Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-28
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secretary of the Commonwealth
Woods. who is asked all sorts of oues-
tions and to do all kinds of things. It's
officer of last resort on Capitol HiS.
has Just been requested to please find
a missing man. The man is suspected
OF being on the Pacific coast or in
Wilkes-Barre or somewhere else. This
is the letter sent to him:
Secretary of State,
Harrisburg, Pa
Dear Sir:
L am writing you this letter in
the hope that you will try and as
sist me In locating my brother
whom 1 have not heard from in
sixteen years. His name is Mr.
John F1nucane. aged 81, and has
white hair and blue eyes. When
last heard from him he was in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa, therefore,
take the liberty to write to you.
Can you not In some way look
up your records and let me know
II you have any trace of him.
1 wrote some time ago to the
Secretary of State in Oregon for
his assistance in helping me to
locate another brother of mine.
and he put 1t in one of the papers
out there and succeeded in finding
him.
trust. therefore, that you will
be able to do something in this
matter and l can assure you 1t
will be highly appreciated.
Yours very truly,
(Mrs.) A. DOMBO,
1929 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn, N Y.
Dauphin county farms came in for
some mention yesterday during the
discussions in the State Board of Agri-
culture and it was pointed out that this
section of the State was we'll adapted
not only for general farming and
wheat growing, but for the raising of
fruit and splendidly fitted in many Sec
tons for market gardening. Several
speakers said that Dauphin county
had been noted for the richness of
farms in the Susquehanna and Leba-
non valleys and the Young farms were
cited as some which had become fam
Gus all over the State. Reference was
made by one speaker to the success of
ex-senator John E. Fox in raising al
falfa and it was declared that some
demonstrations had been made on his
farm, while Horace A. Keefer told of
the successful experiments with Sou
dan grass, which he said would grow
any place and yield good hay. e. b.
Dorsett, of Tioga county, who is one
of the experts of the Department of
Agriculture, spoke of the opportunities
for market gardening in this section
and of the necessity of farmers to
properly grade their products. Mr..
Dorsett incidentally said that the ap-
| pie growers and potato raisers of
Southern Pennsylvania were losing
money every year because they did
not grade fruits as they should and
instanced some failures to take advan-
tage of good marketing places.
Investigations in connection with
the burning of three Harrisburg school
buildings have developed some humor-
Gus situations. Chief among these is
one related last night. A clue to the
effect that a key to one of the three
buildings was unaccounted for was
advanced by a janftor. The janitor
by the way, had two keys to the build
ing. 1t was learned that a painter
had a key and the janitor said this
man failed to return the key to him.
The man was found and he said he
had given the missing Opener" to a
laborer who was working about the
and when he was found he reported
that he had given the key to the Jani-
tor. When Investigators told the jani-
tor that the extra key in his possession
was the one being hunted he admitted
"the joke was on him." The men
who made the marvellous discovery"
said they worked full day TO learn
the janitor had the key they were
seeking.
The passing of Dauphin county s
gallows is scheduled for to-day some
time when a kindling-wood dealer
backs his team against the curb of
Court street, loads his wagon with the
half a dozen or more gray weather
beaten beams and drives away to his
| little wood yard. The planks and
beams of the scaffold were part of
the debris that was taken from the
basement rooms of the courthouse in
the general cleanup" Custodian
Charles Peters said he had some trou-
II BILE disposing of the wood as there were
some superstititous folks who didn't
quite like the idea of using the wood
for fires. During the afternoon sew
eral morbid folks Clipped away little
ipieces of the old beams for curios.
|
Anderson H. Walters, of Johnstown
who was here yesterday to see the
Governor, is a former member of con-
gress and is the publisher of the
IJohnstown Tribune. He was one OF
the leaders in the progressive party
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