Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-19
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The trade excursionists of tn,
Chamber of Commerce who tourec
Ine Juniata Valley this week will not
roi,, SUI lorseI the reception they ~
relVed in Tyrone, where one Of ~.
handsomest Y. M. C. A. auditoriums
was thrown open to them and where
the noted Railroad Shopmen's hand
rendered a delightful concert. FROM
an appearances the visitors might have
t,'aioS.. Deileveu Ihey had been suddenly
transported to the interior of a mot
ropolitan opera house listening To the
strains or professional hand Tba
auditorium has all of the annointe
ments OF modern theater and is
more tastefully decorated than any-
thlhg we have in Harrisburg. The
Shopmen's Band is one of the hest
musical organizations in Central
pennsylvania. So well pleased Will
1t was r. =. Gross, of the park de-
partment, that it is very likelv tha
band Will be engaged for a concert at
reservoir Park next summer.
Enthusiastic as were the members
! OF the Chamber of Commences who
went along on the two-day Trade EN-
cursion into the heart of the Pennsyi
VanJa nils. and royalty as they were
entertained in every town, there was
one incident which stood out in the
minds of the few who were fortunate
enough to ride in the car of Brua, G.
heefer, of Williamsport, for the auto
| mobile trip around that city, which
marked the anticlimax of the trip
MI. Keefer is well known in Harris
purg. He is nephew of the late
COL John b. Keefer and was one of
the founders of the Union Trust Com
pany this city. He is strong for fish
ing ana as hunter one has to look
far to find his superior. This genial
ana entertaining host threw open the
doors OF his tastefully finished home
and showed his guests the trophies
OF the hunt and stream which it had
Deen ms Keen pleasure to bring home,
from New Brunswick from Quebec
ana many other parts of the north.
his guests were particularly interested
IN the massive head of q large moose,
wonderful animal, which he had
shot at 600 yards in New Brunswick.
| Another beauty was the seven-pound
trout, measuring 81 inches in length,
the like of which has seldom IL ever
been seen in this State, which Mr..
keeter had mounted on his walls
moreover, his guests had perfect con-
naence nc enc IN his truthfulness as teller
or hsh-stories when he related the tale
OF the seventeen-pound salmon which
he had killed" (they kill salmon, not
catch them, you know, but which
actually jumped six feet out of water
ten times in succession before sue
|
turer of orchestral and band instru-
ments and is one of Williamsport's
most prominent citizens.
There is work for everybody who
wants job in Central Pennsylvania,
with high wages for all skilled labor
ers. Lewistown wants a thousand
men and Mt. Union can use a thou
sand more. In Williamsport every man
capable of working is employed and
there are places for many more. This
was the situation as the harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce eXcursionists
found it on their trip this week. In
every town visited where industry
plays any large part there Is q steady
demand for labor at the highest wages
in the history Of the country.
Considerable interest hinges about
the application which the Cumber-
land Valley Railroad will make be-
fore the Public Service Commission
next week for purchase of the control
of the Southern Pennsylvania Rail
way and Mining Company, which owns
about twenty-five miles of railroad in
! Franklin county. This company is the
heir of Thaddeus Stevens, the famous
commoner, defender of the school
system, antagonist of slavery and IRON
master. He was not as much of a
success in his iron making and min
! Ing enterprises as ne was as u StaIeS-
man and the Southern Pennsylvania
Iron and Railway Company was one
of his ventures. He built 1t to haul
ore from one Of his mines to fur
naces in which he was interested and
the Southern Railway and Mining
Company took it over. In 1870 the
Cumberland Valley railroad leased the
old Stevens railroad for 1919 years
and now owns half of its capital stock
of 100000, the Pennsylvania rail-
road owning the rest. 1t is the Penn
sylvania's stock which the Cumbcr-
land Valley desires to buy. The line
runs from the Cumberland Valley
main line at South Penn Junction to
Mercersburg and Richmond Furnace,
through a country rich in Pennsyl-
vania history.
Senator William e. Crow, chairman
of the Republican State committee,
who was here yesterday on business
at the Capitol, says that he is giving
more attention to his legal affairs than
to politics just now. He has been
talked of for various offices, but is
content to stay in the Senate.