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the ambler gazette vol xx111.-no 81 amhlek seein things in the west harold g knight esq writes en tertainffly pt*»n/in the immmmliv ul ilin i nlinl mnt tu.v.ll.:e will hi lludlbw ml nn.lv purmlng nalnri-'fi klmmrpimm mormon appreciation union orrk<>n union oregon editor ambler uatette l wo people of the atlantic coast arc too apt to think that tile united states is bounded on the eait by new york aud on tho west by pittsburgh if any of your readers are inflected with this specior of idea oontraotis i pud re commend n three weeks trip across the allerlipnios through the fertile farm log district of the middle wolt ami among the magnificent rookies as a hnre cure » i loft ambler four weeks ago and during those four week i have seen enough of the united stales to con vince me that it would take a very largo nation to whip us after a short btop at pittwburg my objective point was uhioago the greatest grain and cattle market in the world its miles of railroad hidings and stock pens de monstrating this fact to the visitor far better than all the statiltlcs two things interested me very much in chicago its great board of trade with its seemingly crazy brokers buy ing fed k^dg wheat corn and oats enough to fen « conple of nations ami the system the city haw adopted for transferring land this system known us the torens gyrleui originated in australia but has been introduced with great success in a number of the western cities and states under this system application is made to the court by the teller or leave to sell to the buyer the premises bargained for this application is referred to a court examiner who passes upon the title and advertises for all interested parties to present any and all clainih they may have if the title ir found (). k and no claims are presented the buyer takes the property clear of every defect this makes a very chenp and satisfactory form of title insurance which would no doubt be introduced in the east w«re it not for the determined opposition of the title and trust companies whose business it would hurt from chicago 1 took a trip through 179 miles of corn and wheat to monniputh 111 to help a friend of warned marriages in illinois i the same as they are ii two npikguidedyi uog people r a lot vi stretch d nicks have it h the middle vest the farmer here is an o can discuss the affairs of the world intelligent y as he cau discuss the mai kt-tt and politics of his locality some idea may be gained of th extensive scale upon which farming is carried on in illinois and iowa from the fact that every pro cess exoept cultivating corn is done with four-horse teams on july 4 at 11 p in i left chicago with three carloads of physicians among them our respected citizen dr godfrey bound for portland oregon the next morning found me watching sunlight and shadow chasing each other over the greeu pastures and yellow wheat holds of iowa all day orer iowa and nebraska we were whirled through miles and miles of grain until we began to wonder what became of the stuff and where on earth could be found people euongh to eat it all we stopped at lincoln near the home of william 3 bryun the boy orator of the platte . " it was suggested by some rabid kepnblic.au in tho party that bryan was given this name bo cause like tho river he is three miles wide and one inch deep we had a lot of fun on the train for those doctors were a jolly bunch when they did not talk shop early one morning the drinking water bad a peculiar taste many and profonnd were the theories put forth by those eminent physicians to explain the tasto in the waror ; all he scientific terms in tho medical dictionary were used but still the mystery wai un solved until an old practitioner from mississippi suggested that some one had put a cake of soap in the water cooler and thin proved to be the fact we btopped over quite a while at denver the largest city among the rockies it is a clean well-kept town with hundreds of ticket offices whero scalpers buy and sell railroad tickets something we never sue in our railroad governed state at colorado springs we had a high old timo altitude 10 ooo feet visiting south cayenne canyon and the garden of the gods a fairy laud of canyons chasms cascadeh cliffs grotesque rocks and natural wonders it looku as if nature must have experimented in colorado before making tho rest ot the world a trip to pi ku speak oloied our stay at colorado bprlngi it was very warm when we started at the basn of the peak on the million dollar cog railroad was snowing when we alight ed two hours later at the very top 14 000 feet in the air and the view strotchiug for 1.200 miles on every side lay mountain and btroaui luko and held grand holoniu impressive but 1 will not try to describe it ; some day in the future a poot may arise able to express our inmost thoughts our deep est feelings anil vaguest lougiugb to such an one i will delegate the task of describing piku's peak ami its impiv - ions i will never forget the ride from colorado tarings to salt lake city through the royal uorge-like a hull way in the inouutaiiik past a long procowmm of snow capped peaks wind ing ia and out among the foothills across the back bono of the country wh weut each hour telling a uiur won derful tale hare ud there wo would fee u buuch •• cuttle uyw wt would in it much nnd everywhere at the toot at the op of fill flip ridp if the mountains appeared the tunnels when fortune had bp*»n made < r lost ill the search of precious metals suit luke city is my favorite city of the vest not mgfttlm i have a mor mon tendency fof piumi wives but became to me it i the emboditnen of the hustling restless free spirit of a now country the mormon temple and tho tabernacle are wonderful build ings the acoustic properties of tho latter nre remarkable a person can stand in tin rear of the building nnd hear an ordinary pin drop at the other end wo feet away speaking of acoustic after wo had loft the tain iniiclr i ireardone lady re mark to another the aconstlos are wonderful are they dot i did not ii anything replied her friend who evidently hud but a faint con ception of the meaning ol the word in the afternoon we had a novel ex perience of floating around in the waters t great bait lake and in the evening we attended a dance in the mormon pavilion the floor is the largest fii the world bat it barely accommodates the great crowd of pleasure seekers the mormons are very fond ot dancing dances are held in their churches and the mormon balls are opened with prayer whatever may be t lie different opinions entertained of the mormona ami rrigham young two things can dot be denied mr young despite his failing for wives was a far-seeing statesman and the mormons nre a wonderful people who have changed a desert valley into a garden from salt lake city we journeyed west through a waste of age brusbi mountains and sand until we arrived at union oregon where i left the party to visit my brother who lives in this place :!()() miles from portland 3000 miles from ambler and so miles from nowhere union is situated in a valley irrigat ed by the grande ronde river it is a small town but during tho few days i have been here i have seen more of the wild west that we read about in the story books than in any other place i have yet visited it is the edge of civilization on the other wide of the hills for miles and miles stretches what is known as the open range or a free grazing land the big stock owners of the valley turn their cattle and horses on this range during the summer rounding them up in the winter or fall here you see the genuine cow boy with his pony his chaps his mexican saddle and lariat f resh from i he ranch on tuesday the uth i took a long ride into the bills trout fishing the last five or six miles of our journey lay through the tall timber over a blazed trail the average man of the east would no more think of driving over that road tliuu of iiyiuu th the to n:j trout temle first time caught io the largest cherries i have ever been grow here in abundance the fruit is fine not a wormy apple or pear in the valley i leave m the 14th for port land and will write you later of the fair yours truly harold g knight encouraging reception rev n h nicholas enthusiastic*7 greeted by methodists chin rh rtn.l l.frlnr kooin < < n ir 1 l.ntl , * niifl fllnrxn nf iiia cintrrh — iii«n:i»i li.>ur«m r*n<l<rert - ail'irornm should bev milton h.*wiliolas,the newly appointed pastor of tho firff methodist episcopal hur h,ot amhlcflj have had any doubts as to the gt-uniasj unanimity of the congregation if securing his services such misgivingij must certainly have been entirely mil effectually di spelled by the warmth of the reception tendered him ln-t friday evening not only by the numbers of the church but by the entire congre gation and friends and numbers of the sunday si liool it was aimed by those wiin managed the pleasant eveljp to make it h social feature both of encouragement to the new pastor and also a means of more effectually binding together the congregation for the work to he done as a success it far exceeded the anticipations of those who conceived the function and was acknowledged the most pleasing re ceptiou ever held in the church the attendance was tremendous aud the main auditorium room was i rowdeii so that an overflow meeting was hemf in the lecture room but even with this increased accommodation it wte entirely impossible foi some to gain admittance the church was beautifully and tastefully decorated with flags which together with brilliant illumination presented a most striking effect the ambler orchestra of six pieces under the direction of mr frank h southall rendfred ninsic and this part of the program was thoroughly in keeping with the successful event and was a pleasing feature of the exercises miss marion posey rendered a beautiful soprano solo sing me to sleep with the violin obligato by mr freas of l.ansdale.and members of the orchestra the solo was received with appreciation on the part of the au dience addresses of congratulation and also iu the humorous vein were made by rev halm of north wales and dr nicholas of ulasaboro n.j while mrs yirgil e rorer of north wales who has frequently favored ambler audiences recited aud sang some selections in her well-known ad mirable aud pleasing manner rev nicholas was not behind the others in his part of the exercises . for he recited poor jim and then later to those friends assembled in the lecture room he gave that old sweetheart of potted plants after th which were all most thoro ^^ od,a pleasing social time was in and rev nicholas received1 iiiany genuine well wishes for the pficoebs of his work in ambler aud jiiwj was the recipient of many appreciated aud unsolicited pledges of active support in the labors of the local held u lv 27 uk)5 1.25 a year lie r<l;i mr i wti im<l flf 1'fioplf hntp marrow f-;«nmi»fi eriotih accident was narrowly d sunday about a mile bolow rlown ht funk crossing 1 bar oh o a i'lkiiner vvhh crohsing the with n coach full of people n the team was struck killing one h horses instantly and injuring a her no badly ttialho was killed f there w*tp hqlcoplo on the . i hi gone wli^injnred the ig it [ ft^ml o'ue.^as there in a crtfwin a doep cut and a train s»!cn fof any distance one lki i to see if thero was it and while he went e tt"airi came it is said the did not blow the whistle and mini bell at the crossing had inging all the time during sat night and sunday noon oulie had a horse killed at the rossing about two years agos emihnw rov«!i vnrlecl attrncllon bfii:lo the numerous parks in the iouh sections if the country nre all well conducted willow v park is still way in the lead tjpth us to the numerous attractions u ing nenrly every up-to-date in veil in and also the fine concert afternoon nnd evening by talented perf riners wheelock's u s indian tjftnil will in at tli mrk until auif 4 edcil i'v namro-i hs orchestic until aug 25 after which spusa and b band will be the attraction until jpe close of the eeason the cheap soniliiy excursions from youth bethle ieni to willow grove by the philadel phia ami hciiding railway offer a good pportnnity for a pleasant day's out ing at moderate expense for time of trains ratt'h of fare etc both for the special sunday trips and other ijlays consult ticket agents gwynedil fesr s o kriebel of oincinnatti came on last week to join his life who has been visiting her parents mr and mrs h s lowery mr aad mrs kriebel on monday left to tpend some time in atlantic city 0 o beaumont is building a porch to his residence mr foster is digging a well at his home the meeting house grounds have been nicely trimmed up and this wed nesday the buildings are being cleaned inside making them really for quarter ly meeting on aug 10 the church of the messiah last week cleared over 00 by its lawu fete and supper lu the evening a punch and judy show was held the proceeds are to be used in erecting a vestry to the church building | mftrrlac license law mnae clear the wakefield-foy wedding at jeuk intown last week huppliedanew inter ti of the marriage license law number of ministers and affords opportunity u make a rather oint dear po lmi thieves get big haul ransack the markoe country home at pcnllyn xnvnrnt thoimnnil oiillara wnrlli il silver w«ret«k«n — admit am-«<ialwe<l through r,,laml»'il*-<l wldltoh oilier n-it«h it in bnrglari on batnrday night entered the residence of mrn francis markoc at penllyn and carried away several thousand dollars worth of silvcrwiui entrance was effected by a sioe win dow which had been left unfastened accidentally the burglars oondnoted their operations on the ttrst floor of the residence and succeeded in getting away without disturbing any of the family information concerning the robbery has been sent to the norris town police ami to various police departments throughout this and other states among the articles stolen were some costly silverware ornaments prized highly by the family \ list has teen sent to chief of police kodenhaugh of norristown this contains among other artioles lilvei dishes trays ornaments spoous forks coffee epoons tea spoous candle sticks aud bowls all of the articles stolen are of solid silver and the haul was one ot the richest made in this county for many yearn mr and mrs andrew w burghanlt who have returned to penllyu from their honeymoon have been spending a few days in brooklyn m m wilson who conducts the btunyside sanitarium and occupied the old whartcn property near the station has removed to gwynedd to the edwards property mrs j w lntx is spending a few days with her son oharlos in new york city thomas langstroth has a very fine garden j l brown had 30 fine chickens stolen the night mr markoe's house was robbed the thieves were tracked through the cornfields but could not be followed further john h mathias is confined to his bed with a severe attack of lumbago frank mccoy deputy postmaster spent sunday visiting friends in frank lord mrs robert brown is visiting her parents at rallon ireland john l erowu has placed a bell desk phone in the postoftice for private use mr champion ot philadelphia who has rented the gambouie property will move out this thursday l y davis is building several private roads for h p mckenn anil has rejoin d his steam roller ami taken bfr i'nie run farm km i.ii-i a in on uuh after driving a big touring car from hcrantou to the southern end of mont gomery county a distance of 180 miles ii a few minutes less than four hours edward hoffert a wealthy resident of scranton.and hi chauffeur encounter ed the speed regulations of cheltenham township w<ylnesday evening their big ear after covering 45 miles an hour could not come down to eight miles it seemed and the finale came when policeman steen intercept ed the auto on the old york road justice walker fined the tourist 18.69 the fact that hoffert had no knowledge of the speed regulations being no excuse policmeu fc-teeu and morris stopped another big auto along the old york road late the same uight the oc cupants gave the office the name of h leisurgeo of broad aud oxford streets philadelphia and his businuss a director of a bank lit twelfth and kidge avenue because of a prior eu gagement requiring mr liesurgeo's presenoe in now york thursday even ing chief saddington agreed to au arrangement by which a bearing ffu given tho defendant later in the week - llhiul keoi khuized a meeting to reorganize a lansdalo band was held at the homo ot j j knvash one evening recently 14 in terested parties were present john j kavash was elected president au<r treasurer j monroe springer leader m alvah freas secretary the tirst rehearsal was held friday evening at tho home of mr kuvut>h burglarm at tellunl pohtoth'ce robbers spent wednesday night iu telford and plied their trude to advantage they forced an en trance hi the new firemen's building and drilled the safe owing to the absence of postmaster harry wampole the receipts and stamps were kept in the safe this was dynamited and content placed iu a mail pouch and the burglars took to their heels about filo in money was taken and an un known amount of postage stamps owing to the noise of a shifting engine the explosion could not be heard hearluk lor hume ll<ih charles barclay who was arrested in bucks county ou the charge of horse stealing was given a bearing before magistmto o p leuhait thursday barclay was in tho employ of h m duffield of eilgu hill until a few weeks ago before leaving that place he stole a horse and buygy these he took to his now place of employment and they were ill his possession whoii he was arrested at tho hearing bar clay admitted the theft saying he hail taken the wagon to tho woods at 2 o'clock in the morning aud at about 7 o'clock he had secured the l tho prisoner was committed to jail f ol trial ut tho october torm of court hix hurt ky kuuuvuy milieu six farm laborers wore injured in a peculiar accident on the f a poth farm at jeffersouville they were driving a load of hay when the mules drawing the wagon ran away aud dashed between two farm buildings the load of hay stuck and waspitohed off tho wagon with the men all ut whom required a doctor's servioeu to patch op their bruises and cuts u«aih ot well k.uowu vetorau eli dyson fled m years oat ol the best kuowu residents of norritmi township died at his home near jettersonville.kriday after an illness of several weeks deoonwd was a prom uittnt farmer ami trucker ho was well-known iu norrititown having for yearn conducted business iu the farmers market mr dyson was a veteran of the civil war huvingbei veil in the stsvuutuuutli pennsylvania cavalry of which ho wan one ct the organiaers u vw i.tuumwnt iu cj a r oiiolfls a witlow uud wvorul urn vu liiai i.lttle liii-n came high ielpjiia cfloety they were liceuse because neither was a reei<jei:t of philadelphia county the wedding was in consequence delayed until the following day when clerk lincoln aicton ut norristown issued the necessary license rev roberts cole of jeubintown performed the cere mony on wednesday evening the point at issue and one that has worried some ministers is whether a license issued in one county is good in any other clerk saxton of the mont gomery county courts defines his position as follows a license authorizes a marriage only in the county where it is issued or in another county when one of the contracting parties is a resident of the county iu which the license is issued many people have the idea that a license secured in one county is good in any but ihey are wrong daily 1 have young people couoe here from philadelphia who wishing to avoid publicity come to montgomery county to get a license i never issue the license if i am told that tho intention is to use it in philadelphia county for it undoubtedly is useless there wynduioor mr mill mrs a g.juugkurth were tendered n surprise party by a large number of their friends on tuesday evening of last week arthur morrison was the guest ot his sister mrs clark dillenbecb last week miss florence kgglestou returned ou sunday from a pleasant visit to rela tives in marietta o mr ami mrs buchholz entertained the members of the union aid society last tuesday evening miss mary elliott clifford herbert and george elliott of uermautown were the guests of their sister mm hmiday y of the practical tiile cf * ( showing that christ i>ins wrist nwa'il their departure t eu.joy at least some of the me'-'-ijigs of heavon ni'xt sunday will be fin especial day in the chapel mr alfred pattdn.oi german town will deliver the address and mr mathias mailman lias arranged to have several of the former chapel worler and attendants present to render special music glenside and around the oarme.l presbyterian church picnicked at willow grfott park on thursday tosjsjph moorsary if n<>w york nan been spending a few days with hid brother charles mrcreary.ef f-ismorn avenue the oirk association held their business and social meeting at the homo of miss ncttifi zellftidtf mi ft i • day evening i lie work of building and getting into rhape heinlu heights is keeping a large force of men at work an i ¦ number of lots are being sold the funeral of the late oomolius nclis wan held lust wednesday from if io home nf the family mt caruiel avenue and willow grove pikp ('. e bhcrmerhorn has completed plans for two two-story and-attic 12 niniu shingled frame houses on cliveden avenue glensido for john t palmer mr and mrs harry paisley of phila delphia have riturned home after spending the past two weeks at the home of j benton hoover mt < larmel avenue the methodist and bresby terian pastors exchanged pulpits on sunday at t he evening service at carniel church rev v h waygood spoke upon hawaii and the philippines.'1 george w sine of arizona who has been in ejge hill five weeks visit ing his brother postmaster charles s sines returned to his home on monday his visit was protracted by reason of the sickness and death of hie mother harry gilbert who broke his leg in consequence of falling from a build ing at edge hill some weeks ago and then fell at the jewish hospital and broke the limb a second time has ho far recovered that he will be hiought home this week george d heist and sou aru famish ing the lumber ami mill work for benjamin whiteman's new house on mt carniel avenue and walker's new house on the pike above gltuside as well as for several other new houses being built in this locality thomas ray of qlenaide avenue above limekiln pike a machinist by trade and who works for w w har rihon a man perhaps about 35 years old is in a philadelphia hospital for an operation for a tumor in his ear he is expected to be able to return home this week miss florence m stout daughter of charles 8 stout a farmer residing at haruier hill a very popular young lady wns taken ill with appendicitis and was operated on at the german hospital in philadelphia she rallied well and is improving rapidly and it ih believed she will be able to return home in lyvo or three weeks fred eckstein of i.ower providouco jilaui herman on saturday and sun township was btsfore magistrate o flbv jlie sunday school of grace lutheran ihurch will hold it annual picnic at willow grovo park ou wednesday monroe schaljvr a student at girard collet is visiting his brother william ii bohaffev florist mr and mis w their daughter mil k leuluirdt saturday morning oharg ed with violating the fish laws pish warden nestley.was theproieoptoraud he testified thai several days age while eokstoin was fishing along tho perfei omen the latter oaugut and kept ll rock bass about four inches iu length eckstein wai found guilty nnd wai compelled to pay a hue of 1 and oosts < in l.,'i tlllemn hide 111 auto constable oilmore the voterau whiteuiarsh peace guardian who has begun u crusado on lobbur suspect hi the roadl about oousholiocken am vicinity hat been called upon by the farmers to try to apprehend the per petrators of fowl thiovery which has been going on for some tinu there about a resident of spring mill road who claims to have been an bj wituesh says the steal inn is done by two men who occupy an auto m being iu charge of the ineohauinni and the other working the game whiuh is usually played late in the afternoon speeding slowly along the road out fellow throws out a handful of auiidbt any flock of chickens that might be aloug the roadway then the other ln'iugh tho machine to a stop aud while tho fowls are feeding boa gather them iu and immediately umotlieiiug them uuder bugs or wring ing then ueokb mukt off itguiu ll hohaeffer and helen bohaetter itout sunday at darbs tho guests of mr sohaeffn'r'h inothor mrs hand ol philadelphia spent sunday with mr and mrs janus fallows anuy l>»y at willow rove j'aik grand army day was celebrated at willow grove saturday the o|h>n air review which is the usual afler noon feature was called off owing to the rain but the enthusiasm was not dampened as representatives from every post iu philadelphia and two oamden posts aud veterans from new town doy)estown,hatboro and ljiing horu made manifest when they pitch ed tlnir teuts on a sloping hill in front of the administration building post no 10 after forming at the entrance to the park marched iu front of department headquarters with its band playing the boys brigade under command of colonel weustor followed the hoys wore greeted al the casino by department commander j andrew wilt of towaudo who praised them and his old comrades 0 mniander wilt said that the nation today needs the soldier spirit of obedi ence self control and patriotism aud unless the youth of the country learn such il'shous he added the grave problems that confront the country will not be solved \ oampflre was held in t i io music pavilion in the evening the post flags were brought from the tents and unfurled within tho enclosure ex mayor warwick who was to havo deliver an oration was absent owing illness captain charles lawreuoe of post mp 1 was called upoll speak i i i rrner qojninander craig he was followed by general louis wann general st clair a mulhpuaild and commander wilt charles mount of post l sang old-time oampflre sougs the veterans joining in the choruses l mrs louis dell and children and master harry mulder of philadel shla are hpeuding some timo with irs dell's parents mr and mrs aug btrehle franois e.houd and sous aro spend ing a week in atlantic city mrs john west ot philadelphia returned to her homo on friday after a week's htfty with her parents mr and mrs thomas jago mi irviu aud bride of i'hdadelphia spent sunday with irviu baylor uud prof k k collins of p«irco school philadelphia was u culler iu our villagti on mouday j ohoblon morris jr and muinii retuiu«d ou monday from a weel n stay u atlantic city for l.l-.e aireil ^ ptornery county ii bw he norristown ' line t ias been awarilt-i to richer kern bridgeport at ¦„ aott pf 120,000 the building-will have a frontage if 77 feet anil will le ot colonial . tyle of archifecturp it will be twrf u)rie>i high with a french roof theie will be accommodations for 11 inmate natron and l.tlji it will contain in h'ruittry laoiulry aud will have tdttctrio lights and all modern cou eniences north p«uu o k lull n editor amble.r gazette may i be permitted through the lolumus of your valuable paper to rohs a few words to the members if the christian endeavor societies f the north pe.im christian endeavor mion this thursday july 87 is to o christian endeavor day at willow lirove park aud it is desired to havo very society iu the uuiop represented y as large a number as possible i'tii philadelphia uinion has invited the north penn union to uuite with hem in making this a big lay at the rove this will be a gnat event for ihrihtiau endeavor the afternoon will be devoted to the junior de iionstration and rally the young teoples demonstration w'iil i ike | n the evening at 7.80 w h*n the iiiier tational festival of praise will be suhk by a large chorus this was fir-t ung at the baltimore convention oyal to your union dear christian icndeavoror and strive to make july 7th a red letter day at willow qrove iark talk this up among youug riends ami keep balking it till . tin 7th trusting that i oaay see you ill there iain fraternally i urs wm barnes low 1 president of the north penu ot tian endeavor union i"ro»pcc<vlllc miss maude audersou spent several days last week with miss laura weid oi;i/i of philadelphia j conard aruulil ol fort washing ton visited in our neighborhood william binkle of wliitemarsh visited his sou william hiukle.of thin place on sunday miss laura weidnioo visited at the home of t p anderson on sunday elwoo.l itlnley f hatbcro neat sunday with his parents mr aud mrs reubeu finley it ll reported a doer wm teen in our neighborhood last sunday mr johoph o weibh aud duughters maud mid elsie wert the guests o bmauuel weins aud family onbnnday a number of relatives aud friend from this uoighborliood ou weduesdai attended the f uueral uervices of tsamuc million which worn held at tho horn of his bon-iii-law i^liailos wittwor » tradeiviue tu vliulu hie bobo county oommiwioners uetically striving to overcoino the m acoustics of the ooo rt rooms in u of which exists echoes tha i iv do of which puts hearing of business below pur and makes it a matter of difficulty to hear the littlo that can be heard while masses of huge green drapery iu court room nn g were not a success when it oame to silencing sound the experiment is be ing repeated in no i and from recent t is not a m ei is the oorai bioiiers have been urged to have small ss chains pendant from the ceiling thono rooms as a means ol breaking np the bound waves before they urn shot back by the partly vaulted cell ing to the floor below these chains mspended in a singlo row an beitei adapted to hide lot m m ssity oi usott ing to an expedient to oveiconm the aroliiteotural delect real or imitation electric lumps could be attached to tho ends of tho chains so that the device niight appear as an ornamental ueces sity when bilious take ( hauiburlaiu's stomach uud liver tablets for sale at auguny'u urug store ambler ; ig phuiniaoy korj washington ; b keyser'i three tvius ; whitaker's lllde - july n
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19050727 |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 31 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 07/27/1905 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 07 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1905 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19050727 |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 31 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 07/27/1905 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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the ambler gazette vol xx111.-no 81 amhlek seein things in the west harold g knight esq writes en tertainffly pt*»n/in the immmmliv ul ilin i nlinl mnt tu.v.ll.:e will hi lludlbw ml nn.lv purmlng nalnri-'fi klmmrpimm mormon appreciation union orrk<>n union oregon editor ambler uatette l wo people of the atlantic coast arc too apt to think that tile united states is bounded on the eait by new york aud on tho west by pittsburgh if any of your readers are inflected with this specior of idea oontraotis i pud re commend n three weeks trip across the allerlipnios through the fertile farm log district of the middle wolt ami among the magnificent rookies as a hnre cure » i loft ambler four weeks ago and during those four week i have seen enough of the united stales to con vince me that it would take a very largo nation to whip us after a short btop at pittwburg my objective point was uhioago the greatest grain and cattle market in the world its miles of railroad hidings and stock pens de monstrating this fact to the visitor far better than all the statiltlcs two things interested me very much in chicago its great board of trade with its seemingly crazy brokers buy ing fed k^dg wheat corn and oats enough to fen « conple of nations ami the system the city haw adopted for transferring land this system known us the torens gyrleui originated in australia but has been introduced with great success in a number of the western cities and states under this system application is made to the court by the teller or leave to sell to the buyer the premises bargained for this application is referred to a court examiner who passes upon the title and advertises for all interested parties to present any and all clainih they may have if the title ir found (). k and no claims are presented the buyer takes the property clear of every defect this makes a very chenp and satisfactory form of title insurance which would no doubt be introduced in the east w«re it not for the determined opposition of the title and trust companies whose business it would hurt from chicago 1 took a trip through 179 miles of corn and wheat to monniputh 111 to help a friend of warned marriages in illinois i the same as they are ii two npikguidedyi uog people r a lot vi stretch d nicks have it h the middle vest the farmer here is an o can discuss the affairs of the world intelligent y as he cau discuss the mai kt-tt and politics of his locality some idea may be gained of th extensive scale upon which farming is carried on in illinois and iowa from the fact that every pro cess exoept cultivating corn is done with four-horse teams on july 4 at 11 p in i left chicago with three carloads of physicians among them our respected citizen dr godfrey bound for portland oregon the next morning found me watching sunlight and shadow chasing each other over the greeu pastures and yellow wheat holds of iowa all day orer iowa and nebraska we were whirled through miles and miles of grain until we began to wonder what became of the stuff and where on earth could be found people euongh to eat it all we stopped at lincoln near the home of william 3 bryun the boy orator of the platte . " it was suggested by some rabid kepnblic.au in tho party that bryan was given this name bo cause like tho river he is three miles wide and one inch deep we had a lot of fun on the train for those doctors were a jolly bunch when they did not talk shop early one morning the drinking water bad a peculiar taste many and profonnd were the theories put forth by those eminent physicians to explain the tasto in the waror ; all he scientific terms in tho medical dictionary were used but still the mystery wai un solved until an old practitioner from mississippi suggested that some one had put a cake of soap in the water cooler and thin proved to be the fact we btopped over quite a while at denver the largest city among the rockies it is a clean well-kept town with hundreds of ticket offices whero scalpers buy and sell railroad tickets something we never sue in our railroad governed state at colorado springs we had a high old timo altitude 10 ooo feet visiting south cayenne canyon and the garden of the gods a fairy laud of canyons chasms cascadeh cliffs grotesque rocks and natural wonders it looku as if nature must have experimented in colorado before making tho rest ot the world a trip to pi ku speak oloied our stay at colorado bprlngi it was very warm when we started at the basn of the peak on the million dollar cog railroad was snowing when we alight ed two hours later at the very top 14 000 feet in the air and the view strotchiug for 1.200 miles on every side lay mountain and btroaui luko and held grand holoniu impressive but 1 will not try to describe it ; some day in the future a poot may arise able to express our inmost thoughts our deep est feelings anil vaguest lougiugb to such an one i will delegate the task of describing piku's peak ami its impiv - ions i will never forget the ride from colorado tarings to salt lake city through the royal uorge-like a hull way in the inouutaiiik past a long procowmm of snow capped peaks wind ing ia and out among the foothills across the back bono of the country wh weut each hour telling a uiur won derful tale hare ud there wo would fee u buuch •• cuttle uyw wt would in it much nnd everywhere at the toot at the op of fill flip ridp if the mountains appeared the tunnels when fortune had bp*»n made < r lost ill the search of precious metals suit luke city is my favorite city of the vest not mgfttlm i have a mor mon tendency fof piumi wives but became to me it i the emboditnen of the hustling restless free spirit of a now country the mormon temple and tho tabernacle are wonderful build ings the acoustic properties of tho latter nre remarkable a person can stand in tin rear of the building nnd hear an ordinary pin drop at the other end wo feet away speaking of acoustic after wo had loft the tain iniiclr i ireardone lady re mark to another the aconstlos are wonderful are they dot i did not ii anything replied her friend who evidently hud but a faint con ception of the meaning ol the word in the afternoon we had a novel ex perience of floating around in the waters t great bait lake and in the evening we attended a dance in the mormon pavilion the floor is the largest fii the world bat it barely accommodates the great crowd of pleasure seekers the mormons are very fond ot dancing dances are held in their churches and the mormon balls are opened with prayer whatever may be t lie different opinions entertained of the mormona ami rrigham young two things can dot be denied mr young despite his failing for wives was a far-seeing statesman and the mormons nre a wonderful people who have changed a desert valley into a garden from salt lake city we journeyed west through a waste of age brusbi mountains and sand until we arrived at union oregon where i left the party to visit my brother who lives in this place :!()() miles from portland 3000 miles from ambler and so miles from nowhere union is situated in a valley irrigat ed by the grande ronde river it is a small town but during tho few days i have been here i have seen more of the wild west that we read about in the story books than in any other place i have yet visited it is the edge of civilization on the other wide of the hills for miles and miles stretches what is known as the open range or a free grazing land the big stock owners of the valley turn their cattle and horses on this range during the summer rounding them up in the winter or fall here you see the genuine cow boy with his pony his chaps his mexican saddle and lariat f resh from i he ranch on tuesday the uth i took a long ride into the bills trout fishing the last five or six miles of our journey lay through the tall timber over a blazed trail the average man of the east would no more think of driving over that road tliuu of iiyiuu th the to n:j trout temle first time caught io the largest cherries i have ever been grow here in abundance the fruit is fine not a wormy apple or pear in the valley i leave m the 14th for port land and will write you later of the fair yours truly harold g knight encouraging reception rev n h nicholas enthusiastic*7 greeted by methodists chin rh rtn.l l.frlnr kooin < < n ir 1 l.ntl , * niifl fllnrxn nf iiia cintrrh — iii«n:i»i li.>ur«m r*n |
Month | 07 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1905 |
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