Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-05
/ E:VENING CHAT

Representatives, which goes to Mont
gomery county to-day for the first
time in fifty years or more, has al
ternated good bit between the two
| big counties, with the northern tier
doing pretty well. AS a matter of
fact, since 1870 twelve of the Speak
ers. and some have been reelected
and then elected again, have come
from either Philadelphia or Allie
gheny. The last Speaker, George L.
Alter, came from Allegheny, whence
came John f. Cox. Frank 3. Nc
Claim, of Lancaster, the Speaker of
1909, is the new Lieutenant-Governor
Henry f. Walton, of Philadelphia,
preceded him, and w. T. Marshall, OF
Allegheny, came after John r. Farr,
now Congressman from Lackawanna.
Henry f. Walton and Henry X. Boyer
alternated for a while in the nineties
and before them G. G. Thompson, of
Warren, had two terms. Before him
were ]. l.. Graham, Allegheny, and
John u. Faunce, of Philadelphia. In
1881 b. l.. Hewitt, of Blair. was
Allegheny. He was preceded by E.
Reed Myer, of Bradford. S. L. Pat
terson and II. II. Mccormick were
another pair of Allegheny men. Be-
fore them was William Elliott, OF
| Philadelphia. Jamds IL. Webb, of
Bradford, and Butler b. Strang, OF
Tioga, were early in the seventies.
To-day is Charles A. Ambler's for
tieth birthday and he was congratu-
| lated before he was out of bed this
morning. Friends called to tell him
all about it. Mr.. Amber took his
honors modestly, smiling as usual,
a speech, but that he could work with
u large w.
Strawberry shortcake, the first of
| the season, appeared on the bill of
| fare of Il downtown restaurant last
Saturday. Needless to say, the cake was
| more short than strawberry, but the
| berries were there. right enough, and
they were large, luscious and had the
| blush of southern sunsets on their
| cheeks. Every year the Florida grow
ers bring the fruit into the northern
markets a few days earlier than the
season previous. This time they seem
to have established n new record.
Local strawberry growers say the
| plants have not been injured in the
| least by the intense cold. The beds
are well covered by snow and have
| been protected to that extent At all
! events, far more damage is ordinarily
| done by the alternate freezing and
| thawing of the ground than by steady
freezing weather such as has been eX-
perienced this winter.
Harry Boyer, sealer of weights and
| measures, says that the proportion OF
| measures below standard is not only
rapidly on the decrease. but that he
| Dc
| anxious that he should examine their
| scales and measuring apparatus. "a
| great many dealers" said Mr.. Boyer,
! have sold short measure and light
weight without knowing it. They are
| for the most part as honest as their
! patrons and just as anxious to give
| full weight and measure. Neverthe-
less. l have found and continue to find
an astonishingly large percentage that
1 do not come up to standard, although
| the number of such since my inspec-
tions were begun has been more than
cut in half"
In addition to tabulating all the fig
| ures relative to paving, grading, sewer
| and building operations that has been
| done during the year just closed by the
| city department of streets and public
| improvements, James G. Thompson,
| chief clerk. to City Commissioner w.
| IL l<S IlNits lldS llltluueu comparative
| figures showing what has been done in
| these branches of public work for the
| last twelve years. These figures have
all been reproduced on blueprint
| sheets so that one by a glance at the
| sheets can obtain accurate information
on these subjects.
81 am back again in Harrisburg for
/ the opening of the session just to see
| how things start" said eX-Auditor Cen
! eral y. E. Sisson. of Erie, who came in
| yesterday afternoon. The General was
warmly greeted by his old friends in
the city on and off the Hill"
| Just now I'm neither governor nor
mayor" said Frank B. McClain, the
| ieutenant-Governor elect, last even
| ing. I'm here to see things move. l
! always like to see the start and to be
in at the finish"
| Among the Governors callers YES
| terday was w. II. Brooks. former
member from Philadelphia and noted
as the author of the Brooks high
| license law. MIR. Brooks served for
almost decade as q member and
was an active member on the floor. He
was colleague of City Clerk Charles
A. Miller.
! EX-Judge Frank Wheaton. of Wilkes
/ Barre, was a figure here to-day He
came to attend the argument in the
coal tax case.
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