Bellefonte, Pa., November 2, 1917. Conserve the Forests. State forester L. G. Barnes, of Nit- tany valley, makes the following ap- peal to the public generally to con- serve the forests of the county and State by using every precaution pos- sible against forest fires: As a resident of Centre county, in which county the State of Pennsylva- nia owns 79,267 acres of forest land, it is presumed you are interested in the forestry movement of the State and the protection of mountain lands from forest fires. Without question the forest indus- try of the United States is one of the most important industries and is ex- ceeded only by agriculture. Twenty per cent. of the capital wealth of the country, or $2,250,000,000 is invested in wood using industries. Seventeen per cent. of all manufactured pro- ducts is derived from forest resourc- es. Pennsylvania, so called on account of her richly timbered valleys and mountains which were thought to be inexhaustible, led in timber produc- tion in 1860. The development of the State, reckless and wasteful lumber- ing, and uncontrolled forest fires rap- idly depleted the supply, and in 1915 the State had dropped to 18th place as a timber producing State. Even at that the capital invested in wood us- ing industries today is $63,000,000 and the value of the finished products of these industries reaches each year close to $100,000,000. The decreasing supply of timber with the constantly increasing de- mand and consequently increasing price, makes it imperative that some steps be taken to provide for the fu- ture and to protect and conserve what we have. Pennsylvania has realized the necessity of having forests and has taken an advanced place in for- - estry. Today over 1,000,000 acres of land have been set aside as State for- ests, are being protected from fires, and slowly but surely are being im- proved and reforested so as to bring them back again to a state of produc- tiveness. It is a long and expensive proposition but the end is justified. France in the last century by private and government enterprise replanted 2,400,000 acres of waste land at an expenditure of $18,000,000 and now has today a property valued at $140, 000,000. Unless the citizens of Pensylvania give more serious consideration to the problem of protection from forest fires our attempt to equal and sur- pass the showing of France will be greatly handicapped. Of the 8,000,000 acres of forest land in this State fully 500,000 acres are kept non-productive by forest fires. Every spring and fall forest fires burn over an area from 200,000 to 500,000 acres causing enormous di- rect and indirect losses in timber, timber operation, wages, taxes, water supply, health and even life. The most reliable statistics, cover- ing a number of years, show that 85 out of every 100 fires are due to care- lessness and could be prevented. Furthermore, indifference to the prob- lem of forest fires is the cause of their spreading over such a large area. That is to say, of the 85 care- lessly started fires, lack of prompt at- tention allows them to gain such a headway that they burn over 100 per cent. more ground than they should. In endeavoring to stop the number of careless fires and reduce the area burned over, the Department of For- estry through its Bureau of Forest Fire Protection solicits your aid. In a few weeks the forest fire season will be here. Your farm adjoins mountain land and places you in a position where you may readily de- tect a fire. . Prompt notification to a forest fire warden in case of a fire and the immediate work of yourself and your neighbors in fighting the fire until help arrives, will do much to reduce the losses and give to the future a State worthy of the name “Penn’s Woods.” A Good Guessing ‘Game. As will be seen, each one of the nineteen questions is to be answered by some word ending in “berry.” 1. What berry is red when it is green? Blackberry. 2. What berry is a kind of cloth? Mulberry. 3. What berry did Mark Twain _ write about? Huckleberry. 4. What berry can he found only ‘in the early morning? Dewberry. 5. What berry lives in the barn- yard? Gooseberry. 6. What berry is used for decora- tion Hollyberry. 7. What berry is the oldest? derberry. 3 8. What berry do animals like to lie on? Strawberry. 9. What berry does one drink? Teaberry. 10. What is the melancholy ber- El- ry? Blueberry. 11. The berry that comes in win- ter? Snowberry. “12. A bird? Pigeonberry. 13. A month? Juneberry. 14. Used in sewing? Thimble- berry. 15. An animal? Dogberry. 16. A bit of coast line? Bayberry. 17. A fish? Shadberry. 18. A game? Checkerberry. 19. Used in cleaning? Soapberry. Not Like Binks. In response to a compliment about the terms on which he was selling steel to the government and the al- Mes, Charles M. Schwab said in New York the other day: “We business men aren't business all through—there’s some room in us for patriotism. “Some people used to think we men of business were like Blinks. Blinks, on a European trip, was led into a certain room and his guide said to him impressively: ‘ “¢In this room sir, Wellington got his first commission!’ “ “What per cent. commission did he get?’ said Binks.”—Washington Star. ——Do not say all that you know, but always know what you say. kl ee ——— | Y. M. C. A. to Help Win War Quickly. ! tii Philadelphia.—A conference of rep- | resentative men of Pennsylvania to | the number of 140, held at Harris- | burg, Friday, October 12th, took ac- ! tion which will help materially to ex- | pedite a victorious ending of the World War. This action consisted in | organizing to conduct a State cam- | paign to raise funds and recruit workers . for Pennsylvania’s part in the War Work of the Young Men’s Christian Association. The confer- ence elected a State committee of 106 members, representing all parts of the Commonwealth, and an executive committee of these five members: Ralph Harbison, of Pittsburgh; Ed- ward W. Bok and Joseph M. Steel, of Philadelphia; Charles L. Huston, of Coatesville; and George Greer, of New Castle. The campaign will be di- rected by C. C. Michener, a veteran Y. M. C. A. worker of national prom- inence. The work is already begun and is to be pushed as rapidly as pos- sible. The executive committee asks that it be clearly understood that the Y. M. C. A. War Work is being conduct- ed at the request of and in co-opera- tion with the United States govern- ment and more especially with the approval of the highest military au- thorities, so far as American troops are concerned, and at the most earn- est request of the supreme military, civil and ecclesiastical authorities of France, Italy and Russia. England and her colonies are conducting their own Y. M. C. A. war work and they are doing it on a great scale in spite of the fact that these countries have borne the burdens of war for three years and a quarter. Indeed, it is because th- have learned from bitter experienc: what is needed that these governments are pushing the Y. M. C. A. War Work so hard. The results of this work may be seen in the present victorious advance of General Haig’s troops in Flanders. For no small part of the splendid spirit shown by the English and Colonial troops is due to the stimulation of the wholesome games encouraged by the Y. M. C. A., the comforts provided in Y. M. C. A. “huts” and the other activities of the organization. The English place great reliance upon the whole spirit that actuates the Y. M. C. A. work .and its effect upon the morale of their armies and are winning slowly, but none the less surely. Germany cannot understand that sort of thing, relies upon stern discipline instead of sys- tematic upbuilding of morale and is losing. France was fired by the spir- it of patriotism amounting to relig- ious ferver at the outset. That spirit still exists undiminished, but after three years of war it feels the need of reenforcement. That need is voic- ed by the highest authorities in ca- bled requests for hundreds of Y. M. C. A. secretaries. Italy and Russia also have come to understand and appreciate the fact that Y. M. C. A. activities have an immeasurable <value is stimulating morale and that is why Cadorna him- self has approved an earnest request for American secretaries and equip- ment. Because it knows that the As- sociation has no thought of conduct- ing any denominational propaganda the Church of Rome has seconded the request. > The one great outstanding lesson of the war is that victories are not won by long years of preparation nor by big guns alone, but by the men be- hind the guns; and that their efficien- cy depends upon many things besides a good drill master and abundance of ammunition. One of the most impor- tant of these factors is a means of keeping the men up to concert pitch physically, mentally, morally and spiritually. The acid test of experience has shown the Young Men’s Christian As- sociation to be the most effective means to this end. That is why all the allied governments are doing everything they can to further the Association activities. Dewdrops Hold Back a Train. Not infrequently this happens in the southwestern part of Minnesota and those parts of the Dakotas where the prairie grass grows most luxur- iantly. In case the wind blows in a direction diagonal to the railway track, it turns the tall grasses either over one rail, or, possibly, if there is grass between the rails, over both of them. While those heavy tufts of grass are dry they may lie thickly over the rails; yet the engine cuts through them without any seeming exertion. But when the dew lies heavily upon the grass the many stems begin to clot together. At the same time the dew makes the rails more slippery. Presently the local train starts puffing and grumbling. Its engine turns the wheels—but there is no progress. As badly as any train was ever stalled in a snow- storm it may be held up by the little dewdrops until the sun appears and the dew graciously arises from the grass. The only way to prevent a delay of that kind is the removal of the tall summer grass along the en- tire railway track.—Christian Herald. The Only Way. The editor of a certain publication had an idea. He made up a list of thirty men and women distinguished in art, religion, literature, commerce, politics, and other lines, and to each he sent a letter or a telegram con- taining this question: “If- you had but forty-eight hours more to live, how would you spend them ?” his pur- pose being to embody the replies in a symposium in a subsequent issue of his periodical. Among those who received copies of the inquiry was a New York writ- er. He thought the proposition over for a spell and then sent back the truthful answer by wire, collect: “One at a time.” Letting Her Down Gently. Mrs. Gubbins was a kindly soul. So when Miss Friel asked her, “Has Sarah Biggs said anything to you about me?” she tried to let her down gently. “No, never,” she answered. “If Sarah Biggs ean’t say anything good of a person, she don’t never say nothing!” ARERR Brave Molly Monmouth. When I tell you Molly’s real last name you probably will not recognize it, for it is not the name by which she is best known. She was baptized Mary Ludwig, and marsied a man named John Hayes, but when she was twenty-two she lost the name Mary Ludwig Hayes and gained a new one —gained it under a rain of bullets on a blistering hot day in June, in New Jersey, when the hot sun beat down on our Revolutionary soldiers engag- ed in battle, and the dust rose in clouds from about their feet and al- most choked them. Dusty, hot and parched with thirst, the soldiers found a young woman going about | among them as calmly as though she were serving in her own shady yard, and in her hands she bore a pitcher, brimming over with fresh, cool water from a bubbling spring at the bottom of the hill. From soldier to soldier she went, giving refreshing and life- giving drink that filled them with re- newed strength for battle, and as they saw her coming man after man shouted out, “Here comes Molly Pitcher!” Now you know who Molly of Mon- mouth was! Of course you have heard of Molly Pitcher, the famous Revolutionary heroine, and perhaps you have thought that Pitcher was a very queer name, unless you have heard the whole story. Not the car- rying of water in the thick of battle, however, is the incident usually re- called about her, but her quick wit and bravery when her husband, a can- noneer, was shot at his post, and fell dying beside his gun. Brave Molly Pitcher! en at her husband’s fatal wound, she heard the order given for the gun to be removed. “Wheel back the can- non! There is no one here to man it!” came the command. Wheel back the cannon? Not while Molly Pitch- er was near by! Picking up the fall- en ramrod, she cried to the officer who had given the command: “Ican fire the cannon!” Staunch and undaunted, she stood amid a hail of lead and kept the can- non in action, saving it from capture by the enemy and helping to win the battle of Monmouth. Her husband had been killed, but she was battling for liberty, along with the Continen- tal soldiers who had gathered from the colonies to win for themselves and for us this “land of the free and home of the brave.” It was not the first time Molly had manned—or “woman- ned,” would you say ?—a cannon. In October, 17717, she is said to have fired the last gun against the British when Fort Clinton was evacuated by the Revolutionary soldiers. The morning after the battle of Monmouth—on June 29, 1778—Molly was rewarded for her bravery. Gen- eral Nathaniel Greene sent for her and took her himself before General Washington. The commander-in- chief of the Revolutionary Army complimented Molly Ludwig-Hayes- Pitcher on what she had done and made her a sergeant in the army for life, and Congress later put her gon the list of retired officers, that she might receive half pay as long as she lived. Some years later Molly took anoth- er name. She married a man named McCauley, though it is not always spelled that way. On a monument erected to her memory in 1776, in Carlisle, Pa., where she was born, her name is given as Mary McCaulay, “renowned in history as Molly Pitch- er,” but on a monument, erected there not long ago, the name the soldiers gave her is engraved in large letters upon the stone, with her other names below it in smaller letters. The fig- ure shows Molly as she looked that scorching hot day at Monmouth, and the bronze reliefs on the side of the monument represent her in scenes in the battle—firing the cannon and bearing water. Somehow, though it was brave to tend the cannon when Heart-brok- | ttc 5 EE sath her husband was slain, I like best to { think of her on her errands of mercy | when, heedless of danger to herself, | she went from soldier to soldier, giv- i ing him water. Today, in battle-torn | Europe, countless women are facing | danger day after day to help our gal- | lant soldiers, who are fighting our ' battles “over there.” And though | Molly Pitcher has been dead these | four score years her spirit of cour- | age and devotion to liberty and to the | suffering still is alive in the hearts of i the women of America! That is what | boys and girls must think of when { they hear the name of Molly Pitcher. | —Advocate. No Sugar at Any Price? Big business has never been ac- cused of having any patriotism, but George H. Earle, president of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refinery, assures me that if they did not have it sugar would now be selling at 15 cents a pound, says Current Topics of the Town, in the Philadelphia Ledger. “I think,” he said, “that Mr. Hoov- er and George M. Rolph, of Califor- nia, have saved the country from 15- cent sugar. “There is great danger, not that sugar will be increased in price, be- cause the refiners have been asked by the government not to do so, but that there will be none to be had at any price. “At the present time we could get almost any price we should ask, be- cause there are only 40,000 tons of Cuban sugar now available until Jan- uary, when the next crop will come in.” Mr. Eearle explained that it was a combination of the Cuban sugar planters, who produce about 3,000, 000 tons a year, that has caused the price to be where it is at the present time. “They had it all their own way,” he went on, “and we should have been at their mercy had it not been that a combination of the Allied Powers agreed that hereafter all purchases of sugar for any of the Allies should be made through Mr. Rolph. “The position now is that the Cu- ban planters cannot sell their product to any one but to Mr. Rolph, and he will pay what is regarded as a fair price for it. They can take it or leave it, because they will be unable to dis- pose of their sugar elsewhere. “Mr. Rolph has handled the situa- tion with the greatest ability and pa- triotism, and eventually the country will be saved between 1% to 2 cents a pound on its sugar. “You can figure what this saving will be when I tell you that the Unit- ed States consumes about 4,000,000 tons a year. For the benefit of those who do not like mathematics, let me say that this figures out nearly $90,000,000, which is a good round sum to save in a year. However, it will not be saved this year. The world consumes about 18,000,- 000 tons of sugar a year, and before the war Germany and Austria con- tributed about 2,000,000 tons of beet sugar to the amount. The United States has a beet sugar crop of about 900,000 tons a year, but the mainstay here has been the Cuban crop, which is nearly half a million tons short this year. The Java crop is said to be unavailable because of the dangers to navigation during war times. Until the United States government intervened and brought Mr. Rolph on the scene, it looked as if the Cubans would get any price they might ask for their sugar. Now they are faced with the proposition to take what is offered or leave it, and I am told they are scarcely in a position to do the latter. : Therefore, the prospects of any ad- vance in the price of sugar are re- mote, and the probabilities are that next year there will be a drop to 7 or 3 cents a pound. CASTORIA. CASTORIA. PN God (e-= LOA (3) CSR ha ie =83 = ee UG ERA i ALGOHOL-3 PER GENT. | || AVegetablePreparationforis similatingtheFood byRagute, ; | ting the Stomachs and Bowels of | | Thereby Promoting Digestion | Cheerfulness and Rest Contains, fuelpful Remedy br A helpful Remedy | Co and Diarrhoea. | resiting terefron-inlufan ; | pacSimile Signature of Trt 131% old At hmon PONE GASTORIA -For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years ASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK cITY, HAS NOT GONE UP IN PRICE EVERYTHING All the goods we advertise here are selling at prices prevailing this time last seascu. MINCE MEAT. We are now making our MINCE MEAT and keeping it fully up to our usual high standard; nothing cut out or cut short and are selling it at cur former price of 15 Cents Per Pound. Fine Celery, Oranges, Grape Fruit, Apricots, Peaches, Prunes, Spices, Breakfast Foods, Extracts, Baking Powders, Soda, Cornstarch. The whole line of Washing Powders, Starches, Blueing and many other articles are selling at the usual prices. COFFEES, TEAS AND RICE. On our Fine Coffees at 25¢, 28c¢, 30c, 35c and 40c, there has been no change in price on quality of goods and no change in the price of TEAS. Rice has not advanced in price and can be used largely as a substitute for potatoes. All of these goods are costing us more than formerly but we are doing our best to Hold Down the Lid on high prices, hoping for a more favorable market in the near future. LET US HAVE YOUR ORDER and we will give you FINE GROCERIES at reasonable prices and give you good service. : SECHLER & COMPANY, Bush House Block, - 57-1 - - - Bellefonte, Pa. Shoes. Shoes. I HAVE A FULL LINE OF LADIES SHOES to sell at $3.00. Made of Gun Metal and Cabaretta leather (Cabaretta meaning sheep skin). The styles are lace and button, high and low heels. Many of them are on the English walking shoe style. These shoes are not of a quality that I can conscientiously recom- mend to wear, for honestly speak- ing $5.00 will not purchase a pair | of Ladies Shoes made to-day, that is absolutely solid. I have these shoes for the people that do not have the money to purchase a good pair. Yours for a square deal, YEAGER'S, The Shoe Store for the Poor Man. Bush Arcade Bldg. 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA. Insure the Happiness of Your Little Ones! Any parent charged with neglect of his children naturally will be- some indignant. Still there are some parents who, through carelessness, neglect to provide for their welfare. : The little ones must be protected. There is no better protection than a bank account. If You Haven't an Account Open One Today For the Children’s Sake THE CENTRE COUNTY BANK, BELLEFONTE on
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