a
P. G Meek edited and published for fifty-seven years and
by bis Estate at the Watchman Printing House, Bellefonte, Pa.
Editors.
CHARLES L. GATES
T Cotrespondents.—No communications
published accompanied by the real
name of the writer.
ordering change of address always
old as as the new address.
MARY GRAY MEEK
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In all such
be paid up
PUTTING POSTMASTERS IN
Up to this writing W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Post-
master General, has not been rebuked by the President.
It will be recalled that Mr. Glover is the gentleman who recent-
ly urged the postmasters of Missouri, his native State, to “get out on
the firing line” and fight for Hoover. He went further than that in
his insistence on a group of Federal employees who have hereto-
fore been supposed to be removed from partisan politics when he
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FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN CENTRE COUNTY.
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Items taken from the Watchman issue |
of June 9, 1882,
—Mr. Anson Laporte, son of
Judge Laposte, of H
companied by W. Miles
pleasan
alker, the
ac- pression on his countenance as men
A HODGE-PODGE OF |
NEWSY INCIDENTS |
Did you ever sit in a court of |
PATIENTS TREATED
AT COUNTY HOSPITAL
Alvin C. Long, of Howard, was ad- |
| justice and make a play at guessing mitted on Monday of last week for
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Centre County
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—We have been asked to make a
correction or the news item we
the lished last week to the effect t
“Christy” Nolan's nose was bitten
“clear off” in a fight he was in in
Phili some days ago.” “Chris-
| ty” still has his nose. It wasn't bit-
said: “I shall be back in Washington Monday and I will be glad to!
take the resignation of any of you postmasters who do not want to
do it.” .
The latter declaration was nothing more nor less than a threat,
so brazen and bold that the entire country expected the President
to give some expression that would show that he does not approve
of such action on the part of men he has placed in charge of the
postal system. Especially was his disapproval anticipated by those
who remember that in the matter of the appointment of a Federal
Judge in Florida the President, not so long ago, said: “No longer
shall public office be regarded as mere political patronage, but it
shall be public service.”
The exigencies of a political campaign that looks none too
hopeful have probably caused the President to change his mind. In-
deed he has gotten to the poi i
that shames the chameleon in the time taken to change its color.
Either Mr. Hoover didn’t mean what he said concerning the Florida
case or he lacks the courage to rebuke his Assistant Postmaster
General for ignoring the long established Civil Service principle of
abstention from politics by postmasters.
TWO PARTY ORGANIZATIONS
The Democratic party in Pennsylvania is to have two organiza-
tions, it appears. At the recent meeting of the State Committee
John Collins, former chairman of the party,
ren VanDyke, the Guffey wing of the party took complete control
and immediately started to work out its plans to swing the entire
Pennsylvania delegation to the Chicago convention to Roosevelt.
National Committeeman Kistler and former chairman Collins
still clung to their idea that Pennsylvania Democracy should not
commit itself to the candidacy of any of the presidential possibilities
until it consults with the representatives of the other States on the
question of which one of them would be most satisfactory to all and
have the greatest vote getting power in November.
As it looks today Mr. Roosevelt is certainly the favorite, so far
as popular choice is concerned, but many ot the best informed men
of our party fear that if he should be nominated he will not be as
strong in certain States that will be necessary to give us a majority
in the electoral college as would either Baker or Ritchie. For that
reason it is not a question of “stop Roosevelt” that has probably
motivated Mr. Kistler and Mr. Collins to open headquarters of their
own in Harrisburg. Both gentlemen are earnest in their hope that
the next President will be a Democrat and inspired by that hope
they evidently expect to continue working to keep the minds of the
Pennsylvania delegation open to reason.
A FALLACY TO SUBSIDIZE BUSINESS.
ten “clear off” at all
slightly disfigured.
—Ed. M. Speer, sor of our fellow
townsman W. T. Speer, returned
It was only
home last week suffering with fever .,.. | ogded with a maximum of
and ague, Since completing his ap-
prenticeship as a telegraph operater
under the tutelage of Wilbur L.
Malin, he has been located at Thur-
low, on the B. W. and O. railroad.
—At the moment there is not a
prisoner in the Clearfield county
jail.
—Gregg Post, G. A R. of Belle-
fonte, is very grateful for the as-
sistance given by so many willing
. workers in helping them to properly
1C. A; Co. B, N. G. P.;
nt where he changes it with a facility
observe Memorial day, Among those
Commissioners, gave
the Watchman office a call on Wed-
afternoon. 2
out the presiding judge by the ex-
and women pass in review before
him for criminal violations of the
law? The writer has reported court
before eight local judges
| —A, O. Furst, John G. Love, Ellis
deserving of special mention are
members of the Altoona and Belle-
fonte orders of O. U. A. M.,, the
Pleasant Gap band, the Zion drum
corps, the Undine and Logan Fire
Cos.; the Boys Branch of the Y. M.
William
Temple, engineer on the Snow Shoe
R R., who brought in wonderful
bunches of wild honeysuckle; Com-
rade William Jones, who solicited
the money; C. G. McMillen, of the
Brockerhorr house who entertained
per, Rev. J. F. De Long,
L. Orvis, Henry C. Quigley, Arthur
C. Dale, Harry Keller, James C.
Furst, and His Honor M. Ward
Fleming, and has been in court when
quite a number of visiting judges
were on the bench in Centre county,
and of all of them Judge Fleming
is about the most difficult to guess
out with any degree of success, |
On the bench Judge Furst, the
judicial dignity and a great degree
of solemnity. His disposition of
criminal cases were well withia the
limits of the law, but when it came
to passing sentence, if he looked
exceptionally solemn and sorrowful
the offender was in for a good stiff
sentence.
Judge Love was suave and politic
at all times. Never openly vindictive
yet there was just enough change in
his countenance that a careful ob-
server could make a fairly good
guess what was going to happen to
the prisoner before the bar.
Judge Orvis was hard to guess
out. He wore the judicial toga with
the dignity of an old-time master,
His words were well chosen when
passing sentence on a malefactor and
his expression was just as poised as
if he were discussing a point of law
with a practitioner at the bar, but
the musical organizations for sup-
the Hon.
John B, Linn and Mrs. E. T. Tuten, |
Miss Beckie McGinley,
Burnside, Miss Kate Jackson, Mrs.
D. H. Hastings, Mrs. E. O. Smith,
Miss Jennie Dare, Mrs. Amos Mul-
len and Mrs. John G. Love, The
ladies rendered invaluable assistance
in preparing the floral tributes for
the graves of departed soldiers.
was replaced by War-
—Mrs. Jonathan Hess, of Pine
Grove Mills, died on Friday last. She
was a daughter of the late Capt.
Miss Sallie
James Dunlap and leaves her hus-
band and several children.
—Father Igo, at one time pastor
of the Catholic church in this place,
and then a slim, delicate man, was
in town on Tuesday, much improved
in health and as physically fit as
though he had never had anything
the matter with him.
—Burchfield's delivery wagon is
the nicest looking one in town just
now. It was made es
new grocery
John makes
look good.
—Among the callers at the Watch-
man office during the past week was
our good Democratic friend John S.
Dauberman
and his lady.
--On the 30th ultimo a four year
fo ff and when
em they certainly
old child of Vinton Beckwith, con-
It is difficult to keep abreast of the workings of President |
Hoover's mind. With him, it is one thing today. Tomorrow another.
The latest pronouncement that has come out
of Washington is to Plac
the effect that he is heing won over to the plan of “forcing a busi- |
ness revival” by lending the government's credit, in a large way, to
private industry. In other words, the government,
business, is going into business itself.
No other interpretation can be put on such governmental proc-
esses as the farm loan banks, the wheat stabilizing attempts, the
in order to make
a spring near their home and was
Jeowed when its mother discovered
~The New Home
is for sale by W. I.
tailoring establishment,
floor, Humes block.
machine
ng at his
second
there was a faintly discernible spark-
le in the eye when he had determin-
ed before hand to go the limit which
could be noticed by a close observer.
Judge Quigley was probably the
most impulsive of any of the judges
named. His expression was varied
and changeable. While he always
presided with befitting dignity he
appreciated the little bits of comedy
that invariably crop out in quarter
sessions court, When it came to
passing sentence he could be rightly
guessed about half the time. And
the stiffest sentence we ever saw
him give was pronounced with a
smile,
We plainly recall Judge Dale's
first session on the bench. Several’
violators of the Volstead act were
brought before him and his every
fally for the
action and expression told what they
would get, and they did. During his
year on the bench, however, he be-
came much more pliant in facial ex-
pression but not to that extent that
he couldn't be guessed out about half |
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., of Potter township, Rot Io Feud.
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—Martin F. Haines, of Tyrone,
and Miss Mary Shrom, of this off fairly easy but if he sat up erect ,; Saturday. |
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the brides’ parents, on North Penn
street, last Thursday evening at
seven o'clock, Miss Shrom is one of
our best looking and most intelligent
| Jong ladies a8d ha bien a testes
our public schools for the past| minds one of a sphinx of medieval Charles Bullock, of Bellefonte, was
finance reconstruction board and this proposed extension of Federal |
aid to private industry.
And when the government goes into business it steps out of
the primary purpose for which it was designed. If the farmer can't
make money growing wheat, either he is growing too much of it or
his cost of production is too high. If the manufacturer finds his in-
dustry in the red at the end of his fiscal year, either bad manage-
ment, inferior products or failure to regulate production to possible |
sales will be the canise’ of ‘his financial. predicament, The same fand- | 1°" town, Mr. Theodore Relly waa
amental essentials of sound business practices obtain in the great
corporate enterprises, such as iron and steel, coal, railroad, chemical
and other industries.
Every one of them should be something wholly independent
of what happens in Washington or Harrisburg in so far as any legis-
lative action is concerned, except for unfair taxation. Each and all
should stand on their own legs, not Uncle Sam's.
President Hoover may advocate lending government money to
private enterprise that made no provision for “the rainy day” when
times were good, but who is going to pay the bonds he would have
Congress float to do it, especially if they should fall due in another
cycle like this which we are just as certain of having to pass through
as we are of having to grope our way out of the present mess.
Mortgaging the future to pay for the follies in which both busi-
ness and the individual indulged during the last decade of easy
money is no way to teach the lesson that the country needs. Neither
can the government find any justification for subsidizing business
that wasn’t well enough managed in the many years of enormous
profits to weather rough going of only two years duration.
—The resignation of Chancellor Breuning and his cabinet leaves
Germany on the brink of a political chasm that might engulf all of
Europe again. Conditions are ripe for “handsome” Adolph Hitler,
the Nazi leader, to gain the goal he has been trying to attain for a
decade. WELile a Hitler dictatorship might turn out better than
hoped for in Germany there are so many powerful, but irreconci-
able factions there that bringing order out of the chaos that would
follow Hitler's ascension to control would be the work of a super-
man. German temper and psychology are so different from those of
Italy that even if Hitler were a Mussolini he would likely fail.
———During the war Mr. Hoover was urging us to do without
this, that and the other thing. Now that he is President we are do-
ing without them without any urging.
——Representative Snell, of New York, who is slated for per-
manent Chairman of the Republican National Convention, is ay
ity for the statement that the platform of his party will be “liber-
al.” Jist “liberal” enough, we suppose, to catch the wets and induce
the drys to swallow it without taking a “chaser.”
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In passing
sentence he invariably looked as if
it hurt him more than it was going |
to hurt the prisoner at the bar, and
more it reflected in his countenance. |
Judge James C, Furst, in the brief
time he sat upon the bench, presided |
with a poise and dignity on a par!
with any of his predecessors. If he!
sat back in his chair when passing
indication |
that the prisoner was going to get |
were married at the home of or leaned slightly forward, it meant
well along toward the limit. :
But, as we said in the beginning,
Judge Feming is hard to juess cut.
Clothed in his judicial roce he re-
times. In passing sentence his ex-
—We are pained to be obliged to pression shows no noticeable change
record the sudden death
young wife of Mr. Claude Cook,
' which occurred at Snow Shoe last
They hadg bean
Sunday mo y
married Mormog. mon the
| suddenness of it all has been a ter-
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rible blow to the bereaved husband.
—On Friday morning last, just
after going to his work as 2ngincer
the so that trying to guess him out
is a matter of luck and nothing else.
Just when you think he is going to
soak it to the prisoner at the bar he
medical treatment and discharged
on Saturday.
Miss Mary Catherine Noll, of
State College, became a surgical
patient on Monday of last week and
returned te her home on Tuesday.
Mrs. Fred Williams and infant
son, of Howard R. D., were dis-
charged from the hospital last Mon-
day.
Byrl V. Lose, three-year-old
daughter of Fred Lose, of Bellefonte,
was admitted on Tuesday of last
week for medical treatment.
Arthur Miller, of Milesburg, be-
came a surgical patient last Tuesday
and was discharged the following
day.
John Marks, of State College, is a
medical patient, having been admit-
ted last Tuesday. Mr Marks died
on Monday evening.
Mrs. Ella Barto, of Julian, became
a surgical patient last Tuesday.
After undergoing a day's surgical
treatment, Eugene Markle, of Belle-
fonte, was discharged last Wednes-
day,
Madeline, aged 11, and Kenneth,
aged 5, children of Mrs. Mable Wat-
kins, of Howard, were discharged
last Thursday after undergoing a
day’s surgical treatment.
Mrs. Mabel Daughenbach, of Miles-
burg, became a surgical patient on
Thursday and was discharged on
Saturday.
Mrs. Bessie Coffman, of Howard,
after receiving medical treatment,
was discharged last Wednesday.
Mrs, James Knepper and infant
son, of State College, were discharg- |
ed last Wednesday.
Louis Beiswenger, of Etna, Pa.
a student at Penn State, was dis-
charged last Wednesday after receiv-
ing surgical treatment.
George Weaver, of West Collings-
wood, N. J, a student at Penn
State, was discharged last Wednes-
day after receiving surgical treat-
ment.
After undergoing surgical treat-
ment, Clarence Breon, of Spring
Mills, was discharged last Wednes-
day.
Mary E. Eckenroth, five-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John,
Eckenroth, of Bellefonte, underwent
surgical treatment last Thursday
and was discharged the following
day.
Mrs. Rhoda Rider, of Spring Mills,
a surgical patient, was discharged
on Thursday.
Miss Helen Watkins, of Howard,
after undergoing medical treatment,
was discharged last Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Sauers, of State College,
a surgical patient, was discharged
on Friday.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark C. Pack-
er, of Fleming, a surgical patient,
stable of Taylor township, fell into | the stiffer the sentence in mind the yas discharged on Friday.
Miss Alice Leathers, of Howard,
was discharged on Friday after un-
dergoing surgical treatment.
Mrs. Mark Grafmyer, of Boggs
township, became a medical patient
at the hospital on Friday.
Charles W. Benford, of Bellefonte,
a surgical patient, was discharged
Miss Frances E. Swartz, of State
College, became a surgical patient
on Saturday.
John Henry Bullock, nineteen-
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
admitted on Sunday as a medical
patient. i
Howard R. Martin, of State Col-
lege, became a surgical patient on
Sunday. |
Mrs. John Homan, of Burnham, is’
shows studied leniency, and when , g,rgical patient, having heen ad-
you guess he might be lenient he .itted on Sunday,
goes the limit, But his sentences are | pere were 20 patients in the hos-
always well within the law and the
at the Valentine ore operations be- merits of the case.
struck on
rod of an
ed. He w
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ne of
the head by
engine and
as about 35
the
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the eccentric
ngantly kill-
old apd
y esteemed
community. This
fact is best the co
of 157 vehicl
mains from
in-la ring
urch
There was
people “o pay
Ma: John
directing
ing processional to the cemetery,
The 28rd Psalm—Up-to-Date
From PFlain Talk.
Hoover is my shepherd—I am in
want.
He leadeth me beside the still
factories.
He disturbeth my soul
He leadeth me in the paths of de-
struction for his party's sake.
Yea, when I walk through the val-
ley of the shadow of depression,
1 anticipate no recovery, for
Hoover is with me; » son’ in mY
He prepareth a uction
slpey the presence of mine en-
emies;
He anointed my small income with
taxes.
My runneth over. :
Surely unemployment and poverty
will follow me the days of the
Hoover administration.
And I will dwell in a mortgaged
house forever.
Amen,
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——-John Breon, janitor and spe-
cial police officer at the court house,
made nis first arrest, last Saturday,
but after he got his man he didn’t
know what to do with him so after
a little heated argument he left him
go.
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his re- | 12 cents and from that up, and the
father- | cost of entering each one was $1.50,
1ows- | which. will be
‘man who couldn't or wouldn't pay
morning, when requiem 4... 12 cents and now will have $1.62
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the knocked down to individual pur-
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During the past two weeks sixty
or more tax liens on the 1930 tax
duplicate have been entered of rec-
ord in the prothonotary's office.
as!
tough luck for the
to pay. Over in Clearfield county |
1691 properties were offered for
and only 129 were
for the county. The 129 properties
were bought for $4830.33. The ad- |
vertising, of sale, Etc., were
$3000, leaving a balance of $1800 to
go into the county treasury. |
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The Bellefonte garden club has
started something. Since its organ-
ization a year ago it has been agitat-
ing rock gardens with such good |
effect that a number of women in |
Bellefonte have appropriated so)
much of their town lots for rcim
and flower gardens that there is
very little ground left for vegetable
gardens. In fact we heard one man
remark that he had to have five
tons of stone hauled onto his lot to!
make the rock garden and all he
has left is a small patch for beans
and tomatoes.
In closing this column we want to
remark to the members of the re-
cent grand jury that the pigeons
have not yet been removed,
——At the Eclectic Medical asso-
ciation State convention at New
Castle, on Saturday, Dr. R. H. Meek,
of Avis, was elected first vice presi-
dent, and Dr, Nannie M. Glenn, of
State College, treasurer.
pital at the beginning of the week.
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IN BELLEFONTE CHURCHES
ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
9:30 A. M., The service and ser-
10:45 A. M., The service and ser-
mon: “Come to Call Sinners.”
7:30 P. M,, The vesper service and |
sermon: “The Narrow Way.” i
Clarence E. Arnold, pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH
Church Bible school, C. C. Shuey,
Br oo
Oi € an . e,
6:30, has a highlight topic—prepar.
leader—this meeting interests
young people. Worship—10:45 ser-
mon; reception of members; evan-
gelistic service, starting with song
od, 7:30. Good music by a large
chorus. Next Sunday 12th, Children’s |
Day: Baptism of children under
seven years of age.
Horace Lincoln Jacobs, Minister.
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ST. JOHN'S REFORMED CHURCH
Next Lord's day in the St. John’s
Reformed church, Bellefonte, the
guest preacher will be a former
classmate of the pastor, the Rev, E.
W. Moyer, who has completed this
gpring two years post te
work at the Boston University. He
has been for eight years a worker
among the mountain le of Ken-
tucky. Mr. Moyer will preach in the
morning. There will be no evening
worship service,
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Leonard Bailey, of High Park,
Mich., and Jennie Bowersox, of Phil- | °P€
ipsburg.
Clair O. Bickle and Helen L.|
Smith, both of Warriorsmark,
Homer Joseph Saxion aad Luella
Mary Hastings, both of Pleasant
Gap.
Paul D. Glasgow, of Coburn, and
Lorayn M. Confer, of Spring Mills.
Edward LeRoy Cain and Mabel | gal
Kathryn Shaffer, both of Bellefonte. |
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A FINAL APPEAL FOR HELP
TO KEEP OPEN THE FAMOUS
BELLEFONTE ACADEMY
Every man, woman and child in
Bellefonte knows the reputation of
the Bellefonte Academy as an edu-
cational institution, and what it
would mean if the school should be
forced to close for lack of financial
assistance at this time. Because of
this fact we publish the following
communication, which is self-explan-
atory:
Dear Mr. Editor:
Many inquiries have been made
by my good friends as to whether I
have received any favorbale respons-
es to the appeal for loans that ap-
peared in the Bellefonte weekly
newspapers recently,
I am very loath to report that up
to this writing not one offer of a
loan of any amount has been made.
I am still that my appeal
will be considered very favorably
by those who may be in financial
position to assist me in my efforts
to keep the old school in the scho-
lastic competition that will prevail
in future years.
I have often wondered whether
the citizens of Bellefonte and Cen-
tre county really appreciate the
financial and scholastic benefits that
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emy.
The support that the Academy
has given to the churches and every
noble enterprise in the county when
prosperous prevailed, and the
support it will give along these
lines in future years if allowed to
continue its existence, must not be
overlooked.
Several small loans would help a
lot at this most critical period .n the
history of the Academy.
Of course it doesn't help us out of
our present troubles to announce
that many other schools of our type
are greatly distressed at this time,
and are not certain that they will be
able to open next tember,
In spite of any statements that
may be made by those unacquainted
with the mission of the private
schools, the fact remains, and al-
ways will remain, that there is an
absolute need for private schools,
for they have a work to perform
peculiar to themselves.
A noted educator has recently
said, “Even though industry may
siop private schools must go on.”
“To private school patrons posterity
is more important than prosperity.”
If the Academy would be forced
to close because of the indifference
of citizens who might be able to
render assistance now, it will prove
a forceful illustration of the old
adage, “You never miss the water
till the well runs dry.”
will
Immediate assistance
the day.
Very respectfully yours,
JAMES R. HUGHES.
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P. O. S. OF A. WILL RAISE
FLAG AND HOLD FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, JUNE 11TH,
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save
The P. O. 8. of A. are counting
on having a big time in Bellefonte
on Saturday evening, June 11th.
They will have a parade at 6:30
o'clock, a public meeting and flag-
raising in the Diamond, to be fol-
lowed by a band concert and festi-
val on the vacant lot near the Logan
fire company building, on Howard
street, The affair will be under the
auspices of Washington camp, of
Bellefonte, but members of the order
from all sections of the county have
been invited to participate.
Among the speakers who will be
present are Judge M. Ward Fleming
and John G. Love, of Bellefonte;
Federal Judge Albert W, Johnson, of
Lewisburg, and Harry J. Farr, of
Sayre, master of forms of the State
organization.
——Residents of Bellefonte who
have loved ones lying at rest in the
Union cemetery, and few there are
who haven't, are fortunate in
having as caretaker of that home
of the dead such a man as Alexan-
der Morrison. Aside from the fact
that the grass showed the result of
the absence of rain the cemetery
never presented a better
than it did on Memorial day.
had been cut and nea
med on all lots in care of the
tery association and dried up
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ed. And, as one man put it, “it's
not a bad-looking place for a fel-
low's final home.”
Surgeon’s Bids Wanted
From the Atascadero, Cali.,, News
rofessional men
ds on small quantities of prin
matter is sometimes exasperating
to printers.
In many cases bids are asked on
jobs amounting to onl a few dol-
lars, where securing the p :
roposals
| must inevitably cost more in time
and trouble than any possible saving
would repay.
Acco to
when a surgeo
small quantity of letterheads,
also requested that the type form
be left standing, so that he might
have the benefit of cheaper rates
for future orders) the printer wrote
surgeon etter:
the sm in the market for bids on one
ration for appeudieitia. Ope, iro
five inch incision— or -
of with or without
der. removed, successfully, bidder
is expected to hold incision open for
about sixty days as I expect to be
in the market for an operation for
stones at that time and want to
save the extra cost of cutting.”