have returned home ¢ after vis- iting at Camp Hancock, Ga. Char Landis and Net- tie ear. “of Somerset, were married at Cumberland last week. Miss Ruth Knupp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Knupp left here recently for New Britain, Connecticut, in order to visit a sister. She was ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barkman, of Milford township. ¥ ; ’ Passenger Conductor John P. Kelley has resumed work on the S. & C. branch, after en- joying a ten days’ vacation Camp Hancock. Mrs. Eugene daughter, Rebecca, town, has returned visiting at the at Cook and of S hor Joh 1. 3480 Cook’s parents. aN James Cover, of Patriot St. Mrs. Charles Lepley is 'visit- ing relatives and {friends in Connells ville, Miss Salome McKelvey isi spending a few days in Wash- ington and Baltimore. Mrs. Margaret Fox, has re- turned to her home in Carne- gie, after visiting relatives and friends in Somerset. Miss Anna C. Scull is on a two weeks’ visit in the East. General Manager Frank R. Lyon, of the Consolidation Coal Company of Vermont, Va., ac- companied by his wife and children, were recently visitors with Somerset relatives and friends. Miss Catherine L. Murdock, of Johnstown, is visiting at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Huston, of the South Side. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Neff, Jr., of Akron, Ohio, are visiting Somerset relatives and friends. D. B. Zimmerman has re- turned from North Dakota, where he was transacting busi- ness. Hon. Bruce F. Sterling, of Uniontown, was a recent visit- or to Somerset. Miss Nellie Kooser, has turned home after visiting in Philadelphia. Richard Baldwin of Com- pany ‘C’ is spending a days’ furlough with Somerset | friends. Prof. O. O. Saylor, of the Salisbury Schools, e- spent several days with Somerset rel- | atives last week. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ends- ley and two children returned | home after visiting at the home | ten | Principal | been there—just pretty senti- ment and patriotic thought, from cover to cover. Printed in the Colonial col-| dom of choice enjoved by the | city Waren it dd the free- dom of ch 10ice of the would-be | “1 / ors, buff and blue, illustrated farmer, in a sense it ended the by sketches made especially by freedom of the western world. our artists at Mount Vernon. , | “And when the free land ! This is a book endorsed by | was gone, all Tog began to the highest authorities. ‘have a mon oply price irrespec- $1 a copy, postpaid. With! tive of its real v It ac- a one year’s subscription to| quired a speculative value. No ACHIEVEMENTS, Mr. Jones’; | longer vas land desirable only individualist Washington mon-| because of its greater fertility AD thly, $1.50. Lor ss to the city. Send today—because Christ-| | land now had a seggeity value, mas is drawing near. U. 5.1 a value due to the Tact that alt Press Association, Real Estate of the land was privately own- | Trust Building, Washington, Then D.C began to rise. nearne 1 ed. It rose = tte | great rapidity. A million in- WHAT THE NEW YORK {coming immigrants increased NEWS PAPERS SAID OF | | the demand, not only for land, | but for food as well, Ang this | neve sing demand upon limited supply affected all Is | values. 1t has been especially | ¢ ive during the past Taw i | vears. Fifty years ago land “5 | in iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Ne- 7 | braska and the Dakotas was held at from $3 to $5 an acre. Today it is held at “from $100 | REICH’S AUDITORIUM to pay for it. From 1900 to Tuesday Evening, December 18 1910 farming land increased 15¢ ADMISSION 15¢ value 118 per cent. Music by the Orchestra “Not only is the would-be = farmer excluded from the land NOTICE by prohibitive prices, but hun- To the Sto pelholders of the! dreds of millions of actes are Se Water Co. | he eld in great estates, while “the Stockhold- over 400,000,000 acres of land ers of t! nd 1 Spring Water enclosed in farms is not under Co., of } rsdale, Pa., will be! cultivation at all. While food held in ik directors room of has almost reached famine the Citizens National Bank, oi prices to the poor, while mii- Monday evening, January 4,| lions of people are herded in 1918, at 7 o’clock, for the a tenements and about the great pose of electing directors for} industries, while hundreds of the ensuing vear, and the t trans-| thousands of farmers have mi- | action of any other business’ grated to Canada and nearly brought before the'40 per cent of our 6,000,600 j farmers are tenants, there e: Philson, Sec. ! ists in this country land enough, j if converted into moderate siz- i ed farms, to provide comfort- able homes for at least 30,000,- 000 people. “How can idle landholding > 2. 3: J { NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS All delinquent Tax payers of; i | Elk Lick Tow nship take Notice 1 will sit for the collection of | be ended? How can we limit taxes at St. Paul December 12; the amount of land a man may | at Springs, December 13; ail ow to thas which he actually | Bo nton December 14; Salisbury | Needs anc cultivates? ID art 1017. = can we break up the 200,000,- all tax payers to: 000 acres held in great estates | We expect settle in full at this ih tor, and throw open to use the| the free land ended, the free-| the price of land! with | aio to $300 an acre. Tr e farming | g land in America is held at a 4% higher price thin it is Fng- Phold Drone, of Life land. nite AiR Relentlesa Trulh “This speculative price of] “REDEMPTION” is a sur- land is one explanation of the prise, a revelation. decay of agriculture and the —N. Y. World. failure of farming to keep Big production w on worth! pace with our needs. The man | seeing—Episodes i Evelyn: of average capital is unable to Nesbit’s life arouse sympathy buy or to make a living on the for women. NN Y. Eve. Tele | land at the price w hich he has | in How | whether it was ten acres or a hundred acres. They would pay an annual tax to the State, not unlike the rental now paid { the landlord. But they would | then be free from all other | taxes, and in addition the great quantities of land brought on- to the market would materially cheapen the rental of all land. For as taxes on land are in- creased the price of the land diminishes. “And the taxation of all land values up to the full a- | mount of the rental value is the aim of those who believe in the single-tax philosophy. They tax heavily as a means not only of freeng the land but of freeing man as well. This would end tenancy; it would | end all land speculation; uld end land monopoly for- For then actually used, it! 13 men would, | 1 hold no more land than they and as land] | would exist in abundance for all it would be impossible for owners to hold men either as | tenants or as agricultural work- ers. Men would own their own farms and work for themselves. | “Moreover, the untaxing of all kinds of farm improvements would encourage men to build, | | | i | tractive. | to make their places more at! “The taxation of land val-! Lon would be to America like | the discovery of a new conti- j nent. It would open up hun- dreds of millions of acres. | would greatly increase pro- | duction. It would solve the | food problem and the high cost of living. And what is true of agricultural land is true of the mineral resources, timber-land and city land as well.” Patronize our Advertisers. A LION’S ROAR IS GOLDWYN’S SALUTE picture field with the roar of a lion. The first picture flashed on; the screen in the initial pro- duction, “Polly of the Circus,” is that of the circular trade mark of Goldwyn. Inscribed on the edge of the circle are the Latin words, “Ars Gratia Artis,” which, freely translated mean, art for art’s sake. In the center of the circle reposes a lion. | lion turns his head, opens his huge mouth and roars. This i Pictures. You want to see the | opening production, “Polly of | the Circus,” Thursday, Decem-| { ber 20th. Red Kiduoy Beans 10c per can, at— HAREL & PHILLIPS Patr our Advertisers. onize of Mr. Endsley’s par ents, Sen- | any taxes anpaid for the year, "400,000,000 acres enclosed in| ator and Mrs. J. W. Endsley, 1917. farms but not cultivated by the of Somerfield. H. G. L epley, owners? | Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hause Collector for Elk Lick Twp. oF ol he measures pro- | - hildren have returned | Meye¢ rsdale, Pa., R F. D- No. 2 posed for i 1e solution of these | and cin; ~ appending several - : — | problems the taxation of land | home at he Lame ® of Mrs. THE very best oi eomargar- oh the Sinpless ond most | Hause’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. | ine 368¢ per Ib, at— fs Sflesiive e. It will do w lore th id John Engle, of St. Paul | HABEL & PHILLIPS ¢ neasu: mbined 0| It! Goldwyn enters the motion! As the picture is flashed the! is the introduction of Goldwyn: A ETT WRB pg ampere * ARE pT sta gerd AB > - | 24 THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSD = ©. Pa — a - - SET RE i. : A BR IRAE 3 SAR SAA HE. I 5 x B a .. : a . : Na 3a BTID ATI MONOPOLY 1 ve- 1g T ; nL I who is working ~ i \ SEER fe ChanERUIAL © nes t : - he £4 / Vrs ai A cha vt 2 C1 I1€. 3 % - . 7 2 es 1. 4d. PPaiig.ers was a business <i ditor 21 Lyisitor to Mc) co recenuiy. av 1 S Te is W: W. Nichoisc of Vim, 1B i 2 v X i A YS Tc | > ru : iW recen apsel VISIiLor. a A MI t PA 2 in ot} n 1 3 iL Ma a ig Eo = oF ih, oy a method } r Re 3 st wok: all of the : w NM : i ] ua 1 ? ci 3 prising . Sh = gration ni ur aano eorge ’ Por. of New : his 3 known gener- rat on the § list, 18 i1m- 3 3 : : il) Laa, in LOl- roving again. pai ¢iy easy to lmaugurale. —- A.W. Lowry, of Seonoy, has ic can be put lilo eliect by wie SOMERSET turned home and 5 Spending legislature 01 any oSuale or by " x : several days wiih i is family. a couunyy where nome ruie in Mrs. George Baer and son, |" °" Co h 3 : taiaiion exists, by an act which ( Glenn, of Mey ersdale, are Mrs. S. SB. Schl: ig, Wao nas local taxation ail Sls 0 7% oats al the 1 rome of M and been ill for several weeks, left al taxa i 9 77 ZUCRS al Ll) 1 Cc il. ARN ; oF 4 Al i +1 x Nous Improve Ti 1 Tt Parry Baer recently ie Allegheny, rTOW : I 5 a EC told. of General Eo al at Pittsburgh, Wage , packil TDan- oo mg Th maciners S 9.6 Rut Hiigad Sever: ’5| where she will receive treat- ic S, ar nd speculators, with Be 31s i property of § ai escript: Mr. and | ment. : : control | ture ond ae scrip! on ge . Cc AVL el Cul aN iy Ca ipu Lr KinGs OL , £ Wost rs. Thurman B. Cross and nals and Pilih * . man, of West Mx Thurm ! hiv Tar iw. Properiy irom taxauion ai dau ghter, of Llkins, West Vir- pid 2 ih <n iri v {To} 1 Es POY ro. taxes will aulomadtically fall % : TIA + | ginit, are vis ul ing at the home DP . anh an 3 I teva : 5 1.11 (RGF §) 1 A Mililot, 1 : z PON thie alll. INO 0X taxes ee fey of Mrs. Cro=s’ p rents, Mr. and Ha : 2 6 : Vi 1 ON DYO-| ais E on Kasti wiil be levied. As a re hic J fes k Pate: fot street. Shige taxes on land wiil be auloran ‘i tor ds : y: : = ically increased. And ii 19.6 LOL ¢ 7 1 arlin, was . Ww Nn t V sera, ari tax is heavy enough Iv will Gis- Vi H ray in Somer- Te Lialidivce ot iand Ty EY ( the neiqing ol and Oi sof . ‘ Xa Set { other pur; n | n : - Dit tion. = is Vv FINE GIFT BOOK i But \oout our cides, even in oil on Attor The finest Gift Book printed’ jiher evil astern States, millions of ' ney d Mrs. C. ¥ ker | is “Mount V ex on, the Home of vitality of A: E 1., of Pitts .| Washington,’ E. Jones. tyre, according to Dr 3 SY Just the thing for mother, fath- is cur s em of 14 1 JULES faome| ne 8 Cur = cI OC i ohll , x er Suter husband, . © bron. O.) wife, soldier friend—or any a in bn an iand £4 imi, U i \ y ay ; 1 4 4 . § : Ne ra 't body, who believes that hook would bring on onto the 4 1 1 ng reiauive and iriends . > |] : wi United States and Washing | portal nierket, while a very ‘small ta in ! ie 3 pai Aan lwho helped establish our i the great ranges of the ! _ Eugene Rhoads, oi ine AVia-| pendence, represent true would lead to their be- tion Ser rvice 18 Vi aang M18 | otism. a ¢ broken up for settlers. mother, Mrs Pnuip nhgaos This volume is just a 1b “And if the tax upon the Mrs. Joseph Kantner has re-| of impressions of one wi t grea American (land were nu wade sufliciently : wood home lar uv iv tat - ~ ANA Sav ¢ 2 > . turned home after iting her| visited Mount Vernon one day tory. It bors ans ihe et of heavy men would takeonlysuch |, husband at Pe eter 2, Va, the thi he thouoht: U : y . c Y —the ings he hought; the an era in the history of the land as they actually needed or | Mr. a1 nd Mrs. S samuel Sharah | things you thought, if you have world. For the enclosures of as they actually worked, |g Get the Range of Smoking Satisfaction Roll “Bull” Durham into a cigarette and you have 8 a smoke with all the vim, vigor and dash of Uncle |] Sam's fighting men, That's why the American Army ® isan army of “Bull” Durham smokers. “Bull” Durham puts snap into their action and “punch” into their systems. For a virile, lively, manly smoke, “roll your own” with “Bull” Durham. SENUINE URHAM LLL TOBACCO “Bull” Durham is the mildest of all tobaccos. unigie aroma and a distinctive mellow-sweet flavor that no other tobacco can give you. Made of the famous “bright” Virginia-NorthCarolina leaf, Bull” Durham has been the great Amer- ican smoke for three generations. You “roll your own” with “Bull” Durham and enjoy a real smoke. FRE gamne correct way to “Roll Your Own''Ciga- rettes, and a package of cigarette pal as, wi both be mailed, free, to any addr n U.S. on request. Address * Bull" Bibs Durham, N.C. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. It has a Ask for FREE package of ‘papers’ with each Se sack. An lNustrated Booklet, Sm What to Give a Man or Boy For Christmas A War Christmas means a practical Christmas and evervthing in this store is practical —carry- ing men’s and boys wear exclusively. The styles are right, the prices are moderate. GIFT SUGGESTIONS FOR HIM | Overcoats, Top Coats, Kaincoats, Gloves. Dress Shirts, $1.00 to $5 so. tiful line of Neckwear at 25c¢ to $2. 00. wear, Handkerchiefs, Mufflers, Hosiery, House Coats, Bath Dress suits, Dress Vest, Hats of new Caps, 25C to $2.00. Links, Collar Boxes, las, iraveling Bags, Suits, Beau- Under- spenders, Full A special line Belts, Sleeve Sweater Coats, Umbrel. Suit Cases, Ete. Men's and Boys’ Wear---That's Call In and Make Your | Hartley CERSMEEAR £2 IT 1 GQ SUE i ODES, All Selection. V No, Sc Capitze In otd capitalis is necess tion of Vv ier on Afev tries of have th control. to deat death, They ec: the mos work, Vv and wh receive. This Socia slavery. Bogle So as an nen ar makeuj be able the kin in the will al that .a from p his des fuil va will be not onl but als in life. hours have tl tion t« higher In sg dustris the pr Ino ae & the Fogtin the cl and t} Initiat C Lalu J CG
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers