LOUALS,
Brooder stove, incubators, yearling
heune, oto, for emle.—Ross Bushman,
Robert Meyer, a fireman on the
Pennsy at Altoons, was home last
Thursday,
A oarload of horses were shipped
from Centre Hall on Tuesday by Mr,
Homan,
Uvclsimed letters in the Centre
Hall P, 0. are : Mr, 8, 8B. Knepley,
Mr. Chas, Frederick.
Dr. and Mre. A. G. Lieb moved
from Centre Hall, last week, to thelr
farm, east of Centre Hall,
H. J. Lambert proudly displayed
two shad-sizs suckers which he caught
in Bloking creek last week.
Mr, and Mra. Reuben Garis and two
children, of Luxor, are visiting this
this week with ir, Garls’ parents |;
Centre Hall,
J. L Bhoey, tenant on the Goodling
farm west of Centra Hall. rurehase!
the Chevrolet esr of Henry E, Homan,
who lovesied in a larger car,
Work was begun on Tuesaday or
the state road leading from Tussey
wille to Boalsburg., Charles Miller
superintending the work,
The polliloal annoureement of Iv
L. Harvey, of Bells fonte, for the Re.
publics; vemlioation for Assembly,
arpears in this I=sue,
Rev. G. W. M-Iinay, of Nescopeck,
was amon those from a distance whe
mttended (he funeral of Miss Margars
Bartholomew, Isst Thursday,
Mr, and Mrs. Willlam Relah ane
cliiid, of Slate Cortiege, spant Hunday
at the home of Mra, Relah’s parents,
Mr, and Mrs, H, E, Homan,
Capt, UG. M. Boal left on Wednes-
day for Polladelphlas, where he wil
remain for about six weeks with bi
duughter, Mra, W, Groes Mingle,
The frmily of OC. D. Barthotomew
take this means to thank their peigh-
bors apd friends who showed such
kinduoess during the family’s recent
bereavement,
Charlee R. Rimmey and family
moved this week from Turseyville to
Centre Hall, into the C. W. Luse
home, on Hoffer Street, which Mr,
Rimmey purchased.
Farmers are aching for some real
settled weather. For the greater part
of the pst week raln fell svery day,
more than an inch and a half being
the precipitation for that time,
J. William Bradford, javior mem-
ber of the firm of Bradford & Son, was
under the doctor’s care for a few days
Iast week, his filuees resulting from
the long auto trip from Detroit, Mich.,
which he had just eompleted.
By direction of the State Fire Mar-
shall and the burgess of Centre Hall,
no fire crackers or any sort of explos-
ives willbe permitted to be used In
the borough of Centre Hall on July
Fourth.~G. H. Emerick, Bargees.
Meesns. C, J, Jackson, BR. H., Held
and R. B. Rhreck, all of Loganton,
were in Centre Hall las’ Thursday
making arrangements for holding the
play “Women Is Women”, the Red
Cross benefit entertainment, In
Grange bail, to-morrow (Friday),
A 22-horse power Wilte gasoline en-
gine is being installed by Clayton
Wegner in bis stope crushing plant,
Power wa formerly furnl bed by the
planing mill near by, but since it was
closed out, Mr. Wagner was obliged to
suspend operations. After the new
engine ls installed, the plant «ill be
operated to a larger extzot than heres
tofore,
REBERSBURU
Lee Kidder, of Burnham, spent
Banday st this place with his grand-
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Levi Fulmer,
Jacob Gephart bas the painters em.
ployed at painting the outside of his
dwelling house in west Rebersburg,
Clark Gramley hae the carpenters at
work roofing his house,
Mre, Bhol', widow of the late Henry
Bhol), lseerlously $11 at this writing,
Sidpey Krumrine Is having repair
work done at the new home he bought
from Frank Wate,
Adsm Wolf, the past week, had the
carpenters at work building = large
porch along the front and west aide of
bis house,
Mra, Abble Gape, of Nebrasks, spent
part of the past week at this piace
with b relster, Mre, Fred Pehl,
Bruce Weber and two children, of
Baoydertown, spent last Hatorday and
Fuandey st Bmullton with Mr, Weber's
parents,
Wallace Dobler ie making prepar-
ations to build an addition to his barn,
Mr, Bwope wiil in the near fature
move to Zlon,
Mre, Ellas Breon i» at present mak.
ing ber home in this town with her
daughter, Mr», Clarence Long.
TUESDAY
xX Xx
Letter From Washington State,
The following letter, received from
Harry W. Potter, son of J. T. Potter,
of Centre Hall, tells of a patriotic or-
ganization which has recently spruug
up in the far west, known as the
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumber.
men. The organization is as loyal to
Ut cle Sam as its title is alliterative,
Mr. Potter bas long been connected
with lumbering in the state of Wash-
ington. The above organization is
directing ite energies to the fullest pro-
duction of logs and lumber for the con-
struction of army airplanes and ehipe,
It also pledges to stamp out sedition
sod acts of hostility against the U., HB,
government, and hile letter tells Low a
certain hotbed of I. W, W. was
cleaned up, The letter is appended :
Eimonde, Wash,
April 18, 1918.
Editor Reporter:
You have read mesger reports in
your press of the Spruce Production
Divisior, but I am sure ycu do not
know a great deal of the organization,
Am ercosing an L, L, L. L. balletir,
an LL, L. L. Liberty Bond booster
aod blark, By perasiop
‘hea sou lll have a better idea of the
ganization of Loysl Legion Logger
Lumbermen, All cur men are receiv
ig their old wage for ten hours for
«ight ou's work which is abou six
teen per cent, above the wage sosle hn
the buli=tin; to! we dare not rales
ahowe the old soaly,
Every camp ard mill in Westen
“Washiogton and Nestern Oregon hiss
aloe.d Le L, L. I. 1 am secretary of
ours,
Che afternoon of April Tih I parth-
cipated in a viry pleasant entertain-
ment, From the Elka Home in Ever-
att we jourpeyed, using considerable
over 100 automobiles, all patriotically
decor sted, over a twenty mils strateb
of concrete road to Arlington, a sown
about the siz) of Centre Hall, We
took in our procession about 200 Elks,
not including the Elk band of thirty
pleces, two companies of militia aod a
tuoeh of boy scouts, There io Ar-
lington we were j ined by about four
hundred Loyal Legion men, several
hundred Red Cross, school children
and citizane and we haa a “ bumdiog-
er '’ of a parade for a little country and
logging town ; after which we had
scveral good speeches on our country’s
needs and boosting Liberty Bonds,
After the ceremonies some of the more
enthusiastic ones made for the I.W.W,
(or Wobblle as we call them) hall, It
was locked and not a ** Wobblie” in
sight, Seemingly by magic the door
was opened ; you should have seen
that place when the job was finished.
The rubbish was taken into the street
and burned. About eleven o'clock the
same night the Wobble hall in Ever-
eit was raided and smashed by masked
men.
The Elks sang a1 they marched,
“Dou’t Bite the Hand that is Feeding
You”, which is for Ucvcle Bam's for-
eign children’s benifit. The whole
demonstration was gotten up prin.
cipally as an anti-Wobbly affair, as
Ariington is a hotbed of them.
With beet wishes to all, I am,
Yours very truly,
W. H. PoTTER.
—————— A ———————
a pledge
{Continned from first page)
that capacity had much to do with
the framing and passage of the Full-
Urew law. Io recent sessions of the
Pennsylvania legislature he led the
fight to prevent the repeal of the
bill by railroads, Mr. Tarner entered
the raliroad service as a ‘ ews-avent,
becoming a passenger conductor ob
the Pittsburgh division, Pennsylvania
railroad in 1901,
"Joseph '. Gorman, of Allentown,
is a prominent business man ano
banker of that city, He served as a
member of the Belect Council of Allen
town and for years has been active in
Democratic politics in Lehigh county,
He ia a director of the Penn Counties
Trust Company and haa also develop-
od hundred of acres of suburban real-
ty near Allentown,
J. Calvin Btrayer, of York, is an-
other candidate for Congress-at-large
who is prominent in the business af-
falia of his own city, He ls general
manager of the firm of Strayer Bros,
wholesale flour, feed, grain and cosl
merchants, He has been president of
York Chamber of Commerce and has
served as State and National President
of the Patriotic Order Bons of Ameri
0d,
“Fred T., Ikeler, of Bloomsbury,
Columbia County, is » practicing at-
torney, a graduate of Lafayette Cole
lege and a former member of the
Pennsylvania Legislature. He has
been a lifelong Democrat and hss
served four terms sa City Solicitor of
Bloomsburg."
i MI 5 SP BAAN.
All Plants Once Wild.
It would be interesting if we could
know the history of the various fruits
and vegetables that we eat. Of course,
all of them—or, at least, thelr uncultl-
| vated ancestors—were once wild; just
{a8 we, or, at least, our savage fore
bears, were once wild, And, of course,
the cultivated garden vegetables, many
of them, bear no more resemblnce to
thelr uncultivated prototypes, some of
them, than we do fo the missing link
or his Immediate descendants,
——————_— — GI
Usutre Buporte: st $1.50 per your,
WEES LY WAR NEWS DIGEST,
ABSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR
BAYS WAGES DO NOT KEEP PACE
WITH RISING COST OF LIVING
Wage increases In the United States
are not keeping pace with the advance
in the cost of living, Assistant Hecre-
tary of Labor Post asserte, Figures
compiled by the Buresu of Labor Btu.
tistics of the Department of Labor, he
saye, show that while the cost of food
last year increased 25 per cent for the
entire country, wages rose only ones
balf or two-thirds of that rate,
The statement jssued by the- Buaresu
of Labor Statistics showing the ir.
creased living costs throughout the
United Btates for the year ending Jan-
uary 15 saye :
HComparing January 15, 1918, with
Isnuary 15, 1917, the price of food as
whole Increased 25 per cent. All ar-
ticles show decided increnses with the
“xe*ption « f potatos, which decreased
16 per cent. the
cieatest price change an lneresse of 77
Bacon Incrensed 64 per cent;
cent; pork chops, 44 pe
milk, 35 pe
hens, 29 par ont; butter, 25 pe
19 pe
fl ar, 17
orn meal shows
per cent,
lard, 53 oer
cent 3 hinner, 42 per cent
ent ;
ont; eg, ZB per oot bread
ent; sass, 18 per ont; and
pe. cent’,
GLASS FOUND
IN BUT ONE ASE
OUT OF 200 IN VESTIGATED
IN FOOD
publi
g the
foodstofl
Public Iuo-
qiire into the muthen-
ail
Powe fro asa and widespread
of
presence of groand gles in
LG
estion simtements concernis
bus led Lie mmittes On
formation to i
uelty of th
vised bs
It has hewn
Administration
of
discloseo
ae reports,
Food
investigations
hie
tnat ti mos
than 200 of
noly izstance in
glass was found fo the foodetufls
a, ected,
The case in which glass was found
wecurred at Fort Bmith, Ark, A baker
in that town had bad trouble with his
employees, one of whom, desiring
destroy his employe's business, had
filed with gimss a loaf of bread whieh
#88 Lo be delivered to an orphanage,
When the bread was served to the ju-
mates of the lopstitotion several of
them suffered lacerations of their lips
No more serious lojaries resulted.
orouz iz
Lhe cases haw
which
oue grouno
ine
COUNCIL OF
FAVORS 8x
ORGANIZATIONS
In a statemment arging the creation
of "community councils” the Council
of National Defevse cites these advan-|
tages of the school district se 8 unit of
community organization ;
The school district Is small enough i
to permit iodividusl contact, snd is]
non political.
The schoolhouse supplies 8 meeting
place in eschy district, and in many
schools loecludes d metic eclence,
manusl training, and other facilities,
The sch >0l district reaches children
and parents slike, and lo the cities the
#ohool is, to & large extent, niready in
touch with the alien population.
[be school is an established
of information and education,
The school priveipsl or faculty §ro-
vides a tried agency through whose as-
slstance community organization can
be quickly effected.
The school district, with the school
nouse as ite center, ls already & social
community, especially im farm
districte,
EFENSE
DISTRICT
100OL
cenler
NEW SWINDLE
TAKES MONEY
PARENTS OF
Parents of soldiers in camps are
warped by the War Department of »
swincle which has been successfully
operated in various camps,
A telegrana is sent nformiog
the soldier hams a furlough, and
questing fund= by wire lo come home,
waiving identification, The reat is a
mere matter of delall,
Parente and friends should be
warned of this gameand of the =simi-
Iar one where the telegraphic request
Is to mall money to the soldier, care
general delivery,
a.
FROM
BO LDIEBS
that
A Word to the Wise,
Rector—QOwur collection today, my
dear brethren, is for clothing for the
poor. At the same time, may I ear-
hestly impress upon you that, though
the collection is for the clothing fund,
ts not necessary to contribute buts
{
A. Consumer,
“You must realize that you are the
mate consumer.”
{ “I do realize It,” replied Mr. Chug-
ns, “every time I shove a gallon of
eo into the tank”
JI FOAL NOTICE =~
Notice is hereby given that the following ao
oounts will be rresected to Curt for confirma.
tion on Wednesday, May 22 1018, and unless
exceptions ba filed thereto on of before May 21,
1918, the same will be confirmed :
The First and Final Acconnt of James W,
Swabb, Assignee of Newton Yarnell, of Harrs
Township, May 24, 1918
DR FOREMAN,
Prothonotary.
FOUND ~Palr hightop gum boots, found on
faturday evening below the # on Long
Mountain, ~Owner ma a by apply:
1h to Morris Bur! , Spring Mills, Pa,
YOR BALE Eight pigs, six weeks old, also
duck egg any
' Bully Pe Bell .
I
want and should have.
to show as to sell.
> STATE COLLEGE
L
5 a Prt swt wees mene ft ot wt tl a ot
WHAT BONDS WILL BUY
ot Ml
2
ty Bond will
and two
in a
to
Brrr
londs will buy a
Thousands of
he
t
wel Pe
sich RUDE Are No
4 Big Hun Drive!
\ with your Bond!
-
ied to st wp
Do your bi
* *
It takes §
six-inch gun
} dred $100 Bonds
the gun can you buy
5 quota to work today!
3 tn} uy just one
That's one
H
g hun-
f
? Get your
w wmneh
Ww mu
truck ile
Pile
your
Un
up the Bonds
gpoke in the
A fiveton coats
Sam $5000.
and buy
» wheel!
Bt
»
six-inch shell,
} least, at the Hun!
- -
Hurl one at
About 100 hand grenades can
be made for a $50 Bond. Send
across a couple of hundred to
} ome of our Boys!
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear Thete Is
only one way 10 cure deafness, and that is
t constitutional remedies Deafness io
caused by an infamed condition of the mu.
cous lining of the Fustachian Tube. When
this tube is Inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tubs restored to its normal condi-
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of tem are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces
We wil ive One Hev= dred Dollars for any
came of afness (caused by eatarrh) that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Bend for circulars, free
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Ohio
fold *% Druggists, 750
Take Hall's
amily Pills for constipation,
HAY FOR SALE —A ton of loose timothy hay
is offered for sale.~H. W, DINGES, ttre
Hal, Pa. 1
COLTS FOR BALK «A pair of 3. year-old colts
sorrel and black, weight 1100 apiece : the maki
ofl a 1250 team. Sound and all right.
reason for selling ~-M, J. WALKER, Centre Hall
Pa, RD, 2 1 ‘phone, o.17pd
FoR BALE ~
it Holstein Fri
fine stock with an ev tra ARO tacking. Both
sexes for sale at all times, Send for p .
foes, of better yet, come and
Phove Sekar. Ww A. THOMAS,
HOG FOR SALE Full
Cattle. All extra
.__ Bell
Hall,
au
Ohestoerwhite 1"
_— one,
boo
Centre
a pat
Er
—
A complete and comprehensive display of all
The Newest and Best Styles
in Spring & Summer Apparel
for Men and Women
Our display this Spring is of special in‘erest
to every man and woman in this vicinity, because
the qualities are unusually good and the new mod-
els exhibited are in every way pleasing,
—AND REMEMBER, There are no high
war prices on this new merchandise, We have
priced everything at such reasonable figures that
you can easily afford to buy,
We are anxious to have you see this line.
D. J. Nieman
Department Store MILLHEIM
ne
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BOX STATIONERY
At THE CENTRE REPORTER OFFICE