rHkfepy Keystone State Fair / and Industrial Exposition \ CAPITAL $1,500,000.00 ANNOUNCE MENT Last week we told you of our plans and purposes—our location—our build ings and our adequate transportation facilities for the handling of five hundred thousand visitors to the semi-annual international automobile speedway con test and the annual Fair and Exposition. Now we want to impress you with the magnitude of this great undertaking. Pennsylvania is the second State in the Union in wealth, agriculture, stock raising ,mining and manufacturing interests. The State has farms worth ap proximately a billion dollars, her live stock is worth nearly two hundred mil lion dollars, her crops a hundred and seventy-five million dollars, and her fruit production alone aggregates about ten million dollars. She has the greatest steel mills in the world, and Jier manufacturing wealth is conservatively esti mated at two and a-half billion dollars in yearly products. According to the census of 1910, which is largely increased at this time, Pennsylvania had then more than twenty-seven thousand manufacturing plants, in which were em ployed over one million persons. Within a radius of three hundred miles of Harrisburg eighteen million peo ple reside. This vast population will be drawn from to support the gigantic en terprises that go to make the Keystone State Fair and Industrial Exposition the greatest Fair in the world's history. This Is to Be Your Fair! Write for Beautiful Free Booklet Telling the Story of the Great Enterprise. Keystone State Fair & Industrial Exposition Co. Executive Offices Kunkel Building, Harrisburg, Pa. AMU SEMENTS MAJESTIC THEATER Mat. & Night 1 A Monday,Sept. A * PRICES: Matine, 25, 50, 75, SI.OO. Eve., 25, 50, 75, SI.OO, $1.50 MAIL ORDERS NOW AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS t \ JtssssgEgEsaljKMfiKSßßll ROLFR'S No Vaudeville, bnt— Big MUNICUI Comedy, A I T O n . i OI SPARTACUS Kvi/10 Nn/)ri A mammoth moving picture I IUC KJI l\J MJ J.nut Three Day*, Beginning * To-morrow And Big Show Betides 0 1/ 1 >i| A e» next week V audeville Acts 3 y 1 1 C "The Oath of a Viking" V aieSK3l JlirSitl FEATURE MOTION PICTURE AND And Her Company la A HOMEM \DE MOVIE BI.ACK CHEPE AND DIAMONDS A Mexlran Invanlnn of Hnrrlohurir V———— _ „ ZJ WEDNESDAY EVENING IMPORTANT STATE CONTRACT AWARDS . Dauphin County Road Letting Is Subject to Approva 1 of Local Authorities In addition to the award of the contract for the Union Deposit State aid road important contracts were awarded by State Highway Commis sioner Bigelow yesterday for State-aid highway construction and for tags for the automobile division during 1915. ; The contract for the turquoise blue I automobile license plates to be used 5 during next year was awarded to the Brilliant Manufacturing Company of | Philadelphia. The Quayle Enamel j Company, of Albany, N. Y.. was the | lowest bidder, hut Commissioner Bige i low announced that letters had been | received from other States asserting ! that thig company had fallen down on j contracts awarded to it. William S. | Tunis, Harrisburg, was awarded the | contract for drivers' badges for 1915, at his price of 3.4 cents apiece. Eight contracts were awarded fo* State-aid highways. In Columbia county, West Berwick borough, the McNerney Construction Company, of Canton, Pa., received the award at their quoted price of $40,437.68. In Greene county, Franklin town- I ship, the contract was awarded to AMUSEMENTS Paxtang Park Theater All This Week BROWN, DELMORE & BROWN The Singing Sailor* Troy and Albany "Two Mighty Nuts" and 4 Other Select Acts 4 Rimontl Galiardi, of Connellsville. al his price of J60.167.81. This award IN conditional on the contractor being able to prove to the satisfaction of the State Highway Deportment his ability to do the work and Commissioner Bigelow said that the check of the next lowest bidder would be retained until Galiardi's ability was proven. In Washingtin county, Union town ship and Finleyville borough, the con tract was awarded to the Bell-Bockel Company, inc., of Altoona, at their price of $103,384.96. In Washington county, New Eagle borough, the contract was awarded to Parson Construction Company, Brownsville, at their price of $21,- 966.49. This award was made on the same condition as applied to the Greene county. Franklin township one. In Luzerne county. Duryea borough, contract was awarded to O'Brien Brothers of Avoca, at their price of $11,442.96. This was not the lowest bid but was within $9 of it and O'Briens were given the contract be cause Commissioner Bigelow explained that they had a $60,000 contract now under way in the vicinity and it was thought better to gain time by giving them the award. In Clearfield county, Bigler town ship. the award was made to E. H. Brua, of Hollidaysburg, at his con tract price of $26,180.39. In Potter county, Galeton borough, the award was made to Simpson, Mitchell, Crosby Company of Punxsu tawney, at their bid on Amiesite at $21,437.90, subject to the approval of the local authorities. Thousand People Witness Raising of Duffy Barn Marietta, Pa., Sept. 2.—Nearly a thousand people to-day witnessed the raising of the large bank barn on the Duffy estate farm, which replaces the one destroyed by fire during an elec trical storm in July. York, Dauphin and Lancaster county was represented. The contractors and builders, Messrs. Kenners and Walters, of Florin, are perhaps the oldest builders in the county, and have constructed more barns than any other firm. The form er is past eighty years of age. Many old residents were among the specta tors, including B. F. Hiestand, 89 years old; William H. Tredenick, 92 years; Frank Hippie. 88 years; Barr Spangler, 91 years, and others. A PROTTD, IMPERIAL RACK The Peruvians are a proud, imperial i race, living amid the grandest scenery of the westen hemisphere, and hold ing high Ideals of what is best in edu cation and the unbought grace of life. On the great country estates there is much of the fine tradition and chival rous sentiment that came from the best people of Castile and Aragon. The Indians of the high plateaux are a unique reminder of a civilization that bourgeoned centuries before the fare of the white man had blossomed like a flower in the western forests. The Immemorial records of a civiliza tion that vanished In the midst of man's earliest recollections are faintly suggested in splendid ruins among sublime scenes. The name and fame of the brilliant men who built the walls and temples of Cuzco are lost, and all we know of the wonder and the charm of that forgotten culture In the Andes Is found in the pathetic ruins of cities that are half as old as recorded time.—"The Empire Chil dren of the Sun," Peter Mac Queen, In National Magazine for July. RENEWED 88-NOTE PLAYER-PIANOS Complete with music-rolls, bench, etc., on sale this week at $315 up. Terms, $8 monthly. Hurry, if you want one. J. H. Troup Music House, 15 South Market Square.—Advertisement. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPS STATE IS TELLING FARMERS OF SOILS Important State Publication Shortly to Be Issued For Use of the Agriculturalists WORK OF STATE EXPERTS Suggestions For Conservation of the Soil Will Abound in the New Publication Just as an illustration of what the , Keystone State is doing for its farm- I ej ß . in spite of what may be said by j Vance C. McCormiok to the contrary, j proofs are now being read on the first complete description of the soils of Pennsylvania, one of the most im portant of the educational publica tions to be issued by the State De partment of Agriculture and it is ex pected that it will be ready within a short time. The study of the soils was made by direction of Secretary of Agriculture N. B. Critchfield in re sponse to many requests for first hand information about the possibilities of the soil of Pennsylvania and what steps should he taken to conserve it. The study will be issued in two vol umes and is the work of experts with data from State Geological Surveys and the assistance of G. P. Bliss, 1 United States weather observer, at i Philadelphia and other men. The foreword, which sums up the j purpose of this valuable publication for the farmers of the State, is as fol lows: i "The purpose of the bulletin is to j bring to the farmers, a plain and sim | pie statement of the soils of the var | ious counties and townships, as well j as localities in townships throughout ! the State, giving the origin, capacity and adaptation of the soils of the var ious sections. No effort is made at scientific discussions, and all terms with which the average farmer is not familiar, insofar as possible, have been eliminated and plain simple statements to convey th« tdeas intend ed have been used. The natural meth ods of soil improvement have been ad vocated, that of having a growing plant on the land at all times, and insofar as possible, a soil improve ment plant instead of a soil exhaust ing one. These crops have been ad vocated in numerous sections in which they have never been raised: but from the examination of the soil I and the prevailing climatic conditions, | the author is convinced after the soils | have been improved by raising and | plowing down, or better still feeding j the less exacting leguminous crops | such as sweet clover, or the cowho-n turnip and other less exacting va rieties of the root crops, and rye among the cereal grains, and apply ing the manure, the land will pro duce the more exacting Fall and < Spring sown, long and short season I legumes as well as the more exacting root and cereal crops. I "The livestock industry, with all its | accessories, dairying, the production i of beef, lamb, mutton and wool, espe cially pork, wherever soil, climatic and market conditions Justify such undertakings together with the ar- I rangements of rotations for raising j both the leguminous and cereal crops j for feeding the animals to yield the | largest returns as well as for produc i ing the largest quantity of manure | and other roughage to be returned to j the soil, to maintain and increase its I fertility, are advocated. That there are soil and climatic conditions un der which crops are produced espe cially suited for certain phases of the livestock industry, is well illustrated in the southwestern and western sec tions of the State where the blue grass pasture will produce a superior grade of wool and more vigorous, stronger boned horses than in any other section of the State. Such soil and climatic conditions should be utilized wherever possible. Little is said about the uses of artificial fertilizer and lime be cause the department has issued sev eral bulletins on the uses of these ma terials to which the reader is re ferred." MEXICAN INVASION OF HARRISBURG IN MOVIES The latest of the home made mov ies. entitled "A Mexican Invasion of Harrisburg." is to be presented at the Colonial Theater the latter half of this week. This picture, which will place more than 250 Harrlsburgers on the screen, will be given in conjunction with the Colonial's regular show of vaudeville and feature movies. As its name implies, "A Mexican Invasion of Harrisburg," is a home made thriller, and shows what might happen here any day if a bad-eyed Mexican spy should drop down on our peaceful community and disturb the tranquility hereabouts. If you think that Harrisburg would shiver and shake with fear you are mistaken, for it shows right in this movie how a spirited chase would take place right away until the intruder was rounded up and in safe keeping. In this particular picture, the Mex ican, played by Earl Brubaker. first appears on the scene, when he steals a certified check from Pete, a modest workingman who has Just came into a fortune. What happens after that makes a swift moxie. The chase after the Mexican carries the thief into a picnic party of pretty Harrisburg girls, leads to a series of hairbreadth escapes, and finally brings the Mexican and his pursuers into Market street where are several lively skirmishes as hundreds of amazed pedestrians look on, with horrified expressions on their faces. If you want to know about how the good folks of Paris feel this time, the looks of the faces of these Harrisburgers as the chase for the unruly Mexican goes on under their eyes will tell you. But the Mex ican is finally put behind the bars after a lively time takes place In front of the jail in Walnut street. Thousands of residents of the city saw the various scenes of this pic ture being taken. A company of sev eral scores of persons rehearsed the story several weeks before it was ready for the camera man. Some of the principal players in the picture are Ear! Brubaker. Jennie Fry, Eve lyn Branca, John Garverick, Evan Lehman, Jennie Branca, Luella Barnes Olga Bryan, Winnie Welsh, Violet Sellers, Annie Dunlevey, Crys tlne Smith, Anna Rudley, Helen Wil son, Mrs. Gibson. Catharine Koss, Hf.rry Flshman, Harold Whisler.—- Advertisement. DON'T ACCEPT ANYONE'S SAY-SO j Concerning the difference between the ] Edison, Victor and Columbia. Come j to our music rooms and hear them I demonstrated side by side. Do so any time. J. H. Troup Music House, 15 South Market Square.—Advertisement. STAMM-FCLMER WEDDING Special to The Telegraph Northumberland, Pa., Sept. 2.—Wil liam Floyd Stamm and M'-ss Mary Ful mer, of this place, were married here to-day. They will reside in Queen street. ; STORE OPENS CALL 1991-ANY PHONED J 8 A. M.; ' ► HARRISBURC'S POPULAR DEPARTMENT STORE. < ■ School Days at Handii ► ** 4 School bells will ring next Tuesday and we are ready with all kinds of serviceable clothing for school wear. J.JjW <1 Boys' all-wool Norfolk Suits for school wear—the new gray and blue mixtures, cassimeres and serges; well made; some with extra As\i knickerbockers, at ; $2.98, $3.50, $3.98, $5, $7.50 and SIO.OO ; ► tf.nV Velvet and Serge Russian, sailor and blouse suits, beautifully < ► \ T ilif, trimmed, sizes 2]/ 2 to 10 years, at < : VrJ $2.98. $3.50, $4.50 and $5.00 I y | Boys' Knickers of cassimere, khaki, worsteds and serges; sizes 4 v 1 I sto 18 years, at 4 ; 50c, 75c, SI.OO to $1.75 ; ► HI Special attention to extra size boys' suits and Jcnickers. < ► >J|g Boys' caps and hats of serge, homespun, worsteds and felt, at < ► 25c, 50c, SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.50 < . Third FIoor—BOWMAN'S. : Boys' and Girls' School Hose : Boys' medium weight cotton, fine ribbed hose, double knees, heels and toes. All sizes. < * pair i ► Musser cotton hose for boys and girls. Pair 300, 350 and 400 4 ► Hovs' black cotton hose, fine ribbed, double heels and toes. All sizes. Pair 12V£0 4 ► Children's black cotton hose, fine ribbed, double heels and toes. Pair 12y 2 & < ► Children's black hose, silk lisle, double knees, heels and toes. All skes. Pair 25f 4 J Boys' Waists and Shirts Boys' and Girls' Coat Sweaters J y Boys' blouse waists, plain colors and neat V-neck, shawl and roll collars; all the .stripes, percales and madras; attached mili- wanted colors. Each, #I.OO, #1.50, $1.98. tary collar and separate soft collar. Ages 5 #©.so and up to $3.50. to 16 years. Each 250 and 500 Boys' leather belts 25c * Boys' dress shirts, fine quality of percale. Boys' suspenders ... 12H0» 1~0 and 25^ * coat style, separate soft collar and French Boys' neckwear, 4-in-hands and Windsors, ► cuffs. Each 50e ► Main FIoor—BOWMAN'S. 4 ± -*■ ± \ ■*--*- AA A A ± A 4 Domestics ►Some Special Values For Thursday' 23c and 25c Pillow Cases, sizes 50x36 and 54x36 < each 150 4 8c Seersucker Gingham in blue and white stripes, < y yard < | 30c Bolster Cases, 42 inches wide, good quality 4 muslin, each '22(l' 4 y 75c Arcadia Sheets, size 76x90 inches; made of 4 good muslin, each 590 4 y come in remnants, all useful lengths, yard, 40 and 50 4 y Main FIoor—BOWMAN'S. 4 BITE INCREASES I BEFORE THE BOARD Public Service Commission Hears From Officials of the State's Big Railroads George D. Ogden, of the Pensyl vania Railroad; F T. Sladden, Pitts burgh & Lake Erie; T. J. Walters. Baltimore & Ohio; F. C. Baird, Bes semer & Lake Erie, representing the! Central Freight Association, late yes terday discussed with the Public Serv ice Commission concerning the five per cent. increase allowed by the Inter-state Commerce Com mission, requesting the Commis sion to grant blanket permission to ail roads publishing Pennsylvania inter state rates to cancel ail tariffs now un der voluntary suspension effective on or before September 12. They also asked authority to republish the 5 per cent, rates as modified by the order of the Inter-state Commerce Commis sion on less than statutory notice of three, five or ten days, or to observe the same number of days' notice as may be granted by the Inter-state Commerce Commission. The Commission agreed as to the withdrawal of the present rates but reserved its decision regarding the proposition to make effective the 5 per cent, iscrease on less than the statutory notice. The Commission also made it plain that no matter what its attitude on the latter question may be, it would not affect the ques tion as to the reasonableness of the Increased rates. The matter only involves that ter ritory in the western part of Penn sylvania which comes under the re cent ruling of the Inter-state Com merce Commission in awarding the in crease. The Pennsylvania Railroad, Phila delphia & Reading. Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania Lines West of Pitts burgh, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, Dela ware. Lackawanna & Western and the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Com panies have tiled with the Commission revised tariffs governing 1,000-mile tickets advancing the mileage rate from two cents per mile to two and one-quarter cents per mile, to become effective October 1, 1914. Under the AMUSEMENTS A JAJESTIC Friday, Matinee and Night City Sports Co. —IN— Refined Burlesque A MUSICAL COMEDY PIRCESi Milt., 25c* 55c, 50c t Eve., 1 lßc, 2Tx, 35c, 50c, 75c. Saturday, Mali ee and Night HE'S fOMIVfi IN PERSON and AO cnmfdlnnii, In the mimical comedy* Bunny in Funnyland NIGHTS, 2Te to 51.50. MATINEE. 25c to 91.00. SEPTEMBER 2, 1914. new tariffs on and after October 1 the non-interchangeable mileage book will cost $22.50 instead of S2O as in effect prior to that date. The interchange able mileage book will be sold at the same rate as heretofore, namely, $25 but the iiEual refund of $5 will be re duced to $2.50. The Commission held a hearing in the complaint of Dr. Edward G. Meter, Reading, against the Metro politan Electric Company. The latter AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS f / ~ > Labor Day at Hershey Park The Ideal Place for Refined Pleasure-seekers The place to spend Labor Day without a dull moment. GREAT THEATER PROGRAM afternoon anrl evening. High doss vaudeville and 1.000 feet of WAR PICTURES. A George Kllno Production, showing the great, European armies In action. BASEBALL—Two games—lo A. M. and 3 P. M. Hershey vs. Lebanon. DANCING, Afternoon and Evening. BAND CONCERTS by Hershey Band—Afternoon and Evening. BATHING—Lots of fun at the shoot the chutes. MERRY-GO-ROUND, Miniature Railway, Boating, Bowling, Shooting Gallery, etc. ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN tilled with many Wild Animals. Lion, Bears, Monkeys, Alligators, etc., etc. The Park now is In Its Perfection of Beauty. L— _ i J ACROSS THE BORDER It was during the strenuous production of this remarkable play that these accidents happened: 1. Midi Grace MeHuith, the lending Indy nn> drowned. 2. Mr. Owen Carter perished trylnK to xnre her. 3. The leadltiK man wns hurled 40 feet from hl« horse. 4. Hl* home was killed by n full down n steep hill. ft A minor player wan hltten hy n rattlesnake In (he Apache tor ture scene. VICTORIA THE A TO-DA ADMISSION 10c CHILDREN 5c Photoplay Today FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN In BLOOD WILL TELL Essanay Drama of Colonial Days, interwoven with a romance of the present day. In 3 Acts. By Special Request the return of A MILLION BID—S-reel Vitagraph Feature, Monday, September 7, 1914. insisted upon the execution of two contracts, one a power contract pro viding for a minimum charge per month of $5 for the operation of an X-ray apparatus, and a light contract calling for a minimum charge of sl. These rates Increased the price monthly for service from about $3.40 to $9. The complainant was repre sented by Attorney Lee Friday and the respondent by Simon P. Light and A L. Hart, manager of the company. The Commission reserved its decision. 3
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