Cotintg ICi0. V .A H VOLUME 5. McCONMiLLSIUIKG, PA., SEPTOIIEU 30, 1903. NUMHEK 2 J HENRY WOLF'S 4TB LETTER Utiles Interestingly About Forestry in the German Empire. EVERY FOOT OF GROUND UTILIZED. the Seed Broadcast lor Crop of Pine Treen, and for Oaks, Acorn are Dropped and Covered with a Hoe like Corn. In this letter I shall try to say .ometbing about the forests of iermany, which constitute a very mportant factor in German econ omy. It is well known that Germany, outh of the fifty-first degree of latitude, is all hills and moun tains, with the exception of the plain of the Rhine. Some of these mountains bear the name of ffald" (that is, forest); as Oden- wald, Schwarz-wald, Thuringeu tald, and Teuteburger-wald. Sov,among these hills and moun tains is very much land not suit ed for any kind of agriculture : so all such lauds are utilized in raising timber. This raising of timber has been carried on for many centuries, and forestry has become a very important aud dis tinct science. It is a branch of :udy in some of the highest schools in Germany, and is un der the control of the govern ment. Now, very little of this timber land is private property, but is owned by the community or com monwealth. Men of the highest attainments, with high salaries, supervise this department. The soil is analyzed, and in this way is determined what trees are best suited for each particular soil. As a rule, the summits of the hills and mountains are sown ifitli pines of the different kinds ; lower grounds to beech, and the deepest impressions to oak. There are also spruce pines in large tracts, which are as sym metrically shaped as any Norway spruce iu America. Larks (Ger man, "lerche") are also abund ant. The only tree of that varie ty that I have ever seen iu Amer ica is in the yard of Mr. Amos Seville, west of McConnellsburg. To plant a tract of land in pine, the ground is thoroughly cleared of all obstructions, such as roots aud stones, the former being used as fuel, the latter for road u making. Then the ground is pul verized to fit it to receive the seed, which is sown broadcast so that a plant will come up on about each two-feet square of ground. This seed is obtained from the piue cones which are gathered from the trees before the seed Ms out, and are put into a kiln aud dried till the seed comes out. This is easily done by putting the cones into a revolving cylinder of wire similar to the coffee roast ing machines in our cities. Now this seed is an extensive article of commerce: and duriujr the gatherintr season many men find ! employment in this industry. The young trees are closely hatched aud, as timo goes on, they are thinned out so that after Efty years you would behold (as I did myself) a piue forest that would delight your heart ; tree fcWit so thick on the ground that horseman can nicely ride trough, about eighteen inches 'u diameter and thirty feet high without a limb. The ground for tup oak is prepared the same as 'ur piue, but the acorns are plant ed with a hoe, much like our coi n but not in rows. If then the seed does not come up evenly too young plants are taken up whore f'ey are too thick and planted whore some are missing. This successfully accomplished in thu following manner : A shovel used, the lower part of which s shaped like a quart tin cup but made of steel, of course, The is open above and has a! Crosa bar to put tho foot on to! iorce it into the srround. With this instrument the young plants ttr scooned ui with about five 'uches of ground encircling their wider roots. These lumps of K'ourid are carefully deposited m , iiii.ii nwuinu Ul U Lllli' r"i curry to the place where LAST GAME OF SEASON. 1 McConnellsburg, II; Orbisonia, 3. Nice Work. Some The season of 19011 came to a close on Friday last, when the homo team defeated 0 bisouia by the above score in a loosely pl.iy edgame. In the tiist inning N. Wagner and R. Wagner both sin gled and scored ou Thompson's 2-base hit, he bein.fr out at 3d base. Bowden and Hays scored I on Sheely's hit to right field, ai,d j Nace struck out. Kelly scored, ! and Sheely aud Downes retired the side after live runs had been scored. We scored four runs in the fourth and two iu the fifth. Orbisonia scored two in the fourth and on6 in the ninth. Bowdon of Carlisle was iu the box for the local team. He held the visitors down to four hits,n ud struck out fourteen men. II. De laney was hit hard until the sev enth iuniug, when Snyder was put in the box. lie used a slow out curve with good effect, for wo i did not score during the three in-! uiugs which lie pitched, but we had already won the game. j For the home team, Kelly pliy-1 ed a good game in center Held, j while Snyder did the best work j for Orbisonia. ! We desire to thank the people of McConuellsburg for the tiuan-1 cial support which they gave 1 1n; t.nnm this summer- n.lsn. rr tliii'ik i the ladies of the town for the.r ! interest and attendance at the ! games. SprcTATiii) PLUM RUN. j be counted on as a certainty that Pleasant Starr is staying atigIjUu,.di autummd storms, wi;h Henry Gordon's for the present, j 1IJar:iud change to colder folio a-- fill. - i ! 1 T 1 T.V 1 . inoinianicmicioi jonnrisner ; is slowly improving. Dr. West improving, is tne attending physician. Mrs. Dolly Graves has gone to , McKeesport, where she w ill j spond the winter with her daugh-1 A - yl I i - i -4 1 I I ter, ivirs. uuie otoops. ano aiso , expects to visit her son Will, at1 South Bend, Ind. Mrs. Daniel (Jovalt does not im prove much. Stella Sigel has been staying with them for a couple of weeks. Thulie Powell, who had his face severely cut hi a runaway a few days ago, is getting along nicely, but his nose is still decorated with a piece of court piaster. Miss Janet Shives of the Little Cove is teaching Center school, vacated . by Austin Peck who taught it one week then went to Huntingdon county, to teach at higher wages. t . ? . i a a a an iaas : Hon. W. Scott Alexander was iu Chambersburg last Wednes day. needed, and are carelully trans planted. Guards in uniform, armed with a gun, patrol tho for ests day and night, and "woo" to the trespasser if detected ! ! Whan T wn. fthonh i.ir.. vears old I went on my own responsibility j anrl r-iih the tOD out of a ktivuco rino fnr a ( 'tiristtm.s ' t.ro,. it! was about three feet high. I was j caught by the guard, arrested i and fined three dollars and a half ' which my mother (a widow) had to pay. The time when any sec tion of this forest is to bo cut aud replanted is a question which the government decides. The cut timber and line wood is then sold at public auction to tho highest I bidder, and the money thus ob' ! tained turned into tho public treasury. Germany has a revenue of mil lions of dollars coming in yearly. Here it would be proper to state that if a citizon builds and needs such timber as can only be ob i tained in the public forests, he j can get such timber if ho applies Ul LUU 111 I J I K11 HUL 1UI11 UB. 11.1 1 11 pays the price fixed upon It. ii is now ouwer nouiug time, j t 0 18th t0 lhe 3(lf T,l(J moou is and the cider mills are busy.- aj?ain ou thu cHestial equator on Where are all our apple cutting j the 18Ul) Ul, d uow (jU tho 20lh A and butter boiliDg parties so com- j decided diauo-0 to warmer, with mon a few years ago? when fun j MViag b.u.olliet(,ri wU1 appear ia and peelings flew fast and furious j the west car)y ln Uie 1KM.i()(Ji s;iy and tongues were equally busy Y ! ul)()lU tho ,bth aod th(!iSC C()ll(ii. Are we gotting selfish, or was itlti()IJ(i movo oastwai.aiy fol merely a fad and gone the way of j j d , stMviuf cu,udiness aud EARLY SNOWS SAYS HICXS ! i Mie menu s Lciip.-.e Nispiitismie lor i rou ble About the Fifth or Sixth. OCTOBER LIKELY TO 88 A CCOLMO.VTH Plve Storm Periods, unit Threatening Condi tions Will Predominate Into the Ear ly Part of No ember. The predictions of Irl K. Hick for October, as published it; Ins lIlil-'-"',zl'J(. "Word and Work," ils follows A reactionary storm disturb ance is central cm the Ud unci .'Id, at which tunc will Hppoar a deci ded change to warmer, with lull ing barometer und other indica tions of autumnal storms. The moon is full and at an oclhwo node on the (5th, and hence it is quite probable that threatening conditio!.! will last up to that date and that storms will culmi nate on and touching the kudo day. The moon is also on the co lestiti! eqiK.tor on the nth, anoth er fact llii'.t is; Mire to jidd promptness and vigor to. disturb ances about t:;is time. A s-veeping high barometer and gules ti-uin tin; nnrth- ,ve.-t. bringing frost to freezing r.oi i'.. .vard, ; e quite probable to ward the end of the above tiis tm bunco:-; but the regular storm period, running from the (jtli to lltii, i i.iy mi prolong storm eon- from about the ."to, as to tiie hi,;u barometer and J uUu chan'.-to colder, until after the culmination of the regular storm i period central on the I) Mi. It may igi yvill visit- most parts of the 'CI country at one or each of the storm, period named above aud COVOriug the lit st twelve da s of October. Look for early and ht,avy s(,ot, i.orthward. Tho 14lh 13th and 1GUl ire re actionary storm ilays. on which there will come a . progressive change to warmer, with falling barometer, growing cloudiness, rain and possible snow iu the north aud west, liemeirjber al ways that all these regular pulsa tions of barometric pressure, change of temperature and re- t.;-.rn of stid-ms. hecin in western i ... i .. ii.. foot iiaiic rti TrH7il nflcitri It? over the country, the actual storm area being preceded by fair, warm weather and failing barometer. The uext regular storm period is central on the 20!.h, covering storms of nan ami wind during tho lDth to L'd. On the west and northwest targeuts of these storm areas look: lor much colder winds aud weather, with early snow very probable north of the 1 middle state.-:, r ..... . ..:v Very cool to cold, j may be expected j after those disturbances, touch- ing most parts of tho country, ; I progressivuly. from about the j 1st to the il-J th. j The U5lli and -tith are central days of reactionary storm movo- mentP, on and about which may be expected ehang" to warmer and more storms of rain, turning i to suow in tlio '.orth. Cool, frosty nights may bo expected after tl.n... l-l'.i-f l 5 I I l I . .1. ii ll-v I tho cud of tho month, especially iu central and eastern parts of the country. Tn the west tho I,...,..,,,. .. ,, , ., ,i ni i ... .I',,..- .. . i... tutu i 'LJ m u i I? " in 'i. u.i uiiu , . . . , tho in 11 uen co of a regular storm j period, tho center and culmlua-! tion of which fa!U in November, Charlie Lodge of Hrush Creole i iwuship, utd his brother Mark of Everett, spent 'la-t "Saturday nierht and Sunday with their brother in law and Rister, Hon. ind Mrs S. W. Kirk, iu this pi .CO. 0lR WESTERN TRi I Wades in Iowa Mud and Catches i"lss- ! tv4inni Pit.tr l-lwli ..i-.lK. .v... ...... As it lias been eighty-four days i since wo started on our Western trip, I feel I may as well tell our Fulton county people how we like it. We made our first stop at Gibsonburg, Ohio, aud that part of the state was tho most beauti ful country that I have seen yet. Nothing has interested me so much as the oil wells, of which I saw thousands. One engine pumps from ten to twenty wells into large tanks, thence it is piped to Toledo to a relinery. After spending three weeks very pleasantly at Gibsonburg, wo left for Lauark, 111., aud found my uncle, C. L-unp,. well known to mauy of our eastern people who will bo pleased to learn that lie has greatly improved in health. Wo went out driving at the dis tance of many miles, almostdaily something he had not. been fiole i to ao lor more three years. Never was I so disappointed as when we arrived at Lanark; I ex pected Lo find it as level as a floor. Instead, I found the land very rolling and inlh : also, rocks and Mull's, sie.-h as I had never se-.m in Fulton county. j We lnm! spent much time in j sailing and fishing in the .Missis- j sippi Kiver. A l'rieud et ours,! from Franklin county, but whoj now liv-js in Savanna, catches j more than n thousand pounds of ; us n uany ana sens mem irom -t to 15 cents a pnuud. 1 never had any luck catching iish until I threw my lineiutothe Mississippi, aud before I knew it something was nearly pulling me into the water. It was a large bulTalo fish, and in loss lhau fif teen minutes, I had caught fif teen. After leaving Savanna, at the ! distance of - miles, we struck ' the wild west. We wore met at ' Dallas Centre, Iowa, by our niece, i I had heard people speak of the mud in the West, but it is only i those that have seen it, that rea j lizo what it is. To me it is glue, ! aud tho only way that I can get j it off my shoes when dry, is to j take an ax and cut it off. I was i greatly surprised when we went i calliug to find a silver knife on a rock (or nijiro heads as they are called here) to cut the mud off your shoes; but 1 amgetting used to it now as I liud it that way at every home. I find tho people hero entirely different from our eastern people iu many ways, but we have been received most cordially and en tertained heartily. Why? He cause we are from the East, and the people are so sociable here in this part of Iowa. Last week we had sleet and a few flakes of snow flying. It was very cold, and rain almost every day. Iowa has riot had such a wet season for 'dti years. We attended the Iowa State Fair which was held at Des Moines, regndless the rain, which seemed to pour most every day and night, the crowd surged to and fro. The atleudauco daily being f rom fo,OfM) to 00,000 per sons. Tho stock was from all parts of the United States, and it was said that the horses from Pai is could iiot.stanJ by those of tho United Stales exhibited at the fair. i The wora: or judging stoctc was performed in tho Grand Pavilion erected for that purpose, styled himilar toathreutro, costing $42, - ! aud of spectators. j Tho hogs ou exhibition n urn bar- led i5,5(10 head, aud weighed from i . . - -, , j r 1 1,150 tola pounds, mostly from Mo., und Neb. . The display of fruit iu tho hor ticultral building was line. Oue man's exhibit showed 500 plates of fruit. Iowa Stato fair is tho greatest agricultural and livo stock expos ition in the United States. Last week I met Mr. and Mrs. Juo. Lutz, of Missouri. Mr. Luta and family formerly resided in Fulton county, Pa., but left there j ANOTHER FIRE IN TAYLOR. ! Harry K. Stevens' House Near Laidlg Burned Last Saturday. THE ORIGIN OF FIRE NOT KNOWN. Nearly all ol Their Furniture, Beds and Cloth ing Lost. Wo Insurance on Con tents of House. Another destructive fire occur red m Taylor township last Sat urday afternoon, when the dwell ing of Harry K. Stevens, about a mile north of Laidig, together with nearly all its contents was burned. There was no one about tho premises when the tire started, Mr. Stevens being out in the field cutting corn, aud Mrs. Stevens was at the home of a ueighbor. The tlatnes had gained so much headway that by thotimeauyoue reached tho fire, but little could bo done to save any of the piop erty. There was a small insur ance on the building but none ou the contents. Taylor township, has been un fortunate in her lo.3 by tire, as within a compaiatively recent period has occurred the loss of Jack Coinerer's barn, Alex Ed wards house aud barn, David S'evens' house, and the Center church. PHILIPS UROVU. Farmers are seediug. IJ. F. Doshong is busy thresh ing buckwheat. Kev. Shull will preach next Sunday morning at Siloatn. Nov Strait spent Saturday eve ning with Miss Frances Sipe. Charles Schoolcy lost a valu able horse last Saturday even ing. A. B. aud A. K. Doshong are employed in Whips Cove plaster ing. David Strait has returned to Wood vale, where he has employ tneut. Miss Cora Hoop and Sadie Dar her spent Sunday with Miss An nie Schooley. Twenty persons gathored at Frank Sipes' Saturday night and cut a nice lot of corn for him. David Hann, who has been working at Needmore in the saw mill, returned home Monday to work on the roads. He says they need to be worked. William Sipe, while going home from the store last Monday, saw a large blacksuake which he soon had ou its back. Measuring its length, he found it -9 feet and 3 inches. II. 1 Schooley has a pumpkin growing in his garden that meas ures niue feet and eleven inches around. Who can beat that? Dick says he intends to use it for a chicken coop this wiuter. Miss Mertiu S toner returned last week after a nice visit to ChamborsburgandMercersburg. E'ath Valley has prospects for a boom. Near Faunettsburg tire clay is reportod to have been found such as is used in the man ufacture of porcelain ware, terra cotta pipe, fire brick, and pottery purposes. Irou ore such as Bes simer steel is manufactured from is also reportod to bo underlying the hills in that vicinity in eud-le-s quantities. A party of Phil adelphia capitalists are said to have been investigating the mat ter aud looking up tho right of way for a railroad. 38 years ngo. IIo was greatly surprised when I told him that wo had threo hacks running daily across tho mountaiu. Ho asked if all the farmers still covered their corn with hoes, and was still more surprised when I told him that we had corn plant ers, &c. lie imagined our country was standing still, and only tho West ern states that had tho improve ments; but to iny idea they are badly mistaken. Wo expect to continue our tour West stoppiug next in Nebraska, Nam is Knauff. HEADING THIS WAY. Trolley Road to be Built From Cham bersburg to Fort Loudon. Franklin county spent a long time talking before they took hold of the trolley, but since they have a start, there seems to be no end to their enterprise. Last week a company composed of Chambers- ourg, St. Thomas and Fort Lou don capitalists met, orgauized a company, decided upon a capital ization of $300,000, applied for a charter and expect to go to work at once to build a road from Cham bersburg to Fort Loudon. When they get to Loudon there is no guessing as to what may happen; but there is not a thing in the way (but the mountain) to hinder them from coming right on to McConnellsburg. Wells Tannery. Miss Nora Griffith, one of our energetic young ladies, has gone to Everett to open up a millinery store in the J. C. Kirk building. We truly wish her success. Nora is worthy of a share of all her friends' patronage. Mrs. Will Sprowl is suffering with a very painful wrist, caused by a nail penetrating it. Clarence Daugherty, of Altoona, was in our town this week on busi ness. Chester McClain and sister, Edna, of Hainsburg, are visiting in the M. C. Greenland family. Miss Dorothy Grim, of Port Perry, is visiting her grand pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Swoope. Ord Childors is still confined to tho house. W. II. Daumgardncr drove to Loudon last week in search of colliers. Ii. G. Horton, of Kearney, Si n dayed with his mother, Mrs. Geo. Adams. James McCuc, Jas. and Edward Eichelbergcr and Peter Satchel, of Stone Koc, attended Christian En deavor in the Presbyterian church here Sunday evening. Nov Grenada. Dr. Fontaine, of Washington, D. C, is stopping a few days in our village. Mrs. I). C. Stunkard, of lled- ford, is spending a few days with friends in Wells and Taylor town ships. Ben Shope, in company with his best lady friend, Miss Pearl Parks, both of Saltillo, visited the family of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. McClain were called to Ilustontown on ac count of the serious illness of Jesse's father, Frank McClain, who is sutTering with typhoid fe ver. George Shafer improved his blacksmith shop by putting in a new floor, etc. Charles Crook, of Everett, and Emery Deihl, of New York, who represent a New York Portrait company, canvassed our communi ty recently. Geo. W. Burnett purchased the large timber' tract, near Dublin Mills, from J. Scott Bolinger. Terms private. J. Scott Bolinger purchased the II. II. Bridcnstine Mansion store property in Now Grenada on pri vate terms. While Borling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas, was playing on the street hero last Wednesday a neighbor's dog sprang onto him, lacerating one arm badly, und ex citing the whole village. Dr. Campbell is treating the case and no serious results are expected to follow. Samuel Houp, who resides near our village, had one hundred und two dollars in money stolen recent ly. Up to now there is no clue to tho thief. This is hard on the old people, who are getting quite fee- Judge Bailey Dead. lion. John M. Bailey, President Judge of the Twentieth Judicial District composed of the counties of Bedford, Huntingdon and Mif flin, died suddenly at his home at Huntingdon early last Sunday morning. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW. Snapshots at Their Movements, as They Come and Go. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED. Home tor a Vacation, Away for an Outing, a Trip for Business or Pleasure, You'll . Find It Right Here. John S.Harris was iu Mercers burg Tuesday on business. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Skipper of Saluvia, a son. S. D. Stevens, of Chambers burg, was called to Laidig on bus iness Monday. Mrs. S. A. Nesbitof this place left Saturday for a ten days' visit with relatives in New Bloom field. Cyrus Kelly of town is to be congratulated on having his pen sion increased to $14 per month. Brooks Sipes, who had been spending two weeks iu tho Qua ker City, returned home Satur day evening. Parker II. Skinner, Chambers burg, has beeu eloete 1 vi-.je pres ident of the freshman class at Washington and Jefferson. Mr. aud Mrs. Keuben Mellott and little son of Johnstown, are visiting Mrs. Mellott's father, George W. Meliott of Saluvia. Mrs. S. M. Cook, loft for Mt. Carrol, 111., Monday, where sho will spend a couple of months with her sons Claude and Charles. Mr. aud Mrs. George 13. Hock ensmith and Mrs. Jennie Mellott of Cameron, 111., are visitiug rela tives in Licking Creek township. Elliott Kay, who has been in ill health for several months, is con fined to his house on West Wal nut street with a serious attack of heart trouble. Miss Nellie E. Park, of Fau nettsburg, has been appointed by Governor Penny packer to a free scholarship in the school ot In dustrial Art, Philadelphia. Horace N. Sipes, who had been spending his summer vai.ulion at his home ia this place, returned on Monday to the Law Depart ment of Dickinson College at Car lisle. Mrs. Margaret Lyon, who had been spending the summer in Pittsburg, is visitiug Mr. and Mrs. Edward Whitehill of Yellow Creek, en route to her home at West Dublin. Miss Sarah A. Nesbit, who had been spending the past two months with her brothers at this place and in the Cove, returned to her home in New Bloomtield last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George Spoer and little son of Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Miitohill of Yellow Creek, were called to Sa luvia Wednesday ou account of the death of Miss Cora Spoer. Charlie Ryan, a former resi dent of McConnellsburg, but who has been for several years a faith ful employe in the East Broad top Shops at Orbisnia, has been un able to do much work this sur.i mor, owing to Lis having fallen and injured his knee several mon ths ago. There will br Harvest Home Services, morning, aftercoon and evening at the H.it.ontown M. E. church next Sunday, October 4. Rev. Owen Hicks, a former pastor during whose pastorate the church was built will be preseut and preach. Everybody invited. John Keefer, mail carrier bo. tween Hancock and Sylvan, and for a long time carrier between Sylvan and Mercersburg, has, in 39 years, traveled 308,810 miles with his mail bags, has usod up 15 horses and 23wagous, was never attacked nor robbed and never violently ill. Our sauctnm was brightened on last Friday morning by tho presence of Dr. W. L. McKibbin, Editor and Publisher of the "Ful ton Republican." The doctor was on his way home from a meet ing ot the 130th Regiment of Pa., Vols., at Newville, Pa., at which he wag elected surgeon of that organization. Mercersburg Journal
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