1910.
No. 3.
Notice is hereby given that an applica-
tion will be made to the above Court on
Monday, February 18th, 1910, at 10
o'clock A. M, under the provisions of tn 8
Corporation Act of 1874 and its supple
ments, for charter for an intended cor
poration to be called the CUISINES
MEMS ASSOCIATION OF FOREST
COUNTY" the character and object of
which are as follows: The maintenance
of society for the mutual improvement,
protection and advancement of mercan-
tile interests in the County OF Forest; to
abate trade abuses and to disseminate
useful information; and for these pur-
poses 10 have, possess and enjoy all the
rights, benefits and privileges conferred
by the said act and the supplements
thereto.
NJ. A. CARRINaER, Solicitor.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
NO PARDON FOR lHRIG !
Violator of Pennsylvania Pure Food
Law Must Serve His Term.

NIoIeAOT OF pennsylvania Pure Food
Law Must Serve His Term.
The state board of pardons of
Pennsylvania has refused to recon.
mend a pardon for William G.. Ihrig,
convicted in Westmoreland county on
two indictments of selling oleomarga-
rine without a license. He was sent
enced in the aggregate to six months
in Jail and $1,000 fine. Four months
have been served.
The heavy penalty imposed is be.
cause lhrig was a Second offense
man. The board listened to a 90
minute argument on behalf of Ihrig
by Guy d. Wallace of Pittsburg. Dairy
and Food Commissioner James Foust
said that refusal to pardon Ihrig was
a distinct victory for the state.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
Announcements.
CONGRESS.

ENDEAvoR, Pa, Nov. Goth, 1909.
MY DEAR EDIToR:-You are hereby
authorized to announce my name as a
candidate for Congress in the Twenty
Eighth Congressional District of Penn
sylvania, subject to the rules governing
the Primary to be held Saturday, June
4th. 1910 N. p. WHEELER.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

Have you weak throat? If so, you
cannot be too careful. You cannot begin
treatment too early. Each cold makes
you more liable to another and the last is
always the harder to cure. If you will
take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the
outset you will be saved much trouble.
Sold by Dunn 81 Fulton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

A dIRARD man paid about seventeen
dollars in court for having left his team
exposed, without blankets. Possibly
there are other men equally thoughtless.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26

get back to the farm" is the general
slogan now. But the trouble is that every
man in town thinks his neighbor ought
to be the one to get back.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
A Dull Point.

Blobbs-Snphedde is always talking
about his point of view. Slobbs-Yes,
6nt unfortunately it isn't sharp enough
to penetrate anything. - Philadelphia
Record.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1910-01-26
M > r RTE D.

GREENEWALT-SULLIVAN.-At
Crown, Pa, Jan. Is, 1910, by Rev. J. B.
Keegan, James jeremiah Greenewalt
and Miss Elizabeth Sullivan, both of
Vowinckel, Pa.