8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established ill' PUBLISHED BY \ (THJE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE frtsidtnt and Editor-in-Chitf F. R. OYSTER Stertiary GtTS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editar Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 21# ' Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. . Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <Wg>rfc> Llgfiv six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. ■worn dally average for the three ★ month* ending April 30, 1915. a 21,844 * Average for the year 1014—23.213 Average for the year 1913—21,577 Average for the year 1912—21,175 Average for the year 1911—18,851 Average for the year 1910—17.495 TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25. GOOD FOR CAMP HILL CAMP HILL evidently has imbibed the spirit of public improve ment that has done so much in recent years for Harrisburg. It is re ported that the paving loan of $30,000, which has been before council for some time, for the purpose of provid ing funds for the paving of Market street, will be> passed with small oppo sition at the special election on June 12. Automobilists know that the high ways of the small towns of Pennsyl vania are almost Invariably in worse condition than the country roads. In this Camp Hill is no exception. In deed. there are very few towns in which the main street is In such de plorable condition as in the 'cross river suburb. But the case is not hopeless, since the people realize the need of improvement and are setting about to accomplish it. Camp Hill is one of the prettiest suburbs within many miles of Har risburg. It has fine homes and spa cious lawns, but few of the thousands of people who pass through there now have any time to look for anything but the bumps in the road. The town has been long famous for its splendid sidewalks. Add to these and its other attractions a paved street through the beart of the borough and the place will become known from one end of the State to the other. Possibly, also, the enterprise of Camp Hill will bestir the State High way Department to steps looking toward the proper repair of the road between Camp Hill and Lemoyne bridge. The property owners of the township are still paying State aid taxes for its construction, but so little has been done to keep it up since it was built that it is now in as had con dition as before It was improved and is rapidly nearing total ruin that will necessitate an expenditure of thou sands of dollars for reconstruction from foundation up. There is to be heard much commen dation of the force of employes at the city pumping station for the care they exercise and the interest shown in making that one of the most attractive spots in the city. With the completion of the wall on the river side of the sta tion there will be still further improve ment. PREPAREDNESS MEANS PEACE SECRETARY OF WAR GARRI SON'S address at the Mohonk conference and the statements of President Hibben, of Princeton, and that of President Hadley, of Yale, all indicate the trend of sentiment in this country toward preparedness on the part of tiie United States for any eventuality. We are a peaceful na tion, but that does not argue that we Bhall be unprepared for war. Prepar ation in a republic like ours is the most effective guarantee of peace. Unless we be ready for anything that may transpire we are likely to invite trouble infinitely more serious than anything that might otherwise occur in the event of international contro versy. The sentiment of the people is now decidedly In favor of a preparedness which will assure a wholesome respect for our flag and our national rights everywhere. This form of prepared ness must manifest itself in a strong navy and an army commehsurate with the needs of our enormous interests at home and abroad. There Is no disposition to place a chip on our shoulder and go out hunt ing for trouble; but there is an in creasingly vigorous demand for prepa ration that will safeguard the na tion against such conditions as are now devastating Europe. Sanity is not confined simply to a peaceful at titude. We must be prepared for the national defense and effective prepa ration will almost certainly eliminate the very danger that our ultra-peace advocates f^ar. There is throughout Europe a grow ing respect for American ideals. There Is no longer, except in certain impe rialistic quarters, a contemptuous atti tude of indifference to us and the no tion that we are simply a nation of money-getters Is giving way to an ap preciation of the generous impulses which control our national policies. Many of our foreign-born citizens re alize better than any others of our population how sincere we are in our feeling of nelghborliness toward the other peoples of the world. Perhaps nothing is so striking as Showing the changed attitude of many of tfeft old-world countries toward ' TUESDW EVENING. America as a recent poem by Edmund | Rostrand, author of "Cyrano de Ber gerac" and "Chanticleer" and one of the most celebrated of the literary men of France. This poem is really an apotheosis of the "Star Spangled Banner." Harvey M. Watts has writ ten for the Philadelphia Public Ledger a story of this poem which tells how the Kaiser endeavored to get the Amer ican flag to float to the breeze in favor of Germany, but failed in the attempt, even though he tried "to act and dress and behave like an American." Sir. Watts says: This fantastic poem is really a tribute to Ajnorlcao ideals and presents us to Europe In a way we have never been presented before— as a people to whom the world can turn for Justice, as a people have a true appreciation of the higher rights and wrongs of hu manity. It is fitting that this tribute so deserved should come, too. at a time when In Belgium, for instance, the emblem of the United States has become almost a sacred fetish. Floating from the front of relief automobiles and above relief depots, it has been saluted by a grateful people there, and some of the Incidents that have oc curred in connection with the al most idolatrous devotion oj the flag have been heartrending. Women have kissed it and have held their children up so that they might touch Its sacred folds, others have knelt down and prayed before It and for what it represented; asylum and sanctuary and a inercv and charity unparalleled In the history of the world. It will not be forgotten by those who have traveled through Europe that American Institutions have been an inspiration to those beyond the j seas. There are two statues of Wash ington in Europe, one in Paris, erected by the school children of the United States In appreciation of the Statue of (Liberty in the New York harbor, and the other at Budapest, erected by grateful Hungarians out of consider ation for the kindly treatment of their countrymen In the United States. There is also at Prague memorials erected by distinguished Bohemians to show their appreciation of our institu tions and ideals. The "Star Spangled Banner" was carried at the head of a procession of sixteen hundred ath letes in honor of the American victors three years ago in the same city. Surely the American spirit is spread ing throughout the world. While we may be Intentionally misunder stood in diplomatic exchanges it is certain that the sincerity of our na tional attitude toward other nations, as demonstrated in Cuba and China and Belgium and elsewhere over the globe, will be recognized by the masses of the world. But while we must maintain friend ly relations with the other countries, we must not forget that preparedness for the national defense Is. the only way to insure peace and respect. More power to the Motor Club of Har risburg In its determined effort to sup press the reckless driving of automo biles through the streets of the city. This organization of automobile owners realizes that unless there is some im mediate improvement in the traffic situation, the municipal authorities will be compelled to adopt most drastic measures. THE FARLEY RESOLUTION PITTSBURGH is very properly op posed to the Farley resolution now in the hands of the Gov ernor calling for a commission to in vestigate the need of a branch of the State Capitol in Philadelphia. With the revenues of the State at low ebh and the needs of government constantly Increasing, with a Capitol improvement under way here and the necessity near at hand for the building of an addition to the present Capitol, the Farley resolution is at this time especially ill-advised. It is true that there are and will be always certain offices of the State gov ernment in Philadelphia. So there are in Pittsburgh. It is not likely that Philadelphia would be content with a building costing much less than a mil lion dollars. If such a building for Philadelphia, why not one as well for Pittsburgh? And why not for Scran ton or Erie? The interest on a million dollars would far more than defray the expenses of all the offices that will be required for State purposes outside of Harrisburg in any city of the Com monwealth and there Is no call for a branch Capitol anywhere. Such an institution would only lead to needless expense and much confusion. WHY NOT HERE ? WE have with us in Harrisburg this week the distinguished gentlemen comprising the Su preme Court of Pennsylvania. They will sit in the hearing of cases in the handsome rooms of the court at the Capitol during a part of the present week. But why shouldn't they sit at the seat of government permanently? There was a time, perhaps, when, by reason of conditions which no longer exist, it was necessary for the higher court to sit in several places at different seasons of the year or on different dates, but there is now nt occasion for holding sessions of the Supreme Court outside the Capital. Now that there Is an intermediate court which hold* sessions at different places throughout the year, the argu ment in favor of permanent sitting of the Supreme Court at Harrisburg is immeasurably strengthened. HELP FOR CONVICTS PUBLIC sentiment favors modern treatment of the criminals of the ~ State. Instead of mere incarcera tion, which means loss of health and every inspiration to a better life, the present theory of those who have made a study of criminology is dem onstrated In the significant fact that forty prisoners in the Eastern Peni tentiary at Philadelphia are studying agriculture by correspondence. Warden Robert MeKenty believes the number of students will be largely increased. Complete lessons, popularized by ex perts at State College, are sent to the students, together with sets of ques tions and answers. Warden MeKenty then supervises the work of the con vict students. This is somewhat In line with the theory of Warden Francies, of the i Western Penitentiary, who is now in charge of the new institution in Center . county, where It is proposed to com bine both the Eastern and Western penitentiaries. Mr. Francies has long been of the opinion that men who err and are punished by the State should not lose all hope of future usefulness. He believes that they should be helped and not driven bjyond reform. ENCOURAGE YOUR BOY IN the current issue of Farm and Fireside a contributor advises par ents In part as follows: Does the boy want to leave the farm? Well, whose fault Is that? Has he been useful? Has he ever been told that lie is useful? Has he an interest In the farm ing? Does he own any live stockT Does his father help the boy as cheerfully as he expects the boy to help him? To be sure, when I was a boy I had to work hard and didn't expect any pay for It. I was expected to obey my parents. I was up In the morning to build the fires, and it was my frost-bitten fingers that un locked the harn door at daybreak. But that was a long time ago. In those days there wasn't a town every few miles with moving pic ture shows, street cars, and tempt ture shows, street cars and tempt- Things have changed. The city is full of poorly paid clerks and mechanics who might have been prosperous farmers. There is more room in the country to-day for ad dancement and happiness than there is In the city. City people know this. That is why so many of them are going back to the land and why Farm and Fireside and other rural publica tions are as largely read in town as in the country. Keep the boy on the farm and the day will come when he will look back and bless you. In the rural section only lies the un trammeled freedom that our forefath ers of the fields and woods enjoyed, EDITORIAL COMMENT ~ The whole world watched Italy for six months, expecting her to get In the war any moment, and now the Aus trians call It a surprise attack.— Philadelphia North American. It Is to be hoped that there is no substantial basis for the report which comes from Washington that the meet ings of the Pan-American Financial Conference are to be made the occa sion for bringing forward the Ship Purchase project again. This ill starred bill, on which so much valu able time was wasted in the last Con gress, was President Wilson's greatest political error, and it would be poor party tactics to attempt to revive It, especially on the verge of a Presiden tial campaign. It was killed once, and for the sake of the Democratic party it should be allowed to stay dead.— Philadelphia Record. The European war seems to he one of the circumference against the cen ter.—N. Y. World. —Count Reventlow says Italy's en trance into the war will merely delay German's victory, but there seems to be an impression in most unprejudiced minds that it is calculated to postpone it indefinitely.—Philadelphia Inquirer. CURBING THE MEDDLESOME [ Philadelphia Inquirer.] All sorts of bills aimed at the Jitney have been considered by the Legis lature and have given way to a propo sition to allow city councilmen to do all the necessary regulating. The prin ciple involved is important. It con cedes that cities are quite competent to manage their own affairs without the everlasting interference of Harrisburg. There is a meddlesome spirit abroad which is constantly calling for the passage of new laws that are neither necessary nor desirable. It is all very well to go to the State lawmakers when we lack authority or need to he advised of our rights, but there is no sense in running to the State capital for every trivial cause. Curb the meddlesome spirit: let mu nicipalities attend to their own busi ness. The nearer the city comes to home rule the better it is going to be off and everybody in it. EXPERIENCE NOT WHOLLY NEW TFrom the Jamestown iKan.) Optimist.l Tom Thompson, editor of the How ard Courant. found a wasp in his trousers pocket the other day. The pocket was empty as usual and when Mr. Thompson put his hand into the pocket the wasp stung him. History does not record the exact words Tom uttered on«this occasion, but we'll ven ture a guess. He said what Mrs. Thompson has no doubt said a good many times in years gone by when her hand would slip into this same empty pocket—"Stung again!" EGGS AND OPULENCE $700,000,000 Presented the Country Last Year by the Hens To a lot of Individuals, not how ever. including the hens, it is pleas ant to read that the egg crop of the country during the year past amounted to $700,000,000. exceeding the average wheat crop of the past 10 years. Par ticularly elated is the householder who finds on visiting the hennery of his accustomed and trusted purveyor of fresh laid eggs that the price has gone up to 65 cents a dozen. It may be a case of pride to the lit tle dominicker hen. which lays an egg a day and goes barefoot, to read that she is one of the greatest and the most dependable contributors to the nation's prosperity. Were it not fdV her a byproduct of agriculture would not be the profitable thing it is. The little dominicker hen is not assertive, except on occasions. But she knows full well that her owner would, but for her, still be scratching his slow and laborious way about the country be hind a spavined horse or two. instead of luxuriously progressing in a car smoothly propelled by gasoline. The farmer of to-day is not the farmer of a decade ago. Farming is a polite and effeminate occupation compared with the old order. The farmer who now goes to town in a seven-passenger car and has a tennis court on the front lawn does not face the hard knocks and the narrow life that featured the'old order. Existence in the country, with the better roads, the social centers, the telephones, and one thing and another, is not what it used to be. The farmer, of course, takes credit for this to himself, point ing to his progressiveness, his improv ed methods, his Increased efficiency, keeping pace with the times. But the little dominicker hen knows all the time that if she once stopped laying for a year there would be a different story to tell. —Newark news. \ Nervous Prosperity The only nervous ailment a, man acquires in pushing his busi ness is "nervous prosperity." Most of us are glad to have an acute case. One of the best methods of ac quiring this desirable 111 Is through energetic newspaper ad vertising. Your advertisements stamp von as a "seeker." They fa miliarize the public with your goods and service. They start the dollars on the runway to your cash register. % i HXRRISBURG TELEGRAPH 111 oc "P^KKOi^tcaKUL By the Ei-Commltteeman —Men active in politics all over Pennsylvania are sitting up and tak ing notice of the mandamus action brought in the case of Judge A. G. Heck, of Potter county, which raises the constitutionality of the act re cently signed by Governor Brumbaugh detaching Clinton from Elk and Cam eron and adding it to Potter. Behind it all is the question whether a legis lature can alter a district which has been established by a general appor* tionment act. —The Legislature which has Just adjourned failed to ckrry out the con stitutional mandate and apportion the State into congressional, legislative and judicial districts. A bill was presented for a legislative apportionment by Representative Wood, of Indiana, but it was never heard of. and this subject does not appear to have figured In any of the conferences in the Governor's office on legislation. If a Legislature can alter one judicial district by ail act, there would be nothing, contend some people at the Capitol, to prevent it from altering any of the congres sional, senatorial or assembly districts. It Is one of the most Interesting questions that have arisen *in the courts in years and the decision may have a far-reaching effect in Pennsyl vania politics and bring about re apportionment next session. —Folks at the Capitol are specu lating what will be the effect on the political activities of William A. Ma fiee now that he has been named as a public service commissioner. It is gen erally believed that the duties of the commissionership, which will grow continually, will keep him so busy here that he will have little time for poll tics in Allegheny county. It has been the expressed desire of Governor Brumbaugh that the commissioners should stay here and work, and Magee, who has a talent for working, will find plenty of things to do. —Expectations are that Governor Brumbaugh will not be in any haste to fill the vacancies existing in various State boards and in the State govern ment until after he disposes of the bills which are piled up on his desk. He is receiving numerous applications and some of them come from men of prominence who can be of great as sistance in his local option legislative campaign next year. The various jobs created by the Legislature will be filled gradually. —Friends of ex-Mayor Charles D. Wolfe, of Williamsport, have taken off their coats for him for the Republican nomination for Congress in the Fif teenth district, in which Public Serv ice Commissioner Edgar R. Kiess was elected last Fall after a brilliant fight. Mr. Kiess has resigned as congress man with an excellent record and there will be a lively battle for his successor this Fall. Mr. Wolfe is strong in the district. —Ex-Senator Ren Jarrett. of Mercer county, is out for the judicial nomi nation in his county and has about five candidates against him. The prospects are that there will be a stirring cam paign in that district. —The name of Walter H. Gaither, former secretary to ex-Governor Tener, is being mentioned as a possible ap pointee to the position of chief of the bureau of statistics and information of the Department of Labor and In dustry. —James F. Woodward, chairman of the House appropriations committee, has returned to his home in McKees port for a rest and is looking over the field for next year when Pennsylvania will elect an Auditor General and State Treasurer. Mr. Woodward has many warm friends who will be active in his behalf if he shall decide to enter the race for any one of the nominations. 11 appears to be settled that one of them will go to the western end of the State. —The mandamus proceeding in the Potter judge case is one of the few instances in which the original juris diction of the Supreme Court has been invoked. The situation in the new dis trict is rather serious. Judge Heck, of Potter, holds that he cannot sit' in Clinton county affairs, although the Legislature joined Clinton to his dis trict. and Judge Hall holds that he is not judge in Clinton because it has been severed. —T>. E. Long, prominent in legal I affairs in Franklin countv. is being strongly boomed for the judicial nomi nation in that district. Judge Gillan will also be a candidate and there is talk of Senator Hoke. —ln Pottsville yesterday Judge Koch refused to grant some petitions for appointment of election officers contending that the signatures apl peared to be in the same handwriting —According to reports which have reached this city, there will be no fac tional contests among Republicans for the important county nominations in Allegheny county. A get-together spirit has been manifested. Our Daily Laugh BMABHINa Cholly: Tour 7/1 rister is a smash- Bobbie: Yes— «he loves to break „ OUGH. BAT! Mar v had * lltu * ) • / I But: did not / | w have enough r 11 lla 1 < To buy a fe&ther k0 ** 11113 *° w \dj Her b«»i bought her A V mough. ' # JOHSXY'S C/^R By Wing Dinger Johnny had a little car— The make I do not know— But everywhere that Johnny went The car was sure to go. "Where does John get the coin," folk* asked, "Too keep up a machine? He doesn't make enough to buy The oil and gasoline?" And one day when he figured up Just what the bloomln' car Was costing him, the answer gave To John an awful jar. He tried to sell the car, but found No one who wished to buy. And Johnny said unto himself Another scheme I'll try. He painted up a jitney sign And hung it on the hood And by the curb on Market street John with his small car stood. He's hauling folks for Jitneys now. By night as well as day. He's paid the mortgage on his house And eats three meals a day. ' s THE CARTOON "RAVS!" Prom the Washington Herald I 1 QUARRYVILLE PHILOSOPHER ON RURAL MAIL DEMORALIZATION GEORGE HENSEL, the Quarry ville philosopher, has this to say of the demoralization of the rural free delivery service: "A great deal of excitement and righteous indignation has been aroused throughout the rural districts by the action of the postal authorities in cutting down the number of rural routes and adding many » miles to routes already too long. The very laudable purpose of the government Is to economize, which Uncle Sam fre quentlj* does by saving at the bung to leave out at the spigot, and Lancaster city patrons of that office are soon to look with awe upon a public building to be erected which is to cost several hundred thousand dollars, while a measly $4,000 a year is to be saved in the county at the positive inconven ience and decided disadvantage—nay, even financial loss—of hundreds of rural patrons of the postal service. This process of economizing it not confined to this county alone, hut there's no more striking illustration of its Impracticability than is to he seen in the lower end, where for years five rural routes have radiated from Quar ryville, affording splendid service to , IN HARR.ISBURO FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of May 25, 1865.] Extension of SMreet South street has been opened from Filbert street to the Pennsylvania Rail road. Repair ('mini Workmen are busy repairing the damage done by Spring floods to the canal. It is not known when the water will be turned into it again. Custer In ( My General Custer and his staff were in this city yesterday. They are enrouta t" Join General Sherman, west of the Mississippi. Edison's New Batteries Will Allow Submarines to Take 100-day Trips ... , J®*** j. • I - ■ • ' ' ' i D SO West Chester, N. J.. May 25.—The Edison storage battery works here is busy making cells for the United States submarine E-2, which is being refitted, its lead batteries having been unsatisfactory. Tt is also constructing storage hatteries for the submarine L-8, the first government-built subma rine, which will be christened by Mrs. John Eyre Sloan, daughter of Thomas A. Edison. "Three times a year for four years a representative of the Krupp people, acting for the German government, came to the United States to see what progress was being made with the submarine battery, having found the lead battery not entirely satisfactory. Mr. Edison, however, would not sell a set of cells until he was satisfied they were perfect. This battery was not perfected until last September, or a mouth after the war started. MAY 25, 1915. the people of that section, and the several thousand patrons of the two local hanks who find It convenient to bank by mail, with a transit of but a few hours required to land their money in steel vaults. An order has been Issued to reduce the routes to three in number, increase their dis tance to thirty-two miles, and mail that heretofore traveled four miles will now be carried from 50 to 145 miles to arrive at the same destination. Moreover, the carriers will not be physically able to cover the distance in seasons of bad roads. In snow storms mail will be a curiosity to pa trons depending upon the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad, and the highways that drift, while the parcel post carriers will have to increase the size of their vehicles and the number ol their horses to command more pay, of course. The patrons of these routes are up in arms, and, while some of them think best to petition for a tsen eral restoration of the old country post offices, others would protest to" the department, and the indignation of the patrons and their demands will in all probability find expression in a public meeting:, which will likely be held in Quarryville In the very near future." BOOKS AND MAGAZINES You remember the "veal and 'am pie" in "David Copperfleld?" But have vou ever eaten it at Its best? Boil a small knuckle of veal slowly, until well re duced, with a bunch of savory herbs, a small onion stuck with cloves, a piece of mace, one teaspoonful of salt, one half teaspoonful of paprika, one table spoonful of vinegar. and a few whole peppers. That is the beginning. But It is all in "One Hundred Lunch Dishes," by Linda Hull Darned (Scrlb ners). Also ninety-nine other equally delectable things to eat. , "Daybreak," a new novel bv Eliza beth Miller (Mrs. Oren P. Hack), pub lished by Scribners, puts a new face on the famous episodes of Isabella ana her Jewels in the Columbus story. It turns out to have been the funds of Ferdinand of Aragon and not those of Isabella of Castile, which financed the expedition. This, however, should in > nowise deprive the great queen of her claim to the credit. She was not the first woman to spend her husband's money and call her purchase "mine." LORI) KITCHENKR LOOKS TO SCHWAB FOR HELP Little wonder that the Allies are short of ammunition when the entire daily output of the Bethlehem Steel Company of 35,000 shrapnel shells and 50,000 one-pounders are consumed in a single day on the firing line. British ammunition and ordnance contracts given by Lord Kitchener to 'the Bethlehem Steel Works have risen [to upwards of $100,000,000. His latest I order to the big Schwab plant is for lyddite shells, to be used against the German trenches in Flanders. The order is for 1,000,000 shells, four inches In diameter, to be deliver ed at the rate of 4,000 a day for the next 250 days. Captain Scott, a Brit ish ordnance officer, who is here as in i spector of the lyddite shells, in the I making and handling of which he is an expert, has told of the successful tests lof sample shells. A mile and a half away, in a field on a hillside, were seven cows, scattered over an era, of about an acre. A single shell was planted as near ly as possible in the midst of them, Rnd it killed them all. So powerful is the explosive that the crucible steel shell does not burst Into fragments, but explodes into an impalpable pow der. It is said this shell means death to any living thing within fifty yards of where It bursts. The Baldwin extensions at Eddy stone are being made not primarily for the manufacture of shells. The Baldwins have transformed their old cylinder department in their main plant in Philadelphia into a machine shop for shells, and the cylinder de partment is being removed to Eddy stone. Subcontracts for turning the shells have been "let to nearly every worth while machine shop in this and other States, including the Carpenter Steel plant, at Reading; the ingersoll, at Easton; the Carnegie shops, at Pitts burgh, and a number of plants in New England. After being machined they are shipped to Redlngton, where on its proving grounds the Bethlehem Steel Company has established a fuse fac tory, where the shells are loaded. About 1,000 girls, men and boys are employed at the loading plant. The force will soon be increased to 2,000. So as to increase the capacity to furnish 50.000 shells a day, a new shrapnel building is to be erected at Bethlehem. Lord Kitchener Is in communication with the Bethlehem plant every day, cablegrams flying to and fro constant ly. He Is not an easy boss, and In one of his urgings to hurry up he said that all the Bethlehem Steel madfe In a day often did not la*t his gunners at the front an hour. The assertion is made that a sixteen candle-power carbon filament incan descent electric lamp at Wllkes-Rarre, Pa., has been burning steadily without Interruption for mors than fifteen years, Etatttng Ctjat i 1 1 Üb« of oil on the highways tn the vicinity of Harrlsburg Is more general thi» year than ever known before and State Highway CommlMloner Cun ningham through his division engi neer! and superintendents is enoourag lng it all along the lines. The first oil used In this section was ten years ago and strange to say there were let ters written to the newspapers by men who complained that their tires and horses' hoofs were smeared with the tar and who protested against it as a nuisance. Probably because of this «. local prejudice not much waa done in the way of roads until six years ago when the work became more or less general. Lately people in the bor oughs and townships ha\e been com pelled to depend upon their own re sources and with encouragement from the State, which has improved Inter vening stretches, they have been buy ing oil. Last year people In some parts of the city oiled streets by private sub scription. but with the extension of the paved area there Is not so muaih of that to be done. Tt is prob&bto that several of the boroughs that fringe Harrlsburg will adopt the example of Hummelstown and some other plaoea and deep down the dust with oil • • • It was on this day four years ago that the Legislature adjourned. The recent Legislature was a week earlier. As pointed out by the Telegraph some time ago the Legislatures have a habit of adjourning in May. Some of the locust trees lining roads to the east of the city resemble huge bouquets of white just now and it is a delight to drive between rows of lo cust trees -with the fine blossoms and the sweet odor. Out toward Llneles town and LTnion Deposit and in some of the southern townships there are roads which are lined with flowering locust trees for half a mile or more at a stretch. • • • Harrisburg's newest golf clubhouse, the structure erected on one of the hill crests at Reservoir for the Har risburg Park Golf Club, was complet ed yesterday and will be formally opened to the members on Saturday. Plans, however, are under way to hold I a "Visitors' Day" probably on Pridav | so that the public generally may have a chance to Inspect the splendid quar ters. The new clubhouse is modern In every respect and comfortable In all its appointments. In addition to a commodious lounging and locker room, there is a private office for the profes sional and large sized bath and wash rooms. One of the prettiest features, however, is a brick-tiled porch that extends across the front of the house, permitting a splendid panoramic view across miles of rolling country to the Susquehanna water "gap" at Rock vllle. Instead of a roof the porch is covered with pergola-like supports for growing vines. • • • Because the next legal holiday. Memorial Day, will be observed Mon day, the regular weekly session of mo tion court will not be held by the Dau phin judges until Tuesday of next week. The change of date caused some interlining of dates on return able orders which were presented to the court yesterday morning, as most of the lawyers forgetting the holiday observance next week, wrote "Monday, May 31" into the blanks. John G. Johnson, the famous Phil adelphia lawyer, who was here yester day arguing in a case before the Su preme Court, last appeared here in the "full crew case" which attracted much attention. Mr. Johnson is one of the big men of the national bar and his address yesterday was heard by manj% attorneys. • * • Straw hats and rain in May do not form the best of combinations, accord ing of a number of men who notice the hats worn on the streets. Last month when the mercury was soaring in the nineties the straws were becoming popular a month hefore their time. Now, the men are busy rumaging around for the castoff felt hat, and it feels mighty comfortable these days the majority seem to think. • * * Rainy weather is an old enemy of the bootblack. "People don't get their shoes shined when it rains," one of the boys said in speaking of the slow business. "I don't blame them much, but it makes a big difference to we fellows whether the sun shines or not." However, the bootblack's loss Is the clothing store's gain as the raincoats, umbrellas and other devices to keep people dry are selling in the downtown stores." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —R. L. Austin, of the Philadelphia Reserve Board, is attending the Pan American Congress. —Senator Elmer Warner held a big good toads meeting at Mauch Chunk and people from all over Carbon coun ty attended. —Congressman W. W. Bailey, of Johnstown, is to be Memorial Day orator at Barnesboro. —J. W. Flannery, Pittsburgh manu facturer, is visiting the seashore. —The Rev. R. L. Archer, formerly a Carrick minister and lately minister in Java, is delivering a series of lec tures in Allegheny county. —District Attorney L. H. Rupp, of 41!entown, is getting after the base ball pools in his home town. | DO YOU KNOW That Harrisbur* is noted for the silk It manufacture*? 1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" L.KM) A HAND To the Editor of tlir Teletrapli: There are those who contend that an people are innately selfish, and with this contention they prefer to sit bacit in their seats of indolence and perm t the selfishness to go on. Hence, py tneir indifference and refusal to aid they make of themselves a conspicuous specimen of their own belief. \\ e would ask: "Why not help to spread the sPi"t of altruism by you yourself making a stab at it? Lend a helping hand some where. sometlne, to some one. Do you ask, who Is It wants helpT Take the sand out of ,yo« r «£*■ iK! . the dust from your brain and you will And unfortunate ones on all sides to whom you can be of service. If:>ou . have a liberal supply of this worlds wealth, loosen up! If you can BrJje J"" ' tellect, give that, and you will still re l tain It while some poor creature wTft profit. If you have not been blessed with either of these things, then give . sympathy, a smile or a hearty h®"<jl ; shake. Anyone who cannot give these 1 last 'named willingly and cheerfully Is what we might term an anachronism— ' he belongs not on this plan? l - , R t r You want happiness, don t you? But ■ vou will never get it by waiting for It " to visit you or even by searching for it. , It will come to you only in so much a» vou exert effort® to make otheri happy. . Tumble to this hunch. Whatever vo catlon you follow, whatever pleasure i you desire, whatever hobby you may I have; acquire a hobby that will smiles on the faces of those who \ around you dally and those within y°"£ reach wno happen to be less fortunat® than you. v ERO. Whnt ■ Corrupt BOM I* Before the ends there Is likely to be' a Judicial definition of political corruption that ought to be i Illuminating.
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