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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

1t is regrettable that the problem of
locating the Donate statuary is being
treated somewhat as a joke in official
quarters. Harrisburg has been too long
regarded as leader in civic matters to
permit a detail of this sort to bring
ridicule upon the city. If Council did
not propose to utilize this statuary 1t
should not have been accepted. In any
event such headings as Harrisburg
Unable TO Build Pedestal for NJ. S. Her
shey's Gift" in a metropolitan news
paper. should shame our city officials
into a more serious view of the situa-
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

The suggestion of Warren H. Man
ming, landscape designer. to the De-
partment of Parks regarding the plant
Ing of 10000 small pines at McCormick's s
Island has aroused much interest among
all who feel the need of a more general
observance of Arbor Day. Mr.. Manning
is looking ahead to the time when this
island shall become more and more a
recreation spot and now is the time to
do the planting for the future His
further suggestion that some of these
trees be planted along the parkways
is also admirable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

"Old Man Dirt, driven from his lair,
is on the run; don't let him stop"
is the encouraging sentiment that is
sues from the press of the Johnstown
Leader. anent the cleanup and paint
up campaign that is being assiduous-
ly waged in that city. Soon the goad
will be applied to the old gent in
Harrisburg, just as promptly as the
date is SCI and the proclamation is
sued.
With all the heckling that falls to
the lot of the weatherman, the Daily
New Era of Huntingdon, casting to
the four winds all feelings of human
brotherhood, proposes making the
poor prophet responsible for feeding
the birds.
An unintentional commentary upon
the diminutive nature of our standing
army was the single column cut that
appeared In the Erie Herald of few
days back, showing an American SOL
dier with a full grown beard. The
headline said: Uncle Sam has beard
ed army; here's proof" followed by
picture of "the army"
Miss Cassandra Small is chairman
of the committee on the Shakespearean
pageant to be given by the Girls
Ciop VI YIN Oll May 20.
from the enthusiastic activity of the
young chairman, she bellies both her
names.
Jack Frost, one of the Berkshire
experts of the country, attended the
meeting of that association yesterday
at Forest Grove. Jack Frost hasn't
been seen in this city for many weeks,
thanks to Mr.. Springs appearance.
Albert Hawk, of Warren, is going
after the parsnip record with a venge-
ance. Last week he dug up O pars-
nip that was three feet six inches
long and two and one-half inches in
diameter. And Albert is a member
of the church and never joined the
Ananias Club.
The trout season will open officially
on Saturday of this week. Fish ward
ems are busy plying their busy routes
along the streams against the early
incursion of the too anxious anglers
A big dog went mad in Media day
or so ago and bit many other dogs
and frightened innumerable horses be-
fore 1t was finally shot by an officer.
Members of the First Presbyterian
Church OF Warren the other evening
presented their pastor. the Rev. j.
w. Smith, with the substantial gift
of $2,500 in honor OF the completion
of his twenty-fifth year as their pas
tor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

Those Southern theorists who are
endcavoring to scrap the big arbor-
plate plants of the country for and in
the interest of a Government factory
TO be located Somewhere in the South, -
are in entire harmony with the general
theory of the present national admins
tration. Anything that will help the
South, without regard to how hard it
hits the North, is the chief concern of
the present Congress. This armor-plate
business is on a par with the refusal
of Congress to protect the manufac-
turers of dyes in the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

--Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart has
returned from q trip to Porto RICO,
where he went for his health.
William Finn is expected TO re-
turn from a trip to Southern states
this week.
-The Rev. DR.. George Edward
Reed. former State Librarian, is to be
the high school commencement orator
at Hazleton this year.
--Jere S. Black. candidate for Demo-
cratic delegate-at-large, is a grandson
of the former Attorney General ana
q son of the former Lieutenant-GoV-
II. Denny O'Neil. the local option
leader. is a merchant and also owns a
newspaper.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
Himself

When you advance you take on more
responsibility. When you are doing
the task in hand better than just we'll,
you are ready to be advanced, fitted to
be promoted.
The man who has his mind on the
size of his pay envelope and not on
the results he is getting for the boss
has one man in his way, and this man
is himself. - The Silent Partner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

Again Harrisburg is in the limelight
through the way it does things. In the
April number of The Rotarian there is
reproduced an interview with Harry
Lauder, as it originally appeared in
the Telegraph on his visit to Harrisburg
in February. Lauder is a Rotarian, and
he was much impressed with the local
brethren, so much so that he dedicated
a new song to the organization on his
last visit here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
Getting Ready For
Easter

This is the busiest shopping
time of all the Spring season.
The new millinery. the new
blouses, the new suits, dresses
and apparel of all sorts are the
things of the moment,
Each day the stores are get
ting brighter and buster.
IT is a season when the ad-
vertisIng becomes most interest
ing news to every reader OF the
Telegraph.
1t tells about the things a wo-
man wants to know, and saves
her time, money and worry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
No Kick Coming

They were standing at the front
gate.
won't you come into the parlor and
sit a little while, Georgie, dear?"
moo, I think not" replied George
hesitatingly.
II wish you would" the girl went
on. It's awful lonesome. Mother has
gone out, and father Is upstairs groan-
ing with rheumatism in the legs"
both legs?" asked George.
Eyes. both legs"
"Then I'll come in."-ExchapSN
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

Commissioner Gross and Superinten-
dent Forrer are doing some thinking in
connection with the boating facilities
of the citv and in cooperation with a
committee appointed a few days ago
by Planning Commissioner Reilly, will
doubtless develop some concrete plans
that will be practical.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

charming. and that everything he
wrote of life was pure and clean. The
world of letters can ill afford to lose
a man of his type in this era of slush
and immortality passing in the guise
of literature.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

Next Tuesday, at the Harrisburg Club.
Edward j.. Trefz will be the guest of
the Chamber of Commerce. He will
discuss the scope of the national COM
merce body and the dinner promises
to be a notable event.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

Secretary Baker probably will re-
sign soon; he shows entirely too much
activity to be in perfect harmony with
the "watchful waiting" idea.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
THE UNDERSTUDY

There are three classes-the leader,
the lieutenant, the common soldier;
the uncommon man, the understudy,
the usual fellow.
To which class do you belong?
The understudy is always interest
ing to me. The understudy is not eX-
pected to lead. but he is expected to
be able to lead when necessary.
The point for you to consider, to de-
termine, young man, is this Could you
step into the leaders shoes? Do you
know what Is going on about you?
Somebody sometime, is sure to be
taken sick. Can you take this some
body's position and make good?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

America" we are told in a news
paper dispatch from Amsterdam, sis
regarded by many Europeans as hat
ing all Europe and looking only to the
profit end of the war;" which is a
pretty poor way of thanking us for
some $25.00O,OOO worth of supplies
shipped over free for distribution
among starving war sufferers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

---Maurer says he didn't. but it cer-
tainly did sound lot like the kind of
a noise he occasionally makes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

Local option is more than a tenn
perance question 1t involves the
rights of citizenship. BY denying the
people the right to vote on the mat
ter Of liquor licenses in their respec-
tive districts the Legislature places
itself above the electorate that created
it. AS the Governor says, If the voters
are to be entrusted with the election of
a Legislature they also may be trusted
to decide what is good for them
locally. This is a country of majority
rule and local option is nothing more
or less than an exercise of this funda-
mental of our government.
Now is the time for local optionists
to set up delegates all over the State.
The issues of the coming campaign
are of a national nature. In the heat
of a presidential election with the
predominating issues that will be
raised the choice of a local option
Legislature will depend largely upon
the nomination at the May primaries
of candidates of all parties pledged
to the enactment of such law. That
is the only sure way and now is the
time to act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

Wall Street Journal.
Jitneys are officially pronounced
common carriers. Some of them scarce
ly that.-Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
There's one thing to be said in be-
half of Villa: he's not in the habit of
making dlsavowals-New York Sun.
An Evansville, Ind, man on his death
bed made his wife dress up in her
mourning clothes so he could see how
she would look at the funeral. That's
a longer chance than we would care to
take. She might laugh.-Kansas City
Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

The colonel having discovered the
national bird of Trinidad. it looks as
though the national bird of America
is about to rediscover the colonel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is more widely
discussed for its civic spirit than
any city in the United States?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

1t has been found that 100000
school children of New York are un-
derfed, but then. what boy ever ad-
mits that he is ever overfed?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Teuton scientists seem to have found
a substitute for everything but war;
Wall Street Journal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

The Pennsylvania censors deny
they are controlled by the Rum
Ring" which is not strange when it
is remembered that the movie makers
declare the only effect of the censor
is to make the moving picture show
dry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
uSTORJC HARRISBURG

HISIORIC HlNHItISbUhU
Three villages of Indians are sup~
posed to have been on the site of Har-
risburg. one at the mouth of PaXtoA
creek and one in the far west end
region.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
The Silent Partner

The Silent Partner breaks the si-
ience in order to deliver the following
common sense aXioms and opinions
The Silent Partner, Unexplained, is
a little pamphlet published by a man
who bucked up against the game of
chance and, like every other lamb,
lost. He is convinced, is the author of
the pamphlet, that good steady work
is the panacea of all ills and wants
others to profit by his experience.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE

Henry Chaplin has Just been ele-
waited to the English peerage. but at
that we bet his income isn't anything
like Charley's.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

Living to-day and trying to live
tomorrow at the same time wears out
a man. If you manage to live out one
day at time, you will probably sur
viVe a long time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

She accused him of not sending her
any more roses since their marriage,
but she forgot about the three tons of
coal and the rib roast.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

You are given a tongue to say some
thing pleasant, hands to help other
humans. How do you use them?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13
THURSDAY EVENING APRIL 13
Wealth takes into itself the qualities
By iUhioh ii is Uon.-HoLLAND
LOCAL OPTION

TOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH strucl
N the keynote of the local option
argument in his speech at tn,
State rally last evening. He summed
up the whole contention of loca
optionists when he said:
This is a Government in which the
will of the people rules. The major
ity will expressed in terms of law
is guidance and direction to all the
people. When that will is recorded
1t is the duty of all to yield to il
ready obedience. The essence of
our democracy is reliance upon this
citiZenry. To educate that Citi-
zenry and fit it to do its part in en-
acting, enforcing and obeying law
is the greatest program of service
to which the nation can devote
itself. There is conclusive evidence
that local government can be given
increased powers as the people be-
come increasingly trained and in
formed upon all matters that have
to do with conduct and procedure
under law. To deny local control is
to deny ones confidence in our
democracy. l for one believe in the
people and am willing to give them
fun opportunity to register their
VIII upon all issues that affect them
locally. The same confidence which
the Commonwealth shows in giving
the people in the several counties
and small municipal units the
power to elect their own Assembly
men ought, in my judgment, be ac-
corded them in the matter of de-
Gliding for themselves whether or
not licenses for the sale of alco-
holic beverages shall be granted in
their several counties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-13

r. ]. J.STACKPOLE, PreS't and Editor-in. Chief
+. r. OYSTER, Business Manager
GUS M. STEINMETZ, ManagiHg Editor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

whatever except when we'll drained.
mere are other lands which arc un-
aeiao win stratum of ice. and
some where there is Ice and fro,an
iand i tor no one knows how deep. This
iana IN usually covered with ,nn..
which Is n nonconductor Of heat ana
.no frozen condition beneath (, cir
posed TO have existed for thou.a ND (.
ot years. 1t is only by burning Off the
"oss ina. the ground can be thawed,
of tho frost out. W e'' "i'
THE BEST nIG-GANn
REGION IN ALASKA
Inc settlers OF the Renal Peninsula
VIII nave game country that CON-
paIes IaYorahly with the Eastern
United states In Colonial times. This
one or the best blg-gaIne regions
ottent;n IL Is aiready attracting the
atteht'on or sportsrnen, and tho nun
per OF city men who come here In HINT
moose and mountain sheen Ia YEARLY
increasing. The game should he nro,
.ected' and If SO. the mountainous re-
gions Will bo a sportsman's paradis.
1or generations to come.
The country is noted for lis moose
pastures. and, it has the finest moose
ioof the Territory, They are plentiful
IN the central and western parts OF the
peninsula. There are now also many
biack bear and brown bear, but as the
- .i'' "iS CIT OUT these VIII be crowd
.ed back to the mountains There are
many FUR animals. such as the lynx,
land otter, marten, ermiue and mink.
ana there is no doubt that fur farm
ing could he successfully carried ON.
There are nocks of wild birds, such
az ducks. geese and snipe. and grouse
ana ptarmiSan are to be had almost
everywhere.
The peninsula has numerous streams
ana lakes. which are filed with fish
ma in the summer the salmon run up
The rivera TINT flow into Cook Inlet and
Resurrection Bay. During my stay
here have had nil the fish and game
could cat. The trout and salmon are
especially fine. Fresh moose meat is
for sale in all the towns during the
open season. II brings from IL to Is
cents mound. and single animal
dressed will often weigh half a ton
AT one village, seventy carcasscs were
sold last year
(Copyr!Eht. 1916. by Frank G. Carpen-
~ teri
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

carrots can be raised without trouble
strawberries have been grown In
| places. and there are wild raspberries
almost everywhere. have seen wild
currants and blueberries in the woods
/ There Is low bush cranberry that
makes very good jam. and a high bush
cranberry that makes excellent jolly
| There are also salmonberries and
strawberries.
Tho climate of the Renal Peninsula
is far different from what one would
. expect from it's place on the map. II
is temperate rather thnn frigid, and II
compares favorably with that OF our
North Central States. The Japanese
current which flows along the southern
shores of Alaska makes il so warm
that the sea never freezes at Seward.
The greater part of Cook Inlet is open
throughout the winter. and the warm
coastal waters give the country a tenn
perate summer and a winter that is
only moderately cold. Here at Sunrise
they have kept records for eight or
nine years. and the winter temperature
averages about II degrees above zero.
rising to II above In December and
February and falling to rs low as .
in January. The average spring tenn
peraturc is about 33 degrees and in the
summer the thermometer has an aver
age of 81, although it goes up TO IS
and ~ q. some times.
The peninsula is about rs far north
as Stockholm or Petrograd. This gives
it long days during the summer. ana in
parts of June and July there is prac-
tically no night at all. The growth of
crops is produced by the amount of
sunlight they get, and for this season
the people claim that they have a
growing season quite as long as that
in the northern parts of the States
This begins come time in May, and con-
tinues until along in September. The
people add 10 the growing season by
starting their vegetables in hotbeds
and hothouses and many sprout their
potatoes indoors. putting down q layer
OF potatoes, then layer of earth then
"a layer Of potatoes and so on When
the weather warns up they set ovt the
sprouts, and thus gain several weeks
on Jack Frost. The summer season al
Seward is about 14f days, and there
is period of 1875 days in the summer
during which no frost has been record
ed. The average growing season over
the whole region is perhaps lie days,
or as long as that of much Of The north
ern Parts Of tho United States proper
The most of this country is well
wooded The best trees are In the
lowlands and on the lower slopes Of
the mountains, the timber stopping at
about 1000 feet. The woods are in
groves of spruce, hemSck mad poplar
wild patches Of bushes and open mead
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-23

ows between Tho open places have
poem largely caused by forest fires.
and you frequently find considerable
areas Of dead and down timber The
trees arc usually small, A few OF the
spruces are more than two feet in
diameter. but many are no bigger
around than telegraph poles. Tho
popiurs grow in dense forests They
arc tall. straight and beautiful There
are cottonwoodS In the lowlands that
reach thickness of two or three feet
The best trees are on tho best lands
ana nearly everywhere trees large
enough for loE-cabins are to be had.
So far much OF tho timber is protect
eel by the government reservations,
and In Seward they pay high for Ium-
her, which has been brought from Pu-
get Sound. distance as great as that
between Cane Cod and tho Missouri
River. This is So notwithstanding
there is fairly good timber ten or
twelve miles away. Indeed, most peo-
pie In Alaska think the country is
overconserved, Uncle Sans fears for
posterity hanging, like Sindbad's "Old
Man Of the Sea-" around their necks
COST OF CLEARING LAND
IS NOT SO VERY HIGH
] have made some inquiries as to the
cost of clearing the land. 1t ranges
from 500 to several hundred dollars
per acre. Even the first figure seems
high until one considers that $500 in
labor would not begin to clear and pre-
pare for cultivation any of the wooded
farm lands OF the States. Every acre
of Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee sand Ken
lucky has cost more than that to cut
down the trees and get out tho roots
Such cleaning will he much cheaper
here. The reason is that the roots ure
close to the surface. They spread out
like net under thin coating of moss
and soil, and as soon as the tree dies
the stumps can he torn 'out by good
team OF horses. II is only in few
places that dynamite will be needed
and if the ground is burned over most
of the stumps can be jerked out with a
log chain and team. Tho trees are
soft and easy to cut and the roots
can be torn out by the pillow.
The greater part Of the land is COW
cred with moss. which. in places, ia
Il foot so deep. The soil is wet
and so sour il needs lime. II seldom
produces good crops at the start and
needs to be broken up and exposed to
the air to swcctcn IL. There is n great
difference In the soils Of the peninsula,
quite as much as in the United States
and the would-be settler should con-
slider such things in selecting his land
There are vast quantities of muskeg a
sort of marsh, consisting of peat so
saturated with water that 1t is Doggy
during the summer 1t Is OF no good
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Wonderful Models
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buria. of Arrs. W. W. Dennis here on
Friday.
Oscar Mauck and wife loft on Tues.
day for their now homo in Princeton,
w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bell and chill
dron have moved to Scottsville.
Curtis Bolton and wife returned to
Richmond on Sunday.
Mrs: d. e. Nelson and sister, Mrs
Adcock, were In Lynchbure last week
Charlie Duncan has recently moved
his family to Bremo Bluff.
Miss Lila Somerville was tho week.
end guest of friends In Howardsville
w. H. Eners. OF West virginia. 1.
with his family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herring have been call
ed to Gordonsville by the illness OF
Mr.. Herring's mother.
DIR. George c. Galloway was In
Charlottesville last week.
Mrs. +. G. Hartford Is visiting rela-
tives In Scottsville.
Mrs. e. G. Bolton Is with her dauEh-
ter, Mrs. Akers. OF Gladstone.