HALL, PA. 1918. 3 X 5¢ NO. — = 3 oa A 54) oy Sd YY ou Ts Buy 1 RNR ERTS EE a EN a SE EH, pe : ng” . lutely. If f declar had submit 3, practical 1 products nd the en 3 have 4 what quence to of farm the de. 16 d aown tton and other lor leas n. For many could have who were in to meet as they thousands n unable t r n a mortgages came due, Hundreds of of farmers would have been absolutely ruined and all of them would have faced an era of stagnation and star vation prices such as has never been | seen in this count ry. HARRISBURG NEWS LuYTER, This Is a Demceratio Year. —~Two Big Rea- tons for It There are two big reasons why this is 8 Democratic year for Pennsylvanis ~the Wilson administration and the Republican bosses of Pennsylvania The capabilities and successes of the former and the factional bickerings of the latter will both help to make the Republican State of Pennsylvanis Democratic. Belief in Wilson and confiderce in the Washington govern- ment have aided in showing the peo- ple that the Democrats can govern. And then st a time when the Repube lean party for its own protection should be united and select a ticket in which the votors could place some re. Hance, the factional split was allowed to develop and the Penrose organiza tion, casting possible harmony saide picked a ticket that, while truly rep- resentative of all that stands for Pen. roseism ls not one in which the peo: ple’s faith ¢:n be pinned to at all se- © re y. Never before were men more sadly needed ‘or enrdidates who possess not yaperi sti licy for ardly the al +1 t in way to put Liberty because a part of But, fortu. nately for him, the war has put him in such a condition of prosberity that he can buy liberally of Liberty Bonds without hurting himself. There is a scriptural injunction to give unto the Lord according as the Lord has pros pered you. It applies to this phase of the cause of right just as thorough. ly as any other, farmer buy war Bonds is untry gupport the Aberty vy to his « his dut 1 whose past records are olean and upon, Henator Penrose knew this and because of the factional differences of opinion would harken to no talk re- garding any one except to be aligned with his own faction. The result hss ord in the general assembly at Harris. burg has been diametrically opposed to their present day declaration—their vote-getting avowala, Benator Bproul, «1 ated by Penrose as 8 gubernatorial candidate a year ago, bad another coming out perty the other day at Bwarthmore, He again formaily announced his candidaoy, Just as if he bad not mentioned the fact at the brewery-flnanced dinner at Pittsburgh two months before. And then, as was to have been expected, Senator KE. E., Beidleman, spother trusted Penrose follower on the floor of the senate, formally came out with s statement that he was a oandidste for Lieutensn' Gov rnor. This had been nderstood t the Pittsburgh dinner ale «0, and while thre had been much talk meanwhile sbout Congressman John R. K. Hontl, the Vere oh oe, Hoott only personal Lonesly snd integrity . - ( Continued on thwide page.) SPRING MOVINGS, Many Changes Took Place April Town and Country, ist io April first found many residences in Centre Hall with new owners or tenants, The following Is a list of chapges which took place in the bor- ough: Dr. H. F. Bitner moved to Lewisburg ; F. M. Fisher, of Penn “all, bought ar d moved into the Bit- ner home Ademy Heckman from “illkelm to the John l.ucas bome, which he beught, B. H. Arney to Ningara Falle, followed by W, E, Tate, who bought the Arney home, Rev, Pickens, a retired minister, from Mifi- lin county to the Bamuel Bhoop home, which he purchased. John Breon, from Axemann to the Jerry Miller ome, whieh he bought, The George Breon family moved from the Mre, Laura Lee home to Reading and were followed by John Rine, of Old Fort, Oliver Btrunk from the Mrs, Henry ~wabb home to the Bushman home at the upper end of town ; George Potter to the Bwabb home, Mre. J. W. Mit- terling to the Prof. W. O, Heckman home on Church street, Mss Mary Fisher from Penn Hall to the J, W Mitterling home, which she bought. Ed. Brown to Millheim, followed by =heridan Garis, Ed. Riter to the Clayton Wagner home, and John Rubleto where Riter vacated, Law- rence Runkle from the Herlscher pro- perty to where Ruble wacated ; Boyd Potter from near Old Fort to where Runkle vacated, Cook Hubler moved into the house purchased by him and was followed by Frank Smith, from the farm to his newly purchased home, Rev. J. F, Bhultz from Brad- dock to the U, Ev, parsonage. Eimer Miller from the John Laue home to the Bartholomew flat, karl Lutz from the Bartholomew buliding on Hofler street to the Bartholomew farm, west of Centre Hall. Erdman West to Ntate College. Mrs. W. A. Relber from the Lucas property to the Dr. (George Lee home. —— A — A A Left for Camp Meade Tawmday The following twelve young men, representing the first in the new quotas for Centre county, left Bellefonte on lFueaday for the army training quarters st Camp Meade, Maryland ; Henry W, Fleming, South Philipe- burg. Alton P, barg. Jobn Bland, Milesburg, Edwin OC, Benner, State College. Bernard Kane, Bellefonte, Michsel I, Rider, Coburn, Lester I. Camptell, Mileabuig. O+car K. Rishe!, Boalsturg, John R, Spicer, Bellefonte, R. F, D. Hepry F. McKinley, Milesburg, Alexander B. Graham, Bandy Ridge. Russel L. Nelson, Bouth Philips- King, Bellefonte, 40 Tracto s to Help Farmers, Within the pext two weeks forty farm tractors will be at the service of Penvsylvania farmers who oo secount of ehortage of labor will be unable by avy other means to prepare their ground for the ususl acreage of sum- mer crops of corp, oa's sud poistoes, The Pevnsyivavia Department of Agriculture realizing the plight that many farmers have been put to through the labor shortage sppealed to the Penvsylvania Committee of Pub- Hie Bafety and Defense and received an sppropristion with which the tractors were purchased, These traclors are to be operated by two trained men and will work In two shifts of nine hours esch day, thereby giving the farmer eighteen hours of continuous service on the farm where they are engaged, The tractors will be sent into nearly every county in the State and will go especially to those localities where they are needed to insure large corn snd oats acresges. The charge for tractor service has been placed at three dollars per acre for plowing and one dollar and a balf per acre for diso- ing and sixty cents an acre for harrow- ing. The costs cover all expenses ip- cidental to the work, but the farmer in additicn to paylog the acreage fee must board and !0oige the operators while they are engaged at work on their farm, Io order to get a tractor in any spe- cific distriot it ls necessary to have enough farmers combine to contrset for at least 120 acres of work, Little trouble has been experienced in this detail as there seems to be an over- whelming demand for assistance in plowing this year, At is estimated that the tractors will average twelve acres of plowing a day or 480 for the forty tractors, Itis aleo figured that there will be sixty full working days In which work can be dove in preparing the soll for the sea son's crops and that in that time 28 - 800 acres’ will be prepared. Most of th work will be done In counties where there sre big corn ylelds and it{® fe estimated toat the felds prepared by the trrotors will yield at lesst a VA— (Cdatinued ou nent odtums) FP. 0.8 of A Estertalnment, The Centre Hall Camp of the P. O, EH, of A,, will be one of the numerous Camps in the county which will bave the services for a night of George Rod- gers, a blind map, and the world’s chsmplon harmonica and auto-harp player. He ls said to be the only map living who plays classical music on the harmonica. An itinerary has been mapped out for the entertainer as follows: At Milesburg, April 4 h; Bprirg Mills, April 8th ; Bnow Bhoe, April 9'h; Le- mont, April 10:h ; Centre Hall, April 11th ; Aarovsburg, April 12:0, and Woodward, April 13th, The committee in charge of the lo- cal entertainment has decided on a» free entertainment ; sdmieslon, how- ever, to be by ticket, which will be placed in the bands of the public by P. O. 8, of A, membere, ——— A ——— Ex.Governor Manley at Belisfonte, A civil mars meeting will be held in the Court House at Beliefonte on Wednesday, April 10th, at 8 15 p. m., in the interest of Btate and National Prohibition and will be addressed by Hor, J. Frank Hanley, former Govern- or of Indiana. The meeting is to be held under the auspices of the Flying #quadron Foundation which bas its headquarters in Indiandapolie, Governor Hanley ls conceded to be the peer of temperance orators in the country, he is eloquent, forceful and convincing and, by far, one of the most able speakers on the Chautauqua platform. His lecture in the Coutt House will be free of charge and the public is cordially invited. A ————— From Bealsbary. Mre. (Rev.) Courtney relurned home a short time ago from the West- ern Pennsylvania hospital, Pittsburg, Where she had been entered February by her brother, Dr. Wilkinsor, of Homes’ead, for treatment on advise of ber physiciav, Dr. Foster, of Btate College. By thorough examination, several of the best specialists of Pitte- burg, who made use of the X-ray, proved that she has been suflering from the effects of a broken vertebrae, eaused by a fell nine years ago; also wetroptosis and enteroplosis; aleo in- flammatory condition of the sscro-clisc Jjolote, It was also proved by a spe- cialist that Mre, Courtney is of a sane sud sound mind, She received medi cal treatment for five weeks in the boepital for a nervous collapse, causnd by overwork and worry. Bhe is still under medical treatment fc ber nerves, aleo for weakness fos by a slight attack of poen- onis, from Dr, J. V. Foiter, of Biate College, who is one of the counly’s leading physicians, A — —— Fenn Statdc's Senior Ulam 10 Bay Liberty Loan Mends, The senior class at the Pennsylvan- ia Siste College is going to buy about $1500 worth of Liberty Loan bonds in- stead of spending the movey for a clase memorial to ornament the campus. This decision was made Tuesday at a meeting of the graduating class. For the last twenty years, each out- going clses hes given its rebate from the college damage fund for the pur- pose of leaving a substantial memento. The boys of 1918 decided the gov- ernment needed the money to fight Germany more than the campus need. ed an imposing limestone gateway, ———— A I—— Loganton Landlord Goes to Rebenbarg. The Bugar Valley Journal contained this item of news in its last week's issue : Landlord James R. Daveler, who conducted the Logan House during the past year, Ia gelling ready to move to Rebersburg, where he has leased Long's hotel. This will leave the Logan House, one of the largest and most besutifully loosted hotel properties in Clinton county outside of Lock Haven, vacant after April 1st, due to the decision of court in cutting off the sale of wet goods. rp fg —— Encampment & Fair, Sept. 14.99, The forty-fifth Encampment and Fair will be beld on Grange Parx, Centre Hall, from Baturday, Beptem- ber 14th to Friday, September 20.b, inclusive, (Continued from previous column.) million and a half bushels of corn with a value at present prices of $2,~ 760,000, To accomplish the same amount of work that the forty tractors and eighty operators will do it is estimated that it would take three hundred and twenty farmers using nine hundred and sixty horses steadily for sixty daye, When the spring plowing ls done the tractors will be turned to help with the harvest and in preparing the fields for the crops of winter wheat Jue nye ie npecied shat soe trett- ept busy du ob summer Pd Inte ry fall, Farmers desiring service in J. MM, STIFFLER DIES IN WEST, Aative of Centre Fill Passes Away at Rock. ford, Iilinets,— Was 8 Lender in‘ Better Farming ' Movement, James Milton Btiffler, a native of Centre Hil), but since the year 1579 » resident of Illinols, paesed away at a Rockford (Illinois) sanitariom on Baturday, 16:h ult. A nervous break- down suffered five weeks ago reculted in a complication of diseases, which bastened his end. He was a former Btephenson county school teacher, prominent farmer and one of that Ill. inols county's best known men, On numerous occassions he wrote articles on farming which appeared in the Re- porter. He was a keen observer and wrote from practical experience on farm subjects, From the Freeport Dally Journal we take the following on his death : Mr. Btiffier had resided in this county for over thirty-five years and duripg that time he became one of the leading farmers of the county, His first two years in Stephenson county were spent as a teacher at the Currier school in Lancaster township, Io 1884, however, he moved to the farm on the West street road, which he owned at the time of his passing. He was not only an energetic and scientific farmer but he found time to interest himself in the wel’are of both city and country. He had long been a member of the Farm Improvement Association of the county and took an sctive interest in its work. He served on various committees of the assocla- tion and gave liberally of both time and money in the promotion of the welfare of the organization. He was one of the promoters of the recently- organized Btephenson County Farm Bureau and it was largely through his eflorts thet the plan lo engage a farm adviser was carried to = successful issue. In numerous ways Mr, Stiffler gave his aid to the ‘better farming” movemen', and resders of this paper will recall that he contributed many interesting articles on farm work dur. ing the past several years, Mr. Btiffler was a public spirited man and was ever ready to offer his services for the good of the com- munity. He worked in the interest of good roads and all other movements which be belleved would benefit the people of the city and country. He co-operated willingly with the Cham. ber of Commerce of Freeport io its work and bd only recently renewed his membership in that organizstion. Al various times he wrote interesting articles regarding farm improvement and other pews of interest and aleo belpfal to the farmers of Stephenson county. A PATRIOTIC CITIZEN Mr. Btiffler was an unusually patri- otic man and since the outbreak of the war he had worked unceasingly to aid the government. Mr, Stiffier was a man who meade friends wherever bh ; went and he was bighly esteemed by sll who knew him. NATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA James Milton Stiffier wes born at Centre Hill, Centre county, Penneyl- vanis, February 10th, 1857, and was » son of Andrew and Leah St fller., He resided there until 1578 when he moved to Joliet, Ill, where he en- gaged in truck gardening with a Mr. Brayoon, He followed this work for two yearr, teaching school during the winter months. He then spent two years at Phinfleld, Ill, and on De- cember 25, 1682, he was united in mar- riage to Mim Nines Bmith, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. W. Bmitb. Then they came to Btephenson county where Mr, Btiffier taught at the Currier school, Lancaster township, for two years. In March, 1854, they then moved to the farm on the West street road where they had since resided. His wife and one daughter, Mre, Martha Meyers, wife of H. B. Meyer, survive, as do the following sisters and brothers : Mrs. Anna MoManue, of Harrisburg, Pa ; Mra, Lizzie Keul, of Pblladelphis, Pa ; Mr. Dora Bower, of near Tumeyville, Pa; and Fred Stiller, residing in Michigan. Burial wae made at Freeport on Monday following his death. ——— I A AAT A— Uneole Sam's Chalo Letter, The best chain letter that has ever come to our notice ls one that is now growing to tremendous strength for Uncle Bam. Everyone coming in re. oeipt of one of these leiters to bis post office and purchases five Thrin Stamps ; he affixes one stamp to esch of five Thrift cards and malls the cards to five friends. The card received by the friend is retained by him for add- ine additional stamps until the card ie fall ; be in turn goes tothe post office and purchases fl ve stamps and seks for five Thrift tarde, repeating the opers. tion, It ls plainly econ that Uncle Sam will soon have millions of holders of Thrift oarde who have a start of one amp toward Diling the dard, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS The Boys and Girls T. 8, and W. B. B, club ie coming up fine, A letter for Harry J. Breon is un- claimed in the Centre Hall post office, Trout fishermen should remember that the limit of a day’s catch has been reduc+d from forty to twenty-five trout to each fisherman, Prof. R. U. Wasson recently spent a short time about his former home st Coburn greeting friends. He is now an instructor in the Kiskiminetas Hprings sdademy at Baltebarg, Mre. 8. E. Strobm returned to her home in Cen're Hall Inet week afer spending the winter =i'h her dsughe- ters in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and with her son, J. Kufus Strobw, in New York City, A stretch of Btate road leading from Tassey ville to Boalsburg 12 in as mis- erable condition as it is possib'e to imagine, However, those living along it have sseurances that work to improve it will start this epriog. The large bank barn on the John Thomus farm, near Stormstown, which was destroyed by fire over a week ago, Is believed to have been the work of an incendiary to cover up bias theft of a large quanity of corn and onle, Because you are grown up, don’t get it into your mind that you are too much of importance to buy Thrift Btampe. Befter buy a single thrift stamp than shoot off your mouth sbout something of which you know nothing. Commiss'oner D. A. Gro a8 dezen or more farmers in Centre county who will have a farm tractor in operation on his farm this spring. The tractor sppears to be the only sol- ution to the help question on many farms this year, J. W. Yelsley, of Milimont, organizer of the P. O. KB. of A., was in town on Hsturday getting matters in line for the coming Rovers entertain- ment as well as the district meetiog, at which it is planned to have some noted leclurers appesr in Centre Hall, Mr. Peachy, Mifflin horse dealer, disposed of bead of horses at public Hall on Bsturday though they were not extra fine lot of animale, t price for which they sold was Harry Hubler, a Pennsylv road man at Lock Haver, ie becoming s singer of same nole, and cin ask “how mouch for the night before he makes his sppesranes, He works both a& a chorister and so and promis*s to be a top nolcher in time. Editor Charles E. Dorworth, of the Bellefonte Republicar, moved his printing plant from ita old location near the railroad station to a location between the Y. M. C. A. snd State Centre Eleciric Cop, 80, he says, “ we are flanked on one side by plenty of spiritual light and by brilliant elecirie raye on the other,’ Bome time ago, Merchant D. J, N «i- man lost & bunch of keys among which was one to the front door of his clothing store, He offered a reward for their returr, but nothing was heard of them for about two week-, when one morning the store key was found inserted in the lock good and fast, The lock was defective and could only be opened when you koew how to work it. It is presumed that the fioder of the keys planned looting of the store on a large or small scale, ve is one of Niate the county twenty-two Centre Ale yneidered an sale at sflternoon. ™ he average $252.50. anis Rati- * igs Io a letter received by the Reporter from Mre. Martha H, Hewes, of Star - ford, Kentucky, reference is made fo the farming situstion in the Bilge Grasse State In this manner: “A great many farmers husked their corn this spring. That which they put away last fall moulded. The finest looking ears of corn lest the lowest in many coset, The bluegrass flslde look like green velvet carpets and the grass ie six inches long where it ia protected by the winter grass. LI ia quite cold, jost as it nearly always je at Easter time. We have some plum trees in blossom.” A rational newspaper health writer gives this sensible recommendation ; “This ie spring tonic time, The fo'- lowing prescription is advised for those who feel it Is necessary to take something at this time of the year, Get a bottle of your favorite presorip=- tion, oarefally refrain from removing the stopper, carry it two miles into the country and bury it. Walk cut every day to see that it is still there’, Chis advice will bring certain benefi’, and those who are unable to following it can find many other ways of taking exercise dally, Walking is spendid and you oan keep ohiokens, ca'tivate & war garden, or play golf or games, snything to give you two hours of
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