The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-04-17
Rev. A. @. ellis. Of OIL oi,v oavo q

erend gentleman possesses rich fund OF
humor along with good descriptive pow
ers, and gave an entertaining description
of trip by himself and wife through
England, Scotland, Ireland. France and
Belgium. The time was all too short.
The boys who have been angling for
suckers since the stage of water "hss got
hP' report an immense crop of "alli-
gators" waterdogs," heilbenders," or
whatever you want to call them. One
fellow caught "A of the slimey things in a
few hours fishing, and only 8 suckers,
which is about the ratio that most of the
fishermen report them. 1t is good
thing to relieve the streams of these
nuisances and they should be utterly des.
troyed when once you haye them on the
beech.
Section 1895 OF the school code re-
| quires that school directors in every dis
trict cause to be made by the attendance
officers, teachers or other persons en-
ployed for this purpose an accurate emu
meration of all the children between the
ages of and l6 within the district. This
enumeration Is to lie made between
April and Sept /, at the cost of the state,
in books furnished by the department of
public instruction. These books have
been forwarded by the state superintend-
ent and may be secured by the school
directors at the Office of the county super
intendent or county treasurer.
To-day raft of % logs was brought
down the Allegheny aud anchored at the
Newmaker and Reed Mill. The raft was
brought from Corydon by two Indians.
1t is reminder of rye olden tymes,"
when 1t was no uncommon sight TO see
RATS Of logs and lumber come down the
river and pass through Warren, many OF
them being so large that they would ex-
tend from the Suspension bridge to the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks near the
depot. Warren Mirror. Time was when
rafting on the river was a very common
industry, ard some fine specimens were
floated through here, but tho Oldest "old
timer" will have to admit that a raft
three quarters of a mile long is a heck of
big raft to he floated on he Allegheny.
The first arrest in the crusade that is
being made by the Warren County
Liquor Dealers Association against the
"agents" who are furnishing liquor to
men of known intemperate habits was
made Friday by Officer Berlin, when he
placed Walter Sweeting under arrest on
the charge of having bought half pint o
whiskey for Clarence Mahood, man of
known intemperste habits. Officer Ber-
lin alleges that he saw Sweeting give Ma
hood the bottle of liquor and that Mahood
was about to take drink of it when they
we're both placed under arrest. AS pre-
caution against the men getting together
and making up a story, Sweeting was
taken to the county jail, while Mahood
was held as witness in the city lookup.
The game and fish protective associa-
tion of this place received consignment
of brock trout Monday from the Cory
hatchery which were worth while. There
were 30 cans containing an average of
about 20 trout each, the average length of
which were over eight inches. These are
"breeders" which the hatchery has had
the use of and are sending out for dis
tripution in the mountain streams, thus
making room for the young stock at the
hatchery. The trout were distributed in
the streams of this section by the assocla-
tion in good shape, less than one per cent.
having died in transit. Eight cans were
put off at Hickory station, landlord Can
field of the Globe Hotel taking charge
aud depositng them in the streams of
that community.
Some unusual prosecutions for viola
tion OF the States pure food laws appear
on the lists of the State Dairy and Food
Division for the last week, indicating
that numerous lines are being gone into
as well as dl led fruits, condiments, meats
and various food products. In one case a
produce dealer was arrested for selling
potatoes that we're so bad that they were
unit for food, the lot having been rep
resented as good all the way through. In
another instance an agent caused the
arrest of grocer who sold dates covered
with mould, while two suits were
brought in counties wide apart for selling
rotten apples. The comm ssioner has
taken the position that vegetables and
fruit as we'll as fish come under his juris-
diction and that when they are offered
unfit for eating aud cooking arrests will
be made.
F. S. Dell, field agent for the Chest
ters in Philadelphia, is in Tionesta and
will make his headquarters here for some
time to investigate as to whether the
blight has made its appearance on the
trees in Forest county. The last legisla-
ture made an appropriation of $3.50, 900 to
eradicate the disease and Governor Tener
appointed the comm mission with S. B.
Detwiler as executive officer. The dis
ease is fungus growth showing on the
bark and the tree begins to wither and
die at the top. The disease is said to have
been brought to America In 1904 from
Japan in a shipment of lumber to Brook
lyn, N. Y. 1t has made its appearance in |
ten states, and while it has only been
found in isolated spots in western Penn
sylvanis, has done great damage to the
chestnut trees in the eastern part of the
l. A.
up to 1911 is estimated to reach 5,000,-
900. When an infected tree is found it is
marked and the owner notified and he is
asked to cut it down and destroy it.