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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-03
FEDERAL AID IN
ROAD BUILDING
is THE DEMAND OF THE AMER
IcAN AUTOMOBILE ASSoclA-
TlON.

Publicity from the American Au-
tomobile Association says:
THE demand for the participation
by the federal government in the
construction of highways has be-
come a national one. and the adop-
ton by congress of a comprehens-
i've policy of federal aid in road
building IS one of the apparent GER
tainties of the near future.
while the demand for federal aid
comes from all classes Of road users,
everyone of whom is naturally bene-
fitted by every addition to the
forces back of the movement for
better highways, the two classes that
will receivet the greatest benefits
under any scheme for a nationa!
system Of highways are the farm
ers. to whom good roads are an i'm
perative necessity, and the motor
lists, whose number is constantly in
creasing, and whose ranks are being
recruited daily from among the FAR
mcrs, as we'll as the town dwell
ers.
IN making the federal aid pro-
posal the main feature of its legis-
lative program, the National organ
ization of motorists is working for
all the most important interests con-
cerned in the good roads movement.
The American Automobile association
has declared itself in favor Of con-
struction by the government OF n
system OF national highways, which
shall eventually cross the country in
every direction and touch every
commonwealth, thus relieving the
states of the burden o, building
and maintaining the principal
through routes ard enabling them to
concentrate their available road =
building funds upon the county and
township roads.
"At the first Federal Aid Good
Roads convention in Washington, d.
c.. January, 1912, resolutions were
adopted asking for tie appointT en-
IL a congressional committee to i'll
vestigate the whole subject and re-
port comprehensive program Tor
federal appropriations for road con
struction. Such a joint committee
was appointed and is expected to re-
port at the coming session OF con-
gress. In addition to this an ap-
propriation of $5O0,OOO was made to
be expended under the soint direc-
ton of the department of agricul"
ture and the postmaster general toi
the ir.provement of roads over which
rural free delivery routes run.
The second federal aid convention
is to be held at Washington, ID. c.
on March and Z, 1913. BY tha'
time it will be possible to review
whatever may have been accom-
plished by the present congress, and
to take the matter up with the new
congress, which will then be meet
ing in extra session.
THE organized motorists have SO
far borne almost alone the brunt OF
the fight for federal aid in road
building. A much more numerous
class of beneficiaries through the
adoption of a federal aid f----
building policy viii be the farmers
If every farmer who wants to see
the United States possessed OF
great system of splendid highways
equal to those of hte great nations
of Europe, built and maintained b!
the federal government, would write
to his congressman and senators
telling them so, the great work TO
the common good which the A. A. A
has undertaken would lie greatl
fastened"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-03

During the past few weeks, a rec
ord has been established by mem
bers of the senate and house for sick
nesses which required operations. IN
most instances, the public knew moth
ing about it until after the operation
was successfully PERFORMED. TINS
was especially true in the cases OF
United States Senator Oliver OF
Pennsylvania and Congressman un-
derwood of Alabama, both of whom
are on the way to rapid recovery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-03
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United States Senator Cummin'
wants the opening of the Panam'
canal celebrated with monster ma
val parade.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-03

All parties indebted to the firm
of Randol-Ditzler Dry Goods Co. are
requested to cal and settle their
account at once, as the firm has dis
solved partnership and is in process
o: liquidation. Accounts not paid
will be turned over 20 attorneys
2o-1m E. 10. GUILLOT.
Want ads get results. Read them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-03
MOTHERS
@FRIEND

Your cow and horse need millrun
bran, alfalfa hay and medicated salt
brick in the trough. You will find
them at Campbell & Campbells.
24tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-03
FREE PACKAGE COUPON.

Pyramid Drug Company, 452
Pyramid Bldg, Marshall, Mich.
Kindly send me a trial treatment
of Pyramid Pile Remedy at once,
bv mail, FREE, in plain wrapper,
SO / can prove its splendid results.
Name ..........'..''
Street ....... .'.''
City ........... State ..........
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-29

HOuHty, a. u. IdUIt
An appeal will be held at the Coun-
ty Treasurers office on Monday, -.pril
%, 1912, between the hours of 10 a.
m and 2 p. m.
WYMAN w. KIMBLE,
26w4 Mercantile Appraiser
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-29
RRAMAN

On the 26th of March forty-five rel
atives of Mrs. Lydia Cole gathered
at her home in honor of her 1911
A lovely dinner was servI
ed. She received many presents in
Guiding about $40 in money and oveI
one hundred post cards. Those pres
ent were: Mr.. and Mrs. Harry COLD
Mr.. and Mrs. Heenan Cole. Mr.. an(
Frank Cole, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomal
Cation, Mr. and Mrs. Grant CafforI
and daughter Beatrice, Mrs. Gram
Teeple, son Julian, Mrs. Prestoj
Teeple, son Guam, Rosco and VernI
Tyler, Mr.. and Mrs. Apollos Schenj
and son Herbert OF Braman, Pa: Nd
and Mrs. Fred Warfield, sons RalpI
and Kenneth, and daughter Fredd
Mrs. Shepherd, Warfield, son Keith
and daughter Elsie, Equinunk; MrJ
Harriet Schenk and son, Rev. w. 4
Schenk, Mrs. Tyler, Mr.. Glanville, MI
Pleasant; John Neuman, son Harol@
daughter Mildred, Port Jervis, N. Y
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucas Mogridge, Mila}
Vile, Mr.. and Mrs. John Kemp, sol
Clarence and Kenneth, and daught{
Leah, Union, Pa. All left wishi1
her many more such pleasant day
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-29
KELLAM.
Especial to The Citizen.)

Kellam, March 81.
The L. A. S. meets with Mrs.
Henry Thomas April II. All are cor
daily invited.
Rev. F. Bowen preached his last
sermon last Sunday before going to
conference which begins next We'd
nesday at Kingston.
Harry Schnackenberg is visiting
his parents here.
ID. NJ. Stalker, John Schnacken-
burg and Charles Cargin made a
business trip to Honesdale last Fri
day and Saturday.
The young people from Kellam
and Braman attended the box party
at Lookout at the home of S. ]. Rut-
ledge last Friday night and report
an enjoyable evening.
Mrs. Harriet Stalker, Mr. and
Mrs. d. NJ. Stalker, daughter Edith,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Skinner, Mrs.
Henry Thomas and daughter Mar
jorie, Lodusky Barnes, Mrs. Thos.
Coffery, Mary and Mrs. w. H. Ryan,
Frank Cole and George Wood attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Russell
Stalker at Long Eddy March 16.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lott has NOV
ed into rooms over Miss l.. Barnes
store and will be living there after
April /.
After April 1st the name of the
Kellam postoffice will be changed to
Stalker
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-29
MILANVILLE.
Especial to The Citizen)
Milanyille, March


Miss Fredericka Hooker is home
from West Chester Normal Miss
Hooker expects to graduate in June
having completed the three-year
course in two years.
The Caznovia Seminary Bulletin
containing the annual report of the
Seminary has been received The
following is from the Caznovia Re-
publican: The time has now gone
by when the future looked dark for
the historic institution. 1t remained
for DR.. Skinner to lead the way and
put the old school upon an absolute
ly sound financial footing. The re-
port reflects no end of credit upon
the president DR.. Skinner has been
with the school three years and a
wish is generally expressed that DR..
Skinner will remain for years to
come"
During the extreme cold of the
past week, the birds have found life
a hard struggle, the deep snow COW
ering what little food they found on
the ground, placing them at the
mercy of humanity. We wonder how
many made any provision for these
tiny birds whose usefulness is under
valued. Why is it that parents in
general, instead of teaching the lit
tie folks to be kind to birds and an
imals generally, instead fill their
mind with all the ideas of cruelty
they can conceive.
Henry Hooker, who is at Cornell
taking a course in scientific farming,
and Luis Hooker, Jr., who has been
working during the winter with his
brother Anthony. who is a contract
or at Hamilton, Canada, have recent
ly purchased the river fiat farm and
large boarding house owned by their
father. l.. ]. Hooker. We wish these
young men success. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hooker, who have worked very hard,
will build them a new house nearer
town
Mrs. Charles Edwards, of Winter
dale, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Baird.
Miss Mary Orr, who has been con-
fined to the house for some weeks
with the grip, is able to be out OF
doors
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-29
PAUPACK.

Constable Edward j. Richardson.
of Hawley, took C. w. Emory, an al
legged horse thief, into custody at
White Mills on Saturday evening and
ne was locked up in Hawley over
Sunday. On Wednesday of last week
Emory went to the farm house of
John w. Emory, OF Dingman's
Ferry, Pike county. and claimed to be
a relative of John w Emory. He
asked for the loan of horse to go
TO Milford where he claimed he had
a deal on to buy large farm. He
stated that he intended to lay out in
the neighborhood of $4,000 in a
farm and have it well stocked and
make improvements. He took one
of Mr. Emory's best horses and
started out. Several hours later Mr..
Emory became suspicious and tele-
phoned to some friends along the
line, who informed him that the
rider had gone towards Lords Valley
instead of Milford. He and neigh
Dor gave chase and at Lords Valley
he discovered that the horseback
rider had left some time before their
arrival. They then telephoned 10
George II. Thompson at Hawley, who
had seen the horse in town a short
time before and knew it had started
in the direction of White Mills, called
up Thomas Gill at the latter place
and when the horse thief reached
White Mills he was apprehended and
taken back to Hawley by Officer
Richardson
He was taken before Justice OF th'
Peace Benz. Kellam of Paupack, OF
Monday morning for a hearing. HI
pleaded not guilty and said he hat
agreed to pay Emory for the horse
He was committed to $500 bail Il
await the action of the grand jury.
Emory claims to live in Scranton
and to have wife and six children
living there. He appears to be abou
so years of age.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-29

Several OF the young people from
this place and Braman attended the
box social at Samuel Rutledge's Fri
day evening and all report most
delightful time. 1t was also a finan-
cial success, the proceeds going to-
wards the minister's salary.
Miss Jane Gf1christ made a trip to
Hancock Saturday.
The many friends of Mrs. Jesse
Hathaway, OF Lookout, are pleased
to hear of her slow recovery after a
long and serious illness.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-29
STEENE.
Especial to The Citizen)
Steene, Pa, March

SJeene, IA, Marcn ~.
There will be a public sale at the
home of Mrs. Ralph Haley on what
is known as the old Rutledge farm,
y miles from Canaan Corners ho-
tel on Wednesday, April 10, consist
ing of all stock and farm tools
Look for the advertisement this week
and next.
Arthur Robinson has rented Mrs
Ralph Haley's farm in Canaan.
Mrs. Jennie Haley and Mrs. Pearl
Starks, of Canaan, visited the Bob
olink and mate Sunday.
The Bobolink and mate have made
20 gallons of a No. l maple syrup
so far this season.
Thirty-five dollars and sixty cents,
clear of all expenses. was realized
at the oyster supper held at the
home of Edward Keene last week,
which cleared our pastors salary for
the past year.
Honesdale market at the present
time: Potatoes $1.50 per bushel;
butter 35 cents per pound; eggs
20 cents per dozen; Al maple syrup
such as the Bobolink makes, S1.1O
per gallon, with can.
William Dond, an old resident of
Waymart, has moved to Carbondale
where he will make it has home
with his daughter, Mrs. Frederick
Shaffer.
Messrs Cauley and Counterman
are talking of purchasing the little
James Keene pond known as the
saw mill pond and erecting a large
ice plant as they claim there is no
money in farming and would like to
be called the ice men during the
summer season.
After a two years vacation Thomas
Arthur has taken up his old trade,
the hucksters business.
John Wesley Arnold is going into
the poultry business.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-29
UNION.
Especial to The citizen)

Especial to The Citizen.)
Union, March 81.
Have been having disagreeable
weather, but Spring will appear In
ats own time. Quite a fall of snow
Friday and Sunday so there is fairly
good sleighing.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-10

thus multiplying the chance of mis-
takes and preventing us figuring to
fine point, and then the business is
given year after year to our rival"
at does look So" said the secre.
tary.
Well said the manager, hold
the boys until the bid is worked out
and checked, and then telegraph the
amount to Partridge and go through
the farce of mailing the bill of parti-
culars at your leisure
Pardon mo- Mr.. Goodsell," said
the secretary, who had not been with
the Stockwood people long, "but
would it not be better for some one
to run up to Chicago and attend to
the matter personality"
mo, it wouldn't" said the man
ager, sharply, with the certain sore
recollections. Twice I took the bid
in myself and was permitted to cool
my heels in an anteroom for an hour
or two and was then told that Part
ridge was gone for the day, or some
such excuse, and l could leave my
bid with the clerk"
That was hardly polite" admitted
the secretary. 81 think had | taken
the bid in and waited around that
way l should have forced myself on
the mighty Partridge, willy-nilly, and
taken him jolly good to task for his
manners!"
you think you would?" sneered
the manager, vexed at this criticism
by his secretary. He looked the
young man over, Jack Forbes was
%, with a mild blue eye and a sleepy
air, and until that moment had new
err shown any indications of belliger-
ency in his character.
Your ideas of railroad purchasing
agents are way off," said the man
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-10
SWEDISH GIRLS OFFER TO
BECOME AMERICAN BRIDES

PEABODY, Kan, January 2O.-Nine
Swedish women want to become tho
wives of Kansans. W. e. Payton. edi-
tor Of the Peabody Herald, is in re
ceipt Of the following letter dated at
town in Sweden. 1t is written in
the Swedish language, and Payton
turned it over to John s. Holmberg,
former mayor of Peabody, who was
born and raised in Sweden, and Holm
berg translated it into English. The
letter reads;
Dear Mr.. Payton-We are a club
composed Of nine young women, and
we have read copy of your Herald
special edition of December IA, and
We are impressed by its contents that
Peabody is prosperous, moral, Chris
tian community, and we have decided
to write and ask you if you can as
sist us in getting into communication
with some young men OF your town Of
good character who would make good
husbands for Swedish girls of good
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-10

ager more mildly. They are mighty
people, who must be waited on and
kowtowed to; they are buried in
whole suites of offices and it is as
much as your life is worth to venture
in unannounced and any freshness
loses you your chance at the bust
ness
Your forbearanCe n9ver got IL for
you,' said the secretary.
you impudent-" Burning words
were at the end of the irritated man
ayers tongue at this unexpected and
wholly unwarranted criticism from
his subordinate. Then sudden
thought prevailed.
Young man. he said, 81 am going
to give you a chance to ventilate your
notions of the correct and proper han
ding of purchasing agents and the Sc
curing of contracts. You have barely
time to get the night express if the
boys get those specifications figured
by o'clock, and you will get to Chi.
cago by II O'Clock tomorrow morning.
See Partridge-in your can.opener
style--and hand him the bid person
ally or don't come back"
The secretary slept TRANQUILITY dur
ing the long night ride, and in the
morning he made an elaborate toilet
and partook Of a satisfying breakfast.
He made up his mind not to tackle
the great Partridge until after lun-
cheon, on the theory tha' men are
more affable when they are stuffed,
and, accordingly, it was after
o'clock, when he walked into the OF.
fees of the N. NJ. and x. Railroad.
Huh, at last" shifted the clerk to
whom he presented his card. you'll
have to wait your turn, Mr.--er r.
Forbes, for Mr.. Collins, of the Lake
port Company, is with Mr.. Partridge
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-10

In Great Britain, or course, it is a
common thing for man to 90 into
one of his majesty's services because
his father and his grandfather and
his great-gTandfathe and long
string of ancestors in unbroken line
wore the uniform. There are in Eng
land and Scotland and Irtland and
Waves families known di5tinctiyely as
"army families" or navy families, "
because the sons, when they reach the
proper age, feel bound almost in honor
to follow the paths marked out by
remote ancestors, perhaps in the days
of Good Queen Bess or the Stuarts.
1t is interesting to note that the
same thing is becoming true of the
United States of America and that
certain men for generation after gen
Grafton are sending their sons to the
army or the navy because their faith
ers did the same. Our navy and army
are young, of course, compared to tn;
British war services, but they are
older than those of some Of the othel
European powers and are old enough
at any rate, to have acquired respec
table bodies of traditions of loyalty t
the republic and devotion to the fiat
and self-sacrifce.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-10

character, We would prefer TO marry
farmer young men
1--WE were all raised neighbors, are
all of us good cooks (kokas), we all
come from respectable families, can
give you the names Of business men
and officers Of this town as references
Of our character. We would like to
come to Kansas and become the hu.
seru Cwiyes) of respectable Kansas
bender (farmers). We would soon learn
the English language and American
ways, as our club has been studying
that language; It was organized for
that purpose. If you can help us we
| win appreciate your kindness
we have decided to send you de-
scription of each one of us which
you could show to any one who be
comes interested. We only ask that
you do not publish our names in your
paper We understand that this Is
leap year in the custom OF your coun.
CONTINUED on page twenty)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-10

with which comparison may be made,
and the Quaker Citys pride is over
Swallowed by it's sister citys creation.
Only in two respects are the new
New York and Philadelphia buildings
alike-they are both erected over
crossing streets, and they both are
intended to house municipal offices.
or course only figures can give the
reader an adequate idea of the build
ing. 1t is forty stories in height, in
Guiding the tower which begins at the
twenty-sixth story. Twenty-six thou
sand tons of steel were used in the
construction of the frame, with sew
eral girders weighing fifty tons each.
The height of the edifice, from
street to statue at the top of the tow
er, is $50 feet. 1t has required 7OO,-
600 cubic feet of granite to incase the
steel frame. Some of the base stones
weigh as much as sixty tons each. In
the interior more than 1000 300 square
feet OF tile and flooring have been
used On each of the twenty-slx
floors below the tower there is about
an acre Of disable space. The base
ment has about two acres of space,
but it will be utilized entirely for a
subway station. This is probably the
only building in the world that has
basement above the ground as the
provisions for the subway necessi1
tate the use Of the fourth story as
the basement for machinery, for ele-
vators and the operating plant, There
will be thirty-two elevators and four
stairways.
In spite of the great cost of the
edifce, its erection is expected to
prove a profitable Investment for the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-10
HOW "JACK" FORBES CLOSED CONTRACT NEW ORS MUNICIPAL BUILDING m
A Good Story Of the Business World
By Edgar Dayton Price

The Office of the Stockwood Lum.
Der Company was fairly buzzing The
specifications for a years supply OF
sawed stuff to go into the construc.
tion of an enormous number of
freight and passenger cars for the
N M. and X. Railroad had come in by
the late mail with a hurry up" re-
quest attached, and Mr. Goodsell, the
manager had caused the clerks to
drop their work, and, splitting up the
specifications, set them to figuring
and checking.
The Stockwood Company had never
caught the N. M. and ks yearly con
tract although they had figured close
to the point where the profits were
slim and conjectural several times.
They were prepared, too, to furnish
clear stuff and make prompt deliv.
cries, but with everything pointing
to their winning out, a rival concern
in Lakeport had steadily got the bust
ness.
Mr.. Goodsell had about made up his
mind that it was a case of pull and
that the Lakeport Planning Company
was "greasing" somebody in the rail-
road offices, but he was game and de-
termined to give the Lakeport folks
run for their money just the same.
A telegram from the N. M. and K. s
purchasing agent, punching them up
to turn in their figure, reused Mr..
Goodsell's ire.
81 see plainly how it is, jack" he
said to his private secretary. THAT
skunk Partridge has given the Lake
port people plenty of time and has
their figure worked out at their leis-
ure. Our bid and others are rushed,