._VOL. XCVII 1993, 55,251,680 FOR SCHOOLS, SAYS LEWIS, Estimate of Auditor General 9584 More Than That In ernor's Based The propriated $29,270, the Gove. Budget.—Says Figures Are on District School Reports, $55,251,680% must the for the public schools during the next som of be ap- by present legislature Lewis de- the sadd, biennium, Auditor General clared in a statement on school situation. are to The figures, he based on district school the present. TT™he $20,270,984 more ernor’s budget reports up auditor general's estimate is that in the and 310,670.984 of Dr, commissioner than gOV- more Thomas KE. of than the estimate Finegan, state public instruction. Mr, 2.597 ed the which "under the be filed said this legish Lewis said 2.392 reports. from school districts had been receiv- On broustis f these reports, Edmonds act must hie a de- with the auditor general, make $3.185.652 ure must appropriation | of i as provided ficiency The school in the amounts In statea that to commonwealth, deficiency deficiency ition $2,871,911, appropri to Mr the inf Jews fssuing his statement he had given Ina tion Dr. Clyde L. the King, secretary of while Dr King was drafting the governor's budget 4 “On the basis of estimation ti 1823, Lewis sald. “ wilk be due August 1, $9,058,551," Mr amount will be due Approx mately the sever “This school districts as of August 1, wh er the Edmonds is modifie the reas teachers not, for entered into t If the akfied there wil $9,935 618 already nis year's act be due Febru same contracts Edmonds and $10,849.69 due August 1, 1924, f 1926, or of February 1, in other act {io $43,005,124 to ti under the Edmonds will be required “And this Is not all aking the budget bills thers figures in amounts for the adminis the struction, for be added tion of department of public normal schools, and +3 other public school Wdministra the sum of $7.163.85¢ makin $50,170.984. To the budget purposes, 0 696 retirement fund, making all rectly on directly nt of approprd of public at Next Week is Poultry Week, The 12-17 is week for Dur week of March Centre county, week the Ci will hold a different sections of geVen the Monroe, in this time H tension Specialist, will discuss many poultry problems which pouitrymen at this of of the this time the year. (ne most sub) important of the year and that are thinkhg about, Is young nt time one all how Ppairymen to raise ohicks most suc interested in at- Fist cesafully, Everyone poultry should make an effort to The with tend ‘one of these meetings, next wlek, follows: 8:00 P. of meetings fox time and place, Monday. M., in Grange hail, Stormstown. Tuesday, place, Centre fall Tuesiay, 8:00 P. Pine Milas, Wednesday, 7:30 P, M., school Shouse, Aaronsburg. : Thursdny, 2.00 P. M., at Unionville, M., 10:00 A. M., at P. H. L.use M., school house, Grove the A F Showers place, Thuraiay, 7:30 P School, Spring Mills Friday, 7:50 P.M. Furnace school, Howard, f Vocational Lock HWaven's Fortane, Tbk Haven is to be congratulated upon the generosity of two of her pub- He spivited citizens, Mr, and Mrs. Cal- vin BR Armstrong, whose gift of a handsome house to the homeless chil- deeny of (Tinton county insures the walls of that county care under the most pleasant surroundings and whole some influences. Incidentally, the name of Armstrong fs written indelibly into the history of this in- stitution will do the community ean only as one contemplates the difference in the effect, upon sogdety of having a score or more of boys and gifs Hving dur- ing thelr most impressionable age under proper influences and spending those game years under circumstances that do almost anything except make use- ful ¢itizens. | = Sunday was the warmest day since early last foil, the thermometer reog- fsté¥ing 67 above zero. The sun was bright almost the entire day and the THE DEATH RECORD, SMITH. Wed- nesday evening of last week announc- ed the sudden death of Qa. Smith, of IMtinois, having taken place at eleven o'clock of that day. , The man Hall, brother of Mra. fufieral. Dr. Smith 12, Mills Academy, A tdlegram received Domer® Freeport, following day, John A. Heck- D. K. Keller, of sister, respectively, here to attend the and Mrs, Centre and Smith, left was born in Madisonburg, August 1564, the Hall in wis educated in Spring schools and Penn taught terms and Mui with Dr several school in Gregg township helm borough, read medicine Van Jefferson Valzah, and after Medical £ 1850, years in Phiadel- the Slege, He in graduated in began of his profession Freoburg, and was married to Miss Em- Heckumnn that 1804, Democratic Wn Veal, Fr av iT, him livin paris ind placed him in while at on- nowpination gress in the 18th Pennsyvivania district. 18 In 1898 that he left this state Elizabeth, Lat- ae TOK 1 several gt -graduate cou medical York. The hm by in mncdis professicn making him a del- American Medical Asso ‘ortiand, egon, Massachusetts rariony fraternal that or Fr ited in der some vi Freeport, other places residence, he ce professional - siness skeich was = Hall. named a- Penn wile, Qeorge 8. Smith, Wo Sis Margaret Hazel PHILLIPS Harr rom pneur ebhiary ghin- wns Philips mother, Mra and those Alvin irg. Blanche Mrs Margaret, at home: Wiliam, Potters Mila At Altoona and Frank, Her age was thirty-nine wm the years the tf beean®e whe sik me she wag employed in a mill in capital BURNS Wagner), Mrs. Barah FB widow of the 1 at the John W. Burns, at years, Her husband Bung (nee Willian of her ate Burns, home Shamokin, son, aged 77 was Killed mill boller explosion in the vicinity of Ingleby in the early eighties Mra continued her at Colbrrn until = number ago when she went {o live with her son. in a sow Burns residence of yenrs Shamokin to The remadng were shipped to Coburn and taken to Mi#llheim to the home of Mra. Rebecca Schieiffer, where funeral services were held, conddoted by Rev, C. F. Oatherman. made Fairview Interment wns in cemetery WERTS Philip oldest residents of Werte, one of the of College township, at His home at Houserville, of exhaustion. He was born in College township on April 8th, 1831, hence was almost ninety-two years old. When the call came for soldiers to enlist for ser- vice In the Civil war he was prompt to respond and was faithful to every trust Tmposed in him. As a youth he enrolled ns a member of the Lutheran church and for dighty years has wen a faithful servant in the Master's cause, | Sixty-five years ago he married Miss Catharine Dale, a daughter of Mr. and Mm, Felix Dale, and they had two daughters and one son, On the day set for the burial of Mr. Wertz, his wife passed away, aged eighty-elgit years. The funeral was then postponed untll Baturday at which time both bodies were fait to rest in the Shiloh cemw. oy. HARMON ~~Miss Mary Alice Har mon, daughter of Mller and Belle Fletk Harmon, died at the home of her parents at Kruinrine station, above State College, Thursday evening, of pneumonia, aged 17 years, 11 months and 18 days. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon and interment made at Pleasant Gap. Hed snow Ghmppenired fast unter ite mays. PICTURES OF 8500 YEARS AGO. Reproductions of Photographs Taken In the Tomb of King Tut-Ankh- Amen, In This Issue, Have you ever tried to pleture to vourself the civilization that before the time of David, second king of Israel? Have you tried to the kind of clothes people wore ago, the kind of furniture existed imagine 3,500 YOurs they used? Over in Egypt, in the valley of the Nile, there was recently the tomb of Pharoh—Tut-Ankh-Amen-the ruler of Egypt 3,600 there opened years was found ago, fneide this tomb ust quantities of things that the It is a mre privilege to to sories of plctures taken many the picture civilization of world. The readers ancient Hew tis for porter present our week au made from photographs inside this the contained. tomh, interesting In of the showing which it those will ancient mctures you see much story of civilization which pessed more than a the thousand years birth of Christ, a civilisation ante-dates the pyramids by several hundred y Oars In these pictures you will find much that @s of intense inter add to your by friends will own mierest subject talking about them your and neighbors, —————— “Judgment.” It Is the judgment of that “The leporter the R al Judgment" | discussion the me to must «x In fect, there was never any In space , of the ready the discussion given to Not to why wish to be subject. oper the columns 49 all heard, is and would Indicate, in a manner, what is given preference dorsed, which is not the In making remittance Walters Mab? CO onirtbutes i x * - - if. os porter, Mrs Anna her daughter, Fork, « houn meriys the subject that no doubt Bias dorsed many study rg det * subject the re of their 1 f Burkholder Dog ... Considerable 1 al regardless interast 8 fested In the Burkholder Burkholder was vment Ly admitting belonging him had death a fawn to be heard Thursday without a to before inst On the charge dog was license no fine tolal auiboritios mide The $5.08 and $10.60, was hapte costs, making a of The important the chasing case, 80 It was postpones conti March 160. N. B senting Mr. Burkholder, Host #late § claim an witness could not be gotten to hearing on the deer Spangler is repro- Fooled Reynard, A fox Is some smart animal, the most cunning the onsionally a hunter gets the Hm at his own ticks Guy fooled a sly old grey fox the night. The skilled hunter watched Reynard's manouvers and found passed a given point. and not scented he scaled a tree and It was a real “watchful waiting,” the reward came when Brooks was able to draw a bead on him. He has killed a number of foxes this senson, outwitting seveind of them, bai oc. best of Brooks other in woods, he to ix waited, but 61 Inches of Snow Fall Up to March Ist there was a total fall of sixty-one inches of snow, The fall for the various months in inches was as follows: November, 2; De. cember, 11%; January, 34%; February, 13-<total, 61. Bince repe are made by this office to the U. Weather Burea, the measurements of the snow falls have been very earefully made. The snow fall during the win ter Just closing is considerable in ex. ces of the normal fall for this secs tion. ————— Literary Program Friday Evening. The Centre Hall High school will hold their postponed Hterary program on Friday evening of this week in the Grange hall, when they will meet the Millheim teams in debating and spells ing contests. Everybody invited. BS ———— NOTICE, FARMERS, We have purchased a jomd of Iy- drated Lime for agricultural purposes; also ean be used for sanitation, white washing, plastering, ote. : * Place your order at once and take advantage of the price off the car The mame will arrive about April 1st. BRADFORD AND CO. {Other deaths on inside page) Ten FORE SERA a a - 3 3 i i 2 LETTERS FROM SUBSCRIBERS, “Dan” Mitterling Writes Inter. estingly fron State of Texas. Texas, Feb, 21, '23. | Rev. Corpus Christi, ditor: I read with Dear the the this considerable interest 3 i letters of contributed by readers | Reporter. A communication from far-away section may bé of value as ireauling matter while the winter storms yet sing I feft Dakota, January thelr moaning songs. South to home in Madison, sth, winte? ghivers my bidding adieu the prospective for a i few monthd to enjoy a milder climats From the reports of weather condi- tions the northwest, I am escaping oI a very severe and changeable winter, capedally so when the thermometer plays its frisky pranks from zero to lving we had thirty or more below. Before OTe Dvoemiber morming in degrees below 2500 I spent a month at the noted Eure Spr in » Ozark Mountains of North westorn Arkansas It country mouniai mar MOP $Y J farms, won ited nornlly and town. ge deliver Eure $000 to Fairy TR proteetogd Fifty ration Mmits most are noted for Tourists from remedions or cures Ee numbers business pm ber under arcuriate were the other long sentences in the penRentia woney was recovered, an effective 1p of robles secured and not citizen injured After on ka GLO sojourn of a month at Eure short oar ride Indeed af Springs 1 took a Corpus Chris of Texas of 15.000 population and The place 48 noted for its fine climate and mide and ii in sOnth west corny This is a ity Mexico feated on Guill of const. from nostheérn withthe here, of interior thoustusde of tourists the and in sates spond oof imate 16060 people STneT an the heated the sea breeses, {rom plains enjoy a fine fishing point and oys- These ge os those shipped from Thin = ters abound in large quantities are not so | Baltimore, On Beptember 14, 19185, an unexpect- ed and huge struck city, destroying many hundreds homes and drowning several thousand people. The business houses were floodded to the JloWer ceflings. It is a difficult matter to secure any fair idea of the number drowned or the amount of damage done, as cRizena are boowt- ora upward, and not downward It i= interesting to see the vast num- bess of ducks thint come here from the northern states and Canada to winter, and will return north In the spring Not aft that start theie fight south. wird will ever land, especially when passing South Dakota, where many thousands are halted by the aports- man’s gun. Our house gets its prop er portion, either hy shot or gift, Expecting to leave March 24 for South Dakota, 1 wit migrate a little aghemd of the ducks Will have the satisfaction of seeing them puss, as they are protected in spring season, ns ould be the ose, Many Mexicans are focated In this section of Texas which is a0 vast In extent that the population per square mile is very small indeed, The industries of Texns are practi- cally in infancy, pr on small propor. tions when compared with the unde veloped resources, so vast that we must admit that this surely §s an op- portunity for any crowded portion of Uncle Sam's domains, Having written at some length, 1 dose with best wishes to the many tidal wave this of Counecll Meets, meeting of the town evening, the first build a hose Penns Valley Bank lot, shop. Al a Friday taken council, steps were Lis the lock- finally standing 10 house on next to The and Rowe plumbing old up. will be torn down the Birger “public” dlding The material will be near by. used in con- house, the previous will be of interest, 10 state could be structing a hose Another minutes of a The ascertain item on BOC» rotary wig instructed induced to Water 4% Hmits on the built the whether the the to stretch of road from the same conditions bulid borough that ft of Pennsylvania sireet othor portion Avenue, A number of bills were paid One held for some time presented by C. M Smith for Nght rope at sixty off a wus being Coens poind, used to dose rod ile the under discussion, Engine OF Track. passenger wins The suet sd _ Lowisbhurg momiing tradn sd Tyrone oranch raldroad fig Pennsyivania ured 3 Bellefonte Urday morning The ver tl ridge when of the locomotive NE » tracks passenger oaches had at t leave the tracks over the bridge but they The were domaged for in charge of did pony trucks and distance the engine torn up BOE Conduction ioiels and Engineer MeColium., Crew This mishap caused to be several hours late fie east —— my Michael Paid One Claim. $300 3 against FPF. P of Salim of made by Michael money received CasKel Sock hens Campbell, together uit for ‘Squire that sum Brungart defendant Called to ng procesdings were recover Druid on the bond In the Michael Cums Stoner in 815 * arnishod inst vee ofalm art ———————— “Tom Thumb Wedding” Marriage of the Midgets Wediling hall Thumb will Gimange 4a and § vears amd a director who will rill the oldidren and urn ture, An such evening of clean, wholesome furnish, Committee as only children can waits all who come Snow Drops—True to Name. Pretty Yitthe called snow drops, making their APPearance, having been brought to this office on Saturday by John H Weber, of Centre Hal, The bed of drops has been covered by a of Joe and snow all winter, flowers, commonly are one EDOW thick coat but on Saturday they began to appear, penetrating through not less than and one-half inches of The snow drop is a decidedly pretty little flower, highly scented one joe, More Foxes Killed. William Hoy and Bruce nude a shor fox chase on Nittany Mountain, Friday morning, and ceeded In killing a fine grey fox, in the fourth fox this winter for Hoy. Archey Moyer also succeeded in kills ing a fox on Nittany Mountain, a few days ago, making the fifth for the seamon for him, Arney BUC. This Mr. Postal Service at Low Ebb, The United States postal scrvice has reached a low ebb in many ports of the country, partiouiarly In the south, where «the Republicans of any NO. 10 TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. James Reed nun wdl known Harris township citizen, was in town on Fri- day on business, Mra M. A. on Baturday, shopping Burkholder and children, were in Bellefonte on a mission Kenneth Swartz, the JNtile Mr, and Mis Fort, was ill Bwartz iatter Orvis the week, Miss Pittsburgh Flizabéth arrived home in Centre Hall week, have only to make sri th BE Bakertown and Frank own, bot juniors State, Mr Penn partment at over Bunday of town, formerly erect a the early nkenherger ¥ go 1 MINDEBIOW OF summer eo H Leigh B First ight, cashier National bank, id Biudy of the income tax onsidembie exXperien ror t lor cyl preparation of income wor ices and vice will without any charges William F township's successful a business caller Saturday He monet wns nt has a high -ci terest in ural Lewistown fetter body was Lavwthst view offered by recently formed Commonweal hold Williamsport the will sociation Pennsylvania its fir nus meeting im August. The convention will atir it fest one hundred persons, Includ- ing sheriffs, deputies and their wives office of will be All persons holding the high sheriff or ex-sheriffs for membership, ae eligible C. F. Delninger, who is employed as statistician the Employment Bu- reau of the Department of Lalor and Industry, was home On March to the UI. 8B special agent, with Horrieburg. It carries with it creaned salary and Is a in over the week- end it he was promoted cmployment Sesvice as headquarters at an in~- recognition of the value of his services in the past on souri, her return from St Loals Mis the stler part of Jast ww. Miss Ethel Symbb spent a with Miss Sara Frantz, Hall, Miss Swabb recently learned that two of her sisters were In the Westorn ofty and # was to see them that she made the trip. Miss Swalh went from hore to State College, where for the presont she will be at the home of Dr. L. E Kidder. The bright sunshine of Friday, Sat- urday and Sunday got away ith a large percentage of the deep snow ek few dove near Contre val- leva. Travel is now on wheels, many of the roads being well cleaned of snow, Over Nittany Mountain the auto travels with considerable ease, ag it does also between Old Fort and Mithetm. On Monday the conditions between Centre Hall and Potters Mills were reported not so good, but that the road over the Seven Mountains Centre Hall, Pa. 9 DboJa
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