Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-02
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county apple belts says that there
are sections of Dauphin county we'll
adapted to specialized food produc-
ton, especially in their lines, whick
are not being taken advantage of.
The lower end of the county is the
same as Lancaster. York and Cum
berland and yet the acreage devoted
to wheat for years has not been COM
parable, in proportion, to those
famous agricultural counties. The
fruit growers of the Cumberland val-
ley and the Adams Y ork- Franklin
district say that the eastern end of
the county which is splendidly fitted
for apple orchards does not contain
anything near what it could support
and that there are chances to make
some sections large producers of both
apples and peaches and soil which
would do Tor small fruits in abund-
ance. The reason appears to be that
| the county below the Blue Ridge has
| always been more or less of an in
dustrial and railroad section, the
young mon going to manufacturing
establishments or on the railroad
rather than farming and no special
effort to secure either foreign or coll
ored farm labor having been made.
Ihe potato men say that the rel
| shale and other soils in Dauphin
county valleys above Dauphin are
the same as in the famous potato
districts of IAhigh and that immense
acreages OF potatoes could be grown
| there, provided labor was obtainable.
| me farming population of some of
these most favored portions of this
county Is sparse, comparatively
speaking, and it is questionable
whether the hands to do the work
which has made Lehigh noted for
potatoes could be secured. Mining
and numbering back in the county
and manufacturing along the river
take many people who would other
wise be working on farms. There is
no doubt hut what Dauphin county
farms could be made to produce
much more foodstuffs and that tho
capital is handy to aid it, but the
need is for people to work in fields.
| There is hardly a farmer but who
wants additional hands all the farm
ing season, which, begins early and
| ends late.
The trot-trot of a horse was the
only sound to break the stiffness Of
many road leading into Harris
burg yesterday and for the first time
in years the River road, the Reading
pike. the Cumberland valley high
ways were without their usual Sun
day rush of automobiles. The sill
ence recalled the days when people
used to drive the horses to church
and the birds instead of the auto
mobile horns made the sounds. On
the way to Middletown the silence
along some stretches of the road wa
almost uncanny and the Chambers
Hill road was a country lane. But
probably strangest Of. all was the
Riverside, where the passing of an
occasional buggy was the only dis
turbance of q bucolic quiet. On the
road to Hershey the contrast was
heightened because instead of a pro-
cession of pleasure cars and motor
cycles the only gasoline driven move
ment was by long lines of army
trucks on the way to war.
1t may also be said that there was
more work done on autom obiles yes
terday than known for Ing time.
Men who generally were off with
! the sun or who could hardly wait
for breakfast to get started on Sun
day rides discovered many things
about the car that needed fixing
and garages and many of them, were
busy repair shops yesterday instead
of enjoying their usual Sunday quiet.
/. Just to slow that political bets
have not entirely died out some stor-
les are being heard about offers on
the coming election. 1t is a little
early to do much wagering. but an
offer has been heard of wherein II
man has cash to say that Sproul will
go over 10000 majority There ere
also bets being heard of whether
Congress will be Democratic or not
Congressman Simeon D. Fess
selected rs chairman of the Repub-
lican congressional campaign COM
mittee, is we'll remembered by Har-
risburg people who heard him i'd
dress the patriotic meeting of the
Pennsylvania State Society held at
the Capitol last winter. He is an ola
school institute friend of Governor
Brumbaugh and exceedingly well
posted on foreign affairs. He has
lectured in many towns in Penpsyl-
vania.
Some of the Conewago township
weather sharps say that they arc
afraid of a continuation of cold
weather during the coming winter.
Cno man says that the condition OF
the corn husk; and the frequent cold
nights mean that winter is coming
early ana going TO stay long. he is
preparing for it by stacking up one
of the largest woodpiles, his neigh
bors say, in that end of the county.
Expansion of Rutherford yards,
| which is being prepared for, may
have to be undertaken during the
winter, say railroad men, because OF
the growth of freight traffic through
that big maze of tracks. The policy
of the Railroad Administration ap-
pears to oe TO use the Reading for
| hauling as much freight as possible
through this city, especially coal and
while the trains are almost solidly
consigned to tidewater, there is con-
siderable freight which must be
handled and of a character which
will grow because of location of es-
sentiaL industries along the line.
| To-day's Labor Day parade recalls
the first procession of the kind held
here. 1t vas early in the nineties
when the knights of Labor move
J ment was at it's height and this city
was one cf the strongholds. In 1902
another big demonstration was held,
] closing with a meeting at Reservoir
park. OF late years the observance
has been very general, businessmen
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