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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1919
SOCIAL CENTERS
school authorities are pl

THE school authorities are plan
ming a real social center for the
Shimmel school building.
Much depends upon how this is con-
Quoted whether or not it will be a
success.
Social center" is a high-sounding
name for what ought to be neigh
borhood club" Once We recognize
the need for community recreation
during the winter we shall provide
a clubhouse for every ward in the
city.
We make few attempts to regu-
late attendance at the parks in the
warm months. People go there any
time they desire and enjoy them
selves as they see fit. That, in the
end, will be the way in which the
social center or neighborhood club
will be conducted.
People do not like to have set
programs provided for them. Once
a week, perhaps, a lecture or a
moving picture show, or something
of the sort, might be acceptable.
But in the main, folks like to gather
in a social way and arrange their
entertainment for themselves.
The community clubhouse of the
future will be as free to the public
as the parks or the schoolhouses.
1t will be regulated only insofar as
is necessary to preserve order and
10 guide the play or study of those
who need guidance. 1t will have play
rooms, bowling alleys. pool tables.
reading rooms, auditoriums and
small rooms with kitchen attach
ments, where neighborhood or pri-
vate dinners may be served by those
whose homes are too small for en-
tertainments of the kind.
We shall not have fulfilled our
social duties as 4 city until We have
placed one such building in every
ward of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR. Samuel Hamilton, the Allie
gheny county educator who was
here for the school officials meet
ings this week, is one of the oldest
superintendents in the harness.
pr. j. d. Orr, who took prom
inent part in the state directors
meetings. has been prominent fig-
ure in educational matters. He lives
at Leechburg.
$. M. Clement, Jr., Philadelphia
attorney here yesterday, was one OF
counsel in the Capitol cases.
20 n. Farr, northern tier Re-
nublican leader, was here yesterday.
Charles Fl. Kline. who may be
named one of the new judges in
Allegheny county. served over 2
dozen years in the Legislature
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
A MAN OF ACTION

I oSN SAhSG HIS nds
been marked by promptness
and decisiveness characteristic oi
of the successful American business.
man sure of his ground and Ger.
tain of his ability to carry through
the plans his judgment dictates. Is
there task to be done? Then dc
it, is his motto. His quick decision
to take advantage of the open win
ter to begin a road-building pro-
gram that a less aggressive man
might have been until springtime in
maturing. is an illustration of the
point. Even more notable was his
sweeping approval yesterday of the
Capitol Park extension and memor-
ial bridge plans, after a thorough
explanation of them by Architects
Drummer and Greiner, and his rec
ommehdation that specifications be
at once completed for at least one
of the office buildings to be erected
on the Capitol plot.
Governor sproul is putting tho
same ginger" into his administra-
ton of public affairs that he does
into his own business and the re-
suits, while somewhat surprising
to those who are accustomed to
more leisureIy processes OF govern
ment, promise TO be highly crafty
ing from the standpoint OF the tax
payers. Governor Sproul has urged
the resumption of public works as
cure for unemployment and to
stimulate industry during the tran
sitional period from war to peace,
and he has prescribed for the Com
monwealth large dose of his own
medicine. He is not one to see the
State street viaduct fall to pieces
while the State sits idly by and
plans to erect a memorial bridge
there some sweet day when the
treasury is full of money and there
is nothing else on hand to be done.
Nor is he one to see the Common
wealth expend thousands uron thou
sands of dollars yearly in rentals,
while State-owned land intended
for office buildings grows grass and
the architects plans gather dust in
pigeonhole. He sees the need of
bridge and buildings and will insist
upon both as early as the hlueprints
and specifications can be made and
the construction completed.
The Governor has with him as
members of the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings Lieutenant
Governor Beidleman, Auditor GEN
eral Snyder and State Treasurer
Kephart, all of whom are enthu-
siasts in the matter of park develop
ment. Mr.. Beidleman had a large
part in procuring the original legis-
lation and has been back of the
project ever since, while Messrs.
Snyder and Kephart were of the
original board that commissioned
Mr.. Drummer to prepare the general
plans and afterward invited Mr..
Grciner in as bridge designer. They
will be as much pleased as the
public to learn that their ideas are
not to mature throughout a long
period of years, but are to be worked
out in concrete form during their
own terms of office.
Governor sproul is an ardent dis
cfple of the great American cult of
getting big jobs done we'll and
promptly. If he continues the pace
nc has set for himself, he will revo-
lutionize State government and
esta blish a record for himself sur
passing that of any other State
executive, both as thinker and a
doer. The State is fortunate in
having such a man at the helm.
PUSH OUT THE WALLS
HE "Y" huts have been tho
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
DO YOU Know

-That Harrisburg's munici-
pal park system is being stud
led By people from other cftacs
who admire Il because OF tts
provision for the future? ~,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
A Valuable Haul

(From the Boston Transcript.)
''You say your jewels were stolen
uhile the family were at dinner?"
mo, mol This is a serious theft,
officer. Our dinner was stolen while
we were putting on our jewels"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

Members OF the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled TO the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
It or not otherwise credited in this
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, 1919-02-07
HISTORIC HARRIsBURG

Indian priests used to hold HorFA
in woods on the hills back OF Wasa4
is now Lochiel. The mouth Of the
Paxton was the location OF an -
dian village. ~. -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

Since the inception of the Will
mington (DeI.) yard of the Pusey &
Jones Company in 1S4S it has built
2e5 vessels of iron and steel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

membership is big enough and inter-
ested enough to insistently demand
II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
The New Roosevelt Park
to Be a Fitting Memorial

Its Million Acres Contains OF the Americas
of Twelve Lofty Sennes Along
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

The riveters at the Merchant
Shipyard. near Bristol, Pa, recently
set a new record for Government
fabricating yards by averaging 40
an hour per gang.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

Four mining workmen have been
appointed magistrates for Glamor-
ganshire, England.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07
LABOR NOTES

Wives of men in military service
are now admitted in the Kansas City
post office.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

The presidents of all the textile
organizations in Lowell, Mass, have
begun a campaign of education in
the interest of obtaining an eight
hour day in the mills.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

The executive council of the
American Federation of Labor at a
recent session rejected a proposal
calling for the formation of a ma
tional political labor party.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

Carpenters. sheet metal workers.
plumbers and steamfitters in Kings
ton, Canada, have been granted an
increase in wages amounting to
from so to so cents an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

The members OF the Amalgamated
Union of Shop Assistants employed
in the hairdressing trade in London
have made demands for an ad-
vance of s2.40 a week in their
wa 0eS
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07

Every restaurant and hotel din
ingroom in Berlin, Germany. was
closed on New Years night as a re-
suit of the walters refusing to work
until granted an increase in wages.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21
HOG HAS NUMEROUS ENEMIES
Louise Is Most Common Of Pcsto and
Also Easiest to Get Rid Of
OiIer Is Effective.

The hog has numerous enemies,
among the worst of which are para
sites. The hog louise is the most com
mon of these pests and it might alss
be said 1t Is also the easiest to get rid
OF.
Medicated or crude Oil will drive out
lice, and at their first appearance every
hog raiser should get busy without de-
lay. If you have dozen or more hogs
It will pay you to get hog Oiler for
applying the oil, as this permits the
hog itself to rub the oil directly into
the itchy, lousy parts, without any
trouble to you.
Don't let your hogs keep rubbing
away their flesh and your profits on
every fence rail, post, tree, etc, and
put themselves in a physical condition
to fall easy victims to the germs Of
cholera and other scourges. One hog
oiler to every 20 to 80 hogs will re-
lieve them from torments Of lice and
will prove the best investment hog
raiser could make.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21

Especial provision was made for the
solution of problems in behalf of agri.
culture, embracing marketing and rural
finance. The bureau of markets, unique
of its kind and excelling in range of
activities and in financial support any
other similar existing organization
was created and is rendering effective
service in n great number of direc-
tions. Standards for staple agricul.
tural products were provided for and
have been announced and applied un.
der the terms of the cotton futures and
grain standards acts. Authority to II.
cense bonded warehouses which ham
die certain agricultural products was
given to the department, and the indi-
cations are that, with the return of
normal conditions, the operation of the
act will result In the better storing of
farm products, the stabilization Of mar
keting processes, and the issuance of
more easily negotiable warehouse re-
ceipts.
"The agricultural extension machin-
cry, the greatest educational system
ever devised for men and women en-
gagged in their daily tasks, had very
large and striking development. The
federal aid road act, approved shortly
before this country entered the war,
resulted in legislation for more satis-
factory central highway agencies In
many states and the systematic plan
ming Of good-roads systems throughout
the Union. Today each state has a
highway authority with the requisite
power and with adequate funds to
meet the requirements Of the federal
measure.
''The federal reserve act, which has
benefited every citizen through its in
fluence on banking throughout the
Union, included provisions especially
designed to assist the farming popu-
lation. 1t authorized national banks
to lend money on farm mortgages, and
recognized the peculiar needs Of the
farmer by giving his paper a maturity
period Of six months.
'This was followed by the federal
farm loan act, which created a bank.
ing system reaching intimately into
the rural districts and operating on
terms suited to the farm owners
needs. This system began operations
under the troubled conditions of the
world war, and it's activities were i'm
peded by the vast changes incident to
the entry of this country into the con-
flict. But, in spite of these difficulties,
it has made remarkable headway, and
there is little doubt that after the re-
turn Of peace, its development will be
rapid and will more than fill the ex.
pectations of the people"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21
TESTING SUPPLY OF WATER
Peculiar Odors, Those Of Earthly, or
Other Characters, Sometimes De-
veIoped by Heat.

prepared by United States Department
of Agriculture.)
There are few tests for contamina-
ton that the farmer can make, accord
Ing to Farmers Bulletin 941, "Water
Systems for Farm Homes" Peculiar
odors, those of earthly, musty, vegeta-
BILE, sulphurous, fishy or fecal charac-
ter, sometimes are developed by shak.
ing or by heat. Water may be tinted
green by vegetation or other shades by
wash from clays. Brown and yellow
tints are indicative Of organic impur-
lty and should be regarded with sus-
picion. Organic matter is indicated
sometimes by the following simple
test: Add very little clean, white,
granulated sugar to q hnlf-pint of the
water in a clear, stoppered bottle, and
allow 1t to stand in warm room for a
few days or week. Gradually in
creasing turbidity, a smoky clouding,
Is evidence of impurity. Organic mat.
ter In water may be indicated also by
heating any deposited sediment in a
small porcelain dish over an alcohol
flame and noting If the deposit chars
and blackens.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21
FEDERAL GRAIN SUPERvI-
SION OFFICES

Federal grain supervision offices
are located In the following cities:
Boston. %. :. Room 114o,141 Milk St.
New York. Room 1907, 21 William
st.
Buffalo. Dun Building.
philadelphia.5 .578 Bourse Building.
Pittsburgh. ..6l3 Wabash Building.
Baltimore. $40 Keyser Building
: Cincinnati. 210 johnson Building.
Toledo. ..... 1000 Second National
Bank Bldg.
Detroit. COS Free Press Bldg.
Indianapolis. .s27 Board of Trade.
Chicago. ..... Room 974, 208 South La
Sale st.
Peoria. 500 Lehman Building.
Cairo. .........R Room 6, Post Office
Bldg.
Milwaukee,. Wells Building, 120
Wisconsin st.
Minneapolis. 326 Flour Exchange.
Duluth. ...... Room 1, Sherwood
Building.
st. Louis.... s17 Pierce Building.
Kansas City.310 Postal Telegraph
Building.
Omaha.......73S Brandeis Bldg.
wichita...... 3i3 SedgwicR Building.
Denver. 800 Cooper Building.
Okla. City ..502 Patterson Building.
Fort Worth. 511 First National
Bank Building.
Galveston. ...222 Security Building.
Portland. 80 worchester Bldg.
Seattle. 23o4 l.. c. Smith Bldg.
Spokane. .....5i6 Chamber Of Com
merce.
sanFrancisco11u Merchants Ex-
change.
Salt Lake Cy 423 Ness Building.
Nashville. 907 Independent Life
Bldg.
Memphis. l03 Exchange Bldg.
Louisville. Board of Trade.
Atlanta...... 1710 Third National
Bank Building.
New Orleans.boa Metropolitan Bank
<tf Building. ?
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21
TAKING CARE OF
SOWIAND LITTER
Sufficient Protection Must Be
Provided During Months of
March and April.
GIVE STRAW FOR WARM BED
After Pigs Arrive Nothing Should Be
Given but Supply Of Clean Water
Feed Moderately for the
First Few Days.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Many farmers have their sows far
row during the months of March and
April and the early fall months in the
we're in northern sections during March
and April, care should be taken to pro-
tect the SOW from cold Give her
enough straw to make n warm bed, but
not so much as to allow the little pigs
to get covered and crushed. The SOW
should have clean water but nothing
else for the first "a hours after the
pigs arrive.
Feed for First Week.
On the second day thin bran mash
or skim milk will be relished. Feed
moderately for the first week. A mix
ture of two parts of corn and one of
middlings may be fed in increasing
amounts until the SOW Is eating full
feed. If skim milk can be fed in adj
dition to the grain, there is nothing
better to make the SOW give q full
flow of milk. Another good grain mix
ture for the sow at this time is six
parts of corn and one of oil meal. If
skim milk is available, the sow will
do well on four pounds Of milk to one
of corn. A full grain ration for day
should never be more than four per
cent Of the sow's live weight. If the
sow can be put on alfalfa, clover, blue
grass, or rape pasture, less corn will
be required. A corn ration of about
two per cent of the sow's live weight
with good pasture makes a cheap and
adequate supply.
Care Of Young Pigs.
AS soon as the little pigs begin to
eat they will do best If fed additional
slop In separate pen and away from
their mother and the larger pigs. This
can be done by having a pen or a
lot where choice clover or other for
age crop Is growing to which the pigs
may have access, but where the open
ing is so small that the larger pigs
cannot pass through. When the young
pigs are from eight to ten weeks old
they should be weaned. This often
causes serious check in their
growth, but should not do so. When
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21
OFFICIAL GRAIN
GRADE IS GIVEN
All That Is Necessary Is to Sub
NIT Sample of Required VOL
ume in Prescribed Form.
WHEATAND CORN STANDARDS
Principal Benefit to Farmer Is That
He Gets Correct Grading by Disin.
terested Inspector as Basis
for Prices.

The farmer, the country buyer, the
miller, or anyone else may have sam
pies of wheat or shelled corn inspected
and graded by grain inspectors Ii
censed by the secretary of agriculture.
All that is necessary is to send sam
pie of the required volume in the pre-.
scribed form and to pay the inspection
fee.
No such service was ever rendered
until within the last few months. So
far official standards have been estab-
lished for wheat and shelled corn only.
Proposed grades have been published
for oats. and 1t is probable that Off
cial standards will be established for
the 1919 oat crop.
Grading by Inspectors.
Grading is done only by grain in
spectors licensed by the secretary Of
agriculture. The officers of federal
grain supervision, bureau of markets,
do not inspect and grade wheat OF
shelled corn except when an appeal
has been entertained on grade as
signed by licensed inspector, or
where a dispute as to uninspected
grain has been referred to the secre-
tary of agriculture.
The offices of the federal grain su-
pervision, however, may furnish the
names Of the nearest inspectors with
advice as to taking and forwarding
samples, to persons who desire to have
samples inspected. There Is no pre-.
scribed fee for grading samples, but
the secretary has specified that fees
shall be reasonable. This information
can be obtained from the nearest fed
eral grain inspector. The list Of offices
is given in the accompanying box.
When grade is assigned on samples
submitted, the inspection certificate
covers only the sample, it being spe-
cifically set out that such grading does
not apply to the entire lot from which
the sample was taken. Unless the in
spector himself or an official sampler
takes the sample from the lot of grain,
he Is not permitted to certify further
than as to the sample submitted. In
most cases of contemplated purchase
however, It probably happens that the
interested parties agree that the sam.
pie is representative and that the grade
given shall apply to the entire lot of
wheat or shelled corn.
Size Of Samples.
The size of the sample submitted
and the manner Of forwarding 1t are
important factors in enabling the In
spectors to determine the correct
grade. The sample should be represen.
tetive of the entire lot Of grain. 1t
should be at least two quarts in vol
unle. one and an eighth pints of which
should be placed In an alright con.
tainer and the balance enclosed in a
clean cloth sack. Samples sent In pa
per bags. cigar boxes or other make
shift containers cannot be properly
graded.
The principal benefit to the farmer
is that he has correct grading by O
disinterested inspector as a basis fof
prices. The same advantage accrues
to the miller or dealey, with the add.
tional feature of the check upon his
own grading II he has sought to es-
tabIlsh the grade In accordance with
federal standards.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21
IRISH POTATO IS IMPORTANT
In Northern Portion Of Country II 10
Stored in Large Quantities for
Q Winter Use.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The Irish potato Is the most import
ant vegetable in the northern portion
of the United States and Is stored in
large quantities for winter use. 1t
may be kept in the storage room In
the basement, in outdoor storage cell
lars, and In banks or pits. When
stored in cellars, the potatoes may be
put into barrels. boxes, baskets, crates,
bins, or on the floor, but must be pro-
tected from the light.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21

"The last 1--WE years." says the an
nunl report of the secretary Of agrt
culture. ''hnve been especially fruitful
Of legislation and of its practical ap-
plication for the bstterment Of agricul.
turc.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21
GETTING MOST FROM !
MANURE SPREADING
Sooner 1t Is Applied Greater Is Its
Value as Fertilizer.
Saving by Hauling In Winter When
Teams Are Not Busy Is Not suf-
ficient to Offset Loss From
Washing on Frozen Soil.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The sooner manure Is spread on the
land after being made the greater is
its value, provided the land is level,
or, If hilly, not frozen. So much Is to
be gained by early application under
these conditions, and farmers have
sometimes been so urged to haul ma.
nure Immediately after making with
out limitations of conditions, that
much loss Of fertilizer has resulted
from spreading it on frozen, hilly
ground either before or after snow
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21

1t is desirable to wean the pigs put the
mother in pen leaving creep for
the pigs. Feed the sow sparingly; !;
give water instead Of slop and have
the grain ration dry. While the sow
is receiving maintenance ration the
pigs should be fed all they will con-
sumo without waste. A ration con-
sisting Of such feeds as skim milk,
middlings, corn, and green forage will
satisfy the pigs appetites and simplify
the weaving.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-02-21
FIXING LOCATION OF WELL


Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
When locating the well the direction
of the surface and underground drain
age should be considered, to the end
that the water supply may not be con-
taminated BY the sink. drnin, ccsspool.
or other sources Of 9th.