VOL. XCIIII.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
FOR SPRING MILLS’
COMMUNITY DAY.
Program of Entertainment and
Speaking to Feature Second An-
nual Event Under Auspices of the
Gregg Twp. Vocational School.
The final arrangements for the cele-
bration of the second annual Commun-
ity Day at Spring Mills have been com.
pleted. A varied and interesting pro-
gram has been prepared, and a large
gathering is anticipated. The rooms of
the Vocational School will be filled with
extensive exhibits, of which the display
of the one-room schools of the Town-
ship will be an important part. Cash
prizes and ribbons are to be awarded
the successful exhibitors. The judges
are specialists from State College, and
include Dr. S. W. Fletcher, Dr, H. H.
Havner, Miss Pearl McDonald, Profes-
sor Schmidt and Prof. Dawson.
The exhibits will be open to the pub-
lie at 1:30 Friday afternoon; at 3:30 a
Dodge Ball contest between Centre
Hall High school and the Vocational
school; at 3:45, Ex-Sheriff A. B.
will lead a team of married men against
the single fellows under captain Homer
Fetterolf. At 4:30 a relay rac i
which a pennant is offered, will be run,
the contesting team, coming from Port
Matilda, Howard, Centre Hall, and the
Vocational School. Games for the boys
and girls will be going on all the after-
noon.
Supper may be had from 3
At 7:30 an important meeting
start in the Grange Hall. Dean R.. L.
Watts, of State College, Professor A. A.
Borland and other distinguished speak-
ers will make this meeting! one of
great features of the day,
Se ——_— fp se
Mrs. Florence Rhone Bayard Remem-
bered in Will.
The following is from a Wichita (Kan-
Lee
v
e for
30 to 7:00
will
the
sas) paper —
The estate of the late Mrs. Mary E.
Sankey, widow of the late Judge R. A.
Sankey, was bequeathed to Mrs. San.
key's nieces, a grand.niece and grand-
nephew under the terms of her will filed
in the probate court,
With a few except livids
ions of individual
bequests the entire estate is left to Mrs,
Lillian Harris, Mrs. Ada Crum, Mrs
Bert Bayard and Mrs. Emma Butler,
nieces, and Miss Mary Nester Moore
and Robert M. Moore, son and daugh-
ter of Mrs. Butler.
This will also included several speci-
fic bequests. The large law and current
literature library of the late Judge KR.
A. Sankey was left to Robert Moore,
grand nephew. Property North
Market Street was left to Mrs. Bayard
duriog her life time, then to revert t«
the estate,
on
Literary Program in Grange Hall.
F The first meeting of the Literary So-
ciety of the Centre Hall High school will
be held in Grange Arcadia, Friday, Oct.
15th, at 8 The subject for de-
bate is, '*Resolved: I'hat our forefath.
ers enjoyed life more than we do ;” and
the title of the play is “Married to a Saf.
fragette.,” Other good Ev-
o'clock.
numbers,
tent A A
6,459,998 FARMS
IN UNITED STATES.
Decrease in 24 States According to
Census Figures--- 202,256 in
Pennsylvania.
There are 6,459,998 farms in the Unit-
ed States, an increase of ¢8 496 or 1.5
per cent, since 1910, according to figures
just announced by the census bureau,
The figures show that in twenty-four
states the number of farms decreased in
the ten-year period.
Pennsylvania has a total of 202,2¢6
farms, a decrease of of 17,039 as com-
pared with the 1910 figures and of 21,-
goz2 since 1900. Other states that show
a decrease in the number are
Alabama, Connecticut Illinois, Indiana.
Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Mass.
achusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Miss
ouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont
and West Virginia,
States showing a large increase
farms are Arkansas,
rado, Georgia, Idaho, Kentuckey, Lou-
isiana, Michigan, Montana, North Caro-
lina, Texas and Montana
shows the largest increase, 119.1 per
the of farms increasing
26,214 £7.44! In
California comes next with
of 33.4 per cent.
———————
The Galbraith Brothers, Entertain-
of farms
of
California, Colo=
Wisconsin,
cent, number
from in 1gto to 1920
an
increase
ers.
The Centre Hall High school has se-
cured the Galbraith Brothers for Wed-
nesday night of next week, October 20
to give an entertainment in the Grange
hall,
T'héir program will be one of music—
vocal and instrumental—and will 1
tirely new,
This will be an entertainment
nothing cheap or trashy, but
artistic, and well the admission
price.
1
If you heard
worth
he wv lacs » he ta .
Lem last year there 18 no
doubt
of your going t
failed
o hear them again
hem last
on
If you to hear t
year,
don't miss the opportunity Wednes-
g
In Grange hall at eight
day evening of next week.
o'clock.
——— sss
on
the Wing,
Bankers.
Prosperity is Say
on the wip
Prosperity is
States. Proliteering is
t
i
1
of bankers from
death ist opini
arcelv sonarated tla
largely separated places
loston for
io the country, gathered at |
the nent Bankers Association
School Report,
+ PHYS a r™ a Th Nica tes eyes
Grammar grade —The following pu-
Yime Ard ahaant Ae
ither tardy por absent dure
Og the mont
Paul Sn
Geary,
Florence Zettle, Agnes
Ct
Ester
i tte
Meriam McC lenahan, Martz, Ed.
Miriam Moore, Helen Runkle,
Mary Weber,
Grove, ard
na Moltz,
a ns A Ml
Letter From Illinois.
ler, which his mother has kindly con-
sented to permit us to publish, Mr,
Keller has since reached his destination
at Bucharest, Roumania, where he will
be in charge of physical training in that
country's leading institution of learning. |
Constantinople, Turkey, !
Sept. 16,1620. |
Dearest Mother : !
While we are waiting here in the har-
bor for the medical officers to come on
board I will pen you lines and
have some one who gets off here mail it
a few
for me.
I hardly know how to tell you what
a wonderful trip I have had so far, and |
by to-morrow night we hope to be in|
Constanza and will very likely be in
Bucharest by Sunday. 1 certainly didi
enjoy the trip over, and never was sea-
sick, I had a good rest and spent much
of my time
Roum
in having a young Roumanian from De
reading and studying the
nian language. I was fortunate
troit in my state room and
him, We
I picked up
quite a lot from were quile
GIRL OF 12 WINS
PONY AND OUTFIT.
Goes to Little
Miss Agnes
Hall, Writes
Prize for Best Essay
Girl Near
Geary, of
Tyrone.
Centre
Good Essay.
ie te
piciu
offere
essay
in the Boost.
3 Mary Cath.
n, aged twelve years, of Neal.
mont, near Tyrone.
3
submitted,
Upwards of 200 es-
5 ses endl ores
and the judges
DAY, OCTOBER
thrilled as we passed thru the strait of
Gibraltar and especially as we gazed on
the huge boulders on the African side,
From there we sailed direct to Naples ;
we landed there on the morning of Sept.
8th and what a unique sight i* was. As
we neared the port passing thru the bay
of Naples we were surrounded by num-
erous small boats loaded with all sorts
of eatables, and they were manned by
good salesmen, We were ready to go
ashore by nine o'clock and I assure you
a new’class of people, and not able to
speak their language. However, 1]
learned enough Italian on the boat to
get along very well,
The first day a party of us went to
Pompeii and it was a rare treat to go
thru the ruined city. I shall have much
to tell you of what saw that day.
While there 1 bought a few souvenirs.
They are very cheap over there and I
wanted them for the uniqueness of com-
ing from While in Napler 1
also made a trip up the side of Vesuvius
It was the most wonder-
Pompeii.
on a donkey.
ful sight I ever beheld to gaze down into
close with the winning of the pony by
Miss Mary ( rine Cullen, age 12, of
Nealmont, R. D. 5, Tyrone, Pa.
In additionsthe Association
has awarded for the next best
fifteen essays and Miss Agnes E. Gea-
is amoDg Lhe winners
I am enclosing herewith Miss Geary's
essay and trust you will be able to use
The in your pos-
session may
-athe
Booster
prizes
y. Of your town,
2
pony cut still
also be used.
you for returning the en-
hrough with it, I am,
Very truly yours
E. 8. Grex, Secretary,
Altoona Booster Association,
Pooy and cart will be awarded to Miss
Cullen at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
€
14, 1920.
the deep crater, from whence a dense
smoke still continues to come,
On our way there we passed thru
towns that are built on top of other
towns covered by lava. We stayed in
Naples for four days and in that time I
was able to get to all the point of in-
terest. The cab service there is very
cheap, and for five cents or one lire one
can go all around the city, I sent a
number of cards from there and the
stamps (is centimes) cost .015, The lire
is] very cheap now, being only 5 cts,,
where before the war it was 20 cts,
Imagine the lot of money we got for our
money. Everyone was wild to get it
and the Italians even refused to take
apything but American money in ex-
change tor anything we bought. We
left Naples last Sunday afternoon about
five o'clock and it was beautitul sailing
out thru the famous bay of Naples, 1
took several pictures of the bay and Ve-
suvius, as we passed out and 1 hope
they will be good. On leaving Naples
we passed historic island of Capri and
Amalife, where the blue Gratto Oz
zura is so much talked of the world over.
It i3 a series of beautiful caves and pas-
sage ways where everything takeson a
beautiful blue shade. From Snnday on
we were in sight of land until we came
bere to Constantinople. It was quite
thrilling to know I was passing thru the
Dardanelles. At the entrance
see a number of Battleships (British)
sunk during the war. You remember
the British and French tried for eight
months to land troops and finally control
Constantinople and during that time
they lost over 75,000 men, but all in
vain, Passing on tarther we stopped at
the city of Dardanells where 10,000 Ar-
menians were killed by the Turks, be-
fore and during the war. We all feel
that passing thru here has been the
cream of the trip. We will be here a
few hours and then our next stop will
be Constanza.
one cag
Constanza, Roumania
Sept. 18, 1930,
Arrived safely this morning and aw-
fully glad to be on land once after being
on the water almost twenty-five days.
I wrote to you while we were waiting in
the harbor at Constantinople and after
writing I found we could go ashore so
spent Thursday afternoon seeing
city. 1 also sent you a card from there
and a number, ten in all, to a few of my
friends.
Yesterday morning 1 took in some
more of the sights before leaving. It
certainly was a beautiful trip thru the
Bosporous and into the Bick Sea and
my only regret is that I can pot always
retain the beautiful memoties of all 1
bave seen while making the trip,
I was up about 6.30 this morning and
the
go and had a nice breakfast of two boil
ed eggs. bread and coffee. We landed
bere at Constanza about ten o'clock and
I was very much impressed with the
people and the city in general. It
much cleaner than any of the other sea.
ports at which we landed. We had
quite a time to get our baggage off and
they then took it to the custom house
where they went thru every thing I had.
NO. 40
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS
Galbraith Bros.—Oct, 20.
The first dance of the season was held
in Grange hall on Thursday night,
A new iron roof was placed an the
Odd Fellows’ building in Centre Hall,
the past week.
A car of winter apples has been ship-
ped from the local station for which $1 -
is cents per hundred pounds was paid,
A baby boy was born to Rev. and
Mrs. F. H. Foss, former residents of
Centre Hall, at their home at Howard,
recently,
Centre Hall had a trained pony and
dog show on last Thursday night, {he
tent being located in the Mitterling
fields,
George Taylor, who has beenMworking
for M. M. Keller on the farm, near Li
den Hall, has enlisted in the U.
army and expects to be sent to
nia in a short time,
n-
S.
The following were guests at the
and Mrs. Drumm on Sus.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Knepp, Mrs.
digum, Miss Daisy Griffith, Miss Ed-
na Reese, and Wildon Hancock, all of
Philipsburg.
W. FP. Colyer, who has been preparing
to enter the dairy business, has the ne.
cessary machinery about all installe
his new dairy house on the farm and ex-
pects to be ready to serve customers
Centre Hall by November 1st,
The Galbraith Brothers are the equal
of lecture course and Chautauqua offer.
ngs. Hear them in a musical program
in Grange hall, Wednesday evening of
next week. You'll get your
worth and at the same time you will
helping the local High school s
to raise necessary funds.
money's
be
teed
tud
ents
Don't forget the literary program by
the High school students, in Grange
ball, on Friday evening. The young
people bope to gather enough funds
from the collections this winter to pur-
chase a piano, which is a very com.
mendable undertaking and should be
supported by everyone.
The Reporter has been requested to
publish the following : Since the curi-
osity and fuss of the local peeple is so
great over a certain article which
peared in this paper a short time
no further wonder
N
ap-
ago,
and comment need
be made as the engagement annou
was simply a “joke” and it seems
people can't even take a joke.
noed
ie
A pew manufacturing concern, known
as the Nickel Fabricating Company, has
been incorporated under Pennsylvania
law, and has been invited by the Cham-
ber of Commerce to locate in Philips
burg. This company intends to maou-
facture tubing and fabricated articles of
pure malleable nickel and will also man-
11 t
mux
ufacture dairy machinery and
Your attention is called to an adver-
tisement in this week's issue by the Oak
Hall Roller Flouring Mill. Mr. Etters,
the enterprising proprietor, has recently
installed new and up-to-date machinery,
which makes possible the manufacture
our baggage loaded ; then we came to
the Grand Hotel, This is where | am
writing from. After we got our room
we washed up and then went to the
Bristol cafe for lunch, Wolven, the
other “Y" map, was withme. I had a
nice bowl of chicken broth, a nice ome-
lette, coffee, bread and watermelon for
desert, and the bill was nineteen lei, or
in our money just 47 cts. This morning
the rate of exchange was forty-three lei
of the best flour. Mr. Etters is endeay-
oring to reach the housewife who does
her own baking as well as to convince
the other class that to bake with his new
process flour is both cheaper and more
satisfactory to the family,
Kerlins, the local poultrymen. are pre-
paring to enlarge a building on their
poultry farm to accommodate a mam-
moth incubator which will have a ca-
pacity of 30,000 eggs, or nearly four
times the capacity of the largest ma-
chine on the tarm at the presen time.
The growth of the baby chick business
Orangeville, Iii,
erybody welcome. Oct a
cf. 4. 920
A free-will offering will be taken,
The proceeds are to be used to secure
a piano for the High school,
———— A Mp ins
Dollar Wheat Harding.
Senator Warren G. Harding, Rebub-
lican candidate for president, said in a|t- Enclosed please find cash to extend
debate in 1917, that wheat could profita-] my subscription.
bly be grown at a dollar a bushel. Sena-
tor Harding has the same poor insight
on most public questions. He did not
know what he was talking about when
Pony -“ Booster" —and Outfit Won by Girl of 12 Years.
had a hard time to determine which | Geary.
was the best composition. They con-| Following is the essay
sidered neatness, originality, age of | Miss Geary
contestant, and thought. | Advantages in buying
Following is the essay written by Miss ' Si res. Altoona, Pa.
Cullen : There are very great advantages in
‘When 1 saw the picture of the yuying at Booster Stores, Altoona. Pa.
“Booster Pony Outfit” 1 thought how! (i) Because you can get anything
jolly it would be if we three kids could | from some groceries to a bedroom suit.
A : to a dollar,
go to school in the pretty outfit. As it] (2) Because you can get everything at] After had lunch we came back
costs mother 42 cents a day to send her |
: | very moderate prices. here and at 2.30 we went back to the
three little girls to Tyrone to school.
Editor Regorter :
ith
\ 5 A written b
On looking over my paper I find I am y
in arrears with my subscription, but
thanks to your kindness in extending
me credit, I have not missed a copy of
at Booster
®
We have been having very warm, dry
weather here. The thermometer around
100 degrées in the sun uatil last Wed.
nesday when we had our first frost. .
The stores are large and beautiful
he rated wheat at a dollar a bushel, and
he knows much less of what he is talk-
ing when he gives expression on the
League of Nations.
Prevent Cholera Outbreak from New-
ly Purchased Hogs,
Faumers in Pennsylvania are con-
stantly purchasing high class hogs, turn-
ing them loose with their other hogs,
immediately upon receipt, and as
a result, in many cases suffer heavy sub-
sequent losses from hog cholera, A Ju-
niata Valley farmer only recently lost a
number of registered hogs in this man-
ner,
The Bureau of Animal Industry,
Pennsylvania Department of Agricul-
ture, urges that newly purchased hogs
be thoroughly disinfected and isolated
before they are placed in contact with
other swine,
When hogs are received on a farm,
they should be given a disinfecting bath
and then kept for two, and better still,
three weeks by themselves. If no dis
Gases appear at the end of that time,
they can be given another disinfecting
bath and placed with the other swine,
The crate in which the hogs are receiv-
ed should be thoroughly disinfected and
litter burned. Farmers are urged to
te to the Bureau of Animal Industry,
Ivania Department of Agriculture
at Harrisburg for further information on
hog cholera control.
But it is warm and pleasant again, We
have had ouly two heavy showers since
we finished plowing corn, so you may
know things are pretty dry. We have
our silos filled, and the clover seed is
about all hulled around here, Every.
body is busy cutting corn which seems
to be a very good crop considering the
dry season. Our condensary factory has
closed down, and installed separators,
and are now separating the milk at the
farmers’ expense. We don't’ know how
long that will last but hope not for
long.
S. 8. Horner.
Crop Correspondents’ Notes, Penna.
Dept. Agriculture, October 7.
Armstrong: Hundreds of acres of
spring seeding of clover cut for hay,
Berks : Largest yield of potatoes
ever grown in this vicinity,
Clarion : Ninety per cent, of corn
will be cut after October,
Delaware : It takes eight calf hides
to buy a pair of good shoes, Heaviest
crop of apples ever kown.
Greene : Wool beginning to move at
fifty cents,
Huntingdon : Farmers lost fully so
per cent, of their oats on account of wet
weather,
Pike: Apple crop very large and of
good quality.
EC ————— a —
“When one finds the meaning of the |
word Booster—'To push’, ‘to raise’ or |
‘lft from beneath’, 'a helping hand, as to |
give one a boost in business,’ I do not!
think it necessary to write a long article, |
as we all can understand why so many |
take advantage of Suburban Day in Al- |
toona ; why the trolley cars between |
Tyrone and Altoona are crowded on |
these days. . My mother always takes |
advantage of these days and goes to Al-
toona to shop, as she has three little |
girls and says its a problem to dress us|
in these expensiva days. Why can not |
all home towns have Booster Stores and |
keep the money in their home town ?|
Three cheers for the ‘Altoona Booster
Association,” since they love the little
children and help our parents with bar-
gain days.”
MARY CATHERINE CULLEN.
There were a, number of boys and
girls from Centre county who attempted
to win the prize and among them was
Miss Agnes Geary, aged eleven years,
of Centre Hall, Upon th® close of the
contest the Booster Association sent the
following letter to the Centre Reporter,
which paper carries the Booster ads, :
Altoona, Pa.,
Oct. 3, 1920
The Centre Reporter,
Centre Hall, Pa.
Gentlemen—
The pony contest conducted by our
Galbraith Bros,—Oct. 20,
and the displ.ys are magnificent. Any
one wanting something that they have
failed to get eslewhere is sure to get it
at the Booster Stores,
The clerks are very accommodating and
try their very best to please the custom-
ers. Furthermore if you cannot find the
things you waut on the counter you are
sure to find it on the many shelves,
When one enters one of these stores
the clerks are very alert and anxious to
accommodate you. The clerks also
have an eye for business. When a
stranger goes into a Booster Store, he is
him so he will tell others of the wonder-
ful store and the wonderful things they
contain.
If anyone should happen to ask me
where 1 think the best stores are, 1
would say, ‘The Booster Stores, Altoo-
na, Pa.,” without any hesitation, 1
have no doubt that the Boostér Stores
are better than any other stores in
Pennsylvania,
AGNES E. GEARY,
Centre Hall,
Centre Co, ,
Age—11 yrs, Penna,
v Just in—a carload of Baugh & Son Co,
fertilizer ; all new fresh goods, Five
Brands to select from, —R. D. Foreman,
—————— A SA —————. .
This week both the Lewisburg and
nit
association has been brought to a
Milton fairs are being held.
custom house to get our passports, We
were told we could get them at three
and when we asked for them they told
us to come back at five. Having some
time on our hands we went down to the
beach and had a grand swim in the
Black Sea. The water was fine and it
made me feel good afier being on the
boat so long. From the beach I came
back to the hotel while Wolven and the
other “Y" man went to get our pass-
ports. [layed down awhile then that 1
would write you of my safe arrival
waiting for them to come back, It is
now almost seven o'clock and Wolven
has just returned with our passports,
When he washes up we will go out for
dinner then take a stroll around the city,
I think we will ieave here at ten o'clock
to-morrow for Bucharest, and by ten to-
morrow night we will be in the big city.
They say that papers are very scarce
over here and I sure would Jove to get a
Philadelphia paper. 1 would also like
to have the Red Book or some other
magazine, and the home papers for sure,
Hope you have written to me before you
get my letters. When I get settled |
will write you of my whereabouts and
what [ am doing.
With kind regards to all,
at the Kerlin plant has been truly re-
markable. The enterprising proprietors
have great faith in the efficacy of
printer's ink, and use it unsparingly,
which accounts in a large measure for
their success. Some of the more conser-
vative business men in Centre county
would gasp were we to give out the fig-
ures representing the amount spent for
printing and advertising by the local
poultry firm,
Prof. W, V. Dennis, director of the
Gregg Towmship Vocational School at
Spring Mills, accompanied by John Mey-
er, president of the school board, was a
caller at the Reporter office one day last
week to arrange for some printing in
connection with the second annual Come
munity Day in Spring Mills, beld under
the auspices of the vocational school,
and an article on which appears elwe-
where. The more one sees and hears of
Prof. Denais, the more is one impressed
with the instructor's enthusiasm and en-
ergy for obtaining results and putting the
little town of his residence on the map,
Prof. Dennis bas in more than one in-
stance proven his versatility and leader
ship, qualities that are sadly lacking in
with a decidedly pleasing disposition
and personality, stamp him as a valuable
asset to a community. It looks to us as
though our neighboring town has a 100
per cent school man and citizen in Prof,
i. re