Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-13
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Some men interested In the busi~
ness affairs of Harrisburg and it's
vicinity and connected with the var
ious patriotic drives that have
oeen under way. in this community
| were talking yesterday about the re-
sponse that the State Capital districS
mas been making on every calf
Every tme 1t has more than met ex-
pectatiohs we all know. 1t has not
I ameh st nard work and strenuous eff
forts by men who have made sacri-
nces TO DO 1t, but as pointed out in
this column the other day the fact
| tnat one person in every three in
Harrisburg subscribed to a Lbertr
bond In the campaign just endc1
places this city on the Nations real :
nnanclal map just as much as it is
splendid record of enlistments, which
nave brought 1t twice immunity from
draft calls. The truth of the mat
ter Is, said one man who is a keen
observer of his home city, that
harrisburg Is hard to wake up. We
hao that experience when we wanted
to get out of the mud and secure
pure water and you know what a
prejudice had to be beat down be-
fore we could get the funds for the
park system and the Improvement of
the River Front. And now everyone
talks about them. And then looSat
tne new MOTEL. And we are getting
thanks from all over the state for
putting 1t up. The truth is that when
1t gets started this place has an al
mighty lot of pep in it. 1t will put
over this War Savings Pledge Week
proposition and give the Red Cross
what 1t asks and be ready for the
Fourth Liberty Loan after putting
up all that 1t had for the Third right
IN the race of the time when Uncle
Sam is calling for income tax pay
ments that are fierce. And by the
same token, just let anyone ever
start anything to disturb the peace
and good order of this town as has
been done in some other places.
Has 1t ever occurred to you that we
have big alien population and we
are more concerned about whether
smallpox gets among it than any
thing else?"
War Savings Stamps fit right in
with the Liberty Loan and the Red
Cross. AS a matter of fact, if you
want to buy bonds you have got to
learn to save. And If you can beat
that quarter at time scheme of the
Thrift Stamps show me-" declared
William M. Donaldson this morning
as a final word for the start of
Pledge Week."
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BY an unusual combination of
dates almost all of the boards con-
nected with the administration of
the state government will hold their
monthly meetings this week. This is
due to the fact that the first of May
fell upon Wednesday Next month
number of boards will adjourn ses-
sions for the summer. The Public
Service Commission to-day held ses-
sions for argument and considera-
ton of the Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh transit situations. Tomorrow
the states fiscal commissions will
sit and final orders made for invest
ment of funds in Liberty Bonds and
the State Water Supply Commission
will act upon a number of bridge ap-
plications. Wednesday the State
Board of Pardons will hold its May
session. 1t is very rare that the
Board sits in the same week as the
Sinking Fund and Revenue Commits
sions. A meeting will also be held
shortly by the State Defense Com
mission. Tuesday the State Board
of Public Grounds and Buildings is
scheduled to sit for the opening of
the bids for the annual supply con-
tracts, aggregating many thousands
of dollars in value.
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end of the state are watching to see
whether the State Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings is going to
meet tomorrow and they are not in
terested in Capitol contracts. 1t is a
case of being able to get over a
river 1t is unusual all the way
through. Out in Forest county right
near the county seat of Tionesta the
Allegheny river receives the Tionesta
river, which is a deep, rapidly run
ming creek. Last winter the Allie
gheny backed up and the flood and
ice carried the bridge that connects
with the county seat up the stream.
IGenerally bridges are being wrecked
by being carried down. This one was
carried up and wrecked. The peo-
pie found that under the law the
state had to replace such ruined
bridges. They came here and
launched the usual court proceed
ings and day or so ago an order
was made in court for a bridge after
viewers had solemnly gone through
the customary motions. And it is
up to the State Board to name the
engineer. Meanwhile the nearest
bridge to the county seat of Forest,
seven miles away, is the only means
of crossing the Tionesta and the
stream is too swift to ford and a
ferry would not pay.
There's a tooth and nail contest
on between the boys of the various
classes at Tech on the purchase of
Thrift Stamps. Just how deeply the
spirit of patriotism is rooted in
these lads was recently shown in the
case of one Freshman who each day
for three days purchased a Thrift
Stamp. On the fourth day this
Freshman, not having put in his ap-
plication for a stamp, was ap-
preached by one of the profs with
the query, Don't you want a stamp
to-day?" And the Freshman re-
piled, "Have heart, prof, I've gone
without lunch for the past three days
to buy stamps and I'm hungry"