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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
RIrsaNEss LEGISLATURES

A LREADY we hear discussion of
~ the Legislature of 1917. BY
reason of the early primaries of
the presidential year there are pre-
monitory signs of political activity
here and there. Names of prospec-
tive candidates are occasionally
heard. Albeit the wise bird on the
party roost is keeping one eye open
and doing little growing. 1t is not
always the early bird that confiscates
the worm.
It's going to be a local option year,
says one, while his neighbor pipes up
with the emphatic statement that the
real issues will be humanitarian in
their character. Still another insists
that revision of the States revenue
system will engage the attention of
the lawmakers and that this issue
will be paramount. And so it goes
a general hunting for alleged issues
with which to give the campaign an
appeal which it is hoped will enlist
the attention of voters.
Realizing the importance of SUBJ
mitting the question of local option
to the people in some acceptable form
and the necessity, perhaps. for some
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
SOON OVER
BY Wing DInger

In the foreman rushes daily
To my office, and to ne
Sounds his warning of the dead line
Very, very forcibly.
Cares not that I'm almost crazy
AS with piles of work 1 fight.
Simply says: Bat out some verse. now
Or there'll be no poem tonight"
Some days, in this busy season.
Desperation l did face.
And I'd plead with him to give me
Just about ten minutes grace.
But with heart of stone he'd spurn me
And rush out in his wild rage,
Grab some type. fill up my column,
And proceed to close the page.
Thus upon my nerves he's worked, bo.
That dread the hour when he
VIII come rushing to my office
And defiance hurl at me.
Glad this rush will soon be over
For the strains begun to tell.
And ere long I'd have to order
For myself padded cell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
THE PEST OF THE SOUTH
BY nRIGGS
By Frederic J. Haskin

quito finds an ideal breeding place for
his myriad offspring. The whole re-
gion is mosquito-infested to an almost
incredible degree and malaria is ex-
tremely prevalent.
To determine how much the pro-
ductiveness of this region is actually
reduced by malaria is one of the main
purposes of the investigation. The dis
ease is almost wholly confined to rural
communities and is especially preva-
lent in the South. Its death toll is
not the worst of it's evils Malaria is
one of the most enervating of diseases.
1t saps the energy of a people and
causes them to lose an immense pro-
portion of the working days every
year.
To Give Lectures
Lantern slides, charts and tables to
be used in connection with lectures in
rural communities are being prepared.
This material will graphically explain
to the farmer the menace of the mos
quito's presence, the economic loss he
causes and how he may be extermi-
mated. The destruction of the wigglers
in the pools and streams and the
screening of the houses are the most
important measures in the southern
United States.
For the destruction of wigglers
various small species of fish have been
found the most effective means. In
Panama the water is already alive
with fish, and it is only necessary to
cut the grass and brush in the shall
low water so that the fish can invade
1t and destroy the wigglers. In this
country, however, wiggler- eating fish
are not so abundant, and 1t Is neces-
sary to breed them in large quantities
and ship them TO all parts of the coun-
try. This is the more important be-
cause the oil. which has been so effect
I've in Panama, cannot be used in agri-
cultural districts. as it damages the
crops.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
CHANGEABLE

TONGRESSMAN PAGE, of North
~ Carolina, Democrat, and a men,
Der of the committee on ap-
propriations, has written a letter to
Josephus Daniels newspaper, the
Raleigh Observer, in which he
criticises the Presidents plan for
preparedness. He points out a serious
defect in the Presidents counsels by
emphasizing the fact that a year ago
Mr.. Wilson regarded the question of
preparedness as academic" He may
change his mind again within a year,
Mr.. Page suggests.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
T<HERE is a wild animal in the
United States which causes more
L.,

THERE is a wild animal in the
United States which causes more
annual loss in life and property
than ever the tiger did in India.
This dangerous animal is the ma
larial mosquito. scientifically known as
"Anopheles." The latest estimate by
a scientific authority, DR.. w. Deade-
rerick of Hot Springs, Ark, places the
annual cost of the ravages of Ano-
pheles at 500, 100000 and at least
half of this falls upon the southern
states, where the mosquito is most
abundant
The damage done by the mosquito
in this country Is due to the transmits
sion of malaria by its bite and the
problem of preventing malaria Is sim
ply and wholly that of eliminating the
mosquito. In the Philippines and in
Panama this same mosquito has been
almost completed exterminated. but in
the United States conditions are en-
tirely different. and great CO.
operative plan to study them is now
under way. Leading scientific men
of twenty states are taking part in the
study. which is conducted under the
auspices of the bureau of entomology
of the Agricultural Department.
The Delta valley of the Mississippi
river, which has been selected as the
scene of an intensive study of the
habits of the Anopheles and the best
means of killing him, is one of the
richest agricultural regions in the
United States. 1t extends from Cairo,
ILL.,. to the Gulf of Mexico and is from
fifty to a hundred miles wide. Long
ago an arm of the sea reached up the
present Mississippi valley as far as
Cairo. and this estuary was filed by
the river with the sifted silt of twenty
states, making a soil of Incompatible
richness. The region is extremely low
and fiat and cut by innumerable creeks
and bays, in which the malarial mos
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18

the rest of my life under the protec-
tion of foreign government"
Yet to-day we find him the ac-
knowledgod emperor of China. Per-
haps Yuan was sincerely an advocate
OF the republican form of govern
ment at the start and changed his
mind only when he saw it failing. but
the probabilities are that from the
beginning he played his cards so as
to keep himself head of affairs no
matter what would happen and with
the throne as a possibility in the back
of his head all the time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

This is the first time in many years
that the river has closed before
Christmas, and many people living in
Marietta and other towns along the
Susquehanna have been making ad-
vantage of the freeze-over and filling
their houses with ice. 1t is too rough
for skating in most places, however.
Adam and Eve' have made their
appearance in New Castle as the
twins born into family of foreign
ers recently. One says that they will
surely find New Castle to be the
proper setting for the Garden of
Eden into which they have entered.
operatic selections for the Ma
hanoy City miners who work in the
colliery there were the pleasant treat
given them by eight Chicago Univer-
sity girl students, who descended into
the mine to bring a little light into
the dark bowels of the earth.
A Milton couple yesterday made a
visit to Reading on a still hunt for a
baby. The husband applied to the
city authorities and took them into
his confidence, explaining that he
wanted a baby to give to his wife for
a Christmas present. Their search
was fruitless. They would have done
we'll to come to Harrisburg, where
the babies are just waiting to be
taken away from the Children's Aid
Society.
Sweets to the sweet" and Nuts
to the nutty' are old axIoms, but in
New Castle they are giving Moose
to the Moose" who recently had a
big celebratory banquet and were fed
with the. luscious gastronomical-joy
giving animal.
The famous Conwell lecture, Acres
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SAYS SMOKERS COULD HELP

SAYS SMOKERS COULD HELP =
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
am a newcomer to your town and
have been reading your account of the
half- fed and half-clothed school chill
dren in this city. | am also smoker;
II has occurred to me that II we could
S,nolsars In this city TO contribute, say
twenty-five cents Of their cigar money.
each week to the relief Of these CHI,
dren it would be great srdn5 help; nno we o4gS fG
thousand contributors in the city.
Could YOU get the lady who first
brought this matter to your attention
to head this movement?
II YOU care to take this matter up, or
think II worth trying, you can use the
in any way you sec proper.
Respectfully,
500 North Sixth Street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

S. 7. Bodine. elected a director
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, is head
of the United Gas Company.
David A. Reed, who was here a
few days ago on workmen's compen-
sation affairs, was chairman of the
commission which framed the original
acts.
Il. X Campbell, Allegheny county
commissioner, spoke yesterday at the
freeing of the nineteenth bridge in that
county.
Thomas A. Wright, new head of
the State Street Railway Association,
IS head of the Wilkes Barre railway
lines.
S. d. Dimmick, of Scranton, has
been made chief engineer of the Lacka-
wanna's mines.
"A. II. Storrs has been nominated
for president of the Northeastern
Pennsylvania Engineers Society.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

IFrom the JohnstOwn Leader.
The Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce. having taken thought of the
need for a building code. urges mem
bers to place sprinklers in their build
ings, thus reducing their fire insurance
premiums and protecting themselves
against loss of trade while recovering
from fires. The Harrisburg Chamber
giving them advice on the Sprinkler
question, and using the advice to point
the way to a good building code. The
plan is excellent; IT Is not necessary
of a complete code has been written and
enacted before getting busy on some
of the improvements which can be
made at once.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
TElEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

After considerable yowling the
suffragists have elected as national
president Mrs. Gait.
why not revive the ancient but
very beautiful custom of lighting
candles in the windows of all our
homes on Christmas ?"-Erie
Times. We're doing it.
A prophet of the new year fore
casts as follows: "a stormy national
election is prophesied. Bitter, unex-
pected political complications and a
party split of far-reaching effect are
foretold. Army, navy and civil SER
vice problems will be much discus
sed." This is what is technically
known as playing it safe.
Somebody ought to censor the
war news coming from the Oscar II.
AS yet no city has offered $780,
900 for the Bull Moose convention.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
That Candle
For Your Window

Have you made arrangements
for burning a candle in your
front window on Christmas
Eve?
Harrisburg will revive this
charming custom of Old Eng
land, and many burning can
dies will send forth silent
greetings to the neighbors.
Your house should have
candle in every window. You
will surely want to be one of
those who will observe this
most delightful of customs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
Footprints of Success

watch your step" il you want
vour footprints to spell success
on the sands of time.
And especially watch your
step" when it comes to advertis-
ing. 49,. A. -
maths full of thorns to catch your
profits. -,
ITse newspapers and bring the
force of your message directly
into the home.
of To-day are marked with news
paper guide posts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18

of Diamonds" which is being given
in this city tonight, might well
have had it's moral applied to the
region around the home of J. F.
Brown, of Philadelphia. yesterday
morning. Inadvertently $4,000 worth
of jewels were thrown out of a third
story window into the street, and the
next morning before dawn crowds
were searching in the snow for the
lost treasures with matches and
lanterns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
EDITORIAL CONTENT

Italian soldiers get a little wine
each day. But we seem to miss the
old time Roman punch.-Columbia
State.
At his wedding President Wilson may
realize how 1t feels to be as unimpor-
tant as observation-disclosures
News.
our idea of a sinecure: lock tender
on the Panama Canal. wall Street
Journal Ours is stoker on a German
State.
The italian army would be able to
make more progress in the trench war
fare il ii would let military traditions
slide and call the generals foremen.-
Boston Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
Our Daily Laugh
TWO OF A KIND

TWO OF A KIND
Creditor: You
G o u | d n t go
around in your
fine automobile II
you paid your
debts.
Debtor: That's
so. I'm glad you
look at 1t in the
same light that ]
DO.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18

>,oy that the Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings and the CITY flahhihs
Commission have eXchahseu views IN
formally regarding the proposed treat
ment of the Capitol PARK zone ana the
city's relation thereto, we may expect
things 70 begin to move in the way of
definite development. Governor Brum-
baugh is understood to be strongly in
favor of plans and specifications which
can be submitted to the next Legisla-
ture and upon which final action may
he taken with respect to the grading
and planting and other features of the
extended park.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
DO YOU KNOW

That StccIton steel is used I'm
bridges in almost every state?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
SATURDAY EVENING. DEC. 1s

For unto us child is born, unto US
q son Is giuen; and government shall
be upon his shoulder; and his name
shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince Of Pedce.-IsAIAH 9:6.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

A French duke was one of the 1lrst
foreign notables to visit Harrisburg
1fter it had been laid out and he COM
mented on the number of inns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
CHANGED.

She: You used
to make an awful
e K h | b | I'll o n of
yourself when you
danced.
He: And now
I'm an exhibition
dancer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18
CHRISTMAS PLANNING

TIME coming week will be given
over to Christmas planning. 1t
will bring with it long hours and
busy days. but you should take JOY in
the preparations. Christmas isn't
season-it is a state of mind. If you
haven't Christmas within yourself
there is no Christmas for you, and If
there is no Christmas. life isn't worth
the living, for without it you are
selfish. take-all- -give-nothing creature
whose loss the world would little
mourn.
But If you have the Christmas spirit,
what world of difference it makes!
Burdens are lightened, shopping is
pleasure, giving is a delight and the
bleak December world becomes land
of bright good cheer and kindliness.
Then the stocking at the hearthstone
wakes old memories in your breast
and you tell the little ones about you
of the Christmases of long ago; you
recall with warmth in your heart and
a catch in your voice those dear
days of childhood that live but in your
memory; when Santa Claus pack,
most likely, contained few of the
elaborate presents of to-day. Back in
the little home it was indeed boun-
tiful Christmas when the stocking con-
tanned more than a few SUCKS OF
candy, a few nuts, an orange and per-
haps a Christmas horn or a jumping
lack. But in the light of the afterslow
these trifies take on a luster beyond
ANYTHING in the toy stores to-day, and
YOUR. boys and girls catch the true
snirit of the great holiday as you tell
them about ISanta's visit wheh
chimneys were all of a size capaple Oh
accommodating even his rather pudsy
o1d bodv. And thus the Christmas
ores are lighted in their young hearts
ord tbus are blown to flame in yours
the Goals mayhap you thought long
dead. --.,
Get busy with your Christmas plan
,i,g u YOU want to get the enjoyment
the day holds for you. Be young IN
thought and generous in deed. THIS is
cbiIdren's holiday. Celebrate II as
q child. Thus at once you serve your
solt and the world at large, for Christ
mas has grown beyond faith or creed
l., q are embodied the best thoughts
ard the customs of men of all races
- oil religions. 1t is feast day, a
iov dav. a love day, for all the world.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18

Published every evening Except Sum
day) at the Telegraph Building, 21s
Federal Square. Both phones.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18

Member American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association. Audit Bureau Of
Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ-
ated Dailies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18

The famous Conwell lecture, Acres
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-18

AS yet no city has offered 500,
900 for the Bull Moose convention.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17
The Villas County News
A Square DEAL Newspaper
elrds Made to order.

The Japanese can make birds tc
order" said an ornithologist. with
their indomitable patience and their
Incompatible ingenuity, they can pro-
1uce new kinds of birds as a mil
liner can produce new kinds of hats
They have a pet sparrow that is
perfectly white. Do you know how
they make him? Well, they take a
pair of the palest sparrows they can
find, and keep them in a white cage
in a white room, where their only
attendant is white-robed servant.
The result, after a series of genera
lions, is a pure white sparrow Or
so, at least, the Japanese have told
me.
They breed also rooster with a
tail almost as big as a peacock's 8.
First, they say, they select a rooster
with very fine tail They make him
stand on high perch, and they drag
his tail downward they stretch it out,
with weights. So they do with the
best-tailed of his descendants for
some years, and in the end an eno7>
mous.y tailed rooster is obtained"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17
Savner News.

The people of Sayner gave mas
querade at the school house last Fri
day evening. The out-of-town folks
were Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Cook of Star
Lake. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Gabe and Mr.
and Mrs. George Vandervort of Lost
lake and Mr.. and Mrs j. II Hunter
of Bic St. German. Music was fur
nished by Frank Long and son Mel
vim and Helmer Mellem. A midnight
lunch was served.
A Georgia young man who never
had been kissed, fell out OF hayloft
door recently and broke several bones
while trying to avoid young woman
who was determined to break the
spell. Young men of this kind are
scarce in Sayner.
Dave Vaughn of Rhinelander was in
town the latter part of last week.
Ed Anderson was down FROM Good
years camp Friday to pay his taxes.
Louis and Joe Denk finished saving
.Savner's summer wood Saturday.
A. l.. Kreutzer of Wausau is having
boat house built at his summer
home on Plum lake
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17
81.

.. More stock can be kept on
a given area of land when silage
is the basis of ration. Silo own
ers claim they can feed one-third
more stock on the same amount
of cleared land.
Z. Corn silage is a very palata-
BILE food when properly put tip.
All classes of farm animals like
sllage. Cows make the stanch-
ions rattle when they are about
to be fed silage. Silage is just as
much of a relish to cattle as can
ned fruit is to people during the
winter time.
s. Silage, like other succulent
feed, has beneficial effect on the
digestive organs. Animals fed
silage make better use of other
feeds which they receive.
9 Silage IS the cheapest and
best form in which the succulent
feed can be provided for winter
use.
10. Silage can beused for help
ing out pastures more cheaply
than soiling crops because it re-
quires less labor.
II. Converting the corn crop
into silage clears the land and
leaves it ready for another crop
How much easier and more com
Portable to open the silo door and
throw the silage into the chute,
than to hitch up a team and
wnde around in the snow to get
the fodder for the stock.
Build silo.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17
Watersmeet News.

A baby girl was born Sunday to Mr..
and Mrs. Geo Keough.
T. A Kelley went to Grimms, Wis.
last Friday to visit his sister.
Mrs. R. R. shier returned home
from Gardener, last week.
Miss Tillie Steinmetz left for Con-
over last Friday.
Mrs. S. Murphy OF Ashland is the
guest Of friends.
Joe Kelley came home from Iron
wood on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. McKinnon are the
parents of a daughter since Monday.
Mss. A. Moore went to Amigo Tues
day to visit her parents
Watersmeet is some quiet burg
these DAYS. If it wasn't that FRANK
Dick came in regularly there would
surely be no use to live. Believe me-
Bo. he's sure some big noise.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17

Something for Nothing.
Did you ever see free show that
,tdn.t have some kind of collection
attached to it?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17
MILK FOR SALE.

L. ,~'e Cream and Milk delivered
\. The YEAR round. Phone
'''o. JOHN DRAEGER.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17

Fro9ress.
oh. yes, he's pretty deep IL 'N.h
tics now
"Wen. tiats not surprising that
has been his bent for years.
Bent? Huh. He's positively
crooked how Philadelphia Press
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17
Woman S Club Needed.

lreot the questions most fire.
1rIy asked by visitors to
ge River OF by people our citi-
Is meet elsewhere IS: Have
.1a Woman's Club?" 1t is
.H embarrassing to answer
in the negative and gives
sSiltrs a talseidea that we are
Fling in education and culture,
m most villages nowadays
.a far smaller than this have
ae sort of reading club or
i7iy circle or public improve
tsociety For the triple rea-
.9 ~ that such a society is
4lei here to place us on a level
'1a other town; ~ that a
Prise I'D some sort of study
.'d be appreciated by many
'r ~ that such an organiza-
a could accomplish much
Pod here along the line of en-
ragement to civic progress, a
@ang will. be held at the Hotel
.an Saturday, Feb. 20, at
P. m. to decide definitely
or some plan of organization.
ladies' Interested III this move
at are requested to come.
Press COMMITTEE.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17

! r;o5t times more feed can
.,,,i in a given space in the
.fs;Iaqc than in the form
If.r OF hay. This means
harms need not be built so
There is a smaller loss Of
+ material when a crop is
!. into siIage than when cured
sl1er or hay; 80 per cent of
.@diag value OF corn is lost
lad IS cut and shocked out in
AM Only . per cent is lost
n the corn is put in the silo.
/. Corn sitageis more efficient
/, Than fodder. The entire
.Hs eaten
/. An acre Of corn can be
.r5n the silo cheaper than
same acre can be husked and
.ided
|; n the corn crop should
!. the best way of saving it is
m. # into the silo at once.
h past season, lucky were
.a farmers who had silos
.r the frost camela last Septem-
rand froze a great deal of corn.
q,orn that was put into the
bat once made good feed while
(which was cut and shocked
he field become brittle and
ny. Thcleaves dried up and
noed off aud the amount of
,ng value was small. The
ner who had four acres of
arerv nearly saved the cost
rs SiIO I'm one year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-02-17

The Villas County News has the
largest circulation. $50 a year.