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.
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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
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X'Mijlffiff ' jjf ■jfr - ffifffewST other poisonous drugs, or alco
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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
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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
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