VOL. LXXXVIIL Giddi { VALIFORNIA V8, PENNSYLVANIA, FPonns Valley Has Far Greater Beauties, Says Woman With Warm Heart for Ula Home State. —~Takes a Shot at Corn Mlory. Editor Centre Reporter ~— The Reporter arrives here Tuesday morning, and I am always so glad got it that I read it from the first word to the last, before it gets out of my hande. The first thing I noticed was where my old friend and teacher who taught me about this state of Californis, in the little brick school house at Tusseyville, rises up in arms agaipst me, I don’t dispute his word as to the height of the corn grown here, or at Petelande, but says nothing about the pest, and I don’t there is one farmer in all Pennayl- vania but who would not rather walk along the rows to husk than to ride horseback and busk, [I have twenty, yee, 8 thousand and twenty, to believe been and I have failed to any I have seen in home, old friend Runkle will must adm't that it grow fruiis and vegetables from irrige- tion that have the rich flavor those which are grown from the rain that comes in due seasor, unusual thiovg to hear and if my be honest he § is impossible to people potatoes would come,’ are dry and the ap:les are juiey. my Pennpsylvania friends here will be honest they will say who live have not had a good sweet potato since they are here, This certainly a beautiful country, and fine climate, | but I wish any one person could sho me one thing in all Califor is wi! ia that where A. N. Runkle longs so much to | ger, and on top of the mountain at | Centre Hal’, and look over Penns Val-| ley. (Look at what?) Thos wo | fislds in which one would not be able] to find wheat a8 © the emasllest insect; snd those | fields that almost 3 3 velo richness and beauly ; aud then “id Tussey'’ loom beauty not only to al natural springs with walter cold One up in : gy! : be beautifal 100K -~Lhose | ng ice on the hottest day. has all buckleberries he or variety of nu Holomon i reyed Where wil Bie f just for iy Tussey ”’ one find o r eal, a an e pickiog. | th was not 1 hi go all hia gi anr- e * old al i WEE more besutiful than the Never Go de Tun ser Millbeim avd take the tains yon to a little The rich od and hl - pit water Arro Or guj t fp both medicine to the soul and body spd | don't t we'd give! her natural spricyg, if she could, the wealth of Californie. I love my Californie, but our Penpsy.vania better MARY ELLEN Lo Los Angeles, Cal., June 23, 1815, r from Lthioss © that stream of ia elieve Bellefonte we love —~it is homer, LR Potter Twp. Teachers Elrcted At a meeting of th Potter ship school board, at Centre Hil’, urday afternoon tow? al , the following ts ers were elected for the coming term : Potters Milla grammar, Charles Smith ; primary, Elizabeth Bitner. Certre Hil', Mary Byers, Plum Grove, Thomas Moore. Pine Stump, Alfred Crawford. Earlsstowr, Cora Luesr, Manor Hil', Mary Nell. Tuseey ville, Martha Douty. Tussey Bink, Mary Slutterbeck, Colyer, George Harter, Fleisher's Gay, lizabeth Flelalier, Pine Grove, Hertha Miller. ( Not accepled.) ach a—r————— Hartis Twp. Elveols Taachere, At a meeting of the school board of Harris township, held on Saturday, the following teachers were elected for the coming term : Boalsburg, high schoo’, Miss Marg- aretta Giobeer, of Boslsburg ; eighth grade, Chester K. Letimar, of Lan- caster ; grammar, KE. HH. Williame, of Boalsburg ; primary, Miss Margaret Bingamar, of Beavertowp, Rock Hil', H. M. Hostermap, Walnut Grove, John D. Patterson, Shingletowr, Prof. (*, W, Johnstor- beugh, of Pine Grove Mille, A ———_ Plensant Gap Defeats Boab burg, Oa their new baseball diamond, on the Noll addition, Pleasant Gap d¢- feated Boalsburg for the second time on Baturday afternoon by the score of 11 to 5. Pleasant Gap had several new men in the line-up snd have now a team of ball tossers who put up a creditable game, They are snxious to meet suy team in the county. Iu Baturday’s game Pleasant Gap gathered thirteen hits off Bhat!, the Boslsburg twirler, while Lose and Hassinger allowed only sever. The bitting order waa as follows : Pleasant Gap—Soldi, 20 ; Miller, 1b; Bhelley, wn; Viedorfor, If ; Wier, 8%; Hassing- er, ¢; Gonizel, of ; Kerstetter, rf; Lose, p. Bomwsburg--Houtz, 2b; Thoww, ¢; Bhatt, p; Stover, If; Lytle, 10; Luoer, of ; Ishler, ss; KR. Gulde for County Campaign, The following calender of important days in the coming primary and gen- eral election campaigos has been pre- pared by Commissioner's clerk Meyer. July 2—First legal date signatures to Primary Petitions for County and Borough and Township Officers can be obtained, Theee petitions will not be {issued by the County Commissioners before July 2. July 13-—Last day for Borough Clerks and Becretary of Road Supe:- visors, Fchool Boards and Poor Ove:- seers to file with the County Commie- list of offices to be filled in their respective d July of Common- wenith to send County Commissioners names « f to be voted for, July 20 and 21-- Assessors sit at poll- place gloners istriets, 20 ~Heoretary candidates in and townp- and revise Primaries, registering the primaries, -Linat day to be assessed ing boroughs to register voters party enrollment for | Thesn are the Inst days for ships {ino order to vole su t i : 1 i 1 July 2] |v to te at Primary Election, i July 22—As } i | i Be i Br essors return Duplicate (etry List to County Commission- re. July 27-—Last day to publish Prim- | ary Proclamation. August 24 —~ Last day to file Primary itions with rot Ps tary of wealth, August i Petitions i t Officer, Au 1 and re 8it ut polling | SECT Common 31—Last day to file Primary in County y Commissioners’ rijat 1 borough Neptember isco in and townships to revise voting liste. mber 1-—Lsst days to be ssse:- td to vole at November Election. A 88 List to County Comm is- Heptember 2 ssors return Origi- Last day to pay taxes Primary mw. to 7 lection, en from 7 a. $ t day to pay taxes to | » at November lection, x November 2-November Electior ars from 7+. w. Lo 7 p. tp Mt Oldest Odd Fellow Dead J BIN 6s Taylor Lauttor, of Pittsburgh aged eights 4 ¥ to and be slate, ssid the oldes d Fellow in the from inst at returned ITINIRG Ler HMOOOO0S vacation Iheim's store keej - ied Lo elo d Friday evenings of each i elock. #¢ their store on ri I re, J. Paul of Rearick Williame- ck of Jersey Shore of their spent a few days at the home mother, Mrs, Mary Rearick, left for Biate where she will rge of a fraternity bouse dur- mer school period, J Bhe unpanied by Miss Margaretta Misa Rebecca Derstine ‘ollege or take chs ing Was 1 Batard the sam 8 os Treesler, M {aves and Helen Arney, aud Mre. A. Miles New York, Mary deughtera of Mr. Arney, of Niagara Falls, sccompsnied their grandfathe:, B. H. Arpey, home Friday and will spend a short vacation here, The the new ground were dynamited this and the land cleared for the erec- tion of the big in which Evangelist Paul Brown will open his campaign on the 13h ine’. school week sitmps on tabernacle Heven coaches snd two engines were required to carry school teachers over the local branch to Stale College on Monday for the opeving of the teachers’ summer courses, More than nive hundred teschers are atltening the schoo! Two farms near Madisonburg were sold recently. The Limbert farm of 148 acres was sold to Willlam H. Liw- bert, one of the helrr, who has ocou- pied the farm for a vumber of years, for $4210. A. A. Frank, of Millheimr, bought the Harvey Miler heirs’ farm, for $8,225, J. O. Stover of Reedsville was in town Saturday, haviog returned from State College where he conveyed by carriage Misses Ruth and Dorothy Kelle y and Miss Ella Batler, all of Roedaville. The ladies are public school teachers nud will take the sum- mer course at State, Among the political announcements in this week's issue will be found the names of Ww, H. Nol’, Jr, snd Dac- fel A. Grove, candidates for County Commissioners. The tax payers of the county have reason to be corngratuiat- ed on the fact that Messrs. Noll and Grove have consented to assume again, If elected, Lhe very exacling responsi- Coxey, 3b; H. Coxey, 1. bilities of this office for another term, CENTRE Hall Satarday, J. O, Deininger, one of Centre Hall's oldest and most highiy respected citi- zens, passed to the beyond early Thursday moruing of last week, at the home of his daughter, Mie. James E. Stewart, st New Bloomfield, Perry county. Last February be sustained s light paralytic stroke, and for a week preceding his death be grew weaker gradually, Mr. Deininger had plao- ned to return to Centre Hall on Fri- day, after an absence of nine monthe, but fate decreed otherwise, and instead his dead body was conveyed in an auto hearse to the bome of his daughter, Mre, Lucy Henney, where funeral services were conducted Baturday morning at ten o'clock and interment made at Centre Hall, Rev, F, H, Fos of the United Evangelical chureb, of- ficiating. Thus passed away one of Centre Hall's landmarks, 8 man who did much toward the msterial growth of his howe towr, Buarviviog him are t*o daughters and a sor, namely, Mre. Lucy Henney, OC. F, Deininger, Centre Hall; Mre, James E, Btewart, New jloomfield One brother, A. O Deinioger, of Hughesville, five grand- ehildren snd one great-grandcehild, also survive, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Womele- Mr. Deininger was born in orf, Berke Cr., Penr., April of August E, Deinioger, natives of ( His grandfather, Christian i was & man of edueation, and, as was customary in the Lutheran in those dayr, served 8 echool teacher, and that was a ealaried position he earned his living that way. August E. Deininger was boro in 1797, and io 1518 came to He was Pennsylvanie, and for a time supported family at the weaver's trade, but subscquently fo lowed stone cutting aod the marble [1 the winter of 1543 slaried with his wile and children snd Youngman {now MifMlinburg) sod Herlin the sled iu which they journesy- ed stuck in the snow and thereby delayed for a day. property followed 17, 1830, i RO IErNany. Jeininger, church an Ra in America to try his fortune, married in his business, hie for balween Millhe Xr, town New they ware The father Millhelnr, of life. Ver, bth Millheim cemetery. He was a slanch Democrat in politics never sought office. He hela membership in the Evangelioal and was a8 member of its board of trustees, Five of his children disd in infspcy, snd those who resch- ed mature years were: Anns Maris, widow of Jacob Keer, of Miliheim ; C. F., n= mioister of the Evangelical churel, who died In Yorr, Peon.; Jonathan O.; P. O., a prioter and marble desler, who diea in Millbeitm ; and August O., of Hughesville, Pent- syivania, Jonathan O. Deininger acquired his education in the school near his home, vut ilioess prevented his continuous atiendance. Atl the age of seventeen he began the trade of cabinet! making in Millbeiw, and served a two-years' spprenticeship under John Poormar. He worked from daylight until dark, and often in the winter months cop- tinued his Iaborse by the light of a candle. In compensation for his services he received $15 per year, and was allowed two weeks time during the harvest eenson that he might earn extra money on the farme, After his apprenticeship he worked for three years 88 a journeymar, mostly in Bellefontr, snd then began business on his own sccount at that place. Later he carried on a shop of his own in Mililhelm, and in Apri), 1856, re- moved to Centre Hall, locating on the present site of Kreamet's store, where he purchased a small shop and in the same building maintained his resi- dence and carried on business until 1857. He then erected s home on the site of the postoffice. He carried on cabloet making until 1873, when he sold out and established the first hard- ware business in the town. Mr. Deininger was marricd October 14, 1852, in Bellefonte, to Miss Anps M. Neiman, who was born in Berks county, Penn., Beptember 2 1831. Her parents, William and Barbars ( Kinnell) Neiman, came to Centre county when she was six years of age, journeying in a large cosl wagon. They made their home near the Valer- tine Works, and ber father engaged in hauling coal from Boow Bhoe to that well-known furnace, U'wo years after their arrival he was killed by a coal wagor, and from that time until her marringe Mre, Deinioger lived among sirangere, the first home that she could remily call her own beivg the little one in Millhelwr, to which she went ae 8 bride. Mr. Deiulnger at that time had only A CR MS AR A purchased ¥ where in he the business the sge of seventy being ioterred in tut churek, Coutinued st foot of next column.) i THURSDAY. JU Tells of Eurly Duys ln West, The following interesting account of with his parent's to the west many years age, appeared in the Freeport ( Ill.) Bulletir, and ie printed in full I was born in Potter tywnehip, Cen- tre county, Pe., on Auy, 7, 1838, About the 1st of June, 18458, 1 sterted with my father and mother and one elster for Btephenson county, Illinois, our objective polut being Freeport, which was then but a village. We were on the road sbout five weeks, with a horse and wagon and a heavy load. The horse was of some twenty hundred weight, Father walked all the way. He was six feet tall and weighed 180 pounde. Our poor old horse Mike went to the great beyond many years age. When we reached Chicago we found that bundreds people were dying from that dreadful disease cholere, which of the old settlers remember, When we got on the west side of Chieage, then came the tug of road, no bridges, no churches, of Boe will War—no rail- schoolhouses, no no big stores, one-hores We had back to miles for fo and groceries with ox teams, at that We had a stony hard life for about four yearr. Part of the we had Johpny RIOCerier, 10 go Chicago 120 ur and eat | nothing to ut galt, at that, fhe first school } iittle log cabin 14 by 1 Buckeye, I went to school lot ® went Lo was 8 of chunk of Johnny cake, and still learned to spell ** Halifax."’ blue drilling psuts and =» little hat that had no top to it, When my father and gone I had to paddle my own cans over Lhe stormy billows of this einf rid. 1 glraw Ww have now been going inten I until I sm called awn; d Iams not tired of it ye! to do ty loving muar. 1 love our countrs my i schools and our free institution though they threaten:d gory vultures of foreign lands, can do is to the «Wine love Redeemer ; love our A are by the] sll wel leave matter io ' N my rood bye, Wins . ——— tte hands of an sl (ot w srd for ail time to co love ri native land. 1 ZERRY. TAM Fenn Sta'e Feels Cramped In his ual board of trustee an #inlement 1 ¥ President Hparks the Penpeyivanuia Mate Collegr, eribed the predicament in whicn the of the legisisture to make appropris- tion for new buildings. He estimated that at least 500 s!odents would be re fused admission in the next two years for lsck of classroom and laborstory space. His appeal to the sudience to insist upon Pennsylvania provid- ing » permanent source of income for the college of the tate as js done in nearly thirty States in the Union was enthusiastically applauded by the commencement gueslr, —————— Signs Mast be Hemoved Instructions sre being sent out to ail men employed by the State High way depariment to destroy all signs along the roads in Penusylvanis. Under a law, which seems almost to have been [orgotter, signe of all descriptions may not legally be erect. ed or maintained along any road in the Biate, whether state highway, county or township road. Employes are being told to tear down all sigus that may be fastened on trees, poste, boulders or fences slong roads. Tunousands cf signs are painted on fences and the instructions are to paint over these, Under the law such advertisements are illegal unless the fences or poste are back of the property line. No eatimnte has been made of the pum- ber of signe unlawfully placed, but it ia believed that the number runs into many thousandr, A A A HSN Ko Paper Sew Week, Next week being the week of the Glorious Fourll, no paper will be fe sued from this office. This fe a time honored custom and is almost a uni- versal one among country newspapers where the boss canrot hand the job over to another while he takes hie wel'-3arned vacation sa ls done in the metropolitian officer. Therefore the pext lmue of the Reporter will bear the date of July 15th, {Continued from previous column.) $20 in money. About a year previous his shop in Bellefonte was destroyed by fire, which left him in very limited circumatances ; but his diligence enabled him to surmount all difficul- tier, and { he steadily worked his way npward to, prosperity. He erect” od the store root in which Kreamer & Sou sre now dolog business, and nas probably put up more bulidings NO. 26 SPRING MILLS, BB; CENTRE MALL, 3, Poor Work in Field sod st Hast Kesponsible for Loss—Corman Pitches Effsctjvely, The Centre Hall baseball team play- od few worse games than it did st Bpriog Mills last Thursday and cop- sequently met a bad defeat. Beore, 8-3. A large crowd erjoyed the way the home team avenged themeelves of the defeat they met at Centre Hall a few weeks ago. Thursday's game was on the occasion of the commupity picnic which was beld in Fisher's grove, gouth of Penn Hall, The after- poou was ideal for picknicking ss well ns for ball plsying. Christie Bmith's orchestrs, from Bellefonte, enlivened the occasion and eyeryoue appeared happy and gay. Centre Hall started gaoe--the first inning—to give an exhibition of how the patiousl game be played and filled the error column to a greater extent than tunes’ and early in the should not columne, Because only errors of commission are the the eight »only a faint idea of the the hits’ charged under mispiays giv rules, enemy from tiallylog unearned A comparison of hits shows that the winpers made only two more O! their eight is earned rune, than the losers, runs no more by clean Hall, In eixth, did the us, In that they filled the bsses afler one band was down and scored two Boring Mil re FF, Lhe only one Innis itors sppear danger Bes #101 rape. or Bpring Mille and had the ‘gost’ TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Lewistown is in the grip of typhoid fever epidemio, We are entering upon the second half of the year 1915. Robert Snyder of Btate College is painting the residence of Frank Gfrerer, Mies Edna Martz of Altoona is visit- ing relatives in Centre Hall and Tue- sey ville. Richard Brooks was to Altoona on Baturday snd returned home driving a new Dodge touring car. Mise Leura Runkle returned from Buffale, New York, last week, after sen absence of glx months or more, Mir. Eliza Btover of Bellwood gpent several days last week at the home of Mr. and Myre. J. C. Rosemar, depart- ing on Baturdsy for Millbheim, The big cut in appropriations the Governor made last week hes resulted in the laying off of a hundred or more employees in the various s ate depart- mente, Clerks and stenographers suf- fered most, While driving to church BSuodsy morning, John H., Weiser, of near Tuesey ville, observed a fine deer in the grass field on the Harry McClellan fare. The deer eeampered off in di- rection of ** Old Tussey.” Bhipmenis of the hunters’ license tage, which are to be worn on the { several of the batters of the visiting | i good eflect a short 4 i The ru game team by using to but fast outlcurve. ber day afternoon during the Odd Fel- celebration, x showing the details day's game, follows : uw he } f Thurs FCOTe, wry t 3 AA Two b ire Dawe hi Ha 4 Bradiord 4 s———— tps Fimte Grange at State College. Al an execulive committee meeting of the Penusylvania BSiate Grange at Williamsport and which was stlendsd by Psst Master John F. Dale, of State College, it was decided to bold the pext annual meet- ing of the slate tody in State College during the week of December 21. The sessions will be held in the Auditorium and will continue from Tuesday until Fbureday. Centre county graonges were anxious have Lhe meelinge beld bere, believing thet much good might result therefrom. Certain it ie that the grange could find po belter place than that of State College inss- much as the state institution of agri- culture and spplied industries is looat- ed there. It will bring bundreds of progreseive farmers whe, perbapr, will eee for the first time the great work % hich the institution is doing and be sfforded an opportunity of making a thorougn investigation of its useful- ness (0 the farmers of the slate. State College will welcome the slate grange and do ali it can to make the delegates feel perfectly at home during their sc- jouro in its magnificent homes, i i —— “Neo Orinking."” Orders for State Militls, Drinking among the state militia while in camp has been tabooed by the state government and for tep days moderate aud habitoal drinkers will have to take to the walter wagon or suffer court martial. Orders issued from the military department slate that the use or eale of intoxicants, ex- cept in extreme cases of ilinesr, is posi- tively forbidden while the National Guard is in camp. The company commissaries have heretofore carried Inrge quantities of boowe sand during the ten days’ encampment the men have overindulged owing to the esay acoess of the ' material that cheers.” Members of thé commissioned and nor-2ommissioned staff of the oom- mander-in-chief will report at Mount Gretna on July 10, and remain on duty until July 17, General orders have also been issued that the annual rifle competition for 1915 will be held on the state range at Mount Gretne, commencing August 190i. recently held to MI ASPET Are you coming to Centre Hall on sleeves of hunters when in the field, will made from the Biste Game Commission offices to Lhe treasurers of various counties within a short time, Mrs. Rose DeWoodieand J. J. Arney sre two slumnpi of Lhe Pine Grove Mills Academy whose names were not mentioned in last week's issue, Mrs. DeWoodie contemplates being present at the reunion duriog Old Home week in Bellefonte, be Blrawberries were sold by hocksters ou the sireel Issel week at the usual price of two boxes for a quarter despite the fact thet they sresald to be more plentiful this year than ever snd are selling io the esstern part of the state for five and six cents per quart, Matthias Gardner, son of Prof. and Mrs, Frank D. Gardner, of Biate Co’- lege, has entered Lhe Anpapolis Naval academy. He will take a four year course and upon its completion will spend two years st ser, visiting the ports of the world during the naval cruise, Daniel Bmitlh, who makes his home with hie uncle and sun’, Mr. and Mire, Daniel Daur, was taken to the Lock Haven hospital on Friday where he bed his tonsils removed the same day. The iad stood the operation well and returned home immediately following tf John D. Lucas and force of carpen- ters are busily engaged on the James I. Thompson home, pear Btate Col- lege, on the cite where a few years ago a Thompson home was destroyed by fire. The building will be a handsome ope and will require three monthe longer to finish. Oui -lown relatives who sttended the funeral of J. O. Deininger were Mr. and Mre, James Stewart and sons Clement and Herbert, Paul McKeenan, A. P. Nichol and sor, of New Bloom- fleld; William Bhoop, Bellefonte; Mr.and Mre, D. L. Zarby, Mr. and Mre, John Keer, Mr, and Mre. W. E. Keer, of Millheim. Health Commissioner Dr. Bamuel (G. Dixon has msde arrangements for the state-wide distribution of tetanus antitoxin for use following ivjuries re- sulting from Fourth of July celebrs- tions. The antitoxin is furnished free of cost to those too poor to buy and in Centre county the distributing point is Green's Pharmacy, Bellefonte. A new Cole sight-sylinder oar al- tracted considerable attention when T. (. Bartges stopped on the diamond and unloaded almost a dozen passes- gers after makiog as hort trial rue, Sat- urday evening. The car is for demon- strasing purposes and Mr, Barliges has the sgency for it in this district. The Cole has power, and plenty of it. No hill requires the shifting from high to low gear, even when loaded to its full capacity. Its many distinctive fes- tures and its beauty were admired by a throng se it stood silent by the rosd- side, The Reporter was pleased {0 have a call from J. OC. Hostermap, editor of the Millbeim Journal, and his brother, A. O. Hosterman, of Coburr, on Sal urday sfterncor. Shop talk engaged a balf hour's time during which par- fod the Milibeim publisher inspected the Reporter's new quarters. The brothere, together with Mre. O. M. Small, Jean Hosterman, and Lester BR. Hosterman were ob ihelr way bome from Bellefonte where they visited Mre, Hainer, of Asronsbarg, a sister of the Hostermans, who ia in than soy other man in Centre Hall, the 8rd? the Bellefonte hospital.
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