The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-09

parlors last Thursday evening.
A large force of laborers remov-
ed several loads of ashes from the
Delaware G. Hudson pit on Sunday.
The ashes were dumped along the
line.
To every subscriber of The Citi-
zen who pays all arrearages and one
year in advance will be given FREE
a copy of DIR. Frederick A. Cooks
book, "My Attainment of the Pole"
William R. Richmond, of Rich
mond Hill, Scranton, sailed from
New York Saturday on the steamer
Havana, of the Ward line, for Car
denas, Cuba where he will spend
the winter months.-Scranton Times.
A. A. Oehlert, practical jeweler
and optician in Rowland's, has pur-
chased of F. ]. Tolley the property on
the corner of East and Seventeenth
streets. Consideration private. The
sale was made through the Buy-U-A-
Home Realty Company.
AT a meeting of the Young Mems
Guild of st. Johns Evangelical
church last Thursday evening, nomi-
nations to fill the offices of the So
ciety for the coming year were in or
der. A social session was held after
the order of business was transacted.
Rev. C. C. Miller talked to the young
men.
Dozens of applications for plac-
ing of woodlands under State auxil-
iary forest laws and for leasing OF
permanent camp sites in State re-
h1r tho FnrnC-
try Commission Friday. These are
the first lists under the acts of 1913
and much interest is being shown in
them.
The following prizes at the Pitts
ton poultry show, were captured by
local fanciers: Best bird in Dutch
class, Silver Campine pullet, F. w.
Schuerholz, Honesdale; Columbian
Plymouth Rocks, Mrs. G. w. Swartz,
Ariel; 1st cock, 1st hen, list cockerel,
/ st pullet; Silver Campines, f. W..
Schuerholz, 1st, 3rd and 4th cocker
ell, 1st, 3rd and 4th pullet. Mr..
Schuerholz and E. A. Lindsay attend
ed the show.
The Young Mems Baraca class
of the Baptist Sunday school were
entertained at the home of Earl d.
Mitchell Thursday evening of last
week. A social and business meet
ing was held besides an election of
officers. Earl Mitchell was reelected
president of the class and Maurice
Jones treasurer. Orville Welsh was
elected secretary. A committee was
appointed to draft a set of bylaws
and a constitution.
In the face of the fact that
agents of the Department of Justice
are in Pittsburg to investigate the
cause of the high price of eggs,
quotations for selected eggs" as
the Pittsburg Butter and Egg EX-
change terms them, were advanced
Friday last from As and 46 cents to
so and so cents a dozen. Dealers
declare this is because eggs, to bear
the name of Selects" must not be
more than a week old.
The Pennsylvania railroad last
week indefinitely suspended between
400 and 500 men in it's shops at AL
toona and the hours of work were
reduced in two of the plants. En-
ployes of the machine shops, who
have formerly worked SO hours a
W6Gh, w III SO On ~ hOul LII uuy VI
10 hours each. About 5000 men
are affected. In the car shops, en-
ploying 5000 men the same hours
will be in vogue. 1t is customary at
this season of the year, with less
hours of daylight to, reduce the
forces in most all railroad shops.
Rev. Ernest Nash and family,
who have made their home at War
ren 'Benton's at White Sulphur
Springs for the past few years, set
sail Thursday afternoon in a prairie
schooner for Mexico. Mr.. Nash ex-
poets to make the drive there within
a few months, allowing plenty of
time for stops on the way to do mis-
sionary work. After arriving there,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nash expect to continue
their work among the MeXicans and
native Indians. In the prairie
schooner are sufficient utensils and
household goods to enable the mis-
sionaries to encamp and live COM
fortably wherever they stop.
Over a dozen persons arrested
recently in the crusade of the De-
partment of Fisheries against those
responsible for pollution of streams
along the West Branch of the Sus-
quehanna and the Sinnemahoning
have asked for extension of time to
install disposal plants. The persons
arrested, it is stated at the depart
ment, had defied the efforts of the
fish wardens to stop pollution, but
lately evidences of a general move
ment to get together on plans turned
up. The State authorities will grant
brief extensions, but will not allow
any further concessions. The dis
posal works must be put in, declares
Commissioner N. R. Butler.
The county of Union, consider
ing its small population, is believed
to lead all other counties in Pennsyl-
vania in the number of resident
hunters licenses issued. The voters
of Union, according to the assessors
list number 1854 and County Treas
urer Beale informed Dr. B. H. War
rem of the Everhart Museum, that
up to November 29th, inclusive, he
had iSSuad O2O Ona dollar 1ioanSaS