Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-29
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This should be q good year for tn
big pumpkin, according to report
which are being made by farr
agents to the State Department
Agriculture, especially men who liv
In the counties where special atten
ton is given to the raising of corr
More reports of big pumpkins ar
coming in than usual and the ED
hibits at various fairs have show
development of some notable speci
mems of the basis of the great Amer
lean pie. From all accounts ther
was unusual planting of pumpkin
last spring and because of the activ
ity in behalf of foodstuffs last fal
seeds from many of the prizewir
ners at 1915 fairs were sold over
wide area. Some of the yields
these seeds have been followed u
by state agents and very large speci
mems have been reported. If tn
early reports are borne out ther
will be plenty of pumpkins, not onlt
of the edible variety. but of tn
Cow" style.
Figures at the financial depart
ments of the state government shov
that the receipts of the State High
way Department for automobile II
censes have not fallen below $500
except on two business days at tn
Capitol. The aggregate of the re
| ceipts is over 100000 and tn
license total over 800, 600. on man.
days the receipts have been IL
around $4,000 and $4,000. On tn
two days that the sum went below
$4,000 the receipts were around 81,
500 each. The fact that the receipt
are holding up so we'll when tn
year has only about three months t
run Is considered remarkable. TIL
half year license rate went into eff
feet July 1. All of the revenue from
automobile licenses goes for highwa
maintenance.
1t Is not often that three forme
state fiscal officers get to Capitol Hill
together, but yesterday A. E. Sisson
of Erie. former Auditor General
and Colonel James T.. Barnett,
Washington, and James s. Reacom
of Greensburg, former State Treas
urers, all were at the Auditor Gen
erals Department. They had quite
time recalling days gone by in stat
affairs.
The sight of British officers en-
gagged in recruiting work within sigh
of the dome of the State Capitol
Pennsylvania attracted considerable
attention here the latter part of tn
| week. The officers were a part
the party which has been engage
! in this State on recruiting an
| secured several men who were sub
jects of the empire. The officer
wore their uniforms and had tn
assistance of American soldiers.
The outcome of the jitney cases
being watched with the greatest in
terest in other cities of the Stat
and some of the officials have beeI
closely following up developments II
Harrisburg where the Public Servic
| Commission took cognizance of tn
| jitney complaints by establishing I
policy for transportation in the city
In other places jitneymen have beer
required by local authorities to hav
fixed routes and terminals, while III
others the jitneymen made their owl
regulations and sent them to Council
for approval.
The raising Of sheep, for years on}
of the big adjuncts of farming in
this section of the State, bids fail
to be taken up again because of thd
attractive prices for wool end thd
market offered for the meat. In thd
last few days several inquiries have
been made by farm owners in thid
section for sheep ana II prices car|
be fixed there will be some purchaser
made. 1t will mean the penning uI
or killing off of a number of dogs|
however.
Perhaps one of the funniest of thi
many funny expressions heard abouI
the paintings at the State Capitol
occurred yesterday afternoon wher|
| a couple of boys were looking
through the hall of the House OF
Representatives. One boy pointed
out the central painting which wad
Abbey's conception of the flight Of
the hours.
Each one of those women ur|
there is named for a county," said
he.
A good story was told a few dayd
ago by a newspaperman of this city|
about Secretary of War Newton ID
Baker, who is to speak here shortly
While Mr.. Baker was mayor of
Cleveland he was attending thd
MAYORS convention at Philadelphia
which was attended by many mayors
Of the country. Among the speakers
was Mayor Nevin. OF Easton, who did
lTot approve of various enterprises IN
which cities engaged.
why, in one city," declared tho
Easton mayor in reciting the list of
things done by municipalities, they
actually had the city sell the icd
cream in the parks"
Yes" interjected Mr.. Baker. II
was the mayor who did it. We got
pure ice cream, chased out the fakirs,
sold in large quantities and gave the
children better and more ice cream
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state draft headquarters gets some
funny letters in addition to such as
came last night from a Philadelphia
local board threatening to resign II
some way was not found to check
activities of attorneys who charge
large sums for making affidavits. The
other day a letter came addressed
10 Mr.. Governor Brumbaugh." An
other was addressed to the Head
Drafter" and another correspondent
took liberties with the name of the
provost marshal general, referring to
/ 10 II. H..