Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-03
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eggs which are now in cold storape
III Fennsylvania will have to be
pIaceu on the market or shipped ont
Oh the state If they are not put into
trace before Christmas time. Some
VI them are understood to be sched-
eteu ~ 10 De shipped abroad, but there
stored mainly in Philndeinhia and
fIttsnurgh. which are suspected of
pelhg held largely for specuIative
purposes 1t is also believed at the
otate capitol that some 5000. 900 or
HH,VVV,VoO pounds of butter will also
oe put out before Christmas by op-
Ga a'iHl G OF law. The report of Dairy
ana rood Commissioner James Foust
on the cold storage Warehouse con
oats Sents on october 1, showed 14.367.-o
zVz dozens of eggs, most of themA
NJ = ,eiiIsyiNanla products, in storage
ms number ran ahead of the de-
Poslts on the same day last wear.
EsSs can only be kept in storage
eIsnt months under PENNSYLVANIA.
law and as April is the big month for
storing eggs the time limit will be mn
before Christmas baking time comes
around. Not many eggs are stored
IN May. The report also showed 10
gZ3,322 pounds of butter in storage
Butter is generally stored in this
SUE III May and June and has nine
try In storage, which went in durine
spring months, is estimated now at
over 100000 pounds so that if the
shipments from the South and West
tall orr there will still be enough for
christmas dinner.
some amusing things are being
.olu ABOUT men commissioned to 20
to camps to take the votes of the sol
alers next week. One man started
Tor a camp in the South as soon as
ne was named and then wired here
Tor instructions. He was told To
come back and get them and his
supplies. Another man inquired as
! to the salary and was plainly sur-
prlsed when told that all he got was
mileage. One man is understood to
have offered to go for just what IL
costs him. However, no one has re-
signed.
Extending from Nineteenth to
Iwenty-third streets just south of
me Philadelphia & Reading railway
tracks Is a long narrow strip of
woodland which is the scene of
many romps and play days for the
children of the Thirteenth in the
| summer. Parents have their wor-
| rles, however, to keep the young
| sters from crossing the railroad
tracks to get to the woods" as
! there are only two bridges, one at
Nineteenth street and the other at
/ TWenty-third street. Incidentally in
the spring there are quite a few
/ wild Strawberries to be found all
| through the strip of woodland and
the youngsters get their share. Oc-
caslonally sparks from passing en-
| gine set fire to dry grass, particu-
larly in the fall furnishing excite
/ nnt for hn a
! is necessary to call city fire appaTa-
tus to extinguish the blaze.
Railroad employees who travel on
passes will not be exempt from rev
/ enue tax under new laws unless they
/ are on company business. While no
| official order has been issued re-
sarding tax on free transportation, 1t
! is expected to be forthcoming soon
! 1t is the belief that pleasure trip
/ tickets will be taxed. If this comes
| true, all passes will have to have an
additional stamp. IL this is not done
| passenger conductors claim they will
have to ask too many questions
! Those who are on company duty
carry a certain kind of pass. Men
! on the retired list and those given
extra pass privileges because of long
| service, it is said, will be exempt. 1T
is going to be complicated PROPOSE
| tion, and If any further additional
! duties are given us we will have to
have an assistant all the time" saik
one conductor to-day. Pullman
passes are exempt. An order to that
effect has been posted. There are
many employees who get trip passes
only and the burden of taxation may
fall on this class of free riders.
So
The Philadelphia Chamber of
Commerce, whose publicity chief is
w. r. ID. Hall, former Philadelphia
newspaperman and the man who put
the State Highway Departments
so successfully, has issued IAN
Americans Pledge" 1t is one of the
most striking of the war cards" and
ireverberates with patriotic senti-
ment. incidentally, it Is one which
should be copied by many similar or
CARNATIONS. 1t contains space for a
! signature to q pledge ito support the
military, financial and economic
! policies of my country" 1t gives a
series of reasons, first, that the
| United States stands for democracy
and it recites that under this Gov
ernment by the people II have re-
ceived a good education; I have been
protected in my life and property
and 1 have had an opportunity to
elISI any dCllNlly III me LOT WHICH
am fitted" There are others which
show the German ambitions against
this country and the pledge con-
cludes: "I accept the judgment of
the President that no man and no
nation can depend upon the word or
treaty of the present German gov
| ernment. For these reasons L pledge
myself and my property to the cause
| of my country"
| Quite n few people who took part
n the Liberty Loan Campaign have
laid away their badges and buttons
and other materials used In the Bell-
ing of the bonds to keep for years
to come. When one comes 20 think
of it there is going to be much In
terest in the future in what we are
doing now and how we are doing 1t
in Harrisburg. We have been plunged
| into so many lines of activity OF
which we never dreamed that con-
sidering it from the standpoint of
few years the interest will be ap-
parent.