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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
FOREST FIRE FIGHTING
BY Frederic ]. Haskin

must tell what action he would take
should he discover a fire in that loca-
ton.
He states that he would sight at the
fire an instrument he has on a table
top into which is built a map. Thus
would he be able to draw a line on
the map through his station and the
fire. Then he would telephone to an
other lookout station, calling the at
tention of its occupant to the outbreak
of the fire. That lookout would also
extend a line through his station and
through the fire. He would tell the
FIRST lookout of the angle made by that
line. The first lookout would lay the
line down on his map. The point at
which the two lines met would be the
location of the fire.
Then the lookout would call up the
ranger cabin and inform his superior
that there was a fire at the given
point: His responsibility would have
ended.
The schoolmaster then calls upon
the ranger for a statement of what
his action would be with a fire started
at this point in his domain. The
ranger states that at this point there
is heavy timber. that a draw leads up
into very valuable forest. 1t is a
real emergency. The loss will be great
II the fire is not stopped. 1t is task
too big for one or two men.
Dashes for Help
He jumps on his horse and dashes
to settlement two miles distant. He
has an understanding with certain
settlers, with a garage keeper and
with liveryman to come to his aid
in case of an emergency. There are
the members of his reserve army. Ir
fifteen minutes he has twenty men il
automobiles and is rushing for the
scene of the fire.
The flames are running like mad VI
the canyon. Fire is one thing thai
runs faster up hill than down. The
ranger estimates the speed of the fire
and the length of time 1t will take his
force to cut a break across a narrow
place in the gulch two miles farther
up. He believes he can establish 6
gap that the flames will not leap be.
fore that point is reached.
His men run with augers and begir
boring holes in the great trees alone
the strip where the firebreak is to bt
established. Into these holes are
thrust sticks of dynamite. 1t will cut
a tree down quicker than it may be
done with an AK. With explosives g
swath is cut across the canyon 1t Is
a crown fire. which is to say that il
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
Trenton, y. J., Sept
A WARNING
New York Sun ]

It is reported on excellent authority
that certain hyphenated citizens of
the United States, in addition to ex-
ercising their absolute and undenied
right of refusing to lend their money
to foreign nations with whose con-
duct and purposes they are not in
sympathy, seriously contemplate a
campaign of boycott and terrorism
against all Americans and American
banking institutions that take part in
such transactions.
We counsel these i'll advised and
intemperate adherents of the warning
nations to give sober consideration to
the inevitable results OF the course
they advocate, and to reckon care
fully its effect upon themselves.
If they have failed to recognize the
reaction among Americans against
their propaganda of domestic violence,
industrial upheaval and social disturb
ance, they should seek enlightenment.
Particularly they should examine the
recent case of Dr. Dumba and his
associates. They should pay heed to
the popular approval of the uncom-
prising course adopted BY the authori-
ties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

especially with offers of material
reward IL they helped shut down a
mill or curtailed its production. Comp
ers says these men have refused to
have anything to do with such plotting
and conditions the country over in
dictate that this is true. He also says
he has vast amount of direct proof
of these activities which he will make
public at the proper time" This
ought TO provide interesting reading
and unquestionably will serve to ad-
vance Mr.. Gompers in the opinion of
the people as a whole. But the real
credit belongs TO those workfngmen
and foremen who declined to benefit
themselves to the detriment of their
fellows and the discredit Of their
country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
RAFTING PUBLIC OFFICIALS

TIME batting of city and county Off
cials for political or other pur-
poses is to be regretted by all
thinking men. and it should be en-
thatically resented by the voter. ANY
person who stops to think for a mo-
ment must know the inevitable conse-
ouences. It simply means if continued
tc it's logical end that self-respecting
men will refuse to consider holding
rublic Office under any circumstances.
This would result in a class and char
acter of candidates aspiring to office
who would be neither satisfactory nor
safe.
Constructive criticism should be en-
couraged, not only for the welfare of
the persons criticised. but for the city
itself, and just criticism is always in
place. Mere fault-finding is one OF
the easiest as we'll as the silliest things
that human beings can indulge in. 1t
never has and never will accomplish
any good In fact. the method and
manner of criticism often defeats the
very fault that it is intended to cure.
We cannot believe that deliberate mis-
representations. twisting and distort-
ing facts, making a difference of
opinion appear as a dishonest act, can
DO anything but harm to the city as a
whole.
The Telegraph has reserved and ex-
ercised the right to criticise any pub
lie officials for what it believed to be
actions contrary to the general well
fare, but it never has and does not
now believe that annoyance, ridicule
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

This week and next are the most
dangerous in the span of the year
from the standpoint of those who have
charge of the protection of the ma
tional forests from fire.
1t is the dry season in the forests.
The dead leaves lie like tinder on the
ground and the Fall rains have not yet
come. The vacationist, the hunter,
the angler, are abroad in the wilds,
and the matches for their pipes and
the sparks of their campfires always
threaten to unleash the fire demon
for a career of destruction.
Quietly the government has been
developing toward perfection a fire
lighting organization that is the great
est in the world. From the stupen-
dous mountain ranges of Alaska to
the savannas of Florida, from the
watershed of San Diego to the White
Mountains where the President has
n summer home, the government owns
extensive forests that are in danger of
fire at almost any time, but particularly
during September. Each year there
are 5000 fires to be fought and put
out on these vast areas. One of these
may be but a smouldering log that
has caught from a campfire and sent
out q tentacle or two into the ground
brush. Another may be such fire as
ragged in the tops of great forest trees
in Idaho in 1910 and left a blackened
scar 60 miles wide and 200 long and
beneath the ashes of it the remains of
s men who had died in the fight for
its control.
The Forest Service has labored for
ten years to make it's fire fighting or
ganization effective. To-day it is as
we'll ordered as military organization,
as thoroughly drilled, as thoughtfully
prepared in advance of the coming of
the foe. In those past ten years the
service has built 5000 miles of road.
p, 900 miles of trails, $4,000 miles of
telephone lines. It has established d
lookouts on a thousand mountain
peaks and trained them into scien-
tific observers. 1t has built networks
of firebreaks that are intended for
the time when it may be necessary to
turn the demon back upon himself.
Training Schools
Every forest supervisor has his
school for the training of lookouts,
guards and rangers. That school
fights theoretical campaigns just as
does the army war college.
The forest supervisor, as schoolmas-
ter sticks a tack in a map of the
region for which he is responsible.
There is a lookout attending this
school whose station is nearest that
tack. 1t is his turn to recite. He
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
sHEEP AS LAWN MOWERS

The service sheep can render in keep
ing down growth of grass and weeds
is of even greater value in some locali-
ties than their wool and meat. They
have been used to save the expense of
grass cutting on the grounds surround
ing the Washington Monument for two
years to the great surprise of thousands
of visitors to the National Capital.
The Reclamation Service has lately
called them into service for the de-
struction of the growth of Johnson
grass which clogs up the irrigation
bitches. Keep ing this grasse down by
hand is an expensive process. Last
year 1000 sheep were placed along forty
miles of bitches in the Salt River irriga-
tion project in Arizona. They reduced
the cost of maintaining the bitches
from s7,499 to less than $4,000.
In addition to the destruction of the
grass the sheep pack the banks OF the
bitches hard with their sharp feet This
reduces the usual seepage and also
closes up the holes made by the bur-
rowing gopher. a small animal which
has frequently caused serious loss of
water and occasionally the total de-
struction of a considerable length of
ditch embankment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
t. r.. THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT

The Chief ExecutIves' Ages Rnu From
That of Roosevelt, 43, to Harrison. IS
IF'rom Philadelphia Evening Ledger.1
In American political life we find that
one of the commanding figures before
the public to-day, Senator Root, is 20
years old. His recent speech IN support
of the short ballot has caused him to
be discussed as a prospective nominee
fro President. If he should be elected
next year. he would be inaugurated at
the age of 72. 1t may be interesting to
note the ages Of our Presidents at the
time of Inauguration. Washington was
81; John Adams. 81; Jefferson. 5s; Mad
ison. 5S Monroe SO; John Quincy
Adams, SO; jackson, So; Van Buren, 55 ;
So; William H. Harrison, 6s; Tyler, 81 :
Polk, so; Taylor, 65; Fillmore. so;
Pierce, 40; Buchanan, Sc; Lincoln, 90
Johnson, 81; Grant, Al; Hayes, 81; Gar
feld, 40: Arthur. 81, Cleveland (first
time), As; Benjamin Harrison, 55; Nc
Kinley, 81; Roosevelt, 43; Wilson, Sc
John Quincy Adams was over so when,
in Congress. he did some of his best
work in statesmanShip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

-Ex-Attorney General John c. Bell
is home again and devoting himself to
practice in Philadelphia.
Michael J. Ryan, PHILADELPHIA
city solicitor, is working on his judicial
aspirations.
james S. Rich. of Doylestown. is
planning for the reunion of Durrell's
Battery.
Joseph Wood, Pennsylvania Rail-
road official. will return from Rhode
Island this week.
William T. Tredway Pittsburgh
lawyer, was given a dinner by brother
lawyers in honor of his candidacy for
judge.
j. C. Sibley, former congressman.
is taking hand in politics in Venango
county again.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
PHILADELPHIA Ledger

In these days a man without a pass
port is man without a country. And
this is the condition of Archibald, the
dispatch-bearer for the Dumba-Von
Bernstorff clique, and, while the mat
ter is serious for Archibald, there is a
certain amount of humor in it, albeit
1t is a kind of grim humor which will
hardly be appreciated by a victim OF
his own folly. Suspect as he was last
winter, through his bitterly partisan
lantern-slide lectures, the finding out
of Archibald comes as a logical and
natural conclusion to the career of a
man who has sold himself and his
birthright. one does not know for how
many more than thirty pieces oi
silver.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
MARTIAL HYMNS

The hymn, THE Son of God Goes
Forth to War" has been barred from
the new Unitarian Hymnal. 1t is re-
garded by the compilers as too mill
tant 1t suggests martial imagery,
when 1t should preach peace. There Is
incongruity. 1t is felt, in picturing the
Prince of Peace as leading military
hosts.
A couple of years ago that argument
would have seemed more impressive.
Now there is . growing feeling that
discard. and that Coward Christian
Soldiers" and THE Son of God Goes
Forth to War" Will be needed for sew
.eral years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
SWISS WOOD CARvERs' NEW JOB
They Whittle Out Artificial Legs and
Arms For Soldiers

IFrom the London Chronicle.1
Zurich-The peasant wood carvers of
Switzerland. whose handiwork is ordi-
narily sold to British tourists, though
badly hit by the war, are managing to
make ends meet by manufacturing
wooden limbs for soldiers mutilated in
the war.
The originator of this gruesome,
though necessary. industry is Edward
Binder. whose factory, picturesquely
situated on the edge of the Lake of
Brienz, was vitited few years back by
the present queen, then Princess OF
Wales. Mr.. Binder. realizing that the
wooden limb industry was practically
a German monopoly. got into touch with
the British and French governments,
with the result that many large orders
have been obtained by him from both
counties.
The wood used for these artificial
limbs is hewn down on the mountainous
slopes of the lakes of Brienz and Thun,
is sorted and planed at Mr.. Binders
factory. and is transformed into artifi-
cial legs, arms and feet by the wood
carvers in their own cottages.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

They Join In Protest Against Movement
to Stir Up Feeling
Zurich, Switzerland, Sept. 10-To-
days Socialist Volkzeicht publishes the
text of manifesto just issued by Aus
against the attempt being made in AUS
tria and Germany to stir up a new cam
paign Of hate. I'VE women" runs one
of the sentences. have stood at the sick
heard from them the humiliating abuse
of their enemies. We are convinced
that our sisters in the countries against
point on this question"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
GoMPERs IN BETTER LIGHT

C>AMUELGoMPERS { stands in much
= better light before the American
people to-day than a week ago
His ringing call to labor to stand by
the country and against those foreign
agents who are endeavoring to en-
haress industrial production is very
commendable. Undoubtedly European
representatives have approached work
ingmen-foremen and union leaders.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 10.

; He that toiH not reason is bi0ot;
he that cannot reason is a fool; and
he That ddres not reason is a slGue.
W. Drummond.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
The State From Day to Day

A thrilling movie film could have
been created at Sunbury yesterday if
the picture men had only had warn
ing. The heat of the night produced
an effect on the mind of Josiah Koch
which caused him to imagine he was
in swimming in nice cool pool So
he rose from his bed and took a beauti-
full ''jack-knife" through the window
OF his room, on the second story of
the house. He was awakened by the
shock of landing and his cry of agony
brought rescue. Aside from a wrench
ed back he was all right to-day.
The removal of a certain hubby's
mustache took with 1t the love of his
wife, who became extremely angered
and hailed hubby, namely Wayne Rutt,
of Lancaster, into court on the charge
of desertion. Quarrels followed the
removal of the mustache and the court
scene was the result.
Any man who has been brought up
in the country and been intimately
connected with the handling of cows
and calves will appreciate the feelings
of Mike" Stolz, proprietor of the
Mountain House at Ebensburg. Mike"
kind-heartedly attempted to help a
small boy manage an unruly cow. First
he tried to halt its passage by block
lHS up an aIley WITH MS own width,
but failing in this he appended himself
to the cows "caudal appendage," as
the Johnstown Leader terms it. The
rest of the story is somewhat hazy in
Mikes memory.
The suggestion of having firemen
as ushers for the Slough Evangelical
meetings at Lebanon is a very good
one. Even though the danger from
fire may with care be minimized
nevertheless it would do no harm to
have the proper means for tempering
the expected heat of the campaign.
The celebration in Sharon yesterday
afternoon in honor of Frank H. Bull
was a fitting testimonial of the graft
tude and appreciation of the citizens
for the generosity of Mr.. Bull. Their
patron presented the valley cities of
Sharon, Farrell and adjoining suburbs
with a great amusement park, a $780,
900 athletic club, and a magnificent
boulevard, totalling over a million
dollars in cost.
John w. Wise, of Washington, Pa,
belied his name by his action in get
ting a divorce and being married again
the same day. He was stricken with
paralysis during the ceremony of his
second marriage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
NOTE THE SUPPLEMENT
IDetrolt Free Press

Paris offers a new skirt, knee length,
supplemented by pantlettes. We take
ion designers have been killed in the
war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
The Micawbers

Like Dickens quaint charac-
ter, too many businessmen are
prone to sit around and wait for
something to turn up"
And when 1t does 1t not in
frequently has the shape and
semblance OF bankruptcy pro-
ceedings.
Live businessmen make things
turn up.
They assert their right to
thrive, and do.
They recognize the value of
newspaper advertising.
They employ 1t as an effective
weapon and grow and prosper.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
DO YOU KNOW

That material for car wheels is
being turned out in Dauphin
county works?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

Mayor Royal says the motor club
has been discourteous to him. Being
a member of the club, how much dis
courtesy does he attribute TO him.
self?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

A billion dollar loan! Back to
your dungeon cell, Monteguina, thereIl
be no splurge to-day!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

-"Zeppeiins planning to smash Lon
DON" says a newspaper headline.
Some Zeppelins!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

Millionaire Woolworth confesses
he borrowed fifty cents in his youth
to attend a circus. Thus is early
thrift as an agent of later wealth
given Jess Willard wallop.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
HISTORIC HARRIsBUR,
AUSTRIAN WOMEN DON'T HATE

This city and county have always
had their offices together.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

Connie Mack says he will come
back; perhaps, but. like Tipperary. it's
a long way to go.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16
Our Daily Laugh

Sometimes the
Anitor cleans out
the bank, some
times the cashier.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

Don't pick up a brick when ap-
preaching a dark alley" says the man
who does not believe in preparedness,
because in the event of no highway
man appearing you may be tempted
to throw it at an innocent pedestrian
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

NO more the golden voice." is the
headline OF an Evening Ledger edi-
torial. No, Bryan has not been
stricken dumb, it refers to Sarah
Bernhardt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

We're glad Standish defeated
Ouimet; we never were sure how to
pronounce Ouimet
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

Fred c. Huston. one of the best
known soldiers in the National Guard,
is very proudly wearing the silver
medal given to him by Father Penn
for twenty years continuous service as
a marksman. There are very few of
them in the Guard. Mr. Huston is
commissary sergeant of the Eighth In
fantry and one of the old-timers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

John w. Wise, of Washington, Pa,
belied his name by his action in get
ting divorce and being married again
the same day. He was stricken with
paralysis during the ceremony of his
second marriage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

More fans which were bought as
advertisements and laid aside when
the August cold spell came along have
heen trotted out and made to do duty
this week. In one store a lot of fans
which had been consigned to the
depths of the storeroom made their
appearance yesterday and were as
eagerly snapped up as in July.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-16

Among Harrisburg visitors yester-
day was Samuel I. Spyker, the Renub-
ican county chairman of Huntingdon.
who is prominently mentioned for an
important place in the worknen's
compensation system. Mr.. Spyker has
many friends here and he will make
quite an addition to Harrisburg.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-23
IRISH FOES JOINED BY WAR
Nationalist and ulster Volunteers Are
Fighting sNide by Side in
the Trenches.

Dublin-A ba d Id of the Irish guards,
which even 1eNw months ago would
have received am unfriendly greeting
anywhere in IRELAND, arrived here on
recruiting tourN and was enthusiast
tically cheered ais it marched to the
Mansion house, INlaying "St. Patrick's
Day"
There was fAnother remarkable
scene here whenV John E. Redmond,
the Irish nationa Mist leader, reviewed
$4,000 OF the IristN national volunteers
and in a speech said that of the ma
tionalist and U sAter volunteers, who
had organized tqN fight one another,
more than 50,0GlH were now fighting
side by side on the continent, or in
training to go tnv ERE.
Perhaps for tlk first time in Irish
history such sceN Ines have been wit
messed, and certainly there has been a
change from the Mays when an Irish
man who join : M the army was
Stunned by MANN
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-04-23

pertinent of l.teeping the whole of this
famous battalion behind the line, and
training all ranks as officers. AS they
reached a7ceIrhin standard of progress
they were gHven commissions and
drafted to sHIlar battalions. / made
careful inquiries as to how this ex-
pertinent had worked out in practice.
One corps &C nhmander told me he had
received large number of these new
officers from athe Artists Rifles, and
that with extremely few exceptions
they had tu1n0 led out admirably.
A love of cleanliness is one of the
strongest traists in the Anglo-Saxon
race. The besAt of troops speedily lose
their pride AIM self-respect if they are
obliged 20 LIVED in filthy surroundings,
amidst which ut is impossible for them
to clean themselves, their uniforms
and equipme The conditions in
Flanders throughout the winter have
been about bad as any troops have
ever had to ace. The army medical
corps took t. IL problem in hand and
has shown re Nmarkable skill and in
genu1ty In lte,WSOlutlOn.
Bath E. Very Ten Days.
Scattered ov Ter northern France and
Flanders are Ihany factories for max
ing beet suga1N and beer These pos
sess enormou a watts such as most of
us are familiar with in breweries at
home AS theiN legitimate occupation,
in the case OF Whose situated close to
the firing linea, is now gone, they
have been utilized for the purpose of
washing the BNitish army.
This experiment. of cleaning every
man in an ARMY several hundreds of
thousands strohg once in every ten
days has nevGlN been tried before in
war. Yet so cRmplete is the organi-
cation that, eytAept under exceptional
circumstances, fevery man and officer
is sure of his btNt bath every ten days.
A battalion 9 omes off duty and
marches to res in it's billets, the men
and their unifC INNS covered with mud.
Above all, it j. necessary to change
their shirts ami underclothes.
Let it not be imposed that the only
enemy our mel Xhave to face is found
in the trenche N There is another,