PAGE TWELVE —— UNION PRESS-COURIER State Has 6,500 Miles of Horse And Buggy’ Roads Highway Dept. Planning Modernization Program Penrisylvania has 6,500 miles of “truly horse and buggy roads,” Ray F. Smock, state highways secretary, said the other day, but the commonwealth is without suf- ficient funds to reconstruct them. All of this macadam or concrete mileage was constructed prior to 1925 and designed for a compar- atively light volume of traffic, he disclosed, explaining: “From the actuarial standpont our replacement responsibilities are enormous and far beyond our ability to finance reconstruction of such a vast mileage. Many roads become obsolete from a traffic standpoint before the ac- tually wear out.” Smock said in a statement that the 20-foot width for two-lane pavement was not considered ne- cessary until 192& and that now single lanes of 12 feet each are required for three of four lane highways. ‘“Basy curves and reduced’ gra- des are now demanded by pass- enger and commercial vehicles,” he added. “Increased sight dis- tance and wide shoulders are ne- cessary to provide adequate safe- ty. Specially designed intersec- tions at grade and overpasses and underpasses are now common on the primary roads.” Turning to costs, the highways secretary explained that adequate highways constructed after World War I cost $50,000 a mile, while a two-lane highway today of con- crete costs from $125,000 to $150,- 000 a mile; three lanes, $200,000 a mile; four lanes divided, $300,- 006 to $500,000, and controlled ac- cess roads in urban sections from three to seven million dollars a mile. FIRST MEDICAL BOOK The first American medical ok was written by two Aztec fians about 1550. The Smith- ian institution has a photo- phic copy of the book. 4 Yous 2jo,8 effects on the human Coal Men Declare War on Building Of New Pipe Lines Say Gas Reserve Not Sufficient in Emergency The Western Pennsyvania Coal Opérators’ Assn. is embarking on an all-out fight against new pipe line’ construction. During the past week, after declaring the natural gas indus- try is embarking on “reckless ex- ploitation,” the coal men urged Gov. Duff and the PUC to oppose | applications filed before the Fed-, eral Power Commission by Trans- | and | Tennessee Gas & Transportation | Continental Pipe Lines Co. Co. The coal association's offi- cers were authorized to seek the right to intervene in hearings be- fore the governmental agency. The coal operators adopted a resolution opposing the construc- tion of pipe lines after President R. E. Jamison of Jamison Coal & Coke Co. in Greensburg declared: “We are convinced that the proven reserves of natural gas are not sufficient to warrant the program of reckless expansion upon which the natural gas in- dustry has’ embarked x x x Any widespread displacement of Penn- sylvania’s coal, whether bitumin- ous or anthracite, will seriously affect the economy and prosper- ity of the entire state:” He continued: “We do not be- lieve that as a people we can af- ford to encourage the importance of a competing fuel, of which only a limited supply is available, to the detriment of our own in- dustry and all other related in- dustries such as our coal-carrying railroads, coke plants and produ- cers of goods and supplies re- quired in their operations.” Jamison also said that gas, “which constitutes only two-ten- ths of one percent of this Na- tions fuel resources, cannot serve this country’s need in the event of war” and declared “we can- not afford to dislocate our coal production resources or our rail- road facilities until we are as- sured of other adequate and available sources of energy and | transportation.” i | { DO YOU KNOW The skull is composed of 22 p t high altitudes are caused | bones, eight of which form the PY the decrease in atmospheric | skeleton of the cranium and 14 pressure oxygen —Rewards go only to rather than lack of|of the | those [not be obtained by face. of character may wishing for —~Qualities who earn them and to no others. | them; they must be cultivated, RESURRECTION DAY 3 8 2 fi b Taal Sep i he Ji yi Rites K Ji { By STANLEY THE OLD HOME TOWN __ tours tres one ALONG MAIN STREET — 00FR, 106, WING FIATVRES UTICDICATR. Be. WORLD DEIR REBERYID. THE OLD FLIRT-+ HE USED TO TIP HIS HAT TOME Driver Should Heed Highway Manners For Safey’s Sake “Do we need a cop tb watch every motorist?” Keystone Auto- mobile club asks in a discussion of the highway accident problem. “The big question,” says Ed- ward P. Curran, safety director of the club, “is, ‘What can be done to make motor vehicle drivers fully conscious of their responsi- bilities to society ?’ Obviously, we cannot continue the policy of groan and condone, which has characterized the public attitude on highway deaths and casualties for many years. The time has long since passed for viewing with alarm without adequate measures to’ counteract the bad habits of our drivers, not only here in this state, but the country over. The behavior of our drivers en masse is a black blot on motoring. “Should good manners be forced on the motoring public by putting car owners under such complete police scritiny that no censurable act can escape detectioon? Or can we, as individuals, be brought to recognize our own shortcomings and do something about them? “The whole subject of motorist | behavior was thoroughly consid- {ered recently at a conference of | police officials with officers and | staff members of the club. It was | agreed that the highway accident | problem narrows down to the |individual, and it was further agreed that only a tremendous | educational job can bring about {any appreciable change in the | driving habits of motorists. The | logical starting point, insofar as new drivers are concerned, is | proper driver training in the | schools with coincident inculca- | tion of a sense of responsibility | so obviously lacking in the pres- | ent-day operators.” | teh mtn Eligible Veterans To Receive Medals American Defense and World {War II Victory Medals will be | distributed to all eligible Pennsyl- { vania servicemen through a pro- {gram set up by the military af- | fairs department of this state. Adj. Gen. Frank A. Weber says {he has obtained 100,000 medals {which he will send to county vet- |erans’ affairs officers. J. Harold Gibb holds such title in this | county. | County directors were urged by | Weber to enlist the aid of local {veterans organizations to distri- {bute the medals to individuals. | The Defense Medal is awarded j for service between Sept. 8, 1939, {and Dec. 31, 1941; The Victory | Medal for duty between Dec. 7, {1941, and Dec. 31, 1946 —Read the Classified Ads! Co. Dog Owners, Sportsmen Enrich State Treasury Auditor General G. Harold Wagner has certified to the De- partment of Revenue the audit of the account of Roy B. Grif- fith, County Treasurer of Cam- bria County, for the period from Jan. 7, 1946 to Jan. 4, 1947. The audit shows that dog owners and sportsmen enriched the State Treasury in the amount of $35,- 574.10 during the year. The 1580 hunting licenses is- sued brought in $4,401. They in- clude 101 issued free to mem- bers of the armed forces. The treasurer's compensation was $163.20, leaving a net for the Commonwealth of $4,237.60. Revenue from the 1,228 fish- ing licenses issued was $1,757.50. Of this number, 69 were issued free to members of the armed forces. There were 23,297 dog licenses issued, for which the owners paid $29,579, including $1,112 in fines imposed and collected. Fewer Properties Sold in County During Past Month | For the first time since last March, real estate transactions in| Cambria County represented pro- | perty valued at less than $1,000,- 000. During November a total of 396 deeds were filed in the office of Recorder of Deeds Clark Powell. | these, 259 carried revenue {stamps placing total value of the {property at approximately $953,- 1021. The others were county deeds |or carried no revenue. | Total value of property which changed hands to date this year is placed at $15,524,104. This shows ia considerable drop from last | year when real estate deals were approximately $25 000,000. | In November of 1946 there were |496 deeds filed at Ebensburg, just {100 more than in November of | this year. The total to date this | year is 5,401 as compared with 16,689 for the first 11 months of last year. | In all, there were 708 instru- | ments, exclusive of discharge pa- pers, entered for recording in No- vember. Two hundred of these were mortgages and 112 were sat- isfactions. SECOND IN HEIGTT Mount Blanca, in Colorado, (14,- 464 feet) is second in height in the United States. —It is easier to start a thing ithan to keep it going. 66 / » . fo please the ady » Aa of your life She maybe a wife, sweetheart, sister, mother, aunt, or a friend . . . but whoever you have to choose for will be delighted with a lovely gift from Fannie C. Wetzel’s. Any item from our large selection of fine wearing apparel will be appreciated and will reflect the style and the quality that she loves . . . i. In BLOUSES and cotton in as- rayons sorted colors and designs. SWEATERS ...Button and pull-over styles, all colors and sizes. ROBES AND HOUSECOATS SCARFS ...In sheer materials, in either solid colors or in designs. LINGERIE ... Lovely lingerie in silk and rayon. An assortment of colors. FANNIE MAIN STREET ... Cotton, rayon and chenille in most sizes and colors. A useful and lovely gift a woman appreciates every day of the year. DRESSES -SUITS ...She can always use a new Large selection, dress or suit. C. WETZEL CARROLLTOWN, PA. 2x PAE RATE RE TETRA AINE Gets U. S. Mine Bureau's Approval Safe operating practices em-| ployed by two mines in this sec- tion have drawn favorable com- ment from the the U. 8. Bureau of Mines. Inspector Thomas B. Powell ccmmended the Springfield Coal Co. No. 4 mine at Spangler for taking steps to provide safe wor- king conditions. He suggested surface-underground telephone ser- vice, installation of a stairway in| the manway slope and the wear- | ing by all employes of protective | hats and shoes. The mine, with a | roster of 204 workmen, has an| output of 1,100 tons of coal a| day. | Workers and officials of No. 11 | Mine at Mentcle of the Redlands | Coal Co. were commended by In- | spector William Rachunis for | “adherence to most provisions of | the Federal Safety Code.” He mentioned particularly the recent installation of warning signals for shuttle cars. Soil Conservation Not Satisfactory Planning Board States Sufficient Agencies Two years of intensive soil conservation efforts in behalf of Pennsylvania's 170,000 farms have been encouraging but far fram Springfield Mine | radios now, and what’s more . . satisfactory, the State Planning Board says. Declaring that although there are a sufficient number of agen- cies in the field to assist in the development of a state wide pro- gram of soil conservation, the board asserted in a 28-page an- alysis of the problem: ‘An effective overall result on a matter so important to all of the people of the state will only be possible, however, if the ef- forts of those various agencies are coordinated to insure effect- ive service from each of them.” Under a 1945 law, any county may be established as a soil con- servation district of a ‘‘substa- ntial number” of farmers sign a petition for such action and it is ccmmissioners. The law is aimed at the conservation of soil apd soil resources by control and pre- vention of soil erosion. Report of Cambria Co. Prothonotary i ‘The account of John L. Hite, | Prothonotary of Cambria County, | | as certified to the State Depart- { ment of Revenue by Auditor Gen- leral G. Harold Wagner, shows {that 1,596 taxable papers were {handled by the office during the | year 1946. Fees collected totaled | $795.75, of which $771.88 was paid |into the treasury of the Com- | monwealth, while the balance of | $23.87 represents the commissions | paid. | A summary shows that there | were 110 D. A. satisfactions, |at 50c each, $55; 637 writs at 50c, $318.50; 828 judgments at | 50c, $414; and 21 appeals at 25c, | $5.25. 'Hiked Employment /In Bituminous Coal Employment in the bituminous {coal and lignite industries increas- |ed during 1946 for the first time | since 1942 although production { dropped 8 per cent below the 194% level, reports the U. S. Bureau of | Mines. | A bureau summary last week | estimated 1946 soft coal and lig- | nite production at 532,000,000 tons | compared with 577,617,327 tons {in 1945. Mines employed an esti- {mated 400,000 men in 1946, an | increase of 21,900 over the pre- vious year, the bureau said. The drop in production was at- tributed by the summary to ma- jor work stoppages which caused an estimated loss of 107 million tons. —A style committee of cloth- iers and furnishers says there will be no change for a while in men’s clothing—except from one old suit to another. —Important duties and respon- sibilities are rarely, if ever, en- trusted to the individual who has failed to perform the minor chores satisfactorily. —There is a way to refuse a request without engendering ran- cor, but only those who possess the qualities of a diplomat know | how. accepted by the county’s board of | | © A wonderful family gift is one of our hand- some new consoles. Look at our small radios too, to give to Sis or Brother, or girl friend. See our huge Christmas selection of famous You'll see the marvelous new Westinghouse and Phileo models with FM and AM reception in beautiful cabinet and floor mod- els from $22.50, CONVENIENT BUDGET TERMS! . a liberal trade-in allowance on your old model. 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One doctor in this state kept accurate record of rural acci- dents in his area that he and his assistant took care of in the past year. It appears to be a fair cross section of the tens of thou- | an |sands of accidents which doctors | take care of in all rural areas. i | for 333 accident cases during the | year and found 70 were children, | 65 were women, and 198 men. Ap- |g | proximately 75 percent of these | after the doctor be- and mental accidents took place noon hour, and the lieves that physical fatigue and haste to get through | a 8 work accounted in for afternoon the day's large measure cidents. There were 69 lacerations, 46 fractures, 24 puncture wounds, 5 dislocations, and 189 miscellane- ous injuries. There were 9 dog bites, 3 cow kicks and 1 hog kick. Most of the 65 accidents sustain- ed by women occurred in and about the home, and there were a total of 5 deaths from the 333 accidents. ac- MERRY CHRISTMAS Whether we shout it or sing it, we must be sure to mean it; for if we really mean it when we say “Merry Christmas everybody,” we will do all in our power to make Christmas a day of unsullied joy for all those within our sphere of influence. It is a day for doing good deeds as well as thinking good thoughts. It is not a day for re- ceiving gifts only. Christ came into the world to | | bring light which brings joy. He came to bring deliverance to all men; to solve their difficult prob- lems; to inspire a higher hope in the spirit of men. That is the couse of the deep- est joy of mankind. Yes, Christ- mas is a joyful day as well as a sacred day. There are many who have little; many who do not know the mean- By ALICE DENHOFF THE tangy odor of spices in the stove fills the house with a wonder- ful aroma and promises zestful din- ing. So here are some spice tips gearcd for current conditions and this time of year, Want something different in the Wie 78 7 Ro No Nok x way of cooked noodles, a sort of gourmet gesture? Well, add to drained, cooked noodles, % ec. light- ly-sauteed blanched almonds, a gen- erous lump of table fat and 2 tsp. poppy seeds. Let stand over low heat until flavors are well inte- grated. Serve with Chiclzen or Veal Paprika or any well-gravied dish as a good meat eker-outer. One way to use the canned minced clams that are available everywhere, is to prepare a good New Jingland Chowder. Use a tall can of minced clams c+ 2 flat ones. Boil a quart of milk with one large minced onion. Thicken milk slight- ly, add a piece of table fat, and the heated clams. Add salt and nutm to taste. Heat well but do not bo! Serve with hardtack or oyster crackers. Emergency Dish A smoked shoulder butt is an emergency life-saver. Keep one in the icebox. For a spicy version sim- mer meat, 6 cloves, half a bay leaf, one sliced onion, a stick of cinnamon and % c. wine vinegar. Be sure that all of the meat is covered, and the saucepan lid on tight, Allow 45 min. per hour for simmering. Very good with boiled potatoes and spinach. Spices Give Variety to Meals Next time you make mashed po- tatoes, be generous and allow for 2 ¢. left-over ones, to make Potato Cake. Mix 2 c. left-over mashed po- tatoes, 38 tbsp. hot top milk or evapo= rated milk, 3 tsp. paprika, 3% tsp. celery salt, tsp. minced parsley and salt to taste. Spread mixture on bottom and side of greased shallow baking dish. Bake in moderate oven 15 min. or until browned. For serv- ing, fill with creamed meat ar fish or with vegetables for another good eker-outer. Different Stuffing If you're tired of th: same old flavor in roast chicken, use a rice or potato stuffing and add the sage or thyme to the gravy. It does make a difference! If the family turns up its nose at the hearty turnip, try mashing this a ea, jn [ue toes, and a a nutmeg. Or, boil the turnips, eubed, and serve with a sauce based on meat drippings with a flavoring of nut. meg or mace and ground cloves J with a cautious dash of cayenne. And how’s about brussels sprouts & whirl? Serve with browned gravy, richly colored with paprika and flavored delicately with powdered savory, Make the most of apples and learn that baked apples, apple pudding and even rick brown apple sauce turn into party desserts with whipped cream fla. vored with brown sugar and ein- namon. oi . ati The recording physician cared | ling of this day as you know it; | Utah | many whose spirits are crushed | 17 ¥ | SE | Father Escalante, a noted Span- | | ish disaster. Remember them! _—_— { Independence. . COND UTAH VISITOR missionary, was the second nothing, YOU'RE TELLING ME! Society of | a worker usually |is operating only one stationary | nounced he will grant Elizabeth an of ev to undue | { Let's hope Santa Claus do might reconsider and stay in his sn Pole. givings. What we really need to- day is two Indian summers. 1 ' ' John M a son postcards that th miership over to Leon Blum, ———— By WILLIAM RITT Central Press Writer KING GEORGE has an. | veteran pre-war statesman, avis dently believe an old and not 8 d Phil an annual income out | new Blum sweeps cleanest. his own pocket. These days $ ¢ 1 en a princess finds its cheaper . el MOVE ins with the old. folk. i A South African eats nails, Tt 9 n protest against present day restaurant menus? y ; ’ - esn’'t read the headlines. He J! 5 Several congressmen ™ admit they chew bubble gum. Appears as though they are going after the grammar school vote. * 1 ‘ ug harbor up at the North v.82 Years ago we had two Thanks. Engineers, a survey declares, make the best husbands. 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