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TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 12
Faith feels the sun is hid but for a
night;
She spies the Summer through the
Winter hud. — TENNYSON.
TWO IMPORTANT STEPS
IT will be a matter of gratification to
the people of Harrisburg that the
directors of the Harrisburg Hotel
Company have chosen so wisely the
operating company. This was the one
Important thing which confronted the
hotel company from the very outset.
Upon all sides those directing its
affairs had been advised to exercise
great care in making a lease so that
the management would be in harmony
■with the character of the hotel itself.
For several weeks negotiations have
been under way between the directors
and the United Hotels Company
which operates a chain of hotels in
several States. These hotels stand out
as among the best In the country and
in reaching an agreement with this
particular company the local interests
have achieved a most important step
in giving Harrisburg a lirst-class
hotel.
Successful management Is quite as
Important as a fine building and ad
mirable appointments. This fact has
been recognized by the directors and
while much time was given to the con
sideration of the managerial company
all concerned feel that no mistake has
been made.
As to the architects and designers,
one of the most distinguished hotel
planners in tho United States has been
chosen to collaborate with another
firm of architects more directly rep
resenting the operating company. This
dual arrangement assures an entirely
satisfactory proposition from the
Standpoint of the owners and the
lessee. All matters of detail will be
carefully worked out in the design
ing of the building and its appoint
ments and the city need have no fear
that the result will not be entirely
gratifying from every standpoint.
Early In the new year the contract
■will bo awarded and actual work will
be started on the handsome structure
which will stand as a monument to a
fine community spirit and co-opera
tion.
The Germans, having Imposed a tax
of $133,000,000 on Bucharest, arc rap
idly getting into the class of the Wil
son administration.
MUNICIPAL Fit EE DO> I
WITH the session of the Legisla
ture of 1917 close at hand
there is an increasing interest
among the municipal officials of Penn
sylvania in the legislation which may
be introduced regarding a larger
measure of home rule for Harrisburg
and the other cities of the third class,
which Include all the municipalities of
the State save Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh and Scranton.
The general trend of sentiment
among wideawake officials is favor
able to a removal of the restrictions
which have very seriously impeded the
progress of many of these cities. While
the Clark Act under which many of
these cities are operating is satisfac
tory in some respects it is most un
satisfactory in others, especially in
the matter of working out the prob
lems which confront the individual
communities. So long as those cities
are tied In the knot of one system of
administration they will never develop
as would otherwise be the case.
It is admitted in many quarters
that the commission form of govern
ment has failed to accomplish the
things which were claimed for it. It is
believed now that five commissioners,
serving without compensation and
performing purely legislative and ad
ministrative functions, would achieve
far greater and inoro substantial re
sults than are possible under the pres
ent arrangement. These commission
ers could then employ superintend
ents for the various departments and
the cost to the city would be the same,
but the results would be infinitely
more beneficial. So long as the
superintendents of departments are
llkewiso the legislative heads there is
bound to be log-rolling and in
efficiency.
It has been suggested that a change
of the Clark Act to permit cities of
the third class to elect commissioners,
with or without compensation as they
may sec fit, might solve the problem.
These commissioners could employ a
city manager or heads of departments
as in their judgment would be best.
After two years the city manager
experiment is pronounced a decided
success in Springfield, Ohio. There
the commission management govern
ment is in force. A dispatch from
Springfield states that the success of
TUESDAY EVENING,
the experiment is largely due to the|
caliber of the men chosen as commis
sioners and the city manager, who is
the executive head of the city.
Every employe of Springfield, from
the city manager down to the men
who handle the street-cleaning and
street repair work, puts in his or her
full time. The business of the city is
conducted just like that of a big
private company. The city manager
takes up his duties at 8 o'clock in the
morning. All of the employes and de
partment heads are on duty promptly
at this hour.
The five city commissioners were all
manufacturers and bankers except
one, and he was superintendent of a
large printing plant. Their room re
sembles a directors' room in a bank.
Business which required three or four
hours to transact under the old coun
cil plan now is attended to within an
hour and a half.
The commissioners employed as city
manager Charles E. Ashburner, who
is an engineer, and the first city man
ager in the United States, lie came
from Staunton, Va., and was not even
born in the United States. This caused
some criticism, but the people were
told to wait and see what ho would
do. He was given a salary of $6,000,
almost as much as any three men ever
received under the old form of gov
ernment. It was announced that he
would be expected to devote his whole
time to the city affairs and to "make
good." Ho is still in charge.
One of the records made by Doctor
Ashburner is in the purchase of fire
hose. The old officials were in the
habit of paying from 90 cents to sl.lO
per foot. Under the competitive and
test system the price came down to
53 cents a foot. The last'lot of (ire
hose purchased within the last few
months was procured for 55 cents,
notwithstanding the advance in rub
ber.
The street cleaning, fire department
and water works department equip
ment has been motorized and the fire
department has been brought up
to a high standard of efficiency by
the purchase of new pumps and
trucks, and new aerial ladders. The
city employes are receiving as much,
if not more, for eight hours' work as
was paid under the old ten-hour plan.
One-third of all the street improve
ments have been made within the last
two and one-half years and the city
Is now arranging to enter upon an
other extensive paving and sewer im
provement program for 1917.
Outdoor relief is now in charge of
the city instead of being handled by a
private board. Tho playground work
is under the direction of the city, too.
Gradually the entire civic work is be
ing taken up by the municipality, with
the city manager directing affairs.
The first thing that was accom-1
plished after the charter was offered !
was to gain the confidence of the peo
ple. A citizens' committee nominated
live men of the best typo who were
successfully operating large manufac
turing plants.
All of the city employes are ap
pointed by the manager, except the
auditor, solicitor and treasurer, who
are named by the city commission for
the reason that they act as a check
on the manager.
Springfield is so well content that
recently when a public hearing was
set to hear suggestions and complaints
nobody appeared.
Fulton county almost had a railroad.
THE EMPLOYERS' REQUEST j
THERE would appear to be some :
merit in the request of employers
of women to be permitted to
work their employes a total of fifty
four hours the week before Christmas,
instead of two hours a day extra to a
total of fifty-four tho week after
Christmas, to make up for the holiday,
as permitted by law.
The employers are in urgent need
of all the help they can get tho week
preceding the 25th, and most of them
could get along with smaller forces
the week following. Tho object of the
law limiting the number of hours a
woman or girl may labor in any one
week would be accomplished thereby,
nobody would be injured, opportunity
would be afforded to earn a little extra
"Christmas money" and the public
would be served.
"Big sliake-up In police force." No,
gentle reader, be not alarmed; this re
fers to Chicago.
i
INCONCLUSIVE
TO prove that Osier and his age
theory are wrong, a number of
men more than fifty years old
have been pitted against an equal
number of young men by a Chicago
industrial manager. The outcome will
be watched with interest far more
general than approval of the experi
ment is apt to be.
In the first place, the result attained
will be inconclusive. It will decide
nothing in a general way. Anyone
might pick from his acquaintance a
half-dozen old men who could outdo
as many young men similarly chosen
in almost any line of endeavor. The
reverse is likewise true.
Also, much depends on the character
of the employment. The man of years
might be beaten in a marathon, but
where experience and judgment count
for more than mere physical activity
the older man, nine case out of ten,
could give the younger a handicap and
beat him. Age is not without Its com
pensations.
To pit a few selected men against
each other and use the result thereof
as evidence of a universal truth is on
the fact of the thing absurd.
A Chicago dispatch tellj of an egg
merchant being held up. There are
times when we are tempted to be in
sympathy with law-breaking.
MORE PAY FOR POSTAL FORCE
THE Telegraph most heartily ap
proves the move of the American
Federation of Labor having for
its object increases in salaries for the
men of the postal service Skill of no
mean degree, long and constant train
ing and intelligence of a high order
are required of the men who handle
the nation's mail. Yet there Is scarcely
a department clerk in the federal 11
servlc6 who docs not receive larger
pay than the employes of the Post
Office Department, who are trying to
make ends meet under present con
ditions on salaries fixed by law fifty
years ijgo, which were adequate enough
at the time, but are woefully insuf
ficient now.
There is no more hard-working or
efficient body of workmen anywhere
than those who make up the postal
j force, and they should be treated ac
cordingly. Their salaries should fol
low the cost of living.
General Wood apparently believes
that the best League to Enforce Peace
is a well equipped army.
If Lloyd George's non-partisan Cabi
net is as much so as Harrisburg's non
partisan Council the new Premier has
lively work cut out for him.
"Powder flare injures seven." Serves
'em right, why didn't they follow their
sisters' example and use a powder puff.
IK
"~P E->T>VO
By the Ex-Committeeman
Signs that Governor Brumbaugh
had made up his mind to go through
with tho campaign in behalf of Rep
resentative Edwin R. Cox for Speaker
of the next House were to be seen
about the Capitol to-day. The Gov
ernor met half a dozen prominent
State officials within a few hours after
his return to the city yesterday after
noon and after hearing reports is
understood to havo informed them
that he meant to use all of his in
fluence in behalf of the South Phila
delphian. Other State officials talked
over the situation with him last night
and said that the Governor would em
bark actively in the campaign.
In all probability a statement will
bo issued by the Governor within a
few days urging the selection of Cox
and members of the Legislature com
ing to the city will be invited to call
upon the Governor. Private Secretary
Ball, who has been looking after tho
details of the speakership contest for
the Governor, will probably have con
siderable to do with the campaign.
During the next two weeks there
will be frequent meetings held here
by men friendly to the Governor's side
and it is intimated pretty broadly
that the Governor will use patronage
at his disposal in behalf of his friend,
Mr. Cox. The administration people
declare that the selection of Richard
Baldwin would spell repudiation of
the Governor and hint that it might
create a split which would result in a
Democratic Governor in 1018.
The Baldwin people to-day reiterated
that they were sure of over 100 votes
for the Delaware man and that they
were not disturbed by reports that the
Governor was going to'take oft his
coat and roll up his sleeves in behalf
of Cox.
William J. Roney, of Taconv, ap- I
pointed manager of the State insur- '
ance Fund by the Insurance Fund I
Board, was approved by the Governor j
yesterday afternoon and tho fact was |
announced last night. The Governor
has been in favor of Roney for a year.
Roney is a nephew of David Martin,
who will be a member of the next Sen
ate, and who controls several Philadel
phia votes in the House. Roney served
for a long time as examiner-in-chief
of the Insurance Department and has
had charge of important insurance
work, showing much ability. Albert
L. Allen, assistant manager of the in
surance fund, who built it up and put
it on its present basis, will remain in
the same capacity under Mr. Roney.
There were several candidates, some of
whojn were nursing disappointment
I to-day.
Governor Brumbaugh's appointment
of Roney to be manager of the State j
Insurance Fund is expected to be l'ol- I
lowed by the tilling of numerous places !
at the Capitol which have been held
open, but which, under the policy of !
making appointments count, wili bo!
] utilized between now and the middle
of January. It is probable that a Pub- i
lie Service Commissioner will be !
named before the first of the year and j
that a dozen or more places of minor
import within the gift of the Governor |
will be taken up and filled. Attorney i
General Brown has under consid
eration the appointment of nn assist
ant counsel for the Public Service
Commission and the names of C. El
mer Bown. of Pittsburgh; John Fox
Weiss, ex-district attorney of Dauphin
county, and James C. Watson, of Wil
11a m sport, are heard in connection
with the place, which pays $5,000 a
year.
Arrangements are being made at the
I Democratic state headquarters in this
I city for a caucus of the Democratic
members of the House, to be held on
| New Year's Day, to outline a plan for
the coming session and to adopt a
I policy. The nomination for Speaker
! will be more or less honorary, as there |
are less than forty Democrats. It is
saiil that the Democr&ts propose to
take advantage of any factional fight
ing and will consistently oppose the
State administration.
Senator W. J. Burke, of Pittsburgh,
one of the prominent members of the
railroad brotherhoods general commit
tee, was at the Capitol to-day to dis
cuss the speakership campaign with
the Governor and the administration
managers. The senator was a catidl
i date for delegate at large in behalf of
j the Governor last year.
I —While Representative Cox was in
the Lackawanna-Luzerne region yes
terday with Congressman J. R. K.
Scott, who is exhibiting his boom for
Governor, Mr. Baldwin was in Phila
delphia meeting the grangers. Both
were very confident and their backers
were exceedingly so.
—The Philadelphia Local Option
committee held a meeting yesterday
and launched the campaign. A com
mittee will draft a bill and ask Gov
ernor Brumbaugh and the Ant -Saloon
League to give it backing. The plan
is to wait upon the Governor in Phila
delphia and to urge that he get into
the catppaign in behalf of local option
with vigor.
—By decision of the Chester county
court. Coatesvllle has no mayor now.
The frauds connected with tho election
resulted in the ousting of Mayor Jones.
There is an acting mayor and Jones
will .appeal.
—The meeting of the state grangers
at Philadelphia is being awaited with
some apprehension at the Capitol.
Criticisms of matters connected with
the state government have been fre
quent from that quarter.
Business Briefs
Lancaster county's 1915 cron of to
bacco is bringing 25 cents a pound and
may go 5 cents higher. Fears that the
1916 crop was not properly cured have
proved groundless.
Pennsylvania Railroad operating ex
penses were more than $3,000,000
greater for November than last year.
All Pittsburgh afternoon newspapers
were advanced to 2 cents December j.
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail
way's gross business for November in
creased $370,486 over the same month
last year.
The Bell Telephone Company will
spend about $73,000 next year on In
creased facilities in Reading.
Lebanon dealers have raised the
price of milk to 8 cents a quart and
cream to 28 cents. Laundry work has
gone up to 3 cenjls straight for collars
and 12 cents for shirts.
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HARRJSBURG TELEGRAPH
TF* CHRISTMAS MARATHON
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[HEPITQRJAL COMMENT") |
New York's only hope is to move
West. Columbia State.
California certainly gives great
national expositions. Drooklyn
Eagle.
Kagie.
Why can't coal and mercury travel in
the same direction?— Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger.
Maybe the King of Greece has his
eye on the Nobel peace prize.—Wall j
Street Journal.
The Kaiser is now endeavoring to '
prop up the Hohenzollern throne with
Poles.—Boston Trail: cript.
Bankers Advise Advertising
"Persistent and judicious newspa
per advertising" as one of tlie mijur- !
lant factors in the success of bank- i
ing and trust companies was rocoia- \
mended last Friday night as one of
the elements of success by Fred W.
KUswortli, director ol publicity lor the!
Guaranty Trust Company, at the di.i
ner of the Cashiers' and Secretaries'
Association, at the Hamilton Club,!
Brooklyn. "With newspaper adver-!
tising supplementing strength, char-1
acter, and personal service," he said,
"a bank could not fail to win success. :
The very best results are secured from
the use ol the newspapers. Money,
spent judiciously is bound to have a!
beneficial effect, and steady, persls- j
lent advertising will not cost a great
deal of money."
The Flower's Page
From the underground rooms where
the flowers stay
Sleeping the long winter days away, I
While the winds blow cold, and tlie I
skies hang gray—
At Spring's first peep, comes a j
liower gay,—
Dressed up fresh in his suit of blue. |
lie is l'age of the ilowers; and lie
bows to you
And nodding sweetly he says, says'
he,
"Are you ready to hold Nature's Jubi- i
lee?"
Then the Sun smites "yes," as he tloats
on high,
And the rool Spring breezes go!
whispering by;
The brooks murmur "Bring the dear
playmates we love."
Then the little blue page standing
quietly above
(The dear little chap in his quaint!
suit of blue)
Calls "Come out flowers, they are'
waiting for you."
And out skip the ilowers at his sum
mons so sweet,
While the page lowly bows, their
coming to greet.
To the underground rooms then he!
hie: hn way.
Leaving the tlowers so bright and
so gay
To bow and to smile the long summer !
through
I And waft their sweet perfume to me
and to you.
! But while they play there never is
seen
1 A glimpse of the Blue Page In trous
ers of green!
For a bashful chap Is the Page in I
Blue
Known as the Violet to me and to j
you. i 1
Yes, lie's far too modest for the
tlowers so gay,
So as soon as they come ho creeps
slowly away,
Leaving the Rose and the Columblno
The Sweet Peas and the Jasmine,
The Daisies and all of the lovely
Flowers
To while away the bright summer
hours.
They dance and they sing 'till their
dresses fade, —
And they once more long for the
green earth's shade.
So they call aloud for their faithful
page
Through the autumn woods, as the
wild winds rage,
He leads the" gay flowers (in his suit
of blue)
Back to the underground rooms
through the dew.
Back through the hall of the cool
green earth.
While the gay haves dance away In
their mirth.
Oh! a faithful chap is the page In
blue-
Known as the Violet to me and to vou!
EDNA GItOFF DIKHL.
Paxtang, Pa.
PAVLOWA SAYS DANCER'S LIFE
NOT ONE OF FAIRY TRIPPING
j
AJV'XA Pavlowa's autobiography
' which Is now in press and which
will be for private circulation
j among her friends will contain many
j inti resting pages. The following is
|an excerpt from its contents:
I "I remember onee meeting a young
jir.an In the antechamber of a Polish
I dentist in Petrograd. We were drawn
j together by the sense of common dan
' ger and ho told me that he believed
• the strain of a difficult examination
I had brought on the trouble, which
j forced him to enter the dentist's don. 1
: asked what were the subjects of his
examination.
! "'French,' he said, 'dancing, the his
tory of dancing and painting my face.'
i "1 asked where the extraordinary cur
| rlculum was followed. 'At the Imper
ial School of the lJaliet,' he answered.
A great number were plucked, but
thank heaven I passed and am now a
j premier danseur.'
"The dancer's work does not end
i when tile school career Is finished. To
! keep in practice he must dance at least
lan hour every day. It is as necessary
I t'or him as the practice of scales to the
! pianist. Above all he must be tem
perate and lead a regular life.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR*]
Relief In Food Situation
To the EJitor of llic Telegraph:
Would you kindly have the enclosed
letter Inserted in your paper?
Are they contemplating to deprive |
the working masses of their neces
saries of life in this country?
It appears perfectly clear to me
that the millionaires can corner the
necessaries of life and charge many
times more the present fabulous
prices. There appears nothing in their
part to prevent it. The amalgamation
of producers can also follow these
steps. Yes. If you want goods therej
is our prices, if you cannot pay it, j
why starve. Yes. whether it be bread,]
meat, eggs, sugar, in fact all neces-i
varies to keep body and soul together.!
I say what protection have we got.!
In a nutshell, none. I say in the
name of all that is righteous and just,
let us whilst we still exist appeal to
Congress lo put a stop to this money
making instrumentality and trading
on the lives of the poor working
masses and enact laws that will enable
them to obtain their necessaries of
life at reasonable prices within their
reach, put a stop to these corners and
amalgamations of producers in all
foods that constitute necessaries of
life.
Let each city and to\yn provide
open markets where the surrounding
farmers can place their products di
rectly to the people at just prices.
Prevent any food that we require
from being sent abroad by placing a
heavy duty upon it, thus let the
necessaries of our ht me consumption
be guarded.
Remove all duties from foods that
constitute the necessarlrs of life sent
us from other countries, and this
competition will within a short time
j have the desired effect.
Also remove all duties on materials
I and clothing that the masses need
; badly and as a counter balance In-
I crease the duties on all luxuries.
' Compel the railroad companies to
I carry coal from the. mines at reason
, able charges, not the fabulous charges
i as at present.
Open the waterways, put our rivers
j in a condition where coal freighters
I and barges could bring the coal. Per
mit the free entry of coal everywhere.
Standardize Our daily bread as to
weight, purity and price.
Encourage sheep and land farming
everywhere, even to the letting of
1 tracts of waste land at low rentals to
encourage it.
Yours sincorclv,
rsiIUCE GREEN,
ISI 4 Green St. llarrisburg. Pa.
(Dec. 11, 1916.)
WASTE or STATE MONEY IN
HOSPITALS
(Wllkes-Barre Record)
The comprehensive and searching
report of State-aided hospitals, made
by the Burcrvu of Medical Education
and Licensure, supplements criticism
that has frequently been made as the
result of other investigation!). The
DECEMBER 12, 1916.
"People imagine we lead a frivolous
life; the feet is we cannot. We have
to choose between frivolity and our art.
The two are incompatible.
"Musicians and painters have recog
nized that every emotion can be ex
pressed in dancing and that the ballet
can even be used for the presentation
of poignant tragedy. The greatest of
all lJussian composers, Tscliaikowsky,
wrote the music for several ballets, and
the most famous painters of Petro
grad and Moscow design the dresses
for the ballets presented at the im
perial theaters. Critics write as ser
iously of the ballet in the Kussan press
as they do of music and drama. Kng
land and America are only beginning
to realize its possibilities as an art
form. That there is a great future for
ballet in both these countries is in
contestible. Musicians and painters
will follow the example of their Kus-
Isian comrades and enrich the ballet
'with their talents.
"As it is, we owe a debt of gratitude
to tile ltussians. The welcome they re
ceive is part payment. I have never
greeted our performance in New York
and in London."
members of the Bureau have gone
about the task in a way that inspires
confidence and their report ought to
load to radical reform by the Legis
lature.
The Bureau docs not go as far as
some other officials have gone. It
does not recommend that State aid be
refused altogether to privately man
aged hospitals. But it does 'recom
mend that State aid bo refused unless
the institutions fill a real need in their
respective communities and come up
to a reasonable standard of efficiency.
The charge is made that a number
of hospitals are without necessary
equipment, that charity work is very
small in proportion to the aid receiv
ed from the State, that abuses are
covered up by the staff physicians
acting on boards of management, that
institutions are conducted in the in
terest ot small cliques of physicians
instead of in the interest of the pub
lic, and that the cost of maintenance
is vastly greater than it should bo be
cause of unnecessary duplication.
I OUR DAILY LAUGH
ACCOMMO
DATING.
Young Mil- / . .
lionaire AVi
! valet don't you ,vfw/y
especially handy LjgL
j you get a cold
' get liitn to '/yp.
' -ough for you.
WHY WAIT. —23T~
If I don't get JSC
killed, I'm go- I
ing to take up /J °) yA* J
aviation after I / J IL
tire of auto rac- ( / L
Why don't i 1 "" 1
you take them >0 ..*•
both up at once ——
and not take rt
such a chance JtJ jl
of missing one? (J
Shewing (Eljat
In spite of the fact that more bears
are being killed in Pennsylvania thla
year than for a long time, numerous
complaints of the depredations of the
animals in northern and mountain
counties are coming hero with de
mands that the State pay the bill.
Complaints made to the State Game
Commission are that bears have been
robbing hen roosts, beehives and steal
ing generally all over the section where
they have been known and that they
have been seen in new districts. The
kill of bears this year will run very
high, in the opinion of the game
wardens.
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the
Game Commission, says that there
have been numerous does killed con
trary to law this year's deer season
and that the lack of snow on the
ground has prevented hunters who
violate the law from being tracked. As
rapidly as possible the persons who
kill does aro being listed for prose
cution v by game wardens. Several
bucks without horns have also been
reported shot. The deer season will
close on Friday.
* * *
Public Service Commissioner Ryan
and Director of Health ICrusen, of
Philadelphia, engaged in some amus
ing interchanges at a hearing yester
day at the Capitol. A map of Phila
delphia was displayed with a district
marked In green. Director ICrusen re
ferred to the "green spot," whereupon
Mr. Ryan, who is ardent in his ad
miration for Ireland, said that he was
partial to green and that it appealed
to him.
"But it has a lemon background,"
remarked the director.
"So it has," replied Mr. Ryan. "But
I am so green that they often hand
lemons to me."
"Not while you're looking at them,"
rejoined the director.
• •
Deputy Attorney General Horace W.
Davis is being congratulated upon the
excellent work accomplished in the
affairs of the Pittsburgh Bank for Sav
ings, of which Attorney General Brown
put him in charge. In less than a year
with no receiver's or attorney's fees
Mr. Davis and a representative of the
State Banking Department have been
able to pay 50 per cent, to depositors
and the new order covers 20 per cent.
There will be 70,000 checks sent out
as Christmas gifts to depositors for
whom thousands and thousands of dol
lars were saved. Mr. Davis is hopeful
of another dividend before long.
Men throughout tho state in
terested in the development of agri
cultural resources are looking forward
with a good deal of interest to the
proposed midwinter exhibition to be
held here. The best products of the
county fairs have been put in cold
storage and will bo shown in the latte.-
part of January, making- a fair unique
in this part of the country. Hundreds
of people will be attracted to the
show.
According to what has been learned
from several men who have been mak
ing a study of progressive farming,
Derry township was the first to take
to the farm tractor and there are half
a dozen in operation and getting re
sults. One man interested In sale o;
such products said that he expected
five more tractors to be sold in this
cou.ity in the spring and that he
thought their use would be extended.
In Cumberland county comparatively
few have been used, and Lancaster,
the premier agricultural county, haa
not taken them up to any extent.
A day or two ago X received a cata
log from a western firm that I had not
asked to be sent and of which I had
never heard. The senders probably
got the name from that great treasure
trove of the mail order man, the tele
phone directory. The interesting fact
was that this catalog offered some
Harrisburg products by mail order.
They were bought in bulk and offered
at a price to match home sales. How
ever, the homo store delivers at your
door and you have to lug the parcel
post.
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It is not often that people having
work which it is advantageous to get
under cover or advanced to a certain
stage before winter comes are able to
do as much as they have this month.
It is almost mid-December and yet
outdoor work is going on as usual and
yesterday there were men employed on
some work which is being rushed,
notably heavy construction. The men
are getting extra pay and appear to be
enjoying it. They work on Sunday
mornings and have the afternoons at
borne with practically a day's pay for
the morning labor. If the weather
continues mild up to the first of the
year there will be many houses under
roof and inside work can go on during
the winter.
• •
The ordinance books which City
Clerk Miller hns taken such pains to
preserve for posterity will show that in
years gono by Harrisburg has had
sonic periodical outbreaks against the
rising cost of food. Bread increases
have invariably brought about vig
orous protests and the result of popular
disapproval lias been shown by the
proposed municipal legislation. Inci
dentally, it was thought when the in
spection of weights and measures be
gan that the "gouging of the public"
as it is styled in stat inents would end.
r WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—Congressman Dewalt is taking
pride in the fact that he .secured pen
sions for sixty-five widows of soldiers
in his first term.
P. M. Harbold, of Millersvllle, in
charge of the new normal school regu
lation drafting, Is connected with the
normal schools and prominent In edu
cational affairs.
—Judge John M. Patterson, of
Philadelphia, preached a sermon to
men in Philadelphia's central station
on Sunday. He said the courts would
aid them to do better.
—John McSparran, master of the
State Grange, meeting in Philadelphia
this week, is a member of a family
long active in that organization.
—Dr. John \V. Phillips, of Mahanoy
City, is president of the anthracite coal
field physicians' association.
DO YOU KNOW ~~
That Ilairisburg's new hotel is at
tracting much comment In other
cities?
•HisTomc HARKisnrito
John Harris gave (be proceeds of
his ferry to help start the Harris*
burg Academy.
Advice of Parents
[Font Howe's Monthly.]
Remember, young inun, that when
your father gives you good advice, he
ts probably wise ns the sagt-s of
<>ld;> indeed, be is probably quoting
them. The advioe parents give their
children Is the concentrated experience
of the human family during many cen
turies. Probably no child ever went
astray as a result of taking the advice
I of a father or mother.