V( 1. LXX XVI.
BILLS APPROVED AND VETOED
Governor Tener Acting on Bills Passed by
Legislature—¥any Appropriations Pared
or Vetoed,
Governor Tener is busily looking
over and afting on the many bills
passed by the legislature. Many of
the bills have been vetoed and for good
reasons. Some of the appropriation
bills have been vetoad and others par-
ed down, and this was also necessary,
because of the fact that the total of ap-
propriations in bills was something
like $89,000000, while the estimated
revenus is but $62 000 000, making it
necessary to lop off the snug sum of
$27,000 000
BILLS VETORD
These bills vetoed will be found of
particular interest to residents of Cen-
tre county :
Barnett bill providing for return to
counties of three-fourths of mercantile
license tax, the Governor saying :
** The revenues of State do not juatify
the return of the tax.’
The Bayder Benate bill providing
that a teacher who has served for ten
years continuously in any one school
district shall be employed permanent.
ly by that distriet without any reduc-
tion in salary was vetoed today by
Governor Teder, with twelve other
bills,
Gramley bill compelling
directors to furnish transportation for
pupils living 1} from »
5 mil
to which as
scho 3
8 Or more
school they have been
signed closing of
which they formerly attended.
Governor states
gchool
The
boards
following
that school
now 0 furnish traos-
boards could be
1 such tracsporia
tion to pupils who are of permissive,
bul not
-
have the option t
that
compelled to fur;
portation and
iat
1
of compulsory school age,
SUMMARY OF REDUCTIONS
A summary of appropriations as pass
us were mada is
BILLS APPROVED,
Cooper bill, approp
highway purposes derived
mobile
the Stele Treasury $300 000 to be used
for State highways and $100 000
State aid highways, .
The Buckwmsn sutomobile
general motor vehicle set. I: increases
tiie registratio’. fee pleasure vehi
cies of 35 to 50 horse power from $10 to
$15 for pleasures vehicles of
horse power aud over from $15 to $20
It also provides a system of fees for
atlomobile trucks ranging from $5 for
g for Biate
from
ali
suto-
registration fees and in
now
for
bill, a
for
and 50
those of less thao 4,000 pounds weight
of loed and vehicle to $5 for 24 000
pounds, the latter being the maximum
weight allowed
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A Noewrpaper's Frovigee,
Judge Hand hes denied an injane-
tion in the Federal coust in New
York to restrain wapaper from
printing regarding the
business methods of u real esiate agen-
cy. The opinion lsanother of a long
line of precedents which support the
attitude of newspaper editors to safe
guard the iuterests of the public. The
mere printing of pews ofttimes is
regarded by busioess wen as antagon-
istic to them, but iv seldom happens
that such is the case when the business
men are playing fair with the publie,
It is when methods that are open to
criticism arg commented upon, or
deliberate frauds exposed, that the
newspaper ls sorviog ils readers and
the public to the fullest extent. In
the case in the New York court the
paper hud refused the advertising of
the complaining concarn because the
editors and publishers were convinced
that the practices of the concera were
such as would impose upon the credu-
lous and unwary, especially working.
men who were seating small farms or
homes in which to favest their sav-
ings. Io refusing the irjunction the
court said the motive aud efforts of
the defending newspaper were *' ad-
miruble.”
i
% n
igformation
,
Dont Mate Killed,
Jonn Kline, 8 deal mute employed
by Clyde Lee of near Hecls, ‘was
et uck by a passenger train on the
Central Rallroad of Pennsylvania at
Dunkie’s crossing near Hecla, sud was
Instantly killed, The engineer did
Bot see the may uatil it-was too late
to stop Lhe train,
OUR OR1Z2Y ORITIOS,
The Educational Muck -Raker Is the Boss
Muoeck-Raker of Them All,
From papers read at the conference
of the National Education Association
it appears that “15,000,000 of the 20,
000 000 school children of the United
States are diseased ;”’ that less atten-
tion is given to them than to cattle;
that many rural echool-houses are ‘‘not
as well kept as pig.pens;” that‘ a
cesspool of degradation exists under
the shade trees of Princeton,” and
more of the sort,
The educational! muck-raker is the
boss muck-raker of them ail. What a
diseased and degenerate race we are!
What a nation of defectives and de-
linquents! What with the warnings
of educators, eugenics extremists, alien-
ists, occuliste and other censors and
monitors who aremble in congresses,
the conclusion is forced that every-
body is either physically diseased or
insane, that nobody can see, that no-
body is fit for marriage, and generally
that whatever is is as wrong as it pos.
gibly ean be,
Making all allowance for the ele
ment of population which is not up to
standard and whose deficiencies fur-
nish the excuse for all this lecturing,
we are yet, speaking by and large, the
most moral, progressive and intelli-
gent people the world has ever seen.
Oar great crop of reformers and moral
regulators is of itself proof sufficient of
the fact.
Where Rome had one Juvenal, in
America the woods are full of them.
They should realize the folly of over-
emphas'zing their reproof to a point
where it may be taken as a joke,
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¥chool Bilis Yetoed,
Governor Tener should be especially
comomended for vetoing the Bnyder
vill, w hich provides that teachers who
have served continuously for ten
years in any one district ehell be em-
permantely by that district
apy reduction in salary,
Such a law would work detriment to
the public school system, ss it would
fasten upon districts a class of teachers
¥hose only qualification was a long
term of servica Uoder such a law
would be po opp riunity for
and aggressive teachers to
orge ahead.
Itiere ia merit in the bill fathered
by Representative Gramley and veto
ed by the governor, which provided
for the transportation of school chil
iren ia districts in which sechools are
closed. There are instances in Potter
township, aud lo other districts as
well, where such a law would greatly
ald school boards to provide school
facilities in remote localities,
I'ie one great hindrance to obtain-
ing lawe applicable to country dis
tricts is the fact that many of the
members of the legislature and the
governor are not as familiar as they
should be of the rural conditions snd
seeds. And it is just as true when it
cotues lo passing on laws by rural
members for the great cities,
a — I A
Allman for Lisatensnt @. vernor,
The Perry County Democrat, edit
ed by James B, Magee, has launch-
el a boom for Jerome T. Allman, of
Fhompeontown, Juniata county, for
the Democratic nomination for lieus
tenant governor. Ailman is secre-
tary of the State Grange, and is well
known in Jentre county, baving at-
tended many of the annual picnics on
Grange Park at Centre Hall, where on
the platform he discussed many public
questions ; former membats of the
state house of representatives, and was
defeated oily by a narrow margin
last year for a seal in the state senate,
Like President Wilson, Allman is a
Princeton product, a graduste from
that university in the class of 15877.
Sounding his praises, the Democrat
ways of him:
* When a member of the house,
Mr. Allman was one of the conaplea-
ous leaders on the Democratic side
of the chamber. Being a fluent
forceful speaker, his voice was heard
in earnest protest against every ma
chine measure introduced, and hie
vote was always recorded in favor of
every bill which had for its purpose
the cqualization of taxation, and
all the other important legislation,
#0 long demanded by the people and
denled them by boss ridden legisla.
tures,
“In presenting the names of Mr,
Allman for lleutenant governor we
do so with the firm conviction that
his nomination would be the strong.
est that could be made and it would
ba recoguiziog a section of the state
that deserves recognition, Give us
Allman and the Junista Valley will
give the whole Dimocratic ticket a
big ms jority,
A A ANAT
Dr. John Hardenberg is taking care
of hie practios in and about Millheim,
after a vacation which was spent In
Philadelphia, Mrs, Hardenberg, who
bind been in Philadelphia for some
ployed
without
thera
young
time, returted home with her hus
band, ;
TO ENLARGE ORPHANAGE FARM,
Odd Fellows to Purchase an Additional
Handred Acres for the Sunbury Home
Ofll jers Elected, Superintendent Chub.
buck Reappointed,
Al a meeting of the representatives
of the Central Pennsylvania Odd Fel:
lows Orphans’ Home association, held
at the orphanage east of Bunbury, it
was decided to purchase the farm of
Bamuel Zimmerman, adjoining the
orphanage on the northeast and con-
sisting of 100 acres. Together with
the old farm and grounds there are
now approximately 276 acres for the
Central Pennsylvania Odd Fellows’ or-
phanage. One more farmer and an ad-
ditional team must be secured, The
barn at present in use will be moved to
a point near the residence on the Zim-
merman farm. A modern, sanitary
barn will be erected on the old site.
The farm will be purchased through
money taken from the permanent
fund.
The Upper Augusta township school
directors and the orphange educational
committee have come to a satisfactory
agreement regarding the tuition of the
school children at the orphanage.
Forty directors were elected at the
receut meetiog. Five trustees were
also selected. The following officers
were chosen to serve until the July
meeting of 1914: President, J. W,
Strob, Banbury ; first vice president,
Fred CU, Hanyen, Seranton ; grand mas-
ter of the Pennsylvania Btate O id Fel:
lows ; second vice president, Roy E
Beeman, Harrisburg ; secretary, 8. B
Hilliard, Watsontown ; treasurer, Rob-
ert Davis, Mt. Carmel ;: chairman of the
board of trustees, I. Clinton Kline,
Sunbury.
It was announced that the Pennpsyl-
vania railroad had placed a siding st
the orphanage grounds,
A voluntary offering of from $1,200
to $1 500 in addition to the regular in.
come was announced,
Mr. and Mrs, E. E. Chubbuck, the
superintendent and matron r & eotive.
ly, were again chosen to succeed them
selves,
Toe Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
pany has fitted out an sgricultural
car and a dairy exhibit ear, to pro
mote scientific farming methods and
efficient farm management among the
farmers. The sgricaltural car will be
a moving college and farming exhibit
I'he exhibit contains some 580 perfect
samples of vegetables, grains, hay,
tobacco, cotton, ete, grown ‘in the
territory traversed by the railroad.
Modern dairy methods, buildings
and machinery are shown in the
dairy exhibit car in charge of the
milk traffic department. The car
conlaine models of 8 modern dairy
barn, silo and water tower, together
with a full section of a cow stable
with feed car and litter carrier.
Both cars will carry an assortment
of literature on farming and dairy
problems, which will be distributed
to visitors. In the end of each car
is an office, where farmers will have
the privilege of private consultation
with representatives of the Com-
pany’s agricultural and dairy depart.
ments,
Transfer of Heal Estate.
Luther D. Fye et ux to Agnes P.
Rupp, tract of land in State College.
$350,
Thomas Lons et ux to William N.
Grose, tract of land in Bpring twp.
$100.
John L. Holmes et ux to Irvin IL.
Foster, tract of land in Ferguson twp.
$250
Emma L. Auman et bar to E. L.
Auman Milling Co, tract oF land in
Millbeim boro. §$1°
Thomas Foster et al to Robert A.
Caughey, tract of land in College twp.
$400,
Joseph Gill to Mary Gill, tract of
land in Philipsburg. $1.
Michael Gill to Joseph Gill, tract
of land in Philipsburg. $1.
Robert Glenn et ux to Nancy G.
Brower, tract of land in Benner twp.
$700,
Robert Glenn et ux to Nancy G.
Brower, tract of land in Benner twp.
$15 .
Elizabeth Gardner lo W, H. Thomp-
son, tract of land in Howard boro,
$1025,
Abraham Weber ot al to Penna.
twp. $800.
Rosanna ©. Rogers to Bamuel D.
Matthews, tract of land in Centrg
county. $1.
Rosanna ©. Rogers to Samuel D,
Matthews, tract of land oo" Centre
county. $1.
tract of land in Huston twp. $1.
A A AI,
Miss Cora Osman, a student of the
Lock Haven Normal School, is at the
present tigne spending her summer
vacation at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs, Calvin Osman, at Glenn
Iron, Bhe has accepted a position as
teacher of the Feese school In Hartley
RURAL SUHOOL CONSOLIDATION,
Little Progress Made In Rural Schools Com -
pared wth City Schools, Normal
Schools and Universities.
The important educational problem
in America is that of the rural schools,
The last generation has witnessed
great advancement along educational
lines, but it has been confined to city
echools, normal schools and univer-
sities. Little progress has been made
in the country schools. The country
districts have not felt the forward
movement that has characterized the
last two decades.
In order to put new life into the
country schools and to restore them in
a position for the greatest possible use
fulpess it is necessary to have larger
school units, This is possible uncer
consolidation, a plan which has com-
mended itself to thinking people and
has been successfully tried in many
states, ’
The chief resson for the great de-
velopment of the city as compared to
the country districts is due to coopera-
tion, The water plant, the lighting
syslem, paving, etc, could not be ae-
complished by one individual working
alone, Yet it is not diMleult when all
put their hand to the task.
Consolidation means cooperation in
rural school affairs. What is impos-
gible for one district working alone,
becomes an easy mutter where four,
five or six districts work together,
There is only one principle upon
which to work for consolidation ef
schools. That is, Improved service.
Cheapness is no argument, The
schools which gives the paople the
best service for the money spent is the
best school.
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Home Big Cenvintions Bchedaled,
Many special events, including con-
ventions and celebrations of various
kinds, will be held during the sum.
mer :
Odd Fellows’ convention,
apolie, Minoesota, September
a
Fraternal Order of
more, August 4 to 10
Knights of Columbus, Boston, Au-
gust 5 to 7,
Odd Fellows’ Charleroi, Pa,
tember 9 to 11.
Loyal Order of Moose, Cincinnati,
July 25 to Auguat 1.
Kuoights Templar triennial
clave, Denver, Colorado, August
to 15,
Order of the Eastern
York city, October 15 to 16
National Association of Letter Car-
riers, Ban Francisco, August to
September 4,
International Bible Students asso-
ciation, Toronto, Canada, July 20 to 27,
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LOCALS
James P. Faank of Rebersburg
visited his son, Prof. Orvis Frank in
Philipsburg.
Ralph R. Bariges of Spring Mills
went to Akron, Ohio, where his
father, Ivy W. Bartges, is located,
Mrs, Annie E Keen purchased two
lots, in Millheim from the executrix
of the estate of the late William
Kreamer,
Lloyd M. Kerlin returned to his
home in Liverpool Saturday afternoon
after having spent a week or more at
the home of Peter Jordan, at Colyer,
Mr. and Mrs. Shem Hackenburg of
Spring Mills were in Ceatre Hall on
Friday evening. They are farming
one of the Allison farms, and also con.
duct an ice cream parlor,
Alfred Darst has been quite iil
since hia return from Tanveylown,
Maryland, where his dsughter, Mrs,
D. T. Wolf lives. He went (here
after the Gettysburg reunion.
The local lodge of Odd Fellows hse
invited Spring Mills lodge to confer
the third degree Saturday evening ap-
on a class of five candidates, and they
have accepted the invitation. About
twenty-five or more visitors are expect.
ed and a pleasant time is anticipated.
J. B, Miles of Martha, brother of
Mrs. G. O, Benner of Centre Hall,
had the misfortune to have his leg
broken. He was sesisting to unload
bay when the rope parted, and in
some manner he was thrown from the
loft to the barn floor. The break was
near the hip,
Clymer MoClenshan has come into
possession of an Indian motoreyole of
the very latest model and capable of
developing seven horsepower, Mr,
McClenaban Is In the employ of
the Commercial Telephone Co, and
as his territory ls a rather large one,
horse and boggy bave proven too slow
to reach the points of trouble.
Lutheran congregation at
Bellefonte will build a new parsonage,
work on the same having been alresdy
commenced. Rev. B. M. Glanding,
D. D., of Byracuse, New York, was
elected pastor of the congregation at a
recent meeting of the body. Dr.
Glanding is a man of rare ability, snd
Minnpe-
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FROM SOUTH DAKOTA,
Mr. Goodhart Tells of Farming vounditions
inthat state—Also Refers to Politics,
Editor Reporter
We have completed our visit
South Dakota and will leave for
Orangeville, Illinois today. In the
four weeks that we spent here much of
my time was taken up in viewing the
country and taking in places of in-
terest, and studying the advantage
and disadvantage of this part of the
country, First of importance is the
condition of the climate. The climate
is ideal, a nice cool breeze going nearly
all the time, which is so invigorating.
The atmosphere is so dry that you can
epjoy the full benefit of the bracing air
without any risk of contracting cold.
The winters are much more severe
than in the east, But while the
thermometer registers as low as 30 de-
grees below zero and a strong wind
blowing, much of the time during the
winter months, they tell me they
bave many sunny and pleasant days,
not much snow. South Dakota is
destined to be a great agricultural
state, Its soll is easy cultivated and
well adapted for wheat, barley, oats,
flax and potatoes While it ie not
claimed to be a great corn state, yet
every year there are more acres culti-
vated and the prospects this year in-
the parts I visited are equal to that of
flows, or Minnesota,
What they need in Bouth Dakota is
more farmers. They try to farm too
much, and henecs do not have time to
give their crops proper cultivation,
The farmer: do not work nearly as
hard as in the east, and in my opinion
spend too much time on the rosde, or
attending ball games and taking
pleasure trips in their autos, however
the most of them sre making money,
Their improvements do not compare
with the east ; their houses are small
sud pol very expensive, and small
barns shelter their stock. The grain is
all, thrashed in the fleld-. They
should pay more attention to stock
raising and dairying. which no doubt
would pay them well. They have
being far from
in
the disadvantages of
market and the freight rates
are high. Most of the people own the
lend they till, It was taken up or
bought at a very low price and today
it would bring a good price, hence
many of them are in fair circumstances
The wealth is more evenly distributed,
with none over rich. You find a
great many of the people are of
German or Danish decente They are
an industrious class of people and
well to do,
I spent a day in Brookings, the
county seat of Brookings county. It
is 8 beautiful little town of about 3000
population, The state sgriculturs]
*oliege is located there. They have
fine buildings. The court house is a
magnificent building and is up-to-date
in every way. The Brookings
Chautanqus was in session snd I at-
tended several sessions. The meet.
ings were well attended and very able
lectures were delivered. §
In conversation with some of the
active business people that I came in
contact with they expressed the be.
lief that good will come to these
people through the course pursued by
our present administration at Wash.
ington ; thal a revision of the tariff
will be to the sdvantage of their
farmers. Senator Kenyon of Iowa,
who is a popular speaker at their
chautauquas, in a private interview
said, “The talk of panic and hard
times 8s a result of the tariff bill
which ie far better than we had ex-
pected of the Democrats, is all non-
sense,’ Inspeaking of the popular.
ity of Becretary Bryan he said, “1
detect the feeling of the public with
regard to public men by watching the
effect upon the audience of the names
I refer to in the course of my ad-
dresses ; great applause greets the
name of Bryan.” The Nebraska
democrat is in high standing with
Chautauqua sudiences because of his
grape juice principals and his sincere
ideals of world peace.
G, L. GoopHART,
White, 8. D., July 15th, 1913,
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Do You Have A Daughter ?
Wouid you like your daughter to
study domestic science, voeal music
and drawing, and st the same time
fit herself to teach? Do you know
that if she ls over seventeen years of
age she Is entitled to $60.00 from the
State Lo pay her tuition in a Normal
School? Do you know that when she
graduates she will receive from $60.00
to $7500 per month as a teacher?
Why not send her to the Lock Haven
State Normal School next fall? Good
board, furnished room, washing,
electric light, steam heat, ote, at a
rate cheaper than you can furnish it at
your own home. Bend for particulars
and illustrated catalog to Dr. George
P. Singer, Principal, Look Haven, Pa
Th. A
hence
NO. 29
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
FROM ALL PARTS
This ia July 24. You will get an<
other Reporter this month,
The Williams reunion will be held
at Marths, Saturday, August 16th,
Reports obtained through the lead-
ing sgricultural papers indicate thst
the hay crop is not nearly as large as
last year,
William N., Duck of Millheim a
graduate of Susquehanna University,
has been elected to teach the grammar
school at Aaronsburg.
Harry Miller of Bellefonte has been
awarded the contract for the comple-
tion of the Horticultural building, at
Pennsylvania State College. The cone
traet prics is §72,000,
The annual reunion of the congre-
gations of the Aaronsburg charge of
the Reformed church will be held in
Zerby's woods, at Coburn, on Batur-
day, August 2
Byron Garis had his residence paint-
ed, and now it looks decidedly im-
proved, snd makes the quarters in
which it is loeated look the better.
The work was done by John T. Noll
of Pleasant Gap.
During one of the recent thunder-
storms, lightning struck the farm barn
of C. C. Orndorf of near Woodward,
and the house of Jefferson D. Btover
vear Fiedler. Littledamage was done
to either property.
Mrs, Busan Hetrick of Milroy came
to Penns Valley the latter part of last
week to visit her son, John Bark-
holder, at Centre Hill. Mr. Burk-
holder farms the Burkholder home
stead, which property is owned by
Mrs. Hetrick.
William Musser of Boise, Idaho, is
in the east, and expects to remain here
permanently, Last winter Jacob
Musser, a brother, of near Penns Cave,
purchased the Josiah Rossman farm
for him, and it is on this farm that
the Idaho farmer will locate. He is a
bachelor, but capable of condacting a
farm all right.
An sutomobile party made up of
Mr. and Mrs, F. B. Bhattuck and Miss
Mary Christ of Btate College, and
Mrs. Laura Miller of Williamsport,
were entertained for a few hours Fri-
day night by Mrs. Margaret Bmith
and Miss Grace Smith, Their desti-
nation was Penns Cave,
The moon failed to shine for a party
of piconickers Thursday evening of
last week, and consequently the plans
for such an outing on old Nittany were
frustrated. The spirit of the young
folks was undaunted, however, and by
stringing a number of Japanese lan-
terns in the new exhibition building
on Grange Park, they realizd a lot of
wholesome er j ywment,
Miss Helen Bartholomew, Mrs. W.
H. Kreamer, Ms, Rose DeWoody and
C. D. Bartholomew left Centre Hall
early on Baturday morning for Al-
toons, reaching that point at 8:30 a.
m., the trip being made in a Ford car,
The time was spent with Mr, and Mrs,
Ed. L. Bartholomew and other friends
and Sunday afternoon the return trip
was made,
Bearcity of labor on the farm is fore-
jog farmers to fall back more generally
on the old “neighboring” eystem
that for a number of years was, in this
locality, practiced very little. By this
method of combining efforts crops are
cut and stored with less hired labor,
but the results are not as satisfactory
as when labor is more plentifal and
efficient so that each farmer may take
care of hie crop: when conditions are
most favorable,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bechler of
Lewisburg, and dsughter and husband
of Franklin were in Centre Hall on
Sunday. Thirty years ago Mr, Bschler
was a clerk in Dinges’ store, and from
here he went to Bellefonte where he
also clerked, He is now mail agent
on the L. & T., and alth ugh he passes
through the station end of town every
day, in all these years he had not been
“up town", until Sanday. Every-
Wheat harvest is abut completed.
Many barns are full to the roof, and
many store houses are not large enough
to house all the crops, and this necessi-
tated the stacking of either hay or
grain on meny farms. The wheat
crop waa very bulky. The wheat
stems grew long, aud in many places
lay flat to the groand making outting
difficult, and filled up mows much
more rapidly than the straight stiff
straw the farmer