THE CENTRE REPORTER.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1915
A.V. Ripka Bays Luss Property,
A. OC. Ripka of Centre Hill recently
purchased the Clement W, Luse prop-
erty near the station, and will move
into it next spring. The purchase
price was not made public.
He ——————
Road and Bridge Viewers,
The road and bridge viewers will
hold a meeting in Bellefonte on 15th
inst,
The business before them will be to
hear testimony on the following roads
and bridges :
To vacate road to Cold Btream Dam,
Rush township; to vacate ‘* Butter
milk” road, near ‘German Bettle-
ment,” and road near Boak’s store,
Barnside township ; application for
county bridge over Cold Stream, Rush
township.
setenei——————
Une Tree Brings $100,
The government has received $99 40
in settlement for a single sugar pinoe
tree which was cut in trespass in the
Btavislaus National Forest, in Cali-
fornia, sand which yielded mo.e than
enough actual lumber to build a goad:
sized suburban frame house, The tree
scaled 18 933 board feet and was valued
at $5 25 per thousand feet,
Not mauy trees contain enough
lumber to bulld a two-foot board walk
nearly two miles long, and this is ve-
lieved to be the first case on record ip
which a single tree felled in a National
Forest was valued at almost $100 on
the stump, although National Forest
timber is frequently sold at consider
ably bigher rates,
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LOCALS
Rounds Orehestra—Thursday night,
11th inst. .
F. V.
tisement
Goodhart’s furniture adver
is new in (pis issue,
There will nol be 88 many sales iv
Centre county in March ss there were
in that month last year.
Fox hunting is proving successful
for several Millheim hunters, for las’
week two red foxes and one grey fox
were bagged.
The last three days in Javusry saw
mercury drop to a lower point than it
had been for a8 month or more
Thursday night, 4 below ; Friday, six
below ; Balurday, zero,
Mrs. Alfred Durst, who hss been
seriously ill for some time, sustained a
paralytic stroke on Bunday whict
rendered her speechless. Her condi
tion gives cause for great alarm.
The H. E. Bierly farm, near Rebers
burg, tenanted by Bigler Bhafler, was
solid at assignee’s sale, Monday after.
noon, to Henry Btoner of State Col.
lege for $5400 Mr. Bhafler will re
main on the piace.
Mre., Robert F. Wilson,
the lat: Rev. Wilson, died at her
home in Lewistown, last week, aged
eighty-six years. Rev, Wilson was
cousin of J. T. Potter of this place
Two daughters and a son survive.
Prof H. A. Dodson, D., Ross Bush-
map, T. L. Moore, Miss Helen Bar.
tholomew-—teachers in the borough
schoois—saud Dr, H, F, Bilper, attend.
ed the sessions of the teacher's local
institute at Spring Mills, Friday and
Batorday.
Mrs. George Zerby of near Tussey-
ville was taken to Philadelphia on
Tuesday, where she will undergo an
operation in one of the city’s principal
hospitals, Mrs. Zerby has been in
poor health for some time, Bhe was
accompanied by Miss Irene Ross, a
trained nurse,
The twentieth anousl State Behool
Directors’ Convention is in session at
Hsrrisburg today ( Thursday) sud
wlll close tomorrow. Dr, H, F. Bit.
ner of Centre Hall and Prof, Thomuss
I. Mairs of Btate College, elected at
the directors’ meeting in Bellefonte
recently, as the delegates from this
county, are in attendance,
Guy Brooks purchased two prop-
erties last week through Chass, D
Bartholomew as agent. The prop-
erties are those known as the Calvin
Horner property and the W. G, Run.
kle property, the latter tenanted by
John Floray. Mr. Brooks contem-
plates making improvements sn his
new purchases, which adjoin each
other,
James McMullen, a six-year-old boy,
is in the Lewistown hospital in a very
critical condition as a result of being
kicked on the head by a mule when
the guider on a big soasting sled play-
od a dare devil trick in attempting to
see how close he could run the «led to
the old mule which was tied to a post
near 8 grocery store, When the sled
passed by the animal struck out from
the rear and crushed the boy's fronts!
bone,
Not In a number of years has a
winter afforded as good sledding au the
present. Roads were drifted to some
extent after the fall of seversl of the
dry loose snows, but travel has been
impeded but little on this seccount.
Through the rural sections, however,
roads have not been passable by auto.
mobiles since the fall of the first snow
the latter part of December. Of
course, some of the main highways
have been op n st times to motor
driven vehicles, but even on these
passage was not an easy matter,
widow of
around them remind one very much of |
yet they insist on making faces at each
other and working at cross purposes.
The country town, where there are no
mines or large factories or large schools,
exists only to supply the
social wants of the farmers in the neigh-
tend from three to eight or ten mil
of other towns with like railroad facili-|
ties.
The country town, on the other hand,
is a great benefit to the farmers around
it. Their interests, when they come
think it over seriously and reason
gether, are identical. The
complains, however, that
to-
the farmer
he
and
cash for them and freights, while
asks credit of his merchants
forces them to do more or less of a credit
business. The farmer replies that the
merchants buy their agricultural sup-
plies from a distance. They bring in,
for example, a carload of potatoes from
Minnesota or Wisconsin, from
New York or the Pacific coast, corn from
Illinois, and refuse to pay more
nominal prices for potatoes, apples and
such like that are produced in the im-
The merchant
he does pro-
quantity,
not grade them. The
shant or
x38 man, while exceedingly friend-
has political ambitions
we immediate
home
or apples
than
mediate neighborhood.
tells the farmer that not
duce potatoes or in
that he does
ar complains
apple 8
1Tri-
hat the mere other
busine
ly when he to
urther,
is anything but t friendly under
or 801 end to gain,
ordinary
conditions.
And ou have it
the
80 VY
to
y
enn’t toll why
‘hey make one think of the old couplet:
mn in
merchant
particularly
grading of p«
or anything
There is some reas«
complaints which the
against the farmer
regard to the
or egge
ave to sell; a complaint
it would be to the interest of the
On the
merchant has no
the farmer does
some
tatoes
apples else he
which
farm-
may hs
er to remove. other hand,
right to
precisely what
if
does
complain
he
himself, in the way of buying where
can get most for b
It seems that if the
to prosper ( and thoy
is money.
are ol prospers
ing now, speaking generally, |
about holding their own population
and in business ) if they are to prospe
they carefully the
in
ider more
r they exist
to facilitate bi :
must cons
reason why simply
Uusines inter-
course between the who suppor
and who must support them, if
them,
they are to be supported at all
The prosperity of the merchants
any town is gauged by the prosperity of
of the farmers in the country
Hence, anything that he can do to
stimulate profitable farming, and to
furnish the best possible market facil
ities, should the
town must sooner or a
dead one,
The first manifestation of decline
business room for rent That
that unless occupants are found,
will fall, Another
dwelling houses to rent.
in
around
Otherwise,
later becomes
be done.
is
means
rents
manifestation is
When there
are a few more houses in a country town
than there are occupants, then rents
must fall. These are the beginnings of
decay. Once a town has a feeling that
it is decaying, a sort of pall comes over
the inhabitants. They don’t put forth
the energy they otherwise would
Now, the townspeople, as well as the
COBURN
Raymond Meek of Harrish arg is
spendirg a few days with his brother,
Charles R. Meek, at the home of J. E
Harter.
Miss Mary Meyer
week at Centre Hil.
Mre, Nicodemus Luse is spending a
few days with her daughter, Mrs. |
Frank Bible, at Centre Hill,
Bome twenty cases of messles in our |
burg at present; hope the children |
will soon be able to be out again,
The primary school has been closed
for a few days on account of messes,
J. E. Harter wyttended institute at
Hpriog Mills Baturday.
Prof. Wasson attended institute st
Spring Mills Saturday.
Mr. snd Mra. J' E. Harter spent a
few days at the Marcellus Bankey
home at Potters Mills.
W. E Montgomery of Potters Mills
spent a day with his fel'ow-forester,
Charles Meek,
Mrs. Wasson is spending a fow days
at Btate College.
Bruce Bower of Illinois arrived here
one day Inst week. He expects to
vieit among friends for a few weeks
Always glad to have our friends with
us,
On secount of the high price of
wheat our grain merchants are crowd.
ed with work. As high ss a dozen
tearns were waiting at one time to
have grain unlosded, ts highest
price paid was §1 44 per bu
William Shafler of Miminburg
is spending a!
shipped several carloads of when
this Dow,
T hey § should
and enthusiastically support any
They can well
afford to support it in a small way with
contributions,
It is to the interest of the country
prices possible for his produce.
| is no good reason why there should
margin, for example,
| between the price of eggs butter
the
and
little country town, and in
good
wide
nearby. There is no
there should
there often is
be 80 0
and the price of butter.
trouble with
in
to get
lependent that
how dependent farmer
other, and how
the merchants
the other
coma
The
both in
our people
town, is that
Loge ther
they
great
country and
not learned
are so in
real
they have
They
not
do
ze
ach ie.
pendent they are on
the city or town On
the merchant
must
stand that they are not i
of the farmer, 1
ent ‘n him th
UL even more
an he i? on them.
{ Yry
nitude
He
iam]
ded
tribut
pay
tion, Lowi fairly
anc if it « h him with |
riiag #4 ox Pe bis }
pies at the same rate that he «
thet isewhere, he should give
ference, The town
ver, to
in furni
titled ¢
ly because they
fach other,
ed with
esion
that reasor
h men and women composed of
f
Arm and town [olka
cause of friction
The great
town and country simply that
$
don t know each other, and dou't try
understand each The tawn {oll
will discover th:
rood 8
| right w ol ; and the farn
pr
rt when you oon know
wer will learn «
actly the same thing sbout t
fOWnD.
Casi
each other and get
where they can reason
i Bi h 0 R
The {arn
the
be worthless
8 Ar
town dies o 1d the t tke
for the farmer
iil together, find out the
i rem i thus
the industrial life, the
life of the
exo pt
Let all p cause
of friction, an ove it, at add
mightily to busi.
ness life, and the social whole
region.
andis-
derable
before
‘ossibly
Possibly the business
ing in the
readjustmen
the friction «
it who
town wil
t and reco
All be
the merchar of the
farmer being behind the times quite
as much behind the times in the manag -
ment of his business as the farmer
I either
is complaining
ia
is in
managing his own business.
the other, instead of trying to get an
unholy advantage the pros.
perity of the towns and the prosperity
of the farmers will cougiderably
creased, and life in the country places,
both on the farm and in the little town,
will be much better worth living.
over him,
be
in-
PENN HALL.
Samue! Hostermsn visited his pee
rents over =a: (nv
Mra. ~emuel Ulrieb snd
Mrs. Mary Lyle, ste visiting the form.
er's daughter, Mrs. John KEckle, at
| Bellefonte,
Miss Apnie Fogieman spent a short
time at Mrs. Robert Bartges’ home,
daughter,
Margaret who had the measles,
Earl Bartges sold his three horses to
Mr. Dien of Miffliuburg snd purchas-
ed a team from Lim, making the trip
on Thursday and Friday.
Mies Barah Rishel vigited her uncle,
William Sinkabine, on Bunday,
Miss Ethel Hettinger spent Bunday
with her friend, Florence Bartges,
Miss * lara Condo attended the Joes
institute snd visited ber parents on
Banday., She was sccompanied by
Mise Eva Moyer,
Quite a few through here have the
measles again and more children are
taking them.
Mra, Jerry Albright, who has been
sick for some time, ls able to be up
again,
Ralph Bhook purchased a team of
horses which he expecia to tse on the
farm. He hae rented near Madison.
burg, now occupied by Philip Bhook.
The latter Mr. Bhook expects to quali
fy as a veterinary surgeon,
The local Institute was uy inter
esting and was well attended
Mr. and Mre Daniel Corman at-
tended Pomona Grange at Centre Hall
last Thuredsy. iin
Me J.D
A ntine
pealen al sixtesn
can beat that? Lot
Mrs C,
d fracture her ankle,
Krnest Blerly,
une to have hia
eatroyed by
ved
t of
house
re. Nathaniel Be
i fell on the ice
fire
to our town sand
Jolin
Mrs
and
n shies io
of the
HeEvVere
+ B ull,
road soll nee
baby girl
Mr, snd Mrs
NY. a
#8 vicinity,
Olean
tl
dre. Kate Binkley is
rations to ercet a
extrer g eastern ©
ihe other day a
Mee,
new
Phi
mr posts
Ape
iw Tueells
the sick lis
Transters of Real Estate, tract of land in Bellefonte Boro,
{ 150,
Dot B., Callahan et ux to Hadie!
Myrtle Kennedy, tract of land in Rush | Busannsh Corman et al
twp. $150
Arthur B. Lee, Sheriff, to Katharine
2 tracts of land in Halpes
tips $650,
da Who KE. Merasch,
hear from (twp, $206
Arthur B. Lee, Bheriff, to James
Orvie Heverly, 4 tracts of land in
Howard twp. $10 ©
Arthur B Lee, Sheriff, to Burdine Boro & twp,
Butler, tract of land in Howard twp.
$1.075
Arthur B
Dishi,
$100
Arthur B,
Ritzman,
$2 025
Jucoh Feerrar’s Heirs to George W,
Feerrar, 8 tracts of land in Harris twp,
$1 00
M.D
tract of
$500
Kilmer R
Lon
$100
Anni
Bows B,
$600
Hrown, tree’ of land in
$325.
miisfor- ey
ar Fmullton,
Sheriff, to F. Rr, culture cisss will meet in the W. (.
in Howard twp U
to five o'clock,
meet Thursday afternoon,
Lee,
tract of land
8g0,
occuples
dwelling
now
Lee, Bheriff, to Jacob
slipped tract of land in Howard twp.
has not
house on
#lice
ne- F you want to buy or
sell property in or near
Centre Hall consult Chas.
D, Bartholomew, before
acting,
ehe re
Kelley ot al to Mary 8B, Bhope
mith, wears oh
Iand in Bnow 8SBhoe Boro
ival of that
MeClellan et ux to Busan |
g et al, tract of land in Potter twp. |
of
in
“Warm
relatives
I have several fine offer-
ings now on my list,
LL. McGann
tract of land
$7 500
Claude Moore et al
#ON,
$475
Jaco, Williamson
act of
to Orlando (,
Fiate
making prep
ng house st in College
f our fowp, Boro,
placed
8 conven.
f
to Jacob William-
trect of land in Philipst urg Boro
Chas. D. Bartholomew
WhE very CENTRE HALL, Pa,
fo M
ary T. Car
land in Philipsburg Boro
tensile ']
in Penpntwp
to Annie
land in Penn twp
Annie Swartz et al to
f
recia of larg
reBk.
£200
rand!
$500
WwW
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A few more Bed Blan-
kets and Horse Blan=-
kets, for cold weather,
s Mwartz et sl
vig of
H. Herman et
i, dr, et ul,
twp $10
John C
to
H,
pring
Ux
tract of land in
iy
ialuad
ip ebhrats
f Mrs Heavy Hose
Good Warm Sweaters
Heavy Gloves
Heav y Ww ool
Shins
A few Heavy Caps
Dress (Goods for Dresses
Ete.
GWEr, W Barnes to James LL
Bailey,
daughter,
——— Working
See me for best prices on
all sizes of
WATER PIPES |
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PUMPS and
REPAIRS
Everything in the Plumb-
ing Line—bathroom fix-
tures, etc, at lowest prices.
S. J. ROWE
Centre Hall, Pa.
Coat Suits,
SCHMIDT'S BREAD
thiree times
2 wee k :
arsday and Saturday
Willi
veniog at Six O'
This Store ose Evers
Wednesday E clock
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SPRING MILLS, PA.
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