CLEARING THE WAY FOR ROOT |
By the retirement of Justice Brown
a vacancy will be created on the heneh
of the United States
The position is reported to have hed:
offered to Benator Knox, and decline
by him, and also to Unt,
I'he latter is known to oh
sire Lo become a member of the court,
but until
fi Pausma un
Should he |
the bench to the near future, it
slipreme Calne
Necretury
cherish =» .
Fro ©“
Bjorn i
y prefer to wait hrs
ished his work in i
the Philippi on, 0
Woaestideg |
dispose of hing us a presidential ead)
date, as the net would be considere "|
nny desire
of the White!
House. In that event and the retin
ment ol Secretary shaw, which
scheduled tor the end of Congress, tl
whole power of the National adwin- |
virtual renunciation of
for §
becouse the juctmbent
in|
oe |
{
istration would no doubt be used to |
bring about the nomination of Beere- |
tary Root for President the next |
Republican National Convention. He |
President
Taft
iin the cabinet, bis boo, |
Dy
the
with
understood to be
is
choice, but 1 aturally wih |
shaw both
must slumber,
met————————
Two important reforms are eu
bodied in the Post Office
tion bill it
Government departments sre forbid
den to send
mail matter that could not be sent by
individual citizens on pay ment of ti
regular rates of postage. Billiard tab
would bereafier be excluded from the
ti
Appropria
1
as passed (he
unde frank an
Treasury Uepartment’ nil,
Secretury of Agriculture would be pre
H
cluded from shipping a whole ecarlosd
of trees under his frank sud as a postal
parcel. T pres
vision is directed against the sbu-s of
he other reformatory
the mails by political commitiees and
the *' patriotic” associations whiel;
have beeu securing free distribution «
of the
guise of extracts fr mt
Ons campaigu literature in
paig
ks
Lhe Uongression
al Record and under the frank of SOI
¢nupiacent Senator or Representative,
tse
Farmer Creasy, at rest frou bis (iar
risburg labors, will find some solace for
Lor
troduction of trolley legis
his failure to induce the Governor
permit the |
session iu the
Istion sl the eXira Be
tion of the New Je
of permittiog ce
fre
rsey Senate ju favor [+
nds t
ui 1
vivCiric ro FEI A
sel end
ightivg business, |
i} the busine
¥
is gepeinily Dellvyve
wil prove Viaaslsioie
iy reduce Lie Cust
reducing the luitial cos
road to
Lh
then: oo ihe tins
danger wiil te that rem
portation cotupanies will see
trol the electric service and jon
thal way sole what Jessen
ad vantage,
——
The Alt
retuarks
Peunsy Ivanin is feeling very mucu en.
Controlling ss it
governments of Puiladelphia
Pittsburg sid with the assuravee that!
the split in the Republican party will
contivue, ti
outs Trilune ul
The Devers
couraged, does the
BG |
ww Democratic mapagers |
have a very confident suticipation of
installing vue of their kind
gubernatorial chair
Republicans in Peo usylvania to pres |
veut this, bul Lot certain that!
they are concern d to do it
iu the
Jhereare enough
It J»
i
see — team.
LOCALS
The borough public schools will
close the first week in April,
Edward Bunday, of Milroy, was the |
guest of his aunt, Mrs. Rebecca Floray, |
Thursday of last week.
H. L. Hutchinson, of Bellefonte, |
committee of Mies Jane Pearce, will |
make sale of her personal property at |
Potters Mills, Friday, March 23 one |
o'clock,
The borough of State College has |
contracted with the Nittany Light, |
Heat and Power Company to light the |
streets with electricity. The cost per |
light is to be $1.70 per month, i
The Postoffice Department will issue
two commemorative stamps to be used
contemporaneotsly with the life of the
Jamestown Exposition, from April 281
to December 1, 1907. This fs good |
news to the twelve million Philatelists
of the United States and will give the
Exposition some splendid advertising,
Rev. J. M. Rearick accompanied by
Mrs. Rearick, went to Philadelphia
the latter part of lust week where a
surgeon examined the wound caused
by removing a cancerous growth. The
eminent surgeon saw no cause for
alarm, and fostructed thst Mrs.
Rearick should return for a resexamin.
ation in the course of three months
On his way home from Conference,
Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Rhoads stopped
at Centre Hall for several days, and
visited among old friends. It is al-
most five years since Rev, Rhoads
severed his connection with the Evan
gelical church in this place, but these
years have not lessened his high re
gard for the place and its people. He
was stationed at Mexico, Juniata couns
ty, for another year,
OF
TOURING IN THE EANT
fol, Joh PF Taylor Tells the
Henders About the First
rip To the Holy Land
Purt of
STEAMSHIP ARABIC
CADIZ, BPAIN, FER 17,
My Dear Mr. Binith :
According to promise I drop you a
We left New
morning of the 8th of
Februsry, having real five weather.
went aboard the afternoon of
the 7th. The ** Arabic” in Very way
is a five stenwer, but cold as an open
baru. We went to our berths not to
leep ns much as to keep warm. At
1906,
tote of our tp thus far,
Lhe
A
on
land
to be seen, tinding the weather more
mild and the vessel warmer. The
weather coutinued to grow milder
ench day until we reached Fuuoehal,
vinth, we arose fur out at BER, NO
0
Africa. Here flowers are in full bloon
ing at wbout seventy, In Funchal
own, Madeira Islands rise like « great
It is Jike nu great
HitUtitain, the tops rising 6000 feet,
OVered,
Funchal bas a great history,
Columbus
bere Christopher married
HALL, PA.,
[ As previously announce d, * Write.
Ups?!
are making life a success in other seo-
tions, will appear in The Centre Re-
These
tributions are made by a number of
who
porter from week to week. Con-
writers have kindly consented to
aid in conducting this departinent .—
EpiTor
ddd dis dis SB BB ALAND
wide Sadun
AltA AE EEA 3
Amb Ando tyne
3
3x
eign
1
1
a)
tytn ns,
i
2 £2
Fagin dyn dy
x £1
discovering America.
w lich he lived still stands,
The
mountains ere cultivated and covered
to the top with vineyards, presenting
¢ Inst beautiful appearance, In every
K aud corner is 8 suustant
The
from
K cousiructed of stone. build-
Ug tunterinl is travsported Lhe
f the
ol natives,
i= & beautiful white city.
Ihe
of
justi y Lhe heads
Lutidings are entire ly
rE
o
"
Lweive
pels
the ne?
are sealcely
wilh
f
i Lravel
el wide sud paved stall
on
Old hiy constructed
Iwo drivers-
aL vivre und t other elind—-
with slinrp § » Keep the Xe on
nuve, hie wi Liss wo sesls
sad
tat I sina Petu-
Lhe in-
think I
ever,
lier is
riugese,
I
than
0s,
ie
hg
5 mVing
Lar
i i's ie
f
uf the and
Its
Piss ii
Int gest
Lite Siar Line,
{, bine decks,
317
A
oni d 645, crew all Eug-
XG
ur All the
frnt-cnlag pt
1h Lites
day, with a chinuge iu Lill of fare
fhe t
itvl (he
sevVelles:
pRrsengers on
Are rnetigern, Te
ile js pl Class, full meni
nit
tiny ul Ie ro Neesive That
vey sealvels
G up to Lhe
MOVIN
I bave
Dot experienced mn day of sen sickness,
WEVeN un present
Our Lext stop will be Cadiz, Spain
to Greece, 10 Constanticople, ‘1 urkey ;
from there to Palestine, to Egypt,
Nuplie, Rome, At Valencia, Spain,
we leave the ship to go through France
to Paris thence to Loudon and Liver.
pool. At the latter place we meet the
returu to New York.
Fhe greater part of our tourists are
We have grand lectures every
day, sud Sundays able divines preach
tous, Dr. Wylie, of Washington, D,
C., preaches next Sabbath. We also
have progressive ecuchre parties,
dauces, etc.—plenty to amuse aud
edify,
We may all feel justly proud that
we are Americaus, for I think there is
uo other land like ours,
Very truly,
J. P. TAYLOR
A AG AA AANA
Wires on Branch No, 8,
Ibe wires on Branch Company No.
b, Patrons Rural Telephone Company,
»re on the poles. The speedy con-
struction of this line, which extends
from Bellefoute to a noint almost one
Indies,
the energies of the company’s agent,
Amos Kauffman, This compuny, like
all other branch companies of The Pa
trons Rural Telephone Company, is
made up of the best class of farmers
and citizens in the section through
which the line extends, and It is only
fessonavle (0 expect tha’ they are
pushing matters to completion, and
leaving no bills behi d
——— AP
Plensed Wh Miiiheim,
I he Centre Hall, Jr., Buse Ball Club
is pleased with its trip to Mill
helm saturday, where, in the evening,
they repeated their plays given in
Centre Hall two weeks previous. The
house netted them $25.00, The ama-
teurs were greatly delighted over the
kind trestment received from the
young and old in Millhelm. It is to
be hoped that the citizens of the burg
were as favorably Impressed,
REV. M. LI. JAMISON, ALTOONA, PA.
i
There is such a thing as false prog
ress, and it is a grave question whether
the endowment by millionaires of edu-
cational ipstitutions is pot detrimental
An
the vitslity to maintain i
to the thinking of
| Lo progress institution that lacks
teelf, accord.
rations)
[ostitu-
nd
#
many
ing
minds, has no right to exist
tions or individuals endowed bev
their capacity to assimilate foster
false development snd iu so far fail to
And
indi
equalize our national progress
education of the
hs
itis an in Lhe
vidual He who is born wit Yeliver
On in bis mouth " and who has the
wf
meats of obisining an education thrust
upon him, can not fally appreciate it,
Bd much less impress others with his
OWI § ie
haizs
ersonalily Can not sympa
boy and refer to
with the poor
mean. Many
with
bimeelf an s self-made
bh
a
life
ligne
nol tue result of his own efforts
I
mau, Rev
man looks upon regret
in
Just beenuse what he alin “
ted]
Ja
ul
Lhis issue jo ress
i
Evaugeli
Milton
is
f
of the United church, of
Altoous, a msn not coll bred, but
Jess hae 8 liberal
Ke
Wo never-the eduea-
i
Liou, 8 rich vox abitiinry, ad who i
rakes an one of
wn denomi
¢Miclent
He reovived his early traioing att
Dam
His futher, Mr. Fred
haviog taught in
schools for thirty-five years, the
further
attending
bis « ation
the mosl WO Rers,
Bes ver school, in Gregg town
Jainison,
i dec’d,
country
On
Holloaed fu ft
ting himself by Mills
| heim Grammar school, and the Penn
Academy under Prof DM.
| Wolf, Bix years of teaching brought
i before his vision a new fleld of labor -
that of the ministry, which he began
in 1886 on the Nittany Valley charge
of the Evangelical Association, where
he served for two years. He pursued
the theological course as prescribed by
that church and showed himselfa man
who had the yeast of progress in him,
80 that after serving Washingtonville,
Moutlour county, one year and Hughes
ville three years, he was assigned to a
city church,
where he labored for four years. His
uext appointment was Nescopeck, two
years, and then he was again sent to a
city church, in Baltimore, serving four
years, and since 1902 he has been in
Altoons, where he is highly esteemed
by his people,
Mr. Jamison is a man of few words,
He works quietly ; he does not adver-
tise himself. He plans and sees ahead,
and as a floancial agent he has a good
record, His snnual report before the
conference shows that something has
been done in raising she church debt,
us well as in bringing souls iulo the
kingdom. In the council chamber he
Dever argues a question, but after all
bave had their “say, ’’ if he sees that
the decision I= likely to be wrong he
may Just rise and say a few words, It
is final. He bas weight, and he is
strong as a pastor, He looks after the
poorest of his flock. His diary shows
many calls made at the end of the
year. Bat he never boasts of his own
works,
So many churches now-a-days have
not enough vitality to maintain an
active Christian Endeavor Soclety.
Mr. Jamison's church has one of the
most active in that city. A recent
meeting showed that eighty-seven per
cent. were present, and when the sec
retary called the roll every one re
sponded promptly with an original
testimony. There was life there, It
was an inspiration to listen to the
ready and terse responses,
Lis [ otsteps,
the
THURSDAY. MAR
TELEPHONE CON~OLID ATION
be United
pany has just closed a contract with
Baltillo Telephone Company ( former-
ly connected with
the
the Commercial ),
Inrgest independent telephone
by the two systems will be united in
The
make
one service,
: 2 3 3
Angers
thelr
place the
Company will
lines metallic and
Bell
on their entire system, which
hun-
in-
Whoa
Ingtruruents in service
ju com pons af over or
of
cludes over one hundred
“
i
i
dred miles and
wire
Bg af abmadhpgie
i 2
tele-
phones in towns and
the county, principally
developed by the Bell people.
parts of
a @
un-
The contract goes into eflect
the first of April, snd
when the system fully
united and equipped it will be
to the Bsailtillo
Felephone Company the en-
ia
an
i
is
i
'
a — ———
thrown Oen
tire Huntingdon exchange
and aleo long distance service,
The patrons of the Bell com-
fF 8 3
pany will als) be benefited by
parts of
ion Srna etal. abe thn he
ve
obtaining service in
Huntingdon county that have
heretofore,
been isolated
:
This deal will bring
such points as Baltillo, Three
Colfax,
odd,
and
new
a
i
Wi
spring, Cassville, Calvin,
Latta Grove, Eagle Foundry,
Ridge, Cook's Station
many other Lowns and villages in
Hocky
the
The Baltillo
of the
lower end of the country
company has secured ail Eaat
county, in which to develop the }
They will also
BETVIOR,
ML U
with their other service and
Operate
non exchange in
scerue to the advantage to the gener
$
ie
and ita
11nt
leg hone stem
eg ¥
r of other COM
uty enc
an county
> { :
with Pet sylvan
phote company, such a
Juniata snd SBhaver's Creek compat 3
fre
™
Operating
rg: * Atlenisville nr
moa:
i Mill {
7a $8.0e
v Biles
1¥, Ope rating i
fress
iro
i
reek to Bellew
3
COM PAN §
+
from Mel lonnellstown
Creek Valley, via Markjes
vd Eu
jes which hb
rike nino the sever
rura: in AVe Deen organized
conuecting up farming districts wit
tingdon exchange.
- - -
LMU ALS
HB
a iewmday
bie, of Bprucetown, lef
of isst week
A lArEe gelwtal «lore
which MP Biumbmugh is proprietor.
t
arances Lhe Presideut
much wk in
ire he would not go to the war
From ail a Fe
dors not Llske wis
rEIVICe, «
department for a supreme court Judge.
A house dog aud a wild deer that
was ipjured on the farm of Edward
Pideoe, near Loyalsockviile, Lyecom-
ing county, have become intimate
"friends "’ and sieep side by side in
the barn
William Shields for three terms
register and recorder of Union county,
died suddenly of heart failure, He
telephoned for a physican, but before
the physician arrived the man was
dead. His age was about sixty-five
years,
Dr. J. B. Focht, the former presi
{dent of Busquehanna University at
| Helinsgrove, intends to locate at New
Haven, Conn. Dr. Focht owns a farm
| near that place and he will engage in
| agricultural work with reveral special
| branches.
George Ritter, Lock Haven's oldest
citizen, is no more, After braving the
siorms of uinty-four winters, he died
| Baturday night at the home of his son,
Frank E. itter. He was born near
Trout Run, Lycoming county, March
8, 1812, and celebrated his nintysfourth
birthday last Thursday.
{ Contioued from previous column.)
ning church service was conspicuous
for the large number of men in the
audience, A male quariet sang a gos-
pel hymn with « power that reflected
the source of their loepiration, aud
the pastor followed with an evange-
listic sermon. At the organ Mr, Jami-
son's only daughter, Mies Florence, a
graduate of the Altoona High school,
presided, and Mrs. Jamison, who was
Miss Rose Keen, daughter of Mr, Ja
cob Keen, of Millbeim, led the congre-
yational singing, and altogether the
service was a most impressive one,
Mr. Jamison Las a ministerial ap-
pearance ; he has the mien and aspect
ofa man, What he is he is by his
own efforts ; there is no false develop-
ment in bis makeup, His education
has been symmetrical and a gradual
unfolding of the powers within the
wan himself, He hasn't lost his snip
Mile
either, He is growing. The
oan tse many men of the type of
amison,
ton LJ
15. 19
)6.
TAX EXEMPTION FOR MOOD LOTS
Looking Forward to Muintsining Timber
Supply in Future, and to Encourage
Troe Piunting, — Exemption of Tax
Hecommended
Bometimes men may be coaxed to do
right things where coercion would fail
and where conviction does not avail to
bring useful results, Probably there is
not one landowner out of a hundred in
Pennsylvania who does not know that
8 serious economical mistake has been
made and vast damage done by clear.
lng away Loo large a proportion of the
timber land of the State, The effect of
the denudation of the lund has been, if
bot to decrease the rainfall, to make jts
conservation Ihe rains
practically fall into the streams. There
1s even no retention of the snow in the
sprivglime. The springs are dried up.
The climatic conditions are changed ;
the temperature is less equable, and
the siternation of floods and droughts
nore Cestructive
impossible.
Realizing ull these hurtful condi-
Lions, there is not one landowner in
u
bundred who will set himself singly
about the work of re medy. Theevil is
80 widespread that it daunts and dis
Courages single handed attack, R
incentive is needed to bring on a gen.
OL
eral tree-planting movement.
A bill has been introduced in the
provincial legislature of Ontario { Can-
Bada ) giving the local authorities power
Lo exempt from taxation sa wood lot wu
the extent of one-tenth of the
any farm, nade
oi
Areas
Provision is aga nist
the speculative holding of land os
sibly ns wood lots for the
Leny-
purpose of
EeCapiug taxali in by
Bregale exemptions
making the ag
& charge imme-
if ti
his
wila
it
ned Lo ollier uses
Care
sure prope: |
1
Lill that Lhe
kept
Bu
iVILY. in
ii #HisG A re
quirement of the
exemp -
up to
0 Wood areas shall a
Lutn-
trees, Lhe ex
¢ ¢ A
ais of scientific
iudiog of eattie nnd
foresi ry
By holding out
ell lo landowners in
u induce.
praciical
i»
Yennsylvauia,
GURL a syslem of Ix
eXemplions
Wooded areas as suppieinvontary t
Wesiry legisintion sifendy on the
} 5
Kener
MER hig . ram itaie tO
Clre » lure polive i
Lue Lusk of refo
NO. 11.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Monday morning : Bpow,
D. Paul Fortney and James Furst
have made application to the court to
practice law before it.
¢
Beven horses and a of
span mules
sold at the Glasgow sale, near Wood.
ward, summed up to $1524 50
Miles Moore, son of Jacob Moore, of
Julian, was knocked from freight
train and seriously wounded,
i
The next convention of the National
Educational Association will be held
in Ban Francisco July 7th to
July 14th.
Friday night the bids on the #chool
lote will be opened. If you intend
making a bid, send it in prior to six
o'clock of that day.
from
Harry Ishler, of Boalsburg, will farm
the Ishler farm. He will live in
Boalsburg until the barn on the farm,
recently burned, is rebuilt,
If your post office address will be
changed about the first of April, send
the notice to this office at once. Do
not fail to give both the old and new
address,
In another column will be found an
extract from a letter written by Cel.
John P. Vaylor, of Reedeville, while
sailing on the steamship *““ Arabic,
I'be ietter was mailed at Cadiz, Bpain.
A druggist from Lancaster has rent
ed a room in from H, E.
Duck and will Open a drug store in
that place. For the past few years
Millbeimu has been without a drug
fill
Milli elim
slore
Darban A of David
Willie
Mus-
work-
mill, east
aud
and Iacerated
ser, of Haines town
=hip
Ig at George } ar “AW
thumb
n E,
FOV e
of
1 hursday
ioriger pastor,
Charles 7] president of
quehanna Ur
r : ’ i
J. Ma 1is0On Moyer Will oper oa Llacke
#mith shop at Potters Mills about
April. He
west for the past few
the
the
iilely
first of
had been iu
#5 b
BE
urned (o Pennsy ivanis,
year at
r 1 i
' Ald al press
ent is Jocsted st Reberst »
irg.
|
y Vhs wood lot hint i
i
aering
—— So ————
Edson Fultz » mrdoned
{ vid of pardons Iinrrs
k
Vi oe dwurd, Lliis coliuly, who
rg
¢ {
ison
an pardon FOr
Fultz
BECIVIUR » Loo years selileuce in the
ern penitentiary for co Muplicity in
we Eby brothers about
It will be remuem-
tered that Edson, his w ife, his brother
George sud Harry Kessinger were all
arrested for the robbery They all
plead guilty at the April tern of court
Inst year except Mrs. Fultz, who stood
trial. George Fultz aud Harry Kes.
singer were sent to the reformatory
and Edson Fultz, who appeared to be
the leader of the gang, was given a
two years sentence in the penientiary.
A —————
Beautifal and Touching
Grandmother in a deep reverie
thinking of the days of her courtship
and wedding. The vision of these
bappy days portrayed by any artist
bring a touch of deep sentiment to the
lover of pictures. On Bunday, March
15th, a beautiful picture entitled
Grandmother's Reverie, printed in
ten colors, on heavy paper, size 10x15
inches, will be given away free with
“The Philadelphia Sunday Press.’
Order the Sunday Press from your
newsdealer and get a series of beautiful
pictures free with the great ** Philadel.
phis Bunday Press.”
———————— A —— A A A
Ask County to Balld Old Pike
Tie Potter township supervisors,
elected under the new road law, at a
recent meeting decided that the town-
ship would spend none of ite money
in maintaining the condemned turn.
pikes that traverse the township, but
will ask the commissioners of Centre
county to keep these important thor.
oughfares in fit condition. The one
pike extends from the borough line
south to the Mifflin county line. The
other begins at Old Fort and goes east-
ward to the Gregg township line.
% YEAT OF more ago,
Smothered Under a Straw Stack,
A well known farmer in Upper
Nippenose Valley, Clinton county,
was found under a huge pile of straw,
by his sons, who, on missing the
father, surmised that perhaps the
straw stack had toppled over on him
and smothered bim. Tueir surmise
was correct. The gentleman's name
was Oliver Weidler, and was aged
about forty-five years. The physician
who was called gave his opinion that
ET, =
Rhoads, of Mexico, is» a
WwW,
hav.
Mrs. W. W
“ of (3
r
he ry
A £025
V Mamiuel
nRme
ing been
Mrs,
Whittaker. Rhoads in
f
I taoglish origi Oae of
wi
ber bLrothe
ers, sole Years BED, Was i f
Alaska
J.J. Orndort,
EF fu
estate of
BO
IVErno:
administrator of the
Fied er,
Lhe real estate of the de-
Nomeslesd was purchssed
hy and the timber
off to the Wolf
wiz Do of
deceased, :
Ih
by David
land
ceded ©
drariun
Was nocked
»
Lumber ¢ ompany,
¥
Ground for
church for
was broken a $30,000
Prinity Lutberagn congre~
gation in Juniata, the first spadeful of
earth being excavated by *“ Grand-
mother’ Emfield, aged eighty years,
who performed the same service
twenty years ago for the present
church.
The members of the Reformed
church at Centre Hall have determined
to wipe out an indebtedness of avout
eleven hundred dollars on their church
home. The Reformed edifice in this
place is one of the prettiest and most
substantial that can be found any.
where outside of the larger towns,
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Penn's Valley Oil &
Manufacturing Co. will be held at the
Eckhart House in the village of Hazel-
burst, Pa., on Tuesday, May 1st., 1908,
al 8 p. m. for the Purpose electing
officers and the transaction of such
other business as may be properly
brought before the meeting.
George Tate, the Y 0 cons
teactor and builder, has received the
contract for the erection of the large
public school building at Burnham
and expects to begin work on it about
the first of April It will be erected on
the lot where the school building now
stands. It will be a large structure and
will cost about twenty
dollars,
The farmers along Branch Com
No. 7, Patrons
Rural Telephone Com