The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-10-09
The foundation having been complet.

pleted. Counting the l0-foot basement
which Is to be fitted up as a barbershop,
The building will be three story affair,
the third story to be arranged for Office
rooms. II Is expected to have the build
Ing ready for occupancy within month
or six weeks.
The number Of automobile registra.
tions In Pennsylvania for this year Is
within few Of the $4,000 mark. or 1900
more than in 1911, and 1t Is thought at the
department that 10 the remaining weeks
of the year the number will get pretty
close to the 10000 mark. Registrations
are being made at the rate OF from 20 to 35
day. although this is the fall Of the year
and In the number recently registered
are numerous high powered cars.
We are in receipt of the July number
Of the Inhambane Tidings. edited by
Mrs. Rosa Hunter Smith. formerly OF
Tionesta, and published semi. annually
at the Free Methodist Mission Press, Ma
villa Mission Station, Inhsrn bane, East
Africa. The paper contains a number of
very Interesting articles from the pens Of
Mrs. Smith, her husband, Rev. Carroll
Smith, Bishop John s. MacGesry, and
other mission workers in that field.
Hon. j. II. Osmer, one OF Franklin's
Oldest aud most prominent citizens and
attorneys, died Thursday evening last,
aged nearly 80 years. Mr.. Osmer was for
many years we'll known as a practitioner
at the Forest county bar, and as such Is
we'll remembered by all our older cit-
zens. He leaves two sons, both sttorneys
in Franklin, surviving. On Saturday
another Of Franklin's leading attorneys,
f. A. Sayers, Esq, died of apoplexy after
an illness of but few hours. He WAS
aged 81 years and leaves his wife, one son
and one daughter. Mr.. Sayers was also
known here, having practiced his pro-
fession in our courts.
The members Of the Tionests Reading
Club spent delightful afternoon Wednes-
day, Oct. 2, ut the home OF Mrs, George
Holemsn, where the initial meeting of
the club for the year l9l2-l9l3 was held.
A mental excursion through France has
been decided upon for this year and many
glimpses of the country were given in
the very excellent papers presented at
this meeting by Mrs. Mary Csrringer
aud Mrs James Haslet. This meeting
also marked the eighth anniversary of
the club, which attributes much of it's
success to the use of the books obtained
from the free State library at Harrisburg,
which are a boon 10 clubs, schools or
communities where no libraries are
maintained.
Mrs. Hannah Lowman, of Crawford
county, celebrated her Tooth birthday at
the home OF her daughter. Mrs. Henry, of
Landers Crossing. on the Mesdville, Con.
neaut Lake and Linesville Traction Co.,
Monday. On account of her extreme
though there were many neighbors and
friends who called to pay their respects to
the aged lady and few to enjoy the rare
experience OF talking with woman who
had rounded out full century Of life.
During her lifetime this country has
passed through four great wars that of
1872, the Mexican war of 1916 7 the Civil
war of 1861 and the Spanish American
war of 1889, and she has lived under the
ADMINISTRATION of % presidents. This re-
markable lady is an aunt of our we'll
known Forest county citizen, Squire
William Lowman of Marienville.
There is no use in shutting our eyes
to the situation in this neck of the woods
Let one of the many propositions made
by the water grabbers so through and tho
way will be clear and open for all to be
carried out az planned. 1t is a mon
strous thing that sane men should show
no more regard for the Inhabitants of this
region than If they were a lot Of wild
animals. To sweep away homes, and
lands, oil wells, roads, railroads, business
places of all kinds with food of money
is about as disastrous as that later and
sure food of ravaging waters. What is
to be done about il' Perhaps the people
are becoming aroused to the full iniquity
of the proceeding. Ifnot it must be pre-
sented by those familiar with the scope
aud plan of the matter and set up in such
light that all may recogize the danger TO
this beautiful aud historic vslley.-On
City Blizzard.
One of the peculiar things about
American public opinion and its express
sion in the laws is the almost benevolent
tolerance II has for the men who kill in
iants, and sometimes older people, for
money, by providing poisonous or other
dangerous foods. If a man hits another
with club and takes a dollar, he is
hanged, but if he feeds him cake made
from rotten eggs, or oysters fattened in
sewage, or canned goods doped with
chemicals, or embalmed milk, or watered
milk that kills infants by lack of nutri-
tion, he kills his victim just as dead and
does 1t from just the same motives. And
if caught he gets fine and is told to be
good or he will get into Jail. A recent
news item gives report of New York
man sent to Jail for twenty days and fined
five hundred dollars for supplying milk
unfit for food to families using 1t for in-
fants, and the sentence, which is mere
farcical matter, is spoken Of as though it
were heavy. The people who take rotten
tomatoes and other products, fish that
could not be made to keep without chem
icsls because they are already decayed, or
milk that ought to be especially safe
guarded and embalm them are practically
murderers and nothing less than the US
ual sentence for manslaughter ought to