THE PATTON COURIER Published Every Thursday, Thos. A. Owens, Editor & Prop. E. I. Bradley, Associate Editor fntered im the Post Office at Patton, Pa. Second Class Mail Matter. subseription Rates $2.00 per year in 2 d- vance. Single Copies 5 Cents. RATE CARD-—ILegal inch, or fraction thereof Card of Thanks, 50c; Bus per line; Business Cardg, 3 Display adver 30c per position, 25 pc tra; Minimum cha $1.00. Cash must accompany all orders foreign advertising, All Advertising copy must reach this office by noon ednesday o insure insertion. Unsigned correspon- lence will be ignored at all times THE PRICE OF DEFENSELESSNESS. The settlement of international dis- putes by force is a relic of barbarism. It ought to fall into as complete disuse among civilized nations as tne duelling code. War has become sodeadly, so mechanized, so destructive to economic life not only in the nations immediately affected, but throughout the world that it has ceased to ap 1 even to the spirit of adventure. Moreover, learned by experience that in any great war all combatants lose. What may ap- parantly be gained is more than over- balanced by the losses vined in at- taining the objective of victory. But some may lose more than others. therefore surprising 1 many people affecting an interest in peace are willing to subject the United States to the danger of further in- volvement not only in war, but in in- creased loss of life and treasure from war, by preaching the doctrine of Am- erican unpreparedness for war. There are agitators of unpreparedness who have no special enemity to the govern- we have It is at so sition to attempt to wreck their will by force. It must be said in extenuation of the war spirit in some other nations, that economic necessity compels them to reach beyond their borders for the territory and resources essential to their existence. They should not be udged too harshly since necessity is the mother of desperation as well as of \ecessity. But what is proposed by the advocates of American disarmament, especially naval disarmament, is that the United States shall cease to be a wer for peace in the world. Aesop's ble of the fox minus a tail is recall- ed. His arguments in favor of bobbing tails fell on deaf ears, being attributed to the fact that misery loves company. If America were made unequal on the seas to other powers, it would at once be believed by other nations that our uments for peace came through the idea of fear or weakness. Yet it is se- riously proposed that we should be put in that uninfluential position, and it is even argued that this is a proposal in the interests of peace. The talk of possible armed conflict with Great Britain has been unfortun- ate. America will never become involv- ed in war with England so long as we maintain the ratio of naval parity pro- vided in the Washington agreement, but which has been abandoned in viola- tion of the spirit of that compact. The only danger of war with Great Britain would come about through our accept- ing a position of naval inferiority which would cause our neutral rights to be invaded in case of an European war. Our unpreparedness has involved us in three wars—the undeclared war with France under President Adams’ administration, the War of 1812, and the World War. Pacifism expressed in unpreparedness was the direct cause of our involvement in these three wars—three of the five foreign wars in which we have been involved. In each case our rights were {outed beyond re- ar puerile that it seems strange to see; grown men and women going about ut- tering them. Yet undoubtedly some of those who engage in this performance are sincere, they merely leave facts\ out of account, some are more interest- ed in the pose than in the principles of peace. The creation of an adequate national defense no more means a disposition to use it unnecessarily than taking out fire insurance indicates a desire for a fire, or taking out life insurance, a wish for death, ar vaccination a longing for smallpox, On the contrary ou radvo- cates of unpreparedness are the real apostles of war in this country. Not that they wish or intend to fight if war comes, of course, but they are willing enough to sacrifice their neighbor's boys to a personal pose of superior self-righteousness or a lack of interest in what may happen to their country. The menace of war is too high a price however, to pay for this gratification of the pacifist” ego. ON THE HEALTH OF THE TIRED BUSINESS MAN. Much is heard these days of the tired business man, and it is all true. Too frequently members of this large class of individuals burn the candle at both ends by working hard all day and by playing hard all evening. But in the last analysis they have only themselves to blame. Dr. Theodore B. Appel, the Pennsyl- vania Secretary of Health, this week is- sued a warning on this topic. While it is true that conventions and customs play their part in luring men, women and children from their hours of rest, the mature person is quite in the position, for the most part, to con- trol his life so that the needed hours of relaxation and sleep are obtained On the other hand, the question is not so simple for the youngsters. They of the THE PATTON COURIER are provocative of disturbance is so | EVIDENCE OF VOLCANOES FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA, Pennsylvania State College. The material is a very fine grained an clay formed by the alteration of the | dust like paritcles of volcanic origin as the Pennsylvania Department of High- they fell into the inlad sea which cov- ered the region millions of years ago : w— | | during the geological period when the limestones were being formed. The vol- | canic vents from which the ash was "yu TAP ni & «i y, annie _ Evidence of at least SIX volcanic | plown have not been discovered but eruptions which covered central Penn- | Professor Bonine sylvania with fine dust deposits has) prohably be located farther south in recently been discovered in the lime- | gentucky or Virginia where beds of bok formations of the Nittany Valley | similar material o fthe same geologic y I rof. C. A. Bonine, head of the de- | age several feet thick have been found. partment of geology and mineralogy | believes they will | TOWNSHIPS GET $120,109. A total of $120,109.17 was paid by ways during Janmary for township road construction. WE HAVE RECENTI LY INSTALLED A NEW Kwick-Way Valve Refacing Machine AND AS A SPECIAN INDUCEMENT WILL GIVE A Free Car Greasing WITH EVERY JOB OF VALVE GRINDING FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY PRICES ARE AS FOLLOWS (Carbon and Valves): the MAN BEHIND ILL YOUR tank with Sterling Gasoline—Now! Test it out for power! Your toe will discovera new sensiriveness in ike accelerator. Test it for smoothness! Watch how gracefully it takes hold when you are idling and how it responds on the pull away from a green light. Auto To Up Des In Ust JANUARY TO1 DRED AND DEATH! An increase of marked the Janu motor accidents i jamin G. Eynon, hicles, Pennsylv: highways, annou cidents numberin deaths, an increas of December. The month's f children under th one children unc eight adults betw persons over 55 y sons of unknown forty-one childre: 332 youths betwee 1735 adults betwe 243 over 55, and known age. Flagrant violati ling 1849, were r cent of the mont which included th injuries to 1811 pe did not have the listof “road hog” teen deaths and ir ists driving on th road were respons and injuries to 54 vers,” cutting in out of traffic, we of 299 accidents, i and 290 injured j casualties in spee went of the United States but they : By TTT . i ne Nie that the youth of this coun- | SiStance because it Was besieved that 11,0ely follow their own mature incli- BUICK . $8.00 | tained in the hour try should be subjected to the slaugh- % ¢ could not and would no} defend our-| nations. And in this regard many par- CHEVROLET - $4.00 NY . 1 | between that hou ter in a war for which this country Sova. 5 lu ceri ents seemingly fail to realize that chil- DODGE . $4.50 Test it tor mileage! If you know i on unpoliced roac would be unprepared, by putting this| Many so-called pacifists subject to the | dren should spend the late evening ASSEX @ 1 . . i ists passing on cu nation in a state of defenseless that | Drotection of the rights and just inter-| hours, as well as the night in bed, that ESSE] = . $6.00 what other gasolines have been giv- : on Prsons and 1 would invite attack and make certain | ests of American citizens living or tra- | health building sleep and rest and good FORD: MODEL T $3.50 . ’ * the wrong si te cs our involvement in war. Of course na- | velling abroad. They affect to believe | food are absolute essentials for a grow- HUDSON ..... 00 ing you, you ll be surprised at the | teen others. M Stor oe al defense cannot be improvised an | that if we would abandon this protec- | ing mind and body and that it is their NASH 00 . | rot th ea emergency, it must be looked after in | tion, the liklihood of war would be de- | duty to see that these things are pro- AT : story your speedometer will tell. for forty=-e Ee a time of peace in order to have any effectiveness whatever. The American peopel have no reason creased. But the truth is that such ab- | andonment would invive further aggres- sion until the situation would become intolerable, and there would be a pop- vided. Today's allurements is increasing toll high speed, with its constantly among the night taking an pupils of OAKLAND PONTAIC . STUDEBAKER . $8.00 ee 96,00 . $8.00 The hardest drivers use Sterling Ethyl for maximum performance Accidents sustail drove off the rox deaths and 374 in In a majority « and no desire to become involved in ; 2 nlar C fF ou ho y n 3 war. They enjoy an economic indepen- | ual demand for war that would be| phigh and pre-high school age: This motorists were dr dence which has been attained by no | irresistible. No schoolboy can adver- | fatigue steps in and health steps out. * and 118 fatalities and | other people in the world. All that they ask is to be let alone; yet the world’s richest>nation has no guarantee of be- world, because, for one thing, tise to his fellows his unwillingness to stand up for his rights without invit- ine and usually securing an invasion of Recent figures tabulated by the De- partment’s bureau of child health show that of 4,255 pupils in the fourth class PATTON, PA. Sterling Motor Oil for protection beyond the ordinary. reported. Intersect ling 1502, resulted juries to 1714. Th ing let alone. Indeed a state of unpre- those rights. The citizen, however Pius | school districts in fifteen different accidents. with a paredness would make it certain that | of intention, who goes about with a|counties, more than 19 per cent were ote S30 Tlitis. Ad we would not escape the ageressions | self-affixed ‘Kick Me” sign on his coat | found to be ten per cent or more un- ——— —— blots wil of nations better prepared for war, and | tail is likely to be accommodated. der weight, Eliminating the comparat- ino is I possessing less wealth and economic In order that nation may be saved |ively small number of children who are r Gam Rai CS - EE 7) Shiatios to oT. AG power. ! the horrors of war it is essential that | naturally under weight because of their backing caused on The United States is the greatest in- [We should keep ourselves, as Washing- | size, the majority of deficients showed = to thirty-four. flience for internatjonal peace in the | ton said, “in a reasonable posture of | unmistakable signs of under-nourish- = - Skidding accide the Am-| defense,” just as it is necessary that|ment and fatigue. Subsequent investi- MOTO D GASOLIN caused 7 deaths & erican people have less I on for re- sorting to war than any © because needing nothing that belongs ther people any community should maintain an ad- equate police force against the possible aggressions of unruly elements. The ar- gation indicated that most of these young people’s food and rest habits had been practically self determined. hen you have “TR Lonr’s R QILS AN Icy pavements, du prevalent in Janu: these accidents, bi to their neighbors, they have no dispo- gument that such protective measures| It follows that parents must be made ” : = . 3 | to realize that the body, whether ma- SNODDINY (¢ (0 {12d € nl — —— SS % SAOPPING 10 (dO «IAU On EE = ee E——SSNSESS meer ture or young, must be subjected to ik O a ¢ - i] i . _—_— = a a —— un. GE Fuel system of the new Ford has been designed for reliability and long service THE practical value of Ford simplicity of design is es- pecially apparent in the fuel system. The gasoline tank is built integral wiih the cowl and is mnusunally sturdy because it is made of heavy sheet steel, terne plaied to prevent rust or corrosion. An additional factor of strength is the fact that it is composed of only iwo pieces, instead of three or four, and is electrically welded—not soldered. Because of the location of the tank, the entire flow of gasoline is an even, natural flow—following the natural law of gravity. This is the simplest and most direct way of supplying gasoline to the carburetor without vari- ations in pressure. The gaso- line feed pipe of the new Ford is only 18 inches long and is easily accessible all the way. Since all adjustments are fixed except the needle valve and idler, there is practi- cally nothing to get out of order. The choke rod on the dash acts as a primer and also as a regulator of your gasoline mixture. The new hot spot manifold insures complete vaporization of the gasoline before it enters the combustion chamber of the engine. As a matter of fact, the fuel system of the new Ford is so simple in design and so carefully made that it requires very little service attention. The filter or sediment bulb should be cleaned at regular intervals and the carburetor screen removed and washed in gasoline. Oc- casionally the drain plug at the bottom of the carburetor should be removed and the certain fundamental rules rather than to the whims of this fast moving world. Until they do so, neither they nor their children are likely to get out of life in terms of health, happiness and joy what nature intended that they should get. Fatigue and under nourishment are evidences of extreme foolishness on the part of grown-ups, but where children are concerned, they almost assume the proportion of a crime. If people are disinterested regarding their own health they should at least protect that of their children, for they cannot protect themselves.” THE OLDEN DAYS, were so fast and skillful that only the ing fan, who knew a clever fighter when he saw one, and who would spend his last dollar to see a scientif- ic bout? Philadelphia Jack O’Brien, James Corbett, Jack Root, Jim Dris- coll, George Dixon and men of similar type style and fame would probably be hissed from the ring nowadays. They weer so fast and skillful that only the eye of the expert could follow the be- auty of their art. In the old days the fighter who could block or dodge a punch was cheered. Now he is praised for being able stupidly to take every- thing that comes his way. It was not always so here in Johns- town, says the Johnstown Democrat of Monday morning. We have seen a lit- tle boy known years ago as Jock Phe- nicle, put more science into six rounds of fighting than the fight fans here see in two years. Jock was good and we often wonder what Mr. Phenicie thinks as he watches the game nowa- days. It is the boys like Phenecie that keeps our interest in the game alive. They gave themselves to pugilism for a period and then, unmarked in mind or body, became valued members of the community. Benny Leonard is another of the type. And even Jack Dempsey has shown that he is more than a mauler. Ah, well, heavyweights are the vogue now, concludes the Democrat writer, but it is the little boys who pull the fast stuff in the fignting game. Sc here's hoping they become the fashion again. JE IN CROP DISEASE FIGHT. Science instead of superstition points the way to fighting plant diseases, ac- cording to R. S. Kirby, extension plan pathologist of the Pennsylvania State College. He says that fungi, plants liv- ing as parasites on other plants, are ten minutes rs gre N / & , iodo i . . <£ Lal a | Sanaa iat] Phome Office and Residemce J. EDWARD STEVENS FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER CARROLLTOWN, PENAS 'RFUEL SOMMERVILLE | ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Office in the Good Bui' ‘ng. i a Get behin and Get d the wheel the facts ! uy your new car on a business basis --check power getaway, swiftness hill-climbing---in actual te sts-- that’s all thats needed to at Every Age Every age is a good age in which to save. The boy who starts saving will find when he becomes a young man that saving has become a valued habit. As he gets older, he wil still save, and when he reaches the age for retiring from active business he will have a splendid balance upon which he can rely in time of need Us 1927 1923 1 These Cond it Pa In BE Ol TORIC LI ® The gasoline passes from carburetor drained for a the cause of diseases. prove Buick the tank to the carburetor few seconds. To SoHshay thse disepse causing or- _t en at 5 n Hor nr abdime ganisms, the plant pathologists press @ PF = wl Sirona fim oe sedi nt Have your Ford dealer into service all that science has discov- SH 2 f THE FIRST NATION BRYPIO! 1 mounted or 1e stee , : wad o ; Ey 5 @ uh mou look after these important ered about how to keep healthy plants CYVEiO7V / Al at dash which separates the well and to make sick plants healthy. I 0 gasoline tank from the engine. The carburetor is specially designed and has been built to deliver many little details for you when you have the car oiled and greased. A thorough, peri- odic checking-up costs little, but it has a great deal to do with long life and Among the practices used are control of insects which carry disease, destroy- ing intermediate hosts like the bar- berry bush, which spreads wheat rust; spraying to control apple scab and po- tato blight; treating seed, as for oat smut and stinking smut of wheat; de- WITH MASTERPIEC { Rs E BODIES BY FISHER PATTON, PENNSYLVANIA Geo. E. Prindib]e, President; F. E. Farabaugh, Reuel Somer- ville, James Westrick, P. J. Kelly, Vice Presidents, Frank L. Brown, Cashier; M. Don Connell, M. S. Larimer, Assistants. CAPITAL SURPLUS . $200,000.00 stroying diseased plants and planting clean material as the raspberry and potato growers do, or selecting disease resistant varieties, such as Richland (oats, which is not susceptible to stem) rust. Buick Motor Company, Flint, Michigan Division of General Motors Corporation PATTON AUTO CO. PATTON, PA. continuously good performance, ts ah is $200,000.60 TOTAL RESOURCES OVER... $3,240,000.00 A BREOLL OF HONOR BANK thousands of miles of good service. Forp MOTOR COMPANY 1311 ELE 3
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