Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-25
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business and industrial lines and
WINE we are long, long ways from
peins forced to do as has been done
IN III other countries, yet the number
VI new races looking after certain
M moih Is commencing to be noted. A
tha sone mere and a man gone
tnere rather impresses itself upon
me rest or us. For instance, men
connected with the National Guard
nave started to break in others for
the1r jobs, although in every in
Stahce heard of the men who are go
ing 10 the colors in July are assured
ol places when they return. In
thener thnt places men have given notice
tnat they are going into the militia
organizations and men are being
framed to fill the gaps they have
made. But there have been a. Iot
OF husky young fellows who have
gone from mills, stores, factories. of
Ices' banks and other places into the
army or navy or marine corps not
waiting to be drafted, but early in
| answering the call to service. roing
away with the best wishes of a whole
city and its environs for their safety
IN trying duty and certainty of a
Joyous welcome home. Then there
are the men from offices and from
the Capitol and from schools and
colleges who have entered the train
I2 tShpp. II 10 IL pretty impressive
llst that Harrisburg is able to show
ana the spirit that the city is dem
onStratlng is the reason why the line
that pennsylvania leads in recruiting
appears over Washington dispatches
day after day.
Just as an illustration of how the
can TO the National Guardsmen to
iioplllze strikes in unexpected places
1t may be said that a dozen or so
OIL the State policemen will leave the
Iofce to don khaki in July. These
men We're on the reserve of the Ma
tioIal Guard when they enlisted in
MAJOR Groome's crack force. Last
summer when the Guardsmen were
sum si honed to go to the border the
otate ponce had to give men fur
loughs. Hereafter there will he few
men in either army or guard reserve
10 get into the police for a while
at least.
Sessions of the Legislature are
commencing to attract the attention
OF the public. Ordinarily, the ses-
ololls OF the General Assembly draw
MANY people to the Capitol, but as a
RUE they are mainly of persons in
tefested in legislation of matter
winch is before the lawmakers. AS
| the sessions draw TO a close there
are more people in the galleries out
OF curiosity than at any other time
Ihey seem to come here about the
tiIle that the Legislature is on the
nome stretch to see how they do it
anu III the nope that they may be
on hand some time when a Iively
debate breaks out as is often the
case IN the final weeks. For the
next month there will be MANY peo-
pie IN Harrisburg and as the bills
commence to arouse contests on the
moor the gallery crowds will in
crease.
The state Department of Forestry
haS issued reprint of an article by
Samuel T. Dana, of the Federal For
est service, printed in Munseys Mag
azlne, on "a Forest Tragedy" 1t is
the story of the rise of q prosper
Gus lumber town in Potter county.
OF lts decay when the AK and mill
had done their work and of the mel
ancholy sight of a fine school house
ana other public buildings with few
Hardly able to pay the taxes to keep
\ them UP.
People connected with the Ma
tional Guard believe that in srite of
reports that the Pennsylvania troops
are going to a southern caInp for
training that there will be some.
thlng doing at Mt. Gretna during
| the late summer and fall. When the
Guard goes into Federal service it
VIII probably be assembled for a
time at Mt. Gretna as it will take
months to get the southern canton
ments in shape. Then the State camp
site will be used for the preliminary
training and If it is necessary to es-
tablish reserve recruit camps they
VIII probably be laid out in the
Conewago hills. The State has ex-
pended several thousand dollars at
Mt. Gretna in the last few months.
A good story is being told about
how city police officials blocked the
hold-up game of a foreigner who runs
a roominghouse. The place was the
refuge of some men used to better
things and during their occupancy
OF room something happened TO
the bed in one of the rooms. 1t fell
apart because of something breaking
or something else, but was easily
repaired. When they were at the
station with their train due in five
minutes the proprietor and a police
man hove in sight. The man de-
clared that he had paid $3.50 for
the bed two weeks ago and wanted
bIlS HlolcS UT arrests. Ine men de-
MED breaking the furniture and the
policemen took the officers choice
of taking the whole party to the po-
lice station. There it developed that
the man had not bought the bed
within two weeks and that the price
was not reliable either. The upshot
was that when the man in charge
at the station heard of the five-min-
utes-before-train-t demand he
made some observation on holdups,
discharged the men brought in and
ordered the roominghouse man to
"scoot."
But little else is talked about by
young men nowadays except the reg
istration, and it is to the credit OF
the city that so much willingness
is being shown to put down names.
1t commences to look as though the
rush to vote early" which often
marks elections will be put into a
back place by the effort to register
early" Not few have been heard
to say that they were going to be
first to register in their districts.