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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
WAR EFFECT ON
AUTO INDUSTRY
Less Cars Because of War,
But Demand Will
Continue

So much has been said about the
uncertainty of automobile manufac-
turing conditions. as the result of the
war, that there are undoubtedly many
who would regard the war as a de-
pressing factor in motorcar trade. Not
so, however, among the leaders in the
motorcar industry itself.
even now the general public has
learned that the war must act as a
stimulant in the selling of automo-
biles," says John N. WHY'S, of WHY'S
Overland fame. "This is a day of
thrift and increased business effci-
ency. The automobile is a factor that
must be included in programs of thrift
and efficiency and for that reason 1T
has become Indispensable in public
and private life.
There is every reason to believe at
this time that there will be some de-
crease in the supply of cars. Many
of the manufa cturers are not ade-
quately equipped to handle both their
motorcar business and the Govern
ment work, and they have patriotlcal-
ly allowed their personal ailairs TO go
by the way in their effort to support
the country's fighting program.
"And, obviously, any decrease IN
supply will mean greater demand
for the cars that are pelnB pulll. ne ne
demand itself will not fall oH-it VIII
grow as the requirements assume
greater proportions.
"It has been said that farming con-
ditions furnish the basis for all pros
pcrity. We know what the farmers
are up against this coming year. Never
has responsibility, rested as heavily
on their shoulders as at this time. In
fact, the winning of the war is to a
large degree dependent on the sup
port of the farmers. Their efficiency
will he taxed to the utmost.
And, one cannot talk of farming
efficiency without considering the au-
tomobile. Already the car has accom-
plished great things for the farmer
and it is about to accomplish still
more wonderful achievements.
"There is indisputable evidence.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
'UNFURL FLAG
WITH 80 STARS
Members of Perry County
Sunday Schools Honored
at Meeting

New Bloomfield, Pa, Jan. 1s.-A
Sunday school meeting for District
No. was held this week in Trinity
Reformed Church here. Devotional
exercises by the Rev. j. w, Weetel
and an address by the Rev. ]. Potter
Hayes, of the Presbyterian Church
were followed by the unfurling of g
siX-foot service flag containing thirty
seven stars, representing that many
young men who have gone into the
United States service from the Sun
day schools of the district.
Following is a list of members OF
Sunday schools in the district now
in the United States service:
Mannsville Lutheran Sunday school
Anderson Reeder, John Bupp, Chris
tian Clouser.
snyder's United Brethren Sunday
School-Andrew L. Weldon.
Young's United Brethren Sunday
school-James Sweger. Cloyd Dick.
New Bloomfield United Brethren
Sunday School,. Stewart Askins
Charles Delaney, Leon Briner, Lester
Iurnbaugh, John Clouser, Hobart
Sweger.
New Bloomfield Reformed Sunday
School-George II. Bernheisel, Paul
w. Darlington, Paul q. Swartz.
New Bloomfield Presbyterian Sun
day School-Neil Harper. Edward l.
Moore, Mcclure Ramsay, James NJ
Shearer, John Porter Adams, Wilbur
Shumaker, John w. Johnston, John A
Magee, Benjamin Mcpherson, Duke r
Clouser, George Kell, Harold Milling
ton, Edward Masterson.
John Bucher DR.. NJ. l. Stein. David
Miller, Henry Thebes, Maurice Rhoads
Russell BoiZe.
Prayer was offered by the Rev
Il. NJ. Ramsay, and a solo rendered by
Miss Ernestine Rhinesmith. w. D.
Reel, state sunday school specialist
OF Philadelphia, gave a general talk
on Sunday school work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
Bainbridge Red Cross
Auxiliary Ships Supplies

cambridge, Pa, Jan. 10. - A re-
port, given by Mrs. p. G. Engle,
chairman of the Red Cross Auxiliary
which is branch of Columbia Chap
ter, is as follows: Articles sent to
Columbia, January 1.-Two sweat
ers; four packages of triangle band
ages; 33 pillow cases; 1 knit hot
water bottle cover; knit wash
cloths and 2 linen wash cloths;
comfort kits, equipped.
Since the auxiliary has been form
ed, which was June %, 1917, these
women. all over 20 years, have knit
the following-Mrs. Mary Engle, 2
sweaters; Mrs. Mary Engle, aged rs,
two pairs of wristlets, one helmet
and number of wash cloths; Mrs.
Frank Croft, Sr., aged 20, three
sweaters; Mrs. c. Shank, SO years,
two sweaters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19

am told, to the effect that only 81 pei
cent. of the cars in the United States
are registered in the cities. In other
words, So per cent. of all the cars in
use in this country are owned and OPP
Grated by people living in small towns
and in the country. In the so-called
West Central group of states, with a
total registration OF 726,000 cars. more
than so per cent. are rural registra-
tions. In only five states-Ma ssachu-
setts, Rhode Island. Connecticut, New
York and California, do city registra-
tions exceed the regist rations of cars
owned by dwellers in small towns and
country places.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
BLAIN FARMERS, INSTITUTE

Blaln, Pa, Jan. 19.-Arrange-
ments are being completed for a
two-day Farmers Institute in the
town hall here on January 25 and
20. II. c. Fetterolf, II. G. Neisley
and ]. Aldus Herr, speakers of the
State Agriculture Association, are
expected to be present. The first ses-
sion will be held on Friday after
noon at 1.30 o'clock. Music will be
Furnished by the pupils of the voca-
tional school.
Charles o. Gray killed hog that
weighed four hundred and thirty
seven pounds.
Boyd Shuman, of Iowa, is visiting
his sister, Mrs. William Wilt, and
other relatives here at his old home.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs,
Warren W. Shumaker.
Mrs. Elizabeth Slime. of Bixler,
spent a few days here.
ON Sunday morning at 1890
O'Clock communion services will be
held in Zion's Reformed Church.
Alton d. Neidigh has a hog that
he will soon kill which weighs over
200 pounds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
RESTRICTING LIGHT SERVICE

Watsontown. Pa, Jan. 19.-Begin-
ming to-day the local municipal light
plant will close down from a. m. to
pi m. and for house and power use
IT.. will run the rest of the day. Street
lights have not been in service for
more than a month.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
SCHOOL BOARD TO
ENGAGE EXPERTS
FOR BIG TASKS
Rules Abolish Standing Com.
mittees to Make Way
For New Methods

Elimination of all standing COM
mittees from the city school board
organization and the substitution of
three additional officials was pro-
Vided in the revised rules which
were passed by the directors yester-
day.
All important general matters will
be handled by the board, while the
routine administration affairs, pur-
chasing of supplies, building repairs
and improvements will be left in
the hands of capable persons ap-
and make monthly reports to the
board.
In dropping the finance committee
all the bookkeeping work will be
siNer to an expert accountant who
Will be required to keep a record
of ali appropriations, costs and eX-
penditures under various divisions
Bills will be presented to the board
when payment is to be ordered.
a purchasing agent and Il super
intendent of buildings are the other
two officials who are to be employed
taking the place of the buildings and
the supply committees. The city su-
perintendent also is given more au-
thority to act in cases of assignment
of teachers and in handling reports
OF misconduct of pupils.
1t was said no decision has been
reached by any of the directors as
TO whom will be given the various
positions. Director Werner made
motion to amend the rules so that
the board would be required to Sc
lect an employe of some bank or
trust company for treasurer. The
motion was defeated.
Contracts Arc Let
The contracts for the remodeling
OF the Camp Curtin school building
were awarded before the rules were
considered. c. w. Strayer again re-
ceived the general contract at his
bid of S170,521; Everts and Over
dear, Lancaster, the heating work
at $25,255, and the Dauphin Elec-
trical Supplies Company the cleo
trical contract at $13,350. Eugene
j. Fogarty, of this city, was given
the plumbing contract at $17,99O,
which was lower than the bid of E.
Il. Shellenberger, of Hamburg, who
had been given the work the first
time the bids were opened.
The only increase is in the bid of
the electrical firm. John S. Musser,
president of the company, was pres
ent and explained to the directors
that a twenty per cent. advance in
the price of materials necessitated
the increase in the bid. He also ex-
planned that when awarded the con-
tract the first time he had ordered
the clock parts and telephones need
cd for the contract. and would have
had these materials on his hands
with no use for them in case he
had not been successful on the sec
ond bid.
The readvertising for proposals
was necessitated because of a tech
nicalitv discovered in the specifica-
ttons by NJ. w. Jacobs, solicitor of
the board.
<->Action on the request of the local
Army recruiting headquarters to en-
list school boys was postponed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
APPEAL FROM JUDGMENT

Sunbury, Pa, Jan. 10. Sixty
persons in Shamokin and vicinity
have filed appeals from judgments
given against them by Squire Rookie,
and in favor of J. A. Welsh, receiver
for the Miners Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company. Welsh, it is under
stood, is seeking to secure back
premiums due for policies while the
defendants will try to show the court
that the concern is insolvent and
that it should not pay these moneys,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19

portant part in any line of endeavol
as the car plays in farming. is there
any reason for thinking that the war
can retard that demand2 On the otheu
hand. there is every reason for know
ing that the war, with it's added res
sponsibilities, will increase that de+
mand"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
AUTO STRUCK by ENGINE

Milton, Pa, Jan. 19.-When their
automobile was struck by a locomo-
tive at a grade crossing here. Alfred
Krum suffered crushed foot and
Newton Smith escaped by jumping.
Side curtains, they said, prevented
them from seeing their danger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
Motor Car Used to
Switch Freight Cars

The field of activity in which the
motor car operates to the advantage
of modern man is almost without
limit, Witness the application OF
this truth by a resourceful Provi-
dence, r. l., man.
When the freight car shortage be-
came serious several months ago,
the Broadway Sales Company no1
only found it difficult to obtain ship
ments from the factory, but had an
endless amount of trouble in getting
the cars unloaded when they finally
arrived in Providence. This was 4 lie
to insufficient switching facilities
and a bad congestion of the rail-
road yards.
Sales were too heavy to tolerate
delays, so the manager of the COM
pany decided there had to be a REM
edy. He brought out one of the old
est Dodge Brothers motor cars he
had and went down to the yards to
do a little switching of his own.
The experiment worked Although
the car had seen more than 10000
miles of service, it applied itself en-
ergetically to the task of moving
freight cars weighing about $4,000
pounds each, kicking" them up to
the platform where they could be
unloaded. Thereafter the same plan
was tried several times, each time
with success.
|. There are more ways than one in
which the motor car can prove it.
self indispensable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19
FIRMS MUST MAKE RETURNS

Sunbury, Pa, Jan. 19.-Prothono-
tary Summers has received notice
from the Auditor Generals office in
Harrisburg, saying that all persons
or firms doing business under a fic-
titious name must make their re-
turns before the first of the month
or suffer arrest for violating the law.
More than fifty firms have so far
made this report in Northumberland
county and a heavy penalty goes
With ignorance or failure to attend
to this matter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-19

Use McNeirs Cold Tablets. = ADJ
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16
On Being q Candidate

Atlanta, Ca, Oct.s rs although de-
feated for county commissioner, John
Wilson apparently is quite happy
met lot of people, made many friends
and on the whole it was a paying pro
position. Wilson's unique campaign
expenses statement included the follow
ing items: Lost 1,349 hours sleep
thinking about the election; lost two
front teeth and lot of hair in person.
al encounter with an opponent; do
mated one beef, four shoats and five
sheep to county barbecue; gave away
two: pairs of suspenders, four calico
dresses, IS in cash and 10 baby rattles:;; ::
kissed 1876. babies; kindled IA kitchen
fires; put up four stoves; walked 4,O76
miles; shook hands with 9,5OS people !;
told TO- lies ~and talked enough for
1000 volumes ); attended Is revival
meetings and was baptized four differ
emit. times; contributed $50 to foreign
missions and made love to nine grass
widows Rugged 40 old maids; got dog
bit 80 times and was defeated
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16
I can't vote,
Neither can ma.
II Minnesota goes wet,
Blame it to pa. )

The Sheaf publishes this week the
announcements Of a number of candi-
dates for the public office. We ask
our readers to read all announcements
and to weigh and consider well the
claims Of every aspirant Under a
democratic form of government every
citizen who feels like it and considers
himself capable, has a right to aspire
to public office. In our government no
person can claim an office as his birth
right. All must submit themselves to
the suffrages of the people directly or
indirectly. 1t often happens that sever
al good men will present themselves as
candidates for the same office. Only
the one who gets the most votes can
win. He may not always be the best
man. Often the more worthy one is
left by the roadside, while one less
worthy but with more cheek or aggres-
siveness pushes on. A newspaper can
not support all good men who run for
public office, but it should treat all
fairly and give all an opportunity to
present their case to the public. Every
individual voter should exercise his
own best judgement as to what candi-
date he should vote for, because he is
the one who is responsible to his coun-
try and to his God for the manner in
which he discharges the duties of his
citizenship.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16
In Times of High Prices.

A great many people are meeting the
cost Of living by buying cheaper stuff.
There are plenty of men who always
bought $500 shoes, who are still pay
ing only that amount. Three years
ago you could get a good shoe for that
money. It was cut out Of the best part
of the animals skin, though possibly
the skin was so thick that it had to be
split and some Of the fiber removed.
But it was an honest shoe and would
wear.
Now the man who buys $4.00 shoe
unless it is made up in rough style out
of coarse leather and with little labor,
will probably get one that is cut out Of
loose portions Of the animals hide, so
it will soon crack and go to pieces.
The same principle applies in buying
clothing. With the prevailing. style Of
rough texture, It is possible for cheap
clothes to present very creditable ap-
pearance at first. Dyes and finish
cover many defects for a short time.
But cheap goods will not; wear. 81 s,5
- 1At UeSC pOllCy d. Tic pI0SeuC IluSalS
to 60 to a reliable home dealer, some
oneSyou knoW personally, and ask him
to give you a suit or pair Of shoes or
whatever you want, that he can person.
ally recommend as having good wear
ing qualities. The dealers all know
well enough what will wear and what
won't. They have cheap goods, be-
cause some people won't take anything
else. But they don't give their. person
al Endorsement to anything, unless they
know the real goods are there
Then having bought a good article,
even if at rather high cost, you can
well expect to wear it longer than you
used to. Public sentiment recognizes
this as time for economy One does
not feel so much ashamed of slightly
shabby clothing as a few years ago.
Everybody is doing it. Ones bill for
clothing thus need not be very much
more than in ordinary times, particu-
larly if you keep watch Of the: news
paper advertising to see who is offer
ing the bargains. \, -. .s> ~ q
-,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16
The present county attorney, Mr.. A

The present county attorney, Mr.. A.
N. Eckstrom, who is a candidate for
reelection, has made a record for abili-
ty and efficiency in Office that the tax
payers of the county will not be likely
to. forget on election day. AS lawyer
he is well equipped, both by education
and experience, to hold his own with
any lawyer in the state. He has been
active and energetic in enforcing the
laws Of the state, the liquor laws in
cluded, and yet he has been so tactful
and shown such good judgment in the
discharge Of his duties, that the peo-
pies money has not been frittered away
in useless and unnecessary litigation.
AS the legal adviser of the county
board, he has rendered most valuable
service to the county, as the present
members Of the board will readily adj
NIT. By his sound Judgment and wide
experience in business affairs, he has
been instrumental in saving the tax
payers money, where an adviser of less
experience might have caused the
county to be plunged into needless ex-
pense.
Mr.. Eckstrom is too busy a man to
make a personal canvass of the county
during this campaign and is compelled
to rest his candidacy with the voters,
hoping that they will appreciate the
service he has honestly tried to give
them. Because of the fact that he
holds the office Of county attorney as
we'll as on account Of his knowledge of
public AFFAIRS, the government has
thrust new duties upon him on account
of the war and these duties, like a
good loyal citizen, he is also endeavor-
ing to fulfill to the best of his ability
and for the welfare of the nation.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16

The Stephen Messenger has named
County Attorney A. N. Eckstrom as
entitled to reelection because of the
many arduous new duties that the gov
eminent has thrust upon him owing to
the war. There are two other county
officials who, we believe, are also justly
entitled to the kindly consideration of
the voters for like reason, and they
are Sheriff H. G. Hanson and County
Auditor A. G. Lundgren, who are men,
berS Of the local board. The govern
ment demanded this service from these
officials and they have been compelled
ever since the war started to devote a
great deal of time and attention to
draft matters. The registration of
several thousand men for military SER
vice and the calling and making ready
Of many hundreds of them for entrain-
ment, has been prodigious work, and
these officials have had to do most of
it, in addition to attending to the -regu-
larduties Of their Offices. The Sheriff,
especially, has often been obliged to
pensezi in attending to the war duties
which the government has laid upon
' his shoulders Both gentlemen, more
over, are capable county officials and
on that score also are entitled to be
remembered by the voters of the
county. Mr.. Lundgren has made a
model county auditor Sheriff Hanson
, is serving his first term as sheriff and
it has been customary in this county to
give second term to an official who
has made good during his first term.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16
State Of Minnesota,

State of Minnesota,
County of Marshall-ss.
Before, me, g Notary Public in and
for the. State and County aforesaid.
personally appeared John p Mattson,
who. having been duly sworn accord
ing to law, deposes and says that he 10
the editor of the Warren Sheaf and
that the following is, to the best Of
his knowledge and belief, a true state
ment of the ownership, management
etc. Of the aforesaid publication for
required by the Act OF z August -.
LaMa and Regulations. AZ
That the names and addresses OF the
publisher, editor, managing editor. and
business managers are:
Mimi. 7%@S 81 5gS 15 .5'
!, Editor, John P. Mattson, Warren.
Managing Editor, John P. Mattson.
WarFena Mimi.
= Business , !. Manager. Alvin 3. Mattson,
That the known owners are: John p.
Mattson. Warren MINI.
mortgages. and other security holders
owning or holding per cent or more
OF total amount OF bonds. mortgages.
brother securities, are: None. s3f
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 10th day Of October, 918.
Ss AUG LUNDGREN,
Notary Public, Marshall Co., MINI.
NY commission expires April ~.
(sEAL) &
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16
HAS, Faith in Red River Valley.

81. p. Harmon, Of SycaMore,. III,
writes the sheaf as follows !: Please
accept my check for your valuable
paper. I have farm near, Warren. 1t
has panned out good this year. i al
ways had faith in the Red River Valley
land. look forward to Warren to be
a nice business center In less than five
years and the land around to go over
the top in price. 2 II: .9s
Mr.. Harmon is former Great Nor
thernsR Railway conductor His run wds
out from Great Falls, Mont.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16

There are two candidates for state
senator from this legislative district,
comprising Marshall, Kittson and Ro-
seau countless, namely: the present
senator N. S. ;Hegnes, of Argyle, and J.
G.. HOlmstrom, Of ROseau. The latter
has the endorsement of the Nonparti-
san League. Both gentlemen, we be-
heve, are good honorable men, and will
make a clean campaign, free from
mud singing and personal abuse which
should never anyway enter into con-
test between rival candidates. There
is some force to the contention of Ro-:
seau county that it should have the
senatorship, but the claim should have
been presented four years ago, when
the movement was made to dislOdge
senator B. E. Sundberg of Kittson
county from the seat he had filled so
long and we'll. By not entering the
contest at that time ROseau county &C.
tually forfeited it's claim to the senator
ship until there is new deal. Mr.
Hegnes was elected four years ago af-
opposed him then, not on personal
grounds, but partly because of it's high
appreciation Of the useful public SER
vice Of Senator Sundberg, and partly
because it felt that when shift is
made in the senatorship the office
should go to Roseau county. AS we
haveasaid, stMr. Keynes was elected and
took his seat as the senator from this
district I'VE have not been able to
find any flaw in the record he has
made. Although not a farmer, he
nevertheless is very much interested
in and dependent upon farming and
farmers for all the success he has been
able TO achieve in business way. If
he has voted on any measure contrary
to the best interests of the farmers Of
the district, we would like to know it.
We believe he has honestly, ably and
impartially represented the people of
the three counties in the senate cham
ber..s We further believe that the
people Of Marshall county at least will
endorse Mr.. Keynes for the second term
upon the record he has made. The
people Of the other counties will do
we'll to. do likewise. A public servant
who has endeavored to do his duty
always appreciates an Endorsement for
a second term. Roseau county's
chance, to win the senatorship should
come four years hence.
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