Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-06
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A good many people have remark
ed that the war has turned neople'
thoughts to serious things. the frivo
Ious mas given way to the useful and
church attendance has been stimu
iated. People are saving and work
ing where before they were inclined
to wastefulness. both in materia
ana time: But one of the strikin
! SIGNS OF the times is shown in tn
character OF the books called for
the Harrisburg Public Library Their
has been decline in the demand 10
fiction and a noticeable increase h
the requests for books dealing witt
history, world movements. descripE
ton, government and the like Th
| figures of the library for the thre
| summer months show the circuIatio
TO- have been 2S,5S7, a slight increas
In total over the circulation of tn
corresponding months of 1916. ThaE
| period was a record breaker. so thai
this year goes ahead again. Accord
ing to study made of the figure
by Miss Alice r. Eaton, the librarian
last summer eighty per cent. of tn
books taken out were fiction. In thH
same three months this summer tn
| percentage of fiction was seventy siJ
| There was gain of SIG in what ar
known as Glass" books. those deal
ing with history, travel, description
ana the like as contrasted with fid
ton. Another notable fact about tn
| librarys circulation this summer wa
that in the three months 6,S49 chill
dren,s books were taken out and rea
by the Youngsters. which is clea=
gain OF 5S3 over the same thre
| months OF 1916. Summer is alway
a slack period at libraries, but tn
circulation this year in spite of tn
manifold activities of the people du
TO war has held up very we'll.
Closing up of the records of til
last Legislature has brought to ligl
the fact that some of the bills whic
attracted much attention had to |
reprinted more than a half a doze
umes. one bill was printed min
times before all of the changd
which had to be made to it were pI
into shape. Other bills were printe
seven times. In numerous cases bill
| were reprinted to take out typd
graphical errors, although in a ma
Iorlty OF cases reprinting was orde
| ed because of change of provision
or phraseology. In one instance
bill was reprinted because the nan
Pennsylvania was short one n. TIL
| bill which was recalled from til
| Governor most times was the Beyt
| bill providing for payment of ha
| of salaries to men in State servid
who go to war. 1t was recalled thrd
| times.
The question of whether State %
| hcemen are to be exempted fro
| the operation OF the draft law bid
fair to occupy considerable attentio
| of Federal and State authoritie
The Federal authorities have he
| that all policemen are subject to til
law and that unless it can be show
that they are essential to the mali
| tenance of the mlIltary establish
ment they must go to mobilizatid
camps. On the other hand the A
torney Generals Department hol
that the State policemen are sta
| executive officers, not purely Sta
employees. Therefore, say the Sta
officials the policemen are exemI
II is probable that local boards W
have to wrestle With claims for e
emption from each State policema
they take.
Fixing of a price for wheat ii
next year has already had the effe
of causing farmers to plan increasd
wheat acreage, according to repor
! which are coming to the State Ca
counties farmers will plow fiel
for wheat to greater extent than ev
and there is brisk fertilizing woI
under way already. .
Just one month ago there was
cornfield on the upper edge of Mi
dletown. Now there is a buildi1
nine hundred feet long rapidly
preaching completion and formi1
the center of the group which w
be the big aviation storehouse
this part of the country The bull
ing of this structure. which is larg
ly of concrete, has attracted atte
ton from all over this part of {
State and the work has gone ahea
day and night, not even storms
terfering with 1t. The constructi(
of the smaller buildings is to be TAX
up rapidly. Farley Gannett, of I'll
city, the engineer in charge, h
been spending all day and most of t
nights there. The whole plant
to be surrounded with a high fend
This is the month when {
cannas are in their glory on mai
lawns and in yards and the red a
white blooms are to De seen in
most every part of abe city. Son
| of the cannas on Capitol Hill ha
reached great heights and have
| tracted much attention