10 ROAD COSTS ARE MOUNTING NOW Contracts Are Let at Prices That Would Stun People a Few Years Ago While a number of the contracts let by the State Highway Depart ment under the present administra tion are on the "fifty-fifty" plan, the county and townships joining with the state in paying for new road construction, there are Instances in which the State Highway Depart ment has shouldered the entire cost —notably in Marklesburg borough, Huntingdon county, the community Governor Brumbaugh calls "home." There the department has let the contract for the construction of 4,- 586 feet of macadam at the contract price of $15,862.73. And between Marklesburg and Huntingdon the road has been macadamed as a "re surfacing" proposition. The longest continuous detached work contracted for by the present Highway Commissioner is 39.340 feet in length and is located In Lin coln and Jenner townships and Jen nertown, Somerset county. The contract price of this seven-and-two fifths miles of bituminous macadam is $233,838.20, or approximately $31,500 a mile. But while the price $31,600 a mile. But while the price would have resulted in a state-wide protest, especially for bituminous macadam construction, there are other contracts calling for even higher mileage costs. One of these KINNEY'S Men's Shoes in High or Low Cut Are making a name for themselves with men who demand style and "ear at a reosonab'e price Oxfords in black vici or gunmetal, Good f"V\ year welted soles; • OQQ I \ •VA all shapes &6.V0 | \ • V\ Men's Press Shoes for..tfJO QQ jj \ ' M In black only: welted II \ * vV soles; in ail shapes; giiarantNl A. \ • Tjjl wear. / Men's Heavy Work Shoes—l.arg j \ est variety in town; d o A Q i all Bt 'les g-. 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FRIDAY EVENING, is that for the construction of three and one-flfth miles of fcrlck and concrete in South Fayette township, Allegheny county, at $53,231 per mile, or a total of $170,340.36. Then there is the proposed 13,007-foot brick "island" in Manor township. Armstrong county, which will cost approximately $54,000 per mile, or $131,468.20 for the Job, according to figures furnished by the State High way Department. The figures pre sented herewith are all from the State Highway Department's rec ords. Governor Brumbaugh's home county of Huntingdon fares rather well in the distribution of state highway funds. Contracts have been let for 60,600 feet of new road, or nearly twelve miles, at a cost of $283,020.89. Of this total $189,- 817.86 is for the construction of 28.- 608 feet of reinforced concrete in Brady township, which is at the rate of approximately $35,000 per mile. While the farmers of the state have been calling for roads which will enable them to go greater dis tances with their produce the High way Department has been letting a number df contracts for roads lead ing a mile or two out of populous centers. Oil City is one of the fa vored places. Montrose and New Milford boroughs, Susquehanna county, get the only construction planned for that county until 1920, according to present plans. Shick shinny borough, LuSerne county, will get a tritle more than a mile of brick for $40,427. The United States government has asked that the Lincoln highway be kept in the best possible dfetndition. so that overland transportation of war supplies and foodstuffs may be expedited, few contracts have been let for the reconstruction of this road, between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In a list of what the de partment . terms "proposed con tracts," however, the department plans building 2,919 feet of road in Youngstown borough, Westmoreland county. 2,701 feet in Malvern bor ough, Chester county, and about six miles In Greene and Guilford town ships, Franklin county. The Lin coln highway distance between Phil adelphia and Pittsburgh Is 294.7 miles. From what attaches of the State | Highway Department say, and from the reports made by delegations j which have visited the department, ; enough promises of construction j have been made to keep the road I builders busy not leas than fifty j years. C. Ross Boas Jewelry Store Devotes Its Window Display to War Relics From France One of the features in the Bed Cross War Fund drive will be the window displays at the C. Ross Doas jewelry store, 28 North Second street. Mr. Boas has received for display through the courtesy of Mrs. John Y. Boyd and Mr. and Mrs. , George E. Etter, two very large j collections of war relics from the battle fields of France. These will ' be shown in the Boas windows dur ! ing the entire week. May 20 to May | 25. Those who have not seen mod | ern war equipment will be interested I in the odd things shown in these | two very unique collections. Among the various articles are a ; French mortar bomb, original type j'of gas mask used in 1916, French helmet used by Lieutenant Jackson H. Boyd in 1916, extra oxygen tank and container for German gas mask, German belt buckle, compass and iidentifiiation tag, s German mouth organ, French leather bayonet hold er, cartridge used for old style French rifle, cartridge used for cart ; ridge-magazine used for French rifle. French Zouave cap. fragments 1 of exploded shrapnel shell, and many others. THIS WOMAN ~ ! ESCAPED AN OPERATION By Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Many Others Have Done the Same I Troy. N. Y.—"l suffered for more than seven months from a displace ! ___________ ment and three IIMIJIIIIIII doctors told me HUjIUUMMI 2 would have to ]py have an opera dragging down Vjf; pains, backache W and headaches u ,y_ ,|(l and could not do llr ■ my housework. t'Sw- ■' Xlv sister, who '.** 1 had been helped 1 by Ly di a I*. * Pinkham's Veg table Compound. _L^__asked me to try it. I have taken | several bottles and am now entirely : well—so I do all my work—and not a trace of my old trouble. 1 have i told many ®f my friends what won i derful results they will get from its use."—Mrs. S. J; Semler, 1650 sth Ave., Troy, X. Y. Women who are in Mrs. Semler'? ! condition should not give up hope jor submit to such an ordeal until I they have given Lydia E. Pinkham's [ Vegetable Compound a trial. For suggestions in regard to your ; condition, write Lydia E. Pinkham | Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The re sult of their forty years' experience ; is at your service. 1 FOR SKIN ERUPTIONS Nothing heals and clears the skin of infants and children like j Sykes Comfort Powder which contain* harmless antiseptic healing ingrcdi | ent not found in any other powder, j 25c at the Vinol and other drug stores Th Comfort Powder Co., Boston, Mass. HAHJUSBURG telegraph STEELTON NEWS ITEMS BIG RED CROSS PARADETONIGHT Large Number of Women and Children Will Participate in Procession Red Cross workers and school children in all parts of the borough were extremely busy to-day making j final arrangements for the big Red .Cross parade this evening at 7 o'clock. Reports at noon to-day were to the effect that more than 2,000 per sons would participate in the dem onstration. Among the organizations to parade are the local Red Cross Chapter. Junior Red Cross organiza tion, Highspire and Cumbler's Heights auxiliaries; a representation from the cigar factory, Boy Scouts and several smaller Red Cross so cieties. The procession will form prompt- ! 1y at 7 o'clock at Front and Jeffer- ' son streets and will be headed by the j Steelton band. J. H. Gerdes, the chief marshal, will be assisted by Frank A. Robbins. Jr., general man ager of the local steel plant, and Burgess T. T. McEntee. Mr. Gerdes has appointed all the commissioned j officers of the Steelton Reserves as aids. The parade will move promptly at 7 o'clock down Front to Wash ington, to Second, to Pine and then to the Red Cross headquarters and dismiss. The school children will break line in Pine street. The Steel ton, Highspire and First Cornet bands will furnish music for the paraders. The parade marks the launching of this district's drive for $20,000 in subscriptions to the Second Red Cross war fund. The drive will open officially on Monday and continue until the following week. W. H. Nell is chairman of the finance commit tee In charge of the campaign. f MIDDLETOWN j .*■ ' Dies From Injuries Sustained in Fall John Byerly, a carpenter employ ed by the Wells' Construction Com pany, died at the Harrisburg Hos pital last evening from injuries sus tained in a fall while at work yes terday afternoon. Byerly fell from the roof on one of the high build ings. through a skylight, a distance of about thirty feet. He was pick ed up unconscious and taken to the Signal Corps Hospital and later re moved to the hospital. He lived at Elizabethtown. Irwin Beard. J. S. Boughter. Frank Thomas and John Deimlcr. motored to last evening where they visited the Pride of the Valley Lodge of the Shepherds of Bethlehem. They were accompan ied by Charles Ackerman and M H. Gilbert. Mrs. Sherman Hawthorne, of Har risburg, was the guest of the Social Circle which met at the home of Mrs. F. W. Myers. Pine street, yes terday afternoon. The organ recital given in the United Brethren Church last evening by Clarence Barnet assisted by Miss Martha Armstrong, was largely r.t- i tended. The proceeds are for the benefit of the Red Cross fund. ' A meeting of the tennis club was held last evening. new mem bers were added to the membership. The Middletown Praying Band will meet at the home of William Messinger, 239 Wilson street, on Saturday evening, at 7.30 o'clock George Wert, of the State Fores-] try Department, gave an interesting talk on "Tree Conservation and Town Beautiful," at the meeting of the Woman's Club, held at the home of Mrs. S. C. Young, North i Union street, on Wednesday after noon and there were about seventy five members and friends present. , Patriotic Drawings by Children on Exhibition Small drawings, similar to the warl posters which have been used for I I months to increase enlistments and I | urge food conservation, are on ex-1 ' hibition in several of the downtown j I stores. The drawings were made by i I students of the graded schools here ] | and some bid fair to be placed in a j j class with the war posters, i The ppsters are all drawn along I the same lines as the war posters i with some few original ideas. The ex hibition shows what progress stu j dents are making In the art depart | ment. Annual School Trackmeet to Be Held on Monday The annual Intercjass High school preliminary track meet will be held on the Cottage Hill athletic field on Monday afternoon, it was announc ed to-day. The meet Is held each year preparatory to the big meet in ; Harrisburg. Just how many students I will participate In the events is not known but from present indications [the events will be very Interesting' i and the rivalry keen. Winners in this | meet will represent the Steelton school at the Harrisburg meet. Alumni Association to Plan Patriotic Meeting Plans for a patriotic meeting, will be made at a meeting of the Steel ton High School Alu&nl Association in the High schoolroom on Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock. The annual business meeting at which time elec tion of officers will take place, will be held at the same time. Members of the association are requested by W. H. Nell, president to attend the meeting as the proceedings will be of interest for every member. Steelton Personals Mrs. Robert Hoy, of Elmira, N. Y., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Grace Taylor, Pine street. Paul Faust, Susquehanna Univer sity, was the guest of friends in the borough yesterday. Mrs. Michael Donohue and- son. of Midland, are guests of Mrs. Patrick I O'Donnell, North Second street. Mrs. T. R. Nivln, South Bethlehem. ' was the guest of her parents here | on Wednesday. j Mrs. J. R. Baker, of Philadelphia. ! Is spending a week with Mrs. B. P. ! Baker, Pine street. I ' MANY TO ATTEND GAME ] Several hundred Steelton baseball i fans are expected to attend the | Steelton-Lebanon, Bethlehem Steel | League game at Lebanon to-morrow, j The team supporters will not go on I a special train but expect to occupy j a reserved section of the bleachers ' during the contest. Some of the local | plant officials plan to see the game. CIVIC CLUB FOUNTAIN An officer of the Civic Club said to ! day that from present indications ! the new concrete drinking fountain i would be placed in front of the | Steelton Store Company by Saturday evening.. The fountain will be placed [ in front of the store near Front and ! Locust streets and will not be re ' moved and remounted each year as ' had been the case heretofore. HOXOK HOI,I. INCREASING Steelton's honor roll of men now J in service in foreign countries con j tinues to increase. Two men to ar i rive "over there" this week are Ser ! geant William Frye. 155 South Sec j ond street, and John P. Nastif, of the Eighteenth Field Artillery. Sergeant J Frye is with the One Hundred and Eighth Machine Gun Battalion. FIREMEN'S MEMORIAL, i Volunteer firemen of the borough are requested to wear civilian | clothes at the Sunday afternoon's memorial exercises in the High I School building, a member of the committee said to-day. The exercises are held anually in honor of fire men who have died during the ye&r. Addresses will be made by School Director W. F. Houseman" and Prof. L E. McGinnis. MAY LOSE EYESIGHT Luke Newcam, aged 24, may lose the use of his left eye as the result of a peculiar accident at the steel plant yesterday. He was engaged on a building project and was mix ing hot mortar, when a stone from the wall which was being built fell into the mortar, throwing the hot mixture Into his eye. He was brought to the Harrisburg Hospital. He lives at Mohn street. FIREMEN TO MEET Members of the Citizen Fire Com pany are requested by officers to meet at the firehouse Sunday after noon at 2.50 o'clock prior to going to the High school building to take part in the annual memorial exercises. LOCAL COUPLE MARRIED The marriage of Miss Mary A. Reagan and Charles E. Shealer, of the borough, took place in the rec tory of St. James' Catholic Church last evening. The Rev. J. C. Thorap- i son performed the ceremony. ST. JOHS'S CHOIR 1 The weekly rehearsal of St. John's i Lutheran Church choir will be held this evening at 8.30 o'clock. Immedi ately after the Red Cross parade. Because of Smallpox Will Vaccinate 1,200 Workmen More than 1200 workmen at the government job near Middletown must be vaccinated as the result of an outbreak of smallpox in the town. Two cases reported this morn ing by health authorities. Two children living in a boarding house are victims of the disease. The i men livlpg at the same house were ; employed the big government job, and got in touch with other work-> men on the job. Consequently every workman must undergo the vac-; cination treatment. Conditions in Middletown are being investigated: by the Dauphin County health, authorities. * DR. HA WES HONOR GIEST More than fifty Grads will attend! the Dickinson Club banquet at the University Club at 7 o'clock to-night, it is estimated. Professor Joseph P. McKeehan will represent the Alma Mater. The Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawes. alumnus, of Washington and Jefferson, will be guest of honr. Oth er sgpeakers will be John W. Jacobs. | Dr. George Edward Reeti. former president, and Dr. F. E. Downes, su perintendent of schools. COLONEL KENNEDY IN LONDON Colonel M. C. Kennedy, president of I the Cumberland Valley Railroad, who ! lias had headquarters In Paris, has ■ now been transferred to London, ac- | cording to advices reaching here. The transfer came under a recent order | •Ad waa made at one a. 26 ARE DEAD IN WAR ON THE HUN 106 CASUALTIES Two Pennsylvaniuns Named; One Hundred Others Miss ing in Action By Associated Press Washington, May 17. —The cas ualty list to-day contained 106 names divided as follows: Killed in action, 15; died of wounds, 6; died of dis ease, 4; died of pas poisoning. 1; wounded severely. 12; wounded slightly, 60; missing in action, B.] Officers named included Lieutenanti Averill Braxton Pfcifer, Cleveland, slightly wounded; Lieutenant Charles W. Maxson. Baltimore, missing in action; lieutenant Harold A. Good rich, New Haven, Missouri, and M. Redmond. Pittsburgh, Pa., previous ly reported missing, no wreported prisoner?. Ferdinand Wantolet, of Osceola Mills, was severely wound ed. Rufsel E. Dodson, Wintondaie, Pa.. Is reported missing in action. The list includes: Killed in action: Corporal Walter G. Moore, Fitzdale, Vt; Privates Vernon Bailey, Alden, Minn.; Vin cent J. Blahovec, St. Louis; Thomas W. Cleary, Portage, Mich.; Henry L. Danforth. Danville, Vt.; John W. Low. Dallas, Texas; William R. Lyon, Indianpla, Iowa; George F. Martin. Fort Kent, Me.; Wyvil L. Mat Mas, Johnstown, Ohio; ciarenee L. Perkins, Mancaster, N. H.; Jo seph I. Poulin, Augusta, Me.; Gino Riberti, Lucca Tuscana, Italy; Em met D. Sullivan, Fine, N. Y.; Charles R. Thompson. Kingman, Me. Died of wounds: Corporal Dan iel B. Gould, New Vineyard, Me.; Dewey W. Ingerson. .Whltefleld, N. H.; Wagoner Luke Reynard. Detroit, Mich.; Privates Martino Girolamo, Cheida, N. Y.: Tfclmage T. Rand, Sunny Lane, Ky.; William H. Stone, Norway, Me. Died of disease: Sergeant Cecil G. Tormey. Wis.: Cook John J. Cor coran, Brandford, Conn.; Privates Joseph I* Decker, Rochester, N. Y.; Fred L. Harsliaw, Murphy, N. C. Died of gas poisoning: Private Clement W. Gravolle, Nashua, N. H. Red Cross Classes to Have Place in Parade Members of fhe Red Cross Classes in First Aid. Elementary Hygiene and Home Dietetics will have prominent place in the great Red Cross parade Saturday afternoon. The classes will have a special division devoted to the R*d Cross Instruction Department. The members have been ordered to re port at. the Red Cross headquarters at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon to take *heir places in the line. For further information thev have been told to gret in touch with Miss Sarah E. Oummings. DRINK A GLASS OF REAL HOT WATER j BEFORE BREAKFAST Says we will both look and feel clean, sweet and fresh and avoid Illness. Sanitary science has of late made rapid strides with results that are of untold blessing to humanity. The lat est application of its untiring re search is the recommendation that it is as necessary to attend to inter nal sanitation of the drainage sys tem of the human body as it Is to the drains of the house. Those of us who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when we arise, splitting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach, can, instead, feel as fresh I as a daisy by opening the sluices of the system each morning and flush ing out the whole oj the internal poisonous stagnant matter. Everyone, whether ailing, sick or well, should, each morning before breakfast* drink a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of lime stone phosphate in it to wash from the stomach, liver and bowels the previous day's indigestible waste, sour bile and poisonious toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. The action of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach is wonderfully invigorating. It cleans out all the sour fermentations, gases, waste and acidity and gives one a splendid appetite for break fast. While you are enjoying your breakfast the phosphated hot water is quietly extracting a large volume of water from the blood and getting ready for a thorough flushing of all the inside organs. The millions of people who are bothered with constipation, bilious spells, stomach trouble, rheumatic stiffness; others who have sallow skins, blood disorders and sickly complexions are urged to get a quar ter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store. This will cost very little, but is sufficient to make anyon'e a pronounced crank on the subject of internal sanitation. Sequel To love For Doll Maternal Instinct GrMily Developed bf Teaching Children to LOT* their Dolla. The little child's doll to tlia molt romantic fairy. And |i the years that j pass, the doll fades Into the petals of a June rose, to erolre the most wondrous of •U transformations. And now comes a more ferfona period when the Joy of real motherhood should be as tranquil as best effort can provide. This Is accomplished with a wonderful remedy known as Mother's Friend. An ex-' ternal application so penetrating In its na ture as to thoroughly lubricate the myriad network of cords, tendons, nerves and mus cles just beneath the skin of the abdomen, i It relieves the tension, prevents tender ness and pain at the criais and enables the abdomen to expand gently. The muscles contract naturally after baby arrives and the form is thus preserved. It should be applied dally, night and morning, during the period of expertancy. By regular use It enables tbe abdomen to expand without the usual atseln when I baby Is born. Naturally, pain and danger 1 at the crisis Is less. You will And Mother's Friend on sale, at every drug store. It Is prepared only f by the Bradfleld Regulator Co., La- : mar Bid*,, Atlanta, Ga. They will send you : an Instructive. "Motherhood Book" without charge. Write them to mall It to you. Do , not neglect for a single morning or night to use Mother's Friend. Obtain a bottle from jour druggist today by all means, and thus MAT 17, lVis. Over 100,000 Men of Draft Age in Texas Austin, Tex. MaJ. Jeh i C. Townea, Jr., supervisor of the selec tive draft in Texas, has Just com pleted a tabulation of registrants who have answered the question naires, which discloses that there are 864,380 men of draft age in Texas, all of whom have been classified. Of this number 100,598 have been placed in Class 1. The number of claims or appeals now pending be fore the district exemption boards is 10,281 and Maj. Townes estimates that approximately 15 per cent, of this number will be placed in class 1. Sandstorm Darkens Town, Stops Funeral San Angclo, Texas. Mexicans were alarmed and negroes fell upon their knees praying when the worst sandstorm in more than a'decade rolled upon San Angelo the other afternoon, completely obscuring the stin and causing electric lights to be turned on, although It was only S o'clock. A funeral begun during the early stages of the storm had to be aban ! doned. Bl II.DING PEIIMITS i Two building permits were issued to-day, one to the Levin Building ✓J TfieOnlif'MGzf" if] Tfie UestWav i&slz Zts— TOfeHnour" lifh • j'"-"'} 5 ( TV THY not open • charge account and pay for your Wearing '-J f W Apparel in small convenient payments. Every man and ,! il. woman has a right to enjoy such a privilege, as our '§" [ V-* Easy Payment Plan is the ideal arrangement because it permits "J you to "Split up" the payments-Easy-Convenient-No Worry. |H More than ever have people come to realize that our "Pay At j \ I You Earn" plan arranges your income in such a manner that .3 it allows you to make other purchases which you would *'J, otherwise have to put off. This u a fine, dignified method i * ' i that is pleasing everybody. Ifil • # !#• Women's Misses' Suits These suits embrace (he very latest ideas, £ CA '<*. ] both as to style, fabric and shade. Every J> | new style is represented. Materials ( JL Vnn include Serge, Gabardine, Poplin. Taffeta, '' " *• i Poiret TwUl and Velour. Alterations ! Women's and Misses' Silk and Serge Dresses - j There is as pretty a dress here as any A Aq q : ■/] woman could wish for. These garments . *J> | are the very newest, a great many of which J[ J*" i _ f we received this week. Real chic models P 1 for the younger folks and more conservative styles for the middle aged women. All V sizes. £ "Clothes" , I m F2S MM I „ j Men of style and taste will admire these v;* > '' suits. The dignified man who wants to isl/?oo j express dignity through his personal I () appearance;whodesiresto bewelldressed Up ; ' & and yet economize in the cost will do well ' -??J if he will come here. A big variety of * | patterns and fabrics included among those tr. • J which are Serges, Worsteds, Cassimeres . 'tv j and Mixtures. Perfect Fit Guaranteed. H BOY'S SUITS ] I These suits come in the strongest of $C $1 O j materials in the very newest patterns. lO XLt i An all arouad suit that the boy will enjoy ) wearing. All sizes. St., Cor. Walnut Company, contractor for Samuel Katzmun. owner. 816 North SlxUi street, for remodeling work at a oost of SSOO, and to J. H. Lynch, contrac tor for S. Flnkelsteln, owner. 1322 North Sixth atreet, for an addition to the rear of the structure which will cost SIOO. ' N Use Cocoanut Oil For Washing Hair If you want to keep your hair In good condition, be ciuefui what you wash It with. * Most soaps and prepared sham poos contain too much alkali. Tbia dries the scalp, manes the hair brit- / tie, and Is very harmful. Just plain mulsilied cocoanut oil (which is pura and entirely grenseless), ]g much better than the most expensive soap or anything else you can use for shampooing, as this can't possibly Injure the hair. Simply moisten your hair with water and rub it in. One or two teaspoonfuls will make an abund ance of rich, creamy lather, and cleanses the hair aitd scalp thor oughly. The lather rinses out easily, and removes every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil. The i hair dries quickly and evenly, and It leaves it line and silky, bright, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get mulsilied cocoanut oil at most any drug store. It is very cheap, and a few ounces is enough to last everyone in the family for months.—Advertisement.