Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-14
Ehrntng Chat

The old ice dam at Paxtang which
the city proposes to enlarge and clean
and turn into lake for bathing and
skating, according to season, is one of
the Oldest dams in this part of the
county. 1t is said to have been first
used for harvesting ice over 120 years
ago and 1t is a question in the minds
of many whether it was not used as
lar back as the dam on the old Colonel
John Elder farm, now occupied by
John Elder and known as Ellerslie.
The dam is part of Spring creek and
tradition has 1t that it was built by
one OF the ancestors of the Rutherford
family, who have had, until a few
months ago, title to the adjacent farm
TOR over 100 years. In any event the
dam has furnished ice for Harrisburg
for generations and has been skated
over by the great-grandfather and
great t-grandmothers of many citizens
of to-day. 1t mas been years since ice
was harvested from it, but the remains
of the dam are massive and it can be
repaired with comparatively little cost.
Long ago there were mills and ice
dams on most of the streams which
crossed the turnpike to Reading and
Lebanon and this old dam. soon to be
a pleasure lake, has seen a good bit
of business go by
During the argument yesterday
! atty contest eX-Congressman John T.
Lenahan was arguing very vigorously
| regarding the nonpartisan law pro-
| vision to make man sole nominee
He referred 10 a couple of cases and
quoted extensively from findings.
Never mind quoting so much" said
Deputy Attorney General Hargest, who
was sitting in the case.
| But L want you to hear about the
cases, said Mr.. Lenahan.
Yes, but l prepared the opinion in
one case and argued the other" re-
Piled the Deputy Attorney General.
Ell Paso, Texas, where so many
Pennsylvania guardsmen have taken
! up their temporary abode, is no mean
| city. 1t has an elevation of $3.50 feet
| above the sea level, and while the days
are hot the nights are cool. 1t is the
| center of vast mining, agricultural and
stock-raising activities and has de-
veloped a railroad center that is one
of the best in the Southwest. 1t has
| a population of about $4,000, or had
| before the influx started, and is the
location of Fort Bliss A few years
! ago a party of Rotarians from Harris
burg on their way from the inter-
national convention, stopped at Ell Paso,
and they say that if the hospitality
| they met was anything like that with
which the soldiers were received we
at home need have little fear for the
welfare of the troops.
There were as many lightning bugs
| in Third street between Walnut and
Market streets last night as in an equal
distance of the riverside parks and the
! question asked was where did they
come from and where did they go?
| The bugs appeared about dark, twink
ling along the curbs and very much
alive. The parks were also filed with
the insects. Two hours after the night
fell there was not a bug to be seen in
| Third street.
The golfers of the York Country
| Club who are coming here tomorrow
to play the golfers of the Country Club
of Harrisburg have been making these
pilgrimages for a dozen years. Har-
risburg and York have been playing
golf and tennis matches for a long
time and the visits are made occasions
| by each club.
Older members of the Christian En-
deavor are recalling the convention
held here back in the late nineties.
This convention, which was the first
of the kind to take place in Harris
burg, was held right after the Span
ish war and the Rev. DR.. George b.
Stewart, then pastor OF Market Square
Presbyterian church, was an active
spirit in the preparations.
| An out-of-town motorist stopped in
the city yesterday for a short time
and while in one of the downtown
hotels made a few criticisms of the
traffic in the city. Here are some of
them: Il don't know whether you
have one-way traffic on any of the
streets in the business section or not,
but some of them are too narrow for
traffic in both directions, and one of
these days after a serious accident,
your officials will hurry things along
and get the one-way system working.
I heard that it was talked about but
so far 1 am told nothing has been
done. There should be traffic officer.
too, at the approach of your big
bridge at Fourth and Chestnut streets.
I hav1 been in the city a number or
times, and on several occasions mar
rowly missed colliding with another
machine at this point. A traffic officer
there will increase the safety for the
autos and pedestrians
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was Thomas Fl. GreeVy, prominent AL
toona lawyer and candidate for Lieu
tenant C overnor in 1910. Mr.. Greevy
is one of the best-known Democrats in
| the central section of the State. He
was here on legal business.