Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-13
EVENING CHAT

The price of peaches and other
fruits. which are so abundant in the
fruit-raising counties of Southern
pennsylvania this year. may be low
now, but there will be jump in
price before long. due to the failure of
the crop in the northern part of the
state and in New York and to the
further fact that Europe will be de-
manulng our canned fruits before the
year is out" This was the way State
Hoologist II. A Surface summed up
the situation in regard to fruit prices
To-Day. lie has been visiting many
counties and has reports from others
Whlch indicate the conditions pretty
closely. The southern part of Penn
syIVanla has such great croDs of fruit
especially peaches, that some growers
are not picking because of inability to
get prices they consider worth while
says Dr. Surface. There are many
orchards which are so full of fruit that
IL VIII be an embarrassment to the
owners and the commercial orchards
are crowding each other to get good
markets. The fruit now being sold in
the state is from Maryland and Della
ware ana is abundant and cheap. The
pennsylvania fruits will come next and
they viii end it. In the northern
counties the yield is reported from
rehaple sources as very small and to
snow very poor prospects in New
york and New England, due to the
frosts. These domestic conditions will
cause the prices to stiffen soon. holds
the doctor, and then Europe, which
VIII lose the greater part of the ordi-
nary fruit crop this year because of
the war Will soon be drawing on the
Ohlted states. The wise people" >"
of oSys fr,it une zooiogist, will put up plenty
by 1t in the coming year."
Ihe war fever has gotten into the
children these days and there are con-
stant references to the strife now rag
ing In Europe among the youngsters
MI Mo play games on the open lots.
When one wishes to address an oppos-
Ing player he calls him a Frenchman
or German or an Austrian, accord
ing to the sympathies of the talker.
a GOOD many youngsters are Just now
styIng themselves Belgians in their
play, indicating pretty conclusively
the admiration the people of King AL
bert's kingdom have aroused because
of their fighting qualities.
The hard rains of the last few days
have caused a lot of work to be done
over again by the working force of the
| state Highway Department and some
where large supplies of stone were
employed in repairs only a short time
before. Some of the washouts have
been due to the fact that the roads
! had TO go without inspection or re-
pairs last fall and spring, causing
Meaknesses winch became very appar-
ent when the rains came.
Speaking about the effect of rains.
the men employed by the highway de-
partment in the Allison Hill district
nave task every morning after a
ram. 1t is along the streets which
skirt some of the sloping highways,
| Eighteenth street near Derry Is a good
Illustration. There are a couple of
streets which rise above il to Nine.
teenth street aud as they are not
paved every time there is a good. hard
ram water comes down the roadway in
torrents and washes carloads on tn.
pavement Every few days it is neces-
sary to cart away the dirt.
The furnaces in Western PennsvI-
Vania which, it is reported. will he
started as result of the demand for
leffo manganese are operated by a.
company headed by Edward f. Mar
snail. actively identified with the hlast
furnaces at Newport. The company
was formed short time ago, Dunbar
stacks being purchased
me september number of the De-
| nneator contains an article on nre-
Paring children for school by DR.. b.
VA WalIace hamilton. formerly of this
city and son of DIR. Hugh Hamilton
Dr. Hamilton has been making a
speciality of children's diseases ana bis
article is illustrated by photographs
including one showing a medical man
examining youngster.