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Bellefonte, Pa., April 2, 1920.
SINGAPORE TO HAVE TAXIS
Far Eastern City WII Abandon the
Rickshaw, Long Used as Method
of Transportation.
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"According to advices from Consul
General Edwin N. Gonzales at Singa-
pore, that city is to have an internal
transportation system of thoroughly
modern taxicabs.
Whether American automobile man-
ufacturers will secure the order for
these motors is problematical, but thé
most significant part of the news is
that it marks a further development
of the use of modern methods in the
far East.
For several years in Singapore
there has been a most consistent and
vigorous agitation against the insti-
tution of the well-known rickshaws.
|Most of this agitation came from the
tongue and pen of the educated Chi-
nese, who maintain that the system of
making a horse out of men is wrong
from the standpoint of the degrading
influence which it has on the individ-
uals as well as the harm it is claimed
to work upon the coolies.
Distances are great in most far
Eastern cities, and while the rickshaw
makes transportation reasonably con-
venient and comfortable, the rickshaw
‘most certainly is a primitive vehicle
‘and doomed to early abandonment be-
cause of the rapid advance now be-
ing made in the industrial and social
life of the far East.
The new company to operate in
Singapore is to be officially known as
. the Singapore Motor Taxicab and
Transport company, Ltd., ang will
have capital of $350,000. The initial
equipment will be made up of 40
landaulet taxicabs, five one-ton trucks
and five three-quarter ton trucks.
Singapore has a population of 300,000.
HIGH PRICES FOR DIAMONDS
"*ajue of the Highly Desired Sparklers
Aas Been Soaring to Unheard-
of Heights.
The economic situation of the world
at large is said by jewelers to be
more responsible for the present high
prices of diamonds than any shortage
of diamonds in the South African
mines or any manipulation of the out-
put by the De Beers Diamond com-
pany.
The following figures concerning dia-
mond prices were obtained from Ant-
werp, the European center of the dia-
mond market. An uncut diamond be-
fore the war cost $23 a carat and $32
after cutting. Immediately after the
declaration of war, the price slumped.
In 1915 the Germans began to get
nervous regarding the value of paper
money and started buying all the dia-
monds they could find.
France, Switzerland, Italy and Eng-
land followed suit and the price went
up rapidly. On the eve of the armis-
tice, an uncut carat diamond was
worth $70. Since the war ended, the
diamond market has boomed, owing to
the depreciation of European money,
.the difficulty of exchange and the em- |
. bargo on the export of currency from
one European nation to another. To-
day a carat of uncut stone finds a
ready market at $150. i
The Antwerp merchants no longer
seek customers. The market is swamp-
ed with buyers. Credit is no longer
given. The sales are for cash. The
buyer frequently resells and the new
purchaser sells again at fat profits.
Thus the price keeps going up. Large
stones are snapped up at unheard of
prices. |
Frightful Experience.
“What was my most thrilling expe-
rience?’ mused the ex-pilot. “Ah! I
could never forget it. It was a bright
starlight night, but the lurid flashes
around us obscured all else as we
sped through the air. The advancing
enemy was hard upon us, while all
ground we heard the weird, savage
music so terribly familiar, and the
thud as of a thousand falling meteors.
We dived, looped, corkscrewed till our
senses were numbed. I felt a sharp
pain in my right foot, a dull weight
in my side—I was falling, falling—
and knew no more till I found myself
lying on the ground badly smashed
some hours later.” ;
“And that was really your record
-perial engagement?”
“No,” he replied; “it was my first
experiment with the jazz—Pitts- |
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
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Paying the War Cost.
Referring to the cost of the war,
Secretary of War Baker told the
finance committee of the senate and |
house that the total outgo in round
numbers would be $30,000,000,0004 but
$9,000,000,000 of this was lgans to our
allies. Nearly a third of the net cost
has already been paid out of money
raised by taxation. The other two-
thirds was obtained from the five
Liberty loans. If we pay a billion a
year, besides interest, we can clear
off the war cost in about twenty-one
years.
Blg Contribution to War.
One ¢f the most striking coniribg
tions of the United States tg the
was the enormous quan of 5
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BOALSBURG.
Mrs. William Meyer spent a few
days in Millheim.
Miss Esther Sparr, of Williams-
burg, was in town a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Israel Reitz visited
friends at State College recently.
Mr. and Mrs. William Woods re-
turned home, after being absent for
several months.
Fred Ishler is spending some time
at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. P. S. Ishler.
Cyril Zechman is home from Sus-
quehanna University, Selinsgrove, for
the Easter vacation.
Mrs. Henrietta Dale and daughter,
Miss Anna, spent Wednesday and
Thursday in Bellefonte.
Class No. 1 of the Reformed Sun-
day school will have a chicken and
waffle supper in the Malta hall, on
Saturday evening.
A number of people from Altoona,
Bellefonte, Huntingdon and State Col-
lege attended the funeral of Mrs. Nor-
man Slagle, on Monday.
John W. Keller returned home Mon-
day, leaving Mrs. Keller in a Philadel-
phia hospital, where she underwent an
operation last Wednesday.
There will be preaching services in |
the Lutheran church Friday and Sat- |
urday evenings, at 7:30 and Commun-
ion services Easter Sunday at 10:30.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reitz and son
Henry, of Charter Oak, spent several
days in town. Mrs. Reitz and Misses
Dorothy and Hester Lonebarger spent
some time in Bellefonte, having dental
work done.
Mrs. Mollie Ishler and family mov-
ed to State College and Harry Ishler
and family have taken charge of the
Ishler farm. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Lee, of Cedar Creek, purchased the
Harry Ishler home in town. Mr. and
Mrs. James Reed purchased the late
Ira Ishler home, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Kimport the Reed farm. Mrs.
William Mothersbaugh and son John
: will move to the farm Mrs.
will move from the Blue spring farm
to the Kimport home. Charles Ross
and family, of Ferguson township,
will occupy the Blue spring farm.
Mrs. Helen Klinger and family went
to State College and James Callahan
Klinger
vacated. John Jacobs will become
manager of the Boal tavern and Har-
ry Markle and family will move to
the Boal home farm. David Snyder
and family will occupy the house
Markle’s vacated, and it is reported
Mrs. Grace Eckenroth, of Pleasant
Gap, will move to the house owned by |
Mrs. Samuel Wagner. Mr. and Mrs. |
Charles Kuhn have retired from the |
Kidder farm and now occupy the Wil- |
liam Stuart-house. |
——Frank Green, of Allegheny
county, was electrocuted at Rockview
on Monday morning for the murder
of Frank Vukavich, of East Pitts-
burgh, on November 3rd, 1918. The |
body was unclaimed and was buried |
in the penitentiary cemetery.
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HERE are these facts before you!
This company has experienced all
of the increased
ing telephone service, and the public is
still enjoying the low rates of pre-war
days.
A year of even greater importance
than any that has gone before is now
confronting us—with its heavy require-
ments for extensions and improvements
of the plant and of the service.
The company has
which it can fall back.
every possibility of economy, and still
finds itself far from making ends meet.
Notable inventions
. Adequate rates alone will insure the
carfying out of the program for 1920
which will meet the de
quirements of the public.
Adequate rates alone will make it
possible for us to pay our bills and meet
our obligations to the users of the serv-
ice, to our employees, and to the owners
of the property.
These obligations deserve the serious
thought of every telephone user.
We are, after all, only your stewards
in the furnishing of a great, important
public service. That service must grow
and must be the best.
rates alone will make this possible.
The Bell Telephone Company
of Pennsylvania
sum up the
one Rate Situation-
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and equipment
perfections cannot be brought into play
immediately to help the situation. Time
and capital are required—much of both.
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Clothes may not
make the man-
but you ought to see
some men in the gym!
FTER all, all we see of Man is his clothes—
and he ought to pay a lot of attention to his
appearance. >
Don’t be handicapped in the game of life by not
looking the part. :
Look prosperous—and you'll feel like living up f
to your appearance. High-Art Clothes have style
they have the quality to keep the style in perma-
nently—tailored in, not merely pressed in.
Fayble’s
Bellefonte Trust Company
Bellefonte, Pa.
Why You Should Make aWill
To protect your loved ones.
To safeguard your estate.
By making a Will you can appoint the Bellefonte Trust
Company as your Executor or Trustee.
You can thus assure to your heirs the business manage-
ment and financial responsibility which this institution affords.
Your wishes can be observed in the distribution of your
property, for if you do not leave a Will the law may divide up
your possessions in a way that you might not desire.
How Have You Made Your Will?
Do not write your own Will. ‘Home-made’ Wills are °
dangerous and often cause law-suits, because, when drawing a
Will the law must be known, both as to wording and terms.
Consult a lawyer today about the making of your Will and have
him name the Bellefonte Trust Company to act as your Execu-
tor and Trustee.
J. L. Spangler,
65-3-tf President
C. T. Gerberich,
Vice President
N. E. Robb,
Treasurer
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rear wheels track.
on. Chain-Driven Exclusively.
Axles coupled together with angle steel reach ; coupled short, dividing load between front
and rear axle. Wide-tired wheels. No moving parts on rear axle. Axle not used as a bearing for gears to run
Positively not a worm or cog gear on the machine.
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GEORGE A. BEEZER,
BELLEFONTE, PA. 61-30 DISTRIBUTOR.