Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-10
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Announcement by the adjutant
seherais office that the rife prac-
9ce matches will not be held at Mt.
~ ss etla thls year because of the or
Sdnlzauons of the National Guard
oelng on active service under the Unit
ca states government will interest a
sooo many people because the match
es are a subject of considerable atten-
llon, various organizations of the or
SAN e1nI-eo militia have been winners of
cups and trophies and the victories of
the teams and the individual work are
the talk OF quite a number of COM
Inunltles. The abandonment of the
matches, however, will not do away
with the required work of the Guards
men ,ha IN the matter of rife practice. If
tne men stay on active service all
winter or go into Mexico they will
douotless be given some credit, 9th
erWlse they will be held to the require
ments at the ranges. either indoor or
on the nelds. If the Guardsmen come
back in the FAN it is possible that the
time for outdoor practice may be ex-
tended until real winter sets in. If
tne men do not return until winter
they could do some work at the indoor
ranges and keep up records
This is the time of the year for the
mallows to be in full bloom and the
Dig held in Wildwood park and some
or the patches in the lowlands about
the city are well worth visiting. There
are some tracts which have been vis-
lted annually by lovers of wild flow
ers ana well do they repay the atten-
uon given to them. A large field of
mallows is something worth travelling
to see.
Ed. Braceland, who sees that the
legislative halls of the State Capitol are
not carried away, has been drafted in
10 the service as a volunteer guide
the last few days. Mr.. Braceland has
been telling people the fine points of
the House of Representatives and the
way he does it would make the other
guides want to take a course in the
night school. Mr.. Braceland has dis
covered Santa Claus polar bears, au-
tomobiles. chicken hawks and Various
other conhgurations in the markings
OF the marble wainscoting of the Hall
or the House. AS to the Abbey paint
ings he has them down pat.
The manner in which the properties
on the H:ckok tract in Capitol Park
extension are coming down bids fair
10 make the new State House visible
10 people passing on the trains for the
t1rst time from that end. Only the old
Bay shoe factory building, now used
as cigar factory is in the way and
companys new plant having been
about completed. The removal of 9TH
er buildings is progressing and it is
probable that bids for more will be
asked in a short time. The old Pax
ton warehouse. however. will remain
for some time because it is in use by
the State itself
The late General D. Mem Gregg,
VINO died few days ago at Reading,
was for MANY years a trustee of the
Harrisburg State Hospital and took a
big interest in the plans for improve
ment of the institution. He was ap-
pointed to the place in 1895 and held
office until two years ago, when he
resigned. General Gregg seldom miss
ed a meeting and kept in close touch
with affairs of the hospital.
The wading pool at the Twelfth
street Fairgrounds may be drained,
filled in, and planted with grass seed
before another summer season rolls
round, unless a better method of fill
ing the little pond can be worked out.
The method by which the pool is fed
now causes frequent overflows in the
Fairgrounds thereby, not causing
loss of much water, but damaging to
some extent the surrounding sodding.
If there was sufficient money available
the park department would have long
since cleaned the little "swimmin'
hole" lined the bottom and sides of
the basin with concrete and so estab-
lished a permanent pool. In the alb
sence of funds this could not be done
and unless sufficient provision for the
purpose can be made next year, the
pool will be abandoned.
Governor Brumbaugh is spending
his vacation playing golf and tramping
in the woods. enjoying himself in
study of trees and flowers. He is an
authority on botany in Pennsylvania
and his friends say he will soon know