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NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNA.
Two Dover Farmers Diej
Starvation Kills One
Dover, Pa., Jan. 27.—The death of
two farmers, Thomas Ryder and
John J. Shellenberger, occurred
..pumbed to peritonitis at the age of
*BB years, while Shellenberger's
death was due to starvation, it is
said, and the fact that he rejected
£ll medicines. Shellenberger be
came melancholly for some reason
3ast fall, since which time he refus-
JrMsd to take food.
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-* BJ'AI \ PARTY
Blaln, Pa., Jan. 27.—A pleasant
party of young people was held on
Friday evening at the home of James
r jt. Stricken. at Manassa Gap. Those
' "present were: Miss Mabel Anderson,
/Miss Jano Anderson, Miss Carolyn
Averill, Miss Madaline Martin.'Miss
/ Alice Gutshall. Miss Ruth Hench,
•jiliss Margaret Baltozer, Miss- Dora
, Robinson, Miss Luella Strieker, Miss
Moreland. Miss Sarah Moreland,
k ;'M'ss Helen GhlSfehal), Miss Evelyn
I'fWentz, Merl Strieker, Benjamin B.
- Bower, Frank!' Shuniaker, Roy N.
' .Johnson, Rifbfert A. Loy, Donald
/•Meredith, Lau Snyder, Lester Hench,
>Caland Hench, Ralph Wilt, Sylvester
Shuman, Floyd Shuman, William
•Rice, Leo Rice, Robert Moreland, Or
j.,Ville Baltozer,. Charles Robinson,
Bryan Wentz, Benjamin Gutshall,
Wentz, Frank Wentz, Blaine
(Outshall, Lynn Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
'3Umea Strieker.
"TiZ" FOR TIDED
: II SORE FEET
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•tUse "Tiz!' for: puffed-up, burn-
X ing< acfyipg, calloused feet
fcnd' corns.
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\Vliv go around with ach
ing, puffer-nip - feet—feet so tired,
chafed,' sore .and swollen you can
-ftardly get your shoes on or off? Why
d-on't you get. u-25-cSnt box of "Tiz"
'from the drug store now and gladden
your tortoul'od feet?
"Tiz" makes your feet glow with
cgmfort; takes down swellings and
draws the soreness and misery right
out of feet that chafe, smart and
burn. "Tiz" instantly stops pain in
corns, 1 callouses ahd'lmnions. "Tiz" is
glorious for tired, aching, sore feet.
No more sjioe tightness—no more
foot torture.
Sore Throat Prudence
Your medicine shelf is not well stocked
without a bottle of TONSILINE, for you
don't know what moment it may be
needed to relieve a sudden caseof Sore
Throat. Relieving Sore Throat iB TON
SILINE'S special mission. Itismadefor
that—advertised for that —sold for that
one purpose,. TONSILINE is the Nat
ional Sore Throat Remedy. It is sold in
every State in the Union. You r-t.
will need TONSILINE one of &X
these days, or some night when ,
the drug store is closed—better j'i
have abottle ready at home I,' 1
when you need it most. 35c., U|
*AD COc. Hospital Size, SI.OO. V'A
A" our druggist sells TONSILINE.
"For Stomach and Nerve
Ailments, Use Tonall"
Says Ulrich
Isaac Ulrich is a well-known cigar
maker, living at Schaefferstown, Pa.,
and he speaks in the highest praise
for Tonall. which he used for stom
ach trouble and nervousness. He
says:
"I had used only one bottle of
Tonall when I began to feel better
at once. I have great faith in this
medicine. I can sleep well now, and
eat plenty without any ill effects.
Before 1 could not sleep good, and
did not dure to eut what I wanted.
Now I am like a new man."
This testimonial was given Janu
ary 18, 1919.
Tonall is sold at Gorgas' Drug
Store. Harrisburg, and all leading
drug stores in Eastern Pennsylvania.
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CALLUSES
GORGAS DRUG STORES
UNDERTAKER 1745 J
Chas.H-Mauk * 1
Private Ambulance Phone*
What Is Rheumatism?
Why Suffer From It?
Sufferers Should Realize That It
ils a Blood Infection and Can
Be Permanently Relieved.
Rlwumai'am niftans that the blood
has become saturated with uric acid
poison.
dt'idyes not require medical advice
to ktSow that good'' health is abso
lutely dependent upon pure blood.
When the muscles and joints be
come sore and drawn with rheu
matism, it Ms not a wise thing to
lake 4t little salve and by rubbing It
on tVLsoro. spot, expect to get rid
or yolirr rltettmatlcs. You must go
deeper tjjtw) that, dotyn .depp lntp tjio
MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBITHG TELEOHIPg JANUARY 27, 1919.
TOO SIUCH "I/OUSE KIIXER";
!! OF 28 COWS DIE
Gettysburg, Pa., Jan. 27. Prtul
Morelock, of Union Mills, just below
Littlestown, lives on a dairy farm
•and kept twenty-eight line cows. He
purchased "Louse Killer" and in
stead of spraying as directed, ap
plied it with a white wash brush
with the result that nineteen of the
twenty-eight cows have already -died
and more of them are expected to
die. *■ . •
MARRIED AT YORK HAVEN
York Haven, Pa., Jan. 27. Miss
Kllcinda Mae Klster, assistant post
mistress of 'York Haven and daugh
ter of Mrs. Mary Kister, on Kaiqr-.
duy evening became the bride of iWal
ter L. Malehorn, son of .Mr.7 and' Mrs.
Edward Malehorn, of this place. The
ceremony was performed at the York
Haven United Brethren parsonage by
the Rev. J. H. Sehmltt at 8 o'clock.
The bride was tastefully attired,
wearing a dress of tan-colored satin,
trimmed in a delicate flesh color.
She wore' a- hat and shoes to matSh
and carried a bouquet of bridal roses.
The bride is the secojid one of
the local postal force to wed within
three days. She is a former student
or the York Collegiate Institute.
Mr. Malehorn is employed on the cler
ical staff at the local Pennsylvania
railroad station.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ELECTS
I.inglestown, Pa., Jan. 27. The
Sunday school election of the United
Brethren Church for the year result
ed as follows: Superintendent. O. B.
Leese; assistant superintendent, John
Nagle; pianist, Anna Feeser; assistant
pianist, Marion Smith; secretary,
Ethel Cassell; assistant secertary,
Meade Juillard; .treasurer, Miss Eliza
Buck; librarians, Walter Leese, Carl
ton Juillard, Irene Brehm and Mil
lired Heller; superintendent hqme
department, Jessie Lenker; superin
tendent cradle roll, Sallie Zimmer
man; superintendent primary de
partment, Miss Grace Etzweiler.
ENTERTAIN FOR LIEUT. HALL
Rlnin, Pa., Jan. 27.—0n Friday
evening a party was held at the home
1 of Harry C. Henry in honor of Lieu
tenant William F. Hall, who was re
cently mustered out at Camp Wheel
er, Ga. Those present were: Lieu
tenant William F. Hall. Miles Bower,
MPs Margaret E. Riegal, Miss Golda
Pimm, Miss Elizabeili Hall, Miss
Grace Stambaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Creigh
Patterson and infant daughter, Sara
Marie Patterson; Mrs. Elizabeth Hen
ry. Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Henry and
son, Donald Henry.
• MILLERSRURG YANK FREED
Mlllershurg, Pa., Jan. 27. —Clarence
Orndorff, who was recently released
trom a German prison camp, is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Orndorff and
is a member of Company E, One
| Hundred and Fourteenth Infantry.
Twenty-ninth Division. Sergeant
Orndorff was wounded before capture 1
and his left arm was amputated in a j
German hospital. , |
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LONG S. S. RECORDS
Wrlglitsvillc, Pa., Jan. 27. —1< tf
teen members of Grace United Evan
gelical Sunday school were award-1
ed gold.pins for not missing a ses
sion of the Sabbath school during.
the past five years. Those to re
ceive the five-year pins were: Merle
Wallaick, Paul Benedict, Paul Sei
ple, George Hilt, C. E. Ashton, Ltte
Hencst. Sara Barnes, iArtnaT-Aflti-*
ton, Jerome Diehl, Lloyfl WdSIKIL
Mabel Poff, Nellie Hammer, Ruth
Wallick, Pearl Stoutzenberger and ,
Margaret Ellweih. There were fif
teen who had a perfect attendance
record for four years, and eight for
three years.
NEW BURGESS FOR FAIRFIELD
Fail-Held, Pa., Jan. 27.—Fairfield
is to have a new chief executive.
Adams county court, upon the
unanimous petition of the town
council, has appointed Charles Rife
to the position to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Martin
Baker.
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*1,500 JOB GOES BEGGING
Lewlatovvn, Pa., Jan. 27.—The job j
of postmaster at Burnham, a position j
that pays at the present time 11,500 j
a year, seems to go a-begging. No
person seems to want the position. |
An examination is to be held Febru- i
ary 27, but no applicants have yet
appeared.
I*l FER—KING
Dlllsburg, Pa., Jan. 27. Hope
King, of this place, and Charles
Pifer, of Latimore township, Adams
county, were married Thursday eve
ning i>y the Rev. O. W. Cook, of the
Brethren Church.
BURIAL ON SATURDAY
Liverpool, Pa., Jan. 27.—Funeral.!
services of Schuyler Stailey, son of
! Jacob Stailey, of this place, were
I held here Saturday, the Rev. Clyde
W. Shaeffcr, pastor of the Lutheran <
; Church, officiating. Besides his par
-1 ents, a wife, a son and a sister sur
j vive.
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Remove that, warning cough or cold
with Calcerbs (the calcium tablet). I
They give strength to combat Illness.
50c boxes at druggists or from 1
ECKMAN LABORATORY, Philadel- I
phia, manufacturers of Kckman's
Alterative. _
blood where the poison lurks and
which is not effected by salves and
ointments. It Is Important that you
rid yourself of this terrible disease
before it goes too far. 6. S. s Is
the blood purifier that has stood the
test of time, having been In constant
use for more than fifty years. It will
do for you what it has done for
thousands of others, drive the rheu
matic poisons out of your blood,
making it pure and strong and en
abling it to make you well. S. £. s
is guaranteed purely vegetable It
will do the work and not har.u 'the
most delicate stomach.
Write the physician of this Com
pany and let him advise with you.
Advice is furnished without cha-ge
Address Swift Specific Company
425.Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
Suburban Notes
LINGLESTOAV.Af
llis. Carl Emerson, of Virginia,'
Is spending some time with the Rev:
Mr. Chubb and family.
Mrs. Harry Clay and son, Samuel
Clay, visited her sister, Mrs. B. Ma
der, at Penbrook, Monday.
Miss Esther Mcllhenny and Miss
Marion Smith, of Harrisburg, vis
ited friends here.
Mrs. F. M. Balsbaugli and Miss
Mabel Fecser, of Harrisburg, spent
the week end at the home of their
mother, Mrs. Cani-ie Feeser.
Amos Crum, of Paxtonia, spent
Monday with his daughter, Mrs.
David Folty.
Miss Katie Felty is the
week with Miss Anna Schaner," of
this, place.
William Lingle and son were the
guests of Mr. Lingle's sister, Mrs.
John Reese.
Mrs.'' William Feeser and son,
John, of Harrisburg, spent Wednes
day at the home of Mrs. Mary E.
Feeser.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Lingle, of
Harrisburg, visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lingle re
cently.
WRIGHTS VILLE
Miss Lydia Wallick and Miss
Nellie Hammer spent the week-end
with Miss Margaret Baker, at Le
moyne.
Mrr. and Mrs. Ira Keller and fam
ily, of Marietta, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Charles Flury.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard Wallick
and son. of Washington, Lancaster
county, spent Sunday with their
parents.
Miss Myrtle Wagner, of Columbia,'
spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
William D. Ellwein.
Prof. M. C. Kinard, a teacher tn
the commercial department of the
Bangor High school, spent the week
end with his family.
Miss Anna Whiteleatlier spent
Sunday visiting friends at Columbia.
Bugler Dorsey Wisotzliey returned
Saturday from Vancouver, Wash.,
where he had been stationed for
some time. He has been discharged
from the service.
HUMMELSTOWN-
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey E. Funk, of
Harrisburg, were entertained yes
terday at the home of Miss Barbara
E. Kline.
Miss Margaret McCambridge, e>f
Philadelphia, returned horrre yes
terday after spending the week with
her sister, Mrs. Irvin Ruff.
Mrs. Edwin Blessing and two sons,
of New Bloomfleld, are visiting at
the home of- Mr. and Mrs. Frank D.
Blessing.
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Cobaugli
and two children, of Middletown,
spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs.!
! Benjamin F. Bomgardner.
Mrs. Mary Deimler is spending
several weeks with her brother,
Harry Nye, of York.
tor. and Mrs. Samuel Wolf left
j yesterday for New York, where they
j will spend several days.-
Dr. and Mrs. Irvin Ruff, and
J daughter, Florence, spent yesterday
■at Philadelphia.
Miss Barbara Hummel Is spend
| ing several weeks with lier niece,
| Mrs. Harry W. Snyder, at Philadel
phia.
Miss Lilly Urban is visiting her
brother at Baltimore, Md.
Miss Mildred Harper, of Penbrook.
sjnept Saturday In town as the guest
of Miss Ida Deimler.
WICONISCO
Miss t Jean Byerly from
| a visit with Rachael Shank, in Leb
! anon.
John Wert, of Sunbury, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. W, O. Wiest.
Albert Watkey was honorably dis
charged from the United Stales navy
at Hampton Roads, Va.
The Rev. A. Ml. M'arfel is spend
ing several days in Reading.
Harry X. Lewis and family, of
Philadelphia, .are spending several
! weeks at the home of Richard Lewis.
| Mrs. Samuel Fear, Mrs. M'illiam
Howells and Maude E. Davis are
, visiting relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. James Evans, of Schuylkill
j Haven, and Mrs. Ray R. Bressler, of
| Tower City, are visiting their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jury.
Mrs. Flossie Poticher and daugh
er, Ruth, and Miss Mary Howells,
I of Harrisburg.
| Mrs. Samuel Keen and daughter,
Mrs. Frank Pannypacker, of Phila
| del phia. visited John Long and
( I family last week.
BLAIX
. Mrs. Annie Woods returned home
Jon Friday from Meriden, Conn.,
; where she was caring for her sister,
i Mrs. Roy R. Allen, who was ill with
; I influenza.
Mrs. Elizabeth Henry, who was
, visiting in Penbrook, came home on
, Friday. Her son, the Rev. Luther K.
l Henry, of Penbrook, has recovered
from influenza and pneumonia.
Mrs. Mary E. Henry is in Harris
burg caring for the family of her
. son-in-law, James L. Stern, who
have all been sick with influenza.
PLANNING TANNING PLANT
AA ellnvllle. Pa., Jan. 27.——Arrange
ments are almost completed for the
starting of the tanning-works in the
old plant of the Wellsvllle M'hip
Company, The plant has been' reno
vated and the necessary machinery
installed. Barrett &' Company of
New Brunswick, N. J., are the own
ers and will operate the new enter
prise.
HAS CROWN PRINCE'S PHONE
ML AA'olf, Pa., Jan. 27.—One of
the private telephones used by the
' former German Crown Prince Is in
I I the hands of Sergeant Howard H
j Weker, formerly of the Fifty-Sixth
Engineers, who is spending 'a fur
lough with his parents, the Rev
and Mrs. C. A. AYeker, at York. The
1 phone has been brought to his home
where it is attracting attention.
SERVICES FOR MRS. SMITH
Huinmelstown, Pa., Jan. 27. —The
funeral of Mrs. Carrie Smith, who
I died Friday afternoon from pneu
monia, will be held on Tuesday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock at her home in
East Main street- The Rev. Iler
[ bert S. Games, pastor of Zlon Luth
eran Church, officiating. Burial will
be in the Hummelstown Cemetery.
| MARIETTA WOMAN TO SPEAK
, AA'rlglitvlllc. Pa., Jan. 27. —Mrs.
Ethelbert Miller, of Marietta, will
address the Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society of the
First Presbyterian Church, of
Wrightsvllle, at Its monthly meet
ing on Tuesday evening.
"2" CLUB ENTERTAINS
i York Haven, Pa., Jan. 27.—The
"2 3" Club entertained at cards and
dancing on Friday night. Mrs. I.
M. Anspach and William Oliilds won
the first prizes and Miss Annie
, Hitchens and ex-Burgess Andrew J.
j Henry the "booby" prices, in cards.
ALLEGED SLAYERS
OF GEO. BUSHMAN
PLACED ON TRIAL
Expected That Jury in Case
. Will Be Selected
Today
Gettysburg, Jan. -27.—T0-day the
fight for the lives of Clarence Col
lins and Chartes Reinecker,.the con
fessed slayers of George J. Bush
man on the night of October 16, will
begin, the regular January term of
criminal court convening this morn
ing. Following the usual routine of
current business the cases' will bo
presented to the grand jury and Im
mediately upon their decision the
i cases will go before the court. It
I has been agreed by the court and
the attorneys represented that this
case will be the first to be tried, and
so the drawing of the jury.began
during the afternoon session. The
taking of the testimony Tias not yet
started and as a consequence it is
not known what the attorneys for
the defense will offer in behalf of.
their clients. The Commonwealth is
represented by District Attorney
Raymond F. Topper with J. Donald
Swope as his assistant. George J.
Benner is counsel for Collins and
John D. Keith represents Reinecker.
This is the case that stirred up
Adams, Cumberland and Dauphin
counties at the time the murder was
committed. The body of the mur
dered man was found along the river
a few miles above Harrisburg and
identified as that of George J. Bush
man.
On the night of the murder the
two boys litid hired Bushman to
take them to Carlisle in his auto
mobile, and while on the return trip
the deed was committed and the
body taken to the place at which it
was found. It was not until Collins
was taken over the route traveled
that night and pointed out to the
officers the different places along the
foute that it was learned that Bush
man had been killed in Adapts coun
ty, and so the men were brought
front the Dauphin county jail and
placed in the jail here, where they
have since been confirred.
County Detective Harry C. White,
Coroner Jacob Eckinger, Dr. J.
Harvey Miller, Harry C. White, of
the White Detective Agency, and
Miss Clara I. Miller, stenographer
in the district attorney's ofliee, and
G. H. Eisenhour, an employe of the
State Highway Department, are at
tending the court sessions in Get
tysburg, where the two confessed
murderers of George J. Bushman
are on trial. Mr. Eisenhour found
the boiiy of Mr. Bushman on the
mornipg of October 17. The other
witnesses will be caled to give the
cause of death and to tell of the
confessions made by the two youths
at the time they were held in the
Dauphin county jail, when signed
statements were given by them.
THE REV. R. E. HARTMAN
TO HEAD MIMSTERIUM
Marysville, Pa., Jan. 27-.— The
•May.§yille Ministbrium has reorgan
ized ••for the ensuing year with the
Rev. Ralph E. Hartnian, pastor of
the Marysville Reformed Church as
pastor; the Rev. S. B. Bidlack, pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, as vice-presidenti the Rev.
(J. D. Pewterbaugli, pastor of the
Bethany United Evangelical Church,
as secretary-treasurer.
PARTY FOR YOUNG COUPLE
Pa., Jan. 27.—Mr. and Mrs.
Robert J. Martin, who were recently
married, were given a party at the
home of the groom's cousin, Mrs. J.
Seibert Barclay, in Madison town
ship, on. Wednesday evening.
PRIMARY SCHOOL. REOPENS
I.ingleNtiMvn, Pa., Jan. 27.—The pri
mary school, which had been closed
for several weeks, has been reopened,
with Mrs. E. R. Hlieim as teacher,
substituting for Mrs. Lillie Pitman,
who is ill with influenza.
SCOUTS TAKE I AINU HIKE
Lork Haven, Pa., Jan. 27.—Head
ed by the Rev. J. H. Schmitt and J.
E. Whisler, scoutmaster, seventeen
I members of the three York Haven
patrols of Boy Scouts participated in
| a lengthy hike. The scouts walked
Iby the way of Pleasant Grove to
Cly and return.
R\IN PREVENTS MEETING
j Blnln, Pa., Jan. 27.—The Literary
Society did' not meet on Thursday
evening at Sandy Hill on account of
rain. The next meeting will be held
on Friday evening of this week.
CELEBRXTKS HI R'l'H DA V-
Blain, Pa., Jun. 27. Little Ro
nuiine Kistler, youngest daughter of
Dr. EdWln C. Kistler, celehrated lier
fifth birthday with a party at her
homd Friday evening. y
ENTERTAINS FOR BROTHER'
Wrlghtsville, Pa., Jan. 27. —W. E.
Welter, cashier of the Wrlghtsville
Nutional Bank, gave a smoker last
Thursday evening, In honor of his
brother, Sergeant J. Robert Weller,
who is home on a furlough.
TWO MARTIKTTA YANKS HOME
Muricttu, Pa., Jan. 27. Private
John K. Miller, who was badly
wounded In tlie battle of the Maine,
and underwent treatment in the
Brooklyn Hospital, returned home
last night. Private Amos Bowman,
who was in the 31Gth Infantry
Headquarters Company and had
j been gassed, lias been discharged.
DIES AT 7#
Marietta, Pa., Jan. 27. —Joseph
H. Good, 76 years old, of Smoke
town, Lancaster county, died last
night from a long illness.
KILLS SNAKE AT MARIETTA
Marittta, Pa., Jan. 27. Abrani
Waltman, of near Abbeyville, kill
ed a black snake that measured five
feet another was seen but es
caped.
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flutter: no indigestion:
no sleeplessness.
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Governor Sproul's Inaugural Statement as
Automobile Regulation and Highway Constructi
We are indeed fortunate to have the means in sight to
begin a Comprehensive road improvement program at a
time when there will be need of great public works to
steady industrial conditions. With the funds available
from the general income of the State and a gradual use of
substantial sums from the bond issue which has been au
thorized by the people for this purpose, supplemented by
the assistance, now very material and likely to be greater,
of the Federal Government for the post roads, we shall be
able to undertake extensive road-building operations in
every county.
In the coming few years we ought to accomplish much
toward providing a network of good highways, reaching
every important point, with through routes, travelable at
all times, from end to end of the State, and connecting with
the main highways in our neighboring Commonwealths.
Of course, the whole amount of fifty-million-dollar loan,
if it should all be used, would not improve the entire State
highway system, nor can all of the work planned be done
at once, but it will be a wonderful advantage to the people
of Pennsylvania to have good main roads and every mile
of highway permanently improved wifl carry its lesson of
comfort and facility and local pride with the spirit of prog
ress into our communities.
The question of the selection of the roads to be first
improved will be an important one, and the problems of
the character and plan of the new construction will re
quire much study. My own thought is that the general pol
icy should be the bringing of the greatest good to the great
est number of our people, and our actions will be based
upon our judgment with this desire constantly in mind.
Some changes in the organization and methods of the
highway department will be necessary to enable it to handle
a greatly increased amount of work, and legislation will be
requited to give your executive and fiscal authorities the
legal machinery for issuing and marketing the securities
representing the loans which will be required. These are
.•natters of detail which will be dealt with in subsequent
recommendations to the General Assembly. We should
also give attention to some plans for improving the lftcal
road conditions throughout the State. This is one of the
most perplexing situations which we have to deal with.
The state highway department has done much to help the
organization and administration of our townships, but much
more remains to be done.
/Because of the importance of this message we have re
printed this part of Governor SprouFs address for the bene
fit of those who failed to read all of the newspaper reports. >
THE AUTOCAR COMPANY, V Ardmore, F
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In considering matters relating to our highways, it is
necessary to give some attention to the regulation of auto
mobile traffic. The conditions growing out of the war
made the greatly extended use of motortruck transporta
tion a necessity, and with the development of the country
thij great agent in handling passengers and materials must
be reckoned with more and more. We must extend every
facility for the business vehicle, but we must also enforce
our reasonable regulations regarding its use. It was never
intended that vehicles as large and as heavy as railway cars
should travel the public roads at high speed, and the law
provides limits as to the weight and the size of such trucks.
No road which can be built, except it be constructed of
steel, can stand the stress and impact ofisuch trucks moving
at from ten to thirty miles kn hour and weighing with their
loads from fifteen to thirty tons. The State cannot furnish
sspecial highways for this kind of traffic and it is unreason
able and unfair to the other users of the roads, and to the
public who pay for them, to permit the laws to be violated,
our roads to be destroyed and our people's lives endangered
by such selfish operations. Teeth must be put into the laws
governing these ponditions and now that the war is over,
and the only excuse for tolerating these abuses has passed,
we must put a ptop to them.
Plans are under consideration for a revision and exten
sion of the automobile license laws. Increases in license
fees are warranted and especially so in the case of high
powered cars and tracks of heavy burden. It costs more
to build and maintain roads than it did and the income for
this purpose from those who use the roads should be in
' creased. There should also be a distinctive license classifi
cation and a higher tax upon motor-cars used for business
purposes and upon regular passenger and freight routes.
The State receives a very large portion of its present
revenue from the tax which is laid upon the securities and
the incomes of corporations engaged in the business
of transportation and it should receive a very considerable
share of the incorrje of others engaged in similar enterprises
in competition with these tax-paying corporations and using
the highways maintained at public expense.
In view of the difficulties experienced by our munici
palities in the upkeep of their streets it would seem that
there should be returned to these municipalities for highway
maintenance a portion of any increase in license fees upon
motor cars received by the State. This would be only fair
in consideration of the fact that our cities receive no share
of the State highway funds.