Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-14


so much more readily and consequent
ly the tree 'bleeds easier. Pruning
can be done nicely after the trees are
in full leaf because the sap is not
flowing so strong and because the
wounds or~cuts have a chance to heal
more readily"
Although Governor Brumbaugh has
not had much chance for recreation in
the midst of the local option campaign
he has been getting it by taking spins
in his automobile on the State high
ways about the city. This has given
him fresh air and it has made the
men in charge of repairs in Dauphin,
Cumberland, Lebanon and Perry coun-
ties hustle. The Governor remarked
| the other day that he had not been
able to go very far on any State high
way that he did not meet men at work
and that he was glad to see the spirit
of hustle.
The green sward on Capitol Park is
being put to considerable use when
the Capitol police are not looking for
wrestling matches. Yesterday after
noon no less than half a dozen bands
of kids went to the park to settle some
questions as to prowess and had fine
time. A couple of the fights ended
by the kids going down the terraces
and they had to be fought over again.
Among visitors to the city yester-
day was John NJ. Croft, district attor-
ney of Lancaster county. He came
here on some business connected with
the State departments and met a num-
Der of friends. He attended legisla-
! tive sessions.
George w. Norris, who resigned as
director of docks, wharves and ferries
in Philadelphia, is well known to quite
n number of Harrisburgers because he
has been frequent visitor Possessed
of an ample fortune Mr.. Norris is in
terested in a number of movements
and has come here on many occasions
to attend legislative hearings and
meetings of various sorts and is a
personal friend of quite number of
| HarriSburgers.
These are the days when the man
who owns strip of property wants
to either lock it up at nights or hire
! a bulldog. The youthful and ambi-
| tious men who thrive in Spring time
are out gathering sod to sell to people
who want to improve their lawns and
it is surprising the demand there is for
sod. Big areas which were green at
night are found to be bare in the
morning and the average buyer does
not begin to imagine what the chain
! of title to a rod or two of sod would
| look like.
Scores of folks who travelled through
Market Square to-day wondered
whether big corps of laborers who are
| digging the trenches for the new sew
er system are imbued with a sense of
humor or whether they are merely
true believers in the doctrine of safety
| first" When the excavations were
first started, warning signs to guard
| against accidents were stuck up here
and there. AS the work progressed the
tons of earth We're thrown from the
bitches so that all along one side of
Market Square high trenches flanked
the traffic way. Naturally the warm
ing signs had to be moved from their
original positions. Perhaps there were
sons of Erin at work on the improve
ment. At any rate, posted atop of the
high and impossible trenches to-day
was this tip to passing autoists:
! "DANGER-RUN SLOW!"
AS soon as affairs get Strengthened
out in the State Highway Department
| ii is likely that steps will be taken to
! bring about improvements in some
of the stretches of State roads in bor-
oughs and townships in this vicinity.
! There are portions of State roads in
townships which need the attention OF
the repair gangs badly and at the same
time there are portions of State routes
which lie within limits of boroughs
which are one road as far as the pub
lie is concerned, but which are un-
der borough jurisdiction, and look like
it. Examples are to be found in the
boroughs of Penbrook, Paxtang and
Lemoyne. 1t would seem that now
when the repair work is under way
that the authorities of the boroughs
could get together with the State and
make the portions of main highways
within municipal limits less noticeable
to use no other term.
The manner in which the curbing Is
being pushed along Derry street be-
yond Twenty-third is not being lost
on visitors to the city. One automo
bile party came to the city last night
and when the leader stopped at g
hotel he remarked: well, one of the
worst stretches between here ano
Lebanon is to be fixed up. Harris.
burg is starting to improve its wors
street"