Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-28
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the terracing of Capitol Park along
Ihird street, the removal of the side
walk along the east side of the street
at street level and other changes in
'iie tnoroughfares about the park in
cioent to the Improvement of the
capitol zone, recalls the fact that 1t
was the late Mayor e. s. Meals who
nrst suggested the terracing of the
Ihlrd street side of the park. Mayor
Meais was close follower of the
Sapltol improvements and a keen
iTosellVer. ~ tll he was much interested
hatI tne ueVelopment of the zone, even
pelore the plan for the extension
went through, and during his term
~ the Legislature introduced several
oiiIs looking toward the DEVELOPMENT
Vi the capitol surroundings. His rec
ora as Mayor is filled with references
70 such projects and he was an en-
thuslastic supporter of the plan to
intse ise experts or the city and state
JON IN making plans for tho extan-
sion, although generally NOT favor
ing the enlistment of outside talent
tor Harrisburg improvements.
| Edison j. Hockenbury, who put
across the big Liberty Loan cam
Palgn Tor Har-!stS2Tsf. ard who was
asslshed by the National Red Cross
HHeaoquarters to conduct the Red
Cross campaign in that city, return
eo yesterday, having had wonderful
success Mr.. Hockenbury was chos-
en- 10 lead the Milwaukee campaign
Ior the reason that it was regarded
as a particularly difficult field, on
account of the large German eIe-
na5. laaoi. tnere. He has conducted 135
canpaigns throughout the country,
a an9 is one of the six big men of the
1In 1Gtiteu states In that line of work.
lie confesses that he went tn MIL
waukee with some misgivinRs. but
comes pack saying that he had the
happlest time of his experience. The
work was not without some oppo-
sltlon, but generally speaking the
People or Milwaukee rallied Loyalty
90 90 Ihe cause and oversubscribed
eloo'oO0; The goal fixed for the city
was 100000. When the Campaign
closed 1T was found that $3.50 600 had
peen given. AT the dinner which
brought the week to a close the com
mittee raised $3.50 and presented
Mr.. Hockenbury with a 5000 eight
oay gold watch and q solid gold
Ihirty-second degree Masonic charm.
me watch is enscribed: Presented
70 Edson j.. Hockenbury by the Men
1917" e"'
During the early part of the month
there was scarcity of sweet potato
plants that ran the price from twen-
W cents up to $1.00 hundred. Yes
terday there were more plants on
market than there was demand for
them: some farmers carried large
punches of them back home. The
answer lies in the late spring, which
held back the development of the
plants, and in the fear of those who
had prepared their ground that there
would be no late plants forthcom-
Ing 1t will not be too late to plant
sweet potatoes Saturday, or even on
the Fourth of July, if the ground
is mellowed and the plants we'll wat
ered when planting and kept shell
tered'from the. sun.
The Legislature which quit TODAY
came near getting the record for late
at night sessions. The House has
sat until after midnight fourteen
times this month. The Senate also
had late sessions. Late hearings were
likewise a speciality.
you are now riding across piece
OF soil like none other known in the
wa Atf odAu IL ". ANltSlby, DduDnln
county farm agent, as he with a.
, number of friends were motoring
/, across Cumberland county the other
day, this side of Carlisle. He re-
ferred to the famous Iron Stone
Ridge, which passes across Pennsyl-
, vania from New York state down
into Maryland at that point. The
! land is not very fertile, and is mixed
with a very hard stone called IRON
SfOnn There ic n
like it on earth, so far as is known
The only explanation biologists can
find for its existence here is that at
some far remote time of the past there
was q tremendous upheaval of the
earth and this formation, which has
been found far beneath the surface
in borings elsewhere, was cast up
on the surface.
Dr. II. II. Longsdorf, of Cumber-
land county, is one of the members
of the State Committee of Public
Safety who has taken his appoint
ment seriously and has done his bit
to make the farmers of his district
understand the importance of in
creasing their yields. He has gone
about, with other members of the
committee, making speeches and
meeting the farmers at their homes
and in their fields and has been
largely responsible for the twenty
per cent increase of acreage report
cd to have been planted in "Old
Mother Cumberland" this year. He
has just completed trip over the
county with experts from State Col
lege who have been teaching the
farm women the latest tricks in the
art of canning and preserving. DIR.
Longsdorf comes from family of
doctors. His father was a physician
before him and raised a company
in his home district in the Civil War,
serving as its commander. After
ward he returned to the practice of
medicine in the old homestead,
which has been continuously a doc
tors headquarters for the past sixty
years. DR.. Longsdorf is past the
military age and that is the only
thing that keeps him from going into
service. But one of his sons is now
about to sail for France for duty
as a physician and surgeon and a
daughter will go to the front as a