Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-22
Ehentng Ghat

Men connected with the livestock
end of the State government saw that
the theory of Holland veterinarians
that the foot and mouth disease which
Is decimating the herds in the Low
Countries was carried by wild geese -
well founded. In this State it has
been definitely established that the
injection was carried from county T.
county by pigeons and one serious or,
break in 1918 was traced directly to a
flock of pigeons which had been feed
ing about a farm where the disease
prevailed. This was one reason, say
the officials why pigeons, ducks geese
chickens and other fowls were ordered
to be kept within bounds or penned
up when farms or districts were quar-
antined last year. The State is now in
excellent shape as far as both the foot
and mouth disease and the hog cholera
go. There is no foot and mouth dis
ease and the hog cholera is much less
than at this time last year.
"Oh, we'll, better late than never"
grinned County Recorder James E.
Lentz to-day as he re-read a letter
from his bosom friend Prof. II. e.
Enders of Purdue University, Lafay-
cite, Ind. Mr.. Enders, whose home
is in Jackson township, and Mr.. Lentz.
nave always been chums and few of
the latter's friends followed the
recorders campaign more closely
than did Prof. Enders. And when
the victory was finally won Mr.. Lentz
naturally looked forward to receiv-
ing some word of congratulation from
his chum. Weeks passed. Prof.
Enders wrote from time to time. But
IT was only in to-day'S letter that
Mr.. Lentz discovered any reference
to his campaign. This was brief
however:
"ConpratIIlationS xUrota prof
Enders, ''if you won out!"
State Capitol officials are hoping that
the next few months will bring to the
city some of the paintings for the SEN
ate chamber which Miss Violet Oak
! ley was commissioned to paint. The
commission upon which Miss Oakley
is now engaged is for the decoration
of the Senate chamber. 1t is expected
that all of the art works will be in
place by the time the next Legislature
meets.
Attorney General Francis Skunk
Brown is opposed to capital punish
ment. This came out yesterday at the
meeting of the State Board of Pardons
where the attorney general in the
course of an animated discussion on
points in the March-P Pennington case.
Il am opposed to capital punishment.
The idea of taking life is abhorrent to
me, but l have a duty to do as law
officer of the Commonwealth" said
he.
Joel d. Justin, principal engineer
under the Board of Public Works dur
ing the construction of the river front
wall and dam, has contributed to the
Engineering News an interesting tech
nical article on the concrete dam in the
river at this place. He shows in an
inf ffffer fI,a
ing features of this dam and number
of illustrations add to the interest of
the story. Mr.. Justin points out that
the dam is rather original in its char
acter and gives considerable attention
to the manner of treating the pot
holes" which were encountered on the
river bottom in the construction of
the piers. He says the cost of the
dam was very reasonable and demon
strates it's practical design from an
engineering standpoint.
"You have suggested the possibility
of a bad boy having set your school
houses afire," said Harry K. Meredith,
a travelling man of Pittsburgh who
stopped off in this city yesterday, "but
for my part / don't believe any such
thing. 1 don't believe there is a boy
in town bad enough for that. I be-
lieve in boys and / believe also that the
average city, of which Harrisburg is
/, one, cares enough for its boys. You
in Harrisburg have such a fine town in
, other respects you ought to take up
your lost motion at this point. Take
a lesson from Gary, Ind, which Wis
tied on my rounds last week. They
do not have any boy problem there.
They make the schools and the after
school recreation so pleasant that boys
} have no time to be bad. Boys as rule
misbehave only when they have no
outlet for their energies. Guide them
right and they will be right. Here is
a chance for somebody to do great
work in Harrisburg that is fairly cry
ing aloud to be done"
Lieutenant Colonel e. L. Kearns, OF
Pittsburgh, who is mentioned for col
onel of the Eighteenth infantry, is a
former Harrisburger. He is son of
T.. l.. Kearns, who resided here for
several years, and whose wife was
daughter of the late Michael Burke,
long one of Harrisburg's prominent
citizens. Col. Kearns is a nephew of
James Brady, president of the First
National bank.
More new money is in circulation
in Harrisburg than for long time,
the amount of cash newly minted re-
ceived here lately having been large.
The demand for new money at Christ
mas time is said to have been very
unusual and a good bit of the money
now in circulation is believed to be
some that was put out in the holi-
days.