0 mo C ral. oy i Circulation Over 4,30 .. -Largest in Centre County. BELLEFONTE, PA, THU For Sheriff, ELLIS S. SHAFFER. For Recorder, JOHN C. ROWE. 2 was among the first Judge John Shaffer, to clear the forests and till the soil in the JOHN C. ROWE. { off a secong tern in Laat olf vith unanimously accorded a renomination / fertile section kwown as Brushvalley | and we believe his re-election is assured, which is long famed as the finest agricul- tural district in this part of the #ilis 5. Shaffer of Adam i a WE and was born on state, $01 Shaft. is a fer, Jr., anager of the Musser House after which he returned to Madison farming aud oth He is kn kind i ready to ywn those He furtl idgment J A portment man, ———— AFTER BRIDGE AGENTS papers after the brid the public prove of interest to Columbus, O,, Oct W. P. Apawalt and A. C. Lowe were n ] ’ Notary Public George W tempt in refusing t attorneys for the plair combine investigation Yesterday the witnesses refused t mit or deny that they agents for bridge companies the ground that answering these g tions would tend to incriminate them They persisted in their refusal and were ordered to jail Former Attorney General F, S. Mon- nett, who is pushing the investigation, this evening wrote to Attorney General Wade H. Ellis, demanding that he bring suit against all bridge companies party to the pool agreement, to oust them from the State for violation of the Val- entine anti-trust law, The prosecuting attorneys of all counties will also be urged to bring suit to recover excess moneys paid for bridge construction.” Here in Centre county some people say ‘‘what does it matter if our county commissioners go on extensive trips to Atlantic City, St. Louis and Washington, D, C., with these bridge men and accept costly presents from them?” Yes, what does it matter? It don't matter, if the taxpayers are satisfied to | foot the bills in the prices paid for bridges. ordered committed O Answer ad were or had beer in Ohio on gues Rural Route No, 2 at Howard is book- | ed to be put in operation this week. corted Yius . itis Mr, Rowe was born at WIR — PASS IT AROUND BERRY MEETING extended account of the meetin in the Court House at that tin { lidate Berry and Hon. Scott R. Ammer man arrived on the nox train and were m ens wil ee After restit : iriven al met by a deiegation of citi 1 4 hem to the hotel n K t a few hours they were ou town to the various points of interest A large number of from all parts of the county were in town for the meeting and the Court house was packed. The speeches were plain, prac tical, truths, driven home to convince any man that the time was ripe to in. vestigate our State Treasury, the same as is being done in Philadelphia Mayor Berry held the large audience until half past ten. He is a wonderful speaker, the best heard in Bellefonte for Many years —— ——————— Sankey-8mith, M. N. Sankey, of Potters Mills, and Miss Annie, only daughter of ex.protho notary and Mrs, W. F. Smith, of Mill. prominent people heim, was married on Tuesday of last | week, Owing to the illness of Mrs. Smith the wedding was a very quiet one, | s—————— ~~Beautiful pictures free, if you buy | your shoes of Yeager & Davis, ODD FELLOWS MEET Qur Town Thronged With Members of The Order. The sessions were held in the hall third floor of Cridery’ stone re ; were [of in} . o Po A! i: Ey « Davis, { Monday n held . ght tl atriarchs Militant officers A genera the and representatives Grand campment Tuesday morning a publi in the Court the opening session, On this occasion, J. C. Meyer, Esq., of our town who is prominently identified with this order in the state, Jrowhled at the meeting, which was largely attended The address of welcome was made by our Burgess, W Harrison Walker, Esq., who bid our a cordial welcome and assured meeling was held House which was gash them the hospitality of the town duriog | their fraternal deliberations. The re Shands was made by Chom Guquelas, the Grand Patriarch, of Pittsburg After these exercises they marched to their hall, headed by the Coleville band, and at once entered into the important business of the order Tuesday after. noon they went to Pa, State College for an outing and were escorted through that institution The sessions closed Wednesday with | | two important meetings, one at 9 o'clock {and the other at 2 p. m, | cation was a most successful gathering jand all departed delighted with their | visit to our town, RSDAY, OCTO —————————— building, and TAB themselves BER 19, 1906. DOES 7 MATTER TO THE TAXPAYERS Practically Admit That Charges Are All True. THE PEOPLE PAY THE BILLS A Few Instances Given of Extravagant Prices For Bridges--Two Letters to The Point--Investigation Demanded «= Truth Coming Out. Mme it It ect Dries witl he As to who ulti. viv “atlde vacations” pavs for those it tech may idrer Penn Br Ha ge ( ws Teg Feon Bridge Co bridge and repals e. Port Mat ) ridges York Hridge Haines tw bridge York Bridge Co, award Liberty twp, Ho sery iege twp, and Fine bridge Kuban Mridge le Bridge, Co Grove Mills ane IE March Total LL A trip to Wash 1904 with the company’s agent, ington, D, C 1 Nelson & Buchannan Co , balance Cen tre county’s portion Winburn bridge and repairs Karthans bridge ....... $1761.28 From the 1904 statement we copy 1004, | Nelson & Buchannan Oo. on account ;! cost of material and repairs Kart. haus bridge and Winburn bridge... $1761.25 Toth) census se A rT) The last trip was September roth 190s, | with that company’s agent who register. ed the party at the ‘New Princess.” We will find out at the coming election whether the “people care” or not 7 That John G, Platts ‘Bituminous Record’! does not, is no surprise, SOME GOOD POINTS. : The Communi | py, following communication, from a | | prominent citizen of the county, voices | The writer appears | a good sentiment, | Buffalo Run this side of Coleville, | is a small affair, several good. stout men | could pick it up and carry it away. to know what he is talking about Editor CENTRE DEMOCRAT 1 In defence of Board sioners, known as ‘Bridge Gazette of Oct. 6th printed the Bridge expense for the 1908, the of Commis Builders” the County year ending Jan In closing the article it invites the “look ove » statement, carefully.” We wish to be and would of the peo- orl wy aiorit ew THA] ni ny say that | not informed as to to say that they ple well are I al 106 them, at are ne ment the bridges Let every annual slater ers and you will f gance cropping N tracts il Tae Lie { Of the Commission nd the same extrava out most of their con. OOK were opened aa ale 1 wlieve it — - ANOTHER LE TTER. st for 100¢ two prices ist Harter 1904 yi will find that Bridge Co., for putting in steel and re-planking the bridges at ( Eagleville, Port Matilda, and Unionville received $4080.00. There are men in the county who know all about bridges who will tell you that $3000.00 should have covered this bill, and at a profit, Then take the amount paid the York Bridge Co. for the bridge at Pine Grove Mills, $1335.00, We do not complain any of the bridges built, but | we complain that the J*pie paid very much | more for many of these bridges than | they were honostly worth, Sometime in 1904 a bridge was built across Sinking Creek in Potter township, This bridge was, as | am informed, first | Jet for $1700.00 or more. Some of the at the | gives for the Penn JOISLS rth urtins, and "a { | other agents were about to raise a fuss and threatened vengance becauve of the high price of the bridge and it was final ly contracted forat much less, This sum. mer there has been a bridge built across It It Bridge men, who should know, do say that the iron Supe structure is worth about $430.00, e Continued at bottom of next column, looks so at least, Vol, 27. No. 41. FACT, FUN AND FANC Y. Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs--Selected and Original. A — PUMPKIN PIE. ABOUT A WORM EATER the cabbage Ing Was a sary La A Buddinger is a 1 many ) er 10 T OORKOe pel father's store and Miss Glenn had been a stenographer in the same department, and that is where they wooed, and plan- ned this event Commissioners contracted for it at $900 or $050.00. Then [ see that the bridge in your town, across the race, built this year, cost about $7,000. Is that not an enormous sum’? | hear people, who should know, say that $5000 would be a big price. 1 wish you would have some of these contracts investigated further, These prices the people pay, and in them is included what it costs to take our commissioners to the various places, rou tell us they were taken by the agents | for the bridge companies, Your charges {are true, they have not and will not be | denied. Men who accept such trips at | the expense of the bridge agents will | soon begin to accept more for awarding {a bridge contract to this or that com. | pany. It is graft, nothing less. Now you stick to your text. Let Har- | ter yelp and make afl the charges affainat he may. You are not a candidate. fie cannot defend his candidates, that is | why he gets personal, i Very respectfully, i A Crrizex,
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