Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-14
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40 =" Aalf NUMBER Tor q county which
is better known because of its coal and
iron than because of farming products
there really should be between 5000
ana 1000 to put the county on more
self-supporting basis. The county
could raise considerably more than it
now does for its own consumption and
probably this year will see 1t attain
maximum of agriculture. Areas are
Delng ploughed now, especially within
easy distance of the city which have
peen In grass for long time and
there are probably more garden and
truck patches being planned out than
known for many years. Under the
sum ulus OF warnings from those in
authority and the economists the move
to boost food raising has reached al
most embarrassing proportions in
some sections. In the first place seeds.
notably seed potatoes are very hard TO
get hold of and the price is very high;
secondly, fertilizer such as is really
heeded to put some of the land offered
or taken hold of for trucking is a
scarce article and lastly, because rig
glng garden is work and it takes a lot
OF time and stick to it persistence.
Men who understand gardening are
working at something that pays better
petter arrange to do their own ground
breaking AND weed cutting The
greatest trouble about speeding agri-
culture in this section this year Is
gong to be labor and it may come to
1t that even those who enlist i'm the
agricultural army which is to be form
ed for systematizing work on farms
ana recognition of those who labor on
the soil may have to be helped out
during the summer.
Some idea of the business the Har-
rlspurs Public Library is doing Just
now in spite of the curtailment of
expenses due to heavy drains made
upon the funds of the association can
ne gained from the statement that in
the Ilrst three months of this wear
m, me library circulated S9,2O3 books.
quarter since the library began its
work In Harrisburg. In fact, il is n
couple of thousands ahead of the
pest previous record for any previous
quarter and illustrates the demands
pelng made upon the institution. On
Two OF the three months of this year
the circulation at the library has
gone over $4,000. This has only han
pened three or four times in the his
tory OF the library. One was in March
OF last year. In January this wear
IN! tne clrculatlon went TIP to 1865 and
that April will be a heavy month ow-
ing TO the demands made for special
WORKS on American history. with
winch the library is we'll supplied. To
meet the requests for fiction the Ii
brary has been borrowing books
from the State Library and renting
them from concerns which make a.
specially of such business. The work
OF the library has been growing with
leaps and bounds and the demands
on It's reference desk have been ex-
ceedingly heavy, both high schools
and all of the grammar schools be-
ing represented in the list of persons
who ask special information. In adj
dltlon the library has been extending
lts libraries to the schools and the
total circulation of the first quarter
SHOWS considerably over one-third to
be among juveniles.
A resident of Green street deter
mined to arm himself last summer
against the coming of the burglar.
VINO was then terrorizing the peopIS
In that vicinity. He bought a nice,
shiny revolver, a couple boxes OF
miniature AZ centimeters and a good
hashlight. When he took them home
he told his family that he was ready
for all the burglars in Christendom
and stored his arsenal in places easily
accessible in case of an emergency. q.
'u pdit apouI IL was the burglar
was slow In coming, but the antici-
spated thrills came just, the same some
time ago. Just when the city was
quietest. Mrs. Fearnot" was awak- =
ened by bright light peering into
every corner of the room. She turned
to awaken Mr.: Fearnot." The light
went out and all was darkness. WAS
she dreaming? No, again the light
flashed. Then the lord of the mhnor
was awakened. Again the light.dash-
ed. Despite a thousand chills that
played up and down his back Mr. 3.
Fearnot" investigated. After he had !.
slowly crawled at least a thousand
miles of carpet toward where the
light had last flashed a childish voice
exclaimed: "Oh, papa see what q
pretty light baby found" The two
year-old son of the house had found
the light and just discovered what a
nice plaything 1t made when the
sandman would not come.
With the coming of spring the
small boys about town are naturally
inclined to work off their surplus
energy in any way that g boyish mind
can think of. but a great Many peo-
pie seem to forget the time when
they too, were young an6 doing the
same thing. The police department
is constantly receiving telephone
complaints from residents about the
hoIllu DoyS VINO are playing base
ball on the vacant lots next door-and
who will undoubtedly break win
dow II not stopped imm ediately.
one of the officers reports an unus-
ually emphatic complaint. A man ap-
preached him and began saying ex-
citedly, There they are, officer, there
they are; arrest them!" The officer
on the alert. was pre-
pared for any emergency but care
full look at the landscape failed to dis.
close anything but several healthy
young legs pushing as many roller
skates down the pavement There
who are?" asked the officer. "Why
those children skating on my pave
ment," replied the man. When he
was told that he would have to make
Information against them the worthy
citizen decided not to have them ar
rested. THAT gink must have been
born thousand years ago." said the
officer recounting the episode.
Two sturdy youths not more than
twelve marched boldly into the office
Of the Chief of Police yesterday aft
ernoon, barred their head and looked
boldly up into the eyes of the Chief
Of Police. Are you the man that ar
rests boys when they aren't good?"
said the one. ''Well, I might" said
the Chief. "Whats wrong?" ''Whv
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