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Bellefonte, Pa., November 23, 1923.
WALKING MAY BE LOST ART
American People Seem to Care for
Nothing but Wheels as Method
of Locomotion.
Recently the Department of Com-
merce announced that automobile pro-
duction for May totaled 34,690 pleas-
ure cars and 42,817 trucks. Now there
is issued a corrected statement show=
ing that there were manufactured In
that month a total of 350,180 passen-
ger motors and 42,983 trucks, says |
the Cleveland Times-Commercial. i
Conservative estimates have placed
the number of automobiles in use in
‘America at the beginning of 1928 at |
between 10,000,000 and 11,000,000.
That means machines equal to approx-
imately 10 per cent of the population. '
Using the old basis of five persons to
a family, we discover that about half
the families in the country can ride
in their own automobiles.
Since January 1 there has been pro-
duced in the United States a total of
approximately 1,500,000 new passen- :
ger cars and about 125,000 trucks. The
increase has been substantial each
month. For instance, in January pas-
senger cars manufactured totaled 223,-
706, so it will be seen by making com-
parisons that the industry has shown
remarkable activity.
Unless there should be a change In
the situation, obviously new passen-
ger cars manufactured this year will
reach the record number of about
8,500,000, with 250,000 trucks. Con-
sidering these figures with the total
cars in use at the beginning of 1923,
one need not be an expert mathema-
tician to discover that within another
ten years this will literally be a nation
on wheels if the present rate of pro-
duction continues.
These statements may indicate a sorry
day for “Dobbin” and the “Old Gray
Mare.” But they certainly reflect the
general prosperity of the American
people.
HADN'T HEARD OF EGGLESTON
8mall Wonder That Ignorance of
Tourists Excited Indignation of
Indiana Official.
The town of Vevay snugly nestling
in picturesque hills along the Ohio
river in Switzerland county, has two
show places of which it is particularly
proud, according to Jim Wright, Ve-
vay’'s postmaster,
The two special features of interest
to which Vevay folk point with pride
is an unusual view of a stretch of the
Ohio river and the old home of Ed-
ward Eggleston, author of “The
Hoosier Schoolmaster.” Now and then
the pride of the citizen who points
out these two places gets a jolt, Mr.
Wright said. One was delivered the
other day at the Vevay library where
tourists asked the librarian whether
the town had anything of historic in-
terest.
“We have, indeed,” replied the H-
brarian. “We have the old home of
Edward Eggleston.”
“Eggleston, Eggleston,” remarked
one of the tourists, “and who was he?”
“The stinging part of it,” Wright
sald, “was that these tourists were
from Cincinnati, where our women do
some of their shopping when they go
out of town. Think of it—such igno-
rance.” /
Mr. Wright tells of a woman from
the arid Southwest visiting Vevay not
long ago with her little daughter. The
child come from a land where irriga-
tion ditches contain most of the water.
Filled with amazement on her first
view of the Ohio river the youngster
cried excitedly to her mother: “Mam-
ma, wherever in the world did they
get such a big ditch?”—Indianapolis
News.
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She Was Particular,
The English tescher used her biue
pencil generously on her pupil’s themes.
and sometimes they were out of humor
over the results. One of the star
pupils said so to her chum, when her
last theme was returned:
“I thought it was almost perfect,”
she said, “and it hus nine corrections
Init”
“Oh, don't worry,” her friend sald.
“1'll bet when she reads the Bible she
does it with a blue pencil in her hand.”
No U.é.
Fi'scn—During the hot weather 1
manage to keep cool simply by the
exerc'se of my will.
Fusseigh—Oh, I've tried that, but It
makes me all-fired hot trying to exert
my will.—Boston Transcript.
Driven to It.
“Why did you introduce these da)
and night letters?”
“Oh, a woman couldn't say anything
in a ten-word telegram.”—Louisville
Courier-Journal,
Exactino Occupation.
“It's a haved job,” exclaimed the mur
of restless energy.”
“What job is thar?”
Mme. I've undertaken the pub.
Jer work for a new secret society.”
A Little Learning.
The self-made millionaire was at a
bookshop, and could not make up his
mind what to buy.
“Perhaps,” said the assistant, “you
would like Boswell’s ‘Life of John-
son?”
“Certainly not!” replied the million-
aire. “I’m not interested in the career |
of negro pugilists.”—Royal Magazine. '
T. B. is Menace to County’s Cattle
Industry.
Probably the greatest menace to
the live stock industry and especially
to the dairy industry of Centre coun-
ty is tuberculosis. Not only does this
dreaded disease imperil the animal
population of the county, but it men-
i aces the health of every citizen.
Every effort is being put forth to
eventually wipe out tuberculosis from
the herds of the State and this coun-
ty has succeeded in signing up fifteen
herds for the test. Tuberculosis is a
transmissible disease and hence a
complete eradication in a certain area
i is necessary for permanent safety. A
transmissible disease is one which is
produced by a living organism which
. enters the body of the animal where
,it grows and develops and may or
: may not cause death. To use the sci-
entific way of putting it, T. B. is
“catching.”
The organism or “bugs” as they
are sometimes called in every day
parlance, leave the body of the infect-
ed animal in various ways and may
. enter into the body of some other an-
imal. The disease is common to all
warm blooded animals and a few of the
cold blooded species are. susceptible.
The name tuberculosis is derived from
the characteristic bunches or swelling
which are invariably found in the dis-
eased animals.
“Is tuberculosis handed down or in-
herited by the offspring of tubercular
cattle?” is the question asked many
times each day. “This rarely occurs
unless the reproductive animal organs
of the parent are diseased,” is the
answer of the scientists. They insist
that ordinarily the disease is contract-
ed after birth.
“How is the disease introduced into
your herd?” There are three ways in
which it may enter a herd. First, by
the purchase of a diseased animal.
Another common way is by feeding
factory by-products, such as raw
creamery skim milk and whey. The
last way is by coming in direct con-
tact with an affected animal.
It is often thought that a tubercu-
lar animal should show physical signs
of illness and that the disease should
be detected by a careful physical ex-
amination. Such is not the case, how-
ever, for even the most experienced
and careful veterinarian cannot be
sure by a physical examination
whether the animal is infected or not.
A badly diseased animal loses flesh,
its coat becomes roughened, the eyes
are dull and there is a general ap-
pearance of lack of vitality.
As before stated there are fifteen
herds signed up for the test and are
awaiting the arrival of the veterinar-
ian to do the work. Federal and State
funds are at present available for in-
demnity purposes in Centre county
for a limited time only. If not used
by that time they go back and are
used in counties more active in this
work. For application blanks and in-
formation concerning this work call
the Farm Bureau office.
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A Train Sixty Miles Long
We're adding to the Bell System in Pennsylvania
And in 1924 wwe expect that the requirements will
call for nearly eight millions more.
Into these and our other buildings and along the
wire-ways of the state, we're installing in 1923
new telephone equipment which would require a
train sixty miles Jong to haul.
In starting this train, the locomotive would travel
a half a mile before the caboose was in motion.
This staggering amount of new switchboards, new
cable, poles, wire and thousands of other necessary
materials will be added to the Bell System in
this state this year. More than thirty millions of
dollars will be spent to meet the telephone demand
in Pennsylvania.
Never before have such enormous quantities been
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Woolen Hose; we sell them by the
foot but they deliver comfort by the
yard.
Heavier Underwear that turns 6 A. M.
into a 4 o’clock tea.
Heavy Trousers and Lamb lined Coats
for the man who has to get out and
harness up a cold carbureter.
Lined Gloves that shield the steering
kunckles behind the wind-shield.
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