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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1917 "We are not tchat tee think tee are, Jiut, what tee think, tec are. — ANON. COLUMBUS DAY TO-DAY we celebrate the fame and good name of Christopher Columbus. But who can remem ber the names of the little men who used their wealth and their position to ruin his happiness and blacken Ills reputation for their own per sonal gain? There is r. lesson for all of us in the observance of Columbus Day, and It Is this-—that in the long run right ri'ust prevail. Sometimes it appears that "truth is ever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne," but it is not so. There is more truth in the saying of Goethe that "every wrong Is avenged on earth." Certainly, the good name of Colum bus has come through the fire un scathed, while those who maligned lilm we know for the miserable 1 back-biting, self-seekers they were, even though their dishonored names have Ions; since been lost in the ob scurity or the ages; gone down to "the dust from whence they sprung, unwept, unhonored and unsung." There is practical agreement be tween the State and the city authori ties regarding co-operation in the de velopment of the Capitol Park zone. We have no doubt that there will be a prompt conference regarding the matter at issue, to the end that a speedy conclusion may be reached as to the part the State and the city shall play in working out the great pro gram of improvement. City Solicitor Fox will doubtless get into immediate touch with the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings and arrange for a conference of the State and local officials. Y. M. C. A. ACTIVITIES GENERAL approval is expressed throughout the community of the activities in every depart ment of the local Y. M. C. A. An interesting phase of the report of the physical director is the arrangement for group instruction in athletics and physical training for the local police department. Now that the officers are under civil service regu lations, it is quite proper that they should be made as physically fit as possible, to the end that we may have a force equal to any in the country. It doesn't follow that all the officers are young and should be compelled to perform on the trapeze or hori zontal bar, but it is entirely feasible to give them such exercises as will make them more fit under present conditions. We have no doubt that Chief Wet zel and his men will gladly avail themselves of the opportunity. The State Department at Washing ton is said to have sent a copy of Missouri laws to the Russian Govern ment. Wouldn't it have been a good thing to let Senator Stone have had the honor of delivering it personally? THE COMING ELECTION'S WHILE the war and the great baseball classic are engaging the attention of most people, there is still sufficient interest in the election of proper city officials and members of the School Board to justify more attention to these im portant subjects. Ea<o. roter will cast a ballot for to ur o"? tTie eight candidates for City Council and one of the two candi dates for Mayor. He will also make a decision as to the nominees for the School Board. Much of the failure of local ad ministration is due te- the indiffer ence o< voters regarding the choice of sui'&ole men for public station. No fay It is to be found with the who naturally seeks the suffrages of his fellow citizens, but these must determine for themselves which of the several aspirants for office are best qualified for the pub lic service. Clearly, it Is the duty of every taxpayer to investigate the qualifications of these nominees, to the end that an intelligent decision may bo reached at the November election. Partisanship hasn't much place in the municipal elections, but it is in jected by all sides, nevertheless, and is bound to have & bearing upon the final decision. Those who are prating loudest against partisanship FRIDAY EVENING, are the very persona In Harrlsburg who are doing their level best to achieve partisan success at the polls. Three full weeks remain of the campaign and those citizens who have a real Interest In the proper conduct of our local affairs should avail themselves of the opportunity to learn first hand the fitness of the various candidates for the offices they seek. Of course, there Is little or no question as to the election of Re publican candidates in the county. Opposition to them is likely to cut a very small figure, but the contest in the city is of an entirely different character and is more or less of the nonpartisan order. For this reason | it should be the privilege of every I citizen to exercise his right as a I voter in determining for himself the I men who are to administer our af- I fairs for the next two years. i What, we arise to ask. has become of the cozy-corner and the piano lamp | without which no household a few i years ago could be considered com plete? OI K COLOKED TROOPS THERE appears to be consider able uncertainty as to just how the colored troops shall be handled in the various training camps. Inasmuch as these soldiers are to be a part of the American forces abroad, it would seem that there ought to be less backing and filling regarding their assignment for duty. The record of the colored troops in the American Army con stitutes a fine page in the history of the Republic, and this is no time to raise questions of race, particularly in view of the fact that the bravery of the colored troops has been so often demonstrated in actual con flict. These troops should have every consideration. They have volun teered cheerfully and have respond ed promptly to every call of the country. Only a year ago in Mexico the bravery of the colored soldiers was exhibited under the most try ing circumstances. We believe this world war should do more than defeat the predatory Prussian gang. It ought to remove for all time the unreasonable preju dices and racial contentions which have in large measure retarded world-wide civilization and progress. Let the colored troops go to the front and fight as they always do with the bravery that has been test ed on many a hard-fought field. They will prove their mettle beside their white brothers and those of the olive skin from the far east. Patriotism knows neither race nor creed nor color. The most surprising feature of the latest Haig drive is that Berlin admits "small losses.'' But the lives of 100.- 000 soldiers never did mean much to the Kaiser. POISON AT PRINCETON THE nation would approve the summary execution of the plot ter or plotters guilty of the at tempt to poison the aviation squad of the United States Army at Princeton. The example must be prompt and the action of the government vigor ous. German sympathizers or mur derers in the pay of the Kaiser must be given a wholesome lesson. The only thing such as they can under stand is the firing squad before a wall at sunrise, and once they learn that America, as well as Germany, can and will use this weapon the sooner will their enthusiasm for plot ting begin to wane. Have you ever noticed the chap who talks to his wife about the beauty of the scenery, while he is really admir ing the pretty girl in the center of the picture? VALUABLE INFORMATION BY all means let us have more of such reports as the Bureau of Municipal Statistics of the Department of Labor and Industry, Issued last week from the pen of J. Herman Knisely, relating to third class city police costs and opera tion. The information is valuable and should be extended to all other lines of municipal activity. Such compilations not only let the people know how their own city expenses compare with those of other towns of like size, but they give to councilman and heads of departments material upon which to base economies or ex tensions. REGULATING TRAFFIC MAYOR Bowman and Chief of Police Wetzel have had a conference and agreed upon an experimental introduction pf semaphores at two or three of the street intersections with a view to relieving the traffic mixup. At the present time the officers are com pelled to wave their arms from morning until night and It Isn't al ways possible for drivers of vehicles or pedestrians to understand the signals. With the "Go" and "Stop" signs there should be substantial im provement In the handling of traffic. LAW WITH TIIE "DRVS" TEMPERANCE forces throughout the State are jubilant over a de cision rendered in the courts of Clearfield county Tuesday, and not without reason. It would seem from the decision of Judge Whitehead, of Lycoming county, who heard the case under consideration for Judge Singleton Bell, of Clearfield, that "dry" W. C. T. U. or ganizations and temperance bodies generally are coming into their own. In 1916, Prothonotary Moore, of Clearfield, published a list of the applicants. for wholesale licensed in two Clearfield newspapers, follow ing a custom that had been followed for years. The Clearfield Dry Fed eration had contested the granting of every license in the county, both wholesale and retail. In 1915, a mon ster petition, containing more than ten thousand names, was presented to the court, begging that wholesale licenses be refused. Most of the li censes were granted, but the dry forces girded up their loins for an other contest in 1916. Previous to li cense court, an attorney for the "drys" discovered that the names of the liquor applicants had been im properly advertised, the law requir ing the names to appear in three newspapers. As a result of a hard-fought legal battle, Judge Singleton Bell told the wholesalers that there was a question regarding the right of the court to grant the licenses, and that they would engage in business at their own risk. The wholesale men decided to take a chance, and lifted the licenses. The Dry Federation carried the issue to the Superior Court and won a vic tory. Suit was brought against E. D. Schwem Co., of Dußois, as a test case. Judge Whitehead refused the mo tion for arrest of judgment and di rected Mr. Schwem to appear for sentence. The judge stated that in asmuch as the defendant was a cor poration the officers could not be sent to Jail, and due to the extenuating circumstances he would not assess the maximum fine, but directed the corporation to pay SI,OOO and costs of prosecution. Other wholesalers of Clearfield county will be summoned for trial at the December term of court. All face the possibility of heavy fines, jail sentences and the probability of having their licenses revoked. CK ""ptiuvoijkraHia By the Ex-Committeeman Governor Brumbaugh said this morning before leaving for McElhat tan to participate in the reunion of the "Bucktails," that things were practically completed for the naming of the commissioners to take the votes of the soldiers and that he was | working on a list of men to handle the work. "I have named Ben Branch, ar attorney of Carbon county, to take the votes of part of the Fourth In fantry in the 'Rainbow 1 division," said the Governor. "I named him this early as he must make arrange ments to accompany these Pennsyl vania units no matter where they may be on election day. He is an attorney and familiar with what the interests of the men demand." A number of prominent men have been suggested for the commission erships and those familiar with mili tary matters are being looked over. They will be given the regimental and other organizations, while men will be named for each county to take care of the men in drafted men's camps. Chief Clerk Thorn has the book of nominations ready and all infor mation and supplies will be prepared and at hand next week. —The Philadelphia Town Meet ing committee launched its ticket last night and proposes to make a stirring campaign. The statement issued is signed by prominent men and is as follows: "After a most careful consideration extending over a perio'd of nearly a week, the Town Meeting committee, in unanimous agreement, now submit to the citizens of Philadelphia its in dorsement of the following names for the city and county offices to be filled at the coming election on Novem ber 6: SAMUEL P. ROTAN, District Attorney. THOMAS F. ARMSTRONG, Receiver of Taxes. WALTER GEORGE SMITH, Register of Wills. WILLIAM R. NICHOLSON, City Treasurer Magistrates WILLIAM EISENBROWN EDWIN K. BORIE JOHN J. GRELIS JOSEPH S. BOYLE "The committee has insisted that its chairman, Thomas F. Armstrong, shall yield his own opinions and per sonal desires to the unanimous judg ment of the other members of the committee, and, by accepting the nominations for receiver of taxes shall be one of the standard-bearers of a cause which must appeal to the entire honest and patriotic citizen ship of Philadelphia, regardless of party. "As with Mr. Armstrong so with the other candidates, the committee believes that Philadelphia is to be congratulated that in this cr.*is in our local affairs, when popular gov ernment is at stake in the place where it was born, men of their character and ability are willing to put aside their personal Interests and inclinations in answer to the call to public duty. "Under the law the minority party is entitled to representation in the minor judiciary. At the recent primary election the Democratic vot ers nominated four men for magis trates who are well qualified for these positions. We accept and indorse the Democratic party's nominations and bespeak for them your support." —Philadelphia papers report some interesting incidents connected with the closing of the hearing. The Philadelphia Inquirer says that Mayor Smith declared that he had stopped reading newspapers. This is the way the Inquirer quotes the Mayor: "Since the newspapers have been saying such mean things about me and treating me so unkindly," aid the Mayor, "I have stopped reading them. Incidentally, I am saving a few pennies in that way." —Senator Vare last night charged that newspapers of Philadelphia were in a conspiracy against the Mayor. Senator Vare is quoted as follows: "There is a conspiracy on between nearly all the Philadelphia newspapers and a private detective agency near City Hall, headed by Sam Maloney. This conspiracy was planned by Maloney and the higher staff of the North American and assisted by Judge Gordon. As a re sult of this Maloney brought his thugs and roughnecks into Philadel phia. These men were to go into the Fifth ward and vote. The North American was to have these men arrested for illegal voting and thus discredit the entire primary election. The whole plot was to come on when the primary election was running to our side. When I say our side. I mean your side. In every ward where we entered the fight our can didates won. fairly and easily. Tftey saw a splendid victory and they had to make a frameup to discredit us." —The Philadelphia Ledger to-duv joined the Press in an editorial de handing the impeachment of Mayor Smith. —A new move for a dry Coates ville was started yesterday when the government was appealed to to close saloons because of the making , of munitions. —Secretary Woods is ready for HARJISBURQ tiftjflg TELEGRAPH SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE — *■ - 1 i 1 < rntJA A'RMV a 101 (mL I V/ H\4 km 50bA\ /S'/Qn f I J fIMMER N\MMT| p S E COND JEKAWD "DIE / liberty FREODE AU$ J loam DE.KI X LAUNCHEC ! J y BIG rush A iM, _ T °^ ""ink -=■ . SUPPLiEof I 7 rflff-/ E\Jb/ i f |(p L- >5 i--- i 'W/vwdfe'S; the test of the "sole nominee" clause on Monday. A number of, prominent lawyers will be in tlie case. —AVilkes-Barre post office has been made the distributing point for all of Luzerne county except Hazle-! ton and a few other towns. —Highway Commissioner O'Neil! has declined to talk about the sug gestion of his name for Governor. —Members of the . State Commis- I sion of Agriculture are understood) to have decided not t# force any! issue ifrith the Governor and Secre- : tary Patton. —Governor Brumbaugh will name only a few commissions between! now and election time. EDITORIAL COMMENT Hope the new-born Republic of Russia won't turn out to be twins.— Toledo Blade. Nobody is exempted from fighting the enemies within. Christian Home and School (Erie, Pa.}. General Kornlloff is probably not so anxious for the restoration of the death penalty as he was. Dallas News. "Mexico to be normal again in six months." Is this report circulated by pessimists or optimists?— New York Evening Post. Somebody has figured out that it cost Colirmbus only $7,000 to dis cover America. It will cost the Kai ser more.—New York Sun. Most dangerous of the Kaiser's al lies in this country are those who protest that they are not and act as if they were. —Chicago Daily News. To suriT"- up Germany's answer: "Give us a legal title to what has been seized by force, and we will abide by the law." —Springfield Re publican. Bernstorff's allusion to a bribery fund may help Latin-American re publics to fathom the motives of some of the German defenders in their midst. —Chicago Herald. GUARD THYSELF All truly great men have been healthy. • • * The prime necessity of life is health. With this, for man kind nothing is impossible. But if we do not make use of this good health it will waste itself away and never come back. * • • We should get into the habit of reading inspira tions! books, looking at inspirational pictures, hearing inspirational music, associating with inspirational friends, and, above all, we should cultivate the habit of thinking clean, and of doiru wholesome things. "Guard thyself." That is the slo gan. Let us "take stock" often and see where we stand. We will not be afraid of the weak points. We will get after them and get hold of our selves at the same time. This dynamo called the mind can be trained to do anything—Douglas Fairbanks. UNFAIR TAXATION [Philadelphia Record (Dem.) ] A person earning $20,000 a year on a salary or for professional services would pay income taxes, a special war income tax, surtaxes and excess profits taxes amounting altogether to $2,099.20. Another person with an equivalent income, but derived from interest on bonds, mortgages, etc., would be required to pay altogether SI,OBO. The taxes in the first case would amount to about 10 per cent., and in the other to about 5 per cent, of the income. This is the simplest way of showing that the new law subjects salaries and professional earnings to double taxation, and the demonstration is unanswerable. THE AMERICAN BOY You say that the average Amer ican boy is a fun-loving, light-heart ed, witty and laughing lad. He is. But place before this American boy an interest greater than that of his individual self, a task involving mankind, freedom, liberty and the love of home, and all of this heed less or happy nature var.ishes in the boy, and in its place you will find the high courage of a faithful, loyal, resolute soldier who will .go into a fight a self-sacrificing human and come out of the battle a genuine hero. This is the measure of the Amer ican boy.—The Silent Partner. AMERICANIZATION An interesting phdse of what we are doing to Americanize the world is revealed in the fact that in the last few months diplomats of eight foreign legations In Washington hnve taken American wives.—From the Youth's Companion. Labor Don't Want Pacifists HERE'S a little sample of what is happening to the pacifists when they go pussy-footing around the labor movement. This description of a pacifist exit is from the Minnesota Union Advocate. Organized labor is showing its genuine loyalty to the government iind its unwavering hostility to the People's Peace Council in many places. Two of the most striking exhibitions of these feelings have been made recently in Denver. At the last meeting of Teamsters' Union No. 575 in that city a representative of the Denver branch of the Council presented himself at the outer door of the meeting hall and asked per mission to address the union, stating that he expected to get the members to vote a monthly contribution to FLAMING YOUTH Fate has all at once touched a hidden spring, and the old quiet times of yesterday have suddenly shot up very tall and very terrible before us. But thank God! He has touched an answering spring in the hearts of the young men, so that they, too, have leaped up, tall and heroic, to face the terror and great ness of the hour. The youth of the world is seeing and hearing something to-day that many an older person has failed to perceive. It is sad for those who are left behind, but it is not sad for the men themselves to offer their lives at the climax of youth for the sake of a great adventure. It is sad to fear to make the offer, or to make it grudgingly, not knowing that there is a great adventure afoot, that the kingdom of heaven has come nigh unto us. Maurice Barres in his paper. Young Soldiers of France, says: "Tracts of the French soul which had long lain fallow in us are be ginning to be fruitful or.ce again; and these young men have won in ner riches which we, their elders, had lost. * * Acceptance of sacri fice, the consciousness of a great presence at one's side—we come across these again and again. • * • To-night we leave for the trenches. To-night I shall be watching over you, rifle in hand. You know who is watching over me." Shall our young soldiers fail to climb to the heights to which these others have ascended? And who would dare to hold them back from the attempt?"— Margaret Prescott Montague in the Atlantic Monthly. CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES In a recent lecture at Berkeley, I Cal., Professor Fisher, of Yale, said I that the quantity of money in a country regulated the prices. The idea that speculation, scarcity of | goods, the middleman, foreign de mand, labor unions, cold storage, the tariff, transportation or any of the usually ascribed influences controll ing prices. Prof. Fisher says, is false. The price of commodities is determ ined by the quantitity of money in the country; and as this quantity is reduced or increased, the prices of goods go the same way. Since the war there has been a constant in flation of the currency, and it still keeps up. In a nutshell, the profes sor says, "the war has drained us of goods and flooded us with gold; so goods are high in gold." This good old doctrine we seem to have forgotten in looking about for arbi trary causes. Every man has his theory of the H. C. L., and Profes sor Fisher has his, which is inflation, or, rather, an increase in the stock of money. Maybe, afier all; we are trying to improve our health by picking oft pimples.—-Ohio State Journal. ADVICE TO A YOUNG MAN Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give up the earth itself and all it contains, rather than do an immoral act. And never sup pose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you. Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask your self how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act ac cordingly. Encourage all your vir tuous dispositions and exercise them whenever an opportunity arises; be ing assured that they will gain strength by exercise, as o limb of the body does and that exarcise will make them habitual. —Thomas Jef ferson. the branch. He was immediately told to "beat it," as the teamsters and chauffeurs are patriotic Ameri can citizens and not In sympathy with any pro-German war move ment. Then, at a regular meeting of Carpenters' Union No. 55, which owns the hall in which its meetings are held, great indignation was ex pressed by the members when it was disclosed that the hall was beins? used to make it appear that the union favors the pro-German paci fist movement in the city. A mo tion prevailed refusing the use of the hall for such a purpose and with drawing the two delegates previous ly elected by the union to the Peo ple's Peace Council. Ben Salmon, secretary of the Denver branch of the Council, was forbidden to enter the hall thereafter. CUT DOWN COAL BILL In the November American Maga zine an expert on coal says: "If you want to save coal never allow the house to get so hot that you have to throw open the windows and doors. Thermostats are cheap, these days. They automatically slow down the fire when the temperature is rising to the uncomfortable point. "To get the most out of the heat in coal, the house air should be changed once an hour. Arrangements for such a change should have been made when the house was built. But if that was overlooked when the house was built, you can get the change of air in several ways. My favorite plan is to have a child around the house. By constantly running in and out, it is a perfect air regulator. "I do not believe in getting this result by having loose windows, as we used to do on the farm. I pre fer tight windows, carefully weather stripped. If that has not been ar ranged for, or if the cost is too great, I find that storm windows are rela tively cheap. Then, air slots which let in air when you want it are good." VERMONT'S NO JINGO With less than 150 recruits for the Regular Army to Jier credit since the war began, Vermont cannot be ac cused of encouraging militarism.— Springfield Republican. THE RETINUE Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Aus trian heir apparent, Rideth through the Shadow. Land, not a lone knight errant, But captain of a mighty train, mill lons upon millions, Armies of the battle slain, hordes of dim civilians; German ghosts who see their works ' with tortured eyes, the sorry Specters of scared tyrants, Turks hunted by their quarry, Liars, plotters red of nand like waves of poisonous guises Sweeping through the Shadow Land the host of horror passes; Spirits briirht as broken blades drawn for truth and honor, Sons of Belgium, pallid maids, mar tyrs who have won her Love eternal, bleeding breasts of the French defiance, Russians on enraptured quests, Free dom's proud alliance. Through that hollow hush of doom, vast, unvisioned regions, Led bv Kitchener of Khartum, march the English legions; Kilt and shamrock, maple leaf, dreaming Hindu faces, Brpws of glory, eyes of grief, arms of lost embraces. Uka a tide of woe, midst those pale battalions From the Danube and the Po, Arabs and Australians. Pours a ghastly multitude that breaks the heart of pity. Wreckage of some shell bestrewed waste that was a city; Flocking from the murderous seas, from the famished lowland. From the blazing villages of Serbia and Poland, Woman phntr>nis, babv wraiths, trampled by war's blindness. Horses, dogs, that put their faiths in human, loving kindness, Tamerlane, Napoleon, envious Alex ander Peer in wonder at the wan, tragical commander, Archduke Francis Ferdinan I—when shall his "train be ended Of all the lords of Shadow I^and most royally attended! ■—Katherlne T-ee Bates in the Atlan tic Monthly, OCTOBER 12, 1917. RICHARD CORY Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him; He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said "Good morning," and he glit tered when he walked. And he was rich —yes, richer than a king, And admirably schooled in every grace; In fine, we thought that he was everything To make us wish that we were in his place. So on we worked, and waited for the light. And went without the meat, and cursed the bread; And Richard Cory, one calm sum mer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head. —Edwin Arlington Robinson. M/ KING ACQUAINTANCES it is easy to make acquaintances, but very difficult to shake them off, however irksome and unprofitable they are found, after we have once committed ourselves to them. The Indiscretions, which very often they involuntarily lead one into, prove equally distressing and disgraceful. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your con fidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shock of adver sity bfore it is entitled to the ap pellation—George Washington. [ OUR DAILYTAUGHI fAN IMPOSSI BILITY. Is your son taking intensive training at the officers' camp? i Yes he's \ training, but no', intensively. The ■ \ ) only thing he V I J \ j takes intensive- I I,— \ly Is sleep! NOTHING DOiX'.l. f~ Thirsty Fly: ? 1 £1 e Myk Just my luck. J=| €H M This oda foun- I = M z la, lA tain place Is ,• cloyed up! /5" .=■ \ 0 | > , I •' Yjrf QUESTION OF W> v JmA SUFFICIENCY, You seem troubled about > I i your gardening. vC ItTA es ' * ara C. Zxy v,ron< lerlng vul I whether i cai * / raiae noueh to i take care of the big appetite the —. exercise wIM <jj "* — give me, " >ULL FINISH. There goes ? young Jones. 1. iJ/Ml n He's one of our Clldod youth, never would have suspected :t. He doesn't g lEbnttng (ttljal There is a good bit of merit In the suggestion of Chief Forest Fire Warden George H. Wirt, of the State Department of Forestry, that the owners of forest and woodland In upper Dauphin County, get Into touch with the forest protective as sociation organized in the anthracite field. Mr. Wirt, who was trained by Commissioner Conklin in forestry work, has been working to cut down tho appalling fire losses In the woods of Pennsylvania for years and tne big coal companies have joined ? with the state so that parts of Schuylkill County whore land has tor years been bare of trees and subject to the erosion of weather and storms, is now being planted with trees, while other areas are being protected with a care that is somewhat astonishing to a person who has been over that Section of the state in bygone years and re calls what it used to be like. The coal companies are sure of mine props and water. Tho stato is as sured of conservation of water and soil and the public saved from a nui sance in the form or periodical fires. In the upper end of Dauphin County there are large coal company hold ings and the eastern townships of this county have many tracts of valuable woodland. These woods, like those in the upper part of tho county, are the sources of our own Paxton creek and the streams which run down to the wide branching Sus quehanna. The suggestion that Dau phin County forest owners, and they control many thousand acres,get into touch with the people who are mak ing Schuylkill hills green again is worlh while. The example will stim ulate farmers and others who need or love the woods. And when it comes to scenic firatures old Dauphin I County is worth while. The average resident of this coun tw who has the means to travel or to own an automobile probably knows more about the beauties of the upper Delaware, the Itangeley Lakes, tho Adirondaeks, Sullivan County or the White Mountains than of the splen did scenery of our own county. One reason is because it is "home" and we of Harrisburg are prone to travel eastward by rail instead of going north into the glories of the hills and valleys by foot or gasoline. What the man who has time to take a day's ride should do is to take the Read ins s line to Auburn. Many people do not know where that line goes. It is the Schuylkill and Susquehanna and it takes you up or down tho Stony Creek valley. This railroad now has the New England scenery backed off the map. The valley is historic. It was the site of old Vic toria furnace and Ellendale forge, established by the Bayards a centurv ago. And it is beautiful. In spring there are laurels. In fall holly trees. The woods are full of evergreens. There are the ice dams, whence wo get our ice, and they look like 4lttlo lakes. Hut this valley is only one of several. Old Dauphin can show you scenery that will make you glad you live in its limits and wonder why you never saw it before. "Ono of the pleasures of cam paigning," said a newspaperman who has been up and down the county a great deal in recent years with county candidates on their pre-elec tion rounds," is the ride from Hrtr risburg to the upper end of the county Elizabethville, Grata or Lvkens, for example. The whole journey is one constant and ever chnnging delight to the eye. Tho drive up the river roads gradually develops the low lying mountains from streaks of blue to the high hills they are covered with the vivid hues of the woods in their autumhal dress. That brings one to Dauphin and good roads combined with fine farms keep one pleasantly occupied until Halifax is reached. From there, if it is the upper end of the Lykens Valley for which one is headed, usu ally he motors back through Fisher ville, along which road he gets sev eral fine panoramic views of farm and forest spread far to the South and East as his machine steadily climbs toward the famous Mountain House halfway over to Elizabethville. The view is magnificent from the Mountain House, but from there far beyond the summit and dipping down well toward Elizabethville, through the fine young apple or chards of County Recorder James E. Lentz, the traveler gets his real idea of the beauties of the upper end. The roads wind down the mountain side between the trees which open now and again to give the spectator glimpses of far reaches of luxuriant farm land, spread away to the moun tains that bound the valley on its northern side, with Elizabethville lying like a checkerboard at his feet and Berrysburg, Gratz and other towns looming up in the distance. The roads are good and the trip is safe, except in wet weather. The wonder is that more people do not take it." Another wonderful view is to l>e had from the roof garden of the Ma sonic lodgerooms at Millersburg. The Masons have their headquarters in the Brubaker building, itself a monument to its progressive builder and a great credit to a- town tho size of Millersburg, and they have nil the magnificent appointments of a metropolitan club. Naturally the Maons are proud 'of their home, but prouder by far are they of the view to be had from their roof garden, which overlooks the Susquehanna River for miles to the North and South and from ten to twelve miles of the adjacent country. It is safo to say that no other Masonic lodge in Pennsylvania has anything like the wonderful situation that the Mil lersburg lodge has and it is to be hoped that some day a generous member will see to it that a huge painting of the landscape is made a part of the state museum at Harris burg. Certainly it would be an or nament to the Capitol and a great advertisement for Millersburg. * * * J. ITorace McFarland, the nature lover, traveler and author, once took some Harrisburg people on a motor trip to see scenery up the state. It was fino and the party enjoyed it. Some one in the group remarked that it was hard to beat. "Yes," re plied Mr. Mc.Farland, "except in Dauphin County, for instance. You ought to learn your own county." WELL KNOWN PEOPLE" —Howard B. French, prominent Philadelphian, is aiding in the ex tension of Philadelphia's ship builds lng. —Col. Asher Miner, commanding the Third Artillery, is urging people of Wilkes-Barre, to get more re cruits for his regiment. —Joseph P. McCullen. one of the attorneys in the judgeship test case, is one of the prominent Democratic lawyers of Philadelphia. DO YOU KNOW "| —That Harrisburg Is one of the big centers for distribution of automobile supplies In tills state? HISTORIC IIARRISBITRO The Duck tavern was up around Front and Herr streets and that section was called Ducktown for a time.
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