rancer, Dancer, Blit- he others were in fit ~ for hard traveling, ady for the visitation 1 of eight will be here f faithful Eskimo at- g to accompanied by and it will of course regular Santa Claus orted that they just us and lively to stir ke people happy .and holiday season when piness will prevail. is for the ction of the from the > everything and most of Ss he is cer- in at Christmas and vill be just long en- tribution of gifts and e other town or city nission. witation to all chil- 3 in Pattton and vi- \Itoona and see him mo helpers, and hear 3 Band. He will give 11 as visit the stores t he will be glad to of the boys and girls n during his stay in La s follows : t $30 per ick, $228; 0; laying ; tile, two sh, $650; and heat- 700; wir- fixtures, painting, lumber, 2 floors, carpenter 950; cop- ens, $190; $85. | be noted ough this ick home a greater cost than heé cost of | surprise xcellence large; all the usual good ap- sign. Leaflet peru ALTHING BODY | 997 YEARS OLD Parliament of Iceland Also Has Problems. Reykjavik.—The oldest democratic parliament in the world is claimed for the althing, the parliament of Ice- land, which in 1930 will celebrate its millenary, It was in the year 930 that all the chief peasants and traders were called together to decide upon the new faith as against the pagan Wodan cult, with the result that Christianity was accepted by an overwhelming ma- jority. To celebrate the occasion a church will be built on the Thingyalia plain as well as a national theater in Reyk- Javik, the capital, The althing has seen many changes in the 997 years of its existence, but it is considered that never at any time has it been more balanced than now. The elections during the summer changed the situation completely, in- asmuch as the Peasant party got 19 seats against 16 to the Conservatives, who were previously in power. As the allthing counts 42 seats, the victorious party, however, will have to co-operate with the five Social Democrats and the sole representative of the Independ- ence party. The single Communist will be left alone to attack the new government from the left. The new premier, Tryggvi Thor- hallsson, was originally a countr: par- son, and is now editor of the Timinn (the Times), the leading paper of Reykjavik. His government will have to face the problem of stabilizing the currency, of building water plants at the many and powerful waterfalls and of constructing railways and motor roads. A point of special interest is the proposal to use for domestic and in- dustrial purposes the warm water of the geysers, the many natural foun- tains where boiling water spouts as it does in the Yellowstone park springs. Whales’ Dives Beat Those of Submarines London.—Whales make the stout- est submarines look exceedingly tame when it comes to diving. Ac- cording to R. W. Gray, a British nat- uralist, they reach depths of 700 to 800 fathoms, or from 4,200 to 4,800 feet, when they are attacked. They do not make a gradual, sloping descent, either, but straight down. This be- havior is known to whalers as “sound- ing.” In the old days, when whales were hunted with hand harpoons or with gun harpoons of a type that did not kill them quickly, the huge sea beasts frequently died at the limit of their dive, and getting them back to the surface was a long and arduous task. Sometimes in shallow water they crashed into the bottom and thus killed themselves. Mr, Gray is of the opinion that the thickness of the whale’s blubber, or protective layer of fat, may have some- thing to do with its “sounding” abil- ity. He notes that the Greenland whale, which has very thick blubber, can reach much greater depths than its relative, the narwhal, Buys Twain’s Letters; Bare Money Worries New York.—An account of the emo- tion and struggles of Mark Twain when his million-dollar fortune was being swept away by the publishing house he had bought, was given by the author in a collection of letters purchased from a private estate by Aaron Mendoza, dealer in old books. The letters revealed him as harassed, but kindly, honest far beyond his legal obligations, and writing to keep his mind off his troubles. “I mean to ship ‘Pud’nhead Wilson’ to you,” Twain wrote his publisher during one of the years of depression. “I am almost sorry it is finished. It was good entertainment to work at it and kept my mind away from other things.” Excuses All Good New Rochelle, N. Y.—Ignatius Cel- lins was in court for running his car past a stop signal. “I have three good excuses,” he told the judge. The ex- cuses were triplets. Sentence was sus- pended. Sijassussessausmesnisiennt 5 . # First-Class Jap 5 > 3 . * Wedding Costs $35 3% % Tokyo.—It costs the equiv- 5 alent of $35 gold to be married * % in first-class style in any of the * x larger Shinto shrines in Tokyo, * * according to a scale of charges 3 % just made public. i % The $35 ceremony includes # the attendance of high priests, * % a clerical orchestra with flutes, 4 #% cymbals and pipes like those 3 * used by Pan, and all possible 4 3 trimmings, Second-class wed- 3 5 dings cost $25, and so on down % to weddings classed as “pine,” 3 # “bamboo” and “plum,” the plum %* style necessitating a shrine fee : 3% of $7.50. : i 3 In Tokyo, as elsewhere, it is 4 # not the initial cost but the up- & 3 keep that counts, and the groom ” % of a first-class wedding may 3 3 spend thousands of dollars upon - # the wedding reception and din * ”e 1 ‘ v : & Der and more thousands upon # the gifts to guests. X ne Ersans RoR Re fe fe fe de fel fe SR Re ep ——— ENGLAND RETURNS INDIAN WAR CLUB American Museum Acquires Ancient Weapon. New York.—The war club of an im- portant Indian of the old Iroquois tribe is a new prize acquired from Engiand by the Museum of Ameridan Indian, Heye Foundation, here. From marks on the weapon museum experts have been able to reconstruct a good deal of its past career, even though any records or stories attached to it have long since been lost. The handle of the club is carved with the words “Ogdehtague le cam- ara de Jeanson” which, translated, means “Oqdehtague, the friend of Johnson,” according to Arthur Wood- ward of the museum staff. On the other side of the handle is engraved the strange looking word “Warrag- hiyagey,” which is the name the Iro- quois gave to Sir Willlam Johnson, the British superintendent of Indian af- fairs shortly before the American Rev- olution. Bears Exploit Marks. “The remainder of the cleared space on the handle is filled with a series of exploit marks,” says Mr. Wood- ward. “There are war belts denoting the number of times the warrior had set out upon the war trail and the number of times he was wounded is shown, There is a rude carving of a full-length figure depicting on the body the tattoo marks worn by an old- time Iroquois fighting map. There are also figures represting 13 men each carrying a gun.” The ancient weapon recalls that in 1758, during the French and Indian war, an Onondaga warrior was slain by the enemy and Sir William John- son’s secretary recorded his death. This Indian bore the name of Otquen- andagehte, which very nearly approx- imates the name on the war club, and the knife carried by this Indian bore the same words, “friend of Johnson,” that are found on the club, “It would seem that the knife and club both belonged to the same man,” Mr. Woodward says, “and that the club, being a well-executed piece of work and more important than the knife, was taken as spoils of war by the Indian or Frenchman who killed its owner. Later the club may have been captured by some British fighter, and so it found its way to England as a curiosity. It would seem that the club belonged to some important man of the Iroquois who stood in well with Sir William, then the autocrat of Indian affairs.” Sent Back as Curios. Many of the early colonists sent back to their homes in England, Hol- land, France, or Spain numbers of Indian “curios,” he states. Today these souvenirs are among the most valuable of all American ethnological specimens, because they represent the culture of the American Indian at the time when he first came into contact with the old world civilization. Usurers Are Targets of Press in France Paris.—Usurers once more -are be- ing tracked down by newspaper came paigns and public-spirited citizens in France. After-war legislation has let down the bars so that 10 per cent a month loan sharks flourish. Their prey is furnisked by the government, whose vast army of more than a mil- lion employees are among the more poorly paid workers. Their need of money drives them to the usurer large- ly because government functionaries still retain much of the prewar dig- nity that makes it difficult for them to borrow from friends. Unable to prosecute money lenders in most cases, one newspaper has sent its reporters systematically to the loan sharks and reprinted the con- versation regarding rates, with point- ed comments intended to warn people against excessive charges. Nation’s Health Bill Totals $4,000,000,000 Minneapolis, Minn.—The nation’s health bill is $4,000,000,000 — more money than the total cost of adminis- tering the United States government —the Co-operative Club of Minneapo- lis was told by Dr, John A, Hornsby, member of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Doctor Hornsby, while attending the convention of the American Hos- pital association, said this money is expended in connection with hospitals and sanatoriums, for drugs, health re- sorts and patent and quack medicines. Pointing out that the $4,000,000,000 does not include athletics and recre- ation that had health for their object, Doctor Hornsby declared that prob- ably the largest sum of money direct- ed to any human activity is invested in health, 140,000,000 Blacks and 4,000,000 Whites in Africa Sydney.—*“There are 140,000,000 blacks and 4,000,000 whites in Africa, and it is only a matter of time until Africa will be ruled by the black man,” declared Dr, H. E, Warcham, who has had 25 years of experience in missionary work in northern Rho- desia. “Africans are not an inferior spe- cies of people,” said Doctor Wareham, “and they cannot be kept permanently in subjection, But they need the guid ance of the white man. “Co-operation with mutual respect is required.” et voice. through the air. 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Pe s%e s Tes soles eelesioelerloateete esTesloeles] Aaa BIAS Se cast anchor on a that winter. Nothing daunted, omy they were able learned the value of LEGAL NOTICE. Court Proclamation. Whereas, the Honorable John E. Evy- ans, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Forty-Seventh Ju- dicial District, consisting of the County of Cambria, has issued his precept bear- ing date the 22nd day of September, to me directed for holding a COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER and GENERAL JAIL.. DELIVERY ;. AND.. QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE, in Ebens- burg, for the County of Cambria, and to commence on the First Monday of De- cember next, being the fifth day of said month of the year 1927 and to continue for one week. Notice is hereby given to the Coroner, » SPORTSMEN! Justices of the Peace, Aldermen and the Constables of said County of Cambria, that they be then and there in their pro- —— : per persons, at 10 o'clock in the fore- noon of said day, with their records, in- nrAA is a prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It kills the germs. quisitions, examinations, and their other | remembrances, to do those things which to their offices appertain to be done and to those who are bound in recognizances to prosecute against the prisoners that are or shall be in the Jail of Cambria County, that they be then and there to prosecute against them_as shall be just. Given under my hand at Ebensburg the seventh day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and the one hundred and fifty-second year of the independence of the United States. CARL STEUER. Sheriff, Sheriff's Office, Ebensburg, Pa. Nov.10-4t, ————— “Electricity dun SAYS LEWIS E. PIERSON, President of the United States Chamber of Commerce. “Many factors have contributed to the pre-eminent position of America’s work- ers, but underlying everything else has been the fact that the American wage earner has had more horse power at his elbow than the worker of any other na- tion.” * While the rest of the world wrestles with unrest and indus- trial strife, capital and labor in America work shoulder to choul- der on a basis that has resulted in higher standards of living than those enjoyed by any other people, «...The most highly developed sys- tem of electric power equipment and facilities In the world has helped make this condition of af- falrs possible, ply American industry with more than thirty million horse power, Expressed in terms of man power this Is equivalemt to the potential service of 40 helpers for every worker in this country Increasing, as it does the pro- duction capacity of the worker by forty fold this great industrial force has improved the financial status of American labor approxi- mately fifty per eent in the last fifteen years, while at the same time, materially decreasing the cost of manufactured articles. In the light of such achievement it is ovious that the imterests of Americar business and American Because of the engineersing skill and organizing ability which have gome into the expansion of America’s power plants, there Is avallable to American Industry te- day more electrical energy than Is produced in all the rest of the family life will be served bast by world combined, the careful preservation of the principle of individual initiative by which such accomplishments have been made possible, Nearly a million miles of trans- mission and distribution lines sup- *The complete text of Mr. Pierson’'s address will be furnished upom request Penn Central Light & PowerCo. oedvedeciordedoodudeodundedoodecdecdvdecdendecdondedondodecdodocfordecoriodecdordecdeofodocdondecdeodondeodeogodooddesguagectordegor opening an account THE FIRST NA G. E. Prindible, Pres. F. L. Brown, Cashier Total Resources Capital Paid Up . Surplus Earned __ 2, % ordered ERY Looted Loot. . preireiredredeeivdestoctveeaucts featesteateetortoetuateatestoste ts THE Tiveless Servant of Ameria’s Prosperity HEIR nnn THRIFT FOUNDED THE NATION EHREE hundred seven years ago a band Scarcely had these brave pioneers settled in their new } colony when the terrible w r half of the party survived the harc and planted their crops. [ that we would do well to follow You and your family will prosp Practice thrift with your spare dollars Ardrdefreilmioofrioerodefooioonirdondsfedelisiode fonds ode cfedonfedo fede fends sfnteatoss PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA A BOLL OF HONOR fecforfesfocdacosfosfecfaforteodecdavioniod boo! + of TS heey £5 aman oe 2, + o! CROWN 2 & 0 ge f Pilgrims 2. ge wild New Englarn n. Only oe. fering of 3 those who were spared exercising the to live and prosper thrift. The method bos! d be thankful for 2,5 fouls in this reliable ation, 1, food 2, jorerforterk Googe lrolood os 2, 0 8 rE tos} 2. + of 2 ofenforforferfefofocfeciedde 2 TIONAL BANK F. E. Farabaugh, V. Pres Reuel Somerville. V. Pres $2,000,000.00 ee $100,000.00 eer $100,000.00 BANK Mosforforfoctococteefosfosfoafonororfocfocdecfosfortorfororonfos » * + oleeeedeslostesleoln FUNERAL Phone: Office Bas Split ett bistoth teelnililesldieddstendedsteotuntestsed tees Haeduozontes ied eiredestetedtest Try ——— HEH nnn J. EDWARD STEVENS FUNERAL DIRECTO Phone Office and Residence it HINT —————————————————————————————————————"n——— EXECUTOR’S NOTICE In the Estate of Joseph A. Gaunt- | ner, late of Patton Borough, deceas. Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamentary in the estate of the above named decedent have been or. anted to the undersigned. Al] person RAYMOND D. BUCK Shefredreinioofooiosfosfondecfufrofosfonfocfocfesdostosontose Serle ontsconfeoofrofufodscfeds of dentesfodoceoe PATTON, PA. Jesfertaclandintouteoteotes ole eTefenTeTeeTeTos tes en) Ii HE nn - eee a PR too eofarfeefeiontectostesaetece DIRECTOR and Residence FOEREEER RRR RRR R RLF ENR eleieeleiontedetentesdedecdoeste dodo nteatentestote tastoston feeds EE TP Papeete a TEER RY ..0 eels es ..2 Jeter es *, + Teste. boo] R AND EMBALMER CARROLLTOW N, PENNA 2, di SR Touts ’. te ole Hu o} ——— (having claims or demands el: against the {Same will make them known without . delay to | Alonzo D. Gauntner Evaline M. Shuss | Executors Patton, Pa. indebted to the said estate are yes | Rete} Somerville, Attorney, quested to make payment and those Patton, Pa.
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