The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-12-11

evening.
Company e, 18th regiment, N
G. P, will be inspected by a Regu-
lar United States Army officer on
January 18th.
The Progressive Oil and Gas
company, composed entirely of
Juniata men, is having drilling ma
chinery placed on the property oc-
cupied by Ian Turner, near Nc
Allisterville. Drilling will begin in
few days.
State veterinarians report that
"blackleg," which made its appear
ance in the northern part of Cam
bria county a few weeks ago, is now
under control and there has been no
further spread of hog cholera which
broke out near Hastings recently.
The quarantine over the hotel
of p. f. McGranaghan was raised
Tuesday by borough health officer
DR.. w. T. McConvill. The place was
thoroughly fumigated. No new
cases developed in Honesdale and
it is thought now that the danger is
past
The Ontario and Western Rail-
road company has sent out notices
that Rule is to be strictly enforced
in the future. The rule forbids
The use of intoxicating drinks" and
| employees known to be addicted to
| their use at any time or to frequent
| saloons will not be retained in the
service.
-Honesdale merchants are max
| ing extensive arrangements for a big
trade day to be held on Saturday,
| December IA. Nearly every home
merchant will offer a substantial re-
| duction on many lines of mechan
disc on that day. People who in
tend to go to Scranton Saturday will
| do well to stay at home and patron
! ize the home merchants.
The stockholders and patrons
interested in The Hawley Bank have
extra cause for thankfulness at this
J season. The business of the bank
has shown steady increase and the
deposits have passed the $500, 900
mark. 1t is the aim of the institu-
tion to give its patrons the best SER
vice and every accommodation con-
sistent with good business and sound
banking.
! Several men from Tunkhannock
and Wilkes-Barre invested in a large
timber tract in Vancouver, B. c., a
few years ago. They now have an
offer of 100000 for the property
and it is probable that they will dis
pose of it. AS the original invest
ment and the cost of holding
amounts to but little over $780,
! 600, they will have a nice margin of
profit to divide.
In last weeks issue it was said
that the monthly meeting of the
Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary society of the Presbyterian
church was held. 1t should have
been said that the Titus Mission
Band of that church met at their
monthly meeting at the home of
Mrs. John Boyd. Mrs. Samuel
Brown was the speaker Mrs. w.
B. Holmes is president of both So
cieties.
Fifteen suits for violation of the
pure food laws were ordered brought
in Philadelphia last week by Com
missioner James Foust. One of the
suits was for the sale of macaToni
containing a local tar dye instead of
eggs. Coal tar was also the cause
of suits for adulteration of sausages,
cakes, tea buns and other foods. In
Luzerne and Lackawanna counties
suits were brought to punish sale OF
|
According to the Crop Reporter,
every state west of the Mississippi,
except California, Iowa, Louisiana,
Arkansas and Texas, produces more
wheat than it consumes. On the
other hand, every state east of the
Mississippi, save Delaware, will this
year consume more wheat than ii
produces. The surplus wheat crop
for the whole country amounts to
134 1-3 million bushels. Last year
the surplus was only 10 million
bushels.
-Christy Mathewson is again on
the job as a writer of insurance poll
cies. The star hurler OF the Giants
last week got down to work after a
hunting trip which he started on
= shortly after Fred Snodgrass drop.
ped Engle's fly in the last and de.
. Gliding game of the worlds series
. Christy has been in the insurance
| game in the winter months for the
, past three years and is said to be
} almost as successful in that line as
: he is on the pitching hill.
1t will be of interest to the ag
! ricultural community to learn tha
= model farms and orchards will bC
) among the most prominent exhibits
( at the San Diego Exposition, to be
= held throughout 1915 at San Diego
F. Cal, to celebrate the opening of the
Panama Canal. There will also, it il
! understood, be exhibits of irrigation
: dry farming and special features by
: the Department of Agriculture
= ten-acre bearing orange and lemoI
grove will be the chief exhibit of tn,
e Southern California counties. Few
persons understand citrus culture
or what great difficulties have beer
i overcome to make it a success in thi
I country. They will understand bet
q ter after seeing the Exposition.
= The Scranton Truth says tina
y the basket ball game in Pittston las
= Friday night between Co. c and II
> team and the Maple City Five wa
one of the fastest ever seen in Pitts
. ton, which shows that the local team