NO. 49
CENTRE HALL. PA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER (1, 1905,
THE NEW ROAD LAW. |
OL. LXXVIHL
PENNSY
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the Reporter to Assist Him in Se i
curing Life Iusurance, Ete {
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OUNTY HEWS.
| HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
i FROM ALL PARTS.
| There are several cases of small pox
the | in Renovo,
| Mecklin and sand
works, at McVeyton, were destroyed
by fire recently,
NANIA RAILROAD TOURS, | INCIDEXTS OF 1876
A VERY LIVE CoRvse
| Writes
side the board, pay out all moneys on |
written orders and paid for his | 6, etar
services amount to exceed 2] Cll irniture Factory, at L
per cent, | killed att
Hection 6 provides for the laying | The from one of
snd payment of taxes, ete. {city dailies, 2npeared in a recent issue |
The board is to have monthly meet- | of the Rey
inge, but is
Attrmotive Outings Daring the Winter and
spring Under ita Personslly.-Conduoted
Nynieom
Local Items Taken from the Uentre Ke.
porter of Interest to 1905 Readers,
[ Note : The spelling of proper names w the same
as found in the files of the Reporter. |
JANUARY 6-—Bamuel Motz sold his
farm of 90 acres, near Woodward, to
David Orndorf, at $120 per acre.
Dr. W. A. Jacobs, of Orbisonia, has
located here and intends to practice
his profession.
The new Township Road Law was
passed by the Legislature and was
signed by the Governor on the 12th of
April, 1905.
Bection 1 of the Act provides that
townships of the second class, elect at
the next February election a Board of
three Road Bupervisors, one for one
year, one for two years and one for
three years. Nearly all the townships
be and treasurer of th
an not wk Haven, wa
I'he Railroad Com-
«iy has arrspged the following series
{ attractive Personally-Conducted
Pours for the season of 1505 and 1908
— Leave New York Jan-
A thirty-day tour by special
train, covering interesting
Pennsylvania R :
3 vormal ralirosd crossing Toesday
Br
above, taken
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Fhe Mtevens
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iif orter, and leads Mr. Balmon, |
California | ‘ |
/ receive compen- | #ecretary and treasurer of the (linton
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shall | Furniture ¢ giupany, to exclaim :
submit an- |
Havin, Pa., Dee. 7.
not to
board
nual statements and make report to |
unary 25 : ; 3 ’
’ sation {he ‘Off the tr Hey, to the
from
applies
electrie line
‘ulm
Pullman Look
1915 | nro ieot
i ) | proj
to build an
dus in the West, Round-trip rate,
expense~, $375 from all
nts enst of Pittsburgh.
P
covering
po
Grand Canyon of Arizona —Leave
New York March 1 A thirty-one day
tour by special Pullman train, cover-
ing only the Grand Canyon but
the resorts of California. Rouod-trip
rate, covering all expenses, $385 from
ali points east of Pittsburgh,
mil
not
Fiorida.— Leave Néw York February
6 and 20 and March 6. Two weeks to
three months in the Sunny Peninsula.
Rouund-trip rate, $50 from New York,
#48 from Philadelphia, and proportion-
ale rates from other points,
Detailed are now in
course of preparation. For further in-
formation address Geo. W. Boyd, Gen-
eral Agent, Broad Btreet
Station, Philadelphia, Pa.
llineraries
Passenger
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For # burns, scalds
sod sitaiiar injuries, there is nolhing
80 good as Chamberlain's Pain Bali.
It soothes the aud not only
gives al uost ins'ant relief from paio,
but causes the parts to heal in about
tani
Emergency Medlelne,
ains, bruises,
wound
one i the time required by the
stent, Sold by F. A Carson,
W Tus-
Usual Lre
Potters Mills: BWAria,
Bry
y ville,
tigi
Breon--Tressler,
A pre home wedding was that at
the howe of Mrs,
tue Brauch on Wednesday evening of
pumber of invited
present to witbess the
marriage of Miss Nora Tressler to
Daniel Hreon of the same place. After
of the splendid marriage
bride's mother, the
happy yu g couple left fora brief
wedding (vur to Altoona. The bride
is a good girl sud will do her part to-
twaukivg their home pleasant,
JL I8 8 of Mr. and Mrs,
Breon sud is a sober and io-
Emma Tressler on
iasl week when a
guests were
thie servin
supper by ih
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dustrious young farmer.
seats ——
Paid sabseription
adler is indebted to the fol-
persons for cash received
F. A. Foreman, Chas,
Ur. D. M. Wolf, Aifred Darst,
I. soyder, Mrs, George E
Mrs. Cora Hall, Wa. Bower,
Emerick, J. F. Emerick, R
¢, KF. W. E. Suyder, John F
Tue Reg
lowing on
subscription :
Btump, Ur,
J BILes
db ver
John H. Keller sold his house and
lot in Centre Hall to Mrs. McCully, of
Milroy, for $1500.
The ladies of the Lutheran church
held a fair December 24 and 25, and
cleared $150
Manassa Geiss, of Penn Hall, while
cutting down an apple tree, was struck
on the head by a limb of the falling
tree, and was knocked senseless,
JANUARY 13—A. CO. Ripka goes west
io the spring —John Limbert quits
the Aaronsbarg hotel soon, and Elijah
Burd becomes landlord. —W. H. Bar
tholomew was trested to a lively sere
nade of bells n few evenings ago—
matrimony.
JANUARY 20—Mic'iael Musser was
appointed postrusster at Asronsburg,
in place of John Cronmiller, who re
signed,
Dr. J. F. Alexander has arrived from
Michigan, snd will practice his pro-
fession In Centre Hall.
Henry Garver, west of Centre Hall,
on the first of January, noticed a num-
ber of grasshoppers slong the moun-
tain,
Washiugton L obarger killed =
three-foot garfer snake on the second
day of this month. The remarkably
wart weather brought the snake out
of hiding.
There »re a number of cases of small
pox in Walker township,
JANUARY 27--Jerome
opened a cash in
stand
FEBRUARY 8—Jscob Kepler, Jr,
purchased the old Kepler farm, in
Ferguson township, at $756 per acre.
The Hastings farms, up Buffalo Ran,
sud within six miles of Bellefonte,
were sold last week at from $35 to $55
per acre.
FEBRUARY 10—The receipts of the
Bald Eagle, Nittany, Brush and Penne
Valley turnpike during the past year
were $3,732 65, and the expenses $3.
800 01, leaving a deficit of $67 38
FEBRUARY A-—-Bamuel Floray
broke ground for a new house in Cen
tre Hall. [ Tuis is the house pow oo
cupied by Chas. D. Bartholomew, ]
The barn of Wm. Bell, near Pleasant
Gap, was destroyed by fire on the 12th
inst His loss was wbout $500. Mr.
Bell's little boys found some matehes
on the ro d, sod lighted them, caus
tog the siraw wo take fire,
Epiglmeyer
«tore Durst’s old
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yer, Mrs, Joosthan Musser,
L Usinpbell, Mrs, Kate Mapes,
Abe, Lo,
i Homsu, J, tL.
J. W. Brooks, Awron Long,
Hamer, Dr. A. G. Lieb, W.
J. H. Wagner, Miss Emilie
Alexander, Wm. ('. Sweeltwood, J. A,
, MM. J. becker, N. E. Eme-
rick, Geo. Armbruster, J. T. Potier,
Mrs, Eliza Smith, Jacob Detwiler,
Mrs, Mary A. Rearick, Ww. Riber, 8
P. Heuunigh, Jacob Meyer, J. W. Et
linger, Eliza Stump, A. H. Hunter, M.
Clayton stover, William Klinefelter,
DRLgiel,
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When Judge Alton B. Parker, the
Democratic nominee for president,
made the charge that corporations
were contributing toward the Repub-
lican campaign fund, President Roose-
velt replied with much indignation
that the charges were unqualifiedly
and atrociously false. Since then the
legislative committee of New York
has forced admissions that large sums
of money were paid to Mr. Cortelyou,
expressly for Mr. Hoosevell's benefit,
Now if the President wants to give s
square deal, Jet him drive Mr. Cortels
you sud Mr. Bliss before the New
York committee and tell just how
much mouey the Republican osm
paigu committee got from corporations
through their systematio blackmailing.
It is the Presideut/s turn to give a
‘square deal.” Will be do ity
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Minority Leader John Sharp Wilk
jams declares that the Dewoorats are
not following Roosevelt but leading
him. The president has pitched Lig
rate regulation tent on the Democratic
camp ground, ail right, all right.
There is no questioning what Prof.
Groff and Prof. Burface are making of
themselves, but its a question as to
who's the biggest.
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In a proposed rempportionment bill,
Centre, Union, Boyder sod Mifflin
counties comprise the thircy-second
senatorial district.
St MARIAN
What this country needs is a currens
Cy elastic enough to stretch over
Christmas
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Martied— Dec tuber 28, Miss C. Bell
Price, of Boalsburg, and B. 5. Wilson,
. Decemabe: 22, John
H. Larch and Miss Lizgie Jacobs |
. At Grant, Mo.,, December
19, E. 8 Garver, formerly of Centre
Hall, and Miss Mary Frankes ,
December 21, Pierce Musser sod Miss
Alige Kresmer, both of Millbeim |
December 23, Reitzel Wolf, of Penn
township, and Miss Ellen Bitner, of
Potter tovnship . . . January 4, John
shook and Miss CU. C. Luse, both of
Gregg township . . . Javuary 8, J, C.
Haukin, of Des Moines county, Iowa,
and Miss Sallie RB. Brisbin, of Boals-
burg . . . January 12, Joseph Crotser,
of Centre Hall, sud Mm. C. Logue, of
Boalsburg , . , January 16, Franklin
Bower and Miss Elizabeth Kormmn,
both of Haines township . , , Janu-
ary 23, Daniel Voneids and Mise 8S.
Hosterman, both f Halves township.
.Javuary 20, David Y. Wagner,
of Houserville, and Miss Caroline Gep-
hart, of Hublersburg , . , January 18,
Jared Confer, of Centre Hall, and Miss
Henrietta Smetzler, of Potter town.
stip . . . January 80, Johu Shutt and
Ellen Fye, both of Potter township.
. + +dnuuary 11, George Geistwite
aud Miss Muggle A. Dorman, both of
vear Aaronsburg,
Minnie Howe Held tor Marder,
Mrs. Miunie Rowe was arrested in
Horantop on” the pharge of poisoning
her busband, William Rowe, of Lew.
istown,
Last October Mr. Rowe, after eating
his dioper from a dinper pail, beoame
violently ill, snd shortly thereafter
died. Willismu Martz, a fellow labore
er in the Burnham works, was given
a plece of ple by Rowe and he also be
came in, .
The stomach of the dead man was
analyzed, and it was found to contain
arsenic. It was upon this evidence
that the woman, aged twenty-three
years, was placed under arrest, and
lodged in the Mifllin county Jil,
Ton of Chop por Hour,
The Centre Hall Roller Mills made a
vew gtiodiog record Monday
in the Btate come under this second
class. Those of the first class are gov-
erned somewhat like a borough and
must have a population of 300 to the
aquare mile,
The second section provides for the
organization of the board which shall
have the same rights about laying the
tax as the present system provides ;
but, iu addition, every taxable shall be
assessed one dollar in addition to the
millage tax. This section also provides
“that soy towopship may, by a mn
jority vole of the electors thereof, at
the February municipal election, after
30 days’ notice thereof change the HY te
tem of taxation for working the public
roads.” A petition must be handed to
the Court—signed by at least twenty.
five taxpayers of the township. If
the vole carries for a cash the
State will furnish fifteen per cent. of
the amount raised in cash, which, of
course, will be paid the year after, just
as the school appropriation is paid.
This Is a very important feature of
the bill.
Of course, the work plan will be the
one in operation if not changed as in-
dicated and the same notices must be
given as under the old law,
Hection 8 provides that the Board of
Road Bupervisors divide their town.
ships into rosd districts of
than 5 miles each. And shall appoint
the road masters who are to work on
the roads and carry out the plans of
the Board of Road Bupervisors. This
Board of Supervisors shall fix the
wages paid per hour to the road mss.
ters and In addition, the
board will have the right to contract
with suy citizen in the township for
the keepiug ig repair of not more than
three miles of road for vot a longer
period than three years
Section 4 provides for
materials, ete, and permittiog
townships to purchase these machines
in partnership, and a method of die.
solving the partnership.
Bection 5 requires the treasurer to
give bond and that he be a person out-
tax
not less
iaborers.
purchasing
two
The telephone is the next modern
convenience that will find ite way in-
to the progressive, live aod contented
farmer's howe. Today the telephoue
in the country home is looked upon ss
8 luxury ; in the near future it will te
deemed un necessity, later quite con
mouplace, bul always exceedingly us
ful and profitable; finally
peunsable,
What can be done with Centre Hall
as a hub, cen best be shown by re
citing the workings of the rural tele.
phone lines, the building of farmer's
telephone exchanges in other sections,
The particular locality referred to here
i= that of Waynesboro and surround.
ing country.
According to a map lying before the
writer, Waynesboro is the central
point into which run eight rural or
farmer telephone lives, leading out in
all directions and connecting all the
progressive farmers and villagers with-
in a radius of seven miles. There are
thirty miles of poles and one hundred
and fifty miles of wire, which connects
fifty farmers with the central point,
The farmer or rural telephone com.
pany operates ita own exchange, the
indie
the lines, cost $3000, This system in-
terchunges with the Peousylvania
Telephone Company, and uses its lines
for an outlet,
This has been accomplished at
Waynesboro, IL is possible to sccom-
plish the same thing at Centre Hall
and other points in Centre county,
Ketth's Theatre,
Keith's Chestnut Street Theatre,
Philadelphia, offers various features
of interest this week, Heading the
list ls Valerie Bergere, supported by a
company of five. Bhe appears in a
one-act romantic drama, ** Carmen,
adopted from the famous opera of that
name, There is fun especially for the
children: Howard's comedy ponies
and dogs, the four Piccolo midgets,
wrestling and boxing. Fun is furnish.
ed for everybody by Clifford & Burke,
scoentric comedians, and Taylor
Holmes’ monologues, Other attrac
tions are, Harry Le Clair, * The Bern-
hart of Vaudeville’ ; the great Wel-
son troupe, peerless rope performers ;
Jeanette Flelsig, the midge: mimic;
the Nichols slaters, with their darky
imitations ; Charles and Jack
AIM nn,
Read the Reporter,
the State Highway Commissioner
The board shall
proceedings and shall uot be
work done or contracts
as imposed by exlating laws on BU per
Two shall constitute a quorum
The last
of
inconsistent
section repeals all
| parts acts, general or special,
loesl, herewith, or sup-
12,
Al ril 28 1866 and
1901.
1803, act of June £6, 1865 : {
the act of May 24
These acts not repealed refer te
and make
which
the act
the road tax
I'ne Flinn
counties to build roads
tions pay
roads, not, alle
ing townships of the first
iret class and a
smendment to that act, respectively,
Where
WOorRing
townships
der
al present ar
ui a special law having
three
all expired, no election shall take 1
for
eX pire,
This
such office except as their term
Inw is a
The
generally discussed b
step in the right
recijon, provisions of the
were not ¥
tax payers when the me
attention
given it
the February election
passed, and little
cently Was Bi Oe,
prosch of
brings ti
¢ question to the
¥ f ¥ +
one of the test
imporia
the eleciors iB Lo elect %
Board of Road Bupervisors,
Upon the Board of ~ Ipervisors ds
peuds entirely whether or not
shail be high or low : whet
Heror n
the roads will be lmproved syslemali
wily, and whether the money sn«
Inbor expended will actually Huprove
the roads
Fhe new road law should be
cussed thoroughly, with a view of de
the old
ax should be conti
termining whether
Ww
Eyslenm «
rking out the
ued, or whether the road tax
be paid in onsh aod receive
BOA
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a
15 per cent, from Lhe state,
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trim Tele phic we {
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the past few mont!
representative
Opal)
Will
8 hiss beet
fsnun. of
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efforts, the building
investigated by 8 commit os
OF the Uentre County Pow
a § i & y i
ald ialer a syslematic plan
building sod management
by the Uentre County Pomona Grange
his war sccomplished
the
by-laws (0
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tion of a constitution and
the
Company,
expedient,
to that
govern
Central
deemed
similar
project,
At Waynesboro the farmers at once
established a telephone exchange. In
this section it is proposed first to build
rural liues, connect with the Penunsyl-
vania Telephone Company's ex.
changes, and later when the stock-
holders of the rural telephone CO Pie
nies have well established lines, com.
| bine the lines and operate their own
exchanges,
| Mr. Gann, who is an untiring work
{er in the interests of his employees,
| has unfolded the Pennaylvania Tele
phone Company's rural line spslem so
thoroughly that the above plans were
| laid on & broad foundation,
The building of several rural lines iu
Centre county withio the next six
months is asstred.
proposed Branch sud
the latter when
lo be operated
of the Waynesboro
LOOALS,
_ Liveryman Will Rahl, of Bpring
| Mills, was in town Monday night.
Read the Index advertisement. It
may help you to decide what you want
to buy for Christmas,
A doe having a pair of four-pronged
antlers was killed by a bunting party
in the Boootsc regions. This is a rare
malformation of the kind in the deer
family.
Mr. and Mrs. BE. G, Van Pelt, of
Ithaca, N. Y., came to Centre Hall
Saturday, and remained until the mid.
dle of the week. They are always
gladly received by their many friends,
Two items from the MiMinburg
Times. Mrs. Aunie Wyle was at
Anrovsburg over Sanday last, the
guest of her wone, Harry and B. W.
Wyle. George Boob, of Harris town.
ship, is visiting Mr. and Mrs, Na
thaniel Boob, near town,
EniTor CENTRE REPORTER,
Centre Hall, Pa.
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Huber, lo William Groh
baugh, of Boalsburg,
morning, December 200h, at
o'clo kK.
So — A SAS
Evans Homestead Sold
IL. K. Evans, of Pottsville, to James
P. Grove, east «un Centre Hall. The
property contains some tweuly acres,
8 splendid brick house
outbuildings on it. The
was $2,500, Mr. Grove will
in the spring.
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sid
price paid
occupy it
and has
High-priced Horse Flesh,
Watercress, a brown stallion, sixteen
years old, was sold at the Tipton &
Fasiy sale, New York, for §71,000 10 J.
B. Haggin., With the exception of the
price paid for St. Blaise, sold for §100,-
000, this is the largest amount ever
paid for a stailion in this country. The
highest amount ever paid for a race
horse at auction was $187,000 for Fly-
ing Fox, the star of the late Duke of
Westminster's stables,
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Preparing Stock for Sale,
Mrs. Thomas Decker, of near State
College, will have one of the large
sales next spring. She has some flue,
blooded stock, and io order to have it
in the pink of condition, she has we.
cured William M. Bwabb to feed and
groom it between this and the day of
the sale. Mr. Bwabb has earned a
reputation iu this live, and Mrs, Deck-
er and the purchasers will find that
his services have well been worth the
wages paid him. Besides the flue lot
of stock, there will be sold the best
outfit of farming lmplements to be
found on any one farm in Centre
county.
Why not advertise in the Reporter,
| Milest irg to State Coll “
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irisbin returned from Ander.
y, Georgia, Monday worning,
ich pleased with his trip.
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Mra. (aris will visit
W. H 1yder,
Hun, in the near future.
of Centr
Philadelphia
Byron her
wighter, Mrs, Hr at
orge W. Bmith, Hill, is
gE from where he
‘nl several days with his sister,
D. P. Breon will from Mill-
fol.
move
m to Jeannette, where he will
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and paper hanging,
vi or ..
. yy. Kuneg, of
the
Blanchard,
re-
back door of
her
her arm above the
hi, of the Bmith Brothers
irm, was iatler
the
in town Lt
t week, and called on
Mice of
¥nship.
ssioner-
L came to the home
n Wagner, near
ually
GLUk
ire child
acher,
siurasiiza-
Hall,
ia ©
it~
follow
rove
li
ire the
Hares
Rin~-
extin.
without
doliar
year | place a six on ny
bed. dne paper is a welcome visitor
vise iL gives all the news from my
howe. "James I. Snyder, Free
rt, Lilinois,
Vellig
you
is BO sPRG One
ihe installation of Rev, W, M. Rear-
ai church, will take place this { Thurs.
eveniug. The charges will be
delivered by Rev. W, K. Diehl, of
Middleburg, and Rev, J. M. Rearick,
of Centre Hall,
Rev. W. J. Wagner has socepled the
pastorate of the New Bloomfield Lae
eran charge of thiee congregations,
and will enter upon the new fleid
about the first of February. He is at
present located at Buckhorn, Colum.
bia county, where he has been serving
for Lhe past Lhree years,
day )
Iie United Telephone Company has
added to its list of subscribers, at Bate
College, Prof. L. 0. Etters residence,
J. Li. Holmes, Notary Publie, J. Gor
den Miller and B. W. Housel residence,
apd W. D. Custard, paper hanger.
hey miso have established Sunday
service on the State College exchange,
With a lighted oil lamp in her hand,
Miss Bertha Strohmeler tripped on
the siasirway aud fell to the bottom.
The lamp, fortunately, was thrown
beyond ber and did not ignite her
clothing. Mrs. Strohmeler, who was
near by, opened the front door and
pitched the burning lamp out, Aside
from & number of bruises, Miss Strol-
weler was not hart, \
The December ““ Arena” contains a
rich and varied Table of Contents,
Among the distinctly popular papers
we would mention * Uncle Bam's Ro-
mance with Science and the Boil,” by
Frank Vroomasn, a most fascinating
and informing paper showing the
wonderful work that has been accom.
plished by the Agricultural Depart
ment in siding the farmers and in ine
creasing the wealth of the nation,