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VOL, XXXIV.
BELLWOOD, PAj
Short Items That Will Inter-
est Our Readers
JDAY, JANUARY 5, 1922.
LOCAL NEWS COLUMN W OIDJIDJHE NEW BIG BENEm SHOW IT Tt«T«WRRY AURANDT is slain the willmm penn highway
NO 46
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
Terse Psrsgrapbs Concerning the Doings
sf Oar Borough—The Colnmn
Onr Subscribers Enjoy.
—Tbere will be a regular meeting of tbe Qui Scoots at 4.15 on
Friday afternoon.
—Mrs. Gecrge   Burns, of tbe
noith tide, who sustained a fracture of a bone in one   of, ber ankles a few weeks sgo. is  able   to
be about with tbe aid of crutches.
—The Evangelical church is un
dergoing tome repairs to the in.
terior.   A fine, new set of pulpit
lumiture    has     been     ordered
through the Bellwood   Furniture
company.
—Tbe restaurant in the Corn-
measer building on Main street
conducted by C. P. Gilmore for
the past couple years, bas bad a
change in the firm name. In the
future it will be conducted hy J.
H. Gilmore & sin.
—Evangelist W. H. Closson is
attracting large crowds of people
to the evangelistic services at
Pine Croft. Mr. Barr, of Altoo-
oa, is serving as musical director.
The community is* .stirred and
much interest is manifest.
—Boy Scout troop No   1,  will
meet (n their regular rooms   6 30
JSI?J*y ^vnlng.   ,E*rery fellow
Ms OM Council Masts, Finish Ha Work
and Hew Oonnell Organises
Monday was inauguration in
Bellwood wben tbe members of
tbe borough council wbo elected
at the election held in November
stepped into office. The former
council met in the evening in the
publio bnildiog, transacted its
business and tben adjourned sine
die. The retiring members were
Dr. F. B. Iforrest, Dr. T. L. Wil-
son, Ira Estep and Frank W
Fleisher.
The new council then proceeded to organized. W. F. Hals-
bach, who was elected chief burgess at the- recent election, presided
pro tern. The new members are:
II. B. Lotz, Blain Wolf, Joseph
M. Lupfer and Charles A.
Hoover. After the oath had been
ailnnnistered tney took tbeir seat.
M. P. Williams was chosen president of conneil for the ensuing
jeer, J. M*. Lupfer, vice president
W. F. C. Lucas, clerk, Geo. M.
Myers, Esq., solicitor.
The selection of borough policeman was taken up. There were
two applications represented. L»ni
C. Ale and Frank Garland. When
the vole was announced Garl md
received live votes and Ale two.
The former.was declared elected.
John Carson was elected superintendent of water. His hourly
rate of pay was fixed at eighty
cents per hour and tbat of his
helper at forty-five cents per hour,
while be will receive the usual
fee collection   of
Veterans oi Foreign Wars lo Stag
Event st lba La Bella
Oo next Tuesday evening
John Wesley Colabine   Post J
343, Bell wood's Veterans of
eign Wars, will stage a big i
fit show at the La Belle   tm
The local management ot,
wood's play-house has spnrec
exjjense in making this one
biggest events of the season in*
way of motion  picture onterlal
ments and bave secured one of \
largest and best shows tor this.
tasion that money can buy. I
The show   will   consist of hi
big reels of  pictures   and  as
added   attraction   tbe merchat
of Bellwood have nil largely
tnbuted in merchandise, jewelr
hardware, etc , in fact most evej
thing you   can   mention  w.H
given away at all pernirmaucesi
Doors will open at four o'clof
Tuesday afternoon and the  (.irt
will run continuously until elevi
p. m.   Standing room  ooly   wj
no doubt prevail   at   all porfortj
ances.
ken* Bandits Kill Farmer  Bellwood
Man la Ihe Weal
While attendants at the funeral
Harry  H   Aurandt,   former
sllwood man, whojjjwas murder-
hy masked bandits at Tulsa,
Many Ramon* Afloat as lo Whieb Coarse
H Will Take in Thia Sactlon
There is an unconfirmed rumor
afloat that the rome ot tbe Wil-
liuni Perm highway will not pass
through onr borough as was or-
L
fclahoma, were intent   on the  iginally planned, hut that  it will
■Hal rites being accorded  the
lurdercd   man  by   tho Knights
Pemplar   Wednesday afternoon,
)ec. 21 a baud ol'Ku lvlux Klaus-
ten garbed in the ghostly regalia
>f that organisation mysteriously
ippeared apparently from nowhere
Ind laid npon the casket blood
fed flowers, symbols, perhaps of
|heir   seH-constituted   retributive
justice,    afterward   going   from
proceed paBt the the town; through
Mary Ann Forge and thence up
Gospel Hollow to Pleasant Val
ley, thereby eliminating Bellwood
snd the city of Altoona. Many
citizens of the borough look up
this route as the proper one the
route should tak->, while there are
others just as pronounced in their
views tbat it should pass thronsh
our borough, and at a meeting of
pence they had come with noi e  citizens held in the ollice ot B
inn son wsnquet at the
M«*"*C. A. will be discussed.
—A illustration of the economy
of motor-propelled over boree
drawn vehicles appears in the annual report of the La Crosse,
Wis., fire department. Three
combination trucks now in use
traveled 760 miles to answer 300
alarms at a cost of $602. During
the same 14 horses used by tbe
department required over $3000
for maintenance, the horse shoeing bill sh>ne amounting to nearly $700. •;*'.'.J
—There will bt regular services
io tbe Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning, Sunday- school
at 9.80 and preaching at 10.45,
subject of sermon, "Sent." In
tbe evening tbere will be begun a
series i of evangelistic services,
when/the pastor will speak on tbe
•'Second Birth." Tuesday even-
A ^n8»Jrran *0, sermon by Dr. Fran-
\jtie~fof Altoona, Wed. Jan 11,
consecration meeting led by pastor. Thursday and Friday even-
inggs, sermon by Dr. E. O. Reeve,
of Clearfield. Sunday evening
Jao.15 sermon by Dr. II. H Stiles,
of Altoona. Monday to Friday
the 16th to 20th, evangelistic
services conducted by Rev. E. C.
Reeve D. D. of Clearfield.
 All persons over the age of
twenty-or e years and desiring to
fish in any of the waters of tbis
state, are now. required to take
ont a fisherman's licente, according to a- recent enactment ot the
legislature. It coats $1.10 for a
lioense direct from, the connty
treasurer, or application cau be
made through the justice of the
peace, tor which an additional
charge of fifteen cents is made.
The money thus derived jjoea to
tbe department of fish-tiles at
Harrisburg to be used in stocking
the streams and bringing prose-
cution against those who pollute
the streams, and tor otber violations. Fishermen are urged to
*•*' get tbeir license early, as the
money goes into tbe department
at Harrisburg, whose exchequer is
at low ebb.
Jas. W. Lowther showed a bal
ance ot $4,506.52 on band. Orders
were given for the payment of
bills amounting to $507-39. Exonerations were granted on taxes
amounting to $120.
Tbe body adjourned to meet
Friday evening Jan. 12, when the
president will make bis announcement ot the standing committees
for the ensuing year.
- Council will have a vast amount-
of business to occupy its attention
during the coming year. The
matter of making permanent improvements to our streets .will
likely receive serious consideration- It is the consensus of opinion of many of the taxpayers that
some of our moat used streets
should be bricked and especially
tbe one from the intersection J ot
tbe new state highway east of the
boroogb to Main street at tbe
Methodist church. It is imtne-
terial whether the William Penn
highway goes, through the
borough, or whether it goes up
Gospel Hollow, this section of our
borough should be paved with
brick. This proposed improvement will no doubt meet with tbe
heatty approval of the property
owners,as it will not only moder-
ize the street, but would be a
great relive from dust.
Tbe new council is composed of
energetic spirits and our citizens
are 1 roking forward to some real
progress being made iu -town improvements.
State Flsbinq Season Olosed
The open season tor bass, larj
or small mouth black bass,
bass, white bass,   crappie,   str
berry or   calico   bass  «t*rd
or   Susquehanna   salmon,
perch, otherwise oalled wan!
pike, or muscailonge  or
pike closed  at midni
camber 31, oftioia!Iy,bi;
lor the most part put
ds and lines
weather forced themTS
the streams.
The bass fishing season, lor th
most part, bas not been up to the
standard in tbe streams of the central portion ot the state during
the past summer and fall, although the season was an exceptionally good one in the unpolluted lakes aad ponds of northwestern Pennsylvania.
Banters' Licenses ia Blsir County
When the county treasurer
closed bis office Saturday noon
for the year of 1921, it' was disclosed that, during the past year
9,822 residents and 11 non-residents bad taken out hunter's license.
Sixty-nine other residents paid
for tbe privilege ol fishing in the
streams so little protected by the
state. Owners of dogs paid approximately $250 for license tag9,
making an approximate total ot
$10,159, good American money
the people of little Blair poured
into the coffers  of Pennsylvania.
*—The side walks are again in a
treacherous condition.
—United Evangelical church,
Ii. H. Dick, pastor. 9.30 Sunday
school; 10.45 preaching, subject,
"The Conflict of Christianity with
Worldiness"; K. L. C. E. 6.15;
preaching 7 p. ra., "God's People
in Ej-ypt."
—Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Bentley
ot Cambria street, announce tbe
marriage of tbeir daughter, Miss
Annabel I to Robert J. Henderson,
of Little Rock., which event took
place on Dee. 27. Tbey will
make their future home, in Texas.
Dwelling Damaged by Firs
The home of Miss Lizzie Akers
on South Second street suffered
much damage from a fire Friday
forenoon ot last week. The blaze
started at a defective flue at the
fiist floor joists and was faet
Making progteis when the fire
men arrived. The fire" waB
quickly extingushed. The loss
is covered hy insurance.
Edgar Myers and two children,
of Jjbnstown, enjoyed ten days
of the holliday season at the Lewis Myert home   on  Main  street.
—United States Senator Boies
Penrose, chief of the Republican
party in the state for tbe quarter
ot a century, die 1 at his apartments in a hotel in Washington
last Satarday night, just bb tbe
old »car was ebbing away. He
was one of our representatives in
the senate since 1897, and attained to a nation wide reputat'on.
The Republican party has suffered a great foes.
hallenging their presense or
bring their way, in spile of the
jjrt that the city officials and
ice'e"-officers oi'Tulsa were gat lied at the grave.
■A large crowd ot friends of the
prdered man, who had served
secretary to the poliece eom-
ssioner and president of an oil
pany of Tulsa, had gathered
the grave iu Hose Hill ceme-
p*, among whom were the city
.tale, i large representation
he police force and members
the Knights Templar and
r degrees of the Masonic fra-
fly. The latter were just
>leting the burial rites ot the
I when twelve Klansman
nly appeared marching sin-
Bend in rigid military or-
~^ey wore the prescribed
f^!T!^'^VlW**rttoi
tie iueignia conspicuous on
the breast of eaoh.
*" The leader carried a cross of
flaming red flowers, aud marching forward with the meiu ot
tboee who haa undisputed sway
they circled once around the
grave as the startled crowd made
way for them, the leader silently
laying the cross upon the casket
bis followers followed his example
by each one laying a single flower
upon it. They marched out as
they bad come in, single file, until they reached the outer border
ot the crowd where they drew up
in straight line formation witb
their backs to the crowd wbile
the masons finished their rites so
strangely interrupted.
As a high wind was blowing
people strained to aee the faces of
the Klansman should their masks
by chance be blown aside, but
the garbed figures took good care
to hold the masks in place so
that no clue waa given as to the
identity of any of them. Twlsa
newspapers which have given
large space to comment on the
sensational episode, state that
conjectures as to the reason for
the participation of the Klans-
men is rife through the entire
city, but no answer can be given
in explanation. "Was tbe "dead
man a member ot the order?" Or
did the band merely take this
method of indicating that tbey
would take a hand in quelling
the crime wave which has recently swept terror into the entire
city. None can say. It is probably the first time in history such
an occurrence took place.
Harry II. Aurandt was held up
by bandits at 7 o'clock on the
morning of December 19 as he
was making a trip in his automobile, in company with another
police officer, after Christmas trees
Tbey were about lour miles out
trom Tulsa, when tour masked
bandits bore down in a largo
Buick ca*-, coming to an abrupt
rister Geo. M. Myers Wednesday
afternoon plans werelaid to protest against tbe route going l>v
ourtown. Petitions have befeii
formulated and Will be quickly
prepared for circulation. One
will be signed by citiz-us, one i>y
township supervisors and or.e by
borough officials.
It was originally proposed to
take route through our town and
on to Altoona by what is known
as the Pine' Croft way, To do
this will require a change in the
line of the Logan Valley E'ectrie
railway at a number of points,
entailing the expenditure ot a
largo sum of money. The railway has entered a protest and |for
this reason the Gospel Hollow
route is   now   being   considered.
Maiu street of our borough is
%0-pr, a j*j**j^ths>,
who sie famililtr^it'h tWco
tion that tbe street is narrow and
during the summer season tbere
i' much traveling done by autoiSts
more especially on Sunday.
Should the route pass through
the borough, it needs uo argument that two cornermen will be
requiree, one at the intersection
rof Cambria and Main streets Jand
the other at the Methodist church
corner, and tor the pert jrmaucc
of this service tbe taxpayers will
be called upon to pay. If the
taxpayers want route to pass
through Bellwood, all is "■•el 1 and
good; if not the route np Gospel
llollyw is the only solution.
—Dr. J. M. kln»cl, the well
knowii dentist of the Mayflower
Plantation, who bad been confined to his home for the past
seven weeks, with a severe atfact
ot diabetes, is now able to be
about the s< reets.
—The annual, meeting ot the
road supervisors of Blair county
will be held in the court house at
Hollidaysburg, Jan. 12. This
meeting promises to be full of interest and will be addressed by a
number of persons prominent in
road making.
—The regular monthly meeting
of the board of supervisors ot
Antis township nnd the first in
the new year, will be held in the
Bellwood bank building next
Saturday afternoon at 130
o'clock. The supervisors have
recently received the state reward
from the department at II irris-
burgA which amounts to -more
than two thousand dollars.
ing up his hands but the other
man grabbee a rifle aud pressed
tbe trigger which merely snapped.
This brougnt fullisade ot shots
from the bandits, Mr. Aurandt,
receive*! four bulle t wounds. He
died some houri later.
Mr.   Aurandt   was   reared  in
this county,having formerly lived in the northern   part of Morrison   Cove and Bellwood.    lie
was the  son   ot   the   late   Rev.
halt and demanding (atijk em up)  ^lft|im   Aurandt,  a   reformed
I Mr. Aurandt complied by throw-1 minister.
People Who Visit Her* and
Those Who Go Away.
MOVEMENTS OF OUR CITIZENS
Qnssts Wbo Are Entertained by Bellwood
Hosts—Personal Mention ol Those
,Who Trsvsl To and Pre.
Squire John T. Criswell returned Tuesday from Miflliutown,
where he nad spent the bollidays
with friends.
Mis Cloyd I\ Beattyand baby
sou oi'Niles, Ohio, are guests at
the home of mrs. Matilda Price
on MoyIns street.
Mis. I! -sic Davis and little
daughter r .rothy, of near Pitta-
burg, are gin *.. at the home of
Horace A. VatiPevattder on East
FirBt street.
Louis A. Frazier, wife and lour
children, returned home Wednesday from a visit with their daughter. Mrs. Samuel McKaniey at
Big Four, West Va.
Mis  I). M. Weaver  of SouthI
Third street, was the- recipient of "l
a box of Hue oranges and tauger
ieus from her friend Mrs. D.   D.
Elliott, of Lakeland, Floridajas a
Christmas treat.
William J. Houston, wife sud
four daughters, alter a .pleasant
visit ot two weeks at the residen- e
of Mrs. Emily Houston on Mi in
street have j|tumed to their homo
in Melon
_
enjoying the society orboitr*15S_s*"
They are visitors at tho Blair W.
Curnmessor   home   on Cambria
Street.
Harry Lowther, son of H. C.
Lowther and wife, of Beaver, Pa.
spent a tew days recently as the
guest ot his uncle, Banke* Jas.
W. Lowther on Martin street.
He was on his way to Blairstown.
N. J., where he is a student in
Blair ball, a preparatory school.
llar;ry A. Douglas, of Washington, 1). C. dropped quietly into Bollwood last saturdap to pay
a «liurt visit to home folks Mr.
Douglass' triends will regret to
know that he has uot been in the
enjoyment* of good health for
some time and is contemplating a
visit to Florida. ,
Frank M. Glasgow aud wite of
South Third street, left Wednesday for Orlando, Florida, where
tbey will enjoy the gentle breeze
ot the southland until April,wben
they will return home. During
Mr. Glasgow's absence the duties,
of secretary of the Logan Valley
cemetery association will be in
charge of E. N. Root.
Dr P. N. Jordon, bas returned
Jiome from a visit ot a few days
witb friends at McDonald, Pa.
While away Mrs, Jordon was
taken suddenly ill and it became.
necessary to remove her to the
Presbyterain hospital in Pittsburg
where an operation was performed. Her friends will be glad to
know that ehe is doing nicely
and will soon be able to come
to Bellwood:
George Sunday, of Hood River
Oregon, gave his sister, Mrs.
Tbomaa J. Frazier, a joyful sur
prise when he suddenly put in su
appearance at her home on South
Main street. Mr Sunday has
has been located in Oregon for
tbe past thirty One years and this
is bia first visit cast in twelve
years. He has gone to Centr.i
county where be will spend several weeks |visiting. He will return to the coast in  the  spring.
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