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THE OENTRE REPORTER.
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LOUALN, In Unmp,
qwisitorial functions of their office, in
vesWigation of the Pennsylvania rall
roafl by the national government
would hapve been unnecessary. Proper
inquiry by the Department of Internal
Affairs would have disclosed the fact
A ——— ms AS
INCREASE IN FARM VALUES, y (0! MD Ioana
Ainerican farmers will be gratified | RB \ I A
to learn that the investigations of the 444 Y/ i :
PunN’A, | Department of Agriculture concern-
wg | Ing the changes in famn values since
1900 show that these values are
he Centre Reporter wil ve one
Editor and Proprietor, I'he Centre Reporter will have
Base ball game Haturday
| or more tents, on the north side of the
Centre County Fair--October 9-12
main avenue, during the KEnesmpment
and Falr, You are invited to call for
| pleasure, accommodation or business.
CENTRE I {aL . Lewisburg fair this year will be held |
Beptember 25-28 i
Fl
speech of John J Green, Fusion
I's
THURSDAY, BEPTEMBE R 13,1906,
TERMS. —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 conts per line for each sub-
sequent insertion. Other rates made known on
npplication,
DEMOCRATIC CO. COMMITTEF-<1900.
efonte, N
Centre Hall, D, J
Howard, Howard
Mil Plier
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
DEMOCRATIC COUNNY TICKET
ADAM HAZEL,
{ Spring Townshij
Oak Hall,
Mrs. I. K. Smith and son Andrew
spent Baturday at Dales Bummit.
Thomas Gramley, of Altoona, visit
ed his daughter, Mra Ross Lowder,
last week.
J. J. Tressler, who had been quite ill
for some time is slowly improving.
Morris Runkle and wife were guests
at the Lowder home Sunday.
Miss Marion Riddle, of
Giap, spent several days last week with
friends in town.
Orin Grove, of Lemont, and J. Cur-
tis Meyer, of the Branch, werein town
Sunday afternoon.
Ira Marshall, son and daughter, of
Fillmore, and Ira Benner, wife and
daughter, of Rock, spent Sunday at
the home of M. W. Benner.
Miss Claudia Wieland left Mon-
day for Potter township, where she
"leasant
on
took charge of Plum Grove school.
Miss Margaret Peters, Messrs, Will
jam Tressler and Donald Bellers are at-
tending College Township High
School at Lemont.
Clement Dale, of
in town Monday.
John Peters, of Downs, Kas, is vis
iting at the Peter's home.
Mrs. John Barton, of Pittsburgh,
and Mrs, James Irvin and daughter,
of Bnow Bhoe, were in town part of
week.
Misses Bertha Campbell and Ger-
trude Keichline, Mr. McCracken and
daughters, all of Ferguson township,
spent Saturday in town. They were
on their way to their homes after a
ten day's stay at Ocean Grove and
different points of interest,
Houserville, was
Smith, the Photographer,
W. W. Bmith, the Photographer,
will be in Centre Hall daring
the entire week of the Encampment
and Fair,
— A]
Red Uorn Wanted
Fifteen to twenty bushels of red
corn, this year's crop, will be pur
chased by the undersigned,
Li. RHOXE,
Ch. Grange Encampment,
Centre Hall, Pa.
Im ——— on
Timothy Seed,
Megars, Foreman and Smith, grain
and coal dealers, have on hand choice
timothy seed which is offered for sale
at reasonable prices, Call and exam-
ine the quality of this seed before pur-
chasing your fall supply.
——— A fo ————————
Best, bright, tin fruit cans, home
made, at Andy Ressman's, Centre
Hall,
sponding to the general farming pros:
perity of the country. This should be
the logical result, though it may not
be realized as to all farms. The Gov-
ernment report presents average
sults, and they indicate that fur land
values are gradually improving,
One of the factors of the better situ.
ation which the department regards as
fundamentally important the al-
most complete exhaustion of the free,
land of the United
the the railroads,
ree
1)
or cheap,
of
HMintles
and States and
v4 that the exhsu«tion of
sudden
ly that it has given '' a sort of shock
{oo the of
apriculture up-
whole economic structure
The drain of urban
on the agricultural population’ is men-
tioned as an esuse contributing to the
inereasing price of
teed t
farm land. It is as
hist there has been a continuing
of demand up-
on sdpply, until farmers bave sap.
nehed an indeflnite
period
retntnerative if not high
gntion of hitherto un-
not
ent of mortgages snd in the
if Investments towald cout Fy Feu)
tel
£31
ed as 8 favorable
f the
increased j
By Ij
{
¢
is producin
i
I'he average increase in the value
all farms, medium in quality
other
United Stat
in buildings a 2d
ements, io the
the i
the rise was slight, in
I'he
Was
Rhode
only $1 per acre greatest
ment in the group
the
Massachu
was $4.15
ih
welts, where HCTreass
an increased value of $8 ;
$0 63
and
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, §4.64
Increased values in the
Southwestern States range fi
§
$508 io Texas to $0.41 in Florida,
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To 'tTotect the Public from Gamblers
I'hough it loss of
will mean the
dreds of dollars in concessions
management of the Great
County Fair has decided to exclude all
manner of games of from the
fair grounds this year, except the pad
dle wheels and the Hyronamus game,
This
chance
that there will
back knock
games in which the operator
Mmesns
spindles, buy games,
downs or
offers to double up on the player.
paddle
straight
wheels and hyronamus
amusement
vices which everybody is familiar with.
This action on the part of the
mansgement is that the
should commend most heartily as it is
not only voluntarily cutting of! a large
source of revenue, but a great many of
its patrons are actually in favor of hav.
ing small games of chance. The ex-
periment was tried partially last year
and worked =o satisfactorily that it has
been decided to cut out everything but
the wheels for the coming fair.
percentage
one
anti ioiantleoe ——
£10000 000 Capitol
to be
October 4th cost approximately $10.
000,000 instead of $4,000,000 origioally
planned. The legislature of 1903 and
1905 added clauses to the laws govern-
ing the Department of Public Build-
ings and Grounds which they thought
sufficient to keep the department from
expending money in a wreckless way
for the capitol building, but these pro-
visions were not sufficient. The $4.
000,000 merely paid for the walls and
the roof. The other six million went
for ceilings, decorations, ete., which
were termed furnishings. Treasurer
Berry promises to give the public in-
formation as to how this extra money
was squandered,
I'he state Capitol
sso era
Elected Successor to Hipple,
The committee of synodieal susten-
tation of the Presbyterian church of
Pennsylvania, held a meeting in Har-
risburg and elected Rev. J. M. McJun-
kin, of Oakdale, Allegheny county,
treasurer, in place of Frank K. Hipple,
suicide president of the Real Estate
Trust company of Philadelphia, Dr,
McJunkin stated at the close of the
meeting that the committee's funds
on deposit in the Real Estate Trust at
the time of the failure amounted to
$5,600 and that this money would be
tied up while the concern was in the
hands of a receiver.
Souvenir Postal Cards,
A fine line of postal cards, local
views in and about Centre Hall, on
sale at the Reporter office, These are
the best yet produced.
Candidate For Internal Affairs.
PATRIOTISM A BOVE PARTY
Declares People Demand Gang Rule
Shall Ceate and Corporations Forced
to Confine Their Activities Within
Charter Limits.
John J.
Party
Green, the Democratic-Lin-
candidate for secretary of
fn accepting the nomi.
that If elected he
powers of the office
by corporations, which
had never been done in the past by the
Republican machine, His speech of ac-
ceptance in full is as follows
Me. Chalrman and Gentlemen
deep of the honor con:
the nominations by
and Parties
of Secretary of Internal
» nominations which you
coln
internal affairs,
nation, declared
would use the
}
check abuses
With
appreciation
I accept
Democratic Lincoln
office
Hy
the
Affairs
have tendered today decent citizens of
have
patriotism is stronger than party
erse political creeds shown
that
prejudice
; hundred thousand
party pride
beyond thelr
nr
candidate
Democrats,
ing to public
lines
the
thelr
party
for
fits
the
thier
Lael
whose life
fits
nin
the glove
meety
how ex
courageous manhood
requirement, no matter
indreds
+ of
believers
thousands of Republi-
CRrnest in every tenet
Republican
Y ts {
iption of the
n of thelr
faith, seeking the
the purifl
name of
joined
emocrati fellow
ticket,
the name
re
state and
party, In the
Lincoln, have
with their 1
martyred
and have nominated a
h appears
OR ‘ne
thelr gang
trition, are
safe
3
bs
hose
it Corporation aggression
they have so long denled
No taint of insincerity
can be read
and Lincoln
1875 the Demo
what their plat
Were the emo
Party platforms
of
the people
needful law
enforced
if as
into Democratic
Party platforms
Crats
Since
have demanded
promises
neoln si
subject corporation
would know
would be
for Lewis
en
Emery
to these things, has
and
hime
acted
jr., in
become a platform, by 30 years’ earn
at and sincere opposition to corpora
tiog and gang
Written words cannot speak
sincerity of deeds performed
“The election of this determined fos
to wrong-doing will destroy the gang
and corporations from poli
tice; force them to become truly com
mon carriers, open on equal terms
to all users; stop discrimination in
charges, cars and transportation facili
ties, prevent abatements, drawbacks
or rebates: destroy thelr control of
parallel lines; compel them to retire
from mining and manufacturing en
terprigsea and confine themselves
strictly within thelr corporate limits;
and open again for public use the
abandoned canals in the state
“It i& the peculiar province of the
office of Secretary of Internal Affairs,
for which I am your nominee to ex
ercise a watchful supervision over
railroad, banking, mining, manufactur
ing and other corporations and com
pel them to confine themselves strict
ly within their corporate limits. By
statute the secretary is given power
to summon and examine witnesses,
and upon complaint made by individ
uals, he has authority to Investigate
charges against corporations, and if he
find any charges well founded and be
yond the ordinary process’ of individ
ual redress to certify his opinion te
the Attorney General, whose duty It
then becomes to proceed against the
corporation in the name of the state.
“Had the machine-controlled secre.
taries adequately exercised these In
tion COrrug control
with the
divoree
od
that the coal-carrying companies were
unlawfully engaged In mining and
manufacturing along the lines of thelr
voads, and a certificate of this finding
to the Attorney General would have
gompelled these law-defying corpora
tions to withdraw thelr activities
within their proper charter limits,
“Investigation of corporations should
ronsist of more than obtaining formal |
reports as to the assets, abilities and |
volume of business done. The inquisi
tion should whether corpor:
ate powers being exceeded It |
should be as fair, impartial and un
ascertain
are
Mr, sand Mr, Edward
week, moved from Martha
Hall, occupying the Potter house, on
Kast Church
Mrs, Witmer k., 1,0, who
typhoid pneumonia at the
her
Riter, last
to Centre
red
ill of
of
i=
Her
Ee
home
winter rod
in Munson, lisa
proved during the past week
condition is regarded ax serious
The
political meeting in Bellefonte Friday
evening, Prof, H. D. Patton, of
Probibitionists will hold =
Lan
caster, candidate for lieutenant gover-
por, will be the principal speaker,
court Corporations should not
harrassed by
examinations, but they should be
made to understand that every viola
tion their charter will be met by
speedy investigation and prompt justi
tution of adverse proceedings.
Of
oppose because of thelr
Agnericans
great carrying com
80 essential tothe wel
i porations
size, alth or power. All
i
the
If you want to see and hear the can-
Ldidates for state offices, come Lo Lhe
No admission
Of
| Encampment and Fair
It may be
{ at the gales the only
| portunity for seeing these men
Prof James OC,
| the superintendency of the Derry pub-
| lie Prof
Boalsburg
iryson has sccepled
FON
pr
{which primes
Previously Bryson
WH from
ineipmi t
hie went t Jersey Bhore
lremaining al the lstler place unt
| the close of the » vent in June
houghtful citizens
ration lawlessness
I compelled tu
3 5! nok he per
their vast wealth and
override sou
muet
with the
I.
Fagle
Dr. Ge Lee has contracts d
yur
Wp
with the Generator Company,
iis tn i § {tee !
tylene
Hall
of bf i. nh Mi
| plant in | w residence in Centre
iJ. A
will
Morr int
avs
charge
affairs,
ected,
rivate
to
Mase Ball Game
Yeng
team and Centre
Ssuturday
gether maiuradss
Park. If you want
of all, go to the P
bays
-
Inerenss i
ty
Fre
on Grange Park will be more
Hn present indie
Lutner-
ous
than last year Applications have
been received from twenly parties who
>
have These
added to
Ki i
in the tented city.
pever camped lwfore,
the reguiars, wi oake A
¢
diy number of permuapent dwellers
Wp
No Nomination
I'he
seuntorial
Democratic conferees in this
district Thad 1 tyrone
Thursday of lest week sud at Philip
burg Tuesday, out no nomination
made. The Philipsburg
was adjourned until Baturday.
Was
conference
Similar action was taken by the Re
publican conferees in the
same place and time.
session al
————
Naming County Roads
Butler county is considering
ject to pase all the roads of the
saine as the streets of a city are
8 pro-
county
named,
The benefits of such a plan are numer-
ous. The county would be mapped and
all the roads marked on the map. A
large number of the maps would
distributed and the people would learn
the geography of their own county.
The outlay would be small and the
advantages many.
be
tan stn m—
Marriage Licenses
John Curtin, Belleionte,
Jane W. Furst, Bellefonte,
George Htyers, Bellefonte,
Anna E. Garbrick, Bellefonte,
Heott W. Wood, Philipsburg
Margaret Sensor, Winburne.
Harvey Cowher, Port Matilds,
Veney Laird, Port Matilda,
Robert FF. Woomer, Philipsburg
Iva E, Flegal, Philipsburg.
Harry M. Lewis, Philipsburg.
Martha A. Morrison, Philipsburg.
Albert Binith, Bellefonte,
Jessie Green, Milesburg.
Charles R. Bherman, Pitisbuig.
Agabel Bathgate, Bouth Philipsburg
elidel essmsm—
Dentistry
I will be located for 8 time at Pot
ters Mille, in the office of Dr. H, BK
Alexander. All work pertaining to
dentistry in all its branches will be
executed in the most scientific and
satisfactory manner. Hpecial atten-
tion given to crown, bridge work and
artificial plates.
Absolutely painless extraction
teeth by our new method of sanas-
thesia, vitalized wir, by the use of
which we can remove any number of
teeth at one sitting without pain or
slightest danger to the patient, even
to those in advanced years uo matter
how nervous, There are no disagree.
able after effects of any kind, Ad-
ministration of vitalized air, extrac.
tion of any number of teeth and re
covery in less than five minutes, Also
injection of gums used for painless
extraction,
Examination and estimates free,
Dr. WiLLis A. ALEXANDER,
Registered dentist,
of
Jt
In holding office a man is often
mors succesful than his successor.
A nmn generally has reason on his
fF Way URCK
« Compt she i= the daughter
A | Whigs
oecurred =
her homes
| Haver
tre Hal
the Norn
Amo
and Lime
content
when wi
Cigarelle
0 and
one end
and
» ther
None oO its
vinetits are condensed night-
of the lips
gitis, softening
fits, cancer and
inal meni
{
of the brain, funeral processions and a
family sitting in gloom
Buffalo
Henry
gast, made a tour through
Brush i
county fair literature,
Andrew thi, of Cross
Arbo.
Penns and
Roads, accompanied by
3 spd 1
distribute i
Valleys to pion
Mr. Ruhl is an
of the Union county fair
Mrs. Ruhl, nee Miss Car-
rie Emerick, expects Lo come lo Centre
ex-president
association
Hall the latter part of this week, and
will remain over the picnic.
Mrs. Horace Zerby
Miss Mabel Olivia, of Halt
Utah, arrived in Centre Hall Raturday
and daughts if
Lake City,
and are the guests of their many rela
Mrs, Zerby the
daughter of the late Uriah DD. Osmar,
and until the Zerbys moved west was
a resident of Centre Hall. Mr. Zerby
interests,
tives and friends
is
is engaged in mining and
Miss Zerby, a young lady of more than
ordinary ability, hol & a position with
8 large business concern in Salt Lake
City
After the year
everyone understood why it wes called
the Great Centre County Fair. Sare it
was great, but this fall it will be great.
er than ever. The has
promised to improve it just in propor
tion to the public interest it
manifested, Last year there was such
an unprecedented outpouring of people
that there could be no mistaking the
popular wish for a great fair, =o this
year you will have it. It will be some-
thing far and beyond anything antici.
pated and, mark the prediction, when
the fair is ended this fall you will hear
the people »n all sides declaring that
it ‘has been the greatest thing the
county has ever seen,
attending fair last
management
that j=
33rd...
of the
2
de
Ld ddd
Se
2
farmers,
1
ADMISSION FREE.
George Dale
J. §& Dauberman
Geo. Gingrich
G4. L. Goodhart
side, but 8 woman has reasons,
Bs ps
Mera
Timothy
Furmers wishing choice
timothy
Hall
who have now on hand
Oak
western,
Weher, at Centr and
Chios dope L LEI Hay weed
nr ket
tl
Caitie Sale.
well
Hang
Gentzel nnd Beezer will
Lhe
fine eattle atl
Phin
springer i
fot
and
Do
onmisle
heifers,
not fail
COWN,
«hiorthorn
slow KK,
Sudden Deaths,
or
here
3
1 {Ls
ol
ood dd
4
Swamp-Root, the raat
J
} ’ 4 }
rastecs
OR E~The un
r sRAle & mare wilh
ook them over
JOHN A. SLACK
Potters Mills, Pa
GRAIN MAKKET.
Wheat
Onis
LO
PRODUCE AT STORES,
Lara &
Volatom - a—— i+ § Keun —
Dn WILLIS A. ALEXANDER
«Dentist...
WITH
HUGH S. ALEXANDER
POTTERS MILLS, PA
Teeth Extracted Without Pain,
DR
Hay Press for Sale
I'he undersigned offer for sale an
EL1 STEEL HAY PRESS
class conditi It is a steam
sold at a
Boalsburg or
r press and will be SACTi~
Inquire at Centre
J. H. & S. E. Weber
Chairman