CENTRE HALL, PA., THURSDAY. JULY AALN 4 SOIL SURVEY OF CENTRE COUNTY BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT. Colored Maps Will Show the Various Kinds of Soils, Towns, Villages, Farm Buildings, Streams, Roads, Ravines. Etc. The Phamphlet Accompanying Map Will Contain Val- uable Information to the Many Tillers of the Soil. th a - oy NN i WILL ERECT HOSE HOUSE, Par. ore £99 ent of I'he Agricultural Depart Nat ) AY ional Government making [//4 soil survey of the . Counetl Approprinted 8200 for that myivalia, pose—To be by Fire Company. It h 40 1TIe Erected a8 been advocated by this paper that suitable house erected proper keep- time A" the ould be for g and care of the fire hose purchased the council, and it the made inrge expense by an- that th some pleasure that cement can now be ¢ ructure will be erected by the hundred remainder fire | {all Fire Company, coun. i ropriated two 1 its cost, Lhe whatever way the select, months ago the council tion instructing a com- hh Mr, Brungart was ct & fitting building | H. The order was | wut the building «i for Iw quently Win the purpose the the by reso to bel miin- reported Hecre- cil as Gross M ! or le . the regular Bradford, Min- fous meeting Were : an, Urawford and rev Mlreet CON- made a few and was crossing | to the| wri, ete. for dry ing the ] IRACE position to the Coun- | allow them the he Fire Compa- | building on iiding, FROM VERNON, KAS J. A, of Conditions the Ete Fells Farm, Strunk on The Reporter is pleased to reprint a letter from J. A. Btrunk, of Vernou, Kausss, which will be of By the way, the Reporter interest to ite readers, any and all its patrons, A few lines from subscribers in the north, east, south and west—added when making remittances at any time—would make the Reporter more readable than ever. Mr. Strunk, under date of July Oth, says : Like the very cold in Kansas, and more corn or in east, the spring was was replanted than at any other time since I lived here I was obliged to replant nearly my I'he replanted corn is from knee to waist whole crop. Grenerally thie A usn yY #spenking corn ¢rop looks promising. The hay crop will be light, Natural only about fast year will yield three- the yield Was Olt per acre, The old ofl Bearcity of cars kept me from selling and one-half tons Crop has all been sold my hay early. Later the pricedropped considerably, bul fortunately there were 1) cars to be had and consequent- ly I ¢ price went and 1 good figure, not ship, Btill later the wa ld up, cars were oblainable, was able to sell my crop at a I shipped about fifty car loads of bay, Bowme of this, of course was purchased from oelghbors Wheat is about all harvested and yield well. Bome oats is also cut We but a fine The ground and is well Lad planned to cut our oats today interfered the set and gt LhiICR « i va in Tail crop is short, Hi filled, : i 4 a { Considering the Of backwardness spring aii crops are good ex ep ay previously mentioned, but we will have all of that we wafit to Hay pressi g in Kansas is very hard work and lasts from two to three until the work gets tiresome Strunk sick, but better months Mrs + i getting Was Her wil ngs very glckness was asioned by from 1} ’ 5 B= ai 2 aj HAVE aviment of | and | mpiete, ut a jper- young r formation public and this the general pari ular, who has charge of Charles FF. D.C. He y New York, National Gov- Agri- K is i= «t Henrietta, the wed By the Bureau of Boils, iral which training this line of work. Mr ce and He i” which he is Mhsw CRS a wide was engaged and Fi bye Mr Fexas employed in o her During January, this sexigned to special {ales and Mareh of year duty Ary Perey { treed at ol Lei Drain prac type " fle we atid has arid ARri- inslitutjon, J. of Providence, “itis nate il or need in the Fei at LLG ing ti Loeatiog { variou tural Departinent vO #, Crops Mr Shaw's associat in Weston Hal', a native Rhode Island, He is civil and aid the foundation for his life work in Brown University. Prior to coming here Mr, Hall was engineer of inspec- tion on Lup new east side tunnel of the New York, New Haven & Hartford R R. st Providenaee, K. |. Tunnel construction is not conducive to good health, and especially when compressed air must constantly be supplied, and as a consequence just previous to his coming to Centre Hall about two weeks ago he was stricken Lill, The government graciously tems porarily transferred Mr. Hall to the | agricultural department snd sept him to the most healthful segtion of the grown erage vield, eom- parative § com posed of Lhe difle A engineer, $21 A ga ik f A ESY Stating concisely the conditions ex- isting in aud the cone lusions and recommendations the county drawn therefrom. The shove gives a brief outline of the information sought by the two young men who have ramping over cultivated fields, ridges and forests about Centre Hall, They are not res paesers in the sense that they are aceking to destroy, but making seareh for facts and general information for the benefit of the land owner and tiller, | enst It will be obeerved that much of the] Mr. Shaw and Mr. Hall have made information cannot be obtained by the good impressions on all whom they ordinary process of exmnination of bave met. They are always willing to @oils but will require the work of the give any information that might be of sclontists at Washington. Other facts | wervieo to a Guestioner, and their cons must be gained through information | duct has bedn sueh as to reflect predit obtained from the farmer himself, or on the type of men in the servies of been A np Wanted : 50 Men sad Women J D the druggist, is advertisiog todsy for fifiy Murray, men and women to take advantage of 1a half-price ofler he is mak- Howard's i Dr i constipation fifty 25 cents un half-price, his specific Lo cure Well Be wid we vililes, that he agrees to refund whom 0 Any customer Howard's specific at hand, ‘ul what you want and [ii COnEeuUences, us the stomach, gives perfect fe an appetite, and makes life worth the living This is an unusual opportunity to abtain 60 doses of the best medigine made for half ite regular price, with the personal guarantee of & well known man to refund the mouey If it does not give satisfaction. J. D. Murray has been able to secure “ver business only a limited supply of the specific, wo great is the demand, and you should not delay taking sdvaotage of liberal offer he is making this week the Wo — LOU ATS, Miss Villa Rearick visiting in Dewert and other points thereabouts. J. R and Charles in Gi. Allison, of Centre Hall, W. Biack, of Old Fort, signed contracts for Bell tele Dr 1aVe photies Philip Musser, son of Harvey Mus. wer, Fag , of Akron, Ohio, is visiting aunt, Col. and Mrs, his unele and James P. Coburn Miss Hebecos Hewes, daughier of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Hewes, of Erie, isthe guest of her sunt, Mrs. Hutchinson, in Bellefonte, Miss May Rhone is taking her va- eation from the offices of the pure food department, and is spending the time al her home in Centre Hall, Irvin (4. Gray now has 8 string of nine horses, most of them two snd three year olds, at the county fair grounds which he is working out for the after summer racing season, Factory Inspector Gamble, of Al toona, made an inspection of factories boys aud girls under the age of four- teen years employed. The ghildren were sput home, Mesers, E. M. Huyett and A. R, Me- Nitt, members of the MeNitt-Huyett Lumber Company, made a trip to the lower Penns Valley Saturday, return. ing in the afternoon. Both remained jn Centre Ha'l over Bunday. a ther the conclusions drawn by the the government. Advertise in the Reporter, CROP REPORTS, | Conditions Throughout Country Very Sat Infnctory and Potatoes, Increased Acreage of Corn The ¢rop reporting board of the Bu- reau of Statistics of the Department of { Agriculture find from the reports of the correspondents and agents of the { bureau as follows : Preliminary J { turns show the acreage of corn planted { to be about 98,000,000 acres, an increase J Eh | of about 1,361,000 acres as compared | with the final estimate | planted last year. The average con- | dition of the growing crop on July 1st {was 50.2 as compared with 87.5 {July 1, 1906. The average coudition | of winter wheat on July lst, was 78.3, of acreage O6n | as compared with 77.4 last month, and 85.6 of July 1, 1906, {dition of spring wheat on July lst, | with 88.7 last 1906, The average condition of the oats crop on The average con- | was 57.2, a8 compared month and 91.4 on July 1, July 1st was 81.0, as compared with 51.6 last month and 840 July 1, 1906. The acreage of potatoes, cluding sweet potatoes, than that of last year by 54,000 The average condition, on July Ist was 90.2 on EX- is more Acres, | a8 compared with U1.5 on July 1, 1906, The acreage of tobacco is less than that of last year by about 44,000 acres, The | average condition on July lst was 51. against 56 5 on July 1, 19046, enema et —— Miss Allee Girey ame of a pet fox at the from Wallace Fhiat ie the n office who { Reporter secured { Horner, animal 4 the captured on Nittany mountain, Lfrey isa If and weles ttle beaut ¥ sil callers, 74 It is being told about on of 3 Why ss fly Not Proceed that y f <r Lion--jnformati & positive ak been oblained pointiog Ww wurderer of Mr. Dale and the place the crime was committed. If 80, why not | proceed Fennsy Wants Bald Eagle Pennsy ivan ia railroad 'WomAaRking an pa : walrol the organization. Bow operaliog the road t ty-nine year lease made | would like to secure the I'he $60 VATIOoUs right, >A worth of s { held by individuals eslnles, aud osecure this amount Penusylvania company will make an the Bald E own railroad, the sent slo r 0 merge sgle witi j Lhelr He bie fers Lo nocept “ 8 i113 Lhe Peun 0a basis of ¢ f Lhe I presel Line fp —— Jahn G, Harman i i fo in GG. Harman, the nominee | is 8 Democrat who of the is au able, reformer, A standard, a he will take ah abhorrence and iO WILE fTeasurer, represeiuls the best traditions party. More than that i aggressive and sclive lawyer of the highest citizen of the Ly pe, into the office not only of but ability to assail it During the session of the Legisiature of he de- nounced the iniquities of the Repub- lican machine io most scathing termes, He was almost prophetic, in bis arraignment, After sumumar- izing the vicious legisiation for which that organization was responsible, he predicted au awakening of the public conscience and the scourging of the Within two months the fuifitied. Ine activi- ties of the conspirators were transfer red from Harrisburg to Philadelphia and the attempt there to steal the gas works and bestow that rich inherit- sauce of the people upon the favorites of the machine was resented with an earnestness and emphasis which shook the State from center to cir cumference. More than any other in- fluence Mr, Harmau's speech aroused the public. More than any other man he was responsible for the peaceful revolution which rescued the State from the pirates who were looting the public. It is eminently fit that he should have been chosen to complete the triumph of civil righteousness so well begun by Mr, Berry, A AS —————— Farcel Room Service Avaliable at Pennsylvania Hatirosnd Stations, For the couvenience of the public, beginning July 1, patroos of the Penn eylvania Railroad will have the privilege of checking haud baggage and other small articles in the baggage room al all ticket stations which do not now bave special parcels checking rooms. A charge of five cents for 24 hours or fraction thereof will be made for each article checked, except from Saturday noon to Monday uoon when goods will be held for five cents. After the first 24 hours av additional ch of ten cents for each additional 2 hours or fraction Lbereof, with a mini mum charge of $1.00 per month, Dewl venality, the courage 1005 moreover, machine, prediction was All SUSPENSION OF ROAD St HKVEYHN Order Gomes From the Highway Depart Applies to All Counties In the Lack of Funds ment State the Cause, Htate Highway Joseph W. Hunter public road surv« y in a8 well as all other « Stale, to cemse indefinitely, The roads in this section have already been gone over by Buryeyor H. J. Wetzel and as #istants. This was in the Commissioner has ordered the Centre county, f wanties of the nature of a in all parts of Pennsylvania and also some- what of a disappointment as the work was expected to keep many men busy for a period of two years, uo intimation fiom Hunter surprise to the many surveyors There is Miate Commissioner when the work will be re- sumed, He is anxious to have Com. for pleted but gives as the abandonment of the funds. The recent session Legislature passed a Very wropriation for public ros } t reason the ack of of the Work =a slate liberal ap- vd improve. slate, and this be appli pro rata among the will ed, ments throughout the pli the state I counties of road in straight stone but there I lmprovement, iB no cash to spare among extra enterprises, Ihe commissioner i% HOw engaged dale for ih making up a sche new road improvements, esse ff tp LOCALS Summer visitors are here Festival evening, Seep io mind the N saturday evening A recent storm so d the school houses il Lilt $ iit 100 county Have Lo be ren he August ut BUmber slory the twelve it except, idispensa that appear in esch jas Mrs. CG. W, Mecllnsy i Of her parents at Burnt Mclluay was the g Mrs. 8. H. Deituz in Centre Hall, Monda Wis i: v Lhe Ie Was Cul | MAaRing season. of Jay we RIILOsL every ioads day, GOW grass datu? Lawyers Jame Mot Bell passed the ure, of examin board, and are now Lice before Kil COUL first paper 44) is KE IR: Heaton, sud i ¥ Mash th Newton I wl Lag ion: 1 customers of John Olewine customed to see back of his bas accepted a place with the construe. tion crew of the York Bridge Com pa- ny and is now assisting in the ere tion of the bridge across Lhe bury. river at Sune Lee Adams, son of the late unty Commissioner Frank Adams, former. ly of Bellefonte, was married recently tos young lady at N. Y. Fhey will go to housekeeping in Sche pnectady, N. Y., where Mr. Adams employed in a large electrical works. Mr. Adams is a graduate of the sylvania State College and ai prising young man Hudson, ju Penn ters $ i Don’t be worried, Mr. you see you are having a load or two more hay than you really X pected, There is a whole year to follow before you can make hay agaiu-—a long time to bunt & market or feed it to your stock. Take good care of the or Wp, no matter how plentiful it day. The of yet to come, if Far ier, seem to 1A} RORROT consimj mn is Miss Florence Denius, who for the past two years has been stenographer in the sales offices of the Potter-Hoy Hardware Company, Bellefonte, will £0 to her home in WaMsontown for a month’s rest, prior to her marriage to W. 8B. Malialieu, manager of the Penn- sylvania Telephone Company, in Centre county, with headquarters in Bellefonte, The Reporter was pleased to have a call from Mrs. RE. Hockman, and Mrs. Win. H. Forbes, of Philadelpia, and Mrs. Victor Auman, who is a cousin of the former, Mrs, Hockman and son James came to Bpring Mills to attend a little family reunion of the Jamisons of which Mr. and Mrs, T. B. Jamison are the heads. Other members of the family who were also at home were Mrs. Fred Martin, of Martinsburg ; Mra. Robert Miller, of Tyrone, and Edward Jamison, of Millbheim. Mr. Hockman is a foreman in the Philadelphia Tapestry Mills, and his duties there prevented him from ¢ ming to Centre, his native county, just at this time, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL FROM ALL INTEREST PARTS, rdsy night. Fhe first month the scalp law was | he county paid §1 Centre Hall against place for real rest and } A fellow don love, Most girl K ers, KE. H. Zimmerm i# conducting tions in Poe Valley, Th ial reu Shaffer-Hazel families will be Madisonburg, This place i= the I'he officers Shafler, F 3 J. Hazel, Secretary, Fbursday, original h families. ari Ex-Sheriff B. F¥ vice president, mann ; sonburg, and treasurer, of Madisonburg. Anxious ab i Charles Miner, of Wol- Centre Hall ' is a partner with D. A. a $ +9 maueis the wt i uit j pects in Centre county, 1 cott, New Saturday . Boozer, who evaporator plants at Centre Hall and Coburn. Mr. Miner says New York will have a good apple crop, but that other crops in the stale are not nearly up to the Corn is much smaller average. than here, and the wheat fields do not look anything mnty. like as promising as in this o Ihe same may be said of grass, Mr, and Mrs, D. W. Bradford entee- tained a card party Thursday evening. Fheir pretty home was handsomely decorated for the ocoasion, and elabo- rate refreshments were served. Those who participated in the social affair were : Mr. and Mrs Joseph L. Runkle, Mr. and Mrs. N. B, Spangler, Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Gardoer, Mr. and Mrs. James Clark, Mrs. Mame Guysinger, all of Bellefonte ; Mrs, Flora O. Bair foot, Mfiks Florence Rhone, William J. Smith, Centre Hall, * Book farming" is proving profit. able to Emanuel Bhook, one of the energetic farmers in Gregg township, whose farm is localed near Spring Mills. Following the advice of the state horticultural authorities, Mr. Shook has combatied the ravages of the San Jose scale which attacked the thousand or more small frait trees, loformation gained by reading and putting into practice the knowledge has yielded him more than 5000 quarts of strawberries which were marketed atl an average of ten or more cents per quart, and several years ago induced him to plant and graft a large number of Paragon chestnut trees which sre
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