Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-05
Ehrntng Utrat

Local coal dealers are a bit reticent
in talking over the increase in anthra-
cite coal prices since the operators
have granted the demands of the min
ers. A number of retailers are still
waiting before adding to their pres
ent price, but it is said that the ma
jority expect to charge at least As
cents more by October 1 for all grades
of hard coal. One dealer who has
already added ten cents a ton to the
various grades, said he does not be-
lleVe many retailers will be able to
Keep the price down much longer as
they have been charged more since
May for hard coal from the mines and
look for a regular ten cents monthAI
increase in wholesale prices.
Hundreds of people in the city will Z
soon receive checks for money which
they have saved in the Vacation Funds
in several banks in Harrisburg 1t was
announced this morning.
The Union Trust company an
nounces that checks from that bank
to persons in the vacation fund will
be sent out June 22; the Security
Trust company fund will close June
10.
Other banks in the city have adopt
| ed the idea but not on the same
basis. In one instance the CONNER
cial bank-the time extends over
period of sixteen weeks and at the
end of that time the person receives
the fund.
Brisk winds that ruffle the surface
or the Susquehanna to the frequent
| olsmay of -canoeists do other
damage occasionally, too. For in
stance when an especially high wind
! tears across the river-and Harrisburg
mas experienced some pretty stiff f
gales during the last rev months-the I
great globes on the river wall lights
| on more exposed promontories suffer-
somewhat. On one or two occasions
| inspection of the lamps revealed the|
fact that several had been shattered
ana the luckless small boy was blamed
or course. An investigation. how
ever, showed that the wind had quits
evidently loosened those which hadn't
been fNstNrnd securely and eventually=
they fell off.
Of especial interest to Harrisburg's|
citizens, particularly those who areI
interested in the proposed movement
for the erection Of a new high school,
will be the annual report of DR.. F. e.
Downes, city school superintendent It'll
is in course of preparation and ofI
course, the information will not bel
given out before the report is pre-I
sented to the board. Just the sameI
a hint or two has filtered out to theI
effect that the statement will containI
a mass OF valuable data that will bearI
directly on the new high school prob
lem.
Flowers were a glut on the market Il
Saturday, and many were carried back
to the farm. Harrisburg people are|
fond of flowers but they refused toI
local markets.
AT the opening of the markets.
peonies sold for one and two ccnts|
each. There was a rush on the partI
of buyers. Then the price went upI
to three cents each and by o'clocik|
1Ve cents each was asked. The buy-l
ing stopped. Those who held to theI
low prices sold out early.
Amateur baseball players havel
found out the location of the head
quarters of e. r. Domain, local
weather observer When 1t rains inl
the morning. or the skies are cloudy,
The small boy is quite original in his
inquiries. One query the other dayI
was, SAY mister weather man can We
play ball this afternoon I belong ia
the Boas Street Juniors He did nd.
play ball. 1t rained. frequent|
INQUIRY is, "HoW's the weather going
TO be for baseball today?" While NOT
able to attend games observer Dennai inl
Is interested in the Natinal game and
knows what is going on in the baseball
world.
"A stretch of white sea sand, wind
ing through a cooling grove Of palm
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tables, shaded by vari-colored seaside
umbrellas, twinkling electric light
that rival the weird spell of the sum
ner moonlight, pennants, streamers
ara insignia floating lazily in the
breeze, and from some distant, Sc
cluoed power the strains of orchestral
music lending its charm to a scene
OF enhancing beauty" that's the way
Ralph w. Dowdell describes il.
Panama, say you - or Hawaii :?
Nothing like 1t. Thus he feebIy de-
scribes the great plaza of Music Hall
at cincinnati as it will appear on the
evening of the grand ball given by the
International Association of Rotary
Clubs on the evening of July 20, the
fnal day of the 1916 convention Car
loads of sea sand from Palm Beach
and other cars loaded with palms and
palmettos from Miami, packed in ice,
will arrive i'm Cincinnati the day he
fore the grand ball. large force of
decorators will Immediately strew the
sand about Music Hall and arrange
the great palm garden. The inn
mensity and beauty of the garden
will be realized when it is noted that
the facade of Music Hall is over half
a city block in length and ninety feet
deep. The palm garden is but one
of the features of an entertainment
accorded to 1000 visitors at the Ro-
tary Convention which will be epochaI
fer its lavishness even for a city noted
as Cincinnati is for great hospitality
About 100 Harrisburg Rotarians are
preparing to attend.