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Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16
Michigan Crop Report.

WHEAT. The average estimated
yield In the State isl7, in the southern
and central counties lS, iD the north
ern counties l3 and In the Upper Pen
insula IS bushels per acre. The
quality as compared with an average
per cent la the State and central
counties is 81, in the southern coun-
ties 81, in the northern counties "a
and in the Upper Peninsula 80.
The total number OF bushels OF
wheat reported marketed by farmers
in August at l07 mills is a56,022 and
at los elevators and TO grain dealers
450, ,66S or a total of SO6, 500 bushels.
OATS. The estimated average yield
in the State is q, In the southern
counties 20, Ia the central counties %,
In the northern counties 20 and In the
Upper Peninsula 35 bushels per acre.
The quality as compared with an
average per cent in the State is IS, 10
the southern counties 81, in the Gen.
tral counties SO. in the northern couH-
ties II and in the Upper Peninsula 81.
RYE. The estimated average yield
In the State and central counties is
ii, Ia the southern counties Is, in the
northern counties l3 aud in the Upper
Peninsula 10 bushels per acre.
CORN. The condition OF corn COM
pared with an average per cent in the
Sfot 10 in ha har a nd h
ern counties "a, In the central coun-
ties 79 and ia the Upper Peninsula 80.
The condition one year ago was 81 In
the State, IS in the southern counties,
81 in the central counties, 81 in the
northern counties and 92 in the Upper
Peninsula.
BEANS. The probable yield of
beans compared with an average per
cent in tine State is 7S, ia the south
ern counties 76, in the central cOun-
ties 10, ia the northern counties "a
and in the Upper Peninsula IS. One
year ago the probable yield was 81 in
the State, Is IN the southern counties,
SO in the central counties and IL in
the northern counties and Upper Pen
insula.
PEAS. The estimated average yield
iu the State is IL Ia the southern
counties Ia, In the central cOuuties
I3, in the northern countiessand i'm
the Upper Peninsula IL bushels per
acre.
POTATOES. The condition of .pota-
toes compared with an average per
cent ia the State is 62. in the south
ern and central counties 81, In the
northern counties SO and in the Upper
Peninsula S5. The condition one year
ago in the State was SO, in the south-
ern counties IS, in the central coun-
ties 20, in the northern counties II
and in the Upper Peninsula SO. The
average condition for the past five
years is 75 in the State, 76 In the
southern and northern counties and
Upper Peninsula and "A in the central
counties.
CLOVER SEED. The condition OF
clover seed compared with an average
per cent In the State and central
counties is GA, in the southern coun-
ties 62, in the northern counties 66
and ia the Upper Peninsula sS. The
condition one year ago was 73 in the
State. 70 in the southern counties, 7S
in the central counties. rs in the
northern counties and II In the Upper
Peninsula.
FREDERICK G. MARTINDALE,
Secretary OF State.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16

For unless cured they sap the vitality
and lower the vital resistance to
more serious infection. Protect your
children and yourself by the prompt
use Of Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound and note its quick and decisive
results. For coughs, colds, Group,
whopping cough, bronchitis and af-
fected of the throat chest aud lungs it
is an ever ready and valuable remedy
-Hites Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16

have Fruit Lands, Lake Shore
Farms, Improved Farms aud City
property in all parts Of Charlevoix
County to sell or trade. Also farms
and business chances anywhere In
United States. JOEL JOHNSTON
For Sale-The Greenhouse Property
on the West side. For particulars see
Mrs. r. Crothers.
DRY CLEAN-O for silks, wooden, or
anything liable TO be damaged bv
water. Nothing better.-HITE DRUG
co,
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16

Here is the way Kansas paper
duns it's subscribers: "If you have
frequent fainting spells, accompanied
by chills, cramps, corns, buniOns,
chilblains. epilepsy and jaundice. it is
sign you are not well, but liable to
die auy minute. Pay your subscrip-
tion In advance aud thus make your
self solid for a good obituary notice.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16

The Walloon lake dam case that
has been ia litigation for ten years
is likely to come to an end. Judge
Withey, holding court at Charlevoix
last week, adjourned the session TO
Sept. 10. and advised all parties In
terested to come to friendly agree
meut in the matter as that was the
only way 1t could be settled.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16
insuItlnQ.

You have five children" said the
fortune-teller. Nothing Of the kind"
the lady Indignantly replied. withdraw
further insults. II want you to under
stand that / move In one of our most
fashionable circles Of society"
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16
Big Combination.

A story is told of an American who
visiting in Dublin. was conducted to
the cathedral which had been restored
by the Guinness family of brewers.
then to the schools which they had
built. and lastly to the great brewery.
This is really wonderful" said the
Yankee. You seem to run education.
salvation and damnation all In one
show"
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16
Rugs! Rugs!

We are carrying all sizes OF Ak
minister Rugs 27x54 and 36x72 inches
and 9xl2 feet. Also we are carrying
all sizes Of Wool Fiber Rugs; we are
Offering 9xl2 Rug for So. 75-Special
on these Rugs.-EMPEY BROS.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16
Foley's Kidney Remedy (Liquid)

Is a great medicine OF proven value
for both acute and chronic kidney
and bladdeg ailments. Its especially
recommended to elderly people for IL IS
wonderful tonic and reconstructive
qualities, and the permanent relief
and comfort it gives them.-IIites
Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16
"CId Nick" Busy.

A reverend Scotchman was going to
hold forth to an open-air meeting. He
sat down on a bank in which there
was an ants nest: the insects soon
found their way into his "Oh. no. we
never mention ems" and he said:
Brethren, though hope | have the
word Of God in my mouth. | think the
deel has got into my breeks. "-Ex.
change.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-09-16
Presbyterian Church Notes
Rev A n Grissbv Pastor

Usual services in this church next
Sabbath conducted by the pastor. A
cordial invitation extended to all Wis
itors In our city to attend these SER.
vices.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12
Spark From Pipe Finds Oil
CELLAR OF c. ii. DORFLINGER
AND SONS STORAGE BARN,
WHITE MILLS, A REGULAR
GUSHER.

Oil has been found in the cellar of
storage barn belonging to C. H. Dor
finger and Sons on Main street,
White Mills.
1t was decided to use the storage
barn as a plant for producing gas
and in the excavating one of the
workmen dropped a spark from his
pipe into a pool of water. To his
great surprise the water burst into
flames and an examination proved
that the fire had been caused by the
presence of oil in the water.
At first it was thought that the
oil from the factories might have
soaked through into the cellar of
the barn but an examination of both
oils proves that there is difference
between them.
The oil discovered seems to have
all the attributes of kerosene, odor,
etc. In one spot in the cellar it
issues forth in tiny stream.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12
HOBO
{. A. Brown, Friend Of
the FriendleSS, DiSCardS
OyerallS for Good
TALKS OF HIS VARIED AND IN
TERESTING EXPERIENCES
WHILE TRAMPING THE
COUNTRY

Edwin A. Brown, 1.-The millionaire
tramp cousin of w. c. Brown,
President of the New York Central,
announced on his arrival at the
Waldorf-Astoria last week that he
would never wear overalls again. He
is through seeing, as part of the
show, the seamy side of life, he
says, and from now on, with the rich
experience he has had in learning
how the other half lives, he intends
to carry on his work of impressing
upon cities the necessity of providing
municipal lodging houses, such as
this city has, by other means than
living the dogs life" himself. He
has no intention whatever, he says,
of slackening his endeavors, but he
now has seen the inside of prison
walls in every section of the coun-
try, always on the sole charge of not
having enough money to buy a bed,
and sees no reason why he should
suffer the ''down-and-out" mans pri-
vation further.
Mr.. Brown is a resident of Dem
yer, where he is one of the city's
largest real estate holders. With
no thirst for greater wealth than
he has, he has for years been trying
to learn by actual experience the
Continued on Page Eight.)
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12
Mayor KuhbaCh Talks to
State Highway Com.
PHONE CONVERSATION IN RE-
GARD TO STATE ROAD FOR
HONESDALE.

Mayor John Kuhbach, a member
of the Town Council committee,
which was appointed last Thursday
evening, at the regular monthly
meeting, to go to Harrisburg and
confer with State Highway Commits
sioner Joseph w. Hunter about the
proposed state road for the borough
of Honesdale, when seen, Wednes-
day. by Citizen man, said:
Il telephoned to Mr.. Hunter, the
State Highway Commissioner. He
said that it wouldn't be wise to do
anything until the appropriation bill
is passed. He suggested that as
large a committee as possible ought
to come down and see him. Mr..
Hunter wants to have the data of all
the state roads at hand and if he
came up here, it wouldn't be pos
sible to put it before the people. A
committee, he said, must absolutely
come down to take up the matter
with him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12
Earl Sherwood Talks on
Washington
SAYS HE'S GLAD TO GET BACK
AFTER 3 MONTHS STAY AT
CAPITOL.

Earl Sherwood, Esq, who return
ed home Monday evening from a
three months stay in Washington,
d. c., where he has been busily en-
gagged in looking after the interests
of his client, Frank G. Farnham, the
inventor, whose suit against the
government for a million dollars
compensation for the device discov-
cred and patented by him for the
convenience of postage stamp buyers,
and which consists of a little inter-
leaved booklet, now in use all over
the United States, and purchasable
at every postofiice in the country, is
still pending in the United States
Court of Claims, talked entertaining
ly Wednesday at the Hotel Wayne to
a Citizen reporter about his stay in
the Capitol city.
Mr.. Sherwood is a veteran of the
Civil war, in which conflict he served
with distinction. Washington, he
said, is full of the Grand Army men
all the time, no less than seventeen
posts existing in that city.
When asked whether there were
as many 'niggers' in Washington, as
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12

there used to be?" he said that just
about one-third of the population is
composed of negroes.
A cloud of dust raised by a pass
ing automobile, which was going at
the rate of thirty miles an hour, and
which flew over the crossing without
even footing the horn to warn pedes-
trians of the approaching cyclone,
turned the conversation toward
streets.
They have smooth streets in
Washington, D. c." said Mr.. Sher-
wood. 'The other morning / took
street car up in Fourteenth and
Girard streets, where | saw three
machines, one right behind the 9TH
er, sprinkling machine in front
and a sweeping machine following
that, which swept everything from
the street into the gutter. When it
got in the gutter it was flushed out.
The sweeping machine had a big rub
Der corrugated roll, with grooves in
it, that simply wipes the street right
up"
Most of the streets in Washing
ton, he said, are of asphalt. Between
the tracks it is almost all paved with
wood blocks. "They have the best
streets in the world there" remark
ed Mr.. Sherwood.
Spring was late, in the capital
this year, he said. The leaves were
just fairly out, when he left. The
season isn't over a week or ten days
ahead of Honesdale. Spring has
been backward in Washington, too
being fully six weeks later in arTlv.
ing than usual, and furnace fires
were still the order of the day, when
Mr.. Sherwood set out on his home
ward journey.
When asked whether he was GLAD
ITO come back, Mr.. Sherwood cpl
dramatically replied;
| 'If l didn't, / wouldn't come
back, would ~
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12
School or Prison?

Sentence in the case of the Com
monwealth versus Jesse Andrews
and Ansel Andrews, aged Is and IL
respectively, who were lodged in
Jail in default of bail, on the charge
of the larceny of a pair of rubber
boots, a saw, hammer and fishing
pole from the cottage of w. D.
Webster, Scranton, located at Or
son, to which charge they pleaded
guilty, was suspended, Wednesday
May 10, by Judge A. T. Searle, land
they are returned to the control and
custody of their mother, Mrs. Fri
Martin, during good behavior with
the understanding that they be sent
to school during the time that school
is in session during the present and
next year, and on failure to comply
with this order sentence will be i'm
posed"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12
ON UNIONS
ViCe-PreSident Of Boot and
Shoe Workers Union
Asks Pledge Renewal
CROWDED HOUSE AT ENTER
TAINMENT AT THE LYRIC;
MIR. POST AND GRAPE
NUTS DENOUNCED.

Il am going to suppose that ! live
here in Honesdale, and that | work
for trades-union wages" said Hollis
Lovely, st. Louis, general vice-presi-
dent of the Boot and Shoe Workers
Union, at a mass meeting before a
crowded house at the Lyric Thea
tire, Monday night, given under the
auspices of Honesdale Central Labor
Union.
Il am going to say" he continued,
that that wage is SIS a week. l
will imagine it is pay day. l get my
envelope with the money in it. My
first duty ought to be to my union, so
] pay my weeks dues of 25 cents.
Then l take out $2.75 for inciden-
tails and other expenses, leaving a
balance of SIS to turn over to my
wife, without instructions as to how
/ to spend it.
My wife goes out and buys her
good promiscuously She buys con-
vict-made garments. Why, | have
, contributed 25 cents to the support
of the Union and SIS to destroy it!
Change your methodist | am
going to ask the trades-unionists to
renew their pledge. The only posi-
BILE way to have peace and prosperity
is to have an agreement between
capital and labor. Every article that
bears a Union label signifies such an
agreement.
"My pledge is this: am interested
in and from this time on, l shall
/ purchase only such goods as were
made by union labor, and under fair
/ working conditions, and made on a
machine operated by member of a
/ 1irsl, tnf
/ applause. T..
1t was a thrilling climax to a
I stirring address that aroused his aud
/ ience to the highest pitch of enthus-
iasm. Mr.. Lovely is no stranger to
| Honesdale, having spoken on Labor
/ Sunday last year in the First Presby-
terian church.
The entertainment Monday night,
at the Lyric, under the auspices of
The Central Labor Union, was in
Charge of a committee consisting of
I H. NJ. Williams, Peter Sutton, Fred
: Vicinus. Miss Blance Pierce was
! the volunteer pianist for the even
| ing. And there were a number of
| beautiful, high-class, up-to-date
moving pictures, illustrated songs,
introduced by short lecture on
Trade Union labels, to keep the audi
( ence in rare good humor.
In the fore part of his fiery
speech, Mr.. Lovely paid his respects
to courts, saying: Il am going to
admit that l have read so many de-
crees of courts on the subject of the
boycott, that even a Philadelphia
lawyer would be unable to tell you
which is rational and which is to
stand, and so far as / am concerned
| don't care for any of them!
MY money is my own and | have
a right to spend it where l please.
Mr.. Post, of Michigan, is the
biggest fakir in the United States
to-day" shouted Mr.. Lovely. "He
admitted in court that he first es-
tablished an institution which cured
people by looking at them.
"Grape-Nuts, this predigested food
is nothing more than hard-baked
brown bread ground up! [Tremend'
Gus applause
When you are on one side of the
counter and the clerk on the other
you are the real dictator, for if you
insist that you want a trade article
> you'll get it, but if you buy convict
made goods, you become bad unior
lahOrar -
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12
QUEEN MARY is CONTRARY, so
BE WARY If YOU ATTEND
THE CORONATION.

Here are a few rules for those of
Wayne county who will attend the
coronation:
DON'T wear hobble dresses or
clinging skirts at royal audiences.
DON'T wear lip salve or rouge at
royal drawing rooms.
DON'T wear elbow-length sleeves
in the daytime, or afternoon
dresses without collars at Ascot.
DON'T wear large hats in the
royal enclosure at Ascot
The reason for these "don'ts" is
because Queen Mary feels a bit con-
trary.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12

y Entirely unsolicited and to
= our great delight the morning
\ mail brought this letter.
= Read it carefully and think it
= over:
y The Honesdale Citizen,
\ Honesdale, Pa.
I Gentlemen:
= | take pleasure in enclosing
y my check for the amount | owe
= you for adv. to date.
: The pleasure comes in, when
y | think of the wonderful re-
= suits received from the small
= advs. l had published in your
\ very valuable paper.
= Trusting that your efforts to
= improve and increase the cir
= culation of your very deserving
= newspaper will meet with great
y er results than you fondly an
y ticipate and with my Best
+ Wishes" / am,
+ Sincerely yours,
= B. GOLDEN
= Editor Kicking Kontest,
y Honesdale, Pa.
= Dear Sir
y kick bekause small ad-
\ vertisement ! had published in
= The Citizen a short time ago
: brought me more business than
4 | could take care of.
+ Yours truly,
y DR.. b. GOLDEN,
Z "Optometrist.
= Carbondale, Pa.
p Answer: We are almost afraid
, to print this. Ii might scare
b away advertisers.
+
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12

left eye. Mr.. Spencer, it will be re-
membered, was the victim of a most
peculiar accident, some weeks ago,
at the roller skating rink AS he
was helping to install an electric
light system, wire few out of his
hands, coiled up under the specta-
cles which he was wearing, and en-
tered the left eye, destroying the
optic nerve. For a time he was
threatened with total blindness,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12

1t is the intention of the owners
OF the barn to drill for oil if further
examination shows good results.
In the meantime White Mills bids
fair to become a community of
"gushers. Nearly everyone is dig
ging holes on their property hoping
to find an oil well and make for
tune over night.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12

MI I1OllG, L d.
Answer: A good opportunity for
the Board of Trade.
Dear Editor:
| kick again because at this busy
time of the season my wife gets
busy at house cleaning and wants
about half of my time in washing and
beating carpets.
BOBOLINK.
Dear Editor:
l kick because my husband kicks
when | say that he shall help clean
the dirt that he helps make during
the winter months.
MRS. LINK.
Answer: Just as happy as two
birds in a nest, aren't they?
| kick because the suffragettes here,
Believe their votes such 'rous-
ers,'
Since they've taken to harem skirts,
They think they wear the
trousers"
Yours truly,
HENRY VETTERLEIN.
Answer: And since we forsook the
joys of bachelorhood we think so
too.
Dear Editor:
| kick because I'm a widow
And for years I've lived alone,
But now they've taken my farm
away,
And left me without a home.
MRS. AUGUSTA BENNETT,
Gumbles, Pa.
Answer And there's no place like
home, is there?
You remember that Miss Nevin
was undecided whether to can or
cane those kids who marked up the
bridge. She writes now:
Dear Editor:
Final decision--I am completely
PROSTATE.
CORA NEVIN.
Editor Citizen:
| kick because the autos
Seem to have formed trust,
To drive us from our porches,
Or make us bite the dust"
Why don't some smart inventor
Invent sprinkling can,
An attachment fastened somewhere,
To become a boon to man.
| would even be promoter"
For the public benefit,
If you'll find the right inventor,
Who will make the thing "a hit"
P. j. T. FUTILE.
Answer: How much would you
be willing to invest. We have 6
good scheme all ready. It's some
thing like a cross between a watering
cart, a fire hose, and an up-to-datt
filter. Shall we get it patented?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12
One Eve Saved.

County Detective N. B. Spencer re-
turned Thursday morning from
Scranton where optical surgeons
succeeded in saving the sight OF his
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12

Dear Editor:
The street commissioner is at it,
1t seems an awful sin,
He is putting cracked stones on the
streets
To be taken off again.
And soon we will have the same old
thing,
Dust and mud ankle deep,
kick for the sake of the taxpayers,
This farce of keeping the street.
E. p. VARCOE.
Answer: Well, there's one thing
the Kick Kontest has done any way
It's given good idea of public opin-
ion concerning the streets of the
town.
Do you wonder a woman does not
kick
When she has no right to her think?
But of course the men know, could
she cast her vote,
That they would have to go with
much dryer throats.
So we kick because we cannot with
men have equal rights,
And not be put down clear out of
sight,
Then side by side we will gently
walk,
There shall be no more intoxicants
drank or bad words spoke.
MRS. j. P. BUDD.
Answer: An almost millennium as
'twere.
Dear Editor:
If that dollar | should win,
Boys, oh boys, how | would grin,
To think of taking The Citizen.
JOHN HELLER,
Honesdale, Pa.
Answer: We're afraid the grin's on
you, John.
Dear Editor:
kick because l had to sit up un-
til one O'Clock the other night and
watch and regulate a new incubator
to keep it from cooking the eggs.
Yours very truly,
EMMA STALKER.
Answer A regulation mother hen
would have saved you all that
trouble
| kick because I'm lonely,
And cannot get wife;
If | were only a millionaire,
I'd soon be tied for life.
Yours truly,
HENRY VETTERLEIN.
Answer: Or else have a half dozen
breach of promise suits on your cap
beg pardon, hands.
Dear Editor:
l kick because my last years hat,
Is all wore out and rather fiat,
And if | win that dollar,
! I'll buy with it a hat
MISS CHARITY CHUBB,
Carbondale, Pa.
Answer: Why we thought fiat lids
were all the style this year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12

TO THE PERSON ELECTED PRESIDENT
SENT HANDSOME SOLID GOLD MEDAL
THE VICEPRESDENT A STERI-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12
NICE WEATHER FOR PRIZE WINNERS
What Difference does it make how Hot it gets if
Your Kick is Lucky
RAINS,
SWEATER /

kicked editor
Honesdae whose kick previous
Mutcher, Home, below
Wayne county)
Some OF kicks follows:
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
| kick because l am tired of the
county of Monroe and if | get the
dollar straight back to Wayne | go.
MRS. A. j. MUTCHLER,
Mt Home, Pa.
Answer: A good opportunity for
the Board of Trade.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-12

Dear Editor:
If that dollar | should win,
Boys, oh boys, how | would grin,
To think of taking The Citizen.
JOHN HELLER,
Honesdale, Pa.
Answer: We're afraid the grin's on
you, John.