8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded itji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph nulldlac, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOL.E, Prest and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GI.'S M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member American llshers' Assocla iel w nue Building, New " ~ cago, 111.' Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <E?SK<fcrTlfr6tE> week; by mall, $3.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 22 Around the man t cho seeks a noble end, Not angels but divinities attend. — EMERSON. A FREE RIVER BRIDGE To the Editor of the Telegraph: Noting With interest the editorial in your newspaper calling attention to the need of a free river bridge between Harrisburg and Cumber land county, I take the liberty of addressing you briefly on the sub ject. The evils of the present toll bridges are too evident to require discussion, but I believe there may be devised a practical way in which the relief so sorely needed can be procured, and without an impos sible burden upon anybody. You, in your editorial, recom mend the erection of a monumen tal bridge across the Susquehanna at State street, the cost to be borne by the State. Possibly this can be brought about within a reasonable time. But it must be remembered that before we begin placing the cost of bridge construction upon the State we must first provide the Commonwealth with the means of improving the highway systems which proposed bridges will Join. Then, too, we of Harrisburg will be favored by large appropriations for Capitol Park and Capitol building extensions and we may not be able, therefore, to procure money for such a bridge as you suggest as soon as we would like to have it. And now for my own view of the matter: It must be perfectly evident to you, sir, who have given such care ful consideration to the subject, that the old Walnut street bridge lias well nigh outlived its useful ness. Indeed, I at this moment recollect having seen in your pub lication a very admirable sugges tion for its reconstruction along modern lines. It follows, therefore, when this comes about that we will have merely a reconstructed toll bridge, and will be no better off, ex cept possibly for looks, than we are at present. Why not, then, get the Valley Railways Company, the of ficials of Harrisburg and those of the State, Cumberland county and Dauphin county together and have each agree upon the share of a cost that will solve the toll bridge prob lem once and forever at Harrisburg? The railways company would have free use of the structure: the pub lic would pay no toll and money would be saved for all concerned. If you think well of this, you may publish it in whole or in part. HARRISBURGER. THE foregoing letter is well worth consideration. The suggested bridge at State street fits so well into the proposed treatment of Capitol Park that beyond question some day It will be built. But the suffering public wants immediate relief from the payment of toll. It is shameful that the toll bridge has been permitted to exist so long. A large part of the upkeep of both the Mar ket street and the Walnut street bridge is borne by every resident who uses produce brought into the city from Cumberland or York counties — and that Includes every consumer in the city, for the bulk of our market and. farm products comes from those districts. It is an indirect tax levied upon the people by the bridge cor porations. We advertise Harrisburg's attrac tions and induce automobilists to visit us—and then charge them admission to the city, the capital of their State. We boast of our municipal progress —and maintain at our doors a relic of feudalism. The thing is not only absurd, it is unjust. We should be as free to go to and from the suburbs of Cumber land county as we are to go to and from Paxtang and the eastern end of the county byway of the Mulberry street bridge. "Harrisburger's" suggestion appears at first glance to be feasible and work able. The Cumberland Valley Rail road bridge, now approaching com pletion, cost something over $750,000, and it Is much higher than a .similar bridge at Walnut street would need be, of much heavier construction in order to bear the tremendous weight of two Immense freight trains pass ing each other and it is built without & break entirely across Hargest island, whereas the Walnut street bridge crosses the island on a fill wide enough to accommodate any possible future construction. It may be fair to as sume, therefore, that a half-million dollars would be sufficient to cover the cost of replacing the antiquated Wal nut street structure with a bridge sufficiently large to take care of wagon and automobile traffic and with space sufficient for the use of the Valley Railways Company. The cost of such a bridge would have to be borne Jointly by the Rail ways Company, the city, the counties of Dauphin and Cumberland, and, pos sibly, by the State. The buden thus divided would not be great enough to overtax any of them, as "Harrys burger" points out. The time has come when we must give very serious consideration to the toll bridge evil. Every thought upon the subject adds to the general knowl edge. The columns of the Telegraph are open for dlscussloi\ of the subject. The Mexican Congress Is going to Abolijth the office of Vice-President. XX WEDNESDAY EVENING, they kept up that process to Its logical conclusion there wouldn't be anything left to light about. FRANCIS JOSEPH FRANCIS JOSEPH, emperor of Austria, king of Hungary and head of the proudest aristocracy In the world, is dead. A little more than two years ago he was one of the mighty ones of the earth; to-day his passing will serve to point a moral in newspaper comment all over the world and that is all. He came to the throne during a revolution which drove his uncle, the weak Emperor Ferdinand, Into retire ment, and he lays down his power, probably quite resignedly, in the midst of the greatest war in all history. And if we had not learned to look behind the record in such matters it would be necessary to say that ho was the de liberate Instigator of that war. At all events, it was started In his name, and if the blood is not directly upon his head he will have to bear a large share of the blame. The more than sixty-eight years of his reign have been one long political nightmare in Austria-Hungary, but in the world at large they embrace some of the most notable advances ever made by man. On December 2, 1848, ! when he was crowned, railroads and the telegraph were In their swaddling clothes and the telephone wa3 un dreamed bf. Bessemer did not take out the first patents on his steel process until seven years later. The science of medicine had not yet grasped the germ theory and Japan was still a hermit kingdom. Since the beginning of the present century the hopes and the fears of ten or mora distinct nationalistic move ments within the empire have centered upon the announcement which is finally made to-day, but by one of the most sardonic ironies ever perpetrated by fate the event which it was be lieved would be frought with the grav est consequences for Europe turns out to be of little tnore moment than the passing of a Transylvania peasant or a Tyro!esc goatherd. Unhappy throughout most of his public and private life, Francis Joseph was happy in the ending of .It. The war which now overshadows even the death of a successor to the Caesars promises to rock thrones and wreck dynasties before it is over. This hum bling of the caste he believed in will be spared Francis Joseph. But what probably is of more moment even in the mind of a man trained to the trade of kingship is that he is spared further contemplation of the horrors which In a moment of weakness he permitted the ambition of the Hohenzollcrns and the blood lust of the Prussian military party to call down upon the world. He is the first king to go since the begin ning of the war; those he leaves may yet envy him the sweet peace that has come at last to soothe his troubled mind. As royalty goes, Francis Joseph was a big man and successful. He was confronted with a task of extraor dinary proportions and on the whole he acquitted himself well. It is true that Austria-Hungary, next to Russia, is the most backward nation in Europe, politically speaking, but the whole country might have relapsed Into anarchy but for him. As matters are he held the people together and main tained a semblance of government, sometimes with a constitution and sometimes without. He lost some ter ritory in Italy which was not very firmly held at the time he came to the purple and he sustained tremendous reverses In prestige during the last war which Prussia forced upon his country, but he managed not only to survive these checks but in a large measure to recover from their effects. At his death the empire is as Impor tant relatively as it was at the begin ning of his reign. As compensation for the losses in Italy the Congress of Berlin gave him a protectorate over Bosnia and Herze govina. That gift, temporarily at least, thwarted the dream of pan-Slavism in Southeast Europe, and, with the sub sequent political developments in the protectorate, was the direct cause of the present war. The Serbs never for gave the bad faith involved in the transaction and apparently they never thought it worth while to discover that Austria-Hungary was not altogether to blame, but was, like themselves, a victim of the characteristic short sightedness and stupidity of European diplomacy. Had Francis Joseph died in the fall | of 1913 instead of the fall of 1916 the I great war in all probability would not have occurred. His death at that time i would have precipitated some sort of I readjustment which, for the time be ing at least, would have been effected without recourse to arms. Coming when It does it means that practically every problem of European politics will press for solution when the time comes to consider peace terms. It is extremely doubtful if there are men in Europe now who are big enough to cope with the situation successfully. We call the United States the Melting Pot of Nations. Austria-Hungary is another melting pot. one in which the nations seethe but do not fuse. How it will be possible to satisfy the clamors of the peoples of that country passes understanding. There are the Slavs, the Serbs, the Magyars, the Transyl vanian Saxons, the Croats, the Ger mans, the Rumanians, the Czechs, the Poles, the Italians, the Ruthenlans and some lesser ones, and scarcely any of them ari fit for liberty or self-govern ment as we understand those terms. The Boy Orator of the Platte is to be come the Silver-tongued Orator of the South. Germany fears polygamy may be necessary to restock the country after the war. Mr. Brigham Young, please take notice. Bernhardt, back at 70, can make many younger actresses look like 30— cents. Ruth seems to be a law unto herself. f There's nothing new In eight-cent meals —the free lunch fiend can give you pointers on how to get a course diuuer for a nickel. *"Po£t£Cca- ou t KKO iflcClKUi By the Ex-Commlttceman Announcement made in Philadel phia last night by the Penrose forces to the effect that they Intend to abide by the decision of the Republican cau cus meetings in organization of the two houses of the next general assem bly is generally believed here to mean that the senator and his friends are confident that they will be in control. There has never been any question about the re-election of Senator E. E. Beldleman ns president pro tem not withstanding reports to the contrary, but there has been a lot of talk whether the State administration and Vare men would go into a speakership caucus. A statement issued last night and printed this morning says: Senator William C. Sproul, of Delaware, the dean of the Senate, will Issue a call for a caucus of the senators, and Repre sentative Henry Gransback, who has served longer at Harrisburg than any other member of the House, will call a caucus of the Republican members of that body. Both caucusses will be held at Harrisburg on Monday, Janu ary 1. The General Assembly con venes the next day." —ln this connection the Philadel phia Inquirer to-day says: "The per sistent circulation of reports of the probability of an agreement upon a compromise candidate for the speaker ship brought forth a declaration yes terday from Senator Sproul, who is taking a lively Interest in the proposi tion to make Richard J. Baldwin, of Delaware, the next speaker. Senator Sproul reiterated a statement which he made to Senator Vare "that Mr. Baldwin is in the fight to a finish and is going to be elected speaker." —The Evening Ledger last night printed a story that there would be a general agreement on legislative mat ters between the senator and the Gov ernor and that the session would be tranquil with a "compromise" speaker in the House. The wish of many peo ple throughout the State is that the session shall not be characterized by factional fighting, but as the Evening Ledger points out in the tail end of Its story, neither the senator nor the Gov ernor h&s as yet agreed to a proto col. —The North American in a dispatch from New Castle says that amend ments to the third class city act are being prepared. They include police magistrates and enlargement of pow ers of city controller. —Some illuminating political writ ing is indulged in by the Philadelphia Public ledger to-day. It announces solemnly that "the committee on com mittees" plan will be abandoned in the next legislature and the president pro tem. and speaker will name the com mittees. The "committee on commit tees" lasted one session, that of 1913. Last session the legislators went back to the old way. There lias been no In tention of returning to the experi ment of 1913. —Not in years has so much atten tion been given to Pennsylvania con gressional contests as to the count of the votes in the districts in Allegheny county now represented by Congress men Barchfeld and Coleman. The Democrats claim the defeat of those two men and if it is so the effect upon the organization of the national House of Representatives may be far-reach ing. —Governor Brumbaugh last evening issued a statement setting forth his at titude in regard to municipal legisla tion. He took Philadelphia as a basis, but his remarks are applicable to all cities. The Governor believes In the principle of home rule. In his statement he says: "My attitude to Philadelphia legislation Is the same as is my attitude to legislation for other cities. It has been my steadfast judg ment that the State can well give larg er freedom of procedure In matters that affect our great municipalities. I believe in the largest measure of local initiative consistent with the de velopment of the Commonwealth as a whole. It must be borne in mind that to-day there are as many people living in Philadelphia as lived in the entire Commonwealth when many en actments were made that now restrict needlessly the activities of the city. Moreover, the citizens of the city and State to-day are more familiar with municipal problems and are better trained to participate in local control than were the citizens of a half cen tury ago. For these reasons I shall gladly co-operate with t'he Mayor and other Interested citizens in securing to Philadelphia the laws that will most rapidly and effectively advance all the vital interests of the people of Phila delphia. I shall gladly do so for Pitts burgh and Scranton also, and In gen eral will welcome any beneficent leg islation that will promote the welfare of any municipality in Pennsylvania and that will lay increasing responsi bility upon the people in matters af fecting their own welfare." —New steps are being taken by Democratic managers in Philadelphia to start suits on the ground of election fraud and the United States district attorney's office is liable to be calltd in to assist. Conferences on the sub ject are to be held in the next few weeks and it is possible that about the time the Legislature meets there will be much doing. —According to what is heard in | Pittsburgh there is not much chance I for harmony. There will he tights for city and county nominations and a , plan of Democrats to unite with Inde pendents and losing factions has been heard of. , —Mayor James G. Harvey, of Hazle ton, says he is so disgusted by unfair criticism of conduct of his office that he will never run again. —William Jennings Bryan said yes terday in Pittsburgh that he did not intend to leave Nebraska for any other home. Canada's Command [Omaha Bee] The action of the Canadian govern ment in putting the ban on a group of American newspapers, whose edit ors have offended John Bull, is one of the little sidelights of the war that in some way relieve Its tragedy. It is scarcely credible that the authori ties of the Dominion believe that by this action they have altered the course of the war, or will influence the expressions of the editors who are thus excluded from hearing in Can | ada. On the contrary, it is almost equivalent to an admission that the I publications now excommunicated ! had some effect on the people of Can ada, who have been looked upon as I ultra-loyal and beyond the possibility ! of disaffection, no matter who under took to spread sedition among them. Of course, the officials over there find it hard to brook the criticisms of thir conduct, and may have some justification for the allegations of misrepresentation they make, but they ought to understand that in a country so thoroughly Democratic as Canada, the surest way to gain a hearing for an individual or a publica tion is to deny the right of utteranco. Forbidding the citizens to read a cer tain newspaper is more likely to in crease the prestige of that newspaper among those who might he reached by its statements or arguments. From this distance It strikes a disinterested observer that the Ottawa authorities have, In the language of the sporting Held, "pulled a boner." FtARRISBCRG aSB&l TELEGRAPH When a Feller Needs a Friend By BRIGGS _____ Robert -whose par - ARE ACCEPTING THE HOjPITAUTt' ■■■■■___. . , ->F THE vJOr4CS' PoR THE NIGHT, l 5 COMPELLED To \*J£AR THE. N'GHT r fy OovAiNi OF YOUMG MtSS I bits of the Out o' Doors The Hut at Losh's Run If yer sick of the hurry an' worry An' long to get out with a gun, Go pack yer grip fer a couple days' trip To the Hut at Losh's Run! Nestlin' amid the pine trees At the foot o' the Half Fall Hills, Where the wild duck screams and the river dreams- It's a cure fer a score o' ills! Yuh would hardly call it a palace- Just built out o' rough hewn boaad —- But yer hardly there, 'till yer willln' to swear It's a home that is fit fer a lord. When the old wood stove starts aroar ln' An' yer nose gets the smell o' the ham If yuh don't reach the table as soon as yer able Yer a far lighter eater than I am! When after a hard day o' huntin' Yuh trudge down the old mountain road It's a sight fer sore eyes as yuh see the roof rise. An' it takes al the weight from life's load! As yuh linger aroun' in the evenin' Swappin' tales o' the wild with the boys, Yuh don't care a fling fer another thing But the sweetness .o' Out o' Door Joys! 'Fore yuh roll yerself up In yer blanket, Yuh slip out fer a peek at the stars; Fer at no'time o' day can yuh see the same way How Heaven'H look, gates ajar. Then yuh tumble yerself in yer bunkie An' the wind in yer eyes seals 'em shut; Yer too tired to dream, but did yuh, 'twould seem Paradise was the name of a hut! Advertising Drawing Power Newspaper advertising, backed by direct methods, has made the store of Garver Bros., of Strasburg, Ohio, the biggest country establishment In Am erica. There are about 1,100 people in Strasburg, which* is located on a trolley line within a short distance of such centers as Akron and Canton, but because these merchants make use of the newspapers, they not only hold all the trade of their community, but reach out into surrounding fields. year the total volume of receipts of Garver Bros., who employ seventy people, reached $428,000. It is ex pected to touch $500,000 before the end of 1916. "Advertising is tho biggest factor in our growth," said G. A. Garver, in speaking before the Chamber of Com merce of Toledo, Ohio, recently. He advocates advertising at regular inter vals as an antidote for bad business, guaranteeing goods, being courteous, backing up his advertising by value, and demonstrating to hl patrons that he is trying to do the fair thing. In order to keep the people of his town home Saturday nights, and to keep them from going to the larger cities for amusement, he plans to con struct an auditorium within his store, in which to give moving-picture per formances. He expects to double the size of his business by following in the future the same advertising methods he has used ■o successfully in the past. The Gar ver store was started half a century ago In a log cabin, and has grown to Its present proportions by following the method of keeping up with the Utiles —by advertising. ' CURSE THAT MARKED EVERY GENERATION OF BUCKS FAMILY rllS is the story of a family curse, a curse that even time and death have not served to erase, and which put its evil mark on every gene ration for a century and a half. In the little cemetery at Bucksport, Me., stands a granite monument to Col. Jonathan Buck, founder of the town back in 1762. On one side of the stone, quite apparent, is the mark of a drag- King foot, the curse which follovfed the Bucks until the last member of the family died ago. An old-time resident of the town, a man who had lived there many, many years, told the story of the curse. "Now you've seen it," he began, "tho leg and the foot that drags. I helped set up that monument years and years ago. Then the granite was smooth and gray and unmarked, save for the in scription. Old John Buck, the grand son of the man whose grave it marked, was tl^ere. "He had hobbled slowly up the hill: slowly because of his foot that dragged: that was the mark of the curse —every inasculin| member of the Buck family had a withered l leg and a foot that dragged. Queer, wasn't it? But not the queerest part of the story. The dragging foot might be laid to a taint in the blood, but how about the mark on the stone? negnn Nearly 175 Years ABO "But let's get back to the beginning of the story, nearly 175 years ago. Then Jonathan Buck was a young fel low in Haverhill, good looking and rich and not any too good. There was a girl—the story doesn't tell her name. She also was young and she was beau tiful, but she wasn't rich and she didn't stay good. "No use telling the details—the girl was wronged. Buck soon tired of her and wanted her out of his sight. As I have said, he had plenty of money and the town officials could be approached. A Judge and a doctor -were mixed up In the affair; they said she was Insane and were sending her oft to the asylum. I EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 "The people of the UnltedjStates," says T. R., "have eaten the bttter bread of shame. And, to add injury to in sult, the price of the loaf fas raised to six cents.—Boston Herald.' As we understand Colonel Roosevelt, during the seven and a half years lie was President this country was at no time in danger of war. because the rest of the world was afraid of him. lies Moines Register. Of course, It is none of our business, but if were the Kaiser we would gallop straight up to Verdun with our mili tary cape flapping and spank the Crown Prince for going to sleep at the switch. —Galveston Dally News. Mr. O'L&ughlin's report that the Illi nois farmers are kicking about the In come tax ought to stimulate that "back-to-the-land" movement consider ably.—Chicago Herald. Constantine of Greece spends all his spare time congratulating himself that, unlike Ferdinand of Roumania. he did not bite into the pie before It had cool ed sufficiently.—New York Kvening Sun. It was said at the Clinical Congress In Philadelphia that high living was re sponsible for most operations. We have long suspected it. But the doctors in sist on living high.—New York Morning Telegraph. The hyphenates are now claiming that old Doc Cook discovered the North Pole because his father was a German. It does seem as though the Teutons were doing everything possible to win over the King of Denmark. —Boston Transcript. Those new dimes are lovely, but It is a pity they did not come along In the good old days, when a dime would buy ten cents' worth of anything.—Chicago Dally News. The Roumanians are using German made artillery against their German foes. Villa must have tipped them off to that scheme.—lndianapolis News. NOVEMBER 22^*6 "They had her in a carriage and the road led l past the Buck home. There on the veranda sat Jonathan Buck? all dressed up and freshly barbered; young, rich and arrogant. Just as the carriage passed the place the girl broke from her guards and ran to the gate. Girl Cursed Family Forever "'May a curse be upon you!' she screamed as the guards tried to wrench her hands from the pickets. 'May It follow you and your sons forever and ever. May your feet drag, may your "She hadn't time for the rest of the curse; a guard slapped a hand over her mouth and she was borne struggling back to the carriage. "The very next day young Buck fell and broke his hip, and his foot dragged until he * Later he was married and had sons and each had a foot that dragged. "But that's not the queerest part of the story. As I was telling you, we set up this monument—not because we liked his memory, but because the Bucks paid for it. The stone was clean and unblemished; a beautiful product of the granite cutter's art. "And then this thing came on the side nearest the street, open to the view of all who passed. First it was but an unformed and faint outline, but it grew plainer and plainer, day by day, and soon we could see what it was— it was the dragging foot of the Bucks; the mark of the curse that was upon them. "Old John Buck came up and saw it, and then he sent for the man who had cut the stone. 'Get that thing off,' was the instruction he gave, and the cutter set to work with his mallet and his chisel. Soon the monument was smooth and unblemished again. But not for long; the sign came back. Four times the cutter effaced it, and four times it came back. Then old John, the last of the Bucks, was dead, and nobody cared whether the mark stayed."—From the Boston Globe. OUR DAILY LAUGH A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, 1 Miss Fixlt— ___ Why don't you g 0 a f ter th# Pon'derosa girl? ' She'd make you a pearl of a \ \V\\ Mr - Batch ■ \ more Too \ much of her. n, ' \ A two hun- TsV dred pound VIS. ' pearl is too blj "" to be genuine. AN ESTIMATE. /\ Kathryn—Yes. ( i _ I have same van ity, but not more —j- —aCEfw"/ than all the oth-jJL* •r girls I know. IfljaP/."(/' VV Klttye Yes, about tho same ImW/.J as all the other m, '-'III •l",' .f' girls put iowtbmr ty \.r -C THE NEEDED j-. WEDDING. Do you think your folks will f object to our marriage. No. I heard mother ssy the / /other day that if / J!]f}mk we didn't have a wedding In the T/vpnM family soon we'd cial swim alto gether. Ebentng (Eljat "Why not call the State highway connecting Harrisburg and Lancaster the Penn-Lln highway?" asked Gov ernor Brumbaugh this morning in talking about the State's-highway sys tems, the William Penn, tho Lincoln, the Sullivan Trail and others which have been much heard of. "Do you know?" continued the Governor, "that this section of highway is not a part of any of these systems? Moreover, it Is one of the historic highways of Pennsylvania. Lancaster was settled early and the traders and settlers go ing farther West from It came up this way and brought your Harris Ferry, 4 the beginning of your city. Into being. The point 1 want to make is that i there should be some distinctive name for this link. The William Penn high way goes from Harrisburg byway of the Lebanon valley and the Lincoln highway goes to Gettysburg byway of Lancaster. They go in Opposite direc tions and here is a very much traveled road which connects them. Why not give it a name which refers to both of" the big highways? Incidentally, this highway is not only historic but it goes through a rich country. Lan caster is famous all over the world for the wealth of Its farms. Here In Dauphin county is the State Capital. It strikes me that Penn-Lin is a pretty good name for it and some day when the State has the money we can re move the tollgates and still more peo ple will travel over it." * • * The coincidence of the calls for statements of all national banks and of all banking institutions coming un der the supervision of the State was remarked upon by many people yes terday and the report of the amounts of money held will be awaited with much interest, for It will literally show all of the money held by the banking institutions of the State. Incidentally, It will probably demonstrate the tre mendous amount of wealth in Penn sylvania. * • * 1 Frank F. Stevick, who celebrated his sixtieth birthday by riding a bi cycle sixty miles, has some rules of living that he follows closely In his own life and which he says will keep any man young. Here they are: Live frugally and take lots of exer cise. Don't drink and don't use tobacco. Eat what seems good to you of wholesome food in reasonable quan tity; never eat when you are not hungry and always give your stom ach something when it asks for it. Live as much in the open air as possible and take plenty of exercise. Be cheerful—about home as much as at your work —and make a chum of your wife. Don't worry, always look on tho bright side of life and don't be afraid to do a turn for another. "Some of these don't sound like health rules," said Stevick, when he gave his list to a reporter, "but be lieve me, they all enter into the state of health and I observe every one of them every day of my life and feel the better for It." • • George G. Hutchison, of Warrior's Mark, who studies the agricultural af fairs of the State by day and dreams of their greatness at night, is here for 1 the Methodist conference. Mr. Hutchi son Is a prominent Methodist layman and has long been identified with its work in Huntingdon county. * • Judging from the number of green patches seem from Reservoir Park knobs there has been a considerable , acreage of farm lands hereabouts de , voted to raising wheat this year. The j wheat season here was an excellent one and the prices were large. Natur- J ally, there will be a large acreago •_ sown and this appears to be the case • in Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry counties. There are wheat fields high, up in the York hills and out along the Llnglestown road which are coming i along although sown late, t* * * 1 "If these cold winds keep up we'll r have to fire up the hot chocolate ma chine," said a soda fountain man last 0 evening. "The ice cream business is r going all right but I've been asked by _ a good many if I have some hot things. The typhoid scare is over and people , have been making up for lost time on j Ice cream, but a touch of Jack Frost , boosts the hot chocolate business." t* * * The new golf course of the Country . Club of Harrisburg, which will be the largest of Its kind In this part of the B State, is attracting attention of golfers B in other cities and has been visited 8 the last few weeks by men from Lan- J caster, York, Reading and even Phll -1 adelphia. The course will be in the midst of notable surroundings and s some of'the holes will be decidedly s "sporty." The members are eagerly 3 awaiting next summer when it is t hoped to open It with a big golf day. ; * • * The high price of Thanksgiving tur ; key is going to be responsible for a i demand for goose. Last year a lot of people who had turned up their noses at goose found that it was a very fine 1 dish and there were more ganders and b geese and goslings eaten between r Thanksgiving morning and New Year's k eve than could be acknowledged just i now. Some grocers say that they r have had a number of inquiries for 8 prices on goose and they are scouring t the country with rubber heels for f fear that the farmers will boost the j prices, e 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Bishop Franklin Hamilton, who is attending the Methodist convention. Is a native bf this State and the son of a Pittsburgh pastor. —C. J. Tyson, named as one of the delegates to the farm credit confer ence, is one of the big apple growers of the State. —C. A. Rex, a Mauch Chunk mer chant, celebrated fifty years in one line of business and most of the town helped him. —Congressman W. H. Coleman, who Is doing some lively contesting for Congress in Allegheny county, used to be prothonotary of that county. Ex-Senator John A. Wentz made the address at the dedication of the tablet to unknown dead at Wentz's Church, Ardmore. | DO YOU KNOW "" Tiiat Harrisburg is making steel that is used for sUm-1 cars for New England lines? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Early Harrlsburgers worshipped In orchards when their churches were being built. Mr. Bryan's Portrait William Jennings York for the altrulstib purpose of having his portrait painted at the ex pense at tho United States Govern ment, the picture to be hung, for the benefit of posterity, in the State De partment building at Washington. It is to be hoped that the artist engaged for this historic work, Irving R. Wiles, will give his Imagination free rein in his endeavor to Immortalise the out ward seeming of him who was once the Boy Orator of the Platte and has of late years been various things, from Secretary of Peace to high salaried vaudeville stj^r,—is'ew York Sun,
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