Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-08
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The average man probably does not
know that there is a tree in Market
Square. 1t is true that 1t is not a very
large tree and is not much to see in
that big expanse of asphalt and brick
pavements. The tree will probably be
three feet high next Spring and thus
far has had a struggling existence. 1t
is an alanthus tree and it's roots are
in the space between the sidewalk and
the side of the Felix building on the
west side OF the Square. 1t has been
coming along quite unnoticed for some
time, but nevertheless persevering, as
though to relieve the Square from the
stigma of being without a tree or a
blade of grass except in window boxes.
How long it will last is hard to say.
Probably dozen men were poking
about in the rubbish thrown into
Fourth street yesterday from the ruins
of the houses destroyed by fire along
Fourth street near Chestnut last
month. The men appeared to have
something on their minds, although it
would be hard to say If they sue
ceeded in finding the something in the
blackened debris. One man was gath
ering bits of metal, but if at the end
OF an hour he had a quarters worth
he was doing mighty well. The fire
ruins have quite an attraction. but it is
noticed that the men in charge of the
houses are rather particular about
who they let in and what they allow
to get out.
| Here is an interesting bit of news
from Pittsburgh about a State game
commissioner, big game hunter, pub
| llc-Splrited man and all-round good
! citizen. 1t is taken from a dispatch
which came yesterday and is worth
noting: Received payment in full, of
the above account, through the enjoy
| ment and benefit derived by the chill
| dren of Carrick through the use of
| Carrick Park. This notation across
the face of n bill calling for $3,15S.7G
was written by John NJ. Phillips, pri-
vate citizen of Carrick, when he was
asked to present his bill for services
| rendered by the borough council last
night. When the members impor-
! tuned Mr.. Phillips to allow the bor-
| oush to reimburse him for his ex-
penditures he stcadfastly refused, say
ing that he never before had spent
money so wisely and well. IT have
| been paid in full" said Mr. Phillips.
| The pleasure / derived from seeing
| the children in full enjoyment day
after day on the big playground has
brought me a full measure of the
keenest satisfaction. If my work has
added to the pleasure of the children.
] have been amply repaid" Mr.. Phil
| lips rebuilt the Carrick Park play
! grounds and installed modern build
irgs and paraphernalia. Even though
he had been appointed chairman, of
| the park commission, without au-
thority to contract for the improve
ments necessary, he shouldered the
burden himself"
The Hessian fly and the white grub
worm which have made themselves a
capital nuisance in the vicinity of the
city the last six months have a COM
rade in the annoyance line in the
shape of the starting, whose single
short note has been heard in a good
many fields close to the city in the
last months or so. The startling, which
is cousin to the sparrow, has all of
the bad traits of the pugnacious little
brown bird combined with an industry
in digging up seeds and in raiding
fields and gardens that the little Eng
lish terror lacks. The startling looks
something like a blackbird commonly
gathering in fiocks and sometimes
being taken for this annual visitor.
Observation will be made here this
winter as it will be about the first in
which it has been in this neighborhood
any length of time. Some observers
of bird life believe that 1t will get into
collision with the sparrows which
abound in Harrisburg and its neigh
borhood.
Farmers who have come to the city
the last week or so say that the wealth
er has not affected the chestnut crop
and that the estimate of fortnight
ago are still good. The trees contain
many burrs and If the farmers are to
be believed many of the trees have
been marked" by the lads from the
cities. The motor cycle appears to be
of value in scouting expeditions.
C. S. Belsterling, of New York, who
has been here arguing the Stag rate
case before the Public Service Com
mission, is well known to many attor-
neys of the State. He is one of the
legal mainstays of the Steel Corpo-
ration.