INK SLINGS.
. —What a rain we have had!
how it was needed! It’s late but there
is a lot of grain sowing yet to be done
in the county.
—Surely Centre will not fail to grab
the honor of having the first woman
Representative in Harrisburg. Vote
for Zoe Meek.
——We wouldn’t say that too many
people go to college but might venture
to remark that too few of those who
go get the full benefit of the advan-
tages colleges afford.
——The bankers in convention in
New York are of the opinion that rail-
road men’s wages ought to be de-
creased. But they don’t mean railroad
presidents or directors.
~ —Anyway, Uncle Sam and New
York charities got more out of the
world’s series baseball games than did
the management of the two contend-
ing clubs. That’s some satisfaction.
—If you want the “mess at Harris-
burg” cleaned up send the right kind
of cleaners down there. W. I. Betts
and Zoe Meek are the right kind.
They’ll use lye, not soft-soap or white-
wash.
—The registration in the State in-
dicates that there are hundreds of
thousands of Republicans who prefer
to stay away from the polls to going
there and voting for Pinchot. They
don’t look on him as a Republican and
won’t support him.
—Next Monday we are to receive
fifty million dollars from England on
account of interest on her war debt to
this country. That is a great sum of
money, but the way they are spend-
ing at Washington leads us to the
conclusion that it will be a mere drop
in the bucket.
— Mr. McSparran continues his tri-
umphal tour of the State. Every-
where crowds are greeting him enthu-
siastically and he is winning thous-
ands to his support. Mr. McSparran
offers Pennsylvania her only hope of
getting out of the orgie of profliga-
cy that is driving her to bankruptcy.
—Girls, Prince Alexander of Thurn
is somewhere on the water sailing for
a visit in this country. He is young,
unmarried and has oodles of money.
His cousin married a Uniontown girl.
He might marry. one from Bellefonte.
We've never had a princess to brag
about so why don’t some of you put us
on the princess map.
—If Attorney General Daugherty’s
ruling that all ships entering and
leaving United States ports must be
bone dry, holds good, Quebec is like-
ly to become the favorite shipping
point for trans-Atlantic passengers
who want to libate “while sailing the
high sea. Quebec isn’t hard to reach
and when it leads to an oasis rather
than a desert, there are many who will
sail from there.
—The Rev. Dr. Joseph Fort Newton
told the Presbyterian ministers of
Philadelphia that they would have to
say things that will make their con-
gregations “sit up and take notice’
or that others who are boot-legging
all sorts of isms and oriental creeds
will steal their flocks away. General-
ly speaking, the Rev. Dr. Joe told the
truth, but he doesn’t understand how
much a large proportion of the aver-
age congregation prefers leaning back
and snoozing to sitting up and taking
notice.
—Turn out for the meeting in the
court house tonight! Turn out and
hear the candidates who really want
to do something for you! None of
them are politicians. None of them
want to get into office for personal
reasons or to support or to fight some
political faction. They are just volun-
teers: Offering to do a good job for
you and when it’s done they’ll quit.
And you, surely you'll admit that if
there is one place more than another
that a good job is needed, it’s at Har-
risburg.
—This is better homes week. What
have you done towards making yours
better? Of course a little paint, some
new paper, a broken door-step replac-
ed, a few conveniences for the kitchen,
an easy chair for the old man, all
count much, but there is something
else more essential and less. costly.
Have you let up on the nagging?
Have you told your wife what’'a good
housekeeper she is? Have you made
the children feel that there is no place
like home? Have you gone into your
home like you were glad to get there
and left it like you loathed to leave?
—The bankers of the country, who
were in convention in New York last
week, took a crack at the Harding ad-
ministration that is likely to give
Warren Gamaliel one more reason
why he would sooner be in Marion
than run for the Presidency again.
When they resolved “that the time
has come for the government of our
country to formulate the principles
on which it will be able to co-operate
with other nations to bring about the
needed rehabilitation of the European
countries and peace in the world” they
struck straight and hard at the White
House. They probably knew what
many others of us only conjecture,
that President Harding has no foreign
policy. They knew, also, that we
can’t continue to just sit and look on
without ultimate industrial distress.
The bankers knew that he who has
commodities to sell must create a mar-
ket for them, that Uncle Sam can
never get his great industrial machine
going to ‘capacity again unless Eu-
rope gets in shape to buy his excess
products.
And;
| for Governor.
| lished his, reputation as a generous
STATE RIGHTS AN
D FEDERAL UNION.
VOL. 67.
Labor Leaders Betray Labor.
i
The leaders of organized labor in |
Pennsylvania are trying to enlist the |
members of the several fraternities
affiliated in the American Federation
of Labor to support Gifford Pinchot
A weekly newspaper,
pretending to be the organ of striking
shopmen, published at Harrisburg, is
part of the propaganda in this move-
ment. In recent issues it has pilloried
Mr. McSparran as the enemy of or-
ganized labor and lauded Mr. Pinchot
as a champion of the cause of labor.
Its action is based upon the fact that
a questionnaire was sent to both can-
didates and Mr. McSparran promptly
and frankly declared that he is op-
posed to the eight hour labor day as
fatally injurious to the agricultural
industry, and Mr. Pinchot dodged the
subject by returning no answer at all.
It is admitted that agriculture is not
only the dominant but the essential
industry of the country. Mr. McSpar-
ran pointed out to the sponsors of the
questionnaire that an eight hour day
is an utter impossibility on the farm,
and that an eight hour day in shops
and factories drew labor from the
farms to such an extent as to paralyze
agricultural prosperity. He revealed
the “courage of his convictions” as
well as the courtesy of a gentleman,
in answering the inquiry. But Pin-
chot failed or refused to answer, thus
proving personal cowardice and dis-
courtesy to those who interrogated
him. MecSparran adopted the manly
course while Pinchot resorted to the
device of evasion. He probably never
employed a man in his life except a
coachman or a valet to wash his feet
and curl his mustache. McSparran is
a practical man, truthful and honest.
The so-called labor leaders are urg-
ing the support of Pinchot on this
representation of the facts and hope
to delude the voters in their organi-
zations by such a palpably false pre-
tense. As a matter of fact they are
supporting the Forester at the gener-
‘al election for the same reason that
“Buck” Devlin supported him at the
primary. His contribution of $125,-
000 to the primary slush fund estab-
dispenser of boodle and these political
Hessians hope to get a grab into his
“dough-bag” in consideration of their
sinister service to the Republican ma-
chine by supporting Gifford Pinchot
for Governor. That it is a base be-
trayal of the craftsmen who depend
upon them for counsel and guidance
makes no difference to them. They
want the money.
——While all the squabbling is
going on in and about Turkey and
Greece a patient man might enjoy
himself thinking out what the Wash-
ington conference accomplished to-
ward peace in the Near East.
Honest Effort Will Bring Success.
Reliable estimates of the registra-
tion last Saturday where complete re-
turns are not available at this writ-
ing show that the Republicans have
lost more than 400,000 compared with
the registration of last May. The
Democratic loss amounts to only 27,-
000, which indicates a net loss to the
Republicans of upward of 370,000,
which is considerably more than the
normal Republican majority in the
State. The. registration in the rural
districts show uniform gains for the
Democrats, so that with reasonable ef-
fort the election of John A. MecSpar-
ran may be predicted confidently. It
will be “a famous victory.”
It is hardly necessary to say to the
voters of Centre county that the
greatest service they can render to the
State this year is to consummate this
result. The “mess at Harrisburg”
must be cleaned up completely and
that can only be achieved by the elec-
tion of the Democratic ticket. Mr.
Pinchot may imagine that he is sin-
cere in his promises to the people but
no reasoning man uninfluenced by
selfish ambition can be deceived. If
Pinchot is elected the Republican ma-
chine which with his own help has
created the mess, will be entrenched
in power not only over the State but
over him. That is inevitable.
On the other hand, Mr. McSparran
is under obligations to no party ma-
chine or other agency interested in
the spoils ‘of office. He is absolutely
free from entanglements and will have
no obligations to meet except to the
people who are interested in, and ben-
efitted by, good government. The reg-
istration shews that we have an op-
portunity te rescue the government of
the State from the machine which has
been looting the treasury, squander-
ing the revenues and in every conceiv-
able way derbauching the State. Hon-
est and vigorous effort will guarantee
the election of the entire Democratic
ticket and it would be a shame to fail.
—=If the X-ray could be success-
fully used ‘on the canteloupe ’ there
would be less profanity at the break-
fast table of this grand and glorious
odious to right thinking men and
country.
Hypocrisy a Grave Crime.
The author of “Keynotes” in the es-
teemed Philadelphia Record says:
“Hypocrisy in high quarters has nat-
urally tended to encourage contempt
of law enforcement, through its in-
consistency, and so the tendency to |
sneer at all laws which did not meet !
with the approval of their violators— |
on the ground that as they did not fa- |
vor the law they could choose wheth- |
er or not to obey it—has undermined |
respect for our government, and en- !
couraged, even in the hearts of ‘good
citizens,” the open defiance of govern-
i ment, which is a far more serious
menace to good government than the
aforesaid good citizen would like to
admit.” A defiance of one law by the |
‘good citizen’ justifies equal defiance
of highway robbery laws by a thug
who does not approve of such restric-
tions.”
This accurate interpretation of a too |
common practice in public life applies !
with peculiar force to conditions in |
Pennsylvania. Gifford Pinchot is con-
stantly offending the public conscience
by hypocritically. professing a purpose
to “clean up a mess at Harrisburg,”
when as a matter of fact he is re-
sponsible for the very worst part of
that “mess,” and knows that a thor-
ough “cleaning up” would result in
his indictment for conspiracy and con-
demnation for perjury in the viola-
tion of his oath to “support, obey and
defend” the constitution of the State.
He not only contemptuously violated
the constitution in procuring an in-
crease of his salary as Commissioner
of Forestry but he contributed to the
“mess” by silently acquiescing, as a
member of the Sproul administration,
in the profligacy which has brought
the State to the verge of bankruptcy.
Gifford Pinchot had no more legal
or moral right to the $3000 increase in
his salary as Commissioner of Forest-
ry than the burglar has to the proper-
ty hie acquires by forcibly entering the
mansion of a citizen in the night to
steal. By his failure to protest
against the profligacy of the Sproul
administration he became accessory
before the fact to every offense along
that line perpetrated during the per-
od Tn" Whiclt he"w itr office Tn view |
of these facts his falsé pretense of a
purpose to “clean up the mess at
Harrisburg” is not only hypocritical -
but criminal. The only hope of’ clean-
ing up the mess at Harrisburg lies in
the election of John A. MecSparran
and his associates on the Democratic
ticket, because they have no interest,
personal or political, in concealment.
The average German and the
average Republican cordially agree in
the opinion that the Wilson adminis-
tration mussed up the world war.
Brewers “Pay the Freight.”
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Record, writing from Harrisburg the
other day, revives the story recently
referred to in this column, to the ef-
fect that the brewers of Pennsylva-
nia are contributing six dollars to the
Republican campaign fund on every
barrel of beer they sell. This writer
makes the statement on the authority
of a Harrisburg brewer who was call-
ed to Washington to make the deal.
The consideration given the brewers
for this largess is immunity from ar-
rest for violating the Volstead law.
The matter was first exposed several
weeks ago and was published in sev-
eral widely circulated and trust-
worthy newspapers and has never
been denied. The Harrisburg writer
gives additional details.
The name of the Harrisburg brewer
is not given but the statement was
made direct to the correspondent. It
may be easily traced, therefore, and
if not true, readily refuted. It is al-
leged that the price of beer was in-
creased from twelve to e zhteen dol-
lars a barrel, cash on delivery, the
brewers to improve the quality of the
product so as to make it attractive at
the increased price. Investigation by
the correspondent shows that sales
have increased rather than diminish-
ed at the increased price, and that not
an arrest has been made since the deal
was put through. The cash on deliv-
ery is required because the brewer has
to remit immediately upon delivery of
the goods and receipt of the price.
Gifford Pinchot is touring the State
pledging to prohibitionists a strict en-
forcement of the Volstead law, and,
it is presumed, expenses of his cam-
paign are being paid out of the excess
profits of a violation of the law. But
this is not surprising. Mr. Pinchot
has shown that he is capable of any
false pretense and hypocrisy. His vi-
olation of his oath of office in order to
secure an increase of salary as For-
estry Commissioner is only one of sev-
eral acts. that reveal an absence of
conscience, and the false pretense that
he perpetrated this offense for the
benefit of others makes it the more
women. We hope every voter will in-
vestigate the facts before casting a
BELLEFONTE, PA. OCTOBER 13. 1922.
Our Candidate for Congress.
The voters of the Twenty-third Con-
gressional distriet have, this fall, an
opportunity to send a man to repre-
sent them in Congress who is really of
Congressional timber.
J. Frank Snyder is a man of wide
experience, splendid mentality and
sterling integrity. When in active
practice he was a lawyer of ability,
but 8ince 1914 he has devoted most of
his time to altruistic endeavor.
No public movement in Clearfield
county has been without the earnest,
unselfish support of this man who has
been chosen by the Democratic electo-
rate as its nominee for Congress.
Starting as a carriage-smith he knows
what labor is and his interest in the
amelioration of what is oppressive to
it has heightened, rather than abated,
since he has attained success for him-
self. He has traveled abroad, prac-
ticed his profession in New York city
and served most creditably as disburs-
ing clerk in the office of the clerk of
Congress, so that we feel that in Mr.
Snyder there is a candidate peculiarly
fitted to be a real Representative for
us in Washington. Surely no party
has offered a candidate with so ad-
mirable equipment for many years in
this Distriet.
Opposed to Mr. Snyder is William
I. Swoope Esq., also of Clearfield. Mr.
Swoope is a gentleman, very much of
one, indeed, but when we attempt to
compare his equipment for Congress
with that of Mr. Snyder we find it im-
possible. We know both, and know-
ing them, we can make no compari-
son, for the reason that Mr. Swoope
has little interest in any person but
himself or in anything that doesn’t
personally affect him.
The time has come when this Dis-
trict should have a real Representa-
tive in Washington. Too long have
we tolerated types who have been sent
there merely as a matter of party ex-
pediency. Mr. Snyder’s candidacy of-
fers to the voters of the Twenty-third
a fine opportunity to show the country
that constructive effort, not mere
going along or obstruction, is what is
needed at Washington these days.
nh an able man and would reflect
ofr the Districts © =
Let us get out of the slough of me-
diocrity and send some one to repre-
sent us in Washington who will be
more than a mere figurehead.
——The path of duty may bea
blazed trail, as an esteemed contem-
porary states, but the average man
finds a good many pitfalls in it.
Buying Favors at Public Auction.
The violation of his oath of office
by a multimillionaire in order to get
a measly three thousand dollar a year
increase in his salary is an evil, but
not the greatest reason why Gifford
Pinchot should be defeated in his pre-
sumptuous aspiration to be Governor
of Pennsylvania. His purchase of the
nomination by the expenditure of
vastly more money than any sane man
in the State would be willing to pay
is a greater menace to public inter-
ests. ‘That is simply placing the pub-
lic service on the auction block to be
sold at the highest price. What chance
would the late Governor Curtin, the
late Governor Pattison, the late Gov-
ernor Pennypacker, or former Gover-
nor Stuart have at such a public ven-
due?
If men are permitted to buy nomi-
nations and secure election to import-
ant offices popular government will
soon and necessarily become a failure.
The perpetuity of our system of gov-
ernment depends upon equal opportu-
nity of citizens who are equally wor-
thy and capable. If the rich men
can buy offices wealth rather than
merit will become the test of public
favor, and only millionaires can hope
to get office or honors belonging to
public office. Gifford Pinchot bought
the Republican nomination over a can-
didate infinitely superior to him mor-
ally and mentally. If he succeeds in
buying his election he will defeat a
man in every respect His superior.
And if that happens this year it will
happen always.
The poor men and women, the mod-
erately well off men and women, and
the men and women who earn wages
ought to be a unit against the elec-
tion of Pinchot. Every father and
mother in the Commonwealth who has
expectations of an honorable public
career for his or her son or daughter
should, vote against Gifford Pinchot,
because, if his purchase of the nomi-
nation is ratified by an election, there
never will be another important office
in Pennsylvania bestowed upon’ any
other than millionaires. Among cer-
tain men of this type lust for office
is a disease and if the offices are for
sale they will buy them, as Pinchot
bought the nomination for Governor.
Well wishers of the public will pon-
der these facts. ! .
——Every time a woman, makes a
purchase she realizes the benefits, the
vote.
other fellow derives from tariff taxes.
i pector with a small tent, boat and
: rose screaming while, oc-.
Joasionly pravinigan nw PARRE.
£4
BOATING IN ALASKA.
Dr. Meek Writes of Trip from Akiak
to Fairbanks, Alaska.
(Concluded from last week.)
Aboard Steamer Herman
Somewhere between Anvik and
Nulato, August 13, 1922.
My dear Home Folk:
That immense lot of mail was first
put into a little scow and pushed
across the lake, then. carried on man-
back over the tundra for about a mile
to the second small lake. Here anoth-
er open boat awaited us and another
man joined our party. He was a pros-
only about fifty pounds of luggage;
so, at once, arranged to take over
some of our larger boxes to make his
boat ride better. The packing of our
boat was a masterpiece! I could not
see how it would hold all but when
Barbara and I were told to get in we
found a very comfortable place to sit.
A little motor was attached to the
boat and away we put—put, putted,
towing the prospector’s small boat be-
hind.
The country all about was flat as a
floor and, only at the distance of five
to ten miles, did a mountain show its
head. Our way lay across a small
lake, then into a narrow, deep creek
called “crooked” and, anything more
fittingly named, I have rarely found.
It turned, twisted, curved and
straightened out to only do ‘the same
thing over again. Ducks of all ages
scrambled, ducked or rose to fly out
of our path. The sides of the creek
seemed to be solid but when I stood
up to look across the tall grasses that
formed the edge, it was to see a lake
beyond. Four grey heron rose, call-
ing, as I looked and two crane flapped
ungracefully away. Water plants of
many hues reared their umbelliferous
heads from the muck and, in every di-
rection, the water spread in a series of
little lakes, grown full of grass. The
crooked stream we followed, was the
only clear way. A porcupine elimbed
up a tree as our boat slid past and
wild life seemed to abound on every
side. Young teal, mallards, black
duck, loons,
winter, half-summer attire, called’
hoarsely to each other. I could scarce-
ly make myself realize that I was in
Alaska—the grass was so luxuriant
and everything so very green.
We followed the winding stream for
eight hours and, for that one day, the
sun shone gloriously, making our
green-lined waterway a veritable par-
adise. We came to a little hill about
eight o’clock in the evening and camp-
ed there for the night. The tent was
of paraffined balloon-silk, 12x14, and
we spread our sleeping bags on the
ground and slept so well that only full
daylight of the next morning awoke
me. I heard voices outside, a fire
roaring, then some one called to know
whether I wanted my egg fried or
boiled; so hurried out of my blankets
and, after getting ready for the day,
helped Barbara as best I could, with
our limited toilet accommodations.
Outside the tent, a fresh breeze had
come up and the mist reminded me of
Scotland. In a short time, dishes were
washed, tent down and folded, boat
packed and, by 7:30, we were once
more on our way. Soon the mist turn-
ed to rain and we had to get into
“slickers.” For about five hours we
moved along our little creek, leaving
the duck belt behind, then entered
what looked like an immense green
meadow, miles in width. The little
motor was stopped, poles were picked
out of the boat and we were pushed
right over the tops of the grasses. It
was desperately hard work as in some
places there seemed no bottom to find
and the men caught the grass and
pulled the boat along. After a half
mile of this going we came again to
open water strewn with water lilies as
yellow as gold and then, for six hours,
we alternated with a lily-strewn way
and a grass-grown poling path com-
ing, at last, to another open lake. The
country was still flat or rolling with
mountain ranges only bounding the
horizon. The wind had again risen
and it was deemed advisable to go
across the little lake and pitch our
tent on an island that rose eight or
ten feet out of the water. Here we
were wind-bound for an entire day
and a delightful one it was as I roam-
ed several miles looking for ducks,
picking salmon berries and enjoying
this new country. The sun came out
for a few hours next morning and we
got all our things dried but, although
the wind was still fairly stiff, the
mail had to move so they decided to
relay us across the lake. The boat of
mail and luggage got across without
trouble but, by the time they were
back for us, an ugly storm was be-
ginning to show its teeth and we had
scarcely crossed the first lake ere the
wind was upon us and the second lake
‘Wore a nasty look as our little open
boat came out upon it. But we chug-
ged along the border for what seemed
many hours to me, while the wind and
were ruptured.
—Samuel Alex, 28 1d, of
town, was instantly , last Wo
day evening, at the Mann E
pany, when a rapidly revolving grind-
stone, on which he was working, burst.
It weighed half a ton, and a large piece
was hurled against him with terrific force,
fracturing his skull.
--A stone thrown by Martin Longenecker
struck Harvey I. Muckel, of Ephrata, Lan-
caster county, aged 17 years, in the neck
and the young man died in half an hour.
The two were en route home from work at
the Eby hoe factory, and young Longen-
ecker is almost frantic, being under the
care of a physician. The accident ocecur-
red while they were playing with stones.
—Bitten by a mad deg, Joseph Clayton,
Charles Cutler and Silas Albertson, all of
Millville, have been taken to a Pasteur in-
stitute to undergo treatment to prevent de-
velopment of hydrophobia. Meanwhile
dogs and cattle in that section of Colum-~
bia county are being observed in the fear
that they may develop rabies. The mad
dog was identified as having been from
Muncy. ’
—A well known resident of Williams
Corner, Chester county, made a lucky
strike while fishing in Pickering creek last
Friday night. Luck had been against him
all evening. He was about to give up
when he threw in again just for fun. His
line caught on something that time which
he thought must be one of the six-legged
turtles, the way it hopped along on the
bottom of the stream. When he pulled it
up it was a gallon jug full of real rye
whiskey.
—Judge Strouss, of Northumberland
county, on Monday sentenced John F.
Daugherty, Sunbury wife murderer, to
serve not less than fifteen nor more than
twenty years in the eastern penitentiary
and to pay a fine of $500 and costs of pros-
ecution. The court told him he escaped
first degree by a narrow margin. Daugh-
erty shot and stabbed his wife to death in
the Edwin S. Weimer apartments in Sun-
bury more than a year ago. At his trial
he pleaded self-defense.
Carl Davis, aged 25 years, died at the
Lewistown hospital about 5:30 o'clock
Sunday evening from injuries sustained in
a football game on Thursday afternoon,
when he was playing on the Lewistown
team. After the game on Thursday, the
young man complained of pains in his
head but he played in the game on Satur-
day with the Viscose company team. He
became ill Saturday night and was remov-
ed to the hospital. His death was caused
by a clot of blood on the brain.
—Application for commutation of 'sen*
tence for Elmer Miller, who was sentenced
to die for the murder of his wife, in Fay-
ette county, was filed at the office of the
Board of Pardons on Saturday. One of the
younger children were coached to give the
testimony that convicted him. The case
will be heard this month and has attract-
ed much attention because Miller's oldest
daughter headed a petition to the Governor
asking that the law be allowed to take its
course,
—When an auto truck carrying one hun-
dred quart cans of nitro glycerine went in-
to a ditch near Duke Centre, McKean
county, last Friday, every one in the vi-
cinity who knew the nature of the ma-
chine’s load put their hands over their
ears and ran. But the explosion that
should have rocked the countryside, did
not occur. For half an hour, Parnel
Bales, the truck driver, was left pinioned
under the wreckage of his truck and tins
of explosive. When he was cautiously ex-
tricated, surgeons found he had a frae-
tured arm and was internally injured. :
—A detail of state police from troop H,
Lancaster, has been assigned to Elizabeth-
town to patrol the rural roads in sear
of persons who have been poaching on the
farmers in that locality. During the last
ten days $10,000 worth of fruit has been
reported stolen from the Masonic home
farm. The thieves are said to have used
a truck to cart away their loot. For sev-
eral nights the farmers in that section
have made an unsuccessful attempt to ap-
prehend the marauders. During the past
week state police patroled the roads at
night, but the robbers didn't appear.
—Pennsylvania this year will produce
60,000 ‘bushels of certified seed potatoes
that will be equal to the best grown any-
where in the country, according to Secre-
tary of Agriculture Rasmussen. Until last
year certified Pennsylvania potatoes were
unknown. When the project was started
last year 25,000 bushels were grown, and
the results obtained were so excellent that
this year growers greatly increased the
acreage. Practically the entire crop’ of
60,000 bushels this year will be produced
in Cambria and Potter counties, and prac-
tically all these potatoes will be used: for
planting within the State next year.,
—Dr. George H. Ashley, head of the bu-
reau of topographic and geological sur-
vey of the Pennsylvania Department of In-
ternal affairs, has suggested that gunners
keep their eyes open for strange or un-
usual appearing rocks and minerals dur-
ing the fall huntigg season. He added
that many valuable deposits have been dis-
men may find their outings profitable as
well as pleasant. In particular,” Doctor
Ashley said, attention should be directed
toward the finding of bog iron ore depos-
its. These may be located in woods, on
hillsides, in bottom lands or in swamps.
.—While P. V. Higgins was excavating
for the erection of five houses on Adams
street, in the heart of Pottsville, on Mon-
day; a coal vein, ten feet thick was uncov-
ered. It was necessary to dig into the vein
in order to complete the excavation, and
fifty tons of fuel were mined on the sur-
face. Numerous veins of coal within a few
feet of the surface have been struck in that
city during the summer, indicating that
big coal deposits lie nearer ‘the’ surface
than has heretofore ‘been’ believed. The
coal on the Higgins propertyiwas. only a
foot beneath the ‘surface. Hxperts say ‘it
is an outcropping of one of the big veins
which are known to exist underneath that
city, awaiting the miner's pick in future
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years.
covered accidentally, and that some sports- .