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MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27
A man's reputation is what his
fellowmen think of him; his char
acter is what God knows of him. —
Axox.
REPUBLICAN HARMONY
AGAIN the Republicans of Le
high county have blazed the
way for this year's party
activities. Three thousand sat down
at the feast prepared for the occa
sion. Also, it was some feast, em
bracing 400 pounds of turkey, 300
pounds of chicken, 200 pounds of
roast beef and an entire calf, the lat
ter being in a way symbolical of the
coming back of the Roosevelt lead
ers of 1912 to the party fold.
The big outing of the Harrlsburg
Republican Club at Boiling Springs
was another political event of Satur
day which served to emphasize the
harmony which prevails within the
Republican ranks all over the State, j
Factionalism is being swanjped j
everywhere and stalwart party senti
ment is pervading the for.ces of Re
publicanism in every corner of the
Commonwealth.
This newspaper has consistently
and, earnestly urged the leaders of
the party in Pennsylvania to set
aside their personal differences and
it is gratifying to note a strong ten
dency in this direction. Acceptable
candidates and cohesive party action
will result in such strengthening of
the lines is will preclude any pos
sibility of another fluke like that of
last year in the national campaign.
Auditor General Charles A. Snyder
was among the speakers at the great
Republican harmony meeting in Le
high county on Saturday, and took oc
casion to pay tribute to Pennsylvania
and the conduct of its affairs. Too
many of our public men have been en
gaged in throwing mud at the State.
KEEP TIIEM IN SCHOOL
WITH the usual standards of!
living demoralized by war
conditions, with every Indus-!
try in the land crying for laborers 1
and with wages at figures most at- j
tractive to boys just arriving at the j
producing uge, the temptation will j
be strong this fall to leave school lor
the workshop or the factory. In a
woll-couched proclamation, promui.
gated at the suggestion of the federal
authorities, Governor Brumbaugh
has called attention to this condition
and to the danger of yielding to the
lure of temporary returns at the sac
rifice of youthful training and edu.
cation.
No more vital paper has come
from the executive chamber during
the present administration. The
danger is very real indeed. It is
true that the nation is demanding
workmen of all classes, skilled and
unskilled, but its present need is not
inearly so Important as is the future
of its manhood. The war may—very
likely will —result in the elimination
iOf hundreds if not thousands of men
trained in all manner of technical
trades and professions. At ail events,
the close of the struggle will find us
with tremendous work to do in the
face of fierce foreign competition.
Our great need in the years im
mediately to come will be men of
education, culture, thought ana
technical training. To take a boy
from school at this time will be to
J-ob him of his opportunity later in
life and to give > the nation an un
trained, uneducated laborer, insteau
wf a specialist along some particular
iine or a thinker with mind refinea
nd quickened by education.
The Governor hits the nail on the
head when he says:
Don't be misled. Keep your boy
in school if it is> humanly possible.
For every dollar he would earn
now he would sacrifice a dozen
later. Lack of preparedness In a
military way has left us in dire
straits at a time when we should
have several million trained sol
diers at our disposal. Let us not
make the same mistake with re
spect to the business war that is
to come after the war with arms.
Let us give our boys and girls
every opportunity for serving
themselves and their country ably '
and efficiently when peace shall
come with its accompanying great
constructive programs of human
activities. Just as drill is the In
strument of military prepared
ness, so is education the Instru
ment whereby we must prepare
for the great peace struggle.
While the Prussian Government Is
purging the German people to keep on
for a year~ or two more in
MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG trfsjjsftj TELEGRAPH " AUGUST 27, 1917.
the hope of ■defeating: the Allies, the
people of this country are preparing
to husband their resources and culti
vate the soil as never before. It must
worry Fritz to know that our cabbage
crop is going; to bo enormous.
SIFTING THEM OUT
FOR the next threo weeks the
sifting process will proceed with
respect to the various candi
dates for municipal service. Hatd
have been thrown into the ring indis
criminately, and the claims or alleg
ed claims of individuals are being
presented with the usual accompani
ment of special appeal on the basis
of particular fitnesß, partisan service
or the need of a job.
It is the business of the people to
do the sifting and in proportion as
they do -it well will they perform
their full duty to the community as
a whole.
This is not a good fellowship con
test and it must not degenerate into
a game of tag in which the fellow
most fleet of foot and glib of tongue
may win.
We are about to choose five per
sons to operate the government of
Harrlsburg and several other persons
to conduct the school affairs of the
city, in addition to choosing a num
ber of county officials. In the city
the contest is presumably on a non
partisan basis, but in view of some
experiences of other years the fiction
of no party activity will cut about
the same figure as in the past. Party
lines, of course, are not usually
drawn so tight in local affairs, but
the voters manage to differentiate
fairly accurately on the party basis
In marking their ballots, the theories
of ballot reformers to the contrary
notwithstanding.
As for the city government, Is it
not reasonable to expect that the tax
payers will themselves manifest suf
ficient interest in the selection of
mayor and councilmen to assure the
choice of men who will give the city
competent and efficient service? It
isn't a difficult matter to learn
through proper Inquiry something
of the fitness of the candidates, and
In the primary campaign which ends
the third week of September, the
process of elimination should result
in the nominaon of men so well
qualified for the public service that
the final selection may not be a dis
appointment from the standpoint of
the welfare of Harrisburg.
J3on't imagine that you can shift
the personal responsibility upon you
to others. Your neighbor is no more
obligated to discharge the duty in
cumbent upon every good citizen
than you are, and the city of which
you are proud and which deserves
full consideration never stood in
greater need of your help than now.
In the municipal government and ad
ministration of our school affairs we
must have men who will render un
selfish and efficient service.
Boys of New Jersey, through the co
operation of the Y. M. C. A. and its
various branches, are saving an
enormous peach crop which would
otherwise have gone to waste for lack
of workers to pick the ripened fruit.
Pennsylvania boys will, also be of
great assistance this year.
PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT
JUDGE McCARRELL will return
from his summer vacation and
go right on with his judicial du
ties undisturbed by a campaign for
re-election. He will be given tHe
people's commission for another
term of ten years without any oppo
sition whatever. It is a great com
pliment that no other name was even
suggested by any party or group as
Judge McCarrell's successor. He has
gone in and out among us many
years and even his strong partisan
activities of other years, which ceas
ed when ho donned the ermine, have
never been remembered against him.
His never-failing courtesy, h'.a
kindness and consideration for per
sons in all walks of life, and his tem
pering of Justice with mercy are the
elements of his strong appeal to
popular support.
Thousands will vote for him thlf
year, not because he needs their
votes, but as an evidence of good
will.
There Is no scarcity in the labor
situation so far as applications for
Councilmanlc jobs are concerned.
Harrlsburg coal prices are to be re
duced upward, it would appear.
The Allies have absolutely no re
gard for the German "will to victory."
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By the Ex-Commltteeman
In one of the first political gather
ings in the country since the United
States entered the world war, the
Republicans of Lehigh county held
their annual county meeting at Le
vans on Saturday.
The meeting, the largest in recent
years and attended by several thous
and people, was graced by the pres
ence of United States Senator James
E. WatsOn, of Indiana; Lieutenant
Governor Frank B. McClaln,* of Lan
caster, and Auditor General Charles
A. Snyder, of Pottsville, who made
the principal speeches.
Other distinguished visitors includ
ed former State Insurance Com
missioner Charles Johnson, Repre
sentative Isaac R. Ilaldeman and H.
Stanley Drake, of Norrlstown, and
Deputy Auditor General Gabriel H.
Moyer, who stopped off on his way
to Perkasie to attend the Moyer
family reunion.
Notable as a feature was the for
mal conciliation of the Bull Moose
and the Elephant, the followers of
the former, who had not done so be
fore, coming back into-the party in
a body. Scores of them, who had
not attended a Republican county
meeting for five years," were- present,
and in recognition of their return
their leader, former Mayor Fed E.
Lewis, was made chairman of the
Committee on Resolutions, while
another active Bull Moose, former
Assemblyman Claude T. Reno, of
Allentown, was made the presiding
officer of the afternoon.
Ex-Mayor Lewis, in making for
mal announcement of his return to
the fold, stated that, while he and
his followers were not ashamed of
their action, they would prove their
loyalty in the future. They would
hereafter speak only one tongue, he
said, and that wduld be the tongue
of Republicanism. Chairman Reno
announced in his remarks that all
differences had been buried and pre
dicted victory in November.
Senator Watson, in his speech, paid
tribute to the services of Senator
Penrose and Knox. He devoted
most of his time to a discussion of
the war, declaring that it is un
popular, but must be fought to a
successful finish, for the preservation
of the liberty and Justice of the
world. He blamed America's entry
into the conflict on the failure of
the Democratic administration to
show a firm hand in the murder of
American citizens and destruction of
American property in Mexico, thus
creating a feeling in the German
mind that the United States was
both afraid and "too proud to fight."
Lieutenant Governor McClaln made
a patriotic address, and Auditor Gen
eral Snyder discussed State affairs,
declaring that Pennsylvania is the
best governed and best financed
State in the union.
—Gabriel H. Moyer, Lebanon, at
tended the reunion of the Moyer
family at Perkasie Park on Saturday.
—Notwithstanding that he has no
opposition for re-election, Judge Mc-
Carrell is receiving almost daily
letters from friends throughout the
county pledging their support at the
coming elections.
—Dewitt Fry, candidato for city
council, said to-day that he believes
he has pledges enough to insuro his
election. Fry has been through
many campaigns, sometimes with
and sometimes without organization
support, and has not once been de
feated.
—George Hoverter, candidate for
mayor, is receiving messages of con
dolence from all parts of the county
concerning the death of his brother,
Samuel M. Hoverter, who was a
noted baseball star.
As a result of one of the most un
usual political situations that has
ever arisen in the Lock Haven judi
cal district, R. B. McCormlck finds
himself the only candidate for Presi
dent Judge. Judge Harry Alvan
Hall had intended filing nomination
papers for re-election, but at the very
last moment was obliged to withdraw
his candidacy, his withdrawal being
prompted by advice of his physician.
The time for filing nomination pa
pers having passed before any other
aspirants were able to announce
themselves, Mr. McCormick remained
the sole candidate, which practically
insures his election, without contest,
to the Judgeship of the Twenty
fifth Judical district, which comprises
the counties of Clinton, Cameron and
Elk. The withdrawal of Judge Hall
came as a complete surprise, and
it was generally conceded that the
fight between the two candidates
would be verjr close.
Seed Stocks
Tho fact that in some sections
there is a shortage of good seed
while in others there is a surplus
makes it possible for th 6 Committee
on Seed Stocks of the United States
Department of Agriculture to help
in the distribution of these surpluses.
The committee wishes, therefore, to
locate all available stocks of good
seed of agricultural crops, especially
wheat, oats, rye, crimson clover (In
the hull or hulled), and hairy vetch.
The committee will be glad if any
one, farmer or dealer, will send In
formation in regard to the quanti
ties and prices of seed of the above
sorts which he can offer for sale f.
o. b. his shipping point, bags extra
or included as the case may be. The
information should give in each case
the name of the variety (especially
in the case of grain crops), condi
tion of the seed as to purity, year
grown and the price. The committee
will then undertake to get such in
formation into the hands of those
who want the seed. The committee
hopes that this request will receive
wide circulation and an immediate
response, as It is now time to get
seed in the hands of planters for fall
use. Address Committee on Seed
Stocks, U. S. Departmeht of Agricul
ture, Washington.
Gasoline From Natural Gas
Statistics just completed under the
supervision of John D. Northrop, of
the United States Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior, show
that the year 1916 was one of mark
ed expansion in the natural gas gas
oline Industry In the United States.
The quantity of raw gasoline ex
tracted from natural gas, including
that produced by the compression
and absorption methods, as well as
that obtained by the use of vacuum
pumps and recovered as drips from
gas-transmission lines, and sold in
that year was 104,212,809 gallons, a
gain of 38,848,114 gallons, or 59 per
cent over the output in 1915. The
quantity of commercial gasollno rep
resented by this output of raw cas
ing-head product, thought not sus
ceptible of actual determination, was
probably more than 200,000,000 gal
lons.
The average price received In 1916
for the unblended product at the
sources of production was 14 cents
a gallon and the market value of the
entire output was $14,408,201, a gain
of 6 cents in average unit price and
$9,257,378, or 180 per cent in total
value, compared with 1915.
The volumo of natural gas from
which this quantity of gasoline was
recovered la estimated at more than
208,800,000,000 cubic feet, the aver
.age recovery of gasoline per thou
sand cubic feet by all methods being
about half a gallon.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Germany thus faf has stood
strongly for annexations and Indem
nities without peace.—Chicago Daily
News.
In the great game now being con
tested In Flanders rain-checks play
an important part.—New York
Morning Telegiaph.
Russia's salvation seems to lie only
in some way to keep Kerensky on
all fronts and in Petrograd at the
same time. —Wichita Eagle.
A speaker in the Reichstag bewails
the fact that German soldiers have
been "cheated out of victory" by the
number and strength of the allies.—
New York Morning Telegraph.
Having collected 10,000 .volumes
on the war in all languages, the
Kaiser should be sentenced to spend
the rest of his life reading them.—
Springfield Republican.
Draft objectors in Oklahoma seem
to be awakening to the fact that re
sisting the government is about as
hazardous an occupation as enlist
ing.—New York World.
Bethmann-Hollweg, like his suc
cessor, as chancellor, also talked
peace. This was in December, 1916,
and he afterward admitted that he
talked peace to gain time to build
more submarines. —Rochester Dem
ocrat and Chronicle.
Revelation of the fact that Ger
many had possession of Austria's ul
timatum to Servia fourteen hours be
fore it was delivered is interesting as
showing that Germany knew four
teen hours earlier than was hitherto
admitted that the war was to be
forced upon her. —Chicago Tribune.
Conserve the Coal Supply
"The situation with respect to the
coal supply which has developed
since the United States entered the
great war has become alarming,"
says the Railway Age Gazette. "It is
a situation to which government of
ficers, the railways, the coal opera,
tors and miners and the public
should give immediate attention.
"The railways within the four
months April, May, June and July,
moved much more coal in the coun
try as a whole than ever before In
any corresponding period. In April,
1917, they handled 20 per cent, more
anthracite and 22 per cent, more
bituminous coal than they did in
April, 1916. In May they handled
24 per cent more anthracite and 27
per cent more bituminous coal than
in May of last year. In June they
handled 18 per cent more anthracite
and 29 per cent, more bituminous coal
than in June of last year. In July
they handled 19 per cent more an
thracite and 34 per cent, more bitu
minous coal than In July of last year.
In April, May, June and July, 1916,
they moved 2,297,290 carloads of
coal, or approximately 115,000,000
tons. In the same months of this
year they moved 2,951,054 carloads,
or about 148,000,000 tons, an in
crease for the entire period o{ over
the same perldd of last year of 28
per cent.
"When it Is considered that the
amount of coal moved in 1916 was
the greatest up to that time—in oth
er words, that the railways have this
year beaten their best previous rec
ords by 28 per cent—it will be seen
that if the coal situation is not satis
factory this is not because the rail
ways have not been exerting them
selves to the utmost to make it so.
"What, then, is the cause of this
trouble? There are several causes,
i'wo of the most important are the
following: First, before the war a
large amount of coal was transport
ed by vessels on the Great Lakes and
in coastwise service which have since
been transferred to other service,
with the result that there has been
a very large increase in the part of
the burden of carrying the country's
fuel supply which has been thrown
upon the railroads. Second, there
has been an enormous increase in
the demand for cbal for carrying on
the country's industrial and military
activities. Another fact, which has
especially affected the situation in
the Northwest, has been that naviga
tion on the Great Lakes began three
weeks later this year than in 1916.
This, based on 1916 figures, affected
the coal movement from Lake Erie
ports to the head of the lakes to
the extent of/926,000 tons.
Wanted: Standard Cans
Our issue of June 30 contained an
article entitled, "War and Tin Cans,"
giving an account of efforts to save
tin for preserving such food-products
as can be packed only In that ma
terial, substituting cardboard and
fiber containers wherever practicable.
William Lowell Putnam, of Boston,
now calls our attention to the saving
which can be effected when contain
ers are made of uniform or at least
standard sizes. He writes:
"Rifles, ammunition, and even
ships are to be standardized, and it
is particularly important that this
principle should be applied to pack
ages to be wrapped in paper. Where
such wrapping is done on a large
scale it Is necessarily done by ma
chinery and the machine must be
very closely adjusted to its work, be
cause the slightest variation in the
size of the package may cause the
delicate paper to tear and crumple.
Every such variation, therefore, ne
cessitates the designing of a new
wrapping machine, which instead of
being put together quickly from ex
isting parts and drawings, requires
new drawings, new parts, and slow,
experimental assembling. No one
would try to play nine men from the
street who knew nothing about base
ball against a professional team. The
mere suggestion is absurd. But the
comparison between the green team
and the experts Is exactly parallel to
that between a factory organization
starting to make something new and
that same organization starting to
make something with which it Is
familiar. In this matter of the pres
ervation of food, the saving of time
means th* saving of
Digest.
The Cocoa Tree
Cast on tho water by a careless hand
Day after day the winds persuaded
Onward I drifted till a coral-tree
Stayed me among Its branches, where
the sand
Gathered about me, and I slowly
grew.
Fed*by the constant sun and the
inconstant dew.
The sea-birds build their nests
against my root,
And eye my slender body's horny
case.
Widowed within this solitary place
Into the thankless sea I cast my
fruit;
Joyless I strive, for no man may
partako
Of all the store I bear and harvest
for his sake.
No more I heed the kisses of the
morn;
The harsh winds rob me of the
life they gave;
I watch my tattered shadow In the
wave,
And hourly droop and nod my crest
forlorn.
While all my fibers stiffen and
grow numb
Beck'nlng the tardy ships, the ships
that never come.
—By Chfcrles Warren Stoddard
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WHEN THIS MAN WENT
TO ENLIST ARMY \
THE American Magazine prints an
article by a man who has had a
war inside himself, a war between
love of home and love of democracy.
How he decided Is told In the Amer
ican Magazine, but here is how he
starts his article:
"To-morrow morning, after break
fast, I shall light a cigar and set
out from my home,, as I have done
every weekday (with the exception
of two weeks in the summer) for
seven years. Only, instead of walk
ing to the office. I shall stop at the
coiner of Main street and Highland
avenue, where Joe Huntington, major
of the Second artillery, is in charge
of the brown canvas enlistment tent,
Why Not Eat Rabbits?
Rabbits have proved a valuably
source of food in Europe during the
war, and the experts of the United
States Department of Agriculture
advise that they be raised more ex
tensively in America byway of re
ducing the drain on the ordinary
meat supply. They can be bred and
raised by youths and adults not en
gaged in military or other national
service, or in regular industrial em
ployment. The animals may be raised
in back yards of cities and towns at
well as on farms, says the depart
ment, in a recent press bulletin:
"The Belgium hare breeds rapidly,
matures quickly, and produces a
palatable and highly nutritious meat.
The cost of production is less than
that of any other meat, not except
ing poultry. The supply can be
greatly increased within a few
months, without requiring space that
may be needed for the production
of crops. Experience has demonstrat
ed that r:\bbit-meat can be produced
in unlimited quantities at a cost ot
about six cents a pound. The Bel
gian and Flemish giant rabbits are
recommended for meat-production,
as the ordinary tame rabbit is small
er and develops more slowly.' Stock
of Belgian hares may be bought from
breeders in nearly all the States at
$1 to $3 each. Rabbits are easily
kept. They cat hay, grass, lawn-cut
lngs, and green vegetation of many
kinds. Well fed, the young reach
markable size when three to four
months old and average from five
to six pounds live weight."
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The "Wizard's" War Inventions
Much interest has centered in the
labors of Thomas A. E3lson since he
virtually retired from public view
two months ago to apply his genius
to inventing something of value in
the war for democracy. The utmost
secrecy surrounded his labors and
naturally there was much conjecture
as to the direction his efforts would
take. There was never any Intima
tions as to the problem he was study
ing. Did it relate to the submarine,
to the air, or to the production of
a more powerful explosive? The
public could only guess. His visit to
the Whfte House this week has re
vived public curiosity. Inasmuch as
he was accompanied thereto by Sec
retary Daniels and the conference
with the President lasted for three
quarters of an hour. It Is assumed
that his inventions-—it is reported
that there is a series of them —must
be for use by the navy. It is reported
that he has already turned over to
the Navy Department an Invention
which officers believe may be adapt
ed to naval uses witn good results.
Of course secrety will still be ob
served, for we may be sure that Ger
many Is as much Interested as wo are
and would pay any price to learn In
advance what the American wizard
has produced, In order to forestall its
use. Perhaps the world will first
learn of the secret when It is elec
trified by news of what it has accom
plished. In the meantime everyone
will hope that American Inventive
genius has produced an antidote for
the hellbroth of German warfare. —
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
and I shall offer myself as a private
for service in France.
"My wife and my youngster, Peter,
will watch me from the front door, as
they always do, and my wife will
wave to me when I turn the corner,
and then will go upstairs to her ow"ji
room and cry a bit. and I shall doubt
lessly feel like crying, too. only I
won't do it. For we have been all
through that stage together, and come
out of it; we have had our evenings
in front of the fire, when she has sat
and looked up at me and argued, and
I have walked up and down the room
arguing with myself. And it is set
tled. She knows it, and back of her
tears there is something else besides
sorrow. Not pride exactly, but a kind
of calm content."
Farm Labor Problem
The extension of the activities of
the United States Department of
Agriculture dealing with the farm la
bor problem is made possible
through the food production act,
which provides funds for this pur
pose. The department, in co-opera
tion with the Department of Labor,
has been endeavoring to bring about
better organization of the labor re
maining on farms and to call into
service available labor which hereto
fore has not been fully or regularly
utilized in farming operations. Rep
resentatives have been detailed to
co-operate with the State officials
in charge of labor matters, the State
agricultural colleges, the county
agents, and the county or local town
ship labor committees or represent
atives.
The food production act, by mak
ing available additional funds, will
enable tho department to co-oper
ate with the State and other labor
agencies, both in determining local
labor needs and supplies, and In ef
fecting economic distribution.—Ex
change.
The Wind Before the Dawn
[How beautiful upon the moun
tains are the feet of Him that bring
eth good tidings, that publishcth
peace.—lsaiah 52:7.]
Since the chernbin o'er Eden flash
ed the menace of the sword
Upon sacrificial altars hath the blood
of martyrs poured.
Through long ages, dark with mid
night, tho its beams fell faint
and far,
God's Own hand within the shadow
kept alight Hope's guiding star;
While the slaves of greed and power,
God endowed to think and feel.
Sought their heritage of Freedom In
war's thunderous appeal.
But at last the far-flung power of
the boasted right of Kings
Vanishes before the sunlight,that the
dawn of Freedom brings!
There is clang of breaking fetters
and the crash of falling thrones.
For a strange now note is sounding
in the war's chaotic tones;
In the throes of deadly conflict,
crowns and kingdoms pass
away—
Like a storm before the coming of
a new and perfect day.
Lust of power and possession, all op
pression's hellish spawn
Flee before the vibrant whisper of
the wind before the dawn!
For a great world-Power waketh
that shall bid the strife to cease
And intone war's benediction In a
sacred hymn of peace!
Beautiful upon the mountains are
the feet of Him that brings
To the serf and bondman Freedom,
gives them Liberty from Kings!
Soon the lifting smoke of battle shall
America, reveal
As the bearer of the message and
the keeper of the seal;
For the call across the waters hath
a mighty nation heard—
And they rise as men and brothers!
They shall speak the final word.
Under Freedom's starry banner, men
of brain and men of brawn—
For the power of the nation la the
wind before the dawn!
[ —By Edith Daley.
Labor Notes
An eight-hour ordinance hag been
passed by City Councils at Idaho
Falls, Idaho.
Women workers In the British
munitions factories average a little
over 9 cents an hour.
Organized labor is arranging for
another trade-union "drive" oij the
meat-packing industry in Chicago.
Ottawa (Canada) book and Job
typographers have signed up an
agreement for a $24-per-week flat
scale rate.
Women street in Lon
don, England, have proved so effi
cient that it is proposed to employ
more of them.
An arbitration board has raised
Bridgeport (Conn.) plumbers' wages
from $4.36 to $5 a day.
Londonderry (Ireland) boot and
shoe repairers have gone on strike, |
having been refused a bonus of
$2.50 a week.
! OUR DAILY LAUGH 1
Ljg£! JUST sO
- 'Jml "It Is said that
the soldiers at
front ar ®
1 making cigars
V J7— \ ou t of roots,
!i " barks and cab-
I bage leaves."
—rTjkijili "That may ac
count for some
On I of the reports
j[|r | about noslou*
W I gases."
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•MOVE ON! ©
Bug Cop: Hoy,
there, you bum, j Vm. yiWjA
didn't I ic'.l you (
to keep off my ■ ** Wjpwfu
k' oek!
. RUINED.
Babbit Landlord—Qosh, I'll nevei
rent that cottage to a moutt tsuails
VENTILATION.
"Why Is the ehocso co full o*
, oles?"
"That's all right. It needs all the
•resh air It can get." ,
fcbentnq ffiljat
Bass fishermen have had a very
poor season. The Stisquehanna, the
Juniata and their tributaries, th 9
various creeks that empty into these
two rivers, have not been in good
fishing condition more than onco or
twice this summer. There has not
been a full week of good fishlns
weather since the bass and Susque
hanna salmon season opened and in
disgust a large number of local an
glers have taken to the seasho*e for
their sport, with the result that soma
tall fishing stories have been told
and more are to_follow the return of
such veterans of the rod as Rob- "
®' t Lyons and Kdson J, Hockenbury,
the former from Atlantic City and
the nearby fishing resorts and the lat
ter from Wildwood Crest, where hn
has a cottage. Lyons is due to ar
rive home this week after several
weeks of sport and has a number of
channel bass, or drumfish, to his al
ready long list. Hockenbury is the
latest Harrisbsrger to catch one of
these big fish, which are the most
sought for game fish along the At
lantic coast at this season and by
lar the best lighters. Hockenbury
caught three of these big fellows in
the surf at Wildwood Crest earlier
in the season, the largest weighing
thirty-seven and one-half pounds,
and last week, while fishing for
weaktish In Delaware bay just across
country from the Crest, hooked one
that weighed twenty-six pounds. He
performed the difficult task of land
ing this young whale on weaktish
nook and tackle after a twenty-min
ute fight.
Hockenbury has been Instrumen
tal in the organization of the Wild
wood Crest Fishing Club, which al
ready has 145 members and which
has erected a fine pier and clubhouse
just opposite' the amusement pier at
that resort and where weaktish,
kingfish, crokers, Cape May goodies
and an occasional small shark and
large drumfish are the prizes that
come daily to the hooks of those
fortunate enough to have the privi
lege of the pier. Night fishing is
most popular at this resort and some
of the best catches are made be
tween 8 and 12 o'clock in the even
ing.
• • •
Wildwood Crest has become quite
popular among Harrisburg fisher
men, through the instrumentality of
Mr. Hockenbury, who has had as
his guests from time to time mem
bers of the Rotary Club, of which he
is an active member. Among those
now at the resort, guests at the At
lanta Hotel, aro John S. Musser and
family, of Washington Heights, who
motored down Saturday and who
will be there for the week. Other.!
who have had good luck lishlng at
Wildwood this summer are Howard
C. Fry, Paxtang; Robert Lyons and
Frank B. Musser, all of them hav
ing fine catches to report on their
return home.
• * •
Other Rotarians at the shore aro
Ed. Black, the well-known artist,
who Is painting pictures at Atlantic
City, and Dr. Frank B. Kami and
family who have been spending
some time at Ocean Grove and As
bury Park, having motored to the
shore last Friday. Both Black and
Dr. Kann have had adventures in the
surf. Mr. Black got beyond his
depth while bathing and it required
the efforts of four men to get him
safely to shore and about a barrel or
salt water out of his system. For a
time it was thought he would be
drowned. Dr. Kann's was mote
amusing than, serious. Saturday
morning he called up a friend in
Harrisburg with the information that
he had "met with a serious misfor
tune while bathing," said misfor
tune consisting of the loss of a plate'
on.which he wore several back teeth.
Being an expert swimmer he went
out where the storm that raged alonir
the coast Friday night had kicked
I up heavy waves and when he spat
out a mouthful of Bait water ilia
plate with the back molars came
out with the water. Searching for
several false teeth in the ocean has
the famous old puzzle of finding a
needle in a haystack beaten to a
dizzy frazzle, so Dr. Kann did th
only thing possible and telegraphed
back for another plate that he had
stored away against any such emer
gency. It was rushed forward to
him by special delivery. He confi
dentially informed his Harrisburg
friend that he had serious objections
to paying for first class hotel fare
and being able to eat nothing much
more substantial than soup. This
is not Dr. Kann's first vacation mis
hap this year. The other week while
enroute with his family to Pittsburgh
to attend the state osteopathic con
vention, his automobile had a punc
ture at Chambersburg and the doctor
suddenly awoke to the fact that the
keys to Jiis tire irons and tool boxes
were reposing in a cupboard at
home. He was stranded. A tele
phone message brought Dr. Kann's
good friend Harry Hershey to the
rescue, Mr. Hershey turning over the
keys to a Cumberland Valley rail
road passenger conductor who In
turn delivered them several hours,
later to the doctor at the Chambers'-
burg station.
• • •
But fishing and seaside bathing aro
not the only sports that are proving
attractive to Harrisburgers. More
and more the shotgun and the ritte
aro coining into their own. Yester
day Fred A. Godcharles, deputy sec
retary of the Commonwealth, left
for Toronto, Canada, where he will
represent Harrisburg and Milton
Sportsmen's Associations, at the
grand international target handicap,
the prizes of which run up as high
us $2,500 and it is for the big one
that Uodcharles will try. The Mil
ton man Is one of the best shots in
the slate and has taken prizes all
the way from Canada to Florida and
from Maine to California. His fa
vorite is the shotgun, but he is also
a good hand with the rifle.
• •
In a short tlmo the shooting con
tingent of town will bo greatly in
cTPfiscd by members of the Harris
burg reserves who will be armed
with late model high-powered rifles.
The report of the arms committee
will be made to the battalion fol
lowing the drill on Tuesday night on
the island when a meeting of the
Civil Association will be held. The
committee will not make public Its
recommendations until that time but
it is understood that little time will
be lost in placing a first class weapon
In the hands of each of the reserves,
after which regular rifle practice an*
drill will he held. The men are keen
to get to the ranges, and it is under
stood both tho Harrlsburg Rifle CluA
and the National Guard targets will
be at their disposal If \ nego
tiations now pending s*V
as it is believed they wy
Poverty of Auto Owners
Senator Smoot shouldn't be too
sure that the persons who auto
mobiles and use gasoline at present
prices can afford to pay an additional
tax. Some of them can hardly afford
to eat. and quite a number of them
are doing their own laundry work
as a mensurc of economy.—lndian
apolis News.