Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-13
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Reverting again to the subject of
condemnation of turnpikes in the
counties that are neighbors to Dau-
phin and noting what the effect will
be on travel to Harrisburg, It is in
tcresting to note that the longest
stretches of turnpike to be con-
demned by Father Penn, were right
in our own district, the longest be-
ing the thirty-six mile stretch known
as the Waynesboro, Greencastle and
Mercersburg, which rid Franklin
county of one of the worst holdups
and the other was the thirty-four
and half Berks and Dauphin,
which began just east of Hummels-
town. The Berks and Dauphin was
'reed last year, after one hundred
years OF toll taking. The Lancaster
ROADS which will be taken over will
aggregate twenty-nine miles, seven
teen between EliZabethtoWn and
Lancaster. and the balance between
Lancaster and Williamstown. The
section between Elizabethtown and
Middletown, Deputy Highway Com
missioner Joseph w. Hunter in
forms me, having been free for some
Iime' Mr.. Hunter took part in the
maj ceremonies that freed the Old
YORK road from the PHILADELPHIA
city line to the Bucks county line.
| through Willow Grove and Jenkin-
town and passed over $1O5,OOO.
rms road is eleven miles long and
mas peen source of complaint from
| motorists for years. Mr.. Hunter.
| VINO mas been giving much atten-
ton to the freeing of turnpikes, ex-
poets to get two toll roads abolished
in York county soon.
Baseball is in the minds of the
lads in the training camps. The
otner DAY, j. William Bowman, re-
| celVed letter from Ordnance Ser
geant p. w. Gerdes, of this city. now
stationed at the ordnance warehouse
at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mass.
IN which he says: Il can't help bps
give way to my feeling to-day. TAis
weather is wonderful-real June
days and nights. And the best mart
! OIL II Is that 1T has been this way the
while you folks in the North have
Deen having all kinds of winter wea-
ther. We are playing real baseball
games, according to a schedule for
the camp, and 1 want to say they
ShhPpS real nlu-SeaSon form,
ana as sit here writing 1 can hear
cheering from spectators and play
ers on the various ball fields" The
sergeant thinks the soldiers quart
ered. in the Sunny South should
phank their stars, after hearing the
news OF the past winter in the North.
sergeant Gerdes says the men are
all Wiling to do and anxious to learn
ana their spirit is excellent. Thev
want to get to France as soon as
possible, and have responded won
def1ully to the training of the Eng
; llsh ofncers sent to give them point
ers on Hun practices in Europe.
sergeant Gerdes is Harrisburg boy.
ne mas been promoted from the
T ranks and is making good.
Hal White. president of the Conn
, ty Fairs Association, which embraces
an the county fairs of Pennsylvania.
curing visit at the Telegraph office
! Yesterday said he is a strong he
never In the possibilities of the
county or community fairs as pro-
o moters of better farming. 'I am
giad to note the announcement the
) telegraph has given to this move
meht recently" said Mr.. White.
ana can only ask for continued
paiOhs Inc feueral and State
authorities have offered rs enco,,ro
agement and we are ready to do
: Whatever is necessary to meet their
desires. We believe the fair asso-
clatlons can do much for the i'm
provement of agricultural conditions
and we are particularly desirous of
making every available acre grow
grain this year, He is a poor farm :
er who will let available land lie
fole, because of the high price of
spring wheat seed"
You've got the right idea" re-
marked John A. McSparran, master
OF the State Grange, yesterday. in
commenting upon an editorial in the
Harrisburg Telegraph, in which n
was declared that the way to get
farm labor. was to send men home
from camps and industrial plants.
the men who are qualified to work
on farms through experience and
training.