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APRIL'S ARBOR
DAYS ARE FIXED
Governor Issues Proclamation
Designating Two Fridays
in Next Month
Friday, . April 12, and Friday,
April 26, were to-day designated by
Governor Brumbaugh as the spring
\ arbor days for Pennsylvania, in a
proclamation in which he makes ap
peal for planting of fruit and nut
trees, and the planting of trees
about public places, as well as ad
vancement of general reforestation.
Tn his proclamation, the governor
"WHEREAS, A wise people
will never sacrifice a permanent
good for a temporary gain; and
"WHEREAS, Pennsylvania
to-day, can correct the error of
a former time and make her
future population increasingly
happy and healthy, by planting
trees and thus manifest a wise
provision and do a worthy ser\ -
ice, and
"WHEREAS, It is increasing
ly manifest that this great com
monwealth needs great reaches
of forests and widely distributed
areas of shade to the end that
our people may not lack in tho
essential resources that are ne
'cessary to their well-being, now
"THEREFORE, I, Martin O.
Brumbaugh, Governor of the-
Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, do hereby designate and
sot aside
"Friday, April 12, and Friday,
April 26, 1918 as ARBOR
DAYS.
"Our environment has much
to do with the kind of people
we are. To build a home and
roar children in a barren waste,
is wholly unwise. To live in the
presence of trees; to know their
practical and mystical ministra
tions; to environ our homes
with trees whose shade ana
fruits are ministrations of the
greatest value; to hear the
songs of birds with the songs of
our mothers, to realize that ' 'f 1
thus speaks to us in ministr>
that is holy. Without it life
lacks much that it craves and
needs. One cannot think of a
treeless country as a great coun
try. If we are to have a con
tinuous llow of life-giving water
in our streams; if we are to
avoid devasting floods and dead
ly droughts; if we are to main
tain our rapidly increasing pop
ulation in health and happi
ness; if we are to provide recre
ation that is wholesome and
helpful; if we are to increase
the necessary animal life to pro
vide food for our people; if we
are to multiply the Hocks of in
sectdevouring - and song-thrbat
ed birds; if we are to restore
and maintain the Pennsylvania
that was once our happy herit
age, we must plant trees.
"There is 'increasing demand
for fruit and nut bearing trees
in Pennsylvania. Our great
highways, now happily becom
ing satisfactory avenues of trav
el for our people and of trans
portation for our products,
should be lined with these trees
and their products utilized to
keep these highways always in
excellent condition. Thus our
many matchless piiles of scenic
splendor can be made also a
source of grateful shade and en
during good for our people.
"It is not only a duty imposed
by law, but an obligation im
posed by every sane considera
tion to encourage the humane
treatment of all living things
that are not harmful to human
life. Our song birds are among
our blessed ministries. They
should be protected and wel
comed. We need trees for their
refuge and nests. It is most im
portant that Arbor Day should
include among its dominant
features, some reference to our
feathered friends. Let Bird
Day be made part of Arbor Day.
Teach our children that when
they plant a tree, they plant a
home for birds, that these birds
must be our companions if we
are to live aright and that there
are few songs, if any, in the
heart of a people,' if birds are
not singing at dawn from tree
top and forest fastness. A boy
that harms a bird, is not a good
American boy.
"Trees should be planted
about our homes, our churches,
our schools; in our, public parks,
along our streets and highways;
and on our remotest mountains.
Memorial trees, in honor of
great men and women and great
events in our history should
have commanding place. An
example of this is to be found
on the campus of your State
Capitol, where a row of trees,
each bearing the name of an
honored colonial governor, is
now planted. Let the love and
loyalty of our peple find tilting
expression in a widely-ranged
observance of Arbor Day.
"In home and . pulpit, and
school, assemble the citizenry of
this great Commonwealth and
impress the meaning and value
of the day and then out in the
open, under the bending sky, in
God's glorious sunshine set
trees as memorials of your fixed
purpose to make Pennsylvania
the most life-conserving and
beautiful Commonwealth in all
the wold."
SOLDIERS TO BE CITIZENS
Atlanta, Ga.—Approximately 1,800
foreign born soldiers at Camp Gordon
will take out their first citizenship
papers this month, it is announced,
having been informed that only Unit
ed States citizens are eligible for pro
motion in the Army.
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WEDNESCPST EVENING, fi'Mi .m in A-rm " MARCH 27, 1918.
SCORES SEEK PLOTS
FOR WAR GARDENS
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same hour the entire United States
school garden army mobilized. The
vast plan has been so carefully
worked out that there was not a sin
gle hitch in the program.
The Secretary of the Interior
through the Bureau of Education,
called upon state and county super
intendents of schools and also upon
the Governors of the different states,
the mayors of the difrerent cities,
and school superintendents in cities,
towns, villages and suburban com
mittees, and asking everyone of these
people to fall in line and get to work
in the greatest practical volunteer
campaign that has been started since
the war began.
Huns Work Gardens, Too
The Germans organized their gar
den army years ago and just because
they did do that very thing they
have been able to laugh at the rest of
the world for so long.
For back of every bullet and be
hind every shell and under and over
every cloud of poisonous gas and
running every submarine and direct
ing every aeroplane is a man who
must keep up his energies with food.
We might as well send our men to
the' trenches to face cannons and air
ships and poison gas and explosives,
dressed in a suit of pajamas with
nothing but their bare hands for
weapons, declares the federal gov
ernment, as to send our army over
seas without enough provisions to
keep them not only alive but in fight
ing trim when they get there.
Where are we going to get the
food to send them?
We have just one storehouse from
which to draw, and that storehouse
is in the fertile fields and the rich
harvests of our own country.
Our troops abroad need flour and
sugar and coffee and tea and corn
and meat—wo must send them these
things or be ready to bow our heads
under the German heel.
Plots Are
Blind, deaf and indifferent, the
people of the United States are now
beginning to realize what this food
question means and to-day, when
Superintendent Watts, disposed of
the first plot, over live million school
children were mobilizing into an
army with otlicers and privates and
sergeants, with drill and hard work,
preparing for splendid service. Har
risburg was right on the job.
Two weeks ago Shirley Watts be
gan plowing with a Cleveland trac
tor and this morning he announced
that 653 plots will be ready for gar
dening within fifteen days. All plots
will be ready by April 10 and the
regulations order that the renter
must start working within six days
after securing his garden. The
charge is $1.50 for each lot, a very
considerate charge for the total ex
penses falling to the Chamber of
Commerce runs into the thousands
and it is only fair that the renter
should contribute something. It is
proposed both to plow the lots and
fertilize them. Furthermore the ren
ter will have the services of a gar
den expert from start to finish. Less
than SI,OOO will come in from the
renters, and the fertilizer expenses
alone will amount to SI,BOO. Hence
it is that the Chamber of Commerce
will be heavily burdened.
Superintendent Watts is doing
the plowing himself, with co-opera
tion of the Harrlsburg Auto Company
which furnishes the savage little cat
erpillar plowing tank. He esUmates
that this machine is saving,s4.so an
acre, as compared with the old style
of plowing. The plots now being
cultivated and fertilized are 500 at
Bellevue; 75 at Nineteenth and Pax
ton and 75 at Reel and Division.
With these three sites Harrisburff
will have 3.0 acres under cultivation
as war gardens. Twenty-five acres
will be assigned by the Chamber of
Commerce agricultural committee
and five acres will be given to school
children.
I/eases Are GiTen
It is imperative that this project
be carried on with system and or
der, so the repter signs an agreement
requiring, among other things, that
he must keep the plot free from
weeds and keep it cultivated. Failure
in these, forfeits the plot. Neither
can a plot be transferred without
consent of the Commerce committee.
Upon the assignment of a war gar
den the applicant is given an iden
tification card, a duplicate of which
is kept by the Chamber of Com:
merce. The gardener is required to
carry this card, the purpose being
to prevent persons appropriating
other plots after being assigned a
plot of their own.
Secret Pump Was Used
by Germans in Gauge
Plot Against Navy, Charge
PhiladelplUa, March 27.—Fritz
Bierat, a German official of the Unit
ed States Gauge Company, Sellers
ville, Pa., now engaged on war con
tracts for the American Navy, au
thorized and directed the erection in
the plant of a secret testing device
which enabled those in the alleged
plot to foist on the government de
fective gauges certain to prove de
ficient when most needed and likely
to cause the injury or deaths of
many of Uncle Sam's sailors, it was
brought out by the government at
the hearing yesterday of Bierat, Geo.
Schubert and W T illiam Helnrichs.
The men are three of the four ex
ecutives of the gauge company who
were arrested several days ago by
federal secret service agents on the
charge of conspiracy. Frederick
Schubert, brother of George Schu
bert, and general manager of the
plant, is ill and was unable to at
tend the hearing, but he, as well as
the other three defendants, was ad
mitted by United States Commission
er Dong to the same bail as previous
ly fixed, $5,000, for further taking of
testimony in the case next Tuesday.
Last Call Issued For
Filing Income Tax Report
The last call for income tax returns
will sound on Monday next, and in
order to oblige a numerous popula
tion who have put off this duty to the
last. Internal Revenue Tax Collector
H. A. Vollmer has started to keep.lils
office open at nights. Beginning with
this evening, his office, now on the
second floor of the Post Office build
ing." will be open all day, until 6 p. m.
and then from 7:30 to 9:30. Those
who do not fill out blanks before
Monday are liable to punishment for
evading the requirement of the law.
All single persons who earned or
received SI,OOO during 1917 must fill
out an Income tax return, and each
married person who earned.or receiv
ed $-.000 last year must do the same.
Assistance in filling out these returns
is given freely at the office of the
internal revenue tax collector in the
Post Office.
PRISONERS FOR FARM WORK
ReKlna, Sask. Action has been
deferred by the Provincial Govern
ment In connection with the proposal
to release bootleggers and others
convicted and Imprisoned for minor
offenses. The jails are becoming fill
ed with bootleggers as the act does not
give the magistrate or judge the op
tion of imposing a fine, and it has
been suggested that In view of the
need for labor on the farm, that these
men could be let out of prison on sus
pended sentence providing they were
willing to help in the work of pro
duction •
FIRE DESTROYS AUTOS
IN CITY GARAGE
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McCormlck home at 101 North Front
street. When Rogers discovered the
fire, flames were shooting out the
middle and back of the second floor
of the garage. The center of the
conflagration was at the elevator
shaft, which accounts for the fact
that no cars were saved on the sec
ond floor.
Rogers rushed to the first floor
of the garage where he aroused
William Meyers, the night man at
the garage. Rogers stated that Mey
ers was asleep when he aroused
him. Mr. Wolfe, the owner of the
garage, who lives almost directly
back of it at 119 Strawberry street,
was quickly summoned.
Fire Chief Kindler arrived on the
scene soon after the alarm was
turned in, and directed the drivers
of the fire apparatus to run the
cars on the first floor out on to the
surrounding streets. The fire had at
tained such headway on the second
floor that it was impossible to as
cend the stairs or save that part of
the building. Fire Chief Kindler
feared that the sparks from the
flames would drop into a gasoline
tank of one of the machines on the
first floor and spread the ruin to the
sixty motor cars located there. For
that reason the men ran the motor
cars to places of safety before turn
ing all their attention to the fire
on the second floor.
Flames Spread Rapidly
The flames spread so rapidly along
the woodwork, fed by the gasoline
in the automobiles, that at the ar
rival of the firemen the second floor
was a seething mass of flames. The
fire was one of the most spectacular
in months, as the flames leaped
many feet into the air, throwing up
dense black fumes of smoke from
the gasoline and oil. The fire was
punctuated by loud crashes as the
debris of the roof fell onto the ruin
ed machines on the second floor.
Each time a section of the roof fell
in, great showers of sparks were
thrown high into the air, and fire
men kept a sharp watch on sur
rounding buildings to prevent
spreading of the flames.
Because of the intense heat of the
fire, the da'nger of gasoline explo
sions and the falling debris, firemen
were at a great disadvantage, and
merited much favorable comment
for the efficient way they rescued
the cars from the first floor. Early
in the fire the elevator fell from
the second floor to the first with a
great crash, thus cutting off all
means of salvage for the doomed
contents of the second floor.
Insurance on Cars
On the second floor, which is con
structed of concrete, seventy-five
motor cars of all makes are 'com
pletely ruined. Half buried under a
mass of steel roofing, burned em
bers of the rafters and the debris of
the fire, and soaked with water, the
cars on the second floor are beyond
hope of repair. Few of the cars, it
seemed this morning, are covered
Dives, Pomeroy
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t New Cupid Hats ,Kb
We are pleased to announce the arrival of I Prayerßooks mL-O
Hats of the latest Parisian inspiration, ~pOT
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor, Front. Better grades of rosaries in bet- "
Suits For Critical Young Fellows
The average young fellow these days, knows what clothes lie wants and soldiers kit, including prayer jgWgdf
, , , . ,i book, bla"k rosary, crucifix and NmNRUB Hji /' // x
knows where he gets them. identification card. Special, $1.25 ggS :
Catering to such tastes demands a stock of distinctive clothing, and we Rnnhc
know that the suits we have in this Easter display are the latest designs and hf
most approved patterns. White and white ,
Flannels, cassimeres and other fabrics in Military, Trench and English °Bmck doth and leather m P i a "n | // ..-Xll"
models and fancy bindings.. 25c to $2.50 11 || / N K-^r w '
' _ ~ _ Vest pocket prayer books, with /// II
$20.00, $25.00, $30.00 and $35.00 K "' mt * o '- Co, ° mbu ",S to M ., s
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. Divej, Pomeroy Stewart,
iuo*
Men's Walking Gloves . I Suits and Coats For The Latest Models in Boys'
For Easter Wnm „ n - „. Suits,lneludingtheFamous
Silk, Grey, Mocha and Tan Cape Styles Omen and MISSeS
0 \^ng S 'oc£ioS'°L%"} a!!d Many Styles to Xe- Military Models in tan, light and dark greys,
chamois. Pair $1.50 i\/r i 4 ' n ' checks, mixtures and tweeds, with extra pan-
Silk suede-lined gloves in brown OCierCLie 111 P TICC "pants, sizes 6to 18 years .... $7.50 and $8.50
and grey. Pair $1.50 Trench models and English models with patch
Grey silk-lined suede gloves, Women who know pockets. Norfolk style ill variety of shades; sizes
Genuine black head B rey S . ,hc cost ol A 9* IBf 8,0 18 '* ' ' *' to slso °
gloves with black embroidery. Pair, nc quality materials V/\ BOUS WCISH SllltS
Tan kid glovS with are invited to profit by Military and trench models, Russians, Middy
broidered stitching. Pair, t ' us special Easter ■/ ) 1 |)|fj I/yTh f\S\ blouses with sliort and long trousers, khaki; sizes
$1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 showing of suits—the
, Men's Handkerchiefs .garments presented \MJ : W /1 fcr"" Boys' Top Coats; sizes 2]/ 2 to 10 years,
French cambric handkerchiefs with hair line cluster this week for Women ! S j 'J 1J i i jpP' M $5.00 to $lO 00
stripes in color /.dozen $1.40; each .... 35? , and Misses are! dc- A
Hemstitched linen handkerchiefs 2.c, 35 c and 500 vel dof gabardinc ; L_ \\ I Iff J -J
I<ancy border silk handkerchiefs 50c and 75<! , . j ! \*. ; P--1B xt i l 1 • r rt • /->m
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Men's Store.
i• r ii jrp • _i finished in a manner c- Rich JtLmbroidcrcd hffccts in 1 mported Kid
IjCaUlllUliy inrnmGCl that stamps them at gp \3 The styles arc more varied than you would expect them
. once as distinctive ™ * to be with manufacturing conditions in France so topsy
Cotton W-aiStS blu<; isf "ored color hon K h there are many other STd"'" 1 "' C Bra<lCs arC °' " q " a ' i,y " ' ,aVC
Many New Styles in a New Showing
" h J *■ t Two-clasp nilk jjloves, with Uoublo llnser enda; in black with
Novelty and plain voiles, sheer batistes, dimities and i n f 1n„„i < nr r> white or white with black BUtching; pair 7R ,.
handkerchief linens have been used with a lavish hand in LOOtS °* tlUe W OOlens For Spring whiJorwhTe ' n black
making up these cotton blouses, still fresh in their boxes. Coats for every Sprine occasion ' Two-clasp silk sriovea, with Uoublo iinfier endu; in whitc. biuck
The trimmings are tucks, laces, organdie and hand-em-
broidery and the individual to collars and cuffs a" I°' W , raolor, "E' palr^ 1 "°: C '*T k '°. "Ir*'.. w . h " 0 . or . "'"i.Sli'r
very refreshing. Choose in this special Easter group. for street, I-or formal wear. Kid Kjoves with two pearl clasps; in white with black stitch
at $1 .5 to $10.(M) Thc co1ors fabrics ad weaves are interestingly complete. " S: K,d' gloves' with one pearl' 'clasp and' K k.' Pitching;' in khaM
• Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Second Floor. 11l fact every coat wish call be realized in our Coat Scrtinn n " ith brown - Krey with white, or tan with ecqu; pair $3,25
. J V.J V.W. viai ovcuun. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor.
HOW ROOF FELL IN AT THE GARAGE FIRE
' "t " A S<;\ s y•; v>"< >■• , •
g " • , .- , £SS3&
by insurance. The loss on this floor
to the motor cars alone is $75,000,
Mr. Wolfe said this morning.
The heaviest individual loser is
George B. Zech, the local Buick
agent. Mr. Zech had fifteen cars on
the second floor last night, every one
of which is a shapeless ruin to-day.
Four of the cars were new machines,
one of which he had brought from
Steelton yesterday, llis cars are not
insured, he said.
Three cars which were ruined in
the early morning conflagration
were stored in the garage last night
for the night only, and were to be
removed early this morning. I). W.
Anderson, of Clearfield, motoring
home from Florida, with his fam
ily, placed his five-passenger touring
car in the garage late last night.
This morning he exhibited a small
iron burr as the only part of his car
salvaged from the wreck. His loss is
SBOO. The car was uninsured.
I .one Cars in Fire
E. It. Ileller, of Wapwallopen, Pa„
came into the city last night and
left his car at the garage. This
morning he was informed that it was
among the misshapen objects that
had once been cars on the second
floor. His loss is $1,250.
A large touring car belonging to
Emelio Russ, who conducts a store
on the Square, was destroyed in the
fire, lie declared this morning that
be had intended to sell the car to
day. It was uninsured. Another car
owner was on hand this morning
who had his touring car at the gar
age for repairs, and by oversight ne
glected to take it home last night.
It is an uninsured loss.
Origin Is Unknown
The salvaged cars were run into
Market Square and the side streets
adjoining the garage. AB their own
ers appeared this morning, they
were asked if their cars were stored
on the iirst or second floor. If they
replied "on the second," they were
told without hesitation they would
never see their cars again. If stored
on they llrst floor, they were directed
to go out on the street and look for
them.
The origin of the fire remains a
complete mystery. Fire Chief Kind
ler could give no reason, nor could
Mr. Wolfe. Mr. Wolfe said he knew
of no possible way the lire could
have been started. The night watch
man had been on the second floor
a half-hour before its discovery
without seeing signs of lire.
Fire fighters had to combat the
worst heat in many months to ap
proach fighting distance of the lire
this morning. The heat was so in
tense that windows in the Union
Trust Building and the new build
ing of C. Ross Boas were broken
during the height of the conflagra
tion.
Mrs. E. Z. Gross, 23 North Third I
street, wife of the city commissioner,
was on the scene early this morn
ing, serving hot coffee to the weary
firemen who had been fighting the
flames for two hours. Many of the
firemen worked many hours with
out rest. Tliey were at work all
morning pouring water into the em
bers and tearing away the debris
that blocked the way to the half
buried machines.
To Rebuild at Once
Mr. Wolfe this-morning made no
announcement regarding the steps
ho will take to continue his busi
ness. He announced to several of
the persons who stored their cars in
his garage that he would arrange
as soon as possible to take care of
them.
The building will be rebuilt at
once, according to the Common
wealth Trust Company trust officers,
who now hold the lease. The prop
erty loss Is fully covered by Insur
ance, and there will be no change
in the tenants at the present time,
they announced.
Other cars which have been Iden
tified among the ruined are two
trucks valued at $1,500, belonging
to John C. Herman and Company;
and a touring car valued at $2,785,
belonging to Boone Abbot, super
intendent of the Harrisburg divi
sion of the Philadelphia and Read
ing railroad, and Frank Masters, civil
engineer of the Pennsylvania rail
road, of the Engineers Club.
Work on clearing out the debris
began to-day.
C. C. Page, 308 South Fifteenth
street, lost a new touring car in the
(ire. The touring car was a six-cyl
inder model, und had been newly
purchased yesterday by the owner.
'The John C. Herman Company
lost two trucks used in its whole
sale tobacco business.
THOMPSONTOWN'S
BUSINESS AREA BURNS
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out- The loss is placed at con
sidcrablyv more than SIOO,OOO.
Several persons were hurt fifeliting
the flames and a number of women
and children suffered from shock
and exposure. Several were com
pelled to flee from their homes in the
early morning clad only in their
nightclothing.
Persons coming out of the town
to-day by automobile and wagon, an
nounced that the town now is with
out provisions as the only two stores
handling groceries have been burn
ed out. There also is a scarcity of
drugs and medicines.
The l/osscs
The losses follow:
C. D. Stewart's general store.
M. E. Schlegel Co., general store.
B. F. Cayman's garage.
H. C. Rowe's confectionery store,
store.
Dr. W. 11. Haines' drugstore.
Dwellings occupied by B. H. Bran
thoffer, Clarence Wetzler, Mrs. Sarah
Gayman and Mrs. Keturah Mere
dith. The loss at the Stewart store
alone is estimated at $40,000.
The tiro started from an over
heated stove in the cellar of the
Stewart store. A strong west wind
carried the flames across the street
to the Schlegel store and wiped out
everything in a direct line. The local
fire company managed to stop the
progress of the blaze at the home
of Edwin Fry.•
Driven by High Wind
Sparks driven by the wind started
several minor fires in different parts
of the town, but these were extin
guished without loss. The dwellings
of Mrs. Irvin McNaight., the Thomp
sontown hotel and the home of Mrs.
Mary < irows, across the street, were
badly charred by the heat which also
broke windows.
The tire spread so rapidly that Dr.
Haines was able to save only one
pocket case of medicines. It was
with these that he treated Amos
Stouffer who was burned when he
grasped a live wire and was thrown
into burning embers.
H. IJ. Long fell through a roof and
was burned about the legs and badly
bruised. Rowe also was hurt when
his place took fire.
Dewlstown sent aid but the ap
paratus was turned back at Van-
Dyke when word was i-eceived that
the fire was under control.
MILITIAMEN TO
FILLCOMPANY
Only Need One. More Man to
/
Complete the New Com
pany I of State Militia
The Pennsylvania Iteserve Militia
had only one man to go to com
plete its complement of fifty whe>
it linished its work last evening
the Armory. Forty-nine men hav<>
been accepted for service. A nunr.'-
ber of applications are still pending
and it is believed the required num
ber of men will bo reached at next
Tuesday's meeting.
Officers of the organization called
attention last evening to the differ
ence between the lUrrisburg lU*
serves and (he Pennsylvania Reserve
Militia. While both organizations
are open to the same classes for en- (
listment they differ widely in their
aims and field work. The Harris
burg Reserves were organized with
a purpose of drilling a picked body
of men for home defense. They are
an independent organization, fi
nanced by (heir own members and
subject to no orders except their
own plans for patriotic work.
The Pennsylvania Reserve Militia
which is also being organized in the
city at (he same time is a body of
men really designed to take the
place of the old National Guard.
During the absence of trained sol
diers from the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, it was realized that
at any time might arise an occasion
when it was necessary to do the
work formerly done by the Guard.
I They are subject to the orders of
[ the Governor of the state through
the Adjutant General's Department.
They may at any time be sent (o any
point where in the discretion of the
Governor it is deemed necessary to
place armed men.. Both organiza
tions are aiming to rlo patriotic
work, each in its own particular
field.
Major H. M. Stinc, with the ap
proach of the warmer weather and
a coming opportunity to drill on the
Island, hopes to have a good attend
ance of the Reserves throughout the
summer months.
The entire unit will be divided
into several smaller bodies, each
under command of officers who Ma
jor Stine has authority to appoint.
Men who wish to receive this train
ing are asked to report to the Arm
ory on Friday night or fo communi
cate with the secretary of the or
ganizatfon. Box 131, Harrisburg.
BAROMETKR OF BUSINESS
The humble penny is an unfailing
barometer of business. During
periods of depression pennies accu
mulate in ttie subtreasurles, but
when business is brisk they are on
the move. AVatch the pennies for an
indication as to the condition of
business.—Milestones.