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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET
For President,
JOHN W. DAVIS of West Virginia.
For Vice President,
CHARLES W. BRYAN, of Nebraska.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
For Judge of the Superior Court,
MARGARET C. KLINGLESMITH,
of Philadelphia.
For State Treasurer,
HEBER ERMENTROUT, of Reading.
For Auditor General,
JOHN R. COLLINS, of Coudersport.
For Representative in Congress,
EDWARD M. BENSON, of McKean County
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative in General Assembly,
W. H. NOLL Jr., of Spring Township.
FROM COAST TO COAST.
Interesting Trip of the Emerick-
Crawford Party on Motor Ride
Across Continent.
On Saturday, June 14th, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Emerick and son Paul and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank M. Crawford left Bellefonte in
the former's Hudson car for a motor trip
to the Pacific coast and the following very
interesting letter recounts their exper-
iences:
San Francisco, July 11, 1924.
Editor Democratic Watchman:
Believing that the data of our trip
might be interesting to your readers
we herewith submit some facts.
Leaving Bellefonte on June 14th we
arrived in California on Monday,
June 30th, making the trip in sixteen
days. We traveled by way of the Na-
tional highway as far as Kansas City,
coming by way of Pittsburgh, Wheel-
ing, W. Va.; Dayton, Ohio; Indianap-
olis, Ind., to St. Louis; thence by San-
ta Fe trail through Dodge City, Kan.,
to LaJunita, Col. From there we took
a side trip to Pike’s Peak, where we
spent a day then went south to Trini-
dad, where we again struck the Santa
Fe trail and continued over the Ra-
toon pass into New Mexico, taking in
Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
We visited the petrified forest which
should be characterized one of the
wonders of the world. Twenty-five
thousand acres literally covered with
petrified trees lying hap-hazard upon
the ground. Trees which measure one
hundred feet in length and six feet in
diameter. At Maine, Col., we turned
north and journeyed to the Grand
Canyon where we spent a day and
night. We did not take the mule trip
down the gorge as some of the party
did not feel equal to the task of rid-
ing a donkey from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m,,
while Mr. Crawford was afraid his
feet would drag on the ground and
Mr. Emerick could not find a donkey
his size. Grand Canyon, thirteen
miles long and a mile deep, must be
seen to be appreciated. It and the pet-
rified forest are worth the cost of the
trip.
From the Canyon we went south to
Maine then west over the desert to
Needles and Barstow, Cal. Here is
where we met the first decided change
in weather conditions. At the Can-
yon it was very comfortable while at
Needles the thermometer stood 123
degrees in the shade. That day we
covered 375 miles from eight o’clock
in the morning until twelve at night.
Some of the roads were good and
some poor. The only places we stop-
ped were at Kingman and Needles,
where we stopped at the hotels to eat
and drink ice water. We were all
glad, however, when we reached San-
Bernardino. We spent a day or two
in that section, motoring through
Riverside and Redlands and visiting
various orange and gruit groves. We
bought oranges for five cents a dozen,
apricots twenty-five cents a peck and
lemons five cents a dozen. There are
seven thousand car loads of lemons
now in storage in California, and the
trees are now full as they can hang,
with bushels going to waste on the
ground.
Our next stop was at Pasadena,
where we visited the only ostrich
farm in the United States. Promptly
the ladies wanted to invest in plumes
but the male members vetoed the
proposition. Leaving Pasadena we
motored through Los Angeles to San-
ta Monica, on the beach, which is a
beautiful place. There we met Bob
Budinger, formerly of Snow Shoe, and
Lew Bullock, of State College. Bud-
inger is in the real estate and con-
tracting business and has built some
of the finest bungalows to be found
in the State. Bullock has a big ga-
rage in the centre of Los Angeles and
is doing fine.
From Los Angeles we drove down
through San Diego to Tia Juana, old
Mexico. It was Sunday morning and
almost every building on the main
streets had a bar-room and gambling
devices in full operation. One bar
was 160 feet in length, with quart bot-
tles stacked solidly from end to end.
None of our party sampled the wet
goods but there was no lack of con-
suming patrons. Returning north we
stopped at Whittier to visit a cousin
of Mrs. Emerick. This town is in the
fruit belt and also English walnut
groves. Land is valued at $5,000 an
acre. Continuing north we passed
through Los Angeles and stopped for
lunch at Universal City, the home of
the movies. The men in the party
made several attempts to get inside
the Universal studios but were refus-
ed admission. We did, however, see
them filming pictures in other studios.
Going north we took the inland
road through Bakersfield, but never
again. That section is just about as
hot as the desert. Turning east we
visited the Sequoia National park, to
reach which we had twenty-six miles
of one way road through the Sierra
Nevada mountains. The road is con-
trolled by three ranger stations. In
the valley the altitude was 300 feet
above sea level and the park is at an
altitude of 6900 feet, quite a motor
climb in 26 miles. But the trip was
well worth the effort. In the park
the big redwood trees tower toa
height of 300 feet and are 36 feet in
| diameter. Their estimated age is
from five to six thousand years. There
are various other redwood groves in
California and it was our luck to pick
the most difficult one to reach. The
roads were very dusty, as the snow-
fall last winter and rainfall this sum-
mer have been way below normal.
From the park we continued our
journey to this place (San Francisco.)
We have now covered over 4700
miles and our only trouble so far has
been three flat tires. Our car is work-
ing as fine as it did when we left home
and our original tires look as if they
will take us back to Bellefonte. We
will leave here tomorrow for Portland,
Oregon, and Seattle, Wash., thence
southeast to Yellowstone park and
home by the Lincoln highway.
When we left home on June 14th
there was still much corn to plant.
The same condition existed through
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Many far-
mers in those States were still plough-
ing. Only about half the corn that
had been planted came up, and the
grass was so rank we could hardly see
the corn. Through the great corn
belts of Missouri and Kansas the corn
looked very. poor. Kansas wheat
looked very good and they expect a
large crop. Harvesting was already
on in Colorado, New Mexico and Ari-
zona, though growing alfalfa and
stock raising predominate in these
States. California is the wonder
State. They can grow anything there
by irrigation and nothing without it.
It never rains in the summer time,
the water coming from the snowfall
on the mountains.
Now a word about the roads. From
Bellefonte to twenty-six miles west of
St. Louis we had hard surfaced roads,
then dirt and gravel across Missouri,
In Kansas about half the roads are
improved, the remainder dirt and
gravel. Colorado, good graded gravel.
New Mexico and Arizona, graded
gravel and dirt, all very good. On
the east side of the mountains in Cal-
ifornia the roads are gravel and sand
while on the west side improved con-
crete and macadam. Mr. Emerick
noted a decided improvement every-
where since he made the trip five
years ago.
Living in the west is much cheaper
than in the east. One man informed
us that his fuel bill for a five room
bungalow, for lights, heating water,
cooking and heating his house, was
$14 a year. A marked comparison be-
tween that and paying $14 a ton for
coal and thirty tons a year. Hotel
rates are also much lower than in the
east. Here we are paying $5.50 for
our entire party. We have two rooms
with a bath between and an extra cot
in one room. The hotel is right in the
centre of the city. A breakfast of
ham and bacon, two eggs, toast and
coffee costs 25 cents at first-class eat-
ing places. In Long Beach, a city of
100,000 population, we had a business
man’s lunch consisting of soup, meat,
two vegetables, coffee and pie, 40
cents. There is no inclination here to
take over the tourist; every man is
given full value for his money.
All of our party are feeling fine,
though almost as swarthy as Mexi-
cans, but time will change that.
Pleasant Gap’s Aviator Flying a New
Plane.
About noon, Tuesday, Henry Noll,
Pleasant Gap’s aviator, arrived here
from New York with another Curtiss
plane.
It will be recalled that last year he
bought a Curtiss “Jenny” and pro-
ceeded to fly about like a seasoned pi-
lot. He was a bit hard on some corn
fields out there, but the fact that he
came sailing in from New York on
Tuesday and landed as gracefully as
a bird is evidence that Henry has
lived to tell the tale and master the
air flight game. :
After setting down at his home in
Pleasant Gap he hopped off for this
place, where he landed on the avia-
tion field about 3:30. Henry brought
a pilot with him and we are advised
that they expect to operate both of
his machines at fairs and picnics dur-
ing the balance of the season.
The first passenger here was Joseph
Herman who “has been crazy to get
in the air” for several years, and Joe
got a ride with the thrill of a perfect
loop thrown in.
——The Hazel-Schaeffer family re-
union will this year be held at Grange
park, Centre Hall, on Thursday, Au-
gust 21st. As usual, it will be a bas-
ket picnic and the public is invited.
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MILLER.—Samuel Boone Miller,
for almost forty years a well known
resident of Bellefonte, died very sud-
denly at his home on east Linn street,
at 9:15 o'clock last Thursday morn-
ing, as the result of heart failure. He
got up at his usual time that morning,
ate a hearty breakfast, then did the
chores around the house, fed the
chickens, ete. He returned to the
house, went up stairs and changed
his clothing and going downstairs sat
down in an arm chair and told his
wife about some work he was having
done at the barn. Suddenly he ceased
speaking, gave an audible gasp and
sigh and by the time his wife reached
his side he was dead.
He was a son of John and Margaret
Boone Miller and was born at Hicks-
ville, Ohio, on July 27th, 1838, hence
was within seventeen days of being
eighty-six years old. His boyhood
and youth were spent in the town of
his birth and when the Civil war broke
out he enlisted as a private in Com-
pany C, 100dth Ohio volunteer in-
fantry, serving throughout the war
and for bravery and discipline win-
ning promotion to the rank of corpor-
al. During the Virginia campaign he
was taken prisoner by the Confeder-
ates and spent seven months in An-
dersonville prison. When the war
ended and he received an honorable
discharge he returned to his native
town where he lived until August,
1884, when he came to Bellefonte,
and this had been his home ever
since.
He was an ardent member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and for
many years had been on the official
board. He was a member of Gregg
Post No. 95, G. A. R., and at the time
of his death was post commander, an
office he had held for a number of
years. Politically he was an enthus-
iastic Republican and for many years
served as judge of election in the
North ward of Bellefonte. He was 2a
man of pronounced convictions and
unusual determination, an enthusiastic
supporter of the cause of temperance
and a good citizen. He was president
of the Centre county Veterans’ asso-
ciation and never failed to attend their
annual meetings held during the
Grange encampment at Centre Hall.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Amanda Armor Miller, and two sons
by a former marriage, U. J. Miller, of
Los Angeles, and J. C. Miller, of On-
tario, Cal. He also leaves one sister
and a brother, Mrs. Martha Fish, of
Hicksville, Ohio, and William A. Mil- |
ler, of Medina, Ohio.
Funeral services were held at his
late home at 2:30 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon by Rev. E. E. McKelvey, of
the Methodist church. The few re-
maining G. A. R. members attended
in a body and at the interment in the
Union cemetery a squad of American
Legion soldiers sounded taps over his
grave.
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ROYER.—Mrs. Sarah Royer, wife
of W. J. Royer, of Potter township,
died at the Bellefonte hospital last
Thursday from exhaustion, following
a brief illness as the result of an ob-
struction of the bowels.
She was a daughter of David and
Julia Cox Bohn and was born in
Pennsvalley on March 31st, 1875,
making her age 49 years, 3 months
and 19 days. She was a member of
the Reformed church and had many
friends who sincerely mourn her
death. Surviving her are her hus-
band and two children, Ruth and Max-
cella Royer. She also leaves three
brothers and one sister, Daniel Bohn,
of Spring Mills; David, of Boalsburg;
John, in Ohio, and Mrs. John Harsh-
berger, of Linden Hall.
Rev. Keener, of Centre Hall, had
charge of the funeral services which
were held on Monday, burial being
made in the Zion Hill cemetery near
Tusseyville.
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DAVIDSON.—Michael D. Davidson,
for thirty years a resident of Philips-
burg, died at his home in that place
on Monday night as the result of neu-
ralgia of the stomach.
He was a son of Alexander and
Mary Davidson and was born in Un-
ion township on January 1st, 1868,
hence was in his fifty-seventh year.
His early life was spent on his fath-
er’s farm but when twenty-six years
old he located in Philipsburg where
he had been engaged in the coal busi-
ness. He married Miss Jennie Hugg
who survives with eight children. He
also leaves one brother and four sis-
ters, Grant Davidson, of Warriors-
mark; Mrs. Miriam Kephart, of Cen-
tre; Mrs. Amanda Comley, of Union-
ille; Mrs. Roxanna Kays, of Galeton,
and Mrs. Hannah Way, of Unionville.
He was a member of the Church of
Christ and burial will be made at
Philipsburg today.
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MEEK. — Wilbur G. Meek died at
the Altoona hospital, last Thursday,
following a brief illness. He was a
son of Robert and Susan Meek and
was born at Fairbrook, Centre coun-
ty, almost sixty-three years ago. The
greater part of his life had been spent
in Altoona. Surviving him are one
brother and three sisters, Mrs. C. H.
Rodgers, of Monmouth, Ill.; Edgar
Meek, of Enid, Okla.; Blanche and
Anna Meek, of Altoona. Burial was
made in the Rose Hill cemetery, Al-
toona, on Saturday afternoon.
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UHL.—Mrs. Nancy Uhl, widow of
Christian Uhl, died on Thursday
night, July 8rd, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John Long, on How-
ard street, following a three year’s
illness. Sie was 88 years old and is
survived by the following children:
Mrs. Long and Mrs. Scott Lambert, of
Bellefonte; Mrs. John Forshey, of
Williamsport, and Mrs, William Ker-
stetter, of Pleasant Gap. Burial was
made in the Union cemetery on July
7th.
LUCAS.—George Washington Lu-
cas, a life-long resident of Centre
county, died on Sunday night, July
6th, at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
H. A. Hoffman, at Bloomsburg, fol-
lowing a brief illness.
He was a son of Foster and Ema-
line Lucas and was born at Unionville
on Februray 22nd, 1848, hence was
past seventy-six years of age. When
but fifteen years of age he enlisted
for service in the Civil war as a mem-
ber of Company H, 56th Penna. vol-
unteers and served until the close of
the war. Returning home he worked
on the farm and also learned the oc-
cupation of a tanner, following the
latter trade when he moved to Phil-
ipsburg about forty years ago. Later
he was appointed street commissioner
in Philipsburg, a position he filled
very creditably for many years. He
was a member of the Baptist church
and the John W. Geary post G. A. R.
Fifty-four years ago he mar.ied
Miss Alice A. Smith, of Unionville,
who died in November, 1921, but sur-
viving him are one son and two
daughters, W. Burton Lucas, of
Greensburg; Mrs. Calvin Jones, of
Philipsburg, and Mrs. Hoffman, of
Bloomsburg. He also leaves one
brother and two sisters, Curtis Lucas,
in the west; Mrs. William Witmer, of
Bellefonte, and Mrs. William Peters,
of Milesburg.
The remains were taken to Phil-
ipsburg where burial was made on
| Wednesday morning of last week.
Bellefonters who attended the funeral
were Mr. and Mrs. William Witmer,
J. P. Smith, Mrs. Carrie Huntsinger,
Mrs. Jennie Tressler, Mrs. Anna Doll,
William and Roy C. Witmer.
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RHOADS. — William Wallace
Rhoads, of New Liberty, Clearfield
county, died at the Cottage State hos-
pital, Philipsburg, on Tuesday night
of last week, as the result of an at-
tack of acute indigestion. He was
sixty-eight years old and is survived
by his wife and the following chil-
dren: Harrison, Edward, Michael
and Perry Rhoads, and Mrs. Roy Um-
holtz, of Tyrone; Mrs. Howard Eves,
of Stormstown, and Mrs. Howard Pe-
ters, of Bellefonte. The remains were
taken to Tyrone where funeral serv-
ices were held and burial made on
Friday.
Kiwanis to Carry On in Hospital
Drive,
At the Tuesday luncheon of the Ki-
wanis club, held at the Bush house, it
was decided to carry on in the hos-
pital drive until every pledge is paid.
The principal speaker for the lunch-
eon, Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, of State
College, was unable to be present and
Judge Quigley entertained the mem-
bers by recounting some of his most
interesting court experiences.
Prof. A. H. Sloop presented the fe-
licitations of the club to Kiwanian
president Wilson P. Ard on the arri-
val in his family of a young son, the
first-born, which he suggested be
named Kiwanian P. Ard. At the close
of his remarks a baby bath tub was
brought forth and in it each member
deposited a little remembrance for the
new heir.
After making due acknowledge-
ments Kiwanian Ard outlined some of
the work contemplated by the club in
the making of a more beautiful Belle-
fonte. Among the things in contem-
plation are a business show, a min-
strel show, the erection of Kiwanis
welcome signs, working out a pro-
gram for helping under-privileged
children and the creation of a spirit
of greater unanimity and co-operation
among Bellefonte people generally.
Roan — Burck. — A wedding in
which friends in Centre county will be
interested was that of Mr. John M.
Roan and Mrs. Mary S. E. Burck
which took place at the home of the
bride’s sister, Mrs. R. C. Carr, in Bal-
timore, on the evening of June 28th.
Their attendants were Miss Marion
Carr, of Baltimore, and Mr. Arthur
Englehart, of Dorsey, Md., the ring
bearer having been Frances Stickles,
of Baltimore.
The bride wore an orchid radium
silk gown, with Spanish shadow lace,
and carried a bouquet of white roses.
Her maid was gowned in pink radium
silk, with a shadow lace tunie and car-
ried pink roses.
A dinner was served after which
the bride and groom left for a motor
trip which will cover the most of
Pennsylvania. On their way to Pitts-
burgh they stopped here and at State
College, to visit friends of the groom
who was born near Lemont, having
been a son of Mr. J. B. Roan.
After August 1st they will be at
home at No. 1660, North 59th street,
Overbrook, Philadelphia.
Oswald—Altenderfer.—Girard Os-
wald, of Lebanon, and Miss Elsie Alt-
enderfer, daughter of Martin L. Alt-
enderfer, of Bellefonte, were married
last week at the home of the bride’s
sister, Mrs. Charles R. Wynn, at Sun-
bury. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Carson Hanna, of the
First Baptist church, while the at-
tendants were Miss Louise Brown, of
Water Mill, N. Y.,, and George
Moeschlin, of Sunbury. Following
the marriage ceremony the voung cou-
ple left on a brief honeymocr which
will be spent at seaside resorts.
The bride is a graduate of the Phil-
adelphia College of Osteopathy an‘ is
practicing her profession in that city.
The bridegroom is a third year stu-
dent at the same college and after his
graduation next year will also prac-
tice in that city.
——Mrs. John M. Shugert has leas-
ed one of the flats over the Witmer
electric supply store, expecting to oc-
cupy it in September.
“Gander” Meyers and William Musser
Paroled by Court.
After serving seven months of a
year’s sentence for bootlegging Fred
(Gander) Meyers, of Bellefonte, and
William Musser, of Miles township,
weve paroled by Judge Henry C.
Quigley at a special session of court
on Saturday. Both men were con-
victed at the December term of court
and given a year’s jail sentence.
During their sojourn at Fort Taylor
both have been model prisoners, Mr.
Meyers having been a trusty most of
the time. In granting him a parole
the court told Meyers that some
very influential men of Bellefonte had
appealed to him in his behalf and it
was up to him to prove that their
faith and confidence in him had not
been misplaced. He promised to fore-
go bootlegging in the future and work
at his trade as a painter.
The court intimated to Mr. Musser
that it would be a wise move on his
part to return to Iowa, where he spent
a good portion of his life before com-
ing east to engage in the bootlegging
business.
Another session of court was held
on Monday morning at which time
Harold Askey, seventeen years old,
who was paroled in charge of the
Rotary club, of Philipsburg, in Sep-
tember, 1923, after pleading guilty
to breaking and entering, was brought
before the court to answer a charge
of assault preferred by a young girl.
The information in connection with
the alleged crime was so indefinite
that the court postponed action in the
case.
Andy Presovich and Charles Me-
Closkey plead guilty to stealing a
victrola and records from the cabin
of the Rotary hunting club, at the
headwaters of Beech Creek, and were
sent to jail for three months.
Abraham Pocin, an Arabian, was
brought before the court on the
charge of escaping from the western
penitentiary on or about July 2nd.
Pocin, who was sent up from Monroe
county in 1923, declared that he had
no intention of escaping from the pen-
itentiary. That he was out working
in the fields and at quitting time be-
came lost and went the wrong way.
He was caught the next day at Cen-
tre Hall. He was given from one to
two years in the penitentiary follow-
ing the completion of his original sen-
tence.
Charles Carlson, of Snow Shoe,
plead guilty to operating a motor
vehicle on July 12th while intoxicat-
ii He was given three months in
jail.
J. A. Maguire, who since the death
of George Rhoads in February has
been making his home with Mrs.
Rhoads and family, entered a plea of
guilty to stealing a diamond ring
valued at one hundred dollars, from
Mrs. Rhoads. The court suspended
sentence on condition that he pay the
costs and restore the ring or its equiv-
alent in cash within a year.
——Ladies’ Holeproof hose $4.00
grade at $2.85 Friday, Saturday and
Monday. Sim, the Clothier. 28-1t
Snow Shoe Township Man Killed by
Train,
Because he had his ears stuffed
with cotton owing to earache, and was
unable to hear, Paul Yatchik, a well
known resident of Cato, was struck
by a passenger train while walking on
the New York Central railroad, last
Thursday, and injured so badly that
he died while being conveyed to a
physician’s office.
The accident occurred about half a
mile above Cato. Mr. Yatchik was
walking in the same direction the
train was running, hence did not see
it, and with his ears stuffed with cot-
ton was unable to hear it, notwith-
standing the fact that the engineer
repeatedly blew the whistle. The in-
jured man was placed on the train
and taken to Beech Creek, to the of-
fice of Dr. George H. Tibbens, but he
was dead when he arrived there. The
man’s head was crushed in at the
base of the brain, which was the
cause of his death.
Mr. Yatchik was a Slavishman and
was 65 years old, but had lived in this
country a number of years. He is
survived by his wife and one daugh-
ter. Burial was made at Snow Shoe
on Saturday.
— Ladies’ Holeproof hose $3.95
grade at $2.35 Friday, Saturday and
Monday. Sim, the Clothier 28-1t
—John A. Dailey, of Pittsburgh,
bartender who killed his wife, Cathe-
rine Dailey, on July 16th, 1922, was
electrocuted at the Rockview peniten-
tiary on Monday morning, July 7th.
The body was unclaimed and was bur-
ied in the penitentiary cemetery.
——Ladies’ $1.00 grade silk hose
special at 77c. Friday, Saturday and
Monday. Sim, the Clothier. 28-1t
——Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Foye
and family have moved from Blooms-
burg to Catawissa, where Mr. Foye is
superintendent of the Susquehanna
shoe factory. Mrs. Foye, prior to her!
marriage, was Miss Nancy Hunter, of
Bellefonte.
——The Belleville Chamber of
Commerce, traveling in thirty auto-
mobiles, passed through Bellefonte
shortly before noon on Wednesday, on
their way to Lock Haven and other
peints in the Susquehanna valley.
——Both Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Thompson, of Bellefonte, are patients
of Dr. Waterworth, at the Clearfield
hospital; Mr. Thompson for an opera-
tion for a goitre and Mrs. Thompson
for medical treatment.
Council Considering Proposition to
Pave Block on Spring Street.
Only five members could be gotten
together for the regular meeting of
borough council on the evening of
July 7th. A petition was presented
from residents of Spring street be-
tween Bishop and High street, agree-
ing to pay one-third of the cost of
paving that section of the street with
brick. The borough manager stated
that he had secured tentative esti-
mates of the cost which will be ap-
proximately $3.00 a yard, exclusive of
the curb, or a total of $6,000. The
matter was referred to the Street
committee and borough engineer to
prepare plans and specifications and
get bids on the work, and report at
the next meeting of borough council.
The Decker Bros. presented a per-
mit from the State Highway Depart-
ment to erect two tanks and two
pumps at their new garage on High
and Spring streets.
Nathan Kofman appeared before
council regarding the surface water
on the street near his office and scales,
end the matter of putting down a sew-
er to take care of same was referred
to the Street committee and borough
‘manager with power.
Conrad Miller asked that property
owners on Ridge street between High
and Howard be required to put down
a pavement, and that the street be
repaired.
A communication was received
from J. M. Cunningham tendering his
resignation as a member of council
from the West ward. On motion of
Mr. Brouse council declined to accept
the resignation.
The Street and Water committees
presented the reports of the borough
manager showing miscellaneous re-
pairs and work done in the two de-
partments.
The Finance committee asked for
the renewal of notes totalling $37,100,
and authorizing a new note for $600
to meet current bills,
Mr. Brouse stated that residents of
St. Paul street want more light on
that thoroughfare and the matter was
referred to the Street committee with
power.
Mr. Brouse also stated that street
cleaner Charles Baney offered to use
his horse and wagon to haul away the
dirt at a cost of seventy-five cents a
day and the committee was empower-
ed to engage the outfit.
Borough manager Seibert called
the attention of council to the fact
that the Atlantic Refining company
has offered to pay 21 cents a foot to-
ward the expense of laying a new
water line to its station on Potter
street, and he suggested putting down
a four inch pipe in order to give two
lines of supply to the West ward.
This is almost an absolute necessity
now with the milk station and Amer-
ican Lime & Stone company hydrat-
ing plant are dependent upon a con-
stant supply of water. Mr. Seibert was
instructed to get estimates of the cost
and report at next meeting of bor-
ough council.
Bills totalling three thousand dol-
lars were approved for paymant.
Child Killed by Automobile.
The borough of Howard was the
scene of a sad accident on Sunday
morning, July 6th, when Jean Hever-
ly, two and a half years old, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Milford Heverly, was
almost instantly killed by being.
knocked down and run over by an au-
tomobile driven by George Williams.
The driver of the car, however, has
been exonerated of all blame. Mr.
Williams had taken several aged
women home from church and was on
his way to his own home. The child
was on the sidewalk and seeing her
grandmother across the street, darted
out right in front of the approaching
car. Mr. Williams swerved to the
left and applied the brakes, but un-
fortunately the little girl stumbled
and pitched forward right beneath the
front wheel of the car, which passed
over her body.
She was picked up and carried to a
physician’s office but expired in a
few minutes. The accident so pros-
trated Mr. Williams that he has been
on the verge of a collapse ever since.
Boy Permanently Crippled by Elec-
tric Shock.
Chester Tressler, nine year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Tressier, of
Lock Haven, will be permanently crip-
pled as the result of an electric shock
sustained on July 5th, near the Chem-
ical Lime company plant in Buffalo
Run valley. While visiting at the
Lewis Grubb home he accompanied
his cousin, LeRoy Grubb, on a fishing
trip. The latter carried a steel rod
and in passing the Chemical plant the
tip of the rod came in contact with a
high tension wire. The Grubb boy
was knocked down and in attempting
to rescue him the Tressler boy was
burned on both hands and arms, the
left leg and foot, the flesh on the lat-
ter being burned into the bone. The
Grubb boy was severely burned on
one hand and a foot.
——J. H. France, who a few years
ago lived at Philipsburg and was in-
terested in the various fire brick op-
erations in that section, recently pur-
chased the Snow Shoe Fire Brick
company’s plant, at Clarence, and ex-
pects to put it in operation as soon as
possible, developing the valuable clay
deposits in the Morris Run section.
The plant is advantageously located,
having both Pennsylvania and New
York Central railroad connections.
——At the annual convention of the
Retail Merchant’s association, held at
Washington, Pa., last week, John M.
Bullock, of Bellefonte, was elected
one of the vice presidents.