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SHELLS, GOLF, PAR
WEEKS WORE IN FR
[B. Franklin Etter, son of Mr. and
"Mrs. George E. Etter, of Pine street,
.has written some interesting letters
recently from France, where he has
heen since last spring in the ambu
lance service of the French army
.and the Telegraph is permitted to
make the following extracts.]
Dear Family—Quel temps! It's
raining, raining, raining all the
time and so cold you can hardly
move. Think of driving a "petite voi
*ure" in a driving rain on a road a
loot deep in mud and the night so
•pitch dark that you can't see your
hand in front of your face, and the
only way you can stick on the road is
to follow the gleam of the tracks. No
Jights at all. You wake up to find
yourself running into a ditch or en
tirely off the road and then have to
get out and reconnoiter for the road.
"Think of all that and then you knpw
what I'm doing. That's me! It cer
tainly is a wonderful life if you
don't weaken. But even at that I'm
having a good time and we don't
have to do that kind of work all the
time.
As I said berore, we live in a huge
"barn. The old saying, "cold as a
barn" can't begin to describe the
•place. We have a little stove In the
corner and the minute wc get off
•duty we make a dash for the stove.
Talk about your scenes in the old
■country grocery .store! We all sit
around with our feet stuck up on top
•of the stove, smoking corn cobs and
talking our heads off. What a line!
The conversation would bo a delight
to any intellectual. It's better than
college. You can learn anything
from how to slide the dice to how
to conduct the war.
The fact is, I would rather be on
iduty than back here at the canton
ment. At the post we live in an abri
bout ten feet underground. Above
jis is ten feet of rocks, railroad ties,
rails and dirt. The abri itself is about
twenty feet long, six feet high and
■eight feet wide. We found a little
tove in the ruins of a house across
the street and set it up In one corner,
0 at least we can keep the place
warm. In another house we found
a table and two chairs almost whole
which, with the aid of some rope and
wire, we can use if we handle them
carefully. We've got our stretchers
tucked up against one wall in tiers
where we sleep, so you see we're as
snug as a bug in a rug. Our meals
are supplied by two artillery bat
teries and are fairly good, so why
tshould we worry.?
But if you think we have a poor
time, you ought to see the poor fel
lows we haul. The trenches are knee
deep with water and there they stand
day after day up to their hips in mud
and water. When they come into the
post covered with mud and blood, it
certainly makes your heart ache.
Then lots of the men come in with
frozen feet, "pieds geles." Of course,
this same stuff is going' on In the
German lines and very probably
worse and more of it. So our little
hardships are nothing compared
with what they are going through.
The worst part about it is that
since the cold weather has come on,
we've been having all kinds of Jiard
luck with the cars. Two cars ran
into each other and were completely
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smashed up. Two others hit cannons
in the dark and were smashed. Three
have broken back axles and then
there have been a host of common
troubles. My car haA a bum cylinder
and has to limp around on three
cylinders. Then our section is short
of fellows and we are all doing ex*
tra shifts, but all these little things
make life worth living and in spite
of them we are all having a good
time and even enjoying it. In fact,
the morale here is wonderful, al
most as much as that of the army.
I have nothing but admiration for
the French poilus and the American
Army will have to stef> tight out If
they want to do as well as the
French. The French expect a whole
lot from our Army and fere's hoping
they come through.
We expect to go on repos in a week
or so and take a rest for a few weeks.
This will give us a chance to rest
up and get all set for the winter's
work. I have not yet received my
permission as I can't and don't want
to leave while the section needs me
so much; but soon we will get eight
new men and get going smoothly
again and then goodby, I've left for
the sunny south.
I am now listening to the tales of
woe and would be humorous and
graphic descriptions of trips the fel
lows who have just come in arc
telling. It's a real circus, a scream.
I only wish I could tell you them the
way I am hearing them.
Lots of love to all.
FRANKLIN.
"Ihe Great War"
My Dear Family—This Is what
you might call an "almost" letter. I
was just starting it about a half an'
hour ago, when a shell lit just across
from us, without any warning and
scared us all so badly that I forgot
to write. I am up at the post now
and things are so quiet that we al
most forget there is a war. Then the
shell came followed by several more
and one of the fellows remarked
that 'why, this must be the great
war in Europe, you read so much
about in the papers at home."
I almost sent a letter you last
week. I wrote it and gave it to a fel
low who was going back to America,
who was also going to take my Duffel
bag with him, but just as he was
about to leave he found that it was
over weight so left it with the letter
and key that I was going to send
while 1 was up at the post. That's
why the letter is so late.
"Also No. 3—l am almost about to
go on my permission, as I have been
promised one in three days, which
means, I leave for Paris, Friday, the
10th. Here's hoping that isn't almost
too. I don't suppose I shall be able to
get to Nice, as the trains are being
used to send troops to Italy, so the
newspapers say, so I am going to
try to go to England. If I can't go
there I suppose 1 shall stay in Paris.
In my next letter I will let you know
all about where I am, if I get away.
It has been quiet over hero lately,
nothing much doing, but at one of
the hospitals I met a Brazilian, who
fought in the Foreign Legion and
was wounded three times. He used
to bo a doctor in Germany for the
first two years of the war, but when
Brazil broke with Germany he came
to France. He's very wealthy r.ml has
traveled all over the world, afd has
done about everything. He sure is
some boy and had a great line
wild tales. He got a croix de guerre,
but it will be impossible for me to
get one as the U. S. Army just sent
us a notice us to accept
them, however, the experience is far
better thafi a croix.
I can't see, as it is getting very
dark so must close.
I.ots of love,
FRANKLIN.
"Living Like a King"
Dear Family—Well, here I am at
Biarritz, living like a king, and as
sociating with "toute les monde," of
Europe, so to speak. This afternoon
H— and I are going to play golf
with the daughter of an English gen
eral. I suppose we will flub the game.
However, I shall play and it will be
lots of fun. It sure is great to get
away from the front for awhile.
We've been waiting for ag:es to get
our permission and at last it is here.
We tried to go to England but they,
would not allow us, as no one in the
American may leave France.
Also, we couldn't go to Nice on ac
count of the troop trains going to
Italy, so we came hero to Biarritz.
We are hero at the end of the sea
son and while things aren't too lively,
we have been having a very nice
time. Biarritz is really a beautiful
spot. It's built right on the edge of
the sea, on a series of cliffs all
crowned by hotels, more or less good
looking. The jagged rocks jutting out
into the sea, with the waves break
ing over them, make it very pictur
esque, also the whole effect is so
planned, that is, the architecture,
landscape gardening and places built
artificially on the rocks, that every
thing harmonizes beautifully, and
proves the cleverness of. French
taste. The hotel we are staying at is
rather a nice place and because we
are "militaires" and because it is to
wards the end of the season, we
have obtained reduced prices in
everything. Everywhere we go in
town, the people "font des favor aux
militaires," which of course makes
it very line for us.
Looking off to the south over the
I sea, one can see the rugged peaks ot
the Pyrennes and Spajn. If course,
we cannot go to Spain, whif-'h is only
20 kilometers away, as it is a neu
tral country and we would be in
terned, but we can at least look at it.
1 suppose that is about as close as I
shall ever get to Spain.
Dull in Paris
We left camp last Friday in a
AN AWFUL SEHT
WIMPLES
Spread Over Body. Tliree Cakes
Cuticura Soap, Two Boxes of
Cuticura Ointment Heal,
"My lace wa all pimplps, and very
sore and red. The pimples spread
tover my body, and used to
itch tilt I nearly scratched
my face off, and there used
to be an awful lot of cor
ruption come out. My
face was an awful sight,
and I could not work.
"I had the pimples over a year and
a half. Then I used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. I had great relief, and I
used three cakes of Cuticura Soap and
two boxes of Cuticura Ointment when
I was healed." (Signed) Miss Frieda
Strobel,3432G. St., Phita., Aug.4,'1.7.
Many fkin troubles might be pre
vented by using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment for every -day toilet purposes.
everywhere. Soap ESc. OiptmeiHsandsor.
pouring 1 rain and drove 30 kilometers
to an important town where we could
Bet a good train. We stayed two days
in Paris and had rather a dull time,
as nothing much was going on. The
streets are all darkened at night
and most of the amusements are
closed, so we were not very sorry to
leave. I did spend one nice afternoon
there, however, I met Miss H— and
she invited me out to her home to
luncheon and enjoyed it quite a lot.
Then Sunday afternoon she invited
m© to tea and met several nice
French girls and used my French to
the fullest advantage.
Sunday evening we left for Biar
ritz and as we could get no "couch
ettes" or sleeping births, we sat up
all night. It waitft a very pleasant
> experience but we were used to it, so
didn't mind it much, besides there
was a very pleasant French girl in
the same compartment and she help
ed pass the time away. We had
breakfast-—"petit dejenner"—in Bor
deaux and arrived at Biarritz at
noon. As I am writing this, the
Duchess of Vallambrosa is just sit
tjpig down at the opposite side of the
desk. She and the Duke just arrived
for their honeymoon. It seems ter
rible to see all the girls smoking, for
they all pull out their clgarets and
light them just as unconcerned as
any man. I cannot get used to it. We
expect to be here about a week and
then go back to Paris for one day,
and then—Ye Gods! Back to shells,
guns, dirt and work! Soma combina
tion !
I have become reconciled to the
idea of having no Thanksgiving or
Christmas by this time, but evpn at
that I can't help wishing how much
I would like to be home. As I shall
have left camp for three weeks, I
won't get any mail, so don't worry
if I do not answer any questions.
I met a major who has given me
some Idea of artillery and if possible
I shall try to enter that branch of the
service. I hope you will not object, ■
as I know I shall like it. If I don't'
go into that branch I will stay in
the ambulance. I suppose I have told
you all the news for this time, and
as I am due to play golf with the
English girl, I had better close.
Lots of love,
FRANKLIN.
Back at Work
Dear Family—Well, my permis
sion is all over n<4w and here I am
for four more months before the
next one heaves in sight. Heavens
knows, I waited long enough for
this one.
"The last letter I wrote you was
from Biarritz. As I remember I
described the place, but didn't say
what I did. O course everybody
spoke French, so we thought wi
were due for a poor time. But the
first night we met an English girl,
a perfect wonder, too. She was the
daughter of Sir. Herbert Gutherie-
Smith a general in the English
army. She hejird us talking Eng
lish and as she couldn't speak
French, she was glad to talk with
u.s. Later in tHe evening ne met the
General and Lady Gutherie-Smith.
So all the rest of the time we, 'hat
is Hort Page, Miss G-S and myself,
chased around together. We p)yed
golf at the club and she showed us
ufJ for fair. She didn't tell us she
bad a national handicap in England.
Then we went for tea eatery after
noon and wonderful Uttle 'con
ficeries' every day. We also took
some long walks and one day we
took a trip to Mayonne, an old his
torical town near Biarj-itz. We savy
thei old Castle where the Black
Prince, Lord Wellington, etc., £tc.,
stayed and the old Gothic cathedral
and then climbed the hill overlook
ing the city and river to some old
ramparts. We took several good
pictures, which 1 will enclose -if I
don't forget.
"We only stayed there four days,
however, and then went back to
Paris. We met some very nice
people there and did the real so
ciety uct of walking along the Ave.
du Bois de Bologne. Talk about
your 'snappy' sights! The 'mondij'
of Paris turns out in force on Sun
day morning and breezes up and
down the Aye. for about an hour.
Its the "chic" thing to do, so we
couldn't allow them to slip anything
over on us.
"One flay we went out to Ver
sailles and saw Louis XlV's 'hovei.'
Quel Homme! He certainly did live
in some little shack! I never saw
a more gorgeous pjace in my life.
Wonderful paintings, mirrors—gold
leaf, marble, seemed to be the cluef
components but they were juggled
so that Louis could feast lis eyes
on some little place.
The Air King's Spud
"We also saw Guynemer's Spad
with which he brought down so
many Boches, the Zep L 4 9 and a
whole bunch of aeroplanes, \yhich
were all displayed in the courtyard
of the 'lnvalides.'
"Several times we were invited
out to dinner or tea and of
had a very enjoyable time. The
Harpers were very kind to us and
did a Jot to mak§ our stay in Paris
as nice as it was. Qf course most
of the conversation was in French
and while I didn't shine, I man
aged to' say a few words once in a
while.
"Paris is rather dull now but
filled with soldiers of every descrip
tion. You go to a theater and you
can see every kind 6f a uniform:
British, Canadian, Australian, Rus
sian, Serbian, Portugese, Hindoo,
Senegalese, French, etc., etc., and
Americans by the dozen. Paris liter
ally swarms with Americans. It's
a wonderful sight to look over an
audience and see the different col
ored uniforms sprinkled with the
bright color of the dresij of the
feminine part of the crowi.
"Next Week I expect to send my
application in to l>e admitted to the
artillery school. I'm not going to
stay in the Ambulance Service for
the rest of the war if I can help it.
I want to do something more active
if I cp.n, tho you do lodge
shells in this service too often for
comfort.
'After breezing around Paris for
a while and'going to the theater,
we came back to the section. So
hero wo are.
"It certainly was fine to go away
froin the front for a .while and not
hear the sound of guns. But -vhile
I was there I saw a woman killed
on the Metro (Subwa.y). She fell
in between two cars and her neck
was caught in between tho platform
and the moving cars with her Jiead
resting on the platform and her
body underneath the car. I saw
the whole thing happen and caught
two women as they fainted. It was
great sport catching the two women,
only they were "both old and neither
of thom good looking. '
"The dogs we found in the field
are growing like the dickens now
and we arc having lots pf|ui) train
ing them. If I get some food pic
tures of them I will send you some.
They certainly are cutq.
"Last week the section got all
brand new cars, so now I am sport
ing around the country in my new
Ford. It sure is a bear!
"Lots of love to all.
"FrankUn."
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Waltetr Shaffer, the Dauphin aviator, who Is now ready for his dan
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home have given thousands of Harrisburgers an insight into the methods of
training in the war zone, to-day tells how he has been equipped for his
work and tells how the French wonder about the "crazy water-drinking
Americans." His letter follows:
American Y. M. C. A., 31 Avenue
Montaigne, Paris, France.
Dear Mother;
Have changed my quarters from
thf hayloft to an humble cottage.
The room reminds me of my lodg
ing in New York—take too long a
stretch, you'll break an arm. Any
how. it's a nice, soft bed and, hav
ing another American with me, we
don't suffer from the cold. I hesi
tated some time about changing
quarters, however unpleasant my
hayloft was, because my financial
condition was pretty low; In fact, so
bad that a consultation of doctors
would have pronounced it serious
and ordered an operation immedi
ately, for I only possessed ten
francs ((2.00), and there were a
number of things I ' needed worse
than a fit sleeping place; at least, I
thought so, but that was before I
began getting a sore throat. My
American friend vised this as an ar
gument for a quick change, saying
thai sleeping in such an unventllatod
place with forty other men caused
it. I could well see the point of this
argument, because there was but
one window in the loft, and the oc
cupants being all Frenchmen, that
window was closed! at night, for
whoever saw a Frenchman sleep
with a window open?
They seem to have a superstitious
dread of night air—as well as water.
Of course, I don't blame them so
much In the winter, but when they
ciose everything up tight in the sum
mer as well, It begins to appear as
though the custom was pretty old.
Anyway, when the window was
closed there was no ventilation ex
cept what came through the hole In
the floor, which one had to be care
ful not to fall through when com
ing home, and that was not very
big. My throat continued to get
worse, however, despite treatment,
exterior and interior-—-the former by
i nsellne massage and the latter by
salt water. Getting that salt was
quite a job in itself, as I had to go
into the "mess" kitchen to ask for
it, for they don't serve this neces
sary article with meals, you know—-
someone might eat it. And you
should see what I got when the chef
finally discovered where the salt was
■ —seems he wasn't very familiar with
the hiding place—not the kind you
sprir.kle on an egg, but the kind I
uted to freeze ice cream with, only
a little coarser and dirtier.
Oh, no, it did not shock me, as lt
no louht will you, it merely causing
us to remark that with that sort of
seasoning in our food we were quite
sure of eating our peck of dirt a
year. Even the salt water refused
to help the sore throat, and since it
,was getting worse, X was getting
worried, for I had no desire to spend
any time in a French hospital. So
I let my friend jersuade me and
that night moved n • baggage to his
room. Incidentally, \umk both his
and my luggage is pretty
well filled. OnaA ould stretch both
arms and legs before. Now even
stretching a leg Is dangerous.
Financial Difficulties
My roommate's finances are even
lower than mine, and here we are
paying a franc each day for the
room, with "cafe au lait" every
morning, which is another franc.
I guess the old lady thinks we're
rich like all Americans, and we are
in no hurry to relieve her of that
impression. In fact, we plead guilty
of helping it along, for we just came
"home" from class and, being hun
gry and "ordinaire" being a whole
hour off, we ordered some hot coffee
with bread—and butter. Cost us
one franc twenty centimes, so we
gave .her two francs and called it
square. We could pretty well pic
ture her thoughts as we climbed up
the stairs to write letters li'ome, and
it made us laugh aloud to think of
how much we actually possessed—
which she, fortunately, did not
know —with no other sources of in
come except the French army pay,
which has not made anv million
aires as yet. Speaking "about the
olden' days, I think I have traveled
back some ways, for I use candles
for illumination.
This is December, you know, and
to-day we had quite a few snow
flurries, flying going on between
them. It sure was blowing, but
that don't matter in this school.
We are all supposed to be good
fliers. No, I did not get up, although
I sure did want to, since I have
flown in every other kind of weath'
er but a snowstorm and was curious
to see what the sensation would be
like. It certainlf could not be as
bad as rain. But that has yet to
be seen. Meanwhile, I pm still
waiting for a coveted ride in a Spaa.
Three days have I waited, but never
been called, and, indeed, I'm getting
tired of waiting and if I had some
money would most certainly beat It
for Paris —without permission—like
n>ost of the Americans, who have
more money than patience; Oh,
yes, they get jail for It, but I have
yet to see one serve it.
Dinner at 8 V. M.
Just came baek from dinner —yes,
we're real stylish, eat at 8 p. m.—
and we had prunes for dessert, too.
Yeu needn't laugh at my enthusi
asm, because I never looked on the
despised prune of boarding house
lore so affectionately before. There
were others present who considered
it a godsend as well and cleared
their plates in anticipation of get
ting some of the juice. Some, not
being fast enough eaters to "clear
ship for action/' dumped the con
tents under the table. So much for
American resource. What was thq
difference, anyway? Jt was only a
stable with dirt floor, and a little
irrigation, even with meat gravy,
wouldn't hurt it any; in fact, would
give the dogs whlc#i prowl cpntinual
ly beneath the table something to
eat. Yes, indeed, prunes look like
chocolate cake to-night. Who was
it said J )iad a finicky appetite?
They could not say it with truth
now, for I even eat dry bread and
enjoy it, a miracle'that never hap
pened in the States. If'any one had
told me a year ago that the time
would come when'l would eat dry
bread, and war bread at that, and
enjoy It, I fear I would have called
him a lighting name. Yet here lam
doing that very thiqg and not howl
ing about it, either, for I aip at
taining my life ambition and real
izing the saying, "I would I were a
bird." Indeed, eating dry is
a small sacrifice toward such an end.
Wnlcr-Drlnking Americans
List night wo wished some water
to drink, and when we asked the
O|(J landlady for some she sure was
surprised apd couldn't understand
why we did not prefer ejder or wine.
This water-drlnkirig habit pf the
Amerlcpns is always a source of
amusement to the Frenchmen, and
their point of view Is just as amusing
to us. Understand, I don't maintain
that the Americans are all teetotal
lers; far be It from such, because
they sure do go out on some grand
jamborees. That probably accounts
for their insistent desire for cold
water and more cold water. Tn
Frenchman, vou know, don't take
his liquor that way, not all at once,
but just enough regularly to keep
him feeling good. Great is his cry
then when the usual allowance of
"pinard," a cheap kind of wine, is
left out of his bill of fare. 1 hap
pened to be sitting at a table with a
bunch of Frenchmen at the noon
meal to-day, and, seeing I had no
"pinard," they were very solicitous
about getting me a glass and asking
me would I have some. Great, in
deed, was their surprise when I re
fused with thanks, not that the
principle of the thing bothered me,
but I don't like the taste of the
doggone stuff. They had quite a
lot of fun among themselves out of
that. Of course, I caught but little
of the conversation, but I judged
they were making remarks about
these crazy Americans.
However, that don't worry me a
whole lot, not as long as the food
stays this good and don't teet like it
was at Avord, where remarks such
as "Drive the horse down to this end
of the table," when one wished the
meat, were prevalent. I'll say that
was some lasting meat, though.
One had no need of chewing gum
with "Avord horse meat being
passed out.
Candy Froui Home
It's too good to be true, and I
would not believe it unless I was not
actually chewing a chunk of it, but
that box of candy from Maine final
ly arrived, wonderfully preserved,
considering its long and tedious
journey. It sure was a godsend, for
1 had run out of both money and
chocolate at the sarpe time —a most
horrible state of affairs, indeed, con
sidering my love for such sweet
meats, which is nearly as great as
my love for pretty ladies. That
chocolate candy disappeared >so
quick it only made me hungry, and
the chocolate almonds which I
shared with my roommate sur
prised him so much that ho could
not voice his appreciation, so let it
go by saying, "Gee, it's too good to
refuse, but I don't want to rob you."
It pleased me mightily to see that
they were my favorite brand of
chocolate the Apollo and it
speaks well for that firm's manner
of packing their capdies that they
were as fresh ai>d nice as the larger
boxes of that same excellent make
I used to take to certain young la
dies —and help eat. Incidentally,
it's been my personal observation
that the saying, "the way to a man's
heart Is through his stoftiach," ap
plies to the other sex as well—if
one chooses his candy wisely. I
ought to know; I've proven it, num
bers of times—no, girls; I'm not
married yet. As for those after
dinner mints, we had quite an en
joyable time with them and felt
like millionaires', having such civ
ilized things to eat after a meal at
Uie "ordinaire" (mess). I sent a
letter to Mr. Smith, In Maine,
thanking him for his contribution of
mints and expressed my sorrow
that the mints were not gold Instead
of pepper, also praising his skill as
a packer, and innocently giving him
my Paris address for all packages.
I hof>e he takes the hint and
starts some more mints on the way.
Sure. I know you'll think that's aw
ful, but I didn't do anything. It's
merely the way one looks at it.
Here's hoping he gets the right
look. Meanwhile, here we two sit
at a two-by-four table, candle and
bed on one side and wall and candle
on the other, while the mints and
stick candy repose handily nearby.
Yeh, it's going down fast and then
we wonder why we're getting
thirsty and there is no water
Guess we will have to hit the cider
barrel!
Plenty of Equipment
At this school all pilots are out
fitted for the front, given enough
junk tp fill a large trunk, only a big
sack is doled ot to us for carry
ing this stu f. We get everything
brand new, a casque, which one
wears, ajid a woolen headpiece
which everyone docs wear, for it's
cold here, is one of the smaller
items. What had once been a ru
mor is now a fact, for we have
great fur cqats, looking much like
the white fur rug that used to adorn
our parlor and scare Billy into
spasms. They are very warm, but
the odor coming from them would
no doubt send Billy into some more
spasms, for it sure is rank."
A combination suit, the same type
I used at Tours, was also given us.
These are complete waterproof
suits, heavily fur-lined and very
"chic" in appearance when one
draws the belt tight around the mid
dle. Which just reminds me that
the one 1 got belonged tp a "mltfail
leur" (the rank of the man who
uses the machine gun in a two
place airplane) formerly, for his
name is on it, be probably being
killed before he had time to dirty
it. Anyway, I have it novi/■ and, not
"being superstitious, am very well
pleased with it, for 'tis wondrous
warm and soft.
Need Foot-warmers "
We also were given foot-warmers.
You needn't laugh! One needs them
■at high altitudes. Sad to say,
though, they did not ljave any
gloves or goggles,, two pf t)je most
important things about airplane
equippipnt for pilots, I think. How
ever, I traded my poilu overcoat for
a pair pf soft kid gloves and I
found a pair of goggles on the field,
so "I should wori-yi" Throat's all
right now WALTER.
CHEST COLDS
may mean weak lungs and
need more thorough treat
ment than mere
physics or stimulants.
scorn
IMUISEOi
corrects chest colds by giving
Strength tp the blood ana heat
to the body. It i# famous with
physicians for hard cough#
and soothing the lling*,
throat and bronchial tubes. TVI
{ licoU a Bwdc, Sloonifield.N.J. J7-3J
FOOD SHOW TO RE
ANNUAL EVENT
I
! Labor-Saving Machinery to
Be Exhibited at the
Same Time
Members of
V\\ # //J the committee in
y\\\ A& & stato mid-winter
T exhibit! on of
V_ vfarm products
held here last
WjXBQSQK week in conjunc-
WSlloail meetings of tho
gjBtSBMWHifc State Board of
i, i Agriculture and
allied organiza
tions nave decided to continue the
plan and to have a show next Janu
ary under state auspices. One of
the plans is to ask that the prize
winners at the various county fairs
throughout the state be placed in
cold storage if perishable or held
by owners for state-wide competi
tion. At the same time labor-saving
machinery will be shown and re
ports of yields of various war-time
crops be reported on or shown. This
year there were over 800 exhibits of
Pennsylvania grown apples alone
and 120 fleeces.
The plans will be laid before the
State Board of Agriculture at the
May meeting in Lebanon, while agri
cultural and similar organizations In
addition to the seven that met here
last Week will be Invited to hold ses
sions during the exhibit.
More Firms Register.—Operation
of the act of 1917 providing for
registration of firms doing business
under assumed names is proving so
active that temporary clerks have
had to be put on duty to dispose of
the rush of applications for registra
tion. In many instances people have
been found ignorant of the require
ments and have sent letters inquir
ing whether they are under the pro
visions. The number found operat
ing under such names as People's,
City, Cash, Lion, Hive, Fair and tho
like is interesting. Numerous in
stances of foreign ownership have
been found.
Many Bonds Issued.—Numerous
public utility companies have filed
notices of increases of stock or bonds
at the office of the Public Service
Commission the last few days. They
include Mahoning and Slienango
Railway and Light Co., Newcastle,
bonds, $1,000,000; Gettysburg Gas
Co., Gettysburg, bonds, $15,000;
Penn Central Light and Power Co.,
Altoona, bonds, $53 7,000; Penn Cen
tral Power and Transmission Co.,
Altoona, bonds, $20,000; Lewistown
and Reedsville Electric Railway,
Lewistown, bonds, $68,000; Pitts
burgh and Western Railroad, bonds,
$261,500; Pittsburgh Junction Rail
road, Pittsburgh, bonds, $42,500;
Fairmount, Morgantown and Pitts
burgh Railroad, bonds, $107,500;
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany in Pennsylvania, bonds, $380',-
500; Baltimore and Philadelphia
Railroad, bonds, $21,500; Wheeling,
Pittsburgh and Baltimore Railroad,
bonds, $6,000; Lykens Valley Light
and Power Co., Philadelphia, bonds,
$15,000.
Board to Meet—The State Work
men's Compensation Board wdl de
vote two days next week to hearing
appeals from the Pittsburgh district
and will have sittings later on in
Philadelphia.
Olco Pays Well. —State oleomar
garine licenses have gotten almost
into the hunters' license class as a
revenue-producer and this week
when Dairy and Food Commissoner
James Foust files his account with
checks, cash and money orders the
aggregate will show a couple of
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
As 1917 broite all records, it is ex
pected
cause owing to the high price of but
ter people have been buying "oleo"
at a rate which would have made the
farmers' hair turn gray fifteen years
ago. Thus far about 4,000 licenses
have been issued for 1918, which is
not far from the total of the 11-
J. B. Montgomery is delivering coal I
to the homes of Harrisburg with The A utocar
Motor Truck—he owns three A utocars,
You can see The Autocar Motor Truck at the Automo
bile S&ow~it is the truck that more than 6,000 concerns II
are using for every kind of hauling.
Look over The Autocar- these are times when a business
house must depend more and more on its own delivery
system. ♦ M
THE EUREKA WAGON WORKS*
616 NORTH STREET
HARRISBURG DEALERS FOR THE v
AUTOCAR COMPANY, ARDMQRE, PA. fl
EUREKA WAGON WORJcal
A. H.BAILEY, W. ROSS BEALOR, I
v Proprietor Salefmufl
616-618 North Street
Harrisburg Agency For
THE AUTOCAR MOTOR TRUCIJ
- JANUARY
'censes Issued In 1917. The oleo
margarine licenses provide alipost
enough funds to run Mr. Foust's bu
reau.
To Decide 011 Bids.—Highway
Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil will
decide this week whether to ask for
bids again for the construction of
the six sections of highway on which
bids were opened Tuesday or wheth
er the prices justify awards for the
work. Since Tuesday the bids have
been in hands of engineers who have
been studying them and if it is
found that any on which bids have
been asked before and were
not satisfactory are apt to prove too
expensive nothing will be done.
Several state officials are said to fa
vor curtailment of highway and oth
er work where prices are not right
and to avoid advertising costs. Next
month bids will be opened for thirty
miles of in seven counties and
for tons of dynamite with appliances
to make it work on road work.
HELD FOR OVERCOAT THKITT
John Crawford, colored, was ar
rested Saturday night by Patrolmen
Dicky and Bibb, as the man who
THAtS WHAT IWAMW
ASMRKLING
iHUNYADI i
3* SPLIT 1
For Sale By All Druggists R
Harrisburg Distributors I
HARRISBURG BOTTLING WORKS ■
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Automobile 1
Repaired 1
Federal Machine Shop I
Cranberry Street Near Court
7
has been getting \awAy. with *• WWM
her of overcoat thefts this winter.
The man was arrested following tha
receipt of a description of the thUC
given by one of lids victims.
Peace Speech Designed
to Get'U. S. Views
Basel, Jan. 28.—Count Czernin, the
Austro-Hungarian itoreign minister,
after delivering hisi speech Thursday
to the Delegations," indicated, undpr
questioning of Sociatfis* interrogators,
that the speech haid been delivered'
quite as much that 'his might
come to President 'Wilson's attention ,
as for the benefit of {those whom he
Mas immediately addressing.
On the subject of Getnmany Czernin
pointed that that her situation was
different from that of 'Austria. Ger->
many, he said, possessed} not only Eu
ropean territory but great colonies,
and it was natural thait she should
not surrender the pledgres she held
until she had guararAees that sho
would recover her possessions. Aus
tria, he added, had lessyneed of such
pledges than her ally.