Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-24
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apparently the State authorities are
not going to allow the organizations
OF the National Guard to suffer FROM
iach OF information about the federaz
inspection which is to he held thu
next three months. This insnectit.-
says general circular.. will have di-
IecI I ihnuence on all legislation relaL
i've 10 militia affairs Orga MIA tions
SloWn 10 be properly equipped will
ieip Huch toward appropriations for
eIe ihliltla development and 1t is urg-
ot,,ti inat speclal attention be given TO
equIpiileht. Rifles, says the circular.
should be cleaned now and insnected
frequently.
me problem Of whether or not the
river dam is going to produce good
ahdtIis nriais inns winter is being discussed
miueiS among the city's younger ele-
Iheht just now. 1t has been figured
out that the current of the river has
peen slowed down enough to permit
shlooth Ice to freeze if slush can be
hePI from pushing down through and
spollihg things. This is a problem
snat practically defies solution, so that
nature only can fix things up and she
can DO 1t by sending a good old TWEEN
ty degree below streak without any
wind. "'''
~
CHarley" Fleck, the desk officer at
the police station, has been given a
christmas tree all his own. The tree
is a SIN FOOT pine and was erected as
trloute from the policemen. The
decorations are unique, as was to be
expected, and the members of the
torce are preparing some stunts to
make the day memorable.
|
Here is one that is vouched for by
the youngest member of the Tele-
sraph star. superstition is far from
! being dead" said he. 1.-THE other day
saw black cat and a woman of
colored race going down the street.
Pussy took it into her head to cross
the street. The colored girl stopped
as If she had been shot, turned
| around and walked back to a cross
street. No farther on that highway
for her. Now what's the answer"
Lemoyne's young men have advanc-
ed in municipal affairs by taking the
| annual community Christmas stunt in
to their own hands and it is believed
| that in the course of few weeks the
town Will have an organization COM
posed of young men to look into the
welfare of the thriving cross river
borough. This club will be known as
the Lemoyne Welfare Club and will
give its assistance to the borough
council, school board and fire com
pany, organizations which need help
in channels of work that cannot be
attended to by members of that or
ganization on account of the time re-
| quired. One of the Lemoyne folks
said: THE young men have been u
great help in several of the latest mu-
lnicipaf movements and are up and
doing in the things they hope to ac-
complish in the near future. The
persons heading this plan will prob
lably wake up the town council and
lofficials. They are at a stage that they
deem necessary to start in the munich
pal arrairs of life so that when they
are called to take hold of such work
they will be better qualified. The
progressive businessmen of the town
are encouraging the boys and many
have offered their help"
Ad Gumbert, county commissioner
elect of Allegheny, who was here yes
terday, was for years one of the star
players on the Pittsburgh baseball
team and was great friend of John
X. Tener in the old days. He was
connected with the Public Service
Commission for some time, but has
resigned to take up his new office
which pays $4,000 a year.
out on Allison Hill lives a little old
lady. now passed her eightieth mile
stone, who is a firm believer in the
efficacy of prayer. She lives with II
daughter who is blind and the in
come of the little home is very, very
small. But somehow or other, the
grandmotherly old lady manages to
get along, and she insists that prayer
brings her everything she needs. Just
the other day a Sunday school class
sent word by messenger that 1T was
isending a load of coal to her as IL
IChristmas gift. "I knew it! I knew
lit" exclaimed the silver-haired reci-
lpient, "Ive been praying for week
fbot tho ,ord would Dut some coal