6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established lS)l PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGKAFH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE! President and Editor-in-Clutf F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 216 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <Pfi I gy*."LT6TT> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at SB.OO a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. J6»v> orn dally average circulation for the three month* endlns June 30. 1015 ★ . 21,231 Average for the year 1014—21,859 Average for the year 1013—10,003 Average for the year 1012—10,640 Average for the year 1011—17,563 Average tor the year 1010—16^01 The above figure* are net. All re turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 20. Life is most!}/ froth and bubble; Two things stand like stone: Kindness in another's trouble Courage in our own. —Adam. Lindsay Gordon. OCT "WITH THE GRAFTERS THERE are vague rumors from Washington of the operations of what the correspondents have dubbed a "munition trust." formed to profit from the legislation to be en acted by Congress at its coming ses- Blon looking toward a proper equip ment for the United States in case of attack by a foreign foe. It is said the efforts of this combination of arms and armament makers will be directed toward preventing the passage of laws providing for the manufacture of mili tary and naval supplies in government factories. If there is any truth in these re ports the more quickly the whole scheme is brought to light the better. Out with the grafters of any sort, who plot to prey upon the nation at a time ■when every citizen's hand should be raised in support of the government in its efforts to save us from the mur dero'uß~fury" of such a foe as swept ruthlessly over prostrate Belgium. What the people want is legislative action that will produce early and ef fective results. They do not care •whether the necessary arms and muni tions are manufactured under gov ernment control or in private fac tories. Looking at the matter from a common-sense standpoint, it would seem to be the part of wisdom to keep the government factories, arsenals and navy yards humming and thus put a curb on the prices that the govern ment might find itself obliged to pay to private concerns glutted with Euro pean war orders and accustomed to the emergency prices that foreign customers are just now ready to pay. But it would be folly to do any thing that would put these concerns out of business entirely, so far as our own government is concerned. When the European war is at an end their prosperity will depend largely upon the work given to them by the United States military and naval establish ments. For our own protection, we must look out for these, for we have Been in what good stead they have stood the allies, and the time may come when we will need them Just as i badly. With their prices kept within bounds by the government mills and factories, the private companies would remain a valuable asset to the coun try, but the unscrupulous ones among them must not be permitted to think for a moment that any attempt of theirs to put the government out of the munitions manufacturing business will be permitted to get past the mere talking stage. If Mayor Royal was as energetic in stopping the motorcycle and automobile drivers who use their cut-outs In city streets as ho is in his efforts to stop Important public work, he might be useful. 0 THE RICH MAX'S SON CAN a Millionaire's Son Make Good?" is the interroga tory title of an* article by Bur ton J. Hendrick in the Sunday Maga- i zine of recent date. The question is akin to the Biblical I assertion that it is "easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a| needle than for a rich man to enter) the Kingdom of Heaven." In both cases it depends entirely upon the man. Not in all cases upon the son. for many a good son has been ruined by an indulgent or care less parent, but upon the father upon the Man. Hlptory abounds with obscure sons of famous men. Genius is not heredi tary.» Character, on tile other hand, often Is. But even a naturally strong character may be spoiled by early .training, or the lack of it. The mil lionaire father who has an eye to the future of his son may not go to the lengths of old Commodore Vanderuilt, who all but turned his eldest son and chosen heir adrift in a Spartan effort to fit him for the heavy responsibilities he was one day to assume, but he will see to it that the youth is introduced to work at an early age and made to understand that whether or not he is THURSDAY EVENING, OUUUSBtrB' , t&3%£g, TELEGRAPH JULY 29, 1915. ! to succeed his father depends entirely upon his own capabilities for indus ! try and toil. Too many fathers lay up money only with the thought of "making it easy'' for their children. The whole idea is wrong. The "easy way" is the road to individual slothfulness. if not to actual ruin. Riches are the very worst thing that can come into the hands of the average young man of twenty one. More boys have settled down to worthless lives because they were as sured of a competency, whatever be tide, than for any other one reason. What bodily toil and muscular exer cise are for the body, hard work .is to the Intellect and the spirit. Don't plan a life of ease and luxury for your boy or girl and imagine you are laying up for them a store of happiness. A bank balance is desirable only wjien he or she who possesses it knows how to use it I But if the Thaws and others who | have been wrecked on the rocks of j wealth are so numerous that any mariner who attempts ttie sea of life finds them charted for him, so the searcher for better examples of suc cessful rich men's sons need not look in vain. The country is full of young men who have inherited wealth and have not been spoiled by it. When the father is a good father and the son a good boy it matters not much what the financial condition in which they find themselves, the chances for the boy are pretty good. „ Mr. Hopkins is on the Job day and night, and the outcome will be a great celebration in September. People all along the line are co-operating with him and the Chamber of Commerce in making this a great civic demonstra tion. HIGH COST OF WEDDINGS AND now it is the high cost of weddings that is disturbing the courts in this hot weather period. With Judge Kunkel fishing at Port Deposit and Judge McCarrell keeping cool at Eaglesmere, Judge Henry, who is holding down their places on the Dauphin county bench while they are on vacation, has been stacked up against a problem that puts a little matter like the constitutionality of the hard coal tax law In the primer class. Miss Miriam Finn has asked him to grant her S4OO from her inheritance to spend on wedding finery. The Judge thinks half that sum enough. He is willing to let Miss Finn "show him," but until she does it is S2OO for hers. Here is a Solomon come to Judg ment. Think of the temerity of a Judge who dares to set a price on wed ding gowns and the things that accom pany them. Girls will one and all de clare the sum ridiculously small, for there is nothing st> dear to the femi nine heart as personal finery, and It Is doubly precious in the eyes of the bride elect who would go to her hus band garbed as the lilies of the field, only much more so. Men who have found their old evening clothes and a new "traveling suit" ample equipment in the way of clothes for a wedding trip will look on S2OO as a pretty stiff figure. As for humble us, we have good reason for .expressing the belief that it Is not so much getting married that is expensive as what comes after, and we strongly recommend a SIOO wedding outfit for the average girl. That other hundred certainly will "look good" a little later. Again the Chamber of Commerce has demonstrated its usefulness to the businessmen and the community gen erally in exposing the fake magazine solicitors who have annually swooped down upon Harrisburg and deceived the public. ' THE ADAMS FRUIT BELT THE Adams county fruit belt will ship more than 1,500 cars of apples, peaches and pears to market this season. Fifteen hundred cars strung out in one line would make quite a train and their contents on one pile would fill Market Square pretty nearly to the house tops. All of this fruit is grown in a district that but a few years ago was given over to none too productive farms. To day land that sold for sl3 an acre ten years ago cannot be purchased for S4OO an acre and is yielding a return of 20 per cent, a year on the invest-1 mtnt. But these gold mines were not developed over night. Neither are they the products of chance. They are the results of the toil and thought of growers who at the beginning saw the end in sight and the intermediate difficulties standing between them and their reward and who were willing to wait through the years for the profits they saw in their ventures. It takes a hard-headed businessman, an expert farmer and a Job for patience all rolled into one to a successful fruit grower. The Adams county men have succeeded, first, because they have the soil and the climate, and second, because they have the personal qualifications noted. And the industry is only in Its in fancy. Adams county apples are pre ferred to Oregon fruit wherever they are sold. Their flavor is far superior and where they have been raised un der favorable conditions they are al most. if not quite, as large as the west ern fruit. Year by year the orchards are growing until the time will come when the Adams county belt will be one vast Orchard and when other parts of the State just as favorably located will model orchards along the scien tific lines that have made those in Adams so successful. Though professing to be eager to re lieve enterprise of the burdens thrust upon It by recent litigation. Attorney General Gregory will, nevertheless, not accept the adverse decrees of lowar Federal courts in the Government's suits against the Steel Corporation and the coal-carryi!»g railroads; and he is preparing to take these cases up to the Supreme Court on appeal. And yet some people profess to wonder that the American businessman Is suspicious of the administration! Secretary of the Navy Danlela Anally performed one act that njeets the ap proval of the country—he formed a navy board composed of men of dem onstrated ability. Now if he would re sign and let one of the members of the board be appointed Secretary, gome permanent good might be accomplished. ""pontics- Lk By the Ex-Committeeman Philadelphia newspapers say that the whole Philadelphia Republican mayoralty nomination situation, the most important from a State-wide standpoint of all the contests this Fall, will be straightened out within a week. Some of the papers intimate that conferences will be held and am bitions diverted or adjusted. It is strongly intimated in some quarters that Congressman W. S. Vare will not be a candidate after all, his senatorial brother having not received the re sponses looked for following his pro nouncement a short time ago. The Democratic Philadelphia Record sums up tne interesting situation in these words: "With the Vares 'sitting tight' upon their attitude and Senator McNichol still talking harmony, re ports were general in political circles yesterday that Judge Norris S. Barratt might be agreed upon as the organ ization mayoralty candidate satisfac tory to the rival factions in the event that there is to be no fight. The fact that Congressman John R. K. Scott and other members of the lawyer grcup affiliated with the Vares are lauding Barratt's availability gives certain currency to the reports that the judge might be selected as 'the harmony man,' if the factions are to patch up a truce, get together and save the expenses of a general row. Close friends of Judge Barratt stated yesterday that under no conditions would he enter the primaries as a fac tional candidate, and that should he consent to run it would only be with the backing of all elements of the or ganization. It is now regarded as very probable that should Congressman Vare decide to step aside, the Vare ele ment will get behind Barratt. As Select Councilman Charles Seger has been the chief promoter of the Vare boom, and as he has close alliances With the McNichol camp, as well as considerable strength of' his own, his friends are counting upon Barratt be ing agreeable to the McNichol-Penrose element also." A Wilkes-Barre dispatch says: "Sen ator Boies Penrose is in Wilkes-Barre to deliver an address at ths meeting of the United Sportsmen's Association. The Senator motored to this city to day from Farvlew, where he spent last night. This morning he inspected the grounds and buildings of the Farview State Hospital. He was accompanied to Wilkes-Barre by Henry F. Walton, of Philadelphia, chairman of the board of trustees of Farview Hospital. At Scranton Senator Penrose stopped at the Jermyn Hotel, wnere he met Mayor E. B. Jermyn and prominent Republicans of Lackawanna county. The Senator to-night at the Redding ton Hotel conferred with some of his political lieutenants in Luzerne county. He was the guest of honor at 'A Night in Bohemia' at the Wilkes-Barre Press Club. The list of speaiters included Senator Penrose, Henry F. Walton, Judge J. M. Garman, Judge P. A. O'Boyle and others. Senator Penrose to-morrow will attend tne session of the Sportsmen's Association, and in the evening there will tie a dinner in his honor at the Reddlngton Hotel." Eugene Chafin, former Prohibition candidate for President, is making a series of speeches in this State. Th< 'Washington party city commit tee will meet next Wednesday night to arrange for its Fall campaign. The pi ospectlv# candidacy of Director Por ter for mayor threatens- to promote a fight within the committee, as potential influences in tnis organization will op pose Porter for the nomination. An other contest is brewing among these independents, as George D. Cox and Clarence D. Antrim are rivals for the nomination for sheriff. —Representative Frederick Beyer, one of the Philadelphia delegation in the last House and the chief tighter apainst local option in that delegation, has announced that he will be a candi date for the Republican nomination foi mayor of Philadelphia. He has taken out papers. —The Allegheny county situation appears to have quieted down. It is expected that the disturbed conditions in both parties will result in many unexpected candidates. The Washing tor party has about ceased to be In that county. —Thomas L. Howard, who is well known here, is a candidate for sheriff in Fayette county and stirring things up. —David H. Xiane. the veteran Phila delphia city Republican chairman, was seventy-six yesterday and received many friends. —The morning comments on the en rollment sound very much ii>te those of two years ago. A little later and „the absurdity of counting all unen rc.lled as Democrats will be demon strated again. THE "LITTLE NAVY" MAN Unless there is to be found in the next Congress a large percentage of members who are wholly unmindful of their own poliUcal interests, it should not be difficult for the admin istration to put through a program of adequate military defense, no mat ter how-large an expenditure is in volved. There has always been a strong i clique of members who were known as "little navy" men. They invariably opposed anything resembling an ade quate army or navy or coast defences. They preferred that the money should be spent on buildings or rivers and harbors or some other secondary im provement. If the European war of itself has not taught these men their lesson, the strong national sentiment which has developed in favor of adequate mili tary protection should convince them that the time for obstruction has passed. The defense leagues that are being formed throughout the country indi cate that since Congress has delayed action the people are taking matters into their own hands. Unless Con gress sets to work out a "sane, ra tional and reasonable" program, the military spirit in the United States will grow dangerously.—Washington Post. IT'S MIGHTY HARD By Wiag Dinger Many forms of disappointment, True, there are, which I coi'ld note. But tnere's one that beats all others For the getting of one's goat. Here it is. Just think it over, Tell me when you've read it, bo. Is there any meaner," keener Disappointment than you know? I refer to when the home team •Round the circuit goes to play. And they have a streak at winning. Taking games most every day Every morn you keep a wondering If to-day the team /will win, And you think you simply can't wait Till it's time, play to begin. As the starting hour approaches You speax out to get the word As it's posted every inning Telling Vou what has occurred. Suddenly your hopes are. blasted. Smiles give way to signs of pain As yoiu read this little message, "Gam® postponed, account of jaln." _ SUMMER SCENES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA - - ■ <BBB * '■* "' * lfif" J ALONG STONY CREEK—"A YOUNG HOPEFUL" I i (Courtesy Eastman Kodak Company.) TELE6RAPH PERISCOPE —Prince Oscar has written a book on the battles in the Champaign# regions. As seen from the rear? —Mayor Royal says there is too much feeling shown in Council. Has the Mayor ever heard the story of the pot that called the kettle black, or of the man who didn't dare throw stones be cause he lived in a glass house? —Every time Colonel Roosevelt gets about ready to hop back on the front page for a period, somebody goes and sinks a ship. No wonder he is so bitter against the Germans. —The way some people behave you might think they worked during the day merely to provide money for fun In the evenings. —Dcwn in Atlantic City the "cops" are required to measure the length of bathing suits that appear shorter than the legal limit of three inches above the knee. Yes, there is a waiting list of applicants for the force. —Up to this time the Germans have been squeezing the nut-cracker on Warsaw hard enough, only they appear to have misjudged the thickness of the shell. * —However our sympathies may tend you must admit that the whole Euro pean war Is a shell game. EDITORIAL COMMENT Mayor Mitchel arrested and fined $5 for speeding. That man no sooner tries to get a move on than somebody wants to check him.—New York Tele gram. Dr. von Jagow's latest explanation of the Lusitania disaster seems to be that Germany did not think it was loaded. —lndianapolis Star. An English writer declares that the British army of 750,000 is really 4,000,- 000. Mavbe, but it's fighting like 750,- 000.—Boston Transcript. German editor says President Wilson "has brought thinking minds back to the consideration of humanity in war," but what is needed is somebody to bring unthinking minds back.—Wall Street Journal. Inasmuch as the Minnehaha had on board onlv 1,000 cases of cordite. 2,800 cases of 'loaded shrapnel-shells. 1,400 cases of trinitrotoluol (a chemical of great force which goes into high-ex plosive shells). 65 barrels of petrolatum, 723 cases of loaded cartridges, 66 bar rels of rum, 10 barrels of salicylic acid, 95 barrels of boraclc acid, you can plainly see how the military experts were driven to the conclusion that noth ing could have caused the explosion but a bomb of the late Frank Holt.—ln dianapolis Star. CONSTRUCTIVE SCIENCE The contrivance of new means of destroying life and property has lately gone forward by leaps and bounds under the solicitation and moneyed backing of the warring na tions now engaged in a death strug gle; but as yet the fighters have no monopoly of scientific effort. A party of St. Louis scientists have just set out for a voyage of discovery In Cen tral America with a view of gather ing first-hand data in the disease breeding regions of that part of the continent for more successfully com batting and curing the infectious diseases that have their origin in the malarial swamps of the tropics. There is no little personal risk attending the execution of this life-saving service. Peace has its heroes as well as war. The discovery of a practicable means of extinguishing oil fires by Engineer Walker is another forward step in the future saving of life as well as millions of dollars' worth of property. The general use of oil and its products throughout the civilized world for purposes of lighting, heat ing and the production of mechanical power has been attended with serious fire risk. A means of insurance against this risk is a great boon to the whole industrial world.—Philadel phia Record. NEW YORK BEAUTIFYING RIVER [From the Kansas City Star.] New York City and West Chester county are furnishing Kansas City a forceful lesson in ri\'er beautiflcatlon. The Bronx river there, a few years ago, was what the Blue is here at pres ent—a sluggish stream filled with refuse and bordered by unattractive banks. In 1907 a plan was formed to beau tify the river. Since then the work has progressed steadily. The expense is defrayed by the city and county lointly, the former paying three fourths. A State commlsion has charge. At present the title to two-thirds of the required land for Bronx River Val ley Park, to connect Bronx Park In New York Cltv with Kensico Reservoir Park In Westchester county. Much of the land has been given outright. No condemnation has been necessary. As fast as title to the land passes to public hands the work of making the Bronx river an attractive stream is started. The banks are revetted. All refuse, snags and sand bars are re moved. Shrubbery has been planted and native trees placed under the care of foresters. Roadways and pathways | will follow the curving banks of the 'stream the enOre length. Would Mortgage Forests' Future Income Article by Bureau Chief Advocates Plan to Stimulate Agricultural Development * WASHINGTON. D. C„ July 29. The Secretary of Agriculture's plan to anticipate future re ceipts from the national forests by se curing an advance of money from Con gress for the construction of roads, trails, bridges, and other public works would stimulate agricultural develop ment and would relieve many struggling communities from their present burdens of taxation, sayS an artiole contributed by the Chief of the Forest Service to the Department of Agriculture Year Book, Just issued. This policy, says the article, would apply exclusively in those counties where there is a considerable area of national forest land so located that the forest resources can not now be mar keted, although later they will yield a large revenue. It would fully meet the local difficulties arising from the fact that the national forests are not subject to taxation; would aid in the protection and development of the forest resources, and would remove the one barrier which in a few places prevents farmers from immediately enjoying the benefits of the national forests. Millions of acres of farm land are to-day undeveloped because of a lack of good roads. In opening any new country road building constitutes a hard problem for the settlers. At first while the settler is struggling to erect his home and farm buildings and to clear his land, he usually cannot afford to pay high taxes or otherwise I Our Daily Laugh SHOPWORN. I think If Gladys • marries Mr. Real- i estate she will sell /rSw k . * 383/ herself oheaply. M&Sk 7? Well, she's been 'Zft'-vT on the shelf lo»g lift enough to go at a BEACH BELLES if Vera has ap pealing eyes. • Has a peelinj "%) nose Just now » ' notice. HAS THE MILLENNIUM ARRIVED? The report comes that the French Government went into the market at Chicago for 80,000 "'cattle. Of course, a satisfactory price w'as offered. The Chicago cattle buyers could have made a neat profit by accepting and filling the order. But they turned it down. And what reason do you suppose they gave for not accepting and filling the order? It was not that there wasn't money enough in it to make It tempting. That was not it. Now hold your breath and listen: Why, they said to purchase that number of beef cattle, all in a lump would raise the price of beef at home. Think of Chicago packers losing sight of their pocketbooks and exposing their philanthropy in its shirt sleeves. To their credit, of course, it is. It shows their bodies are not minus souls, that they have hearts as well as heads. It shows that while living themselves they are willing to let other people live. Their ' act in re fusing to fill the order may leave some of the French soldiers meatless, but it will give some Americans a chance to moisten the dry staff of lffe with gravy and a taste of meat. —Kansas City Journal. PSYCHOLOGY OF HATE [Ohio State Journal ] In treating of the psychology of hato with respect to the Injunction to love our enemies, the mistake is made in regarding hate as an inde pendent emotion; that it and love ex haust themselves in the will itself. But neither of these two qualities rep resent being simply, but doing. Love is an active quality. If one loves a person he must show It in kindness, in helpfulness, in commonplace duty. And so, one is enjoined to love hie enemy, it does nit mean he should exercise toward him an unrelated and Independent emotion, but to do him a kindness, to help him in some way. That Is loving him. That is the mean ing of the rule. And it is a divine rule.* Try it on an enemy. Transmute that hate into a kindness and see how promptly the re flex action will come and make you feel good. You cannot understand why a kindness is a cure for hate. Of course not; if you did you would not incline to say the Bible rule was im possible. It is the little discrimina tions like this that are the strongest proof of the divinity of the Bible. Its psychology or hate is the soundest science .there is. contribute toward the expense of road building. The national forests com prise the remotest and least settled regions of the country. In many cases farming in these localities is still pioneering, under as difficult condi tions as have ever existed in the United States. One of the principal reasons for the failure to develop the large areas of excellent agricultural land which lie near the forests is the lack of roads. The Government is trying to meet this problem in two ways, first by pub lic improvements being made on the national forests, and second by the direct contribution to the counties of a share in the forest receipts. Up to date the Forest Service has construct ed on the forests more than 2,300 miles of roads, 21,000 miles of trails, nearly 600 bridges, and 18,000 miles of telephone lines. Every one of these improvements benefits settlers and ranchers. In addition, there is ap propriated annually for the use of the counties In which the national forests lie 25 per cent of the gross receipts from timber sales and other sources, to be used for road and school pur poses. Some of the Individual forests are bringing in over SIOO,OOO a year, and the business of the entire national forest system is increasing so that this direct contribution to community upbuilding Is rapidly growing. In fact, already a total of nearly $900,- 000 is obtained from the forests every year for county road and school pur poses. IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS } AGO TO-DAY | [From the Telegraph of July 29.1865.J Three Cars Now Running The street railways company is now running three cars on its new line, but cannot accommodate the crowds. Fast Driving in City . Complaints have been made that a number of persons have been driving through the city at full speed, violating the city ordinances. It Is expected that arrests will be made. , Warn Watermelon Eaters Persons eating watermelons are warned not to throw the rinds on the pavemont, because it endangers the general public. A number of persons have slipped, injuring themselves in the falls to the ground. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES" "Dennis Hathnaught" in a series of connected sketches, traces the his tory of the people in their struggle for freedom, through all its phases—com pulsory labor or slavery; serfdom'and feudalism; rise of the cities; trade de velopment; crafts, wages, factories, trades unionism, socialism, feminism —as reflected in the works of histor ians, philosophers, novelists, econo mists, poets, of all ages and nations- Its underlying principle Is that prog ress is an eternal and an ordered law, working through Evolution and Sug gestion, and that it is an unceasing struggle—the seeming zenith being only the nadir of new heights. The Fall list of the Writers' Publish ing Company, Brooklyn-New York, is not yet complete, but it will include "Dennis Hathnaught," an unusual pre sentiment of the Rise of the Common People, by James Philip MacCarthy; "The Serio-Comlc Profession," a dozen essays for writers and for readers In terested in them and their craft, by L. J. de Bekker; a new series of Am erican poets, small volumes Intended for use as gift-books and possibly a re print of MacCarthy's "The Newspa per Worker." CHINA AND PEACE [From the Beaver Falls Evening Tribune.] Yet, peace can be preserved by un fireparedness for war. China Is show ng how It Is done. A True Incident "Socially. I would prefer to sell B.'s flour, because It is a good product and B. Is a friend of mine. "As a businessman, I have to sell X.'s Instead, because the pub lic demand it. "The reason they do Is because X. advertises his brand In the local newspapers." This statement was made by a large New England retailer. It emphasizes the reason why dealers favor newspaper adver tised proiliirta. Manufacturers who want to know more about newspaper pos sibilities are invited to write to the Bureau of Advertising, Amer ican Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation. World Building, New York. Etoning (JHiat "From all I can gather the crop of wheat in this section of the State Is , not going to be so poor either as to quality or quantity and the thresh ing now in progress in Dauphin, Cum berland and Perry counties will be watched with interest not only by the farmers, but by men wno are interest ed in the food supply," said a Har rlsburg businessman who keeps In close touch with agriculture to-day. "There was a large acreage set out in this section and the effects of the " weather and blight were not as severo as in some other portions of ttye State and I do not know of as:y wheat being ploughed down. There will be a good market for the crop that is just being put away. If the weatner holds out we are going to have an unusually fine oats crop. In fact, from what I have learned the quality will bg better than for ten years and unless the weather comes along and affects it at the last minute we should have a valuable as set in that line. I think the corn is coming along better than a good many people believe or affect to believe.' Last year we had a good farming year and strange to say we are having a good one this year and there will be more farmers running automobiles next Spring." The recent rains and the high and muddy condition of the streams In this vicinity have caused a good many camping parties to defer their fun until the month of August and thero are fewer fires twinkling along the Juniata and the Susquehanna and Cumberland county's two big creeks than usual at this season of the year. The Swatara creek, which is popular for camping parties to an extent un known ten years ago. has had very few say men from the rich agricultural region it traverses. However, August's first fortnight may hold up its end as the great time for camping. "What's the reason everyone who drives an automobile has to toe the mark in traffic regulations and horso drivers do as they please?" demanded the conductor-motorman-flagman o£ a jitney this morning. "Just you watch and see. Say, if I run my car up against a trolley car that's stopping to take on or off a passenger it's ag much as my license is worth, but any fel low driving a team can come right along and nearly knocK down a pas senger and no one says a word. And then they cut in and drive ahead of us at intersections and don't pay any attention to the 'cops' at all. If I get up behind some fellow driving a horsa and he don't choose to turn out I've got to take it and if I try to get ahead of him he threatens to pull the law on i me. It strikes me that drivers of I horses ought to be regulated just the same as us fellows who run gas wagons." William S. Essick, formerly presi dent of the Harrisburg Rotary club, who Is representing that organization at the international convention of Ro tary clubs in San Francisco is sending back souvenirs of his trip, with the message, "Uncle Bill says howd'y to the boys at home." "Uncle Bill" ap pears to have strayed as far as San Diego and the carbuncle on, the back of his neck which kept him awake on the trip west has yielded to the beguil ing atmosphere of the California cli i mate and the hospitable treatment of 1 the Frisco Rotarians. He reports having enjoyed the Rotary convention, which was the biggest on record, and will render a repdrt to the Harrisburg club at the September meeting. Ha hopes to be home in time for the At%. gust outing of the Rotarians now be ing planned. Dr. John A. Sherger, of 1809 North Sixth street, is another Rotarian representative to the San Francisco gathering who is sending souvenirs to his friends and he also reports a "ripping time" at the big meeting. Samuel P. Eby. president of the Harrisburg Bag and Box Com pany. attended the Rotary convention during his tour of the west with his family and was accorded the privi leges of a delegate. Harrisburg was unusually well represented, consider ing the distance of the convention city and the size of the local club. One of the pleasantest country homes In the vicinity of Harrisburg is that of Harry C. Ross, the well-known merchant tailor. It is located in tha Eastern part of the county with a view from the front porch that over looks the broad spreading rolling country to the east and the gap in tha mountain to the north. The house is a handsome brick structure erected years ago and is as well equipped with modern conveniences as many city residences. On the premises is an other house used for house-parties in the vacation season and a well-mado tennis court is also an attraction. In addition, and whisper it softly, Mr. Ross makes his summer place pay In farm produce, chickens, grain and fruit. Which is something that can not be said of all luxuries. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~~ —Samuel W. Traylor, the Allentown manufacturer, predicts enlargement of a number of Pennsylvania works as a result of war orders. —John H. Tresher, former sheriff of Westmoreland county, is home from a visit to the Pacific Coast. —Guy Nickalls, the University coach is training boat club crews to repre sent Philadelphia at the big regatta. —A. P. Robinson, vice president of the Cambria, does not believe much In the new combination reports. —W. D. Lewis, Philadelphia, educa tor, is delivering a series of lectures in Pittsburgh. —J. Alderice, who is directing tha Pittsburgh police In the clean-up of automobile regulation violators, is well known to many Harrlsburgers. DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg's building rec ord has been as good, if not better, than most eities of its size in the country this year? AS TO CHILDREN [From St. Louis Post-Dispatch.] Every child must have child-com» panions; every child must form in childish folds; every child has the In born right to develop physically and mentally in child fashion. The activlttT* whiqh .its muscles crave must be in hibited neither by nursery strings that cut the tender flesh nor by imperious discipline that is doubly cruel from being unintelligible to the little one. An idle man is a bad man; an idle child is a mischievous child. One could not devise a surer means to ruin a child than to condemn it to the ex clusive company of its elders, and forc ing it to "behave" surrounded by ob jects that will not flt into its baby hands. CIVIC CLUB ' Fly Contest June 1 to July 31 H . , 5 Cents a Pint > Prizes of 55, 92.50 and several SI.OO ones duplicated by Mr. Ben Stronse
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