Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-03
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be better chances for footrops next
year say the experts in ting ofShe
soil. The time to get rid q weeds is
right now when many of.hem are
| in bloom and the beautyof their
coloring makes one forget teir nui-
sance qualities. All over theeoun$ry-
| side. on the comparativelyee va
cant plots about the city an m the
gardens there are many flpers to
be seen that represent takir from
the soil properties which should
go into food plants. The timeo cut,
say the experts, is right not, not
when the scenic end of the weds is
over and the seed pods have ftmed
or have burst. The dandelions thich
made everything look SO prettSthis
spring scattered their seeds farand
wide and there will be dozenl of
| plants next spring because somebne
| did not cut down the yellow blooms.
On Capitol Hill they make it bIsi-
ness of getting the dandeions wien
they are in flower and sush a thing
as a dandelion forming a puffballis
unknown in that part q Fatlsr
Penn's domain. 1t takes vigilance aid
| work, but the man who wants 10
raise vegetables had bettet do tie
same thing. Just now the clicory Or
the blue devil is in blossom in tlia
country and along the roads and tlse
| wild mustard, wild parsnps aid
other weeds which look prety aAd
lend charm to rural walks, hut XIV
| useful plants are also about b seed.
| The wise thing to do is 30 cul down
| these plants when they are in lower
so that the soil'will be able to lfford
better nourishment to grains, pota-
toes and other plants next yeaA and
| there VIII be fewer weeds to pull up.
AS one of the State experts saidyes-
terday, Work with the hoe nowlnd
avoid so much work next spring.
|
Martin NJ. -Keet, formerly a maa-
Der of the HARRISBURG TEIG-
GRAPH staff and we'll known N
| Harrisburg, is in Dayton, o., as pu-
licity expert for the committee whia
is fighting the efforts of politicians
do away with the city managershi
form of government in that city. TIL,
Citizens Committee of Dayton is
making q strong campaign against
the attempt of the Democratic ma
? chine to go back to the old ward sys-
tenn of government. Dayton has done
: so we'll from the standpoint of the
J that it's fame has gone into every
/ other city that has in mind anything
: in the way of civic betterments. But
the city managership has been hard
: on the Democratic bosses who had
Z been in control of the city. Their
patronage has dwindled away to al
most nothing and they have raised q
, fund whereby they hope to make a
successful fight to regain control. The
= Citizens Committee is holding mass
meetings and doing everything pos
r sible to nominate on August Ia set
! of candidates who will be pledged to
continue the reforms that have
worked so well.
There were odd things connected
with the storm yesterday afternoon.
Right when the winds began to blow
and the rain to fall, an advertising
vehicle came down Third street. The
: paint with which its signs were let
tered was of the runny type. 1t ran
) when the rain began. At the rear of
the Capitol a man backed up with a
truckload of paper towels. About
half of them were thoroughly soak
ed. On a row of dwellings being con-
, structed the men in charge had just
laid the paper on the roof prepara-
: tory to the regular roofing when the
wind came and took it to the next
block.
: A crowd of visitors to the Capitol
| got the fright of their lives yesterday
, afternoon during the big storm. 1t
seems that one of the windows high
up in the collar of the dome had
$ been left open for ventilation and
when the storm came along the man
5 sent to close it found the job too
t much. He yelled for help and by
= the time another man got to him the
2 window had torn loose and had SIAM
t med shut. The people down in the
2 rotunda hearing the mans shouts,
} gathered around to see what had
l happened when a shower of glass
2 came tumbling down. The policemen
and guides hustled them to shelter.
/ The storm caused a letup in the
| rush hours on the ice cream factor
J les. For several days the demand at
soda fountains and ice cream places
has been manifested by lines two
and three deep. The telephones of
the ice cream places have been ring
ing over time and the delivery wag-
ons have been suffering from the
heat. Three and four times the ordi-
nary summer supply has hardly been
enough to meet the tremendous cry
for the great delicacy. Truckloads
filled with a couple dozens of cans
are nothing uncommon.
l.
Accidents run in chains. Yesterday
, afternoon car on the Fourthtstreet
!, line just shaved a wagon near State
street, and at North alley it side
swiped a small motorcar. 1t took as
q wheel and made the car look as
though it had been in action. When
the names had all beenrtaken and
statements given, the motorman
found that the fender had been re-
duced to a memory. A number of
troopers, attracted by the racket,
came around to help and the fen
der was just being lifted off when
one of the 9olding doors fell off the
car. 1t landed on one of the Guards
men. Then more names had to be
taken. Finally q wagon came along
with some lumber on 1t and one OF
the long pieces just missed the car.
The motorman speeded up and left
thanking his stars nothing else had
happened.
Visitors here yesterday included
Harry K. Daugherty, former member
of the Legislature from Mercer
county and prominent in the pro-
gressive movement of 1912. Mr..
| naugb ar+v was here on business at