"VOL. LXXXII, GRANGE LIBRARY, dprenis New Books Now on Hand for Readers. wie Library Open to ALY, The Grange library, furnished by the State Free Library Commission, has a new set of books on hand, the titles of which are appended. The library will be open Baturday after noon from four to five o'clock. AUTHORS AND TITLES, Alcott Under the lilacs Alden Moral pirates Allen Cleared for action Allen Mettle of the pasture Blanchard Two girls Boker Artsof life Broute Jane Eyre Bullen Cruise of the Cachalot Cable Dr. Sevier Clemens Roughing it Connor Man from Glengarry Coolidge Little country girl Crane Whilomville stories Deland Oakleigh Deland R. J's mother and some other people De Morgan Somehow good Drake Making of the Great West Du Chaillu Stories of the gorilla country Fink Echoes from Erin Forbush Boy problem Fothergill First violin Fox Kuight of the Cumberland Fuller One of the pilgrims Halid Diary of a Turk Harris Untle Remus, his songs and his sayings Hawthorne Mystery and detective stories Henshaw Mountain wild flowers Hoare Artic exploration Houston Wonder book of earthquakes \ Howells Their wedding journey Hubbard (A) woman's way through unknown Labrador Ingersoll Wit of the Wild Jackson Little Miss Sunshine Kirby Aunt Martha's corner cupboard Lincoln Partners of the tide Loomis Minerva's u Maynard Practical | Longfellow Modern Classics Antonlp Old m Ray Sidney; her summer on the rence Roberts Smith Soly * Sailor boys of "él Tomlinson Ward Hi Wallace Hen Hur Wamer Susan Clegg Ward Lady Eose's Wiggin Timothy's gus Wilson General Stockton Casting away Mrs. Aleshine volcanoes and Bt. Law. Fertility of the land At close mango $ ¢ sero i a1 college taught r al arant of Mrs Ledks and | Prodocts of the Garden, Lawrence P. Heltman, the Mackey. ville gardener, who attends the market at Lock Haven, has just fluoished marketing this season's crop of white radishes, From fifty-six square rods or 7-20 of on acre of garden ground, Mr. Heltman raised snd marketed, between May 18 and June 25, nearly 8,000 dozen of radishes which he sold for $152, This same ground he has now re planted in cantaloupes, the plants of which are growing nicely and bid fair to produce a fine crop, which he says should yield another $150. Here is a practical lesson what a small plot of ground will yield when labor, care snd common sense are applied. —— A AAA — The Small Boy and the Toy Futel, A small boy and a toy pistol make a very bad combination and parents should exert themselves in an en- deavor to keep both apart. Already the patriotic nolse-loving little fellow has his pistol and is shooting off as many times an hour as he ean.” The toy pistol has cost more innocent little ones their lives than any other toy. It is a dangerous plaything and parents should not permit their chil- dren to own a pistol under any cir- cumstances, If he does his life may pay the forefuit. Br — J —— Unsafe Gailde, The Philadelphia Record is an un- safe guide in the political muddle in Pennsylvania. Itis seeking now to name an independent candidate around which independent Democrats and Republicans are to rally and elect over Grim and Tener. A newspaper that devoted its energies to leading the Democratic party into its present undesirable position, could not be trusted as a safe guide to lead it out of the wilderness. The Record is quite cunning, bat it ean’t fool everybody. ————— ———————— Teachers In Season. The summer school for teachers be- gan its six week's session, at Pennsyl- vanis State College, with an at. tendance of one hundred and twenty. five. The list of educators include, besides the Penn State faculty, Drs, Bchaeffer, Brumbaugh, Yocum, Ger- wig, Knapp, snd Smith and Baperio. tendent Charles Lose, of Williams port. ————— AAS TAB AAT Denths in Near by Counties, In Bunbury, Mrs, Rebecca Harrie son, formerly of Lewisburg, sged ninety years. 1a Buffalo township, Union county, Mre. Elizabeth Heimbach, aged seventy -eight years. . Jeremiah M. Cromley, a merchant of Forest Hill, Union county, aged sixty-five years, } Remembering his own experiences, s man hates the Idea of his wife being FARMS AND GARDENS INSPEOTED, Centre County Farmers Visited the Exper- imental Grounds at Fenn State, Took Three Hours to Complete Trip, Wednesday of last week was farmer's day at the Pennsylvania Btate College and a number of grangers took advan. tage of the opportunity to visit the ex- perimental farms and note the various methods of crop treatment. A tour of the gardens was also made, This section of the experimental work was very interesting, for the theories advanced by the school of agriculture were put to practical tests and the results were apparent to all, The department has one of, if not the finest, garden plots in the state, where every method known is employ- ed which will produce the greatest amount of garden produce without robbing the soll. It took about three hours to complete the trip and when the party disembarked at the starting point each member felt amply repaid for the time spent vigiting the farms, for each was conscious of baving re- ceived valuable information. LOOAS Miss Edith Boozer is home from Mt, Airy for the summer vacation. There will be a regular meeting of Progress Grange Saturday afternoon. * Mrs. Sarah Stover is back to Centre Hall after a few months’ visit to Al- toons, whereshe was the guest of her children, Students at the West Chester State Normal Behool from "Centre county were Misses Ethel 3. Grieb, Gertrude A. Walsh, of State College ; and Vera Wynuo, of Philipsburg, The annual Methodist day will be held at Lakemont Park, near Altoons, Thursday, July 28th. Among the speakers will be Bishop Lewis, who just returned from China, and Dr. R. M. Moore, of Brooklyn. Twenty-five thousand visitors sign ed the Biate Capitol register during the past year and were shown through the Palace of Graf: by the six guides. Mspy more inspected the building without the service of the guides, Mr. and Mrs. Bamuel Gingerich, a short time ago, returned from = trip to Kansas and other western states, They were very favorably impressed with the country they saw, ana think there are good opportunities there for those who wish to engage in farming. Under the laws of May 3, 1908, an item of which was made in Inst week's issue, the auditors in Wayne town. ship, Greene county, were prosecuted for neglect of duty in not posting by hand bills the statement of the town. ship finances and fined one hundred dollars. + Jobn Burkholder, who began farm. ing operations on the Michael Burk. holder farm, at Centre Hill, is credit. ed by his neighbors as being the mak- ing of the * real thing’ on the farm. The Burkholder farm is quite a large one, and productive, The elder Burk. holder is being assisted in the farming operations by several of his brothers, Mrs. W. 8. Musser and daughter, Miss Miriam Museer, of Columbia, ar- rived in Centre Hall the latter part of last week, guests of Mr. and Mrs. W, Frank Bradford, They had been at State College during commencement. Mrs. Musser returned to her home Fri- day, but the daughter remained until the beginning of this week, During July she expects to make a trip to the west, W. J. Musser, the Bellefonte dairy- man, is feeling proud over raising al- falfa measuring four feet in length, bat that is just twelve and more inch- es short of a number of stalks on ex- hibition in the Reporter office, grown on the Reporter's seven scre plot. Well, alfalfa is one of the most profit. able crops that can be grown, but it is foolish to think that it can be grown anywhere. The soil conditions must be just right before the legume will make a crop. Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Custer accom. panied by their sons Benjamin and Philip, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Bmall, accompanied by their daughter Mies Olive G., and sone Otis and Lois, sll of Pittsburg, arrived in Centre Hall Thursday evening of last week, snd while here called on friends. They came by the way of Lewistown, and after making a run to Bellefonte and Penns Cave returned in their automo biles to Lewistown the following day. From there they went to Gettysburg and Washington, D, C.,, traveling all the way in their autos. Mra, Custer will be recalled as Miss May Miller, youngest daughter of Rev. J. K. Miller, snd was born and [grew to womanhood in this place. Mr. Cus. ter holds a most lucrative position la the Pittsburg district, and is a prosper- ous young man. Mrs. Custer’s mother, Mrs. Ellen Miller, was to have accom. panied the autoing party, but she felt her physical condition would not per. it of it. Bhe, however, expects to ny Mrs, Mary Bhoop in this place, » # chaperon, visit this summer, The U. B. Department of Agricul- ture has just issued the report on the soll survey of Centre county, Pennsyl- vania, which was made in cooperation with the Pennsylvania State College Schocl of Agriculture and Experiment Station. The report Is accompanied | by a large colored map of the county showing the extent of the various soll types found. The following is a sum- mary of the report : “ Centre county is situated in the geographical center of the State. It is irregular in shape and one of the larg- est counties in the Btate, comprising an area of 715 0620scres, or 1,118 square miles. The western part of the county lies in the Allegheny Plateau, with an average elevation of about 2000 feet above sea level, The re- mainder of the county consists of roll. ing limestone valleys, separated by parrow, sharp, mountainous ridges of sandstone, ** Centre county lies in the draivage basin of the Busquehanua River, the western and central parts being drain- ed by Moshannon, Bald Eagle, and Fishing Creeks and their tributaries into the west branch of the Busque- hannos, which river forms the northern part of the western boundary of the county. Penns Creek drains the east. ern part of the county into the Bus quebanna itself. A little drainage in the south-central part of the county is eflected by small streams that empty into the Juniata, another tributary of the Susquehanoa, A feature of the drainsge in most of the limestone val- leys is the lack of surface streams, the run-ofl passing into sink holes and then into subterranean streams, * Bettlement of the county was be gun only a few years prior to the be ginping of the Revolutionary war, The agricultural development of the county was slow for pearly ball a century aiter settlement. The win- ters are coud, with considerable snow, while the summers are comparatively cool. The growing season in the Alle- gheny Platesu is so short that cultivated crops like corn do not always mature, and the tenderer vege. tables can not be grown with safely. Ia the valleys, however, the season is long enough to mature all crops The mean annual temperature at State College is 49 degrees and the mean an- snnusl precipitation 40.2 inches. “ General farming, consisting of the the growing of cereals _sand grasses, supplemented on a small scale by dairyiog and stock raising, Is the characteristic agriculture, The soils are suited to the production of these crops and practices and make com- paratively good yields. The grain crops in order of acreage are wheat, corn, and oats, with barley, rye, and buckwheat of minor importance. A large acreage is devoted to the grasses for hay and pasturage. A little less than one-half the screage of the county Is in farms, of which about two-thirds is improved. The average size of the farms is 127.2 acres, “ A little over one-half, or 56.3 per cent, of the farms are operated by the geQlion on a share or cash basis, “ With the exception of the alluvial soils found in the bottoms which com- prise members of the two soil series, | the soils are closely related or associat. | ed with the underlying rock forms- | tious. The rocks underlying Centre | county sre of a sedimentary origin, | rangiog io geological age from Cam-! bro-Silurisn to Carboniferous, have | given rise to the Hagerstown series | with five soll types represented. The | sandstone and shales have formed the | Dekalb and Upshur series, Another | series occurs in the Barrens, the geo. | logical history of which little is! known, These are poor anproduce | tive solls. The sandstones conglomer- ates, besides giving a number of soil | types, form considerable acres of | rough stony land, which are of no ure sgriculturally except for pasturage, The other miscellaneous types having descriptive names are Swamp sod Meadow. The bottom land soils represent two series, viz, Huntingdon and Moshannon, In ail 30 types of soil, including as types rough stony land, Meadow, and Swamp, were recognized, “The limestone, or Hagerstown soils, are recognizd as the strongest and most prodactive eolls of the county. The soils of the Upshur series are next in favor, and, besides being productive of the same geveral field crops as the limestone soils, are considered especially well adapted to fruit growing. The Dekalb soils as a class are considered poor soils, They are devoted to the same crops as the soils of the other series, The wolls of the Morrison series are not extensive and are of little farming value, “ Crop rotation is followed quite generally throughout the county. It consists of corn, wheat, oats, and cut for hay two seasons and then, menting barnyard manure and the clover crop. Liming is quite general. “The farming class in Centre county is in a fairly prosperous con- dition. The wagon roads are good and railroad facilities excellent, There is a strong demand for all the products of the farms in the pearby towne, Modern means of eommuni- cation, rural free delivery of mall, and rural telephone lines are available throughout the county. The section affords exceptional educational ad. vantages, * Bome improvement could be made in the dairy business by weeding out the unprofitable cows and by masking more use of soiling crops. In general, the practice of green manuring to im- improve the soils should be extended, There is Foom for the extension of special forms of farming snd horti culture. Fruit growing and the pro- duction of truck are perhaps the most profitable lines awaiting develop- ment.”’ [ This soll survey was made by Prof. C F. Bhaw, now a professor in Agronomy, at Pennsylvania State College, and several assistants, The bulletin is known us * Boll Burvey of Centre county, Peunsylvania, ’’ and if & request for the bulletin is made through the present Congressman, Hon, Charles F. Barclay, or to the Agricultural Depsitment, Washing- ton, direct, it can be had without ex- pense, The bulletin is a valuable bit of work. | s——— Potter Towaship Teachers, The school directors in Potter town. ship met in regular session Baturday afternoon, at Centre Hill. Among much of the important business trans. acted was the election of school tesch- ers for the 1910.1011 term, which was fixed at seven months. The teachers elected are : Centre Hi Ege Hi Cross Lane, Broce W, Ripka Edward Moessinger Foster Ripka lis, Grammar, Joh dis, Primary, Ruth Bower Pp Mabel Arney £. Broce Ishler ¥ n Wetaell mer lshier r ishler John C, Bailey im Grove, Clayton Homan yeiowe, T. LL. Moor Colyer, H. ¢ Vieladie Donne M taser, 8d Boles Brown a A SAARI, Ferguson Towaship Teachers, Al a meeting of the Ferguson town. ship school board the following teach. ers were elected for the ensuing school term : mp atsor Hi not glock Pin rove Millseil. XN Edna Ward, primary Keplare] we 01 S00 Glades Kathryn Bolinger, Walker, grammar; inten Weaver, gramitoar: Nancy Tadpole Foster Barr Galesburg—Fiorence Keplar, Maringo<Henry Walker Centre—Alexander Bowersox, White HallFdwanrd Marts Verna Martia, Krumrine—Ailaretia Scrmor, No teacher was chosen for the town- h school. The officers of the board are H., M. Krebs, president; Jacob Neidigh, secretary; J, F. Meyers, treasurer, I AAAI Horvices in Moyer's Grove, Mis Minnie Kline, of Centre Mills, will preach in Moyer's grove, one half mile esst of Colyer, Baturday eve. ning, July 20d, snd Bunday morning following, at ten o'clock, snd Sunday afternoon, she will hold services at the same place. All are invited, RU. ——— Harris 1ownship Frank Black, of the Mountain City, was in Boalsburg last week for the salo at the Reformed parsonage. George Keichline and daughter, Miss Gertrude, of Pine Grove Mills, spent Thursday in Boalsburg. Enos Jones, of Altoona, is visiting relatives at Boalsburyg, Dr. Bamuel Woods, of Sharon, spent a short time at the home of his mother, L Miss Daisy Grover, of Altoona, en joyed a ten days visit with her friend, Miss Anna Sweeney, Ralatives from a distances who at. tended the funeral of Mrs, Miller were Mr. and Mrs. George Bheasley, of Flemington ; ‘John Hartewick, of Bellefonte ; Mrs. Henry Hartswiok, Mrs. Abram Miller and daughter, Mr, aud Mrs. Peter Corl, Mr. and Mrs. William Corl, Mrs. Mattie Evey and son Wayne, of Stats College ; Mr, and Mra, Calvin Btruble, of Falrbrook ; James Relish and son, of Potters Mills and Mr, and Mrs. George Hettinger, of Bpring Mills. - (ak Girove ’ ) Why do we always have more re- bald that they are sither good friends or bad Kr. or two, Cow: pastured for a year a eneinles, vv Kellor-Durst, N The marriage of William Foster Keller and Mies Virginia Agnes Durst, both bf Centre Hall, was consummated at the home of the sister of the bride, at Taneytown, Maryland, Baturday evening, at six o'clock, by the Rev, David John Wolf, brother-in-law of the bride, The prospective bride left Centre Hall for Lewisburg, Friday afternoon, where she was the guest of Miss Estie Ocker. Baturday morning, the groom to be took the traineast, and [from Lewisburg the two journeyed to the Maryland town named, arriving on schedule time, at five o'clock, and an bour later the ceremony was perform- ed In the presence of the immediate family of the minister, The young couple have since been on a trip through the sunny south, one of the points being Hickory, North Carolina, where the groom has a brother, Rev. John H, Keller, living. They will be at home at Centre Hall after July 2ad. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Durst, of Centre Hall, and for several years has been one of the operators in the ex- change of the Bell telephone company. She is highly regarded by all her ac. quaintances, and has the good wishes of all, Mr. Keller, the groom, is the young- est son of James A. Keller, of near Centre Hall, and is a rural route mail carrier fromm Centre Hall, He is an industrious young man of good habits, and will continue his services with the government. He also holds a half interest ic the Keller farm, east of | Centre Hall, ope of the most pro- ductive farms in the neighborhood. Tn —A— A —— That Vacation Season, The time is once more at hand when men and women will drop their regu- lar work for a little time and go upon | their usual vacation, Fifty years ago! the ordinary citizen worked right] along the year through ; vacations were for the fashionable snd the rich alone. In those days Americans were considered a race of dyspeptics and the wise cherished gloomy foreboding concerning the future, Time has wrought wonders. There are fewer dyspeptios and more wplen- did examples of good health than there used to be, Btill, in too many instances sudden death by spoplexy has taken the place of lingering tor. ture by consumption. Many of our American people have too many things on hand. They areon a rush from morning until night. They keep very poor hours, They eat “and drink without wisdom or discretion. The wvacationist who understands how to rest and who shapes his con- duct scoording to his knowledge is the one who is going to return to his accustomed scenes al the end of his trip with a sense of rest and refresh. ment that will go far with him dur. ing the busy months, On the other hand he who merely changes the form of his dissipation, possibly incressing the vigor with which it is induiged, getting no real rest, surely shortens his life by his counterfeit vacation. Transfers of Real Estate. J.C. Allport et al to Thomas J. Lee, February 15, 1900, tract of land in Rush twp, $218, Margaret Riley to H. H. Ishler, April 1, 1910, tract of land in Harrie bw. $1500. bbie Finkle executrix to C. E. Finkle, March 29, 1910, tract of land in Penn twp. $1200, Martin J. Reigel to Henry Reigal, June 7, 1910, tract of land in Curtin twp. ¥2 Grant Williams el ux to William Whitmer & Bons, May 26, 1v10, tract land in Miles and Walker twps., $476, F. BR Brumbaugh et ux to Charles McMullen, May 27, 1910, tract of land in Philipsburg. $2500, Frank McCoy et al to William Wright, Jr, et al June 8, 1910, tract of land ic Marion twp, $8100, N. L. Gill to Mary A. Beard, April 7, 1910, tract of land in Spring twp. College twp, $000, F. A. Auman ot ux to Debora Fink fe, March 21, 1910, tract of land in Gregg twp. $375. Harry Crispen ef ux to Isabel Young, May 25, 1010, tract of land In Snow Bhoe, $500, A. B. Herd sdmr to Margaret H. Philipsburg. #3. Willimas Willhelm admr to John Mokel, April 25, 1910, tract of land «in Howard, $212, Andrew Hall et al to William Wright Jr., May 20, 1910, tract of land in Marion twp. $1 John Reese ot al to Dennis Heese, February 11, 1908, tract of land in NO. 26. TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. The Bellefonte stores will be closed after six o'clock, durivg the months of July and August, Mrs, William Floray, who recently underwent an operation at the Belle. foute hospital, continues to improve, With advent of summer, the wesath- er fitted itself to the season. Since the Zlst, there have been ideal summer days. C.M. Garman, of Bellefonte, will take charge of the Bt. Charles Hotel, Williamsport, having purchased the same for $26,000, The Bellefonte council fixed the millage for the year at three mills for borough needs, six mille for street pur- poses and five mills for interest. To this must be added the school tax and water tax, Argument court, which was sched. uled for last week, was postponed, and will not be beld until the third Tues. day in November. The next trial list court will be held the fourth Mandsy in Beptember, The Reporter will not be iseued on Thursday, July 7, in accordance with a customs longz observed, The next issue will appear, July 14th. The Re- porter office will, however, be open for business every day during this time. The general condition of Mrs, Bid- ney Poorman, at the Bellefonte hospital, is very favorable. For a she suffered greatly, but of late she has been gathering strength, and it is thought she will fully recover, The Milroy correspondent to the Lewistown Democrat and Sentinel says this : A party composed of the following spent Bunday at Penns Cave : Joyce Dice, Ruth Fultz, Cuba Longwell, Reuben Bruce Archey. Judge Hart al Williameport filed or- ders in the cases against George W. Haney and Frank M. Haney, who were tried al the last term of court for not supporting their aged father, The court suspended sentence upon eondi- tion that each would pay $4 per month to overseers of the poor of Mo Heory township for the support and maintenance of thelr father. The Buffalo Valley News has in- vestigated the prospects for the buckleberry crop, and finds the con- ditions such that an immense crop may be expected. These terries are gathered by the hundred bushels along the L. & T. R. R. between Linden Hall and Lewisburg, and are a source of considerable revenue to a number of men, women and children. By giving bail io the sum of §3000, P. O. Birickler was released from the Ugnlon county jail to appear at the September term of court, at which time he will be tried for the murder of George W. Rishel, in the Com- mercial hotel in Mifflinburg. Mr. Rishel, many years ago, was employ- ed by George Harpster in the coach shops the Harpsters were conducting at that time in Centre Hall, Last week two young deer were in the pasture with Clayton Btruble’s cattle, near State College, and several weeks ago farmer Bert Musser, of the same section, on going to the barn in the morning found one among his cattle in the barn yard, Below Pod ters Mille deer are also seen loitering about in the fields. Fora long while a doe made its headquarters on the end of Egg Hill, and pastured on the Heckman farm, tenanted by M, N. Miller. Dr. and Mrs. Luther M. Weaver, of Philadelphia, were guests of their cousin, Mrs. Flora O, Bairfoot from Friday until Monday. Oa their way here they stopped for a short time sat Woodward, the native home of the Weavers, and Baturday drove to State College to view that institution, Mon- day they went to Selinngrove, where they expect to arrange to send their daughter to school. From Selinsgrove they went to Harrisburg, where Dr. Weaver will attend the sessions of the Biate Dental Association of which organization he ia the secretary. Dr. Harris, the Pennsylvania Rail- road physician for this section, paid a professional visit to Centre Hall to exsmine John H. Puff, a trackman, Oberboltzer and
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