Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-26
Ehrntng Glrat

Judging from the number of horse/
ana mules which have been rounded
up IN pens along the railroads in this
part or the State in the last seventv-
TWO hours there is going to be soar
city Oh draft animals on a good MANY
farms in this part of the State unless
'he farmers overcome the difficulties
Oh the situation by using
motor vehicles All over this section
Oh the State agents of men interested
III buying up horses to offer to IJncle
sam for the use of the Pennsylvania.
Guardsmen have been busv for a wool,
@iiu the result of their combing of the
countryside became apparent Saturday
when horses and mules commenced to
MI the cattle pens at the stations and
s'ock yards. Hundreds of horses were
sahen out of this State by the Euro
peah war and the reason the normal
Increase has not occurred this wear
i naS peen because of the exports. Then
ene United States army began drawing
90 a me states supply of horses for its
wi WI use. NOW comes the mobilization
ana the need for hundreds of horses
Ior o1ncers, for artillery, for cavalry
ana other organizations The Cuard
went 10 camp without horses because
ene United States government is to
supply mounts and draft animals and
a,.e was no end of fussing at Gretna
over the fact that farmers did not hire
as many horses as .expected The
Iuafd also went to camp dependent
upon hlred automobiles The state
owns one motor truck at the State ar
senai and 1t had to hire them to move
! thlhss around at Altoona. Mt. Gretna.
camp is laid out on generous lines and
to get around the generals and colo
nels had to use automob Some of
them had brought their cars to camp
OF OF else mad the use of those of friends
mere were a few jitneys which were
IN demand. But as a result of the lack
ol horses and cars most of the officers
GGaIheo on saturday and yesterday
SeheraI A: j. Logan, commanding the
second brigade. who owns several
norses and couple of fine cars at
nome, went around in a tin lizzie"
winch he rented by the day. Perhans
within a few days the horses. which
must De as carefully inspected as the
men, Will be ready to overcome the
the troubles at Gretna.
Governor Brumbaugh, in whose
nonor the mobilization camp at Mt.
Gretna was named in accordance with
custom. has a street named after him
IN Porto Rico. This street is in San
Suan and is known as Gale Brum-
naugh. 1t was named about the time
that the Governor was a member Of
the Porto Rican Senate and when he
was organizing the schools of the is
land.
Some of the tracts of pine near the
Guy are being carefully inspected by
nv al
see that the disease known as the
white pine blister does not get a hold
IN this section of the State. The
tracts are not numerous hereabouts.
put there are a few which might cause
breeding of the pest. The blister bids
lalr 70 be as troublesome as the chest
nut blight.
The briskness of the recruiting lust
now is causing a good many funny in
cidents. The recruiting officers have
many callers and it is amusing TO
watch the men get into the wrong
pews They drop in at navy or regu-
!ar army place and say that they want
10 get where there will be quick fight
ing, None want to go to any of the
torts to train, but seem to desire to
start for the border at once. The an
nouncement of any departure from.
Mt. Gretna will give a great stimulus
| W recruiting,
There has been a good bit of ouiet
interest taken among chemists and
medical men of the State in the uues-
tlon put out by the State Department
oi Agriculture on why strychnine will
Kill a crow and not hurt a Chicken or
a quail. The action of the poison ia
said to be something whic.. is new TO
poultrymen who see chances to kill off
rats by poison which will not bother
| the fowls. Several men when asked
FOR the reason said frankly that thev
were waiting to hear from those high
er up.
! Richard E. Cochran, of York, men
toned for a place in one of the legal
branches OF the State government. is
a former deputy secretary of the com
monwealth and well-known to MANY
here. He was candidate for alter
nate delegate -at-large last month.