Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-09
Enfntng Gl1at

The front line trenches are so far
away and we have all been regaled,
with so many stories of horrors that
now when we are getting letters from
our own Harrisburg soldiers. telling
OF the little incidents not associated
with death and wounds we rejoice
| The interesting letter of Leroy e.
Rife published in this newspaper on
saturday and telling of football right
after a battle with the Huns was the
tax or Harrisburg yesterday and
eVery chauce we get to read of re-
| taxation OF the terrific strain we are
as happy as the boys themselves.
letter came here a day or so age
from Lieutenant George j. Hook
| VINO little over a year ago was ad.
| Vefuslng manager for the kaufman
| stores, anu who is now in the Sigma
corps In France, right up where
| Things are doing. 1t illustrates that
lhe world is small after all and that
even war has lighter side. He was
In a trench dugout one dark night
ana terrific barrage fire was under
way when he was called to the field
| telephone and asked, Have you got
all your copy ready for the kaufman
ad yet? If you don't hurry 1t, you
won't get 1t in; that's all. Under
standE' The voice at the other end
OF the line was that of Lieutenant
Harry A. Souders, formerly con-
nected with the Telegraph's advertis-
ing department and now in the Sig
| nal Corps. too. Both men went out
| with truck companies and were great
friends, but the war had taken them
Tar apart Some how or other Sou
ders found out he was near where
HOOK was stationed and when out
with wire company in shell holes
In No Mans Land, watching for
| movements by the Huns. relieved the
tedium of that awful job by getting
ms old friend on the wire and Josh
ing him about lad copy
While it would be impossible to
| even estimate how much gasoline
was saved by cars being kept in gar
| ages under the federal ruling against
Sunday riding, it is safe to say that
there We're comparatively few of the
| 100000 pneumatic-tired vehicles in
pennsylvania operated yesterday"
| said George b. Brusstar, chief of the
automobile division of the State
Highway Department to-day. From
what have learned there has been
a growing sentiment in favor of OBJ
| 80 'NHS StO AuiAh6 " Tie lelleT. ENe0
II half of the cars usually run on
Sundays when there were no restric-
| tons We're idle, the saving would be
immense" Mr.. Brusstar gave 354,-
| 165 as the number of pneumatic
tired automobiles registered by the
state. This includes transfers, but
the chief says that in many cases
such transactions have been fol-
lowed by new cars being registered
so that the number of $4,000 IS not
far from the mark. But to get tho
motor vehicles in use in the state YOU
nave got 10 figure on more than the
$4,000 pneumatic-tired machines"
remarked Mr.. Brusstar. las of Sep.
tember we had 2S,791 trucks regis
tered and, of course, many of them
are not run on Sunday, but on the
other hand, We have registered 25,-
654 motorcycles and many Of them
have been used on Sundays. Then
there are 1895 dealers so that YOU
can see that we have. well over 400.-
600 motor vehicles OF various kinds
in Pennsylvania and if they are all
Kept at home the saving in gasoline
would be enormous
Later plowing will be done in the
! southeastern counties of Pennsyl-
| vania this year than usual, accord
ing to reports of crop reporters re-
| ceived at the State Department of
Agriculture. The soil has been so
dry that August plowing has not
been successful and in the big wheat
growing counties of the Susquehanna
and other valleys wheat and rye may
be put in late in October if the
weather is favorable. Efforts are be-
| ing made in Lancaster, York, Cum
berland, Franklin, Chester and
| other counties where wheat is ex-
tenslVely grown to enlarge areas for
that grain, some farmers disregard
ing the rotation of crops for the first
time in their lives. Reports also in
dicate that there are more tractors
in this section of the state engaged
on farm work than in any other por-
ton and that their use has become
general. Much plowing for wheat
will be done by tractors especially liz
tthe southern tier. where there has
been heavy buying of animals for
army use. Late sowing because of
danger of the wheat fly is becoming
more of a practice. reports indicate
The state authorities are. asking that
the wheat acreage be increased from
10000 to 10000 acres.
Members OF the Harrisburg Re-
oSi NSo OuI VI NiAiihS Iiictl VI QTdII hS6
in the counties have been given a lot
of advice by men who fought in
other wars and men returned from
the camps and even Europe. The
sum total of what has been told is
that quick wits and knowledge of
ways to fight Indians are what are
needed more than anything else
Drilling is only a means of develop
ing the nimble mind, said a veteran
of frontier fighting at Penbrook Sat
urday. But after all, the fellows
who can take cover quickest are 60
ing to get there" he remarked.
A. Nevin DIETRICH, late examiner
in chief of the State Insurance De-
partment. field manager for the
O'Neil campaign and head of the
Washington party organization for
while, Is now an army printer. He
is at one of the camps training for
a commission and a. sergeant told
someone he was printer. He is
not a printer, but he buckled to it
and is running printing press with