ANNUAL LOSS OF $21,000,000 Present Bad Roads An Immense Year ly Loss to the Farmer of the State, Which Good Roads Will Eliminate. This year repair work on the State Highways had to stop August 1, right in the middle of the season, because half of the appropriation available had been expended. Hundreds of miles of roads could have been im- proved before snow flies, to the great advantage and comfort and benefit of the people of the State, had it been possible to continue the work. With the Bond Issue amendment carried and bonds issued there need be no cessation of the work. The Legislature can appropriate funds for two years’ work without fear of vote or “slicing” by reason of the biennial excesses, as the fund will be separate from other funds, and only applicable to the roads. Probably five million dollars a year car he spent to ad- vantage in the construction of the State Highways, in which case it would be ten years before the last of the bonds would be issued. By that time Pennsylvania will have a net work of the best roads in the world. And the work on the county and township State ald roads will go forward more rapidly, because the removal of the State Highways from the field of general fund appro- priations will leave more money avail | able for distribution under the Jones Dirt Road law and the State Aid law. Some persons—not business men nor financiers to be sure—abhor a debt as nature abhors a vacuum. Such persons would mow grass with a scythe for a lifetime, rather than go in debt for a mowing machine which would pay for itself in a cou- ple of years, and be clear profit af- | i Devan, or tier Would band down fo | Wish Would bring SUEB ah amount | of money into it, and give employ- | ! ment to the people who earn it. their children a heritage of isolation; and of deprivation of the comforts and conveniences of life; memories of back-aching nnd heart- breaking toil which could have been relieved by modern devices. they will hand them down if the chil- dren wait to accept them. The fact that twenty-two counties lost over 100,000 people between 1890 and 1900, and that nineteen counties contained 32,000 less people in 1910 than in 1900 would go to show that the chil- | dren rebel; and go where they can find associations more congenial; where there are paved roads and painted houses, and people to taik with. But progressive persons figure on the profit to be gained by an im- provement. If an investment will pay a sure profit in addition to the in- terest on the money, it is considered safe and desirable. Manufacturers, merchants, transportation companies— all business, in fact, is based on this principle. Expert finaiiciers hold that as an average for a period of ten years, State bonds should be sold at an in- terest rate of not more than three and one-half per cent. If the bonds are made for long term, say fifty years, | the sinking fund charge would be about one per cent more, making 4% per cent all told. At, this rate the sinking fund, if invested at a similar rate, or in the bonds themselves, will pay them off in a little less than forty-eight years. The total carrying charge, under these circumstances, will be two and a quarter million dollars a year. If the term be shorter the amount will be fractionally greater. It has been shown, by reliable sta- tisticy, that the people of the State are wasting over twenty-one million dollars a year in marketing products | | Twenty Thousand and of | ors who own lands and houses will That is, | Miles of Good Roads Will Mean an Increase of Farm Values Averaging $25 Per Acre. The length of the State Highway System of Pennsylvania will be ap- proximately ten thousand miles, when the toll roads shall have been acquir- ed. In the ten years it will take to construct them there should also be ten thousand miles of State aid roads built—the main local roads. An in- crease of value of even $25 an acre for a half mile in each side of the roads, and this is a small estimate, will make #n addition to the value of the farms of the State amounting to the stupendous sum of three hun- dred and twenty million dollars. These figures are not imaginary, nor based on guess work; but are the serious deductions of scientific men who have given the subject close study. A MILLION FOR EACH COUNTY If Bonds Carry an Average of a Mil lion Dollars for Each County Will Be Spent for Road improvement. With the bond amendment carried, and the bonds issued, activity will be | created in every county in the state. Taking into account the apportion- ment of the funds from the issue of the bonds and the amount contributed by the State to the state aid roads, an average of more than a million dollars will be spent in each county in the state within the next few years. LAND VALUES WILL INCREASE | | | | i i } | i i i i | | i t i { { Any county or any business commu- ! nity would welcome any industry Further: While the farmers and not pay a cent of the cost of building the roads, they will get all of the roads. No roads are to be built with these funds in cities and bor- | oughs. The roads are for the benefit of the people who have to travel, and who haul loads, and who supply the | means of existence to the millions of workers in other fields. A vote for the cdastitutional amend- ment which will authorize the roads to be built will not bring the millen- nium to Pennsylvania; but it will go far towards making every citizen of | this great state richer and happier and better. | | STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT | ' Splendidly Organized to Proceed With the Work of Highway Con. struction When Funds Are Available. The organization of the Highway { Department of Pennsylvania is splen- | didly arranged to carry on the work | of building the State Highways, once | the funds are assured. The taking | over of the roads constituting the | system, the making of maps, the se | curing of engineering data has occu- | pied much of the time of the officials, i and it will be time saved when actual | work begins on a scale sufficiently | large to require their greater efforts. { With the bond amendment ratified | at the polls in November, the High- | way Department can proceed with its surveys and its detailed plans, so that by the time the Legislature meets in over the present bad roads, which | 1915, and makes the proper appro- they will save when the roads are im- | priations, contracts can at once be proved, and will cost only two and a ' let for construction and there need be quarter million dollars a year to se- | no time lost in organizing and get- cure their improvement. There is a | ting ready. All that will be neces- net profit of over eighteen million | sary to do will be to actually begin dollars a year to the people of the the work of building roads. State, as soon as the roads are con- | structed. And this is not an exces- | while the automobilist claims no sive figure. It is based on an average | greater right in the roads than the haul of less than five tons per day | driver of horses; and while he who over the roads of the State. uses horses profits by the improve- The roads cannot be improved with- | ment of the roads as greatly as he out money. Governor Tener and Judge ' who uses the mechanical vehicle, it Elkin, in speaking on the subject at | jg nevertheless true that the automo- the Harrisburg convention, September | pists have taken a leading part in the 18, both clearly showed that the pres- | ggjtation, and in the education of the ent obligations and expenses of the | people of Pennsylvania as to the State institutions would necessarily | value of good roads. As the most in- prevent any considerable direct ap- | gistent users of the roads, and as the propriations for building the State | yrayelers of the greatest distances, Highways. It the people want the | the motorists have been able to keep roads they must vote the money t0 | the various communities in touch pay for them. with each other, and to solidify public sentiment in favor of good roads. If the bond amendment for roads passes, the fact that the people will next year be called on to vote for the Governor and legislature who will issue the first installment, will com- pel all political parties to put up men of the highest character and ability at that time. A vote for the bond amendment now means a vote to put high class men on all tickets next year, One reason why the roads of Mass- achusetts have become so justly cele brated is that in that state the trunk line and state road ideas prevailed almost from the beginning. Had Pennsylvania been similarly forte nate in its early highway legislation “Good Roads for our grandchildren, but for ourselves and our children “My child, you should be kind to all dumb beasts. “Dumb! Why, mister, when I squeezes her you can hear her for two blocks!” First Rate Cuisine. Who's sent to Sing Sing should not wear A doleful mood. We understand the cooking there Is very good. ET a | | | { { Been Jilted, Probably. “Only the brave deserve the fair.” “Maybe. But it's the rich who get them.”—Boston Transcript. Indoed You Can't. : You can't convince the mother of a first baby that all men are born equal. ~Chicago News. A Puzzle, “Did you ever help put a puzzle to- gether? “No. My wife always as sembles herself alone.” Judge. : Yes and Neo. “Are you able to keep a cook?” ! “Financially, yes; diplomatically, no." | — Washington Herald. Luck, i Luck is what enables a man to jump | from the frying pan into the fire and | ' put the fire out.— Philadelphia Record. | 3 Because. There are many splendid things men | can't do because they never try.—Chi- | cago Record-Herald. { Gems of Ceylon. | | Ceylon produces nearly every pre-| | cious stone known except diamonds, | emeralds, opals and turquoises. | Shelled Nuts. i Nuts when bought ready shelled B should be scalded. dried in the oven. and put sway in glass jars. ! French Laces. Machine made laces are sent from Calais. France, to the United States at | the rate of $5,000,000 a year. \ An Old Shipyard. Japan has a shipbuilding yard still jo operation which was established 1.900 years ugo. ! i Old Debts. | “1 never pay old debts.” “How about | your new uvnes “Oh, I let them get | old." —=Boston Transcript. | Short Sleeves. Women wear short sleeves to prove that they have funny bones.—Chicago | News, i The Genuine Artist. “1s she really musical?” “A genuine artist. You should her refrain from singing.”"—Life. Fate. | Life is a moving picture, and the film often breaks just at the interest | ing place. —Judge . | Credulous, 1 “Is Jinks credulous?” { “Yes. He believes in himself.” — Buffalo Express, | hear Testing Him. Statesmun—I trust the people. One of Them—All right. Lend me $5.—~New York Sun. Giving, Some people give according to their means and some according to their meanness. —Chicago News. No Deterrent. Pride goes before a fall. but people keep right on being proud notwith- standing.— Detroit Free Press. His Taking Way. “Did the doctor tell you what you had?" “No. He took what I had without telling me.” —Life. Denmark's Flag. The oldest national flag in the world is that of Denmark. which dates from 1210. The Reason. “1 wonder why it is." suid Bildad, “that so many of these social lights Jook so like monkeys?" “I fancy.” said Cynicus, “that it Is because they are such good climbers.” —Judge. No Reason at All “All the world’s a stage,” quoted the wise guy. “Yes. but that is no reason why a fellow should want to be the whole show.” added the simple mug.—Phila- | quotations are the standard by which trans | ture, and one which its army of readers in the | the family, and a subscription to that newspaper | ! intended ration to be called State Coll Billiard & Bowling Conon Y, the ec Bellefonte, Pa. 56-6 and object of which is the letting, hiring, rent. in use of billiard and pool tables, bowling | BS — oe ———————" Novelty Store. actions in farm products are governed through- out the territory it serves. Thorough covering of the news fields of its own and | States has always been a valuable Record i smaller cities and towns of Pennsylvania, New ' Jersey, Delaware and Maryland appreciate. ! There is information and entertainment in: “The Philadelphia Record” for every member of , Clearance Sale! A BONAFIDE BARGAIN SALE NOW ON. 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BOAL, The lowa, Washington, D | Strength and Conservatism : e in Bush's | tober 11th, 3012 glock. et an pores | are the banking qualities demanded by careful sleigh, Jy big Buffalo robe, household fur- niture of all kinds and house and lot. i 58.39-2t* J. B. ROYER. | depositors. With forty years of banking ex- perience we invite you to become a depositor, assuring you of every courtesy and attention. ILK COWS FOR SALE.—29, or more first | class Foun milk cows and one Jersey | bull 3 years old, are offered at private sale in bulk, to close out dairy. Apply to S. BATCHELLER, | 58.36-41* Philipsburg. i ANTED.—White girl for child's nurse and upstairs work. Must be strong and willing and of good character. Good , wages to the right person. Apply to ! Mrs. JOHN BLANCHARD, i West Linn St., Bellefonte, Pa. | | HARTER NOTICE, —Notice is hereby given | that an application will be made to the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, on | Wednesday, October 29th, 1913, by Lyman W John B. Meek and Peltiah P. Gotham, under the Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth | of Pennsylvania, entitled. “An Act to provide for | the Incorporation and Regulation of certain Corporations,” approved April 29th, 1874, and | the supplements thereto, for the charter of an | We pay 3 per cent interest on savings and cheerfully give you any information at our command concerning investments you may desire to make. 58.-38-2t The Centre County Banking Co. alleys and the sale of pipes, tobaccoes, cigars | and confectioneries, and for these Jurvoses to | have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits | and privileges of the said Act of Assembly and | its supplements. i H. T. HALL, | Solicitor. ! The First National Bank. 58.39-3t Address H. T. Hall, Lock Haven. Attraction. csp GARMAN'S OPERA HOUSE Monday, October 6th, 1913 Every Man Shopld have intimate relations with a good bank, ready at all times to help its patrons. Let us open an account with you. We may prove to be a friend when you need one. The First National Bank, John S. Marbie's Clever Comedians in “Dear Old Billy.” Prices, 25, 35, 50, 75 cents and $1.00. delphia Record. Bellefonte, Pa. His Only Chance. “Why did you shake your fist at the speaker?’ “Well,” replied the congressman, “1 didn’t want the whole session to slip by without my having made a motion ef some kind.”—Philadelphia Ledger. \ EARLY AUTUMN Sunday Excursion A Little Circle. . Ethel—This craze for gold seems to me very foolish. Now, a very little would make me perfectly happy. Jack-—-How much? Ethel—Just enough to reach around my finger.— Boston Transcript. Conceded Fitness. “This ‘Gates Ajar’ design is a hand- some one,” said the tombstone man. “It Is just what | waot.” said the widow. "He never shut a door in all our married life without being told.” — Indianapolis Journal. A Natural Curiosity. “Do you know what | do when a man offers me advice?’ said the curb- stone philosopher. “No.” +Ask him if he's tried it.” Cleveland WASHINGTON, D.C LEAVING SATURDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER llth. A RARE CHANCE T¢ VISIT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL See the National Museum with its interesting exhibits, the Beautiful Congressional Library, and Magnificent ‘Capitol Building, all of which will be open on this date. A Delightful Sunday Pleasure Trip SPECIAL THROUGH TRAIN LEAVES Bellefonte : . : . 11.00 P. M. Lemont . nag Oak Hall ' . . . 11.34 5 Linden Hall . . . . mez." Centre Hall . . . . an, 11.59 RETURNING, Special Trains leave Washington 4.05 P.M. Tickets on sale by Ticket Agents stating Friday preceding date of excursion. | Consult Ticket Agents or David Todd. Bom | {J PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
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