Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-02
Ehr11ittg Gl1at

One of the handsomest booklets
that has come to the attention of
the Telegraph in months is that is
sued by the Lebanon Chamber OF
commerce, descriptive of the advan-
tages, merits and beauties of Leba-
non as place of residence and as
location for business and industry.
:. The cover bears in relief an OUT
line of the map of Pennsylvania on
winch are the words LEBANON
PENNSYLVANIA, and below a red
keystone bearing the inscriptions:
Lebanon, Keystone City of the Key
stone State"
The authors of the booklet have
assem- bled a series of 317 photo
graphs which show off Lebanon city
ana its surroundings in a manner
that would have been Impossible to
describe in as many pages of written
matter.
But Lebanon has more than mere
beauty and industry to commend
ner. Eighty-six per cent of Leba-
mons folks are native white of ma.
tive parentage, as compared with 55
per cent for the State and 40 pyr
cent average for cities near it's size.
me foreign-born white population
is per cent while in the State at
large and other cities it is 1873 and
- per cent, respectively. Illiteracy
sIanos at per cent in the Lebanon.
% TOT the State and III for other
cltles or the size. Its stone has been
useu IN countless buildings, from
| cottages to the Washington monu-
ment at Washington, and iron from
tne Cornwall mines has contributed
| 10 the success of our wars from the
Gays OF Washington down to the.
present. including a vast number of
projectiles large and small that made
rrltz take the long journey back to
the Rhine last year. More than
| zoo'oOo'O0O tons have been mined
there and the mines are still pro-
| ouclng at the rate of 100000 tons
year. Limestone is another pro-
quot that enriches the people of
lebanon, the average daily shipment
| pelng 1000 tons. But the county
does not rely solely on its mineraE,
manutacturies and business enter
prlses. 1t has a cultivated farm
area of farm land totalling 16o' 600
acres which last year produced
three quarters of million bushels
OF wheat, one and half million
pushels OF corn, $4,000 bushels of
oats 356,56S bushels of potatoes
oI'Ooo bushels of rye and 42,196 tons
OF nay, in addition to vegetables and
fruits, the total valuation of which is
hAeo at So,50O,OOO.
Lebanon has a live Chamber of
oInmerce always on the lookout for
good things for Lebanon and II has
nao very large part in the rapid
development of the city in recent
years. Also it has been identified
with all of the war activities, has
heiped put over the Liberty Loan
and other drives and now that the
war is over it is turning its attention
to attracting business and industry
to Lebanon.
The War Camp Community Sery-
Ice has a number of other and big
ger stunts" than it has as yet
!, developed for Harrisburg, according
TO the director in charge, Mr.. Gar
YIN. 1t is not yet ready to announc cs,
. its plans but during the course of
the summer and to wind up the
vacation season several programs
that are bound to attract the at
tention of the whole city are being
outlined. The people of the city
are becoming wonderfully interested
in the work the service has under
? taken here and it is believed much
5 viii be accomplished in the way of
bringing all classes together for civic
: organization and other activities. -
|
The hum of the reapers and bind
ers is heard all through the coun-
try round about. By the evening of
July 4, most of the wheat in Central
pennsylvania will be in the shocks
The crop according to those who
have been through the Cumberland
valley and surrounding country will
oe ABOVE the average in many sec
tions, although here and there it has
been seriously damaged by smut
and insects. But at current prices
the farmer is not worrying much
over that. He is counting the bush
els and rejoicing that he planted So
much. Corn. which was somewhat
behind the season, is rapidly catch
ing up, due to the rains of the pasN
week and the fine growing weather
which followed. Farm help is hard
to procure but the shortage will NOT
. result in any serious losses.