Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-23
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ucie In this column the other even
ing on the recognition given to Will
nam Maclay. one of the two first
United States senators from Penn-
| sylVania and one of the men who
made Harrisburg, says that Mr. Ma
clay never agreed with his fatber-
in-law, John Harris, about tho sra
quehanna river front. Mr.. Harris
was an intensely practical man and
looked for the river front to become
commercial highway, as it was for
many years. after his death whom
arks and flats" brought down
coal' grain. hides and other things
from up the Susquehanna and tho
1unlata. Mr.. Harris held to the he
ieI that the stream in spite of its
snailowness would be an artery or
i"ue ana that the river front would
M, 'ue water front of a busy town.
trade flows through on the raiIrood.
AZ the valley of Paxton creek. Mr.,
thiatlay' on the other hand, said that
enal l river front would eventually he
! nIaa tne promenade and pleasure
bn.S oI harrisburg. He was lust as
no,r+ u headed as Harris. from all ac-
as sL put ne was better planner,
20 iSlIMn by the location of the
Capltol where he designated II and
ti he lact that he almost got the ma
S Solal capital on the banks of the
,.,S,. uehtthha. There are stories told
among the older families of Harris
s ol william Maclay walking nm
afte,. NGWh I,T INC river bank, generally
Taria ms evening meal. almost in
| AlOnn 20 a.
nlned or men, six feet three incbes of
neIght and big in proportion, some
| Wndt given to handsome cIotbas
opln1onated to a degree, but q
staunch believer that some day HarN
ttspGrg would be the queen city OF
Ine ouSquehanna and that his favor
tce Walk would be the strolling place
OF thousands who would like him
enjoy the splendors of the sunsets,
The observation by State agricuI-
tural experts on the opportunities for
raising more foodstuffs in this mart
OF the state by changing the rotation
OF grain crops calls to mind that
" w is about as vigorously ad-
hered to about here as in anv mart
OIL the country. The initials mean
corn, oats, wheat, and while there
are some who add &c r., or grass
ana rye, to their list, the bulk of the
farmers raise the three staples. occa-
slonally turning some sections of
nelds into potatoes. Dauphin county
farmers nave been successful with
noth wheat and corn, far more with
the corn than some of their more
northern neighbors, but they have
never raised very much rye. AL
Iaila mas been very successfully
raised in several townships and is
coming INTO general favor. The rec
concentrations of the State experts
Will hot strlke the nauphin farmers.
The drills of the Harrisburg Re-
serves are attended by quite a few
businessmen for the exercise as we'll
as Tor the military training that is
given by the energetic captains and
their young lieutenants on the island
twice week. 1t happens that there
Is one man who is keenly interested
anu good soldier, too. But he has a
hankering for knowledge of lust
what he does. He knows the man
ual or arms and to complete all data
ne takes pedometer with him on
the drill nights and when Major Por-
Ter puts the men through battalion
drili several times around the big
held he has quite score to show.
Announcement that the national
Red Cross. the Y. NJ. c. A. and the
American Library Association were
planning cooperation to raise
$1,OOO,O00 for libraries in each of
the thirty-two army cantonments has
brought many assurances of support
already. In this city number of
people nave telephoned to know what
Will be Harrisburgs share and CIV
ing notice that they meant to give
their dollar. The idea of a dollar for
books for soldiers bids fair to be very
popular.
Samuel II. Bodine, president of the
U. G.. /. and head of one of the
Philadelphia district appeal boards,
made an interesting observation YES
terday at the meeting in the Senate
chamber. He said that his company
has sent word to every plant asking
how the draft would hit them and
was informed that seventy-two men
could not be spared. He then asked
what would be done If each of the
seventy-two fell dead. Out of the
whole list it looks like one exemp-
ton will be asked.
Did you ever see a mountain start
to move at you? That is the way
people who saw the giant blast fired
at Steelton say the great hillside of
stone looked. The blast was remark
aDle III tnaL IL ala not make much
noise. There was a roar and then
the hill seemed to be moving; then
the rattle of stones the crash of
larger ones settling and a cloud of
dust. Theme have been some great
blasts fired hereabouts, but nothing
like that at Highspire quarries yes
terday.
Among the Pennsylvania officers
who have gone up the ladder is
Edgar 7. Collins, brother of Deputy
Attorney General Emerson Collins.
He is now lieutenant colonel and
chief of the division which will be
formed of Michigan and Wisconsin
troops at Waco, Texas. He graduated
from West Point in 1897 and was in
command at Plattsburg, where his
brother just visited him.
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| A. Mitchell Palmer sat in the front
row of the Senate chamber yesterday
during the district board meetings
and seemed to enjoy the place. When
someone suggested that he might
take a notion to try for one of those
front seats he observed that he had
trouble enough.