The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-03-29

delay.
The district convention of the Knight.
of the Maccabees will be held 10 Oil CITY
Friday, 3lst inst. This comprises
eighteen surrounding tents In which this
county Is included. Besides delegates
from these tents all the Great Camp
officers will be In attendance.
The Pennsylvania board ofhealth has
figured out that the expenditure of three
million dollars in four years In the inter.
ests OF the public health has resulted in a
saving of $23 3,OOO,OO to the common
wealth. No one can object to this kind OF
conservation of the public resources.
There is every probability that the
narrow gauge road, from Foxburg to Mt.
Jewett will be changed to standard gauge
the coming summer, and the talk is that
the work will begin the first of April. To
those living on the line of road this will
be good news-s contamination devoutly
to be wished.
Officials of the State Highway De-
partmhnt estimate that the number of
automobile licenses this year will reach a
total of 10000. This means a revenue
from that source of considerably more
than 100000, an amount but little less
than was expended on road Improvement
last year by the Department.
AT license court at Warren, Monday,
Judge W. d. Hinckley presided, with
Associates Siggins and Walkerman. All
applications we're acted upon favorably
except two. Miles Grost, who asked for
a wholesale license in Sheffield, and W.
+. Jackson, who asked a retail license for
the New Windsor, were refused.
LADIES INVITED. Miss Adella Sand
rock has Just returned from Cleveland
with the largest and finest stock of Milli-
merry the Sandrock store has ever shown.
Everything new and up to the minute in
style. The ladies are cordially invited to
come and inspect the stock now. The
formal opening will take place Thursday
and Friday, April 9th and 7th. 1t
&C. NJ. Babbitt owns a two.year-old
heller that has given nearly forty pounds
of milk day for number of days. Last
Tuesday she broke the wo-year-old rec
ord by giving forty-one pounds and six
ounces of milk. She is poll Durham
and is the progeny of noted butter cow
once owned by J. j. Carter at his River
Side farm, West Hickory.-Tidioute
News.
The Tionesta Athletics will have the
Oil City Y M. G. A, basket ball team for
their opponents on the local floor next
Friday evening, March 3lst. The Oil
City team is good one and those who
enjoy this form of sport will have an op-
portunity of witnessing another good
game. Game will begin at $50 in order
that the visitors may go home the same
evening
President Taft on Saturday commuted
to IS months the sentence of Ernest w.
Bowman assistant cashier of the Citizens
National Bank of Tionesta, who pleaded
guilty to making false entries in the
banks books and in July, 1910, was sem
fenced to five years in the Western Peni-
tentisry of Pennsylvania. It was repre-
sented to the President that the convicted
man had testified for the Government.
See that pork is we'll cooked. One
hog in hundred is said to be infected
with trichinosis, which makes the meat
poison, and of fifteen thousand people
who have been known to have been
poisoned in this way about eight hundred
died The meat should be cooked so
thoroughly that no red shall show in it
anywhere, if it is fresh. Dry sailed,
picked or smoked pork is almost safe,
but no pork should ever be eaten raw.
Cooper A. Bell. aged 60 years, owner
of the Cochrsnton Times from 1880 until
about Is years ago, died suddenly at
Cochranton at 10 p. m. Friday. Follow
his disposal of the newspaper he engaged
in farming, but on account of i'll health
was compelled to retire from such a
strenuous life and returned to Cochranton
to live. Mr. Bell made his home at West
Hickory for some time, where he was en-
gagged In prospecting for oil.
Richard Woodcock, well known to
many of the residents of Harmony town
ship, this county, died suddenly at his
home in Plesssntville, Wednesday after
noon last. He was lying on a couch after
eating his dinner and his daughter went
to him to give him some medicine and
found him dead. Deceased had reached
the ripe age 81 years, and is survived
by eight children, one of whom, Mrs. Ed
ward Burt, is resident of Neilltown, this
county.
This being the fsg end of March what
do you think of him? He's an old fash
ioned cuss this year, sure enough, and
there's been trouble in his eye from start
to finish. year ago this month there
was balm in his breath, and Nature be-
stirred herself and tried to bud and burst.
but the old gal had TO take back seat for
April and May whose contortions were
abomnabe, but ifthere's to be reversing
of the order this spring, and March shall
take upon himself all the bsser elements
of spring weather, we shall not knock.
Laying aside the paper which he had
Just read through, our old friend and
former neighbor, James Ii. Hulings, of
Parsons, w. Va, picks up postal card
and makes this rather startling inquiry:
"Whats the matterH your paper reads
like funeral or morgue directory this
week. Are you all going to die at once?"
Not on your tintype, Jim. A whole lot
of your friends are still left to alternately
enjoy and grumble at this erratic but