Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-10
Ehrntng Olrat

What goes in dear comes out
cheap" is an old Dauphin county
auase especially relating to the
painting of potatoes. Farmers in
thls section of the State have been
saying that for years and in tho
splendid farming districts in the
| lower end of this county Il is said
to be maxim which has never been
hhoWn TO fail. One of the practical
reasons is that when things are ex-
pensive many people turn to plant
ing them with the result that there
are large crops and the price follow
| ing the ineXorable law of supplv and
demand comes tumbling down. Just
now the price of seed potatoes is
something awful and farmers are
apologizing for the figures at which
they SELL The natural result has
been that every man or woman who
can get hold of vacant lot is plant-
ing potatoes and means to cultivate
| them to whack the food spectators
| ana incidentally to have something
TO say to our friend, the farmer
/ N'NtiiSi SSlo
! there should be good growing times
ana the truth of the lower Dauphin
| saying Will again be demonstrated.
Signs that the Legislature will ad-
journ on Flag Day" are multiply
ing about the Capitol and attention
Is being directed to the length of
sessions in other years. Eight times
since the adoption of the constitu-
| llOn of lSI2 fhp I 10,
until June and once. in the wear
that the Capitol burned, until july.
June sessions are not popular he
cause OF the heated period which
comes the latter part of the month.
as those who sat through the ses-
sion OF 1913 are now recalling. The
session OF l9O1 adjourned on June
~, ~, the same date as that of 1913.
| Inc other June sessions all ended
before the middle of the month. AS
a rule the closing work of a ses-
sion is strenuous and the pressure
OF three sessions a day with COM
mittee meetings in between is pretty
severe in very hot weather.
The manner in which the House
OF Representatives passed bills lew
ing over dozen millions of dollars
OF new taxes yesterday without a
word of debate, was the cause of con-
siderable comment among people
gathered in the Capitol to
watch the Legislature at work. 1t
was remarkable fact that they
passed without the sponsor of the
bills even being in the House and
lew people paying much attention to
them compared to the care bestowed
upon bills regulating sales of LIQUOR
or licensing of dogs. The measures
VIII be in the hands of the Senate
when it meets on Monday night and
there are indications that the fate of
the bills will be settled in that
branch, which probably accounts for
the way the House let things go.
The respite granted by the Gov
( ernor yesterday in the case of John
Nelson will stay for awhile the exec
cution. of man whose case has at
tracted national attention. Nelson
is supposed to be a "Voodoo" man
and from the time of his arrest for a
stabbing affair near Tunkhannock re-
fused to say word. His trial was
marked by more or less trouble on
that score and finally there were
charges by doctors of carelessness in
treatment of the dead man which
threatened for a time a medical
scandal. Nelson's history is un-
known although newspapers in a
dozen States have taken up his case.
n Blackbirds about Harrisburg and
: Steelton are living pretty high these
days and have fresh food served to
them daily and, it might be remark
ed in passing, that for once the diet
of the somber-coated, purple-he headed
feathered scrappers is something
which everyone is glad to see them
eat. Next to stealing the corn
thrown out to the fat, wobbly Cap
itol park pigeons, there is nothing
that the blackbirds about here seem
to delight in nowadays as much as
: following plowmen. The birds
gather in the burrows and go after
|, the worms and grubs which make
life so unpleasant for the potato
planter. There is plowing going on
, all about this city and Steelton and
the result is that the birds have
plenty of foraging grounds right in
, front of them at all times. The men
with the plows let the birds do as
, they please at such times.
Speaking of blackbirds it seems as
| though there are more of them
about here this spring than usual.
Big fiocks are to be seen and the
number of birds scattered around
attending to housekeeping duties,
. foraging and making themselves
neighbors appears to be very numer-
Gus. In Wildwood and Reservoir
parks there have been big flocks seen
within the last ten days and they
seem to be making up their minds
about staying here instead of going
to more northern climes where the
J weather may be even worse than it
has been in the first ten days of
May in Harrisburg.
Harrisburg's Wharton school ex-
tension came in for some compli-
mentary notice yesterday at a hear
ing at the Capitol, as it was several
times referred to as an organization
which has been doing good work.
The Wharton school here has at
tracted attention because of the In
terest and vim shown by the stu
dents and the good results obtained.
Among visitors to Harrisburg this
week to enter the officers training
corps was Warren Shumaker,
of Johnstown, a son of James NJ.
Shumaker, former superintendent of
public grounds and buildings.