V4)l. L XXXI, JURORS FOR FEBRUARY COURT, Grand and® Traverse Jurors Who Will Hear Cases at February Court, The jurors deawn for the February e¢ourt are appendsd, This is the first lot drawn from the six hundred and fifty names placed in the jury wheel by the Jury Commissioners ; GRAND JURORS re, Philipsburg URORS=1ST WEEK ili pb urg Philipsburg He OWAr { Boro + Fl ai irg Hpabt ipsburg th Philipsburg ipsburg RORS-IND WEEK ug, Snow Shoe y, Benner er, Miles il, Bellefonte ayes, College r. Harris imbleton, Hush Miberty * Austin, Milesburg Dreiblebia, State College we J. H. Ross, Harris William Kumberger, Taylor Jerry Glenn, Boggs James KE. Smith, Ferguson R. T. Conley, Union G. C. Bhonwalter, Philipsburg ES GU AYP ——————— Subscription List Growlag, Al no time during the present man agement of the Centre Reporter, ex- cepting ite first month, have as many new names been added to the sub scription list of this paper as have been placed there during the month of December. The Reporter is striving to give the local news, and in no case does it hesitate to print local news matter of a complimentary character when sent to this office, Flinn Will Oppose Penrose, Flinn, the Republican boss of Pitts burg, sent out a statement Monday saying: “lam in this fight to the bitter end to prevent the re-election of Benator Penrose and to eliminate the Philadelphia control both of Repub lican party aflairs and legislative action. Iam not however, a candi date for aseat in the United States Senate myself and will not be under any circumsiances,’ More Houses Needed, The dwell houses in Centre a omy, demand, are not ito homes oo could cost would FROM MICHIGAN, Former Potter Township Man Writes of Experience of Life in Michigan, It is seldom that a letter from the “ Wolverine!’ state appears in the Reporter, consequently I will write to your readers something about the country in the vicinity of East Tawas, Ioeco county Michigan, In the fall of 1883 I was smonpg the many Pennsyivanians who drifted westward, the majority of the Centre countians locating in the middle west, but myself and a friend in September of that year took ship at Cleveland for Detroit, expecting to return by the next boat. On reaching Detroit, after an exceptionally stormy trip, we heard the tales of the Northwest—the north- ern lumber belts and the big wages paid woodsmen. We also learned that Tosco county was the * storm center” of lumbering operations. Short of funds, we decided to make the trip of 1756 miles afoot, but soon discovered the unpleasant features of walking, and so on reaching a railroad station by permission we mounted a freight and rode to Baginaw, Here we hired to a man for $30 per month, and went to the woods some miles north of East Tawas. In the spring we went to Whittemore, a village that had just been started, with but several rude houses and a store. Now it is an in- corporated city, and Is surrounded with a rich agricultural country. Wheu we came there the country was a forest with only an occasional settler, and wolves, bobeats, deer and bear were plentiful. After the timber was cut, the land was offered at from $2.00 to $10.00 per acre, which was readily bought up by laborers, who set to work to improve a home for them- selves, Now these laborers have model homes. In Michigan we have ideal soil for potatoes, cabbage, sugar beels, hay, oats and wheat. Also a good cattle growing country. Butter and cheese is largely manufactured in Bouthern Michigan, and gradually is becoming au important industry farther north. In Banilac county, just across the Saginaw Bay, in the * Thumle,” the dairy business is exclusive. Here the choicest bred cattle are grown, and many are anpually shipped to the Buflalo market, Sugar beet growing Is an important feature in Michigan, and the manu. facture of sugar from the beets one of the most important industries. There are sixteen factories in Lhe state, four of which are in Bay City, the com bined capacity of which are one mil lion tons. The Bay City factories paid out to farmers pearly $1,000,000, The beet sugar crop of Michigan's sixteen factories is expected to reach 200,000,000 pounds, against 177,000,000 Inst year. This would mean a value of $10,000,000 this year, as against $5,000 O00 last year. I'he beet yield was good this year, despite the unfavorable dry weather, aod yielded about ten tons per scre, the price being approximately §600 per ton. The cost of planting, caring for and harvesting an acre of beets le estimated at from $25 to $30, making the net income about $30. The palp is hauled vack to the farm, and fed to cattle, but no credit is given for them although au excellent food, The lumber business is 8 vast affair in the Upper Peninsula. The fishing industry is another, as is also the pick. ing of hucklsberries from the vast unuckleberry plains an important item. abbage is largely grown, as well as sll common vegetables, and as much as $250 can be realized from a single wre. Corn yields ss high as one bup- dred and twenty bushels, Hay is also grown for market, the average price veing about $10 per ton. As a rule there is lovely weather during the fall months, with little or no snow until after Christmas, FRED A. BTIFFLER. East Tawns, Michigan, AA Ss The Mission of the Parent. The parents of the pupils of the Cen- tre Hall High School have a mission to perform. It is nothing less than to insist that their children devote suf ficient time to their studies to enable them to cover the ground lald down in the course which recently was ap- proved by State Buperintendent Schaeffer, The day of High Bchools conducted on paper is past—the work must now actually be done, It rests solely with the pupils to Sudide whether or not Centre Hall will be of the High Bchools iu the state to secure a portion of the appropriation set apart for Borough High Schools. Heretofore all boroughs could, if the directors chose so to do, call their school a " High School,” but recent | solos. made available state funds ure up to a standard also set by an act of the legislature, It ia the plain duty Jute to lusiet % pou thle Shiite dolog utmost to mest ents nis of thé school Iaw and NO. 2. APPEAL TO IRL the mails unless th its subscribers, it is scriptions be paid immedia ond class mail matter, porter will be grea tly ham EWI bt greally harp partment, at once the amount due, ary, 1907, TEACHERY INSTITUTE Live Questions for Discussion by | Teachers and Directors. A teachers’ local institute will be held at Boalsburg Friday snd Satur! day of this week. The Friday even- ing session will be given over to Rev, Ambrose M. Bchmidt, who will lecture on the topic ** Across the Atlantic snd Fhrough the Mediterranean.” The subjects for Balurday morning's session are : What makes the ideal Margaretta Goheen, recitation ? schools. C. R. Nefl, A. P. Noll Mistakes in teaching. B. H. Bot tenbiorn, Saturday afternoon: The sacred- aess of the teacher's contract, BW, smith, The essentials of a good school, Ww. Johnstonbaugh. Recitation. Margaretta Goheen. Examinstions. M., E. Heberling, Miriam Dreese, James B. Btrohm, Is the custom of changing teachers #0 frequently in the rural schools a good one? D. K. Keller, R. B. Har. rson. Chairman Rothrock has also pio- vided a question box, and the program will be interspersed with music. Boalsburg has always had good in- stitutes in the past, and it is only reasonable to presume that the sp proaching one will be of the same character, An invitation G. John HH. Mersioger, formerly of aenr Tusseyvilie, now comfortably atusted at Bow Bells, North Dakota, writes the Reporter thus : I bave now lived in Dakota for eight years, and while my thoughts often drift to my old home at Tussey- vide, North Dakota has become my real home, It seems altogether home- ike to me because my family aod interests are here, sud where they are 1s a man’s real home, Crops in this part of Dakota were aot 80 good this year, but we cannot always expect heavy crops. We bave good soil in this locality, and mine is among it, but the drought struck us inst season and greatly lessened the yleld. To tell the truth we had jost about a one-third crop. But that is oot the worst feature of the present condition--prices have greatly fallen on farm products, and money is scarce. We scarcely kuow what money looks like; we read about it-—money--but do not see it. You may judge how scarce money is when I tell you that I was obliged to draw a check in order to get the enclosed money order. Concert at Madisonbarg, The first concert of the sesson will be held in the town hall in Madison. burg, Saturday evening, January 18, at 7.30, under the direction of P, H. Meyer, of Centre Hall. The chorus selections will be by fifty voices, inter sported with quartettes, duets and Admission 25cts, « hildren un- der twelve years of age 160ts. SUBSCRIBERS. the current year, regularly sent to past due sub- this ruling it that Before this in subscribers are not in ar- Robbers After Eby's Best. On the night of January 20d, rob- bers entered the residence of N. W. | Eby, at Woodward, and csrried away | some cash, shoes and as quantity of In the morning two empty purses were found lying on chairs in the kitchen. These had been taken from bureau drawers and the contents were appropriated. a ——— I AA ——— LOCALS, Have you learned to do it? 1908, How sbout your label? Write Does it The next crop to be harvested is ice, It will require some zero weather to ripen up the crystals. Clyde Bradford, the drayman, was a caller the other evening, having coms here on a mission for his mother, Mrs. Catharine Bradford. John J. Arney sud son, M. I. Aroey, of near Centre Hall, attended the leo tures during the Farmer's Week, at Pennsylvania State College. D. W. Bradford is giving most of his time to the sale of DeLaval cream separator, and sioce Isst spring has sold quite a Jot of machines. D. A. Booger, the liveryman. has s oumber of Portland sleighs on hand, and as a consequence was looking for snow and continuous cold weather, Rev. W. M. Rearick, of Mifflinburg, has been the recipient of a fine spring Portland sleigh ss a gift from the Normal Claas of the Dreisbach church. Adam L. Keller, of Haines town- ship, sold his dwelling house and two lots in Madisonburg to Jacob N. Royer, of that place; consideration $200. The Knox boomers are sending news “ dispatches ”’ from Washington. Just on what ground they assume that the Reporter owes them a column of space is not stated, The stand taken by the Centre Re- porter op the temperance question put this paper in step with public senti- ment, not only in the United States, but all over the world Lumberman E. H. Zimmerman, while sat work on his saw mill in Brush Valley, was so unfortunate ss to have one of his toes crushed by a block of wood falling onto it. E. H. Fishburn, of Grand Island, Nebraska, who twenty-one years ago went west from Nittany Valley, re cently was the guest of Mr, and Mrs, Robett Bloom, west of Centre Hall, J. B. Heberling, who has been con- ducting a furniture and u business at Pine Grove Mills for a oumber of years, will locate at State College in the spring and engage in the same business, J. Calvin Vonsda will move from name of the tenant is unknown to the writer, In his list of Masonic appointments Grand Master Orlady, LOCAL AND PERSONAL, Paragraphs Picked from Exchanges of Interest to Reporter Readers, Millheim Journal— Bimon R. King spent the past week visiting relatives and friends at Shick- shinny. Mr. and Mre. D., L. Zerby spent Christmas week with thelr dsughter, Mrs, T. R. Buck, at Berwick, James N. Leitzel, of Bpring Mills, spent Baturday and Bunday at the home of P. P, Leitzel, on Penn street, Henry Stoner, of Centre Hall, and David Stoner, of Tusseyville, visited their aged father, John Btoner, Bat. urday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. O. Housman and daughter, Nona, spent last week visit- ing friends and relatives at Howard ana Lock Haven. Mr. and Mrs. William Bwarm, of Wilkes-Barre, were guests last week of Mrs. Bwarm’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. H. B. Hartman, Mrs. W. H, Klepper and three chil dren, of Lock Haven, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Klepper's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kreamer, Eugene Wilson, of Whetham, Clin- ton county, spent several days the past week at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Emerick. R. Linn Emerick, who is connected with the state forestry scademy at Mont Alto, spent his vacation at the home of his father at Smulilton. Mrs. John Hardenbergh spent Christ mas with her parents at Philadelphia, and on Baturday Dr. Hardenbergh went to the city. He returned Tuesday. Lester and John Musser, C. F. Miller and Orvis Bhull spent several days last week at the Green Knobs in the Beven Mountains, hunting bear. They re turned Saturday without success. Prof. and Mrs. 8. Ward Gramley, of Wilkinsburg, spent the Christmas bolidaye in this place, the former home of Mrs. Gramiey. Prof. Gramley is engaged io teaching in the Pittsburg public schools. Democratic Watchman — Miss Kathryn Brisbin has recovered from the operation she underwent, in a Philadelphia hospital several weeks ago, and was brought home last week, very much improved in health. Mre. T. H. Harter had the misfor- tune last week to step on a pail which penetrated her foot to quite a depth. While it caused quite a painful wound no serious consequences are an- ticipated. The deal was closed this week where- by Dr. R. G. H. Hayes has secured the Thomas A. Bhoemaker property on the pike. The consideration was the Hayes property on Bpring street and $10,000 in cash. Dr. Hayes ex- pects to move his family there in the spring snd make that their fature home. Keystone Gazetie— Forrest Bullock recently purchased a plot of ground just south of the steam laundry on Water street, and as soon as possible will erect a and modernly equipped carriage snd re pair shop. Christ Decker, of Zion, purchased the Woodcock property on Linn street from the Valentine sisters. The pur chase includes a beautiful residence on Linn street, and two houses facing on Lamb street, Mills County News, Items of interest clipped from Mifl- lin county exchanges : Reedsville: Gen. Taylor is very much better and present indications point to his being able to be up to see the old year go out and the ovew one enter in. . Dr. B. R Kohler, of Reedaville, and his brother, Dr. W. H. Kohler, of Milroy, are in Nampa, Idaho, having been called there last week on account of the serious illness of their father, Dr, Fred Kohler. Milroy: W. O. Rearick is spending a few days with friends in New Bloom- field. . . . Miss Ella Phillips returned home after a pleasant visit to her friend Mrs. Andrew Calhoun, in McClure. Yeagertown : Charles Grenoble and wife, of Ceutre county, have been en- Joying a few days’ visit with home folks, on Mann avenue, . . . KE. P. Tate returned home from Pittsburg on Baturday where he had been spending some time with relatives and friends. + ++ Mrs. Homer Treaster, who had been seriously ill for some time, is {me proving and hopes are entertained for her recovery, . . . Mr. and Mrs. John Grenoble spent a few days with friends in Centre county. - TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, The union prayer services are being well attended. Concert at Madisonburg, Baturday evening, January 158th, Keep in mind thet it is time to ad- » vertise the date of your sale in the Reporter, How are your New Year resolutions holding together ? If they are broke n, blame the maker of them, Chairman George L. Goodhart is working up interest to make the farmer's institute at Centre Hall a success, It appears the borough counell is discussing the light question, and that Centre Hall is not to remain in dark- ness all the time, Mr, and Mrs, F. Bellefonte, celebrated their golden wedding recently. Mr. Green for many years has been conducting a drug store in Bellefonte. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Mitterling will begin housekeeping in the Stroh- meier house, on Church street, which John Durst will vacate on moving to his own home, beyond the station. Merchant J. Frank Bmith, of Cen- tre Hall, over the Bell wires, talked to his brother-in-law, Dr. J. K. Hoster- man, in Detroit, Michigan. The con- versation was conducted with entire satisfaction, Leap year is not what it ie cracked up to be so far as the girls are concern ed. They bave no more ways of cap- turing husbands this year than they have in all years, but those ways are plenty all the time, Recently the heirs of Daniel Bress. ler, deceased, sold the land in Penn township, belonging to the estate, to Mrs. Sarah E. Homan, of Ridgway. Consideration $1200. The tract of land will hereafter be used as a pasture lot. Messrs. Burd & Weaver, last week, plastered the interior of the United Evangelical church. The wood-fibre composition was the grade of plaster. ing used, which permitted the work- men to complete the work mediately. Merchant T. B. Budinger, VW Shoe, was fined one hundred dollars for selling oleomargarine without a license. The oleo wae properly stamp- ed, but the merchant had simply ne- - glected taking out a license to sell that particular product. Just to show how well J. Calvin Vonada attends to his farm work, oeighbors say of him that in the years he has lived on the Rishel farm, in Potter township, be has not away from home for a single por ridden on a raiiresd, record. Rearick, the furniture dealer, will soon be able to occupy the large sddi. tion to his furniture store which is being built to the rear of the present store room. Io the mesn tine the Dinges store room is being occupied by Mr. RBesrick to sccommodste his iarge stock of goods, ~~. J. D. Peck Smithgall, principal of the Austiu, Potter county, High School, was in Centre Hall during the two weeks of his vacwtion. He wes formerly the principal of the Centre dall schools, and is one of the school men whom his pupils aod those ins terested in school work are always glad to see come back. > Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wion, scoom- panied by their son, U. Harry Wien, of Bellefonte, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bwabb and Mr. and Mis. Daniel Wion, the latter part of last week. Mr. Wion is one of the many prosperous farmers in Nittany Valleys © The junior Mr. Wion is a ysenor st Pennaylvatia State College, James Houser, of near Spring Mm, accompanied by his son-in-law, Barl Bartley, were callers at the office last week. Mr. Houser is tenant on the Coburn farm which contains over two hundred acres, but finds farm help too scarce to continue farm opes rations on such a large scale, conse quently he has leased a smaller farm, Potts Green, of Hi of Hn his four it bes nn Bight, Tiat's a From the MiMinburg burg Tejegraph 3
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