4 VOL. XCV, CEN PRIL 7, A STATE FAIR ? Question Before the State Legisla- ture.— State Grange Endorses It ; So Does Dean Watts, of State College. Whether or not Pennsylvania shall have a state fair has been the question before the state legislature at this ses- sion. The general public seems to favor the move and it has been endorsed by the State Grange and other farmers’ or- ganizations. When approached on the subject the other day, Dean Watts, of the School of Agriculture and Director ot the Experiment Station at Penn State, gave out the following statement ‘It is impossible to estimate the good that will come out of a State Fair in the interest of Pennsylvania agriculture, The greatest value that a farmer can ob- tain from an agricultural show of any kind is the establishment for him of new standards, new ideals and im- proved methods. The larger the show the greater is his opportunity to obtain direct benefit. I am for a Pennsylvania State Fair, and it cannot be established any too soon ; the agricultural interests of the State will boom because of it, and I wonder that we have been able to get along so well without one.” Dean Watts is an %irdent believer in the State Fair and emphatically dis- credits the belief of many that its es- tablishment would injure the county fair, “Its a false impression that the tate Fair will practically kill off the County Fair,” he says. “On the other hand, the State proposition will bring all kinds of aid to the smaller shows. It will act as a pace-setter and there is no reason at all why the county organi. zations should not improve their efforts through the great amount that is bound to come from Fair, This has been proved in other states where the big fair is the leader in management and general conduct, and the county show has not only been main- tained, but it has prospered wonder fully.@ Even the display of exhibits charge of experts at a State Fair will act as a stimulus to the management of the county show, and by attending the State function, the managers of the sma show can receive all kinds of suggest- ions for improvements nd secure better attractions and results.” The State Fair is also looked upon as one of the greatest educational that it is possible to secure, according to Dean Watts, Hé cites as an instance the exhibits of the Pennsylvania State Department of Agriculture, the State Department of Public Instruction with its vocational school work and the ‘State College School of Iture and Ex- periment Station, which could be played on a scale heretofore impossihle, These and other means could be utilized to tell with concrete examples just what is being done 1n the State for the ad. vancement of agricul and its branches, Farm Product Show and the State College Farmers’ Week in a large degree to get farm problems before the ‘‘man behind the plow,” but the united effort possible at a big State Fair, bringing everything the farmer wants to know to ore centralized point, is entirely desirable, in Dean Watts opinion, **The educational value or importance of exhibits pertaining to labor saving tools and appliances, that could be made on an enormous scale is another point in favor of the State Fair,” continues Dean Watts. ‘Take for example a re- cently developed market gardening tool. It has showed good results already, and if exhibited and demonstrated before thousands of interested people, they learn immediately that it is practicable, and of great value to the market gard- ener avd has come to stay. Such ideas taken tothe county fairs would reach additional thousands. Another factor that cannot be overlooked in the matter of establishing a State Fair is the all- inclusive information that would ,come of it through various sources, Ideas and subjects that possibly could not be expresse | through any other medium are certain tocome out of such an import ant gathering. *To me, thereal farm show, the big of stimulus the State in Har er assets A orricss Agno dis- allied fnr are eo } ue serve CHAUTAUQUA DATES JUNE 20TH TO 22ND. Strong Program in Music and Enter- tertainment Announced for Com- ing Season. June 20th to June 22nd, inclusive, which comes on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the week, are the dates set for Centre Hall and community's i921 Chautauqua. Superior features in music and enter- tainment include the famous Sheehan Concert Company, The Gales, great au- thorities on Indian life ; Albert Harnly, well known lecturer ; the Colonial Maids, a tuneful company of artists : Bill Bone, humorist lecturer : Filipino Quartet, and a clever comedy success of family life, entitled ‘Her Husband's Wife," For instance, there will be the Gales with their tales of Indian life, with spec ial costumes and scenery. Mr. Gale is a National authority on Indian customs, Then, Henry Miller's success, which made such a hit on Broadway, “Her Husband's Wife,” will make you laugh until your sides ache. There is a good moral and lesson back of itall, It will make you think, Mr. Hanly will give one of his inspir- ational lectures that will be a delight to all, The Sheehan Concert Company is made up of artists headed by Theresa Sheehan, one of the really great readers on the Chautauqua platform, The Colonial Maids are clever and tal- ented and will delight their audiences. If you want a sure cure for the blues, don't fail to hear Bill Bone. We are indeed fortunate to secure the Filipino Quartet, ny from the far away islands of the Pa- cific will they go. This novelty compa- attract attention wherever A ———— Fire at State College. Oa Friday afternoon, abeflit three o'- clock, fire broke out in the basement of the Allen State College, and for a few minutes it Metzger stores on street, looked serious, but the fire laddies, who were early on the prevented the spread of the flames, confining them to the basement and rear of the store. Little Jamage was done to the goods on the main floor, but ment were 100, those in the base- Just how the originated is not known as the basement - a fe 11. was so filled uined, wv fire with smoke when the fire was discovered that the could not be ascertained. exact cause The store is temporarily closed, awaiting the arrival of the insurance adjusters. A —— A St SAAR, Meyer-Limbert. Frederick W, Meyer and Miss Elva N, Limbert were united in marriage by Rev. M. C, Drumm, at the Lutheran parsonage in Centre Hall, last Saturday morning at 11.00 o'clock. The bride was dressed in a pretty blue serge coat spit. She is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Limbert, and is a member of St. Mark's Luther- an church at Spring Mills. The groom is a son of J. A. Meyer, of New Milford, ‘ike county, and is a graduate ‘of the agricultural school of Penn State Col. lege. He now holds the position of as- sistant to the County Agent of North- umberland county. He is an ex-service man, having seen eleven months service overseas, After an extended tour to eastern cities they will reside in Sunbury, A nr HASH “It's a Boy,” Says ‘‘Bobhy.” Rossville, Illinois, March 27, rgat, To the Centre Reporter and my old friends of Centre Hall : As a subscriber to the Reporter and a friend to all in Centre Hall, [ am glad to tell you I enjoy my home paper very much. Ihave been away from the town about seven years but I get a great deal of news concerning the people I know, and those that were good to me while | lived there, One reason | am writing this is to let you know the stofk dropped a ten-pound baby boy at our house on the 6th day of March, er most important function. It is just this: A dairyman, confined to his own section, thinks that his own cows are the best that are to be had and thathe is getting as much out of them as is possible to do with his very best efforts in care and feed. He goes to the big exhibit and is shown that there are far better cows than his, He goes home and strives to equal the records of the better cows and unconsciously contributes to a better farming community. 1 once saw some very fine specimens of carrots at a National Vegetable Growers’ Show in Boston, Prior to that time I thought the carrots that [ raised could not be excelled, Ever since that I have work- ed to reach the standard I saw at the exhibit, So it will be with State Fair, One will go, be convinced, and strive upon his return to equal the best he saw. “The farmers of Pennsylvania will be surprised and pleased, 1 believe, with the influence and good that will come out of a State Fair, should one become a possibility. The project is deserving of united support from the agricultural districts of i the State.” ri terest to you and my frieads as I was raised in Centre Hall by my grandpar- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reesmgn, Roserr McCormick, A APA Military Honors at Avis Funeral, Full military honors were accorded the memory of Private Marrin May, an Avis soldier who lost his life in France, when his body, removed from a grave in France and shipped home, was re-interr- ed at Lock Haven after a short service at the home, All business in Avis was suspended for two hours during the services, The body was escorted from the home of the dead soldier's parents to the borough line by the New York Central band and members of the Jersey Shore post, American Legion, At Island, near Lock Haven, a detachment from Troop K. First Pennsylvania cavalry, mounted, met (he cortege and escorted it to Lock Haven. Atthe court house the Lock , Haven post of the Legion met it and acted ts an escort to t church, Mr. C. E. Royer, Presiding. Devotions and Greetings Appointment of Committees. esis 44 : 34. ers, Children’s Division Institute—Conducted Conference . Solo : ‘ . ' ' Report of Nominating Committee Prayer ; Adjournment, Song Service Devotions Enrollment of Schools Address Hon, Solo Address Report of Resolution Con Minutes ; Offeri "ee ng ‘5 ' Benedicti President : 'W, DEPARTMENTAL SUPERINTENDI Department ; Miss Orpha Gras Thomas S ¥ = gz People’ OFFICERS-C. E, W. Smith, Secretary p Rover, Teacher Trainin <7 Gramley ; Youn Forestry Notes. District Forester Raymond B. Winter, of Mifflinburg, in his the partment of Fq made arrangements for report repos of a cabin at the obervation tower .on Sand Mountain, Lloyd who served for Russell +14 hs % > $y eg b with the Engineer Cor appointed will be on Ds ¥ the years France, has been as t this tower and there night server a S00, Forester Winter the during the past week anc isited most of Union ¢ 1 also i of has v local fire wardens in conference with a number owners ia an effort to obtain their operation in the prevention and control of forest fires. On Wednesday short talk Lewis Township School near Milmont The meeting evening he a on fire prevestion gave in the was very well attended by pupils and citizens of the township. Dis Forester T. Roy Morton, of Petersburg, reports to the Department of Forestry that the Lightner fire tower at Nefl's Mills in the Logan Forest Dis- trict has been completed. From the tower an observer can overlook 24.000 acres of State Forest and about #5,000 acres of private land. brit ict ed and will constantly be on daty dur ing the dry season and Forester Morton these men and the regular fire wardens their ready support and co-operation in reporting and extinguishing forest fires, The work of lifting seedlings from the beds in the Greenwood Nursery has been started and a considerable number of little trees have already been shipped to various parts of the State. Forester Morton estimates that more than one million seedlings are available for ship- ment from the Greenwood Nursery this spring. Most of them will be sent to private individuals and to water com- panies to be used in the reforestation of waste lands and water sheds, ——— The progragn follows : Mr. T. M. Gramley, Song Leader Rev, M. C. Drumm ather If the Lad Be Not With Me.” —Gen- Minute Talks by Pastors and Teach- Miss Lemen and Mrs. McGirk. : . County Officers Schools, and How to Have Them.” Rev, 1. C, Bailey by : : . Choir Rev. C. F. Catherman . Rev, 1. C, Bailey “r AY, L. kabine, Treasurer, Vice President : Mrs. S. Bartges, NTS — . jarth M. 0. Miss Helen olomew, Home Tibben Zubler, A, B.C..T.M Catherman. nentary | perance ; FP. 1127 Births, 683 Deaths, Centre Coun- ty's Record for 1920. The Stork led the Grim Reaper dur. he year 1920 in Centre county by a atgin of 444. This healthy-appearing the number of rths over deaths in the twelve months period, and augurs well for old Centre's next The record of births and deaths comes from Harris. burg, being tabalated from the reports of the various registrars of vital statis tics in Centre county, In triplet figure represents 4 i census enumeration. ¥ Unionville borough and Taylor, Huston, Halfmoon, Patton and Miss M. F. Shipley registrar, there were during last year 46 deaths and 74 births, Milesburg borough and Boggs town. ship, Mahlon Miles, registrar, bad 30 hs and 45 births, In South Philipsburg borough, John B. Hoffman registrar, there were 16 deaths and 15 births, In State College borough, Ferguson, Harris, Potter, Benner and townsh ps deat College, istrar, there were ss deaths and 139 wih TANS, Howard borough, Howard, Curtin and Liberty townships, W. H. Holter regis trar, had 45 deaths and 109 births, In Snow Shoe borough, Burnside and Snow Shoe townships, W. A. Sickel reg. istrar, there were 57 deaths and 110 birtha, Philipsburg borough and Rush town- registrar, bi i { had 16 3 deaths and 249 births, | Centre Hall borough and Potter town- |ship, J. C. Rossman registrar, had 29 } feaths and 41 births, In Millheim borough. Gregg, Penn, | Haines and Miles townships, P, H. Mus- ser registrar, there were 76 deaths and 104 births. In Bellefonte borough, Benner, Spring, Walker and Marion townships, Miss Alice Tate registrar, there were 16s deaths and 24: births, - i a de of the “The Handwriting On the Wall.” “Me Ne, Me Ne, Te Kel, U-Phar-Sin” What does it mean ? How much do you weigh in God's scales ? Come to the LUTHERAN CHURCH SUNDAY EVENING 7:30, and worship with us, Rev. M, C. Drumm Penn State Budget Less Than Others. Considering its size and ranking as one of the leading Land Grant Colleges of the country, Pennsylvania State Col- lege is asking the State for less money for maintenance and buildings for the next two years than is being requested of any other state in the Union. This is because the college officials have al- ready pared to the bone the necessary budget for properly operating the col- lege and its state-wide educational! pro- jects, The University of California, consid- ered to be the largest of the Land Grant Colleges, is asking the California Legis- lature for a total of fifteen and a half million dollars to cover its program for the next two years. Indications are that this sum will be appropriated in full. The University of Wisconsin is asking for over twelve million and is likely to receive it. Michigan wants gine million, Ohio $6,700,000, and so on. The University of Illinois, which is the Land Grant College in that state, an. nounces that it must have ten and a half million or be severely handicapped in its educational work. During the past five years Illinois has given more to its Land Grant education- al institution than the Pennsylvania State College bas received from Penn sylvania in its entire existence, a period of fifty-eight years. The taxable wealth of Pennsylvania is greater than any of these states. Penn State is this year requesting $6.500,0p0. It would really require ten million to carry out plans for enlarging the institution to a point where some of the hundreds turned away each year could be accommodated College officials have properly agreed that this amount could not be expended advantageously in the space of two years, and bave therefore cut down to the lowest possible figure upon which the coliege could operate. Penn State is the only institution of higher learning in the state which the commonwealth has obligated itself to support. hs i — Centre County Gains 880 in 10 Years. Centre county, according to the 1920 census, bas a population of 44.304. which is an increase of 880 in ten years. Nothing much to boast of, to be sure, but it is a gain nevertheless, which can: not be said of all strictly rural counties, the population of many counties in that class showing a decrease, owing to the trend city-ward during the past decade. Centre county has the largest area of all the counties of the state, being 1,146 square miles big. This allows 38 people to the squarejmile, so there is no great density of population here. Philadel phia county, with only 133 sqaare miles, has a population of 1,823,779 people. ——— I — So —————— Commencement at Penn State. Commencement exercises at the Penn- sylvania State College will begin Satur- day, June 1, and Commencement will be on Tuesday, June 14th, State Agricultural Notes. There are approximately 11,972 pure bred bulls owned on the farms of Penn- sylvapia, along with 8.567 bred boars and 4,108 pure bred rams, The number of pure bred bulls and boars show a de- cided increase over a year ago. In 1920 there were 57 registered and 393 unregistered stallions licensed by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the Pennsylvania Department of Agricul ture. In 1910 the number of stallions crease of 65 per cent, in ten years. On March 1 it appeared that the farm ers of Pennsylvania were holdiag 31 per cent. of their 1920 wheat crop, or §,340,~ 320 bushels, as compared with 3.758.830 bushels at the corresponding period of a year ago, The number of flocks of sheep in Pennsylvania is estimated at four per cent, legs than a year ago. Approximately 57 per cent. of the farms of Pennsylvania are provided with telephone service, ¥ —————— i A A Next week we will publish the secon article on astronomy by Dr, Alfred Beirly, of Chicago. Take the time to read it, and see that the children, espec- ially, read it. The articles are practi. cally devoid of scientific terms, sa that they make interesting, as well as profit. Javle, reading. i — # NO. 14 TOWK AND COUNTY NEWS, HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTERES] FROM ALL PARTS Bix electrocutions are scheduled the weeks of May 9 and 23rd, death house at Rockview. for at the Friday of next week is the first day of the trout season, the day that brings as much joy to some grown-ups as Christ mas does to the youngsters, Miss Myra Kimport, of State Colle was 1a town on Monday to arrange for ber coming here a few days next with millinery. See her ad. else Millheim has contracted for their 1921- 22 lecture course. The tains seven numbers, and Dr. Russell H. Conwell, oz greatest lecturers in the world, YO Yiog Last week's freeze-up had the effect of killing that fragrant little spri ~—ihe arbutus—which the ur warm weather of a few days pre: had caused to come forth in full bloom. Harry Horner, son of George Horner, has rented the Mrs, Sadie Neff at Tusseyville, and moved there | week, The Neffs have removed to of Major Theodore Davis Boal's near Boalsburg, ’ ¥ roperty ast one farms Harry Neff, who had been employed on a farm in Harris township, {will sist his brother-in-law, John Rimmes near .Tusseyville, this summer. Ca: and worry for a farm operator vanish when Harry Neff is right hand man on the piace. Mr. and Mrs. John Jodon, of Miles- burg, were married fifty years on March 26th, and ‘the event was fittingly of served, with the children, grandchil and great grandchildren present. ty dollars in gold was among the presents received. “ab. $y 4 at A detachment of State police has be stationed at Lewisburg, much satisfaction and relief of the that town, who * have a set of characters known as ** crap-shooters, notoriou ers, as well as by a certain class of dents whose pranks have become un bearable. The police officers presence will doubtiess have the desired effect. street Because of the general dissatisfaction with the “Drummer boy of the Rappa- bannock” entertainment, the local P. O. S. of A., under whose auspices the en- tertainment was given, has arranged for a lecture to be given on Th: sday evening of next week, April 14th, in the Grange hall, by Rev, Charles L.. Hun- ter State Chaplain of the P. 0. 8S. of A, of Philadelphia. Reserved tickets have been issued to all who attended ih previous entertainment. © The borough schools are entering up- on their eighth, and last, month the term. Commencement day for the senior class in the High school is set for Friday, May 6th, when exercises will bas held in the Grange hall in the even at eight o'clock, to which the public is invited. The program for Commence- ment has been prepared and will appear in the Reporter in due time. The sen- ior class numbers fifteen. and is the larg- est in the history ot the High school. Lewisburg has a well developed case of smallpox, the origin of which is a puzzle to the local health authorities. The victim is Miss Amenda Derr, who makes her home with Mr. and Mrs, Charles F. Deitrick, on the Buffalo Road, just outside of Lewisburg. Miss Derr is 74 years of age and severaj months ago she suffered a stroke of paralysis which left her in an invalid state. Neither she nor the other mem- bers of the household have been where they could be exposed to the disease, as they have not been away from the premises tor weeks. 1g $ ine ug Only about sixteen thousand farmers in Pennsylvania cut and stored ice dure ing the past winter, according to statise tics compiled by the Pennsylvania De- partment of Agriculture, {The mild winter was largely responsible for this condition farmers in the southern section of the state being unable to store prac- tically any ice. The reports of the de- partment show that eight per cent. of all the farmers ig the state cut and stor- ed ice, while practically all the ice stored was in the northern and mountainous sections of the, state, where during the December cold spell ice froze to a depth of eight inches. There is an outbreak of typhoid fever at Jacksonville. The family of Harry Butler has been sorely afflicted. A son, aged nine years, was buried on Monday in Howard, having died from the dis- ease. His mother is now able to be about the home but a daughter is very ill and the hired man, Ralph Orr, is ly. ing at the point of death at the home of his mother, Mrs. William Diets. The cause was traced to the drinking water used by the family. This water is piped from & spriog to the house. A break occurred in the pipe some time ago and was repaired by boxing it in. matter gathered at this boxing and the germs developed. The authorities have the situation well in hand and no fur. whe
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