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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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COMMENDABLE PUBLIC SPIRIT
SWIFT & COMPANY, by their
action to-day in declining to take
advantage of permission granted
by City Council for the erection of a
runway across Seventh street, near
North, because popular opinion op
posed the proposed structure, display
commendable public spirit. Manager
C. O. Hlbler in his letter to City Coun
cil sums up the position of the com
pany In a single paragraph when he
nays:
Notwithstanding the fact that we
still regard the privilege we asked
for as a proper one for you to
grant, and one that is almost nec
essary for the enlargement of our
• business, rather than appear in the
least shadow of an improper light
and prompted by our desire to con
cur in a Greater Industrial and
Beautiful Harrtsburg. and the pros
pect of legal proceedings, we will
voluntarily forego the proposed con
venience and will not take advan
tage of the ordinance recently
passed by you.
It must be said for Swift & Company
that their course in the matter at
Issue was altogether proper and they
were at all times within their rights
ss theiy saw them. They asked council
for permission for a bridge which in
their view was necessary to their busi
ness. That they have no thought of
attempting to force their own desires
upon an unwilling public, even with
the approval of council, is altogether
to their credit.
The withdrawal of the proposal to
erect the bridge Is a distinct victory
for the City Planning Commission,
which was looking only to the good of
the city as a whole and to prevent the
establishment of a dangerous pre
cedent. The Commisaon has no
objection to street bridges as such.
The members doubtless would look
favorably upen the creation in Harris
burg of a distinctly industrial district
where runways like that proposed and
other conveniences of the kind might
be permitted.
The Swift bridge controversy is a
closed incident. Doubtless it will have
served a good purpose. The Planning
Commission will now be able to go
about its important and praiseworthy
work wittf the knowledge that it will
have back of it the unqualified sup
port fo the public in safeguarding the
people's interests.
Protection is the Republican watch
word this year, and the,, dust throwing
of the Democratic spellbinders will havo
o effect upon the great body of tho
people. With the new laws recently
enacted and the higher wage conditions
our competitive relations to other coun
tries are radically changed. We must
protect our wage-earners from an inva
sion of the cheap products of those
countries where labor is on the lowest
possible scale of remuneration and the
Republican protection policy is safe and
tane.
WHICH ARK YOU?
SUNBURY firemen celebrated yes
terday the ninetieth birthday of
William R. Roberts, an active
member of the city's volunteer depart
ment. <
Alexander H. Phillips, of Ellsworth.
N. T., yesterday observed his nine
tieth birthday by seeing a motion pic
ture show, using a telephone and rid
ing in an automobile for the first time
Jt was also the first time he had ven
tured more than 1,000 feet from his
son's home In seventeen }ars, al
though in good health for one of his
age.
Here we have two ways of growing
Old—Roberts an active fireman at
ninety, filled with zeal for the prog
ress and Improvement of his home
city, the subject of a municipal Jubilee,
and Phillips doing things for the first
time on his ninetieth anniversary that
he should have been doing twenty or
twenty-five years ago.
Which of the two, think you, is get
ting the most out of life—Roberts, the
energetic and interested citizen of his
community, or Phillips, content to
linger along through the seasons pur
poseless, save fpr the gratification of
his own meager personal desires and
. %s dead to the people of his own town
s though the marble had been plant
ed on his tut resting place for, 10.
these many years?
There ere many like Phillips *nd
411 too few ltke Roberta In Harrleburg
—and not all of them are ninety years
ofage, by any manner of means. But
*hey are spending their days
►ears as these two men spent theirs.
The Phillips crowd la going Its own
•elfish way and nobody cares much
what becomes of It. When one of its
members dies the undertaker is the
i*4dect pecMn the funeral sad fcK
TUESDAY EVENING,
grief is due largel> ,o the desire of the
relatives to bury tle mossback at as
small an expense as possible.
But from what a different outlook
tlje Roberts man sees life. He Is ac
tive in the affairs of his city. He
lives to serve as well as to profit. No
limited radius of a thousand feet for
his interests. The telephone, the au
tomobile and the moving picture are
no mysteries to him. He knows them
and has use for them In his business.
He is the man for whom the com
munity gives birthday celebrations sftd
when he goes to his long reward it Is
with the knowledge that he has done
his part, that life is better because he
lived and he leaves a place that is diffi
cult to fill.
Are you a Phillips or a Roberts?
THE VICTORY IN MAINE
THE sweeping Republican victory
in Maine yesterday is immensely
encouraging to Republicans the
nation over. It forecasts public senti
ment at the polls in November. It Is
a clear indication that the Progres
sives and Republicans are united be
hind Hughes and that States like
Sjlaine which gave Wilson majorities in
1912 are safely back In the Republican
fold.
The overwhelming triumph, extend
ing from the top to the bottom of the
ticket in almost every district, is all
the more remarkable because of the
local issues involved and the tremen
dous pressure brought to bear by the
Democrats to elect their ticket. All
of the Influence of Federal patronage
was turned in favor of the Demo-1
cratic candidates. Speakers beyond
number, from Cabinet members to
postmasters, were hurried into Maine
to "help save the day." Even the
campaign machinery and funds of the
Democratic national committee were
thrown into the balance without stint.
Democratic leaders are naturally
trying to make the best of a disheart
ening situation and are saying that
the election is a distinct indication of
victory for Wilson in November, but
just how they figure is not clear for
the reason that the vote for the Re
publican candidate for Governor yes
terday was more than 2,000 In excess
of the 77,000 votes polled by Taft and
Roosevelt in 1912, while Wilson on
that occasion received a total of only
51,000.
The more closely the results are
studied, the clearer it becomes that
Maine is going Republican in Novem
ber by an even bigger vote than that
by which the whole Republican ticket
was swept Into office yesterday an.d
Maine, not without reason, is regarded
as the barometer of the nation's
politics.
THE UNIVERSITY CLUB
THE University Club of Harris
burg, with the formal opening
that has been set for the latter
part of this month, will take its place
among the established clubs of the
city. An organization of clean, intel
ligent men is desirable under any cir
cumstances, but the formation of Har
risburg's University Club is particular
ly apropos in view of the large num
bers of college and university men
who are located in the city and sur
rounding territcry.
The scope and activities of such an
organization as the new club purposes
to be are unlimited. Through the va
rious alumni associations represented
in its membership much good can be
accomplished in the way of making
Harrisburg, known in other cities and
towns; visitors to the city will have
one more live organization to make its
impress upon them; association with
other towns through similar clubs
should be productive of mutual good,
and there are educational factors in
the life of a community the size of
Harrisburg in which a university
club can be of great benefit.
Although in its infancy, the already
large membership and growing popu
larity of the club point to a promis
ing future. Harrisburg expects the
new club to take its place and do its
share in promoting the city's welfare,
and it will not be disappointed.
SCHWAB AS OCR GUEST
WITH enormous orders for steel
products of every character it
would appear that the local in
dustries and the mills throughout the
country will continue to run at full
capacity for months to come. Buying
these products is rapidly taking up all
the unengaged mill capacity for the
balance of this year and the first half
of 1907. Many orders are being placed
for shipment over the third quarter of
next year. Domestic manufacturers
are pressing for delivery contracts
and buying for shipment over the sec
ond and third quarters of 1917.
This situation gives added interest
to the coming of Charles M. Schwab
and members of his staff as the princi
pal guests of the Chamber of Com
merce at Its banquet next month. Mr.
Schwab is easily the steel king of the
country and the fact that he har. come
up from the ranks gives htm a place
of his own among the industrial lead
ers of tho United States. Harrlsburg
will give him a cordial greeting and
the opportunity will be presented
through this Important function for
Mr. Schwab and his associates to meet
the live wires of this community.
Between now and the next Klpona
every good Idea as to other Interesting
features of the river carnival should be
developed. There will be plenty of time
during the winter months to originate
new ideas and develop plans for the
big affair of 1017.
DESIGNING, NOT RESIGNING
THE Planning Commission of
Reading Is so disgusted with
the treatment which It has re
ceived that the members are threaten
ing to resign. That may be the way
the planners of Reading meet official
obstruction, but not so In Harrlaburg.
Here the Planning Commission is go
ing right on doing the admirable
work which the people are universally
approving. No matter what may hap
pen with respect to the other municl
pal bodies, this board of five active
and public-spirited men will proceed
to meet public expectation In every
■way. They believe they have a work
to do and they believe further that
any misunderstanding which may
have arisen between their body and
the City Council will disappear un
der the full light of publicity and a
better appreciation of what is really
being accomplished through the plan
ning organization.
For instance, only yesterday the
commission directed a survey of the
important suburban district between
the northern city boundary and the
Rockville mountain. This is rapidly
developing as one of the most desir
able of the residential sections of Har
risburg. It was important that the
street lines and grades be established
so that there may be no such blun
der committed as cost the city so
many thousands of dollars in the past
ern section wnen Eastmere, now the
Thirteenth ward, was annexed to the
city proper.
It is Just this sort of work that is
demonstrating the practical character
of the Planning Commission's activi
ties. With a vision far beyond our
own little day these men are providing
for the spread of the city along the
river clear to the first ridge back
of Rockville.
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By the Ex-Committeeman
Probably 500 Democrats will be in
Harrisburg on Thursday for the "in
gathering." The State committeemen,
the county chairmen, the county and
district leaders, the prospective office
holders and the Democratic post
masters will all be here and the needs
of the financial end of the campaign
"to make Pennsylvania Democratic"
will be explained. As it is not expected
that those present will "come up" with
anything like what the chief machin
ists would like to have, it will be de
clared that the plan to turn the Key
stone State over to the Democratic
column will be abandoned in due sea
son and one more slogan will be
thrown into the loft of the Market
Square windmill where "Give us Wil
son and we will give you Pennsylva
nia" reposes.
It is expected that the meetings here
will be interesting to all Democrats
who attend. The State committee is
making some trial spurts with its plan
to raise a big campaign fund and it is
figured out that the men in charge of
the "in gathering" will find much en
couragement here, especially after Na
tional Committeeman A. Mitchell Pal
mer and other Democratic arclights
address the meetings.
The folks at the windmill say that
the meeting set for Thursday is to
notify the men nominated at the direct
primary of their fate and talk of the
Democratic bosses being gathered here
on the eve of the postmasters' conven
tion is deprecated as leading to unkind
thoughts. It is explicitly denied that
the liat is to be passed or anyone held
up. Of course, any of the postmasters
or others who happen to be in town
and who care to make "voluntary con
tributions" may do so and will have
their names put on the roll of fame,
which, as Senator Penrose showed in a
recent speech, leads to rewards ac
cording to the size of the gift.
The plan for big Thursday really
begins on Wednesday, when Mr. Pal
mer and other Democrats will address
the windup session of the postmasters
and speak at their banquet in the
evening. The assemblage of Demo
cratic leaters in Harrisburg on that
evening is merely incidental. The rea
son so many will have reached town
before the postmasters get away is be
cause the program for the "in gather
ing" starts off with morning confer
ences between the big chiefs and the
little chiefs and a roll call of the
finance committee. Then the county
chairmen from all over the state will
sit in secret conclave. State Chairman
Joseph F. Guffey presiding. At this
conference the chairman will be told
to hold down expenses unless con
tributors come up. At 2 o'clock the
candidates tagged at the primary will
be given a surprise party and told of
their nominations. Ex-State Chairman
Roland S. Morris will be the breaker
.of the news. Secretary of Labor Wil
liam B. Wilson, Mr. Palmer and others
will speak. At 8 the division chair
men will meet. It will be a great day.
People here to-day were much in
terested in the dispatch from Lan
caster that in resigning the Democratic
county chairmanship at yesterday's
meeting of the Lancaster county
Democratic committee Revenue Col
lector B. F. Davis stated he did so "by
direction of certain government au
thorities." It was generally supposed
when he announced his intention of
retiring from active politics that it was
thl condition upon which his con
firmation as collector, recently, was
made. William B. Schneitman. of
Ellzabethtown, was elected his suc
cessor.
Montgomery county Republicans will
try to outdo the big Chester county
Republican campaign opening on this
coming Saturday. The event will be a
mass meeting to be held in Robinson's
meadow, on the Perkiomen creek, at
Collegevllle. Chairman Styer, of the
Republican county committee, sent out
invitations to-day to Republican vigi
lant committeemen all over the county
asking that they not only attend, but
also bring a large delegation of fhetr
neighbors. "Senator Penrose and other
speakers of national repute will ad
dress the meeting and the Issues of the
campaign will be forcefully pro
claimed." declares Chairman Styer In
his letter, which continues: "The es
pecial purpose of this, meeting is that
It shall he a get-together meeting at
which the Republicans of the whole
county can see and meet the candi
dates."
—Powell Evans, Philadelphia Inde
pendent and head of the Hughes Al
liance In this State, is out with a letter
In which he assails the President. He
says the Wilson bid for support as a
Progressive is bogus.
—The declaration of Walter George
Smith, one of Philadelphia's eminent
men, a life-long Democrat, that he
will support Hughes set the demo
cratic windmill twirling to-day. The
Smith declaration coming right on the
same day as the Pinchot declaration
was held not to be nice because Demo
cratic postmasters are to meet here
this week and to be made welcome
about the windmill, especially the
finance committee office.
—Congressman- W. S. Vare Is out In
a long statement In which he says that
the recent Democratic Congress did
much for Philadelphia, notably for
the navy yard.
BACK HOME!
Br Win* Dinger
Democrats who've been contendin'
That this year they would command
The Progressive vote for Wilson
Everywhere throughout the land,
Will please note that an election
Was held yesterday in Maine
And they sent the poor old donkey
To the hospital again.
\ HARRISBURG QSi& TELEGRAPH
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
WIIATNjiX.,
The Wilson Administration is Now Figuring with the Bankers to Help rw.... T
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE 1
—A federal probe of bread Is pro
posed. "Well, we judge it will be
kneaded.
—lt is a pleasure to write the war
heads when the Russians are ap
proaching nothing more formidable
from a pronunciation standpoint than
Lemberg.
—Philadelphia newspapers are go
ing to think an awful lot less of that
government armor plate plant if Dan
iels doesn't locate it in that city.
—And after all these months of an
xiety, the German government finally
announces that it doesn't matter if
Limburg was smashed up a bit because
the best Limburger cheese isn't made
there anyway. •
—Our idea of an example of wil
ful waste of perfectly good money is
the publication of 350,000 copies of
the Democratic handbook.
EDITORIAL COMMENT ]
Professor Hugo Munsterberg predicts
a triple alliance between Germany,
England and the United States, but
Mark Twain still ranks as America's
leading humorist.—Nashville Southern
Lumberman.
Evidently Mr. Hearst's editorials are
not widely read in Rumania. Brook
lyn Eagle.
The most noticeable feature of King
George's latest visit to the front is thai,
he went afoot.—Nashville Southern
Lumberman.
Turning down an offer of $25,000,000
for three coral reefs is what might be
logically expected of a nation which so
enthusiastically hung the laurel wreath
on Dr. Cook.—Nashville Southern Lum
berman.
—Rumania can now report to Its
allies that she pokedi the stick in the
cage as Instructed andi that there really
Is something In there alive. Kansas
City Star.
Danger Ahead!
[From the Fourth Estate]
It would be Impossible too strongly
to emphasize the paramount Import
ance of reducing the consumption at
this time of news print paper.
Just so long as demand exceeds sup
ply the consumer entirely In the
hands of the maker.
A large numbef of contracts termi
nate this Fall and if you reduce con
sumption well below production you
will have a normal competitive con
dition.
Something has already been done to
cut down consumption, but not enough
so far to accomplish much.
Mr. Publisher, The Fourth Estate has
no desire to run your buslnoss, but In
view of the fact that so many pub
lishers refuse to believe the facts, seem
ing to think that some way. some how,
the situation will take care of itself
without their help, their indifference
is exasperating and too serious to dis
cuss dispassionately.
A like situation never horetofore
existed since daily newspapers were
published.
If you think you can keep your nose
in the trough because you happen to
have a contract over 1917 and let your
fellow publishers suffer, you will later
on reap the whirlwind.
"End of a Perfect Roll"
When you come to the end of a per
fect roll
And you sit alone with your thought.
And you see in the bank but the
empty hole
That your two weeks' trip has
wrought,
Do you think of the fives and the tens
you had.
And wish for their sight once more?
Do your vanished greenbacks leave you
sad
When your glad vacation's o'er?
Well, this Is the end of a perfect roll
At the end of a journey, too.
And It leaves u thought that is big ana
strong
For the coin that so quickly flew:
Now memory has painted this perfect
roll
In colors that never fade
And we find at the end that we need
that dough
For the bills that we left unpaid.
—Ohio State Journal,
MILITARY ASSOCIATION CODE
MIGHT BE
ONE of the surest indications point
ing to the eventual adoption of
some system of universal mili
tary training in this country is the
formation, all over the country, of
preparedness organizations and inde
pendent military units that are fitting
themselves for service in tim,e of na
tional need. It is a sign that public
opinion appreciates the backwardness
of the United States in military as well
as naval preparedness and • public
spirited men of military experience,
retired to private life, are giving of
their knowledge in teaching younger
men the essentials of the drill and
tactical problems.
Harrisburg has its own organization
of this nature. The association which
goes under the name of the Harris
burg Military Association, has for its
purpose the formation of a skeleton
regiment which would create the
nucleus for a complete regiment or
more of volunteers in time of war.
The members have adopted an official
code which is binding and acts as the
framework of the The
members drill once a week and each
one sooner or later is given the op
portunity to take charge as captain of
the company,.which shall act in abso
lute obedience to his commands. Ac
tual training in the functions of an
officer is thus received and the Indi
vidual gains not only in the ability
to lead men. but acquires a self-assur
ance, a savoir falre that will stand
him in good stead in civil life.
The military code follows:
Military Code
This organization shall be called
"The Harrisburg Military Associa
tion."
The organization is to be governed
by a captain and lieutenant who shall
nominate their successors, who are
then to be elected by a majority vote
of the members present, to serve for
four weeks.
The captain shall have complete
charge of the drill and preside over
the business meetings. In the absence
of the captain or by his orders, the
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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"UNCI.E BE1V" SAYS HE DIDN'T
To the Editor of llie Telegraph:
Dear Sir: Will you kindly cor
rect the, second part of the
story, regarding my speech-mak
ing, which appeared In your issue
of the Bth instant. It is true 1 made a
speech in support of the candidacy of
the late Marlin Olmsted at New Cum
berland. It Is also true that I used a
small, silk American flag during the
address, but I was not suffering from a
cold, nor did I make the mistake ot
blowing my nose in the flag.
I desire the writer of the article to
understand that I have to 6 much love
for the flag to desecrate it in that man
ner. The story, to some minds, makes
me appear clownish, but thoße who
know me best must surely regard It ab
a joke on "Uncle Ben."
I come from a patriotic family. One
brother, during the second day's battle
at Corinth, was shot by a sharp
shooter and killed, another brother
went through the Mexican War under
General Scott, enlisted with the "Three
month volunteers of the Rebellion, re
enlisted for three years and dropped
dead at Bermuda Hundred.
I enlisted,ln the One Hundred and
Thirtieth Regiment under Colonel Zinn,
and on that forced march was stricken
down. On a surgeon's certificate T was
discharged from Church Hospital for
disability; but the months of service
had given me a new love of country,
and my devotion to our sacred emblem
is so well known that I trust the read
ers of your valuable paper will not be
lieve I could so desecrate It.
I have been making Republican
speeches for over fifty years, and I ex
pect to speak, during this campaign, for
Charles E. Hughes and the whole Re
publican ticket. I shall carry my "little
flag'' with me, and at every opportunity
shall declare that I yield to no man my
fidelity to the American flag, and de
mand, In the words of General Dlx. that
"he who descratea or attempt to tear It
down, shoot him on the spot."
Yours respectfully,
B. K. ("UNCLE BEN") SPANGLER.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quli."]
What provision is made for the help
and advancement of backward pupils?
Three schools are In operation
with teachers having special train
ing for the work.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1915.
lieutenant shall perform his duties.
The lieutenant shall also be desig
nated adjutant. It shall be his duty to
keep the roster and roft, the minutes
and manage the finances.
The regular meeting date of the as
sociation shall be each Friday from
7 to 8:30 p. m., holidays excepted.
Any member who is to be unavoidably
absent shall report to the adjutant
before the drill whenever practicable,
otherwise report cause for absence be
foro the following meeting.
There shall be a fine of twenty-five
cents for each unexcused absence. Ab
sences can be excused by the captain
for sickness or for any other circum
stances over which the member has
no control. There shall be a fine of
ten cents for lateness.
Absence from three consecutive
drills shall automatically terminate
the membership of the offender. Un
gentlemanly conduct on the part of
the member shall be brought up for
action by the in charge at the
next meeting, and may be cause for
dismissal.
Nine members shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of busi
ness. An inspector shall be elected
at the first meeting in September to
serve for one year. All disputes con
cerning military matters shall be re
ferred to him for final settlement.
New members shall be elected in
the following manner:
1. Nomination. 2. Name to be
entered in the minutes with the name
of the proposer,, and balloted upon at
the next meeting. 3. An affirmative
vote of the' majority of the members
is necessary for election. Elections of
new members may be postponed at
the discretion of tho captain In com
mand.
This code shall also comprise the
code of a gentleman.
Each member shall sign and sub
scribe to this code.
The majority vote of all members
present shall be necessary to amend
this code, or to pass any motion af
fecting the body at large.
Mr. Hughes in Fighting Trim
[From the New York Sun.]
It was the fighting Hughes that the
Nashville audience saw. Tho home of
Old Hickory should know a fighter
when it sees him. Here in New York
when Charles Evans Htighes says that
he is not too proud to fight we remem
ber his record as governor, and know
that he is not speaking "weasel words."
Nashville had to learn. It came to scoff
at the Republican candidate, and re
mained to respect and understand him;
to respect him for his manhood and to
understand what he would have done
as President In emergencies that found
Woodrow Wilson wanting.
. As to Mexico, Mr. Hughes told his
hecklers that the Issue was not the
recognition of Huerta but the protec
tion of Americans in their rights at
all times, and that he would have
seen that they had that protection.
Huerta was only an incident In the
Mexican upheaval. Mr. Hughes has
steadily declined to say what he would
have done in the case of Huerta. So
far as the Republican candidate is
concerned that question Is Irrelevant
to the real issue, the assertion of
American rights and the protection of
them at any cost. There Mr. Wilson
has failed lamentably. Nashville now
understands that whatever political
action President Hughes would take
with regard to Mexico he could never
be charged with showing the white
feather when the blood ot American
citizens was being wantonly shed by
Mexicans of any faction. Andrew Jack
son's "By the Eternal!" must have oc
curred to Mr. Hughes' hearers at Nash
ville when he talked about Mexico.
One Old Coach Still Runs
[From the Boston Post.)
"The old stage coach is extinct In
New Kngland," a magazine writer say*.
Guess again!
The old stage coach—the same old
stage couch that was running more
than fifty years ago—still meets the
trains at Bethlehem, N. H. They bulli
things to last In those old days, ana
this old coach 1s still In good repair.
The age of the steeds drawing this
coach, by the way. Is In proportion to
the vehicle itself. One is 25 and th
other 30 years old, but they are noi
ready for retirement yet
/
Bmtittg (Eljat
Five years ago such a thing as sell
ing produce, fruit and the like by
weight was unknown and the average
person did not trouble to ask the con
tents of the basket or other container.
As a result a good many otherwise
thrifty housewives were losers. Inci
dentally, some sales people were gain
ers not only in the retail sales but In
the greater quantities. Now the roan
who does not know what his baskets
contain either by weight or measure
stands a chance of not only losing
sales, but of having a call for police.
It all comes out of the movement in-
augurated a few years ago for the
definite statement of how much was
being sold. When the State began to
require supervision of weights and
measures a few years ago there was
an outcry that it was not needed but
the way crooked weights and meas
ures began to accumulate was evi
dence to the contrary. Then came the
law requiring that all containers be
honest and the movement for sales hy
weight. The result has been that peo
ple who for years had been buying
haphazard began to make inquiries of
those from whom they had been buy
ing and as a result there were some
surprises. Now it is safe to say that
more people know what they are buy
ing than ever before. The huckster
or peddler who does not sell by the
mark has a time to explain. It is only
a question of time until sales by weight
are general throughout the State and
theexperlence of the sealers of weights
and measures which will be given at
the convention in the Capitol this week
will be most interesting to the man.
who talks about the high cost of liv
ing.
The Stroller, in the Scranton Re
publican, writes the following about
something which may come here: "I
am told that before the close of an
other year an ordinance will he intro
duced in the local council requiring the
licensing of all cats in Scranton. Un
licensed felines, under the provisions
of the ordinance, if it is adopted, will
be slaughtered. The reason for this
movement is the allegation that the
"vagrant cat" is most destructive to
bird life. It is charged that the scar
city of song birds in and about Scran
ton is due to these cats. In the out
skirts of the city cats are apt to be
come a little wild and to wander
through the brush, preying upon song
birds. They go farther, and even
slaughter rabbits and pheasants, so
it is claimed. The bird, in nesting
season, very easily becomes the vic
tim of a cat. Almost everyone, these
days, has become aware of the value
of the birds as inseqt-destroyers. The
city would have finer lawns, according
to those who have studied the subject,
if there were more birds to destroy the
insects that gnaw at the grass and kill
much of it."
* • •
When Desk Officer Charles T. Fleck
learned that council had approved the
appointment of Lieutenant of Police J.
Edward Wetzel as chief of police, the
desk officer decided on a little surprise
for the promoted official. Chief Wet
zel had just walked into his office
in the afterrfoon, when Desk Officer
Fleck appeared, extended his right
hand for hearty congratulations, but
kept the left hand carefully conceal
ed. After the handshake. "•'Charlie,'*
as he is known by the force, placed a
large vase of. roses and asters on the
top of Chief Wet/el's dpsk. "Here's a
little present for you with best wishes,"
Desk Officer Fleck said as he gave
his little gift to the new chief.
♦ •
It is interesting to note that J. -
Frank Page, appointed lieutenant of ■
police, and Fred C. Essig, new police
sergeant, have had military training.
Both were members of the Governor's
Troop and both were sergeants. They
served at different times. Essig was a
niember of the old City Grays and
was one of the original members of
the troop. Several other members of
the force have served in the Nation
al Guard. "Pop." Spangler, now on the
force, is color sergeant of the Eighth
infantry of the Pennsylvania Guard
• •
Mayor Meals is taking a big interest
in the Governor's tour of the farm
ing regions. The mayor confesses that
he WHS a farmer boy himself and that
he still likes to go back to the soil.
He is specially interested in the tour
that is to go through the "apple belt"
the laiter part of this month. The
mayor comes from that part of Adams
county where they raise the apples
that London pays bigs prices for.
O • *
County Commissioner Ad Gumhrt,
who was here yesterday looking af.'er
Allegheny county matters, used to be
connected with thePublicServlce Com
mission. Years ago he was one of the
famous Pittsburgh baseball team.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—Gifford Pinchot has been spend
ing part of the summer at his home
in Pike county and will make some
speeches this Fall.
—The Rev. J. S. Wrightnour, prom
inent Baptist clergyman, has resign
ed his charge to go to a western
county.
—Lishop Franklin Hamilton, one
of the new Methodist bishops, preach
ed a sermon from the pulpit filled by
his father in Pittsburgh.
—Judge E. A. Anderson, of Phila
delphia, has returned from Nova
Scotia.
DO YOU KNOW f
Tliat llarrisburg manufactures
steel for making hooks and eyes?
HISTORIC IIARRISBURG
The first public improvement In
Harrisburg was draining Market
Square so that people could walk over
it dry shod in 1790.
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