Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-03
EVENING Chat

The cider mill is going to be a boon
| to good many owners of orchards
in Southern Pennsylvania who have
been blessed with big crops, but who
are unable to get markets for their
Iapples Some of the large orchards
have trees burdened with fruit, but al
though the commission men. the fruit
dealers and the neighbors have taken
all that they need there are still thou
sands of bushels that are unsold and
which Will be on the hands of the
farmers. Consequently the word is
going around that cider mills will be
reopened after years of idleness and
that those now operating will be run
until late in the year. The output of
cider in this section has been COM
lparatively small in recent years owing
to the demands for fruit for the gen
eral market, but two years ago many
of the mills were started up again and
TINS year there Will be more old TIM
ers put to work Owing to the ruling
that vinegar must be pure apple juice
| in this State there Will be a good open
ing for the juice. 1t is also predicted
that the big crop will mean that coun-
try folks will boil apple butter at a
rate which has not been known for
Il long time. In other days this part
of the State was noted for cider and
apple butter and 1914 will probably
see n big production in those lines.
Speaking about the apple crop in
the State DR.. II. A. Surface says in the
Philadelphia Press: PENNSYLVANIA is
going to have one of the great apple
crops of the country. 1t is going to be
immense and will be a record break
er not only for it's size. but because
OF the improvement in the quality of
the fruit. Unfortunately II was not
until this year that the State COM
menced the gathering of reliable sta
tstics through its Department of Agri-
culture and we have no figures avail
able for former years and those for
this year are not in yet. However, L
can say without fear of contradiction
that we are going to have a great
crop. 1t will be far and away ahead
of that of last year. which was smaller
than in 1912" DR.. Surface said that
the Improvement in quality was no
ticeable and that it was directly due
TO the use of scientific methods in
treating fruit. Pests are controlled
and trees are pruned and cultivated
Just like the crops of the field and the
result will tell before very long. Thus
tar prices are not very satisfactory,
but there is a good chance for an ad-
vance next year. ON this line he said:
"As far as | can learn the cold storage
there will he many apples which would
be available for storage if the space
could be had. They will so into local
trade and for shipments. but there
will be many left over and next sum
mer they will be badly wanted. The
State fruit industry is growing rapid
ly and there should be facilities to
care for the crops. There is no reason
why the delicious applies we raise
should not have the call"
Tomorrow will he the eighth an
niversary of the dedication of the
State Capitol. 1t was formally opened
on October 4. 1906. and the ceremon-
les, which took place in a rain, were
attended by thousands and thousands
of people. On that occasion Theodore
Roosevelt was the orator and he COM
pltmented Pennsylvania upon passing
more reform legislation at the special
session that year than had been ac-
complished. in any other State and in
years of time. Philander c. Knox was
one of those in attendance together
with many other prominent men. 1t
was the first time the State Police had
ever appeared here in a body and
Roosevelt and everyone Joined in
praising them.
This being the final registration day
| Tor persons VINO desire to vote at the
| November election calls to mind that
| the personal registration law under
which people are now putting down
| their names was one of those enacted
at the special session so highly prais-
| ed by Roosevelt. The first law went
| into operation seven years ago and
has been changed twice to meet OBJ
| jections. 1t is still far from perfect.
although the chief fault found with it
| is that it permits questioning along
! lines which men not used to politics
are apt to resent To-day is registra-
| tion day in every city of the State and
| it is believed that the total of the reg
| istration in the three classes of cities
! will be not far from 400, 900 votes or
maybe half a million.
Plans for next years golf are being
made by the golfers of the city and
| it is probable that there will be even
greater interest shown in the Scotch
game than before. There are now
about $50 golfers in Harrisburg, all
told, and more people are taking up
the game. 1t is probable that next
year golf matches will be played with
teams from half a dozen cities of the
State.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE