Bellefonte, Pa., August 18, 1916. RECLAIMING A GREAT SWAMP Scientific Farming on an Eleven-Thou- sand-Acre Tract in Western New York. One of the largest and most scien- tific agricultural enterprises in the eastern part of the United States is a farm in western New York. Popular Mechanics Magazine tells of scientific mmm methods and modern implements used’ on this big farm, which has been in the course of development for the last three years. This farm comprises 11,000 acres and is two miles long and nine miles wide. A trip of sixty miles is required to pay off all the help. The undertaking is backed by New York financiers and is managed by a civil engineer who is also a scientific farmer. The land comprising this farm was originally a vast, undrained swamp, and its reclamation was accorhplished .only by employing a dredge which cut a deep main canal, with many lateral branches, through the tract. As the land was drained lumbermen were put on it to clear off the trees and stumps with axes and dynamite. These work- men were followed by others with five- gang plows, etc., drawn by caterpillar tractors of light construction. These light engines have almost wholly sup- planted horses on the farm and are a source of special interest to the boys of the farmers. One tractor has eight times the pulling power of a horse. Of the 4,000 acres of muck land in the tract, only about 1,000 acres have been reclaimed and are now in use. Much of the farm is devoted to truck gardening conducted on a strictly sci- entific basis. A cost system is main- tained, and it is possible to know just what each crop costs. All the produce is prepared for ship- ment according to factory methods. The crates are made on the farm, a special nailing machine being one of the leber-saving devices used In their constraction. The workmen are well provided for with bungalows of mod- ern type and with modern social con- veniences, and such improvements as teiephones, electric lights, etc. An evidence of the success of the enter- prise is that much of the land is now valued at $500 per acre. HCW SUNBURN MAY BE CURED Really Painful Affliction Can Be Al leviated If Treatment Is Under- taken at Once. Sunburn is often extremely painful. In muny cases, where a girl has been out in tiie sun practically all day, the skin biisters and causes very real suf fering. It is a wise girl who knows hew to care for her own sunburn, for she will save herself a good bit of pair by doctoring it at once. When vou return to the house after a day in the open and find your arms, neck and face all rose colored from the sun, don't stop to question why, Iut siact in treating it at once. The burn never hurts the first day and sometimes it does not the second day, but you will certainly get it the third, unless you are very careful. Don’t waif until the skin begins to itch and smurt before you put on a cream, but at the first sign of rose color, where white usually is, start your doctoring at ence. Cocoa butter is excellent to take the sting out cof sunburn and witchhazel cvenmni is auother fine emollient. Rub either one in well at the first appear- ance of the burn and then again the next day and ycu will not be bothered 80 much by the pein and itch. increasing Motor Truck Efficiency. {n o recent issue of Factory a con tributor suggests a simple yet most efiicacious ‘method of securing greater service from any motor truck. He recommends the use of a number of crates or tubs, which can be loaded at any time and handled by a derrick which places them on and removes them from a motor truck. Thus the motor truck becomes practically in- dependent of loading operations and the minimum of time is spent in load ing and unloading. If a trailer is u.ed in conjunction with a motor truck, this system: of loading is even more ef fective. Will He Go? “And where do you expect to go next?’ we asked the great explorer when we had finished interviewing him about the results of his latest ex: pedition. “I don’t know,” he replied. “You see, I'te been to about every place there is except one.” “And that is?” “That's the place the taxi driver told me to go to when I refused to pay him any more than the exact legal fare.” The Immediate Problem. “Where are the snows of yester- day?” inquired the man who quotes poetry. “Never mind that,” rejoined his wife, “The” important question is, ‘Where is the ice that was due to arrive this morning?” Lesson in Economy. “What are you doing, Billy?” asked Mrs. Nannie Goat of her son. “Practicing economy, maw,” replied Billy, who was chewing on an old umbrella. ' “I'm putting away som thing for a rainy day.” : HE —————— MEADOWLARK Sturnella magna and Sturnella neglecta RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (Agelaius phceniceus) Length, about ten and three-fourths inches. Range: Breed generally in {He United States, southern Canada, and Mexico to Costa Rica; winter from the Ohio and Potomac valleys and British Columbia southward. Habits and economic status: Our two meadowlarks, though differing much in song, resemble each other closely in plumage and habits. Grassy plains and uplands covered with a thick growth of grass or weeds, with nearby water, furnish the conditions best suited to the meadowlark’s taste. The song of the western bird is loud, clear, and melodious. That of its east- ern relative is feebler and loses much by comparison. In many localities the meadowlark is classed and shot as a game bird. From the farmer's standpoint this a mistake, since its value as an insect eater is far greater than as an object of pursuit by the sportsman. Both the boll weevil, the foe of the cotton grower, and the al- falfa weevil are among the beetles it habitually eats. Twenty-five per cent of the diet of this bird is beetles, half ! of which are predaceous ground bee- tles, accounted useful insects, and one- fifth are destructive weevils. Cater- pillars form 11 per cent of the food and are eaten ir every month in the year. worms and the well-known army worm. - Grasshoppers are favorite food and are eaten in every month and al- most every day. The vegetable food (24 per cent of the whole) consists of grain and weed seeds. A Waterway Across All France. Within about two years it is expect- ed that canal-boats or barges will be able to cross France from Havre to Marseilles by a continuous inland waterway whose connecting-links are now approaching completion. Freight charges for goods over this route, it is said, will be less than half the current railway-rates. Barges at present can go as far from Havre as Lyons, that is, by taking the river Seine, a canal, and the river Saone. Although Ly- ons is situated on the Rhone, that riv- er is not navigable from Lyons to the Mediterranean. In its earlier course the Rhone, as visitors of the Alps have learned, is a mountain torrent. It then becomes a river of strong cur- rents, with constantly shifting sand- barks, shallow water, and water of variable depths at different seasons and places. Since 1878 work has been in progress in improving the Rhone for navigation from Lyons as far south as Aries, the old Roman town, once a seaport, but now, in conse- quence of alluvial deposits, some dis- tance above the Rhone’s mouth. These improvements have so deepened and otherwise improved the Rhone that barges of 350 tons capacity and about 33% feet draft can traverse most parts of the river from Lyons southward every day in the year. Other parts will be available probably in 1918. In- teresting facts about this work are printed in the London “Economist,” as derived from the Paris Temps: “The annaul traffic on the Rhone Among these are many cut-' Length, about nine and one-half Inches. Range: Breeds in Mexico and North America south of the barren grounds; winters: in southern half of United States and south to Costa Rica. Habits and economic status: The prairies of the upper Mississippi val ley, with their numerous sloughs and ponds, furnish ideal nesting places for redwings, and consequently this re- gion has become the great breeding ground for the species. These prairies pour forth the vast flocks that play havoc with grain fields. East of the Appalachian range, marshes on the shores of lakes, rivers, and estuaries are the only available breeding sites and, as these are comparatively few and small, the species is much less abundant than in the West. Red- wings are eminently gregarious, liv- ing in flocks and breeding in com- munities. The food of the redwing { consists of 27 per cent animal matter and 73 per cent vegetable. Insects con- stitute practically one-fourth of the food. Beetles (largely weevils, a most harmful group) amount to 1u per cent. Grasshoppers are eaten in every month and amount to about 5 | per cent. Caterpillars (among them i the injurious army worm) are eaten "at all seasons and aggregate 6 per : cent, Ants, wasps, bugs, flies, dragon- | flies, and spiders also are eaten. The vegetable fooC consists of seeds, ip- cluding grain, of which oats is the favorite, and some small fruits. When : In large flocks this bird is capable of { doing great harm to grain. hail risen from 120,000 tons in 1879 to 400,000 tons in 1910, but there is no satisfactory port at the mouth. Since 1905 however, a canal, 50 miles long, partly on the lines of an older . one, has been under construction from Ar- les by Port de Bouc and Martigues to L’Estaque, near Marseilles. There is only one lock—at Arles; and the final section, a tunnel some 4% miles long, through a ridge of rock was lately in- augurated in the presence of a dis- tinguished company, including the Minister of Public Works. The tun- nel will be approximately 72 feet wide and 50 feet high, and the depth of the water in it will be nearly 8 feet. The visitors were to go through it in 2 contractor’s train drawn by an engine propelled by compressed air, but after two breakdowns they had to walk back to the north entrance, and across the ridge in motor-cars—a circum- stance which Coes not appear to have dampened thei. admiration for the work, though their banquet was post- poned by it from midday to 5 p. m. Before entering- the tunnel the eanal passes through a desert on the border of a alt lake, the shore of which is now covered with chemical works, manufactories of explosives, and oth- er establishments called into existence by the war. Probably the canal will make it a great industrial district, and much traffic is expected, notably in phosphates from Tunis and agricul- tural produce frem North Africa and Provence, ir exchange for the manu- factures of ceniral and northern France.”—The Literary Digest. ——Have your Job Work done here. v - * Zu Zu * Zu Zue tickled a palate. . ickel. R an “2079 * Zu Zu * Zu Zu Ho! Everybody!! Know Zu Zu! EatZu Zu! The crisp- est, spiciest ginger snap that ever Make a bee line to the nearest grocer man, and get a whole packageful for NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY po =. : wd B g od 8 § ce ZuZu +> ZuZvu + Zu Zu a — — C22 smonmes SALE OF UNSEATED LANDS. The Way They Don’t Suffer. “Yes,” said the suffragette on the platform, “women have been wronged for ages. They have suffered in a thousand ways.” : “There is one way in which they nave never suffered,” said the meek- looking man, standing in the rear of the hall. “What way is that?” demanded the suffragist. “They have never suffered in si- lence.”—Illustrated Sunday Maga- zine. fezismone | EXCURSIONS fllanic Giry Cape May, Wildwood, Ocean City, Sea Isle City and Other Resorts SATURDAYS August 19, and Sept. 2 $8.50 Round Trip 25 cents additional to Atlantic City via Delaware River Bridge Route. Only all-rail line to Atlantic City For details as to time of trains ffom Bellefonte or stop-over privileges, see Flyers, consult Agents. PENNSYLVANIA R.R. 61-28-6t PAINT Will Improve Anything But the face of a pretty woman— for that needs no improvement. Perhaps your house does. If so, we would be glad to estimate on Painting or Paper Hanging no matter how small the job may be—and we will guarantee to do the the work right. Our past reputa- tion for good work and our exper- ience gained by 12 years at the business is at your command. FRED DUNZIK Painting and Decorating, Wall Paper and Paint Store. PLEASANT, GAP, PA. 61-20-tf . "BELL PHONE. BER, 14.32/61.20-¢ Not Below Zero. “I don’t think I deserve zero on this examination,” said the pupil, as he took his geometry papers. “No, I do not either, John, but that was the lowest I could give you,” said the teacher. —Christian Herald. Lime and Limestone For All Purposes. HO-LIME Acres Per. Warrantee Name 9 O’Brien, John Put up in 40 1b. paper bags. For Use With Drill Spreader. High Calcium Central Pennsylvania Lime. Write for Free Literature. American Lime & Stone Co 61-27-3m General Office: TYRONE, PA OMY. 56-6 Supposed Owner Taxes & Costs : ; Ve tea the solar af Reads i aan ad ad nen er 0 sees vs aes 5.15 By virtue of the several Acts of Assembly relative to the sale of Un-| seated Lands in the County of Centre, for the taxes due and unpaid, the] PENN TOWNSHIP. Commissioners will offer the following tracts at public sale at the Court 150 Hamilton, Thomas Wm. C. Heinle...... 7.45 House, at Bellefonte, Pa., Firday, August 25th, 1916, at 10 o'clock A. M. 804 89 Kennedy, Andrew Wm. C. Heinle...... 11.85 The sale will be adjourned from time to time_until all the tracts have POTTER TOWNSHIP been sold. Terms of sale: The purchase price and costs must be paid when! 40 s J . the land is stricken off, otherwise it will be put up and sold at an adjourned; 490 Harrison, Wm. Matilda W. Brower.. 18.98 sale. 70 Peck, James Matilda W. Brower.. 5.91 RUSH TOWNSHIP. Acres Per. Warrantee Name Supposed Owner Taxes & CostSi3os 117 Artur, Thomas P. Gray Meek. 69.00 BENNER TOWNSHIP. 200 Burg, John Wm. C. Heinle 20.01. 120 Hale, J. M. Matilda W. Brower.. $19.58/250 Copenhave, John Matilda W. Brower.. 24.24 50 Mocre, John Rockaway Wilson Co. 9.35250 Copenhave, John J. K. Johnston...... 24.24 200 Copenhave, John Matilda W. Brower.. 20.01 BOGGS TOWNSHIP. aes Grant, Thomas Wm. C. Heinle...... 39.77 150 Lane, Sarah Matilda W. Brower.. 13.78 20 80 Libs Jom Wetiidz Y hh ower 15:28 424-78(1-18 of) Cottinger, G. Chas. A. Confer..... 7.87482 Millon Yor Real "E GINI8: sess 39.66 433 163 Gray, William Realty Estates....... 23.4333 150 Miller Jo 3 wel ge. 433 153 Lewis, David Realty Estates...... 23.4335 135 Miller, Robert Chae. c goilios seress 35.20 150 Unknown ‘Wm. C. Heinle....... 13.34 pd 8 Philips, Har an Matilde W. Brower. 18.32 8 Speer, John Wm. C. Heinle... 39.76 BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP. 433 153 Tarrer, Hannah Realty Barer, 39.66 433 153 Bell, William Matilda W. Brower.. 25.55/433 153 Turner, James Wm. C. Heinle. . 39.66 433 163 Fox, Samuel Kensington Realty Co 25.55/433 153 Turner, James Wm. C. Heinle...... 39.66 433 165 Wallace, J. J. Kensington Realty Co 25.55(153 153 Turner, James Matilda W. Brower.. 16.63 433 158 Davidson, Wm. Jr. Wm. C. Heinle....... 39.98 i Unkinowa ’ EB E. Womelsdorf.... 28.46 CURTIN TOWNSHIP. 200 Bare dan eT ut 309 19 Atwood, N. L. Matilda W. Brower.. 20.68/434 Brant, Thomas G. T. Walker... .. 60.59 200 12¢ Carscadden, D. R. J. Mann.......... 14.45[367 130 Irvin, James P. Wn. C. Heinle. 87.42 71 Curtin, Roland Matilda W. Brower. . 7.20, 80 Unknown J. B.. Long..... 11.57 294 Godfrey, Martha ye. % Heinle eaten 17% 50 Witmer, Henry Realty Estates. . 0.08 169 Godfrey, J. W. . Paul Fortney..... Ze SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP. : i F ] 1% Rete Jom Matilas We Drovere 370ses Banks, William Wm. C. Heinle...... 31.91 200 Eahror, John Wm. 6. Heinle 14.46 412 44 Carscadden D. Realty Estates....... 39.61 439 148. Atwood. N. L Rosanna C Rogers. . 65.08/286 8C Carscadden, David Realty Estates....... 28,84 300 Atwood, N. L. Wm. C. Heinle...... 17.3850 Hall, Peter Yin, Gr Hens, 8432 415 Brooks, Jesse Rosanna C. Rogers.. 62.39 4 Lucas, D ig i T Yuens saieele 7.55 294 31 Godirey, Mertha Wm. C. Heinle...... 32.402 pcan Dox RT 5.34 400 Long, J. Z. Rosanna C. Rogers.. 56.07 artin, Alex - Matilda W. Brower.. 38.56 100 fons. J. 7 Realty Estates 20.30 450 McLannakan, Sarah Joseph Salzman...... 65.12 50 Packer, Job W. & W. C. Wm. F. Mann....... 7.42450 Mclannshen, Sueh Matilda, W orower.. $5.13 FERGUSON TOWNSHIP. 216 Pareet Torsten a0 Hrs a 83 Durcan, Samuel McNitt-Huyett Lum- 360 160 Pim, Hugh Wm. C. Heinle...... 50.95 2 CO. cnesernin 84.54/300 Reily, Job Wm. C. Heinle...... 42.98 36 47 McCullough, Thos. Tyrone Miring and 326 Rogers, Fred Julius H. Seymore... 31.91 Mig. Co... .... 5.481300 Rogers, Kate A. Julius H. Seymore... 42.98 GREGG TOWNSHIP. 200 155 Rogers, Este A. Julius Bn Seymore; ar g5.2¢ 172 128 Carson, Andrew Wm. C. Heinle...... 7.81723 Ven Mager: Pat Wad stan 6.04 110 Mosby, Jacob Wm. C. Heinle...... 7.07100 Unknown Pat. Word,.s.sos.vee 11.98 HAINES TOWNSHIP. 100 Unknown Hugh Ward........... 11.96 559 Antis, Henry Wm. C, Heinle... ..: 14.99/277 36 Wharton, Mary TA Manne dos. e os 32.77 oe I ati, wil vate ww Diower,, S21 . SPRING TOWNSHIP. osby, William m. C. Heinle...... 0.701100 Harris, J. D. i 2 75 Unknown Lloyd V. Gilliam.... 5.76|419 sD YL Willers 3.84 Hs, 24 CG, I : 125 Unknown Lloyd V. Gilliam.... 7.24] 15 Kurtz, J. L. H. S. Taylor. 4.49 HALFMOON TOWNSHIP. 250. Toole, Henry Wm. C. Heinle...... 13.74 48 Beck, Daniel Leiderman Realty Co. 6.20] 1° Unknown Sussman, Hertz...... 17.20 50 Beck, Jacob Rockaway Wilson Co. 6.14 TAYLOR TOWNSII?, HARRIS TOWNSHIP. i Beck Jseob 2 He vv BIONeL- 9.40 100 Hoffman, % .C inle.. 7 eck, Jacoh Vm, C. Heinle...... 8.16 50 Boy Ns Cran 5 Bechdol, Join J; K. Johnston...... 6.77 HOWARD TOWNSHIP. 8 Beckwith lem Br 104 63 Brady, John Wm. C. Heinle...... 8.49/100 Bell, J. C, Wm. C. Heinle...... 9.40 104 65 Brady, John Wm. C. Heinle...... 8.49/400 Bell, William Joseph Salzman...... 28.24 415 Godfrey, Martha Celesta Wileox....... 24,39/200 Burg, William Wm. C. Heinle...... 15.68 415 Godfrey, Martha Wm. C. Heinle...... 24.36/309 Bush, James Jos. H. Brumbaugh.. 22.54 415 Godfrey, Martha Wm. C. Heinle...... 24.39/200 Carr, James Wm. C. Heinle...... 15.68 50 White and Nestlerode Matilda W. Brower.. 5.70/433 153 Copenhaver, John W. C. Marks........ 30.32 217 Bonham, Sarah Rosanna C. Rogers... 22.08] 48 Fox, James Rockaway Wilson Co. 6.26 217 Bonham, Szrah Rosanna C. Rogers... 22.08 = 100 Hoovers Join Yalta ¥ Brower... 8.15 T ; oore, James ati . Brower.. 9.40 HUSTON TOWNSHIP. 433 158 McCommond, Thomas W. L. Rie... 44.59 40 Burley, Jacob D. J. Gingery & 433 163 McCormick, Thomas Wm. C. Heinle...... 30.38 Jno. I. Miles...... 10.33/424 McEwen, Henry ‘Matilda W. Brower 29.76 231 Moore, Matilda W. Brower.. 19.82/424 McEwen, Polly Matilda W. Brower 29.76 433 163 Price, John Wm. C. Heinle...... 65.12|1216 156 McEwen, Polly Wm, C. Heinle...... 23.47 433 163 Wheeland, Jokn Wm. C. Heinle...... 65.12(101 McEwen, Thomas Matilda W. Brower 9.40 102 Williams, J. Rockaway Wilson Co. 23.73 a5 Prone, E I G 305 H. Lobell....... 30.32 LIBERT idgway Bu 0. atilda W. Brower.. 11.71 ERTY TOWNSHIP. § 483 162 Snyder, Barbara Wm. C. Heinle. ‘e x 100 Packer, Job W, Wm. C. Heinle...... 8.99] 34 Unknown D. O. Downing. 400 Leach, Martha E. D. Middlehauf.... 20.83] 33 Unknown D. O. Downing.. MARION TOWNSHIP. 354 Willian, Polly Wasiles w. Howe 18 120 Lamb, David H, §. Taylor......... 3.80 Aa Loy ation 8 cates a1 Lingle, J. J. H. S. Taylor......... 5.84100 Bell J.C. a 200 Unknown Wm. C. Heinle. ..... 9.92(10 Fock, Danial W. D. Stratton...... 199 (1-2 of Zantzinger, Paul H. S. Taylor. ........ 6.52(199 eck, Javey, Ym, C. Heile,.,,... v 50 Harris, James Diehi Conrad 8.74/129 160 Norris, Marion W. D. Stratton...... 24.44 meta neey +17] 48 Fox, James Rockaway Wilson Co. 9.75 MILES TOWNSHIP. 200 Pruner, E. J. George T. Walker... 29.55 123 Barton, William Wm. J. Weist, Trus.. 11.99(100 Unknown Sussman Hertz...... 16.34 100 Benson, Peter Realty Estates....... 10.33] 92 Wallace, Thomas H. Hertzburg.. 13.78 jse £0 Derm : & Stahl, J. Sis, = Kine viene wine 10.3% 92’ Wallace, Joseph Realty Estates....... 19.80 err, S. tahl, J. m. C. Heinle...... 0.33 405 Housel, William Wm. C. Heinle...... 46.38 : WALKER TOWNSHIP, 400 Lake, Richard Wm. J. Weist, Trus.. 31.96] 73 Lingle, J. J. H.'S, Taylor......... 5.67 410 Miles, Thorras Matilda W. Brower.. 17.90! 50 Piles, Benjamin H. S. Taylor......... 4,87 75 Toner, Thomas Wm. C. Heinle...... 6.73 B69 Swanzy, William George T. Walker.... 5.28 PATTON TOWNSHIP. 3 So anag, Bo iam hi 1 Heinle re, 5.28 » Rol + 8. Taylor... vo.v vs . 30 Berton, Robert Sarah T. Christ...... 4.91 WORTH ToWwNSRIE. Bat 20 Diehl, Adam Sarah T. Christ...... 4.97 > icy 21 Diehl, Nicholas Sr. Wm. H. Thompson Sr 5.07/10 Unknown Wm. C. Heinle...... 8.58 2 Diehl, Nickolas Sr. Ym. H, Thompson Jr 11.4¢ 250 Gray, I B. Rockaway Wilson Co. 85.92 iehl, Nicholas Sr. ara) . pist. vou vi 12 ] 10 Unknown Luther Strouse...... 6.21| Attest: SANE SOOVE. 69 135 Unknown Sarah E. Wieland.... 12.39 HARRY N. MEYER, Clerk. ISAAC MILLER, ~~ 10 Gover, Robert Veit Huvels Lum- Bellefonte, Pa., July 22, 1916. Commissioners of Centre County. Sad Contrast. Bachelor (sadly)—I dreamed last night that I was married. The alarm clock woke me. Benedict (more sadly)—I dreamed last night that I was single. The twins woke me.—Buffalo News. Niagara Falls Personally-Conducted . Excursions September 1, 15, and 29 Round $9.30 Trip FROM BELLEFONTE SPECIAL TRAIN of Pullman Parlor Cars, Restaurant Car, 20d Day Coaches through e Picturesque Susquehanna Valley Tickets good going on Special Train and connecting trains, and returning on regu- lar trains within FIFTEEN DAYS. Stop- off at Buffalo on return trip. Illustrated Booklet and full information may be obtained from Ticket Agents. Pennsylvania R.R. 61-27-10t Apply Business Methods In Your Home! A bank account makes for HOUSEHOLD EFFICIENCY AND ECON- When you pay the bills of the grocer, the butcher, the baker by check you know just how much it costs to run your home, BESIDES, A CHECK IS A RECEIPT. If You Haven’t a Bank Account Start One Today THE CENTRE COUNTY BANK, BELLEFONTE PA. --™ of
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