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LAST ONE FROM CALIFORNIA.
All About the Honey Cure for Rheu-
matism. Other Interesting Facts.
Lost Hills, Cal, Jan. 22, 1919.
My Dear Aunt:
I was very glad to get your letter
and to hear of some of the people I
used to know back in Centre county.
Our winter here is now about over.
After the 15th of January old resi-
dents claim that spring is here. Our
coldest weather was about Christmas
time. We had very little rain this
winter and if we do not get more next
month it will be hard on the sheep
and cattle men, as the pasture is very
short and will all be gone by June,
when the stockmen will have to move
out of this section.
The weather is fine here now; nice,
warm days and cool nights. The at-
mosphere is so clear one can see a
great distance. This peculiarity of
the rare atmosphere is very deceiv-
ing to eastern people when they come
out here. They are loath to believe the
mountains and other landmarks as
far away as they really are.
Well, you have asked a lot of ques-
tions and I will try and answer them
all. Now, regarding the honey cure
for rheumatism, get pure honey, don’t
buy the manufactured or adulterated
stuff as it is worthless. It is made
out of glucose and sugar, and those
are two things you want to avoid.
The usual dose is one toble-spoonful
of pure honey in the morning when
you get up. Two tablespoonfuls about
the middle of the forenoon and the
same amount in the middle of the
afternoon with a spoonful just before
going to bed. If this dose seems too
large, start on half of it and increase
it gradually, but take it regularly. It
will be some time before you will feel
the effects of it, but when you do it
will be lasting. I used seventy pounds
of honey one summer but have not
been bothered with rheumatism since.
Denver, Col., is out on the plains
where the air is rare and much differ-
ent from Pennsylvania. I know you
are a good cook but if you went to
Colorado, or came out here and went
up in the Sierra or Cascade moun-
tains, to an elevation of 8000 or 9000
feet, where the atmospheric pressure
is only about ten pounds and the boil-
ing point about 194 degrees Fahren-
heit, and undertook to cook as you do
in Centre county you wouldn’t need
any one to tell you their troubles, be-
cause you would have enough of your
own. A cake stirred up like you do in
the east for an ordinary cake pan and
put in a hot stove up in the mountains
would be all over the stove in a few
minutes. You would need a big dish-
pan to hold it and bake it in. And
beans, after boiling twelve hours,
would rattle on your plate as if they
had never been near a fire. I suppose
you never thought of these things, as
you never have such an experience
and never hear or read much about
them.
I remember two old Dutch ovens
your mother had in the cellar at her
home. They would be worth more in
the mountains than the finest cook
stove you ever had in your kitchen, I
have thought of them many times
while camping and how I would have
liked to have had one of them. I can
easily imagine what good cooking
could be done with one of them.
Regarding the things they cook and
eat here, you know California has
among its people representatives from
most all the States and all over the
world for that matter, and naturally
all kinds of cooking and all kinds of
meals. But the native Californian
generally has bacon and eggs with hot
flapjacks (pan cakes), syrup and cof-
fee for breakfast. In fact this is the
custom all through the Rockies and
on the Pacific coast. No potatoes or
vegetables are served for breakfast.
For dinner we always have fresh fruit
of some kind, beans, potatoes, beef or
mutton, soup, hot biscuit or rolls,
macaroni, tea and often sweet pota-
toes. Sweet potatoes and beans are
plentiful here and they use lots of
them. The natives are also great tea
drinkers. For supper we usually have
about the same variety as for dinner,
with the exception of bread instead of
the biscuit or rolls. They don’t use as
much bread here as you do in the east.
I am speaking now of the oldest set-
tlers or natives. Of course the east-
ern people live as near as they can
like they did before coming here.
This is a very expensive State in
which to live, but it should not be so,
as most all the necessities of life can
be raised somewhere in the State.
But it is the way the people have ac-
customed themselves to living. Take
a farmer, for instance. He will milk
ten or fifteen head of cattle, separate
the milk while it is warm, send the
cream to the creamery and feed the
skim milk to his hogs. He sells his
cream for 18 or 20 cents a pound, then
goes to the store and pays anywhere
from 35 to 60 cents a pound for his
butter. He will sell his hogs at 12 to
14 cents a pound to the slaughter
house and buys his meat at the butch-
er shop for 35 to 50 cents a pound.
They will tell you that it don’t pay
and is too much trouble to kill their
own meat or make their own butter.
They will sell everything they raise
on their place and then buy their liv-
ing at the stores.
This is a great country for chick-
ens and Belgian hares are raised by
the thousand. There is a poultryman !
at Petaluma, Cal., who carries 30,000 !
laying hens, the largest poultry plant
in the world.
I am now boarding here and it is so
far from a town that it is hard to get
supplies. Before the Lost Hills post-
office was established there was a dis-
trict here forty-six miles long and
thirty-seven wide, almost as big as
Centre county, without a postoffice,
and the Lost Hills school is the only
school house in this wide stretch of
territory. They use a big stage with
which to gather up the teachers and
children and convey them to and from
school. The stage holds about thirty
children. Many of them are away
twelve hours from the time they leave
home for school until their return.
This is no corn or oats country but
they raise good wheat and barley. In
fact, barley is the leading grain crop
of California. Will close now.
A. C. WOLF.
High Wind Damaged Buildings and
Fences.
Last week when everyboday was
thinking that spring had come in re-
ality the weather man changed his
program and late Thursday afternoon
sent down some more snow. Then
Old Boreas got on his high horse and
in addition to the snow we were treat-
ed to some terriffic blowing. In fact
high winds prevailed Thursday night,
through Friday and Saturday and
considerable damage was done to
buildings and fences.
On Friday afternoon about four
o’clock the eastern gable of the brick
building on Bishop street owned by
the Brockerhoff estate blew down and
in ; falling struck the Ammerman
building across the alley, smashing
the roof at the eaves and breaking
some of the siding. The entire gable
end of the Brockerhoff building came
down. The building is occupied by N.
J. Hockman, as a feed salesroom,
while the cellar he has fitted up with
chicken incubators. These were all
filled with eggs and whether the jar
of the falling wall killed the unhatch-
ed chicks remains to be seen. Fortu-
nately when the wall fell there was no
one passing through the alley but
there was a small boy nearby who was
not close enough, however, to get any-
thing more than a covering of dust.
On Saturday the wind blew about
one-third of the tin roof off of the liv-
ery stable in the rear of the Bush
house, landing it on top of landlord
Daggett’s chicken house. An old tree
in the rear of the Bush house was al-
so blown down.
A small portion of the high board
fence surrounding Hughes field, on
east Bishop street, was blown down,
while down Nittany valley pieces of
fencing were blown down every here
and there and several telephone poles
broken off. The wind was general
throughout the county and small
buildings and old fences were wreck-
ed in various places but no costly de-
struction was done anywhere.
A Windy March Day.
March, this year, went out “like a
lion.” Friday, the 28th, was the
windiest day for which the State Col-
lege weather observatory has a rec-
ord, reports Dr. William Frear, of
the agricultural experiment station.
The wind rose suddenly, a little before
2 p. m. on the 27th, increased to twen-
ty miles an hour by 9 p. m., and con-
tinued at that rate or higher for the
next fifty hours. The total wind
movement on the 28th was 727 miles;
on the 29th, 661 miles. The Friday
record was the highest known for the
Penn State observatory, since the new
wind tower was erected in 1914; that
for Saturday, the next highest. Feb-
ruary 26th, 1918, had a record of 601
miles. In 1915, there were six days
with records of 400 miles or more; in
1916, seven days; in 1917, six days;
and in 1918, seven days.
The greatest hourly movement on
Friday was 39 miles for the hour end-
ing 5 p. m. This rate was exceeded
for the hour ending at noon on Feb-
ruary 26th, 1918, when the total was
44 miles.
These rates are as measured by the
dial of the wind movement register.
Such instruments read a little too
high for winds of the velocity here
stated. The actual movements were,
therefore, slightly less.
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A Few More Movings.
The Misses Pearl have stored their
furniture, leaving Petrikin hall, Tues-
day, to go to the Brockerhoff house,
where they have taken an apartment,
expecting to continue their work.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker are
now occupying the Wayne D. Meyer
house on east Linn street, going to
house-keeping there last week. Mr.
and Mrs. Walker had expected to go
into the Cooke house, but were oblig-
ed to make other plans.
Mr. and Mrs. James Clark on leav-
ing east High street will go into the
rooms formerly occupied by Miss Ber-
tha Laurie, in Miss Emma Montgom-
ery’s house on Allegheny street. Dr.
John Sebring, who had the first floor,
moved his office furnishings to his
house on Linn sreet.
Miss Kate Shreffler and her mother
moved from Thomas street to the
apartment over Miss Cooney’s shop,
vacated by Miss Mollie Musser.
——The County conference of
Women’s clubs will hold a day's ses-
sion in the High school building on
April 5th, beginning at 10 a. m. A
box luncheon will be served during
the social hour at noon, and coffee
will be provided by the Woman's club
of Bellefonte.
to do and in ten years he had saved
FRAIN.—Isaac S. Frain, the veter- :
an farmer and Granger of Little Nit- |
tany valley, passed away at his home |
kle and Mrs. Matilda Markle, of Penns
Creek. Rev. J. J. Weaver had charge
of the funeral services which were
HENDERSON.—John H. Hender-
j 208, a native of Centre county and
{ very well known in Bellefonte, died
at Abdera at 5:30 o’clock on Sunday | held on Wednesday forenoon, burial | very unexpectedly in the Woman's
morning. While he had been quite | being made in the Fairview cemetery, | College hospital, Philadelphia,
feeble for some time past owing to!
his advanced years it was not until a |
week before his death that he was |
Millheim.
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BEEZER.—The funeral of Mrs.
last
i Friday morning, of a blood clot on the
! brain, following an operation for ap-
i pendicitis. He was stricken with the
compelled to take his bed with a com- | Mary E. Beezer, wife of Edward C. | disease about ten days previous and
plication of ailments which might be | Beezer, of Philipsburg, announcement | was removed to the hospital where he
more aptly expressed in the term of | of whose sudden death was made in | underwent an operation on March
general debility. i
Mr. Frain was a son of Henry and |
Catharine Shoemaker Frain and was
born in Berks county on February !
3rd, 1834, hence had reached the ad- |
vanced age of 85 years, 1 month and |
27 days. When he was six years of
age his family moved to Union coun-
ty where his boyhood days were spent.
At the age of seventeen years Isaac
left home and coming to Centre coun-
ty engaged to learn the carpenter
trade with Jacob Hazel, serving an |
apprenticeship of two years after
which he worked one year as a jour-
neyman for Mr. Hazel. On April 1st,
1855, he embarked in business for
himself as a contractor and builder
and proved very successful in the fact
that that he got an abundance of work
sufficient money to buy the farm in
Little Nittany valley which has been
his home ever since.
sessed of those qualities which are es-
sential to success in any line of en-
deavor, in that he believed in doing to
the best of his ability anything he un-
dertook to do. And so when he pur-
chased his farm he at once started in
to improve it. At that time the build-
ings were dilapidated and the land run
down and a good part of it uncultivat-
ed. He improved and added to the
buildings as his means would permit,
cultivated and fertilized the ground
until he brought it up to a high stan-
dard of fertility and when he finally
attained his desire in this direction
he named it the Fair View stock farm
and devoted considerable attention to
the growing of blooded stock. Horses
were his specialty and Percheron the
breed that suited his fancy. He was
president of the first French horse
company organized in Centre county
and his stables at one time contained
three registered stallions.
Being so thoroughly impressed with
the life of a farmer Mr. Frain natur-
ally was quick to appreciate the ad-
vantages that might accrue to the far-
mer through the medium of such an
organization as the Patrons of Hus-
bandry and he was one of the charter
members of Marion Grange No 223.
From the very beginning he took a
deep interest in the order and its ac-
tivities in Centre county and he not
only filled at one time or another
practically every office in his home
grange but was Master of the Centre
county Pomona Grange for a period
of eight years, retiring in 1895. When
the Grange fire insurance company
was organized in 1886 Mr. Frain was |
made president of the organization
and filled that office very efficiently
for upwards of a quarter of a centu-
ry. He was a charter member of the
Lick Run Lodge No. 312, 1. 0. O. F,,
and for many years an active mem-
ber in the United Evangelical church.
Politically he was a Democrat and
though he never aspired to political
preferment he always took an active
interest in the welfare of the party
and its various candidates for office.
Mr. Frain was twice married. His
first union was on February 5th, 1855,
to Mary A. Ziegler. They had nine
children, all of whom preceded their
father to the grave except three, as
follows: Cephas W. Frain, of Altoo-
na; Mrs. Catharine Mark, of Johns-
town, and Mrs. Albert L. Womels-
dorf, on the old homestead at Abde-
ra. Mrs. Frain died on May 1st, 1884,
and in June, 1886, he married Mrs.
Sarah E. (Wallis) Moore who died
November 11th, 1916.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at ten o’clock on Wednes-
day morning by Rev. Foss, of How-
ard, and Rev. L. I. Jamison, of Sun-
bury, after which burial was made
in the Jacksonville cemetery.
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BLAIR.—Mrs. Theressa Jane Blair
died at her home in Philadelphia on
Thursday of last week following a
stroke of apoplexy, aged 54 years and
6 months. She was a daughter of
James and Catharine Albert Musser
and was born at Hartleton, Union
county. While a resident of that town
she became a member of the Lutheran
church but after going to Philadel-
phia she joined the Pine street Pres-
byterian church. She is survived by
two sons, Albert, who is with the Cur-
tis Publishing company, Philadelphia,
and Harry, employed with the Pitts-
burgh Garter company, Pittsburgh.
She also leaves the following broth-
ers and sisters: Albert Musser, Mrs.
W. R. Penny and Mrs. John Crone, of
Harrisburg; Lowell M. Musser and
Mrs. W. G. Dale, of Altoona; Mrs. El-
mer E. Schoch, of Milton; Mrs. Thom-
as H. Harter and Mrs. Charles T.
Mensch, of Bellefonte. She also
leaves two step-brothers and one step-
sister, Lee, Elgin and Louise, all of
Harrisburg. The remains were taken
to Hartleton where funeral services
were held and burial made on Mon-
day morning.
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BREON.—Peter A. Breon died at
his home in Millheim last Saturday
morning following a stroke of apo-
plexy, aged 71 years, 9 months and 23
days. He followed farming in Penn
township all his life until seven years
ago when he retired and moved fo
Millheim. He is survived by his wife
and the following children: Ella Bre-
on and Mrs. D. W. Bartges, of Mill-
heim; Ammon M. and Clayburn Bre-
on and Mrs. George Zessinger, of
Lock Haven. He also leaves ome
brother and two sisters, Samuel Bre-
Mr. Frain was a man who was pos- | Shipped,
: mains.
| tended the
Thomas J. Boyce and Roy Wilkinson. !
on, of Spring Mills; Mrs. Sarah Mar-
on Saturday morning, the remains
being conveyed by special car attach-
ed to the 9:10 train to McVeytown,
Mifflin county, where interment was
made. Mrs. Beezer died in New York
on Wednesday, March 26th, while on
a visit with her husband.
The funeral party consisted of Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Beezer, Mrs. Robert
Hartle, Mrs. John H. Beezer, Andrew
Beezer and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Beezer and wife, Ferd and Bernard
Beezer, Fred Beezer, W. A. Bieber
and wife, George P. Boor and wife, |
M. W. Boor and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
William Fisher, and Mr. John Stein-
kirchner and family.
The pall bearers were, Dr. J. C.
Hollenback, Dr. G. B. Merrell, P. G.
Kergle, Lawrence Nugent, J. H. Duns-
more and Charles G. Avery. Rev.
Earl J. Bowman, rector of the Luth-
eran church, where Mrs. Beezer wor-
also accompanied the re-
The following friends also at-
funeral: Henry Cole,
Mrs. Beezer is survived by her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip P. Boor,
and the following brothers and sis-
ters: George P. Boor, M. W. Boor,
Veryll K. Boor, with the American
forces in France; Mrs. Ambrose
Mundwhiler and Mrs. W. A. Bieber.
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SHREFFLER. — Robert
Shreffler died at the Bellefonte hos-
pital on Wednesday morning of
Bright’s disease, following an attack
of the flu. He contracted the influ-
enza almost three months ago while
working at Niagara Falls and was
brought to Bellefonte by his sister. |
Nine weeks ago he entered the Belle-
fonte hospital but instead of recover-
ing Bright’s disease developed which
finally caused his death.
He was a son of John R. and Fran-
ces Harrison Shreffler and was born
at Pleasant Gap on June 16th, 1870,
hence was in his forty-ninth year.
When a young man he learned the
tailoring trade at Montgomery & Cos,
working there sixteen years. Six
years ago he went to Niagara Falls
where he worked for the Heat and
Power company. He never married
but is survived by his mother, living
in Bellefonte and the following broth-
er and sisters: Mrs. Maude Mapes,
of Clearfield; Mrs. Alma Adams, of
Sunbury; Mrs. Belle Hughes, of Ni-
agara Falls; J. Clyde, of State Col-
lege, Mrs. Emma Sasserman, of Belle-
fonte; Miss Katherine, at home; Mrs.
Lide Houser, of Rockview, and Mrs. !
Grace Englebaugh, of Sharon. i
Funeral services will be held in the |
Methodist church at 10:30 o’clock !
this (Friday) morning after which !
burial will be made in the Union |
cemetery. :
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SWEENEY.—The “Watchman” last
week made a brief announcement of
the death of Enoch Sweeney, at his
home near Boalsburg. He had been
in poor health for months and last
fall had undergone two or more oper-
ations at the Geissinger hospital at
Danville which, while probably pro- |
longing his life, did net result in re-
covery.
He was born on July 1st, 1844,
hence was in his seventy-fifth year.
He followed farming all his life and
for many years lived near Boalsburg,
having only recently sold his farm to
James Irvin. Forty-five years ago
last Thursday, the day he died, he
was united in marriage to Miss Sarah
Musser, a daughter of Daniel Musser,
of Boalsburg, who passed away three
years ago leaving him with one
daughter, Anna, who survives. He
also leaves one brother in the west
and a sister, Mrs. M. F. Condo, of La-
trobe, Pa. He was a life-long mem-
ber of the Lutheran church and a rul-
ing elder in the same for a number of
years. Rev. Brown had charge of the
funeral services which were held at
ten o’clock on Saturday morning, bur-
ial being made in the Boalsburg cem-
etery.
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SMITH. 15 Mrs. Mary Murray
Smith, wife of Frank Smith, died at
the Altoona hospital at noon on Sat-
urday following an operation. She
was born in Blair county thirty-eight
years ago. After her marriage to
Mr. Smith they took up their resi-
dence in Pine Grove Mills where they
lived until the spring of 1916 when
they moved to Altoona where Mr.
Smith followed his occupation of a
carriage painter. In addition to her
husband she is survived by the fol-
lowing children: Murray, John, W.
J. Bryan, Edward, Maude, Earl and a
baby girl. She also leaves several
brothers and sisters. Burial was
made in Altoona on Monday after-
noon.
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KREAMER.—Allen M. Kreamer, a
resident of Penn Hall, died at the
Danville hospital on Thursday of last
week of hardening of the arteries,
aged 58 years, 3 months and 12 days.
Several years ago while at work on
the farm Mr. Kreamer suffered a sun-
stroke and the resuit was he became
mentally unsound and was removed
to the Danville institution. He is sur-
vived by his wife, his aged father, J.
L. Kreamer, of Woodward, one sister
and a brother, Mrs. J. W. Guisewhite,
of Woodward, and Prof. C. W. Krea-
mer, of Norristown. The remains
were taken to Woodward where fun-
eral services were held on Monday
morning by Rev. J. J. Weaver, burial
being made in the Woodward ceme-
tery.
Furey
{ the “Watchman” last week, was held | 20th. He apparently progressed rap-
idly toward recovery and had even
been out of bed a few minutes on
Wednesday and Thursday but a blood
clot forming on the brain caused his
death on Friday morning.
Deceased was a son of James and
Margaret Henderson and was born on
the old homestead in Benner town-
ship on May 11th, 1878, hence was 40
years, 10 months and 17 days old.
His boyhood days were spent upon the
farm and attending the public schools.
As a youth he attended the Bellefonte
. Academy and took a prominent part
iin athletics at that institution, play-
ing on both the baseball and football
teams. When he grew to manhood he
decided to study medicine and entered
{ the Jefferson Medical college, Phila-
| delphia. He spent several years there
and one at the Baltimore Medical col-
I lege then gave up his studies and ac-
i cepted a position with the Provident
t Life and Trust company, Philadelphia,
"where he had been located the past
i eight years.
He was united in marriage in June,
11915, to Miss Daise Barnes, of Belle-
! fonte, a well known teacher in the
, public schools here. During their res-
idence in Philadelphia they were mem-
bers of and regular attendants at the
Westminster Presbyterian church.
| Mr. Henderson also belonged to the
{ Masonic fraternity in Philadelphia
and was a member of the Elks Lodge
| No. 2, the oldest lodge of that order
in Philadelphia. He was a genial and
companionable gentleman and his sud-
den death was a great shock to his
many friends.
He is survived by his wife but no
children. He also leaves his mother,
{ Mrs. Margaret Henderson, living in
| Philadelphia, two brothers and four
sisters, namely: Robert Henderson,
of State College; E. O. Henderson, of
Philadelphia; Mrs. C. L. Knox, of Al-
exandria, Minn.; Miss E. L. Hender-
son, of Philadelphia; Mrs. W. D. Lose,
Bellefonte, and Mrs. C. H. Heckman,
on the old homestead in Benner town-
ship.
Brief funeral services were held at
his late home in Philadelphia on Sun-
day after which the remains were
brought to Bellefonte and taken to
the Barnes home on Bishop street
where final services were held at three
o'clock on Monday afternoon by Dr.
W. K. McKinney. Burial was made
{in the Union cemetery, the Bellefonte
| Lodge of Elks being in charge.
Important Branch of Red Cross Work.
One of the most valued features. of
the many-sided work of the American
Red Cross during the days of the war,
and still continuing during these days
of the armistice, is that of the Home
Service section, perhaps better known
in some localities as the bureau of
civilian or military relief. Under the
able leadership of Mr. J. B. Cook dur-
ing the war, and with Squire Wood-
ring’s no less efficient and unselfish
service at the present time, help of
many different sorts and descriptions
has been rendered to men in the serv-
ice and to their families.
For the purpose of helping Chap-
ters carry on this important work, in-
stitutes of home service have been
held in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
at intervals of every few months.
Chapters are authorized to pay the
expenses of students to these institutes
if- necessary. However, up to this
time, no persons from the Bellefonte
Chapter have taken advantage of the
courses of study so offered. The ex-
ecutive committee of the Chapter has
decided to send a student to the insti-
tute beginning in June, if a suitable
person can be found. This is in line
with the policy of the American Red
Cross, as part of its reconstruction
work, to continue the work of these
home sections so that if possible each
community may have the services of
a trained social worker.
Every town the size of Bellefonte
should have such a trained social
worker as well as a visiting nurse,
the two co-operating at every point.
In a community no larger than ours
the two offices might well be combin-
ed in the same person, if possible to
secure a woman so equipped. It is to
this end that our Chapter should
work and because of this fact the ex-
ecutive committee plans to send a stu-
dent to fit herself for social work in
this community. The committee hav-
ing in charge the thorough investiga-
tion of the matter consists of Miss
Mary Blanchard, Mrs. Joseph Ceader
and Mrs. Harry Keller.
All Liquor Licenses Lifted.
The last of the twenty-six liquor
licenses granted by Judge Quigley
was lifted on Monday, all of them for
a period of three months from April
first, or up to the first of July when
total prohibition is supposed to go in-
to effect. At the regular license court
in December the application of John
Knarr, for a license at the Old Fort
hotel, was held under advisement but
was later granted and has been lifted
by him. Application has now been
made for the transfer of said license
from Mr. Knarr to James W. Moyer,
of Potters Mills, who will give up the
hotel at that place and take charge at
the Old Fort just as soon as a legal
transfer of the license is made.
——William Poorman and family,
who several years ago moved from
Hublersburg to Philipsburg, have
moved back to their old home in Hub-
lersburg.
Fresh Air.
(Continued from page 1, Cel. 5.)
of them just that spice of self-inter-
est that is required to lend full valid-
ity to high principles.
That question is the financial ques-
tion. It cannot be solved without
complete inter-Allied cohesion on the
basis of an enduring peace, positively
guaranteed. It must be solved for
the enemy as well as for ourselves.
When it is solved, the peace which its
solution will alone render practicable,
may or may not be called a “Wilson
peace.” Whatever its name, the Ger-
mans will not like it when they get it,
though it will nevertheless be in the
long run, very good for them.
E. C. Musser Buys Highly Bred
Bull Calf.
E. C. Musser, one of the prosperous
dairy farmers near State College, re-
cently purchased from the Dairy De-
partment of the college one of the
best bred Holstein calves that has
ever been bred at the college. This
calf was born Feburary 22nd, 1919,
and has exceptionally fine Holstein
type.
The sire of this calf is the present
college herd sire, Ormsby Pontiac
Hengerveld, the $1,000 grandson of
the famous Holstien bull, King of the
Pontiacs.
The dam of this calf is a four year
old grand-daughter of King of the
Pontiacs, and has just completed an
official record of 22.5 pounds of but-
ter in seven days. She is considered
one of the very best cows in the col-
lege herd and is now on test for a
vearly record. It is expected that she
will nearly equal the record made at
the college last year by the noted cow,
Lilith Gem Kolkluff, of 22,247 pounds
of milk and 851 pounds of butter.
It is a matter of considerable satis-
faction to see the interest in better
dairy cattle coming to the front in
this county and we feel that Mr. Mus-
ser is laying the right foundation for
a future fine herd of Holsteins.
Penn State to Celebrate Commence-
ment in June.
The commencement exercises at
The Pennsylvania State College next
June will break all records in the
number of alumni returning for class
reunions and in the intensity of cele-
bration.
Appropriate patriotic celebrations
for the victorious close of the war are
under consideration by the college au-
thorities. Hundreds of alumni and
former students recently out of mili-
tary service have decided to come
back for the biggest celebration re-
union to express their jubilation at
America’s victory and Penn State’s
participation in the war. Special fea-
tures will be arranged in memory of
Penn State’s graduates who made the
supreme sacrifice.
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State College Wants $3,300,462.
The Pennsylvania State College
wants appropriations from the pres-
ent Legislature totalling $3,300,462.
Mr. Jordan, of Lawrence county,
sponsored the bills which were intro-
duced in the House on Tuesday. The
bills include $1,250,000 for mainte-
nance; $1,625,000 for buildings and
improvements; $370,462 to meet the
national appropriation for agricultur-
al schools; $30,000 for apprentice,
trade and night schools and $25,000
for the summer school.
——A beginning has been made in
the laying out of the great play
grounds planned for The Pennsylva-
nia State College. All of the western
end of the campus, extending clear to
Struble station will be given over to
recreation sports and tennis courts,
soccer fields, baseball diamonds,
tracks, gridirons and other play
grounds will be provided in sufficient
number to accommodate practically
the entire student body at one time.
Last week the first of a corps of ex-
perts went over the ground with a
view to locating an eighteen hole
golf course. When he had concluded
his survey he gave it as his opinion
that there is room there for one of
the finest courses in the country and
said he would not be surprised if it
should become a “professional course.”
——Al Rishel and Reynolds Shope
have bought the government build-
ings erected on the campus of The
Pennsylvania State College for the
accommodation of the S. A. T. C.
They expect to demolish the buildings
and dispose of the surplus that Mr.
Rishel will not need in replacing his
farm buildings that were destroyed
Getting Ready for the Victory Loan.
Chas. M. McCurdy, chairman, and
C. C. Shuey, secretary of the Centre
county Victory Loan committee, at-
tended a conference of the officers of
the several districts representing the
third Federal Reserve district on
March 27th. The meeting was held
at the Bellevue-Stratford hotel, in
Philadelphia, and was marked by a
spirit of patriotic optimism. Reports
from all parts of the State indicated
that the loan would be a success. Al-
though the war is over the expense
continues and will continue until the
normal conditions attending peace are
resumed.
Mr. Shuey, the secretary, is now
completing the organization which
will be disbanded at the conclusion of
the coming campaign. This organiza-
tion, comprising leading citizens in
each township, has done effective
work in former campaigns and the
men comprising it are not the kind
that give up until their work is com-
pleted. We look for Centre county to
take its full quota, for the terms,
while not yet announced, will be at-
tractive, and will offer particular in-
ducements to the investor.
—Subseribe for the “Watchman.”