VOL. LXXX. FROM ILLINOIS G. HH. Rishel, formerly of Fenns Valley, Tells About Weather, Crops. and Ntoek | Markets In the West, As most of the Reporter know me I thought 1 would etter to be published readers write a | short in the paper. We have had all kinds here this winter, There was fall of two inches, but we have had no of weather 8 SNOW. sleighing. We had several cold snaps, At ope time the thermometer register. | ed four degrees below zero, but the | low temperature did not | the seventh of January the thermow eter registered sixty, and we bao thunder and lightning sud a pouring rain similar to that iu of June. This was followed days of zero weather The principal crops raised M ost ast long. On month Lhe by a fow here ure corn, oats and hogs. of the] farmers Lad good this yen, Crops Hogs are the most profitable ive stock as they bring a fair price. Lows the highest market quotation hundred-weight. Oue of fifteen pou nda, wes BK WOH 37 per a) neighbors sold AVEerngs live weight 475 It is forty rmuiles to Chicago, | hogs, for $450 iu | Chicago but we are eight Aurora Cattle also are selling ul Most of thie cattle fd Lere ure from the south wes! jor price. Most will { miles northwest a fair figure Blige ry | “tN HIE Ve ia to wor $75 weeks ug I a un held iu Mill Oae team of Lo" Nes, high in horse About horse sale similar Lo Lose Buy 0 bring om $50 two {ended “ix sot heim. Or seven years old S00, brought $395. At horse sold for $231, $216 Cory is 40, oats faruiers feed nearly Eggs are 250 and butter 25 sO egress aud butler were SUG, Farms are seiliog &il the $100 i= also h for Bre Way to $150 per acre Rent ou farms M owt Arius Tented Lo igh, nie cash, apd from $4 50 $7.00 wer =ome farms are reated for one. Lisif suare t ¢ighiborbood, is ndvanced for * Rat of Dlilly ¢ Brgiiarne per ai Lied fa TiC thsi the I a2 1 SUAK® Liles Is wo of the ree y 88 & pre veniiative a 1 real tha supp ¥ never-fgiling. Bil a FUL BeCeasily — ard of Thoanks The § bake Leavis net ly to ther friv dered Mr. LEY Of Lhe [als during the Lee. Wl — +'K 8Dout t 1 Lrincipa temp People can and denounet ex press their ¢ eu and fast wen, but rend the story of a young giri's ruin by »| designing, treacherous man ss Star ford stirs up deep dow in tie White is shiva ’ AVE tne mn, it LHUINBL sous per than | to the 8 heart feeling that is =iro any olher and young and erring wife the sympathy of the public | Jims iorny Wins profligate his beautiful, ——— The Roosevelt “Third Term Lesgu is nol payiug » Yeu hE Ot to the sincerity of the gent prof. s«es 10 adie, { 1 pitt | it eran A A fenture about tt I here newspaper reports tif Lise one good @ Fina case You do pot have to read thew, fp — oy , Brinn Hall, Pa. MNOme Letter to BB Centre Dear sir: pointed in painting ; i out a= they th ugh 1 LB. of & Broughton, prioters, Raleigh, N (',, painted his house with Devoe three years ago; he had ueed paste paint before and ought lous Devoe. Had 16 left, Paste paint is exira thick—with white-wash, Mayor W, W. Carroll, Monticello, Florida, says: "My painter satd nt would take 85 gallons to paint wy house ; it took 20 gallons Devoe!’ His house is the best paint job in town; and he says Devoe the whitest white of all white paints, Jones & Rodgers bought 5 gallons Devoe to prime Mr. Pratt's house st Merkel, Texas. 1t painted two costs, The reason for nobody guessing little-enough Devoe is: they learned in a bad school : other paints, Yours truly, F. W. Devoe & Co , 12 New York, get doesn’t perp ie Ginn gp Cone would, Edwards, Edwards 30 egat'ons 30 gnl- in FEBRUA BY OSCAR CHRISMAN, PH. D. Professor of Paidology and Psychology, Ohio University PART 11. [ A= was sunounced previously an article from the pen of Dr. Chrisman The title defines the line of argument very reader of this journal should carefully study the line of thought pre rented. The idea of paying children to attend school may be new to msoy, but there is wholesome ground for its adoption. — Ed. ] The uvernge age at which children | action, must take the place of the tire- far from thirteen | some desk-work and dull sure perhaps. ‘Chat is, the child stays | plications of the present. But the when he ig. 400 beyond all these must the work be nhiv to show his parents that he can | carried out into the fleld and the wood, lo something outside better than at along by the river and the brook. The eave choo! in not mental vochonl up to time There is no natural ins | Why cannot a beautifal hillside, the boy, He is savage and | peted with lovely flowers and sof instincts, The | grass, us good savage has never been in (children as the dreary particulerly pot in a|and drearier desk 7 But more yet, the fliled wit} HAVER be Bn LMT al of the tour walls, and Mille nurrow school, The school of the savege | ail must teach them by following the most part sa physical {them in their plays apd in their school, witht but little mental applica- | doings. It very gratifying to i the boy, savage, wants students and lovers of children that sture helped and trained. | much of the above is being recognized mental straip, as necessary in #chool into the some ways Also, as was that we may well believe has hee: f is tion, ai 8 jeal only school-work and in « ott from world. that physical, active siggested before which ean only be met by money, ap-| along such lines peal to him more than preparation for Yet with sll the sbove, however the future, go out and make money. The parents, | must under<tand that the child in his not being higher in the scale than the work knows only profit of the present scquiesce in this, for to them | He knows I fully believe present money is of more worth than that the child, all thiogs being equal, who ju in school | prepared for life's struggles than he most valu-| who Buy must work or business, | what it children. no future, s eins receives an education, betler The way to make @ pl made to keep children leaves school to engage not the school the a I'he school CATE We must change that the school- an the child and not for sees At present only the ap- | the present. if the teacher are placed | lives for the present. Bo n- be done for ditions out the world eallivg the i= done only because the | children, with the greed of parents and aC» for them may be, Hut this is the judgment of It what the He sees ouly what he gains for He is as the Le aliractive POOEN IZ sndult, i= not child sile Tor savage, with p it, snd whatever missy in fren re 18 Og itldre As the busi. thing must be done, a very radical io attractive and fixed | step must be taken, and that is to pay children in dollars and cents to attend Yet this is not innovation, for in higher education it tomers, and whatever lsd ne es-people is done only be- school. such a grest interests of cus- r, Mcholarships and vine the interests of the child. lowships are being increased all time, until it looks as if at least iy the best be cared f #0 in the is being done, fel 1 he id those things } nsgitied ini ildren which will make very highest education all who under- Fost , bext to the home, the take such may get paid for it in Io the first lars and freedom al If it is of great to girls Iv the mankind, to pay students in the high- must al- est and most advsnced lines to the work must school, why is it Pisce cents, « OTe value to the state, i to + plessure be Aunt to children it life to sctive life ught that if a tend school? mnke sn study ofstill sant to the educated as it is lo th sig « VOI IDOre BO, Pay pelinies Lhe in As Lhe have some Surely import. slate 0 have IN Bases on jo a wellsarder- few in- tm nnd study the children, dividuals very highly educated, rity of child-life is It is true it wou a great deal sid still life pre- of money to pay every child who at. exert routine of work of tends for 1 BRy pay hood entirely every child, no matter whether rich I'he condition of the or poor, just as every child who works for it. Perhaps it = ould the be paid by the racher as at present is amount and kKiod of work done just as suppressing the spirits of in their work elsewhere and ctiifd-nature nud in holding exami a markiogs of grades in school Lioviim Diy, i coat Liv Te cho il, should tst be is paid ete, of the schools iis must require as much time on be that children thie nimrt of i thet given up! A8 iD This, Work which allows the use of though, is not a matter that need be freedom of motion and! taken up in this paper. (To be Continued.) LOCALS The Reporter's Register One wili lose nothing by makiog the As was announpced last theme of private Centre Reporter op ned a Versation, week the register in which persons calling to transact busi. ness or for a social clint are to Tegister coming vieglion the refleetion OF social co Phe mate educations] sssocistion of invited vo! directors of Penns ivania meets | Fegister their uses, The i bur-duy ) and | © sitains the following : John B. Wert, Tussey ville Claude KE. Wert, Tusscyville L. J. Burris, Centre Hall A. A. Moyer, Centre Hall G. W. Mclinay, Spring Mills Wm, H. Lawyer, 8t. Louis, Mo D. W, Bradford, Centre Hall J. H. Bmetzier, Potters Mills D. P. Ream, Spring Mills Sara M. Brungart, Centre Hall Virgie A. Durst, Centre Hall J. W. Whiteman, Centre Hall A. E. Homan, Centre Hall John Oberholtzer Harrisburg M. 8, Strine, Harrisburg H. G. Strohmeler, Centre Hall H. C. Houser, Centre Hall G. W. Muir, Williamsport Virna Geiss, Centre Hall Sadie Weaver, Contre Hall Grover Weaver, Centre Hall Claudia Wieland, Oak Hall Station Ross Bushman, Centre Hall Mrs. J. F. 8mith, Centre Hall Bessie Weber, Centre Hall J. L. Tressler, Linden Hall Mrs. J. E. Campbell, Linden Hall Mary L. Campbell, Linden Hall E. C. Harter, Spring Mills J. W. Raymond, Linden Hall M.D. Fleming, Wheeling, W. Va. W. D, Strunk, Centre Hall Sumner Stover, Millheim Geo. H. Emerick, Centre Hall Rosa Runkle, Tusseyville Bessie Myers, Tusseyville in Harrisburg today ( Lon rruw, Ve to been Humberger, White, Urorge deputy County Tres-uter hans thimwr am i Jura for tae United ~iates tdimig ie uM which sili € ‘uvene at sSersiton 20h ost, Sledding hae been tiptop since Mon. ny nm werk hie mien fie Verb w woftened suf | ly Saturday sod ~unday to pre. | it from Leirg arnited by the) wirds of Mondsy. Good fortune for all, lL Tue Central hotel, at Milesburg, a! few days ago was sold to Harry Austin, wito will take full charge by April lst, Ue Central hotel fur muany years was conducted by Alexsuder Kohlbecker, ard sfier his death a year ago, by his sou, Heury Kohlbecker, Mr and Mrs. Oliver Strunk are st Kurthaus where Mr, Strunk is rupoing engine at one of the large brick works, They expect to renin a til Spring. At that time Mr. “trunk will begin operating the circular saw and prepare for the threshing season, The Taxpayers League, in Clinton county, is making itself feit by show. ing that much property in thet county is assessed ridiculously low, Cos) lands, worth $200 per sere, were ree turned at $1 00 per nore, aud fireclay beds of great value are assessed at the i! The building formerly used by the Howard Creamery Corporation as a skimming station at Tusseyville was out into sections and hauled to Centre Kreamer & Bon sell our paint. same rate Hall where it will again be erected. STOVE DROPS THROUGH rool Falls to Usllar—A Shosless Family was Ben Jumin Rickard's, Overhented Stove Barus Floor snd Bepjamin Rickard was greatly sur-| Mouday morning, when he] certain piece of work, to find that the | had fallen through the | floor, floor ablaze, and] in the house burn- It was a timely awakening to the situation by Mr. Rickard. The Rickard family lives on the old Johnny Allen farm, or Johnny Allen's | stove kitchen the both ways, according to the of the family were placed around the like so mapy sentinels. night was cold, consequently the fire box of the stove was filled with fuel, The | the next morning's supply of kindling | and wood, I'he soundly | It was in | were discon- | family retired and wood in the oven catching fire. incident is amusing in a way, but| came very venr being a much greater | A — Fransfer of Heal Estate amin Wieland, et. ux, Miller, Jr., April 1, 15: in Miles township. $300 A KR. Thompson, Nov. 1 $425, John I. Thompson, et. ux Ber j ative to | 1 Pe ry Fhompson, et. 8 to nx., 906: acres in | Hush twp, ,toM. E Church, Lemont, July 28, 1862 $100. Murphy Lemont, Micha-l Brown, Oct. | lot 's heirs t = 0 in Rush John W.| tracts of Potter | t1orner, et. al, lo Jan, 9 1907: 12 mncres, KY Kate two perches ia tw eid Dells s #1 June 14 twp, §IK, to Jane Potts, | of an acre in Rusb | ai, Commissioners of Pennsylvania J H Ward, Jan. =, 1807 : Ive RAG = $Y 4B acres, | 128 6-10 } erches, i Sarah LI. Larimerto H. Larid Cur} 1, JAD 1, 1907, her interest WES lwp $200, Chas W. Fisher, adms J. Seplember ob, tit B of Barah L.| dickle, and 119 Sept. 25,1 150K perches | in Gregg twp. $400 - » LOCALS Conduct to Philadelphins last week to consult an | ' “ye spre Biles Wiis FF. Reber, of Phils Lite Lapis delphis, bus taken full caarge of hotel al Siste College Jared Hoar per, of Bellef ite, 114 eggs Bn Lolal has 50 hens that laid the Year 1906, or each of 342 diring CER | O85 de 2 The Bec zor be closed shortly. Beliefonute, will be Col livery, Mr. Beczoar LHOse will and templates opening a regular exchauge engaged as a dealer, siable, J. W., Mitterling made a shipment of fresh cows the eastern markets Saturday. Monday, Mr. Mitterling followed the cattle to conduct the sale the latter part of this week. fo The Reformed parsonage at Centre Hall has been improved by the addi- tion of a bath room. The fixtures are said to be the obtainable. The plumbing was dove by J. 8. Rowe, best A bill that ought to become a law is the one doing away entirely with the cigarette. The bill provides that cigs. relies nor cigaretle paper shall be manufactured, sold or in the possession of any one. Let the cigarette bill be- come a law, Wednesday evening of last week Lhe scholars in the Centre Hall Grammar school induced H.W. Dinges to take thew to Centre Hill that they migut spend an eveliog with their teacher, Juwes B. Strohim, and family, How did they evjoy it] It was the talk, not to buy u street lamp to be located op- posite the dwelling of W. Gross Min- gle, North Main street. All the lamps now in use have been purchased from funds collected in this way, I'he borough, however, pays for the light- ing and gasoline consumed after the lamps are iostalled, G. M. Muir, of Williamsport, con tract agent of the Bl Telephone com- pany, was in State College, remarks the Limes, lookiug up new business, The company has not had much sue- cess minoe the United Telephone com- pany began business snd in order to counteract this decline has reduced the charges to $15. and as a rerult of a can- vass by Mr. Muir over 30 phones will shortly be installed, RY 14, 1907. The Service Venslon Bill, The service pension bill was signed by the president, and is now a lew, The following is the schedule of the bill : At 62 years of age, $12 per month ; at 70 years of age, $15 per month; at 75 years of age or over, $20 per month, These pensions shall commence from the date of the filing of the applica- tions with the Peneion bureau, and 8 necessary is to establish age and There can be no sccurate estimate of the amount of money which will be needed to cover the ad 1itional charge upon the Treasury made necessary by this legislation. There is no doubt, the aged survivors of later wars, It rounds out and completes a policy of any othei country. ——— Bills Passed Finally, The law makers are beginning to ut their quota of work, which, if the scrutiny of Governor law. The bills passes will become ; passed were : Establishing the standard of mess urement of milk, skimmed milk and Providiug for the payment by the county of the costs in cases given in charge to the Grand Jury for investi- gation where no prosecution is ought. Directing that ¢ wunty bridges over which shall here- designated as State bridges, be rebuilt and maintained by f u i of the Btate Highway Depart- wind that the Commissioners of minties where such bridges are cated shall be custodians of them. WA tp Keith's Theatre, Keith's Chestnut Philadelphia, this The program at Fheatre, ties. First in attractiveness is F. D. of * Vacation Atlantic City surf. ¢, nud the eight Eaglish wer girls, Florence Tyler is so- bere gorgeous scenery, costumes and charming mau- s produ Sydoey Deane il be seen io ** Xmas on Black, A special feature is Lelly & Co., famous Weber. An ioteresting and ing entertainment is furnished by ¢ Great Jackson Family, the world’s yom t cycle troupe. Willy Zimmer an, impersonator of great composers, d the Hickman Brothers, acrobatic ned are others on the bill, alipalimms————— Judge Orvis Upheld Centre county may justly feel proud of the President Judge, while some of the neighboring counties are just a bit puzzled over the haphazzard decisions rendered by their chief dispenser of law, Nota few judges declared the portion of the road law relating to the voting for or against the cash tax ays- tem unconstitutional, but Centre's judge went on granting privileges to townships to decide by popular vote the msgter how road tax should be paid. Now the Buperior court has sus- tained the law, declaring the law not special legislation, esentation Ig soe is ion, somedian, ian, AIA A ————————— Killed on Rallroad Wednesday of last week David C. Osman, of Pine Hall, met his death on the railroad near Altoona. He was a flagman, sod it was while performing tuch that he was run and receiving injuries which terminated in his death. Mr. Osmsu was aged tweoty-three years, and is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs, Lemmel Osman, of Pine Hall, from which place interndent was made, his duties ase down li — Monument to be Completed, The soldiers’ and sailors’ monument Bellefonte is being completed, twenly plates containing the names of Centre county's heroes haviog been re- ceived, nnd last week the work of plac- ing them was begun, The two pla es bearing the names of the soldiers of the wars of 1775, 1812 and 1845 will vot be on hand until sprivg al a —————————— M. Fr. Donference. The thirty-ninth annual session of the Central Pennsylvania conference of the Methodist Episcopal chureh will be held in the First church, Ty- rone, the week beginning March 26th. Bishop W. F. McDowell, of Chioago, will be the presiding officer and a good program is now being arranged for the ministerial gathering. enim oitm————— Valentine Post Unrds, A ed sssortment of Valen Po {ds on sale at the Hos! pt § ani (eo TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. At a recent festival held by the Odd Fellows, at Pine Grove Mills, $170 was cleared. Col. Hugh 8B. Taylor has reappoint. ed the military band of Fifth Clear- field as the official band of the regi- ment. Monday of last week, the employes of the Central Railroad of Pennsyl- vania received a 10 per cent increase in their wages. Prof. P. H. Meyer, who is teaching a class in vocal music at Centre Hall and Millheim, may hold a musical convention at the latter place before spring. J. H. Rishel, the prospective Farm ers Mills merchant, and W. O. Gram- ley, a rural mail carrier, of Bpring Mills, signed contracts to have Bell telephones installed. H. C. Houser, of Old Fort, will move to the tenement house on the Hale farm, near Axe Mann, and will be em- ployed by G. T. Tibbens. During the past year, Mr. Houser was employed as a farm hand by George W. Brad- ford. Howard Homan now lives at Mingo- ville instead of at Altoons, at which place he has been following carpen- tering for a number of years, In fact, Mr. Homan intends keeping on with his work at Altoona, but his home proper will be in Centre county. Messrs. M. B. Stine and A. E. Ober- holtzer, of Harrisburg, were in town a few days repairing the traction engine of W. D. 8trunk & Bon. The men are in the employment of the Huber Manufacturing Company, from which company the engine was purchased, A thrilling serial story appears in every issue of “ The Daily Press.” It ies one of many good features. All the news and departments worth while are adequately treated in *‘ The Press.” Bay ‘The Press '’ every day. It in- sures your getting the best newspaper, In a decision handed down by Judge Orvis it is defined that a town council may appoint a person other than the tax collector to collect water rents. The decision is based on the fact that the sums assessed against individuale and property is a water rent and not a tax. Mr. and Mrs. John Frazier recently opened their home to a number of young people from Centre Hall. It was a sledding party, and all enjoyed both the ride to the Frazier home and the hospitality of the Frazier family, Edward Darst furnished the trans. portation for the young people. John F. Gray, the senior member of the insurance firm of Gray & Bon, Bellefonte, was in Centre Hall Imt week looking up fire and life insur- ance, and wrote up several policies. Gray & Bon are able to write up any kind of insurance—~fire and life—and in the most substantial companies in existence. Messrs. J. R. Bmetzler and W. H. Matter, of Potters Mills, were in town Thursday of last week and called on the Reporter. The latter gentleman is ‘Squire Carson’s right hand man, on the Carson farm, near Potters Mills. He is a native of Bugar Valley, but is well contented among the fertile hills at the upper end of Georges Valley. Last week Wilham D. Strunk made a trip through Mifflin and Hunting- don counties with a view of finding a location into which to move, and on returning decided to locate at Burne ham. While in Huntingdon county he paid his aged father, Isaac Strunk, near McAlevys Fort, a visit, and also spent a short time with Andy Crotzer at Belleville, Last week's Selinsgrove Times con- tained this item: Luther Kratser, who has been burning lime at Pharos Herman's lime kiln laid several sticks of dynamite near the kiln to dry. The heat was too great for the dynamite and as a result it exploded, wrecking the lime kiln. Mr. Kratzer was site ting near by eating his dinner, and how he escaped instant death is » miracle. His dinner bucket, from which he was eating, was blown = hundred feet from where he sat. Personals from the Millheim Jouim- al: Ex8heriff Cyrus Brungart, of Centre Hall, transscted business in town Friday. . . G. R Stover, for- mer station agent at Cobutn, but now of Lykens, spent Friday and Saturday at Coburn and Millbeim, greeting hie
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