Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-30
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Estimating that there were thirty
automobiles in Governor. Brum-
| baugh's tours of the farming districts
throughout the three Journeys which
| covered 400 miles the total mileage
or the swing through the rural coun-
ties, so called, was over five times the
| uiameter of the earth and almost twice
the distance around it. And there
was not an accident on any of the
TIPS aithough considering some of the
porough streets traversed it was a
| wonder that the cars escaped. The
| tours, 1t may be remarked in passing,
| were not conducted on slow sched-
| uie' There were many counties and
places TO visit and hills to climb and
nais Were far apart. So there was a
| pretty fast pace hit up. Governor
| Srumpaugh does not believe in going
! SLOW, anyway. and at times the cars
were whirling along at about forty to
torty-fve miles an hour. Sometimes
they went faster especially toward the
evening stops when everyone was
hungry. The record of the trip would
also snow very little tire trouble, COM
paratively speaking. The Governors
car mad two punctures within three
minutes on only the last days run OF
the last tour and one man had a dozen
or so stops for tire "fixin'." Most OF
| the cars went through without any
mlshaps and there were some which
suffered from dust and dirt and moth
ing else.
One of the boys who is making good
at the border is First Sergeant Bennett
Hammond, of Company A, signal
corps, of the National Guard of the
District OF Columbia. Sergeant Ham.
| mond is son of w. S. Hammond,
manufacturer of Hammonds window
l q 7 rteI
county, one of the best-known business
men OF that section. Sergeant Ham,
mond has many friends in HARRISBURG
ana throughout the Cumberland Val
ley. He writes Interestingly home OF
| life on the border and is high in his
praise of the conduct of the men who
| went from many walks Of life into
the national service at the call of
the President. Sergeant Hammond is
IN the service of the government at
| washington, attached to the Pension
Office, but was not content to conflne
his activities to his work alone. OF
an athletic trend and fond of the mill
| tary ne found his way into the signal
branch of the Guard of the District
ana was soon promoted to be SER
geant. Some of the most difficult and
arduous work of the troops in Texas
has been assigned to the signal corps,
winch has charge of the wireless, the
telephone and the regular signal sys-
TENS. A great deal of technical
knowledge is required for the serv-
ice and those engaged in 1t are get
ting invaluable experience. From this
branch of the service would be chosen
the captains and the lieutenants for
new signal corps should war break
out. 1t is said that the Regular Army
ofhcers are keeping their eyes on the
signal corps now at the border with
the idea of encouraging some of the
|
after the period of border duty is
over.
Not only are automobiles and other
vehicles tabooed on the granolithic
walk along the river front, but the
city's front steps" may not be turned
into an informal sawmill for the coll
lectors of driftwood.
During the last few weeks Park De-
partment officials have had numerous
OF the rivermen who collect floating
wood, pile IT. up on the walk for days
at time and at their leisure bring
out their saws and sawbucks and pro-
ceed to convert the floating logs into
kindling wood. The debris that ac-
cumulates is left standing, and while
this phase of the infraction of the
park rules Is frowned upon by Park
Commissioner Gross. the possible dam
age to the granolithic walk is also con-
demned
Speaking about world series tickets,
a local fan remarked yesterday: "Har-
risburgers seldom get left when the
big games are played" He spoke the
truth. There are several groups of
local fans who have been attending the
big games for many seasons They
seldom wait until the winner in each
league is known officially. but start
early with their applications for
tickets. II is a known fact that no
less than thirty local fans have already
sent applications for seats to Boston.
Brooklyn and Philadelphia. They
raise fund during the baseball sea-
son, paying in a certain sum each
month. This money is used for ex-
are played the Harrisburg rooters will
be in evidence.
Recent returns of Dauphin county
constables who made their quarterly
reports on the conduct of the licensed
saloons and hotels in their wards indi-
cate in an odd way just how fully the
commonwealth officers work at the
job. The county allows each officer
25 cents apiece for each licensed hotel
or saloon that is visited and charges
for two miles in mileage fees. Some
of the bills just o KID run from as low
as s2 cents to slS.25..
Speaking about the Governors tour
one of the most noted farmers he met
was Charles M. Smith, who is known
in the Juniata Valley as the Big
Ridge trucker" because he started in
life anew, broke, and getting ten acres
of land made them pay $500 a year.
He is a good roads booster and had
charge of the arrangements for the
Governors meeting at Burnham Park,
near Lewistown.
Writing to q Harrisburg friend O.
New York man sent down this
thought: st see you are to have a new
hotel. AS your need is great probably
you will make fast time on 1t. I will
be in your town in March,