Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-15
Ehrntng Urat

| Some of the men who will sit in the
next Legislature have commenced to|
object to the high cost of living In
Harrisburg as they forecast 1t from
rates charged. AS a matter of fact.
us one Harrisburg man to-day pointed
out, the hotel and accommodation
rates in Harrisburg are no worse than
Reading, Altoona and q dozen other
cities and the contrast in some re-
spects, notably the smaller hotels, ysI
| SAID to be in favor of Harrisburg The
legislative session with its sudden de-
mands for accommodation of hundreds
| of people over night or for two or
three days creates emergencies which
are not easy to foresee and which
would put other cities to makeshifts.
Yet Harrisburg has often taken care
or hundreds who came here little ex-
| pecting to remain more than half q |
day. Then, too, during the Legislative /
session there are numerous meetingsH
held here by organizations which
Superintendent Rambo is losing no
time getting ready TO place the Oakley
paintings in the Senate chamber and
while the House chamber is torn up
Tor the usual renovation and for the
placing OF new globes in the giant
chandeliers the green and gold cham
Der or the upper house is filed with
| sca1olo1ng. As soon as the paintingsI
arrive they will be placed and theI
senators will revel in allegorical artI
with decided peace slant when theyI
meet.
| The New Haven firm which bought
the old Bay Shoe Factory buildingE
used as part of the Capitol after thez
lire is losing no time: 1t bought the
old building along with q dozen others
on saturday and the Bay building al
third demolished. The roof is off and
part of the sides is down. OtherI
buildings are going rapidly and theI
latest purchases are furnishing an i'm
which is sold before 1t is taken out
of the buildings so keen is the demand
Tor secondhand stuff.
Some one doubted statement madeZ
in the Telegraph the other day that ESQ
bears killed in this State was a largerI
number than killed in some Western
states. DR.. Joseph Kalbfus says that
1t Is more than in all Colorado. An
other man says that Montana killed
only 100 bears last year.
Although the hunting season is
over, the good stories of unusual hunt
ing incidents are just beginning to be
told in the barber shops and meetingt
places of the erstwhile hunters. A
local man recently confided to u friend
and of course tho friend confded inH
the bunch: while hunting in the
vicinity of Losh's Run as the day drew
to Close" said he, "he realized that
the road was strange to him and that
undoubtedly he was lost. Plodding
along the road little further he came
| to n barn built close to the roadline
with a sign about ten feet from the
ground that evidently pointed the way
but in the gathering darkness he could
not distinguish the words. Just then
a native happened along, from whom
he anxiously inquired the way to Har
risburg, but evidently it was q strange
name in that vicinity for the question:
ELECTED no reply. Then he pointed
to the sign asking It's significance, but
the taciturnity that characterizes the
natives in those parts prevented him
from obtaining any information. Re
coming desperate and believing the
sign to be the key to the situa ton lie
dragged a heavy post for some dis
tance, stood 1t against the harn and
then attempted to increase his heightH
by standing on the post and then on
tiptoes. He noticed the barn fel
sticky but he thought perhaps the dew
was unusually heavy that night. AT
ter much effort he at last struck a
match in whose flickering glare he
read in bold letters, Fresh paint
DON'T drive close"
It is hard to beat the kids in getting
up excuses. The other day young
ster appeared at the Public Library
and registered his name as Henry
Somethingvich. The attendant IN
charge, who has had much experienced
in handling the children's book ser
vice and who has been doing some not
able work In that line promptly call
ed attention to the fact that the day be
fore the name had been registered by
another boy as Harry Somethingvich :
Another boy registered that name.
said she.
"Yaas."
well, who was her"
my brudder."
But you have the same name
"Oh, he writes left hand"