VOL. XC. SHORT TERM FARM LEASE IS CONDEMNED, J. MI, Suiffier of Freeport, 111, Writes Inter esting Article Condemning Short Term Farm Lease, J. M., Stiffler, Centre county native, and who is an suthority on farm topics, writes the following article from his home in Freeport, Illinois, concern- ing a subject in which land owners are vitally interested : The tenant farmer perhaps has re- ceived his full share of comment and unfavorable criticism in the past, be- cause of a faulty system of which, through force of circumstances, he became a cog and part, Many land owners give little ene couragement for an extension of ten- ure beyond the one year period be- cause, they say, it might conflict with certain other plans that may be in process of development, The one year guarantee gives little encourage- ment snd affords poor opportunity, to 8 tenant, with ideas of a real construc- tive nature, to arrange a plant, as- semble the machinery and perfect an organization for real farm improve. ment, The * one year with a privi- lege "’(?), or short term lease, invites to nothing more constructive tha: & system of gieinfarming—the logical outcome of which, is work-out and abandoned farme, unless there is re- sort to artifical fertilization through commercial fertiligers— always an ex- pensive procese, The eghort term lease is most attractive to the unthrif- ty, irresponsible, nomadic type of farm er, who on the slightest pretext, and to satisfy the promptings of an abnor- mal desire must * take up his bed and walk ’’ regardles of personal or pecun- iary benefit, The economic effects of our nomad population, whether in the city or country has been rather disast- rous, The “creameskimming” process has been going on go long on some of our rented farms that only allurement to those who wish to tske chance, is the residue of ** sour milk.” This is not intended ae a hareh indictment against the fair and well-meaning ten- ant farmer, but the general facts as they stare us in the face in numerous fostances are full warrant for this appli- cation, care must be taken so that the blame is placed where it properly belongs. The average landlord, if he i2 honest and really thoughtful, will not try to absolve himself of the guilt of being, to a certain extent, st lesst, party of the first part to much of the ruinous procedure carried out by his tenants, When the paramount consideration of the landlord is the collection of ex- orbitant rents, it is bardly probable that tbe tenant will take the initiative in any veulure ci a real constructive chiaracier towsrd farm betterment. It ofien happens too, that when a ten ant fixes up a place the landiord feels justified io ralsing ihe rent, Littl wonder then, taking this into consid- eration with the one year lease, that we have such a large percentage of unthrifty tenant farmers, Since the tenant farmer is, and will continue to be a very important factor among our productive .orces it behooves every consumer to interest himself in any plan or suggestion wuich gives proms ise of improvement among the produce ing forces, upon which all in the end murt depend. That which benefiis the individual benefits all to a certain extent, The “stock share” lease as framed up by our state department of agriculture aud adopted at a number of landiord-tenant conferences in this and other states, seems to adequately provide through co-operative effor:, 8 way to carry out a lot of agricultur- al extension work on every farm where there ls a disposition to do things io the right way. The long term lesse—with 6 years as its mivlmum-—gives promise, in the farm lungusicy, of greater stabjlity of character lo nny farm venture or en- terprise, thus affording su opportunity for establishing and perfecting a plant and organization that is best adapted to the land, locality snd needs of the community, It thus enables the tens ant to determine on some definite policy, #0 he can frame up a program that will prove practical, progressive and profitable in procedure. She long term lease should juvite to tha best endeavor, thus promoting thrift snd in the end eflecting a radical change in ratio of farm owners to ten ants. A very large per cent of the present landlord cisss began their career as tenants, The long term lease affords opportunity to pool resourses and ideas and thus effect better under- standing of the plans for constructive effort making it possible to strengthen the organization for greater efficloney. It ls through team-work and co-oper- ative effort that we can get the best results, The long term lease enables the tenant to acquire a more correct knowledge of the chemistry of the goils he must cultivate thus permit | Continued on luside page, | School Report for Fifth Mouth, The fifth month in the boro school term came to a close Tueadsy of last week, The statistical report and honor roll of the several grades is ap- pended : Primary school.—~Number enrolled, males 18, females 22, total 40 ; average attendance, males 16, female 18, total 84 ; per cent, of attendance, males 89, fernales 81, total 85. Those present every day during the month are James Lutz, Paul Smith, Elizabeth Breon, Helen Browp, Alma Lutz and Estella Ruble, Intermediate grade,.—Number in attendance during month, males 12 females 25, total 87; per cent. of at- tendance during month, males 81, fe- males 85, Names of pupils not abeent during month: John Lutz, George Lutz, Joseph Ruble, Albert Emery, Lottie Keller, Names of pupils not absent during term are Lottie Keller, Albert Emery, Joseph Ruble, Grammar grade.—Number in ate teudance during month, males 18, fe- males 18; average attendance daring month, males 16, females 16; total 16; per cent, of attendavpce during month, males 80, females 90 ; per cent, of at- tendance during term, males 95, fe- ma'es 92. Those present every day during the month are : Ernest Frank, Frederick Moore, Frederick Lucas, Albert Smith, Harold Breon, Arthur Bohn, Pearl Ruble, Gertrude Ruble, Helen Lucas, Ethel Frank, Heze! Ripka, Those in regular attendance durirg Frederick Moore, Frederi Albert “mith, Har. old Breor, Ruble, Helen Laces, term: Ek Lucas, Gertrude I —————————————— Penns Valley's Name, ‘* By beavens, Thompson, I have discovered ao empire,” These are the words of Captain James Potter, In the ummer of 1764, when he got his first glimpse of Penna Valley from the crest of Nittany mountain, Capt. Potter for some years had a ** feeling that beyond the mountsins south of Bald Esgle creek there was a great aud good country where the white man had not yet trodden. With thie velief he and an attendant came up the Bald Eagle creek to the mouth of of Bpring creek, where they turned to the south to satiefy the belief that some where near lay s beautiful counp- try. After the discovery of the val- ley, Capt. Potter and his companion Thompeon came down over the moup- taio to the spring at Oid Fort, Al- most starved the two men found a creek which by them was named John Penus Creek, and following it were astonished to find it to be Penps creek, well known by both of them for a copeiderable distance above its er- rence into the Busquehanns, Penops creek having its source in the newly discovered empire, the valley was pamed after the creek, and this is the point the writer wishes to ime press upon its readers in quoting a portion of the Linn’s history of Cen tre aud Clinton counties, in response to the query of the origin of Penns Valley's name by a Blair county sub- scriber, a I APTANA The Pink Label This Week, Credit for money paid on sabserip- tion is shown on the pink label which appears on your paper this week. Look at it carefully and if there is an error, report at once. No fgure less than a “7” should look good to any subscriber, We have a supply of “sevens ’ on hand which are still going at the old rate, a MI MP AG AAAS. Washington Voted * Dry," The National Capital was voled “dry” Isst Wednesday, when the House, by a vote of 237 to 187, passed the Sheppard bill in exactly the same form as it came from the Senate. It prohibits the muanufscture and sale of lutoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia after November 1, and abolishes 800 saloons. Importation for personal use ls permitted, Osim for “Pen ” at Koockview, Representative Beott last week ine troduced in the Legislature a bill ap- propriating $1,125,000 for construction work at the new penitentiary at Kook- view. ! Water Companies Want Trees, Officials of the Pennsylvania De partment of Forestry are much en- couraged by the replies received to a circular letter on reforesting, addressed several weeks ago to all the water companies in the state. To date nin- ty-five water companies have written to the Department stating thst they are interested in restoring tree cover to the hilis on their watersheds, and ap- plications are listed for over 100,000 trees to be used for this purpose. The Department has agreed wo make free examination of all planting sites with a view to determining the best meth od of replacing the forests and ocon- serviog the water rapply. a I WS ———— Centre Reporter, $1.50 per year. 5 W. 0, TT U INSTITUTE HERE, Two Sessions on Saturday.-~-National, Ytate snd Uounty Workers to be Here, Among Them Mre. Addie B. Farsels, Nationa! Lecturer, What promiees to be one of the most interesting and instructive institutes held in Centre Hall for gome time will take place in Grange Arcadia, Batur- day March 10th, afternoon and even- ing. National, state and county workers in the temperance cause have been assigned parts on the program, and the local young people interested in the work will also take part. The mere mentioning of the name of Mrs, Addie B, Parsels, the national W, C, T. U. organizer, should assure s house crowded to the doors, for her services are in constant demand and it required no little effort on the part of the local organization to have her come here, The following is the program for the two sessions : AFTERNOON 2:46 O'CLOCK Miss Robeoca Rhoads, Presiding KOREA BIORME .ousnssssnsinerosseiunesnnssmmns arent Y.P. Bs Devotions Greetings Local President W. C. T. U. Bubject for Liscussion Young People's Branch Methods of Work...........coeon. Opened by Mr, Claud Edgett, Stato President of Y, P. B's, " Prize Essay Contests ...... Miss Rebecca Rhoads, County President W.C. T U. ** Department Work and the War Chest." Mrs, A. B, Parsels, National organizer and lecturer. Benediction — Adjournment, EVENING SBESSION-730 O'CLOCK Opening Bong srsssmssrrrmisrents. Yo FP. B'S Prayer for Temperance Work...... Rev, BR. K. Jones wennnnness 488 Gladys Dunkle County Y. P. B. Organizer LBORUTQ.. ors ernsnrsnssessrmss ssn M0 A. B. Parsels Offering Closing Song AA MI ———— State Inspector Visits High School, The Centre Hall High school faces the alternative of meeting with the requirements as prescribed for a third grade High school or lose the State appropriation. A Btate High inspector who was in Centre Hall on Thursday discovered that the school was getting along without the neces sary science equipment, as well as without a reference library, including aso encyclopedia. The inspector's de cree was that all of the above must be placed in the school before the open- ing of the next term or the State ap- propristion would be withheld and the school will lose its standing as a third class High school, By science equipment is meant phy- sleal geography appsratus, botanical apparatus and sgricultural spparatue, —————— i —— Dr. Dixon on the “ Potato Dr. Dixon, Btate Health Commis sioner, in his weekly * Talks ’' this week, lowers the dignity of the pota- to to which it has suddenly arisen by reason at ite §3.00-s~bushel-price. Dr. Dixou says: The potato is at present the most advertised vegetable we have, Ita consumption far exceeds any other vegetable made up of a large propor. tion of starch. Let us consider the claims of the potato to the high digni- ty that has suddenly been thrust upon it, school The human digestive system is lim- ited in Its power to digest properly large quanitities of starch. Americ- ans have made general use of starchy foodsjand this practice is playing its part in checking the natural growth of our people, both in mind and in body. The excessive eating of ‘potatoes, so often taken at a meal simply at a mat- ter of habit when there are other starchy foods and sugar in the mesl to supply the same want, causes a cs- tarrhal condition of the digestive sys- tem, thereby preventing the normal working of the glands of digestion, Gradually a diseased condition of the organs of digestion resuite and this prevents nature’s process of preparing food for sssimilation. Consequently the system has to absorb the waste products and a gradual starvation and poisoning is the result. The ca- tarrhal patient, in addition, gradually loses resistance to germ diseases, A Ho A — Wants State to Pave Boro Streets, Provision that the State pave the streets of boroughs and incorporated towns in Pennsylvania which are themselves financially unable to do so is made in a bill introduced in the House Thursday morning by As semblyman Cook of York, It oarries a special appropriation of $1,000,000 for the Btate Highway Department for this purpose. Public sales in this section for the next week are: Friday, March 9, G. W. Tressler, near Penns Cave ; Wed nesday, March 14th, L. R. Lingle, at Earlystown ; Thursday, March 15th, Sharer and Keller, near Centre Hall, ——————— A I TAO, About the usual nnmber of changes in residence will take place the first of April, #0 that the present month con- tuins thirty-one days of worry and wisb«'tewas.over for those who must wake treaty for movivg dsy. THURSDAY. MARC United States Army Officer to Inspget Troop snd Equipment on Friday, st Boalsburg. Drills on Friday, Saturday aod Sunday. The Boal Machine Gun Troop, stationed at Boalsbuig, will undergo the annual inspection at the camp on Friday of this week. The inspection will be made by Captain T, A. Rob- erts, of the United Btates Army. It is necessary that every member of the troop be present, The entire equip- ment of the troop, including saddles, arms, dress, ete., will be brushed up preparatory to the coming of the officer. The troop order, which has been issued to every member by Lieut, T. D. Boal, slates that some form of entertainment will be furnished on Friday and Bsturday evenings; also, comfortable sleeping quarters will be farnished for the men who care to spend the night, and all must remain for retreat. Three days will be devoted to Friday, the 8th ; HBsturday, the sod Sanday, the 11th, From drills the privates realize $2.51 : fire! clase privates, $8.37; corporale, $3.51 ; ¢yoks and horse-shoere, arill— 10th ; these pergeants, $5.62, There will undoubtedly be larg: turcout of people in the valley to wit- ne«s the drills, a ——— | — The Pension Habit, The pension habit is growing. The large corporations all over the coun- try are providing old age pensions for faithful employees and their widows, Why pot? It is based upon the prof- it sharing plan of the present day in the industrial world, Nearly every- body it would seem lives and works in the bappy advance reys of the sun- of retirement. The soldier and sailor are retired on three-fourths pay. I'he telephone company recently ap- piled thie law to ita employees. ‘I'he Edison company, The Upited States Steel and a score of other large corpor- ations and railroads have ther pension systeme, Who would have dreamed of this tendency thirty five years ago? The ministers did not a= they out to preach righteousness on pay. After the Carnegie has made provision for the teachers and college professor, it is noteworthy that the ministers are about the only faithful workers now left without an sdequate pension, It might be well worth while for the chuareb, the rich- est institution in all the land to do the right thing toward her old min- isters, The Methodist Church is securing $10,000,000 for pensioning of ber min- isterse, The Presbylerian Church §7,- 000,000 ; The Protestant Episcopal $5,- 000,000; The Congregational $5,000,000; The Baptist 85,000,000 aud oibers small sums for the sane purpose, The Lutheran Church In two subdivisions, the Augustangas and the General Byn- od, aim to sccure §1 000,000, Ths Lutherans io this vicinity belonging to Esai Pennsyivanis Synod are en- gaged” in a simultaneous campaign froma March 5ih to March dur- ing which time they hope 10 secur: their portion of an sdeqaate sum for a permanent endowment, EE —— William Venn Highway Notes, Indications are that the Lewistown turnpike will be condemned before spring. This will leave only one toll road on the William Penn highway— that in Lebanon aud Berks counties, During 1916 the number of farmers’ automobiles in the counties along (he William Penn Highway increased sl- moet 4,000 over the the number for 1916, Washington county heads the let with 1,135, The counties of Huutingdon and Blair and the Pennsylvania railrosd bave joined hands for the improve- ment of the William Peon Highway between Union Furnace and Tyrone, The road will be shortened and widen ed ,and a pew concrete bridge will be built. Huntiogdon borough will im- prove the highway in that borough. set went esd s pitiful Fountain On “ih Feee Lilustrated Lecture, Prof, R. W. Helm, of Harrisburg, superintendent of Agricultural Edu- cation, will give two illustrated lec tures on Vooational Education in the Grange Hall at Bpriog Mills, Thurs day, March 16th, afternvon aud even- ing. Prof, Helm gave similar ieciures at cpriug Mills and Boalsburg a few weeks ago and they werg considered to be of such great importance to the rural community that the citizens of Spring Mills ade a succesful effort to have him come again. Tbe lectures are free, and it is desired that all the taxpayers, as well as others, attend, Out of a lot of one hundred sand fifty chicks shipped to Nebraska by the Kerline, but one was dead when the shipment arrived. The remainder were in such good condition that the conelgbee gave cmphatic expression we LU Clielr vivmling, H 8, 1917 yy HE DEATH RECORD, Mrs, Mary A, Ross Passes Away in Centre Hall —Mre, John Henky Moyer Dies st Tasseyvilie, Other Death 4, Remarkable vitality kept aflame the little spark of life within the body of Mre, Mary A. Ross for a week following & paralytic stroke during which time she never fully regained consciousness, I'ne end eame peacefully early Mon- Gay morping atthe bome of her dsugh- ter, Mre, Bara Bushman, in Centre Hall, Mrs, was past seventy- five years of age, Mary Alexander was a daughter of Francie and Lettie McElroy Alexan- der and was reared on the Alexander homestead, west of Old Fort, Follow- to John P, Ross she lived for a time on the Ross homestead at Farmers Mille, Upon the desth of her husband she came to Centre Hall has since resided bere, Mre, Ross wae a woman of keen in- tellect, having developed ber mind as of much reading and close with the work of the church and other societies. Bhe Was member of the charter me o- Lr ing her marriage and the resul! desolation ve and devout ICH 1 8 Mi ember of Oming vssersed firma cor s Grange and Progress Grange to Centre Hall, vietione and the in- was invar- Fhe ience which she exerted iably for good. A devoted mother, s loyal friend and good neighbor, her psssing is regreted by a host of friends. Three survive: Mrs, Bars Bushmen, of Hall: J. Frank Rose, of Pitteburgh ; and Mrs. Lettie Goodbsrt, of Bpring Mille, A sister, Mrs. W. A. Murray, of Boaleburg, is the only surviving member of her father’s family. Funeral held at her late howe on Wednesday morning st ten o'clock, burial following in the Centre Hall cemetery, Rev. Josiah C., Btill officialing. children enire BETVIOPR Were Mre, John Henry Moyer died st her on Friday g at 10:30 o'clock, after an il. during sll which time she was confined to bed. He was Lhe of her death, The announcement of her death was Lhe cause of sincere expres. gions of be heard in the which she lived, for ber five womanly virtues had wou for her the love and respect of the people song whom she spent most of her years, The deceased was Miss Ellen E. Rennpiuger, a daughter of Samuel and Mary Reoninger, aud was born at Peon Hall, July 2, 1868, being there- J pear Tusseyville hree weeks of It trouble Calling sorrow Lo community in re in her fifty-fourth year, June 27, in marriage at Tussey ville. born Lo their union, 882, she was united ty Moyer, wele ree of Arthur Cummings, of ire, Fred Brown, of Cyrus, at home. Her busbsnd also survives, as well as one sister, Miss Anna Renopinger, at the Moyer home, Funeral services were held at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning in the Union chure: at Tusseyviile, Rev. R. RK. Jones, of the Reformed church, of vhich Mrs. Moyer was a life-long aember, having charge. Baorial was made at Tusseyvilie, Rebersburg ; Colyer, and Alexander Kuhn, a life-long resi dent of Penns Valley, died at the home of his son Mervin, st Boslsburg, fuesday moruiog at seven o'clock of infirmities incident to old age. Had be lived until May he would bave been eighiy-iwo years of age. He was & son of Mr. aod Mre, Peter Kunn snd for a number of years lived in sid about Centre Hall, where he farm- ed and followed the trade of a plaster- er. For the pdst thirty-five years he Was a resident of Boalsburg, He was a member of the Lutheran church all tis life snd his passing away removes from Boalsburg one of its most highly respected citizsne. His wife preceded Lim to the grave a uumber of years “go, but two children survive, namely, Mervin, of Boslsburg, and William, of Jersey Shore. Also three brothers— David Kuhp, of Wisconsin ; John Kubin, of near Boalsburg ; William H. Kulp, of Philipsburg, the former two belong past eighty years of age while the Isst named is approaching the four score years mark, Funeral services will be held at his iste howe on Friday morning st 9:80 o'clock, by Rev. 9. L. Courtney, bur- inl to follow in the Boalsburg oceme- tery. C—s— Mulachi Sommers died at the home of his son, James, st Axe Matiiey of Inst week, ot hardening of @ arteries, aged eighly-seven years, Funeral services were held at his late wome ou Thu morniog, after whioh the fu ; NO. 10 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FRCM ALL PARTS Rev. R. E., Jones was confined to hie home for several days last week because of sickness, Let's hope that the little lamb which ushered in March will not de- velop into the licn when March goes out, E. B. Ripks, the Hamilton-Brown shoe salesman, left for Boston, Massa chusette, on Baturday, to lay in his esmple line of spring and summer shoes, Orvis Horner, of Colyer, appeared before "Bquire Cyrus Brungsrt on Fri- day to make affidavit to the killing of a fioe grey fox, making it possible for him to collect a $2.00 bounty. George Bharer, son of Mr, and Mre, Jacob Bharer, who for the past six years has been s tenant on the Bmeltz. er farm near Zion, will occupy the Bartgee farm, west of Old Fort, this spring. The public eale held on Baiurday by D. L. Ba: tges, administrator of Thom- se UC, Bartges, deceased, summed up to nearly $4000.00, Potatoes were knocked off at $2.50 per bushel while bam was in demand even at thirty cents a pound. A team of horses brought $4560.00, William Zerby, of Lisbon, North Dakots, in writing the Reporter re- cently, says that another fearful blis- zard of two days’ duration struck their section on February 25, and as a result & driver and bis team froze to death in Red River Valley, having stuck in the snow drift all night, The smoke Louse of Willlam Bilger, st Pleasant Gap, was burned to the ground early Tueedsy morning of last week. A quantity of meat, worth about forty dollare, was consumed. Since the meat was being smoked It is supposed that the live coals were re- ¥pousible for the fire, J. F. Raudabaugh, of Loganton, woe recently awarded the contract for carrying the mail on the Loganton to Rebersburg route, for four years, at a salary of $643 a year. The Loganton to Mill Hall route was let to C. F. Royer, who was one of five applicants for the job, at a figure of $094 yearly. He will be required to make two tripe daily. Prof. W, O. Heckman left for Wil lismsport on Thursday afternoon to atlend to a business matter, expecting to reach home on Friday morning; but owing to an hour's lateness of the traic, be was unable to make the cone vection at Bunbury, consequently he failed to arrive home until afternoon. Ibe Hign echool, therefore, had = day's vacation. Mr, and Mre. 8. 8, Kreamer, the veginning of next month, will leave Centre Hall and remove to Lewis town where Mr. Kreamer has been employed for some months in the Standard Works. Their daughter, Mise Rebecca Kreamer, will finish her #0hool year as a middier in the local high school before going to her new howe, Now that potatoes have resched the $5.00 mark, food scientists tell us that we are just as well off without them so far as food value goes. Three-fourths of every potato is nothing but water, while a small fraction of the remain- ing fourth is starch. Very well, we'll do without them, but what can we A trained community purse is an innovation which the boro of State College has recently put into opera- tivn, [Ihe services of the nurse are avaliable to both residents and sto- dents. The State College Woman's Club is back of the movement, and they have estabileshed a reserve fund for the payment of the nurse's services where persolis are financially unable to do so. An effort is being made by Mifin county's game nratector to capture the huge elk which escaped about two years ago from the preserve in lower Centre county where it wae placed with others of its specie for propags- tion purposes. The elk Is being fed and after becoming well accustomed to the sight of man a stockade will be drive the anima! in, orate it and ship it back to Centre county, Lewistown bad a big patriotie demonstration when her soldier &