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THURSDAY KVENTNG, OCTOBER 5
However vexed you may be over
night, things will often look very
1 different in the morning. If you have
written a clever and conclusive, hut
scathing letter, keep it hack till the
next day, and it will very often never
go at all. —Lord Avehury.
M'KEESPORT HIGn SCHOOL
r IMITATIONS have been received
In Harrisburg to attend to-mor
row tho dedication of McKees
port's new High School, a handsome
building of which any city might well
be proud.
Next year we hope to invite 11c-
Keesport people to attend a similar
dedication in Harrisburg. Harrisburg
never stands back when her neighbors
are making needed Improvements.
Our school system must be on a par
or a little ahead of the others.
We don't like to boast, but Mc-
Keesport has got to "go some" if it
wants to keep ahead of Harrisburg
in the way of High Schools.
John D„ Jr., has an income of a mil
lion dollars a week. My, what a flock
of new hotels he could build for Har
risburg and never miss a meal.
French soldiers are reported to bo
organizing football teams. Now Heaven
help the Germans!
Those English tanks must be almost
as dreadful as some of our own Ameri
can tanks.
IDS OWN COUNSEL
PRESIDENT WILSON as an ex
cuse for not making speeches at
towns whero he did not want to
epeak, yesterday said: "1 am before
the Jury and can't say anything."
True, he is before the jury, and it
appears that the defendant is making
a pretty good blurt at being his own
counsel.
Shooting ring-tall pheasants from
cover la far different from potting
Zeps on a dark night, but there is no
closed season for the Keps.
Democratic Chairman Guffey called
on the National Chairman in New York
yesterday. We bet he met the treas
urer, too.
WE NEED THE TREES
AS a result of the tree census just
completed by City Forester
Gipplo there is now opportunity
for intelligent tree planting through
out Harrisburg. Not a day should bo
lost in preparing for the placing of
hundreds of shade trees of the right
variety.
Some years ago the question of the
creation of a Shade Tree Commission
was considered, but owing to opposi
tion tho matter was dropped and in
stead tho office of city forester was
created. This young man has proba
bly accomplished all that is to be
expected with the insignificant appro
priation set apart for his bureau, but
his work has established a basis for
future tree planting activities.
While there Is opposition to a sepa
rate shade treo commission there
would appear lo be no objection to a
further subdivision of the responsi
bilities of the City Council. Three of
the existing commissioners could easily
be constituted by ordlnanco a Shade
Tree Commission and thus avoid any
friction In tho caro of trees within tho
ctty limits. At least, this method
might bo tried as a further experi
ment in the absence of a separate
shade tree commission as provided for
in the act of May 31. 1907.
It ought now to be apparent to those
who opposed such a commission whon
the proposition was first broached in
Council that something must be done
to save tho trees we already have and
provide others we so seriously need.
As ono lover of trees has properly
said, other cities and towns and com
munities are getting along peacefully
and comfortably in their shade tree
activities while we are scrapping about
nonessential details.
Forester Gipple's report upon the
existing trees shows that they are al
most universally In bad condition;
that they are diseased, planted indis
criminately and without regard to va
riety or size, and that there Is great
necessity for trimming and placing in
proper condition those that have with
stood the operations of the tree butch
ers and other despollers who have
done their utmost to destroy the tree
life of the city.
Of course, arbitrary and unreason
able and tactless shade tree commis
sioners have been responsible for some
of the antagonism to creating such a
body, but these few casea ought not
THURSDAY EVENING, HARRT&BURG TELEGRAPH! OCTOBER 5, 19T&
to operate against reasonable and nec
essary action In Harrisburg. A prop
er commission never does drastic
things; it uses tact and Judgment and
knowledge of trees and tree planting
In getting the best results.
In the New Jersey communities
where there has been groat success
In planting and caro of trees, the dom
inating tree on an existing street is the
standard for that street. These trees
are carefully trimmed and the street
Is thus given a delightful appearance of
uniformity throughout. Pennsylvania
has been slow in taking up the care of
trees, especially in its cities, just as
it has been slow in Its highway im
provement.
We believe that the present City
Council will see the importance of
doing something without delay to pro
vide for the protection and care of the
shado trees we have and increase the
number wherever possible.
"Last night's Chamber of Commerce
dinner was, I believe, in the nature of
a memorable mtlestone of what the city
of Harrisburg has before It. If we do
not meet theso big men of Bethlehem
in the spirit In which they meet us, we
and not they will bo the losers." This
Is the sort of comment which has come
to the Telegraph from many sources
since the fine demonstration of com
munity spirit at the annual dinner of
the Chamber of Commerce.
THIS MEANS HARRISBURG
WILHELM BERNHARD, of Chi
cago, writing for the current
Issue of Tho Rotarian Maga
zine, introduces an interesting article
on industrial communities with a para
graph that amply set 3 forth the needs
of Harrisburg at the present moment
and explains almost In a single sen
tence why men of far sight and vision
have seized upon this time to Inaugu
rate another forward movement for
tho city. Mr. Bernliard says:
There is no question but that a
handsome, well-ordered city Is tho
best possible business asset for the
people living in it. Get rid of the
dirty, ugly and inconvenient city!
Many things indicate that the next
few yearn will witness in the
United States a progressive short
age of labor, repeated demands for
increased wages, a more or less
concreted movement for an eight
hour day, coupled with great re
duction of immigration, a diminu
tion in the supply of untrained
workmen and almost a famine of
skilled laborers.
A change of administration at
Washington Is as certain as anything
still not formally decided can be.
That will spell Increased activities
along all industrial lines. Mr. Schwab
is to 3pend $20,000,000 at Steelton, to
use his own words, "as fast as it can be
spent." This means at least 30 per
cent, of that sum. more likely 40,
will be spent in wages aside from the
regular payroll, which will grow com
mensurately with the enlargement of
the Steelton plant. There will bo an
influx of workmen, skilled and un
skilled, such as we have never known
and for which we are not prepared.
Are we going to keep as much as
possible of this money and these work
men in Harrisburg and vicinity? Are
we going to make our city so attrac
tive that the best worklngmen will
want to settle here?
Naturally, we want both. But we
are going to have them only to such
degree as we deserve them. This is
why men who have faith in Harris
burg are putting up their money for
the erection of a great new hotel.
This is why they are working for the
passage of the new high school loan.
It explains their effort to give tho
city a largo and powerful Chamber of
Commerce. It is back of the desire
for a new building code, the efforts
being made to give the people proper
bathing and boating facilities and re
creation opportunities of all kinds.
All these things are necessary to
the future proper development of the
city. The laborer now goes where
working and living conditions are best.
He choses his Job and he does not re
main long in the community which
does not measure up to modern ac
cepted standards of health, esthetic
and industrial specifications. So Har
risburg must go forward or backward,
and the watchword Is forward.
Now and then the remark is heard
in the various civic movements of the
city that this or that person has no in
terest in the campaign because it hap
pens that his business is transacted
with the world outside. No Interest In
tho city! How about the comfort and
welfare of his family? Are these not
Interests sufficiently large to Justify
participation in every movement for
the betterment of conditions here?
A POLITICAL SIDELIGHT
VANCE M'CORMICK met Murphy,
leader of Tammany Hall, and
after the long session ended tho
Democratic National Chairman, said:
"We had a delightful conference."
Let's see! What were those nasty
things Mr. McCormick's newspaper
organ used to say about Tammany
Hall and Murphy?
Shades of political reform shut
your eyes, hold your ears and hang
your head In shame!
TIARIUSnURO NOT JEALOUS
HARRISBURG is keen to be includ
ed In every enlargement proposed
by the Bethlehem Steel com
pany, but we arc not jealous of the
distinction just conferred by Messrs.
Schwab and Grace upon Little Egg
Harbor, where the largest ordnance
practice ground in the oountry is to
be located. Guns that shoot fourteen
miles are not the kind of "industrial"
companions for which we hanker.
SCATTERING BREAD
ONE of the most interesting fea
tures of the Chamber of Com
merce membership campaign
now in full swing and one of its
most Important phases ls the per
sonal service being rendered by tho
100 men of the city who are doing the
soliciting. It Is an encouraging sign
in any town when men leave their
own business for practically four
successive days to work together for
what they believe to be the benefit
of the city as a whole. All of them
are busy men. Their desks are
crowded with work.. They have a
task for every hour. Many of them
are working nights to keep abreast.
But they Rre, nevertheless, going
about the membership canvass with
all the energy and enthusiasm that
have made them successful In their
several lines of Individual endeavor.
These men of the membership com
mittee are making personal sacri
fice. Little worth while ever has been
accomplished without that element.
Where it is manifest in the form of
social service to the greatest degree,
there community progress is most
rapid. Those who give thus of their
time and brains and energy have
their reward, however. Every worthy
gift or sacrifice has. They are as
those who "scatter their bread upon
the waters."
Wonder if those pessimists who
never see any good in Harrisburg and
who declared that the million-dollar
hotel was a myth still feel that way
about it? It's.amazing how many peo
ple continue day after day to tramp on
their own feet.
A letter has reached its destination
after fifty-seven years in the mails.
You've got to hand this Democratic
crowd credit for putting one over occa
sionally.
Yesterday was an unusual day in the
news—nobody sighted the Bremen.
folitic* U
By the Ex-Corumlttecman
■■ I
The first outbreak of the feeling ex
isting throughout the State against the
bosses of the Democratic state ma
chine came yesterday in Schuylkill
county and is generally believed here
to bo the forerunner of revolts against
the inside ring of the party organ
ization, which will be followed by a
demand for a new "reorganization" as
sure as President Wilson loses.
Kor months there has been smolder
ing discontent against the manage
ment of the party organization in the
State by National Committeeman Pal
mer and his pals and the vote cast for
Congressman Michael Liebel against
Palmer showed that it had possibili
ties. To overcome the feeling Palmer
went to Philadelphia and took Charles
P. Donnelly, whom he had almost
thrown out of the party, to his bosom
and practically put him in charge of
the Philadelphia end of things—when
the patronage had. all been given out.
In Pittsburgh similar tactics were em
ployed to get "Billy" Brennen back
into the fold. In Scranton, Erie and
other places the pacifying policy was
followed, the absence of National
Chairman Rlc'Cormick and Assistant
Postmaster General Blakslee facili
tating Palmer's work.
But it seems that Palmer overlooked
Schuylkill county and the trouble
broke out in a new place. Right after
Palmer and State Chairman Guffey
had finished telling a crowd of Potts
ville Democrats how well organized
was the Democracy of Pennsylvania
and the excellent chances of carrying
it for Wilson, etc., Joseph Daley, of
Coaldale, a former candidate for sen
ator, got up and bluntly said that be
cause of the failure of the bosses to
form an efficient organization the
Democratic party in this section had
been allowed to perish.
"Look at the activity of postmasters
in this meeting and then remember
how President Roosevelt threw "Bill"
Lelb, the Republican boss of this
county, out of Federal office for the
same activity!" shouted Daley.
As nearly all the Democratic post
masters In the county were present to
greet Palmer, Daley's remarks caused
a sensation.
John F. Whalen, who was presiding,
interrupted Daley and recognized At
torney Joseph Bell, of Shenandoah,
to quiet things, but he also declared
the party in that section of the State
had been allowed to go to pieces. "It
is dead," he said, adding that, although
the election is only a few weeks off, a
county chairman has not yet been
elected in Schuylkill. Bell suggested
John F. Whalen, chairman of the
meeting, as the proper leader to re
organize the county Democrats, and
although this statement was applaud
ed, Whalen declared this was no time
for such discussion.
A meeting of Democratic leaders
was hastily called at which steps were
taken to endeayor to put some llfo in
the campaign.
—Pennsylvania Republicans are
reading with the greatest interest the
reports of the big meeting in New
York at which the two former Presi
dents united for Hughes. It is de
clared that, in spite of efforts of the
Democratic press, the meeting was
successful beyond the hopes of the
men in charge. Ono account says: "It
brought together William H. Taft and
Theodore Roosevelt in a reconciliation
scene which fulfilled the long cherished
desires of friends who thought that
the feud between the only two living
ex-Presidents of the United States had
lasted long enough. Colonel Roosevelt
grasped the hand of his old foeman.
Boles Penroso, of Pennsylvania, and
said: "I am glad to see you here."
The Colonel was greeted hy Governor
Whitman and gave no evidence of re
membering that the Governor was also
on his blacklist not so long ago. In
fact, everybody hailed everybody else
as a brother, ancient fusses were for
gotten, and the' talk was all of Hughes
pnd how real Americanism was at
last to come into Its own on March 4
next.
—Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, is
coming in for some rapping just now
because of the manner In which his
bonding company is getting the surety
business on Philadelphia city con
tracts. The mayor docs not seem to
mind.
—The booming of Major-General C.
M. Clement for Public Service Com
missioner is pretty persistent and it is
intimated that a decision will soon be
reached by the Governor.
—The fight between Congressman
W. H. Coleman and ex-Congressman
M. Clyde Kelly, of Broddock, is be
coming bitter. Kelly is going up and
down the district making charac
teristic speeches, but it Is noted that
Democrats are becoming restless be
cause he does not declare for Wilson.
—Senator Franklin Martin, of the
West Shore district, was here yester
day and said that his campaign was
looking well. His Democratic oppo
nent is inclined to be very noisy.
—Members of the West End March
ing Club have been requested by Mar
shal B. J. H. Douglass to appear at
the clubhouse to-night or Sunday to
be measured for uniforms. Mr. Doug
lass expects a big marching club.
—Deputy Attorney General llargest
took the papers yesterday in the quo
warranto proceedings against mem
bers of the Tarr.aqua borough council
accused of dabbling in borough con
tracts.
—Philadelphia Republicans will for
mally open the campaign with a ban
ner raising to-night at the city head
quarters. Prominent Republicans will
speak.
—Robert C. Bright, late candidate
for Congress at large on the Demo
cratic ticket, haa been drafted to ar
range for Democratic speakers for
Philadelphia. He had to go to New
York to get them, as the voters do not
seem to want the home grown variety.
—Shamokin has started a movement
to obtain a third class city charter.
—While tarrying In Reading, where
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there is always good cheer for Demo
crats, National Committeeman Palmer
said that the Democrats expected
twelve congressmen from Pennsylva
nia.
—Mayor Smith says he thinks it is
all i-i K ht for officeholders to make
political contributions, but not police
men and firemen.
--Democratic postmasters through
out the state are said to be responding
liberally to the hints given to them in
this city to subscribe to the Wilson
funds.
They Laugh and Grow Fat
In the East, the West, the North
and the South, the people are happy
and contented. Chairman Vance
McCormick.
With Mr. McCormick's naive elec
tion predictions to amuse them they
laugh and grow fat too.—N. Y. Sun.
With the Saloon Banished
[Kansas City Times.]
The liquor interests, fighting to de
feat prohibition in different Western
States, are issuing misstatements
about what prohibition has done in
States where it has been tried. They
say it has increased drunkenness and
crime in Arizona. Here are some facts,
quoted by the Arizona Republican,
about Arizona, which banished its sa
loons January 1, 1915, nearly two
years ago:
In 1914, with open saloons, there
were 4,750 arrests in Phoenix. In 1915,
with saloons gone, there were 1780.
In 1914 there were 2,674 arrests for
drunkenness; in 1915 there were 224.
In the two years since prohibition
the number of inmates of the State
penitentiary has decreased 50 per
cent.
There were thirty murders in the
State in the last six months of sa
loons. In the nearly two years under
prohibition the State has had only six
murders.
In the last six months of saloons
there were seventeen murders in Pinal
county. In the first six months with
out saloons Pinal county had not even
one murder.
On the first Saturday night after the
saloons closed In Phoenix all tho bak
eries ran out of bread and cake, and
the meat markets ran out of meat.
Drunkards' children were getting'
more bread and cake and meat.
A mother of six children in Blsbee,
in paying for SSO worth of groceries
and dry goods, said: "This is the first
time "since we were married that the
children have had the clothes they
needed and our bills were all paid."
Well fed, well clothed, happy
mothers and children are unanswer
able arguments against the saloon.
IIOTEIJS WIM, ADVERTISE
IN EASTERN PAPERS
Leading hotels of the Northwest are
planning an advertising campaign to
bring a share of the tourist travel to
that region, according to T. D. Hock
well, of Seattle, secretary of the
Washington State Hotel Association.
The plan, as outlined by Mr. Rock
well, is to advertise in the metropoli
tan papers of the East and South, be
ginning about March 1 and continu
ing until the middle of tho vacation
season. The advertisements will sot
forth the hunting and fishing possi
bilities of the Northwest, and describe
the scenic beauties as well as give in
formation as to routes of travel, acces
sibility of places of Interest, nnd condi
tion of the roads. The leading hotels
of the Northwest, which foster tho
plan, will publish rales and character
of service.
Why Militia Are Kept on Duty
[Kansas City Star.]
The militia regiments which are
staying on the border are accepting
their duty cheerfully and In fine spirit.
The folks "back Home" are proud of
them for their patriotic attitude.
Yet obviously that is not the duty
for which the militia were intended.
They have to be impressed into that
service because the administration
failed to provide a regular army of
sufficient size to patrol the border.
With a regular force at all adequate
to the country's needs the militia
would not be required for nrolonged
, police duty far from homo.
IF YOU WOULD GE
WRITE A REALLY POPULAR SONG
IN the American Magazine, an article
about tho fortunes made by song
writers, says:
"When tho new style of popular
song had wormed Its way into the
public's heart, the Bowery took Harry
von Tilzer in hand and tutored him
with the intention of having him
amuse and entertain the public with
his melodies.
" 'ln those days it was easier for
me to write a dozen songs than make
connections for a square meal,' Harry
smiles, whenever he falls into a remi
niscent mood. 'And I was ready to
sell a song for from 50 cents up. 1
never did get started until Sterling
and I wrote the ballad. "My Old New
Hampshire Home." After making
the rounds with it we took it to a new
publisher on Twenty-eighth street.
He listened to it and then puckered up
his lips. Finally he agreed to take it
home and have his little daughter play
it, saying that if she should like it he
would give us sls for it. For the first
time in many moons Sterling and I
said a prayer, and the next day we got
a check for $ 15.'
Our Daily Laugh |
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vertlsing pays,
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blame him, poor
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the dresses tha B Al
plrls are wearing
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In the Social Whirl
The two-two" Is the name of the
newest dance In the hupper suckles.
According to all accounts, it is just
too utterly too too.—Macon Telegraph.
" 'Would you sell any of your songs
now for $15?" the writer queried in
a joking manner.
"Harry grinned, and shook his head.
'Can you picture me selling a song like
"Last Night Was the End of the
World" l'or sls? It sold more than a
million and a half copies, and my roy
alty alone would be almost SIO,OOO, to
say nothing as to my shares from the
publishing end. To-day 1 would not
take $15,000 for my latest song, "I
Sent My Wife to the Thousand Isles,"
which A 1 Jolson introduced at the
Winter Garden.'
" 'What Is the best way for a new
writer to get a start?' Harry was
asked.
" 'The Lord only knows,' he smiled.
'Every fellow seems to get going in a
different way—some by accident, some
by design, and some by patience and
plodding. I know several that owe
their start to Sophie Tucker, one of
the greatest popular song exploiters
In vaudeville. In fact, she Is looked
upon and billed in all the big time
vaudeville houses as the Mary Garden
of popular songs.' "
Rust-Resistant Apples
The department of experimental
pomology at the Pennsylvania State
College names the following varieties
of apples as resistant to cedar rust, a
disecase which has proved somewhat
troublesome in the past: Stayman,
Oldenburg, Mcintosh, Red Astrachan,
Fameuse, Winesap, Paragon or Black
Twig, Yellow Newtown and Grimes.
Susceptible varieties include York Im
perial, Jonathan, Yellow Bellflower,
Minkler and Ben Davis. Northern Spy
is fairly susceptible and Baldwin fairly
resistant.
Awful Thought
The price of bread is 'rising, rising
every day. Soon the bars will sell
the pretzel and give the beer away.—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Has Another Think
I think most Progressives feel as
John M. Parker does.—Vance.
As a thinker Mr. McCormlck is a
good Democratic chairman. New
York Sun.
And They Did
[Atlanta Constitution.]
"Roosevelt's Progressive Chatter" is
a headline in The Philadelphia Re
cord. By and by they'll make the
Colonel mad enough to say some
thing.
Speaker Clark's View
"We got whipped, and I guess that
is all I will say about the Maine elec
tion. We got beaten good and plenty."
—Speaker Champ Clark.
Harrisburg. Pa., October 5, 1916.
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this sth day of October. 1918.
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(My commission expires March 9.
,1919)
Itammg (£t\at|
A good bit has been said and much
has been written, including some fur
longs in tills column, about the diver
sity of the products of Dauphin coun
ty s manufacturing establishments, but
the average Harrisburg resident prob
ably does not know that Dauphin
f,°unty is blessed with an agricultural
list that is almost as impressive as the
roll of products of the mills and fac
tories. Tho anthracite mines and the
quarries should not be forgotten and
neither should the fact be lost sight of %-
in these days of booms in iron and
steel that there are ore mines in Dau
phin county and that even (races of oil
nave been found, while the mountains
have furnished an immense amount of
lumber. This county is likewise a
good territory for dairying, as is evi
denced by the success attending tho
farms about Hershey, Boyd and other
places, and the chicken farms have
JV- i, nlon °y> which many have not.
Within sight of the Stato Capitol dome
there are some of the best wheat rais
ing farms In the State and in
township corn which comes close to a
record has been raised. In the upper
end wheat, rye and buckwheat have
been good crops and if attention was
only given to potatoes the way it. has
been done in York county this district
wouip be known for the excellence of
the "sweets and whites." It is not.
generally known that the lower end
was for a long time noted for tobacco
and it was raised on the Cameron
farms in the lower end of the city
and the upper end of Steelton. Cu
cumbers have been raised with good
results, as was shown when one of the
big preserving companies leased farms
near Middletown, and the Dauphin
county pumpkin has a well deserved
clientele in the days when Jack Frost
paints the woodlands. Ijima beans,
peai,, turnips, carrots, rutabagas and
other vegetables have thrived on Dau
phin farms, and as for the "greens,"
there are hundreds of dollars made oft
those crops every year. This county is
rapidly getting to the market garden
plan and there are some model places,
like the Walton acres near Hummeis
town, for instance. Although it is
pretty far north, there have been some
successful campaigns conducted with
watermelons, and even cantaloupes,
which are supposed to require a special
soil, have proved to be a paving crop
where tried in this county. The apple
and peach orchards of the county have
a well-deserved reputation and the
small fruits furnish good incomes to
farmers. In fact, when one sits down
and goes over the list of what, is raised
in the way of foodstuffs in Pennsylva
nia it will he found that Dauphin
county has almost everything except
peanuts.
• ♦ *
Tn the last few days more men have
appeared as messengers and errand
runners than have been known for a
long time, due to the fact that school
has been resumed and that the boys
who were acting as messengers were
called back to their books. The tele
graph companies have been the great
est sufferers, as their forces have been
cut in half, and they have had to en
gage men.
• ♦
Yesterday's sudden heating up of
the atmosphere due to a departing
kick from summer caused some people
to wish they had not brought overcoats
along with them. In the business and
shopping districts people from the
suburbs arrived with overcoats and
heavy clothing. By noon they were
wishing that they had thin suits of
clothes. Many of the shoppers said
that they felt the day as much as in
summer.
• •
It is interesting to recall the fact
that the making of coal briquettes, *
which has been undertaken here with
river coal as a basis, has been a sub
ject of discussion around here for the
last forty years. Back in 1875 or 1876
Dr. John R. Hayes, who lived at the
United States Hotel, evolved a plan for
mixing the waste at mines, culm and
similar stuff with a sort of pitch and
making them into lumps something
like a goose egg. The project was
given up, but ten years later a small
plant for the same work was under
taken. At Steelton the manufacture
of briquettes from ore and fuel has
been carried on for years as purt of
the general scheme of economy.
* * *
Arthur H. Bailey, the former county
treasurer and one much mentioned
for sheriff next time, spent about an
hour trying to locate his automobile
the other evening and found it just
where he left it. It seems that Pax
tang's leading citizen is on one of the
committees charged with increasing
the membership of the Chamber of
Commerce. He came to the city and
started hustling for members. He had
to visit many offices and he got far
ther away from where he left the car.
When ho was ready for home he had
gone some distance and he had to re
trace steps and remember every place
he had been.
• * •
The recruiting tent in the State
Capitol Park is a great attraction for
veterans of the Civil War who have
been gathering about It every day to
talk over the "real times" with the
men on duty. The Capitol Park seems
to be the logical place for the recruit
ing ground, as It is State property,
centrally located and within the
shadow of the Mexican War monu
ment.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—Professor Felix K. Schelling. well
known here as a University of Penn
sylvania lecturer, is ill and has been
compelled to relinquish work for a
time.
—Fx-Attorney General Bell was con
gratulated yesterday upon his birth,
day.
—W. Barclay Parsons, the New
York engineer who mav direct Phila
delphia transit, construction, built rail
roads in China and wrote a book
about It.
—Joseph B. Grundy entertained the
officers and directors of the Pennsyl
vania Manufacturers Association at his
farm near Bristol.
—Dr. J. N. Jacobs, former controller
of Montgomery county, who ran an
unsuccessful bout with the State on
I.ansdale improvements, says he is
through with public life.
| DO YOU KNOW J
That Hnrrislnirg railroad bridges
have attracted state-wide atten
tion for the methods or construe- <
tion?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
A bridge spanned Paxton creek at
Market street before Harrisburg was
laid out. It was used for the turnpike
to Reading, now Derry street.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to membars of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their
answera as presented at the organisa
tion's annual "Municipal Qulz/'l
What abatements are allowed for
School Taxes? What penalties are
charged for school taxes? When is
property sold for nonpayment of School
No abatement allowed for pay
ment of schuor taxes. A penalty of
6 per cent, is added October 1.
Property Is sold for nonpayment in .
in June following year of levy, ,