Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-25
BRUMBAUCH CHEER
FROM LEW|SBURG
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took up the campaign work with
them,
Most of the day was spent in Sny-
der. county. where a series of splen-
did meetings had been arranged by
Garfield ]. Phillips, the county chair
man. The first stop was at Selins-
grove, where a visit was made to Sus-
quehanna University, of which Pro-
fessor Charles T. Aikens is president.
DIR. Brumbaugh presided at the formal
opening of the college for the year
and in his address to the students
praised the smaller collegiate insti-
tutions of the State. These smaller
colleges, he declared, offered more
advantages to the students than the
larger, since the former hope to de-
velop individuality, the student not be-
ing lost as he is in the great throngs
which attend the larger universities
The ringing of the courthouse bell
caused a cessation of activities in Mid
dleburg when the candidates entered
the town. They were met by band
at the outskirts of the place and es-
corted to the courthouse, which was
filled to the doors. John A. S. Schock
presided at this meeting.
Late in the day DR.. Brumbaugh,
Secretary Houck and the party motor
ed to Lewistown and arrived just in
time for the meeting.
The courthouse was crowded, the
aisles filled and the doorways blocked
by citizens anxious to hear the princi-
pies of the Republican party in State
and national affairs explained by the
| candidates.
DR.. James NJ. Yeager, former United
N,fa
resentative from Miff1in county, pre-
sided.
In Home Valley
II was born in this valley. upon this
soil; / have worked in its schools; l
have taught its people; l have enjoyed
constant and friendly relations; and
| I love the dear old valley of the Juni-
ata--its farms, its villages, its valleys,
and its mountains
"A considerable portion of the area
of this county has been purchased by
this Commonwealth and made part
of the State Forest Preserves; still
larger areas should be acquired and
this section of the State should be-
come a great pleasure ground for the
people of Pennsylvania.
Here our people should have ample
opportunity to fish, to hunt and to
live under a restored forest with their
wives and their children far in the re-
cesses of our mountains where the
birds sing and the laughter of our
children shall ring round our noun
tain streams.
Here we should build memorials to
that splendid Pennsylvania, the man
rock, a native of your county.
'T believe absolutely i'm the conser-
walton of all our natural resources,
and shall lend every influence of my
administration to the care and protec-
tion of the soil. the minerals, the
waterways and the forests of this
State. We are not good enough ciu-
ZenS If we leave a less valuable herit-
age to our children than our fathers
bequeathed to us.
Chance For Farming
"It is possible to live and live boun-
tifully in this Commonwealth, and at
the same time add to its natural re-
sources and wise constructive policy
for the people, rich in future develop
ments, should be inaugurated and en-
couraged by all right-thinking citizens
on the hillsides of Miff1in county. Fruit
of all suitable sorts should be culti-
waited There is no reason why this
should not be one of the great apple,
peach, pear and grape-producing COM
munities in Pennsylvania.
1--WE must turn by reason of our
impoverished soil from the mistaken
thought that we cannot compete with
the great Western areas in the pro-
duction of the common cereals and
select, after scientific investigation, the
type of products which our soil, the
intelligence of our people and the
markets of our neighborhood will best
produce.
at is easy to double the income
of the farmers of this community and
the Commonwealth owes it as an obli-
cation to the people in this neighbor-
hood. by proper object lessons and in
structions and demonstrations, to
point the way for this needed reform.
"If we had fair and equitable pro-
tective tariff and reasonable regula-
tion governing the ownership and GUS
tody of dogs in this community we
could raise thousands of sheep and
thus create a profitable industry, well
adapted to the conditions of our soil.
AS to the Roads
ut is also manifest that when a
farmer has produced a good crop he
ought to be able to transport 1t to
markets over a decently- CONSTRUCTED
and properly maintained public high
way. Surely Pennsylvania cannot af-
ford longer to rest under the stigma
of having the poorest roads in the