Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-28
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! ShSdBlnB IN good many un.
usual lines of activity these wal
DAYS and some of the things done
may SAVIOR of paternalism, although
All are more or less beneficial. The
state has acted to get seeds and sun.
piles cheaply for people in the coun.
'ry' IL has been helping to build
roads' TO free turnpikes, to finish
prluses' to construct dikes, to drain
iahds and to aid enlistment and
stimulate patriotism. 1t furnishes
expert advice free on almost anv.
thing of a public nature, especialIv
sanitation agriculture and good gov
ernment. Its latest function Is dis.
,iioutlns t young chickens. 1t hap
pens that not long ago the stafs
oiered to give the benefit of its lists
ol iarmers and publicity avenues ia
put 25,OOO choice eggs in the HAND.
OF persons who would be willing tr
J raise fowls to increase The food sun.
| ply. This worked very well but
lew days ago a firm offered 9. .0OC
young chickens to further help along
the fowl industry. 1t followed uT
its offer with the birds. The shin,
ments were sent to w. r. Douglas
OF the Department OF Agriculture
ana he has been the official dis.
penser of peeps" The state gives
u half dozen or so to persons who
nave not been raising chickens and
VINO VIII agree to take care of them
ana follow prescribed rules in feed
Under the terms of two bills an
proved by Governor Brumbaugh
last week penalties are provided for
| TWO conditions which have caused
complaint on roads in this section
OF the state. Under the Beyer bill
anyone operating Il motor vehicle
VINO happens TO hit a person and
rails to return and give aid is to be
SUBJECT 10 good stiff fine and iail
sentence. The other law makes an
interesting fine for any person who
| drives any vehicle or leads a horse
on public highway while drunk.
Ihere have been instances on the
| RlVersidee Road above the city. on
Reading turnpike and on the road
10 Mlddletown where both laws have
been needed this year.
Thanks to the patriotism of most
of the big employers in this com
munlty there will be few persons
VINO Will not have a chance TO own
a war bond. 1t was learned TO-DAY
that thousands of dollars worth OF
| pondS nave been subscribed here by
employers who have offered to carry
them without cost to employees while
they are paying for them. The loss
in interest which will be occasioned
10 the employers will be a pretty
substantial item, but it has the dou.
| nle compensation of the knowledge
that it is patriotic and inculcates
the idea of thrift. This is O pretty
saving city, as is shown by the re-
ports or various organizations at
Christmas time, and it will be able
10 absorb good many war bonds
IN the course of the year.
One of the evil effects of the
shortage of labor in country districts
this spring and summer, remarked
q man at market on Saturday is that
there will not be much done &c
check weeds. The farmers and
their people are all so busy with
The fields that they do not have time
| TO cut down the weeds along the
roadsides, which are the most pro-
life cause of scattering of seeds. In
| the city the cultivation of many
| plots which have been vacant for
years will result in the destruction
of many noXious plants and weeds
Speaking about cultivation of va.
cant plots number of real estate
dealers and owners about the city
have been permitting planting in
way that helps, although somewhat
risky for the planter. There are
many lots about the city which are
| for sale and which are now used fol
gardens. The owners and agents
have told the persons who wanted Ia
use them that they can cultivate all
IRN
must remember that the tracts are
for sale.
The appearance of the bridges
spanning the river with their numer-
Gus lights and the scores of brilliant
arc lights along the city streets and
| in the big yards at Enola make the
Susuqehanna hereabouts a scene OF
beauty at night. An evening ride
to the top of the Reservoir knobs
before the moon gets bright is some
thing which will repay any one and
| give an idea of the big expense OF
the Harrisburg district. The city is
marked out by rows of lights, the
Pennsylvania yards gleam with
them, Enola is asparkle, Rutherford
yards are cluster of silvery beams
and the CumberlanG Valley rail.
road is to be picked out by a row. OF
tributes its share to the illumination
by fiery clouds above the BessemeI
mill or streaks of flame from the
furnaces.
Experts of the State Department
OF Agriculture have been on the
jump "doctoring" soils lately. II
seems as though almost every own
er of a farm who wrote for some at
tention or man who wanted 10 take
up some farming had, something
wrong with the soil. Franklin Men
Ges, one of the state soil experts,
has visited four counties in one day
lately TO prescribe" for the ground
The demand for fertilizers is greater
than ever known and it is surpris-
ing the amount of lime being en-
! ployed. Fields on which lime has
not been spread for years are being
covered with 1t.