VOL. LXXXVIII.
LOSSES OCUASIONED
BY FOREST FIRES,
Local State Forester, In Second
Asks Qo.operation lo
Annual Loss,
Article,
Freventing Big
In 1897, by an act of legislature, the
State was authorized to purchase land
and set it apart fur forestry purposes,
In April, 1915, the total amount sc.
quired was 1,001 556 scres, at a pur.
chase price of $2 283.029 15 or an aver-
age of $2.27 per These Rtate
Forests are large tracts of land loested
mainly in the mountainous sections of
Pennsylvania, some of which are well
timber 'd, some not, set apait to insure
a perpetual supply of timnber for home
industries, to prevent destruction of
the foreet cover which controls and
regulates stream flow, to
health, to propagate game and fish
afford recreation places for the publie,
add to the scenic beauty of the coun-
try and to insure prosperity to our
state. They sre open to the public st
all times for all lawful purposes sub-
jected to a few simple rules and regu-
iations
At this time o
ment of Forestry
nttention to the
fires menace
others and to a=k v
erating with them in putting d
thizevil., The State F are
organized and under a definite
of forest management and are yield
a fair rate of interest on the money
vested in them However to render
their best service they must at al
ti be well protected, especially
for without sdequate pro.
tection veptment ecure
the mansgement amount
The risk from fires can
imted for in the [
inflammable
OWevVer
Acre
ay de
t
i
$
to
f the year the
wishes to call
seriousness of
trae
help in ec
Depsart-
your
forest
and
Op
Wi
now
ayeiem
that these
ur
4
wreatlsa
ing
ing
3
nes
against fires,
1 it in ana
en
reat there
pres.
mini
d VW
tirely eli
12 RiWays
not the
mized and the
to a very small amount
The effects of fo
snd often bat littl
! ced
CRa
material
risk 1 can i
oe t 1
fame kor
GRIMS Bel
<
ent
fires
gersion
are
1
i
ar
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muct
uct
1
es the material
hich fall
nich io
not inl
1
i
fire
VEATS
of
de
like
Ci Uf fe
but that
through dreay and
een which we
ed at the th
wher
w later
eteriorati
t actuslly
Afi unl
raction takes
ung sand oid
+
the tr @
i
siroy
y ger
erytbing iv its path, yi
d, and
y the
d,
¢ of
an dest
ev
Ox
’
r
ried
i i
¥ und sila
al that point
ity of the forest,
ter a forest
berin
n
disease not ing
de ve t
vital
il. Af.
ny
re-eetabiis
jta foc
has been removed
2 usually be
50 to 75 years or less depending
or wi it has
Jeft, or destroy the chemi
en] and physical characteristics of the
soil and the time is it axed fold
beside opening the way for erosion
fl vod«, droughte snd desol The
damage done tot i and
ite subsequent ee walter
supply of 8 state woantry is, aside
from the monet r | ¢ ned
the ot
{
I
cumulation
humus, «te
the
§
Q
the
ame.
it ean hed
up
beer
the condition oh
but chang: ¢
ore ten
# req
all indirect
wilh
wm jry
in £53
I ant
forest flo
{ leaves,
a great sj
i nod
16 Wier up
»
Hi
he ite
mould,
Onge, ab-
melting
grado
n by
vod
hold
ther are
ext
and
little on
absorved, It
I rivalets
and gattering
a it rushes along t
t streams whish sre
the source of all the large rivers. The
sireams are inciessed beyond their oa
pacity, overflow their banks san!
posite a sediment of sand and gravel
upon the fertile farms adjoiniog their
banks, Then a droughs cccurs, the
brooks and eprings not heving the
forest reservoir call upon dry uj
the larger streams and rivers not hav
ivg the smaller or to supply then
reach low water, the mills and water
power companies depending upon the
rivers for power are forced 10 elose and
the army of unemployed is increased
Thus we have alte ing ods and
droughts and the mountain side mas
become so badly washed aid eroded
that it is iveaspab.e of supporting tree
growth
O' her indirect losses
firea which are never noticed ano
never considered are : the irjury caus
ed to standing trees by fire scars and
wounds sffording entravee places for
fungi and insects that annually in the
United States cause a of severa
millions of dollars by decay ; causing
pitch pockets in conifers that redoces
the grade aud value of the lumber :
causing a decrease in growth a destruc.
tion of uniformity snd a change in
compoeition of the forest ; the destruc.
tion of seeds, seedlings and young
growth on the ares necessitating
planting ; the disturbing it fluences on
climate and loeal temperstuse and the
destruction of the scenic beauty of
wooded bille and mountaine
Aside from the above losses the
actusl loss in money and lives ia ap.
palling. Bioce 1870 in the United
Hiates the annual loss by forest fires ia
50 lives, $50,000,000 and 50000000
acres burned over. In Pennsvivanis
the average anuual loss Is $5000,000
over 10,000,000 bosrd feet of timber dee
ftroyed and 168 836 sores burned over.
Iu five years the average snouasl cost
of extinguishment has been $32 500;
each county must pay one fifth of the
expenses incurred by the State in ex
tingulshing fires tha: occur in that
county. Money saved from forest fires
flows back to the people in the form of
increased busivess sctivity, Increased
wages and increased | ProspeIRy, Over
5,000,000 acres of land in the state are
being kept pon-productive by forest
fires. Such land is capable of produce
ing from 200 to 6500 board feet of Jum-
ber per acre per year or a total of 1.
000,000,000 board feet. Taking an
average of $20.00 per thousand as the
cost of cutting and working this ma-
terial up into the fiolehed product
there ie a direct loss of $20,000 000 in
wages,
It is a matter of great importance
8 0
jenf ad
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rainfs
gti
ad beneath
gorbing
OWS #1
"n \y to the
f
i
an
fa
£1 vit
131
gr
Wis
Whe
athe f
the mar
bind the soil partie
deat i, the mineral arth
ed, which is usually hard
pervious, and the rainfall has
no chance to be he i
, 1 . r i
fi cover is
roots
rem
i v o that
i gs
KE
is
{ at
ros &l Sh
a im
i and
ruve down the slope in
away the soil
up particles of §
Jin the mountisin
$41
tie
wearing
t f
eo.
to i
8
o
¥
a
ii
due to forest
as
JURORS FOR MAY COURT,
Oourt Convenes Third Monday In May.—
List of Grand and Traverse Jurors,
May court opens Monday, May 17th
and continues two weeks. The jurors,
grand and traverse, are appended :
GRAND JURORS,
H. R. Auman, laborer, Millheim
John R. Barr, carpenter, Ferguson
John Deitrich, plasterer, Bellefonte
John Edwards, merchant, Philipsburg
M. 8. Feidler, gentleman Millheim
R. G. Goheen, butcher, Ferguson
I. KE. Gearhart, carpenter, Philipsburg
John Grove, farmer, College
L. N. Horn, minister, State College
Elmer Johnson, laborer, Rush
L. M. Kelley, foreman, Snow Shoe
William Loder, laborer, Howard
J. W. Mayes marble dealer, Howard
I'bomas Morgan, janitor, Bellefonte
Ogden B. Malin, clerk, Bellefonte
Howard McCloskey, miner, Snow Shoe
twp.
Lester McClellan, clerk, Bellefonte
James H: Rine, carpenter, Bellefonte
Perry Resides butcher, State College
J. O. Reed, merchant, Philipsburg
D. R. Thomas, farmer, Half Moon
Geo, J. Weaver, laborer, Haine
Geo. C, W r, laborer, Philipsburg
orer, Bellefonte
JURORS —F IRS
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WEEK.
eweler, Bellefon t«
foreman, Bellefonte
imnmings, farmer, Potter
clerk
ers,
carpenter, Rush
Houser, farmer, Harris
Huey, farmer, Patton
t, agent 1
operater, Hush
W. Hazel, lab ner, Miles
eer, Si
hester Gearhart,
. H.
Liupsourg
ring
, Philipsburg
Vi
an
Kerrin, f
TREK NArebs,
¥¥ In. twp.
I
¢, merchant, Gregg
sentieman, Snow Shoe
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Sf
Hloward
Wing
d reriat
iruggist,
£Y, iarmer, Senne
r, farmer, Miles
? he ary sh tallaf "
NRCESINILAO, Delleionte
entre
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I
rguson
L
Moon
. 43. Nell, farmer,
Ormndorf, farmer, Haines
Voeasant,
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R. gentleman, Howard
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MOUr
»
man, Philipsburg
ir, Spring
bant, Howard
wer, Boggs
ner, Haines
ialf Moon
Walker
Harris
painter,
ITH YWenve
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William Weber
s H
ys REI
weaver, [arn
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4, IA
wer, 1
nercuant,
rian, Walker
WEEK.
butcher, Bellefonte
THAVERSE JURORS ~BECOND
manager, Philipsburg
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, AAD
3
{ oliege
Liberty
Walker
i, farmer, Penn
¢ lesan, Harris
laborer, Milesburg
tailier, Howard
William E. Garner, blacksmith, Fer-
guson
YY
ariner,
Lucian Fult
Adward Greer
aN
0
¥ Goss, merchant, Rush
William Glenn, farmer, Ferguson
Henry mer, Harris
P.L b, clerk, Philipsburg
Edw, Hepburn, contractor, Bellefonte
W. 8. He ath, of , Rush
R. A. Haag, baker, Bellefonte
George Hartsock, salesman, Philips-
burg
Fred Humphrey, laborer, Philipsburg
Jacob Keller, justice, Ferguson
John A. Lucas, farmer, Boggs
Daniel Moore, laborer, Rush
Jacob McCloskey, laborer, Curtin
W. H. Ott, carpenter, Bellefonte
W. E. SBuith, clerk, State College
Creighton Showalter, gentleman, Phil-
ipsburg
Bruce Stover, salesman, Millheim
Peter Stout, laborer, 8. Philipsburg
Peter Smith, farmer. Potter
Musser Sones laborer, Huston
Hawilton Smith, painter, State Col-
lege
Jacob Shirk, laborer, Bellefonte
Clay Shope, laborer Milesburg
W. C. Thompson, farmer, Howard
twp.
John Walters, mechanic, Philipsburg
D. W. Woodring, agent, Bellefonte
Aquilla Williams, farmer, Worth
Jacob Williams, farmer, Worth
F. H. Yocum, labor r, Walker
N. H. Yearick, merchant, Marion
r
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Gingerich, far
Guli
orator
al Al early dale,
Forest fires can be prevented at a
small cost when compared to the value
of the timber destroyed. Examine the
following table snd see if this season
with everybody's co-operation we can
not reduce the acreage and loss,
PENNSYLVANIA FOREST FIRES,
Date Area Burned
1¥79 97.000 acres
1590 685,788
1500
1406
1597
15
1400
1900
1901
1002
1914
22 yoars $4,109,460 acres $13,340,900
These figures are not absolutely ae
curate bur mre close approximations,
LEONARD UG. BARNES,
that we should earnestly endeavor Lo
reach a solution of tuls vital problem
HALL, PA
LELTER FROM DE, BITNER,
sooth He Secs Where the Pennsylvania
Farmer Excels,
Editor Reporter :
Fine weather has been attendant up-
tou, D. C. The change from apparent
winter to spring was noticeble as we
approached Washington. Here
full bloom ; so
the dogwood and jasmine,
The contrast between Pennsylvania |
and the south is no where better shown
than in the housing of farm spimals!
and machinery. There are no barns |
in Maryland-—only stables |
forte of the home farm buildings are!
wanting here, The Penusylvania |
farmer has no superior, as is shown by |
the neatness of the surrcundings of his |
home, and the care |
bis farm animals.
to be a mixtare of sand, gravel and
clay, with the sand predominating. 1 |
went to the farmer's market yesterday
magnolias are in are |
The com- |
he exercises
The soll here sees
i
morniug snd found many negro farm- |
ers selling farm products, Huge |
baskets of dandelion snd wsler cress |
were seen on every hand. Poultry!
! eggs were also abundantly expos-
f by the
¥ y
excellent
ai
ad
here is
i ¥
Me
3 '
ylored pie, |
¥
here
or sale C peo
market
market house opens at 5 a. m.
The city full
sight-seeing students from the Norms
f Pennsylvania other |
As many as 200 come from one
I'he young |
usual |
aI
loses at 5 Pp. mi. in O
School « aud
sintles
chools south sends her
There are the
he
yo
ple here, too,
umber of bridal
t}
i
r ris
parties re also
Our visite Lo
*
nent
, capitol, ete , were made in
midot of crowds of students
We for New
row, i
Ve sincer
H
Washington, D ww
3
4 i
omor- |
lenve Orleans
re
ry
ur
BITNER, |
1915
oly
|
s— |
i
iif — p—
Dr, Ferguson To-Yioerrow Night
A treat for the
those who will aval] themselves
Dr
moo bd leon see
$
s
intellect is in silore
of
of H.
the d
recommendations
{
the opportunity
Uiay
r
nearing
Ferguson,
If his
they are many-—may be taken ss a
TOT
lecturer
and
tu wiil
r ta
iterion, one of the best le
speak from the piatform in the Grange
Friday eveul
Here
lecture
(rien,
which
Centre
rinil LO-Inorrow UR
here,
chairman f
ures © at Blo
Pa., says concerning the su!
Dr. Ferguson will deliver
Hall:
(he lecture of Dr
Ferguson on “The Lights and
shadows of Marrisge and Home,"
delivered in the North Frankford
tist church, was a splendid ef
ever appeared
8
t the the
mmities ming
g" ¢l
J
ia
H. Clay
ei
The rutject was obe to touch
ery heart, sod the way Dr Fergu-
gon handled it deserves our highest
eommendation, It was the opinion
of every one present that he gave us
a most epjoyable evening, indeed.
Dr. Ferguson will be recalled to the
lecture course of our church.”
v
A ————
Alleged Barn Barsers in Jalil,
T. G. Ryan, a deputy state fire mar-
shal, of Danville, captured the alleged
leaders of a gang of barn burcers,
when he arrested and landed io the
Centre county jail, on Saturday, Ed.
ward Ickes, of Seotia, and Bert Fin
vegan, of Willismsburg, Blair county.
The men are charged with burning
the house and barn of H. A. Ellie, in
Baldeagle Valley, in February, 1914,
Within two months before and af.
ter the burning of the Ellis buildings,
five or six barns were burped down in
the same valley, snd it is believed an
organized gang did the work.
Prof, Jones Meets With Accident,
Prof. W. R. Jones, principal of
Gregg township's schools, was scci-
dentally shot in the back of the left
band while practicing for the pley,
“ Little Buckshot,”” given at SBpring
Mille, Baturday. When thst part of
the play oalling for the use of the re-
volver sppeared, Prof. Jones was
standing near to the holder of the gun
and the weapon wae discharged. The
shell was a blank, but Mr. Joues never
theless received a painful wound from
the fire. It was not known that the
gun waa loaded, oo
The alleys were used to a great ex-
tent by male pedestrians on Saturday.
The reason for their popularity was
that they proved a good avenue of
escape from the fire marshal and
forester who had a difficult task in
securing help to fight the forest fires,
It was not long, however, until the
authorities got next to the scheme and
succeeded in drafting a number who
preferred to stay at home rather than
sutjeot themselves to the annoyances
of fire fighting, It's a good law that
makes it imperative that able-bodied
men fight forest fires, for few would go
of their own volition.
- —-——
March Bounties Paid,
I'he Centre County Commissioners
sid out during the month of March
nities ou 100 weasels, 24 gray foxes,
Hiate Forester,
1 wild 4 bawks and 9 owls,
amounting to $276.60,
So
+ THUR
"DA YX. A
Sittany Mounusin Afire
»
the base of Nittany Mountain, and
destroyed timber on several huon-
dred acres of mountain land, The fire
started at the Guy Brooks place where
|
| brush, The fire awepl scross a grass
very short
the mountain land,
The dry condition of the ground, aid.
fire to
gweep up the mountain side with great
rapidity. Forester Leonard
and ranger Hoover, with & corps of
thirty sssistants, fought the blaze al
“
municated with
afternoon and succeeded in
out, but not before it had
pike,
Saturday morning the blaze
out anew and in a
putting
reached the
brok
short
it
!
fighting
nded
y Lhe tog of
time guived
uch headway that
A
hours snd mad
The line
#
seemed
for
diffi
from
all control gnle ew
base ¢ ie 13
north-esster
ed to destroy
out o'el
it five
OwWever, ua 8 rain CRI
3
the
stuffed
From s seething
ile precipitation
rit €r
$
iagnt,
ountainside took on
#ct in the
g the rain,
—————— esos
Oda Feliows lustall Officers
Thursday
time for the |
nig
shaire was performed by
i La.
wae Mr
Master
I
Deputy Grand
Gramley, ¢
bid
$3
pacity
Ihe following is &
officers to serve for the ensuing term ;
Noble Grand, Harvey
Mark
Homan {
N.
Grand, Will
John H
Auman
ata
Puff ;
: 1.
Emerick ;
3
R. Blo
. 8B. to N,.
R to
. B
Lo HB. to
Vv. hu A
3, Clyde Dut.
iL
(ruardl
xr
V./
Heckman ;
re KR
William
MB. l.
Charles (
1. B
teniative lo
3&4
-
™
w . P. H, Garis ;
d :
=
y
LAcas | Outside
Emerick ; luside Guardia:
sal
rusi.
SOoOwWers was
o
Bristin
Pino's
Moors
VErsary meetin
A lune
f the
BE repr
Hom
As repre
t
provided s
¥
which all did
#4
Tustioy
——————
Prospecis for Lig Wheat Urop
Prosp
planted inst
fs
wae
ia of winter wheal crop,
CTE
fall on the greatest a .
untry’s history, were that
’
i
Fuis estitoate by the Department o
Agriculture, based on the con
the growing crop on April 1, may be
incressed or decreased according to the
ERT: ’
Gision ol
time of harvest,
Winter wheat
April 1
gt
agaitel
conditi
wae 88 8 per cent of 8a normal,
13 On
856 last year aud 87.6, the ten-year
There was an increase of 0.56
points from Isst December, «
with au average decline of 2
io the past ten years
Rye condition was 80.05 per cent
a normal, against 91.3 last year 901,
the ten-year average.
—————
"The High school Freshman”
rom pared
7 points
Thursday night of next week, April
220d, ** The High tchool Freshman’
will be rendered by home talent, une
der the auspices of the Centre Hall
baseball club, The play is a threeact
comedy and the two hours that it will
require to play it are replete with
amusing incidents that will keep the
audience in a Ilsughing humor
throughout, Belween acts two vaude-
ville sketches will be lotroduced--
“ The Umbrella Mender”’ and “Troub-
led by Ghowsts,”’
The admission price will be fifteen
and twenty-five cents ; reserved sests,
thirty cents,
In Grange Arcadia, Thursday, April
22n4a, a
Receives Federal Appointment,
W. 8, Krise, a former Centre Hall
boy, has received a position as ¢ atherer
of industrial statistics for the census
bureau of the federal goverment. The
position was unsolicited and came
thro Warren Worth Bailey, congress
man of the district composed of
Cambria, Blair and Bedford counties.
Mr. Krise's territory will consist of
CUsmbria county, He 8 now in
Pittsburgh learning the work under
E B. White, special agent of the
Census Bureau.
James KE, Quigley, brother of Henry
Quigley, E«q., of Bellefonte, died at
nis home in Pittsburgh, Sunday morn
ing of poeumonis, aged forty-two
b. 1815.
DEATHN,
Une of the most sudden, unexpected
and saddest death which occurred in
Lewistown recently was that of Will-
ism A. Btiffler, who died Thursday
morning of week at his
Mr. Btiffler performed his usual work
at the Btandard steel
last home,
works at
whe preparing to
i
day
come home after his
V
labor he bi
B Cane ry
and
diately summoned
etffered
i
i
wae taken to Lewistown
The
from
until
phy
Whe due
man great pain
BINS 8D
regain i IBCIOUs
end came. The attending Hie
i
deslhn VO |
was fifty-two |
ynthe and nine days,
d ed is
nate
his wife, |
len was Agnes Par, |
wis Olher
IW.
shiloh
pure ATH
21 Central avenue |
Peters at her parent-|
Peter Btiffler,
i
i
v. E
| was made st Bellefonte, Re
am aud Rev, C. C. Bhaey,
DE.
b
ec t
KE, {
Lem
Years
$ nt
De
more Lhan foriy-nine BRO.
v
I have
f
|
and her husband ive on
Rishel homestead for many years, Bhe
’
er Of Lhe MelhoQist
GIRL CLOUT
ful
wae & oemt h
# WOIAD christina
her and as good
will be
in which
r, a devol
%
wor, and her los keenly
gle
husband and
and
I'wo
SArsg
ginlers
remain ;
ilipsburg ;
Henry Hubler, s well
bisckemith of Biate
Wednesday 1
known young
died
ing of last week
ter only a four days’ He
ymplained of a pain in the head
and from that time grew
until his death, He
® of Jefferson Davis and
Bertha Hubler and was born at Erb
almost twenty years ago. Since
growing to manhood he assisted his
father in the biackemith shop and was
an industrious and exemplary young
man. He was 8 member of the Eee
formed church at Bia'e College. He
is survived by his parents, two broth-
ers and one sister. The funeral wss
beld on Saturday morning and burial
made in the Pine Hall cemetery,
College, on
MOTE
af.
firet
on
'
illness,
TRO
saan
lawn
Thomas W, Hard, the fourth mayor
of Altoona, died in Martinsburg, Wed.
nesday of last week, al the age of nine
ty-one years, He was born in Miles
burg and io 1844 moved, with his pa
rents, to Hollidayeburg, In 1868 he
became a resident of Altoona and ten
years later was elected mayor on the
Democratic ticket,
IM —
Desths of Centre Countians,
Mrs. Amands Ward died at her
home in Pine Grove Mills Wednesday
of last week after an illness of some
time with cancer, Her age was sixty.
two years,
Mrs. Sosanuah Hall died at her
home in Howard, sged eightywix
years,
Mre. Mary Eckenroth died at her
home in Pleasant Gap of paralysis,
aged eighty-three years. She was a
sister of Mrs, Thomas Grove of Centre
Hall,
—.,
Epecial Announopment,
Mrs, LI. W, 8 Person of Phillips
burg, New Jersey, will be at the real.
denoe of Mrs. M. E. Strom, Aprii 14
to 101th, inclusive, instead of dates pre.
viously snnounced Mrs, Person will
have a complete display of the latest
New York styles in summer malllis
nery. adv,
To-day ( Thursday ) is the opening
of the trout season.
years,
NO. 15
‘TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
15
| HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
| FROM ALL PARTS
{ Blank receipt books for sale at this
{ office. Price fifteen cents.
Lock Haven will use 350,000 gallons
of road oll on its streets this summer
The Varvneys will be in
next week
Week '?
Eighty-two
Bellefonte
“ Welfare
to open their
CRI paign,
degrees
makes a noise like
in the shade
summer. Mercury
expanded to that degree last Saturday.
d
Lock Haven dedicated its new
school building last Thursday,
high
It
one of the best school buildings in the
elate,
is
Guy Foreman and Jitner
installs-
F.
Blaine
the
0
ring Mills sttended
f officers of the I, O
¥ evening.
i
On « 0 I
18 | lodge
Fhuredsa
H. F
im to Bellefonte,
McManaway has moved from
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» work which will bim
im’s populstion was increased
wo within the past week : A baby
Mir. and Mrs, Joseph Reif
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and Mrs, Harry Keen,
The first snake of the season
«d was a five.f
hed by John Garis
The reptile was driven
the
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repori~
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Thurs
out of
disps on
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den t nountain fire,
tne tending to
time worrying
the administration, hard
he war, business would 1
times,
w Deller
and everyone would be happier,
F. V.
funeral of
Goodhart took charge of the
Mrs. Amanda Ward, st
Pipe Grove Mills, on Friday afternoon,
owing to the iliness of Mr. Koch, the
Htate Co lege funeral director.
There will be a veritable influx of
tt Ficinity with the
weather, 002eT
ara int fg
Cars into 18
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3 WAND
An
and F
elterolfl have orders already for a
: machines, with pros
W.
fazhinne
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Boozer and
4
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Byron Garis built
an ol fireplace in the club
bouse owned by a number of State Col-
vd
Dear
iocated in
the Bear
lege professional men sai
Calbraith’s Gap,
Meadows.
Fi ploughed during last
week repori the soil having tarned in
condition. There were appre
that reverse would be
The soil ploughed last fall is al-
» in fine condition, the elements dar.
ithe having brought
itions desired.
rmers who
fine
bensjons the
rue,
&
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&
abou! jasi
The gradustion exercises of the Mill-
heim high school will be held io the
Reformed church on Thursday even-
ing, April 20, The ciass consists of
five members, as follows : Miss Adah
Smith, Miss Martha Bmith sod Jacob
Kessler of Millheim, sod Miss Meda
Bower and Fred Wolle of Aaronsburg,
Bellefonis fishermen must forego
the pleasure of fishing from the walks
on Water street between Waites and
the C, BR. KR. yards, s& 8 result of ao-
tion by council. This sction was
taken upon complaint from a number
f citizens, who stated that it was
dangerous for pedestrians. The police
bave been notified to enforce the rul-
ing of council.
A brooder containing one hundred
and twenty-five chicks caught fire
from the lamp, burned brooder and
chicks, an incabator, 8 lot of cauned
fruit and potatoes, besides the summer
bouse in which all were located, Toes
day night of last week. Harry Horner
of Colyer was the unfortunate man.
I'he fire started while the family was
ssleep and the building was slmost
consumed before the biaze was die
covered,
W. F. Bradford, the new owner of
the Centre Hall Flouring Mill, closed
a busy week, during which time an
inventory of stock was taken. In an-
other column appears his advertise.
ment and it is of especial interest to
farmers at this particular time of the
year when a new plow, oaltivator,
grain drill or other farm implement is
needed. Mr. Bradford carries a come
plete lige of standard implements that
don’t go wrong. Read his ad, a
It you want to learn something
about the poplar—the measly, con
temptible popiar—as a shade tree, take
a look at the * trimmed up’ poplars
along the cemetery, A look along this
line of stubs of trees ought to deter one
from not oniy planting this particular
species of trees for orosmental or
shade, but ought to induce those who
have done 80 to lay the ax near to the
root of every one now growing. Every
poplar now growing in Centre Hall
will ere long be an eyesore,