Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-28
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oeautl1ul towns in the East" declared
a travelling man who gets all through
Florida the other day and who ought
to know whereof he speaks. II know
or no city where so many flower and
porch boxes bloom or where the lawns
ana parks are so we'll cared for. For
even in the poor sections where my
work sometimes takes me there is that
air of civic pride which does so much
70 make or mar a city. was in Har- -
rlsourg last Spring when the Harris
purg Telegraph began it's window box
campaign and I am here to tell the
world that 1t was we'll worth while"
While most folks are giving but little
thought to the cool days just ahead.
the tradesmen who have to think of
such things are already beginning to
show signs of preparation for the fan
and winter. In one of the large sport
ing goods stores the bathing suit. ten
mis- racket and fishing tackle so much
in demand during the hot months are
giving way to football togs, hunting
equipment and other fall sporting
goods. Football suits are piled high
where just few weeks ago one found
bathing caps for women; in the corner
where the tennis goods were displayed
the togs used for basketball and even
skating will be found; and it's prac-
tically impossible to get your size" in
a bathing suit anywhere in town.
Some charitable organization in the
city is the richer by ten dollars as a
result of the payment of a debt of
thirty years standing which brings
out a story full of human interest
The creditor, by the way. is one of
Harrisburg's most prominent sons
and a man who instead of slipping il
into his pocket with chuckle, does
just such things as handing over sur
plus income such as thirty year old
debts to charity.
The story of the ten dollar bill is a
unique one. Thirty years ago a GER
tain man borrowed from our friend
the business man ten dollars. For
some years thereafter he needed every
cent he could scrape together. Then
he forgot it, but recently the memory
OF that borrowed ten was in some way
stirred up. He continued to forget ii,
but 1t kept coming up in his mind and
so one day he put an end to his wor-
ries, entered the office of his former
friends son and planked a ten-spot on
the desk.
Lewis Buddy, field commissioner Of
the Boy Scouts of America, in an ad-
dress before the Rotary Club at a re-
cent MONDAY luncheon, brought home
IN forceful way the beneficial nature
or the scout movement insofar as it
sets a premium on manhood and man
liness among the boys of this country.
he expressed the hope that Harrisburg
would soon have a campaign put on
to organize this city as an effective
scout center and he told of the ad-
Nantages that would inevitably accrue
| TO the community in future years
when these same boys approach voting
age ana become the citizens who will
shoulder the responsibility of promot-
ing the best interests of Harrisburg
along lines of service.
"One-tenth Of one per cent. of the
citizens in the average community"
he said, are the men upon whom
that community can depend when they
are needed to do something for the
city The more men of this sort a
city has the better that city will be.
and 1t is for service to their own COM
munlty that the Boy Scouts are receiv-
ing their training. He also took occa-
sion to rap the commission form of
government and-to express the heart
felt wish that Harrisburg may soon
be freed from the petty politics that
surround the present form of govern.
ment and that. it may adopt the city
manager method Of government.
Those who have made trips down
the Susquehanna are familiar with the
peculiar blush green streak of water
that threads its way down stream as
far as the eye can reach and known
to old riVermen as the raft channel
This stream within stream marks
the only really navigable parts of the
Susquehanna during low water and
those who follow its devious windings
may feel sure they are in the best
water to be found. For most of the
way between here and Clarks Ferry,
the channel follows the eastern bank
but just opposite Seneca street, this
city, it shoots out toward midstreano
and continues along in that course
down to near the dam. From Speece-
Vile to Duncannon the channel is par
ticularly well marked and affords
canoeists navigable water for many
miles. Above the dam the green
stream shoots towards the western
shore and continues there for many
miles and it is back and forth in this
manner, from east to west banks. for
miles and miles towards the source of
the Susquehanna.
The arrangements being made at
the Capitol for taking the votes of
i the soldiers call to mind how the State
got ready in 1902 to take the votes
of the soldiers who were on duty in
the big anthacite strike of that year
The State officials were all familiar
with the way to do it, having son1
through the business in the cases OF
the regiments in the Spanish anc
Philippine wars. 1t was decided tina,
the men being in State service hat
just as much right to vote in the fielt
as those who had been in the service
of your Uncle Sam. So George
Thorn started things moving in the
Capitol and prepared forms and book.
and cut lot of red tape and worked
out a program which the secretary O..
the commonwealth approved and seni
to each sheriff in the State. And
each sheriff arranged his part and semi
men to the coal regions to post no.
tees and arrange other things George
w. McIlhenny was then deputy sher.
iff and he hustled around the anthra.
cite field to every town where there
was a Dauphin county soldier. Ht
posted notices and got all arranged
And the troops were ordered home
about November l and voted in theil
home precincts. as usual. The two
Georges got a valuable amount of ex.
perience.