Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-23
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Inc Pennsylvania State Society
which VIII have the memorial meeting
ior 'ne late Samuel w. Pennypacker
ItorroW night in the hall of the
ioaie iouse OF representatives, Is an organ
.na,ion @ unique in State capitals There
aney onIy Few societies like it In. the
gJountry and none is as large az fhe
heystone State organization The co
10y IS composed of the heads of de-
i,,sts ineiits ana members of the more
Important commissions and bureaus
Iani. ed ooaros or the State government.
.esisiators also being eligible. The.
senator's have their own Sfata sooiatT
wnicn was formed several years ago
ahu winch has dinners aft the seashora
in a. the ealy summer time, former mem
,has uelng In the same standing as
Se shose now wearing the toga. The State
society. which has monthlv lnncbenns
M anu taxes part in various movements
a. the capital, was formed last Fall
se1igeiy through the initiative of John
:. g. nIling, one of the Public Service
Ss,oners nacL ar s, and the late Mr.. Penny
tnna, was one of those much in
i;eles,e9 IN IT. especially as it has for
GHs OBJECT the announcement of a
lu.e lS.a.e spirit, something which MANY
IN. noted as being occasionally lack
the nuue Soner e.ate capitals. Secretary OF
H. commonwealth Cyrus E. Woods is
.se president, the general consensus
VI opilon when the society was or
r,ai,iIss naii,ixeu being that the highest an
Gent G'iVT re-, ofilcer should be the presi-
dent Tk Governor is honorary presi-
% uent. There is big field for the
soeiety here and 1t has already shown
i,a ;.'a' II can accomplish things bv brinp-
ing heads of departments info cIosa
hro,at+ reiatons and has thereby
metbods dnou. ~ some Improvement in
,,ent oos IN branches of the govern
ment. AS time goes on tbis orean
iHa.ioh may be extremely useful on
Iapitoi Hill Its first big function will
lii I ~ rnIiadelphia next month, when il
ner uith q notable Pennsylvania din
| ner WIN sons of the Keystone state
present from all over the country
|
shdmt an eMent TO which the parkways
aoout the city are used every Sllndav
nen,,i ou'iu Pr0paply surprise a good many
pooPie. Inc cameron parkway is not
ohIy very popular for automobiles but
| lHere are actually more peopIe n he
seen walking along it than riding The
Faxtang parkway is also growing in
20 tpopuiaTity as people are commencing
10 realize the beauty spots Co..,
pletion of these links is caus,no a
s,rong public sentiment to develon for
tne establishment of the parkvav he-
lWeen the Reservoir and WiIdwood
aS II would lead to more folks going
out aiong the Paxton creek VALLEY
north of the city, which ia n de,iebtf1;E1
pace for walk or ride.
FARMERS who attend market here
say that even if they did not get ali Of
Inc, Inc corn noped for they are able to
stalks: The stalks are unusually large
ano strong, thanks to the early sum
ner rams, and an immense amount
VIII be put into the silos. One farmer
sa sato that ne had more cornstalk fodder
than he had ever known before and
that the fact would mean much for
cattle raising this winter.
The frosts have brought the paw
paws to market There is not the de-
Hland Tor this delicious Fall fruit that
mere used to be. probably because 1T Is
SO llttle known and because no svs-
tematlc effort has been made TO cuiti-
| Nate them. There are some spots along
lhe Conodoguinet where pawpaws used
70 grow and in this county there are u
NUMBER OF places which twenty-five
years ago were visited regularly bv
boys and girls from this city.
One of the big swans at Paxtanr
Park tried to play truant few days
ago and is back in the park, living in
AZ crate and with shot in one of its
wings. This Fall three new swans were
placed in the lake and one of them de-
veloped wanderlust. 1t headed for
the Susquehanna river and about the
| tbi'S ~ 6ot W i%OCiilel some early morn
ing gunner took crack at it. The
swan came tum bling down and was
recognized. 1t was soon sent back to
the park. disgusted and Kissing its
indignation and pain at all comers 1t
Is TO be Kept penned up until it learns
the lesson of contentment from the
other swans.
Members of the State Milk Price
Commission, which will meet to-mor-
row in Philadelphia, will probably call
as witnesses some of the milk pro
ducers of this section of the State. The
commission will make an effort to get
at the bottom of the milk problem and
the question of rates will enter into the
probe. It is not generally known that
a good part of the milk supply of
Philadelphia comes from upstate and
milk is shipped from the Cumberland
Valley not only to that city but to New
York.
In the market place at York an Incl
dent occurred which illustrates how
the high cost of living is still further
increased without justification or ex-
euse. A woman asked a farmers wife
the price of green peppers. "One cent
apiece" she replied. What is your
price for the red and yellow peppers?"
was the next question. "Oh. they're
4 five cents apiece" This surprising
statement was so amazing that the
purchaser asked why the red and yell
low varieties should cost five times as
much as the green ones. Without so
much as blinking an eyelash the stall
| renter explained that the cost of dyes
was so high that they couldn't sell
| them any cheaper. Sounds like
joke, but it's fact just the same and
the reason is about as silly as other
excuses for boosting prices.
Speakers plaza is the name suggest
! ed for the Union station platform
where presidential candidates have
been speaking this year. Come to
think about it that platform has been
used by some noted men In the las.
twenty years. Mckinley Roosevelt,
Taft and Wilson have all spoken there