Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-22
EVENING Chat

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Samuel B. Rambo. superintendent
| or the States grounds, buildings and
property, fixed and portable, is moth
ing II not economical. For some time
Mr.. Rambo has been wondering what
to do about the great glass and nickel
cases that contained the battlefags
when they We're placed in the State
Museum. 1t has become necessary to
remove them, primarily because they
are not needed now and secondarily,
because room must be made to re-
store the great paintings. Mr.. Rambo
made calculation what they were
worth. Then the people who have an
eye on old property looked them over,
too. Mr.. Rambo said nothing and
was finally asked what he was going
to do about them, the idea being that
he would decree the big cases for the
junk sale. Nothing was doing. The
cases, 1t appears, are made of fine
heavy glass and the metal end is finely
nickeled. The cases cost a lot of
money and the superintendent figured
out that the State would be loser.
So he shipped them out to the new
State arsenal where they will be
placed in one of the storerooms and
probably be used for exhibition of
uniforms The State has valuable
collection of uniforms showing how its
soldiers looked and the cases will do
for that to I.
Speaking of the new arsenal it will
soon be ready for the roofing over of
the first floor until the Legislature
provides enough cash to complete it.
The arsenal was designed to cost
about 100000, care being taken that
it should not only be freproof but
large enough for years to come. But
the lawmakers only gave $4,000 and
the next Legislature will have to pro-
vide the rest. The State let a con-
tract for a cellar and first story and
the window frames are being set AS
soon as Father Penn gives the money
the State will let another contract and
the building will be continued. People
here will be glad to learn that the
English tower of the arsenal, one of
the finest types. of its kind anywhere,
will be retained.
Streams in Cumberland, Perry and
Dauphin counties which have not
known trout for a generation have
number of the small gamy fish this
year as a result of the planting by
the State Department of Fisheries.
Some of the planting" was done un-
der the direct supervision of men con-
other instances sportsmen took charge
of the work. The reports show that
in every stream where the fish were
placed there are some mighty lively
fish this Fall, indicating that com
paratively small number of those put
out died. In years gone by when
trout about as big as a needle were
dumped into the water large per-
centage were either made to serve as
dinners for larger fish or else died
from the numerous causes that af-
flict fish life. They never reached
maturity anyway Now, 1t Is differ
ent The fish planted are all year or
so old and can take care of them
selves in the daily warfare of the
trout stream.
The messenger force of the Postal
Telegraph Cable Company are look
ing over their shoulders at the mer-
curies of the Western Union. The an
nual. competition in uniforms is on.
The average messengers uniform lasts
a year. The companies provide them
at different times and the way the
youngsters swagger around when they
don their new suits provides lot
of fun.
More men prominent in the affairs
of Pennsylvania were in Harrisburg
yesterday than for long time. In
fact, not since the Legislature have so
many men who figure in affairs been
here. This was due to the fact that
the Public Service Commission and
Board of Pardons were holding hear
ings and various other gatherings
were on which brought men here.
over twenty members Of the last Leg
islature were in the city.
Il laN Nrc
of dahlias in this vicinity Is in the
yard of c. c. Crawford, of West Fair
view. Mr.. Crawford had so many Of
the flowers that he clipped from the
stalks more than 400 blooms in their
prime for use in decorating the Colo
NAL Coun .ry clubhouse for the Ro-
tary Club dinner Tuesday evening and
left many blossoms and buds un-
touched. Another beautiful collection
of Fall flowers is to be found at the
residence of ]. Horace Mcfarland, In
Bellevue Park, and w. r. McCord,
who lives near by, also has some fine
beds of dahlias. The dahlias are
blooming much later than usual this
year. The weather has been ideal for
them and the absence of killing frosts
has made it possible to leave the stalks
in the ground longer than usual.
About the last place anyone would
expect to see Capitol Park squirrel
would be on the city's island. Yet
there is a family of squirrels living in
Econtentment in a large tree near the
| filter plant. The squirrels are to be
seen roaming about the island, but
what they find to live on is a ques-
| ton.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE