8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded list Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAI'U PRINTING CO., Tclcfnpk Building, Federal Square, E.J. STACK POLE, Pr#j' 4- Editor-in-Chief V. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OUS M. STEINMETZ. Uanapng Editor' Member of the Associated Presa —The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. I Member American Newspaper Pub- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Eastern ofilce. Avenue Building, Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a <*>!* week; by mall, 15.00 & year In advance. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 4 Empty hours, empty hands, empty companions, empty words, empty hearts draw in evil spirits as a vac uum dratcs in air. —Wilmam Abnot. OUR STATE HIGHWAYS IN working out of a construc tive program for the upbuilding and extension of the system of highways in Pennsylvania the people of the Commonwealth are Intensely interested. They want results and nothing else counts. Millions of dol lar*. are now flowing into the coffers of the State from the owners of auto mobiles and motor-driven vehicles and this huge sum, exceeding over {3,000,000 this year, represents a substantial fund for maintenance of the highways. It also represents the Interest of thousands of people in the efficient conduct of the road building department. Let us hope that putting aside all else Mr. O'Neil, who succeeds to the management of the department, will devote himself whole-heartedly to the development of such plans as will largely increase the good roads area of the State. The funniest thing in Washington is Senator LaFollete posing as the •wisest man in the United States Gov ernment. GROWTH BY ANNEXATION LEBANON has increased its pop ulation approximately one thou sand by the annexation of a 50-acre residential section in Bouth Lebanon township. If Lebanon is looking for population it has taken the right way to get it quickly. Har risburg also is so situated. If we pre to grow extensively in the near fu ture it must be by annexation. Lay ing aside the point recently raised, that the present is no time to under take enterprises that may add con siderably £o municipal expenses, It nevertheless remains true that Har rlsburg's future development lies in its suburbs. The city has well nigrta reached the limit of its growth from within. There are few available large tracts in the city limits that have not been built up. Numerous residential sec tions, like that of Riverside, which is now under consideration, surround us, reaching almost if not quite up to the city limits. We must reach out and take these into the city prop er if we are to attain our proper rank among the cities of the country. Harrisburg is much larger to-day than appears in the census reports, for in everything but name our suburbs are integral parts of the municipality. The West Shore Firemen's Union has the right idea in urging the an nexation of Wes't Shore towns. They ought to come into the city and, from the standpoint of unitprm development, the sooner the better. It was Just like the weather man to Arrange the nicest day of the past two weeks for the opening of school AVIIJL VOC PLANT A TREE ? THE great destruction of trees throughout the city by the storm of Sunday has aroused our citizens to the immediate Im portance of tree planting and shade tree protection. Now, as never be fore, do we etand in need of a real Bhade Tree Commission which could intelligently consider and devise a planted a generation ago and It is now up to the people of our day to do their part in providing for those who come after us. We must realize in Harrisbnrg that unless those of the present gen eration show an interest in the plant ing of trees the generations to foi- Ifew will suffer from a treeless com munity.. Many of the trees which were blown down or uprooted were those that were planted a generation ago and it is now up to the people of our day to do their part In providing for those who come after us. • Especially must some definite pro gram as to tree planting be adopt ed for the park areas. There h.\s been too muoti hit and miss plant ing without regard to the quality of the tree* or the proper spacing. It Is the duty of the present Depart ment of Parks to at once prepare for the planting of hundreds of trees this year. But private property own ers must also co-operate in the set tins out of tfeca of the right sort TUESDAY EVENING, along the curbllne and on their pri vate premises. Let us make next Arbor Day a real tree-planting day for Harrisburg. Preparations should now be made to secure hardy trees which will be U --most certain to grow and flourish In this climate. It will be the pleasure of the Telegraph to print In a short time a list of the trees that are most suitable for planting here. N Remembering Napoleon and Mo scow, Wilhelm and Riga do not seem so discouraging. RIGHT\ MR. LYNCH! COMMISSIONER LYNCH has ■tzed the garbage collection sys tem up correctly so far as col lections from the curb are concerned. Says he: V Harrlsburgers are not educated to the curb system, and I don't be lieve would want to use it. That Is absolutely right. Mr. Lynch as highway commissioner has made Harrisburg famous the coun try over for its clean streets. Our own people delight In this condition and it is the constant remark of visi tors. "We do not intend to barter our spotless highways for the litter and fllth of upset garbage and ash cans. Mr. Lynch will have the hearty support of public In whatever he does to prevent this Iniquity being forced upon the city. OCR COAL TROUBLES NOW that we are up against the problem of high prices of coal and, perhaps, an insufficient supply, it is reasonable to expect that those who have been discussing the conservation of coal and the best methods of its use will achieve some headway, especially in reducing the loss of unburned fuel which floats out of the stacks of the city an<\ cov ers as with a pall our homes and business places. If price-fixing at Washington has the same effect elsewhere as it seems to have had in Harrisburg and vicin ity, with respect to the retail prices of coal, then we should pray for relief from all such methods of reg ulation. Fixing of prices usually re sults In reduction of output and economic laws cannot be overturned by man-made regulations. A large electric sign ha 9 been placed in front of the Y. M. C. A. build ing which is an ocular demonstration of the new spirit of that institution. Preparations are being made now for an increase of equipment and a gen eral enlargement of the activities of the Y. M. C. A. in this city. This is a time when all who can possibly do so should give financial support to the institution. CHESTER GOING TO IT IX a full page newspaper adver tisement prominent citizens of Chester, including Mayor W. S. McDowell, steel manufacturers, bankers and merchants, make this appeal "To all citizens of Chester": We, the undersigned, directors of the Chester Chamber of Com merce and Board of Trade, recog izlng the unusual ability, qualifi cations and long service of T. Woodward Trainer as secretary of the said Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, in having lo cated a great number of our largest industries in Chester, Ed dystone and Marcus Hook, earn estly advocate his election as a member of Council of the city of Chester, and would appreciate the support and vote of all our busi ness men, bankers, worklngmen and professional men at the prl mary election. September 19, 1917. And this Is precisely the sort of campaigning the civic bodies of Jlar rlsburg will be compelled to under take unless the people are satisfied to supinely watch the city slipping backward in. too many directions. We fear some men are merely run ning for Jobs without regard to the service they may render the com munity. ' LAFAYETTE DAY THE proposal to celebrate the anniversary of Lafayette's birth as a national holiday is particu larly fitting at this time. America owes a debt of gratitude to this gal lant young Frenchman, the extent of which many Americans do not fully realize and which we are only at this late date about to attempt in some measure to repay. September C should be observed with demonstra tions and rublic acknowledgment of our love and admiration for this democratic nobleman who left hifc palatial home, his young wife and his place as king's favorite at home to champion the cause of the people against tyranny in far-off America. Lafayette,, a general at twenty, amply Justified the trust the Ameri can Congress placed in him. He was a gallant leader and an officer of rare ability despite his extreme youth (he was only twenty when he secured a decided success at Brandy wine) and rendered Invaluable service to th& American arms, winning by his skill and daring the admiration of Wash ington. the love of his soldiers and the respect of his enemies to the extent that once, by order of a Brit ish commander, his life was saved •when his headlong dash and courage had carried him Into a place where escape seemed impossible. But Lefayette did more than fight fort the Colonies. He spent $140,000 of his own fortune and procured from Louis the French army that turned defeat into victory for the hard pressed American forces and made certain the establishment of a free nation on this continent. Lafayette long has been the beau ideal of American youth and his spirit lives In the lads who will carry the Stars and Stripes to France. His very youth, at the time of his great est accomplishments, is an argument for the success of the gallant young officers now preparing for service against the Hun in the beloved France of the dashing marquis. Lafayette won many laurels and re turned to America ripe In years and rich In honors long after the War of the Revolution had ended and the United States established on a firm foundation, but he will always bo remembered by Americans as the debonair, hard-flghting, generous, handsome young knight-errant who swept the British before him In the early days of our war for freedom and who later led an army of brave Frenchmen to the death of mon archlal power In this country. TcUticC- CK By the Fx-Commit teem an Appointment of Insurance Com missioner J. Denny O'Neil to be State Highway Commissioner, an nounced by Governor Brumoaugh's office yesterday while the Executive was speeding back, to Maine after a brief visit to the Philadelphia dis trict over Sundtft', does not appear to have created as much surprise as the selection of Ex-Speaker Charles A. Ambler to succeed Mr. O'Neil. Com missioner O'Neil has been mentioned for State Highway Commissioner ever since Frank B. Black got Into difficulties with the men active in State administration politics last winter during the height of the Speakership contest and he was men tioned to succeed him when the switching talk was rife about the close of the session and after Mr. Black resigned. Mr. Ambler has been talked of for half a dozen places. Newspaper comment generally js that Mr. O'Neil will be more in sym pathy with the desire of the admin istration leaders to make the High way Department a political factor than Mr. Black, and that he will take an active part in the coming primary and county elections throughout the State as a preliminary to the guber natorial campaign next year. Mr. O'Neil will also become more of a force in Allegheny county politics in the next few weeks. It has been ex pected that the man whom the Governor would name to succeed Mr. Black would be thoroughly in accord with the political program of the administration as air. Ambler will naturally be. —An interesting thing about the appointments is that after a lapse of a year or so, both departments are in the hands of men from the counties whence came the men who headed them some twelve or fifteen months ago. Mr. O'Neil hails from Allegheny, whence came the late Robert J. Cunningham, whom Mr. Black, of Somerset, succeeded. Mr. Ambler comes from Montgomery, whose Republican leader, Charles Johnson, was insurance commission er until he resigned about the time the presidential campaign got under way and who was succeeded by Mr. O'Neil. —Mr. O'Neil's new place carries with it a salary of SB,OOO or SSOP more than he got as insurance com missioner. It is believed here that there must have been considerable appeal to Mr. O'Neil's love of the political game, as well as urging that he emulate William A. Magee and get more actively into the move ment to make sure of the State for a gubernatorial nominee in line with State administration thought to get him to accept the place. —lt is a well-known fact that the Governor is anxious to have a hand in the namirter of his successor and that most of the men holding place under him are more than anxious. O'Xeil because of his local option affiliations, more or less independent course at times, strenuous methods and knowledge of politics has been one man whom the administration men wanted to keep with them. When he accepted the insurance commissionership he shook up S'ate politics and his confirmation inithe face of strong objections was one of the events of the closing week of the session. His course as insurance commissioner has been a bright spot in State affairs the last year or so. He combined vigor and fearlessness and although every move seemed to be a battle he kept on and his retire meht will be regretted as much as he will regret to leave the place. —Only a fortnight ago Mr. O'Xeil said that he was absorbed in the proceedings in which his department had 'taken such an active part and he asked that his name not be used in connection with the highway com missionership, remarking that the period a man would have in the high way place would not only be limited but would come at a time when prices and general conditions would interfere with an ambitious program. Mr. O'Xeil is well qualified for the highway commissionership as he was county commissioner of Allegheny during years when the county was building its splendid system of roads, one of the best county systems In the country, in which E. M. Bigelow as engineer and R. J. Cunningham as controller, played a great part. Both of these men* now dead, were highway commissioners. —The appointment of Mr. O'Xeil and selection of Mr. Ambler are taken to mean the embarking of the State administration on more vigor ous politics and the forerunners of more changes. The State administra tion having gotten Philadelphia quiet is going after Pittsburgh and the rest of the State for 1918. —The State's new highway com missioner, is expected to assume the duties of that office without delay. He sent word here yesterday that he would be at the State Insurance De partment to close up his connection with that department to-day and Capitol Hill looks for him to take the oath of office as highway com missioner within a few days as there are many matters at the department which require prompt action. Mr. O'Xc# spent last week at St. Paul at the national convention of insur ance commissioners and it is under stood Jhat he arranged to turn over the various pending mattens to his successor. Mr. O'Xeil will give a bond for $50,000. —lt is expected that Mr. Ambler will be here either late to-day or to-morrow. He will give a bond for SIO,OOO and Mr. O'Neil and Deputy Samuel W. McCulloch will go over the departmental matters with him. —Frank B. Black, the former State Highway Commissioner, who has been here tho last few days re moving his household effects, tele graphed his congratulations to Mr. O'Xeil. Mr. Black will spend much of his time in Philadelphia as he will remove the offices of his coal companies to that city from Xew York. His home, however, will re main in Somerset county, where he has model farms. —The Philadelphia Press says that the appointments mean "Tightening up of the lines of opposition to the Penrose leadership." The Democratic Philadelphia Record says the ap pointments "are expected to aid ma terially the persistent efforts put forth by the Vare-Brumbaugh-Smlth alliance to gain 'a place in the sun' of State politics." The North Ameri can says that the appointments wore "shocking" to the Penrose people. —-The Philadelphia Inquirer, which L has been getting more and more to a M ARBISBTTRO T£SFS& TELEGRAPH THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT ... . : . BY BRIG g, RSFB-- "" AFTFR THF BALL" A - BALL middle of the road place In Republic | an affairs, has this to say: "Penrose leaders look upon the appointments from a purely political standpoint, and contend that they were made to strengthen the Vare-Brumbaugh fac tion not only in Pittsburgh, where they seek to elect the next mayor, but in Montgomery county, where Senator Vare has his summer home, and where Ambler is leader of an element in the Republican organiza tion which has been opposing Charles Johnson, the Penrose loader of that county. O'Neil has been a thorn in the side of the Penrose leadership in Allegheny county for years. He has done much campaigning by speaking in churches against the liquor traffic and for the local option cause. He is a practical politician, and is looked upon as the boldest of the anti-Penrose men when it comes to turning a sharp corner politically or making charges in pub lic speeches and statements affecting his opponents. Former Speaker Ambler, while af filiated with the Vares, has never been a vindictive factionalism He is well liked by men who opposed his candidacy for the Speakership and who voted against him when he ran for Auditor General when ho was de feated by Charles A. Snyder, of Schuylkill. It is conceded by Penrose cohorts that Speaker Ambler treat ed with fairness and courtesy the men who voted against him for pre siding officer." 4 Strike the Enemy [The Silent Partner.] The Silent Partner has enlisted in the cause of Freedom. This and ev ery succeeding number of the mag azine will strike at the enemy—will strike ilntil the war ends. The Silent Partner will not mince matters. This is a war for our lib erty—for human liberty. It is a war to save this nation. Through the long and weary period of three years the Silent Partner has exercised the highest human heroism —treated with special tact, diplom acy, this subject of war—tried to find Its way without talking war, but there is no way now but war. America did not enter this war for gain or glory. America has not sent her fioets to fight Just because of the loss of the "Lusitania." Mil lions of men are not mobilized Just because of the submarine menace. Billions in cash and in credit are not employed Jur-t as an Answer to th German official indignities. The real reason, the genuine issue that has brought America into this war Is the Issue that our forefathers fought for —Freedom. The Dead I feared the lonely dead, so old were they,— Decrepit, tired beings, ghastly white, With withered breasts and eyes de void of sight. Forever mute beneath the sodden clay; I feared the lonely dead, and turned J away From thoughts of somber death and endless night; Thu* through tlio dismal hours I longed for light To drive my utter hopelessness away. But now my nights are filled with flowered dreams Of singing warriors, beautiful and young; Strong men and boys within whose eyes there gleams The triumph song of worlds un known, unsung: Grim death lias vanished, leaving in Its stead The shining glory of the living dead. —By Sigourney Thayer. Wanted Army Cooks The War Department wants all men who can cook and are called In the draft to go in the first conting ent that will entrain for the canton ments September 5. Special instruc tions to tni!> effect have been sent to all local boards by the Provost Mar phal General. The first men and of ficers at the camp, it is pointed out, must have cooks, and while every effort is being made to engage pro fessional chefs for the camps it is expected the number will be far short of the camp needs.—Exchange. No Place Like Home Neighbor—Hello, JeiAins! How are you? Haven't seen you in the garden for quit* a time, and you never come and see the wife and me now. Why is that?" ienklns —Well, the fact Is, old p, that It's not through ill will or bad feeling, or anything like that, you know; only you and Mrs. Po> more hav borrowed so many thinn from me that when I see your place It makes me feel homesick.—Amer ican Boy. One Possible Effect Burglars in two small New York towns have come to grief through gunwork by the villagers. The war spirit may have made cracking coun try safes more dangerous than It used to be. —Buffalo Enquirer, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Suggests Reforms To the Editor of the Telegraph: As a friend of yours and your paper I send you some notes and talks on timely subjects and things that you do well to comment on. These matters are not idle vapor ings, but the information is gained from personal knowledge and experi ence and from talks with others; on the streets, in cigar and other stores and shops, not bar-rooms, however, and in social clubs and lodge rooms. The Coal Situation: Coal ought to be cheaper than it is in this city. Coal firms make too much money and profit on a ton of coal. Did you ever hear of a coal dealer failing in business? Their statement that they must have $1.76 a ton for de livering is preposterous. I "know the time when coal firms paid but $2.50 per day for a man and his team and the latter had to haul out ten loads for a day's work, thus making the average about 2 5 cents a ton. Of course it costs more now, but they can make money at a charge of 75 cents per ton for hauling. With my knowledge of the situation, allowing a safe profit for the dealers, the prices of coal here should be as fol lows: $6.00 for pea; egg, $6.50; nut, $6.80. Girls' High School: It Is agreed by most all voters that this should be at Boas and Front streets, but that no such price as $90,000 should be paid the McCorniicks for the ground. This plot is assessed at $20,- 300 and was olTered the Messiah Lu therans about a year ago for $30,- 000 and no more than this amount should be paid by the School Board. To place thi's new building at North and Cowden and Briggs would cost far more money, and it would then only have a fine perspective in its front, the Capitol Park. As for its eastern side ana the r§ar. it would be bounded by coal, lumber, lime, cement and Junk "yards and indus tries and manufacturing plants of all kinds, not to mention the rail roads, which are belching forth dirt and smoke and noise Incessantly. City Annexation: While It may not be unwise, though bound-to be costly, to annex Riverside to the city, it would be fax more wise to annex Pleasant View and far more unwise to annex the cross-river towns. All the area from Eighteenth to Twenty fourth streets and from Reservoir Park to Herr street is practically part of the city and yet not in it. It is nearly all built up and strang ers are surprised to learn that it is not part of the city. As for the cross river towns, no one among the great niass of working people of the city thinks seriously of annexing them to llarrisburg. They all say they are in another county and we do not want them and that It Is folly to talk of taking In scattered communities that are separated from us by a mile of water. Thoy are far from uniform and in their lives, streets and other characteristics too different in every way and manner to be even consid ered as being taken Into the limits Of Harrlsburg. Our Soldiers and the War: We are proud of our soldiers but there are too many people In our city indif ferent to .them and the cause they represent." Even at the services con ducted by the chaplain on the Island, there are too many people who are discourteous and unmannerly in that they talk or laugh during the serv ices and keep moving around like at a festival and cause others discom fort besides. Also there are too many people that care more for their own social pleasures so that they will not even give a cent to the Red Cross or aid them in any manner, and they make boast# of it beside. Some of them, I regret to say, are church people and church workers and very attentive to their church duties, but having no sons in the service they say the war means nothing to them and they will not mar their pleasures by even think ing of it or giving to any worthy patriotic causes. Then there are many pro-Germans and It Is known that some members of these fami lies work In departments at the Cap itol. They will not only not give of their means but decry the war against Germany as well. We do not do enough for those boys and tnen who have sacrificed their homes and positions to enlist In the war. Every one should give a little to every cause promoted by the soldiers or their friends. The soldiers should be alllowed to ride on the street cars free. They will not be with us long and the Traction Company should do like the Bride companies; charge no toll. Representative Man Chief Mar shall: Among many men it is re gretted that Ed C. Humor, who lives several miles over In Cumberland county, should be chief marshal of the parades escorting the departing soldiers to tho trains. They say that through debt* that he owes for a long time and other known causes, he is in disrepute and many would not march behind him in the last parade, notably the firemen. There was to be a division of them and none were there, not even the mar shal of their division. Let us have a citizen for chief mar shal; a real representative citizen, and many more will* be in line. Automobile Parking: The parking of autos on the streets Jn the heart of the city should be stopped. We are getting to be a large city and this parking is not. allowed In any large city. It may be all right to allow autos to park in Market Square, yet many a man whose busi nes place is there does not get a chance to park hifc own machine in front of his place of business or even got into it sometimes because of other people's autos. Parking should not be allowed in Second, Third, Fourth or Court between Walnut and Market, nor in Walnut or Market streets. It certainly is a problem how machines get through these streets the way they are crowded with standing machines, day and night. It is said popie spend the evening in their machines parked in Market street. It was a mistake to repeal the ordinance prohibiting parking in Third street but to satisfy A few businessmen, hundreds of other automobilists and people must bo discommoded and made to run the gauntlet in Third street, between Walnut and Market. Registration Slackers: The news papers have been saying there were no slackers in Harrlsburg on Regis tration Day. It is the belief that there were many. At. some places the registrars had registration voting lists of last year, showing ages of voters and many failed to register for the draft. Some who registered last year as 27 years old were said to be 31 this year. This could be proven by comparing the lists as some parties did. Miscellaneous: Things discussed by men and thought should be ex ploited; too much promiscuous tliro\ving of waste paper and gar bage on the public sidewalks and highways and In the parks. Too much wholesale use of profanity and vulgar talk In these same places. Lights should be carried oi) wagons and other vehicles as well as autos at night, both in and outside of the city. Two stops for street cars unneces sary State street, as it causes con fusion to autoists and possible dan ger to passengers. Too early sending of mails from P. O. to railroad trains. Twenty or thirty minutes is plenty of time, but many malls are sent out from P. O. fifty minutes before trains. The Orpheum theater advertises during the season too many line shows .at high prices and then has only second-rate companies to pre sent them. Many times last season people were fooled and disappointed in this manner, particularly with the Blue Paradise: a fine play, the finest music, fine prices but a second-rate company to render it and not the company that played it in New York. . All these things are • worthy of your consideration and if you doubt the statements made you can easily find out that they are correct by In vestigating a little. Yours respectfully, A FRIEND. West Shore Annexation To the Editor of the Telegraph: The residents of the Cumberland county towhs along the Susquehanna river are now In earnest discussion of the proposed changes In nyinlei pal government. A few reasons in support of a change in the present condition are: 1. The second and third class school in most 'of the towns which put our children two or three years behind their future competitors in Harrlsburg. 2. Dusty, dangerous, unkept streets. 3. Sewage problem—sewage dis posal will soon be forced on these towns by the State Board of Heath. 4. Inadequate facilities for cross ing the numerous railroads cutting through the west shore In all direc tions. 5. Lack of all-night car service. 6. Lack of uniform building regu lations. 7. Needed police protection. 8. Needed traffic regulations—no tably at the Lemoyne bridge. The only remedy suggested for these evils has been annexation to the City of Harrlsburg. The writer would recommend as more easily brought about, more economical and as efficient the formation of a bor ough or >clty composed of Enola, West Kalrvlew, Wormleysburg, Le moyne, Camp Hill. New Cumberland and Intervening territory. If these communities become a part of Har rlsburg, they will receive the atten tion which a tenth part of that city deserve#. Tlx* West Shore s&iwot ex SEPTEMBER 4, 1917. pect the taxpayers of the present city to pay for West Shore improve ments. None of theso problems the schools, streets, sewage, railroad crossings, all-night car service, build ing regulations, police protection, traffic regulation be better taken care of by a city of 100,000 than a city of 12,000. No person reading the Harrisburg newspapers during the past five years would care to put the West Shore schools in the hands of the Harrisburg school district. Has any educator ever pointed to the City of Harrisburg as an example of edu cational enterprise or advancement? Steelton, ~ rather than Harrisburg, is the example of educators in this vicinity. The West Shore cannot expect the present taxpayers of Harrisburg to pay for street paving and sewer con struction in Wormleysburg and Camp Hill. The abutting property owners will pay for these benefits. The Walnut street bridge prob lem, the Market street subway, the State street bridge, do not give the residents of New Cumberland and Lemoyne much hope of improve ments in the two decrepit bridges maintained by the Cumberland Val ley and Heading railroads at Le moyne. The question of all-night car serv ice is for the Public Service Com mission, not for a city council. An nexation to Harrisburg will not af fect this question. Bnilding regula tions, traffic regulation, police pro tection are now within the powers of the various boroughs. The problems involved In the de velopment of the Capitol Park, the street car problem, the garbage ques tion—all these require more time than the City Commissioners seem able to give. Who in Harrisburg will look after the needs of the West Shore? In our present needs shall we de pend upon the other fellow or shall we "dig in" for ourselves? LEMOYNE MAN IOUKDAILYLAUCH] A VERY PRESENT HELP. "It's when a man Is In trouble that he realizes the value of a wife." "Sure! He can put all his prop erty in her name.'.' TOO MODEL "I think you havetya model apart ment." "Yes. my husband says It's a model of the real thing.- DREAM ON. Rolf: Ah, dear- | JT*, est, kissing your hand"is like sip ping nectar of the V Brods! \ *\ 9 \ Yvonne: Oh, la, ■\/ / L A \ la. Zat ts a fine m compliment but I I fll fear M'sleu tastes Vv /J "zee perfume on r ji my hand. *"* A J J My saved 1 magnificent would save tamiutg Qiqui Mobilization of the blackbird®, which has been in progress in the vlciiHty of Harrlsburg since the lat. ter part of July, has now reached such a point that a man who can not get enough birds for a real old fashioned blackbird pie must be a poor marksman indeed. Not in many years have the blackbirds been as numerous as they are in the country about this city and thelf flocking together In the early evening is a eight to watch from Reservoir Park or on the hills back of Steeltoo. This is the first year In the last two or three that It has been permissible to hunt blackbirds. For years they were legitimate (tame after Septem ber 1, but a few years ago the Legis lature protected them except when engaged In ripping up a garden or destroying the nests of other birds. It was found that tho black-coated or rusty headed birds had preserved their habits of strafing valuable birds, notably robins, and that they had even tuken to sending raiding parties Into chicken yards. Hence, the new game code placed them bacft on the Rime list and Saturday a number of people went out into the country to try their hands. They could hardly help making good bags. Jhe blackbirds have been not only more numerous than usual, but have neen even more audacious. When it comes down to being a prime butter i", the blackbird takes prizes. People J1 ,1 1 ? ,' Park have noticed the blackbirds presence In growing num. bcrs and they have simply chased ofl ine robins and sparrows and have } he fat ' 'azy pigeons awaj rrom the donations which kind visitors so lavishly provide. They have even teen known o attempt to raid squir rel houses, although they need all their agility to escape the bushy tuiledowners of the park, who will Mil 1 t , '" hout n >ercy. The mo bllization of the blackbirds have beer in big numbers and some of the even, nig entertainment of people llvinir in suburban Harrisburg has been tc watch the platoons form the com panies and the companies In turr Join and form battalions until befon one realizes It a whole regiment ii swooping across fields to trees foi the night. The departure in th< morning for the happy huntinj grounds is In mass formation and th< Wrtj P>'t P into units which sub divide as they go along, always witl i sentries who are read^ ™ a harsh word of warning a sight of any bipeds of larger size whether tho flock Is on the wing o stalking about the fields. The movement to "give a lift t the soldiers" which has beeji so muc] in vogue among motorists in Ne\ "i ork and New England is comin here and there are many youn soldiers who have been helped o their way or given trips by owner of cars. This consideration has beei much appreciated by the young me: here, especially those encamped a the Island. • • • Justice J. Hay Brown an Mrs. Brown will bo hosts to the Lan caster County Historical Society a their country home near Paradls next Thursday. This will be the an nual pilgrimage of the society whlc has visited many notable places 1 the "Garden County." After a pro gram there will basket picnic Guides at the State Capitol hav come to have a horror of the legs holiday. To them It is a worse mit nomer than the word vacation. Va cation is a period when everyon who visits Harrisburg, and there ar thousands in some weeks, wants t go through the Capitol and to admir its beauties and to have the paint ings explained. The guides work a! day long and often times people tur up in the evening and seek informa tion. Holidays, however, are fa worse for the guides because on sue days the visitors flock through th building. There are as high a twenty and thirty in a single part and they keep coming and going a day long. • • • His friends who heard th Rev. Harris B. Stewart preach at th Market Square Presbyterlun Churc on Sunday were Impressed with th hereditary characteristics of fathc and son. The Rev. Dr. George I Stewart was the former pastor c Market Square Church and his so has inherited in his gestures an general style of delivery the charac teristics which are well remembere by those who sat under his father' ministry. Mr. Stewart has a brothc with the English army in Mesopots mia, who was the first American t enter Bagdad, and another broth* In Beirut, where there has bee much suffering during the war owin to "hick of food, but where the cor ditions have recently been consldei ably relieved. * • • When it comes down to perfec nights that of Labor Day will lon be remembered. It afforded a beaut ful close to a fine holiday. The moo rise followed a very pretty suns< and every road in the vicinity c Harrisburg was dotted with automc biles until late evening hours, whtl in the city in spite of the cool a! porches had many parties. The moor light drew many for late trolle rides. ♦ * • The umbrella tree in Capitol Par which fell a victim to the storm ( Sunday was photographed mot than any other tree in the State dt main. The tree was a native of southern clime and was identlfle and-photographed by J. Horace M< Farand who considered it as one < tho finest specimens in this part < the country. It attracted much a tention from visitors and chlldre often used to dash across the law and sit under its shade. It was yeai in attaining its size and the closene! of its foliage attested its strength. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE" —E. J. Cattell, the Philadelph! city statistlcan, says that If the wi goes on he will feel like enlistir himself. —The Rev. J. M. Relmensnyde Milton clergyman, has been pastor ( his church for thirty years. —Rabbi Krauskopf says that tl war gardens have saved the natic millions of dollars. —Commissioner of Health Dixc is rapidly improving and will soc be back at his desk. ' -s-Georgn B. McClellan, formi mayor of New York, has been glvlr special management advice at tl Frankford arsenal the last tw months without anyone knoWin him. —The Rev. Samuel Clement long active tn Philadelphia churc affairs will take up \vork on the Pj clfle coast. —lrvin 8. Cobb will be one of tl speakers at the Doylestown fari school. DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg ran furnish many articles to equip soldiers? HISTORIC HAIIRISnVRO This place had two companli tor service In the Whisky Insurrei tton, , . , , . 4 I I 4 •
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