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R. M. SWISHER, Editor. .
When pald strictly In advance $1.28 . Miller went to Cumberland on Sun-
$1.80 | gay to visit Mrs. Bert Ranpach, who
ET js ill.
When not paid in advance
Entered at the Postoffice at Meyers-
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dale, Pa. as second class mail matter, | at Somerset as a Juror.
THE WAR
Already we are in the war. Ameri- | now employed at Hyndman, spent
ca is becoming one vast workshop. | Sunday here.
Men are being enlisted for the Regu-
far Army and for the
Guards.
signed by the President. This Act
provides that a force of one million | 40 Sand Patch this week.
men be. raised by conscription, or
‘draft, one half of which is expected go um spent the week end with rela-
= — | great things of him after this ¢ Court-
ing’’ session. '
National | pittner snd 1. D. Leydig attended
The Conseription Act has|the funeral of Mrs. Harry Habel at
been passed by Congress and will be Meyeyerscale on Tuesday.
er
GLEANINGS.
Mrs. J. T. Leydig and Mrs. Ww. H.|
CO. B. Bittner is spending the week
We expect
Harry Cook and James Campbbell,
Mrs. F. Webreek, Mrs. W. H.
EK. G. Miller made .two round trips
France Smith and family of Johns-
to be ready for service by September tives.,
1st.
There is no provision for accepting 1 Delozier’s had the mumps—now look
volunteers® except for the organiza- | at the whole family!
tions now in the field. Col. Roose-
was refused.
In the mean time the|{py a large number of
. Cc
On Sunday, the door only at'G. G. | barely escaped from being drowned,
when the waitress gave them a show-
‘er bath of punch. i |
features of entertainment was in|
’ i ivist | playing Quaker Meeting, after many
velt’s proposal to raise a division Hyndman on Monday was attended | trials it was thought impossible tc re-
elatives and main entirely quiet with a fellow dike]
The funeral of Mrs. Noah Martz of
farmers are busily planting a large ! friends from here.
acreage, to feed this country and the
‘jmpoverished nations of Europe.
The Agricultural department is
urging the planting of every available
acre, and also “calling to the colors”
the school children to utilize all plots
of uncultivated ground. The injune-
tion is, raise onions instead of flowers.
Potatoes and beans are called for
rather than other vegetables.
Every effort will be made to con-
serve the supply now on hand. The
raising of cattle and hogs for meat
supply is being carefully looked after.
Poultry and eggs are being called for,
not for speculation but for commis-
sary purposes. Steps are being taken
to maintain improvised canneries for
preserving fresh vegetables, that they
may be shipped with the minimum
loss. :
However, with all of this there is
a whole lot of nonsense being sent
out. One bulletin urges people to
eat less that the supply may be con-
served. Can a man do more work
on less food? How silly. Another
exchange, evidently a prohibitionist,
urges the closing of the distilleries
stating that they use 160 million
bushels of . grain, and the adds this
amount of grain to the present wheat
supply. We join hands with the edi-
tor. We favor the immediate closing
. of any distillery using wheat to make
whiskey.
The facts are that the Allies have
been unable to conquor, the Germans
and the struggle now will be no
“phreakfast job,” but a long drawn
out bloody affair, and that the coun-
try will be taxed to the extent of her
resources in preparing for it.
The placing of Septeniber first as
the date of the completion of the first
draft of men, indicates that Brer.
Bryan's ‘million men who would
spring to arms in one night!’ have rot
materialized, that we were not: in
position to enter the struggle, and
that materials, arms, war vessels, etc.,
must be prepared now, which will re-
quire time, and the’ expenditure of
immense sums of money. The Allies
are now being financed by bond is-
sues, and are spending the loans here
for munition, arms and other war
supplies. With this aid it is expected
that the enemy may be held in check
until forces may be sent them.
— Eat a
CONSCRIPTION
The Conscription act has passed the
House and Senate and is in the hands
of the President for his signature.
Ag it is his own. measure there is
no dofibt of his signing it.
The next step will be to determine
the number of men wanted and ap-
portion the number to be furnished
by each township. Then enumerators
will secure the names of all persons
between the ages of 21 and 25 who
are subject to duty. From these
names will be drawn the number de-
sired the same as a jury is drawn for
court.
In 1861 President Lincoln called
for 175,000 volunteers for three
months This was followed by an-
other call for 300,000, and later by
another call all of which were filled
by volunteers, but it was recessary
to resort to drafts or conscription for
the next call. The drafted men could,
hy paying $300, be immune for that
draft, but his name went in to the
wheel for the next draft, however.
A substitute might be secured by any-
one drafted.
ane mime
PASSING THE BUCK
Democrats in the House of Repre-
gentatives want to thrust upon the
President the sole responsibility of
establishing the system of selective
conscription. They argue that if it
proves unpopular Wilson alone will
have to take the blame and that if it
proves a success they can claim part
of the credit on the ground that Wil-
gon is of their party. In other words
they want to pass the buck.
In one sense they are excusable for
this; because Wilson himself for four
years has habituated them to the prac-
tice. He has evaded more problems
than any other man in public life in
a like time. He has sidestepped more
vital issues, he has switehed his opin-
jons more often. he has reversed him-
self more freuently and more violent-
ly than any other President we have
ever had. ‘Now his House of Repre-
gentatives seeks to prescribe for him
a dose of ‘his own: medicine.
ee ———
Three 10 cent cakes Fancy Violet
scented Buttermilk Soap for 21 cents
at Bittaer’s Grocery.
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Mrs. W. H. Ranpach spent Monday | 5 napkin, through which he laughed |
in Cumberland accompaning her som, |a hole, but at about the fifteenth trial’
Albert here with the corpse of an in- | the task was finally accomp
tant daughter born on Sunday.
Mrs. J. HjSpicer spent the week
end [with ber husband at Cumber-|hearty welcome to Miss
land.§
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VACATIONISTS.
Mr. and Mrs. David Fresh of
Brothersvalley Township, spent Sat-
urday and Sunday at the home of
their father, Tremont Fike.
Mr. John Tressler and family of
Meyersdale passed last Sunday at
the home of C. W. Tressler.
Masters Ralph Nicholson and Nel-
son Krause of Pleasant Hill, spent
last Sunday at Vim. 3
Misses Edna Tressler and Grace
Fike spent last Sunday at the home of
Henrv Sipple.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Engle passed
last Sunday at the home of Frank
Thomas at Coal Run ang report a
pleasant time.
W. W. Nicholson has for sale a
second hand sixty-gallon oil tank.
The Bangard Bros. unloaded a car
»f lime last week. ]
. Asa Hoar was a severe sufferer o
Juinsy several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Boyer of Berk-
ley’s Mill visited at the home of
Bruce Fike. ‘
Mrs. Harvey Bittner of Meyersdale
spent last Sunday atethe home of E.
D. Lee. wh
Henry Suder passed last Sunday-at!
the home of Bird Brothers.
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REPUBLICANS VIGILANT IN DE-
FENSE OF LIBERTY.
®
The people of this country should}
not overlook the fact that they are
indebted to Republicans for the pro-
test made in the Senate against that
provision of the so-called spy bill
which would have destroyed freedom
of the press and of speech. Senators
Lodge of Massachusetts, Cummins of
Iowa, Borah of Idaho, Johnson of
California, Brandegee of Connecticut
led the opposition to one of the most
drastic measures ever proposed for
the purpose of giving government off
cials: autocratic power. The bill pro-
vided that whoever in time of war in
violation of regulations prescribed by
the President shall publish any in-
formation with respect to war ma-
terials, plans or supposed plans; or
any other information relating to the
publi¢ defense calculated to be or
which might be useful to the enemy
shall be punished, and then there was
a proviso that retended to but did
not protect the freedom of the press.
As one Senator pointed out, if shells
furnished to our ships proved to be
worthless—exploding in the guns, the
American press would not dare ex-
NOTES FROM
highly entertained. by the Junior boys
at a “feed” given last 1 ursda
ing in the social room of the Luth-
eran Church. A jollier evening was
never spent than this one.-
clared although two members of the
HIGH SCHOOL
EDITOR i
Lenore Collins "|
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Gregg Darrow 1
REPORTERS
Harry Aurandt ‘20.
irene Austin "20.
Ruth Bowmaster *19.
Clara RBwe "18. .
Edna Zinn "17.
Margaret Damico "17.
The girls of the Junior Class were
y even-
Many de-
lass, Clara Rowe end Mike Hady,
One of the main
Oscar Swank in the bunch. Finally
scar decided to cover his face with |
lished. The
affair ended in singing old time songs, !
then giving the class Song and Yell. |
The whole High School extends ali
Broadhead
and Mr. Weaver for their return.
We warn all types of humanity to |
beware of Gregg Darrow, as .she is|
likely to attack any one with chat |
murderous knife she carries. Any-|
one doubting this warning may ask|
Clara Bittner, whom she attacked, tor|
advice upon the matter.
We wonder what made Clara Rowe
laugh in Cicero class the other day,
when reading Latin she came to dicam
and pronounced it “Dick come.”
Dorothy Shultz when asked whether
she was a ‘has been” or a “may-be”
insisted on being a “may-be.” We
know of course what she had in
mind.
Marie Hay wrote about a new kind
of fruit in the Senior Physics Class
when her topic was “Source of Elec-
tric Currants.” (Currents).
1st Senior—I can’t understand
what is the matter, there seems to
be green spots, before my eyes.
ond. Senior—Why there ave green |
spots “before your eyes there stands
two Freshmen.
Oscar Swank thinks too much of
‘Liza. He even talks about her In
German class. sl
Mary 3iehl to Norman: Myrere's]
that dandelion 1 gave you?”
Norman—Who had just thrown it
out the window—*1 don’t know.”
Miss “Mercy” Maust- of Springs,
Pa. was a High School visitor Mon-
11.
. Elks, B. P. O. E., Grand Lodge,
«July 9 to 14. CR
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National Electric Light Associa-
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June 21 to 27.
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Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine, Imperial
Council, June 26 to 28.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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[ Fewer Eggs are
| required with
ROYAL Bakia
TE o~
pes the number of eggs may
Cup Ae ping perks : 8 : i
Ta BEET meses |
2 squares melted chocolate .o - : : i
The old methodlcalled for 4 oss and no baking powder A :
DIRECTIONS—Sift flour, and salt together three 5
;add next vanilla, ! melted shortening, .
without beating. Sift in dry ingredients, and fold in as lightly as :
possible. Pour into large baking pan lined with oiled paper, and
bake in slow oveh twenty minutes. When done, turn out on a
damp, hot cloth, spread with white icing and roll.
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National Conference of Charities
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and see aud hear the Box that produces Human
Souuds and Tones, We can demonstrate to your
entire satisfoction a Beautiful Tone Quality.
Several different styles are now on display at our store.
Associated Advertising Clubs of
the World, June 3 to 7.
_ Patrons of Husbandry, National
Grange, November 13 to 26.
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of the Enchanted Realm, Su-
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Tor further details apply to near-
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CEs eee
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SPRING COLDS ARE DANGEROUS.
Sudden changes of temperature and
underwear bring spring colds with
stuedffed up heads, sore throat and
general cold symptoms. A dose of
Dr. King’s New Discovery is sure re-
day.
Is it any wonder James Swank
moved his seat closer to his center
of attraction in Cicero class on Thurs-
day?
Mary Siehl and Mary Leckemby
were sent for buttermilk by Miss
Piersol. Too bad; they went to a
hardware store.
Julia Hoblitzel’s latest.
1 am going to commit suicide, be-
cause life is so cruel. Ah! Ah! How
very monotonous life is. I will my
middy, tie and new shoes to Sylva,
stockings and skirt to Mabel, one
handkerchief to J ohn, a middy to
Billy and a hair-ribbon to Bud.
Mr. Philson told the Junior girls
that they could make eyes better
than he could. Mr. Philson has noth-
ing on Oscar. 3
Prof. Kretchman in an address to
the High School, urged the pupils to
transplant their knowledge from their
brain to a richer soil that it may yield
a better crop for the Nation’s present
crisis. :
Miss Beck: “Give an example of
apparitions.” 3
/ “Robert Blgke: “Air castles’!
Mary Cover and Ethel Mason were
recently fighting 2 duel, and the re-
sult was that Mary broke her sword.
(Yard stick). > i
Miss Beck: “What is a ford” (Nar-
row part of a stream).
Cora Landis: “An automatical go-
cart.” g
Mr. Philson: “Where did the Teu-
pose the fraud because that would
be giving the enemy information re-!
added the comment. that it would be
better to have a Httle publication
rather than have our soldiers go into
battle with defective shells. The
sweeping nature of the bill was em-
phasized by Senator Cummins, who
said that it applied to individuals as
well as to newspapers.
ee
The Big Automobile Races.
garding our weakness. Senator Boarh
tons come from?”
William Keegan: “Ott of the sky.”
John Boose put an excuse in the
box, which read: Please excuse John
for being absent on Monday, as he
had a bad cold and a headache and
went for a walk.
Mary Griffith said that Theodoric’s
wife was a Frenchman.
Eunice Darrow has adopted the
Chinese custom of letting her finger
The Uniontown Automobile Speed- i
way will be “opened on May 10th. :
The elimination races will be held on
May fifth, and the races between
those who qualify wiil take place on
May 10th. - Among the famous driv-
ers who have registered for the races
are Barney Oldfield, Ralph De Palma,
Ralph Mulford, Dave Lewis, Ira Vail,
Art Klein, Billy Taylor, Jack Gable,
and a score of others who are famed
as racing stars.
A bill providing for the organiza-
tion of the Pennsylvania reserve mili-
tia, consisting of not more than three
regiments of infantry and one squad-
yon of cavalry, was introduced in the
Senate by Senator” McKee. This re-
serve force is to take the place of the
guardsmen when’ the latter is calledi
| wie.
out of the state into the federal ser-}
inails grow. will
someone. please
donate her a gold or silver guard so
she wont be so liable to break them.
John Boose informed us that he
had a square back. Poor John. Not
a bit of wonder it is hard for him to
get a suit that will fit.
The Junior class seem to be the
most patriotic in High School. Each
member either wears a pin, flag, or
some national emblem. Where are
the other classes?
eee ere
Pike To Pike Rush.
It has been rumored that the cross-
county road from the Lincoln High-
way to the National Pike , is to be
pushed as soon as possible for a war
preparedness measure by the State
Highway Department, but as yet it
remains for the Legislature to ap-
propriate funds for that purpose.
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Prices $55, $60, $75. COME IN.
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lief, thg happy combination of anti-
septic balsams clears the head, sooth-
es the irritated membranes and what
what might have been a lingering celd
| is broken up. Don’t stop treatment
when relief is first felt as a half cured
cold ig dangerous, Take Dr. King's
New Discovery till your cold is gone.
Measuring a Rainfall. -
The depth of the sheet of water that
would lie on level ground if none of
the water were lost by evaporation or
soaking into the soil represents the
amount of rainfall of a given storm]
and is measured by a rain gauge. The
gtendard rain gauge of the weather
bureau consists of a funnel shaped re-
ceiver eight inches in diameter at the
top, surmounted by a cylinder of ome.
and one-half inches in height and eight
inches in diameter. The funnel is
placed in a cylindrical reservoir, 2.53
inches in diameter and twenty inches
in height. The area of the cross sec
tion of the reservoir is to that of the
receiver as one to ten, or one inch of
rain falling in the receiver corresponds
with ten inches of water in the gauge,
being magnified ten times for the con-
venience ‘and accuracy of measure
ment.
Ancient Chinese Ingenuity.
We are assured that the taxicab is
no new thing, being in its general prin-
ciples a thing known to the ancient
Romans. But now an orientalist goes
even further and asserts that mechan-
ical carts capable of registering dis-
tances traveled by counting and re-
cording the revolutions of very large
cartwheels, connected by cogs with
other concentric or eccentric horizontal
and perpendicular wheels® of propor-
Honate diameters, have been well
known to the Chinese for 1,700 or 1,800
years. On the top of the cart was the
figure of a man holding a drum, which
he beat when one H, a third of a mfle,
was traveled. Some carts had in ad-
dition a figure holding a cymbal, which
was struck when the drum had been
beaten ten times.
A Long Siege.
After a siege of twenty-four years
Turkey took Candia from Venice in
1669.
Use of Maps.
‘A board inspector, having a few min-
utes to spare after examining the
school, put & few questions to the low-
er form boys on the common objects
in the schoolroom.
“What is the use of the map?” he
asked, pointing to one stretched acrdss
the corner of the room, and half a
dozen shrill voices answered in meas-
ured articulations:
“Please, sir, it's to hide master's bi-
eyele.”—London Tit-Bits,
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AAS E. SHEERIN, NURSERYMAN, 10 RIVER ST., DANSVILLE, N.Y.
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Condensed Statement
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
OF, MEYERSDALEEPA.
At Close of Business March 5th, 1917 *,
| RESOURCES ik
Youns and IDVEELMENIR. .... ...tvssresusisssivass, $758,956,00
U.S Bondd...-.............. 70,000.00
Banking House.....:t...... ... 29,500.00
Due from Banks and ReservefAgents....... ..... 802,355.01
Cah... iiss eserves eaves
ses ssecs oss eee
ses es ess nese sees es
54,738.11
Total.... $1,215,5649.18
LIABILITIES ~ |
Capital StoeK....cvveuireirrae nsorvn
Surplus. i. aes runs
Undivided Profits. .... .. oes cee:
CIrCulation. .. <i evi ss( suansnrinsianesrnats
coo + +2.($065,000.00
100,000.00
41,239.91
65,000.00
DEDOBIS .....oonieseeesviiensnsneeeaoneennnsn. 944,800.27
: Total... $1,215,549.18
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who compiled the “Stop! Look! Lis-
ten I” admonition was well paid for his
philological efforts. © s » A pesident
of Georgetown calls attention $0 & sign
4m a workshop in that section of the
city bearing the letters “A. B. Oo" One
is placed over each machine. The pro-
prietor explained that this stood for
“plways Be Careful” Perhaps the"
chology of the initialed warning
in the fact that the curiosity is
peutirred enough to inquire about it
a little trick that advertisers know.
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