Demorralic atc, Bellefonte, Pa., July 20, 1923. Country Correspondence Items of Interest Dished Up for the Delectation of “Watchman” Read- ers by a Corps of Gifted Correspondents.’ PINE GROVE MENTION. J. H. Bailey fell from a load of hay recently and fractured several ribs. The big Baileyville picnic will this year be held on Saturday, August 18th. Fred Randolph and wife, of Hunt- ingdon, registered at the St. Elmo last Thursday. John I. Markle, of Bellwood, spent Sunday at the J. A. Fortney home on Main street. Mr. Shank, of Stoyestown, was an over Sunday visitor of Rev. and Mrs. J. E. English. The Baileyville ball team defeated the Warriorsmark nine, last Saturday, by the score of 17 to 5. Mrs. Samuel Grove spent Friday with her old friend, Mrs. Emma Pe- ters, on east Main street. A new toboggan slide has been erected in the Academy grove to the delight of the youngsters. Mrs. Lillie King McCullough, of Clearfield county, are visitors at the Ward home, on Main street. Harry Keller and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams made a motor trip to Hunt- ingdon and Tyrone on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Livingstone, of Altoona, were brief callers on Sunday on a trip over Tussey mountain. Charles Goss and wife, of Harris- burg, spent Sunday with Mrs. A. FP, Goss, who is much improved in health. Mrs. Margaret Grove has left our town and gone to make her home with the J. G. Strayer family, at Gates- burg. Rev. J. W. McAlarney and wife mo- tored to Hollidaysburg and spent the early part of the week among old friends. F. M. Homan and family and Mrs. Harpster, of the Branch, were in town on Saturday afternoon on a shopping expedition. W. Sherred Moore. the popular drover, is out as a candidate for sher- iff on the Republican ticket in Hunt- ingdon county. John F. Garner and daughter, Miss Julia, came over from State College and spent Monday evening with friends in town. Our baseball nine still holds the lead. Last Friday they defeated the strong State College aggregation by the score of 17 to 3. Samuel Everhart Goss, of Lancas- ter, was here for a week’s vacation with his wife and son Jack, returning home yesterday morning. Frank Keller has sold his farm near ‘State: College to the Leather Bros, who will sell it out in lots. It will be known as East State College. Charles M. Stover, the hustling agent for the International Harvester Co., delivered a gang plow to S. A. Homan, at Baileyville, last Friday. The road from Pine Grove Mills across Tussey mountain is being put in good shape for automobile travel, thus affording a short cut to Hunting- don and Belleville. Earl Calvert and wife and Mr. Cal- vert’s mother, Mrs. Emma Calvert, of Altoona, and the Samuel A. Homan family picnicked at Paw Paw park, on Spruce creek, last Sunday. Mrs. John Garner, Mrs. William Spotts and Mrs. Lydia Resides, all of State College, attended the funeral of their brother-in-law, Garrett Smith, at Candy, N. J., on Tuesday. Misses Betty and Margaret Bloom, of State College, were entertained at dinner last Friday by the Dannley sisters, while Mrs. Adaline Fye visit- ed at the Mrs. Sue Peters home. On going to the barn last Friday morning, Milton Wieland, who lives on the W. Miles Walker farm at Fair- brook, discovered that one of his best horses had committed suicide by hang- ing itself. The wheat crop, only about a sixty per cent. yield, has about all been harvested in this vicinity. The corn and oats have picked up considerably during the past two weeks, owing to the frequent rains. During the electric storm which passed over this section last week the Judy home at Baileyville was struck by lightning. Little damage was done but both Mrs. Judy and her daughter were stunned by the shock. Mr. and Mrs. George P. Irvin, Mrs. E. D. Isenberg and Mr. and Mrs. John Bell will compose a motor party who will leave this morning for a two HAMBONE'S MEDITATIONS KUNL BOB ‘LOW YOU PAYS A POWFUL PRICE FUH A DRINK ©’ LICKUH DESE TIMES == YOU SHO DOES, EF DE OLE OMAN HAPPEN T'SMELL IT ON YO' B! : BREF City, Ocean Grove and other seaside resorts. While in the act of driving a hay rake through a gate, one day recently, comrade D. W. Miller got too much off to the side, hit a post and was thrown to the ground. Though con- siderably shaken up he was not ser- iously injured. Last Saturday Harry Sunday and Charles Parsons figured in an auto mishap, when their machines crashed together on a sharp curve in the Bar- rens road. Parsons was slightly in- jured and Sunday’s car got the worst of the bargain. A few days ago while John D. Drei- blebis was cutting wheat with a four mule team hitched in his binder the animals frightened at a passing auto- mobile and ran away. Mr. Dreiblebis lost his grip on the lines and fell to the ground, but fortunately in such a position that he escaped the machine. He sustained an injured back but no broken bones. The mules did not run very far and the binder was only slightly damaged. ‘ JACKSONVILLE. Miss Thelma Montieth is spending a few days with friends at Hublers- burg. Joseph Dunkle and family were Sunday guests at the Fern Dunkle home. _ Mr. and Mrs. William Orndorf, of Howard, were Sunday visitors at the William Orr home. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Daily, of Al- toona, were over Sunday guests at the George Ertley home. Miss Helen Resides, of Williams- port, is spending her vacation with relatives and friends here. Cincero Yearick and family, of Phil- adelphia, motored to this place last week for a visit at the home of Mr. Yearick’s father, County Commission- er John W. Yearick. Misses Ethel Neff, Elnora Weight and Rhea Kling, three young ladies of this place who are taking the summer course for teachers at the Lock Haven Normal, spent Sunday at their re- spective homes here. Reed Deitz, Hazel Deitz and Deane Deitz, of Blanchard, spent last Wed- nesday with Mrs. Mary Deitz and daughter Josephine, putting in their time picking and canning cherries, and as the three of them are quite in- dustrious a good supply of the fruit was put up for next winter’s use. . The Little Nittany valley communi- ty picnic will be held at Meadowbrook park on Saturday, July 28th. Com- mittees have been appointed to super- intend the amusements which will consist of baseball, races and various athletic sports. . A good band will fur- nish the music. The public is invited and a good time is assured all who will attend. CENTRE HALL. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shoop visited out of town over Sunday. Mrs. W. E. Park visited her sister, Mrs. D. A. Boozer, during the week. Mrs. H, W. Kreamer spent the week at the home of S. S. Kreamer, at Lew- istown. Mrs. John Stuart, of State College, is spending this week with her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Jacobs. Mrs. Florence Rhone Bayard, of Tyrone, spent a week at her old home, Rhoneymede, and with friends in Cen- tre Hall. Mr. and Mrs. John Breon motored to Harrisburg on Friday, going with friends from Bellefonte to spend Sunday with a son, G. E. Breon and family. Mrs. Lucy Henney and son, Wilbur A. Henney, motored to New Bloom- field on Sunday to visit Mrs. Henney’s sister, Mrs. James E. Stewart and family. Mrs. Romie Van Pelt Smithgall and children, Helen and Drew, arrived in Centre Hall on Saturday, for a visit with Mrs. Smithgall’s grandmother, Mrs. Susan Spangler. Mrs. Laura Lee returned to her home in this place on Friday evening, and on Saturday afternoon Mr. Bris- bin returned from a prolonged visit to his daughters in Hartford, Conn. Mrs. C. D. Bartholomew, Elizabeth Bartholomew, Gertrude Ruble, Edith and Doris Moltz, Miss Ruth Smith and Miss Helen Bartholomew motored to Philadelphia, ‘spending the greater part of the week with the J. H. Lohr family, at Rutledge. BOALSBURG. ‘Mr. and Mrs. David Stuart, of Craf- ton, are visiting at the home of Mrs. E. E. Stuart. 5 William Sweet and family, of In- stanter, are visiting at the home of William Meyer. : Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson and daughters visited friends near Phila- delphia last week. : Mrs. leonidas Mothersbaugh en- tertained a number of friends at din- ner on Wednesday. Mrs. Jacob Meyer spent part of last week with her daughter, Mrs. Lee Brooks, near Spring Mills. Mrs. D. Keller Mothersbaugh and daughters, Louise and Nannie, spent several days among friends in town. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Springer, of New Cumberland, arrived in town Sunday for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. George Garman. Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCrea and daughters, of Crafton, were week-end guests of Mrs. McCrea’s brothers, Harry and Robert Bailey. Employees of the former Linden Hall Lumber company are looking forward to a pleasant three day’s re- union to be spent in the mountains and Bear Meadows. Mrs. Susan Keller and grand- daughter, Helen Keller, of Rockview; Mrs. Emma Stamm and Keller Snyder and family, of Millbrook, were recent visitors at the home of D. M. Snyder. — The agricultural department es- timates that the farm population of the United States decreased 460,000 in 1922. This includes men, women and children. The total rural population is placed at 81,360,000. { week's trip to Philadelphia, Atlantic lA CRUELTY OF TRANSPORTA- TION. No animal suffers more in the pro- cess of transportation than the calf. Hundreds of thousands of them, new born, are annually loaded into cattle trains and shipped long distances with no opportunity to take food; thous- ands of them taken from their dams the day they are born. This goes on winter and summer. In some States much has been done by humane socie- ties to regulate this traffic and to pre- vent the worst forms of cruelty con- nected with the calf shipping business. In many States the societies are not one enough to make their influence elt. A friend writes us from a middle- western State as follows: “T have seen in some towns where the Stock train passes through early in the morning, too early for the far- mers to bring the calves in that morn- ing, calves brought in to the station early the day before and left that day and all night in open yards, with noth- ing to eat for nearly twenty-four hours before they were started for the slaughter-house, which took twenty- four hours more in the open car. “No matter how long they are on the way, they cannot be fed, they have not learned to eat except by Ticking their mother in a warm sta- e. “I have seen carloads of these suf- fering calves and also lambs delayed during snow blockades the past win- ter, many of them dying from the cold, exposure and lack of food. “In one snow blockade the past win- ter the railroad company was per- suaded to have a carload of calves slaughtered at this station to prevent them dying before the road could be opened so that they could reach their destination, Chicago.” Nothing but federal legislation against this traffic in immature calves will ever put an end to these-abomina- ble cruelties. The laws governing in- terstate shipments, we have repeated- ly found, practically tie the hands of local humane officers.—Our Dumb Animals. d HOGS AT LOWEST PRICE SINCE TAFT ADMINISTRATION, DES- PITE TARIFF. Hogs on foot in Chicago are bring- ing the lowest prices recorded since January, 1912, the last year of the Taft administration. The price went as low as $6.75 a hundredweight. Cat- tle as well as hogs are selling at very low figures. - In March, 1921, the months the Harding administration came into power, and sixty days before the “spe- cial agricultural tariff” was enacted, the average price of hogs in Chicago was $9.42 a hundredweight. In De- cember of that year, after the “agri- cultural tariff” had been in operation for six months, and the government had been in the hands of the Republi- can administration for three-quarters of a year, the average price of hogs in Chicago was $6.92 a hundredweight. Meantime the value of the hog at the farm had declined from $8.58 to $6.52 a hundred pounds. The present Fordney-McCumber profiteers’ tariff, which was supposed to “protect” the producer of hogs and other livestock, has been as much of a failure so far as the farmers of the country are concerned as its agricul- tural tariff.” For the last nine months there has been a duty of 50 cents a hundred pounds on hogs, of 75 cents a hundred on fresh pork, and 2 cents a pound on “bacon, hams, shoul- ders, and other pork, prepared or pre- served,” but it has not kept the price of the farmer’s hogs from slumping. Farmers have learned from costly experience that the Republican tariffs of the last two years have done little or nothing to stimulate the prices of agricultural products or make the pro- duction of foodstuffs a profitable en- terprise. On the contrary, the tariff has cost the farmers of the country— according to the experts of the Farm Bureau Federation—about $300,000,- 000 a year more than it has benefitted them.—Ex. NATURAL WONDER OF “THE ICE MINE.” The State Geological Survey recent- ly issued a report on the natural won- der, near Coudersport commonly known as “The Ice Mine.” The report points out that it is neither a mine nor a cave but only a prospect shaft that was sunk years ago on a hillside with a northern exposure in Sweden Val- ey. : A member of the State Geological Survey who visited the place reports that the ice accumulation is neither mysterious nor artificial but explans it as follows: “The hillside under which the icé lies is made up of a mass of loose broken slabs of rock covered with a thin coating of soil. In winter cold air enters the rock mass through many openings and lowers the tem- perature of the rocks far below the freezing point. Very little ice forms in the shaft during the winter be- cause the air is too dry. In summer the circulation of the air is the re- verse of that in winter. The cold rocks chill the air passing between them and it emerges at many places but noticeably at the shaft. Moisture from the humid summer atmosphere collects on the walls of the shaft and is frozen by the cold air which comes from the rocks.” The owner of the lands where the shaft is located has built a fence around it and placed a trap door over the opening. Only those who pay the price are permitted to feel the cool: temperature which often hovers around the freezing point. rm — A ‘Fooling "Em. Old Aunt Sally enjoyed a wide repu- tation among her acquaintances in Vir- ginia for all the household virtues of cleanliness. Once, however, in order to sustain that reputation, she admit- ted resorting to deception. A neighbor in passing discovered Aunt Sally industriously scrubbing her piazza floor and sought an explana- tion. “well,” said Aunt Sally, “I kinder thought ef folks sees this piazzy clean they wouldn't suspect how mah kitch- en looks today.’—Los Angeles Times. THE STINGERS. _ Keep an eye on the hornets, yellow jackets and wasp family generally; they are a tribe that, like the Sioux, Blackfeet and Apache Indians of old, are not to be trusted. But something must be said with regard to precise identifications of tribal forms, for it is worthy of note that only the social or colony-living Hymenoptera are prone to give the battle, and often up- on very slight pretext. Those that live solitary lives, that build their nests alone, as the mud daubers, jug makers and diggers, nev- er are offensive, though they can sting savagely if caught. They use their stings largely to kill their prey, but never to defend their homes. And this seems strange, too, for among these solitary Hymenoptera are some of the largest, most swiftly flying and fierc- est looking species, as the big locust killer, the long-waisted wasps and spider hunters. That {hey possess a very considerable poison is made evi- dent by the manner in which their in- sect victims succumb. Altogether different are the social stingers, including the paper-nest hor- net, the common wasp and the yellow- jackets, for, like their cousins, the bees, they possess a community spirit to such a degree that they seek to de- fend most valiantly their homes against all comers. They show abso- lute bravery without the least fear, and will tackle a trespassing cow as quickly as they would a rabbit. We have no doubt that an elephant, a ti- ger or a traction engine would cause them not a moment of hesitation. Some kinds of these stinging folks are more truculent than others. The larger yellow jackets are as good- natured as Italian bees and will hard- ly resent a slow and close inspection of the exterior of their nests in stumps or rocky places. The smaller yellow jacket often resent an ap- proach nearer than five feet, especial- ly after the nest, which is generally on or a little beneath the surface of the ground, has been jostled by shak- ing bushes or even heavy footfalls. A sudden movement is apt to arouse their suspicious ire, so look out for a streak of black and gold coming straight and almost with the speed of a bullet for your face. The big, white-faced black and white ringed, paper-nest hornet, per- haps the world’s first paper maker, and responsible for the big globular gray nest of that material hanging from tree limb or vine, is never war- like unless its colony home is actual- ly attacked. This is a useful species from its fly-catching habits; it rarely builds where it greatly menaces any one, and yet it is ever an object for destruction by boys and men, which is really wrong, for hornets certainly should be respected because of their honest defense of their homes. Away from home they will not sting. I — Interesting remains of an an- cient American race have been found on a mound at Santa Barbara, Cal. Scientists declare that skeletons found near the surface in their exca- vations were buried long before Eu- ropeans set foot in that section. It is estimated that the mose recent re- mains found dated back at least 500 years: Not a tooth-in- any of skulls unearthed shows evidence of de- cay although all are much worn due evidently to sand and grit in the food eaten. The front teeth in some in- stances were found to be as large as the molars of the average modern white man. The sutures of a number of the skulls had grown together, in- dicating that their owners lived to a great age. Among the bones were found a lump of yellow paint and one of red which passed current as money among these primitive people. e——— pea. To Paint Mail Boxes White. The Postoffice Department issued orders that all the rural mail boxes had to be painted white, with the names of the family or families re- ceiving mail painted in black letters on both sides of the box, also that this painting must be done at least once each year. Boxes, too, must be placed on the right side of the road in the traveling direction of the carrier and in such a position that delivery and collection can be made from the con- veyance. + ——A sea monster weighing 40,000 pounds was captured off the coast of Florida about 80 miles south of Mi- ami. The monster soon died after its capture. The fish, according to Louis L. Mowbray, of the New York aqua- Nan belongs to the class of rhyno- on. ; the. Real Estate Transfers. Charles D. Snyder, et ux, to Wil- liam Ellery Shannon, tract in Philips- burg; $2300. Laura J. Friday's heirs to Conrad Friday, tract in Philipsburg; $1. George M. Gamble, et ux, to A. G. Bashoar, et al, tract in Bellefonte; $50,000. Jacob B. Kerstetter, et ux, to Brade Steiger, tract in Penn township; $1,000. Adam L. Kerstetter to Jacob B. Kerstetter, tract in Penn township; $400. ‘ Adam L. Kerstetter to Jacob B. Kerstetter, tract in ePnn towwnship; $400. Polly Williamson, et bar, to Edward Craft, tract in S. Philipsburg; $500. P. J. Neill, et ux, to J. B. Neill, tract in Matternville; $262.50. Robert Simcox, et ux, to Frank R. Beals, tract in Rush township; $1500. J. A. Halderman, et ux, to Melville H. Green, et ux, tract in College town- ship; $1075. Grover C. Glenn, et al, to Beta Al- pha Building Corp., of Kappa Alpha Fraternity, tract in State College; $25,000. Charles F. Schad, et al, to Irving Warner, tract in Spring township; $1,000. L. Frank Mayes, treasurer, to Com- missioners of Centre county, tract in Taylor township; $22.45. Nelson A. Shope, et ux, to John N. Kame, tract in College township; Leonard Smeal, et ux, to John Mec- Cabe, et ux, tract in Philipsburg; $5650. John N. Beck, et al, trustee to Clara A. Beck, et al, tract in Walker town- ship; $12,100. Ella C. Miller, et bar, to A. Frank Hockman, tract in Walker township; $2,000. Julia Beightol, et al, to Noah Hahn, et ux, tract in Burnside township; $750. William Colpetzer, et ux, to Ketu- rah E. Krape, tract in Benner town- ship; $1. William Williams, et ux, to James Beals, tract in Snow Shoe; $1,000. Pauline Wertz to Warren E. Town- send, tract in Philipsburg; $4500. Philipsburg Coal & Land Co. to Haswill Hozloski, tract in Rush town- ship; $250. Charles E. Chamberlaine, et ux, to Herbert L. Cole, tract in College town- ship; $350. Josephine Alexander to Charles E. Cagmastlin, tract in College township; Mary E. Lingle, et bar, to Charles F. Schad, et al, tract in Spring town- ship; $100. Frank Sasserman, Clerk of Orph- ans court, to J. Howard Lingle’s heirs, tract in Spring township; $2,400. Jesse T. Leathers, et ux, to Jennie Ruch, tract in Howard; $1. Bertha Batschelet, et al, to Eugene E. Sutton, et al, tract in Liberty town- ship; $4,700. Eugene E. Sutton, et ux, to W. M. |. Bloksord, traet in Liberty . township; George W. Miller to D. A. McDow- ell, tract in Spring township; $340. Sarah E. Garis to Florence Deitrick, tract in State College; $1,800. Henry A. Sowers, et ux, to William M. Sowers, tract in State College; $125. William M. Sowers, et ux, to Joseph I. Weaver, tract in State College; $500. . Eva M. Kirk, et bar, to Edwin D. Roan, et ux, tract in Spring township; $5,500. Mary Alice Wherny to Esther L. Allen, tract in Potter township; $80. Philipsburg Coal & Land Co. to John B. Pedrazzina, tract in Rush township; $230. Carmela Lamancusa, et al, to Louie Burlozzi, tract in Rush town- ship; $3,100. Anna T. H. Henszey, et bar, to Alumni Association Penn State Chap- ter of Delta Upsilon Fraternity, tract in State College; $900. ——Over 250,000 acres of public land in six western States were order- ed open for homestead entry to former service men. The dates for filing en- try will be announced by the land offi- ces in the States. The land. lies in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Cal- ifornia and Wyoming. INSURANCE placement expense. building materials. and building materials PERuaNeN] types of con- E A struction naturally reduce | insurance rates. But their real value is in the insurance they themselves give—insurance not only against fire, but against deterioration, upkeep and re- Your building material dealer’s ; jience is an insurance policy that costs you no premiums, but instead saves them. Follow his advice as to types of building and ‘ATLAS | PORTLAND CEMENT ATLAS ATLAS ] CEMEN VIS ATTORNEY’S-AT-LAW. KLINE WOODRING — Attorney-at- Law, Bellefonte, Pa. 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It represents every ounce of wholesome, health- imparting quality that the best ingredients plus the finest mill- ing can produce. Try our flour—you’ll like it C. Y. Wagner Co., Inc. 66-11-1yr BELLEFONTE, PA. Employers, This Interests You The Workmans’ Compensation Law went into effect Jan. 1, 1916. It makes Insurance Com- pulsory. We specialize in plac- ing such insurance. We inspect Plants and recommend Accident Prevention Safe Guards which Reduce Insurance rates. It will be to your interest to consult us before placing your Insurance. JOHN F. GRAY & SON, Bellefonte 43-18-1y State College Fire! Get Protection. The following Lines of Insurance are written in my Agency FIRE AUTOMOBILE (All Kinds) BOILER (Including Inspection) PLATE GLASS BURGLARY COMPENSATION LIABILITY ACCIDENT and HEALTH + EVERY POLICY GUARANTEES YOU PROTECTION When you want any kind of a Bond come and see me. Don’t ask friends. They don’t want to go on your Bond. I will. H. E. FENLON Bell 174-M Temple Court Commercial BELLEFONTE, PA. 56-21 Ee ria Get the Best Meats You save nothing by buying poor thin or gristly meats. I use only the LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE and supply my customers with the freshest, choicest, best blood and mus- cle making Steaks and Roasts. My prices are no higher than the poorer meats are elsewhere. I always have —DRESSED POULTRY— Game In season, and any kinds of good meats you want. : TRY MY SHOP P. L. BEEZER, High Street, 34-34-1y Bellefonte, Pa. .