en PRINKO- has compelled Johnstowners to:
Dewocraic, Watt
BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
—ROOSEVELT is being lionized at the
San Diego exposition. That is, the mob
is cheering him just as lustily as ever
and he is naturally “de-lighted.”
—The Russians having turned on the
Germans in front of Warsaw there might
be a recurrence of previous victorious
German sweeps that have ended in re-
treats.
—Anyway there is little competition
among the gentlemen who want to be
Judge, so far as their pictures are con-
cerned. They all seem to make good
negatives.
—When it comes down to shredding
corn that hail storm in Sugar valley,
Monday afternoon, would put to shame
the best work any machine the Interna-
tional Harvester Co. can produce.
—Save a sheaf of that wheat that you
are now telling your neighbors is as long
as any rye you ever saw. It will draw a
fat premium for you at the fair in Sep-
tember and cost you practically nothing
to preserve it until then.
—Surely the glory of A. MITCHELL
PALMER must be waning when his doings
are good for only two inches on the in-
side pages of the metropolitan papers.
There was a time when he could draw a
column with a triple head on the front
pages.
—Boss BARNES and ELIHU ROOT are
working side by side to rehabilitate the
Republican party in New York. Both
are giants in their respective lines but
they have a big job on hand when it
comes to patching up defenses that have
been completely demolished by the suc-
cessful administration of Wooprow WIiL-
SON.
—Recent revelations in the matter of
American exports have revealed that the
Germans are getting nearly as much mu-
nitions of war in this country as the Al-
lies. The only difference appears to be
that they have to surround their purchas-
es and shipments with secrecy while the
Allies can make theirs openly because
they have the ships to carry them and
the open sea lanes through which to
transport them.
—JouN TRINKO is a candidate for
Mayor of Johnstown. The Flood city
has had some notable Mayors, has one
at present, but if JOHN'S platform gives
any side light on what might be expected
of him, should he succeed Mayor CAULI-
FLOWER, Johnstown will pass into an
eclipse as the greatest place since NOAH'S
time and emerge in the effulgence of
pristine cleanliness because Mayor JOHN
swim in their “swimming tubs” rather
than use them for beer coolers in the
summer and coal receptacles in the win-
ter. We intend to publish JOHN’s plat-
form next week and if you are interested
in the conception some of our hyphenated
citizens have of government don’t fail
to read it. :
—Now that the campaign is opening
in Centre county let it be understood
that the candidate who hopes to make
capital out of the time-worn and much
exaggerated statement that he is for
economy and against mismanagement of
the county affairs must make good his
accusations. Mr. Voter, if some one
comes sneaking around to you with the
story that you are being robbed and that
the taxes you are paying to help run the
county are not being prudently expend-
ed pay no attention to him until he cites
specific cases and then don’t believe them
until you have investigated for yourself.
The man who is against the established
order of things either has an axe to grind
or a real economic reason. The last one
is a good reason, but it must be verified
and should be more definite than mere
innuendo.
—The other day a gentleman called
our attention to the campaign speeches
of two of our departed Colonels. Both
of them had traveled abroad and both of
them reveled in telling of the pitiable
plight of the foreign farmer who was
compelled to have his wife and daugh-
ters work in the fields with him. Not-
withstanding that in some sections of
Centre county there were women who
helped in the fields during harvest they
were so few as to be a negligible quanti-
ty so far as counteracting the effect of
the highly varnished stories of these two
tariff specializing Colonels was con-
cerned. Had the shades of our two
friends been riding through prosperous,
prolific Nittany valley with us last week
they would have seen women loading
wheat and hay, driving rakes and ted-
ders in more than half the fields along a
fifteen mile drive. They were wives and
daughters of farmers in whose parlors
are grand pianos and in whose barns are
automobiles and whose checks are good
for goodly sums at the banks. They
were not doing men’s work because they
couldn’t afford to employ men to do it.
They were doing it because men can’t
be found who will do it. So that it is
just possible that the same conditions
obtained in prolific Germany at the time
our departed Colonels were so prone to
hark back to and out of respect to their
memory we are inclined to believe that
they really didn’t know what they were
talking about 1ather than that they did
and were deliberately making misstate-
VOL 60.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. JULY 30, 1915.
NO. 30.
Party War in Philadelphia.
It may seem like “butting in” but view- .
ing the matter at considerable distance
from the theatre of an impending war |
we are constrained to express sympathy '
with the VARES in their ambition to seize
the government of Philadelphia. Eb.
and BILL have done much for that city
and for the Republican machine, and as
his first client who paid the late Governor
CURTIN twenty-five cents for a long day’s
work in searching records, said, “the
laborer is worthy of his hire.” It is true |
that the VAREs have exacted some rec- |
ompense for their services to the city ;
and the party machine. In contracts and
various forms of graft Ep. and BILL have .
managed to draw several million dollars
out of the municipal treasury and one or |
both of them have held office continuous- |
|
ly for many years. But neither of them
has ever had free hand in the adminis- |
tration of the affairs of the city though |
both have long aspired to that point of |
vantage and as CHIMMY FADDEN would |
say “w’at t'll.” |
Four years ago the “vaulting ambition”
of the VARES to seize the government |
was revealed when Senator VARE, which
is ED., announced that then Register of
Wills and since Congressman VARE, who
is BILL, would take the Republican nomi-
nation for Mayor. In justification of his
claim upon the party brother ED. recalled
the fact that Governor TENER was elect-
ed and the party saved from everlasting
smash by the fraudulent vote cast for
the candidates in South Philadelphia at
the election of 1910. United States Sena-
tor PENROSE and State Senator MCNICHOL
are not angels by a long shot. Nobody
has ever suspected that DAVE MARTIN
and HAMPY MOORE were sprouting wings
under their “sports shirts.” But they
couldn’t stand for the surrender of the
city to the VARES and defeated BILL for
the nomination. It required a hard fight
to accomplish this result for the VARES !
have abundance of money and under- |
stand the devious art of manipulating
election returns and they had the then
Mayor behind them.
Though defeated the VARES were not
dismayed, however, and made a decent
pretense of giving cordial support to the
respectable candidate who had defeated
brother BiLL. Moreover they extracted
a valuable lesson out of thatschool of
experience. They had strung the wrong
lines. They had divorced BILL from the
contracting firm and predicated his claims
upon party gratitude for having saved
TENER and TENER wasn’t in high popu-
lar favor. This year they propose to
adopt the opposite tack. In announcing
brother BILL'S candidacy brother ED.
makes no appeal to party gratitude but
frankly declares that “thorough knowli-
edge of contracts and contractors and
familiarity with public men and needed
improvements are the main qualifications
for the office.” That is candid, to say the
least, and possibly it may be true, also.
And in that event BILL’S bank account is
proof of fitness. He is a graft expert
and Philadelphian’s admire, or at least
favor grafters.’
Wanamaker’s Crazy Idea.
From the beginning a good many peo-
ple have believed that the National Se-
curity League is a bunch of smug ego-
tists whose main purpose is to keep
themselves in the lime light and the ap-
parent approval by the Philadelphia
branch of that organization of Mr. JOHN
WANAMAKER’S absurd proposition that
the government of the United States
purchase Belgium from Germany at the
price of one hundred billion dollars, clear-
ly justifies this estimate. If Germany
has any title to Belgium it is that of the
possessor of stolen goods and purchas-
ing property that is stolen with the
felony.
Mr. WANAMAKER submitted his propo-
sition at a meeting of the Philadelphia
branch of the National Security League,
of which he is the chairman, held on
Thursday evening, and preposterous as
i city considered the other day was surprising.
knowledge it has been so acquired is a |
it is it is hardly as ridiculous as his
scheme for raising the money. “We |
should declare a high tariff,” he said,
“in fact the highest tariff ever declared, |
so that nothing from abroad could come '
in. At the same time,” he added, “we
should take a step, unusual for America
by declaring a prohibitive export duty,
so that nothing from our shores could |
go out.” The newspaper account of this !
incident states that “Mr. WANAMAKER'S |
remarks struck a responsive chord,” and.
that “he was cheered to the echo.”
Of course it was the tariff feature of
the silly scheme that appealed to the
Philadelphia audience. With a tariff “so
high that nothing from abroad could come
in,” the tariff mongers and commercial
pirates of the country could soon put
their feet on the neck of the consuming
public and rifle its pockets at will. With
the proceeds of this pillage it might be
possible to buy Belgium at any old price
every few years and it would be hecessa-
ry to do that under the circumstances.
But the revel in graft wouldn't last. long.
The resources of the people would soon
exhaust and starvation would be the ul-
timate harvest.
And JoHN WANAMAKER has been
named to the managers of the Panama-
Pacific Exposition as among the three
ments for political purposes.
greatest men in Pennsylvania.
An Interesting Write-up of Happenings at Barrisburg,
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 28th, 1915.
The only sign of official life about the State capitol is in the quarters of the
Public Service Commission and Governor PENNYPACKER is as a brood hen in a
garden patch. Possibly it is a matter of temperament and possibly the result of
pure cussedness, but those $10,000 beauties who had nothing to do during the
spring and early summer are now working over time to the disgust and distress of
the newspaper reporters who have to attend their sessions.
Of course they are mostly concerned with Philadelphia problems and outside
of the city those problems are not interesting. But one of the cases from that
It brought the legal talent of the
traction company to an argument against the extension of traction service. The
able and eloquent City Solicitor had applied for “a certificate of public conven-
ience,” which, it appears is an essential prerequisite to the construction of the
Broad street subway and the Frankford elevated road. The traction company pre-
tends to object for various legal reasons, but as a matter of fact the real reason
for its objection is that it impairs the monopoly which the Rapid Transit com-
pany enjoys.
During the discussion which ensued an interesting comparison was brought
out. It was shown that while Philadelphia has fifteen miles of high-speed service
upon an investment of $17,000,000, New York has 633 miles of the value of $661,
000,000; Chicago has 275 miles of the value of $229, 000,000 and Boston has thirty-
six miles of such trackage worth $59,000,000. In other words Philadelphia is a bad
fourth in enterprise though third in population. The tariff mongers of Philadel-
phia are probably waiting for “protection” in their transportation enterprises and
the hearing in question proved that they are still devoted to monopoly. But the
tariff mongers of the city have the most expensive ciub house in the country.
Senator PENROSE stopped in this city, the other day, on his way to Watson-
town, long enough to take lunch, but his presence created no excitement. A few
people called to see him and discussed briefly the political situation.” It may be
remarked, however, that the Senator is unusually reticent on Pennsylvania politics
and says little that can get into the public prints. He expresses great confidence
in the future but shows that he is anxious and uncertain. His bogie about in-
dustrial paralysis has failed entirely to frighten the people and now he is setting
up another issue. Preparedness for war is his new hobby and he is riding to a
fall. The country is better prepared for defense now than it has been any time
within a quarter of a century and the administration has beaten him to new activi-
ties along that line. :
It is now predicted that WiLLIAM C. FREEMAN, of Lebanon county, will be
nominated for Secretary of Agriculture within a brief period. FREEMAN served a
couple of terms in the Legislature and was nominated for Congress in 1912 but
withdrew a few days before the election for some reason as yet unexplained. He
is a gentleman of considerable intelligence and a good deal of money, having mar.
+ ried into the COLEMAN estate. His farming operations are more for pleasure than
profit but he probably knows enough about agriculture to fill the office which is
more ornamental than useful anyway. In any event he will serve as well as
another to “farm the farmers” of the State and that is the main purpose of the
office.
The armory board held a session here yesterday and discussed plans for a
squadron armory for Philadelphia and company armories at Washington and
Scranton. The money has been appropriated for these military edifices and it is
reasoned that they may as well be pushed, now that labor is plenty and cheap
and materials as low as they are likely to be in the near future. Besides there is
a sentiment, and a wholesome one at that, that strengthening the State militia is
the very best way of preparing for national defense. The jingoes who are scream-
ing for a big standing army and an increased navy, quote WASHINGTON freely on
this subject, but they forget to add that his expressed idea of a strong defensive
force was an efficient State militia.
Professor SURFACE, Economic Zoologist, is not apprehensive of trouble from
the army worm this year though a warning has been sent out by the Department
of Agriculture at Washington. That pest was destructive last year in the north
ern and central parts of Pennsylvania and this year they may be troublesome “at
the edges of districts visited last year,” the professor states. But there is no way
of forecasting a plague from the army worm, he adds, and inferentially states that
nobody hereabout needs worry. This is gratifying, for there are plenty of other
things to think of that are conducive to pleasant dreams.
Mr. A. NEVIN DEITRICH, chairman of the Bull Moose party in Pennsylvania,
_ having declared that the organization of that party will preserve itself for use in
1916 there has been an attempt to infuse life into it perceptible to close observers.
The offices of State Treasurer and Auditor General are under the control of men
of that faith and they may propose to “start something” in the near future. Just
what it will be is a matter of conjecture. NEVIN says “Washington party organi-
zations in various counties of Pennsylvania are carrying on their own fights this
year in their own way.” In this county they are doing nothing at all toward put-
ting a local ticket in the field and so far as reports from other sections of the
State, received by managers of the other parties, indicate, there is no greater activ
ity in other sections. But Bull Moosers are hopeful creatures and probably they
expect something out of nothing.
The Governor is on vacation, the Secretary of the Commonwealth is out of
town and the Attorney General is away, but the routine business of the govern- |
ment is moving along regularly. There isn’t much to do these hot days and no.
body wants to do more than he has to. But after all that is an ideal condition.
We have too much government anyway and a relaxation of authority is a wel-
come incident. It may be said, however, that what is to be done is done and
mostly well done. The wholesome apprehension on the Hill that BRUMBAUGH is
likely to get out his meat ax any day and chop off a few heads makes for alert-
ness. BRUMBAUGH isn’t going to do anything of that kind. His schoolmaster in-
stincts take delight in a feeling of dread, but he is not going to do anything that
will seriously injure the party. He likes to think that the people think he is a
| terror to PENROSE, but at the same time he likes to know that PENROSE knows
that he is a pretty good friend of the boss.
There is something ominous in the withdrawal of the application to the Pub-
lic Service Commission by the Jitney Service company, of Williamsport, for a cer-
tificate approving its incorporation. The reason assigned for that action is that
there is nothing to regulate the jitney service now and not likely to be, which
makes it a hazardous enterprise. The fact is, however, that the street car com-
panies are making it too hot for the jitneys and they are abandoning the contest
In the first place, too many jitneys got into the business and too little profits were
drawn out. But the idea that street car corporations can drive away legitimate
competition is not a pleasant one to contemplate.
Political observers are watching closely for a ruction over the appointment of °
the VARE Lexow committee. The resolution authorizes the Speaker of the House:
to name three members and the President pro tem. of the Senate to name the oth-
er three. Speaker AMBLER is under the influence of the VARE dope and President
pro tem. BIDLEMAN is an out-and-out PENROSE man. It is expected these ap-
pointments will be made soon and it is apprehended that VARE wants to use the :
committee to help his brother in the fight for mayor of Philadelphia. Of course
if the committee is equally divided, this expectation will be disappointed. And
there you are. .
——An important political campaign will soon be here. Subscribe for the
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| Our Future as to Germany.
From the Harrisburg Star-Independent.
The reply ot the American government
to the last German note is more an un-
mistakably firm warning not to repeat
such violations of international law as
| the attack on the Lusitania, than it is an
| insistment for reparation for past offenses.
| Although it opens the way for Germany
' to “disavow the wanton act.of its naval
{ commander in sinking the Lusitania” and
: for Germany to offer “reparation for the
. American lives lost, so far as reparation
' can be made for a needless destruction
* of human lives by an illegal act,” it does
not say that we will go to war with Ger-
many if the German government does
not make such disavowal and such repara-
tion.
In fact the reply,—which -in no way
minces words in setting forth clearly and
unmistakably that the United States is
dissatisfied with the German note of July
8th,—is of such a character that even if
Germany makes no response whatsoever
to it and fails to make reparation for
what has been done, there. will be no
declaration of war on our part for Ger-
many’s acts of the past. The note averts
“war for any act that thus far has been
committed.
On the other hand the American reply
sets forth so clearly America’s disap-
proval of such acts as have been com-
mitted by German submarines against
American rights on the high seas, that
; America is practically committed to a
policy of forcible retaliation for a repeti-
; tion of such acts in the future.
The latest American note cannot pos-
sibly be misunderstood, by Germany.
While maintaining the injustice of past
offenses, the reply wipes out past scores
so far as indicating any intention on the
part of United States to insist on repara-
tion for the damage done to American
i lives and property by Germany's illegal
attacks.
i Germany, if she so elects, can ignore
! what the Lansing note shows unmistak-
| ably this nation regards as an obligation
| on Germany's part to disavow responsi-
| bility for the Lusitania attack and to
; make what reparation it is possible to
' make, but even if Germany does so elect
- there will be no war based on acts of the
| past.
Germany, however, cannot fail to un-
| derstand that any future acts of the kind
| objected to will be regarded by the United
! States as “deliberately unfriendly” and
| that United States is unqualifiedly com-
mitted to treating them as such even if
i it results in the two nations going to
| war.
Constructive Science.
; $e eo RO SY
From the Philadelphia Record.
The contrivance of new means of de-
- stroying life and property has lately gone
forward by leaps and bounds under the
: solicitation and moneyed backing of the
! warring nations now engaged in a death
: struggle; but as yet the fighters have no
monopoly of scientific effort. A party of
i St. Louis scientists have just set out for
i a voyage of discovery in Central Ameri-
‘ca with a view of gathering first-hand
data in the disease-breeding regions of
, that part of the continent for more suc-
, cessfully combatting and curing the in-
fectious diseases that have their origin
in the malarial swamps of the tropics.
. There is no little personal risk attending
. the execution of this life-saving service.
Peace has its heroes as well as war.
The discovery of a practicable means
of extinguishing oil fires by Engineer
| Walker (the successful operation of
, which has been lately chronicled in the
{ Record) is another forward step in the
' future saving of life as well as millions
of dollars’ worth of property. The gen-
, eral use of oil and its products. through-
out the civilized world for purposes of
' lighting, heating and the production of
‘ mechanical power has been attended
with serious fire risk. A means of insur-
ance against this risk is a great boon to
' the whole industrial world.
PARLE
Kaa
The Soldier of Italy.
i
From Everyman.
i The Italian soldier is still the man who
‘eats scarcely anything, drinks water
only, lunches on a little paste and a glass
of water and dines on a few beans. Be-
tween meals, not a scrap. If he must go
hungry he will fast without regret. This
, frugality and this sobriety extend to all
the bodily requirements. The Italians
' are inured against fatigue, very hardy,
capable of a physical resistance beyond
all others. Those who employ them as la-
; borersknow it. The endurance of the Ital-
i ian is extraordinary. And when he rests,
he need only stretch himself in the sun
| to recuperate. He sleeps on the ground
! for weeks without a thought. If only he
' feels the sun on his skin he is happy.
Nor do cares of the toilette concern him
much. . So there you have an
ensemble which seems to me singularly
suited to make a good soldier.
The Source of the Increase.
From the New York Sun.
The State census of Massachusetts
shows a total population of 3,646,768, an
increase of 8.3 per cent. in five years,
and some of the newcomers are of na-
tive birth.
Fine—For Other Fellows.
From the New York Sun.
Secretary McAdoo’s admirable plan for
limiting the cost of Federal buildings will
have the unanimous support of every-
body in all the towns it does not affect.
Quick, Doc! the Needle!
*
~ From the Brooklyn Eagle.
“Frank Holt, Ph. D.,” reminds us that
"a diploma is a poor monkey wrench to
tighten a nut. :
—Put your ad. in the WATCHMAN. :
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—Miss Mary Campbell, of Johnstown, has fall
en heir to the estate of her grandfather, John
Campbell, worth $7,000.
—Representatives of the United States depart-
ment of agriculture and State College are in
Ebensburg makinga detailed soil map of Cam-
bria county. -
—Lock Haven has a one-armed berry picker
who gathered fifty-four quarts of huckleberries
in two days last week and didn’t work all the
time either.
—Taxidermist Eldon, of Williamsport, has
recently mounted a man-eating shark for the
Scranton museum. The fish is nine feet long
and weighs over 300 pounds.
—Two Clearfield county men made the trip
from DuBois to San Francisco in an automobile
in twenty-one days, at a total coast of $34.96 for
the gasoline and oil they used.
—Charles Winslow, a young resident of Lock
Haven, was arrested the other night while in the
the act of breaking into Kinsloe’s book store.
The man has already done time for burglary and
his future looks somewhat dim.
—The Kerr brothers, operating a saw mill in
Jefferson county, have been arrested charged
with polluting a stream known as Newcomer's
run. It is said the saw dust from the mill kill the
trout in the stream which has been restocked
three times.
—Loading his last load of coal in what he had
intended should be his last day in the coal mines,
Joseph Comfort, an Italian miner, was instantly
killed in a mine at Rossiter, Jefferson county.
He had purchased a ticket and was about to re-
turn to Italy.
—Llwellyn Smith, aged 16, a resident of
Muncy, who had a finger cut off a short time
ago, was admitted to the Williamsport hospital
last Saturday, the wound having become infect-
ed and the lad having contracted lockjaw. On
Sunday he died. :
—Rev. William E. Sunday, pastor of the Luth-
eran church of Hooversville, Somerset county,
while working about the electric wires in the
parsonage received a shock which almost ended
his life. He was insensible for some time but
eventually recovered.
—The tower of the Lutheran church at Lilly
was struck by lightning recently, making the
second time this has happened within two
years. Mrs. Luther Miller had been in the
toweronly 2 short time before the storm and
made a narrow escape.
—ALt Paint Creek, Somerset county, the other
night, burglars stole eighteen mileage books and
official stamps ot the company from the B. & O.
station. They also stole about $50 worth of
cigars, cigarettes, tobacco and provisions from a
small store near the station.
—A story from Penn Run, Indiana county,
tells how lightning struck the residence of A. L.
Diehl. It parted the hair of one of Mr. Diehl’s
daughters and split her shoes. It alsotore a
locket from her neck. All the inmates of the
house were stunned but no one was seriously
hurt.
—McCartney, a small town in Clearfield coun-
ty, situated about twenty miles from the county
seat, had a sensation the other day when an un-
known man entered a hotel conducted by Mich-
ael Cox and carried off a box containing $200 in
money. The fellow was pursued but managed
to get away.
—TFire believed to be of incendiary origin, de-
stroyed three barns in the vicinity of Clarksburg,
Indiana county, one night this week. In one of
them two horses, a colt and calf, with 200 chick-
ens perished, and in another some live stock.
The loss was estimated at $20,000, with insurance
for half as much.
—The Rev. C. I. Caffensperger, pastor of the
Williamsport United Evangelical church, fainted
t the home of a parishioner last Sunday soon
er a preaching service. For a time it-was
believed he was dead, but he recovered eventu-
ally. His condition was the result of a severe
attack of indigestion.
—With four precincts yet to count over in
Clearfield county, the recent enrollment of voters
shows a Republican gain of 1,800, a Prohibition
gain of 72, a Democratic loss of 250, a Washing-
ton party loss of 1,007, a Progressive loss of 89,
and a decrease in those who declined to give the
name of the party with which they affiliate of
812.
—Cyrus M. Elliott, secretary of the Business
Men's association of Lock Haven, was examin-
ing some young chickens at close range some
days agowhen one of them took advantage of
the situation to peck him in the right eye, cutting
out a small portion of the pupil. He is having
some eye trouble but the doctor says nothing
serious will happen,
—Sheriff Tomlinson, of Lycoming county,
recently arrested and lodged in the county jail
at Williamsport the notorious wild man, War)
ren Wilson. He had no trouble whatever, found
the man unarmed and does not credit the stories
circulated about him, who, he' says, was almost
frightened to death by the conduct of the officers
who had undertaken to capture him.
—Frank Casey, an 8-year-old resident of Johns-
town, visited a moving picture theatre last Sat-
urday night, slid to the floor during the perform-
ance and went to sleep. He was not discovered
and did not wake until thirteen hours later.
Then his cries were heard and he was released.
During the interim his grandmother, with whom
he lives, was nearly frantic with fear.
—The Elk county gas field is showing its
riches, another large gusher being drilled in
Friday by the Salberg & Gerb company. The
well, which is registering 1,000,000 feet a day, is
located on the crest of the Arnold hill, and can
be plainly seen from Ridgway. The well was
struck at a depth of about 2,800 feet, and is the
first to be drilled in that section of the rich field.
More wells are to be drilled in that vicinity. The
gas will be pumped to Ridgway.
—John Redding, a resident of Punxsutawney,
died a few days ago of tuberculosis, at the age of
21 years. His grandmother, Mrs. Thomas M.
Pantall, was notified of his sudden decease and
went to the house. Ten minutes after looking
at the face of the young man she alsodied. Mrs.
Pantall was a very prominent lady of Punxsu-
tawney and active in the affairs of the Pythian
Sisterhood, having held the office of keeper of
records and seal for the state organization.
She was in her 64th year.
—Archie C. Claar, an energetic young farmer
in Freedom township, who, a few years ago
made the old-fashioned farmers gasp for breath
when he announced that he had planted two
anda half acres in cucumbers, and to the sur-
prise of all, cut 110,000 nice cool cucumbers from
the patch, yielding him a fine profit, now has
four acres growing, with prospects of a crop
exceeding 200,000. Mr. Claar, a few years ago,
purchased a tract of land, situated on the ridges,
two miles west of East Freedom. It was timber
land and its growth was despoiled by forest fire.
He began to clear the land, and as he prepared a
patch for farming, he began planting, What-
ever he planted on the virgin soil grew with
astonishing rapidity. This induced him to con-
tinue, until today he has one of the prettiest and
most picturesque little farms in that section of
the country. Three of the four acres now plant-
ed in cucumbers are growing their first crop
since the creation of the world, the timber hav-
ing been removed last winter and spring. The
cucumber farm is a wonder, and many people
are going great distances to see it. His crop wil
be marketed in Roaring Spring, Hollidaysburg
‘and Altoona. He has already hooked advance
orders for 50,000 cucumbers,