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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1018
Honesty is the first chapter in the
book of wisdom. — THOMAS JEFTEB
BOJ?.
PROTECT THE TREES
ELSEWHERE on this page to
day is published a letter from
J. Horace McFarland, calling atten
tion to the reckless and careless
mannerin which trees are pruned
or trimmed when necessary to clear
them of interfering obstacles. The
warning is timely and it should be
heeded, but it is almost too much to
expect that those whose duty it
should be to look after such matters
* will give it any more attention now
than they have in years past
Harrisburg has used Its trees
shamefully. They have been mauled,
and chopped, and sawed, and gener
ally mutilated with little OP no re
striction. The city has never seen
fit to adopt the very excellent Penn
sylvania shade tree law's provisions
and the result has been an example
of poorly kept trees that to say the
least is not In keeping with the
spirit of civic pride that has been
shown in many other directions.
Pruning is an art that should be
practiced by none but an experi
enced expert who combines skill with
a sincere love of trees. There ap
pears to be a generally prevailing
notion in Harrisburg that trees must
he "trimmed" at least once a year.
Such Is not the case. Trees really
require very little pruning. Many of
them are greatly Injured by inju
dicious lopping of their boughs.
Very likely the city authorities
will do more than they have been
doing. But you, Mr. Private Citizen,
can take the law into your own
hands. If the tree In front of your
home really needs trimming, see
that It Is done by one who knows
how and that It Is pruned—not be
headed. See to It that nobody
touches your tree who does not know
how the work should be done. See
to It that your tree Is left In shape
to give you shade In summer and
beauty of form in winter.
AN INJUNCTION TO HEED
CANDIDATES for nominations
to be made at the May primary
can save themselves a lot of
bother If they will follow the sug
gestion made by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth in regard to filing
nominating petitions In time enough
before the final day to discover and
correct mistakes. Every two years
• petitions go down because of lack of
compliance with the law relative to
attestation, statements of residence
and other causes, even shortage of
the required number of names. And
nine-tenths of them fall because
they are filed at half past the elev
enth hour.
The Secretary suggests that the
papers be filed a week or so before
the closing hour on April 11. The
first day on which papers can be
circulated Is March 2. There is time
enough to get all the signatures
needed for all aspirants twenty times
over. And yet two-thirds of the pe
titions have in years gone by been
Hied on the last day.
The policy of holding back until
the last day has wrecked mora than
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ' FEBRUARY 16 1918
one candidate and belated men have
tried all sorts of subterfuges, even
to throwing papers over a transom
to get them Into the department be
cause they did not follow dictates of
common sense and come to town on
time. There is little excuse for hav
ing papers in improper form, but
there Is none whatsoever for failing
to get them on record to
and cure defects.
ADOPT THE AMENDMENT
| IIE Pittsburgh Gazette-Times,
leading newspaper of Western
Pennsylvania, and staUnchly
Republican, reflects the sentiment
of that section of the State when it
comes out strongly for the approval
of the prohibition amendment by the
next Legislature. The Gazette-Times
• takes precisely the same attitude
as the Harrisburg Telegraph did In
this matter some weeks ago, when
It urged the nomination by all parties
of "dry" candidates lor House and
Senate, pointing out that the fate
of the prohibition amendment in
Pennsylvania next year will be de
cided at the primary elections
throughout the Commonwealth the
coming spring.
Nobody any longer attempts to de
fend the liquor trafflo, even as a
"necessary evil," much less attribute
any benefits to it, save only those
financially interested and they are
not competent witnesses. Sentiment
in favor of a "dry" nation is grow
ing. The liquor men, in private con
versation, admit that "the end Is j
in sight"and many of them are pre
paring for it, while even the habit
ual drinker doesn't hesitate to say
he would vote for national prohibi
tion had he the opportunity to cast
his vote direct. The only argument
now being raised by those who have
their money in the liquor business
ond are, therefore, interested in see
ing it perpetuated, is that the adop
tion of the prohibition amendment
would be a blow at "state s rights
and might force the local police pow
ers of one Commonwealth upon an
unwilling neighboring State, a con
dition which the framers of the na
tional constitution never intended
should be brought about by addi
tions to that fundamental document.
But, as the Gazette-Times points
out, this argument does not apply
in the present case. The sentiment,
in favor of nation-wide prohibition j
is so general and is growing so rap-1
idly that shortly there will bo nol
unwilling Commonwealth and the I
time is ripe when anti-liquor legisla
tion may be safely applied from
Washington.
Furthermore, since nothing good
can be said for the sale or use of In
toxicating drink, and its evils are so
apparent that they may be seen on
every hand, there can be no question
as to the wisdom of wiping out the
whole business, just as the national
government is taking steps to abolish
the sale and use of habit-forming
drugs.
The Telegraph joins with the Ga
zette-Times in the hope that Penn
sylvania will be among the first of
the States of the Union to adopt the
prohibition amendment, leading the
way In this great reform as it has In j
scores of others. To that end the 1
Telegraph will support none but
"dry" candidates for the Legislature
at the Republican primaries in May.
It believes that all parties should
put forth "dry" candidates, in order
that the issue may be fought to a
conclusion at the primaries and the
antl-llquor question prevented from
becoming the football of partisan
politics. The Issue Is not political in
any sense of the word. No party
should be permitted to have a mo
nopoly of it. It can be settled outside
of party lines, and most likely will
be. Beyond the primaries nobody at
this time can see. At this time there
Is no issue before the friends of the
prohibition amendment but to see
that strong, honest, attractive can
didates for House and Senate who
can be relied upon to vote "dry" be
set up in every district in the Stale
i by all partiea. That done and vigor-1
eus campaigns waged in their be
half, the rest may be safely left to
the voters.
falitict
By the Ex-t'ommltteeman jj
Ex-Highway Commissioner Frank
B, Black, of Somerset county, is
being urged to become a candidate
for one of the Republican nomina
tions for congrcss-at-large and has
the matter under serious consider
ation. Some of his friends started
a boom for him for Senator from
that district, but it is said that a
congressional campaign would be
more to the liking of the former
commissioner, who is in a way to
Bake it exceedingly Interesting. His
decision is to be given in a week or
so.
Ex-Congressman Anderson 11.
Walters, of Johnstown, a former
Bull Moose champion, also has am
bitions, as has lsador Sobel, of Erie,
Congressman-at-large T. S. Crago, of
Waynesburg, and Joseph Mclaugh
lin, of Philadelphia, are candidates
for re-election with a sprinkling of
other aspirants, for Republican
honors at large.
In addition to Congressman J.
V. Lesher, of the Northumberland
district; A. R. Brodbeck, York-
Adams district; A. G. Dewalt, of
Berks-Lehigh, and H. J. Steele,
Northampton, it is said that E. H.
Beshlin, Yenango-W'arren-Mercer.
will have a tight on his hands and
they are talking of gunning against
Clyde Kelly for renomination in the
30th district, while Guy E. Camp
bell, who defeated the old reliable
speechmaker, Dr. Barchfgld, is said
to fear a light for renomination.)
These men are all Democratic, at
least in name.
—Richard W. Williamson, of
Huntingdon, Special Deputy At
torney General in charge of collec
tions, is going to be a candidate
against Congressman B. K. Focht
lor Republican nomination in the
"shoestring' district. Williamson
ran against the Lewisburg man two
years ago and lias assurances ofi
support from Capitol Hill.
—Another interesting bit of con-;
gresslonal gossip is that Ex-Sena- 1
tor Ernest L. Tustin may forego his (
senatorial ambitions and run fori
Congress. Tustin has had an idea,
that make a good candi
date for Governor some other year. |
A career in Congress woul* attract:
attention to Ills gifts, which arc
considerable.
—Friends of Congressman Edgar
R. Kiess, of the Williamsport dis
trict. are asking him whether H.
M. Foote is his personal choice as
an opponent for the Republican
nomination. With Walter T. Mer
rick declining to be a candidate
Kicss' friends say he has a fairly
comfortable road.
—The 21st congressional district,
where Congressman C. H. Rowland
says ho will not run again, offers
a fine field. There are numerous
candidates for the Republican hon
or, practically every county except
Cameron being blessed.
—Reports that Warren Worth
Bailey is tuning up to run for Dem
ocratic congressional nomination in
the 19th Histrict are commencing to
get confirmation. Bailey is sup
posed to be dead, but refuses to
realize it. Congressman John M.
Rose will be a candidate for Re
publican renomination, with some
contenders from Blair county. Just
what the Cresswell people will do
with Bailey is interesting Rose's
friends.
—Frank G. Darts is being much
talked of to run for Congress in
the Luzerne district now that Con
gressman T. W. Templeton does not
care to run again. Congressman
Farr, of the Scranton district, has
the usual opposition and is trying
to figure out whether the state ad
ministration is with H. C. Hubler
or Hubler is with the administration
this year. Congressman L. T. Mc-
Fadden, of the 14th district, com
posed of Bradford, Susquehanna and
adjoining counties, says he is 4 can
didate for renomination and ready
for any fighting that comes along.
He has opposition which is popu
larly supposed to have lines leading
to the Executive Department on
Capitol Hill.
—Congressman Henry A. Clark,
former Senator, will run again in
the Erie district.
—Ex-Governor Pennypacker In
the course of his biography refers
to William H. Berry, ex-state treas
urer and much in Democratic lime
light as "a garrulous, kindly, ig
norant, good-mannered slouch."
—H. Atlee Brumbaugh, the poet
of Roaring Spring, will not be a
candidate for the House again. Mr.
Brumbaugh wrote a classic in 1915,
entitled "On to Harrisburg." He
says that many things have happen
ed since that time and that he does
not care to go through the stress
of campaigning. As Mr. Penny
packer would say, Mr. Brumbaugh
was affable, regular in attendance
and capable, although he did not
try to make speeches or advertise
himself.
—ln event that Representative
Hugh A. Dawson is not a candidate
again in Scranton, Robert P. Sil
verstein, who was secretary to E.
B. Jermyn, when mayor, will he
come a candidate. The Scranton
Republican says that Burgess M. J.
McNulty, of Throop. will be a can
didate on the Republican ticket
against Democracy's lone star in the
Lackawanna delegation, M. J. Rud
dy, who lives in Dunmore.
—Carbon Democrats have been
ordered to elect a Democrat to the
next Legislature and are hunting a
man to oppose Representative Harry
Zanders, the Omega of the House
roll call last session. Carbon Is
the home of James I. Blakslee, as
sistant postmaster general; Secre
tary Warren VanDyke, of the Dem
ocratic state committee, and other
bosses.
—Chester is having quite a family
fuss over the question of whether
the fire chief should be paid or not.
—Harvey Christman. Democratic
legislator from the Pottstown dis
trict, is said to have a hankering
for the Democratic nomination for
Senator in Montgomery county, fig
uring that he can do something if
the Republicans carry their differ
ences beyond the primary. Thus
far Representative James S. Boyd,
of Norrlstown, Is the only Republic
an candidate, Insurance Commis
sioner Charles A. Ambler and Rep
resentative Fletcher W. Stltes not
PEOPLE WANT
FOR THE SAME REASON that ho constantly changes hia window
displays to acquaint passersby with what is new in in his store,
the merchant should display his wares in the advertising columns
of the newspaper to reach the thousands upon thousands of people
who may not perchance pass his place of business.
People are as much interested in store news as they are In the
other current news of the day, and they know the advertising col
umns is the place to find It.
Keep the public posted on what la new In your store by adver
tising in the columns of the Telegraph.
THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT .... ... .... .... ... .... BYBRIGGS
' HOME.
having decided what to do. They
are closely identified with the anti-
Penrose element.
—Congressman Louis T. McFad
den, of the 14 th district, has an
nounced candidacy for re-election
in spite of much beating of torn
toms by friends of aspirants in other
parts of his district. McFadden
says that it is important to have
Republicans in Congress, not Demo
crats.
—C. D. Weirbach, Allentown city
engineer well known to a number of
Harrisburgers, has resigned to go to
Hog island, as an engineer.
—Pottsville's city controller takes
no chances. He has held up the In
crease of salary voted by that city's
council to the mayor and other of
ficers, his own included.
—South Williamsport will vote on
a $15,000 loan to establish a fire de
partment, one having been turned
down In November. Since then
there have been fires.
—Philadelphia is again the center
of week-end interest In state politics
because a number of Republican
leaders of various shades of opinion
are gathered there. State Chairman
Crow and Senator Penrose form the
big figures. Men aligned with the
Senior Senator plan to decide many
things, while state administration
leaders will talk over things with
Senator Vare. A number of the
Pittsburgh leaders have been in Phil
adelphia this week, an interesting
fact in view of the visit of Senator
Knox to Pittsburgh lately.
—Highway. Commissioner O'Neil
will spend the weekend In Pittsburgh
and vicinity and will have a number
of conferences with friends in
which Private Secretary Ball will
participate. The number of West
ern Pennsylvania applicants for
places to be made on the 1111 l Is said
to have shown a rapid increase.
—Senator Sproul will make his
announcement next week and his
headquarters will be opened about
the same time. The interesting thing
about the Sproul opening is that it
will be coincident with his visit to
Pittsburgh to speak at a big dinner.
—Democratic leaders will fore
gather in Philadelphia next Satur
day and some decision in regard to
the state ticket will be made. It is
interesting to note that the idea of
making the slate on the banks of
the Potomac has been given up and
a meeting of the bosses will actually
be held in Philadelphia, the slate
being sent to the White House for
approval.
—Ex-Governor Pennypacker in his
biography in the Evening Public
Ledger, a-rain mentions Dauphin
county affairs and tells the way he
came to appoint the late Judge
Thomas H. Capp. It may bo stated
that the Pennypacker version is what
was always accepted in Harrisburg
with exception of one part of Market
Square.
—A good bit of upstate comment Is
heard that the firing and hiring go
ing on among the officeholders in
Philadelphia to relieve the feelings
of various Penrose and Vare leaders
is not viewed with the same interest
that it is in the Quaker City. And
neither is it regarded as the way to
secure a united front in November.
No wonder the Democrats are com
mencing to perk up again.
Strength of the Allies
It is safe to say, quoting "from Mr.
Lloyd George's statement, that the
strength and composition of the
British army are as follows: The
total forces recruited in England,
Scotland and Ireland are 6,500,000
men, to which we must add a mil
lion from the Dominions. The arm
ies of France appear to be as In
domitable and as elastic as ever;
and the steady Influx of American
troops into the country has relieved
her heroic people of all further anx
iety on the score of man-power. As
for material resources, Great Britain
and America can offer almost
boundless assistance. Their Indus
trial activity is unimpaired and their
wealth appears inexhaustible.—lan
Hay (Major lan Hay Beith, M. C.),
in World's Work.
A Profit Without Honor
[From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
A profit is without honor unless it
Is decently small.
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
PROTECT THE TREES
To the Editor of the Telifraph:
The spring drive against the shade
trees of Harrisburg has ajready be
gun, and if the citizens do half as
well as the butchers and the line
men have already done, 1918—the
tenth anniversary of the neglect of
Harrisburg to use the legal means
to protect its trees—will show the
worst condition for these trees it has
been possible to accomplish.
Any one who cares to gaze on the
poor mutilated hulks left of once
beautiful trees near Olivet Presby
terian Church in Derry street can
see the whole effect of ten years of
tree agitation In Harrisburg. Tele
phone linemen did not do this, but
these same linemen are cutting the
hearts out of trees on the Hill to
day.
Harrisburg's trees have steadily
deteriorated, as evidenced in the
statements made about them by out
side capable authorities. They will
continue to deteriorate and make the
spectacle more painful and sad un
til there are not only the proper
laws but a disposition to consider
and enforce them.
The Pennsylvania shade tree law,
under which control can bo exer
cised legally and logically, has never
been adopted by Harrisburg. In
order to defeat its beneflcient inten
tions, an ordinance was put on the
statute books some years ago, with
rather broad provisions which have
been carefully neglected ever since.
At is stands, anyone may do any
thing to any tree unless that tree is
protected by a shot gun in the hands
of an irate citizen who does not be
lieve in Harrisburg's peculiar variety
of mutilation under the guise of
trimming.
Meanwhile other cities not anxious
to make an exhibition of how bad
ly trees can be treated have suc
ceeded in beautifying their streets
and making summer comfort and
winter delight a proud civic posses
sion.
Yours truly,
J. HORACE McFARLAND.
JOAN OF THE FORGE
I can give you no better interpre
tation of the character of French
womanhood than to attempt to vis
ualize what will always remain In
my memory as the most touching
sight I have yet seen in the war. It
was in the devastated region where
the Hun had left a trail of ruined
towns, blackened forests and de
spoiled land In his wake.
I was on my way back from the
front, chilled and depressed by the
horizon of waste that hemmed me
in. Suddenly I heard a steady ham
mering—a strange sound It was In
the midst of such desolation —and
no loneliness is quite so utter as the
solitude of the ravaged places. I
stopped my car, got out and walked
toward a dilapidated house—the
only structure with four wails that
remained In what was once a thriv
ing hamlet. When I reached the
spot this is what I saw:
A woman stood at an improvised
anvil, beating out a horseshoe. Her
husband, as I learned, had been a
blacksmith. He had fallen in battle
and she wore his uniform. A child
played at her feet while the sparks
flew upward. All she had in the
world, this mite of humanity
and the ruins of her home, had been
wiped out by the war. Even the
roof above her. head was wrecked.
Yet she kept to the task that had
once sustained her. Between the
Btrokes of her hammer I could hear
the boom of the far away guns,
sounding like the doom notes in the
last act of "Alda." It was a thrill
ing and unforgettable contrast
The woman at that rude forge was
the heroic Incarnation of defiant will
—the symbol of her sex. Some great
artist might have painted % the scene
and made It the companion picture
of the great canvas that depicts
Joan of Arc walking with her vision
in the little churchyard at Dam
remy. These two daughters of
France are of the same immortal
sisterhood—lsaac F. Marcosson. in
the Saturday Evening Post.
.Faith Without Works
If a brother or sister be naked,
and destitute of daily food, and one
of you say unto them. Depart in
peare, be ye ■warmed and filled; not
withstanding: ye slve them not those
things which are needful to the
body; what doth tt profit? Even so
faith If it hath not works, is dead,
being alone.—James li 16 to 17,
Lieut. Col. Frank E. Zicglcr
To flte Editor of the Telegraph :
To-day the remains of a noble man
and a brave soldier were laid to
rest with the citizenship of all Har
risburg as silent and sincere mourn
ers.
During the four years of his scho
lastic career in the old boys' high
school of Harrisburg, I was brought
in daily intimate contact with him;
and I learned to love the quiet, po
lite, studious lad who had not an
enemy in the school and was always
alert to do a favor to teachers or
fellow pupils.
In all the years of his after pro
fessional life in Harrisburg T, his
former principal, as well as thou
sands of others, found him a true
friend, a man of his word.
But Colonel Ziegler was above and
beyond all an instructive soldier. It
was his delight to attain the highest
excellence and proficiency in every
duty of the free American soldier.
He was cut off suddenly in the prime
of manhood, without being permitted
to reach the embattled lines of Eu
ropean warfare. But all loyal Har
risburgers will place him high in
the roll of patriot heroed who have
gone from our city to give their lives
in defense of the grandest nation be
neath the sun. His is an immortal
wreath of honor. For generations
to come each Memorial Day will see
his grave bedecked with spring's
choicest flowers.
"Nor shall his memory be forgot,
While fame her record keeps;
And honor marks the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps."
J. HOWARD WERT,
912 North Second St..,
Harrisburg. Pa.
The Lord's Reward
The Lord rewarded me according
to my righteousness; according to
the cleanness of my hands hath he
recompensed me.—ll Samuel, XVII,
LABOR NOTES
A labor candidate was elected
mayor of St Catharine, Canada.
Women nurses are to be employed
on naval hospital ships for the first
time in American Navy history.
Tacoma (Wash.) Steam Engineers'
Union has secured contracts with all
wooden shipyards.
Alsatian girls under the age of 17
are conscripted into military work
on the western front.
Thousands of married women are
returning to jobs they held before
being married.
Women telephone operators are
being sent abroad for service at the
offices of the American forces in
France.
The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louis
ville Railroad has signed an agree
ment with the Boilermakers' Union.
Draft boards in New York have
been instructed to provide a number
ot bricklayers for service in Prance.
Girl workers In the English muni
tion factories turn out some work
faster than it is done by men work
ers in this country.
Northumberland (England) Educa
tional Committee has recommended a
flat-rate increase of $125 a year in
teachers' salaries.
Mlcham, England, dairymen have
decided to sell milk 1 cent a pint
cheaper to old-age pensioners and
nursing mothers.
In Russia women are doing much
of the work In the shops, along rail
way tracks and in the fields, and
even acting as brakemen..
The town council of Grangemouth,
Scotland, has granted an additional
75 cents a week to each corporation
laborer.
Many women are employed about
the airship factories of France. They
are hoisted in boatswain's chairs and
work on the big fabric envelopes.
Department stores in Vancouver.
B. C., have accepted the new wage
scale of Teamsters and Chauffeurs'
Union. Rates range from $19.50 to
s2l a week.
During the past few months shop
trades have added 1,200 members
on the Lehigh and Susquehanna Di
vision of the Central Railroad of
Now Jersey, <
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Ow tfa
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It is a fact that many a foreigner
who comes to Pennsylvania, ignor
ant and'* unschooled, sees and siezes
opportunity more consistently than
the educated American who fre
quently complains that there are no
chances like there used to be. Here
is an example. Bartholomew Lip
poli came from Europe eighteen
years ago and settled in Williams
port. At shining shoes he has
amassed a fortune of SIOO,OOO,
reared seven children, two of his boys
being in the Armv.
m
We always huii some sympathy
for Mark Anthony, but if Cleopatra
looked like the pictures which ad
vertise Theda Bara then all we have
to say is that Mark got off easy.
"I simply state what one of our
Inmates says about early spring,"
observed the manager of the County
Home at Media. "This inmate is
William Bail, who was, years ago, a
butcher. He does a good deal of the
cutting up of meat at the home. He
Is the one who declares we'll have
an early spring, and as he predicted
a severe winter he may be right
about it He places his prediction on
the appearance of the hogs' livers he
cuts up. He says the outer part of
the. liver is hard and the other part
is tender. This to him is an indica
tion of an early spring."
The recent bitter winter worked
havoc with the birds, but suited Mr.
Reynard to a T. Never before in
the memory of citizens were so
many foxes seen in Beaver county.
They devoured thousands of starving
birds.
Mrs. Exe—While I was going
down town on the car this morning
the conductor caine ulong and look
ed at me as if I had not paid my
fare. Mr. Exe—Well, what did you
do? Mrs. Exe—l looked at him as
if I had.
OUR DAILY LAUGH I
VERT.
Seen the latest?
A beauty special- Z' k
ist says the back J\, /f/
may be made Jji \
highly expressive. Wjj •
It can wjien a u/a /\
women turns it vWj k VJrJv
on you. Clj j j j* || j
WHOLESALE
„ LOTS.
Ave-pound
l of candy?
/ I cwpiExhat seems ex
( \ ft ' travagant.
can ' l heip
I My fiancee has
' -j* six older sisters
ffl I' 1 I,ke to get
II H taste, now and
then, of the
candy I send her.
THE KIND.
Is he going to JH
be a doctor or a
lawyer? fID TII
I'm not sure. fT9 l'/l
He expects to be // /
a skin specialist. luL
STILL AT IT.
How ,onß hRV *
HWI W J they been mar-
Not so long. I
understand he
j gafrSffiM I still holds her
! I hand through the
| dark scenes of a
' HIS PROPER
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What will they
do with that eld- ■■ r
est son of theirs?
I hoard his old '■ \
} man say he had II JW /K
--i neither Judgment
| nor foresight. ' (H
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they make him w* BmJ />
a weather sharp.
Bnwtng (Hlptf
Condition of the seed corn In
Pennsylvania lias been shown to be
so poor as regards germinating
power as the result of tests made by
the experts of the State Department
of Agriculture that an official warn
ing to the farmers to plant double
and triple the amount and then thin
out may be lssueti. The condition is
directly due to the weather last fall.
Tho early frosts caused much dam
age and <]uite a considerable amount
of corn was placed in the cribs while
moist so that the loss from freezing
wNI be worse than for a long time.
The loss in Dauphin and •Cumber
land was heavy. Thorough tests
have been made of com from many
of the central and southwestern
counties and low germinating power
Is reported. In order to provide
good seed corn the Department has
*■2?. i offers for any corn that
will show eighty per cent germinat
ing power in the test. This corn will
be sold at*coat to farmers. In north
ern counties there was no seed saved
1 01 corn because of the frosts and
efforts to supply growers will be
made. Farmers buying corn are ad
vised to thoroughly test and if it is
found low to increase tho planting.
The price of corn will probably
cause a big extension in the area de
moted to that grain on Pennsylvania
farmers this year if labor # and satis
factory seed corn can be secured say
experts at the Department.
The manner in which Harrisburg
Is handling problems attending in
dustrial education and the way its
businessmen have taken up the
ideas behind the State laws on the
subject will be reported on next
week at the big conference in Phila
delphia on vocational education dur
ing the war and thereafter. The
conference will be national in scope
and the experience of Pennsylvania
will bo a big theme.
Winter weather has stopped work
on Senator E. E. Beidleman's sum
mer home near Dauphin. A few
years ago Mr. Beldieman purchased
the point of land at the foot o£ the
mountain, with a wonderfully tine
outlook on the river, for a compara
tively small sum. On it was located
a very old building which it was
planned to pull down, but to the
Senator's surprise he found it won
derfully well constructed, with in
terior lire places of the good old
fashioned kind and capable of be
ing remodeled into a fine, modern,
residence. He was in the midst <>r
transforming it when cold weather
put a temporary halt to the work
When completed it will be one of
the landmarks of the upper end.
•
James H. Maurer, president of the
State Federation of Labor and his
colleagues are of the opinion that it
will not be difficult to work out the
plan for workingmen to buy from
the farmers direct and t.hey think
that by use of the carloaid lot sys
tem they can save a good bit of
money for the workers. When the
State Grange meets a plan will !<•
taken up whereby credits and pay
ment systems will be worked out
and when people In a community are
ready to buy anything from a car of
potatoes to a car of apples they can
go together and give the order. Ex
tension of the plan to coal is prob
able.
• • •
Suspension of Iron and steel
erations because of lack of fuel re
calls the strenuous times of five
years ago when there were demands
for Dauphin county iron and stoel
and the car shortage caused heavy
loss in business as well as pay for
men. The suspensions this year,
however, have been at more frequent
intervals than ever known before.
• •
Cheer up, folks, the "meatless
days" may soon be brightened by
the appearance on table of fresix
fried fish from the Susquehanna, the
Juniata and their tributaries. Black
suckers, the choicest of the early
spring piscatorial dainties, are al
ready beginning to "run," thougli
the streams are still covered with
ice. A. E. Strode, of Camp Hill, re
ceived a number of these fish as a
present from a friend the other day,
they having been caught through a
hole cut in the ice of a Cumberland
country creek. Not many fishermen
will care to go to that extreme but
In a very few weeks, unless unex
pected colli weather sets in the suck
ers will be at their prime and the
fi/ib.ng will be good. These fish lin
ger along the bottoms of eddies and
under the banks of large and small
streams. They bite freely In the
springtime but later in the spring
and summer few of them are
caught. This does not give the fish
ermen much to worry about, how
ever, for while the black sucker is
no choice eating in the spring, the
flesh being firm ami as white as
snow, later in the seaton the fish
becomes as thin as a June shad and
just as boney. -
• •
Owners of California privet hedg
es are inspecting them with some
concern these days, looking In vain
up to this time for signs of life. It
is feared thnt the hedges, especially
those in exposed places not pro
tected by snowdrifts, may have suf
fered severely from the intense cold
that previfled during most of De
cember and January. Six years ago
the mercury fell to 20 degrees below
for a short time in this vicinity
and all hedges had to be cut back to
the roots. The temperature did not
get down so far this year but the
cold continued for a longer .period.
Two or three weeks more will be re
quired to tell whether or not the
hedcres have been seriously dam
aged. ■ .
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE |
*
—E. P. Passmore, the new presi
dent of the Reserve bank, will as
sume his new duties on March 1.
The Rev. Dr. J. H- Wilson,
brother of Director Wilson, of
Philadelphia, will deliver the ad
dress to th 9 Philadelphia firemen at
the memorial services.
—J. D. Kennedy, well known here,
has been elected head of the State
Lumbermen. He lives at Beaver
Falls.
—Alfred H. Myers, prominent In
Lancaster county affairs. Is the new
president of the Columbia Motor
Club, one of the most active In'that
county.
—Alba B. Johnson will write a
series of articles on the war and
business for one of the Philadelphia
papers.
DO YOU KNOW 1
—That Harrtatmrg la furnishing
large quantities of feeding
stuffs from Its district for the
army?
HISTORIC HAKRISBURG
Market Square was the site for
patriotic meetings in the first Jef
ferson campaign.