Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-25
EVENING Chat

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Nonarrival of a number of trees
prevented any observance of Arbor
Day at the Capitol Park yesterday as
| planned. but in the next fortnight
fifty or more native trees, including
fine line of native oaks and other
trees common to Pennsylvania, will be
set out and the Governor and high
State officials may be asked to plant
them. This has been the custom in
the past and many of the trees bear
the names of men who figured in State
of1cialdom, although the average man
who passes them knows it not. The
places for the trees have been marked
out by stakes and the trees are ex-
pected next week. Aside from this
proposed planting, it is doubtful If
much attention was paid to the second
of the Arbor days yesterday. In the
city parks the fine weather enabled
the tree planters to get in their work
on the first day and yesterday there
was more conversational than real
conservational observance. wood
man. spare that tree was much re-
cited and the value of planting trees,
conserving the moisture and other
matters was discussed. but Arbor Day
went by without much increase in the
number of trees
The Harrisburg Public Library has
been one of the busy places of the city
because of the war scare, owing to the
numerous demands made for informa-
tion on Mexico. Practically every
book in the new library has been turn
ed over, as they say, when 1t has been
in circulation the last week, and the
reference bureau has answered many
questions about the site, population
and characteristics of Mexico and it's
States for pupils who are writing es-
says on the republic, and has also been
furnishing considerable information
on short notice about distances be-
tween the cities and the oceans. 1t is
surprising how the demand for infor-
nation crops up at library when a
country or place begins to figure in the
news.
People at the Capitol are awaiting
with eagerness the coming of the Rat
tlesnake flag carried in the Revolu-
ton and recently willed to the Com
monwealth by Greensburg woman.
This flag will be the first of it's kind
and will be a great curiosity because
every school boy knows the flag. The
State has but one other Revolutionary
War flag, that borne by the First
has been at the Capitol for years.
There is also a flag from the War of
1872, but none from the War with
Mexico A Mexican War flag is own
ed by man in Duncannon, but he
has thus far not shown much inclina-
ton to add it to the collection in the
State Museum.
The State of Pennsylvania has a
fish car on its hands. The car is on a
siding at Bellefonte and was used for
years to cart fishlets about the State
for planting" in the streams When
the car was put into service it was
one OF the notable things and attracted
much attention. 1t Travelled probably
thousands of miles about the State de-
livering fish fry and small fish for
placing in the waters, but in recent
years has been in bad odor with the
railroads. They do not like to haul it
around and the State has been doing
its shipping by express, saving money,
time and trouble. A short time ago
bids were asked for the sale of the
car, but no one would bid. The State
cannot give the car away and no one
wants to buy it.
People who have been noting the
movement of troops to Mexico have re-
marked that the Nineteenth Infantry
is again in the thick of it. The Nine
teenth is more or less. of a Pennsyl-
vania regiment. For years it's COM
mander was Simon Snyder, a grand
son of the famous Governor of this
State. 1t was in Indian campaigns and
in the Spanish War it went through
Porto Rico. Then it came to Camp
Meade to be recruited and went to
the Philippines.
The Eyre Construction Company,
which will build the subways in Null
berry street, is headed by r. L. Eyre,
who is well known here because of his
service as Deputy Secretary of Internal
Affairs and Superintendent Of Public
Grounds and Buildings. Mr.. Eyre will
be here considerable part of the time
to look after details