VOL. LXXXVII. A FEW OF NEW SPECIES OF INSECTS BRED BY idee HALL. —————— ’ THURSDAY, MARCI STATE ECONOMIC SICNOPIIOR 7 NIGRA 1 be. SAN JU SCALE PARA TE PCLES OF DISCOVERLD Zoologist Brecds Doze of Ins cts Depended on to Save Fruit S'ate Econom ¢ Ki d Trees More parasite tl gcale bave 11 sver br $5 Harrisburg by the the ine zoviogy of agricul ure, uding ¢ unidentified and this is an is 4 of speaking upen entirely question, but non the state's bug- terms with at O Ogisis are on the have been equally unsuccessful in plac ing it where it belo The breeding capitol greenhouses just and federal men Washington 8. is here has in the of the personal super slate economic been south LH ate houses under the vision of the zoologist, H A. Surface, ists six month the | where than the spray pump. face and his men sorts of things None of the parasites ha who startled horticullur $ ago by announcing that yarasites bad to a point | they were much more effective then been doping with the parasitcs, deve loped Since Wy. RE i Have fil Fo CO- : their new any by The mon names, being known oe scientific classifications. species that hasn't been identified known only by the generic title of en-| eyriine, without having a specific 18 ap- pellation, The encyrline i found the nde that WAS one day parasites the WAS ion of mined when a collec! being exa and sus wae microscope giranger yp I t it n picions were at once aroused, When efforts at identification failed specimens and photographs were sent to Washington where similar failure was reported. Not only have the state's bug experts | successfully bred the parasites, but all the work in photographing them, ete . has been doge in laboratories of the de- partment of agriculture. Al the para. eye and it is utterly impossible for even | tween them without a microscope. largest is no lar er than a period in newspaper type even with wings fully spread. ‘“ Breed’'ng” the bugs, in scientific language, is not only actually breeding them, ns the layman understand it “ Rearing" would be a more descriptive term. The parasites are obtained by placing twigs oo whieh they are believed to be in darkened cages ; soon the para. sites geek the light and are captured, The parasite is such a successful war- rior against the San Jose scale because the parasites breeds so much more rapidly than the scale. The scale is no slouch when it comes to inoreasing naturally, for it has the common house- fly beaten on that score ; but the para. site does even better. The life cycle of the parasite is only ten days or a fortnight, and it numbers its offspring by scores or hundreds ; it algo stays on the job about eight months of the year, No one yet has figured out in geometri- ! have LES Will ave 5 thie of g¢ scale parasite insect two pairs nd protects Lhe 2 Jose #4 ile, I'he adult parasite winged female, her eggs by proj oF g ber ovipos scale’s pro- tches the the ntinl 1 into : the larva feeds on scale in. non and ega : Fy ih ep 2 Lite | the vital organs, killing the bet this chrysal + ; then the larva omes a pupa, ved from the winped adult, w of ti.e Fan Jose scale it for trees on whic i of the at 3 emerges i h bores shell, This wed to parasite is at being i858 way ou muakcs detect work ; € the trait h the nxy eye free work it * mnsica the scale is covered with punctured scale shells. Hundreds of specimens of parasites e been sent out by Doctor Surface to and | reports that the parasite is doing its full duty. nomic zoology cannot begin to aneet requests for parasites, face has hundreds of letters crowded file, requesting parasites. sre being filled in turn as rapidly sible, all over the state thu Professor 3 Surf i into one They as pos “ 1 believe the San Jose scale is doom- | * said Doctor “I do mean that we shall ever get entirely rid of it, any more than mankind likely ever to get entirely rid of smallpox. | But we feel sure that the point is reach- be a Surface, t $ Lo is ceased to natural enemies i the parasite, which | the most effective of all. | weather conditions tend to | | keep duswn the sca e, while the red | edd where the scale has menace. To its other gees to be ale do their share, The hortic ulturists | { the slate worked faithfully with the lime sulphur spray and now it} | looks asif the spray could be discarded | as a we:pon for general use against the San Jose gcale, although that is some- thing that cannot be fully decided until we have some more experience, ”’ ——— Go To Ths tenternt § ate Normal SNehonl Lock Haven, V's, The Bprirg term of twelve weeks begins Aptil 6 The total cost ie $56.50 if you are over seventeen year old snd intend to tesch. A thorough review of Lhe common bravehee, apeoial instruction in Pedagogy and an ope portun't/ to obwerve Teaching In (le Pralning-achool, are features of this term. Bend for particulars and il fustrated oatslog to Dr, George P Bioger, Prineipal, Lock Haven, Pa, MI MPS, The Penn Pablle Bervice Company is greatly enlarging ite electric light snd power p sot at Philipsburg. This became necessar ¥ on account of the many new contracts the company 0 have cal progressions just how many descend- % received for power In coal mines, a ATORS { parasites that feed on in , thus baitiog is rav %, havir ni bred by Prof astral scale aiter insect ital] sian 1 sR, Te g£ baw the i ¥ ihe ] y its genie; SHE HOR Esa yw, Thirty-Three Kansas Drafters, { huaks and Deivers *old Friday Afternoons, A most sucoessfu’ sale of western horses was conducted at Centre Hall by Messrs R C Yoder and Mr. Peacl y, the former of Kaneas, avd the istter of Belleville, on Friday after. noon The thirty three animals sold TI22 or ag evVerage © leas than $217 r fl The aversge was ote Loree Lurt in shipping sell aud the two acd three. prica, The ten o'clock the The trip was a long one, but the animals were all In gocd epitits and The bid Lat later ing jost come «1 the car, ding wes rather slow at firs, beesme spirited. scid at $.61 The sales were mads basis, but a ¢redit of thy extended under the urusl eonditions o Bartholon w sc el ss salen su tionrei ns were Huber, ‘of Hub'er and Wiese, ard George Bevner of N The nawes of the |} or-es sre given below : RELLEVILLE, L. K. Yoder 8 K. Yoder HALL John C, Rossman Harry MeClonshan James 8. Relish Henry Lingle Henry Poller REBERSBURG, Howard P, Weaver Ww. Ww, BELLEFONTE, Thomas Tresor Madisonburg, vow Berlin, purchasers evi Yoder CENTRE 1 Samuel Durst i T. L. Bartges Miflin R. Moyer Harvey Rote Earl Ross Hookman # CC Witmer 3. 0, Confer ZION Harvey Yeariok LOUK HAVEN, Noah Zimmerman A. Btoneberger LW, Brunk, Miflinburg W. W, Herman, Lemont George Thomimon, Avis Ano'her sale has been arrapged for to be he!d scme Ume in March, A. H. Vonada Pips Organ for Sate, Ata recent meeting of the senior class Pennsylvania Htate College the members d cided to pr sent a pipe organ to the oollege, to be placed In the Auditorium, ns a class mem’ tial, wore vultable gift, LEWIS WA HINGTON PARTY BMEAD, 13 to 22 The ticket of the Weshing'on | sriy | Wea com pleted atl a cor ferenceof a fru ff the members of the arty, he'd st be Commonwealth hotel burg, set week, rrimaries in May, in addition Le Tord Pioehot, of Milford, who el time ago Willis and others edd ferme by Filny Bre: - William tis, Governor Pt ile Le ive Draper the UU syivaris Ise grhiont, gt Perey ¥ Allegheny. jiry commision lisher wis i dean of eit af Peery “adh, ad pot Becretary futensrt veri of interna! BE Lebigh, man at large, C ngressmen al larg Haiflt, Beaver, general assembly ; { Jeflerson, Fred CMETIE - el dire Lewis, present Rev Dr present member of Lx N. © fhe Mitahe!! lswyer: \ H Walters, aad Arthur R Rapley Comberiand, the lstler two b igpre ent members, The conferess anid that Leawie * hed been ir vited ty lvgyme 8 candidate Judge Cha'les N, Brumm, Be! uylkill, was nod invited to be a candidate, but Cambria ; ea'd. Mayor Joseph Cnafiel, of Jobhne town, bes also an idea he may be » eardidate for Governor, tu! few other Washington party men ¢ dreide wi b He was in Harrisburg the st the Sta'e Department, Dan Lew's is the choice of the the party, since VauVaikenberg dropped Robert K, Young, Btste Tressurer Young te covsidered out in the State party candidates, At the conference the qure. however, Y ung got 17 vole, and Lewis, 21 The candidates for Governor, ioe , were H. DD. W. Erg. lish, Pitsbargh: Julge Rrowm, | William Wilhel un, Scshaylkill ; | M. Cigde Kelly, Allegheny. Land the fight really parrowed down | {then to Lewice and Y wurg, { The report of this conference, se» 1fiven out after the gereral meeting, {followse : ‘ We have cono’'uded that it would | | be unwias for ue, who have teen | rugzested as candidates [sr Governor, | [to pame any oue of ve se the only | erndidate We ther: fore ask the eon. ferencs Lo rig rest anme one person, who they may think the most sviil abie, to become a candidate, it being | distir ely understood thst such ri | rest does not bar any one from be. Lovming n candidate before the wvolers (al the primaries, | “The conference adopted this re | port sod then, in order to determine the actus] senliment, pleoed the names of the several candidates be. fare the members, Asn result a reso lution waa sdojted nquesting Dean Willismn Dreper Lewis of Philadel phis, to submit his oandidacy to the Washington puty volers at the May primaries, AI A ASAI. Deaths of Contre Conntinne, Dr George W. Twitmyor at Wilk mington, Delaware. He was a son of Emanuel Twitmyer sud wae born ip Spring township, Wiliam Richard Gsinford, Bellefonte, aged sixty-five years. Be in J Behreyer, a former real. don't Bh oie i Kilnnce, Olio, ww 3 1914. I Ws A o—— I DID FFLLOWS' ANNIV.ORSARY Will be Held ut 14 wrhorg This Friduy, April 23 i Grand Ledge Yemr 12 cinl Sess; of Beeretary vania Old Eberly Fe of the Penusy'. Auvniversery As Willismeport, has sent out official notie # for the thirtieth annus) session of the association which will be held “4 The snnout owe * low 8’ sociation, k! Lewis urg or y Friday, cement reads April ee fol “The anr un i158 m in ‘od ge, Na O8 geraingy hisll 0 3 wii of bs held a! Lewisburg I st which ‘ime the rep usar busivess will be trani- seted and such the good the ¢ 0 F matiers as pertain io Odd F-llowship in thie district will be considered. All lodges, encampments, eantors and Rebeksh lodges, paying the anpual ‘ue, will be entitled to 8 volee sand vite on a'l qoesijors and deliberations that will properly come before the resnion. All 1gan’zvl pe of Od Fellows are invi - ed apd urged jin the sssceiation this year, aud elect and send 8 repre sentative, whether they have done so heretofore or not. of {o This is rot a secret session, snd si! O 1d Fellows are invit ed to attend, THE PARADE * Chere will ba a grand parade In which sil O 1d Fellows are 1 quested to participate, either with their own or. ganization or to fall in with sone “ther. Every Old Fellow should be in line and thus show his sppreciatior of the principles and besutiful tesch ings of O id Fellowship, and bis loyal ty to those five noble men who nine ty-five years ago laid the foundation upon which this great and glorious institution was built, which at the present time numbers into millions, and which hes sccomplished #0 much for the cause of humanity. We won'd lodges are conveniently located that they arrange jsintly io hire a band and divide the expense, aud thus re duce the cost to 8 minimum, snd at the same time it will be an indoce ment for a larger attendance and will | materially as<ist in masking the oo caslon a greater success, Appoint a |e ymmitteet ocr mp'ete this object with oul delay, THE PROGRAM “A rumbrer of grand lodge cfficers | will be in sttendapce, snd a special | session «f the grand lodges will be held lin the evéning, st which time the past grand rid grand lodge degreea will be {eonferred nn WH thow entitled to re. iesive them. The anniversary address | will be delivered by Brotler Fred (, | Hanyan, grand master of the grand lodge of Penneyivania, and the re. sponse L) the sddress of welcome will be by Brother Usher A. Hall, grand «ecretary of the grand lodge of Peon sylvanie, There will be other attrae- tive features on (he program to be ar. ranged by the sxeculive committee of the local organ iz dione, who in cone Jjuneotion with the citizens, will use their best evergles to excel any pre vious sessions held in their beautiful town, THE COMMITTRES The committee in charge of the an- nivirsary fe ae follows : Lodge No. 88 -D. P, Higgloe, chair man; J. C. Higgios, scoretary ; Ju M Pioss, D. Kahle, C, A, Walters, Encampment No, 167-0. T., Lid. dick, treasurer ; CU. 1. Bmith, 85, W. Crabb, J. E. Z-arfess, J. O. Heiter, . THE OFFICERS slain are bi the Anniversary As Presi en —ormin Eh RB \ Myers, E. Funortt ee The PINK LAngL appears on this HE smal NO), J [OWN AND COUNTY NEWS, 1APPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERES] FROM ALL PARTS THE DIFFERENCE i at: 3 soli, James Feitarnif, 1. fhe enal bin le regisleriog a ein ioerable hizher itdd for e Ou Tdeeday evening the f Mi y which femperaiure now an tne weeks, i hat 4 Fels jet £) L4 IER Ht im will hold = f it familion the metnbere o pi ve tween faelling bh H. ft fone by Me John M. Ce The loesl rof 1. O. bheresfier sppear in new silk that 8 10 Cae, (Georg: idron., orde all necasior iy ugh E. 8 A. Decks fiom the din ents made fire Harry £0 Alloone, wa ie had Lut r, Who eleven years went 'suberman f in VOW wr {e w two arm 19 dayr, 5 GRY gince has been iset fail ,. who was LE trausferrcd from nire Hall ameport, at | unday, W ; + . » Was is itnwn njoyio LQ 18 TORN- g th through re Fi pastime, rida He KD, ng the chard: fo of a fri the summer Orage o r is the pusst who daring Lea erd, an « d ’ tha Miss VIR ase Mil mon Dr, up T- his '« Johnstown (quarters i office, The average price of is a el he h gold wh fate rhs ATG Tr Who the Tbe al Centre Hall last $225, is enc will sale month, Whit pass belween farmer week, ich was ursging to Lhe darir tL « have & present horses , It is preferred to ave a high than a low pre- vailing pric» igh nol nearly enough horses are raised iu the east to supply the demand. f & mos the = rather sith A loreign mission servie was ren- fersd In the Reformed church, Centre Hall, on *undsy evening. The pro- wram was preparsd by the Reformed Bo rl of Pabien'ion, sani contaired besides the music a pumber of jl- lusirations and valuable information on the work carried on by the Reform- ed church, and the work yet to be done. Reveinl little enildren pare ticipated in the exsreises and added to the general interes’, Clarenc: Blk zr, who had 1 ee with Mr, and Mrs. H. T.0a Brooks since Christmas, on SJdurday went to his home at Belinsgrovs on scerunt of the death of his brother, Henry Blez or, and wife, who drowned in the Fosquoa- hanna river a few. days previous, a brief seocourt of which sppears eler- where in this iscue, Mr. Brooks so- companied the young man to his home apd will remain there until after the funeral, W. F. Miller, supervisor of the LL and T R, R., and A, B Kiehas, the local foreman, were callers at this rffice on Friday. Mr. Miller called the foremen together at Centre Hall and with them went over some work sal ready done and yet to be done on (he rend branes. Baw d ifa at the “White Station,” at Grange Park, have been a sources of great annoyance and «xpense each wiater eines the rad was built, and it was nothing unusasl to see an engive flander in a deap drift at that point. Rapervisor Miller set out to defeat the snow storme, snd tn date trains had clean saliing #0 far as the snow drills were concerned. A weekly weather report will here. after eppenr in the Reporter. These are records of the bightest tempera. ture and the lowest temperature, the charsoter of the weather, and the rain or snow fall for esch day. The thermometers used by the Joost 11 Westher Gureau are so constiuct:d that the readings made at five o'clock in the evening iil show ihe highest and lowest temperatures reached dur. ing the precedivg, twenty-four hours, and it ls these figures that will appear iu the report. The measurements of the rain fall is made by permitting the rain to fall in = ayiindical tube snd it into a tube one-tenth Ite dismeter for messuriog. By so dolog it is possible to messire tos hundredth
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