Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-27
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Country for many miles around
harrisburg never looked better at
this season of the year than it does
now. In spite of the fact that the
winter was late and that Spring has
been marked by cool weather and
many rains the land presents an ap-
pearance that is a delight to the eye.
The green of the field, the woods, the
foadsides, the gardens is the bright
green that we love to talk about and
which one might call the living green.
The valleys that branch off of the
Snsquehanna for many miles up and
down the wide-reaching river are
well worth visiting just to see how
nature is making UP for the time lost
IN the latter part of April and the
early part of May. Farmers are -
couple of weeks late, it is true, ann
1t has hit them hard because labor
Is scarce and expensive, but the fields
that are now being ploughed and
seeded are green with promise OF
crops and the gardens and orchards
are all presenting that appearance
which one delights to hear the coun-
try folks talk about. The Juniata,
Cumberland and Lebanon valleys are
showing unusually fine signs now
and the small valleys that lie be-
tween the Blue Ridge ranges have
promise of bounteous crops.
among men from other cllmes VINO
| nave made many friends over a period
of years in this city is George S.
Mooradian, well-known Armenian
who is now making one of his usual
business sojourns here. He came to
J the United States about fifteen years
age and was educated at Gettysburg
| College. Those who know him never
cease to be interested in his graphic
narratives of the sufferings of his
| people, especially since the beginning
OF the great conflict which has spread
| frcm Europe far into the Orient. Mr..
Mooradian tells many interesting
stories OF the life and customs of his
| people, but to-day his heart is sad
| eoned by the fact that he has not
heard from his aged parents and the
| other members of his family for al
most two years He fears that his
father and mother have been cap
tured and are being held for ransom
and that probably his brothers have
been slain by the Turks. 1t is part
of the Turkish religion to obliterate
the Armenian race and the religious
fanaticism takes every form of
cruelty that the human mind can de-
Nise. Mr.. Mooradian has a consid-
erable acquaintance in Harrisburg
anG looks forward with great con-
fidence to the future of this country.
He is an American through and
through in spirit and in his fealty TO
OuI lnSlllullOlls
There were some pretty old people
out on the roads on Statewide Good
Roads Day, but probably the oldest
in this section of the State was George
Mumper of Elkwood, a former
men of lower Cumberland. He is
/, eighty eight years of age.
Progressive High School boys and
girls attending the advanced schools
in the West Shore towns are very
much pleased with the recent action
of their respective boards In taking
the initial step toward the consolida-
ton of the schools into a Central
High School The schools, at pres
ent, are running in fine shape but
not far enough advanced as to crafty
the desire of the students who at this
stage of their lives are seeking OPP
portunities on which to place the
foundation for life work. According
to opinions of some of the promoters
of the plan many of the young peo-
pie when reaching this step become
dissatisfied with the plans on which
the schools are run and the equip
ment, and discontinue going. 1t ap-
pears, they say. that the student
nowadays is seeking the school that
has an attraction, in sports as WEI
as books. Aside from Camp HIT
? High, TINS Dfancn OF tne WOrk Is
overlooked. The plan originated In
? the Lemoyne High School Alumni AS
sociation about four years ago and
, at that time was agitated to a great
: extent but finally died out.
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Despite the seemingly cool weather
during the week, no records for low
! temperatures were broken with the
, exception of one. May IS, the mer-
curry dropped to the lowest it ever has
4, been on that day in the % years his
, tory of the local weather bureau, Eut
! the record for the month was y de-
grees lower and was made early in
, May, 1908, when the temperature
dropped to 1915 degrees. So far this
, year only one temperature record has
been broken and that one was in Janu-
ary when the thermometer registered
6S degrees one afternoon. If the pro-
phecies of some old-time weather eX-
perts CD come true the summer will
be exceedingly cool, so that no heat
z records are in danger. The hottest
day recorded officially, by the way, in
l Harrisburg was July 3, 1898, when
/ the mercury climbed to 101 The
coolest day was January A, 1912. with
the temperature at IA degrees below