Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-09
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The portrait of John X. Tener
painted for the gallery of the gov
ernors in the reception room of the
executive department at the State
Capitoi VIII be placed within a few
oays and the likenesses of the COVER
hors from the days of William Penn
with a single exception will be COM
piete. Ex-Governor Tener's picture
VIII be placed beside that of Edwin
S. Stuart.
me Tener portrait to be placed
Is really the second to be painted
'ne nrst canvas was too small
~ ~ lhe space In the woodwork i'm
tne reception ROOM It was return
ed TO the artist who executed a new
nkehess. The portrait of John nj.
reynolds, lieutenant governor with
MI Iener, was placed in the lieu
tenant governors suite some time
ago f1ne portrait of DIR. Henry
1ouck' the late secretary of in
Inai a1alrs, was also placed
snort time ago in his department.
The portrait of the governor and
lieutenant governor who will retire
next January will be painted next
year
heports coming to the State De-
parement OF Health indicate that
there was very little if any tetanus
reported in Pennsylvania following
the Fourth of July. The reports
are not complete, but all signs are
that there was less observance of
the day by means of explosives of
various kinds than for long time.
1t is not generally known that Nc
| hn N,t1f
seat, which has invoked the aid
OF the State Public Service Commits
sion to prevent the closing of the
western Union telegraph office in
that town. has been a station on
telegraph lines for almost three
quarters of century. It's location
{at the foot of the Tuscarora range,
which is over 1900 feet high in
lsiSht of the county town, made it
good place to go through and for "A
station. In fact when storms rang
led the Alleghennies the linemen al
ways kept an eye on McConnells-
burg.
The busiest hour these days in
Western Union office in Harrisburg
is just about dawn. The order of
the Bell Telephone Company sus-
pending its information service on
1.-THE hour of the day or the time has
piled it up for the long suffering
Western Union. The men at the of
flee, who are rushed with an enor-
nous increase of business, mainly
government, have to hustle to the
telephone to give people the time.
lmany times between midnight and
6 a. m. The Pennsylvania railroad
people are also getting their share
of the inquiries.
no MI al
observing Bastile Day next Sunday
is interesting because over 100 years
laSo this day was given notice here.
There were few parts of Pennsyl-
Vania in which gratitude for French
laid in the Revolution was stronger
than right around here. the distr',
which was noted for not having any
Tories The county was named for
the son of the French king and the
lefty almost became Louisburg.
When the French revolution oc-
CURED the sympathies here were ma
lturally with the people and the fallS
of the Bastile was celebrated for a
number of years.
It's a pretty far cry until the next
legislature meets and it will be
good six months before the law
makers to be elected in November
come here again for business, but
there are already steps being taken
to prepare bills for the general as
sembly of 1918. This is indicated
by the inquiries coming here and it
would seem that there are a number
, of men who have ideas of regulating
| things However. there will not be
many laws next year and the big
legislation will be that recommended
: by the new governor and the COM
missions which are at work.
When Judge II. NJ Mcclure be-
comes Public Service Commissioner
he will find an old baseball friend.
George A. Wood as assistant marshal
of the commission. The two never
played on the same teams in years
gone by. but they played against
each other In his day Wood was
somewhat noted as a speedy base
runner and he was noted for the way
he stole second. The other day
Wood was asked II he knew the new
commissioner.
Yes" quoth he, "for long time.
He was one of those who used to
nail me at second"
Judge Mcclure caught for some
famous teams in his younger days
ands used the money he earned TO
study law and some of the old timers
recall how active he used to be be-
hind the bat.
The Capitol plaza and the Null
berry Street bridge were put into
the discard last night as the windiest
places in Harrisburg. They have
divided that honor for a long time
and many man and woman is dis
pose d to accept such judgment with
out further contest. The new place
was registered by a man who had
been working on top of the Penn
Harris. He said that to his certain
knowledge there had been more
wind in the valley of the Susque-
; hanna the last month than he had
ever known and it seemed to center
about the new hotel.