Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-14
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II all the land now being plow-
ed is to be seeded in wheat Pennsyl-
vania will have a great acreage next
Spring. Throughout this section or
the state there are big fields which
are peing prepared for seeding and
some OF them appear to be large
than usual as though the farmers
were going into the business on
wholesale basis. In the Lebanon and
Cumberland valleys there is briskN
work in the fields Just now and some
activity is also noted in the Juniata
valley, although next week Fall plow-
ing VIII be in full swing. In Lancas-
ter county the area being plowed
seems to be quite large. From all ac-
counts the yield of corn this Fall is
going to be better than a good many
believed.
More and more memorials are TAX
ing the form Of substantial public i'm
lproVements instead of mere shafts OF
marble or bronze tablets The late
II. H. Rogers, the Standard Oil mag
nate, has made Fair Haven in Massa-
chusetts, his birthplace and for years
ms summer home, an attractive place
Tor all tourists. He did much for his
nome town. Among his other bene-
factions is quaint little inn (Tabitha
lnn) In honor of his grandmother, a
library in memory Of his daughter, a
town hall, the finest high school build
ing in the State, a bridge to New Bed
ford modern streets and, crowning
all, a. memorial church to commemo-
rate his mothers memory. A recent
tourist says of the church: This
church seemed to me as I sat there,
a memorial to all patient, self-sacri-
| hcing and ambitious mothers. The
main audience room is the most beau
tifully harmonious one I have ever
seen, with carvings of wood and stone
equaling the finest in the world and
the windows, ten or twelve, tell the
story of the Christ"
Speaking of memorials, there is
growing disposition among rich men
and women now-a- days to perpetuate
their good works beyond the grave by
building institutions which will add to
the pleasure, the happiness and COM
fort of the rising generations One
| gentleman remarked the other day
that 1t would be good thing for Har-
risburg If some one with sufficient
| means should provide a building with
all the appointments for athletics. a
swimming pool and everything that
goes with such a proposition.
Congressman A. S.. Kreider is hav-
ing a fine time these days going about
his district. He says that he has more
invitations for speeches than during a
campaign.
Some of the blackbirds which
showed signs of getting ready to leave
this part of the country a short time
ago have evidently changed their
minds because they are to be found
spread out over the fields for miles
Great flocks of the birds have been
reported along the foothills of the
First Mountain in the last week. some
of them having come long distances,
| judging from the way they remain
quiet. for blackbirds for day or so.
DR.. r. s. Naon. the Argentine am
bassador. who spoke at the recent ses-
sion of the Legislature, the first man
to be accorded this honor in many
years, is being doomed for the next
president of the Argentine Republic in
advance of his return, which will IN
during this week. DR.. Naon will taks
| with him the best wishes of many
Pennsylvanians, which were formally
expressed by the House of Representa-
tives.
Speaking of traffic how many horse
drawn vehicles do you pass in a trip
Of half the length of the city. The
other day two men started from Front
and Market streets and went UP the
NlNSA " IhONhNlllc. 1Iey passed TWO
carts and one market wagon. On an
other day two more men passed one
cart and three market wagons. There
was not single delivery wagon from
the city passed, but there were ten de-
livery automobiles passed in the latter
instance.
Congressman B. K. Focht, of
Lewisburg, who was here a day or so
ago. is both an eX-congressman and a
congressman elect. He was congress
man after he was senator and men,
ber and was elected to Congress again
last Fall.