These illustrations on the article of the Panama Canal which will be found on page 2 of this edition, are made possible through the court work now going on on the Isthmus. The bird's eye view at the top of the found in the plans for the "big ditch.” The illustration of the foundation Scenes on the Panama Canal. group shows the entire scheme and after examining it carefully or the locks at Gatun shows the immense conveyors at work. HOMES OF AMERICAN EMPLOYEES. ¥ THY. CREAT GULEBIMA GUT (DOTTED LINE, AMOUNT OF DIF T IR 4 es) of The Pennsylvania Grit, and are published because they afford such a comprehensive view of the great you will understand what is meant in the article on page 2 when it says that there is v hey are carrying concrete from the automatic mixers and dropping it into the collapsible steel moulds or forms little actual ditch to be that are seen below them. 3 GEORGE VALENTINE.—George Valentine Demorraliv hi died at his home at Ruxton, a suburb of re) * | Baltimore, on Saturday afternoon, March Emme — | 26th. He had not been in the best of | health for some time previous; having suffered somewhat from heart trouble yet | his condition had not been regarded as wo por * | alarming. Deceased was the sixth of the TerMs oF SuBsCrRIPTION.—Until further notice children of George and Mary Downing i ill be furnished to subscri at the | : : : : hi wanes will b urnished to subscribers at the | valentine and was born in this place in Bellefonte, Pa., April 1, 1910. P. GRAY MEEK, EDITOR Paid strictly in advance $1.00 | 1834. He was of the second generation Paid before expiration of year - 150 'of a family of agriculturists and iron Paid after expiration of year 2.00 | | makers who came to this county in 1815 “and with his brothers Jacob and Reuben | and his cousins Robert and Abram con- | a2 » o THE GAY SOUBRETTE TONIGHT.—While tinued the business enterprises establish- ed by them until the modern blast fur- the advance sale of seats for The Thes-' pians of State College in their perform. 08 Superciied the charcoal stacks of ance of "The Gay Soubrette,” at the He was oy ‘oof ithe diof opera house this (Friday) evening,is quite 8 gop . 2 men who played prominent parts when 167g Sieve ate sl plows of ES gt es | Centre county was making history in the g ! industrial world. He was a conservative, should reserve their seats before the! though genial gentleman of broad mind opening of the ticket office tonight in : : order to assure getting a good location. and keen intellect. After his retirement . fl | from active engagement in the iron busi- The following ‘Belltone Tadjes will = | ness he remained in Bellefonte until 1893 as patronesses: Mrs. Cameron Burnside, | when hie e a resident of Bait Mrs. Joseph Ceader, Mrs. Wells S. Dag- | res nore, gett, Mrs. H. E. Fenlon, Mrs. A. O. Furst, | in which city he resided until the present Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes, Mrs. John Hew- | home of the family at Ruxton was com- itt, Mrs. John Lane, Mrs. James H. Pot- dre pid dai : ter, Mrs. W. F. Reynolds, Mrs. Thomas | ‘> WiCow, =miy Jacobs Valentine, A. Shoemaker, Mrs. W. Miles Walker, | 20 Veo with their daughters Jane H., ass Mary D., Sarah W,, and Emily J. The Mrs. George Williams, Mrs. J. L. Mont- . : gomery, Mrs. Harry Keller, Mrs. Ellis L. remains were brought to this place Sun- Orvis, ; day evening and taken to the home of oR sd. 0. Canfield and Miss Mary FE i The Thespians gave their initial per. | “orc, held Monday moming and inter formance at State College last’ week and ment as Made in sw F 11 5 oe it was universally conceded that they far 5 exceded anything they have so far at- : . The pall bearers were his nephews tempted, even their exceedingly clever . dition of "P illar VII” of | George, Joseph and Charles Fox, of Phil- - ” . | adelphia, and George Valen . - season. “The Gay Soubrette’ was writ- ray And i Jol eating. S Me ten especial ly for The Thespians by W. carriers having been men in his employ H. Foster, '10, who appears as “Mimi” in in the oid Valentine Iron Worl the title role, and his clever acting and : i i dancing were encored repeatedly. Infact| op... _ everybody who took part and all the In the death of Mrs, 1 % Rose Hazel, relict of the late Michael Ha- musical numbers and dances were zel, what has for years been known as roundly applauded and Bellefonters the Spring creek settlement lost one of san be assured of a good entertainment, its best known and beloved women. Al- The : this week have appeared though her death was in a measure the in Bloo rg, Sunbury and Clearfield result of a general breaking down it was and will close their trip with theirper- |, 4 by a stroke of paralysis with formatics hore Su Sight. which she was stricken some time ago. AT THE HoSPITAL—The pupils of the -Decuary was bors in Alsace; Germany, public schools of Bellefonte, the paro- a a years, Tap 12 days chial school and the schools of Centre ie came to country with her Hall were quite generous in their Easter parents when she was but nine years old donation to the Bellefonte hospital, they | and the family were among the pioneer having contributed forty-six dozen of ssitjers 2 Sprig woetk. When a Yousg eggs, eleven bushels of potatoes, twelve jars ’ In marnage of canned fruit, butter, vegetables, etc., Michael Hazel. Their wedded life was for all of whick the hospital people feel Sonfine 3 only aout na Svelve years very grateful. usband d ugust 25th, At four o'clock on Saturday afternoon | 1865, leaving her with five small children. the new ambulance was formally present- Yi erasing Miakertal care and love ec to the hospital in the presence of the raised them from childhood to stur Siiatendent, staff of nurses and most Sy maniood Rd oman, respected Bellefonte : : onored khow ‘thei sentation slonte Yella, The John | They are Mrs. Michael Shields and Mrs. Hewitt and the vehicle was accepted on | HarTY J. Jackson, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Ja- ; .. | cob Snyder, deceased; Mrs. Joseph Kles- the part of the hospital by W. Harrison | 0 "00F = © = 0 Walker Esq. Considerable credit is due oh : toona, Michael at home. She the ladies of Bellefonte, and especially J Advis guve Sistefs, namely; Mrs. Mrs. John N. Lane, for their interest in | JSSPar8er, Marys; Mrs. Barbara the hospital in securing the ambulance 01085 al Mrs. Anthony Dusling, of near for the institution. It their Bellefonte. individual efforts ova through wis Mrs. Hazel was a strict member of St. purchased, fixed up and presented to the John's Catholic church and was as sin- hospital and itis another evidence of how | S7€ in her friendships as She was earn- faithfully the ladies of Bellefonte and est in her church life. The funeral was Centre county work for the welfare and | M¢}d at ten o'clock on Monday morning ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. support of the institution. from the Catholic church. Mass was ioridempe emmsomsmiinse said by Rev. Father McArdle and burial ——Subscribe for the WATCAMAN was made in the Catholic cemetery. : sioner CHEESMAN. — Major Roland Curtin Cheesman died at his home in Wash- ington, D. C,, last Friday of cerebral hemorrhages following a stroke of paraly- sis, aged seventy-one years. He was born at Curtin and worked at the furnace there until the breaking out of the Civil war when he went to the front as a member of the old Bellefonte Fencibles. When their three month's term of enlistment expired he re-enlisted as a private in Company A, 45th regiment. At the battle of West Hill he lost a leg and received bullet wounds in the neck and shoulder. When he recovered he was given an hon- orable discharge with the brevet of major. Some time after the close of the war he was appointed to a position in the pension department at Washington which he held until about five years ago when he was suspended by pension commis- Warner. He was reinstated by order of President Taft only three weeks ago and went back to work on Saturday, March 19th. He worked until Wednes- day of last week when he complained of not feeling well and went home. Thurs- day he was stricken with paralysis, which caused his death. He was president of the Forty-fifth regiment association and attended the meeting of the survivors held at Wil- liamsport March 2nd and 3rd. He was a member of the G. A. R. and the Loyal Legion. He was married while in Belle- fonte to a Miss Hillibish who survives with three children, namely: Mrs. Joseph C. Ison; Mrs. Catharine C. Twitchell and James N. The funeral was held en Mon- day, burial being made in the National cemetery at Arlington. I i FisHEL.—Henry Fishel, an oid soldier anC one of the best known and most hignly respected citizens of College town- | THOMAS. —Mrs. Letitia Poultney Smith Massey.—Word was received in Belle- Thomas, widow of Jacob V. Thomas, | fonte yesterday of the death of Charles died at her home in Philadelphia at one ' T. Massey, of Philadelphia. He had been o'clock on Tuesday morning, after a few ailing for almost two years with Bright's weeks illness, in the eighty-third year of | disease but his condition had not been her life. She was a member of a prominent Philadelphia family and married Mr. Thomas in 1848. Shortly after their mar- riage they came to Bellefonte and this was their home until the death of Mr. Thomas in 1895. She then moved to Philadelphia Bellefonte to spend the remainder of her life when her final illness overtook her. Of her five children one son, Richard, died about twenty years ago and the oth- ers survive, as follows: Mrs. Charles Shaffner, of Philadelphia; Mrs. James B. Lane, Clifford S. Thomas and Miss Mary S. Thomas. During her life in Bellefonte Mrs. Thomas made many friends and, notwith- standing her long absence and enfeebled health during later years, she kept so much in touch with the interests here that her death is deeply regretted and her memory will be pleasantly treasured by all who knew her. The remains were brought to Belle- fonte last evening and taken to the home of John Porter Lyon, on Curtin street, from where the funeral will be held this (Friday) afternoon. The services will be in charge of Rev. John Hewitt. HOCKENBERRY.—A sad death during the past week was that of Ralph Hockenberry, son of Mrs. Alice Hockenberry,which oc- curred at hishome early last Friday morn- ing after only a week's illness with pneu- monia. He was employed at the match factory and worked up until one week ship, died at two o'clock last Thursday | before his death. He caught a bad cold afternoon of diseases incident to his ad- vanced age. He was born in Pennsvalley and was seventy-four years and twelve days old. He was a miller by occupation and dur- ing his life worked at the McFarlane, Centre Furnace and Pine Grove Mills flouring mills, though for a number of years he had lived a retired life. During the Civil war he served as a private in company E, Pennsylvania volunteers, | which rapidly developed into pneumonia | and from the first the disease assumed | such an aggravated form that it could | not be combatted. | Deceased was born in Bellefonte and | was seventeen years of age. He was an | unusually industrious boy and aided very - materially in the support of his mother | and younger sisters, so that his death is | a severe blow to the family. He wasa | young man well liked by all who knew under Col. J. M. McCarter. He was se- ' him. In addition to his mother he is sur- verely wounded during the Virginia cam- paign of 1862 and as a result was dis- charged in November of that year. He was a member of the Reformed church and of Capt. Robert Foster Post G. A.R. In 1866 he was united in marriage to Miss Ella Dewey who survives with five children, namely: John, Thomas, Mrs. William Houtz and Mrs. Albert Ralston, all of Lemont; and Irvin, of Indiana county. His old comrades in arms had charge of the funeral which was held on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. The services were conducted by Rev. A. A, Black, of Boalsburg, and burial was made in the Houserville cemetery. i i WiLLiAMs.—Charles J. T. Williams, the fifteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. The- odore G. Williams, of Howard, died in the Lock Haven hospital early last Saturday morning. He.was taken to the hospital on Friday for an operation for an intes- tinal obstruction but peritonitis had al- ready set in and his death ensued ina few hours. The remains were taken to his late home at Howard Saturday after- noon from where the funeral was held | on Monday. vived by the following brothers and sis- ters: Mrs. Andrew Thal, Catharine, Wil- liam, Joseph, Minnie, Edward, Ruth, Margaret and Sarah, all at home. Funer- ! al services were held in the United Evan- gelical church at two o'clock on Monday afternoon by the pastor, Rev. J. F. Hower. Interment was made in the Union ceme- tery. i i PoORMAN.—}. Edward Poorman, the well known merchant and postmaster at Runville, died on Monday morning of ca- tarrh of the stomach. He had been sick for several months but had been confin- ed to bed only about three weeks. He was born in Bald Eagle valley and was fifty-nine years old last November. For the past twenty-five years he kept store at Runville and was postmaster fif- teen years. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Bessie Bedient, of Oak Hall; Mrs. Mabel Lucas, Snow Shoe; Mrs. Flora Walker, Mrs. Ed- na Walker and Carroll, of Runville; Madge and Esther at home. The funeral was held from the United Brethren church Wednesday afternoon, burial being made in the cemetery near Runville. ' considered critical until a few days before . his death. He was married in Philadel- | phia eleven years ago to Miss Kate ! Powers, of this place, who survives with | one little daughter, Anna. i For AN OLp HOME WEEK. — The i tion every day and there is now i place. But there is a mistaken impres- sion among some of the people of Belle- fonte that the preparations and arrange- ments for an Old Home week can be . made in two or three weeks, as such is "not the case. Itis a work of months to | get up a successful Old Home week gath- "ering. This is the case because one of the essential things in connection there- with is to advertise the affair at home and abroad, more especially the latter, in order to get the crowd, and it will take time to do this. Various suggestions have been made regarding a probable program. With our remodeled court house, new High school building and new hospital all to dedicate there ought to be no trouble arranging a program. Take one day to dedicate the court house and have a gathering of prominent jurists. Take another day and dedicate the school house and have prominent educators here, and on the day for dedicating the hospital let physi- ' cians be the guests of honor. Then there could be a civic day and a military day to fill up the week. Now is the time to give the matter careful consideration and if we are going to have an Old Home week let us start work in ample time to kave a good one. ————— Bic FORTUNE CHANGES HANDS AT PuUB- LIC SALES.—With the first of April the public sale season has come to an end and it has been a remarkable one in every way. There was no limit to the prices paid for farm stock of all kinds. Horses brought anywhere from $150 to $300 a head. Good cows sold as high as $75 and $80, while a few blooded animals went for over $100. But the hog was a prince among al! the stock when it came to high prices. Most any kind of a hog brought $15 and $20, while brood sows sold for $40-to $50, and the record price for a sow and six three weeks old pigs was $84. Farm implements also brought prices almost up to the first cost mark. In fact so high did prices soar that the smallest sales aggregated from $1,200 to $1,800, while what was termed as good sized farm sale would total from $2,500 to over $4,000. It is calculated that there were in the neighborhood of one hun- dred public sales in Centre county this spring and as a very conservative esti mate of the average value per sale would be two thousand dollars, it can be seen that over two hundred thousand dollars worth of farm stock and utensils chang- ed hands this spring, quite a snug for- tune, by the way. And in the majority of cases sales were made because the farmer intended retiring from active work. Is there any need to ask the Gustin, “Docs farming pay” ——The commencement exercises of the Benner township High school will be held in the High school room next strong likelihood of such an event taking ’ STATE MODEL ORCHARDS.—The farm- ers and fruit growers of Centre county will next week be given an opportunity to see the most approved methods of horticultural! management and supression of insect pests and fungous diseases that damage and destroy fruits and trees. Owing to the rapidly advancing season the dates have been changed from the , latter part of April to next week, when | meetings will be held on the afternoon | of the dates given and at the following in order to be near her sisters and had WATCHMAN'S suggestion that an Old! aces: Monday, April 4th, in the orchard just made arrangements to return to | Home week be held in Bellefonte some | of Newton Neidigh, near State College; i time this summer is being given more | Wednesday, April 6th, in the orchard of iJ. J. Arney, near Centre Hall; Friday, April 8th, in the orchard of Col. W. Fred Reynolds, in Benner township. Should the weather prove unfavorable on the dates given the meeting will be held on the following day. At least two experts from the division of zoology will be present to give practic- al instruction and Prof. Surface expects to be present at one or more of the meet- ings held. A section of the orchard in which these public meetings will be held will be conducted as a permanent model orchard and at the first meeting trees will be pruned, sprayed, and perhaps planted, insect pests and fungous diseases identi- fied, different types of apparatus shown, and lectures delivered and questions an- swered. Everybody interested in fruit culture and in saving the trees from in- jury, whether by insects or diseases, should attend the meeting nearest his home; and, also, take with him specimens of pests for identification. It is understood that any questions asked as to such pests ,and on orchard management will be cheerfully answered. —— | ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA.—On , Thursday evening of last week, March . 24th, a new Camp Royal Neighbors of America was organized in the Maccabees | hall by district deputy Mrs. Mary E. Hin- stead, of Juniata. The following officers were elected and installed: Past oracle, Mrs. Mary E. Struble; oracle, Mrs. Alta M. Foreman; vice oracle, Mrs. Cordelia Johnson; chancellor, Miss Mona V. Stru- , bie; recorder, Mrs. Mary J. Gray; receiv- i er, Mrs. Elsie L. Yerger, marshall, Mrs. Jessie M. Johnson; inner sentinel, Mrs. Ida M. Barnhart; outer sentinel, Mrs. Emma M. Sasserman. A delegation of members from the State College camp was present and following the installation of officers refreshments were served. CouNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY MEETING.—The last meeting of the sea- son of the Centre county Horticultural | society will be held at State College in the afternoon and evening of April 8th, 1910. The afternoon ‘session will be given up almost entirely to practical dem- onstrations of the making and applica- evening session will be held in connec- tion with the College Horticultural club and will consist of illustrated lectures on horticultural subjects. A good program has been prepared. Sm ———— AA] ns — ———Jacob Smith has resigned the posi- tion in Williamsport he went to fill sev- eral weeks ago and has returned to Belle- fonte. He and his family are now located in apartments in Crider's Exchange. Dennis McFadden and two sisters have also returned from Wilkesbarre and gone back into their old home on the road to Tuesday afternoon, April 5th. ’ A Coleville.
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