Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-14
Eirrntttg Chat

Foreigners In this part of the State
seem to be having q pretty expen-
sive time about becoming citizens, ac-
cording to some things which have
been heard of lately. 1t seems that
recently the office of deputy clerk OF
the United States Court in TINS clty
was subjected to one of those PERIOD
! ical shake-ups which took u job away
from a man VINO had been filling it
| for some time and was thoroughly
competent to fill il, from all accounts
and they come from various sources,
| For d long time the foreigners WISH
| ing to become citizens had 10 go TO
the United States clerk, but When the
change was made the prothonotary
! of the county court was given Ger
tain duties. in connection with TINS
work, 1t also seems that Uncle sam
was a little slow about sendlng sup
plies here for the court oHclal ol
Dauphin county and the foreigners
have been forced to make trips 10 sun
bury to have their papers attelueo
to. Some of them have been coIn
planning that to become cltlzeh,
which is urged upon them as the goal
| of life, is expensive. They nave 10
go to another town and to take aiohs
the men to stand sponsors Tor thehi:
The upshot of this is that whereas IL
used to cost So to become q clIlzeh'
| it now takes the regular fee and the
carfare for the prospective cltizen anu
| his sponsors. Inasmuch as Anerlcah
ization is being urged strongly oS
many men it would seem that some
thing should be done to make the
! fianl steps easier, as getting papers is
probably as difficult for the average
| foreigner as getting the hans OF
English grammar.
It's rather surprising the number of
automobile owners who take to the
wrong side of the road once they get
out of the city limits. This has been
especially noticed on the roads to
Hummelstown and Middletown ana IN
spite of warnings given by local ON
cials and citizens. The difficulty ap-
pears to be that the sides of the roads
are not uniformly maintained. Gerti-
| fication of numbers to the State high
way Department will probably be the
means of checking it.
The cornplanter Indians appear to
be getting their usual share of atten-
ton from Father Penn. These In
dams are the only ones in Pennsylva-
MIA to which the State pays much at
tention and they are given good treat
ment biennially. Years ago this tribe,
/ which has extensive lands OF ITS own
in Warren county, used to come dow
! here, but lately they have been TOO
busy making money as farmers. The
State gives them money for schools
and pays to keep up the roads in the
| reservation.
The State League of Boroushs,
which is holding its sixth annual meet
ling here. is the work of couple OF
men interested in the minor municl-
palities of the State, although some of
them are larger than certain cities:
! The men are r. +. Chrostwaite, oil
Hanover, who labored to get the bor-
ough men together, and ID. l.. Starr,
of Bellevue. Mr. Chrostwaite has
done an immense amount of work for
the boroughs.
The joys of living in suburban
town are pleasant especially in the
winter. With the mercury about zero,
and the northwest winds blowing at
a As mile gale, the average out-of-
town citizen rolls out of bed about
$50 o'clock in the morning to find
| his fires out and his water pipes troH-
en-. After wasting considerable time in
thawing out the pipes, the suburbanlte
sets out for his city office. When he
gets to the corner of the street to wal
for the trolley car, he learns that the
| car is only fifteen minutes late, and he
must weather the gale in order to get
to his office. Upon arriving at his place
of business, he makes resolution that
! he will move back to the city, as soon
as the weather is favorable. Upon the
arrival of spring he forgets his resolu-
ton and decides to remain in his su-
burban town, which, he says is the
garden spot of the world, etc.
|
Two municipalities of the State
have called" the legislative commit
tee on centennial affairs which gave
out some time ago that 1t would like
to hear from some place which was
about to celebrate its Tooth birthday.
.nnfarnriSfnU mmIInifipa
are Butler, which recently voted to
become a city, and which is 100 years
old this spring, and PunXsutawney
which having absorbed some nearby
boroughs now styles itself Greater
Punxsutawney in official communica-
tions. The Indian name of "PunXy'
was "Gnat-town" and it has been on
the map since 1917 and growing ever
since.
A teacEer in one of the steelton
schools who has a flock of youngsters
representing a majority of the ma
tionalities of Europe, especially those
in the southeastern section, says that
it is surprising the way the youngsters
have developed feeling of reverence
for Lincoln and Washington They
know all about them and from what
the teacher says can give events with
which they were connected. But that
does not prevent them from believing
that the two great presidents brought
about many things for common bene-
fit which the statesmen never did.
For instance, said the teacher, one
youngster firmly believes that Lincoln
was the man who made the railroads
great and that Washington founded
the, school system.
One thing about this winter which
appeals to the farmers is the fact that
there is plenty of snow to cover the
grain. Almost every cold spell has
been accompanied by some snow and
the wheat fields have been pretty well
covered up. Fields in exposed places
have been frozen for weeks, but ex-
animation of the stalks fails to show
that there will be mitch damage done.
The acreage to be ploughed for corn
next year is going to be large, accord
ing to what farmers attending the
Verbeke street market say.