Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-07
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"Ai'ihS out aii oI MS Vetoe5 In his
own handwriting this year. TwoI
years ago the governor made his|
notes and dictated the messages
often after studying or discussing the
comments on bills given to him by|
the attorney general and his deputies
Governors Stuart and Tener used to
dictate their messages, but Governor
Brumbaugh has abandoned that plan
and now writes out his own MESA res
and sends them to his Office To hs
copied. The governor has beer
working on bills at the Exeeutiv
mansion and plans to handle all that
kind of business at his official home
only going to the Capitol to meet en-
gagements, which are being held
down to minimum during the con-
slaeration of bills. Very few people
are being permitted to call on him
ana to save time he has asked forz
prlefs When the governor gets the
comments from the attorney gen
erals Office on a bill and has all the
prlet in hand he locks himself III
ms library and writes out hi !
thoughts. Many of the vetoes are III
characteristic Brumbaugh phrase
,ology and quite a few of them have
t peen surprises After the vetoes have
peen written out and compared the
governor occasionally sends for them
10 see how 1t looks in typewritineI
ana sometimes there is another writ
ing 10 care for some interlineations
or some eliminations. :.
Ihanks to the war gardens Penn.
sylVania will probably have the
larsest potato, cabbage and bean
Srops IN lts history according to esti
mates made by men who have beer
studying reports sent to the Statd
department. of Agriculture. Prac
tically every city and borough has
reported more gardens than even
known before and that most of them
have planted potatoes, beans or cabI
page, which crops were all shor<
last year. In the country farmerJ
nave increased the area under cult
vation tremendously, in some in |
stances so much as to seriously en-
barrass them for labor and the acre
age given to potatoes is very largeI
1t is believed that the potato crop O
the state will go over 10000, ,OOd
bushels this year and that a grea
amount of it will be stored. The
potato yield last year was only 10.
100000 bushels. Late reborts indi
cate that there has been a marked
increase in the condition of tn !
wheat in practically every district
the month of June having been yer,
| favorable to grain. The hay crop i'll
| some sections is not up to expecta
tions.
The summer rush to visit the Stat
Capltol Is on and automobile partie
from a dozen different states ar
registering almost daily at the offic
OF the guides. The number of Wis
ltors registering this summer
larger than last year, especially u
| school parties. Several parties havj
stopped here on the way to Wash
| ington.
In all probability steps to star
work on the Capitol Park extension
landscape will be authorized mex
week when the Board of Publ
Grounds and Buildings meets. TIL
appropriation bill is in the hands
the governor who discussed 1t befor|
1t was reported out.
The new colors of the Pennsyl
vania railroads signal system hav
been attracting much notice and tn
use of the yellow, which has bee
| extensively used on other railroad
| is rather strange to people wh
have been brought up on white IN
red. The red remains as the DANCE
sign, but yellow takes the place
white, indicating things are clea
Green is the cautionary sign. Th
sight of lamps at the end of train
painted yellow and showing
chrome light are a novelty. The I
can be seen quite some distance
| too.
The cavalry horses stabbed over /
the Capital Park Extension distrio
are getting well trained and If the
get to France they will be used t
wars wild alarms. The stable of tn
horses is right close to the build
ings on which the contractors hav
been using dynamite to tear dowf
| Yesterday afternoon about twent
horses were tethered within shor&
| distance of st. Lawrence's church
where explosives have to be used
rip apart the walls. There wer
\ numerous charges used, but tn
horses did not seem to mind it
| particle,
Governor Brumbaugh is getting
| good many letters about the Cam
Curtin Memorial proposed in tn
Senate bill now on his desk. TIL
! camp site is known from Maine
| California and the attention given
the newspapers to the bill when
was going through the Legislatur
| has caused many people to writ
their views on 1t to the governor an
to commend his remarks made o
the subject last winter. That tn
letters are in favor of perpetuatin
the great mobilization camp of tn
| Civil War goes without saying