Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-05
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A good bit has been said and much
has been written, including some fur
longs In this column, about the diver
slty OF the products of Dauphin coun-
" $ manufacturing establishments, but
the average Harrisburg resident prob
ably does not know that Dauphin
county is blessed with an AGRICULTURAL
lisI that is almost as impressive as the
ron Oh products of the mills and fac
tories. The anthracite mines and the
quarries should not be forgotten and
neither should the fact be lost sight of
IN these days of booms in iron and
steer that there are ore mines in Dau-
pnln county and that even traces of oil
nave been found, while the mountains
nave furnished an immense amount of
Jumper. This county is likewise o.
good territory for dairying, as is evil
denced by the success attending the
farms about Hershey. Boyd and other
places. and the chicken farms have
mace money, which many have not.
Wlth1n sight of the State Capitol dome
there are some of the best wheat rais-
ing farms in the State and in Swa-~.ra
township corn which comes close to a
record has been raised. In the upper
end wheat, rye and buckwheat have
neen good crops and if attention was
only given to potatoes the way it has
peeil done in York county this district
Would be Known for the excellence Of
the sweets and whites" 1t is not
generally known that the lower end
was for long time noted for tobacco
and it was raised on the Cameron
fafmS In the lower end of the city
ana the upper end of Steelton Gu
cumberS have been raised with good
results, as was shown when one of the
Dig preserving companies leased farms
near Middletown, and the Dauphin
county pumpkin has a well deserved
clientele In the days when Jack Frost
paints the woodlands. Lima beans.
peas, turnips, carrots, rutabagas and
other vegetables have thrived on Dau-
phin farms. and as for the greens"
there are hundreds of dollars made off
those crops every year. This county is
rapidly getting to the market garden
plan and there are some model places.
like the Walton acres near Hummels-
town, for instance. Although it is
pretty far north, there have been some
successful campaigns conducted with
watermelons, and even cantaloupes
which are supposed to require a special
soil. have proved to be a paying crop
where tried in this county. The apple
and peach orchards of the county have
well-deserved reputation and the
small fruits furnish good incomes to
farmers. In fact when one sits down
and goes over the list of what is raised
i'll the way of foodstuffs in Pennsylva-
mia 1t will be found that Dauphin
| county has almost everything except
peanuts.
| In the last few days more men have
| appeared as messengers and errand
| runners than have been known for a
| long time, due to the fact that school
| has been resumed and that the boys
who who We're acting as messengers We're
| called back to their books. The tele-
graph companies have been the great
est sufferers, as their forces have been
cut in half. and they have had to en-
gage men.
-, Yesterdays sudden heating up Of
| the atmosphere due to a departing
kick from summer caused some people
to wish they had not brought overcoats
along with them In the business and
shopping districts people from the
suburbs arrived with overcoats and
heavy clothing. BY noon they were
wishing that they had thin suits of
clothes. Many of the shoppers said
that they felt the day as much as in
summer.
Tt is interesting to recall the fact
that the making of coal briquettes,
which has been undertaken here with
river coal as a basis, has been a sub
iect of discussion around here for the
last forty years. Back in 1875 or 1875
DR.. John r. Hayes. who lived at the
United States Hotel, evolved plan for
mixing the waste at Mines culm and
similar stuff with a sort of pitch and
making them into Jumps something
like a goose egg. The project was
given up, but ten years later a small
plant for the same work was under
taken. At Steelton the manufacture
of briquettes from ore and fuel has
been carried on for years as part OF
the general scheme of economy.
Arthur II. Bailey, the former county
treasurer and one much mentioned
for sheriff next time. spent about an
hour trying to locate his automobile
the other evening and found it just
where he left it. 1t seems that Pax
tang's leading citizen is on one of the
committees charged with increasing
the membership of the Chamber of
Commerce. He came to the city and
start ed hustling for members. He had
to visit many offices and he got far
ther away from where he left the car.
When he was ready for home he had
gone some distance and he had to re-
trace steps and remember every place
ne had been.
The recruiting tent in the State
Capitol Park is a great attraction for
veterans of the Civil War who have
been gathering about it every day to
talk over the real times" with the
men on duty. The Capitol Park seems
to be the logical place for the recruit
ing ground, as 1t is State property,
centrally located and within the
shadow of the Mexican War monu-
ment.
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