14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME F<yundod IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Ed\tor-\n-Ch* m f K. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub- I llshers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl*-4- Es3tern office, Has brook, Story & Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building, New York City; West ern office. Has- Brooks. People's Gcs Building, Ch?.» Entered at the Post Office in HarrlO* burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mail, SB.OO a year in advance. Sworn flatly average rlrcnlatlon tor the tLree month* ending May 31. IVIB, ■fr 22,189 ft These figure* are net. All returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. FRIDAY EVENING, JFXE 16 Where you see no good, silence is best. —Anon. WIISON AND MARSHALL PRESIDENT WILSON has been renominated by the Democrats, with Vice-President Marshal as t 3iis running mate, that being the Inevitable outcome of the St. Louis convention. There are two reasons for the re- of President Wilson and one for the renomination of Marshall. In the first place, the Democrats were compelled to put up the President for a second term or confess publicly the failure of the administration, as many of them privately admit. In the sec ond place, the President has absolute control of the party machinery and federal patronage, which has been ex tended greatly by breaking down the civi: service system at many points and by the creation of hundreds of iiew johg in the past four years, and he could have forced himself upon the delegates if there had been a show of opposition. The cards were stacked In advance and Wilson and everybody else knew it. He couldn't lose. With Marshall it was different. Mar shall has made an unenviable reputa tion for himself in the Vice-President's el air. He has not only lacked dignity, but he has shown anything but good taste In many of his activities and utterances. He would have been de feated but for the fact that the President ordered the Democrats to renominate him—and they were afraid tc face the wrath of the executive. But while the renomlnatlons came without a fight, re-election will be another matter. It must be remem bered that President Wilson Is a minority President. He went into office only because of the split In the Republican ranks. He did not receive a majority of the popular vote; far from it, indeed. Now he faces a reunited party. Many Republicans voted for him four years ago who are back in the fold now. Some Pro gressives will support him this year, but mighty few. In addition he has lose the German-American vote and the votes of many Democrats who have been disgusted with the utter failure of the administration to live up to Its responsibilities and its op portunities. The biggest factor, however, in the coming campaign will be Charles E. Kurhes. The personality of the Re publican candidate and the principles lor which he stands will sweep the country. And as for Fairbanks, he is infinitely the superior in every way of the trifling Mr. Marshall. THK HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH is now giving consideration to the fill ing of several important vacancies in the State Government. The regrettable death of Robert J. Cunningham, who as Commissioner of Highways had in a comparatively brief period established for himself and the administration an enviable record for that important depart ment. places upon the Governor an obligation greater than that imposed by any of the other appointments. We believe he realizes this fact and will proceed with the utmost care and discrimination In choosing Mr. Cun ningham's successor. II is within the knowledge of the Telegraph that no official on Capitol Hill enjoyed the confidence of the Governor more than the late head of the Department of Highways and of all the constructive work of the pres ent administration the creation of a gieat system of roads has appealed most strongly to Governor Brum baugh. He was in close touch with the work of Mr. Cunningham and renlieed how consistently and effi ciently his own plans and policies re specting the highways were being car ried out through the Highway De partment. Of course, it will be said that the breach In the Republican leadership of the State will result in a reorganiza tion of the Highway Department in tlie interest of a political faction. It is inconceivable that any such course would have the approval of the Gov ernor. He knows quite as well as others familiar with conditions In Pennsylvania that any loss of confi dence among the people in the work ing out of the highway system would entail consequences so serious In their character as to practically destroy what has already been accomplished FRIDAY EVENING, in the direction of improved roads. So much hag been achieved during the past year or two in awakening public interest in better highways that the constructive program of the pres ent administration will almost cer tainly have the approval of the people through the creation of a long term loan, but any political maneuvering would just as certainly check and Inevitably destroy the one big con structive enterprise which Governor Brumbaugh has so muoh at heart. It would be well for the people to suspend Judgment regarding alleged political activities, eßpecially where public confidence Is Involved, until some concrete and definite act on Capitol Hill warrants adverse criticism regarding the conduct of the Depart ment of Highways or any other de partment. NEW DAY FOR STEELTON STEELiTON stands upon the thresh hold of a new day; a new era is dawning in its industrial and municipal history. That this la true, is the concensus of opinion among unbiased observers at the brilliant "Booster Banquet" given last evening under the joint auspices of the Municipal League and the Merchants' Association, two of the town's leading civic organizations. Already the borough has progressed far in its municipal development and has much of which Justly to be proud. As so ably set forth hy Professor 1,. E. McGinnis, who has placed Steel ton on the educational map of Penn sylvania, It has had a remarkable his tory. Steelton is just thirty-six years old, a mere Infant among municipalities; yet It has paved streets, sanitary sewers, excellent filtered water, a school system unsurpassed by any in the State, adequate fire protection and other things of which any borough may well be proud. These things, however, are only a beginning. Following out the plan outlined by representative citizens in a full page feature of the Telegraph a year ago, the borough has now adopted a model ordinance for a Parks and Play grounds Commission and this body already has been appointed. Within another week an adequate system of playgrounds will be thrown open to the borough's youth. Pro vision has been made for nearly every need for the small folks' recreation. Competent Instructors will be in charge of each playground to watch over the safety of the boys and girls and to direct their energies along the lines that will tend to produce good citizens. In addition to this, Steelton has In Luther R. Kelker park a beautifiU recreation place for the older folks and in time the new commission will undertake further development of this plot. Not only does the borough now have good paved streets, but In order to keep pace with its growth, addi tional highways are to be paved. Just one month ago to-day a loan of $50,- 000 for paying the borough's share of the cost of paving more streets was aprroved by the borough's voters. Another loan for the purchase of motor fire apparatus and garbage col lecting trucks was also approved. With the borough's citizens shewing their desire to go ahead in this unmistakable manner, it is scarcely to be wondered that Quincy Bent, the new general manager of the bip 6teel plant which has recently passed into the control of Charles M. Schwab, should hint that big things aro in store for Steelton industrially. With the huge steel mills expand ing and increasing their output, with the borough striding forward in every line of municipal endeavor and with a ccmmunlty of optimists, such as the "Booster Banqueters" showed them selves to be, there can be littje doubt that Steelton will be heard from when it comes to calling the roll of Pennsyl vania's leading municipalities. STATE COLLEGE BOYS ALL over the United States, Penn sylvania State College boys are holding important positions. None of them arc fire-eating mili tarists and we have not heard that any of them have any but the most peace ful desires. They are interested in the development of industry and not in the creation of a great standing army. But if war ever did come, these Pennsylvania State College graduates would know how to take care of them selves In the field. Thej would be pre pared to meet the other fellow on his own ground. They would not be poor, helpless victims of the enemy's skill and training. They would know how to give and take, for State College for many years has included regular army instruction in its course and every boy not physically unfit must know how to handle a gun and how to conduct himself in the ranks. The result is a physical carriage that gives the average State College boy the look of a West Pointer, a discipline that is beneficial all through life, and a preparedness that any day may stand him in good stead. Richard Stockton, Jr., in his book, "Peace Insurance," very ably expresses the value of military training for the student as follows: Military training has an impor tant value entirely apart from its actual military value. This is con clusively proven in the numerous military schools of the United United States. The majority of these schools disclaim any attempt to train soldiers, but include mili tary training merely to make bet ter citizens. They find that the man trained militarily learns obedience, promptness, cleanliness, orderliness, coolness, and secures that priceless asset known as ex ecutive ability—the ability to make others obey. Such schools form a stronger character and make bet ter men. If this is true in a military school, it must be equally so with similar training received elsewhere. If thousands of parents pay from SSOO to $1,500 per year to secure this training for their boys, surely there is some gain to the nation in the men who receive this training In the army. The fact is too well at tested by educators throughout the world to admit of serious question ing. There Is food for thought in this for those who have been condemning so vehemently the introduction of mili tary t*LlniQg in schools, The truth is that the average school gives no thought whatever to the physical con-* ditlon of its pupils. The average school and college course is lopsided. It dwells upon the mental to the exclu sion of the physical development, and there is no better means of physical training than the "eettlng-up" exer cises of military drill. TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE —lt begins to look as if Germany her self Is caught In one of those giant nut crackers her leaders have been so fond of talking about. —Despite the fact that the election is not until November, the Wllkes- Barre Record is willing to go on rec ord with this general observation: "An exchange says a squirrel was seen com ing out of the basement of the capltol at Harrlsburg carrying nuts. The squirrel can have a much richer harvest when the Legislature Is in session." —We don't notice much In the plat form about "pitiless publicity." —"Never have I been afraid of the noisy man. Ever have I been afraid of the quiet man," says President Wil son, which comes pretty nearly being a confession. —There's good In all things—for In stance think how many fish lies yes terday's weather prevented. Mr. Hughes' Handicaps [Wilkes-Barre Record.] "Big Business will be for Mr. Hughes," says a Democratic exchange. Of course It will be. So will little busi ness, every klpd of business. So will the employes of business. So will the patrons of business. So will the wage-earners who cannot have the money with which to secure the neces saries of life unless business flourishes. Business, big and little, recently went through one of the most distress ing experiences in the history of the country. It began soon after the Democratic party came into power and it continued until the mlllp and fac tories were swamped with war orders or with orders for home use, made possible by the increased purchasing power of the people owing to war or ders. Business will be anxious to sup port a candidate for President who is set against the blundering economic policies that brought this fearful period of distress upon the country. Big Business will not be for Hughes because It expects to be given protec tion for misdeeds. If comparisons count for anything, Big Business has less to fear from the Wilson adminis tration than from a Hughes adminis tration. During the present adminis tration Big Business has had a quiet time. No prosecutions of any account have been Instituted, the Sherman law has remained a dead letter, and the Federal Trade Commission, created by the administration, is as good as dead. The party of which Mr. Hughes is a member tested every phase of the antitrust law with a degree of energy and honesty that cannot be denied. It instituted proceedings against every malefactor in business against which there was evidence. In comparison, the work of the Democratic adminis tration has been entirely barren of results. In spite of the Republican party's activity in getting after Business for its misdeeds, the representatives of Busi ness, big and little, will support Mr. Hughes because they don't want to go through another penod of closed mills and factories after the war. Youth and Arms [From Collier's Weekly.] At this season the basic idealism of American education is flowering in the closing exercises of countless schools and colleges. Jane and Johnny are coming up by the ten thousand to get all sorts of diplomas before halls packed with more or less admiring friends and relatives who marvel at the sudden emergence from pigtails and short trousers to this new dignity of learning and hope. In June it is rather easy to think of Jane as the home maker of the next generation. No amount of thesis talk about the art of Shakespeare or secondary muscular reactions among the coleoptera can disguise the fact that there will be rosebushes by the front door. It's a lot harder to see in Johnny's heated grin the embattled majesty of our United States, and yet that is the fact. If the worst comes to the worst in this iron world we live in, it will be Johnny who goes out to war. Most of the boys in academy, high school and prep are seventeen years of ago or under, and over eight hundred thousand such youths enlisted in the armies of the North during our Civil War. These kids outnumbered all who enlisted at ages greater than twenty-two years. The average college freshman is "about eighteen and the average senior, there fore, Is about twenty-two: over two million men enlisted from 1861 to 18S5 at these ages (eighteen to twenty-two), and they made up over three-fourths of Lincoln's armies. This ts natural, for the older men are embedded in the industries which must back up the fir ing line and are bound by those family ties which are the nation's life. So Johnny shoulders his musket. None of us want war, and our political sys tem gives us a better chance than some of the older countries have had to avert willful or unjust hostilities, but if attack is to be met. Johnnv must have a fair chance for his life and his duty. That Is what preparedness means. Just think about it when you see them step up for their diplomas. A Rural Industry "What you want to do first," said a Boston man to a New England farmer whom he was advising touching cer tain needed improvements In and about his place, "Is to have that mudhole in the road fixed." "Tou experts and reformers don't understand local conditions," said the farmer, scornfully. "Why, I've purty nigh paid oft a mortgage with the money* I've madq haulin' automobiles out of that mudhole !"Chlcago Herald. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH I —I. ON WITH THE | 1 (yVV--- ' I'm awfully ' A \BY7V —'sorry I stepped on your foot. Did it DO you know % yesterday that I ft »a« very light on feet? ENTHUSIASM. - WSTh >h, see the throng rise up a n d And hear Its mighty cheer. KTiat for? A foul tip has de- The umpire of _ BJU fiftT. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH IK ""PoiKOtfCotuua St the Ei-Oommitt<rman A statement made at Pittsburgh last night by Henry G. Wasson, former Re publican state chairman and generally regarded as the mouthpiece of the Roosevelt element which was swept into power in political affairs in 1912, was taken to-day to moan that the Colonel would advise his Penn sylvania friends to swing in for Hughes. The statement came in the course of some Wassonia® comments upon the nomination of Hughes and has pretty effectually dashed the hopes of the Democrats who had been en deavoring to flirt with the Bull Moosers. It Is a well-known fact that Presi dent Wilson has been bent upon break ing up the Republican organization in Pennsylvania and that the Palmers and others active In the Democratic machine in the Keystone State have found him a ready listener. It will be recalled that Palmer and his pals promised Pennsylvania if Wilson was nominated. They did not deliver even in the year of the great division, but they have indicated that they could do better next time, and the President has given them all the tools with which to do it. It is believed that some Demo cratic leaders have been figuring out that with the Progressives uncertain what to do and the matji works of the national machine practically located In this State, Pennsylvania might be made debatable. From what has been heard lately and what Wusson sa> s, the Democrats will not get the Bull Moosers. Wasson's statement Is as follows: "The c&ndidary of Mr. Hughes will, I believe, receive the hearty support of Republicans and Progressives alike in Pennsylvania, and for that matter in nearly every section of the country. "The promptness with which the candidate resigned from the supreme bench and the very vigorous way in which he accepted the nomination and declared his stand on the issues in volved did much to win favor for him, especially with those who feared that his nomination would result In a list less campaign. "Under the provisions of the pri mary act of 1913, adopted to obviate a recurrence of the awkward situation which confronted us in 1912, when presidential electors nominated prior to the holding of the national conven tions of that year publicly declared that If elected they would not vote for Mr. Taft, the present nominee is em powered within thirty days of his nomination to certify to the Secretary of the Commonwealth as the nominees of his party the names of the presi dential electors to which the State Is entitled. "I sincerely trust and I have no doubt Mr. Hughes in certifying the nominees for presidential electors will recognize all the elements of his sup port in Pennsylvania." —A. Nevin Detrich. state chairman of the Washington party, who was here yesterday looking up who had been elected to membership in his committee, said that lie would call the Washington state committee after the conference with the Sage of Oyster Bay. Mr. Detrich appeared more con cerned about finding whether he had a committee than about dates. —Members of the State Woman Suf frage executive committee, who were here yesterday for the meeting of the committee, expressed the utmost con fidence to-day that there would be a big proportion of legislators elected favorable to suffrage. They plan to have the amendment introduced early in the coming session so that It can be passed upon finally in the session of 1919. —The State Suffrage flag is to make its appearance in the Fall campaign. The flag will have a field of yellow with a blue keystone surrounded by thirteen white stars, representing States which have given women the vote. —The final filing of accounts yes terday included the A. W. Powell Em ployes Campaign Committee, which backed the Auditor General's cam paign for delegate-at-large, and the Straight Republican Ticket Commit tee. which operated in Allegheny county. The Straight Ticket commit tee accounted for $24,4fi0 contributed and $23,572.78 expended. The Powell committee accounted for $2,168 re ceived and $1,795.2-4 spent. The Powell committee's largest giver was Paul S. Ache, of Pittsburgh, treasurer of the committee and personal friend of the Auditor General, who gave SSOO. Deputy Auditor General C. E. Willock gave $165 and other attaches gave from $5 to $l5O. The expenditures were for traveling expenses, advertis ing and other items. Hughes Leagues are being formed in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to boost the campaign in behalf of the ticket, much to the disgust of the The leagues are largely composed of Progressives and Inde pendents. —The Vares ara still cutting off heads in Philadelphia. Two more McNichol men were dropped from countv offices yesterday. —Traveling men from New York and other States who were here to-day ventured the assertion that there would be some active times among the Democratic machines in New York, Illinois. Ohio and other States when McCormick becomes national chair man. The Harrisburg man these vis itors considered the very antithesis of the Murphys. Sullivans and others who have run machines. —Out in Erie they are calllne upon Mayor Kitts to clean up the city. A committee of ministers yesterday asked him to clej'r out thirty-nine places which were named. —Willliam Potter, former ambas sador to Ttaly and one of the Phila delphia delegates who voted to the last for Koosevelt or Chicago, is out for Hughes. He visited him yesterday. Subsidy and Not Subsidy [Collier's Weekly] An acute observer of events at Washington gets a good deal of amusement out of noticing how adroitly President Wilson practices one of the most ancient devices of statesmanship, namely, giving new names to things which under the old names have become odious to large numbers of people. At Jackson Day banquets and Jefferson Day banquets he still affirms his belief in the un dying principles of those two gods of Democracy, and Adam Smith is still put forward as the sum of all wis dom as regards political economy. But in practice President Wilson and the Democratic party are adopting a good many devices which would seem strange to Jefferson and Adam Smith. One example of this was pointed out by Senator Lodge in speaking of the President's Shipping Bill: "It is proposed, as I understand this bill, and as I certainly know the President said, to run these ships at a loss until they begin to make money, and then to turn them over to private ownership. Why, Mr. President, what becomes of this opposition to subsidy then? There never has been proposed any subsidy so gross as that which I have Just quoted, and which was flatly stated by the President in hie message." THE CARTOON OF THE DAY IMPOSSIBLE! ifl ,r- niwnnn MU>) MM'- kfc* N 'V. .UV;S» is .".3 . >J: . •ft- s - - DEMOCRACV—I wonder If iihe taken me for nn a«s! —From the Baltimore American. MADE TO ORDER TOWNS By Frederic J. Haskin THE State of Virginia lias acquired a new manufacturing center within the last few weeks. An industrial plant has reared Its huge structures on what was formerly pas ture and corn land, wringing hundreds of factory hands to dwell in Quan tico, Virginia. So entirely rural are the surroundings, however, that hous ing facilities are extremely inadequate and the plant is now offering free week-end excursions to surrounding cities in order to get builders, con | tractors and businessmen to look j Quantico over and learn to take her seriously. The rural factory town, which had its beginning in Homestead and Pull man in the early eighties, is fast be coming one of the great civic prob lems of the country. Attracted by low land values the factories are leav ing the crowded cities, seeking the open spaces and erecting their plants and towns in a frenzy of hurry with out consideration for the requirements of posterity. Of course, there are some exceptions to this rule, but for the most part the town is built for the sole convenience of the factory and not for the health, sanitation and comfort of its future citizens. In most cases the emigration of the factory is confined to the rural dis trict* skirting the large city, for it is necessary to have at least one relia ble market close at hand, and also an abundant supply of labor. Thus we have the various manufacturing suburbs of Boston, the numerous plants on Long Island and Staten Island, the factories op the outskirts of Philadelphia, suen as the Baldwin Locomotive works.' the automobile factories of Flint, Mich., not far from Detroit. Tlje first of these of any conse quence was Pullman. The dream of a big manufacturer who believed in the paternalism principle as carried out in England on the large landed estates, Pullman was built in 1180 on open prairie land lying south of Chi cago. In five years a fair-sized in dustrial town had risen, with wide clean streets, shade trees, well-built houses and sloping green lawns. There were shops and storey a hotel, a bank, theater and library and recreation grounds, all of which were under the patronage of the Pullman company, which owned all the land. The peo ple lived in the houses, they attended to the business and enjoyed the few amusements, but they were never per mitted to forget that for these things they were indebted to the house of Pullman. The city, after all, did not belong to them, and in due course they became discontented. A well-known proressor described the town as feudalistic. After this it was but a short time before the town was annexed by Chicago and the employes of the big train company as serted their independence of the house of Pullman by a strike. The last THE SWE FROM DAf TO DM Not content with robbing: the Le high Valley Railroad station in Cen tralia once, robbers the other evening returned for the twentieth time in six months and got away with a goodly quantity of goods. He who laughs last may chuckle, but the authorities haven't as yet even had occasion to ! crack a smile. There are certain Camden boys who could give Shylock cards and spades and wallop him to death in the mat ter of stinginess, said boys actually robbed the poor box at the Broadway M. E. church to the amount of $1.17. The Philadelphia Inquirer "some hew or other can't work up very much sympathy for a motorcyclist who is run down by a four-ton truck." All right, but why isn't the Lilliputian analogy Just as appropriate as the fable of the tortoise and the hare in this instance? The burglarizing visitor to the Wilkes-Barre store who regaled him self with such edible delicacies as bars of soap, butter tubs with stove polish dressing, etc., must have a cast-iron interior or else the man ia a human vacuum cleaner. The Pottsvllle Rotary Club is pre pared to place a dynaa4te cap under JUNE 16, 1916. vestige of control was taken from the plant in 18*J8 when the Illinois su preme court decided that the com pany's charter did not include the holding: and disposing of real estate other than that required by its busi ness. Cincinnati is also the center of a number of more or less famous satel lite cities. Norwood, for example, a rather exclusive suburb of the Ohio city, was suddenly cnosen by several large factories as the place to erect plants and establish colonies. The wealthy residents, however, were not Impressed with the need for a town boom, and discouraged all attempts to trade in real estate. As a result, the majority of the factory hands con tinue to live in Cincinnati, journeying back and forth daily, but in spite of this consideration on their part, the suburb has grown from a population of 6,000 to 16,000. Ivoryville, the home of a large soap factory, is an offspring of Cincinnati, as is also the suburb of Oakley. Here a half dozen companies bought [land belonging to four targe dairies* and built a manufacturing town of their own. They have established co-oper ative power plants for distributing light heat, water, compressed air, steam and pressure for Are protection . systems. Each company pays for the exact amount of service it requires I Very few of the operatives live in Oak i ley, most of them residing in the | crowded sections of Cincinnati and | some in Kentucky towns across the river. No effort has been made to Induce them to live within walking dis tance of the factories—which is an I economic necessity in most instances. While in most industrial towns the operatives are encouraged to buy their own homes, such a course is not ad vlsable when the town is dependent upon one industry. if anything should happen to that one industry. It would doubtless be difficult to sell the houses and depart for another indus trial opportunity. In Gary, this has been overcome by the land company, which has agreed to take back any house at the price paid for it. Perhaps the most remarkable of all industrial towns is Gary. Ten years j ago a certain corporation which has made an impressive reputation in the j manufacture of steel, bought several j acres in a wilderness bf sand dunes | and scrub oak at the southern end of ! ,X® -Michigan. In three years this j wilderness had grown into an active j town of 12.000 inhabitants, with a steel Plant that employed over 14 000 I men. There were sidewalks, a sewer electric llsrhts; two banks and three newspapers added to the dignity s?x t SY' aIUe ° f lts a th b e°re a wert many churches. Now £?r? tlon of 60,000. And 'if you rirv.f ® nc .°" nter the hatred of the Gar> ite just intimate that Gary is a satellite of Chicago. f£rt h tl eIS of , the c ' l - v council in an et fort to awaken them from the leth hav^nL nt f<.l7 hlCh ™ ey Bre accusefl Of na\ing fallen. The Eastern Steel ompany threat to leave town, actual- L m *l? or D infer red, doesn't appeal to the active Rotarians, who want action and want it quick, from council. Erie celebrated FJapr Day with a b g parade in which the Secret Orders played a prominent part. The north western community is always up to demonstrations 6 " " C ° meS l ° PatriotlC A Greensburg man of Russian de ®cted to having the term dumb applied to him and became involved in court as a result of his subsequent indiscretion. Which more or less vindicates the eplthet-hurler .James Mangolo, of Scranton. sliced the tip of his landlady's,nose off when she demanded that he pay his rent. Perhaps the man wanted a receipt in advance. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."] How are paved streets cleaned? Cost per year? Cost per mile? Paved streets are cleaned by the city under the supervision of the Superintendent of Streets and Pub lic Improvements. Amount appro priated for the year 1916, $59,000.00. Cost per mile Is estimated at I&00.00. fEbettinij (Elpl Incorporation of electric companies for some districts in the upper part of the county brings to this county a form of activity in such lines which has been notable In the vicinity of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and in Berks, Lancaster and other counties. Owing to the fact that some of the districts in this county are rather sparsely settled not much effort was made to pre-empt rights within them by chartering companies, but the de velopment of power plants and the chance to sell current have caused companies to reach out, just as has been done by the Yorfc Haven j)ower Interests. There are some small'elec- A trie plants in this county, but it is the evident plan of men interested in the power stations in the Lykens Valley to get them under one concern. The charters granted for Berrysburg and Milflin and Halifax townships and for two in Schuylkill county are all for the same persons just as was done in the case of the companies chartered by the Harrisburg Light and Power Company for Dauphin. Penbrook and adjoining places. It would appear that Dauphin county will one of these days be divided between two big elec tric interests, one from the Lykena valley and the other from this city and York Haven. • • • Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the State Commissioner or Health, has given some very sound views in regard to preparedness in his address at La 'fayette college. The Commissioner holds that what counts in these days of preparedness is the individual unit and that it is best to do all that wo can to develop it in the best way. Dr. Dixon, himself an athlete in younger years, and now able to hold his own in not a few lines, came out for gen eral athletic , training as a means of advancing tltness. This training, he said, should be considered in the broadest sense. • • • The plan of the allied agricultural organizations to have their efforts placed on a co-operative basis and an office opened here has been vinder way for perhaps ten years and seems to be getting close to realization. While some people call it the "farm ers' lobby," there is no question but that the organized agriculturalists have succeeded in doing a good many things in the Legislature, especially in the halting of bills which would have removed restrictions on oleomargar ine. The embattled farmers will have the help of the railroads, which are now regarded as their best friends, in their legislative work. The office will |be located here. 1 John E. Barrett, the Scranton edi tor and poet, whose song Pennsylva j nia has attracted national attention, j has written a poem dedicated to the I "Indian Apple Tree," which is the j only relic of old Capouse blockhouse. The blockhouse stood In what Is now the center of Scranton and the State Historical Commission recent ly marked the site with a tablet. The Indian ap ple tree according to Mr. Barrett's poem, was a trysting place for Indian lovers, then the scene of the council Arcs, of the settlers' fort and then of the city dwellings. * » • The students of State College who are here this week for the survey of Capitol park are tackling their first Job in a city. To many of them the surveying work has been done in rural communities or at the college or in the woods. The survey of the park and of the district which is being rapidly cleared of houses will be ne\\ work and will result in the State get ting some valuable information about the tract it must develop. The clear ing away of the Hickok plant will be finished within a few weeks and then other buildings along the railroad will begin to disappear. The big cigar fac tory in the old Bay building will not be torn down unttl the company's new home In Cameron street is completed. • • * His pictures show Charles Evans Hughes, Republican nominee for president, to be a member of that famous honorary Greek letter society. Phi Beta Kappa. Some of the fore most statesmen and scholars of the country have belonged to the society, which Includes among its numbers William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson. Membership in the society re quires in undergraduate days the maintenance of a certain scholastic stand, and it is only the cream of the real students who attain to the coveted honor. While this Is not necessarily a commentary upon tfhe former jus tice's fitness for the position of president of the United States never theless dopesters may perhaps see in it an additional indication of victory in the coming election inasmuch as the two prevous presidents are wear ers of the key which is so greatly cov eted among university and college un dergraduates. • • » j Among visitors to the city this !week was Rebert D. Dripps, former : director of safety in Philadelphia, and ; member of Quaker City councils. Mr. ! Dripps was here on matters con j nected with public charities in which j field he has been studying for years. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Christian Gunzenhauser. presi dent of the State Bakers' Association, is a big Lancaster baker. —Dr. W. N. Irvine, president of Mercersburg Academy, was given an honorary degree by Lafayette Col lege. —George A. Woodward, prominent Germantown man, will spend the summer on a ranch in Wyoming. —Ellis A. Gimbel. Philadelphia merchant, is organizing his clerks into military companies. —C. E. Chambers, new head of tha Car Builders' Association, Is head ol 1 motive power for the Jersey Central. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg State Hospital was one of the first of the kind to be erected by the Commonwealth? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Cumberland Valley colonists made Harris Ferry their headquar* ters before staking out farms. AND HE KICKED By Wing Dinger The day was drawing to a close. The players left the course. Some happy at the scores they'd made* Some filled with deep remorse Because, forsooth, they'd dubbed som( strokes, And 'bout the place did storm Because in drives and putts, et cet.. They were not up to form. The climax, though, was peached when one Good player, filled with gloom. Came mumbling, grumbling to himself Into the locker room. He'd finished with a thirty-six— Contented? No. not he— He figured out, with care he would I HiveTmi a tbirty-ikree. _j j
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