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rHE Ambler Gazette.
VOL.XXXIV.-NO.   27
AMBLER.   PA..   JULY   18,   1916
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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings of Local Interest to Our Readers.
Evangelical    Church     Raises     $1234.75
for     Its     Parsonage—Earl     Horning
Seriously Injured—Events at Har¬ monville and Hickorytown—Mis¬ cellaneous,
William White, Jr., has returned from a sojourn at Gettysburg.
Harry Miller, of near Cold Point, has picked a large crop of peas.
The B. J. Lavino company is build¬ ing a  70-foot addition to  its  ore mill.
Misses Carrie and Elsie Fetter, of Harmonville, spent Sunday in Phila¬ delphia.
A carload of tar for use of the state highway department has arrived at Corsons station.
Miss JIarie Albright, of Harmon¬ ville, has been spending her vacation with   distant   friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fisher and daughter, of Blue Bell, spent Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ambers', Pllckorytown.
Mrs. J. JI. Berkhimer, of Harmon¬ ville, while picking cherries last Sat¬ urday, fell from the tree and pain¬ fully   injured   her  side.
Mrs. Annie F. Ambler and Miss Eliza Ambler, of Plymouth Meeting, have been attending the Friends' con¬ ference at Cape May, N. J.
The Ladies' Bible class of the Ply¬ mouth U. E. church met, Thursday evening, at the home of Mrs. Annie Steiner,  on  Maple HIU  avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Ollard and children, ol Wayne Junction, are spending some time with Mrs. Lem¬ uel   Rodebaugh,   at   Hickorytown.
Mrs. E. B. Coulter, of Washington, T>. C, who has been spending some weeks with friends in Plymouth Meeting, is now visiting in Philadel¬ phia.
Miss Alice Ambler, ol Plymouth Meeting, has returned alter spending * few days with her grandparents. Sir. and Mrs. Isaac E. Ambler, at Ambler.
A new fence has been erected In front of the Price property on the Germantown pike. The houses are occupied by Robert Armstrong and William   Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Rawlins, of Norristown, a,nd Miss Mary Hiltner, of Conshohocken, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham, in Plymouth  Meeting.
Edward Hack, of Plymouth, has Joined the national guard. He is a member of a Philadelphia company. He is one of the tallest men in the Pennsylvania infantry.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Markei, of Ridge pike, Harmonville, on Sunday entertained the following: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Barron and Mr. and Mrs.  Walter Johnson, of Wissahlckon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rex and children, Mrs. Kate Lightkep and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lightkep and baby, of Hickorytown, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ellwod Hart at Norris¬ town.
The will of Mary Jane Cook, widow of Joel Cook, of Sandy Hill, which was probated Friday, devised her es¬ tate, valued at $180,000, to her son George W. Childs Cook, and her daughter, Mary C. Kase. .^ The. Plymoi:th, Norristown and Gwynedd FirKt-da>'^ school.s wlir^hold their annual picnic ne.\t Saturda.v afternoon in Lukens' meadow. Cold Point. Races and athletic games and contests will be indulged in commenc¬ ing at  2  o'clock.
Mr. and Jlrs. FVed. D. Craig, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Jennie Smith. of Norristown, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Jlrs. William McCullough, Harmonville, and Jlr. and Mrs. John McGrath, of Philadelphia, motored up and spent Sunday at the same place.
Mrs. Martha Robinson and Miss Emma King, of Philadelphia, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham near Plymouth Meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Trexler, of the Main Line, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Myers Hall. Maple HIH avenue, Ply¬ mouth  Meeting.
Hagy brothers, of Cold Point, are preparing their establishment for the manufacture of scrapple, which they will commence early in August. Dur¬ ing last year starting with Aug. 12 and closing with May 1 they turned out about 100 tons of the product, the greatest part of which was sold lo¬ cally.
The Men's Bible class, ol Plymouth U. E. church held their monthly busi¬ ness meeting at the home ol Mr. Eugene Lightkep at Hickorytown on Friday evening. The class will spend next Saturday up along the Perkio¬ men. Those desiring to go will please board the 6.57 a. m. trolley at Ply¬ mouth Meeting.
Two women patients from the Nor- restown State Hospital for the Insane escaped, late Friday afternoon, from the hospital grounds. Saturday, the offlclals were advised that one "of the women had been seen in the vicinity of the Germantown pike and White¬ hall road, heading towards Norriton¬ ville. Neither ol the patients is ser¬ iously affected.
A very successful flnancial rally lor the aid of the parsonage fund was held last Sunday at the Plymouth U. E. church. In the morning Rev. J. H. Shirey preached. $1010 were pledged at this service. In the even¬ ing Rev. Jlr. Brownmiller was in charge and $224.75 additional was pledged for the building, making the fund $1234.75 for the whole day.
Earl Horning, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Horning, of Plymouth Jleet¬ ing, was seriously jnjured Friday evening at 7 o'clock at the Orange home, near Hatboro, of which insti¬ tution he Is superintendent of the farm. The young man, who is 25 years of age, suffered a fractured skull on the right side ol his head and a broken lelt arm. He was un¬ conscious when removed to Abington hospital, and his condition is most critical. The young man was driving when a bolt came out of the shaft, letting the latter down. The horse jumped and overthrew the wagon. Horning was thrown out, but regain¬ ed his feet and tried to check the horse. The animal threw him down and pulled the wagon over him with the above result. Jlr. and Jlrs. Horn¬ ing were over Sunday to see their son, but he was then still unconscious and his condition M'as most precar¬ ious.
AMBLER'S ONE GREAT NEED.
Visitor Suggests Erection of House¬ keeping Apartments.
The Many Advantages—Apartment Is Not the Equal of the Separate "Home," But It Is a Substitute, and. Besides, a Growing Necessity. Editor "Ambler Gazette :" The vis¬ itor to your cheerful and hospitable town notes just one thing lacking— homes for the widow and orphan, the bachelor maid and the newly wed— people who do not wish to assume nor to continue the care and expense of a whole house, with fires to be kept up in winter and grass to be kept down in .sunjmer, with coal to be carted in and ashes to be carted out, with water, gas, sewer, ta.K and repair bills coming in regularly as the 4th of July or Washington's birthday, with the general cost of living mounting skyward and investments dropping below the horizon, with lonely nights full of vague fears and visions of bur¬ glars entering by the second-story window. In short, to the stranger within your gates, so to speak, you seem to need housekeeping apart¬ ment, well built, cheerful, artistic, not too expensive, with porches back and front, not the kind whose only back yard is the fire escape.
In such sensible apartments—the kind we have In our town, by the way,—when the burglar enters by the back door, the, bachelor maid or widow, as the case may be, can flee by way of the front porch and take refuge with her neighbors. 'The neighbors can close and guard the back door, and there is your burglar safe and sound until the police ar¬ rive. (I assume that you have po¬ lice, although 1 never saw any on your streets. We flnd them very conven¬ ient to call up at 1 a. m., when the last trolley comes up, and voices in the street indicate the presence of travelers too full for utterance and forgetful of the direction of home. Now, please, Mr. Editor, don't call to mind that old joke which Dr. F. used to tell about the man on the train who, when asked where he was go¬ ing,     said   he     was   "going  to   h ,"
upon  which the conductor said  to the
brakesman, "Put him off at A e".)
But I was speaking of the burglar, who can't very well escape by th© front porch, because there are no outside  stairs  in  front.
A plea for the apartment, how¬ ever, is incomplete without an appeal' to the commercial instincts of your people. For the man who can com¬ mand money to either convert old dwellings into apartments or to erect new ones, the experience of our townsmen would seem to justify the expectation  of an  adequate  return.
Not for a moment would 1 endorse the idea that an apartment is ethically the equal of the separate "home", but it is a substitute and a growing necessity. A.  G.  E.
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(continued on page 8).
Boy   Run   Down   by   Automobile.
10-year old John Tregel, of 169 East street, Manayunk, stepped from be¬ hind a wagon near his home Thurs¬ day afternoon and was run down by an automobile driven by John Boice, Ei^denheim. Boice at once took the child to St. Timothy's hospitalj where he wa*.found to hii suffering fr6m a contused forehead and contusions of the leg. Boice was given a hearing Friday morning before Magistrate Price.
Shortage Is  Paid to County.
The Montgomery Trust company, of Norristown, surety for former Pro¬ thonotary Sylvester Drake, paid over to the county controller Saturday $5872, the amount Mr. Drake was short in his accounts with the county when he resigned several weeks ago following a disclosure of the short¬ age.
This ends the flrst stage of the in¬ vestigation of the accounts of former Prothonotary Drake.
The next steps will be the probing of his flrst four years of offlce, which will be begun in the near future and the passing by the court upon the question of whether or not he is to be arrested on criminal charges.
As has hitherto been stated, the question ol his arrest has been "put up to" the court by the controller and commissioners, the controller ceasing action after submitting his report of the alleged defalcations to the court.
Accused   of   Mail  Theft.
Reading roalroad officers on Friday, arrested a tramp, who gives his name as Philip Farley, on suspicion 61 hav¬ ing some knowledge of the theft of a mail pouch from near the Fort Washington station, several days ago. He was committed to jail by Magis¬ trate Frank Clark, of Norristown, in order to give the authorities an op¬ portunity of making a further inves¬ tigation.
The mail pouch stolen is one of the slip-hold kind, and when the mail train passed Fort Washington, It was missed by the agent in charge. Later it was found in a quarry nearby. It had been ripped open and the letters had all been examined. Investiga¬ tion by the postal authorities revealed that about $90 in cash had been fall¬ en from the letters.
The postal authorities have been notified ol Farley's arrest and an In¬ spector will visit the county jail, to identify Farley, If possible. It is thought that the man may have a record. There is strong circumstan¬ tial  evidence against him.
Cooper Now  Real  Golf Champion.
The club championship of the North Hills Country club, of Edge Hill, was won by Tom Cooper by phenomenal golf. Cooper and Tom Jleehan work¬ ed themselves up to the final contest by mowing down all their opponents with perlect ease, and the members had been looking forward to this flnal match with great anticipation of a good game, as both are very popular and looked upon as comers in the golf world. Both are young men, have been playing about an even game during the season and the ease with which Cooper defeated Jleehan was quite  unexpected.
Wedded  at  Elkton. Francis  A.  Donahue  and  Gladys  V. Carter, Lansdale, were wedded at Elk^ ton, Md., last week.
FIRE COMPANY WILL^BUILD.
Ambler to Have Fine, New Munici¬ pal Building.
Bonds of IIOO Each, Bearing Interest at 5 Per Cent, and Secured by a Mortgage Will Provide Funds- Membership  275.
The Wissahickon Fire company. No. 1, of Ambler, at its meeting last Friday evening, over which the presi¬ dent, H. G. Knight, Esq., presided, authorized its building committee, which comprises Its architect, Watson K. Phillips, of Ambler, to prepare de¬ tailed specifications on the already adopted plans and submit same to contractors for bids. Jlr. Phillips stated that it will require several weeks.
The proposed building, according to preliminary bids, hitherto secured, will cost $12,000 for the completed structure along the lines previously described In these columns. The ba.'iement is to contain cells for lock¬ up, quarters for horses, carts and other street equipment. The first floor will be of fire proof construc¬ tion and contain quarters for appar¬ atus and fire company room in the rear. On the second floor will be equipped as council chamber and committee rooms, with living quarters in  the  rear for janitor.
In order to present a plan ol financ¬ ing the proposed building. President Knight appointed the following com¬ mittee: H. J. Dager, Wm. H. Faust, Jos. T. Foulke, Esq., Dr. Godfrey and J. M. Haywood. This committee, through its chairman, Mr Dager, re¬ ported the following tentative plan. A mortgage of $12,000 will be the basis for a bond issue of that amount, said bonds to be In denominations ol $100 each and to bear Intere.st at the rate of 5 per cent., said mortgage to be fur¬ ther secured by proper flre Insurance on the building.
The plan was favoraidv discussed by I. K. B. Hansell, C. J.'Kemmerer, Wm. H. Faust, A. R. Hayden afed others, and on being approved by tne company the committee was instruct¬ ed   to   secure subscriptions  thereto.
President Knight stated that the unanimous attitude ol Ambler coun¬ cil Is that of co-operation with and assistance to the fire company, and he expressed to the company the assur¬ ance given him by every member of council that as soon as the company's new building is ready and furnisheft council   will   move   therein.
President Knight also stated that Ambler council, after due investiga¬ tion, has placed its order for an American LaFrance motor fire en¬ gine to cost $7300, of which amount council pays $4000, and the company is expected to raise the balance. The present steam engine flgures in the deal, but is returned to the boruugh, and in addition the company receives several accessories together with co¬ operation when housing time comes. (in motion the Ccmpany concurred in council's action and gave Its pledge to contribute the balance on cost of the engine over the appropriation of council.
At the meeting, the board of engin¬ eers reported the need of fire grates for the Silsby steamer and .same, was ordered  reported  to  council. 4]
Chi,ef ..Hayde^ reported two ifres during the month. On June 20 a blaze at Frank Fisher's warehouse, Penllyn, did $8000 worth of damage. The company, of which 25 men re¬ sponded, did good work. On June 27 a blaze was ignited in some rubbish on David Knipe's property, which blaze was only extinguished after it had threatened some nearby build¬ ings.
The chief called attention to the need of care in disposing of rubbish and especially where the attemiJt Is made to burn same. He said tlu re¬ sponsibility rests entirely on the iier¬ son or persons who ignite the 'ub- blsh.
Application lor membership wa^: re¬ ceived from five persons, and th- lol¬ lowing were elected; George Y. Sty¬ er, Harry J. Schaffer, Charle- D. Jones, Irving B. Smith, Dr. •'. C. Mehler, Leonard H. Davis, Lawr'nee E. Haines, G. B. Benners, Nevin 1 sh- er, Philip S. Ruby, Isaac Pyne, V'm. H. Prince, which increases the mm- bership to 276.
Treasurer Jesse F. Davis rep "ted as follows: Balance on hand last meeting, $532.06; receipts, $198.20 or¬ ders paid, $155.44; balance, $r.:j.82. The auditors reported having a d-.t- ed the books ol the treasurer and secretary and  lound  same  correct
Bills were ordered paid as foi «'s: A. R. Hayden, $10.50; "Gazette," -75; J. W. Craft, »31.25.
An Inquiry was read asking w • -th¬ er the company favors a demon .ra¬ tion of the Montgomery county ire- men at Willow Grove, or preli. s a day in Bodenstein's grove, ane the company decided on the f ormt •, at once making plans for such an t ent. Chief Hayden Informed the mem¬ bers that at his authorization the i'ort Washington Fire company wa- re¬ quested to assist the Ambler fii.men at the Penllyn blaze, and at his sug¬ gestion a vote of thanks was ex-,<'nd- ed the Fort Washington compan. fJr Its assistance and symiiathies ex¬ pressed for the injuries sustain* I at that time by its members.
A donation of $5 was received irom Jacob Yost, and the company ex¬ tended Its thanks therefor.
Several expansion rings and gas¬ kets' were ordered for the present apparatus.
Chief Hayden made the foil' "ing appointments: First chief, E. Frank Craft; second chief, Wm. S. Aeuff; third chief, Lewis Farrington. He stated that in the recent fires ho has had the utmost help from these fire¬ men, and in fact he commended the whole working force of the company lor its spirit of co-operation and ef¬ fective work, and he expressed the hope that the same will be continued. After the company adjourned the relief association met and after con¬ sidering the extent of the Injuries sustained by John B. Martin at a re¬ cent fire voted him $25 benefits.
MONTGOMERY COUNTITLEAGUE.
Results of Last Saturday's Baseball Contests.
—The P. & R. Railway company will erect a modern seven trestle con¬ crete bridge south of Sellersville sta¬ tion to take the place of the antiquat¬ ed trestle bridge. Work will be start¬ ed immediately. Solid rock lor the foundations will be reached at the depth of 30 leet.
K. & M. Leads Bethayres, but Loses Out in the Seventh—Willow Grove Beat Jenkintown — Wyndmoor De¬ faults to La Mott.
After having a lead of three runs over Bethayres last Saturday the K. & M. A. A. went down to defeat by the score of 5 to 4. The contest was played on the Bethayres grounds, and at the start it looked as though the K. & JI. boys would win out, but in the seventh Bethayres scored four runs and won the game. The leaders of the league put a run over the plate in the first inning on an error by Buck, who allowed Knorr to reach first base safely. The latter stole sec¬ ond, and on Boyd's single he crossed the plate. The K. & JI. boys came back strung in their half of the third and tallied three runs. Firman start¬ ed by going out, J. Plews to Boyd; Davies drew a free pass to first. Haff singled, sending Davies to third, and a moment later the former stole sec¬ ond, and when Boyd let Carey's drive get away he tallied with Dav¬ ies; Clarey stole second and came home while Richie was being put out. Buck closed the inning by striking out. Richie added another run for his side In the sixth, when he smashed out a home run. Two singles, a base on balls, a batter hit by the pitcher, a stolen base and error was respons¬ ible for the four runs scored by Beth¬ ayres in the seventh inning.    Score:
BETHAYRES AMBLER
rhuae rhoae
Yerkes, cf 1 2 0 0 0 Fir'n. 3b 0 0 2 2 0 Foster, 2b 0 0 2 2 1 Davie, If 10 0 0 6 Knour. cf 12 2 0 0 Haff, rf 110 0 0 Boyd, lb 0 2 11 0 1 Cleary, p 11110 E. Pl'B, 3b 0 0 1 4 0 Rife, c 12 8 11 Diehl, c 0 19 10 Buclt, 3b 0 0 0 10 Egloff. BB 1110 0 Mar'h, lb 0 1 8 1 1 Marple. rf 1 1 1 0 0 Schu'z. ss 0 0 0 1 0 J. Pi's, p 110 10 Rob'n. cf 0 14 10 HickB. rf     0   0   0   0  0 Gar't 11      0   0   10   0
Totals       6 10 27   8   2   Totals       4   6 24   8   2
Bethayres 1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0  x—6
Ambler 0   0   8   0   0   10   0   0-4
i'^ORT  LOSES   TO   GLENSIDE.
Fort Washington again went down to defeat on the home grounds Sat¬ urday by the score of 4 to 1. Both H. Kreps and Leibert pitched good hall, the latter, however, had the best of it, as he allowed but two hits. The fielding of Wodock and the batting of W. Dungan were the features ol the game. Fort Washington will play at Jenkintown  next   Saturday.
FORT WASHINGTON GLENSIDE
rhoae rboae
W. K'ps, cfO   110   0 Bellis, 3b     110   3 0
Obie, 2b      0   0   10   0 Urdock, ss 0   0   1   1 0
Kistler, 2b  0   0   1   1   0 Houpt 2b  0   0   1   0 0
Carson, c     0   0 IB   0   0 V'Sant. c   2   2 10   2 0
W.Du'n, BB 1   1   3   2   0 Betts, If     0   110 0
Kindig, lb  0   0   B   0   0 Seib't, p      0   10   2 0
Gordon, rf  0   0   0   0   0 Harqey, rf 0   2   2   0 0
Hetzl. 3b   0   0   0   0   2 Hull, lb      0   0 11   0 1
A Du'n. If   0   0   0   1   0 Mullen, cf 1   0   0   0 0
H.KrepB.p   ?   0   1   3   0 Hawk's,cf 0   110 0
Totals       1   2 27   7   2    Totals      4   8 27   8   1 WILLOW   GROVE  WINS.
The Willow Grove boys put up a splendid game last Saturday and de¬ feated Jenkintown by the score of 4 to 3. After Streeper relieved Rapp in the box Jenkintown failed to score. :ierkes had a great day with the bat, getting three hits out ol four trips to the plate. Harper also played a .good game lor Jenkintown at flrst base. Willow Grove will play at Glenside. The score by innings lollows: CLUB   STANDING.
W. L. P.C
Bethayres 10 2 833
Glenside 9 4 692
Jenkintown 8 5 615
Willow Grove  8 6 571
K. &M. A. A 7 7 600
Fort Washirieton 5 8 385
LaMott 4 9 308
Wyndmoor 2 12 077
Hold-Up  a "Joke."
Reports of a bold hold-up near Line Lexington on Wednesday night spread rapidly. The parties who were alleged to have been robbed of sev¬ eral hundred dollars were from Al¬ lentown, As different stories were circulated it could not be verified at the time, but it has since been learn¬ ed It was a joke played on the party by friends, who followed them to test their bravery, and the story of three masked men with shot guns actually flgured in the scene.
Costs  Divided   in   Marble  Hall  Case.
PYank Brown, of Whitemarsii town¬ ship, was arraigned before Magistrate Frank Clark, of Norristown, Friday evening, for a further hearing on the charge of assault and battery, pre¬ ferred by Jlrs. Millie Bressier, an aged storekeeper, of Marble Hall. She had testified at a preliminary hearing Thursday evening, that Brown had choked her, the previous Sunday night, because she had demanded that he pay a store bill which he owed.
Several witnesses brought to the hearing by Jlrs. Bressier could throw no light upon the case. They had not seen tlie alleged assault and could not say whether or not it had really occurred. It developed, however, that the parties have had considerable trouble recently, aiid the justice de¬ cided that both were to blame for the action brought belore him. Conse¬ quently he dismissed the case and di¬ vided the costs between Jlrs. Bressier Brown.
Wagon  and   Trolley  Collide.
Joseph Carrell, Sr., of Neshaminy, met with a slight accident on Thurs¬ day morniuL;. Just after he had driv¬ en over the trolley track at the Street road crossing and had halted, his horse backed and run about in front of a trolley car that was approach¬ ing. The rear of the vehicle was caught and could have been easily erushed but lor the fact that the car was Bunning slowly and soon came to a stop. Aside from a damaged wheel and a bruised arm, little damage was done.
Hatboro Auto   Upset.
As Ezra P. Carrell, of Hatboro, was driving along the York road near Christ's Home for Destitute Children, Thursday morning, his automobile skidded and turned turtle in the gut¬ ter. All four wheels were in the air and Jlr. Carrell and Mrs. Stacey Beans, who accompanied him, were underneath. Jlrs. Beans was consid¬ erably bruised. Mr. Carrell escaped with a severe shaking up.
STREETS AND FIRE ENGINE.
Ambler Borough Council Has Long and Busy Session.
Contract    Executed     for     Purchase   of
Motor   Fire    Apparatus—Arfiesite  for
Butler   Avenue   Beyond  the   Bricks—
Other  Business.
Ambler borough council spent a busy session Monday evening at its regular July meeting. All tbe mem¬ bers were present except Dr. Godfrey and A. M. Jenkins. AVm. S. Acuff, Esq., presided. The minutes of the meetings on June 5 and 27 were read and  approved.
A representative of the Philadelphia & Reading company was present and went over with council the i)lans for the elimination of the Butler avenue grade crossing and the establishment of a subway crossing about where the present express offlce now is. The plan is elaborate and expensive. Mr. Craft suggested making an overhead crossing below the i>resent station coming out in the rear of the opera house, while Jlr. Acuff's plan was to make the bridge still further south using present straight-away streets for egress and exit from the proposed bridge. No deflnite conclusion was reached.
Mr. Foulke, borough solicitor, stat¬ ed that the company has agreed, how¬ ever, to extend northward 135 feet the present south-bound platform at the station, so as to allow south¬ bound trains stopping at Ambler to remain clear of the Butler avenue crossing.
A deed from H. G. Knight, Esq., transferred to the borough title to the alley just south ol Mattlson avenue and between Water street and Park avenue.
Mr. Hayden reported that the Atlan- mittee, reported the South Ambler street work completed with the ex¬ ception of 100 leet, which will now be speedily completed. Work on Ten¬ nis avenue Is now two-thirds finished. So lar the Highway Maintenance company has failed to make repairs to North Main street to make good its job ol oiling that highway. Mr. Hayden urged action by council. All repairs have been completed to streets which should be oiled this year, but contracts for oil have not been placed because old prices have been with¬ drawn. Sufflcient oil will be required to cover 15,398 square yards, as lol¬ lows: Rosemary, Mattison, Ridge, Lindenwold and Bannockburn ave¬ nues and Spring Garden and South Main streets. This does not include part of Butler avenue to the railroad. '2ft pounds ol chips should be used to the square yard of oiled street, and the committee was ordered to pur¬ chase 200 tons of the chips. The Le¬ high Valley Transit company is rais¬ ing its track on Butler avenue from Rose Valley creek bridge westward, a distance of 270 feet, and the greatest raise is 5 5-8 inches. This will leave the traveled portion of the street a little low, and will necessitate work by the borough a.s soon as possible. The estimate for amesite on this street beyond the bricks is $5000, and the committee was authorized to pro¬ ceed with this work as soon as possi¬ ble and also to place amesite 20 feet in width on Butler avenue west of the railroad to tbe bridge. AM". Hayden reported that the Atlan¬ tic Refining company has quoted ll'/i cents for oiling. The U. G. I. Co. did not resiiond. The Empire Oil com¬ pany quotes OVi cents applied cold, the boi-uugh to sweep the streets. I )n motion the contract was ordered placed  with  the  Empire  Oil  company.
Thus far the ivork under the loan has cost *3600, with about $800 yet to complete to schedule, the estimated cost of which  was $4925.
Dr. Fine, of the light committee, reported he can secure no data from the Ambler Electric Light company with regard to the cost of a better lighting of Butler avenue.
Jlr. Craft, of the Hre committee, rep. rted the apparatus in good order, having   been   tested   on   July   4.
Mr. Jenkins, of the property com¬ mittee, reported the street sweeper repaired.
Treasurer S. A. Faust reported a balance on hand of $23,277.35, with the pole taxes having been paid by the Keystone Telephone and the Le- hi«h  Valley   Transit  companies.
William Urban, justice of the peace, tendered check for $10 to the borough for fine collected from James Gray, of Norristown.
A contract was executed with the American LaFrance company for the new motor engine, title to said ma¬ chine to be In the name of the bor¬ ough  of Ambler.
James R. Gillin, borough engineer, reported that he will proceed at once to prepare plans and specifications for the proposed bridge on Park ave¬ nue near Butler avenue. On approval of same by the highway committee the latter will advertise for bids for same.
A letter from the Ambler board of trade asking some action with regard to the crowing of pavements by the boxes and goods of merchant?, was referred to the law and order com¬ mittee.
.Solicitor Foulke reported that the coint has confirmed the joint petition of Ambler borough and Upper Dublin town.ship for the stralglit forward ex¬ tension of North JIaple  street.
The following bills were ordered paid: R. S. Ford, $67; A. Kulp, $70; Wissahickon Fire company, $41.75; G. jr. Deck & Co., $15.66; "Gazette," $5; Ambler bank, $8; J. J. Harton, $1.96; E. H. Johnson, Jr., $475.75; C. T. Creamer, $72.75; C. W. Gerhart, $192.- 25; Ambler Spring Water Co., $168.- 75; state association ol boroughs, $3; extra street work, $456; deed, $2; Ambler Light company. May and June, $178.96; W. C. Brister, $25; J. W. Craft, 1180.77; Keystone Tele¬ phone company, $21.96; Dyer Quarry company, $332.48; General Crushed Stone Co., $116.30; National Slag Co,, $840.29; P. F. Campbell, $13; Nor¬ ri.stown Herald, $9.50; Edwin Roberts, $108.21.
—When baby suffers with croup, apply and give Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil at once. Safe for children. A little goes a long way. 25c and 50c. At all drug stores. jul  13-4t
—The Telford borough council has forbidden the coasting and riding of bicycles on the pavements cf the bor¬ ough.    Violators will be prosecuted.
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest to Many Readers.
Services at K. G. E. Home and Flag Presented—Change in Meehan Firm at Dreshei—News From Horsham, Hallowell  and  Jarrettown.
Charles Tyaon has been visiting re¬ latives  In  Horsham.
Mrs. Clarence Jlullln, of Horsham, has been very 111 during the past week.
Harry S. Nash, of Hallowell, has sold his 15 acres of grass to O'Mara brothers.
Jlr. and Jlrs. George Sill, of Hors¬ ham, entertained Philadelphia friends on   Sunday.
o. il. s. Jiaurer and family had visitors from Columbia, Pa., for a few days  last  week.
I''rank Forker, of Horsham, dealer in fruits, vegetables, etc., has erected a sign at  his  residence.
Ilarry Seiple, of Rushland, 'spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and   Mrs.  John   Seiple.
H. L. Arnold, on the county lino near the Catalpa farm, has a field of the finest corn in that section.
Miss Phebe Potts and Elmer Potts of Horsham, were Sunday guests of r.li.'<s Marie  Pennick at  Three Tuns.
Mr. and Jlrs. William Lightkep and Irvin Engle and family, of Jarrettown, spent Saturday and Sunday in Ocean City.
Jliss Sarah Hillyer, of Washington, D. C, is spending some time witli her aunr, Mrs. Harvey D. Thompson, In Horsham.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Davenport, Sr., cf West Philadelphia, have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Sill, Horsham
Jlr. and Jlrs. Herbert R. Beans, of Philadelphia, were recent guests of Mrs. Benjamin Webster and family, of Horsham.
James Palmer has returned to the K. G. E. home, Davis Grove, alter having spent some time with friends at Gratersford.
Mrs. E. R. Jleyer, formerly of Leo¬ minster, Mass., now of Germantown, has been visiting her sister, Susan R. Crocket, at Horsham.
Miss Edith Stackhouse, of Ambler, and Jlyron Coles, of Philadelphia, spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Mabelle   Freas  in   Horsham.
The lawn at the Catalpa farm Is making a flne appearance just now, and Its profusion of shrubbery Is causing   comment   from   passersby.
Wednesday evening District Chief Josepii Heitzman, of Ogontz, with his staff installed the newly elected offi¬ cers of Horsham castle, No. 484, K. G. E.
r>Ir. and Mrs. Samuel Dadeaker and Mr. and Jlr.^. Frank Alberts, of Phil¬ adelphia, are spending some weeks with John Schlacter an^j^amily, Horsham.
William J. Tyson and son Earl, of Horsham, on Sunday visited Jlrs. Ty¬ son and daughter Mildred, who are In Atlantic City. The latter are steadily- improving in health.
Mrs. William Satterthwaite, Jlrs. Elizabeth Comly, Mrs'. Anna Comly and Miss JIartha Jarrett, of Horsham, have been attending the Friends' con¬ ference in Cape May, N. J.
The Kauffman family, of Philadel;^ phia, have moved Into the William Satterthwaite house, near Hallowell. Mr. Kauffman has several millinery and dry goods stores in Philadelphia, l-'red. Nash, of Hallowell, motored to Mt. Gretna on Sunday aud return. His guests ou this trip were Messrs. Micheners, Roberts and Elmer Lewis. They covered 192 miles on the jour¬ ney.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jlonteith, of Horsham, recently entertained Jloses Rice and daughter, Mr. and Jlrs. Paul Rice, of Chalfont, and Jlr. and Jlrs. George  Rice, of Lansdale.
Mrs. O. H. S. Maurer and Mrs. C. K. Maurer, on the Catalpa farm, ha\'e now more than 1000 young chicks, comprising Rhode Island Reds, White Leghorns and White Wyandottes. There are about 500 laying hens.
Charles R. Rutherford, of Hallowell, has one of the very flnest patches ol oats hereabouts. The plot was for¬ merly used as a chicken yard, and was very rich in fertility. Some of the oats stalks are more than five feet in  height.
Jlr. and Mrs. William Pearson and Miss Ethel Pearson, of near Hallo¬ well, enjoyed a trip to Cape Jlay last Frida.v. During the day they tried their hands at fishing, and after a most enjoyable sail caught 100 pounds of fish, which  they bi'ought home.
George R. Fo.x, of Philadelphia; William H. Danagan, Jliss Bertha West, Jlrs. William Nitterauer, of Germantown; Elizabeth C. Grim, ol Abington, and Annie E. Jleredith, of Horsham, visited their aunt, Mrs, Susan R. Crocket, and cousin, F. A. Crocket, at Horsham on  Sunday.
Surveyors have been busy placing corner stones on the former Davis Sill property, Horsham, recently pur¬ chased by Mr. Ferguson. Report ha.^ it that Mr. Krewson, of Hatboro, has purchased a lot on the higher portion of the ground and has already brok¬ en ground for the erection ot a house. Oliver K. Jiaurer, of the Catalpa farm, who is home for his summer vacation, is helpins: with the harvest on the farm. He recently undei'went a serious operation on his throat, performed by Dr. Wilkinson at Sel¬ lersville hospital last week. The pa¬ tient Is now out ol danger and doing nicely.
O. H. S. Jiaurer and son, of the Catalpa farm, in Horsham, this springf planted seven acres in potatoes, 32 acres in oats, 24 acres In corn, seven acres in sugar or corn besides, 3000 tomato plants, tho balance of the farm ol 174 acres is In hay and wheat. All the crops are good, excepting the corn, which   Is  backward.
A vei-y interesting service was held Simday afternoon <it the K. G, E. home, Davia Grove, under tha aus¬ pices of Dorian castle. No. 271. About 100 persons wero present, and the sermon was preached by Rev. Jlr. Burgess, pastor of Jfuchmoro Jlemor¬ lal church. Nineteenth street and Col¬ umbia avenue, Philadelphia. Beauti¬ ful and impressive vocal solos and choruses were rendered. A large American flag wa.s presented to the home by Lewis Walkei-. and the em¬ blem was receive.! by George Owen."! on  behalf  of  the  institution.
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