MANY COUNTIES IN STATE'S MILITIA Interesting Comparisons Made by Men Connected With the State Government Infantry com- V. \\ ff //J panles of the Na v\\\ tional Guard of vWVA Pennsylvania now ? ' n e Federal xl service have an KhTr'r"'"""M average represen- W jaqQQQK tatlon of five I MUlfflraMtiftf counties and two r elffln fflHMjHl States, according gajjUUtataUJUlt to some figures Iworked out by State officials who have been interested in making ar rangements for the voting of the men now on the Mexican border. The figures were taken from the muster in rolls which were carefully studied. The cavalry troops have about the Fame average, but the batteries, which have a larger number of men, show an average representation of eight counties and five States. The ballots for the soldiers will be shipped to the Border along with other material the latter part of next week according to present plans. Many Trout Put Out. Reports made to the State Department of Fisheries show that during the month of September 427,300 trout one year old were shipped from the various State hatcheries to points along the streams for distribution. This is one of the largest monthly shipments made in the State in a long time. The distribution will be continued as long as the weather conditions are favor- Rble. The department also distri buted 32,800 blue gill sunfish, 7,700 yellow perch, 5,100 catfish and 8,000 black bass. Ten thousand tadpoles were also sent out. The month's out put was near a record it is stated. Close of Fairs. County fairs and Agricultural exhibitions will close for this year ill Pennsylvania next week and it is expected that the total at tendance will fall below the mark of 2,004,326 made last year because of tho quarantine against children at tending fairs due to the infantile paralysis epidemic. The last fair will be in Union county, Perry, Sullivan and Dauphin having held their final exhibitions this week. Almost SIBO,- 000 was offered in premiums this year. Federal Hearing Plan. Superin tendent Rambo has given the use of the State Capitol for a hearing to be given to Central Pennsylvania people liy the Federal Farm Loan Board on Tuesday. Secretary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo will preside and State officials as well as bankers and farm ers of the central section will attend. Many Want Tags. Hundreds of applications for blanks for 1917 auto mobile registration are now being made at the State Highway depart ment. The blanks will be sent out next week to magistrates and others so that they can be filled up and ac knowledged. Issuance of the tags will start in November in all probability. Service Cases. Among the contracts listed for the Public Service Commission on Monday are Juniata Company and Mifflin, street lighting; WrightsvlUe Light and Power Com pany and Wrightsville, street lighting; Jonestown Electric Co., and its rival, Jonestown Light, Heat ai\d Power Company, which seek charters; Get tysburg Electric Co., plan to buy other companies. Going to Detroit.—Lew R. Palmer, 4 chief of the bureau of factory inspec tion, goes to Detroit to-day to attend the safety conference. Mr. Dunn to Speak. Thomas J. Dunn, compensation referee at Pitts burgh, is to be one of the speakers at the social service lectures of Duquesne University. More Money in Siglit. Numerous big settlements of State taxes are due 1o be paid during the coming week. The State is also receiving consider able money from county officials, in cluding hunters' license revenue. 'To Meet Tuesday The Board of Public Grounds and Buildings and several other boards will meet Tues day to consider plans for the legis lative programs. The supply schedules • for the general assembly have been prepared. Fine Crop Reports lt is expected that the monthly crop summary to be issued by the Department of Agri culture next week will show some big wheat yields and that generally it will be good although corn and po tatoes may be disappointing in some districts. Crossings To Go The formal or der abolishing the Bethlehem grade crossings was issued last night by the Public Service commission and Chair man Ainey will sit at South Bethle hem next month to apportion the costs and approve the plans for the big viaduct. The improvement is one of the most notable accomplished in the way of abolishing crossings and will cost a million. A Concrete Garage is^afe, Economical and Everlasting Why risk keeping a valuable automobile in an ordinary build ing? You can build an everlasting, fireproof, rust-proof, danger* Eroof garage of concrete. The floor of a concrete garage cannot ecome saturated with oil and the walls cannot burn. It ia easy and costs little to build a strong, durable garage with ALPHA"-,^CEMENT —the cement that ia tested hourly by Remember there are various grades expert chemists to insure accurate and brands of "Portland" cement, proportioning of the raw materials, ALPHA, a pioneer American make, thorough burning and uniformly fine long ago displaced the best imported grinding. No cement lacking in cements. We guarantee it to msre tnding power can leave an ALPHA than meet the U. S. Government P f J V P ° l i nd mu,t be P ure standard for strength. Use ALPHA *.d of full strength. and be sure of the best results. tor £!„',^L P " A Ce E r?e r t_ l L° W to H ,e V, !• you ™ f, OT tKe "kin*. It explains how to build chicken houaea, foundations. wallt. drivrw.y> and many A other concrete improvement, at .mall coat. Call forthia bi, book. A * CO AND HEKR, HAItKISRURG Math Brothers . . _ Job. Burkholder , ' • • • Elizabethtown Capital Wall Cement Co. * • Hummel.town J. W. Miller ' . . „ . lemoyne Jacob N. YVelgel . . * * * • * Mf M "{ , " a ' c ^ ur n Samuel Dull . . * • • M-Holly Sprlto S. E. Shenk New Cumberland Geo. S. Peters . . * * • * Newvllle SATURDAY EVENING, PoULTimttfrV?3 PRACTICAL DESIGN FOR A SEMI-OPEN LAYING HOUSE Simplicity, Economy and Convenience the Essential Features Explanation of the Funda mental Principles of Poul tryhouse Construction By Robert Armstrong: Expert Poultry man and Writer While fowls can be kept almost any where, anil made to live under adverse conditions, they do best in congenial living quarters. There Is no one l>est and most economical type of construc tion for poultry buildings: much de pends upon latitude, climate nnd soil conditions. If a house, is unpleasant for the attendant to work in, the chances are it is unfit for his flock to inhabit. At the same time, the mere spending of money on a house does not necessarily make an ideal building. The ideal, practical poultry house should l)e serviceable übove all things, fairly roomy, well ventilated und yet free from direct drafts, capable of be ing flooded with direct sunlight, and <lry and sanitary at all times. It should be built wherever possible with the view to simplicity, economy and con venience. To spend large sums on It unnecessarily Is almost as grave an error as to slight it, for money ex pended for useless purposes on a poul try farm is an extravagance^—dead capital, and brings no return on the investment. In the manner of housing fowls there may be said to be two general systems, widely different in their ex tremes—the colony plan, which con sists in placing small houses for small flocks far enough apart to overcome intermlnglglng, or to erect yards for the different flocks, and the more in tensive plan of keeping the birds in long continuous laying houses. This latter arrangement may consist of a series of separate pens under one roof, connected by an alleyway at the rear, or by gates between the pens, or it may be one long house capable of accommodating units of from 500 to 11,000 'birds. The relative merits of i the two systems are numerous. There i is a tendency to accept the Idea that small flocks produce the greater egg yield. To offset this virtue, however, it costs more in labor to produce a dozen eggs by the colony plan than by a more intensive'arrangement. Long Houses Save Material The cost of building houses on the colony plan is much bigger per bird, not only because a number of smaller houses require so many additional end walls, but being smaller the allowance of floor area per bird In the colony plan should be almost double that re quired in the continuous house. The reason for this is obvious; While the actual floor allotment per fowl in the long house is small, say about three or four square feet, the fowl may roam at will throughout the entire house, hence it is not oppressed with the idea of confinement. A suitable location is the first con sideration in the erection of a poultry house. Wherever possible select a site having a natural drainage away from the building, and if it can be built In the lee of a windbreak of some kind, such as a hill or woods, so much the better. A sandy or gravelly, porous soil is preferable to a clay soil, since the former is more easily kept in a sanitary condition, and if It is im practicable to select a soil that is nat urally drained, the site should be made dry by un ler drainage of some sort. The buildings should face the south, or a few degrees to the eastward, which will expose the interior of the house to the early morning sun—much desired on cold, winter mornings. ! The floor of the house may be a I natural earth floor, filled in for about j a foot above the outside ground level, i or it may be of wood or cement; loca- I tion and soil conditions are the deter ! mining factors. It is highly impor tant, however, that the floor be dry at all times, otherwise it will be impos sible to keep litter in the house dry and sweet for the birds to work in. Straw and other litter materials ab sorb moisture very quickly, become mucky and give off foul odors, and are very apt to contaminate the scratch grains thrown into them. Much of the illness among chickens may be at tributed to damp litter, than which nothing is more destructive to success and profits. Wall or Pier Foundations Where a dirt floor is contemplated it is advisable to put down a concrete wall for the foundation. This should be about 8 inches thick, built deep enough to prevent heaving by frost action, and extend about a foot above the ground, after which it is Ailed in with soil, preferably sand, before the balance of the house is erected. A wooden sill is laid on the top of the wall, upon which the frame studding is built, with the siding carried three or four inches down on the outside of the concrete. An arrangement of this kind promotes great durability, for there is no part of the frame struc ture in contact with dampness and therefore likely to deteriorate. Board floors are usually short-lived unless a free circulation of air is al lowed under them, in which case it is well to build the house on piers two feet or more from the ground, or on a wall having adequate openings for ventilation. The piers should be built of concrete, stone or brick for per manence. If posts are used, they should be charred or treated with a wood-preserving compound to prolong their life. i There is another objection to build ing a wood floor close to the ground: It offers a refuge to rats and mice and perhaps other animals. These pests are likely to occur on any farm, and if means are not provided to combat them, they will very quickly become a serious nuisance. Specifications For Prnctlcal House The accompanying sketch illustrates a continuous laying house of the semi open front, monitor type, which has been used by practical poultrymen in every secUon of the country, and it has given the fullest amount of satis faction. It is common sense in every detail, contains no unnecessary frills, it is easy to construct and represents the greatest economy in both labor and material. In the cross section dia gram this house is shown with a typ ical partition of boards and wire net ting and a wire-covered gate, where the house is intended to be divided into pens. These may be omitted and the house made as long as desired to accommodate large units. If built one hundred feet long the house will ac commodate about seven hundred Leg horn fowls, or five hundred heavy fowls, such as Plymouth Rocks or Brahmas. When built as shown, a couple of feet above the ground, the house is sure to be dry, and the space under neath affords a cool retreat for the fowls on hot summer days. , The sills are 3 by 10-inch timbers, supporting the floor joists of 2 by 10- inch material, which ere spaced 18 inches on centers. The piers are In three rows and support the sills at in terval* of about 6 feet. The frame work is constructed mainly from 2 by 4-in-:h lumber, including the rafters on the front slope of the roof which have a short span. The rafters, on the rear slope are of 2 by 6-inch stuff, spaced 24 inches on centers. If a single floor is to be installed it should be of a fairly good grade of matched flooring; otherwise, if a dou ble floor is contemplated, the rough flooring may be of 1 by 12-inch sheathing boards, laid diagonally across the joists and overlaid length wise of the house with 1 by 3-inch matched flooring. Where necessary a layer of felt building paper may be inserted between the two floors, which will add greatly to the warmth of the building. The finished floor should be ' blind-nailed" so that no nail heads project to hamper the use of a shovel or scraper In cleaning. Sinej shingles do not wear well on roofs cf low pitch, houses of the shel roof type are usually roofed with a good grade of ready-to-lay patent rooting. These roofings, if they are of known reliability, have rendered the greatest satisfaction and are to be highly recommended. They seldom require repairs, but an occasional painting, and are very economical In the amount of labor involved in laying them. It Is advisable to use two-ply, medium weight roofing on the roof, and if the sides are covered with the same material, use single-ply on the walls. The walls may consist of matched boards, covered with roofing, novelty siding, weather boards or rough sheathing shingled. The , last three named present the neatest appear ance, but the matched boards are the cheapest and equally as strong and durable. As a general rule the semiopen I front house consists of one-third boards for its front wall, one-third curtain frames, and one-third win dows and ventilators. A medium weight, unbleached muslin is the proper material for the curtains. They may be hinged at the top and made to swing inward or outward, or made portable and held in place by wooden buttons from the outside, j The position of the windows in the I upper f-ection of the front wall allows | te maximum amount of sunlight to enter the building, and to reach the roosting compartments, where it is most needed as a germicide. . Perches, nests and other inter ior fittings should be arranged to suit the convenience of the operator and small doors cut in the front wall as a means of egress for the fowls. The main entrance door should be located at the end of the building, and if the house is a long one, at both ends; ariu they should be of generous pro portions so as to admit a pushcart or wheelbarrow for cleaning and other i purposes. Four Tests of Franklin to Prove Its Economy Here are the combined results of four individual tests of the new Series 9 Franklin car, embracing runs astere gating 6,041 miles: aggrc- Average sustained speed over good and bad roads—2s miles an hour Average number of miles covered per gallon of gasoline consumed—23 Average number of miles per gal j lon of oil used—about 850. It is well known that 20 miles an hour is the most economical speed at which to run a car. At a faster rate the wind resistance is proportionately greater and the road shocks are more s t V o- e " £° mal ntain an average speed of io miles an hour for 6,041 miles it is necessary to drive with wide open throtUe whenever possible in order to compensate for slow running over bad roads, speed regulations in towns and cities, etc. This Franklin economy record is particularly remarkable in the face of the high speed running conditions. That no tire trouble was experienced over the entire distance shows the value of light weight, especially be low the springs—a point which the Franklin engineers have developed with good results. The four tests which, combined, go to make the economy records were as follows: J. W. McCormmach of Pendleton, Ore., tock one of the first of the new Franklin cars from the factory at Syracuse. N. Y„ in July, and drove the 3,025 miles to Pendleton averag ing 21.7 miles per gallon of gasoline. Clifford Leuders of Cincinnati, 0., a Franklin dealer, in August drove a * ranklin car from Syracuse to Cincin nati. 887 miles, averaging 27 miles for gallon of gasoline. W. M. Phillips in August drove from Syracuse to Lexington, Ky., at an average speed of 24.41 miles per hour HAMUSBTTRG TELEGRAPH Quality First After Nov. 30, it will cost you just S7O more to buy a 7-22 Chalmers. But the price on the 5-passenger 3400 r.p.m. Chalmers re mains (for the time being) SIO9O Detroit Until midnight of Nov. 30 you can get a 7-22 Chalmers for SI2BO Detroit—a car of rare ability, fascinating in body equipment, and, like a beautiful woman, of exquisite charm. After that date the price becomes $1350 Detroit—s7o more. The S7O is just a few dollars less than the increase in cost of manufacture of this car since its appearance in June. To those who have longed for the 5-passenger 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers—and have not yet possessed one, just a word of warning: the price remains unchanged just now—slo9o Detroit; we do not know how long this low price will continue* . We reserve the rigbt to increase the price without notice. Only those who are buying materials such as go into high-grade automobiles can begin to realize the steady, upward trend of the materials market. Just one condition today prevents a rise in price of the 5-passenger 3400 p. p. m. Chalmers—the fact that these cars are being made on a factory "work order" dating back several months. Since the "work order" went through materials have jumped in cost again. When the current "work order" is completed and if materials remain at their present level or rise higher, only one course will be possible, an increased price. Those who have been driving Chalmers cars know how diligent has been the Chalmers effort to set down cars of the quality kind. They will understand how impossible it would be for Chalmers to dodge the increase-in-materials issue and maintain the prevailing price on the 7-22 Chalmers. Lower the quality of the Chalmers car? Never. The Chalmers men take great pride, not only in the money the car makes for them, but in the car itself. And pride, as everyone knows, is a thing that can never be compromised. It would be like Tissot trying to paint a picture to fit a price. ' As long as there's a name there will be a quality car, and as long as there's a quality car there'll be a price fixed—not by the Sales Department—but by cost accountants. And there'll be a fair deal. Chalmers says these two 3400 r.p.m. models will be continued into next season. You can bank on that. So that a Chalmers car you . might buy now will be exactly like the one you would buy next spring. Remember the S7O you can save now by anticipating the rise in price. There's an old Scotch proverb that says "A dollar saved is a dollar earned'. S7O buys a good suit of clothes, a good pair of shoes, a good hat and some good gloves. Also it just about pays your dues at the club for a year. Or, if it's a 5-passenger 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers you want, our advice is to get one now. We are not sure the price is going up and we are not sure that it isn't. DEALERS Keystone Motor Car Co. Ideal Automobile Co., Lebanon, Pa. 1019-1025 Market Street York Garage & Service Co., York, Pa. Snyder & Wingert, Chambersburg, Pa. C. T. Romberger, Ellzabethville, Pa_ A. D. Shatzer, Greencastle, Pa. New Eberhart Garage, Geo. F. Eberhart, PIOJ.. /rJ rs. , Gettysburg, Pa. M. E. Schlegel, Thompsontown, Pa. Waynesboro Garage, j. V. Hoffman, Prop., Waynesboro, Pa, 1 and with an average of 25.7 miles per gallon of gasoline consumed. E. F. Williams drove from the Franklin plant to Kansas City, Mo., making the highest average speed in the four Franklin tests —28.61 miles per hour for the 1,363 miles. He got an average of 20.21 miles on each gal lon of fuel. The great consistency of perform ance, as well as reliability and econ omy shown, may be attributed to careful designing of the Franklin car to secure light weight, resiliency and low fuel consumption. Hupmobile Has Covered 6,549 Miles of Journey The Hupmobile good roads car, which J. W. Walter Drake of Detroit Is sending to every State in the Union, reached Livingston this aft ernoon on its way from Bismarck to Helena. The party has spent the last six days in Montana fighting the gumbo which was especially difficult for motors. On account of an un usually heavy snow for this season of the year the total mileage made by the Hupmobile which made its start from Washington, D. C., on August 28, and which includes twenty-four States is 6,549 miles. Through the Dakotas both heavy and good roads were encountered, but during the Montana section of the trip slower time was necessitated as shown by the mileage on Monday; from Big Timber to Hunter Hot Springs a total of seventeen miles and again to-day when twenty-four miles were ne gotiated from the Spring to this city. Wednesday the party starts for Boze rnan on the way to Helena. Cadillac Up Signal Mountain on High Gear Different communities usually have different standards, to a certain ex tent, by which to judge motor car performance. In flat or level sections of the country, with good roads, for example, people are interested chiefly in a car's powers of acceleration, its speed, and like features. Where the roads are not so good, people look es pecially for stamina nnd the ability to negotiate rough going with ease and comfort. Power and hill-climbing ability. In addition to the foregoing, are among the qualities chiefly sought in hilly or mountainous country. Chattanooga, Tenn., is in such a sec ' tion, and its favorite climb is Signal I Mountain. If a car makes the Signal! i Mountain climb on high gear, as the new Cadilac Eight did the other day, it is given a hundred per cent, rating i in public estimation. The Cadillac was fresh from the factory, having been driven but little more than 50 miles. From the heart | of Chattanooga to the crest, of Signal I Mountain was made on high gear. The j 1 pace at the beginning of the climb was three miles an hour. On the way i up, several difficulties were cncount- j ered in the way of a partly blockaded roadway and meeting several down coming cars at sharp, steep turns. Yet it was not necessary at any time to ! shift gears. Maxwell Makes Fine Showing at Giant's Despair The most sensational showing among the contesting cars in the Giant's Despair Hill Climb Saturday, October 7th, was made by the Max well. with Ben F. ("Bull") Durham driving. Two firsts, two seconds and a fourth were captured by this mount, the lightest of all the entries. In every event that it did not actually win, the car pushed its rivals to the limit. Maxwell won first honors in the 230 and 600-inch classes, second honors In the 300 and 450-inch classes and fin ished fourth in the free-for-all. In speaking of the contest, the Philadelphia Press, under whose aus pices the affair was given, said: "Prob ably the most sensational showing of the day for a car of its class was that of the Maxwell, driven by "Bull" Durham, who handled the car with such skill that it captured two firsts, two seconds and finished well up to the front in every event it partici pated in, competing with much larger and more powerful cars." Durham's car looked a good deal like a scared rabbit in its flight up the perilous slopes of Giant's Despair. Bart of the time all four wheels were off the ground, but the pilot took all turns at terrific speed. The car was easily the favorite among the crowd of 60,000 spectators. Durham and his car added to their honors by making the third best time of the day, making the distance in 1:45 1-5, this time being only a few seconds slower than that made by larger and more powerful opponents. After the race, the Maxwell car was taken to Philadelphia, where it was placed on exhibition in the branch store there. OCTOBER 14, IVT6 Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore George W. Hunter, assistant yard master on tile Eastbound hump, I Enola, lias returned home after I spending several days at New York and Brooklyn. E. A. Brunner, of Enola, is on a 'hunting trip to Waterloo, Juniata i county. B. Frank Shuman, of Summerdale, has been appointed Forest Fire War den for this district and will take up his new duties at once. The Rev. C. D. Rishie. the newly appointed pastor of the Enola Church of God will preach his first sermon to the congregation Sunday. Mrs. William L. Fisher and son, spent yesterday at Lemoyne. I Mrs. John A. McMeen has returned I home from a visit to Newport, i Mrs. D. M. Walters has returned to her home at Philadelphia, after spending several days at Enola. Joseph H. Kinter, of Enola, was a visitor at Marysvillo to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Wertz, of Bellwood, Want Winter Eqgs? I Then Get Busy Now I M Egg prices are rising—will soon reach the high point of the year. Winter I ■ eggs pay big profits, but you can't get them by wishing for them. Act! B ■ Have your hens laying well when eggs mean money. H ■ At'this time every bird in your flock needs B ■ Pratts Poultry Regulator! J Guaranteed Poultry Tonic and Conditioner. A natural egg- maker— makes hena IBj want to lay. It tones them Up—increaaes appetite—assists digestion—stirs up the H mt sluggish egg-producing organs—drives the hens to the nest—insures profits for ■ Poultry Regulator will keep your old hens Isying steadily until they 48 molt, then shorten the molt and hurry them back to work. It will push H your pullets to early maturity, start them laying sooner than usual W ■ and keep them at it all winter. JKi 1 I Our dealer near you has instructions to supply you with Pratts B Preparation# under our square-deal guarantee—' * Your money back if YOU are not eatieftoiT' —the guar an • ■ tee that has stood for nearly 50 years. | o Write today for 64 page \ ■ V ■ - Poultry Book-FREE. 1 \ m M PRATT FOOD COMPANY \ I : I Philadelphia Chicago Toronto 7 who were delegates to the Sunday school convention at York, this week, are visiting Mrs. Wertz's parents at New Cumberland. Miss Pearl Kupp is visiting friends in Philadelphia. John F. Rupp, of Shiremanstown, and nephew, Lawrence H. Landis, of Steelton, attended the Newport Fair, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Claude M. Chronister, of 14 25 Derry street, Harrisburg, were recent guests of relatives at Shire manstown. RALLY SERVICES TO-MORROW New Cumberland, Pa., Oct. 14. Annual Rally services of Trinity Unit ed Brethren Sunday school will bo held to-morrow morning at 9.30 o'clock. A special program will be rendered. WILL PREACH AT BAUGHMAN New Cumberland, Pa., Oct. 14. To-morrow evening the Rev. Clyde Armitage, of Now York City, will preach in Baughman Memorial Meth odist Church.
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