LOUVALS,
Station Agent Jecob Lee, of Rpring
Mille, was in town on Baturday,
Roy White, of Lewistown, visited
friends in Centre Hall on Baturday,
Private John Whiteman returned to
LOCALS :
Henry Foust and J. G. Boal, of Pol-
ters Mille, exchanged residences this
week,
Mre. D. W, Bradford was ill for a
I sen Pi oe,
WEEKLY WAR NEWS DIGEST
and on the Battle Fronts, from Washington, D. C.
AP APN
HARRISBURG NEWS LmTlii in, THE MARKERS,
{ Continued from frit pake ) FEODUCE AT BTORES
prohibition amendmen®, it {8 more | EGRY enreeiiiiriicnnivisionmen
thanan inferenes, it ls a fect, he Ix |
few days t'ie past wee¥, suffering from
5... 5-1 AA ON.
wp
Camp Meade, Md., on Saturday after-
noon,
Howard Oallaban and Hugh Rals-
ton have been visiting relatives of the
former at Kane,
Edward Ri‘er, who is employed at
Burpham, spent Bunday with his fam-
ily in Centre Hall,
Mre, D. W, Bradford is spending a
few days at the Daniel Houser home
at Houserville, this week,
Jarl A. Auman, who holds an office
job with the P. R. R. at Altoons,
spent Bunday at home,
Letters unclaimed in the Centre
Hall post office sre for Mies J. M.
Bmith and Ginseppe Micaglia,
Charles W, Geary, of Newport, at-
tended the funersl of his father-in-law,
J. W, Whiteman, last Thursday,
Mre. Lucy Henney left yeaterday for
Philadelphia to purchase her tock of
epring and summer millinery goode,
Don’t fail to see 8B, Platt Jouee, in
his prog am of wholesome fun this
(Thureday) evening in the Grange
hall,
I. J. Zabler, of Rpring Mille, was a
Reporter visitor last Friday morning
and extenJed his subscription ahesd a
year.
H, H. Leitzel', the Millbeim bu'ch-
er, will be in Centre Hall every Tuesday
and Saturday with a nice lot of fresh
meat. Watch for him, alv,
Master Clyde Bmith, of Milesburg, |
visited bis grandmother, Mre, Isasc
Smith, in Centre Hall, for a few days
within the past week,
Mrs, Jobn D. Lucas and little
dsughter Florence, of Lewistown, sat-
tended the funeral of the late J, W.
Whiteman, on Thursday.
The bomes of Mrs, D. L. Kerr and
Mrs, James Alexander have been
wired for electric light within the
pasy week by William Bocz 1,
Mise Emma McCoy was called to
the home of her sister, Mre. J, Witmer
Wolf, at Ardmore, on Saturday, on
account of the latter's serions illuess,
Mrs. G. L. Goodhart who spent the
winter with ber daught-r, Mrs, Wag-
ner Geiss, in Bellefonte, returned to
her home in Centre Hall on Fiiday.
Some oi the township schools enme
to a close this week, and the remsin-
der will finish the term next week.
The borough schools have about seven
weeks before the finish,
Clayton Musser, tenant on the Dr,
A, G. Lieb farm, on the Brushvalley
road, east of (entre Hall, will occupy
the Bexler farm at Linden Hall,
which George Bearson leaves this
spring.
indigestion,
Mrs, Joseph L. Runkle, of Belle
fonte, spent unday at the D, W.
Bradford home,
WwW. w. Bpaogler, a respected citizen
of Centre Hall, has been 111 for the
past week or more,
Frank 8, Leister, who 1s employed
at the Standard works at Burnham,
was io Centre Hall on Tuesday.
Mre. Irvin V, Musser, of Mifflin.
burg, is visiting ber parents, Mr, and
Mre, W, H, Meyer, in Centre Hall
Bamuel H. Glogerich is sawing up
8 heap of wood for pearby farmers
with his gasoline engine and circular
BAW,
Dr. , E, Emerick, of Harrisburg,
pent a few days beginning of the
week with his brother, George Emer-
Ick, east of town, .
The family of Franklin Moyer desire
to thavk those friende who rendered
much appreciated assistance during
the family’s recent bereavement,
Whiiam F, McKinney, of Potters
Mille, advertiees I tters of administra.
tion on the estate of his father, the
ate Perry McKinvey, in this lssue,
R. K. Hunter, of State College, paid
the Reporter a short call on Tuesday.
ed on the Htate road construction in
the county,
Ardmore, states that Mra, J, Wit.
ioualy ill, with little hopes for her
recovery.
two children, of Cumberland, Mary-
land, were arrivals on Wednesday at
the home of Mre. Barry's mother,
Mrs, Elizabeth Mitterling.
Charles B, Burris, of Dewart, visited
his mother and brother, west of Cen-
tr+ Hall, from Friday until Wednes-
day. Mr. Borris is employed in the
Deward creamery and reports that
company tteadily gaining In the vol
ume of business done,
The Grange hall was crowded to the
tudents in presenting
drama, ‘“ Star Bright’’, The amateur ||
I'he door receipts we'e over $68.00.
The Junior War Raving Boclety of
the intermediate grade of the Centre
Hall public schools, of which D. Ross
week to the amount of §68.75, making
s total to date of $228 75.
asters in this grade are far ahead of
WAR PICTURES
MAY BR BECURED
FOR PRIVATE COLLECTION
Au illustrated catalogue of official
war photographs spd stereopticon
slides hes been fesued by the division
of pletures of the Committee on Pub-
ic Information. In it are listed about
1,000 pictures available to the public,
including photographs taken by the
Bignal Corps, Navy, Marine Corpe,
and Belgian official photographs.
Esch picture listed may be had
either as a photographic print or as a
stereopticon slide at a small price.
[he catalogue may be secured by send-
Committee on Public Information,
Washiogton, D. C.
BMALL FARM OWNERS
MAY BECURE AID
FROM FARM LOAN BOARD
The Federal Farm Loan Board has
Issued tne following rules for the guid-
ance of the land banks to determine
what area constitutes a farm for loan-
ing purposs:
“ Firat Geperally.—The farm must
be of sufficlent area to yield at the
“Second Bpecially.—Where through
| new kind of smmunition for sirplave
| use In form of special cartridges con-
| tainibg bullets for armor-plercing trac.
ing snd incendiary purposes, All cf
these cartridges are of small rifls eall-
berr, according to a statement suthor-
izsd by the War Departmen’, The
three tenths of an inch dismeter and
(short leogth of bullet left little space
for the armor-pleicing element or for
tracer and ivcendiary composition,
but such combinations hsve be b
made,
TRAINING CAMP COMMISSION
WILL ESTABLISH
BABEBALL LEAGUES
Plans for the organization of camp
baseball teams and lesgues sre being
This ruling does not ap-|
Under the first paragraph of th's |
snd will be scoepted as a farm eligible |
But under the second parsgraph cf
formulated by the general director of
athletics in camps and caotonmente,
According to the Commission on
Training Camp Activities, within »
month soldiers will have company,
regimental, and divisional tesme, and
these teams will form company and
regimental lesmgues. No divisional
lesgues are contemplated because of
the distances between camper, but
where traveling conditions permit in-
ter-camp games will be arranged,
Mejor league officials and smateur
baseball associations have volunteered
assistance in promoting baseball ip
the camps,
MORE THAN % PER CENT
OF UNITED STATES TROOPS
NOW CARRY INSURANCE
More than $11,000,000,000 of war-
risk insurance has so far been written,
covering over 1,600,000 persons in the
military and naval services. The av-
erage amount of insurance applied for
Is nearly §9,000. The maximum per-
Final figures show the United States
over 9 per cen!. ineured. In many
The insurance now on the books of the
bureau is more than three times se
All new persone joining the service
ary 12,
Commenting on the decision to reg-
Belinsgrove, bse spnounced that the
borough bha« been granted free deliv
ery. Service will begin April 1, and
all hcuses will be pumbered snd sign-
boards placed at street intersections,
Harry L. Kline, formerly mansger
of the Centre Hall Pharmacy, and now
employed in a drug store at Johnsen
burg, was a guest at the Edward E,
Bsiley home on Monday, His many
friends in Centre Hall we e glad to
gee him.
D. Earl Fleming, expert account-
ant, and who has been located at Bal-
timore, Md., for some time, in writing
to the Reporter to change bis address,
faye: ‘‘ Business interests bave called
me to my former home in New York
City—where I really feel more com-
fortable than in any other city in
which I've stopped 7’,
Cleveland Mitterling is developing a
pew field in the purchase of mile
cows for shipment to the eastern ma
get, Last week he circulated among
the Mifflin county A mish ard found
them a good clsss to do business with,
He will ship a carload of cows from
Reedaville the latter part of the week.
W. R. From, of Miffiinburg, a valu.
ed subscriber of the Reporter, writes ae
follows : *“ Enclosed find check to put
me ahead on mv subscription, The
Reporter brings me lots of news from
my old ecunty, for which I continue
to bave a warm feeling. We are all
well, Mre. From was housed up with
the grippe for some time, but is now
all right again,
Forester Charles R, Meek, formerly
Uncle Bam, finds that distance lends
enchantment. In a recent letter to a
friend in Coburn, he writes: “There
are not many girls about here but I do
not think much of them anyhow,
Hince leavise Coburn I bhsven’t seen
any to heat Centre county girls,
Those from a distance who sttended
the funeral of Mre., Franklin Moyer
were ; Mr, and Mra. Allen Moyer snd
son Clyde, from Darragh; Mr. and
Mrs, Albert Bwoyer, Jersey Bhore;
Willism and Sterrel Moyer, Loganton;
A. G, Cummings and family, © ntre
Mills; Mr, and Mrs Charles Wolf,
Aaronsburg ; Mr, snd Mrs, Nathanie
Boob, Mre, John Maize, Millhelim ;
Mr. and Mre, Adam Wolfe, Mrs, John
Page, Reversburg ; Frank and Pear!
McKioney, Altoona; Mrs, J. B,
White, State Oollege ; Mr, and Mrs,
A.J, Rote, Mrs, OC. A. Krap , Miss
Alice Neese, Spring Mille; and Mr,
" snd Mrs, Ularsnoe Mover; Peon Hall,
ing Uvcle Sam's securities, and there
isa spirit of friend'y rivalry smong
the little patrio's to see who can save
the most “pennies” and * nickles”
to buy Thrift Stam pe,
The following personal is reprinted
from the Mi fflinburg Telegraph. Mise
Miss Lola Ulrich, of Penn Hall, two
attractive and talented young ladies,
the former a Reader, and one of distine
tion, who took part in the Red Croes
Benefit Musical, on lset Thureday
night, and too muca praise canvot be
said of ber ¢florts, spent the week end
pleasantly with their friend, Miss Jee-
sie Hankey, one of our esteemed young
ladies, and diligent worker of the Red
Cross, at the hospitable home of her
parents, Mr, and Mre. D. W. Bankey,
on Market St,
The Ford care are put to a mauititude
of uses, but occasionally the owner
oversteps propriety and “Henry”
rebels, This was the case with the
“Lizzie” owned by Cobbler George
Washington Tressler, who undertook
to use her power to transport a bale of
straw. The s'raw was strapped to the
r ar of the car and all went well until
Mr. Tressler resched the farm houre
occupied by George E. Heckman,
I'he Heckman dinner bell waa ringiog,
and this brought to Mr, Tressler’s
mind that perhaps it might be for a
fire alarm, and looking back he saw
smoke roiling out in cloude. Iovesti-
gation revealed the bale of straw on
fire, but it wae quickly cut loose before
damage was doe to the car, 7
DEATHS,
Berjamine Lohr died at the home
of his niece, Mre, A. J. Bhook, at
Bpring Mille, on Tuesday morning,
sged seventy-three years. Burial will
be made io the Hickman cemetery to
morrow (Friday) morning.
daughter survives ; also one sister,
Mrs, Elizabeth Herning, of Bpring
Mille, and one brother, Henry Lohr,
of Miffiuburg.
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The new “ Mexican service badge”
will oon be issued to officers and en
listed men who served under certain
conditions in Mexico and on the bon
der, Persons not now in the Army
who would have been entitled to the
badge sud whose separation from the
service has been hot orable may secure
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FOR FORCES IN FRANCE .
An ordpspoce base that will cost ap- |
proximately $25,000,000 is under coun-
struction in Frauce. It will loclude |
more than 500 guns a month ; large |
or veblicle repair pliant capable of over-
bsuling more than 1,20) vehicles a
month ; a small-arm repair plant to
handle 58,000 rifles and magszine guns |
a month ; a large shop for the repair
of horse snd infantry tquipment ; a |
reloading plant capable of reloading |
about 100,000 artillery cartridges a day. |
The ordospce base will include 20
large storehouses, 12 shop buildings, |
100 smaller shops and mageszines and |
machine and tool equipment costing
$5,000,000. Approximately 450 officers
and 16,000 men will be required for
maintenance,
10,000 SKILLED MEN
WANTED FOR SERVICE
IN AVIATION SECTION :
Qualified men regletered under the
selective-service law may be inducted
into service to fill the call for 19,000
ekilled mechsnice needed by the Avia-
tion Beotion of the Bignsl Corpe, by
applying to their local boards. Men
not registered may enlist at recruiting
stations,
The present call Is particularly for
machinists, suto mechanics, engine
repairmer, gunsmithe, chaufleure, oar
penters, blacksmithe, tinemithe, osb’s
netmakere, olectriciane, coppersmithe®
sheetmetal workers, propeller makers,
wireless operators and constructors,
masters, vuleanize™r, welders and ex-
perts on msgnetos, igoition systems,
cameras, watches and clocks,
Men will be sent to San Antonio
Texss, for segregations by trades, fol-
lowed by a brief course of Instruotiou
a! flying fields or factories, then organ-
ined into tquadrons mostly for service
overseas, Additional Information
red spplioation te the
rd 0, Pooh Department,
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authority from The Adjatant Genefal
to purchase snd wear the service
| badge.
amobnt consumed previously.
The average smount allotted per
percon per day le 250 grams (which
Esch individual card contains s cer-
tain nomber of cgupoons for 250, 100,
50, and 25 grams of bread, amounting
in all to the total monthly allotment,
the holder desires, either at the baker's
private families are expreted to de-
tach from their individual bread cards
the coupons tquivalent to the amount
of bread consumed.
All cheese now in storage must be
marketed before June 15, unless spe-
cial permission to hold is given by the
Food Administration,
The prospect for the 1918 wheat crop
in Japan le said to be very good by »
report to the Department of Com-
merce, The 1017 crop Is estimated at
nearly 35,000,000 bushels.
From the beginning of 1914 to Aug-
ust 1, 1817 there wae a total advance of
82 per cent in the retail prices of bread,
sccording to the Department of Labor,
In the last few months there has been
a decrease, and prices are now 66 per
cent higher than at the begioning of
1914,
Firms or individuals paying officers
or business employees a portion or all
salaries and wages during the war per-
fod In which they are in the service of
the United States may deduct these
smounts from their taxable incomes,
according to a regulation by the Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue,
From Juve 5 to December 1, 1917,
only 5,870 arrests were made or r port«
ed to the Department of Justice for
failure to register under the selective-
service aot, Of these, 2663 were ree
leased after having registered and
prosecutions were begun againet 2059,
of which about 1,600 cases are still
pending.
Following the plan adopted for Cali-
fornia and Colorado, the Food Admit
{stration has appointed a commission
to determine the cost of prodacing
sagar beets in Nebrasks, The ocom-
mission has no power to fix price,
but it is expected that ite figures wil)
~erve as the basla for voluntary price
agreements between growers and pure
against the election of euch a leglela-
ture, ”’
There is no question where the Dem-
ocratic candidate for Governor will
stand. It bas been the Republican
party in the past that has received the ;
great liquor int-rests’ contributions, | FM; Fisher, ds Tenn Hall wii weil:
The Democratic party has always ad-|
vocated home rule in all ite phaser,
It was for local option because it al-
lowed the people back home to decide
the question; it is for the federal prohi-
bition amendment, because, again it i
the people who will in the selection of
their legislative candidates, dec ide the
queetion In the last analysis,
Mr. Palmer recently summed up| THURSDAY MARCH 24
tha situation from a Democratic s1anC- | hod goods will be sid by Da vil B. bay
point when he said : |
road, will sell farmstock implements, ete
Clean up sale,
BATURDAY, MARCH 234,
George Michael will sell : one cow,
us new, harness, and lot of household goods
THURBDAY . MARCH 2%
¢ miles west of Centre Ha wil sell
buggy, sleigh, harness, household goods
FRIDAY, MARCH 20th st 10 a
Farm wt
I. F. Mays, auct
Bartholomew will se}
ments,
vanis ie snd patuarlly will be for the
amecdment, snd the Democratic nom- | SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH
inee or candidate for Governor will te |B H Argey of Centre Hall, will
hold goo?
& man r.garding whom there will not | °° **%% .
exist the slightest d- ubt ms to his be-| FOR BALE —Two Hostels he
clght weeks ago © one Holstein Bua
tng ur quslifiedly committed to acd Ib | 5ia.—5, E, BROWN Centre Hell. Fe
favor of the amendment, | Bell phone N i
‘* With the Demccratic candidate] pox ALE. —Dark brown mare goo
3 i. and fearless: will sell cheap W.
for Goverror pledged to the amend vy ro J a
ment and Benstor FEproul ard ether|
Republican candidstes declaring for| BTOF' LOOK' and BUY
the smendmwent it will rest with the |F i p. * removes ali stain
ua mar SAL Or
people of Perpsylvania to decide | move
whom they consider the best friend of |
all, Pu
prohibition,” AMES W., SWABB |
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
LINDEN HALL, CENTRE CO.
Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, &
ecuted with can Ali ie
attended 0. HEpecial
ting of Estates. Marr
bile Licenses, nnd
Blanks kept on hand
Garteides
For sale by Miss Gladys Jon
PA.
written sx
ou PTO |
Never in a campaign in recent yesis
were Lhe people of Penpeylvanis better
able to read between the lines of politi-
cal statements apd to dig beneath the
surface for the truth. The one big it~
novation of the present campaign hee |
been the awakening of the potential
voter—ihe stay-at-bhomer or the church
member who knows what le right (ue
many political workers are pointivg | Special
out) but voles wrong on election day. | writs 8 0d ail Clnanes, | atiad ng Sovda =o
The big difference this year is that | cunses secared and sii matters ports joi
the church vote, which in the past Las | T0¢ Sttended to rromriiy
CYRUS BRUNGART
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
CENTRE HALL, PA
stienlion given to ocollectin
pow bestirring iteelf. The church ®
people themaelves are alive to the situ. | g
ation and are not only tsikiog ahout
‘““woling tight’ but are out gelling
ususl stay-at-homere seseincd, regie-
ered and enrolled. And they will see
that coee Lbis prelimiusry work ie
done that their converts will get lo
the polis on primary day in May and
the genersl election dey next N
ber. Emphasis is belog laid on the
need for enrollment, for many men in
past years have considered that they
have dope their whole duly in getting
registered,
Io sil the years [ have been in po
tier, " comments Beoator Ed, Vare, “I
have never seen church-going people,
without regard to their faith, »o arous-
ed over a political campaign. The ¢
church-golog people sre golog tu give
for the first time io many, many years
an active political sepect of their bal-
lot. They sre going to register, they
are going to wan the polle, they nie
going to get out and vote, they are gc-
ing to get right down to cases and put
scrose Lheir own man if possible, The
sooner tha people realize this the
quicker they can reckon with the new
factor in political affaire, ’’
A FEW MORE
SWEATERS
in all wool or part wool
Heavy Wool Hose, Mitt-
ens and Gloves,
Rich’s Flannel, by the yd.
Flannel or Outing Night
Gowns, for Men, Wo-
Children.
men ata Li
KnitWool or Cotton Skirts
Wool or Cot'n Underwear
Corduroy Trousers
Men and Boys.
Sunbury Bread,
Khaki Colored SWEATER YARN
ON SALE
vem
OPI OU JE PEP VEO. DOVES PIR POO ®
for
tore closes every Wednesday even.
ing et 6 o'clock
H. F. Rossman
Spring Mills
FOR SALE-The Gelm property, loomted im.
mediately opposite the Reporter office —8,
W_ Bmith, Centre Hall
AN
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COORONG IACOPEPODUOC OOOO PBTEICI DBP EIRET RTPI GRP 000 ROBY
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S
WEARING APPAREL
AT
Nieman’s
Department Store
It will surely be to your ad-
vantage to come in and take a
look at our new and up-to-date
styles in every department of
D. J. Nieman
Department Store MILLHEIM
ARMOR PIERCING, TRACING,
ANOENDIARY
Tue present war hag Urought forth »
ohavers bf sugar beets.