Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-29
: EVENING Chat

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Ihe reported intention of the city
authoFitles TO take such steps as will
insure the municipality getting control
Oh sucn Islands as 1t desires in the Sus-
Suenanna in the vicinity of the city's
Susquehanna water front will be
watched with much interest ali over
tne state. Since the growing demands
LOT municipal provision for bath
houses, Fairgrounds and recreation
places several OF the cities of the State
nave peen looking to the islands that
ne close to them and some principles
OF law may be raised or settled by the
harrisburg move. Harrisburg is in an
unusually favorable situation because
.ne city line extends to the Cumber-
land shore. The construction of the
river dam and the systematic way in
winch the city has gone about improv-
ing the bank have attracted the atten-
tion OF the members of the Legislature
and this latest move will be followed.
Aside from the desire to control the
islands that may be valuable breathing
places In the future the city ought to
establish rule because the shifting
currents of the Susquehanna will be
creating new islands from time to
time.
| The visit of Hampton L. Carson.
former attorney general. to the Capt.
tol started a flock of rumors going
about the city yesterday that his visit
was In connection with a new hotel
project. Mr.. Carson was always an
advocate of a big hotel for Harrisburg
and discussed from time to time the
availability of the old Opera House
site. He showed considerable interest
In the way Harrisburg has been de-
Neloping lately and commented upon
the general air of the city.
The sudden drop in temperature late
Yesterday caused some odd combina-
tions in wearing apparel Men were
seen with straw hats and overcoats
and some of those who had bought
straw hats hastened to put them away.
Two straw hats were taken across
Market Square by the wind and one
brought up against the operations at
the new Kaufman store. The owner
Immediately bought soft hat.
These people who think / do not
know about farming will have to guess
again" said Governor Brumbaugh in
taking about his agricultural COM
mission bill. II was not only brought
up on farm, but I ran one in Lancas-
ter county for years and l have never
lost my interest in farming. l got a
lot of valuable experience in the prac-
tical end of IL when / was a boy and I
learned the business side of it from
Lancaster county"
Some of the fruit trees in the Capt.
tol Park extension properties are COM
mencing to attract attention. They are
on properties from which the buildings
have been removed and the trees are
in bloom, giving signs that there will
be an abundant fruit crop. They have
been carefully marked out and il is
safe bet that if the trees bear any
fruit that Father Penn. who owns the
property, Will not get any of the bene-
fits thereof. Some of the trees are old
and full of scale and may get the ak
before the Spring is much older.
Rivermen consider the absence of
any change in the bed of the Susque-
hanna during the winter, little short
of remarkable. In former years sand
and coal bars were switched around
in great shape. Some were totally
obliterated, while others sprung up
like mushrooms in the night. They
attribute the absence of any change
due to the river dam. which although
not quite completed, has kept the
water at a uniform level and done
away with many treacherous little cur
rents.
That many residents of the city
spent the Sabbath in the fields. woods
and mountains is demonstrated by the
great number who made hurried trips
to drug stores Tuesday, for a cure for
ivy poisoning. About Q o'clock the
rush started. One druggist alone filed
more than a score of prescriptions
is very active and persons who easily
take the disease had no no trouble
picking ii out of the air.
Housecleaning time is here in hun
dreds of Harrisburg homes and every
where are heard groans and wailings
from the lords and masters of these
same households. Most men folk are
coming in for their share of the drudg-
cry, too, even if they don't scrub
floors and wash windows. They DO
beat carpets, lay linoleum. hang
screen doors, whitewash fences and
paint roofs. But it's the small boy
who hates housecleaning time most of
all. 1t means no baseball. no swim
ming. no havin' good time with the
'fellahs' for him. and he's always
mighty glad when the semiannual
nuisance is over and gone.
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was DIR. S. Lewis Zeigler, the head of
the department of health of Philadel-
phia. DR.. Zeigler has been a frequent
visitor to Harrisburg as he attended
numerous medical meetings.
William H. Keller. the new deputy
attorney general, is well-known to
Harrisburgers, as he has appeared in
the Dauphin courts on a number of
occasions. Several Harrisburg friends
sent him their congratulations.