Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-29
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Announcement of the discovery OF
manganese iron ore along the Blue
ridge mountains in Cumberland
county and that some traces have
oeen found in Franklin, Fulton and
ADAMS counties has attracted some
attention here because of the posi-
hllites or revival of iron making in
the Cumberland Valley. For many
years the ore beds of Cumberland
county were operated, but 1t has been
Il quarter of a century since the fires
were put out in the furnaces about
| boillng springs, which were the last
survivors OF some notable stacks. The
presence OF manganese ore has been
known in Cumberland county for
century or more. II is known as
Wad and some fine specimens have
been analyzed. It's manufacture into
! IRON, however, was too expensive for
TINS country in competition with Eu-
rope and the beds were not highly de-
Vcloped. Now. however, when there
is a great demand in this country
some of the manganese beds may be
worked and this city may become
center of iron making again. This
manganese is generally found in the
| bottom of the beds of q hemftite ore
which gave the Cumberland Valley
and Dauphin county, too, reputa-
ton for fine iron ore of that type.
1t is sometimes found with kaoln.
Outcroppings of manganese have been
been found in some places in Dauph-
in, Perry and Lebanon counties,
while the hemitite beds on the east
side of the Susquehanna are we'll
! known. II the Cumberland mangan-
ese ores can be worked at a profit now
it will mean much for the valley and
an almost forgotten industry may be
revived.
An attorney who was defending n
client in an assault and battery case
objected to the admission of the tes-
umony of woman witness in March
quarter sessions the other day be-
cause she wouldn't tell her reasons
for advancing her theory as stated on
the witness stand. The girl declared
she had seen the act as she was pass
ing an open door and happened to
look in
why did she look in?" demanded
the attorney half peevishly. What
was her reason?" why, in order
to test her creditability. Can't she ex-
plain why she looked in?"
"Oh, L suppose it's the woman's
reason. suggested President Judge
Kunkel."
What does your Honor mean?"
Curiosity"
Some folks have good memories.
They remember both names and faces.
Others recall faces and know where
| they have met before but forget
names. Among the delegates to the
William Penn Highway Conference
was representative from Newport
He gets into Harrisburg quite often,
and there are acquaintances he meets
every time he comes to the city. While
standing in a hotel corridor the 9TH
er day this gentleman was introduced
, to q wel-known HarriSburger. "I
have not seen you for thirty years."
said the stranger, but l know your
name" He repeated the name and said
r II remember you because you bought
one dollars worth of cigars three
: times each week at a certain store in
; this city. ] do not recall what bust
f ness you were in, nor do I know your
occupation now, but / will never for
: get your visits to that store. and tn"
one brand of cigars you asked for"
{ The Harrisburger recalled his pVr-
t chases and explained that while he
was not a smoker, he bought cigars
, for friend who has been dead these
: twenty years.
: Fl. f. Bodine, of ClearfeId. form
erly connected with the Bureau OF
Industrial Statistics and who made
| studies of Harrisburg and other Penn
sylvania cities. was here to-day. He is
connected with several progressive
commercial organizations up the
State.
4, Whether it is because so many cat
| tlehave been bought up by dealers ow-
: ing to the heavy demand for beef not
! only in this country but from abroad
there is a noticeable lack of cows in
the vicinity of Harrisburg. For years
this section. notably the Cumberland
1 Lebanon valleys, raised a, fair number
: of steers for market, but there are
not nearly as many as in years gone
by. And this. too, in the face of the
high prices of beef. Country butchers
say that they have their own troubles
getting cattle and some say that cat
tie are actually bought up months be-
fore they mature.
: Ex-senator George NJ. Wertz, of
: Cambria county, who was here yester-
day on business at the Capitol, served
, as president pro tenn of the Senate in
1912 and was then county controller