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Bellefonte, Pa., January 17, 1919.
THE REPORTER.
He's sometimes a bit of a nuisance,
true,
He's oftentimes almost a pest
(Especially so if the things that you do
Would thrive in obscurity best)
He’s nervous, persistent, irreverent, sharp,
He works on a high tension plan,
(A fact to consider by people who carp
At the work of the newspaper man).
it's
From facts and from figures, from gossip
and guff,
Report of Sales of War Savings and
Thrift Stamps as Credited to the
Various Postoffices in Cen-
tre County.
Column I, is the number of W. 8. 8. sold
during December, 1918.
Column 2, is the number of T. 8. sold duyr-
ing December, 1918.
Column 3, is the total number of W. 8. S
From rumor and whisper and hint, sold from Dec. 1, 1917, to Jan. 1, 1919,
In hurry and haste he must gather his |Aaronsburg 183 128 2,980
Ton Axemann ..... 208
stu Benore ....... +00 351
And put the cold truth into print. Pelletonte ees 1 “ x7
of , anchard . . 214
Se and then there's an error Bolqar >7 56 1417
r Centre 425 10,
In the stories he gives you to scan, Clarence 95.
But, all things considered, the blunders | Coburn 11 1.157
are few Cartin: i... .con.siienes 22
Flemin 35 1,846
In the work of the newspaper man. Howar 119 4,
Hublersburg 3 1421
It’s foolish to fight him or try to “hold | Julian .................. 18 1,046
out,” KAO wernvsierss 11
He'll follow his hunch to the end, Lemont 58 1.8
0 Linden Hall .... 633
He isn’t a foe, that it's wise to flout Livonia ......... BL 1 =
But he sure is a regular friend. Madisonburg ............ "
, . Martha Furnace .. 37 15 1.385
You trust him, he's with you; deceive | Mjjoghurg .........--.... 76 47 1112
him, you lose, Miltheim ........... 65 184 6,447
For he'll finish the thing he began, Mingarille eereen 24 1 30
Which is simply the job of supplying the | yrOBUICEL «= S '318
& news, o Nittany RTE 128 3 2558
0 be good to the newspaper man! a all .....
Orviston . .......ivsivenss 169 4 3,304
—Berton Braley. | pie Glen .......... 01" %...1 i
s——— Philipsburg ............. ,058 1,746 37,391
a Pine Grove Mills ....... 89 131 718
An Interesting Letter from the Great | Pleasant Gap ........... 13 1522
Port Matilda 2.751
Northwest. Powelton ....... 26 1,692
Rebersburg .... 5 2485
_ Many readers of the “Watchman” Bae 2 150
in Walker township will no doubt re- Smul ton re dany “ sie
i : now Shoe .... x
call Will Truckenmiller, who Was | Spring Mills... 36 6.974
born, raised and spent the most of his | State College .. 1,089 17,662
life in that place, but who twenty | Tusseyville .... 53
Waddle ................. 46 184
years ago went to the great north-| Wingate ................. 4 350
west of the Dominion of Canada and | Wolis Store 3
located in Alberta. In olden days he | Yarnell ................. "255
was a frequent contributor to the col- | ZI0R «eceveiverininneen. 9 1976
umns of the “Watchman” and his
beautiful poems and articles descrip-
tive of nature illustrated most forci-
bly his love for the great outdoors.
And now, after years of silence, he
has again written for this paper the
following article descriptive of the
country he has adopted as his home:
Blackfalds, Alberta, Can.
Dear “Watchman:”—
Thinking a letter from this part of
the great Northwest might be of in-
terest to your readers I will endeav-
or to write one and make it as reada-
ble as I can.
The climatic condition here is as to
rainfall, semi-arid, there being about
twenty inches per year, most of which
falls during the summer. The win-
ters are cold and dry with a compara-
tively light snowfall, at present about
eight inches. Spring comes on about
the last of March, but frosts occur
until the first of June. We have no
blizzards and no cyclones.
This is a great grass country and
at one time was pastured by great
herds of elk and buffalo. But now
blooded cattle, mostly the Shorthorn
and Angus breeds, have taken their
place.
Splendid crops of oats, barley and
the new spring wheats—Marquis and
Huron—are grown, while for hay,
timothy, broom and rye grass are the
leaders. All kinds of hardy vegeta-
bles do well, potatoes, cabbage and
lettuce of the finest kind being grown.
The summer nights, however, are too
cool for corn, tomatoes and melons.
Wild fruit is to be found in abun-
dance, such as suskatoons, blueber-
ries, raspberries and cranberries. The
soil is quite varied, running all the
way from sand to stiff clay. The
country consists of rolling valley with
broken, dividing ridges. There are
many streams and lakes. :
If the editor of the “Watchman”
loves fishing as well as he used to, I
would like to take him with me on
some of my fishing trips and see him
hook a ten pounder. There is a large
lake (Gull lake) ten miles west of
here and I made three trips to it last
summer, catching on the three trips
one hundred fish weighing from two
to ten pounds each. There is very
little game here, only a few deer and
a scattering of small game, but fifty
to seventy-five miles west of here
deer and moose abound in plenty. A
few years ago pheasants and prairie
chickens were quite numerous, and I
frequently went out of an evening
after supper and bagged a half dozen,
but a disease blight struck them and
almost wiped them out. A few scat-
tering birds were left and as they are
now breeding quite rapidly it is hop-
ed that in a few years they will be
plenty as ever.
The town of Blackfalds is located
on the Calgary—Edmonton railroad,
eighty-five miles north of Calgary,
and if any readers of this brief arti-
cle ever come this way I hope they
will stop and see me. All Pennsylva-
nians are welcome. My home is just
across the street from the railroad
station.
Has Bellefonte changed greatly in
the past ten years? I suppose not;
but the faces on the street, they no
doubt have changed. Many of the
familiar faces of those days are gone
forever. Others, like myself, have
accumulated gray hair and glasses,
even if they have accumulated noth-
ing else. So now I suppose it would
seem like a strange town to me. Well,
well! tempes fugit! Life’s years are
short when one looks back and pon-
ders over them.
WILL TRUCKENMILLER.
——Japanese manufacturers are
now experimenting with articles
made from a tough fibre paper which
is manufactured from the fibre of the
mulberry tree. A collapsible life-
boat, which can be folded up and
weighs but a few pounds, is among
the most interesting productions, now
in an experimental stage.
———Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
The above is the final report of W.
S. S. sold at the several postoffices in
Centre county, not only for the month
of December, 1918, but for the entire
campaign. A large percentage of
the postmasters devoted considerable
of their time in advancing the sales
of these government securities. In
certain localities, where postoffices
seemed to have had large sales, the
sales are’ entirely due to the efforts of
district chairmen. Taking it as a
whole, however, great work has been
accomplished by reason of the fact
that the postmasters, as a general
rule, stood back of the government,
as well as the boys at the front.
SCHOOL REPORT.
Immediately after November 11th,
1918, (Victory Day) your chairman
sent a letter to every school teacher
in Centre county, numbering approxi-
mately 835, with the request that the
several school teachers should, with
+he assistance of their pupils, pur-
chase and sell W. S. S. to the limit of
their ability, ‘and that an appropriate |
certificate, showing actual service of
the various schools in the county
would be presented to each school in
the county showing the number of
W. S. S. sold from “Victory Day” to
December 31st, 1918. The county su-
perintendent, Mr. Etters, sent a let-
ter out to each school teacher, urging
that they do all they possibly could
in this particular government work.
Much to my surprise, however, only
nineteen of the three hundred and
thirty-five school teachers in Centre
county have seen fit to comply with
not only my request but the request
of the county superintendent of
schools, and in order that proper cred-
it may be given to those nineteen, I
wish to give the following tabulated
statement showing where credit is en-
titled to be given:
Reports from schools purchasing
and selling 400 or more W. S. S.:
Plum Grove, Potter township.
High School, Walker township.
Schools purchasing and selling 300
W. S. S. and less than 400:
Seventh Grade, Bellefonte
School building).
Zion, Walker township.
Schools purchasing and selling 200
W. S. S. and less than 300:
Oak Grove, Ferguson township.
Pine Hall, Ferguson township.
Schools purchasing and selling 1
W. S. S. and less than 200: .
Hublersburg Grammar, Walker Twp.
Seventh Grade, State College.
Dale, College township.
Pine Grove Mills Primary, Ferguson
Township.
Schools purchasing and selling less
than 100 W. S. S.:
Tower Grammar, Rush township.
Munson, Rush township.
Tower Primary, Rush township.
State College High, State College.
Pleasant Gap High, Spring township.
Special Grade, State College.
Linden Hall, Harris township.
Rebersburg, Miles township.
Runville, Boggs township.
About ten days ago I received from
Philadelphia sufficient “Certificates of
Service” so that every teacher in Cen-
tre county would be supplied with one,
showing the exact number of W. S.
S. purchased and sold in each grade
or school in our county. Should there
be additional teachers in our county
who might wish one of these appro-
priate certificates for their schools
they will receive it promptly after I
(High
‘receive the total number of W. S. S.
sold, etc., according to my former re-
quests.
It might be advisable for the dis-
trict chairman of each school district
in the county to make inquiry of the
teacher of their respective districts
as to the activity of such teacher, and
also ascertain why, if thereis a rea-
son, such teacher did not make the
report requested.
Your chairman dislikes very much
to make public the limited informa-
tion concerning what the 335 teachers
in Centre county did in the W. S. S.
campaign, but the 19 teachers who
made their reports as requested are
entitled to receive credit and also to
receive the “Certificate of Service”
which has this day been mailed to
them.
LIMIT HOLDERS.
Centre county has 181 limit holders
of W. S. S. Appropriate buttons and
membership certificates have been
presented to each of them. No cor-
poration in the county took advantage
of the purchase of the limit of $1000.-
00 maturity value. Of our 181 mem-
bers of the Limit Club of the U. S.
three memberships are held by young
men who have seen active service in
. | France, and who are “over there,” at
this time.
“OVER THE TOP” CERTIFICATES AND
FLAGS.
Your chairman will, during the
week, send to all district chairmen in
2 | the county who took their respective
286 districts “over the top” a certificate
issued by the National War Savings
859 | committee, signed by Mr. Frank A.
Vanderlip, the national chairman; by
Mr. William West, acting state direc-
tor and countersigned by your chair-
man. Honor flags have been distrib-
uted to those townships, boroughs and
villages where the per capita exceed-
ed $20.00 per person.
I trust that the people of Centre
county will during the present year,
remain interested in war savings, and
purchase these government securities
to the limit of their ability. They are
a first-class investment; in fact, the
very best that can be obtained.
Stamps for January, 1919, cost
$4.12 and are redeemable January 1st,
1924, at $5.00 each.
War savings stamps for the year
1919 will be blue and slightly smaller
than the 1918 issue and will be orna-
mented by a portrait of Benjamin
Franklin.
The new war savings stamps will
be pasted on a new certificate and will
not be redeemable when pasted on a
1918 certificate.
Thrift stamps, which are redeema-.
ble in war savings stamps, will not
be changed in the new year. Thrift
stamps purchased in 1918 can be put
on the same card with those bought
in 1919 and both can be used in the
purchase of war savings stamps.
FINAL 1918 W. 8. 8S. REPORT.
From a letter just received from the
State Director, the following appears:
“The following counties went ‘over
the top:’” ;
Column 1, P. C. for week.
Column 2, P. C. to date.
Union $26.01
Cameron 25.08
Fulton 20.72
Centre 20.37
Wyoming 20.14
“Huntingdon county is in the 20th
place with a per capita for the week
of 30c. and a per capita to date of
$12.20; Blair county is in 11th place
with a per capita of 34c. and $15.73,
respectively; Clinton county is in 6th
place with 74c. and $17.70, respective-
ly; Clearfield county is in 30th place
with 18c. and $8.65, respectively.”
“From the above will be noticed
that there were five counties in Penn-
sylvania which went “Over the Top”
during the 1918 W. S. S. campaign,
and that Centre county secured fourth
place with a per capita of $20.37,
thereby raising $892,645, maturity
value, during the year.”
Very truly yours,
W. HARRISON WALKER,
Chairman War Savings Committee
for Centre County.
Bellefonte, Pa.,
January 13th, 1919.
. ——For high class “job work come
to the “Watchman” office.
. Losing Faith.
Old Lady—I don’t believe this Sure
Cure Tonic is a goin’ to do me any
good.
Friend—It’s highly spoken of in the
pagers,
ld Lady—Yes, but I’ve taken for-
ty-seven bottles, and I don’t feel a bit
better. I tell you what it is, Sarah,
I'm beginning to think these newspa-
| per editors don’t know everything.
That is what everybody wants to
do this winter. And it is exactly what
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Oil Heater. With this additional heat
you will
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and burn from one to three tons of
coal less than before.
Perfections are safe and they burn an eco-
nomical fuel —kerosene.
you use
However, be sure
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without smoke, smell or charring the wicks.
Get your Perfection Oil Heater now. There
is going to be a big demand for them this year.
. They are reasonably priced—$5.65 to $10.00.
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Catholics
Protestants
- Jews
All share in Armenian Relief funds.
Help these wretched, starving peo-
ple of the NEAR EAST!
The First National Bank.
61-46-1y
Bellefonte, Pa.
Shoes. Shoes.
TEAGERS SHOE STORE
BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS !
No matter how much care and thought
I give to the purchase of my Shoes, I
make mistakes. For example, in order
to get good quality in Boys’ extra
heavy High Top Shoes I purchased them
in the black leather, because it is very
much better than in the tan, but the
average boy or parent does not look to
the wear and service of Shoes; they
want what they think is style. In this
case boys want Tan Shoes and this
black one is not selling. My motto
is to have nothing on my shelves that
does not sell and I will sell them to
you at a loss. These Shoes are made
of leather, not shoddy, but absolutely
solid. They are the old-fashioned
peggy kind, bought to sell at $5.00 I will
close them out at $3.50.
I have many other such bargains to offer
from now until Christmas, this space is
too small to tell you of all the bargains
that I have. Inever advertise anything
that I do not fully carry out, all I can say
is to come and see for yourself.
YEAGER'S SHOE STORE
THE SHOE STORE FOR THE POOR MAN
Bush Arcade Building 58-27 BELLEFONTE, PA.
Come to the “Watchman” office for High Class Job work.
Lyon & Co. Lyon & Co.
White Sale
The Greatest White Sale
in the Town
We are selling Undermuslins, Linens for
dresses, Bed Linens and Table Linens at less
than wholesale cost.
Outing Cloths (dark and light) Bed Mus-
lins, Percales and Apron Ginghams. These
cannot be bought at the factory at our prices.
Our Customers have been telling us Our Prices
are Lower than Elsewhere.
Clearance Sale
In addition to our large White Sale we are
selling Winter Coats and Suits at a sacrifice
price. Also Silks in waist and dress lengths
in new plaids and stripes. Plain Satins,
Georgettes to match all colors.
Dress Goods
All Dress Patterns in Wool Serges,
Batistes, Poplins and Crepes, at
less than wholesale.
meee
Lyon & Co. «» Lyon & Co.