RT fm NEUES Ty Hi Vv OL. LXX X . SHAPING UP THE PRIMARY LAW. The Measure to be amended to Apply to Borough and Townships st all the Primaries, The first bill to amend the primary election law introduced in the Legisla- ture makes the act apply to all the dis- tricts of the State at both the regular primaries. This change is very de- sirable, The provision which makes optional the application of the law to borough | and township nominations is full of mischief. It bas been the cause of most of the confusion which some people have experienced, aud its con- stitutionality is doubtful. It was well thought out, and did not dewig- nate any authority to determine when borough and township nominations should be made under the new system or when under the old. In the ab- sence of such designated authority the County Commissioners have assured to decide, although the law gives them no such direct power. It was a necessary action. In all the discussion of this matter no good reason has been advanced why all nominations all th time should not be made under the uniform system. It is more or less confusion to have two ways of doing things of this kind. At the primaries next June there will be no exceptions. Primaries will be beld in accordance with the new law in all the districts of the State, and it was a mistake not to Have made the act just as general for the winter primary. The fact that the proposed amendment is introduced by s member from Warren county, where there are no cities—only bor- oughs and townships —quite plainly shows that there is no reason why bor- ough and township nominations need to be made an exception. ——— A MSM From 835 to $30. Representative Shannon, of Wilkes: barre, i8 said to have a bill up his sleeve which he proposes to introduce, calling for the mivimum salary of senoul teachers to be raised from $35 to $50 per month, and argues thet his bill, if passed, would be the means of securing better teachers for country schools. The reader ix seked sit up nots the effect «f the $35 minimus salar; law. How much did it inoresse the efficiency of the corpse of teach: re | io his or her school district ? It is quite probable that the appro. priation for school pu poses will be ee | larged, but it is just as that some legislation will be passed that will use up every dollar of the increase It was so when the appropriation ws | increased to ils present figure ‘The appropristion will ve increased by a measure with a string to it, and that | string will ndd wore expense, and the | result will be that the school tax will not be lessened. i What is wanted is an propriation, sud 8 measure resirsining | county superintendents from issuing teachers certificates to freaks This done the salary question will be solved. ———— A — A An Transfer of Real Estate Burdine Butler, et. ux, to John Butler, May 15, 1905 ; 102 acre« iu Cur- tin twp. $100. Johu Forster, et. ux , to John Con- do, May 9, 1854; 54 mcres in Miles twp. $25. Bamuel Condo, Sr, to Joseph Condo April 1, 1868; 7} perches in Miles twp. 5 not to and protmbie enlarged np- | perches in Walker twp, $300 Julia C. Harvey, et. bar, to H. I, Curtin, Jau. 14, 1907; 250 acres in Boggs twp. $200, ; Sallie M. Hayes, et, bar, to George M. Gamble, March 7, 1906 ; house and lot on. Liou street, Bellefonte, $375. Sallie Weaver, et. bur., to Sarah KE, Livgle, March 25, 1904; 1 acre, 12 perches in Gregg twp. $750. James Corl, et. al. gdn., to W, B, Beck, Nov, 12, 1906 ; lot in State Col lege. $900. Thos. Griffith, et. ux., to John T. Watson, May 6, 1904; 44 acres, 133 rods in Boggs twp. $450, + No Umsh Road Tex in uilnton Co Judge Harry Alven Hall has de clined to entertain the petition of eiti- zens of Woodward township, Clinton county, asking the court to order sn election to enable the citizens to de cide whether they would prefer a cash road tax, Judge Hall holds that so much of the act as provides for sub- being a delegation er expressly reserved Dogs Kill Sheep, Dogs killed se sheep for Charles B. Neff, last week, The suditors ap- praised the total damage to the flock at $72.00. Others who had sheep kill- ed by dogs in Potter township were D. Geles Wagner and John Wert. NO. 4. State Highway Urges Big Appropriation for Improve ments Under the Law of 1905, State Highway Commissioner Hunt. er announces that the department has completed 235 miles of road, of which 158 miles were built during 1906, There are 216 miles under contract or in readiness to be contracted for. Mr. Hunter recommends an appro- pristion of $6,000,000 to be expended in the of township roads under the net of 1905, in addition reconstruction aleo §2 000,000 for the construction by the of trunk lines of * Good Roads” through the Commonwealth under the care of the State Highway Department. Stale Other recommendations of the com- missioner are as follows : Ap uct which will legalize the asso. ciations formed by township super- Visors or commissioners, county com- missioners and borough and city of. ficials, so that they may be entitled to their necessary expenses in attending the meetings of the association. Aun act that will enable the county commissioners to form a State associa- tion for general improvement and ex- change of iden, authorizing the payment of their necessary expenses, An act which will make compulsory at once the use of wide tires upon all improved roads, and will provide for the compulsory adoption of wide tires for use upon all other roads as rapidly a8, the tires now used are worn out and abandoved for new ones. Chat the road law amended to authorize the planting by the State Highway Department of trees slong the roads reconstructed by the State. such trees will be of inealculable bene- fit to the roads, The commissioner thinks that the money now paid by the State to town- ships in which there uo work tax should be Increased and be in nA LOCALS Union have formed an organization The paper the mirror in which those those at a distance see us, Do vot a hurry or mahe a noise chewing your food Pigs both Ibe fruit growers in county home iu eal Iu do au $55.000 fire Monday moruiog. originated in the « olf block. Mrs. Rebecca Hallabasugh, widow of old two fire Altoons had at The Hallnbaugh, an for noted took Monday showing nine degrees ahave zero. changes of which January hus been the thermometer temperature place, morn” g Prof. Crawford, an elocutionist, gave evening. Part of the benefits were re ceived by the High SBehool, to be used in payment of rental for an organ. Daniel Osman and Mrs, Catharine Mussleman, of Altoons, came to Cen. tre Hall Inst week, Mr. Osman is em- ployed in the Altoous car shops, and is u son of Hiram Osman, formerly of this valley, but for some years an resi dent of Altoona, A pew $5000 Evangelical church was dedicated at Winfield, Union county, sunday. Rev, B. Koontz the pastor, Bo eager were the people of the vicinily to attend that a special train was Winfield & New Berlin their accommodation ao in the exercises run the railroad for on Arrangements are being made to have Rev, A, H, Bpangler, of Reeds- ville, deliver a lecture on what he saw on his trip through the Holy Lauds, in Grange Arcadia. Wherever he has lectured he is spoken of iu the highest terms. If present plans are carried out, Rev. Spangler will be here two nights Lewisiurg is robbed of one of jis most substantial indus ries by the re- moval of the Munroe H. Kulp & Co. lumbering ¢quipment to Oldtown, Md , aud scores of men are thrown out of employment. For years this corporation has operated in the timber lands of the Nittany Mountains and has removed millions of feet of logs, but now the woods have been stripped and the company has directed its ef. forts to new fields, The label on the Reporter that will carry the news to Dr. P. W, Leltzell, at Portland Mills, will hereafter ap- pear 1910. That's somewhat ahead o’ the times, but it shows an apprecia- tion of the Reporter on the part of Dr. Leiizell, Io his letter, the Doctor writes that the timber in the locality in which he resides ia fast disappear- ing and that the population becomes much depleted when the saw mills are removed, This program will oblige the Doctor, within a year or two, to seek one of the larger towns in Elk county. Dr. Leitzell is also in the market to purchase a good farm in Such & piace fof sal sHOULG Wri bia CUnses Nent to Court Justices nnd by Commitiing Mugistrates, The first Grand Jury of the year in Lackawanna county has ignored three- fourths of the causes returned by justices and committing magistrates, and is re- ceiving the compliments of the local press, conveyed in most enthusiastic terms, The cases ignored were of a trivial character, such as are liberally return ed in almost every county in the State and not geverally set aside by Grand Juries. There has much plaint almost everywhere abou such Judges have time sod again di- been Com- Cases, rected attention to thew, sod in sane instances shown courts should be burdened with If they can be weeded out it will save much in costs to the county, relieve the courts of a lot of ridiculous work and remove one of the excuses for ask ing the Legislature to judgeships. The primary fault is with the justices of the peace and aldermen before who these petty cases are originally brought, remarks the Philadelphia Press, and continuing says: of these officials bave not the judgment Lo pass upon the merits send them on from sheer ignorance, some Grand Juries are afllicted in the same way, and the cases go trial with as much formality sud solemnity a8 if they luvolved grave The trial lists are thus swollen, the Judges a ‘d other officiuls have their time wasted, often to the unavoldabl: postponement of impor- taut cases, while heavy bills of cost are piled up ou the taxpayers It is necessary for Grand Juries to use careful judgment in igooring cases, but if they cau stop such as are merely trivial they will not the | courts of a burden, but they will add to the dignity of litigation aod do a con- siderable public service, impatience that the thew, cresle Lew Nome of them sod On iuteresis, outrageously only relieve cc mosis Township Classification, Judge McClure, in the case of the taxpayers of Kelly and Buflalo town- ships against the supervisors, decided that all townships not proclaimed first class townships sre in the second class, i snd that there are only two classes of | townshipe—those haviog a population | of two hundred and fifty to the #0} mile being of the first are | ail | . | tie | class, and others being of the second class, tor Sproul road law, the taxpayers cons Case Arose over opposition the law would not apply. that Uli iess the f be substance of the decision is all townships sre seeond class they bave been declared first class. Mp Keith's Theatre, America's leadiog cartoonist, Winsor McCay, is an entertainer sat Keith's Chestnut Street Iheatre, Philadelphia, this week. This man is the creator of “ Hammy Boecze,” * Little in Slumberland,” ete., giving monologues with illustrations, The greatest laughing hit in vaudeville is ‘The New Coachman,” presented by Simon and Garduer. A special atirac tion for the children is Capt. George Augur and Co., presenting ** Jack the Giant-killer,”” The great Kaufman troupe, bicyclists ; William Tomkins, topical talks; The Nichols sisters, ** The beautiful Kentucky belles,” are others on the bill. -—— Nemo ani 1% Concrete for Saw Mill Construction Sheflleld, Warren county, is to have something enti ely unique in the way of an saw mill. It will be erected by the Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company, and will be constructed en tirely of concrete. The motive power will be electricity ; the daily espacity of the mill, if run night and day, 400,- 000 feet of sawed lumber. The owners think they will have a fifteen-year sup- ply of timber, which can be brought to the mill by the Tionesta Valley Rail road and its branches, ————— A — A —— Vital Statistion, M. P. Musser, E«q., registrar of vital statistics for the borough of Millbheim and townships of Penn, Haines, Miles and part of Gregg, reports that during the year 1006 there were fifty-four deaths and one hundred and three births, —————— A — A A ———— Hepresentative Noll on Committees, Hon. John Noll bas been placed on the following house committees by Chairman McClain : Appropriations, Elections, Federal Relations, Library, A MO PASCAL John W. Runkle, of Middleburg, be ginning of this week came up to visit his brother, James W. Runkle, pro- prietor of the Centre Had hotel, who has been ill for the past few weeks. Mr. Runkle is a merchant in the busy Bnyder county town, but found enough time to come here to see his sfllicted brother, I fA ——— Advertise in the Reporter, BILLY INTRODUCED, Meusures Froposed in the Fenste and House of Interest to Rural Districts Many bills have been introduced in the senate and house, among those of special interest to persons io rural dis- triets are the following : IN THE SENATE, Mr. Creasy, of Columbia, establish. ing a railway commission, an soti-dis- crimination bill; fixing a maximum passenger rate of 2 cents per mile, Mr. Edmunston, of Bradford, re- pealing the act creating the Btate Po- lice Department ; repealing the act of July 11, 1901, regulating the fees of sherifls, IN THE HOUSE Mr. Garner, of Behuylkill, repealing the Coal Corporation Trespass act of 1905 ; also amending the same trespass act to apply only to cultivated land ; also, providing that refusals of liquor licenses may be appealed to the higher courts, Mr. Carson, of Beaver, amending the Highway Department act go that §15,- 000,000 shall be available for roads for 1908, 1900, 1610, Mr. Weingartner, of Lawrence, re- quiring claims for damages for person- al ivjuries to be filed against munici- palities within three months of the accident, Mr. Bipes, of Fulton, giving the right of eminent domain and the right to carry freight upon trolley cara, Mr. Noll, of Centre, appropriating $194,530.92 to Btate College, Mr. Esler, of Allegheny, providing that districts mey establish schools for foreigners. Mr. Carson, of Beaver, to prevent fire insurance companies from forming combinations to restrict competition. Mr. Thomas, of Bucks, repealing the act of May 2, 1809, to provide revenue by imposing a mercantile tax, Mr. Riley, of Allegheny, authorizing the Governor to appoint a commission to survey the railways of the state, school Mr. Moyer, of Lebanon, providing town- ship shall nssess §1 upon each taxable, that road supervisors of each in addition to the regular mileage. pian LOCALS, The President nominated J, G. Me After residing io county, for several years, Park will | Nelson, Dr, ocale at Bunbury, Tioga WwW. E. Fhirty-two fat bogs were slsughter- heim, and shipped to the coal regions. Rev. nud Mrs. W. J. Wagner, of New were in Bellefonte ast week Lo altend the funeral of Grant Pifer, a brother-in-law of Mrs. Waguer. Bloomfield, The Penvsylvania Telephone Come pany had all its ulmbered be. tween Lewistown and Bellefonte. The work was done by Wm, of Millheins Merchuut WW. H. witnessed the junauguration of Governor Sluart, and from Harrisburg weutl 0 York w here remained until the latter part of last week, polis Stump, Meyer Lie Io order to properly celebrate the fifth anniversary of John Qlewine's embarkation in the hardware busi- ness, Mr. Olewine prepared a turkey diner for the employees of the estab- lishment. Miles township will vote at the com- ing spring election as to whether they shall pay their road tax in cash or work. But two townships —Gregg and Rush—adopted the cash system last spring. The Bellefonte hospital is so over. crowded that the purses have been compelled to give up their private rooms io order to accommodate the many patients who have goue there for treatment, John T. Noll, the decorator and painter, of Pleasant Gap, took advan- tage of the snow last week and came to Centre Hall where he purchased a fine Portland cutter from D. A. Booger. Michael Bpicher, also of Pleasant Gap, is driving a Portland purchased from Mr. Boozer. Mrs. Lucy Henney aud her father, J. O. Deininger, Thursday of last week, went to Wilkinsburg where they will remain for a month. While in that place they will be the guests of the latter's daughter, Mrs, James EK. Stuart, who moved there recently from New Bloomfield, Cornelius Bland, the hostler at the Centre Hall hotel, is a crack hog feed- er, and succeeded in growing a hog to such a size that in order to weigh it correctly (?) it was necessary to swap steelyard pees. This done the hog weighed 710 pounds. Bland is the happiest man in town, The members of Logan Grange, Pleasant Gap, will hold a conundrum supper, Friday evening of this week. The menu contains twenty-four edi bles, besides “extras.” The persons who patronize the supper will be able to satisfy the inner man long before the price of & spisre meal bas been parted with, | INCIDENTS OF 1879, Local Items Taken from the Ceutre He. porter of Interest to 1906 Renders, [ Note : The spelling of proper names 1s the same as found in the files of the Reporter.) July 17—Mrs. B. D. Brisbin pur- chased from Wm. Wolf the Harpster property, in this place, at $725, Michael Hettinger, of Gregg town- ship, met with a fatal accident while driving a pair of horses in the neigh- borhood of the home of James Sweet wood. The bit on one of the horses broke, causing the driver to lose con- trol of his team, A fine new bell, from the Buckeye Works, Cincinnati, has been purchased for the Yusseyville Lutheran and Re. formed church. The weight of the bell is 500 pounds, and the cost more than $300, A four year old son of Noah Btover, living at the gate west of Millheim, was run over by a large wagon that was on its way to the field for a load of grain. The wheel passed diagonal- ly across the breast and face of the lad, with serious results, The wheat crop in Penns Valley on an average will not be more than one- half a crop. There are many very ex- ceedingly poor fields. In this neigh- borhood the only good field is on the farm of Benjamin Arney, who expects twenty bushels to the acre. July 24—The Howard Iron Works were consumed by fire which was caused by a ladle containing 1600 pounds of metal upsetting, July 31—A. P. Luse, carpenter, has just completed the erection of a new house for Wm. Colyer, at Colyer. The Journal, at Millheim, announces that it will hereafter be printed in English instead of German, A pew brick school house is being erected nesr the toll gate, in Gregg township, west of Spring Mills. Jacob Fredericks has his new dwell- ing house at Spring Mille under roof. August 7—Residents in the vicinity of Farmers Mills, in Gregg township, will make an effort to have a post of- fice established at that point. Last week Moses Clark, with two small butts of horses, hauled 850 brick 4150 pounds } from the Centre Hall brick yard to Potters Mills t» be used in the coustruction of the store bailaing. lussey ville now has three mails per week —Tuesdays, hursiays and Sat- urdays. J. Heury Keller is erecting an ob- servalory on top of Nittany Mountain, above Centre Hall, . Uhompson 3 Married—June 23, Samuel Page, of Rock Springs, and Miss Phoebe Ns, Gill, of Piessaut Gap. . July 6, William Klivefelter and Miss Mary Bechdot, both of Polter township. June 30, Cyrus Trego, M. D., of Ches- ler county, and Miss Maze J. Fry, of Lewisburg, formerly of near Aarons burg . July 10, John W. Getz, of Lemont, sud Miss Catharine A. ‘I'ress- ler, of Linden Hall. . , July 2, Al- vio Shuey and Miss Alice Aurand, both of Pleasant Gap . .ouly 24 Clarence Gunsallus and Miss Amelia Zetile, both of Spring Mills . . . July ZA, Fraok P. Fisher, of Orangeville, Lilinois, aud Miss Sarah E. Rote, Aaronsburg. ———— Closed or Open Bar 7 Moulgomery county lawyers who have closely looked into the provisions of the uniform primary sct, declare the same to be void. They have also come to the concusior that * per baps’ the law does not order saloons to be closed on every day primaries are held, but only the day specified iu the act, which this year falls ou Juuuary 26. In counties where the act is not put into force this winter, persons holding license are not certain whether or not the law is binding as to certain bars, but Monigomery county lawyers think it is best w close shop. A —————— Baying 7's and 8's, There is a good demand for 7's and §'s at the Reporter office ; in fact, it is surprising how many of the Reporte:’s subscribers are sporting those figures, It makes the reader feel good and the editor better to see a seven or an eight next followiug the uame on the label. Che supply ou hand is equal to the de mand. Lakes look at your label and see what you have, Tuose who have already purchased these figures will find a change on their labels within a few weeks. Notice will be given in these columus of Lhe event, AA AA ATA, Sugar Valley Insurance Co, Ofoors. The directors elected by the Bugar Valley Mutual Fire lusurance Come puny are as follows: T.R. Harter, J. CU. Btrohecker, Samuel Buiter, George Garbrick, Nelson Rowe, W. L. Bhellenberger, E. A. Noll, 8. L. Mall, Benjamin Zerbe, A. N. Heckman, A, E. Bartges, William Gummo. The directors then elected the follo officers : President, T. R. Harter ; vice president, J. U, Btrohecker 0, of WA. Sore; ewan, J, Hook TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, Mr. and Mrs, T. C. from Wilmerding. jartges are here Three hundred and sixty-six mar- riage licenses were issued during the year 1506, A. M. Brown last week sold his farm at Pennsylvania Furnace to J. C. Gates. The price paid was $6,000, The Lutheran congregation at State College was presented with a hand- some individual communion service by Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Sibert, On account of nervousness C. R. Bnook, of Boonville, went to the Will- lamsport hospital for treatment. He is a son of J. C. Bnook, of Millheim. James Clark, of Benner township, will become a citizen of Bellefonte, having purchased the H., H. Harsh- barger house on Penn street for $2000, R. E. Blover, of Aaronsburg, has de- cided to hand over the farm to his son, Milton, in order that he may be able to devote all his time to the sale of gasoline engines, Jacob Lee is considering moving from Hellam, York county, to Harris- burg, and with a view of finding a lo- cation in that city spent several days in the state capital, When passenger service begins on the railroad through Bugar Valley in the spring, it is proposed to lay over the trains at night at Logauton, mak- ing a round trip in the forenoon and one in the afternoon. Baturday the Potter township audi- tors were called together to place a value on sheep of James Wert, near Tuseeyville, killed by dogs. The dam- age done wasappraised at $45.00 Dogs come high, bul they are a necessity, it Appears. On “Band Knobs,” in the Beven Mountains, south of Pine Grove Mills, the carcass a deer was recently found by Harry Miller, who declares by wild cats, of the animal was killed Mr. Miller set several traps to cateh the cats, but failed to do so. An accident resulting in the death of John 8. Beck occurred at the Kist- ler tannery, Lock Haveu. The man who is fifty six years of age fell into a val filled with scalding bot liquid. He was removed as soon as possible, but was #0 horribly scalded that he died early the next morning. A Reedsville correspondent writes to a Lewistown paper thus : Rev, C. W. Rishel, of Williamsport, arrived here the other day and has charge of the Singing at the revival meetings each evening this the Methodist church. Rev. Rishel was to have been here Inst week but was detained by ill health. week in Io order that everything is set aright in the housekeeping line for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Geary, at Al- toons, four generations started” from Tusseyville to that poiot, the latter part of last week. They were Great Grandmother Mariah Wagner, Grand- mother M. F. Rossman, Mrs. Charles Geary and little daughter Lois, At the annual meeting of the Farm- ers Mutual Fire Insurance Company the following board of directors was elected : J. G. Goheen, Frank McFar- lane, J. B. Btrohm, Frank Fisher, Robert Reed, W. Fred Reynolds, H. E. Duck, G. B. Haines, Fred Kurtz, Z. D. Thomas, J. R. Bruogart, George Mitchell. The board organized as heretofore, Monkeying with a juror of Judge Hall's court is as dangerous as fooling with a buzz saw. A fine of fifty dol- lars was imposed on John Foley, a Renovo horse dealer, for having treat- ed an impaneled juror at a hotel bar and making a remark about the case on trial. The juror was also with drawn. Judge Hall evidently has de- cided to conduct the vusiness of the court without outside influence, Buying the Philadelphia Sudday Press means getting a splendid magazine—free !| Fine stories, clever- ly illustrated by authors like Conan Doyleand Anthony Hope. Spendid woman's department in The Press every day—weekdays and Sunday— Nothing's half as good anywhere else. All the news—sports are treated by experts. Read the Press every day and you will get ail that’s worth having. Hon. Harry Bhoemaker, of New York, and (1, SBoott Smith have sold The Jersey Shore Herald to Warren Robinson, of Danville, who for several years has been managing editor of The Morning News, of that place. Messrs, Shoemaker and Smith will remain in the newspaper business, having ar ranged to purchase The Bradford Rec ord from Senator Lewis Emery, Mr, Shoemaker is kuown in Penns Valley, through this section, Several ago he was one of the secretaries to the American Embassy at Berlin,
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