Circulation Over 5,200-Largest in Centre County. JOHN L. DUNLAP, STAND UPON RECORD! Wipe Out a Large Debt--Rare Econo- my Displayed year as postn feat Messrs would mean amount divided between out hapers— Millheim Jour Rater Watchman, ocrat—would bodily, giving him a | most $4000 above paper income. and insatiate greed for money back of this attack becomes apparent, and must be taken 0 con sideration. For some weeks he has been assailing this Board, to which little ing to abo De Kil once into proper to give same consideration, and as it covers an important point, we ask our readers to give the charge careful at- tention The followin Gazette ar ‘ harge reitterated the it repeatedly the editor of itre Democrat a “hi for CCUSA which completely proven to be true In the face of reckless falsifier and to be dignified by a reply- yet not present his shortcomings as fence that would be evidence of weak ness —begging the question. We now proceed to again show that the Gazette's statements are not only UNkELIABLE Dut UNTRUTHFUL as well making later Lions were ha worthy will a de 3 nA record su vilifier is not we THE COUNTY DENT WAS $18,000 NOT O00) $12. The first annual statement, issued by Dunlap and Weaver, giving the accounts for the former Board's last year in office. shows a net indebtness of $32,577 72. Soon after the election, of Dunlap and Weaver, the county ceased paying bills because it had no money. The new Board had no record of outstanding lia- bilities and what they could discover were included in the first statement issued several weeks after they were sworn in office, They missed: One item of $600 for repairs to Milesburg bridge; | the reward 7 catching Dillen and | Green of $600; the county had been liable for $10,000 on the Soldier's Monu. ment and it should have been paid, (but | the county's ex | Pay ol} FOR RE-ELECTION. DEMOCRATIC BOARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER S IN WEAVER LLIN) rs $63,277.72 $21,00207 We defy contradiction on the accuracy of the amounts y carefully compiled from ymmissioners’ offi 11s debt of $38 r Monument Kes ered ted As shown a have | he county s above e not dt and 000 Was ie to the expensive they ire ap- Soldiers ic bef I ropriation of $10,000 to the ong last year and after paying $s gave a note for only $2 s00-all of which was calculated in the $32.000 liabilities Democrati ard not |] 2 he 3 note and tl - . = lage extra 2 mi amounted according to : nmiy a L FI oO debt { we $18.000, hence in two $14 000 that $48.000 extra tax vent to wipe out a Republican debt and the difference between $45,000 and $14, 000, or $14.000, or 7 00 per year is what these commissioners, Dunlap and Weaver, spent above the regular 3 mills to rua the county, while the former Re- publican Board (see table above) spent on an average of $21,092 per year more | than their mcome on 1 mills, or in net figures, spent $14,000 rer YEAR MORK THAN Dustar axp Weaver? | Does this not show the kind of economy that taxpayers appreciate But that is not all. When cratic Board conducted the $14.00 less per year than the former Republican Board, the following must be remembered as making their work most difficult, and proves that they were prudent and exercised rare economy, on | account of increased and unusual ex. | penses i The Sheriff is now pad 40 cents per day instead of 25 cents per day for boarding prisoners, The Sheriff's foes | according to a recent act of assembly | have almost doubled-all this adds to pense urors was recently increased e last ns o VEArs Of the Demo. county for Continued at bottom of next column ment, as it was due but they had | attention was paid, but now we deem it no money. in the county treasury the | ooo they | | deficit annually, entre 1 BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1908 HISTORICAL NOTES OF BRUSHVALLEY +. Compiled from Various Sources Oy Hon. WwW. R. Bierly. THE MOUNTAIN FIRES f 80 bu 1 Bhes istry mounts rapidity, currents of ¢ tarting from mountain dawn over SOME INTERESTING SKETCHES ally when driven by have seen such | Persons who Lived in Brushvalley | je § Y ears ago —okes Some Fun at | t Old Penny—A Famous Praver Abont Some Pioneer fires oot of one thence In a Space of Iw pmit, and v INDIANA IN LINE agea Y John Bierly September 25, 18 Anniversary of Maccabees aged 78 years 7 months and 2 | A . meet The average age of these was 83 years | of and five months, It is related at Allentown that during! the campaign of Pennypacker for Gov. ernor, a few years ago, the archaeologist WAS A of the te Helle! we Maccabees held last week they obgcryed the twenty-fifth anaiversary of the seder in Loe United States, aod the same time observed the second niv e founding of FRY | Cy theatre Hh al An lent of th the rent grea WAS Swapping Votes Already Pel Riey wa wnd ther | rf « alher 1 to! TA Ly IH eve } attended Rosina was a and daughter f i | A Pia ietimes even 1 and her ROG nthony “Wf WAS SON and but her heart w man A Bum Job of Spring Pp epanog to spend some money on to tate road between Belle and Milesburg, as it is going to They insist that the top finished with limestone “dust” in. of screenings. Result, it is blow Was Continued on page § Ihe su ISOTS townshi > are pr repa font pre oS Rirea'y the from $2 to $2.50 per day Pay to also increased from $2 to $2.50 per day. with a double as sessment stead Several new voling precincts haveing away. It should be remembered been added in the last two years {that R. B. Taylor was the contractor, The cost of all supplies and who now 1s anxious to get a job to repre went up on an average of so per sent this county in the Legislature the first two years of their term | Down there he would not be satisfied They have put in heavier, better and | with reenings but would be after the more durable bridges in the past year—|+ Dust" continually, all heavy concrete floors, i In the face of all these and other un. | usual and increased expenditures and an | increase of 30 to so per cent in general cost of supplies, and having improved | and kept the county buildings in good | ASKERSOTS Was Was labor cent Fire Near Port Matilda The residence of G. M. Marks, located | pear Port Matilda, burned to the ground | about 10 o'clock September 13, (Sab | repair, and having spent less than the | bath), with almost the entire contents former Republican Board by $14,000 per | The fire originated on the roof and when year, does it leave a leg for that unre. | first discovered could have been ex. lable sheet to stand on when it assalls tinguished, but with neither water nor two faithful officials like Dunlap and | Assistance a band the flames soon Weaver? Not only UNRELIABLE, we say, | flashed over the dry shingles and it lay but UNTRUTHFUL. as well. {in a heap of ashes in a few minutes ln conclusion, this shows, that the | Quite a loss with no insurance former Board could not run the county | on a 3 mill basis unless with a $21,000] To the surprise of State officials the For two years on the | demand for state automobile tags is | had only a $7,000 deficit, In other | day, almost as heavy as in the summer, words under existing conditions Centre | and many of the applicants are owners county can no more get along on a 3 mill | of new machines. So far the tax—it is impossible, ment has ‘ssued nearly 2500 licences, fol DOs [R EXTRACTS FROM BARCLAYS RECORD The ki nd of [4 giglat on port d im Congre Op 1O81GY Es 1st I'rus ena 1 improve 1s " e agncuaitur cepariment the department in as to their work all it you DOsSed gv a wi wher IK Later on this same steal came Dont to the j embracing the Senate amendments Appropriation bill ship subsidy clauses By this a with the vicious measut made him familiar with the steal and seems to have bred contempt for pu sentiment, and he cast his vote for vicious measure. For proof-(i« sional Record, page 7166) THE PRESIDENT Old Joe Cannon, of lilinois, Sherman of New York, Dalzell, of Pennsylvania were some of the reactionaries, who took delight in opposing President Roosevelt, in his reform measures, and these men had their tools to back them. Just one instance President Roosevelt vetoed a bill 18444) to extend the time for tractors River, in Minnesota. In his veto the President contended, justly too, that the United States should not grant valuable water privileges to individuals or corpo- hee time ’ ARsiw won grees OPPOSED (H con. | rations without a proper consideration, | misrepresented this district | Mr. Barclay by his vote, to extend the | ime, | rect | Roosevelt and supported what bore the did it over the veto and in di opposition, as well, to President stamp of another steal--this time of a valuable natural resource, For proof These are but a few incidents in the brief public career of the rich, feeble "Continued at bottom of next column io to build a dam across Rainy | emocral. Vol, 81. Nao, 37 FACT, FUN AND FANCY Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs-—Seleg~ ted and Original. © OPPOSED THE PRESIDENT i ae a rong 3 : WwW pDiciu Ca ¥ DEwWS solvers. He is also fast, the human race , man can jump higher than any mal ¢ has Seen known to although in is like othér animals, in 11] from them all r CR asa and often Properly Ta Lal arent The Pruner Orp Business Falling Off The Merchants Trade Journal for Sep- tember contains an article pointing out that the mailorder bouse of Sears, Roebuck & , in Chicago, has suffered a loss in business of $11,000,000 in nine months and the establishment was pot in the best financial condition in consequence, This will cause our lo- cal merchants to crack a healthy smile, famous Co Bryan Portraits Free We have a lot of life-sized portraits of the Hon. Wm i Bryan for distribution | at this office. They are free, if you call for them at the office, They can’t be sent by mail, old man of Sinnemahoning, who has in the last | session of Congress, { If you like this record vote for the man, { If you think he has betrayed the inter | ests of his people you can repose confi- | dence in the integrity, ability, energy same basis the present Board, yearly | keeping up at the rate of forty or fifty a | (fer Cong ressional Record, page 7171). | and moral courage of W. Harrison Walk- er, who merits your support and who, if elected, would represent our people cred. {tably and with great fidelity.
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