Bellefonte, Pa., November 7, 1924.
A AL A SER ESI Tes,
THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF
THE ROAD.
With apologies to Sam Walter Foss
Oh, I live in a house by the side of the
road, :
Where the race of the trucks goes by—
The trucks that are big, and the trucks
that are small,
With boxes and bales piled high.
I cannot sleep through the din and the jar,
Nor rest, or ponder, or plan—
Though I bought my house by the side of
the road
To be a friend to man.
X see from my house by the side of the
road,
By the side of the highway to town,
A tenement towering high in the air,
A laundry of Chinese so brown,
And garages perfuming the air with their
gas;
If these are not put under ban,
Can I live in my house by the side of the
road,
And be a friend to man?
I have lived in my house by the side of the"
road
‘Where the trucks go tearing by,
‘Where the stores crowd in and apartments
loom up,
And shut off my view of the sky.
I've stood all the bustle and racket and
din,
As long as a fellow can.
I must move from my house by the side of
the road
Or I'll never be a friend to man.
—Harriet Paige Kimball.
HOW THE WHITE MAN AND THE
INDIAN FOUGHT.
David Morgan, a relation of the
celebrated Gen. Daniel Morgan, had
settled upon the Monongahela during
the early part of the Revolutionary
war, and at this time had ventured to
occupy a cabin at a distance of several
miles from any settlement. One
morning, having sent his younger
children out to a field at a considera-
ble distance from the house, he be-
came uneasy about them and repaired
to the spot where they were working,
armed as usual, with a good rifle.
While sitting upon the fence, and giv-
ing some directions concerning the
work, he observed two Indians upon
the other side of the field, gazing
earnestly upon the party. He instant-
ly called to the children to make es-
cape, while he should attempt to cov-
er their retreat.
The odds were greatly against him,
as, in addition to other circumstances,
he was nearly 70 years of age, and,
of course, unable to contend with his
enemies in running. The house was
more than a mile distant, but the
children, having 200 yards the start
and being effectually covered by their
father, were soon so far in front that
the Indians turned their attention en-
tirely to the old man. He ran for
several hundred yards, with an activi-
ty which astonished himself, but per-
ceiving that he would be overtaken
long before he could reach his home,
he fairly turned at bay and prepared
The woods |
through which they were running
for a strenuous resistance.
were very thin and consisted almost
entirely of small trees, behind which
it was difficult to obtain proper shel-
ter.
When Morgan adopted the above
resolution he had just passed a large
walnut, which stood like a patriarch
among the saplings which surrounded
it, and it became necessary to run
back about ten steps in order to re-
gain it. The Indians became startled
at the sudden advance of the fugitive
and were compelled to halt among a
cluster of saplings where they anx-
iously strove to shelter themselves.
This, however, was impossible, and |
Morgan, who was an excellent marks-
man, saw enough of the person of one
of them to justify him in risking a
shot. His enemy instantly fell, mor-
tally wounded. The other Indian
taking advantage of Morgan’s empty
gun advanced rapidly upon him. The
old man, having no time to reload his
gun, was compelled to fly the second
time. The Indian gained upon him
rapidly and when within 20 steps,
fired, but with so unsteady an aim
that Morgan was totally unhurt, the
ball having passed over his shoulder.
He now again stood at bay, club-
bing his rifle for a blow, while the In-
dian dropping his empty gun, brand-
ished his tomahawk and prepar-
ed to throw it at his enemy.
Morgan struck with the butt of his
gun and the Indian whirled his toma-
hawk at one and the same moment.
Both blows took effect, and both were
wounded and disarmed. The breech of
the rifle was broken against the In-
dian’s skull, and the edge of the tom-
ahawk was shattered against the bar-
rel of the rifle, having first cut off two
fingers of Morgan’s left hand. The
Indian then attempted to draw his
knife; Morgan grappled him and bore
him to the ground. A furious strug-
gle ensued, in which the old man’s
strength failed and the Indiaan suc-
ceeded in turning him.
_ Planting his knee on the breast of
his enemy, and yelling loudly, as usu-
al with them on any turn of fortune,
he again felt for his knife in order to :
terminate the struggle at once; but
having lately stolen a woman’s apron
and tied it about his waist, his knife
was so much confined that he had
reat difficulty in finding the handle.
organ, in the mean time, being a
regular pugilist, according to the cus-
tom of Virginia, and perfectly at home
in a ground struggle, took advantage
of the awkwardness of the Indian
and got one of the fingers of his right
hand between his teeth. The Indian
tugged and roared in vain struggling
to extricate it. Morgan held him fast,
and began to assist him in hunting for
the knife. seized it at the same
moment, the Indian by the blade and
Morgan by the handle, but with a very
sligh hold.
The Indian having the firmest
hold, began to draw the knife further
out of its sheath, when Morgan
his Bngery a furious bite, twitched the
knife exterously through his hand,
cutting it severely. Both now sprang
to their feet, Morgan brandishing his
adversary’s knife and still holding his
finger between his teeth. In vain the
poor Indian struggled to get away,
rearing, plunging and bolting like an
unbroken colt. The teeth of the white
man were like a vise and he at length
succeeded in giving him a stab in the
side. The Indian received it without
falling, the knife having struck his
ribs; but a second blow aimed at the
stomach proved more effectual and the
savage fell. —Adventure Magazine.
CHICAGO-FLORIDA ROAD
OPENS NOVEMBER 15.
The Dixie highway, Route A, from
Chicago to Florida, will be opened of-
ficially, November 15th, according to
Charles O. Connor, engineer in charge
of construction.
The highway cuts through the Ma-
son-Dixon line and enables motorists
to save approximately 1,000 miles of
travel enroute from Chicago to Flori-
da.
The construction of the important
connecting links of road through hith-
erto impassable mountain regions of
the south is said to be the most ex-
tensive piece of co-operative highway
construction and financing in the his-
tory of American roads. The fund for
Tennessee and North Carolina, by a
gasoline tax agreed to by owners of
gasoline stations along the route of
the highway, and by contributions
from various civic and motor associa-
tions and individuals in the cities of
Chicago, Detroit and Dayton.
Some of the south’s most pictur-
esque and historic points are reached
and passed through by the highway,
and Chicagoans and other northern-
ers aleng the route may now tour
these places over improved roads that
have been hitherto impassable moun-
tain paths. Such places as the fa-
mous Blue Grass Stock farm of Ken-
tucky, spots made famous in the rev-
olutionary and Civil wars; the Van-
derbilt estates, where the handicraft
in woodwork and textiles has attract-
other features of the Cumberland and
Blue Ridge Mountain country.
Clothiers Say Men Must Dress Better.
Dress well and succeed! was the
slogan adopted some months ago by
the National Association of Retail
Clothiers and Furnishers, and in its
eleventh annual convention, recently
held at the Grand shows how the sug-
gestion worked out.
The way for you clothiers to create
more sales is to create more needs or
wants in dress, said Alfred S. Bryan,
one of the speakers. Waiting for a
suit to wear out until you can sell the
wearer another suit isn’t working for
yourself or your future. Persuade
your customer not simply to buy
clothes but to own enough of them to
meet the obligation of every occasion.
The men’s apparel field is vastly un-
dersold, according to W. H. Wein-
traub, of Chicago, who said that last
year for every hundred men in this
country only sixty-two new suits of
clothing, fifty-two new hats and eigh-
teen pair of gloves had been sold.
These figures aré startling, he said.
A market producing such returns
indicates clearly how badly under-sold
the men of America are on personal
appearance. It clearly indicates a
| negatvie public attitude. Paint peo-
i ple sell the idea of surface prserva-
| tion, phonograph manufacturers the
| pleasure of the listener, automobile
| advertisers the pleasures and conven-
i iences of the car. It has remained for
| the clothier simply to picture suits,
| woolens and price, instead of appear-
ance and the pleasure of being well
14 TOLL ROADS NOW IN STATE.
There are no toll roads on State
highways in Pennsylvania, according
to the State Highway Department,
and there are only 14 toll roads
throughout the entire State. These
comprise a total of 59 miles. Twenty
years ago there were 1.101 miles of
toll roads in this State.
The State of Pennsylvania paid for
or assisted in paying for 522 miles of
toll roads. The total cost of this mile-
age was $2,785,600. The average cost
per mile was $4,268.95. In one in-
stance private individuals paid for
19.4 miles of toll road. This was the
Carlisle-Hanover turnpike.
Of the 59 miles of toll roads exist-
in Lancaster county. Ten miles are
in Berks county.
The total roads now in
as follows:
Centre county—Bald Eagle, Nitta-
ny, Brush and Penns valley; Millheim.
Franklin county—Waynesboro and
Maryland.
Lancaster county—New Holland,
Lancaster and Ephrata Turnpike and
Plank roads, Lancaster and Lititz;
Strasburg and Millport; Columbia and
Washington.
York county—Shrewsbury and Rail-
road station.
Berks county—Oley.
existence are
Hunters to Respect Personal Property.
A letter from Seth E. Gordon, sec-
retary of the State Game Commission
to all sportsmen’s clubs throughout
. the State appeals for their immediate
action to urge hunters, during the
coming fall to exercise the utmost re-
spect for private and personal prop-
erty of the persons on whose lands
they do their hunting.
the construction of these counties |
which could not finance the road were
raised by civic clubs in Kentucky,
ed interest all over the world, and.
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Grim Relics of Fight
of Long Centuries Ago
Many indeed have been the revela-
tions of archeology concerning “Un-
happy,
long ago.” But British explorations
at Jerablus—the Carchemish of Jere-
miah’s prophecy—told a tragic tale
with unusual clearness. Some fine
limestone blocks projecting from a
cutting o¢? the Bagdad railway first
aroused scientific curiosity, and exca-
vation quickly showed that they
formed the rear wall of a fine, spe-
cious villa.
At no great depth under the sur-
face the men encountered a thick
stratum of burned ashes. There was
no trace of later construction, and
the site, which was the most com-
manding in the outer town, would
hardly have been left unoccupied
while Carchemish was a city; so the
excavators assumed that the fire that
destroyed the house was that which
swept the whole place about 600 B.
C.. Very soon the assumption re-
ceived startling confirmation, says th¢
Youth's Companion.
Outside the walls they found a few
bronze arrow heads; on the porch
there were a number of them, and on
the floor of the rooms under the ashes
arrow heads of bronze and iron turned
up in hundreds, and with them lance
points and broken sword blades and
men's bones and all the signs of a
fierce struggle. Always the weapons
lay thickest in front of room doors,
and there the arrow heads were often
bent or broken, as if from striking
against the bronze casing of the door
timbers. It needed but little imagi-
nation to follow the fight as the de-
fenders were driven, back from room
to room until they were overwhelmed
at the last.
Near by was found a beautiful
Greek shield bearing a Medusa’s head
of the finest workmanship. How
came such an object among the ruins
of Carchemish, which was destroyed
in the same campaign in which Gaza
fell? Wise scholars remembered that
Herodotus mentions spoils from Gaza,
dedicated by Pharaoh Necho at the
Temple of Apollo at Branchidae in
honor of the Ionian mercenaries who
served in his ranks. The excava-
tions at Jerablus have led perhaps to
more important results, but to none
more dramatic than this, which brings
together in one burnt and ruined
house at Carchemish two writers so
far removed from each other as He-
rodotus and Jeremiah—the Greek
“Father of History” and the Jewish
prophet.
Ancient and Modern Culture
To compare ancient Egypt, or the
Valley of the Kings, and all they have
bequeathed to us, brought to light
from time to time by excavation,
with material discovery, such as
steam, electricity and the like, through
other scientific channels woul@: be
ridiculous. But archeological
far-off things and battles
“land.
‘dis. |
coveries as the harnessing of those '
powers to our uses are the only real
advantage other than the science of
medicine, that modern civilization may
claim over that of the ancients.
Again, though we cannot become inti- °
mate with those ancient people in the °
living, by archeological research work
we can become intimate with their
dead and the material they have be-
queathed us. As a result of such
research, we find that culture In the
way of intellectual development and
the arts in general were in those most
ancient times in many ways higher
than they are today. In fact, mod-
ern progress in the mechanical
sciences and Industrialism generally
are largely responsible for the com-
plete eclipse of spontaneous and un-
conscious artistic production. If there-
by we get such ultimate results as
cubism and futurism, then archeolog-
. ical research will show that the arts
are best without our mechanical and
industrial progress.—Howard Carter
| in Current History Magazine,
ing in Pennsylvania 33.68 miles are:
Tree Planting
A request from the American Tree
Planting association for the name of
the “champion tree planter” in each
state is a reminder of the great growth
. of the arboricultural movement in the
| United States since J. Sterling Mor- ;
ton first proposed an Arbor day. The :
American Tree association says that
it has enrolled 70,000 registered tree
planters, but this is far from consti-
tuting our tree planting strength. The
effort to establish avenues of shade
along the principal highways is partici-
| pated in by many individuals and by
| me?’
It is pointed out by Mr. Gordon, !
that last year considerable good was
{ accomplished by co-operation between
i the sportsmen and land owners, in the
i drafting of warnings and Placards, of-
| fering rewards ranging from $10 to
| $100
ing land damages. The same prac-
tice is urged for the coming hunting
season. ;
Helping Him Along.
“Lady, could yer gimme a quarter
to get where my Family is?”
“Certainly, my poor man, here’s a
r. Where is your family?”
“At de movies.”
——Subscribe for the “Watchman.” !
or information against those de- |
| stroying personal property and caus-
§
|
hundreds of local organizations.
! The association meanwhile furthers
an excellent undertaking by publish-
ing Instructions on tree planting that :
| ence 22 years ago.
the veriest novice can understand.—
Portland Oregonian
Fiddling Work!
A certain young New Zealander, six
or seven years old, is very inquisitive.
One day he was asking how things
came to be here:
The mother replied, “God.”
“Who made the horses and cows?"
“God.”
“And who made the elephants?’
“Why, God, of course!”
A long pause, then: “Well, did God
make flies?”
“Why, yes, my son!”
“Humph!” said the boy. “Fiddling
work, flles!”"—Hverybody’s Magazine.
Strange Tree Fatality
Ored Malinax, twenty-one years old,
rancher, was killed recently at Libby.
Mont, by an unusual accident, He
felled a tree, which struck a second
tree, which fell and hit a third. The
third took dowm a fourth, which fell
on the man, killing Rim. The trees
stood In a circle,
SAN JUANS. ARE ISLES
OF PEACE AND PLENTY
Possession of the United States Liitis
Heard of Outside of the
Western Coast.
Seattle.—One of the possessions of
the United States little heard of in the
East is the group of islands known as
the San Juans, in northern Puget
sound, which came to this country as
a result of the decision of a European
monarch in 1871, placing the boundary
line between Canada and the United
States just far enough north to make
these islands a part of the state of
Washington,
R. M. Dyer, president of the Auto-
mobile Club of Washington, gives a
description of this group of 172 is-
lands, lying between the mainland of
northwest Washington and Vancouver
island, Mr. Dyer says:
“It almost appears that nature lo-
cated them to be stepping stones for
a gigantic race which with seven-
league strides would wander across
from Vancouver island te the main-
They vary in size from 58
square miles to the area of a city
lot, or even smaller, some heing sep-
arated by narrow channels which
barely leave room for the passage of
small vessels. Many are rugged in ap-
pearance, little more than massive
rocks projecting from the depths of
the sound. Others have fertile val-
leys where contented people live in
a sunshine belt surrounded by moun-
tains and seas, and raise fruits al-
most tropical In their nature. The
islands contain good homes, excellent
roads and prosperous towns, where
delinquent taxes are unknown and ns
bonded indebtedness exists.”
San Juan, Orcas and Lopez, the
three largest islands of the group,
comprise about three-fourths of the
entire area. The most rugged in con-
tour and picturesque in outline is Or-
cas, which attracts thousands of vaca-
tionists to its mountains and beaches
every year. Mount Constitution, ris-
ing to an altitude of 2,200 feet, offers
attractive views. This mountain, with
two lakes, a number of mountain
streams and wooded hills, formed part
of the estate of Robert Moran, a re-
tired Seattle shipbuilder, who set
aside 2,700 acres as a gift to the
state of Washington, to be known as
Moran State park. The islands abound
in wild game and bird life, while both
fresh and salt water fish are found.
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| This Man Is Baker to
National Zoo Animals
RS SO Oe 0
C. C. Trevey bakes 500 pounds of
bread every day for the various ani-
mals at the National zoo, Washing-
ton. The picture shows him mixing
some of the dough.
Demand for Tests of
Machines Taxes Bureau
#ashington.—Demands of private
manufacturers of scientific and engi-
neering instruments for the govern-
ment's official stamp of approval have
resulted in an appeal for additional
financial support by the bureau of
standards, which has just completed
the fiscal year with approximately
140,000 tests, more than a hundredfold
' Increase compared with the accom-
plishments the first year of its exist-
Upon the findings of the bureau de
pend millions of dollars of expendi-
tures in the world of physical science
and engineering. While most of the
| testing is done for the government, ex-
. aminations also are made for commer-
“Mother, who made :
cial firms and individuals, more than
40,000 test folders, covering 600,000
such tests, for which a charge is made,
having been issued since 1902.
The government work is given pref-
erence,
Leibniz Silver Medal
Given to Lisa Me'tner
Berlin.—This year’s Leibniz s'lver
m~dal of the Prussian Academy of
Sciences has been awarded to Fruu-
lein Lisa Meitner, professor of physics
at the Kaiser Wilhelm institute, in
Dahlem, near Berlin, in recognition of
her researches on radium. The iron
(formerly golden) medal went té
Franz von Mendelssohn, president of
the German chamber of commerce, for
frequent support givenito: scientific un-
.dertakings of various kinds,
Ce I"
FCR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
A religious life is not a thing which
spends itself like a bright bubble on the
river's surface. It is rather like the river
itself, which widens continually and is
never so broad or deep as where it rolls in-
to the Ocean of Eternity.—Beecher.
SUPERSTITIONS.
If the bride has elder sisters who
are unmarried, they should wear
something green about them on the
wedding day, or they will never mar-
ry. In returning home after the cer-
emony, the bride should be sure to
step across the threshold with her
right shoe first, for if it is the left,
she will have trouble in her new
house.
. It is unlucky for the bride to look
in the mirror at the last moment,
when she is fully dressed. She should
not put on her gloves until after she
has looked at her reflection in the
glass and been satisfied that all is in
order, and then, having put on her
gloves, she must not look again.
When the bride changes her dress
to go away, every pin that may have
i been used in dressing her for the wed-
| ding must be thrown away. If one is
| left, there will be a quarrel between
‘the newly married pair before three
i days are over. Itis a bad omen if the
bride’s shoes pinch her feet, and a
sign that she will not get on well with
her future people-in-law.
The bride should be careful not to |
break anything on her wedding morn- |
ing, for if she does there will not be
much peace in her married life.
Should she break anything, however,
she can avert ill-luck by burying the
pieces of the broken article in the gar-
den, together with a hairpin taken
from her hair.
A piece of bread and honey eaten
on the eve of the wedding vill bring
happy dreams for the night, and se-
cure that things go smoothly on the
wedding day. Before leaving for the |
i church the bride should feed any |
household pets herself, for this will
secure plenty for her new home. Pea-
cock feathers bring ill-luck to the new
home, but a feather dropped from a
swan will bring good fortune to it.
Gray headed wemen who dye their
hair are in constant danger from
chemicals contained in the coloring
which damage the scalp, impair the
eye sight and permanently injure the
hair, according to Neal R. Andrews,
New York beauty expert, in an ad-
dress in New York before a conven-
tion of hairdressers:
“Mercury, arsenic, lead, compounds
of silver, pyregallic, acids, nitric acid
and paraphenylene diamene, according
to a recent bulletin issued by the
American Medical Association,” said
Mr, Andrews, “are among the chem-
icals which form the ingredients of
many commercial hair dyes.
“The most dangerous is parapheny-
lene diamene. France, Germany and
Austria recognized its destructive
character and years ago prohibited its
use. But they have not hesitated to
manufacture it for export to Ameri-
ca, where it is widely used for hair
and fur dyes. Placed in contact with
the skin its poisonous properties im-
mediately manifest themselves.”
The tunic blouse is going to top
more old skirts than new ones this
winter. You may gamble on that. It
is too good an opportunity to miss.
As for the tunics themselves, you
may buy gorgeous ones or make them
yourself from a length picked up at
the remnant counter. There is no re-
Sirletions as to color, kind or matex-
ial.
Another reason for which women
are haunting the remnant counters
these days is because by hook or by
crook, by fair means or foul, they
must have something with which to
piece down the sleeves of their sleeve-
jos gowns and so bring them up to
e.
But it is usually love’s labor lost.
Not once out of 700 times can you
match the material of a frock you
have bought. Better to get a violent
contrast or something which harmon-
izes. The trick of simply adding a
sleeve of black chiffon or georgette
isn’t looked upon with favor. It ad-
vertises all too plainly the fact that
you are appearing in last spring’s
model.
Crepe is a better choice and almost
without exception it is repeated else-
where on the frock. As an afternoon
gown of black Ottoman silk which
had sleeves of the very new Russian
red, I can’t tell you what this shade
is, you’ll have to see it for yourself.
It’s very brilliant, yet there is the
slightest suggestion of the brick. I
suppose if no one told me the differ-
ence I would have gone right on call-
ing it Chinese or lip-stick, or perhaps
even tomato. Believe me, it takes an
artist with his color chart under his
arm to keep track of the color scheme
these days. But to get back to the red
sleeves. It was a beltless model, with
the fullness slightly drawn in at the
sides by means of wee tucks. And at
the right side a fan-shaped ornament
of the red was placed rather low at
the hip. This served several uses.
It related the sleeves to the dress it-
self; it relieved the harshness of the
beltless line and it added a dashing
note to the sombreness of black silk.
Both the sleeves and the ornament
were bound in dull gold.
An exceptional smart ensemble mod-
el exhibited at a recent fashion show
acquired sleeves in a novel manner.
It was a navy blue twill coat effect
over an underdress of white faille.
The outer portion was sleeveless, the
sleeves being attached to the under
part, making it an entire frock which
might be worn separately. They were
rather full and hered into a close
band at the wrist—which is a very
popular sleeve. :
Slender, long triangular pieces of
emerald green velvet strapped with
the blue twill were posed against the
white sleeve just before it reached the
wrist. And a single long piece of the
green velvet was placed at the front
of the underdress, over which the blue
twill did not quite meet.
In all this furore over sleeves you
are not to suppose that we are not to
have lovely white arms and shoulders
showing even in the evening gowns.
But it is true, and a bit startling, that
‘many evening models ‘have long
sleeves.
- FARM NOTES.
—Are sink, stove, work table, and
other important parts of your kitch-
en well lighted? Every kitchen needs
good artificial lighting as well as plen-
ty of daylight and sun during some
part of the day. Dark, gloomy kitch-
ens may often be transformed into
cheerful work rooms by cutting an ad-
ditional window or even by painting
walls and woodwork a color that re-
flects rather than absorbs light. Re-
flectors behind wall lamps and lights
help in throwing light where it is
most needed.
—Poultry owners are reminded by
specialists in the State Bureau of
Markets that Thanksgiving day is
not far away and that the demand for
fat poultry at that time is one of the
best of the year.
Flock owners should not make the
mistake of culling out the flock just a
few days before Thanksgiving and
selling the culls without proper fat-
tening. At least three weeks or more
should be allowed for proper fatten-
ing, specialists state. By doing this,
city relatives and friends will find it
easier to make their Thanksgiving
selection of a fine, fat roast and the
flock owner will profit from the bet-
ter price.
—Director James Foust, of the
State Bureau of Foods and Chemistry,
is determined that consumers shall
not pay from 70 to 80 cents a quart
for oysters this winter that contain
20 to 30 per cent. added water.
Last winter State food officials col-
lected 150 samples of oysters on sale
by retailers, and analysis by chemists:
showed that 40 per cent. of these
samples contained from 20 to 30 per
cent. of added water. As a result of
these findings, the cases were prose-
cuted and fines of $60 were paid by
the guilty merchants.
Oysters offered to Pennsylvania
consumers will be watched even more
closely this winter and vigorous steps
will be taken in every case where
merchants are found selling watered
oysters.
—More butter was held in Penn-
sylvania’s cold storage warehouses on
October 1, 1924, than at any previous
time since the State Cold Storage law
was passed in 1913, according to the
quarterly report of director James
Foust, State Bureau of Foods and
Chemistry. A federal report on the
same date showed 156,232,000 pounds
of butter in cold storage in the United
States as compared with 102,731,000
last year. This amount is about one-
half pound more per person than a
year ago.
In Pennsylvania, the amount is 13,-
545,000 pounds as compared with 8,-
572,000 pounds last year. This total
amount is a little over one and a half
pounds per person in the State. The
butter in storage, however, is 2,600,-
000 greater than in 1917, when the
highest previous record was establish-
—The fruit exhibition at the ninth
annual State Farm Products Show to
be held in Harrisburg, January 19-23,
1925, promises to be one of the best
ever seen there. While fruit growers
have a comparatively small crop this
season, the quality oi fruit in the larg-
er orchards is excellent, and high-
class selections for show purposes can
be made.
In many cases county associations
will make extensive displays of ap-
ples and other fruit prouuced in their
respective counties. Last year seven
counties—Franklin, Perry, Adams,
Berks, Bucks, Luzerne and Schuyl-
kill—made such displays. Even more
are expected this year.
In order that fruit growers may
make suitable selections for the show,
Dr. S. W. Fletcher, secretary of the
State Horticultural association, has
mailed a fruit premium list and a
letter to all members of that associa-
tion reminding them of the State
show and of the advisability of se-
lecting their exhibits during the fall
harvest. Over 1200 premium lists
have been distributed and more are
available to those making request. A
total of $875 is being offered in awards
to prize wihners this year, as an in-
crease of $110 over last year.
—Farmers of Pennsylvania are
asked to beware of a low-grade fer-
tilizer called “Acme Plant Food,”
made by the Acme Fertilizer and Plant
Food company in Lancaster county.
An analysis of a sample of this fertil-
izer by the State Bureau of Foods and
Chemistry showed it to contain only
about $1.75 worth of plant food per
ton and yet the material was selling
for about $28. While only two per
cent. of total plant food,—nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash—was
guaranteed, the fertilizer contained
less than one per cent., Dr. James W.
Kellogg, chief chemist in charge of
the analysis, reports. Furthermore,
over 60 per cent. of the material in
the fertilizer was either sand, or oth-
er matter which would not dissolve
even in acid. Records show that the
Acme company sold 300 tons of this
“plant food” to farmers largely in
Pennsylvania last year.
The advertising matter used to get
Acme Plant Food before the public
was extremely misleading, Dr. Kel-
logg states. The material was adver-
tised as a “100 per cent. fertilizer.”
The absurd nature of such a guaran-
tee is obvious when the analysis re-
veals 60 per cent. of the fertilizer to
be insoluble even in acid. On the ba-
sis of the analysis, farmers were pay-
ing about $28 for less than 20 pounds
of plant food.
The mangfacturer was prosecuted
and fined. 'In order, however, to elim-
inate such misrepresentation in the
value of fertilizer offered for sale in
Pennsylvania, the closest co-operation
of farmers and retail distributors
with the State Department of Agri-
culture is required. Farmers should
always beware of low grade fertiliz-
er, especially when supported with
such strong advertising statements.
The reports on the analyses of fer-
tilizers offered for sale in Pennsylva-
nia are issued each yeéar by the State
Bureau of «Foods and Chemistry.
These should be secured and studied
carefully by all purchasers of fertil-
‘izer because such reports show the
actual amount of plant food contained
as compared with the amount guaran-
teed in all brands of fertilizing ma-
terials,