Anent the Pleasant Gap Water Company. PLEASANT GaP, PA, Jury 11, To the Editor Democratic Walchman: The progressive people of Pleasant Gap are jubilant over the prospect of having a full fledged water Co., and an abundant supply of cool refreshing mountain water almost in sight. The Pleasant Gap Water Supply company is now one of the per- manent institutions of our community. Quiet, judicious, gum shoe tactics have been engaged in for the past year, until now all the available springs (ten innum- - 4ber) and the rights of way in all direc- tions have been secured and the company with the co-operation of our citizens, is in a position to prosecute the com- pletion of our water works at an early day. While we have ten springs to draw our supply from it was only deemed nec- essary to tap three, which gives us a vol- ume of 300 gallons a minute, which is double the amount of water required to supply every family in Pleasant Gap and vicinity. The springs have been tap- ped and piped to the reservoir which is located in the Gap adjacent to the old toll gate site. The reservoir is nearing completion after which the digging of trenches and the laying of the water mains will be vigorously prosecuted. On this occasion like almost all under- takings similar in character, our people became quite uneasy and restless. They thought it should require only a month or two from the start until they would have the pleasure of paying water tax. They did not realize that it required al- most as much time to establish a water works, taking into consideration the red- tape, as it would to finance a monster steel corporation. First the charter had to be secured, next three or four sets of blue prints, next a permit had to be se- cured from the State Board of Health, then the securing of deeds to the various srpings. The two large springs in Greens valley were secured also the Samuel Bruss spring on the old Hoffer farm, now Charles Bilgers', on the top of the moun. | tain. The other springs had been previ, | ously purchased from Mr. Bilger. Fran- chises were secured from the Pike Co., KILLED IN RUNAWAY.—Miss Mary Ja- cobs, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jacobs, of near Pine Grove Mills, was al- most instantly killed in a runaway in Clearfield county last Saturday evening. | F For some time past she had been living at Osceola Mills and on Saturday even- ing in company with a young man went for a drive. Their horse frightened and ran away. Miss Jacobs was thrown from the buggy and so badly injured that she died in a few minutes. She was about twenty-five years of age and is survived by her parents, one brother, John, and two sisters, Sarah and Elizabeth, all liv- ing near Pine Grove Mills. The funeral was held on Monday, burial being made in the Philipsburg cemetery. EXPLODING LIME BURNS CHILDREN.—A peculiar accident happened at Snow Shoe about a week ago when the six smal] chileren of Mr. and Mrs. James Smoyer were seriously burned by exploding lime. Mr. Smoyer was slacking less than a half peck of lime in a bucket for the purpose of making whitewash. The chil dren gathered around the bucket to watch | Of ur citizens. the lime boil and steam when suddenly | it exploded with a loud report and the hot substance was thrown all over them burning them quite seriously. Several of | the children were burned so badly that | they were unable to get out of bed for PINE GROVE MENTION. This week will see most of the wheat in the barn. Earle Smith joined his family here for the ourth. Fred R. Fry went to Dixon, IIL, to take charge of a large dairy herd. Mrs. Mary Shearer, of Pittsburg, is visiting friends at State College. Chas. Cronemiller and mother left last week to visit friends in Minnesota. Mrs. Sadie Heberling aud daughter Mary spent the week at State College. Wilson Ghaner spent the Fourth in Philipsburg and helped to make the eagle scream. Harry Loner and family came down from Al- toona for a week's outing at grandpa Loner’s home. John Etters and Ed. Williams have both been very ill the past week, suffering with an attack of gall stones. Rev. C. T. Aiken, pastor at the Susquehanna University, spent last week among his old parish- ioners here. John and Joe Griffin came down from Tyrone and spent Sunday at the old family home at Stormstown. Chas. Harrison, of Altoona, is visiting Centre county friends with a view of again becoming one D. J. Williams, of Staton Island, N. ¥., with his family, spent the Fourth among their Centre county friends. Stewart Rockey, of Altoona, a fireman on the Pennsy, was home and got a good tan on in his father’s harvest field. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Henderson, of Spruce almost a week. What caused the lime | to explode is a mystery. i — A — i ——One evening last week William Say- | lor and Mrs. Catharine Shawley, who live | beyond Nittany furnace, became em- i broiled in an argument which waxed hot- ter and hotter until the man called the woman a name that generally means fight. And she proceeded to fight with such skill that Saylor came out of the fracas with a black eye. The result was he had Mrs. Shawley arrested, and the latter was given a hearing before "Squire Henry Brown last Friday evening, who, after hearing all the evidence, told them both to go home and behave themselves. ——The committee upon farmers’ in- stitutes in Centre county held a meeting in the office of Col. W. Fred Reynolds on Thursday morning of last week and se- lected as the places for holding the in- stitutes next winter Blanchard, Centre Hall and Stormstown. The dates of the meetings and speakers will be arranged by the State Department of Agriculture. as also from Spring township and from individuals all along the line. Much of | the credit of our new enterprise is due to the untiring efforts of our enterprising | fellow townsman, W. H. Noll, who devot- | ed much time and attention to the project up to the present time. He was ably assisted by William and Charles Bilger. It is now up to the y people of Pleasant Gap to show their ap- preciation toward this laudable enter- prise. is estimated that the entire cost of the water works will not exceed $10,000. One man, a well known capital- ist, has volunteered to furnish all the capital required. This proposition was respectfully declined. The company wants the citizens of Pleasant Gap to have the preference to the extent atleast of a con- trolling interest. The shares of stock are issued at $100. Certificates and the tolls are being so arranged that investors will be sure to realize legal interest for their investments. From present indica- tions we believe that all the stock will be taken inside of fifteen days. From the way applications are coming in for water, it is safe to say that nearly if not all the the families here will have running water in their homes long before the snow birds come again. A CiTizen. MANY CHILDREN ENJOY AUTOMOBILE RiDE.—Bellefonte children did not have the noise and excitement of dangerous fireworks on the Fourth of July but a lot of them had what was better and more enjoyable, an automobile ride. When it was announced in the papers a week pre- vious to the Fourth that members of the Bellefonte Motor club would give the children of the town a free ride on the morning of the Fourth it was hailed with delight by hundreds of little tots who had never been nearer a machine than to stand on the pavement and gaze, awe- stricken, as one rushed by and who prob- ably never dreamed of riding in one. The inspiration to give the children a ride was a happy thought and came from the Civic committee of the Woman's club, and not from the D. A. R., as pub- lished at the time of the announcement. These good women made the suggestion to G. R. Spigelmyer and he in turn en- listed the aid of Robert F. Hunter, presi- dent of the Bellefonte Motor club, and although it took considerable hard work and much persuasiveness to induce enough owners of machines to turn out (some positively refusing to do so) there were enough to gratify all the children, even if some drivers had to take out two and three loads. , Machine owners who turned out were Robert F. Hunter, George A. Beezer, W- W. Keichline, John Sebring, T. H. Harter, Col. W. Fred Reynolds, Sidney Kiefer, Dr. R. G. H. Hayes, Robert Cole, M. L Gardner, John S. Walker, J. Harris Ole- ; : | that clase to three hundred children were ——Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Miss Mary Showers, a daughter of Cyrus Showers, of east Bea- ver street, and David Barlett, an em- ployee!at the freight station of the P.R, { R., in Bellefonte; the wedding to take place Tuesday, July 18th. EB I ——Rural letter car.iers in Centre county are very much pleased over an Act of Congress increasing their salaries $100 a year. ——— During the past fiscal year the re- ceipts of the State College postoffice ex- ceeded those of the Bellefonte office $700. SMULLTON. Many of our farmers are through making hay: barn. Eugene Smull, of Madisonburg, spent Sunday at home. Black Charlie was seen out at Bressler's some time ago. Maggie Harry, of State College, is spending some time at home. George H. Smull, after making a business trip to Minneapolis, Minn., and other western points, returned home last week. A very interesting game of ball was played be- i tween Rebersburg and Millheim on Saturday with a score of 6 to 5 in favor of Rebersburg. : Sun Hatched Eggs. Gilbert Wright, of Chelmsford, a suburb of Lowell, Mass. reports that | a setting of eggs which the hen had abandoned when almost ready to hatch hatched out without the assistance of : the hen at the finish. i The heat had been so intense that it drove the hen off the nest, but it | was warm enough for che atmosphere to take the place of the hen. Ten eggs have already hatched and others are expected to. Gave His Life For His Dog. George Clark gave up his life in a vain effort to save his dog from death beneath the wheels of a South- ern railway train at Danville, Va. Clark, who was clear of the track, dis- covered the animal's danger and rush. ed back, only to be struck by the en- gine. He died an hour later in a hos- pital. The dog was ground beneath the wheels. Sullivan New Ruler of Elks. The mightiest battle in the vivid history of the “Antlered People” came to a dramatic finish in Atlantic City, N. J., when Colonel John P. Sullivan, former district attorney of New Or- leans, was elected grand exalted ruler of ithe Benevolent and Protective Or- der of Elks. a Poet's Gift to Indianapolis. Dr. James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet, has made the city of Indianapolis, Ind., a present of a plot of ground valued at $75,000, the prop- erty to be used as the site of a new public library and school administra- tion building. Parachute Jumper Has Narrow Fieretta Lorenz, a triple parachute performer, after accidentally cutting the wrong parachute rope, fell from a height of nearly 1000 feet at Ashe ville, N. C. Her parachute got caught in some electric wires, which saved ton’ LOI Elias Breon is building a large addition to his | record-breaking wheat field in this part of the ber life. Creek, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gram. ling, of Indiana, were visitors here over Sunday Clarence Aiken, of Selinsgrove, came up in his new Overland car for a week's vuting among his boyhood associates before going to Yale to round up his education. Mrs. R. M. lllingswerth and family came up from Marietta and are trying to keep cool at the grandpa Snyder home at White Hall. The rever end will join them later. The stork was quite busy during independence week, leaving a little boy at Charley Musser’s and another at Harry Sunday's, wbile a little girl was left at E. T. Kellerman's. Rev. J. 0. C. McCracken and family, of Johns town, are making their mid-summer visit at the elder McCracken home, where the reverend is ' i Feb. 17, 1909, tract of land in Phil. ipsburg; $175. : Harvey Mann et al to John Scheck- ler, July 28, 1874, tract of land in Benner Twp.; $1529.92, G. W. Hockenberry to David R. Thomas, April 25, 1911, tract of land in Snow Shoe; $40. Harriet J. Alkey et bar to G. F. Musser et al, July 1, 1911, tract of land in Howard Twp.; $1. Moshannon Mining Cambria & Clearfield Railway Co., April y 1911, tract of land in Rush : #1 John Haine's heirs to Kline 8S, Haines, July 1, 1911, tract of land in Liberty Twp.; $500. Mary C. Gault to John M. Bullock, June 29, 1911, tract of land in Belle- fonte; $3000. Ellen H. Gephart to Wallace H. Gephart, July 3, 1911, tract of land in Bellefonte; $3250. Alice R. Inhoofe et bar to Gertrude Fetzer. June 26, 1011, tract of land in Boggs Twp.; $200. le are poorl: and Te Tans aye Pyry Tumaiued. ad less our that the NOTICE! BELLEFONTE, PA., July 1ith, 1911. To THE VOTERS OF CENTRE COUNTY: — Having announced myself as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the office of District into and occupy, as my sole office, the rooms in the court house fitted up and set apart for the use of the District Attorney, at a very considerable expense to the tax payers of the county, and that | 1 may be found at these offices at all times by per- sons having business with the prosecnting ator. | ney. i With this announcement I present my name for making himself useful harvesting the crops and getting a good healthy color. ! Rev. W. C. Dunlap and family visited friends in | this section last week before leaving for their new home in Pittsburg, where the reverend preached | his first sermon on his new charge last Sunday; | having resigned his pastorate at Muncy. where | he preached eleven years. i Dr. Shoop and wife and Mrs. McGinley return, | ed from the Buckeye State to be here for the | Fourth. The day was remarkably quiet excep! | for the small boy and his tin horn, with the mer cury gliding near the 104th degree mark. Many | folks struck for old Tussey to get and keep cool. | Adam Bucher and Rev. Ralph Bergstresser, of | 56.27.1t° Altoonh; James Stover and wife, of Pittsburg; | Xt Jas. D. Hess, of Williamspert; W. H. Musser, of i Bellefonte; D. B. Allen, of Milesburg; J. R | Pheasant, of Mt. Eagle; J. W. Stewart, Hiram i Thompson, A. H. Hartswick and Geo. Graham, of State College, were here from a distance to at- tend the Heberling funeral. : The Ward family celebrated the Fourth by holding a basket picnic on the shady side of old Tussey mountain and representatives of the clan were present from Pittsburg, Altoona, Bellefonte and other places. Dr. J. E. Ward, of Bellefonte was the speechmaker of the party and told of the Wards as being among the early settlers in this i section of tne county. His grandfather, Simon | Ward, was the first tailor in Pine Grove Mills, and | strange as it may appear not one of his descend- ants learned to handle the scissors and ply the needle. Though the Wards are now scattered | over a wide territory they all cherish a loving memory of the good old days when they were | boys and roamed the neighborhood of this locali- | ty. HIGH VALLEY ITEMS. This is a healthy vailey: no sickness prevails only among the cattle and that is in the spring when the barns get empty. About the only work going on here is the build- | ing of a piece of state road in Rupp hollow. Hay- making is over and our farmers were so fixed that they did not need outside help. Ashort crop was cut. Samuel Ard, who has been housed up for the last two months, is on his feet and at his best again. We are all glad to see him about again for he is a gentleman we all admire. He has the county and we don’t believe it can be beaten any- where. Deer are plenty now and can be seen almost any time pasturing with the cattle. The crops here do not promise well. Corn, or what the cut worms left of it, is poor; grass is very short; huckleberries are plentiful, but don't cunt for much; peaches promise to be plenty and apples are looking as if a full crop will be gathered. Like other parts of the county High Valley is terribly dull in a business way, as well as in a po’ litical way. Although all the voters of this val’ ley are straight Democrats and have no time for the political Jakes who helped elect Tener last fall by throwing their votes for a candidate who bolted his ticket and divided the Democracy when it could have won. aire the lambs have been taken away from the ewes, they need good ture. It is a good Das, too, to tap few gentle ewes with them to help them get wonted to their new surroundings. Real Estate Transfers. James T. Hale's heirs to Albert N. Bierly, March 21, 1911, tract of land in Boggs Twp.; $150. W. E. Hurley, sheriff, to J. D. Sei- bert, June 21. 1911, tract of land In Bellefonte; $145, Laura T. Dreibelbis et al to Ger- trude Keichline, June 15, 1911, tract of land in Ferguson Twp.; $1500. 8S. D. Gettig, guard, to J. C. Brick- ley, June 16, 1911, tract of land in Curtin Twp.; $50. Josephine Davis et bar to Harry G. Solt, March 18, 1902, tract of land in Snow Shoe Twp.; $1. A. L. Cowher et al to P. W. Cowher, April 21, 1909, tract of land in Worth Twp.; $440. Robert Smith to H. I. Brian, April 3 Sr tract of land in Spring Mills; Annie Seibert to Nannie Kerstetter, June 13, 1911, tract of land in Rush Twp.; $1. J. Y. Dale et ux to John E. Murray. July 19, 1904, tract of land in College Twp.; $300. Robert P. Confer et ux to Wm. H. Confer, April 8, 1911, tract of land in Howard Twp.; $100. Harry Alvin Confer et al to Wm. H. Confer, July 20, 1910, tract of land in Howard Twp.;: 2100, Raymond E, Reece to Edward Fry, May 29, 1911, tract of land in Phil- ipsburg; $225. 8. R. Pringle to Raymond E. Reese, Very truly yours, S. KLINE WOODRING. | New Advertisemems, R SALE.—A four-room house on east How- a ELL "PEL EPHONE, No. 103.11. WA ira ambitious young men or rol work. Also some good Dorers. Good CO. t unity. wages and steady work. yA to i i { i ! SWEET'S STEEL Newberry, Williamsport, Pa. FANTED.—A FAMILY TO RUN TABLE | and take care of house for Faculty Club | at The Pennsylvania State College. Ap- ! | ply at once to ! PROF. I. L. FOSTER, i State College, Pa. | i 56.26-tf-e.o.w. HARTER APPLICATION. —Noticeis hereby that an ET i Ss made 3 BB. er ! H. B. Hartswick to the Governor of Penn- | Ivania the 8th day Im, fe hada? of QE a. m., r ! entitled “An Act to provide for the incorpora- So jd Jessiation of certain corporations,” ape | thereto, for the hirter of an tended corporation | the Charadter and object of which is for the pur- | Pe on othe . | sale and disposal i £ 8 Insurance. EARLE C. TUTEN "(Successor to D. W. Woodring.) Fire, Life and Automobile Insurance None but Reliable Companies Represented. Surety Bonds of All Descriptions. Both Telephones 56-27.y BELLEFONTE, Pa Bath Apparatus. Portable Bath Apparatus. I have the general agency for the well known Allen Portable Bath Apparatus. A postal card will bring me to your door with a free demonstration of these handy articles. LUTHER E. HUGHES, Gen'l Agt. 56-26-4t. Valentine St., Bellefonte, Pa. Niagara Falls. PENNSYLVANIA R. R. Personally-Conducted Excursions to Niagara Falls July 26, August 9,30, September 13, 27, October 11, 1911. Round Tri» $7.10 rom Bellefonte BE oun. Past via the Toronto, Tho and 16. 56 New Advertisements, New Advertisements. RIST FOR bbls, a day,| A UDITOR'S —In the Court of Com- Grip rRy hay | AER wonrs, J C- NEWCOMER, Newberry, Pa. Erie 11, the court he of to and ne. Sgn TE ! to re same. And that he will ANTED.— reliable Whit She, TS Is somone ae 1d, H. S. TAYLOR, Auditor. 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