Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-10
Ehrntng Chat

establishment of the six school Ii
braries in as many schoolhouses of
the city by the Harrisburg Public Lii
prary Association has a branch of its
educational work has been SO sue
cessful that the Library manaeement
mas not only been forced to send
books from its own Juvenile collection
to the schools but to secure loan of
books from the State Library to fill in
the gaps until new books can he Sc
cured. The school libraries were
located In six widely separated build
ings and it is the plan to double the
number some day when funds war
rant. The extension of the Library
service to these buildings gives the
youngsters in communities far re-
moved from the center of the city and
not likely to get the use of books. a
fact demonstrated by the manner in
which the boys and girls jumped at
the chance to read the books. The
| principals of the buildings are acting
as the Librarians and in every in
stance have asked that more books be
supplied. in addition to this branch
ing out the Librarys educational
| work this winter at the building on
the River Front has doubled, there
being so many children for the story
telilng hour that additional time had
TO be provided. Saturdays visitors in
cIude more children than dreamed
OF Two years ago when the attrac-
tive weekend work was established.
You do not hear much about the
great American mule being bought
Tor war service, but let me tell you
the same situation prevails regarding
mules that was noted during the Boer
war. The mule saved the British in
south AFRICA until the traction engine
was put to work and l guess the AL
| lies are at the bottom of the high
prices for mules now in spite of all we
near about automobile transporta-
t1on, said dealer in livestock who
Sels .InlS way every now and then. 81
nave been picking up horses and
mules around here for quite some
time, but let me tell you the men that
nave them are hanging on and are
disregarding some nice offers. l think
more livestock is going to be raised in
this State because of the prices
that can be obtained for it in
the next five years"
A rather striking demonstration of
the extent to which men who have
come to Harrisburg and Steelton and
other parts of the county are buying
property in Dauphin county is fur
nished by the publication of the
names of property owners lately. For
years names of English. Irish, Scotch,
Welsh, German and occasional Scan
danavian predominated, or rather
made up the whole of the lists, but
now the list is reminiscent of SIav,
Magyar, Croat, Italian and other king
doms which are figuring large in the
Itelegraphic news of the day. A good
many of the old names remain, some
German and Irish ones looming large,
but there is Near Eastern smack to
the whole list nowadays. But when
people start to invest in property they
are pretty apt to look after it against
all comers.
Roundsman Jim" Mccain does not
look any older and his step is not a
bit less elastic than it was twenty
years ago when he was as much OF a
terror to the wrongdoers as he is to-
day. The veteran officer, who has a
more extensive acquaintance with the
night roaming gentry than any one
now in the city service, is just now
cogitating what will follow the ex-
tinction of that part of the city known
as THE Ward" He says it's a lonely
tplace these nights compared to the old
days and that it's rather odd to see a
NdCdnI lOI WllSfe uSGu TO stand houses
which he used to have to keep on his
watching list.
Pottsville people have been paying
some visits to this city to note the
new Public Library building as the
capital of Schuylkill has lately re-
ceived from Carnegie gift of $45, 200
to construct the home for the Lii
brary. The site was donated by Potts
Vile citizens at cost of $4,000 and
the school authorities are giving
$4,000 a year for maintenance. The
Harrisburg Library has also been not
ed by the people in charge of York's
new Library and by those interested
in libraries from a number of other
places.
George II. Writ who is in charge
of the forest fire bureau of the State
Department of Forestry, is contribut-
ing an interesting series of articles TO
In the Open, the organ of the Wild
Life League, the big organization of
State Sportsmen. The articles are
filled with information for everyone
who likes to roam the woods to say
nothing of hunters.