. MARKET REPORT. CORRECTED EVERY WEDNESDAY. The f rln market re Uken from the Cham eraburg dally Denppura. The provision DHoei tr tb(M that obwln In MoConnell. GRAIN Wheat. 1.87 1.87 , l.fif, : 1 10 Kew wheat irao ' torn OlitS itye PROVISIONS Ham per lb Shoulder fiaccn, Sldeiper lb Potatoes, per bushel Butter, Creamery Butter, Country Eggi, pr dozen Lard, per lb LWe Calves, per lb Chickens, per lb ... 1H 10 14 1.00 32 28 40 13 0 14 Mrs. Elizabeth Hill and sons John and Frank made a trip to McConnellsburg last Thursday In their automobile, and found the roads fairly good for winter time. HIDES. Fran k B. Sipes pays the highest market price for beef bides at t.eir batcher qoo in McConnoIUbure, also highest price pai a lor calf skins neepsmns ana pauow. Advertisement. Shortly after bidding farewell to a party of friends at his home in celebration of his fifteenth wedding anniversary, William S. McCreary, a leading Fairfield, Adams county merchant was taken ill and died of heart trou ble. John Mills, a young married man of Mercersburg, who is em ployed in the Byron tannery there, lost his right arm last Sat urday afternoon. His arm was caught in a dehairing machine and was ground to shreds. La ter surgeons amputated it near the shoulder. George Feagley took a rest from hulling clover seed and made a trip to McConnellsburg Tuesday. The ice on the fording at Siloam was not just as strong as he thought, and one of his horses broke through. It was something of a mean job getting out, but he got out without any damage to self or team. Although nearly 50,000,000 bushels of rye were produced in the United States in 1915, this is lass than 3 per cent of the world's annual production of the crop Nearly 80 per cent of the crop of the United States is grown east of a line from the boundary be tween Minnesota and North Da kota to the southernmost point of Texas. Do you know that the Lincoln Highway passes over three fam ous Mountain Ranges? The AI leghenies at an altitude 2,461 feet, the Rockies at an altitude of 8,247 feet and the Sierras at an altitude of 7,652 feet. The Lincoln Highway leading over these mountains is good, grades are gradual and no difficulty is experienced in negotiating these passes. Bes ides, the scenery is magnificent. Thirteen hundred farmers and their families present at one meeting and an attendance of 3,000 at two day's sessions is a mark made by the Farmers' In stitutes conducted by the Penn sylvania Department of Agricul ture at Cochranton, Crawford county recently. Throughout the State widespread interest is be ing shown by the farmers in the institute work and the attendance figures are away ahead of those of recent years. Birthday Party. To call attention to the fact that Stillwell Truax of Pleasant Ridge had been moving to and fro upon the face of the earth for a period of half a hundred years, a number of his friends assem bled at his home last Sunday, bearing useful presents in their hands and congratulations upon their lips. Of course everybody staid for dinner, and later went home wishing that Stillwell might live fifty more years. Those present were Sheridan Hann and wife; Charlie Garland and wife, Scott Mellottand wife, Rev. John Mellott and wife; Mrs. James Mellott, Mrs. Reuben Hollens head, Mrs. Jennie Hill Etta Hann, Alta and Mamie Hill, John Gar land, Henry Hann, Elmer Lake, Clemmie Truax, Carl Garland; Don, Jessie, Marshall and Sheri t'an Garland; Ulysses, Ruth and Willie Mellott; Maudaline Hoi Jenshead and Webster Mellott. Wanted, For Sale, For Rent, Lost, Found, Etc. RATFH One cent per word for each Insertion. No udwrti'somnot accepted (or less than 15 cents. Cash must ac company order. Fort Sale: Two pure bred Jersey Heifers and onepuro bred Hull weight about 1200. Will sail at a reasonable price. D. M Ulack, Three Springs, Pa. ' Fut Salk Farm containing 80 acres CO acres cleared and in good state of cultivation, balance in timber. The improvements consists of 2-story frame house frame barn, fruit and good water. For further information call on or address, P. B. Foreman, Laidig, Pa. 1 18 It Wanted! Wanted! Wan to l 3000 busbtls ear com atipl OJpor bu. cisb. Rye want ed at 1 00 per bu. cash. Pota toes at $1 50 per bu. trade. Hakky E. Huston, 1 18 41 Saltillo Pa. Farm fur Sale or Kent. This larra is under good state if cultivation, good buildings, and in good repair. Running water in hou.o and barn. All kinds of fruit. Write or call on II. K. Spangler, 111 4t Wells Tannery, Pa. Sale Register. Friday, February 10, John W. Carmack intending to quitfarm- ing will soil at bis residence on what is known as the Downey farm in Taylor township, horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, i$ram, household goods, etc Sale begins at V o'clock sharp. Credit 12 months. J. M. Ches nut, auct. Closing Out Sale. The undersigned intending to close out his stock of Groceries, Confections, Tobaccoes, Fixture Etc., will positively sell at whole alo or retail, his entire stock Come in and buy one ounce oi llfty pounds, and buy at and be low cost. Here's a rare chance to get bargains. Good to Feb- ruiry 8th. 4 Gt. Chas. F. Scott. Program. The program for the Parent- Teacher's meeting for January :6th is as follows: Devotional Exercises Rev. J. . Grove. Song-God is Love. Recitation Helen Nace. Exercise ' 'Good Resolutions. " by members of the Primary School. Recitation Nelson Comerer. Instrumental Solo-Blanche 'eck'. Address-Subject "The im portance of parents Visiting School. "-B. C. Lamberson. Song The Aeroplane. Address-Subject-The "Value of a School Library to the School and to the Public. "-John P. Sipes. Song-Some Folks. How It's Dine h Be.f.rd. Last week's Bedford Gazette ays that the first Sunday in the New Year marked the beginning of a big contest for new members at the Reformed Sunday School in that town. The school was divided into sides the Reds and the Blues. The Gazette says that the line of men and women going up the Hill to the Reform- ed church on that Sunday morn ing and squeezing their way into the Sunday Sehool room was a most unusual sight. It proved that somebody had been work ing. No one will ever know ex actly how many were present as it was impossible to make an ex act count of such a crowd. It is known however that more than 400 were there. And this was only the first Sunday of the con test H. C. Robison and S. H. Sell are the captains of the Blues while H. C, Heckerman and J. P. Cuppettare the captains of the Reds. To hear the caDtains talk of what they are going to do for next Sunday it would seem that some will have to stay out side and wait until the others come out to make room 'or them. What McConnellsburg needs is Captains. Trespasj notices for sale at the News oilice 6 for a quartor, bout prepaid by in.il if cash ac companies the order, New Year Resolutions Are in order. A very good one is to resolve that you will place your savings in the FULTON COUNTY BANK. This resolution will be hard to break. Many people started a savings account-last January and now have plenty of money, not only for the holi day season, but sufficient to pay laxes, insurarce, &c. Manv have, left over, a nice sum to start thd year 1917. You can start with any sum, and we will pav yvu interest at 3 per cent, compounded semi-annually. You can withdraw any part, cr all the de posits, at any time. Come m and talk it over. We Wish all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. FULTON COUNTY BANK. "OLDEST AND STRONCEST" McConnellsburg, Penna. V30B IF YOU ARE COING TO BUY A TRUCK S EgE Jacob Kauffman El Co. at the United Garage, Chambersburg, Pa. They sell the REPUBLIC, and the REO trucks. 1-2-ton Electric-equipped Truck 3-4-ton Electric-equipped Truck 1- ton Truck, 1 1-2-ton Truck 2- ton Truck 3- ton Truck - Agents for the CHEVROLET, the REO, and the BRISCOE touring car. History of Slate Police. Every Pennsylvania.! will fee a thrill of pride in reading Theo dore Roosevelt's introduction to 'Justice to All," the story of the Pennsylvania State Police, nnw written for the first time and is sued this week by a well known publishing house. "This is a volume so interest ing," says Colonel Roosevelt. and from the standpoint of sound American citizenshin. sn valuable that it should be in ev ery public library in the land." After reviewing some of the achievements of the force during the past ten years and comment ing on the vividness, interest and J . t M . . accuracy or me worn ot the au thor, Miss .Catherine Mayo, he speaks of his personal acquaint ance with the rank and file of the orce and concludes with excep tional praise of the entire person nel. In "Justice to All" the author has made the presentation of the facts relating to the organization and service of this alert and hard working department of our State government as interesting as the most thrilling detective story. We have heard of the acts of courage and heroism which have made a similar organization, the Northwestern Mounted Police of Canada, so well and favorably known, but few people realize that within our own borders we have a force v ith an equall . splendid record of dangerous work well dene. The book will prove not alone entertaining but enlightening to thousandsof these quiet business like men going about their duty of upholding the law. Major John C. Groome, Super intendent of the Department, says of the book, "The general public knows so little of the or ganization and daily work of the State Police Fo-ce that I am gratefurto Miss Mayo for having presented the fact in such an ac curate and interesting manner," Educational Ktatiif. The eighth local institute of Ayr township was held at Con ner's school last Friday evening. Four teachers were present: M isses Mellott and Kendall; MessrsKeefer and Humbert. The questions discussed were: 'School Sentiment" and What the Teacher Stands for." The literary work rendered by the school was entertaining and instructive and showed careful preparation. Martha G.Kendall, Secretary, EES! $675. $750. $1095. $1275. $1675. $2360. One Spad Every Three Days? One potato every three days to each person in the United States instead of one potato every day. is the limit allowed by the 1916 potato crop, accordmg to Eugene H. Grubb, the "Potato King" and owner of extensive potato lands near Carbondale, Colo. His figures are based upon an average of 100 potatoes per bushel and a total production of 250,000,000 bushels which means only a bushel and a peck or 12S potatoes this year for each American. "In knowledge of potato cul ture and fertility of the soil, farmers in the United States are from forty to fifty years behind the farmers of Europe. Soar Soil and the Wheat Crop. With the exception of barley, wheat suffers more from sour lands than any of our common cereals. It is especially impor tant to test all lands to be seeded to wheat and apply lime if sour, because you not only get a larg er yield of grain but timothy and clover are usually Beeded in wheat, and one or both may fail on sour soils. The Ohio experiments show that lime does not take the place of fertilizer or manure, but it supplements them. The experi ments further show very strik ingly that when lime and ferti lizers are used on the same land the yield of crops i3 greater than the sum of the yeilds from the two used separately. However. if lime is used alone and no pro vision is made for maintaining the supply of organic matter and p'ant-food in the soil, the crop yields cannot 1 e maintained, and the yields from the use of lime in such a system fall off rapidly and may finally drop below that of unlimed land. Manures, both green and stock manure, and fertilizers should be used with lima. Lime is t est applied with a lime and fertilizer distributer jjst after the land i' plowed. President Wilson to the Grangers "In the future we have got to hring- more of the area of the United States under cultivation now. We have got to increase the product at every point where it is susceptible of being increas- ?d. We have got to study how to assist nature, or at any rate u iderstand nature by making the most suitable use of our several and varied soils." said President Wilson before the National Grange. "One of the things that has 'ntereeted most, for example, is that what we have called the pine barrens of our southern coast need not be barrens at all, that if we add a single additional chemical element we can make the sand blossom and produce crops, and that if nature is only questioned closely she will yield us her richest products for our own assistance of the rest of the world. We have got to look closely into these secrets and we have got to realize that there must go forth from the United States the best agricultural in telligence of all the world. We have got the means; we have got the purpose; we have started along the l ight lines!" Brief Items. For coarecting soil acidity, 1 ton of burned lime is practically equal to li tons of slacked lime or 2 tons of ground limestone, in case all three forms are of equal ,'rade of purity. Successful methods for the control of the foot-rot of sweet potatoes, a serious and destruc tive disease in several States, have been developed by the spec ialists to the department. The Bureau of Soils is cooper ating with cement mills, blast furnaces and wool scourers with the object of enabling them to recover potash as a by-product wherever this proves to be com merciablly feasible. In 1904 the actual cash road and bridge expenditure in the United States averaged slightly less than $28 per mile of rural roads. In 1915 the cash road and bridge expenditures had increas ed to an average of $109 per mile of road. Good stable manure is one of the most satisfactory top-dressing for alfalfa. It should be ap plied in the late fall or early winter and distributed evenly. Where manure is not available, 300 to 400 pounds per acre of acid phosphate will nearly always give good results. When aitaiia is to follow win ter wheat or other small crops in the East, a thorough disking, followed by frequent harrowings will often be all that may be re quired provided the land is work ed shortly after the grain is re moved. When plowing in this case is necessary the preparation of the seed bed will often be facilitated by disking ahead of the plow and by following the plow at once with a pulverizer and harrow. Rye will thrive on acid or poor .oils where wheat will not grow well and may be planted on any soil later then wheat. It maks one of the earliest spring pasture and is excellent as a green ma tt ure. These characteristics make rye an important factor in farm economy, even in section where its yield of grain is not as profitable as that of wheat. Cat License Before Penna. Legislative. Harrisburg, Jan. 9-Whether a bill to license cats will be pre sented to the Legislature this winter will be decided within a few days by Chief State Game Protector Kalbfus and the gener al committee appointed by last week's open conferemceof sports men. The sportsmen have nothing against the well-behaved home- loving cat. They declare, how ever, that the homeless, outlaw ed, half-wild domestic cat does more harm to small game than probably any other single cause. They want a bill to license cats and to place a bounty on unli censed ones. That will protect the pet. Men who have studied the question say that cat license bills will be before thirty-five legislat ures this winter, Racket Store FLASH LIGHTS. We have gone into the Hash light business stronger than ever. The more you buy of these goods, the cheaper you can buy them, and the cheap er you can sell them. So we have bought the quantity and can save you some money. We are selling a 6 1-2 inch 2-cell, Ever-ready Hash light at 59c. complete; others, at 65, 76 85, 90c, $1.0-, $1,25, 51 40 and 52 OO. and the best batteries 2-cell, 25c; 3-cell, 35c. Bulbs, for same at 12c. Why run the risk of fire, when you. can buy something that is sale, and will not cost you much more than oil ? Rubbers in . . we sure nave sold a nice lot of rubbers this yirar, and have been fortunate in replen- ishing our stock, so that we can still sell at old prices. So, Don't Worry! We can still save you some nice money. We are still selling quite a lot of goods at old prices and will as lonj as our present stock lasts. Nineteen Years We want to thank you for the nice increase in our busi ne5s over 1915. We now have been in business 19 years, and our gain over 1915 is 54,523.90, Surely this is incouraging, and we can t help thanking you tor same. We wish you all a prosperous New Year. Knowing that if you are prosperous, it is likely that we will be. HULL & BENDER, McConnellsburg, Pa. ON HAND ; Some Fine Portland Cutters, one Carload New Idea Manure" Spreaders, Steel and Rubber-tire Buggies, Plows and Harrows. Hardware, Specialties, Etc. Thankful for Past Favors, and soliciting contin uance of the same, I am yours for More Business. J. F. SNYDER, WHEN IN CHAMEERSEURG be sure to look at our line of , Ladies' Furs, Assortment will please careful buyers. We sell furs on honor. HENNINGER The Hatter, Chambersburg, Pa. SAFETY LIGHTS The litfit Uiatsaiis "Qhere it ist' YOU need one of these hand electric light plants. It's foolish to motor without one. Fool ish to be without one anywhere, any night. Think. of home comfort and get one before dark. Many styles 75c. and up. v , You get them at the Racket Store. I Mercersburg. Penn'a. iii i iiii WKjm, Jll
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