person. Mr. Tolles' biography of James Logan is a much needed introduction to an al- most unknown period of Pennsylvania colonial history, a much needed introduction to the man who, more than any other, directed Pennsylvania politics and policy in that period, the man who fought bitterly throughout his

streets, and still stands. In 1803 he received a visit from Captain Meriwether Lewis, who when it was "proposed to send an exploring party to trace the Missouri to its source, to cross the Highlands and follow the best water communication which offered itself from thence to the Pacific Ocean, immediately

machinery and also of arks for passing over the rapids of the Susquehanna in the state of Pennsylvania all and evry such sum and sums of money debts and demands whatsoever which are due and owing to me the said Daniel Keller by and from the said Individuals or Government, and in default of payment there- of

foul tip found its mark on an unprotected proboscis. Many were the "open lots" and "corner lots" appropriated for play whose owners had a kindly feeling for youngsters and refrained from posting their plots with "danger red" trespassing signs — so plentifully and banefully obnoxious in these present

- pionship and 466 ribbon awards at the Pennsylvania Farm Show at Harrisburg. Jan. 13. The Borough of Ephrata was awarded a citation from the National Safety Council for the best traffic safety record of any community its size in the United States, having no traffic fatality for nine years. Jan. 13

GOING DOWN IN HISTORY: LANCASTER 1957 Compiled and Edited by M, Luther Heisey January 3. After ten years of research, development and testing, Hamilton Watch Com- pany placed on the market the world's first electric wrist watch, 15. A wave of arctic air hit Lancaster, sending the thermometers down

"Conestoga" assigned to one of its Ericsson-type iron-clad monitors, then being built at Chester, Pennsylvania by Reaney Son and Archbold in 1861. This 496-ton vessel was renamed "Sangamon" before launching. 4 Pictorial War Record, Jan. 28, 1882, p. 173. �USS Conestoga, sea-going tug, was built in 1903 for