24 IHARRISBDRG TELEGRAPH - FOR THE HOME. Founded 1831 fPnbllshed eveningo except Sunday by •IHB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. |Tel graph Building, Federal Square B. J. STACK POLES President and Editor-in-OMef OYSTER, Business Manager 'GUS. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor LA. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager gieeatlw Beard tTJ P.* McCULLOUGH. A BOYD M. OGLESBY.' P.. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Preaa—The Associated Press is exclusivaly en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. (All rights of republication of apeclal dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion. the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Assoc la- Eastern office. Story, Brooks & Avenue Building, New York City; Western office. Story, Brooks A Flnley, People's Gas Building, Chicago* 111. Zntered at the Post Office In Harrls burg. Pa, as second class matter. etflWrn By carrier, ten cents a week; by mall, SI.OO a year In advance. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER SB, I#l# Be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.— BlßLK. j- HEADED RIGHT IF HUGH FRAYNE the New York labor leader, who has just taken action looking toward the depor tation of the Bolshevik "ambassa dor," Martens, persists along that line of patriotic effort he will find himself shortly even more promi nent in labor circles tban he is now and one of the most trusted advo cates of labor unionism in the whole country. Frayne has taken a position that other labor leaders ought to have assumed long ago. There is nothing of the Foster type about him. He takes his position squarely under the Stars and Stripes and already has done much to re store public confidence in the Amer ican Federation of Labor, which had been steadily losing ground in popu lar estimation, due to the errors or the mistaken policies of its leaders. Which were not in accord with the right-thinking rank and tile of American labor. Frayne, in demanding that the country and his own organization be rid of all dangerous radicals, has as sumed a place of leadership from which he will not be easily shaken. He has very accurately sensed pub lic opinion on the subject and has interpreted the thought of the American workmen more clearly than some of the hesitating leaders In higher places. He knows that American people are ninety-nine per cent, loyal to the country and as much opposed to Bolshevism and revolution as anybody, and he has had the courage to act upon his con victions. We have seen all too much con ioning of the radical actions of the Fosters and others of their ilk who tre trying to use union labor for their own purposes, with the thought of betraying it at the proper Ime just as they would the Govern ment itself, in the interests of a Moody revolution in which they would hold the reins of powers and prey upon rich and poor alike. The sndoreement of the steel strike and !he ultra-radical speeches of such men as James Maurer shook public Mntiment in the Federation and iroused suspicion against it, and Itr. Frayne has done his own or ganization a great service in taking he stand he has assumed. Hs is in he American Federation as Gover lor Coolidge is in the government >f Massachusetts. If labor leaders take their cue Irom him and will go along with his program to rid themselves of the l&ngerous and lawless little nlnority that has been trying to boss hem, the labor movement will be placed on a sane and law-and-order pasts, and that will open a way to rard negotiations between the tra iloye and the employer for better nent of conditions and the har nonixation of relations. Certainly here can be no basis for mutual onfldence so long as there are irominent in the ranks of labor men if the stamp of Lenine, Trotsky, foster and their ilk. Mr. Frayne is headed right. Business continues good despite the fforts of nearly everybody to give it black eye. "PROFITLESS" STORES ITY officials all over the United . States will watch with interest ■ Philadelphia's experiment with 'profitless stores." Twelve of these rill be established by the city mar let commission for the sale of mer handise and groceries, according to leorge Sale, of the commission. "These stores will handle mer handise and groceries," said Mr. tie. "The prices will be ten per ent. over the cost There will be o profit made at these stores. All r e want to do is to make them self uetaining." Mr. Sale said that two carloads f picnic hams had been bought rom Armour's at fifteen cents a FRIDAY EVENING, pound and would be sold for sixteen cents a pound. On the face of it. this looks like an easy way of solving the high cost of living, but there is an element in It that will likely bring it to the rocks. A "profitless store" must also be a "servlceless" store. The cus tomer must expect to "take or leave" the goods. There can be none of the little effort to please, none of the catering to special tastes, no taking of orders over the phone, no credit and no deliveries. The goods will be there —not in wide variety, for to keep down costs quantity pur chasing must be paramount—but the personal attention of the clerk or proprietor who is trying to win or keep customers will be lacking. We suspect the "profitless stores" will be profitless indeed. Tork county is going to take an im portant place in the road building program of Pennsylvania. Already the voters have approved a large loan for permanent highways in conjunc tion with the State system and In addition have aethorized the payment of the county's share of the cost of eliminating five toll roads. Highway Commissioner Sadler, in his compre hensive planning of the State road system, if doing much to arouse inter est among the various counties, so that Pennsylvania promises within a year or two to have as fine a system of highways as can be found any where throughout the United States. Then the State will come Into Its own through an invasion of tourists who are simply waiting, knocking at our doors for an opportunity to see Penn sylvania as one of the great sectlcyis of a great country. SPREADING THE "daylight saving" propa ganda ha* reached Denver. Mayor Bailey has received pe titions signed by practically all the business men and manufacturers of that city asking for the adoption of an ordinance that will save for the people of the city the extra hour of light they so much desire. An interesting side light upon the subject is furnished in a letter sent Mayor Bailey by Lawrence C. l'hlpps, Jr., in which he calls atten tion to the attitude of the electric light and power plant interests to ward daylight saving. He says: I am strongly in favor of day light saving law. The old system of time is an economic handicap upon any industrial community. I am interested in the electric light and power business in California. Our revenues from approximately 7,000 customers decreased approxi mately SIB,OOO, or over $2.50 per customer, on account of the day light saving. An electric light com pany may lose a little temporary revenue, but the prosperity of any utility corporation is dependent upon the prosperity and good will of the community it serves, and it will benefit in the long run. Just as tho competition of lead and zinc produced In Mexico, New Jersey and Missouri were the de termining factors in the fixing of the wage scale in Leadville, so does too competition of Bastern-mado goods and mail order sales by Eastern retailers affect wages and prosperity in Denver. The pas sage of the daylight saving ordi nance will relieve the workman, manufacturer and retailer of Den ver of an economic handicap amounting to about SIOO,OOO per year, and the electric light com pany will benefit more through the growth and prosperity of the community than it will have hand ed to it by the repeal of the federal daylight bill. It is very much to be suspected that Congress hearkened to the siren song of the power interests to the old-time tune of "God Save the Farmer" when it repealed the day light law, and the letter to mayor Bailey shows clearly how mistaken both Congress and the electrical companies are In their short-sighted policy. The people of the towns and cities want "daylight saving" and in one way or another they are going to have it; if not by Congressional en actment then by local ordinance. Congress can take its choice. The sentiment is spreading. Auditor General Snyder is some col lector. With the close of the week he will have turned into the strong box of the State approximately $50,- 000,000 for the current year. These revenues have come from many sources, but not always with a free will, and it should not be forgotten that the Auditor General can do much through the organization of his de partment to gather in the funds of the Commonwealth. It is doubtless a matter of pride with Auditor General Snyder that he has been able to justify his estimates of last winter, when the Legislature was wondering what might be expected in the way of income. IMPOSSIBLE THEORIES IT IS at last dawning upon the misguided leaders of millions of men that they have been doing those who they pretend to serve In calculable injury through theories which have no substantial bosiß and which only lead to intolerable suf fering. We read, for instance, that in Rus sia the Bolsheviki government urged the people to divide all land into Individual holdings so that there would be no employing class. For Instance, if a farmer has six cows and only needed the milk from one of the cows for the use of himself and family they took the other five cows from him and distributed them among farmers who did not have cows. So it was down the entire line of industrial and agricultural activ ity. This one alleged reform con tributed as much to the food short age and famine in Russia as any other single factor, because no farmer tried to raise more stock than actually would meet his own needs, knowing it would be taken from him lg he did. Of course, they insisted that they are acting in "good faith" but hell Is said to have been paved with good intentions and whether these impos sible theories which are causing world-wide misery are based upon "good fuith" or not, they are respon sible for much of the unrest and the difficulties which now confront mil lions of people. fUitico LK 'PUUUULTTUWA. By the Ex-Committeeman Election of E. C. McGreagor as clerk of the new orphans' court of Washington county, which was es tablished by the Legislature this yeur, is declared by the Attorney General's Department to be against the constitutional provision relative to such officers in an opinion just rendered to Secretary of the Com monwealth Cyrus E. Woods, who is in charge of the bonding of officials. The opinion is the first to be given following the elections 01 u..u was written by Deputy Attorney General W. M. Hargest. It disposes of a much discussed incident in the arrangement of a county ballot. The Washington county authori ties placed the candidates for clerk of quarter sessions and oyer and terminer courts on the ballot as can didates for clerk of the orphans' court and Mr. Gregor was duly cer tified as elected to those offices. The Secretary of the Commonwealth sent the question of whether Mr. McGregor could be recognized as clerk of orphans' court to the legal department, as it was discovered that the act creating the separate orphans' court for Washington county contained a provision, in ac cord with the constitution, that the register of wills should be he clerk of tho orphans' court when estab lished as a separate court. This constitutional enactment was car ried into effect by an act of 1889 and Mr. Hargest says that "ffrhere can be no doubt that the act of 1919, following the consitutional require ment, makes the register of wills the clerk of the orphans' court of Washington county. The fact that E. C. McGregor was voted for and received the highest number of votes cast for clerk of the orphans' court, does not have the effect of making him such clerk." The sec retary is directed to see that John Aiken, register of wills-elect, quali fies as clerk of the orphans' court. As a preliminary to the meeting of the'new Constitutional Revision Commission the members will be furnished with copies of a study made of the United States constitu tion and the various State constitu tions by James N. Moore, director of the Legislative Reference Bureau. These copies are now being especial ly bound. Other material being as sembled summarizes various pro posed amendments that have ap peared in recent years. The com missions for the new commissioners are the first of the kind every pre pared at the Capitol. —The boom launched in Philadel phia several days ago for Harry S. McDevitt, secretary to the Gover nor, for the Republican nomination for Auditor-General, has been taken up in the Western end of the State and both the Pittsburgh Gazette- Times and the Chronicle Telegraph carry extended stories giving Mr. McDevitt's picture and devoting much space to his experience in the various departments of the State Government and his expert knowl edge of the Auditor General's office, in which he was formerly a special deputy. Mr. MeDevitt has not said anything about his ambitions, but if Governor Sproul should become a Presidential candidate it is thought the Governor would desire to keep him with him. —The nomination of Auditor General Charles A. Snyder for State Treasurer seems a foregone conclu sion in the minds of many political writers. —The Public Ledgers, morning and evening, continue to have some thing on their minds about the Con stitutional Revision Commission. Most of the comments appear to be about possibilities. —Dr. William Draper Lewis, mentioned as likely to be one of counsel ar secretary to the Commis sion, has been active in several movements which had matters as revision in view. —Northumberland county com missoners, whose majority is now Republican, are said to have Gen eral C. M. Clement in mind for county solicitor. Northumberland, together with other central Pennsyl vania counties, swing from the Democratic column this month, re pudiating party management which has been preached from this city's windmill. —The Scranton Times devotes considerable space to reports of a shake-up in Scranton city govern ment, which will be dominated by Republicans just as is the Lacka wanna county government. —The Pittsburgh Post, in an edi torial on the trend of the times, saya that it is no surprise to find muni cipal expenditures doubled, but that it should cause councilmen in their capacity as budget makers to "con sider every item strictly on its merits." Similar expressions are being heard in many cities and in view of the way the elections went there may be some councilmen who will do it. —Those two Johnstown incorrigi bles, the Tribune and the Democrat, are at it again. The Democrat is distressed because it sees a move ment to head off free speech and the Tribune remarks: "If it will do the esteemed Democrat any good we will admit that this paper has never met up with conditions which had even the appearance of an at tempt to deprive it of the rights of the free press or free speech. Of course, we have had objections to and criticisms of many of our edi torial utterances, but those who made them were merely exercising their rights. We have never re garded those who disagreed with us as either fools or knaves. Our ad vice—without invitation or charge— to the esteemed Democrat is to cease regarding itself as a misun derstood Institution and to quit posing for martyrdom." —lt is probable that much will be heard in the State for a time over the opinion by the Pittsburgh city solicitor that it is illegal for city firemen or other employes to join labor unions. The question has been more or leßs agitated in a dozen Pennsylvania cities since the Boston affair and a try-out of the question may come. —Pittsburgh is also having a magistrate row similar to that in Philadelphia. Magistrate Sweeney, of Pittsburgh, who is not always careful of the feeltngß of policemen, has been complained of to the mayor, who says he is investigating. —The Easton Free Press, which is published in the old Palmer district, is out with this new possibility in next year's campaign: "ft A. Mitchell Palmer, Vance McCormlck, Harry J. Steele, Parke H. Davis, James I. Blakslee and other Pennsylvania Democrats of prominence intend to ..... iin Peace Treaty a political issue in this State, with the view of encompassing Republican defeat next year, they had better be getting busy, else they may be outdistanced; lor Seipio himself is going to carry the war into Africa, or in other words. Senator Lodge, who led the fight against the Treaty, aqnounces that the controversy Is to be tuken before the whole country for discus- AAKHISBUHG Q£fefe&L TELEQICtPH SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OVT OF LIFE By BRIGGS )' fwKY it CLOOH Ai THB (\ owjisj MY ("WHKT DO roo A/ t set ALL. I \ JACK SD YOO \F \ \_HUSH RCWTS \\ HOMO- I F THIMK ABOUT )\ NZBZ>- | £?rj£'lZZk V a?"?,"H° J ITS w. CD h"! T to / U°'BTi, rKS , ®ASW[ T,".M(flFr I rou£ A BOM ] p?v? I& £ UMALL WCOM, l^ T AR % WE I COMO6SSATIOIOL.ST I sion and action, so that the senti ment of the people can be learned — and in turn Senator Hitchcock, the administration leader, fearing just such contingency, comes back at the Massachusetts Senator with the ar gument that the Treaty is not a po litical issue und ought not to be made one, the opinion of the Penn sylvania scrappers to the contrary." Heads Advertising Agency Joseph W. Gannon, for sixteen years connected with the Royal Baking Powder Company, has re signed and organized an advertising agency under the name of J. W. Gannon, Inc., of which he is the president and general manager, with offices at 220 Fifth Avenue, New York. Mr. Gannon began his advertising career in 1599 with N. W. Ayer & Son, of Philadelphia, where he re ceived a thorough training in the fundamentals of advertising and the \arlous departments of agency work. Within a year after beginning he became a solicitor for the company and was its New York State repre sentative in 1903, when he was in vited to join the Royal Baking Powder Company, which he has since served with""conspicuous suc cess, first as assistant advertising manager and later for several years acting head of the advertising de partment. His name and reputation for forceful and constructive adver tising is known to publishers and advertising men all over the country. Mr. Gannon contributed his serv ices to the United States Treasury Department during the fourth and fifth Liberty Loan campaigns and originated and planned the celebrat ed Avenue of the Allies, on Fifth avenue, New York, the daily na tional celebrations at the Altar of Liberty, the Outdoor Studio in front of the New York Public Li brary, and a number of other not able features during the fourth loan. He is president of the Dartmouth Athletic Council, to which office he has been re-elected for several years, and is the representative from New York City on the Council of the Alumni of that college. Associated with Mr. Gannon as vice president and treasurer is Shirley N. Carr, for several years a member of the New York bar. Mr. Carr is a graduate of Princeton, 1903, and is secretary of his class. During the war. he volunteered for service in the Quartermaster De partment and assisted in organizing the production and inspection branch of the hardware and metals division. He was commissioned captain, Q. M. C., in August, 1918, and made assistant chief of the branch, which was later attached to the general supplies division, the largest procurement division in the Army. Kindness If only all of us were kind In thought and action, we would find This world would more of joy suffice Than any dreamed of paradise. No traveler would find his way A weary way; no toiler's day Would end in bitterness or pain, No grief could come but it would bring True sympathy to heal the sting. And every sorrow would be shrined In sweetest thoughts, if all wore kind. If only you alone were kind In thought and action, you would find Full half the grievances you feel Arc all unfounded and unreal. For things most beautiful and good, By unkind eyes misunderstood, Appear so full of base alloy The gazer misses half their joy Full half the happiness you know From your own heart must overflow And fill with sweet your life and mind Or else your world will seem unkind, —Lee Shippey. The Service Man [From "Average American," by Theodore Roosevelt.] The army is the least of this coun try's fears as far as Bolshevism and its kindred anarchies are concerned. All over the country you will find the service men keen to put down dem onstrations of this sort. They are keen of their own accord, not prompted by anyone. The service man feels that this is his country. His first and foremost concern is for the United States. He wants the institutions of this country to stand. He has given himself, and where one has given of one's self the interest Is deepest. He hos bought a share of stock of the United States. As a stockholder he Intends to do what he can to see that the concern is run properly. TO ADVERTISERS-A WARNING [Lord & Thomas in Printers' Ink.] There is always danger in pros perlty—danger of an orgy. Almost every boom of every sort Is followed by disaster. Uncurbed enthusiasm drifts into speculation, then into recklessness. Wise efforts, by unique success, breed countless unwise ventures. There cjrwc s a feeling that nothing can go wrong. But the laws of good business are unalterable. Violation leads to retri bution —always. The inevitable storm comes soon or late to wreck all houses built of cards. Advertising is entering a new era. Truth, efficiency, and wise direction have brought it new prestige. Mul tiplied successes have established its position. Its volume is to-day un precedented. But thi natural growth, based on sound developments, is already marred by excesses. Many old lines evidence a fever of extravagance. And scores of new lines are clearly unwise ventures. No doubt the excess profits tax leads to much incuutlous expendi ture. But for other reasons, also, what should be healthy growth shows symptoms of an unhealthy boom. Unhealthy growth is bound to he disastrous. Not alone to those who suffer, but in its discouragements. In every boom the losses generally , exceed the gains. Thus, a whole in dustry falls into dtsrhpute, which years are required to outgrow. So this is a time to speak plainly. Not as critics of our compeers or as posers, but as one of the leaders in the advertising line and both altru istically and selfishly its logical de fenders. , Because of these buoyant times many are seeking to do In advertis-] lug that which can't be done. Some are advertising lines which cannot be identified. Some are advertising to the million things which only hundreds buy. Some are urging action where the advertiser's interest exceeds the buyer's interest. And people will not act. Some are using large spaces to tell stories which small spaces would tell as well. They handicap them selves by extravagance. Some advertise lines in a national School Farms For Cities [Pittsburgh Gozttle-Times.] The State Educational Congress having given at least passive ap proval to the suggestion that cities should provide practical courses In agriculture for public school pupils, we may expect an aggressive cam paign for the extension of popular education in this direction. There is need for more general instruction in agriculture, mankind's basic in dustry. If the ranks of farmers are to be recruited it is imperative that a great many in the cities be en couraged to "go back to the soli." The surest way to get results In this direction is to train the rising gener ations for agriculture. Already a great many, if not all, of the city school pupils are getting vocational training in some degree. Why should not agriculture be included in the list of Industries to which they may be introduced in the public schools? If a large farm near the city had to be added to the school plant, a farm should be bought. How to get the children to and from the farm would present no difficult problem. Every city could nfford to spend liberally to develop inclinations for farming, for the benefits to be derived from increasing the number of profes sional farmers, or of slowing up the decline of their numbers, would re pay every outlay. This subject should be taken up seriously and plans for utilizing it worked out. Something For Nothing [Samuel Crowther in World's Work.] The American worker has been convinced for the moment that he can get wages or profits without work. With few exceptions, the American worker of to-day is not producing as much in eight hours as he did in four before the war. The percentage varies, but gener ally speaking the efficiency is Just about one-half. A man who made eight articles in 1914 will make four of them to-day in the same time, and the deplorable part of the situation is that those four will probably be represented by a third at least more dollars than the eight were. Expres sion of production in dollars is now meaningless. We have stopped thinking in terms of production. We are thinking in dollars, and that gets us into trouble with profits. NOVEMBER 28, 1919. way before testing them in a locoli way. They are taking undue risks. Some start advertising who lack proper distribution. In many such linos nine-tenths of the sales are lost. No legitimate advertising can weather a loss like that. Some are spending more than their lines admit. Conservative ad vertisers measure and limit expendi tures. Some advertise lines which can never be successful. Some in ways which experience proves impossible. They are proceeding blindly on the general theory that advertising pays. Advertising is not a panacea. There must be proper diagnosis, right understanding and unusual skill. There must be caution, for every new line treads some un broken paths. Wrong advertising does not pay, and in times not so long past adver tising has been largely wrong. Look over a magazine ten years old and mark how few of its advertisers lived. The margins are limited, and wnste is pretty sure to overstep the limits. Inefficiency has little chance in a field as big as this. Guessing cr.nnot compete with test-erented data. Unwise and hasty ventures In this line meet an almost universal doom. It is because of the temptation in these buoyant times to look on ad vertising as a panacea that we are impelled to utter the cautions here stated. Let nothing here contained he construed as meaning that we do not feel there are those who can j profitably spend vast sums in adver- j Using. Our caution is to n multitude who by spending now more than their lines warrant, or by spending un wisely, breathe into their business a spirit of wastefulness that must re sult in discouraging reaction in other times to come. Advertising is too great a power thus to be brought into disrepute. To many who arc to-day indulging in an orgy of unwise and uneco nomic advertising we issue these words of warning—for the good of the cause. Ain't It Splendid Ain't it splendid to be livin' 'long about this time o' year, Just around before Thanksgivin", with the mornings crisp and clear; With the children's cheeks a-glow in\ with the future lookln* bright, And the shops and mills p.-goln' like red blazes, day and night? Ain't it bracin', ain't it cheerin', / when the colts kick up their heels, To approach the corn crib, henrin' ] turkeys gobblin' for their meals ? Don't it make a fellow kinda satis fied with life and glad. When it's got so hard to find a thing that's goin* to the bad? Ain't it fine to feel the nippln' of the brisk breeSe at your nose When the old dead leaves go zippin' down the lanes, in scraggly rows, When you've hay to feed the cattle, when you love your follow men, And you've money you can rattle In your trousers, now and then? Ain't it fine to wake from dreamin' of the home your boyhood knew And to find the glad sun beamin' just the way It used to do. Long ago, about Thnnksglvin', when you'd energy to spare, When your pa and ma were livin', and the days were always fair? S. E, KISER. New Painless Surgery [From the Edinburgh Scotsman.J For many years, in fact, ever since anaesthetics were brought into gen eral use, one of the aims of surgical Scientists has been the discovery of some method of operating painlessly without rendering the patient un consclons by inhalations of ether or chloroform. According to the Lon don Times, this desideratum Is now an accomplished fact, a system based on the use of phenol having been successfully employed by the sur geons at the chief military hospitals in liilan for some thousands of oper ntions, among which were over three hundred on the lungs, performed by Professor Brusrhi of Como. The pro posed line of incision is marked with phenol (carbolic acid) by dipping n sterallzed scalpel into this liquid, and using the back of the point of the scalper as a marker. After the lapse of a few seconds, the scalpel Is again dipped Into the phenol, and the issues are cut with a slow and gentle up and-down movement similar to that used in sawing. What happens is that a film of phenol is formed on the blade when It is immersed and this anaesthetizes the tissues as they are cut. Frequent dippings are necessary to maintain the film, which is rubed off by contact with the tissues or washed away by blood. Constitutional Revision Pittsburgh Post (Democrat).— The commission named by Governor Sproul to start the movement for revision of the State constitution strikes us as close to the ideal in Its composition, including not only men of eminent ability and training in public affairs, but also women, so that the subject may be dealt with wisely and sympathetically from every viewpoint. Included in it are two members of the President's cabinet. Attorney General Palmer and Secretary of Labor Wilson. At torney General Sehaffer is the head of the commission. Other State of ficers and former officers are in cluded. Lawyers who are recognized as authorities on constitutional sub jects, Jurists, farmers and Journalists are other members. This commun ity is well represented. It is the duty of the body, which was author ized by the latest session of the Legislature, to study "comprehen sively and in detail the provisions of the present constitution. In the light of modern thought and condi tions," and make recommendations to the next session as to what changes are needed and how beat to effect them, whether by amendment of particular sections or articles, or by general revision. The popular impression that nothing short c general revision will do, and that the sooner public discussion, looking towurd a constitutional convention, Is taken up, the better. Let this commission take up its work with the assurance that the people of to-day will back it up en fni'dnstically if it recommends the calling of a convention for general revision. Wllkes-Bnrro ltecord (Republi can).—On the whole Governor Sprout's appointments on the com mission to consider the advisability of making changes in the Constitu tion of the State and to recommend such changes as may be deemed ad visable will meet with popular ap proval. It Is evident that the Gov ernor game much thought to the personnel. The twenty-five mem bers. Including two women, repre sent the many diverse Interests that should have a hand in the work. Most of the members have a State wide reputation and will have the confidence of the people. Two of the members are United States At torney General Palmer and Secre tary of Labor Wilson. The initial task, that of revising the Constitution In the light of modern requirements, will be full of difficulty. The members of the commission will be bombarded with many suggestions, sane and insane, temperate and revolutionary. It will require much courage and much intelligent planning to draft a code of fundamental law that will at onc( represent progress in meeting changed conditions and will steei clear of fanaticism and Idiosyncracy. Only a commission made up of broad-minded, upstanding members could be safely entrusted with such a task. A glance at the names in spires confidence that the commis sion's report will make a strong ap peal to the people. livening Ledger (Independent) However unsatisfactory the situation may be. It does not Justify pessi mism. Constitutional revision it nearer than it has been for years. Its opponents in the past have suc ceeded in obstructing all efforts to ward a change. This year they were able to do no more than to secure postponement until a more convenient season. They had to con sent to the creation of a commission to study the subject. This is a long step In advance. It bringß the sub ject up for public discussion with concrete proposals in prospect. There may be a lingering hope in some quarters that the commission will ask for more time from the next Legislature, but the chances are that the people of the State will object to further delay and will Insist thai their representatives permit them tc make for themselves a modern con stitution and to eliminate from tht present document its of out grown and archaic provisions. I£uting (Htjat This year will be remembered by many residents of llarrlsburg as that In which the mosquitoes came early and stayed late. Owing to weuther conditions, which the rec ords of Observer E. It. Domain at the Federal building show to have been very unusual during the ordi nary winter period, everything was favorable for early propagation of insect life and as the experts of Col. Edwurd Martin's office have pointed out this city furnished very satis factory places for pests to increase and multiply. The mosquitoes made themselves heard and felt earlier thun usual and during the summer months they were a nuisance all over the city, becoming a menace to health when Dr. J. M. J. llaunick, the city health officer, found some of the dangerous disease carriers in the northern end, right close to where it is proposed to establish the new high schools. The open autumn and the very few days upon which the mercury went low hue eiiauicu the mosquitoes to remain in business longer than usual and there are many home's where screens remain in place on windows, so that when they are opened during sleeping hours the insects may not invade the rooms. Mosquitoes and black birds are unusual guests on Thanks giving day in ilarrlsburg and the announcement by Commissioner William H. Lynch of the plan to take up the drainage of large areas of the eastern part of the city and to get rid of that well-established mosquito nursery in the northern end of the city will be hailed with gratitude. The fact that the river coat fleets were all In operation on Thanks giving day and that the dredges and flats were fully manned Is an inter esting commentary upon the fuel conditions here. The coal men say that there is a greater demand than ever known, due principally to the fact that some large consumers are building up reserves through fear of a shortage next month. • • • "What is the reason the city authorities do not get after people the way they sell turkeys or chick ens in the markets of Harrlsburg?" asked a mild-mannered man who had been "stung" in purchasing a fowl for Thanksgiving Day. "In this city I have noticed that they sell turkeys by count. Weight does not appear to enter into it. I went to market last Saturday and asked the price of several turkeys. I was told lump sums. When I asked what they weighed I was told, 'I don't know.' It does strike me that some of the complaints of farmers that the city people are 'down' on them because of prices asked for fowls are Justified. I have not been able, except in one Instance to get a state ment as to the weight of a turkey and then it was so big that facilities for weighing were not at hand. Sales in Pennsylvania are by weight, measure or count, according to the law. I have been unable to buy fowls by weight and the prices per each have been something terrific." Another viewpoint in regard to turkey came from two men who de cided to do the marketing in honor of Thanksgiving and who eschewed raffles so that they would he in shape to buy. "In my opinion there is not much Justification for the prices nsked for turkey," said one. "Taking into consideration the fact that feed is high and that all the elements of cost havo to be reckoned I can not see where 75 cents is any price per pound." The other man answered It by this succinct state ment: "As long as people will pay over 50 cents a pound people will charge more. The way to do is to abstain from buying and let the farmers take the birds home again. I'm going to try that at Christmas time." State frame officials, who have been fretting a line on the kills and on general conditions, say that there have been few complaints about the game code in Dauphin county nnd the Juniata valley and no demand to speak of for changes except in regard to woodcock, which have been a cause of differences for years. Fair grouse hunting and some killing of wild turkeys that como near records iivcentral coun ties have been heard of and the bags contributed to Thanksgiving dinners In many homes. Opening of the deer season is expected to cause a rush of hunters into the woods and probably more will bo in the South Mountain region than known for a long time. The State Forest Com mission has granted scores of per mits for men to hunt on State lands in Perry, Mifflin, Union, Franklin, Adams, Huntingdon, Cumberland and Lycoming counties. There will he deer hunting worth while in Dau phin county for the first time, as the new State game preserve in the Lykens valley was stocked with deer last year. VOX KNOWN PEOPLE —Mayor H. W. Heidenreich, of Hnzelton, has served notice that girls under eighteen must not attend public dances unless they have es corts. —Dr. George H. Ashley, the State geologist, has been making a series of studies of the oil and gas condi tions near McKeesport. —Judge John Monaghan, whose life has been threatened by crooks iu Philadelphia and who does not appear to mind it, is a former pub lic service commissioner. —Col. W. H. Laude, of the United ■States engineers, has been making a <urvey along the Schuylkill near Morristown. —Charles A. O'Brien, the Pitts burgh city solicitor, says that it is illegal for Pittsburgh firemen to Join labor unions. —S M. Smith, prominent Waynes burg man, has been elected head of the reorganized Greene Counts School Directors' Association. —Superintendent W. M. Davidson, of Pittsburgh schools, who has been ill, will soon bo able to leave tiv hospital. —James K. Love, New Castle's only Democratic councilman, has been elected president of the Klwan- H Club of the Lawrence county capital. —Congressman W. J. Hultngs, of Oil City, in a speech, declared that he thought the rock pile offered best opportunities for the W. Z. Fosters and others of that type. f DO YOU KNOT | —That Harrisburg's Navy ts the lineal descendant of boat clubs of 75 years ago? ( HISTORIC HAIIIUSBUKG —The first reservoir was on 4 knoll Just north of the Btat C|Mti,
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