TENTMAKER FINDS
WORK FOR BLIND
They Can Be Taught to Be
come Experts in Knotting
and Splicing
San Francisco, June 28.—That both
the blind as well as the maimed of the
great war are fully capable of doing
certain necessary work in ship yards,
rigging lofts and hangers, is the opin
ion of F. J. Luebbert. head of a tent
manufacturing concern, who made the
discovery while endeavoring to find
sufficient help in order to fill his war
contracts with the United States Gov
ernment.
Short of help for preparing foot stops
and guy ropes for his tents, which con
sists in knotting and splicing, it oc- j
curred to Mr. Lubbsrt that if the blind
were capable of becoming adept at
basket weaving, the same principles j
would apply to making complicated,
Shoes For 98c a Pair
Men's, Women's and Children's
Shoes we will sell for 98c a pair to
get you acquainted with the location ,
of our New Store. 1208 X. Third St.
HAINES. The Shoe Wizard.—Advt. !
No Cooking
A Nutritious Diet for All Ages
Quick Lunch at Home or Office
Avoid Imitations and Substitutes
SENATE HOTEL
Under personal supervision of
Fred B. Aldinger, furnishes a
most excellent
Table d'Hote Luncheon
Daily 11.30 to 2.30
—At 75 Cents—
AJso a la Carte bill of everything
in the market deliciously prepared '
Chicken and Waffle Dinner
Every Thursday
ROUND AND SQUARE
PEACH BASKETS
Truck Baskets, Berry Boxes, Berry Crates. A Carload just
arrived. Get them now so you have tliem when needed.
Half Bushel Peaeli Baskets, round, 510.75 per 100; 51.50 per doz.
Square Peach Baskets, (14 quarts), $12.75 per 100; $1.75 per doz.
Truck Baskets, %buslicl, six brace, $16.00 per 100; $2.25 per doz.
Berry Boxes, (quarts) SB.OO per 1,000; SI.OO per 100
Berry Crates, (22-quart size complete) 85c each
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—QUALITY SEEDS—
They Grow Better—They Yield Better
1307-1309 Market St—Both Phones.
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Hedge Clippers—Grass Shears—Sides and Edge Tools
Sharpened
All Kinds of Machinery Repaired
FEDERAL MACHINE SHOP
Court and Cranberry Streets
SATURDAY EVENING, • •> ...
' knots and splices. His offer of work
to the students of several Institutions
for the blind was accepted and the re
sult proved a complete success.
For the foot rope, or loop that holds
to the tent peg. the Matthew Walker
knot is used, among the most compli
cated known to mariners. By patient
work, and with the aid of a heavy
rope over which Mr. Luebbert could
guide the hands of his pupils the work
; ers were able, at the end of the week.
to make the knot as well as their
! teacher.
"Not only could they do as well as
myself, but they could do it a whole
j lot faster. I paid them three-fourths
of a cent each for every foot stop de
livered and they averaged between four
and five dollars a day. Out of several
millions of these foot stops delivered
there was not a single rejection. I
also taught them how guy ropes were
spliced and whipped and they became
equally expert in this."
Shoe Factory Employes
Get Ten Days' Vacation
Mlllersburg, Pa.. June 28.—The
Johnson-Baillie and the Millersburg
shoe companies will close down
, June 27 and not resume until Mon
day. July 7 giving their employes
a ten-day vacation which they have
not enjoyed since before the ' war.
The Brubaker Bros., Keystone and
1 Aloord Reame chops will only close
1 down two days. July 4 and 5. Re
pairs of various kinds will be made
in the shoe factory plants during
the shut down.—Thomas H. Mc-
Dowell, of the Bureau of Sta
tistics and info atton of the State
Highway Department, gave a talk
at the regular meeting of the Mil
lersburg Motor Club on Monday, i
His talk was along the plans of the
Highway Department as pertains to
this section. It was gratifying to
the members to know what is to |
be done. In this end of the county I
in road improvement.—The Rev. |
and Mrs. J. H. Barnes are in at- i
tendance at the great centenary j
meetings of the Methodist church j
at Columbus. Ohio, this week. The !
Rev. Mr. Davis, of Coxestown, will |
preach in the local church Sunday
morning and evening on account of ;
the absence of the regular pastor.— j
Miss Myra Railing, of East Union
'reet. has gone n a visit to her
uncle, Samuel Railing, at Leipsic,
Ohio.—Recent births: a son to Mr.
and Mrs. William E'.zweiler, of ,
North street; a daughter to Mr. and !
Mrs. Walter Shatto, East Union
street. —Squire Charles A. Miller,
who has been seriously ill for sev
eral months, is said to be slightly
improved.—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Kirkland, of Harrisburg, were re
cent guests of Mr. Kirkland's aunt,
Mrs. Jane Landis.—Walter Hoff
man. whose left leg was badly in
jured wffllc at work at McClellan
Saturday, is rapidly improving at
the Harrisburg Hospital.
Germans to Build
Biggest Water Power
• Plant in Europe
; Berlin, June 28. The greatest
j water power plant In Europe will be
■ constructed in Bavaria by the five
I largest electric companies In Germany
mid will be completed in 1921, It Is
I stated. The finance committee of the
Havarian Diet yesterday voted 90,090,-
000 marks as first Installment of total
cost.
This will be the first socialization
scheme In Bavaria.
Picnic For Members of
Mrs. Spangler's Music Class
Mlllrretown. Pa.. June 28. Mrs.
I J. F. Spangler entertained her mu
i sic class of twenty-two members
J with a picnic to Echo Grove on
I Thursday evening.—Miss Maude Ward
l spent the weekend at Lemoyne with
| her sister, Mrs. Roy Wagner.—Mr.
I and Mrs. J. F. Rider, of Lewistown,
and Mrs. George Sizer and daughter
j Earnestine, or Burnham. visited their
i sister, Mrs. David Miller, on Sunday.
! —Miss Salome Rhoads. who had
| spent a week's vacation with her
1 parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Rhoads,
has returned to Harrisburg.—The
l Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Berkheimer at
• tended commencement exercises at
| Dickinson College. Carlisle.—lsaac
i Troutman, of Altoona, was the guest
|of his daughter, Mrs. Cloyd Rum
[ berger, on Sunday.—Mrs. Jerome
! Dasher, of Newark, N. J„ spent sev
| oral days with her daughter, Mrs.
Emory Fry.—Harry Rtppman made
I a trip to Chicago this week.—Miss;
Nellie Leonard is visiting friends at
Harrisburg.—Joseph Martin, of Har- j
risbur, is visiting relatives in town.
—Mrs. Hulda Knight, of Duncannon, j
spent over Sunday with her parents, j
Mr. and Mrs. Banks Page.—Mrs. |
Samuel Rounsley and daughter Ethel I
spent Sunday with Mr. E. T. Charles
and family at Rose Glen.—Mrs.
Bank Page and Mrs. Morton Page
are visiting at Lewistown.—Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Rickabaugh, daughter
Betty, of Mount Holly Springs, and
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Eppley and son
Paul, of Carlisle, were guests of D. M.
Rickabaugh and family Sunday.—
William Snyder and family, of Har
risburg, spent Sunday at the home
of William D. Bollinger.—William
Pressler, of Philadelphia, spent Sun
day at the home of Mrs. Mary Meloy.
—Mrs. Margaret Brown was a re
cent guest of Miss Nan Hough.
Mrs. Roliston, of Canton, who had
been visiting her son, Chester Rolis
ton, has returned home.—Miss Zella
Cathcart is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Harry Messersmith, in Harrisburg.—
Mrs. Wilson Wright spent the week
end in Harrisburg with Dr. Leroy
Howard and family.—The Camp Fire
Club was entertained at home of
Miss Margaret Bollinger Thursday
evening. John Omahundra, of
Richmond, Va., spent the weekend
with Mr. Ralph Thompson and fam- I
iiy. !
Normal School Graduate
Principal at Loysville
Xfw Rloomflrld, Pa., June 28.
Miss Olive Garber, who graduated from
the Cumberland Valley State Normal
School at Shippensburg this week, has
been elected principal of the High
School at the Tressler Orphans Home
at Loysvillle.—Misses Esther Brunner
and Maggie Keller are at Waynesboro
in attendance at the Young People's
Christian Endeavor convention of the
United Brethren Church. Miss Mary
Hair is representing the Junior society.
—Prof. M. I. Protzman, assistant prin
cipal of Carson Long Institute, at the
commencement exercises at Dickinson
College, was awarded the degree of
master of art.—A welcome to the boys
of Spring and Tyrone townships and
the borough of Landisburg will be held
at Grange Hall, Green Park, Thursday
evening, July 3. James M. Barnett and
John S. Eby will deliver addresses.—
Captain George H. Bernheisel is home
from the hospital at Rahway, N. J., for
a few days.—Mrs. Irene Miller, of Sun
bury. is the guest of her father, Sam
uel C. Clouser. Misses Catherine
Johnston and Anna Jane Barnet at
tended the meeting of suffragists at
Harrisburg on Tuesday.—Mrs. S. H
Bernheisel attended commencement ex
ercises at Shippensburg Normal School,
where her daughter graduated.—Miss
Anna G. Clouser, a teacher in the Har
risburg schools, spent Sunday at Hotel
Rhinesmith. Raymond Adams grad
uated last week from the dental depart
ment of the University of Pennsylvania
and is taking examinations before the
State Board this week. On Monday
night Emery Rice, Earl Kennedy and
Edward Reapsomer, members of Mount
Dempsey lodge, and R. Morris Clark
had the second degree conferred on
them in the hall of Mackinaw lodge.
Misses Catharine A. Bernheisel and
Olive Garber. graduates of the Cumber
land Valley State Normal School at
Shippensburg, returned home on Thurs
day.—Joseph A. Henney, chief of the
I New Bloomfleld fire department, attend
ed a dinner given by the Hope Fire
Company at Harrisburg Tuesday eve-
I ning. Mr. Henney is a member of the
| company.—Mrs. Victoria Rhudium has
been seriously ill at the home of her
niece, Mrs. H. B. Rhinesmith.
Tells Sinn Feiners
Irish Language Dies
Dublin, June 28.—The Irish lan-
is dying, Desmond Fitzgerald,
I author and member of the Sinn Fein,
! told the members of that organization
in a pessimistic speech at fhe Sinn Fein
headquarters.
Mr. Fitzgerald said the Irish language
had been dying since Easter week last
year when the Sinn Fein clash with
the authorities took place in Dublin.
Speaking of the wearing of the Irish
kilt, he said he could not imagine the
Irish people wearing it at work in
the fields. He regarded the separation
of Ireland from England as more ur
gent culturally than politically.
German Music in
Romejtfusic Halls
Rome, June 28.—Italians have not
for many months boycotted German
music. Works of Wagner, Beethoven
and other celebrated German com
posers are constantly the attractions
in Rome music halls. A recent pro
gram consisted of Beethoven's Fifth
Symphony, Wagner's "Die Meistersin
ger von Nurnberg" and his Tannhauser
overture.
Shoe Manufacturer Ends
His Life by Shooting
Beverly, Mass., June 28. Neville
Woodbury, a shoe manufacturer with
plants in Philadelphia, committed sui
cide by shooting at his home here yes
terday. He had been despondent re
cently because of Illness. He was 65
years of age.
STETTIXII'S HONORED
Paris, June 28 Edward R. Stettin
ius, former assistant secretary of war
has been made a commander of the
Legion of Honor
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Temporary Advance
In Ice Prices
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NEW schedule of ice prices will be put into effect, July Ist.
The extraordinary hot period of late May and early June caused an unprece
dented consumption of ice. Our surplus has been practically exhausted, and that
at a time when we were endeavoring to add to that surplus rather than consume it.
We have combed the eastern section of the United States in an effort to contract
for sufficient ice to fully keep our customers supplied. It has been impossible to
find any producer who will agree to sell a definite quantity. The little natural ice in
mountainous districts is difficult to obtain. (
At the present time ice is being sold in car load lots at $6.00 to $9.00 per 2000 lbs.,
on board cars at shipping point. We have succeeded in buying a quantity at a point
36 miles north of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The cost of this ice is $6.00 per 2000 lbs., at the f
ice house. The freight charge to Harrisburg is $2.40 per 2000 lbs. The loss from
meltage in shipping is 20 per cent, or $2.10 per 2000 lbs. Total cost of ice to us is
$10.50 per 2000 lbs. at Harrisburg, Pa.
To this $10.50 must be added delivery cost of $3.00 per 2000 lbs. for ice hauled
by wagons from door to door and put into the consumer's ice box. The cost of haul
ing ice to our ice stations is SI.OO per 2000 lbs.
In the delivery of ice there is an enormous loss from meltage, which is evident
to the casual observer. This waste on a hot day is 20 per cent.
Our ice plant in Harrisburg has a daily capacity of 110 tons per 24 hours. This
quantity will be used together with the quantity purchased elsewhere. While the
cost of manufacturing ice is higher than ever before, it is less than the present cost
of ice purchased elsewhere, therefore, we are enabled to make our city prices lower
than an amount sufficient to pay the actual cost of the ice we are shipping into the
city,
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A Strenuous Attempt
To Create A Reserve . i
The natural ice crop was a total failure owing man caused us a grievous disappointment. The
to the mildest winter on record. When it was hot weather of May and June altogether unex
seen that there would be no natural ice harvested pected, especially after a warm winter, prevented
we immediately entered into a contract for the us from receiving in Harrisburg five to ten cars
erection of a large storage warehouse. This daily for this purpose. The hot weather pre
warehouse has been built at a cost of more than vented us from getting a single car. '
$50,000.00. Owing to the difficulty in getting v? *.u i. -i u . •
heavy iron girders and other material, the com- Furthermore, new boilers were installed in
pletion was delayed so long that it was impossi- OUr lce Pj tint to re pl ac e the old boilers which
ble to get the room finished in time to fill with were unable to stand the heavy test of unusual
j ce demand. We wanted no boiler trouble in the
midst of hot weather. These boilers and equip-
In a race with time we were unsuccessful. Be- ment cost us an additional $50,000.00. Since
cause of the lateness of the season we purchased January 1, 1919, there was expended by this corn
ice in sufficient quantities from far off points in pany $100,000.00 so that our equipment could
an endeavor to fill the large storage room before be expected to bear up under the extraordinary
the demand for ice came. And again the weather conditions made so by unusual weather.
Normal Capacity for Ice a total yearly tonnage of 95,000 tons. Owing to
the failure of the natural ice last winter we are
Under normal conditions, our harvest of nat- short an enormous amount of ice. This ice was
ural ice in winter is 65,000 tons. Ihe capacity of not all consumed in Harrisburg, however, much
our manufacturing plant is 30,000 tons, making of it going to other sections.
Not Practical To Provide factured ice was normal. The ice consuming
_p a i • public prefer lower prices for 29 years and higher
tor Abnormal Conditions rates for one year rather than high prices for the
The winter of 1918-19 was most unusual. entire period.
Another such may not come for generations. The ice season lasts for but 100 days, soon we
Such freaks in temperature occur only at long will be enabled to reduce prices to their former
periods. level. We respectfully ask our customers to be
It is not practicable to build ice manufacturing considerate of our circumstances for this short
plants sufficiently large to take care of 100 per per, ° d '. ex P ect \° Harrisburg
cent, of the demand in periods that happen only supplied with ice but can only do so by purchas
once in 30 years to 50 years. This would re- lng a " avallablc supplies at whatever price is
quire an investment double the amount necessary necessary.
for normal periods, and such expensive equip- . Do not be wasteful. Watch your refrigerator,
ment would be operated but fifty per cent, of Keep it closed. Do not have the door open long
capacity. The low production, on double ex- er than absolutely necessary. It is just as essen
pense, would make ice much more expensive in tial to conserve ice this summer as it was to con
the years when production of natural and manu- serve coal during the war.
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United Ice & Coal Co.
Forster and Cowden Streets
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JUNE 28,1919.