.is through the Legislature.
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Dewi.
BY P. GRAY MEEK
INK SLINGS.
—And this is March.
—If it is Germany’s plan to re-es-
tablish Czardom in Russia a German
Prince has probably already been
made it.
—In just forty-six days a mighty
army of fishermen will mobilize along
the banks of streams somewhere in
Pennsylvania.
—Talking about brotherly love,
Bellefonte can have little to regret at
the way she responded to Lock Ha-
ven’s appeal for help.
—Our prognostication, made last
December, has come: true. Circuses
will be permitted to travel next sum-
mer and the small boy, and his solic-
itous guardian who always thinks it
necessary to accompany him, are no-
tified that all the joy has not yet been
extracted from life.
—Has anybody heard of anybody
who has a bee in his bonnet to become
a Democratic candidate for nomina-,
tion to the Legislature. There was a
time when the Hon. Bob Foster's
lightning rod was always in the air,
but even it came down after he land-
ed the postoffice of his home town.
—TIt won’t be long now until Amer-
ican made ships are sliding into the
water at a rate faster than the sub-
marines are sinking those of all the
allies combined. When that day
comes the tonnage problem will be
solved but the more important one of
cargoes will still be up to the produc-
ers of America.
—1It is curious that Secretary Mec-
Adoo, Secretary Baker and Mr. Hoo-
ver, having all the sources of infor-
mation that the government can com-
mand at hand, don’t know half as
much about what ought to be done to
win the war as nine-tenths of the in-
dividuals who sit around warm stoves
in isolated districts and air opinions
founded on air.
—Here’s hoping that Japan goes
into Russia with the same determina-
tion that she did in 1910. She could
render her allies a wonderful service
now by setting her redoubtable fight-
ers to the task of driving the Ger-
mans back and depriving them of the
great store houses of food and other
supplies that they are subjugating
Russia to command.
— Last week the “Watchman” ex-
pressed the opinion that the govern-
ment would make no price ruling on
. wheat that would be unfair to those
farmers who have already sold their
crops. That is to say we were
had
Ji even if an advance
“wold: not LD] fot
1 the longer the old
wheat stays in the granaries the more
it will lose in weight and run the risk
of destruction by fire and rats.
—When Governor Brumbaugh gets
home from Florida he will announce
his intentions regarding the calling
of an extra session of the Legislature.
It would seem that all the agitation
for an extra session is for some cov-
ert purpose of the bosses. Why spend
half a million dollars on such a meet-
ing at a time when every penny ought
to be conserved and when it is rea-
sonably certain that an apportionment
bill would not be put through or the
Prohibition amendment ratified. The
latter is the really important matter
and the next Legislature is the one
that should act upon it, for the reason
that its members will have been elect-
ed because of ther pledges regarding
the amendment.
—Bellefonte grocerymen who are
trying to reduce the cost of an over
extended delivery service might find
the solution of their problem by offer-
ing a discount on purchases by cash-
and-carry customers. If they were to
get together and agree upon a rate of
discount to be given those persons
who pay cash and carry their goods
home with them we have no doubt
that the result would be a very marve-
rial reduction in the cost of delivery.
As at present conducted the business
offers no inducement to cash cus-
tomers or to those who carry their
own purchases and under such a
system the purchaser naturally says
to himself: Why should I pay cash
and tote my own goods home when
Mrs. Doe pays her bills only once a
month and won’t be seen carrying
even a box of matches on the street.
—On another page of this issue ap-
pears a report of the proceedings of a
temperance meeting held in Bellefonte
recently. If it is reported correctly
the temperance advocates have decid-
ed “to oppose any candidates for office
who have ever opposed temperance ef-
fort.” We trust that our reporter has
misstated the attitude expressed at
the meeting in question. The “Watch-
man” has repeatedly pointed out the
fact to temperance advocates that the
one and only place for them to strike
By no
distortion of the imagination can it be
shown that any other public official is
clothed with authority that can law-
fully promote the cause of temper-
ance—the word here being used as
synonoomous with, Prohibicion. In
other words, the temperance peo-
ple could serve no purpose by
proscription of candidates for local
or county offices, other than those
for the Legislature. And if it is their
intention to do so we here make the
prediction that it will cost them the
loss of powerful support that they
would have if they confined their ef-
forts to the one field in which their
eause justifies their campaign.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 68.
BELLEFONTE, PA.. MARCH 1, 1918.
_NO. 9.
Promising Signs for Democracy.
The Democratic leaders who assem-
bled in Philadelphia on Saturday
wisely limited their activities to con-
ference with respect to men and meas-
ures. To have named candidates or
framed a platform would have been a
usurpation of power. It was not only
fit but needful that the party leaders
should so confer in view of the near
approach of a campaign for the elec-
tion of a Governor. Frequent meet-
ings of the sort would be helpful in
the work of maintaining a party or-
ganization and keeping the voters in
condition for a vigorous fight. But
the matter of selecting candidates
and constructing platforms should be
left to the people and the methods pre-
scribed by law.
The meeting in Philadelphia on Sat-
urday, according to authentic reports,
was harmonious, enthusiastic and
large. That is to say there was a
considerable number of active, earn-
est Democrats in attendance and they
cordially agreed in confidence of suc-
cess in the coming contest. Such in-
cidents cannot fail to be heartening
to the rank and file of the party
throughout the State. It plainly indi-
cates that while the party leaders are
fulfilling their obligations they are
not usurping authority or undertak-
ing to boss. Democrats will not tame-
ly submit to anything of that kind.
Being free men they want to exer-
cise all the rights and privileges of
free men even though it entails some
trouble.
The meeting of Saturday was a sort
of hand-picked affair, assembled on
invitation, and expected to be acqui-
escent. Those in attendance were
not chosen by the Democrats of the
communities they represented. But
they refrained from assuming to
speak by authority and thus justified
themselves. They might have done
harm whereas they did good by call-
ing the party “to the colors” for the
important contest impending. It is
to be hoped that other meetings will
be held and that at some time in the
near future a representative meeting
1d at which
——Of course the United States
Senate will not expel LaFollette so
long as Chamberlain, Weeks, Wads-
worth and Hitchcock represent the
Kaiser on the floor. They need some-
body for a goat.
Railroad Bill Passed the Senate.
After considerable mischievous op-
position the administration railroad
bill passed the Senate in Washington
on Saturday without a roll call. It
provides for the restoration of the
roads to their actual owners within a
year and a half after the close of the
war and gives the President the au-
thority to fix rates as it should do.
Most of the opposition was against
these features of the measure. The
Populist element in the Senate wanted
to make the bill a vehicle for ultimate
government ownership and to continue
the rate making power in the Inter-
state Commerce commission. The first
of these poropsitions would have made
it dangerous and the second rendered
it worthless.
The wretched operations of the
Bolsheviki in Russia should serve as
an admonition against all the schemes
of the so-called Socialists in this
country. Government ownership is
among the cardinal doctrines of that
misguided contingent and in what-
ever disguise it appears it ought to
be resisted. Unfortunately the exi-
gencies of war compelled the govern-
ment to take over the railroads not
because of mismanagement or disloy-
alty but in order to secure the full
measure of co-ordination. Necessary
traffic agreements made it impossible
to get complete efficiency from roads
individually managed and complete
efficiency had become necessary. But
with the end of the war competition
may again be resumed to public ad-
vantage as well as in the interest of
the roads.
Since the government took over the
management of the railroads the ele-
ments have conspired to create diffi-
culties. But capable and industrious
effort has minimized the troubles and
it may now be hoped that within a
week normal conditions will enable
the General Director to prove the wis-
dom of the step. He found cars scarce,
motive power inadequate and labor
unattainable, But he bent his vast
energies to the task of improvement
and is now practically on “Easy
Street.” Conjested terminals are no
longer subjects of concern and ample
motive power and abundance of cars
will make his task an easy one. But
he shouldn’t be hampered by absurd
conditions.
——Maybe the food regulations are
annoying to certain well-fed gentle-
men whose only enjoyment comes
through the belly. But if they refuse
to obey now they may have to take
worse later on.
Kaiser Gets the Harpoon.
President Wilson threw another
harpoon into the Kaiser's body the
other day when he fixed the price of
this year’s wheat crop at two dollars
and twenty cents a bushel. For some
time the enemy's emissaries in Con-
gress have been trying to tie up the
reserved wheat by promising legisla-
tion providing for a higher price. But
the President has put a stop to that
sinister bluff. Under an act passed
last August he fixed the price by
proclamation and that puts an end to
the false pretense. In this action he
expresses confidence in the patriot-
ism of the farmers and it is not mis-
iplaced. We must have an increased
crop next year and that means in-
creased planting. But the price is en-
ticing.
Wheat at two dollars and twenty
cents a bushel will be a profitable
crop under ordinary conditions. With
the best effort invested and favorable
weather it will guarantee a generous
reward. That being the case why
should Congress undertake to fix a
higher price for the cereal? A three
dollar a bushel price will cause suf-
fering among the poor all over the
country. It would add considerably
to the profits of wheat culture, beyond
question, but what farmer wants ex-
cessive profits at the expense of wide-
spread distress among the poor? Be-
sides it is a good idea to let well
enough alone. The farmers are en-
joying splendid and deserved prosper-
ity and poverty is not as prevalent as
it might be. :
But the important thing in this con-
nection is the harpoon in the side of
the Kaiser. His only hope now lies
in his efforts to debauch public senti-
ment in this country as he has in Rus-
sia. Through the German-American
Alliance he has been operating in this
direction for many years. He has
reached the end of his tether, how-
ever. He can’t fool the American
public and he can’t deceive President
Wilson even for a brief period. Our
farmers will not lend themselves to
his selfish and sordid schemes and
they will not only refuse to hoard
5, a
the supp
— Meantime keep in mind the
fact that Senator Wadsworth, of New
York, is a share owner in the Beef
trust which is an additional reason
why he doesn’t like the President’s
war policies.
“That Hoss’s Eyes is Sot.”
There are no new developments in
the trenches of the Republican fac-
tions of Pennsylvania. It may be
safely predicted, however, that there
will be no extra session of the Legis-
lature. That absurd notion of Gov-
ernor Brumbaugh met with no favor
anywhere. It would have made a
good deal of trouble for some of Pen-
rose’s friends who want to get back.
But it is too expensive a method
of bulldozing.
Denny O’Neil is still making cam-
paign speeches over the State under
the false pretense that he is perform-
ing his duties as Highway Commis-
sioner. Thus the public is compelled
to pay his campaign expenses. If
there were even the shadow of a pros-
pect of his winning this cheap form
of grafting might easily justify itself
to the enemies of Senator Penrose.
But he hasn’t the ghost of a show. A
well-informed Republican is quoted
in one of our metropolitan contempo-
raries as saying that he won’t carry a
single county while Sproul’s vote in
Philadelphia will be greater than
O’Neil’s in the entire State. It’s a
shame to make Nevin Deitrich steal
the State’s time under the circumstan-
ces.
The failure of John R. K. Scott and
Harry Mackey to appear on the same
platform with Sproul at Pittsburgh,
the other day, was a day’s wonder,
but that’s all. They are Vare mouth-
pieces and it was expected that Vare’s
purposes to support Sproul would be
expressed by one or both of them on
that occasion. But without sending
regrets or. offering an explanation
they stayed away. It was an unim-
portant matter, however. The Vares
are for Sproul and a vehicle of con-
veying the fact to the public will be
found in due time. Probably Broth-
er Ed thought it a trifle early and
possibly he wanted to enjoy another
Penrose disappointment. But it won't
be long delayed. “That hoss’s eyes is
sot.”
——FEven a cursory survey of pres-
ent conditions in Russia ought to have
some effect on the minds of men in
this country inclined to favor Social-
ism as a governing agency.
——We are still arresting and in-
terning alien enemies but it may be
for the reason that there is a scarcity
of bullets. At least there ought to be
some reason.
——If anybody has discovered an
unsinkable vessel let every ship yard
in the country get busy building.
will hump themselves in
|
Appealing to Popular Fear.
Wisely or otherwise there seems to
have been established in this country
a propaganda to spread alarm as to
the result of the war. Public speak-
ers, mostly men who have been with
the armies of the allies in one capaci-
ty or another, are visiting cities and
towns painting gloomy word pictures
of impending calamity. The purpose
is, no doubt, to arouse the public to a
realization of danger that German
success, with all its horrible conse-
quences, is not only possible but prob-
able, unless prescribed economics are
practiced, stated conditions adopted
and men and money supplied in vast-
ly greater proportion in the immedi-
ate future than in the recent past.
There are various ways of arousing
popular interest in public questions
and the people of the United States
are proverbially lethargic. In view
of the fact that it may be wise to ap-
peal to their apprehensions, the evil
consequences of German victory can
hardly be overstated. Before the re-
cent invasion of Russia and the whole-
sale slaughter of a lot of helpless
cowards, the beastliness of the Ger-
man rulers was revealed. Since that
their inhumanity has been magnified
and men though blind must see what
is to be expected from German victo-
ry. But a less forbidding form of
admonition might have been devised.
An appeal to pride and patriotism
might have achieved the purpose.
The United States are the richest
and most resourceful power in the
world. The entente allies compose
the most potent military force that
has ever been assembled. It is pos-
sible that failure to respond to the
requirements of the occasion might
neutralize these advantages, how-
ever. But there ought not to be even
the suspicion of failure. Thus far
there can be no charge of that kind
against the people of the United
States. The response to the call for
men was ready and full. The answer
to the demand for money was prompt
and liberal. But we have not equaled
France and England and we are as
much concerned as either. It is to be
long remain
~Farme in Centre -e
should awaken to the fact that the
greatest care should be exercised this
year in the selection of their seed
corn. During the past few weeks this
fact has been brought to their atten-
tion through the newspapers of the
county by R. H. Olmstead, county
farm agent, who has collected many
samples for germination tests. But
with all that there is likely to be a
certain lack of diligence in this mat-
ter. And for that very reason the
“Watchman” wishes to impress the
matter most forcibly on the mind of
the farmer, because a big crop of corn
is most essential this year. If you
are not positive of the fertility of
your corn have it tested by the farm
agent. Just last week a number of
samples were sent in for tests and
two of them showed absolutely no fer-
tility. Others ran as low as three,
five and seven per cent., while only a
few showed a good rating of fertility.
The white corn last year developed
the best, while practically all the
samples of yellow corn sent to the
Farm Bureau are low in germination
tests, showing that it had not fully
matured when caught by the heavy
frosts.
—The death of Dr. Samuel G. Dix-
on constitutes a distinct loss to socie-
ty. All of the mature years of his
life were devoted to the welfare of his
fellow men to the end that they and
their offspring should become more
rugged, higher types of manhood. As
Commissioner of Health for Pennsyl-
vania he threw all of his profound
knowledge, gained through years of
research work, into a campaign of ed-
ucation that has been of inestimable
value to this and coming geners ions;
because it has shown that pr entive
medicine in many cases make cura-
tive medicine obsolete.
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—“QOver the Top” begins in this is-
sue. Read it, by all means. It will
show you exactly what our boys will
go through on the other side. There
is no gloss or veneer to “Over the
Top.” It is the naked truth about a
soldier’s life in the trenches.
— Tt is not altogether easy, eith-
er, to work up sympathy for the
Russian people. There ought to be a
severe penalty for that sort of stu-
pidity that makes statesmen out of
demagogues.
—————————— :
After all what’s the use of
prosecuting editors of German lan-
guage newspapers and letting editors
of English language papers who do
vastly more harm go free.
— Wheat fields are not looking very
promising in Centre county, but neith-
er did they look promising at this
time last spring.
——There is still a possibility of
south Water street being paved the
coming summer.
Government and Railroads.
From the Lancaster Intelligencer,
The Senate has very properly de-
feated by an overwhelming vote an
amendment to the railroad bill pro-
viding that government control of the
railroads should continue after the
war until stopped by act of Congress.
Government control of the railroads
has been recognized as a war-time
necessity, quite as imperative as gov-
ernment control of shipping, or of the
manufacture of munitions and weap-
ons. It is necessary in order that all
the operations may be harmonized
upon the keynote of national aims
and needs, regardless of the profit or
loss of any railroad or any section,
and with that singleness of purpose
which is recognized as the first essen-
tial for success in war. But what is
warranted in time of war may be in-
tolerable in time of peace. It would
be folly to weight ourselves now with
a government control of railroads to
outlast the war and to be terminated
only by an act of Congress which
many influences might defer.
The experience of the last few
months has opened our eyes to the
grave deficiencies of our vast and
wonderful railroad system of which
we have been so proud. We see that
although we have double the railroad
mileage of all Europe and do things
on a scale that makes foreign rail-
roading seem child’s play, we yet have
much to learn about the systematic
working of a whole national transpor-
tation equipment. Therefore, our es-
say in government control may find
us after the war, well disposed to con-
tinue some degree of such supervi-
sion; but surely, it need not urge us
now to bind ourselves in any way to
this war measure after the war.
Bring Potatoes from Hiding.
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
With food so badly needed not only
in Europe, but right here in the
United States it seems incredible that
the loss of thousands upen thousands
of bushels of potatoes should face the
country. Yet we have the word of the
Department of Agriculture that such
a loss does threaten.
The potato crop of 1917 totaled
442,636,000 bushels, the largest on
record in the United States. Here
was enough food to take care of every-
body and relieve the drain upon lim-
ited supplies of wheat. But the crop
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available for distribution has been
shipped up to December 31 last. The
remainder was on the farms or in the
hands of dealers, by far the largest
part on the farms.
Now comes the trouble. Potatoes
will not keep like grains. They must
be eaten within a comparatively short
period or thrown away; and the sea-
son is getting late. How te speed up
marketing is the problem.
The Department has started a cam-
paign with an appeal to the farmers
and dealers to market their holdings
at once. The appeal should meet with
a ready response. A break in prices
probably would result, but potato
prices have been too high, anyhow, in
view of the big crop. Lower prices
would put more potatoes on the tables
and help everybody in the end.
The Russian Tragedy.
From the New York Sun.
It is difficult to the point of impos-
sibility for the ordinary enlightened
citizen of a free and democratic na-
tion to enter into the psychology of
the Bolsheviki mind. In the name of
liberty they are ready to surrender
to the most autocratic, the most bru-
tal, the most liberty-hating govern-
ment that exists in the world today.
They suspend hostilities with an arch-
enemy of democracy. At thé same
moment they turn their arms against
their fellow countrymen and at least
one of their former allies. Out of the
dark mists that swirl and eddy in the
east we catch glimpses of the Bolshe-
viki forces fighting fiercely against
Finns in Finland, Poles in Poland,
Lithuanians in Lithuania, Ukrainians,
in the Ukraine, Cossacks in the Don
and Rumanians in Bessarabia. It is
clear that they do not object to fight-
ing, they merely refuse to fight the
enemy. They prefer to fight those of
their own household. They declare
their adherence to the principle of the
“gelf-determination of peoples” but
apparently to the Bolsheviki mind the
term “people” does not apply to the
Finns, the Poles, the Lithunaians or
the Ukranians.
The Way to Do It.
From the New York Commercial.
Our best chance to win this war
lies in letting President Wilson act
the part of commander in chief of the
forces without interference. As Sen-
ator John Sharp Williams caustically
remarked: “If the President hasn’t
brains enough to run this war, we cer-
tainly can’t give him brains by act of
Congress.”
Now Let the Show Proceed.
From the Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
It is understood that before the cir-
cuses were given. permission to go
ahead, Mr. Hoover made some point-
ed inquiries about the upkeep of the
fat lady, only to learn that she has
been observing his rules carefully and
will be billed this season as the living
skeleton.
——Roosevelt must have got some
late information from the munition
factories of the country. He hasnt
attacked the President for a week.
EE RR es aly,
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—David R. Burkey, a Civil war veteran,
aged eighty years, of Philadelphia, takes
a twenty-mile hike for his daily exercise.
—Burglars broke into the home of Mrs.
Amadee Franks, at Uniontown on Monday,
and stole two dozen fresh eggs, some po-
tatoes, a jar of blossoming plants, several
dollars in money and a gold watch.
—Fire of undetermined origin destroy-
ed the four-story flour mill at Benton,
near Bloomsburg. More than 10,000 bush-
els of grain, together with all machinery,
were consumed. The loss is estimated at
$35,000.
—Owing to the growing scarcity of coal
workmen have begun tearing down more
than 100 coke ovens at the Derry plant of
the H. C. Frick coal and coke company.
They will be taken to Saxton, Bedford
county, which is in the heart of the Broad
Top bituminous district.
—Lawson Calhoun, aged 23 years, of
Dayton, near Kittaning, was killed on
Monday night by an unidentified miner.
Young Calhoun was assisting has father,
Contsable Harry Calhoun, to quiet a dis-
turbance in the miners’ camp when the
shooting occurred. The murderer has not
been apprehended.
—Arch Turner, who a few days ago shot
and killed Edward Ralph while the men
were in a lumber camp, on Tuesday in
criminal court at Smethport, Bradford
county, pleaded guilty to voluntary man-
slaughter and was sentenced to serve not
over seven nor less than six years in the
Western penitentiary.
—Extensive building operations are now
going on at the plant of the Aetna explo-
sives company beyond Mount Union. They
are erecting a dining room to seat 600, a
refrigerating plant and a bakery. Six new
dwelling houses are also being built. This
construction calls for additional labor.
The work will be completed in about six
weeks. :
—Determined efforts are being made by
the State Live Stock Sanitary board offi-
cers to prevent the spread of some report-
ed cases of rabies. The outbreaks have
occurred in Chester and other eastern
counties and rigid quarantines have beem
established. They are the first to be put
into effect since the new dog code went
into effect.
—Thomas J. Jennings, of Scranton, Pa.,
who heads the Pennsylvania Elks, recent-
ly appointed a committee to look after the
members of the organization who have
joined the colors. Mr. Jennings was elect-
ed grand exalted ruler of the Pennsylva-
nia association at the last convention pre-
vious to which time he was exalted ruler
of the Scranton Lodge.
—Fire broke out at 5:15 o'clock Sunday
morning on the top floor of building No.
23 at the Hershey Chocolate company’s
plant at Hershey, .causing a loss of more
than $500,000. The room in which the blaze
occurred is about 200 feet long by 60 deep
and more than a million pounds of choco-
late in powdered form, one of the advanc-
ed stages of manufacture was stored
there.
—~Sixteen machine guns have been se-
cured by Adjutant General Beary from
manufacturers for the arming of the re-
serve militia, detachments of which are
expected to be mustered in this week in
Philadelphia, Chester, Coraopolis, Media
and Reading. The guns are to be issued
: to machine gun detachments, four each
0 :
TR INAS
—Claiming the Susquehanna Coal com-
pany violated a contract to lease them coal
lands in Hazle township, Luzerne coun-
ty, James G. Bolin and J. P. Williams,
of Wilkes-Barre, have started an action
in assumpsit against the company in
which they ask $100,000 damages. They
allege they spent $21,315 in the proving
and in preparing mining operations and
that they lost the gain on 500,000 tons of
coal.
—Elias Phillips, the well known mine
inspector, who resided in DuBois, just as
he was entering the Adams Express office
in his home town on Thursday, February
21st, fell over and expired instantly. De-
ceased, who was aged 58 years, was not
only a most competent mine inspector, but
a gentleman of sterling character. He is
survived by his wife and several brothers
and sisters. He was quite prominent in
Masonic circles. His funeral took place
on Sunday afternoon.
—The Tyrone police are holding as sus-
picious characters Heinrich Busch, a Ger-
man alien enemy, and one of the crew of
the German cruiser Shoenig, which was in
Manila harbor when Admiral Dewey de-
feated the Spanish fleet and Bruno Muel-
ler, another German alien enemy who was
attached to the German steamer Pisa in-
terned at Hoboken when war broke out.
Both men were arrested on their arrival
from Philipsburg, where they worked at
the brick works.
—John P. Gephart, county road engi-
neer; Edward McCollough, his assistant,
and Edgar Powell, county draftsman, have
brought mandamus proceedings in the
Fayette county court against County Con-
troller Harry Kisinger, following Kisin-
ger’s alleged refusal to sign their wage
warrants for the month of January. The
County Commissioners have approved the
warrants, but Controller Kisinger refused
to sign them because of no work being
done on the county roads during that
month owing to inclement weather and
the war.
—Special agents of the Adams Express
company throughout Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Eastern Ohio have instituted
a search for a clerk of the Pittsburgh of-
fice of the company, who disappeared late
Saturday following the reported robbery
of approximately $86,000 in currency from
the office in Pittsburgh. The money ac-
cording to express company officials, was
delivered to them by a Pittsburgh bank to
be sent to a manufacturing concern at Do-
nora, Pa. for making up a payroll. The
money was in direct charge of the clerk,
for whom a search has been started, ac-
cording to officials of the express com-
pany.
—Ralph Fagan, of Oneida township,
Huntingdon county, has a full bred Hol-
stein cow that is making quite a record.
He bought her at a sale on November 16
last. On the 23rd of December she gave
birth to twin heifer calves which he is
raising. He weaned the calves on the 9th
of January, and from the 10th of that
month until the 10th of February, after
giving the calves a couple quarts of milk
apiece for their share, he sold her milk
through his dairy, 541 quarts at ten cents
the quart, bringing in $54.10. He fed the
cow fifteen pounds of chop and two sheaves
of fodder daily, her feed for the month
amounting to $13.80. In a single month
she had gained $40.30 on her keep, and bid
fair to be a clear investment long before
the year is out.