Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-10
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1t is not believed that there are
many communities in Pennsylvania
| which will be. able to make the
showing of bond purchases per
| capita that Harrisburg is entitled to
show and If there are they are very
few of the size of the State Capital.
The estimate of $4,000 bond sub
scribers in Harrisburg is something
in which everyone can take the
greatest pride and yet it does not
represent all. There were numerous
subscriptions made on behalf of or
ganizations and other units which in
cluded persons who did not, for vari-
GUS reasons, subscribe themselves.
And then there were subscriptions
made by heads of families for their
| children which will be allotted later
on as was done in the first loan. II
we figure out that Harrisburg is a
community of some $4,000 persons
| this means that one in every three
you meet going along the streets was
a bond buyer, an investor with Uncle
Sam, not a contributor, but an IN
vestor. This is very gratifying cir
cumstance and one which should be
| recalled in every address that is
made in the city this year. Tho
| pocketbook nerve is something which
| is said to be very sensitive and we
| are inGGed fortunate, to use the
words OF William Jennings, in hav-
| ing it so we'll attuned to patriotism.
To be twice exempted from the op-
| Grafton of the draft, as has just been
| announced by Major w. G. Muir
dock, the state draft officer, because
of the number of voluntary enlist
ments is something to note with
| pride and when one in three resi-
dents is a Liberty Bond buyer it is
worth bearing in mind.
Major Wensel Morava, who is in
| charge of the big government opera
tion near New Cumberland, is ma
turally much interested in the re-
cent developments at Prague, where
| the Bohemians are demonstrating
their natural sympathy with the AL
lies. Many of his countrymen are
now fighting with the Allies and it
is natural for Major Morava to feel
comfortable in the uniform of his
adopted country. Major MoraVa
came to the United States as a boy
and is now an American through and
through Several years ago he travel
ed with party of Americans through
Europe including the editor-in- chief
of the Telegraph and was chosen to
deliver the response to an official
address of welcome at Prague In the
original Czech. Major Morava made
hit with that speech and the news
papers of the metropolis of Bohemia
were quite complimentary in their
illusions to his remarks.
Major w. B. Gray, who is the di-
recting head of the government work
between Middletown and Steelton,
and who has made scores of friends
| since returning to Harrisburg, af-
t ter an absence of several years, was
comparing notes with Major Morava
and a group of men the other
2 day regarding the very patriotic ac-
tivities of this community. Both Of
i ticers declared that they had never
anywhere observed o. more respon-
sive attitude on the part of any conf
munity than they have noted since
5 coming to Harrisburg. Both this
city and New Cumberland have
shown the greatest hospitality and
} readiness to assist the government
officials.
zone of the interesting things that
I find in travelling about this coun-
try" says f. S. Stevens, the agricul-
: tural expert of the State Chamber
of Commerce, lis that the use of
concrete on the farm is increasing:
S There is more concrete being used
, in farm buildings than ever. And 1
j. also find that the silo has come to
= stay in this section of the state,
too"
= Movement of soldiers through
s Harrisburg is an occasion Cor
r youngsters living near the Mulberry
street bridge. They can spot train
far off and they hustle to the tracks
and cheer and wave handkerchiefs at
the soldiers as they go through. An
artillery train is subject for a joy
full greeting as the children like to
see the. guns.
Circulation of books at the Har-
risburg Public Library is keeping up
at a surprising rate in spite of the
coming of warm weather and the
war activities. During April the cir
culation was greater than usual in
e that month Miss Alice r. Eaton,
the librarian, says that people are
reading the good solid kind of
books, too.
1t is an interesting fact that John
c. Motter, who has been named as
chairman of the committee in charge
of the reception for the Democratic
candidates, takes a place which used
to be reserved by common consent
for his uncle, the late Samuel Kun
KEEL Mr.. Kunkel for years arranged
most of the Democratic meetings in
this city, especially when the candi-