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CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed.
CENTENNIAL
ORGANIZATION
Preliminary Work for the Coming
Event
ALL COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Result of the Meeting Held on Tuesday Even
ot
Anniversary
ing— Every Portion the County Ex
pected to Co-operate to be
Held July 25th and 206th,
As announced last week,
ps were taken for efl
the
won to carry out
{ Centre county's Cent
ted to organize t
and make as good a showing in the
ration as possible,
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ABOUT OUR STATE
| wealth st
head of the list of states comy
American union, The com!
f its wealth and ma
mineral
IK Aggregates over five bill
ATS
area and
wealth it than
of the kingdoms of the world. It
est formed in many respects of
the states and it is fairly representa
eof the § 5, prosperity and su
* nation to which it belongs
[an agricultural wealth and importance
Pennsylvania stands deservedly high. Of
the general condition of its agriculture it
compares very favorably with that of the
other states of the union According to
the preliminary report of 1599 of Profes.
sor John Hamilton, the ¢ apable Secretary
of Agriculture of Pennsylvania, in an
area of improved land it stood in 1889
tenth among the forty five states of the
union. In the value of ber lands, fences
and buildings she was the fourth, and in
value of farm implements and machinery
she was the second. In the number of
milk cows she occupled the third place
and ranked second in pounds of butter
™ produced, but ranked third in gallons of
milk,
The Keystone state was the tenth in
production of wheat, eleventh In corn |
and oats, first in rye, fourth in hay, sixth |
in tobacco, seventh in potatoes and ninth |
in apples. Taken together, the total value |
and Prop.
farm products fi
of her r that
her the fifth place among the states
N York,
of improved land
year gave
"Ww with 3,178,781 more acres
Ohio, with 5, 125287
1
more acres of improved land, alone sur
state in the total value of agri
apd these
states compared with the Keystone state
for
pass our
1 : 1 y Levert feat t RRs +
cultural productions in 33
in value of production, acre acre of
uproved land, all fall below Pennsylva.
nia for that year, except the state of New
The following statement shows
osition of these five state
lue of their agricultural produc
; the
age of
ame acre
At of Pennsy
vania
Val f
agreed
ready
Stowe,
lent McKinley
bad
ding England
1, has bad
H
tatement Jthat Ma
sal
:
:
:
«
State
ahie of
Of Interest ta Agents
at has handed
to
arlisle,
down of
by sample throughout the state
an opinion Iuterest agents
who sell
John Koons, of Harrisburg, sold tea by
sample in Mechanicsburg, which violat
ed an ordinance. He refused to pay a
The
defendent claimed the municipal legisla.
tion an unlawful attempt to regulate
trade by creating a favored local class,
Judge Biddle sustained this position,
saying that a discrimination of this kind,
either by statute or ordinance, is a trade
regulation and {ts manifest effect is not
to prohibit an injurious business, but to
suppress lawful competition,
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license, The borough sued him
Minor Miller, of Salona, has removed
to Loganton, where he will take charge
ol the new cream separator in that
ace,
From Salons to Loganten.
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY
PORTO RICO
A COLONY
A Grave Question Annoying the
Republicans,
CONSTITUTION
DOES APPLY
If Porto United
their Imports—1I1 a
Rico is a Part of the States
Can we tax Colony
not American Independence a Hum
{Opinions Of Eminent Republicans,
tion whether Porte
i in his annua
1
IN
McK
lent
the
the §
La}
been continued again
when she was under
The
products exe ux
! Ign |
markets of 10 her
h the
ected,
used wo
fn lerms to wh
commerce of a
The
her «
nations is su
island of Cuba, which buy
ttle and tobacco without customs
duties, now imposes the same duties upon
these products as from any other country
entering her ports. She bas, therefore,
lost ber free intercourse with Spain and
Cuba, without any compensating benefits
in this market. Her coffee was little
known and not in use by our people and,
therefore, there was no demand here for
this one of her chief products. The
markets of the United States should be
opened up to ber products, Our plain
duty is to abolish all customs tarifls be.
| tween the United States and Porto Rico,
| and give ber products free access to our
markets,
HX SHCRETARY SHERMAN,
The Hon, John Sherman has
talking again and Republicans can find
MARCH 2:2,
1000,
no consolation in what he sas
“1 would
hate to
of his
r that he will be.
'd because
ustained in moral
ention to the dec
and the tea
igned the d
SI LASER EEL
FROZEN AND 01
DOG All
launghter of the
neriy of nire
makes ber home
daughter
Lree
m Adam
hn M
I Coin
ASS
a
pros
has | Nn 3
ling for nage of the
piece whic bh was discontinued some years
’
hed
ago
to theo iz: the mistaking of it for
Itisto
To remove the oblection atia
1 coin, v
a dime, the coin is to be unique
be made of nickel the size of the bronze
cent, although thicker
be a hole one dourth inch
diameter. This will make the
easily distinguished by sight or touch
-_——
In the center is
to of an in
coin
Elected a Paster,
The Reformed churches of the Salona
Hublersburg charge Saturday afternoon
and evening elected Rev, Harvey Crow,
{of New Hamburg, Mercer county, as
their pastor. Rev,
the election. The call will be sent 10 the
| reverend gentleman in a few dave, Rev.
| Mr, Crow is a graduate of Franklin and |
| Marshall college, and has been in thé
ministry five years,
T. Derr conducted |
HUMMEL MAKES
CONFESSION |e svarsing ru
[ells All About His Bloody Crime
Committed Last November
HIS MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME
w Her and t}
Ax
Took the
Yammer
riage Mr
Pennsylvania Ratiroad Company the
Juniata shops, and the
friends m Curtin who = be happy
extend their congratulations. After a
and Mrs. Yammer
(Sabbath Rest
short wedding trip M1
will
P
reside at Pinecroit
0.,) Blair Co
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Sagar Valley Weddings
-
The following parties were married by
Rev, Charles B. Russell, Loganton,
At Booneville, March 7th, John W
Kieckner and Maud MN. Kahl, both of
Booneville
At the parsonage, March 11th, Christ.
ian N. Rixel, of Crawford township, and
| Panny C. Herr, of Youngdale,
At the parsonage, March 16th, Jeffer.
son B. Herb and Cora M. Schwenk
i both of Greene township,
YOL. 22
FACT, FUN AND
FAN
A patch
mages it
wile I»
should be
bhashand's
the most en
{ plants un
said
has
on
usion
everybody
good points It all depends
i lake people
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More Aged Twins
In ladiaua
Green township, county,
where are living twin sisters Mrs, Mary
Anno Delaven and Mrs. Sarah Keith
who were born in Yorktown, February
1503, and are now consequently g7 years
old and both are in the enjoyment of
good health, Mrs, DeHaven reads or
dinary print without the use of glasses
and isquite active.
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Charch Damaged by Fire,
The new Disciple church at Howard,
| Sunday, was damaged by fire to the
| amount of about 500. The flames origi.
| nated from a defective flue, About 1
o'clock they broke out, and before they
were extinguished the entire upper por.
tion of the building was burned. The
interior was also damaged by water,
The loss Is covered by insurance.