THE PATTON COURIER alarmist, speaking for political
effect, when he that we are
Published Every Thursday. hopelessly in debt and must use every
By his speeches
warns
——— means to economize,
: ens. Editor & Pr before the service clubs and elsewhere
0s. A. Owens, Editor & Prop.
33: and through his officie reports is
E. ¥. Bradley, Associate Editor [2d through his official reports he is
_ (educating the taxpayers on the condi-
tion of affairs, and it is up to the
state legislature and other county offi-
cials to find and apply the remedies.—
Nanty-Glo Journal.
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sure insertion. Unsigned correspon-| "°° : in wet cities. 2 i
dence will be ignored at all times. directing his attention toward the big
eri naa————— _|sellers. No one knows what success he
¢ | will have in this new policy, but cer-
there would be no “holiday flare” in-
ed in by his agents on Christmas
rch drinkers”
The Patton Courier Has the Larges
w Year's Eve, no “first page” orlin Chicago.
THE PATTON COURIER
department to use
1 every legitimate J RO I ) 1
weapon at its command. Frequently D F
the defendants have succeeded in inter- JANU
ARY COURT
posing long delays. Mr. Doak would |
Clergymen Included In
have Congress authorize the setting up
of adequate machinery for expediting Two
Panel Drawn for Civil
Sessions Soon.
hearings.
Without, attracting much attention
the Federal authorities have been de-
porting many undesirable aliens
tt h a continous process. But they One hundred and ten names have
rough a continous process. J | heen drawn from the jury wheel to
would be able to do much more with | comprise the talismen for the January
the proper equipment. It is interest-| term of Civil Court at Ebensburg, as
ing to learn that among those on Mr follows:
Doak’s “little list” who “never would Alvin Ambrose, laborer, Johnstown.
be missed” are some of those who re- Adam Antol, merchant, Vintondale.
cently were proclaimed ‘public enemies’ Ralph Alexander, farmer, Croyle
township.
Clarence Alison, laborer, .Johnstown.
10:
. Biran Alwine, merchant, Upper Yo-
SHIFTING OUR {der township.
POPULATION. Russel Altimus, truck driver, Black-
HE Altoona Mirror on Saturday last | lick township.
aid-U lirculati i y Weekly | tainly S ac jis I : i : y
Paid-Up Circulation of Any Weekly | tainly he should accomplish more than to our mind, hit the nail on the head: | 1OWD-
Newspaper in Cambria County—Covers | was ever accomplished by these highly
the Home Community like a blanket, publicized raids that never advanced
and circulates far more extensively in
north-eastern Cambria County than
does any other newspaper.
Prohibition a single step, and usually
make a laughing stock of the whole
system.
Observations from
NE GOOD thing about the Christ-|
only once a year.
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|any great
. them. Cambria county has spent con-
MONG the “Willie Westinghouse” |sijerable more money in the past than
patents recently announced is
smoke, and a soft soap that will wash |the county by the state include the
politics clean. Both are badly needed. |unimproved highway in Elder township
$2 = below Hastings towards Westover, a
GOOD Newspaper is not
without the cooperation of its pa-|tion and rebuilding of the William
trons. And in this connection we ask Penn highway from Ebensburg to
all our readers to help make this paper [Munday’s Corner and the section of
NUMBER OF road improvements
> Srdolinee A : SE oe : \ ”
the Sidelines. 4 nn northern Confnis County Seva in the number of aliens permitted to
to be on the verge of approval by the come here with the intention of mak- |
a | most counties have, pro-rata, in con- |
T Th fir, inguisher ar jest 2 ies ns ! observer that there are already more
om Thumb fire extinguisher to be car- | struction of roads now state controlled.
ried in the vanity case of women who projects now under consideration in
ossible | pi i astings Pi I » i
possible | piece in Hastings borough, the reloca and it would be the extreme of rash-|
had the following editorial, which George Bucksa, carpenter, Johns-
Two Significant news items have just | a E. Beisel, farmer, Adams
found their way out of the national | Ed Bowser Tater oo
capital. One involves the restriction |g, ’ ner, Cambria town-
of immigration at the present time | Henry Broberg, proprietor, Hastings.
Having already more workers here] William Bird, butcher, Johnstown.
than we can find employment for, ex-| = X. Baker, farmer, Chest town-
i a sharp curtailment |S%P- ; :
bedisncy sugsusts D . A. Bailey, minister, Johnstown.
William Boltz, barber, Johnstown.
Charles Bender, farmer, Clearfield
. state in Cambria county, and if the]. : 2 or :
mas season, so far as husbands and : 1 3 5 ing our country their permanent home. | township.
fath 159 it state is fair they will not ask the Cam- |
athers are concerned, is that comes |, . tanh
® an MES | pria county commissioners to help to
extent in the building of
Harve Behe, fireman, Portage.
E. W. Bowman, laborer, Reade town-
ship.
Frank Bishop, laborer, Johnstown.
W. E. Boyle, laborer, Johnstown.
Stanley Campbell, clerk, Westmont.
F. G. Coleman, grocer, Southmont.
This may look like incivility, but it
is nothing of the sort. It is merely a
precautionary step dictated by wisdom |
as well as expediency. It is apparent |
to the most careless and superficial |
: Mary Cisarick, housewife, Lower
workers in the country than we can ygder township.
find employment for. We have our | John Carr, laborer, Brownstown.
hands quite fully employed in taking| Tdward Carmel, street commissioner,
Nanty-Glo.
care of the unfortunates who are al-
. | Geokge AL Casey,
ready here—some of them from birth— 5
Ray J. Dumm, clerk, Spangler.
Fred Entler, miner, Elder township.
Hugh O. Evans, carpenter, Ebens-
burg.
J. Lewis Evans, mine superintendent,
engineer, South
ness to permit the introduction of
other helpless ones now.
While we may sincerely sympathize |
a better one from week to week by the road from Ashville to the Blair with inhabitants or other lands Who are | Johnstown.
any | county line. Heaven knows, the latter
[two mentioned, and both much travel-
2 2 |ed highways, are need of repair. Let's
HRISTMAS is just what one makes hove action on both of them comes
it for himself. And you'll find |Dext summer, but let's also hope that
that Christmas really means a lot to Cambria county won't have to spend
Ne. at it wi he rioht snip. | t00 much of her meagre finances, to
you if you treat it with the right spir-|
assist the state in improving them.
it. ‘The right spirit, this year, is in
helping the needy might here in our Under the present plans the entire
home community. You have still am- cost of these improvements would be
ple time to make a “real” Christmas borne by the state, but the county will
for some one else besides yourself. ibe liable for whatever property dam-
i ages accrue by reason of the relocation
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RMER Speaker C. Jay Goodnough {and grading of the highway in ques-
> | tion.
Cameron county, has been chosen |
as the Pinchot candidate for Speaker EE FATA DP oe
of the Legislature and his election ap- | FIX THE PROPER
pears to be certain. Goodnough will PENALTY .
prove
several terms and in satisfactory man-
sending in, mailing or phoning
little news items you have.
a good speaker. He has served Ir United States supreme court has|papit of
just held that reckless driving is|whole are not what we would like to
W. J. Bvans, silesman, Johnstown.
Frank Franks, laborer, Reade tQwn-
facing extreme poverty in their home |
sections, we do not feel that it would 2
be a wise policy to encourage immigra- Ship. :
: "| B. F. Fresh, merchant, Nanty-Glo.
tion at the present time. We also have| mraneis Fulton, railroader, Tunnel-
idle people on our hands; it does not | hill.
seem expedient to increase their num- Christ Ford, retired, Conemaugh.
ber by opening our gates to the free D. A. Glass, farmer, Munster town-
: : ship.
entrance of all comers. George Garrettson,
‘0: | creek township.
LET US ROUT | C. C. Gohn, minister, Johnstown.
OLD MAN PESSIMISM | J. I. Glass, farmer, Reade township.
* des . . Charles W. Ss garage owner, Nan-
We HAVE had too much talk about hi W.Go age owner, Nan
“hard times’ and “the general de-| George
pression” and not enough about Shs) Lown.
comparative prosperity of the mass of | a Sa, I: Pa.
fa v . ar 8 7, laborer, own.
the people. Many have joined in the| yr 1 Harison, farmer, Middle Tay-
chorus of pessimism without any justi- lor township. )
fication whatever. It is simply the| Charles J. Hanigan, ¥cétrician, West
imitation. ‘Conditions as a|Carroll township.
George F. Mimesj molder, Johnstown
David W. Hunt, laborer, East Cone-
baborer, Stony-
Gates, merchant, White
ner. There could be many choices not ia crime of such seriousness as to take | have them—far from it. But there S| mauch
so good.
* x * = which punishment can be imposed
OUNTY Controller Henry L. Can-|Without granting defendants trial by | predicting that the bottom will drop
non continues to warn taxpayers |Jury. The kind of driving that endan-
of the county's financial condition,
which is anything but a pleasant mat- obvious depravity, as Justice Suther-
ter to contemplate. And if the Secre- land puts it, that “to characterize it as
tary of the Commonwealth is correct a petty offense would be to shock the |that recovery is in sight.
in his interpretation of the law, this | general moral sense.”
county will have to devise ways and
means to bu
very,very near future. However,
caused the voting machine obligation.
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it out of the group of petty offenses, for |no sense in trying to make bad worse |
All right, if reckless driving is such tionally prominent business
y voting machines in the|a grave offense that the supreme court only the other day declared that the|
the | must take conizance of failure to grant|end of the depression was at hand. |
people, themselves, by open referendum la defendant a jury trial, then let leg- |He does not look for a rapid recovery,
|islatures and courts make the punish- [but believes that it will be so gradual |
[ment fit the crime. If reckless driv-|as to be almost imperceptible.
Jahn Huber, uphdsterer, Johnstown.
Edith Hecker, Johnstown.
Francis J. Havel, machinist, Johns-
Triorov t | town.
mprovement is joa
by going about shaking our heads and |
out of this country. Holtz, farmer, Susquehanna
gers life and property is an act of such | inevitable; and if the signs are not alll township.
Robert R. Jones
resson.
Llody Knauer, laborer, East Taylor
wrong it cannot be far away. camp manager,
Leaders of trade and finance insist | ©?
Colonel Leo- township.
nard P. Ayres of Cleveland, interna-| John E. Koontz, rol turner, Johns-
forcaster, | town.
Alquin Kline farmer, West Carroll
township.
Lewis Klafter, merchant, Spangler.
I. N. Krng, laborer, Westmont.
Alex Kirsch, farmer, Barr township.
The |
E EBENSBURG Office of the|
Fe Highway Department, and |
its superintendent, are to be congratu- |
lated in the manner in which they |
promptly condition the roads in the!
winter months. Especially is this true
when icy conditions sometimes mater -
ialize within a period of an hour or
so. The department has ash piles al-
ong the state highways at convenient
points in this section of the county
and they are not afraid to use them
with liberality when occasion demands.
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E HAVEN'T learned of any defin-
W. action having been taken as
yet regarding the state taking over the
highway between Patton and Carroll-
town. But, supposing the state recog-
nizes the need of the petition of the
citizens of Barnesboro, Hastings and
Susquehanna township and, makes the|
township road between Barnesboro and |
Hastings a state road, then, perhaps |
there will be a sore populace in Patton, |
but we will have only ourselves to
blame.
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O man is better qualified to speak
on county finances than Henry L.
Cannon, county controller. He is in
position to know what is going on and
what he says carries weight. He is not
ing which, by mere chance, fails to|change for the better, he says, “will
kill, is comparable to wilful discharge |begin as a combination of minor im-
of a gun that fails to kill—and the | provements.” He counts much on the
supreme court, in effect, says it is—|Wave of constructive activity. “Such
then reckless driving shotsd incur pen- |new construction,” to his mind, “is the
alties much more severe than those most effective force making for busi-
commonly imposed. — Johnstown |D€SS recovery.”
Tribune. It is typical of Americans to run
to the superlative. If we prosperous
we have the greatest prosperity the
world has ever known; if we're de-
FOR MORE
DEPORTATIONS,
OCAL police authorities everywhere \the Grand Canyon. We have, taught
who are contending with the gang-| ourselves to expect too much. Having
ster problem will welcome the an- ‘gotten into this frame of mind, when
nouncement by Mr. Doak, the neéwWlthe wind blows a little harder than
Secretary of Labor, of a more vigorous |ysual we become sad, mournful and
deportation movement. If Congress discouraged. Have confidence in our-
grants the necessary funds, there willlselves and in America.
be an increased staff of investigators
} Of rma—
‘pressed the depression is deeper than |
| NATIONALLY
KNOWN
PLAYER PIANO
Private party in your vicinity
moving out of town yishes to
give up their beautiful Player
Piano half paid for. Just like
new-14 months old. Rather
han bring this piano back to
our warerooms we will resell
to reliable party and allow all
monies paid. Just continue
easy monthly payments or
small balance, For price, make
and conditions, apply
Box No. E,
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to trace the records of known gang-
sters and obtain the evidence to justify
their shipment out of the country. Of
late these alien gentry have been very
resourceful in employing able legal
counsel to defend them in deportation
proceedings. It is necessary for the
it’s
safer
“Parnell, Cowher & Co.
WV)
Edward's Hardware Co.
FURNITURE
MAJESTIC RADIO & RANGES
Phone 4 Ebensburg, Pa.
coming.
embarrassment.
Visiting friends to-
night? Telephone
ahead that you're
It may
save disappoint-
ment — perhaps
Reuben Kline, farmer, Barr town-
ship.
Forest Kelly, farmer, Upper Yoder,
township.
Edward Kepso, clerk, Johnstown.
Thad Kibler, farmer, Elder township.
Harry A. Ling, electrician, Ferndale.
Virginia Leib, housewife, Cresson.
William T. Lydic, alderman, Johns-
town.
James Lin, minister, Elder township.
Dennis Link, farmer, East Carroll
township.
Emily Lane, housewife, Ebensburg.
B. W. Lambing, clerk, Johnstown.
Arthur B. Lewis, miner ,Summerhill.
Thomas Langham, laborer, Johns-
town.
Elmer S. Martin, milhand, Daisy-
town.
Lorenzo Martin, salesman, Scalp
Level.
Charles Miller, laborer, Stonycreek
township.
Marporie Myers, housewife, Ebens-
burg.
A. C. Maurer, laborer, Patton.
Wililam Morton, weighmaster, Sus-
quehanna township.
James McCaffrey, clerk, Johnstown.
Paul McCleaster, milhand, Franklin
borough.
Robert Nicholson,
town.
Bert Overdroff, milhand, Johnstown.
C. C. Oris, truck farmer, Lorain.
laborer, Johns-
town.
G. B. Plunkett farmer, Ashville.
E. L. Patch, foreman, Johnstown.
Edward Paul, clerk, Johnstown.
der township.
H. M. Ross, confectionery, Westmont
C. M. Rinebolt, laborer, Johnstown.
C. Alvin Scolons, druggist, Barnes-
boro.
Paul Strong, foreman, West Carroll
township.
Simon Speicher, miner, Lower Yoder
township.
Lee Spangler, farmer, Upper Yoder
township.
Henry Sherwin, miner, Cresson.
Richard Sharbaugh, engineer, Johns-
town.
Harry Stephens,
township.
George Sadmiller, retired, Browns-
town.
Ida J. Taylor, housewife, Ebensburg.
Walter Wilson, laborer, Summerhill.
farmer, Gallitzin
Alvin Watt, blacksmith, Allegheny
township.
Wiliam Whitmore, laborer, Barnes-
boro.
Clyde Weston, merchant, Galitzin.
Clara Weyant, housewife, Cresson.
John Wilkins, brakeman, Johnstown.
T. R. Wagner, clerk, Southmont.
Walter Westover, teamseter, Sum-
merhil township.
Elsie Weaver, housewife, Cambria
township.
Elmer Feigh, miner, Patton.
VACANCY IS FILLED
Edward J. Miller was named com-
missioner for Stonycreek township to
succeed Leroy E. Felton, who has re-
signed.
Robert H .Owens, merchant, Johns: |
Joseph Roberts, foreman, Lower Yo- ||
ZEON
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Let Us Help to
Gift Problem
Every Christmas, for many
years, jewelry purchased at
our store has brought joy
to hundreds of recipients.
This year our collection of
gifts is more dazzling and
alluring than ever before.
Regardless of the type of
jewelry you may wish to in-
vest in, you will find it here
at a moderate price.
Make Your Selections
Tozer Jewelry Co.
M. H. Gardner, Mgr.
PATTON, ..
BANK’S DOORS ARE
. ; ee
CLOSED FOR AUDIT] b 6 oO
| is a doctor's Prescription for
The doors of the Farmers and Mer- |
chants National bank in Tyrone were | COLDS AND HEADACHES
closed last Thursday by order of the |It is the most speedy remedy known,
board of directors pending an audit by 666 also in Tablets.
the United States controller, who is 1x
Tyrone to look over the affairs of the
bank and make an audit of the ac-
counts.
The only intimation depositors had | g
MONTHLY PAINS
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quickly gone with a
that the bank would close Thursday Ni a
morning when the doors failed to open | Endorsed hy many dootoss
and a notice was posted stating that } Putsse(l isd Hee Susi S149
the doors of the bank were closed by | For Sale at
action of the board of directors in the | PATTON DRUG CO. INC.
interest of the depositors, until the |
controller can make an audit of the |
accounts.
Reuel Somerville
FRAN MIGNOGNA. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Funeral services for Frank Mignona, | .
of Portage, who died Thursday in the Office in Good Bldg. Patton, Pa.
Mercy Hospital at Johnstown, were |
conducted Monday morning at 9:30 o’-
clock in St. Josephs’ Catholic Church.
Interment was in the Polish Catholic
Cemetery.
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Courier.
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Following are ¢
esting cases of
Criminal Cour
week:
Milton W. G
charged with
was found guilt
Evans’ court. ©
rected to pay
and the prosec
other half. Thi
the alleged theft
graph kit, recei
section radiator
John Casuba
Nanty-Glo, con
Judge Ivan J. M
rsday afternoon
to minors, were
ning to jointly r
of $50. John Cs
serve not less ti
30 days and h
to serve not less
30 days in the
Andy O’Lear,
with aggravatec
was found guilt}
recommended t
court.
Frank Gillish,
with larceny anc
was discharged 1
McKenrick and
upon the count]
alleged to have :
Frank Mardis,
town, charged w
not guilty and
divided between
prosecutor, Davi
town.
Herbert Free
charged with as
found guilty an
mercy of the Cc
Reed's court Fri
fendant was sen
The case grew
Freeburn and ar
of Cobaugh, bot]
town High Scho
Joseph Lucas:
both of Portage
and battery, wel
directed to py
the other half
Henry Seidlicki,
Commonwealth
had attacked tl
Adam Keafer,
Weimer, Road
Yoder Townshi]
ance on informs
Delozier, of the
found not guilty
dent Judge Joh
Court Thursday
were placed on
The road in q
link between th
to Roxburg and
at the old Rou
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“INDIG
SURF
There’s good
sufferers in
created by a :
to the quick, e
called “‘indiges
such as gas,
headaches, na
“Pape’s Dia]
is eaten like c
harmless. No
killers in it. N
No sooner s
stops; normal
Thousands a
the results th
they simply h
periences to hel
attractive Mrs
Dean Way, So.
“I suffered f
tion for many n
sleep right and
me. I would ha
sour stomach, |
bloat badly aft
“I tried a |]
nothing helped
Pape’s Diapep:
ended my tro
way.”
All druggists
or write ‘Pape’
ing, W. Va,, for