Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-11
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The suggestion made in this colum
last night that the city donate Ian
either in one of its parks or along on
of the parkways or adjacent to
parkway for armories for it's organ
izations of the National Guard attracte
considerable attention on Capitol Hi
If not among the city fathers. 1t seen
to be generally recognized that wit
the return of the guardsmen thina
are going to be different in regard
preparedness and that there will
greater calls upon the militiamen AM
also upon the public and that If gel
eral military training is inaugurate
there will have to be provision mad
for housing the organizations and eoi
Quoting the drills. The city of Har&
burg has many, many acres of pan
land and an armory located, say
Reservoir Park. would be u distin
addition to the public grounds. At Il
Capitol it is no secret that for yea
the State officials in charge of milital
matters and of armory facilities hay
been discussing what to do about Ha
risburg. Other places have been mo
ing to get armories and handson
buildings have been erected at Che
ter, Tyrone. Connellsville, Lebanon ar
other places, but nothing for this cit
One scheme was to place armories
the railroad end of the Capitol Par
extension, but this plan does not see
to be favored, and the purchase
sites across the street from the pal
would involve much money. One
the prominent State officials says tn
whenever Harrisburg was ready wi
sites the State would be very prom
about getting the money for building
There must be considerable popul
interest in the Oakley paintings whi
are to be placed in the Senate chamb
because scarcely a day goes by wit
out people stopping in that part of t
Capitol and inquiring when they W
be in place. 1t is expected to fini
their installation next week under
personal direction of Miss Oakley.
John II. Fertig, the Pottsville Ia
yer named yesterday to be assista
director of the State Legislative r.
erence Bureau, has specialized in
search and code work. He had char
of preparation of n number of
codes which have attracted attenti
in the Legislature and has prepar
digests for departments which ha
been commended for their compile
ness Mr.. Fertig has been with
bureau almost from it's organizati
and is well known to a number
men in this city.
Gilbert Greenburg, the Huntingd
| firemen named as a deputy State mi
shall last evening. is well known
many residents of Harrisburg as
formerly managed the old Park Ho
which stood on the site
the proposed new Hotel.
Greenburg's appointment
been expected for some time.
a long while he was active in st
| iiremen'S affairs, n former presid
of the State Firemen's Association
an organizer of the goose necks."
George c. Potts, prominent upto
man, is commencing to gain more
more faith in human nature.
other day a woman appeared at
place of business and paid him a
| twelve years old. 1t had been oV
looked. The same day he was visi
by another who after some discuss
referred to a bill which had been
ing to him for nineteen years. A
that was also paid.
DIR. j. George Becht. the execut
officer of the State Board of Edu
ton, is conducting two very interest
series of inquiries just now. One
is into the history of education
| Pennsylvania, in which he is inve
eating original sources and gett
much data which had never been us
The other is into the foreigners n
schools of the State and the man
in which they. are taking to English
their daily life.
Some of the workmen from Steel
have a pretty drastic way of treat
trolley crews when they cannot get
the cars. There is always crush
a rush at Cameron and Market sire
in the evening and the cars going
the hill are jammed to the do
Some times men have to wait for
next car and sometimes the next a.
the next. The other evening cars "
filled in coming out of the subway
the Steelton men had to wait and W
| Finally one car stopped to let off
passenger and as there was no rd
in the rear end the workmen fa
more waiting. So they just pulled
trolley off and caused delay. w
| the car started the trolley was pu
off again. Then it dawned upon 50
one that there were not enough ca
Good moning, hos, All tells yc
it's some cold" This was a conn
expression in Steelton streets earl,
the morning lately by the Soutl
negro, who recently came to the
ough to work in the steel plant.
| negroes are not accustomed to
weather and when the cold wea
arrived unexpectedly many of the
groes were unprepared for it. A
being educated" to The weather
learning how to dress, the cold
class claim it is healthy climat
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