'VUL. XCIII.
From D. Ross Bushman.
(To E. 8, Ripka, Centre Hall.)
Hyeres, Var, France,
Tours., Dec, 26, 1918,
Dear Friend :
Thought possibly you might be inter-
ested in knowing how 1 spent Christ.
mas. Believe l owe you a letter any-
way so will even up scores a little.
Mentioned in several letters of having
sent me some papers and the day before
Christmas received one bundle of them,
consisting of a Reporter of the Oct. 24th
issue, I think, also the K, G. E. news—
was glad for both of them. Mother has
also been sending a bundle each week ;
have received only two of hers
been getting my letters pretty regularly
so haven't. much of a kick coming.
Almost dread opening my letters of
n
by this time.
ws ; think surely the ** flu
regions.
four weeks old,
cause of what the flu did or didn't do to!
by the U. 8S. and they are surely fine,
While it gets chilly during the evening |
and night is not cool enough for frost
and the days are fine, One sees acres of
violets in bloom and large truck patches
containing peas, lettuce, etc., also some |
orange trees with ripe fruit,
On Christmas eve the Red Cross had
a little concert in the ball room with a
tree nicely trimmed as a centre of at-
traction, After the concert was over
each one was given his stocking or rath-
er pair of them filled with candy and to-
bacco, then went to my quarters by a
path lined with palms. The next day
had an especially good dinner and tak-
ing it all toget her was a very much bet-
ter day than'l expected. Of course,
couldn't help but think of home quite a
bit. Got my Christmas package from
mother on the twenty-fourth along with
some other mail,
Yesterday several hundred new men
came here but understand no more will
be admitted on account of giving up the |
hotels in another month. 1 am leaving |
Saturday morning but am not sure of
my destination—sounds mighty good if
it only proves true.
With best wishes to all,
Pvt. Davip R. Busumax,
Base Hosp'l No.
sali
Corp. Claude Whitehill Tells of the
End.
Corporal Claude L. Whitehill, of Oak |
Hall Station, in a recent letter to his |
parents, tells of the finish of the war in|
the following words
** 1 was right on the front when the|
last shot was fired, and about fifteen |
minutes afterwards the Germans were |
over shaking bands with us,
us aftything that they bad.
hear them yelling for miles and that
night they put off rockets which lit up
the sky so that you could read a news-
paper. °*
** My first experience was on Septem-
ter 16, We were discovered by an en-
emy plane and the gas was soon turned
on us, On the 25th we started a big
drive on the Argonne sector ani ’captur-
ed our first village. We were in the
drive six days and then hiked about six-
ty miles to a place where we rested for a
couple weeks, Then we went on an-
other drive on the Meuse and were
99
will be the biggest of them all, and
hope they will start it soon. That one
leads back across the pond and home,
** 1 have told you all, so will close, -
“* Your son,
“CLAUDE”,
—————— A A A ———
Thomas Horner Writes.
Thomas Horner is a son of Mrs. A. J.
Horner, of Youngsville, and formerly of
Colyer. He enlisted in the navy and
the following is a letter to his mother.
New Port, R. L
Jan. 11, 1919.
Bear Mother
I would have written before but I
have not bad time. This is the first
time off since 1 have been here. 1 left
Biiffalo last Tuesday at 8 p. m. and ar-
rived here at 4a. m Thursday. Had a
fine time in New York, we rode 12 hours
on a Pullman and 8 ia a boat. [saw
some of the tall buildings in New York
City. When we arrived it was kind of
misty and we could:not see the tops of
them about noon.
Saw and rode on the elevated cans and
subways.
We left New York at s p. m. on the
. Priscilla, Just as it was getling dark as
we were sailing out of harbor the city
lights and Statue of Liberty were lit; it
+ was some sight. We sailed under
* Brooklyn bridge, The boat rode quite
smooth but rolled several times. It was
From Carl Ripka.
(Carl Ripka visited in Centre Hall
prior to his enlisting in the army. The
following letter is to E, S. Ripka, of this
place.)
Paris, France,
Dec. 24, 1918.
Dear Emory :
As 1 am devoting the afternoon to
writing letters I thought I would write
you a few lines,
I want to tell you about the great time
I bad last Saturday a week ago. You
know Presid®¥t Wilson visited Paris on
that day and I had the pleasure of being
at the American reservation at the de-
pot to greet him, Believe me, we boys
and also
General Pershing, who followed. 1 also
marched in the parade led by a bunch of
fellows from our company, with a large
American flag. We paraded the prin-
cipal boulevards until we became ex-
hausted and then disbanded. Believe
me, we received ‘* beaucoup” ( plenty)
cheers and * beaucoup” flowers were
The movie man took our
pictures so if you have the opportunity
take them in and see if you can recog-
nize me. 1 am close behind the flag
with a boquet of carnations thrown out
The French simply went wild over the
President's visit and the boulevards
were packed with joyous crowds who
manifested their happiness even to the
extent of holding dancing parties in the
streets. The mademoiselles would steal
any thing they could get a hold of from
the Americans for a souvenier and many
a poor fellow was minus his cap.
Since I have been in Paris | have seen
King George, the king and queen of Bel.
gium, President Poincaire, the king of
Italy, President Wilson, Marshal Foch
. besides a bunch
Believe me, reviewing royal
corteges is becoming rather monotonous
in this burg.
1 went to Versailles two days ago and
visited the grand palace of Louis the
XIV which truly is a most marvelous
building. 1 have been in the room
where the Peace Treaty will be signed
which it most likely will be signed.
Wehavea Y. M. C. A. at our hotel
now which is making things a great
deal more home-like for u We have a
beaucoup ” maga
ing idle hours.
We have a Christmas tree for tomor
a musical program arranged
and are anticipating a real merry Christ.
Hoping
and sending
this finds you well and happy
best regards to all, I
Yours sincerely,
Cart,
i Pvt. C. G. Ripka,
327th Supply Co..
0.702, A. E. F.
(Continued from previous column.)
a large boat; there were about fouf
hundred pedple on it.
There are about ten thousand men in
this camp and more coming every day.
They put us right through. I have re-
ceived my outfit already, I got five full
suits, three white suits and two blue
suits, underclothes, socks, caps, hats,
combs, brushes, thread, needles, shoe
polish, 2 pairs shoes, 1 pair boots—every
thing that I need. We have a comfort-
able place to sleep. We sleep in ham.
mocks about six feet from the floor,
| They are fine to sleep in if one can stay
in them, I have not rolled out yet. We
have to take them down every day and
put them out doors to air, and also our
blankels. We got three heavy wool
blankets so we sleep warm. We have
bags to keep our possessious in and we
have to keep them in there or we would
not have them long as there are so
many they would get mixed.
There are about 8,000 eat in one mess
hall. Every man gets all he wants to
eat of good substantial food-—lots of
meat, potatoes, beans, and soups of all
kinds,
They have free movies, and the Y. W,
C. A. and K. of C. furnish paper, envel-
opes, and books of all kinds, There are
about 200 men writing and reading here
now,
We are camping here on an island and
the ocean winds are certainly cold, We
have not had any snow yet, but it is
cold. I have not been on shore and
cannot go for a couple of weeks yet,
We have to go to church on Sunday
morning, and we get the rest of the day
on shore after we have been a couple of
weeks,
THOMAS,
U. 8, Naval Station,
7th Reg, 6% Co,
New Port, R. I.
-~
Gohl, Rinkenbaugh & Rouse, the
, will be in
{Continued on next column)
Harrisburg eye specialists
Contre Hell, Thurdlag and Priday, Feb
ruary 6 and 7,
| LETTERS FROM SUBSCRIBERS.
Subscriber Writes from Illinois.
y McConnell, 111,,
‘ January 18, 1919,
Fditor Reporter :
Just a few lines concerning things in
the state of Illinois. We had a good
crop of grain last year and a fair crop of
potatoes ; also raised lots of hogs which
sold for $17.50 to $18.00 per hundred ;
80 you see the farmers are making good
money these days.
I enjoyed reading the letters
Corporal Claude Whitehill and Roy
Smith, published in the Reporter. Iam
glad these boys came out of the war
whole. The letter from J. Mitter.
ling, from South Dakota, appeatribg a
few weeks ago, made mefeel good.
On the second day of January it was
forty years since a pumber of us Centre
coundy people landed in Illinois, It was
one of the coldest days of the year and
was enough to nearly turn us back to
the old home again; but here still
are and not sick of the state yet,
nine who came here in the long ago, five
have died and four remain,
We have had sgme bitter cold
this winter—as low as thirtytwp
grees below zero—but now it 3
nice and mild out doors,
We are all glad the war is over.
of my nephews, Henry 8, Jordan, is still
over there, but writes that he is !
He says he likes the French girls, so he
will likely be coming home with
a bride. Some of our boys fre
parts are returning h t and we
effects of the war. One of our bo! ys
his teeth
through the legs, besides g badly
gassed. But he had gone over the top
four times and gave a good account
himself as a soldier.
We all know President
represent us at the Peace Conf
an able manner and strive for the attain.
ment of all that |
a God-fearing man and a man’
we can place our trust,
With best wishes to all old
am,
from
we
Of the
weather
de
is very
Cine
3
well
ome
had
¥
1 .
knocked out and was shot
being
of
Wilson will
erence
is right and it
Yours very truly,
J. H. Jorpas
Letter from Minnesota.
Sebok, Minnesota
Januar « 1910.
Dear Editor Reporter :
Will send you
tion and to tell you |
-| mean 1918, war,
enza, Well, 1 guess the
hope so at least, but the flu
take more people than the
took. It was awful | in Minnesota
In some parts it took whole
in other cases it left
oul of the family. in the f
part of November and cannot say that |
am over it yet. The rest of
took it two weeks ago, four
and you may know that |
time in keeping all things agoing
to attend, chores to do, milk f
feed four calves, separate the milk, and
cook the meals for myself, The
did not want aoything, only fancy
dishes such as toast, boiled eggs and
cocoa and then they would not eat it
bailf the time after | spent my valuable
time getting it ready. Well, I kept it
up for six or seven days and then they
came to their appetites, got up and be-
gan to eat better, so it did not take me
so long to get the meals. But | lost out
on the wood plie. It got pretty low and
got pretty cold. One morning it was
forty-five degrees below zero and 1 had
to go out and saw wood. I tell you I
lived through it all but was hard to
bear. I don’t want any more influenza
for me and my family.
Talk about chores, I did not do so bad
on them. 1 filled an eight gallon can of
cream from my four cows in one week
through all my troubles and sickoess
and got $14.65 per can, so | made a little
better than expenses after all. Batter
prices and war prices are high here,
Butter fat is 77 cents per Ib. and fresh
eggs, scc. per dozén ; oats, 9sc. ;
barley, 7sc.; wheat, No, 1, $2.08 per
bushel ; flax $3 46 ; potatoes are cheap
~-8g cents per hunured pounds, Cattle
are very good prices, sold a cow for
$90 and a hog for $68. Veal sells for 18
and 20 cents live weight ; hay for $15
per ton, so you see markets are not so
slow after all. I keep twenty-two sheep
and one buck last year and 1 sold $130
worth of wool and thirty-seven lamos at
$14 per head—total $518; wool and
lambs brought me $678.70. Who says
there is no money in sheep? They are
the only money makers.
I think the crops were not so good
around here last year for we did not get
very much rain.and it got pretty dry,
Hay was only about half a crop ; oats, a
little better than half ‘but potatoes and
beans were good crops, I got ninety
bushel of potatoes off one acre and six-
teen bushel of beans off ong-hatf acre.
The climate is somewhat colder here
than in Centre county, :
Will close, wishing you and all the
readers of the old Jeers Reporter a
= gy i RT,
another year's subse
lived throu;
3 “i
rmislice ang iit
war is over ;
seemed
War eves
aere
famils
es ANG
only ang two
one
I took it ore
the
in no
had
ar
COWS,
others
er very truly,
Joux H. Pest
Ld
30, 1919
NO. 5
STATE COLLEG E IM {PROVEM FNTS.
New Buildings to Cost $270,000,
Replace Those Destroyed by Fire.
to
Pennsylvania State college is to ex-
pend nearly $300,000 in the erection of
new buildings and the extension of the
college property in Centre county, The
new buildings which will cost about
270,000 are to replace the power plant
and engineering department destroyed
by fire several months ago. Expendi-
tures for these were authorized at a
meeting of the college trustees in Har-
risburg last week, at which time Profes.
sar R. L. Sacket, dean of the school gf
engineering submitted and explaifed
plans for the proposed new engineering
department calling an equipment
that will make State college second to
none in the United States in this line.
This is as it should be. The Penusylva-
ion must continue to main-
tain its leade srabip, beld so proudly for
many years, and it should be the duty of
all Pennsylvanians and especially there
for
nia institut
in the i
egislature to give the college the
port necessary to keep its high
TE an
to
he liege
hold 1.600
as an
affording to
oppofun.
w
will be used
rra lees bil %
yas adDie Service
the
state-wide
st
t mowers of
present
due to the ex
h of State College
Help the Armenians,
3 Make
the para
iress by
appended
is a part of ao ade
well known to many
He was all
relief dur
observation
in Ceotral
evidence
ght
race
her eastern
Turks
bar
is
to do
ORTERsIve the
away
sisted
Sha 5
able-bodied
rd,
yall boats and «
Then, herd
women,
drownin tt
hem like rats.
ng topether the remaining
en and old men and driv-
caravans down over
through the mountain
ed lowlands of the
Mesopotamian Syrian plaiss. On
these journeys the refugees were al.
lowed only the few things they could
on their backs as they were driven
forth from all their stable possessions
for a journey that lasted not days nor
weeks, but months. even years. And, as
General Allenby’s forces made their way
northward in Palestine and across the
Jordan, they encountered groups of
these miserable victims who, after two
and one-half years of struggle, had got-
ten down toward the promised land,
about ninety per cent, of their members
had perished by the wayside
It is hard to picture the indescribable
filth and nauseating stench and dirt of
these masses of refugees. | have geen
women and children eating the un-
digested grains out of manure in order
to keep alive. Thousands of ragged
waifs without father or mother wander.
ing wild over thie country just as the un.
claimed mongrel dogs of our streets sub-
sisting on the refuse they can find.
he
Sunday's Phila. Record.
* The Rough Road, ’
Locke, which began in last Sunday's
* Philadelphia Record "is one of the
best war romances have seen. It is
entirely different from the usual type of
war story and is written in Lock’s best
style.
Another five story, * The Enchanted
Barn". will begin in ** The Record"
next Sunday, February 2. The heroine
Shirley Hollister, is as original and
charming as she is courageour and high-
spirited. To follow her on her adven.
turous way and learn the secret of the
“ Enchanted Barn * will give one fredh
courage to seek his own pot of gold
and lot of happiness —at the front of the
rainbow,
Another fine feature with next Sun-
day's *' Record" is a fine vure
supplement of King Albert of
{*T'ie size is 11x15 inches, ready to frame.
A
The farmers of Pennsylvania are esti
mated to own 81,505 automobiles,
&M
ch
inet ong
"4
the plateaus
passes to the infects
and
hem: in
wd
aA3Q
carry
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Trial List, February Term.
Commencing Monday, February 24.
W. G. Runkle, Alfred Walker and Vi-
ola Walker vs. John H, Weber, feigned
issue,
Williamsport National Bank vs. H.
Taylor, Assumpsit.
Martha J. Thomas
Co,, tresspass.
A. J. Brant vs.
peal,
Hosterman & Stover vs. Sarah E, Ho-
man, assumpsit,
E.S. Bennett vs. C, W.
Son, appeal.
Ellis H, Burly vs, L.
sumpsit.
S. B. Stein vs. Penna. R. R. Co., tres-
pass,
Runk & Denison vs, Z, F.
appeal,
Burdine Butler vs.
assumpsit,
Lape Coal Co. vs. John C,
trespass.
vs, Penna, R. R,
Finberg & Co., ap-
Korman &
H. Musser, as-
Woodring,
Leather Brothers,
Dunsmore,
A St ————
Aaronsburg P. O. 8. of A. Installa-
tion.
District President E. 8S. Ripka, on
Friday evening of last week, installed
the following newly elected officers in
the P, O. 8S. of A. Camp in Aaronsburg
Chas. Lio Past President,
C. D. Frazier, President.
W. A. Guiswite, Vice President.
A. 5. Musser, Master of Forms.
W. J. Bower, Recording Secretary.
W. K. Haines, Financial Secretary.
«J. H. Haines, Treasurer,
J. H. Wolfe, Conductor,
H. O. Bower, Inspector,
W. W. Wance, Guard,
J. PF. Krape, Trustee.
J. F. Krape, Chaplain.
W. E. Weaver, Right Sentinel.
W. J. Burd, Left Sentinel,
et ——— i e—
Williamsport to Entertain I. 0. 0. F.
Although the Penosylvania Odd Fel-
lows Anniversary association does not
meet until Tuesday, April 29th, the city
of Williamsport, where the celebration
will be held this year, is already making
preparations to entertain the big body.
Williamsport is expecting 10,000 visitors
on that occasion. since celebrations of
the Odd Fellows on the anniversary of
the founding of Odd Fellowship in
America always are attended by great
crowds,
The associstion met in Williamsport
last year, but owing to the war it was
merely an annual business session, un-
attended by the usual parade and
speeches. This year, however, it is pro.
posed to have a general celebration as
in former years. Secretary Harry B.
Eberly announces that the officers of the
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania have ac-
cepted the invitation to attend and there
will be representatives and lodges pres
ent from seventeen counties embraced
ia the territory from Altoona to Mt. Car-
mel,
Vv
Se ——————
46 State College Men Killed in World
War.
The Pennsylvania State College has
3.136 stars tn her service flag, and forty-
six of them are gold. The alumni asso
ciation office, which has gathered statis-
tics of the Penn State men in service, re
poried there are 620 commissioned offi
cers, 180 non-commissioned officers and
2.3306 privates, including the enlisted
personnel of the Students’ Army Traio-
ing Corps.
Of the State College men who gave
their lives, twenty.eight «f them were
officers. Some were killed in action
others died from wounds, and a few suc-
cumbed to diseases. Thirty.four men
were wounded on the field of battle, two
were prisioners in German camps, one
was badly shell-shocked, three were se-
verely gassed, and three were rescued
from torpedoed transports,
Lillie ~Swabb.
Miss Grace Swabb, daughter of Frapk
Swabb, of Pine Grove Mills, became the
wife of Carl Lillie, last Thursday, the
wedding having taken place in Balti
more, Md., where the groom is employ-
ed as a lineman and where the couple
will start housekeeping.
a APA ANNAN.
Wedded Sixty-two Years.
To be happily wedded for a period of
fifty years is the experience of few but
at Pine Grove Mills is a typical Penns
Valléy Dutch couple who have spanned
the rare span of sixty-two years of pleas.
ant companionship. They are Frank
Bowersox and his wife, Catherine Ocker
Bowersox. They were married January
12th 1857 in Middleburg, by Rev. Peter
*
Shindle. Neither was nineteen years
old but the groom is now near sixty.two
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS
Sunday is ground hog day.
New line of box paper on sale at the
Reporter office, :
Prof. D. O, Etters visited the borough :
L
schools last Wednesday.
. W. Bradford, the local farm mae
abi dealer, has an ad. in this issue
of interest to all farmers,
One hundred or more locust fence
posts, nearly dll first grade, for sale by
S. W. Smith, Centre Hall
Rev. Josiah 8iill, of Shenandoah, was
in Centre Hall for several days the late
ter part of last week to arrange for ship=
ping his household goods to his sew pars
ish,
Sepator S. |]. Miller's drug store, at
Madera, Clearfield county, was gutted
by fire last Wednesday g The
thousand dol-
mornin
loss amounted to several
liars,
Messrs, William Homan and
Dutrow were to Camp Lee,
last week,
govern
having
Clyde
Virginia,
pairs of
t returned without
to purchase several
sment mules, bu
bought any,
H. Strohmeier and E
Ripka, members of
board, and A. C. RB
of the
in Bellefonte,
. Ss.
school
led the
tors’ insti-
riday.
Messrs,
the local
ipka, atten
direc
SEESI0NS school
ute, held last F
He
visited
T
mfrid Hendrickson, of
"
i. . Flei 3 home
He
Youngsville
near
1% at
the
usseyville, on
¢ employed a
W orks, near Bellefont
The Reporter has received an expres.
e, as a machinist,
sion of greet : * Ned’
Keller, ed Javuary 2nd, from * Si
oy Before depart for Italy,
Lieut, Keller enj days’ leave
to visit Paris and the latter
city the famous resort, Carlo,
located, and Lie Kell
days there,
The of livestock on
Pennsylvania farms on January 1, 1919,
ated at 650.477. 0% according
to figures announced by the Bureau of
Statistics of the Penneylvania Depart-
ment of Agri “he report shows
that livestock bold of the farmers
are as follows ; mules,
46,28 other
tle, 61
dat
iG
taly. :
fen
At
“t
ate
wed a
Nice,
Mc
is
er spent (wo
total value {he
is esl 202
ulture.
ings
Horses,
milch cows,
¢h8 ¢84
2
cat
i -
913.449
3
By
7.521 ; sheep, 2.243 . swine,
120.9%0,
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A {
the
see
t Garman's cn Fri-
sparkling
be for.
and mental
ng vehicle
uncertam
spring of
all the
If laughter is ir all
humam ills, then
* Charley's Aunt
day. January 31st, in its new,
and up-to-date musical
ever immune from
trouble, mirth-pr
in
«} whl
nacea
hose who
Version
bod iy
As a ovoki
iis mission
manner, it a bu
humor, and it refined
ume.
it no
10g
i}
fulfills
1s
sme
ul
.
is ot
Samuel Krape will hold sale of house-
bold good at the residence of his broth -
er, A. P. Krape, in this place, on Satur-
day afternoon, Feb. 1st. Mr, Krape has
been empioyed in Akron, Ohio, where
be met with a serious accident some
time ago when he stepped into an open
elevator shaft and dropped a distance of
twelve feet, breaking several ribs and
otherwise injuring himself. He has
since been unable to do any work,
The Reporter is enjoying a splendid
run of advertising. Strange, but true,
the advertisers in the main are out-of-
town business men who seem to have a
greater conception of the value of adver-
tising than our local merchants, We
are wondering if the medium ot this pa-
per were not present and withiy easy
reach, the local merchants would not be-
moan the fact that a suitable advertising
medium was lacking in their own field
of selling.
It is because of the thrift and not the
indolence of the Armenians that the ex-
Kaiser hissed on the Turkish ruler to
massacre them, The Germans feared
the Armenians would interfere with
their commercial policy-—encroach on
their trade. It was this that prompted
the Kaiser to induce the Turks to des-
troy the Armenians and their country.
Toe Armenians are the descendants of
the oldest Christians and are deserving
of all the aid you can give them.
The Lock Haven-Lockport bridge
across the Susquehanna river was totally
destroyed by five early Monday morn.
ing. The bridge, a wooden structure,
fell easy prey to the flames and furs.
ished one of the most Spectacle fires
ever seen in that
and accumulated enough to live comfort.
ably and pleasantly as long as they are
spared. Fitteen years ago they retired
and have since been living comly, en
ne in wach overs fullowalip.
The
{has had
"horse and
rt ly