Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-02
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Il am not only heartily in favor Of
the proposed Camp Curtin memorial,
but l would like to see it made an in
tegral part of the park system in Har-
rlsburg," said Governor Martin q.
Brumbaugh this morning when he was
&pout TO take the train for Easton to
attend the dedication of the New York
extension of the William Penn High
way. The idea of marking in a suit
able way the site of Camp Curtin and
OF perpetuating the memory of the
war governor appeals to me and in
tend to call the attention of the Legis-l
iature to the matter in my message. I
nave asked the local committee which
called upon me on Tuesday to furnish
me with some data and with their sug-
eeslons SO that / can consider the
matter. | have visited that part of
the city and 1 would like to have the
memorial of an impressive kind. 1t
should be a sizable parcel of land and
should be planted with flowers and
properly maintained. 1t would never
do to have the memorial just as
monume ent or something like that
without proper setting. 1t should be
surrounded with flowers and shrub
oery and they should be cared for by
the city the same as the rest of the
park system here is looked after"
|
Aianson Skinner. who comes here
;o-nlght to lecture before the Harris
burg Natural History Society on the
Everglades of Florida, is assistant
curator in one of the most important
dlVlsions OF the great Museum of
| Natural History in New York. This
Isociety has been the means of bringing
| some or the most noted travellers and
| naturalists in the country to this city
and number will be here during the
winter whose names are household
words.
| Some of the pranks cut up by the
mummers on Tuesday evening on the
street cars will long be remembered
by the children whom they vastly en-
| tertained. One fellow who imper-
sonated travelling doctor and another
who was a detective amused people for
blocks. They paid fares just for a
place to cut up capers and could have
collected more than the nickel
snatchers" for the Lithuanians if they
had passed the hat:
Dauphin county is said to have or
ganized one of the best forest fire
warning systems of any in the State
There have been wardens named in
districts which adjoin each other and
cover practically every part of the
wooded section of the county. Speak
ing about it the other day. man con-
versant with the subject as relates to
this county said that fire could not
start anywhere without someone in
terested enough to give warning tele-
phone message to the man in charge
, of the fire fighting district In other
| e1 nj of ioI
and those interested in preventing
fires have managed to link up the tele-
, phones in system of alarms for fires
in the woods on the same principle as
the telephones in the city are put to
work when a fire occurs some distance
from box
It's a wonder to good many people
that the city fathers do not provide
better street lighting in some parts of
Derry street. notably beyond Twenty
first. which is being lined with houses
as far out as the eastern city gate at
Poorhouse lane. In spite of the i'm
mense amount of automobile and other
travel which passes over this street to
and from the city and towns down the
Lebanon valley, the wagon traffic and
the trolley cars, there are some dark
spots which are nuisance. Two moro
lights and distribution of the rest
would work wonders and benefit not
only people living in this city but
elsewhere.
Miss Wharton. the authoress, who
was here this week for the meeting of
: the Colonial Danes, is visiting some
of the cities of the State and making
some inquiries into their history Miss
Wharton's books, many of which deal
with the romance of early days in the
Colonies. are commencing to attract
: much attention because they are au-
thorities on life in the Keystone Com
! monwealth before, during and after
L the Revolution.