Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-05
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Considerable interest is being mani
tested in hearings being held by tn,
PUBLIC Service Commission on the an.
phcation of the Cumberland Valla.
Telephone Company to secure State
authority for a connection with to
Perry County Telephone and TetS-
graph Company at Newport The
principle involved is the right to make
connections and the decision may be
of Statewide Importance. This is
practically the first time the commits
sion has been called to rule in a case
presenting the circumstances where a
company demands connection.
|
Three of the small defendants who
were arraigned in January Juvenile
sessions the other day bore the same
surname.
Here are the three little Harrys,
your Honor" remarked Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Wickersham as the
three youngsters sidled up to the
| judges desk.
1.-THE three Harrys, eh," observed
Additional Law Judge McCarrell. Sure
the old Harry isn't there, too?"
Not now, sir" gravely returned the
assistant district attorney, but he may
have been when they committed the
mischief they're charged with!'
The Fifth Sunday meeting held
here Sunday by railroad men from
Throughout the State for discussion of
various matters. is a continuation OF
a series begun twenty or moro years
ago. Months in which there is fifth
Sunday have been picked out, Sunday
being day when most men can be
free from work. The meetings are
I ow held all over the country and are
big factors in getting men to work to-
gether.
The manner in which punch boards
| which were to be found by those who
knew how month ago have dis
appeared is worth noting. 1t is no
secret that punch boards were to be
found around Christmas-time, but now
they are as hard to find as faro
layout or a stud game" which, ac-
cording to rumor, were not unknown
here in years gone by.
Hundreds of schools have resumed
fire drills and taken up other panic
prevention work as the result of the
stirring up given to local authorities
throughout the State by various
branches Of the State government last
Fall Every school district was called
upon to make a report on fire escape
equipment and on maintenance of fire
drills. The result was a surprise be-
cause in a good many districts reports
there were found grounds for changes.
In addition State factory inspectors
have been checking up on fire escapes.
Judging from the manner in which
requests for trout from State hatch
cries for planting" are being received
at the State Department of Fisheries,
a good many people must be of the
i6an fhnra ic aoiop IN hn n orIX
Spring. Requests for thousands of
young fish have been received and the
places where it is proposed to plant
them have been looked up. Only
yearlng fish will be sent out.
There was a man in our town, and
he was wondrous wise--in his own
estimation of the man who would ride
/ in one of these little electric machines
/ that one sees sneaking softly about.
! 1t must be remembered that this man
was young and his ideas were fresh
and ofttimes hastily formed. He swore
that his idea of nothing at all" was
for q full-grown man to ride in a poor,
, defenseless, inoffensive little Baker,
or Detroit. or any of the other electrics
that are on the market. Once upon a
time this young man was persuaded to
! take a short trip with a friend who
was selling the car. Like a balky
mule, he resisted, but finally conde-
Scended to ride along. He was
) charmed; he was delighted; he was
) inspired by the smooth motion and
simple mechanism of the little car. He
! began to talk business, he figured upon
! his future possibilities, and-he fell
for the line of talk and is now the
: proud possessor of a little car all his
own. Moral: He who laughs last is
the automobile dealer.
, Just what protects the average Har-
risburg youngster who endeavors to go
, through a revolving door while on a
, pair of roller skates has not been dis
, closed. Yesterday two youngsters
tried to get through the two revolving
doors of the post office while skating.
They got up the steps without break
ing their necks and without detaching
skates and when they got in the doors
! they liked 1t so we'll that they kept
skating around. Finally one man
stopped a door as it sped by and
ended the joyriding.
William II. Bartman, former mem
> her of the Legislature from Montgom-
: cry county and who is we'll known to-
many here, has been elected steward
of the Montgomery almshouse.