RECEPTIONS, PARTIES. WEDDINGS. ANNIVERSARIES NEW OPERA HOUSE AT MOUNT UNION Being Rapidly Pushed Forward in Order That Building May Be Finished in Fall WORK DAY AND NIGHT ' Prof. C. C. Smith, Principal of High School, Goes to Colum bia University Py Special Correspondence Mt. Tnlon. Pa., July 15.—The Penn sylvania Railroad has completed its now freight wareroom and yardmaster's roota. A large coal elevator has been Installed by the East Top Railroad. A number of dwellings are now being built on the Western bungalow style.— The new Opera House will soon be ready for the brickwork Electric lights have been installed on the grounds and day and night shifts are at work in order that the building may be completed in time for the Fall show season. Professor C. C. Smith, prin ciple of the high school, and Mrs. Smith, have gone to New York City for the summer. While there Professor Smith will take a special course In education at Columbia University lead ing to the master's degree. They will also see the many places of Interest in the East before returning to Mt. Union. —Professor W. P. Harley, superintend ent of school, attended the National Educational Association meeting at New York last week. Professor Har ley will also attend Columbia University and work for his Ph. D. degree. Mrs. William Smith while trying to break a piece of wood with a pick, had her nose broken and face badly cut by a piece of wood striking her face. Reba Wagner and Miss Gracey, public schoolteachers here are attend ing a summer session at State College. —DeKalb Parson, who is suffering with typhoid fever, is reported greatly im proved. The Rev. Knisley, of Rich field. a graduate of Gettvsburg Semin ary, has been called to the pastorate of the Lutheran Church here. Clyde Haber. class of 1917, high school, has been chosen to take the place of Sewell Cutshall in the County Treas urer's office until Mr. Cutshall returns from the Mexican border. He is with Company F, Eighth Pennsylvania In fantry. Professor Fred Fuller, of Jarrettsville, Ind.. instructor of agri cnlture in the high school of that place, is spending ten days with his parents here. Arion Club Entertained at Margerum Cottage By Spend Correspondence Klizabethviik', Pa., July 15.—Mrs. Stephen A. Miller and daughter, Eleanor Miller, are spending some time with relatives at Bus'lot on. Warren Maice, of Brooklyn, is spend ing some time with Isaiah Swab. Joseph J. Kurwitz spent several days witfi his mother at Lock Haven. A large number of people of Harrisburg and Lykens are occupying cottages on the campgrounds. Mr. and Mrs. Ear! K. Romberger spent several davs '■at Wilkes-Barre and Delaware Water Gap. Miss Annetta Romberger is' entertaining the Misses Brown, of Herndon. Mrs. Josepft W. Shaffer and son are visiting her parents at I Mil Mile. Mr. and Mrs. Galen Buf- i fingtoo spent several days at Millers- , town and Newport. Dr. W. L. Ste- 1 venson attended tfce Elks' convention «t Baltimore this week. Miss Cath erine Mams spent several days with her grandmother at Berrysburg. j -Mrs. W. L. Stevenson and Prof. M. E. j Stiae are taking a summer course it Columbia University. A. M. Rom berger and brother, the Rev. B. L. Romberger, of Wilkes- Barr.% with their wives, and Roy A_ Bamberger j autoed to Washington, D. C., this j week. Walter Chenniag. of Erie, spent several days here. Miss Lydia Gaupp, a trained nurse of Philadel phia, Is spending a vacation here. The Arion Club were the guests of the Misses Margerum at their cottage on Pleasant View Place. Edwin Zelgler, of Annville, spent several davs with his father here. C. E. Culp and family spent some time with Mr.' and Mrs. C. E. Matter at Ithaca, N. Y. ! —Dr. and Mrs. F. T. Romberger spent Wednesday at Harrisburg. T. N. C. Club Entertained by Mrs. Annie Bonebrake Greencastle, Pa. July 15. John R. Shook, former cashier of the First \a- i U „F olUlne, where they will spend the rest of S> e . ® u ® xner - ~ Friends of Mrs. W. S Deitrich tendered her a handkerchief OD Wednesday in honor of her j £• — Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Omwake have returned from a sojourn at XI » tJI returned from they te d 'rii-T h Mrß - R " C Everett has been . \ ; ti:4 - ' *. 4P —^—-—£± •" • —_i:— ••» ■"■*■■• ♦ - -.. .- ~ . Mechanic*bnrß, Pa.. July 15.—The above photograph shows Dr. Richard R. Spahr, of Mechanlcsburg. Pa., with two of his patients In the American Ambulance Hospital at Neullly-Sue-Se lne. France. One of the young French men has both knee joints removed and is lying In plaster casts. He has Just been decorated for bravery with a military medal, "The War Cross," of which he is very proud. The French nurse shown In the picture is a daughter of the Judge who sat in the famous Dreyfus case some years ago. • l # ®P allr as a member of th e Pennsylvania unit on the flrst of April for France, where he has sin ce been encased In hospital work. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Spahr. 19 South Market street. Personal News Items From Nearby Towns in Central Pennsylvania New Bloomlield. The Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Weeter and daughters, visited friends at New Kingston, Cumberland County, on Thursday. Miss Annabelle Shearer, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Joseph Rice at New York City. Mrs. F. M. Tuttle daughter, Lorence and son, Carl, of Spencer, lowa, are guests of Dr. E. E. Moore here. Mrs. Buth Kintner Parrach and son, David, of Pittsburgh, are visiting friends in town. War ren Seibert is on a visit to York and Gettysburg. James Noel, of New Germantown, of the State Highway Department, was here Thursday. H. A. Clouser is making a trip in Maine and other States. Misses Mary Adams and Ada Darlington, are visiting Miss Darlington's sister, Mrs. Harry W. Meech at their summer home at Inglenook. Dauphin county. Mr. and Mrs. William Zeigler, of Lancaster, spent Sunday with the family here. Mrs. H. W. Robinson and son, Donald, are visiting friends at Harrisburg this week. Tnion Deposit. Mr. and Mrs. Neal Miller, of Palmyra, were guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Landls, on Sunday. Mrs. Henry Miller and son, Havry, spent Sunday at Harrisburg, visiting Mrs. Emma ! Bpotts. Mrs. Kathcrine Uhler, of I Paulsboro, N. J., and Miss Rebecca Martin, of Harrisburg, visited Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Espenshade on Sunday. Miss Alice Ulrich, of Harrisburg, spent touncLay with Miss Lizzie Parthemore. Preaching services will be held In the U. B. Church to-morrow morning at 10.3 C o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. George W. Kallmann. Mrs. Lillie Miller spent Tuesday at Harris burg. Mr. and Mrs. George Unger, of New Castle. Dei.; Mr. and Mrs Isaac Gingrich. Mr. and Mrs. Russeli Gingrich, of Palmyra and Miss Edna Brown, of Middletown were entertain ed on Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peiffer. Mrs. Anna Rltner, of Har risburg. spent part of the week with Mrs. Henry MUler. Mrs. Edward Peiffer and Mrs. Myrtle Newcomer spent a day at Harrisourg. Mr. and ! Mrs. John Lenker. of Hanoverdale, i spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C A. i Landis. Mr. and Mrs John Jones ; entertained as guests on Sunday: Mr and Mrs. George Aungst and children".' Arthur and Helen. and Sherman Arney, of Penbrook; Mr. and Mrs Simon Saylor, and Mrs. Kate Hum-1 mer, of Oberiln, ana Mrs. Kate Fleck, ! of Harrisburg. x Misses Margaret and Irene Haas, bf Harrisburg are visit ing at the home of H. C. Hochlander. Benjamin Howell left for Wilkes- Barre where he will spend a week, — Asa has gone to Detroit, -lich., after spending several weeks at the home of his mother, Mrs. David Biackway. Miss Thelma Kline and Amy Patrick, of Lowercity, visited friends here on Sunday. Alva Powell, of Camden, N. J., spent sev eral weeks at the home of his mother, rJ r f" Powell - Harrison Powell, of Detroit, is visiung here. Mrs. Forest Acaley and daughter, Alice, of Enola. spent several days at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Acaley. AJi d -e Sl \l Cr? ' iii3se / France^jjary'and •'£ <§ nd brother David, au e"lri?in Th. g ? t0 visit thelr broth ?ini r 3{^-.7".I he farmers are busy cut- Uof riint cr °P. thr °"Sh this sec "?? being very good. Elmer, Alvin and Henry NissJey and John E Smith autoed to Highspire on Monday even ilary Goss spent two days with friends at Middletown. Miss *b e blind musician, will J. a solo at the Vnited Brethren christian Endeavor here on Sunday ? u , th Metzgar Ella lin's on Sunday" evening -l^Mr.^Bfej"- EdwVrd Gingrich*' heP Pike town. _jj r . and Mrs „ Fackler, of Lucknow, and Mr. and Mrs Herbert Strickler, of Harrisburg. visit nf — ■ Mrs - John Thompson, fJTi ur^.. s sentP ent several days with b" father Thomas Ramsey —Mr and Mrs. Carl Reith. of Linglestown ffifjt Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. m' Hughes. William Mumma. of Harris es If' M P r en L B rt e \7 al " r a >" »iti his pari ents, Mr. and Mrs. David Mumma riron al \r !S " ■£' • Ebersole and chil dren, Marlin, Naomi and Elvira visited Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Runkle in w!h re i 4ll on Sunday. F'-ed Sharon, spent several T?J% th hls parents. Mr. and Mrs Fred Shive. _ W. H. Brown was at Harrisburg on Monday. Mr. and Mrs i spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. W. F RarfU iJJ Fishing Creek Valley 8 ,n Joy \ — Miss Elsie Davis, of Har- ZhlilrSi M® guest, of Miss Ethel r* ~ Mr. and Mrs Tfthn iv Clin* 8, nf**T a t Elsle D l lle n and Elmer Cling, of Intercourse, were truest* nf Jacoo H. Zeller. Walter Eby, of Le moyne, spent several days with his aunt, Mrs. Etta Bennett. W^ TO D AX V COLLIDE lUle, July 15.—Charles Longa boch and Mrs. Adam Snyder, of Small Valley, called at Daniel Ditty's on Sun day.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moyer, of Harrlsburg, and Mr. and Mrs J A Laudenslager. of Pillow, called at A. F. Strohecker's on Saturday. Mr and Mrs. Cloyd Bechtel, of Millersburg called at the homes of J. H. Stro hecker and Abe Bechtel on Sunday. Paul Bonawitz. a bicyclist, was in a collision with an automobile on Sun day. The auto was damaged and the bicycle was a total wreck, but no one was hurt.—Mr. Etsweiler and son, of Halifax, called on his daughter, Mrs. Ed. Yeager, on Sunday, American Flag Donated For Hummelstown Borough Park By Special Correspondence nnmineLstown, Pa.. July 15.—Miss Elizabeth Jacks, of Allentown, is spending the summer with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jacks. Landis attended the Chris i tlan Endeavor convention at Harris burg. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCall and children, of Philadelphia, are spending a week with Mr. McCall's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mc- Call. The Busy Bees held a meet ing at the home of Miss Maude Baker. Mrs Arthur Page, of Harrisburg, and Mrs. Peterson, of Chicago, were visiting the family of Dr. W. R. i Schaeffer. Miss Zelma Baker left : Thursday for Atlantic City. Miss | Cora Clark, of Brooklyn, was the j guest of Miss Ada Walter. Miss I Jane Fox, of Philadelphia, is visiting I Miss Mary Fox. Miss Jestina Dis i singer, of Campbelltown, spent several days with Miss Lillie Gresh. A large American flag, Bxl2 feet, do nated by J. P. Henschen, has been placed on a flagpole in the borough park. John H. Greenawalt and Miss Mary Greenawalt are spending the week at Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. John Kroberger, of Cleveland, 0., are vis iting Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Early. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Borowski and children, of Allentown, are spending several days with Mr. Borowski's sis ter, Mrs. ,D. H. Reigle. Mrs. Earl bummers and son, Robert Summers, of Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs. Philip Deimler. Mrs. John Gable, of Reading, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs, William Longenecker. Miss Mildred Ehley is vlslUng friends at Philadelphia, Camden and Trenton,— Mrs. David S. Hummel, who recenUy suffered from a severe paralytic stroke, is now greatly Improved. Mrs. Margaret Lehman, of Hlghsplre, is visiting her son, Frank S. Strlckler. —Mr. and Mrs. L. Frank Nye, of Washington, D. C., are spending sev eral weeks with Mr. Nye's parents. Mr; and Mrs. John B. Nye. The Luther League Society of the Lu- Uieran Church has elected Miss Annie B. Nye as their delegate to the State convention of the league, which meets at Greenville August 11 and 12. ! Mrs. D Burt Smith, of Easton, re rae after spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Walton. tiT' a ? d iIr >'r Tltus W. Fegley spent Thursday at Mount Joy and Elizabeth town. Miss Mary Grove spent sev 3ays. 1 " Mt - Grenta. Miss Clara Book, of Harrisburg, is spending a ; Tnfi r>'i h i Miss Mary R eam. Miss Lillie Deimler, a nurse in the Univer sity Hospital, Philadelphia. Is spend -I"vacation with her parents, Mr « rs- Edward Deimler, Mr! and Mrs. Harry Ensminger, of Har- 1 risburg; Mrs. Jacob Eliinger and daughter, of Lewistown, were guests of Mrs. Barbara Fox. All of Ephrata's Sunday Schools Will Hold Picnics Ephrata, Pa., July 15.—Dr. Willis I?*® 8, H'«v. r , a rising young physi cian of Ephrata, and Miss Marguerite Weiserman, daughter of Jacob Weis lerman, of Harrisburg. were married on Friday by the Rev. Philip E. Osgood, at est Philadelphia. The attendants at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Weaver, of Ephrata, intimate friends of the groom. The groom is a native of Quarrysville, Lancaster county, and is a graduate of the medi jCal college of Virginia, at Richmond. For the past two years he has been a ; resident of Ephrata. His bride is a graduate of the nurse training depart ment of the Lancaster General Hospi ! la j; ~T" Four of Ephrata's Sunday ' schools Trinity Lutheran, United | Brethren, Bethany Reformed and united Evangelical—will picnic in the ! Park Wednesday next. I The Ephrata Band will furnish music. Hope Evangelical Sunday school, of I Ephrata, will picnic in Rupp's grove j along the Conestoga creek, several miles south of fcphrata on the same ! day. The Christ Reformed Sunday school of Ephrata and the Zion Re formed Sunday scliool of Lincoln will 'picnic in Ephrata Park on Saturday. • July 22. REAPER KILLS WEASELS By Special Correspondence | Bcrrysburß. Pa.. July 16.—Mrs. Paul : Huyett and little daughter are visiting ; the former's parents at Lancaster. William Keboch, two daughters and Mrs. Focht motored from Allentown l on Sunday and were the guests of Henry Daniel and Mrs. Kate Keboch. 1 Ella Snyder has returned from Philadelphia, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis.—Mrs. Kline of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Carter and daughter Charlotte, of Williamsport, are visiting friends here.—Miss Paul ine Derr, of Maryland, was elected teacher of the grammar school, Mr. Evans, of Penbrook, having resigned. —MaEter Daniel Copenhaver returned to his home at Hershey after an ex tended visit to his grandparents.—Pro fessor and Mrs. Ralph Henninger, of Tamaqua. are spending a vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Henninger.—M. S. Daniel transacted business at Palmyra and Annvllle on Monday. Herbert St roup, of Hershey. spent a week with his parents.—-While cutting gTass Wil liam Bonawitz. a' Mifflin township farmer, killed three weasels that came in contact with the reaper's knives After a week's vacation Miss Helen Daniel has returned to Hershey.—Ken nard McFarland, of Harrisburg, is being entertained at the home of Grant Hartman. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH AUTO TOURISTS FROM 23 STATES License Tags Show Machines at Gettysburg From Different Parts of Country CANADA AND ENGLAND Troop of Mount Joy Boy Scouts to Camp on Gettysburg Playground By Special Correspondence Gettysburg, Pa., July 15.—Gettys burg was a mecca for the automobile tourist on Sunday and the licenses of at least twenty-three States and terrl-I tones of the Union were seen on the different cars, while one each was noticed from Ottawa, Canada, and »England. Standing side by! ■lde In front of ojje of the hotels were cars from Bangor, Maine, and San Francisco, California. Miss Blanche stoops, public school teacher, has! been chosen play director at the Kurtz playground. - A number of Gettys burg people are members of a house- i boat party on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal between Williamsport, Md., and Harper s Ferry. The Rev. W. D. rh,.? C w tt . P S ator of the Lutheran Church at Bendersville, and until re cently superintendent of Tressler's Orphans Home at Loysville. had his arm broken when his automobile back flred when cranking it. A fea ture of the union church service on the college campus on Sunday evening was a concert by the Citizens Band. C. Picking has resigned his! position as discount clerk in the Get-' S UCCESSFUL EXTERMINA TION OF LICE, MITES AND FLEAS How to Kill Parasites on ; Poultry and Destroy Their Breeding Quarters 1 Formulas For Making a Cheap, Effective Insecti : cide, Dusting Powder and | a Salve : L , Frank C. Hare, [ | Poultry Husbandman, Clemson Col ; lege, South Carolina. ; i Hi© presence of lice, mites and fleas is not only troublesome, but these par- are responsible for a heavy death rate; they turn profits into losses in I many otherwise well-kept flocks. Hens ; ' «*»se laying, they desert their hau h eggs, chicks are stunted and all i poultry is weakened by vermin: when ; vitality is low fowls are subject to dis ease. This article explains how to avoid jtheao losses. When disease appears in a poultry man's flock and his fowls are afflicted, he immediately organizes a campaign Ito combat It. When a hawk or crow, | rat or cat, carries oft his chicks, he lies awake at night evolving plans to destroy the offender. Ho flghts these! enemies vigorously, because they are! i apparent or real. i But, unfortunately, these apparent chicken-killers do not constitute his main foe. He has an enemy whose leg ions wage battle continuously, not op enly, but from under cover, and the devastation is so widespread that! three-quarters of the chicks and ma-! 1 1ure fowls that die an untimely death, >faJl during its attack. There are three i divisions of this greatest enemy of poultry, called external parasites,; j working harmoniously to multiply' | their forces at the expense of the host, | these divisions are lice, mites and j fleas. Let us first consider the general I j plan of operations of these pests, then I study the tactics of the different mem-1 bers of this triumvirate, and, by at-1 : tacking their weaker offenses, over- I come and finally annihilate them. I All forms of parasites enjoy dark, •dirty insanitary poultry houses, and filthy nests and roosting quarters. Giv ien such a breeding ground, their prop agation can be carried on the fullest extent. Hence, the first act of exterml ; nation is to remove all nests, roosts, jand other fittings from the poultry house and cleanse them thoroughly. Take them outdoors, where you can see and satisfy yourself that the in secticide covers every portion of the! woodwork and fills every crevice. A | cheap, effective insecticide that will kill j every parasite It touches, and the| fumes of which will tend to keep the! j parasites away from places where it (is used is made as follows: Cheap, Effective Insecticide Kerosene (coal oil) 1 gallon. Coal tar 1 pint. Melted lard 1 tablespoonful Stir the melted lard in the kerosene and add the coal tar. If the latter cannot be obtained, substitute one pint of cresol or similar product, or one-half pint of crude carbolic acid. Spray or paint the Insecticide on the j fittings removed from the house, and then similarly treat the roost supports land dropboard inside the house. By | repeating monthly In warm weather, jand occasionally In winter, the devel opment of mites and the spread of lice and fleas will be materially reduc ed. P.aks out the old Utter used on the floor of the house. If the floor Is earth, spade and turn it to the depth of a foot. Level, and cover the surface with an inch of fine shore or river gravel. Many poultrymen unsuccessfully battle against mites and fleas, through using a poultry house built of rough lumber which ha 6 shrunken and warp, ed with age. The way to overcome this difficulty is to cover the interior of the house with heavy building paper fastened on with laths. Do not put on tar paper or roofing paper because > when these are whitewashed, the tar in the paper penetrates the whitewash and turns it a dirty brown. The object of covering the Interior of the house with paper is to cover up all the cracks and crevices where mites and fleas can multiply unmolested by any white wash or insecticide sprayed on tho walls. After the walls are in condition when the lumber is tight no coat of paper is necessary), whitewash the in terior of the bouse including the roof. This receipt is excellent, as the wash sticks to the surface and It Is water proof. Moreover, it Is adapted for out door use as well. Here Is the formula: l Adhesive Cement Whlt»™»«£. Slake two peaks or lime with boll- i ing water, adding the water slowly : and stirring constantly until a thin ] paste results. The lime will be lumpy i if the w§ter Is adfled freely and the i LARGE CROPS OF H BEING GATHERED AT HERSHEY Hands on Seventy-five Farms Co-operate in Harvest Work; Thousand of Visitors to Magnificent Park By Special Correspondence Hershey, Pa., July 15.—This year's hay crop on the Hershey farms is of record proportions. On one of the farms 100 tons were gathered, and this week the cutting began on forty acres of alfalfa which compares with any in the State. From present indi cation the yield of cereals will be over 160,000 bushels. As elsewhere there is a lack of farm help, but this is not felt so keenly in Hershey be cause the forces on the seventy-five farms co-operate in the harvesting.— Another unit will soon be added to the Hershey Industrial School. Each unit consists of twenty boys, so the new addition means an Increase of 33 per cent, in the enrollment. The present equipment of fifteen buildings and 1,000 acres of land will be enlarged to take care of the new boys. The school was founded in November, 1909, and has enjoyed a remarkable growth. Yesterday the employes of Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart came from both Harrisburg and Reading and to day the union Sunday Schools of Emaus are here. Miss Martha tysburg National Bank and will de vote his entire time to the treasurer ship of the college. Eddie Plank, the famous baseball pitcher, was at his home for a short vacation this week to superintend the construction of his new house. Miss Amanda Lewis, of Harrisburg. has been elected teacher of the colored school here. Arrangements have been made for six teen Boy Scouts from Mount Joy, Lan caster county, to camp on the play ground for a week next month. LA FLECHE According to reliable authorities these fowls are credited with existence In the fifteenth century. They are still bred extensively in parts of France, but have few breeders elsewhere. In England and America La Fleche is bred for its oddity alone. It has some! utility value, being a large fowl for which the standard requires that the males weight from 7 4 to 8 4 pounds and the females from 64 to 7 4 pounds. Their breeders claim them to < he good layers of large white eggs. ' but as the feathers are black and the ! legs dark leaden blue, the dressed fowls cannot obtain the best prices. In plumage the fowls are glossy, : greenish black, their chief claim to distinction being the peculiar comb, which is in the form of two distinct spikes, reminding one of horns. They have large white earlobes, heavy red wattles and a dark eye. mass is not properly stirred. Mix one jallon of salt In the lime paste, stir well, then add water to bring the paste to the proper consistency for white washing. Throw a good handful of Portland cement and a teaspoonful of iltramarlne blue in each pail of white wash Just before the wash is to be ased. Thoroughly mix. otherwise the whitewash will be streaked. The ce ment makes the liquid adhere to any surface, while the bluing counteracts the grayish color of the cement and results in a white appearance. Replace the fittings in the house and cover the floor and the nests with clean straw. The house is ready for the fowls. After the whitewash and insecticide the house will be sanitary, and it will remain so if the upper two thirds of the south side is entirely open (save for the wire netting). I have kept poultry at the extremes of cold and warm temperatures and have found the open-front house as benefi cial in Canada as in the South. It is never dark and insanitary, and rare ly dirty, because the filth Is too con spicuous to remain long in sight. Keep the fowls out of the clean house until almost dark, then take a lantern and catch them. To destroy the parasites In the plumage dust each bird thoroughly with yellow insect powder, any of the commercial lice powders, or this home-made mixture. Plaster of Paris Lice Killer Add six ounces of cresol (or seml lar product) to one pint of gasoline. (Four ounces of crude carbolic acid can be substituted for the cresol). While stirring vigorously, work Into the mixture sufficient plaster of parls to absorb the moisture. Rub and dry out the light-brown powder well on a plate of glass, and preserve It in cov ered tin cans. Spread paper on the ground and lust the fowls over it, to prevent the waste of powder. Hold each fowl by the legs with the head down, and rub the powder thoroughly Into the plum ige. You can work more effectively by taking pinches of the powder in the fingers and placing it where seed ed. This is preferable to dusting the !>owder with a can, as it requires too much time to first dust the surface plumage and then rub in the powder. Before releasing the fowl grease the fleeh under the vent with 33 per •ent. strength mercurial (blue) oint ment, covering a space of skin not lar rer than a silver quarter. Use no more 1 >lntment for each fowl than would sqtial the siae of a grain of wheat. Do not grease more skin, or use more :!n?«ient, or use full-strength mer :url*i ointment, as any mercurial ireparation is absorbed and more than lere indicated is not required to de troy the lice. One application of 3 8 ; >er cent, niergurlal ointment monthly j JULY 15, 1916. Trace, executive secretary of the Hershey Young Women's Christian Association since January 1, has re signed to specialize In the Industrial work of the association. M. S. Hershey and J. B. Lelthlser have left here for a stay of several weeks in Cuba. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. R. Mur rie and family are entertaining Mrs. Murrle's sister, Mrs. C. H. McEvoy and daughters, of Cumberland, Md. — Mrs. Menno Hershey has returned from a week's visit with friends at Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garman spent their honeymoon in Atlantic City and Washington, D. C. — Miss Susan Pelen. of Harrisburg, is the guest of Mrs. J. R. Krelder at the Inn. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Seltzlnger spent the week on a trip to Columbia. Wayne. Newport and Harrisburg. Miss Eva Runkel is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Diehl, at Harrisburg. Miss Ef fie V. Kreider, of Abilene, Kansas, was the guest of Mrs. W. W. Shenk.— Abner Weltmer, of the United States Post Office Department, Washington, spent ,lhe week with his brother, Ul rich Weltmer. BANKER'S BODY WASHED ASHORE Special to the Telegraph Cheboygan. Mich., July 15. The body of vJames G. Hurty, New York banker, missing since early in June, was washed ashore at Albany Island, near here .yesterday. Hurty, with Charles Marcelle also connected with a New York bank, several months ago be gan a 10,000-mlle canoe trip. No trace has been found of Marcelle. The men were last seen June 1, when they left here for Sault Ste Marie. Mich. The origin of this breeiJ Is obscure. It has been suggested that the Black Spanish and Polish entered into their ancestry. There is a similarity between La Eleche and the Crevecoeurs (which j is another French fowl) in the combs. I The latter variety have spikes for a i comb, like La Fleche, but they also j have a crest and beard of feathers, I indicating a Polish origin. The chicks grow rapidly: but feather slowly, j When 8 or 10 months old they .fatten | splendidly, and the flesh is very fine In flavor and texture. At this age they I find a ready sale in Paris, j For the man who likes to rear an j | odd variety that will produce eggs and flne-flavored roasting chickens. La Fleche are strongly recommended. They are rare, and seldom exhibited, except in the largest poultry shows. In many sections of the United States La 1 Fleche have never been seen. j— __ will keep a fowl completely free of lice. Examine the face of the fowl near the beak, and also under the beak, for reddish-brown bugs or "stick tight" fleas. These are prevalent in the South, but rarely found in the North, and, if present, grease them -ith a lit- Concrete Roads and Culverts Save Taxes, Last Longest Concrete roads are solid, clean, dustless and practically wear proof. No other material has such a low yearly cost Gov ernment and State road experts specify concrete culverts because they outlast steel and tile; cannot rot, rust or give way, and do not clog. The upkeep cost is practically nothing on good concrete work made with ALPHA"™ CEMENT hia economical to uae ALPHA for all ALPHA is tested hourly by expert concrete work because everv pound chemists during its manufacture, of it is sure to be of full tensilo Under the ALPHA system it ia im •trength. There are various makes possible for weak cement to be ship. t.k Ai DUA • Every ba S P* d out ,n ALPHA you are ot the ALPHA brand is stamped sure of getting the best quality—the guaranteed to more than meet same high-grade brand used in GaL the U. S. Government standard. veston Sea Wall and other big jol^ ?? Y"? r . of °°l bw. inurtr.tod book- ;ALPHA Cement—How to U.o 1.." | t tella bow to make drrv«w»ya, w.llu, culvert., buns, ,i| o ., poultry houte. .ml •cores of other improremenu. It k yjur. for the lukkin. * n< " OOWDEN A CO 9th AND lIERIt, HARRISBTTRQ * • • ' • - i.ii«b*t«,town Capital Wall Cement Co.* Uumniclsto^n J. W. Miller . . ..... Median? 1 Ht U |^s l?™iheSk NtwCu t: > r l , ir l i i ■MBiiiiiym" *i ' *_ • • • * • MT. JOY OFFICE IN SECOND CLASS Order From Washington Raises Mail Service in Lancaster County Borough NO MONEY; NO WATER Supply of Delinquents Will Be Cut Off by Borough Officials After Notice Mount JOT, Pa.. July 15. —John Keen er. living two miles north of Mount Joy, is doubtless the oldest carpenter in Lancaster county, as he started work flfty-six years ago, when he as sisted George Grelner in erecting a large frame barn on the farm of Mrs. Elizabeth Missemer, mother of J. R. Missemer, editor of the Mount Jov Star and News. Although Mr. Keener ' has almost reached the four score i year limit in his life, he still clings to his chosen profession. The Mount Joy post ofTice has been raised to a second class office since July 1. J. E. Paxson. foreman of the Lancaster In telligencer. called on J. R. Missemer, ! on Tuesday. H. K. Brunner and his bride, of New York, spent their honev ! moon with the family of Jacob h. I Brunner here. Wilbur Brunner, of New Jork City, spent several days with his father. Jacob Brunner. ; Stewart Brown and family, of Philadel phia, have been guests of Homer Barr. - At a meeting: of the borough council it was decided to shut off all de , llnquent water tax renters after ten days notice. Miss Miriam Mum j mert spent several days at Mount uretna. Mrs. Elmer Brown is at At lantic City. Misses Christine and I Mary Moyer are visiting relatives In : Campbelltown. Benjamin H. Pro- ? el i °L Harrlsburg, was the guests of J. R. Missimer. Joseph Sheaffer Is I spending a month with his sister, Mrs. « llllam Weldon, at Hershey. tie of the 33 per cent, mercurial oint ment. Your fowls and poultry house have been cleansed of parasites, and, with regular applications of the mercurial ointment on the birds, and the kero sene insecticide on roosts, nests and nearby places, it is possible to be free ! from these pests. When new fowls are | purchased grease them with the oint ment, and if they are infested with lice, dust thom with the plaster of par | is powder in addition. I I "Backhead in Turkeys and Meas ures for Its Prevention" is the subject of next week's article, and it should be carefully read by ev j erv poultry raiser. It is a serious disease, akin to white diarrhoea, and the (treat vitality of its (Zerm adds to its menace. Its symptoms are easily detected by those who i are familiar. j v (GEORGE H. SOURBIER 1 FUNERAL DIRECTOR (310 North Third Street Bell Phone Auto service. I Sanitary Lumber Yards are as important as Sani tary kitchens or Sanitary bathrooms. An Unsanitary Yard is one in which decayed ' lumber is scattered about. 1 hese decayed pieces communicate germs to ,• ' fresh, healthy lumber- So that in a short while many other pieces will become contaminated. We pay particular at tention to every phase of the lumber business. Our yards are kept in A No. 1 condition so that our cus tomers may be sure of al ways getting first-class quality. United Ice & Coal Co. Forster & Cowden Sts. 9