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Some Practical Suggestions Well
Worth Knowing From the De- |
partment of Agriculture.
land Mrs. Daniel
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FACTS FOR DAILY USE |
WOOL PRODUCTION
WORTH 11,350,530
The fleeces clipped from the sheep
in Pennsylvania during the past year
are estimated to be worth $1,350,530
by the Pennsylvania. Department of
Agricultural whose records show that
there were 630,600 fleeces clipped
during the year.
There was an estimated clip of 3.-
972,150 pounds of wool and the aver-
age price paid throughout the State
was thirty-four cents. a pound, the
highest mark paid since the Civil War
when wool sold as high as a Sollar 2 a
pound.
The number of fleeces clipped is
three per cent less than a year ago,
but statistics show that the decline
in the number of sheep in the State is
about three per cent. annually. The
average weight of the fleece was 6.3
pounds compared with 6.2 pounds a
year ago and a total clip at that time
of 650.000 fleeces or 4,030,000 pounds.
Last year wool sold for an average
of twenty-five cents a pound and the
wool production was valued at $1,007,
500, showing that the. wool growing
industry has increased in value, al-
most $350,000 during the year.
Statistics show that the number of
lambs raised and now on the farms
is about, five per cent. smaller than
last year but again this is partially
due to the three per cent. annual de-
cline in the number of sheep in the
State over a year ago.
There has been a marked demand
for “more wool” and the textile asso-!
ciations and bankers are undertaking
a campaign for more sheep raising in
Pennsylvania. Sheep raisers declare
that the laws regarding the keeping
dogs are not strict enough and that
the great damage done by the dogs is
determental (to the industry of the
State, It is probable that more strins-
ent dogs laws will be asked from the
next Legislature and the important
industry given better pmotection,
NEW WAY OF FEEDING
GREEN STUFF TO POULTRY.
The Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, keen to be of service to
all classes of people in the State, of-
fers a new and unique way of supply-
ing an all day, every day, source of
fresh green stuff to chickens that can-
not have grass range. This method
evolved and first publically advocated , ence, were married at Confluence, by ‘Bluefield, W. Va., and the Radford ‘di-
| viston to Bristol,
by W. Theo. Wittman, poultryman
of the corps of Farm advisers
is the simple one of having a
| Centerville, and S. S. Mosholder, son
lof Mr. and Mrs, Samuel
{of Milford Township, were married at ,
at Jennertown, by the Rev. Elmer F. |
i-southwest Virginia and eastern West
RECENT SOMERSET i
COUNTY WEDDINGS.
Miss Lillian May Sechler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Sechler, of
Milford Township, and Norman L.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Abrsham
Lint, of East Librty, Pa. were mar-
ried at Somerset, by the Rev. 8S. G. |
Buckner.
Mrs. 8. S. Ferrell, daughter of Mr.
Swarner, of New
Mosholder,
New Centerville, by the Rev. P. B.
Fasold. |
Miss Mabel Peterson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson, and
Oliver Snyder, son or Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Snyder, both of Listie, were
married at Listie, by Justice of the
Peace F. U. Daugherty.
Miss Ida Jane Siegner, daughter of :
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Siegner, of
Meyensdale, and Ephraim Dietle, of
Greenville township, were married at
Meyersdale, by the Rev. J. Clarke
Matteson. :
Miss Ethel Pearle Younkin, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley
Younkin, and David Nathan Cunning-
ham, son of the Rev. and Mrs. J. ©.
Cunningham, both of Humbert, were
married at Ursina, by the Rev. J. C.
Cunningham.
Miss Rella Shaffer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank A. Shaffer, of Paint,
Township, and Leo Hoffer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John M. Hoffer, of Arrow,
were married at the residence of the
officiating clergyman, the Rev. W. H.
Frye, of Paint Township.
Miss Bertha Shaffer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shaffer, of Acos-
ta, and Damiel P. Yinkey, son of Mr.
and - Mrs. William Yinkey, of Somer
set Township, were married at Som-
erset, by the Rev. G. A. Collin.
Miss Anna R. Miller, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Simon S. Miller, and
Allen Roy Bender, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Bender, both of Salisbury,
were makried at Springs, by the Rev.
Edward Miller.
Miss Ethel Henry, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jchn F. Henry, of Middls-
creek Township, and L. R. Stoner, son
of Mir. and Mrs. J. J. Stoner, of Som-
erset, were married at Scullton, by
the Rev. F. O. Eakin.
Miss Jeanette Laney, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Laney, and Merle
T. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. 1. |
Miller, both of Boswell, were married
Rice.
Miss Catherine Margaret Zimmel,
‘daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zim. ;
mel, and George Washington Erb, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Erb, both of
Johnstown, were married at Windber
by Justice of the Peace J. D. Patton.
Miss Susan Porterfield, daughter of ' mail there has been no Joss of lite.!
Mir. and Mrs. James Porterfield, and
Ralph py Rederick, son of Mr. Sy
Mrs. E. O. Rederick, both of Confiu-
Justice of the Peace G. G. Groff.
~ Miss Agnes Magdalene Young,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.., Joseph
- near Redford, Va., the junction ‘point
‘'garrier attached to u lawn mower and Young, and Willard Frederick Olling-
feeding the lawn clippings immersed er, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Milton
in a pan of fresh clean water. '[his Ollinger, both of Windber, were mar- |
method will soon prove that chickens ried at Windber, by the Rev. James
are vey fond of the wet grass and
will. be found feeding on it all any’
long; that the eggs will be larger and
better, the yelk especially taking on‘
a better color; that the grain feed:
cost will be lessened per dozen of.
eggs received and finally that there,
will be less sickness and deaths.
GIVE THE BOY A SHARE. !
Give the boy a share in the farm and
do_not treat him as something inferi-
or to a hired man. One reason why 80
many boys leave the farm for thq
city is because their fathers never
consult them as to the management
of the farm, allow them no financial
interest in it and gives them no priv- |
ileges, whatever. Then the fathers |
grumble if the boy gets dissatisfied
and go to the city. Business men in|
cities do better than that, for they
have wisdom enough to take their
boys into partnership and let them'
share the responsibilities and man-
agement of the business. So and so &
Son is a common sign in the city, but,
such a sign over the gateway to a
farm is as rare as angels’ visits.
FARMS ACCORDING
TO COLOR SCHEME
Henry A, Barnhafrt, of Indiana, told
the committee of the State board of
agriculture . in .session at Reading,
recently of his efforts in behalf of
the artistic side of farming.
He illustrated this by citing that
his big barns and outbuildings are all
painted yellow, with white trimmings;
the farmhouse is painted white, with
yellow trimmings; the cattle have the
same yellow color, being they are
Guernseys; not a horse is used except
he is yellow and has a white mark
on his head and white feet. The shep-
herd dog is yellow, with a white band
around his neck; there are yellow
colored chickens, yellow colored
squirrels, the place being known as |
the “Color Scheme Farm of Indiana.” |
WHEN YOU HAVE A “REAL
BARGAIN” OFFERED YOU THESE
DAYS —TAKE IT— VISIT MILLER
& COLLINS AND TEST THE ABOVE
, P- Saas.
ROBBING THE CHILDREN
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
by Samuel G. Dixon. «
The present habit of turning night
into day in our highly illuminated
towns, with all sorts of exciting enter-
tainment, keeps the nerves keyed up
and upsets the equilibrium.
Children especially are apt to suf-
fer from laté hours and consequent
lack of sleep. For the first two years
of life, eating and sleeping are the
two great essentials.
Babies should sleep from fifteen to
twenty hours out of the twenty-four
and older children from ten to four-
teen hours. It is not an unusual thing
to see babies in arms or. very young
children being carried about until
their parents’ bed time. This is in-,
jurious to the children and cannot he
made up by additional rest the next |,
day.
" Permitting children ~ to remain up
late is a strain on their nervous sys-
tem whigh, while it may not be im-
| mediately apparent, is bound to exert
‘a detrimental
inbuence on the long
run. Oftentimes the ill effects are per-
fectly apparent to the intelligent ob-
server.
Irritableness and any of the train
of = evils which result from an over
taxed nervous ‘system may’ result
from - continually robbing the child of
sleep. A regular bed time should be
set for children according to their
age; ranging from six o'clock for bab-
ies to eight for children of eight or
nine and this should be regularly ad-
heired to. This is a matter of the ut-
most importance in establishing a
sturdy constitution in childhood.
With adults,
hours of sleep are often a factor
, which predisposes to ill health. There
are exceptions to this as to all rules. |
Occasionally one will find an individ-
{ual who has an unusual capacity for
work with less than the ordinary
amount of rest but for the ordinary
man or woman this wodld end disas
trously.
Ls mr tr ET ne SAN
NINE ARE KILLED
BY CLOUDBURST
Great Property Damags Done
In Southern Stafes
RAILROADS WASHED AWAY
“Biltmore,” the Famous Estate of
Frederick Vanderbilt In Asheville,
Is the Center of Destructive Deluge.
MAY “COME BACK” AS
HEAD OF GERMAN NAVY
is a very common ques
bad—
rd
Flood waters
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virs:l
ginia, Tennessee and West Virginia}.
taking a toll of at least nine livesgl]
rendering hundreds of persons homes}
. less and doing property damage varloi§
ously estimated at from $10,000,000 to
$16,000,000, are receding. The floods
were caused by a cloudburst.
The worst conditions. obtained in
western North Carolina, where the
flood was described as the most disas-
trous in the history of that region.
Asfeville and it environs were the
heaviest sufferers, but with train serv-
ice at a standstill as the result of
washouts, slides and lost bridges, tele-
graph service badly crippled and roads
almost impassable, it prebably will be
several days before the fuld extent of
death and destruction will be deter
mined.
The known dead are Captain J. C.
Lipe, Miss Nellie Lipe and Mrs. Lea
Mulholland, all drowned im Captain
Lipe's hou:e at B.ltmcre, Asheville, |
N. C., ‘and Lonnie Trexler and an un-
identified negro.
The flood waters invaded the George
W. Vanderbilt estate, “Biltmore,” and
the first report reaching Asheville was
that Miss Mabel Foster and Miss,
Charlotte Walker, nurses in the Bilt |
mere hospital, had been drowned. Miss
Foster and Miss Walker were saved, !
aceording to later reports.
Hundreds have been made homeless
by the flood which carried away mills
and homes along the banks of the
French Broad river. iu
Near Winston-Salem the town of
Rondo was cut off from the outside
world for several hours until a tele.
graph operator, flooded out of his of-
fice, carried his instruments to a hill
and cut in on a telegraph wire.
Heavy Loss In Virginia.
Practically all railway traffic in
. Virginia was tied up by washouts and
slides resulting from heavy rains of
.the past week. Many bridges have
“been carried away by swollen creeks
and rivers, telephone and telegraph
| wires are down and a heavy Cro,
> has been reported. "So Be
On ‘thé Norfolk and Western railway
{ ‘fier the mew river division, Radford’ "to
Tenn.,. about five
miles of trackage is reported washed’
@Wway, completely tying up both dis
vigions.
Just west of Radford, Pepper bridge, |.
a large via_uct on the main line to
Bluefield, has been carried away amd
a smaller bridge near Petersburg, Va.,
is gone. !
The Virginjaa railway reported sev-|
eral warhouts on its lines west of Roa-
noke, but because of breaks in tele-
graph wires no particulars were avail
able. : Practically all telephgne and
telegraph wires west of this city have
been carried away.
‘PEONS FLOCK TO VILLA
Bandit Chief Is Recruiting Army to :
Fight Against Carranza.
Pancho Villa, in command of 8,000
which swept parts of ¢
! Matawan creek in New Jersey, killed
i Lester Stillwell.
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that you are well in every respect? If so you
are EXTREMELY FORTUNATE—Eye
defects cause conditions that make you feel
If your Eyes are sick I can help you by 3
Fitting Ploper Glasses—Come to see me.
RESULTS GUARANTEED. Ng
tion Can you say
COOK,
Both Phones
| Photo by American Preas Association. SoReETR
ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ. .
THE OPTOMETRIST
Eye Sight Specialist
Meyerad le, Pa.
It is rumored that the German peo-
ple are crying aloud for a resumption
of the submarine campaign against
British commerce and want the grand
admiral put in charge of the navy
again. It was under his direction so
many vessels were sunk.
SHARK KILLS TWO
: The Second National Bank
OF MEYERSDALE, PA.
Report at the Close of Business June 30, 1916
RESOURCES.
Loans and Investments_. $465,068.97
U. S. Bonds and Premiums 72,231.87
Real Estate, Furniture, Fix. 63,374.50
Cash and due from Banks__ 70,404.84
Total Resources_. $671,080.18
Third Victim Badly Hurt; Man Eeatet
In Creek In New Jersey.
A man-eating shark, which had
strayed far from the Atlantic ocean,
swam through Raritan bay and up the
a boy swimmer and mangled a man
so badly that he died two bours later
in a hospital and savagely attacked a
second boy bather, taking away nearly
all the back of a leg.
The dead boy is twelve-year-oid
Searching parties
with dragging irons and dynamite are;
hunting for the body.
The man, who was attacked as he
was makin a heroic endeavor to fish
up the body of the boy after the shark
had draggc. him down, was Stanley
Fisher, a popular young man of this
place. His right leg was torn and hu
was so weak after his removal to the
hospital that the surgeons did not
dgre to ampufate it. Death resulted
from boss of blood.
The third and more fortusmste victing
of the monster’s “work™ was ten-year:
old Joseph Dunn, a summer visitor
here, who is said to live in New York
The lower part of his leg is missing,
July 15, "08
June 23,409
March 7,°’11
April 4, 1913
“March 4, 1915
“May 1,1916,
June3, 1916,
- March, 4, 1914,
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in____$ 65,000.00
Surplus Fund and Profits. .. 54,826.26
Circulation: +... .... .... 64,000.00
Deposits
Total Liabilities, $671,080.18
Growta as shown in following statements made to Comptrel er of Currency.
ASSETS
$262,014,92
- $411,680.13
oc $512,574.48
’ $605,870.62
- $610,212.34
$624868.35
+ $659,810.39
verter oF
$671,080. 18
but the doetors hope to save his life.
© Fire Chief Emmons exploded more
Shan seventyfive ions of dynamite in of Clearville, Bedford county, met
e. creek. .Columng of water were k
thrown high in the air. But despite. with a very serious accident. While
the explosions there was no sign of 2 is farm in Monroe township, rak-
the monsters. ing hay, the lines ‘broke and he fell
“Following instructions from Secre. backwards off the rake alighting on
thry MeAdoo coast guard and life sav. |bis head. His neck was broken but
ing stations along the coast are taking he is still living. }
an'active part‘in the hunt for sharks’ Peter Sweitzer, aged 32, was struck
and the bureau ‘of fisheries of the by lightning and instantly killed re-
commerce department. also has in-|cently while standing on the porch of
structed its. employees in this. region pig nome ‘at Tatesville, Bedford Co.
iio tke. part. in the worl, The effort to Secure $125,000 for the
, NEARBY COUNTIES.
A few days ago, Joseph !S. Barney,
BONA FIDE MERCHANT SHIP
Deutschland’s: Statues is Determined, |
‘| Johnstown. Memorrjal hospital. has
been very successful thus far, sub-
scripticns aggregating $80,000 having
Vessel Can Carry. on Prade. been received already J. Leon Rep-
Official investigation backed hy the logle, steel magnate, has given $5,000.
opinfon of American naval experts, John Lutz, a retired Pennsylvania
shows that the German submarine’ freight conductor residing near 'Pain-
Deutschland is a merchant ship.a®d tervine, Mifflin county, is deeply .in-
‘not capable of being tramsfermed into Yerested in the propagation of a pes,
a warship on the high seas. The re-; {clo of wood duck, Lutz found the
port of the inquiry made by Captain nest of a wild turkey hen containing
C. F. Hughes of the United tes
navy reached the state a eight eggs and added six duck eggs
during her absence. All fourteer
thr h the treasury departmen
ind Fe State hong indi thatched, and the mother bird took
cated after receiving it that the status reat pains with her webfooted child-
©f the ship was now satisfactorily de- ren, with the result they now roost
termined so far as this government is in the ‘tallest tirees and it is only with
irregularity and short {
men of the brigades af Canute Reyes
and Calixte Contreras, fought over-
whelming forces of Carranzistas, led
by officers of General Jacinto Trev-
ino’s division, to the west of Jiminez
for five conpgcutive days and Villistas
are now engaged with Carranza troops
at Diaz, pear Santa Rosalia. This is’ &
report. brought to the border by @
member of a militia band at Chitin
hua. baad
“1. Wi take © ‘Chihuahua in two
“months” is’ ‘the ‘freqtient declaration,
according ‘to ‘the “musician. He says
Villa! is ‘going about witha crutch and
3a cane, one of his legs being badly in-
ijured.
out of Jiminez after they had con-
fiscated all available foodstuffs in that
town. The bandman said there were:
16,000 Carranzistas opposing Villa's
men. He sald that during the engage
ments ‘around Jirniinez two’ trainloacs
of dead and wounded Carranza §ok
filers were brought t ®hihuahua,
U-Boat Needs Strong Boxes.
A safe and lock company in Green »
burg, Pa., received a rush order fo:
cagh boxes fram the North German
Lloyd Steamship compaay for use on
the Deutschland. The cash boxes are
to be sent by express at onee to Balti-
| more. It is said there is a lot of gold
goin to be taken back by the comman-
! der of the submersible.
Horses For Experiments Burned.
| At Glenolden, Pa. Sunday sixty-five
nead of horses used for antitoxineex-
perimental purposes were burned to
, a merchant an means that the officers
1 Trevine's stroops drove the Villistas
concerned. The protests of Great
Britain and France against the pres-'
ence of the Deutschland in an Ameri
can: port .on the ground that she is
potentially a warship will not affect
this government's . position.
Recognitien of the Deutschland as
gad crew of the ship can carry on,
5 ndered, any legitimate trade “be
tween ' the United States gnd Germany
and that th- Deutschland ‘can remain;
18 Port unm! her captain cares to go.
10 <POSTPONES: NOTIF ICATION... o
Wilson Would’ Await End of Congress
... Before Holdmg Ceremony.
President Wilsen hes upset all plans
‘for the official notification of his nomi:
F nation by autherizing & statement that
Rhe ? Hotificaiton: ‘probably: would sot
take ‘place until after adjournment of
eongress. The ‘ceremonies will take
place’ at- Shadow ‘Lawn, N. J: it was
agreed.
“I found the president embarrasscd
by the thought that he ought not ic
turn to palitics until the business of
this congr omal session was over,”
said Vance McCormick, chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
after a conference of several hours
with the prcsident.
Orpet Acquitted of Murder.
At Waukcgan, Ill, Will Orpet was
acquitted o Marion Lambert's mur-
der. The ju y that for sfx weeks had
heard two v -rsions of the tragedy of
Helms woods, where Marion was
fotnd dead in the snow Feb. 10, chose
the version of the defense—that
Marion committed suicide. The jury
path when fire swept the stables of
tke H. K. Mulford company. The loss
is estimated at $35,000.
BE i Sa AT
states.
; |day last. week when he was hit by a
great care that they can be approach-
ed.
ROCKWOOD :
Miss Pearl Sandles, a teacher in
the Connellsville schools, who has
been visiting her grandfather here for
some time, departed Saturday for an
extended visit through the ‘Western
Ben Shoemaker, a Baltimore &: ©;
| employe, who was badly injored one
passenger train, was removed to the.
Johnstown hospital for treatment. He
was . cut about the head and . badly
bruised.
Calvin Rush accompanied by F. A.
Harrah, J. B. Gerhard and L. D. Cra-
mer, is enjoying a two weeks tour of
the. eastern cities. :
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Rush have ret-
urned home from a western tour.
Mrs, Daniel Ansell and daughter,
Miss Della, were recent guests. of
Mr.’ and Mrs. A. W. Harbaugh’s,
On Thursday, Rev. and Mrs. S. D.
Bucknelk, Captain William Harrison,
Miss Emily Snyder and Miss Eleanor
Colborn, all of Somerset, motored to
the country home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Harbaugh.
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GARRETT NEEDS
THREE NEW TRADESMEN.
Wanted in Garrett Borough: An
up-to-date barber, a good butchker and
a shoe cobbler. We wish men of these
trades would look our town over as
we need opposition.
took four ballots.
Vacant rooms can be rented.
A Citizen.
ad L221
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16-DAY EXCURSIONS TO
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June 29, July 13 and 27 Aug-’
“. , ust 10 and 24, Sep-
..tember. 7
$8.50
; ROUND TRIP
GOOD IN COACHES ONLY
FOR $2 00 ADDITIONAL TICKETS WILL
BE GOOD IN PULLMAN CARS. WITH
PULLMAN TICKETS
The Eoute is Rail to Washington or
! | Baluimo?® and Deli«htful Steam-
er Trip vo Destination
Full Information at Ticket Office
: July 6 4¢
= cos " :
WASH THE VEGETABLES
Fruits and vegetables are a neces-
sary part of ithe diet ‘during hot wea-
ther. Many of these are more appet-
ising when eaten raw. Berries, aj9les
radishes, onions and salads are popul-
ar, and have thei value as food.
Care should be exercised in the
preparation and _servingy of green
foods, however as they are subject
Ito “ihtch handling between the gar-
den and the table. In many market
gardens the gathering of the produce
is entrusted to a class of laborers
which are mot any tog cleanly, and
care seldom is exercised to insure
cleanliness.
: Food exposed for sale in markets
also’ is ‘often subject’ to indiscrimt-
nats handling by Drospectiy ‘e purcha-
sers.
As a protection, berries and food-
stuftrv eaten raw, should be tHorough-
ly ‘washed before being served. It is
much better to risk a slight ' fmpair-
ment of the flavor than to chance eat-
ing unclean foods.
Night soil should not be used for
fertilizing gardens from which the
produce may be eaten raw. Water-
melons should not be gathered from
streams polluted by , sewage. Many
cases are on record where typhoid
fever has resulted from failure to
heed these points.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
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Qattle—
@9.40; tic
$7.50@8;
good fat
to good
$5@8; fre
@76.
Sheep ¢
$7.9008.1¢
fair mixed
mon, $3.5
10.50; ves
and thin o
Hogs}
mediums
10.15; lig}
$0.75@9.90
$7@7.25.
Cattle
good to ch
9.28; fair i
@8.50; ‘go
$6. 5.01.26
6.784 good
fair to go
+ BOR, COWS,
Calves—
fair to
men, $6
‘Sheep al
"springs, $1
10.25; gos
1.80; &
nic
$10@10. 18;
$9.76@10; |
Hogs—Bx
@9.85; mix
©10; roug
8.40.
Cattle—N
10.85; stoc]
8:25; cows
calves, $8.2
Sheep—W
$7.26@10.70.
Wheat—J
703%. Oads-