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Democratic County Committee Meeting.
In compliance with the provisions of Rule five
of the rules governing the Democratic party in
Centre county, the annual meeting Jof the Demo-
cratic County Committee will be held in the
grand jury room in the court house in Belle-
fonte, on
TUESDAY, THE 15th OF AUGUST, 1911 |
ATI0 A M,
in the forenoon, to transact such business as
may be properly brought before the meeting. All |
members of the committee are desired to be in '
attendance.
A. B. KIMPORT,
Bellefonte, Pa., July 25th, 1911, Chairman.
Pa., August 11, 1911. :
TerMs OF SUBSCRIPYION.~Until further notice |
ship, died at his home near Port Matilda
at an early hour last Saturday morning,
He had been an invalid for several years
as a result of a complication of diseases
and his death was not unexpected.
Deceased was born ona farm near
Port Matilda, on February 23rd, 1837,
' hence was 74 years, 5 months and 12.
days old. His ancestors came from
Lehigh county and were among the stur-
Eagle valley. Like his forebears Mr,
Woodring stuck to farming and in this
vocation was quite successful, being one
of the most substantial citizens of that
part of the county. In religious faith he
was a Presbyterian and a Republican in
tics.
Surviving him are his wife, who before
her marriage was Miss Elizabeth Conrad,
of Warriorsmark; and the following chil-
dren: H.C. and P. B. Woodring, and
—Now that Mexico has gotten pretty | Milesburg; W. W., of Janesville Wis,;
well settled down, the hungry creditors | Archey B., of Tyrone Z. IL and M. J.
are demanding that she settle up. !
CHAMP CLARK writes to a |
friend in Hazleton that he is not going to |
neglect present official obligations and |
of Philipsburg. His surviving brothers
ze Aaron and Jacob, of Worth township,
the latter now serving as county com-
missioner, and Mrs. John Wining, of
day night the venerable William A.
Tanyer, one of Ferguson township's old-
est citizens, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Milton Shuey, at State
College. He had been in feeble health
the past year and about a month ago suf-
fered a stroke of paralysis which hasten-
ed his death.
He was born in Pennsvalley and had
he lived until Tuesday would have been
eighty-eight years old. When a young
man he went to Pine Grove Mills and
engaged in the carpenter business which
he followed a number of years then took
to farming. He was an enterprising and
progressive citizen and one who stood
high in the estimation of everybcdy in
that community. He was an ardent and
life-long member of the Methodist church
and always steadfast in his devotions
thereto. During his earlier life he was a
great hunter and had a record of forty
deer and bear to his credit, something
| Mrs. Chester Pringle, of Port Matilda; few men in this part of the State have
| Mrs. John S. Gray, of Halfmoon town- accomplisded.
| ship; D. E. Woodring, station agent at
His wife died a number of years ago
but surviving him are the following chil-
dren: James D. and Mrs. N. T. Krebs, of
Pine Grove Mills; Mrs. Harry Imboden,
Mrs. George Graham, Alex D. and Mrs.
Milton Shuey, all of State College, and
: Mrs. Thomas J. Vaughn, of Windbur. He
. | Port Matilda, is his only surviving sister. | also leaves one brother, Capt. Alexander
work “in order to run around the coun- | ; : : :
ol fice” Wonder if he He also leaves forty grand children and : Tanyer, living in Kansas. Burial was
seventeen great grand-children.
The funeral was held at two o'clock on
| made yesterday afternoon in the old
had any dential jdates in his cemetery at Pine Grove Mills, Rev.
mind's ‘eye when ‘he was writing that | »1onday afternoon. Rev. Bergen, of ' Samuel J. Pittinger officiating.
: | Petersburg, conducted the services and | 1 i
|
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. { burial was made in the Presbyterian CraIN.—Residents of Port Matilda were
| cemetery at Port Matilda. ' very much shocked last Friday evening
——The Brockerhoff house bus came | | | ' by the announcement of the death of Mrs,
out of the shop of Forest Bullock, on| BarR.—Samuel Wilson Barr, one of the W. Scott Crain, of that place. Although
Monday, looking as much like a new one | best known residents of Tyrone, died on she had been a sufferer with kidney trou-
as paint and varnish can make it. Saturday evening after a very brief ill- | ble for some time her condition was not
cL Any ns | ness with kidney trouble which affected ‘considered at all alarming. On Friday
ple bn > orgs dale vl 3 Jomag vee ! his heart. He was born near Lewistown morning she told her husband she was
on Tuesday evening, and just missed and was seventy seven years old. When not feeling so well and she feared a seri-
being caught in that hard rain storm. ! a young man he came to Centre county ous illness, and an hour or so later he
oe ' and taught school in the vicinity of Lin- found her lying on the floor where she
——Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wray, of | den Hall. Later he went to McVeytown had fallen and was unable to get up. Her
Harrisburg, are rejoicing over the arrival, | and clerked in a store a year or two then death followed at seven o'clock in the
on Wednesday, of a nine pound baby embarked in the hardware business in evening and was directly due to uremic
boy. Mrs. Wray was formerly Miss Williamsport. When the Civil war broke | poisoning.
Bessie Brown, a daughter of Mrs. Sarah | out he enlisted and served until its close She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. Brown, of this place. when he returned to Centre county and William H. Williams and was about thir-
a ay lived at various places until 1868 when 'ty-three years old. She was a devoted
the =Owiig 10 ihe to Hen . he went to Tyrone and went into the wife and mother and her untimely death
CRONISTER.—Mrs, George Cronister, of
the Cross Roads, Huntingdon county, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles
R. Wertz, in Tyrone, on Monday morn-
"ing. She went to Tyrone on July 1st and
was taken so ill with a complication of
diseases that she could not be taken home
and her death was the result.
. Her maiden name was Miss Barbara
Elmyra Grazier, and she was born at
Warriorsmark about fifty-nine years ago.
On January 16th, 1873, she was married
in Bellefonte to George Cronister, of Cen-
tre Line, and ever since the family has
resided at the Cross Roads. In addition
to her husband she is survived by the
following children: Martin, of Cross
Roads; Daisy, of Osceola Mills; John,
Mrs. Charles R. Wertz, Mrs. B. W. Martz
and Elmer, of Tyrone; Mrs. Luther
Houser, of State College; Ralph, of Al-
toona, and Harry, of Petersburg. She also
leaves a number of brothers and sisters,
namely: Martin, of Altoona; Elmer and
Mrs. David Ray, of Barnesboro; Oscar,
of Penn station; Mrs. John R. Lemon, of
Gatesburg; Mrs. David Lykens and Theo-
dore, of Tyrone. Her religious faith was
that of a Dunkard and her whole life was
that of an exemplary Christian.
Brief funeral services were held at the
home of her daughter in Tyrone on Tues-
day evening and Wednesday morning the
remains were taken to the Cross Roads,
where final services were held in the
Dunkard church, burial being made in
the cemetery of that denomination.
|
JorDAN.—Irvin Dilling Jordan died
quite suddenly, at his home in Howard,
last Friday evening. He had recently
recovered from a spell of sickness and
was around as usual when he was taken
sick on Thursday evening and died twen-
ty-four hours later, from hemorrhages of
the stomach. He was born at Fairmount,
Neb.,, and was not quite twenty-eight
years old. He went to Howard several
years ago as a tower operator on the
Bald Eagle Valley railroad and only last
May was united in marriage to Miss
Zelma Elizabeth Yearick, of that place.
His family is now located at Fruitdale,
Ala. Funeral services were held in the
Reformed church at Howard at ten
o'clock on Monday morning. Rev. E. F.
Faust officiated and was assisted by Rev.
H. I. Crow, of Hublersburg. Burial was
day morning next leaves the station, it |
would be well for those intending to join |
hardware business with James A. Craw- is sincerely mourned by everybody in that
ford. In 1872 he retired from the firm
community. Surviving her are her hus-
made in the Reformed cemetery at Jack-
sonville under the auspices of the I O-
CAPT. RUNKLE - RESIGNS. — Monday's
Philadelphia papers contained an an.
nouncement of the resignation of Captain
George P. Runkle as commander of the
Pennsylvania nautical schoolship Adams,
' which was sent to the board of directors
on Tuesday of last week. In his resigna-
tion Captain Runkle asserts that because
of the cpposition of the school ship's ex-
ecutive officer, Captain Charles C. Platt,
it has not been possible to maintain the
discipline aboard ship that should exist, .
and because of this fact the boys and the |
ship are dirty and the general condition
degrading. Captain Runkle openly charges
captain Platt for all the trouble. The lat-
ter is defended by Richard S. Willliams,
president of the board of directors, who
stated in an interview that the whole
trouble and reason therefore would
be made public shortly. Captain Runkle's
resignation was not accepted by the
board but he was given leave of absence
for three months without pay, and Cap-
tain George S. W. Holman was selected
to take the school ship on its regular
, cruise, which is now almost two weeks
late in starting.
Captain George P. Runkle is a Centre
‘county boy and has many friends here
who regret the trouble in which he has
, become enmeshed. He went on the old
school ship Saratoga when a lad in his
teens. Grew up on the sea and after he
had served his apprenticeship accepted
an appointment as a petty officer. He
has advanced from one position to an-
‘other and was always well liked and
strongly commended by his superiors.
Two years ago he was elected to take
command of the ship, and the trouble
which has now broken out afresh had, it
is alleged, its beginning about a year ago.
———_
BRIDGE COMPLETED AND OPENED.—
The new steel and concrete bridge over
Logan's branch, at the foot of Rishel’s
hill, has been completed and thrown open
to the traveling public. It is not only a
neat and symmetrical structure, but is of
such solid and substantial workmanship
' that it ought to last fifty years without
| any repair, excepting, perhaps, the con-
| crete roadway. And now that this bridge
| has been completed the people of Belle-
| fonte and State College will be able to
| find out the result of their efforts to have
| the Rishel hill road put in a good condi-
tion for traveling. Benner township peo.
ple did a lot of work on their portion of
the excursion to purchase their tickets in | and ever since has been book keeper at band and three children, the eldest of
advance. They are on sale now. the McCamant & Co. planing mill. {whom is only eight years old. She also
-e In 1867 he was united in marriage to leaves her father and one brother, Quay
——Tuesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. | Miss Mary E. Stiver, at Boalsburg, who | Williams. The funeral was held on Sun-
T. Clayton Brown got together the five | survives with two children, W. C. and | day afternoon; Rev. Gilbert, of the Meth-
little orphans at the Pruner orphanage Miss Elsie S., both of Tyrone. Funeral | odist church, officiated, and burial was
and two visitors, and after treating them | services were held in the First Presby- | made in the Presbyterian cemetery.
tv ice cream took them all on an auto- | terian church of Tyrone on Tuesday |
mobile ride. In the evening they had | afternoon, interment being made in| CAMBRIDGE.—A sudden deathin Union-
O.F the road and the Spring township super-
i | visors did some work on the Rishel hill,
WITMER.—At eight o'clock last Satur- | but the College township people have. not
day evening Miss Catharine Witmer died | improved their portion of the Youd a8
at the home of her niece, Mrs. Catharine | they should have done. It might not be
Brown, at Prossertown, in Spring town- | out of place for the committee who had
. . . the matter in charge to make an inspec-
ship, of paralysis, after anillness of some |
weeks. She was a daughter of Mr. and! tion trip over the road and then give a re-
Mrs. Sebastian Witmer, and was born in | Port of Some kind so that the contribut-
them as guests at the Scenic. Such acts
of kindness will be much appreciated by |
these little people..
—— During the past week the Belle- |
fonte school board received a letter from |
i
Miss Ella Levy which contained her per- |
manent resignation as a teacher in the !
Bellefonte High school. They also re. |
i
!
ceived word from Mr. Steidle, of Wil- |
liamsport, that he would not accept the |
position to which he was elected at the
Grandview cemetery.
| ville, last Saturday afternoon, was that of
i i
KLEPPER—Mrs. Ida Verdella Klepper, curred at the home of her sister, Mrs.
i Miss Margaret Cambridge, which oc-
wife of sheriff W. H. Klepper, of Lock | Henry Earon. Mrs. Earon had goneon a
Haven, died on Wednesday evening of ; trip to Lock Haven and when Mr. Earon
last week of cancer. She had been a suf- | returned from State College, where he is
ferer with the dread disease for more | employed, he asked Miss Cambridge
than eight years and during the past year where his wife was. Before she could
had spent considerable time in a private , reply she gave a gasp and expired. She
sanitorium at Corry. ' was born in Bellefonte, in a house which
She was born at Rebersburg, this coun- | stood where the electric light plantis now
salary named. This leaves three vacancies | ty, September 18th, 1863, hence was not located, and was 72 years, 3 months and
to fill. |
——
——The porch party at Mrs. -Allison’s |
last night, was the inauguration of a lived in Clinton county. She was a mem- | ago she suffered a stroke of paralysisand |
series, to be given during the coming
month, by a committee, composed of the
vice presidents of the aid society of the
Presbyterian church. The women having
pledged themselves to raise five hundred
dollars of the fund for the repairs of the
church property, have planned for many
little affairs that will cover the time from
now until the early winter.
—Joe Palmer, the Monument man,
who is in jail for larceny, made another
unsuccessful attempt to dig out of jail
last Saturday. Ever since his first attempt
to escape about a month ago he hasbeen
closely watched and on Saturday when
the sheriff made the rounds of the jail he
found the plastering and mortar dug loose
from the stone in one of the cells on the
second floor. Palmer will from now on
be kept close to the steel cells.
(On Wednesday morning a slight
fire occurred at the new home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Witmer, of Reynolds ave-
nue, which resulted in the calling out of
the entire fire department. The fire
quite forty-eight years of age. Her girl- : 7 days old. The greater part of her life,
hood days were spent in the locality of however, was spent on the Cambridge
her birth but during her wedded life she farm on Muncy mountain. Several years
ber of the Lutheran church since girl- ' last November had a second stroke, since
hood and a conscientious christian wom- ; which time she had been practically help-
an. In addition to her husband she is | less and confined to bed all the time. Her
survived by two sons and two daughters, | death on Saturday was the result of a
namely: Leon, Paul, Anna and Dorothy, | third stroke. She was a woman of most
all at home. She also leaves her aged | pleasing personality and charm and had
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Kreamer, | a large circle of friends and acquaint-
of Millheim. ! ances. She was a member of the Catholic
Funeral services were held at her late | church and the remains were brought to
home in Lock Haven last Friday even- | Bellefonte for burial in the Catholic cem-
ing and on Saturday morning the re-|etery on Tuesday morning.
mains were taken to Millheim where | |
burial was made in the Highland ceme-
tery.
GATES.—Harry Gates, tenant farmer on
| the John Porter Lyon farm at Pennsylva-
Union county on August 5th, 1825, so
that her age at death was eighty-six years
and eight months. Most of her life, how-
‘ever was spent in Centre county. Sur-
viving her are one brother and three sis-
ters, namely: William Witmer, of Buffalo
Run; Mrs. Susan Zimmerman, Mrs.
Margaret Baney and Mrs. Daniel Eber-
hart, of Bellefonte. She was a member
of the Reformed church, where the fun-
eral services were held at ten o'clock on
Tuesday morning, Dr. Ambrose M.
Schmidt officiating. Burial was made in
the Union cemetery.
| |
HUNTER.—John Hunter, a veteran of
the Civil war and a well known resident
of Beech Creek, died on Wednesday after
an illness of some weeks with a complica-
| tion of diseases, aged seventy-seven years.
He was a member of the Methodist
: church, of the G. A. R. and P. O. S. of A.
: He is survived by his wife, three sons,
| two daughters and four sisters. The fun-
eral will be held today (Friday.)
‘ I 4
| ZIMMERMAN.—Mrs. Bertha Zimmerman
died at her home in Johnstown on Tues-
day of last week and on Wednesday the
: remains were taken to the home of her
! ors to the improvement fund would know
| what they got for their money.
| Miss BoGLE TAKES CHARGE.—Miss
Sarah C. N. Bogle, who was recently ap-
| pointed chief of the children's depart-
| ment and director of the training school
for children's librarians, at the Carnegie
{ library, Pittsburg, assumed charge last
{ week. In speaking of her and her work
| the Pittsburg Post says:
Miss Bogle succeeds Miss Frances Jenkins OI
| cott, who tendered her resignation at the request
{of Librarian Harrison W. Craver. Friends of
| Miss Olcott, who were much incensed at the ac-
tion of the librarian, brought the matter to the at-
tention of the new city council, and it is quite
| probable that the body will in the fall probe into
| the reasons that led Craver to ask Miss Olcott to
retire.
Miss Bogle is a native of Bellefonte, Pa. She
graduated at the Drexe! Library Training school,
Philadelphia, Pa., and took a special course in the
library department of the University of Chicago-
After organizing the library at Juniata college,
she was branch librarian at Queensboro, Long Is-
land, N. Y. This place she resigned to come here
as branch librarian at the East Liberty branch:
from which place she was apr.ointed to the vacan
cy caused by the resignation of Miss Olcott.
NEW HORTICULTURAL BUILDING.—In the
appropriation made by the last Legisla-
ture to The Pennsylvania State College
was a sum for a new horticultural build-
ing. Plans for the same have been pre-
| | | nia Furnace, died quite suddenly on Tues- |
Yocum.—One of Walker township's old- | day morning. He was laid up for over a
est and best known citizens in the person of | month with a serious attack of bowel
Henry Yocum, of Hublersburg, passed into | trouble and had recovered sufficiently to
the Great Beyond last Saturday evening. Abe out and around when he suffered a re-
He had been in good health up until sev-; lapse and died in a few days. He was
eral weeks agn when he suffered a col- ‘about forty years old and is survived by
lapse and his death was the result of gen- his wife, who before her marriage was
eral infirmities. He was eighty-seven | Miss Margaret Everhart; one son andan
years of age and unmarried. Inearly life | adopted daughter. He was a member of
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lowrie Shope, at
! Curtin, from where the funeral was held
| on Friday. Deceased was aged thirty-one
| years and is survived by her husband,
| five small cnildren, her parents and a
| number of brothers and sisters.
| SNYDER—JOHNSON. — Two weeks ago
| yesterday Charles Snyder, of State Col-
| ego, and Miss Tillie Johnson, of Pine
he followed the vocation of a lumberman | the Presbyterian church at Graysville, | Hall, were among the crowd at the picnic
and being of a frugal nature saved acom- | Where burial was made on Thursday. at Hunter's park of the State College
petence so that the latter years of hislife | Rev. R. M. Campbell had charge of the |
camp, Modern Woodmen of America.
started in the attic and undoubtedly
originated from a defective flue. The
family, however, were prompt in their
use of a garden hose and this action kept
the flames from spreading until the fire
companies arrived. All told the loss will
not exceed two hundred dollars, which is
covered by insurance.
DELIGHTFULLY SURPRISED.— Last Fri-
day evening twenty-three young friends
of Miss Grace Lyon gave her a delightful
surprise party at the home of her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lyon, on Penn
street, in celebration of her nineteenth
birthday anniversary. Games and
various social diversions were in-
dulged in until eleven o'clock when re-
freshments were served, and these were
choice in character and ample in quan-
tity. After the “eatin’s” were all dis-
posed of there were more games, music,
etc., until a reasonable hour after mid-
night when all departed for their homes,
so happy over the evening's enjoyment
that they wished Miss Lyon had a birth-
day once a week. The latter, by the
way, received quite a number of pretty
remembrances, among them being a gold
watch from her parents.
were lived in retirement. His only surviving | fureral services.
sister is Mrs. Caroline Dunkle, of Lock | |
Haven. Funeral serviceswere held at his CrusT.—After almost a year's illness
late home in Hublersburg on Tuesday with heart disease, Mrs. Reuben Crust
morning, after which burial was made in died at her home near Filmore last Fri-
the cemetery at that place. ‘day evening. Her maiden name was
| | Miss Jennie Shope and she was about
SAGER.—On Sunday evening George | fifty-two years of age. Surviving her are
W. Sager died at the home of his daugh- , the following children: Harry, of Belle-
ter, Mrs. Charles Ammerman, near the fonte: Jay, of Pleasant Gap; Roy, of
Union cemetery, after weeks of illness | State College; Earl and Walter, at home.
with kidney trouble. He was 63 years | Rev. A. L. Frank, of the Stormstown
and 11 days old. He was a carpenter by Methodist church, officiated at the funeral
trade and most of his life was spent in | Which was held on Monday afternoon;
this vicinity. Surviving him are two | interment being made in Meyer's ceme-
children, John and Mrs. Charles Ammer- | tery.
man,tboth%of Bellefonte. An only sister, | |
Mrs. Harry Bowersox, lives in Nebraska: | GARNER.—Levi Garner, a well known
Revs. Winey and Shuey officiated at the
funeral which was held on Tuesday after. 1y on Sunday evening, aged sixty years.
noon, burial being made in the Sunny.
side cemetery. | a hard working, industrious gentleman.
| | | He was a member of the Lutheran church
HER MAN.—Wendell Herman, the three-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Her-
man, of Lemont, died on Tuesday after- | 4...
noon after a brief illness with inflamma-
tion of the bowels. Burial will be made
this (Friday) afternoon at 2.30 o'clock.
But they evidently had planned a better
| picnic than that for themselves for, hiring
| a neighboring farmer’s horse and buggy,
| they drove to Millheim where they board-
| ed the train for parts unknown, after se-
curing a man to return the rig to the
owner. The two young people returned
home last Saturday and announced the
fact that they were married, but so far
have kept the facts in connection there-
with a secret, though it is believed the
marriage took place at Atlantic City.
They are now making arrangements to
go to housekeeping at State College.
SPRAW—BOWER.—On Sunday, August
6th, Jacob B. Spraw and Miss Sadie C.
Bower, both of Boalsburg, were united in
marriage at the Reformed parsonage in
that place by the pastor, Rev. S. C.
Stover. During the past four years or
jonger Miss Bower had been Mr. Spraw’s
housekeeper and now has made her resi-
dence with him permanent.
~—Mrs. Huber, of Williamsport, who
has been in Bellefonte for two months,
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Tom Hamil-
ton, is slowly convalescing from a two
weeks illness.]
pared by Hazelworth & Co., of Philadel-
phia, and work on the same will be begun
in the near future. The board of trus-
tees has selected the following gentle-
men to act as a building committee: Dr.
Edwin Erle Sparks, president of the Col-
lege; H. Walton Mitchell, of Pittsburg;
1. B. White, of Bloomsburg, and George
G. Hutchinson, of Warriorsmark. The
estimated cost of the building complete
is one hundred thousand dollars.
mcm. Gm
Two Cente COUNTY DAIRYMEN
FINED—Last week Robert J. Hartle and
John C. Barnes, two dairymen who help
to furnish the milk for residents of Belle-
fonte received a notice from the pure
food inspector, H. L. Banzoff, of Altoona,
that their milk was not up to the stand-
ard of specific gravity and they were
liable to a fine of twenty-five dollars. To
save trouble and costs both gentlemen
appeared before a justice of the peace last
Friday and paid the fine and costs, thus
avoiding the notoriety of an arrest.
These were the first two cases in Centre
county but it is reported that there will
be others.
JuveniLE COURT.—A session of junevile
court was held on Monday to dispose of
three cases, as follows: Horace Newman,
of Taylor township, charged with the
theft of a watch. At first he maintained
his innocence but later confessed. Willis
Brandman, of Philipsburg, was up for the
theft of a bicyle and Frank Poorman, of
Orviston, for stealing various articles
from the store at that place. All the boys
were sentenced to the house of refuge at
Glen Mills, Chester county, and will be
taken there tomorrow by Sheriff Hurley.
W. E. Meehan last Saturday resigned his
position as State fish commissioner and
the’ same was accepted at once by Gover-
nor Tener, who was at Salisbury Beach,
Mass., and Nathan R. Buller, of the Pleas-
ant Mount fish hatchery, appointed by
wire to succeed him. According to all
accounts Meehan's resignation was a
frame-up in some way, but the only ex-
cuses given by him were that he would
not stand to have his official acts ques-
tioned, and that furthermore he resigned
to better himself financially. Meehan was
appointed fish commissioner by Governor
Pennypacker eight years ago and was re-
appointed by Governor Stuart. His sec-
ond term expired last June, but he was
not reappointed, and no successor being
appoinied his friends had hopes of him
being kept in the position, but his resig-
nation is what the administration was ev-
idently waiting for.
The new fish commissioner, N. R. Buller,
is one of a famiiy of six brothers, ail of
whom have been engaged in the fish cul-
ture business. He was the man who su-
perintended the erection of the Bellefonte
fish hatchery and was here during the first
year or two of its operation. He has had
ample experience in the fish hatchery
business and ought to make a good fish
commissioner.
If Mr. Buller, by the way, carries out
the declaration he has already made it
will undoubtedly result in great good to
the department and still more in increas-
ing the fish supply throughout the State.
He will do away entirely with the plant-
ing of trout fry, and plant fish only when
they have arrived at such maturity that
they will survive to furnish sport for the
angler and food for the table.
Another fish he designs to make plenti-
ful is the perch,which is as gamey in warm
waters as the trout is in cold streams,
his theory being to furnish game fish in
every section of Pennsylvania. Mr. Buller
attracted national attention for the size
of his splendid display of Pensylvania fish
at the St. Louis Exposition, and some of
his papers on fish culture were taken up
by United States Commissioner Bowers
as the standard by which to work. It is
probable the new Fish Commissioner will
take up his residence in Allentown.
BEARS IN PLENTY.— “Centre county
mountains are simply lousy with bear,” is
the way the information was given the
writer a day or two ago. One day last
week a Mr. Moran, of Unionville, went
out on the Allegheny mountains to pick
huckleberries. In searching for the fruit
he came across a well defined trail in the
underbrush and he decided to follow it
and investigate. He did not follow any
great distance, however, for after travel-
ing less than half a mile he suddenly
came upon an old she hear and three
cubs. As the protector of her young
mother bruin showed fight, and Mr. Moran
did not step to question her right to that
locality, inasmuch as he had nothing to
defend himself with except his berry
bucket.
But the Allegheny mountains is not the
only place where there are bear. The
WATCHMAN several weeks ago published
an account of a large bear so frightening
the horse of young Bechdol, of Liberty
township, while driving through the Hecla
gap on his way to Penn cave, that the an-
imal ran away and was not caught until
the next day, and now a story is told on
one of the Zimmermans, of Walker town-
ship, mighty hunter though he is, thatre-
cently he was actually chased out of the
same gap by a huge she bear. Hence it
is pretty evident that bear are quite plen-
tiful and there ought to be some good
sport hunting them whep the season
comes in.
A FisH STORY.—Ordinarily it takes a
man who spends his time along a stream
to tell a real good fish story, but IL J.
Dreese, the back road supervisor from
College township, got off one Wednesday
evening that is worth repeating. Mr.
Dreese came to Bellefonte Wednesday af-
ternoon in his automobile and made the
trip by way of the Valentine hill road.
At a point about one hundred and fifty
feet and six inches beyond the founda-
tions of the burned barns of David Rhine-
smith and William Fishburn, in Benner
township, he met three men who had been
down on Spring creek fishing for suckers;
and he solemnly declares that they had
from 160 to 175 pounds of fish, practically
all of which were aslong as his rightarm
from the elbow to the tip of the middle
finger. We have always been under the
impression that Henry Tibbens knew
every sucker hole in Spring creek and
was the star fisherman on that waterway,
but we are now compelled to confess that
Mr. Dreese’s crowd, whoever they are,
has Tibbens skinned about ten furlongs.
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Marriage Licenses.
Floyd L. Guisewite and Mary O.
Lamey, both of Woodward.
Edward L. Watkins, of Pleasant Gap,
and Sarah Parks, of Bellefonte.
Albert O. Eves and Nancy Stiver, both
of Half Moon Twp. :
Jacob B. Sprow, of Centre Halli, and
Sadie C. Bower, of Coburn.
Walter A. Fink and Ida McMonigal,
both of Hannah.
Gottlieb Sadboskia and Mary Dopatka,
both of Munson.
—Tomorrow is the day for the big
granger’s picnic at Warriorsmark, Hunt-
ingdon county. Itis an annual affair and
every year is attended by from two to
three thousand people. Prominent
Grangers will be there as speakers and 3
great time is anticipated.