* VUL. XCI111. HEAVY REDUCTION IN DEBT ACCOMPLISHED. Nation's Indebtedness Reduced Over Billion and Half Dollars In Six Months. ¥ A reduction of $705 660,000 in the na- tional debt was accomplished by the Treasury Department during March, a report by that department shows. Deduction in the national debt since September, when the retirements began have been, by months, as follows : October, $15,533,000 ; November, $94, 478,000 ; December, $278,973,000 ; Jan- uary, $168,689,000 ; February, $264.057,- 000. This makes a total reduction in the debt of $1,528,390,000 since the retire- ments began last fall. Calculating in- terest at the rate of four and one-quarter per cent, the annual savings to the Fed- eral Treasury on the six months’ reduc. tion is $64,956,576. The national debt stands now at a lit- tle less than $25,000,000,000, of which of course, approxi..ately $10,000,000, 000 is for loans made by the Allies dur. ing the war, which eventually will be re- turned to the Treasury, making the amount that must ultimately be made good by taxpayers approximately $is,- 000,000,000. Commendation for the manner in which Treasvry officials are handling the country’s fiscal affairs comes from high Republican source, The Treasury officials, said Representative Frank W. Mondell, Republican floor leader in the House, “have handled a trying situation most admirably, but they cannot avert disaster unless we keep expenditures within our income,” Supporting Treas- ury officials in opposing further bond is. sues, Mondell said that an actual re- duction of the public debt is necessary during the next fiscal year, beginning July 1, **to sustain national credit.” Mr. Mondell added that further bond issues could only be floated at greatly increased interest rates at the cost of a considerable reduction in the market value of outstanding Government secur- ities, with the grave danger of wrecking the specie of our currency with the cer- tainty of increasing the price of com- modities and further enhancing the cost of living. Under these conditions a fur- ther bond issue is unthinkable.” Car Burns in Sight of Owner. Fire of unknown origin totally destroy- ed the large Willys-Knight automobile owned by Charles M, Rice, of Reeds- ville, Thursday evening of last week, while he was returning from a fishing trip. Mr. Rice had been fishing during the day for trout and when he returned to the road-side near the Williamson Tay- lor farm, where the automobile was left standing while he fished, he found the car, enveloped in flames. Itis a total wreck. Mr. Rice is well known in Centre Hall, ————— ee ———— Items from the Millheim Journal. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Columbus, of Los Angeles, Cal., are visiting Mr. Colum- bus’ parents, Mr, and Mrs. Solomon Col. umbus, of Penn street. At the regular monthly meeting of the Millheim town council on Monday even- ing a resolution protesting the new telephone toll rates was adopted, and the secretary was instruct- ed to forward the complaint to the pub lic service commission. Ray and Russel Miller, who are em- ployed at Youngstown, O., accompanied by David Morey and Walter Tims, of Youngstown, motored to Millheim in the latter's automobile last Thursday, arriv- ing here at 12 o'clock at night, They visited with Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Miller until Wednesday when the re- turn trip was made. Earl H. Wert, a native of Aaronsburg, who has been connected with the South- wark National bank of Philadelphia, for a number of years and for a year or more has been cashier of the institution, was recently elected one of the vice-presi. dents of the bank. The title of cash- ier will be retained by Mr. Wert. His many friends in his home section will be glad to learn of his promotion, Last Thursday afternoon about 2 o' clock Charles Brown, who recently mov- ed from Pleasant Gap to the Keen Jami. son farm, west of Millheim, was kicked in the face and frightfully injured by a horse while he was in the act of hitching his team to a plow. His nose was crush- ed and his upper jaw bone broken by the kick and as he was alone it 1s not known if he was rendered unconscious or not, He took his team to the barn and stab. led them before going to the house to summon a physician. Dr. John Har. denbergh was called and owing to the severity of the wound Dr. Musser was called for consultation when it was de. cided to take the injured man to the Bellefonte hospital, Several X-ray ex. aminations have been made at the hos- pital, several pieces of bone have been removed and his jaw wired together, ell unanimously The “sweet girl graduates” and the “charming lovely bride” will be much in the t for a few weeks, for tais is the of their season, —- gz Why Proficient Spellers are Scarce. Spelling contests among schools, once quite popular and arousing keen inter- est and friendly rivalry, are almost un. heard of in the present day, and their absence accounts for the scarcity of pro- ficient spellers in the schools. Prof. N. L. Bartges, principal of the Centre Hall High school, was led to remark follow- ing the holding of a spelling contest a week ago: ‘We have very few ‘star’ spellers any more in our schools because we do not spell enough. If we could re- turn the custom of holding spelling bees as was done in former days when differ. ent school challenged each other to spell and the teachers were unable to spell the pupils down with their regular spell ing book, we would have more proficient spellers in our schools.” A spelling contest was held recently between the eighth grade of the gram- mar school and the first and third year classes of the High school, A thousand practical words were given to the pupils for study some time before the test. One hundred words selected from the thousand were spelled for the written test. The general average for the High school was 85 2.17, which was a little higher than the grammar school aver- age. Ruth Ripka won the prize for in- dividual spelling. The following pupils in the High school made g4 or more per cent : Ruth Ripka, 100; Marion Bible, 99; Ruth Bartges, 99; Helen Tressler, 97: Har- vey Flink, 97 ; Frederick Moore, 94 The following pupils in the grammar school made 92 or more per cent : Vian- na Zettle, Gladys 95; Luella Bloom, 94 Albert Emery, 92; Albert Smith, 92; Stanley Brooks, o4. In spelling down orally Marion Bible stood last, A lively interest was manifested by the pupils during the preliminary prepa- and the The pupils have raised their efficiency in spelling. metres Letters from Our Appreciative Read- ers. 96 , Garbrick, ration contest, Glenshaw, Pa. Messers Smith and Bailey, Centre Hall, Pa, My dear old friends : — find Please for three dols payment of my paper to that extent, We are always all ready for tre Hall Reporter from home, there, Work is going very much, along enon the Cen- : glad to get the news That is God's country fine here and I Of course I have bee ght The eveni pal, had an enrollment of and this year 1. to everybody, Sincerely, L. O. Paces, Soo Falls, South Dakota, April 20, 1920 Editor Reporter :— Enclosed find my check for subscrip- tion. You would have had it sooner if you had *“dunned” me. 1 enjoy paper very much. Give all my friends my best wishes, We are having a very late spring here—cold, snow and rain, — James K. Conley. ————— Equipped Lookout Trees With Lad- ders. Forester W. H. Horning, of Snow Shoe, in charge of the Karthaus State Forest, has organized the forest fire fighting forces of the Central Forest Protective Association. Recently, he traveled over the eastern end of Clear- field and Centre counties in that con- nection. Four fire wardens were em- ployed to serve as patrolmen and look- out men on the lands covered by the As. sociation, Last Saturday, Forester Horning gave an illustrated lecture in the Keewaydin school house, discussing the lumbering industry as conducted in the United States and in foreign countries, He contrasted the forest conservation meth- ods of the European countries with the forest devastation prevalent in this country, Ranger N. A, Barr, of Karthaus State Forest, recently equipped two lookout trees with ladders. Those trees are sit uated on the high aivide separating Clearfield, Cameron and Clinton coun- ties, commanding a view of many thous- sand acres of State and private forest land. Those lookouts will aid material- ly in detecting forest fires. As they are the tem, the patrolman using the lookouts may quickly report forest fires to all of the foresters and rangers of the Kar. ‘haus, Sinnamahoning and Medix Run State forests, A —— —" A ———— Reports from every county in the state show excellent prospects for a heavy were 9s per cent, of normal ; the peach mal. —— PAY SAAN “ ~ Be a Reporter reader, CARLOAD BROOK TROUT AND BASS FOR CENTRE CO. STREAMS County Association Has Assistance of Senator Penrose in Securing Lot of Fish for Stocking Centre County Streams. An interesting meeting of the Centre County Association for the Conservation of Fish and Game was held at Belle- fonte on Friday evening. A large num- ber of sportsmen were present, as well as the Hon. N. R. Buller, State Fish Commissioner, who addressed the meet- ing. A letter from the Hon. Boise Penrose, United States Senator, was read. The letter is appended : UNITED STATES SKNATE WASHINGTON, D. C. Mr. F. W, Crider, President, Centre County Association for the Conservation of Fish & Game, jellefonte, Pa, Dear Mr. Crider :— I have been assured by the Bureau of Fisheries in Washington that at a prop- er time the Centre County Association for the Conservation of Fish & Game will receive, approximately, a carload of brook trout and bass, It afforded me great pleasure to assist in this matter on account-of the great in- terest which I have always taken an in Centre county and its rugged scenery and splendid opportunities for the sportsman, I have been the habit dur- ing my public life of visiting Centre county from time to time, ever since I first went to State College as a member of the House of Representatives in 188s with the Committee on Appropriations, I have often said that with its bracing climate, Centre county, clear streams, rugged mountains and fine farm lands, is one of the best counties in Pennsylva- Certainly there in the whole State port for sport fishing experiences along The streams counties finer as I know from my nia, few are presenting op- writs unilies several your which start nnlis ARH § i the apparent trout and other fist si pressed with the importance o erly stocked. lerable experience in these streams proj I have had co life in hunting and fishing in Pean. sylvania and along the Rocky Moun- tain range Wyomi the pr ing civilized, where there i 1 in i and 1 recall laho, Montanna, and few sections in sent day, when'every place is be- is to be found a greater adundance of game, such as deer, bear, wild turkey and pheasant, than is found in and around Centre county, Should 1 be able to aid your Associa- it any way the servation and supply of game and fish in the future, I will be tion in promoting con. glad to have you call upon me and I shall always look for- ward with pleasure to visiting your vi. cinity. Yours sincerely, Boise Prexrose, ———————— op issn 52 Feet of Spake ! This is no fake snake story, deed ! No in- Several sons of Jeremiah Zettle, of Georges Valley, were rambling the point of Egg Hill on Sunday and soon came upon a black snake, which they killed. It was at the same place where a year ago they despatched nine reptiles and so it caused them to wonder whether another nest of snakes might not have been hatched out since that time, They commenced to look about and soon discovered that their conclu- sion was correct, for in a short space of time they found twelve black snaxes, and all were killed. One of the young men had placed his coat on a rock, and upon picking it up found a lively wrig- gling snake attemptiug to hide under it. The young men gathered their **kill” to- gether and being curious to know how much snake they really bad, put them end to end and measured the string. There was exactly 52 feet and 3 inches of the glistening snake hide, but nary a wriggle, fp rm s— A Trio of Trout Fishermen. Roy, Maurice and Claude McClintie, sons of William McClintic, of Linden Hall, are three young fishermen who have more than the proverbial fisher. man’s luck when angling. All three got the limit of trout (25) on the first day of the season, and then to prove that it was not all an accident Roy again caught the limit on Saturday, The McClintics are experts with either rod or gun, — A A ——— Will Dedicate on Saturday. The local Odd Fellows will hold dedi- catory exercises on Saturday afternoon in their remodeled hall. Grand Lodge officials will be present and participate mm the ceremony. A large turnout of Odd Fellows from all parts of the coun- ty is expected. The public in general is also invited to be present. The exer. cises begin at two o'clock, ————— A A—————) The condition of the livestock on the farms of Pennsylvania on April 1 1920 was 98 per cent as compared with nor. mal years. This is regarded as an ex- cellent showing on account of the sever ity of the past winter, over 29, 1920. NO. 17 Promotion for Forester Keller of Boalsburg. John W. Keller, formerly of Mifflin town, has been recommended for the appointment as chief of the Bureau of Agriculture of the Pennsylvania Dee partment of Forestry by Gifford Pinch- ot, the State's commissioner of Forest- ry. Mr. Pinchot’'s recommendation will be presented to the S*ate Forest Commission at its next meeting, May 7, It is expected the appointment will be approved, inasmuch as the Commission has assented to all of Mr. Pinchot's ap- pointments since he went into office, Mr. Keller, who isa son of ex-Judge Jeremiah N. Keller, of Mifflintown, suc- ceeds J. S. Illick, who has been the: bu- reau chief since 1911, Chief Keller completed his early edu- cation at the Miffiintown High school, graduating at the head of the class in 1905. Later he attended the Lewis town Preparatory School and Susque- hanna University, He entered the Mont Alto State For- est Academy in 1906, graduating among the first three students in the class of 1910. Upon completion of his forestry course, Keller was appointed forester in charge of the Blackwell State Forest, in Tioga county, where he planted more than 1.000,000 trees in the six years he managed that forest, Later he was transferred to Centre county, establishing headquarters at Boalsburg. He handled the Bear Mead- ows State Forest, and assumed charge of the Seven Mountain, Nittany and Penn Forests during the war, Over the Top in Forward Movement. In the Forward Movement drive the Reformed congregation at Rebersburg raised their quota and went eight hune dred dollars over the top. And the field is without a pastor, Held Commencement Exercises. Wednesday evening of this week the Worth township High school, at Port Matilda, beld their commencement exer. cises, Prof H. C, Rothrock, for a num- ber of years the very efficient principal the sc another term of successful close. [he class nbered seven—four girls and three The subjects were all well hapd- the graduates and were of a timely character. The program fol. lows : of hool, brought school to a DOYS. led by CHARGE OF THE LANCERS~—MARCH IN MELODY LAND Rev, Cuas, E. Drivis INDIANOLA Witpa Inzne Lap “Thrift” » Jamzs Ixvin Gray and the Buford” SOMBER LAS OLAS Oration . Lavra May Abams “The Gospel of Common Sense” Oration Davip Garrasp Benngss “The Hour Has Struck” EXURERANCE Oration Viorer Opessa Grirrin ** The Nineteenth Amendment ” Class Oration Oriver Perey Reese * Only A Commencement ™ SHOUTIN' LIZA Valedictory Hien Mina Crain “Character the Only Real Diploma” CHANSON POPULAIRE ELAGIE Commencement Address Joux B, Lamen, D, D.,~ of Philadelphia Presentation of Diplomas Closing March—-A YANKER scout ———————— Schools Make Good Showing. The students of the five Rural High Schools of the County receiving instruc- tions in Vocational Agriculture have completed their first course in practical farm poultry. An examination was held covering the important points on incu- bation, care of young stock, the selec tion and care of the laying stock, and marketing the products, The boys and girls from these Rural High Schools show much interest in this improved gourse of secondary agricul- ture as shown by the following grades and school averages, School —— Average I. Port Matilda . . .... 87.02 , CemtreHall , .......... 80 h: Howard . . .. ......... 804 . Hublersburg . . ........ 8250 » Boalsburg . ...........®n The standing of the ten: highest stu. dents was as follows : 1. Miss Vonada A. Johnston, How ard H. S., 98.4, w=3. Miss June Heckman, Walker Twp, H. 8., 98. 3. Ernest Frank, Centre Hall H. 8., 97.3. 4. Miss Laura Adams, Port Matilda, H. 8, ’ 96.8, $. Miss Helen Tressler, Centre Hall, H. 8., 96.5. 6. Miss Hilda Laird, Port Matilda H, 8.,96.3. 7. Miss Grace Fye, Centre Hall H.8., 96.1. . 95.8. 9." Miss Margaret Dale,’ Boalsburg H. 8,, 95.6, Invocation Salutatory Oration he Mayflower ih) {b) — s .sn VACATION BANKS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN Es | —— an Suggestions For Earning Money. ———————— MOTHERS KEEN OVER IDEA That school children may keep up their good habits of thrift and saving during the summer vacation, the Sav- Ings Division is now distributing at tractive pasteboard banks intg which the little thrif‘y savers may deposi: thelr pennies, nickels and These banks are not to he until the opening of the schools 4 the fall, when the *eacher will rake charge of the savi; gs in Thrift Sa In the ings Division is dis‘ribu: dimes, Opened and invest them and addition to Stamps, the Sas sn banks, ng iq i BY « suggested methods for the little y Honists to earn money hen Ww W are no school worries A 3 prepared boys and girls different inclinations Proje ing news ¢ ! choice has heen of Variety 's for from sel Ng groceries 0 Old ele, ra:sing poLiirs calves, tin foll papers, rummage clothes, be 1 (iris Can routed sile vegetable gardens, mind sew and can, The benefits of such vacat! in stores, will bave far-reach ng resul*s, not only learn the value of moses and earning i busin actually working ¢ - for « but they sequire goo form judgments. y¥ and courng DUK Ness projects nore money. The co country lower saving it In Thrift will be contingencies college educat or a help In adversity These banks are extremely and in grear demand, and the Ss Division lnlly to teachers is shipping ‘hot their pup ilies hes the benefl enthus as: are very and are Introducing the: drens’ school room wi not {edd These pasteboard banks wil were acquain furnished to any school room or t wr family Ravings individual f+ card use, and a Div 8 On, Chestnut Street, Ph adelphia, to the od BR Sa as the number is ascertained, w sure a prompt shipment, BUY THRIFT AND SAVINGS — T AMPS. W. S. S. A BADGE _OF CITIZENSHIP Jersey Judge Refuses Papers to Woman Who Refuses to Buy Government Securities, The possession of Thrift and Sas ings Stamps is a part of Americanism according to Judge William Watson of the Common Pleas Court, of Pas sale, N, J. He recently refused the application for citizenship of Mimi Bevar, of Pat erson, because she was shown to have refused to buy Savings Stamps or to support the American Red Cro s dur ing the war, Not only do Sav'ngs Stamrs g ve he owner a parthership with the govern ment, but they entail the duties of partner on the part of the pos essor For that reason Judge Watson siders them reliable evidence of quali fication for citizenship, BUY WwW, 8. 8. THRIFT SPARKS Money talks and the easiest thin it says is “good-bye.” ii In «om Thrif*, like charity and good man ners, begins at home, Benjamin Franklin said: “A rolling stone gathers no woss.” A careless spender gets no W, 8, 8, A fool and his money are soon part ed. Are you proud of yourself? Reducing the walst line to meet the new 1020 spring models Is not nearly so important to the hoosewife this year as reducing her “waste” line, Be'ng patelotic oily cu nz th w 1 is like beng a g-od cl: zon wh e you are in Jalil. Re:l patriots a @ on the job 806 days In the year. Buy government securities, ———— Practice thrift and save regularly for thirty days, and you will never abandon the habit; in that time you wil! have learned how much it means to you. Mothers owe it to thelr children *o instil In them the habit of saving, not only money, but of food, clothes, and © m—— 10. Rudolph C, Williams, Port Matil« da, 95.3. Nn. w—r - — Rahat andi — . - ——— W TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS Judge Quigley is holding court at Pittsburgh this week, We aren't telling any secrets, but a certain wedding-to-have-been icn't go- ing to be, Miss Ruth Smith, who taught school at Spring Mills the past term, closed her school work on Friday, Mrs. Lydia Treaster, of near Centre Hall, is visiting her son, Homer Treas- ter, of Yeagertown. John H. Runkle, east of Centre Hall, has been appointed Democratic chair- man for Potter township. The selection is a good one. “We always look forward to the old home paper,” says David G. of Ciyde, Ohio, in making to the Reporter, Ralph Henney, employed by the Westinghouse Electric Company, at Smetzler, who is Pittsburgh, spent a few days the past week at his home here. Potatoes were being bought up about here last week by local buyers who p from $3.25 to $1.50 a bushel, difficulty in finding many ties. They ha large quant The long brick building holding the silk mill at Spring Mills makes an im- posing appearance when viewed from the public road, as the writer discovered when passing by in an auto, The Hon. Sam. W. Small, of Georgia, who spoke at Centre Hall a few months ago, gave his lecture, “Is Civilizat Failure 7" in the Methodist church State College on Tuesday evening. Don't forget the box social and parcel post sale in Grange hall on Satur evening of this week. The local ating class is gi giving the social, proceeds go toward commencement penses, Prof. W. W. Reitz riculture in the Gregg town tional school at Spring Mills, for Cornell next fall where he expacts t do some teaching as well as taking i graduate work. Mr.and Mrs. D. J. from the southland ri having spent the greater part of the win- ter with their son-in-law 41 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCormicl lumbia, South Carolin ana will ii, Mrs. Roger T. Bayard, pee Miss Flor- ence Rhone, of Tyrone, assisted the « ficers ot the Pennsylvania State Gran in conferring the sixth degree on a | class of candidates at State College week, Mrs. Bayard was Flora of the State Grange. the Harry Neff, who is employe farm near Boalsburg, was a caller at this office on Thursday and enrolled as a Re- porter subscriber. Anyone fortunate enough to have Harry's services on the farm can rest easy so far as looking af- ter the work is concerned, H. C, Fetterolf, from the State Board of Vocational Fducation, visited Centre county, last Wednesday and Thursday, making the regular rounds with }. B. Payne, County Vocational Supervisor, and reports that the work is being well organized in this county, The overall fad is spreading, Judges, lawyers, ministers, doctors and teachers joined the ranks, Last weeks the male scholars of the Lewistown High school appedred at school wearing overalls, and the male members of the faculty are falling in with the students, It is reported that a number of cattle have died this spring, some during the past week, at Port Matilda, west of Bellefonte. The cattle seem to be trou- bled with a weakness of the back. They get down and are unable to regain their feet, dying in a few days. The graduating class of the Centre Hall High school is making preparation for holdiug their commencement exer- cises on Friday evening, May 25th, in Grange hall. The class numbers six— Ernest A. Frank, J. Frederic Moore, Harvey W, Flink, William D, Reiber, Sara L. Heckman and Ruth I, Bartges, Pennsylvania's leading public service corporations have pledged their assist ance to Governor Sproul and Gifford Pinchot, Chief Forester of the Depart ment of Forestry, in his campaign to make the State's forests fire-proof this spring. They have received hundreds of letters commending them for their efforts 10 stop the destructive forest fires that have laid waste more than §,000, 000 arces of timberland in this Common« wealth, The local Odd Fellows and Rebekahs were overjoyed in the patronage accord. ed their entertainment at Pine Grove Mills on Saturday evening. The ball was crowded and many were turned away owing to the limited seating capas city. The door were over $80. 00 and because of the kindness of the Pine Grove Mills people and low charge made for the hall, the lodge members were enabled to turn into their treasury the tidy sum of $75.00 Very good, ine deed. * a.
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