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SNEWS ftNP NOTES OF THE BOY SCOUTS^
Scribe to Be Elected By
Novel Method in Troop 20
There wUI be an Important meet
ing of Troop 20 this evening at 7.15
The event of the evening will be
the election of a scribe. Each can
didate will hand In his story in a
sealed envelope. The stories will
be numbered and the number Bet
lint the most votes will be declared
scribe. No one except the scout
master will know the candidates
numbers.
On Friday, January 11th, the
troop will elect three patrol leaders.
The constitution of the troop will
be presented for approval at the
February business meeting. The
boys took up a collection at last Fri
day's meeting and sent Scoutmaster
Swope a large basket of fruit to
his home. Mr. Swope has been ill
ior over a week, but expects to bo
out in a day or two.
G. PARK WEAVER.
Acting Scribe.
Troop 2 Can't Find
a Basketball Floor
Things look rather dark for bas
ketball In Troop 2, owing to the
failure In getting a floor. If scouts
of any other troop know of a floor
which can be rented wa would ap
preciate It if they would notify the
scribe —Bell phone No. 3495 J.
Owing to the weather, hikes which
were planned had to be delayed. A
few scout games were played after
the meeting.
FRANK FISHMAN,
Scribe.
61 n | f\ Clear Your Skin
S1 S V Save Your Hair
iPI \ BJOiifijZs
Soap 25c
H fi llaV olntment2samlsoc
ON SALE TO-MORROW
200 Pairs Men's and djl QO
Boys' Box Call* Shoes
Men's Box Calf Blucher Ijacc Shoos, good oak soles, full round toes.
Boys' Blucher OP Button (Uke cut), solid soles and well made.
'**Tol iorrow Saturday's Great Sale at"*~l
New Store
4th and Market St.
IFCIU*' ENTRANCE ON NORTH FOURTH STREET
The Most Sweeping Mark-Down
SALE ON RECORD
All Women's Wintef|p|k
Ready-to- Wear Garme^
Go Out in This "LOW PRICES" Vr
Great Sale -GONE LOWER j JSTM
This Great Mark-down Sale Will Bring | ij { j|l\
Great Crowds of Money-saving Shoppers IJ \jj§ m\ .rx
Tomorrow Saturday. tjf \ j l||w
All Our Finest Tailored • _ jj|| A ~5
Winter Suits OUItS ' hHß|moK' I
Many Styles and Colors Wete up to $22.50
SS,. $7.90 £c _ $10.90
Were up to $18.98 ™ M Vh 9
ALL OUR FIKE COATS TO 00 IN THIS GREAT SALE
$12.50 Coats—Sale $15.00 Coats—Sale $17.50 Coats—Sale
$7.50 1 s£9B 1 $10.98 |
DRESSES —Satins and Serges- All Sweaters Go in This Mark Down
Worth Up to $25. (hin Cft ale —Lot of $1.98 Lingerie Voile
Sale Choice .... "WV Waists Tomorrow $1.29
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FETDAT WEyrESKS,
Scouting Notes
By the Scouting Executive
In talking with a man who has
recently become a scoutmaster the
value of the work to scout leaders
was emphasized. He said: "I'm get
ting more interested in this work
every week. I'm going to Jump into
it with both feet and get all of it
that I can. I want to become one of
the best scoutmasters in the city, for
it's remarkable what tills thing
teaches the boys. They learn how to
tell time by the Sun, and to locate
the points of the compass by the
stars, and how to take care of them
selves out in the open and all man
ner of practical stunts that we never
dreamed of when we were kids. I
find that I have to sit up nights and
study to beat the band, but .)t does
me a lot of good as well as the boys,
and I like it and I'm going to plug
and learn It all!
We ought to have a lot more men
like this one. Every scoutmaster in
Harrisburg feels just the same way
about scouting, but there are hun
dreds of boys who need Just this in
terest and leadership and ought to
have it during these war times more
than ever. A dozen no\fr troops of
boy scouts could be formed at once
if the proper leadership was avail
able. And with men of military age
being called from the city constantly
it means that this burden must be
taken up by those who are not elig
ible for active service, but who are
yet willing to make a sacrifice of
time and take a night a week from
home or business to put the thing
through. If the men of Harrlsburg
could really see what this scout
work is doing for the boys who are
going in for it right, they would
not leave a stone unturned until
enough leaders were made available
so that every boy could have a
chance to get In a scout troop.
With the .holiday season over and
the boys back in school, scouting
activities bid fair 'to start off with
a rush. 1918 ought to see great
strides made In the work in this city.
TO begin with, we now havfe more
troops than ever before in the his
tory of the work in this vicinity,
and we are all working together as
one big team. Even the outlying
towns are tied up to us by affilia
tion, and this means closer co-oper
ation in scouting rlgnt down the
lino.
The Scoutmasters' meeting sched
uled for next Tuesday night, will be
followed by the lecture in the Tech
nical High school Auditorium, Fri
day nighjt, January 11th, on "Fron
tier Days," by Dr. Kalbfus, to which
all scouts are Invited through the
courtesy of the Dauphin County
Natural History Society, under
whose auspices the lecture Is being
given. Then on Monday, the 14th,
comes the second of the Indoor scout
rallies, and every boy In Harrlsburg
ought to be there to take part and
make the affair a huge success. In
the sale of cookbooks and the dis
tribution of publicity matter on War
Savings Certificates, etc., the scouts
will have plenty of opportunity for
patriotic War service activities dur
ing the month.
The new 1918 scout dairies, which
have been widely advertised, and
which many boys have been asKing
about at local headquarters ,are now
here and may be obtained at any
time. They are very attractive and
contain much valuable information
that is not published in the hand
book: Every scout ought to have
one of tho diaries and should make
it a practice to record his daily
good turns and his scout accomplish
ments. A number of and In
teresting knots are sh °wn, and p'ates
showing the devices and o
the officers of the United States
Army and Navy are Included in the
little book.
GEN. PERSHING SENDS WBIE
TO BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
General Pershing's hearty ap
proval of the Boy Scouts movement
is expressed in a cablegram o
American Commander received in
Phifadelphia via London from some
where in.France.
The cablegram reads as follow- .
W. S. Cowing, Scout Executive,
Boy Scouts of America. phll *del p hla.
Pa. The Boy Scouts movement hab
my unqualified approval.
and faithful service in the Boy
Scouts develops those manly qual
ities that fit our boys for the more
serious duties of citizens and sol
dlerS' JOHN W. PEKSHTNG.
nor SCOIjTS PROPOSE
BOY TO adOP T AN ORPHAN
i A "new field of Boy Scout activity
I has appeal ed. One of Terre Haute s
! more conspicuous troops started a
•movement pledging the members
1 for contributions toward adopting a
French war orphan by the troop.
The movement started with a rush
I and the signatures came fast until
one of the Scouts suggested a most
; appalling possibility:
"What if the orphan should be a
I up girl, fellows?" there the niovc-
I raent halted pending an inveqtiga
! tion of the possibility of passing
j upon the particular orphan to be
: assigned to them.
Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator —Ad.
HAJtRTBBURO TELEGRAPH
Glee Club Is Rounding
Out in Splendid Shape
Scout Edward L. Watson enter
tained the Glee Club of Troop 11
at his home on Thursday evening,
December 27. The boys will soon be
in condition to sing at the meetings,
rallies and other scout activities.
The troop basketball team is com
ing along fine and the team is im
proving at each practice. Troop i
11 showed themselves game enough |
sports to dispute the championship :
title of the scout team of the city in |
football, and they also expect to
make a good account of themselves |
with Troop 6's players in basket- j
( all. Tri <.p 6 outweighed Troop 11
in football, but Captain Hamer is
in hopes that he may be able to turn
out as heavy men in • basketball as
In the other teams of the city.
Mr. Manser enjoyed a two-week
vacation at his old home in New
York State. The boys of the troop
are urged to be present at the meet
ing to-night as a part of the n.eei;-
Ing will be given over to a special
purpose. Come and find out what
the event will be. No plans have
been made in the wa.ys in which
the meetings will be conducted, and
the same will be put into effect and
given a fair trial.
Troop 11 wishes to extend Its sin
cere wishes to the other troops of i
the city that they have a very happy
and prosperous New Year.
CHARLES H. CRIST,
Scout Scribe.
Troop Flag Is Presented
to Boys of 18th Unit
The meeUng of the Troop 18, De-I
cember 31, was one of unusual in
terest for the scouts.
The Rev. Mr. Klaer presented an
official troop flag which Mr. Ebyl
gave the troop. It was the last time i
for a while at least that we will |
have two of our assistant scoutmas- i
ters with us. Romig and Keller both |
having enlifeted with the Aviation |
Signal Corp, leaving last Wednesday]
morning.
Monday being the birthday of our I
Scoutmaster, Rev. Mr. Klaer, the j
troop was given an unexpected treat j
of ice cream and cake. . Honor
Patrol for the month were Selway,!
Pye, H. Klaer, Albright, Patterson, j
J. Sherk, Minnick and Ricedorf. The
leaving of Keller and Romig gives!
us the honor of nine boys who have
enlisted in the Army and one in the'
Navy.
On Tuesday afternoon, on St.
Paul's floor, Troop 18 defeated;
Troop 15 in basketball by a score |
of 63-12.
WALTER D. McCAHAN,
Scribe.
New Tiger Patrol Is
Formed by Troop Eight
On account of church services a!
short meeting was held on Monday j
evening. A new patrol was started I
to be known as the Tiger Patrol.
The new scoutmaster, W. J.
Shader, took charge of the meet
ing and the meeting went off in fine
shape.
Edgar Spotz reported the orches
tra coming along fine and expects to
have them in shape for the enter
tainment.
R. FOSTER SHADER,
Scribe.
TROOP 10 .ENJOYS STAG PARTY
After holding a short meeting at'
the home of our scoutmaster, Pres
ton Smith, 1928 North Sixth street,
the boys enjoyed a stag party. After
several selections on the Victrola
refreshments were served to the
boys as follows: Scoutmaster Pres
ton Smith, Patrol Leaders Charles
Blessing, Jr., J. Paul Watts, George
Satchell, Assistant Patrol Leaders
Howard Selssam, William Yingling,
Scouts Arthur Egolf, Franklin
Reisch, Joseph Fox, Jr., Edward
Rupley, Vincent Wakendlfer, Lerew
Himes and Ralph Burnett.
Scout Scribe,
JOSEPH FOX.
Suburban Notes
LIVERPOOL
Miss Gertrude Leffler, of Millers
burg, is spending the week with hei
sister, Mrs. H. A. S. Shuler.
H. E. Ritter, superintendent of the
Liverpool spinning mill, was at Dal
matia on Monday where he deliver
ed the opening address at the dedi
cation of the new Dalmatia silk mill
Sergeant-Major Emmlt Barner, of
the 320 th United States Field Corps,
of Des Moines, lowa, and his newlj>-
wedded bride, formerly Miss Mary
Forwert Rhoades, of 823 Green
street, Harrisburg, were rectn vis
itors of Mr. Barner's mother, Mrs.
Amanda Barner.
Fern Moyer, of Sunbury, is visiting
his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Moyer.
William Leffler, of Corry, visited
his sister, Mrs. 11. A. S. Shuler, on
Wednesday.
Miss Puera B. Robtson is spending
the weekend at her alma mater,
Dickinson Seminary, at Williams
port.
William Shumaker, of the 112tli
Tnfantry band, at Camp Hancock,
Augusta, Ga„ who was home on a
furlough with his mother, Mrs. Ja
cob Giest, was called back to camp
before the end of his furlough. He
returned on Monday.
Ralph Kerstetter and family are
visiting Mr. Kerstetter's parents, at
Oriental.
I Mrs. Charles H. Snyder and daugli-
I ter, Frances, who spent the past two
| weeks at Millerstown, with relatives
returned home to-day. Mrs. Snyder
' will accompany her daughter, to
! Williamsport to-day, where she will
enter the junior department of Wil
! liamsport Dickinson Seminary.
| Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hebel, of
j Harrisburg, were recent visitors at
Frank Brown's.
' William Albright, of Harrisburg, is
I spending several days with relatives
. here.
Duke Werick, of Harrisburg, is
spending the week with his aunt,
Mrs. Ada Werick.
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Haine. of
I Mtllersburg, were recent visitors at
' J. D. Miller's.
George Murray, who Is employed
!In Harrisburg, spent several days
this week with his parents, Mr. and
I Mrs. N. J. Murray.
II LAIN
| The annual fruit show and farm-
I ers' Institute will be held on January
! 10-11, in the Grange hall, at' Green
I Park.
On January 12 the annual Blaln
Teachers' Local Institute will be
held In the Town hall.
Lynn J. McMlllen, a farmer of the
i Sandy Hill district, paid a visit to
| State College.
Charles Smith, a teacher In the
! High school at Clearfield, spent the
> holiday vacation with his father,
! William C. Smith, at Stony Point.
Joseph Cooper, of near Ickesburg,
killed the champion hog this season
.which weighed 457 pounds.
! A Red Cross auxiliary was organ-
I ized at Ickesburg with forty-flve
I members. *.
TRACTORS GREAT
NEED OF FARMERS
State Expert Talks About the
Chance of Saving Labor
in the Fields
Since Secretary of Agriculture
Charles E. Patton Issued an appeal
to chambers of commerce and or
ganizations of business men to do
"their bit" in the production of
greater crops by purchasing tractors
for community use and to stimulate
the cultivation of more acreage,
many inquiries have reached the
ODODOCSTORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES SATURDAYS 9:00 P. MSOE3OC3O' 1
| Saturday Is Men's Day at the Clean Sweep Sale Q
i pw s ='' ; j |
j I'M rut Floor MB VM |I Pj
O ' " ~ AT KAUFMAN'S =" M
Df) F1 A A Iff Ai\lT 1) A Remarkable Savings in the Clean Sweep Sale of JJ
dKUUM LOII rUN 9 r* • 1 • SI
8 JFOR SATURDAY Men s Furnishings
0 6 Hours of Broom Selling UNDERWEAR BOYS' SUSPENDERS M
Sjg I From 8:30 A. M. to 11:30 A. M. Men's fleece-lined shirts and drawers; M^de of good fancy web j|
From 2:30 P. M. to 5:30 P.M. heavyweight Clean Sweep Sale 48c leather ends; all lengths. U
/fVNS j ci * Price Clean Sweep Sale Price,
dmStrina 7 Kynnrn C Men's natural wool (shirts only); sizes
Oiling IDC ijTOOTTIS 38 to 4g_ Clean Sweep Sale "59c 9 C ' It
Bim r;Sq3 *- *ls ffl J® Men's ribbed union suits; woolnap, In gray ' O
ror Vlrfl • only; all sizes. Clean Sweep (1 1Q MEN'S SUSPENDERS S
WnWim VtfV Sale Price Ol.lV Pollce an(l Firemen sus- g ,
(£9 Boys' heavy fleece-lined union suits; all pe nders; made of wide fancy W 1
Dp u• , , , nn ~ sizes from 4to 12 years. Clean £€}/ web leather ends. Clean
Sold only to customers purchasing $2.00 worth Sweep Sale Price . * " yc Sweep Sale Price., gj
of merchandise or more. ■* *
None sold to children, and only one to a customer. Men's lisle hose, black and 17f JL TT t , p a
BRING THIS COUPON WITH YOU colors - Ml
————Men's madras and per- 95C Boys' Sweaters v*#
cale shirts ' Heavy rope stitched sweat- M
Ni HA > i \ <1 </ ' ys $1.95 ers : roll collar, with pocket: R g
iVlen s White (JveralJ.Loa s skaters m gray om y . so to 34. y
|| Suitable for Bakers, Butchers, Paincers, etc., to sweaters $2.69 1 " ' O
protect their- clothes at work. Made of a heavy Men's and women's <to 7Q 1 Q H
white drill. Clean Sweep Sale A |"v Sweaters DO. IV X•X %J
H Price 49 c L- M ,
SI FI.OQIt II —————— ~ * $
Men's Chinchilla Heavy \-\ *j foj Men's Sheepskin Lined || ,
Storm Reefer Coats • : ! HgSJP ' | 10! Coats with Beaver
1 I'm Emm f sioss I
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H I
ft MD MAMI You Cannot Afford to Pass By This j
IVI/\I 1 • Clean Sweep Sale of Men's Clothing ©
Fqr Right Now, with the clothing prices at their highest and with a likelihood that nl
they will be considerably h gher in the very near future, we offer values that will |,|
jfcj create a stir in the wholesale and_retail clothing trade. Every price will be cut
jk' /NJyRv. deeply, regardless of present value. Our stocks embrace this season's smartest Ef|
yfn models in snappy and conservative effects. Buy your clothes at this sale and save l| ,
Fy 1 considerable money.
O / rW Men's and Young Men*s Men's and Young Men's |M
** SUITS <fcQ QC O'COATS $7 QC S g
0 *>"'*'' po.yD v TROUSERS S3
|1
81 WA fi WWj well made. Sizes to 42. Overcoats in black, mixtures and MEN S ODD PANIS jgj
H |1 f I C ' oxtord gray; all sizes. { . lcnn gweep Snle prlce W
3 I// 11 MEN sandWngMen s Men>B and Yo ung Men's 1 OQ 11
fi I n SUITS <£l NOC O'COATS TQ QC .• M
IS M /Lg Ba'™"Price 1 le-n p S^ e p tpj.t/j price. Sizes to g
O I ' casafmores' 5 and"' worsVe'dsT" ? 'sp 1 e^icUd Belted Overcoats and conservative ——— 0 j
D. | values; sizes to 44. Overcoats; great Clean Sweep values. MEN'S ODD PANTS N*
fit Men's and Young Men's Men's and Young Men's CUnn Swcep Sole Prlce §
| I Sgg. $13.95 SS $13.95 JIM* J,
Sj I \\\ I Many all-wool hand tailored Suits Best values of the season; all-wool. Ka in; strongly made of WW
*2 V \l\ I In this lot; all sizes and extra large plain sack. Trench Coats, line ox- go.od, strong cheviot. teg
£• 1 i sizes for stout men. ford and black Box Coats; all sizes. —■
Urn Men's Odd Coats Men's Odd Coats Men's Mackinaw en s r<^ ntS g%
111 Clean Sweep Sale Prlee Clean Sneep Sale Price Coats Clean Seep Price g j
© 111 <to QC: $4.49 $2.49 M
I / / V ™w w Made of heavy mole ZLLined and sewed with
If skin; neavy lining; cor- N' linen thread could not
111 A good, strong coat duroy collar; worth AM sizes. 34 to 44, in be duplicated at this price. 4
111 for every day. more money. all the latest patterns. |
0 /rir R OUTFIT YOUR BOY HERE g
jm,, f At This Clean Sweep Sale TjL s/ffl
And Benefit With the Big Savings ' U
n NSr Boys' Norfolk QC Boy's Polo 70 Q i
Suits Overcoats V• • *7 M
A FIR9T FLOOR, FRONT - Clean Sweep Sale Price Clean Sweep S.^Prlce
IRc, 10 and 17-year sizes only The new button-to-the-neck model; *f Jf( : Y\ 4
Splendid Suits; 'some worth nearly belt all around; In jlark shades only. jiukVJ** / T'/
|tsj —— double; Just odd lots. , \ "
S Boys' Pants
B ' N folk I and Mackinaws ... H
1 J Boys Norfolk rfQ QA Clean Sweep Male Price MJf 4
Boys' Olid Pants. Clean CQ r Suits <PJtO7 Polo Coats. :I to Year.. ' .Lp'. 7f
I.: c „,_ n _ Wo i„ uvi# _
Sale Price Clean Siveep Sale Price Handsome new Winter models; wiMILJ \
O Sizes 7to 16 years; seams all New Norfolk models in neat mix- perfect fitting:, and as low a price W/|| r t | |
1 taped; good quality cheviot. ture cheviots as we ever quoted.
Bl ) ie d^rr: clean ß9c 7 - Boys 7 M olo .° vercoats CO O
A Size, Bto IT years; cheviot, Bo ys Corduroy &A AQ and .. • M I
worsteds and cassimeres. Norfolk Suits.. OTcrcoats, 3 o to Yeara
■ . _ _ Clean Sweep Sale Price Mackinaws, 7 to 17 Years fJH^
Boys' Corduroy Pants, (lean „ _ Handsome now Winter models; per- J 'IfJ
. 1 Swoon, Sale QH. . . . .. , , feet fitting, and as low A price as we // / \ ft
W dj„„ 5/UC A very low price on this lot; new- ever quoted. II / \ U 1
1 2a. PHco est winter models.
O Sizes 15, 1 and 17 years only. TRRMPH flvcrrnatc !■ i
)JT Fine rib, drab shade. —————— n t , o Uvercoats Boy .. Tapcle.a m. IF
! I Boys' Corduroy Pauls. Clean Boys' Norfolk £QQ S6 89 t lean secp Sale PrU. M
' Sweep Sale $1.89 Suits <PDOt/ Clean Sweep Sale Price I 24c
1 ' 8 111 IS years Pleated back; belted coat; In the m0 ,, r0 M
I JJ Double stitchfed; cut full. Newest trench models, in rood, newest mixtures';, a wonderful low C ai e; all sUes! II
| 7to IS-Year Slzqs strong cheviots and cassimeres. price. t IJ
'I OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES SATURDAYS 9:00 P. MSOOOC36
State Department of Agriculture
concerning the tractor question.
L. W. Llchty, farm adviser of the
Department of Agriculture In dis
cussing the farm tractor question
says: "Many so-called tractors
merely modified types of the old
traction road engine. Thetractor
must positively have no outside or
exposed gearing, cogs or drive chains.
In the loose ground these cogs or
chains soon become filed with sand,
earth and mud and the wear is rap
id and too much friction has to be
overcome. The farm tractor must
have all gears and drives enclosed.
Not only enclosed, but run in oil as
with the automobile. This is of
vital importance. Second, your trac
tor must not be too heavy, if you
wish It for regular field traction
work. Two. tons should be the lim
it and then you will find In cutting
grain after a heavy rain It is a very
| heavy tractor.
| "The tractor should use ordinary
JANUARY 4, 1918.
kerosene for fuel. The tractpr
should do the plowing, harrowing,
(the hardest work on the farm on
horses), dfaw the binder, mower,
manure spraader and wagon when
desirable. To give the tractor a real
trial take It on the newly plowed
sod field and hang the big harrow
and roller to it aSid rijn it a few
days, as you do the team, and if it
holds up well there it is likely to
do well elsewhere. More tractors
fall down there than at any other
job on the farm. The loose soil gets
into their vitals and that is their
finish. The farm tractor Is In the
experimental stage, and we have to
wait awhile for the tractor that is
not lame in some joint. Neverthe
less many fartners are getting splen
did results out of the tra.ctors on
their farm.
"The pressing need of large oper
ations on the farm and the lack of
help often compel us to compromise
and buy a tractor. Often we need a
stationary engine and by adding a
few hundred we can get a tractor
and thus many are sold and a fair
per cent of them are satisfactory."
®HTW
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The tnd..rd cold cure for 20 year—
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—cures cold in 24 hours—grip in 3
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_--TTfc Costa less, £>vea
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