PAGE TWO MT. JOY BULLETIN MOUNT JOY, PA. J. E.-SCHROLL, Editor & Propr. Subscription Price $1.50 Per Year Six Months ...... 75 Cents Three Months ..... 40 Cents Single Copies 3 Cents Sample Copies ...... FREE Entered at the post office at Mount Joy as second-class mail matte , The date of the iration of your subscription follows namé on the > io not send receipts for sub- money received. Whenever re , see that you are given pro- per cre ait. We credit all subscriptions at the first of each month. All correspondents must have their communications reach this office not fater than Monday. Telephone news of fmportance between that time and 12 o'clock noon Wednesday. Change for advertisements must positively reach this office not later than Monday night. New advertisments inserted if copy reaches us Tuesday night. Advertising rates on application. The subscription lists of the Landis- wille Vigil, the Florin News and the Mount Joy Star and News were merged with that of the Mount Joy Bulletin, which makes this paper's circulation about double that of the paper's oOr- dinary weekly. EDITORIAL | Americans pay much more for gov- ernment than anybody else, but look how much more of it we get. Law observance is a citizen's most sacred duty. If a law is wrong or ob- noxious, it can be done away with in an orderly and lawful manner, but while it is a law respectable citizens will observe it and the other kind of citizens should be made to observe it. A reputation is not something that can be put up in ice and preserved. Reputation, like its synonym good will, must be freshly earned each day. How easy it is with just one step in the wrong direction to lose a reputation it has taken years and years to establish. Happiness is a changeable thing af- ter all, and it is a good thing perhaps for all concerned, that we are not all wanting the same thing to make us happy, as there probably would not be enough of the commodity to go “around.” The time to decide whether or nota driver is financially responsible is be- fore he is given the license to operate. And we would be a long way toward safer driving conditions, fewer deaths, injuries and accidents, if a person’s mental and moral character, fitness to drive, was determined before issuance of license. CHURCH UNION We hear a great deal about Church union but when the different organiza- tions are brought face to face with a direct proposal for unity each hesitates to surrender its own individuality and there the proposal ends. Unity is a fine thing, if the other fellow will adopt your methods and your theories but unless that much is conceded ne- gotiations are at an end. THE PUBLIC OFFICIAL IS TO BLAME A public official recently made the remark that he didn't think he should be held responsible for the actions of his clerk in keeping his records. That is where he is wrong. The head of the business is responsible for every- thing which comes under his jurisdic- tion. The editor of this paper is held responsible if you do not receive your paper regularly, for every time an ad- vertisement is left out or has a mis- take in it, for every time a news ar- ticle is reported wrong or that an im- portant item is not reported—also takes the credit for everything for which some praise is given. Almost every person in business knows and accepts his responsibility, and this should apply just the same to the of- ficial who receives his office thru a public vote. HITCH-HIKER MENACE The hitch-hiker is becoming more and more unpopular. And there is small wonder especially where motor- ists have had so many sad and costly experiences with these thumb tourists. It often seems selfish and hard-hearted to turn down the ride-beggars, but that is the only safe and sensible thing to do. How is one to know whether the hitch-hiker is an innocent pedestrian, merely looking for a lift, or whether he is a prospective criminal seeking an opportunity to rob or even murder the motorist who befriends him? The hitch-hiker, daring out on the streets and highways to beg rides, is a traffic menace of the worst sort. Then, too, if he is given a ride and the car is wrecked he usually loses no tithe in suing his benefactor for damages. Three states have passed laws pro- hibiting hitch-hiking and similar legis- lation is being considered by a number of others. Whether the hitch-hiking nuisance can be successfully controll- ed by law remains to be seen. But there is one sure way to end it. Ifev- ery motorist will consistently pass up persons who loiter along the streets and roads begging rides the nuisance will be eliminated in a hurry. CHILDREN FIRST Children come first, in our hearts, our homes, our schools and our churches. They ARE first. The race can save itself—can lift itself higher— only as children are lifted up. In this period of depression with its extreme want on one side and its extreme for- tune on the other, many schools are carried down to disaster—their doors closed—their funds cut off. Boards of education that are hard pressed fin- aneially cannot afford to give up the of children first. To do justice child it is necessary to do jus- the child’s teacher. Teachers MARIETTA Rev. Charles E. Berghaus, pastor of St. John’s Episcopal church, with Mrs. Berghaus, is spending his vacation at Mount Gretna. ! Jack Espenshade, of New York City, | was the guest of his parents, Mr. and | Mrs. Lee Espenshade, South Water- ford avenue, over the week-end. James B. Spangler, Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Barr Spangler, East Mar- ket street, left Sunday for State col- lege, where he intends enrolling in a summer course. Spangler will be graduated from State in 1932. A score of young boys assisted by several members of the Liberty Band, met in the High school building on Wednesday evening to organize a boys’ band. A short rehearsal under the di- rection of Prof. Steinbecker, of Lan- caster was held. Franklin Steele, West Front street while working in the stables of the Gilliland Laboratories, was kicked on the knee of his right leg by one of a new shipment of horses received at the laboratories. The accident occurred Saturday afternoon. The three prizes of $2.50 each for the prettiest baby boy, baby girl and most prettily decorated carriage at the Min- ute Men's Baby Show Saturday, were awarded respectively to Samuel J. Dock, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Dock, of Mount Joy; Joan Haw- thorne McClullen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edna Haas, of Marietta, whose baby occupied the prettiest carriage, in the eyes of the judges. Miss Theresa Bowers, of Newark, N. J., who is spending her summer vaca- tion with friends and relatives in town, left Saturday for a two week’s visit to the Jersey seashore. Her sister, Miss Harriet Bowers, who was also vaca- tioning in Marietta, has returned to her duties as nurse in Newark. Miss June Wiseman daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Wiseman, West Front street is spending the summer at Gettysburg, where she is the guest of her aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Oliv- er W. Wiseman, Russel Wiseman, brother of Miss June, is spending the summer at the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Terry, at Moscow, Virginia. SALUNGA Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shertzer an- nounce the birth of a son on Thurs- day. Miss Emma Sweigart of Elizabeth- town, spent Saturday with her sister, Mrs. Levi Peifer. Mr. Milton Miller after a long seige of sickness, was able to go to work again on Monday. Miss Mary Eshleman spent a day last week with her grandmother Cun- ningham at Lancaster. Mr. George Bogar and son Jackie of Harrisburg, spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. Wm. Fackler. Mr. Willis Young after a few days for observation at the Hospital is home again, with little improvement. A normally out signal system was installed by the P. R. R. between Mid- dletown and Landisville on Saturday. Jane Snyder, of Wormleysburg, Cumberland County, is visiting her cousin, Helen Peifer for an indefinite time, Mrs. Anna Eshleman, Misses Minnie, Kathryn and Mildred Eshleman called on Mr. and Mrs. Lefever at Quarry- ville on Saturday. Misses Esther Kendig and Ellen Nis- sley visited friends in Virginia, last week. They went by automobile and enjoyed it very much. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Snyder and family of Wormleysburg, Cumberland County, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Peifer. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Raffensberger and son J. Cletus and friend, of Lan- easter, spertt from Tuesday to Friday of last week at Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Filler with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rogers spent the week-end at Atlantic City, visiting relatives and enjoying the Ocean. Sunday School at 9:30 Daylight Sav- ing Time in the Salunga M. E. Church on Sunday morning, followed by preaching at 10:30 by the pastor, Rev. K. H. Boohar. Mrs. Martha Hamilton and John Hamilton, Sr., last week visited the latter's niece, Mrs. Golricht, near Han- over, York County, and then with her took in some Maryland sights. The Salunga M. E. Church Epworth League has sent the following: Misses Elsie Peifer, Mildred Myers, Edith Myers and Eleanor Fackler and Messrs. Willis Kendig and Daniel Fackler to the Epworth League Institute now in session at Franklin & Marshall Col- lege. Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Zerphy were, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Myers and sons Mark and Glen, of Fruitville; Rev. Amos Hottenstein, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graybill, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Redcay and daughters Bernice and Pauline and son Harlan, of East Petersburg; Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hiestand and children, Lucille, Bertha, Eugene and Jimmie and Miss Esslinger, of Ephrata, a You can get all the news of this locality. for less than three cents a week thru the Bulletin. —— Turn useless articles about your nome into cash. Advertise them in our classified column. tf Patronize Bulletin Advertisers Snhaerthe for the Mt. Jov Bulletin work calls for. Reducing teachers’ sal- aries now is to weaken our first and line of defense and to cripple the very institutions—the school—to which we must look for the training in skill and in character to enable us to rise above present conditions. This is the time when schools need to keep close to the homes; when every teacher needs to realize that he must interpret his ser- vice in terms of its human significance and values if he is to save the schools Se Frat th the rights of (the children. the children fi Spent Its Entire 1931 Allotment Another Welfare agency, St. Joseph's | Hospital has spent its entire 1931 al- lotment of Welfare funds, owing to the heavy demand of charity work in the institution. The report presented at a meeting of the budget committee of the Welfare Federation shows that with the payment of the July hospital expenditures, St. Joseph's Hospital has withdrawn $30,650.00 the entire bud- get. The July maintenance account, withdrawn from the Federation amounted to $9,315.00 Once again, the Federation officials will seek a means of helping the hos- pital to secure funds to finance the work during the remainder of the year. The Community Service Association, the major relief giving agency of the Federation, has withdrawn $44,823.00. Having used up the entire emergency fund in the Federation account, as well as spending their entire allotment of $28,000. Throughout the remainder of the year, the Federation will assume only the administrative costs, the fi- nanceing of relief will come from the granting of public funds. The following percentages are the percentages withdrawn from the al- loted grants made from the year’s work of each of the agencies: American Red Cross, 72%; Blind As- sociation, 46%; Boy Scouts, 49%; Com- munity Service, 165% ; Children’s Bu- reau, 50%; Day Nursery, 52%; Free Kindergardens, 98% ; General Hospit- al, 56%; Recreation and Playground, 53%; Colored Center, 61%; Salvation Army, 68%; St. Joseph's Hospital, 100%; Shelter Home, 42%; Rossmere Sanatorium, 50%; Visiting Nurses, 46%; Crippled Children, 60%; Y. W. C. A, 63%; Welfare Federation, 62% and Social Service Exchange, 63%. The total amount withdrawn from the Federation to date mounts to $182,- 503.92 of the total budget of $243,957.- 00. M. D. Custer presided at the re- cent meeting of the budget committee in the absence of the chairman, H. R. Barnes. Others present were George H. Arisman, Robert H. Evans, Mrs. E. M. Hartman, Harry R. Lefever, Frank J. Sekinger, Col. James Hale Steinman and William R. Lantz. Br Errors That Got Away From the Proofreader Under the heading of typographical errors, in “The Handy Book of Liter ary Curiosities,” written by William S. Walsh and published by J. B. Lip- pincott company in 1893, there are some facts which might be labeled “In extenuation of Larry the Linotyper.” They apparently prove that Larry's sins of nowadays are venial coinpared with some of those of former times, Here are some examples, with what should have been printed indicated in some cases: “The distinguished traveler died in the richness of sin.” (In the interior of Asia.) “She was a lady would alarm a drowning man.” a drawing room.) “Links, bonds and stripes for the violent kind of specters.” (Lines. bands and striae in the violet part of whose manners (Adorn spectra.) “Drunkenness is jolly.” (Drunken ness is folly.) Sir Rebert Peel and a party of fiends were shooting pheasants in Ire land.” “Woman—without her man—is a brute.” “He enters on his head, his helmet on his feet, sandals on his brow, there was a cloud in his right hand, his faithful sword in his eye, and angry glare he sat down.” “The body was taken to Hell for in terment.” (Hull for interment.) Part of a woman's complaint to a Buffalo newspaper read: “Wherever | refer to my honored countrymen as ‘white males’ I am reported as having addressed them as ‘white mules." All these are very good jokes if credited to the printer's devil, but not to those who represent an unpopular idea and carefully weigh their words.” Religious and Secular Stories.That Parallel All the great religions have stories that parallel each other in some de- gree. For instance, Jephthah, one of the judges of Israel, made a remark- able vow before he marched against the Ammonites, that if he proved vie- torious he would offer to the Lord the first living thing which should come to meet him on his return. This happened to be his only daugh- ter, whom he sacrificed to fulfill his rash vow. The history of Jephthah is contained in the second book of Judges. [domeneus, in Homeric leg- end, king of Crete, succeeded his fa- ther Deucalion on the throne, and ac- companied the Greeks to the Trojan war with a fleet of 90 ships. During this war he rendered himself famous by his valor. While returning, he made a vow to Neptune in a dangerous tempest that if he escaped he would offer to the god whatever living crea- ture first presented itself to his eye on the Cretan shore. This was his son, who came to congratulate him on his safe return. Idomeneus redeemed his promise, but the inhumanity of this sacrifice rendered him so odious to his subjects that he was exiled from his country.—Montreal Family Herald. Matching Shade At a soiree Dumas was wearing the ribbon of a certain order, having re- cently been made a commandant, and an envious friend remarked upon it, “My dear fellow,” he said, ‘that cordon is a wretched color! One would think it was your woolen vest that was showing!” “Oh, no, my dear d’E——" replied Duman with a smile, “you're mis- taken; it’s not a bad color; it is ex- actly the shade of the sour grapes in the fable.”—Golden Book. rr There is no better way to boost your business than by local news adv uo Hemlock Adopted the e State Tree The hemlock tree won its laurelsin the 1931 Session of the General As- | sembly by being chosen the State Tree of Pennsylvania. | Legislation officially adopting the hemlock as the State tree, introduced by Hon. Alex R. Wheeler of Forest County, and unanimously approved by both Houses of the Assembly, was signed by Governor Pinchot on June 22. “Selection of the hemlock as the State Tree of Pennsylvania will doubtlessly be received with general approval among a forest and nature loving public,” said Secretary Lewis E. Staley of the State Department of Forests and Waters. “The part that hemlock plays in adding a distinctive touch to the beauty of our outdoors is inestimable, and the prominence of hemlock in the days when the Key- stone State was a leader in the lum- ber world inspires enduing memories of this important timber tree.” Pennsylvania’s reputation as a lum- bering State centered around her great coniferous forests of hemlock and pine. A timber estimate by the National Lumber Manufacturer's Association in 1873, nearly 60 years ago, placed the amount of hemlock at seven billion board feet, nearly double that of white pine and great as all other timber trees combined. In 1899, the banner year of lumbering in Pennsylvania, the cut of hemlock formed two-thirds of the entire lumber production. And hemlock still leads. “If Pennsylvanians were to select some one tree as characteristic of our State, nothing would be better than the hemlock,” said Dr. Joseph T.Roth- rock, Father of Pennsylvania Forestry, more than 35 years ago. Hemlock four feet across the stump were common. One tree measured by Dr. Rothrock was four feet, ten inches across the stump and showed 542 an- nual rings. This tree must have been a vigorous, well grown specimen when Columbus first signed the islands of the New World,” he said. Another specimen seven feet in diameter was reliably reported to him from Sullivan County. For many years following the Civil War, the principal use of hemlock was for tan bark. The United States Leather Company was said to own or control 70 per cent of all the State's hemlock. Hemlock grows naturally in every county of the Commnwealth, es- pecially in the mountainous regions. As an ornamental it is widely planted for the beautification of home grounds, parks and public places. Hemlock was pronounced by A. J. Downing, father of landscape garden- ing in America, as the most picture- sque and beautiful of all the ever- greens in the world. In the open it forms a handsome conical crown of dense foliage with branches down to the ground. Its terminal sprays, drooping gracefully, and in early sum- mer sprinkled with tender yellow leaves, form a harmonious and con- trasting setting against the darker foli- age of former years. etl Cee: GROWTH REVEALS WOODLAND VALUE Some idea of the present day re- forestation may be obtained by ex- amining growth records of the older forest tree plantations in Pennsyl- vania, according to Charles R. Meek, Chief of the Bureau of Forest Exten- sion in the State Department of For- ests and Waters. It has been definitely learned, Meek said, that trees such as locust, larch, pitch pine and Norway spruce will reach a height of 40-50 feet and a di- ameter of 6 inches in 25 years. At this age and size they will produce posts, mine ties and other small wood pro- ducts. White pine and red pine commonly produce from 30,000 to 50,000 board feet in 50-year-old stands. The stump- age value of such a stand should be at least $600 an acre. Thrifty stands of spruce in 60 years yield pulpwood with a stumpage value of $550 an acre. Thinnings made in young forests 15 to 30 years after planting, result in the removal of suppressed and dying trees that can be converted into wood products. - The return from the sale \ 3 and the costs of making the thinnings. Thinnings in European forests which have been managed for many years very frequently mount to half of the entire yield taken from forests during their lifetime, it was pointed out. Although it undoubtedly pays to plartt forest trees, the exact money re- turn per acre cannot be determined exactly because of varying factors, such as prices paid for land and la- bor, distances of woodlands from mar- kets, and rapidly changing prices in wood products, Meek said. Wood, how- ever, will always be necessary and there will never be a time when for- ests can be started cheaper than they can today, and past experience indi- cates that future prices will be still higher. Forest tree planting pays in many ways, according to Meek. It pays the land owner because the value of his land increases as the trees grow in size and quality. It pays the farmer who has idle land not fitted for agri- culture, because planted trees produce a valuable crop. It pays hunting and fishing clubs and similar associations by providing cover and food for wild life. Tree planting pays water companies by preventing erosion on the water- sheds and conserving the water sup- ply. Water companies have planted more than 10,000,000 trees in Pennsyl- vania and during periods of drought the effect of forest cover on stream flow is very noticeable. Mming com- panies also have been large tree plant- ers because they are interested in growing timber for their mines and because tree planting affords a profit- able use for their otherwise idle sur- facg lands. lof c apital, of these thinnings helps to pay taxes. THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN, MOUN1 JOY, LANCASTER CO., PA. INDUSTRIAL NOTES The Slowing den record of industrial | | activity lists items showing investment | employment of labor and] business activities and opportunities. Information from which the paragraphs are prepared is from local papers, usually of towns mentioned, and may be considered generally correct. Hazleton—$100,000 Eagles’ building opened. Hummelstown—Cooling system in- stalled in Royal Theatre. Clarion—Main Street will be paved from Second Avenue to Ninth Avenue. Bellefonte—Centre County Develop- ment Co, will soon drill for gas and} oil in this vicinity. State College=—Contract for erection of two new buildings at Pennsylvania State College awarded Harry E. Baton, Inc. Phillipsburg—Shaffer Store moved to newly remodeled Finberg building, Laurel and Front streets. Coatesville—More than 150 men will be provided with work in construction of city’s proposed sewage disposal plant. Middletown—Harrisburg Gas Co. in- stalling booster equipment in plant at cost of $15,000. Harrisburg—Construction progress- ing on State education building in Capitol Park here. St. Marys—Malt supply house and dealers in general merchandise used in that business, opened to publie on West Erie Avenue. Philadelphia—New Pennsylvania Club 1931 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6th, ere Play Ls Su ervised Stockyards at 56th and Grays Ferry Avenue, opened. Scottdale—Bids to be received in short time for purchase of 600 tons of bituminous surfacing material and 600 gallons of penetration material to re- surface Broadway Street. Clearfield—Underwear factory will be established in Clark building on West Fourth street. Butler—Prospects bright for reopen- ing Standard Plate Glass Co. Ebensburg—New Public Playground opened. Brookville—New equipment installed in Lakes-to-Sea restaurant. Mt. Jewett—Anna Purcell Hepler moved her stock of merchandise of Gertrude Shop to Firemen’s building on Main Street. Kittanning—Jamison & Knapp re- ceived $11,545 contract for widening and repaving three local streets. Brookville—Harry M. Snyder pur- chased building on Main Street and moved his tailor establishment to new quarters. Wilkinsburg—Ground broken for new Islam Grotto Temple. South Langhorne—County will erect new bridge over railroad at this place in near future, Chester—Edgmont Hotel to be re- modeled. Hazleton—Construction nearing com- pletion on Janov-Abeles Shirt Co. plant. Waynesburg—Contract for construc- tion of one-story addition to Municipal building and for remodeling roof of present building awarded McClelland & Fox Co. Moyertown—Menno Simmons Fourth Street Mennonite Church building re- dedicated. Jonesdale—Construction of 149 ad- ditional miles of low cost type road- way in Wayne County, ordered by Secretary of Highways. St. Marys—Joe Wiesner & Son com- pleted heavy grading on streets. Washington—Plant of Odd Witch Ammonia Company may be located in this city. Duquesne—New course of Duquesne Golf Association formerly opened. Jonesdale—Bids completed for re- constructing and refurnishing Pastime Theatre building at cost of about $30,- 000. Coatesville—Local school buildings being renovated. tr LOBATA A number of friends spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Guy S. Hoffman. Messrs. Lester Dupes and Wilbur Landis spent Friday night at Philadel- phia. Mr. Abram Hoffman is spending a few days at Freeburg and Harrisburg visiting relatives. Mr. Freeman McCurdy, who has been confined to his bed almost eight moriths is not improving. Wilbur Landis made a trip to Balti- more, with David Allenman of New- ville on Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Swope and daughter Nancy and Sara Landis spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. John Heininger at York county. The Golden Rule Class of the Bain- bridge Church of God held their monthly meeting at the home of Janisy Brenner. Those present were Mrs. Al- bert Richwine, teacher; Helen Landis, Anna Floyd, Anna Schrum, Ethel Leighty, Almeda Groff, Daisy Bair, Lottie Bair and Janisy Brenner. er cae ree Parade Into Fields Bulgaria is 5,000 red-roofed villages strewn along streams, scattered in clusters over plains, straggling along the crest of hills, and all the work, order, love and sacrifice, song and prayer that fill them. On May mornings Bulgaria is a stream of grandparents, parents and children, flocks of sheep, herds of cat- tle, droves of pigs and geese, all pour- ing forth from their appointed places. Mother carry babies in tiny hammocks on their backs, and on reaching the fields hang them to the flowering branches of leafy trees or to shaded tripods. If the journey is long, don- keys carry the swaddled infants in saddliebags. ——— eer een: You can get all the news of this iocality for less than three cents a week thru the Bulletin. Subscribe for The Bulletin Patronize Bulletin Advertisers APPEL & WEBER _ Our Colored Fitover Spectacles Have Ground and Polished Optical Lenses Most Sun Protectors Show Waves in the Lenses, Cause Dizziness 0Z> eH NY A The Union National Mount Joy Bank MOUNT JOY, PA. 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