8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building, Federal Sqnare. E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't Sr Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member 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 published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Eastern office, Story, Brooks & Avenue Building, Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. , By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall. $5.00 a year In advance. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917, The things that belong to men must he understood in order to be loved; the things that belong to God Viust be loved in order to be under stood. — PASCAL. WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME WHEN the "boys" come home from the war they are go ing to have a mighty lot to say about the manner in which af fairs in this country are conducted. Make no mistake about that. They will be the lads who risked their lives to bring the Nation safely through its bloody crisis and they will do a tremendous lot of think ing While they are in the camps and , trenches. An army built along the American plan is a great force for democracy. Not only will these young men "make the world safe for democracy," but they will come home prepared to make "democracy safe for the world," and for America especially. Already there are signs that the miserable off-shoot of anarchy which traveled under the guise of Socialism just previous to the war in this coun try has received its death blow. Its erstwhile disciples have foresaken it by the thousand and those 'who re main are looked upon by all right thinking people as enemies of the Nation. True 'democracy will come into Its own in America with the re turn of our armies, and it behooves politicians, .public officials and others bidding for public favor to so conduct themselves in the interval as to be acceptable to the new order of things that will be Instituted when the "boys" come home. TWO SPOONSFUL A DAY IT IS common enough to have a business concern use newspaper advertising space to sell its wares, but now comes the Franklin Sugar Refining Company to ask readers of the Telegraph to conserve the sugar supply. In other words, not to use so much; advertising to keep down the consumption of the very product it manufacturers. This the company is doing for the purpose of aiding the United States government in its ef fort to make the limited quantity of sugar go around until the new crops are available. "Two spoonsful a day saved by each American will keep France in sugar," says the Franklin company's advertisement. Surely, for the sake of suffering, hungry France, we can afford to make this trifling sacrifice. ONE DAY CELEBRATION CHIEF OF POLICE WETZEL should have the hearty support of tho public in his effort to con fine the Hallowe'en celebration to one night this year. Nobody objects to an annual jollification of the kind, but when it extends over a period of three nights, as during the past few years, the privilege of the use of pufeUc highways for carnival pur poses is abused. The public has been duly warned. Maskers must remain off the streets except on Hallowe'en. Police officers will be justified In taking radical measures to enforce the orders of their chief. GREAT FUND EOR GREAT NEED AFTER the war in Europe had progressed to a point where the prison camps of all countries engaged in the conflict were filled to overflowing, John R. Mott, execu tive head of the Young Men's Chris tian Association, visited a camp which contained thousands of Rus sian prisoners. Conditions in the camp were appalling. "What the men need, more than anything else, is music," said an in terpreter. "They can endure starva tion, filth and disease, but they hun ger for music." Dr. Mott remonstrated. In a place where there were so many needs, it seemed inconceivable that the lack of something that appealed to the senses alone could be the greatest need of all. Wonderful plans, that have since been put Into operation and have born fruit in a manner that has amazed the world, were passing through the great executive's mind. "Why not give them an opportu nity to learn a useful trade—tome- SATURDAY EVENING, thing that will occupy their bodies as well as thetr minds?" queried Dr. Mott. "Wouldn't that strike you as a good suggestion?" "Undoubtedly," replied the man. "Come with me," he said suddenly, "I want to show you something!" Dr. Mott followed. Along the way the Interpreter beckoned to an un kempt soldier; another was summon ed from another quarter. Soon there was quite a procession. Each man carried in his hands a strange-look ing instrument. With Infinite patience, the gaunt, ill-clad prisoners had fashioned, from cigar boxes, bones and the tops of discarded shoes, instruments cap able of producing. In a manner at least, their desire for the music that surged, even under such unpromising conditions, through their souls. No further argument was needed. Dr. Mott readily agreed that the prisoners should realize the desire of their hearts. Now, included in the activities of the prisoners of war work is the plan ttf give financial assistance to every prison camp desiring orchestral music. The sum required for instru ments varies from S2OO to SSOO. Never before in the history of the world has the opportunity been given a Christian organization to do the work that is being carried on by the War Work Council in the warring countries to-day. Little wonder that the amount of $35,000,000, asked by the National War Work Council, to conduct the activities of the organi zation until July 1 of next year, does not seem an unreasonable sum. Businessmen everywhere are keenly alive to the fact that this sum of money, which in itself seems large, could not be invested to better ad vantage. REPUBLICAN VICTORY SURE EVERY indication points to a sweeping Republican victory in Dauphin county this Fall. The county is overwhelmingly Republican In normal years and the voters have no reason to be displeased and every reason to be content with the ad ministration of county affairs un der Republican administration. The courthouse is in honest, economical and efficient hands. There is no de sire for a change. This has been the quietest cam paign in years. The Republicans, confident of heavy majorities, have j not been exerting themselves. The only noise that has been made has been that of the Democratic candi dates raging over the shameful man ner in which they have been neglect ed by the Democratic bosses who have no particular use for Democratic nominees except when their personal interests are at stake. Next year will be quite a different matter. And by the same token, this year also has a bearing on next in Republican ranks as well. A big Republican victory this Fall will do much to pave the way for a Republican landslide of the "old-fashioned" kind in November, 1918. So It behooves Republicans not to neglect their candidates this year because of the lack of opposition. "Preparedness" in politics Is quite as important as in military affairs, and a big vote now will do much to dis courage Democratic campaigners when it comes to the election of a Governor. TIME TO TELL THE TRVTII THE Telegraph is in receipt of two letters—one complaining of the publication of certain parts of Newell Dwight Hillis' speech at Chestnut street hall, which the writer pronounces "unprintable," and the other commending this newspaper for its courage ip "publishing the vital truths which Mr. Hillis so vivid ly described." Both these correspondents are sincere, but tho former has not a clear view. Dr. Hillis was speaking to an audience, many of tho men of which will be called to the colors in a few weeks. The Telegraph reaches every evening a much larger audience, and among Its readers are hundreds of men of draft age. Also, it goes into many of the training camps where young men are be'ing'taught how to care for themselves in France. Dr. Hillis comes fresh from the front and he said many things that, if heeded, will be of vast benefit to the Ameri can soldier. Consequently, it was highly Important that his remarks be given the widest publicity pos sible. Dr. Hillis did touch upon some matters generally regarded as "deli cate subjects," but he did so in an entirely unoffensive manner. These are days for plain truths forcefully stated. Nothing is "unprintable" that will help our boys in France escape the perils that have dragged so many sturdy young soldiers to ruin. We must not send our men away ignor ant of things essential to their wel fare. They will come back to us when the war is over, and we want them to come back clean and pure, to be the worthy fathers of the next gen eration of Americans. NOT A COLLECTION AGENCV THE decision of the Public Serv ice Commission that a Lan caster county printing estab lishment should apply to the courts and not to the State Commission for damages declared to have been done to its business by the failure of an electri.v lompany to furnish to operate machinery should settle the question of whether the Com mission is to be a place for ad judicating eery sort of claim aris ing out of public utilities. The Com mission has been successful In se curing reparation where there have been gross overcharges and where unreasonable and unjust rates have talceii money out of the cash draw ers of corporations and out of the pockets of Individuals, but to have entertained a claim such as that r<ade from Lancaster county would have flooded the Capitol with all sorts of accounts. In the Scranton railways hearing some time ago the Commission let It be known that It could not go into contracts between a city and a utility, unless it could be set forth that ono party was attempting to act in an unjust manner, and in the Scran.ton Stove Works case the Commission holds that it Is not con cerned with a contract for a Biding except to see that the switch track is kept fit an.d safe in tho Interest of the public. There are other decisions which fix precedents In considering contracts and conditions arising un der them. Where the public Is.helng unfairly dealt with the authority of the Commonwealth may be used to inquire and to remedy. But us for turning the office of the Commission into a means of collecting SBB which a printing house or a bologna fac tory claims is due It because an elec tric company could not furnish power for a couple of hours in an. afternoon, that is a form of activity which the Legislature never Intended the Commission to be bothered about. I>cH.Koi|CaanXa1 > cH.Koi|CaanXa By the Ex-Committeeman All of the men named to take the votes of Pennsylvania soldiers con nected with former National Guard units, drafted men's organizations and student camps whether afield or afloat have received their official appointments and with exception of those who cannot be here will as semble at the Capitol Tuesday after noon for instruction. The men will be addressed by the Governor and Secretary of the Commonwealth and Attorney General Brown will be present to answer any questions re garding the law. The supplies will be taken charge of on that day and sent to the camps as directed by the Commissioners who will be responsible for them from the time they are received. The Commissioners will travel in parties where they are assigned to the same camp. T\yenty-six will go to Camp Hancock. The Commissioners will be al lowed ten cents a mile traveled, but nothing else. —lt is estimated that over 13,000 more drafted men from Pennsyl vania will be in the three mobiliza tion camps to which this state is tributary by election day. Commenc ing to-day over 4,000 colored men will begin to move. To-day 230 arc expected to go to Camp Meade, 129 to Camp Sherman and 790 to Camp Lee; to-morrow 981 will go to Camp Meade and Monday 1,288 will go to Camp Meade and 39 to Camp Sher man, while on Tuesday 544 will go to Camp Lee. Commencing November 2 and extending over four or live days 9,000 men will be moved to Camp Meade. When this movement is finished only about ten per cent of the men called for the three camps will be at home. Some districts will have less than five per cent at home. —Since the filing of the cards asked by Auditor General Sny der for the card index of the Capitol, attaches of the fiscal departments have been studying the manner in which some people are paid. The card Index cards asked that It be set forth out of what furuls or ap propriations attaches are paid and how much. Some people are paid out of several funds and afford proof of the contention made when the First Economy and Efficiency Com mission was named that all places and Salaries should be set out. —Auditor General Snyder says that developments in the Northamp ton register of wills' office will rather substantiate what he has been saying about the importance of state clerks or examiners being named In various counties to act in the inter ests of the Commonwealth in Inheri tance tax settlements and collec tions. It is likely that he will sug gest a change in the system of hav ing court appointees audit accounts of registers and that because sufch officers report largely to the state that a state official be named. —Frederick J. Shoyer, Republican candidate for city treasurer of Phil adelphia, seems to have run afoul of the newspapers of that city. He dis-, cussed the unanimity with which the Philadelphia papers are supporting the Town Meeting movement and intimated that department stores and transit were behind it. Tho Philadel phia Evening Bulletin comes back with the inquiry whether Mr. Shoyer would take fees or stick to a salary. —ln a letter to a Philadelphia newspaper .Frederick Beyer, one of the candidates for judge, discussing the judicial election in that city and the "sole nominee" decision says: "The decision of Judge Kunkcl re fusing to give such judges a special privilege was perfectly proper, and the judges now in office knew the law to be just what he said it was. The act of 1913 was clear enough. It established the nonpartisan law and provided the method of nomination, by distinctly recognizing as nominees those who received in relative order the highest votes cast for the office. If one was to be elected at the gen eral election, then two were to be nominated—lf two were to be elect ed then four were to be nominated— but If any 'one' of these candidates at the primary received more than half of the entire vote for the office for which he was running, then, of course, he had run his race and thereby gained a pre-emption and be comes the 'sole nominee' at the gen eral election." 1 —Mayor Thomas 13. Smith, of Philadelphia, was given another warning last night, similar to that Served upon him prior to'the pri mary and was told that unless he im mediately directed that the one thou sand policemen, which, it is alleged, are being used to promote the inter ests of the Vares and the so-called "Fifty-fifty" ticket, shall he halted in a campaign of intimidation of the citizenship of Philadelphia, crime as grave as that resulting from his of ficial delinquency in the Fifth ward may be repeated. Mayor Smith was given this notice from the chairman of the Town Meeting party general committee, Max Herzberg, a leading member of the Philadelphia bar and president of the United Hebrew Charities organization of Pennsylva nia. ' —The Pittsburgh mayoralty cam paign has gotten to the stage of hav ing meetings morning, noon and night. —The American party, formed by Republicans and Democrats at Head ing to fight the Socialists, is making appeals to the people to stand against the Socialistic movement. —Judge Davis sat until nearly midnight last night in an endeavor to conclude the hearing of testimony in the attack on the legality of the Philadelphia Town Meeting party nomination papers. There were num erous clashes between counsel during the day session and evidence was submitted to the court showing the methods employed by the police to Intimidate signers. Severar legal tilts as to the scope of the hearing were generally decided In favor of those attacking the papers, and the court HXRRISBURG TESJBGRXPHI AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN't .. ' * ' " . VJHEM Vou THE LNST aw-D IMSTEAO OF SPeMDiWG - AOI> anm ~fr*A>Kj POU. OUT / vSawDAY AT you o (j> 'PAL arrivjes' SATURDAY AL. AKJt) LOKieSO^E, CAV INJ A i> I NIK Y. HOTEL j " 3PEMT) 7VE 'ANb HE SLIPS OH~H ~% T HAvin/c. The Best old You a Tekj spot he <PV ! ' ' In/ YEARS - TEILIW6 SToRIES -BORROWED A- YEAR ago AIN'T it A AKJD 'EuEfi'TH-KIG WH.CH "* p - * oP6^T^^ opened wide the doors to Attorney Connor to submit testimony attack ing not only the legality of the sig natures to the affidavits, but also sig natures in the body of the papers. —The Northampton Democratic county committee, In special session yesterdiiy, nominated Herbert D. Snyder, of Martin's Creek, as its can didate for Register of Wills, to fill the vacancy on the ticket caused by the suicide of Asher V. Stauffer. Sny der ran second to Stauffer at the primary election. Intimations that the political effect was considered, when the auditors were sent from Harrisburg, at this time, to examine StaufCer's books, were made by sev eral speakers at the meeting, it is said in dispatches. —The Republican Alliance of Phil adelphia, organized to supplant the Republican city committee as the central Republican body, formally launched its drive to corral Repub lican votes for the Town Meeting party at a meeting yesterday In its new headquarters in Philadelphia. No chairman has been selected as yet for the alliance, but It was announced that Selectman Harry J. Trainer, leader of the Third ward, would lead the fight in South Philadelphia against the Vares. Plans were map ped out for organizing the Repub lican vote in every ward in the city. NOT IN THAT FORM Germany is in great need of steel, we are Informed. But not in the form in which the Allies are sup plying it.—Milwaukee Journal. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WHY NOT THE MAYORS ? To the Editor of the Telegraph: The very successful anfi impressive observance of Arbor Day in Harris burg yesterday furnishes concrete evidence of the progressive spirit of the Harrisburg Telegraph and it is my wish that in the future like cele brations and observances may be in augurated in the interest of a more beautiful Harrisburg. The Telegraph's idea of "Gover nor's Row" was carried out admir ably to-day and the nucleus of seven trees planted will go a big way to ward making "Governor's Row" a row of nature's beauty as well as of historic interest. The Telegraph's idea was splendid. Let more of them follow that the plan of beautifying Harrisburg may go on undiminished. Why not a row of trees in Reservoir Park or along the Rivfer Front in honor of former mayors or men who have helped make Harrisburg? READER. THE COMRADE IN WHITE At Nancy, at Soissons, in the Argonne, and at Ypres, men talk with hushed voices of Le Comarade Blanc. After many a, hot engagement, a man in white has been seen bending over those who lie on the field. Shells fall all around him; nothing has power to touch him. Many of the men from the Eighty-sev enth and One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Infantry have seen him. On several occasions he hasi been chiefly observed after severe fighting, bending over the dying and helping them to pass away in peace.—The Liter ary Digest. From the battle fields of Europe, Where in tragic conflict meet Death led hosts, young, iron-hearted, Comes a story strange and sweet. Telling how a gracious figure. Dressed in robes of lustrous white. Walks among the stricken soldiers On the wasted fields at night,— Bending low above the dying, Soothing pain and ending fear, Bringing peace and consolation When no human help is near; And, so runs this lovely legend From the wildly warring lands, They have known him by the bleed ing Of the nail prints in his hands. There, amid the dreadful carnage. They have seen him—One whose birth Was proclaimed by bands of angels With "Good will and peace on earth"— Lifting hands in benediction, Though his wounds gape wide again—■ Crimson symbol of his passion In that age-old spring of pain. Does it matter if this comrade. Gentle where Death's thunders roll, Be the Prince of Peace in presence. Or a vision of the soul? They who hear the call to Heaven See beyond the pall of night; Peace is theirs, and faith unfailing. As war-racked souls take flight. m *-L. W. B. ft The Story of a Father i J) A MAN in this city thought the war had taken more than it ought to from him when his two sons. Just come of age, enlisted in the artillery service. When he saw them march through a chilling rain storm from the old Battery B head quarters to the Union Station and en train for Camp Doniphan he went home sorrowing and grumbling. When he heard they must sleep in tents all winter he grumbled some more. Yesterday morning a letter from the older boy, not yet 22 years old, had this paragraph telling of the vis it to the camp of a friend from Kan sas City: "He asked me how you felt about our being in the Army, and both go ing over to France so soon to fight. I told him that under the circum stances In the Army was where you wanted both of us to be. He asked me what I thought of certain hard ships we must endure here. I told him we didn't expect an easy time in the Army, we expected to make sac rifices, that is what we are here for. Not only does the man who grumbles incur the displeasure of his officers, but he soons finds that he has con verted himself into a chronic kicker, not satisfied with anything that goes on. It makes Army life seem far harder than it is. I haven't heard LEGEND OF FREE RUSSIA (Paul Claudel In Mercure de France) Not long ago a peasant woman of the village of Budnia in the vicinity of Wydranka, gave birth to a sn. All went well. The father of the lit tle one was gone—gone where all our men are gone—but the neighbors gave advice and aid. The godfather and godmother were called and, as the parish was some miles from the village, they took the newborn child and carried it to the priest for bap tism. When the party arrived at the priest's house the godmother be gan to unwrap the babe, but what was her horror to see that it had been transformed into a butcher's cleaver! She shrieked and the priest gave it to the godfather and thrust them outside his door. Confounded and chagrined, they took the homeward road to tell the child's mother, but as they entered hr house the cleaver again took the form of a baby. The mother re fused to believe the story they told and insisted upon the child being carried again to baptism. So they undertook the journey again, and this time the child was changed into a bundle of cords such as the peas ants use for tying the loads on their carts. This time the priest was less rude but nevertheless he sent the good yoople away. On their return the child regained his natural form, and the patient godmother said; "We must try a third time, for so the Trinity ordains." The third time the child became a beautiful plant with purple flowers. The priest then said: "Since this is a thins; living and blossoming, bap tism must be tried as the only safety against the wiles of the devil." No sooner said than done, and when the sacrament completed the flower became a human being. Then the infant spoke and said: "Good father, thou hast done well to baptize me in spite of all, for this is the truth of it: If I had remained an ax, Holy Russia would have seen bloody days, although It would have gained freedom. If thou hadst bap tized the bundle of cords the Ger mans would have enslaved It. But thou hast baptized a living flower — and that means that liberty shall flourish!" "OIL" OUT OF "GOIL" "Foist." "thoid," "woild" and many other words that are strictly New Yorkese are to be wiped out of the language of this little town, ac cording to a campaign that has just been pfarted by businessmen. Thev are planning to make the English language safe for the growing gen eration. Patient schoolma'ams have been battling for years to eradicate the New York way of pronouncing words, but with little success. So now the shopkeepers are going to take a hand In It. A number of em ployers are getting ready to start English classes in their shops and in time they believe that all of New York will know how to roll their "r's."—From Pittsburgh Dispatch. OCTOBER 27, 1917. Frank (his brother) do any grumb ling either. The Army is no place for the pessimist. As for myself, I frankly tell you that I like it. I like to know that I am able to go through any hardship that the Army offers. There is a feeling of pleasure comes over me, and I'laugh to myself, when we are galloping across the field or doing some kind of work that is really hard. Then I know that I am tackling a man-sized job, and it pleases me to know that I can do it." With that letter in his breast pocket the father walked downtown to his office, and on the way he pass ed a young man standing on the corner. The young man had baen drafted, but he and his father had gone the limit to have him exempted fi;om service. And here the young man stood, waiting for the car, his back to the raw north wind, humped over, hollow chested; shivering, a cigarette dangling from his under lip, the picture of anaemic young manhood, of morbid deficiency. And as the father passed on to the round of the day's work lie rfecalled the letter in his pocket, braced his shoulders back' proudly, thought ot that passage in the Good Book which says something about a man losing his life in the process of trying to save it, and, seeing things clearly at last, exclaimed: "Thank God, my boys went!" — Kansas City Star. PREHISTORIC WEAPONS While the wastage of the York shire cliffs is to be deplored, the re sult is sometimes of advantage to the geologist and antiquary. Recently, in the vicinity of Scarborough, a fall of the cliff has revealed a hoard of bronze weapons, which consisted of battle axes, spears, chisels, gouges, portions of a sword, etc. Twelve of the axes, of the socketed type, are perfect. One shows the unusual feature of a rivet hole in place of a loop for secure hafting; another con tained a portion of the original wood shaft. Some of the axes are in the rough state, as if just turned out of the mold; others have obviously been in use. The collection evi dently formed the stock in trade of a metal worker of the Bronze Age, at least one thousand years before the Christian era.—From Nature. GERMAN PROMISES Germany has promised Sweden food, according to a cable. Swedes will perhaps remember that Ger many also promised Mexico, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. —Chicufco Herald. THE QUARTERMASTER My place is here, far down this little street, And here I labor at my desk till dark; I do not hear the tramp of marching feet, I do not hear the rifles' angry bark! My work is business! All each long day through I deal in quantities and talk by weight, I struggle to secare the shipments due, And fight like mad to get them when they're late. My job is just to see that Wrights town camp Shall not go hungry when it wants its bread, And note that Yaphank, when it goes on tramp. Will need some shoes to fit its martial tread. I often sit irt some brief second's lull And wonder if a God-sent chance will come To call me from this task—not that it's dull. But, oh, I long again to hear the drum! I know that some may fight while others find The things an army needs to eat and wear, And still it breaks my heart to stay behind And know that coriirades of old times are there. Yet why repine? Why envy those who go To fill our legions for the great advance? I, too, am fighting hard against the . foe • That battles may be won In far off France! —O. C. A. Child. LABOR NOTES Actual earnings of women workers in. Great Britain are considerably above the $4.87 weekly minimum. British Railway Clerks Association, whose headquarters are in London, will open offices in Dublin at an early date. Britain's Co-operative Wholesal* Society has given an additional war bonus of 10 per cent, to all its mem bers. Washerwomen in Chicago have or ganized a union with a scale of $2.60 a day for doing the usual Monday wash. Including nurses, 20.000 teachers are with the British forces and 208 have been honored for gallant serv ices. Arizona is the first objective of the special commission appointed to in vestigate labor unrest in the states. Farmers' societies have been formed at Ballycullane, Adamstown and Rathmore, in the county of Wexford, Ireland. So successful have women been In the Canadian Pacific car shops in Montreal that no less than 200 are now being employed. Two hundred and sixty-five em ployes of the Edinburgh (Scotland) Tramway Company have been grant ed exemption until December 1. [OUR DAILY LAUGH"! HONEST | "1 know he's honest." J "What makes you think so?" i "He's always willing to give hi I note for any money that he borrows." SPECULATES ON IT. "Are you a food speculator?" ''Whenever a plate of hash ia placed before me." A MARRIED COUPLE. "Wo can't all bo rich in thU. world." "No. Rut isn't it fine that we can all know someone who hasn't quit* FROM FLORIDA. Suit Case—Ever travel in th I touth? Alligator Bag—Sure thine, that ras my old home, you know. Etmrtnq Few of the people who attended the planting of the first trees In the "Row of the Governors" on the Wal nut street side .of Capitol Parle, Btarting In front of the new Penn- Harrls Hotel yesterday, realized that they saw the commencement of one of the most elaborate park schemes laid out in the state. Not only have Arnold W. Brunner and Warren H. Manning planned where every tree and every shrub and walk and flow er bed shall be in the Capitol Park, but they have outlined where th® buildings shall be constructed twenty years from now within the extension and will look to the city of Harrls burg to restrict the character of structures to be erected in streets surrounding the park. Arid then it is planned to make the Capitol Park the center of Harrisburg'' streets which will in their turn open I into the parks and parkways of a metropolitan system that will stretch from the Susquehanna Water Cap in a wide circle taking in the upper valley of Paxton creek and thence around to the Swatara, up along the Susquehanna from historic Middle town ferry on into York and Cum berland counties linking up the beauty spots of the Yellow Breeches and Conodoguinet with the drive ways of the West Shore. It is a most entrancing idea that is being thought out, but it is insignificant when one considers that the refe plan is to make the Capitol by meajT of some changes of roads and th construction of a couple of bridges, the widening of some city streets and the creation of a municipal plaza the center of the highway system. oJ Pennsylvania. This the State House is to-day, but it is more op less by means of elbows and curves In roads and twists and turns in streets. By laying out highways so that they shall radiate from the Capitol, crossing rivers and streams and bringing them into Harrisburg on long perspectives this dream can be realized. • • * To return to the trees. In addi tion to planning out the "Row of the Governors" Mr. Manning has working on a plan for a quadruple line of trees on the proposed mall where trees can be planted for the cities and the counties ,of the Key stone State, each to be in a desig nated place and the tree to be suit ably marked after being formally planted. Then, it Is the idea to locate all of the trees for the park extension and to work out a scheme for changes of those now In the older park and to dedicate some and name others which have to be plant ed. One of the Ideas is to honor the men who had a part In the making of Pennsylvania in provincial and colonial days, selecting those who (lid not occupy governmental positions. Then there can be trees named for the long line of distinguished mili tary men, Wayne, Knox, St. Clair, Harmar, Brown and the others; the financiers of the Nation In crises, Morris, Hillegas, Girard, Clarke, Cooke and so on; the Inventors; tho transportation chiefs and captains of industry. There will be several hun dred tree?, all selected. In the park] and It can be made a place to stimu late not only interest in the history of the Keystone Commonwealth, but to perpetuate In the official seat of government the memory of Penn sylvanians who played their parts in strenuous times. * • A friend who has been observing the strides made in that section of Harrisburg beyond what we popu larly know as Allison Hill, as distin guished from Capitol Hill and Reser *volr Hill, has written some exceed ingly Interesting sketches of the de velopment of the Thirteenth ward. One of these appeared yesterday in some memories of the old Rudy ice dam or Eastmere as the pond in 1 lie dip just about Twentieth street used to be known. To-night there arc presented some additional notations on this thriving section. • * With the paving of Derry street to the city limits at the Poor House lane, now Twenty-eighth street, the Harrisburg Railways company also began improvements. Not more than a dozen years ago there was only a single track to Paxtang Park from about Twenty-fifth street, with a turnout west of Paxtang avenue. The rapid growth of the city meant increased traffic not only to the summer amusement park, but also to accommodate persons moving to that district. Only a few years ago the Twenty-third and Deny street trolley division was started, replac ing the Tvyenty-first street trip, which had replaced Nineteenth street runs. Now the railways company has a double track to Paxtang to handle the many hundreds of pas sengers using that line each day. Fine building opportunities were opened to contractors and realty men who at once saw the future de velopment which was sure to come. Since the big boom started in the east end scores of homes have been built at a cost of thousands of dol lars, and at the present time a con tractor Is building twenty-six more, increasing population in a com munity means increasing business. To meet this need a number ol small businesses not in existence five years ngo, have been started. Smal grocery stores, a small dry goods and notion store, ice cream parlor;* and even pool rooms have been opened during the last few years. Two large grocery firms, seeing tht trade possibilities in the community have opened stores there to compete with the oldej- ones. War gardens in the Thirteenth ward were much in evidence Ihii year. Large stretches of vacan ground, most of it south of Derry street, and uncultivated for manj years, furnished space for any on< who was interested enough to plan vegetables. The value of the cropi has never been estimated but rest dents have placed an approximati value well up in hundreds of dollars Large lots which had never before been anything but a nuisance be cause of the high weeds were turnc< into corn, potato, tomato, turnip cabbage and other vegetable patches Next year the people are planning ti plant again. # | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"! —John Wanamaker is suffering from a broken arm received in a fall at his home. —General W. J. Hulings, who waf here this week, has a son in th; aviation corps. —General John Biddle. mentioned to be the next chief of staff, is f Philadelphian. —J. Leonard Replogle made his subscription for bonds in where he made his fame. —Col. E. L. Kearns. of the Elgh teen.th Pennsylvania, has the hono of commanding the regiment takini most bonds at Camp Hancock. DO YOU KNOW —Tliat Tlnrrlshursr Is a point for shinning Inriro s'nrcs of food stuffs to the South? HISTORIC HARRISRimO Experiments In steel making wern made in South Harrlsburg before the Civil War.
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