McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - April 5, 1928, Smethport, Pennsylvania MC KEAN DEMOCRAT VOLUME 53 INC SMETHPORT PA THURSDAY APRIL 5 1928 PER YEAR No 14 TO B T DOWNEY WILL CONTINUE BUILDING PROGRAM STARTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO B T Downey local building con- tractor is anticipating a busy mer In conversation with tho Democrat editor Mr Downey stated that he expected to build 25 new houses in nearby oil region this year These houses aro being erected by the big oil companies operating in the nearby region to house com- pany field workers The houses are of attractive type contain aix rooms and aro equipped with all modern conveniences They are ed to oil field worker at a reasonable rental Last year itr Downey erected houses of this type in the bo- Ormsby and Rew City At Simpson a considerable community has grown with a large number of these attractive new homes a result of the building program which has been In progress for several years under Mr Downey's direction In fact the entire oil region is thickly dotted with houses built by the local contractor big budding program has been a great boon to the business life ot Smethport POLLYANNA AT McKEAN COUNTY HOME C O Taylor superintendent of the Me Item i County Home this Informs Tho Democrat that one of tho happiest most self-reliant of tho largo number of at tho county Is a lady a venerable Polly anna who recently entered tho Home Mr Taylor stated that when tho aged lady arrived at tho Home provisions had been made due to her advanced years to provide her wi t h more t ban tho u sti al good care Home guests accorded However extra preparations woro unnecessary This able lady keen of eye and mind and sprightly of body soon let it bo known that she was perfectly competent to lake care of herself With a happy word and ready smite for those she meets the lovely little old lady has endeared herself to all and Supt Taylor is convinced that she Ia no other than the original Glad Girl still maintaining ia her healthy entry to the advanced twilight of life tho happy radiant personality which endeared the immortal Polly anna to humanity EAST SMETHPORT COPPER SHOP HAS BEEN SPLENDID INDUSTRY Tho big copper shop of the Quinn Chemical interests at East Smethport which has given employment to a large forco of highly skilled workers for two post will complete its run In about two weeks time During its existence the plant has turned out a great quantity of costly intricate equipment to be used in the manufacture of wood product cals High grade copper and pure silver Lu value of a kind's ransom have been used in the work The future of the local industry pends largely on the results obtained from the copper equipment after it Ia placed in steady use If it holds up as satisfactorily as tho company experts anticipate it is expected that the East shops will resume operations and run indefinitely a i fee the equipment fails to meet the strenuous demands which will be made upon It the company experts will be compelled to adopt some other metal for future plant being abandoned in the loca STRONG FOR AL SMITH Governor Alfred Smith of New York is strong with the Democrats of the Twenty-third Congressional district Messers James Kerr of anc Chas F Schwab oC Bradford are for delegates to the Democratic national convention in Houston will Harry Collins and George A Simpson of Bradford is opposition It Is understood tha Kerr Schwab and wil support Governor Smith for president while Mr Simpson favors Senate Walsh of Montana BUILDING NEW RESIDENCE Borough Supt Soth Nor man has purchased a lot at the corne of and Pike streets from C C Choate and started work Monday on the erection of a handsome new dence John II Hoffman local contractor I- con duct build Ens operations COW TESTING ASSOCIATION MEMBERS TO BANQUET HERE The members of the McKean Cow Testing Association will hold thoEr annual banquet at the Method is church dining hall this borough Tuesday evening at o'clock SAP HARVEST LARGE Owners of sugar bushes in this p tion have about finished the harvesting of tho annual maple syrup portion The crop crop 1 Local Paving Survey Completed Bids Soon It is possible that another block of street paving may be added to this summer's paving program in this J B Oviatt is anxious to extend the proposed from tho end of State street to include the large frontage of his residence property on Green street ho has Informed the council at his own expense It ia probable that the council will authorize the work if Oviatt finally decider to have it one A State Highway Dept surveying party arrived in Smethport last day and made a survey of the fou blocks of State King and Church streets surrounding the Court House squaro und adjoining the McKean county jail properties this borough which are to be paved with concrete this summer The engineers completed their labors Monday Plans will now be prepared at division highway headquarters in after which bids will be advertised by the State Highway Dept which permit work of to four or The cost of this heeded will provide space for motor cars of court visitors and well greatly enhance the appearance of the county buildings Is to be borne jointly by McKean county and borough using earnings from the electric department to defray its share of expense of paving By reason of the fact that the county ia Interested in the work the Highway Dept will conduct the m i nary wo rk inc Ending the ad and letting of the bid and will supervise construction work WEEK HIBI OE TAX LEVY FIXED FOR CURRENT YEAR AT APRIL MEETING HELD MONDAY NIGHT The first week of May was Clean Up Week in at -I he April meeting of the borough council held Monday evening Properly owners will asked lo thoroughly clean up their premises tho week and deposit all refuse iix barrels which will bo at borough expense and away In cases where properly owners fail to clean up the borough will have the Work done at the property owner's expense The regular of the port borough council hold day with Ostrander Abbey Bacon and In attendance gess D At and Solicitor C Shattuck were also A committee representing property owners of Marvin appeared be- fore the council and that aid be given in extension of the borough water lines night's meeting the county fixed tho Uix levy Cor the fiscal yearns Borough General 10 mills Electric Bond Fund 7 mills Tho bills were read and ordered Smethport Water Co water John J Hallatrom street er Bros supplies Democrat Pub Co Holmes sewer pipe Norman salary Mincer salary F H Biever salary Claude tuck salary J D Hogarth salary Frank Peasley labor Robert Hull labor S S Fry labor Arthur Rice tabor Lawrence labor Harold Wright labor R C Rice supplies Samuel Green poles Smethport Water Co W F Specht insurance Bradford Electric Co electric current Bartlett Co supplies Holmes hauling cinders mel Co supplies M II Kelly team work Electric Supply Co supplies FIREMEN PREPARE TO ENTERTAIN DUKE RESIDENTS Members of the Smethport Fire Department have completed plans for tho entertainment of a delegation of Duko Center residents who will be of the local organization at its regular As stated in tho Democrat last week the Duke ter delegation coming here to obtain information to expedite the tion of a Jire department in that hustling oil town Last fall Duke Center residents purchased u costly Seagrave motor r and combination hose chemical ami ladder truck PROSPECTS FOR POTATO CREEK ELECTRIC SERVICE BRIGHT Last week of Keystone Power Corporation which supplies electricity to municipal and power system were in Srnelhport to confer with a delegation of Colegrove and Crosby residents re- jardiner an extension of the Keystone company's transmission linos from this borough up the Potato creek valley to supply the two nearby towns Tho Democrat understands that prospects are bright for the extension bring built Mrs Burlingame's Birthday Passes Happily Mrs II rove red Kasson lady celebrated her day last Thursday and in honor of the auspicious occasion and to tho number of twelve at the hospitable farm homo and a day of rare ment was spont by all At o'clock a delicious dinner served covers In pink and During tho afternoon in uric and games wero on joyed Mrs to the groat delight of her wide circle of friends is now on tho to recovery from -a Illness from which she suffered for over throe years past up to the past winter and her natal day found In splendid health and aside from natural weakness from her la to Illness Comrade H L whose health has been poorly during tho past winter Is now his friends are ed to learn also improving and Mrs W Gallup re- turned homo yea teni ay from a Florida vacation trip BRADFORD GUNMAN PARDONED Bradford Sunday to a dispatch from the State Board of Pardons has a pardon for of county convicted a few years Swort passed away Thursday 29 at Harrison Valley Potte county at age of 78 years Mr was well known to many resi dents of McKean county successfully conducted a fine farm a Farmers Valley for over forty year prior to his moving to Harrison Val ley a faw yours ago Mr farm just this side o the Valley a few miles from Smeth was purchased by Frank Moore of the McKean County Oil Refiner who built a tine country home on th place Surviving are two ters Mrs Alfred Stration of Farmers Valley and Miss Theresa Swort o Crosby one son John Swort of Por Allegany one sister Mrs Emm H tat hen of HUrrison Valley and on brother who Funeral services were held Monday in the Methodist Episcopal church Nr V and interment made at that place BUFFALO CONTRACTOR IS LOW BIDDER ON B-P TRAIL LINK Fred of N Y was the low bidder for construct ion of tho first link on the Kane Bradford short route it was found Ian Thursday when bids wero opened the department of highways Harris burg bid fo feet of concrete highway one In and townships between Mt Jewelt and Lewis Run Bradford Mr company hull the of concrete highway be Jewell sev erat years a pro This is one of the 1 pieced of road construction in this sec tion BETTY JEAN HERZOG Jean five weeks old dn of Mr Mrs William 40 North street Olean died a her Friday morning 30 at 4 a- in following a short o her parents she is survive aero of second The hy ono Dorothy and one brother victim in this cnse a man known as Joo fn a fight on Main street here Murphy was killed d John Catonia waH seriously REFINERY HEAD MOVES FROM WARREN TO SMETHPORT K R Tanner of the Kean County Refining Co which operates the refinery at Farmers Valley has leased tho Tull residence on Water street and Saturday brought his family from Warren for a of years to where they will now reside MRS SIMKINS INJURED J B received painful lacerations of the finders oJ both hands at tho homD of her ter Mrs Kohn of street Af on day whon t h we re caught In an electric clothes Dr A attended tho in- jured lady William Jr services worn hold afternoon at o'clock at th house and two o'clock at church St was Ron a S1 CAMPAIGN IS NOW ON 1.1 wal now 1 nf free i n at i on a of ho of motor cars and are Issuing tho attustliiK the of vehicles to s meet In tho Monday all month presence of lest stickers will later BIG KANE ocal Hi Rooters Want Hasten Park Track Meet The athletic authorities of the School have received latter from Park High School of Buffalo in which the tatter school that the annual track nd Held meet In this borough AH stated in Democrat a few this meet without a doubt ho must dual event to be in thin section of the United States not scheduled because of ack of money In the ury of tho S H S athletic association Tho letter stated that prospective of thy Maslen squad have looking f o r wa rd with pit anticipation to the trip lo n fact the journey has been held out us an inducement for who themselves iti particularly fine fashion The vast of local fans are stilt hoping that win bo hit whereby this meet may yet be Park Is said to be ner to pay part of the expense selves There should be no difficulty for the S II S A A to get to work ind yell more than enough tickets In advance to pay the balance of ex pen sen and leave a handsome profit A finer bunch never appeared here than the of Urin or fans want to see them again A Lesson From Olean Olean lovers of sports knew how to properly appreciate the opportunity o engaging in an athletic contest wit I the bi Olean Buffalo school When tin School basketball quint Q earned the right to play In th Bison City last winter the neighbor r fans chartered a Pennsylvania railroad train anil a moneter of rabid rooters made the trip with not ol ooUe a ad m of clean sports left in Smethport t bring HIGH SCHOOL RHETORICALS The following Rhetorical will bo presented at the this Thursday afternoon at o'clock under tho direction o FYed Campbell faculty adviser an Miss Jeanette Anderson Celia Helei Chase Fran cl H te r O n I ee Su t ton Smith Edith Karrle Kohn Joyce WErt accompanied on tin piano by Ruth Chase ot a Klelln Smith Piano Chase Jewish Calls HI Charles KuU Chase In a Carlson Royal Enter Banjo Facts About S II AVm villa Stick stick Ruth Chase Stockton a col leno Kdith mond L college Wirt An Hums a Bcott a college Kohn Mary room ma to Celia Ohman Miss dean of women Sutlon a very popular boy Chester a collog boy Donald Nichols a brother of Wilbur Ralph a college boy Da 1 k w n a 1 MJy from Lou i H Fra nk i rt on COSTLY FIRE BEST LAW LIBRARY IN STATE IS PLACED AT Ku UP for n time tho district of Kane lie Colin block at the of ey anil streets early thin entailing a at from Id origin of tlie Ore Is unknown fanned hy a driving wind the through tlie building and within L few after it was discovered lie block a racing furnace of lames The in thought to have started i tho third of the building i I hours bufore its discovery as the untire story ablaze whan the was turned in Tiie following suffered losses tho A 15 Cohn of the building oss to partly Insured company loas estimated partly anil Woods attorneys loss to insurance John bowling alleys luaa about parlors Lyle and Port Inter proprietors loss T Paisley Insurance insurance Edward chiropodist loss Insurance Independent oC Ued Men C B A and C D of A losa The folio winy losses wero sustained by property owners A- and Sons furniture store damages by and water to building anil stock fully exl William Mentos property damage no Insurance Frank tobacco store loss The blaze discovered at o'clock by George McConnell who saw flam en from two win dowa on tho Fraley street aide ot the third door Ho phoned in an alarm and a call waa made from box 12 fol by a general alanr y reached the the to stories of the structure wore from ono end to the other The pumper of the Engin company connected to the liy drant at tho corner within a few fee of the and two streams of water were soon on th blaze other streams wore play ed on the building from the F1 steret side rear and the building the Mountain and Hoso companies Fanned by the wind the flame at times shot fifty ami a hundred fee in air coals were carrier for blocks by wind and rain and snow of the day wa nil that saved many buildings in tha vicinity The law in thu big fire the largest and In the state uC sylvania and lit privately owned collection In thi United of tho animal maple sap crop it COMMUNITY AUCTION SUCCES Tho first of tho series of to bo conducted by K Jones 1 1 i ai ict i on at the Mil street Saturday w well and a Hst of of furniture rm etc from of local stores and from disposed of EASTER FLOWER SALE On Thursday Friday and Saturday at the Gabriel an attractive flowers for Raster Y BRIGHT of beautiful spring weather has been on tho program this week DEATH OF SENATOR WILLIS SHOCKS SMETHPORT PEOPLE United States Senator Frank I Willis of Ada Ohio died from sudden attack in the of on auditorium in Delaware night just he to to him discuss Issues of his campaign for nn t ion for was a warm friend of H 1 Rice well known man Senator Willis wma formerly dent of Ada of I TIKI i- of Mr is -in and his attendance th ero a n n ji n rson a I f r i I sh 1 p head and tho man A years just prior to the abln O and rise In tho world C W county of schools cured Mr Willie as chief at the County and ho a in during Iho fons making many Smethport ships AM in tho Democrat last Son a tor N of Michigan whoso death curred spent a week In years ago as chief instructor at tho McKean TRAVELERS CLUB AND GUESTS ENJOY SPLENDID PROGRAM SATURDAY About forty members and wore In at the of Smethport Chili on afternoon it o'clock Al tho tlv 1C 1C II Van Duson draft n the program for which will upon n ihn next D M Drews of our Mothers and he paper IK most 1 subject and she treated the subject Ii n no ve I f n i ro i d i nff an o rj x i story uf American and up ii China and then went It America act end 1 1 or reactions t were- most with a piano solo Ala Him Old and accompanist NEAR GALE CAUSES DAMAGE A high wind which attained th near velocity of i loca 11 afternoon c rln TJio roof oi i cupola atop HID aI nn Main street blow off The loitered of nno side of In front of Clark druff storo on street was dem NEW GARAGE FIRM Tho now firm of look of the I on s t i n si roet S n nd a with an auspicious start of business late a laboratory ex port of the Kouth Rend Ind Is in of th al department of tho Gar ago 10 son of Mr an Herds Set Splendid Marks Tho Ills for milk of Iho Caw D of milked cowa of 1316 pounds ot milk com pounds f con- E H of woa in milk on live cows with ftn of of milk testing or making pounds of per cow tho In and milk production purebred cow in produced Riul tho cow In production 1845 pounds milk The 13 owned by C Bradford with an lent oC 6 per Irange Democrat want ads eret Mrs Philip with LOCAL TRAPPER HANGS UP BIG SEASON RECORD wull known man lias n record In nearby tho wason which will not him approximately In bounties nnd pelts During Iho season Mr a of 30 fox 6 mink 12 and ia to net son's for the DR WARD BURDICK NOTED PATHOLOGIST DIES IN DENVER Dr Ward aged 48 of ir Colorado Saturday Dr wag a son oJ Byron and Georgia Thomna a ew ot F A Burdick of and a cousin of R E Sidney nnd also of thla During tils younger daya ho lived In this section leaving for tho West where he was an outstanding success In his chosen profession Tho following article appeared In a Denver newspaper the passing this prominent Dr Ward T director of pathological clinics the Children's and Park as uremia Twenty-four hours before he was stricken Dr was as he de- clared to his friends of going about his tasks arid preparing for a Sunday out of doors A native Pennsylvania ho was born In 1880 Dr ed education In the public schools and when he selected ns Ills profession he a student of the American college at St Louis taking post graduate work at ington university In ho married Irma of St nnd came to Denver a year later Identifying self with tho National Jewish hospital from which experience ho decided to In clinical pathology devoted to bin profession nt home Dr found to give something of himself and Ills to In addition Lo being n member of tho Denver City County Medical he Wiix a member of Hie Rotary ami University clubs of Beta PI medical fraternity and a At Hie lime of death Dr was of tho National Society of Ho is survived by his wife and a daughter services will bo conducted by the Masons at the mortuary Tuesday noon jit 2 o'clock Interment will bo In tho Tower of Memories at Crown Mill SNEAK THIEF WORKS FAST Posing a-s an electric man a sneak entered the cluak room of the If RuHa in Bradford day stoio from the of Anna Nelson a clerk SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM A electrical storm this vicinity Tuesday morning and local electrical service for n an a result of lightning's effects upon the wires SCHOOLS CLOSE TOO The schools will clone day for the annual of one week Rehearsals For That's Legion Show Miss Dorothy Drainard director employed by John n Producing Co of Ohio has arrived in Smethport and will start this week tho large home talont which will tho tuneful musical comedy That for the benefit of Post at tho Legion Lyceum April Miss directed the production of Kathleen a year ago and Is a clever artist Don't forget to plant your Sweet on Good Friday T have Giant In separate colors and tures Will Phono 203 H G
