CENTRE REPORTER. SMITH, Editor Proprietor. THE S.W. and CenTRE HALL, . . Penn’ THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1906 TERME. ~The terms of subscription to the Re. porter are one dollar per year (in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS. —20 cents per line for three insertions, and 5 cons per line for each sub- sequent insertion Other rates made known on upplication. Stitzer- Zones, Stitzer and Miss Mable both of Spring Mills, journeyed point ( presumably ork state) Friday of last week, returned man and wife, that the young couple their council, The loged in the blacksmith Hucedss and people. Samuel Zones, to some unknown day r than ping WI 3 em loaned x * ing ’ Floyd Bowersox. es to the young ——— 100 Telephone Poles Want ed, i tel phone in wanted poles, diam- by Patrons Pelephove Company, Apply to F. E. Wieland, Linden Hall ; Bamuel Durst, Richard Brooks, D. 1. Bartges, gr, 8ix inches i, Aare Branch Company No. 7, The Rural es fe Mites some Fishburn Dead 1# Fishburn, the Mr. and Mrs. Bellefonte, young- Henry Neat died 1 + Ar 3 i » fF YYEQHESGAY O16 IAs twer Lyi week, aged about Her death was due first sickness being WO Vears, to pneumonia, her an attack of measles, etemmisomii fh tag en Married Almost 6% Years Mr, and Weaver will brate the sixty-second marriage y in April, Mr. Weaver ve and Mrs, Weaver is eighty- George 1 cele ir anniversar is eighty-| old. Wo years se————— oo essistmnee— be resuined c——————— LOCALS, LE-—-A good two-horse wagon Enquire of H. W. Dinges, Centre Hall. | Examine ti Perhs 1e label on your Reporter, 8 you will want a six, if you i] see a five there, Mercury stood at eight above zero The recently property and will be employed loses Gilbert nas Brungart, Michael Fiedler, Acker, Dakota engage in I ; and Lowell Aaronsburg for South where they X Deo! to 1aft farming. Andrew Zett porter office he will mov farm that at D. W. Mr. and Tussey ville, Mrs. John being an aunt aged Iady. aged and is in delicate health. the Re- this spring Hall the vacated at to by artpes, rs William tended t ne : Bitner, of funeral of Badger, at Mifflinburg, she former, and an Mr. Badger is also quite al he of the The county bridge at Colyer was in- spected by the county commissioners Wednesday, W. Boyd Musser, of Heranton, a representative of the come pany that repaired the bridge, accom- panied the commissioners. The work done on the structure was to substitute iron girders for wooden ones, Rev, James W. Boal, D, D., of Cen- tre Hall, will fill the appointment in the Btate College Presbyterian chureh, Bunday morning and evening. The pastorate at that point is vacant, and it is possible that Dr. Boal will preside at a congregational meeting which wiil take steps to secure a pastor, deal in the March McClure’'s that you don’t want to miss, Miss Ida Tarbell’s * Commer cial Machiavellism ”’ brings home the lax morals that have built up great corporations and business houses, showing how the axioms of Machiavel- I's * Prince,” although pretty strong even for Italy of the Medici, form the catechism of the modern captain of industry. There is a good The readers of the Reporter will re gret to learn that Mrs. G. Y. Meek, of Tyrone, has been confined to the Na- son Hospital, at Rouring Bpring, since Inst November. She is being treated for a nervous affection, her left side be- ing almost helpless. Mrs, Meek is the mother of Mrs, Henry EK, Homan, east of Centre Hall, and recently the lady paid her mother a visit, At that time Mrs, Meck was at her home, but after two weeks was obliged to return to the hospital, ed as improving slowly, i ——— The dreamer who is up in the clouds doesn’t always live high, The life line in the hand is worth two wrinkles in the face, _—_,_ ss na A DUBE AND LOT FOR BALE. The un demsigned offers at private sale his house and lot, located in Boalsburg. The structure is built of brick, two story, three rooms down and four upstairs, There is also a frame addition, 20x30, the lower part of which may be veed for a business place snd the second floor for a hall, The stable has ¥ been remodeled, The out- buildings, incinding a wash house, old fashioned bake-oven, are all in good repair. There is also a well, clastern and running water on the ines, The Jortion js sa good as San be ill Boal bur For further intorma apply 8 IP Wiese po 1 Boalsburg, Pa, i DR. DIXON'S PLEA FOR VACCINATION State Health Commissioner Earnestly Appeals to Parents to Protect Their Children From the Horrors of Small-pox. SAYS PEOPLE ARE MISGUIDED ' Anti-Vaccinationists Fill Parents Minds With Prejudice,'But In Spite of Opposition the Law Is Being Enforced In Thousands of Schools. Lr. health, int Dixon, state commis has given in reference the vaccination United States and holds cine farms of Samuel out the to the law ol rview govern under the may the Super coun people in iat our have purest ination wll-pox, the onee the f small-pox that have yivania the last few years, and which this QCCurr “One of th 19035, prov the hools | that if the paren tO Dit an iit it Thousands Being Vaccinated. : +} nda nt 4 hildrar tacusands ol R008 chlidrer into a known infection thus iY quickly attack an en ated district, carrying off children and adults be has been checked come naver that comes along the and alms « return for the ct asks { your little one's it with deadly amall: H, and, ther: fore, the when it re. illdren shall in the rural * crowded city.” A Strong Personal Plea. : i311 v followit WwW IR Wise in IVAccinated from arred as hool 3 well > i + Ig letter has been Commissioner Dizon to a of a district where ts have stirred up op tae enlorcement of the law: Sir--The fact that your misguided worries me do fot realize how I sym. those who are in immi- canger and refuse to protect €ives. They seem to be crazed hn vaccination, which fact is inconsist- ent with their faith in antitoxin for diphtheria, demonstrated by the fact that they receive from one hand of the commonwealth the antitoxin which produced in the horse, while they cept from the other hand state vaccine which is pro- uced irom the cow, This alone convinces me that their minds have been poisoned by some latan’s statements. | wish 1 could ence them to listen to the facts ch have convinced the medical rolession of the great blessing that sccination has been to humanity. Unchain the horrible monster small-pox--by taking Away vaccina- tion, and inside of two generations our prosperous state would have her in dustries paralyzed and her cemeteries overcrowded with the victims of that dread disease, Your people say they have not had emall-pox for 40 years. Do they ever stop to realize the fact that many of them have owned their homes for a longer period without having had them reduced to ashes by fire, and yet dur. ing that entire time they have been wise enough to keep up their fire in. surance? Why is this? know that fire may come at any time and leave them homeless, Why, therefore, do they not realize that amall-pox may come at any mo- ment and take away from them those nearest and dearest to their hearts, robbing them of all that is In life to make them happy? Unjust Criticism, I have suffered much by having a people like yours eriticise me when | sent {ealth mbm Because they tat cd - a BARN BURNED AT BOALSBURY. Horses, CUnttle and Hogs, Implements, Grain and Stover Go Up in Smoke Heavy Loss to Tenant, Joseph Meyer Fire Likely of Incendiary Origin, What is familiarly known as the Ishler barn, immediately west of Boalsburg, with sll its contents, was totally destroyed by fire Thursday aft- ernoon of last week, at 2:80 o'clock The fire is generally supposed to have been of incendiary origin, The tenant, Joseph Meyer, a young man, was ab- sent from home when the fire occur- red. Mrs. Meyer and several small children, who were unable to leave the house, were at home on the afternoon of the fire. Mrs. Meyer had been at the barn at noon, and several men passed by along the road, but no one discovered any one or any thing un- usual about the premises. (irave suspicion rests on an indi- Meyer an anonymous letter a few days prior, but up to this writing no arrest bas been made, The barn, which was the property of the Peter Hoy estate, was in fairly good condition and was insured in the Centre Hall fire insurance company for $900, and the grain for $160. The personal property burned was that of Joseph Meyer, and was insured surance Company, P. of H., in the sum of $775. Becretary James A. Keller adjusted the loss Saturday. Mr. will nearly Meyer's insurance not cover the loss, for Mr. Meyer were four work horses, two colts, six head of young cattle, BY :