Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-26
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Governor Brumbaugh has qualified
as botanist as far as everyone who
has Travelled with him on automobile
trips throughout the State is concern
ed. The Governor has always been
known for versatility. although yester-
day he was hard pressed by his secre-
tary, William H. Ball, who worked on
the roads, handling shovels, running
q plough, driving a road drag, swing
ing a pick, digging a drain and jump
ing FENCES all in one day. The Gov
ernor travelled over so miles yesterday
and did a variety of things which took
up time, but he found time to botanize.
he picked May apples and other wild
MOWERS and as on his tour last Fall,
stumped everyone to tell their names,
showing up his questioners by giving
the scientific titles. Several times the
Governor presented flowers to people
IN his party with the Latin names at
tached. Then he showed his knowl-
c ige of woodcraft by pointing out vari-
Gus trees He wound up his efforts
IN the woods by offering a dollar for
every tree that could be pointed out
that he could not name.
"Oh, WE'LL" remarked Hiram G.. An
drews, the North American corre-
spondent here, who would know if
you did put one over on u.s."
Ihe Governor gave up attempts to
instruct his party.
This is whitewashing time in Gen.
tral Pennsylvania. All over this and
adjoining counties the folks are vary
ing the work in the fields by white
washing the houses, the barns, the out
buildings, the fences and everything
else. Undoubtedly the State Highway
departments plan of whitewashing all
poles FENCES and points of use to show
the way has stimulated whitewashing
because people have put white on
FENCES which were Innocent of any,
thlns but plain wood color two years
ago. The sales of lime in the coun-
try districts must be immense.
Yesterday was the birthday of Marie
Doro, the little Duncannon girl who
has made such place for herself in
the drama and moving pictures.
Whisper it gently she was just "a. A
newspaper syndicate thinks so we'll of
Miss Doro's prominence on the stage
that 1t puts her birthday notice among
such dignitaries as Earl Dudley, for
mer Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; King
frederick Augustus, of Saxony, and
Princess Christian, daughter of the
late Queen Victoria. Miss Doro de-
serves the place, too, for while she may
not have the royal lineage of those
named she is far handsomer and much
more popular than any of them.
In your rambles through the woods,
particularly in rich. moist regions. did
you ever see long slim plant with
pale yellow lily-shaped blossoms,
hanging amid clusters of smooth green
leaves like chimes in a belfry? They
ring, in this vicinity the beginning of
summer and they're called the bell
wort. From the yellow color of the
blossoms they get another name-the
strawbell.
The stems of the plant are from one
to two feet tall and look as if they
were growing directly through the
leaves. A Astrawbelltops each stem. You
may have to hunt for the flowers for
the large leaves hide them. The bees
and flies which carry the pollen of the
flower, have to dive deep into the base
of the blossom, where the nectar is
stored.
A big auto truck loaded with river
coal caused lot of people all kinds of
trouble the other day, when one of
the chains on the automatic bumper
broke and emptied all of the coal on
the eastbound track in the Market
street subway. Traffic through the
subway was tied up for several min
utes until some of the coal was re-
moved from the westbound track,
also. But for almost half an hour all
of the Allison Hill and Steelton cars
of the trolley company arrived in the
Square but went over the State street
bridge, or down Vine street.
The Rider case against the York
Haven Power Company, which was
argued in the Supreme Court on Mon
day, has been in the courts since 1910
in one form or another. 1t was tried
and sent to the higher courts, a new
trial ordered and now at last is in the
highest court. The case involves i'm
portant principles regarding property
along rivers and has attracted wide at
tention.
Something new every year, is the
theory of the city health bureau Off
cials in discussing recent acts of Leg
islature regarding the health of the
public. At present the officers in the
city are busy mailing out regulation
certificates for employees in all hotels,
restaurants and public eating places,
who serve people there, also to soda
fountain proprietors for their en-
ployes. The first person to file was an
employe in a soda fountain in one Of
the drug stores in an outlying district.
All of the blanks when filled in and
sent to the bureau, are filed in order
for reference.
The city of Harrisburg did some
good roads day work on its own ac-
count yesterday. The dirt streets in
some of the outlying sections of the
city were dressed up and the Highway
Department was in on the procession
which was general throughout the