WATO BLIGHT INJURES CROP; HARVEST BIG tate Forecast Shows, Big Yield in Wheat Oats and Bye The statistical bureau of the State department of Agriculture to-day nnounccd that the wheat and rye pops of Pennsylvania had exceeded ie estimates for 1917, but that the gtato crop grown on the farms *wld fall lower than hoped because blight and pests and that owing to ie frosts the corn crop would only un about the average. The buck heat crop will be ahead of last year, ecause of greater acreage. It was adly hurt by frost. Tho wheat crop is estimated at 26,- 84.721 bushels, against 25,864,192 ushels last year. The average pro uctlon per acre was 18.4, against 5.8 last year. Rye is estimated at 4,573,259 bush- Is, against 4,681,112 in 1916, the roduction per acre averaging 17.3 jm pared to 16.9 last year. Oats is given as 38,800,769 bushels, gainst 32,571,000 last year, the av ■age production per acre, being 35.6 ushels, against 31.0. The quality is iven as fine. The p6tato crop, grown on farms, given as 25,6 74,500 bushels, against 9,730,096, a big decline in the esti late for this year, due to blight, •ost, pests and other causes. The roduction of "war gardens," how .'er, will supply the state with many lore bushels. The outlook in the corn districts f southern counties is for an aver se crop, but in the northern coun es, as with buckwheat, the frost d damage. Pasture is reported better than Us ui and the cattle will enter winter i good condition. The department says the outlook ir an increased acreage of cereals ext year Is excellent. Lancaster county carried off the snors for the state with the highest i-erage yield of 23.3 bushels to an ere and a production of 3,028,837 nsliels, as compared with 2,890,140 ishels last year. York county is the (cond highest producing county itli a yield of 2,000,080 bushels, as >m pa red with 1.775,778 bushels last jar. York last year averaged 19 ushels to an acre, but this season lows an increase to 20 bushels to an :re. Franklin county takes the third ace among the wheat-producing ninties with a crop of 1,655,846 ushels, as compared with 1,469,327 ushels last year. P.erks county is iiirtli with 1,375,991 bushels, as impared with 1.722,14 4 bushels last ?ar. Berks this year produced but ii average of 18.8 bushels to an 're, as compared with an average 2-4 bushels last year. Fifth place to Cumberland county with a •op of 1.227.920 bushels, as com ired with 1,120,630 bushels last ■nr. and Chester county is sixth with H40.706 bushels, as compared with 003.973 bushels last year. Adams >untv ranks seventh with 963,230 ifthels. as compared with 894,608 •sliels last year. Chester county takes second place Lancaster in the average produc un to an acre with 22.8 bushels, it.ii Delaware in third place with ' 7 bushels to an acre. Despite unfavorable weather and iring conditions, the wheat came rough with, a rush in the heading ys with the result that the tliresh tt has been generally good. Since Isjit damage was done by the heavy As during the harvest period, hffh caught much of the grain in ie Held and resulted in some losses. Highest Class Talk 7 H in the World f T7OR purity and beauty of Lyi i lil SSPsffl® " tone, for gracefulness of de- Pfll bo li'itj'iij'fjlll sign and for perfection of in- j[ dividual parts you will choose £ j this splendid instrument. & j j ® s ° * s; > * s ° < 75 * io ° * n ° $135 T fT ,13 ° 1175 ,20 ° 1250 i 375 ,30 ° sloo ° ■ g> ounni |ltionognipi; Sulfa (Ea.. 3tu. f* < i BIT m ' || 9 GBORGB E. BUGMTSON, Prtgitinu Y | (A W 279 11 roadway New York M) Laurcau • Ask your dealer to thon you the So.io.ii. I) j |£ If he liaeu't it, write on direct. irfTpmn/ry IJT!kiTTI ■?Ta iirJnm OOKING BACKWARD SIXTY YEARS An Interesting Bit of History Everbody Should Know E* One of the interestingjlaces in Lowell, Mass. %*\r|r s is the old apothecary shop on Merrimack street, ' 'fV established in 1827. This location is still a drug store, although of course modernized in many ''•! departments. The old perscription books, how ever, have been preserved and form an inter- covering^ nearly a century. jn was compounded for the Reverend I ither John O'Brien at the old drug store I that date, and was so successful in treat g Father John's ailment, which was a se- ~ —— — :re cold and throat trouble, that he re- , >c Old mmended the medicine to his friends and ' r 1U '"" ltt>ott trishioners. In going to the drug store tf'l v, A. * and calling for the medicine A they always asked for Father JT J° lln ' s Medicine, and in this way f medicine got its name and at^vert ' se< i. Iffilfr IP ■ Father John's Medicine is a Ira TO WIM (Tnj \)f JR j jjsafe family remedy for colds, wl Si' k cou Shs, throat troubles, and as 1 I a ton ' C and body huilder, be 4j}Wa&Xy J&sfaxr morphine, chloroform, and any X'Mijlffiff ' jjf ■jfr - ffifffewST other poisonous drugs, or alco hoi, but is all pure, wholesome I The Old Apothecary Bhop I an<l nourishing. I Established in i3;7. | WEDNESDAY EVENING, STEELTON AND NEARBY TOWNS GAMBLING ON TOWN STREETS Businessmen's Association Moke's This Charge in Let ter to Burgess "Wigfielri That gambling Is being carried on openly in the borough streets is em phasized in a letter to Burgess Fred Wigtleld from the Businessmen's Association. The association in session last night was told of the conditions ex isting in the borough and immedi ately authorized the secretary to call the attention of borough officials to these facts. The association means to enforce the law prohibitinir this unlawful practice and has ottered SIS reward for the arrest, and con viction of the first person violating the law. Text of Tjettor The letter to Burgess Wigtleld sent by Secretary William H. Whitebread this morning, is as follows: "Burgess Fred Wigtleld. "Steelton, Pa. "Dear Sir: "At a meeting of the Busines men's Association held October 10 it was very forcibly brought to the attention of the associa tion that there was an unlimited amount of -ambling by means of the punchbaards going on In this town. "Not in secret, but openly car ried about and operated on the streets and individuals asked to punch the board. There Is law against such actions and no less than twenty such boards have been sighted. The question was, has the town any officers and are they on the job? "It was decided by a unani mous vote that the Business men's Association of Steelton enter their protests against such unlawful practices. And it was further voted that a reward of fifteen dollars (sls) would be offered for the arrest and con viction of the first offender oper ating such a board or slot ma chine. "It was further voted that this be given wide publicity through the newspapers. Hop ing you and your officers will tke this communication serious and get oti the job." Burgess Hears of Letter The Burgess said this morning that he was informed of the action of the association but had not re ceived the letter. He said he was sorry to hear of the conditions and that he had heard nothing of them before this morning. He said the matter would be taken up with Chief of Police Grove, with Instructions for the department to get on the job and break up such practices. An invitation from the Municipal League to the association asking the members to join in the movement for the organization or a home de fense reserve was accepted. A joint meeting of the two organizations will be held October 29. when the movement will be launched. TWO ARRESTS FOR SPEEDING Two persons will be given hear ings to-night before Burgess Wigfield on a charge of speeding. Chief of Police Grove is determined to break up the practice on Front street he said this morning and will arret every person using the thorouglifar as a speedway. Civic Club Gardens Are Successful, Mrs. I Vnier Makes Report At the first meeting of the bor-| ougli Civic Club of the season in' Trinity parish house yesterday after- 1 L noon, Mrs. G. P. Vanier made a re port of the garden plots farmed un der the supervision of the Civic Club. In her report Mrs. Vanier said there were ninety five gardens that were worked with the majority of them proving big factors toward more economical living by the gard eners. Of this number, sixty-two were of the smaller size, operated last year by children, but this yean brought splendid results when cared for by mothers. Large quantities of potatoes, beans, tomatoes and other vegetables were produced on thirty one larger plots given to the use of the club by the Henry Kelker estate. One of the plots which measured about twenty by 100, feet produced seven bushels of potatoes and five bushels of beans besides other vege tables. Professor li. E. McGinnes talked to! the club yesterday on "The Relation [ of Civic Organizations to the Public, j Schools." The work of the club I through establishing the "Good Citi- i I zenship League" In the schools was I highly commended by the speaker. Payments on Red Cross War Fund Standing Out Twenty-five residents who sub scribed to tiie Bed Cross War Fund in Steelton several months ago were notified by members of the commit tee yesterday that the final payment on the pledges was long past due. They were urged by printed notices to settle with the men in charge at once. There is about $2,500 standing j out. LAMKA FUNERAL Funeral services for Mrs. Lamka, i aged 78, of Knhaut, who died at the Pennsylvania State Hospital at Har risburg yesterday will be held from Vie funeral parlors of Dunkle and Knoderer to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Bev. G. N. Lauffer will officiate. Burial will be made in the Baldwin Cemetery. FIRE STILL SMOULDERS Ruins of the John Hoffer Milling Company mill in Trewlck street de stroyed by fire almost two weeks ago was still smouldering this morn ing. I MIDDLETOWN | j Oswald Meyner, died at the home I of his daughter Mrs. Paul Fastnaueh j last evening at 6 o'clock from heart i trouhle. He resided in Lebanon un- J til a few months ago. No arrange | rnents for the funeral have been I made. j The Liberty Bond Committee met iin the Council chamber last even ing. Captains and their assistants j were present. K. S. Gerberich. chair ! man, was very much pleased with the reports. Mr. Geyer, from the country district, reported having sold $1,250 worth of bonds; the Citizens Bank. $6,500. and the Farmer Bank, *2,000; Dr. J. F. Blecher, $500; malt ing a total of bonds sold $10,250. Mrs. Anne Wallace La Domus, of! Philadelphia, will speak in the High | , School building in Thursday evening, j | on "Woman's Work." ! The Ministerial association of town held its first meeting of the season lat the home of the Rev. J. H. Al j bright, pastor of the U. B. Church I yesterday morning. The following' : officers were elected; President, the! Rev. O. M. Krayblll, secretary, the ! Rev. James Cunningham; treasurer, | i the Bev. Fuller Bergstresser. The annual Thanksgiving services will | be held in the U. B. Church. The j Bev. O. M. Kraybill will preach. The Mother Congress Circle which j J will hold a Halloween Festival Mon ! day evening, October 29. were given, j permission to rope off Union street, j from Emaus to Brown streets, and i I will have stands all along the pave- 1 I ments where they will sell pies, i cakes, candles and many other! ! things. Prizes will be offered of; I $5 for best dressed crowd of ten I I persons; $3 for best dressed person;! | $2 for best historical costume; sll for best dressed child, and $1 forj , most comical child. | HIGHSPIRE ]i Funeral services for Mrs. Alice | Diffenderfer, aged 50 years, wife of I Benjamin F. Diffenderfer, who died I at the State Hospital, after an ill ness of three years, was held from the home of her daughter, Mrs.' Harry Nunemaker, of Penn street,, Monday afternoon. The Rev. H. F.' Rhoad officiated. She is survived bvi ; her husband and three children, Mrs. ! ' Harry Nunemaker, and two sons, Al len and Harry Nunemaker, at home, , and the following brothers and sis ters; Edward Fortney, of Pliiladel-1 i phia; Frank Fortney, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Harry Fortney, of town; Mrs. Harry Summers, of Washing-' | ton, D. C.; Mrs. Horace Nunemaker.' lof Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. James; j Pledge, of Baltimore, and Mrs. Ar | temus Heicher, of town. Burial was! | made.in the Highspire Cemetery. The ladies of the United Bhetliren j Church gave a farewell party on Fri day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Matliias In honor of their' pastor, the Rev. H. F. Rhoad, who has been appointed to the State) Street United Brethren Church, Har- j I risburg. They presented each mem-! ] ber of the family with a beautiful 1 I gift. Short speeches were made by several who were present and also by the Rev. Mr. Rhoad, who thank-! Ed thorn for their kindness, after ! which refreshments were served to' | sixty persons. The Rev. H. M. Wert, the newly- i ] appointed pastor of the United ! Brethren Church, will move from | Manhelm to Highspire soon, j All persons who have canned fruit 1 I for the Quincy Orphanage will bring! j it to the United Brethren Church on I ' Friday evening to be packed. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the | home of Mrs. Morris Ort, East End, j I this evening. j ! George Beese. of Lee's Cross ' Roads, Cumberland county, spent, Sunday in town with his uncle, John! Wetzel and family of Jury street. j Mr. and Mrs. John Kline, of] | Meclianicsburg, were Sunday guests! • of the Misses Alice and Blanchi , 1 Mumma, Second street. I Augustus Varnicle and family i spent Sunday at Camp Meade with! the former's brother, Lester Varni-: t cle, who Is in United States service, i Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baker, son' ■ ! John, and Miss Bertha Fendel. of; • I East End. spent Sunday at Emlgs-; viile, York county, with friends.! "! They were motored to that place by! I Mrs. Agraham McCord. Ray Cover, of Camp Meade, spent: ' Sunday In town visiting his parents,! Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Cover. LOST AND FOUND LOST Two violin instruction I hooks between Conestoga and Swatara i atreets. Return to 327 North Front. HARRISBUFtG TELEGRAPH TO BURN GARBAGE IN LARGE BOILER Will Experiment on Tempo rary Disposal Plan in Near Future | A plan for the temporary disposal | of garbage in the borough inay re . suit in tho installation of a garbage | disposal plant. | Council in session last night discus -1 sed a plan to dispose part of the bor ! ough's garbage by burning it in a | hig steam" boiler at the pumping sta tion. President George Roberts, of the Water Board, will make some ar i rangements In the near future. An I old boiler at the station that is not being used can be placed into oper ation at once. I There is some dissatisfaction over l the delay in the removal of garbage j which is largely duo to the scarcity of labor and the elimination of two ! out of three public dumps. The only available dump at present is that in the lower end of the borough and there is a strong likelihood of this one being eliminated. It .is situated on the outskirts of the borough and is not easily accessible to the greater part of the town. The number or trips has been cut down on (account of the large distance to make the hauls. It was brought out last night. An ordinance regulating the eoilee tion of garbage was passed finally last evening. This ordinance was drawn up to regulate collection after the neW automobile truck is put into use. An ordinance providing for the pay ment of $25,000, the borough's share of the big intercepting sewer was passed finally. Knew \dtlilne of Meeting Newspapermen were not notified of the session of council last night. Since the meeting of last week had been postponed, inquiries in regards to the meeting were made every day and a reporter was informed at the council chamber that nothing bad been said of a meeting. Tho fact that a meet inir was held last night was news to the evening newspapermen this morning. Yesterday shortly before noon when officials at the council chamber were asked whether there would be a ses sion to-night the inquirer was in formed that they knew nothing of it Several councilmen were asked and thev said they knew nothing. T. J. Nelley. president of council, was in New York, and did not return until late yesterday afternoon. Salary Inerenne The salaries of borough nollcemen were increased $5 n month, maklntr the salary of a patrolman *BO ar>fl night sergeant S9O. The increa<? does not effect the chief of police. SMALL CHILD DIES Rosella Elliott Cooper, aged 4, daughter of Horace Cooper.of En baut. died at 4 o'clock this morning. Funeral services will be held to-mor row afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Oberlin Cemetery. nicer NEURALGIA PW Get a 10 cent package of Dr. James' Headache Powders and don't suffer. 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This corset is boned just suf- j s a WO man of wide experi ficientlv to give a certain amount of figure restraint and , .„ yet is plaint and yielding. encc and W,U S lve >' ou tne benefit of her knowledge 1 corset best suited to your Models For Mother and Older Sister, $1 to $3.50 individual requirements. BOWMAN'S—Second Floor. OCTOBER 17, 1917. 3
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