ly ... 8 PICTORIAL LIFE OF HERBERT HOOVER i No. 7 By Satterfield THE PATTON COURIER HIGHWAY WORK AT RECORD TOTAL Stuart Expects to Have Six Hun. dred and Fifty Miles Under Contract by January 1. The Pennsylvania Department of Highways has advertised for bids dur- ving the present year for 546 miles of road construction projects, including 27.37 miles of grading and drainage, Secretary James Lyall Stuart said this week in his monthly report to Govern- or John S. Fisher. This exceeds by 192 miles the mileage advertised in 1927 for the same period of time, and ex- ceeds by 133 miles the mileage adver- tised for the entire year of 1927. Secre- tary Sturat estimates that 100 addi- tional miles wil lbe advertised during the balance of this year after the Sept. 14th letting, which will make a grand total for the year 1928 of about 650 miles. The mileage of pavement contract during the present season was laid by Hoover in College WOULD PUT STOP T0 HITCH HIKING Pennsylvania Motor Federation Head Decries It As Unnec- cessary Evil. War to the finish is to be declared on the hitch hiker, the Pennsylvania Motor Federation declared Monday. “This form of highway panhandling has become so dangerous and so an- noying in Pennsylvania that steps must be taken to end it for good and all.” said S. Edward Gable, president of the Federation, “and to accomplish that end the State Legislature at the coming session will be asked to pass a law making ride soliciting on the pub- lic highways punishable by a fine or a jail sentence.” Mr. Gable pointed out that a law of this kind has been quite effective in Minnesota, where it has been in oper- ation for some time; that New Jersey has recently enacted a similar meas- e, and that a number of other autoist who picks up a stranger aolng the road is taking a long chance, never knowing whether the person he is tak- ing into his car is intent on robbery or some other crime. Hundreds of crimes, including a number of murders, have been cammitted in this way ,with un- wary motorists as victims.” In addition, the motor head said, the motorist makes himself liable under the law for the safety of whoever he picks up. In case of accident and injury the person in the car, whether invited as a guest, or hitch hiker, can hold the autoist responsible for injuries and can the courts have held in more than “host.” one instance—collect damages from the “Trains, trolleys and busses are pro- vided for the public not using motor cars, and except in remote instances, there is no excuse for existence of the hitch hiker, thumb jerker, or whatev- er other name he is called,” said Mr. Gable. “Law prohibits panhandling on public streets and there is no reason why it should not put a ban on this other form of panhandling on the t highway. “The hitch hiker, whether he be col- lege youth, school child, or profession- c from savwerre(e p.- ling 219.55 at the last compiliation reports. PORTRAIT from the family al {are considering like action. He D _ al beggar, must go. Motorist ; can ac- The total grading and drainage pro- bum taken when the Repub led the following provision which he complish this by finally refusing to a new L Herbert Hoover entered Stanford Uni- 2. Baseball was his favorite college sport, and jects completed by contract this year lean presidential candidate |said, enacted into law, would solve the heed the solicitations of the roadside . | versity in 1801. Engineering was his goal. he proved an expert at the strategy of the game. were twenty-five miles. was a student at Leland Stanford Uni | hitch hiking problem in Pennsylvania: | [F2Veler, but ‘the most prompt and the uring i The department of highways had 215 | versity im 1894, No person shall stand in the tra~ | 00st effective method is through the 1 { active contracts on August 31st, thirty- velled portion of a public highway passage of a Jaw, making the practice nown ; | eight of which were contracted during sre wa for the purpose of soliciting, or |2 misdemeanor. This step should, and : the month of August. During the same SN . while soliciting a ride from the likely will be, taken up by the Legisla- } month ninety-five miles of paving URGE PLANTING OF driver of any vehicle other than a ture, at the next session. ” ” were placed by contract. The total mil- common carrier. The penalty for RET SG aor A eage of road and bridge construction violation of this Act is Bot: fine o IMPROVE CONDITIONS. tyle --a more { contracts awarded in August amount- HICKORY IN STATE five days in jail, or both, at the A survey just conciuded by the sch- style than } ed to 76.86 miles, with a contract value discretion of the court ool division of the bureau of child heal- r world has : § amounting to $3,216,682.67. T——— “Though troublesome throughout the th among schools of the fourth class mn. And here, } To insure the use of the best possible [Restocking of Pennsylvania’s|year, hitch hiking is particularly pre- | districts shows that an improvement increase in n responsive- as to amaze s who have with Buick’s is according ry Buick the ception ever car. Thatis Buick hasal- ywide vogue! ~ struction projects. southern, southeastern and western J 9 The materials laboratory is also|parts of the state. making an investigation and study Hickory is a tree that deserves to be T concrete and the development of afin small groups, in young forests, or in DAI RE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE. | phur; not more than 9 per cent ash. | The largest number was installed in “Pavement Surface Tester” to detect openings in older stands where there ENERAL MOTORS Ebensburg, Pa., September 11, 1928 An analysis from a qualified chemist | Berks county, with Montgomery coun- Frrogularities in road srface m is little or no shade. LED BIDS: —Up until 11 o'clock must accompany each bid. all | ty following. The Department forces surfaced wit 1 Young seedlings tolerate shade but rigerator made and AA Monday OTOLT 8 1928, sealeq| The County Commissioners reserve a flexible type of construction during |after the stands become older they re- . a 2 ras ot ; . | the right to reject any or all bids. { Pi is g x % the present calendar year, up to and | quire opening up. The trees grow slow. ireat Gemeral Motors bids will be received at the office of the Envelopes a bids should be| PREPARE TREE BULLETIN including the week of August 18th, [ly at first but then grow well as ut of every five El- County Contorller for pr pag plainly marked, “BIDS FOR COAL.” A new bulletin on the beech, birch 21.82 miles and resurfaced 81.57 miles, | the twentieth year should average 20 delivering Bituminous id a ne HENRY L. CANNON, and maple forest type in Pennsylvania | principally flexible type construction. |feet in height. It is preferable to plant is a FRIGIDAIRE, Cambria County Court Trouse, 3 ane a C : Controller will soon be ready for distribution by | The total mileage of surface treatment | the nuts, since the trees are difficult atistied users. Priced Juvenile Home, the contract to contin- | 3t, ounty Controle. | the Pennsylvania Department of For- [applied by department forces this year [to transplant. The tap root is very ue in force for a period of six months | —_— ests and Waters. The authors of this {was 1581 miles. large, often becoming a foot long in the from date of the contract. | INSPECT INSTALLATIONS bulletin are State Forester Joseph S.| During the month 973,606 gallons of | first year. Fertile, fresh soil should be AYLOR, Coal must show the following anal-| The bureau of fire protection of the Illick, and Forester Leroy Frontz. It|bituminous material were applied to |selected. Nuts are planted an inch or ysis: Not less than 68 per cent carbon; | Pennsylvania State Police, during the enters into a very thorough discussion | 394.61 miles of highway. two below the surface of the ground. EBENSBURG, PA. not more than 22 per cent volatile mat- | past month approved 469 installations of this valuable forest type in Pennsyl- Secretary Sturat also reported that | Most of the nuts, if planted in the ter; not more than 1.75 per cent sul- | for distribution of inflammable liquids. vania and is profusely illustrated. the entire state highway system has | fall, should germinate the following been marked with Pennsylvania Traf- | spring. ® fic Route Numbers and United States Hickory is one of the hardest, heav- ee Highway markers. Approximately 75,- | iest and strongest of our woods, and | wham a, — 000 signs were placed on Aug. 6 and 7. | although the total number cut is not ; wo) We pe ET ma large compared with pine and oak, has 8 XE nay yg: SIXTEEN HUNDRED EMPLOYES special qualities for which no substi- [ fe) / AID NO AGE LIMIT PLAN [tute has been found. The phrase, “as ve Cc \ I Choice of the Nation i Jie tough as hickory” has been handed BN \\\ / 1 20 / 77, i 3 There is no longer an age limit in dow n from early American settlers who . , . . i WN Jor 9 o ad) Joss 1 nes) sstaisheny in wete uik 10 Joa the Reuiar merits : Byers age is a good age in which to save. The : B a Ax i 3 ht] ennsylvania, the bureau of employ- 16 WOOd T agricultural purposes boy who starts saving wi Pi » » bee : i Eh £1 oe Bi Rosa ment Pennsylvania Department of La- | and fuel. It tands at the top of the list a yeung Sian ng y iu fd y hen he he comes | ; vl bor and Industry, announced during | as 2 fuel wood. A cord of hickory wood lh Gi 1a saving Jas hecome ay alued : the week. Managers of these plants | Possesses a great fuel value and is the habit. As he gets older, he wil still save, and i have advised Walter J. Lloyd, director | equivalent of a ton of coal. It was val- when he reaches the age for retiring from active l of the buerau that persons seeking em- | ued by the Indians for firewood and for business he will have a splendid balance upon ployment will not be discriminated ag- | POWs, because of its elasticity. which he can rely in tim f ainst on account of age if they can| The name, “hickory” is derived from an rely in time of need produce the necessary qualifications the Indian name of a liquor obtained 2 for employment. The bureau will issue from pounding the kernels. The Indi- to each of the establishments a certifi- | ans pressed the nuts with stones, and THE F 1 cate stating that they have filed with | Put them, shells and all, mingled with B K ; the department their intention to give | Water, into mortars where they were work to anywhere vacancies exist with- poise with wooden pestalls. The re- PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA ) out regard to age. . sulting liquor was called powcohiscora. OF Prindi ; Employment conditions throughout RE Er I E. Prindible, Pres. F. E. Farabaugh, V. Pres | Pennsylvania are improving gradually, RATTLESNAKES AT $1.00 PER €L Brown, Cashier Reuel Somerville. V. Pres reports to the bureau indicate. The EACH, PROVIDED, HOWEVER! . i * 9 principal demand for workers is con- Total Resources iE a ai $2,000,000.00 i coring t, 0 ears 7€4 UCCesS fined principally to skilled workers,| Snake hunters, locally, will be inter- Capital Paid Up $100,000.00 1 including machinists , furnace brick |ested in an announcement from State : i layers and drop forge workers. This | College, that Prof. George R. Green Sirplus Rarned $100,000.00 j ' class of artisans is much in demand |is making a special study of rattlesnake g OF HONOR BANK i . . . Li Lge TaN Shen nye bes poisoning and ourienl (LRtcater l directed to profitable employment in| Prof. Greene is head of the nature i -pocaiise ao Distinctive Beauty the past week. Unemployment contin- study department at the college and i e . nh SHS In the Jskilied ip is has conducted Sees he field in i cluding clerical and stenographic work. | the summer months. At this time the | Thr [ling Performance and ARAZING Economy ; flesh of rattlesnakes was eaten as al; Ts PR i OBTAINS SCHOOL SPECIMENS. novelty. He desires to purchase live| , i State Superintendent of Public In-|specimans of the rattlesnakes, eigh- 3 ] ! Week after week and month and out they prove anew that struction, Dr. John A. H. Keith, has| teen inches long or over, requiring] $ J EDWARD STEVENS 4 | after month the Bigger and Fisher craftsmanship is a thing Qompleld pL ATDRITS with 1 i int the yikes be spp to the col-| } . Wh $ 1 ban Chiov as swe art. adelphia Commercial Museum whereby | lege in a wired box, with a screen for| i MINT w S $ { Better C he y rojet h 3 sept ap . cabinets of geographical specimens will | air, as a sealed box may not be used.| ¢ FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER i i on to greater anda g i But Chevrolet performance 13 be placed in offices of county superin- | One dollar for each snake received al-|i Phome Office and Residemce CARROLLTOWN, PENA 3 ¢ J C= heights of popularity —until to- no less impressive than Chev- tendents for circulation among the|ive and in good condition is offered. | $ rr 3 | day it stands ack nowledged rolet beauty and style. Never schools under their respective jurisdic- | All fangs must be retained. oh i | everywhere as first choice of before was a low-priced car so tions. Each cabinet contains 9 drawers| Prof. Greene advises those who hunt sand | i ACH the nation for 1928! easy to handle—for the steer- OF speamens and forty photographs as is Shakes © use & sored Shick, Si = ca e COAC : snTecaresa : rh ollows: g > corte ver > snake's 2g e ! Never has any Chevrolet en- ha fhechaniam 3 fitted with Drawer 1—Corn, fifteen specimens. and holding it securely until a firm Nn Ure Urns Utne ame Yrs ince of $ 5 8 5 joyed such overwhelming ba heakings # Wi out. ye Drawer 2—Rice, nine specimens. grip can be secured back of the head public acceptance— for never the clutch an gear-shiit lever Drawer 3—Beverages, 15 specimens. [so that it wi]l be impossible for the | | | CW Wo a i ~ | The Touring 495 has any low-priced car pio- respond to the slightest touch Drawer 4—Sugar, 14 specimens. reptile to strike its captor. The state Bs B IE 8 [FR | o. Roadie ; 12 oN =} an outst nding ...and big non-locking 4- Drawer 5—Cotton, 15 specimens. game commission is co-operating with le on A \ CS=— 4 Lh 595 Vic “hi sue iy ok distinctive wheel brakes give a measure Drawer 6—Flax, 12 specimens. prof Greene in this exhaustive study ut _— - 0 =| (i) The 4.door $675 com nas on. a ane of braking control that is more Drawer VW ool, 10 Sheclipens. of the rattlesnake and its poisons. Sedan os» 2 : beauty, t willing pe : than equal to every occasion. Drawer 8-—Silk, 16 specimens. m—— ——— Vi Bol? He iL: 95 and amazing economy! 1 Drawer 9—Carbon, 19 specimens. | INFANTILE PARALYSIS LESS. OY i TR) | { ole. 0 ip re bv Eicher i - The specimens are intended to be o s——— i [ The Imperial $715 Its beautiful bodies by Fisher Louse 1h and See he oan that special help to teachers in geography | “Further increase of infantile par- DEALER IN | Landau ..... 7 long, lowand racy, and finished has won the approval of more instruction in that they will give the| alysis is unlike]y this year,” said Dr. - | Utility Truck $530 in colors that reveal to-day’s than three-quarters of amillion children correct ideas regarding certain | J. Campbell Moore, chief of the bu- WAL P | mode for smartness and indi- buyers since January 1st. foodstuffs and clothing materials. The |reau of communicable diseases, State i y SO PO PO 8. His first field work as an engineer apprentice was 4, in the Ozark Mountains, during college vacation. While working his way through college he met Lou Henry, now Mrs. Hoover, She promised to wait. (Chassis Only) Light Delivery $ 375 (Chassis Only) All prices f. o. b. Flint ? Michigan fiel viduality—are far in advance of accepted standards in the d of low-priced cars. Inside Learn for yourself why it is scoring the greatest success of this great automotive year! material in highway construction and maintenance operations the materials laboratory of the department during August tested and analyzed 7385 sam- ples of cement, tar asphalt, brick, stone, sand, paint, steel. wire rope, cul- vert pipe, preservative oil, waterproof- ing compounds, water, partition tile and miscellaneous materials. Duirng the same month the labora- tory workers made 1839 inspections at bituminous refineries, stone quarires, cement mills, sand plants, steel mills, paint factories, pipe plants and on con- which includes the distribution of load imposed on pavement surface by pneu- matic, cushion and solid tires; the ef- fect of time of mix on the strength of state superintendent believes that in- are certain that children avenue for this certainty. struction can be improved if teachers have ideas corresponding to the words they use. The cabinets, he believes, provide an With a personnel of 311, the Penn- Forests Would Be An As. set Worth While. — C Restocking of the woodlands of this Forests and Waters. The hickories, of- ficials said, are among the most val- ued and distinctive American trees. All but one of the seventeen known species belong to North America, and six of these occur in the forests of Pennsyl- vania. They are most common in the favored in the farm woodlots in south- ern Pennsylvania, it was said, and should be introduced in mixture with other forest trees, scattered singly or state with hickory trees is being urged | getting and encouraged by the Department of [aid financially, but for the rank and file it is more of a fad and, taken up | 4ren, desired by 2 girls, 17 and 21 by the minded, it becomes a real menace. The valent at this season,” said Mr. Gable. | € “Many college youths and numerous Surroundings of schools of this class, non-descripts in the guise of collegians according to a report submitted to the lot the main highways begging for to and from college is a res bandit and others criminally tists in the sanitary facilities and the Secretary of Health, Theo. B. Appel, lifts. For a few students this means of | at Harrisburg, this week. HOUSE WORK, or nursing of chil- 713 Beech years, in Patton. Inquire avenue, Patton. health department, Wednesday. Forty-three cases have been report- ed to the bureau during August and up to the middle of September. It is at this period of the year that infan- tile paralysis has its greatest incidence. During this year the month of August showed 41 reported cases, and for the same time in 1927 seventy cases occur- 1021 Chestnut Avenue, AND PAINTS ALTOONA, PA. sylvania State Police made 431 regular patrols, 2650 special investigations, cov- ering 172,828 miles, resulting in 635 ar- rests and recovery of stolen property Christoff Motor Sales » PATTON, PA. of the August reports this week reveal- ) ed. red. Only two cases have thus far been Over thirty years experience in Painting, Decorating reported in September. e and Paper Hanging. Let us give you an estimate on that Paint or Paper Job Visit us at our store. We would be glad to help you with your Decorating Problems. TWO DAY ROAD LETTING. The state highway department is ar- ranging for a two day letting next ’ Y L ( ) W C ( ) S I W. B. H. Williams has purchased the | month. Bids will be asked on October Q ( ] A 1 | [ A T ) ln - - t Reliable Store in the Miners’ Hall 23 and 24 for the improvement of ab- es Building and is now open for business. out 60 miles of road.
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