PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
Uniontown.—Charged with accepting
a diamond ring valued at $100 in pay-
ment for narcotics, William Metax, of
this city, was committed to the Fay-
ette county Jalil
Hazleton—A fish league
formed at the Y. M. C. A.
play water base ball In the
inducing boys timid of the
learn to swim.
Rothsville—While seated on a bar-
ber’s chair, Phares G. Garner, aged 56,
was stricken ith hemorrhages and
died medical ald could be ad-
ministered.
York.—Accused of peddling whisky
on the streets of Hanover, three men
and a woman were arrested. The pris.
thelr names as Fink,
: Denvo, Lancaster;
Pottsville, and Mrs.
The wonmn
has been
here, to
hope of
water to
before
oners 10
St. Clair;
Louis Rosen
F. Doherty,
was released on
and men
Bethlehem.
tery
break up
tured th
before Alderman
women from
the other two were
women,
South Side
gave
welg,
.ancasier,
own recognizance
to Jail.
{ ‘ere
her
committed
Nisky Hill
determined
The
the were
The
authorities are
SPOOL
I police
ree co were
Baum. One
Freemansbur;g
North Side married
was
who were
friends whil
bands were at work.
Harrisburg, is not
land turtle gets
report, but the
has just received a
from a gang of its men
building a road in Mifflin
ing of the finding of a
reptile bearing marks
age. The dase “1842"
the turtle’s back.
Mloomsburg.—A
S500
W. Hunti
against
councilm
made pg
of the
ago.
acted
Allentown.—«(
real estate
held responsibil
guerite, 10-year-ol
Charles M. berts, of
was killed by his automobile in
of her home June 15. Before a
Jury of men and it
fled that Swope was
left of
Car went
often that a
ition in a state
department
ition
engaged in
county U
tell
~ hall
hard-shelled
forestry
communics
indicative of old
was carved on
sult Ir
was filed by
. policeman fl
Commodore Bodine, i
following Jodine
airing
weeks
char-
him at
was
harles
salesmar
davght
Bangor,
women Wi
driving on
that
before being
side the street, and
to eight feet
afte $ HE O°
after passing over
Harrisburg. —Th state
six
stopped the ehild
compensa
tion board in a decision handed down
by Commissioner Benjamin
Jr., has reversed Referee
refused
kengust, Kitta
George He
in which the
a contract is ruled
gust had a
five t
men,
track
Jarrett,
(:leason and
compensation t M
contract coal
his
and iny
‘njored while conduct.
cents a bushel 0 hire
furnish
He
ing the operation and lost an eye, The
own
and tools
Dower
power
was
commissioner
no control
of doing
holds the defendant had
means
the re
employer
contractor and
over the manner or
work, and that
lationship was not that of
and employe, but of
te
contrac
the
o.
Allentown, nder (he coolness of
the trees ¢* he Allentown Tair
Grounds what may
be their last meeting The big
scussed moving
fair as quickly as possible to a
location of 212 acres 'n
where it will | from a
county fair to an exposition that will
compete with monster
of the .alddle west. Dr. A.
president of ‘he fair,
ing as quickly as possible to
site, which £103.000,
Harry C. Trexler backed
tion with a request for
to ways and means. Dr. Ba'llet stated
he had an offer for old fair
grounds of £000,000 and it ~a- decided
to expend $1,000,000 for the equipment
of the new grounds. R.
Des Moines, received commission
to lay out the new grounds as
scape arclitect and exposition builder,
the directors held
there
question di was the
new
Salisbury,
w transformed
the state fairs
H. Balllet,
advocated mov.
the new
cost General
SURLOs.
infcrmation as
the
the
the
new grounds by 1024,
McAdoo —Having recently suffered a
fire loss of $100,000 following a blaze
at a public meeting, placed an order
for a triple combination fire
Up to this time the only
engine,
of a hose cart.
Hazleton.~Leonard Kelper and John
Byrak, of West Hazleton, and John
state troopers, charged with
up and robbing Joseph Dugaiss, a
huckieberry dealer, of $25, the result
of hig day's work, on the Harleigh
road. They were committed without
ball.
Lewistown.—C, Robert Kase has
been awarded the state scholarship for
the highest average among the Lewis.
town high school gradu. tes this year,
Weatherly ~The Wertman Brothers
Candy company, operating a big plant
here, has purchased a foursacre field
and donated it to the borough for an
athletic park.
Mount Joy.--Jacob K. Garber, 85
Years old, died here while reading a
newspaper on his front por ~h.
Marietta.-—James A. Cramer, o° this
place, 75 years old, died while seated
on a chalr In conversation with mem-
bers of his family,
Carbondale.~—Mrs. Adam Urgo, of
wus fatally burned when
start a fire In the kitchen
Mount Unlon-—Westhound passen-
sylvania westbound freight jumped the
Huntingdon.—Members of the sum-
mer cottage colony along the Jundata
river, five miics east of here, will ask
for a Carnegle medal for Miss Helen
Peightel, the 17-year-old daughter of
Contractor Nevin Peightel, of this
place, for her herole action in saving
Eugene Ross, of Juniata, from drown-
ing when she dived, caught the drown-
ing map by his jersey and towed him
to shore. Last summer she saved two
Huntingdon boys from drowning near
the same place.
Uniontown.—When Officer Schub, of
the local police department, tagged an
automobile which had violated the city
parking ordinance little did he think
that he invaded the circle of British
officlaldom. This fact was not brought
out until a letter from the British em-
bassy received. In the
was enclosed red ta... The
said that the British ambassador's
was registered
ment and
letter
letter
was
the
car
with the state depart.
immune oftil-
ilecipal or au-
regret that a
wits from any
fal t te
cial action stute
thorities iressed
city i been
When the rar wa ngs the
British
iontoswn.
Broadway
tured her ‘eg, |
Mrs. Mary EI
of George t
knee, i
North
brought
ollo, of
township, has just
215,000 damages
Unlontown. Negligence on the
of the city In tl
according to cits
against the «
removing
ordinance,
In a recent case of the same character
heavy damages were awarded.
More than 200 tons of an-
nimed from the
ie
Dany
thracite rec! Susque-
hanna =miver by fifteen
iy to
dredges ure
New York
{ Danvil
ing Mi GR
New
accordin
points from
Amesbury, who se
most of
ifty men and fifteen teams
of 3
horses are given Ivinent
coal
tricot and
Medina
years
two
Comes
young
a fire when
Her
woman
SCrefins
+}
Secretary
Never hefore
3 vo
to get
complete
Pennsyl
survey
of animal
markets,
industry and
. >t
State College co-operat
Records will be obtained showing
wh # ¥ % 1
where the cattle, sheep and hogs t!
ba nadst ; ‘
are glaughtered in Pennsylvania or
3
nate. It also will be learned just how
} een
and
where the meat
many hogs, cattle and s are rails
Pennsylvania shipped out
of the state i origi
nates ate
their
Hardware com-
into the st
Pottstown
way | the Balley
pany and
of revolvers safety
Harrisburg More
tiong for certificates for
forced
store stole a
razors
than 100 applica
Jitneys, o
renewals of certificates were
hearing by public service commis.
gion lant vieek.
Middletown. James
Middletown, was
when motores
antomoblle one mile east
Heininger, .of
gerfously injured
collided with
of E
town, on the Harrisburg pike
Hazleton. —P. A.
here,
hia io .
nis cls an
Boyle, a
been
deputy grand knight of the Knigh
for PBloomshurg, Danville
Freeland and Hazleton Councils .
order,
Shamokin,
worthless checks,
has
Columbus
Charged with
William
Sunbury.
the
Jullding operations
first half of 1022
here
John W. Bassler, city assessor,
Altoona. —8tricken with heart di-
sease while horseback riding, Patrick
Hanley, aged 11, of this place, dled te
fore reaching a hospital.
Altoona. ~In competition with 1000
honors
for having the most freckles,
Harrisburg. Extensive sampling of
ice cream being sold by peddlers in
cities and boroughs Is being undertak.
en by agents of the state bureau of
foods who are about completing in-
spections of the soft drink bottling es.
tablishments., Chemists will make
analyses,
A contract for Improvements
at the sanitary sewage disposal plant
here was let by council to the Paul R.
Hostetter company at £56,000.
Masontown Married in Cumber.
land, Md., June 19, Mrs. Simon Smith,
of this place, has instituted divorce
proceedings,
Shamokin.—The last concrete on the
new Shamokin-Sunbury state road was
poured apd it will be open to travel
August 8,
Masontown.—Breaking into his home
here, three masked men assaulted,
bound, gagged and robbed John John.
son of $75.
and regular utility man-
roads through the United States,
Nee declares that no obstacle In the
in Washington,
AUTOISTS BLIND
Completely Ignore Perils at
Railway Crossings.
See to It That Accidents Are Not
More Frequent Than in
Other Sections,
“Eight out of
drive over rallroad
looking either way for
of a train, and one out
every ten
CTORSIings
the
of five rallroad
accidents is the result not
automobile, but
the
automobile running
crossing
of traln striking
of the
side of the trai
The forego i Laie
tained in a shilet
school children by
into
the steam
CRED
the crossing
American Hallway
the Chiengo Pally
colored posters showin
Cars
hetween
bile are also n
upon instruction of
Mortens«
an
in the schools
perintendent Peter A
Hope All Will Heed.
“14 " sii
phiet,
see th
their pa
oncerned will
our efforts” sald President
Otter of the Safety council In discuss
& % i wa, 11 ted
ing the situation, “we will substan
tially avold such accidents during
and thus save mang
people from death or serious injury.
Public
obvious
summer months
interest Lax,
that to this
paying
careful
“It is
the general
served attention to
ing campaign, for
that a good many
oceurred the
un
public is not
the
our reports
of such
week-end in
CTORS
show
over
is difficult to belleve that In
of this campaign
taking chances at railway
himself involved in
tracks, but surely he
place great value upon the lives of the
people ride him. One is
who with
he not. The time has
when we must all become
this situation and do our share in im
proving it"
REPAIR GASOLINE FEED LINE
does
Wrapping Tape Around Break
and Cover With Wire,
A temporary repair of the gasoline
feed line can be readily made. After
shutting off the gasoline at the tank,
tape is wrapped around the hreak and
for about two Inches on each side. A
Inyer of fine copper or other wire Is
then wound over the tape, making
sure that the winding is tight, close
and even. Another layer or two of
tape Is then placed over the wire,
after which a few turns of wire are
wound over the tape to prevent it
from unwrapping.
Clean the Screen,
When a mesh of fine screening Is
used In the lubricating system to sep
arate foreign material from the oll,
these screens should be frequently ine
gpected, Particles of metal or other
pediment eollect here, and If the
sereeng are not cleansed at frequent
Intervals, this foreign matter may se.
riously impede the flow of lubricant,
with starved bearings or a flooded
erankense as the direct result.
¥
.
That in the ense of a skid—
particularly one caused by the
slipping of the rear wheels,
rather than the front ones—the
worst possible thing to do Is to
apply the brakes. The amateur
driver's first lmpulse when any
thing unforeseen happens is to
press down hard with both feet
disengaging the cluteh and at the
applying
foot-brake,
fll
ful
ull
This
rear
skid
less
game time the
force of the
double action upon the
wheel only accent tes the
and causes him to have far
control of his car than If he had
kept his fet off either pedal
The
allow
hest
the
game time
tnke 18 to
the
steer
course to
car to
attempting to
the same direction in
» rear end of the car i
const, at
a collision,
and
almost
slowly
ssible pr
Yer i
especially
corner.
by The
}
Wheeler
i a a ai a at a a eS SEP
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FRONT-SPRING LEAF
With Light Car.
aged Part Without Clamping—Two
Jacks Afford Satisfactory
Means of Lifting.
front
frequen
enced light
leaves
that
front-spring
The 4 ing Hlustrates methods
facil > the replacing
a broken leaf, and the
breaking the
b i assembly «
the leaves without :
MvYeR are assembled star-fashion, as
ahout the bait. The
screwed on
after which the leaves are bro
shown
nut is
two,
center
easily
vrordie
URnt
tightened,
In lifting the car frame above the
te remove or replace
jacks are placed,
gide, with their bases
the axles,
the lan
a spring
one on
resting
their heads resting
y brackets on each side.
are blocked so that they can-
rock. This affords a quick method
of lifting, and one that gives a clea
working space In cases’ where
against
tinder
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ASBEMBUND BPING
Methods of Elevating the Front of a
Light Automobile for Removing or
Replacing a Front Spring, and of
Assembling the Leaves Without
Clamping.
center bolt of the spring does not
align with the slot in the frame, by
simply raising one jack and lowering
the other, the body will shift enough
to make them line up. The same
method can be applied to lifting the
rear axle, although the lift will neces
sarily be greater on account of the
considerably greater deflection of the
rear spring~-G. A. Luers, Washing:
ton, D. C, in Popular Mechanics Mag
azine,
Water Leaking Into Cylinders.
Cooling water leaking Into the cylin.
ders of an engine may be the result of
a erack in the cylinder wall or a poor
ly fitting plug between cylinder head
and water jacket which some engines
possess,
Stringing Cotter Pins,
Cotter pins of assorted sizes can be
convenlently kept by stringing them
through the eyes onts a lttle string
or wire. In this way, when the whole
lot is picked up it Is easy to select
the size needed.
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HESSIAN FLY IS
Farmers Are Urged to Wait for
Local Fly-Free Date Before
Sowing Any Wheat,
HEAVY INFESTATION iH PAST
Great Deal of Crop Needicssly Lost
Last Spring by Those Unwilling
to Walt Until Danger Line
Had Been Passed.
(Prepared by the United Btutes Department
of Agriculture. )
United States Department of Agrieul-
for sowing. In every state where
there been heavy infestation by
the Hessian fly In the past
experiment station the
has
the
and
taken work
after which sowing
It was found
deal of
those
have steps to
whent was need
lost hy who were unw
OW bd
Active Fly Campaign.
tive Hessian fs
oy
were
the
I ris
result
riers
the safe « w fo ach
tion. C
ri red oila
irculars and letters
i
{hits mere
one box
was la
the other
gible. Many county fair exh
In Aug
represented the wheat
ze counts
ap. and
“Bown too early,” and
no because It
safe date. An 3
iabel ran, “Hessian fly will
for new fields In September;
field will it choose?”
Hatched Hessian flies
wheat was
accom-
were free
the life history
teachers received
literature to
of the fly.
copies of
use for the
School
Advertised “Wild Bjnox.™
The Hancock county agent
that drew the
“Wild Bjnox,
Ohio,” led the crowds to
under a. watch
and Boe a
crystal.
Paid advertising was frequently re.
sorted to. Individual cards were
every farmer in
county whose name appeared on the
tax list. In Marion county a*rubber
stamp was made for the county
agent's office giving the fly-free date.
It was used on every plece of mall
that went out, As a result of these
various methods of campaigning in
very small percentage, from
two to ten farmers In a county, ignored
the fly-free date last fall, so that
the outlook this season Is Improved.
Similar activities wore carried on
in Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Iinois,
New York and Pennsylvania. In La-
bette county, Kansas, all Infested
wheat was plowed under in the spring
and farmers were particularly urged
to destroy volunteer wheat that had
cropped up during the summer. By
far the most satisfactory control of
the Hessian fly pest, however, has
been achieved by complete coopera.
tion of all farmers in each section, in
observing the local fiy-free date for
sowing wheat.
EVERY WEED IS BIG ROBBER
Take Up Moisture and Plant Food
Needed by Different Vegetables
in the Garden,
Every weed In the garden robs the
plants of moisture and of plant food,
as well as crowds the vegetables. Any.
thing sald of garden weeds is just as
applicable to those which grow In
crops, so sharpen the hoe and go after
CONTROL LEAFHOPPER
BY USE OF BORDEAUX
Mixture Is Best Remedy, Says
Department of Agriculture.
Combined With Nicotine Sulphate It
Acts Little More Quickly but ls
Expensive—S8praying Must
Be Thorough.
(Prepared by the United
of Agricul
Results of
shown
pel the leathopper,
burn,” and is the
clares the United
of Agriculture in
1225, “The Potato Leafhopper and Its
Control,” now
fit of growers
menaced by this serious
Bordeaux mixture
Bisten Department
ure. j
two years work have
that bordeaux mixture will re.
“of trisl hirer a
mtrol hopper
best remeds ao
Btates Department
Parmers' Julletin
published for the hone
whose crops are
Insect pest
made ording to
of copper sulphate and
glaked lime to BO
was used,
Jordeaux cor
phate acts a
vines of |
aione,
Board Nailed on One
From Getting More
Side Prevents
Animal
Than His Share.
Handy to Feed Hogs.
in Power Farming. One farmer solved
nafling a wide boa
of the trougl
to extend throu;
He can now feed them easily
the board extending the entire l«
of the trough he can spread the
the whole length of the trough and
all an equal share,
to one side
the side o
PICTURE SHOWS BEE-KEEPING
Film Outlines Best Practices in
Handling Honey Gatherers and
Control of Disease.
Bee keepers will be interested in a
new motion picture prepared hy the
United States Department of Agricul
ture showing the best practice in
The film, which is called
“Keeping Bees at Work,” is intended
to supplement a picture, entitled “Bees
some time ago for more popular use.
The new picture shows the need for
re-queening the colony from time to
the
and
The
wintering, the time to unpack
hives, the control of the swarm,
other detalls of management.
fact that the bureau of entomology
will examine samples of combs to
identify diseases and advises on thelr
control is brought out.
The film is in one reel, and may be
borrowed by extension workers and
others entitled to the privilege, or
prints may be purchased for approxi
mately the cost of making them, which
is about $37,
USE MILLET FOR LATE FEED
Small Area of Land May Be Pre
pared and Sown at Little Costes
Stock Thrive on It
Many farmers find a Inte patch of
millet helps out In feeding. A smal)
area of land, provided It has not been
left and lost to weeds, may be pre
pared and sown at a small cost in
seed and labor, and considerable feed
produced In ordinary seasons, Ger
man millet makes good feed when
cattle lke it. and thrive on it