Bement Yate BY P. GRAY MEEK. INK SLINGS. —Tomorrow will be Christmas. —We're still far away from the three thousand mark. Come on across, won't you. —The allies have withdrawn from the Gallipoli Peninsula and given up hope of getting a piece of Turkey for Christmas. — Is ROOSEVELT making go00-g00 eyes at the steam roller again? “A burnt child dreads the fire.” Not so, the Colo- nel. —The British claim to have lost only three men in the evacuation of Turkey. The Turks claim that they lost every- thing else. —The President and his bride are probably carving their names on that lonesome pine in the Blue Ridge moun- tains of Virginia. : — How in the world can they sell can- dy for eight cents the pound when sugar is seven? Possibly the candy is like some of the tobacco, mostly alfalfa. —The latest news from Christiana, Norway, is to the effect that HENRY FORD is getting cold feet. Little wonder. Norway is a cold country these times. —Tomorrow, more than any other day in the year, should we remember: “In- asmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, ye have done it also to Me.” —Uncle JAKE WOODRING expects to find the job of court crier stuffed down in the toe of his Christmas stocking when he goes to look for it tomorrow morning. —There isn’t any gift in the world that you could give us that would be more appreciated than just your good wishes; if they are genuinely given. We give you ours. —Have the Christmas candle burning in the window of your home tonight and let the Christmas spirit burn in your soul to- morrow so brightly that it will shine out through your eyes, the windows of your soul. —BiLL FLINN has announced that he | will be the last man to leave the good ship “Progressive.” When they are all gone but BILL there will be none left to rock it. Unless he dees a little of it himself. —Of course the WATCHMAN is always worth while, but we are going to make it more so than ever during 1916. If you have been reading some one else’s paper each week we would be very hap- py to have you sign the declaration of independence by writing your own name and address on our mailing list. —It is reported that when the Panthers presented their checks to the game war- dens in payment of the fines imposed upon them for having doe in their pos- session the wardens had a list of the guilty parties, togother with their share of the fine and costs. When the first one cashed in the warden merely wrote down the word “Paid” at the top of the column and then as each one of the oth- ers stepped up to the captain’s office he wrote “do” under the word “Paid.” It just seemed as though the poor Panthers couldn’t get away from that doe any- where. —Looking over the news columns of this issue of the WATCHMAN men will find out that their sisters are the real angels of mercy in this community, as well as everywhere else. They are the Needlework Guild. They are the Asso- ciated Charities, they arrange the Sun- day school treats, they sell the Red Cross seals to stamp out tuberculosis among the poor, they are the *‘good angels” to whom the men trustees of the hospital fly when they fail themselves, they are the Childrens’ Aid Society, they keep the church doors open, they make the world a’decent, clean place to live in and they make the home. God bless the women! —Dr. DIxoN is all wrong in thinking that our beautiful “Big Spring” ought to be locked up, but he is all right in de- claring that many of us are nervous, ir- ritable and out of sorts because we are in too great haste all the time. He ad- vises us, in his health letter this week, to be more tranquil and composed and suggests that a New Year's resolution to the effect that we will take more time to eat properly, to think properly and to rest properly might be the very best res- olution we could make when we turn over the new leaf on New Year’s day. But how in the world does the dear old gentleman expect Bellefonters to remain tranquil and composed when they pass their very own “Big Spring” all padlock- ed shut because the Doctor has ordered it so. For 120 years and more Belle- fonte has slaked its thirst, cooked its food, washed its clothes and bathed its babies with water from this same “Big Spring” and there is not a case of record where disease of any sort has been trac- ed to the water. Time and again analy- ses have shown that the water of the “Big Spring’ is as near aqua pura as it is possible to get that necessity. And now, that we have surrounded it with concrete walls, eliminated the danger of surface drainage and even put sanitary drinking cups there, the Doctor comes along with an order that it must be locked up for fear some one might dis- compose its composedness or disturb its tranquility, we presume, We have heard of cows giving curdled milk when bad boys run them too much on hot days, but the spring only laughs and ripples | away when its placid surface is agitated. STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. BELLEFONTE, PA.. DECEMBER 24, 1915. NO. 51. VOL 60. Judge Gary's New Entertainments. Judge GARY, head of the Steel trust, discontinued his “rate-making” dinners, some years ago, at the suggestion of a United States District court. These lux- urious and mellowing events had the ef- fect and purpose of leading certain “malefactors of great wealth” to a com- mon understanding concerning prices. The law forbids manufacturers and deal- ers in commodities from making agree- ments as to prices, but Judge GARY could see nothing against the assembling of the leading operators in a given industry around’ his hospitable mahogany and coming to an implied understanding. The court got the question from a differ- ent angle, however, and suggested to Judge GARY to “cut out” the feeds. Judge GARY is a hospitable soul, and rich. He dotes on dinners and delights in banquet. But he has a wholesome re- spect for the law and when the court in- timated that rate-making feasts were top-surfacing the road to jail, he was compelled to seek some other form of entertainment. And he has at last found a soul-satisfying substitute. Being anep- icure his new diversion partakes of the nature of the old. He is now giving “slate-making” dinners instead of ‘‘rate- making” banquets and instead of cap- tains of industry his guests are experts’ in politics. Under the impulses of war orders prices soar upward of their own volition and the powerful minds of his merry-makers are turned toward the task of selecting candidates for President. The first of this series of entertain- ment, was given by Judge GARY at his New York palace last week and the guest of honor was Colonel ROOSEVELT. The public has not been informed as to the trend of conversation during the feast, but Colonel ROOSEVELT has been talking freely of his political purposes ever since. He is ready to return to the Republican fold, he declares, under conditions and it is widely surmised that Judge GARY will create the conditions. always friendly to the Judge and his en- terprises and the Judge yearns for a re- turn of those conditions which opened | the back door of the White House to him in emergencies. Meanwhile look out for a stampede of the Chicago con-! vention. ——It was hardly necessary for Secre- tary GARRISON to show that ROOSEVELT is a humbug, a false pretense and a fraud. The Colonel has proved that himself many ‘times. But at that there is no harm in keeping an established fact well in mind. End of the Mexican Revolution. The withdrawal of PANCHO VILLA from Mexico indicates the early, if not the immediate restoration of order in that long-suffering Republic. There are other disturbers of the peace there and other bandits who would be glad to shield their crimes under the pretense of revolution. But none of them nor all of them together is as formidable as VILLA and neither of them is likely to develop sufficient strength to even menace the government of Car- ranza. ZAPATA is an outlaw and a mur- derer and will probably continue a sort of bushwacking campaign so long as he is able to maintain a guerrila force. that will not be long for the people of Mexico want peace and prosperity. This practical settlement of affairs in Mexico is the very strongest vindication of the policy of President WILSON in the premises. It was a long drawn-out pro- cess and costly in life and treasure. But it was the only method by which en- during peace could have been obtained. If, as the Republican leaders suggested, intervention had been resorted to thous- ands of American lives would have been sacrificed and it may be doubted if the desired end could have been achieved. A government thus established would not have been a government of the peo- ple and though Mexican civilization is not of the highest type or Mexican intel- ligence the most certain, an alien gov- ernment would have been obnoxious to them and could not have proved per- manent. But the peace which is now dawning promises to be permanent and peace and prosperity travel together. Mexico is rich in resources. derlaid with vast quantities of minerals and together they will make a happy and prosperous people. These results are in themselves most gratifying. But to the minds of thoughtful citizens of the United States the most gratifying reflection will come from the part our own government had in bringing the conditions about. Through the wise action of President WILSON a helpless and nearly exhausted people have been lifted “out of the slough of despond” and put upon a solid founda- tion of progress and prosperity. > ——Tuesday was the shortest day in the year. : ROOSEVELT was But Her fertile soil is un- A ———— ; Bill Flinn Yields to Penrose. ; 1 | Former State Senator WILLIAM FLINN, of Pittsburgh, is ready to return to the Republican party. That party gave him | some offices and a lot of contracts but he imagined that he was entitled to more than he got and joined the Progressives. But there is nothing in that party to hold FLINN. He invested a lot of money in the “prospect” and got a few invitations to Sagamore Hill and a chance to stand beside ROOSEVELT in public. But such things are no recompense to FLINN. He wants the “bacon,” and he wants it promptly and well done. He is vain and ambitious, of course, and the lime-light pleased him for the moment. But the lime-light, even with ROOSEVELT in the picture, puts no money’ in pocket. The one man in this State who puts money in the pockets of his followers is Boies PENROSE, Senator in Congress. For nearly a score of years BOIES has been the pet aversion of BILL FLINN. Ana incidentally, BILL FLINN has been feeding on political husks and junk, ever since he broke away from the machine. He had been enjoying terrapin and truf- fles during the long period that he served the bosses. The difference is great to a connoisseur and the longing for the choicer viands was strong. Therefore Mr. FLINN has capitulated. He is will- ing to eat out of the PENROSE hand if the eating is good. He has come to realize that there is no other sure source of supply. Naturally the surrender of FLINN to the PENROSE machine means the yielding of all the Progressive followers in the State. In Pennsylvania FLINN was the Progressive party. He didn't cast all the votes of that contingent but he paid the expenses and that carried with it the right to say .who the votes should be cast for. PERKINS is the National Pro- gressive party because he pays the freight and FLINN had the same claim to | title in Pennsylvania. Therefore the sur- render of FLINN means the elimination | of the party though it-may be said that | an element will hold to the right to vote for the Democratic candidate for Presi: dent next year. There area few Demo- crats who will not be transferred. . ——An esteemed Philadelphia contem- | porary observes that “the logical candi- date of a party is often the one that can- not be elected,” which is the ample as well as the logical reason why PENROSE should be nominated at Chicago next | June. Brumbaugh Working New Jersey. | Governor ‘BRUMBAUGH has begun a i campaign for President in New Jersey. | A year ago he laid the lines for such an | enterprise in Pennsylvania but his plans have not prospered. BILL VARE “nomi- nated” him whenever opportunity offer- ed. But like a bad vaccination, it “didn’t take.” Presumably he hopes for better | results in the southern section of New Jersey. VARE owns a considerable part of the sea shore there and imagines that he can do with it as he does with the piggeries in South Philadelphia. But the indications are that he will be disappoint- ed in this matter. Senator PENROSE has a good many friends in that section and he may intervene to sprag the wheels of | the BRUMBAUGH chariot. There would be ‘a good deal of comedy in this ambition of BRUMBAUGH if it were not so serious a matter. We have been taught from the beginning that every male child born in the United States has a right to aspire to the Presidency and the lesson has worked excellent results in various ways. It has inspired merit and encouraged hope in many an instance | to public advantage. But nevertheless i the aspiration to the Presidency is a grave matter. Only men of great ability or unudual merit should be considered in that connection. BRUMBAUGH has neith- | er performed any important service for ' shown any extraordinary ability and his ; aspiration to the Presidency, backed by ! VARE, is simply absurd. . The suggestion of BOIES PENROSE for the Presidency would be preposterous under ordinary circumstances, notwith- standing his long service in the Senate ‘and his considerable experience in pub- lic affairs. But he is essentially the representative of the Republican party as it is today. He is the embodiment of all that the Republican party stands for ‘and in his official actions expresses all "that it is. But BRUMBAUGH represents nothing but an absurd ambition and a disreputable gang of municipal contrac- tors. His aspiration to the Presidency is an insult to the intelligence of the peo- ple of Pennsylvania. Presidents are moulded from different metal. | | | ——If it is true that GEORGE W. PER- | KINS arranged the GARY dinner for ROOSEVELT it is easy to guess why. The Colonel is too expensive luxury for even a rich man to maintain single-handed. Commercial Conditions Satisfactory. With business conditions normal the UNDERWOOD tariff law would not only ful- | fill every expectation with respect to | revenue, but it might materially reduce | the cost of living for it would certainly decrease tax burdens. This is clearly revealed in records of the treasury for last week. At the thirteen leading ports | the exports during the week amounted to $67,744,927 and the imports to $32,- 364,630, a total of $100,109,557, the bal- : ance of trade in favor of this country being about $35,380,297. The customs receipts amounted to $3,691,113 which . was considerably greater than the dis- bursements for the period. This indicates a turn of the tide which has given the : calamity howlers their texts. ‘The European war completely upset commercial conditions and practically destroyed foreign trade. Whether tariff schedules be high or low the receipts from customs depend upon the volume of imports. If there are no imports there can be no revenues from that source and the rate of the tariff tax has nothing to do with the matter. When the UNDER- wooD law was enacted there were no signs of war and the calculations as to its revenue probabilities were based upon normal commercial conditions. If such conditions had continued the law would have produced ample revenue and vastly decreased the expenses of living without in the least impairing the productive capacity of mills and factories or dimin- ishing the profits of manufacturers or agriculturists. Of course so long as the war continues commerce will be under restraint. Eu- rope will not be able to buy as much, outside of war munitions, and will have less to sell, so that profits of international trade will be less. But improvement will go on gradually and ultimately if the hostilities are prolonged, normal condi- tions will be restored and the present tariff law will become an active agent of prosperity in all sections of the country. We can hardly hope that the condition of last week will continue, for that was 4 ~eptionally good. But we may expect that within ‘a short time’ it will be*the™ rule rather than the exception and when the war ends we will “flourish like a green bay tree.” ——The shipyards of the country. are enjoying a fair share of the general prosperity and contributing in just ratio to the general output. And so long as this even balance is maintained we can see no reason why the government should go into competition with the ship builders. : When They are Sworn In. The new county officials will be sworn into office on Monday, January 3rd, but they are not legally entitled to take office before Tuesday morning, January 4th. The commission of all officers reads “from the first Monday in January,” not from noon of the first Monday, as is gen- erally supposed; while all reports to be made out by the old officials in closing out their work, includes the full day of Monday, and the old officials are liable for every transaction in their offices that day. The Recorder and Prothonotary are the two officers qualified to administer the oath of office to the incoming officials, and Judge-elect QUIGLEY has already se- lected Recorder-elect W. H. BROWN to administer the oath of office to him after he, himself, has been sworn in. Mr. QUIGLEY this week announced the fol- lowing staff of court officers: Court crier, JAcoB WOODRING, of Worth township. Court messenger, Bellefonte. Tipstaves, JAMES MCMULLEN, Boggs township; GEORGE ROBB, Spring town- ship; GEORGE C. EATON, Liberty town- ship, and Cyrus W. HUNTER, Halfmoon township. Recorder W. H. BROWN this week an- nounced his appointment of WALTER H. | ARMSTRONG. as deputy recorder. ——If the Progressives hold their Na- tional convention in the same city and at the same time as the Republican conven tion is held the accident insurance busi- ness ought to be brisk for a period just "before the date. ——Meantime bear in mind that ROOSEVELT is as ready to pounce on the Republican nomination as ever a buzzard was to feast on a carcass. ——The ForD peace enterprise which was a joke has developed into a farce and its advertising value has become a matter of doubt. ——After a strenuous year the Presi- dent probably thought he needed some | one to help him enjoy a rest. ——For high class Job Work come to the WATCHMAN Office. THOMAS FLEMING, ! | A “Spring” Lock. Health Office Dixon did say I don’t like Bellefonte people’s way; And the lock going zip Gave the Burgess a trip To see what the Solons would say. A “Beautiful Fountain,” well named, But the Borough Dad guys Who thought they were wise Decided it ought to be framed. The crowd really must not go near, For the water must always be clear; It’s a nasty mean thing, And all the folks sing Why we can’t seethe ‘big trout” from here. et Fifty Cents a Day. ! From the Altoona Times. “I agree with. President Wilson in ! many of his recommendations for the na- | tional defense,” says ex-President Taft, i “but I do not see how we can raise the ' 80,000 men that he wants. A scldier gets | but $15 a month, and with men earning that much a week and more, you see | how hard it will be to get that 80,000 | without conscription.” | That's a problem that most of the peo- | ple advocating an army increase don’t seem to give any thought to. Our pres- ent army, small as it is, has no end of trouble in trying to recruit enough men to make up its full complement. Itis invariably smaller in reality than on pa- per, and so is the navy. Even the added interest in military matters aroused by the present war has not sufficed to fill up the gaps. How will it be, then, when Congress passes bills calling for an increase of tens of thousands in the regular army and navy, not to mention the hundreds of thousands expected to volunteer as a citizen reserve? Patriotism may work a change here, as it has in England, and swell the en- listments. But will it take as great and imminent peril te bring out our volun- teers as it has taken in England? Theodore Roosevelt believes that con- scription is the only way. If we're to have a much larger army, we may come, sooner or later, to a choice between high- er pay and some form of conscription— the Swiss system, for example, which makes all citizens submit to training at regular intervals, but doesn’t take up much of their time. A Prince and a Job. From the Johnstown Democrat, ~The Prince of ‘Wales is an alty. The young man was recently dis- cussing the political and economic effects of the pending war and’ it was suggested i to him that there might be a change of | public opinion that would bring about a republic in his native land. The royal { youth was not greatly concerned. If he | were to be kicked out as King he would i get a job. The prince was apparently quite delighted with the job idea. He ! was, he insisted, an excellent automobile | mechanic. His father, the king, if the | worst came to the worst, could qualify as ia master mariner. There was a brother | who would make a jolly good plumber + and a sister who could qualify as a horse ! trainer. The family would pull through. i They could make a living. Young Wales | was quite sure of that. The mental pic- | ture presented by the young man is a i pleasing one. Instinctively the Prince of | Wales seems to recognize that when the | people want a republic it ill becomes roy- alty to fight for its place. Instead of en- | gaging in a revolution, he would get a | job and see that his mother did not want "in her old age. ra { King Edward, in discussing the same | possibility, used to say that if he were . ever deposed as king he would ask Sir | Thomas Lipton to take him into partner- | ship. Monarchs who talk like that are seldom ripped out of office and royal | striplings who nonchalantly discuss their | ability to make good on their own mer- its in the labor mart generally land on a ' throne. Re 1 A Rural-School Campaign. From the New York World. ER In his plea for “the eo-operative lead- ership of the government” in building up the rural schools of the country, Secre- tary Lane urges that the bureau.of edu- cation be put to more serious purpose. He proposes that it be converted into a federal bureau of educational methods and standards, a sort of clearing house where can be gathered and exchanged the results of educational experiments of general value. More than half the children of the United States receive their education in country school-houses. Of necessity the teachers as a rule are underpaid, the classes overcrowded and the school- houses poorly equipped. Inthe main the rural schools suffer not only from pover- ty but from stagnation. They are not ‘modern institutions. For obvious rea- sons they have not progressed at the same rate in improving their methods as the city schools. By a rural-school campaign Secretary Lane would give to the country school- house new dignity and new usefulness. He would make it respond better to lo- cal requirements. His plan does not con- template compulsory changes through legislation or outside interference. It rests entirely upon the idea that “the tcach- ers, the superintendents and the school boards need leadership; they need an authoritative statement of conclusions by the wisest and most practical men in the land; they need to be shown the better way.” Cm A Saul Among the Prophets. From the Chicago Herald. When Secretary Daniels got converted to the preparedness he went right up to the front bench, opened the hymn book services. eee oh pee en asset to roy- | ! SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. i —The last will and testament of Miss Belle Ritz, of Lewistown, gives $3,000 for the main- tenance of the Lewistown hospital. —The outlook now is that Portage is about to | become the home of a soap factory the erection of which building and installation of the plant will cost $30,000. —The demand for licenses to sell oleo will keep the Pure Food Bureau of the Agricultural De- partment busy for some time. More licenses will be issued for 1916 than for any previous year. —Only a few hours after his wife had received a message from Blairsville announcing the death of her sister, A. S. Mason, a prominent resident of Conemaugh, learned of the death of his sister in Maine. —The store of G. Watson Fredericks, at Flem- ington, Clinton county, enjoys the doubtful dis. tinction of having been robbed once a year for the last forty years. The annual spoliation for this year occurred one night last week. —William Walker, aged 90, a resident of New Castle, is just now cutting his third set of teeth, according to a story coming out of his home town. The teeth are coming out back of the second set which are in good condition. —Roy McGhee, of Burnt Cabins, Huntingdon county, lost a ring fourteen years ago. Recently he found it again in a parsnip raised in his gar- den this season. [It is supposed to have been lost in the stable and carried out with the refuse of the stable. —Miss Bessie Hudson, aged 29, a resident of Johnstown, used bichloride of mercury as an antiseptic wash and not being familiar with the nature of the drug made the solution too strong. so that it burned its way into her blood, killing her last Thursday night. —In court at Greensburg Saturday morning, Mrs. Mary C. Cline, the widowed mother of eight children, submitted to the charge of selling liquor without license. She is a resident of Van- degrift and was permitted to go upon payment of the costs after she had promised to obey the law hereafter. —While Oscar Huff and Benjamin Elliott, of White Deer, were out hunting in the mountains near the White Deer reservoir on Wednesday of last week they saw a large black doe. The animal was jet black and came down a small hill towards the men who were dumbfounded and could scarcely believe their eyes. —Rev. Dr. John S. Stahr, president of the Cen- tral Synod of the Reformed church of the United States and former president of Franklin and Marshall college, died at his home in Lancaster Tuesday night, from infirmities incident to old age. He was made professor emeritus of the col- lege several years ago, and was honored by the general synod in 1914. He was 70 years old. —After saving her four little children from their burning home early on Tuesday, Mrs. Anna Adelson, of Reynoldsville, perished inthe flames when she returned to rescue two sleeping chil dren of a neighbor. Her charred body was found after the house had been destroyed. The chil- dren were rescued by Hugh Haggerty, Central league baseball player, who went into the house in search of Mrs. Adelson. —Fire of supposed incendiary origin complete. ly destroyed a barn on a farm in Blair township, north of Hollidaysburg, owned by Lewis Wagner, at 10 o'clock last night. In addition to the build- ing, which was a large two story structure, two cows, three hogs and a lot of chickens, together with a large quantity of hay, straw, grain and farming implements, were burned. The build- ing and stock were partially insured. —John Stevens, a walking boss on contract work atthe Standard Steelworks, -at Burnham, was taken home Saturday night in an ambulance unconscious from a rap on the head. Stevens says he don’t know whether he fell over a rail, striking his head, or whether a disgruntled laborer hit him with a brick. The attending physician says the latter happened, but whether it was an attempt upon Mr. Stevens’ life is un- known. —David R. Kitchen, aged 28 years, of North- umberliand, an employee of the Pennsylvania railroad, was instantly killed at the Walnut street crossing in Williamsport Sunday night, when he was squeezed between two cars. The train had been cut at the crossing, and when the engineer received the signal to close the cut, Kitchen was between two cars fixing an air hose and was crushed to death. He leaves a wife and two children. —Alfred M. Probst, aged 43, a resident of Lock Haven, took his shot gun and left his home last Thursday forenoon, telling his parents he was going hunting. About 2 o’clock in the afternoon he was found lying dead on the bank of Bald Eagle creek, about an eighth of a mile above the Castanea bridge. His entire head was blown away. only the face and forehead remaining. It is not known whether the man’s death was the result of accident or design. —Charles H. Dickerman. of Milton, a former member of Congress from Pennsylvania, died on: Saturday. He was 72 yearsold. Mr. Dickerman was the father of William C. Dickerman, of New. York, vice president of the American, Car and Foundry Company. He was president. of the First National bank of Milton and a director i half a dozen other banks in Milton. Hewas at nl ber of the Lawyers’ Club, New York; member of World’s Peace convention at The Hague in 1905,; and delegate to one of the Democratic National conventions. Mr. Dickerman was reported to be worth $5,000,000. —O. H. Culbertson and Henry Wilson, of Clar- ion, who have been drilling on the Brown tract, one and a half miles south of that town, have struck the largest gas well discovered in Clarion county for years. The gas was found in the Speechley sand, and on .open gauge showed a volume of 11,000,000 cubic feet in twenty-four hours. The well was tubed and much trouble was experienced owing to the heavy flow. With open-gate valve the well developed a forty pound pressure. The same parties got a 3,000,000 foot gas well on the same tract a few weeks ago, and the locality promises to be a very valuable gas territory. —William M. Lloyd, of Shamokin, who served eighteen months of a three years’ sentence for the embezzlement of $19,427.38, while treasurer of Northumberland county during 1909-11, was on Monday granted a Christmas present in the shape of a parole by Judge Moser in the North. umberland county court. Petitions containing thousands of signatures had been presented. Mark L. Swab, his deputy, isalso in jail serving two years and nine months’ sentence for partici- pation in the same crime. Lloyd, who earned $36,000 in commissions while in office, always declared that Swab got the money. Swab was paid $100 monthly. Lloyd comes from a promi- nent Shamokin family. —T'he big mill of the Central Pennsylvania Lumber company at Galeton has been shut down. Announcement of the closing of the mill was made at the office Monday morning. The big tract of timber located in the mountains around Galeton has been exhausted. The loss of this mill at Galeton will probably mean that the future progress of the largest community of Potter county will depend on other lines of busi- ness. It has not been decided whether the timber from the Costello tract will be taken to Galeton or whether a mill will be erected’ at Costello. Should this lumber be taken to Galeton it would and began to take a leading part in the. | lumber community for several years.’ probably result in that town continuing asa
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