THE CENT~AE REPORTER. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1917 REBERSBURG Rev. Brown and wife, of Allentown, arrived at this place on Friday and on Batu day helped to eslebrate the gold- en wedding of Sidney ‘Krumrine and wife, John Brumgart, son of our towns- man Clayton Brumgsrt, and whose home is in lowa, is visiting in this vicinity. Mrs, Ida Weaver and son Edwin and daughter Miriam, all of Lewlis- burg, were over Bunday visitors in town. One day last week while Dr. Bright was out in the conntry attendiog to his professional duties, he suffered a paralytic stroke, Harry Corman is taking care of him snd Dr. Musser, of Aaronsburg, is his attending physi- cian. The public sale of farm implements and stock held by Emanuel Confer on Saturday was well attended and things brought top notch prices. Mr. Confer will leave next week with his family for Tyrone where he has a job to drive a team, — Aaronsburg, Merchant J. F. Krape is a great COMFORT HOUSES, Little Talks on Hoalih sod Hygenr, by samuel G, Dixon, M, D,, uL, DD, D, Sc, Commissioner of Health, Comfort houses in cities and towne are essential to the health and com- fort of our people, yet in Pennsylvan- ia the traveling public that comes to a town for a day or two for sightsee- ing ie not provided gith lavatories or comfort houses, These good people, often strangers in our towns, are driven into saloons in search of lavatories, and men often buy a drink before leaving as they feel indebted to the innkeeper. In many cases this drink may be taken for the first time by one of weak character, who has not suflicient force of mind to deny himself another, It is the beginning of » sad ending for the young fellow, On Bandays and holidays, when the stores and taverns are closed, our vie- itors are hard set to find places of rest and comfort, Cowfort houses, kept in sanitary condition, cost some mons- ay, but how eséntial they are | The absence of such houses, not on- ly causes discomfort, but ill health, When Governor [ener gave the Health Departmoent eharge of Gettye- burg to prepare it the great meeting of the Blues ana Grays at the Kiftleth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettyg- sufferer at the present time, Mrs, Mary Beaver is very apprecia- ff t kindness shown by her friends neighbors in her recent BOTTOW, Live # and move into her new home, purchased from Z. D. Thomas, James Lenker, of Lemont, was here on Thursdsy to help celebrate the pighty-first birthday anoiversary We sre sorry to say her of ¥ nis moter. toe aged lady Is nol In usu al Dest, Mrs, Caroline Maize left on Wednes- day to visit ber daughter, Mrs, Wil that state, Ou her way esst she will stop nfl with her brother-in-law, Wilt, Franklin. ————————— ee ———————— Georges Valley Mrs, Charles Ripka and eon spent last week with her | snd Mre, Joun Lingle, at Bober, NH, W, Decker and A. F. V made a business trip to Bellefonte one day last week. P. A, Auman Jeft for Bellefonte Monday morning where he will serve az a juryman this week, WwW. F. McClellan and family Spring Mills speut Sunday at home of F. M, Ackerman. W. P. Fetterolf snd E, D.” F spent Sunday afternoon at the G. Breon howe, Mrs, J, OC, Barger and Mre, Lingle were visisors at the Mrs. J. T. Foust, Baturday. Quite a number of I. O, O. F. mem- bers and their families, of this place, attended the banquet held in the Grange Hall at Spring Mills ls Thuruday evening. and other relatives in Samuel arents, of ust Ww. of Dome Wceodwara, Mesere, J. Lo Kreamer and Kresmer spent a day last week at home of Clayt un Boob in Millheim. Jumes Voneids, D. J. Beuner and daughter transacted business in Mill- heim Haturday. The members of the P, O. ¥. of A. with their families held a banquet at the hotel Baturday evening. Mise Florence Sheesley left for Mil ton Baturday where she will be em- ployed. Mrs. Blanche Hebel left for her home in Cineinnati, Ohlo, ofter spending a week with her grandparents, Mr, and Mry. Andrew Moyer. Mrs. Jane Decker left for Yeager. town Monday morning where she will be employed at the homie of Allen Hess, og the Pleasant Gap. Mr. Herron, of this place, made a short business trip to Pittsburgh last week Mre. Frank Knair, of Bellefonte, spent Bupday with her parents, Mr, and Mrs, J. O. Hile, Mre. Jacob Otz and children of this place departed Baturday morning for an indefinite visit with her mother at Reading. Samuel Irvin of Bandy Ridge spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mre, William Irvin. Harry Appleby, of Harrisburg, former superintendent of White Rock, spent a few days last week in Belle. foute and Pleasant Gap, ————— A ——————— He © Haoged ™ His Dogs, It is said that a certain dog owner living in an adjoining county was *‘ too slick ”’ for the assessor when be made his rounds registering dogs for lax. It was known that this man had sev- ‘gral doge, but he told the official that hie hanged those for which he was ‘not paying. After the assesor left jthe #dwirer of the canine tribe went to ‘the barn and cut down several burlap 'gncks in which the fugitive dogs were hanged. They soon joined the dog anthem quite familiar around the ‘premises. —— A ———————— The total cotimated value of cattle nther than mich cows in the Biate burg, and we were reviewing the nec- essary things to be done, such as sm- { ple water supply, hoepitale, digpensar- ics, sewage disposal, ete., we conceived the idea of having a liberal supply ol comfort stations, well pleced through- out the town of Gettysburg along the roads leading to and from the battle- { field. These houses had male and female | attendants—thousapds upon thous- ands of people nade use of them—and hese places of rest and comfort fsotor makiog of Tepre- todd our this in record | 8 large | phenomenal | memorable oceasion, | a heaslth Puring the gathering of the Blue nd the Gray at and around little | Gettysburg, with a normal population ut «ight thon=and people, duriog [the seven daye, with a cepsus of one hundred thousand people, potwith- standing the old age of veterans and their families, the recordsonly showed a of at nine deaths, Let iawaka boards and councils necessity of comfort ouses, designed and maiotained to { keep up a esnitary condition, and will help to advance not only health, but the morals of our i ie, our health to the b €8 they { the | pe | epi etimetmi Farmer. Tnstitates Popular, i | Marked increase in attendavca snd | interest in the Farmers’ Jostitute con- | ducted under the suspices of the Penp- { ay lania Department of Agriculture has growiog in varios sections of ‘tate daring the present season of institttes and shows that the farmers ars looking forward to one of the best | seasons of sgriculture in the history of | the Htate, | Reports of institutes held in forty- { five counties show a total stiendance of over 20,000 more persons that in the | seme counties last year and in severa! {of the the fall allotment of hss been completed. It FX- | pected that the total attendsuce fg- | ures for the season will reach a high- le r total than for a nom ber of years. Deapite unfavorable weather con ‘i- tivpe, the attendance in York county broke the record and was close to the 14,000 oare for the fourteen days of In Bomerset county 5.480 attended sa compared with 8,390 a year sgo, while in Indians county the sttendance was 5020 as compared with 2 854 a year ago. Washington, Butler,Beaver, Uraw- ford, Erie, Venango, Schuylkill, Lu- zerue, Montour, Northamption und other counties show big Increased at tendance, but Crawford county carries oft all honors of the year to dste with an increase of fromm 2,785 a year ago to 10,815 for the inetitutes closed just a fiw weeks ago, The total attendance at the present time le over 130,000 and twenty-two more counties to report it is expected thist the showing for the yesr will mount to over 200,000, ————— A ————————— Women tn Inaugdral Parade, “The Pennsylvania Women's Woodrow Wilson League, Is sending delegations to Washington, on March 6th, to take part in the Woman's Division of the Iusugural Parade, For the first time in history, there is a woman member of the [nsugural Committee, and for the first Sime women will form a division in the Inaugural Parade. Those wishing to go with the Penn- sylvania delegates, ‘will send their names to Miss Mary Kelsty, Ohestnut Hill, Philadelphia, who is Chairman of the Parade Committee for the Penn- sylvanis Women’s Woodrow Wilson League,” —————— A —————— Ineresse ln Roldiers’ Harial Alldwance, Representative Charles A, Shaffer, of Columbia county, introduced in the House, st Hafrisburg, a bill providing that heéten'ter when a veteran of the Civil war dies the county shall allow $75 instead of the customary $60 it hae paid in the past for a funeral. The same provision is made to apply to another measure relating to the burial | been i ithe countiqe 8 ja ny institute, people le $10,096,900, of veterans’ widowe, — sale in this column FREE of charge. THURSDAY, MARCH 1st, at 10 o'clock a. m., | 1 inile north of Potters Mills, Homer R, Treaster auct, SATURDAY, MARCH 8rd, D, L. Bartges will | hold public sale of farm stock and implement on : the Bartges farm west of Old Fort, | MONDAY, MARCH 6, all day sale, 1 1-2 mile | east of Centre Hill, by Tressler and Dauberman : | clean up sale of farm stock and implements, TUESDAY, MARCH 6th, at 10 a, m., 1 mile | west of Madisonburg, on the J. J. uramley farm | by William E. Hagen : Clean up sale of farm stock and implements, Wise & Hubler, aucts. | i TUESDAY, MARCH 6th, at 12 o'clock sharp, | H. F. Grove, on the W. G, Grossman farm, 1 mile North of Tusssyville, will sell farm stock and im- | lements. Mayes, auct, | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7th, at 10 o'clock a. m., | J T. Potter and Jas. Callahan, will sell on the old | Potter homestead, four miles west of Centre | Hall: Farm stock, implements, ete.; cleap up | sale of everything. THURBDAY, MARCH sth, at 10 o'clock, Ma- | thriss Weagley, on the Allison farm, 1 1-2 miles | North of Spring Mills, will sell farm stock and | implements. A clean-up sale. | FRIDAY, MARCH 9, at one o'clock. G. W, | Tressler will sell at his residence, 1 and 1-2 miles household goods. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4TH, at sm, Is R, Lingle, one-half mile west of Old Fort, on Earlystown road, will sell farm stock and implements, This will be a clean-up sale of everything on the farm. ten o'clock THURSDAY, MARCH 15th, two miles east of Centre Hall, by Sharer & Keller : of farm stock and implementa, BATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1 o'clock p. m., to the rear of Reporter office, Centre Hall ; Five pairs of mated mules, two years old at time of sale. These PUBLIC SALE. ile sale between AXe at the on Blate Road Mann and Plessant Gap, on FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1917, the folllowing described live stock and farming implements, to wit : 7 HORSES] lay team... horse and mare—horse rising 8 YEA old, mare rising 7 years old, weleht 84, Grey horse, rising 6 years old, wi, 150 Gray mare, rising 7 yr» old, wi 1600, Brown team, coming 7 years old, wi 320 2 mare colt, will make a fine mare. If you are look ing for the best horses in the county, come and soo them, 20 HEAD MILCH COWE.Bome Holstein some Shorthorn and some Guernseys. Most of these cows will be fresh near time of sale. 2Z-year