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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
BOATING AND BATHING

IN diverting to the general fund the
revenues of the municipal Water
Department the City Council has
done that which was manifestly the
practical and common sense thing to
do. With a debt that has now been
provided for through sinking fund in
vestments and with n rapidly-increas-
ing surplus from year to year it would
have been folly to increase local tax
alton for general purposes.
Generally speaking. the budget as
outlined in the pending ordinance is
constructive in its character, but there
will be general regret that no provision
has been made for bathing and boat
ing facilities this year. There seems
no good excuse for this save a dis
proportionate view of some things and
narrow vision of others in the con-
sideration of the several items en-
braced in the budget.
With considerable reduction in
the tax levy as result of a diversion
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
THE PRESIDENTIAL PROGRAM

! INDICATIONS are that President
Wilson is going to have a hard
time inducing Congress to pass the
compulsory investigation law which
he has recommended, to which the
labor organizations of the country
object, and that as he learns of the
opposition likely to develop his sup
port of his own twice recommended
measure becomes lukewarm.
1t is true that no word has come
from the White House on the subject;
nor have any of the readily recogniz-
able authorized sources of authentic
rumor which cluster about the ad-
ministration given any sign. Never
theIess, there is subtle and growing
opinion that the whole program which
the President has insisted upon in his
message will be permitted to die from
neglect.
The Democratic leaders in the
House have frankly washed their
hands of it. They say that the proper
origin for anything of the kind should
be in the Senate. In the Senate, Mr..
4
man of the joint committee which is
investigating the matter has lost
something of the jaunty confidence
which he displayed at the beginning
of the session. And all around the
Capitol tie watchword seems to be
Pass the appropriation bills and go
home"
If this should be the result, there
will be two Presidential messages to
be explained away. Last September,
when Mr.. Wilson first took the rail-
road problem to Congress, he ex-
hibited program which contained
the compulsory investigation as a
cardinal feature. During the cam
paign it was argued that the i'm
perative necessity of concluding the
session in view of the political cam
paign was all that prevented tie pas
sage of the investigation bill then. In
his annual message the President re-
newed the recommendation and gave
evidence that he meant business.
Yet it now appears that he will
show no Spartan ardor for the meas
ure and that If Congress is reluctant
to act he will not prod it.
Out of this situation the query
"why?" obtrudes itself. No one can
now answer 1t. The cryptic processes
of reasoning by which. the President
has advanced to SO many strong posi-
tions only to beat a retreat. are not
open to public examination: nor are
they ever elucidated. Therefore.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
No End of Newspaper Troubles

Not satisfied with other exactions, a
California member of Congress is at
tempting to put through as rider to
the postoffice appropriation bill big
increase in postal rates upon news
papers and periodicals. Looks like an
effort of the cheap politicians TO nam
string the press.
The Erie (Pa.) Daily Times and the
Erie Evening Herald will, become
2-cent papers January |. The cost OF
print paper was assigned by each as
the reason for the advance. In this
movement they follow the Dispatch,
which raised to 2 cents a year ago.
The Erie newspapers also have de-
cided to refuse free church notices and
similar copy of an advertising nature
at anything less than regular space
rates.
The Portland (Maine) Express
Advertiser on December IL raised its
price to IL cents q week. or Sc per
year, delivered by carrier.
The Detroit Journal and the Detroit
News. which have hitherto sold at
7 cents q week in the suburban
circle" will on January / advance
their rates to 10 cents q week in that
territory. which includes a radius of
forty miles from Detroit. This makes
the rate 10 cents throughout the state.
A resolution designed to prevent
introduced in the Senate by Senator
kenyon, of Iowa. In the face of the
increasing cost of paper and an i'm
creasing demand for 1t. the resolution
saws. great quantities of useless bulle-
tins. pamphlets and books are con-
stantly being printed by the govern
ment.
The resolution provides that the
Senate committee on printing shall re-
port to the Senate as to what bulletins
and publications issued by the govern
ment may be suspended. at least tenn
porarily, and as to what further econo-
mics in tho use OF paper may be prac-
ticed in various departments.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

City Solicitor T. K. Saylor has
stirred UP a hornets nest in Johnstown
by ruling that council cannot set aside
streets for coasting.
Congressman S. G. Porter is TAX
ing an active part in good roads meet
ings in Allegheny county.
Stewart w. Marshall, former
Johnstown man, is in charge of erec-
tion of furnaces in India.
THE Rev. DIR. ]. III. McClurkin.
who was chairman of the Sunday COM
mittee in Pittsburgh, dedicated the
Williamsburg tabernacle last night.
II. T. Nipple, Lock Haven lawyer.
will remove to Williamsport and enter
the Mccormick firm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

Peace on earth. good will to men"
doesn't seem to be a popular slogan
where the Republican factions are en-
gagged in combat. 1t is a conspicuous
fact. however. that in all this din of
personal recrimination the interest is
largely confined to those engaged in
making the noise. Among most Re-
publicans there is increasing discon-
tent over the fatuous controversy which
inures only to the benefit of the COM
mon political enemy. When will the
obstreperous Philadelphia wing of the
party learn that the main body of Re-
publicans are out of sympathy with
the clashing and pickering of the So
called leaders?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
What Babies Are For

In the Woman's Home Companion
for January. q story is printed in
which one of the characters says:
- wonder If that isn't what hap
pens to lots of people, she mused one
day as she sat alone down in Aunt
Lennabers parlor embroidering, while
the baby was having his nap. When
you have your first baby you certainly
are getting right into the current of
married life, and at first you just
swirl around and have hard time and
don't land any place. and then maybe
you land on the rocks. But il you do
come out all right-you love each 9th
er harder than ever She sat up at
that straight and eager in her chair.
why. that's what It's fori'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
For Dancers

So prance that when thy summons
comes to haunt
The innumerable restaurants of din
and dinner fame,
And when the ragtime music plays,
where each shall do
His duty on the glistening dancing
floor,
Thou go not like the stumbling clod-
hopper
After the plow, but, sustained and
soothed
BY an unfaitering partner, perform
the steps
Like one who truly tries each night at
home
To limp like ducks and trot like fox
and turkey N-Lixe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

It's q funny
world. said
little Tad.
When a boys
not sleepy
he's sent to
bed
And he's hustled
out by his
mas decree
When he's just
as sleepy
as he can
be.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

This latest volume of an exceedingly
valuable publication for reference con-
tains over 1000 biographies of notable
men and women of our time and is
fully up to the high standard of its
predecessors, while in one respect,
that of the new style of portrait illus
trations, it is u marked improvement
over the former volumes.
Having had frequent occasion to
consult the National Cyclopedia of
American Biography we have found
it q veritable mine of valuable and
necessary material, and rarely have
we failed to obtain just the information
wanted. The volume before us con-
tains the biographies of many promi-
nent Americans who have recently
passed away and also of many persons
who are conspicuously before the pub
lie at the present time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
THURSDAY EVENING, DEC. 2s.

We treat God toith i,reuerence 6y
bdnfShing Him from our thoughts, not
by referring to His toill on slight oc.
cdSionS.-RUsKIN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

High cost of living explanation -
Foodstuffs shipped from United States
ports the past eleven months were
valued at s670, 100000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

The Snyder county farmer who found
$1,000 under an old stump is not the
only farmer who has attained wealth
by removal of stumps
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

Getting up on his seventy-ninth
birthday Admiral Dewey may have been
merely displaying his strenuosity; and
then again it may have been insomnia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

There is food for a lot of reflection
in that paragraph. What is written
between tie lines is far more inform
ing than the words themselves and
the conclusions to be drawn are so
plainly evident that an analysis is un-
necessary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
EDITORIAL. COMMENT

Roumania appreciates Just how she
was needed by the allies.-Wall Street
Journal.
The fundamental trouble with draws
is that they always lead to return
matches.-New York Sun.
Diet squad gained in weight when it
quit worrying about the cost of meals.
Wall Street Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
iLOur Library Table,
K9A2A>Fxw nirvrKs wtrr THs
k/ssI2sEsz nesgs : HAsAzANhes -

National CycIopedia of American
Biography. Vol. XIV, Svo, buckram.
416 pp., illustrated. James t. White
G. Co., publishers. Price, $40.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

Pastor Finds Eighteen Pearls in Ten
Cent Plate of Oysters."-News item
headline. But where aid he get a ten
cent plate of oysters?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg gloves are sold in
Virginia?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

everyone is guessing, first, whether
the railroad program will fall by the
wayside; and, secondly, if so, why?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

The first steamboat is said to have
been operated on the Susquehanna
near here in the forties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28
a GERMAN NEWSPAPERS VIEWS

n view of the present peace talk
! in Germany the following transla-
ton of an editorial in the Nueste
Nachrichten, of Leipzig, is interesting
and enlightening:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

Let us honestly admit that we
nave deceived ourselves in many
things; that the course of The war
has been full of surprises. France
has conducted herself in a man
ner contrary to anything that was
expected of her. Russia, too. has
developed far greater Internal
strength than she had been cred
tied with having. However, it was
England who showed the world n
new face altogether Her adoption
OF military service-an uneNampIed
sacrifice of English principles-her
organization. her munitions OUTPUT.
and many other things have shown
that in the British people there still
flows some Germanic blood. and
that England is not far behind us
in endurance, in valor and in the
will to sacrifice
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

E. j. .STACKPoLE. Prest ana Editor-in-C Chief
:. r. OYSTER. Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

A case of unusual interest which is
to be taken up by the Public Service
Commission next week will attract the
attention of everyone who is connected
with u summer camp or who has had
trials and tribulations with a rural
telephone line. A Paterson IN. J.)
pastor has complained that the service
of a Pike county line was no good and
he gives numerous reasons which indi-
cate that he had trouble most of the
summer. The hearing promises to at
tract much attention from people who
go to that section of the state.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

NOT FLAT
TERING.

He II love
you better.than
my life.
She Con-
sidering the life
you lead, I am
not surprised.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

Many inquiries are still being made
about the vote cast for various candi-
dates at the November election. The
other day half a dozen inquiries were
made as to how the vote for presiden-
tial electors and Supreme Court justice
compared with the vote for Auditor
General or United States senator APP
parently some people had bets or else
they were seeking information, but the
inquiries came from different sections
and at varying intervals. George d.
Thorn, chief clerk to the Secretary of
the Commonwealth. is the court of
last resort.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-28

To-day was the birthday of ex-
Governor Edwin S. Stuart and a num-
ber of his friends here sent him con-
gratuiations.
Boyd Brumm of Monessen. has
been selected as Weatmoreland cotn-
ty mercantile appraiser.
Jesse L. Jones of West Chester.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-09-15
Republican Sweep Maine.

The state of Maine, which held an
election Monday, went republican by
l3, 900, ard will send two United
States senators and four congressman
to the national capitol next March.
Maine was considered of vital i'm
portance to both national parties, and
the contest was a fair test between
the democrats and the republicans.
Theodore Roosevelt and Mr.. Hughes,
with Senator Borah and scores of
other national leaders of both parties
campaigned the state. 1t is an old
saying that ''Maine goes so goes the
nation, and the national democratic
administration spent every available
ounce of energy in an effort to hold
Maine. But the people repudiated
Woodrow Wilson and his administra-
tion The election was an endorse
inent of Charles Hughes for president.
AS Maine goes so goes the nat on. -
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-09-15
Suggest Changes In Game Law.

Bruce Lipscomb and Walt Wendell
were in from Dent yesterday. Mr..
Wendell, who is professional cougar
hunter, is hopeful that the coming
legislature amend the game laws re-
garding cougar. He points out that
the present law requires the removal
Of all four feet of cougar pelt when
the bounty of $25 is paid, and says
this ruins the hides for fine rugs.
The claws must be left intact if the
finest part of cougar rug is not to
be destroyed. Mr.. Wendell wants
the law amended to permit the re-
noval of the bone in the right fore
leg, matter that will afford a good
protection against graft, and give the
hunters the benefit of the enhanced
value of the pelts for rugs. The
Legislature ought to raise the bounty
on cougar to $50, figure that would
enable hunters to devote time to the
business. That would offer some real
protection to deer, and go long
ways towards exterminating the worst
enemy of the deer.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-09-15
VOLUME 5
Amendment Needs Only a Majority.

Here is some good news for the
friends of the proposed amendment.
Last week, in an article by Mrs.
Vivian Craig of Orofno, it was urged
that all friends of the proposed dry
amendment be on the alert since it
requires two-third majority to carry
it. A copy of the Clearwater Repub-
lican reached Herman H. Taylor, of
Standpoint, lieutenant governor of
Idaho, and one of the candidates ut
the primary on the republican ticket.
Mr.. Taylor writes the Republican,
under date of September IL, and says !:
In an article by Vivian Craig.
the last line reads remember a
two-thirds majority is required to
carry it, referring to the prohibition
amendment. This is an error. 1t
takes two thirds of each house to pass
an amendment in the Legislature, but
at the general election the constitu-
tion provides as to an amendment
land if majority of the electors
shall ratify the same, such amend
ment or amendments shall become a
part of this constitution. You see,
therefore, how easy it is to pass the
amendment, and l can assure you that
there seems to be no question in the
state at large but what it will pass
by good majority
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-09-15

ter at Elk River, moved to kootenai
county. Idaho.
A few weeks previous tC the Oro-
fno meeting Mr.. Hilton came to Oro-
fno and hung around. lie claimed to
have been only temporarily out of
the county, and in the name of
''harmony, - Mr.. Garrison seated Hill
ton as the accredited committeeman
from Elk River. When the meeting
was called to order those present
were.
F. w. Garrison, Orofno, chairman.
Clint Perkins. Fraser.
Gus Bashaw, Fenton.
Chas. Dent, Dent.
w. H. Bertrand, Ahsahka.
Jos. Kaufman, by proxy for Pierce
precinct.
C. w. Musser, Gilbert.
f. II. Hilton Elk River.
A motion was made endorsing Elder.
and the test was on. Here was a
fight with decent democrats on one
side, fighting to overthrow a vicious
patronage machine, represented by
Bob Elder of Occur Alene, repre-
sented in Clearwater county by dis
credited and disreputable democrats,
led by j. w. Blake, whose affiilia-
tions had previously been republican.
1t was test between decency and
indecency, between rule of the people
and rule of the gang. 1t was County
Auditor Joe Kaufman, honest, clean
and backed by the people, and Jim
Blake. the boss, man responsible
for much of the misgovernment, law
lessness, extravaganza, county debt
and Ncase cruise, from which Clear
water county has 80 recently suffered.
and not yet recovered.
On the motion to indorse Elderism
the vote stood
F. w. Garrison and Jos. Kaufman
mo. For the motion, Clint Perkir,
of Fraser. Chas. Dent, w. H. Bert
rand, C. w. Musser, E. n. Hilto,
voted ''yes. Gus Bashaw refused t.
vote. This left to 2, and Elderisn
and gang rule won. Mark the vote
Note the men Sho delivered Clear
water county to Elder and the Blakes
Four anti-Blake precincts wer'
absent. Seven committeeman wer'
, present and that made quorum
, But the anti-democ ats, tine Blak,
gang, had but four out of twelv
, committeeman, for Hilton had n
right to represent Elk River. Wit
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-09-15
Why Not a Pickle Factory.

A lady reader of the Republican
asks why pickle factory in Orofino
would not prosper. She points out
that conditions here are favorable for
the production of large yields of high
grade cucumbers; that the seasons are
long, giving the vines chance to
yield over long period. If we could
open a market for cucumbers and
other products that do so we'll here we
could give even the women folks
profitable employment that would not
be too heavy for the gentler sex. An
acre of cucumbers would return a
handsome profit, if there was a local
market for them, and it might be
practicable to open up this kind of a
factory in Orofino. Why not?
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-09-15
NUMBER IS
Club Boys and Girls Win HouOrs.

The following boys and girls rep
resented Clearwater county at the en-
campment given by the Inter- State
Fair Association in Spokane last
week Martha Lutes, Ida Smith,
Millicant Judd, Belle Reed and Elsie
johnson. of Fraser represented the
canning clubs. Arnold Soderherg.
Orofino, the Corn clubs; Nellie Chase,
Ahsahka, the Potato clubs; and Cor
nelius Griffin. Orofno, champion spell
part in the Inter- State Spelling con-
test, coming out fifth in class of
, twenty lone contestants.
Clearwater county boys and girls
| carried off the honors at Spokane as
follows: Nellie Chase, lst prize in
potato exhibit; Harvey Jolly, Fraser,
3rd prize in potato exhibit and End
prize in potato club record and story;
| Earl Eby, Fraser, 3rd prize for pota-
to club record and story; Arnold Sod
erberg, Orofino, End prize in corn
exhibit; Ida Smith, Fraser, lst prize
and Elsie johnson, Fraser, 3rd prize
in potato grading and judging con-
test; Millcent Judd, Fraser, 1st prize
and Belle Reed, Fraser, 3rd prize in
grain judging contest. The Fraser
canring team of five girls won 3rd
prize in the canning demonstration
contest, with nine teams competing.
During the encampment the MORN
ings were devoted to lectures by
agricultural specialists, club leaders
and round table talks by the boys and
girls. All the boys and girls who
attended report most profitable and
pleasant week which was psent as the
guests of the Spokane fair associ-
alton, and the people of Clearwater
county are proud of the record made
by our delegates. The club work
has certainly made great progress in
Clearwater county during the past
year and the way is paved for much
greater results at the end of another
year.
County Superintendent of Schools.
Mayme Fisher, spent the week in
Spokane with our young folks, taking
great interest in club work throughout
the county during the year, work
iniatiated by ner and for the success
of which no little credit is due her.
Club work among the public school
boys and girls is the practical side of
education, feature too long negected.
During one term as county superin-
tendent of schools Mrs. Fisher has
aroused lot of interest. The work
of our young folks at Spokane in
competitive contests against the best
teams of the Northwest shows how
thoroughly the foundation has been
laid Mrs. Fisher is today recognized
among state educators as one of the
foremost in Idaho. Our public
schools are rated as second to none in
the state.