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McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - August 24, 1922, Smethport, Pennsylvania Democrat this week goes into More Homes in Mckean county than any other weekly newspaper Mckean Democrat the Deino crat calve in the entire news i iced of Mckean. It Aima to be your paper. Volume 46. co., inc. Smethport pa., thursday August 24, 1922. The per year. No. 34. Fully exposed the Democrat aware of the fact that not have seen the following Brilliant effusion passes it on to its readers for their Earnest consideration. Intond Booster i Richrd Ove decl or Huttl Liomel. Good Road boosters of Mckean county irritated Over Iho amount of oust kicked up Over nothing recently placed on vet Ord this week As radically opposed to any movement calculated to cause misunderstanding of a heretofore Plain Good roads program Vilh the result of Diviny Rise to suspicion in some minds that funds were about to be diverted from sources for which they re intended. Attempts to place Bradford in an unenviable la yet also wore condemned by Mckean county boosters and Steps taken to those responsible for the Hue and cry of the past few wrecks explain whys and wherefores of their attitude. Resolved into Hie Concrete Mckean county roads boosters Arfi a unit for the Good roads plan tis originally outlined and this As every one conversant with the ritual Ion knows cont pm plates the Coin pie t Ion of. Ill primary roads Ere consideration is Given other highways. Interviews with the oven one dozen men Foremost in the roads move ment of Mckean county the past week revealed a unanimity of sentiment concerning which there is no they Are authority for the statement that a. of duty in do Al Yijin actor has Nann a Trio Deputy county Dir to insure thu Uii a i of to the letter. Or. K. M. Or. A. .1. Col Coral -1 Orl or. O. M. Plemla. Or. Ii. M pc Wott or. D. W. These arc authorized p of orm re vaccination of school children who have been unsuccessfully vaccinated two or three times and to pass upon alloyed physical disability for vaccination in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated under Tho act of Junu 3s, amended june 5, 1919." Kev. Van Dyke in during Trio coups of the severe electrical Stoi m at about o clock Lasi Friday evening Liefh tiling h truck a Stool Oil tank of barrels capacity at the nil Onul t of huge Plant at Colegrove. To and Twenty iwo thousand barrels Oil were destroyed by fire a my two workmen Albert Ismond and Mil Stan Berg were painfully burned. The Bolt lilt an explosion in Stert and a Tower of flu me ascended Rev. Mccandless in town heavenward hundreds of tee Presont behalf of the primary ill parti by from the Ira All agitation in Bradford now and heretofore As we routes n nil that Brail Ford have no Lea of originally agreed upon. Concerning n. t in p. To arrange a plan of action As or. Posed by those who seem to have .1 grievance concerning which no one knows. Local boosters aver Liat they a re ready for i Nice tiny Ami i Lia t when it is i they intend to find out what All the disturbance of the Pasi few weeks Rev. R. Inn Dyke Rector of St. Luke s Church left saturday morning for port Rind Oregon to attend they neral convention of the Episcopalian Church which in eels Trien Nelly. H e expects to he absent about a month further snore they say that in the event of null ser no Petinu it it Mhz to Little Short of suicide for any one to attempt to alter or abridge the original plans. Boosters of Smethport. Whose with the situation cannot be and will visit other Points of interest in the Mem. This is the third time that Rev. Hyltje Lias been a Dele Gate to the convention which d is i n Cru shed h onor. Ing a Beautiful Siy lit. The fire which followed presented a spectacle fairly common to residents of this Region but which nevertheless is always an impressive one Worth travelling i Lea to witness. I Hind reds of people from All Over this Section on learning of the Fiji journeyed to the scene in Automo impressive masonic Cornerstone ceremonies tit Cui in slum sigh Iii us t i Ulik a u in 3 Impi Ssibyl list. Fiul the . In discs. Us Fust i of ills 111 in in this my it in wit by la inert ils of in.1 that the event of particular to members of inc Muj f i a Nuy evidenced by Ilie fact that Largo of masons from it. Jewell. Kid red port Austin Anil Coil Cusport Jour in mud to smell Pott and Partick i u d in the c c i Emo n i is. Tho Corner Stone ceremony was pre ceded by a procession of me Ken n no. 388, ii jul visit ing Lead by Orand Lodge officers of Penn Sylvania and headed by the Smol port hand which moved from the masonic Quill to the site of the new building at the Southwest Corner of main and c n u Rich St Roe t a prom p to y n t o1 clock. The Corner Stone Way Laid by Abra Ham m. Dei tier grand master of the i Vul Lodge of free and accepted masons of Pennsylvania. The full masonic ceremonial used for the laying of Corner stones of masonic Halls which is prescribed by masonic Law during Van duo s absence the Rev. J. 11. of Ritts Hurth. A. Recto emeritus of St. Questioned state Chat is net port and Ford Are working hand in hand for ii Imp s is Monist Vin it to the1 local in r All roads contemplated and thru a a Lorn to i dimension Over was evident. I. To therefore if a meeting is Liell As proposed and every Good roads adv i conducted ser cute is hoping h will be. The real work before the meeting will consist of Over vices it St. Luke s last sunday. Local trn i ipe co. Windi the coming the ill effects of a agitation resulting from nothing Short of risk donors and citizens of so Ethson was used on this occasion. The worshipful k in not master was assisted by other Oil Loci s of the firant the Oil stored in the tank was from of Pennsylvania notably Sam Tho Somerset Kentucky held and m right worship Rel Enro Ute from Kentucky to the new Ute in Flery j. Smith. Jersey an Bomol. Is a regu worshipful Jii Nior grand Warden Lar City of Oil tanks owned by the National transit co. These tanks Are now Kased to the North per fervid . Then the Good roads will vote for As originally agreed upon it is said however that the Aid t a tors upon learning1 of the of the Good Havo suddenly changed front Ano Are making strenuous efforts to county Miner the Democrat last week in Light of Earnest assurances sex in general Are to Welcome the. Beloved former of St. Luke s on his visit Back to Binte port. Alterations to Grange local Contr motor has been Ink tended to a few Days prior to publication Day was glad to pass the cheering news to our readers that there would be no t or i i i i f i 1 in Ovi in Civin Imp to Effort made to Merle re with Tine completion of the a Mary Road in Mckean county As had been feared and to in Tionnia Fnnnk on strop a. A coi Grove tank Likiu who Ali a Tirpik of Thrupp to Niit towns of imitation a Hnyp Ipoh com overt Foi c lie Clant i . Be Ceppl prevent Wiuli citizens of three Aici vean count Ion the Vail comp Letell re. Taua the pumps Betnun sum flown. Flow of Oil from Homon Al crude listed in Ilie Oil Inar Lut at ?1.90 Iier barrel last Friday with Modem tanking Oil can be drawn from a burning tank the procedure to open the Gates in. The lot Coin of the tank in the event of lire my Lodra Oil from the Bottom if tank to a certain a Niiori r Point. In this manner .000 barrels of of were removed from and Smethport and intermediate Points arose to a fibr in Piasse and started plans for a. Gigantic picnic at which Ngooy roads matters would be threshed out a v 1 Irit isell 1 Iliof paper Content to Itiat the Good roads picnic one of its. Chief objectives the a t the same time our Alain Street has maintained which Well described As massive Whise the Democrat has been trying to Correct the mistake of diverting the Couse of the Buffalo to Pittsburgh Trail from Smethport which by rights should be on the route and to Check any threat of interruption of the primary Road building program the Many patrons of the banking establishment As Well As add ing greatly to the attractiveness of the Interior. Bank treet plans Are on foot to extend the pres ent paving Job an Mechanic Street now being1 performed by Guncheon co., to include Dank Street and were reported it a special meeting of the Borough Council a tort monday night. Approximately feet of pave ment will make a Fine thoroughfare of Bank Street connecting with the fire As the Oil is consumed and drawn out melts the tank Down near Tho rim of the blazing surface tin the Gigantic steel recent scale melts downward literally by inches until the Oil re aches a temperature when it Usu ally Holla Over. O clock saturday morning boiling Point. Ind William b. Joslyn Tyler. J. Warren and Cliffy to Tho Muster took part in the Core in also other members of Tho Rand Loilo. A pleasing feature of the was the singing of Tho sex Tette under the direction of or. Ii. Ujj Mccoy. The Comer Stone is n selected native Fuiono and was placed at Tho North cnut Corner of the Edt Fleo. In scrap t ions on Tho two cos of Iho fit one Road . No. 385, f. By Robert Hamilton of this place who has been working in pm red on the roid Job drove a Ford car to pet Ritvo t. Unfamiliar with Tho pile of crushed Stone which has been obstructing of main surer to in front of the new masonic Temple site. 1hr Young Man hit the. Obstruct Ion and the ear went up Over the top of Tho pile a birth fu1ly High. The Driver feet and the e Ca r ten s not d a mrp f d to any r x tent. Workman and Seploc Ted to pvt e the usual warning Light on top pile Richt. The. Demo rim. N of i time. Or. Who is n i since j or. Mrs. I j j for from which j it Fernaon Wruck Rte Limey will Pinr of it in ii Xvi. Where popular Tittl Nyrl Rov ton -ih1 me Nln Littich and was i my ror Nirh lir inc Tho san 1-nv firm of ctn Livi red Albert . Master of they will Ali in f nut re new York state fran go and Sor rotary of the dairymen s Jagur. Who an into rent ing m r e to Mckunn county banners. There w e re 1 n Seba 1 1 a m in Tho morning and afternoon Between picked teams. There was also an inter Esting prof rim of athletic events. Kerr Estimene and entertainment Booths were in Ope ration. During the Day Tho told Rod Ruml. Tlii1 demoed it unites Many friends in extending co Prii Tula Lions. Which is making mid strides undo r if 1 a Moorat to costly the direction of r. O. Mel Mil who in Uhlir held of Misch Evlona Endeavor. Tame crows Are mis Chevious. That pair of tame Black crows be lonfring1 to the family of Karl Kahn of West King sir not have kept on the now links of the Smethport country club unhappy by soi7.inpr Polf balls in their Bills and Fly info away with them As described in extending addition to being the editor of the Al dred tin Plo is a musical composer of National reputation furnished splendid music. Will appear in support of Louis Matzk mrs. Leonard known to Thea Ter goes of the country Asho Earth who has Tho Frust of her parents or and mrs. To. K. Hogarth returned to now York fast a Vav. Where she will join or. Bolo who has been appearins1 in support of the eminent corned in n. To i is mar n n. Both or. Nurt will no per in the in of or. Mann in starring vehicle next i the six months. Other a lady. Went info preen hat who was on her Way to the k u Serilia a i i Roa d Ion a s for even the Shock of her life when one of tic Greco Cirulis Birds swooped and her hat in its claws and would Havo lifted the piece of millin Ery from Hor head if the hat pin Hart not hold firm. The crows still the Polf links an their particular province and watch there with great interest evidently Belnap of Tho opinion that the p by f s produced for their special by Noblr. They Havo n startling faculty of Alif Chung on players shoulders and to vef Quiros the constant of plan yrs Anil end tales to Tiv Iii for non off v. Ith to Rolf Hills i turn d 11 n t e of he tool clan s of Inos in tiif1 Smethport n Iii nov a of years in of in for the Sho tinny in who her Joy in her new life. Mcalistor of Oil City. In. Was attend Tynce at Tho Wert info. Smethport captured Tennis events. Which always Lead the in the annual meets of the Xor Hwostow in Pennsylvania a fun its Al i f f p a Rin inf f o11 that even cups awarded at the bit meet of in Oil City last the 03. La Al cry won Tho Chi p in the e and team Len t de fled won the or in the bed Field Milleff won the Cun i Tho single0 Tarj John won the cups in Tho Consolation dance at lyceum Kex. To Tell a it Tho Nihil up Rordon Ltd

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