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MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14.
kJ3e merry, man, and, tak not sair in
mind
The wavering of this wretched world
of sorrow:
'To Ood be humble, and to thy friend
be kind
And with thy neighbors gladly lend
and borrow
{is chance to nicht, it may be thine
to-morrow. — WILLIAM DU.NBAK.
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THOSE FARM TOURS
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH HAS
added more variety to govern
mental life on the Hill since he
assumed office than has any other
Governor in years. Last Fall, for ex
ample, he made "Seeing Pennsylvania
First" popular and greatly encourag
ed automobile touring in this State by
spending a week with a party of
friends on the road. This year he is
to have three tours, covering 1,500
miles, for the special purpose of bring
ing town people and the officials of
the Department of Agriculture into
closer touch with farm life.
The Governor believes by this means
better relations and a clearer under
standing will be established between
the farmers and those branches of
the State government which have
most to do with thern and that YI turn
the officials will learn more of the
needs of the farmers in a way that
will be beneficial when next term's
legislative program is framed. In this
he is right. The only way to admin
ister the Department of Agriculture
is by keeping in close touch with the i
farmers and their problems. The Gov
ernor has hit upon a unique and
pleasant way of bringing this about.
General Leonard Wood claims that
when one has something of value he
■usually takes pretty good care to have
it insured or policed. And then in 1
analogous terms he describes our army
and our defense measures. And Gen
eral Wood knows the horrors of war
and is no flighty alarmist.
DEMOCRATIC FALSE PRETENSE
DISCUSSING the Durand incident
in the Senate the other day Sen
ators Penrose and Oliver gave
the Democratic defenders of the Presi
dent an uncomfortable hour. Senator
Penrose charged that the issue was not
the removal of Mr. Durand so much as
it was the statement of Secretary Red
field that Durand's resignation had
been voluntarily tendered, when the
fact was that he was removed against
his desire and his will.
He didn't blame the Democratic
party for being spoilsmen ; he never
expected anything else, but the Sen
ator declared that what he abhorred
in the whole transaction was the hy
pocrfsy which characterized it. Calling
attention to the pledges of President
Wilson in his campaign and his declar
ations in favor of the Civil Service, the
Senator pointed out that under the
present administration there had been
a greater raid upon the merit system
than at any time in the history of the
country since the time of Andrew
Jackson.
With sledge-hammer blows Senator
Penrose indicated one instance after
another of hypocritical pretense of
maintaining the civil service when
every transaction showed a deliberate
purpose to break down the regulations
of the merit system. Postmasters and
other Federal offlcials had been re
moved without cause and before the
expiration of their terms, while the
President and his apologists continued
to prate of efficiency and all that sort
of thing.
It was an unhappy experience for
the administration senators, but Sen
ator Penrose made it clear that he
was not objecting so much to the re
moval of Republicans to make room
for Democrats as to the false pre
tense of observing the Civil Service
rules when in fact they were ruthless
ly violated in every case.
Italy has placed herself in a position
to demand a slice of the terranean pi«
that will undoubtedly be cut at the
Close cf the greatest of all international
struggles.
THE HIGH SCHOOL REPORT
SO much hangs upon the best solu
tion of the high school problem
with which the city is now con
fronted that the school board does well
in going slowly. There is a great deal
to think about in the report of the ex
pert submitted last Friday, and it
would not have been wise to accept it
as it stands without going into every
phase of the situation. The board has
done well in placing the work of re
view and recommendation in the
hands of President Stamm and Sup
erintendent Downes. Both of them
are thoroughly conversant with the
: »ltuation and needs and between them.
MONDAY EVENING,
with the expert's report as a basis,
they no doubt will be able to present
to the board findings that will lead to
the formulation of an adequate build
ing program.
'The Forster street building was a
colossal blunder. The city cannot af
ford to repeat it. The new building
or buildings should be planned with a
thought for the distant future as well
as to meet the present urgent needs.
Upon the manner in which our high
school problem is met will depend
the efficiency of our high school sys
tem for the next quarter century to
come, possibly longer. Not only vast
sums of money are involved, but the
welfare of countless boys and girls as
well.
A strong- arm, a steady eye and less
ink is what this country needs as a few
of the requisites at the official Execu
tive desk in Washington, D. C.
WOMEN AND DRINK
THE Catholic Total Abstinence
Union of America has gone on
record in opposition to the use
of intoxicants by women and girls.
The Union for many years has done
an excellent work among the men of
the Catholic church and has set an
admirable example for members of all
denominations. Doubtless in emphasiz
ing the disfavor in which it holds
drinking by women ana girls It has
in mind the influence the gentler sex
wields over masculinity. At a time
when the drink habit shows signs of
being on the wane and when religion,
medicine and business all have com
bined to condemn it, when State after
State is being added to the prohibition
column and when big breweries are
turning their attention to the manu
facture of "soft drinks" to replace
their failing trade in alcoholics, it is
especially important that women set
an example for men by total abstin
ence.
Women suffer more from the
ravages of alcohol than men. When
the sodden wreck that was once a
man drifts into the oblivion of the
gutter or death he leaves behind him,
nine times out of ten, some woman
to suffer and mourn. Wnen the weekly
wage goes into the saloon it is the
woman at home who must go hungry,
cold or in rags. The Abstinence Union
will have done a wonderful work for
humanity if it persuades women to
leave intoxicants alone and to frown
upon their use by men.
THE VALUE OF PLATTSBURG
THE popularity of Plattsburg and
_ its kindred camps demonstrates
better than all that has been
written of them both their need and
the'keenness of American men and
boys for a taste of life in the open
and a better understanding of military
fundamentals. It is a far cry from
the few score who attended the open
ing student camp at Gettysburg to the
more than 30,000 who have spent or
are spending a month at Plattsburg
this summer.
For the businessman or college
student who has given the matter no
thought there is a new consideration
offered in planning next year's vaca
tion. Shall he go to the seashore and
rest his weary soul harKening to the
music of the waves? Shall he ascend
to the mountains and enjoy the cool
ness of the nights? He can get both
at Plattsburg and, in addition, familiar
ize himself with army conditions and
so far remove himself worn the class
of ignorants in military science that
he will be a valuable factor in the
defense of his country should the oc
casion arrive; and he will return to
his work freshened in mind and body,
with a healthy coat of tan, clear eyes
and iron grasp, and with a new and
necessary appreciation of the duties
which manhood suffrage places upon
him and the obligation which rests
upon -him as a citizen of the United
States.
Every man of reasonable age who
can afford it should experience a
month at Plattsburg. Universal military
training is no bugaboo. It Is a desir
able asset to any country in the in
dividual and collective sooc} that re
sults whether there be war or peace,
and although this country has been
slow to realize its backwardness in this
respect, it is fast awasenlng and if
the Swiss system is not adopted by
the Republican administration that
will supplant the present ineffectual
governmental organization at Wash
ington, then some other equally effect
ive system will be installed and the
people will have what they want.
"WATCHFUL WAITING"
MR. WILSON is making a great
to do about the British blacklist
which alms to cut oft the for
eign trade of American merchants,
whose principal offense is that they
bear names of German origin. Notes
are to be written to the London Cabi
net and these communications, we are
told, will be "sharp" or "peppery" or
"vigorous."
Yet the "crisis" involves nothing
new, either in principle or in practice,
or even to the knowledge of the ad
ministration.
Fully seven months ago Mr. Lans
ing—and, presumably, Mr. Wilson, al
so—knew exactly what the British
government had in mind to do with
reference to American business men
who were suspected of maintaining
any kind of connections with German
houses; and the order in council upon
which the present published blacklist
is based was signed by King George
November 10, 1915. Yet no effective
action was then taken. None has
been taken now. None will be taken, if
we may Judge from the history of our
foreign relations as conducted at pres
ent.
An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure. Had the administra
tion, seven months ago, dealt firmly
with the first sign of the British pur
pose to hamper the freedom of move
ment for American commerce it is
most unlikely that the present diffi
culty would have arisen. Yet the pol
icy of "watchful waiting" which has
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resulted so balefully in our Mexican
relations has been allowed to govern
also our relations with Great Britain
and to the various unsettled disputes
which have wearied the national spirit
must now be added another.
The fruits of "watchful waiting"
are abundant and widely diffused.
LEAST OF HIS WORRIES
NOW that the President has named
his Carranza commissioners and
after they have done their
work, or failed in it, someone will have
some bills to pay. There will be com
pensation for the commissioners and
for their secretaries and other em
ployes; there will be travel bills, and
hotel bills, and telegraph bills, and so
on. It will require an appropriation for
all this—unless the President intends
in this case to do as he did with John
Lind and Col. House and the other
"personal representatives" whom he
has sent to Mexico and to Europe,
namely, to pay the bills out of the
private appropriation of the State De
partment. But this is probably the
least of the President's worries. Spend
ing money and laying taxes are spec
ialties of Democratic administration.
"~poCfctcC4- Mt
By the Ex-Committeeman
The Lycoming County Republican
Committee at its annual meeting Sat
urday, indorsed Hughes and Fair
banks and all the local party candi
dates in a resolution offered by Emer
son Collins, Deputy Attorney General,
who placed the name of Governor
Brumbaugh in nomination for the
presidency at the Chicago convention.
George P. Stryker was elected chair
man of the committee and George W.
Dunlap, Deputy Factory Inspector,
secretary.
—The Republican committee of
Snyder county met at Middleburg
Saturday and elected these officers:
Chairman, John A. Wetzel of Beaver
town; secretary, A. M. Aurand of
Beaver_Springs; treasurer, W. C. Shaf
fer of "Shamokin Dam.
—William S. McLean, State Chair
man of the Democratic hosts, so far
has given no outward sign of catling
another meeting of the Democratic
State committee. It is strongly sus
pected that the Pennsylvania democ
racy is not any too anxious to get
together again soon. Another meet
ing of the State central committee
might cause unpleasant complications
about a platform. The State Demo
crats have no platform to speak of
at this time. They appear quite will
ing to let the State Senatorial and
Assembly races be go-as-you-please
affairs, with each candidate cham
pioning whatever issues happen most
to appeal to him. Resolutions were
adopted at the meeting of the central
committee in this city .ast May, when
it met to elect McLean and otherwise
organize, but they were confined to
general indorsement of President Wil
son and the national administration.
The committee at the same time de
cided to meet again somewhere around
Labor Day. leaving the exact date to
the State chairman. This move orig
inated with James I. Blakslee, fourth
assistant postmaster general. It is
suspected that Blakslee had a general
idea of holding another meeting at
the start of the active campaigning
period. This may yet transpire. Mc-
Lean can call a meeting of his State
central committee almost overnight,
should he wish. The party rules re
quire notice of only a few days.
That all policemen and municipal
officeholders might be guided accord
ingly, Mayor Smith of Philadelphia let
it he known last night that he had re
signed his membership in the Thomas
B. Smith Republican Club, of the
Twenty-eighth ward, Philadelphia, and
severed his connection with every
other political organization in that
city. The announcement was made in
an interview in Atlantic City, and am
plified his declaration two days ago
that he intended that one of the most
important features of his reorganization
of the Philadelphia Police Department
would be an order that all policemen
should relinquish their membership
in political clubs. The Mayor believes
the influence exerted in these clubs
frequently diverts a policeman from
the course of his duty. The Mayor
also said that the clubhouse property
which was in the name of his wife,
had been sold to the club. The Mayor
was for a long time president of "the
organization. This office, however, he
relinquished when he became post
master of Philadelphia.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
1 TELE6RAPH PERISCOPE "]
—Tut, tut, Taggart, don't you Know
the President signed the pork barrel
bUI?
—"lce water for the militia," is a
newspaper headline. Well, It wouldn't
be the first time the militia had cold
water thrown on it.
—These New York Democrats are
actually talking about "dragging the
bench into politics."
—The administration is boasting
that it is going to place sixteen-ineh
guns on the new battleships, but it
should not forget that it is "the man
behind the gun" that counts.
—Just at the present both capital
and labor seem to have lost sight of
the vital fact that they must stand or
fall together.
EDITORIAL COMMENT"
Driving of the allies is good, but the
putting is yet to come. Wall Street
Journal.
Mexico is now at peace with all hei
enemies save those at home.—San
Francisco Chronicle.
So far, no substitute for gasoline has
been discovered cheaper than shoe
leather. New Orleans States.
The Italians seem to be in possession
once more of all the most desirabu,
telegraph offices. Boston Transcript.
The "movies" certainly "take the
cake." Judging from the recent sur
prise in Westchester county, N. Y.,
when a bolt of lightning shattered a
house which the villain of the plot was
on the point of demolishing with a
stick of dynamite, the motion picture
industry may lay claim to one of two
things—either a double-alliance with
Jove himself, or a press agent extra
ordinary.
Will Power
[The Silent Partner.]
With the hope that this will fall
before the eyes of some poor boy—
If you are i.oor but healthy, re
member that you are wealthy and
"lucky," for history unfolds this fact:
Tho employes of this generation are
the employers of the next.
The things that seem to oppose you,
young man, are but the creatures of
circumstances. They are really to help
you up the hill.
Above and beyond all of the en
vironment that seems to surround you
is your own will power, and this is the
agency that can and will, if you will
only hard enoujh, raise you to almost
any level in life.
A Royal Proclamation
Be it known unto you therefore, men
and brethren, that through this man m
preached unto you the t'oregiveness of
sins:
And by him, all that believe arc justi
fied from all things, from which ye
could not be lustified by »the law of
Moses.—Acts 13:38.39.
Great Partnership
[Philadelphia Ledger.]
There can be no question about it,
that the conception of the Allies that,
after the war, Europe, so far as they
can speak for it, will be erected into a
great partnership which will insure a
"freer and fuller life" for the countless
millions who are making such tremen
dous sacrifices, is a very Inspiring
thought. And in voicing this thought
Premier Asquith is simply paralleling
what the French and Italian and Rus
sian leaders have said in commenting
on the close of two years of war. There
is everywhere throughout the length
and breadth of France and Great Brit
ain especially a feeling that some
nobler concept of' nationalism and of
international relations shall grow out
of the great conflict. The old misun
derstanding must go, and all the com
memorative utterances of the last few
days have taken this fine tone. It is
natural that the coming great partner
ship of Europe may have its more sor
did business side for which we must
trim our sales, but there is in the
thought something uplifting, an idea
and an ideal that may well inspire all
who hold it to do their best. In the
very nature of it. It is conceived in
humanity and Is born of the travail of
war without pride, but with great
hope.
A Strong Arraignment
In the foreword of his new novel,
"Tho Girl Philippa," Robert Chambers
jolts the Wilson administration thusly:
"The the United States should in
sure its people and its wealth by main
taining an army and a navy com
mensurate with its population, its im
portance, and its international obliga
tions, fell through owing to Presiden
tial indifference, Congressional ignor
ance, the historic imbecility of a politi
cal party."
AERIAL MAIL ROUTES
By Frederic J. Haskin
THE United States is soon going to
have an aerial mail service. Early
in May the Post Office Depart
ment advertised for bids on an aero
plane service throughout Alaska, in
answer to which the owner of three
powerful aeroplanes is now on his way
from the Alaskan gold fields to close a
contract. This man's bid. which is for
$49,500 a year, was accepted by the de
partment for the reason that It was the
only one submitted. The demand for
aircraft and skilled operators in Eu
rope is so great that very few aero
planes. aside from the comparatively
small number in the army and navy,
are allowed to remain in this country. A
bid was also requested for a similar
service from New Bedford, Mass., to
Nantucket, R. 1., but so far no one has
olfered to undertake it.
The question of an aerial mail ser
vice in this country has been in process
of agitation ever since 1910. when a
mail pouch was carried by aeroplane to
the New York post office from the
steamship Kaiserin Victoria, which was
lying fifty miles at sea. Following that,
no less than sixty-seven attempts were
made to show the practicability of car
rying mail through the air. The propo
sition was the subject of so much popu
lar interest that it was adopted by vari
ous municipal Boards of Trade as an
advertising feature. The plan was to
secure permission from the Government
to carry the mail by aeroplane a spe
cific distance for a certain number of
days, thus attracting great crowds of
people to witness the phenomenon and
incidentally accelerate business in the
town. In the space of six years, these
demonstrations proved so uniformly
successful that the Government decided
to adopt the plan in 6tretches of coun
try where the usual method of trans
portation was expensive and difficult.
Under the circumstances, the first
choice was Alaska, where the mail is
carried by dog-sled, which is costly
and inadequate. During the winter
months no mail at all Is transmitted in
the northern interior, where the last
mail sled in the Fall and the first mall
sled in the Spring are events to be
celebrated like the Fourth of July and
Christmas. The present contract for
aeroplane service at $49,500 is $25,000
more than the dog-sled system costs,
but the aeroplane will carry I.OOu
pounds of mail, as compared to the
sled's 200, and'bring Seward. Nome and
other cities three weeks nearer the
United States. In addition to mail, the
Too Few Army Depots
[Toledo Blade.]
One cause of the scandalous delays
in the mobilization of the National
Guard was the small number of depots
maintained by the government for re
serve equipment. Some of the New
England troops received their clothing
and arms from Philadelphia. The
Middle West WHS virtually all supplied
trom St. Louis. The mobilization put
an enormous strain upon these few
depots. Consider what the strain
might have been, how much more con
fusing the mobilization would have
been. If the country had suddenly been
called upon to repel an invader.
It would probably be unnecessary
and a very expensive thing to es
tablish depots in every state. But
there should be many more than there
are now. They should be located
where there is every facility for ship
ping and handling supplies, where
forces can be trained to handle equip
ment with something of the speed and
efficiency that have been developed in
industrial plants, such as automobile
factories.
The lessons of the mobilization are
plain enough. It would demonstrate
our entire unfitness for military serv
ice if the lessons are neglected.
A Youth With Speed
[From "Krujer Hobbs," by Marjory
Morten in the Century Magazine.]
"Oh, I make friends with people
whenever I like." he had explained,
"and they never object. They like it.
They all like it."
"And you speak to strange young la
dies?"
"The last one I spoke to was in Lon
don laMt month. I was standing on the
steps of a house in Piccadilly, watch
ing some visiting potentates drive by,
when the door opened, and out came
the prettiest girl I ever saw in my life.
She stood for a moment looking up
and down the street, and I said to her:
'Do you know who that fierce, fat man
in the last carriage is—the one who
looks like a walrus?' She said: 'Oh,
that's my Uncle Ethelbert.' "
"But that was the end of it," Mary
broke In—"you didn't go on talking to
her?
"The end of it," Krujer Hobbs had
concluded, taking off his glove and of
fering a slim bony hand—"the end was
that we had tea at an A. B. C. shop,
and she said she was sorry she was en
gaged to marry her cousin, whose
name, I think, was Lionel."
A Mystery
But what, has become of that British
invention for exploding German bal
loons at long rtnge? The repeated
Zeppelin raids make one wonder.—
.Indianapolis News,
AUGUST 14, 1916.
postal aeronaut expects to run a pas
senger and express service.
There are many sections of the coun
try that would be greatly benefited by
a swift mail service which would be
practically impossible except by air be
cause the route would lie over moun
tains and desert. From Santa Maria
to Shale, Cal., for example, the distance
is not over fifty miles as the crow tiles,
but over the mountain range, that sepa
rates tliem it takes two days for the
mail to travel. As important oil inter
efts are located in each of these towns,
the slowness of the mail is a great
hardship. An aeroplane could make the
distance from Gallup, N. M., to the In
dian agency at Keams Canyon, Ariz.,
which is less than 100 miles, in a little
more than an hour, while under the
present system it requires two davs for
the mail to arrive by wagon. Again,
Phoenix and Globe, Ariz., are only
seventy-two miles apart, but a Journey
of twenty-four hours lies between
them. The rapid development of the
aeroplane is watched with much inter
est In these places, where a national
aerial rr.i-il service would be distinctly
welcomed.
The great stumbling blocks in the
way of a national aerial corps of mail
carriers are the tremendous cost of
such a system. There have been sev
eral reports recently that the import
ance of the aeroplane in the European
war has been greatly exaggerated, but
these are hardly borne out by the speed
with which the European powers are
importing aircraft. American factories
aie working full capacity. Predictions
of a futuie aerial battle at Essen have
long been current and it is a well
known fact that all the belligerents are
spending large sums in increasing their
aerial forces. According to one mili
tary authority, the war will end only
when one nation succeeds in inventing a
weapon that is capably of destroying
the enemy's aerial power.
L'nrler these circumstances, it Is Im
possible for or.t army to make a single
move thst is not spied upon from the
air by Its opponent. Tf a German com
mander decided to flank 100,000 men
against what he is Informed by his air
scout is a weak position, the French
army is immediately apprised of it >v
its airmen and moves un men to meet
the situation, forming a deadlock. With
the air scouts flying
targets of the most proficient marksmen
—a surprise attack is out of the ques
tion.
The Fight on Whisky
[Kansas City Starj
The fight against John Barleycorn in
this country is led now by the heads
of industries, big and little. Jt used
to bo that the principal fighter against
the saloon was the professional temp
erance lecturer, usually a reformed
drunkard with a picturesque vocabu
lary, such as John B. Gough and
Francis Murphy. But in these days
America's captains of industry are
leading the war on drinx, not for
moral reasons, but because the liquor
drinker is not a good workman: he
slights his work and causes accidents
that are costly.
Burton J. Hendrick, in Harper's
Magazine for August, tells of writing
one hundred letters to different manu
facturers of iron and steel in this
country, asking for their attitude on
the liquor question, and each one
answered that drinking, even in
moderate amounts, decreases effi
ciency, increases accidents and is alto
gether demoralizing to the workmen
and to the plant.
The Illinois Steel Company, the
Carnegie Steel Company, the American
Steel and Wire Company, the Ameri
can Tin Plate Company, the American
Manganese Steel Company, the Amer
ican Car and Foundry Company, the
American Bridge Company, and a
score of other big companies, employ
ing upwards of one hundred thousand
men, are conducting a great campaign
against booze. They "fire* instantly a
man who drinks, either on or off duty.
Many of the railroads have the same
rules. It is not a very encouraging
outlook for John Barleycorn.
The Young and the Old
The Young Man lay in the trenches,
In the mud and the blinding rain,
Death in the earth and death in the
air.
And hunger and cold and pain;
Blood on his hands and blood on his
soul.
From the murder that could not
cease.
And the Young Man said, while the
guns flashed red,
"Peace! God give us peace!"
The Old Man sat in the smpkeroom.
Withered and lank and lean,
Far from the hell of the bursting shell.
And the sea and the ships between;
Safe his old worthless carcass,
Safe his old worthless life,
And the Old Man said, while the younp
men bled,
"War! War to the knife!"
I , —A Conscriat,
lEbenmg (Eljal
"I saw one of the oddest punish
ments inflicted the other day that I
have ever seen among birds," said a
nature lover yesterday. "I was attract-,
ed by the excitement of a couple v.
blackbirds or gracltels near my homo
and saw a sparrow suddenly dart out
of a nest with a broken egg in its bill.
Quick as a flash the male grack#i
pounced on it, seized it by the neot>
when it struck the ground and liter
ally shook it as a terrier does a rat.
I never saw anything like that before.
The sparrow was dead in no time anrf
once satisfied that it would raid
more the grackel flew away."
Do you know what the walking sign
is? It's when you are riding on a car
and you go by a striker or strike sym
pathizer. The other afternoon a couple
of men were in a car which was pretty
well filled and it happened to go by the
hand organ with which the strikers aro
touring the city. One of the strikers
bent down p.nd beckoning to people on
the Car made his fingers go in imita
tion of a man walking on the asphalt.
It's the walking sign and the men say
that there are no grounds for interfer
ing with it.
• * ♦
As a result of Harrisburg soldiers
being near Mexico there has been more
Mexican money sent here than in
years. Dozens of "shin-plasters,"
which are fair samples of printing,
but poor as regards real value, have
come here by mail and there are nu
merous coins of rare and valueless
vintage also forwarded. According to
what is learned in letters from the
front one American silver dollar can
buy almost anything in Mexico. Inci
dentally American dimes and quar
ters are being saved up by people
south of the border.
* * *
If you are interested in seeing that
animals are protected from abuse and
neglect, join the Harrisburg Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
which for five years and over has had
for its one object—a fair chance to
every kind of animal. The humble
toad, which thoughtless bovs kill for
sport, all unaware that it is the farm
er's friend by its appetite for injurious
insects, has just as much right to pro
tection from cruelty as the blooded
horse, which is usually well cared for
because its well being means money to
its master.
As not every friend of animals
knows that he will be a welcome addi
tion to the society, or quite under
stands how to cut the red tape of be
coming a member, the Harrisburg
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals has authorized Carroll K.
Denny, as solicitor. He is making an
active canvass for new members and
contributors and is incidentally mak
ing many new friends for the society
by his eager zeal for its welfare. It is
the aim of the society to have a thou
sand members. Though this goal is
far from being reached, there has been
an encouraging increase in the past
few weeks.
* * «
James M. Herbert, a brother of Al
derman Herbert, of this city whose
election as first vice-president of the
St. Louis Southwestern has been noted,
was born on January 15. 1863, at Del
mont. Pa. He was educated in public
and high schools of Westmoreland
county, Pa. He first entered railway
service in 1880, as nigh', telegraph
operator of the Wabash, St. Louis and
Pacific. Since that time, he has been
consecutively station agent, yard clerk,
train dispatcher, chief train dispatcher
and trainmaster of the same road:
trainmaster of the eastern division of.,
the Grand Trunk, at Island Point, Vt.;*
trainmaster of the same road at Belle
ville, Ont.; superintendent of the east
ern division of the same road at Mon
treal; superintendent of the Kansas
and Colorado divisions of the Missouri
Pacific at Osawatomie, Kan.; general
superintendent of the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern; manager of
the Pacific system of the Southern Pa
cific; general manager of the Denver
and Rio Grande and the Rio Grande
Western; vice-president and general
manager of the Colorado and Southern
and first vice-president of the same
road, and president of the Colorado,
Wyoming and Eastern. As first vice
president of the St. Louis Southwest
ern, he will have headquarters at St.
Louis, Mo.
• * •
You would hardly imagine the
number of Harrisburgers who live out
of the city in the Summer unless you
chance to ride the locals between Har
risburg and the nearby summer re
sorts for a few days. Every morn
ing the trains from the Aqueduct,
Cove, Perdix, Inglenook, Speeceville
and numerous other beauty spots
along the Susquehanna bring hundreds
of businessmen to town for the day's
work. From cottages along the Yel
low P.reeches, the Conodoguinet and
from the camping grounds at Stover
dale and BoilingWSprings come scores
more. After the Tieat and toil of the
day, all these troop back to field and
stream and mountain where dull care
is forgotten until the faithful old
alarm clock goes off once more.
Just how many people spend their
summers away from the city cannot
be definitely estimated, but the num
ber is larger every year. New cottages
are going up at many places along
the river both north and south of the
city, and not only the rich are enjoy
ing themselves in this way, be it
known. Quite a number of railroad
men for instance, live in their sum
mer homes during July and August
and travel back to their work on
passes.
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."]
When is tax levy for cif purposes
made, and what governs the rate?
The levy for city taxes is made
before the first Monday of Janua
ary of each year. Appropriations
covering expense of the city gov
ernment for tile coming year are
made, and after estimating the
probable receipts from other
sources a tax levy high enough to
meet the balance of expense is
made.
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