The Centre Reporter Centre Halil, Pa. AMERICA AND IRRIGATION. Ours is the foremost country in the world in the reclamation of its arid land. To the untraveled easterner the extent of the irrigation of west- em lands under direct government su- pervision is unknown. The work of individual and corporate concerns gaises the actual reclamation of arid land in the west to an enormous to- tal acreage. Most of this work has been accomplished within the past decade, while each year the plans for still further pushing the conquests of artificial irrigation are extended, says the Pittsburg Gazette-Times, That the prestige in this important depart ment of home United States is further by a the lian demonst submitted the Austra request recently to state department by government Australia eral wide land. The this has been under difficulty ment was of the actu the mean and extended Areas vested turned to rigation on been ably ernment Workmen house situated bourg, op at Nantes, discovery considerable Was at consist wer co most ir ‘phonso VIII tile, who They tion in Emir Allah, and Allah find is inter one, and bedr o1 Arabic writers thes tions the Hu coins Nantes ndred Years The de Judge Bace descri commended labeled James the old legal rank of a Willian penti “rn and historic at of Thurteil der of Mr. Weare as aglg And presses the what fendant In a case who objected bed as a man, his ref gentle on usal, which even of with a term Murray is shy London Chroni definition, yeoman, Blackstone's descri as one who can an ¥ without labor.” There definition the trial the cabman probably ex- average opinion as to constitutes a man, a gentleman when You're a sir,” ask change shilling ne gays eman, gent + to the {thrift who does not spend for crown on a fare Two of the rare dollars of 1804 h aflirmed that in attach been found it is four of these coins are existence, and num value to them. brought $3,000 continue to be the the market ists The fsmatolog great last coin sold discoveries down among of life, a gr $72,000 the time is Radium has also come the other neces of it having recei Still, at that clearly in sight when fa ford ply with saries itly sold rate ain for not milies can af entire winter's to lay in an sup reduced prices for cash Long Island re anaesthetic for A veterinarian on fused to take an operation because he wis it that he might get surgical points A man like this is just the kind not Hkely inflict pain others. an hed to watch to needless on The meanest man has been found in New Jersey. In a quarrel with his wife he took the false teeth from her mouth and kept them, saying he had paid for them. Naturally, in court she made a biting charge against him. “Fashion decrees that men must propose on their knees hereafter,” says an esteemed contemporary. Fash fs & “dame,” all right—or is she a damsel? Prof. Garner says his female chim. panzee has a vague moral sense. And that is tne sort that some folks in high societee have it has been a banner hunting sea gon In northern” Michigan, the re turns showing 5,000 deer and 20 hunt ers killed. There are 800 varieties of chrysan themums, but no ono seems to know why there are so many. RICHES TO FIND [LODGE WINS LONG FIGHT MORE WORLD'S|. ~~. ——— Senator From Vgasjechuserss For Carnegie Gives $10,000,000 a Fourth Term. More For Scientific Work. PLEASED WITH SUCCESS CF INSTITUTION Facetiously Objects To Being Inter- rupted and Asks Scientist Out Of a Room, But Hands Over Big Dona- tion With the Hope That It Will Until Carnegie Him—lronmas- Boston (Special). Lodge won the political career of nearly 30 vears Thursday and returns the United States Senate for a fourth term, with the support of 146 out of 279 mem- bers of the Massachusetts Legislature, or six more than the number neces gary for a choice in the joint conven- Cabot in his — Henry hardest fight to “Interest” Caller Has Time To See ter Enjoys Incident, Has Given Nearly $200,000,000. Decem- (pir) Andrew (Carnegie on ber 14 established a fund peace At that tim the gl } $10,004 1 xi Aa tO encourage WOrid-wiad HENRY CABOT LO U. 8. Senator fram 11g DGE Massachusetts, GATHERING OF THE LEADERS, Harmony Banquet Of the Democrats 8B MUceess, GEeETees or 60,000 New Worlds Discovered, ' @ BULrags ’ ’ was beautifully deco American en flags were in evi Murray Vandiver, State BUCCENEOS fustify that the tion in on y 3 i pay tenfold i srvice to the world sun I believe i8iit The speakers GOV. JUDSON HAR ENATOR Texas HON { ARK, Of Pittsyl- ouri, prosi Speaker Dead, suse of Representatives research will "ore MON, of WORKED HER FARM AT 03. JOSEPH W. BAI HAMP CI dest Resident Va., Va { Spe Ande of Native ti of ive vania County, Danville, leman ident was Democratic party that the pe great up to its vania born In ay, 93 3 near Dan married, preceded her probation: sople watch its course with her home , i 11 and that it must live nued She was twice husbands BEA V0. Win eontl support grave many years Mrs. Anderson Miss Jane Rel her fined Ago Hved her d, an aged friend, She was con two days, and up her recent illness attended her own household duties and man- aged the farm She leaves no direct descendants RESCUE 155 CHILDREN. on farm, being | .. Firemen Drag Little Ones Out Beds and Down Ladders. only companion Of t6 her bed only to to Binghamton, N. Y (Special) Fire in the basement the main building of the Susquehanna Valley Home imperiled the lives of 155 jehildren and the 18 attendants and of of life must Train Hits ‘Cow: 30 Hurt. Fort 8mith, Ark. (Special). —Thir- FEWER AND BETTER LAWS, Colquitt, Of Texas, Wants a Conservative Government. Austin, Texas (Special) The in- auguration of Governor Colquitt and: Lieutenant-Governor Davidson Tues- est gatherings on State, record in this YOu TSEY DENIED PARDON. ithe bravery of the teachers, Guilty Of Murder Of Goebel, : w{FOVer- | Henry E. Youtsey, convicted of the| Youtsey is gullty of a cruel murder and Monroe, Okla.,, when a Chicago, Disease Slowly Spreading In Man. Gov. in Peking since the outbreak of the day. There have been earlier re. Governor Colquitt made hia! a fatality been directly due to the Governor Willson Believes Him | Men and, In instances, themselves, grave loss {have resulted. Frankfort, Ky. (Special). - nor Willson has refused a pardon to! murder of Governor William Goebel. The Governor says he believes | ably fatally, between Hartford, Ark., and therefore refuses to grant the Rock Island & Pacific passenger train pardon, iatruck a cow, BUBONIC PLAGUE IN PEKING, churia and Northern China. Peking (Special). The first death! present epidemic of bubonie plague occurred in a missionary hospital Fri- ports that the disease had enterod the capital, but not until Friday had plague. In Manchuria and Northern China the plague is slowly extending. ter lnwe, and safer and saner euislen | tion. PAUL MORTON DIES SUDDENLY Stricken With Nemirrhaze in New York Hotel. WAS UNCONSCIOUS 10 THE END. President Of the Equitable Life As- surance Society Had Been Suffers But He Was In Of the loosevelt — Wife After Death—Was Aunthority On Railroads. ing With a Fatal Iliness, Did Not His Life Danger—Was Secretary Know Navy Under Reaches. Side Af Life Sketched In Brief, Born in Detroit oi 3 Ta br iaKen . : F ew, i} FEquital they were pers Press, i) Weak Denounces the Columbia, S. C. (Special from iliness, Coleman Livingston Blease, of Newberry, was Inaugurated Governor Tuesday Lieutenant-Gov ernor Charles A. Smith, of Timmons ville, also sworn in Governor Blease devoted nearly half of his inaugural address to a of the press was Kaiser Kicks Against Tax, Berlin (Special) bill Friday and adopted an amend- ment subjecting ereign houses to the tax. The gov- innovation in German constitutional fam. Need More Funds, Washington, D. C. (Special). —Re- questing that Congress provide addi- tional funds for continuing the work of raising the battleship Maine in Secretary of War ator Hale, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, calling at- tention to the fact that the appro- priation of $300,000 made at the last seggion of Congress will be exhausted ip about six weeks. CLARK [5 NAMED SPEAKER tial Candidate, Washington, DD. C {Special Mis- Representative Champ Clark, of souri, the Democratic leader House and receptive candidate for the Democratic nomination for de ney, Thursday House in This, with the tee on ways and means make an early preparation of tariff legislation for submission Congress diately upon the beginning next session in December, House becomes Den of the features of a caucus { the of Cong night for Speaker the Bixty-second Tess. tO to of when 10CTALIC, WAS the Democrats——the old new m “I~ and berg--—of the in House at the capitol. next Congress held hall of the CHAMP CLARK Congressman From Ninth District of Missouri ATLANTA JOURNAL INDICTED, Have In Mailing Sample Said To Violated Postal Laws Copies, STEEL HEAD GETS 850.000. Half That Schwab and Corey. Salary Of Farrell Only Of € mpow Farrell's t one My doeceggors received Money Put In Right Place Vashi ton CC ident . ing him that aft ‘received ; 3 San had raised $75,000 for the American Red He has replied to William W. chairman of the endowment follows: "1 congratulate to Red Cross $75.000 It Pres forn Cross Morrow, fund, as you on the contribution from San Francisco of is putting money in the right place “ $2,000,000 For Naval Base, Washington, D. C. (Special). A $2,000,000 appropriation for the new naval home at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, including not exceeding hospital, of which $75,000 is immediately appro- gion in the naval appropriation bill by the House Committee on Naval Affairs. WALSH ASKS FOR PAROLE, Banker Not Eligible Under Law Untiz September 10, 1911, Leavenworth, Kan. (Special). John R. Walsh, the former Chicago banker, serving a sentence in the Federal prison here, has applied for a parole. Under the terms of the parole act, approved June 26, 1810, prisoners must have served one-third of their sentences to enjoy the benefits of the = 1 HE NEWS OF PENKSYLVANIA > SSM LECEER Shaw- The Pittsburg and built from All Railway line will be Nickelson's Run on the egheny River to North Buttle: with the Erie Rallroad id 84 num- The been H0.0600 acres of coal, . be built HAVE up ber of tow: will more nportant colli incat- " 1 the coal he line will give an Lake and the Shaw- ance into Pitts- Was having served Regime Shenandoah M. J. Warrush, lechenk, Enoch Jones Andrew Houscheck, miners, were injured by falls of coal af angowan colli Warrush die. Chester —Tée Chester Police De partment has commenced a campaign to clean out alleged gambling houses which are said to be in operation here. Chief MeCarey had Julius Bayard, 24 years old, arrested on the sharge of keeping a gambling house At a hearing in City Hall a large number of witnessts testified that they had shot “crap” and indulged in other games of chance in Bayard's house. The defendant was held fo- rourt under $400 bail Chester. Two years ago, Alfred Taylor, a young man of this city, went to the office of the Progress League, and asked that his child be allowed to remain for a short time as he was going to look after some busi ness. Taylor never returned and nothing was learned of him anti) Thursday when a police officer ac costed him and took him before Mag jgtrate Elliott, who ordered Taylor to pay the sum of $1.50 per week for the child's board while at the instl tution, and also directed that he pay $1 a week for the two vears past. ie ries may
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