VOL. LXXX. NO ESCAPE POSSIBLE, | THAT DOLLAR ROAD TAX, —— i ———— The Republiean Candidate for Treasurer | Can be Collected Only in the Township in Weighted With Both Capitol Scandal | Which the Owner Lives, aud Inlquity of His Sponsors, i What is slready known of the ex-| gq supervisors of each township to tent of the Btate Capitol plundering | geeeas the sum of one dollar against has proved so astounding that further [each taxable in addition to the mill exactitude of detail is uot likely to|tax, There has been a great deal of greatly increase popular disgust or in-| doubt as to whether or not this tax digoation. It would be a fatuous pro- | can be levied against one who owns ceeding on the part of Republican |g property in a township, but who leaders to try to put off further im-|does not live there. Some townships mediate public discovery or the stu-| have levied and collected this tax frown pendous rascality pending the election | non-residents and others have not. of the next State Treasurer. | Judge Walling, of Erie county, in a It has not been completely disclosed | cage held that the tax cannot be col- who all the rascals are that have prof-| jected from non-residents. This de- ited by the loot of the Treasury, but|cision is of great interest to persons the exten: of the plundering has been | who own farms in more than one closely ascertained and the direct re- township and if followed in this coun- sponsibility must rest with the party | ty will relieve them from the payment in complete control of the State govern- | of the one dollar tax under this de- ment. The Republican party is re-| gision. sponsible for its rascals. They were| While this case was brought and a only successful in getting away with | decision rendered on June 4, 1906, its their plunder because they were Re-| publication In the advance sheets of publicans, Further investigation may | the Districts Reports did not occur un- uncover participants in the looting | til May 7 whose names are now unknowu and unsuspected, but it will not alter or affect the issues of the coming cam- paign. The Republican party cannot afford to shield any of the Btate Capitol thieves. It must follow the lead of Governor Stuart and find them out, whoever they are and wherever they are, and punish them. Itis wholly unlikely that either par- ty will fly in the face ot public senti- ment by putting in nomination for the State Treasurersuip a man who does not measure up as nearly as pos- sible to the Berry pattern. The man, this time, will stand for much. But no matter how reputable the Repub- lican candidate may be, he will go be- fore the people weighted not only with the Capitol scandal but with the ini- quity of his spovsors, the desperate and disreputable political bosses in control of the Republican Organiza- tion, without whose maleficent control there would have been no Capitol plundering. The road law of 1905 requires the In the last issue in May of 1906, the Reporter argued the per capita road 1ax question, the subject having been raised by Prothonotary W, F. Bmith, of Penn township, who wrote to Com- missioner of Roads Joseph B. Hunter. Mr. Hunter in his letter to Mr. Bmith, and published at that time, stated : ** A taxpayer who pays a road tax in more than one township is liable to the $1.00 tax in each township.” The Reporter argued that the ad- ditional dollar was laid against the person and not the thing taxed, and contended further that if Mr. Hunter's opinion was correct, road supervisors could lay a tax against each tract of land held, as the word TAXABLE em- braces either a person or a thing subject to lax. The Erie county judge decided that the additional dollar was laid against the person and not the thing, and that tax could not be laid against the per- #0D in 8 township, borough or city io which he did not live, The Erie county judge and the Re- porter agree. With the Reporter it was a matter of argument based on facts, but the judge decided the point f law The Commissioners’ Fart, The killing of three persous—Kachie, Auman and Dale, within a very short time during the fall of last year, has been the cause of considerable expense to the county, and the end is not yet, | These three murders, coming in| close succession aroused the people, | who demanded that an «fort be made | and no money spared iu ferreting out Obe- OO A A ——— LOUALS, The * pilok label ” this week. . The began Monday, bew school year—1907-1908— the perpetrators of the crimes, dient Lo the will of f The second asppual reunion of 3 the : pape, the Mensch families wili be held near Mif- County Commissioners proceeded 0 ink I'ouiaday. Joned do sll in their power to discover the Rinburg, Thu : 8Y, ina criminals, and now that the mooey is | Prof. C. D. Koeh and John spent and no one convicted is no fault | Monday : a of theirs, and it would be unjust to in | ?77mal ecbool in Philipsburg. any way eriticize these county officials for baving made the good, honest ef- fort to do just what the taxpayers demanded. The safety of one’s life is worth in- finitely more than the dollars spent in the effort to guard it, consequently it was the inuperative duty of the commis. sioners to follow the course pursued, and they should not hesitate to con- tinue antil the murderers are covered and senilence ex: cuted, athens Smith's Concrete Tie, Not satisfied with ordinary success in life, M. Luther Smith, of Johns town, known to the readers in Penns Valley, sssociated himself with 8, E Kimmel, also of Johnstown, sud pur- chased the patent for a concrete rail- road tie that promises to solve the tie question. The tie is very simple and easily constructed, and no doubt will be extensively used at least by trolley companies. The base of the tie is con- crete and has a top shell of steel with a novel contrivance to clamp the rail fast to it. Mr. Bmith exhibited a blue print of the tie in the Reporter office one day last week, and to say the least, he Is enthusiastic over being one of the two owners of the patent, This is a “concrete '’ age, and why should not concrete ties be substituted for wood shipped to the interior of Penn. sylvania from the Pacific Coast or the borders of the gulf of Mexico. —————— wo n———— Calif at Auction $10,200 T. B. Cooper's annual sale of ime ported Jerseys, held at Linden Grove farm, Coopersburg, this state, in point of prices obtained, was the most senss- tional sale ever held in the United Btates, if not in the world. One hundred head of cattle, includ- ing calves, sold for $93,050. Stockwell, an imported bull, was sold to A. B. Lewis, of Fredericksburg, Va., for $11, 500. This is the highest price ever paid for a bull in this country, if not in the world, at a public auction, A bull calf seven months old was sold to A.M. Bowman, of Salem, Va, for $10,200. This Is the largest sum ever paid for a calf in the world, Governor Hughes, of New York, ve- toed the blll providing equal pay for and women teschers in N York City schools for the same. work, the 8. Host. “I Inal opened summer After resisting ber daughter, Mra. Eliz«beth hisd broken both her wrista, to conduct her house, Milibvim, during the past six or weeks, Mrs Peter Rearick re- turned to her home in Altoors Brown, who i moe The uprising of revolutionists in the section of Chios in which Rev Mrs. CB. Keene are located gives enuse for alarm for the welfare of the missionary workers, Mrs, it will be remembered, is the eldest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W, E. Fisch- er, of Shamokin, and was born and reared in Centre Hall, and dis. Keene, Vir. and Mra. George W, Barner, of nesr Salons, attended the memorial s-rvices at Centre Hall. The Reporter regrets to stale that their daughter, Miss Mary, has been in the Lock Ha- ven hospital during the past few weeks, and at times bas been in a very critical condition. She underwent an opera- tion for some internal derangement about two weeks ago, C. G. Furst, Esq, executor of the late Rev. Joseph Nesbit estate, sold the farm in Lamar township, Clinton county, known ss the Fleming-Me- Cormick homestead, containing 158 acres, lo Samuel H. Bhoemaker for $6050. This farm is one of the finest mountain side farms in Nittany Val- ley. Mr. Bhoemaker owns and occu. ples a farm adjoining. The members of the United Evan. gelical church of Millheim are making preparations to repair their church on An extensive scale, according to the Journal. A new steel ceiling will be put in and a pew heating plant in- stalled. The ceiling of the suditorium as it now Is, is too high to properly heat it and the new ceiling will be placed lower than the old one, In order to give his porkers the best possible quarters, W. B. Mingle, Heq., laid a concrete floor in his pig pen and constructed a trough of the same mae terial, Besides making a permanent pen, the use of concrete also brings the pig sty as nearly within sanitary regu- lations as Is possible. Unlike many people, hogs will keep themselves clean if given an opportunity to do 80, and Mr. Mingle has constructed a pen that will tempt the grunters to divide it by imaginary lines into parlor, sit ting room, dining room, chen and necessary outbuildings, the GIVE ANDY MOYER A SQUARE DEAT Intimations That He May Be Arrested for the Murder of Josiah UC, Dale, (ilve Andy Moyer a square deal, That is what the Reporter asks for a man of limited knowledge; a man who would rather be poor than gather wealth by the aid of a dark lantern, raiding of hen coops, corn cribs, ete, ; a man who will not venture to intimi- date witnesses by threats of violence and arson ; a man in poverty—with- out means to fee attorneys or pur- chase his liberty, even if offered him ut a bargain figure. I'he murderer of Mr. Dale shou.d There any be hunted down and punished. is no intention here to shield but, on the other there should be no accusations made against Andy Moyer in advance of official action One, hand, simply because he is incapable of de- fendivg himself, If he were a man of means or had the of possessing means and influence, news. support papers would not dare to print what has already appeared in cold type, when there is nothing to back assertions except speculative con- clusions Give Andy Moyer a square deal, m—————————— Twp. School Board Meets. The Potter township school wet in the Penos Valley Banking building, Monday, settled up its old board business and reorganized, are: M.F. K. Keller, treasurer : president ; WwW. R. members Rossman, secretary ; the other being f W. W. McCormick. The personel of the board is the same as inst year, The | but it have tax rate was not decided upon, was agreed that the rate would to be raised materially over the here | tofore four mills. There are $273 40 in the treasury, against something over : hand the beginning of the last school Vear, one thousand dollars on 8B A question agitating both the school | A (trove all the schools shall be reopened, delegation from the School distriet, in which district the year attended hand to Locust scholars last school other districts, open the school. It is a difficult boards to fix the tax rate this year, Were on re matter for school as the amount of appropriation, aithough increased by two willions for is an unknown quantity. fie Sear, — iii, Centre Countians Will Hold Basket Picnic The Centre County Association of hold Picuoie Park, Saturday | daring the hours Philadelphia will their fourth aunusl Basket Mansion, Fairmount ’ He afternoon, June 220d, of 230 to 7 five 10 six o'clock. from | of Luncheon hie e Arraugemenis are patiing effort to make the o'clock amities forth every | this largest and viously held, Rev. L. K. Evans, D a former D., of town, hire counting, has Rindly consented to make an address on *' Centre County.” will also be made the President, | Dr. Roland O. Curtin, Rev, Harkinson | aud other prominent members of Association. Persons having relatives or friends living in Philadelphia will greatly aid the eommittes by i forme | ing their friends of the picnic or by | sending their names and addresses to the Secretary, Forrest N. Magee, Esq., i 1329 Land Title Building, Philadel | phis, who will mail invitations to all | such whose names are not already re | corded. It is desired that all be present as early in the afternoon as possible, as the addresses will ve given before luncheon hour. A A —————— Missionary Conference at Hartieton, Short addresses | by the The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Northern Conference of Central Pennsylvania Lutheran Synod convened in tue Lu- theran church at Hartleton Wednes. day evening and closes this ( Thurs. day ) evening. There are twenty-six missionary societies in the Conference, which embraces the counties of Union, Clinton and Centre. A A AAAI: Off to the Pen, John Ammerman Jr., George Walk, Hugh Carson and George Merriman were taken to the Western Peniten. tiary Friday morning to serve out the sentence imposed by Judge Orvis at the last term of court. They were es oorted to Allegheny by Sherif Henry Kline, William Royer and John Love, —— A e—— Adjcarned to Meet in Indians, The General Synod of the L itheran ohurch of America in session at Sun bury adjourned on the 30th ult, The Synod accepted the invitation of St, Paul's church, Richmond, Indiana, as the place for their next meeting. Mission Band Supper. The Mission Band connected with the United Evangelical church will give a chicken and waffle suppor July MEMORIAL DAY How the Day was Observed in Participate, Ln cid As though cut out to fit the sion, Memorial Day was the most pleasant day in the month of May, Hall were «¢ The (Giolden The exercises at Centre pecially interesting. the veterans the sixties, Eagles and the children formed a Hue of march at the Evangelical chureh and proceeded When the mounds were to the cemetery. of the dead nurber of selected flower girls, led by soldiers reached, veterans, decorated them, after & chorus of children, drilled by Prof. P. H. Meyer, songs. Frayer BADE several was offered by Daniel Gress hi James W. Boal, was introduced by « Sherif Bruogart, Dr. was largely historical, » speaker of the occasion, nd conse quen ly was interesting and instructive. children, boy the first that they and girle, 2 The “ | | pecially enjoyed BErVices { . | year, for it was the time e of any § { If of them partici- | pated in the exercises, | The exercises were brought to a ole | by Rev. J. R I'here was the usual good attendance this ments with prayer Nechrist, occasion, and i were paid the cemetery sud individuals fo dead such a tidy condition, Appended is a brief the | i Boal : I'bis Is Memorial Day and a uh | counslituies a signal landmark in I wil uatioual Jit WHY ABR Wise, History. that t of May who went forth to defend farsecing act apart the tielh any 8% A memorial those rinciples of our government ¥ hour of its peril. This day Lng expression Working in the tl jueatd ilies $ 8 $ HEL LDese il ming t {1 vO LE Tron Ww the preservation of « defense of a pi inet bad been struggling si hose it of Burope., Het as well ai: Lhe coutine: the advance { in the} the ciosing of that chisnsin ¥ of Hberty, from the Baxoos forests Gerinauy, through the | reached ts | But it ri Lo realize the Briijs I<sles, where it § i wonderful proportions was fi the American continent ideal. Our government was conceived this equality of each before fhe law was losoribed on its being laid freedom, the structure reared upon arner- stone, The foundation in it must match the foundation, or our Déclaration true. But the government was established, noble in- deed, but with vne supreme blunder : It was not all free He then rapidly and noted #ome signal events in our history, till the great crisis of “ Sixty-one.” Then was witnessed of the most im- pressive scenes in all history. Men rushed to the front, offering their all : women their bravest and best. Then did patriotism appear in the glory of its power, iu the depth of ite pathos, in the vastness of its scope and in the sublimity of itesim. There was atruge gle then. Not courage against cow- ardice, strength sgainet weakness, but foes worthy of each others steel. Noble men we owe you much! Accept what we try to express in words, what we lay on the tomb, while we rejoice with you in unusual peace throughout our borders, The Doctor concluded with a plea for the integrity of the ballot and for the support of competent and true men for our offices of trust, and quoted a stanza from the poem on the ballot box * A weapon that comes down ae still As snowflakes fall upon the sod ; But executes a freeman’s will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its foree, nor doors, nor locks Can shield you : "Tis the ballot box.” TAA A RY SONI. To Balld New Charen, The building eommities of the State College Lutheran ¢ urch has awarded was not traced one Bullet Tumes Unif, Farmer George H, Emerick had an | Inst week that will do to relate. A time sgo he turned several { calves from his barn to pasture, and { after being in the woods a few weeks {the animals broke into a neighbor's lot. They were discovered there by | Mrs. Emerick and her daughter, Miss | short | Verua, who hastened to turn them { back into the woods, when one of the | young critters got mad and rushed at | [1 he two ladies went ¢o the house and | notified Mr. Emerick of what had appened. Angered at the vicious lit- & beast, he shouldered rifle and animal. Upon ¢ ground he suggest- to Neighbor Zsllers that |b { his went in pursuit of the i 1 | $ | reaching the batt | ed he could offered | owner to recover his i to assist the property. The calf, however, was in no mood to be | subdued made a lunge at Mr. | Zellers, and about that time Mr. Eme- rick drew a bead , and on the obstreperous When the smoke clear- cally ”’ was down and two- it, the bullet having entered é cheek, but did not strike a vital | beast —fired ed away i thirds ot spot. Fhe now meek taken nursing animal was | back to the barn, where with {iL will no doubt recover, and become 8 Wiser orute, Transfer of Hes! Estate James G. Adams to Emma J. Stover, May 17 land in Miles twp. $1 James G. Adams to May E. Stover, May 17, 1907 Miles twp. £1. John L. Wolf, Miles twp. $1. i A. Miles 160 « ¢ ANY ; land in ames GG, Adams to J Koo 3 Scares. 3 tay 17, 1907 ; land in James G, Adams May 17, 1907 : » Florence r land vaver in p. $l Chas, Bchreck- James (3. Adams to { land in Miles irs to James (. § tracts in Miles bar. to Wm. H. 1 M. Walk, et, 7; 50a in Taylor K, Mar h 4), 1f John L. Heckman to Mary Vonada, 1907 interest Walker K a ARY oo, 1H); in American Lime & ni, $151 ssf om ————— 2 in Potter twp, Keith's Theatre, i i his week at Keith's Chestnut Street fa- Heury E. Dixey, pre- g a great sketch of 17th century ife. Bearl & Violet Allen Company own original farce, Fraveiing Man,” and the Thos. turn to vaudeville of America's it ¥ 4 ite comedian sentil * Been 10 thelr i he ug Will Cressy’s comedy, ** Mag Hag- riy’s Reception.” A #prightly and girl-act in vaudeville is the Six Rockers, in uggs and dances with a psy-turvy Fhe great Zingari troupe is presenting an operatic novelty * Gy psy Life.” This is aleo the week of the re. turn of the wit Jack Norworth, Es. pecially pleasing and timely is Joseph Hart's Futurity Winner. A thrilling race of thoroughbreds over a mimic course, saucy soubrettes #h fini Hn real ia——————— To Raise Teacher's Pay at Ones, The Snyder bill provides that $40 a mouth shall be the minimum salary to be paid teachers holding provisional certificates, and $50 the minimum where a teacher holds a normal school certificate and has had two years’ ex- perience. This bill requires that dis. tricis to share in the increase shall file & report with the Department of Pub- lic Instruction before October 1, 1907, and annually thereafter, so that the State can give the increased appro- priation. The law became effective June 1st, A A AAAI. That Shell, The shell found near the Dale barn, on Nittany Mountain, may or may not have been the one that contained the charge thet killed Josiah CO, Dale, November 12th. At least it was an innocent looking shell, and lay in the Reporter office from within a few days after it was found until a short time before the May term of court. When the authorities learn all there is known about the finding of the shell, some of the importance of the incident may disappear, Sports! Sports! Sports ! If you are interested in sports, no matter of what nature, subscribe for the Philadelphia Press. It contains daily and Bunday all the latest news and gossip of the sporting world and 4b, in the Grange Arcadia, the contract for »oodwork of the new church to T, F. Keun ; is wn recognized suthority, Read the 35) Jo NO. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, The * pink label appears this week, Take a good, long look at it. The first uniform primary election was more than damp—it was wet, The members of Trinity Lutheran congregation in Juniata are planning to dedicate their beautiful new church on June 16 The state road to be built jellefonte and Milesburg will cost $10,429. The contract was let R. B. Taylor & Co., Bellefonte, between to The residents of Millheim are high- ly pleased with the appearance of the new bridge erected in the borough, I'he structure is about completed. On and after July first the name of the postoffice at Roland will be changed to Curtin, to correspond with the name of the railroad station at that place. E. L. Brown will in the near future move his portable sawmill from Asronsourg to the old Swartz sawmill site, south of Millheim. The William Kreamer timber, nearby, will be con- verted into lumber. Owing to some misunderstanding Rev. B. F. Beiber, of Milton, failed to fill the appointments last Bunday at Georges Valley, Union and Bpring Mille, much to the disappointment of the members he various gregations, of con- William Hess, of Philipsburg, but who is well known throughout the en- tire western end of the county, as he is a native of Ferguson township, sufler- the Ida ed a second stroke of paralysis, at home Mrs. Rothrock. Ag Charles of his daughter, A. Fisher and George Stahl were driving a steam well-digger il the vicinity of Kratzerville, Snyder county, last Friday, both became thirsty. They alighted to get & drink from a spring, and had not gone forty feet when the boiler exploded. Both men escaped unharmed, f of B Mrs. Crittenden, lellefonte, while taking care of her sick daughter, Mrs, surns Crider, fell from the top of a slsirway to the floor below, & severe laceration receiving the head and {f her body. Gi to on Druises on. other Seibert quickly responded and dressed her wounds, paris the call Snyder county does not elect & sin gle county officer this year, something that has not happened before in forty years, says lhe Belinsgrove Tribune. Next year, however, there will be can- didates galore, ( Ongressman, Benator, Assemblyman, Commissioners, Sher- iff, Treasurer, Auditors and County Surveyor. Dr. G. W. Bimpson, of Mill Creek, Huntingdon county, while excavating for a cellar underneath a part his house, which occupies the site of an old fort of the Indian days, discovered a spring of pure water with a flow of 100 gallons per hour, which had been carefully covered up with heavy stones by the pioneer settlers, of Mrs. Eliza Stump, last week, went to the whstern part of the state to visit friends, and while there was most kindly entertained by Mrs. Sussn Koch and son 8. T. Koch, at Darragh ; Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Condo, and many others formerly from this place. This was Mrs. Stump’s first trip to that section, and it was a most enjoyable one, ‘ Better than ever,” was the 10 sponse of 8. L. Condo, of Spring Mills, to the question, “how is the bugey business with you ?"’ He had made a trip up this way to deliver a buggy to A. C. Ripka, at Centre Hill, and, of course, called at the Reporter office to make the pink label on his paper this week correspond to the prosperity he is enjoying. Mrs. Esther Harris, the oldest wom. an in Fayette county, celebrated her one hundred and second birthday at her home in Uniontown one day last week. Bhe enjoys good health and a remarkable memory, recalling scenes of the War of 1812, when soldiers marched past her father's house en route to Pittsburg. She has one son and eight grandchildren, C. E. Zeigler aud R. A. Coldren, of Spring Mills, were callers st the Re- porter office Monday morning. The former was on his way to the western part of the county to deliver a piano, and the latter was on his regular route gathering up cream for the Bpring Mills creamery. Both were in the best of spirits and all becanse business was good in their lines of trade, When the pelt from the wolf killed in Blair county, a short time ARO, Was sent lo the Carnegie Institute it was discovered that it bore the marks * W, L. M." on the inside of the right fore arm, The conclusion is that the wolf was one of two male cubs that escaped at the time the Main circus was wreck- ed near Tyrone more than a dozen years ago. The other cub was pre-
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