The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-08

Mr.. Lewis A. Howell has been
appointed a director of the Homes
| dale National Bank to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of e. F.
Torrey.
The Honesdale National Bank
has declared a regular semi-annual
dividend of IS % and an extra divid-
end of 2 " % from the earnings of
the past six months, payable on de-
| mand.
delegates to the Farmers In
stitute at State College were told
that the one best way to bring about
reduction in the cost of eggs is to
protect the hen from the winter
weather.
At the Hancock Methodist par
sonage, Dec. 26th, Fred Fisher of
Winterdale, Pa, and Mrs. Augusta
Gill of Seelyville, Pa, were united in
marriage by Rev. j. G. Coddington.
Hancock Herald.
Word has been received by Mrs.
j. D. Weston and Mrs. F. B. Whit
ney that their aunt, Mrs. w. H. Ban
croft, died on Saturday in Salt Lake
City, Utah. Deceased was 81 years
of age and is survived by her hus-
band.
buildings for State fish hatcher
les should be of fire proof construc-
| tion says Commissioner N. r. Bull
Ter, who will ask for appropriations
to rebuild parts of the plants at
| Torresdale, Bellefonte, Pleasant
Mount and Cory, at which estab-
| lishments the builders are old and in
bad shape. Mr.. Butler plans struc-
lures of concrete and steel which
will cost $4,000 or $4,000 each.
He says it would be economy in the
end.
"A barn belonging to Lafayette
Nelson near Rileyville was destroy
ed by the high wind on Friday of
/ last week. Mr.. Nelson also escaped
| injury as he had just stepped out
of the barn when it was picked up
by the wind and carried several
rods, scattering timber over the sur
rounding field. The barn was 5Sx72
feet and was completely torn to
pieces. Other damage was done in
the vicinity of Rileyville to chimneys
and farm buildings.
The State Insurance Commits
sioner has been authorized to take
charge of the affairs of the Ameri-
| can Fraternal Association. 1t is said
that the company has assets of about
| $1,000. The foregoing statement
| appeared in Pittston paper of Dec.
81. 1t is known that some action
of the kind has been taken in the
Dalphin county courts but just what
is not known. Nor is it known what
effect it will have on the suit now
| iro in rrtc Of
county against the American Frater-
nal Association.
DR. John j. Gilbride, formerly
| of Hawley, who has a wide acquaint-
ance throughout Northeastern Penn
| sylvania, has been appointed to the
position of lecturer on surgery at the
Medico-Chirurgical college and assis-
| tant surgeon at the Medico-Chirurgi-
cal hospital in Philadelphia. He has
been for ten years instructor in dis
eases of the stomach and intestines
at the Philadelphia Polytechnic and
College for Graduates in Medicine,
and has also held the position of as
sistant demonstrator in anatomy at
Med-Chi during the same period.
The food crusaders in New
York started recently to break the
high price of apples. With a car
load on hand and unlimited" sup
piles behind them, they began SELL
ing Baldwins at five cents a quart,
apples as good, they declared as the
local retailers had been asking from
IL to Is cents quart for. The sale
was conducted at the Queens bor-
ough bridge market by Mrs. John
Heath, president of the Housewives
League of America. Other sales of
other produce are promised. The
cold storage egg crusade, begun
some days ago, continues, the prices
in some parts of the city are as low
as 22 to 25 cents a dozen.
"A survey OF the rivers and
creeks of Pennsylvania will be made
during this spring by wardens of the
State Department of Fisheries with
a view to ascertaining the quantity
and character of pollution of
streams. This work has just been
outlined by Commissioner N. R. Bull
Ter and will be the systematic effort
| to ascertain just how much matter
deleterious to fish life is turned into
| the waters. 1t is probable that the
! data obtained will be used to in
augurate campaign for the removal
Of pollution which has already been
started by number of tanneries and
other plants in the upper portion of
the State. The wardens will be in
structed to name and describe every
manufacturing plant and its location
on the streams of the districts they
cover to tell the character of the
refuse drained into streams and the
quantity. Where it is found that the
pollution is so great that fish will
not stay in the neighborhood, steps
to secure filtration will be taken and
when the waters are cleared up they
will be stocked with fish.
Emory C. Stadler, who gave his