BELLEFONTE, PA.,, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21st, 1911, The New Penitentiary Comes to Bellefonte The Decision Was Officially Announced gn Thursday of Last Week---Work Begins in Spring---A Tract of Almost 5000 Acre§ the Demo press early on Thursda owing made to week when Centre erat went to morning the announcement ers Las going » Pt “At the hou we feel justified, for reasor kKnowt to ourself, in saying The new pen- itentiary will be located at McBride Gap, and the decision will likely be made public by tre Democrat” This prediction same afternoon Francie called this y the had cat that the Purchase Free From When ve this r ’ of trant Graft, the react WAS Location Definitely Settled There now is n } t Ir A Brief Interview x I gt ! } astern, per and officials and titer ! in 23 Tracts Secured. ing » hedule of Ary ) come mental and p! Mental Reformation Needed. The question bluntly put him, What it remds what will you 11 1 ong the lines of reform ! tl institu tion? In substance phatically “That {lem and years ma) required to sucoessfully solve It I may be only | laying the foundation and the details | cortainly will be worked out In the | future through experience and obser vation. 1 belleve that It is the frst duty of the state to supply these men with proper food-feed tham; 1 be Heve in the Injunction of the scrip tures that man shall earn his dally bread by the sweat of his brow-there is no reason why they should be idle and fed by the state, therefore the second duty is—werk them, That will make them use thelr muscle and brawn, and they will bulld up strony bodies, and outdoor exercise will give them health and vigor, and In conse. tracts tenti 1 recks cated on Nittany Mountain Angsteadt nimproved Barnes, unimpre 1 T. Bliger, unimpt T. Bliger, unimprov Bliger. unimproved han, Sr. house and lot bh llahan, Jr. house and lot 15 Jarver, house and lot 12 r 2 farms and buildings 262 i. Houser, unimproved... 6 yver, house and lot v 0 py, unimproved 100 mas. farm and bulldings 128 est Reservation... pie Located in Gap. tate, unimproved, i“ il, house and Jot... ) over, house and lot... 19 will new replied large he is a om prot he When | ‘ met minds—teach them, me foundation nt First Improvements ¥ in W give ar the f the at appeared Dispatch on (this paper in } Rook. president which many import ant regarding the Institution and gives some idea of the importance of the Institution by them A Boom For Bellefonte. citizens of Hellefonte reason to congratulate them on the successful termination of this movement. From a financial point, It means that large sums of money will be spent In this immediate community for construction work alone, amounting to several millions in the next few years. The institu tion, If consolidated with the Eastern Penitentiary, will then employ sever. al hundred persons, some at large sal. aries amounting to $200,000 per an. [num and many of them will seside in our town and occupy mood homes I ————— (Continued on Page 4) this on On extended le th arth nitentiary tial the Inst iny reh orning ol C, A mins bHilishe of the « Pe | | rn | om nh covers inte an viewed The have relven ] certainly | will : HAS DOMESTIC TROUBLES William Woellers Seems to Have Two Wives—One Enough. al Christmas Services Large Fire at Howard. \ n i account of the that destroyed the dairy barn stock of ¢ H. Leathers Howard, ast Baturda) will in Howard items on the last page of this Issue This one of the worst fires In that valley for a long time, and the origin is a complete mystery There was little Insurance and the loss be very heavy to Mr. Leathers Inrge and near found fire live Je be in Pioneer Citizen of Tyrone, Andrew Gardner, one of oldest and most respected residents, as well as one of the oldest ploneer settlers In that section of died Saturday evening, at the home of his daughter, Mra. Clara Gorman. Asthma was the contributory cause of death. Mr, Gardner had attained the good old age of 53 years Ends Her Life at Ninety. Margaret Plouss, ninety years old, ended her life by hanging in (he spring house at her home In Barneshoro. She was found by her husband when he returned home, Tyrone's | the siate, | {about 3 DOING A GOOD WORK. Pruner Orphanage Has Ample Income at Present Beech Creek Robbed Biggest Hog Yet ’ The reest | in ! of Freeport Poland ("hina at the time thirty months « 1 iba. on fo This hog was fed making Htthe wae AT iressed 320 the Intent) WM Ibs. but fel 460 anda wit} it rt weigh IH nu! Erecting Saw Mill Harder is ereciing his saw mill on Alexander DelHaas estate al i } yards of the DHeech Creek ation In the Eagle Val rallroad, which = out the timber it off of tracts he recently purchased from DeHanas and from Richard Searle and Willlam Lingle on the north side of the Bald Eagle moun tain Considerable timber stands on these tracts, which will keep the mill running for the next year. The nec- essary buildings are now being erect. od, HB steam M west Bald maw the the n andes of ‘ ey be « ontate Barn Burned Saturday. The large barn on the farm of John | James in Liberty township, on Marsh Creek, was burned Saturday afternoon o'clock. A quantity of hay and grain was consumed by flames, The loan is covered by Insurance in the Grange. H tal Notes. tlons~Miss Dora Sters, Bnow Shoe; Cheyney Lowery and John Gar brick, Bellefonte, Discharged-—Life Tate. There are twenly patients pow In the hospital A CLEANING UP. McManigal Declares He Will Full Confession. Ortie feManiga v has confess- 4 ’ at the charge ade are s to Make APPLE PACKING SCHOOL At the Pennsy State December 27 J A Birthday Surprise. hat of friends relatives home nun AT hborl} i me at the Port Ma- month. in Hehereoa, surprise, WARN pre pared wken of by all up In friend. singing. elo, eVEry. fine time Among were John and Foust and ne : the nelg David W n the 2 f the } ehres at th of this Mr the rthday of highly A sumptuous whic! wl! appreciated dinner part was taken In) was heartily afternoor m having had a fron n wile I'he chatting body 1! Khoey wife Ose distance and James of Tyr Business Booming. Bo great is the demand for day-old chix from the stock of Kerlin's Grand View Poultry Farm, Centre Hall, that in place of orders for 2.000 as stated in last week's Centre Democrat they | booked orders for 12,000 chix, five | months In advance of time wanted {for spring of 1912 —————————— Some Ego. Loe, of Spring Mills, has a |hen's egg that measures nine Inches | one way, and seven inches the other way. It was laid by a Plymouth Reek hen-—-the weight of the egg I» elght ounces Wm. HH.
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