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© EDITORIAL
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IT’S UP TO THE READERS
It is the belief of the American
Fiction Guild that only when the
public begins to shy away from
the sex and gangster magazines,
will those magazines, with their
lurid, suggestive covers and stor-
jes, vanish from the news stands.
Readers must use more discrimina-
tion in the selection of light read-
ing.
There are many kinds of stories
on the stands. Some are printed on
smooth paper and for the most part
contain the printed works of Amer-
jca’s most famous writers. Others
are printed on rough paper. They
contain good stories and their writ-
ers will be the famous authors and
novelists of tomorrow.
Most of the so-called news stand
magazines are wholesome, treating
of adventure all over the world, of
the conquest of the air and the sea,

of crime detection from the side of
the law. Some of the most famous
executives of the land select their
hight reading from the news stand
group, resting their brains while
they travel the world on the wings
of some adventure writer's imag-
ination. Select your reading as
carefully as they do their's, for, af-
ter all, the most pernicious maga-
zines contain material that is the
most monotonous to be found, since
they select themes which are cap-
able of so little variation.
NEWSPAPERS AND THE DE-
PRESSION
While the newspapers of the na-
tion have suffered from greatly re-
duced revenue during the last three
years of depression, which fortun-
ately seems to be drawing to a
close, still it can be said with truth
that the press has continued to
maintain the same quality of ser-
vice to the public. Circulations
have held up remarkably well, too,
and while the number of actual
paid subscribers may be somewhat
less than three years ago, there is
probably now more actual readers
than ever before.
The economic slump since 1929
was not followed by a hewspaper
slump. Affected, of course, by a de-
crease in advertising revenue, the
newspapers kept right on furnish-
ing news, features and comments
on the issues of the day with more
completeness than ever. And now
that more favorable business condi-
tions seem to be developing thruout
the country, they are in admirable
position to go ahead.
The Bulletin, for instance, during
the last three years has not dimin-
ished its news and features in any
way. Efforts have been made con-
stantly to improve its service to its
readers, rather than to cut down
and cheapen the quality of the pa-
per. We have endeavored to lead in
keeping as cheerful a view of the
future as possible, and to co-oper-
ate in any and all the efforts
leading toward business recovery.
The same is true for the policy of
newspapers in most other commun-
ities.
In spite of competition by the ra-
dio, the magazines and other med-
inms, the newspapers have remain-
ed the principal vehicles for adver-
tising. They are a vital part of the
economic structure of the country
and will remain so through every
national vicissitude. Not only that;
their service is stimulating the
morale of the public and in promot-
ing relief has been invaluable.

SHIRKING PUBLIC LIFE
A prominent New York business
man in a recent address, said:
o The disintegration and the de-
moralization which are the feature
of our times come from the failure
of those best fitted by heritage,
tradition and training to undertake
tHe! of government.”
This is a sweeping statement—
Sweeping—but it con-
tain more What a modicum of the
trwth the thoughtful
attentidh jof every: citizen who de-
sinésudod seev in the
wastefil brtravigant govern-
men}]; Weare how! receiving, partic-
ularly
gi men .gomplain bhitberly =f
w thes col “polities,” sz ime
ment, the, absence of
very Tew of them: are. willing
take off-thaixeoats and inten.
fight for genuine reform. We have
to elevate th
Telephone news of
SALUNGA
Recent visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs, D. G. Nelson were
his father, Mr. J. F. Nelson, of Al-
toona; his brother, Mr. and Mrs.
and children, Anna
Nelson of
B. M. Nelson
and Benny; Mrs. A. F.
Hollidaysburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Oram Bryson spent
a few days last week at George-

Dry Law Costly
Crusaders Find
(From page one)
the State benefits to the tune of $1,-
500,000 a year. Ironically should say
at least 75 per cent of it, comes from
Pennsylvania—Phila. Inquirer,

town with Mr. and Mrs. George

Sunday school at the regular
time 9:30.
A pageant, Dawn in David’s Town
will be rendered on Sunday evening
at 7:30.
There will be 33 of the school to
take part. It will be interspersed
by music, recitations and drills by
the little folks. Come.
Mrs. Elias Young is on the sick
list.
Miss Elsie Zerphey entertained
the class of ’31 of Landisville High
School at her home on Tuesday
evening. Those attending were: the
Misses Verna Summy, Anne Rice,
Martha Hershey, Kathryn Gal-
breath, Irene Brubaker, Mildred
Erb, Patience Garretson; Messrs.
Lloyd Peifer, Willis Kenidg, T.
Hershey Rohrer.
I. Cletus Raffensperger accom-
panied Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Risser,
of Elizabethtown, to Philadelphia
on Friday.
Mrs. Ira L. Risser and daughters
Peggy Lou and Julia Ann, spent
Saturday with Mrs. Risser’s moth-
er, Mrs. Elizabeth Herr Raffens-
perger. | Mar
Mrs. Harry Fuller and daughter,
Peggy Lou, of Lancaster, visited
the Albert Rogers family on Sun-
day.
Mrs. J. Freymyer, of Elizabeth-
town, spent Tuesday with her
daughter, Mrs. John Kendig.
Mrs. Elias Aungst and Mrs. S.
Eby are very much improved after
being housed up with the grippe
since Thanksgiving.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Longenecker
and children, Anna Ruth, Bobbie,
and John, were Sunday guests at
the home of her brother, Mr. and
Mrs. Levi M. Peifer.
Mrs. Ann Eshelman and daugh-
ter, Miss Minnie, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Sprout at Holtwood, Sunday.
Mrs. Eliza Heffley and the Wm.
Morrow family, of Adamstown,
called on Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Eby
on Sunday afternoon on their way
to services at the Masonic Home, at
Elizabethtown.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Newcomer,
Mrs. Alice Kline, Mr. Earl New-
comer and Miss Mildred Way, of
Mount Joy, were entertained at a
six o’clock dinner on Sunday by
the former’s sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Hiestand at their home in
Lancaster.
Mrs. Jonas
sick list.
MAYTOWN
Mrs. Jennie Fryberger- celebrated
ner birthday Monday, Dec. 19.
Miss Grace Albright, of Lancas-
ter, spent the past week with her
sister, Mrs. Joseph Henderson.
Miss Georgia Peck, of Lancaster,
Williams is on the

spent the week end with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peck.
M.ss Jessie Brown, of Philadel-
phia, returned home after spending
a week with Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Davis.
Dr. and Mrs. John Shetter, of
Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. B. F
Wagley, of Easton, attended the
funeral of Mrs. Annie L. Hicks on
Wednesday
The following persons spent Sat-
urday at Lancaster: Janet Beshler,
Ruth Beshler, Ethel Culp, Mrs. I.
Carpenter, Grace Henderson, Verna
Peck, Josephine Beshler.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Houseal and
son, Robert, of Harrisburg, attend-
ed the funeral of Mrs. Annie L.
Hicks.
rm ntl Ae
Harrisburg — The State Highway
Dept. opened bids on 11 highway
and bridge construction projects to-
taling 14.27 miles.
public life without any thought of
material gain. They are unselfish,
and the best part of it is that they
ask no odds. They are entirely
willing to take the hard knocks
with the praise—fully realizing
that the brickbats will be more nu-
merous than the bouquets.
Perhaps we shall have that sort
of thing as the Nation grows in
age and wisdom. One reason it is
lacking now is that we do not have
alarge leisure class in this country.
We are too Busy aomg We many
mings ve tee eur aands tn the
task ef making tne United States
a better place to live in. Saddest of
all, when some public-spirited man
does undertake the job he becomes
the target for many other men
who are too indolent to try it thers-

spasmodic movgmentg,of men and
women who ly anxious
e £2
of public life. re
have able men deliberate
for public service. It is n
mon in England, but we
little of it in the United S
ge other side of the Atlan
gvealth and intellect frequently
their liy g their coun-
bg inte

selvi jSometimes he gives up in
though if he has the right
in him he perserves to
e see hopeful signs
th citizen, rising to
e axes. All that is
is a number of able men to
ead the battle; let us hope that the

Dry Law Costly
Chicago, Dec, 17—-The crusaders,
ilitant anti-prohibition organization,
ade public a survey, “based on offi-
ial reports,” placing the total cost of
e Eighteenth amendment to the
merican people at more than $34,500,-
,000 and in excess of 2,500 lives.
The figure actually given was $34,-
,109,246 and it is based on congres-
onal and state appropriations for en-
rcement, assessed value of seized
roperty, cost of putting and keeping
iolators in jail, cost of Coast Guard
d customs co-operation, loss in rent-
Is on padlocked, property, loss in
quor tax revenues and loss to public
high prices, protection, etc.
The report also asserted that 2,602
es were lost, including 513 enforce-
ent officers and 2,089 citizens.
The first 12 years of prohibition, up
to the end of the last fiscal year, are
covered in the survey which was pre-
pared by Colonel Ira L. Reeves, di-
rector of the crusaders and William T.
Biesel, the organization’s statistical ex-
pert—Sunday News,
The Saving
With a saving of nearly three and a
half billion dollars annually, it would
seem as though that amount of money
would ease people from at least some
of the heavy tax burdens.
On the race track proposition, if it
would give Penna, 75 percent of a mil-
lion and a half annually, that too is
not to be sneered at.
BAINBRIDGE
With the idea of having a Men’s
chorus to represent , Bainbridge
and the surrounding community, a
meeting has been arranged for on
Sunday afternoon, December 18 at

2:30 o'clock, in the Bainbridge
Church of God. All men interested
in singing with this community
Men’s chorus are urged to be pres-
ent at this meeting and join this
organization.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Albert Haw-
thorne are receiving congratulations
upon the birth of twin daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Overmeyer
entertained Misses Jane Hawthorne
and Dorothy Smith at their home
on Locust street, Columbia on Wed-
nesday night. Other guests of the
Overmeyer’s were: Misses Elvira
Roccio, Erna Miller and Jane Ov-
ermeyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Garber re-
turned to their home in Pittsburgh
after spending two weeks as the
guests of the former’s mother, Mrs.
Carrie Garber.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Prescott and
Mr, and Mrs. Carroll J. Prescott
attended the Rural Carrier's ban-
quet at Hotel Weber on Saturday
night.
Mr. John Markley, of Harrisburg,
spent Monday with his parents, Mr
and Mrs. E. M. Markley.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin McCarthy
and children, of Harrisburg were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Me
Carty on Sunday.
The following members of the
Conoy Rod and Gun Club returned
home from the South Mountains
where they spent ten days in quest
of deer: N. R. Hoffman, A. L. Hoff-
man Bud Mohr, G. W. Mohr, Mon- |
roe Morganthal, Lloyd Niblock, Ro-
land Reisinger, and Martin Smith.
Miss Gertrude Ely returned home
after spending a week with rcia-
tives in Harrisburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Kleeman Brosey en-
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Bachman at dinner on Sunday.
Messrs. I. Scott Smith, William
Breneman, R. A. Hummel, H. J.
Hawthorne, Reuben Fitzkee, Wm.
Mundorff and F. B. Smith attended
the annual Masonic banquet at
Marietta on Monday night.
Miss Ethel Gingrich and Russell
Shoop accompanied by Mrs. Aman-
da Bachman, motored to Gloucester
City, N. J., where they were the
week end guests of the latter's
daughter, Mrs. Cloyd Leiter.
RHEEMS
Phares Grove, a former resident;
of this place, now residing in Pitts-
burgh, spent a few days in this vi-
cinity, having come here to attend
the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Fi-
anna Grove,
Jean Kraybill, a student at West
Chester, is spending her Christmas
vacation with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Kraybill.
Mr. Harry Hoover and Mr. and
Mrs., Elmer Hoover spent Sunday
as th sts of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Heisey
Mrs. hn Shank residing near
tnis place has been removed to the
St. Joseph’s hospiial on Monday
where she will be given the X-ray
treatments.
Allen Ober is assisting Benj.
Reinhold, local butcher, on account
of butchering being done by the
farmers at his place at the present
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hershey and
family, of Donegal, spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Groff and family.
The 12-2! zope = charge of Miss
Hollana win renaer * a Christmas
program, Friaay evemng, Dec. 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Harr Longenecleer
and Mr. and Mra Efmer geneck
er spent Sunday with Mr a=g Mss.
Amos uses». of near Elzabeth-
tows.
Cnuren ef the Brethrem closed is
revival services at Florin on Sun-

opportunity will not peglected.

day evening with a large attend-
ance.
The Christmas season is being
Xmas Programs
(From page 1)
Organ melodies.
Pageant, King of Kings.
Benediction.
Postlude,
Macedonia A. M. E.
by the Sunday School:
Song by school, Holy Night.
Invocation,
Song by school, Joy to World.
Scripture reading.
Song by school.
(Enter Santa Claus.)
Recitation, Arthur Gantz,
Recitation, Dolores Wilson.
Recitation, Romayne Skipper.
Solo, Joan Skipper.
Recitation, Harvey Gantz.
Recitation, Myrtle Gantz.
Recitation, Robert Wilson.
Song by school.
Recitation, Arminta Kantz.
Recitation, Clarence Wilson.
Recitation, Naomi Gantz.
Song, Intermediates.
Recitation, Viola Gantz.
Recitation, Aurora Skipper.
Recitation, Annie K. Gantz.
Duet, Emma and Aurora Skipper
Recitation, Dora. Gantz.
Recitation, Emma Skipper.
Solo, Bessie Cowell.
Recitation, Thelma Johnson.
Recitation, Anna Minor.
Closing song by school.
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Saturday evening, Dec. 24, at 7
P. M. the following program will
be rendered in St. Luke's P. E.
church:
Song by school, It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear.
Opening exercises,
A Welcome, David Lutz.
Recitation, A Difference, Margar-
et Zeller.
Recitation, Shoveling Snow, Rich-
ard Brown.
Saxophone duet, The First
Robert and Edward Brown.
Recitation, Helping Mother, Mary
Ellis.
Recitation, Christmas Time,
Schneider.
Solo and chorus,
Noel,
Joanne Brown
Nancy Ellis.
Song by the school, Away
Thoughts.
Recitation,
Fred Germer.
Recitation, A Little Light, Alma
Cunningham.
Violin and Cello duet, Silent
Night, Mary Louise and Elsie May
Longenecker.
Recitations, The
mond Heisey.
Recitation, A Large Task, Charles
Heisey.
Solo, The Little Christ Child, by
James Zeller.
Recitation, A Short Selection, by
Irene Smeltzer. Y
Traveler, Ray-
Recitation, The Sub-Scout, Fred
Garber.
Remarks from recto., Mr. Dum-
vill.
Exercise, Contrioutions, by Mrs.
Garber’s class
Offering.
Recitation, So Careless, Nancy
Germer.
Recitation, So Small, Marshall
Dissinger.
Dialogue, Living a
Miss Henry's class.
Recitation, Rag Doll, by
Brown.
Exercise, How the Wise Men
Found the Christ Child, Mrs. Top-
pin’s class.
Song by school,
the Christmas Tree.
Santa’s Arrival.
Distribution of gifts.
Benediction.
Church of God
The following program will be
presented by the Church of God
Sunday School on Christmas night
at 7:30 o’clock.
Selection by orchestra.
Song by Primary children.
Prayer by pastor, Rev. Paul Mar-
tin.
Recitation,
Fairy Story,
Elenor
Gather ‘Round
Robert Beamenderfer.
Recitation, Maud Balmer.
Recitation, Asher Beamenderfer.
Recitation, Lois Snyder.
Exercise by Mary Barnhart
four girls.
Solo, Jack McClelland.
Recitation, Earl Balmer.
Recitation, Wilbur Hawthorne.
Recitation, Ray Pennel.
Recitation, Doris Rice.
Recitation, Robert Hoffman.
Recitation, Malva Funk.
Recitation, Ellen Funk.
Recitation, Franceanna Funk.
Trio, Marie Beamenderfer, Mad-
aline Sumpman and Anna Coen.
Recitation, Roy Sumpman.
Recitation, Mildred Myers.
Recitation, Gladys Pennel.
Recitation, Anna Coen.
Recitation, Alice Balmer.
Recitation, Violet Sprout.
Recitation, Jane Snyder.
Recitation, Ralph Bradly.
Recitation, Horace Wertz.
Recitation, Russel Sumpman,
Remarks by pastor.
Offering.
Star Gleams, a Christmas pag-
eant by Verna Whiney will be pre-
sented by twenty-three young peo-
and
ple of the Sunday School.
Evangelical
The following program will be
rendered in the Evangelical Con-
gregational church Sunday evening,
December 25, at 7 o’clock.
Selection by orchestra.
Song by school, No. 1.
Responsive readings by Superin-
tendent and school.
Prayer by the pastor.
Recitation, Addrese of Welcome,
Alice Bishop.
Recitation, A Paul-
ine Archer.
The following program will be |
rendered at 7:30 P. M. Christmas |
Jean | ¥
and tots of Mrs. Longenecker’s
class.
Recitation, Santa’s Hired Man,
Paul Garber.
Recitation, Mother’s present, by |¥
Dark |
Merry Christmas, by |

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Recitation, A Parachute Landing,
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Dialogue, All the Year Round,
Gerald Arntz as Santa Claus, with
Donald Peifer.
Song by school, No. 4.
Recitation, Helping Mother, by
Florence Kaylor.
Recitation, So Careless,
et Kramer.
Exercise, Room for Jesus, Harry
Reheard, Irvin Myers, Richard and
George Weber.
Margar-
Primary Song, The First Glad
Christmas Time.
Recitation, Under the Mistletoe,
Shirley Herr.
Exercise, Just Like Christmas
Holly by four Primary girls.
Recitation, Shoveling Snow, Jacob
Sentz.
Song by Junior choir.
Recitation, A Christmas
Rhoda Kaylor.
Recitation, The Alarm Clock, by
James Archer.
Exercise, The Merry Christmas
March, Arlene Sentz and beginners.
Recitation, The Christmas Key,
James Piersol.
Recitation, Christmas
Jean Weaver.
Solo, The Little Christ Child, by
Jean Brandt.
Recitation, Finding Him,
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Recitation, Christmas Advice, by
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Remarks by pastor.
Offering.
Recitation, Chaldea’s Story, Beryl
Amanda Herr.
Exercise, The Desert Blossoms by
four Primary girls.
Recitation, The Christmas Spirit,
Dora Gantz.
Exercise, The
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Recitation, When Grandma was a
Girl, Mildred Geib.
Song by Senior choir.
Recitation, The Christ Child, Ed-
na Rahm.
Story,
Gifts, by
James
Watchfire, Inter-
Recitation, A Christmas Cross-
word Puzzle, Robert Arntz.
Exercise, with Pantomime, The
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East Greenville—Repairs made to
filtering plant of East Greenville
borough water pumping station.
Emlenton—Work nearing comple-
tion on repairs being made to Em-
lenton bridge.
Keystone Construction Co. of
Meadville, received $32,222 con-
tract for construction of 1.17 miles
pavement in Lake Township.
Knox — Louis V. Hepinger, of
Clarion, obtained lease on theatre
here.
Reynoldsville — Liberty Theatre
reopened.
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Il. S. Shows Penna, Js i
Too Much for Use of Roads

HE U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
has dealt a blow to the railroad
and other propagandists who for
years have been trying to convince
the people of Pennsylvania that
trucks are not paying as much as
they should for the use they get out
of the State highways.
Thomas H. MacDonald, Chief of
the Bureau, after detailed studies of
Pennsylvania's State roads, their
construction, costs, operating condi-
tions and the fees charged for their
use, shows:
That the 220,000 trucks up to 2-
tons weizht pay $3,571,619, or an
average of $16.20 each, more than
they ought.
That the 20,066 3-ton, 4-ton and 5-
ton trucks pay $325,893, less than
they ought, or $11.20 each.
That passenger cars are paying
$1.50 each, or a total of $2,190,974,
less than they should.
Mr. MacDonald’s startling statement
was made before the Senate Inter-
state Commerce Committee. Asked
by Senator Kean, New Jersey, to
name a state in which the trucks un-
questionably paid for all they got out
of the roads, Mr. MacDonald unhesi-
tatingly named Pennsylvania. He
explained in much detail the engineer-
ing tests by which it has been proved
that the wear and tear on roads
through the use of trucks has been
enormously exaggerated.
Mr. MacDonalds Burean
deenly into the grestion of kb
each ciass of vehicles
through gasoline taxes, licen
ete., to road eosts, and how
use of the roadsg
found tha the

4 44
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passenger car pays, in fees and gas-
oline taxes, $24.50 annually; where-
as, to compensate for all it takes out
of the roads, it should pay $26.00. As
there were in 1931 1,527,316 pas-
senger cars in the state, they were
actually paying $2,190,974 less than
the value they were receiving from
the roads.
On the other hand, all trucks up
to and including those of 2-tons, are
actually paying for more than they
get out of the roads. There were in
1931 no less than 220,450 trucks in

this category; they were paying
$16.20 each, on an average, more than
they got out of the roads. The
figures follow:
Over-taxed, Total
Weight Number each Excess tax
1 $10.50 $950,994
3 -ton....75,645 21.50 1,626,367
1-ton....33,464 14.00 468,496
1%-ton....11,913 30.00 357.390
2-ton. ...12,944 13.00 168,272
Total trie. $3.571.519
The only trucks under-taxed are
those of 3, 4, and 5 tons, numbering
20 066. They pay $325,893 less than
the should, or $11.20 each.
i 1s it appears that trucks as a
who are paying $3,245,626 more
than they should; passenger cars $2,
190,974 less than they should.
The Highway Users Corfererce of
Pennsvivania, in a bulletin setting
forth the foregoing analysis, declares
that “on the face of this showing. itis
simply ridiculous for the enemies of
the f-ce highway longer to demand
further taxes or restrictions on

trucks, they wog!d
of freight.
i~ess would
e railro~.ds should succeed in

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