Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-15
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If there is a comrade living wh~s
fought with Harry Roat during th2
Civil War as q member of the Fiftys
fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania VoIui-s
teers, he will confer a great favor oS
Mr.. Roat to make his Whereabouts =
known. The last survivor known here
abouts besides Harry Roat, the veteran
constable, was A. G. Leonard, of Lam
caster. His death occurred last week.
Prior to the death of Mr.. Leonard he
and Constable Roat would meet onco
each year and talk over war timdA
For three years these reunions werc
held. There were a half-dozen conf
rades who moved West and have not
been heard from since. Not having
heard from them in ten years, they
have been recorded as 'absent and un-
accounted for" ConstableRoat is anx-
ious to secure the names of comrades
who may be living. lie has in his
possession some interesting records
which he prizes very highly.
Although grip has been rampant in
Pennsylvania for month or more and
there has been considerable pneu-
monia. 1t has been some time since
any outbreaks of typhoid fever
amounting to very much have been re-
ported to the State Department of
Health. Smallpox, which has been
popularity classed as winter disease
for a long time, is also less than usual.
| Typhoid, against which the State has
made campaign of prevention which
has attracted almost as much attention
| as that which Commissioner Samuel
G. Dixon has fought against tubercu-
| losis. has been declining for several
years. Last year showed q notable de-
| crease as compared with 1914 and in
spite of several spots where typhoid
was reported in 1915 1t is believed the
total of cases and deaths will run less
than in the year before.
| Friday seems to have supplemented
Tuesday as the favorite visiting day at
| the State Capitol and the next to the
| last day of the week has been marked
| by numerous people from about the
State touring the big granite building.
| In summer months the third day of
the week appears to be the big day for
| sightseers. with Wednesday also doing
well in the visiting list line. Since the
weather turned cold. however, the
| guides have noted that Friday has
been considerably favored for trips
| through the corridors and legislative
halls. In the visitors have been people
from all over the State, not the least
number of the visitors being Mennon-
ties and others in their distinctive
garb. Saturday is the day for schools
and other organizations.
Lawyers who have been clearing up
State tax claims which have been held
by the Commonwealth against their
clients have been making some un-
usual payments at the State Treasury
lately. One attorney brought in IL
check for over $1,000 for some taxes
which had been due several years. In
another instance q tax of $40 was due
for couple of years and the penalties
and interest caused it to run up. 1t
had also cost the State considerable
for postage. Among the checks re-
ceived this week was one for cents
as balance due on 1914 tax
Applications for the use Of sites for
camps in State forest reserves are al
ready being received at the office OF
the State Forestry Commission, al
though it is good six months and
more until the camping season can
start. Some of the requests are from
camping clubs which have used the
State lands for several years. Tho
State gives the use of tracts and
streams free upon agreement to OBJ
serve certain rules.
, A long, lean, lanky foreigner tho
other morning stood for several min
: Eutes gazing into the large looking glass
|, in the elevator at the rear of the
Courthouse. Then he looked around
as If he wanted to say something.
WnaL 90 you want dSkeu deOISO
: Young, the elevator man.
1.-TWO BEERS" was the reply; "me
thirsty" he added.
The foreigner insisted on getting u
J drink and James A. Stranahan, attor-
ney for the Anti-Saloon League, was
called in to aid in convincing the
stranger that the elevator was not a
speakeasy or saloon.
!. DIR. Nathan C. Schaeffer State Su-
perintendent of Public instruction, who
has been i'll for the last week, returned
to the State Capitol yesterday and was
, warmly greeted by his friends
; Removal of the big blocks of
granite from the Government Build
ing here is attracting much atten-
, ton from visitors to Harrisburg as
, we'll as men interested in construc-
ton affairs here. Yesterday a dozen
, men who had business at the Capitol
. stopped and watched the blocks being
J swung about by the derrick as though
! they weighed only a hundredweight
'H
State Game Commissioners will hold
several hundred quail at half a dozen
points in the State until the winter Is
: over to acclimate them. The quail
: have come from Mexico and will be
liberated when the SHOWS disappear.