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Bellefonte, Pa., August 20, 1920.
PENNSYLVANIA'S FORESTS.
Short Talks on Forestry and the Lum-
ber Situation.
—
By Gifford Pinchot, Chief
Pennsylvania.
NO. 1—THE BARE FACTS.
The one word which properly de-
seribes the fact surrounding the for-
est and lumber situation in Pennsyl-
vania is “bare.”
Forester of
Wasteful lumbering and fire—lack
of attention to the tree-growing lands
of the State—have made bare millions
of Pennsylvania acres which by all
that is reasonable should be growing
one crop of trees after another, for
that is all they can be made to grow.
Pennsylvania has 5,000,000 acres
fit only for growing trees—an area
greater than the entire State of New
Jersey. It used to be covered with
the richest forest. At present it is
producing little or nothing for the
use and benefit of our people. An
area that produces nothing is a des-
ert. This is Pennsylvania’s desert.
The Pennsylvania desert costs the
people of the State $100,000 a year—
twice as much as it costs to run the
State Government.
It works out like this. We use in
Pennsylvania about 2,300,000,000 feet
of lumber each year. We might grow
nearly all of it at home, but we have
been letting the fires run instead. As
a result we are paying not less than
$25,000,000 a year in freight charges
on lumber brought into the State.
This freight bill grows and will soon
exceed $40,000,000 every twelve
months.
In addition, and apart from the
freight, we pay $50,000,000 more each
year for .the 1,700,000,000 feet of
lumber we import.
This is nearly pure loss, but it
does not tell the whole story. The
other losses due to forest destruction
and the closing or removal of wood-
working industries are very great,
and there is besides the loss from
floods, the loss of business to the
business men of the State, the loss
to newspapers through the excessive
cost of newsprint whicht might just
as well have been produced at home,
the loss of population driven to other
States to find employment in lumber-
ing, the loss of fish and game, the
loss of summer resort business, and
other losses, which combined we may
very conservatively place at $25,000,
000 a year. The total is one hundred
millions.
The direct damage from fire is the
smallest of all—probably less than
half a million—because outside of
farmers’ woodlots there is so little
valuable timber left to burn. It is
not what the fires burn up, but what
they prevent from growing, that
truly measures the damage they
cause.
Taking it altogether, we are well
within the truth in estimating that
the Pennsylvania desert keeps out of
the pockets of our people, and puts
into their cost of living, not less than
| eay;-I-have geen.it in little. babies.”
$100,000,000 a year.
Until 1907 Pennsylvania was a lum- |
ber exporting State. Then we start-
ed importing lumber. Now we im-
port three times as much as our for-
ests produce.
From 2,300,000,000 board feet pro-
duced in Pennsylvania in 1899 there
was 2 drop to 500,000,000 board feet
estimated for 1919.
Tree cutting goes on without re-
growth of trees.
devastation. It means neglect of our
true economic interests that borders
on the criminal. For this condition
Pennsylvania is to blame—Pennsyl-
vania in its capacity as a Common-
wealth of intelligent people.
The remedy lies in renewed protec-
tion and care of our forests and in
true statesmanship on the part of our
lawmakers and law administrators.
FN
CHESTNUT BLIGHT IN NOTHERN
TIER.
Destructive Tree Diseases Reported to
Be Spreading.
Chestnut blight, which has destroy-
ed chestnut trees in the southern and
eastern counties of Pennsylvania, has
been discovered in the northern tier,
according to a report to the Depart-
ment of Forestry. Chestnut trees in
almost every part of the Blackwell
Forest in Tioga have been discovered
infected. The blight first appeared in
Bucks county about twelve years ago,
destroying every chestnut tree that
was not cut down for timber before
the blight did its work.
. PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN
“This prosperous Gent with the Care-
free Air is a Steady Advertiser. Busi-
iness is Good, aad Bank Account is
|Growing every day and a New Car
{roosts in the Garage. His only Worry
is that his Competitor will Wake Up
some day and be a Steady Advertiser
too, in which case he Wouldn't have
it So Soft.
This means forest !
A — yee ees ———_—_—
HEALTH SCHOOL
Pennsylvania State Depariment
of Health.
Questions.
1. How can decay in teeth be
prevented?
2. What diseases may be caused
by decayed teeth?
3. What .action should School
Boards take?
Not a Dead One.
|
| For three strenuous hours the auc-
| tioneer had tried to work his listen-
ers up to the proper pitch of enthusi-
asm. But either the weather or their
lunch had disagreed with them and
they simply wouldn’t be aroused. The
sale was one of horses, and lot after
lot went for very poor prices. At
last a sad and bony animal was led
Oh, Dear, No!
“What brought you here, my poor
man?” inquired the prison visitor.
“Well, lady,” replied the prisoner,
“I guess my trouble started from
attendin’ too many weddin’s.”
“Ah! You learned to drink there or
steal, perhaps?”
“No, lady; I was always the bride-
groom.”—London Telegraph.
TEETH
“The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand;
‘If this were only cleared away,’
They said, ‘It would be grand.
“ ‘If seven maids with seven mops
Swept it for half a year,
Do you suppose,” the Walrus said,
That they could get it clear?
‘I doubt it,’ said the Carpentcr,
And shed a bitter tear.”
It was this fragment of Carroll’s
poem that Dr. Black quoted to Mrs.
Walter, the Chairman of the County
Health Committee, when she said that
because of the rotten teeth of the
children of today, the men and wo-
men of tomorrow would be a set of
invalids, dyspeptics, and rheumatics;
and proposed that the dentists should
so work with the school authorities
that every child in every school of the
county should have his teeth put in
perfect order and kept so.
The Doctor continued thus:
“In one county of Pennsylvania
there are about 456 school houses and
27,000 children; those 27,000 children
have at least 100,000 rotting teeth.
There are in this county fifteen com-
petent dentists. Allowing one hour
for each child, it would take those
fifteen dentists, working eight hours a
day, two hundred and twenty-five days
to give a first treatment to each of
these children.”
“But that is a gross exaggeration,
their teeth cannot be in that dreadful
condition.”
* «Jt is no exaggeration, but under
states the facts.”
“A survey of 159 children in two
cities, showed 825 cavities; an aver-
age of 5.20 cavities a mouth; this
fairly represents the State at large.”
“Then there is no hope of doing
anything except for the people who
can afford to pay for a dentist?”
“On the contrary,” replied the Doc-
tor, “there is not only hope, hut a
determination to do much.”
“But how can that be?”
«By preventing the rotting of teeth.”
“But it is natural for teeth to de-
“Teeth decay only and solely be-
cause the mouth is filthy. In this
mouth filth grow the germs which eat
away the enamel.”
“Do you mean that there wouldn’t
be any toothaches, any abscesses, any
fillings to be done, if the teeth were
kept clean?’
| “yes.”
“Do bad teeth cause disease?”
“Yes, children with rotten teeth
catch diseases, are sickly, have sore
throats, sore gums, bad stomachs. Bad
teeth are the starting points of rheu-
matism, heart disease, and many crip-
pling forms of sickness.”
“How can you get rid of what you
call mouth filth?”
“By washing and brushing the teeth
every time food is taken into the
mouth, using plenty of water and re-
moving all of those fragments of food
which remain between the teeth and
on the irregular grinding surfaces.
These Tragments of food in the warm,
moist atmosphere of the mouth quick-
ly decay, and start that eating away
of the enamel which exposes the teeth
to rotting. This is especially true of
all forms of sugar.”
“Coming back to the school children,
Doctor, what can we do for them?”
“There are not enough dentists te
go around, therefore some other means
must be sought. We can use women
| trained to clean the teeth thoroughly
' and properly, and to map out condi-
| tions which require the care of a den-
| tist. One such woman can thorough-
{17 clean, twice a year, the teeth of
eight hundred children; her salary
should be $100 per month. Where
there are a number of small schools
| within fairly easy reach of each other,
she can divide her time among them.
«The children must be taught how to
keep their teeth clean and must be in-
spected daily to see that they are do-
ing so. Those who require further
attention should be referred to the
dentist, and children too poor to pay
should be sent to the school dentist,
who should be given a fair salary for
work.
“Where this has beer done not only
health but scholarship ‘has shown an
astonishing improvement.
«Tt is better for Pennsylvania that
her coming citizens should have sound
teeth, than that they should know how
to extract cube root; also, it costs less,
and is a proper charge against the
school fund.”
erer———ly —————
Favoritism.
“Nigger, you sho’ is havin’ a run o’
luck wid dem iv’ries.”
“Yeh,” said the expert crap shooter.
“When 1 takes dese bones in mah han’
I tells ’em whut to do.”
“I b’lieve dey hears you, too! Dat’s
why I'm tellin’ you don’t lay ‘em
down. Roll ’em, boy, roll ’em. Maybe
dey’ll git so fur away dey can’t hear
you.”—Birmingham Age-Herald.
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this type of trying and exhausting
into the ring.
graph.
“Now, gentlemen,” shouted the auc- |
tioneer, “what offers for this lot? Will |
somebody start the bidding?”
There was a pause.
came slowly from somewhere in the
middle of the crowd.
“Two dollars,” it said.
“Gentlemen, gentlemen!” protested
the auctioneer tearfully.
ig alive!”—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
How He Got There.
Sympathetic Visitor (to prisoner)—
My good man, what brought you
here?
Prisoner—Borrowing money.
S. V.—But they don’t put people in
prison for borrowing money.
P.—I know, but I had to knock a
man down three four times before
he would lend it to me.
Then a voice
“The horse
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In ready funds is the magnet that
will draw opportunity, not once but
many times to the thrifty man’s door.
The funds need not be large. There
are opportunities of all sizes. But
the possession of capital, no matter
how limited, implies the presence of
other desirable qualities—such as
business sense, stability, ambition.
By starting a savings account with
us now you will soon have sufficient
savings accumulated to enable you to
welcome Opportunity when she next
knocks. Without money you may not
even recognize her.
CENTRE COUNTY BANKING CO
60-4 BELLEFONTE, PA.
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paid,
OMMISSIONERS’ SALE OF SEATED AND UNSEATED LANDS IN CENTRE
C COUNTY, PA.—By virtue of the several Acts of Assembly relative to the sale
of seated and unseated lands in the County of Centre, for taxes due and un-
the County Commissioners will offer the following
the Court House, at Bellefonte, Pa., on August 30th, 1920, at 10 o'clock a, m. The
sale will be adjourned from time to
Terms of sale are as follows, viz:
tracts at Public Sale at
{ime until all the tracts have been sold.
The purchase price and costs must be paid
Taylor Township, Harr
Lot
House & Lot Walker Township, Lizzi
Attest: RASH W. IRWIN, Clerk.
Bellefonte, Pa., July 20, 1920.
when the land is stricken off, otherwise will be put up and sold at an adjourned
sale. ;
Acres Per. Warrantee Name Supposed Owner Taxes & Costs
BOGGS TOWNSHIP
424 78 Cottinger, G.....+..010x TW. Saxton. Ga ae 831
BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP
433 163 Bell, William......... BR EB. Watson. .....cc.crrcrecevrvaes 43.17
433 153 Davidson, W. Jr....... H. 8S: Fayvlor..... ci ioeiiiriasivanad 53.71
433 153 Davidson, W. Jr...... BR. BR. WatSON. ..osesvesssesressvmsias 32.24
CURTIN TOWNSHIP
200 120 Carscadden, D......... R: RB. Watson... ...cocrtsnrsvsesrnes 20.72
300 Leech, Martha........ Ignotz Martin..........cooeveeneenns 9.
158 93 Packer, Job W......:. R. R. Watson... va :
158 93 Packer, Job W........ 2. RB. Watson.y.......
50 Packer, Job & W. C...R. R. Watson ese diana wee,
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP
83 Duncan, Samuel...... W. GCG Runkle...............vh cen eens 2.12
HAINES TOWNSHIP
181 Fees, Jacob,........... Bark Motz........ccciieevsadesvinees 16.74
% ORRAOWI ..ciiieriaanisisd J. Thomas Mitchell.........c..cvvnne 7.84
125 UnEnown w.....:..ee RB. BR. Watson........oteeeseeersesee 10.48
HOWARD TOWNSHIP
217 Bonham, Sarah....... Edw. Schumacher................... 29.62
415 Godfrey, Martha...... R. B. WatS80N....cotesntrosrtrmrsiovs 39.18
HUSTON TOWNSHIP
40 Burley, Jacob.........d J. Thomas Mitchell.................. 14.92
270 Seeley, IsaacC.......... Centre Lumber Co..........c0vevuens 46.63
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
400 Leech, Martha........ RR. WalS0n.......0iceiuivnnrdesae 37.52
MARION TOWNSHIP
20 Harris, James........ H. 8. Taylor.......ciiisiipneracesn 12.05
18 120 Lamb, David.......... H. S. Taylor. .cccsnvesrrssitinseenss 4.31
41 Lingle, J. J..... JH. 8S. Tayler..............c00c0i.. en 7.88
15 of 199 Zantzinger, Paul H. SS. Tayvior..i..ccccovivesrsrcadass 8.07
MILES TOWNSHIP
123 Barton, Whi..sovsss- W. G. Runkle. ......covviiinineesians
156 60 Dehr, S. & Stahl, J....J. M. Heinle.....
400 Lake, Richard........ R. RR. Watson... x
wo Toner, Thomas....... J. M. Helle. ....iecevvrusinienivann, 8.77
PATTON TOWNSHIP
30 Burton, Robert....... J. Thomas Mitchell................. 6.36
10 Grover, Robert........ BoP. Blair... ci cvcissiesassass 13.92
9 O’Brien, John......... J. Thomas Mitchell.................e 4.04
RUSH TOWNSHIP
153 153 Turner, JamesS........ Realty Estates...........c..oeeveenn 20.38
200 Burg, Jobn........... BR. R. WalS80R..uicnressrssrinesvsnen 27.42
434 Grant, Thomas........ B..RB. Watson... .iccciaisaive. 56.61
367 190 Irwin, Jos. P.......... J. M. Heinle.......icvaees gouiatieiis aie 48.57
SPRING TOWNSHIP ’
100 Harris, J. D...........W. I. Miller...........ccivnveeneenns 9.27
419 Johnson, John........J. M. Heinle.........c..cov0veennnnnn 28.85
15 Kurtz, J. L..... CH. S. Taylor... ......cooiviraseenns.. 4.97
250 Toole, Henry......... J. M. Helnle:.......cc.cooivinnsrse: 18.50
SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP
412 44 Carscadden, D
433 Devling, Jos...
21 Lucas, D. Sr..
12 Lucas, D. Sr.. J.
400 Martin, Alex..........
360 160 Pim, Hugh............d. 2 .
433 Parker, Geo...... ;
360 Pim, John... ‘ 64.
300 Riley, Job... .W. G. Runkle.. y
325 Rogers, Fred... RB. RB. Watson.. aus y
400 Rogers, Kate A RR, WHESON...cnssescrrassncaases ,
433 153 Spear, Margaret.......J. Thomas Mitchell....... i. aiciivis
nT 36 Wharton, Mary....... TT. P. Blair... .coaeerissnsevnrrrvocay 46.71
TAYLOR TOWNSHIP
434 153 McCommond, Thes....F. P. Blair............coiievnnnnnen 108.42
400 Bell, Whee eooerssnsss R. B. Watson............os00veeev. 53.92
309 Bush, James.......... BR. BR, WaLSON..co sve crrinpnsisimesis 71.10
433 153 McCommond, Thos....F. P. Blair..........ccooiniiinnnes 83.8%
24 McEwen, Henry....... BR. BR. WalSON........ 7 sci evsrtnnvsds 57.48
433 Pruner, B, J.........: RB. BB. Wats0D.... coc cvsnrarinsee 58.11
160: Bell, J. Ciesevvvesniens W. G. Runkle......c....veivn:srvcee 15.82
129 160 Norris, Marion........ R. BR. WalSOD.....ccccieersarennnses 28.52
UNION TOWNSHIP
100 Blake, JameS.......... mM, CG. Cronover..............c..evees 13.25
WALKER TOWNSHIP
S8 Wickersham, Amos.,. Jas. H. Long............ccivennnenn 8.90
73 ingle, J. Juiced HH. 8. Taylor... ..c.cosnisiisessnsse 6.65
12 Wilson, Robert....... HS. Taylor....... 0.0 casi. 3.70
WORTH TOWNSHIP
100 Unknown ............ R. R. Watson.......ccoiveienenennnes 11.72
SEATED LANDS RETURNED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES
Acres District Supposed Owner Taxes and Costs
Lot Bellefonte, Borough, Susan Fogelman Est.................. $ 44.76
Lot Bellefonte Borough, James BUIDS......ccieiieininncncccnns 25.45
Lot Bellefonte Borough, Wm. P. Brown........coeeieeeeeencens 14.32
Lot Milesburg Borough, J. P. Harper, Est.......c.cocevevvienees 30.76
Lot Philipsburg Borough, Foster NeISOR...csvnncevisesrnsssnes 13.00
House & Lot Philipsburg Borough, Wm. Laws............. . 62.64
Lots No. 171-172 South Philipsburg Borough, Mrs. Geo. Foutz 10.30
Lots No. 200-201 South Philipsburg Borough, Helen Mayes Es 8.14
Lots No. 78- 79 South Philipsburg Borough, S. T. Williams. 10.08
Lot South Philipsburg Borough, Foster Nelson.. Lo 1743
Lots No. 1- 2 South Philipsburg Borough, Ellen Nelson............c...... 10.08
2 acres Boggs Township, Harry QuicK............covvieineeeecnnes 5.73
64 acres Curtin Township, Mrs. J. W. Fye........oooiiieenn
Lot Huston Townsnid, M.D. Crothers
House & Lot Rush Township, Emma Fisher ..............
2 acres Rush Township, Fred Gressa ......
Lot Rush Township, G. L. Whitchead
Lot Rush Township, Mrs. J. Robins ........viiieiiercecnecnnees
Lot Spring Township, Elmer Musser .........cceeeveeecccenccns
103 acres Taylor Township, Daniel MOOTe ........c.ccoivinenvecnrnes
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HARRY P. AUSTIN,
GEO. H. YARNELL,
GEO. M. HARTER,
County Commissioners.
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reduction is on all Ladies’,
Misses’ and Children’s Low
Shoes. There is plenty of time
to wear low shoes this season
and if you are in need of low
shoes, look our prices over be-
fore you purchase.
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AUGUST The...
Money Saving Month
This month we are determined to sell
all Summer stuff at greater reductions.
We must have the room for early Fall
goods.
COATS and SUITS
We have all sizes and colors, including black; in full length
andiSport Coats at greatly reduced prices. Coat Suits at prices
less than wholesale. All extra sized Ladies’ Suits are in this
big reduction sale, in black and navy blue only.
SUMMER DRESS GOODS
Voiles, Flaxons, Silk Plaids, Silk Checks, Foulards, Georg-
ettes, Taffetas, at pre-war prices.
Georgette and Voile Waist Sale
A large assortment, all sizes, including extra large; Voile
Waists now $1.98.
Georgette Waists in light and dark, long and short sleeves,
now $4.98.
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New Fall Dress Goods
have arrived. We are showing the ad-
vance styles in Wool Plaids.
LaVogue Coats and Suits
Come in and see our new Fall line of LaVogue
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