Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-26
EVENINC Chat

EvENINO VnAl
Governor Brumbaugh's veto of the
bill to make the mountain laurel the
State flower of Pennsylvania recalls
the fact that Governor Tener two years
ago vetoed bill designating the daisy
as the flower. the Tener message hold
ing that there was no widespread de-
mand for the selection of a state
| flower. This is the chief reason for
the veto of Governor Brumbaugh. who
adds that it would hardly be in keep
| ing with Pennsylvania to tag after
Connecticut and pick the same official
posey as the Nutmeg State. AS a mat
ter of fact. there is more interest in
the official flower of a State outside OF
the State than in, according TO people
who have looked into the matter
Folks in other states are constantly
writing to the State Capitol ASKING
| what is the State flower of PennsylVa-
mia, but as Governor Brumpaugn
pointed out some time after the laurel
bill appeared, there have been no reso-
lutionS passed by any ORGANIZATIONS
demanding a state flower and no Wide
spread sentiment in favor of the laurel
or any other flower has been mani
tested except in probably one or two
counties of the commonwealth. The
Governor privately thinks the Legls-
lature could do better in legislative
way than by passing bills on state
flowers and his ideas on the SUBJECT
We're conveyed to some legislators re-
! Gently in an informal talk. Strange to
say, the flower bill had an easy time
this session until it hit the Governor:
Last session the flower bill started OIL
with the daisy and got amended 10 the
arbutus. Someone tried to tag the
lilac and when the bill went to the
upper house it bore the modest shrink
ing violet as the subject. The Senate
did not agree with the House and a
conference committee evolved solu-
ton by making the original selection
the official flower. John h. Tener olu
not see il and vetoed the bill. The
laurel bill was not even attacked in
committee this session.
Jones Wister. who has invented what
is called a periscope gun, to enable a
man to sit in a trench and hit an ad-
vancing enemy without exposing him
self through an ingenious arrangement
of curved barrel and a telescope, is
we'll known to many of the older Har-
risburgers. Mr.. Wister was member
operated the Wister furnace, along the
old canal south of the Mulberry street
bridge and the furnace at DunCannon.
He lived here for a time and took an
active part in the social life of the
city and vicinity. He is an ardent
sportsman and, although growing
wealthy in years, likes to. go into the
woods with q gun. His invention has
attracted some attention from Phila-
delphia people, who declare it prac-
ticable.
The construction of the Cumberland
Valleys new bridge here is attracting
so much attention that it is believed
il will be as notable as the Rockville
from all parts of the country. The
Rockville bridge was not considered
as good business by some men when
it was projected, but they changed
their minds when they saw how it
worked in actual construction.
Harrisburg friends of James r.
Kinsloe, who was active in CONNER
cial organizations here for several
years, will be interested to know that
he is preaching civic progress through
northwestern states and that he is at
tracing attention. The La Crosse
Press published at La Crosse, Wis,
tpuldlHS an eulJOTlal Ill Il recent issue
in which Mr.. Kinsloe is given high
praise. Mr.. Kinsloe is now secretary
OF the Winona Chamber of Commerce
and has been telling the need of fac
tories and small industries for growing
towns. The Wisconsin editor says oil
his talk: Mr.. Kinsloe did not at
tempt to instruct us. He talked so
little of the successful association in
which he is the active and directing
spirit that we should hardly have in
ferred that community organization
was his profession. He gave us no
figures except such as were OCCASION
ally incidental to the text of his re-
marks. He offered no technical advice
which has been the stock-in-trade
OF some expert community promoters
who have visited us and talked to us
in the past upon the mediocre present
and the wonderful future of our town.
He neglected to predict when our
population would double and when it
would reach six figures. He didn't
appear. indeed, to regard it as i'm
portant whether these conditions ever
prevailed here. He was about as far
from enacting the role of the ordinary
spread-eagle booster as 1t would be
possible for man to get whose busi-
ness actually is the business of boost
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