Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-05
EVENING Chat

the state, Wnlch is estimated in some
districts to be anywhere from $50 TO
zoo per cent. greater than what it was
a year ago, has caused a movement
among fruit growers and their friends
to educate people up to the import
ance of storing apples. They have
begun advocating the eating of apples
and "eat an apple day and keep the
doctor away is heard pretty often.
There was time when everyone used
TO store apples and when places were
dug and lined with straw and filled up
with the great health maintaining
truit, but now there are few farms
where much trouble is taken to store
lrult. The commission merchants snap
IL up so rapidly and the apples are
shlpped so soon after they are packed
that the farmer often has to buy them
around February and March. People
| have commenced writing to DIR. H. A.
Surface, the State zoologist, about the
best way to keep apples and from
what he says good many folks are
going to store apples. They are ask
| ing now to construct places in the
house or in the barn to store the ap-
pies and concrete is going to play big
part in taking care of apples. 1t is
to be regretted that Harrisburg has
not risen TO the opportunity afforded
| by Its transportation routes and estab-
llshed cold storage warehouse where
apples can be placed. Now the choice
apples grown hereabouts are kept for
probably two or three months and
then we have to start in buying back
what we sold or else depend upon
the western apples. The truth is that
this Is close to one of the greatest Of
fruit belts and does not get much
more benefit from il than Allentown,
IWilliamsport or Altoona.
The fact that the news dispatches of
yesterday announced that there were
| 6,126 election districts in Pennsylvanih
concerned in the voting probably did
not strike the average reader as
amounting to very much, but the state
ment was made for the first time in
handling election returns. AS a mat
ter of information. il might be stated
that this vital point was included in
Associated Press dispatches by John
II. Reitinger, of the PHILADELPHIA Of
flee, which is the headquarters for
this State, New Jersey, Delaware and
part of Maryland and West Virginia
He tried to find out how many cleo
ton districts there were and discoy-
cred that various handbooks did not
note the total. Then he set out to get
1t. The result was that he had to COM
lmunicate with the offices of the COM
missioners of every county in the
State. 1t meant an immense amount
of work, but gave something 10 go by
in figuring. Philadelphia leads with
1853 districts. with Allegheny second
with 101. LuZerne ranks third with
1917. Then comes Westmoreland with
$50; Lackawanna with two less
Schuylkill has 160; Berks, 1852; Cam
lbria has 126. Washington 142. York
1927. and Lancaster l24. Dauphin and
t Tat 10
don and Indiana have the same, or 81.
Northampton has 101 and Fayette
104, and Chester ia. The rear is
brought up by Juniata with 10; Sny-
der IS, Forest II, Pike 13, and Cam
eron 3. Cumberland has SO; Lebanon
40 and Perry 80.
Engineers say that the fears of peo-
pie when high water comes that
mud and dirt will be deposited on the
Front Steps are groundless. The
mud will drain right off, the steps
being slightly elevated in the rear.
lone by one the objections to the steps
are fading away.
In the big crowd watching the Har-
risburg Telegraph election returns at
Third and Walnut streets Tuesday
night was one young man who made
S5 by his wit.
| NSluFIS were snONlHR large gains
for Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh. 1T
looks as If Brumbaugh would have
an overwhelming majority" remarked
a bystander.
IF he gets 500, 900 plurality tonight
he will not be Governor" spoke up
the young man with smile.
What, DR.. Brumbaugh not be Gov
ernor He is not the man who will
lstand for dictation," spoke up the Re-
publican.
We'll, I'll just wager you So that
no matter what to-night's returns
lshow, DIR. Brumbaugh will not be
IGovernor," came from the young man.
The two walked to a nearby cigar
store stated the wager, andput up the
money. After the money had been
placed in the hands of the stakeholder
the young man remarked, John K.
ITener is still Governor. To-night's re-
turns simply elect DIR. Martin G.
Brumbaugh as Governor of Pennsyl-
vania. Ffe does not become Governor
until January"
Take the money" was the answer
Harrisburg's new motor fire appa-
lratus continues to be a great attraction
and every time one of the pieces stops
there is u crowd gathering around
Thus far the apparatus has had to re-
spond to very few alarms, but the
men in charge are declaring that they
will give good account of themselves
} and are making tours of the city, get
. ting the lay of the streets, the corners
and the angles.