wae VOL. LXXXVIIIL. ATRIZ ZO TRE SOUTHLAND, The Workings of the Wonderful Looks In the Panama Usnal Minately Described, BY DR, H, P, BITNER PART 11 IN THE CANAL ZONE. Wednesday we arrived at Colon morning, April 21st, An early break. fast was served so that we left the ship at 7 a. m., after having passed the medi- In a party of four we automobile to take us t cal ingpection. hired an Gatun. A good road leading around hills and knolls covered with the rank- est vegetation, brought us to the great dam and the locks at Gatun. The dam crosses the Chagres river, from a hill on one side of the river to the Canal locks » other side. It is one hundred and five feet high, one and a half miles long, a half mile thick at its base: 300 feet thick at the water line and 100 feet thick at the crest. It took 22,000,000 cubic yards of material to make this dam The spillway, or place where the surplus water runs over the dam, pre- sented, when we were there, a magnifi- cent sight. A second Niag at once suggested. ira Falls was An immense volume of water tumbled down concrete base and sent in all directions. Th 1 small stream but a large river, situated square miles, Army accom- and explained ana ga facts stated above. We were fortunate rus the in reaching the locks just when we did, for a large ship was just entering the lower lock We saw the huge gates, weighing over 500 tons, open noise- any visible connec- opening machinery engines, two in front and ¢ entering ship pulled the ship into the first lock. The gates closed and a number of places s bottom of the behind the ship w lock seemed to open to le water in- to the lock. I counted six such places three on each side ; they seemed to be round and about ten feet in diameter. There may have been more, it was rain- ing at the time and we could not sce distinctly to any distance. The two that were fastened by cables to the rear of the L engines heavy ship stopped he ship when it was in the lock and prevented it from injuring the I'he water soon filled the lock and raised 3 gates, to the level of the water in the next lock. The next boat gates were then opened and the ship towed into the sec- ond lock. The three locks at Gatun raised the ship 85 feet above sea level and it can then sail thru the lake for 32 miles to the first lock on the Pacific side. The chanoel throush the lake is indicated by buoy carrying a lantern on post on the other. I'he ship sails thru between these two one side and a whit laotern shines upon the it visible. We tried to get pasiage on a ship going through the canal, but were unable to do so. Nothing but freight ships passed through during the two days we were there. The gates are so massive and the number of men and engines used so many that no small through by themselves. The fare is $1.20 per ton. If the ship we came on to Colon had passed through it would have cost over $4000. Small boats that want to go through wait at the entrance until a large boat enters, or there are enough small boats to make it worth while to open for them. The locks are large enough to accommodate several boats at the same time. All the gates are double, so that if one set breaks down or is out of order the other can be used. After seeing Gatun we took the Pana- ma railroad, now owned and operated by Uncle Bam, and continued our jour- ney along the canal to Panama, on the Pacific side of the Isthmus. We stop- ped at a number of places but did not Isave the observation car of the train. Most of the way the railroad runs paral- lel to the canal, but at the Culebra cut it turns to the left and after passing along and between low mountains it en- ters a tunnel at Goldhiil and emerges not far from the locks om the Pacific side. guides, the white post and makes boats can go ( 70 be Continued) ” ———————— A ————— Militons Will Have Roral Mall Service, Albert B, Burleson, postmaster general, .has announced that more than one milliowr more persons will get raral mall service before July 1 through extensions of routes without extra cost to the government. This will be se. complished through the elimination of duplications and unnecessary service. After July 1, by the motor vehlole service authorized by the last congress, rural mail facilities will be extended WHAT CONSERVATION MEANS, \ Forester Ludwig of Boalsbuarg Takes ¥xcep- tion to Article Coneoeruing Denudation of State Forest Lands, The following letter was received at this office and was written by Forester Walter D. Ludwig of Boalgburg, In which he takes exceptions to an article printed in these columns April 20th, concerning the cutting of timber by thestate off mountain lands which were taken over by the state for the The letter is 80 complete in itself that no further comment is necessary. purpoge of reforestration, The Editor, The Ceutre Reporter, Centre Hall, Pa, Dear Bir :— In last week's issue of your psper there ap peared an article entitled * De nuding State Landa’ to theefleet that the Ntate Forestry Department is being eriticised for cutting timber fom the “tate forests snd that when these lands were purchased it waa generally understood that the State intended to reforest the hill and wmouatsio sides, eto. Any criticism directed at the State Forestry Department for the cutting of timobér from the Biate Forests is made without a true knowledge of forestry practise and what conserva. tion means, CUdnservation of our natural resources means not the abso jute non-u=e of such resources but the wise use of the same ; snd forestry fe se branch of conservation. Nelentifie forestry means the continous! produc tion of a crop of trees on land which js for agriculture or grezing and is a business and must be conduet- od the same as any olher Fhe forest« must be put ino such con- dition that a perpetual crop of trees will be produced. As 8 merchant or ther business man sins to dispose of bis vodesirable stock, »0 must the forester dispose of those trees which are a detriment to the other trees. Aa the farmer cuts sand barvests his grain when ripe, #0 must the forester harvest his crop of trees wi en mature #0 thal he can produce another crop If the farmer allows his ripe grain to stand ton long in the field, it will decay sod be worthless I'reea grow, reach ma- urity and die and unless they sre cut when ripe tecome worthless for soy purpose, Generally trees should be cut when they have reached that point & here they Do longer return 8 reason. whie rate of interest on the luvestment, Is that pol purely a business propo. alitnn ? Who would continue to hold + $100 bond which hsd mstared and no longer bore any interegt 7 In Con. tinental Europe where forestry has reached ita hig est development an acre of Biate forest yields from $3 to $10 net snnually. Think of it, bese countries have been prectisiog scien tific forestry for hundreds of sears and they regulate the forests #0 that a crop of trees ls produced and cut each year pot sgliistia business Your article says further that |* was generally understood that the State purchased these mountaio lands to re. ro Verv true and how oan thia best be done? By allowing the trees to sland unul they fall down ! their struggle aminng esah other for light sod moist. are T Ceraluly pot. Or by catting stich trees ae have masitred or are #0 close and crowded together as to inter. fare with the growth and development of »1!7 Assuredly yes, As the farmer thins oul the beets, spinach and other garden vegetables 0 increase the growth of the remainder, 20 must the forester thin out the trees 80 as to give the young growth a chaoce Will auch cutting denude the State or other isuds? Until forestry principles were put in practise it was the general rule for lumbermen to remove ¢«verything, voung and old, leaviog nothing to re forest the land. The forester requires that some trees be left standiog, generally thors trees under a certain diameter as eight or ten inches, so that heas trees will grow and faronish a new crop to be harvested, There can be no practical forestry without regulated cutting of the tree. In time and under forest management nur State forests will be made to yield & net return per acre each year with. out reducing .or impairing the forest grewth, This is the end for which the Dapartment of Forestry is striving and no one need be alarmed that * there will be little left after the Blate's woodsmen leave the forests” Very truly yours, WALTER D. Lupwia, Forester, Boalsburg, Pa, May 3, 1915, py Mother's Day. Oo Funday evening Rev. R. R Jones in the Reformed eb urch deliver. ed a sermon appropriate to the day Mother's Day. The music was also of a character especially fitted to the oo. easion, and was furnished mainly by the junior element. The opening wae a qartette by Missea Verna and Ethel Rowe, Leon Emerick and Rebecca Kreamer. A tenor and alto duet and chorus by Mr. and Mre 8, 8, Kream er, Mra, John H. Pufl and William Boozer, with Mise Rebecca Kreamer a8 mccompanist, was later rendered as was also a chorus. Each pumber was greatly evjoyed and wes the cause of favorable comment. In his sermon Rev. Jones scoom. plished his aim to elevate mother hood. He oalled attention to the gen- eral rising level of woman, and gave her first place in Christendom, He regretted the attempt of the florists to commercialize the day, and made it p'ain that one’s mother could be honor ed without a hot-house bouquet on the lapel. —————— SS eat Lom from decay oF dis to many adaitional persons. Frog am for commencement, ing at eight o’clock. ment speaker will be Prof. J. T acted in that capecity in ful and entertaining speaker. program follows : PROGRAM. Overture by Bellefonte High School Orchestra Grand March fuvocation wen BY, W, H, Williams M Baiutatory Music e Oration wn Larrie Bweetwood William Balley Music r Rover Mu Mary Dinges sentation of I ediction CLASS DAY PROGRAM This i Thursday ) evening the Arcadia. The program follows ; Class Fiay, ** Why Farewell Song ————— ———— Heformeds to Have Fips Organ, A pipe organ wil] bs inetalled io Trinity Reformed Cente Hall, ss soon as the congregation de- cides on the make of instrument de sired, shred church, The thought of possessing a pipe organ has long been cherished by the Reformed congregation but the secur. ing of sufMicient way. A communication to Andrew Carnegie, however, resulted in ing notice that the philanthropic Sontechman would be ready to donate funds stood in the receiv. §750 provided tne congregation would contribute an equal amonat. At the meeting on ¢ Friday eveniog It was urd that sufficient money had piedged to make the pipe organ s possibility. The Reformed chureh is also consid. ering installing with the addition of two ime provements this church will be one of the finest to be found any where ip a town of equal sige, been purchesse of a electric lights and these teint i Centre County Plenle at Phlladeiphia The directors of the Centre County Association of Philadelphia held » meeting May 3d and deciced to hold the next annual plenic on the thivd “sturday of June, { June 19th J. A committee consisting of Ira D Garman, tion Chas, R. Kurtz, Dr. B, Gray Mattern and: Dr, John CO. © Beale, met the Philadeiphia City Council Committees and made a plea to have the Liberty Bell stop at Belle fonte on its trip to the Pacific Cosst io July and duriog the Home Week celebration, Dr J.C. C. BeaLE, Bec. fs fp» Country Clab Knocks Out Hooze The Board of Governors of the Clin. ton Country Clab al a meeting last week voted to so amend the by-laws as to do away hereafter with the serv. iog of intoxiesting liquors at the Club. Although in the past beer only was served and comparatively little drink- ing was done, the action taken places the club for good and all on the “dry list, The sentiment of the stockholders se to their wishes in the matter had been sounded, and these returns showed an overwhelming desire for the abolish- ment of the sideboard. All those who favered making the ciab dry made known their views, whi'e In a great many cases the known tobe * wen!’ falled to evince encugh interest to ree spond for or agsicat it, A. uN —— Examination for MoAllister Scholarship, The examination for the MeAllister freshman scholarship in the Penpeyl- vauin State College will ‘be given, for Centre county, at the College, under the direction of the faculty, June 10 and 11. The examination is open to both sexes and, se heretofore, will comprise English grammar and come position, American history, algebra and plane geometry. Discovered Speakeasy, The State College Times says it ls in possession of evidence, that were it placed before the district attorney or government officials, would send the party to tre penitentiary for » term of years, ‘This party hes been running a speakeasy for some time in town and has beer: furnishing lgoor to young wien a8 well aa regular booze, atelier mains MifMlinburg Is considering the mat. to cost between $5,000 and $6,000, BOALSBURG HIGH sOHOOL, Holds Gradaat'ng Exercires Wednesday Evening for Ulnss of Thre, does an better exist than ip In no rural section eduestionsl sentiment Harris township, with Boslsburg se the educational centre I'he schon hoard in this townships has long had representative citizens on it whose chisf quaiification for that particolsr office wae their belief in eduecstion, st the same time etanding guard over the financial ir of sll eoncerved— vet at no time in the past has dollars been the ruling fagtor ft js surprising thst millage Harris township haa been duct a Townabhi YEAr Course mixed schools throug On Wednesday evening of lsat week Wan the % exoarciser nf the atid wus of fowns! tereats recent abile to cone High =chool togeiher hout the distriot three with all} Harris ip's pride ne B hie class cons ine jos Tissen [da Meg Wieland, snd Efwina Wie quitted flee style toatl not onl sppisuded them most heartily, Fpeaker was obliged U soehnol whom Be themselves in thelr sudden win rnen cement epeak of their manner snd performance ins way thst much more than the com: graduates on such ocossicn*, of thelr successes, mesnt to his ount will be found the f In this ac relasses, numbering elevel respeotivels The ym BP Prarances, thie maint and Fhe exercises were formed chutch, which stream of water having ila souroe Leck of Tussey Mounisio within the limite of iarge audi i was Ih @ Appian stirack up a tumich Lo and harness d 3 ues B mIsUUTY nied time he ; Ww pale stepped up the sis . t Fords a Dt sim } lassen, who On 146 tasio ont of the apditotiom seprratsd the Principal, Miss G tpemters of the pass between them 10 Lhe siage Following them Catee Bev, { oS. stover, and Prof. J. T. Marshimsn, the commencement speaker, who alo took seats 00 the rostrum, ard then came the members of Lhe school board, who were sea'ed to the left, snd the under classes filed into seats 10 thelr Tear. be invocation by the pastor of the eongrs gation whose chu'chh Wee 00 cupied was followed by a selection by the orchestras, and then Mies Ida segner delivered the saluiatory. After welcoming hersuditors, Mie Ids Begner proceeded with her oration on the “HBign of the Red Cross’ which she defined se ‘the peopic's help for suflerivg through wmiiliary necessities’ Io deference to Bwiizeriand, whose people were instrumentsl in orgsoi- zing the society, the Red Cross was made the reverse of the flag of that country—a flag of red field sod white cross. It was Clara Barton who was the first American interested in the Red Crosse, and this in 1868, while in Geneve, sixty years after the treaty hed been signed by the lesdine nations of Europe. Beclnning in 1877, Mies Barton put forth every effort al the National Cspital with the result that President Garfield recommended the Red Cross in hie first message to Cone grees, Io 1882 President Arthur carried out the wishes of the mariyred president, when the Geneve (realy was signed, The Red Cross societ” sime to eliminate needless cruel sud old time barbarity, and to reader neutral and exempt from cap'ure all disabled soldiers. Among the wounded it recognizes uo difference of nations or esuse, but only the fact that they sre human and in tiouble, “The Modern Girl” was the rub. jsot developed by Miss Rebekah Wielaud., To her the modern girl was not the woman who watched the animal ekine piled up in the corner while her Jord hunted ; nor she who lived in flower strewn ApsTtiments ny wae sung to by knights ; nor she who, in time ot Levis XIV, wan ela: orately gowned, and dsuced and sang, snd wetted ae pretly brainless dolls the toys of a plessure lovibg gener. ation, but the girl who stands on the hill top of opportunity, fearless, confi dent, self-assured, The modern girl ts taking her place today in the fie of Htersture and art, of music sand soulptifre, and the world has conquer ed {ta prejudices just about enougn to recognize {ts woman genius without a vielble snd uncomplimentary sure prise " permitted | and the gradusiing glam (0 ker was oareful to em ain oh at tht + hOFOIMDY CTS 41 tender and sweet woman of today exercises a influence over the next generation the question of equal suffrage will | solved. These lines by Kmereon placed Hughby Hebhool, England, by Miss iwration on Edwing Wieland In “ Dresms While,’ 1 Wort} CX DreEss 8 | ng from the bis her As wer to higher | ‘ { raisl 8 niiner | great manufacturing | England : Isasc Newton {8 OOF unt BEUND IND Lhe pclenoe « We shia hearts we leave behind (30d." an On closing her oration, Mi land spoke words of gratitude ir to the citizens, the board prineipal, and to the inder and class mates encouragement, { high esteem in which the princi i held by pupils and patrons pressed ino the reference made to sry £3 1811 Lilies < were #] Here w wisdom, your ise] } AU, w Botiling Works in Operation vereq file manage and his » ely on is have already ure tiade to becoming satis quality of inten waler or Ay ve Lroua basis of it, CRN. ny where snd this will ling point 10 es VEL I'he clean surrcund- busines are lellan’s new ihentire ew € manu the pro- wad to none Will Heid Court in Church, The Juoe terin of Boyder ¢ court will very likely be held in « ants ne of the local churches as exlensive repairs unty court bouse will make the struciure about to be meade upon the c¢ unavailable for use duriog the greater part of the spring and summer, Final approval has been given to the project of court house remodelicg at an ap. proximate cost of $1800. The Cen tral hotel bas been rented by the coun ty commissioners to provide quarters for the court house officers during the period of renovation Iuciuded in the specifications are a new front to the building, an exten. sion to the rear, fire proof vaults spd steel filing cases and alterations to the flaor of the court room. More commodions quarters will thus be provided for the grard and petit juries and the attorneys. s———————————— A NOVEL INTRODUUTION, Dr, Howard Co, Makes a Spreoinl Price, The Dr. Howard Company have en. tered into an arrangement with H, A. Dodson drug #tore, by which a special iutroductory offer will be made of 25 cents on the 50 cent size of their ce'e. brated specific for the cure of constipa- tion and dyspepsia. Headaches, coated tongue, dizziness, ges on the stomach, specks before the eyes, constipation and all forms of ma laria and liver trouble are soon cured by this solentific medicine, H. A. Dodeon has been able to see cure vuly a limited supply, so every one who wishes to be cured of dyspep- sia or constipation should oall upon him st once or send him 25 cents by mail snd get 60 doses of the best med) cine ever made, on this special haif price introductory offer, with his per sonal gusrantee to refund the money if the specific does not cure, UMS ASAIN be of a mal ll be color, to 1 | FROM ALL PARTS | i g . . ¢ i i Mise Mae Musser is the new clerk in i fiilheim postoffice, succeeding | Guy 3 dellefonte Central railroaa je g & gasoline ear to Pine Grove week a ‘chon days are over and we m Ty day durirg the he large cssh in I'hat much cannot je under fever with ie suflering near Wii Berve = Mra Margaret Hartawick mother of Adam and Newt ; Was siricken wilh paraiyeis of her body se beiog uf- in rather iis being part of the head design. It 1 by 8 black » reverse side has = and dian's esr f of ¥¢ design while the genuine bill is £. Hnyder, who was moved Evaugelical Conference from urg, pres i baccsizureale sermon 10 the grados- t ting class of the | hed the ga school at that place, Sunday a week sgo. ** The ser- { Was 8 i i toasts rpiece,”’ : spyder Ucuntiy News. ’ BRys be | now appears that Coble, Pleasant™ Ug posimuaslier, was not mil, B8 Was reporied, though a Pleasant young mal was subpoenaed to appesr in the court at Gap Sun. indictment K. 8. Ripka, scoompanied by his father, A. C. Ripks, made his first shioe-businese rip in bis car Wednes- dey and Thursday of lasi week, when he worked the Lock Haven district. Mr Ripsa is oue of Hamilton Brown's eiar salesmen and since he bass adopts ed the latest mode of travel will be abie to cover his territory in a shorter time, which means more time for him with his family bere. G. E. Hsarler, while engaged in working corn ground for G, E. Ho- man, ou the latter's farm pear Mill helm, met with sn sccident which migutl have proven more serious than it did. Io unhbitching the team at the poon hour he rode ope of the animals and while descending » steep hill in the field the other animsl fell, causing ite mate to do likewise. Naturally, Mr. Harter was thrown to the ground and he fell io such a manner that his head became wedged under the horse's body. While in this precarious posi tion he displayed good jodgment in handliog the team and escaped with a few bru'ees. John Keene arrived in Centre Hall Thursday sfternoon from Edwards. burg, Michigan, and st the present time is at the home of his sister, Mrs, John H. Horner, near Tusseyville. It is juel twenty-three years sinoe his last visit ensl, sand s8 would be naturally supposed, time has made many changes in hie sight. Mr, Keene was born at Colyer sixty-six years ago and when a young man heeded Horsce Greeley's advice and went west, sets tiling in Michigan where he found work as a oarpeuter. He followed this occupation all hie life and did considerable contract work, building up to a great extent the town which e calle home. Many years ago he beiit himself a sabstantisl but the home has been robbed of ite
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