OITIeS TER VING ST Tt me. Ethyl con- p,its ready japtability § or the new >ssion mo- xceptional EET our motor e dilution, p and the_ d by hard ith the saf- ywhn to mo- 1g refined ennsyl- hl. i ae SOMMERVILLE % DRNEV-AT-LAW 1 the Good Building. ENS ) MBALMER : tROLLTOWN, PENA? h to save. The n he becomes ome a valued till save, and g from active balance upon NIA 'h, Reuel Somer- sidents, Frank L. -imer, Assistants. $200,000.00 $200,000.60 -$3,240,000.00 A NK There Is No Printing Job That Is To Big For The “PATTON COURIER” There is no need of patronizing out of town concerns for anything you may need in the line of printing. You can get it The Patton Courier, from the experience of the past few years with the depression in the coal business, as a newspaper is not a paying proposition. Consequently we have developed our plant along lines that enable us do to do Job Printing of all kinds, and have built up perhaps the largest sale bill printing trade of any country plant in this section of the state. Surely when we re- ceive orders for printing from five different counties in Pennsyl- vania, we are able to take care of Patton’s Printing needs. THERE IS NO NEED TO PATRONIZE THE CITY SHOPS. Right off the reel you are paying for considerably more overhead in your printing than you have to do RIGHT HERE AT HOME. We have no complaint to make about the patronage we have re- ceived in the past from the Patton folks. You have all patronized us to an appreciable extent. But there are some jobs that trickle through to out of town printers, we know, that you really could save money on, by bringing them to us. The next time you are tempted to hand an order to an out of town solicitor, reconsider, and bring it to the Patton Courier. We guarantee that you will receive service, low cost, quality considered, and complete satis- faction, Nor is the Patton Courier falling behind in its endeavor to adequately serve the printing needs of the Patton Community. On September 1st, last, the plant was moved from the Good Building to more convenient, and roomy quarters in the Masonic Building. Since that time several hundred dollars’ worth of modern equip- right here at home at prices that you will find more reasonable than the printing solicitors can quote you. ment have been added to our plant, and our budget calls for con- siderably more of an outlay of capital during the present year. We are here to stay, and to do this we ask your patronage. Bear in mind, there is NOTHING TOO LARGE, or NOTHING TOO SMALL in the line of printing, for us to take care of. We PRINT IT ALL. It doesn’t matter whether it is a small name card or a large book, a small herald, or a large poster. ALL WE ASK OF YOU IS A TRIAL on that next printing order you have that you probably think we cannot handle. The Patton Courier Masonic Bulding Patton, PA. ’ AE ZL HE bambino pi REVIEWS HISTORY OF DEER PROBLEM UNDER PROTECTION Bulletin Retraces Rapid Increase of the Animals in Pennsylvania Since the Year 1896. The history of the deer herd in Penn- sylvania from 1896 when they were al- most extinet, under most extinct until their adundance made a special season for doe neces sary in 1928, is discussed in detail in a bulletin now being issued by the board of game commissioners. The bulletin traces the steps taken by the board to preserve the deer in the early years of its oueration and fi- nally the rapid increase in recent years which compelled adoption of methods to cut down the surplus population. A preliminary report on the organs of reproduction of forty-six doe is in- cluded in the report. The examinations were made by buerau of animal indus- try of the departent of agriculture, which is continuing the work. A total of 650 will be examined and the finding compiled. The preliminary report showed that of the forty-six examined, only three were pregnant. The preliminary findings of the bu- reau termed the present deer situation as one that deserves further study ana suggested that sportsmen voluntarily ”" THE PATTON COURIER make necessary investigations. An un- balanced condition of the sexes still exists, the report said, and added that the per cent of doe not reproducing fawns is apparantly high. A like study made by Dr. Geo. M. Sutton, chief of the bureau of research of the commission ,also is included in the bulletin. Killing of the doe when they become too numerous helps to strengthen the entire race, Dr. Sutton believes. Tracing the growth of the deer herd, the bulletin said that when the board of game commissioners was organized in 1896, deer were so scarce that the ap- pearance of one caused widesperad comment. The first board appointed de- cided to conserve what few deer re- mained. The first regulatory law was passed in 1927 forbidding the use of hounds in hunting deer. In the years that followed other con- servation measures were adopted in- cluding those which stopped market hunting and the killing of the deer at licks. The first game sanctuaries were es- tablished in 1905 and after that deer became more plentiful. A drastic step was taken in 1907 when the first buck law was passed, the bul- letin said. Digging back into the dusty files the board secured evidence which showed that a protest comparable to that in 1928 regarding the Killing of doe, at once arose. The thought that a hunter should be compelled to determine the sex of a deer before blazing away met with any- thing but approval. The law forbidding the killing of any but a male deer with horns was pass- ed more to protect human life than to protect deer, is a quotation made at the time by Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, ned executive secretary. Nevertheless, the files of the wn show that the gsstests were slow i subsiding and that as late as 1913, de- | mands for repeal of the buck law were made. By 1920 the kill of bucks in Pennsyl- vania was receiving nation wide atten- tion and about that time protests of farmers whose crops had been damag- ed, began to trouble the board. Then began moves to protect the farmers’ crops. The law under which the board furnishes wire and staples for deer proof fenecs was enacted. Then came the measure which gave farm- ers permission to kill deer caught de- stroying crops. But the protests grew rather than di ished. The first effort to control the excess doe population in particular sections was made by the declaration of special seasons. This method failed to reduce the herds. One of the instance cited is the issuance of 100 ilecenses in two of the townships of Franklin county, and only eight female deer Killed. Protests from farmers more than kept pace with the increase of the deer. In the 1927 session of the legisla- ture a bill was introduced which would have set aside $100,000 of the game li- cense money to pay crop damages. Following hearings before committees of both houses the board promised to take steps which would decrease the deer population, not only because of the crop damage but to improve con- ditions for those that remain. The special season for doe deer was the outgrowth of the two decades that the bulletin cover ADD ATTRACTIONS TO EXHIBIT. Visitors to the farm products show at Harrisburg last week found, in the lan- guage of the circus, “new and added at- tractions.” This was especially the case in the wild life exhibit which the board of game commissioners annually suppliese. There was bear and deer, percupines and raccoons, squirrels and foxes and all other animals which now people the woods of the state. One special exhibit was for entirely acquainting visitors with a menace to wild life. Foxes and catamounts are recognized easily, and may be trap- ped. Few people know a marsh hawk or a goshawk when they see it. The com- mission is anxious that people learn to know both and kill them whenever possible, as both are dangerous enemies to wild life. The exhibit was in charge of trap- ping instructors and they explained the life habits of the is and animals] FAIL TO STOP THE BEARS. Thousands of hunters who each year stumble through weary days without as much as getting a single shot at a bruin ought to be pleased to know that the last season did not seriously de- plete the animals. Although the bears apparantly were driven far from the haunts of men during the season, they were active en- ough to cause damage in Potter, Cam- eron and Warren counties. 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