Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02

natural as though, seated in his office
adjoining. by the way Mrs. Brown
your wife, is here, and will speak with
you. Say to my friend, Mr.. Stackpole
and all the others gathered there, thai
we have had most cordial and de.
lightful journey, that California is g
hospitable and pleasant state and thai
the exposition is marvellous and vel
worth our patronage. But say also
that while we are mid pleasant scenes
and events here, Pennsylvania is still
the delight of our hearts"
| Then the Governor indulged in some
experiences of his trip West and
wound up with the request that the at
torney general speak with his wife
When a feminine voice fioated
softly across the wire Mr.. Brown broke
in with: Hello, that you Lizgie?" And
when they had exchanged family
greeting he closed the conversation
with: Now remember, no misalli-
ances while you're out there" and
Mrs. Brown laughingly assured him
there would be none. Following that
Miss Brown spoke to her father and
then his son, who hoped that father
wasn't working too hard" and receiv-
ed this bit of advice in return-"Re-
member, son, what I've told you, listen
to what say but do what your moth
er tells you"
Next DR.. Samuel G.. Dixon spoke
with Lieutenant Governor Frank B.
McClain saying: go bless you and
His Excellency, our Governor. The
Pennsylvanians here wish you and His
EXcellency, the Governor, to approve
of the lesson on health now exhibited
| at the Golden Gate of the United
States"
And don't forget to visit the Penn
sylvania educational and health ex-
hibit," he concluded, and the lieuten-
ant governor said he wouldn't.
Commissioner of Labor and Indus
try John Price Jackson then talked
with Auditor General Powell telling
him to hurry back as everybody here
needed their salaries. Il left my sig
nature with the janitor" explained Mr..
Powell. Then he asked for the bal
ance of cash on hand and an attache
of his department promptly informed
him that at that minute it stood at
So, ss9, 900.
General Thomas j. Stewart next
spoke with Governor Brumbaugh and
advised him to take good care of the
members of his staff who were need
ed back home for ornamental pur-
poses if for no other" After that
Highway Commissioner Cunningham
delivered a little talk on the joys of
matrimony to Senator James l.. Adams
anu ADVISED MIN 10 DrlnR DdCk a CALL
fornia girl to Coraopolis. DR.. Mullow-
ney, of the State Health exhibit at San
Francisco next spoke with e. J. Stack
pole and this was followed by numer-
Gus brief messages exchanged between
guests and persons whom for the most
part they had never seen. across the
vast stretch of mileage between.
When the wire closed to permit the
Governor and his party to attend an
ta1 4t,fa ~ ,al
Stewart in a charming little speech
thanked the Bell company for those
present upon the enterprise displayed
and the remarkable success of the
test. The wire had been open with
uninterrupted service for upward of
an hour the conversation beginning at
noon in Frisco while the Capitol clock
stood at $40
First TranscontinentaI Service
Transcontinental telephone service
was first opened between the Atlantic
and Pacific on January 25 of this
year. when the first spoken word was
flashed across the nation over cop