PROPOSED NEW CORPORATION vax,
Senator Edmiston Offers Bill {or
All Actual Property. {
Millions of dollars ly be
added to the public service
corporations
have to pay if a bil tntroduced 10
Edmiston, of
Bradford county, reaches enasetment,
Edmista
property of such
now coutribute to the Bteie
their capital stock snd earuninge. He
would have the Stale colleet the
tax and divide it, giving one-half
the counties and one-half to to;
ships, boroughs and cities, pro ra!
according their population.
Railroads, trolleys, oil pipe
telegraph lines, electric light,
water plants would a! hit oy
tax, which, the bill
five
d value of
Levy on |
aunu will
will |
that
tax
in Pennsylva in
the |
Legislature by Senator
's plan is to tax the setual
corporations, which
a tax on
new |
lines
i
i be
specifies,
be less than mths
of the ass
Railroad «
would have pay the tux
lands, right of way, tracks,
sidings, bridges
tives, engines, cars, dredges and wt
om ps ties,
Lo
Wile
, buildings,
shovels used iu their construction
Npecifieations of the Kinds
CO ie
operation
of property of other corporation
taxed are equally defiuite
The suthor of
the railroads
should pay tax ou
the
apa ol
do the farmers and «
and Pp
passed in New Jersey u
Wnts to th
he
what should be dove
no saccurale estimnat
revenue that
wou
Bc lp ty
Transier of Henl
Julia C. Harvey, et, uw
Curtin, Jan. 14, 1907;
jogs twp. $200
Hallie M. Hayes, et
Gamble, Marcel 7, 1906
on Linn St, Belief
MN. M. ones, adr
Wirtz, Dee. 9,
twp $201.
Butrdine
Butler, May 15, 1905, 102 seq
Butler, et.
tin twp. $100
Ballie E
Lingle, +
Walsoi . 3 8)
in B
Jas
WwW.
Kgs Lwp
§
Lori, ef
N 12 1906, lot in
satauel ¢
do, A}
tw pe $9.
ril 1,
Philipsburg
Wirtz, Jr.,
Rush
Jobhu H. Ui
MeMullin, «
acres, 133 po
Johu Fou
do, May 9,
twp. $5.
Thos
B OOlL, Nov.
$250
s Wir,
Forsier, et,
al.,
8, 1906, lol in
lege.
Alexander
Everhart, «t
in College
ui
1907,
Kverhar et
Rig Jan 15
£2 Fi}
Po
Curtin
land
(wp.
B » Harry R
Curtiu, Dee. 12, 1906 Bogus twp.
Lawrence
given. $600
TT. Osmond,
no
J
yinson, et.
Dr. J. |]
Is
Btate College, u
Margaret OQuerheim
ton, Jan. 18, 1907, house
Rush twp. $300
Catharioe Feid
ni,
iL RiVe
a
er ih
Grace Evan. church of Madisonbury,
Feb. 19, 1906, lot 38
$60.
iu Muadisonburg.
Attorney Zorhy Married
The marriege of Miss Isabelle Tay-
lor aud Willism D. Zerby, E«q , both
of Bellefonte
ot la: ge
occurred Wednesday
of
ir.
evening £ ul the FO Lee
the bride's moter, Mrs. Anna Tayi
The ceremony was performed by Rev
W. B. Cox, pastor of the United Evan
gelieal church, The groomsman wes
D. Paul Fortney, Esq , and the brides
maid, Mise Gertrude sister
of the bride,
After the marriage ceremony
gone through an elaborate
dinner was served to two
most intimate friends the
and groom.
The same evening Mr. and Mrs,
Zerby started on their wedding tour
to Washington and other cities
The groom is one of the rising young
attorneys at the Bellefoute bar and
has a host of friends. The bride is a
sister of Col. Taylor, and is a charm.
ing young woman.
————————_ ff AYP TOIL IAAI
$4 000 Fire at Mifllinbarg,
Owing to defective flues, the Meth-
odist Episcopal parsonage, one of the
finest structures in Mifllinburg, wes
‘badly damsged by fire. The Mifllin-
burg hose company, by «flicient serv.
ice, suved the building Loss $4,000,
covered by insurance.
Taylor, a
wedding
the
of
PENNS CREEK TO BE SUBDUED
AND YIELD 15,000 HORSE-POWER
Fall of 85 Feet—three W’s, Wilson, Woods and Woods,
Generating Electricity for Commercial Purposes.
) ENNsS CREEK, for centuries rushing through the mountains separat-
be subdued and become the force
e fertile valleys in Centre county from those in Umon county, will
which will develop fifteen
borse-power to be used in generating electricity for commercial purposes
Phis project has passed the initiative period, snd although most of the
in pos
were requested to be withheld until this time,
Che prime movers in this project gre the Three W's
Alexandria ; Judge Joseph M. Woods, of the Huntingdon-
digianl District, and James Woods, E«q., of Huntingdon,
M
well-known
forraatiot
iin
A. Zentmeyer, of Tyrone, and Wm. Grove, the former
t
vil engineer, and the latter the or in Cent
: BUTVES
Varner, of Huntingdon, sn expert concrete builder and a
special of dams, together witl
study to the construction
ave repeatedly met on the site of the proposed dam during the
wing the gorge be! ween Little and White
MAY This
point west of Paddy Mountain.
dule, cle
be obtained,
that
inter
The elevations show the
thie Pennsylvania Railroad would nowhere be
ww much as forty feet below the water level,
s territory covered by the proposed dam i= in Hartley township,
wunty, and one of the duties sssigned Grove was to sec
the
Burveyor
dam, His work is
wet that the options extend over a period of but
i Mr. Grove
the land forming the bed of
six
» begun almost immediately,
Willisma Hironimous, David Johns
Bheneburg, Mrs. Mary Bennett
William Johnson
thousand dollars.
ib
Owing persons :
irs. H. E.
and
Lad
hou
er { farm buildings farm and
ie total footing up to about five
a considerable distance the State lands will be inundated,
centre of Penns Creek Representatives
hing the
made overture= Lo the MNiate auth sud sre soticipstiog
ch will give them the privilege to Sine
¢, the work on the dam constr
Varner and the engineers estimate that |
vue would require a foree of four hundre
he power house, ete, will also require
Wywer mentioned
Ws msnu
Vari
Burpham,
of
posted
“ jeuser
FH
d Lock Haven, ud mn
y
the minds of moneyed mer
dr
truc’ed to make a survey
ave a complele slirvey of the se pa if © mintry sined
's dawg, Surveyor Grove has been
1s
ying into Penus Ureek between Coburn and Lindale, af
Farmor Emerick Boys House
Farmer George H. Emerick
John Nefl bouse, o1
WwW. D
Lins lessed the bh
At
occupy the dwelin
nd styles, printed bought
church street
Mr
Joi
Lin Lie
the
'
Emerick
MH. Pufl.
tXpect
{ = 11 i
eginnivg of this fom MlIunk.
t like a in
Bp pear
dway some future to
£ himself, but sat
Harvey, of Lock
present he prefers to remain
Huil,
on
geologist of the y . 1
farm, east of Centre i he
ire al 8 session
paid was $600
—
Conuecied
fits
To Iavestigate Capitol Fraad,
ugelical church ; :
ge! : n A resolution was passed in the house
public exer.
o'clock
}
Monday authorizing a joint committee
four
three from the sennte
$ ~~
: 30 .
Ae ta of seven fromi th house and
@
to be appointed
fraud. The
entire of
a
Ming
gle BOL
hey
Hiniey-
Au to investigate the Capital
Philadelphia where
of Mrs,
J. Emory Hoy, and other
resolution received the vote
§Le Mingle's the body except two members—one
Democrat and the other a Labor party
the supported it
ey will return intier nan
Wee R. tp Atl
Aaronsburg,
T. W. Kreamer, of Renovo,
guest of A. B. Btover and
sunday.
Mr. and Mra
the Babbsth
Publishing Company was
§50 000 dumsges by OW,
Williamsport, claimed
ed .
was the
who family over
Oltalt libelous article
Cirit
tried
erniog hing, Tue Case was John
wilh
Detwiler
iu
spent
vubury, sud the jury gave Goo
friends
Ril Aes Valley.
Mra. Ezra Burd, of Coburn,
ing her mother, Mrs
willing.
Miss Carrie returned Lome
wlter a pleasant visit among fiends in
Lewistown,
“
visit.
t this
An
Every county
WH DOX making i= indus«try
reaping a hinrvest Nwabb, =»
will be obliged to
have
voling
is the
nn
fate
imilot box msde for exch pre- Weaver
business
lok
mvt hod
pri
To
f ours,
of the fesrvsin jotiera to
due EW Heubeu Brown, of Salona, spent a
few days with Lis wife at the home of
James Weaver,
The saie of the personal property of
Mra. Cronmiller, deceased, will be held
Saturday afternoon. Many usefal
articles will be sold,
Mrs. Badie Wolfe and son, of Spring
of his connection | Mills, spent a few days with her moth-
Creamery Cor. | ef, Mrs. Stambach, who has been ail
| ing for the past few weeks,
I Twelve companies of the National | wim, Warne, o Hartleton ; Thor,
| Guwrds, in various sections of the! Hatter, of de lefonte, - and Harry
| state, were supplied with armories out | Mensch, of Williamsport, ull spent
hale, PP the Sabbath at the residence of Lewis
J i
Mensch.
fier, nnd bs tO Lim
f holding tue June or summer
HIRFivs
WwW
i iadelphia furtday
that eity he st piped at
returned from
a his way tL.
Harrisburg to
(irons Mingle
| Association, in which he has a special
the Howard
| poration.
| with
{of the $250,000 appropriated by the
Last legialature, The maximum ost
{of these armorieg was $20,000, which |
i
i
Sp
! Spring Mills,
{ will probably be the price fixed by the! J % Conde is seriously Hi at th
bourd for all that way be built here. | Gel 1 LODUY Ia seronaly at this
alter | writing.
Maurice J. Decker, of Philadelphia, H Fog Sowkiship catcns held . Bev
was home over Sunday | Hall Saturday 8 unusually largely
He is a von |
lof M, J. Decker, and i» employed by a
| attended.
| Philadelphia firm who install carriers | Harry Burkholder, student at State
{in large retail stores,
He just com | College, was a Spring Mills visitor
pleted placing such & couvenience in a | Baturday evening.
Willinmeport house, and Monday | Bruce Gramley, who is a student at
went to Harrisburg where a store will | Bate College, spent Bunday at his pa-
also be fitted up with the mechanism. ' rental home. .
i
i
i
HILLY INTRODUCED,
Wie aod
House of tnterest to Rural Districoty
matress Vyvoposed In the Nonnte
I'he following bills were introduced
in the legislature recently :
INTHE HOUBE
By request, to prevent “treating” in
suloons,
Making
{able by a fine of $600 or one year's im
it a misdemennor punish-
prisonment for officers of corporat ions
or agree
fluence the votes of their employees,
farms and
for school
to congpile, combine to ine
real
pur.
homes,
taxation
Relieving
from
| eslate
| poses
Requiring county treasurers to pay
| back to municipalities within thirty
{ days the liquor license paid by such
| municipalities ; abolishing the tax
stock.
Mr. Noll, Centre, appropriating $17,-
’
upon live
{ 000 to the Bellefonte Hospital.
power to
companies to
either
safely gates or watchmen, at the die-
the town council. The
nell ean also forbid the obstruction
Ciiving all boroughs the
have
by
{compel railroad
rossings guarded,
ir of
such crossings by rolling stock of
can regulate the
trains may cross at
of the
days are to be allowed
with
company and
t which
built-up sections
irty
companies for compliance
hie order of council,
the number of councilmen
in the
threes
I'o make
seven in each borough
f
ior
slate,
each LO servi
years,
IN THE SENATE
of
burial grounds and grounds owued by
Prohibiting the condemualion
societies, colleges
educational institutions for
purposes ; permitting
game preserves to dispose of
or kept
preserves ;
ities for the destruction
cats, foxes,
hurches, religious
or other
blie school
whers of
deer and fawn owned, raised
in their own
ui
private pro-
f
viding b of
mioks, weasels,
aw ES OF gray owl.
Of May «1,
of swine,
quail,
{
wild turkey for five years.
femoval
af
ti
s Imelhod for Lhe
failure to pe
f eounty com-
Lridges and
nstruet
ing Hew
bridge ben existing ones are not
sufficient to accommodate traffic,
Wp
LAYCALS
Mercury and the zero point have be-
Grae Cite associales,
would not
his week
“ Hard ling "’ apply
wginniug ol
Me
sere, Frauk P, Floray and Aaron
Hall,
Detwiler, south of Centre were
moruing.
Og from pouds DEAD
haviog attaived a
#IX OF nore luches,
Don’t be
Lo
Liese colutaus is
niraid to send Lhe Reporter
Bp
s1i0-
facilis are not Kuown.
ral matter that does not
pear in omitied
th
se Lhe
Hy im Au
Charley Slump is contemplating a
visit to Virginia in the spring. He
a native of that state, but has been
four or
is
in
five
oo”
his is the finish of the first month
the 1907. What were
you to mankind during the thirty-one
days in Javuary 7 Will it take long
to tell it?
past
ATS,
ye
in year good
A car load of horses were recently
shipped from Coburn to Washington,
D. C., by Harry Schlagle. They were
fine, heavy
draft horses,
“Ie you intend haviog sale this
spring, call or write the Reporter for
prices on posters. The poster work
sont oul from this office is the best to
be obtained. The rates are reasonable,
aud, all cousidered, the cheapest,
The new number of the American
Magszine—the February uumber—is
easily the b st one issued so far by the
vew editors, It is fuli of snap. Miss
Parbell’s Lincoln article is undoubted-
ly one of the great stories of the year,
Rev. W. A. Houck, wuo served as
pastor of the M. E. church in Belle
fonte for several years, but who is now
on the superanouated Hast, sud lives in
Carlisle, has been made chaplain of the
House of Representatives at Harris-
bury.
The January number of the Penns
Valley Echo, edited by Rev, G. W,
Melinay in the interests of the Penns
Valley charge of the Methodist church,
fs in print. Like all the preceding
pumbers, the paper is full of interest.
ing news for Methodists,
The state eugineers have completed
the survey for the road between Belle
fonte and Milesburg, and report that
the road can be constructed for less
than the average cost for such roads,
The reason for this is that there ia an
abundavce of choice road building
material close at hand.
31, 1907.
Trial List.
Following is s list of the cases that
will come up for trial at the February
term of court, which commences
Monday, February 25th, and will con.
tinue two weeks :
FIRST WEEK,
Joseph Bros. & Co. ve. W. C, Heinle,
Gerberich Hale & Co. ve. M. B. Betz,
J. G. L. Meyers va, ¥. H. and Mar-
garet Dale,
Charley Foster va. George Lulz,
Amos Copenhagen and J. B. Me
Monigal vs, J. P. Beibring.
Mifflinburg Buggy Co.
Bailey,
W. C. Stephens, exr., ete
drew Bommerville,
W. E. Britton vs. Frank F.
Hame va, B. H, Wigton.
Cresson Bprings Brewing
Fred Eisenhsaur,
Elizabeth and Ida Keen
Keen,
Henry T. Irwin
Poor Overseers,
Levi Beguer vs. 8B. E. Kimport.
E. F. Gardner vs. Paul Schwartz.
BECOND WEEK
Hafer, trustee,
ve, David
; V8. An-
Irwin.
Co. vs.
ve. Alfred
ve, Union wp.
A. W.
Rearick.
MeCalmont &
Lime & Btone Co.
Wm. Witmer ve. Edward Bellers.
Barah Trevessick ve. the borough of
Philipsburg.
James B. Archey vs. W, F.
Franklin Bowersox vs. J.
Fortney.
Harry Krape vs. Howard Brick Co.
Lauderbach-Barber ve. R. M.
Foster, trustee.
Mollie Miller vs.
North America.
Samuel Frank vs.
nace Co,
A. W. Gardner vs.
Margaret Peters va,
estate,
ve. L. C.
Co. ve. American
Martin,
Arthur
Co.
Insurance Co. of
Bellefonte Fur.
Burdine Butler,
(George Peters
re p— =»
Mill Whistle Bohaves Badly
Thursday morning the citizens of
the borough and surrounding’ country
were awakened by the continuous
blowing of the large steam whistle at
Weber's 1 Several per-
OOK got up to the mill to
ascertain why the noise was continued,
miring mill,
snd went
Many others put their heads through
the windows into au atmosphere that
WHA below
zero, expecting to see a glowing light
from a burniog buildiog. Others
simply turned in bed and swore it wes
too cold for a fire to burn. The whis-
tie blew all the until En-
mill and
I'he reason for this pe-
culiar behavior of the whistle is singu-
lar. Duriog the day the exhaust
caused the rope attached to the whistle
lever to become festooned with numer-
ous icicles, and as the steam receded
pressure the whistle lever
lessened uatil flaally the pendants on
the rope exerted sufficient pull to open
the whistle valve. The remainder of
the story has already been told,
chilled to twelve degrees
on, sale,
gineer Poorman went to the
“
cut it out.”
the on
School Directors’ Convention,
One hundred and nine, or a little
more than one-half of the school
directors of Centre county sttended
the convention of that body held io
the court house last week. The attend.
ance outside of the directors was
scarcely worthy of mention. The ad-
dresses by the instructors, Dr. D. J.
Waller, Jr,, principal of the State Nor-
mal School, at Bloomsburg, and Dr, J.
George Becht, principal of the Clarion
state Normal School, at Clarion, were
of such a characier that every director
of the association should have beard
them.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year weie : President, W. E. Heinle ;
vice presidents, Dr. W. 8, Glenn, State
College, and DU. K. Keller, of Polter
township ; secretary, H. C. Quigley,
Bellefonte ; treasurer, Join P. Harris,
Bellefonte ; delegates to the State cone
vention, David O. Etters, D. F. Fort
ney, C.T. Fryberger, E. HH. Z igler
and W. L. Foster.
I A ———————
Keith's Theatre,
There is plenty of variety ia the per
formances at Keith's Chestnut Street
Theatre, Philadelphia, this week. As
a headdiner there is George Ade's
great one-act playlet of southern char-
acter, ** Marse Covington,” presented
by Edward J. Connelly & Co. A treat
in music is given by the Basque Quar-
tette ; a treat in mirth by the three
Keatous. An added feature is Katie
Barry, Euglaod's dimioutive come-
dienoe sud character songstress, Swor
Brothers, impersonators of the South-
ern negro ; Eleanor Henry, high-class
vocalist; Max Wessely’s troupe of
European jugglers, and Fields and
Wolley are othets on the bill. Du
Bois and his traived monkeys are a
feature for the children, while Paul
Spadoni, the Continental Hercules,
is an extra added attraction,
Thursday morning was the coldest
morning during the present winter,
when the thermometer
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS,
James Durst will move from Potters
Mills to a farm in Mifflin county,
Bnow and cold last week. Bleighing
was pretty well patched up the latter
part of last week,
A trust and safe deposit COMpany
has been organized in Lewisburg,
with a capital stock of $125 000.
Hay is getting so high in price that
it is feared there will be an exhibition
of ribe on eattle and
spring.
horses next
Luckily again for next sesson’s
wheat crop, the fields were fairly well
protected by a covering of snow dur-
ing the eold weather last week.
Take a good look at your
this issue of the Reporter. Credits
were given for all subscriptions paid
between December 3 and January 28
label on
Among the changes in tenants next
spring is G. Howard Ripka from the
Btiver farm Alexander
farm at Potters Mills.
will succeed him.
to
McCoy's
Edward Boob
The latter part of the week Dr. Jas.
W. Boal will go to Port Carbon, and
assist in Installing as pastor of the
Port Carbon Presbyterian church Rev.
jrownson, a Virginian,
Mrs. D. A. Boozer and son
ns, George
and Bhaunon, Friday morni
to Lock Haven to Miss
Boozer who is attending the (
State Normal.
urday.
1
gE went
visit Lizzie
entral
Hat-
g
hey returned
Iu this issue will be found a report
of a special committee on fire insur-
ance appointed by the Centre County
Grange. Bince a large number of the
readers of this paj are of
the order it was thought report
would be of interest to them.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hunter, «
toona, have
er
members
the
Lilk
Al-
and
of
moved to Juniata,
Low occupy their own home at Juniata
Park, a new suburb of Altoona. Mr.
Hunter is formerly of Boalsburg, and
his friends will join the Reporter in
wishing bim and Mrs. Hunter a happy
life in their new home,
Before the new hose was stored fif
teen minutes they were on
to a fire, but there was no
them. The bucket
complished the
need {oo use
had ac-
This demon-
should in
perfect order—hose, carts, wrenches,
ete. —at all In
for war,
John T. Lee became
last week while at the
daughter, Mrs. George Cen-
tre Hall. It was first thought he was
paralyzed, but later developments in-
dicate that it was simply a return of
brigade
work,
sirates that everything
be
Limes. peace prepare
su idenly ill
home of his
£ (311 i
eon, in
an old complaint, in a more aggravated
form. His condition Wednesday was
serious,
Sunday Rev. J. M. Rearick will ae-
#isl in the installation of his brother,
Rev. W. M. Rearick, as pastor of the
Mifflinburg Lutheran charge, and con-
sequently will absent from his
charge. Rev. C, T. Aikens, president
of the Busquehanns University, will
fill Rev. Rearick’s appointment in the
evening at Centre Hall,
be
Monday of last week Clayton E.
Walker and Miss Edua Poorman, of
Runville, eloped, and Tuesday follow-
ing they were married in Corning, N.
Y. Itseems that Mrs. Poorman, the
mothe: of the bride, was opposed to
the match, but the young couple's de-
termination to get married drove them
to a state where no marriage license is
required.
H. E. Royer, and wife, of Clyde,
Ohio, who spent several weeks among
their many friends in Penus Valley,
returned to their home, They went
west about six years ago and by in-
dustry and economy they have suc.
ceeded in making their condition in
life very comfortable, They reside on &
farm and are well plessed with that
part of the west.
Three men distributing advertising
matter through Centre Hall Thurs.
day of last week used the team
they were driving io a heartless man-
ner. They were driven on a dead run
to the station where the poor brutes
were then hitched to a post. It is a
shame how livery horses are misused
by heartless people. It is reported
that the team in question is owned by
Christ Beezer, the Bellefonte livery=
man. The drivers were strangers in
this community.
Another hen story comes from H.
B. Frankeunberger, a farmer who lives
about one mile west of Millheim. He
has forty buff leg horn hens and dure
ing the year 1906 kept an account of
the number of eggs he received. Dur
ing the month of January, 308 ; Feb
ruary, 617; March, 569; April, 769 ;
May, 708; Juve, 457; July, 837;
August, 623 ; September, 471 ; October,
230; November, 74; December, 246,
Total during the year, 5,604. An
twelve degrees below sero,
average of 142 eggs per hen in one