Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-18
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II do not know whether you are
aware of it or not. but Harrisburg is
organized in regard to about as many
industries as any place 1 know of
in Pennsylvania" said a man whose
business 1t is to keep track of labor
conditions. II doubt il many people
know that the unions are as strong
as they are in this city. If you will
get line on the halls about the city
which are used for the meetings you
will be surprised to see how much
they are used on Sundays, which are
the big days for meeting. If you will
look in the city directory you will get
some idea of the extent of the labo&
organizations. There are scores of
them. The railroad mems organiza-
tionS here are known all over the State
for their numbers and businesslike
management of funds and benefits
Then there are organizations in al
the building trades while the BARRIERS
| the stage hands and others in tines
| of activity of which you do not know
much and whose numbers apparently
may be few which are strongly or
| ganized Some of these unions are
old organizations and they have in
vested funds of considerable size
Their memberships comprise the older
men of the trades as we'll as the
younger and they do a vast amount
| of good among themselves of which
the average man knows nothing.
| The Harrisburg Public Library
| whose tables containing books for Sug
gestions for Christmas buying have
| been surrounded by people in search
| OF ideas the last ten days, has taken
means to supply information on books
to get for boys. The Library made
special display at the time when the
Boy Scout good reading" week came
around and has supplied through the
Boy Scouts Library commission lists
of books which boys like. The result
has been marked stimulation of pur-
chases of boys books at number OF
| stores. one merchant said that he
thought people were buying more
books than toys for boys this year.
Governor Brumbaugh in congratu1
lating Thomas NJ. Jones upon the
passage by congress of the bill recog
nizing Mr.. Jones military service as
a drummer boy in the civil war, told
of Mr.. Jones gifted father. the author
! OF the history of the Juniata valley
| The elder Mr.. Jones edited newspapers
in Blair and other counties and was
one or the editors of note in his day
in Harrisburg. He lived close to one
of the places where troops were as
sembled here during the civil war and
| Master Thomas got the military feveI*
from what he saw every day. Tho
SlucI JOueS was NOT very StTOnE fOIW
1t, but the boy modified and was once
retrieved from York and another timd
from Gettysburg.
There is member of the mex.
House of Representative who is nod
ashamed of name and who proceed
ed call down the compilers of the next
legislative directory on that score This
| mans first name begins with A and II
Is not our own A. Ramsey Black noi
A. b. Hess of Lancaster, nor yet A. ID
Miller, OF Susquehanna county. When
the book was made up he was surpris-
ed to see the A without the name. Hid
wrote to the compilers to please make
his name the way 1t was given to him
For the information of the fresh com
pliers he wrote it out this way
ANANIAS.
Something bright and glowing and
shaped like the big stick of politica
tradition appeared in the eastern SKY
on Saturday night. 1t was not a bah
loon and it was too fixed for any re
Election from furnaces or bessemer
mills and there was not a cloud in the
sky. 1t hung for half an hour and
i shed family luminous glow about
which was plainly visable for a sefl
longer period. Most neople put il
down as one of the wandering comets
Major John M.McCourt, who resign
ed day or SO ago from the quarter
masters corps of the National Guard
has served for years in that branch
of the service. He was at Camr
Brumbaugh when the Guard mobiliz
ed to go to Texas and was constantlyH
consulted by Col. Harry c. TreXle1
who handled the supply end of the
camp in such expeditions style. Fin
ally, some one asked the Allentown
colonel why he went to talk to Nc
Court so much.
ITO keep out of jail' was the la
comic reply.
Major McCourt is assistant United
States district attorney and not only
an authority on contract law, but on
military law as well.
Two weeks from to-day the prelim-
inaries to the meeting of the legisla-
ture will be gone through and the
lawmakers win organize the followingz
day. Since 1876 the legislature has
met only twice on January l and five
times on New Years day.