VOL. XCII11I. PRAISE FOR MEASURES] PASSED BY DEMOCRATS. Republican Congressman Commends Federal Reserve a d Farm Loan Acts. That the Federal Farm Loan act ‘‘has enabled vast regions of farming lands to be utilized to their highest capacity,” thus aiding production both in war and peace, was recently asserted in the House by Representative A. P. Nelson, Republican, of Wisconsin, during debate on the the bill to extend the benefits of that act to the farmers of Porto Rico. Representative Nelson, though a Repub- lican, praised two achievements of the Democratic administration— passage of the Federal Reserve act and the Federal Farm Loan act. Mr. Nelson is a banker and man and has been a regent of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin for thirteen years, He is a student of legislation, and his these business remarks covering the benefit of two pieces of legislation were of special interest to the House, Advocating the Porto Rico bill, which was Representative Nelson made this observation “One of the real constructive pieces of legislation that our American people demand from Congress today is legisla- passed, tion along the line provided in this bill, and I am ready to support bill cause it is along the line of a construct ier, that be- I say furtl the two ative enactments ive policy. outstanding legis the past to help the Federal Re en to of extension of of reased proc w luction are ch has giv- our commercial credits enabling meet the tremend four or five years, and the enactment of the Federal Farm Loan act, which are attempting to amend Ly this bill, *“The Federal Fa.m Loan act has en. abled vast regions of farming lands in America to be utilize,] to their highest capacity and to reduce a mini. mum, It has done away the ex- treme rates charged by greedy loan sharks and by unscrupulous capitalistic combinations, and has stabilized the rates of interest on loans hroughout the entire ous strain of we rates to with farm all ails » a gation, Interesting Letter from Subscriber. 4 China Grove, N.( April 26, 19 Dear Editor and Friend :— Enclosed find check of $1.50 renewal to your valuable paper. - sh - tT for my I cer- tainly enjoy its weekly visits, During the last few weeks we have been boosting the Forward Movement of our c anizer ; attending a number commencements, We just received hure Surc ais50 h, as State org I of public school that million dollar cotton mill will be erected on a part my farm, We have goats employed to up Ce 18t word our new of 90 clear a new do g ing a fine job. No corn or cotton pl clover, oats. and wheat look f Onur two new churches will | ted the last Sunday in M you are all ir Best wishes ai my friend dedica- ay,~to which lest regards to all S. Yours truly, ) J. H. Kerrier, s———————— State Agricultural Notes. Restrain the dog and save the sheep. Horses have advanced very materially in price during the last three months. Pennsylvania has 1.556 townships varying from five in Cameron to fifty- seven in Chester, Protect cabbage, tomato and similar plants from cutworms with a 3 or 4 inch collar of stiff wrapping paper” or cheap roofing paper. Heavy losses from apple scab can be prevented by timely spraying with di- luted lime sulphur, about one part to for- ty of water, Cockroaches and ants can be eliminat- ed by dusting infested rooms, especially around baseboards and sinks, with so- dium fluoride, Cutworms can be killed by placing poisoned bran mash on infested land For the methods of preparation write to the Bureau of Plant Industry, Harris. burg. | Red bug injury to apples can be fore. stalled by spraying with tobacco extract or nic tine solutions before and after the trees bloom ; also kills aphis. In 1919 Pennsylvania ranked first in the production of buckwheat, fifth in po. tatoes, sixth in bay, eighth in tobacco, ninth in rye, thirteenth in wheat, four. teenth in corn and fifteenth in oats, Maggot injury to radishes and cab- bages can be prevented by a poisoned bait coarsely spinkled about the plants, Ask the Bureau of Plant Industry, Penn. sylvania Department of Agriculture, The value of the 1919 wheat ctop in Pennsylvania was estimated at $62,878. 3-00, while estimates show that the armers of this State expended approxi. mately $62,928,375 00 for male farm help during the last year, I appears that it took the value of the clop of wheat to pay for farm help. Kerr-Bible. The marriage of William Bernard Kerr and Miss Joyce Kathryn Bible, a couple well known in Centre Hall and vicinity, was solemnized in the Arch Street Methodist church, Philadelphia, on Wednesday of last week, by the Rev, V. E. Rorer, D. D, The bride is a daughfer of J. R. Bible, of Phoenixville, Chegter county, ahd formerly of Potters Mills. She had oc- cupied a position in the office of the Sur- geon General, Washington, D, C., and prior to that taught in the Phoenixville The groom is a son of Mrs, Myra Kerr, and formerly lived with his mother in Centre Hall. He laid the foundation of his education in the Cen- tre Hall High school. He was of a stu- deous character and his worth recognizediby the Union Pacific Railroad System in whose employ he has been He several preset schools. has been for many years. has won and itis t gE raveli promotions at n accountant, dining car and hotel depart- ment, of the Union Pacific Sy Ogden, U headquarters at : rill reside at 2221 Quincy gratulations and best wishes for a happy wedded life, lili — Chautauqua for Centre Hall. Centre Hall's been announced. to July 2nd, Chat jua dates have They are ine soth inclusive, Phone Protests Reach 102. One hundred and two formal plants against the new rates of the with the Public Service shone have been Teleg Commi ssion, BK. Harrisbur itm———o— Pomona Grange Meets. A regular quarter Centre County Pomons: Pine H There will be two sessions, morn- ing and afternoon, S——————p— vd Announce Arrival of Son. A telegram received on Monday after. Hc Us 1 held at all, 15th, noon by Mrs. Lizzie Jac happy announcem nine-pound Mr. and aome 10 baby Mr Steg! man will carry his “Jr.” affixed. We'll say Guy is the | 3 with a boy and a girl in the fan A tp Many Thanks. The orter desire sincere er $ ep . R iy that group of responded so nobly to our re ent in the form payment on subscrni statement. Several advanced their 1522. ®t hear from all, but we continue hope- scription into Of course, we did ricl na that the remai We dis tr thi «O L018 er may soon do like wise, like to continually call at tention matter, but with the ire a mendous costs of pt : per f i newspa publ publi verative, that all subscriptions be ACI & nes essary. fmr mj paid up. yes, Ifyou have not may we ex pect a remittance Publishers. please. —The ——————— fi — A CA Passenger Agent Boyer Is Promoted To Sunbury. The following article appeared in a recent : cofice e of a Lock Haven paper, and rns a man well known in young 3 Penns Valley C. A. Boyer, Pennsylvania railroad in passenger of the City, agent this same nas been promoted to the position at Sunbury, the change to t effective May 1. He will be succeeded by Dr, R. Goodlander, of Williamsport, ve who has been extra agent on the Williamsport division, Mr. Royer has made many personal friends and has well served the interests of the company during the three years and three months he has acted as the local agent. His unfailing courtesy was combined with an ability now hand- somely recognized by the railroad com- pany. Prior to his becoming ticket agent, he served as chief clerk at the lo cal freight office for seven years, * Sugar Shortage Tempts Unscrupu- lous Dealers. The present shortage in the sugar market has tempted scores of unscrupu- lous manufacturers throughout the state to substitute saccharin for sweetening soft drinks, ice cream and pastries, As a result, Director James Foust of the Division of Foods, Pennsylvania De- partment of Agriculture has instructed all field agents to be unusually vigilant for this class of offenders, Saccharin is more than 300 times sweeter than sugar and costs only a frac tion as much as sugar, It is without food value, however, and has a decided harmful effect on the humen body, During the past month or two, scores of arrests have been ordered by the bu. reau and half a hundred arrests of deal- ers scattered threughout the common wealth are now pending and will be or. dered ini few days. DISTRICT SUNDAY-SCHOOL The twenty-eighth semi-annual Sun- day-School convention of the eleventh district of Centre county, will be held to. morrow (Friday) in the Union church, Farmers Mills, Rev. R. R. Jones, pas- tor. “The district comprises Centre Hall borough, Potter and Gregg townships. Mr. C. E. Ro Devotional - - - Greetings rit Appointment of Committees “The Expressional Activities of Our You Music : “Modern Sunday-School Method SCLHOUS Election of Officers I At rr ey Adjournment hool Teach ¢ H OFFICERS LC. vice at W W. Smith, Secretary Department Miss ( B )rpha Teacher Trainin 'hbomas S Rural Work. Students Make Novel Offer of RR. Service. hi an extent suc! face discomfor lack of st ne st ng students stand ready to engineer: y er their governm services raliroads t ent officials, At the begi of the recent strike trouble a tee Af oso tones f engineering . Ba dean, kett ingineering, and he than 100 have actual way operations, and could from throwing switche ginearing hier ineenug ik a ive of these are enr ical experience t The offer of service overnment emergencies has been characterized by a high Pennsylva nia Railroad official as the most sensible ton vet tak Siep yel LE these willing stx trouble, —— AM AAT Lewisburg Woolen Mill Destroyed by Fire. The big mills of the Lewis- woolen tally de Thursday morning a minimum of burg Mills company were uu ¢ last a loss estimated stroyed by fir at $150,000. at o'clock room at the rear of the second f he plant, andepread so fast that a half The fire started about 5 in floor of a dozen men who were working in the mill at the time were unabie ' is. to control Lack of sufficient water pressure made the firemen almost helpless in the face! of the flames. They were unable throw a stream higher than the second floor and their efforts made no apprecia- | ble check on the progress of the flames, ! which soon had swept through the en-| tire big structure. i The origin of the fire is unknown. It! started in a storage room and may have | been caused by spontaneous combus- | ton, | The mill was a big structure situated | on the banks of the Susquehanna river | near the point where the Pennsylvania railroad bridge crosses the stream, The mill gave employment to one hundred and five skilled operators. The establishment was founded by the Halfpenny family and four years ago was taken over by a corporation, The former mills standing on the same site had been destroyed by fire. The present structure was built forty. two years ago. The new owners had | made improvements and were bringing the industry to a highly efficient state. Their product was used for children's clothing and big orders were booked, AI A AIRRRNI 048 Rev. Drumm will preach a Mother's Day sermon in the Lutheran church on Sunday eventag. His text will be, *Be- hold thy mother”. The Union and to! Georges Valley will also hear this ser. mon, | AY, M AY 6, CONVENTION TO BE An interesting program has been ar- ranged, as may be gathered from the subjects assigned the various ministers in the district, The Hon, Ives L. Harvey will occupy a period in the evening session, The program follows, yer, Presiding . President, Mr. C, E, Royer Rev, C. F, Catherman og People’ n Rev. J. F. Bingma ” -7.30 Hon. I. L. Harvey President of State Association ry ing rst vice Fir Rev, C, } send heir contri- nt to County Treas Mrs. S. Home Zubler, Reitz, wen WwW, Ww, Western Horses at High Figures. A carload of western horses, twenty- head, averaged $242.50 at a sale ] at Centre Hall aturday after, fayes disposed A large crowd and saw the highest price paid The S . X 130.00, buyers were G. W M A ih, . Hol Bower , Fleming, Mil Millhe R ot . $280 240 230 160 195 287 630 Mever, ¥. Confer, er vy. Kebersburs 180 201 130% 266 164 232 450 215 1, Lock Haven, A. Lohr, Bar Miliheim, Oak Hall, oF eo ger, Centre Hall wdrews, Bellefonte h, Centre Hall, ———— $5315 re 3 i otal -~ ad Wear Their Overalls to Church. One hund ants of St. John's Northumberland, averalls, The ushers the collection was taken by men who wore these bad- ges of economy. They declared that this 11 be their Sunday garb until clothing will prices come down. red attend burch Wore al Lutheran ( on Sunday were clad in de: and AVE THE BABY CHICKS ! Kerlins' Poultry Farm of this place is giving ABSOLUTELY FREE 2 $1.00 READY RELIEF FOR BABY CHICKS with each order for one $1.00 package. Mail orders filled. Great for all ailments of chicks, rt ——— a ——— GEORGES VALLEY. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Yetter spent Sun. packages Spring Mills, E. L. Lingle and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs, Miles Barger at the Red Mill, «Miss Helen Ripka, of Penn Hall, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. B. Ripka, srs. J. C. Barger spent Thursday at the home of her son, Hobert Barger, at Spring Mills, 5. E. Gobble and famjly spent Sunday in Decker Valley at the home of Mrs. Gobble's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Benja- min Confer, Mrs. H. M. Lingle and Mrs. Hanna Confer spent a few days the past week at the J. K. Confer home, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lingle spent Sun- day evening at Penn Hall with Mrs. Lingle's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Emerick, Mr, Emerick has been con- fined to the house for some time with heart trouble, James Foust visited his sister, Mrs, Hartman, at Potters Mills, on Sunday, A A AP Mrs. Blanche L. Neff, in remitting on subscription to the Reporter, writes from Antonito, Colorado: “It is the best paper I see for the money, and 1 would hate to think I was even slow in 1920 . \ Gyrerer.—Franklin Gfrerer, a life-long resident of Potter township, and respec ed farmer citizen, passed away at his home, immediately west of Centre Hal borough, late Friday night. He took sick about three weeks ago with pueumonia, His condition was ered serious from the start, but Gfrerer insisted upon being up an recting the work of preparing his h for the installing of electric light, whicl he had planned to do at that time. H walking about and giving his personal attention to various matters had the ef. fect of further reducing his physical strength and he was finally take his bed, which was but a prior to his death, and hastened the end, Deceased was born on the old Gfrerer homestead, near Centre Hall, of ti and ct 1 a Orne § : forced few w y devel Drops and Eebe 1919, WAS ie late Xavier On October 28th, his fiftieth birthday. the farm, on which he twenty-two years, He was a successful neighbor, generous o brs good wife always extended a wel those who La t heart ome oo came te . he Gfrerer farm was chards of and ryiees 1iCHC, for its © fruit, many Mr, o all who can winess of and Mr: wn * 2 THY go og + came BivVi i858 Sarah Ellen Gfrerer, i, and Calvin Gfrerer, of 1 “uneral services the were utheran which Mr. Gfrerer was a faithful morning in ber and deacon for a Rev. B, F. Bieber a Rnd 1 pastor, officiated of Centre Hall. Coumax. Nathan Pleasant Gap, died hospital Thursday entered the institutic fore fo - treatment. his death, and wife passed away. make his home with his daught Bond Gummo, below Ten children survive. held on Monday Howard. Mr. Corman sixty years, fore Pleasant i The funeral wa nd burial mace a was aged about Novr.—Miss Susan Noll died nesday morning of last week late home at Pleasant Gap. at place she had resided all her lif was aged seventy-nine years on 3rd, last. She was a daughte late Samuel Noll, and a sister of Noil, of Bellefonte, and Mrs, Stine, of Cresent City, Okla was made Friday afternoon at 2 o'cle at Zion cemotery, A A ——— Free Education in Forestry. A free education in forestry is of the young men of Pennsylvania State Department of Forestry Pinchot, the Chief Forester, on announced that competitive exami tions will be held June 17 and 18, Harrisburg, for free scholarship to the State Forest Academy at Mont Alto, Following the examination. twelve highest men will be appointed tc the Forest Academy where they will be- gin their study of forestry in Septem- ber. Young men between 18 and 25 years who Bave completed a 4 year High school course and who have had experience in farming, lumbering, surveying and oth er forms of outdoor work, are particular- ly desired. The scholarships provide free tuition, board, room and laundry. Upon. successful completion of the course, which includes thorough and practical training, a degree in forestry will be awarded. ‘ Infgrmation about the State Forest Academy, and application blanks for admittance to the examination, may be had by writing to E. A. Ziegler, Direct. of, Pennsylvania State Forest Academy, Mont Alto, Pa. A AB Lewistown Mall Carrier Accused. Bratton VanZandt, regular rural letter carrier on route No. 2 from Lewistown post office, was arrested on Saturday on information furnished by a post office inspector. The charge against the young man is that he received money from patrons on his route to purchase money orders and did not buy orders for the full amounts of money given him, It is probable that his case will come before the U, 8. Court in June. VanZandt is about 22 years of age and has been the regular carrier on route No. 2 leading from Lewistown to Mattawana since last ber. The accused resides on Valley street and is married and bas two children, ~ i Wein HONGay na ut al the paying my subscription,” ris EW EWS, EREBY TOWN AND COUNTY HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INT FROM ALL PARTS unday is Mother's Day, ay, a greater sch fornia team on Tuesday, Ju pe igti Svivia F, Woodal Mr raham, 3 , Six-year- death occu morning at th The kh gir ross the road to pick us a toy € was a i ttie running balloon . to aa lt 2 . . . ich had blown from her hands, when she was hit by the car we Bel held at S A committee meeting on tl tele. phone rat £ te protest was pring Is last Thursday evening, and T. M. Gramley was elected to go with Attors sey James Furst to Harrisburg to ap. pear before the Public Service Commis. It appears that the protest made by the lower Penns and Brush Valley patrons was the first listed by the Com. mission and consequently the first to be heard before that body. The hearing was held Wednesday of this week, 1 1 3 sion. A decision was handed down by the Superior court last week reversing the judgement of th» Centre county court and granting a new trial in the case of William Blauser vs. Frank A. Carson. The case linges on a controversy as to whether Mr. Carson, whose property is located near the property of Mr. Blag- ser, at Potters Mills, has legal right to use a certain alley in traveling between his property and the main road which passes the Blauser property. The case has been in the Centre county court for years and a decision was recently given in favor of Mr, Blauser, giving him dam- ages in the sum of about $6. Mr. Car- son was dissatisfied with this decision as it would infer he has no right to use the roadway in question. which roadway had been used for many years and is a short cut that means considerable to the owner, und he from the decis- Be a Reporter reader. ion of the Centre county court, * Sina
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