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“Bellefonte, Pa., December 22, 1922.
Editor
P. GRAY MEEK,
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Centre Over the Top in State College
Drive.
The Centre county quota in the
State College drive for $2,000,000 for
student health and welfare buildings,
a total of $75,000, has been pledged,
according to an announcement from
the campaign headquarters at the Col-
lege. However, there will be no ces-
sation in the efforts of the county
committee to obtain more funds, for
State College borough and Snow Shoe
are the only towns in the county that
have gone over the top with their
quotas. Little more than half of the
$10,000 quota for Bellefonte has been
pledged, while the committee feels
that there is much to be done in Phil-
ipsburg, Boalsburg, Millheim, Centre
Hall, Port Matilda and Unionville.
The county quota has been met al-
most entirely through pledges from
faculty members, college employees
and the residents of State College bor-
ough, and the several thousand dol-
lars secured from residents of Snow
Shoe. The campaign is still on in the
other towns of the county in an ef-
fort to make the total subscriptions
from this county go farther over the
top than those of any other county.
Professors White, Keller and Malin of
the faculty, and Mrs. M. Elizabeth
Olewine, of Bellefonte, have been the
principal workers for the campaign
outside of the college town.
Centre is the fourth county in the
State to reach its quota in the drive.
Its last official total at headquarters
was $75,689, and this figure repre-
sents the largest total for any county
thus far in the campaign.
In this connection it is of special in-
terest to note that more than one-third
of the campaign total to date has
come from pledges gathered on the
a s Proyoors FJ
the ball rolling with almost $45,000.
Then State College borough came
through with almost $19,000. The
men students pledged $227,467 for Old
Main reconstruction as a big student
union, or activities headquarters, and
the girl students pledged almost $15,-
000 for a starter on a woman's activi-
ties building. Towns outside of State
College pledged enough to make up
the county quota over the college fac-
ulty and town subscriptions to put the
county well over the $300,000 mark.
The campaign total is now around the
$900,000 mark, and is expected to go
up during the holidays with upwards
of 1000 students working in its inter-
est in their home towns.
Adams, Cambria, Centre and Sulli-
van counties are now in the select
group and still raising more money,
and others are coming fast.
Hugo Bezdek, the popular director
of athletics at the college, said at a
mass meeting for the football team
which left Tuesday on the trip to the
Pacific coast, that when he comes back
he is going to take off his coat and
jump into the work for the campaign.
He plans some work in Centre county
as a starter and all who know him
predict that he will bring in the
pledges by the thousands of dollars.
Penn State Gridders off for Pasadena
Game,
Coach Hugo Bezdek and his twenty-
two football warriors from Penn State
took the night train for Chicago on
Tuesday of this week on the first lap
of their 3000 mile journey to Pasa-
dena, California, where they will rep-
resent the East in the annual Tourna-
ment of Roses game on New Year's
day against the University of South-
ern California. The trip from Chica-
go was over the Sante Fe road, with
a day of sight-seeing at the Grand
Canyon as a feature of the out-going
trip. Arrival at Pasadena is sched-
uled for Christmas eve.
The Nittany Lions have been prac-
ticing hard for the past three weeks
and even the heavy snow of last week
did not hold them indoors. Snow-
plows soon cleared off Beaver field
and Bezdek put his players through
their paces just as though it were Oc-
tober. Reports from California are
to the effect that the roses are in
bloom, all of which is probably wel-
come news to the players after their
snow-scrimmages of the past week.
The Penn State party is due to reach
State College on the return trip about
January 7th or 8th.
The “Watchman’s” Christmas
cards have been very unusual this
year. They have been a bit more ex-
pensive than formerly but the designs
have all been exclusive and in such
good taste as to excite the admiration
of all who have seen them.
FLEMING.—Mrs. Annie Owens
Fleming, wife of Thomas Fleming,
passed away at her home on Reynolds
! avenue on Monday afternoon as the
result of hardening of the arteries. |
While she had been ailing for some !
months past she was up and around
until Wednesday of last week when ,
she was compelled to take her bed.
She was a daughter of Josiah and
Hannah Pugh Owens and was born in
Blaen Avon, Wales, on September 8th, !
1849, hence was 73 years, 3 months
and 10 days old. She came to this
country with her parents in July, 1869,
and the family located at Axe Mann.
That was her home until her marriage
in the fall of 1877 to Mr. Fleming, and
since then she had resided in Belle-
fonte. She was a member of St.
John’s Episcopal church for many |
years and a kind, generous hearted
and home-loving woman.
She is survived by her husband and
three children, Edward M., of Altoo-
na; Thomas L., of Barberton, Ohio, |
and Mrs. Cameron McKinley at home. |
She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Mary |
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ters and four half-brothers, as fol-
lows: Mrs. Edward Witmer and Mrs.
Reuben Kaup, of Bellefonte; Mrs. J.
Calvin Gfrerer, of Axe Mann; Mrs.
Thomas T. Lucas, of Altoona; Edward
R. Owens, of Bellefonte; Joseph H., of
Pittsburgh; John M.,.of Altoona, and
William M., of Zion. One half-sister,
Sarah, passed away in 1877, and Mrs.
Fleming’s death is the first in the
family of children since that time.
Funeral services were held at her
late home yesterday afternoon by her
pastor, Rev. M. DePui Maynard, after
which interment was made in the Un-
ion fo /
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SHEFFLER.—Mrs. Frances Harri-
son Sheffler, widow of the late John
Sheffler, passed away at 12:30 o’clock
on Monday at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Sasserman, following
five days’ illness with an affection of
the liver.
She was a daughter of Thomas and
Ruth Furey Harrison and was born at
Pleasant Gap eighty-two years ago.
Her girlhood life was spent in that
place but a good part of her life since
her marriage to Mr. Sheffler fifty-
eight years ago had been spent in
Bellefonte. She was brought up in
but later transferred her membership
to the Methodist church and for many
years worshipped with that congrega-
tion. Since the death of her daugh-
ter Kate several years ago she had
made her home with Mrs. Sasserman.
She was tHe last member of a fami-
ly of ten children and of her ten chil-
dren only five survive, as follows:
Mrs. Fearon Hughes, of Niagara
Falls; Mrs. Asher Adams, of Sun-
bury; Mrs. John Inglebaugh, of Shar-
on; Clyde, of State College, and Mrs.
noon, burial being made in the Union
cemetery.
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McWILLIAMS.—William Constan-
tine McWilliams, a boyhood resident
of Ferguson township, passed awayat
his home in Cherry Valley, Ill., on
Monday, following an illness of sev-
eral years.
He was a son of William B. and
Elizabeth Sampsel McWilliams and
was born near Graysville on Septem-
ber 17th, 1851, hence was 71 years, 3
months and 1 day old. His boyhood
life was spent on the farm in Fergu-
son township and when he reached
manhood, or almost fifty years ago,
he took Horace Greely’s advice and
went west, locating near Freeport,
IIL, where he engaged in farming and
stock raising. He was a member of
the Presbyterian church and a ruling
elder for many years. An upright,
conscientious citizen, he was the kind
of man that any community can ill
afford to lose.
In the fall of 1892 he married Miss
Amanda McKibben, of Freeport, and
she survives with two daughters, Hel-
en and Berenice. He also leaves the
following brothers and sisters: Cy-
Williams, of Braddock, four half-sis- :
the faith of the Presbyterian church
ev. BE. E, McKelvey had charge of |
the funeral services which were held |
at two o'clock on Wednesday after- ; Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Scho-
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Well Known Bellefonte Couple to Cel- |
ebrate Golden Wedding.
On Christmas day, 1872, a youug
man by the name of James Schofield,
who had selected Bellefonte as his
permanent abiding place, and a young
woman by the name of Miss Ellen
Fleck, of Philipsburg, were united in
marriage at the home of the bride in
that place by Rev. Thomas Barnhart,
a well known Methodist minister of
that day. They came to Bellefonte to
make their home and for half a cen-
tury have been among the best known
and most highly esteemed residents of
the town. And next Monday, Christ-
mas day, they will celebrate their
golden wedding by keeping open house
to all their friends.
A repetition of the marriage rite
will take place just before the big
Christmas dinner, the ceremony to be
performed by Rev. David R. Evans, of
the Presbyterian church. While many
friends have been invited to witness
| the repledging of their marriage vows
| both Mr. and Mrs. Schofield will wel-
come all who wish to attend.
| Those who will be guests at the
dinner to follow the ceremony, in ad-
dition to Mr. and Mrs. Schofield, are
their daughter, Mrs. G. Ross Parker
NEWS PURELY PERSONAL.
—Mr. and Mrs. James Nolan will spend
their Christmas in Pittsburgh, with Mrs.
Nolan’s sister, Mrs. Julia Connelly.
—Graham Hunter, of Binghamton, N. Y.,
spent a part of last week in Bellefonte
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert I.
Hunter.
—TFoster McGovern, with the State High-
way Department, in the western part of the
State, will be the Christmas guest of the
McGovern family. :
—James W. Herron’s father, George Her-
ron, of Pittsburgh, will be the Christmas
guest of honor at the Herron home on
east Curtin street.
—J. Harris Hoy will arrive in Bellefonte
Saturday for his regular Holiday visit with
his sisters, the Misses Anna and Mary Hoy
and Mrs. Reynolds.
—The college set numbering between
twenty and thirty of our younger women
and men, will all be home to help make
merry at the Christmas season.
—Mr, and Mrs. Stanley Valentine will
come from Williamsport to be with Mr.
Valentine's mother, Mrs. Harry C. Valen-
JAMES SCHOFIELD.
Kline—Korman.—Grant T. Kline, of
State College, and Miss Anna M. Kor-
man, of Oak Hall, were married at
the Reformed parsonage at Boalsburg,
on Saturday of last week, by the pas-
tor, Rev. S. C. Stover. Immediately
after the ceremony the young couple
were taken by automobile to State
College, where a bounteous wedding
driven to Tyrone where they boarded
the train for a wedding trip west. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Korman and is a popular young
woman.
position of purchasing agent at Mec-
home.
Krape—Colpetzer.—James B. Krape,
dinner was served and later they were '
The bridegroom holds the
tine, and his sisters over the Christmas
day.
—At the Badger home, on east Bishop
| street, Elmer Eby, of Lewistown and his
| wife, who is Mr. Badger's daughter, will
1 be the honor guests at the Christmas
! party.
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home from Carlisle, Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Johnston's house party will include Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Stitzinger and their son
George, of New Castle, who arrived in
Bellefonte the early part of the week.
Among Mr. and Mrs. Johnston's guests last
week, was Mrs. Johnston's brother and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Holt, of Elrama.
DOG SLEDDING IN ALASKA.
Pleasure Riding by Dog Team in
Alaska as Enjoyed by Dr.
Eloise Meek.
Anchorage, Alaska.
November 17, 1922,
Dear Family: —
I don’t have a thing new to talk
about and so have hesitated about
sending a letter this week, but one
feels an opportunity has been lost
when a boat gets away without car-
rying letters to some of one’s friends.
Two days ago, November fifteenth,
the cold weather really came along
and the temperature that had been fif-
teen or twenty points above freezizng
dropped to within seven of zero and
there it has stayed. Although the sun
shine is very beautiful, everything
outside is thick white with frost; and
barely a film of snow on the ground!
—Miss Sara Malin will close her home
| over Christmas, intending to spend the |
{ Holidays with her sister and niece, Mrs. |
| Shugert and Mrs. Lochrie, in Somerset
‘ county.
—Mr. and Mrs. R. Wynn Davis, of
Washington, Pa., will be in Bellefonte to-
morrow night, to join in the Christmas
celebration at the L. H. Gettig home on
Bishop street.
—Mrs. A. O. Furst and her daughter,
Mrs. John Curtin are anticipating a visit
to Overbrook, expecting to leave immedi-
ately after Christmas, to spend a week or
more with Mr. and Mrs. William 8S. Furst,
at Overbrook.
—R. B. Taylor and his son Robert will
have with them for Christmas Mr. Taylor's
‘ three daughters, the Misses Eleanor and
Anne, of New York city, and Miss Betty, a
nurse in training at the West Penn hos-
pital, in Pittsburgh.
—Martin Cooney, who has spent much of
| the winter in Wilkes-Barre, and his daugh-
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Allister hall, State College, and it is ter, Miss Margaret Cooney, an instructor
in that place they will make their in the schools of Elizabeth, N. J., will be
'! home-comers for the Holidays, which they
{ will spend with the family, on Bishop
street.
of Bellefonte, and Miss Keturah Col- | —Mrs. R. G. H. Hayes is anticipating
petzer, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. entertaining a family house party, which
William Colpetzer, of Rockview, were j wil include Me au Ue Rome ii
unjted In marriage ga) sien olctock + > iki on signin R., of
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on ing rt fe roms of Lafayette College; her other son, John,
©: Drice’s ;parents, : : | being with her for the winter.
Steely: pastor of She Evangelical | Edith Schad arrived here from
church. Mr. Krape is employed at the Pittsburgh the early part of the week and
Bellefonte hospital and we feel sure will be joined tomorrow by Mr. and Mrs.
that all his friends wii ih him and Gail Chaney and their young son, Billy,
his wife many years of unalloyed hap-
and son George, of New Brunswick, N.
J.; Mrs. William Rapsher, of Philadel-
phia; Charles Fleck, of New York
city; Howard Fleck, of Altoona; Mr.
and. Mrs. M. L. McGinness, of Clear-
‘of Philipsburg; James Trimmer, “of
| field, of New York city, and Mr. and
{ Mrs. Charles Larimer and two daugh-
ters, Elizabeth and Marietta, of Belle-
' fonte,
| The Schofield family is so well
| known in Bellefonte that a few facts
{in connection therewith will not be
out of place. Mr. Schofield was born
in County Monahan, Ireland, in 1848,
hence is in his seventy-fifth year. He
came to this country in 1867 and after
all to be guests of the child's great grand-
piness. For the present they will father, John P. Harris, at the home of Mrs.
make their home with the bride’s fam- Frank Warfield, in Petrikin hall.
| ily, and Mr. Krape will continue his —Ralph Musser, of Lewisburg, W. Va.,
work at the hospital. is expected home to spend Christmas with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Mus-
| ser. of Boges township, | Mrs. Musser was
VY Maomharahin fon Cheictmac
The Y. M. C. A. is issuing a number
| reason that the little son which arrived
boys and young men. These make a trip.
very appreciative gift, as it spreads | —Col. and Mrs. J. L. Spangler returned
out not only over the year but is a ' to Bellefonte Wednesday evening to pre-
pleasure and help which should last a | pare for their Christmas celebration, ut
life-time. The secretary will be at which Mrs. Spangler’s grand-daughter, Eli-
the office from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. to za Blackburn,.of Philadelphia, and Mr. and
{5c tickat £ he hi ai Mrs. James A. McClain and their daugh-
Sue icXets of membership to those | ter, Emily Eliza, of Spangler, will be the
wishing to secure them. Membership
£ house guests.
Tom $3.00 up. | —Mrs. Irving Warner, with her son, Ir-
t ving Jr., left Bellefonte Wednesday even-
taking in the sights in New York and
Philadelphia he went to Birmingham,
where his brother William was locat-
{ed and for eight months he worked |
with him at the saddlery trade. That |
was the year the Centre county. jail |
was built and the contractor induced
Mr. Schofield to come to Bellefonte, !
which he did. He at once went to
work for the elder Harvey McClure
but was with him only a few months
when he decided to go to New York.
He remained there until 1871 when he
was induced to return to Bellefonte
and did so, going into the saddlery
; business for himself in the room which
I he now occupies and where he has been
for fifty-one years.
When he went in business for him-
self he took up his residence at the
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Larimer—Welty.—Herbert F. Lari- (ing at five o'clock for the drive to Lew-
mer and Miss Mary Jane Welty, both | istown, where they met Mr. Warner and
of Bellefonte, were married at the the eldest daughter, Anne, whom her fath-
Methodist parsonage last Thursday by er was bringing home for the Christmas
the pastor, Rev. E. E. McKelvey. holidays. Anne is studying at a private
school in New York.
| —Mr. and Mrs. John Ostertag, of Har-
| risburg, and their son George will spend
: the Holiday week with Mrs. Ostertag’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Gamble.
Mr. and Mrs. Gamble are planning to be
Christmas day dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. O'Brien, at Snow Shoe, Mrs.
O’Brien being another daughter.
! —Miss Grace D. Mitchell, of Princeton,
, and George Lyon, from the Ohio State Col-
‘lege, will be members of the Christmas
party at Mr. and Mrs. John Porter Lyon's.
Their daughter, Mrs. Dobelbower, and her
small child will go to Philadelphia, to be
with Mr. Dobelbower and his family for
the Holidays and a January visit.
—Among those from out of town who
Important to Farmers.
Start the new year right. Keep a
farm account book during 1928 and
know more about your own business.
Do you know that 85 per cent. of the
business failures are due to poor sys-
tems of accounts or no accounts at all.
Farming is the largest single indus-
try in the United States. Why not ap-
ply good business methods in your
own business ?
Five minutes per week is sufficient
to keep a good system of farm ac-
counts and the time spent this way
; unable to accompany her husband for the
of memberships as Christmas gifts for ' recently is too young to stand the long
rus B. McWilliams, Mrs. J. C. Goheen | Brockerhoff house and it was there he
and Miss Mary McWilliams, all of ; met Miss Fleck while she was on a
Tyrone; Mrs. R. G. Goheen and Mrs. | visit to her uncle, Mr. Johnson, at that
William G. Gardner, of Baileyville, and | time landlord of the hotel. Their ac-
George, on the old home farm. Bur- | quaintance naturally grew into one of
ial was made at Freeport yesterday
afternoon.
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ELLENBERGER.—James Ross El-
lenberger, a native of Centre county,
died at his home at Nealmont, near
Tyrone, last Friday afternoon, follow-
ing a brief illness with heart trouble.
He was a son of William and Celia
Ellenberger and was born at Maren-
go on February 3rd, 1860, hence was
in his sixty-third year. He followed
farming until about four years ago
when he sold out and moved to Neal-
mont and for several years past had
been elevator man in the First Na-
tional bank building at Tyrone.
Twenty years ago he married Miss
Bertha Fetterhoff, of Tyrone, who sur-
vives with the following brothers and
sisters: Mrs. Sarah Patterson, of
Warriorsmark; Mrs. Anna Kyle, of
Nealmont; William E. Ellenberger,
Tyrone, and George W. Ellenberger,
of East Liberty.
Funeral services |!
mutual sentiment and in due time
| their marriage followed. During the
first year of their married life they
lodged at a boarding house but forty-
nine years ago Mr. Schofield pur-
chased the property on Thomas street
which has been their home ever since.
Of course they have greatly improved
it from time to time until now it is
one of the most comfortable homes in
that section of the town.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
; automobile has superseded the horse
in many ways Mr. Schofield still con-
ducts his saddlery business, which is
the only up-to-date shop of its kind
within a radius of many miles. But
all his life has not been devoted to
the bench and awl. He has always
taken a deep interest in anything and
| everything that would help Bellefonte
| and Centre county. He is an enthu-
of | siastic Democrat and on two ocea-
sions was honored by his party by be-
ing elected to the Legislature, the first
meeting.
were held at his late home at Neal- | time in 1892 and again in 1896. In
mont at two o’clock on Monday after- | both sessions in which he served he
noon by Rev. A. 8S. Fasick, of the K made a special point to look after the
Methodist church, of which he was a | interests of Centre county.
member, after which burial was made | Mr. and Mrs. Schofield have been
in the Grandview cemetery, Tyrone. | blessed with a family of four chil-
today, but must be before 9 g. m. Sat-
urday, the 23rd. i
will bring you far greater returns
than the same amount of time spent
on any other one thing you can do.
The Farm Bureau has a very simple
type of farm account book that any
farmer can keep accurately, and your
county agent will be glad to help you
get started right, or at any time
throughout the year that you may
need help. One year’s experience will
show you the weak spots in your bus-
iness and at the end of that time you
will be a better farmer or will quit
the job.
The Farm Bureau is a public agency
supported by public funds for the im-
provement of agriculture. Mr. Far-
mer, if you are not receiving some
benefit from this work, perhaps it
may be partly your own fault. Come
to the annual meeting at Bellefonte
tomorrow and learn what this organ-
ization is doing for Centre county.
Give your suggestions as to how it
could acomplish more. Bring several
exhibits with you for the farm pro-
ducts show which will be held at the
court house at the same time as the
Liberal premiums have
been offered for the best exhibits. If
convenient the exhibits should be in
were in Bellefonte this week for the fun-
eral of the late Mrs. Thomas Fleming were,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fleming Jr. of Ak-
i ron, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fleming,
| of Altoona; William Williams, of Brad-
, dock; Joseph Owens, of Carbondale, and
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Love, of Altoonu.
—Mrs. Oscar Wetzel will have her son
Merle with her for a visit during the Hol-
idays; he and his cousin Miles, a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Chorles Wetzel, will come in
Saturday from Chicago, where they both
are with the Public Service Commission of
that city. Harry Wetzel, of Harrisburg,
| the elder son of Mrs. H. M. Wetzel, will al-
| 80 be home.
—William T. Kelly will be host at a
Christmas party which will be composed
of his brother's family, Mr. and Mrs. D. J.
| Kelly who, with their daughter and son
will come to Bellefonte from Greer, W.
Va., where they have been living for al-
most a year; while their son Frank, who
continued his work in York, will join
them at his uncle's.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Shuey, their daugh-
ter Rachel and Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Twit-
mire will drive to Williamsport Monday,
where they will be guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. North at a Christmas dinner. In
addition to those from Bellefonte, the par-
ty will include Mr. North’s parents and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Donachy and their
two children, of Kingston, Pa.
—Mrs. W. H. Derstine will leave tomor-
row afternoon to be the Christmas guest
Miss Dora Ling, of Windber,
——Following close upon
Thursday’s snow seven more inche
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‘the beautiful” came down on Satur-'
day night. |
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who was one of the graduates from
the Bellefonte hospital training school
for nurses in the class of 1922, has
successfully passed the State board
examinations and is now a regularly |
certified registered nurse. |
dren, all living and in good health,
and we know we voice the sentiment
of their many friends in wishing for
them many more happy years of life
together.
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of her son Frank and his family, at Juni-
The Mozee’s came up the other day
with their dog team hitched to a new
sled and asked me to “come along.” I
"asked “where?” and was told, “Oh!
{only out a bit to exercise the dogs.”
| I grabbed my hat and coat and was off
' since I know that dogs will not wait.
'It was the same team that took me
down the Kuskokwim river last year—
'a year older and now just in their
‘prime. Usually the dogs are “soft”
in the early autumn but there were
"four grown-ups and two children on
the sled; only a skiff of snow with the
ground bare here and there. Did
‘those dogs care? I should say not
for we fairly flew along!
| Before we got out of the village, a
loose dog ran across the street and
‘away after him they went, like a pack
of wolves. The dog scampered but
that team was on the trail; no yelling
! nor brakes were of the least account.
Across a ditch, over a little bridge, a
short turn into an alley and bang! up
against the post! The leader’s har-
| ness broke, and he was off but the oth-
er six were in a mess. Fortunately no
one was hurt; only two dogs bit their
tongue so that we left a bloody path
as we went along after getting
straightened out. The short distance
stretched into ten miles and the time
passed so quickly that we had to stop
at a road house for lunch, not getting
, back until four o’clock. I was cold—-
“cold and so were the others, but the
drive had been delightful. The only
fault we had to find was that riding
on a fast moving sled in cold weather
, would surely produce cold hands and
feet, if not prepared for it.
| Last year, around Ruby, I had no-
ticed how “mountainous ‘the country
iwas and on my ride I was similarly
| impressed with the same rolling coun-
i try covered with small timber; seem-
ed to be a country of hills and lakes.
There are farms or “homesteads,” as
their owners speak of them, but such
tiny places, eastern people would
scarcely dignify by the name of farm.
|My idea of a homestead was a big,
big place.
The winter sport here now for men
and women is gunning and the poor
rabbits are the victims. There are
{lots of them so, I reckon, it’s the law
{of the universe but, from the number
! of women and men I met on Sunday
i with guns, rabbits must grow on bush-
| es to have any left for Monday. Did
I not see that monkey fur was out
and rabbit fur now in high favor in
Paris?
Tonight, the film of the “Queen of
Sheba” is shown and I am going to
see it although these spectacular pro-
ductions of long ago do not interest
me. one-half as much as nearer sub-
jects, well acted, since I feel away
back in all such up-to-dateness.
All morning the buzz of a circular
saw has filled the air with its music
and I have been watching the wood-
pile grow. There is plenty of coal
but every one burns wood and, for
blocks and blocks, great stacks of it
are piled many feet high. There is
surely no conservation in that direc-
tion in Alaska so far as I have seen.
I have never seen any computation by
the forestry people as to how long it
would take to grow more timber here-
abouts but, the seasons are so short,
I think almost double the time in
Pennsylvania might be necessary. You
are probably wondering what I am
coming to. It is said that most of
Alaska’s mineral resources have been
found and removed; the wood is
another resource that is being used
rapidly and with great waste so that
it is a question what there will be to
offer future generations.
Thanksgiving just thirteen days
away suggests that winter must be
here. The election is over but thus
far I have not heard how it resulted
in Centre county, nor really in Penn-
sylvania. There is a little daily pa-
per here that gives some news but
very little outside this town. The
western papers are very insular and
one sees little comment on eastern af-
fairs, but it is about fifty-fifty, as I
remember seeing little western news
in our eastern papers.
|
ELOISE.
——If you have put it off until the
last moment and are now in dispair as
ata. Mrs. Derstine will return home the
middle of the week, to prepare for New
Year's day, when she will entertain her
son Jesse and his daughter Dorothy, who |
will come from Ambridge to be with his |
mother for several days at that time.
—In addition to their two sons coming
to what to send that friend who once
lived in Centre county and still has at-
tachments and interests here come in
and subscribe for the “Watchman” for
him or her. You couldn’t send any-
thing for ten times the cost that would
be more appreciated.