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McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - April 28, 1921, Smethport, Pennsylvania The Democrat this week goes into More Homes in Mckean county than any other weekly. Newspaper my Kean Democrat volume Xiv Democrat publishing co. Inc. Publish hrs the Democrat covers the entire of Mckean. It Aims to be your paper. Smethport pa., thursday april 28, per year. No. Ii feature number of citizens heard Tho concert rendered by the Smethport band of tithe court House Square last . This was the first appearance of the band this Eoa Oon and Tho organization acquitted itself splendidly. It is the intention to conduct Public concerts every week from now on. Smethport now has a brass band that will compare with any Amateur organization in this Section of the United states and when the roads get better Tho local musicians who now number Twenty Are to be aug. Rented by a number of skilled per formers residing in this Section who have volunteered to join the local or gang Patlon. This assures an instr. Mentation of full concert band proportions second to none and the weekly organization s open air concerts this summer should prove events that will draw Many people to Smethport on concert nights. In this arrangement it is expected that local business men will cooperate with the result that business places will be open on concert nights to accommodate persons from this Vicinity who come to town so that they will to Able to enjoy an hour s band con Cert and incidentally Flo their shopping at the same time. A Community trading night is the idea and it has been worked out successfully in other sections of the United states Partick. Early in the Middle nest. A Good brass band is one of the the greatest to a. Town if it is properly utilized and if band pos. Besses real Merit. That is the kind of a band Smethport now possesses and it will continue to improve As the Sumeer progresses. The next concert will be held on. The court House Square. Next sunday after. Noon at 3 of clock when an hour s con motor bus line to Backus government will transport mail Over land Between b. R. P. Trains and Smethport. While taxis now ply Between Smith port anal the b. H. P. Railroad trains it Backus a regular motor run carry ing a mute will be established in Tho near future. The government has asked for Bode for the contract of hauling mail be tween the Smethport Post office and Backus. Sever til local parties have submitted Bode for this important con tract which will probably be awarded within a few Days. All the bidders Are prepared to establish a motor bus line running1 on regular schedule carrying passengers and mail in the eve Cut of receiving the contract. The establishment of such a bus ser vice would Supply needs in this particular direction admirably. As the run from Backus to Smethport consumes Lens than 30 minutes such a service should prove satisfactory and lucrative the year round. The commencement the Smith. Engineer injured locomotive on potato Creek Railroad jumped the track. Week night will be decided upon for the schedule of concerts. Bids for Mam greek Road will be opened by Highway depart ment on. May 10. Monday about n. M. A locomotive on the potato Creek railway left the track Nenn Keystone and seemed surely headed for destruction Over in embankment 10 feet High. Engineer c. B. Bennett convinced that the engine was going Over shut off the Power and jumped out of the window while the fireman jumped from the other Side. The locomotive halted right Side up on the Edge of the Bank but the Engi Neer in jumping was hurled Down the Declivity and sustained a compound fracture of the left Arm at the Elbow. The injured Man was brought to Smith port and placed under the care of or Hamilton who assisted by or. Ostran Der attended his injuries. Or. Hamil ton pronounces Tho injury a severe one but one from which the patient will eventually recover. The fireman escaped without injury. April 26 Fred Devoller was shot by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Joe Ross. Fortunately the wound was a slight one and the patient is doing Fine. Tho state Highway department is again receiving bids for the improve ment of the . Jewett rofl Between Here and Kasson. Bids will be opened on or after May 10. Bids for this Road work were opened on two former occasions this Spring but for some reason All bids were rejected in both instances. Specifications Call for the reconstruction of linear feet of either bituminous surface course on a Concrete foundation and be course reinforced Concrete or one course reinforced Concrete 18 feet wide being situated in Hamlin and Keating townships and Smethport Borough Mckean county on route no. 95. If this Concrete is awarded this time it should be possible to Complete the work this season. This is considered by experts to be a very desirable Job. Port High school class of 1921 will occur june 7lh. This year s graduating class la composed of 30 Young Adlea and gentlemen and is by far the Argest in the history of the local High school. The new school Law has great. Y increased Tho attendance of the local institution of learning which is gaining an enviable reputation under to present capable staff of instructors under Tho direction of principal Stanley i. Bright. It is expected that Large graduating classes will hereafter be he Rule. Following is the roster of students of he class 1921 who will receive dip Omas in june Frances Taylor Margaret Bjorkley Sarah Spadafore Katharine Sleigh Walter Monheimer Edna Olson. Gladys Stour so Karl Metzgar Mary Malher Paul Karlen Allyne Mccarthy Madalino Mccarthy Boyd Mccarthy Robert Johnson Alma Johnson Aletha Jones Kathryn Hungerford Paul Fitch ii wrench Haven Raymond Hull Robert Hamilton Marion Apple Ruth Abbey Halsey Allison Leonard Curran Harriet Herzog Mary Miller Anida Van Annan big carnival plans Call for gorgeous affair mrs. H. A Wells in charge the broke Bohe didst know it. Smethport Man now undergoing in. Pleasant ordeal resulting from old injury Albert Anderson of the firm of an Derson Carlson shoe dealers is now undergoing a painful ordeal As the re suit of an Accident he sustained a year ago Wien a motor he was Crank ing . At the time he suffered from pain in Hie right shoulder and has since been unable to use his Arm to any extent. Recently accompanied h. H. Saseen to to. Chester or. Whitney from whom the latter has been receiving successful treatments. An exam. Nation revealed the fact that or. An Derson had received a fractured Shoul. Der Blade in the Accident and in the knitting process nerves and Muscles had become impaired to an extent to deprive him of use of the Arm. He is now wearing a Brace supporting his Arm in an elevated position to permit Tho injury to heal again and properly which will require a number of weeks. Read Tho Democrat 1 year on months arrangements for the great May car. Nival for the Benefit of Bucktail Post american legion which will be held at the lyceum tuesday evening. May 24, has already secured the Promise of Over 200 citizens that they will participate in the carnival in costume it is an assured fact that this will be the greatest e vent Ever pro. Do cell in Smethport. In addition to the great Ball am Booths for the Sale of All kinds of articles a vaudeville Bill of real Merit is to be presented which will introduce some distinct novelties. Plans also Cal for a spectacular Street pageant the afternoon of carnival Day in which world War veterans of Smethport ant Al Cindy and carnival participants Wil be in line headed by the Smethport band. It is now a foregone conclusion tha Tho lyceum on this occasion will be the scene of the greatest gathering o world Colebr Lifs which has taken place since the beginning of time. All races and nationalities Wlsh be there and world characters of every period of history natural and unnatural Wil be present in full War paint will be roman. Soldiers roman noses cowboys scotsmen cannibals War lors statesmen vamps evry thing Thi most vivid imagination could conceive the scene will be one of the most col Worful the town has Ever witnessed and the citizen who Falls to participate will sure have missed something lie or she will deeply regret Ever after. Re Mem. Her this la not a masquerade it is fancy costume affair there is nothing to prevent any citizen from participating in the festivities of the e evening utter the Brand March which be limited to persons in costume. Make your plans for attending this Greal event now. Travelling state game protector l. I. Hogart i of Smethport started the Rork of Guild Long pens for Tho capture and shipment of live Black bears this Veek. These pens will be used during he coming season to capture Black oars in the Woods of Potter county alive for the purpose of shipping them o other counties of the state for Stock no purposes. Or. Hogarth will be in Harge of this interesting Experiment. The action of the slate game com. Mission was published exclusively in he Democrat two weeks ago. The resolutions of the state game Lom Masslon relative to this subject which were published in full in the Democrat provide Tot the payment of 2d for each live Bear properly crated n Potter county and further removes he limit on the number of bears Hun. Ers can kill in the Potter Woods Dur no the 1921 season. The action was Aken by he game commission As the result of bears becoming so num. Erous in Potter county that they have come a menace to life and property conditions do not improve in this Section of Mckean county sheep Rais ers will be compelled to ask the game commission for similar Relief measures o put an end to raids on their flocks by bears. Gallup will hot serve Chas. Croissant will not act As spec. Ial officer to enforce dog Law. Chas. Croissant of Hazel burst who was recently appointed by the county commissioners to act As special officer to enforce the dog Law in Moke an county As mentioned in the Democrat last week will not serve in that capacity. Or. Croissant came to Smethport to be worn in As a Deputy sheriff monday morning but sheriff Joseph f. Robin son refused to administer the oath give. No As his reason that he was carrying h Eavy Bonds on the deputies now in service and that he was not prepared to further increase Bonds in this department. Consequently or. Crois Sant will not act in the capacity of county filcer and enforcement of the dog Law in Mckean county rests with the sheriff s Ollice. Rev. Van Dyke will remain has declined splendid offer from Hornell n. The Rev. W. E. Van Dyke Rector of St. Luke s episcopal Church this Bor. Ough who has been the recipient o several attractive offers to take charge of larger parishes of late has decided to remain in Smethport. He has declined the latest offer made him that to become Rector of the episcopal ish of n. Y., mentioned in the Democrat several weeks was a particularly alluring one. The decision of Rev. Van Dyke to remain in charge of the local Parish requires considerable self sacrifice. Smethport residents will be gratified to learn that he is to remain with us. To Rev. Van Dyke is due the credit for the election of Rev. John Wiard of Buffalo world War hero As Bishop of the Erie Dlo Cese of the episcopal Church. Start another Well. Contractor a. J. Hyatt started Drill ing operations on another new Well of the Surprise Oil co., on that company s county farm lease near Smethport Las saturday. This is the no. 18 Well on that lease. Building Bear pens l. K. Hogarth of Smethport will Dir. Act capturing of Potter county bears United in marriage miss Elizabeth Geary becomes of Orlo Ness. Bride announcement is made of the marriage of miss Elizabeth Geary and Orlo Ness two of Smethport s popular Young people which occurred in Olean last saturday. The bridal couple stole a Complete March on their hosts of friends and news of their marriage came As a Happy Surprise. The Bride is a daughter of or. And mrs. M. S. Geary and is one of the town s most charming Young ladles or. Ness is a Young Man of splendid Finali ties who holds a position with the a resold bin up in this place the Democrat unites with hosts friends in extending congratulations to this Happy couple. Paving Road Smethport Rew now under Way the mixer on the Smethport end o the City Highway Job was started in operation last Friday and 178 feet of Concrete was Laid the first Flay. The second mixer Between Herzog s Corners and Farmers Yalta s placed in operation this week am with favourable weather it is the intention of the Whrren Moore construct Ion company to keep both minors go ing to full capacity. With plenty of Abor this year and with conditions favourable for securing an abundance of Cement and supplies the Lacto of which partly sized operations last year it is expected that the local Job will be rushed to Early completion. The two mixers now in operation Are being supplied from the loading stations at Farmers Valley and hew. Ill s siding materials being conveyed to the mixer on this end by the in. Plus trial Railroad and on the Farmers Valley end by a Fleet of motor trucks. It is expected that the final touches to the Rew Hill new Grade will be completed in May to permit the laying of Concrete. Then it is the intention of superintendent Aldrich to place an. Other mixer possibly two. In operation on that stretch. A loading station will be established at Bradford and mater. Lab will be hauled from that City the Rew Hill Patt of the local Job it be ing figured that it will to a saving of time and Energy to make the haul that Way instead of from this end. In addition to the motor trucks used Tate year the construction company has sent six huge new la France i Rucks of the latest design Here and the work of hauling materials has been greatly expedited. Fully players Are in act Lee from which a team will be elected to represent smell report on the baseball Diamond this season. Every player in town has a Chance to dem Strate his ability and the team will 10 selected solely on its merits with he aim of putting Tho Best team los Siblo upon Tho Field. Tho season will at the fair grounds in Smethport May 8, when he Clover Franklinville team will Omo to Smethport on its first visit. Frank Linville Defeated Smethport three mics last season Tho local team gain no one Victory and one game Resh no in a tie. Fans Are always assured if a thrilling contest when these teams meet and for this reason Tho new Fork Stato team was secured for Tho season s opening. On May 15, the Galeton team Cham. Icons of Potter county will play in Smethport. Last season these teams met but once and was win. Or of a closely contested game. May 22, the olympics the fastest Semi pro team that Bradford has had n years will make their first appear Ance in Smethport. This team won is games and lost four last season play no some of the strongest teams in this part of Tho country. This team did not make Smethport last year be Muse of having All dates filled when Thi Smethport team got into action. It will be a real treat to local fans to eee the olympics and Smethport do Battle. Shinglehouse comes Here on May 29 and this team gave Smethport a sever tussle inst year. On june a Cunningham s team o 011 country Slars will be the attract Ion Here. Late last season this team and the locals furnished the most exciting game lever after the close off h a Ball league s playing sme. To port was victorious after., a barfly fought game. Just As soon As Tho financial Condl. Tion of the club will permit it is the intention of the association to Provedi seating a especially for ladles near the playing Field. Everyone of the teams mentioned to visit Smethport during May requires Large guarantee and it is Only by Liberal patronage on the part of the service men at the fair will be Replete with new and novel features this year. With a splendid racing program ured and being the Only racing Niec i this Section this year with the her y copping can Val one of Tho Groat amusement enterprises travelling o furnish Tho Midway the seventeenth Mckean county fair and Lacea in Smethport september. 13, 14, b and itch be one of the greatest pos Tolono in the e slate. In addition o Tho big attractions now listed a num. Or of new and no ver features Are Bong planned by Tho directors. Occupying an important place Iri air plans is the Mckean county Ier Vlco men s Day Friday sept. Uthie now a projected feature of ills year s fair. On this occasion. It s hoped to have a special program of Lill tary events featuring Field Day vents which will be open to All War veterans. Such a Day at the fair. Of ers great possibilities and Tho voter is of the county will undoubtedly ener enthusiastically into grossing signal in operation valuable safety device at Mechanic Street crossing of Shawmut by. Work of installing the danger Nal device at the Shawmut Railroad on Mechanic Street mentioned last week has been completed and this valuable life safeguarding Delco is now Iti working order. Tho signal which in of Tho latest design is mounted on a Ligh pole of ornate pattern and consists of a Bell operated by electricity which automatically starts ringing Orith e approach of a., train to Thea

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