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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
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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
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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
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•' Yjrf QUESTION OF
W> v JmA SUFFICIENCY,
You seem
troubled about
> I i your gardening.
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C. Zxy v,ron< lerlng
vul I whether i cai *
/ raiae noueh to
i take care of the
big appetite the
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"
>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.