VOL. LX THE CAUSES OF FOREST FIRES, More Than Foar-Fiftns of ail Fires Unused Through Kays Local Forester Some * Dont's"” Worth Meed ing, Carelassnesr, In previous articles the value of the forests and their products and the lose- es occasioned by forest fires have been pointed out It is well now to seek for the causes of these losses and to deter mine 8 remedy. More than four fifths of all the fires are caused by man through careless. ness or malicicnaness and are therefore preventable of fires oan be classed into two groups, preventable aud uvunpreventabls Unpreventable fires are thoaa i ‘he causes caused by lightning and or natural agencies aver which we have no control Danger from this gources will always constitute a menace the forest, HMtatistica show how. ever that lightning csuees less than oue tenth of one per cent, of all the forest fires Preventable fires are these ecsused by human agencies which we a‘e able to control aud eliminate, Danger frou this source dep®nds r pon the frequenters of the woods and the sesson of the year. Railroads are al ways the bane of the forester, unting dn S008 oods sre dry the crease Lhe ris Usmpers and ugh the woods at differ times may be the ceuse of a fire ‘learing land, burnicg beush, lumber. operati tribute are to glart of forest ark from a pipe, a carelessly dropps maich or a lighted cigarette cause a fire that or started impr asible to control i an immense & nt of damsge oliowing isble covering several arid n #8 shows (he percent of causes of fi fire in } val in T fl ghiog se whe vari go ~~ ts “ t ra th veers Lore — * all co 7 LA nN ine fires A WMD ee a ee or may ea may be The reat 8 Pennsay l- hp stehing tee of everyone yat are ™ her are not BRYy euler and there is al. ity that in ceriain may be discovered by it fa by the Buch fires giving the roe observer ty 18 fire It args : 4 urned ngui rh of nos i al “a LI toa for waya the p gections 8 fi nesrny or fire warden orted ut once Be ee Ee » #81 hl waih e § before f inepne renter y and th guickest fhe of his abi th 1, 0, 0 F, ANNIVERSARY, Bloomsbnrg Will be Mecon for Odd Fellows To-Maorrow on Anniversary Ocoaslon, To-morrow ( Friday) the Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows will meet in Bloomsburg to celebrate the 96th anniversary of the association, Build ings reo already decorated for the big event snd good weather is all that is neceseary Lo assure a large crowd, PROGRAM 7:30 12:00 and escorting (quart ra 10:30 a. m POO PF i 1:30 p { Howl 2:00 p at rir FOR THE DAY. ~-Reception of vieltors to head. io delegations ~ Asaneiation in Hall m —Parades forms at Town ringing of eourt house bell, m Parade moves promptly ving of ¢hurt house bell, 3:80 p m Address of welcome, by Mayor, Oscar Lowenberg, in front of | Court House, Reansnea iy J. W, Rtroh, I O O F Orphapge, followed address by Usher A, Hall, Address by Psul A. Bepson, Grand Master, Erie, Pa Citizans Our Band, 7:00 p. m —Virginia Mall, Presi 2nt | Rebekah Assemnbly will address | bekabs in Townsend’ hall at 7 o'ele Mpecial session of Grana t for admission Past Grande meeting wi of sD Prea. by Band, Bhamokip Musie, Baad | % CR. Lodge of DISTRIOT 8. 5, CONVENTION, To be Held In Evangelical Church at mill, Friday, April 30th, Fre The nineteenth semi-annual Bunday school convention of the eleventh district of Centre county will ba held in ‘hy Evangelical church st Kup Hil', Friday, April 30:h, afternoon and «vening., The diatiict is compos. ed of Potter and Gregg townships and Centre Hall borough, The folowing program hes been prepared ; AFTERNOON 2.00 o'clock. . A) Cho'r . Presiding Officer, C. E Rev. F. H rintment of Com Addr _T Escape from County Jal! Firgsd FREER te snd conferring of Grand Lodge De. | gleo ach o! instruction in the funwrit ork, for 3 mem- | bere in Lhe IO CO. KF § | i p. m ket Fquare and | East avd Main reels, concerts | visi: ing band Headquarters fen w rg | i by | 6109 wee 3 4 4 » for lodges from Centre, | ymiog and Clioto 1nd willl » at the Exehar ga ing baud i} 1 con its $ el, ] rphansge, led d, will psrtici- ——— co Ml Aba Fac» fusinens, regard. | Agen f 4 ey le huslic pas ar & ifn this eountr to grind, tical pr jadics { and rt same, no matter who In toeir Inst weekly he portant d are hel then al ! m pt husinesz ia to sapcerial ats, urstely may eview the [ ment was made ; 1 reg like It naing giate. * os inthis oe fins ¢ neidering th £34 ¥ Of ia In =» i ye i450} V amount used by fi Feparat 'on ie vast y and forest fire in abating will be in Every nent profi a gre t them then the end ight It to eac! an immediate and perma to stop forest fires, DONTS is one ea fn or are it por throw away in the mato « #1 £5 eile re they ipe a agninst or windy days 1; t wait f port fire He in fil saaint disoow in IF Lileir Ont se LEONARD (3 PARNES Mig W v ren 29 1 15 ! r itre Hall, Pa, April 9 pty rind Lint, 3 y May ¢ Nalley Co. va Jack Wallin Hieel, appeal urt : Har Mi aud (Geo, Vico: Strange va. James State, ap- Vy al, 8. B, Btine ve. Harry Gunthur, ap- peal, Mary M, Walker vs, appeal. Becond we Hepnella Dale va, John avd George Hpicher et al, Sci Fa to revive judg- ment, Wm, Kxrs, va. Hamuel Garner, Bel Fa to revive judgment, Wilbur H. Wining va, Wilson GG. Frantz, treepass, {Peter Meudis ve. A. E. Behad, ss Frank Reese, "3 May court Witmers’ bh sumpsit, George U. Harvey va, Penoa, R. R Co. , trespass, W. H. Williame, Adm. vs. C., M. Bower Est,, Bei Fa to revive judg ment, W. T. Rawleigh Co, va. Ray Allison, assum psit. John F. Kauflman ve Taylor Twp., trespass. George B. Bimlers Heirs ve. Huean snd Wm. Cronover, ¢« jectment, Kate E. Hastings vs. Enoch H Haeilpge Est. Bel Fa to revive judg. ment. I IL. Marrow & Co, va, Bhirt Co , sect pait, Osear I, Rishel va Farmers Muolasl Fire Tvs. Co., assumpsit, Alherien & Barues va, George Blott, aesumpsit, Bellef.nte which | mod tel 8 1 ing r1eelotion busines« in the ¢t the ent) o ts re el ("om # invested in and emplos sbitled wor k- Corey, former ¥, Esve ou on Maturdsy " this ie mar ulsc'u boi f dreds of Willinm president of the t fol g sta jee O09 men 4 wing to bus in ariel he Ki we 1 : shout Mr. Corey I believe that business eonditions Unitea States sre lnproving progressivg wonder ully well rica’s prosg my opinion s1:¢} from a 2 willl very grest It i ( 2 br ntinaosu i £ #1 which will paid : Lhe Ame erty, In ! P REET H a sab . int rity, { Earopest manufac urers wiil ber wilt be HHmited i y L¢ I this PARTY Voie handi 1 i ive us our opportar ! need al gir cn [$3 worl a tay with oa a Republican but he sud business ca or preferment His station io tefl nd to ba Mitra. i'8 Htics oo" Le of the rabid Republi are bawling over every their «fi ort to scare people iMsIUA"Y panio alsmity howhlog their wily hope—tut the facts are them, HEYR C lie in wee In OVEr BI ( ina: and agaiost in ——— tf ——— Poalsh:rger Strong in Athisties, Paul Rupp of Boaleburg, who is & student in Mercersburg Academy, was recently elceled captain of the »chool’s basebs li team. A diepsteh to a Phila delphia paper has this to say of him : In Csptain Rupp the team has a fioe player. He is without doubt the most valuable man on the team, being able to play io any position well. At present he ls playing at shortstop, where he ia putting up a strong game, i > Wil Organizy Corn Clubs In County, The Centre County Pomona Grange, eo-operating with the Agriculiural Depsriment of State College, bas map ped out plans for the organization of corn clubs throughout Centre county for the purpose of interesting the boye and girls in the growing of corn, Ouly boys snd girls between the sges of ten and twenty-one years will be eligible, Esch member shall grow one sore of corn and keep an sceount of sll iabor and expenses connected with the crop. At theend of the sen son, when all the reports are in, prizes will be awarded the most successful A dispateh to the Public Ledger on Monday says: Henry man da Leb tore Gordon and William t ’ g throt o-foot igh the tw COMMENCEMENT AY BPFRING MILE, Class Night This Eveviog,~ Commencement § xercises Friday Even- (Thursday ing Ten Gradua es {0 Ulnar, Commencement exercises of Spring Mills high echonl will ba tomorrow Friday) evening in Grange Hall at that p'see, The this year rumbers ten and neiats the foll g members: James Roses! Condon, Guyer Ward », Leon Rus sell Grove, Harold ard Btover, Walter Hiambueh He, Leoma Heokma Mildred E Yell loy Prof College % ment address his {Thursday Night and the exer e H the the clas ¢ of Wi (37 Wi , Ethel Leona 2 shi i org wrmichk, trude J of (Carrie Long, Adal Ww Mints Wi (fa By nal in Clas aleo evening will i rm held in the Gravg all, The following wiil be carr evens I ut on ( UTOETSm Aa 4 « oo + ¥ Wr Kasay Hef Be win 8 blanket | the ot | d wall of tha aotinte §al : ‘ wall of the county jail, al mite, ad A , Bild d ar # wl) 3 Ir to the ground, gcaled pe wall surrounding the yard ar end to the mountains, (Gor ion is 8 Bellefonte res! iting trial on a cha ompavy and ss it would A fie money be essay for bio, Free Smashed to flow iderables work, mansged a1 g driviog it at the garage where it is underg pairs Oo M y ago wmday Dr. Longwell 1 a new Buick ca’. Few Toul Caught on Fist Daj first d HERBOD fish Ay uceresful bal § proved toa numbe of eran, calehes wee averag: small ; the almost ki nimrods y rode d man with the proverbial fia uid be KE Very with wi a quantity. Was ID own tre edd day ww at @ “ome of the more i Jil Lad ¥ # n Glenry, Zn other eight, to Dr, land. ever, K.P displ ¥¢ i wi had {: ket the barber, proudly a Od¢ speckled beauties, ile a few focal sporismen m one to Fhe beat fish story Is eredited H H. Loogwell, who od” a beauty that would have be worthy the prowess of the slmost en fisherman, o 2 wont expert waa s I'he pity of the ‘his that the big genial doctor had to over the fish to rightful owner, hopes for better luck next time. - fa urn He Lehool h Primary school, seveulhh month: Number enrolled, males 14, fem rn les 19, total 33 Per cent. of attendance, males 84, females 87 Those present every day duriog month: George Lu'z, Joseph Ruble, Lottie Keller, Mirtama Moore, May Smith, Ma'y Weaver, Florence Z'ttle, Vianna Z Atle, Those present every day dour. ing term, Joseph Ruble and Lottie Keller, Repo-t of High Hehool for seventh month, ending Friday, April 9.bh: Number on roll, boye 8, girls 10, total 18; attendance during month by per. centage, boys 80 girls 94. Those who have been present cvery day during month are, Mary Dinges, Gace Iuhler, Ethel Rowe, and Lillian Ewery. Mary Dinges haa been present every day during the term. A SAMAR SABA Frof, Heckman Bays Boal Property, Prof, William Heckman, recently e'ecied priveipal of the Centre Hall high school, purchased through the U. D. Bartholomew sgeney the George M. Boal property on Main street, The consideration wae $1575, Mr and Mra. Heckman will move from State College aud occupy their new home about Juoe 14, Heport, growers, wn—— A — Another County Goes iry, All of Wyomii dry, Judgy T¢ baviog refused ecsnee for the sale of liquor, This makes the tenth oon the 88 gone Clales E cxinty h ty ana bi ie 8 BIDR® Bap to grant stew 4 } nly in the eweep of the The other nine state to go dry in anti-liquor sentiment, counties ae Green Perry sf Min, Juniata, Bedford, Huotingdon, Ve nango, Tioga and Lawrenes, oe, ie nltn Big Boom for Altoona, The announcement that the Penn. sylvania Railroad company would buy new «quipment to the exlent of $20 000 000, wes received with great joy 1a Altoona, for it means 8 resump- tion of business io that railroad city. The <quipment program includes 144 vew locomotives, 146 all steel pase. en ter care and about 10000 freight cars, All the locomotives, 56 of the passenger cars sud 2 102 of the freignt ears wili be built at the company’s shops at Allooon, while the remainder will be placed with oulside companies The new tquipment is to be used for replacements aod will not be additions to the present cquipment, In a #la‘ement the company says that ite policy of adding only steel oars to its passenger cquipment is being followed with reference to its freight cquipment, aud that ultimately every train on the system, freight or pase senger, will be of ail-steel constiues tion, a_i Mn fA Exvm nation for High ft ehool Antrance, Puajlle from the borough and sd Joining districts desiriog to enter Ligh school next fall will be examined in the high rohovl room on Monday, May 8 4. Q stions will be furnished by Poof D UO Euers, county supeiins tendent. ~A, A, Dodson, Principal, DEAYAY, Poneumonis, resulting from caused the death of ruother and menses, child, the Branch, last Miriam, the seven mont! s old of Mr. Mrs. Homer Walker, was ill with measles, which, developing futo pneumonia csusred her denth on Friday, The ed the and cumbed, her death cceurring on i child Pive morning, services ing previously bern beld the heran ebureh at that plsce, Rev cfliciated, Mra. by her busbsand , namely, Milles, Ad at bi Thess 1 sisters aleo rurvive : E John and Berj min Corl, eRe Charl at Mre Georges Resides, two days spsart, ut | week daughter and molher con- trac disease giz too suc rune night. Mother and were uifed in one grave at Grove Is op Wednceday n in u ot Fry x toy Walker and Hpangler is survived children Roy, three Ri ne HETE and KE mer ’ Coll #, home Lp Bogle, Btate College f Rot aed was 8 cousin of Robert m of near Centre Hall ire. Walkei's sge was {went txtlending Mire. ie ii Wedncs bre f her ugot and at Rebels Condo wa resident when ii hin Ie ¥ ae A here unt Lim 1 t msrried, ¢ remove ar brothers and rv ™ ~ pring Haven ; Mrs ere ; na Ps J | Mre, ung, Boalsbarg ; Anns Jane Bower, . & Danie! Condo, Exma Y Lamey, Greeuburr, Mrs x Hensler, lliinois, Mme John A. rear Cowan RO a sne Heinley died at Ler Wednesday » sge of eixty-thres is survived by her hus ve children, Mrs. Goorge Z mmerman Forest Hill; Mrs, John Koch eof Cowan, snd W. N, icinley of Rockford, lllinols. She was un ccusin of Mes, Lizzie Jacobs of this place, Deaths of Centre Countinne Mre. Heckman, wife of Rev Isasc Heckman, at one time pastor of the Penope Valley Methodist charge, died at her home in Bunbury, Robert B, Garbrick died suddenly in Jersey Bhore, of scule indigestion. de was born at Coleville forty five years ago, and spent his entire life in Bellefonte up until last summer, Mis. John Confer died at Jackson. ville, aged seventy-three years. Soe wae born at Howard. Bamuel Ewing died at State College ol the age of sevonly-one years, Robert Brennan died st State Col lege, of heart disense, sged eighty- eight years. ———————— A ———————— Coxey-Rothrook, Harold Coxey, a son of Mre. Naney Coxoy of Boalsburg, sud Miss Ma: jorie Rottirook, a deughiter of Mr. sud Mrs, H. OC. Rothhock of the same place, were married at the Lutheran parcons age in Bellefonte by Rev. W. M. B. Giandin «After the ceremony they Ifion a short we'!ding trip. They home jamt reek years, baud snd th at the of NO. 16_ TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS D. K. Keller was 8 business visiior in Lewisburg, last Thursday. Ed. ait Laird hae joined the army of cmoblile owners aud owns a five varseriger Ford car, Mites Orpha Gremley of Bpriog Mills waa the guest of her friend, Mis: Heleg B mew, on Saturday. 2 Mrs J. 8B. Getehell and son angwood epent a few days at the home of Mre Gelchell’s parents, Mr, and Mrs. Cyrus Brungart, aril wr MT. 8 iY G3 HW, Gramley, cashier of the Mill. g Co, last week purchae- ew six-cylinder seven-pissenger touring fre ireon helm Bank ad a 0 Reo the Car Ek BgeLCy Carpenters started on the framework f J Imyer’s uildicg, in Viillbeirn The ti t, and will ino the re Hrige pig store t msin room De 20x50 fee us Warehouse De bait ar in the future, A party of four Reedsville fis) ch ere trout 1 is the legal d to bez the turing 160 in ww 5 s Whi p Roe, reek prov El Voosda of Coburn met [Ee fms bi ad nt inal wibich Wee three fi wien 4 loans of v ae 1088 Of gars an i ! he gct sadly crushed, in 8 plane ii IsEe st advantage Gre ¥ ai Lhe 8 El y. al nig Pp Beg bs (iesr inery ischinery tia ore ces is being dismantled and the iron x 1 #2 junk. The m these mines wild #0} a century ago, » owned and operated {f years, LUmDer « Namuel Glogerich, while in Haturday siisck at « taken to the home where town wilh ber husband evening was seized with sn lenashan, a auld not vil United urg was d iro snd the wili Lewieat be the old a3 ia the gregation wil worship 48, Thursday local talent »y¥, “The High ¥ebool Grange Hall, The {into Lhe lressury y defray ex. surrent year, Ti iclun t 18 boys yg for Mou tain, in of WES Brush the vicinity discovered to be sfteruoon and in a tire mountain was cul a swath an 1 and was pol checked eached the toli gale in tke Narrows, Fire Warden lem Gramiey sud thirty or more nen fought ihe flames, Hundreds of wlonging to the parties were Madisont ure, Fanday a 2 ens ‘ afire on f n n ot § sores of timberland t Hiate and to destroyed A former good trout stream, run- ping from the Potter farm to Linden Hall, failed to even produce a ** bite’ fishermat on the openiog day. The protracted dry spell of the past fali and winter eatised this siream to freeze solid and residenta along its course say that buandreds of fine trcut were seen iylog dead along its banks when the ice passed away, Williama A. Magee came up from Philadelphia ou Baturday and spent a few days with bis family at the Huyett tome, He was scoompanied home on Tuesday by hie wife aud son Huyett. Mr. Magee remembered a number of hia relatives sud friends by presentiog them each with a choice shad which bad been taken io a shad bsul in the Delaware bay the evening before his arrival hete. There were fiveof them, all large, aud beyond a doubt the fresh. est fish of shat kind ever er jiyed by Centre Hall people, Miilbelsm is to have an evangelistic campaign, to be conducted by Evan gelist Paul Brown and party, of Haonibel, New York. Tbe campaign ® will opeg Msy 25th and contiuue for six weeks, A tabernacle with a seat- ing capacity of one thousand will be erected. An evangelistic committee was elected last week at a meetiog st the home of 8B. WW. Gramley, sa fol- lows : President, 8. W. Gramley ; seo retary, Rev. W. H, Willlame, and tressurer, P. H. Musser. The presi. dent was given suthorily to select ove or more assistants to set ne vice-presi- Millbelm t v {or will make their home iu Boalsburg. dents,
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