*VOIL. LXXXIX. SEERING FRANCHISE » IN STATE COLLEGE, Two Street Rallway Companies Would Give + Service in That College Town, ~Lounctl *low!y on Matter, 11 atter of street 1ailway service for Hiate Uollege is now engaging the thought of the coucecll in that bor- ougl, end since several companies ave asked for a franchise to operate there tle borough fathers are unde- cided as to which would prove the Letter ir the way of service, The fol- lowing is taken from the State College Times ; i bree months age, D. 8B. Mullin, of Fittsbury, formerly of State College, represen: ing Bepnator Chae, H. Kline, Attorney C. A. Waldsmith, Attorney W. H. Kimberland, and others, of Pittsbury, appeared before the borough council of Biante College asking for a franchise to operate a street rail#ay in the borcugi, the line to extend to Lempunt., The matter came up asain in council two mouths sgo. Again it was continued over, At the meeting March 3'd ap ordinance wes read and chapges were made and it was decided to hold =n sadjourved meeting Bator- day afterunoon for consideration of the ordinance, HNsturday afternoon the ordinance was read, voted upon and unaopimously carried granting permis- sion to the company —Penn State Rail- Way corpapy—to South Allen gtreet, Biuver avenue, Burrows street and Wes: Coilege avenue, The ordi- nance was subject to the approval of the borough licitor as to legal phraseology. And another adjourned meeting was agreed upon for Tuesday evening. Then t lege as a apparent, Huntiog i ile # ¥ ii — £ use e importance of Btate Col- ailroad center became very Reports came that the n aud Broad Top Railroad company was about to construct a line from Hu lon to Ntate College and the Lewistown Electric company ex- tend its lines bere, Monday J.drvin Quigley, president of the Lewistown and Reedaville Elec- tric com v. Uttley, solicitor, and Mr, Harvey, of Puiladeiphis, ar- rived in a line fiom gpecial nieeti and the ed by P that the consiqer Lewisto is to leas Miiroy, Hall and Belief the Pe ‘spur’ ABA Tes ville El 10 furni portati tire sy, WW. ollege in the interest of here Lewistown, A ig of council was called aps of the company explain- eident Quigley. It appears wistowu company has been r Late tO { i K yearz a lipe from Beliefonte, fre i The plan Reedaville to to Centre Ivar 1~¥IVAI tue lpe m i om Mi roy ia line to r, that i upon =a to State College. Pe Y i 4 QOXFeVs ’ sisted 3 i i town snd Reeds- £ ig 1 10W anxious iege wilh trans- The g- ing for wished ¢ to Sepat couid ma is feasib were not ask- i } they merely up the lranchise * Gers until they 1 34 ) ud, if the plan + franchise it been them- is claimed considered no survey ggeiver, that thi for a nu been mas N '#, however, the engi- DEers ap; «ar in the leave, tL} then pos chise, Kiive fr The uough uatier Las ver of years, has Ue waillibyg, somewhere vantain for the stow to Jill make a survey, y they will sek for a frap- nile the Henator uid be held ap, spur” to State Col- lege wae vot particularly sttractive to the cou.cil but the gentlemen from Lewistown were not committing them- gelves to anything just yet, A —— 4 Fishing Liceuse Next ? A bil provide for State fishers men’s He ¢y based on the same p'an and for vue tue same ot jects as the gunpers’ icenge, is be presented to the nex winl Assembly, according to announce es made on Haturdsy by Nath uo K. Butler, State Commis- gloper of Finer Mr. EB le sitention to the ip- cressing demsuds upon the Depart ment of ¥isheiies, which is compelled to secure its sppropristions from the general ‘unds of the State, and which in his opinion should have a special everue for its object, The 1 umber of flabhermen haa reased, od te demand for food fish s grow! g, contends, and the ii- cense, i bis opinior, is as much justi- fied ae 8 huntiog license, EI —. ——— Federal Ballding for Tyrone, It is now a cerininty that Tyrone wil have a postoflice building, Re- ecevtly Covgresmwsn Warren Worth Balley introduced a bill for the same, which Lee been referred to the publie sbulldiogs spo grouods committee, It is expected that the oficial wiil be In Tyrone ‘his week to decide on a loes- tion. “he bil! limite the cost of the buildiv - to $125,000, ——— — A — A A BAT. r s i 4 ¢ i sit ie ise © idaofa® to to (4# ’ § . Hier ir- he Dur: g the paet two weeks George Homa of Miliheita has been buying up borees for shipment to the east, WHERE ORANGES ARE OHEAP, Former Potter Township Resident Makes Us Wish for a Short Suay In the Land of Oranges, Just Now, The Reporter is in receipt of a “Cali- fornia Orange Day’ post card from Mre. Anna Cunningham, nee Miss Anna Moyer, of Potter township, who for several years hes resided in Los Angeles, Uniifornis, The message it bears is sufficient to cause any Centre countian to wish that he were there for a day and est his fill of the fruit for which be is asked in this state to part with a dime for three small ones, Here is what she says: “We are just in the beginning of our orange season, It isa common sight to see wagon loads of oranges peddled through the streets every day, much like the eastern farmer taking apples to the cider presse. Two large buckets of oranges can be bought for fifteen cente,”’ California hes ipaugurated aD “Orange Day,” and has set Saturday, March 18th, for everybody to ‘' Eat California Orangee.”” As for ue, we'll say that we'd like te, and would, if we could have them unloaded at our door two large buckets for fifteen coppers. ———————— Supervisors to Meet Friday, The sunusl convention of supervie- ors of Centre county will be held in the Court House, Bellefonte, on Fri- iay, March 17th, beginning at 10 o’- clock a. m. All supervisors are earn- eatly urged to attend this convention ; aleo all others interested in the good roads propaganda, The Btate High- way Department will be represented by eminent speakers, ag well as many other speakers of authority on good roads will ad dress the meeting during the day. We hope all will take an in- this meeting and sttend as there will be many ipstructive talks nu building and maintenance of roads hrough out our district.—Hon, Ellis L. Orvie, President, fs Mp AYA More Stringent Booze Orders in Lycoming. £ terest in ( t Ninety-five licenses were grafted, acd 17 held for further wearing by Judge Whitehead in li- cense court, in Lycoming county, Saturdey. The applications refused were : George A. Wood, at Waterville, and John I. Richards, at Unityville. No remoustiravces head been filed against any of the licenses granted, Judge Wuitenhead issued an order wohiblting music in rooma where juor is furnished, and forbidding free $ wo refused t He il I lunches with drinke, ————————— letters From Subgeoribers, Letters fiom subscribers to the Re- yorter Aare with the greatest I'he feature is one developed paper, should snd will 8 distinelive feature, We many subscribers to letter writing. f read ntereat, 'y nti this and 30 a © again RK our Reap ug the porter rosders are like one great fam- one is interested in the Come along with the ily, othet’s welfare, letters, end i Si teste A Keply to Owen Wister, A weck or more ago the countyy was shocked to flud a leading Philadel- phia newspaper give apsce to a poem written by Owen Wister, adistioguish- ed author, who in the most scathing language, flayed the President for his eflorts in kesping this country out of a world war. The poem, by Wister, follows : Not even if I possessod your twist in speech, Could I make any ( fit for use ) fit you ; You've wormed yoursell beyond descriptions reach ; Truth if she touched you would become untrue. Hatire has searched a host of evil fames, Has withered Emperors by her flarce la mpoons; History has lashes that have flayed the names Of public cowards, hypocrites, poltroons ; You go immune, Cased in your self-esteem, The next worid cannot scathe you, nor can this No fact can stab through your complacent dream, Nor present laughter, nor the future's hiss, Bul if ita fathers did this land control, Dead Washington would wake and blast your ou. Criticism of the most severe forme poured in from the four ends of the country for the unpatriotic stand taken by the newspaper which.gave space to the author’s outburst, but it remained for Mre. N. P. Eigelberner, of State College, to answer Wister in lines that more than match those of that noted author, The poem appeared in the State College Timer, iinet week, and is given below : Thou Wister false, unvaliant, lean of soul, To name that great immortal one, fo blast Our sterling, beartsome President. He alms to cast \ Aside desire for war with monstrous toll, And keep the land of Washington peace-whole, Triumphant, too, "Twill stand out from the PREL, Old Glory's stars shall gleam from pole and mast, With Truth unseared by an Immune's control, Satires and Emperors fade beside onr man. Ungracious singer thou. Soon may you find Those lines, and scale your poem so unkind ; And prove by raessuse if it meets a nobler plan Which God entrusts to Wikon's godly mind a — a —————— George Boozsr was home from the Mercersburg Academy for a few daye, Letter from Minnesots, Editor Reporter ; A look at the label on my paper convinces me that the figures ‘19177 would look better than “1916” and I herewith enclose a draft in payment for those figures, I appreciate very much the weekly vieits of your paper as I can thereby keep in touch with many of the pec- ple and events of my native valley. The wenther has been somewhat warmer the last two weeks than the former months were, I shall be glad when spring comes for then we can commence working in the flelde of rich black soil. There are quite a few boys from Penns Valley working in this section of the state; they ara all employed on stock farms. The wages of a good sober man who bas no bad habits and can do any kind of farm work are from $35 to $40 per month, Bo come along, ye Centre county farmers. Well, that ie all, hoping that this letter will find all of my friends well, I have left old Centre county, but I still think of the pranks I used to play and the good old times I bad, Gro. J. Boux. Dover, Minp., Mar. 11, 1916, e———————— A Reader of the Reporter for 40 Years. Johpstowp, in which there was a re- I two gcntences which reveal one of the Reporter's most highly valued sub-|° me of the Krider says, been coming to our home for a period of over forty years and my mother finds the news very interesting as It includes many bapjenings from the t vicinity of her old home in Centre a most appreciative, Mr, £ { Forest Fire Wardens Will Meet. ( A meeting of the forest fire wardens t the Garman House, Bellefonte, to-]° morrow ( Friday ). Warder, George Wirt, of Harrisburg, | * lande. Ino the various owpehips and boroughs making up his district are thirty-three fire rangers. ——— I A — A ————————. Pisnoing for July 4h Osiebration, The lccal lodge of Odd Fellows are A feature of he festivities that will be a departure rom the usual run of celebrations will t lace or Grange Park, Ox rossts in ome of the stale are sn effair and are the mesns of gections ——————— A nigh Ciass Concert, True to sll the press commendations, the Dorva-Del.eon company proved to be the scme of excellence In their musical entertainment in Grange Hall, Friday night, It wes the clos ing sumber on the 1915-16 Lecture Course and it may truthfolly be eald the Dorva-Del.eon company furnished the climax fo a reason of high-class lectures and musicale, Without los ing sight of the many classic musical entertainments which the lecture course patrons have erjoyed in previ ous seasons, it was the consensus of opinion that the Dorva-Del.eon quar- tette of artists scored highest among the great galaxy of musical stare, The personnel of the company was ss’ fol lows: Mme. Claire Dorvs, vocalist and ir- strumentalist ; Prof. V. Deleon, instrumentalist ; Charles BR. Rogerr, pianist ; Miss Elizabeth L. Beattie, sonator, The program was one of classical and operatic eelectione, and music lovers were given a great variety of instrumental and voeal productions, It is usualiy stated that operatic music is unintelligible and therefore mean ingless to those lacking culture in the musical art, While true to an extent it was not the case when Mme. Dorva sang in the native tongue of four dif. ferent countries, The bearty spplause which greeted her performance was evidence of the favorable impression it made upon (he sudience, and she was foroed to respond with sn encore, In fact esch number on the program wes followed by a repititior, so well did the various selections please, The impersonations, dramatic and bumoi- our, by Miss Bealtle, were likewise we'l received and evoked long ap- pinuse. It was altogether a filling number with which to close the course for it must | ave left a desire in many who are no! now lecture course subscribers to wert to belo g next yesr in order that this movement for intellectual progress may remain here, impeis 1910 WAS A HEALTHY YEAR, Vital Beatistics Show a Big Keduotion In Deaths from Principal Disesses, The year 1916 was the healthiest ip the history of Penneylvania according to a report which has just been made to Governor Brumbaugh by Commie- stoner of Health Bamuel G. Dixon, The vital statistics for the year 1915 show a very considerable reduction in deaths from diphtheria, measles, soariet fever, whooping cough, tuberculosis and typhoid fever. The comparative figures of 1906 and 1915 for these diseases are ss follows 1806 19156 . « 2458 1654 . 1463 bH86 577 . 1650 Diphtheria . Messnles . Bearlet Fever 295 Whooping Cough Tuberculosis . . 9258 Tyhold Fever. . 8917 These reductions in the actual ber of deaths have occurred despite the fact that in 1815 the population of the state was 1,242,710 greater than in 1908, The Btate Department of Health has Hl) B777 1020 Lume the of these diseases and the reduction in the value prevention application of preventative sx Ten years ago Pennsylvania first be- of the the was thirteen and Hud the feanth rete of 1908 obtained during the passed, additional feathe would have occurred. The total number of deaths corded faring the year 1015 was 115,311 : the otal umber of births 215,015, ' feath rate for 1815 18.833 re a CU. E. Society to Give Entertainment The young people affiliated with the ‘hristian Endeavor Bociety of the Re- been working for he past week or more in preparsiion svening, March 23rd, The first play # entitled “Up Caesmt’s Creek,” a lay for boye, in two acte. The cast of Caosar's Dan, a wandering minstrel The second play is a fares follows : h Brown pris Moe Be hool for Your i } Or i Brown Miss Sophror Mrs Prof, Barton of Miss Brown, Helen Clark Asale Doloure Lou Brighton } Ciara Coie Miss Jennings, Mis Johnson, Janitor, { Detective e———————— Transfers of Heal Estate, J. J. Deshler to J. H, Crouse, tract $120, J. A. Meyers et al to Robert P, Con- fer, tract of land in Howard, $18.67. Isasc P. Bickel to Lucy Bmith, tract of land in Bellefonte, $2000, Annie HB, Mease et bar to Anna L. Billets, tract of land in Epring twp. $850, Chae. D. Bartholomew to Orvis P. Weaver, tract of land in Centre Hall, $170. Jacob Marke to Lottie Harper, tract of land in Bellefonte, $2250, Christ Beezer et ux to Jamee David- sor, tract of land in Boggs twp, $6300, Lizz'e Miller to Busan Leah Btamm, tract of Jand in Millheim, $700, fuean Leah Stamm to Mabe! Aue msn, tract of land in Millheim. $800, QO. Perry Cole to Otterbein Cole, tract of land in Fpring twp. $800, Jacob D. Houser et ux to John T, Spangler, tract of Jand in State Col- lege. $1860, A MIs PAP AI A. Penn State Pinging Prateed, The second annual glee club concert by the combined organizations of Bucknell University and the Penneyl- vania State College was given at State College, Friday. While the numbers on the program wers sung chiefly by the Bucknell students, a large crowd was present to welcome the State Col: lege club which was awarded second place in the intercollegiate concert con test in New York City. Princeton University won the cup, but Penn Biate was the only club given bonor- able mention. Other competitors were Harvard, Cornell, Penmayivanis, Columbia and Dartmouth, Je ia Brown, Her sister, Mother of George and friend v Girl chums In School } Miss Brown (iris in Sohool By defeating both Swarthmore Col- lege and Dickiusor, in debae, Penn. sylvania State Coliege bas won the championship cup of the Intercollegi- ste Debating League, 1916, NATIVE OF JEORGES VALLEY Digs IN OHIO, FRIDAY, John Zotby, Aged Filiy Years, Succumbs to Diabetes, Body Brought to Spring Mills for Barial. Other Deaths, Tuesday morning the remsing of John Zerby, a sou of William Zerby, of Georges Valley, arrived on the east vound train from Youngstown, Ohio, where his death occurred Friday previous, Ten Mr. Zerit removed from ywnship Years ago iy Le to Gregg Youngstown where he accepted a posi- tion as bight in a printing A year more ago he be with diab which terminated in his death He } x IBLVER watchman large establishmen * or came jill ef al the sbove stated time. about fifty years and Miss WAS BRgec a widow, who wae townehiy . n wumase, of Gregg sud two sope—Calvin and Fis father well as i y tiomer, , Re IX more brothers and sietere, sleo survive, direct from ti at Penn isting. Burial was made train in the Balem cemetery Hall, Rev. D, M. Geesey offic - Millheim Woman Dies Alter Operation Mre, Jonppa Becriat, wife Ww. wleemed . of George vy f AE i 3 3 Hecrist, of Millhelm, and a hig Loch ‘ woman, died in k Haven hos; y lock, Ahe was admitte submitted Fe uid recov Lhe aflernoon at ital Baturday I March Cf thought one o'e ist and tu & serious Lop, elie it was ¥ 5 w i ’H { 0 1 i knead, whicl ribut i riet was Jo i " Mre, Nec rrisge to Gk 1 ua $4) iren wert i four v i€ JOTINE] i NO. 11 HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Ire J To-ne w ( Friday ) the wearin’ of the green will be in order, for it will be Bt, Patrick’s Day. lover seed is well in { prices but 104 » high to be sown most liberally y every farmer who is io Ring for ward to profit in the fo are. up fr f Frank traveling of Danenhower wholesale of On Monday ex-Register J. Mmilth assumed his duties as salesman for the firm ec grocers, .y V. Gramley, of Millheim, repre- ; Lhe mortgage creditors, bought Auman Milling Company's in Miliheim, which was * gale recently. of horses al Brothers disposed thirty- of Kanses elle ville, Miffiin county, last week, $5000, E. E. urg, cried Lhe sale three hours two head realiz- Hubler, of and pell ot ebersl fé~ the it [4% tr VO quired only RLIIGRKIF, The I f Mr. end Mire. J. Reo- , Bt Bellefonte, was brighten- week the the who baby girl. to Belie- Hue ben Garis bw wy Ba d lest of BIrival ’ =i ell irk Liright Wi (Giaris removed notre Hall summer, ployed Beezer Work making a \ on the bullding formerly oc- of MIZE and Mre, f isl il ft iu the iisiitne 5 are atl r late and SOC Ber snd B ¥ the BE » X37. hia Dew W.LOOWS he grave five Pha » a LAE an br : 1914, who Funeral Eightt evening sud Tue day mo taken to ivices were s WHO eX i! were 8B o's re sfterno d wi i180 @ he iQ gervie at 528 ay Te avenoe at B n vie wh niog mals wer: Millbheim re further & Refoiined church, ed in the church conducied at the Interme f metery, ut ollow- 0 After years of suffering with rheu- mat sur, which she bore with true Christianu fortitude, dare, Anoe Swarlz, wife of W, H, Ewartz, died at her home in Lewisturg, Sunday night of Inst week. Ouly two months sgo Mre, Swartz, in a letler to Report- er, told of her intente suffering and that for six years she had been upable to leave the sick room. Her friends in Penns Valley will be grieved to learn of her passing away. She wae a native of Centre Hall, ber parents havipg been Mr. snd Mre, Absalom Mingle. After her marriage to Mr. Swartz they lived in Millbeim for several years, She was aged fifty- seven years and six monthe, Funeral services were beld in the U. Ev. chureh at Millheim lsat Thureday morning snd were conducted by Rev, Edward Crumbling, of Lewisburg, es pisted by Rev, W, H. Brown. Burial was made in (he Fairview cometery, Her husband and two dsughtems— Mre. Prudence Meriz, of Royersford, snd Mre. FPoella Clemenre, of Lewic- burg—survive, Alw two brothers and two sisters: David Mingle, of pear Woodward ; Calvin Mingle, of Mill« heim ; Mire. Reuben Musser, of North Dakots, and Mre. Rosie Tate, of Cole ville, thie Mre. Peter Bear, a daughter of George and Lydia Wohiford, who left Centre bounty for Ilivole In the 50%, died st Eldorade, Lilinole, last week, ne room wil f 1 - iB LTE l-CIR8s lege, Monday and Bs a7 Ruth Brooks) the Wieland April 1st, l feuant, Was t he ad s M jaa @ iss begin farmicg on ¥ Linden Ha Ww, the present ’ y bs Dp, the ye purchased of Dr, H. F. ted Linden { i# pew posse: si OCH east of 16 winter iz sat over, u ¢ #3 fi next week, the Zils’, HiE0 oD and then § aking, will if Ler really sels iD wt to was pretly cold during winter, took bomes, have mach compiain of, r part of sod it oui (0 hest up the # i | houses, churches, ic,, bul after all the weather was not able Lo any grest extent. PCLIOT 3 Cas the members Evangelical church at which Rev. 8, A, Bny- eel pastor for several years, the change in pselors as was decided by the recent conference will not take eflec!, the presiding eiger granting the wish of Rev. Buyder's parishioners by returoiog to them their beloved pastor and sendiog Rev. D. A. Artman to Bellwood, the place assigned Rev, sSoyder by the conference. Mr. sud Mre. James L. Decker, east of towp, entertaived a sledding party at their home, Thureday evening. The following enjoyed the evenipg listening to high-class music on the Edison Amberols, the iostrument for which Mr. Decker has taken tre agency : Mr. and Mre. H. C. Reisb, Mr. and Mre. Thomas Delaney, Mr, and Mre. John Breon and children, Mre. Alfred Krape and daughter Florence, and Miss Mary Durst, Following & request by of the United Middleburg, of ¥ der hiss 1 } Lal The excessive rise in the price of many grades of fertilizers will deter maoy farmers from using it even in stall quantities, Acid goode, from which is obtained phosphoric acid, sn element deficient in many solle, has not advanced io price to such an ex- tent that it cAbnot be ueed profitably on sll crope, and should be need liberally, In fac!, where farming je done with a bit of intelligence, it is only the specialist who needs any other come mercial fertilizer than scid goode, Mre, ¥. Ellen Keller, { widow of the late Heury Keller) of Kansss City, Missouri, has been seriously iil since the middie of January, Bhe is eighty- two year, yet ber children are living in hopes that she will again be restor- ed to her normal health which, by the way, was unusually good up to the date firet mentioned atove, Her daughters, Miss Margaret E. Keller, who wakes her home with her moth- or, and Mre. O, G. David, of Chicago , are dolug all in thelr power to make aged seventy-four years, the mother comiortable,
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