“VOL. LXXXIIT,
FARMER'S INSTITUTE,
Sessions Largely Attended, Estimated
Number belong 2000-Too Mach Tom.
foolery
The Farmers Institute is over, and
now for the comments. It is to be re-
gretted that The Centre Reporter is
honor bound to make mention of the
fact that there was much tomfoolery.
What should have been a season of in-
struction to the farmers in this com-
munity turned out to be a sort of
vaudeville, with the skirts omitted.
No intention to reflact on Miss Love-
joy, the only female speaker on the
program. What has already been said
on this subject and what will be said
in these columns expresses, in cold
print, what has been said by many in-
telligent farmers who attended the
institute,
A series of incidents, some of which
could not be controlled, led up to the
making this institute a farce instead of
a school of the best instruction.
In the first place one ot the lecturers
assigned here was taken from the field
to fill an appointment under Dr. Bur-
face. The institute was thus shorn of
a man who no doubt would have been
capable of giving instruction. The
local committee itself, of which the
writer was one, is, although innocent.
ly, in part to blame for not placing
Mr. BR P. Kester on the program for
two of the important sessions. The
committee understood that Mr. Kester
held such a relation to institute work
that he would be at liberty to speak vn
all subjects on the program, but it ap-
pears that was not the case, and to Mr
Kester tne committee frankly admit.
ted its error.
Oa the subject '* The Education We
Need ’ Mr. Kester gave a splendid
talk. He at opce convinced his
sudience that he was thoroughly sc-
quainted with his subject. Mr. Kester
talks only when he has something to
say worth telling, and if his policy
would have been adhered to by some
others on the fleld there would have
been ample time for the discussion of
all topics selected by those who could
do so,
The subjects relating to corn and
potatoes were important ones, but the
methods of the development of the
first and the culture of the second were
not the best and latest accepted
methods, They were almost directly
opposite to the methods taught during
Farmers Week, at Peonsylvania State
College, at which time the best in-
structors are brought before the farm-
ers.
The recommendation to cut alfalfs
after the dew is off, and in a * few
hours after, when it begins to wilt, rake
it up,’ if followed, would mesn all
kinds of trouble, unless the crop had
been let become over-ripe,
The Reporter would not have the
reader believe that Farmer's Institutes
are a failure. Quite the contrary.
Some of the best instructors have beeu
at Centre Hall, and the institute hela
at Boalsburg, Friday and Saturday, is
said to have been one of the best ever
held in that place.
Miss Lovejoy gave two very instruc
tive talks on the sutj:ite, * The Fi:
nancial Responsibility of the Home
Maker ”’ and ** Modernizing the Old
Farm Home."
“ Poultry Keeping on the Farm,”
was a subject admirably handled by
Prof Homer W. Jackson, of Peousyl-
vania State College. Mr. Jackson,
like Mr. Kester, talked business, and
dropped many good points in the half
hour alotted to him. The keeping of
poultry in houses where no pretense is
made to keep them warm, but out of
draughts and from excessive cold, was
po doubt new to many in the audi.
ence, but not to those acquainted with
the poultry business as conducted by
the most successful poultrymen. The
most profitable place to keep poultry,
Mr. Jackson sald, was on the farm,
because eggs and the birds could be
produced cheaper there than any
where else, on account of the natural
conditions found on the farm.
Al each session ther was vocal mu-
sic by a class of some twenty singers,
The sessions were attended by no
less than two thousand people, many
of them remaining for two or more
sessions. The local expenses were
$21 00, leaving the State a balance of
$4 50 of the amount appropriated for
that purpose. Of course, the lecturers
were not paid out of this sum.
It i» regretted that Hon. A. L. Mar.
tin, director of institutes, was not able
to be here, as his presence would have
lent dignity and interest.
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The Hooven Meresatile Co.
The Directors of the Hooven Mercan-
tile Co. have declared the reguinr quar
terly dividend, number 77, of 1} per-
cent. on the preferred stock and 1 per-
cnt, on the common stock, payable
on March 1st to stockholders of record
February 17th. Checks will be
mailed,
Ale. ——
It is better to have the kernel to eat
than to turn up your nose at the nib
bling of the bark,
VITAL QENSUS QUESTIONS,
How the People are to Answer the Enu-
merators,
The character of the questions con-
cerning color or race, age at last birth-
day, conjugal condition, number of
years of present marriage, the number
of children born, and the number of
children now living, to be asked by
the enumerators in the Thirteenth
United States Census, beginning
April 15, next, is clearly explained in
the printed instructions to the census-
takers, which have been prepared by
the United States Census Bureau.
All the questions relate solely to con-
ditions existing on the “Census Day,”
which is April 15,
As to age at last birthday of the per-
son enumerated, the enumerators are
cautioned that this question calls only
for the age in completed years at last
birthday. Therefore, a person whose
exact age op April 15, is 17 years, 11
mouths and five days, should be re-
turped simply as 17, because that is
hisage at his last birthday, In the
case of children not two years old, the
age should be given in completed
months, expressed as twelfths of a
year. Thus, the age of a child three
months old should be entered as 3 12,
a child seven months old as 7 a
child fifteen months old as 13 12, ete
If achild is not yet a mouth old the
enumerators are to enter the age as
0-12 A child who is a year old on the
17th of April, 1910, should neverthe-
less be returned as 11-12, because that
is its ae In completed months on
April 15, The enumerators are told
to take particular pains to get the
exact age of children.
If the person was born outside the
Uoited States, the enumerator is to
enter the country ( not city or dis
trict ) in which he was born.
The ioquiry as to the number of chil-
dren born applies to women who are
now married, or who are widowed, or
divorced. The answer should give
the total number of children that each
such woman has had during her life.
time. It should include, iherefore,
the children by any former marriage
ss well as by her present marriage. It
stiould pot ioeclude the children whieh
ber present husband may have had by
a former wife, even though they are
members of her family. BStill-born
children are not to be included.
The question concerning the num-
ber of cnildren now living refers only
to the children which the woman her.
self has had. The enumerator is re
quired to inc ude all of these children
that are living, no matter whether
they are living io his district or some.
where else.
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The Hagens will be Busy,
The Hageus, contractors and build-
ers, of Farmers Mills, are lookiog for-
ward to a busy season next spring and
summer. Harvey D. Hagen was »
caller on Monday, and through him
it was learned that the Hagea Broth-
era, and a number of assistants, next
spring will erect a house and barn for
J. Miller Gooduart, near the Pike
school house, west of Bpring Mills ; a
pew dwelling house io Centre tall
for W. J. Mitterliog ; make 8a number
of improvements to the Aaron Loug
property vurchased by H. D. Ross-
man, which property is located near
Penus Cave ; and they may also erect
a dwelling bouse for Daniel Heck-
man, of Spring Mills, on the Lingle
property located about one mile east
of Spring Mills, on the Coburn road.
And then, of course, there are many
improvements beiog considered by
farmers and townspeople not yet con-
tracted for, a part of which work they
oaturally have a right to expect,
Conf. r-Back.
Thursday evening of last week,
Frank J. Confer and Miss Florence M.
Buck, both of Millheim, were united
In marriage at the Mstho isis par.
sonage, at Spring Mills. The young
people are very well known in and
about Millheim, where they have
lived for a number of years. About
the first week in March the couple
will take up housekeeping ut Mil.
mont, where Mr. Confer is employed
in a box factory.
A
MeUlintie: Cressler,
Rev Daniel Gress, Wednesday after.
noon of Inet week, at the Reformed
parsonage in Centre Hall, united in
marrisge William MeClintic and Miss
Bertha I Tressler, both of Linden
Hall. The young people are very
well and favorably known in the lo.
cality in which they live, and they
have the good wishes of all, FF
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There are only a few of the fifty or
more newspapers that ¢ome to the Re.
porier’s exchange desk, that in any
shape or form favor the liquor traffie,
but on the contrary, more than ninety
pereentum of the newspapers in Cen.
tral Pennevivania—Republioan, Dem-
ocratie or Independent—published in
towns of less than fiftesn thousand
lation, print a very great deal of
| Biter oppomcd to the haor Tramio:
UNITED EVANGELICAL CONFERENCE
Moots at Willlnmep srt, March Srd-—Hody of
130 Ministers.
The Central Pennsylvania Confer-
ence of the United Evangelical church,
will meet in sixteenth annual session,
in 8t. John's church, Williamsport,
Thursday, March 3rd. The board of
examiners will meet on Tuesday eve-
ning and organize for the examination
of junior preachers,
Rev. M. Fosselman, the pastor of St,
John's church, will arrange for the en-
tertainment of the conference mem-
b rs. The conference is composed of
five districts : York, Carlisle, Lewis
burg, Willlameport and Central, each
superintended by a presiding elder.
There are 105 ministers, serving as
many separate fields. These, with the
supersnnusated and those holding su-
pernumerary relations, will aggregate
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DIXIE JUBILEE SINGERS,
Will be here Monday mvening, March 7
Seven Colored Artists,
Ferguson's Dixie Jubilee Concert
Company will be in Centre Hall, Mon-
day evening, Murch 7th, At the lec-
ture Saturday evening no definite an-
nouncement could be made, but on
Monday the time noted above was fix.
ed, The Dixie Company is com-
posed of seven cultured colored artists,
The Coit Lyceum Bureau, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, through which the troup
is being secured, in spesking of the
Dixie Singers, has this to say : Fer-
guson’s Dixie Male Quartetie have for
many seasons stood at the head of the
list of mule quartettes in
America and, without a doubt, repre-
sent the highest type of the college-
bred cultured negro vocalist. Their
sweet mellow voices * blend like a
colored
a total of about 130. Each charge is eu-
titled to a lay delegate, whose privi-|
lege in the conference is well nigh |
equal to those of the pastors. Of the]
105 ministers in ac ive service, twenty-
two are natives of York county. i
Ths following ministers seive ap- |
pointments in Centre county :
MINISTERS IN CENTRE,
Bellefonte
Nittany
Snook, Spriz Mills
F. Hower,
F
A.
.B
I.
e]
Bingman,
ig
Mclaughlin, Rebemsburg
Dubbs, Milesburg
Buyder, Centre Ha
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i Millhelm
i Garrett,
Rev. Garrett, of Millbeim, will be
obliged to move, he having served his |
present charge foar years, which is the
time limit,
W. H. Lucas, of Centre Hill, bas
been elected lay delegate from Centre
Hall charge,
The conference sessions will be
sided over by Bishop W. F. Heil, D. |
D, of Highland Park, Chicago. Im-
pertant matters to be cousidered are
pre-
the election of both ministerial and lay |
delegates to the General Conference,
which is held quadrennisily, sand
which will convene in Canton, Ohlo,
iu October of this year ; also, the elec
tion of a presiding #lder, to fill the of-
fice made vacant through the election
of Rev. J. F. Dunlap, D. D., as presi-
dent of Albright College, st Meyers-
town, this state,
sniff tf sum———
LOCALS
of Bellefonte,
the
Miss Mary Grimm,
for a few days was the guest of
Misses Gelss in Centre Hall.
E. L. Auman, of Millbeim, was in
town several days last week, looking
after the interests of a stock feed com-
pany whose product be is handling.
Thursday acd Thursday evening =
second coat of ice covered the trees
There was a fall of an inch of sleet and
rain, which covered the soiled snow |
and again made the earth look snow
white,
Calvino Osman and dsughbter, Misa |
Hattie Onan, of Glean Iron, are |
members of the orchestra in that
place. Both are well known in Cen-
tre Hall, where the latter received in-|
structions in music.
Now, in all candor, who misrepre- |
seiited the subj ct of the Chase lecture? :
Was not the lecture just what it was |
represented to be Ly the people in |
sympathy of the lecture course, or was
the theme that predicted by the knock.
er. The knocker may snawer,
Harry M. Allison is back to the
spring Mills flouring mille, as chief
miller, succeeding J. H. Meyer, "who
will locate in College Corner, Butler
eounty, Ouio. Mention of Mr
Meyer's trip to that point with a view
of locating there was mad In these
columos two weeks ago,
The votera of State College borough
continage to have greater confidence in
the ability of men to conduct the pub-
lic schools than in women. Mrs
Mary O. Foster was defeated for the
office of school director in that
borough by three votes. It was a very
good run, but pot quite good enough
to do business on,
From newspaper reports it is learn.
ed that in some countirs more than
fifty percentum of those whn were sp-
plicants for census enumerators were
unable to correctly fill out the blanks
when handed them at the examina
tion. In most districts there were!
many spplicants in excess of the
enumerators needed, and this fact will
lemve enough capable men and wom 'n
to fill the position.
A. J. Weaver, school direc'or
and farmer of Potter township, was
one of the Reporter's callers tur
day. Mr. Weaver, Tuesday of this
week, went to Reading to visit his
son, Wallace W. Weaver, who is a
ralirosd man, and from there will go
to Philadelphia to spend a short time
with his brother, N. 8B, Weaver. A
short time ago the Iatter Mr. Weaver
suffered a paralytic stroke, from
which he never fully recovered. Of
esurse, M1, Weaver while in Reading,
will attend the couference of the
Evangelical Association church which
meets in that city,
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perfect instrument ; ' their music
possesses a wealth of harmony, rieh-
ness of tone aud volume that is seldom
rqualed by any quartette, white or
their rendering of difficult
classical music has been a marvel to
many audiences, while their clever
rolicking
have made warm friends
smoog Christian and cultured people
everywhere. In support of the justly
ments presents again the celebrated
pima donna, Neale Gertrude Hawkins.
Buckner, soprano, with other noted
sriiste. The members of this pow
popular company have been sesambled
from what other
similar companies, retainiog our own
best taleat ; all this without regard to |
have been stars in
cost and with great care as regards
high musical exceliene and
rectitude,
moral
We have no hesitancy in
announcing the Dixies as the leading
ympany of America,
Ihe admission remains the same ae
for the lectures—genersl ad nission, 20
cents ; reserved seats, 30 cents : chil
dren under fifteen years, 10 cents,
No general admission tickets will be
sold until the doors are thrown
for the concert. It will not
sary Lo argue the case, bul if you want
10 be sure of admission and a seat, it
is not too early to buy a reserved seat
now, All the seats in the hall will be
vflered for sale as reserved sests, and
there is little doubt but that all can be
sold as such
Fhe chart will be found at
son's store.
open
be necss.
Kreamer
&.
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Hepenting in Fort Harley
While in fort Hurley, Harry Toner
will have ample time to repent for
having stolen a pocketbook contain-
ing some fifty dollars, an over coat
and a pair of gloves from his employer,
Bellefonte livery.
Bartley and Toner slept in the
week
sum of money in his pocketbook, and
while the iatter was sleeping soundly,
Toner left the stable with the wad.
The owner soon learned of Toners
disappearance, and also that be had
tak=n with him property that was not
his. The telephone was brought into
service, and a dispatcf was sent to
Boow Shoe Intersection to wateh an
approaching freight train. Toner was
found a passenger on the freight
bumpers, was taken into custody, and
brotight back to Bellefonte, where he
was placed in jail.
AI MASA.
Trauster of Real Estate.
H. W. Jogram, et ux to Sarah In.
gram, Jauuary 10, 1910, in Union tw Pes
land,
T. B. Budinger, et ux to Clarence
Supply company January 26, 1910, in
Suow Shoe twp, land, $3500,
Christian Reese, ef ux to Charles
Reese, December 12, 1908, in Taylor
twp. land. $1600,
Andrew Lytle, ex. and trustee to
Ferguson twp,, land. $450,
George W. Farusler, etal to W., H.
Williams, et al, February 2 1904, in
Worth twp., land. $1800,
W. E Hurley, sheriff to Alfred M.
land. $261 40.
A I A A SAIN
Note from Kansas,
Uader the date of Februsry 15th,
Mim Margaret Keller, daoghter of
Mts. Henry Keller, of Kansas City,
Kansas, writes thus :
We are having a cold wave through
this section at the present time, but
we had the most of our cold weather
during the month of December. Jan.
uary and February, up to within a few
days ago, have been very pleasant,
We always er joy reading the good old
Centre Reporter, which gives the?
news concerning our friends (an the
east, ",
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Everybody's for March opens with »
new serial, ** A Sucoessful Wife, "
anonymous. Who the writer may be,
probably Is one of the mysteries of au
thorship which seem lately to have
become fashionable in the literary
24, 1910.
Ben«ti's of No License,
Mount Union is a thriviog borough
of a thousand or fifteen hundred in-
habitants, in Huntingdon county. If
that town would have fenced itself
when license was first cyt out, the en-
closure would have to have been
enlarged a number of times up to the
present, The Republican, the leading
newspaper in that borough, comment-
ing on an editorial printed in the
Lewistown Democrat and Bentinel,
has this to say :
“ The Dally Bentinel of Lewistown
has an exhaustive and well written
editorial in Monday's edition op the
relative conditions in Lewistown
under license and without license,
The article is covservative and keepe
safely within the truth, and yet proves
conclusively that the town and
Mifflin county is better without
license, That is the experience in Mt.
Uplon. For twenty years and more
we have had po license, We have
not been trainiog a new crop of drink-
era, and our old drinkers have largely
died or have reformed, and we are
glad tosay, have generally reformed.
One of the effects of no license is to
create a sentiment in the miods of all
that drinking alcoholic beverages is
an injurious and a bad habit. The
custom has few or none to apologize
for it. The young men learn to look
upon the habit as an undesirable vice.
The churches and the schools and the
newspapers are left free to do the
not handicapped by the easy gold of
the licensed ealoon. The saloon
should go everywhere.’
——— AS ———
All Cash Hoad Tex,
Without giving the law a trial, vo-
ters in the townships of Benner,
Howard, Half Moon and Patton peti-
tioned the court and were granted the
privilege to vole the question
whether or not the operation of the
law should be reversed and the road
tax worked out, Ia the townships of
Beaner and Howard the msjority of
the voles cast were in favor of working
out the road tax, and the townships
Half Moon and Patton voted to keep
the present law in force, which, of
course, means cash road tax. While
the majority of the votes cast in the
townships of Benner and Howard
were for a work tax, the law says that
in order to reverse the present opers-
tions of the law, a msjority of all the
voters in the district niust support the
messure, and unless the courts decide
to the contrary, all the townships in
the county will pay a cash road tax,
until a msjority of all voters in a dis
trict vole against the proposition at
some future election.
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on
Chief Clerk Duncan Fromoted,
The Washington, D. C., Evening
Star, of 15:h instant, bas this (0 say of
a former Spring Mills resident: D.
Wallace Dancan, of Pennsylvania,
chief clerk of the office of the auditor
for the Post Office Department, has
been appointed assistant superintend-
ent of city delivery by the P simaster
(GGeveral, at a salary of $2000 a year,
Mr. Duncan hss been employed in the
auditor's office a number of years and
has won his way by efficiency and
merit to his present position, For
ten yeara he was chief of the book-
keeping division, where he was in.
strumental in causing many improve.
ments in the method of settling post-
masters’ accounts and revising the
form of reports, pay rolls and blanks.
He has always had the respect and
confidence of the officials of the Treas
ury Department and goes to his pree-
ent position well equipped ior fits
duties,
From illinois,
DEAR BEPORTER : ~On the 12th of
this month was my birthday, and I
now feel that the Centre county
people have not forgotten me, for on
that day I received just sixty-eight
cards from my old friends in that
county, and eighiy-eight cards from
my friends in my home county of
Stephenson. Now, the only way that
I see to repay all is for me to invite
you all to come to see me, in Illinois,
and if you do not do that, I will be
obliged to pay you all a visit some
time in the future. Many thanks to
you all, Very truly yours,
J. H, JorpaxN,
McConnell, Illinois.
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Government out of Printing Husiness,
The post office department has
made a new ruling of local interest,
Hereafter it refuses to issue stamped
envelopes with the addresses of the
senders printed in the upper left hand
corner, Buch envelopes in the past
have been printed by the government
for private houses at a low cost. This
wili shear postmasters of one of the
methods of doing dirt to the looal
printer. Bome postmasters, although
they secured little or no compensation,
sanvessed business houses for thie
clase of work, and it was this per.
nisious sotivity on the part of many
word,
postinasiars that led t rtment
A it Jed lie deg
NO. 8.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
The home of William Dunkle, ia
Central City, was destroyed by fire,
The loss was about $2500.
Dr. George Groff, professor of or-
ganic science at Bucknell University,
became ill while lecturing Thursday,
and died Friday.
Mrs. William Kreamer, of Mill-
heim, fell on the side walk and serious
ly injured her arm. Bhe suffered great
pain for several days,
In addition to those from the lower
end of Penns Valley who will make
the west their future home, is C. HB,
Haines, of Haines township.
Mre. Edward Cunningham, of near
Linden Hall, has been ill for some
time, and last week Mrs. Bamuel
Giogherich, who is a sister, helped to
take care of her,
Township Auditors H. F. Musser,
Jobn E. Rishel and John B. Fortney,
together with Town Clerk J. J. Jordan
met Tax collector R. B. Treaster at{the
Old Fort on HBaturday to sudit his ac-
counts.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Miller, M-,
and Mrs. W. W. McCormick and Mise
Caroline McClaskey, all of Potters
Mills, were guests on Saturday st the
home of Mr, and Mrs, William H,
Stiver, of Centre Hall.
nr.
To prevent scarlet fever becoming
epidemic at the institution, West
Chester Blate Normal School closed
for a period of two weeks. During the
abeence of the students the school
buildings will be thoroughly fumi-
gated.
Judge James A. Beaver and Mrs,
Beaver, some time in May, will make
an extended tour through BSeotland
snd other European countries. At
Edinburgh Gen. Beaver will attend
the international mi slonary confer-
ence to which he is a delegate,
The Watchman thi
College will be built within a year.
Chat is good news, but if State College
is Lo ever become a town of any great
importance it must also have the
Lewisburg aud Tyrone railroad built
through it.
Just acroes the Centre county line in
Clearfield county, in Hawk Rap,
there was a conflagration that wiped
out of existence about $9000 worth of
property. The MoCartney hotel, own-
ed by Martin Runsnock ; the Em-
pire house, owned by James Long,
and two stables, were consumed.
Mr. and Mrs. David Tressler, of
Houserville, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary a few days sgo.
Both Mr. apd Mrs. Tressler are quite
active, and none of the large number
of children, grand-children and great
graud-children erjoyed the occasion
more thoroughly than did the aged
couple.
The educational train sent out by
the Pennsylvania Biate College, will
stop at points between Tyrone and
Mill Hall today ( Thureday.) There
is no tomfool connected with this
school on wheels. The instructors
talk business to the farmers, give
them sctual and the much needed in-
struction they are seeking. All praise
to the school on wheels.
Part of the State road to be built in
the borough of Bellefonte will be con-
structed of ssphalt-macadam in order
to lessen the expense to the borough
#0 that the indebtedness of the
borough will not exceed the limit per-
mitted under the law, Had the
whole of the road been contracted to
be built of brick, ses origisaliy plan
ned, theexpense to the borough would
be about §12000. By using ssphal'~
macadam for a part of the road, the
cost is lessened considerably.
Richard Maxwell Lapham, a youth
of fifteen years, died in a New York
city hospital, from tubercular menio-
gitis which followed measles. The
young man was the son of Mr. and
Mra. H. Nelson Lapham, now living
in Plattsburg, New York, and he is
also survived by a sister, Diantha.
The Lapham family will be remem-
bered by residents of Centre Hall, hav-
ing boarded at the Centre Hall and
Old Fort hotels during an extended
stay in this valley, and while here Mr.
and Mrs. Lapham and the children
made many friends,
Dr. and Mrs. P. W. Leitzall, of
Portland Mills, returned from their
w stern trip, whither they had gone
with a view of floding a suitable lvoe-
tion in which to make their future
home, They looked over a number of
towns in the middle west, and aleo
farther toward the Pacific coast, and
now they have a number of places in
mind when a Lime comes that will be
suitable for a change in loostion. Dr.
Leitzell has been very successful in hia
present field, but he, like many others,
is not satisfled with present condi
tious, but is looking forward to
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