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NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD
CBEENSBURM HARD CAME
• Teih Adds Big School to Schedule—
State Scholastic Title in
Prospect
Tin 1 tireenshurg High school eleven
will have its ambition realimm Satur
day when the Tech team goes there for
a game, liroensburg last year follow
ing the <• lose ol' the season trieil to get
a game with either the local high
schools. but it could not be arrauged
to Tech did the next best thing uiiil
scheduled n game for this season.
The arrangements are for two sea
nons. Tech going to Crreensburg this
year an i Ureensburg coming to Harris
burg for a game next year. I'his is
practically the only long distance game
tor local schools since Johnstown and
.Altoona cut Centra! High from the
•schedules because of trimmings handed
to them. Wilkes Barrc also has sho■. m a
disposition not to include local schools.
The Ureensburg spirit is different,
however, for they believe that the Har
risburg teams are among the top notch
ers ami feel tha' „ victory over Tech
will give them some kii! ! of i c ill on
the ch:*rpionship of the State. A title
of that kind was talked about when
Greensbtirg attempted to schedule some
post-seat">n liimeri last vear.
Greensburg has an enviable itch I
at».i may prove to b- one of Tech's
hardest opponents.
" Hips are coming in again. '
"Hurray' Nun motiu-r can unie
■bacis i rmi; K.iri.. c. ■ luqge.
Directory of
Leading Hotels j
of Harrisburg
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HOTEL DAUPHIN
StM> MAivKET STREET
European l-'an. iUi.cs ji.ou ptr'day ar.d
up. Rooms single or en suite. ' with
private baths.
Luncheon. 11.30 to 2 p. tn..
Dinner daily, j to p. ni. - Oc
Special Sunday Dinner. I.' noon
to S p in., 73c
A la carte service, « a. in. to II o m
HORTI N<» A Proprietor*
The Metropolitan
Strictly European
For something good to eat. Every
thing in season. Service the best.
Prices the lowest.
HOTEL VICTOR
No. 2.~» .South Fourth Street
Directly »|»|io»Ue i uion Matltio,
rqui|t|»eil wait mt Modern Improve.
iucuts»; run ii in water lu ever* room a
line Lath; perfectly ••unitary; nicely
luiuUlicO throughout. Hates moderate.
European I'lau.
JOSSFH GIUSXI, Proprietor.
THE BOLTON
Market Square
Large and convenient Sample Rooms.
Passenger and Baggage Elevator. Klec
trie Cars to and from depot. Electric
Light and Steam Heat; Rooms en suits
or single with Baths. Kates, $2.50 per
day and up.
J. H. <n M. S. Butterworth, Props.
THEPLAZA
423-125 Market St., Harrisburg. Pa.
At the Entrance to the P. R. R. StatioD ;
EUROPEAN PLAN
P. B. ALDINGEB,
Proprietor
Hotel Columbus
Absolutely Fireproof
3<) Rooms and Baths
European Plan
Maurice E. Russ, Proprietor
Third and Walnut Sts„ Federal Square
The Lochiel
Corner Market and Third Streets
Entrance on Third Street
EUROPEAN PLAN
liooms provided with Heat. Hot and
Cold Water. Baths free to guests
W. H. BYEELY, Prop.
I Hon. William Jennings Bryan
SAYS, Grape Juice is a Temperance Drink.
IF YOU WANT A MILD DRINK,
j DRINK**—
RIEKER'S
FAMOUS LANCASTER
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it is LOW in Alcohol and HIGH in Quality
JOHN G. WALL, Agent,
1 «<h & Cumberland its. Hamsbufg, Pa. Both PhonM
BOWLERSCROWD THE LOCAL
ALLEYS IN MATCH GAMES
Nationals Defeat Internationals at
Holtzman's, and Machine Shop and
Schmidt's Bakery Win at the Ca
sino
The Internationals defeated the Na
tionals in last night's match in the
Holtzman"Duck Pin League, winning by
a margin of 150 pins. Port was high
man. The scores:
NATIONALS
Paver 7# 91 93 26S !
Houseman SO 10:.' 96 27S
White .... 75 79 68 — 22;
Oolivsris .. 109 95 7-1—- 278
berry .. ;. 128 88 105— 316
Totals . 466 455 436—1357
INTERNATIONALS
franca 90 99 1 12 — 30 f
LaVan .... 76 87 56 219
Kapi 9 7 S2 70— 2 49
Kyau 86 f<6 S7— 259
Port 129 145 1 15— 389
Totals .. 478 499 440—1417.
Schmidt's Bakers Win
Schmidt'* Butternut team won from
riie Hassctt Club by a margin ot' 60
[ ins. taking the first and third games.
AliUinachau was higii man. The
scores:
SCHMIDT'S BAKERY
Smith ... 98 9S 79 275 i
.Ucl.auaehan 129 113 104— 346 j
Balsbaugh . 7 7 81 104 — 259
Schmidt ... 61 87 S3 — 231
Reiucker .. 105 96 115— 316 1
Totals .. 470 475 482—1427'
HASSETT ai'B
Hinnenkamp 103 96 S6— 285 1
' M. l learv . S6 87 82— 266
1.. Cleary . 84 117 101 — 302
t'aton .... 86 74 90— 250
OeLone ... 87 10S 70 — 265
Totals .. 446 482 429—1367;
Outside Construction on Top
The Machine and Outside Con
st ruction teams of the Pennsylvania
Steel Company played their weekly
match game on the Casino alleys last
! night, the Outside Construction team
winning bv a margin of 79 pins. The
score*:
MACHINE SHOP
| l.enhart ... 121 136 161— lis
j Miller .... 143 111 1-13 — 397
j Books .... 160 120 107 — 387
! A incut z ... 113 103 101 — 317
I Shannon . . 105 200 81— 292
Totals .. 612 570 599—1811
Ol'TSl DE CONSTRUCTION
Hayes .... 147 149 173 469
, Sulleuberger 117 81 10S— 306
: Marks .... 101 114 125 340
; Nace 99 144 135 37$
>hipp 123 12 7 137 — 397
Totals . . 587 625 678 —189(i '
Printers at Duck Pins
The Linos and Makeups won vester
! day j matches in the Patriot I>uck Pin
League, each team winning by good
j margins. The scores:
First Match
ADMEN
|Sohmer .... 105 80 85—270!
I Peiffer .... 135 90 91—316
Herman .... 79 76 87—242|
Totals ... 319 216 263—82S '
LINOS
Ootwalt .... 90 81 134—305 l
stigelman . . 82 97 84—263 i
; Zeigler 94 100 109—303 i
Totals ... 266 27S 327—871
Second Match
MA K BLIPS
I.osh 98 107 100—30 a'
i Fry 85 87 122 —294 I
Brown 10? 126 58—317 j
Totals ... 286 320 310—916 i
SXEROS
Carpenter .. 93 93 108—294
Wagner .... 78 89 54—251 j
Uarman .... 121 93 102 —316
Totals . . 202 275 294—861
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HARRISBtTRG STAR-INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 22. 1914.
| ARRANGE ARMY-NAVV CAME
1 Academies Get 11,54Mk Tickets Each
—Penn Oan Sell 7,(M10 Seats
For Charity
[
Philadelphia, Oct. 22.—At a meet-'
ing held yesterday at'ternoou at tiio
residence of Dr. ,1. William White,
1810 South Rittenhouse square, an
agreement was entered into for the
Army-Navy football game for this
| year.
Captain Matthews and Captain May-j
er represented West Point, and Lieu-1
tenants .Commander Fairfield and Wil
, l iains represented Annapolis.
The agreement was to the effect that ;
the game was to be played at 2 p. M.i
on Saturday. November"2B, on Frank-'
iiii Field: that each academy should
have 11,500 seats (the exact number!
ottered them last year at the Polo!
Oroynds); that each party to-the agree-!
ment should be at liberty to dispose of
its seats as it saw tit, provided that in
case of the sale of seats the net pro- i
ceeds should be divided between the I
Army and Navy Relief Societies, and I
that there should be a general commit- i
tee of supervision, consisting of the !
superintendents of the two acaiiemie.il
and Dr. White.
There will be between 7,000 and 8.-
000 seats for the University of Penn- i
sylvania to sell for the benefit of the 1
Armv and Navy relief funds. The last
time the game was played on Franklin
j Held this sale netted' $24,000. This i
' will be reduced to about $15,000 this'
I year because of the increased supply !
of seats awarded to the two academies.!
it w:'s agreed that the luucheou
usually given to the two corps of cadets j
I should be omitted, as it has been found
that they would often rather spen ! 1
that time with relatives or friends.
HI'(HiINN TO MAKE FKtHT
Says He Can Hold Perritt and Wingo
to Contracts
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 22.—Manager 1
| Miller Huggins, ot the Cardinals an-j
nounced yesterday in a message to St.
; Louis from his home in Cincinnati,
that the Cardinals management will
make a legal fight to retain Pol Per
ritt, pitcher, who jumped to the Pitts
burgh Federals and Ivy Wingo, catch
er. who has hurdled 'to the Buffalo
Federals.
"We will put up a legal tight, using
the new reserve clause as our trump
card, wrote Huggins. "Our attorneys
tell us we can hold both of them
under the contracts they signed with
us tor 1914. They will never plav in
the Federal League,''
Kunkel Loses Finals
: Lancaster. Oct. 22.—D. H. Kunkel.
ot Harrisburg, a Junior at Franklin and
-Marshall College, here, was defeated in
the finals of the fall tennis tournament
for the championship ol" Franklin and
Marshall College by Hans Noide bv
scores of 6-0, 6-4. 6-4.
At least Vera Cm has had its face
washed.
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Weather. An Exquisite Toilet Prep
aration, 25e.
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1U X. Third St., nnil I*. R. R. Station
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THE WORDEN PAINT]
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H. M. F. WORDEN. Proprietor.
Slag, Slate and Tiie Roofs,
Damp and Water Proof
ing, Paints and Roofers'
Supplies
Genuine Pen Argyl Inlaid
Slate for Plat Roofs.
) HARRISBURG, PA.
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Be CriticalHfithlt. Examin<
CarefullyJoullAdmit IfsA
RvaimMie AC A
T>l T YOURSELF in the retailer's place. What
- 1 - would the 33.50 Shoe you sell to your
customers cost YOU, when you took a pair for your
OWN use? Answer: The FACTORY price.
In buying the NEWARK Shoe at $2.50. every man
is his own retailer. He buys at the FACTORY PRICE
FROM THE MAKKRS PIRFC'i'. He saves the retail profit which
is at least one dollar. He gels all the style, service, comfort and
value for |2.">o that ho ever got ia any $3.50 shoe.
NEWARK SHOE STORES CO
HARRISBURG BRANCH
315 MARKET ST., Near Dewberry St.
Other Newark Stores Nearby: York, Reading, AJtoona, Baltimore.
Lancaster
M \ 11. URDKRS Kll.l.liU BY I»AI«CEI.S POST.
8' i" 127 Stores in 97 Cities." —'
BI'NSY HEARN JUMPS TO FEDS j
Federal League Head Says Big Things
Are in Prospect
Chicago. Oct. 22.—.lames A. Gil- i
more. president of the Federal League,!
has prepared his annual report, to be j
presented at the aunual meeting to be
held in New York, Friday and Satur
day. The manuscript covered several
dozen pages of foolscap paper closely j
written.
"This meeting promises to be the
greatest in the history of the Federal
League, so far as baseball is concern- !
Ed," said Gilmore. "There is so much I
to do the meeting may drag over Sun- j
day. but we hope to clean up every- \
thing Saturday night."
UILMORE PREPARES REPORT
Pittsburgh Rebels Announce That He
Has 3igned
Pittsburgh, Oct. 22.—The local Fed
eral League club is pursuing a policy j
of springing the names of contract
jumper* one at a time, and the lat
est to be announced is Bunny Hearn, |
of the Toronto club in the Internation-!
al League last season, who was to go
back to the New York Giants next
spring. He formerly played with Rebel!
Oakes on the St. Louis Cardinals, and j
the latter had an eye on him all sen t
son.
At the close of the season the Pitts- :
burgh manager offered Hearn a tempt- i
ing contract and the pitcher accepted
the bait and signed to play with the!
rebels in 1915. Last season he won l
and lost eleven games for Toronto. j
BASKETBALL AT ACADEMY i
Three of Last Year's. Players Still in
Shape
With Krall, R. Bennett and Broad- j
hurst still in school, the prospects of j
a fast basketball team at the Harris-j
burg Academy are bright. Basketball 1
has started at the school and practice I
will soon begin. The season is expect- j
ed to run from December o lo Febru- |
ary 10.
Games this season will be arranged I
with the Lewistown school. Lewistown; |
York Collegiate Institute, York; Bav- j
erford Preparatory School. Haverford; ]
Oilman Country School. Baltimore. M l.; '
Yeates School. Lancaster; Franklin and I
Marshall Academy, Lan aster; Tome '
School, Port Deposit, Mil.; Dickinson j
Seminary, Williamsport, and Chestnut I
ilill School, Chestnut Hill, I'a. j
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ALL KINDS
SAFETY RAZOR
BLADES
RESHARPENED
25c Per Doz.
KELLER DRUG STORE
(05 Market Street
———•——
ZOW^^OAL-lTon
ArQ YOU Getting ru/f
\/Q!UQ for Your Money
Every ton of Kelley's j
Coal is screened before
weighing, and sprinkled
after. It's a full load of
clean coal that goes into
your cellar.
11. M. Kelley & Co.
Office, 1 N. Third Street.
Yard. loth and State Streets
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' VALE'S BOWL TO BE READY
One of Finest Stadiums in Country to
Be Opened for Harvard Game
Yale's new bowl, which will be one
| of the finest stadiums in the country,
!is rapidly nearing completion. Men
are still at work on it so as to have the
bowl ready for the Yale-Harvard game
on November 21.
When completed the bowl will have
i cost approximately $500,000. It will
accommodate about 62,000 persons, and
without much trouble or expense the
seating capacity can be increased to
j 100,000. Spectators will gain admit
tance to the bowl through thirty tun
| nels. The bowl is nearly 1,000 feet in
(length and 750 feet wide. It is a half
! mile around the top, on which ther e is
a walk fifteen feet wide. This walk
will accommodate 6,000 persons who
might care to exercise between the
halves of football games.
The tunnels through which the spec
tators will pass are seven feet wide
and eight feet high. Each tunnel will
accommodate 2,000 persons at a time.
, The structure stands about thirty feet
| above the ground level and the playing
surface is eighteen or twenty feet be
low this. A -plendid drainage system
has been installed.
PLAYERS IN FINE SHAPE
! Central High Preparing for Big Game
With Steelton
; For the first time this season, with a
• game in prospect, all of the Central
j High school players are on the ground
lin tip-top shape for the struggle. Not
I a man is suffering from an injury or
|an incipient illness. Practically the
| same team that began the game against
| Lebanon on Saturday will be started
1 at Steelton.
j Houtz and Winn will be on the ends,
i Byers and Black, Smucker and SeU
j heimer will make the wings of the line.
i The same backfield men will get into
I the game.
ACADEMY WINS EASILY
Tech Thirds Meet Defeat at Hands of
Old Rivals
j The Tecli Thirds were defeated by
j the Harrisburg Academy team on the
■ Academy field yesterday afternoon by
i a score of 3 4 to 0. The lineup and
summary;
j Tech. Academy.
| Lloyd L E Koss
j Wright L T Harlacker
Gilbert LG Hoke
Cobaugh C W. Bennet
"eaves R G Wallis
Todd BT White
| liyster RB R. Bennet
| Wolf L 11 B Jennings
j Fohl RUB Holler
Killinger Q B Holmes
I Bratton FB Saltzman
i Substitutions, Academy. J. Hart for
White, (Taig for Hoke, L. Hart for
j Boss. Touchdowns, Holmes, 3; R. Ben-
I net, R. Jennings. Goals from touch
j downs, Holler, 3; Saltzman. Referee,
| Tatem, Academy. Umpire, George Mil-
I ler, Tech. Head linesman, Snow, Tech.
Stallings' Home Town Greets Him
j Augusta, Ga., Oct. 22.—George Stal
| lings, manager of the Boston National
League team, which won the world's
j baseball championship, was given a cor
j dial reception upon his return to his old
; home. Last night Stallings and Ty
! Cobb, of the Detroit Americans, were
j guests at a banquet given in Stallings'
honor.
Thomas Admits Cubs Are for Sale
| Chicago, Oct. 22.—Charles Thomas,!
. president of the Cubs, yesterday con-!
; firmed the report that certain Chicago
! business men, whom he declined to;
name, have an option on the team.!
"There are six of them; they are
| friends of mine, and if they take the
club I will retain the presidency," said
j Thomas.
Steelton Nationals Want Games
The Steelton Nationals would like to i
arrange games with teams whose aver
age weight does not exceed 125 1
pounds. Address F. J. Meredith, man i
ager, 206 Frederick street, Steelton.
Bressler Juniors Want Games
The Bressler Juniors are without a I
game for Saturday and would like to 1
arrange for a game aivav from home 1
with a team whose players average j
about 120 pounds per player. Address i
Harry Paperfus, Bressler, Pa.
Some times a man is willing to re
j main at the foot of the ladder for the I
purpose of pulling others down.
AMUSEMENTS
MAJESTIC
This afternoon and evening, "A Girl
of the Mountains."
Saturday afternoon and evening, Vo
xel's Minstrels.
Monday and Tuesday and Tuesday
matinee, October 26 and 27,
'•The Kound-Up."
Thursday afternoon and evening, Oc
tober 29, "Freckles."
ORPHEUM
Every afternoon and evening, high
class vaudeville.
COLOMAL
Daily continuous audeville and pic
tures.
"A Girl of the Mountains"
"A Girl of the Mountains." a inelo
drama in four acts, which comes to the
i Majestic this afternoon and evening,
j tells the story of a girl who had lived
I with a hermit in the mountains ever
j since she was kidnaped when a young;
, ster. The hermit finds a gold mine
and the girl is taken to New York,
where with the hermit's millions she is
enabled to get into society. Her ex
periences there and her final return to
her mountain home and happiness, are
cleverly told by a capable company.
Adv.
Why the Minstrels Parade
To the inquiry, "Why do the min
strels parade!" John VV. Vogel, man
ager and proprietor of the Big City
Minstrels, —fifty all told, —frankly re
sponded: "Primarily for the adver
tisement. Why olse should I equip the
baud and company at such a large ex
penditure, if the display of the full
strength of the company did not count
for something? Who first put the min
strels in street parade? That skilled
manager and exceedingly clever anil
original comedian, William W. New
comb. He used at times to hire band
wagons of local liveries, and 'brass
band the towns' as he termed it. He
carried lettered blankets for the
horses. Were the performers uniformed?
To the extent that each and all were
decorated with a stove-pipe hat." John
W. Vogel's Big City Minstrels will ap
pear at the Majestic Saturday matinee
and eveuing. Adv.
"The Round-Up"
The stage would be much better off,
were there more plays like "The
Round-Up" which Robert Campbell is
presenting this season by arrangement
with Klaw & Erlanger. This play,
while it enjoys and justifies the repu
tation of being the most stupendous
production on the American stage is at
the same time one of the sweetest and
most wholesome ev6r offered for an au
dience's approval, and its tender and
compelling story of the Southwestern
border line is told in a delightfully
pleasing manner. The cast is an excep
tionally clever oue, while the scenic
production is most complete and ef
fective. ''The Round-Up" will be seen
at the Majestic Theatre, for two nights,
beginning Monday, with a special popu
lar matinee on Tuesday. The scat sale
opens to morrow, 9 a. m. Adv.
At the Orpheum
Those who are about town to hear
the topics of the day are acquainted
with the fact that Johnny Dooley and
Yvette Rugel are at the Orpheum. One
of them is as funny as the other is good
to look upon and when we see them on
the stage together we gasp to our
selves, my what a combination! Or bet
ter still, what a comparison! Dooley
makes us laugh in spite of ourselves,
not because he is handsome, oh, no,
but because he is ridiculously funny.
And pretty Yvette is petite and dainty,
and has the voice of a prima donna
many times her size. Dooley's assets as
a comedian are chiefly those of loose
ness and homeliness and to express it
politely, slimness. He sings and dances,
mostly gestures, and while he capers
about, his foot lands on the other side
of the footlights, sometimes under the
curtain, and everybody wonders if he
will fly next.
Then he asks Miss Rugel to ask him
a few questions and he promises to tell
a joke. And he tells some good ones.
As a pleasing combination Dooley and
Rugel are hard to beat. They are cer
tainly favorites at the Orpheum this
week. Those who have seen them once
are going back to see them again and
that's pretty good proof of their mer
its. Dooley and Rugel offer one of the
sterling hits grouped with Ijew Dock
stader, also with Lucy Gillette, abso
lutely the most entertaining juggler
ever seen at the Orpheum, and a wealth
of other good Keith hits. Adv.
At the Colonial
Another big vaudeville bill bursts on
our vision at the Colonial to-day. Four
quite well known Keith acts of variety
and merit are slated to appear, headed
off by the Three Musical Ellisons pre
senting a picturesque musical novelty
that has won favor in many of the
more important theatres. Also James
Kennedy and company, who appeared
at the Orpheum two seasons ago, are
booked to offer their new coinedv
sketch called "Jack Swift." Mahoney
and Tremont will present a sotig and
patter skit called "At the Department
Htore" and the Aerial Barbers, in sen
sational aerial gymnastics, will provide
the thrills of the offering. To-day's pro
gram in moving pictures looks to he
well worth while also. Adv.
12 Years for Wife Slayer
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 22.—John
Taylor, of Hazleton, tried for killing
his wife and convicted of manslaughter,
was sentenced to 12 years in the coun
ty prison. His wife was found dead in
her bedroom with a bullet in her head.
Taylor's defense was that his wife com
mitted suicide.
980,000 Fire in Pike County
Scranton, Pa., Oct. , 22.—5. 8.
Spruks, a local lumber dealer, returned
yesterday from Blooming Grove, Pike
county, and reported that the hunting
lodge on a 400-acre area of hunting
preserve, used by a local gun club, bad
been destroyed by fire and all timber
burned oft'. The damage is SBO,OOO.
Plate Glass Plant to Close
Kane, Pa., Oct. 22.—The plant of
the American Plate <>lass Company, lo
cated at .lames City, near here, will
close next Saturday for an indefinite
period. The plant employs between
400 and 500 men, and has been iu con
tinuous operation for seven vears.
SOIL SURVEY OF THIS
PART OF STATE IS MADE
Report of Government Bureau Em
phasizes Importance of Utilising
Ground More Generally for Truck
ing Crops
W ashiugton, It. (j., Oct. 22. The
importance of utilizing more generally
' 0 5,,11s lor trucking cro|» is einplia
sized in the report on the Uoconuois
sance Soil Su»vey of Southeastern
I onnsylvnnia mailo by the Bureau .it'
*oils, I'. S. Department of Agriculture,
in co-operation with Mie Statu College
articulnrlv is this true iu the vicinitv
o arge cities an.l mining tuwilil
; excellent opportunities for ex
tending the industry nil along the line
Hie river bottom and terrace soils alon*
the Susquehanna un.l Delaware rivers
are especially adapted to trucking nlll i
gardening. -
The survey was made for the pur
pose or Classifying the different soils
or t'he region and to show to what,
crops they are best adapted and wtoat
agricultural methods should be em
ployed. The report is acvompanied bv a
map in colors showing the location and
extent of the different tvpes of the
thirty three series of soils found during
t'lio survey.
Dauphin County Is Included
he area surveyed covers the nine
teen counties of Southeastern Pennsyl
vania, including Mon
i tour, olumbia, Tuzerne, Monroe, Car
bo" Schuylkill, Dauphin, Lebanon,
'. • Letoiglh, Northampton, Bucks
Montgomery, Philadelphia. Delaware'
| < heater. Lancaster and York, with a
j totnl area of 10,254 square miles.
Corn is an important crop over tihe
entire area, the yield varying greatly.
\\ heat is also grown generally, with
the llagerstown soils in the limestone
valleys giving the highest yields of
i thirty bushels per avre.
Potatoes are grown on nearly ev
ery farm in the area, but only on the
Berks soils of Northampton and Lehigh
counties and in some regions on tlhe
Chester soils is flhis crop an important
step m the rotations item ot in tihe farm
income. Usually only about enough land
is devoted to the crop for home use
and ipossiibly to supply the local market
In Chester county potatoes form an im
portant part of the farm products. Po
tatoes are generally well fertilized 'but
greater diligence in tilling and careful
spraying will serve to materially in
crease the returns.
Tobacco Important Crop
Tobacco is a very important crop on
the Hagerstowu and Conestoga soils in
Lancaster and York counties, and is
grown to some extent in Chester, U»b
anon, Berks and Dauipihin counties.
While alfalfa is grown ho some ex
tent in every county, t/he acreage is
low. On well-drained soils two or three
cuttings are obtained, giving an an
nual yield of from three to five tons
per acre. The products of the dairies
of the region form a very large part
of the casih sales made on the farms.
Fruit growing is being developed on
the Dekalb soils of the section, good
results (being obtained. With care and
fertilization these soils should give
good results with this industry.
The shale, sift loam and loam of the
Dekalb series are devoted to general
crops with good yields, corn averaging
about 50 burfhels, oats 40, wheat 20
and potatoes 100 bushels per atcre. The
soils are generally deficient in lime and
respond to applications of manure anil
the plowing under of green crops.
The Berks soils mapped during the
survey are devoted to tihe general farm
crops of t)he region. Fruit is grown
to a considerable extent, apples and
reaches doyig well.
Hagerstowu Loam Strongest
Phe 'Hagerstowu loam is considered
the strongest and most. productive soil
of the area. It is devoted mainly to
general fhrm crops. Com averages 50
bushels, oats 4 5 bushels, wheat 25
bushels and hay one and one4ialf tons
per acre.
Lime is needed to obtain fhe 'best,
results with the ConeStoga loam. Oop
yields are hig'h on this soil, corn aver
aging from 50 to 60 bushels, wheat 25
to 30 bushels and oats 35 to 50 'bushels
per acre.
The Chester soils of the section are
the most important and extensive series
of the Piedmont region of the State.
They are extensively and typically de
veloped in Chester and Delaware coun
ties. Drainage conditions are usually
good. They are well adapted to gen
eral farming and to dairying and give
good results with potatoes and fruit,
especially apples.
The Penn soils are well adapted to
general farm crops, yields on 't'he loam
being: Corn 100 bushels, oats 30
bushels, w*hea't 20 bushels, rve 25
bushels, hay 1 y a tons and 'potatoes 150
bushels per acre.
WOMAN VAIN 2000 B. C
Vanity Box 4,000 Years Old Recoived
at U. of P. Museum
Philadelphia, Oct. 22.—That woman
painted and powdered 4,000 years ago
is shown by a complete vanity box.
dated 2.000 B. C., just received at the
University of Pennsylvania Museum. It
is a gift of the British School of
Achaoology in Egypt.
The'box, which is of delicately carved
ivory, contains receptacles for paints
and powders. There is also a glass con
tainer, probably used for perfumes. The
box is opened by pressing a concealed
spring. Under the lid is a piece of
highly polished stone, which served as
a mirror.
Little Girl Killed at Play
Hazleton, Oct. 22.—A pile of lum
ber, used as a hiding place ny 6-year
old Bertha Dinsmore. of Minersville,
proved a fatal trap for flip child. Her
neck was brckeu when the lumber fell
on her. She hid while at play and her
father found her after her playmates
reported lier disappearance.
Stone Injures Octosenarian
Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 22.—While
Henry Keen. 82 years old, was standing
near a stone crusher in his quarries at
Quarryville, a large stone was ejected
with great force from the machine,
striking him in the face. He is in the
Lancaster General Hospital in a critical
condition.
Negro Shot in Laundry Bill Dispute
Reading, Pa., Oct. 22.—jTrying to
collect a $1 laundry bill resulted in a
great row among negroes in Heading,
and as a result Edward P. White is in
St. Joseph's Hospital with a bullet in
the lower part of his neck, and Hay
ward Thompson, who admits shooting
White, alleging self-defense, is in ?
cell. The police came upon the scent
and arrested others, Thomas Furrel an J
Thomas Brown being later released.