Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-09
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Harvesting is in full swing prac-
tically all over Pennsylvania and
much threshing is being done in the
fields. probably more than ever
before said Secretary of Agricul-
ture Rasmussen to-day in discussing
the crop conditions in Pennsylvania.
There is a shortage of labor in some
sections, but 1 have covered a num-
Der OF counties and have found
farmers hard at work getting in the
grain. There has been a tremendous
acreage in wheat and rye this year
In the southern and central coun-
ties and while there have been re-
ports of damage done by rust and
pests 1t will be impossible to tell
Just what has happened. Often pre-
dictions of loss made when the grain
Is in h field are not borne out when
the ~threshing is done. 1t looks odd
In some sections to see the fields
cleared of wheat without it being
shocked. 1t is threshed right out
in the field. Secretary Rasmussen
said that the wheat belt" counties.
which include Lancaster, York,
Berks, Dauphin and the Cumber-
land Valley counties have a very
large amount of and in wheat and
that their harvest is well advanced
and much wheat threshed.
II must say from what I have
seen hat some of the oats does not
look very well, but it may urn out
better than hoped" said the Sec
! rotary. who also said that while
some reports of an alarming char
acter had come about the fruit crop
In the southern counties he prefer
red to wait a while before saying
much about them.
More actual road construction Is
under way in Pennsylvania now than
probably ever known before In opin-
ION of men connected with the State
Highway Department. Contracts
have been let for over 33O miles
with some operations hanging over
from last year and contractors are
at work in a third of the counties Of
the State. By the end OF this month
IL Is expected to have between 400
and 500 miles under contract and
the greater part Of 1t started.
Philadelphia has no monopoiy on
private bathing parties, newspaper
accounts from that city notwith-
standing. Any afternoon during the
not weather one may see them along
the creeks in this vicinity. Parties
oon bathing suits at home, put rain
coats over then and drive away in
automobiles to some secluded spot
where the water is deep enough and
mere is a good beach and enjoy an
, hour or two swimming. Motor
cyclists in particular favor this
FORM or diversion n while it is
not SO exhilarating as a splash in
: the SURF 1T is a fine substitute. The
other evening two parties, one n
/ couple VINO arrived in an automo-
t pile and a delegation of motorcycle
lists of both sexes arrived at Good
Hope mills and enjoyed an hour in
the waters of the dam. But Good
: hope is not the only favored point.
5 There are many others.
2 one of the most beautiful drives
t in Central PENNSYLVANIA will be
= along that section of the road be-
tween Amity Hall, above Clark's
t Ferry bridge, and Newport, a sec
ton OF the william Penn Highway
, which will be rebuilt next summer.
+ This piece of road was formerly a
= part or the through highway from
east to west along the Juniata but
= was ruined by the heavy flood of
1889 and was repaired. Since
l that time traffic has been diverted
by a long roundabout way to New
l polt "hfcH misses most OF the pic
turesque scenery of the river. The
: new highway will traverse the shore
l OF the river most of the distance
at a place where the stream looks
= more like a lake than a river and
S where the mountains come almost
S down to the shore on either side.
t The new road will cut off a big
: slice OF roadway for people driving
r between Newport and HARRISBURG.
r National Guardsmen and men
S who have been following the mill
tary end of things lately will be
Interested to know that Captain
Clarence j. Smith, a former Allen
town newspaperman, is the officer
S in charge of some of the parties
e of officers who have been visiting IN q
battle front in France and Belgium.
e He is we'll known here as for wears
v he was active in newspaper work
and when the guard went to the
k Mexican border he was supply Off
S Ger of the Fourth Infantry. He
went over with the keystone Divi-
= sion and has been up and down the
: front several times since he was
there when things were doing.