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BTATE HIGHWAY REORUANIZATION,
State Grange Would Rip Out Commission.
er Higelow snd sSobstitute Highway
Commission of Three Men,
A complete reorganization of the
Btate Highway department, which
would rip out Commissioner Bigelow
and bis appointees and substitute a
Highway Commission of three men, is
p'anped 'n drafts of a proposed bill
submitted to Governor Brumbaugh by
the Pennsylvania State Grange
Fundamental! changes throughout
the entire department including new
organization in each county and town-
ship in the state are proposed as well
as 8 new method of appropristing
sums for repair and construction
works Contracting power is moved
into the counties where the work is to
be done and is to be supervised by
county officers elected for the purpose,
The members of the Commission are
to be appointed by the Governor for
three-year terms at a salary of $3 500 a
year each. They will in turn select a
superintendent at §5 000 and such State |
cfficers a8 may nveded at head- |
quarters, Meetings must be held at
least once a month.
Segregation of main highways from
general road systema is abolished and
a blanket appropriation for each coun-
ty on a basis of road mileage ia substi-
tuted. The fund given to each county
is to be expended by a oard of county
road One half, sec
cording to road mileage, less the mile
age of main highways, 18 to be appor-
tioned to the townships for dirt roaus
and the other half is to bs spent by |
the county road com.aissioners on the |
main highways
A county superintendent of roads is
to be elected by township supervisors
be
commissioners
every four years who shall have super-
vision of all highways in the ecunty.
Hin salary ia to be $1,200 for the
500 miles of road in his county and
firet
$!
for each additional wile with $2 400 a=
the maximum
A board of county road commission.
control
of main highways and shall consist of
ers 18 also authorized to have
the superintendent, three men elected
the
commissioners
by the people, and one by su per-
These are to
have direct charge of all road building
VIROTS
in their districts, Is toon tracts, see that
they are performed and look afier the
general condition of the highways
Provision for regular
supervignrs snd commissioners is made
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Of
meetings
as well as their dutivs Provigio also
ia made whereby
receive more
raised for purposes
township ecollec’'s a road tax
mills « hie
propert
uo township shall
than twice the smount
rond unless the
of five
nt areereed valustion of
The parpose of the proposed set is to
by the
state for highways is distributed even.
ly
it in
conditions
gee tha! moneys sppropristed
Ins prefsce to the proposed ant
pointed out that uoder present
irt rosds have got virtual
ly no aid from the state, From one to
six cents on the do'lar is all the help
such roads are receiving now
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ADVLRTIISING FUR BIGUER (ROPS
Ibe Canadian Government is adver.
I is going in-
to the newspapers with display sdver-
and
which it pats the regular rates, in an
eff rt the of 4he
Dominion increase sereage
this year, intensely
all the crops that sre planted Ic ie]
the first tine that a government bas
gougnt production
through advertising, but it is believed
that it will be ¢flective = The adver.
tisements point to the fact that the ip.
creased ara sud urge
production from patriotic stand.
point But they go further ; they Bp
peal also to the pocke book. Years
ago President Pattemson, of the
National Register Company,
stated that advertisivg was teaching,
Since that the the statement has
been accepted as a definition of adver
tising. Ifthatis true, if advertising
is teaching, why should not a govern
ment, which 1s all of the people, tesch
the farmers the advantages and the
desirability of producing greater crops
by advertising? ‘re believe tre
Cavadian Government bas hit upon a
valuable iden. Our own Gover ment
mizht profiisbly spend in display ad.
vertisements in the newspapers some
of the money which it now burns up
in bulletine which are pot read. And
the statement is not made from selfish
motives. There is not a newspaper in
this econntry that depends for its exist.
ence upon Government advertising,
and very few indeed whose policies
wonld be changed because of any sue
revenue,
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John M Erdle, , a farmer in Uunlon
county, owns a sow that has plscatorial
accomplishments, for one day last
week the anim. fished a big slippery
eel from the waters of Turtle creek and
deposited it in the farmyard of its
owner. The farmer claims this is no
fish story, and vouches for the truth of
the matter.
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tising for bigger cro a,
tisemnents treading notices, for
to induce farmers
to their
sid to culiivate
to stitntinte
crops
needed,
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LOCAL OPTION A NEOKsSSITY,
Espeoially' In KHaral Digtriots,
Eressman Miller,
The wave of local option sentiment
now sweeping over Pennsylvania is
menacing the Penrose machine leaders
with the irjury of their governor if
not the destruction of their party, sc.
cording to Congressman Miller of
western Pennsylvania, a Republican,
who shows his knowledge of politics
by appealing directly to Penrose and
McNichol to have the bill passed,
rather than to the pitiful creatures
they own in the Legislature.
Congressman Miller, in his letters to
the gang bosses, shows how narrowly
he averted defeat because his party
had repudiated local option by a vote
of 85 to 5 This is particularly signif.
iesnt in view of his statement that for
many years he has been an outspoken
temperance advoeoate. Hesaysfurther
that while local option may not be an
issue in the big cities and populous
gaong-ridden counties, itis a vital t ing
in the rural districts, which will not
be indulged much longer
That is an ubquenchable fact, The
people demand local option ss a mat.
ter of right, To deny them thst is not
a shade different from that trouble
brewing policy ‘‘taxsation without
representation.” 8Stripp d of all the
complications which the liquor inter-
ests have piled upon it, local option ie
essentially home rule. It means noth-
ing else and a denial of that right to
any given community is tantamount
toa refusal to the people to govern
themselves
Says Con.
Because the [sue la exclusively one
of home rule, legislators from ** wet"
communities cannot justify the fair.
ness of their opposition to the bill now
in the House If the constituencies of
members favor saloons, local
option cannot change the liquor ques
tion in that community iota,
that the ensctment of a local option
messure is pot to be feared In such
But for these socalled
members to deny to such com-
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these
one 80
qusriers
“" wet 1
munities their desire to be “dry in
the very esseuce of unfairness and io.
justice
To stifle public desir a for this demo
erati¢ legisation is only laying up
trouble for the gar g leaders and their
contractors, the booze ¢ owd, later on,
Perhaps they prefer to delay their day
of reckoning, but it will be only a de-
Isy not su indefinite postponement,
ps
Boslsbarg to Give Piay,
Hasturday eveuirg the members of
the Buoday-school of the Lutheran
church at Boalsburg will give an en-
tertsinment entitied * A Home-made
Choir.” The young people have been
prepariog for this home-talent produc.
tion for sometime snd will undoubted-
ily please their audience wien they
present their play in Boal hall. The
proceens will be for the beneflt of the
Lu hersn church. Eight musical
numbers are on the program The
charsciers and wusical num-
bers follows ;
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Rosall de MoGimp
Mrs. Jonathan Jupiter
c=at of
Mabel Meyer
Hath Young
Margaret Bingaman
whe, Mervin Kuhn
Miles Thomas
Martha Houtz
Ida Seguer
Mary Segner
Ina Roush
Mary Kidder
wee DREAMS Lee
Quincy Adams Quiller Ralph Rockey
MUSICAL NUMBERS
The Land of Make Believe
The Exasperating Choir wa —
ve snsartosssens coronmsersenoses OBBlinds and Chorus
I Have Nothing to Say . izser and Chorus
Mister Qniller is the Mao Full Chorus
My launch Upon the Sea. A psa
verses ceinnsrnrnenis A BL jAR ANd Chorus
The Old Church Organ. adios’ Quartette
In the Garden of Biles...............S0l0, Juliet
It's a Long Way to California JFuall Chorus
Mm Lily Roselead..
John B Figzer
Abijah Quick
Arizona Smith
Bella Daugles
Venus Jupiter
Opening Chorus
Good Lecture by Rev, Hart,
Rev. B. H. Hart of Harrisburg de-
livered an elcquent address in the
Grapge Hall on Friday evening, under
the auspices of the local I O. O, F.
lodge, His subject was *' The Magnet.
ism of a Link’ Rev Hart, who ls a
Methodin: minister, ia also a firm be.
liever in the prine ples of Odd Fellow.
ship, and while his sutject dwelt
principally slong those lines, there
was much else in his talk that was in.
spiring to the large number in the
hall who were pot identified with the
order
Prof. P. H. Meyer directed the sing-
ing for the occassion,
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Will Fay Uhildren’s Expenses,
The directors of the Odd Fellows’ or-
phanage at Bunbury received word
from Bloomsburg in the form of an
announcement by the Bloomsburg
00d Fellows that they had arranged
to pay the entire xpense of transpors
tation, meals, ete, for the 142 chil.
dren, ae well ax all of the help at the
orphansge, when they viit the ane
niversary celebration in the Columbia
county town on April 23, It was at
first decided to hold the aflsir on the
26h, but it has been changed to the
rd,
REV, AURAND DIES UNDER
BUSPIVIOUS CIROUMSTANOES,
Retired Lutheran Minister of Selinsgrove
Alleged to Have Forged Notes Aggre-
gnljog 816.000,
Rev. Dr. Charles M. Aurand, a
widely known retired Lutheran mine
ister, died at his home in Belinsgrove
on Friday night after he had been con-
fronted with his wrong doing, which,
it is alleged, was to forge notes to the
amount of $16,000 or more, At the
coroner's inquest a verdict was render-
ed that Aurand came to his death by
gastro enteritis, superindoced by un-
known causes, There is » strong
opinion that suicide is the real cause,
He leaves a practically worthless es-
tate,
Two weeks ago, Aurand took title
toa store in Beavertown, owned by
Charles I Mattern. The price was
$6000. This, it is understood, was
paid for by a series of notes, little, if
any, cash baviog passed between
them, although Aurand took charge
These notes, it is sald, were indorsed
with the nsme of the Rev. Dr. Charles
T. Alkens, president of Buequebhannos
University.
No one in the county outside of Mat-
tern end Aurand knew anythiog
sbout this Isst venture until the form-
er heard of the alleged forgeries and
made gome inquiries into the matter,
it wae said.
All of the store's advertising was
done under the rame of the Beaver.
town Store Company, Aurand not let-
ting his pame appear as ite owner.
No reason why he conducted the busi.
ness in this manper could be learned
I'he Mattern store is one of the largest
in Snyder county, sud $6000 was con:
sidered a ascrifice price, as Mattern
wanied to get out of business.
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More Vegetables and Less Mea’,
you would improve your health, was
te suggestion of BL. Watts, dean of
the school of agriculture at the Penn.
sylvania State College, in a recent dis-
cussion of the essentials of vegetable
gardening. As a country incresses in
population, Mr, Wattle explained, the
production of vegetebles becomes more
and more important. Densely popu.
Iated countries consume a much larger
quantity of vegetables per capita than
the people of the United States.
According to Mr. Walls, there is no
doubt sbout the economy of substitut-
ing legumes, such ss beans snd peas,
for the more expensive meats, He
thought the consumption of a larger
proportion of vegetables by people
who have difficulty in making ends
meet was particularly important,
“Considering the unlimited variety
of vegetables which may be grown
throughout the United ~tates,” sald
Mr. Watts,” there is LO resson why
every family should not have a full ae-
sortment at a cost within the reach of
most pocketbooks. Too much cannot
be said in favor of vegetable growiog
by those who need exercise and recrea-
tion, Vegetable gardening as an avo-
cation fe ideal, because it provides ex-
ercise in the open air and sflords a
complets change of thought for taose
who are absorbed all day long by busi.
ness or professional carcs.”’
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New Arts gliding completed at Siate ”
Penpeylvania State ( ollege’s $70 000
liberal arts building bas been complet
ed. [It will be put into sctive use for
class work and recitations this week.
Toe new structure is the most impos.
ing of the group of educational build.
ings on the campus, and is the igitial
anit for the series of arts buildiogs to
be erected in the fulure,
There are three stories, the ground
flor being of Iodiaua limestone aud
the two upper floors of Homan light
bufl brick, with limestone trimmings,
Just below the cornice are eighteen
panels bearing the names of men who
have exemplified the goal of liberal
arte students, Among them are Ble.
phen Girard, the fioancier, George
Sharswcod, tue jurist, and 8B, Weir
Mitchell, author and physician,
The joterior finish is olive green,
and all the rooms are light and spaci-
ous. Toe building is of ficeproof con
struction throughout.
SAH AA AABN
Asa himney Cleaner,
Don’t throw potato peelings in the
garbage pail but into the stove and
thereby save yourself tue annoyance
of having to eall to the fire depart.
ment to put out a chimpey flie. The
burning potato peelings prevent the
gathering of soot. A man who is
keeping up a strong coal fire in his
ravge every day during the winter,
says you can never find a trace of
soot on the lid, the botton of kettles
or any part of the stove If potato
peelings are burned dally.
—————————— AA A SATAY
Mrs. (Dr) J. B Hillis, of Juniata,
Inn guest of Mr. and Mme. J. Q A
Kennedy. Bhe came to State College
to attend the missionary convention
of the Presbytery, and then came on
down through the valley to visit th
relatives named ove” ’ .
LETTER FROY NEBRASKA
Poor Year for Stock Feeders, Fays J. W,
Erhart Fat Usattle Uylog Is Mad,
Editor Reporter :
Enclosed find cheek for three dollars
for which give me credit on the Re-
porter for 1914 and 1915,
Nebraska is still quarantined against
Kansas cattie on account of the foot
snd mouth disease, I bought forty
head of two-year-old steers in the
Kansas City market and got them in
the state just three dads before the
state war quarantined, This was
bad year for the feeder ; cattle were
high last fall.
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and eorn was not very good,
ped my cattle ard hoge the first
February ; got $7 50 per cwt for cattl
aud $6 50 per ewt. forthe hogs Catt
were 76 cents per ewt. lower sand hogs
200 lower than as year ago
lose as much as some of the feede. ns, for
I bought my cattle early last spring
snd grassed them all but I
lost sixteen bead out of fifty-five. The
thirty-nine and
Bummer,
cattle
know of feeders that will lose $500 00
because cattle and hogs did not
enough in February and March ;
gain
ole
#ix weeks 1 have known
stock cattle to get down in mud and
die but this is the first time that I ever
saw fat cattle to die In the mud.
This is a late spring for young pigs:
po sun shine and the ground covered
with Have preity good luc
with my pige—ninety eight pigs from
twelve sows, but if this snow goes off
on’t know if
snow, k
with a rain d I can save
them or not.
Youre truly,
J. N. ERHAR]
1915
i#it Rebekah Lodge at *iate College
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Friday evening suto loads of
members of the Rebekah
I. O 0. F,, attended a meeting
More than ord}
attached to the
meeting owing to the fact that several
distinguished visilors were present,
among whom were Mra. E E, Chab
buck, matron of the Odd Fellows, or-
phansge st Hanbury; Mr Virgie
Mull of Milton, Btste president ;
Mrs Thomse Hazel, district deputy,
of Bellefonte Mra. Chobbuck’s talk
was probably the most interesting, be-
cause it dwelt on 8 work in
every member of the fraternity
vitally concerned. Her reports «
various mailers
home were gratifying to all present
Boalsburg snd Bellefonte lodges were
also represented. Those present
Centre Hall were, Mr. aad Mrs. E. WW,
Crawford, Mra. Milford Luse, Mr
John Luse, Mrs L. L. Smith, Mrs.
Li. Moore, Mrs. T. L.. Bmith, Mrs E
SS. Ripka, Mr, and Mee. Joseph Luiz,
Mre. Clyde Dutrow, Mrs. Willism
Homan, Mr. snd Mrs. W. E Tate,
Mrs. Robert Bloom, Mrs. Lucy Hen
ney, Mra. J. H. Puff, B D. Brisbin,
Messen Tillie Keller and Elsie
Mre. George Heckma: |, Mrs. Mowery,
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odge,
of the
siante College lodge.
interest
nary wae
and
which
is
©
pertaining to $
from
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Moore,
Aantos for Kara! Carriers
Three of Spring Mills rural mail car.
riers are delivering mail io new sulo
mobiles sive Inst week, They are W,
F. McUlellsn, George N, Wolfe, and
Jd. A. Wagner, The other carrier,
Boies Brown, will also adopt the more
modern method of delivery in a short
time. Toe cars employed sre Baxons
and were purchased from J. C. Lee,
station agent at Hpriog Mills, who has
the agency for these care,
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HORSE sALE ON MONDAY,
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BK. © Yoder Wil Sell i xpress Lond of
Kaosas Horses at Centre Hall,
R. C. Yoder will sell an express
load of acclimated Kansas horses al
the Centre Hall botel on Monday,
April 5th, commencing at twelve o'-
clock.
Twenty-two head of the best weel-
ern animale, including the real draft
ty pes and blooke—all kind, sound, and
clean — will be offered for sale. Lovers
of fine horse fl ssh are invited to call at
the stables and inepect this lot before
the sale, For the past several weeks
these horses have been kept on an
eastern farm and consequently are
thoroughly scelimated,
Positively one of the best lots of
horses ever offered for ssle in Penns
Valley. Do pot fail to be on hand,
Mr. Farmer ; the horse you need will
be there.
HORSE SALE AT REBERSBURG,
A carload of Kausas horses, conaist-
ing of mated teams, brood mares and
all-purpoeghorses, ranging from three
to xix years old, will be sold at the
Rebersburg hotel on Friday, April 8rd,
Hale will begin at 12:30 o'clock sharp,
RC. Yoven,
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Millinery Opening.
Miss Mary M. Farner of Colyer will
bave het millinery opening on Satur.
day, April 8rd. . adv,
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DEATHS
Dr. Ella G. Bmiley died at the howe
of her mother, Mrs, Alfretta Goss, at
Pine Grove Mills, Tuesday morning
of last week, following a week's {linese
of pneumonia,
Twoaveeks ago Dr. Bmiley left Al-
toons to nuree her mother, who was
ill, and remained at the bedside of her
parent uutil was stricken
Dr. Bmiley was born in Pine Grove
Grove Mills and resided there until
eight years ago, when she went to Al
toona and opened an office in the Cen.
tral Trust building, Bhe was united
in marriage twelve years ago to War-
ghe also,
Mra
{ (Grove
Kepler, of Piue
, of Houlzdale :
Mills ;
and H rbert,
ain
George, of
Pine Grove Joseph,
all of Pittsburgh : Ro
of Pine Grove Mills ; and
FRIViCes
v
4
of
Chatles,
Harrisburg, Funeral
held on Thursday afternoon sud buria
made at Pine Grove Mills,
Mrs. Barabh Lutz Condo died at
bome of her daughter, Mire. J.
Housh, in Asropsburg, Friday,
of diseases incident to old sge, having
reschied her eighty-ninth
only four days prior to her
Funeral services were held
morning and interment at at Asrones-
surg, Rev, W. D. Donat of the
formed church officiating. All
life Mre. Condo wae 8 member of
church. Deceased was born in Haines
township sand
eleven children, six of
vamely, Mrs, Harriet
W. Roush, Asrousburg :
do, Penn Hall; J. P. Uo
Lott Condo, Potters Mills
do, Howard
her {0 the grave forty.f
One Mra, J
spring Mills, aleo survives,
the
W
of
3
birthday
death,
ie
it
Tuesday
ie
her
his
was the molher of
Woon survive
s Mrs. J,
James Conp-
da, York :
td. FP. 4
Her husband
Koch
On.
preceded
Ur years ago.
sep Condo of
kialer,
Lyman Klivefelter
of his brother,
above Caolyer, on
week, following an
died at the
isn Kilo
Wednesday
operall
We 3
a
few daye illness with ioflammation
the bowels. Mr. Klinefelter
slope since the legal sepsrstiion from
sg. H
Burial was
Maturdss
ber of
his wife a number
f
years
WR
a
ing,
Hefoimed
survived
Bie
made
riy-six
I'usseyvilie on
R R. J pes of
officiating. He
oy IDR ODrothers:
Albert, Linden Hall ; Samuel, Colyer ;
CORTE
mor WY, {
Lie
Church ie
the foliow
{(3¢ 0 ge, Je sey © hore,
J. Cortney Carner, a
of W. Cook Hubler of Hall,
died at his in Hublersburg on
sunday morning, afters short il
with pneamonia, about sixty
years, Fu: eral ERIVICHS Were
held Wedneadsy morving and buris
at Hublersburg., Mr, Carner
was married to Miss Heariettas Hubler
brother-in-law
Centre
home
inees
eyed
three
ras
who preceded him to the beyond
years ago. Five chi
to thelr all of whom have
two
aren wete
wa
gon,
pass
od away.
M.M. Negitey died in the German
hoepital at Philadelpbin last Thureday
mornivg blood fo
iog an operation five weeks sgo !
kidoey trouble. Mr. Naginey was
one of Mifflin county's most prominent
citizens snd only recently was sppoints
ed postiuaeter in his home town, Mil
roy. He leaves a wife and four daugh-
tere. Frank Naginey of Bellefonte is
& brother of the decased,
of soning, How.
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Extending Yelephone Line,
The branch of the Patrons Roral
Telephone Company's line leading
from Centre Hall to Linden Hall will
be extended for the distance of almost
two miles, snd will scoommodate
William Houser, Henry Houser,
and Frank MeUlintick, on the Tressler
farm, Howard Calliban on the Daniel
Callahan farm, and Jacob Zong on the
Hess farm. This extension will re
quire s new pole line of two miles and
a double wire line of about seven miles,
The Centre Hall-Linden Hall branch
of the rural systems has been extend.
ing ite lines in all directions and
endeavors to sccommodate all who
wish the service. D. W. Bradfor!,
the local agent for the Patrons Rural
Telephone Company, met the Linden
Hall parties at the Iatter place on
Friday evening and bad them sign the
proper contracts and agreements.
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Attempted to Kill Haosbacd,
A pear tragedy was perpetrated in
the quiet village of Milesburg, Sstur-
day 8 week sgo, when Mra. Charles
Scheckier fired a bullet from a 352
calibre revolver at her husband, with
a motive to kill. Conjugal relations
between the two had not been of the
most pleasant for some time, the cul
mination of which resulted in a pare
row escspe the husband, Poor
aim on the pait of his wife is the only
thing that averted a tragedy. It le
said that Mra, Boheckler was ineavely
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
FROM ALL PARTS
This is All Fool’a day.
John Moser of Wilkes Barre was the
guest of his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Jacobs,
over Sunday.
The new high school building st
Lock Haven will be dedicated Thurs.
day of next week,
Henry Mitterling is home from
Franklin and Marshall Academy to
spend hie Easter vacation,
April 16 and April 23 have been set
| 88 the annual arbor days in Penusyl-
{ vania, by Governor Brumbaugh,
According to the report of the eight
{ registrars in Centre county there oc-
| curred 1085 births and 475 deaths in
the gounty during 1914
Piof D. P.
telma's echiools, is a
Stapleton, principal of
candidate for
the office of hegister sud Recorder, on
Republican ticket, in Union
county.
Paul
cher of big league size, left
Iows, week, where
s for that club,
the Western League,
or
the
$
Des
he
pl for
.
Molpes inst
aiid nits
will pit
Samuel Myers, formerly of Centre
Hall, but now of Reedsville, passed
through Cent Hall on Monday on
hie way to Bellefonte. He was mak-
trip on foot,
re
E the
Mrs,
mother of
in
Albert Foster of Lewistown,
Dr. J. V. Foster, spent the
istler part of last week with her cous.
at the
AA fag
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ins Presbyterian Manse, pd
with “mma McCoy.
re. Harry L
H ¥ Barris
Cusegeeplin
E
on
at Osk
noe nis
werrisge
Sharer, sheisted his
1 the farm,
mobile agency,
Id two care last week
aul al
H.
Royer of Rebersburg bought a Reo
ring car, sud Frank Stover of near
urg purchased a Ford.
Farmers began plowing last week
they will be 80 busy that
they will have no time for anything
Se than putliog oul the spring crops
and reading the farmet’s best friend,
The ($ntre }
Ibis :
ald s00n
llow the Key-
just
ch they are id how big a check
ey can draw without getting the
balance the wrong side.
30 ¥ how
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Lester Fiedler, who begins jarming
this spring on the M, 8. Fiedler farm,
pear Milibelmo, purchased a horse sat
the Guisewile sale last week for $259
and the night following the sale the
horee was seized with colic snd died.
Messrs, Harper snd Durst, who
heve opened a pew garage and suto re-
pair shop on Hofler street, are busily
engaged on a sumber of care sand the
prospects for a rush of work with the
coming of warm weather, are bright.
twufus Rearick, son of Mr, and Mrs,
W. O Rearick, aad who for a yesr or
more has lived in Milroy, was recently
taken to a private bospital in Harris
turg whete be is undergoing treat-
8 nervous breakdown.
is reporied to be improving.
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Mr sud Mrs. A. 8. Krebs and four
chiidren—Helen, Luther, Robert, and
George—:pent Sunday at the home of
Mr. Krebs’ father, Samuel Krebs, at
sSwengle, Union county. Two oilher
Krebs children are logsted at that
pisce, one of whom, Asher Krebs,
gradusted from the local high school,
inst week,
Last week deputy sheriff C. A.
Weaver of Coburn received a federal
sppointment under the United States
Bureau of Industria! Census. His ter.
ritory will be the counties of Clinton,
Cameron and Elk, with hesdquarters
in Lock Haven. His work requires
him to vieit all indastrial plants do-
ing business in excess of five hundred
dollars per year and procure an soe
curate stalement of the details ocon-
nected with operating the plant,
If the statements made by parties
who attended public sales in both Cen-
tre and Union counties are well found.
ed, farm stock-<horses, cows and
young oattie —are bringing oconsider-
ably better prices in this county than
fu that sdjoining on the eastern spur,
In times past, the reverse hss been
true, Observers are ready to confirm
the stalement that horses sold for
more money st the beginning of the
sale season than at ita close, and this,
too, is the reverse of conditions in
times past. The same rule thst
“ pluge ” during the entire sale season
sold for more than they were worth,
compared to good horses, was again in
full force. Horees past nine years old
also sold higher than young horses,
considering quality and the period of
usefulness before them. Takiog the
sales as 8 whole fair prices were realiz-
od on all stock and all implements that
were worth giving room on the farm.
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