Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-09
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ABOUT are rendering to the nation
sending its young men to fight in Il
army and navy and the mariI
corps is only realized when one sc
the number of service flags that
hylng and the stars that they bea
Taking into consideration that tn
city has been only lightly toucht
( by the draft the homes flying Il
service flags show that there we
many Harrisburgers who did n
wait to be summoned and this seen
to have been the rule in some 9th
| places in this section But Il
striking thing about the service ia
| display is that the red border ar
| the blue star shine alike from .nr
tentious homes and plain. unpaqn
ed weatherboarded country homo
There is a small house up NED
Rockville bridge which shows a fid
with two stars and out beyond Il
city toward Linglestown and dow
near Steelton there are some humb
homes which have three star
Front, Seventh, Fourteenth al
Twenty-first streets all show Il
service flags and the cross-tow
highways are the same way. I'll
flags are something which anyo
who can display ought to show
a stimulus to patriotism. 1t is NJ
a matter of pride, the homes whi(
can show service flags should p
them out as a duty.
If there is one thing in which II
people of this section of the sta
happen to be showing an abiding
terest just now it is not politics
the primary or rents or any of
other things that are getting hea
lines. it is the size of the quotas
go under the next draft call. r
draft is commencing to get to tn
stage when it is affecting men
almost every walk of life and
departure of the men for the cam
is no longer of the demonstrate
character. 1t is a solemn occasid
in which the spirit of folks detd
mined to see n thing through
manifested.
The vigorous manner in which
engineers in charge of the constrr
tion of the big depot operatin
hercabouts have been pushi
things is one of the topics of co
versation about hotels. Traveli
men who make" Harrisburg eve
week or so have come here with
quiries as to what is going on
commenting upon the way
buildings have sprung up. A couI
of men who were at The Bolt
yesterday had time on their han
and took an automobile ride Just
Sc how things were moving at
depots.
Major Henry NJ. Stine's plans
the Harrisburg Reserves to opera
to check up on disloyalty reports
this section will commence to wo
out in a few days. The memb
of the organization will be Civ
some preliminary information
the subject at the drill tomorr
night. If the weather is good
drill will be held out of doors.
It's a rather odd commentary
the condition of farming arou
here that in a number of places
Saturday cornstalks were bel
taken in from fields and burned.
dinarily cornstalks are used for
cows, but the reason given for
failure to gather them and util
what they contain is that there "
literally no labor last year. male
female, the demands of Harrisbl
industries being so great and in
dentally, so attractive.
Two Greeks and another m
from somewhere in the Balka
were engaged in a strenuous arg
ment in one of the Market str
dXr cfn Gof oh
one of the Greeks in answer to wi
seemed to be a taunt from 2notl
fished out a pocketbook and
played two $50 Liberty Bonds, VIII
seemed to be brand new and ca
with four Baby Bonds. The 9th
could not match him, but they
seemed to have bonds.
Demands for seed corn for n
planting have fairly swamped
bureau of markets at the State
partment of Agriculture accord
to statements that the acreage
be devoted to corn this year in PEI
sylvania will be the greatest
years, if not the greatest. One
the reasons why SO much corn is
ing to be planted. it is said here.
because of the price and the u
certainty regarding wheat. In
drop in the acreage to be seeded
wheat and the potato acreage is
near where it was at this time
1917. The reports indicate that
shortage of good seed corn
greater last winter than suspec
and that a considerable quantity
the seed sold lately has failed
meet termination tests. These ID
are being made at country scho
i'm some localities. The state
been the means in accomplish
sales of thousands of bushels of 81
corn and in addition the repo
show immense private sales.
According to reports which h;
come to the State Capitol many
the municipalities of Pennsylva
invested their sinking funds in
Third Liberty Loan bonds, especia
where the funds have some time
run before the bonds for whose
demption they were created ST
mature. The State Bureau of N
inequalities sent a letter to aim
1 900 boroughs and cities just beff
the Third Loan Drive began urg
them to make investments in Libe
bonds and a few reports made slI
that subscriptions were made.