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<i to his 'home,
„Oak Hnj- by Illness. Mr. and Mrs. i
Rf.?® 1 * Thompson aßd Mr. and Mrs. 1
Allie Thompson, of Pittsburgh, are the
guests of GreencasUe relatives.—Henry
Gillan, of New Bedford, Mass., is a
visitor to the home of Dr. J. a Gilland.
—The Woman's Bible Class, of the
Presbyterian Sunday school, entertain
ed the Home Department, of thu
school, on Wednesday evening Wil
°J Tork - Pa., and Joseph
O Donnell, of New York, were week
end visitors at the home of S. 2 Hu*.
.song. Miss Isabel Smiley, of ButleV
\ t J-W of Mrs - J - R - Davison!
—The T. N. C. Club was delightfully en
ofrMrried^eSd|r the^om^
.Of Mrs. Annie Bonebrake. Dr G S
SoweJ spent several days at Philadel-
Miss Edith Strite has returned
S-. V, 1?° years sojourn at Cle Elm.
Ihf 4T£ fc , slle ias boen away
she ascended Pike's Peak, the onlv
Th.'frLf known to have accomplished
that feat. .Miss Anna HiD has return
\? a tn Washington. D. C.—
C* 17 Hftl lana and daughter. Miss
Eu,kav e to ,,? ap ' Lancaster coun- ,
t.>, 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
<?allE" iss Erma Ginnald is
home from a visit at Altoona Mr*
, T? ll J? uir # i has returned to Wash
v' i •• .after a two weeks' stay
with her brother, D. B. Keefer Mrs
Pi t llner 4,1 d Miss Annie Wilt left
this week on an extended Western trip
entertained the
Sewing Circle at her country home on
e^ nin,? ; Miss Elizabeth
J-eCarter, Brown's Mills. S. J., is a
guest in the home of Mrs. Gertrude
Ijv- SJL ~i - r? _ Elizabeth Coljey and
?>» tJI returned from
they
te d 'rii-T h Mrß - R " C Everett has been
<jutte .11 ttw* past H<*ek in her apart
inenta, at Hotel McLaughlin Mlsa
?. ~ has returned to
En«b^h U H«tetUr. a V ' S,t WUh Miss
New Sewer System Being
Built at Seiinsgrove
p a „ July 15. _ Harvey
Ftahl. who has been visiting relatives
here for several weeks has returned
to nis home at Ansley, Xen. George
Museelman and family, of Philadel
phia. are spending several weeks here
with relatives. Annual picnic of the
lawyers of Union. Snyder and North
umberland counties will be held at
Rolling Green Park on Monday next
Ex-Judge Harold M. McClure. or
I wis burg, is ratling In extension to
his sewerage syatem here. The new
s ® w ® r traverse the greater part
of Market street and will be a big fac- |
tor in making the town more sanitary.
Fire this week destroyed the large
bank harn owned by Dr. A. R. Pot- I
telger located on the outskirts of
town. N
SATURDAY EVENING,
MECHANICSBURG SURGEON IN FRENCH HOSPITAL
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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-
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way, and do not clog. The upkeep cost is practically nothing
on good concrete work made with
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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.
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