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COAL MINES ARE BEING WORKED
STEADILY AT WILKESBARRE

Wilkesbarre is the logical centre of this
comfortable outlook, and To II. directly
or indirectly. the greatest portion Of the
latent wealth will he reflected.
a hopeful view greets the observer in
the present continued activity in i'm
provements and development of the min
ing companies located practically within
the city limits. all Of which indicate adj
ditional demands upon sources of labor
and equipment. The former wooden
type Of breaker Is passing into history
In favor of the modern fireproof con-
crete and steel production, with in
creased safety and ~permanence and
mechanical and operating efficiency. The
underground. or invisible. improvements
have kept pace with the progress of sur
face construction and usually represent
expenditures two to five times greater,
all before a ton Of GOA Is shipped to
market. Some idea of the cost Of coal
mining may he gained from the fat
that to get n new colliery such as ~"
loOmis, now under construction by the
Lickaw anna in readiness to actuhl,\
produce requires from two to I'VE years
OF time and the expenditure of close to
$4,000, 900. The Improvements now in
progress are but meagre Indications of
future requirements and Developments
that will he made necessary to meet the
iltlAuillN III 'dNAlS liAAA ~
upon the resources Of the region.
II is an ~indisputable fact that the
northeastern portion of the Wyoming
region is being rapidly exhausted It's
term OF life may be said TO b" dtnin-
ishing daily. The market requirements
from THIS region amount to approx
matcly 1000. 600 tons annually. II AS
the northeastern section falls of In its
supply the deficiency must he made up
from tho Nfruln lghDgftE lNrrL. within
and n short distance west OF the cts
of N.lkesbarrc.
Tho following fac's ar- therefore re-
yeaied According to- various author e
ties. ct IN" present rate Of miu.ng the
estimated life of the W. om.ug region
north and east OF Wilkesbarre is from
thirty TO forty years. To maintain the
present output and meet the 'ncrcas-
ing market IL will require an increase
Of from So to 100 per cent. from mines
now IN operation or the development
and construction OF new ones within
the next twenty years 10 the district
within and west " Wilk,sbarrc. and
this Increase Will in all probability have
to Ice maintained for more than Toe
years.
The tremendous demand for ma
terials TO supply ar industry such as
this is difficult to grasp, but IT has
been estimated that there is a market
for supplies such as can I've used by
the coal companies amounting to more
han $4,000 600 a year. The biggest
item IN this huge total is for m%achinery
next comes timber for props. &c, and
then lumber, after which there come
such Items as dynamite. powder. wheels
and aN!"s. feed for horses and mules
electrical supplies. water, rails. sheet
and plate iron and steel. sc. The item
OF the purchase % water alone run,
over the half million dollar mark, and
yet one Of tho biggest items Of expense
In mining coal IS N removing water
from the mines
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the remarkable properties of anthracite
as a domestic fuel. properties which give
il unquestiOEed superiority and whisn
have led to the wonderful development
of the industry. once the value OF the
discovery was fully realized the rall-
roads began to push their ways into the
Wyoming Valley from all directions and
now no less h six ~ the great East
ern systems. including the l.ehigh Valley,
Central of New Jersey. Delaware and
Hudson. Erie. Delaware. LackIWluna
and Western and Pennsylvania traverse
the community and furnish uneNCc.led
transportation facilities. not only for
coal. hut for all other manufactured
products as well. This fact In turn led
TO the establishment OF other Industries.
as will appear.
The following Is an excerpt from the
report Of the Pennsylvania state AM
thlacite Min Commission. 1918, in refer
ence 10 ne surface support, in relation
to the mining conditions under the city
Of Wilkesbarrc
Tie entire area OF the city Of Wilkes
barre II uuderld.d with coal 90 per cent
j. controlled hy the m.ulu- companies
and the remaining 10 per cent. % the
property Of the surface owners. The
latter territory liz located almost entirely
in III" central portion OF the city and
embraces the most valuable real estate.
Fifteen per cent. Of the surface area Of
the city is controlled and used for opera
tons by the mining companies. Fly
sN 10 cent. % the surface owners have
10, waived the right - surface support
and the coal companies therefore are
liable for dimaLe to the surface result
ing from mining operations. II will thus
bee seen thar only under - per cent. of
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Telephone Next to Link Cuba to United States

Thanks to Il new device, the invcn-
tion of II. Giuseppe MusSo. which
makes II POSSIBLE To utilize The sub
marine cahl" for sending MESA yes by
means Of ia" human voice. tc,ephon.
ing promises Ia he the ucNt link Of
t~ran>,rudent importanc" 10 bind cuba
sill more IT, III" United States.
This now device makes II ro~ih'c
Ia talk direct from any point If the
American telephone system IL any
point In the island Of cuba and vice.
versa operating over the lines Of the
Bel and other American companies
IN This side of the water and the
Cuban Telephone ~t'umpany'S system
on the island.
An interesting fact IN connection
with this device nni its proposed ,l~e
for a Cuban service Is the pmp,uy-
mcnt Of automatic exchanges. with
which the Cuban telephone is thor
omghly equipped. The embarrassment
which foreign operators in cuba
would cause is thus eliminated.
pr. Mu>>r'> invention. based on the
simple theory that ia" submarine
cable should hr able la carry the
human voice since it ~ easily trans.
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the eurface owned by others the mining
companies have the right to remove the
coal regardless of surface effect"
That there Ii abundant confidence In
wilkesbarre's stability and future de-
velopmcnt is shown by the character OF
the buildings which have been erected in
the last few years. particularly by
banks. business houses and the coal min
ing companies themselves. This probably
Is the outrowth OF these recently re-
newed u arising out OF the
latent possibilities Of It's enormous de-
posts OF anthracite. II has been esti-
mated that within the present limits of
Wilkesbarre and contiguous municipali-
ties the resources OF the anthracite
mini probably will not ne exhausted for
more than 100 years at the present rate
of production.
a brief resume of the mining industry
In this region cannot fail To- impress one
with confidence and assurance of future
activity In commerce and labor. From
statistics compiled by eminent authori-
ties II Is learned that since the Begin
ming OF mining over 1000. 900. 900 tons
Of anthracite have heen shipped from
the Wyoming region. Of which Wilkes
barre is practically the main central out
let. This represents more than one-half
OF all the coal that has been shipped
from the entire anthracite field.
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TMs coriery of teL ehgh & Wnk@BareC Coal Company is only one of many to be found in
that coal egion.

tent. so much so that the failure on the
part OF the consumer during the summer
OF 1915 to lay In his usual supply of coal
for the winter resulted In "A decrease
or about 1000, 600 tons I'm the total pro-
duction as compared with that Of 1914.
However, by thorough organization and
cooperation the state OF the market Is
40 well known that the industry is be-
coming more staple every year, and
whereas In 1908 the mines were worked
only 200 days a year. in 1913 they
were worked go days and last year
about 24J days. This increase In the
number Of days worked adds greatly to
the prosperity Of the region generally in
that II affords steady work to the em-
pioyees. OF whom there are about l75.-
600. and a consequent steady now of
money through the local commercial
channels.
Figures compiled by the anthracite
bureau OF information, now located at
Wilkesbarre, show that the Wyoming
region. which is one OF the three into
which the anthracite district is divided,
is responsible for an average OF - per
cent. OF the entire anthracite production
during the period from 1905 to lgli, N
elusive. and it's annual production is now
about so per cent. OF the entire mount.
Stated In terms Of tons and dollars the
vaiue OF inc anthracite INDUSTRY taxes
on enormous proportions and shows a
steady growth az well.
The shipments of anthracite coal, FOR
Instance, have been as follows:
iSsS 49, 1915
to 1894. to 1891. to 1914
tons tons tons
wyomins region ~ oo."o :~stoo."p 5s:."r On
I.ehigh reg lon BE-. ~. U01V ~ d5.U0Lnb SOh NOD
Schuylkill region l!o.ep.gU 100000 IS, y0.o0l
The ten year period OF lsO5-li for the
Wyoming region shows a gain IN ship
ments over the decade lssj-si of l1s,-
600. 900 tons.
In 1918 the industrial depression due
10 the war affected the demand for an
thrscite 10 some extent aud the trade
failed to take the usual advantage Of
summer discounts. The 1875 figures,
however, will show about the same pro.
duction and shipments as the average
for the ten year period ending in 1915.
The entire production OF coal, hoth An
thraCite and Dituminuus, in IennSAl'
Nanis in 1913 was about 265. 600. 600 tons,
while that Of the entire United States
was about 10000, 900 tons. OF these
mounts the anthracite field produced
about IS per cent. of the States produc-
tYy's production.
In terms Of dollars the entire value
Of all the coal produced In the entire
United States that year was about $3.50
600. 900, and about rs per cent. OF the
entire value. or 3l95, 000. 900. was rep
resented by the anthracite production,
Only ten counties In Pennsylvania pro-
duce anthracite Goa Mt all. and four oi
these produce nearly 80 per cent. OF
the entire amount.
Luzerne county, Of which Wilkesharrf
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IL the county seat, produces about AZ
per cent. OF the entire amount. n II
has been computed that the value OF It's
annual coal production alone Is greater
than that Of the entire gold production
OF the United States, including Alaska.
The Wyoming region, as previously
stated. now produces about 60 per cent.
of the entire output. The Wyoming
region consists mainly OF tho Wyoming
and L~ackawanna valleys. In the wy
oming Valley again. of which Wilkes
barre IL the geographical and trading
centre. SO per cent. of the entire output
of the Wyoming region IL produced. so
that the territory within a ten mile
radius Of W~ilkesbarre produces 3s per
cent. of the entire anthracite tonnage,
with its corresponding wage values.
Thes wage values amount to approxi-
mately s37.O 900 900 n year.
wilkesbarre Is fortunate not only with
relation to the dey elopment of the an
thracite industry and it's location in the
very Heart VI the AnthriCitc.' MS the
Chamber Cf Commerce slogan has it. but
also with relation to the physical con-
diiions IN conueo ION with the mining Of
the coal and the growth " what might
be termed dependent Industries
Settled in 1863 az "A purely agricultural
community. II was IN Wilk,Sbarre that
Judge Jesse Fell first discovered in 1906
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Advancement In Text
Books Marked In
This Country.

Few things show n greater difference
between the present and the past as the
text books of the United States. once,
and not so long ago. they were not onlS
stupidity compiled hut poorly printed,
crudely illustrated and badly manuiac-
tured. They abouuded In repulsivc ex-
amples. horrible pictures and even loath-
some incidents. the standard OF taste not
being SO high as IT is now.
Examples in lotteries were Common IN
them and problems on cats killing birds
and the like were numerous. while pic
lures Of Indian massacres and lllustra'
lions of boa constructors destroy ing horse
and man and horrors of earthquake dis
asteFs never failed to mar. instead Of
adorn. Biographies. Now the CHASTITY
and otherwise unpleasant. which are not
calculated to elevate the mind. has 10
chance whatever thus Of intruding Itself
on the Young and as a 1T companion for
their wholesome contents the text hooks
OF to-day are provided in beautiful form
excellent paper. excellent printing, ar.
tistic Illustrations. comfortable to handle
and lasting.
The schools Of the United States. it
has been said. have outstripped almost
everything else in improvement and the
thing in the school which has improved
the most is the text book, This improve
ment In text books Is so great that It
has conferred the leadership Of the
world on this country In this matter. So
that many foreign lands send To the
United States for the text books for their
schools.
Not the leas, remarkab le fea,lre NJ
the American text book In its low price.
Volume OF production. combined with
marvellous advance in all the arts that
ceatrtbuts to the making Of books. is the
ans~er.-Advt.
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port Of the Pennsylvania Department OF
Mines places the total capacity of pumps
below ground at 3,429 tons per minute.
or approximately 1906. 1855. 900 tons per
annum which Is practically equivalent
to the entire production OF anthracite
since its mining first began. The pump
ing capacity far exceeds the average
requirements in order TO meet emergen-
cles IND periods when the subterranean
flow Is unusually heavy. The actual
average delivery at the surface Is about
1886 tons "A minute. or thirteen and one
half times as many tons as the coal
production during the year.. and a suf-
hcient amount OF water to fill a canal
ten feet deep. one hundred feet vide and
$500 miles long.
when the coal seams near the surface
have been exhausted and those lower
down attacked. the exhaustion Of the
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The demand for these articles has led
To the location In the anthracite regions
or many manufac curing concerns whose
principal market is the coal mining
concerns. while many other industries
have been attracted to the same field by
the cheap fuel. the splendid t%ransporta-
ton facilities and the large labor
market.
Such concerns as the Hazard Manu-
featuring Company INC the Vulcan Iron
Works at Wilkcsbarre. for instance.
were originally founded TO supply the
demand for wire rope and mining ma
chinery. These industries lave now ex-
banded to the point where they sup
ply not only the demands of Their own
immediate markets. but reach out into
the world markets for cables. insulated
wire. cemen and sugar mill machin-
cry. locomotives, &c.
Then again there are to he found
In the immediate n~cighborhood Of
Wilkesbarre silk mills which give en-
ployment 20 about 5000 women and
other textile plants which employ prob
ably 5000 more. All OF these were
drawn to Wilkesbarre by the supply
OF female labor. which in turn came
from the women members of the fami-
lies of the men employed in the mines.
\ large proportion OF the tax rev.
enues OF the communities where coal
Is mined comes from the assessment on
coal lands and the taxes collected from
this source make It possible for many
communities to have improvements
which they otherwise would lie com
PEELED TO do without. The total valua-
ton of Iuzerne county in 1915, for in
stance. II something over 1905, 900. 900,
and Of this amount more than $780,
600, 600 Is represented by tho assessment
on coal
The anthracite industry Is not all min
ing by any means. In addition to tho
actual mining there IL a process Of prep
arat.on for market which should BE-
class,d as manufacturing This IL done
on. or properly speaking. above the sur
face. in the huge breakers. of which
there are about 300 in tho anthracite
fields. each costing anywhere from
5000. 900 to $500, 900. n a new factory
requiring such IN initial expenditure and
promising the employment OF 50 many
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workings and their connections W +, ,.
surface and hidden springs /. .r, ~
the mines vast quantities of vt,. '
must be constantly pumped To- tho
face. When the coal on "A ccr', .,,
In taken out the drainage OF '.,, L,
has to be kept up just a. II ict,. ,.'
ing operations were IN pro-r,-s. for ,u
erwise the lower levels would Ice a,o-s
Even when a mine is completely worlNI
out and abandoned 1t is often uo.c,s,-,
to continue to Keep it drained in orIs,.
to protect nearby property
The outlook for the year Is 'ro., ,~
Using. The slackcning demand M, ~.
suinncr months will have a rror.,,..
tendency to cause an Increased rr.l,,.'
tion In the winter months and. .,--.-
transportation difficulties. there oY-.. -. :
he an immense production dur ~ ~,
fore part OF the year.
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PRODUCTION Of Anthracite Is
No Longer Seasonal and
Mines Are Now Worked the
Year ROund-Much Devel-
opment Going On and Out
put Is Great.

ket Of anthracite coal ranks an one of
the foremost Industries of the country.
When one stops to realize that anthra-
cite coal Is found only In a certain sec
tion Of Pennsylvania IT can be seen that
these counties in the northeastern part
Of the state occupy ind%ustriously a most
fortunate position.
The production Of anthracite Is q
staple industry. There was a time when
It was largely seasonal The influence
Of the season Is stili fel, to some en-
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GU. Of the $500, 600. 900 tons ~ an
thracIte, estimated az the original con-
tents OF the Wyoming basin. deducting
shipments lying north and east OF Pitts
ton ,the remainder NJ the basin might
properly be termed the W.lkesbarre dis
trictD. there should be available for fi-
ture mining In the neighborhood Of g.
100000, 600 tons. The labor value Of
this may perhaps be c~onservdtively esti-
mated as representing in the neighbour
hood Of $500. 00O. 900. The city Of
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04

puny to be used for the irrigation Of
said land: except all rights OF way Tor
highways and bitches as now laid out
and existing upon said premises.
Also TO recover the sum OF one
Hundred Ninety seven and forty-siN
hundredths Dollars (SlSI46) taxes
paid, together with interest thereon
also the further sum OF flfty-two anu
eight hundredths Dollars t$52.OsJ Tor
water assessment paid, together with
Interest thereon; also to recover costs
and Attorneys fees.
And to have a Receiver appointed TO
take charge OF said property. as VIII
more fully appear from the complai I
IN said action to which reference IL
here made; a copy of which complat nt
is hereto attached
And you are hereby notified that 10
you fail to appear. and to answer the
said complaint as above required. the
said plaintiff viii take judgment
against you as prayed for in said
complaint
said District Court at Lamar. In said
County. this twenty-ninth day OF Aug
ust A. d. 1916.
District Court Scal) .
a. Il. DOWNEK.
Clerk OF the District Court
j. *. DOUGHTY,
Attorney for Plaintiff
First pub. September 20, 1915.
Last pub. october II. 1916.
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
Humoring Him
High School Auditorium
October 9, 1916

In carrying on diplomatic relations
with Germany President Wilson hui
mors Germany as the wife humored
the husband who didn't get home from
his lodges annual banquet till four
o'clock in the morning.
The banqueter let himself in noisily,
and then he began to growl and swear
at fearful rate down in the hall.
whats the NATTER" called his
wife.
Matter, ish," the banqueter called
back, '.there's two hat racks down
here, and I-hic-dunno which t'hang
my hat on"
His wife laughed, and said in a
soothing tone:
"But, dear, you've got two hats,
haven't you? Hang one on each rack
and come on up to bed. know you're
tired."-London Opinion.
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
NEW ENGLAND TOO.LITERARY7
Newspaper Asserts Too Little Atten
tion Is Paid to Manual and Tech
nlcal Education.

New England. with all its water
power tumbling from a thousand hills
and its mill windows shining through
the night. is restive and dissatisfied
with programs of manual and tech
nIcal education. Edmund Burke long
ago discovered and proclaimed in the
British parliament the fierce ambition
of every northern colonist to be his
own lawyer and the forefathers
stood in greater fear oi having an
illiterate ministry than of hearing the
Indian warwhoops from the surround
ing forest. The director of university
extension work in Massachusetts, finds
the people still in love with book
learning as compared with the grim
utilities The popularity Of the Low
ell institute courses refutes the the
ory of those who hold that the day OF
the "lyceum lecture" is gone, to return
no more.
Vocational training seems to be hav-
ing hard shedding on its road from
Beacon Hill to Pittsield, from Prov
incetown to Wnliamst0wn. Every
body wants to be a litterateur. and
seeks to break into the Goldfish aris-
tocracy of bellies lettres whose capital
is Beantown Though interest is still
maintained in the applied science of
baseball. the philosophers and theo-
logians still outnumber the pinch-hit-
ters and moundsmen But nobody
seems to have any ambition to be a
master plumber or a firstclass brick
layer or an electrical engineer Little
Rollos budding hope is to be a cura-
tor in the fine arts museum or libra
rian at Harvard. Can nothing be
done to rescue the "highbrows" of
New England from their infatuation
with cold print and restore the abo-
riginal illiteracy Of the happy days OF
Massachusetts when it was folly to be
wise se?-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Lamar register., 1916-10-04
SUMMONS

State Of Colorado.
County Of Prov ers. IS.
In the District Court
The Union Central Life Insur-
auce Company, corporation.
Plaintiff. .....-
1. Benton Taylor, Nebraska In
yestment company; n l.
Taylor; Dave kemper and
William Louchmiller.
Defendants.
The People OF the State Of Colorado,
To l. Benton Taylor: Nebraska In
vestment Company: n. l.. Taylor: Dave
Kemper and William Louchmiller, the
Defendants above named. stEEIiS q ,,..,,., ~ !.
in an action brought against you by
the above-named Plaintiff, in the Dis
Of Colorado. and answer the complaint
therein within twenty days after the
service hereof. II served within this
County. or. lf served out Of this Coun-
" or by publication. within thirty
days after the service hereof. eXclus-
i've OF the day OF service, or judgment
by default Will be taken against you
according to the prayer of the com
plant, and II a copy of the complaint
In the above entitled action be not
served with this summons, or II the
service hereof be made out OF this
State. then ten days additional to the
ance and answer win be allowed be-
fore the taking Of Judgment by de-
III. ssfd acton is brought to recover.
The sum Of Tweuty-eight Hundred Dol
lars tgZSuO.OOD with interest thereon
upon "A certain promissory note dated
Nav 2grd 1911. executed by l. Benton
TAYLOR and to secure a decree OF fore
closure Of certain mortgage deed Civ
en- by the said J. Benton Taylor to Sc
cure the payment OF the said promis-
sorv note, and for the sale Of the prop
ertt In said mortgage deed described.
as follows. ,tO-wit:
The Northwest quarter OF the south
west quarter tNW u OF SWA) and the
northeast quarter of the southwest
11tarfer fNTgt. Of SW a D. all in Section
tgenty-four go. Township Twenty
two (22) south. range forty-three tf2l
west, OF the Sixth Principal Meridian,
rIght to water from the Amity Canal
and Reservoirs Of The Arkansas Valley
Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Com