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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
THAT FARM TOUR

THE automobile farm. tour con-
Quoted yesterday under the di-
rection of County Farm Agent
Niesley was an inspiration to all
who participated. Not only did the
tourists find the crops in good con-
dition, but they were impressed by
the serious attitude of the farmers
as to their part in winning the war.
They found the men who are re-
sponsible for the food production
of the county keenly alive to their
duty and more than anxious to do
their full part. Scarcity of labor has
had the effect of driving every
farmer to greater efforts than ever
before and the result will be in
creased yields of almost every kind
of farm produce this season.
The day of hit-or-miss farming
is over in Dauphin county. Mr.,
Niesley, the farm agent. has had his
part in putting tradition to fight and
substituting therefor scientific
methods. The farmers recognize in
him an expert in his line. and he in
turn admits that he never fails to
learn something of practical value
from the farmer with whom he
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DR.. Thomas S. March, head of
he Greensburg schools and histor-
an, was here yesterday to see
friends at the Capitol.
Charles Fl. Bean. new president
Of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange,
IS a director in a number of street
always.
John c. Frazee, who was here
Yesterday for the War Board meet
ing. is active in the campaign to get
boys to work on farms.
Elisha Kent Kane, prominent
Prohibitionist. who was here for the
annual meeting. is a member of a
family with large interests in Me-
Kean county.
Prof. W. w. Eister is the new
principal of the Shamokin High
School.
John D. Mishler, of Altoona. is
taking a prominent part in the
meeting of the State Posters conven-
tion at York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS

" HE gentlemen of the City Coun-
Gil are called upon to consider
many problems and when they
realize that the community is al
ways ready to cooperate in every
thing that will aid in the making of
a more wholesome and comfortable
city they will have less difficulty in
correcting some of the things which
are now giving them pause.
For instance, the enforcement or
traffic regulations. Mayor Keister
has decided to send one of the i'm
portant officials of the police depart
ment 10 New York City to make a
study of the traffic conditions there
and to utilize what he gathers in
correcting whatever is necessary to
correct in our own city. Through
experience we shall overcome many
of the things which now detract from
our municipal administration, but so
long as those charged with these
responsibilities manifest a disposi-
ton to study what is best in other
cities. there is hope of material and
permanent improvement.
The same thing applies to the care
of shade trees and the other matters
which are now pressing for solu-
ton. There is no occasion to wait
until many trees shall have been de-
stroyed before definite steps are
taken to protect the remainder. A
Shade Tree Commission ought to
have been created years ago and
some definite plan ought to be con-
sidered for the conservation of the
trees we now have and the planting
of thousands more which are needed.
1t should also be remembered that
in the difficulties growing out of the
break down in the pumping station
last winter it was understood an
operating superintendent was to be
employed who would give his whole
time to the care of the water supply
of the city. This has not been done
and no reasonable explanation has
ever been made as to why months
have passed without some such ex-
pert direction.
So, in the park management and
all matters affecting the welfare of
the community, care must be taken
that in the administration of these
public trusts efficiency is the first
and important factor. AS in the in
spection in the ash collection sys-
tenn, so there might be a proper re-
view of all departments from time
to time, that those to whom the peo-
pie have entrusted the management
of the city shall have first hand in
formation as to how things are be-
ing done and whether all is we'll.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
TO HIS SOLDIER SON
[From the Atlantic Monthly.1


How shall I speak of the tempta-
tions that you are sure to meet, my
son? Don't think that I am going to
preach to you. My little homilies
have been spread pretty thickly over
the brief years of your past life, and
if they have not been woven into the
fabric of your unphrased philosophy,
they cannot now be abruptly gather
ed into the pattern. But we who are
older and a bit scar worn would so
gladly enlist in a sort of moral sig
nal service that would warn you of
the presence of lurking enemies.
I need not specify them - you
know we have talked them all over.
You in your own way are the only
one who can conquer them. l have
faith in your strength. Are you not
strong enough to give your soul its
orders and see to it that each sepa-
rate command is implicitly obeyed ?
1t is only thus that strong and en-
during character is developed. 1t is
only through this experience and
triumph that you can return to
your home, your mother, and your
friends, and carry in your soul the
sweet satisfaction of knowing your
self to have been valiant, pure and
reliant.
l learn from your mothers letter
that your single blue service star now
hangs in the window of our lonely
| home. Another, amid many more
hangs in the vestry of the church
In fancy I shall select the one 1 cal
yours; and / shall have faith that
In the midst of the red, which sym.
bolizes carnage, and the white, which
symboliZes purity, your period of en-
listment, will but deepen the blue
which symbolizes loyalty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
"FIRST COURAGE"
NV. Beach Thomas in Current
Opinionl.

NV. Beach Thomas in Current
Opinionl.
A comment by the first of our
warrior politicians will illustrate. If
it may interrupt, my argument. Dur
ing breakfast in Amiens. at the very
height of the Somme battle in 1915.
was inVeigled into discussion on
the morale of soldiers by my i'm
mediate neighbor, Mr.. Lloyd George.
Military men," 1 said. unite in saw
ing that there is no courage like the
first courage Aha" he answered
with the quickness to develop an
idea that is his leading character
istic, that is yet another reason
why we must win" His point is
much stronger to-day than when II
was made. One of the many in
estimable gifts that America will
bring the Allies is a constant supply
of this first courage" and 1t will
perhaps include new courage in the
domain of general strategy as well
as on the stricken field.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
SERVIA

When the heroic deeds that mark
our time
Shall, in far days to come, re-
corded be,
Men, much forgetting, shall re-
member thee,
Thou central martyr of the Monster
Crime,
Who kept thy soul clear of the ooze
and slime
The quicksands of deceit and per-
jury
A living thing, unconquered still
and free.
Through superhuman sacrifice SUBJ
lime.
% Servia'! amid thy ruins great,
Love is immortal; there's an end to
hate,
Always there will be dawn, tho
dark the night.
Look up, thou tragic GloryI Even
now
The thorny round that binds thy
bleeding brow
Is as a crown irradiating light! =
Florence Earle Coates.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
Accidental SuperfluouSneSS'

From the Wall Street Journal
An all too fast disappearig gene
ration of older railroad executives
are accustomed when recalling Gen.
James c. Clarke, for many years be-
fore his death president of the Illi-
nois Central, to speak of his stately
courtliness, the warm Southern tinge
of his hospitality and the depth and
breadth of his personal charity,
which ever kept him in lean purse.
But the general was also live rail-
roader, no respecter of mere custom
and we'll to the fore in the era which
transferred Chicago from a Michigan
port to the largest interior continen-
tai city in the world.
General Clarke was fond of telling
how in the post-bellum days an order
was issued from the head office of
one southern system that no more
personal Wallets should be carried on
the payrolls, and that the name OF
the bureau of which it was part
should be painted on the door OF
each room.
Shortly after the president, on a
personal inspection tour, opened the
door of a very small room and con-
fronted an ancient negro of eminent
ly respectable and respectful mien
Sdlu the
You black rebel, are you still
here?" :.
81 shoa is" he bowed.
"And what payroll are you on?"
"I doan't know what payroll, Gin
eral, but I bresh de colonel's coat
black his shoes, comb his haid anC
sech. He says to me jes like dis
Major, he say eff dat damned fool OLE
Gineral come roun hyar akin whu
youah honah's pardon, I'm in de de
yoah air doin hyar jes tell i'm, axii
partment of accidental superfluous
ness"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The yellow peril is the yellow
streak.-Memphis Commercial APP
peal.
Beans and peas and garden-sass,
they tell the Boche he shall not pass.
Baltimore Sun.
The railroads of the country never
had a more distinguished list of
dheads.-Boston Herald.
If the Kaiser builds bigger U-boats
the American gunners will find them
easier to hit.-Des Noines Register.
In christening an Iirship we sug-
gest the young lady smash a bottle
of liquid air on its nose.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
For twenty-five years the Kaiser
drilled for war, and now he" can't
control the geyser he struck.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
One general says the side with the
last reserves will win; and America
is raising 100000 reserves.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
Corn bread properly made is an
ambrosial delight. Corn bread i'm
properly made tastes like German
paganda-Chicago Daily News.
Mr.. McAdoo may feel that it is
necessary to fire railroad president
occasionally to show who is boss
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
o Nine. Breshkovskaya, grand
mother of the Russian revolution,
| have you any idea where your wan
dering grandson is to-night?-Kan-
sas City Star.
The Almighty Dollar" is no longer
the potentate of other days. A dol
| lar doesn't get much of anywhere
nowadays without a partner.-Kan-
sas City Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
RULES FOR GARDENER

In tools for gardening, you require
wheel-hoe. with cultivator, rake,
plow, side-hoe, seed-dropper and all
the wrinkles. about $14.35; miscella-
neous hand-hoes, rakes, cultivators,
grabbers, $27.56. Total about $41.91.
These tools are not to use on your
own garden, but to lend to your
neighbors. You do your own work
with tools borrowed from one neigh
Dor while another is using the ones
you bought. Garden tools are like a
circulating library only very few of
the things come back. You must also
have a large supply of monkey
wrenches, Stilson wrenches, ham,
mers, saws, rew-drivers, etc, be-
cause the neighbors who borrow your
garden tools will naturally hesitate
to ask you to come over and fix 'em
when they get out of whack, but will
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
Somehow or Other

Somehow or other. L believe
We're paid about what we should
receive,
For what Life sets on the credit side
To the debtor Death is not denied,
And Someone sets the balance right
With seven stars for His candle
light, -
I'll not much care for anything
When it comes to that final reckon
ing.
Somehow or other. I believe
There is utter rest for hearts that
grieve,
And Peace with a cool green coverlet
Will tuck us in when the time is set,
On a little hill, and we shall not miss
The toys of day for her goodnight
And Love will come like a weary
thing
Home at last from the wandering.
Somehow or other. I believe
There's a Plan beneath that we don't
perceive,
For a thought that's low or a life
that's foul
Set their sign in belly or jowl,
And little faith or a withered soul
Will weaZen a face like a shriveled
Scroll.
Travel the path that the doubters
trod,
But find at the end of the journey
God.
Somehow or other, believe
He is strong like brother to relieve;
And when I'm gone like a puff of
wind,
The good I've done, and the evil
Sinned,
The hopes I've lost, and the soul I've
made,
The loves I've known. and the pray
ers I've prayed,
Will seem like a strangely futile
thing
In the light of His face at the bal
ancing.-Willard Wattles in the New
York Independent
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07


Germany has recently forbidden
the use of foodstuffs to make beer.
Sixty-eight million bushels at an
average of As pounds per bushel
EQUALS over three billion pounds
which would be- sufficient for as
many one-pound loaves of bread an
nually or divided by three hundred
sixty-five days 5000, 100000 pounds
divided by 365 days equals S,219,0 900
loaves) equals over eight million
loaves of bread per day, probably
enough bread for the armies at the
front of the United States. France
and England with considerable over,
but not enough for the starving peo-
pie of Belgium, Armenia and Syria.
If drink were abolished, labor con-
ditions on farms as we'll as with farm
machinery, fertilizers and transpor-
tation, would be so improved as to
increase production at least five per
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
The Vital Facts

Regarding the case of the Kansan
whose home was raided for booze
and seven hundred pounds of hoard
ed flour was found instead, thirsty
reader from Oklahoma INJURIES
whether the -four has been thorough
ly sifted. Pittsburgh Leader.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

HOW CRUELi
Hubby (from
the next room)-
Why are you for
ever gazing | n t o
that mirror?
wifi e y I've
ust discovered
that I am good
looking.
Hubby-You're
some little dis
coverer all right; /;
nobody will ever
suspect you.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

talks. Dauphin county farmers are.
as a. whole. prosperous and for years
have conducted their farms along
modern lines. Cooperating with the
farm agent, this efficiency has been
greatly increased.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

In the matter of the ash-collection
system, the important thing for the
people who pay the bill is to know
that the plan is efficient and no more
expensive than necessary. If Chief
Inspector Sheesley, as has been inti-
mated. is doing most of his inspecting
an telephone at $500 year, his use
fulness may be properly questioned.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
A Close Contest

AS hospital bombers the Huns are
beating their own worst records. Air
pirates are running neck and neck
with submarine pirates for the in
humanity stakes.-From the Boston
Traveller.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

More than rs per cent. of the young
men who registered Wednesday, hav-
ing reached their majority since last
June, are married. Many have de-
pendent wives and children.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg is selling more
Of its products to the government
now than ever before?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

Washington is at last realizing that
this is the peoples war. and that thew
have right to know all that is
proper they should know regarding
what is transpiring in the combat
area especially as to the State troops
and where engaged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

The gubernatorial situation would
be greatly simplified If Judge Bonni-
well would. like Highway Commis-
sioner o'Neil. advise all his friends to
support Senator Sproul. 1t might lust
as well be unanimous.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
FRIDAY, JUNE Z, 1918

Holy truth, eternal right,
Let them break upon my sight,
Let them shine uncIouded, still,
And iCith light ny being MI.
WILLIAM HENRY FURNEss.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
HOOVER AND BEER

IN Hoover may have convinced
President Wilson that it would
be unwise to save millions of bushels
of grain by closing the breweries OF
the United States, but that does not
mean he has convinced the country.
The American people have fol-
lowed the lead of Mr.. Hoover to
great lengths. They have denied
themselves when he told them it
was necessary and they are willing
to continue a policy of volunteer
rationing that astonishes the food
controllers of European countries.
There is no limit to their self-de-
NAL. But when Mr.. Hoover begs
them to go without bread and to eat
less grain with one breath and with
the next authorizes the beer makers
of the country to pour millions of
bushels of grains into liquid poison,
even the most Jealous and patriotic
citizen will pause for thought.
Mr.. Hoover, in a public statement,
explains that if beer-making is
stopped, the drinking public will
turn to whiskey and much harm
will be done. But it remains fact,
as has been brought out on the floor
of Congress, that since the making
of whiskey has been stopped and the
supply on hand is steadily decreas-
ing, the price a few months after
beer went out would become so high
as to prohibitive to any but million
aires. And it remains also a fact
that since a very large number of
saloons are controlled by brewers
these would be closed because traffic
in whiskey alone would not keep
them alive. Mr.. Hoover has de-
deceived himself, or has been de-
ceived, concerning this situation. but
a very large proportion of the peo-
pie of the nation have not been de-
ceived and they will resent deeply
this robbing of the family kitchen
for the sake of keeping the saloons
open.
Eat less bread; eat less grain. but
drink just as much beer as you
want"
That in effect is the order from
Washington and it cannot be ex-
pected that the housewife, who is
denying her children their usual
ration of bread and is saving grain
wherever possible, will receive it
with any degree of enthusiasm.
If few people insist upon poison
ing themselves quickly by the use of
whisky because they cannot do it
more slowly by getting beer, that is
their concern, but to say that the
working people of the nation will be
ruined by an anti-beer order at this
time is an insult to the intelligence
of thinking men who know that the
vast majority of workmen are sober
and industrious.
The liquor traffic, root and branch
sooner or later must be abolished
and if that can be ACCOMPLISHED and
great saving of foodstuffs affected
at one and the same time it is fool
ish to delay the order.
Just so long as the Democratic
administration at Washington stands
behind the manufacture of alcoholic
beverages during wartimes and ad-
vocates the use of vast quantities ~
grain in their making. so long will,
great many people suspect tba,
politics as. we'll as patriotism has q
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
OUR DAILY LAUGH
ROMANCE VS..
REALISM.

How did Tom
come to break
with Miss Sweet =?
He used to say
that she was as
good as gold.
Yes, but you
see he's got ac-
quainted with a
girl who has gold.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
Also Applies to the Athletic.

An expert presents the opinion tba,
the Detroit baseball club will wiz,
games as soon as 1t begins to. hi,
ma score more runs. That and
'hutting out the opposition would
.roit News. De-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

Still no explanation of the refusal
to send Major General Wood to the
fighting front. Perhaps he is being
kept at home to make lot of his
countrymen fighting mad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

be glad to borrow the tools to fix 'em
with. So you just gotta have plenty of
implements and tools.-Richmon
mes-Dispatch.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

cent. This would add thirty-four
million bushels of wheat or two hun
dred thirty-two million bushels of all
kinds of grain. When we set our
own house in order we may ask Great
Britain and France to do likewise.
Coal Shortage
Tons.
The breweries of the
country used, in 1917,
over three million tons
or coal S,OOO,OOO
Anthracite coal mine op-
orators estimate that
the decreased produc-
ton of anthracite alone
by reason of alcoholic
drink is seven and one
half million tons per
year ....... ii0UU,OOU
Or about IL per cent.
I'll per cent? of the
total production.
If the same conditions
prevail with bitumin-
Gus, the lessened pro-
duction of bituminous
is fifty-six million tons 56,000,0 900
The production of BIZ
luminous coal to an
thracite being seven
and one-half to one.
The total additional coal
available without en-
ploying one more man
or investing one more
dollar for plant is over
siXty-siX million tons. 66,000,0O
And your factory, or busi-
ness or home needs coal.
Transportation
Required by breweries. Tons.
Raw material, 3,000,000,-
900 lbs. foodstuffs .... 100000
Require coal tons .... 100000
Product, 60,000,000 bar
relS ......'.. ......'.. 5,OOOiVuV
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

Five hundred journeymen tailors
at Winnipeg, Canada, demand a
wage increase of approximately 15
per cent, Saturday holiday and
time and one-half for overtime.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

Those young chaps of 81 years who
registered this week will fill the de-
pleted lists of registrants of the first
class subject to draft.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
100000

Total on teams and cars 13,50O,0O0
All of which require hauling and
over one-ltalf of which require rail-
road transportation. This requires
over 100000 freight cars during the
year, and uses several hundred To-
comotives constantly, and increases
freight congestion. The shortage of
labor due to drink is big factor in
the freight tie-up.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

Union painters and paperhangers
at Memphis, Tenn, have increased
wages " cents an hour. The new
rates are IS and $500 a day, respect
lively.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

A COMHL1-
MENT.
How are you
g e t t / n g along
with your auto.
girls
A C o n s t a b le
cautioned me last
night about daz-
zling lamps.
All, he must
have gotten
glimpse of your
eyes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
HISTORIC HARRIsBTTRc

Recruiting places were in Marie,
Square where the speakers stand I,
now located. A'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
LABOR NOTES
BY BRIGGS

Queens County Qreland) Nationa'
Teachers Association has strongly
protested the inadequacy of the gov.
eminent grant for Irish primary edu.
cation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

Masons, carpenters and plasterers
OF Wexford, Ireland. went on strike
when their demand for S10-a-week
minimum wage was refused by the
employers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

Within the last year there have
been twenty-four unions organized
in the Cumberland district, which in
cludes Western Maryland and that
part of West Virginia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

So the great &C.
tor was invited
out to diner
Yes, but I don't
believe he en-
joyed himself al
Jail. He was set
d o w n to what
was called a good
lroast.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07
A CONSIDER
ATE HUSBAND.

II " ur hus-
band isn't good to
you, why don't
you apply for a
separate mainte-
nance?
What's the use
he is n e v e +
home as 1t Is.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

e. ]. STACKPOLE,Pr Prssf s. Editor-in-C Chirf
r. r. OYSTER, Business Managsr.
GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor.