McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - August 4, 1921, Smethport, Pennsylvania The Democrat this week goes into more homes in McKean county than any other weekly newspaper MCKEAN DEMOCRAT The Democrat covers the entire news field of McKean to be YOUR paper VOLUME XLV INC SMETHPORT THURSDAY AUGUST 4 1921 PER YEAR TliS Democrat has it on good author ity that there was never a better op- than at the present time for to secure a federal ing of business handled by the local office Is larger than that by many offices In cities many times the size of Smethport and which boast of federal buildings In fact a comparison figures of yearly Tiess at Uie local office with larger cities throughout the coun tity Is really surprising and Indicates postoffice is one of the largest first-class in this the state and is entitled by ail rights to a federal building One method of procedure suggested is that the town offer a free building site for a government building This inducement coupled with the claims this town can justly advance for a government building should have great weight in the proper direction At the present time the local office is located in the Redfield ing on Main street and the lease IB about to Should it Income at to move there would not bo any other location able in the central part of town to accomodate Now is the time to work for a eral building Irvin Anderson Drowns While Swimming in Lake Popular Smethport Young Thursday Erie Surrenders Victim Friday FUNERAL HELD IN SMETHPORT SUNDAY Irvin Anderson was born in J C Backus special agent fhe AND RIVER PLANS The Democrat is in receipt ot an in letter and newspaper from H C Wilson of Parkers Landing anent the Allegheny river project which should of great local interest Mr Wilson who resided years ago when his father tlie late Clark Wilson founder of the Democrat conducted this knows the valuable tlon this vicinity V cally in the plans For a number of years he was and publisher of the leading dally news paper of Charleroi Pa a hustling river city He Is one of the foremost Western sylvania and has been actively with the river improvement movement His letter Parkers Landing Pa r July 26 Russell FUNERAL OF SERGT ROBT CLEVELAND The body Robert land son of Mr and Mrs W C land of Crosby which recently arrived In the homeland from France will be buried with full military honors in the National Cemetery it Philadelphia per the wishes of family Satur day The father Wv C Cleveland Albert Cleveland of and Mrs C J Hayes and Margaret Cleveland of Warren sisters of the Crosby hero are leaving for phia to attend the funeral Sergt Cleveland who enlisted at the outbreak of the war and was signed to the famous Fifth Marines with which organization of seasoned veterans he rapidly won promotion was mortally wounded while leading his platoon against the enemy Chauteau Thierry He was cited for heroism by French This community wae shocked last Thursday night by news that Irvin Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Albeit Anderson of Willow St had been drowned in Lake Erie Mr Anderson who was employed as a civil engineer by the firm of Straley Brothers of Buffalo was engaged with others in a surveying project at ham on the shorn of Lake Erie 30 miles from Buffalo Last Thursday afternoon at the conclusion of their day's labors Irvin and several com- panions took a plunge In the lake The young man and his superintend ent swam out about CO feet from shore and started to turn back when cries of distress from Anderson brought the superintendent to his side Irvin was then beyond aid and nearly dragged his companion down when he sank the last time Other members of the party came to the superintendent's rescue and with difficulty got him to shore where it required a half hour's time to him The fatality red The work of dragging for young Anderson's body was im- mediately taken up but it was not until Friday evening at o'clock that the lake surrendered its victim The re- borough to raise In unsecured loans to be used in addition to the bond issue authorized by the recent special borough election haa worked out a complete plan to carry out the electric light and power ject mains were brought to Smethport Sat port Sept 20 1900 He graduated from the Smethport High School class of 1919 He went to Buffalo and employment and by attending night school fitted himself for the of civil engineer He was a young man of Stirling Qualities who was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him and whose services were highly by his employers His shocking death at a time when by application and industry he had fitted himself for a splendid profess ion has saddened the entire ty He resided with Mr and Mrs the latter ft sister in Buffalo Besides his is vived by one brother Oscar of home our Mrs Helena Hultman ot Buffalo Emma Marion and Norma of home The funeral was Hie Sunday afternoon ser vices being conducted by of Port and of Lowell Mass Interment in Rose Hill cemetery The stricken family the cere sympathy of all in their deep the passing of this splendid young man Mr Backus will organize a stock company capitalized at which will build a transmission line from the Light Power company's lines at Portville N T to the borough line The borough then would only be compelled to install the complete wiring and lighting system of the town with the realized from the sale of bonds The coat ot this will be slightly In excess of will leave on hand a working capital to permit service to get on a self-sustaining i Mr Backus company wilt furnish current to the borough It 8 trans- mission line at cost plus a profit equi- valent to a 6 per cent interest return to the stockholders The company would turn its plant over the town at cost any time the town to assume the financial This Is as fair an arrangement one could desire Mr Backus has cured sufficient subscribers to stock in the company to start short notice THE GASOLINE PUMP WILL NOT BE MOVED At the August meeting of the boro Council Monday evening the com- appointed at the previous meeting to investigate charges of neighbors that a gasoline pump on East Main street was a nuisance re ported that the owner had agreed to make certain Improvements and tint here was no reason for rescinding the ermit to operate the will stay The Betula glass factory is an as i sured fact promises rto be an in- loca pump which The council will construct 100 fee f concrete of the East leading to the street bridge The county has already constructed ts on each end of and the borough up the sidewalks at loint t th wll tna coming summer resort i project mentioned hot however have the lake For- of n ot ORGANIZATION MEETING OF There will of eligible women of PNEUMO NOT Kane Siding August 4 Special to Bears een in this section in years aro said o be nesting in the vicinity of Bells and those of our older hunters who remember when these peculiar were plentiful in fof sts of Pennsylvania ore from all parts of tho country to sec colony which is said to consist ot about wenty specimens and some aro said to be very largo For the benefit of the younger people your correspondent obtained tte following account Grandpa Jones who caught many of these windy bears In the early days ot McKean county history The was much Smethport was a Cleveland his fatal wounds mers Valley below J junction o Ma I a nd eks Is 1 1 n o improbable Forestry Commission and interests might erect a large there to conserve the water t as an aid in making the river navigable during the en- Should think a body of water could be impounded point that would be of benefit This project would of course be too expensive an for your people The mill pond movement would be all right as a cal enterprise I am inclosing an article from the Post of yesterday on the Allegheny movement Tours truly H C WILSON The article referred to Cry For Allegheny Is Becoming Lusty the Allegheny er from Pittsburg to Olean N T was the slogan adopted by thc Continued on Page 1 Col 1 MACK Rev I Mack has tendered his resignation as pastor of the local tist church to take effect one week from next Sunday It is understood this popular clergyman intends to NIGHT FAIR Will Run McKean Co Full Blast Fair At SHOT William Fenton 20 a employed at was up by two bandits in the Brie railroad yards Bradford Monday night and in en- counter was shot through the left shoulder and robbed of He ted to walk to the Bradford hospital but collapsed on the way and was picked up hy passersby At the It was found the bullet had en- tered the left breast passing upwards and almost entirely through the der Fenton described his assailants as both of dark complexion and smooth shaven The tall man wore a straw hat and the short one a cap The robbers are still at large Fen ton's wound Is not serious A Fake Since thc above was put in type the Bradford police have ascertained that the hold.up story was a complete fake Fenton owes Probation Officer sey money which is due first of the month and it Is believed he shot self In which Vacuum company from the Pennsylvania Stave company that large factory buildings and 46 houses including the electric power and water plants at Betula This plant which Is a model one was erected eleven years ngo and it Is said can readily be converted into a glass factory The property involved in this sale conservatively appraised at from to Work has already been started re- moving the stave manufacturing chinery and a nine or ten ring glass tank will be constructed The factory will be equipped with Miller blowing the discharge flourishing Auxiliary organizations The product of company will which are rendering Incalculable be a for me fruits aled oy vacuum process be used by purchasers articles marketed In it as a fruit jar It is an article which is simple and at the same time and great interest is being exhibited in it by packing concerns The market for it will be limited only by the ability of the manufacturers to supply the demand glass is capitalized a vice to the work of the gion posts nnd Smethport will un- doubtedly take its place In the fore part with a large energetic auxiliary organization after next Monday's meeting machines which will be operated by journeymen and will em ploy a force of 250 men Owing to the fact that there is an abundance of gas and necessary raw materials for glass manufacturing poses at Betula the site is considered an ideal one for this industry Plans call for making Betula a model glass town The jjjj company formerly in New York state and overt ack of working capital The Snger Jar Company Is a Buff itone quarry near Smethport to crush lass sand V 1 Arrangements arc being perfected to conduct n night fair during the Kean County Fair meet in this boro September 13 14 15 15th The Harry Copping Carnival company one of the largest on the road will furnish the midway at ARRESTED FOR SELLING Tuesday County Detective arrested J C Burns proprietor of the Rock however it was found to ila resident's have jr stock in ew Industry the company so than will not be hampered bj BUCKTAIL CONVENTION PLANS At a meeting of Bucktail Post Legion held Monday evening delegates were elected to thc tion of county service men to be held in Kane this month Discussion re- pealed it to be the unanimous senti ment of the members of Bucktail Post that the plan of holding tlie with vice men's convention jointly I other organizations should be dis- Make our annual the company I strictly for service men is the Buffalo L Richardson Betula J W SriKer Buffalo and J L Strickler Buffalo It is expected that the new factory will be placed in operation in ber will go to County Service Men's Memorial Hall Petitions for the projected county Service Men's Memorial Hall which has been described at length in pre vious issues of the Democrat will circulated throughout the county and met with favorable response from the taxpayers The Memorial Hall would he in a result the local the convention delegates In Kane and were tribes who would not kill the animals Pneumo i bears are said to live to an nge of hundred years and they grow to a length twenty feet they have the ability o float through the air they may be found crawling upon ground with their short ike legs The much like that of i duck Is a monstrous affair about three feet long and armed with serra ted teeth five Inches long From tho end of the there grows a horn twelve inches This horn is hollow and Is so to be held When the bear Kanc House and Richard the fair of the Windsor Hotel both of presented to the October grand jury fr Qf county heroes of all wars for its approval when that body provide auditorium for sembles in this borough If two grand juries approve of the Inry memorial building the county com for thc Of business and hous are authorized by law to ng Qf of same permanent a special election at which the tne county historical service men and ons permanent quarters August 22 lo 20 prepared to stoutly Insist that the constitution of the county organization be changed to vent joint conventions at any future time Delegates elected K G ter Dr Robt Hamilton R R sley N H Holmes Frank Frank Fay Wm Harold Fox A M Anderson Neal Dr Livermore of the athletic com- reported that Smethport Post will be represented in the athletic ents at the Kane reunion by a fast rack team and an Invincible baseball earn The local started tice this week Following the meeting delicious re- were served number of shows on a charge of selling i first-class without n license The men were provide an en a hearing before Justice R C rides etc and carries band The carnival will which will he of Smethport Wednesday morning and held under bail for their array of amusements great inducement for the fair crowds remain over for the night festivities The McKean county distributor for the Delco lighting systems is going to supply sufficient units to light the fair grounds It will be a splendid for thc fair and Incidentally at court Bail was taxpayers can vote on the proposition of the county erecting such a building ciely nnd office facilities for public de- al thc county seat The petitions have been organizations It would provide generally i a permanent county museum KILLING POPLAR TREES The recent ordinance passed by the ed The defendants were represented I council that poplar trees gement be a good advertising the lighting systems stunt for by Attorney J N Apple Announcement has just been made of thc wedding of Miss Marion Stark a well known professional nurse nnd of most charming young ladies and Mr James Stevens along borough streets must be killed is being observed to the letter All trees of this specie in town have been Daly of Olean has been ed an starting Judge at the fair this a well known resident of Seneca Falls Mr Daly is a well known real pep into dally race year man and will the handling of the gram T which occurred at Tyre N Y Friday July 28 Mrs Stevens has ar- rived in Smethport for a visit with her mother Mrs Anna Stark stripped of bark trunks thus killing the base of the the roots and next summer thc trees will be cut down The poplar tree roots spread with amazing rapidity and create hav- oc to sewers Thc sewage tom was put out of commission in sev sections of town by roots filling the sewer tile STRIKES TWICE IN SAME PLACE Several weeks ago during thc gress of a severe storm lightning struck a ree at the residence T S of East King St Lost Thursday during the electrical storm lightning again struck thc same tree HOWARD WORKLEY HAD NARROW ESCAPE Monday afternoon Howard Workley who had been feeling Indisposed dur ing the day was seized with a faint- ing spell a flight of Port Allegany hast two teams which are trying to get samos with but claim they can get no response from the local ment Might take them both on at steps alongside thc building on Main street fell over tho guard rail struck on his head and shoulders on a concrete walk ten feet below Thc young man was rendered scious for a time but was revived by Dr Hamilton who attend him Miraculously the young man caped injury and has practically re- covered from the effects of his with valves that the bear can to a floating flying degree or deflate to a crawling or hanging position An- other striking feature of the animal is the much longer than the body and terminating in a stout bony crook which the beast throws about the neck of his victim and draws him into the terrible and at leisure tires of floating it descends Into a tree top throws the tall over a limb locks the crook around the and deflates in which position it sleeps for days at a time It was In this sleeping position that the Indians and old settlers usually caught these bears The method to whittle pine plugs to the and climb to where thc bear hung driving the plug quickly and firmly to the hole in the horn As the bear has to inflate before it can unlock the crook from around the the ter could leave them to hang until they died Some times the hunter would chop tho tail in two letting the animal drop to the ground it stunned by the fall could he easily dispatched The skin of the Pneumo bear was con- of little value as too stretchy or spongy nnd the half hair covering was useless There may however be great possibilities in these skins at the present time as the hide was considered to be proof and tests are being made by Y- automobile trade and some aviators with a pelt taken In the vicinity of West Line Tho flippers were armed with terrible claws twelve Inches long thepe claws were used by the Indians In digging roots settling disputes and in various other ways The Democrat 6 months for is said that local of the state game ion will protect the Pneumo bears and will build hangers for the colony at Bells
