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VOL. XCI
HARRISBURG NEW) LETTER,
Governor in Favor of Reapportioning Leg-
{siative Districts Would Ureate a Tan-
gle at Present Time,
With charscteristic eleventh-hoar
aolivities Governor Brumbaugh is
coneidering calling an ¢x ra session of
the legislature before the primaries,
According to his private secret ry,
Wm. H, Ball, he i# much interested
in a reapportionment of the Congress-
foral and legislative districts of the
state and in the federal prohibition
sraendments, He has also been aek-
ed to inciude in bis proclamation the
gut ject of mine caves, and probably
other requests will be received to in-
clude other subjects,
The governor lays stress, through
his representatives at the Capitol, on
the necessity for the reapportionment
under the population figures of 1910,
although two regular sessions of the
legislat were held during his term
and no ¢Wort was made to reapportion
the State, The Btate was last spport-
ioned in 1806, 8 x vears after the decer-
nial census of 1900, Not only was
governor to respportion the State dur-
ing his term when the legislature was
holding its u val edssione, but his par-
ty, the Republican, allowed 1811 and
1913 to go by without sny real «ff rt
being started. A bill was introduced
in 1913 but it died in committee,
The governor b:s been sounding cut
#gentiment’’ for the special session
from Palm Besch and other Florida
resorts where Le has been spending a
few weeks with Congressman Vare
and Becretary of the Conmonwealth
Woods, His only comment upon the
question while there was that he
* would attend to the matter when he
got back”.
However, his private secretary hes
been active during the past we k or so,
He says the governor has been much
interested in the sutobiograp hy of the
late Governor Pennypscker who
wrote of his experience in ealling the
special session of 1608, Mr, Ball also
wrote recently to W, Harry Baker, sec-
retary of the Biate Henate, aekioyg for
a list of members of the Benate who
have died or resigned. He eald that
a certified list of members Is required
of those members “who will not be
able to sit in a special session of the
legislature,
Ia all his public speeches upon the
liguor question Governor Brumbaugh
has been ineistent thet he is opposed
to the liquor traffic, During his cam-
paigo he spoke, ujo1 occession, ss a
strovug advocate of local option, but he
did not raise a finger, until it was too
late to wipe bis name off the ticket,
to prevent bis selec'ion se the guber-
natorial candidate of the Personal Li -
erty Party, & mushrcom orgavization
formed to get the liquor wole for
Brumbaugh, If his sincerity were
questioned then it was still more in
doubt a few years later. After the
defeat of Joes] option in the legislative
session of 1915, the governor threaten
ed with very emphatic words to go
out into every district where a liquor
legislator, a candidate for re-election,
bobbed up his bead at the primaries or
the general election in 1916, That be
did not do it and that the local opiion
bill of 1917 was defeated are to-day
well known facte,
Now, the governor ls strong for pro-
hibition, now, Governor Brumbaugh
played the same game in appointing
an associate judge of Fullivan county
recently that he did when be took no
steps to prevent the liquormen’s Pere
sonal Liberty Party from putting his
name on taeir batlot—unfil it was too
ate to take hie name off the ticket,
The license court in Sullivan county
wae held the second Tuesday in Feb-
rasry. It bad been listed for a yesr
and the date wes known, Judge J, P.
Miller, sesociate judge of the county,
was killed last December, The month
of January was allowed to pass with
out action on the part of the governor,
although delegations from the county
kept him well informed of the timber
he had to draw from and of the ap-
proachiog license court. February 12
was license court day in Hallivan
county and still there was no appoint-
ment. The governor had gone to
Palm Beach to play golf and talk poli-
tice. February 14, two days after the
usual number of liquor licenses bad
been granted in Bullivan county, the
governot’s office at Harrisburg an.
nounced that KE, 8, Chase had been
pamed se judge, No explanation was
obtainable why the sppolntment had
been Lelv up for weeks, A judge had
died a abort time before in Allegheny
county and an sppointment was made
within a day after his funeral,
Chase was appointed as an osten.
sible “dry ’’ judge, sna his prompt
appointment would have sdded Hulil.
van to the dry list, But the Governor
doesn’t sot dry, he only talka jt,
( Continued oun lumde page. )
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OOUNTY TENMPERANUVE LEAGUE NEETs
Frof I. L. Foster, of State Uollege, Made
County Ohalrman, State Saperinten.
dent Swift Speaks,
The Centre County Temperance
League and the W, 0, T, U. of Centre
County held a joint meeting in Petri-
kin Hall, Bellefonte, last Thursday at
2p. mw. The Temperance League elect-
aed the following officers for the ensu-
ing year : Prof. I. L. Foster, of State
College, president ; A. IL. Wright, of
State College, secretary; Rev. R. R.
Jones, of Centre Hal, treasurer. The
large and enthusiastic audience pres-
ent attested the interest of the people
of Centre county in the main subject
of discussion, which was the ratifica-
tion of the National Prohibition
Awendment,
Dr. Swift, the State Superintendent
of the Anti Saloon League, was present
ana sddressed the meeting, .He gave
gtatistics which showed how few of
the voters cast their ballots at the
primaries, If, said he, . the church
people can increase their enrollment
for the primaries by ten per cent,
Pennsvivania will ratify the amend-
ment at the vext session of the Legls-
lature,
Rev, (0. H. Brandt, the Anti-Saloon
League Superintendent of the Altoona
District, suggested that the W. C. T.
U. take charge of the business of see-
ing that all the voters in the county
are enrolled before March 20—the date
for the closing of the enrollment.
The W. C. T. U. voted to do this,
aod the men present promised to as
sist in every way possible, A delega-
tion from the lotercollegiate Prohibi.
tion League of Pennsylvania BSilate
College suid a band of their members
would assist in a thorough canvass of
the entire county. Mr, Harvey, Pres-
ident of the Centre County Sunday
“eh ol Association, promised to see
that all the Funday Bchools of the
county stood by this movement, He
algo offered the use of his sutomobile
for those who wished to canvass the
outlying districts, Nearly all those
present promised to do their part so
that the enrollment in their respective
churches was compiete before March
The interest snd excitement
throughout the meeting were intense,
which sugers well for the temperance
gcsuse in the coming campaigo.
Io the evening a meeting was held
in the court house, which was addres
ed by Dr. Bw'ft, who presented many
new thoughts on the sutjeet,
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J Letter From Fracce.
he following letter from France
was recently received by W. O, Rear.
ick, of Milroy, from his youngest sop,
Miles, a former Centre Hall boy, and
will be read with interest by many Re-
porter readers ;
ow
20.
“ Bomewhere in France",
Jap. 22, 1918,
Dear Father:
{ have been moved about 150 miles
from cur former location, but continue
addressing my mail as heretofore, for I
hardly know if I will be here perma-
nently or not,
We are assembling trucks and when
we gel this lot sssembled we may go
back to where we were. They are
Garford trucks of ton and a half capac
ity, and are good machines,
We are quartered at a hotel—12
francs a day, which is equal to about
$2.31. We sleep on feathers one and
one-half feet thick. I can’t say much
for the food, but suppose after I get ac.
customed to it I will be leaving.
I bave not received any mail yet,
and am getting rather anxious to hear
from you ; but I am in good hopes.
I made an allotment of $15.00 per
month to be sent to you, I don't
know If it will start this month or
next,
I met Roy Puff, from Centre Hall,
last night, He told me young Shoop
from Reedeville, was in his company.
I shall try to locate him,
I am well and sleep fine in * bon lit
de plumes” (good feather beds.)
Bon Nuit (good night),
Votre fiis (your son),
MiLEs,
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54 Plus 10 Eqanls 28 (1),
A Mifflin county youth, aged twen-
ty-two years, claims a record of fifiy-
four years of industrial activity slong
various lines, according to figures
found on his questionnaire,
In appealing to the draft board at
Harrisburg against belog placed In
clasa No, 1 by the local board this
man filled out one of the pages on his
questionnaire devoted to occupational
sccomplishments in this manner;
tesmster 10 years ; horse shoer 5 years;
student 6 years ; teacher 4 years ; farme
or 12 years ; auto driver 3 years ; truck
diiver 8 years,
These varied activities dated from
the time the young man was 10 years
old, Fifty four years plus ten years
equal 22 years ln a rather dense mathe
matical calculation but it evidently
eatleified the appeal board for the peti
+ tloner’s claim was allowed,
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CENTRE COUN:Y BOOSTS SALE
UF W. 8 AND T, STAMPS.
RB, CO, Palmer Seriousiy 111,
R. CO, Palmer, nn esteemed citiz n of
| Harris township, Is lying critically ill
County Chairman Regrets Indiftsrence on | At his home near Linden Hall, se a re-
Fart of Many Uentre Qountinns Who are | sult of a paralytic stroke which has
{ deprived him of his speech besides af-
fecting the eutire right side of his
body.
Mr. Palmer was in the act of stabl-
Lagging in Patriotic Daty,
From the weekly report, received at
this office, from the National War
Bavings Committee, for the week end-
ing February 16th, 1918, I find that ing bis horse a Ba'ardey motalof,
Centre County had an increase of 13 | 8d alter remaining 'h Lhe barn un-
cents per person, for that week. duly long his good wife went to inves-
Ioetead of being next to the lowest ligule a was shocked Io find his
of per capita esles for the previous mp y lying agains ® tuanger.
week, there were only four counties | BD® summoned the ald of her neigh-
baving a larger per capita for the | POT Mr. Irwio, and together they
week ending the 16th instant, and | e3rried Mr. Palmer to the house and
only one having the same ss Centre, | procured a physician, who found hile
The counties mentioned last week pations in a serions condition,
ss having received over $1.00 per per- Up to the time of writing this article
. i >
son, made good advaness during the | Mr. Palmer has continued in a semi-
week. Centre county has Dow re. | CODecious conditior, having taken
ceived 68 cents per person, from all re- | little or no nourishment since being
ports submitted to the 16th instant, | HiriCken. oe Palmer 14 but Rity.
The Centre Hall public schools have three years of age-—a comparatively
organized the second War Savings Y°0E man—ind bls many friends
Sociely In the county trust that he may be fully restored to
Although our county is expected to his former strengtb.
form 140 of these societies, we find! Spring 31a Red Oro Active
that since the lst of February, only »
two have been organized. | Bioce the organization of the
It is to be exceedingly regretted that | Spring Milis Auxiliary of the Red
reports from several postmasters, liv- Crosse, the following articles bave been
log In certain prospercus parts oF the | Made and sent In to the Btate College
county have reported, personally, to Ubapter ; 43 aWealgty, 10 mofiers, 19
to this office, that they have not been pairs wristiets, 2 pairs socks, 1 helmet,
able to eell a single Thrift or War SBav- 145 towels, 22 dczen plilow cases, 1
fogs Stamp. The people can scarcely dozsn surgical wiper, 6 dozen triangle
understand this siiliude on the part of
bandages, 7 decz n eplit bandages, 575
those in the county who fall to be in- shot bage,
terested fn the welfare of their Goy-| AMOUR Lhe recent new members se-
ernment ia the protection of the boys cured are Messrs. George Bweeney and
who have gone to the front, This Pealer Rossman.
campaign Is being waged all over our The above report speaks volumes for
land. It is not s campaign in which the patriotism of the Spring Mills
a few of us whould become interested, WOTKers, who are more than doing
but it is the kicd of work that every
their bit for the comfort of the sol-
map, woman and child must take diers and the alleviation of suffering.
some part, and loan a portion of thelr Doar of Ohta Coram
funds to the Government, 1
With the hope that there will be a Amos O. Tyson, formerly of Fargo-
continued increase in the sales of those *°" township, at Greensburg. He
Government securities, I am, Was sged seven!y-seven year.
Very truly yours, | Lsouning Irvin, of Union township,
W. HARRISON WALKER, aged sixty-four years. Dealh was
Chairman War Savings Committee C3used by a kick from a horse,
for Centre County, Pennsylvania. Rev. John Hewitt, Cold Water,
Bellefonte, Pa. Michigan, formerly pastor of the Eple-
Feb, 251b, 1618, copal church in Bellefonte,
NEW COMMITTEE WILI
MOBILIZE COLLEGES POR
TRAINING OF TROOPS SAVINGS BANK ACCUMULATIONS
It ia estimated that within the next Treasury receipts from the sale of
six months 75,000 to 100,000 men will war-saviogs stamps are running st the
be given intensive military training in rate of $11,000,000 a week, Bavinge
schools and colleges, They will be bank deposits in the last few years
drawn from the armed forced of the have been increasing at the rate of
Nation, men now lo trainiog camps §700,000 a business day. Treasury re-
or about to be called, and registrants ceipts show the American people are
ander the seleclive service law, putting their small savings at the ser-
With a view to mobolizing the edu- vice of the Nation through war-
eational institutions of the country for saving stamps at a rate far in excess of
this special training there has been prewar-mavinge bank accumulations.
crested in the War Department a! Two billion dollars of war-saviogs
“oommittee on educational snd spe- securities will be lssued. If these are
cial training. '* It wiil encourageland | all sold this year the Tressury will re-
arrange for the technical education of | ceive about §$1,680,000,000, and at the
men needed by the several branches of | end of five years the Government will
the Army. repay the loan together with $320,000
000 in ioteres’.
t WAR BAVINGS STAMPS SELL
AT RATE IN EXCESS OE
LITTLE CORN HELD
BY DEALERS IN NINE TESTS ARE USED
EAST AND SOUTH TO PROVE PHYSICAL FITNRSS
Small stocks of corn in the hands of | OF MEN IN CAMPS
dealers in New England and other| Tbe director of athletics at one
eastern and southern States, with the | Army camp has arranged a program
exception of Delaware, Maryland, and | 8 8 means of determining the relative
Virginie, where surpluses were pro-
duced, are indieated by reports to the
Department of Agriculture. Actual
available supplies in the southeastern
States are said to be greater than ever
before, although the amount of corn in
the hands of distributors and other
dealers is much below normal,
Most districts in the southeastern
States have sufficient supplies for local
neede, while dealers in many places,
especially Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, and Florida have shipped
large quantities of corn to the larger
markets,
IMPORT OR EXPORT
OF ANY COMMODITY
NOW REQUIRES LICENSE
No commodities may now be ex-
ported from the United States nor im
ported, without license, According to
a statement by the War Trade Board
the military and tonnage situstions
have made increasingly apparent the
necessity of institutiog a complete and
thorough-going control of all exports
and imports,
Licenses for the export or import of
po, bullion, currency, evidences of
or of ownership of property and
transfers of credit will be issued by the
Treasury Department ; licenses for all
other exports sand Imports, including
merchandise, bunkers, ships’ supplier,
ote, will be iseued by the War Trade
athletic oaliber of the companies in
the division. Esch man is required to
pass in eight of the following tests to
obtain a positive mark for his anit :
. Jump 8 fest from » standing posi
tion ; chin 10 times ; clear a bar at 4
feet 2 Inches ; throw a twelve pound
shot 33 feet ; climb a 20-foot rope In 15
seconds ; dash 50 yards in 7 seconds;
run a mile in 6 miputes; lift a 60.
pound weight over the head with one
hand ; sit up from a supine position
with a 60-pound weight suspended
from the back of the head,
CARTOONISTS’ WORK
WILL BOOST THIRD
LIBERTY LOAN
The work of the foremost cartoonists
of the country will be used during the
sale of Third Liberty loan bonds.
Drawings will be used in a wordless
booklet and a dally cartoon service,
The booklet, containing all of the
oartoone, will be distributed by mil-
lone, It will conelst only of draw-
ings. The cartoons will also be divid-
ed evenly belween afternoon and
morning papere.
FEDERAL FARM LOAN BOARD
DOES NOT EMPLOY
ASSOCIATION ORGANIZERS
News of rchemes to swindle farmers
by men advertisivg to be’ authorized
farm-loan sssociation organizers is met
i
co
hole
5 ~ ahh. p—
« - = This paper has enlisted
with the goverrirasnt in the
cause of Americe for the
period of the war
Lists
Urganized lor Fale of W. S. 8
The Reformed and Lutheran Sun-
day schools in Centre Hall organized
to sell War Bavings Btamps and Thrif:
Btampe, and set the pace by each of
the Bunday-ichools investing their
surplus cash io the stamps they advo-
cate their members should buy,
The committee representing the Re-
formed Bunday-:chool is composed of
D. K. Keller, Misses Jenule Thomas
and Verna Rowe ; the Lu heran Bup-
day-school committee is made up of
Ralph Luse, Ray Bharer, Miss Ada-
line McClenahsp, Ralph Homan, Ray
Durst, Ernest Frank, Cleveland Mit-
terling. If these o ganizations and
others that should be organized get
tusy, this locality will no longer isg
in the sales of “ baby bonds’.
The Reporter will be pleased in the
future to hear from these and similar
orgauizations, and will be plessed to
report weekly the sales made by them.
These reports ghould resch une on
Mrndaye.
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Fariwall Party,
Last Wednesday evening a pleasant
party was given to Mr. and Mre,
George Bearson, st their bome pear
Linden : Hall. Cholee refreshments,
coneisting of ce cresm, cake, sand-
wiches, pickies and cofice were serv-
ed. Those present were: Mr. and
Mre, Charles Nefl, Mrs, Adem Bmith
and son Bruce; Mr. sand Mre. Cloyd
Brooks and children Stanley, Francis
and Florence ; Richard Brooks snd
children Lila and James; Mr. and
Mre. Martin Keller, Bethard, Ralph
aud Margaret Keller ; MY, snd Mrs,
David Glasgow snd children William,
Marion, Mary, Edith and Alice; Mr,
snd Mre, Lloyd Brown and daughter
Berths, Mr. and Mre., Daniel Colyer
aud children Helen, Grace, Ruth and
Hez+l ; Robert Glasgow and son Fred,
Mr. sud Mre, George Horner and chil-
dren Brauer, Harry, Msud and Earl:
Mre, John Horper, Mr, and Mrs, We -
ley Bharer, Rufus, Brace, and Leroy
Bharer ; John Harshbarger and daogh-
ter Maud, Mr. and Mre. James Irvip,
Mrs. James Swabb, Miss Anna Glss-
gow and daughter Mary, Vira Runkle,
Edward Mulbarger and George Tay-
lor.
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Cunstabls Klis Man,
Charged with the murder of Russell
McKelvy, sged 25, of Daccavnon, Jac
ob Bterner, 75 years old, was lodged in
the Perry county jail, New Bloom-
field, Thursday. Constable Sterner en-
deavored to serve a warrant for the ar-
rest of McKelvey on a criminal charge,
when McKelvy started to walk away.
Blernper drew a revolver and fired
shooting McKelvy through his spine.
Sterner has been constable of Dunean-
pon the past thirty years and ie a Civ.
il War veteran,
Lf Me
Boldier Boy Dies at Augusta,
Lester Breon, originally a member of
Troop L, of Bellefonte, and later trans-
ferred to the signal corps, died at Au-
gusta, Georgie, a telegram to that ef-
fect being received by the young man’s
father, John Breon, of rear Zion,
on Mondsy morning.
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Neff. "taart,
At the Reformed parsonage in Cen-
tre Hall, on Wednesday evening of
lsat week, Dewey Neff, of Tusseyuille,
snd Miss Anna Stuart, of Bpriog
Mille, were united in marrisge by
Rev. BR. R. Jones.
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Onnning Factory Humbag Ageia
Duncansville, a little town in Blair
county, was a field which pearly
realized many thousands of dollars for
a set of J. Rufus Wallingford “get rich
quick '’ awindlers, who promised resi-
dents there 200 per cent. profits from a
war-time capning industry. $10,700
was raleed, but the victims became
suspicious at the eleventh hour and
accordingly retained counsel to fight
for every penny subscrived. Thirty-
two prominent men of the community
subscrib:d to the stock, the amounts
varying from $100 to $500 each.
The suspicions of the victims first
became aroused when the advance
agent's big claims were discounted by
his colleagues who arrived later on
the ground to close up the deal after
the stock had been subscribed. The
subeoribers became ivdigonant when
told that the company would not
make good for any verbal promises ;
that only what appeared in writing
would be considered, Bul it was the
verbal promises which proved the bait
for tue unsuspecting populace, snd on
( Continued on inside page.)
the strength of that they placed \belr
signatures to the certifiontes,
NO. 9
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS
Did you buy a '* Bmileage Book"?
To-morrow (Friday) is the first day
of March. Lion or lamb, which will
it be ?
Mies Rebecoa Krearaer spent several
days the past week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B, 8, Kreamer, at
Lewistown,
The Hagen carpenters, under John
F. Hegen, recently finished remodel-
ing the interior of the Jacob Museer
howe, in Brushvalley.
Pabiic sales nearby within the next
week are: J, R. Harshbarger's on
Monday, March 4'b, and G. W. Pol-
ter’e, Tuesday, Marca 5b.
Hiate College borough has $6,400 d«-
lioquent taxes, some oi
back to 1914, report
made at the last council meeting.
look-out
for & public school tescher to take the
place of Mre, Edgar Rimmey who re-
signed her position upon becoming a
bride,
which da'e
sceording to a
Poller township is on the
Johu Catherwood, station sgent st
Penveylvanis Furnace, hes tendered
is regisanstion, to take eflect toe
morrow, The railroad man will em-
bark in Lhe mercantile business at
Osceols,
A dsuglter was born to Mr. snd
Mre. snd William Bwarlz, at Old Fort,
yn Wedpesdsy night of week,
Ibe Ame
balance
Fraoee,
inst
falber, ss a member of the
Figures on the sale of War Favings
Stampr, for the week ending February
16'b, show that Centre county in-
creased ils per capita sales to 68 cents.
Union csuoty leads in the state with
3.12 per capita,
Emmett Bros farmer on the C,
D. Bartholomew farm west of Centre
Hall, following his sale on March 20th,
will move to Btate College where he
Wp
¥
af
will be employed on the Penngylvania
Niate College farm.
Ortie A. Jamisop, after spending a
few mooths in Centre Hall and vicin-
ity, re.urned to Wisconsip
on Monday, to get
WE ars
A 00UToe, Dn,
Work ous large
ready for the spring
western farm
tie has been employed for 8 number of
yeare,
where
W. Harrison
wan of
Walker,
CO
Eq,
hing
COaRur~
gg In
of the
the tlee
cusrge the pushing of the sale
Thrift Stamps snd War RBavio
lifloater,
g% Cor
is makiog every eflort to
Ceutre county fill its obligstion
to the government,
have
Deemer T, Pearce
and measures for Contre hiss
filed bis report for the year 1917, show-
ing that be examined 644 sesles and
mea:ures, Of this number 525 were
found to be correct, 50 were adjusted
and 67 were found incorrect and con-
demuned.
The Government wishes to enlist
every map, woman snd child of the
nation in war-savings service. When
av individual buys war-saviogs stamps
he enlists in the production division
of the nation, thereby supporting and
backing up the fighting division
which is in France and on the sess,
Dr. Bamuel G. Dixoo, Commission
er of Health, is seriously ill in the Uai-
versity hospital in Philadelphis, aod
in order to conserve hid strength, his
physicians bave requested that he dis-
continue for the present hie writing of
“ Health Talks” which he has pre-
pared weekly for the press of Pennayl-
vania for several years.
Daulel Blegal, of Bpring Mille, was
a caller at this office one day last week
aud so that his daughter, Miss Mary
Slega!, might keep in touch with the
pews from home, had her name placed
on the Reporter list. Mies Blegal is a
trained nurse in the U, 8B, Base Hose
pital, Camp Douglae, Fort 8ill, Okla
homes.
While watering his horses one day
inst week Lanniog Irvin, well-known
overseer of Bogge township poor farm,
was kicked in the stomach and severe
ly injured by an unruly animal, He
managed to walk to the house and a
physician was summoned at ownoe,
who saw at once that Mr, Irwin could
not recover from the injury and did all
he could to ense his intense suffering.
He passed away on Wednesday
morning.
Mr. and Mre. P. H. Masser, of Mile
helm, recently recsived a letter from
their son, P. Byron Musser, from
“Somewhere in France”, who saye
that the trip scrose the Atlantic was
enjoyed by all the boys. The section
of France where the boys are located
is noted for ita absence of wooden
buildings, says young Musser. Ev.
erythiog le buolit of stone, and lots of
homes are built like caves, with chim«
neye extending out of them from the
, eealer of weightls
county,
fllside. Tobsooo may be purchased
st a chesper rate than in the
but eatables are sky-high, bie says.