Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-29
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This is conference time in Harris
burg. 1t is a sure sign that the legis-
lative session is approaching. A few
weeks ago a conference on water con-
servation, last week q conference on
industrial welfare and to-day a confer
ence on stream pollution were held
and hundreds of men interested in
various matters which will be within
the authority of the next Legislature
have been coming here for meetings.
Next month the State Grange will have
conference here and the State Edu-
cational Association will gather to dis
cuss legislation and kindred matters.
The announcement is also made that
on January the State Game Commits
sioh will meet and have q conference
of men interested in hunting and fish,
ing. This conference will probably be
of considerable importance, as the idea
is to agree upon q general line of
policy for the game and fish bills to be
presented to the next Legislature. For
years sentiment has been growing up -
that there should not be frequent
changes in game laws.
A. w. Brunner, the architect for
the improvement of the Capitol Park
and the extension, Is now in what he
calls the dreaming stage" Mr.. Brun-
ner left here the day after his con-
ference with the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings and has been
sending here every now and then for
information, maps, data and various
things. He told Superintendent
| Rambo that he was going to dream
out his plans. 1t took him months
to dream the plans for the wonderful
civic center of Cleveland and the
treatment of Upper New York. The
general opinion Is that Pennsylvania
Is going to get some notable things
from him.
Miss Violet Oakley, who is com>
pleting the five paintings for the Sem
ate chamber, has been making q
speciality of studies in Pennsylvania
history for the decorations. There
are four to come which will bring
things down to date and represent the
big events of the last half century.
Just what will be done about decora-
tions for the north corridor, which
the late John w. Alexander was to
execute, has not been settled.
The Post Office these days gives
some signs of the shopping early
movement. 1t is in the form of people
who are buying money orders to send
to folks in other parts of the country
or at home. Some of the money orders
/ are OF pretty good size, too. The
foreigners appear to be heavy in
vestors in money orders, but whether
tHCy put lleIl dOWtl III InClE SOChS OE
hide them in mattresses or send them
over the ocean no one can tell. Every
now and then one turns up with Il
bale of the blue slips and "cashes in"
The manner in which high prices
for butter are driving people to use of
oleomargarine is shown by the fact
that there have been 400 applications
for the States lences for the sale of
the product for the month of Decem-
Der alone. This will cover the holi-
days. The total number of licenses
issued will probably reach 5000. The
income of the division has gone over
100000 for this year, with another
month to go.
Governor Brumbaugh has developed
a bad habit of being late for lunch.
He works at the Capitol until a few
minutes before meal time and then
hustles for the Mansion. And he gen.
orally gets there late. The other day
he was late because he stopped to
show some kids how to shoot marbles.
The next day he was late again. This
time it was because he was trying to
show some boys he met in the street
how to throw curve.
John w. vickerman. the Bellevue
publisher, who was reelected to the
House of Representatives from his dis
trict in Allegheny county, had more
majority than his opponent had votes
and then some. Mr.. Vickerman was
on three tickets, receiving an aggre-
gate of 1892 votes. His opponent got
1885 votes. Mr.. Vickerman's Repub-
lican vote alone was S,796.
A friend who handles considerable
outdoor work and who is much in
J terested in getting as much accom-
| plished as possible before the snow
flies has kept tabs on the weather in
this section. There have been only
eight days in the last fourteen weeks,
not counting in yesterday or to-day, on
which outdoor work was not possible.
J "Got any turkeys?" asked a Harris
burg man who went out in his auto
mobile to do some forestalling for his
own dinner table and who was deter
mined not to pay the middleman, etc.
He was addressing farmer.
: 'Nein" was the response.
. Say what are those over therer
Amt they turkeys?"
"Yah."
We'll. amt they for sale?"
YAH
"I want one
"Nein. Thems for Christmas. Man
said he take 'em ALL"
DR.. Henry S. Drinker, president of
Lehigh University, named as one of
the members of the committee to draft
legisia' ion on water conservation, is
one 90 the foremost conservationists in
the State. He has been studying the
subject for many years and long ago
was an ardent advocate of preservation
of streams.
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