Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-06
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Farmers in this section of thH
State have commenced to cut hug
and from indications the crop will
be more of success than the wheat
which has not been looking as wen
in this part of Pennsylvania as in
former years. The hay crop. thanks
to the numerous rains, appears to be
pretty fair, although estimates for
the state at large are not as favor
able as hoped. There will be tre-
mendous demand for hay this fall
and winter because of the number of
horses in military service and the
necessity of keeping the home supply
of cattle up to the mark. The cut
| ting of hay is late this year, chiefly
| because of the weather, although in
some sections labor shortage is the
cause. The wheat and rye are also
| being cut now in some parts of the
| Cumberland and Lebanon valleys
The potato yield hereabouts will 1S
tremendous, thanks to the foresight
and energy of many town lotters.
The whole yield of potatoes may 60
up to $4,000 900 bushels for the state
against 100000 last year. That is
the present estimate, but the bugs
have yet to be heard from.
|
Out in the country the 'blue
devil is in flower and the farmers
and their friends are taking every
chance they can to chop it down as
they go by. The other name of the
blue devil" is chicory and it is
chiefly notable for it's beautiful
flower and its spreading proclivities.
1t is as bad as the wild mustard or
! the dandelion when it comes to
spreading over the landscape. It Is
hard to kill, the only way to get rid
| of 1t being to rip it out of the ground,
and 1T is as damaging to the ground
as the dandelion or the burdock.
| Governor Brumbaugh's address
some days ago at Ardmore in regard
| to fears of the Germans expressed
by the federal government at the
time of breaking of diplomatic rela-
tions has a very interesting connec-
tion at this end of the line. More
| than a year ago one of the news
papers of national fame got the idea
| that there was danger from the Ger
man element in this part of the
country and especially in units of
the National Guard from commun-
tiles where German families pre-
dominated. 1t was hard to convince
the aforesaid newspaper that the
German people hereabouts are de-
the Revolution and that they are not
only fourth and fifth generation
!, Americans, but that many of them
cannot speak German. This lament
able lack of knowledge of a large
part of our people has parallel IN
what Governor Brumbaugh speahs
of. When things became tense last
winter some one on the banks of
the Potomac became seized with a
fear that there would be rising OF
the people of German descent
against industrial establishments,
etc. The man who expressed that
fear was told that there would un-
doubtedly be an uprising but that IL
would be of people of German an
cestry and with German names who
would Join with English, Irish,
Scotch, Welsh, Dutch, Italian and
others in lynching any one who tried
to endanger life or destroy property.
A good story is being told about a
man from a rural district who came
here to atted to registration for con-
scription. He let the time go by
and was reminded of it some days
later. He forthwith fastened to this
city and the natural place for him
to go was the United States army
headquarters. He said he wanted
to put down his name. They thoughA
he wanted to enlist and they put him
through. He passed a splendid eX-
animation and when 1t was all over
he asked what else he should do.
He nearly fell dead when he was
told that he should start for a camp.
to became a soldier. From all ac-
counts, he was. game.
Some idea of what the State Game
Commission is aiming to prevent in
the passing of the claims for bour-
ties for the heads of noXious ami
mails may be gained from the simple
statement that the commission has
had to reject claims upon nineteen
separate grounds, Some of these
have been turned down because
there were no affidavits, others be-
cause everything in the claims was
all in the same handwriting, claim,
statement, affidavit and witness all
being in the identical form. In other
instances there were proofs of fraud
such as use of heads of various birds
for goshawks, while the commits
sion refused to pay claims except
where it was set forth that the just
ice had split the head of the fox,
weasel or other animal. The reason
for this was that there was nothing
TO prevent the man who had pelt
from going around to justice after
justice to make claims as long as he
could get away with the same old
skin. Once the head was split it
could not be used again. There
were instances known where heads
were not touched.
Among the officers of the regular
army who have important posts just
at present are the sons of the late
General Calvin Dewitt, a native of
this CITY, They are Majors Wallace
Dewitt, of the medical corps, who is
the medical officer at Fort Ethan
Allan and Major ]. L. Dewitt, who
has been at the bureau of militia
affairs. They are descendants of
Dauphin countians who fought in
the Revolution.
Robert P. Dohoney, son of John
P. Dohoney, investigator of accidents
of the Public Service Commission. is
the latest Harrisburger to enter the
United States service. He has just
been notified that he has passed the
examination for one of the hospitals
units and is here arranging to de-
~ 1xyitb nr0a nizatiOn.