VOL. LXXXVII. A LETTER OF TRAVEL, PF. Wieland lIantergitingly Narrates s Recent Extended Trip to the West and Gives a Few '' Polntera” Anticipating Visiting the Coast During ths Great Exposition to I hose A. P. Wieland, known to many Re- porter readers, presents an interesting letter relating to the points of interest in a rreent trip to the Pacifie const Mr. Wieland is a representative of the Hough Shade Corporation of Janea- villa, Wisconsin, but the following letter was written from Harrisburg under recent date : Several weeks ago I finished a trip to the coast and elsewhere west, going for the express purpose of locating an ex- hibit at the Pan-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, for the concern I am associat- ed with ( Hough Shade Corporation), but along with it le a number of stop-overs and side trips This sort of trip lends particular interest in that what you see straightens the kinks out of what you may have formerly believed and opens the way to embrace a correct viewpoint of much we read and hear and without which we can be classed as laymen only for after all, to use the rather overworked expression, “* We are a | from Missouri and must be shown ”’ and after we see we really know much bett:r than when we have not. It occurred to me a t of neral imming up of such a journey might rest your readers. Many or at least will visit the exposition and be 0 go the best, mo-t sightly route. advance information providi afl trips worl white, thus returning the maximum of pleasure, comfort, and the things to be seen by the traveler in whom 1 feel fold the interest that I do in any of carrying companies, all of whom more or less efficient but each proclaim- ing their merit to a certain degree of ACCUTACY int and wh indepen 1 different transcor and former tri ly competent p iff 18 4¥] 8O s0Or ore 5 81 gi secure stop-overs, rang side i di though from h does not always render an Having d four ental line this t r- is viewnDo i ViewDo pinion. use 8s on I feel fai ublicity stuff and say in confide i as about outlined nt, embrace that god rat [he cou ili nir sissinni xv Assippi overshadows A182 iS Nal pe milly ten road or main art and 60 f{ ieet really posiuion uu Chicag nty Hy auava local pride rt | i every indi anda ncement Y ¥ f tha natter beli tit no ning, AIOornia or ips are n't thrive west of bee is tah, A where, he grown Gu arone it hive they fine whether you live in New England, Uskosh Olympia i & Uptimism a asset Orleans or and west | frst L day on ; you are expected, I presume, to display it, at any rate it's show everywhere. In some instances I fou it in rare quantities, nevertheless what I say must not be taken as than commendable for that very loyalty community bas been the chief factor the country’s developement and worthy of «mulation, ¢ wats £200 Yiu 38 It for you fiom your t on na other to in is From Omaha west itis a country of big distances No one acquainted with the facts considers Chicago west in this day and age, when you consider that it takes four days on the best trains to go from coast to coast and Chicago is only eighteen hoursfrom N, Y. But I be- lieve a line of thought as to the physical condition of the country, the sig ts to bs seen in a most concentrated trip, would interest the average person most. There seems to be well founded reasons that transportation to and from the coast will be offered out of Chicago fer about $60.00, first class. This of course does not wean to include meals nor pull- man or « bservation car privileges, but first class coach service on fast schedul ed trains and optional routes with stop- over privileges by having tickets wvali- dated, ete. All side trips would be extra as well. After having made about all of the big west in easy stages on business trips, would say to the person from Central Pennsylvania that he can’t do better than to take the P. R. R. system through Pittsburgh for Chicago. via Fort Wane route, the Chicago North- western from there to St Paul; the Northern Pacific to Yellowstone Park ( get stop over here ), and then out the western entrance by stage to Oregon Short Line for Salt Lake City (get stop with transportation rules.) Then Southern Pacific to Los Angeles, via San Joaquin Valley route through Fresno and get stop «ver here. There are countless points of imerest about here and are accessible by trolley and urban train service. From here come east via Santa Fe system, stop off at Williams to that system through Albuquerque, Kansas City, Mo , Fort Madison, lowa, and Chicago and home via Logansport route of P. R. R. sights, Time of course and money will, no doubt, create a desire to also see the Mt. Hood, Pikes Peak and Royal Gorge, but no options or tourists tickets will cover all, and what I have outlined is certainly the essence of the most for your money. unless you add Yosemite Falls, making a side trip in Calitornia from a junction point ( Merced) but it costs $18 00 and to my idea of values is not worth it to have seen the big trees and the Falls unless your purse is better lined with cash and securities than the average person. However options are matters of personal preferences and in any one case would feel that near dupli- cates had been seen, Crop conditions are most exe: llent everywhere, with here and there an exception as in portions of Southern Indiana Illinois and a portion of Iowa. All crops except corn are harvested ; judging by the numerous straw stacks the crop conditions can be nearly and cojrectly estimated without a confer- ence with a Chicago or Minneapolis grain broker or miller. Throughout Nebraska the corn crop is a hummer and alfalfa stacks are numerous. In crossing the North Platte and Platte rivers you meet with a disappointment the river bed is wide, sandy and virtual- ly dried up, due to the north and north- west section using it for irrigating pur poses. Nebraska is growing westward and improving rapidly in point of arable acreage and building developements. Wyoming is about 98 per cent. wild, rough untillable range land ; of alkali beds, sage brush, and rocky ledges. A rather good range country for sheep and cattle in the lower valleys and of course in the Shoshone irrigat- ing section of national renown the soil is up to and as productive Lancaster ounty, Pennsylvania, and nearly as highly developed. As you into itah you go rapidly into better country where great copper and smelting works are many, and farther on the Sait lake valley. Utah is, course, as about everyone knows, 65 per cent. Mormons, but they are a wonderful people. They are the best of farme and fruit grow merchants manufacturers, and raisers. The state is wonderfully enriched by mines, but outside capital control the mineral develop- ile Mormons the agricultural ired interests. Great Salt Lake miles ir surfdce measure- lies of the Wasatch great blue peaks push the clouds and are prominent v point The land round 1s irrigated aod will row practically any thi Air, ¥ thie lots ns Cross 0 re n of rs, ers, brged SLOCK seems to $ 1 Its vat Wi . Whose gr ng Dg. a bathing resort X f the Sal 17 miles AWAY on } lake, which water by the way is 14 per cent. salt, afforded sort thrill. One bath has 1000 rooms and lockers an ch has a fresh water Ww he salt crystals having taken Everybo 119 o $d v { 4 nnpossibie and the Ore « me a new Of nouse rom t! floats . hunch it taking a swim makes a white hope candi- e trail of Jack Jo i also Mt Clemer » both fine bathing resorts but IOWer I'he city has a is laid out in rather city ntain water in city near Lo occug the released and runs rs day and night, thus rendering sanitary ; great It excels { for appearances and excepting Washin are no poor in th 3 and all gocd Mormons are tithe givers Ihe Zion Mere. Co. do a business of five in a return a tenth when hase is made if you are a Mormon and have a church card showing you to be a supporter. No are taken up in their services and I could not help but observe the absence of pre- tense, overdress, ete., in the service | at- tended there weeks ago. They have a wonderful choir, one that I [ Continued on insifle page. | er bath to ws your | exhilarating drowning is gives you you feel eligibl + as date and fast on t Atlantic C YrRO! iis al {ur iy n- t . t + CiRES AC IGORs, n of 85 00), f 10 acre { ir populati jUAre 8 each r blocks, Aas € tno » highest point eo , i Sire 1 war § } ian weimpie wWilicii J 168 there centre and surface gew is nh alding deal gion, nit it ge { ¥ Fe year, pure i ' collections some To the polls, on Tuesday. A sure prediction : Governor Vance ! MeUormiek. tpl sms For tha egislature, David W. Mil ler, the Ferguson township farmer, -——— If you have a warm aida for Penne yivania Hiate College, vote for Me. Cormick and Patterson, both f whom ire trustees of that fostitation. A Mts W. KE Tobias i= the character of man needed in the next congress to sup- port President Wilson's sdminietrs tion and »ll it stands for Moke no mistake and send Tobias to 0 ngress ['ne Penrose machine and State Liqg- nor League is behind Rowland and don't you forget it, Mr. Voter, i ———— In Europa there is war between nations, in Pennsylvania there is war against boczs and those who stand for it. Mr, Seott, the Republican eandi- fate for renresentative in the general asgemhl o, haila from Philipsburg, and strongly sdvocasted hotel licenses in that t wo less then a year ago, A Card From W, H. Patterson, To the Voters of Centre County : [ repudiate the published endorse- ment of the saloon people. The lig- wor league did not support me at the primaries, nor are they supporting me at the coming general election. I stand for, and am in favor of, the question of local option being submit- ted to the voters of Centre county. This wag my position when I became a candidate ror the office of State Senator and shall be when elected to that office. (Signed) W, H. PATTERSON, October 28, 1914 Clearfield, Pa. I certify and confirm the above statement, (Signed) A. B. LEE, County Chairman. Threats Not Heedeo, Last week the Millbhelim Journal ex- ploded the Gezstte’s Millheim Knit. ting Mill story wo effectively that the proprietors of the concern threatened to prosecute the editor of the Journal unless ‘he retracted his assertions in the fseue of this week. The Journal, #0 the Reporter is informed, has posi- tive proof that the article complained of ie true, and will refuse to accommo- date the knitting mill men. The trouble was occasioned by the Ginzette publishing a s'ory in which it tried to make the public believe the will in question was running on part time because of the Wilson sdminis. tration. In commenting on the Ga- Zz 1te’a nonsense, tha Journal, among other things, intimated that this mill like others was closed down solely for political eflect, A tl ‘ Mr, Patterron Misrepresented In this issue is printed a signed card by W. H. Patterson, Democratic can- didate for state sensior, repudiating the published indorsement of the es- Inon people. Philsdelphia and Clear- field papers stated that Mr, Patterson was lndorsed by the liquor leseue, bat everyone who knows Mr. Patterson kuows this to be untrue. He was op- posed to the liquor traffic before he be. came a candidate and expressed him- aelf na In favor of county loeal option before the primaries, he now favors it, snd will continue to do after the election Lead bis card ai——————— ro The voting tooth is quite near the home of every elector, and for that reason it requires but a short time for him to exercire his constitutions) right. On Tuesday you will have the privilege of helping to elect the most important state officers, also a United States Heoator, Congressman, State Senator and members of the legisla. ture, as well as judges for the supreme snd superior courts Taree officers will execute, minke end interpret the moat vitally eflect you It important that we have in Pennsyl. ia not only DEATHS, Phillip B. Mueser, son of Mr. and in Akron, Ohio, Baturday, of endo- ing of the heart, at the age of eight. een years, His body was shipped to Aaronsburg snd funeral services were beld from the home of his uncle, Dr CB. Musser, Tuesday morning, snd interment made at Aaronsburg, Revs W. Donat and D. M. Geesey officiat. ing. The young man was preparing for the medical profession at the Onio University and took a summer courgs at Cornell Univereity, at which His mother of Aaronsburg He ig survived, besides his parents, by two brothers, namely, J. Coburn Musser, District at. Akron, Onio, and Hervey medical student at Johos University, Baltimore. late Henry Crouse, died in ville hospital Monday night, of age, being past weveuty-two years of sge. The remains were shipped the home of her son, Harvey Crouse, at Anroneburg, Tuesday, services will be held this ( Thursday morning. About three months Mrs. Crouse became sfllicted with mental diserse and she was removed to the jpstitution at Danville busband, a Civil war veteran, preced. ¢d her to the grave fifteen years Rarviviog her are three sons, Harvey, J. H, both of Asronsburg, aud Fred of Pittsburgh. I ——.——. Hecelves 813% » Month Pension, Mra. Polly Rossman. mother of J C, Rossman, living on Nittany tain, was recently granted a peosion of twelve dollars a8 month, th.ough Ex-sheriff Bruogart ss arent. Hhe also received a substantial amount —— REBERSBURG vania & clean man like Mr. McCor- mick for governor, but to hold up the! that Mr. Pairuer be sent to the United | States Nerate, and Mr. Tobiss to the! lower house 10 Congress. To support the Btate administration of Mr. Mo- | Cormick, 8 Democratic senate and Democratic house of representa. tives should sit at It is alate in the general assembly. Se ——— Ap if the south-side volers in Centre| the mesjority Firee chair. the south. plensed portion | good vole ecunty go to the polls, will be on the right side, man A.B, Lee halle from wide, he will be more than «te & full vote In the southern of the county, It wes the n this section at the 1811 election that filled the county cffices with Demos | orate, snd now Lhe same volers should i ald in boosting the] to give their united 1914 Democratic candidates sn—————— If the vo er will carefully look at the minature beliot published in this jssne io connection with the election procls- mation he will oteserve that to vote for sll candida'es for which theelector may he nius’ make three x marks, that provide! he voles an straight party treket, The first cross in the square will vole a st might Democratic ticket ad then it will require two crosses in the von.partisan column to complete the operatior, is is lp Alp Clearfield county will give William I Tobie a mes jority of 2000 aver Pen. rose’s appoictes Rowland and if Uen- tre county D moersts will do their daty—sind we think they will <the 21st district will be represented hy an able, progressive Wilson-Brysn Demo- erat. Vole for Tobias, ———— Ml ins Democratic County Chairman A. B, Lee and W, E. Tobias, eandidate for congress, on Wednesday, made » trip through Penns Valley, where the Democrats are gnod and true, Chair man Lee is makiog a great «flort to get the volers to the polls, knowing that if they record their wishes the victory will be won SC ——_—— In his endeavor to aid the Philips burg hotel men to secure licenses at the Isa’ license court, Mr, Beott made the statement that men employed in the mines were easier gotten back to work after payday when they had free necess to bod za Does anybody be. Heve such a ridiculous statement. Ia the man of such opiniops the one you want to make laws for you ? LL fr MASS David Ww, Miller ia a Ferguson tows « ship farmer, He knows what farmers most need, and if elected a member of the legislature will work for the best interests of the farmers. His oppo nent ie a stranger to the farmer. ———————— i — ’ Vote early, Mr. Voter, Do not pnt oft voting antil you hava done a day's work The most important thing every elector has to do on election day is to vole —————— DAA A crovsa mark in the first large square on the left sida of your ballot will count gp vote for the beat men on the ballot, Pot the mark there, A ———— W. H. Patterson, the Democratio candidate for Stale Benator, fs In full sympathy with every Demooratio movement Vote for him, a AA MSS If you want hetter roads without lasuing $50 000 000 bonds to be divided among the boys, vote for MoCormick for governor. —————————— SS Marringe loenees, Oscar A Campbell, MoKeesport Florevce T. Cam bell, Milerburg Charles Faxon who je Niate College spent employed at Mise Miranda Mowery spent a few | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mallory of Piteairn arrived at this place and are the guests of Mr. Mallory’s parents, During the past week George Wale ullt a concrete walk in the front of | ie dwelling bouse, Ammon Hazel left on onday for | [illinois to which state he ude recent | ly shipped a car load of apples, Some farmers have finished busking corn. Thecrop wes pot an average | one owing to the severe and pro onged M i ! | Last Tuesday Cherles ~hilling mov. | ed to Biate College Mr. Bull | carpenter snd flods m w vs gis a | irk ot { re his | Charles Blerly, Sr, who hss been | confioed to his bed of sickness with a severe at ack of as is not improv. i ing but is growing weaker every day i The stork visited the home of Detwiler and left 8 wee litt This i= the fourteenth child been born to this family. Fourteen skunks are captivity in this Hrms Henry | aly. | that © Live being held in town. They were caught by trappers who are holding the same alive until the priee of furs advapes. Oh, butthe odor ! Goodwin, Bullivan & Co, who are prospecting for oil and gas, a short distance north-esst of this plece, are meeting with difficulties at a deptn of 325 feet. The drill broke loose from i'w fastenings and it took several days until they succeeded in getting it, They put down another drill and be- gan operstiog again and in a short time it met with the same fate as the firat one. They have been fishing over a week for it and st this writing they have not succeeded in locating it, > FRUITTOWN, Mr, and Mrs James Summers of Bellefonte called at the Summers home on Saturday afternoon. Misa Helen Bodtorf of Milroy is spending an indefinite length of time with her parents, at this place. Mrs. Emma Fohringer of this place left on Tuesday for Lemont where she will be employed for several weeks. Mire Anus Fohringer left Jast week for her home in Northumberiaod after spending several months with ber mother at this place. We are glad to not» at this writing that Mre. Bummers is getting along very nicely siter having a severe fain and dislocating her hip. Those who called at the T. J Fleisher home Bund«y were Jam's Bpangler of Tumeyville, D. ©. Fohr. inger, Mr and Mrs, Chas, Nevel and Mra. Nevel Mre, Condo of Altoona arrived at the home of her grandparents, Me and Mrs Bommers on Bsturday sfternoon where she will stay for a time caring for ber grandmother, John Bodtoif of Jersey Bhore sr rived at the home of his paren 8, ove day In t werk and sxpeots to return sain today ( Phureday ), as business will vot silow bim to siny away any longer. "a Home of our farmers sre dove huskir g corn Mr vod Mn KB. Bartges are im- proving slowly Mei, tivorge Book and Mise Edna Hhook msde a trip to Bellefonte on Satu day. F. M Fisher purchased a new plano froma M, O. Gephart. Mienra EK hel Rettinger and Flor. ence Hariven were to Bellefonte visite Ing the former's aunt, Mri, Burks holder, Explosion of Gasoline Murns Stoden's Captain Tobin, Btate College's foot. ball captain, and another student, in the Bellefonte hospital with badly burned faces as a result of an explosion at the bon fire on plight in commemoration of Biate's success in the big game with Harvard the Baturday previous To make big fire spectacular, five barrels of gasoline were poured over the huge pile o material which messured forty feet in {diameter and rose to a height of about {fifty fest Captain Tobin wWoRs red {ed the honor of lighting the pila this he did by tossing a toreh from distance of thirty feet A terrific ex. plosion followed snd he and =a fel student were knocked peveral feet snd #0 badly burned sbout the thut they had to be removed to Bell fonte hospital, While t wounds are only superficial bir imay be lost to his team re. | mainder of the genson, the BppDesar more LT ano we i al face the heir Captain 1 f tha r ——— A te Aalto Goer Down 30.Foot Embankment A miraculous escape from serious in- jury aod possibly death was made by party of sutom at B { late Haturday night when the down sn embankment snd tu | over completely three or four times its descent of thirty or more feet lear was owned and dri | Parker of State College biliste ellefont CRT Went re i were four men workiog {trie Light Ompany Ibe car came when IL reached tehop at the Mpring st te 1} buggy in the rosd at t} Mr. Parker to turn to the right road far whi through (he dilapidated istarted the car down the | When it came n T upside down, snd sil its 0 1} 8 heap inside. That ne wae i1 outside of a general shakeup gldered remarkable. The badly wrecked. st up Mull javetion Fos #4 fhat Lhe Be in wt ifie CAT I ————— The Rick B Lindl weiks and 3 Mra Vv h a erty tl WIiDR her sp arm brother, B Clyde = th has min I'l his mother, Mra wilh De Mra W her bed © troubl bed, = ureday, I 110 win @ te — Aaronsburg, The sad news hed the brothers ant their muother Mrs I. D sient a few « Mrs 1. K. Le: Mr. and Mra Ge at Feld Frank Guis wite and Mrs Boyd Vonsd In Centre Oask toeall on the parents, Mr. sod Mrs, David Bradford fr e1iter Mrs Creu 1] ig he desth of res ft eveniog of t » fos er Mi r Miss Esther Chapel was her mother, Qille 8 cheng for ihe Inst twenty pice warm rain to tained ou Bur I. ©. We n the atm our hou fre zig weather. ver ver. i sphere po f g, from » The Lord's supper wae celebrated on “oonday ino St Petei’s Reforms church. A. CC. Mingle and two dsught from Bellefonte were Runday guests at the home of his brother, E GG. Mingle Mre. Clayton Wyle from Obi, and Mrs, Exams Beaver Millheim, spent a few houre ip on Funday, Mra. R H. Foster and daughter, Miss Margaret, fron Buffalo, N. Y, are be ng entertained by J. W. ana Misa Maggie Foster, Tuesday the body of Philip Musser of Akron, Ohio, will be laid Away in the Reformed cemetery, His pa- rents, Mr. and Mrs Harvey Musser, have the sympathy of the entire com- munity. Mr. and Mra entertained the following nel week : Mr, RR W daughter, Buffalo, N. Y : Mrs. Hackenburg and son Frederick, Milton ; Mrs. L. D. Kurtz, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Korz Mr. and Mre. David Glover, of Mifflinburg. E. Btover relatives Foster and Mr. and Luther Spring Mills. Frank Allison of State College spent Bunday at his father’s home. Mre. R. G. Kennelly is spending the week with her husband at Snow Shoe John Myers and family spent Bun. day at Rebersburg, Chas. Hennigh has been confined to bis home with rheomsatisma but is some better, The Bitoer sale on Saturday wae well attended and everything brought good prices James Leitzell, Jr, of Union county att*nded the funeral of his brother, Michael, on Saturday, James Bitner bought the Bitner homa on Saturday, Cousideration, $1000 Mre. Mabel { Long ) Musser spent a fw days with her husband at State College las week, Fehiool bave opened with a fair at- tendance of pupils; there are still a few cases of meonsios, PS What doyou think of Brumbaugh af A temperance nan when he travels through the state sud puts himeelf under the care of saloon keepers like Joe Bansinger in DuBois? The boce element know that Brombaugh, if elected governor, will be unable to do them harm. The Brumbaugh * high brows" like the Penrose mug, are to be aren in every maloou ia Pennesyl- vania. ; TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, { HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Migs Til Keller apent ith friends in Lewisburg ie Tuesday Verna Weaver to Mate ree in HEE again College where she Jinewtic, 11 of Pleasant i at the ny WireR., Fhe ‘ight years of age, Rev, ani. nit the sud Hunday at wat di Mr. yer st Potters Mills mrernte returned to Cen “sturday, i ¥pent the past sUmmrIuer. fristiirg, ider and sister, Mrs, er, of Harrisburg are Mrs. I. Mervin Ar- a freight engin diog a few days at 1 Mary . " . notner, MM tre Hall, “er ix Ener ’ rs y Al- home of Dutrow esst of atiuck and lege were ime Sunday at Merpith en. ghort 1 lena is trip to Phile- Harrisburg, and friends, led home Saturday i 8 Vv Fleming w Tuesday. Fleming imber of year's has beeu 8 repre. the loternstionsl Har BR AI BITIVAl iD “e. it this issue he was Lhe 8 uminsted Rp pe BT. a fire nder WAS joss of a Of ilies ed tte inte College students wera bratiog their team’s wonderful wing sgainst the Harvard {yotball team, Nsturday, by a huge bon fire, Mrs D i Mra re onl ¢ whi A. Borzar and son Lyeur.us Lingle, tg Bunday in the Z8T OAT, Jsmra Fetterolf at w heel The or} cl of the trip Was the ioetitution »f lesrniog in which their sons and {george Booger James Lingle-—are preparing for col lege. J. WW, Ravimond, who owne a8 nice farm just sou'h of Esrlystown, ex- pended over $400 in impiovements on buildiogs, and this makes his howe one of the very desirabl: ones in that section. He just finished pu’- ting away a good cory crop sud now feels that he ha: more leisure time than duriog the summer wonths, Mr. and Shaunnn, a atitoed to Mercersti Bo the tO nee & his The Barnes family of Philadelphia now occupy the Homan property on Hoffer street. The family consists of Mrs, Barnes, widow of Thornton Barnes, who at one time conducted the Grange grocery house in Phils deiphia, and her three daughters and two sons, the elder of the sons being the state forester for this section. Mr. and Mra, (3. O., Benner enter- tained the following people at their hame on Bunday : Mr, and Mre, John {QQ Miles, lar. and Mre George Fink aad son Clair, Mr, and Mrs. O. D, Kberts and daughters Elizabeth and Evelyn, Mre. Smith and Mie Laura Hmith, all of Martha. A grand die. ver was served the party which mad) the trip in two sutomoblies, A butter making contest will be held in connection with the State Cole lege Agricultural Fair at State College fon Friday and Saturday, November (18th and 14 bh. This contest is open to every buttermaker in the state. The creamery butter and the dairy butter will be in separate classes, $20 will be offered in prizes. This contest will ba in charge o' W, E Wintermeyer, 314 Main Building, State College, Pe, Mr. Wintermes er will gladly give any oue full particulars upon loguiry,
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