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McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - February 26, 1920, Smethport, Pennsylvania Volume Xiv r co., . Smethport pa., thursday feb. -6th. Thou i Simi Kaii a Vanci no 9. New state preserve near j Smethport Tho inc Monerat Iti ult tit aids that travelling state to Imine protector l. Hogarth of Smethport and tents of i the state forestry department re open the Borough schools reopened a seau a victims in Llu epidemic of in likes the majority of up res Neil Stinnies at the open Itig monday. Tilt re is a falling off in the number of cases of illness in hint port and most of the victims closed a Deal by which Tho suite Are now Over tiling presidents will not maintain Street lights. Purchase a Gigantic Timber tract of acres of wild land in me Kean considered Southport escaped the general flu epidemic mighty Mortti Tho ancient query where was Mosos when Tho lights went will to to tie satisfaction oi1 of residents at ice much 1st, from present indications. Hockenburry manager of this co., interview Potter Cameron Ami link counties 101 mile in View of the fact that Iuar to used As a stale preserve. Included Anllo regulations have been in j de tin rat Vilenis adjacent to tiie main this Sale in Tho la my known i Force in a. Large number com Nam Jority of Street lights in regards to arly a the Butterfield tract i is in this Section starts up potato Creek from Smith j port upon which the Norwich Llam i Ber co. Has been conducting extensive _ Cullins Ojie Rayons during the j d u Tkai l Ach i Eves past ten years which operations will be finished summer. Lovers of wild life in this Section of the county have been greatly inter Are valuable archives of the Valient old Lii the maintenance of this ones i Pennsylvania 1 inc tails the. Property of the a late h Kutch. The utile Beautiful Forest tract abounding with 01 , for Many Fino Trout streams Deer Bear and Oili Yoars the Bucktail or game As a permanent name Mil Forest preserve. All will glad that the state has taken prompt action in i by securing this tract. Pender menial association and presented to Bucktail Post. American legion of his daughter mrs. If Philadelphia were a on other preserves the will undoubtedly Start reforestation Zilg week work on a Large scale and restock the j consisted of the com land with Husli and game of a Holcli j 01 the Bucktail detriment there already is n Large Quantity. From Umo was in the new preserve is located 12 Miles ii from Smol port. Wilten by sir. foj1 Niani Vopai h in of maintaining the lights at their individual expense and approx mat try in lights have been contracted for. It is evident that the Borough must either maintain the lights practically Hie entire lighting system will he abandoned. An Appeal in s been taken to the ruling of Public service com ski Sioui that it is illegal for Gas Jyh to l furnish fuel to Munich Pri Siul s free or at reduced rates. How Ever it Folly to Proca Slig Naie As to tiie outcome of this suit. It is up to the by Rougie to act. Diphtheria epidemic at tii.1 Mik a ullity Ham i to in ins Lucia in tin us oink Ulnic i Giitl Turner t Uit t by la tilth or. W. A of tills there be Revti in the Coni Rizun Ity and of Honvo the of Tju first by or. Talonn 11 of or it Fot to. The crisis has now Patsi d my to Dinovo the 1111110 ills week. Com Ivinity House committee reports. The regular weekly moot Rogello is acquitted of murder. I Autret to charged the i l murder of Tony or eco in Kane Ian 1. U l i. Was admitted a the Kab Ruaro term of court n this Borong a i i tuesday afternoon. This was one of Joseph charged with murdering Tony Morano on the i streets of Bradford Hist september was placed on trial yesterday at to. February Tern of rom anal court in this Borough District attorney Potter is being assisted by h. Mayo of Smethport in1 the prosecution. John Fitzgibbon is attorney the defendant. Tho shortest murder trial in Tho his tory of Tho county. The jury without the canopus club was held at die or Lathi House at luncheon u clock. Monday february -3rd. "1c from Roll Call by Secretary. Thirty one in of 6ull found present. S. L. Fry won the attendance a Llesh ii Gnu i Ricu by .1. Souton. E. A. Studl Loline chairman of Tho 1 Lias apparently come to a Point Community House committee made a Hore decision must he made whether 1 following the Durough maintain the services of ,1 policeman wit i no duties to pei1 tour commute met with uie club committee and in death of Anna Campbell mrs. P. S. Campbell aged 2-i years House also a number of of Ier rare died at her Home at Leanette. Volumes of civil War wednesday of last week following an and u number or Buck tails. Illness of bronchial pneumonia. One article i the collection was a i die eased was. Before her marriage Tiv if i to Corrid l Anna Mcbride a Well known by his Bek ived Bucktail and j l fret -1 Smethport girl. She was United in prize by him. Greatly to the Liim Riago several years ago to p. S. Sorrow of tile members of the local Campbell who was employed Here a Post on opening the it Tai in a. It a bottle Blower. Found that in spite of the fact that form at an expense of 5100 per month Lluc of this a teeing that the 01 pc to our streets lighted. Part of cast of a new building for the Pur the present duties of the policeman poses of a Community Huus would out Stiesi lights it in be too great to warrant the consideration of such a building. The of the buildings of was and it was re virus he Vilt be of t f tie Are discontinued. There Are is Street lights in Fri in 2.30 try lock. The jurors. The jury drawn tuesday morn and was composed of the filow Pun. Tiie i slim. these lights at so ii vey of the by to to at Cost of Rani Taiti of the nov t Rule is j build whig to Tho i per year. A sir would undoubtedly port Thi the body was brought to and the funeral was Hekl at the Home of mrs. Jane Mother of the deceased saturday afternoon Rev. A. Dyke pastor of St. Duke s by Church of inciting. Interment was made in Rose Hill in addition to her husband mrs. Campbel is survived by two children Ono an infant six months of age. Dogged practice editor an i Vestiga lion has revealed the fact that Many Iron lamp roosts along sme j import Streels have been sled away near the ground owing to dogs. What is to be done to pre vent Bono Publico. He clock had been securely packed in Soine manner the Marble been broken into fragments while being handled in transit by the Strong Arm express Sci Una bet Ween Philadel phia and Smethport. It is feared that 4h e clock is damaged beyond repair. It is hoped that Smethport will have a Community building in the near Futtere. Where these valuable objects to set her with other Neil Leary archives of which Bucktail Post will be Perma nent custodian Enn be. Deposited. A splendid system. County treasurer in Genie Mccann lug Rau do new system of keep z the Public accounts a system that j will safeguard the Public finances. I or. Mccann is going on the sensible theory of conducting his accounting ahem evidently a Case of the methods on the same efficiency basis lamp posts going to the dogs As a u successful business result of the dogs going to the i would employ in the conduct of its Imp posts. J run Iii Ronin and strange to relate we would suggest that the local j the plan has not been thought of and Mentor of dogs be instructed to immediately Allix a weight by to the right Hind leg of and every dog residing in. Or visit ing. Smethport. All diabetes dogs should he compounded forthwith. This to apply to two footed As four footed doers. As i introduced before this Liy the new system county tre Rendi is a Tompie a report of the county s tin inces of the com Mission is Yaeli i month and c i strike a balance on his Ibn oks at the close of each jihs.--. Something before unheard of in i this Section of i. . Or. Mccann Nelly ii Sisick in his duties by . Mcca nil. They Are giving he Trenum fake tobacco habit cuke. Or s Ollu a c me a voiding to the a Slick individual 1 Bret red Riuo Kane last week and stalled in a 1 Days cure for the tobacco habit at per botll1.1. An analysis reveal the preparation to Cirtain a mall percentage of iiinv.l-. 01 and the rest water. The Kane chief of j police went Tho remedy nne better by Claring knee of the Yii _ habit in 12 Vii id in h minutes by Ord. Rini lie a View of men to work leave town. Up tie equipment at tiie so t iat work can be s just As delightful Surprise party. Snor. As weather conditions in comic on thursday of 1-isl week a s1 i this Spring. New quarrying her of friends of mrs. Arvid pc inks crushing Tond ored Iier a birthday for til Anel that in Evonnee j ing Milo Andrews fast Smethport. Wales w. Connelly Albert Nelson. I Ira Ford. D. A. Bullock. Bradford township. Clyde Stull Kasl Smethport. A. C. Thomas Sennett Brook. E. A. Uryn i glister City. C. M. Meth porn. I. Smart Kane. . Kane. 0. . M. H. I . Nir Len was placed on trial kindly income tax in nutshell. We nil Hon who Hud nut income of or More for tiie 1mu. Married couples who had net income of March 15 1wo, is final Date for ill if returns Nyji Ikang Lisl payments. Of interim Revenue Cor districts in which the Poi son resides. Directions on form 10-Io-a and form 10-10 also the Law and refutations. Per cent Normal lax on taxable income up to in excess of exemption Eif Fht per cent Normal tax on Balanco of tax Able income. Surtax from 1 per cent to cd per cent on net incomes Over Gigantic Oil transaction. The Bradford Sim ii Hurulin says Tho holdings of Uio Eijiu Atorlan of comic tiny i our Povillon Cumi Iosco of Loual men Luffe Howlings or col him Lii. Ims been Soltel to Uio curl syium Linale fur i Hilton not Public Mil known to run Inlo millions. Trio Sulu Krulc Tom Elliant of i stir on Tho now York c i ii in Vuci cuts inc a Sharp Rise in carib so Rock. The equatorial Compi Iny was form some i numbs by nine or Redford men and Ono resident of now York. About l a Nurt s in Fco. Were a in cd Lumbia. Adjoining Tho pro Povlish of Iho tropical Oil i Ochat coi Purallo i Ali Iii in Ralford the fact t iat a number of lights be discontinued. Jug hey or lights should adequate in for the entire town. Would maintain this number of Lingl with Money to spare. At the meeting of the co opus club monday it was suggested that the boy scouts would undoubtedly be glad to Light Tae lights about town at night and turn them out. In the morning. Or. A. A. In incr Niiro. Of to e local volunteered the services of his organization for this this would seem the proper solution of the Light ing problem. The Street commissioner could continue to keep tiie a Iglus in repair. Without proper Street lighting there Aro Iri town which will ins a constant menace to life and limb. One verdict for injuries due to dark Drin Grcar spots would undoubtedly be More 1 y than the expense of Light the slivers for several year. But menace to life and limb cannot he measured in dollars and cents. The welfare of our i sirens must be Safe a e d at any 5 j Rice. Ton with the Purchase of the lyceum Iii Muir it double House next of the , owned by Chas. Mckean be purchased so As to have suitable room to cover the sever n i activities Neces i a Community building. After discussion the following Resol ution was made and carried. That the travellers club and canopus club he asked to appoint a. Committee of five from ouch to see if the v necessary amount of Money be raised of Purchase properly equip und maintain these two moved by. A. A. Of Straider seconded by t. F. Hungiville that the motion to adopt the report of the committee on coins Unity House be Laid Over until n sex t meeting. C Orr i de. Vote was take on the question made special order by East meeting. That our meetings be held f instead of o clock. Motion lost. Meeting acl Journei at o clock. Capital is heavily interested. The i equatorial company was granted a he pleaded not Gitil a. And i talc of Delaware with his defense was based on self defense j to of of tin corporation s Stock was placed on the Market until the Sale of control to the Carlo Syndicate. Veral weeks the of Fen Dutu us shooting Greece but contended Omi he did Tho shooting to save the Orgunizln-3 of who equatorial life ail Liat of his Margaret Dicello. The. Father ran Nway following is booting and his daughter was arrested on her confession that she did the Iau Elleri i company were Asher k. Johnson Howard yaites p. Ii. O Dell Calkins Kloyd r. Parmeter Rob Ert l. Mason Willis h. Powers t. A it earns w. S. Sprout Paul a read. Shooting. At the december term of p m Ber Ralu be this Citer and court she Cha Nijel her to not guilty and acquitted on the Fiot evidence that Nodier was responsible for arc Coo s death. Shortly after Hor release the father who had 4jeen working near Ulica n. Y., visited family in lock Haven w Here t h by now reside n and a s or rested for die cnut. Gricco accor d ing to the evident.-? was a Block hand m Kean leads during the of january the following Stamps were sold in me Kean let us not be Penny Wise and Pound Ilsoo foolish. I c May see in 1 i k a rather St dec p Price the Borough to . A Maxi mum rate of s s y in r for a Ken it Light list the company no other alter Nativo in the mat Tor. It s hem. But the Dii ecu ans Tonko in the Borough hns no Fin id for thu Contr ii should not la Staiolo discontinue the it Leist until t Ninlin in is n a ant a nil fit vote it yf.it1. Iho amount of the v of tic Izier i of j Trenson a paving cell i Catt a. Trca sury certify tilted. Savings Stamps. Thrift . Tiie maturity value of the sold Turing january a Inonu its to Mckoan county All 101" t Tho of War Stamps for january. The per of Snios Foj county j gunman who Hect harassed Dicello for Money. Finally Tho Man attacked the daughter in the Dicello Home and alien tiie falter intervened Drew a Ruji. Cicello shot Tho intruder once and wresting his away from him Louis Rich of York these men still hold a minority interest in the corporation. The lion. Rufus Barrett Stone of this City attorney for the equatorial company is now in Colombia where he went some weeks ago to search the title of the land und transact other Legal business necessary to insure the corporation s rights. The land was origin Nelly obtained by or. O Deil a representative of the company. The equatorial company will to continued is a separate corporation under carib control the property will. Be drilled a pipe line Laid to the shot him with the latter weapon sea. Tho in Fla the Amonn cd to 53o. The i j counties fur january in h a in Nappy reunion of Tho Fie noon. In fact they Woll an that they braved if Uncein dainties of the oven incr Tivin on it l Railroad on he re turn trip Home. , c Poi if a n the outset of Tho tin court to appoint a nuns to prosecute Clio a Fenda it to i . Lin 1d1s. Those figures were compiled a their or Ortuet. A patented new Field by Trio Faure no of women s a who Star Lic Ipatov enjoyed the oct of possibilities in fruit and vege Canning. The new Jar fresh fruit i station. Talc i Casion card. Of thanks. I desire to Quint our friends and Nylk Cboin for the acts of kind Neps our Lau in Serivo artent in the death of my with. Anun Onmi Wholl. Their is will in Var forgotten. P. S. P Imp my family. I Roter Ted against Knss. Free from Market flu Cantlo never always k it. R. I us Ali Imeln. Ii.-. I i i Hiir of Triin Rui Ilif Rind jury. Most to lie Coninis sinits in 111 jail from Ollir to attic so is to improve it is n and proper i Liec Iiri tuners. Allenton also Virci Itrat to the condition of the county s office it re lie Injo no in Whie i c to or. a in Iris or Notor the i on Linin in on column 5. Death of mrs. O. Young mrs. O. Young died at hoi Home and vegetables can be canned by vac Unm process hermetic Paliy Send eco j Smethport of turd no in tiie containers incl Eccl . Following an attack pm prints Lac . For rent. House. One half acre foi1 i Sture and stable for i or cattle. Rey adv of. Afternoon. To water Consumers who allow water to waste to keep f . It from freezing. Dero ised had been married but n on account of this waste we have a Short time the husband who loss of pressure from to pounds. Served his country in the Laid this waste must be s .r.piied. Phase . That your pipes Are pasture tiie funeral was held tuesday. And protected. Rooms where a will be held it j the a Ontra Illel in meth x i at u o clock noon Katar Dikiy i Coli. Tin be killed by Jones Iii Secretary treas j iria Tion. ought lie Piesens to a real Good Lamb Linn r and talk with other sheep men. follow the banquet. N Wil bold in the court House to discuss the idea of forming a corporation of sheep men the mar woo and lambs and the Pur of Shnap and Wool supplies. I very on who can possibly come ought to notify Kex sheriff Jones so hat we May How Many plates to plan for. A air Connell will Lead the meeting. Maud e. Conklin dead. Miss Monde k. Conklin. A Juji Omi nent firn Ilford Young arly died it the Era Donl Hospital sunday morning following a two weeks illness of influenza by pneumonia. She was teacher of chemistry in he Ford High school. During Tae War was Lons Picio a maj. In Vari inquire t. Dow w. K. Van Dyke of St. I 1 cd tin 11. It o for incs ai1- i Pise Waters used should lie kept warm oils in Taviti s. She War county Regis by was in else of Liiv tired our full pics j to in if Trio woman a commit i i coun f Hermit hollow echoes by Hick s news Bureau ii. Pic rce of Smith port was seen on our streets one recently. Call again for Sale. For Sale d i Quantity of Hay in barn also some s Ock. A. Miller. Telephone 123j. Adv i t

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