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USE AIRPLANE TO
. KILL EAGLE FIOCK.'
Using a swift training plane to
“peat the birds at their own game,”
a Texas flier and an expert marks-
man recently annihilated in several |
hours a flock of eagles which for a |
year of more had menaced sheep in |
the El Paso district. In so doing
they not only solved one of the great |
difficulties of the sheep growing in-
dustry in the Lome Star State, put |
at the same time developed a novel
use for small aeroplanes.
The story of the plane hunt, as
told by R. P. Langford, manager of
the R. and L. Airway and Gordon
M. Porter, an El Paso newspaper
man who witnessed the spectacular
eagle hunt, has just reached the of-
fices of the Consolidated Aircraft
Corporation.
According to these men, the
eagles, some of them with a wing
spread of nine feet, had evidently
selected the sheep ranches near
Paso asa choice spot for their pred-
atory activities. Soaring lazily 1n
wide circles, about 5,000 feet up,
one of the huge birds would sudden-
ly swoop to the ground. Others
would follow and before ranchmen
could do anything about it, several
young lambs, worth $300, were car-
ried off in this manner. In a single
season stock valued at more than
$2,000 was lost.
Shotguns fired by watchmen were
long ago proved worthless, as the
eagles, guided by unerring instict,
seemed to know how to keep out
of range of such weapons, The
situation had become serious, and
the sheep growers were at their
wits’ end.
This was before Clarence E. Ro-
bey, pilot, and H. S. Bernhardt,
marksman, both of El Paso, Texas,
took to the air in their Consolidated
Fleet training plane and cleaned out
the entire eagle flock. Using a
plane that could out-climb, out
maneuver and out-dive even these
birds, the two men accomplished in
a single day what the owner of the
ranch had been unable to do in two
years.
Bernhardt, an [El Paso motorcy-
cle patrolman, was selected to do
the shooting because of his ability
to fire accurately from any position.
An automatic shotgun, using heavy
buckshot, was the weapon decided
upon.
Early one morning, Robey and
Bernhardt circled over the ranch for
nearly an hour, flying at an altitude
of more than 10,000 feet.
Soon they saw an eagle circling
lazily a few hundred feet below
them and about a quarter of a mile
away. Robey turned the plane to-
ward the bird to bring
shooting range.
Just as Bernhardt was about to
shoot, the bird as suddenly began
to drop. It caught sight of a young
lamb. Putting the plane into a
power dive, the men and bird raced
downward for thousands of feet,
circling an swerving, the eagle with
its eye on the sheep, the men
watching the eagle. When the bird
had come within a few hundred feet
of the ground it stopped in its
headlong drop. Robey jerked back
on the stick and as he leveled off
there were three quick reports from
Bernhardt’s gun. The eagle dropped
dead.
Sometimes the program was var-
ied, but with all the same result—
a dead eagle. No one bird thus
sighted escaped. A few of the eagles
tried to fly away from the ship or
dodge it, butin every case the plane
was able to out-maneuver them.
Once or twice Bernhardt tried shoot-
ing over the top of the wing of the
ship striking the bird from below.
It worked once, but the bird came
‘so close to falling into the propellor
it was decided best to shoot over
the side and down. ’
At the end of eight hours of hard
pad ut flying nine birds had been
illed.
MONTANA CLAIMS FIRST
AERIAL SHEEP HERDER.
First the name of Earl Vance
was synonymous with aviation in
Montana; then it became in the
last few years associated with sheep
raising, a ‘highly remunerative pur-
suit with prevailing wool prices.
Now the erstwhile Miles City
(Mont.) pioneer pilot has brought
his two loves together, and he is
an aerial sheep herder.
Vance in his idle moments runs
the principal air taxi service there.
He also owns several flocks of
«“woolies.” But his sheep, as all
good sheep do in the Rockies, have
a habit of straying, so Earl hops in
his singleseater biplane and goes a
hunting. To date he has recaptured
three recalcitrant bands of sheep
that strayed from their grazing
grounds.
“They're the easiest things in the
world to spot from the air,” re-
marks Vance. “I don't know the
special ba-ba of my bands, but if I
see a bunch that is in a pocket of
the mountains alone, I know darned
well they are mine.”
PENN STATE SENDS
CATTLE TO CHINA.
Penn State shipped a Holstein and
two Jersey heifers to Lingnan Uni-
versity at Canton, China, last week.
For many years the college has
been interested in the agricultural
college at the Chinese institution.
Two Penn State graduates are lo-
cated at the school, G. V. Groff, a
1907 graduate, being dean and L. M.
Zook, a 1929 graduate, serving as
instructor. Dean R. L. Watts, of the
Penn State School of Agriculture,
long served as a trustee of the in-
stitution and chapel offerings of
Penn State students have gone
to finance the work,
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| red umbrella—all to match.
‘ular conductor
it within |
—Rear the Watchman.
CLOTHES OR HOME.
«Forward ribbons,” said the motor-
man.
«Forward carpetsweepers,” said
the conductor, and then they both
grinned and the car slowed down
at the corner for a good-looking
young fellow in a smart rain coat,
and shoes that the would undoubted-
ly call “classy,” and a pretty girl
in a red coat and a red hat and a
Nice-looking young couple they
were, Well dressed, prosperous
good humored, smiling—I wondered
why the motorman and the conduc-
tor grinned when they saw them
waiting for the car—and in the af-
ternoon when I went home on the
car I asked the conductor about it.
You see, I've known that partic-
for a good many
years, and every once in a while he
tells me the news about transfers |
and wages and things—sometimes
we even discuss the stock market or
the newest form of some new re-
ligion.
Nice fellow the conductor—and in- |
telligent—has a nice little wife and
two children. He commutes to his |
little home in the suburbs and he |
carries a picture of his wife and!
the two children in his pocket—a
snapshot he took from the front of
his little house one day. i
He grinned again when I asked
him about “forward ribbons.”
«Oh well,” he said, I'm just kind |
of old fashioned I guess, that's a
nice young couple—they ride down
to work with us every day.
«He's in ribbons, and she’s in
household goods. They have a couple |
of furnished rooms down the street '
here, and sometimes when she’s
been to the dentist or something
and they don’t come together, she
asks me if he’s been along yet.
«Nice little thing, I'd like to see
her in a home of her own, that’s
all, but I guess she wouldn't care
about that, she’s got to have clothes
you know, and shoes—the right kind
~ and silk stockings, and, of course
the young fellow can’t ‘buy them
for her, so she keeps her job and
they hurry home at night and buy
chipped beef, and baked beans, Or
codfish cakes, or potato salad, at
the delicatessen run home, and make
a pot of coffee—and that’s that.
“At night they go to the pictures
or window shopping—they seem to
hate to stay at home, they're just
like thousands of other young couples,
I guess.
«] went home the other night and
told my wife I thought she ought
to go to work and help make the
last few payments on the house. :
I knew ofa good job for her, I!
said—say, I thought she was going °
to throw the coffee pot at me.
«She had a good job when I mar-
ried her, but she’s old-fashioned, too,
and she’d rather have a home, and a
couple of kids than the best job in
the world.
Not much class to her, I guess,
nor to me, either.
«Well, it’s a good thing we are |
not all alike, isn’t it?”
«Jt certainly is,” said I, and when |
I walked down the street I kept)
thinking of the conductor, and the
little home he is buying and his |
wife who hasn't ‘‘class” enough to |
care much about clothes, and his |
children and the new Airedale pup |
somebody gave him the other i
and the way the conductor looks
when he tells you about them—dear
me, I am afraid I am hopelessly
old fashioned, too.
Are you—by any chance?
MOST EXECUTIONS
OCCUR BEFORE SUNRISE.
It is impossible to say just why
dawn is the favorite time for exe-
cutions. The custom of putting con- |
demned persons to death early in
the morning is very old and one
writer suggests that it may be a
survival of the practices of prehis-
toric sunworshippers who offered
human sacrifices at sunrise. An-
other writer thinks the practice is
of military origin. Persons con-
demned to death in the army were
shot as early as possible on the
specified day, which was just as soon
asit was light enough for the firing
squad to see to take accurate aim.
Be this as it may, there are several
good reasons for following the prac- |
tice at the present time. The day |
on which an execution is to take |
place is set by the court; the exact |
hour is generally left to the discre- |
tion of prison officials. Usually the |
unpleasant task is performed when
it will interfere least with the |
routine of prison life, which is as
early as possible in the day, when |
the prisoners are in cells and most
of them are asleep. A pending |
execution depresses all the inmates
of a prison and if the condemned |
prisoner were electrocuted or hanged '
during the day or early in the night |
the other prisoners might be incited |
to a demonstration if not a riot. !
Where executions are public the |
number of morbid spectators is re-:
duced by having it at dawn, |
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MANY WILD DEER VISIT
PENN STATE NATURE CAMP, |
With the conclusion next week of |
the first nature camp conducted by |
the summer. session of the Penn-
sylvania State College, the second |
group of naturalists will move into
the camp located in the Tussey
mountains. Registrations are still
being received for the second camp,
according to Professor George R.
Green, director of the camp, and
there probably will be places avail-
able for students until the opening
day of the camp, July 16. The camp
will continue until August 8.
The present group have seen a |
great many deer, Professor Green
said, in addition to a number of |
smaller animals. The deer seem |
to be more numerous this year than
in former seasons. The camp is lo-
cated between two tracts of virgin
forest, both public preserves, which
makes for an abundance of wild life. |
—_ Read the Watchman and get all
the news.
“| NEED 10,000 PILOTS
‘of military
| cooperate intelligently with ground
FOR MILITARY DUTY.
For a major emergency the Unit-
ed States should have 10,000 train-
ed military pilots upon whom it
could call for immediate service, in
the opinion of Maj. Gen. James E.
Fechet, chief of the army air corps.
Of this number there should be
2,500 in actual service in th2 regular
army, he believes.
In testifying before a subcommit-
tee of the house appropriations com-
mittee during consideration of the
War Department appropriations bill.
General Fechet declared that there
are only 4,000 first class pilots in .
the country who are fit for military
service without special training.
These men are in the army and na-
vy air services or are kept in con-
tinuous training through the re-
serve system. There are 1,064 re-
serve pilots ready for emergency
duty, he said . i
The ordinary commercial pilot
who has had no military training is
not available for emergency duty,
General Fechet pointed out. Before
he can be used he must be given a
general military training. Many
commercial flyers never can be
qualified as military pilots because
they fail to possess qualifications
which a fighting pilot must have,
but which are not required for or-
| dinary flying.
The military pilot must fly in-
| stinctively and not mechanically, he
. declared. He must be able to fly
, tight, close formations and to carry
| out his work without endangering
i the other men.
“Some men,” said the air corps
chief, “cannot fly that way, because
they just absolutely cannot fly close.
Their nervous makeup prevents them
from doing it. Others, when they
are close, are so occupied in watch-
ing the other ships that they make
poor formation flyers.”
In addition the miltary pilot must
know the use of machine guns, the |
use of bomb sights and the drop-
ping of bombs, aerial photography
and observation work. He must
have military training, ground work
on engines and instruments and
navigation. He must know enough
tactics and operation to
forces. Many .commercial pilots
would require from two to eight
months training to become good
' military pilots, Genral Fechet es-
' timated.
PREDICTS COLLAPSE
OF STONE MEMORIAL.
Samuel H. Venable, former owner
of Stone Mountain, issued a warn-
ing that Stone Mountain, the South’s
unfinished Confederate Memorial,
was doomed to fall and smash. He
said a rift in the stone behind the
. massive sculpture of General Robert
E. Lee's horse would ultimately
_ cause the work to collapse.
Oh, Yes!
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W. R. SHOPE
Lumber, Sash, Doors, Millwork and Roofing
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CONTROL OF APHIDS ON
MAPLE SUGAR SEASON
WAS ABOVE AVERAGE.
The maple syrup and sugar season Many housewives have asked the
in Pennsylvania this year was one county agent for methods of con-
of the best in the past decade, ac- | trolling aphids or plant lice which
cording to the Federal State crop |.re quite numerous this year on
reporting service, Pennsylvania de- | roses, indoor plants and garden
partment of agriculture. plants. These common pests may
The season opened in January and | be recognized and controlled as fol-
continued an average of 4.7 weeks 10WS: Aphids or plant lice are small,
compared with the usually short | soft bodied, sucking insects which
season Of 2.6 weeks last year. range .in color from a yellowish
Weather conditions were rather | Breen through green to black.
favorable throughout and exception- | Winged and wingless forms often
ally good in March in most locali-| work on plants at the same time.
ties. The a u Faused by 0.
565, | Withdrawing of plan ces whic
Bosse Siler of is 3 fa pea as: 10 usually result in a deformation of
1929 but more than twice as much | the p
sugar and almost three times as |
much syrup was made. According |
to the official estimates, 87,000 |
pounds of sugar and 224,000 gallons |
of syrup were made. In terms of |
sugar, the total production this |
ear amounted to 1,879,000 ds !
Sompared with 723,000 Tig | nicotine sulphate and one cup pant
1929. The average production per | of hydrated lime should be add
tree this season—3.333 pounds—is to two quarts of water for spray-
ing. The amount of nicotine us
one of the highest on record in the
however, should be increased in or-
Commnwealth and exceeds that of | der to take care of the more resist-
any other State for the present year. |
Production per tree in other States {ant forms Which SOIeti 68 Wig
is as follows: Massachusetts, 2.80 | Pe2% Time ness © application . Js
pounds; New York, 2.60; New Hamp- important. ntrol measures sho
shire, 2.35; Ohio, 2.47; Wisconsin, start as soon as the aphids appear.
2.27; Michigan, 2.61. Several treatments may be Teces-
Since there was little rain or sary, especially if lice are very
snow during the season, the sap abundant. Nicotine applications will
was reported as very good and the be most effective if made when the
quality of the product was placed daily temperature’s average is above
at 96 compared with 92 a year ago. 70 degrees fahrenheit.
Prices reported for sugar were | ———
higher this year than last but last READY MADE HOME
SATISFIES BEAVER.
year’s crop of syrup, despite the
lower quality, sold at about six
cents more per gallon. This year, Frank P. Plessinger, a surveyor
for the Game Commission, has re-
ported a colony of beavers in Wyom-
sugar averaged 33 cents per pound
and syrup $2.08 per gallon, the re-
ing county which apparently found
a ready made home and dam for
port indicated.
Pennsylvania now stands fifth in
their use.
The new colony was found in
production of maple products being
Stony Brook using a flat rock about
outranked, in order named, by Ver-
mont, New York, Ohio, and Michi-
gan. 20 feet in diameter asa shelter. The
rck is tilted against the bank, pro-
viding ‘the under wave entrance
which the beavers demand.
The depth of water at the place
made a dam unnecessary.
the plants may
ed. Leaves
Spraying with Nicotine sulphate
(black leaf 40) is effective against
these pests. One teaspoonful of
The average salary of a Congrega-
tional minister in New Hampshire
is $1,599 a year. “Why don’t they
(ministers) save something for a
rainy day?” a la once saidto The beaver colony is subsisting on
a minister's wife. ‘““My goodness, the aspen growing nearby.
deacon!” she replied. “In the min-
__Subscribe for the Watchman.
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ister’s family it rains every day.
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ROSES AND VEGETABLES.
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art of the plant attacked. When :
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be entirely destroy-'
that are attacked curl
or become discolored and drop. |
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
KLINE WOODRING.—Attorney at
Law, Bellefonte, Pa. Practices in all
courts. Office, room 18 Crider'’s Ex-
change. Bi-1y
KENNEDY JOHNSTON, —AH -at-
Law, Bellefonte, P: ot atten.
a. Prompt
tion given all business entrusted
to his care. No.
5, East
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M. KEICHLINE.—Attorney-at-Law and
Justice of the Peace. All professional
business will receive prompt attention.
Offices on second floor of Temple oot
.— Attorney-at-L a w,
G. RUNKLE
Consultation ae Zhglish and Ger-
man. ce in s Bxshalin;
Bellefonte, Pa.
~ PHYSICIANS
S. GLENN, M. D., Physician and
Surgeon, State College, Centre
county, Pa. Office at his residence.
R. R. L. CAPERS,
OSTEOPATH.
Bellefonte
Crider’s Ex.
State
66-11 Holmes
D. CASEBEER, Optometrist.—Regis-
tered and licensed by the State.
Eyes examined, glasses fitted. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. Frames placed
and lenses matched. Casebeer Bic: , High
St., Bellefonte, Pa. 1-23-t
VA B. ROAN, Optometrist,
yy De Se Bara, State
ve ay except Saturday,
in the Zarbrick 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. an-40
FEEDS!
Purina Feeds
We also carry the line of
Wayne Feeds
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per 100lb.
Wagners 16% Dairy - $2.00
Wagner's 209 Dairy - 2.20
Wagner's 329% Dairy - 2.50
Wagners’'s Egg mash - 2.70
Wagner's Pig meal - 2.70
Wagner's Scratch feed - 2.20
Wagner's Med. Scratch feed - 2.40
Wagner's Chick feed - 2.50
Wagner's Horse feed with molas-
ses - - - 5
Wagner's Winter bran - 1.50
Wagner's winter Middlings - 1.70
Wayne 329% Dairy - 2.70
Wayne 249% Dairy - 2.45
Wayne Egg Mash - - 3.00
Wayne calf meal - 4.25
Wayne all mash starter - 8.90
Wayne all mash grower - 3.40
Purina 349% Dairy - 2.80
Purina 249 Dairy - 2.60
Oil meal - - - 2.80
Cotton Seed meal - 2.50,
Gluten feed - - - 2.40
Hominy feed - - 2.00
Fine ground Alfalfa meal - 2.25
Meat Scrap 45% - - 4.00
Tankage 60% - - 4.00
Fish meal - - - 4.00
Salt fine - - - 1.20
Oyster shell - - - 1.00
Grit -- ‘- 1.00
Feeding Molasses 1.75 per H
Cow Spray = ie 1.50 per G
Let us grind your corn and oats
and make up your Feeds with
Cotton Seed Meal, Oil Meal, Alfalfa
Meal, Gluten Feed and Bran Molas-
ses.
We will make delivery of two ton
lots. ‘No charge,
When You Want Good Bread or
Pastry Flour
USE
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OR
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BELLEFONTE, PA,
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