BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—Tariff or no tariff, everything Repub-
bican seems to be growing less. Even
Mr. TAFT has lost eighty pounds since
he quit the Presidency six months ago.
—We don't know whether it is the one
passed by the last Legislature or not, but
some cold storage law has certainly been
in effect in Bellefonte during the past
week.
—In the language of a young man well |
known in Bellefonte Mr. BRYAN might
say to some of his over-impertinent
critics: “You mind your business, and
I'll mind mine.”
—Statistics report that more than three
hundred Missouri editors make less than
twelve dollars a week. And that prob-
ably accounts for the decadence of mule
raising in Missouri.
——There has been a heavy fall of
snow in Minnesota and a light frost in
some parts of Pennsylvania this year.
Probably these will prove admonitory
signs to politicians in both States who
are trying to “come back.”
~The word honeymoon comes froma
custom of the old Teutonic tribes whose
brides and grooms drank diluted honey
for thirty days after their marriage.
Those were days, however, when cock-
tails, high-balls, grape-juice and coca-cola
were unknown seductions in the paths
of the newly weds.
—The Chicago maiden who thinks a
school ought to be started in which
wives could be taught how to kiss their
husbands properly is either admitting her
own unpreparedness for matrimony or
designing a lot of osculatory gymnastics
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STATE RIGHTS AND
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VOL. 58.
There Should be No More of It.
We notice that the person or persons
who are paid out of the Democratic State
committee funds for keeping open the
committee rooms at Harrisburg, and
sending out laudatory reports of the
| work that is being done there, are mak-
ing strenuous efforts to place the Demo-
cratic party in the position of opposing
good roads in Pennsylvania, and particu.
larly, to have the public believe that the
party will be found opposing the fifty
million bond issue, through the approval
of which, it is hoped to have the State
make itself responsible for the building
and repairs of most of our public high-
ways.
What authority the individual, or those
connected with him, may think they
have for attempting to speak for the par-
ty on this subject, we are at a loss to
know. Certainly no individual Demo-
‘ crat, no aggregation or no organiza-
tion of Democrats have been clothed
with power to voice the sentiment of the
party on this subject. As yet neither
State nor county nor any other kind of
| convention, representing the Democrats
| of Pennsylvania, has been held to express
| the views of those interested in this mat.
BELL
An Insult to Mr. Bryan.
Mr. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN is fully
justified in resenting, with some asperity,
the offer of the esteemed New York
World to contribute toward the support
of his family the sum of $8000 a year.
Mr. BRYAN had publicly stated, some
time before this offer was made, that his
family expenses in Washington amount
to that much more than his salary of
$12,000 a year and that he has been con-
strained to accept lecture engagements
in order to strike a balance. Of course
the profits of his farming operations and
the revenues of his paper, the Commoner,
might have served that purpose. But
Mr. BRYAN is a thrifty gentleman and
prefers to avoid encroachments upon
those sources of income. Therefore he
prefers to make up the difference by
| lecturing.
. The conditions laid down by our es-
teemed New York contemporary as pre-
| requisite to the payment of the $8000
are that Mr. BRYAN will cancel all lec
| ture engagements already made, refuse,
' absolutely, to make others and that he
will give all his time and energy to ad-
' ministering the duties of his office. All
| his illustrious predecessors in the office
that the ordinary man hasn't time to go | ter, and the effort put forth at Harris- | have done that though all, with one ex-
through.
—A contemporary wants to know what
has become of the bow-legged girl since
the see-through-em skirts have come into
vogue. Surely this is a matter of sur-
passing interest that had entirely escaped
our notice, but as we don’t see well with.
out glasses and don't wear glasses while
on the street we'll have to pass the
answer up to some one with better
lamps.
—The nomination of former Judge
| zest of tne
| burg to lead the Democratic papers of ception, were subject to greater expenses.
| the State to believe that the Democratic ' For example, beginning with THOMAS
| organization and the Democratic voters | JEFFERSON every Secretary of State has
| are in opposition to good roads—and par- | served wine at the State dinners, where-
| ticularly to the State bonding itself to, as Mr. BRYAN has substituted grape juice
| insure these—is a bit of presumptive im- | which is much cheaper even if it is quite
| pudence that needs a sitting down upon, | as exhilerating and just as palatable. It
| and a very effectual one at that. | may also be said that other Secretaries
| For the Democratic party, as a party, have entertained more frequently.
‘to put itself in opposition to securing Mr. BRYAN is not a multimillionaire
| good roads or to encouraging the State | but his rating is about as high as those
| to build them for us, would be hanging a of his predecessors within a quarterof a
' mill-stone about its own neck and jump- , century. It may safely be said that he is
Francis J. O'Connor for additional law | ing into a slough of unpopularity that
judge of Cambria county by a vote al-
most double that of his nearest com-
| would bury it for decades to come.
|" There may be corporations that are
worth considerably more than either
BLAINE, FOSTER, GRESHAM or DAY. But
! the offer of $8000 a year to either of
petitor looks like the voters of Cambria ',,n0ced to the State issuing bonds for this | those gentlemen, for no consideration
were admitting that they had made a
mistake two years ago when they failed
to re-elect Judge O'CONNOR to the bench.
Inasmuch as he polled about one-third of
the combined vote of all parties in the
county at the primary his election in
November seems reasonably certain.
—With all his eccentricities Mayor
GAYNOR, of New York, must have been
very much beloved. One hundred thous-
and people gathered on Sunday to pay
their last tribute of respect at the bier
of the man who believed that the grass
in the parks was made for little folks to
play on. Ten thousand children from the
tenements of the East side stood many |
hours in the rain sadly waiting their
chance for a last look at the rare old
man who was never too busy to look
after their happiness nor too absorbed in
other things to greet them cheerily.
—The discovery that HANS SCHMIDT,
a priest of the Catholic church, is the
arch criminal of modern times in nowise
discredits Catholicism. His crime is
worse only because it was more revolting
than that of the young Baptist minister
RicHesoN, It is only in the minds of
those who see no good in any church
that such unfortunate incidents are stored
as arguments against the religion of
Christ; whether it be disseminated by |
the Catholic, the Baptist, the Metho ist,
the Presbyterian or whichever of the
many denominations organized in His
name.
—The Johnstown Democrat is not reach-
ing the glad hand out very far to greet
evangelist BILLY SUNDAY who expects to
visit that city next month. Our friend
Congressman Col. WARREN WORTH Bal-
LEY has been preaching his peculiar doc-
trines in his forceful way so long over in
Johnstown that we surmise he fears com-
petition in originality. Cheer up, Col!
Some good might come from SUNDAY'S
visit. For instance, a trip down “the
' purpose because corporate stock would
' be taxed to pay them. There may be in-
| dividuals who are opposed to any way
. but the oid way of building and maintain-
"ing our public high-ways; there may be
| a few who imagine they could do the job
better than others would, and there may
| be those who hope that by delay in com-
! mencing this work conditions may
| arise that will give them an opportuni.
, ty to handle some of the money the State
| will be compelled to furnish, who are op-
| posed to the movement. But these are
all, and among them will be found but
: few Democrats.
| And it is because of this condition and
| situation—because of the almost univer-
| sal demand on the part of the tax-payer
| other than the fulfillment of a sworn ob-
ligation, would have been regarded as
an insult. It would have implied the
offer of a bribe or an aspiration for own-
ership. Then why shouldn't Mr. Bryan
resent such an offer? If the proposition
had involved service in an editorial ca-
| pacity during leisure moments, it would
be different for Mr. BRYAN is a capable
journalist and a valuable asset as he has
frequently proved by reporting political
conventions for syndicated papers.
But you can’t offer public officials large
government are recompensed for their
services by the government and no man
or institution is justified in offering them
sums of money for nothing without im-
plying gross insults. Officials of the’
' that corporate interests be required to rewards for fidelity. Besides in the case
'bear a portion of our local taxation, | in question the amount offered was not
| which is certain to make the good roads | large enough. Mr. BRYAN has shown by |
| question one of the most just and popu- a published statement of receipts and ex-
lar issues that ever strengthened or | penditures that his Chautauqua work |
brought success to a party, that this in- | this season has netted him $6500 and it
sane effort on the part of some one pre- | has lasted only about two months.
tending to speak for the Democratic] During the other ten months of a year
‘State organization to start the party he may make more than twice that
wrong on this great issue, should be look- | much so that acceptance of the esteem-
‘ed upon as an offense that cannot be | ed World's offer would involve a consid-
' condoned and should not be forgiven if | erable pecuniary sacrifice. Of course
longer continued. such an offer is an insult and makes our
We speak not only as an individual Dem- contemporary look like a "piker.”
ocrat, but as one voicing the sentiment of ee
four out of every five Democratic voters | Enay 487 Compers.
in this Democratic section of the State. | np james A. EMERY, counsel in Wash-
| Let there be no more efforts on the | jngion for the National Association of
part of those who imagine they speak for | Manufacturers, is greatly outraged be-
the party, to make a political question | caused the American Federation of Labor
‘out of the good roads issue, or to tie the | ag maintained a lobby at the National
, Democratic party of the State to the capital for several years. “This lobby”
wrong side of this great issue. | he says, “endeavored to obtain legislative
~The washi indi. | enactment which would protect organized
ore tn polungton dispatches di: labor, even though it violated law.” It
establishment of a government armor- {eh extended its activities to pre-elec.
| plate factory and we are prepared to be. | tion endeavor,” Mr. EMERY adds, “to the
lieve that rumor. Being a Democrat he | end that members of Congress shall take
‘would naturally be averse to such an | their seats pledged to the support of class
sawdust trail” might temper that mind enterprise but as the armorplate makers | legislation, even though it conflict with
of yours into admitting that, after all, | have been robbing the government mer-
there are some good Democrats who (jlessly for fifteen years, any innovation
were not Reorganizers. | which will stop the graft is justified.
~The American Beef Packer's Asso- | —
ciation is out with statistics that show | — Lhe Chicago meat packersjblame
that the high cost of meat is due toa the farmers for the high prices but the
falling off in raising beef cattle. The Public is hardly credulous enough to be |
statement is founded on facts and it pre. | dodet av. Son Betion, he Janes
sents a very serious situation whi Yeas
Hr ari. might oe ea that packers fix the price and there is no
relieved if each farmer in the land were |2PPeal from their decision.
to make it a rule to raise two beef cattle | vance MCCORMICK has succeeded
each year. The suggestion is timely, but former President TAFT as a member of
an immediate saving could be effected if | the Yale: corporation but it is a safe
European plan hotels and cafes were to pet that he would rather succeed Boies
reduce the card prices of meat orders Ppnpose or JonN K. TENNER in one of
and then serve smaller portions. Why ype offices they occupy
should the masses be compelled to pay ! r
high prices for meat because it is scarce |
when a man or woman with the money schools who have struck against new
to spend walks into a cafe, orders a hours of study may have sympathizers
broiled steak for $1.25 and has set before | in every section of the country but there
him enough of it to serve a family | Will be no relief fund.
of four, thus utterly wasting three por- | TE TT
tions of splendid meat. If such wasteful, ~——1Lhe “High Court of Impeachment”
consump could
consequently lower prices.
——The pupils of the Syracuse high | al
the rights and privileges of the entire
body optheit constituency.”
ington and elsewhere, are and have been
for the the
Years: doings ee ary itn
itt
pon. sould bs. shopped there | at Albany has asserted its claim to legit: |
would be less co nt of scarcity and | imacy, , but its is to prove
| Rat i Jane an well as Jegal fg
of ed against him. In an interview the
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EFONTE, PA. SEPTEMBER 26, 1913.
President’s Influence.
| Otis said that the test of the Presi-
“dent's influence on legislation will come
| when the Senate votes upon the pending
currency bill. All elements of opposition
to the policies of the administration are
to be brought together on that occasion,
and as an esteemed New York con-
temporary suggests that when the cha.-
acter of the opposition of that measure
is considered, “public opinion should
come quickly to its support.”
For example those in the west and
south who have in the past held radical
views in favor of silver currency object
to it for the reason that it maintains the
gold standard. On the other hand those
in the east and north who have been
insistent upon the gold standard in the
past oppose it because it provides for the
redemption of the paper currency “in
gold or lawful money.” They pretend
to think that the words, “or lawful mon-
ey,” squint in the direction of a double
standard.
As a matter of fact the Vreeland law
enacted in 1907 as a remedy for the
panic of that year contained precisely
the same provision for the redemption of
the “emergency” currency which it au-
thorized and both the gold standard and
the double standard advocates supported it.
it. Besides the bill prepared by the
monetary conference of which Senator
ALDRICH was the head contained the
same phrase and was eagerly accepted
and cordially supported by the money
magnates of Wall street.
The truth is that the pending measure
1s opposed because it is likely to make
the concentration of the money power in
a few hands permanently impossible.
The southern and western Senators who
are dissatisfied will not admit this fact.
But they are controlled by men who are
concerned in the money trust and who
reach them through the party caucus.
The Republican machine is the directing
force in the matter. It is the potent
power.
The pending currency bill may not ex-
press the full measure of human wisdom.
It may not prove a panacea for all the
financial ills and commercial ailments of
the period. But it is the product of
earnest endeavor and patriotic purpose
and its unselfish aim is to benefit the
people. For that reason it ought to be
enacted into law and at the earliest mo-
ment possible. The control of “the in.
terests” should be shaken off.
~—[t has been officially announced
that the management of the New Haven
railroad is responsible for the recent
disaster at Wallingford, Connecticut, but
J. P. MorGAN & Co. will not be censur-
ed.
Judge McCall of New York.
Judge EDWARD E. McCALL may not be
elected Mayor of New York because the
: odor of TAMMANY clings to his nomina-
tion. But he “makes a noise like a man”
who ought to win because he is worthy
of victory. It has become a habit in
| New York, however, to traduce any man
| who gets a Democratic nomination for
. any office for the reason that TAMMANY
represents the Democratic organization.
It is a poor rule and a cruel policy but
it is effective usually, in that city. How-
ever able, honest and fit a man may be, |
if he is nominated by the Democratic or-
ganization, the floodgates of vituperation
are raised against him. For that reason '
SULZER was nominated for Governor last
year in face of the protest of TAMMANY.
Judge McCALL has served upon the
bench of the Supreme Court of New
York for more than ten years not only
with ability but distinction. The finger |
of suspicion has never been pointed in
his direction His public and private life |
have been above reproach. He has not |
only earned but has commanded the re-
spect and confidence of the people of the |
city and State. He has been z faithful
and helpful Democrat all his life and by |
precept and example has taught the
lessons of good citizenship. But his
election to the office of Mayor is being
opposed by every reform organization
and for no other reason than that his |
success might work an encouragement to
the TAMMANY society.
But Judge McCALL is not dismayed by
the tirades of abuse that are being hurl-
other day he said that “one of the prin-
cipal things that New York is suffering
' from today is too much government. Let
the Mayor of New York give up the
fantastic idea of trying to run the city
like a kindergarten school,” he continued,
! “or trying to tell the people how they
| ought to eat and drink and dance and
| dress,” and there will soon come a vast
improvement in the state of affairs in the
city. For that utterance he ought to be
- centuries autumn has wooed t
g
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NO. 38.
How Will They Explain?
From the Johnstown Democrat.
How will the Progressive
ti > A oe h Lie
me comes to why vi
Juaingt the Underwood-Simmons tariff
bill? That question must today be bother-
ing more that one of them. aplit in
the Republican came over en-
enactment of Payne-Aldrich tariff
ow + oat debate dave) Jloped me Re
pu insurgency. It t out Mur-
dock, Lenroot, and Norris in the House
and LaFollette, Cummins, Bristow and
Neilson in the Senate. They ese the
insurgents. voted Cannon
and against Al And the peopl
their hope of the Republican party
n men.
For four years opposition to the Payne-
Aldrich law has been their chief political
stock in trade. On this issue broke
Republicanism. They formed on this
line the cleavage between ve
and reactionary. One after the
heads of those Senators who
the Aldrich bill have fallen. t the
progressives who still proclaim the iniqui-
ties of the Payne-Aldrich law, have gain-
ed in power.
What will Cummins, Bristow, Clapp,
Kenyon, Works, Borah and Norris say to
the people when they seek ?
The accusing finger will point at them,
the accusing voice will be in their ears:
“For four years you denounced the
Payne-Aldrich law. But on the first op-
portunity you had to Ripe it from the
statute ks, you vo to perpetuate
LaFollette again proved his great
statesmanship by supdery the measure
on the final roll call. ndexter, the
Progressive. also voted for it. Of sll the
ublican progressives, these two alone
stood the acid test. LaFollette's course
; was particularly logical. Believing in the
protective theory, but in low tariff, he
fought vainly for his amendments, but
then voted for the bill as a better thing
than the present law.
What “Advs.” Did for Kephart.
From the Harrisburg Star-Independent,
As an example of what newspaper ad-
vertising will accomplish the case of
John W. Kephart, the Cambria county
attorney, is pointed to as one worthy of
study by men in public life. Mr.
hart, who is a brother of chief clerk
Kephart, of the Senate, was unknown in
the State, outside of his home territory,
before he announced himselt as a can-
nomination
it* to
the public to make himself known. He
began a campaign of newspaper advertis-
ing, and eschewed the old methods of
making personal calls on the various
counties in the State. He simply used
printer's ink in the n pers and told
the people that he wanted the nomination
and why he was qualified for it, and he
put that advertisement in almost every
paper in Pennsylvania.
e result was just what might have
been expected. In the multiplicity of
candidates many voters read Kephart's
plea, took notice of a few of the others
and then voted for the Cambria county
man. Hedid not use the advertisements
to exploit himself in exaggerated terms,
but simply to place before the public the
lain facts of his life, believing the voter
s entitled to the fullest possible infor-
mation regarding candidates for public
ce.
The result is that he will very Bkely
be one of the four candidates who will
get on the ballot, for at this writing he
is running pretty even with the fourth
man, and by the aid of printer's ink and
the newspapers he stands a good chance
of winning.
Hitting the High Places, Sure Enough.
From the Johnstown Democrat.
Just as the cheek of those about to die
sometimes flames with the colors that
speak of a vivid though exotic life, so
autumn, so soon to leave, bursts forth
with the beauties of an ew: sky. For
winter
only to die each time in his cold embrace.
. But through all her reincarnations faith
never dies and each season this bride of
a dying rushes anew into the arms
of the adventurer from the north. Come
as tenderly as he may, winter freezes all
he touches. Death is in his kiss. But
for the brief hour in which the arms of
autumn and winter are entwined the
world is hushed and beautiful. The
EE a fn ith 0a
0 great m s
requiem are already stealing.
Pennsylvania’s Tax on Coal.
ti
the money which they now pay to cover
4 although no stipulation to that effect
importing | uantities of for
his frends, 3 wll as bisa ner the
diploma court exemption, ma
earn the ot Im-Post Wheeler.
~Melvin Cherry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Cherry, who fell from a
see-saw several weeks ago and sustained
a bad fracture of the left wrist, was dis-
charged from the Bellefonte hospital on
Monday
i SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—
| —A pack of hungry dogs made short work of
| two boiled hams, which had been taken along for
| food, at a class Sunday school picnic near Indi-
ana.
| =The Blairsville presbytery of the Presbyterian
church in its recent session favored union with
the Reformed church. The action was unani-
mous.
~Charles A. Thornton, whose back was brok-
en twenty years agoin the Pancoast mine, died
in a Scranton hospital on Monday. He was but
38 years old.
—Mrs. Georgia Miller, of Arona, who claimed
$5,000 damages from H. E. Young for false arrest,
was awarded six and one-fourth cents by a West-
moreland county jury.
—A six-weeks-old baby of John Kerns, of
Youngwood, was so badly bitten by a large black
spider that was found in the cradle, that there is
small chance for recovery.
~The explosion of an emery wheel at the Her-
mance machine works, cost the life of Jacob
Probst. It broke into four large pieces and one
of them buried him from view.
—After eluding pursuit for four days, three
Italians, charged with highway robbery and at-
tempted assault on Miss Katharine Long, of
Coles Summit, are in jail at Huntingdon.
~—Mrs. John E. Shields, wife of the former sher-
iff of Westmoreland county, was refused a hear"
ing before the board of pardons on behalf of her
husband, who is likely to serve his full sentence
in the penitentiary.
—~Lawrence N. Crum, of Mt. Union, has a fam-
€ | ily of seventeen rattlesnakes at his home and is
collecting their poison by letting them strike at a
spoon. He proposes to establish a business in
rattlesnake oil by and by.
—Mrs. Joseph Benyo, of Indiana, for shooting
whom her husband is in the penitentiary for three
years, is making ineffectual efforts to get him
out. The woman had a narrow escape from
death and made a marvelous recovery.
~The collapse of » scaffold at St. Columbia's
Roman Catholic chu.ch, Johnstown, caused the
fall of Jack Fry, one of the workmen employed
at the building. He landed on the ground, nine-
ty-six feet below, and was instantly killed.
—Mayor Cauffiel. of Johnstown, is defendant
in a trespass suit for heavy damages asked by
John Elliott, who alleges illegal imprisonment
during the Mayor's Sunday closing crusade in
the spring of 1912. Developments promise to be
interesting.
—The Williamsport Sun and News is once again
simply the Sun, the News having been dropped
for the sake of brevity. Mr. Graff has control of
the plant and is responsible for its policy. Old
time readers of the Sun will be glad for its return
to the old name.
~Counterfeit half dollars and dimes are being
circulated. The half dollar is of 1910 date and
the dime is 1909 date. The imitations are poorly
made and easily detected except in a rush. Store
keepers and people in general are warned to
watch for these counterfeits.
—Wilson Glenn, an aged and blind resident of
Glen Campbell, was killed by a train near that
place and his body was found several hours later.
He had started to his home on the outskirts ap-
parently intoxicated and it is presumed that he
Tune to the tracks where death awaited
im.
—That Alex Boling, the Swede Hill, Westmore-
land county merchant was murdered, was the
conclusion of a coroner's jury afew days ago.
Neighbors tes*ified that they heard three shots
after Mrs, Boling had fled from the house and
called them, saying that her husband was shoot-
ing himself.
=The. Austin dam damage case has been again
postponed. At Wellsboro on Monday, when a
case against the officers of the Bayless Pulp &
Paper company was called, Judge Cameron
granted a continuance until the December term
of court. The defendants were charged with in-
voluntary manslaughter.
—A young son of William Albright, of Boggs
township. Clearfield county, was accidentally
shot and killed by an older brother who was play-
ing with a gun. Just a week previous all but two
of the family of nineteen children had been at
home for a joyous reunion. Now they have been
called to a house ot mourning.
—Twenty-six typhoid fever patients, six of
whom are residents of Williamsport, are now be-
ing treated at the hospitalin that city. The ma-
ority of the patients are from the lumber camps
in the vicinity of Ralston, where aa epidemic of
the disease has broken out and which has been
traced to the water supply at the camps.
—Andrew Nager, near Latrobe, “got up early
in the morning.” rode a freight to Ligonier, hired
an automobile to Somerset, arriving there at 3 a.
m., in time to intercept his seventeen.year-ol®
daughter, who with her lover and chaperon was
bound for Cumberland. The irate father waken-
ed a justice and made information, but with-
drew them when the girl agreed to return quietly
with him.
—In going over the books of H. M. Berkeley,
the missing Somerset attorney, who was secreta”
ry and treasurer of the Somerset Telephone
company, it was found that bogus certificates of
stock to the amount of almost $80,000, par value,
had been issued and widely distributed. It was a
slip in the numbering of one of these and a conse-
quent request for explanation that caused Mr.
Berkeley's sudden disappearance.
—Wildcats with a price of $4.00 apiece, head the
list of obnoxious animals and birds for which the
State will pay a bounty, according to the recent
Act of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, and
which went into effect July 25. The other ani-
mals and birds named in addition to the wildcat
and the amount of the bounty on each is as fol-
owl, goshawk and sharpshinned hawk, each 50
cents. There is no bounty on red fox or mink.
Bollinger, of Woodward township, Clinton coun-
ty, had his clothing caught in the crank shaft of
the engine and was whirled around by the ma-
chinery four or five times before he was rescued
by his companions. The clothing was torn from
the man’s body and he was badly bruised by his
dangerous experience, although fortunately no
bones were broken. Mr. Bollinger is confined to
his bed and suffers considerable pain, but expects
to be able to be about in a few days.
—TheState Game Commission authorities Tues-
cen-
tral counties that elk have been tearing up fields
in much the same manner as deer have done.
lows: Gray fox, $2; weasel, $2; great horned