HARRISBURG IS PAVINGLEADER Interesting Figures Issued by the State Bureau of Municipalities Twenty-seven third class cities of Pennsylvania laid twenty-seven miles of pavement in 1917 against forty-four in 1916 and Harrisburg, the state capital, is shown to have 76.93 of the 665 miles of such pav ing in that number of municipalities. Erie is second with 75 miles, but The more seri ously people con sider the purchase of motor cars, the more respect they have for Model 90 cars. Pit points of Overland superiority: Appearance, Performance, Comfort; Service and Price Light Four Model 90 Touring Cor— Mm Sedan, s ijSj All prtccs f.o.b. Toledo—-Subject to change without notUM The Overland-Harrisburg Co., Dist. 212 North Second Street Bell 4370 Dial, General Office. 4658 I • 1 Don't Hesitate— To Buy Perfection Tires || jj ! | If you want a tire that will give you more miles and better service gp£g|i J? for the money you invest. fill Guaranteed T BETTER, 111 U LONGER 1 6,000 Miles ES MORE BB 7 _ sfaction ! M Ford Sizes M 7,500 Miles JeS®!* LET US SHOW YOU THESE ~—TIRES TO-DAY Keystone Sales Co. G. G. GOLLING, Manager 108 Market Street Bell 4458 The Cleveland Tractor IS AGAIN PROVING ITS SUPERIORITY For All Around Farm Work THIS AFTERNOON IN THE BIG DEMONSTRATION AT THE 9th Annual Grange Picnic Sweigard's Grove Near Matamoras There is no tractor on the market that can come any where near equalling the performance of the CLEVELAND. If you tailed to see this demonstration get in touch with US at once. We will be pleased to tell V ou all about this tractor. HARRISBURG AUT^O^^ Fourth and Kelker Streets, Harrisburg, Pa. Duplex 4-Wheel Drive Reo Motor Cars Hurlburt Trucks Beeman Tractors SATURDAY EVENING. has a greater yardage than Harrla burg. Information on the advancement or etreet paving In the third claas cities for 1917 has been compiled by Chtof J. Herman Knlaely, of tho Bureau of Municipalities, a branch of the State Department of Labor and Industry, from original reports of cities and it is believed that the decline of the paving operations was In large measure due to diversion of paving materials for war purposes and to the labor condition. It Is not expected that 1918 will equal last year. A statement Issued on the paving by the bureau says: "A table prepared in the Bureau of Municipalities from statistics ob tained from city engineers In 31 third class Pennsylvania cities, showsj that the total yardage of paving i ■ laid In these cities during 1917 was <54.796 square yards. Including 205,- t S3l square yurds sheet asphalt; 111.- ; 862 square yards brick: 67,000 r square yards fllbertlne; 14.836 square > yards wood block: 14.268 square l yards amleslte; 13,133 square yards p bltullthlc slag: 12.465 square yards i Hassam blcomac; 11.411 square yards j concrete paving. 1967 square yards i granite blo~k, 1791 square yards as , phalt block and 233 square yards j atone block. t "Of the 31 third class cities ln t eluded In the 1917 paving compila tion. Harrisburg leads In lineal mlle , age with 76.93 miles, while Erie with ' 75 miles of paving leads In yard age with 1,408,000 square yards against 1,224,273.7 in Harrisburg. In both cities asphalt is the principal kind of paving In use. ' "Altoona Is the third city In mile ' age with 52.5, while Wilkes-Barre ranks fourth with 50,89 miles. Further comparison between these two cities shows Wilkes-Barre, al though having less mileage, leads in yardage with 803.035.85 squarq yards as against 766,316 square yards of pavement in Altoona. "The city of Chester, with 40* miles of paving exceeds both Wilkes-Barre and Altoona on a yardage basis having 867,000 square yards of pavement. Johnstown, with 4 4.18 miles of brick and as phalt. has 687,280.5 square yards. "The tabulation of paving statis tics for the 31 third class cities goes into complete detail regarding classes of paving, method of assessment, proportion paid by cities, unit cost of various pavements, cost of curb ing and similar information. Miles of paved streets and com parative increases in paving mileage in each of the 27 third class cities of Pennsylvania during the years! 1915. 1916 and 1917 as compiled In { the Bureau of Municipalities of the j Department of Labor and Industryl are indicated in the following table: City 1915 1916 1917 Allen town .... 30. 40.25 40.42 Altoona 44.56 38.21 52.50! Bradford 14.48 15.05 16.24 i Carbondale .. 4.50 7.50 7tSOl Chester 30. 40. 40. Connellsville . 11.72 13.54 13.79' Corry 4.87 5.60 5.68 Dußois 7, 7. 7, Easton 8.26 5.08 B^4o Erie fB. 68.32 75. Franklin P. 40 ,9.40 10.25 IlTrisburg . 74.79 76.17 76.93 H7leton .... 6 5.51 702 1 Johnstown ... 43.36 44 Is| Lancaster 7. 10. io. Lebanon 2.20 3.40 412 McKeesport . 35.15 36.55 .3s!s4 I Meadville ... 16. 16.26 .16 26 Monongahela. . ,C.S7 7.10 75 1 New Castle .. 30. 3" 07 32 45 Oil City 23. 87.70 24 Pittston 7. 7.50 7 52 5 P '" 1 n * *■ 59 2T.35 27.35 Ti!usville .... 10.10 JO.IO miD Wilkes-Barre 46. 47 33 <-,o s!> Williamsport . 14.97 15 31 * o, 'k J5.U5 16.18 16.50 594.01 637.93 20 West Shore News David P. Lightner Dies Suddenly at Marysville Mnrrsvllle, p a ., Augr _ j 0 _ Davi{ , Porter Lightner.' aged 70 years, died suddenly at the home of his daughter. Mrs. E. S. Foose. Verbeke street, on Thursday afternoon. High-blood pressure and stomach trouble is riven as the cause of his death. This condi tion came as a result of eating some j fruit at a picnic several weeks ago. 1 Mr. Lightner served at one time as ; Perry county commissioner, having I been elected to that office by the Re | publican party. During the Civil War Jhe served in the Union Army with Company H. One Hundred and Thirty j third Pennsylvania Volunteers. He I taught school for a number of years . and conducted general stores at vari ! °us times in different sections of the county. j Surviving Mr. Lightner are three ! children, Mrs. J. A. Sheibley. of Sher mansdale; Mrs. E. S. Foose, of Marys ville. and Charles G. Lightner. of Grier's Point. Two brothers, James Lightner. of Missouri, and Theodore Lightner. of Hastings. Neb., survive him. as do two sisters, Mrs. Theodore Briner. of Clsna Run. and Mrs. Wil liam Nelly, of Loysville. Funeral services wilj be held from the home of his daughter, on Sun day afternoon, at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. C. D. Pewterbaugh. of Marysville Bethany United Evangeli cal Church. The body will be taken to the Grier's Point United Evangeli cal Church, where further services will be conducted. Buridl will be in the cemetery adjoining this church. Social and Personal Items of Towns on West Shore Miss Tillle Heishley, Miss Ellen Gault. Miss Adetla Smith. Harry Heishley and the Rev. W. E Tingling, of Marysville. motored to Elliottsburg on Thursday, and attended the annual Hench-Fromgold reunion. Miss Edna Sellers has returned to her home, at Marysville. after visttlng Miss Catherine Hamilton, at Duncan non. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. B. Clouser have returned to their Marysville home, after visiting at Martlc Forge. Miss Clara Ettein, of Marysville, Is being entertained by relatives at Mll lerstown and Sunbury. Professor and Mrs. A. E. Deckard, of Marysville. are visiting relatives at Liverpool. H. E. Hess, of Baltimore, visited his son, Simon E. Hess, Maple avenue, at Marysville, on Thursday. F. N. Burns, of New Cumberland, was summoned to Montana on account of the sudden death of a brother, Mrs. Severy returned to P<*rryvllle, Md., after spending several weeks with ber sister. Mrs. John Zimmer man, at New Cumberland. Miss Jennie Eneminger, of Lemoyne, spent Thursday with Mrs. David Hun sicker, at New Cumberland. J J. Baughman is very ill at his home, in Bridge street. New Cumber land. Mrs. Emanuel Ditlow, of New Cum berland, was at Enola on Thursday, where she was summoned on account of the death of her niece, Mrs. Myer. James Foster, who spent the sum mer here, where he was employed at ! the Government buildings, has return- 1 ed to State College. EVANGELIST IN CHARGE Marysville, Pa., Aug. 10. Dr. Ran dolph C. Harrison, of Baltimore, a 6inging evangelist, will be In charge of the services in the Methodist Epis copal Church to-morrow evening. \ r 'Lovi" is the subject of the sermon 1 that the Rev. Ralph E. Hartman. of 1 the Trinity Reformed Church, will de- \ liver to-morrow evening. "The Old Paths" and "The Greatest \ Sin" will be the morning and evening 1 subjects of the Rev. C. D. Pewter- ' baugh. of the Bethany United Evan- \ gelical Church, to-morrow. THEODORE OVERHOI.TZER New Cumberland, Pa., Aug. 10. 1 Theodore Overholtzer died at the home ! of Mr. and Mrs. Don Mullen, in Fourth 1 street, yesterday. Although in ill ! health. Mr. Overholtier did not be- , come seriously sick until several days 1 ago. He was a member of the Grand ] \rmy of the Republic. He and his < wife have been living with their ' daughter. Mrs. Mullen, for fftveral I years, having come here from Plain- 1 field, where the body will be taken I for burial on Monday. < JTARPJBBURO TELEGRAPH MRS. THAW FIRST WOMAN ON BOARD Governor Names Sewickiley Member of Prominent Family Governor Brumbaugh to-day an nounced the appointment of Mrs. William H. Thaw, Jr.. Sewlckley. and William H. Ball, Philadelphia, Governor Brumbaugh to-day an his private secretary, as members of the State Board of Public Charities, and the reappointments of Francis J. Torrence. Pittsburgh, who is pres ident of the board: Daniel J. Mc- Carthy. Philadelphia, and Louis Wolf. Elkins Park. The appointments fill vacancies which have existed .for some time. Mrs. Thaw being the first woman to be appointed to this board ; The following statement on Mr. | Ball's appointment was issued from I Dr. Brumbaugh's office: "The ap pointment of Mr. Ball in a measure is a personal one, but a more im pelling reason is tho facr of his peculiar fitness for meeting the problem of the board. He had many j years of experience in the manag | ing of properties including large es tates. This experience and training j was supplemented by a term as chief of the bureau of city property, | department of public works at Phil j adelphia, where he rendered service ! so marked and distinct as to merit | the highest commendation. All of | this experience is along the line of : service which must necessarily be rendered by the members of the | Board of Public Charities. In mak j ing this appointment I feel that I am rendering a high and distinct ; service to the Commonwealth." Mr. Ball is also secretary to the Commission of Public Safety and i Defense, of which the Governor is [chairman. His salary as private sec retary is $5,000 and as secretary to the commission S2OO a month. All appointments to the Board of Char ities have to be confirmed by the Senate which meets in January. Bromley Wharton, who was secre tary to Governor Pennypacker, is now secretary and general agent of the board. James R. Wheelock, Indian Bandmaster, Goes to Army Carlisle. Pa.. Aug. 10.—James Riley Wheelock. the noted Indian bandmaster, who was for many years in charge of the band at the Carlisle school, has passed an ex amination for bandmaster in the United States Army and leaves with- j in a short time for Camp Meade, Md.j He has been in charge of the Oar-j lisle Community Orchestra recently. Wheelock was a famous athlete and is widely known. When Col. Roose velt launched his plan to form a di vision. Wheelock offered his services as bandmaster. SflT FOR $5,000 DAMAGES Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 10.—As the re sult of injuries sustained when he was run down by an automobile driven by Arthur Foglesonger, a Shippensburg restaurant. man, George Johnson, of that town, died, according to the statements of his widow. Mrs. Margaret Johnson, whd has filed an action in court here to recover the sum of $5,000 as dam ages. TO STOP WHOLESALE BCYTVG Carlisle. Pa., Aug. 10. —The Car lisle Borough Council will frame fn ordinance designed to stop any at-j tempts to buy in wholesale quanti-j ties at the semi-weekly market heldj under town supervision. The request of policemen for an| increase in pay from S6O to S7O per month is also before the body for action. VICTIM OF GAS ATTACK Carlisle. Pa., Aug. 10.—Anotherj county man has been injured in i France. He is Harry K. M. Oal hraith. a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Galbraith, of near Longsdorf; Station, and a member of the '""irst! Field Signal Battalion. He is the' victim of a gas attack on July 24 > and after fighting for eight hours j with a mask removed it, receiving in I consequence burns that threatened! his sight. PTCXTC FOR ATT> SOCIETY Dauphin. Pa.. Aug. 10.—The La-| dies' Aid Society of the Lutheran! Church .was entertained Thursday! afternoon • nnd evening by Mrs.! Charles Fertig at a picnic under 1 the elm tre*." f Those present were* t Mrs. Harry I. Gerberlch, Mrs. Daniel Seiber. Mrs. Harrv B. Greenawilt.' rMs. W. F. Reed. Mrs\ Elizabeth Weltzel. Mrs. David Srdouse Mrs i William Sheets. Miss Anna HoffmanJ Miss Susan Jackson, Mrs. Charles! Lebo and children. Elizabeth and £ Char, es Fertig. John j Fertig, Max Fertig, Helen Fertig and Mrs. Fertig. 1 One Man Tops FORM A CONVENIENCE UNHEARD OF IN THE OLD KIND OF TOP. We Can Convert Your Old Top I INTO A ONE-MAN TOP AT A SMALL EXPENSE. We Also Repair All Kinds of Tops Curtains, Lights, Etc. Commercial Bodies Made to Order Painting Woodworking Blacksmithing Spring Work | Repairing Wrecked Bodies and Fenders A A TF? Carriage & J? Hark) Auto Works EAST END MULBERRY STREET BRIDGE *****\wnvwwm% tl | -J STATE REVENUE SHOWING GAINS First Eight Months of This Year Active For Collections by Auditor General taxes on inherit county officers I throughout Psnn -lil wwOvejlßia)j' By,vanla and pald ' eral ' B Department for the benefit of the commonwealth, show a Jump of over $2,0uu.000 in the first eight months of 1018 as compared with the same period of 1917. This is in large measure due to the activity of the county tureau of the Auditor General's Department, over which C. W. Myers presides, and to the ener getic manner in which the Auditor General nas followed up the collec tions from counties. When Charles A. Snydei became Auditor General it was common talk that there were considerable arrearages and county officers were called upon to settle promptly. The aggregate of the collections for the llrst eight months of this year is the record figure of $7,086,- 332.51 against $4,794,015.66 for the previous period. This increase of $2,292,316.85 Is made up mainly by $1,582,503.04 in the new direct in heritance tax and byspeeding up collateral inheritance taxes whicli showed a total of $2,084,264.54 for the period against $1,607,636.99 for the same months of 1917. Liquor license revenue shows a de cline of $2 3,24 4.96, while mercan tile and other licenses have a pro nounced gain. The total of mercan tile and similar licenses is $1,702,- 666.54, a gain of a quarter million: liquor licenses $1,487,387.93, of which $566,000 in round numbers was retail. The hunters' licenses are given as $78,170.05 against $59.- 244.96. It is predicted that the end of the year will show a tremendous Jump in state revenue which will be needed to offset expenses which are grow ing. W ide Rang® Show—Checks re ceived at the State Treasury had a very wide range during the week Just closing. One came in for twenty six cents, being duly certified with as much care as for a million, rep resenting state tax on gross receipts of a rural telephone company. The same day one came for $136,000 from Register of Wills James B. Sheehan. of Philadelphia. The fed eral government paid $31,000 as an instalment of the $186,786 allowed the state for vocational education, the state appropriating an equal amount. This will include an allow ance for agricultural education. Xo Executive Session—No execu tive session is scheduled for the Pub lic Service Commission during the coming week and the only hearings will be of a routine character, most ly applications for approval of agreements. Going: to Camp—Details of State Reserve Militiamen from Harrisburg and Lebanon will go to Mount Gretna to-night to prepare for the opening of the state rifle matches on Monday. The schedule for matches, according to trophies Is as follows: Monday. Bowman, Wiggins and Hershman matches: Tuesday. Haul, Potter and Bower matches: / \ For business, for recreation, driving through city traffic or on long trips, there is no car like the CADILLAC for ease of control and solid comfort in riding. Each owner of a CADILLAC will tell you this is a fact. Dependability in operation and comfort Is a big CAD ILLAC asset. Durability for an indefinite period is an added asset in these war times. * CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO. 311-315 S. Cameron St. Wednesday, Bradley match; Thurn •lay, regimental match, and Friday, Governor's medal match. v,„V eather Hltr. Wator—Extremely hot. weather of tho last week has Til!? 8 ? an Increase In complaints "°ut w ater supplies from a number Palltles. In some cases It if. . ?. ed ,hat the water supplies !! * alle<l and that towns are with out (ire protection and some In trou °ver shortage of water for do mestic use. Object to Rates—The borough of Plymouth and residents of Dor , ranceton to-day entered complaint against the newly announced increase _. r ™ es of 'he Luzerne County Gas t> n< i'i? S '® c £ r ' c Company, before the public Service Commission. The series of complaints against this com pany will be heard at Wilkes-Barre, September 13. New Sheriff—W. W. Mulr, of War ren. was to-day appointed Sheriff of warren county, to succeed the late u. A. W. DeForest. . Waito Inspector— Joseph S. Waite, ?S r * nton - lie utenant of Company u. ..d Regiment of the Reserve Mili ? ry ' was to-day appointed captain and inspector of small arms practice to succeed Captain O. M. Copelin, of Harrisburg, who entered the army. He will supervise the rifle £!> the 2nd KeK'ment. Ser geant William P. Lindsay, of Scran ton. was promoted to be second lieu !f"ant to succeed Captain Waite. William D. Fawcett, of McKeesport, battalion quartermaster, 3d Infantry was to-day appointed first lieuten ant and dental surgeon of tho 3d Infantry. To Consider Bids—All awards of contracts for state highway con struction opened this week will be considered by Highway Commission l " The Live Store" Reliable" I! FRAN'K E. WOOD p. EDGAR HESS W With "The Live Store" I We have been compelled to employ additional help on account of our increasing business which keeps us constant ly on the "look out" for additional salesmen to take care of the many new customers who pre- J f.er to do their buying at this "Live Store." I Frank E. Wood and P. Edgar Hess | are the latest additions to our " big " clothing de- jg partment. Men well known throughout this section of the country. They have long been identified as clothing salesmen from the "first waters" having spent many years in the care ful study of men's wearing apparel. Their many friends will be I . more than pleased to know they are among the "fast company" of high-grade sales men, associated with a progressive firm like DOUTRICHS which has earned a reputation through square-dealing and honest representa tion. Our Men's Clothing Department . now has eight of the most efficient clothing sales men in Pennsylvania Come in and see this wonderfully "busy store" that everybody is talking about, and • Try This Dependable Doutrich Service 304 MARKET STREET HARRISBURG, PA. , AUGUST 10, 1018. er O'Nell wtifn he returns here next woek. K ''"t For Answer—The complaint against the new rates of tho Harris burg Light and Power Company for steam service was to-day sent to the company by the Public Service Com mission for answer. SUPPLY COMPANY SOLI) Mo. hanicsbur B . p a ., Aug. 10.— Tho Eastern Supply Company, prop erty of the late George W. Owen, has been gold. This company, sell ing threshermens supplies, was started by C. N. Owen as an acces sory to the sale of the farm machin ery manufactured byC. Aultman Company, which firm Mr. Owen rcp -0(* ' n Central Pennsylvania for thirty years or more. At the death or c. rv Owen his son, Georgo W. Owen, continued the business. The purchasers are Abram L. May, Ira M Hart an.l Clara G. Titzel, all of whom were associated with Mr. Owen for a long time. HENRY MORRISON DIES Mcehanjcsburjj, Pa., Aug. 10. Henry Morrison died yesterday morning at his home in West Fac tory street, ater a long illness of pa ralysis. He was aged 78 years and was a member of the Silver Spring Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is survived by his wife and several children. Mrs. George McKay, of West Green street, is a daughter. The funeral service will be held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late home, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Eshelman. Burial will be made In Chestnut Hill ceme tery. PRISONERS PI T TO WORK Irf'wUunvn, Pa., Aug. 10.—For th tlrHt time In tho history of Mifflin county. Jail Inmates are being com pelled to work. Ten men serving sen tences for minor offenses have heeir put out under guard on the county bridge being constructed at Burn ham. Labor shortage has caused tho authorities to take this step. Tho prisoners do not seem to object to be ing worked In this way, realizing tho shortage of labor and their worth in helping out. How are your chandeliers— look pretty bad? Wouldn't you have them refinished It | the cost was reasonable? Phone us or drop us a card and have our representative call. When you find out how little it costs you will certainly have the work done. We replate, polish and re pair art metal fixtures of every description. Automobilo Work a Specialty 7
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