VOL. XCV.
WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
PRESIDENTIAL “DICTATION.”
When President Harding appeared
before the Senate ard made his speech
in opposition to the passage of the Sol-
diers’ Bonus bill **at this time," which
killed the bill so far as this Congress is
concerned, nothing was heard trom the
Republican press or party spokesmen
about the President ‘‘dictating to Con.
gress,” although this was the first time a
President of the United States ever used
the power of his office in this way to ob-
struct legislation—an act clearly at var-
iance with the manner of exercising the
power of veto as prescribed by the Con-
stitution.
When a Democratic President went
before a Republican Congress in the
exercise of a constitutional duty and
prerogative to urge necessary legislation
by a tardy and relutcant body, he was
immediately denounced by the partisan
Republican press and party spokesman
as a “dictator.”
In the last presidential campaign Re-
publican partisan newspapers and ora-
tors made much of the statement that
Mr, Harding's election yas to put an
end to “one man government,” as they
were fond of calling it.
How has President Harding lived up
to this statement of his supporters ?
His opposition to the Borah resolution
caused the House to pass a different one,
and when the Democrats and Progress-
ives of the House forced the Borah reso-
Iiutions and proceeded upon an alleged
plan of his own for a disarmament con-
ference, which is still in the informal
stage. :
He objected in a letter to a duty on
oil and the House put nil on the free list
after the Committee of the Whole had
placed a duty thereon.
He appeared in person before the
Senate and prevented the passage of
the Soldiers’ Bonus Bill, for which he is
landed by the Republican press as an
act of leadership—an act which amounts
to vetoing legislation in advance of its
enactment, an act unprecedented in our
legislative history.
So the whole matter resolves itself in-
to this: An act of leadership by a Demo-
cratic President is ‘‘dictation” ; an act
of dictation by a Republican President
is *‘leadership.”
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“President Harding Will Rush Tax
Revision,” says a headline in an admin.
istration organ. This decision to rush
tax revision follows President Wilson's
message of May 20, 1919, requesting a
revision of the tax law, It is at this
rate that the Harding administration is
rushing back to normalcy.
A ———— a tS,
The housewife who buys aluminum
kitchen utensils is not going to be very
enthusiastic over the Fordney Tariff
bill when she learns that the duty of two
per cent on aluminum bas been raised to
Ss per cent. The Aluminum Trust con-
trolled by the Mellon interests began
business in 1888 as a corporation with
$20,000 Capital Stock. Last year its
capital stock was $20,000,000, on which
it paid a 12 per cent dividend. It want-
ed more and will get it through the in.
creased protection granted by the Re-
publican Ways and Means Committee of
the House,
AGI or A A BABI
Vacation Bible school.
Rev, G. W. Mclinay, pastor of Wat-
sontown Methodist Episcopal church,
well known as a former pastor of the
Methodist churches of Penn's Valley
charge, has just closeda three weeks’
term of vacation Bible school held in
his church. The enrollment reached
ninety-five with an average attendance
of fifty-two, even when the thermometer
registered up in the nineties,
The school was for any child between
the age of five and fifteen years, E Every
one of the five churches was represent-
ed in the enrollment with only about
half the number representing the local
Methodist church.
The sessions were from nine toeleven
o'clock five mornings a week, with a
very greatly varied program, no two
mornings being alike in the work done,
Friday, July 22, was “the last day”
and a great day it was ending up with a
picnic in the local park, and an evering
luncheon at five o'clock. The children
marched to the park singing the old
standard hymns of the church and bear-
ing banners indicative for whom and for
what they stood,
This was the first movement of the
kind ever sprung in the town and it was
well sustained and made a stir in the
church activities, especially ‘When the
closing feature in the form of a pageant
entitled, ‘The Rights of a Child,” was
given on Sunday evening last,
The whole movement was done on
faith ; 80 money in sight when the mat-
ter was undertaken, yet the finances
were provided by free-will contribut-
ions, no one being solicited for a penpy.
Hise alice Shrell, of Danville, ably as-
ye Rev,
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CENTRE COUNTY'S $500, 000
HO1EL FORMALLY OPENED.
“The Philip's,” Modern and Mam-
moth Hotel at Philipsburg, Open-
ed to the Public Last Friday.
A grand reception and banquet mark-
ed the opening of **The Philips," Philips-
burg’s mammoth new hotel, last Friday
evening, The opening dinner was giv.
en to the stockholders of the corpora:
tion. On Friday morning the hotel was
thrown up to the public,
The committee appointed by directors
and officers of the Philipsburg Hotel
Corporation to select a manager for the
Hotel Philips, selected H. E, Gregory, of
Washington, D, C., who was formerly
manager of Hotel Fontelle, of Ontario,
Nebraska. Mr, Gregory assumed his
duties Monday, May 1st, last,
According to the manager, The Philips
will employ over fifty persons, including
waiters, waitresses, cooks and bellhops.
The hotel was designed by George S.
Idell, architect, of Philadelphia.
It was thought when the building of
the hotel was first mentioned in 1920
that the cost would not exceed $200,000.
The cost of the building and furnishings
was over five hundred thousand.
E. E. Demi, the local plumber, and
stockholder in the corporation, received
the contract for the plumbing work.
The new hotel will accommodate over
300 persons, and contains 150 rooms, of
which 100 ruins are equipped with bath,
This hotel is one of the best equipped
hotels in the state and is a great thing
for the community,
A vote of gratitude is to be handed to
A. B. Curls, for the great help he gave
in the soliciting of stock for the new
hotel. He solicited over $168,000. The
concern is owned and operated by local
people.
On a column at the right of the eleva-
tor as you enter, is a very beautiful
hand painted Coat of Arms of the
Philips family which was presented by
Mrs. Thomas J. Lee. In searching back
through the records for an authentic
Sopy of this Coat of Arms it was found
hat the original spelling of the name of
Ph hilips was spelled Phillips, The name,
evidently, having been at some time in
the past changed in its spelling either
through accident or design.
SHORT HISTORY OF '“THE PHILIPS.”
The birth of the new hotel in Philips-
burg was Wednesday evening, March 17,
1920. A meeting was held in the offices
of Hon, C. H. Rowland, that evening.
The session lasted from two o'clock
in the afternoon until eleven o'clock that
night, save for the supper hour, and as a
result of the meeting definite and perma-
nent plans were adopted. The new ho-
tel is according to specifications, 78 by
100 feet in size, seven stories high. The
first or ground floor is fitted up for the
offices, lobby, dining room, cafeteria and
kitchens, while the next five stories are
arranged for {sleeping rooms—twenty-
sevens to a floor or a total of 135, all
modernly equipped, with baths and all
other present-day hotel conveniences.
The seventh or top floor is fitted vp for
a grand ball-room and auditorium, with
an outside promenade extending to .the
top coping of the building. The base.
ment containing heating plant, laundry,
wash-rooms, barber shop, billiard rooms,
etc,
Hon. C. H. Rowland is president of
the corporation and Hon. H. B, Scott is
vice-president,
MILLHEIM.
{From The Journal}
Twin babies—a boy and girl—were
born to Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Malone, at
Coburn, on Friday morning. The boy
died on Sunday and the remains were
interred in Fairview cemetery at Mill
heim on Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs, Dan B. Gutelius and son
Harold, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Kinneman, motored in from War.
ren, O,, arriving here Wednesday jeven-
ing of last week and visited with the
former's brother, Dr. F. E. Gutehus,
until Wednesday noon when the return
trip was started. It is twenty years
since Dan left Millheim to seek a for.
tune, and he 1s now a member of a firm
which is conducting a large meat mar-
ket in the Olio town.
F. Q. Hartman, owner of the local
silk mill, has purchased from Charles F,
Stover a strip of land on the east side of
Elk Creek, extending from the J. D,
Keen property to the lands of F, W,
Miller. The land was surveyed on Fri.
afternoon and Mr. Hartman says
there is ample space for the accommo-
dation of at least ten homes on the
tract acquired and he expects to break
ground for several bungalows in the
fall. New machinery is being installed
in the mill and to provide living quart.
Was | ers for the additional help that will be
required new homes will have to be
built and for that reason Mr. Hartman
will build Rew homes, Which will be
Pennsylvania during the past y
HALL, PA.
Locals Trim Coburn~6 to ol.
Centre Hall's baseball tossers won a
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theim-Rebersburg aggregation on Grange
Park, Saturday afternoon, and found
sweet revenge for their recent defeat in
a 6 to 1 victory, which but for a careless
toss of the ball in the middle of the
game would have made the score 6 to ©
in favor of the locals.
Harry Gross, the local pitcher, mowed
down the enemy in fine style, causing
sixteen to pass out over the strigeout
route and permitting only two safe hits,
both singles. He pitched shut-out ball
from start to finish, and was never in
real danger.
T'he locals found Stover for thirteen
safe hits, including two-three baggers
by Alfred Crawford and **Doc” Markle,
The latter hit was a terrific smash in left
field, which came in the seventh inning
when the bases were loaded and put the
game on ice. The fact that Markle
hurt bis foot during practice was respon-
sible for his not scoring a home run on
the hit, he being caught at “home” in
attempting to stretch the hit to a homer,
Newton Crawford's playing at third base
was a delight, his stops of several hard
hits and gettivg his man being well
executed. For the visitors Charles Mal-
lory made the picture play. He speared
Alfred Crawford's line drive over short
when the bases were loaded and prevent
ed three runs from counting. He exe.
COBURN
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Bartges, ¢ o
Auman, 2b 0
Hosterman, 3b o
Mallory, ss 0
Molone, cf 0
{ Braucht, 1b 0
o | Bartges, rf 0
3 | Vonada, cf 0
1 | Stover, p 1
Totals 613] Totals
Struck out : By Gross, 16 ;
Umpire, Bruce Stahl,
Crawford, 3b
Knarr, 2b 1
Frank, ¢ 1
Markle, of o
Crawford, rf
Bailey, 1b
Keller, If
Gross, p
Runkle, ss
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2 1
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Bellefonte Team Coming.
The opponents of the Centre Hall
baseball team on Saturday afternoon of
the Community Picnic day, on Grange
Park, will be the strong Bellefonte High
school team, which twice this season ad-
ministered a defeat, in each instance by
the close margin of one run, to the local
High school team,
The game promises to be an interest.
ing one for the picnickers.
AP APPAR IAI,
Auto Accident on Mt. Road.
Saturday afternoon, a large Stude-
baker car, driven by Clark Herman, of
State College, who was making a sight.
seeing trip witha load of summer ses-
sion lady schoo! teachers from State
College, left the new state road on Nit
tany Mountain, above the bridge at
Pleasant Gap, and ran down a six-foot
embankment into the creek. Outside of
a good shaking up and a few scratches,
no one was otherwise hurt.
There is a sharp turn in the road
right at the point where the accident oc-
curred, and it is thought that the car
was coming down the mountain with too
much speed to permit the driver to
negotiate the curve in safety, The ma-
chine was damaged 16 such an extent
that it was necessary to send a call to
Bellefonte for a truck tc haul it to a
garage for repairs.
Troops to Aid in Fighting Forest Fires
Adjutant General Beary and Chief
Forester Pinchot have agreed upon a
plan to use the State's cavalry troops,
located in the mountainous sections of
the State, to combat forest fires. The
mounted troopers, it is believed, will be
especially valuable in rouanding-up fire
fighters when they are needed to check
the spread of flames,
The plan was suggested to Forester
Pinchot by District Forester R, B. Win-
ter, of Mifflinburg, who worked it out
successfully with Captain Donald Zim.
merman, commanding officer of Troop
M, of Lewisburg. Volunteers for the
forest fire service will be recruited in
each cavalry troop in the interior of the
State,
Because of their favorable locations,
troops in the following places will be
asked to co-operate : Bellefonte, Lock
Haven, Boalsburg, Harrisburg, Tyrone,
Carlisle, Punxsutawney, Altoona, and
Chambersburg,
AMI AA ARI.
Williamsport Commercial College.
Fall term begins the frst week in Sep- |
tember. 162 calls for office help during
the past year, - Business men want our
graduates, P Thie old school will be bet-
ter than ever the coming year. If you
want a good business course, a good
shorthand and typewriting course, send
for the Send us the names
cf young interested in a business
URSDAY, AUGUST
NEXT WEEK IS POULTRY
WEEK IN CENTRE COUNTY
Eighteen Demonstrations Booked. —
Poultry Exhibit—New Feature—
at Grange Encampment & Fair
This Year. »
The week of August 8 to 13 promises
to be one of great importance to every-
one ia Centre county interested in poult-
ry.
If you have been reading the county
papers for the past three weeks you no
doubt have noticed accounts of the poul-
try calling demonstrations to bé con-
ducted by the Centre County Farm
Bureau cooperating with the Poultry
Extension Department of the Penn
State College, County Agent J. N.
Robinson, and Poultry Extension Spec-
ialist H. D, Monroe, will conduct eigh-
teen poultry culling demonstrations next
week,
There will be a poultry exhibit at the
Centre Hall Encampment and Fair this
year, - This will be practically a pew
feature for the fair and so Mr. Monroe
will explain the most important points
to look for in selecting a poultry exhibit,
in addition to the culling structions at
each demonstration. With three demon-
strations each ddy it will be absolutely
necessary to start each meeting prompt.
ly. There is one near you and you
can't afford to miss it. The days, dates,
hours and the farm on which the meet-
ing will be held are as follows :
Monday, Aug. 8, at 10:00 a. m,~O, P,
Smith, Fiedler,
Monday, Aug. 8, at 1:30 p. m.
Brumgart, Rebersburg,
Monday Aug. 8, at 4:00 p. m.—Geo,
Gingrich, Madisonburg,
Tuesday, Aug, 9. at 10:00 a.
liard Harter, Jacksonville,
Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 1:30 p. m.~]. H
Hoy, Blanchard,
Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 00 p. m.~J. H
Harvey, Howard, $
Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 10:60 a. m.~—
H. A. McKelvey, Port Matilda.
Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 1:30 p. m,—
A. F. Showers, Unionville,
Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 4:00 p. m.—
Edgar Fisher, Milesburg.
Thursday, Aug. 11, at 10:00 & m.~
Mrs. J. C. Nolan, Nittany,
Thursday, Aug. 11, at 1130p. m.~H,
M. Showers, Hecla.
Thursday, Aug. 11, at 4:00 p. m.—A.
D. Smeltzer, Pleasant Gap.
Friday. Aug. 12, at 10:00
H. Sinkabine, Spriog Mills.
Friday, Aug. 12, at 1:30 p. m.—Perry
Luse, Centre Hall,
Friday, Aug. 12, at 3:00 p. m.—F. B.
Tate, Houserville,
Saturday, Aug. 13, at 10:00a, m.—].
0. Peters, Stormstown,
Saturday, Aug. 13, at 1:30 p. m.—E,
T. Parsons, Fairbrook.
Saturday, Aug. 13. at 4:00 p. m.~Geo,
DD, Fortney, Boalsburg,
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On Friday evening the school direct-
ors of Potter township met for the pur-
pose of electing teachers for the coming
school term. The following is a list of
the schools and the teachers elected :
Centre Hill, Chester Grove.
Tusseyville, Floyd Jordan.
Colyer, Boyd Jordan,
Tussey Sink, Aana Harter,
Earlystown, Elizabeth Royer.
Pine Stump, Alfred Crawford,
Plum Grove, Ralph Sweeney.
Potters Mills Grammar, Mrs. Foust,
Potters Mills Primary, Mildred Brown
Cold Spring, Ruth Ripka,
Dauberman, Edgar Miller,
A birthday party was held for Edward
Lingle at his home near Spring Mills on
the anniversary of his thirty.seventh
birthday. He was led away from home
by his brother-in-law, Miles Barger, and
he was engaged in a game of horse shoe
till the guests had arrived ; then he was
brought home. Mr. Lingle has pot
been able to work for some time and to-
gether with his recent loss by fire it was
a lift, he having received a nice lot of
presents and money. The guests de.
parted at a late hour, wishing Mr. Ling-
le many more happy birthdays. Re-
freshments were served,
The following were present: Mr, and
Mrs. John Vonada, Clarence and Sarsh
| Vonada, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lingle,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ripka, Helen and
Jennie Ripka, Mr. and Mrs. Homer
ligen, and son Homer, Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Lingle, Marian, Gladys, Grace and
ble, Waiter and Cordilia Gobble, Mr,
and Mrs. 8. C, Decker, Byron and Ches-
Mr. and Mrs, Ra
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Party at Presbyterian Manse.
A number of the members of the Le-
mont Presbyterian church gave their
minister, Rev. J. M. Kirkpatrick, abd
family, a jolly party at the Presbyterian
Manse, Centre Hall, one evening last
week, After several hours of music
and games there was a feed served,
which the visitors had brought with
them,
Miss Bathgate, of Altoopa, and Mrs.
Kirkpatrick entertained the bunch for
more than an hour with some of the
best piano selections. Every person
took part in the games from the ‘elderly
ladies to the bald-headed gentlemen,
After partaking of so much fruit sal-
ad, "sandwiches, ice cream, cake and
coffee, that they were unable to play
longer, they cranked their * Fords” and
started for thelr respective homes—Lin-
dea Hall, Oak Hall, State College and
Lemont,
Those present were : “Mr, snd Mrs,
Ross Louder, daughter Dorothy and son
Ross Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lou-
der, Mr. and Mrs. John Glenn, Mrs.
Gilliland, Mr. Bathgate and sister and
Miss Bathgate, of Altoona ; Miss Edy-
the Ross,
Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick enjoyed "the
party and hope they will come again.
Altoona To Open Rest
Tired Shoppers.
Growing out of the realization of the
need for a community rest room of easy
access to the city and suburban shopper,
the pastor and congregation of Christ
Reformed church, Altoona, in co-opera-
tion with the Altoona Booster associa-
tion, is about to throw open a commun-
ity rest room. Practically the entire
ground floor space of Christ Reformed
church, Twelfth avenue and Fifteenth
streeth, together with a large room on
the floor the next flight up, are being
fitted for the accommodation of the red
shopper, the equally tired working girl
and the public in general to whom a
cozy, commodious, homelike place ap-
peals with the lure of a few moments’
respite from the weariness of a hard
day's shopping or the work.a-day rou-
tive,
The project is launched specifically
with the idea of being a sort of first-aid
to the comfort and convenience of the
out-of-town shopper and in order to ob-
viate that plaint of the woman the dis.
tapce of whose bome from Altoona
makes it imperative to spend either the
entire day or the greater part of a day
in shopping, that she is *‘dedd tired.”
Here will be a comfortable, commodious
place in which she can feel perfectly at
bome and which is as much her's as her
own home,
The rest rooms will be provided with
a dining room with plenty of tables and
chairs and the out-of-town visilor is in.
vited to come and spread out her lunch
and eat it while she is resting. There
will be simple sanitary equipment. She
may want to wash the ghildren or fresh-
cn up ber own appearance, she can do it
as easily in the community rest room as
in the privacy of her own home. A
piano will be installed in the parlor, fur.
nished with music, or the daughter of a
family may want to try out a new piece
of sheet music she just purchased. The
piano is solely for her use. The multi.
plicity of easy chairs, rockers and loung-
ing chairs, will be made particularly in-
viting with cushions galore ; the couch
will be equipped with downy pillows,
The reading table will be fitted with wo-
men's magazines.
While the rest rooms are primarly
designed to accommodate the women
folks, men are not debarred. In case,
the man of the family wants to fix on
some place to meet the rest of the fam.
ily, after he and the boys have attended
to the particular business that brought
them to town, the easiest thing and the
most natural is to make the community
rest rooms the place of meeting. Or the
men folks, to save time, want to eat
lunch with the family they are welcome
to drop m,
All-in-all, the rest rooms are simply a
bit of home sweet bome dropped right
in the heart of the shopping district,
only a few blocks away from the station
in close proximity to the moving picture
theatres ; and right on a corner where
practically all the trolley cars in the city
pass, Once they become known to the
out-of-town people they will bea wverit-
able haven of refuge and the most popu-
lat place in the town.
The rooms are being
cleaned and renovated, equipped with
Room for
NO. 30
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
Commiunity picnic on Saturday.
More than four and one-balf inches of
rain fell during July.
Will August prove wet? The last
Friday in July was truly a wet day.
The bricklayers, this week, commenc-
ed laying the brick for the new Spayd
house,
Millheim 1s petitioning for better
electric service from the State Centre
Electric company,
Leon K. Bryner, of Wrightsville, York
county, son of Rev. C, W. Bryner, visit-
ed his uncle, Rev. J. M. Kirkpatrick, of
Centre Hall, last week.
Three children of John Shutt, of near
Bellefonte, were taken te Womelsdorf,
last week, and placed in the orphan’s
bome of the Reformed church.
Reports from the other side of the
Seven Mountains are to the effect that
the huckleberry ¢rop is a slim one, not
many berries being brought into mar?
ket.
number of applications were made
‘young men in Centre Hall to take
the military training at Camp Meade, 12
progress this month, but none were ad-
mitted,
Quite a few automobiles passing
through town carry camp equipment,
indicating that many persons traveling
for pleasure are providing their own en.
tertainment,
Bruce Runkle, east of Oid Fort, had
the misfortune to lose a horse by death
due to an attack of colic. The animal
was a good one and greatly needed on
the farm just at this time.
Ten thousand Pennsylvania farmers
received assistance in balancing dairy
rations through the dairy extension de-
partment of the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege in the year ending July 1, 1921.
Prof. and Mrs. L. O. Packer, of Glen-
shaw, in the Pittsburg district, visited
friends in Centre Hall last Friday.
From here they went to Union county
where they went to look after their farm
of 150 acres, located near Lewisburg.
During the month of July 109,000
Ford cars and trucks were turned out.
During August Ford aims to turn out
117.800 cars and trucks from all his
plants. Itappears trom this that not
all the flivers are running in this section.
Bellefonte’s big seven-day Chautau-
qua opened on Wednesday and will con-
tinue until next Wednesday, The
course costs the people of Bellefonte $2.-
200 this year, and season tickets sell for
$2.50. The course is unquestionably a
fine one,
The sew directories of the Bell Tele
phone Co. tor this section were distrib
uted last week. The directories are
dated April, 1921, but have been correct-
ed to June 10. They were late in being
distributed on account of being held up
by the printers’ strike.
Early last Thursday morning, Mr, and
Mrs. C. F. Emery and son Howard mot-
ored to Altoona by auto, with Harold
Keller at the wheel, and enjoyed the day
with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Foss, at
Lakemont Park. Albert Emery accom.
panied his parents home.
The Boy Scouts are becoming ac-
quainted with their new master, Rev,
Kirkpatrick, and speak highly of him,
The Scout movement ought to be prose-
cuted with more earnestness. It is the
bne opportunity given to put the boys of
the community on the right track,
From the Loysville Orphans’ Home
Echo it is learned that the Boys’ band
had a loss of something like $3000. On
a tour in the vicinity of York, the gas
tank in instrument truck sprung a leak,
resulting in a complete loss of the truck
and great damage to the instruments,
None of the voys were injured,
The western end of Centre county is
witnessing some “big league” baseball ,
playing this season. Philipsburg'’s paid
team, last week, had **Rabe” Benton,
who was just released from the New
York Giants, on the pitching mound,
against Osceola, who paid a big price
for “Rube” Evans, another twirler
from the big leagues. Philipsburg won,
5 toa
Lot owners in the Centre Hall ceme-
tery are requested by the local cemetery
association to clear their lots of ohject-
jonable weeds which have attained a
a considerable amount of additional fur-