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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17th,
1935
THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN, MOUNT JOY, LANCASTER CO. PA.
A pastoral scene in the Butler Valley on State Route 309 between Hazelton and Wilkes-Barre.
in Butler Valley
Penna. Department of Highways
ca
wy i
The
road which rims this valley has just been officially opened and is considered one of the greatest engin-
eering feats ever performed by
highway builders.
Deep cuts through solid conglomerate rock and tre-
mendous fills have transformed mountain route into one of the safest in the country. Peaceful farms
and bustling coal mines are found side by side in this thriving Northeastern Pennsylvania country.
This is the fifteenth of a series of ar-
ticles designed to stir interest in Penn-
sylvania’s advantages to the tourist.
Prepared under the direction of War-
ren Van Dyke, Secretary of Highways,
this series aims to outline briefly many
of the places and scenes, which are be-
ing recognized by travelers from other
states as outstanding items in itiner-
aries of the United States.
Pennsylvania as one of the most pic-
turesque states of th Union will spread
out one of its choicest scenic panoram-
as to thousands of delegates and visit-
ors to the American Legion State De-
artment Convention on August 15, 16,
and 17, with Wilkes-Barre as the host
city and the Blue Hills and Poconos as
the encircling mountains. It has been
said, and there are those willing to
prove it, tl .. the General John Sulli-
van Trail out of Wyoming Valley is the
most enthralling sight to engage the
eye of the traveler anywhere in the
world.
There is something there of the
threatening declivity of the Grand
Canyon, but it is masked by verdant
beauty and its locale is the Horseshoe
Bend of the Susquehanna where it
cleaves the Blue Hills with a mighty
sweep and sparkles against the sky
hundreds of feet overhead. The Royal
Gorge itself seems to have found a
counterpart, and at points either side
of the historical stream there are peaks
and crags in miniature but grandiose
duplication of some of the famed
heights of upturned land.
This is only one of the: improved
trails of Pennsylvania Highway De-
partment that will be only a matter of
minutes removed from the doors of the
Pennsylvania Department Convention
of the American Legion. There is the
Susquehanna Trail, flanked by Camp-
bell's Ledge and Tilbury Knob, the lat-
ter remembered today as the last bit of
of territory still in possession of the
family of William Penn. From ledge
and knob, history says ,the aborigine
fluttered the smoke signals that called
has wandering groups of warriors into
concert or advised them of events in
the only code known to the early
Americans.
Ten minutes from Wilkes-Barre the
Susquehanna sweeps between precipit-
ous mountains and then skirts its way
about the seven hills that the Indians
christened Shickshinny. There can be
seen the rock where Queen Esther sac-
rifled early settlers to the blood lust of
the savages. There may be viewed the
mouth of the cave of Old Toby, hermit
friend of the first Americans, hiding
away within view of the mounded
towns of the Shawanese and always
ready to advise the newly arrived set-
tlers of any hostile move.
Wyoming Monument raises a shaft of
many-hued stones representatives of all
the various kinds found in Wyoming
valley, a mute testimonial to the cour-
age of Butler and his men when they
withstood at terrible cost the invasion
of Tories and Indians in the Revolu-
tionary War, finally to have the rem-
nants of population saved by the ar-
rival of General Sullivan and his troops,
saviors sent by General Washington
for relief of the beleaguered.
The first coal-hole opens its black
mouth at the side of Susquehanna
Trail, memorializing the first of all at-
tempts to give into commercial and in-
dustrial use the black rock that later
took its proper name of anthracite. The
river bank at the other side of the road
held the chutes that fed the boats
which made a tedious journey by river
and canal to the metropolitan district
of old Philadelphia.
In Wilkes-Barre itself is one of the
finest museums in all the state. Every
implement, every utensil, every form
»f clothing in use by the Indians may
be seen there, together with fossilized
specimens that prove the genesis of
coal and the alchemy of Nature that
turned tree and shrub and fern, and
even fish and flesh, into the deep de-
posits of anthracite fuel. A model mine
will be open to visitors, with expert
guides to show them about the cham-
bers and explain to them the methods
by which coal, at a cost of eleven tons
of water to every ton of fuel, is brought
to the surface and prepared for civil-
ized use.
The old grate of Jesse Pell is still
preserved in its original setting in Pell
House. There was it proved that with
flue draft the smokeless black rock
could be made to give heat for comfort
and cooking, an experiment that finally
proved to eastern America that it had
found a long-enduring substitute for
the rapidly disintegrating wood.
Newly opened to convention visitors
isone of the marvels of highway con-
struction, the Ashley Boulevard. The
deepest cuts, the deepest fills, the
greatest movements of mountain rock,
all these marked construction of the
boulevard over a three-year period.
Death curves , deadly underpasses,
treacherous grade crossings, traffic-de-
fying ravines-and mountain gorges, all
had to be overcome by engineers. The
finished highway will for many years
remain a source of wonderment to the
traveler.
At the very door of Wilkes-Barre the
Bear Creek Boulevard negotiates the
first of the Poconos, Wyoming Moun-
tain, winds on through eye-filling
scenery to Indian Lake and to Effort
Mountain where another of the almost
magical enterprises of road construc-
tion is to be seen. Only two years ago
it was necessary to close off Effort
Mountain to travel through the months
of winter.
Today a modern concrete road has
its worst grade at seven per cent for
less than half a mile. By actual test a
car may be driven at top speed from
beginning to end of Effort road and to
the Eastern turnpike without the least
fear of danger.
All these and more the Pennsylvania
State Department of the American Le-
gion offers delegate and visitor to the
convention in Wilkes-Barre during the
three days of August. Famed Harvey's
Lake is eighteen miles away. Luther-
land is reached in thirty-five minutes.
The almost countless lakes, mountain
rivers, trout streams, and resorts of all
kinds in both the Blue Hills and Poco-
nos are matters of such easy travel that
any designated point may be reached
within 30 minutes, allowing as many
hours for such enjoyment as the visit-
or may seek.
“On to Wilkes-Barre” has come to
mean “on to the most enjoyable ex-
periences of Pennsylvania Legion ac-
tivities,” judged from all the angles of
convenience, hospitality, and sight-
seeing.
The Bureau of Publicity and In-
formation of the Pennsylvania Depart-
ment of Highways Harrisburg, will
gladly answer inquiries concerning
routes and destinations on receipt of a
postal card request.
I» The WEEK
CURRENT EVENTS PHOTOGRAPHED FOR wl
TIN
FASHION NOTE: Pretty
THE BULLE
TONY AND GUS," hiding behind the ac-
cordion,
Saturday and Sunday on 52 stations of NBC's
WJZ network following Amos ’'n’ Andy in
most cities.
Chamlee (left), Metropolitan Opera star, and
George Frame Brown,
Real Folks program. Their current show is
a mixture of music, drama, and humor. Tony #55
is struggling for a career in opera, while Gus 8
is set on punching his way to the world's
heavyweight championship.
are heard every evening except:
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FAs
CONGRATULATIONS: Jose-
phine Johnson, who with her
first novel, “Now In Novem-
ber’, won the Pulitzer Prize
for that classification this
year.
In private life they are Mario
who originated the
Kitty Carlisle, movie star,
models this regal negligee
made of ice green satin,
trimmed with ermine and
very long fringe.
DOMESTIC: Frances Drake,
one of Paramount's
beautiful
plays an
role in the kitchen, too.
stars.
most
promising
important
and
An
expert, Just as she is before
of delicious Jelly,
fresh sugar and bottled
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fruit
the camera, Frances particu. 8
larly enjoys the diversion she
made of
from 32,7271
WORLD'S CHAMPION BUTTER-PRODUCING COW!|
Femco Johanna Bess Fayne, nine-year-old registered Hol.
stein cow, has Just completed an official test which has
established her as the highest record-holding cow alive.
Her record is 1,525.5 pounds of butter in 365 days, churned]
r pounds of milk.
United States have ever produced over 1,500 pounds of
butter in a year and Bess Fayne is the only cow in the
world to have passed that mark twice, having produced
1.510.75 pounds in 1832-33. Be:
Murphy, publisher of the Minne
of Femco Farms at Breckenrid
GEE! LOOK.
IT!: A youth.
ful Ontario
angler lands
the first fish:
of his tife.
‘And is he
thrilled? Well, |-
Just ask any
fisherman.
Only five cows in the
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in Western Minnesota, |
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th records of over 1,000
CONNECTICUT DIGS
INTO PAST HISTORY
Observes 300th Anniversary
of Its Settlement.
Washington. — Connecticut is bub-
bling over with enthusiasm during the
celebration of its tercentenary. Every
town in the state is digging up its past
history. Recent anniversaries observed
in connection with the tercentenary
are the Bristol sesquicentennial and
the two hundred and seventy-fifth year
of the Hopkins Grammar school in
New Haven.
“Netherlanders, not the English,
were first on the Connecticut scene,”
says the National Geographic society.
“They sailed up the broad Connecticut
river, mapped part of the ceastline,
and later established a trading post
near the present site of Hartford.
“But rumors of the fertile lands and
mild climate of the Connecticut valley
had reached the Plymouth colony. Set-
tlers from Massachusetts hurried down
from the north, set up a rival post
on the river, and in 1635 founded the
three towns of Wethersfield, Windsor,
and Hartford, nucleus of the colony.
“The fundamental orders adopted by
this little group marked the beginning
of constitutional government in this
country. Later, when Connecticut del-
egates played an important part in the
shaping of the federal Constitution,
their state became known as the ‘Con-
stitution State.
Included Wide Territory.
“Under the charter of 1662, granted
by Charles II, the Connecticut colony
included Long Island, and stretched
westward from Narragansett bay to
the Pacific ocean! The Wyoming val-
ley in north central Pennsylvania, and
the Western Reserve in Ohio (near the
present city of Cleveland) were con-
sidered part of Connecticut even late
in the Eighteenth century. The New
Haven colony, founded in 1638, had
not been consulted when this charter
was procured, and it took three years
to persuade its people to unite with
the Hartford group. Hartford was
made the capital, but from 1701 to 1873
New Haven shared the honors as joint
capital.
“Geography molded Connecticut's
fate. It is a little state (the third
smallest in the Union), broken into
smaller units by topography. The
wide valley of the Connecticut river,
running north and south through the
center of the state, separates the rough
uplands of the eastern and western
portions. Long after the coast and
central valley was settled these high-
lands remained a wilderness. They
consist of a series of hills and ridges,
high in the north and low near the
coast, paralleling the southward course
of rivers and streams.
“Rocky hillsides and narrow valleys
made large farms impractical in Con-
necticut. Only the Connecticut valley
was particularly suited to the rals-
ing of staple crops, such as tobacco.
So the state became a land of small,
independent farms and diversified
crops. Agriculture in Connecticut was
never easy.
Many Important Industries.
“That is why the people turned to
industry as the best available source
of wealth. Here again geography
cramped them. The state has water
power but few minerals. The old
Granby copper mines, never very prof-
itable, were turned into a prison dur-
ing the Revolution. Salisbury’s iron
mines were more successful. They
have been worked for two centuries,
furnishing ore for Revolutionary can-
non balls and for the anchor of the
Constitution.
“Lacking raw materials Connecticut
has concentrated on the manufacture
of brass and copper products, machin-
ery, firearms, ammunition, typewrit-
ers, and innumerable small articles;
tableware, tacks, machetes, coffee per-
colators, rubber boots, needles, pins,
hooks and eyes.
“Bridgeport’s industries lead them
all and New Haven is not far behind.
The latter owes quite as much to Eli
Whitney as to Eli Yale. After the
inventor perfected the cotton gin he
turned to New Haven, Another New
Haven man, Charles Goodyear, discov-
ered the process for vulcanizing rub-
ber.
“A century ago Connecticut was a
sea-going country. Shipbuilding, whal-
ing and China trade brought wealth
to coastal villages and river ports.
Many of the vessels that carried forty-
niners around the Horn were built at
Mystic. Essex launched the Oliver
Cromwell, first ship in the U. 8, navy;
and Wethersfield built the Desire, first
American vessel to cross the Atlantic.
But times have changed. New London
is now a submarine base, and the fish-
ing industry confines itself chiefly to
the oysterbeds of Long Island Sound.”
Old Serbian Mine Yields
Secret of “Magic” Sword
Jelgrade.—A prospector examining
wedieval mine workings in Old Ser-
bia believes he has solved the mystery
of the ‘magic swords which would
cut through the armor of the enemy”
with which many of the legendary he-
roes of the Serbian Middle ages were
armed. In an old working from which
iron had been extracted he found a
piece of metal which is probably the
oldest piece of special steel known.
He tried in vain to bore a hole in
it and finally sent it to Vienna to be
examined. Analysis proved it to be
a nickel steel of peculiar hardness.
The circumstances under which it was
found suggest that it is at least 1,000
vears old—950 years before nickel
steel was rediscovered.
eel ees.
Provide Summer Shelters
Many pullets are overcrowded during
the summer months, being housed in
hot, stuffy brooder houses. Special
summer shelters are being used by
many poultrymen to relieve this con-
dition. Details for construction of such
shelters are contained in circular 132,
issued by the Pennsylvania State Col-
Lancaster
Stock Market
CORRECT INFORMATION FUR-
NISHED WEEKLY BY THE PA.
BUREAU OF MARKETS FOR THE
BULLETIN
Local fed fat steers in fairly liber-
al supply, market opening at about
steady prices on all grades compared
with close of last week. Grass fat
steers not moving on early rounds;
prospects these fat grass steers and
heifers will sell 25 lower than last
Friday. Bulls in demand at firl pri-
ces. Cows plentiful, prices barely
steady. Stockers and feeders in good
run, a fair number of buyers in the
yards; prices holding steady with
the close of last week. Liberal sup-
ply of calves on hand, prices holding
steady. Hogs in fair supply, top
prices on Westerns 11.25; locals 10:75
and 11.00. Lambs slow with fair re-
ceipts; southern lambs selling 8.75- |
9.00; locals 7.75- 8.50.
Receipts: 2657 cattle, 268 calves,
357 hogs, 440 sheep.
STEERS
Choice 9.50-10.00
Good 9.00-9.50
Medium 7.75-8.75
Common 7.00-7.75
HEIFERS
Choice 8.00-9.00
Good 7.00-8.00
Medium 6.00-7.00
Common 4.50-6.00
COWS
Choice 6.75-7.50
Good 6.00-6.75
Common and medium 4.50-6.00
Low cutter and cutter 3.00-4.50
BULLS
Good and choice 6.50-8.50
Cutter, common and medium 4.00-6.50
VEALERS
Good and choice 8.50-9.50
Medium 6.50-8.50
Cull and e~mmon 4.50-6.50
FEEDE! & STOCKER CATTLE
Good and hoice 7.00-8.00
Common { 1d medium 5.00-6.25
HOGS
Good and choice 10.50-10.75
Medium and good 7.25-8.25
SHEEP
Choice lambs 8.75-9.25
Medium to good 7.00-7.50
Common lambs 6.00-6.50
Yearling Wethers 5.00-5.75
Ewes 1.50-3.50
Choice local lambs 7.75-8.50
Transplant Celery Now
Celery for fall and winter use may
be set out until the middle of July.
Fordhook-Houser-Emperor, hollow
stalk resistant strain of ascal, and Easy
Blanching are the varieties preferred in
the order named.
them.
it is read.
THE
lege. Ths circular may be obtained
from the College or your county agent.
ADVERTISEMENTS
Must Be Seen and Read
eo 0 @ 0 o
Every advertiser likes to believe that his advertising
will be seen—uwill be read.
But how many readers of a given medium actually
read the ads? How many, for that matter, even so
much as see them?
Circulation figures, milline rate computations, how-
ever, impressive, do not provide the answers.
The clue is in time. Meaning—the more time the
reader gives to the reading of a publication the great-
er the certainty that he will see the ads—and read
Recently, O. B. Winters, vice-president, Erwin Was-
ey & Co., said: “I know from experience that a good
country weekly is read from cover to cover by literally
evvery one in the community it serves.”
Why? The answer is—time. Country newspaper
readers find the time to read their local papers. They
can be depended upon to see ads—and read them.
People never read a large daily paper as carefully or
as thoroughly as they do a good weekly.
Let us serve you in placing your advertising where
MOUNT JOY
‘When The First of Every
3 \ Month Arrives
On the
ing out—the 1
company, and a
you have paid eve
yourself first.
OWN YOUR OWN'HOME AND PAY YOUR RENT TO
YOURSELF BY USING THE
-
of every month, when bills fall due, you begin pay-
ord, the gas and electric company, the telephone
zen others get their share. When you are through,
dy but yourself. Try this plan instead—pay
BUILDING & LOAN PLAN
You will find that you are able to manage without cheating
yourself. This plan is the most ceMgin and economical way and
makes you feel that you are getting sognewhere financially.
USE
MOUNT JOY BUILDING & EQAN ASSO.
To Finance Your Home
Under supervision of state Banking departrifent
“on
Jno. E. Schroll, Pres.
Henry G. Carpenter, ¥, Pres.
E. M. Bomberger, Sec. .
R. Fellenbaum, Treas.
NEW LOW
ll gine
‘blue coal’
—buy now ~save money
Wolgemuth Bros.
Phone Mt. Joy 220
FLORIN, PENNA.“ _
April‘
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