Beworwi c, | Bellefonte, Pa., April 10, 1925. NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. -——The Easter vacation at Penn State began yesterday and will contin- ae until April 14. ——The annual W. C. T. U. dues social will be held at the home of Miss Mira Humes next Wednesday evening, April 156th. Go and take a friend. ——The Easter services to be held in St. John’s Episcopal church, Belle- fonte, on Sunday, will be in charge of the Rev. Mr. MacMillan, of Carlisle. The Grange fair and encamp- ment committee has started the plant- ing of five thousand evergreen trees on the picnic grounds at Centre Hall. The ladies bible class of the Lutheran church will hold a bake sale at Schaeffer’s hardware store Satur- day, April 11th. A good place to buy Easter eats. ——John Howard Harris, Ph. D., LL. D., president of Bucknell Univer- sity from 1889 to 1919, died at his home in Scranton on Saturday, in his seventy-eighth year. —On Tuesday morning a bunch of five deer came out of the woods just west of the McCoy-Linn iron works and grazed unconcernedly in a field where several men were plowing. ——Centre county farmers who in- tend enrolling in the ton litter club of hog raisers should do so before May 15th. Send name and address to the county farm agent if you expect to participate. ; The matrimonial market was quite low the past week, only one marriage license having been issued, and that to Emory W. Fink, of Han- mah, and Miss Ida M. Woodring, of Port Matilda. ——What is designated as a family hotel will be opened at State College the latter part of this week under the name of the Penn State hotel. It is located on east College avenue, next to the Reformed church. ——A. R. MecNitt, of this place, is scheduled as one of the lecturers on saw mill operation in its relation to State forests at the first course for portable saw mill men at The Penn- sylvania State College, week of April 13th. ——The Young People’s society of the Milesburg Presbyterian church will hold an Easter sale Saturday, April 1ith, in the firemen’s hall. Pies, cakes, candy, bread, sandwiches, cof- fee and home-made ice cream will be for sale. The spring trip of the Penn State Therpians will include Johns- town, Indiana, Greensburg, Union- town, Morgantown, Va.; Pittsburgh, Altoona and Tyrone. The clubs will present their musical novelty “Woed- en Shoes.” ——Turn to page two and read the opening installment of “So Big,” the literary success of 1924. No book of recent years has been so universally acclaimed a success as this big story of Edna Ferber, the O. Henry of mod- ern fiction. Ar evidence that work on the state highway through Bald Eagle valley will be started right away is the fact that on Tuesday detour signs ‘were put up in Bellefonte directing all traffic for Tyrone and points west to go either by way of the Buffalo Run valley or State College. The members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Bellefonte, will tender a reception to their new pastor, Rev. Homer C. Fnox and family, at the church on Spring street, this {Friday) evening, at 7.30 o’clock. It will be a public affair and everybody ds invited, whether members of the church or otherwise. A little daughter, who has been named Joyce, arrived in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. William Bradford, at Centre Hall, last Friday. The little girl is the only grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Bradford and we'll wager a mess of trout when fishing season opens that they are about as much “set up” over the arrival as the young parents. ——We know a number of people in Bellefonte who always read the Scen- ic advertisement in the “Watchman” before anything else; for the reason that they are anxious to see what the program is going to be for the ensu- ing week. Of course they know that Scenic programs are always good, and that is why they are regular movie fans. The only way to see all the good ones is to be a regular. ——Edward L. Gates, a former Bellefonte newspaper man but who the past four years has been located in Johnstown, has resigned his posi- tion as telegraph editor on Warren Worth Bailey’s Johnstown Democrat and on Monday morning went to work in a similar capacity on the Johns- town Tribune. The latter is an after- noon paper and the change from night to day work was the impelling factor which induced him to make the change. ——Rev. Reide Bingaman, a Senior in the theological department at the Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, preached in the Lutheran church, Bellefonte, on Sunday. It was his sec- ond appearance here since the church has been without a regular pastor and the congregation was so favorably im. pressed with him that they voted to extend him a call to fill the vacant pastorship, While Rev. Bingaman has not yet given his answer to the call it is believed he will accept. hes NEW STREET LIGHTING CONTRACT SUBMITTED. Spring Street to be Repaired but Not Widened Nor Paved. The borough dads sure earned their salaries (?) on Monday evening. Every member with the exception of Thomas Hazel was in his seat at 7.30 o’clock and it was 9.30 when the boz- ough law-makers adjourned. A num- ber of important questions were up for consideration and action, but here is the story in detail: Mr. and Mrs: John Porter Lyon were present to request a correction of their water tax statement, having been charged for two houses for three months before one house was com- pleted and occupied. The secretary was authorized to make the proper adjustment. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon also complained about the low pressure of the water at their residence, which they contended is not sufficient to furnish ample fire protection. Mrs. Samuel Shallcross was also present and stated that her husband had purchased a lot on east Curtin street with the intention of erecting thereon a comfortable home, and they are anxious to know if they will be able to get an ample supply of water there and also have adequate fire pro- tection before they start to build. Both the above were referred to the Water committee and borough mun- ager for a thorough investigation and report. The Fullington Auto Bus company gave a written notice that they have applied for a certificate of public con- | venience to operate a motor bus be- | ‘approved for payment, tween Bellefonte and Tyrone, and that a hearing will be held before the Public Service Commission, in Harris burg, on April 23rd. A communication was received from the State Board of Health requesting council to file plans of water and: sewage system of the town at the earliest possible date. Referred to the Sanitary, Water and Street com- mittees and the borough manager. A petition was received from resi- dents of east Linn and Curtin streets asking that they be given a more reg- ular supply of water. Referred to the Water committee. G. Edward Haupt again protested against his water bill of $98, and the matter was referred to the Water committee and borough manager for investigation and adjustment. The Street committee presented the provision in the new contract gives council the right to terminate it at the end of one year from the day it becomes effective by giving sixty days notice, but if not terminated at that time, then to be in effect for a period of ten years. Another clause provides that in the event of power rates to the producer being reduced at any time in the future, then the consumer is to be granted a relative reduction in rates. The contract will come up at the next regular meeting for final action. Mr. Brouse, of the Street commit- tee, stated that so much opposition had developed to the widening of Spring street, between Bishop and High, that the committee deemed it unwise to undertake it now; and that the financial condition of the borough does not warrant paving the street this year. But it should be fixed and the committee recommended that it be given a top dressing of tar and stone chips from Bishop to Linn street, and that the work be started at once so that it can be completed by the recommendation of the committee and authorized the work done. This will put Spring street in relatively the same condition as Allegheny, Linn and east Bishop streets are now. Mr. Seibert stated to council that | W. R. Shope is desirous of opening up {a tract of land he owns east of the i Catholic cemetery and extending back ‘to the old Nittany Valley railroad, ,and that he will give the ground if ‘the borough will open up and grade the street. Referred to the Street committee. . Bilis to the amount of $2467.37 were after which council adjourned. “So Big,” Edna Ferber’s Realistic Novel Begins in This Issue. The “Watchman’ ’today offers the first installment of “So Big,” Edna Ferber’s astonishing literary achieve- ment. Nearly every one is talking about the novel that has continued to be a “best seller” ever since its publication believes it has scored a scoop in ob- taining the serial rights for its read- ers. “So Big” defies analysis and de- scription in that it is a vastly different story than it is customary to publish serially in a newspaper. It deals with human beings, their thoughts and ac- tions, with the usual breathless thrills borough manager's report of work done on various streets, and also the collection of $60 for sewer permits. The Water committee reported a new water line laid to the milk station | and that the old building at the pump- | ing station has been torn down to! make place for the new building au- thorized. Chairman Cunningham also ' reported that after the building had! been torn down they discovered that ! the brick walls around the big boilers | Rev. Wilson P. Ard, who upon leaving , had become so disintegrated that | they will have to be torn down, and an | examination of the two big boilers | reveals the fact that they are also in a bad condition. The boilers were in- | stalled along about 1900, and the! ordinary life of a boiler being twenty | years, have about served their days of usefulness. Mr. Cunningham stated that one of two things ought to ba done: Purchase and install one new boiler of ample capacity to use in em- ergencies, or install an oil engine and centrifugal pump and electric genera- ! tor. The pumping contract with the; Keystone Power company will expire: next year, when the electric pump, will become the property of the bor- ough, and with an oil engine, centri- fugal pump and electric generator the borough would have ample equip- ment to pump all the water needed for twenty-five years to come, and at a much less annual expense than at present. The committee was instruct- ed to get figures on the cost of in- stallation of one boiler, and also on the oil engine, centrifugal pump and generator, with the probable cost of operation of the latter, and report at next meeting. The Finance committee reported a: balance in the hands of the treasurer of $5672.39. The committee also, asked for the renewal of notes totall- | ing $7,830. The Fire and Police committee sug- gested that all crossings in the busi- ness section of the town be outlined with white stripes of paint, as auto- mobilists are stopping and parking on crossings without regard to the rights of pedestrians. Mr. Flack also report- ed that policeman Howley is in need of a new uniform. Mr. Cunningham stated that he is opposed to purchas- ing uniforms for the police. That no company nor business man buys the working clothes of their employees and the borough should not be obliged to do it either. The committe was instructed to find out the custom in other towns. John Spicer wants a sewer on Logan street and the matter was re- ferred to the Street committee. The revised ordinance for licensing movie picture shows, circuses, carni- vals, ete., was read for the first time. Mr. Brouse, of the Street commit- tee, submitted the revised contract of the Keystone Power corporation for lighting the streets of the town. It provides for the installation of a new system of lighting on the present standards owned by the borough on High and Allegheny streets, and the total yearly expense, for the same number of lights now in use, to be $6368. The total cost for lighting the streets last year was $4845.60, but that was under the contract made ten years ago when everything was very conspicuous by their absence.’ Turn to another page and start reading it now. You will enjoy every word of it to the surprising but not startling finish. Rev. Wilson P. Ard Accepts Call to Denver, Col., Church. Word has reached Bellefonte ‘that Bellefonte two months ago went di- rect to Santa Monica, Cal.,, has ac- cepted a call to become pastor of a big and influential church in Denver, Col. Exact data in connection with his new pastorate has not yet reached Bellefonte, but it is understood that the church has a large and growing congregation, and they have just com- pleted the erection of a new and hand- some parsonage which Rev. Ard and his family will occupy; Mrs. Ard and her little son expecting to go to Den- ver from Santa Monica early in May. The salary the church pays its minis- ter is not definitely known, but it is decidedly larger than he received in Bellefonte. The Denver church will afford Rev. bi Ard a good field for his talents in up- building and creating an interest in all kinds of church work. That he will succeed is a foregone conclusion and we feel sure that he has the best wishes of his many Bellefonte and Centre county friends for unlimited suecess in his new pastorate. State College Man Willing to Fly to North Pole. Among the forty-three navy and marine officers who have volunteered to fly the two navy planes that will accompany the MacMillan Arctic ex- pedition and attempt to cross the un- known continent believed to lie be- tween Alaska and the North Pole is Lieut. M. B. Gardner, of State Col- lege. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Gardner, of that place. The young lieutenant is a regular soldier of fortune He graduated from the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, in 1918; served in the world war and later against the Bolshevik in the Black Sea. While there he was sent to pro- tect American interests in southern Russia. Returning home he was ap- pointed an instructor at the naval air station at Pensacola. The goddess of luck has been with Lieut. Gardner most of his life. Dur- ing his school days he invariably won out over all others in any matter of volunteer service and always made good. This fact may be in his favor now and result in his selection as one of the North Pole fliers. While it is a hazardous and dangerous undertaking the lieutenant’s parents are satisfied to have him make a try at it should he be chosen as one of the pilots. William R. Quick, whose name was kept very much in the limelight a year or so ago because of uncon- genial domestic relations, is again in the toils of the law, having been ar- rested by State police, last Thursday night, with two quarts and a pint of moonshine in his posession. He is now in the Centre county jail await- much cheaper than it is today. A ing disposition of his case. AA the first of May. Council approved ! early in 1924, and the “Watchman” A Regrettable Loss to Music Circles Here. The departure of Miss Rebecca Pugh Lyon to resume her studio work in Philadelphia is a distinct loss to the music life of this community. During her three years residence here she was very active, musically, and, while de- voting much of her time to training young teachers anxious to enter the profession, she organized, with the as- sistance of Mrs. Joseph Mitchell, the music study club that numbered over one hundred members and, in co-op- eration with the music clubs of State College, Philipsburg and Harrisburg, gave a number of delightful concerts and recitals. Especially to be remem- bered was the song and piano recital by Mrs. Arthur Hull assisted by Mrs. "Rhodes and the costume song-recital "by Miss Latta, at that time president of the State Federation of music clubs. The melodrama of Enoch Arden, given by Miss Lyon last November for the , Woman’s club, was considered one of ‘ the finest treats the club has had. Born of an old and prominent Belle- fonte family, Miss Lyon has spent most of her life in Philadelphia study- ing under such prominent teachers as Maurits Leefson, and Constantin von Sternberg from whose coservatory she holds a player’s and teacher’s certifi- cate as likewise one from the Les- chetizky school of piano playing. Ad- ded to these has been study in Berlin under Philip Scharwenka, the eminent Polish composer and teacher. Her clientele in Philadelphia were among the leaders in the musical life there, including the McKean, Cassat, Mont- gomery and Leidy families. She is a member of the Art Alliance of that city and of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: While it is to be regretted that there were not inducements sufficient to hold Miss Lyon in Bellefonte, her influence will continue to be felt in a higher standard of musical excellence es- pecially on the piano, her chosen in- strument. Trout Fishing Season will Open Next Wednesday. | If the indications of that restless | feeling which have been so prevalent among the old-time trout fishermen can be counted upon meaning any- ; thing there will be a general exodus {from Bellefonte next Wednesday : morning, bright and early, for the ! opening of the trout fishing season. | The lure of the stream and wood- land is coursing through the blood like rich wine, and many hands are aching for the feel of the rod and line. Many Centre county streams were re- stocked with trout since the close of last year’s fishing season and the disciples of Izaak Walton are con- ; templating good catches. The reali- | zation may prove vastly différent, but ‘the day on the stream will be worth all the trouble it takes to get there and any disappointment that may fol- i low over the size of the catch. Of course there’s no predicting where the best fishing will be found on the opening morning. In fact, if we knew, that’s probably where the Watchman fish editor would go, so we wouldn’t dare tell. But Centre county is full of trout streams and all any fisherman will need do is go to the county treasurer’s office, pay his money for the necessary license then take his choice of streams. The only thing he wants to remember is that a portion of Spring creek within the limits of Bellefonte borough is closed to trout fishing. Keep out of that sec- tion and aveid any possibility of trouble. : Pleasant Gap Man Fined for Fast Driving, Etc. It cost Harvey Markle, the well known milk dealer of Pleasant Gap, $62.50 for trying to run away from a state peliceman on Saturday night, but he had a hair-raising run for his money. Mr. Markle, with his wife and child, left Pleasant Gap in his Dodge coupe about eight o’cloek to come to Bellefonte. Just this side of the Gap he met a state policeman en a motor-cycle and the officer noticed that Mr. Markle was still using illegal licenses on the head lights of his car. He signalled him to stop but instead of doing so Mr. Markle stepped on the gas and led the policeman a merry chase. He came in the state highway at from fifty to sixty miles an hour, barely missed hitting several automo- biles and when he reached the road up Irish Hollow made the turn while going at a fifty-four mile speed. It was out in the neighborhood of the Nigh bank that the officer finally over- took him. Four charges were preferred against him before Squire Keichline, speeding on the highway, reckless driving, using illegal headlights and refusing to stop when flagged by an officer. He pled guilty and settled the case by paying $60 fine and costs, which were $2.50. Bellefonte contractors can get a good object lesson as to how big contractors do things by watching the progress of the work of erecting the big hangar and other buildings on the new aviation field. The writer visited the field last Saturday and they were just finishing the concrete floor and had started putting together the big wooden trusses for the roof. By Tuesday morning all the steel super- structure was in place, all the trusses up and about one-fourth of the brick wall around the big hangar had been laid. With continued fair weather all the buildings will be under roof be- fore the first of May. ATE NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kustaborder, of Warriorsmark, spent Sunday with friends in Bellefonte. —Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Miller spent sev- eral days during the middle of the week in Clearfield. —Mr. and Mrs. John Curtin have been spending the week motoring through the western part of the State. —Mrs. George Kerstetter came here from Harrisburg Tuesday, for one of her fre- quent visits back home with her sister, Mrs. H. C. Yeager. —Miss Jennie Potts, who had spent the winter with friends in Philipsburg, has re- turned to her home in Stormstown where she will be for the summer, —Joseph D. Mitchell, of Lewistown, was a business visitor to Bellefonte the fore part of the week, during which time he was a guest of his sister, Mrs. John P. Lyon. —Miss Anna Lyon left Tuesday to join her sister, Miss Rebecca, at their new home at Coatesville. Both Miss Lyon and her sister were born in Bellefonte and lived all their earlier life here. —Detty Curtin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Curtin, of Pittsburgh, has been spending her Easter vacation in Belle- fonte with her grandmother, Mrs. George F. Harris, at her home on east Linn street. —Spring is really here. There is no longer any doubt about it. Mrs. Martin Hogan has returned to Ler home in Union- ville for the summer after having speant the winter, as has been her custom for years, in Tyrone. —Mrs., John G. Love and her daughter, Miss Katherine, accompanied Mr. and Mrs. John G. Love Jr. on their drive to Phila- delphia, Wednesday, going direct on from there to Aalantic City, where they will spend Easter. —NMiss Ruth Garman, who spent the winter in Brooklyn, returned to Bellefonte on Tuesday and went at once to make preparation for the opening of her tea room, the Dim Lantern, near Runville, for the summer season. —Mrs. Schreck, of IL.emont, has been a guest this week at the William Houser home on Water street, her visit being made at this time in order to be with Mr. Schreck, who is a surgical patient in the Centre County hospital. —Members of the Presbyterian church who represented it at the Missionary meet- ing in convention in Philipsburg, Tuesday, were Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Samuel Sheffer, Mrs. Shivery, Mrs. Heckman, Miss Mary H. Linn and Miss Anna McCoy. —The Misses Anne and Caroline Valen- tine, who have been spending the winter in the Bermudas, have arrived in Philadel- phbia, where they will be for a week before coming to Bellefonte to open their house south of town for the summer. —Elizabeth Hunter, from Holyoke, and Mary Katz from the Sargent school at Boston, have both been in Bellefonte this week, home for their Easter vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hunter and Mr. and Mrs. William Katz. —Mrs. George M. Glenn, who has spent the winter with her son, who is an in- structor at Princeton, has returned to her country home in Halfmoon valley, where she expets to spend the summer, as usual, with her sister, Miss Esther Gray. —Miss Annie Gray returned from Chicago on Saturday and is now at her home “Echo Farm,” Graysdale, spend the summer. She had spent most of the winter with her sister, Mrs. Thomp- sor, at Evanston, Ill, and in Chicago. —DMiss Lydia Way, the professional rurse who had been with Miss McMannus simee the beginning of her illness before Christmas, was obliged te give up the case on account ef ill health, leaving Tuesday to return te her home at State College. —DMr. and Mrs. L. J. Brennan are among the recemt new-comers to Bellefonte, Mr. Brennan being here in connection with the advertising campaign the Trust Co. is put- timg em. At present they are occupying an apartment in the Price home on Curtin street. —Miss Edith Sankey arrived in Centre Hall Friday ef last week, from Middleburg, eoming to Centre eounty to look after some business relative to the Grange En- campment association, of which she is sec- retary. Miss Sankey remained in Centre Hall until Tuesday. —Mrs. J. M. Decker returned from Lan- easter, on Saturday, after having spent mest of the winter with her husband in that city. She expects to be here for a part of the summer, at least, with her daughter, Mrs. John Smith, at their apart- ments in the Cadillac building. —Alter K. Ulsh and Mr. Bashour, two fermer business men of Bellefonte, drove here frem Millersburg, Wednesday, spend- ing several hours looking after some prop- erty interests. Mr. Ulsh will return next week to join one of the fishing parties going into camp for the opening of the season. —Mrs. Bruce Burlingame arrived here Sunday, from New York, she and Mr. Bur- lingame having landed the day before from an extended trip in Europe. Mr. Burlin- game went direct to Syracuse, but will join Mrs. Burlingame here at her mothers, Mrs. Harry C. Valentine, for Easter, and accompany her to their new home in Syr- acuse. —Miss Martha Van Renssalaer, head of the household arts department of Cornell, and a co-director, Miss Flora Rose, drove here this week that Miss Van Renssalaer might look after some business interests she had in Bellefonte. Tuesday evening they were guests of honor at a dinner giv- en at the Woman's building at State Col- lege, where Miss Van Renssalaer addressed a large body of students. —Mr. and Mrs. A. Fauble, with the for- mer’s mother and sister, Mrs. Martin Fau- ble and Mrs. Schloss, motored to Harris- burg Sunday to spend the day with the Tausig family. While it was not the elder Mrs. Fauble's birthday it was so near that eventful date that the trip was made as an anniversary affair and a birthday dinner at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Tausig, was the culmination of the celebration. —Mrs. James B. Strohm returned to Centre Hall Saturday, after spending the winter with her two daughters, Mrs. A. E. Person, of Trenton, N. J., and Mrs. Ammon Burkholder, of Flemington, N. J., and with her son Rufus, at Scranton. Mrs. Strohm was accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Person, and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hicks, of Easton. A niece, Mrs. D. Wagner Geiss, of Bellefonte, and some relatives in Centre Hall had opened her house and were there to receive Mrs. Strohm upen her arrival home. SS —-——— ———————————————=——==——————————T——————E——— | —Mrs. Paul L. Coates and her small daughter, Eleanor Frances, arrived here from Coatesville last night, for a visit with the child's grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McGinley. —Mrs. Orvis Harvey and her two chil- dren, Mary and Ellis, went east Sunday morning, the children stopping at Paoli, i where they will spend their Easter vaca- ‘ tion while Mrs. Harvey went on to New York, expecting to be there for a week or ! ten days. —Mr. and Mrs. Saul Auerbach arrived in Bellefonte yesterday for a week's visit with Mrs. Auerbach’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cohen, before going on to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Auerbach’s last minute plans were for a wedding trip to Florida rather than to Bermuda. —Mrs. T. B. Budinger. who had been in San Antonio, Texas, with her daughter, and at Santa Monica, Cal, with her son, Robert F. Budinger, for the winter, ar- rived in Bellefonte yesterday morning. Mrs. Budinger went on to her home in Snow Shoe in the afternoon, expecting to be there for the summer. Had Scare Lost Boy. Residents of Snow Shoe and vicin- {ity had quite a scare early this week { when the little curly headed son of | Mr. and Mrs. Andy Botson was re- i ported lost. The lad, who is between i two and three years old, was noticed { playing near the house by his mother about two o’clock on Tuesday after- , noon. When she looked for him short- ly afterwards he had disappeared and no search or calls brought any knowi- edge of his whereabouts. Visions of kidnappers and all man- ner of bogey stories flitted before the frantic mother’s vision and it took but a brief time to arouse the entire neighborhood. Searching parties were organized and the country round about was searched without bringing to light any traces of the boy. The search was continued all of Tuesday night and it was not until ten o’clock on Wednesday morning that he was found, safe and sound, though quite hungry, not much over half a mile from his home. He had evident- ly just wandered away and become lost, hence was unable to find his way back home. Snow Shoe Over a Entertaining Within the Week. Sixty of the school set were guests of Mrs. Charles E. Dorworth, at a din- ner dance given Saturday night at the Nittany Country club, in compliment to the Misses Frances and Sara Furst, of Overbrook, who were here visiting with their grandmother, Mrs. A. O. Furst. A surprise bridge party originated by Mrs. A. G. Morris Jr., was given Miss Verna Chambers at her apart- ment in the Heverly building, Wed- nesday evening. Mrs. John F. Smith Jr. was hostess at a five hundred party given at her home in the Cadillac apartments, last night. where she expects to | The Brooklyn Daily Times of last Thursday published a detailed ac- count of a testimonial banquet that was recently given in New York city in honer of John Paul Kottcamp. Mr. Kottcamp has been for nineteen years identified with the Pratt Institute of Engineering in that city and if the felieitations on the occasion are to be believed was easily the most popular as well as most valuable man on the staff. Over two hundred alumni, stu- dents and instructors of the Institute gathered to pay tribute to his service to them and wish him well in the new position he has accepted with the Johns-Mandeville Co., of New York. After having heard him make a ten minute speech at the annual Engi- neer’s banquet last December, in New York, the vice president of the Johns- Mandeville Co., was so impressed with Mr. Kottcamp that he offered him such inducements as were irresistible and he severed his long connection with the Pratt. While not a Centre countian by birth we have a strong claim on Mr. Kottcamp. He is a grad- uate of State, 1904, and his wife is the eldest daughter of Dr. W. S. Glenn, of State College. A coincidence in this connection is that Arthur C. “Bud” Harper, of this place, will sue- ceed to the position made vaeant on the Pratt staff by the resignation of Mr. Kottcamp. Sunday will be Easter day and after you have eaten all the eggs you want you might try going to church, if you are not a regular attendant. $100.00 Reward, A reward of $100.00 will be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who broke into the Wilson cabin on Fishing creek, some time during the last week, and carried away gas lamps, carpenter tools and bedding. Further information as to details can be had at this office. ——The annual Easter flower sale will be held at Miller's hardware store beginning Thursday, April 9th. Pot- ted plants and cut flowers of choice variety. 14-2t, ——On Saturday afternoon, April 18th, at 1 o’clock Mrs. G. Oscar Gray will offer a lot of desirable household goods at public sale. 70-15-2t —— i ————————— Bellefonte Grain Markets. | Corrected Weekly by C. Y. Wagner & Co. ‘Wheat - - - - - - $1.50 Corn - - - - - - 1.20 Rye - - - - - - « 110 Oats - - - - - - 00 Barley - - - - - - 1.00 Buckwheat - - - - - 1.10