LL THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, P A. APRIL 20, 1908 Its Conservation the Sub- ject of an Important Con- ference at Washington. Governors of States and Territories Invited. A | Irrigation, Forest Pres- ervation and Mainte- nance of Waterways Among Topies to Be Con- sidered. ot A A nn a, Nr HE conference which is to be held at the White House begin- ning May 12 Is In many re spects a unique and unprece dented affair. Its object is the conser- vation of the national resources, and this, of course, is a very broad subject, It includes forest preservatios, im- provement and maintenance of the in- land waterways, Irrigation of arid lands, preservation of public mineral lands or supervision of their develop ment and wany related topics. Amerl- cans have become accustomed to think ing of their country as possessing boundless natural resources. But it does not, and unless scientific measures are employed to preserve and maintain those which remain the , nation ere many years will begin to feel the re- sults of a policy of shortsightedness and neglect; hence the interest taken by all farsighted public men in this conference, It was called In conse quence of the deep Interest taken in the subject by the president himself It Is a known fact that during | Mr. Roosevelt's administrations a great deal ha e In the way of pro tection interests of the future in | well s been of the EAST ROOM, WHITE HOUSE this matter. The president's trip dow the Mississippl to attend the deep wa terways convention at Memphis fm pressed this fact en the public in gen- His ullernces garlng ls deur, and before the experts assembled at Memphis pertained largely to the ne cessity of wisdom and forethought ft to # nature attended by the respe dems of thd The the of the in nd Allia aaa » Is to Ix near:s cme court + speaker and by OUETess 48 CAD with theh "mn wil per guished bers « ves rdditie who nt 1% sent rover Cleve Andrew Carns d James J. Hill s entitled to bring wit} 20 that the gather nd ret rely nature of the ed and on tisan affiliations It is the first of this kind » House, and it is ! much to strengthen the and and egntes resentative nonpartisan consid Al ried par lat wis ever that bonds y between sections break down the barriers of section party The meetings of the conference will be held in the east room of the execn tive where so many historic assem but It will be ent has held quite for pract } 111 the ferent co on together all the r candidates for president and the only living ex president, will d of the national gos deration of prob The govern and the 8 1 he enter President Roose iy 12, and the | the next morn ul continue for three days gerernl idea of the objects song by the conference may be obtained by dividing the subjects to he considered ander these heads: First for the use mansion, gathered that 80 Fepreser five binges have the first time apartn a body nors of the dif gove venltl with mos W the he ernment for the lems of national In ors of the specin tained d by 3 " Fat velt on the evening o : ng cons port VArious sintes ited guest wil nt nner conferences begin ing ar i ght conserve the national forests of the people Second. To furnish homes for the farm. er In the desert by reclaiming the sol through irrigation, Third. «To maintain unimpaired the pub fie ranges for the grazing of live stock Fourth.—~To retain control by the gov. ernment of the public coal lands, to the end that the people may be Insured of thelr proper use Fifth. Te place a homesteader on avery plot of arable land, whether that plot be fin a national forest, a public range or among the mineral lands, Add to this the related subject of Im. provement of the Inland waterways, and a fair view can be had of the gen- eral alms of the gathering “he problems of this conference are among the most important before the nation today, and many of them ap peal more closely to the people than some of a political nature which per haps occupy a much larger share of | prosperous population are just | ning to be wm | tions In {| It Is about three years since | was beg | Tt | 1004. | hold .g { face, or publie attention. of irrigation, for instance. In the there is comparatively little realization of Its importance. But the American deserts means the foun dation of new provision of new territory for our teem ing millions, The Carey act has described as “the new birthright of American citizens.” Its purpose wae to enable a man of modest means to se cure a farm and home and make the farm pay for itself while the family. Congress has passed few laws which in their working out have conferred more benefit on the country than this, and its good effects are only just beginning to be realized generally The possibilities in the direction of peo pling these with busy and begin an instance the condi he «¢ ited deserts n wlerstood As law Idaho may of the operation of the on southern irri we on tract in this in in one or 240.0060) Idaho embracing was an uninhabl Now the filed upon by 12,000 to Twin Falls, tion, has the a long establl some ted entire sage plalr tract ha settlers numberh 15.000 Main in iter of this appearance of 8] people, the cer a street ‘ars of h g the preser hed city. ( spring of the houses the I | in ar and and tel and baile exl year what tion of the deserts of the Farming on | respects an Ideal occupat the drudgery of old life is ninated. drougl d no crop which makes grow to the not interrupted by when once the grow More than shine a year are the rule in Idaho, and it is a rare day In won son when the sun dogs not show his “MiThs do not Interfere with planting, cultivation or har Each by controlling gating system of his own farm d perf ow (¢ : enin is Ol rrigated ell ts nm sunshine whe fect clouds n watered, ion Is begins 300 days southern any plowing, vesting the irri controls the growing an Irrig “8 farmer, nas farmi his crof the busine tainty mtio af _ = of the 100.000 000.000 hoard h is foot annua gn eters $0 (NEY (HN makes forests 60.00) rate systen the ne annt (NN) EN Tim thirty in about of protection ONE OF OREGON'S BIO TREES, extended, the country will have pract! cally nothing left in the way of such natural resources, The desire of those Interested In the conference at Washington is to make the policies of the nation and ith sev eral commonwealths structurally right in all that portains to conservation of the natural resources of the people Once established there will be little danger of such policies being over turned, no watter what political party may chance to be in power. MRS. FRANK J. GOULD. Wife of Jay Gould's Youngest Son and | Her Reported Separation Suit, Three branches of the Gould | now enjoy publicity in connection with | | | | } | | | | Take the one subject | east | reclamation of | industrial empires and been | supporting | 4 xmnpIom.” | brought his dether to a on an « Is considered thelr domestic affairs. The the old world and the new press has Bennet] MRS. FRANK J. ng itself wel deal Mme. Anna Go mmtess de ( de GOULD concerning itself a affal merly the Co Prince Helle proceedings between and his wife have Now com with the iid, for astellane, and and the divorce How occupied es the report that the w | begun sult he was Miss Hel hiter of the late } | ] r of the (ry IM between Sagan, ird Gould ntion. ife of for a Marga. dwar late tter and y dead GUanugnie 1d there id as a dren Mr SO ar was a Protestant and irdent Ron » opposed the \ ard. Mrs. Frank J Protestant, and for t! fact mn « font 1) ¢ ge Of his son | ould a is rea of such a marriage was four ears son the kept The in ecret Id-Kelly and the ome wedding groom took 1} Mrs lace hride ise of The Vizier's List. The sultan bade prepare a his grand vizier to list of fools to the palace, and, lo, at the head of the list appeared the su himself “Whe head of your tan QO vizk my name at the stranger jins from and pla The Unwise A your great Salesman, salesman, on bh first trip In persuadiz ner to order 500 pens, but all of a sudden the sta tioner's mane « NAEged to the young man “1 rout ed and | _ sninmin pen eoled 1 siatio Is is RK 4 t order.” he bark his ate OD e, ¥ wd him his ‘bookkee] wr sald family | of | | heen | | his nume | to this stationer “May I ask, sir, | ly countermanded your order for those | | fountain pens?” | swered, “booked my order in lead pen- Li | Fig | A Fortunate Young Man. President Roosevelt met a | known young writer and asked | ruptly, “Do you know Spanish?” | “No, Mr. President, I do not, {| much regret to say,” was the reply. “I am sorry to hear it,” the chief magistrate, was dropped. Deeply impressed with the had he known Spanish he might have been appointed to a high office in the diplomatic the | to work assiduously, dropping every- | thing else, and acquired pro- | ficiency in that language, He called at | the White Houge was | welcomed. In the course of sation he said ‘By the way, President, 1 know Spanish well, | talk and read It with ease.” “Oh, you don't ought to be one of the happiest men in the world. You can read in the original.” ab: corps, young man KOON fl and conver- Mr. I both say so! Then you Professional Pride. “Literary fame is not always highly regarded by the people,” says Willlam Dean Howells. “1 remember when I was in San Remo some years ag {og In a French newspaper by trap maker of Lyon whom It may o« 0 Bee this notice a H : M. Plerre { f t meern Loti auto- matic ra that he is not the same person and that has nothing Plerre Loti. a yons, inventor he egs to state he on with one A “Leetle” Absentminded. Rufus Choate nee A Bold Step. the ns « To mas well-grounded f the n overcome and mable intel. t to the use « lige: f secret, medicinal com. g Dr. R. of Buffalo, N. [., Some time ago, decided to make a bold departure from the usual course pursued by the makers of put-up medicines for do- mestic use, and so has published broad- 1¥ to the whole world, a full e list of all the Ingredients he composition of his widely ic Thus be has taken {rons and patients Into Thus too he has re nds, Y. Pit ree, celebrated his full list of all the fools a8 “Tue Toufse the visi Not nly does the wia r of every bottle of Dr. or Prescn ‘'s Golden Medical Discovery, ¢ famous medicine x r weak stomach, | .rph liver or billousnes a all catarrh sl diseases whergver located. y plain English, the ingredient book has beer standard med) schools of pract ous extracts from practitioners of med) strongest poseilic Le dient contained One of these Jittle 10 any one send g by Jetter, to Dr. K and request book It will icines contain 1 afents or othor and that they ar tings of leading ine, endorsing in the ms, each and every ingre~ Dr. Plerce's medicines will be malled free iress om postal card or Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.. same. rom this little | that Dr. Pierce's med- ol, narcotics, mineral us Or injurious agents le from native, medici- nal roots of gree wi: also that some of ® most valoabie wogred! ents contained in ir. Plerce's Favor i werent pn RL DErVOUS, Over-wor "run-~down.® nervous and debilitated w , were employed, long years ago, by the | ns for similiar aliments affecting thelr w= rs. In fact, ono of the most valuable nn nal plants entering Into the com powith " Plerce’s Favorite Pre t } to the Indians as knowledge of the uses able native, me~ Indians ove reotuing nerves and bring bea. th. Sold by al periods, ng up th about 8 perfect state © Joalers in madicinos. BI i T SSS SSDS 00D I OLDE = a Saas sass tags san las MEN'S SPRING SHOES AAAS a Seed +9 od FeeeTesestasasaasstitsy; It anys will be well man to We've Shoes that Shoes, POPPE PPPEPIPTY PPP PPPPIIP . 1) sort bnei ssa asesed SPP PPPIV worn come and see our Spring ness go sucessful, BEST SHOES MADE for the journey ] the have made our Shoe We wet of Shoes are showing We buy our not guarantee, The Man, who has bought Shoes here, will be sure to come again. The man, who has here, can learn something about Shoes, if he will step in “just for a look.” Men's Shoes who have a reputation for making the best of Men's Shoes, We never offer our trade uncertain Shoes —or Shoes we can from Makers never bought Shoes MINGLE’S SHOE STORE, BELLEFONTE, PA. PREP RIIIIIIOIPIPOIPIIOOem ddd why you so sudden. | PENNSYLVANIA - RAILROAD cordially | ‘Don Quixote’ | ng very numer | i “The young salesman,” the other an- | | well | { I very | commented | and the subject | idea that | set | . Bulletin. THE FORTY BEACHES OF NEW JERSEY. The one hundred and twenty-five odd miles along the New Jereey coast line from Long Branch to Cape May presents the greatest pleasuring section in the United States, Upon the bluffs of the northern end and the gently sands of the southern end are tain during the spring and summer season milli seekers At no time during the in the year is geen them at this season wonld marvel at great pine belt, y, fills the air with life salty tang of th « hi © P the times, I§ ilarating and tonie Long Branch, with its End, devoted { Holly wo d, and El erson., 0 ie , cottage attracting thousands year aud Sea Girt, are a galaxy of where “the in the smaller Atlantie City, “ha 1714 HAIN country meet Barnegat Heigl places i sland i other located forty resorts this spring and early summer months. which « xte nds through ZiVIing ozone, whic open at in the high ean Asbury ly; Avon, Belmar, Como, Spring La attra shelving which enter ini 1s 1 1050 Oi SUre Died : deli One section ehtful than who Las not ights The New Jer- with t more their del the center h comb he = ATC1E i b st deg 1 cotiage-neighbors, West Deal ‘ gp $14 8 s argely Ovear (rrove. Ke, aces tive p upon the bluffs Haven , ojourner, of beac! Look in Our Windows colored, etc. And see the finest line of framed pic- tures ever brought into our city, rang- ing in price from 10c t0 $1.25 Then a glimpse inside and you will se : pretty pastals, water colors, plaSoe Slaughter sale of other people’s Picjures left over 30 days. These pictures are suited for any room in the house or club. » SOU Pann sand Poi. GIVE US A CALL AND BE CONVINCED. E. J. ECKENROTH. BUSH ARCADE, Teleie lee se mele eae Do Land -», mle BELLEFONTE, PA. Bn TT TT i i Se Th Th a Th SE SE SL SS A. E. Schad Gas Fitting, Furnace, Steam and Hot Water FINE = SANITARY PLUMBING Heating, Slating, Tin Roofing, LI Sh Sh Th TR i a a hed Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. Eagle Block, Bellefonte, Pa. i i Ee EE ET. Spouting, Il kinds of Tinware made to order. Tee % "STN i Ho, Fishermen I Rods from Be up. Lines from Ic up. | 4314344343334 +4444441 Files, Fly Books, Bait. Balt Boxes, and everything you need goods are right and the prices are right Here. i got ren WwW Léaders fom 55 up Reels from 15¢ up. The Cais Sod see us GREEN'S PHARMACY COMPANY. Jno. F. Gray & Son Sacoessors to GRANT HOOVER. : Insurance: RE FL Life and Actiaenl Insurance, and Surety Bonds. ti der's § tone Bldg, Bellefonte ’ HARRY FENLON Successor to} Rrtdetick K, K. Foster FIRE, LIFE ACCIDENT AND TORNADO INSURANCE, BONDS of every description. Texrie Count,
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