COBURN,
Walter Barchatt is spending a few
days at Nanticoke,
J. B. Kern has returned from a two
weeks’ visit with his daughter at Pat-
ton.
John Confer had the misfortune of
falling and breaking one of his ribe,
He has been suffering serious pains;
hope he will goon recover again.
J. E. Harter attended the horse sale
at Centre Hall Friday.
Mr, and Mrs. Herbert Btover of
Wetham spent a few days at the home
of Thomas Kaler and also attended the
Jacob Btover sale at Madisonburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Heim spent
last Sunday at the home of Thomas
Kaler,
Lewis Btover attended the horse sale
at Centre Hall last Friday.
John Meyer had a serious attack of |
appendicitis one day last week. Hope |
for his speedy recovery. i
A carload of horses were shipped |
from this p sce one day last week, :
Calvin Fryer wears a broad smile |
since the arrival of a little son, |
Andrew Fryer wears a broad smile!
since the arrival of a little daughter. {
|
W. C. Krader, the sgent for Max-
well autos, received a carload of autos |
last week.
The measles are still the go in our
burg, Quite a few of the children are
housed up with them.
Aaron Zerby of Bellefonte was »
caller among friends one day last
week.
ors Jacob Breon from Jersey Bhore
was 8 visitor among friends for a few
days last week,
Jacob Btover has purchased the
home from A. J. Campbell for $850,
He will move into it April 1st.
Pleasant Gap.
From last week.
Miss Helen Love of Bellefon'e spent
a few days with her grandparents at
Weaver's toll-gate,
Miss Freda Weaver is housed up
with sore throat,
Miss Lizzie Gill is convalescing from
a serious operation at the Bellefonte
hospital.
The Lutheran people of our village,
aided by friends of our church, con-
template building a now church in the
near future.
News from Miss Esther Noll, who
had an operation, in the Baltimore
hospital, eays she is doipg very well
Hopes are entertained for a complete
recovery.
Quite a few of our townspeople en-
joyed the evangelistic services Ip
Bellefonte on Bunday. Among the
pumber were Mr, and Mm. RW,
Noll and Mr. and Mre. T. E. Jodon,
Samuel Npll is in the Baltimore hoa.
pital for an operation for throat
trcuble, which has been causing him
quite a bit of worry for some time.
Frederick Noll of Be.lefoute has
been in our town the past week, as
sisting Noll Bros, in taking ioven-
tory.
There is quite a bit o! controversy
in our town, over the moving of our
postoffice to the lower end of town.
To be or not to be is the question.
Frank Weaver is busy excavating
the cellar for his new house,
Rumor of a thirty-room bosrdiog
house in our town ! It may only be
rumor, but would be quite a conven
lence for employees of the Pen and
strangers in the town,
Jesse Houtz entertained his father
for » short time last week,
Don’t forget the weekly dance in
Noll’s hall.
i AA Apt
GUOD WAY TO DO BUSINES”,
HM. A, Dodson Sells Keliable Hemedy at
Hall-Frice and Guarantee s Unre,
When one can buy gold dollars for
fifty cents it is a good time to pur-
chase,
In oldering a 50c bottle of Dr. How
ard’s celebrated specific for the cure of
constipation and dyspepsia at 25 cents,
H. A. Dodeon is giving one of the
greatest trade chances ever offered to
the people of Centre Hall.
Even though offered at half price for
introductory purposes the specific is
old under a guarantee to cure or the
money will be refunded.
If food does not digest well if there
is gas or pain in the stomach, if the
tongue is coated and the breath bad, if
there is constipation and straining Dr
Howard's specific will cure you. If it
does not, you have druggist H. A.
Dodson’s personal guarantee to return
your money.
Dr, Howard's specific gives quick re.
lief and makes permanent cures of con-
stipation, dyspepsia and all liver
troubles,
These are strong statements, but
H. A. Dodson is giving his customers
8 chance to prove their truth st just
half the regular price—sixty doses for
25 cents. If they are not found true,
all you need to do Is to sek for your
money, adv,
The Hatiopal guard of Pennsylvania
will be incre from 10,000 to 22 000
men, if a bill introduced in the house
Wednesday by Representative Adams,
of d.uzerne, is passed and sufficient
money is appropriated to carry it Into
effect. The messure, draffed by
Adjutant General Stewart, would it
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By HENRY W.
[ Taken from *!
to some Reporter readers, —Ed.]
It was Springtime on Portage Branch,
The elkwood was in bloom. In the re-
cesses of a deep swamp. along the edges
of which Great Blue Herons nested in
the stag-topped crests of the tall white
pites, three Wapitis or Pennsylvania
Stags were resting themselves, Their
leader was an enormous bull, long
bodied, drab-co ored, strong of antlers
to which the velvet still hung in clusters
like the maple-bud rosettes, whose deep
full brown eyes betokened unusual in
telligence and patience. By his side
stood a well-formed cow. drab-colored.
with eyes like those of her lord and
master, but infinitely deeper and kinder
Hidden behind her was a very robust
looking bull-calf unusualy large and
§
»
intervals he shook his little head and
bristled his tiny mane, for he was
less and anxious to see more of the
beautiful forest-world into whi
been so recently born.
rest
i he had
The Springtime soon ushered
Summer, and even the voung
ed the cool retirement of the
silent save for the oeceasiona
the nesting herons, and the frogs.
the nights became colder
summits of the nearby
mountains wolves barked
and katvdid songs suddenly
from full choruses to occasion
ing minstrels.
The first snow
sought the vi
together, while the
the dead tops of the
through the open)
above their coats v
starlight. Then
warm days, the
Snow. he
peared along
there were bi
pre vious vear,
ed back to hi
selves again in
on Portage
Une morning
awoke to
circle. The slin
wad, and
Letokens
come
wEeTY
WAS very prot
and toss d hi
to roar like | k
in an adolescen eak. All througt
the Summer the elk family wes 154
cent, The bull-call wondered why
effort was made to venture far from the
deep, and insect teeming swamp
nights became colder. Ti
away. The katydid and cricket
es lessened, bird songs
even the wild pigeor
cooing. Only a solitary
Wolves barked on the
Once a panther's serea:
long, weird and
he entire nocturnal
grey afternoons the
the drumming of the
heard.
One morning,
limbing over the
he maple leaves we
. A strange series
he ears of the elk fan
bang, bang, and to the
them some instinet said that it
report of the weapons of their
exorable, and incomprehensible
mankind. All that day and that ni
the elk fam ly huddled more closely
gether in the depths of t yal
swamp. The bull-calf needed no one
tell him now why his elders were
eautious. While he had never seen a
man, he had been born with a fear of an
arch and horrible enemy, beside which
mnther, wolf, or rattlesnake paled into
Po cae. But the instinct of the
race grew stronger every night. The
voice first a tremolo, then cracked and
unmusical, grew into something loud
and sonorous. One night he poured
forth his soul to the wilderness, and in
tones of which he was not ashamed,
But the only answer was the echo from
the unseen mountains, Other nights
produced no other results. Again the
instinct which always made for self-
terrible reverbers
atmosphere,
TN fives ives
aum, Gum, dum,
ruffed grouse
when
Py
rticulariy gold-
sounds came
It was bang,
minus o
would be an answer, that if he must
continue his race his mate must be his
little sister. This dulled a little the
keenness of his joy of masculinity. But
he showed it in no other way than that
be stopped his night-song. His eyes
more solicitous for the comfort of his
mate-to-be, edging her to where the
browse was choicest
The winter came on again. With
bumps on his skull now fashioned into
erect broad prongs, and with throat full
and mane shaggy, he was almost a
match for his majestic sire. Suow fell,
the elk family migrated southward, to
another hidden swamp in the lowlands.
There they were in comfort for a while.
One morning they were roused from
their raminations by a Savage yelping,
a sound which lacked all the noble
melody of wolfish or catlike cries.
Man's henchmen, dogs, were somewhere
in the forest It was too late to fly, the
elk family must wait, perhaps the
enemies would pass them by. But it
was not to be. There came an awful
cracking of brush and twigs, and soon
two spotted, hideous looking hounds
with ping ears bounded into the
centre of the swamp.
Quick as a flash the old bull went at
them with lowered antlers, and tossed
them torn and bleeding among the
hagzels. Barely had they Sr dispatch
ed, when a man, thickset, bearded, red-
capped clad in furs, bearing something
long and glistening, appeared av the
verge of the swale He was Jim Jacobs,
Pennsylvania militia on a '* war
and establish a full militia division,
full-blooded Seneca hunter, the terror of
the wapitis of Northern Pennsylvania.
SHOEMAKER
aker's Ia
11
well known figure
Ci
hu
forest cove
he world
could thiz
the long,
his shoulder, and ai
fell the mot
quartette trom ;
jisplaci ik
¢ smooth st
wir breaths,
siduous tree, bu
£, open summit in ti
ronoon sun before it
f the knoba, t highest
western peak in the rl
| light they had an admizgabl
| to look about them.
{tain peaks, mostly |
on every side,
them were
tinh
nues of escape.
yuld lead into
or p alesu where
yw out their destiny for
handsome
Ihe young elks
pair. The young bull was unusually
large for his age. be had a proud bead
and eye there was an almost Roman
curve to brow and nostrils His winter
coat was almost an olive or drab. The
young cow had a fine expression, the
{ eyes were larger than ever through that
Pret tion which only suffering gives.
| Her lines were syminetrical, she was
| short coupled, almost like a western elk.
| Her color was somewhat lighter than
ther mate. The two hunted beasts
| gazed at the limitless expanse for a
while, and then at a common impulse,
started down one of the worn water-
courses with moss-covered banks that
seemed like a path, and which led into
the big timber below.
At nightfall, they found themselves
in a soggy upland bog, caused by many
windfalls damming up the brook, which
owed down through the draft. It was
jprola bly a thousand feet above the val-
y, which was little wider than the
Moshannon and the West Branch of the
Susquehanna, which had their eonflu-
ence in it. It was a good place to tarry,
because it was 80 hard to get to; few
outside foes would ever invade ita soli-
tude. Stretching from it were flats or
‘“benches,” where a little grass was apt
to grow, and where beeches, birches,
and maples were abundant. But the
prevailing forest was hemlock. Here
the young elks spent many happy days,
Gradually a sense of security returned,
The weather became warm, and though
it was but Springtime, the flow of the
mountain torrent diminished. There
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en, Square, Aboveboard, Direct
Appeal to the Intelligence and
Judgment of the People
The railroads
should be full;
experience
public interes
of the people.
of Pennsylvania and New Jersey believe that the public
'd concerning the Full Crew laws in these states. Costly
strated that these laws have worked to the detriment of
Hat their repeal would redound greatly to the advantage
Not a Fight On Trainmen
making this announcement wish the po..c {3
t this appeal is in no way to be construed as being aimed
at the trainm: heir employ, nor is it an effort to curtail operating ex-
penses at tl ic safety or service.
The companizs point to the fact, with justifiable pride, that whenever
public safety a: 1 : demandsd an increased number of employes
the necessary n were put on trains. Behind this statement is a record of
advancements | improy nt achievements which is a most vital factor of
calm and dispas:i consideration of the laws in question.
But w! | d which compel these railroad companies to burden
their [avrolis wit nnually for wasted, unwarranted extra labor, and which
actually means a dea Lan on increase, in operating efficiency, together with
heavier casualty li TT at the public should be put in full touch with exist-
ing conditior v'sely for themselves should an effort be made to
impugn the : his educational campaign.
££
How Full Crew Law Works
A twenty-nine. : ir can be operated with five men. Add a car and an
extra man The lew res no larger crew on a hundred-car train.
Af roi run with five men. On a five-car or longer train
there must ! Ev : the cars are Pullmans, with porters and a Pullman
conductor, : . : red.
A 3 y or more cars, running through, sealed, and virtually
without stops, i Va of si The only place four of them would ride would be
in the end «
Wi hal ! sn olf och
Lines East « , ! ¢ i
these, 1,1]
requirems
The rail
clearly und
in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Railroad
in Pennsylvania 2,971 weekday trains. Of
trains were manned up to or beyond the law’s
erabng
he trains which were provided with crews equal to or in excess of
the law's r ‘pally of 4ocal or semi-local trains, making frequent
stops and | wssenvers. 1 he second brakeman was employed to
expedite tl tions and to assist conductors in collecting tickets.
The 1 j on which the law required no additional men consisted of
local freight ! on freight, on which brakemen were required to load and
; » amount of work, necessitating the throwing of
; trains, placing empty cars and picking up
loaded cars, an: rains of heavy tonnage on the Philadelphia and Middle
Divisions on w. : : ding on the front part of the trains were required to assist
the firemen.
unload ca
sx aon bsg a5 5 1 . wy
EWIICHIES ang * 4 1
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Casualty Statistics
The of i! v laws in cng extra men into already adequate train
crews, th i ; ase the hazard of operation. This fact
is conclusi j ures Interstate Commerce Commission. The
great numf ‘ ither emploves nor passengers have not been
mecluded, f men on trains are powerless to prevent such casualties.
The | Cs law took effect on July 19, 1911. The Commission's
figures show that ‘od preceding this date 10,186 employes and pas-
gengers wel w be ne operative, the total number killed shows an
increase, of
The Ie he Pennsylvania
enactment au 1914,
closes the f:
Railroad for the six months preceding the
when the law was in full force and effect, dis-
aw, Under Law,
half 1911 First half 1914
Injured Killed Injured
1046 16 1699
99 52 141
1145 18 1840
ba
Fxtra Man Costs
ssvlvania and New Jersey last year paid
brakemen . $2,000,000
200 steel coaches
. 80 locomotives
. .67,000 tons of rails
.£40,000,000
800 miles of track
ed 65 grade crossings
a mnie } + ¥
zjecied by Other States
A Full Crew v was eracled in Missouri and signed by the Governor in April}
1913. In November, 14, it was submitted to a referendum vote. The people repudiated
the law by a « : nst 159,503.
A proposed Crew law for Texas failed to pass owing to the popular protest against
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s I. Hughes, of New York, vetoed an attempt to enact a
n A. Dix, of New York, also vetoed a Full Crew measure.
-husetts, vetoed a Full Crew bill passed by the legislature.
ssemnbly wisely referred a Full Crew law to the Railroad
ho promptly condemned it.
f Ishoma, vetoed a Full Crew bill in 1913.
Full Crew laws in Colorado, Delaware, Virginia, and Ohio were
Commission of Conn
Governor Cru
rv Atten pis to em
defeated.
In Pennsvivan's, New Jersey, New York, and Maryland such laws are in force. In
the interest of the pul'c, the railroads, and the great body of railroad employes, these
burdensome laws :hould be repealed. In Pennsylvania, approximately 65,000 men are
employed in train scrvice. Only 2,500 of these are extra brakemen.
Will Wage a Just Fight
Railroads eperating in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are determined to place their
ease squarely and (arly before the people of those states. They are firmly convinced that
the people—all of whom, without exception, are affected more or less directly by the imposi-
tion of this annua! $2,000,000 burden, and thousands of whom are direct sufferers—will,
knowing what a cont'nuntion of these harmful laws means to them, voice their wishes in no
uncertain way lo their elected representat'ves at Harrisburg and Trenton.
This campairn of public enlightenment will be waged by the railroads in a manner
that cannot possibly be lez'limately assailed. There will be no lobbying, no star chamber
conferences, or private decls to influence public opinion or legislative action. The campaign
will be fought in the open, p rely on its merits,
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Railroad Pledge to Trainmen and Public
Definitely and finally to give public notice that the railroads ask only a square deal
all around in this mater, the presidents of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Philadelphia
& Reading Ra'lway Company ond Balt/more & Ohio Railroad Company, in
February 9 that the railroads intended to work for repeal of the Full Crew laws,
themselves ns follows:
® “Let us add that if there sha'l be evidence that without such laws the railroads
would undciman trang, to the hardship of employes or the detriment of or danger to the
public, that, sssuming the present Public Service acts do not give to the ample
powers to determine what craws are necessary on different trains and to compel the rail.
roads to man reins as ordered, we wall openly support such amendments to the present acts
os may be necessary to give such assurance.”
The reilronds now appeal directly to the people, who demand the greatest safety
at all times and who realize that a policy of wise economy, and not one of wasted revenues,
wil enable the ralroads to adequately fulfill their obligations and meet those demands as
they should be met. :
R. L. O'DONNEL,
Chairman, Executive Committee, Associated Railroads of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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