Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-16
EhrntttD Chat

Quite q few residents OF Harris
burg will watch with interest the
manner in which Wilkes Barre tackles
problem that is bound to arise here
sooner or later. 1t seems that within
the district which might be considered
Greater Wilkes-Barre there are nine
teen boroughs and some populous
townships. They all have streets and
there is nothing like uniformity of
and either by design or natural causes
they link up. But with the names it
is different. They do not match and
what may be one street in one town
will be another half a block distant in
another municipality. The city Plan
ming Commission OF Wilkes Barre has
undertaken to get these small towns
together in a general plan to harmon
lie names. There has been much con-
fusion and the duplication was forci-
bly, borne in on the Representatives
of the various towns where they saw
the list. 1t is now the plan to have
the list gone over in each council and
efforts made to agree on common
names. This is what Harrisburg,
Steelton, Penbrook, PaXtang and may
be some of the west shore towns will
have to do some day. Cameron street
of Harrisburg runs into Front street
of Steelton and Nineteenth street be-
has a set of streets, too, and Penbrook
has few names that would not hook
up very conveniently with streets in
Harrisburg as we'll in name as in
plotting.
Who is the girl who prowls about
the river in a canoe that contains a
search light in the bow? That is the
question agitating q number of spoony
young folks who like to sit on the
city's front steps" or float down the
river without being bothered. There
have been a good many people of
masculine gender who have made nui-
sances of themselves in the past by
disturbing lovemaking, but this is the
first time a girl has been known to
butt in. This girl has the light in
the bow and by turning a switch can
turn on the current from a battery
with little trouble-to herself.
There is youngster up town who
will be a strategist some day. He de-
veloped incipient chickenpoX the other
day and his mother noticing spots on
his arms announced that he had the
disease.
mo. I amt. Howdyouknow? re-
piled the youngster.
Why, look at your arms"
| They're bedbug bites
Here the mother intervened and
proceeded to inform the youngster
that the cimeX was unknown in her
home.
Don't care" retorted the boy I'm
going to say the bugs bit me. If I say
chickenpox no one will play with me-"
No one is playing with him now
anyhow.
Up in Williamsport they are con-
| graduating DR.. j. George Becht on
his election to the honor of vice-presi-
dent of the trustees of Lafayette Col
lege. DIR. Becht was formerly super
intendent of the schools of Lycoming,
having taken up teaching in that
county when young man and hecom-
ing superintendent. Later on he be-
came head of Clarion State Normal
school. He was one of the popular
men of his class in Lafayette and was
highly thought of by Lycoming coun-
ty people with whom he grew up. DR..
Becht has been secretary of the State
Board of Education since it began its
work and has been active in affairs
in Harrisburg since residing here.
While Park Expert Warren H. Man:
ming will depend to a large degrA
upon the surveys of the engineers III
collecting accurate data to embody
lin his report to the City Planning
improvement of the river basin, much
of the first-hand information has been
obtained from the old rivermen who
have boated up and down the stream
for twenty-five or thirty years. Some
of them, particularly the heads of the
big sand and coal collecting firms
know every inch of the river and they
are able to tell within a few feet, the
exact location on a map of the new
islets and grass patches, shoals and
ledges. OF invaluable aid to the park
department and Planning Commission
on this work have been Samuel a,
Peace and Solomon Santa, two of
South Harrisburg's prominent citizens
and probably the most widely-known
rivermen in this section. Another Is
Mayor" Harry ]. Berrier of Hard
scrabble"
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was DIR. d. P. Gerberich, senator
from the Lebanon district. DR.. Ger
in age and one of the best posted on
Legislative affairs
Robert Herbert. who was mentioned
in National Guard orders yesterday
as advanced to a first lieutenancy in
Guard, Company I of the Tenth at
Greensburg, is q son of Robert w.
Herbert, we'll known in newspaper
work and a nephew of Alderman
George D. Heckert.
Just as an illustration of the popu-
Ilarity of the Harrisburg Public Lii
brary 1t may be stated that in the
month of May the circulation of books
was 1000 greater than in the same
month last year. This rate of increase
has been marked in a number of
months.