1 VOL. XCVI1II ———— JANUA RY 17, 1924. NO. 3 MAP SHOWS NEWSPAPERS INTERESTED IN ROADS. Exhibit National Highways Most Allve. In the great road exposition at the Coli- seum. Chicago, this week, is map of the United States, in which 452 red-headed pins have been indicating the location of that of newspapers of the 13,388 daily and weekly of the United States which have accepted a Newspaper As- fn the Nnutional and are ip publishing from the the National Highways exhibit at a great +. driven, number papers sociation membership Highways of, the sends to Association re- to association ceipt and time time, road news its members, The map must be seen t, appreciate the educational which this great bedng the thorough way in carried United campaign is the newspapers of half of interested on by States, progressive more than which are so and so in the affects of of of transportation problem which another one that space in one every their way or readers, they contribute their valuable to the cause good roads everywhere, the extréme Kast As ig natural, the pins in map are thickest in the and Middle Eastern States, and thinnest the far West, Widely scattered and Certain parts of the West, how- in where towns are more newspapers are fewer, ever. notably the immediate vicinity of San land and Seattle, are so thick with pins Francisco, Los Angeles, and Port- that the map is completely hMden from view. Visitors to the National Highways the Coliseum ex- it the into the as Association exhibit in themselves as amazed amount of effort being press put cause by the newspapers, well much pride and satisfaction when their as own particular home paper is found to he represented upon the map. st sat—— The Schools ‘A-Crusading. A fine schoolg pils have heard the movement the through the cOunty. of now on. in The orphan is pu- ory waifs in the Near East and their re- 4 4] 4 4 sponse w guarantees bread to many. The after-war of anguish reaching Mts height this winter the Near East. A Chas. V Vickrey, General Secretary of the Near East says that “Today reality, of ory is in message from there is grim not only individuals, and families but of whole without country. These not to homes. They our help they will races terally a people dare return their once prosperous with saved, are destitute, but not only be but will become helpful citizens of the countries to which they have fled “Last winter thosand refugees proper food. Thousands today. Only gifts will save death. “These are in addition bundred and fift Hed shelter of Care, “a for want and medical are facing a similar fate and bount¥ul of prompt 150,000 these from the 60.000 orphans whom the Near East Helier is fn supporting in orphanages in the lands bordering Turkey.” Through our school the voices of these homeless orphans will be heard ingevery home in the county. When they speak. suppose your boy yes, your girl, was ragged and friend- less with the rest in the wintry streets, and do for those what you would have someone do for yours children 8. E. Sharer, of Linden Hall. was a caller at thig office on He has the Mra Angeline resi. dence in Centre Hail to offer for sale, an advertisement to which effect ap- pears elsewhere in this issue, . a ——— A A. AAA. OUR DEBT IS $550.364,000. Saiurday. Wenver The State and Itg Subdivisions Have Increased Debt 124 Per Cent 'n Ten Years. In 1922 the entire debt for Pennsyi- vania and Rs political subdivisions, less the sinking fund assets to meet such debt, was $550.364,000, and in 1912. was $225,979.219, or an average per cap- ita of $61.27 in 1922 and $30.34 in 1812. The increase in ten 124 per cent. The debt of the State, counties, eit- les. towns and afl other subdivisions are given below. for the year 1922: State $49,962 000 Counties 70,290,000 All other subdivisions (in- cluding cities and villages, towns, school districts, and poor districts | . 430,007,000 Total faservies iin siesis.3560,365.000 The assessed valuation of all prop- erty subject t, general property taxes was $9,767.273,606 in 1922 ay compared with $6,068,802,988 in 1912, an Increase of 93 per cent. The per capita as- sessed increased from $625.17 to $1087.35 In 1922. The per La levy increased from $11.52 0 $26.70 in 1922, Years was CHEB va rr #rnse LETTERS FROM SUBSCRIBERS, D. J. Mitterling Tells of Dakota Cold Weather—40 Below Zero the Cold. esti—Then Weather Man Sends Mercury Up Tube to 40, All In 86 Hours, Madison, 8. D., Jan. 7, 1924. Editor Centre Reporter: This 1s the season of the year when even an editor of a home paper should be glad, will contribute , my the label on the Re- porter appear in a 1925 dress, made 50 portion to have Weather conditions are always prop- er subject to talk about, so will 1 here, South Dakota enjoyed one of the most delightful oldest residents, autumn seasons known to One winter suddenly came week ago real and until Saturday. January Sth, when forty be- upon us twenty degreeg below prevalled low zero was the maximum. Yesterday weather moderated and by afternoon above of forty zero surprised us, at a range eighty degrees in thirty-six hours! South The It has become one of the greatest corn- had corn crop ever produced, Drtkota wonderfu] crops, greatest growing states as well as other grains, rasing of stock, ete, Business in general has greatly im- proved and money matters are much easier, I several Recently was somewhat surprised when political parties in a for Hs nominated The sembled desired a man who. possessed joint convention me County Justice, convention certain qualifications and especially sufficlent bull-dog tenacity to clean up the booze fictories, bootleggers and Whether the selection was well founded kindred outlaws their judg- ment in would be a matter of future experience or the consideration the matters require With due respect f I had ticket my name withdrawn from ax business my all my time I retain a lingering de- sire to have a chance to measure jus- tice to the infamous, law-defyigg ele- ments. Our police would be kept busy and jails well ff I had way about Yours. J. MITTERLING patronized my it. D Interesting Letter from J. H. Jordan, of MeConnell, Hilnols, - McConnell, 11, Dear Editor: The Wnbel on my paper does not look $1.50 put | Jan. 8, 1924. right so am nhead, . Will write a few lines in regard to crops in Blinols, and the wealler We had fair cropy in 1923; corn got nipped by i had a field which yielded %6 bushels to enclosing to t the frost; oats was a good crop. the acre; the other field was not quite fo good but still went close to the 50- bushel! to mark. Our went ahove 50 bushels to the acre and it sy welling ar sales as high as 87 and 88 1 gong a pound; oats at 50 ta 55 cents per bu. When t here any the the acre corn cents, 1 sold some for Is not ralsed much about Hogs selling on market {or $7.20 to $7.50 per owt. more, are We have lived in McConnell for eight and last sprifg the folks want- ed to go on a farm. so I bought ‘my nepflew’s place for $15.500 and sold my town property for $4.800, years, and try the farm for a while. now we will I can pot but help think back t, my old home state and of the pld log house where we used to live: the oid old saw mill dam where we boys used to go in swimming and have a good tHme gether, se Willlam Mulbarger come down from his place with the old famfly dog hitched to an old tin bread pan, and g, together and eat pound and tell to- and in the evenings apples and chestnuts hunting stories [ can not help but think back to the morning of December 31, 1878. when John Lee took us over t, Bellefonte te come west nine of father, mother and seven children. When we came on top of Nittany Mountain we afl stood in a row and looked down on Penns Valley and sid good-bye to old Penns Valley and the “Loop.” Some of Us never saw the Loop again: four of ue have been back and the rest never got hack to the old home, I have been back four times three times on visite and once for a car load of apples. Four of ug are still us: gone to the world unknown to us. Juet at the present time I am laid up with a lame back, but am gaining somewhat. I am nearing the 62 year mark. . JLast Saturday morning it wae 34 de- grees below zer, here. . Wishing all the readers of the Re- porter a Prosperous new year, J. H. JORDAN. From J. K. Hosterman, Crysfal City, Missourl, Crystal Ofty, Mo., Jan. 11, 1924, Dear Editor: Enclosed please find my check for one dollar and fifty cents for subsceip- tion t, the Reporter for another year. 1923 was a prosperous year in all (Continued on foot of next column) - 5 PREACHERS SEEKING NOTORIETY Newspaper Man Says “Fundamental. Dubbed Seusationalists, The following little sermon preached through the editorial columns of the Clearfield Republican is worth more to most of us than the higher criticism stuff we are reading about on the front pages of our dally papers. Here the sermon in full: Of late our great newspapers pub- lished ip the large cities have been running front page stories with pic- tures telling about the controversy be- tween “fundamentalists” and “moderns ists” regarding the long-accepted truths of the Bible. After reading most of what has been advanced by both sides it appears to us that it would be ap- propriate to dub the high lights bath sides “sensationalists.” They want their names and pictures in the papers and are willing to go almost any length to” achieve that result. When the preacher Grant walked out of the di- vorce coury a few months ago and an- the world that certain of centuries-old of the Soripturey were false, he was only ad- is on nounosd to the teachings justing himself to his new surround He court decrees with his long effory ings could not reconcile divorce to preach his brand of apostolic | he his getting succession. Naturally, wag forced | of an to start a creed own. Since Grant succeeded countless columns of front, page space in newspapers, he has had scores and | scores of imitators on both sides of all the several questions since raised. How Work of Reaj Charity. A short time ago Mr. and Mrs. Cal- vin Bediyon, tenants on the Dr. A. G. Lieb farm, east of Centre Hall, made a trip to Pittsburgh, and while there | visited an orphanage. The little chil- | dren so much appealed to them that they decided to take one of them into | thelr home which consists of the pa- | rents and a daughter, aged about fif- | teen years, Mr. Bedlyon fell in | with a boy, thirteen months old, this good wife with a boy just | Each thought their choice i i love and two { months old. yas the best, children with them. snd today the little tote are being cared for at the farm home, Work of real charity; Indeed, Loeal Ministerlum Met. The local ministerium met M.. sth, the sonage with following Catherman, Drumm, i is. 2:00 Presbyterian P. par- at Jan in ministers Keener, lev, Cathermagn op- The Week of Prayer was discussed and final the present ; and Kirkpatrick, ened the session with devotions. arrangements were made for the sec- ond and final week of is duration. Some Sunday-school projects were al- The February under consideration next meet- 4th Baring wy ing is scheduled for in the Evangelical After Parsonage. Mills the business sesgdon the Mra and son, Drumm and daugh- Mra Kirkpatrick Keener hour irk patrick ministers were joined by Cather man Mrs ter, and Mrs a social Mrs. served a delightful repast. A ——— County Grange Meeting. them- Why arvuse doubt in the mind of your neigh- | these sensationalists can justify sefives in conscience ds nog clear bor when he is perfectly satisfied with Why he received the God and man? him alone Inwe of with what AR in ve j buf- | i at his mother's knee? this foonery and: bickering the name of higher criticism and scientific reason- | ing is nothing more or less than sen- wild. The not worrying about alleged contra- | dictions of the Scriptures, What In getting swtionalism run people are | the i ig of | the | matier | more importance today Deopile the what the depomination, into churches. no and bBving as | the creeds prescribe A ——————— MeFeaters Gets Ten Years, The sentence meted out to E. ( the the Blair with porter readers *, Me- | Featers, bank swindier, by Judge Baird in county court, will be learned interest by many He- of He got ten years w a number them were fleeced by him. for the swindie worked un of $13.- in the 1 the pen the Juniata bank to the extent 000. The swihdies took place spring and summer of 1922 and ed mostly In the sale of fletitious bonds ih amounte from 35.000 to $15.04. In dividuals were also tapped in the same Sny. It is estimated that the frauds perpetrated In this way aggregated | $100,000 and covered a large section in Centra) consist- Pennsylvania. The sentence hw is now serving le for but one offense, and at the expira- hon of it there is a Wkelthood that the bond salesman will be required to face the court on other similar offenses and in, this way he may be kept behind the bus for the remainder of hig life. A AI MP APTA. For the Movie Fans, At the Scenic: Thursday, Jan, 17-— Geo. Aries in “The Green Goddess” is an unusually fine S-reel production that will pleases everybody. A story laid in India. revolving around heroine and friend aviator who fly t, resque of some children, are wrecked, fall into hands of a Rajah, condemned to death but saved by wireless and areoplane; ako Clyde Cook in "Tropical Romeo” Friday. Jan. 18--Al Hart in “Crooked Alley," is a story of a girl's determina tion to strike at a man through his won and later regrets by falling in love with the son. Also, #th episode of the “Steel Trail” At the Opera House: Saturday, Jan- uary 19—Tom Mix in “Mile a Minute,” who, as usual, gives many thrills in his hairbreadth escapes from death. Also, 2-réel comedy, “The Life of a Lily.” A IA AA A. you getting your share of eggs? Are you getting highest prices for your esgn? Our purchasing system enables us to sell HIGH GRADE Laying Mash at ROCK BOTTOM prices and our breeding system assures you ABOVE MARKET PRICES for the right kind (Continued from previous column) Hoes In our part of the country, but we anticipate still greater prosperity during 1924. We are having our first winter wea- ther here; it hms been cold but with out snow since New Year's day. 1 wish the Reporter and afl my friends in Centre Hall and vicinity a of Centre County Pomona Grange will the be A regular quarterly meeting held at Centre Hall, Saturday, 26Lh Installation of officers will January take place. Forenoon and afternoon seasions will be held We have a good at- are anxious to Come and bring lunch J. Gross Shook, Bee i n——— em «LOCAL AND PERSONAL you Mr Mw D 2 few days the past week Bi Bartholomew Al pleas and i - sien toons combining business with ure: Miss Maybell Sharer is in Tyrone at Mr Mrs. Roy Puff remain for a few weeks by Mrs Petterolfl. On with him Miss Bediy- daughter, home of and wil there wns taken William his he a neighbor's turn brought on, A fer. WwW. Harps Montana, for subsc-ip remittance from Claude of Missoula n the Reporter, was without com hit * La on ment except an apology for a of From the the Reporter is Jed {0 believe stationery used. that tardiness he is connected with the fire department brief article that In another column is a headed, “Work of Real Charity.” ts read and ponder over. Are there not many homes throughout the jJand that could be made more real homes instead of the stopping place it now is by tak- ing of hu- manity? into it one or more bits The Ralston Purina Company, man- facturery of the Purina stock feeds. called a convention of their dealers and salesmen at Harrisburg on Monday Ag Centre Hall this com- Bradford and V. A. Auman attended the and Tuesday. pany is represented by Company. and Messrs, and J. William Bradford convention. Homer Falterolf, repre senting the Spring Mills Milling oom- pany: the McoMullens, of Millheim. and C. Y. Wagner, of Bellefonte, were also attendance at the convention. BILL BOOSTER SAYS in SE R0L NOW, | PWD THAT WHEL \ KEEP BUSH AT Ny OWA AFFAIRS, | AINY NEAR $0 CRMCAL OF OTHERS Add \DLE MAM FINDS PAULY MORE READILY THAN A WORKER \ , 4. K. HOSTERMAN. $600,000 GYMNASIUM ASSURED. ———— $100,000 Gift to Gym Fund Makes Pos- sible the New Physical Education Building. A massive gymnasium the (fall of 1924 is no longer a remote possi- { bility State, but instead a real probability. A gift of $100,000 from the college athletic association through athletic tee has just been announced by Hugo Bezdek, of the of physical education and athletics. While new by at Penn is the alumni advisory commit- director department {this gift was turned into the general { colle i | we bullding fund, it was specifical~ ly designated for the new physical ed- ucation building for men. This pledge to the Juilding fund campaign, the largest yet received, swells the fund for the new gymnasium to such an that it is hoped to be able to extent start construction in the spring or summer. Special «forts will made the $500,000 be remainder of the the able cost of the bullding. . Surprise Party at Potters Mills. was held J. G M1 now {Oo secure estimated as prob- A surprise party a1 the Boal at Pot- Boal's fifu- Mrs of home of Mr. and ters Mills, in honor eth anniversary. Those present were | Mr. and Mrs Wm Sweeney, Mr. an i Mr, Mrs PF. and and Mrs. | J. M Palmer, Mrs Mrs G. Frank Smith, Mr. and and Mra F Myr and | Mrs { { Fred Royer, Car- | {son Mr | ne McCloskey, Mr Mr Mrs Lard- Perry Edward : Koonsman i Loughner, Mr Harry Shaeffer, Mrs Sarah and Mrs’ MceCormick oy and George Armstrong, John Wagner, Wiliam John Foust, { Bweeney., Alvin | Wi {HH { Foust Flory, Shaeffer, i Him Hanna, Kathryn Gots Metbua Violet Snyder, Sweeney, Ellen Palmer Edward : SWeeny Miles Snyder, ow 8 » ’ . {Churles Foust. SBarah i {loughner, Marie Carter, Ralph | Edith bw Racha, Dorothy Sweeney, Phyl and Harold Madaline evening Fioray, Sweaney, Grace Smith Mary. The Rames and Alberta Foust WHS mime t playing and social te served, were All Boal hour refreslunents which everyone enjoved returned to thelr homes wishing Mr many Yirthdays "a ——— Cridiand State 8S. 8. Superintendent, Walter E. Myers, { Aduly Divi Pennsyiv: Ever since ICING superititendent of the AION the Sabbath Schools of was elecind General Secretary {State forces, it has been e one man oould not possibly posiiiong 80 that the Slate Assoch has for some months been out for the righe man to portant H a man poss tion. Hock, Ark EXperiences, wa CC. Cridland, of Little of rich s called the iporintendent of the State State Board fo be Aduly by action of “ig. Divis- ion and has accepted Mr in Ohio University, of Harvard and ’ a graduate of the Cridiand of the Internationa; Training School and gave up a luorative position in commercial life in order to satisfy his heart's desire in Christian work Mr of the Beacretary Sabbath and Cridiand was General Montgomery (Ohio) School Association for Genera! Secretary of Arkansas State Sabbath School for two and one-half, years from which po- IW, years the Association sition he comes t, Pennsylvania. He is a splendid type of Christian manhood, in the prime of life, winsome, earnest fellow with a rich experience in organised christian work that will be quite an asset i, the adult division work of Pennsyvivania. —— Buys Country Club. F. G. Albright, of Tyrone. has bought the extensive and beautiful property of the Fairbrook Country club at Penne syivania Furnace, the consideration be- fng $15.000. Mr. Albright will proceed # once to make improvements to the property to have it ready for re-open- ing March 1st, as the Fafrbrook Coun- try Inn. He plans to make the Fair brook Inn the ideal modern country resort of this section. Originally the mansion house, property of John Lyon, the pioneer iron-master at Pennsyiva- nia Furnace the place is of historic interest and is impressive in the char- acter of its building and grounds. It is splendidly adapted to the purpose marked out for it by the new owner. “BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE” A Sermon on : HEAVEN SUNDAY NIGHT, 7:30 at THE LUTHERAN CHURCH CENTRE By the Pastor, REV. M. C. DRUMM TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. Mrs. James Osman sold her property Spring Mills to J. IL. Graden for Homorable Benjamin K. Fooht has formally announced himself a can-~ didate for Congress in the 18th diptrict, Johin Laird Holmes, of State College. has angounced that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for as- The semblyman from Centre county. Deroy K. Fye purchased the equip- ment and good will of the Boob funch room in Miltheim and took charge and is now serving the many customers of the place The Daniel Ripka property at Spring Mills was sold recently to BR. H. Shook $2,000, and the farm and timber- land in the mountains to B. W. Ripka $1.000, for fon Mr. and Mrs. Wallace O. McKeesport, a baby gir, been named Ruth Irene, Mr, and Mrs, Horner were former res- dents of Centre Hall Born, to Horner, ny which has Bilbert Nolan and Mra Grace Kelffer, years valued employes of the Pot- r-Hoy fitm, i Bellefonte, purchased the Foust hardware busi- College and have taken it. w te hardware ness in State possession of The local Odd Fellows anniversary banquet will be held in Grange Arcadia (Friday) night. The ban- for Odd Fellows and their ladies. A in the Re- wmed Sunday-sohool will furnish the 1O~-1THOTTOW quet in or clans banquet The first shipment this cotton tails from season to Kan- sections ith- Northwood, Baid Eagle of this section wan of tad erated Vail was relefrsed In various They between Clearfield oounty. were atl points MoCann's Crossing, and Orchard Crossing, The Falrbrook Country Club, former- ly the Lion homestead at Pennsylvania was sold to FF. G. Albright, of The will remodeled View country I» now becoming so popular, and will the Fairbrook Country Furnace mie Place be 8 ih a d of making it a be known as inn 1 to Altoona Jamey Felterolf, on Friday. went drove home a new that be declares recognize as “related” to models. The néw coupe is the Fetterolf show g 5 anda model Star coupe one would former on view In filling a state road trock with the gas took inflamable por. no explosion. gan was spilled over the this took fire, the flames then lod to the tank which was full The Furnace, t a Coburn station. ud burned all the of it There port was A won of engine and Fowler Hannah he pretentions farm that section, totally destroyed by fire mansion, near most house in was recently It wus erect- od by John T. Fowler almost fifty years When Mr. Fowler falled in busi- passed into other bands, and is now owned by a Pitis- burgh party. AED. ness. the property — The Bellefonte Lodge of Moose re- cently acquired by purchase the Gar- man opera house, the price being $18.- 000. A portion Hf the building will be fitted up for lodge purposes and other sections for lounging rooms. The op- era house will be leased on the best terms possibile after the present lease off Brown expires. which is Agi] Imt. - Clayton Waiter M. Kerlin, formerly of Cern- tre Hall, but now located in Cincinnati, Ohio. is financial secretary of the Mt, Auburn Welfare Association. On Thues- day the association held its first meet ing for this year. The program includ- ed several pominent speakers. Vote for Men, not Birds” was the subject on which Hon. Henry Bently, a student of civic affairs, spoke. The plasterers and carpenters will soon have thelr work completed In Millheim’s new municipal building. The installation of the steam heat plant is his about completed. New 20-inch op- era chair the stage curtain apd fix- tures and two motion picture machines have also been contracted for, It i thought these fixtures oan be secured by the middle of February ‘when the auditorium will be completed. According to a decision of Judge Baird in the contesy of the election of sheriff in Clinton county, # is not un a i i | one Xd a
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