Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-29
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Captain George C. Jack. comman-
der of the Governors Troop or Troop
c, of the First Pennsylvania cavalry.
as it is known officially in the National
Guard of the United States, believes in
making the best of the situation and
he is doing his best to have his men
think so. The cavalrymen have not yet
received their horses, but the captsb-
intends that when they do they will
be we'll qualified. He has sent homo
for copies of the field service reguiE-
tions and the manual of drills WHICH
were stored in the State street arm
ory and the men will be put througA
their PAGES and we'll grounded in wha2
Uncle Sam requires of his soldiers
Captain Jack, thanks to his interest,"
has taken courses at army schools ana
is considered one of the best officers
in the cavalry. When his regiment'I
was mustered into the federal service
at Mt. Gretna he turned out an even
hundred men and the ceremony, which
was witnessed by one or two Harris
burgers, attracted attention. The
United States mastering officer in
charge paid the men high compli-
ment upon their number and spirit.
When the troop returns from FL Paso
the men will be mighty well versed
in field work if the captain has his
way.
Some time ago reference was made
in this column to the potato growing
activities of Benjamin Franklin Um-
berger, a popular member OF the City
Planning Commission. His friends
thought at the time that Mr.. UNI
| berger was joking about his potato
experiment on the nose of the noun
tain at Duncannon, but this week he
has demonstrated in the most practi-
cal way that he is a potato grower of
no mean quality, having produced
many bushels of the finest kind of
Irish Cobbler tubers Now will those
Mr.. Umberger's agricultural expert
ments conceal themselves in the tall
| tim bers.
Some of the strike-breakers are a
source of infinite amazement and
amusement to patrons of trolley lines
and to people who live along the
routes. Some of them do not think any
thing of stopping cars to get a soda
and at the end of a run they occas-
ionally enjoy a smoke. Whether they
knock down" on the fares or not
persons who ride in the cars can best
determine. but they get a lot of en-
/
the streets and generously call atten-
! ton to some of them. But best of all
was a young, light hearted conductor
on one line who practiced lifting him
self up on the straps for crowded
days and informed one passenger
that he believed he could Skin the
cat on them.
Congressmah B. X Focht, of Lewis
burg, is of the opinion that the State
is overlooking some important mat
! tiers in not providing bridges across
the Susquehanna and that the Leg
! stature ought to wake up to the i'm
portance of bridges at Watsontown
and Montgomery. The congressman
would have harmony of action be-
| tween congress, the war department,
the State and the people and build
one free bridge every two years until
the three are constructed. He points
out that there are ten bridges between
| Sunbury and Williamsport and in the
similar forty miles between Sunbury
and Clark's ferry not one bridge. Poll
! tics, he holds, should be eschewed and
an effort made to get the bridges built
soon.
Some of the jitneys being operated
just now are studies in the way of
ornament Some display cards that
they are in sympathy with the strik-
ers others that they are for the pub
! lie and still others that they charge
only "jit." The other afternoon one
came down street with sign "Licens-
ed" Some one tore it off, but the man
was hunting for the fellow who did
it.