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TUESDAY EYENTXG, XOV. 14
Men are led away from threatening
destruction} a hand < put into theirs.
vhich leads them forth gently towards
• cofm and bright land so that they
took no more backward, — and the hand
Infly tie a little child's. — GF.OßCH ELIOT.
COMMUNITY SERYICE
E%TERY citisen owes It to hts com
munity to give his share of
service for the welfare of that
community, 4 ' Euivid E, Tracy, the new
president of the Chamber of Com*
lnerces said at the luncheon of the
Rotary Club yesterday, where he spoke
*s the guest of honor.
That is a text which might be am
pllflc d to columns and Its possibilities
not exhausted.* Individual service is
the answec to the oft-repeated ques
tion, "How has Harrisburg accom
plished so much In the way of public
Improvements?" Had it not been for
the willingness and readiness of the
private citizen to volunteer for public
work, Harrisburg would still be stuck
in the mud. we would still be cutting
our drinking water in slices and our
ideas of parks would be summed up In
Capitol Hill and the tin can dump that
formerly marked what is now our
beautiful river front.
Individual service to the community
has been the dominant feature of every
successful public enterprise under
taken in Harrlsburg in recent years.
It made possible the whirlwind sub
scription for the new million-dollar
hotel and it doubled tho membership
of the Chamber of Commerce in four
days. It carried the school loan to
success and it will have a big part in
guiding tho expenditure of the money
be spent for high school purposes.
So long as It runs high the city's future
progress is assured.
President Tracy is entitled to preach
a community service sermon. For
eight years ho served without thought
of pay on the city's Board of Public
Works and his business ability and
devotion to the best interests of the '
municipality had a large part in \he
•uccess of many public improvements.
He spoke to the Rotary Club not alone
from his own convictions, but from the
wealth of an experience such as few
men in Harrisburg could boast. He
has been a quiet, effective force for
good In the community and the com
munity has found him out and has
honored him with the presidency of its
foremost trade body at a time when
that office stands for very much in the
activities of the city.
Some how or other we can't get very '
enthusiastic over, that Zeppelin mail
service between Germany and America.
PRICK OF TVRKKYS
WE are told that the price of
turkeys is going to be higher
this winter than ever before.
We are ready to believe it.
Food prices of all kinds are away
above normal, on account of the war,
we are told. Doubtless this is one of
the reasons. If it had not been for
the war we would now be suffering
hard times of a character not pleasant
to contemplate and foodstuffs would
be low in price because few families
would have the money with which to
Indulge their appetites. Of course,
foreign shipments have had a big
effect on the market, but supply and
demand have not had nearly so much
to do jvlth the present frightfully high
cost of provisions as has the tendency
of the American to buy anything ho
wants at any price, so long as he has
the money.
If we decided to eat no Thanksgiving
turkey at abnormal prices it Is safe to
predict that turkey prices at Christ
mas would be back at least to the high
water mark of last year. We are be
ing charged by everybody who has
anything to sell the highest possible
figure because the dealer* and pro
ducers believe as long as money is
plenty we will live well at any cost.
Unfortunately, this assumption Is
based on fact.
Tammany may be dead, but it must
be remembered that the Tammany
tiger is a cat and that a cat has nine
lives.
STILL "GOING SOME!"
' A NNOUNCEMEXT that the Wil
* llaro Penn Highway Association
will soon begin publication of a
monthly magazine, to be known as the
William Penn Highway Bulletin, is
once more proof that this youngster
among good roads organizations is up
and a-doing. There is certainly room
for such a publication In Pennsylvania;
and It Is fitting that Pennsylvania's
beet-known road-promoting body be
back of what promises to be the
Btate'a best-known road-promoting
TUESDAY EVENING,
monthly. A glance at tho news col
umns In to-day's Issue of the Tele
graph will show that the first number
of the William Penn Bulletin will be
a pretentious one;
■The trouble about believing all Karl
Srares says Is that hp was not los'al to
his first master:
THE "NEW" WILSON
EVERYBODY!"' observes the Phila
delphia Public Ledger: "wants
to know what the new Wilson
\ will be like:' 1
The '"new" Wilson will be the old
Wilson. There will be no change.
Wilson has been Wilson ever since he
first attracted publle attention at
Princeton and long before he entered
[ upon his political career: The Wilson
who cried down and condemned the
! labor unions as the greatest evil in
the land was the same Wilson who
; declared that the eight-hour day has
the sanction of society I only In the
first place he was addressing a meet
ing of capitalists and appealing in
directly for their support, while In
the second he was playing for the
votes of the labor unions:
The Christian Science Monitor sees
great possibilities ahead for the Presi
dent. It points out in an able and
comprehensive editorial that now he
can go forward without fear of
political effect and can act freely for
the good of country as he sees It
without thought of the effect on his
chances for another term. But those
who have watched the backing and
ailing of Mr. Wilson on every ques
tion of public importance that has
arisen within the past four years will
not be hopeful that his weakness
will be transformed Into strength by
the mere fact of re-election. Rather
It is to be presumed that he will be
encouraged by what appears to be
public approval to go vn as he has
been going, to continue to make and
I unmake "policies" with as much
| rapidity as a none too friendly Con
' gross will permit.
I However, the days of flamboyant
j Wilsonisin are at an end. The magic
i wand of unlimited power over Con-
I press has been wrested from the Presi
dent No more will a wave of his
j hand from the White House be sufll
j cient to bring Congress to its knees.
I Tho legislative branch on March 5,
J next, will resume its proper place in
i the scheme of government. The only
' chance of a "new" Wilson lies in the
possibility that he will be quite as
subservient to the new Congress. In
an effort to win Its surport, as he was
Intolerant of Congressional suggestion
four years ago. There Is already one
indication of a change of front In this
direction. Tho President, with his
eye to the possibility of a House
dominated by Republican votes, has
begun to talk of "revising the tariff
to meet emergencies," which is to say,
upward, along protective lines such
as Republicans will Insist upon If
they have anything like a working
majority in the lower branch of Con
gress.
"The fighting along the Somme Is vio
lent."—Newspaper headline. Well, did
anybody have the idea it was a pillow
fight?
( AI.II'< IRXIA'S BO ST) ISSUE
PENNSYLVANIA voters should take
note of California's approval on
last Tuesday of a big bond issue
for the improvement of the road sys
tem of the State. Fifteen million dol-'
lars for the completion of the State
highway system is available in Cali
fornia as a result of the election.
Overwhelming endorsement of the
bond issue was given, insuring the
paving of approximately 1,000 miles of
roads in addition to the 1,122 miles
already finished at an expense of
?16,000,000.
Initial work will be done on the
trunk lines extending from San Diego
to the northern boundary of the State.
One-fifth of the sum voted will be de
voted to the construction of new high
ways, among which will be one north
from Los Angeles into the famed
Sequoia forests. These giant trees are
raid to be the oldest living things in
the world and will be the terminus of
a highway expected to surpass all
others in California In scenic beauty.
In addition to the State funds, Cali
fornia has available immediately more
than from the Federal State
road fund, the State having been first
to obtain Federal aid under the nev
government rural road act. Work
r.lso will begin at once signposting the
Mojave desert, over which crosses the
only open-all-the-year-round highway
from Pennsylvania to California. The
government appropriated funds for
posting the water holes only after a
battle, extending over fourteen years,
had been waged by the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce to make travel
ing over this highway absolutely safe
for strangers.
The California victory will hearten
good roads advocates In Pennsylvania
for the battle which they are about to
enter. This State's hope of good roads
on a scale that will meet publlo needs
lies In a bond Issue. Every other State
with highways worthy of the name
has constructed them through an Is
rue of bonds, and Pennsylvania, with
out a penny of debt. Is admirably
situated to float a big Issue for tho
purpose.
Now we know why the sporting
writers used to call the Carlisle foot
ball eleven "Glenn Warner's team."
CARLISLE MOVES FORWARD
HARRISBURG extends Its con
gratulations to Carlisle upon the
successful launching of its new
| Chamber of Commerce, with the hope
I that the organization will be all that
: it is designed to bo and do all that a
live, modern Chamber of Commerce
can do for the upbuilding and de
velopment of the town along proper
lines. The personnel of the board of
directors is a guarantee of progressive
ness and energy,
Harrisburg could no more do with
out its Chamber of Commerce than it
could without its City Council. Indeed,
the leadership in public enterprise in
the past few years has been with tho
Chamber rather than with Council,
nnd the organization is Just on tho eve
of a period of public service far ex
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♦ hlng and everything that it has done. ;
If Carlisle is half so fortunate as this
city has been, the efforts and energies
il 1b putting Into Its newly formed
Chamber will have been more than 1
worth while.
After the Carranza episode it is likely '
that the administration will think twice
before recognizing Arabia.
Half ue T'nlted States has gone dry, [
and yet our liquor friends tell us that
the only reason they object to prohibi
tion Is because It does not prohibit. I
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By the Ex-Committeeman
Wliilc the political wiseacres are
starting booms for various legislators
for speaker of the House of Represen
tatives the nation is really watching I
the development of the congressional
contests in Pennsylvania because it
may turn turn out that on the result
of congressional elections in the Key
stone State may depend Republican
control of the lower house at Wash
ington.
On the face of the returns there are i
c lose tights tor Congressmen Rowland, ,
Coleman and Barchfeld. It is claim-'
fd that all three have been defeated,!
but the counting is not over. Oolemani
has named men to safeguard his In
terests.
The loss of these congressmen would j
rarther dim the brilliance of the vie- |
tories won in the Blair-Cambria-Bed- !
ford and Luzerne districts, which came I
back to the Republican list.
—The speakership, which means
that the man favored by the 16 4 Re
publicans will wield a tremendous
power, is up In the air. The State ad
ministration is disposed to have an
up-State man selected for speaker
instead of a Philndelphian and that If
George W. Williams, of Tioga, is not
taken that a dark horse may be
sprung after some changes have been
made in State departments and some
places exhibited. The mention of H.
L. Ilecht, E. R. Cox and Thomas P. j
McNlchol. of Philadelphia, is regard
ed here as largely playing for posi
tion Just as mention of Jamc3 P.
Woodward, of McKeesport. by the par
tisans of Richard J. Baldwin is part of
a piny.
—ln tho next month\ probably a
dozen more men will come out for
speaker. One of the most formidable
of the up-State men will likely be
Aaron B. Heiw, of Lancaster, whlie 11.
B. Scott, of Phlllipsburg. who was
elected in the face of a stiff fight is be
ing boosted. He is not an administra
tion man. Representative Charles
Walter, of Franklin, would liko to
have the administration and local op
tion support. J. It. Buvee, of Erie,
and M. A. Milllron, of Armstrong, also
threaten to bob up. Baldwin has been
the only busy one of the aspirants
and seems to have a considerable
start.
' •—William Fllnn, who has been 111
i and In a Pittsburgh hospital, has been
able to resume his activities,
—Senator Vare has promised to
take steps to present and push
bills against the drug habit.
—ln the event that M. Clyde Kelley
wins out In his contest with Congress
man Coleman in tho McKeesport dis
trict he will enter Congress as a Pro
gressive. Ho does not seem to want
to wear the Democratio tag in view
of what will be coming along.
—lt is also intimated that Public
Service Commissioner Axageo and In
surance Commissioner O'Neil, who
have burled differences, plan to con
trol the elections in both city of Pitts
burgh and county of Allegheny next
Pall. This will have an important
bearing on for which
Mr. Magee has been frequently men
tioned.
—National Chairman McCormick
has received a number of letters and
telegrams congratulating him upon the
national campaign and urging him to
new efforts. He will leave for New
York to-morrow to take up tho Job of
meeting the deficit.
—An official count will be needed
to settle the legislative fight In By
coming county. It all hinges about a
Williamsport city district. Represen
tative John Lupport claims one seat.
—E. IC. Morse has been named as
transit commissioner for Pittsburgh.
—Philadelphia Single Taxers are
kicking vigorously on the ground that
votes cast by some of their men in
| that city were not counted. The courts]
; have declined to get mixed in the j
i row.
—The councllmen of Gilberton. I
I charged with Increasing' the borough j
: debt without reference to a vote, have
! had the bill against them quashed.
—Pittsburgh policemen have joined I
i those of \Vilkes-Barre in demanding
J more pay.
Reveled in "Soft Stuff"
! We got away (the Sixty-ninth >jew
I York Infantry) at 7.30 on the tlrst lap,
our destination Alton, six miles away, j
We marched In war fashion with point, !
I advance party, connecting flies, sup- i
i port, main body, wagon train and rear
guard.
According to our tactical problem, ;
; there were bandits raiding up there. '
| Of course, there were none except the j
suttlers who rendered first lemonade
! to the thirsty and dispensed ice cream
' cones and diluted grape Juice in enor
mous quantities to the desperate. Gen- I
oral O'Ryan had forbidden all use of
intoxicants and all approach to places
! where they were vended.
Whatever else these hikes may have
| done to our soldiers, they have cer
tainly brought "soft stuff" into mili
tary importance. The piratical song
will have to be changed to
"Sixteen squads on the milkman's
cheFt. |
Yo. ho, ho, and an Ice cream cone!
Pop and grape juice have done for)
the rest.
Yo. ho. ho and an ice cream cone!" j
Up North this winter the effeminate
I youth who were wont to be "seen stag-
( goring out of Huyler's" will be driven
to the saloons, while the brawny vet
erans of the border service forgather
j at the fountains and along the confec- i
j tionery counters to tell over old tales I
of hardships endured in the terrible
I summer of 1916.
, Down at the border warriors did
evil deeds for the sake of root beer,
and strong men wept when the freez
ers went dry.— Rupert Hughes, in Col
lier's Weekly.
Meat Profits
[Boston Post.]
There Is considerable food for
thought, if nothing else, in the recent
statement by the committee appointed
bv the Secretary of Agriculture to con
sider the economics of tho meat sit
ua'ion.
\ This body of Investigators finds that
| retailers' gross profits in sales range
from 8 to 8 3 per cent, on meats pre
pared at the great centralized markets
of the country and from 15 to 3 8 per
cent, on salt- of farm prepared meats.
The farmers' share of the gross returns
trom centralized market meats ranged
from 54 to 85 per cent., while from 2
to o per cent, went to pay market ex
penses and 2 to 9 per cent, was re
ceived by the packers. On locally pre
pared meats from 62 to 84 per cent, of
the gross returns was received by the
farmer.
On the face of It the original pro
ducer of the meat, whether as animals
or as the dressed article, would seem
to be getting a fair part of the bar
gain, while the packers do not appear
to be overpaid. The retailers' gross
profits look large at first sight.
The Revolters
And the revolters are profound to
make slaughter, though I have been a
S rebuker of them all. They will not
I frame their doings to turn unto their
j God.—Hosca, v, 2, 4.
My Ideal
j I wish I were as trig a man,
As big a man,
As bright a man.
I wish I were as right a nian in all this
earthly show,
As broad and high and long a man,
As strong a man,
As fine a man,
As pretty near devine. a man as one I
used to know.
I wish I were as grave a man,
An brave a man,
As keen a man,
As learned and serene a man, as fair to
friend and foe,
I wish I owned sagaclousness
And graciousness
As should a man
Who hopes to be as good a man as
one I used to know.
I'd be a creature glorious,
Victorious,
A wonder man.
Not just—as now—a blunder man
whose ways and thoughts
are slow,
If I could oniy be the man
One half of one degree tho man.
I used to think my father was, when I
was ten or so!
—Berton Braley in McClure's Maga
zine.
OBJECTS TO WALNU
BRIDGE AND STA
Hnrrlsbttrsr, Pn., Nov. 7, 1916.
To t}>t Editor of tht Ttlcgraph:
Will you lie good enough to permit
me to file my objection, as I see it, to
the proposed Walnut street bridge.
Considering the number of people that
live north that would be compelled to
use this bridge, 1 would consider that
it would be a very dangerous proposi
tion In the proposed approach from
State street.to Walnut. To my mind It
would soorfer or later be classed as
"Dead Mali's Curve."
Tho street warrant does not possess
the width to justify the viaduct to
relieve the congestion of the Hill and
the traffic from other parts of the city.
From my experience in using the
streets of Harrlsburg, as my business
calls me continually from one part of
the city to another, 1 believe that the
best project, as I understand, that has
been advanced, would be a viaduct on
State street, particularly after the new
Capitol extension will be completed.
It will be the easiest approach, from
every point of view, either by walking,
horses, automobile, or in fact any
vehicle, and it would be a thing of
beauty.
I would not favor a subway for State
street, as It would not give us the re
lief we would rightfully expect, nor
add to beauty, nor the extension of
How Dry We Are
[New York Sun.]
Half of the Union Is to be "dry" as
the result of Tuesday's election. Alaska
has also voted prohibition.
The states which were already dry
before election day numbered nine
teen. as follows:
Alabama. Arizona, Arkansas, Colo
rado. Georgia, Idaho, lowa, Kansas,
.Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina,
North Dakota. Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,
Washington and West Virginia.
To these have now been added
Michigan, Montana, Nebraska and
South Dakota, making twenty-three.
There is a. possibility that Utah and
Florida will soon adopt prohibition.
The last legislature in Utah passed a
dry law which the Governor vetoed.
Now Utah has elected a Governor who
is expected to urge a dry law. In
Florida the Prohibition candidate for
Governor defeated tho Democratic
nominee. Illinois may have a legis
lature with a dry majority.
In California and Missouri pro
hibition has been defeated. It had
previously been rejected by the legis
latures of Florida, Michigan. Minne
sota. New Hampshire and Wyoming,
and by vote of the people In Arkansas
(1912), California (1914), Missouri
(1910), Ohio (1914 and 1915), Penn
sylvania (1889), Texas (1911) and
Vermont (1916).
Anyone with a map in front of him
can see that most of the area of the
United States is prohibition territory,
but that the thickly populous states
of the Northeast are still only dry In
spots.
Negro Boy of 4 a Hero
[From the Elberton (Ga.) Star.]
Bella Fortson, a 4-year-old negro
boy, Is a hero. Recently his daddy
WHS over at George Henderson's at
work. His mother was In Elberton.
His big brothers and sisters were half
a mile from home picking cotton.
Bella was at home with his I-year-old
Ulster.
They live on the old Henry Brad
shaw place near EJberton. While play
ing out in the yard Bella saw the
house burning up. He knew his little
sister was In It. Ho ran In the house,
grabbed the pickaninny about the body
and dragged her through the choking
smoke, with the flames crackling over
head. and got her to the yard just as
the roof fell In.
Ask htm as many questions as you
please and the little fellow will look
at you out of eyes not quite as big as
saucers and say, "I est drug 'er out."
tNMICKY FOR SOMEONE!
Br Winn Dinger
Up until the last election,
I no superstition knew.
Notwithstanding signs and symbols
Skies to me were always blue.
But when California loomed up
With her votes for Wilson, bo.
I changed heart —from now on thirteen
Is unlucky—that I know.
NOVEMBER 14, 1916. ,
State street hill, and above nil it would
not interfere with the view of the
Capitol grounds, and as I understand,
there will be quite an improvement in
beautifying those grounds, and as I
see it, a bridge would be more in keep
ing with the efforts of the Park Com
mission in beautifying that part of the
city.
There is no doubt In my mind that It
will give the access to the Hill in a
much more preferable way than the
proposed Walnut street bridge. In
the matter of a subway, there is con
siderable trouble experienced In the
Market street subway, through flood
ing at times when access to the Hill Is
most needed.
I wish to go on record as being
heartily In favor of the proposed
State street viaduct, as T sincerely be
lieve It to be to the best interest of all
concerned. I simply wish to make my
views known as a property holder, and
my profession, which oompells mo to
visit all parts of the city at any hour
I may be called upon, day or night,
which makes me feel qualified to make
the above suggestions.
Thanking you for any consideration
which you may give in publishing the
article, I am.
Sincerely yours,
CITIZEN* OF HILL.
LETTERS TO THE EDIToTj
PROHIBITION'S GAINS
To th Editor of thi Telegraph:
The superintendent of the Anti-
Saloon League of Pennsylvania wishes
to call the attention of the Christian
voters of the state to the recent state
ment of Dr. P. A. Baker, general
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of America. He says:
"Twenty-lour states, one-half of the
states of the Union, have now by the
%'ote of the people or by the act of tho
legislatures outlawed the drink traffic.
"Most of the territory of the re
maining states have abolished drink
through the instrument of local option.
Four-flfths of the Honor traffic is now
cornered in a half-dozen of the great
cities of the country. * 'phe
time has come to insert a plank In tho
platform of all political parties favor
ing nation-wide prohibition. Local op
tion has demonstrated its value by
demonstrating that in many states it is
no longer valuable. State-wide pro
hibition Is only an enlarged form of
local option.
"Henceforth the political party that
Is not willing to put a plank in its
platform, and tho candidate, from
President down, who is not willing to
ftand squarely on that plank, is not
worthy the support of patriotic Ameri
can citizens. We believe the last Presi
dent has been elected who will enter
the White House dumb and silent upon
this the greatest and most far-reach
ing question now before the American
people. But one thing can prevent it
from being an acute issue in the next
presidential campaign and that is for
Congress to submit tho question for
ratification by the states before the
next presidential campaign.
"The dry forces won fights for pro
hibition in Montana, South Dakota,
Nebraska and Michigan—in the latter
by 80,000.
"Utah has just elected a dry legis
lature that will enact statutory pro
hibition as soon as it convenes. Flor
ida has done the same. Only Wyoming
nnd Nevada are wet of all tho -great
West. Michigan, with an overwhelm
ing majority, is the first of the great
central states to break awav from the
traffic. Ohio, Indiana. Illinois and
Kentucky will soon follow. Hence
forth the slogan must be 'On to Wash
ington'."
I am in hearty accord with nil that
Pr. Raker has said. Never in the his
tory of this great movement have the
temperance people had greater reason
for rejoicing than now. Not only have
fom states moved into tho prohibition
columns by constitutional enactment,
but two others. Florida and TTtnh, will
soon pass statutory prohibition. Of
equally as great importance, and pos
sibly more so, is the decided expres
sion of a large number of the other
prohibition states reaffirming their ac
tion in refusing to vote to enact any
other form proposed by the liquor
people to change to any method of
restriction of the Honor traffic other
thnn nrohlb'tlon. Pennsylvania is
ready for and will fall into lino under
the new wntehword and slogan, "On
to Washington fijr National Consti
tutional Prohibition."
CJ. F. SWIFT.
lining Glljal
The coal country, where life t<
strenuous and elections n tlmo when
©very man Is on the niert, comes tq
hand with the usual crop of good
stories about the great event of las|
Tuesday. There are stories told
candidates, who, unablo to speak som<
of the dialects kissed the babies o<
the foreigners and the men voted a3
tlielr wives ordered. Thero ara
stories of men hauling miners to oi
from work In automobiles and spend*
Ing $5 afterwards to get their
clean and there aro stories of men
electioneering in coal mines. But on
of the funniest stories is of a light
ing Irishman, who was a staunch
Democrat. Ho had been noted for lila
Democracy and ho astonished every*
one by informing people that he was
not going to vote for Wilson.
"Not going to vote for Wilson 1
Why what's wrong with you?" wa3
asked of him.
"Nothln'" came the reply. "It's
him. He kept us out of war."
Another story comes from the snma
country to the effect that at 4 o'clock
an election place was. found locked
up, books closed nnd box sealed. A
couple of men came around to vota
nnd were refused. They naturally
made a tremendous fuss and demand
ed explanations. Finally one of tha
members on the Board opened tha
shutters nnd announced:
"Don't you know there's an eight
hour law? Our work's done."
And It took State policemen to maka
them open up the polling place and
receive ballots.
In addition to extending Its ser
vice so that the children of the pub
lic schools can have branch libraries
the Harrlsburg public library ia
about to have its story-telling- hour
divided among the primary grades in
a number of the schools. The story
telling hour is a great feature of tha
library's work on Saturdays and in
response to some requests members
of the library staff will tell stories on
their visits to the schools where
branch libraries have been establish
ed.
David W. Thomas, member of the
House from Wilkes-Barre, who was
re-elected last week and who was on
all tickets, is in the service of tha
city and one of the best known offic
ers In the anthracite region, lie has
been a member of the House the last
two sessions.
A good bit of interest is being taken
in farmers in this part of the State
in the fertilizer situation and if there
is a limekiln that is in working con
dition, and whose owners can get men
to quarry stone and haul it, that is not
working, it is not known. The de
mand for lime has been very heavy
in every section and naturallv the
price has gone up. Now farmers are
calling for labor in the autumn to
burn lime, the requests being as num
erous a;: in the Spring when there ia
nothing but work.
The journal of the Engineers So
ciety of Pennsylvania, for this month
contains a warning article bv N R.
M-cNnugluon, of the State Depart
ment of Forestry, in which he polnta
out the decline of timber cutting irf
this State and how It is necessary ta
turn to scientific reforestation if tba
timber Is to be kept up. In his article
he says: "Your professional optimist
apostle of unpreparedness, and op
ponent of conservation while there ia
still something to conserve, is likely
to interpolate a few remarks
l°- ya \ 'What if PennsylT
vanla s timber is gone? Look at the
? P „1 er rs ources of the South
a "n^ es J'" T h?.Eentleman might as
well try to mobilize the now proverb
ial million men between sunrise and
sunset as try to substantiate his ar
gument with facts, it can't be done.
Our national timber supply is no mora
inexhaustible than was our State's
supply." oiaie a
• v m
w™* h £u Sll tv f o , nf five districts on tha
West Shore defeated the proposed
joint high school for that district it
ww ye v, be a A director on tha
pest shore said, "We could easily
erect a building for the three districts
Lemoyne. Camp Hill and Wormlcvs
burg. Residents of these districts
m.T US , ,0 push the new school.
The three towns are progressive and
if they launch a plan for the three
I Thprn .r a e the West shoro hum-
There is no reason why a small
amount of people who do not want
' respective districts to move up
\mmcl instead of a reversed direction,
should hinder the others from pro
! pressing." IJIU
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for A Ti d ,. W -,.^ rUnner ' the architect
Pets ft lof nf v,i Par . k improvements,
, hls inspiration while
n r?. n 'rains. He has to travel
'of ni'' I- n" d i m ,S a ereat stluie "t
of natu.e, the lulls and the valleys.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
~i,77"> 0 y < ii n "• r ' ovp joy, prominent in
child labor legislation, is out with
speeches declining there is still need
ne curbing on employers.
-The Rev. Robert MacGowan, of
I-ancestor, well-known here, has ac
cepted a call to Pittsburgh.
tK , Provost J. H. Penniman, of
the l n.versity of Pennsylvania, is to
be the opening speaker at the con
ference this week In Philadelphia on
municipal affairs and colleges.
T ''H Kirk Price has been elected a
ni wh a . Philadelphia Academy
or inn© Arts.
Hampton L. Carson may become
the next president of the Historical
Society ot Pennsylvania.
| DO VOU KNOW |
Tlut llarrlnhuiK steel is mado
Into hulls of ships?
HISTORIC HAKRISIU'RG
The first town meetings were held
along the River Front near John
Harris' house.
Our Daily Laugh
ti'WO OF A KIND
Amateur—Have
you ever noticed .
that grand opera
Critic—Yes—lt
Is the seaion for
SOMETHING! jQHKpk
LEARNED. jgyyM
Father—Bobby,
what did you ffg, ? '* y
learn at school
sass Tommy
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