Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-25
EVENING Chat

-VEIvIIVO OuG"
The State Board of Agriculture,
which will begin its thirty eighth an
nual meeting here tomorrow and re-
main in the city for three days has had
interesting history and is at a period
when II can exert much influence upon
the development of agriculture in
pennsylvania and aid the States first
FARMER governor in years to carry out
plans for the raising of a greater food
supply at home. The board was esta-
hshed in the seventies as a means OF
getting together men interested in the
various lines of husbandry, there hav-
ing been an effort to boost agriculture
because OF the observers of things in
that day saw the commencement of
the industrial empire in the Common
wealth and the coming influx of for
eigners who would require food but
would not be workers in the fields. It's
meetings for time were more or less
cut and dried and it has only been
within the last half dozen that it
showed much interest in practical soil
conservation and the road problem.
The program outlined this time is fill
ed with live subjects such as soils, foot
and mouth disease. bovine tuberculosis
and other subjects which are of primo
Importance and the board can take a
higher place than for years by tackling
them. The board is made up of five
classes of members, one being repre-
SentatiVeS of county societies; another
representative of several State asso-
Citations allied with farming; three
men appointed by the Governor; eX-
off1cio members, the Governor, secre-
tary of internal affairs, superintendent
or public instruction, secretary of agri
culture, auditor general and head of
State College.
Two of the men prominent in secre-
atrial capacities on Capitol Hill are ma
tives of indiana, although they have
! lived in this State for a long time.
James s. Hiatt, secretary to Governor
Brumbaugh, was born in that State
and II. Lindley Hosford, secretary to
Commissioner of Health Dixon, was
born in Terre Haute.
w. S. Mason, of Erie, did not seek
the position of Journal clerk of the
Senate this session, and his friends are
commenting upon the fact that one of
the most efficient men in the Legisla-
tive offices has retired. AS a rule few
leave when they could have office in
| succession to themselves and deaths
are few. Mr.. Mason had held the place
for ten years and was a master of
| legislative routine and detail and it
was matter of regret that he leaves.
1t is said that he will devote his time
to matters in his home county and
people here predict that he will be
heard from.
The Legislature will be getting down
to hard routine work tonight, as all
OF the events which ordinarily charac-
terize the opening of a session have
been gone through with. Bills will
now occupy attention for some time
just as in city council the start of n
a lGh Of cI
tion. In another week the committees
Will be working and committees will
commence to hold hearings and con-
| slider bills.
| 1t is probable that among the early
| steps taken in the way of street i'm
| proVement in Harrisburg this spring
will be for the betterment of North
Cameron street and Derry street be-
yond the paved sections. The con-
dition of Derry street, which has been
patched up couple of times. is grow
ing worse as the winter goes on and
! by spring the city will have to spend
considerable money to put it into any
| kind of shape, so that it might as we'll
| eXpend enough to fix it up properly.
No section of city highway is more
! travelled than Derry street beyond
| Twentythird, as it is the entrance to
! Harrisburg from the State highway to
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is bad enough in PaXtang and some
other places, but that is no reason for
] the city street being in poor condition.
! in the opinion of many automobile
owners. North Cameron street is also
| bearing an increasing amount of travel
and 1T bids fair to grow.
Adiutant General Thomas j. Stew
art who is picked by many to be GER
tain of reappointment has filed that
office longer, and more conspicuously,
than any other adjutant general in the
history of the State. He was first
named to the post by Governor Daniel
II. Hastings when he took office on
January Is, 1895 and he has been the
chief military officer of the Common
wealth by appointment of five COVER
nors. The general is president of the
Nationals Guard Association of the
country and served on the militia
board. In Washington they say he is
the only State militia officer who can
sass" regular army officers and be
hearkened unto.
a good story is being told about a
county man who is active in politics
and church matters. 1t had been no.
ticed for some time that he was GO
ing about for his walks on Sunday
with dark glasses instead of his usual
specs" Then he began to go to
church wearing them. The mystery
is said to have been solved for he has
been discovered sleeping in church AMI
asked the man who accused him OF
hour 10 could COO III, go.