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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
AGRuMoToRs IN ITALY

For some years the Italian govern
ment has been forced to consider some
means of utilizing many deserted
farms--a condition which was form
erly due chiefly to the immigration OF
farm population. The entrance of the
country into the war still further les
sens the number of men to do farm
work, so the government has had to
come to the assistance of the women
They are supplying communal agri-
motors or power farm machinery to
do the heavier work of cultivation, SO
that the food supply of the country
may not be diminished. Most of the
agrimotors or farm tractors are i'm
ported from America. They are hand
led under the direction of the italian
Department of Agriculture which di-
rects their use. either upon small in
dividual farms for the owners, or
upon larger tracts controlled by the
government
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
THE SEARCHLIGHT
NEW STONES FOR MT. VERNON

After several years effort upon the
part of the regents in charge Of Wash
ington's home at Mt. Vernon, it is be-
lieved that stones to replace the
much-worn flooring of the portico
will be secured. At least they are now
at a wharf in Yorkshire, England
awaiting shipment to this country.
The stones have been taken from
the old Bees Head quarry, of Cum
berland England, where George
Washington procured the first stones
nearly 200 years ago. They are be-
lieved to be exact duplicates of the
originals. The quarry is nearly 800
years old. 1t is located near White
Haven, where Washington's grand
mother Is buried.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27

TINE gathering of public-spirited
= men in Harrisburg to-day-at
the call of Governor Brumbaugh
to formulate plans for the establish
ment of a great roadway across Penn
sylvania from Philadelphia to Pitts
burgh by way of Reading, Harrisburg
and the Juniata Valley. to be known
as the William Penn Highway, is an
evidence of the strong and growing
interest in good roads throughout
Pennsylvania. The movement which
eliminated in the conference here is
the direct outgrowth of Governor
Brumbaugh's See Pennsylvania First"
automobile tour of the State last Oc-
tober, which in turn was made pos
sible by the remarkable improvement
of the highways of the State during
the first summer of State Highway
Commissioner Cunningham's admins
tration. So that the William Penn
Highway plan may be said to have
been fathered' by the businesslike and
efficient methods of the State Highway
Department itself.
There is bit of unwritten history
concerning that tour of last October
which 1t is not necessary to relate
here, but which resulted in the birth
of the William Penn route idea in
the minds of some of those who spent
that delightful week in the open amid
the wonderful scenery of Pennsylva-
MAS hills and valleys.
There is nothing arbitrary, however.
in the selection of the route. Nature
did that, as Allen D. Albert said re-
garding the location of Harrisburg at
the intersection OF stream and valleys
that has made 1t the center of trans
portation from remotest days. The
Indians first knew the beauties and
the easy grades of the Juniata Valley.
and used them. Then came the settler
who followed in the red mans foot
steps. Next the early road builder
took up his crude work, and after the
Conestoga wagon and the stage coach
came the canal-all of them following
the ripping waters and the easy ele-
vations of the Juniata. Finally, the
railroad paralleled the canal, and now
we are about to step back and COM
plete in modern, comprehensive way
! the task the pioneer road builder
of necessity left incomplete. The
route proposed is scientifically correct,
historically interesting and beautiful
beyond power to describe. It is des-
tined to decome the great highway be-
tween the East and the West, but
much remains to be done to make 1t
so. To-day's conference marks only
the beginning of work that will re-
quire some years. at least, to COM
plete.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
The Friendless
Alarm Clock

We respect an alarm clock =
but IL has very few real friends.
1t is a shining example OF the
type Of remainder that compels
rather than persuades,
People don't like to be in
fluenced by alarm clock meth
ods. They prefer the advice of
friends.
1t is the element of personal
friendliness that distinguishes
the newspaper from other pub
lications.
II is a welcome. sought after
visitor in the home. Its adver-
tising is presented as a friend
introduces a stranger.
alton that makes It valuable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg has been a
center of the vehicle trade for
this part of the State for more
than q century?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27

"Why. Johnny" said a mother to her
tour-year-old son. aren't you ashamed
to go about with such a dirty face?"
Don't you worry about 1t. mamma,
he replied. "As soon as I get little
bigger I'll raise whiskers. then you
won't notice the dirt"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
A L W A Y 8 I'M
PRESSIVE.
He Is some
pompous, eh?
Yes; he goes
through life like
q parade of one.

The teacher of the Juvenile class had
told her pupils that the poet Milton was
blind. The next day she asked>if any
of them could recall Milton's affliction.
Yes. ma'am, ! can" replied a small
boy. HE was a poet"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
SERVE YE THE LORD

Now therefore fear The Lord ana
serve him in sincerity and in trutlr
and put away the gods which your
fathers served on the other side of THE
flood. and in Egypt: and serve ye the
Lord.-Joshuax xiv. Ia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27

And in truth it is! What is a
beautiful house set down in barren
field. or a mansion surrounded by
ashpiles? Picture to yourself the
finest house you remember seeing
built. Remember how poorly it look
ed in its setting of mortarboxes and
sandpiles, and how beautiful it is to-
day. with its lawns and its shrub
berry and its trees! How every charm
of architecture is accentuated or mel
lowed by the planting that surroun ds
it with greenery in summer and lends
it distinction even when boughs are
bare and black in winter! What a
waste it would be without its plants
and its fowers! How barren and
parched it would look under a hot
July sun. Anybody can see that.
Well, that's the kind of thing that's
wrong with your street. It needs
growing things. but the trouble is.
FEW people can see THAT. And
thereby lies the difference between
the city man and the country man or
the suburbanite. The city man has
tried to make a house without the
companionship of plants, and 1t has
not been wholly successful. 1t has
not been complete. 1t has lacked that
essential of charm and beauty which
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27

After studying carefully a photo
graph of Colonel House, the thought
arises that perhaps he doesn't say any
thing because he doesn't have any
thing of importance to say.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

The first railroad train crossed t,r
Susquehanna at this point on the Cp-T
berland Valley bridge in 1889.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27

THE War Department is un-
easy" about the troops in Mexico,
says dispatch. We prefer to wait
until Pershing and Funston show
signs of uneasiness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27

Grocer-The honeymoon is over in
the house on the hill.
Assistant-How do you know?
Grocer-The bride has just phoned
In an order for CHAM
Age Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 27.

There is a home for lcedry souls
By sin and sorrot0 driuen;
When tossed on LIES tempeStuous
shoals,
Where storms arise and ocean rolls,
And all is dredr but heaUeR.
WILLIAM B. TAPPAN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
TELEORAPH'S PERlSCOPE

Senator Stone talks of under
ground influences" in Mexico. May
be he thinks Villa is going to escape
by means of a subway.
The trouble with the modern
flowers that bloom in the Spring
tra-la'' is that they are too blooming
high.
Thanks, Mr.. Domain, play an
encore next Sunday.
One thing we like about that lost
aviator in MeXico-when he found he
couldn't fly he refused to run.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27

Z, J. J.STACKPoLE.P PyC5t and Editor.iH.C Hisf
F. r. OYSTER. Business MGnGgsr.
GUS NJ. SnEINMETZ, MGndgiag Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
NINDOW-GARDENS

T ORD BACON, in one of those Won
II derful essays that are as ap-
plicable to life to-day as when
they were written. saws:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-27
VIM. PENN HIGHWAY

TINE gathering of public-spirited
men in Harrisburg to-day-at
the call of Governor Brumbaugh
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09

Daters, Pads and Rubber Stamps OF
very description ct this Office.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09
MUNICIPAL WATER
SYSTEM REPAIRED

With S. j. Vulgar. of Portland, in
charge Of the work, a crew of men has
Just completed repairs to the big reser-
voir of the municipal water system.
Because Of improper construction of
joint, the reservoir has leaked badly
since it was built in 1912, and hundreds
of thousands of gallons of water have
gone to waste. City Water Superin-
tendent Price has also completed i'm
provements at the old city reservoir,
and an eight foot wire fence has been
erected around the old city spring, for
merly the source of supply for the
Lower City. The old spring will be
kept as reserve source in case of a
fire and during summer months, when
heavy irrigation drains the new sys-
TEN.
'We do not contemplate any trouble
in having sufficient water for all needs
in the future" says Superintendent
Price. "Tests of the water from the
old spring. made by the State Health
Department. show that it is free from
any impurities.
Last summer severe shortage of
water prevailed here during the hot
season because of the leakage Of the
new reservoir.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09
LOCAL SHRINERS
INVITED TO BALL

AL Kader Temple, Portland, Ore.,
Ancient Order of Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine. is giving complimentary
dance and card party to it's members
and ladies throughout the entire state,
as we'll as visiting Mobiles and other
Shriners and their ladies.
The entertainment will be held in
the Multnomah hotel, Portland. at $50
O'Clock on the night of November Is.
Both ball rooms will be used, as we'll
as the Japanese tea garden. and AL
Kader band, assisted by two orchestras
will render the music for the occasion.
AL Kader Temple, through the COM
mittee consisting of A. B. Gottschalk,
l.. G. Carpenter, A. W. Orton. C. E.
Thomas and J. E. Buckingham. extends
a hearty invitation to all Shriners in
Hood River county. Admission will be
gained by the presentation of their
1916 card and the wearing of the fez.
Several features will be introduced
during the evening. which will include
an exhibition dance by MIR. and Mrs.
Harold Grady, who have recently re-
turned from an 18 months successful
tour of the east.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09
PROMINENT EDUCATOR
ADDRESSES TEACHERS
(By Will Cass)

The annual Parent Teacher institute
was held Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday of last week at Hood River high
school building under the management
of County Superintendent of Schools
Gibson. With a great deal Of careful
work and presevering correspondence.
Mr.. Gibson obtained for his headliners
a number of the best educators the
Northwest possesses. In addition, the
teachers and parents were given the
opportunity of hearing Miss Fox. Of
the National Bureau of Edcuation.
Washington, D. c.. woman whose ed
ucational researches are winning her a
nationwide prominence.
Prof. Evenden, of the Oregon State
Normal, at Monmouth. was the first
speaker and he handled his subjects in
a manner at once mastery and pleas
ing. His final address on "Habit
Forms tion and Its Instructive Bases"
was particularly noteworthy. Habits
we're cited as one of the most potent
aids of teacher. but he warned his
audience in these words, Don't start
habit you can't fiaish," meaning that
q child should not be half equipped
with number of non-functioning hab-
its. In Adolescence, which be called
the period of the ideal, the introspec-
tive or the storm and stress period,
Mr.. Evendep made a strong appeal for
the junior high school.
DR.. DeBusk, of the University of
Oregon, dealt with "Crises in the
Growth of the Child" and Preventive
Mental Hygiene. In the latter speech
DR.. DeBusk, after stating that every
impression Sns its expression" and that
"the only means Of expression is mus
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09

cular action" dropped rather healthy
bomb among his pedagogical audience
by declaring the culture epoch" the
ory all bosh.
Various tests for determining the
exact location of pupil on the edcua-
tional ladder. as we'll az determining
the rating of your one particular school
as whole among the other schools of
the country, were discussed and illus
trated by Miss Fox. her work was es-
pecially instructive and interesting to
the grade school teachers, having for
their difficulties immediate and practi-
cal value.
]. A. Churchill, state superintendent
Of public instruction. in an address on
Tuesday gave general outline of pro.
gress, plans and prospects in his depart
ment, noting briefly on points of i'm
mediate vital interest to Oregon teach
ers. In the evening of the same day
Mr.. Churchill made an address before
the Odell Parent Teacher Association.
Following very we'll presented talk
on Habits of Saving" by Truman
Butler, Prof. E. ID. Ressler, of the
Oregon Agricultural College, spoke on
Thrift, and was followed in turn by
Mr.. Seymour. state leader of the boys
and girls club work. thus giving in
reverse order, Getting the money"
Using the money!" and Saving the
money"
Mrs. Harriet Hickox Heller, of the
Boys and Girls Aid Society, made a
very touching and sincere appeal for
the boys and girls in her care, asking
in the course of her talk on what
Makes 'em Behave So," for Thanks
giving donations Of fruit. vegetables or
money.
L. P. Harrington. field worker for
the industrial fairs, told of the values
to pupils. parents and teachers to be
derived through participation in such
fairs as he described.
Mrs. Rodwell and her pupils from
the East Barrett school gave demon
stration Of basket weaving that was a
source of inspiration to everyone who
saw them work.
The music work in the city school
was demonstrated by the classes of
Mrs. Chas. Henney.
The following local people assisted in
making this first Parent Teacher insti-
tute success: Mesdames Huelat,
Ferguson, Lennon. Castner, Curtis
and Pennock; Miss Bragg, Miss Bart
mess and Miss Reavis: Mr.. Butler, Mr..
Wedemeyer. DR.. jenkins and Prof.
Critics.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09
kerr TO PROVIDE
A MUSICAL TREAT

A. s. Keir, local agent for the Edi-
son Phonograph Co., will provide q
musical treat for the people of Hood
River next Monday night at the Con-
gregational church, when Glen Ellison,
said to be every bit as good as Harry
Lauder, will be presented in one of his
typical programs.
Glen Ellison is known everywhere in
the musical world. Metropolitan audi
ences have paid as much as 81 to hear
him in his famous concerts. The Mon.
day night program will be free.
The following are two press notices
Of the great Scotch baritone: "Mr.
Glen Ellison may reckon Count Ard
helm one Of his successes and it is not
too much to add that the charming
number The Heart Bowed Down by
Weight of Woe has seldom been sung
better or received more enthusiastic
cally. "-Melbourne, Australia, Argus.
"Operatic talent, blended with COM
edy genius, ia the qualification that
recommends Glen Ellison, the Scotch
singing comedian. Ellison is one of the
popular hits here this week. He pos
sesses a magnetic personality. an un-
usually good and well trained voice.
and puts his songs over in a manner
which never fails to make bit. -
Louisville, KY. Times.
One of the features of MIR. Ellison g
singing will be his duets with himself
on the great Edison monographs.
The program will be as follows:
when / Leave the World Behind, "
Berlin; make UP Your Mind, Maggie
Mckenzie" Mills; Meditation" Mas.
senet; lie Menetrier." Wieniawski
''Wee Little House That You Live In, u
Mellor. Clifford. Godyfrey; ~ Love a
Lassie." Lauder Grafton: Carnival
of Venice" Paganini; "Girl of My
Dreams" Church; Nanny" Lauder +;
''The Kiss Waltz," Arditi; "My Bon
ME. Bonnie Jean." Lauder; "Old Folks
at Home" Foster: IL Like Your
Town." Weston. Bedford.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09
PRESVS INITIAL
CONTEST CLOSE
COAST STATES ARE PIVOTAL
Hughes Wins in Hood River County
Derby Wins Over Baker, Brad
shaw in, Wilbur Doubtful

Not since the Blaine Cleveland cam
paign has presidential race been SO
close. The returns that were given
here Tuesday night at the Commercial
club were very unsatisfactory to both
Democrats and Republicans, until along
toward midnight the message was re-
ceived that Hughes had carried New
York by majority of 100000. 1t
was then thought by everyone that
Hughes was the next president. Will
son. however, was reported as carrying
Colorado. Utah, Montana and leading
in California and Washington, and the
results became doubtful. All day yes
terday party men of both parties how
cred nervously around newspaper Offices
and telegraph Office, awaiting some
denfite results.
At late hour yesterday afternoon
Wilson had 268 electoral votes and
Hughes 243. with Minnesota, California
and Oregon in doubt. Hood River gave
Hughes majority of 124.
Main interest in Hood River conferred
in the races for district attorney, state
representative. senatorship and the
Office Of circuit judge. A. J. Derby
won over John Baker by 1923. :Mr. Ba-
ker's main strength was on the
Heights. Judge Derby's lead at Cas-
cade Locks, West. Mount Hood and
Pine Grove could not be overcome.
Geo. X. Wilbur defeated F. M. Gill in
this county 734. Reports from The
Dalles, however. gave Gill a comforta-
BILE majority. Judge Bradshaw, win
ming in this county over Fred W. Will
son, by 408, also carried Wasco county
by comfortable majority. ]. E. An
derson and Mrs. Alexander Thompson
are the next Hood River and Wasco
county representatives in the legisla-
ture. Mrs. Thompson has the honor of
being the first woman ever named in
the district for such a position. The
votes in this county are given on the
last page, where appears a tabulated
precinct count of all officers and bills.
The Single tax bill was defeated
throughout the state by a heavy ma
jority. Hood River showed it under
by large majority. The Brewers
bill, defeated in this county, seems to
have met with defeat everywhere. The
totally dry bill, receiving a majority
here. may have carried over the state.
Pendleton gets normal school
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09
|. 0. 0. F. CONDUCTS
HOAGLAND FUNERAL

The funeral of ]. H. HoaRland, aged
al years, who passed away at the Cot.
tage hospital Sunday, was conducted
Tuesday afternoon by the Odd Fellows
lodge at the hall of the fraternal or
ganization. MIR. Hoagland, who has
resided in the Hood River valley for
the past nine years. was manager of
one of the orchard places of the David
son Fruit Co.
MIR. Hoagland was a native of Iii.
nois. He is survived by bis widow ard
seven children.
The impressive Odd Fellow burial
service was read by j. P. Lucas. The
funeral as directed by c. c. Anderson.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09
EAST SIDE ROAD
GOES TO PIECES

The excessive traffic over newly i'm
proved portions of the East Side ma
cadam road have caused portions of the
highway to 60 to pieces very badly.
Although workmen completed the i'm
provement only several weeks ago,
holes several feet deep have been cut
in a long stretch. and the highway,
used more than any other in the valley,
is fast becoming impossible.
G. H. Stanton, supervisor of the
East Side road district, who thinks the
new work was not given time to settle,
has recommended to County Judge
Stanton that the chuckholes be filed
with crushed rock.
I'VE have been filing them up with
gravel, says Supervisor Stanton, but
this is pushed out Immediately by the
hundreds of loaded apple wagons that
pass over the route daily. Such i'm
provement, l think, Is just waste Of
time"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09
CLUB GETS EARLIEST
ELECTION RETURNS

The Commercial club was the most
popular place in Hood River Tuesday
evening, and until wee small hour Of
the morning Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike awaited the frequent bulle-
tins received by Operator Sheffield, of
the Western Union. The returns we're
made possible by contributions from
Pat Lindsay. club members and busi-
ness men. The bulletins. which we're
read as soon as their arrival to the as
sembled crowd in the club hall, aroused
cheers by Democrats. il they told of
good news for Wilson, while Hughes
cries almost lifted the roof, when re.
turns were right. The bulletins were
then flashed on screen on Oak street.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-11-09
Man Sentenced to Jail

Chas. Erickson. who has been EN-
gagged in the East Side apple harvest.
pleading guilty to a charge Of petty
larceny, was sentenced Monday night
by Justice of the Peace Buck to l22
days In Jail, the man having been un-
able to pay fine of $25 imposed.
Erickson was held on q charge of
having stolen a number Of pipe dies
from A. ], Graft.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-10

Sir-I went to pay my January
bills yesterday. An old gent from
the farm hurried up to the counter.
Young man, hel Numbered at the
clerk, "wot. do you mean by writing
on this bill, Paid with thanks? 1 give,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-10

When taiIors take the measure of
some men they make them pay in
advance.
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-02-10
TOSS

After several days of continu- ed heavey rains the weather has changed to freezing. Some lagripp in the community, however it is of a light form.
 Little Joy Elizabeth is absent from school on account of sick ness.
 MT. Eddie Sweatman, who has been real sick, is improving.
 Mr. L. Long and family; Mir, c. C. Harvey and family spent Satuarday night and Sunday at Mir. Tom Epperson's.
 MT. Louie Robinson and fami- ly of Patmos have recently mov- ed in the house with his father, Mir. Tenn Robinson.
 Mr.T.J. Epperson made a busi- ness trip to Bluff City Tuesday.
 Mir. Ollie Gillespie spent Sun- day andTSunday night at MT. Henry Sweatman's.
 Little Hugh Aarant is sick this week.
 Mir. Denton Robinson made a business trip to Chidester Sun day.
 Miss Louise Sweatman of Hugo Okla.. is spending a visit at Mir. II. Sweatman's.
 The Misses Cross spent Satur- day afternoon with the Misses Epperson.
 MT. Cross Epperson and family spent Sunday with w. N. Aarant and family.
 MissMattie Els sick this week. There was no school at Harmony Friday on account of rain.