SE ——
Bruorwaiatdan
—Facing a billion dollar deficit’
for this year the United States treas- |
ury will sing to the cotk-eyed world: |
God Save the Great Engineer.
—Sunday base-ball has been kill-
ed thrice this session in the Legisla-
ture. It's the cat with nine lives!
and is right back for another slay-
ing.
—The surest way to hold your job
in times like these is to give loyal- |
ty and the equivalent in work for
every dollar your employer gives
you,
—We are not as much interested in |
the fact that President Hoover gave |
a rubber cigar to the Untiedt boy's
father as we are in knowing who
gave it to Herb.
—By the way, who do you suppose
has the soldiers’ bonus money by
this time and where is the prosper-
ity that the payments were sup-|
posed to produce? :
—We've been stopped four times
within a month by ubiquitous patrol-
men. Why they are pickin’ on us
we don't know, but things that are
picked too much are apt to get sore. |
—Times are hard, but whe thinks |
of hard times on circus days? With |
Mother's day, two circus days and
Memorial day all scheduled for this
month May ought to be quite an]
eventful one for both old and young. |
—The United States Supreme
Court has ruled that New York has
a right to share the water of the
Delaware with Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. They must be reform-
ing in New York. We didn't know
they cared enough about water to
go to law over it.
—Bellefonte has lost a loyal son.
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VOL. 76.
RIL WEATHER SUMMARY
SHOWS NORMAL RAINFALL.
The month of April, noted for
showers and the real beginning of
spring, was normal this year in
most respects.
The monthly mean temperature
was 45.7 degrees, almost the same
as last year. In 1929 it was three
degrees higher. The monthly mean
temperature for 12 years of record
for April in Bellefonte.—1901 to 1912
inclusive,—was 50.9 degrees or, as
usual, about 3 degrees higher than
the average of 3 years of record at
the airport. The highest temper-
ature this year was 76 degrees
the 13th and the lowest 24 degrees
on the 12th, making an absolute
range of 52 degrees. The greatest
range in temperature for any day
was 47 degrees on the 13th and the
least was 6 degrees on the 23rd.
The coldest day was the 23rd, with
a mean temperature of 34 degrees,
the 20th was warmest, with a mean
temperature of 62 degrees. There
were 14 days during which the tem-
perature was 32 degrees or less.
During the 3 years of record at
the present location of the weather |
| bureau station, the highest tempera- |
on
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Milk Production Has Man
Worries for Farmers
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Because of the prolonged depression in business there has been a
consequent falling off in the consumption of milk and its by-products.
The result has been an unusual tightening up on the strictures regu-
lating the conditions under which dairymen must proceed in the hous-
ing and care of their herds and conditioning of the milk for shipment
to the receiving stations.
During the time when there was a strong market for milk there
was no “hair splitting” on this matter. Lately, however, inspectors
have been rigidly enforcing the rule to the nth degree, in some in-
| stances almost to the point of ridiculousness. This sudden severity
of inspection is apparently not so much to effect better quality milk
as it is to furnish excuse to disqualify the output and save the re-
ceiving stations the embarrassment of admitting that they cannot
handle what is being offered them.
While everyone is concerned about the quality of milk that comes
into his or her home it seems strange to the average producer that
milk that was acceptable in December is taboo in April, Farmers
have been put to considerable expense in white washing barns, con-
creting stables, building milk houses, providing for cooling and cleans-
ing apparatus, and what not.
In some instances, because of failures of the roughage crops dur-
ing the past season, they have been compelled to buy practically all
the feed that their herds consume. With the monthly milk check
falling off, either because of low fat content or low grades as to con-
dition, there is very little net between the monthly check and the
monthly feed bill. In consequence few of them are in financial posi-
tion to undertake the expense that is involved in carrying out the
conditions laid down by inspectors who have suddenly become so
hyper-critical.
It is an unfortunate situation. For a decade those who beat
their breasts and shout their concern for the welfare of the farmer
Beoddy evening and Jee 3 niche ut 33 a Jecords for Ste Cor | have been telling him that his only financial salvation lies in his
BL oe gh in 1915 peta in 1925, gg dairy herd. Naturally the farmer has followed the suggestion to the
P n, true, know | grees again ? point where the dairy business is apparently over done and now the
town better or whose life has been in 1888 and 1902. The lowest tem- All the while the farmer has been subjected to the most rigid
more to its credit. He is gone, but perature of record for April at State) 0." ‘Nothing has been taken on faith from him. On the
Wg Hove the iwemory of 4 vourteous, OSIg® wig 1 Segree shove amy in| other hand he has delivered his milk and had to accept the returns as
unobtrusive gentleman to cherish. to 1927 inclusive, the minimum tem.| © Weight, fat-content and quality without any other satisfaction
—When Governor Pinchot comes perature reached 20 degrees or lessin than the knowledge that if he didn't he could “like it or he could
up here to ask Centre county what April, but of all these the lowest | lump it”
it is going to do to Semator Scottif | wo. 1x qecrees. No records of high | Lately it has been discovered that some milk receiving stations
he doesn’t roll over and jump through | .,4 1, temperatures in Bellefonte | Dave not been as fair with their patrons as they might have been
every time the Governor cracks the |, . oo anie. and the Department of Agriculture has inaugurated a belated move-
whip we hope some-one in his audi- The total monthly precipitation | ment to make the gander eat the sauce that he thought good for the
ence asks him why it 1s any more |... 3g inches, of which 0.39 inch| 8°0se only. : :
Decessary for the Senator to stickto| Loy from melted snow. The great- | The discovery during recent months of irregularities in several
the terms of his “satisfactory talk” ...° 0 ..¢ of precipitation in 24 Plants buying milk from farmers on the butterfat basis, has prompted
than it is for the Governor to stick |, =... 0.0 198 inches on the 22nd A the Department to inaugurate a thorough going check-up on the
1o.blp promise. to reduce automeile |, i" gary, The total snowfall was methods of testing and the performance of testers in milk plants
senses. . 3.9 inches and the greatest amount| throughout the Commonwealth. 5s
—Mr. Thomas L. Chadbourne's in 24 hours was 2.4 inches on the | There are over 1300 milk plants receiving stations in Pennsylva-
picture was on the front pages of 6th and 7th. At the Airport, in| Dia and a large proportion of these pay for milk and cream on the
all the : Mr. | April, . 1929, the... sot OrInt: DAME, <= SEE io Lo RO Re Oi a —_—
ERE Ee i vga J Sy “It is obvious,” officials point out, “that a great injustice can be
ican banker and because he happened
depression. Right in this column
we said the very same thing four
weeks ago and no one paid any at-
tention to it at all,
—Maybe it was only accident that
Governor Pinchot's visit here was
timed for circus day. The Governor
just loves the ballyhoo and he'll be
stealing all the thunder he can from
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escape the conclusion that Prohibi-
tion is riding for a fall. And for
the very same reason that the li-
censed liquor traffic was thrown.
"The arrogance of the liquor inter-
ests precipitated the Prohibition
movement. Flushed with victory
Prohibitionists have gone too far
and their fanaticism is just as re-
pellant to the masses of people who
are neither wet
victions attend the same church and
when their minister takes sides in a
political campaign some of them are
bound to be offended. It would
measureable amount of precipitation,
0.01 inch or more,—and 16 days
with a trace or more. The mean
monthly relative humidity was 679% |
of the possible. The mean monthiy |
cloudiness, during daylight hours,
was 60% of the possible, with 11
clear days, 4 partly cloudy and 15
cloudy. Light fog occurred on the
1st to 5th inclusive and on the 7th. |
Heavy frost occurred on the 24th
and 30th, but no damage was re-
ported to growing vegetation in the
vicinity‘ of the station.
The prevailing wind was from the
southwest, with a maximum of 40
miles per hour from the southwest
on the 26th for a period of 5 minutes
or more. Gusts of one minute or
more duration, attaining a velocity
of 46 miles per hour, occurred at the
same time,
The corrected, mean monthly, sea-
level barometric pressure was 30.02
inches; the highest was 30.54 inches
on the 12th and the lowest 28.20
inches on the 1st, or a range of 1.34
inches.
No thunder storms ocurred during
the month, which is unusual, and
particularly so considering the
amount of precipitation which occur-
red. In 1930 there were three thun-
derstorms, the earliest occurring on
the 13th of the month.
These data considered in con-
junction with records of adjacent lo-
calities, covering a period of several
years, form an interesting ccmpari-
son.
The joint average of 12 years of
record of precipitation, made by Mr.
‘Kurtz, in Bellefonte, from 1901 to
1912 inclusive, and 7 record at
the Western Penitentiary from 1916
to 1923.—(record for 1921 missing)
—is 4.01 inches for April, At Flem-
ing the average precipitaiton in April
for the years 1859 to 1867 inclusive
was 4.29 inches. The average of 42
years record of precipitation at
State College;—1888 to 1929 inclu-
sive, is 8.49 inches. The records for
State College are of course the more
dependable because of continuity and
duration, but it must not be inferred
that the amount of precipitation at
or near Bellefonte is the same. Dif-
ferences in elevation, location in a
valley with mountain ridges closely
adjacent, and other factors, influence
precipitation to the extent that we
probably have actually more than at
State College, which has a more open
the contribution of thun-
derstorms alone excepted.
The month of April is, in this lo-
cality, almost invariably the last
month in the spring during which
snow occurs, and on the average,
about one year in three, there is no
snow or only a trace. Occasionally,
however, there has been snow in May.
worked on the dairy industry by incorrect tests. Thus, under-reading
the test, a small fraction of one per ceut means a loss of eight to
ten cents per hundred pounds of milk to the producer.”
“Every effort is being made to cooperate with the producers’
ONE NEVER CAN TELL
associations whereby any suspected irregularities may be brought to
the attention of the Department. The dairy experts will then make
prompt investigations’ and where unlawful activities are discovered
prosecutions will be instituted accordingly.
Always it is easy to hit a man when he is down, so that now—
est years that the industry has known in Centre county is perhaps
the logical time to put them on the rack and force conditions on
them that in some details are of questionable benefit to anyone.
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the law has imposed upon
were; 22 inches in April, 1918, in
Bellefonte, 17 inches at Center Hall
in 1918 and 20.5 inches at State Col-
lege in 1894. In April, 1918 also,
there was 14.8 inches at State Col-
lege.
It should be noted that none of
these records include measurements
for April, 1928, which probably ex-
ceed all others.
H. J. PARKER,
Meteorologist
——Senator Fess will continue as
chairman of the Republican National
committee for two reasons. First no-
body else would have the job and
changing too frequently excites dis-
trust,
——“Indefinite postponement does
not mean a thing to the House of
Representatives in Harrisburg. Par-
liamentary law has no significance if
it runs counter to the wishes of the
Governor.
—It's like “bearding the lion in
his den.” Mr. Pinchot will make his
first attack on the Public Service
Commission in chairman Alney's
home town.
barns and milk houses, it is
State Department of nest
For years the farmers have had to blindly accept every handicap
more exquisite than realization will
be unless we carry one with us.
——Drunken drivers killed three
NO. 19.
WHOSE LITTLE GIRL
IS IN THE HOSPITAL
i BY JOHN M. FLEMING
| “My daddy ain't had no work for
|a long time”
The speaker was a little girl of
|seven. She was recovering from an
|attack of pneumonia in the Centre
| County hospital, She had been there
| almost two weeks. It would te nec-
|essary for her to remain another
| fortnight before her recovery would
| be complete. Her surroundings were
ideal. The room was spotlessly
clean. A screen shaded the pale blue
eyes from the rays of the morning
sun but did not obstruct the view of
(the town and the mountains in the
background. A nurse brought in a
of chocolate milk and the
| mouth of the little girl with four
| front teeth missing did not allow the
fluid to stop running through the
| glass straw till the last drop had
| disappeared and nothing remained
but the ice. She was a charity patient.
| Depression had taken its toll and the
| Centre County hospital had come to
| the rescue.
| During the year ending December
| 31, 1930, three hundred and thirty-
| four patients were treated who did
‘not have the funds necessary to pay
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greatly aided in raising the standard
of the institution. Two sun lamps
have been added to the equipment
and are for the use of the people of
the county at a small cost. 4135 tests
were made in the laboratory during.
ment served 69,302 meals. 408 X-Ray
pictures were taken. The laboratory
and X-Ray departments are open for
the use of the public at the minim
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want to be in. Fate, however, plays
peculiar tricks and it may be neces-
sary for us to become patients. Man-
Brown tells of a boy with whom
talked in State College during
the drives in some previous
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Grundy tariff law is beneficent legis-
lation. But he also thinks that polyg-
amy is a normal form of society.
——Hoover's proposal to cut arma-
ments as a remedy for industrial
stagnation is simply another way for
“passing the buck,”
—— A 8 a prohibition crusader
Governor Pinchot is enlarging his
area of activities so as to include the
whole country.
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star it is
pants as
having become a
to be hoped he will
part of his raiment.
"| Heights, N. Y., had checked out
ed in the laboratory which have
the past year. The dietary depart- |
The hospital is the last place We |
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE
| —Amelia Streussing and her husband,
| Raymond, have filed suit for $25,000
| damages against the G. C. Murphy Com-
| pany store at Jeannette. Mrs, Streussing
| claims she was injured when she fell
| on the oiled floor of the store, last Feb
ruary 16.
—The Allegheny Gas company drill
|ed in its second producing well in the
| Tioga county gas field in Farmington
| township last Friday afternoon at a
| depth of 4096 feet. The well came in
| with an open flow estimated at 25,000,
| 000 cubic feet daily. This well is about
11000 feet from the discovery well which
| marked the field in September, 1930.
—Two confidence men alleged to have
| swindled $550 from Steve Matusky, 49,
| farmer, of near Uniontown are being
| sought by police. The men gave Matus-
ky a package purporting to be $5.000
as hiz share in a Texas oil well in ex-
| change for the man's savings. When
!the strangers left Matusky found he
had received three $1 bills and a roll:
of newspaper clippings.
—Michael Evanchick, 15, and Benjamin
Rodkey, 16, both of Coalport, are being
held in the Cambria county jail charged
| with robbing the Fallen Timber post of-
fice on Saturday night. According to
| state police, the boys have confessed the
| robbery, which netted them about $100 in
postal funds and some groceries from the
| store of Perry E. Glass, who is also post-
master at Fallen Timber.
| —The Scranton Republican, oldest daily
| published in Scranton, has announced the
| appointment of former Congressman Lau-
| rence H. Watres as president of the Scran-
| ton Republican Publishing company. He
| succeeds his father, Colonel L. A. Wat-
| res, who is retiring because of pressure
| trom other business. Lieutenant Colonel
Watres, in addition to becoming presi-
| dent of the publishing company, will be
editor-in-chief.
—~Worried over $2,000, all the money he
had, having been stolen from him on his
wedding day, Joseph Janowski, 89 years
old, of Mahanoy city, attempted to take
his own life. Standing on the edge of
75-foot mine hole he shot himself
head with a revolver and rolled
bottom of the hole, say.
now in the Locust tain hospi
Shenandoah in a serious condition,
his prospective bride iz almost
broken.
—wW. T. Feaser, hotel porter
burg, made himself $10 the other
He was cleaning a room from which
Mrs, E. E. Huber, of Jackson
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Arizona, claimants for the rewards
amounting to $3,200, intended entering
suit for the money. Seven residents of
to the reward. .
—Another record went: the -way -of all .
records last Friday. It was broken. At
least Pittsburgh police claim it was.
boys helped
| themselves to 15 dozen ice cream ples,
| from an ice cream company's truck. Fif-
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| teen minutes later, after the driver dis-
| covered the pies to be among the miss-
|ing and notified police, patrolman Arthur
| Baker found the four on the roof of a
| nearby house. Eight dozen of the pies
had been eaten, he said, and the boys
| were still going strong.
—Mrs. B. Wayne Simcox, 74, of Sun-
| bury, was burned from head to foot on
Monday, and died in the hospital soon
after. She was alone in her kitchen and
dropped a newspaper into the range. A
sudden spurt of flame fired her dress.
Ray Walling, a neighbor, rushed into the
home and found the woman standing at
the kitchen sink attempting to smother
her flaming garb with water. He was
burned about the hands. Mrs. Simcox's
death ended a life of sorrow. Several
years ago two of her children were
drowned in the Susquehanna River.
—Dr. 8S. Paul Taylor, 45, of Altoona,
saved his own life early on Sunday, when
he participated in two automobile mis-
the way to Wilmington, Del.,
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