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Bellefonte, Pa.,, May 15, 1925.
GOOD IMMIGRATION LAW.
A problem dealing with current
matters may be called “settled” if the
plan adepted seems to be working well
at the time. In that sense the immi-
gration problem may be said to be set-
tled by the new law that went into
force last July.
It is working well. Results, as
shown by figures for the first six
months of operation, are good. We
are getting fewer and better immi-
grants. We have not closed our doors,
but we are paying more attention to
whom we accept as future fellow-citi-
zens from other lands. Getting into
this country is now a privilege, not a
universal right.
The quota for each foreign country
is now lowered to two per cent. of the
nationals from that country shown to
be residents of the United States by
the 1890 census. In 1914, the last
year of unrestricted immigration, the
gain of immigrants from Europe—the
difference between those coming and
those going away—was 778,000. For
the first six months under the new
law the gain was 19,000. During that
period 67,000 Europeans came and
48,000 went back. A very substantial
cut.
But this is not the best of it. These
19,000 are the best obtainable from
Europe, from our point of view. They
are largely related to us in language
and traditions, and thus easy to assim-
ilate. Our gains were largely from
Germany, France, Scandinavia and
Great Britain. There were losses to
those countries in the South and
Southeast of Europe. Of Italians
nearly 20,000 more returned than
came over. The loss to Poland was
considerable, also to Portugal, Croa-
tia, Czechoslovakia and Greece.
It is not a question of saying some
people are better than others. But
some are certainly more like us than
others, and mix with us better.
Another great advantage of the new
Jaw is that the big race to land immi-
grants on the first day of each month,
and the necessity of taking back those
who failed to get in, is a thing of the
past. The selection of the permissi-
ble quotas is made at the U. S. consu-
lar offices in Europe, and when a man
gets his visa there he can deliberately
plan his move with a feeling of secu-
rity. Of course, families get separat-
ed temporarily, but less than under
the former laws, and a remedy may
yet be found to cure that evil.
But there is the question of smug-
gling. There have been lurid stories
of the great extent to which this is
carried on across Canadian and Mex-
ican boundaries. It looks simple.
How can we with a border police force
of 250 keep back all aliens along the
4000 miles of Canadian and the 1750
miles of Mexican boundaries? We
don’t. But the government goes at it
in a far better way by locating in-
spectors in the Canadian and Mexican
seaports. And then, they are con-
stantly caught and deported.
In six months there were nearly
5,000 deportations. The immigrant
often thinks that if once he slips in he
is all right. But he’s not. Some have
felt so sure that they have finally ap-
plied for citizenship papers, only to
be arrested and deported. Being here
for years does not make them safe.
The man whose job the immigrant
gets often gives him away. Many are
betrayed by those who have grudges
against them. The immigrant here
without authority is always unsafe
and will likely lose out in the end.
Under the new regime we are get-
ting good men from Canada, against
which country there is no restriction.
They are hardly distinguishable from
natural born Americans. Last year--
the fiscal year eending June 30—we
had a gain of 198,000 Canadians. Nor
is the stream from Mexico as bad as
reported. During the first six months
of the new law we received 11,700 and
sent out 1400. Illiterate Mexicans are
kept out by the literacy test.
More and more is it the case of
“America for Americans.” That
means that both those here and those
being received are, or are fast becom-
ing, real Americans saturated with
“Americanism.”
Electricity Wrongly Blamed for Many
Fires.
Two-thirds of all fires reported in
newspapers as being of “electrical
origin” are due to some other causes,
according to an analysis of fires and
fire causes just completed by the So-
ciety for Electrical Development.
During 1924 the Society investigat-
ed several hundred fires reported in
newspapers as being of elctrical ori-
gin, in each case checking results with
the local fire department records and
with insurance adjusters. In two out
of every three fires, says the report,
it was found that not only was elec-
tricity guiltless, but that there was no
excuse for attributing the fire to it..
Fires reported as “of electrical ori-
gin” were found to have been started
by many other agencies, all recorded
by the fire departments and insurance
authorities. Among these were
matches, smoking in bed, overheated
furnaces, defective flues and light-
ning. In five per cent. of the fires
charged to electricity there was no
electric wiring on the premises.
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County Fair Dates for 1925.
Following are the dates on which
county fairs, in which people of this
community are usually interested, will
be held. If you are a fair fan cut this
out and keep it for reference.
Altoona, August 13 to 16.
Bedford, September 29 to October 2.
Bloomsburg, October 5 to 11.
. Centre Hall, August 29 to Septem-
ber 5.
Clearfield, September 22 to 25.
Ebensburg, September 14 to 19.
Huntingdon, September 1 to 4.
Hughesville, October 13 to 16.
Lewisburg, September 29 to Octo-
ber 2.
Lewistown, August 25 to 29.
Milton, September 22 to 25.
Punxsutawney, September 2 to 5.
Port Royal, September 15 to 18.
TEN CHANGES MADE
IN SCHOOL LAW.
_ Harrisburg, Pa.—Governor Pinchot
signed ten bills amending the State
school code. One of the most import-
ant measures was the Griswold Sen-
ate bill, which provides for a rebate
of 1 per cent. of taxes collected in sec-
ond class school districts if the taxes
are paid prior to August 1 of the year
they are assessed and levied. The
present 5 per cent. penalty on taxes
not paid before October is retained
and now a provision is inserted that
places a continuing penalty of 1 per
cent. a month on all unpaid taxes after
January of the year following their
levy. The second class school districts
are located in the larger third-class
cities of the State.
All doors in one-story school houses
must open outward under the Betts
Senate bill, while the Gilchrist house
bill provides that children living a
mile and a half from the nearest ele-
mentary school or three miles from
the nearest high school and who are
MEDICAL.
Oh! My Back!
Aching Backs Make Life Miserable
for Many Bellefonte People.
It isn’t right to suffer day in and
day out with dull, uncasing backache.
Or be utterly miserable with sharp
stabs of pain whenever you stoop or
lift. But chances are you will suffer
these tormenting aches and pains as
long as your weakened kidneys are
neglected. You may have headaches,
too, spells of dizziness and urinary
disorders. Then use Doan’s Pills—a
stimulant diuretic to the kidneys.
Experiences of Bellefonte people
prove the merit of Doan’s.
Mrs. H. W. Johnson, Valentine St.,
says: “I felt so miserable with back-
ache I could hardly stand. Mornings
when I came down stairs I was so
lame I couldn’t raise my feet to go up
the steps again. My kidneys were
disordered and annoyed me. Doan’s
Pills from Runkle’s drug store soon
put an end to my suffring.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Pills—the same that Ts.
Johnson had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 70-20
ATRIOS ae
not furnished proper free transporta-
tion may, on the request of their par-
ents, be transferred to a more conven-
ient school in another State.
The Gilchrist house bill changes the
valuation per teacher in fourth-class
school districts by providing that the
number of full-time teachers shall in-
clude one teacher for each at the time
the school year closed in June, 1923,
in schools not since reopened. Anoth-
er bill by Senator Griswold provides
for the distribution of federal and
State aid to vocational education on
the valuation per teacher basis.
Another Griswold bill amends the Ed-
monds act to conform with the pay-
ment of State aid for vocational edu-
cation.
A bill by Senator Weingartner pro-
vides for the attendance at .public
schools of children in orphans’ homes
or other children’s institutions. A bill
by Senator Miller requires the pay-
ment of $4 a day to Jeachers attend-
ing annual county institutes. One of
the measures by Representative
Himes provides for equal school priv-
ileges for all dependent children of
school age. The bill gives children
kept and supported by any resident of
a school district equal advantages with
resident children and also provides for
free school privileges for children
placed by order of a court with any
resident of a school district.
If the sugar is dissolved in a little
hot water before putting it into lem-
onade, it will not sink and will sweet-
en it more quickly.
DON'T FORGET
That the Graduation Watch must be
a reliable one—one to give many
years of lasting and reliable service.
A Thorough Stock on Hand
F. P. BLAIR & SON
JEWELERS
Bellefonte, Penna.
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50,000 AT A TIME
ETWEEN o¢ and 10 in the morning, each weekday,
450,000 local calls are handled in the Bell central offices
of Pennsylvania.
This is one-tenth of the daily grist of 4,500,000 calls.
During every minute of this “peak hour™ 50,000 people
are talking—at the same time. 9oo,000 have talked before
the hour is up.
i The organizing for this traffic is no first-thing-in-the-
© morning job. In every central office the type and design of
equipment, its volume, and the size of the operating force
is based on advance calculations of the traffic expectancy,
down to a fraction of a call per telephone per day.
Some unexpected happening in the community, affecting
a large portion of the populace, may upset these calcula
tions. But with reserves to call on, the Chief Operators,
whose forces now number 10,600, have met many a traffic
overload of 30 per cent. without a break.
In the machine-switching offices there are proportionate
margins in equipment.
And to speed and accuracy of service is added the ime
portant element of reliability.
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sizes for Little Miss Dainty—some Hand-Embroidered.
Silk Socks in every shade to match any dress. New
Summer Silks and Voiles; a shipment has just arrived
‘bringing with it all the Newest Shades and Patterns—
printed, striped and plain—in Wash Silk, Silk Broad-
cloth, Taffeta and Voiles.
Coats and Suits
All Coats are greatly reduced. See our
special at $9. All colors in high shades,
fur trimmed and self trimmed—at prices
that will be attractively low.
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from 25 cts. a pair up. See
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These Hose are guaranteed
not to develop a “runner” in.
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If they do this you
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We Have them in All Colors
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