"VOL. LXXIX. BELATED CONFESSION, The frankness of the Machine made Governor and Auditor General in fore mally acknowledging that the new Capitol at Harrisburg cost upward of $13,000,000 is the frankness of convict a crime the commission of which has already been proven to the hilt, It ix true that so formmntion far as present goes pens! statule hiss been violated by the unfaithful stew ards who lavished the people’s money on Capitol luxury without their know- ledge or express consent. No erime in the legal vense of the word was perpe- trated when the Capitol Commission boasted that the building had ‘* completed ’’ within the limit of the $4,000,000 appropriation, knowing full well that over twice as uch more had been expended for ‘furni<hings’ which the taxpayers fatuously believed to be included in the published cost of the structure ns hoodwinked. A millions was practiced. After tf skulduggery Ho been But the public decepliion posure of Machine rather late in the day to mske nn pre tense of establishing confidential reln- tions with the dear people, who foot the bills. The reader can well Trelis! thi of bed ine ficial statement made by | and Auditor General ti Public Grounds aud Buildings have preferred to unt obligations incurred had been paid Vi ev lavery HOF ut Lhe Hoard of wold wail Lin ii ml and until after the election —before dis- seminating ‘accurate information” among the But State Treasurer Berry, elected es. pecially that he might shied light the dark by-ways spoiled the game, and the clumsy his voters Pennsylvania aon of gag finance, al. to the tempt to discount services the truth of his charges will avail nothing The voters of Pennsylvania want of- fileials who will consult them f tin spending of their money the money is spent I'hey want open- handedness and squire dealing in the Executive and accounting ments, and the official admissions now | depurt- following upon the heels of exposure will help materially toward the fulfill] re Uhiere has been | the | Harris | ment of their des owning to in the in skeleton too much delay presence of the up bury closet, mises atl ma—— PRAISES DInruLiNG Hpeakiong of Mr. Dimeling’s nomi ation for state senator, the ( epublican remarks ; The nomination of Mr, will add strength to the entire in Clearfield county and will Le gladly welcomed not only by the of this county but also by = element of independent Mr. Dimeling is a clear-beaded, nective, representative the lear field | Dimeling | ticket | Democrats | Inrge epublicans, progressive younger Democracy and will office with honor and credit 1 constituency and to himself, for is no doubt of his election. To Benator William C, Democrats of Clearfield again greatly indebted surrender to the this year should not be forgotten, man represented this district more honorably and fearlessly than did William C. Heiule a rock against all the and bribes in the ef £1 i iti the 0 his there | Heinle county ever blsodishments | famous boodle before the attacks of the Mae .ine bribers, — ff o— THE WORLD'S WHEAT CKOY that 1906 The London Economist asserts “the world’s cereal harvest of cannot fail to prove one of the greatest ever produced.” The wheat crop above the average in the north of France, but it has suffered from drought in the south and west, France will need to import very little if any whent, Spain has reaped a good har- vest generally, while Germany good crops of barley and oats as well as of wheat and rye. Austria-Hun- gary will produce a much larger wheat crop this year than last. Io Russia the winter wheat crop has been offi- cially reported to be a good one, while the more Important spring wheat’ crop is poor in all but a few provinces, Roumania is now expected to produce a record wheat crop, and Servis and Bulgaria have good crops. The Cane adian wheat harvest, will not prove very abundant. India's wheat crop harvested last spring was the greatest but one ever known, in «BAN AP ——— The papers of the large cities are all right if you want them, but it is your own home paper that advertises your churches, your numerous societies, sympathizes with you in your sfilic- tions and rejoices with you In your prosperity. In short it is the local pa- per that mentions the thoussnd snd one items in which you are interested durivg the year, and do not find in papers of large cities, . HE BALDWIN WORKS, Are Kite for Selinsgrove hey Looking for Plant at The following dispatch was recently sent out from Lewistown : Rumor, emanating from thority, says the land in the vicinity good of Reliusgrove upon which J. Murray | Africa has been securing options for the past four months, is to be utilized by the Burnham, Willinmus Company for a Baldwin of this the greater works, In speakiog in. formant says; This compuny hus been handicapped of eliminate retarded the development the dustry, In order to tresd on Bu: Ww © nham, three miles from EDs City, re are established what works, 1s Known as the Standard Mies] ‘ A Ch Ale WwW ein ed in be te Thousand wen, that the iit edd i t ince Wold Blig py Was ne if point Lives [or the move It is elnimed thal sufficient water power ean be ished 1 RUnerate electrical intive POW-r J ef re plant which would he reduction in eX pense to know Africas w ne w+ who ¢lal hat J ’ liver 1 charge tf ny Murray work at the Standard Stee] w several vears and comes to the quentiy to consult with the the company, Mr. Africa was in town recently did not ¢ but sti wiafirm or deny the report, | | adheres to his former site | ment to the newsp per fraternity t 3 ¢¢ the location is to be user y establish a | large manufacturing plant Even | this tallies with the de scription « | Baldwin locomotive works LAMA LS residences from downe, Miss Murgaretl Stuart, . ) lege, has enrolled as Philadelphia musie scl Pyrone is making an «flort to have | the Second Brigade, of Pennsylvania, hold their next sume | mer's encampment at that place Oa reaching her te hundredth! Hinkle, | Allentown, Hallie Woman Dot RT i Following this rule it the old century. ad i Vises : * 't hurry don’t worry." must have taken | long time to live | indy a a Hob, of Coleville, ia £11 } i in (feorge short because he sewed the cash ¢ ICR Isis vd of “1 siting i {1 fl Ig Ww in aj band hile the family was abser J ’ from the House, some one entered, and stro ¥ box ' and ritled it. Ouve of the name plates on the Rol diers’ monument, Bellefonte, fell from its position one day recently, striking Margaret Finnegan in the face, and Two of her her A peculiar accident, to the jaw bone, and cut and bruised, face badly MecClure's for October is full of keen, vigorous articles and delightful fiction. First of all Bteflens’ Juvenile Court | of Denver, with ita picturesque stories tof * bad kids," and vivid, humsn | portraiture of Judge Lindsey, the man | | who has created a new method of deal- ing with juvenile offenders, Mr. and Mrs toona are about to comes Lincoln its A. B. Myers, take a trip west. Chirago and Kt Louis ure on the route contemplated, In Ohio they will stop for a while with D. Olie Stover, a brother of Mrs, Myers. Mr, Myers a lumber in- spector, and stands well with the Pennsylvania railroad company who employ him, of Al- ward-—Cleveland, in Thursday of next week two well known school teachers will be married at Blanchard. The prospective groom is Shuman Sylvester Williams, prin. cipal of the Pleasant Gap schools, and Miss Bertha Elizaleth Johnston, of Blanchard, will be the bride. Miss Johnston is teaching school in Benner township, and is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs, N. H. Johnston, The farmers who dig the money out of the surface of the ground to pay the cont of State Capitola, the miners who dig their share out of the bowels of the earth, and all the rest of us who dig for daily bread and contribute our dole will keep in mind for the next sixty days the free-and-easy way with which their hard earnings are dissipated, It is too late to get the money back, but it in pot too late to have a settlement with the spollemen who have had a free swing in dipping their hands into the public treasury, THROUGHOUT THE STATE. News of a Semi-Loeal Character Gathered from the Exchange Table, The October term of Bnyder county court will convene on Monday with but one civil case on the list. While James W. Fleming had his horse tied near the residence of Joseph Wilson in Belleville one of its arteries bursted causing the animal to die Now a rumor prevails that a com- pany of capitalists propose to locate a large power plant in Lewistown Nar- utilized for the purpose, What is believed be gas well in the has just been drilled pear Kane, Its capacity estimated at 100,000,000 feet of gas a escaping to world the largest is day and the roar of the aa an be heard for miles, Johu Walls, an employe in the office of the Adams Express Co., at Altoona, sbsconded with $1,300 entrusted to the + iif care Of and, although he nll of the ountry, he is still at large. Mifllin Ce un'y tee elected M., the company, is being hunted in parts Republican Commit- Merle Garrett chairman, to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- ation of H. H. JY. thie trouble was experienced in getting Laub, Consider- wily fe to serve, owing to the general Mio that the fusion ticket will the county Prospectors 1n the Blate Run (Ly- region confident ss must exist there, and that waler pre- are Oli and he strong pressure of salt its both from finding their way to Every effort to obtain of Nature been surfece, hese products Lins ¥ this water, w Huil, a farmer residing near hy, io the spring planted three “tl pumpkin seeds from which have ig a large number of vines, five of hy # in length, several vines conlain nine pump- weighing to , besides a large number from sixty Harder, of Lock Haven, a sporting goods man, was of a accident the was handling a gun ie brought in to be re- serious walking around the « store, ou which the gun weapon was discharged by to the floor, the load entering fool. The member was later Hitting on her Port around her left porch at felt Ebensburg something Reach. to find a about her of terror she fled in- tryiog to kick the snake Ihe reptile Charles ankle, ing down, she was horrified grake three feet long coiled With a cry SU CCERS, only tightened its hold Miles Davis, wed in a near-by store, heard the ran to her as snake with =a woman's shrieks and sistance, killing the shovel The rural telephove line up Stone Valley, extending from Huntingdon into Henderson and Miller townships in two direcdons, has been completed, and Bell telephones will be placed in service in some twenty farm- ers’ residences, connecting up the set- of Center Union, Church, Dunation, Cornpropst Mills and Wesleyan chapel. R., G. Miller, cashier of the First National Bank, is agent for the lipe and he has been instrumental in bringing about this much needed service throughout the above territory. The line will con. nect with the Huntingdon exchange. A returned in court against the borough of Huntingdon allowing Dr. A. KE. Tussey his fall claim of $1,310; with interest, for at tending to the smallpox patients in that borough in 1908. The case had been pending for some time and final- ly came up for trial. Dr. Tussey is from McConnellstown and was em- ployed by the borough authorities to look after the smallpox patients at the rate of $10 a day. His services lasted one hundred and thirty-one days, and the full claim with interest amounted to $1,673. The bill was con- tested on the ground that the county should pay this expense, Oneida, tiements Sugar Grove, verdict was Special Trains for the Fair, For points along the Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad from Bellefonte to Co- burn, special excursion rates will be given, The regular trains will carry passengers to Bellefonte and special trains will leave Bellefonte for Coburn on Wednesday night at 10 o'clock and Thursday and Friday evenings at 7 o'clock, ————— — ——————— Arbor Duy, According to a proclamation issued hy State Buperintendent of Behools Nathan C. Schafler, Friday, October 19, has been designated sas Arbor Day. The day should be observed not only ceremonially, but by the planting of trees, EXalBIT OF FRUIT, ETC At the Encampment sand Falr the Prettiest snd Most Elnborate, - The exhibit in the Agricultural and Horticultural Department at the Kn- campment and Fair was the prettiest and most elaborate yet shown, Fully one thousand distinet exhibits were on the show tables, embracing about every known variety of fruit, vegeta- bles, grains, grown county. ete., in Centre also a letter from the executive com- mittee of the Btate Grange awarding the Master Hill prize for the best ex- hibit by any Grange in Centre county. The prize was carried trivm- phantly by Logan Grange. HE EXHIBITORS Earl] nw ny Committee of the (irange having as judges of the several Subordinate Graoges at this the 33rd Annual Pies nic beg leave to repori that we have attended to that duty snd wish to say : I'he Executive Pennsylvavia State been requested to act exhibits of the That the exhibits are all good and are a credit to the Granges, as well as to the individual exhibitors. After a examination comparison we are of the opinion that Logan Grange, No has the best display of varied exhibits, and in our judgment said Grange entitled to the special prize of a $10 Grange National Bank note, offered by Worthy Master Hill. We also desire to make special men- tion of the elegant displays made by Victor and Progress dranges. In this connection we would suggest and recommend that in the future it would add greatly to the appearance and attractiveness of the exhibits if Graoges were allotted larger space for their exhibits and have each Grange exhibit designated by a suitable pls, card, giving name and number of the Grange. Much of the success of a dis- play depends on the neat and proper arrangement of the exhibits, Fraternally submitted, Geo. W. OsTER, C. H. DiLpINg, J. FRANK CHANDLER, Executive Committee, A — —— i LOCALS, the squirrel careful snd Unanimous 100, is Pop ! the tree, Mrs. P. B. Jordan, Friday returned from Liverpool, Perry county, where she visited Lloyd Kerlin and family. Mrs. Mary Bhoop is in Harrisburg among friends and relatives, and, of course, will witness the Capitol dedi- cation today (Thursday. ) J. J. Arney and granddaughter, Miss Pearl Arney, are attending the dedi- cation of the state capitol, While in Harrisburg they will be the guests of Dr. and Mrs, G. H. Widder, Lock Haven is having a repetition of ity Isst years experience-—-the resig- nation of principals. KE. 8. Ling, principal of the High Behiool, has re- signed, but the board is unwilling to accept his resignation unless he can show good reason, A scoundrel representing himself to be selling lenses and spectacles from the Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, soaked a number of Mifflin county un- suspecting people. From Mrs. Will- ism Wharton, at McoVeytown, the scam p is credited with having taken $8.00 for a pair of glasses of little or no runs higher up value, ——————————esn dls 4 1906. Wanted, 8 Good Hoad Measures should be taken have the old pike across the Heven Moun- At Keven to tains put into passable condition, present it the most horrid { miles of public road in Central Penn- sylvania, and surround- ing country affords a splendid market for all kinds of produce and products in Lewistown { of the farm, and it is only the almost impassable road between the grower {in Penns Valley and that market that | is responsible for much of the With a return of the the sixties the | Heven Mountains many dollars worth | of produce, ete. , waste {on the farm. “ | good roads of BOT ORR would find its way di- j rect to the consumer at a profitable i figure, If the historic Lewistown pike were again revived, there would Ee RIBO Old Faust the te t | need of the revival of the and the South a notlel, hostelries oli i North mountains w a and entrances ouid be ¢ liged to i stabling accommodations and add tra boards to the dini Wit fa did tabie, {| good roads connecti the fmart in Central Pennsylvania i | Penns Valley muany of the incidents | reinted to have happened when vere boys’ by the men of would recur. | A good road across the | tains would do much to dition oi every farmer i EE. — Ask Commissioners to Build Hoasd Haines township has finally will linhla 1 8 liane | i action which is inoperative be propriste funds county commission to lay tax for road purpos 1:8) prov I'he case act says Lhe rosd Tis ed under any existing laws at the will De heard ber argument court _-— > — Accidents Two Peculiar Miss Bessie Wels Fy y fr h 4A caused by a hat pin is sufferin Mn an inj mh act of pinning on her hat, al sarue time was holding two Jf ai pins in her hand, one whicl f trated the ball of the right eye, While assisting to renovate the pet in & tack which the Reedsville Lutheran church, been accidentall I. G. Hea township, ia the had y le It in the carpet, struck i- ings, of Brown eye wilh the arb. congiderable force, penetrating a —— A Car Load of Cabbage John G. Taylor, of West Union county, shipped a car load of cabbage to Baltimore. The car tained something over fourteen and the eulire crop was grown little more than an acre of ground. Buflalo, eOn- tons On a ———— LOCALS Thureday, October 4 Farmers are not through making “ second crop” hay. in Belle- doctors The Hayes-Dale sanitarium, fonte, will Joth will devole their entire time to be closed. outside practice, President Aikeus, of Susquehanna University, has purchased the Ulrich farm just outside the borough limits of Belinsgrove. The consideration was $12,000, I'be man who gets mad at what the newspaper says about him should re- turn thanks three times a day for what the newspaper knew about him and suppressed, The first ship load of immigrants sent to the south were recently landed at Charleston. The new comers are Belgians, South Carolina is actively engaged in inducing immigrants to locate in that state, and hopes thereby to secure mill hands, and develop agri- culture more fully. Edgar G. Toner, recently defeated by a msjority of one vote for the office of Chief Burgess of Tyrone, was made defendant in & $25,000 breach of prom. ise suit in the Blair County court. The institution of the suit has created quite a sensation in the county, due to the social prominence of the parties, In the early days of railroading in this pountry no restraint was laid on any employe from drinking sud many of them were intemperate. Now rail roads are virtually temperance socle- ties, Many companies will not per mit any employe to be seen entering a saloon, nor under any circumstances to drink intoxicating liquors, NO. 39. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, (iame js wiid, It’s cool enough to order coal, Chestnuts and hickory nuts are said to be plentiful, With October comes corn husking. And the laborer! Well, out of sight. The last beautiful. he's almost days of Heptemuber were The month throughout was wv y i; a very piessant one, Farmer George H. Emerick is mak- ing preparations to build a lime stack this fall, the product to be used for agricultural purposes Three ch in course of irchies are Ere. tion at Juniaws—the Trinity y 1. itheran, i & parsonage, the United Evan. i the Reformed. I'he dedication of the ti irteen mil- apit ilefs may dis 1 dollar ol takes place WIVEr today, a skele- new building. ently are said to have Wortie Ramsey “ Air line Penns ider, a Chambers. Democratic nomi- ion. B. K. congression- * held ju Hall, trail ww Valley engaged in IV, and his £4 bros 1% iif Riiil~ Penusylva- church, south Ir. M. Ross, ne (rove B. W. Shafler, Madisont urg. I'he Presbytery of Huntingdon holds ils autumn meeting in Clearfleld. The The the ministers sixty, and pastoral charge. Elder in attendance, sessions opened Tuesday evening, Presbytery consists of all nnecied wilh about and y will Ly the ber 16 INassacre occurred Oct 1 Vang t : vied 3 Seen Gecideg hold Wl lelwoy's Spring, where the urred, midway between Dr. has 4 nsented (oo make the address ¢ Christ D. K the 'alch it wer, so slory next winter, ROes, He will he Hus- Hall, owned David K. Keller. His will enough to house a regiment, and should a bevy of the gentler sex endeavor to Kidnap him he could easily retreat to the at- tic and defy all threats or He is invulnerable. will * ave charge SLOCK on | tre i Lhe ¢ on farm, east of Cer bi $4 DY Lis Drother apartments be large overiures, Messrs. W. E. Tate, of near Centre Hall, and Potter Tate, of Yeagertown, were among the Reporter friends who paid their respects to its editor Friday, aud spent a short time pleasantly at this office. Sixteen years ago the Iat- ter Mr. Tale was a resident of Potter township, living on the Wilson farm, now owned by Henry Stoner, He has been in Centre county during the past two weeks, shaking hands with old time friends and especially cronies of the war of the rebellion, The Ladies’ Home Missionary So- ciety of the Presbytery of Huntingdon held its annual meeting in Lewistown, September 26th and 27th, Mrs. W. Heury Schuyler, who is the recording secretary, represented the local society of Centre Hall. Rev. Schuyler ac companied her, they driving over the mountains Tuesday afternoon, return. ing Friday morning. They formerly spent six years in Lewistown, as prin- cipals of the Academy, and always re ceive a hearty welcome from their many pupils living in Mifflin county. This makes a visit to that section a great pleasure to them, Its a bit early to mention changes of farm tenants next spring, but since definite arrangements have already been made they are not premature : Harry Fye will vacate the Samuel Bruss farm, east of Centre Hall, to move to A. P. Luse & Son's farm, east of the Old Fort, new tenanted by Jerome Auman. Sydoey Poorman, who last spring quit the farm to bee come the general utility man at Weber Brother's mill, will go to the James A, Keller farm, east of Centre Hall, Mr. Keller will continue to occupy a part of the house and board with the Poor mans. David K. Keller will move to his own farm, the Huston place.
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