Bellefonte, Pa., January 3, 1930
Your Health,
THE FIRST CONCERN.
The world right now is wonderful!
As a place to live and play
It has never been so great and fine,
As it is just right today.
And so it is that people
Upon this globe of life,
All hope to live a hundred years
To enjoy its fun and strife.
But more than hope is needed
To give us length of days
It is up and doing that does the trick,
For thus old nature plays.
So work for health and hoary age,
Give them much thought and time;
And thus prevent an early trip
To another unknown clime.
—*“Wash hands before
handling food.
“Don’t shake hands with persons
who have a cold unless you wash
hands carefully at once.
“Keep away from common drink-
ing cups, roller towels, pipes, pen-
cils and other objects contaminated
with fresh secretions.
“Give coughers and sneezers and
spray talkers a wide berth, Don’t
let them aim at your face.
“Keep away from people who say
they have the “flu.”
‘Bat only from dishes
clean in hot soapy water.
' “Guard yourself against the pre-
disposing causes.
“Avoid sudden changes of tem-
perature, close and stuffy air, and
fatigue.
“Maintain as high an internal ré-
sistance against infectious agents
as you can by daily attention to
bodily cleanliness, exercise, elimina-
tion of waste, rest and diet.
_ “Suppose you have taken cold, in
spite of all precautions; then you
become a source of danger to oth-
ers. Follow these rules:
“Be your own policeman.
"“Keep clean.
“Cover nose and mouth with
cloth or paper handkerchief when
coughing or sneezing.
“Don’t shake hands with others.
“Wash hands and face frequently
with soap and hot water.
“Stay in bed if possible, or at
least away from other people, dur-
ing the first three days of your cold.
“See to it that your dishes are
thoroughly washed in hot water and
eating or
washed
ap.
“The value of cleanliness as a care
of preventing infection may be judg-
ed by a careful test of hand-washing
The average man, washing his hands
in warm, clear water, contributes
about-1,600/000 organisms from that
source “alone, In warm, soapy water
his _- contribution rises to 4,000,000
organisms. This indicates that soapy
water is more than two and a half
times as effective as warm water
without soap, and many times as
effective as cold water without soap.
«Therefore in advising frequent
washing of the hands to avoid in-
fection we mean thoroughly cleans-
ing with soap and warm water.”
—The most rapid decline in the
birth rate has taken place in the
last twenty years, and it is interest-
ing to note that the same years
have witnessed the most rapid de-
cline in the death rate and in the
infant mortality rate. In fact the
actual increase in population through
excess of births over deaths was
greater in 1928 than it was in 1920.
@ decline in infant mortality
al ‘has more than counterbalanc-
the decline in the birth rate. In
1910 there were 203,510 live births
registered, but in the same year
there were 28,377 deaths of infants
under the age of one year. Some of
these deaths were of childrn born in
1909, but on the other hand some
children born in 1910 died in 1911
before reaching the age of one year,
In any case there were fewer than
178,000 of these children born in
1910 who survived their first year.
In 1928 there were approximately
200,000 live births and between 14,-
000 and 15,000 deaths under the age
of one year, So we may safely es-
timate that the number of children
born in 1928 who survive their first
year will be greater by 7,000 than
the number born in 1910, while those
who survive to a productive and re-
productive age the gain over 1910
would undoubtedly be even more
impressive.
It has long been noted by vital
statisticians that birth rates tend to
vary with death rates. In the long
run it is fortunate that this is the
case, for if the birth rate in the
United States were 40 per 1,000 pop-
ulation, as it may have been a
hundred years ago, instead of 20,
along with a death rate of only 11.4,
we would have a natural increase
in population so great as to outrun
the food supply and force a decline
in the standard of living.
The causes of the declining birth
rate are many and varied. Prob-
ably the most effective ‘cause is the
advancing age at marriage, A couple
marrying :
children than they would have had
if they had married at 20. The ad-
vance in the average age at marriage
has been shown frequently by com-
parative statistics, but it hardly
needs to be demonstrated asitis a
matter of common knowledge in
nearly every family that the young
oeople of the present generationare
postponing marriage beyond the age
at which their parents and grand-
parents were married and bringing
1p their families. Then there has
seen an actual decline in the mar-
riage rate which has been practically
sarallel with the declines in the
sirth and death rates. .
at 30 will have fewer |4
BLACK BEAR PLAYFUL
IN PINE TREE BOUGHS.
Hunters in search of black bear
may expect to find these animals
hiding in the branches of red pine
trees, if guided by recent observa-
tions of foresters in the Pennsylva-
nia Department of Forests and Wa-
ters, who have been engaged in a
field study of this tree in northern
Pennsylvania,
Woodsmen and forest lovers have
often observed, says the report,
how wild apples, cherries and serv-
iceberry trees are broken by bears
climbing them for food. Evidence
now shows thatthe bear frequently
climb red pine trees. Just what
they have been looking for has not
been determined. It is considered
unlikely that the bear have a
special antipathy toward red pine,
since. no fruit was found upon the
trees discovered, the foresters con-
cluded that the bear delight to
romp and play in their attractive
soft green crowns.
The injury observed on the pine
is of three kinds, according to
Prof. George S. Perry, of the State
Forest Research Station located at
Mont Alto, Some trees of small
size have been scarred at five to
seven feet above the ground. Claw
and teeth marks are plainly seen on
such trees and the injury is un-
usually frequent on red pine. Bears
are considered omnivorous in their
food habits and devour almost
everything they can find except
wood and foliage. They eat suc-
culent fruits, insect larvae, honey,
frogs, reptiles, fish and every other
kind of flesh they can obtain. It
is hardly probable, says Prof. Per-
ry, that these bear were looking
for insects, since data collected on
red pine for some years past has
shown that it has probably fewer
enemies than any promising forest
tree in the Keystone State.
A tradition among older woods-
men has it that marks made upon
tree bark at five or so feet above
ground are made by bears stand-
ing upright and scarring the trees
with their front claws, with the
idea that the scars will be a chal-
lenge to fellow bears that later
pass that way. Later comers are
supposed to measure their height
with the first scars and attempt to
put similar marks above them.
Failing to do this, they realize
their physical deficiencies and slink
away rather than risk a losing
combat by remaining in the neigh-
borhood. They are wise.
A large number of trees from
three to ten feet tall show that
their tops. have been bitten off a
foot or two below the tip. Other
trees 20 to 40 feet tall have been
climbed and have their tops bitten
out at a considerable height. This
latter injury is believed to have
been done by cubs, since in some in-
stances the tree tops could scarcely
support the weight of a grown
bear. No signs have been found to
show that bears eat any part of
the trees they bite.
The damage the bears have been
doing is not common enough to be
taken seriously, but is just another
of the interesting temperaments of
this little understood big game ani-
mal, which is full of playful pranks
and haunts the dark depths of
Penn’s Woods in increasing num-
bers. From 125 to 175 bear are
usually killed annually within the
State Forests. Last year 168 were
killed. This is roughly one-third
of the total number of bear killed
annually in Pennsylvania.
POLITICAL CALENDAR
FOR THE YEAR 1930.
The primary election at which
candidates will be nominated for
State and National offices will be
held in Pennsylvania, Tuesday,
May 20, George D. Thorn, chief of
the election bureau, has announced.
The general election will be held
Tuesday Nov. 4.
These dates were listed in the
election calendar as announced by
Thorn and included the various days
for filing petitions and other acts
incidental to the elections next year.
The registration days for the
general election are Thursday, Sept.
4; Tuesday, Sept. 16 and Saturday
Oct. 4. ’
The last day for filing petitions
with the Secretary of the Com-
monwealth for the primary will be
up to 5 p. m, Monday, March 31,
and for filing petitions with the
County Commissioners for party
offices Monday April 14.
Other, important dates
calendar are: :
First day for filing petitions with
on the
the Secretary of the Common-
wealth, Wednesday, Feb. 19, and
first day for obtaining signatures
on petitions to be filed with Coun-
ty Commissioners Monday, March
5
"Last day for filing nomination
papers by independent bodies of
citizens, for any office, Friuay,
Sept. 5.
Last day when candidates may
withdraw before the primary, Tues-
day, April 8 up to 4 o'clock, p. m.
Last day when candidates nom-
inated at the primary may: with-
draw from nomination Monday,
Sept. 15.
Last day to file nominations, to
THE STATE PRISONS
HAVE COST MILLIONS,
Since 1860 Pennsylvania taxpay-
ers have paid upwards of $200,000,
000 for the support of penal insti-
tutions.
“That is the sum of money citi-
zens have been assessed for the
support of evildoers,” but it is
only part of the huge cost of crime.
That cost cannot be calculated in
dollars and cents. It includes, of
course, the loss of property, loss of
earning power and loss of produc-
tion, but the sorrow and heartache
cannot be measured by monetary
standards.”
Since 1860 the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania has paid through the
State Treasurer a total of $37,836,-
759.17 for the maintenance and
support of penitentiaries and similar
institutions. To this must be add-
ed an almost equal amount paid
by the counties themselves for the
support of inmates. In addition,
the taxpayers of the several coun-
ties are compelled to pay the cost
of maintenance and operation of
jails, workhouses and like prisons
and even a casual investigation
shows that since 1860 this sum
totals more than $100,000,000.
General Martin, Treasurer Of
Pennsylvania, has completed the
following tabulation, showing the
expenditure at a number of peni-
tentiaries and similar places since
190% :
Eastern State Penitentiary —
Maintenance, $4,393,816,94; construc-
tion, $127,454.20.
estern State Penitentiary —
Maintenance, $5,382,312.26; con-
struction, $209,129.34; purchase of
lands in Centre county, $227,457.37.
Rockview Penitentiary— Mainte-
nance, $410,397.65; construction,
$2,081,673.84.
State Industrial Home for Wom-
en, Muncy—Maintenance, $426,829.-
69; construction, $148,791.57.
Pennsylvania Training School.
Morganza — Maintenance, $1,770,-
138.83; construction, $1,106,150.18.
Pennsylvania Reform School,
Huntingdon — Maintenance, $3,755,
092.82; construction, $166,943.39.
House of Refuge, Philadelphia—
Maintenance, $631,5625,77; construc-
tion, $238,051.72. These payments
ceased in 1911.
Philadelphia Protectory for
Maintenance, $631,525.77;
struction, $114,752.24.
New Eastern Penitentiary—Con-
struction, $1,002,893.96.
Boys
con-
LARGEST MASONIC TEMPLE.
The finest Masonic Temple in the
world is being planned by the Ma-
sonic Grand Lodge of Philadelphia
for a site on the Parkway between
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth
streets it was revealeu following
the introduction of a resolution in
city council dropping the proposed
site from the city’s plans.
The new temple will. cost from
four to five million dollars, it is
estimated.
TAR
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71 16-t¢
LUMBER?
~ W.R. Shope Lumber Co.
Lumber, Sash,
Oh, Yes!
Call Bellefonte 43.
Doors, Millwork and Roofin,
WILLIAMSBURG DONS
ITS OLDTIME GARB
Williamsburg, the seventeenth
and eighteenth century capital of
the old dominion, at last is emerg-
ing from a century’s-long sleep in
grass and weeds—not to modernize
itself, but to don anew the curled
wigs and buckled shoes of its for-
gotten cavalier ‘glory.
John D. Richefeller Jr’s, millions
have bought the town in virtual
entirely, and slowly are transform-
ing it into the nation’s first in-
digenous museum—for unlike Henry
Ford’s Dearborn museum, all its
old-time life,
With expenditure averaging $6,-
000,000 a year, a fact learned yes-
terday it is expected that work will
be completed in five years at an
approximate cost of $30,000,000.
Dr. W. A. R, Goodwin, heading
the work for Rockefeller bought up
86 per cent of the property before
the inhabitants learned Rockefeller
was the moving spirit. Now prices
are skyrocketing. One house, pur-
chased by a newcomer for $100
ino years ago, is selling for $20,
Some owners have found a gold
mine in Rockefeller’'s undertaking.
Forty old houses have to be restor-
ed, As many more must be re-
placed. Seventy-five modern build-
ings and residences and buildings
will be razed or moved away. One
historic dwelling is being moved in
60 miles from the country so it
can be fitted into the architectural
scheme. |
There is something to be done to |
almost every building. Only the
insane asylum—the first built in|
America by the Colonial governor
of George III —is untouched. - Es- |
capes from it are frequent, but it |
pis the period, so will not be mov-
ed,
An idea of the cost of the patrio-
tic project is given in the an-
nouncement that the new high
school, which cost $40.000, is to be |
razed and rebuilt elsewhere at a |
cost of $80,000 in order to make
room for a $500,000 replica of the |
old capitol.
Paved streets will. be ripped up |
and laid out with topsoil as of old.
There will be no - more electric |
lights. The old heating methods |
will be used. Bricks are being |
specially manufactured by an an-
cient process from local clay to ob- |
tain the yellowish color peculiar to
i
BELLEFONTE COOKS ELECTRICALLY
« « . here is why!
| refused approval by the official in-
| Sinclear, 63, died at the home
Ydewa sen Virginia’s Colonial struc-
ures.
Rockefeller first tried to buy up
worn brick, but found them too
Foddisn, and then installed his own
Tourists are flocking to the town’
at the rate of 1,000 a day and
taxing the capacity of its small
hotel, its hot dog stands and its
two restaurants. Norfolk and Ports-
mouth are handling the overflow.
There is an air. of finality about the
operations which promises, despite
the tourists, the early demolition of
the hotel and hot dog stands and
every thing else not strictly his-
torical. The number of regular resi-
dents, now 2,000, is dwindling. In
five years they will either have to |
live in the outskirts or move else- |
where. |
TITLES OF 65,876 CARS
JUNKED LAST YEAR, |
Titles of 65,876 motor vehicles
were junked between January 1and | penefonte
November 7 of last year, accord-
ing to a report of the bureau of
motor vehicles.
Junk certificates were issued for
1,321 cars. These certificates are
issued to owners who sell their ma- |
chines as scrap. No certificate of |
title may be issued again for these
cars. i
The title of 20,824 other vehicles
were cancelled during the same
period. Approximately 3,000 cars
and trucks which were submitted
for examination during the recent
compulsory inspection period, were
spection stations in the State.
The presence on the road of cars
and trucks for which approval was
refused is a menace to public safe-
ty, and the bureau. of motor ve-
hicles is considering the cancella-
tion of the registration of all such
machines. :
_ RABBIT MALADY FATAL.
After a three weeks’ illness of
tularemia, the disease with which
rabbits are infected, Wallace
of Edgar Harrison, of Sherwood, his
son-in-law.
The disease was contracted while
Sinclair was rabbits he
had killed in a hunting expedition.
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Last day to pay
November election, Saturday,
Sept. 5 and 6.
Oct,
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November election of 1929 in Phila-
delphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton,
to qualify them to vote at the
Spring primary, Wednesday, April
16
Last day to be registered for
Spring primary in all other cities
by voters not registered for last
November election, Wednesday,
April 30.
Last day for registration and en-
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nourishing.
By electricity. . . . .
is the modern way to cook
Electric cooking lifts much of the old burden of getting
three meals a day from women’s shoulders . . . gives more
time for all the interests and activities that make up a
modern woman’s life.
For instance, she has merely to prepare dinner, place
it in the electric oven and set the time and temperature
regulators. Then, she’s free of cooking responsibilities
until time to serve the meal.
The current is turned on automatically at just the right
time . . . and off at just the right heat. Everything is
browned to perfection and cooked to appetizing tender-
ness without the least attention.
Roasts are richer in flavor, too. Vegetables are more
Cake stays fresh longer. For
moisture is lost from the tightly sealed oven.
electrically for economy!
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
KLINE WOODRING.—Attorney at -
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices in all
courts. Office, room 18 Crider’s Hx-
change. 51-1y
KENNEDY JOHNSTON.—ALtt ate
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Pro ae
tion given all legal business en!
to his care. Offices—No. 5, East High
street. 51-44
M. KEICHLINE.—Attorney-at-Law and
Justice of the Peace. All professional
business will receive prompt attention.
Offices on second floor of Temple Court.
49-5-1y
RUNKLE,— Attorney-at-Lia w,
onsultation in lish and Ger-
G.
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man. Office in Crider’ Exchabfe,
' Bellefonte, Pa. ore
PHYSICIANS
S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and
Surgeon, State College,
county, Pa. Office at his
R. R. L. CAPERS.
OSTEOPATH.
State Col
66-11 Holmes Bldg.
D. CASEBEER, Optometrist.—Regis-
tered and licensed by the State.
Eyes examined, glasses fitted. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. Frames placed
and lenses matched. Casebeer Bl. , High
St., Bellefonte, Pa. 1-23-tf
VA B. ROAN, Optometrist, Licensed
vy the State Ban i Ske Coll
every day exce y
fonte, in the Garbrick building opposite
the Court House, Wednesday afternoons
from 2 to 8 p. m. and Saturdays 9 a. m.
to 4:30 p. m. Bell Phone. 68-40
FEEDS!
Crider’s Ex.
We have taken on the line of
Purina Feeds
We also carry the line of
Wayne Feeds
Purina Cow Chow, 349, $3.10 per H
Purina Cow Chow, 249, 2.80 per H
Wayne Dairy, 32% - 8.00perH
Wayne Dairy, 24% 275 per H
Wayne Egg Mash - 825perH
Wayne Calf Meal = 4.25 per H
Wagner's Dairy, 32% - 2.80perH
Wagner's Dairy 20% 2.50 per H
Wagner's Pig Meal 2.80 per H
| Wagner's Egg Mash with
buttermilk - 8.00 per H
0il Meal - - 8.20 per H
Cotton Seed Meal x 2.80 per H
Gluten Feed . 2.50 per H
Gluten Meal > 8.25 per H
Fine Ground Alfalfa . 2.30perH
Fish Meal Manamar . 6.00 per H
Tankage 5 - 4.25 per H
Meat Scrap, 45% 4.00 per H
Qyster Shell - - 1.10 per H
Stock Salt - 1,10 per H
All dairy poultry and pig feeds are
mixed with molasses.
We carry a full line of Bran, Mid-
dlings, mixed and pure Corn Chop,
Cracked Corn and Scratch Feeds on
hands at all times.
We deliver at a charge of $1.00 per
ton extra.
When You Want Good Bread or
Pastry Flour
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Caldwell & Son
Bellefonte, Pa.
Plumbing
and Heating
Vapor....Steam
By Hot Water
Pipeless Furnaces
Pull AA AAAS SALAS SASS
Full Line of Pipe and Fit-
tings and Mill Supplies
All Sizes of Terra Cotta
Pipe and Fittings
Cheerfullysd Promptly Furnished