Bellefonte, Pa., August 2, 1912. i
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Democratic National Ticket.
For President,
Woobrow WILSON, of New Jersey.
For Vice President,
TrHoMAS R. MARSHALL, of Indiana.
Democratic State Ticket.
Auditor General,
RoBERT E. CRESSWELL, Cambria county,
State Treasurer,
WiLLiam H. BERRY, Delaware county.
Congressmen-at-Large,
GEORGE B. SHAW, Westmoreland county.
JosepH HAWLEY, Allegheny county.
GEORGE R. MCLEAN, Luzerne county.
E. E. GREENAWALT, Lancaster county.
Democratic County Ticket.
Congress,
JAMES GLEASON, Houtzdale.
Legislature,
ROBERT M. FOSTER, State College.
Hopeful Indications.
The selection of Mr. GEORGE D. HER. |
BERT, for years resident secretary of the
late regular Democratic State committee,
as editorial secretary of the “re-organiz-
ed” State committee, gives hopeful prom-
ise that other questions than the opin-
ions, importance and declarations of Mr.
A. MITCHELL PALMER, Mr. GEORGE W.
GUTHRIE, Mr. VANCE C. MCCORMICK or
the whereabouts of Mr. JAMES I. BLAKES-
LIE, will be allowed to enter in the com-
ing campaign. Taken all together mat- |
ters are brightening up for the Democra-
cy of the State, as well as for a much |
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seeded: rest. for. the: "mouths: of these | zens of Centre county would plant trees , Planting of flowers and trees we could |
self-confident great men.” |
je. rs ax : ith the staki t of the right hy
—Clnrrcit Grae as 1. 1 ad ry oe ors Sal ro Se oh. TRA 8. dace ho tne i he sing tof th of v0,
nounced the appointment of his executive | if the saw mills and lumber companies | taining of a tract of land in a location to | a ny
committee, his finance committee, his
campaign committee, his advisory com-
mittee, his congressional district com-
mittee, his division committee and the
Lord only knows the names of all the
other different committees HE has created
and chosen. We presume it will now be
in order for him to take a short rest and
write a long letter setting forth to the
Democratic people of the State that “re-
organization” was necessary to place the
power to name their own committees,
their party managers, representatives and
spokesmen in the hands of the Demo-
cratic voters, and that this has been done
to “the queen's taste,” now that he has
taken charge and has acted for them.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
——Company L, of the Twelfth regi-
ment N. G. P., returned on Tuesday night
from their ten day's camp at Gettysburg;
the soldiers looking as brown as their
uniforms but all in good health.
——Ex-sheriff W. E. Hurley, who has
charge of the work of remodeling the
Nittany valley road, states that he has all
the men and teams he can handle, owing
to the fact that the delivery of stone’ is
limited to two or three cars a day. They
now have almost two miles and a half of
road built and he considers that pretty
fair work. Mr. Hurley states that he
turns down applicants for work every
day. an
——There will be no Centre—Clinton
county business men’s picnic this year.
This was decided upon recently by su-
perintendent W. H. Gephart who avers
that because of the increased cost for
- cars sufficient to handle the crowd the
expense is greater than the revenue. Mr.
Gephart in a letter to J. Will Conley,
secretary of the picnic association, claims
that the railroad company lost money
last year and that they are not willing to
put up the usual bonus to defray the ex-
pense of the picnic and then run the
chance of getting it back from the at-
tendance. The decision not to have a
picnic is cause for sincere regret, not
merely because it will do away with that
gathering but because of the severance
of business and social ties that have
bound Centre and Clinton county resi-
dents the past dozen years through the
medium of this picnic.
——Camping out is very delightful at
this season of the year but it also has its
drawbacks. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Blair
and a party of friends spent ten days in
camp on Fishing creek and while they
had a delightful time they were some-
what nervous over the appearance of
rattlesnakes in close proximity to their
tent. Mrs. George P. Bible, Mrs. Blair's
mother, was sitting outside the tent one
day when she heard a noise which she
supposed was a locust singing. Some
minutes later one of the menin the party
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happened along and discovered a huge |’
rattler coiled almost within reach of Mrs.
Bible. How long the reptile had been
there is hard to tell but it was its rat-
tling Mrs. Bible mistook for a locust. The
snake was killed, and a day or so later
another rattler was discovered not far
from the tent and it was also dispatched.
So that it is evident that the snake busi-
ness is one of the things thac keep camp
life along Fishing creek from becoming
| High School
Students as News-
Writers.
“The Benefits of a Public Library for Bellefonte,” “Beautifying Bellefonte,"
“Necessary Improvements in Bellefonte," and “The Preservation of Forests in
Centre County,” are the topics discussed this week by High school Students in
the Geo. R. Meek news writing contest. Read the following articles and see how
the young people express themselves:
The Preservation of Forests in Centre | Necessary Improvements in Bellefonte. |
County.
BY HUGH QUIGLEY.
The preservation of forests is such an /
important question that not only the | tion is a very beautiful town. We have
United States but each State in the Union | many things which add much to its beau-
BY RUBY EBERHART.
has taken it up and made stringent laws | ty, among them being the spring and our
protecting trees of al! kinds. Why, there- | beautiful trees. There is, however, room |
fore, shouldn't the citizens of Centre | for many improvements, and we will sug-
county pay some attention to this vastly | Best several that could and should be
important subject? It is their duty to made.
encourage the replanting of trees and| The first improvement that we will
the preservation of what is left of our | take up is, that Bellefonte should have
once magnificent forests. | paved streets. Other towns smaller and
One of the most destructive features of | less progressive have them, and surely
forests is the loss of trees by fire. The ! we are not behind the times. This would
citizens of this county can help materially | add much to the appearance of our town.
by aiding the state foresters who are con- | They are better and, in the long run,
tinually on the watch for fires. Thought- | cheaper than ordinary roads.
lessly and sometimes maliciously men | In talking about paved streets another
traveling in the woods throw lighted | very important thing presents itself, and
matches, cigar and cigarette stubs, or hot | that is trees. Many persons believe that
ashes from pipes on the ground, which if we have paved streets we would have
very often result in serious fires. | to destroy all the trees along the streets;
Stringent laws have been passed making | but this would not be necessary. If a
it a crime to do this. When camping | Pace of from three to six feet was left
parties are given permits to locate on | between the sidewalk and the curb, we
State lands, they are required to enter | would have ample room for all the trees
into an agreement in which they consent We¢ wanted. A law should be enacted
not to make open camp fires except in a | and enforced that trees must be planted
hole or pit one foot deep, and every camp | in this spase. In a few years our streets
fire or other open fire must be complete- | Would have the appearance of a country
Bellefonte, even in its present condi- |
ly extinguished before the last member |
of the party using it leaves the locality. |
lane.
Another valuable addition to our town
Anyone violating these laws will be sub- | would be the making of a park around |
ject to immediate arrest without a war. our beautiful spring. This park, of
rant and will be denied all future privi- | course, could not be very large, but
leges of camping, hunting or fishing with- ' enough land could be secured to give
in the State Game Preserves, to the spring a much better background
We furthermore believe that if the citi- | than it has at the present time. By the
whenever a chance is afforded, this town | Soon have a small, attractive park.
and the other towns of this section would! The last improvement that we wish to
would take some interest in treesand not ' be used as a public playground. All
cut down any young saplings which they | material for outdoor sports, such as
have no real need of, our woods would | SWimming, should be provided, and a
not diminish so quickly and hence the | competent person, or persons, placed in
price of lumber would not be so high. In charge. If we saw fit, a small tract of
wandering through the woods we have land a few feet square could be given to
been greatly distressed by seeing large | each child to plant vegetables, or flowers,
quantities of trees chopped off and left as he or she should desire. For the win-
lying around. Why couldn't they have | ter there should be a skating rink and a |
measured these trees before, instead of | Place for coasting.
ruthlessly cutting them down and meas-| You may say that all of these necessa-
uring them afterward. ! ry improvements would take too much
ECKENROTH.—On Friday evening of
last week Charles Eckenroth, an old and
“well known resident of Bellefonte, died
at his home on Howard street after sev-
eral months illness as the result of his
advanced age.
| Deceased was born at Williamsburg,
' Blair county in 1837, hence was seventy-
five years old. He came to Centre coun-
| ty when a young man and worked at va-
' rious occupations until the breaking out
of the Civil war when he enlisted for the
three months service in Company H,
| Seventh Pennsylvania infantry, being one
of the first men to enlist in Centre coun-
‘ty. Instead of three months he served
' with that regiment until March, 1862,
when he re-enlisted in Company C, For-
ty-ninth regiment. In January, 1863, he
was transferred to Company G of the
same regiment and on February 6th of
the same year he was discharged for dis-
abilities. He returned home and soon
+ after located in Bellefonte. For a num-
ber of years he was engaged in the mer-
cantile business and of late years he was
' constable in the North ward. He was an
unassuming citizen but a man who al-
ways enjoyed the confidence and esteem
of all who knew him.
He was twice married, his first wife be-
ing Miss Precilla Peters, who died in
1896. In 1898 he was united in marriage
to Mrs. Elizabeth Kerlin, who survives
with three children by his first wife,’
Mrs. William H. Baird, of State
namely:
College; Edward J. Eckenroth, of Belle-
fonte, and Frank B., of Sunbury. He
also leaves the following brothers and
sisters: Mrs. Edward Osmer and Mrs,
Joseph Miller, of Bellefonte; Mrs. Joseph
Tressler, of Pleasant Gap; Thomas Eck-
enroth, of Unionville, and James, of
: Pleasant Gap.
For many years Mr. Eckenroth had
' been an active member of Gregg Post,
' No. 95, and filled various offices with care |
GRAMLEY.—Mrs. Catharine Gramley,
widow of the late Samuel Gramley, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lydia
Haines, in Rebersburg, on Wednesday
morning. She was born in Snyder coun-
ty and was seventy-eight years of age.
She was twice married, her first hus.
band being Mr. Ocker and of their chil-
dren the following survive: George
Ocker, of Lewisburg; Jackson, of Illinois; |
Thomas, of Rebersburg; Mis. Mary
Hartman, of New York, and Mrs. Haines,
of Rebersburg. Burial will be made at
Rebersburg tomorrow.
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POLLICE.—Mrs. Sarah Love Pollice died
Our Correspondents’ Opinions.
| This column is at the service of those of our
who desire lo ir vil
general or i
Regarding Democratic Platform Pledges.
CENTRE HALL, PA., July 30th, 1912.
Editor Watchman:—In last Friday's
WATCHMAN I noticed an article stating
that the “Progressive” Democratic State
committee was sending out letters ask-
ing Democratic candidates for the Sen-
ate and Legislature to sign and mail, to
the secretary of that committee, a pledge
at her home at Birmingham, Blair coun- | to endorse and support every promise
ty, on Tuesday morning, after suffering | made in the Democratic State platform,
for three years with cancer. She was | one of which is opposition to any appro-
born at Scotia, this county, and was 38 ' priation for charities, except to institu-
years, 1 month and 12 days old. Surviv- tions absolutely under State control. Are
ing her are her husband and three chil- you sure you are correct in this state-
dren. She was a member of the Presby- ment? If you are, and the Democratic
terian church and Rev. J. R. Woodcock | candidates are foolish enough to make
had charge of the funeral services which such a pledge, I doubt if enough of them
were held on Wednesday afternoon, bur- will be elected to justify the holding of a
ial being made in the Birmingham cem- Democratic Legislative caucus.
etery. ' I have not seen our candidate—Mr.
——t-. mr Foster—since his nomination for that po-
BURDINE BUTLER vs. RAILROAD COM: | sition, but feel confident that he is a man
PANY.—A regular tug-o™-war took place | of too much good sense to make any such
between Burdine Butler and A. L. Ander- | foolish pledge. If he will accept my ad-
son & Co's crew of laborers at the Butler | vice he will, at once, publicly disavow
farm near Howard last Friday. As stated any purpose of the kind. The man who
in last week's paper there has been diffi- | goes to Harrisburg to represent this coun-
culty between Mr. Butler and the rail- i ty is expected to do what he can for
road company over a right of way through | charities, like the Bellefonte hospital, and
his farm. The owner refused to give a | if he won't do so he has no business to
right of way but offered to sell his farm | ask to represent the county during the
for $16.000. This the company deemed | session of the Legislature.
away beyond all reason, and efforts were | At the primaries, I voted for the whole
made to reach an amicable settlement. | progressive or re-organization ticket; for
In the meantime the contractors, who | Mr. Foster among the rest of the candi-
have the contract for changing the route | dates, because I understood him to sym-
of the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, worked
right up to the Butler farm line then were
compelled to lay off pending negotiations.
and fidelity. That organization had Not being able to come to a satisfactory
charge of the funeral which was held on | settlement the railroad company through
| Tuesday morning. Rev. Fred W. Barry, | their attorney last Thursday filed a bond
of Centre Hall, had charge of the servic- with the Centre county court in the sum
i es, assisted by Mr. Traub, who is supply- | of $10,000, which amount is claimed to
ing the pulpit in the Lutheran church at | be amply sufficient to cover any damages
this place. Burial was made in the Un- | to the Butler property. Having done this
lion cemetery. | the engineers were ordered to go ahead
| George Weish and his father, of York; | contractors could go ahead with the actual
Herbert Kerlin, of New York city, a son | work. Butler was engaged in cutting a
| of Mrs. Eckenroth; Richard Shatzer, ! crop of hay in the particular field into
{ Mrs. John Shatzer, and Miss Loa Shatz- | which they attempted to enter last Fri-
er, of Lewistown. | day afternoon and when the contractors
| | | sent their men over the line with ties and
! LUCAS. — Mrs. Kathryn Alice Lucas, | Failstolay a track for a “dinky” road,
| widow of the late John W. Lucas, died on | Butler promptly proceeded to eject them.
Saturday morning at the home of her As fast as the ties and rails were laid he
sister, Mrs. Robert Moore, in Philipsburg, | removed them, using such successful
after being a constant sufferer for eight | tactics that the company finally withdrew
| years with a complication of diseases.
: Saturday morning. The engineers left
| their forces. The same thing occurred |
The gradual extinction of the forests
in this country is a calamity. Where
there were once pathless forests of bi
trees, now there are a lot of bushes
saplings, and as soon as these Saplings
acquire a suitable size they are cut up for
lumber. There are only a few old trees
left in the woods, these being too decay-
ed for use. Why can’t people build their
houses, barns and other buildings out of
cement which is cheaper and practically
fireproof, or even out of stone, for the
sake of the rapidly dwindling woodlands.
To illustrate what it has come to, the
towns and cities are authorized by the
State to compel the planting of shade
trees along their public streets and high-
wa,
Ne taioie as good citizens let us all
join with the authorities in doing what
we can t the preservation of the
forests, especially in our own county.
The Benefits of a Public Library for
Bellefonte.
BY MARY RANKIN.
One of tht best things for Bellefonte
would be a public library. It would in-
deed help us to finish our education in
many ways. First, in studying about
foreign countries, that is, the people who
would like to travel abroad and have not
the means, could go to a public library
and read such books as “Holmes Trav-
elouges” and “Stoddard’s Lectures,”
which are very interesting. Reference
books on different subjects would great-
ly help the people of this town who are
interesfed in philosophy, engineering,
science and biography. Most of our
great men have been biographers and
why not follow their example. Science
is one of the popular studies of the age.
Take astrology (or astronomy as it is
now called) which is a branch of science,
how many new planets and stars have
been discovered during the last age? Our
town would take a greater interest in
these things if we only had books to
study about them. The magazines, too,
would be beneficial because a public li-
brary always has every up-to-date maga-
zine and this would help the poor peo-
ple who perhaps only read old ones, and
sometimes don’t have any at all, and
cannot afford to buy them.
A library would give Bellefonte a
standing among other towns larger
e who read little become
narrow minded and instead of
the time which t
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monotonous.
time and money. The money would | Deceased, whose maiden name was
likely be obtained from the borough | Kathryn A. Schreck, was born at Lemont
treasury and from private subscription. | °0 March 13th, 1862, making her age 50
As to the time, it would take several | Years, 4 months and 14 days. She re-
years, but if these improvements were Sided at Lemont all her life with the ex-
made there would not be one of us who | CéPtion of two years spentin Philadelphia |
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would regret the money or time spent. and her residence in Philipsburg since
Let us all then take an active part in April 16th. Her husband died several
this movement and see if we cannot have, | Years ago but surviving her are four chil-
at the end of five or ten years, a town dren, namely: Alpine Lucas, of Phil-
whose fame for beauty will spread far adelphia; Ralph, Samuel and Mrs. Roxy
and wide and lead other towns to follow | Ralston, of Milesburg. She also leaves
in our footsteps. two brothers and three sisters, as follows:
John Schreck, of Vintondale; Mrs. Felix
Beautifying Bellefonte.
BY REBECCA FLEMING.
We, the people of Bellefonte do not
seem to appreciate the meaning of that
word. What does the word Bellefonte
really mean? Let us stop and see.
Bellefonte was named by a French-
man from the “Beautiful Fountain”
which lies in our midst. Our town be-
sides boasting of the beautiful spring can
also boast of its many beautiful buildings,
which for a town of its size can surpass
any other of its own rank. There are so
many ways of improving our town that
we will endeavor to put them before the
eyes of the public. Among them are the
city steam heat and gas plant, which lies
near the residential section of our town,
the gas fumes, which are very annoying
to the residents in that part of the town,
and the black smoke, which comes from
these works, have made the beautiful
homes very dirty. And we people should
see that these works, that are harmful to
the health of the people and beauty of
the buildings, should be removed to the
outskirts of the town. The lumber yard
which joins the spring, is an eyesore to
the people of the community. The lum-
ber could be removed and the land could
be made into a beautiful park by fixing
up the ground and planting shade trees
around it, and could be then attached to
our beautiful spring.
By doing this it would add much to the
appearance of our spring and also of the
whole town. The bill-boards which one
sees on entering the town or borough
Rood and also the ones that are built within
the town add nothing whatever to the
good of the town. Many lectures have
been given on this subject, but the peo-
ple do not seem to take good advice.
and | These boards help to hide a great amount
of filth and dirt which is stored behind
them; and if we had a Board of Health
i Ludwig, of Ebensburg; William Schreck,
of Lemont; Mrs. Alfred Rishel, Belle-
| fonte, and Mrs. Robert Moore, of Phil-
ipsburg.
She was a member of the Church of
Christ and a woman whose many pleas-
ing qualities endeared her to all who
knew her. Funeral services were held
at the Moore home in Philipsburg on
Monday evening and Tuesday morning
the remains were taken to Lock Haven
for burial.
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Gummo. — William Gummo, an ex-
county commissioner of Clinton county,
died at his home near Beech Creek at
noon last Saturday following a stroke of
apoplexy on Thursday night of last week.
He was born near Beech Creek on De-
cember 23rd, 1841, hence at his death
was 70 years, 7 months and 4 days old.
He was a farmer by occupation and his
entire life was spent within a radius of
one mile of where he was born. In ad-
dition to serving as county commission-
er he filled almost every township office
in his election district. He was also a
director in the Sugar Valley insurance
company and the Clinton Trust compa-
ny, of Lock Haven. He is survived by
his wife and the following children: Mrs
C. D. Getz, of Lock Haven; Mrs. William
Glossner, at home; Richard, of Clinton-
dale; Mrs. Clarence Robb, of Howard:
Myron, of near Beech Creek, and James,
at home. The funeral was held on Tues-
day afternoon, burial being made in the
Fearon cemetery.
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IRWIN.—Miss Annie M. Irwin, a native
of Bellefonte, died quite suddenly at her
home in Hollidaysburg on Monday morn-
ing. She was taken ill on Saturday even-
ing while attending a reception but her
illness was not considered serious until
Sunday night. She was sixty-nine years
of age and was born in Bellefonte, being
a daughter of Lot and Charlotte Irwin.
She was a music teacher and most of her
life was spent in Hollidaysburg. Her
only near relative is onebrother, William
Irwin, living in New York city. She was
a faithful member of the Presbyterian
| church and her remains were buried in
the Presbyterian cemetery at Hollidays-
improved burg on Wednesday.
x ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
jon the 8:46 train to headquarters for
{ further instructions and Butler mounted
his mower and proceeded with his inter-
| rupted work.
On Monday morning the railroad of-
ficials were again on the scene of the con-
troversy and insisted upon Mr. Butler
giving his reasons for refusing them a
! right of way. He then stated that he
! didn’t want his hay crop spoiled. He was
told to go ahead and cut the hay and he
would not be interfered with, but he met
this assertion with the argument that he
had no horses with which to do the work.
Thereupon the contractors took one of
their teams, hitched to the mower and
started in to make Mr. Butler's hay.
On Saturday, however, Butler tore
down a number of trespass signs the rail
road company put up and he was ar-
rested for doing so. He was given a
hearing before "Squire Henry Brown, in
this place Tuesday evening, and at that
time signed a paper agreeing hereafter
not to interfere in any way whatever
with the company or its property, and
thus the whole affair has been settled.
On Monday the railroad company,
through their attorney, filed a bond in
the sum of $3,000 to indemnify Robert
Cooke Jr., for whatever damages he may
be entitled to for going through his prop-
erty.
——One morning last week when
butcher L. H. Gettig got out of bed he
discovered one or two panels of his gar-
den fence lying on the ground. An in-
vestigation disclosed the fact that it had
been laid flat through collision with an
automobile. Later in the day a carpenter
appeared from some mysterious place
and replaced the fence as good as new,
but he could not be persuaded to tell
who employed him to do the job. Of
course it was likely the man who drove
his machine into Mr. Gettig’s garden, but
he failed to leave any marks of identifica-
tion, and Mr. Gettig is now puzzling over
who it was.
——The big Baileyville picnic will be
held at Beaver Dam park, Baileyville, on
Saturday, August 17th. This is always
the biggest event of the year in that end
of the county, as several thousand peo-
ple from the surrounding community are
always in attendance. The committee in
charge are preparing a lengthy program
of sports and amusements for this year
and a great gathering is anticipated.
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——Last Sunday Wm. Groh Runkle |
drove over to his family home in Potter
township, and from there took his moth-
er, who is eighty-two years old, for an
auto ride to Lock Haven to visit her
daughter. When it is considered that it
was a thirty-five mile trip for soold a
lady it seems remarkable, yet she enjoy- | ag
pathize with, and be favorable to their
policies, but I am free to confess that if
I had had any idea that any such wrong
was even thought of or contemplated my
vote would have been entirely different.
You may publish this if you wish.
AN OLD-TIME DEMOCRAT.
STATE COLLEGE, July 30th, 1912,
Editor Watchman:—1 read with sur-
prise your statement of last week, about
the pledge that is being asked of Demo-
cratic candidates for the Legislature, not
to vote for any appropriation for charity,
except such as go to “purely State con-
trolled” institutions, and wondered if our
Democratic leaders have gone clear daft
or are working in the interest of the Re-
publicans. Surely they do not expect to
elect men pledged to vote against their
own local people and local charities, as
such a pledge would compel them to do.
I have talked to a number of good Dem-
ocrats about this matter since you called
attention to it, and have not found a
single one who will vote for any man who
promises to support any such a wrong.
I hope Mr. Foster will have the cour-
age to let the people of the county know
just where he stands on this proposition,
and assure him that if he desires to be
elected he had better do so, and the"
quicker he does it, the better for his
chances.
A FRIEND OF THE BELLEFONTE HOSPITAL.
BELLEFONTE WENT DRY.—With a spring
flowing 14,600 gallons of water a minute
Bellefonte went dry on Monday and
many residents of the town actually suf-
fered with thirst. This was because the
water had to be turned out of the large
twelve inch main on Water street on ac-
count of a big leak in the feed pipe lead-
ing into the Bush Arcade. For weeks
past it has been hard work for the Water
department to supply water to the high-
er streets of the town and then there
never was any pressure. During the
same length of time water poured
through the retaining wall of south
Water street opposite the WATCHMAN of-
fice. It was the belief of many that this
water came from a spring that had been
filled up when the Arcade was built, but
on Monday borough engineer J. H. Wet-
zel decided to investigate. A trench was
dug in Water street and the discovery
was made that there was a big leak in
that locality. In order to find it and re-
pair the same it was necessary to turn
the water out of the main. This was
done in the belief that there was enough
in the reservoir to last until the leak was
repaired, but it didn’t last an hour, and
consequently the most of the town was
dry until late in the afternoon. The re®
pairing of the leak, however, will likely
give better service in the future.
WoOMER—ADAMS.—On Thursday even-
ing of last week a quiet wedding took
place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Woomer, in Tyrone, the contracting
parties being their son, Charles Cicero
Woomer, and Miss Sarah Jane Adams, a
former Milesburg young lady. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. T. P. Orner,
of the United Brethren church. The
young couple will make their home in
Tyrone where Mr. Woomer has a good
position in the paper mill.
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Picnics AT HECLA PARK.—In addition
to the regular Friday afternoon and even-
ing concerts at Hecla park the following
picnics will be held there during July and
.ed every moment of the drive and suffer-
ed no ill effects from it. =