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