The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-02-05
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A. Shewman for copy Of the industrial
edition of the Morning Enterprise of
Oregon City, Ore. II is made up in
magazine form aud is replete with fine
half tone views exploiting the many in
dustries of the city and Clackamas county.
Mr. Shewman is editor of the Western
Stock ,urnal aud has a finely illustrated
write-up OF the industry represented by
his periodical in the edition of the Enter
prise.
Weather Prophet Grounding sure
saw his shadow Sunday, the I'd inst. for
the day was one of bright sunshine from
morning till evening, and just the sort
that would tempt any prophet to come
ont of his hole and have look. II we
are now to have six, or even four, weeks
of winter 1t will please the populace
hereabout. for almost every sort of bust.
ness upon which this section depends Is
suffering from lack OF snow and good
hauling weather.
"A. ID. Goal, formerly of Lynch. this
DuL uOW no pho w W ~
ren's most active and experienced oil
operators has begun fnrther operations in
the Matthews Run district near YOungs-
Vile, where he already has opened good
field he holds leases of upward of
Thousand acres in Brokenstraw twp 4,
which IL is believed will turn out well,
aud at the present high and rising price
Of crude ought to prove veritable
bonanza for his company.
A note from l.. J. Osgood formerly of
Endeavor, but now a resident of Faii lax,
Wash, states that they are having snug
winter In that section. "The snow for
The past four weeks has been 26 inches
deep at the mill and feet In the logging
camp, but not uncomfortably cold, the
coldest morning being 10 above zero.
With this depth of snow, should we get
Chinook wind for As hours 1t will clean
out all the river valley in this section.
This is the most snow they have had here
in 20 winters"
During the present shortage of gas for
domestic use extra precaution against
fires should he observed. With the gas
fiuctuating between practically no pres
sure and ten to twelve-ounce flow, and
this extra pressure coming on usually
during the night, when most fires are
turned of, the danger of fire from over
heating is greatly increased. Watch your
fires on retiring for the night, or when
leaving the house for time, to see that
the valves are not left wide open on your
stoves or jets.
Edith Mckee, a young daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mckee. of Tionesta
township, had her right hand severely
burned Monday afternoon by the explo-
sion OF quart bottle containing mix
ture OF acids. The little girl found the
bottle and gave 1t vigorous shake, caus-
ing the stuff to explode. Her hand was
badly burned aud some clothing in the
blaze. Mrs. Mckee heard the child
scream and coming quickly to the rescue
succeeded in smotheriug the flames.
The Seep purchasing agency is now
pay ing 50 AZ the barrel for Pennsylvania
oil which is the highest price paid in lS
years. To this may be added Is cents q
barrel premium which the Wilburine
company is paying, making the price to
many in this locality 81 So There is a
whole lot ofmyslery contested with these
rapid jumps, and no fellow seems able to
offer a satisfactory solution. 1t may be
for the purpose OF stimulating operations,
but who has heard that any one has been
loafing on the job during the last lew
years even at Sl35 oil2 The last seven
cents raise came yesterday.
The Ithaca Conservatory of Music
Concert Co. gave us a fine concert at the
court house last Wednesday night and q
large audience gave audible expression
to their delight in many encores. The
company is composed OF Mr.. George
Fuller reader, Miss Alice MACPHERSON,
violinist, Miss Grace Covey, vocalist, and
Mr.. Glenmore HOLMES, pianist, ard each
is an artist in his or her line They
easily proved their right to appear before
the public as entertainers, 10th as to
ability and charm of manner, aud our
people left at the close of the entertain
ment with feeling of satisfaction.
Saturday Judge Reed of Jefferson
county sentenc, d Charles Abrams OF
Summerville to II years in the peniten-
tiary on conviction of arson. Some
time last summer large portion of The
town of Summerville was destroyed by
fire which started in store owned by
Abrams. His arrest as the responsible
person followed and his trial resulted in
a Jury disagreement. He was again
placed on trial and at the recent court was
convicted. A motion for new trial was
overrued by the judge who passed sem
tence upon the young man. HIS father
says that an appeal to higher court will
be taken.
General Manager s. C. Long of the
| PENNSYLVANIA railroad and other officials
of the company have just completed an
inspection of the Valley division of the
company, where great improvements are
to be made the coming spring and sum
mer. Bids are about to he opened by
the company for the construction of three
long tunnels on that division One OF
these is TO go through the hill back Of
East Brady, aud will cut of what was
known to raftmen in the early days rs
"nine-mile bend" now called Brsdy's
Bend. 1t 10 expected to shorten the dis
tance fourteen miles between Pittsburg
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