The Conshohocken Recorder, February 25, 1910

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1563 THE (ONSIIOIKKTvEX RECORDER FRIDAY VEIJRl Ali\ !.'>!<? SI PER YEAR
BOOSTING
THE TOWN
WHAT A RESIDENT THINKS OF
HIS HOME TOWN GOOD AD-VICE.
Extract from a lettei written i>> a
resident ol Conshohocken in a person
liv Ing elsewbi re:
At a recent election here a loan ol
|125,000 was \iii«'.i tor by the borough
id improve the streets, etc. The new
bridge, which is to be built over all the
railroad tracks and the river to West
t'onsohockon. will cost a couple of
hundred thousand dollars, the expense
to be shared by the two tewns, the
railroad companies and the county,
This win be a great Improvement to
the town, and will help to make busy
times anil put money Into circulation
here while it Is In process of con-struction.
The j. i'.iiwood Lee Company's new
plant now being built at Spring Mill
will h- lp some. If the new boulevard,
now undei tentative discusion. is con-structed
across to Chestnut Mill, an-other
feature will have to be Bgured on
in the probable value Of real estate
here, and the building of a sewer sys-tem
in the town will undoubtedly
come in inn- li
Straws ; how which way the wind
blow?. Houses are going up tar out
B'ong the pike. One has been built
opposite ii:c old Tracy farmhouse,
and the foundation Is laid for another.
Sou may think that I am oversanguine
and that Conshy will always be the
same plodding old town that it has
been, but take it from me, it is nix
on the stagnancy brand of dope tor
this little old burg from now on.
They till a stoiy in the west ol two
Seattleites who met in Portland.
"Hello. Hill.- said the ilrst. -when did
you leave Seattle?" i left there yes
terday morning" was the ri ply, "When
• lid ycTti come away. Jack?" "Oh, I left
last night" said .lack, "and say. Hill,
(66 whiz, you ought to see her now."
Admitting that this story bears evi-dence
of a somewhat broadly Impres-sionistic
style, still i" is indicative of
the spirit which prevails in inan.v of
the rapidly developing towns and ci-ties
HI the west it Is the spirit which
speak* for BUCCSBS. it is the force
develop d ol Confidence in one', sell'
and those about him- -by a community
of people, singly and collectively, in
the tow ns ol . i \ III in the
wesi. the slogan h... been, ' If jou
i an'i boost, don't knock," and it is
a "iio,| one.
A town in ell v without i' spirit of
inn- pride is a prettj poor abiding
place, li. in \ i in yourseh BB, belli ve
in the community in which you live.
live and no busii "II you
can't boost, don't kn
ORCHARD TRAIN
At Norrist..wn Yesterciay— <-:ai d Work
and Cart Wnl Make dVk'uird.i Pro-fitable—
Warn.ngs for Inexperienced
Growers.
Farmers and fruit groers ol tins
Vicinity crowded the social orchard
tram which is being; run by tin- div-ision
of Zoningv of the State Depart-ment
or Agriculture, on the Pennsyl-vania
Railroad through various sec-tions
of the State. The train was at
NorriStOWO yesterday at 8.:(f> o'clock,
the train pulling into the Pennsylvan-ia
railroad freight yards at that hour.
The hour of d« parture was 10.15
o'clock, the lecture cars leaving tor
uresher, I'a.
Many successful and ext'-nsive fruit
growers in that vicinity were present
and showed their great interest by
asking many practical questions. The
visitors staved in the train until the
last possible minute. All said they In-tended
to be present at the State's lo-cal
demonstration of orchard work in
links county in about a month. State
Zoologist Surface, in Bpeaking here
said :
Directions for the whole ar! - of
successful Bpraying can be conden i >:
in tin following: Spray a; the right
time, with the right materials,proper
ly mixed or properly diluted in the
rigl i i iann< r, and with the right ap-
: a atus.
"Tiie esentiala for a grfod spraying
apparatus are a good strain* r hose and
extension rod to reach to v. lure the
spray is needed, a pump th it will give
power enough to drive the ['quid with
siiiiicient force to make a good spray
and a nozzle that will throw a large
volume of fine spray without dogging
All of these were exhibited and ex-plained
on the train.
Inspector E. ('. Powers snoke of the
methods iu the state's demonstration
orchard for Beiko county at the coun-ty
home near Shlllington. He said the
trees were pruned, sprayed once with
lime-sulphur solution for stale and
twice with arsenate of lead lo prevent
the apples becoming worm:' and was
fertilised with barnyard manure.
Prof. Surface also Bald: "We are
iikel) to see manj consplc IOUB exam
pies of leer and chills in horticulture
or horticultural ague. By (his I mean
that persoi. with money, hearing ol
lie- remarkable success of a tew t.ctlve
fruit growers, get the planting fever
and rush into extensive planting of
fruit tries, expecting to reap rich re-turns
in a comparative!} short time
TAKES PICTURE CHILD DIES
BREAKS WINDOW OF BUR
FLASH LIGHT POWDER EXPLODES ELMA BR0WN3ACK. 7 YEARS CLD.I
IGNITES NIGHTGOWN WIT
MATCH AND IS FATALLY
BURNED.
WHILE PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE
TAKING PICTURE AT MCLAUGH-LIN'S
STORE.
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ITEtdS OF IN OUT" THE
QU/.xEK VILLAGE ADJOI.'ING
OL.-i E0-;C'JCH.
IIAM) (IT OFF
IX COG win:ELS
of the largeBl • a-" rn " cltli
railroad fai iii good, thei
and without much greater expense
than the original cost ol the land, the
"'•"- ""• stance, is Conshohock a. u.eea .„„, lil( |lii;nlil,.:
•■;imil; '" one "Then are, In man] cases persons
" othei professions, who
18 :l think thai fruit trees need only to lie
"•"l:' .'an,'.I ami can then take „„e ,„•
supply, and gas and electrl. light ser themselves like forest trees. Such men
"ice are obtainable by those who want have hol hea,|8 ,„„ thej m.|V ,,„
,h"1"' " |B " ",v a manufacturing ,,„„„„,,, „, ex] ,.„,.,. ,„„ (||lv ,(.(||il
"'"": ■*■»■■ wwn ■le««™bl. for sal, „,,,,. 1)U| a ,,„„,,,,„„ nort,cultura,
UIDan re8ld nt" ': ' ' lne88,u -hill, whea the truth gradually dawns
Philadelphia, which can in reached '».„.„,..
less than hall an hour by expn
An explosion which shook the bust
noss portion ol the town and brought
many people to the Btreets occurred
at McLaughlin's grocery store, Bum
and' Kay- lie streets, at :'...; i o'clock
Wednesday afternoon.
Tin F. P. (las MachlneV'oinpany has
installed a gas lighting system in the
store and the light has been so satis-factory
that they sent K. J. Leavitt
and I. P. tan ran, conimer'.ial photo-graphers,
of Reading, here to lake a
picture of Ihe store and lights. The
photographers found Is necessary to
use a flashlight and two ounces of
Victor powder was used. As soon as
it was lighted a explosion, act ompa
tiled by a terrific report, occurred.
The large plate glass in th<- upper
window was shattered, and the curious
part of the accident was that the
shock was lalt many blocks away from
,ne store, yet bottles, piles of canned
goods an.I packages displayed In the
window were not disturbed; even the
delicate gas lamp in the window was
not broki n
T'ne first explosion was closely fol-low
i.; by slight) r one.
No i xplnuatlon can he given as to
tin cause ol tlf explosion. Th" pho
tograi b< is -aid the powder used was
tin same as they have used many
times and m ver had an ucci I nt. The
photographers succeeded^Jn getting
the picture, an i the gas machine iom-pany
will replace the glass.
The tw-j i xploslons occurring with a
few seconds of ench other led people
to 'xlieve that the whole building had
been blown up. Hut the heavy explo-sion
mound at the Phlaldeiphia ami
Conshohocken stone quarri's on the
W. -t Side, where a blast had been
P'lt off. The chaige for the bla.se was
but a modi rate one, and is known in
the vernacular of quairynien as a
"header." It did not throw much
stone but caused a great shock to the
rur-oundi\g country, it shook bu Id-ings
this and West borough.
REMEMBERS HIS OLD HOME
"he pro • i ils oi tin bjsan lunc:
Kiina. tin seven yearold ,laugh' p ol al '"":l '"
■Mr. and Mrs. Harvc.v Krownback. 1421 Washington's I'.iitl.d,, dil
Bj Seventh avenue, died in Cbatitj "'ebrated In ear quaint little town,
Hospital, Norrlstown. at 9.10 o'clock ''" DUuMc schools of Plymouth an
lapt evening from the effects of buns v' 'Itemarsh are closed today as tn •
which she received early in the morn-1 tri (l,<,,s are alien.ling the District I .-
ing. Her parents who accompanied
bet- to the hospital remained at her
bedside until she died.
The little girl and her sister Fanny
aged nine years, together occupy the
same room and each morning the
servant. .Miss Sophia Kurtz comes
Into the tooni and extinguishes the
small night lamp. She did this >es-terday
iiiorning as usual. Sh< i tly
after seven o'clock little Elma, clothed i
only in her outing flannel night-dl BB,
arose and secured a match with the
Intention of lighting the lamp, the
lighted th ■ match, which ignited her
gown. Th" child was immediately n
veloped in Dames. Her screa us
brought in r mother to her side
quickly grasped a blanket from .he
iK il and v. rapp d the child in it. ; be
little girl was terribly burned B
tin body and head.
It in. Donnelly was Immediately i i
moned and dressed the burns and bad
ihe child immediately removed to
Charity Hospital.
Mrs. Ilrownback was several)
burned about the hands an I arms In
her efforts to extinguish the name:
The child attended the public
schools and was a general favori; \
The body was brought to her pa-rents
residence to-day. N'o funeral
arrangements have as yet been made.
P. O. S. OF A. ELECT OFFICERS
Samuel Roberts Again
President.
Eie;ted
Kind Word From One
Old Boys.
of the
them that from the time the
are planted they must be given
Intelligent care In one who under-stands
their in eds. Trees must be
cultivated, pruned, sprayed, fertilised
and protected from pests, chief among
which is the (areless workman, It he
.,..• city, HI. overflow must-not may. eultlvator aml ,„,. ,,„„„,., llllll(. llliU
but iniisi -piead out in this direction,
train. Real estate is bound to In-en
a-e in value here from year to
year, As the surplus population ol
Philadelphia is crowded farther and
farther from tin crowded sections of
That means that your land will in-crease
in value, A large percentage
Of the people Of Collshidloeki I! own
their oi' i, homes, and JUBI as sun- as
.i foot high, those homes BM
going to be Intrinsically far mure val-uable
two or three years from now
i. an tin. an al present
To paraphrase an old and verj true
quotation, "Some are horn success-ful,
some acquire success', and some
have success thrust upon them."
While Conshohocken has bsen a fair!)
prosperous town in the past. such|
prosperity as it has hitherto enjoyed
is as nothing to the success that Is to
come. The cities and towns of these
United States have not yet reached
the condition of the municipalities of
the obi world where further develop-ment
is restricted by a lack of room
in which to grow. Conshohocken has
i'uom to grow, is growing now. and will
grow yet more. It is a good town In
which to live, but it will be a better
one in the near future if n spirit of
civic prid" is aroused so that the peo-iple
will be awakened to th > necessity
of co-operative effort. Boost the
town, l^t outsiders know that it is
a mighty desirable plate in which to
To the Editor:—
.loliet. III., Feb. 17, 1010.
Dear Sir:—You will find enclosed
the sum of one dollar for your papi i.
The only pleaure I have here is to
read the Conshohocken u< ws, although
i have no h in Conshohocken tor
over 13 years, i still have a
feeling for the old town and Its i i o
pie and would like to be om oi them
again. Perhaps it would not bi of-fensiVI
to any one il I should pass
on what is going on in Con-sliohockeli.
If 1 were horn.' I would
vol. in favor Of the loan. First, il
would increase work ami give em-ployment;
Second, property value is
decreased by poor Btreets, poor sew-erage
and poor sidewalks and gutters,
and propel ly value is incieas. d by
good Btreets, sewers, sidewalks, cross-ings
and -utters. No one wants to
llvt on poor guttery Btreets, but on
eiean, well paved streets il pays to
live.
Another matter whii b I reel lnt< r-i
sied iii. no mailer where ! may be
that Is when a town or city doe*. pub*|
Hi Inipi OX ('III. Ills il is III" pi ople ol
lie cannot posslbl] engage In ""' ,,,w" '"' ''">■ ,l"' taxpayers of
other profession toi a rev. years town '"' '''•' "h" ahould get the work
' The officers elected at the annual
convention of the Sons of Am i n a
camps of .Montgomery county on T \ ■•
day in the Grand Opera Mouse hi,.;
Ing. Norrlstown, follow ;
President, Samuel Robert), of (
121, Conshc hocken.
Vice in ,; lent, William A. shea, r,
Camp 828, Bagleville,
Master of Formsi M. i-\ Kurt/.. (' . •.
205, Pottstown.
B< on tary, D. M. Eiowlan, of Ci
33, West Point.
asslstanl Secretary, John M. 8
Camp 02, oi Pottstown.
Treasurer, Harry \v. Aklns, i
11 I Norrl 'own.
lie: (dm i IT A i ri passed Indi
the candldac} of Bamuel Robe' ■
Consnohucki n, for State ' 'astir ol
Forms.
SUES FOR $5,000 DAMAGE:
l.ansdale Woman Brings A . a .
Afjainst the P. & R. for Lo^s
of Husband
Alleging that the Philadelphia id
Reading Railway Company had op-erated
its trains In such a uegl
and careless manner that her
hand. William met with fatal in]
on Thursday, began, suit against
company to recover s: lam
ma) be let led upon them, n the
owner wishes good results be muBt
i-itin-i- do the work himself or let his
shadow fall upon those Who do it loi
him.
SOIIII
with a cheap farmer in his orchard 'i''"1 ""' ll'" wondering Willy or out-ami
expect good trees and > rops to r< -
stitlte at Peon Square
id v. ii. Q. Reinhold lefl Thui daj
for Shaniokin to atti mi th< annual
conference. Rev. Atkins, oi Norrls-town
win preach suinin evening.
The addition to the home of Jona-than
I'hipp. is almost finished. The
plasterers are working and In a few
weeks the rooms will be occupied.
Miss Martha Morgan, Of Ndnistown,
Is substituting for Miss Anna Weaver,
who has been seriously ill with pleu
risy. Miss Weaver is convalescing
vi iv .-lowly.
Mr. and .Mrs. Qeorge Mailman da
llghtfullj entertained a few of their
friends and relatives last Tu< -day
i v. Ding. Dinm r ws i en ■' al 5 P.
M. Covers vveie laid for tw-ive. The
Qlng was Bpent Boclably, vocal and
imi nt..I mm ic ■ elng r> ndi 11 il by
their daughter. Miss Kathrvn liall-
:, an. Tie guests were : ro I !) 'I man
town. Sprli B Mill, Collei lie, Xorris
lown and Upp« r Pi; uth.
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Piymoiiih Alumni B. and L. Af.socation
The charter having been granted the
I'l.vinouiii Alumni building ami Loan
Association, the mat series will be la
sued at the meeting to be held Sat-urday
evening, March .">th. r.'iti. at 7.30
P. M., in tne basement of tne Ply-mouth
Methodist Church, Plymouth
Meeting.
Over two hundred shares have al-ready
bien subscribed and ;t is hoped
t.iat the surrounding community will
give it their hearty support, as an
association of this kind is a credit to
any locality. The shares are $1.00
each and al maturity are worth $200.
Any of the following directors will
be g'ad to receive tin. names ol any
peri desirous of becoming share-holders:
H. Oscar Young, John s
; .. i.■ -ii" .... Rodeubaugh, Thom-as
White, Sr.. and Warren Brook,
Plymouth Meeting; Charles w. Lew-is,
Harry Maxwell, Jr., Thomas Sin-clair,
uon&hohocken; Horace Schlater,
Winlield II. t'ulp. Cold Point. Pa.;
Murk Freds, NarciBsa, Pa.; Harry Fill-man,
Jr., and .imi I). Kcrper, Oer-i
i U .a. and J. Mai vej I lai I.
Philadelphia, Pa.
The regular meetings will be held
on the first Saturday of each month
il abov e.
tCAftE MAN TO GET WATCH
i U > V- ■ i, ,,-.ii c ta ■
When Told He VVas Und>r Arrest—
The Hold-Ups Arrested a.ia Will lie
G'ven a Hearing To-Night.
Michael Sal ol » I loutb
will be glvi a ■■ lies ■ nlnp
bj Squire Light, el fid :>:• .' il )lph
s, with obtatnii ■ «l i ml' ■ false
I pi-( t. n,,•. The in orn atlon Riven was
that a man who boarded v Itb Mb h
ael l< rt I..- boardii ? house «Ithout
paying bis bill and this man gave
. a | old wall h and chain to Adolph to
HARRY MURPHY. A WEST SIDE
YOUTH, MET WITH SERIOUS AC-CIDENT
AT THE SCHUYLKILL
IRON WORKS THIS MORNING.
Harry Mm phy, aged fourti en years.
a .-on ol John Murphy, of West t'on-
Bhoocken, .vim Is a Bpeclal officer in
Lower Meiiou lovvnship. met vvitli a
si rious accident while attending to his
duties in the Schuylklll iron Works
Ol tins borough, early this morning.
The unfortunate lad was ongaged in
"pounding scrap as it fell from a set
"I the large guillotine shears used
at the plant and was behind the ma-chine
attending to his duty whvn In
some unconceivable manner his lelt
hand In came enmeshed In the pond, r
oils cog wheels which drives the heavy
machine, completely grinding oh* his
thumb an I two lingers and badly
mashing the third. At the time of
the accident Albert Hannum was en-gagid
in trimming on the shears and
was being assist) d by Wlllard Smith.
The coolness and nerve exhibited by
young Murphj was the greatest ever
exhibited al the extensive p'ant. Pol-lowing
in..' accident he walked around
to the fioiii of the machine, ami hold-ing
his left Wrist With his light hand.
asked one of the m< n to tie up his
band. Al a glance smith realized
thai the boy's hand was cut Off and
with the exclamation "Mj God, his
hand is cut off," be caught the hoy
around the left arm and wrist with
as tight a mip as possible to »heck
tiie How of blood, lid him to the office
ol the company and quick!} telephoned
for Dr. George T. I.uken.-. who ininie-iliaieh
went n> the works .md diessed
tin- wound.
Hannum hasten" d to the home of
the home of the boy's parents on the
West Sid" to inform them of their
sons misfortune and the father and
another sin hastened to Ihe works.
Dr. I.ukens ordered that the boy be
taken to the hospital and he was
taken on the fitst train to the Ini-verslty
Hospital iii Philadelphia by
his father.
The unfortunate lad had ( nly start
ed to work this week.
viih Inten Bt irom October 12, 100 ■
ecu foi m, 'i be ol ier d ty Mi<
Attorn.':.- ( iiai h a Brunner, cot .. ...
BUlt,
"Many inexperience.I planter.' will
li II- I the cost for labor, fertilizers,
spraying apparatus, clovi seed and
other items to be much more than
thej counted on. and when the trees
do not come' into profitable bearing
ball as young as the] bad anticipated
they will have the chilli and sell chea-ply
to someone who will Mve in the
orchard aud care for it properlj and
continually, and make a fortune from
tt. More money Is to be made In fruit
piodujrtion than iu anything else from
our soil, but It can only be made by
hard and Rtudtoua efforts."
for Mrs. Hunsberger, filed the
against the railroad eompanv
With il Oil d a ila i the ■
This sets forth that William H. h
berger was an enginei r in the en
siders. Another matter that I feel In "' ni" defendant company, win; ,.
tin.-i..i |n is the y. .,i. A. A. dei.ai is, erating hu locomotive in th» Hen ml
and i think that there is nothing to yarda of the railroad on Ocotobei I2,|
educate and improve or io educate " s"'"''; :| '",x ':"' """ ll!1'' li'"i» I I
young men or make them hetle: >fiiiil ed directly in front of his engine. \
more intelligent than del,ales, and all collision followed and Mr. llunsbt-' ..r
AT THE GEM
Oa Saturday afternoon fend even-ing
we wiil show throe new reels of
pictures scd also extra vaudeville.
*tf.
I am sorry for Is 1 cannot be with the
boys lo lake part.
I was treasurer of the Y. M. A. A.
at one time, as many of the boys still
remember. So 1 congratulate my old
friends, the Y. M. A. A., on their de-bates.
In concluding I must ask you to
continue sending me your paper and
be sure to send it every time with
good wishes to old Conshy and her
pc pole. - .
I remair
Yours truly,
JOHN O'CONNOR,
107 State street,
Jollet, III.
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was struck by portions of ihe debris
Which caused his inslant death.
The statement further alleges Unit
the collision was due to negligent
manner of railroading. It sets forth
that employes o( the company had
negligently and carelessly operated
accompanli d bj a man win said he
la a cons table «i at to Be ■ Adolph al
his work on the Tre i ■ off rail
road nil I 'old him h< was
Taking him awaj a i li n lance
from ihe i tiler workmen, A lolpil said
th' y toTu him he could have hit
doni if he gave up the watch and
chain. He did ami th. a • a i e here
and swor out a warrant for ihe am si
oi Michael.
An Invei ii.'.alien is mi loot ! i find
out who accompanied Mich...' I. it is
li. li. ved ihe man is a bonaflde COD
Btable,
To Rebuild Burned School.
The insurance on the bu.neil Upper
MUSIC AT CALVARY CHURCH
T'.n following musical service will
he Bung in Calvary Church Sunday
evening with an organ recital at the
close:
Cantale i lomlno and Dues (Ms r« atur
In ki. id F liiinii. n
Ti i . le, ti Coil Roberta Baritone
lo and i !. i us.
i -'a. Palun i Tin QI i
b) Thy Qraci.
Organ Recital
Andante E, rial iSymptionj C.
ion Hnydi n
i incs Handel
Air BB
! i ■:.- lonal Man b . ling w hi" the
\ imi i Staluer
Finest Meats—Kindregan'a.
its trains in these yards to such an Dublin township school house is be-extent
that the accident followed. ing adjusted, and the architect, Wat-
In asking for damages to the amount son Phillips. Is preparing plans and
of $fi000, Mrs. Hunsberger sets forth specifications for another building
that her husband had always provided identical with the burned strmture.
well for his family and that his d ath In few days the, builders will be
was a grent loss to them. In addUion asked for their bids. School sessions
to the widow there are two minor open«tl yectedray morning en the orst
children for whose welfare the widow floors of houses 2 and 4 Pennsylvania
asks damages. I avenue, the board having made tem-r
*,t<n*' '' ' ' I porary arrangements therein to take
Finest Keats—Kindregan's. care of th; pupils.
Hammeretein Opera Next Week
The Philadelphia Op ;■ i Mouse,
i ban been closed this week on
account of the trolley Btrlke, will re-open
on Tins,ia> night with "i.e
Jongleur de Notre name." Marj Oar-den
will, a usual, sing the part of the
juggler, while Qillbert, Crabbe and
Herl Scott will also b< In the cast,
On Thursday night then- win be a
double bill, consisting of ''Tin I laugh-ter
oi in • i; gin . nt " with Tetrazzini,
McCormack and Qillbert. an i "i.a \av
arra.M . for the lirsi lime iu Philadel-phia,
with Oervllle-Reachi, Lucas
i be and Iiuh idau, "i.■■ N'avar-raise"
will be repeated on Saturday
afternoon with the same cast, preceded
b) "l Pagliaccl," with orviii ■ Harrold,
Ilaiiiiin i-ii'iii's newest find In the vau-deville
held, who win make his Phila-delphia
d<?btft; Walter Vlllo and Crab-be.
"Travita," with Tetrazzini, Mc
Cormack, Sammarco and Scott, will
he Saltirda.v nights offering.
Dr. A. J. Dougherty.
Fayette utreet.
Dentist. 69
Finest Meats—Kindregan's
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J. I51U:SSE\
LADIES' AND GENTS'
TAILORING
9 West Kim Street
Conshohocken. Pa.
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