Benoa lca "Bellefonte, Pa., February 5, 1926. P. GRAY MEEK, Editer Te Correspondents.—No commuaications published unless accompanied by the real same of the writer. Terms of Subscriptien.—Until further motice this paper will be furnished to sub- scribers at the following rates: Paid strictly in advance Paid before expiration of year 1.75 Paid after expiration of year 200 Published weekly, every Friday morn tng. Entered at the postoffice, Beliefonte, Pa., as second class matter. In ordering change of address always give the old as well as the new address. It is important that the publisher be no- tified when a subscriber wishes the pa- per discontinued. In all such eases the subscribtion must be paid up to date ef cancellation. A sample copy of the “Watchman” will pe sent without cost to applicants. $1.50 JANUS. Was it the keeping of the door, Looking both after and before, That gained for him the signal grace To wear that awful double face? An evolution very odd A doorkeeper become a god! I question that. Learn from his name That he and Dianus are the same, The consort of Diana; learn In him the sky-god to discern— In Latium, Jove—in Hellas, Zeus— God of the thunder and the rain, With power unbounded to produce Abundant pasturage and grain And make the earth to bud and bloom And vivify the sluggish womb. All the old gods are dead and gone; But man makes new ones to his notion; We don’t bow down to wood and stone But will keep up the bowing motion. Our language thickly crowded is With phantoms of divinities; They stare at us from tree and star And from the daily calendar: Wodin in Wednesday has his stay And Saturn feasts on Saturday; Mars struts in March, Juno in June, And January will be soon With Janus dancing forth elate A new year's birth to celebrate, To him be this poetic flare Which easily might be a prayer: — Great sky-god! warder of the door That’s brass to us, to thee but glass, That closes on our past dead And opens to the days in store: Halt every foe that tries to pass And knock him promptly on the head! —Plinthourgos. Many Raw Furs Handled by Centre - County Dealer. When your wife, your daughter, your sister or your sweetheart goes to the store to buy a fur coat or a simple little neckpiece she marvels at the price asked for same, kuowing little about. the cost of the fur in the raw. Take ‘the little mink, for instance, a prime mink pelt in the raw is worth ten to twelve dollars; a first grade red fox pelt is worth ten dollars; skunk skins in the green bring from $1.50 to $2.50; raccoon skins of good quality command five dollars or more; musk- rats bring from one dollar to a dollar and a half while the skin of a domestic or house cat has a market value of from 35 to 50 cents. Naturally when we think of fur these days we have visions of arctic regions, deep snows and long winters, few people realizing that the beauti- ful red fox neck pieces exhibited in local stores and the warm fur over- coat built up of skunks may in reality have been your next door neighbor in the woodlands of Centre county. This county has several raw fur dealers but the one who possibly han- dles the largest number of skins is Jeremiah Zettle, of Spring Mills. Dur- ing the months of November, Decem- ber and January he handled a total of 8244 raw furs for which he paid the sum of $14,923.75. The larger portion of Mr. Zettle’s furs are the products of Centre county trappers, though some of his stock came from other sec- tions of the United States. He finds ready sale for all his furs in the New York market, buyers making regular trips to Spring Mills to bargain for his stock. The number and various kinds of raw rurs handled by Mr. Zettle during November, December and January, with the price paid, aid, is as follows: 4049 skuUnKY ee .. $ 7760.05 676 opossum... nL 608.15 428 raccoon... cco. ETH uu, 2296.60 1831 muskrats Loa. ee... 1941.50 58 grey foX..... vr. eva. vrenenes 344.75 79 red fox 680.20 172 weasels . 143.20 82 mink ... 722. 42 wolf ........ 391.00 2 badger 9.00 2 WIE cotati, aE re 7.00 1 lynx cal in NAA, 10.00 8 civet cats ...v.i..000. 00... 3.20 17 house eats .................., 6.20 @ 0 Ig - ——*“Judge” John Johnson Allen, who died recently in Brooklyn was a man of very distinguished lineage and of eminence as a lawyer. He was a grandson, in the seventh generation, of Miles Standish and a grand uncle was one of the Pilgrims landed from the Mayflower at Plymouth. “Judge” Johnson is not without interest in Bellefonte for his wife, Louise Shaler, lived here for years. She was a daugh- ter of Judge Shaler, of Pittsburgh, who was senior partner of the law firm of Shaler and Stanton of that city. It was broken up when Stanton enter- ed Lincoln’s Cabinet and the Shalers came here to live. They resided in the stone house on the corner of Alleghe- ny and Howard streets now occupied as a motor sales room. —————— A ———— ——Get your job work done here. 5 | fact that some think otherwise. J. M. 85 | over the great central west in lower AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION | IN CENTRE CONUTY FOR 1926. County agent Blaney has announced | the first series of meetings through which the agricultural extension de- partment of The Pennsylvania State College hopes to carry important. messages to the farmers of Centre county during the year. It is impossible to visit each indi- vidual, so to distribute information more widely a number of meetings have been arranged. The speakers at these meetings are specialists on their varticular subject. They are open to all and any questions you desire dis- cussed on their partienlar suhjeets will be taken up and explained fully. The following list gives the dates, places, speakers and subjects to be taken up: CENTRE HALL. Feb. 16. Tuesday at 10 a. m., Pototoes and small fruits, W. S. Krout. 1.30 p. m., dairy improvement, E. B. Fitts. 2.45 p. m., aifalfa, Nicholas Schmitz. PORT MATILDA. Feb. 17. Wednesday at 1.15 p. m., po- tatoes and small fruits, W. S. Krout; fertilizers and uses, J. B. Dickey. 2.45 p. m., profitable pork products, L. C. Madison; some marketing problems, H. G. Nissley. AARONSBURG. Feb. 18. Saturday at 10 a. m., general poultry. 1.80 p. m., alfalfa and green crops, J. B. Dickey; 2.45 p. m., our marketing problems, H. G. Nissley. SPRING MILLS. Feb. 9. Tuesday at 2 p. m., home beautification, with slides, H. R. Bracken. Feb. 10. Wednesday at 2 p. m., dairy improvement and t. b., E. B. Fitts. Feb. 11. Thursday at 2 p. m., profit- able pork products, H H. Havner. Feb, 12. Friday at 2 p. m,, soil testing and crops (bring samples of soil,) Nicholas Schmitz. HUBLERSBURG. Feb. 18. Thursday at 10 a. m., pota- toes and small fruits, H. G. Nissley. 1.30 p. m., poultry housing and rear- ing chicks, H. C. Kanadel and W. S. Krout. 2.45 p. m., our marketing problems, J.B. Dickey. Feb. 23. Tuesday at 10 a. m., alfalfa and pasture improvement, R. H. Olmstead. 1.30 p. m., dairy feed- ing. 2.45 p. m., farm management, Earl Moffitt. HOWARD. Feb. 19. Friday at 1.30 p. m., profit- - able pork products, L. C. Madison. 2.45 p. m., our marketing problems, H. G. Nissley. Feb. 24. Wednesday at 1.30 p. m,, dairy feeding, R. H. Olmstead; 2.45 p. m., alfalfa and pasture improve- ment, J. B. Dickey STORMSTOWN. Feb. 25., Thursday at 10 a. m., profit- able pork products, L. C. Madison. 1.30 p. m., farm management, Earl Moffitt, 2.45 p. m., our marketing problems, G. G. DeValt. Feb 26. Friday at 10 a. m., dairy feeding R. H. Olmstead. 1.30 p. m., farm gardens, C. R. Mason. 2.45 p. m., alfalfa and pasture improve- ment, J. B. Dickey. REBERSBURG. Feb. 27. Saturday at 10 a. m., dairy feeding, R. H. Olmstead. 1.30 p. m., farm management and accounts, Earl Moffitt 2.45 p. m., alfalfa and pasture improvement, J. B. Dickey. T. B. TESTING HELD UP. In regard to the indemnity for in- fected cattle allocated to Centre coun- ty, a sufficient number of claims for animals that reacted to tests conduct- ed under the individual plan have ab- sorbed the $6,928.00 for the paying of indemnit.y It is, therefore, necessary to discontinue applying initial tests to herds under the individual plan. The State will continue to retest herds already under the individual plan in Centre county and be in a posi- tion to pay indemnity for any animals that may react to further tests. It may be possible that during the latter part of the present two year fiscal period, the Department will be in a position to allocate additional funds for cattle that react to tests under the individual plans Sees Opportunities in Horse Raising. Penna. can raise horses despite the Vial, horse extension specialist of the Penna. State College, is authority for that statement. In the first place, he says this region has the advantage over-head cost of land. Interest on capital invested is as low or lower here than there. The cost of farm labor over a period of years also favors Penna. In fact, every item that enters into the cost of producing a foal with the one exception of grain is to the advantage of the Keystone farmers. When it comes to the question of marketing there is an advantage of about thirty dollars shipping charge on each individual horse in favor of the easterner. Vial says that there is a strong de- mand with few horses to satisfy it. The call is strongest for heavy draft- ers, toppy wagon horses and draft mules, although the farm chunk mark- et is due to stiffen somewhat this spring. These classes of horses, he asserts, are the type that the average farmer can utilize as they are develop- ing to marketable age and thus cut down the board bill appreciably. ——On March 1st the Bell Tele- phone Co., will put in effect a toll charge of 10 cents for all calls from Bellefonte to Snow Shoe: BELLEFONTE GIRLS WIN TWO GAMES. The High school girls’ basket ball team continued its winning streak by annexing two more victories. The first of these was against the Alumni, a team composed of former stars of other years. Prior to the game it looked like a very formidable aggre- gation and throughout the first half the old-timers showed that they still remembered basket-ball. A sensa- tional rally staged by the girls in the last quarter of the game tied the score and time gave the present varsity enough points to win. The final score, 17-12, shows how close the game was but does not indicate the tensity and excitement of the fray. The Alumni team was composed of Mauvis Furey, Grace Cohen, Catherine Johnston, Margaret Taylor, Anne Gherrity, Marjorie Way and Nell Wolf. Last Friday night the girls went to State College and won a close decision over the sextette of that school. The final score was 27-21, and at no time during the game were our girls in dan- ger of defeat. They played their usual steady game, gathering in a basket or of Beaver street, died in the Centre for service rendered them by the col- ' two whenever their opponents threat- | county hospital on Monday morning to lege. ! ened. Their score was not large due | Which institution she was taken last : through Professor E. L. Nixon, whom , to the narrow court, which made guarding very easy and prevented them from getting in their usual floor work. Catty Farley scored 10 field goals and 4 fouls, while Mary Smith accounted for the remaining points. BOYS DROP TWO. The Mountain League game on Fri- day night with Hollidaysburg High school took the measure of the Belle- fonte High in a listless game. The latter did not play the brand of bas- ket-ball they showed in the Tyrone game. Poor passing, lack of team work, together with several hard luck shots accounted for their defeat. They staged a rally in the second half but this effort was not enough to over- come the lead of their opponents. Clark and Watson played a good game for Bellefonte. Hollidaysburg, accounted for 6 bas- kets, nearly all of them being shots tour. This will be her first visit to ! Close | Centre county. Every Sabbath school | from the center of the floor. guarding by Bellefonte prevented their forwards from getting near the , of its workers in the children’s depart- | he added later, including a swimming basket. Captain Hughes, of SS Le A Se ny CE SRT a di { BLAIR.—Elmer Ellsworth Blair, a native of Centre county, died at his home in Altoona on Saturday after- noon following an illness of fifteen weeks. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blair and was born at State | College on August 12th, 1861, hence {was in his sixty-fifth year. He was a carpenter by occupation. Mr. Blair married Miss Ada R. Steffey, of Pine i Grove Mills, who survives with five | children. He also leaves eight brothers and sisters. Burial was made in the Oak Ridge cemetery, Altoona, on Tuesday afternoon. SMITH Mrs. Clara la. Smith, widow of William L. Smith, former residents of Buffalo Run valley, died on Friday at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. E. D. Haswell, at Erie, aged 68 years. Years ago the family mov- ‘ed from Fillmore to Altoona and it | was while living there that Mr. Smith ‘died. Mrs. Smith is survived by sev- en children. The remains were taken to Altoona for burial. | I I} EMEL.—Marian, eleven year old , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Emil, | week because of an attack of appendi- i citis and kidney complications. | She is survived by her parents, three : oh brothers and three sisters. Interment | : was made in the Union cemetery yes- terdty afternoon. A Children’s Division Institute for | Centre County. | "ent of the Centre county Sabbath School Association, and her committee, ‘are arranging an institute to be held in the Methodist church at Bellefonte | swine, sheep and horses; the dairy | cattle breeders, poultrymen who con- | ‘on Tuesday, February 16th. There ‘will be two sessions, beginning at 4 and 7 p. m. Miss Elsie G. Rodgers, of Philadelphia, the State superintendent of the children’s division, will be the instructor. | Miss Rodgers is making a county "in the county should send at least two Three New College Buildings to be Built at Penn State. Construction of a hospital and a dormitory, both provided largely by Pennsylvania farmers, and the first unit of a large recreation hall will be started on the campus of the Pennsyl- vania State College as soon as plans oan be completed and contracts award- ed. The value of the buildings will ex- ceed half a million dollars and they will come as a result of the emerg- ency building fund campaign which netted $1,600,000 for student welfare buildings in 1922 and 1923. Funds came from over nineteen thousand alumni, farm people, and other friends of the college. The new buildings are to be ready for student use by September, 1927. The modern hospital, or infirmary and dispensary, is the result of volun- | tary gifts for that purpose from the ! potato growers of Pennsylvania in one ; of the most unusual campaigns ever ’ ! conducted for a State college or State ! University. When Penn State’s wel- | fare building wishes became known, leading potato growers asked if they | might be permitted to build the hos- : pital as an indication of appreciation Nearly all pledges made they know as “Pennsylvania’s Potato Wizard,” have been paid, and it is : possible to start the building. At the same time that potato grow- i ers were active in the interests of the i college, a dozen other agricultural i groups combined in an effort to pro- i vide funds for a dormitory. Their ‘funds are now available and the { building will be started as soon as | possible. The following groups par- the dedication of the struc- The livestock breeders, who contributed the largest amount, made up for the breeders of beef cattle, ‘tion in ture: 1 i 1 . tributed “a nickle hen;” the vege- table growers, horticulturists, farm ! supply merchants, nurserymen, bee- ‘keepers and greenhouse men. Auto- ! motive dealers of the State also con- ! tributed to this fund. {The proposed unit of the recreation hall, or gymnasium, will be an im- | mense playing floor and amphitheatre | seating 5000 people. Other units will Saturday night Altoona High school ' all who are interested in the religion | practice rooms and special quarters ran wild and rolled up a 41-16 score "of children are urged to be present. | for varsity and visiting athletic teams. against the Red and White. this appears to be a very impressive victory, the score does not show that Bellefonte played a good game, which is a fact. Playing on a floor three times as large as that on which they had practiced, their defense was hope- less. A five men defense on Altoona’s floor is like putting five men on the aviation field and telling them to stop the wind. Time after time Bellefonte worked the ball down to Altoona’s goal but that ball would not drop into the net. : eo oe piv This (Friday) night, Mount Union High will play at Bellefonte in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium. Mount Union is in second place in the league while Bellefonte rates third. A victory for the local boys will reverse these stand- ings. In the first game of the season Mount Union beat Bellefonte by a narrow margin. The game is sched- uled to start at 8.15. The 1926 La Belle. Last year’s graduating class of Bellefonte High school achieved some- thing really worth-while when they published their La Belle. It will be remembered that the book was a note- worthy improvement in every respect over the annuals of former years. Al- though the class was small in num- bers the members did not hesitate to shoulder the burden of a book the cost of which was more than double that of the preceding years. A great part of the success of the 1925 La Belle must be attributed to the liberal pat- ronage in the way of advertising. Without this the book would have been impossible, a fact which the school realizes and appreciates. The present Senior class is plan- ning an annual which will eclipse the efforts of any La Belle yet publish- ed. They are bending every energy toward putting out a year book which will be judged the most attractive in the history of the school. Spurred on by the wide-spread attention that the 1925 La Belle received, they plan to introduce some new features and en- large certain departments. It has been remarked, and not without truth, that last year’s book was worthy of a school and town of far greater popula- tion than Bellefonte. Letters of con- gratulation were received from Ala- bama, California and Michigan, where some of the books found their way. Needless to say, such advertising for the school and town is one of the best means of publicity. Let Bellefonte people get behind the Seniors and help them make a success of the 1926 La Belle. Philipsburg Had $47,000 Fire. Fire, last Thursday night, com- pletely destroyed the garage of R. T. Cole, in Philipsburg, together with eighteen or twenty cars, entailing a loss estimated at $47,000. The fire started about 9:15 o'clock, evidently from a defective or over-heated flue, and had gained such headway when the firemen arrived upon the scene that it was impossible to save the building or its contents and all efforts were concentrated on saving adjoin- ing properties. Mr. Cole carried insurance on his building, cars and other stock, but not sufficient to cov- er his loss. A — A —————— —Subscribe for the “Watchman.” in next week’s papers. | From Music to Motor Fuel. Walter A. Hugg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Toner A. Hugg, of Milesburg, ‘who the past year or two has been chief saxophonist in Joe Roman’s dance orchestra, of Reading, and this winter has been touring the New Eng- land States, has decided to give up his musical work and open a filling station, at Milesburg. Walter is in- | debted to Mr. Frank L. Wetzler, the musical genius of Milesburg, for his ‘playing ability. He was one of the orignial members of the Wetzler’s famous Boys’ band and it was because of his performance in that organiza- tion that he was picked as chief sax- ophonist in the Reading orchestra. While most of his time in the future will be devoted to his business he will not entirely abandon his music but will continue to play the saxophone in the Milesburg orchestra. ——Easter this year will fall on the 4th of April, the first Sunday. BIRTHS. Saylor.—On Jan. 28, to Mr. and Mrs. James R. Saylor, of Bellefonte, a daughter. This is Mr. and Mrs. Say- lor’s sixth child and sixth daughter. O’Leary.—On Feb. 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O’Leary, of Bellefonte, a daughter, she being Mr. and Mrs. O’Leary’s eighth child. Kellerman.—On Jan. 26, to Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Kellerman, of Bellefonte, a son, Paul Franklin Jr. Johnson.—On Jan. 23, to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Johnson, of Spring Twp., a son, James Austin. Baird.—On Jan. 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Lester E. Baird, of Spring Twp., a son, George Samuel. Dunkle.—On Jan. 14, to Mr. and Mrs. Fern Dunkle, of Marion Twp., a daughter. Dunkleberger.—On Jan. 8, to Mr. and Mrs. Curtin Dunkleberger, of Bellefonte, a daughter, Frances Lyons. Neff—On Jan. 9, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Neff, of Marion Twp., a son, Joseph Leathers Jr. Tornicola.—On Jan. 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Carmen A. Tornicola, of Belle- fonte, a son, Joseph Dorsey. Shaffer.—On Jan. 8, to Mr. and Mrs. William W. Shaffer, of Bellefonte, a daughter, Sarah Ellen. Auman.—On Jan. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. John Clayton Auman, of Spring Mills, a daughter, Martha Blanche. Chilcoat.—On Jan. 24, to Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo B. Chilcoat, of Benner Twp., a son, Robert Burtin. Shuey.—On Jan. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Jas. I. Shuey, of Benner Twp., a daughter, Betty Jane. Davis.—On Jan. 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Thurman T. Davis, of Bellefonte, a son, Robert LeRoy. Ream.—On Jan. 18, to Mr. and Mus. Harold R. Ream, of Spring Twp., a son, Norman Dean. Miller.—On Jan. 19, to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Miller, of Bellefonte, a son, William Russell Jr. Justice.—On Jan. 5, to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer W. Justice, of Spring Twp., a son, Elmer William Jr. While ' The institute program will be printed ' It will be located near the dormitory - group and adjacent to all outdoor | playing fields. It will be built with i funds provided by the college athletic : association, alumni, and by men prom- "inent in the manufacturing and coal industries of the State. —Read the “Watchman” and get ‘ the cream of the news. Church Services Next Sunday BOALSBURG LUTHERAN CHARGE, Services for Sunday, February 7: Boalsburg—Sunday school 9 a. m.; Christian Endeavor, recognition ser- vice for Dr. and Mrs. Clark, 7 p. m. Shiloh—Holy Communion 10.30 a. m.; Sunday school 9.30 a. m. Pleasant Gap—Sunday school 9.30 a. m. W. J. Wagner, Pastor. BOALSBURG REFORMED. Services for Sunday, February 7: Boalsburg—Church school, 9.15 a. m.; evening worship, 7.30 p. m. Pine Hall—Church school, 9.30 a. m. Houserville — Holy Communion, 10.30 a. m. Rev. W. W. Moyer, Pastor. In Society. | The monthly bridge game between . the women of Lock Haven and those of Bellefonte was played at the Nit- tany Country Club, with a score ot over fifteen hundred in favor of Belle- fonte, giving them a total score of over twenty-five hundred. { Mrs. James B. Lane entertained with a bridge dinner, at the Brocker- hoff house Wednesday evening, three tables being in play. Mrs. Lane is living at the hotel at present. Miss Della Beezer will be hostess at a bridge party to be given tonight at her home on east Bishop street, Mrs. J. Frank Smith was the origi- ‘nator and hostess at a surprise birth- ‘day party given Wednesday night for Mr. Smith, at their home on south Spring street. Cards were the enter- | The children’s division superintend- | ticipated and will receive recogni- tainment of the evening, four tables ; being in play. Over sixty new dwelling houses and some eight or ten business places were erected in State College during "the year 1925; according to the state- ment of the College Times. Marriage Licenses. | Meyer C. Brungart and Sarah E. Bierly, Rebersburg. | Fred G. Gearhart and Grace Rob- ertson, Philipsburg. Joseph Mango and Helen Altena, The final score was 22-13, | ments. Pastors, superintendents and | pool, locker rooms, individual sports Bellefonte. Carl Nevin Boone and Sarah Belle Brown, Millheim. Howard C. Fluck, of Barto, and Viola G. Burwell, of Pine Grove Mills. Doyle W. Best, of Millheim, and Martha E. Bower, of Aaronsburg. —My idea of the ultimate cross- word puzzle fan is the girl who went on a diet of alphabet soup and names. —Selected. HAZEL & Hazel & Co. ing. oleum Department ing ¢¢‘AQ" in the BELLEFONTE, PA. THE REMODELING HAS BEGUN. are now remodel- The Store will be closed for a week or ten days--during which time the new fixtures will be in- stalled on the first floor. All contract work already con- tracted for in the Carpet and Lin- care of ; this department will also be able to take care of all addi- tional work during the period in which the remodeling takes place. Watch this paper for our open- Buyers will be in the EasternCit- ies selecting choice merchandise for the Opening Event. HAZEL £ COMPANY COMPANY will be taken meantime our