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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
Striving to Be Consoied.

Goal is exceptionally scarce"
"Yes. But 1t has one element of
economy. You can keep it till you're
ready to use it without putting it on
ice."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-04-19
when Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy

OrraSists Of mail Write for Free Dye Boob.
MUKlNE EYE REMEDY CO., CHICAGO
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
Gasoline From Natural Gas

Statistics just completed under the
supervision of John d. Northrop, of
the United States Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior, show
that the year 1916 was one of mark
ed expansion in the natural gas gas
oline industry in the United States.
The quantity of raw gasoline eX-
tracted from natural gas. including
that produced by the compression
and absorption methods, as we'll as
that obtained by the use of vacuum
pumps and recovered as drips from
gas-transmission lines. and sold in
that year was 104,212. .809 gallons, a
gain of 3S,84S,114 gallons, or SO per
cent over the output in 1915. The
quantity of commercial gasoline rep
resented by this output of raw cas-
ing-head product. thought not sus-
ceptible of actual determination, was
probably more than 200,00O,000 gall
Ions.
The average price received in 1916
for the unblended product at the
sources of production was II cents
G. gallon and the market value of the
entire output was $14, ,4O8,201, a gain
of cents in average unit price and
$9,257,378, or 1S0 per cent in total
value, compared with 1915.
The volume of natural gas from
which this quantity of gasoline was
recovered Is estimated at more than
EOS, 500, 100000 cubic feet, the aver
I.age recovery of gasoline per thou
sand cubic feet by all methods being
| about half n gallon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
Wanted: Standard Cans

Our issue of June 80 contained an
article entitled, WAR and Tin Cans"
giving an account of efforts to save
tin for preserving such food-products
as can be packed only in that ma
terial, substituting cardboard and
fiber containers wherever practicable.
William Lowell Putnam, of Boston,
now calls our attention to the saving
which can be effected when contain
ers are made of uniform or at least
standard sizes. He writes:
"Rifles, ammunition. and even
ships are to be standardized, and 1t
is particularly important that this
principle should be applied to pack
ages to be wrapped in paper. Where
such wrapping is done on large
scale it is necessarily done by ma
chinery and the machine must be
very closely adjusted to it's work, be-
cause the slightest variation in the
size of the package may cause the
delicate paper to tear and crumple.
Every such variation, therefore, ne
cessitates the designing of a new
wrapping machine, which instead of
being put together quickly from ex-
listing parts and drawings, requires
new drawings, new parts, and slow,
experimental assembling. No one
would try to play nine men from the
street who knew nothing about base
ball against a professional team. The
mere suggestion is absurd. But the
comparison between the green team
and the experts is exactly parallel to
that between a factory organization
starting to make something new and
that same organization starting to
make something with which it is
familiar. In this matter of the pres
ervation of food. the saving of time
means thA saving of life."-Literary
Digest
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT

JUDGE McCARRELL will return
from his summer vacation and
< go right on with his judicial du-
ties undisturbed by a campaign for
reelection. He will be given the
peoples commission for another
term of ten years without any oppo-
sition whatever. 1t is a great COM
pliment that no other name was even
suggested by any party or group as
Judge McCarrell's successor. He has
gone in and out among us many
years and even his strong partisan
activities of other years, which ceas-
ed when he donned the ermine, have
never been remembered against him.
His never-failing courtesy, his
kindness and consideration for per-
sons in all walks of life, and his tenn
pering of justice with mercy are the
elements of his strong appeal tc
popular support.
Thousands will vote for him thi;
year, not because he needs their
votes, but as an evidence of good
will.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
WHY Not Eat Rabbits?

Rabbits have proved a valuable
source of food in Europe during the
war, and the experts of the United
States Department of Agriculture
advise that they be raised more ex-
tensively in America by way of re-
ducing the drain on the ordinary
meat supply. They can be bred and
raised by youths and adults not en-
gagged in military or other national
service, or in regular Industrial en-
ployment. The animals may be raised
in back yards of cities and towns al
we'll as on farms, says the depart
ment, in a recent press bulletin:
THE Belgium hare breeds rapidly,
natures quickly, and produces a
palatable and highly nutritious meat,
The cost of production is less than
that of any other meat not except
ing poultry. The supply can be
greatly increased within few
months, without requiring space that
may be needed for the production
of crops. Experience has demonstrat-
ed that rabbit-meat can be produced
in unlimited quantities at a cost oil
about six cents a pound. The Bel
gan anu leullSH BldHI TdDDllS are
recommended for meat-production,
as the ordinary tame rabbit is small
er and develops more slowly. Stock
of Belgian hares may be bought from
breeders in nearly all the States at
81 to SO each. Rabbits are easily
kept. They eat hay, grass, lawn-cut-
ings, and green vegetation of many
kinds. Well fed, the young reach
markable size when three to four
months old and average from five
to six pounds live weight"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
Farm Labor Problem

The extension of the activities of
the United States Department of
Agriculture dealing with the farm la
Dor problem is made possible
through the food production act,
which provides funds for this pur-
pose. The department, in co-opera-
ton with the Department of Labor,
has been endeavoring to bring about
better organization of the labor re-
naming on farms and to call into
service available labor which hereto
fore has not been fully or regularly
utilized in farming operations. Rep
resentatives have been detailed to
cooperate with the State officials
in charge OF labor matters, the State
agricultural colleges, the county
agents. and the county or local town
ship labor committees or represent
atives.
The food production act, by maxi
ing available additional funds, will
enable the department to cooper
ate with the State and other labor
agencies, both in determining local
labor needs and supplies, and in eff
fecting economic distribution.-EX-
change.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
REPUBLICAN HARMONY

A GAIN the Republicans of Le-
n high county have blazed the
II way for this years party
activities. Three thousand sat down
at the feast prepared for the occa-
sion. Also, it was some feast, en-
bracing 400 pounds of turkey, 900
pounds of chicken, 200 pounds of
roast beef and an entire calf, the lat
ter being in a way symbolical of the
coming back of the Roosevelt lead
ers of 1912 to the party fold.
The big outing of the Harrisburg
Republican Club at Boiling Springs
was another political event of Satur-
day which served to emphasize the
harmony which prevails within the
Republican ranks all over the State.
Factioualism is being swampcd
everywhere and stalwart party senti-
ment is pervading the forces of Re-
publicanism in every corner of the
Commonwealth.
This newspaper has consistently
and earnestly urged the leaders of
the party in Pennsylvania to set
aside their personal differences and
it is gratifying to note a strong ten
dency in this direction. Acceptable
candidates and cohesive party action
will result in such strengthening of
the lines as will preclude any pos
sibility of another fiuke like that of
last year in the national campaign,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
Seed Stocks

The fact that in some sections
there is a shortage of good seed
while in others there is a surplus
makes it possible for the Committee
on Seed Stocks OF the United States
Department of Agriculture to help
in the distribution Of these surpluses
The committee wishes, therefore, to
locate all available stocks of good
seed of agricultural crops, especially
wheat, oats, rye, crimson clover Gin
the hull or hulled), and hairy vetch.
The committee will be glad if any
one, farmer or dealer. will send in
formation in regard to the quanti-
ties and prices of seed of the above
sorts which he can offer for sale f.
o. b. his shipping point, bags extra
or included as the case may be. The
information should give in each case
the name of the variety Especially
in the case of grain crops), condi-
ton of the seed as to purity, year
grown and the price. The committee
will then undertake to get such in
formation into the hands of those
who want the seed. 'Fhe committee
hopes that this request will receive
wide circulation and an immediate
response, as it is now time to get
seed in the hands of planters for fall
use. Address Committee on Seed
Stocks, u. s. Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
The Wizards" War Inventions

Much interest has centered in the
labors of Thomas A. Edison since he
virtually retired from public view
two months ago to apply his genius
to inventing something of value in
the war for democracy. The utmost
secrecy surrounded his labors and
naturally there was much conjecture
as to the direction his efforts would
take. There was never any intima-
ing. Did it relate to the submarine,
TO the air, or to the production of
more powerful explosive? The
public could only guess. His visit to
the White House this week has re-
vived public curiosity. Inasmuch as
he was accompanied thereto by Sec
retary Daniels and the conference
with the President lasted for three
quarters of an hour, 1t is assumed
that his inventions is reported
that there Is a series of them-must
be for use by the navy. 1t is reported
that he has already turned over to
the Navy Department an invention
which officers believe may be adapt
ed to naval uses with good results.
OF course secrecy will still be OBJ
served, for we may lie sure that Ger
many is as much interested as we are
and would pay any price to learn in
advance what the American wizard
has produced, in order to forestall its
use. Perhaps the world will first
| learn of the secret when 1t is elec-
| trified by news of what 1t has accom-
plished. In the meantime everyone
will hope that American inventive
genius has produced an antidote foi
| the helibroth of German warfare
| Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
The Cocoa Tree

Cast on tho water by a careless hand
Day after day the winds persuaded
me;
onward I drifted till coral-tree
Stayed me among its branches, where
the sand
Gathered about me, and I slowly
grew,
Fed by the constant sun and the
inconstant dew.
The sea-birds build their nests
against my root,
And eye my slender body's horny
case.
Widowed within this solitary place
Into the thankless sea I cast my
fruit;
Joyless 1 strive, for no man may
partakc
OF all the store I bear and harvest
for his sake.
No more I heed the kisses of the
morn;
The harsh winds rob me of the
life they gave:
watch my tattered shadow in the
wave,
And hourly droop and nod my crest
forlorn,
While all my fibers stiffen and
grow numb
Beck'ning the tardy ships, the ship.
that never come.
by Charles Warren Stoddard
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL

TTTITH the usual standards of
wv living demoralized by war
conditions, with every indus
try in the land crying for laborers
and with wages at figures most at
tractive to boys just arriving at the
producing age, the temptation will
be strong this fall to leave school for
the workshop or the factory. In a
well-couched proclamation, promul.
gated at the suggestion of the federal
authorities, Governor Brumbaugh
has called attention to this condition
and to the danger of yielding to the
lure of temporary returns at the sac
rifice of youthful training and edu,
cation.
No more vital paper has come
from the executive chamber during
the present administration. The
danger is very real indeed. 1t is
true that the nation is demanding
workmen of all classes, skilled and
unskilled, but its present need is not
nearly so important as is the future
of its manhood. The war may-very
likely will-result in the elimination
of hundreds if not thousands of men
trained in all manner of technical
trades and professions. At all events,
the close of the struggle will find us
with tremendous work to do in the
face of fierce foreign competition.
Our great need in the years i'm
mediately to come will be men of
education, culture, thought ana
technical training. To take a boy
from school at this time will be to
rob him of his opportunity later in
life and to give the nation an un-
rtrained, uneducated laborer, insteau
of a specialist along some particular
line or thinker with mind refined
and quickened by education.
The Governor hits the nail on the
head when he says:
Don't be misled. Keep your boy
in school if it is humanity possible.
For every dollar he would earn
now he would sacrifice a dozen
later. Lack of preparedness In
military way has left us in dire
straits at a time when we should
have several million trained SOL
diers at our disposal. Let US not
make the same mistake with re-
spect to the business war that is
to come after the war with arms.
Let us give our boys and girls
every opportunity for serving
themselves and their country ably
and efficiently when peace shall
come with its accompanying great
constructive programs of human
activities. Just as drill is the in
strument of military prepared
ness, so is education the instru-
ment whereby we must prepare
for the great peace struggle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
Conserve the Coal Supply

THE situation with respect to the
coal supply which has developed
since the United States entered the
great war has become alarming" +"
says the Railway Age Gazette. 1T is
d situation to which government Of
ficers, the railways, the coal opera.
tors and miners and the public
should give immediate attention.
The railways within the four
months April, May, June and July,
moved much more coal in the coun-
try as a whole than ever before in
any corresponding period. In April,
1917, they handled 20 per cent. more
anthracite and % per cent. more
bituminous coal than they did in
April, 1916. In May they handled
"a per cent more anthracite and 81
per cent more bituminous coal than
in May of last year. In June they
and 20 per cent. more bituminous coal
than in June of last year. In July
they handled 10 per cent more an
thracite and "a per cent. more btu
minous coal than in July of last year.
In April, May, June and July, 1916,
they moved 2,297,290 carloads of
coal, or approximately 115,000,000
tons. In the same months of this
year they moved 2.g51,0 1854 carloads.
OF ABOUT Ifo,UuU,VOV lOilSt an III
crease for the entire period of over
the same period of last year of 2S
per cent.
when it is considered that the
amount of coal moved in 1916 was
the greatest up to that time-in 9TH
er words, that the railways have this
year beaten their best previous rec
ords by 2S per cent-it will be seen
that if the coal situation Is not salts
factory this is not because the rail-
ways have not been exerting them
selves to the utmost to make 1t so.
What, then, is the cause of this
trouble? There are several causes.
Two of the most important are the
following: First, before the war a
large amount of coal was transport
ed by vessels on the Great Lakes and
in coastwise service which have since
been transferred to other service,
with the result that there has been
very large increase in the part of
the burden of carrying the country's S
fuel supply which has been thrown
upon the railroads. Second, there
has been an enormous increase in
the demand for coal for carrying on
the country's industrial and military
activities. Another fact, which has
especially affected the situation in
the Northwest, has been that naviga-
ton on the Great Lakes began three
weeks later this year than in 1916.
This, based on 1916 figures, affected
the coal movement from Lake Erie
ports to the head of the lakes to
the extent off926,000 tons.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
The Wind Before the Dawn

IHoW beautiful upon the noun
tains are the feet of Him that bring
eth good tidings, that publisheth
peacc.-Isaiah 52:71
Since the cherubin DER Eden flash
ed the menace of the sword
Upon sacrificial affairs hath the blood
of martyrs poured.
Through long ages, dark with mid
night, tho it's beams fell faint
and far.
Gods Own hand within the shadow
kept alight Hopes guiding star;
While the slaves of greed and power,
God endowed to think and feel.
Sought their heritage of Freedom in
wars thunderous appeal.
But at last the far-fung power of
the boasted right of Kings
Vanishes before the sunlight that the
dawn of Freedom brings!
There is clang of breaking fetters
and the crash of falling thrones.
For a strange new note is sounding
in the wars chaotic tones;
In the throes of deadly conflict,
crowns and kingdoms pass
away
Like a storm before the coming of
new and perfect day.
Lust of power and possession, all op-
pression's hellish spawn
Flee before the vibrant whisper of
the wind before the dawn!
For a great world-Power waketh
that shall bid the strife to cease
And intone wars benediction in a
sacred hymn of peace!
Beautiful upon the mountains are
the feet of Him that brings
To the serf and bondman Freedom
gives them Liberty from Kings!
Soon the lifting smoke of battle shall
America reveal
AS the bearer of the message and
the keeper of the seal;
For the call across the waters hath
a mighty nation heard
And they rise as men and brothers!
They shall speak the final word.
Under Freedoms starry banner meT
of brain and men of Drawn
For the power of the nation Is th'
wind before the dawn!
BY Edith Daley.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
WHEN THIS MAN WENT
TO ENLIST IN THE ARMY

"HE American Magazine prints an
article by a man who has had a
- war inside himself. war between
love of home and love of democracy.
How he decided is told in the Amer
lean Magazine, but here is how he
starts his article:
Tomorrow morning. after break
fast, 1 shall light a cigar and set
out from my home. as l have done
every weekday with the exception
of two weeks in the summer) for
seven years. Only. instead of walk
ing to the office. shall stop at the
corner of Main street and Highland
avenue, where Joe Huntington, major
of the Second artillery. is in charge
of the brown canvas enlistment tent,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

and I shall offer myself as a private
for service in France.
My wife and my younGster, Peter,
Will watch me from the front door, as
they always do, and my wife will
wave to me when I turn the corner,
and then will go upstairs to her own
room and cry a bit. and 1 shall doubt
lessly feel like crying, too. only I
won't do it. For we have been all
through that stage together. and come
out of it; we have had our evenings
in front of the fire. when she has sat
and looked up at me and argued, and
l have walked up and down the room
arguing with myself. And it is set
tied. She knows it. and back of her
tears there is something else besides
sorrow. Not pride exactly. but a kind
of calm content"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27


J. sitting process will proceed with
respect to the various candi-
dates for municipal service. Hat
have been thrown into the ring indis-
criminately, and the claims or alleg-
ed claims of individuals are being
presented with the usual accompani-
ment of special appeal on the basis
of particular fitness. partisan service
or the need of job.
1t is the business of the people to
do the sitting and in proportion as
they do 1t we'll will they perform
their full duty to the community as
whole,
This is not a good fellowship con-
test and it must not degenerate into
a game of tag in which the fellow
most feet of foot and glib of tongue
may win.
We are about to choose five per-
sons to operate the government of
Harrisburg and several other persons
to conduct the school affairs of the
city, in addition to choosing a num-
ber of county officials. In the city
the contest is presumably on a non-
partisan basis, but in view of some
experiences of other years the fiction
of no party activity will cut about
the same figure as in the past. Party
lines, of course, are not usually
drawn so tight in local affairs, but
the voters manage to differentiate
fairly accurately on the party basis
in marking their ballots, the theories
of ballot reformers to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
AS for the city government, is 1t
not reasonable to expect that the tax
payers will themselves manifest suf-
ficient interest in the selection OF
mayor and councilmen to assure the
choice of men who will give the city
competent and efficient service? 1t
isn't a difficult matter to learn
through proper inquiry something
of the fitness of the candidates, and
in the primary campaign which ends
the third week of September. the
process Of elimination should result
in the nomination of men so well
qualified for the public service that
the final selection may not be dis
appointment from the standpoint of
the welfare of Harrisburg.
Don't imagine that you can shift
the personal responsibility upon you
to others. Your neighbor is no more
obligated to discharge the duty in
cumbent upon every good citizen
than you are, and the city of which
YOU are proud and which deserves
full consideration never stood in
greater need of your help than now.
In the municipal government and ad-
ministration of our school affairs we
must have men who will render nn-
selfish and efficient service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
povertv of Auto Owners

Senator Smoot shouldn't be toe
sure that the persons who own auto
mobiles and use gasoline at present
prices can afford to pay an additional
tax. Some of them can hardly AFFORD
to eat. and quite a number of them
are doing their own laundry work
as a measure of economy.-Indian-
apolis News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

the hope of defeating the Allies. the
people of this country are preparing
to husband their resources and culti-
vate the soil as never before. 1t must
worry Fritz to know that our cabbage
crop is going to be enormous.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Boys of New Jersey, through the CO.
operation of the Y. NJ. C. A. and its
various branches, are saving an
enormous peach crop which would
otherwise have gone to waste for lack
of workers to pick the ripened fruit.
Pennsylvania boys will, also be of
great assistance this year.,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Auditor General Charles A. Snyder
was among the speakers at the great
Republican harmony meeting in Le-
high county on Saturday, and took oc-
casion to pay tribute to Pennsylvania
and the conduct of it's affairs. Too
many of our public men have been en-
gagged in throwing mud at the State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27
MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 81

A mans reputation is tohat his
feIloiomen think of him; his char
dcter is i0hdt God knotos of him
ANON.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

An arbitration board has raised
Bridgeport (Conn.) plumbers wages
from $4.36 to s5 a day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Londonderry Ureland) boot and
shoe repairers have gone on strike,
having been refused a bonus of
$3.50 a week.