Bellefonte, Pa., January 25, 1918. P. GRAY MEEK, - - Editor. Terms of Subscription.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to sub- seribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after vXpiaiion of year - 2.00 Teoking at Our Milk Problem from Two Sides. The question of the milk supply for Bellefonte, which was brought to pub- lic attention by the “Watchman” sev- eral weeks ago, has developed so many sides in the discussions that have followed that we herewith pre- sent a few statistics that may prove of value in forming fair conclusions. As we stated when first discussing the matter there is just as much, if not more, milk in the vicinity of Belle- fonte as there ever was, but this fact does not preclude the possibility of a famine in the product here; for the reason that farmers will sell the pro- duet of their herds in the best market and the increasing scarcity of farm help is likely to make the easiest mar- ket the best market. That is to say a farmer can much more profitably sell his milk at his door to a condens- ary or cheese factory truck than he can haul it. to a distributing dairy~ man, two or three miles distant, even if he should get a cent or so more a quart for doing so. But the condens- ary aad the cheese factory offer the: same price as the milk-man and we therefore have a problem confronting us that is more serious than some peo- ple seem able to discern. Either one of two things must hap- pen. The farmer must take less for his milk or the milk-man must raise his price. Is it fair to ask the farmer to scale down? Will the milk-man be justified in raising his price to the consumer? Let us give you a few facts from which you can make your own deduc- tions and answer the question for yourself. From the farmer’s or producer’s standpoint it is a question of cost of production and a reasonable margin of profit. In January, 1908, ten years ago, milk was sold on Bellefonte streets at 6 cents per quart and cream at 20 cents. At that time the market price of the grains and feeds necessary to the upkeep of the herd were quoted as follows: COPN ".... idiieiiinnon 60 per bu Oats a an edna 50 per bu Hay ... ri ...15.00 per ton SIrQW ...ceisriiansaiiaraies 9.00 per ton CHOD vc ds sk 31.00 per ton BIN... one: endorses 27.00 per ton Commercial Cattle Food ..32.00 per ton A glance at the market reports in this issue of the “Watchman” will show you that today these same food- stuffs command the following prices: Gorn... naan. 1.60 per bu ORES i i nny ie ™ per bu Hay... 0 ni anda 28.50 per ton SIFAW. La 14.00 per ton Chop 68.00 per ton sare rvs Aes Se 44.00 per ton Commercial Cattle Foods.55.00 per ton Now, if ten years ago the farmer was making a reasonable profit sell- ing his milk, as he did at 2 cents and 3 cents a quart to the milkman, is he still making a reasonable profit if to- day he sells it at 6 cents and 7 cents the quart? Add to the above very great increase in the cost of feeding his herd the known increase he has for labor and try to be fair in your judgment and we think you will ad- mit that the farmer can’t lower his price. Will the milkman have to raise his price to his customers? Let us pass honest judgment on his side of the question. Ten years ago, when he was sell- ing milk on our streets at 6 cents per quart, he was operating on a gross margin of 3 cents per quart. He is doing the same thing today, if he is paying 7 cents for the milk and sell- ing it at 10 cents. But you say he is not paying 7 cents yet. In some cases only he is not, but neither is he selling all of his milk at 10 cents. His bulk-milk, constituting a very large percentage of his daily sales, goes to public institutions, hotels, restaurants as low as 83 cents, so that his aver- age gross margin is actually less than 3 cents. The largest sales of any of the local milkmen do not exceed 250 quarts per day and taking the larg- est for illustration his gross receipts could not be in excess of $7.50 per day. Out of this he must maintain a horse and wagon, pay his own wage, | that of a boy-helper, replace broken bottles, buy caps at $27.00 a barrel that once were $9, be constantly in danger of pure food law fines if some one puts thin milk on him without his knowledge and smile at the tongue-lashings he gets at many back- doors if he doesn’t arrive there in time for the milk to be used at break- fast, even though he has been up since 4 a. m. on a morning 16 degrees be- low zero and fighting his way Hirongh two feet of snow. That’s the biggest iiman’ case fairly stated. Can he do what he is doing for what he is getting out of it? Take the one who sells only 125 quarts. His gross income is only $4.50 per day. You say if he can do it at $4.50 per day the big fellow is making money at $7.50. No such thing, The little fellow is losing mon- ey and doesn’t know it. And when he finds it out then Bellefonte will have to sit up and take notice. It must be admitted that the pro- producer is not going to haul his milk to the distributor when he can get the same price at his door therefore the milkman’s supply is going to dry up ceived that Capt. | aradually unless he adds to his al- ready large expense account by going to the farmers himself for his milk and this it is utterly impossible for him to do at the present prices. The farmer, as three of them are now doing, can bring his milk to town and sell it at 10 cents per quart, thus saving the distributor’s profit, but can any farmer, day in and day out, with help as scarce as it is, afford to make a round trip of from 3 to 6 miles, to add not more than 90 cents a day to the value of a product that he can dispose of at his door. We think not. — toe Bellefonte Strictly Observed the Clos- ing Order. In accordance with the order of Fu- el Administrator Garfield requiring all non-essential manufacturing in- dustries to close for five days begin- ning Friday morning, the Abramsen Engineering company, the Titan Met- al company, the Pennsylvania Match Company and the various limestone industries in this section (with the ex- ception of their kilns) closed down tight and kept closed the specified time, On Monday all the business places in town except the meat markets un- til noon, the grocery stores until 5:30, the drugstores, the pool rooms and the picture shows, were closed tight. All the hotels observed the order by keeping their bars closed and cigar case locked. The pool rooms and mo- tion picture shows closed on Tuesday. While the newspaper offices were exempt from closing the “Watchman” office did not turn a wheel of any kind, thereby doing its part in conserving the fuel at the State-Centre Electric company, from which plant we draw all the power used as well as electric- ity for our typesetting machine. - Just what the Monday closing of business places in Bellefonte will mean would be pretty hard to figu out, but it will probably result in the saving of several tons of coal a day, and this amount will tide quite a number of families over a twenty-four hour cold spell. Owing to the shortage of coal all the public schools in Bellefonte have been closed for the week. The Bellefonte Lumber company have closed their mill on account of the scarcity of coal and the uncertain- ty of freight shipments. The dura- tion of the shut-down will depend en- tirely on the fuel and railroad condi- tions. State College to Become Government Training Grounds. At the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of The Pennsylvania State College held at Harrisburg on Mon- day a proposition to have the federal government take over State College May 1 and use the grounds and equip- ment for the development of 1,100 en- listed men scheduled for France, was made by government representatives: It was met with unanimous approval. The Board decided to close the regu- lar courses April 30, instead of mid- June. The government proposes to give the men it sends to State College a special course in automobile driving, machine repair, engineering, road building and other branches. The men will be brought from southern cantonments. The trustees elected the following officers: President, H. Walton Mitch- ell, Pittsburgh; vice president, J. G. White, New York; secretary, Edwin E. Sparks; treasurer, D. W. Peet, State College. Executive committee, E. S. Bayard, Pittsburgh; M. W. Lowry, Scranton; Vance C. McCor- mick, Harrisburg; H. W. Mitchell, Pittsburgh; Judge Ellis L. Orvis, Bellefonte; J. F. Shields, Philadelphia, and H. V. White, Bloomsburg. Pennsylvania Officers Discharged. Just thirty-one officers of the Twenty-eighth division, the old Penn- sylvania National Guard, were dis- charged from the United States serv- ice during the past week. Among the number were Capt. H. Laird Curtin and Capt. S. M. Huff, both of Belle- fonte. Capt. Curtin was at home at the time recovering from an attack of the grip and the first intimation he had of his discharge was through a telegram received at noon on Satur- day saying that he had been given an honorable discharge effective Janu- ary 18th. No further explanation was forthcoming. Early this week word was also re- Huff was also ramong the officers discharged from service. That his discharge was very unexpected is shown by the fact that just last Friday Mrs. Huff received a letter from her husband asking her to go to Augusta to see him, as he was likely to be sent abroad any day. Fortunately she had not started on the trip on account of the weather, and naturally will not go now. Lieut. Claude W. Smith came home from Camp Hancock on Tuesday on a ten day’s furlough, he being one of the officers retained up to this time. Meeting of Centre County Threshermen. Annual The annual meeting of the Centre county Threshermen and Farmers’ Protective association will be held in the grand jury room in the court house, Bellefonte, on Saturday, Jan- uary 26th, at 9:30 a. m., at which time the election of officers for the en- suing year will take place and other important business transacted. A member of the State Threshermen’s association will be present and ad- dress the meeting on some questions of vital interest to the members. A good attendance is desired. STRUBLE.—Mrs. Elizabeth C. Struble, wife of Watson Struble, died at her home in State College last Fri- day, following a lingering illness with a complication of diseases. She was a daughter of Jonathan and Mary Cramer and was born at ! Pleasant Gap on January 30th, 1850, hence was not quite sixty-eight years old. She was married to Mr. Stru- ble on November 26th, 1871, and most of their married life was spent on a farm in Benner township but the past few years they had lived in State Col- lege. She was a member of the Luth- eran church all her life and up until ! her recent illness church worker. She was the mother of twelve chil- | dren, eight of whom with her husband | survive, namely: Mrs. W. M. Fish- burn and Harry .Struble, of Belle- fonte; Oscar, of Buffalo Run; Bruce | and Clyde, of Houserville; Mrs. Har- ry Benner, of Lemont; Harry and | Fearon, of State College. She also leaves a brother and sister, Joseph ! Cramer and Mrs. Myra Frazier, both | in Kansas. Funeral services were held at her late home at 10:30 a. m. on Monday by Rev. W. H. Traub, after which she | was laid to rest in the Pine Hall cem- etery. was a consistent ! Il ll FRANTZ.—Following a brief ill- | ness Frantz, Pennsylvania railroad ticket agent and postmaster at Bald Eagle, died at 9:20 o’clock on Saturday morning. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abram Frantz and was born at Port Matilda on February 15th, 1869, hence was a little less than forty-nine years old. When nineteen years old he started to work as a brakeman on the Bald Eagle Vallev railroad and in May, 1897, was an pointed agent at Bald Eagle, a posi- tion he filled ever since. Twenty years ago he married Miss Bertha Johnstonbaugh who survives with the following children: Horace L., in training at Camp Lee, Va.; Maude R., Ruth A., Ralph R. and Ma- rie A., all at home. He also leaves four brothers, William and Zane, of Pittsburgh; John, of Bigler, and Pe- ter, in California. He was a member of the Bald Eagle Grange and Good Will Council No. 42, Jr. O. U. A. M. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon, burial being made at Bald Eagle. Il Il MILLER.—Levi E. Miller died on Monday at the home of his parents at Axe Mann following an illness of some weeks. He was a son of George W. and Ellen E. Miller and was born in Benner township on December 21st, 1870, making his age 47 years, 1 month and 1 day. When a young man he learned the carpenter trade, an oc- cupation he followed most of his life. For twelve years he was employed in the P. R. R. shops, Altoona, but ill health compelled him to give up his job and he returned to the home of his parents. In 1903 he was married to Miss Grace L. Hanley, of Altoona, who died in 1909. He is survived, however, by one daughter, Mildred, of Altoona; his parents, one sister and two broth- ers, namely: Mrs. Mary Shuey, of Houserville; Robert A., of Tyrone, and George C., of Axe Mann. He was a member of the P. O. S. of A. Fun- eral services will be held in the church at Axe Mann at 10:30 o’clock this morning, after which burial will be made in the Shiloh cemetery. ll i KREBS.—Barbara Krebs, a repre- sentative of one of the old-time fami- lies of Ferguson township, died at the home of E. T. Parsons, near Meek’s church, on January 12th, following a stroke of paralysis. She was a daughter of the late David and Sarah Kogen Krebs and was born at White Hall on March 9th, 1851. Her entire life was spent in that vicinity. She is survived by two children, Mrs. Archey Laird and Mrs. E. T. Parsons. She also leaves one brother, Thomas, of Tyrone, and two sisters, Emma and Margaret. She was a life-long mem- ber of the Lutheran church and Rev. Victor Nearhoof had charge of the funeral which was held on January 15th, burial being made in Meek’s cemetery. i ll WIBLEY.—Frederick Wibley, who has been an invalid the past five years, died at his home at Struble at noon last Friday, just ten days after the death of his mother. He was the eldest child of David and Catharine Wibley ‘and was born at Cedarville fifty-nine years ago. Most of his life had been spent at State College. He is survived by ‘his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Emma Mec- Bath, and one sister, Mrs. John Wolf, of Avon. He was a member of the Lutheran church and an exemplary citizen in every way. The funeral was held at two o’clock on Monday afternoon. Rev. W. H. Traub officiat- ed and burial was made in the Pine Hall cemetery. Il [i ALLPORT.—J. Crammond Allport, a brother of Mrs. Matilda Dale, of this place, died at his home near Warrenton, Va., last Friday, aged eighty-five years. He was a. son of James and Matilda Allport and was born near Morrisdale. He was mar- ried to Miss Mary Jane Morrison, of Philipsburg, who died several years ago. Surviving him, however, are four daughters and one son. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Dale and Mrs. M. A. Berger, of Patsonville, Md. Bur- ial was made at Warrenton, Va. ——Col. J. L. Spangler is booked as one of the principal speakers at a meeting of the Democratic club of Philadelphia on February 12th. with pneumonia Britton L Here is Your Opportunity ! Good Reading at Small Cost. We have had so many inquiries recently as to whether the Watchman would continue the Magazine Clubs it used so satisfactorily last year that we have completed arrange- ments whereby we can again offer our readers and the pub- lic in general the clubs grouped below at the low prices quoted. 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He served dur- ing the Civil war as a member of Company C, 22nd Penna. cavalry, participated in a number of battles and spent six months or more in con- federate prisons. Returning from the war he went to work for the Pennsyl- vania railroad company and rose to the rank of an engineer, running on the Tyrone division many years. He quit the railroad six years ago and since then had worked at the paper mill in Tyrone. He was married to Miss Nancy Nearhoof and they cele- brated their golden wedding January 38rd. In addition tc his wife he is sur- vived by one brother, George Cronis- ter, of Warriorsmark, and a sister, Mrs. Harriet Beck, of Rochelle, Ill. Funeral services were held at ten o'clock on Saturday morning after which the remains were taken to Cen- tre Line for interment. il II HAOLMES.—Mrs. Emily McKibben Holmes, widow of James Holmes, died at her home at State College last Friday afternoon, after a long ill- ness with heart trouble and dropsy. She was born in Clinton county on January 22nd, 1837, hence was with- in four days of being eighty-one years old. She was married to Mr. Holmes in the fall of 1856, and a portion of their married life was spent on the farm near State College. Thirty years ago they quit the farm and moved to State College. She was a member of the Presbyterian church from girlhood and a good, christian woman. Her husband died some years ago but surviving her are the following children: Dr. Robert E., of Harrisburg; Mrs. Mary Diehl, Mrs. J.. B. Martin, I. C., John L., Hamill and James, all of State College, and Miss Mabel, at home. Funeral services were held at her late home at two o’clock on Monday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. Samuel Martin, after which burial was made in the Branch cemetery. MOTZ.—George Dewey Motz died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Motz, at Woodward, last Saturday morning following an illness of some months with a complication of diseases. He was born on August 27th, 1897, hence was less than twen- ty-one years old. Before he had at- tained the age of sixteen years he went to Akron, Ohio, and got a po- sition in the peoples Savings and Trust company where he worked four and a half years until failing health compelled him to quit work. He was a member of the Calvary Evangelical church of Akron and a young man who had the confidence and respect of all who knew him. Less than a year ago he was united in marriage to Miss Isabella Smith, of Akron, who survives with his par- ents and one brother, Earl Motz, a member of Battery A, Eleventh field artillery, stationed at Fort Douglass, Arizona, but who is now off on a fur- lough and arrived home on Wednes- day. The funeral was held yester- day morning, burial being made in the Union cemetery at Woodward. ——— ee Steinberg Store at Pleasant Gap Sold. The Steinberg store at Pleasant Gap, which was offered at bankrupt sale some time ago and for which a bid of but $1,400 was received, was sold on Tuesday to the Eastern Auc- tion house, of Philadelphia, for $2,600. When the first sale was held the bid made was not nearly large enough to cover the liabilities so the creditors petitioned the referee in bankruptcy to refuse the bid and have another sale, on condition that if no larger bid could be obtained the store was to go to the original bidder. Homer Barnes was the trustee and he advertised the sale for Tuesday with the result that a bid of $2,600 was received and the store was sold. The sale drew quite a number of peo- ple to Pleasant Gap who were looking for bargains but the Eastern Auction house outbid them all. ——Mrs. James D. Seibert and Joseph L. Montgomery, both of whom were thought to be seriously ill dur- ing the past week, are very much bet- ter, a rapid recovery for both “being looked for. Brief Meeting of Borough Council. Though the first regular meeting of the new borough council was held on Monday evening it was of brief duration, owing to the atmosphere of the council chamber, which was not conducive to a long-winded session or the health of the members present. The first thing of importance was the announcement of the standing com- mittees for the ensuing two years by president Walker, as follows, the first named on each being the chairman: Finance—Brockerhoff, Richard, Flack. Street—Harris, Brockerhoff, Richard. Water—Seibert, Brouse, Cunningham. Fire and Police—Flack, Seibert, Cun- ningham. Market—Cunningham, Brouse, Cherry Sanitary—Brouse, Cherry, Harris. Village Imprevement—Cherry, Richard, Flack. Special—Richard, Brockerhoff, Harris, Seibert, Brouse. There were no verbal communica- tions. Secretary Kelly presented the oath of E. J. Gehret as borough treas- urer and also read a communication from H. J. Thompson, of the State- Centre Electric company asking that the repairs be made to the two pumps as soon as possible, inasmuch as the necessary parts are now here, in or- der to relieve the electric pump which has to be kept in continuous operation to keep the reservoir full. The matter was referred to the Special committee to confer with the State-Centre com- pany and have the work done as soon as possible. The Street committee reported that the men were all engaged now in keeping crossings and pavements clean of snow. The Water committee reported two more fire hydrants repaired on Bish op street, and that the hydrants were now all in good condition. A petition was presented by resi- dents of east Lamb street asking for a light at the intersection of the al- ley and Lamb street at the rear of the Hastings property, and the same was referred to the Street committee. The borough treasurer’s salary was fixed at $300 a year. On recommendation of the Water committee the Christian Science soei- ety was exonerated of the $5.00 water tax assessed against their rooms in the Furst building. The chairman of the Street commit- tee asked the newspapers to request property owners to clean the snow off the pavements and out of the gutters, especially through the lower streets of the town, otherwise if a breakup should come suddenly they are liable to have their cellars flooded because of the damming up of the water. Bills to the amount of $230.28 were approved and council adjourned. Siempre sit ff ot rent eran Report of the Lemont Red Cross Auxiliary. The first meeting of the Lemont Red Cross Auxiliary of the State Col- lege Chapter was held at the Presby- terian church at Lemont, on Thursday evening, July 5th, 1917. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Edwin Sparks, of State College. Mrs. D. A. Grove was appointed chairman; Mrs. F. L. Mayes, vice chairman; Luella Dale, secretary, and E. C. Ross as treasurer. That evening we were on- ly able to secure twenty-four mem- bers. These twenty-four went to work and the following Thursday had our first meeting in the Y. M. C. A. rooms at Lemont. During the months of July, August and September we knitted surgical wipes and wash rags. We also made towels and pillow cases, and turned over to the State College Chapter 150 towels, 40 pillow cases and quite a number of wash rags, sponges and tray-cloths. During October, Novem- ber and December we have been doing all kinds of knitting for our boys, who need it so sorely. Up to January 1st, 1918, we had finished 20 sweaters, 6 mufflers and 12 pairs of wristlets. There are 8 sweaters and 8 mufflers out, which are not quite finished. This work has been done principal- ly by women who live on farms, and farmers’ wives can appreciate what it has meant to these women to do this work; for farmer’s wives alone know the amount of work a country woman is compelled to do on account of the scarcity of labor. Besides the knit- ting and sewing, the country women ° are producing many kinds of food and doing work intended only for men. So I do not think any just judge would say the rural woman lacks pa- triotism. During the Christmas drive we increased our number from 24 to 101, or a little more than quadrupling our original number. work we have done we have turned over to the State College Chapter $93.25. Respectfully submitted, LUELLA DALE, Sec’y. BIRTHS. A little girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Millard Hartswick, at the Bellefonte hospital on Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallory are re- ceiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter, who is less than a week old. Word came to Bellefonte this week of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kirby Rath, of Rahway, N. J. Mrs. Rath was well known here as Miss Mary Crider. ——— le A = ——Governor Brumbaugh on Tues- day appointed Col. W. Fred Reynolds, of Bellefonte, ordnance officer of the new Pennsylvania reserve militia which is now being organized, with the rank of major. —ee Sixty Academy students are now hard at work practicing for their annual minstrel entertainment which they will give for the benefit of the Red Cross. Watch for the date. Besides the oo ne?
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