8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PHIJfTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. 'E.J. STACK POLK, Pres't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OLS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor, A t Member American Newspaper Pub- Bureau of Clrcu latlon and Penn- BIBHKH sylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern office, BSS9BS2 Of story. Brooks & SS3 M IS* Hf Finley, Fifth 111 H Ihl m Avenue Building, Tilil W Now York City; Western office, Hrooks & fas ' Buihfing! _ Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa„ as stcond class matter. carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, $5.00 a year In advance. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 14 A healthy body is good; but a soul in right health, —it is the thing be yond all others to be prayed for; the blessedcst thing that earth receives of heaven. — CARLYI.E. FLAG DAY LET me tell you who I nm. The work tbnt we do la the mnking of the real flng. I am not the flig—not at all. I am whatever you make me—noth ing more. I am your belief in yourself, your dream of what n people may become. I live a changing life, a life of moods and passions, of hrartbrenkN nnd tired muscles. Sometimes I am strong with pride —when men do an honest work, fit ting; the rails together truly. Some times I droop—when purpose has ifoue from me nnd. cynically, play the coward. Sometimes I am loud, gnrish, full of that ego that blasts Judgment. But always I nm all that you hope to be and hnve the courage to try for. I am song and fear, struggle and panic nnd ennobling hope. I am the day's work of the weakest man nnd the largest dream of the most daring. I am the Constitution and the courts, statutes and statutemnkers, soldier and dreadnouKht, drnyman and street aweep, cook, counselor nnd clerk. I nm the battle of yesterday and the mlstnke of to-morrow. I am the mys tery of Ihe men who do without know ing why, I nm the clutch of an Idea nnd rea soned purpose of the resolution. I nm no more than what you believe me to be, anil I nm all that you believe I can be. I am what you make me, nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself, the picture suggeHtion of that bin thing thnt makes the nation. My stnrs and stripes nre your drenms and labors. They are bright with cheer, brilliant with courage. Arm with faith beeauap you have made them so out of your hearlM, for you nre the mnkers of the flng and it Is well that you glory In the making—Hy Franklin Knight I.nne, Secretnry of the In terior. It looks as though somebody is trying to jimmy Jamestown. PRESIDENT'S FLAG DAY SPEECH PRESIDENT WILSON'S Flag Day oration at Washington to-day ■will rank as not the least in the series of state papers that have ccme from his pen since the en trance of the United States Into the world war. It cannot be classed otherwise than a new and vivid light on the German situation. It will take rank with the President's message to the Russian people and his other •war utterances of strictly official na ture. It was addressed to a limited audience, but It applies to the Inter national situation and will be In terpreted as ex-cathedra by the world at large. The careful reader will gather from a perusal of the speech that the President strongly suspects Ger many will endeavor shortly to place the United States In a wrong light before the world by making bid for premature peace on grounds that this nation will not be able to ac cept. This thought runs throughout the address. The President says frankly that he has been approached on this score In a multitude of ways and he warns the peoples of all the allied nations not to be deceived by this latest propaganda of the mlll I THURSDAY EVENING. tary dictators of the Central Powers. It he does not know positively that a formal peace move is about to bo made, he at least has very good grounds for believing that it Is in contemplation at Berlin and he has shrewdly beaten the imperial gov ernment by warning the public in advance just what peace with Ger many at this time on a German basis of settlement would mean. If the address does not forestall the German attempt to place the burden of continuing the war upon the allies it at least will clear the atmosphere, lets the world know where we stand, why we fight and the only condi tions upon which wo will be content to lay down the sword we were so reluctant to draw. The address ought to be in the hands of every European, friend and enemy alike. Nobody reading it can fail to be impressed with the force of its logic and with its sincerity. There is not a false note in the whole document. It is a diplomatic mas t'erpiece from whatever angle it may be viewed and while Its meaning is by no means all on the surface, its perfect frankness classes it with the type of "shirt sleeve diplomacy" for which the United States has been noted. King Constantlne has also lost his Job. That's what comes of having a nagging wife. Throw Out the Life Line HARRISBURG having set a pace in the Liberty Loan bond sale which no other district In Pennsyl vania hai equaled, comparatively speaking, it remains only for Penn sylvania's capital city to set a new mark in Its contributions to Red Crosj work next week. Tho American Red Cross is "draw ing a net of mercy in an unspeakable sea of pain." It Is preparing to take care of the khaki-clad Americans who on foreign soil will do their best in an effort to make this world free for democracy. Millions of dol lars will be required for this work. The Red Cross war council, with Henry P. Davison, of New York, as chairman, proposes next week to raise $100,000,000 to put the Red Cross on a good financial footing for the world's great needs. It may be said that Harrisburg has "done its bit." But Harrisburg must do more that) its bit—it must do its best. If Germany triumphs In this world war the United States will be as sessed tens of billions of dollars by the German war lords. In contrib uting our $4,000,000 to the Liberty Loan we have helped keep the Ger man wolf from our door. By aiding the Red Cross we will do still more. Bondage is certain if the Kaiser wins. It is far better, therefore, that we make It impossible for Kaiserism to triumph. W. T. Hlldrup, Jr., and the men associated with him on the executive board of the local Red Cross, deserve everything we can do to aid them in their effort to raise SIOO,OOO next week. And here Is a thought that is worth thinking about: Harrisburg bought $4,000,000 worth of Liberty Loan bonds. It now seeks to raise SIOO,OOO for the Red Cross. If those who bought Liberty Loan bonds will contribute to the Red Cross their first year's interest on the bonds, the total will be $140,000. Throw out the life line! Put another contribution back of Liberty! The ex-Czar Is to be allowed to participate in the election of the first President of Russia. Something tells us that N. Romanoff will receive at least one vote. EXTORTION FOLLOWING is one of several letters received by the TELE GRAPH in recent weeks: Will the Telegraph please tell me what redress, if any, 1 have. In a case like this? I am a gro cer. The other day I bought cof fee. It was billed to me at the price agreed, twenty-three cents a pound, with an item added for "war tax" at one and a quarter cents a pound. The dealers say that if the war tax hill in not passed by Congress they will re fund this money. Have thev any right to collect war tax from me before a war tax hill is adopted and approved? Here and there both wholesale and retail grocers are attempting, and in some cases succeeding, in collecting "war tax" from their customers. There Is no ground for this. No "war has as yet been Imposed. Money so collected will not go to win the war: It will line the pockets of unscrupulous merchants using their country's misfortune as a means of selfishly enriching them selves. The evil can be stopped by pur chasers absolutely refusing to pay any such assessments—for that Is all the surcharges of that kind amount to. Extortion Is not a pretty term, but It is the only way to define such practices. Bass liars who go out to-morrow are requested to take their yard sticks with them. RINGING FOR YOU THE old Liberty Bell rang again at noon to-day. It was ringing for you. From Its brazen throat It sent forth a nation-wide call to service. "Buy a Liberty Bond!" "Buy a Liberty Bond!" That was the burden of its chime. Have you responded? What do you think of those Amer icans who shirked when the Liberty Bell first rang its challenge to op pression throughout the land? Do you, who have not yet bought a bond, wish to be regarded by pos terity as you regard the Tory slack ers of 1776? The lists close to-morrow. France feels about Pershing the way the Continentals felt about Lafayette. Ck Tty the Ex-Committeeman The direct Inheritance tax bill, the only revenue raisihg measure of any consequence to get by the Legis lature, is now assuming a big place in the General Assembly. The bill is In the hands of the Governor, who has Indicated his dissatisfaction with the provisions relative to employ ment of attorneys. Under the act these are placed In the hands of the Auditor General. The bill is designed to rai9e $5,000,000 a year additional revenue and all appropriation bills are based or. this sum. If the Governor vetoes the measure It will mean rebuilding of the whole appropriation structure and no end of fuss In the Legislature. The leaders of the Legislature have refused to recall the bill and the Governor Is standing pat on his in tention to veto It. The time will be up next week. —Owing to this new snarl, the talk of the Legislature making its ad journment on June 28 a recess in stead of final adjournment has been revived. There nre some legislators vho contend that the Legislature can be adjourned to a future date with out difficulty and that there are precedents for It. Administration men are doing their best to dis courage this idea and owing to the ccndltions produced by the prolonged sessions members are declaring for quitting on June 28. • —The whole situation is to-day as much up In the air as it was a week ago and a fresh council of the older statesmen of the Senate may be held Monday. —Representative F. B. Beyer, the Penrose floor leader, was at Wash ington to see Senator Penrose. It is expected that the new Penrose plans will be heard of Monday. The de feat of the bill to take the police and firemen out of politics -In Philadel phia has strengthened the adminis tration forces in the House and they are now setting sail for the small council bill. —Some joker got loose In the Capitol late yesterday and poßted the following just outside of the hall of the House of Representatives to show how the feeling runs: "A member of the House repre senting a county of not more than one million eight hundred thousand (1,800,000) inhabitants, not less than five thousand (5,000) Inhabitants, takes this method of procuring unanimous consent to introduce a bill at this time. The bill will pro vide as follows: "Fisrt. Every head of a family in Pennsylvania shall receive the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per annum, the same to be paid by the State Treasurer. All dependents not members of families and all unmar ried persons not living at home shall receive not less than twenty-five hun dred dollars ($2,500). "Second. A 1 taxes, state, munici pal and local, are hereby abolished. "Third. The Legislature shall ad journ until the first Monday of Jan uary, Anno Domini 2 017. "Members will at once mall their consents to 'The Member from Utopia,' in care of the postmaster of the House." London's Food Problems Increased activity of the I 1 ood Controller's Department would seem to be indicated by prosecutions of traders and others for contraven tions of the numerous official orders. Miss Theresa Fawkes, of Great Glen, was at Leicester on Saturday fined £9 for feeding a pony on bread. It was stated that the pony was a pet, and had been given bread for thirty years. Sixteen loaves were de livered at the house for two persons. The police found about four pounds of bread in the stable. John Watkin, who fed the pony, was fined £l. At West London Police Court Al fred Bernard Hemmings, baker and confectioner, Fulham-road, Fulham; his manager, William John Wines, and an assistant, Edith Bonham, were bound over for exposing for sale pastry to which edibles had been added after the mixing of the dough. The defense was that there was a difficulty in understanding the Order. The Magistrate said the Order was a comprehensive one, and it would appear that almost anything that was not plain and unadorned came under its operation. He thought the in tention of the Government was that nothing should be exposed for sale that was in the least attractive to the public or that would encourage them to be greedy. "Perhaps," he added, "that will be good for them and good for the country. At all events, It is not an easy Order to un derstand^' At North London Police Court Frank Wheldon, managing director of Messrs. W. Humphrey (Limited), bakers and confectioners, of Seven Sisters-road, N., was summoned for exposing for sale light pastries. The defendant informed the police that the trade drew a distinction between "puff" pastry and "short" pastry, and contended that the latter did not come within the scope of the order. The magistrate held that the words of the order, "light or fancy pastry," Included both "puff" and "short" crust. To hold otherwise would be to reduce the order to nonsense. He Imposed a nominal fine of 40s. At Willesden Ada Stovey, assistant to Uptons, High-street, Harlesden, was fined £5 for attempting to im pose a condition for the sale of sugar. At the same court three local bakers were fined £5 each for expos ing for sale loaves of bread "not of one pound or an even number of pounds In weight."—London Times. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH f ■■ - - - The Days of Real By BRIGGS jl 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT ] ; It is unfortunate for our allies that they couldn't have had the benefit of the seven-billion-dollar loan several years ago, when a billion dollars would have bought something.— I Kansas City Star. Congress should direct the War Department to raise the age of de pendent chiidren in the registration questions. It is idle to have laws against child labor while considering twelve-year-old children self-sup porting*. St. Louis Globe Democrat. The subscribers to the German war-loans are being told that they will be paid back out of the indemni ties the Government expects to col lect at the end of the war. This sounds like one of those bets that is to be paid when Mr. Bryan is elected President.—Kansas City Times. A Part For All If there are those who feel that they are barred from service to their country by the restrictions of the conscription registration they should read the address issued to the old soldiers at Leavenworth by S G Cooke, governor of the national home. In it he says: "The country i needs your oncouragement, your in fluence and your thoughtful effort in all ways to conserve its resources, to hearten its efforts, to encourage and stimulate the new generation and In every way to strengthen its firing line." That reflects what should be the real spirit of America in this crisis. The country is calling only its young men to bear arms, but it is calling all to bear a part. The army can do its part at the front only if those who stay behind do their part back of the line. —Kansas City Star. Line Drawn on Lace [Oak Hill Press.] We see that the neftv shirts for gentlemen have garters hanging at intervals around the tall, the way we understand corsets do, the object being to give the sock and its con tents a neat and trim appearance, and, while we suppose we must make some concessions to feminism we will state here, now and irre vocably that when they begin to force drawstrings and val lace on us we are going to join the army and ask to be put in the front rank.— Ohio State Journal. 'Twill be neces sary to add an extra length to the garters of Ryder's new harness in order to make the connection be tween shirt tail and sock, but my what room there is for a wide fringe of lace! Why Publicity? [Kansas City Star.] Several letters have come to The Star in the last few days urging it not to give publicity to the activities of copperheads, anti-registration cranks and the like. It always seems that the easiest way to combat undesirable things is to ignore them. But that doesn't work. Long experience has shown that publicity is the best corrective. The Star believes that the public Is entitled to know what is going on. If treason is being preached the people ought to know it. If wo are so feeble, so lacking in moral stamina that we shall be upset and demoralized by learning the facts, then there isn't much hope for us. CROP PEST LETTER Dy Prof. J. G. Sanders, State Eco nomic Zoologist. PEACH LEAF CURL THE peach leaves all over the state, where spraying has not been properly and timely applied, are curling up and mak ing blister-like growths. This Is caused by a fungus disease called peach leaf curl, which in bad at tacks defoliates the trees. Pre ventative measures only can be applied. To prevent damage by this dis ease. spray the peach trees during the dormant season with lime sul phur wash, diluting the concen trated solution to test about 4 de grees Beaume, or 1.03 specific gravity. The best time to apply is in the late fall or early winter while the weather is still warm enough to permit spraying. If delayed until spring it frequently happens that there is sufficient warm weather during the winter to start the buds to swelling. If this hap pens the bud scales are separated, permitting infection of the leaves before they have emerged from the buds. Once Infected, no amount of spraying will control this disease. THE PEACE OF VICTORY FOR , WHICH WE STRIVE THEODORE ROOSEVELT in the July Metropolitan THE United States does not wish from Germany, Austria or Tur key a foot of land or a dollar of indemnity. We are In this war Partly because It liud become Impos sible for a high-minded nation long er to submit to the intolerable out rages and injuries which for two years we had suffered from Ger many; and partly because it was— as it long had been—our clear duty to take active part in the war for democracy against autocracy, for right against wrong, for liberty against militaristic tyranny, for the cause of the free people against the despotic and oligarchic governments which deny freedom to the peoples. We must continue steadfastly in the war until we gain peace by vic tory; for no other peace justifies war. The peace thus gained must be the peace of justice and of righteous ness; for an unjust and unrighteous peace is far worse than a just war. The principle underlying the peace should be the right of each people Privilege; Not Requirement Some confusion has arisen rela tive to the privilege granted to sub scribers for one SSO bond or one SIOO bond to pay the full amount at once, with the assurance of an imme diate allotment in full and delivery of an interim certificate at the earl iest possible moment. It should be clearly understood that this is a privilege and not a re quirement." The subscriber for one i SSO bond or one SIOO bond may avail himself of this privilege of full pay ment, or he may pay 2 per cent, upon application and the balance as provided for other bonds; that is, 18 per cent on June 28, 20 per cent on July 30, 30 per cent on August 15 and 30 per cent on August 30. The subscriber, therefore, for a SSO bond or a SIOO bond has the as sured certainty of obtaining a bond either by the cash payment in full or the payment in the stated install ments. Subscribers for larger amounts will have to await the allot ment when all the subscriptions are in and may not obtain the full amount of bonds subscribed for. It Is Better The khaki lads with drum and flfe March down Fifth Avenue. Their eyes are eager for the strife That moulds the world anew. ... And you—and what of you? It is better to travel a bloody track And come home dead or maimed— It is better to go and never come back, Than to stay and die ashamed. The lads in khaki sweep on past. All straight and straight aligned. When the rattle of drums is gone at last, What is there stays behind? — Not a thing remains behind. 'Twas our country's very self march ed by. And many a man may fall— But it's better to live the hour you die Than never to live at all. —Louis How. Dollar Not Quite Almighty • [Houston Post.] When a man is born into the world to-day we ask, "What will he in herit?" When A man passes out of the world to-day we ask. "How much did he leave his children?" When a girl selects a husband and the marriage license is published we want to know, "How much is he worth ?" And when a man .tells of his en gagement his mother and his father and his sister* nnd his friends rise up and inquire, "Is she rich?" The almighty dollar is in control. Money is the only thing that counts. Riches make the man. That is to say, these things are true in some circles of society and among some people. There are still alive people and many of them to whom the dollar docs not appeal as a controlling power. These men and women know that wealth does not make happi ness, that riches do not mean cul ture, and that money alone does not compensate for lack of gentleness, of honesty, of ability, and of desire for service. "Nothing So Rare, Etc." Showers on the way.—Weather prediction. Coming or going?— Kansas City Times. to govern itself and to control its own destinies so far as such control does not conflict with the rights of others. I have said that we wished noth ing for ourselves in either territory or indemnity. But we ought to in sist on formal recognition of the Monroe Doctrine; for this would not only be to our advantage and to the advantage of all well-behaved Amer ican nations, but would mark a long stride forward in international peace and fair dealing. In its essence the Monroe Doctrine is a declaration that hereafter there i? to be no ter ritorial aggrandizement by European powers on American soil at the ex pense of American nations. South of the equator there are growing civilized states capable of enforcing this doctrine themselves, and there we should Join in enforcing it only at their request. But north of the equator our interests are such that we must be the guarantor. This should be specifically acknowledged in the treaty of peace. An Aztec Solomon On one occasion an officer stole a sack of silver pesos. He fled Into the State of Guerrero. Zapata sent for a young officer of his staff and said: "You will follow this traitor night and day, and never rest until you find him. You must not kill him, but bring him back to me alive. I will hang him In the plaza before all the people as one who has been false to his trust." Without remark the young officer left the headquarters and started the pursuit. For weeks he trailed the fugitive back and forth through hostile country. At last he captured him and brbught him, hound hand and foot. Into a room where Zapata was holding a conference. "Ml general," he said huskily, "you told me to capture him without injury and bring him before y0u..l have done so. Now I want to ask one favor. Let me die in his place and set him free." "What fool is this?" cried Zapata In amazement. "Why do you, an honorable soldier, want to die to set free this traitor." "He Is my youngest brother," re plied the officer. "I obeyed your or der because you are my chief, but If my brother dies because of me, I would not want to live." For a moment Zapata gazed from the cringing prisoner to the pale faoed officer standing rigidly at at tention. "Listen to me!",he filially exclaim ed, pointing his finger in the pris oner's face. "Your brother has proved that ho is a man. So I will grant his request. This Is my sen tence; you will be stripped of your rank and you will work as your brother's mozo. You will do wom an's work and cook for him, and serve him as a slave. Nevermore will you carry a gun In* the company of free men. Go!" The Christian Her ald. Jews Demand Palestine At a Jewish conference In Kiev, composed of 360 delegates, repre senting two million Jews of the eight governments of the Ukraine. 32 4 del. egates voted to demand of the Peace Conference, an autonomous Jewish center in Palestine and the grunting of national and civil rights to the Jews of all countries, especially Ru mania. In the cablegram announcing this conference, received by the Pro visional Zionist committee. It \fcss stated that this action was displeas ing to the thirty, six delegates rep resenting the Bund, who withdrew from the conference demonstra tively. Every Citizen's Duty Meantime, the country is carrying on another great movement In be half of the war—namely, the effort to popularize the great government loan, not but that It would be fully nubscrlbed otherwise, but because this loan Is merely paving the way for others, and the great apathy of the public toward investing In bonds must be broken down in order to insure future subscriptions from the rank and file. This same apathy existed in England among tho mass es, when the first loans were brought ont there. There the Indifference was gradually dissipated, and al though the first loan was largely taken by banks, the last one for $5,000,000,000 —the largest amount ever offered by any government— was subscribed for by over 8,000,- 000 people.—J. 8. Bsche bulletin. JUNE 14,1917. Labor Notes Toledo (Ohio) organized sheet metal workers have established the 4 4-hour work week and a minimum rate of 50 cents an hour. A British munitions worker was sentenced by a Birmingham magis trate to twelve months' imprisonment for attempting to restrict the produc tion of munitions. Practically every Kansas City (Mo.) electrical contracting firm has signed the agreement of Electrical Workers' Union, No. 124. Wages arc increased from $5.20 to $5.50 a day. Lord Derby, in describing the kind of woman wanted in the aeroplane factories of England, said they should have an engineering turn of mind and some education. Women conductors on street cars in the near future was predicted by traction employers, members of the Pennsylvania State Railroad Associa tion, at their semiannual meeting. Every electrical contractor in Joplin, Mo., has signed the new scale of Electrical Workers' Union. Wages are advanced from $4.80 to $5.20 for an eight-hour day. The price of coal is said to have reached S3O a ton at Rome, Italy, and steps are being taken to bring it from Japan, where the cost is just one-tenth as great. Electricity is generated by a wind mill so successfuly at a German tech nical school that it is estimated a similar plant could supply light and for 100 persons at a cost of $125 a year. ✓ • __ I OUR DAILY LAUGH COULDN'T PICK HIS JOB. i "Why didn't you enlist?" J "I couldn't decide whether I wan l to be a colonel or an admiral." FINANCIAL. "Money Is awfully tight Just now." "Is that so? Well, I'd like to find i wad of it in that disgraceful con- Ution. I'd run it in." VIEWPOINT. "Are you making' a. garden 7" "That's what I call it. My wife md daughter call It merely mussing ip the yard." MISPLACE* ZEAL. Teacher—Why are you late for jchool ? Pupil—Please, teacher I must uv. over washed myselfc lEtomttuj CMfatl r - - ■ Ji Robert B. Reeves, the new secretary of the Harrisburg t. M. C. A., is destined to become one of the best known and most popular men In the city. This is saying a good deal on short acquaintance, but one conversation with the able and energetic young man who has been chosen to put hew life and ginger into the local association will* be convincing proof that the esti mate is not overdrawn. The man ner in which he sized up the situa tion in his first report to the di rectors Tuesday night was a revela tion to those who heard him and a delight to all who have the best In terests of the association and its development into a helpful influence in the city at heart. Mr. Reeves was not at all backward about tell ing the directors what he believed must be forthcoming in the next year or two and he has the hearty support in the board in most of his recommendations. There will bo lots doing around the association build ing in the next few weeks. "Meet me at the T. M. C. A." is going to be a slogan for the men of Harris burg before many months ana tho new boys' department now being planned will take into the associa tion a lot of youngsters who have absolutely no place to pro °ther than the movies or other places that may be all right once in a wh:lie but are not to be recommended as a steady daily diet. , • It is Mr. Reeves' plan to take all the stiffness out of the Y.M. C. A. and to make real sociability oneof the big features. He is a Rotarian. That may be one of the reasons why he is so keen for the social end of the work. Any rate. Harrisburg ltotarians will be given an oppor tunity to study the association from tho inside instead of the outside be fore the club is many months older and Mr. Reeves hopes to have this hustling organization of live wires thoroughly informed as to the needs and aims of the Y. M. C. A. In Harrisburg, as he and the directors see them. But you must not gather from this that the "Y" is to become a "one man" association. Far from it. Many young men, and older ones, too, are to be given ample opportun ity to help put the work on its feet here and the chances for service of a very real kind will be many once the plans now under consideration work out. • Mr. Reeves is a young man, but not too young. He Is married and the father of three children, two beys and a girl, the oldest being seven. He is just now engaged In finding a place for them In Har risburg. He is a man of engaging personality and of unbounded energy and enthusiasm. He has made good in every position which he has filled and Harrisburg he does not mean to make an exception. * * Policemen in addition to being the guards of the city's safety are called upon from time to time to perform many and various little favors for people who usually think it is in their special line of work and that the policemen are being paid for it. An uptown woman recently Insisted an officer remove a dead cat that had been littering an alley for sev eral days. Perhaps one of the most original requests recently came from a section quite a distance beyond the city limits. A resident called up and reported a dog he would like very much to have shot as he was no longer needed about the house. When the desk man inquired for name and address the complainant admitted he lived quite a distance beyond any officer's beat. When told an officer could not leave the city limits to shoot an erring canine, he promptly and obligingly volunteered to bring the dog to the nearest officer for execution. His kind offer was denied. ♦ • ♦ Shortage of sweet potato plants in Harrisburg is troubling local gar deners this year. Twenty cents a hundred was the price for fine plants last June. This spring 50 cents is the price, and only a few to be hart at that. The plants that are brought to town are fine and sturdy and the weather has been prime for planting the past week. Sweet potatoes R rOV Y splendidly in most of the soils about Harrisburg and the local crop Is growing every year. More will be planted, if the plants can be Pro cured, this year than ever before. For those who know how to cure and nack them, the local grown sweets are available for food as late as May of the year following the harvest. Both the yellows and the reds are grown hereabouts in large quanti ties. ♦ • Speaking of gardens, J. William Bowman, of tho firm of Bowman & Co wh"ch had on display last year a large number of the biggest pump kins ever brought to Harrisburg, will be responsible for a bumper crop of Mimpkln pies hereabouts next fall. He saved the seeds from the largest of the pumpkins and distributed them among his friends. While they lasted he was the most sought after man downtown, but he says he could have given away ten times as many seeds as the prize pumpkins needed. Every man who has been Py® 8 ®" 1 with seeds' has promised to send Mr Bowman at least one pumpkin pie next winter. Maybe it won't be such a bad investment after all. Some of the legislative bills have had varied careers this B ® aß °"' t an t £ the divorce measure which went to the committees on game, forestry, health and other nothing on a couple of others, t n insurance, bill has been In six differ ent committees and when last heara from was resting In the railroad committee. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE | Col. Richard Coulter, command er of the Tenth Pennsylvania regi ment, Is going to be due for appoint ment as brigadier general soon. —Senator C. J. Buckman. chair man of the Senate appropriation! committee, expects to lnto th * army when the session ends. —Speaker Baldwin says this Is th first session in which he has not had Robert Von Moschlaker, of the Supreme Court likes to t*" stories of his early trials In e~"rT He was assistant district attorney for years in Philadelphia. —Mayor Kttts, of Erie, who was here this week, says the lake c 'tyls going to have one of the greatest harbors one of these days. DO YOU KNOW 1 That Harrisburg steel la used for making delicate weighing machines? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Iroquois Indians used to come down to Harris Ferry to talk over matters with John Harris and colon ial officials.
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