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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
FEWER SIGN POSTS NOW
ADVOCATED
Local AutOists Favor the Elimination
of Many Road Signs-A State
System Advocated.

While the Motor Club of Harris
burg members are strong advocates
of sign posts, warning signs, ETC.,
they will shortly take up the ques-
tion of having certain signs elimin-
ated. In the opinion of many
autoists there are too many signs
in some sections.
Once upon a time the trouble
was, according to a local autoist,
there were not enough signs. Now
they say the multiplication and du-
plication is confusing, particularly so
when there is a popular turn that
has a whole forest of posts growing
upon it. The touring motorist finds
so many versions of the distances to
be travelled and of the names of the
towns nearby that he may be eXcus-
ed for being puzzled.
In some cases signboards have too
much on them. They attempt TO tell
too much about the countryside and
the letters and numerals are cramp-
ed so that they can be read only by
a person who must come to full
stop and often must dismount to get
close enough to see. Then again
there are sign posts made of metal
which do not in every case survive
the weather and the stone-throwing
as they should. Such sign posts Of
ten are signs of nothing, or else are
barely decipherable.
A group of motorists was discuss
ing this recently and one of them
suggested that there should be an
editing or wedding out of sign posts
and that not every one who was
willing to erect markers should be
allowed to do so. His suggestion
was that uniform types of signs
should be put up; markers which
should be accurate and not toe
much encumbered with names. He
thought the thing to do would be tC
have the State establish such a sigr
posting system, paying for it out o
the automobile fees received.
Sign posting is done pretty well il
some sections nearby through privatt
enterprise, but not everywhere so
| One great trouble is that signs ar
put up and not renewed, so that the.
become indistinguishable With
State system of inspection thi
would be obviated. The signs coulu
be made of wood, which has prove
to be better for the purpose thai
almost anything else. Metal sign
are fine and really legible as a rule
but as targets for small boys the
are tempting and do not survive a
long as the others.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09

of Honesdale's esteemed citizens,
have passed over the unseen river.
The Citizen was loaned the first
premium list booklet published by
the society, which advertised the
first annual exhibition held in
Honesdale, October Z, s and 8, 1862.
1t was a 2O-page pamphlet and con-
tanned the constitution, bylaws and
premium list. In the latter were
number of interesting articles list
ed, for instance a premium of 81
was offered on the following:
Farm Implements - divided into
three subdivisions.
Division No. l offered premium
of 81 on the best farm gate with
hangings; $4 for the best moving
machine; 81 for the best OK yoke,
bows and pins complete; 81 each
for the best cooking stove, parlor
stove, wood, and ditto coal. A foot
note says: In addition to the
above, IS and five volumes of books
will be at the disposal of the COM
mittee, for discretionary premiums"
Division No. premiums were given
on wheelbarrows, oXcarts, carriages,
harness, etc. Division No. 3 prem
ium of SO was offered to each of the
following: Best pair fine boots,
coarse boots, best side sole leather,
best side upper leather, second best
side upper leather, best side harness
leather best three calf skins tanned.
Under items of interest scheduled
for the first day of the fair was
horse racing The subhead read as
follows
HORSES-SPEED AND ACTION.
Trotting-best two in three. At
o'clock p. m.
Best three-year-old colt " mile
in harness, So; second best, SO;
third best, 50.
Best stallion, gelding or mare one
mile in harness, $40; second best
IS; third best, So.
Trotting, best two in three-Best
horse in harness one mile, 50; sec
ond best, So; third best, 81.
For best exhibition OF horseman
ship by a lady, silver cup; SECOND
best, riding hat or So; third best
a riding whip.
For best exhibition of horseman
ship by a gentleman, a curb bridl'
and martingale; second best, pal
of spurs; third best, youat on tn
horse.
The advertising was limited to tw,
pages, a great contrast with tn
present premium list. Among tn
number were:
c. f. Young's Delaware an
Hudson Canal Freight Line betwee
New York, Olyphant, PittstoI
Honesdale, Providence, Port Grill
fifth, Carbondale, Hawley, Archibald
Dunmore and intermediate points
also dealer in hemlock, Eastwood an
hardwood lumber.
r. ]. Menner, general store; "
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
THURSDAY ANNIVERSARY DAY
Stourbridge Lion, First Locomotive
to Turn Wheel in America, Did so
S3 Years Ago-COmparison of
Locomotives.

To-day, Thursday, August s, Is
the S3rd anniversary of the running
of the first locomotive in America
or on the Western continent for that
matter Honesdale was the place
of distinction and the Delaware and
Hudson Railroad holds the honor as
being the road over which the trial
trip was made. The "Stourbridge
Lion" a seven-ton locomotive, was
the first engine to make this his
torical trip.
Great changes and advances have
been made in locomotive building
during these four score and three
years. A comparison between the
Stourbridge Lion, which was made
in Stourbridge, England, and shipped
to this country under the commits
sion of Horatio Allen, with the lat
est Baldwin Locomotive production
is very striking to say the least.
Through the courtesy of the Bald
win company, of Philadelphia, we
are enabled to reproduce a cut of
one of the heaviest and most power
full locomotives built at these works.
The cut representing locomotive
comotive Works of Philadelphia, is
of the Mallet type and one of the
heaviest engines ever built at these
works. The locomotive is for the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail
road. 1t is one of the largest loco
motives in the world and is longer
than the new all-steel coaches OF
the Pennsylvania railroad. From
the point of the pilot to the rear
of the tender the distance is SO feet
3& inches. The weight of the en-
| gine in working order and the ten
der loaded is 66S,9OO pounds. There
are four cylinders each having a
diameter of 27 inches and a stroke
of 2S inches. Each of the 16 driv.
ing wheels is Sc inches in diameter
The tender will hold 5000 gallons
of water, and 10000 pounds of coal
| Quite a contrast between this huge
| locomotive and the quaint "Stour.
bridge Lion"
After reading the above and max.
ing the contrast with the Stour.
bridge Lion we stand in awe as we
| gaze at the magnitude of this great
huge locomotive.
The story of the running of the
Stourbridge Lion and its first en-
| gineer, Horatio Allen, is one otter
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09

w. Weston, flour, grain, ETC.; Allen
House, Samuel Allen, proprietor; c..
p. and G. G. Waller, f. NJ. Crane,
Samuel Dimmick, counselors and at
torneys-at-law; Wayne County Ho-
tel, d. o. Jones, proprietor; Isaiah
Snyder, dry goods; S. A. Terrell,
hardware; c. Petersen, jeweler.
The officers for 1912, fifty years
later: President, w. l.. Ferguson,
Seelyville; vice-president, e. P,
Jones, Ariel; secretary, E. w. Gam
NELL, Honesdale; treasurer, J. V.
Starnes, Bethany; directors, w. l..
Ferguson, w. E. Perham, E. w.
Gammell, l.. A. Patterson, T. Y.
Boyd, ]. V. Starnes, H. &. Jackson,
j. l.. Sherwood, ]. E. Lee, r. ]. Muir
ray, E. P. Jones, E. E. Kinsman, F.
Hollenback, T. B. Clark, R. F. Mar
tin,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09

repeated but one which we never
tire OF listening to, because OF It's
local historical setting. After view
ing Honesdale few days ago
travelling salesman remarked to
member of the Stourbridge Lion
Monument association: mo wonder
the Stourbridge Lion wanted TO
make its initial trip in Honesdale,
it is such a beautiful place to make
start in ones career. No wonder
the people of Honesdale honor the
Stourbridge Lion, they Should also
honor their town by erecting a mon
ument to this national event.
There is no reason why the rail-
roads will not help in the project
he continued.
Horatio Allen was resident en-
gineer of the Delaware and Hudson
Canal company in Honesdale. In
1927 he was commissioned by the
company to purchase in England
three locomotives for use on its rail-
road together with bar iron for the
rails. He returned to America IN
I1S2S with the locomotives, and in
| the summer of 1929 he brought one
of them, named the Stourbridge
Lion, by way of the Hudson river ia
Roundout on the Hudson river and
| thence by the Delaware and Hudson
canal to Honesdale for its trial trip
! On the circular head OF the boiler
lions head had been painted, hence
the name, Stourbridge Lion.
On August 8, 1929, eighty-thret
years ago to-day, Horatio AlleI
stepped upon the platform of the 10
comotive, opened the throttle valve
and started the first engine tina
turned the wheel on a railroad II
America on its three-mile trip anC
back, over the creaking trestle anC
through the deep woods of Wayne
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
FLIES SWARM TO THIS OFFICE
4, 800 Flies Sent i'm by 1O-Year-Old
Waymart Lads Trying for SO
Prize-Others Hustling.

Forty-eight hundred flies swarm
ed into The Citizen office on Tues
day. They were caught by young
man 10 years old and represented
lots of swatting and banging.
The Citizens contest will be open
until the last of September, which
will give the young men and girls,
too, to be sure, a chance to have
swatting bees morning, noon and
night. Flies are easy trapped.
They are dumb things and can be
caught without much effort. Yes,
there are 4,S00 less flies buzzing
in and out of your house since one
of our contestants sent us his col
lection of the most deadly animal
on this earth. His letter reads as
follows:
Waymart, Aug. 5, 1912.
The Citizen:
Sirs:-I would like to join
your fly killing contest and have
sent you a box of flies for a be-
ginning. | am ten years old
and would like to try for the
$40 prize.
(Signed).
Yes. Walter, The Citizen thinks
you made a pretty good beginning.
Four thousand eight hundred flies
is a pretty good start toward a $40
goal Send us in some more flies,
then again more and more and you
will give the Honesdale boys a pretty
good chase.
A fly examined at the State exper-
iment station at Storrs, Connecticut,
was found to have 6,600,000 germs
on it, and it's a poor excuse for a
fly that can't support couple of
million germs.
A fly can lay 12O eggs in IA
hours and be bright and cheerful and
ready to go back to her duties the
next day. One fly may have several
million descendants in a season; 9S
per cent. of the eggs are laid in
stables, and per cent. in garbage
and other filth.
The fly is supposed to kill be-
| tween 10000 and $4,000 persons in
| the United States every year. Every
time it falls into a pitcher of milk
| it leaves a train of a thousand
germs.
A poison harmless to human life
is made by placing in shallow dishes
solution of two ounces of water
little sugar, and one dram OF
bichromate of potash.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
son SHOT; FATHER INJURED.

Mntrose, Aug. 7.-While speeding
his automobile to Elk place, in re-
sponse to a message that his son
had been fatally wounded while
playing with a rifle at a camp of
boys, Captain j. c. Harrington, a
Montrose business man and town
councilman, ran his car into a ditch
and was himself seriously injured.
Captain Harrington was picked up
by a passing auto and rushed to the
camp, but arrived too late to see his
boy alive. With the excitement of
the race over, Captain Harrington
lost consciousness. He was brought
back to Montrose this evening and is
in a serious condition, but it is eX-
pected that he will recover.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
SPORTING NOTES.

The second game of the series
with Hawley will be played here on
Saturday. The local management
expects to secure Gregor to pitch
this game, andto make some other
changes in the team which will prove
beneficial.
White Mills won the third con-
secutive game of their series with
Hawley on Sunday. Loll, the boy
pitcher sensation that is pitching for
White Mills, only allowed three hits
while White Mills got eight of
Gene" McClosky, former Tri-State
Lacquer. The score was TO 2
Quite a number of fans from here
witnessed the game and say it was
very interesting.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
new COUNTY BRIDGES
County Commissioners Award Con-
tracts to Erect New and Re-
pair Old Bridges.

The Wayne county commissioners
made the following awards on Tues
day afternoon:
Sterling bridge-New, county to
furnish iron, concrete work to be
done by Chapman & Bell, of Lake,
to whom contract was awarded for
$500. Kipp & Ziegler's bid was
$400.
Stone arch bridge in Preston.
Four bids received. Contract award
ed to w. F. Branning, Atco, for
$474.5O. Other bidders were: Sea-
man, Brenneman & Irwin, $601; F.
s525. aF'0s' '04-' o. L. 'H''"00D'
New concrete arch bridge at
Keen's. F. ]. Varcoe received the
contract, his bid being $59S. Other
bids: Artemus Branning, S793;
Chapman & Bell, $3.50. Seaman,
Irwin & Brenneman, figuring on
John Mandeville's type of a bridge,
SS75; their own, $500.
The Hawley bridge spanning Mid
die Greek, at West Hawley will un-
dergo considerable repairing. 1t
will be raised and widened with
new concrete abutments and con-
crete deck. Chapman & Bells bid
for the work was $1,000 and the
commissioners awarded them the
job. Denison & Merderer's bid
amounted to S1,319.14.
The commissioners made arrange
ments for the decoration of the
court during the celebration the
later part of the month.
The sash and outside Jail windows
will be painted. New locks will
be placed on the different cells.
An inspection of the court house
was also made
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
Death of James j. JOY.

James ]. Joy died at his home at
Deposit, n. Y, recently, from
the effects of hemorrhage, which he
suffered in the afternoon.
Mr.. Joy, who was fifty-eight years
of age, went to Deposit about four
years ago from Equinunk, Pa, ana
engaged in the quarry business,
which he had followed all his life.
Besides his wife he is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Charles Miller
and Mrs. Willard Martin, of Deposit;
also three sons, Clarence and Hal
sey, of Deposit, and Merritt, of Equi-
nunk,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
$50 MINERS ENTOMBED.
Fifty of This Number Have Been
Saved-Rescue Parties in Search
of Remainder.
Especial to The Citizen.)

DUSSELDROS, PRUSSIA, Aug. &.
One hundred and fifty miners are
imprisoned, many OF whom are be-
lieved to be dead. The accident was
caused by an explosion of gas fol-
lowed by a fire in a coal mine at
Derthe, a small town near here.
Fifty of the men were taken out,
They were badly burned and 1t is
feared they will die. Rescue par
ties are endeavoring to get the re-
mainder of the miners.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
FORMER SCRANTONIAN MUIR
DERED.
Body Found In Car Under a Guam
tity of Ties-Was Shot by
Tramps.
Especial to The Citizen).

Especial to The CitIzen).
SCRANTON, Aug. s. George
MacAloon, aged "a years, formerly
of this city, was shot to death by
tramps between Cleveland and San
dusky, Ohio. His sister, Mrs.
Thomas Kadgen, of Scranton, re-
ceived word yesterday of her broth
er's death and it was first feared
that he was killed in a railroad ac-
cident. The man, however, was
murdered. When the train reached
Sandusky on the Lake Shore road
MacAloon was identified by a crowd
which had gathered. MacAloon' S
body was in a freight car under a
quantity of ties.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
SUFFRAGETTES IN PRISON.
May be Observation-Disclosures and Men,
bers of Parliament Closely Guard
ed-Fear of Assassination.
Especial to The Citizen.)

LONDON, Aug. S.-The police
have doubled their efforts in keep
ing watch of the suffragettes who
have threatened to assassinate per-
sons for sentencing Miss Gladys
Evans and Mrs. Mary Leigh to pris-
on for two years.
These women attempted to burn
the theatre of Dublin. The public
is greatly agitated over the situation
and the assassination of the judges,
and several members of parliament
are being closely guarded, 1t is be-
lieved the suffragettes may be par
doned.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09
Married by Alderman.

Harvey ]. Neish. of Andeys, N.
Y. and Miss Ethel Hoyle, OF Fishers
Eddy, N. Y. were united in marriage
at 1880 o'clock Tuesday morning
by Alderman j. w. Campbell of Car
bondale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neish will reside in
Honesdale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-08-09

The Citizen is Getting New Adj
vertisers Every Week. Merchants
Know This is a Good Advertising
Medium.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-04-03
Ssnte Convention Notes

T. H. Devine in accepting the
chairmanship devoted his time
to a discussion of national and
state issues. The following are a
few excerpts from his speech:
Democratic free trade and Col
orado prosperity cannot and will
not mix
The beet sugar industry. un-
less it can be destroyed. will work
the ruin of the sugar trust"
"T. NJ. Patterson as United States
senator and r. NJ. Patterson as
mariner on the high seas of pOliti-
cal piracy is not one and the same
person, 1t would SEEM"
"Oh. consistency. thou art a
jewell but. unfortunately. thou art
a stranger to. the owner of the
Denver News"
For four years now the state
of Colorado has been subjected to
the most incompetent. insincere
and dishonest administration ex-
perienced in it's history"
President Taft will not stoop to
personal vilification and abuse Of
his opponents. Every reference
he makes to them is a word of
praise. God loves such a man"
The prOgressiyes made them
selves seen and felt on two differ
ent occasions. First. when by a
prearranged plan they swooped in
to the convention hall and with no
regard for the banners. which
were supposed to locate the dele
cations. and confiscated the best
seats in the hall which they con-
tinued to hold during the day.
Again. during the discussion Of the
platform, led by Merle d. Vincent.
they made a strong but hopeless
fight to secure the endorsement
of Mr.. Roosevelt. Both progress
ives and regulars agreed to abide
the results OF the national and re-
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-04-03

bounded prosperity was due to
the protection on iron and steel
in its various forms, from crude
ores to perfected manufactures.
This protection gave nothing to the
country. but everything to the man
ufacturers of Birmingha The sug-
ar region of Louisiana has given
Mr.. Underworld booming city of
Birmingham a large share of its
mostt profita BILE trade. This state of
Louisiana has paid that city mil
lions of dollars for sugar machin-
cry covered by high protection dut-
les. and never once complained of
the enhanced cost of such mater
ial through the existence of high
tariff duties on such machinery.
Now. what kind of demagog-
uery is 1t that constrains Mr.. Un-
derwood to have no revision
downward on the iron and steel
manufactures OF his own great
district, which has largely subsist-
ed on its business with Louisiana
sugar region and ruthlessly de-
stroy the Southern sugar indus
try which has been helping his
home people for twenty or thirty
years?
And how is 1t that Mr.. Hardwick
of Georgia. another shOuter for
free sugar? The metropolis of
his state. Atlanta. has grown into
one of the greatest iron and
steel manufacturing cities of the
South. For several years its foun-
dries and machine shops have been
furnishing our Louisiana sugar reg
ion with some OF the finest and
most expensive sugar mills and
other machinery erected In its
limits. This Atlanta sugar ma
chinery business with louisa ma
is already growing into a value
measured by billions. and promises
vast development with the surviv-
-si-Uf our Louisiana sugar industry
Mr.. Hardwick shows no great alac-
rity to hammer down the highly
protected iron and steel manufac-
lures of his native state and its
great and growing metropolis: but
Is more than willing to kill the
business of one of its greatest and
best paying customers by killing the
sugar industry through the destruc-
ton of its revenue tariff.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-04-03
publican state conventions.

publican state conventions.
The following is part of the
platform:
1--WE would particularly empha-
size the Importance of the principle
of a protective tariff to the farm
ing, mining and stock raising in
dustries of this state and we es-
pecially demand protection for our
sugar beet, wool and zinc indus
tries.
"We commend the administra-
ton of President Taft. We be-
lieve that it exemplifies the spirit
of that trre progress that is con-
ducive to the bestt interests of the
American people. AS a president
he has been the true exponent of
his nations highest ideals. AS a
man his character is without re-
proach and worthy of emulation. He
richly deserves a denomination at
the hands of his party.
I've, therefore. in accordance
with the time-hOnored custom of
our party. most heartily indorse
William Howard Taft for renOmi-
nation and pledge ourselves to
work earnestly and enthusiastically
for his reelection; and to this end
our delegates to the national con-
vention are hereby instructed to
of President Taft. and to use all
honorable means to bring about
such result.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-04-03
Got Enough

Ever since there has been a So
cialist administration in Milwaukee
we have had the papers loaded
down with long articles about how
beautifully their theories were
did administration the city was en-
joying. For the first time the peo-
pie of Milwaukee on Tuesday got
an opportunity to speak their opin-
ion of the socialists, and they spoke
in tones that are unmistakable. The
majority was almost two to one
against more OF that nonsense. Mil
waukee wants to get back to san
ity and In o hurry.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-04-03
Club Meeting

There will be special meeting
of the membrs of the Lamar Com
mercial Club on next Monday even
ing called by the president, L. NJ.
Markham, to consider the import
question just at the present time is
of any greater Importance to our
city than this and there should
be a large attendance. Don't for
get the time. next Monday evening
at the club rooms. Everybody is
invited.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-04-03
The Score to Date

Up to Saturday night. 274 dele
gates had been pledged to Mr.. Taft
and SO to Colonel Roosevelt. The
colonel's figures are somewhat dif-
ferent from these iDasrnuch as he
places lis southern delegates in
the contest column. But the con-
test is largely in his Imagination.
because there was no fraud in the
selection of the southern delegates;
the colonel is merely possessed by
the idea that a federal machine
delegates. The machine. IL there
Is a machine, is the same one that
sent the southern delegates to the
convention in 1904 instructed for
Mr.. Roosevelt, and he made no
vociferous objection to 1t at that
time. The machine is not of Mr..
Taft's making. but was placed in
operation by the colonel during his
seven years in the White house.
We may take it for granted. there
lore, that this contest. when
brought before the national COM
mittee, will be decided in favor
of Mr.. Taft.
1t is very difficult for Mr..
Roosevelt to arrive at the conclus-
ion that he is not wanted; that the
DfsODlxa took him at his word when
he said he was through: and that
he rs entirely out of place in the
present campaign. Thus it Is that
when a state or a district goes
against Roosevelt he sets up a cry
of s.farce' or fraud" A popular
idol dislikes to believe that the peo-
Pile have ceased to worship at his
shrine. But it is true in Roose-
velt's case as 1t has been true in
every other case of an idol who