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Bellefonte, Pa., October 25, 1929.
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¥P GRAY MEEK, Editer
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DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET
For Judge of the Superior Court,
HENRY C. NILES, York County
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET
For District Attorney,
PHILIP H. JOHNSTON, Bellefonte
For Jury Commissioner,
J. C. CONDO, Gregg Township.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
Items taken from 1 the Watchman, issue
of October 24, 1879.
—A handsome new portico now
adorns the house of J. Matlock Kep-
hart, at Filmore. It was built by
G. W. Rumberger and Thomas
Bloom.
—The recent rains, though slight,
have done much good.
—NMiss Theressa Delaney, of Miles-
burg, died last week, a victim of
dropsy.
—The Centennial Temperance
club have removed their club room
to the E. C. Humes block, above the
Library rooms. The club will open
a reading room and any one having
books, papers or magazines to con-
tribute will please advise Walter
Bayard, the secretary.
—The Young Men’s Christian As-
sociation had a very interesting
meeting in their rooms on Friday
evening last. The following officers
were elected for the coming year:
President, Charles F. Cook; vice
president, W. H. Waggoner; record-
ing secretary, Newton S. Bailey;
corresponding secretary, J. Harris
Orbison; treasurer, H. Y. Stitzer;
executive committee, John Mason
Duncan, R. F. Shaffer, John Brooks,
H. Robb, D. S. Keller.
—H. A. and Samuel Williams
have entered into a partnership in
the house and sign painting busi-
ness and will hereafter give the |
public the benefit of their joint
efforts. Mr. Samuel Williams has
of late years been in Dowingtown
but has returned here to stay. Heis
an elegant workman as the letter-
ing.on the front of Sechler’s store
and on the creek end of Guggen-
heimer’s establishment conclusively
proves.
i MURTORFF.— Calvin Murtorff,
well known resident of State Col-
lege, passed away at 11:50 o'clock
last Thursday night, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Pennington,
following an illness of five months
with a complication of diseases.
He was a son of George and
Elizabeth Murtorff and was born at
' Pennsylvania Furnace in 1857 hence
was in his 73rd year. His early
life was spent in the community in
which he was born and when the
Scotia ore mines were opened up he
moved there where he lived until
about fifteen years ago when he
moved to State College. He was em-
ployed by the college until overtak-
en by illness. As a young man he
married Miss Mary Farber who died
eleven years ago but surviving him
‘are two sons and one daughter, W.
. G. Murtorff, of State College; Harry
of Bellefonte, and Mrs. J. E. Pen-
‘ nington, of State College. He also
| leaves two sisters and a brother,
{ Mrs. John Harpster, of Burnham;
| Howard Murtorff, of Altoona, and
Mrs. Clara Rhoads, of Cleveland,
| Ohio.
Mr. Murtorff was a member of
| the Stormstown lodge of Odd Fel-
‘lows, the Encampment and Canton,
|of State College, and the State Col-
lege camp Modern Woodmen of
| America. Funeral services were held
at his home at 10:30 o'clock on
Monday morning, by Rev. Bixler,
‘burial being made in the Pine Hall
| cemetery.
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AIKEY.—Mrs. Myra Aikey, wife
f Bliss Aikey, passed away at her
| home in Bush's addition, last Thurs-
| day evening, following about a
| year’s illness. Last fall she became
{quite ill and spent several months
lin the’ Centre County hospital. She
| recovered to that extent that she
/ was able to go home last spring but
lin July she suffered a stroke of
| paralysis which, with other com-
' plications, resulted in her death.
| A daughter of James and Marga-
ret Armstrong Carson she was
born in Potter township on January
| 29th, 1879, hence was 50 years, 8
{months and 18 days old.
‘young woman she married Bliss
| Aikey and most of their married
!life had been spent in Bellefonte.
{In addition to her husband she is
| survived by four children, Mrs.
Lewis Haupt and Mrs. Mildred
| Gehret, of Bellefonte; Malcolm and
| Gwendolyn Aikey, both at home.
She also leaves two brothers and
five sisters, Clark and William Car-
ison, Mrs. John Spearley, Mrs. Har-
ry Lyons and Mrs. Walter Arm-
i strong, all of Bellefonte; Mrs Ben-
| jamin Aikey and Mrs. John Corman,
{of Curtin.
Mrs. Aikey was a faithful mem-
!ber of the Methodist church and her
{ pastor, Rev. Homer C. Knox, had
| charge of the funeral services which
| were held at two o'clock on Sunday
i afternoon, burial being made in the
Union cemetery.
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| DOWNES.—Mrs. Catherine Cush-
As a |
Candidate for District Attorney
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| With election day so near at hand the voters of Centre county are awak-
| ening to the responsibility that will be their's on Tuesday, November 5th.
| The most important of the offices to be filled then is that of District At.
| torney. It is one of vital interest to every resident of the county because
| it can so peculiarly affect the lives of everyone. Besides being the guard-
i ian of the individual's right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness the
District Attorney is the instrument through whom the average person gets
i his idea of justice. An incapable partisan man in that office does much to
break down public respect for law. While a conscientious, fearless in-
cumbent inspires the feeling that justice is really impartial.
The Democrats of Centre county have nominated Philip H. Johnston as
| their candidate for this important office. Mr. Johnson is a young attorney
: for whose future in the law there is a very promising outlook. He was
born and raised in Bellefonte, so that his life is an open book and it is
generally conceded that its pages form a record singularly clean. He
| would make a splendid official and we believe he would fulfill, to the letter,
' his campaign promise of “unbiased and aggressive administration of of-
fice.”
As we have said he is the candidate for the Democratic party, but what
{ does it matter to what party a candidate for such an office belongs? The
further politics can be kept from the law the less danger there is of the
i royal robes of Justice being trailed in the mire of political partisanship.
| Mr. Johnston was nominated not because he is a Democrat, but because he
is a man whose character and ability qualify him for an office that the
‘ party has the privilege of naming a candidate for and in naming him it
| has presented a candidate who, if elected, would reflect the wisdom of its
judgment. :
Many Republicans are rallying to the Johnston banner, and why ? Just
| because they know that he is a sterling young man. We need go no
—Wheat is $1.30, shelled corn .50, | en Downes, widow of the late John | further for proof of that than to quote from a letter of Rev. Rowland R.
oats 30, ham 9c, bacon 8c, eggs 15¢c
per doz. and butter 15¢ per pound.
—The Bellefonte council hasn't
enough money, it says, to widen the
bridge. over the race on High
street. The job wouldn't cost $100.00,
yet’ it has enough money to pay its
president $150 a year for a room
to meet in when the Undine
offer their comfortable hall free to
council.
—On Sunday last the writer spent
a portion of the day in Philips-
burg, stopping with that excellent
landlord, Mr. James Passmore. Mr.
Passmore feeds his guests on the
very best in the market. Being an
Englishman by birth he has the
English idea of roasting beef and
there is none better. It being Sun-
day we came not in contact with
wordly people and had to find our
companions among the professing
christians who seem to be the only
ones who venture out on Sunday.
It might have been because of a
big fight they had had there the
night before when the whole town
was turned into a battlefield. Sat-
urday was pay day at Loch Lomond
and Morrisdale mines and as there
has long been a feud between the
workers of the two every time they
get paid off they go into Philips-
burg, fill up with “benzine” and
start punching at the first head they
see. Constable Abraham Jackson and
his two assistants were utterly un-
able to cope with the situation so
someone telegraphed to Capt. Clark
at Osceola where the message creat-
ed the impression that Philipsburg’s
streets were red with blood and men
were dying like flies. This, of course,
wasn't true because the battling
miners were too full to really hurt
one another. As we said, our visit
was on Sunday and we didn't see
any signs of gore. Far be it from
that. We saw only a peaceful town
resting for the beginning of another
week’s work and we want to record
here that the town gives every evi-
dence of thrift and a great future.
While there we met many of the
town’s prominent men, among them
being Abraham Jackson, Esq., John
R. Hprd, 'Squire Crissman, Al Jones,
the Lehmans and Sturdevandts, Dr.
Hobart Allport, Harry Williams,
Burgess Cassanova, L. G. Lingle, and
former sheriff J. J. Lingle. Philips-
burg is showing its progress by hav-
ing a couple of telephone lines that
connect distant parts of the town
with the railroad station. Infact it as-
pires to become a county seat. To
that end it has lately taken “Slab.
town” to its corporate limits and
Mr. Hale is erecting an imposing
white limestone building on the cor-
ner of Front and Presqueisle streets.
——Texas has a new oil boom but
what the Lone Star State needs most
is a political overhauling.
\ —The Watchman gives all the news
"worth reading, all the time.
boys |
Downes, of Tyrone, and mother of
| Father William E. Downes, of Belle-
| fonte, died at her home, in Tyrone,
| last Thursday, as the result of in-
juries sustained in a fall on the
| Steps of St. John’s Catholic church,
| Bellefonte, as she was leaving the
church one morning about a month
ago while visiting her son, in Belle-
| fonte.
She was a daughter of John and
Anastasia Cushen and was born in
County Clare, Ireland, on February
17th, 1847, hence was in her 83rd
year. She came to America when a
young girl ana in 1865 married
dent of Tyrone since 1886. Her
husband died in April, 1919, but
surviving her are five sons and
three daughters, namely; John L.,
of
of
Mrs. Mary Butts,
Daniel Downes,
Miss Catherine
at home;
Philadelphia;
Pittsburgh;
phia. y
She was a member of St. Mat-
| thew’s Catholic church, of Tyrone, !
| where funeral mass was held at 9
| o'clock on Monday morning, inter-
| ment being made in the Oak Grove
cemetery, Tyrone.
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SNARE.—Florence Louise Snare,
aged 7 months and 2 days, daughter
of David P. and Mildred (McClintic)
Snare, died Saturday, October 5, in
the Blair Memorial hospital,
ingdon, where she had been serious-
ly ill for two weeks.
medical skill and good nursing was
resorted to in order to save the pre-
cious young life but to no avail on
account of her serious ailment from
the beginning. “Little Louise” will
be greatly missed in her home
where she was looked upon as be-
ing a beam of sunshine.
She was a grand daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. McClintic and a
great grand daughter of Mrs. James
Kellerman, of this place.
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CRAIN. David B. Crain, a native
of Centre county, died at the Al-
toona hospital, on Sunday, as the
result of injuries sustained when
he was hit by an automobile on
September 13th. He was born at
Baileyville July 26th, 1850, hence
was 79 years, 2 months and 25 days
old. He followed farming in the
western end of Centre county up to
five years ago when he sold out
and went to A’toona to make his
home. He never married and his on-
ly survivor is one brother, H. M.
Crain, city building inspector of Al-
toona. Funeral services were held
on Tuesday afternoon the remains
being taken to Graysville for burial.
John Downes. She had been a resi-
Patrick and Miss Elizabeth Downes, !
and |
Father W. E. Downes, of Bellefonte, ;
and James R. Downes, of Philadel- |
Hunt- |
Everything in‘
Lehman, of Northumberland. Until recently Rev. Lehman was the pastor
. of the Milesburg charge of the Methodist church. He was in College with
Mr. Johnston and knew him intimately all through their course at Dick-
inson.
Read what he thinks of this young man and you will be convinced that
he is an ideal candidate for the office of District Attorney.
My dear Mr. Meek:
This communication is addressed to you with a request that
| it be printed in your paper. This is not a political gesture. Neith-
: er is any party relationship involved, for I am a Republican. I
i am prompted to write this letter only because of a personal de-
"sire to give public expression concerning a young man who for
y some years has commanded my greatest admiration and highest
. esteem.
During my sophomore year at Dickinson college two young
brothers enrolled as freshmen in the college, claiming as their
: home town, Bellefonte. What an impression both of them made
on us! “What fine boys they are,” were the words voiced by many
i of us. The first impressions have been lasting ones.
Now, one of these brothers, Philip Johnston, seeks the high
i office of District Attorney in your county. If I were called upon
to name some one person from my college associates for such
high honor, it would be he. In the person of this fine young law-
yer, Centre county has an opportunity to elect a District Attorney
whose character and ability are beyond reproach. He is thor-
oughly dependable and reliable. He possesses that quality of
cleanness and courteousness that is needed in the public officials
of our day. His high moral and ethical standards demand our
praise. What a privilege Centre countians have in this next elec-
tion!
I regret deeply that I am not now, as I was eight months
ago, a resident of your county. I should be delighted to casta
i ballot for “Phil.” I trust that all your voters, who desire to vote
! for candidates who believe in law enforcement and procedure ac-
: cording to high ethical standards, will take this opportunity to
vote for one who will serve them along such lines.
| Most sincerely yours,
ROWLAND R. LEHMAN
Rev. Homer C. Knox, burial to be
. made in the Union cemetery.
LAMBERT.—Mrs. Mary E. Lam-
bert, wife of John S. Lambert, of
Bellefonte, died at the Centre Coun-
ty hospital, on Tuesday morning, fol. '
‘ use on airplanes.
A Friend's Estimate of Philip Johnston,
has I!
GHARRET.—John Gharrett, for:
lowing an illness of several months
as the result of heart trouble and
other complications.
She was a daughter of William and
Amanada Grove Houser and was
born at Houserville on July 31st,
18783, hence was in her 57th year. She
married Mr. Lambert in 1892 and all
their married life had been spent in
Bellefonte. In addition to her hus-
band she is survived by the follow- :
ing children: William, of Erie; John, |
of ‘Bellefonte; Russell, Marguerite
and Rachel, at home. She also leaves
these brothers and sisters: Harry
Houser, of Colona, Pa.; Mrs. Luther
K. Dale, of Oak Hall; Mrs. Jacob
Valentine, of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Cath-
erine Guisewhite and William Hous-
er, of Meadville; Mrs. Blanche Fer-
guson and Edward Houser, of Belle-
fonte.
Mrs. Lambert was a lifelong mem-
ber of the Methodist church and an
active member of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary. Funeral services will
be held at her late home at 2:30
o'clock this (Friday) afternoon, by
years a well known resident of Smull-
ton, died last Saturday, as the result :
of paralysis of the bowels. He was
a son of Lewis and Mary Ann Ghar-
rett and was born in Brush valley
62 years ago. He was twice married
and is survived by his second wife :
The funeral
and sixteen children.
was held on Wednesday afternoon,
burial being made at Smullton.
——The total retail mercantile
“business done in Centre county dur-
(ing 1928 amounted to $11,950,960.
Wholesale business for the same per-
"iod amounted to $3,564,820. The
‘ gross retail business divided by the
. approximated population of the coun-
| ty reveals that each man, woman and
{ child purchased $263.94 worth of
‘goods at retail during the year.
mr ————e
——Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rhine-
| smith, who since leaving the Bush
house last spring have occupied an
Busdbii in the Heverly building,
| 1eft Bellefonte yesterday for good,
| moving to Uniontown.
| A.GOODYEAR BLIMP
LANDS IN BELLEFONTE.
| A Goodyear blimp, “The Mayflow-
jer,” landed at the Bellefonte air-
| port, Saturday morning, and was
| there over half and hour while its
tanks were replenished with gas.
i The blimp was on its way from
| New Bedford, Mass., to the home
1 base at Akron, Ohio, and carried a
jcrew of three men, Walter Wassie,
| pilot; W. T. VanOrman and A. C.
| O'Neil. The blimp is 128 feet
i length and 37 feet in diameter. The
! car has a capacity for four people.
It is driven by two 80 horse power
| motors. The bag is of rubberized
i silk over a wooden frame with a
| lifting capacity of almost a ton in
| addition to its own machinery.
{ The blimp had been at New Bed-
| ford, Mass., since last May, where
I the crew was engaged in the work
; of perfecting a radio apparatus for
The coming of the
, blimp to Bellefonte had been herald-
‘ed in advance and several hundred
| people flocked to the field to see it..
It was half an hour late in arriving
; as the pilot got off his course after
| he passed Woodward and got over
(as far as Howard, in Bald Eagle
valley, then swung southwest and
| circled over Bellefonte before head-
ing for the landing field.
The blimp had no trouble in land-
ing, coming down to within twenty
feet of the ground when four land-
ing ropes were quickly: manned by a
Goodyear Co. landing crew which
1 had come to Bellefonte by automo-
bile. The blimp’s tanks have a
capacity of one hundred gallons of
gas. Its cruising speed is from 48
‘to 60 miles an hour, and it uses
‘about 10 gallons of gas an hour.
It left here about eleven o’colck and
half an hour later passed over
Philipsburg.
JEAN GROS’ MARIONETTES
NEXT WEDNESDAY.
The first American tour of Jean
Gros’ illuminated marionette ballet
is under way, and is being acclaim-
ed all over the country as one of
the cleverest novelties of recent
years. Mr. Gros has taken the an-
cient art of black magic, applied it
to the marionette theatre, revolu-
tionized the marionette by making
the figures transparent and install-
ing within the bodies complete light-
ing systems, thus causing the fig-
ures to glow in beautiful colors in a
sea of black, so complicated that
weeks of rehearsals were necessary
to set the routine of the plots. A
special sound and music device was
necessary to produce the varying
volume required to create the illu-
sion for the voices. This instrument,
even more sensitive than those used
by the talking pictures, was put
together only after the most care-
ful research had been made for in-
struments that would meet the de-
mands of the marionette equipment
and the conditions encountered on
the road.
Here are marionettes keyed to
the most modern demands. The
French marionettes for years have
attempted all manner of presenta-
tions with the puppet, but this sea-
son’s illuminated ballet is something
,that will unquestionably revolu-
tionize the marionette theatre.
The marionettes will appear at
the Richelieu theatre on October
' 30th, sponsored by the Bellefonte
public schools.
A special children’s matinee at
15 cents and 35 cents, “Uncle Wig-
; gily at the Circus,” will be given at
3 o'clock.
TRIAL LIST FOR
Eleven civil cases are listed for
trial at the November term of
‘court, the first two on the list for
‘the week beginning November 12th
.and the other nine for the week fol-
lowing. The list is as follows:
i C. C. Williams vs. J. H. Fisher.
appeal.
John Kelley vs. Philipsburg Beef com-
' pany, an appeal.
! Lucy A. Smith vs. Bellefonte Trust
i Co., executor of the last will and test-
ament of Ellis E. Irwin, deceased. As-
| sumpsit.
Ralph A. Smith vs. The Bell
‘ phone company of Pennsylvania.
! pass.
{ Ralph A. Smith vs. J. Clyde Thomas,
| Raymond S. Howard and Martin Dunlap,
: Ejectment.
Martha H. Hoover vs.
Trepass.
Unique Illustrating Co. vs. Eliza Du-
i Bree, trading and doing business as the
! Blossom Shoppe. Assumpsit.
H. H. VanZant vs. Harry Behrer, Wil-
An
Tele-
Tres-
Grant Hoover.
1 liam Breon, John §S. Spencer, Henry
: Tressler and A. L. Peters. Trespass.
C. N. Fisher vs. A. L. Peters. As-
' sumpsit.
George Miller vs. D. P. Brink. Trespass.
Sadie W. Scheeffer vs. The Borough of
Bellefonte. Trespass.
COUNTY CONFERENCE
OF WOMEN’S CLUBS.
The Centre county conference of
Women’s clubs will meet at Pleasant
Gap on Saturday, November second,
opening at ten o'clock a. m. Plans
for an interesting program ‘are in
process and a profitable day is ex-
pected.
Every organization of women in
the county should appreciate the
presence of this gathering of women,
for woman's work, principally wel-
fare activities, is the dominating fea-
ture. All are most earnestly urged
to attend... Go with a message, a
word of greeting, a problem, all in
the spirit of “Myself and Others.”
No creed, no politics forms the
base of the organization. Box lunch-
eon.
HELEN E. C. OVERTON,
i Pres. County Conference.
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NOVEMBER COURT. '
TYRONE ORCHESTRA
GIVES CONCERT HERE
The orchestra of the United Breth-
ren church of Tyrone, which played
in the Methodist Sunday school
here, last Sabbath, made a fine im-
i pression and contributed much to the
splendid service of the morning.
| After a selection by the visiting
musicians the congregation sang
| “The King’s Business” and L. C.
Thompson, a member of the men’s
Bible class, made the invocation.
, Then Mr. McFeaters, secretary of the
Tyrone P. R. R Y. M. C. A., made an
| address on “Better Living.” It was
‘a fine talk and had a splendid mes-
sage for everyone. The service was
! concluded by the benediction which
| was pronounced by Rev. Fuller, of
i the Stormstown Methodist church.
i In the afternoon at two o'clock a
large audience again assembled in
the church for the sacred concert
that was given by the visiting musi-
cians. Among their soloists were
Miss Ziler, whose piano presentation
of “Nearer My God to Thee,” with
variations, was much enjoyed. Miss
Springer’s violin solo was another
very effective contribution to the
program. And the piano-accordian
duet and the trombone solo were
numbers that merited special men-
tion here, but we regret not having
caught the names of the performers
so that they might be mentioned.
As a whole the concert was a great
success, no small part of it having
been due to the harmonica folks who
played two very pleasing selections.
Under Mr. Ziler’s capable direction
the orchestra is very much more
than one might expect from a vol-
unteer church musical organization.
No doubt its excellence, both in mus-
ical ability and fine spirit, has been
contributed to by the pleasing per-
sonality of its manager, Mr. Weikert.
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SNOW SHOE TRAIN MADE
LAST RUN ON SATURDAY.
Passenger service over the Snow
Shoe branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad, the famous switchback
which was the first railroad built
and operated in Centre county and
which has been in continuous serv-
ice for approximately seventy years,
came to an end on Saturday, and
hereafter the road will be used ex-
clusively as a freight carrier, prin-
cipally for hauling coal from the
Snow Shoe mines. The automobile
and the motor truck are responsible
for the discontinuance of passenger
traffic.
Coincident with the abolishment
of passenger service on the railroad
the Philipsburg Motor Bus Co. be-
gan operation of a bus line between
Philipsburg and Bellefonte, on Mon-
day morning, by way of Snow Shoe,
which will afford a better service
than that on the railroad. According
to the schedule the bus will leave
Philipsburg at 8:15 a. m. and arrive
tin Bellefonte at 9:40. Returning it
will leave Bellefonte at 10 o'clock
and arrive in Philipsburg at 11:30.
The afternoon trip will leave
Philipsburg at 3 o'clock and arrive
in Bellefonte at 4:25. Returning
it will leave Bellefonte at 5:10 and
reach Philipsburg at 6:40. The
Penn Belle hotel will be the start-
ing point for the bus in Bellefonte.
The bus will also carry the mail
between Bellefonte and Snow Shoe
and Clarence.
| CHILD DROWNED IN
PINE CREEK ON MONDAY
Hillard Ardell Dinges, eighteen
months old son of Russell and Stella
Weaver Dinges, who live near the
Pine creek mill in Haines township,
about a mile east of Coburn, fell in-
to Pine creek shortly before noon, on
Monday, and drowned before his ab-
sence from the home was discovered.
The body was discovered by the
child’s grandfather, Cloyd Dinges.
; while on his way to the house for
dinner and this was the first infor.
mation of the tragedy.
| The body was in a small pool in
the creek, just below the mill anc
could no have been in the water long.
‘er than ten minutes. Mr. Dinges lost
no time in getting the body out of the
water and efforts made to resusci-
tate the child proved of no avail. The
little boy had been repeatedly cau-
tioned against going to the creek anc
Mrs. Dinges, his mother, had seer
him playing near the house not over
a quarter of an hour before the body
was found. It is believed that he
wandered to the creek, slipped on the
bank and fell into the water.
In addition to the parents one sis.
er, Betty Catherine, survives. Funer.
al services were held in the Reform.
ed church, at Coburn, at 9:30 o’clock
yesterday morning, by Rev. G. A
Fred Griesing, burial being made ir
the Fairview cemetery, Millheim.
CONTRACTORS START WORK
ON MILESBURG HIGHWAY
Among the four contracts or
which the Department of Highway:
ordered work to start this week i:
the 1.6 mile section of concrete
starting at Milesburg and ending
down at the old Central Railroad o:
Pennsylvania shops. The contrac!
for this work was awarded to George
I. Thompson & Co., at Clearfield, fo
$125,394.18.
——A speedway from Camden tc
New York at an expense of $19,000,
000 is an ambitious project of the
Jersey Highway Department and i:
going some.
a
——No great harm would be dont
if the President vetoed the tarif
bill, and there might be some actua
value in the precedent.