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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
costs SO to Grow Whear

tFrom Kansas Industrialist. Man
hattanl
Realizing the need of information
regarding the cost of producing
wheat, the Kansas Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station conducted an in
vestigation to obtain reliable esti-
mates of the amount and value of
the products used in producing
wheat 1t was found that the cost a.,
bushel on the three hundred farms
studied would have been approxi-
mately So had an average yield
been obtained in 1918.
1t was found that the higher tho
yield to the acre, the lower the cost
bushel though the cost an acre
increased somewhat with an in.
creased yield. w. E. Grimes, of the
Agricultural College, who tabulated
the results of the investigation, said.
Better methods and better seed.
which will increase the yield with
out increasing the cost excessively
are the surest means available to the
farmer for increasing his profits in
growing wheat"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
THE ACADEMY GROWS

TROWTH of the Harrisburg
" Academy is indicated by the
increased number of it's grad
uates this year. The school. one of
the oldest in the State and number
ing among the students who have
passed through its classes many of
the noted men of the Common
wealth and some who have made
names for themselves the world
around, is just coming into its own.
The new and commodious quarters,
the pleasant site along the Susque-
hanna, with its spacious grounds and
opportunity for enlargement, together
with the constant efforts of DIR.
Browne to make the institution a
model of its kind, all combine to
make the Academy popular with
parents and students alike.
The school has had a remarkable
development since it moved from it's
old quarters on Front street to the
new location, but the next few years
will see it moving forward much
more rapidly than it has during the
past five or six if it continues as it
has been during that period. The
town is growing rapidly and the
fame of the school is such that it
will draw an ever-increasing mum ber
of students from outside Harrisburg
and vicinity. The trustees will have
to be looking about shortly for means
of financing the erection of more
buildings and the enlargement of the
schools facilities
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
NeW Houses For Old
[World Outlook For May.l

'1O01N T Ut 1'16Rs' J
Slums cost altogether too much.
war emergency proved how depen-
dent industry is on decent housing
for its workers. London, during war
time, demolished thousands of acres
of slums and built model tenements.
To bring the rental within reach of
workingmen, she charged off the en-
tire cost of the land against moro
prosperous areas. Congress appro-
priated S50,000.000 to house ship
yard workers. Some villages were
uncompleted when the armistice was
signed, but in the present conges-
tion, they will not be unoccupied.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
Lincoln'S Warming

Abraham Lincoln said:
The people themselves. and no;
their servants, can safely reverse
their own deliberate decisions.
Whatever may be the wishes or
dispositions of foreign states. the
integrity of our country and the
stability of our Government depend
not on them. but on the loyalty, the
virtue, the patriotism and the intelli-
gence of the American people. '
Let them beware of surrenderine n
political power which they already
possess"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
REFLECTION

There are two moons.
Fairies fly their golden kite
In still sky.
1 shall row out my little junk
Upon the purple water
And disperse the other.
With my splashing
/ shall make it scamper
In a thousand .glittering splinters
Wilson Hicks in the Pagan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

William b. McCaleb, former
superintendent of the Philadelphia
division, was among visitors to
Harrisburg looking after company
matters.
John c. Winston. who is taking
prominent part in Philadelphia re-
form legislation, is a publisher and
likes especially to print books about
Pennsylvania history.
General Lloyd M. Brett, who
commanded the Pittsburghers in the
S0th Division. served in the Regular
Armys frontier campaigns.
The Rev. DR.. F. M. Wilson, of
Philadelphia, has been elected mod
orator of the Reformed Presbyte-
rian synod. -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
A Regular Supern,dn
Iron the Buffalo Timesl

A farm hand who had worked
every day in the week from dawn
till late at night. finishing the chores
by lantern light, went to the farmer
at the end of the month and said:
I'm going to quit. You promised
me a steady job of work"
well. haven't you got one 2" was
the astonished reply.
NO" said the worker. There are
three or four hours every night
don't have anything to do except
fool away my time sleeping"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
WHO IS TO BLAME?

WHY was the police department
wv pulmotor out of order when
it was needed to save life the
other evening? Why is this valu-
able instrument permitted to be out
of commission any length of time? /?
Whose neglect is this?
There are times wher life and
death are in the balance, with death
the winner if the pulmotor is not
in working condition. Whoever is
at fault in this matter should be
severely punished as an example for
others.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
German Mark Worth 81 Gents

[From the Toronto Globel
The sum of 100 billion marks
which Germany must pay the AL
lies for losses and damages caused
in the war Is based on the pre-war
value of the gold mark, which was
about 1882 cents. The latest quoted
valuation of the German mark at
Amsterdam and at Zurich was
about eight and one-half cents, so
that to the Germans this portion of
the indemnity means nearly three
times the sum demanded.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
SATURDAY, JUNE Z, 1919

Come, ye blessed Of my Father, in
herit the Kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the tcorld :
For. ......... .indSmuch as ye hdve done
10 unto one Of the least OF these my
brethren, ye haze done it unto me-
Matt. ky. "a, 40.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
FOOD FOR THE WORLD

TT ERBERT c. HOOVER has is
sued a statement at Paris to
the effect that sufficient sur
plus of food is indicated from the
coming harvest to supply Europe
and meet the needs of the world
unless some unexpected catastrophe
happens to the worlds harvests.
Meantime, official statements have
been issued from the War Depart
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
Farmers and City People
[From the New York sunJ

~ 'iiS -'S" 'Si n "H'l
In many of the protests by farm
ers against daylight saving there
occurs the assertion that city peo-
pie do not understand farm life and
therefore are not qualified witnesses
as to the benefits or ills resulting
from the law, and so the case, as
the farmer considers it, is closed
1t would be refreshing IL one farmer
should be moved by n sense of JUS
tice to admit that as he does not
understand city life there may be
something distinctly resemb bling two
sides to the question, and so the case
is open to argument.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
Mr.. Wilson'S Gdllantry

GFrom the Boston Globe.
Women ard men" is the order in
which the presidential message men
tions them. Unusual, but polite.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
Submarine Coal Mines
[From LIE Pele-Mele, Paris

lFrom LIE Pele- -Mele, Paris1
There are many submarine coal
deposits off the British Isles, but so
far they are not much worked. The
tunnels of the mines at Whithaven
extend some four miles from shore
under the Irish Sea, however, and
there also is some submarine coal
mining at Bolness near the Firth Of
Forth and at Monkwearmanth IN
Durham.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
A Different Matter

A man may smile in the face of
death,
But you will never find
A man who can draw placid
breath
With his collar loose behind
-Tennyson ]. Daft
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
A Mirup in Weather

[From the Baltimore American.
There is a mixup in weather
schedules. Most folks wanted a wet
July rather than a wet May.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
AFTER JULY I

Then laugh, lads, and quaff, lads
Twill make you skip and hop!
Through all my days I'll sing the
praise
OF Sarsaparilla Pop!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
LABOR NOTES

Thirteen thousand shoe workers
in Brockton. Mass, and several
thousand others in surrounding
towns have accepted the proposal of
the manufacturers for a 4S-hour
week schedule, with no reduction in
wages.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
A Jubiidnt Spring Note

tFrom the Arkadelphia News.1
From between the creeks Pink
Wright says he heard a whippoor-
will holler. No more socks. No more
stove wood till winter comes again!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
paper and also the local news pub
lished herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
Man and His Bees

[From Answers, London.1
1t has always seemed funny to us
why fellow says he keeps bees. The
truth OF the matter is the bees keep
themselves. All he does is rob 'er,s.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07

British Columbia will have a De-
partment in Industry with $4,000, 900
to spend in bringing about better
industrial conditions so as to pro-
vide more work for the unemployed
Returned soldiers will be given the
preference.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07

There are at present in the Unit
ed States approximately f2,000,0 900
industrial employees and 100000
railroad employees not covered by
workmen's compensation laws.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg is making
cigars for the Army camps In Eu-
rope?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07

The Sydney (Australia)> city gov
ernment has spent nearly 500, 900
since the beginning of the Spanish
influenza epidemic in dealing with
distress due to unemployment be-
cause of the disease
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
AIWaHs at the Head

TFrom the Syracuse st-Standard. ]
Aviation's heroes: Read and Wright.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Horse cars were introduced here
right after the Civil War.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07

During the period from 1912 to
1917 the average increase in wages
to employees OF all electric railways
in the United States amounted to 2s
per cent
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07

Planting of the Pennsylvania oak
trees proposed for the Capitol Park
extension will be undertaken late
this year, according to present plans.
There will be four lines of trees and
they are to be arranged SO that they
form mall at the eastern front of
the Capitol. During the fall addi-
tional oaks will be planted in the
row dedicated to the Governors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07

open.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09

portance as the ferry. The boat
TO and from Seattle by the West
Pass would not 90 around there
the launches which ply between
Tacoma, Pt Defiance, Spring
Beach, Luceta Beach, Sunrise
Beach, etc. would not 90 there,
The Vashon would not go there
(they killed this location eight
years ago by refusing to go
there) The ferry would have d
mile further TO 90, and ! am sure
the Pierce county commissioners
would not consider it.
Nature has made the outlet at
Clam Cove; nature has not been
so kind TO Mr.. Cook 's location.
He might just as well petition the
commissioners TO build a dock on
the moon, guaranteeing he would
build road to it.
II is less than two miles from
the south end of the Island 10 Pt.
Defiance. and there can be no
such terrible rough weather as
Mr.. Cook speaks of worked up in
that distance. The launch Elsie G
landed at Clam Cove last summer
right i'll the midst Of the worst
southwest blow there has been for
twenty-five years.
This is Il poor time to be spring
ing new schemes on an umsuspect-
ing public, and if Mr.. Cook is sim
cerc in his appeal to start the new
year with pull-all-together de-
termination" now is his chance.
Let him get in and boost with all
OF MS for what is without question
the correct location. namely, the
one already established and sup
ported by everyone, at Clam Cove.
Don get us into a squabble over
right-of-way, surveys, etc. entail.
ing number Of years, perhaps
more, of nothing doing.
Geo. Sheffield.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09
BURTON


Mrs. Ruby Wright Of Kent is
visiting friends on ihe Island this
week.
NJ. ~. v ~,
iu,'e :. 'iyh ,'.i', 'asl .., week was iinpro'-
'"s at '"'' ''Po''S'
p,I',a,, i'r. Dawes ,',', o. a.i Tacoma was N
',a.,oli ,e,'.,. 'as. ',a'nr'iaF 'ooN'hg
NJ,
"iio. -, - - y"rNson' =, VINO mas
peen .,.,.'. %, 'ilc slck u.s. was ", hple TO
a,l, ae'a'n 10 n'I "pik III iaco''ia 'he
i''s' oi tpe week
e,,a a'SS e,I., a'i,sn,e ,ai'soll came nome
''"',i '.p""oou w lrh' Oh ihe
VS. m''A' wy schoo'S haVhg peeii
e,os'' '',' again Oh afeo'lh' OF li'lll'-
'''4"'
,,1 nir, ,,.. ana airS; A. a; van liolsa
, ~ uaus.'''r ~ lel on oaluf'
u",. by. no, A. - ip, l'e'' noiho ~
e'''.i s','''', no'i'1 , ai'tr " VS., "''h
l,1''',n anu ieI'''Nes VI burton
"''' o''''' Po'"'s vi 'n' 0ouliu'
A.. rt ,
...''. w. ''i ''ooi''lS p"s oeen qu''e III iiie
P'9' '''e'"' '"99'
g. II. Taylor was IN Tacoma ON
business Tuesday
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09
PORTAGE

NJ. Hazelhurst and Mrs. C.Thomp.
son.
Mrs. c. Thompson is over look.
ing after her property.
Miss jeanette Fenton spent New
Years day with the home folks.
Mr.. G.. l.. Gaudle was in Ia.
coma on business last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sinclair are
here from Yakima for the winter
Capt. and Mrs. Mcpherson are
entertaining friends from Alaska
this week.
Mrs. Hazelhurst and Mrs. Bald.
win were Seattle visitors Thurs
day of last week.
Miss Elma Potter spent the
week end in Olympia. the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. II. Norris.
Don Jensen and his friend Har-
ry Mooney visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Baldwin on New Years day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sinclair en-.
tertained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs,
j. l.. Masterson, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
The Misses Margaret and Mar
tha Cristman entertained few OF
their school friends on Saturday
evening.
Mrs. =. L. Cristman had as din
ner guests on Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs, C. f. Van Olinda and Cor
poral James Smith of Camp Lew
is.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09
DISCUSSES FERRY LANDING
Resident Of Southern Heights Opposed to The
Scheme For New Landing
POINTS OUT ADVANTAGES OF SITE ALREADY SURVEYED
vashon Island Record .

Editor Vashon Island Record:
II is not my custom TO break in
TO print, but | would at this tim,
like to sny something in answer tc
an article in last weeks Record
by c. A. Cook regarding the road
TO the south end ferry.
In the first place the road and
ferry slip have already been 10.
Gated by the King county survey
or and accepted by the county
commissioners, who have promis-
ed the citizens of the Island as
well as the county commissioners
OF Pierce county that they would
build it and be ready by the time
the Pierce county ferry was ready.
This location was adopted after
a thorough investigation by the
county surveyor, and in my judg-
ment il is the best TO be found.
and will be perfectly satisfactory
ands to the interest Of the whole
Island.
Now, when everything is run
ming smoothly and the commits
sioners have no excuse for not 90
ing ahead, comes Mr.. Cook of Ia
coma with an entirely new propo-
sltion, one which might retard for
years the completion of the work
already begun.
The idea of a waterfront road is
good, but it is not "A new idea, and
it will come along naturally after
the main thing, the ferry, is in OPP
Grafton.
Mr.. Cooks location for dock
is intirely in the interest of the
property owners near the old
Monte Vista site, and they could
well afford to build road to it..
but it would be of no practical
value to any other part of the Is
land, or as a dock for other
boats, which is Of just as much i'm
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09

contemplate establishing on Va
shon Island, effective Jan. /, 1919.
We are IN receipt of protests
signed by other patrons Of the ulil-
tiles rendering telephone and light
and power service on Vashon Is
land against the proposed increase
IN rates, and we have suspended
the increased rates of the light
and power company sixty days,
pending investigation by this
Commission.
Owing TO the unsettled status Of
jurisdiction IN telephone rates the
Commission has taken the matter
up with the manager OF the tele-
phone company. and he has agreed
to make the effective date of the
tariff February lst instead Of Jan
nary lst. On January 18th the
Commission expects TO hear and
decide the state wide telephone
case in which the government is
appearing as the respondent, and
we hope more light viii be thrown
on the question of authority at
this hearing.
In all probability hearings will
be held covering these protests.
and the patrons of the utilities on
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09
+" I'm Thru Ensa " Germ Makes
Debut

With the cessation of hostilities
the Red Cross is called upon to
combat a new epidemic, originat-
ing this time within its own ranks.
The affection is known as Pm
Thru -Enza.
The initial symptom is sense
of lassitudc; a feeling of What $
the usel It's all over; why should
| work ~
Steps are being taken to isolate
the germ also those who are ear
rying it.
The epidemic is not Widespread.
nevertheless an effort is being
made to stem its advance.
Cold feet" is marked symp-
tom.
Another indication of the pres
cnce Of the gem is forgetfulness
chat the boys are still over thcre).
The victim as Il rule cannot con
centrate the mind lon knitting)
The sight becomes impaired
lcan I see to sew.
The ears become affected tcan't
hear the appeals of hundreds of
thousands of refugees who must be
clothed. fed and housed.
Heart doesn beat rs it used to.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09
Olympia, Wash, Jan. 7,'l9.
Mr.. R. NJ. Jones, Editor
The Vashon Island Record,
Vashon, Wash.

Dear Sir:
Please be advised that the Pub
lie Service Commission has set for
hearing on Jan. "a, 1919. at the
hour of 10 clock a. M, town hall.
the case of Residents of yashon
VS.: Vashon Light & Power Com
pany, re. rates covering light and
power service. Also case of Res
idents of Vashon VS.. Washington
Coast Utilities, covering telephone
rates on the Island.
These rates have been protested
by the residens OF Vashon Island.
and it is the desire of the Commits
sion that all interested parties are
notified of these hearings.
Yours respectfully,
BY THE COMMISSION.
J. II. Brown, Sec.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09

The Hall Business College, Sc
attlc. has opened a Calculator
Course in charge of am expert. Six
weeks study fits students for posi-
tions paying 5000 to $125.00 per
month. Operators are wanted By
tha government and large indus
tries. Accuracy iests are conducted
daily in the typewriting class with
great results.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09

"What do you do to pass the time
when politics has adjourned?e in
quired the innocent bystander.
my FRIEND" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, "the poet has said, All the
worlds stage The busiest work
is not done in the public perform
ances, but in the rehearsals."
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09

As the alienation OF the grain
rust, Puecinia graminis, between
wheat and the common barberry is
very old story among botanists, it is
curious that determined efforts TO
banish barberry from the wheat
growing regions Of this country
should not have antedated the pres
ent year. Last summer the federal
horticultural board invited the CO.
operation of more than 5000
nurserymen throughout the United
States in attempts to eradicate this
plant. The nurserymen have quite
generally signed pledges not to ship
Berberis vulgaris to the Upper tlis-
sissippi valley and a campaign is un-
der way to exterminate the plant in
the same region. 1t should be noted
that the ornamental japanese bar
berry (B. thunbergii) is not factor
in spreading rust and there is there
fore no reason for its destruction.-
Scientific American.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09
MAURY CENTER

Mr.. Merry made trip 10 Sc
attic ON Friday
S. B. Morris was Seattle Wis
itor ON Monday.
Miss Nellie Kellogg visited in
Tacoma on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Campion were in
Seattle on business Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcintosh,
jr., visited the home folks on Sun.
day.
Geo. Dewey has nearly finished
clearing the site for his new resi-.
dence.
Mr.. Mclean has started a crew
of men to work clearing the site
for his big cheese factory.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09
Social Dance

a social dance will be given at
the Pavilion, Burton, on Saturday
evening, January 18th. Tickets
one dollar. Splendid music by a
Tacoma orchestra.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09

Mrs. A. II. Dever. of Dawson. Y.
T., has been the guest of Mrs. Cap.
Wiman for a few days. Mrs. Dever
is the wife of the dean of the Daw-
son Daily News, which was estab-
lished in 1898, and which is still
the pioneer newspaper of the Yu-
kon country. Mrs. Dever is on
her way east TO visit her father
and brother, who reside in Chica-
20. On her return in June. Mrs.
Dever plans to pay the Island an
other visit. Mrs. Amelia Sortore
of Seattle, an old time friend of
Mrs. Wiman, accompanied Mrs.
Dever. Both ladies are in love
with YaShon Island.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09
REWARD

A reward of s. will be paid for
the return Of a large, light gray
Persian cat to the home of Mrs.
j. E. Day, west of Center.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-09
NOTICE

Parties wishing to meet the
morning boat at Vashon Heights
should phone me the evening be-
fore. Gilbert Olson.