Predictions of Telephone Growth in
Bellefonte. v
According to the latest estimates
prepared by the Bell Telephone com-
pany of Pennsylvania, Bellefonte will
have 1800 telephones in operation in
1982. This will mean an increase of
260 telephones in the next five years
and is an indication of the general
development that will characterize
this section during the coming years.
From a service viewpoint, the pres-
ent telephone plant is adequate for
Bellefonte’s immediate needs. The
Telephone company, however, lays its
plans for the future so that all neces-
sary equipment will be in place and
operating before it is actually needed.
The plans to meet future expansion
are made by telephone engineers.
Past telephone development in each
community is taken. An average
growth for a year is then obtained
and projected into the future. New
trends in industry, the natural in-
crease of the population, and all oth-
er factors likely to have an effect on
telephone development in each com-
munity are considered.
Telephone field men equipped with :
maps go out into the locality being
studied. They consider the placing of
new roads, probable sites for resi-
dence and business purposes and also
select probable routes for new cables
that will be required to handle the
growth.
Two estimates are then prepared.
One, which is.called a short term
estimate, provides for growth for five
years in the future. The other, known
as a long term estimate, is for a
period extending over twenty years
in the future.
It is surprising how closely the
estimated figures agree with the ac-
tual growth figures. The engineers
who do this work are so proficient
that it is only a very unusual devel-
opment in a community which causes
any more than the slightest difference
between estimated and actual tele-
phone development.
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Used Car
1924 Durant Touring
Open Day
P. L. Beezer Estate.....Meat Market
34-34
1926 Ford, four-door Sedan $250.00
1923 Nash Touring ......i.... ou. o-oo $100.00
1924 Rickenbacker Touring ...$200.00
1924 Oldsmobile Twin “4-cyl.” $180.00
1923 Ford Roadster, two, at each... $ 80.00
Other cars in running condition as low as $25.00.
Decker Chevrolet Co.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Corner of High and Spring streets.
YOUR CHRISTMAS TURKEY
This is to call your attention to the
fact that we have bought for hun-
dreds of Christmas dinners the fin-
est turkeys we could locate. We
have them—plump and tender—in
all weights, both gobblers and hens.
We ask that you let us have your
order as early as possible so that
we can reserve for you the bird
that will meet your needs.
Telephone 450
Market on the Diamond
Bellefonte, Penna.
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Bargains
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It will be well worth your time to stop in
and look over the line of used cars. Many very
useful Bargains in Trucks and Passenger Cars.
1. Small Down Payments.
2.—Monthly payments to meet your income.
3. A large per cent. off for cash.
4. Every car in fine running condition.
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1925 Chevrolet Tourings, two, at each..._.. $190.00
1927 Dodge Sedan (business)
1924 Chevrolet Tourings, two, at each.___$175.00
1923 Studebaker Light Sedan
1923 Nash Sedan, four door
1927 Chevrolet Truck, 13-ton
1925 Ford Coupe, Ruxteel Axle
1926 Chevrolet Coupe, fully
1926 Oldsmobile Sedan,
equipped.....$475.00
Sport Model....... $525.00
Phone 405
and Night
The Spirit of Christmas
Is in the air.
Our assortment of the beau-
tiful is more complete than ever.
GIFTS
of Jewelry,
Glassware, Clocks,
Watches,
gine
Lamps,
Silverware,
Tableware,
Leatherware are lasting reminders of this most
wonderful of all festive occasions.
F. P, BLAIR & Son
JEWELERS
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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‘Bellefonte, Pa, December 9, 1927.
EASE CONS
GOOD MORNING!
“Good Morning!” said in accents cheerful.
Starts the day off with a zest—
Makes the whole world seem less drearful--
Warms the heart in ev'ry breast;
Makes the sunshine seem some brighter,
And the mists to fade away;
Makes the hardest tasks seem lighter—
Lifts the burdens of the day!
When a fellow blows in breezy,
With a smile upon his fa
Says “Good Morning!” like it's easy—
Sunshine seems to fill the place!
Ev'rybody feels some better,
And their smiles respond to his,
And that cheerful gloom “go-getter”
Puts old trouble out of biz!
Something magic in the greeting,
That just seems to bringhten things;
Trouble clouds are swift retreating—
Joy comes in on angel's wings!
It's a sure-fire gloom dispeller;
Makes the whole world seem less drear;
May God bless the sunshine feller
Who’s “Good Morning!” rings with cheer!
—James Edward Hungerford.
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FARM NOTES.
With the deer season open take a
little vacation and get much needed
recreation by spending a few days in
the woods. It’s only good business to
first get a license.
—PFeed grain to dairy cows accord-
ing to their production of milk. Rec-
ords show that many cows are over-
fed while others are underfed. Feed
one pound of grain to each 3 or 3%
pounds of milk for Guernseys and one
pound of grain to each 8% to 4% pounds
of milk for Holsteins and Ayrshires.
The hard coal mines are showing
increased activity as the cool weather
nears. They need and use wooden
props. Farmers in the vicinity can
make good money cutting and haul-
ing props from their wood lands. If
proper cutting methods are used, the
woods will yield an income in props
every winter.
North Dakota reports that the Penn
State strain of Danish ballhead cab-
bage outyielded ordinary strains by
more than fifty per sent this year. At
the Pennsylvania State College an
acre of Penn State ballhead produced
23.76 tons which compares well with
the average yield of cabbage in the
state, nine tons.
—Now is the time to do those agri-
cultural engineering jobs around the
farm which will make the buisness
more profitable and home life more
enjoyable. A line of tile to.that wet
spot in the otherwise highly produc-
tive field will be valuable and that
septic tank anticipated for some time
will improve the sanitary conditions
around the house.
It will pay well to begin next year’s
garden right now by applying 15 to
20 tons of manure per acre and plow-
ing this under. Plow as deeply as
possible without turning up an ex-
cessive amount of subsoil. This treat-
ment will improve the physical con-
+ dition of the soil, increase the amount
of organic matter and plant food, and
make more plant food available early
in the. growing season.
All hogs shipped into Pennsylvania
(in the future, except those which are
| for immediate slaughtering, must be
vaccinated against cholera under an
edict of the Pennsylvania department
|of agriculture. The new edict, by
‘ which it is hoped hog cholera will be
banished from the State, also pro-
vides that any swine which have been
in the possession of a dealer or farm-
er for less than 80 days and are of-
fered at either auction or private sale
must be vaccinated.
Duck raising is very easy if you be-
gin when the weather gets warm.
They should be hatched past the mid-
dle of May; it is usually warm by that
time of year,
When they are 24 hours old feed
them corn bread crumbs moistened
with sweet milk, writes Edna Dalton
of Hartsville, Tenn., in the Southern
Ruralist. Keep plenty of water at all
times, also some sand handy for them
to get. Feed close to water as they
take a bit of food and then a drink of
water and will continue to do that
until they get enough. Feed five times
a day, mostly soft food, until large
] and old enough to only need three
meals. Later just twice a day will be
sufficient.
Let them have free range and a dry
roomy box to roost in. They do not
graze as geese but like insects and
| grain seeds and as a rule are healthy
land thrifty, but one drop of carbolic
{acid to a quart of water now and then
helps to keep them healthy.
! New Jersey pig growers are finding
that among their worst enemies are
roundworms, reports W. C. Skelley,
. assistant animal husbandman at the
New Jersey agricultural experiment
station.
| Once these worms establish them-
selves in the intestines of a young
pig, growth of the animal is greatly
| retarded. If the animal is not prompt-
ly freed of the pests, it becomes
, stunted and is not profitable to feed.
A treatment, however, has been de-
| veloped that is proving very satisfac-
tory. This consists of giving each
infested pig a capsule made of 2
| grains of santonin, 2 grains of calo-
| mel, and 5 grains of bicarbonate of
j soda. Before the capsule is adminis-
| tered all feed is withheld for from 12
{to 18 hours so as to be sure that
i the digestive tract of the animal is
| empty.
| About 8 to 12 hours after the an-
' imal has been given the capsule, it is
fed a hight slop of middlings contain-
ing 1 tablespoonful of epsom salts.
! Wider use of this treatment will,
in the opinion of Professor Skelley,
i bring great savings to the pig in-
| Sastry,
A thorough cleaning and disinfect-
| ing of poultry houses before the
chickens are placed in them for the
winter is a valuable practice in com-
| bating poultry diseases, according to
| specialists in transmissible poultry
diseases of the bureau of animal in-
dustry, Pennsylvania department of
agriculture.
Thorough cleaning means the re-
moval of all litter and droppings with
the scraping | sweeping of the
ceiling, walls and floor thus removing
the crusts, cobwebs, dust and dirt,
The litter and scrapings should be
hauled to a field to which fowls do
not have access. Houses should then
be scrubbed with hot lye solution: 1
pound of lye to 2 gallons of hot wa-
ter. The excess of this solution should
be removed and then an officially ap-
proved disinfectant mixed and used
according to the directions of the par-
ticular disinfectant selected. Suffi-
cient disinfectant solution should be
used to thoroughly soak the ceiling,
walls and floors and be applied to in-
sure the surfaces remaining wet for
at least one-half hour.
Nests, feeding utensils, water foun-
tains and catching crates should also
be cleaned and scrubbed with hot lye
solution and soaked with the disin-
fectant solution.
In addition to being a valuable
measure in combating poultry dis-
eases, this fall poultry house cleaning
aids in preventing and controlling
lice infestations. Care should be taken
to have fowls free of lice before plac-
ing them in winter quarters.
Asparagus beds are family institu-
tions that are as permanent fixtures
as a heating plant, once established.
They will endure for years with a
minimum of care. No vegetable is
more desirable and it is never cheap
in the market. It is a simple matter
to have a supply for cutting at wiii
during its season. Fall is an excel-
lent time to start the bed.
Buy two or three year old roots,
the former usually taking hold the
quicker. Find a convenient. spot out
of the way of the rest of the garden
for the bed, which won’t accommo-
date much of anything else except
rows of the earliest vegetables, such
as radishes, spinach and lettuce be-
tween the hills of asparagus. Plant
the hills three feet apart each way.
Dig a hole a foot deep and two feet
wide—it is no light work to get as-
paragus started right, but worth the
effort. Raise a mound six inches high
in the centre of the hole upon which
the asparagus plant should be set
with the roots spread out like the
spokes of a wheel. When covered, the
crown is six inches underneath the
surface.
Give liberal fertilizing. It is dif-
ficult to overfertilize the asparagus
bed. In two years the bed will be
established. It should not be cut the
following season. But after that it
is a family institution.
For convenience of limited quarters
asparagus may be planted to form a
hedge or border about the garden, the
feathery plumes making a solid wall
of green from July on and a fine
background for flowers. It can also
be planted along a boundary fence.
Often these long rows are the most
convenient arrangement for the small
place and the only way an asparagus
planting can be conveniently placed.
Select a good variety. The rust-
proof strains developed by the Unit-
ed States department of agriculture
are excellent ones to try. Bonvallet’s
Giant is another standard and popu-
lar variety with good-sized, tender
stalks. The tenderness. of asparagus
is more a matter of fertile soil, mois-
ture and good cultivation than of va-
riety, as any of the kinds will give
good asparagus with good ‘growing
conditions. Salting the bed is an
ancient formula and arose out of the
fact that asparagus in its native
haunts is a salt marsh plant. It likes
a salt dressing, although it is not
necessary.
Digging in a mulch of manure (put
on in the fall) euch spring will be
much better than = dressing of salt.
Light feeding with nitrate of sod. is
aiso excellent trearmant.
Grouse Is Disappearing in the State.
Hunters who killed grouse by the
score to feed their dogs was cited by
John B. Truman, executive secretary
of the State game commission as an
instance of how flagrant some viola-
tions of the game laws are and also
the need of cooperation by sportsmen
who observe the laws.
The commission has been com-
pelled to deal constantly with pro-
fessional hunters who kill game both
in and out of season to sell in city
markets. The case near North Bend
where four hunters were fined for
killing grouse to feed to their five
dogs was the first of its kind on
record, Truman said.
Grouse, known to hunters as the
“King of Game Birds,” are rapidly
disappearing from the State, not. only
because of illegal shooting but also
on account of their susceptibility to
disease. Each season it has been
necessary to close parts of the State
to grouse shooting because of their
scarcity.
Men of good position and charac-
ter in their home communities who
once in the woods cast aside all re-
spect for law and consideration of
other sportsmen are responsible for
much of the present violations, Tru-
man said. Anxiety of many so-called
sportsmen to buy what they cannot
kill is the cause of many “natives” of
the game country, finding themselves
in trouble, Truman added.
“Every sportsman of the State
should be alert to apprehend un-
scrupulous hunters as a protection to
his own sport,” Truman asserted.
Speed of 400 Miles an Hour.
A speed of 400 miles per hour will
be attained by air craft before 1933
is the prediction of Major Oliver
Stewart, an air-man-author.
He prophesies that the speed of
the machine of the future will look
even more as if it had grown than
it does now. It will have polished
surface, its engines will run faster.
A change of engine shape may also
be expected in order to eliminate the
projecting cylinder banks. Possibly,
the wash-plate engine, similar to
those constructed in America, may
gradually come into favor. Variable
pitch airscrews will be employed. The
pilot will be enclosed in a small cabin
with a transparent roof extending
some distance in front of him.
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Saving for 1928 Christmas
Join the fortunate band to whom we mailed
checks on December 3rd.
A little sum every week that you will scarcely
miss—a nice check at the end of the year that will
pay your Holiday bills.
Begin now to put money in your Bank Purse for
next year.
The First, National Bank
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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