Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-08
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1t is going to be another week
| before all of the snow and ice that
has been accommodating during the
winter is off the streets if the sun
has to do it alone. The city author
tiles are helping some and the Snow
holes in Market street where the
street goes over Paxton creek are
working over time. The street
cleaners have been working their
way up Market street and have all
but cleared the south side of that
thoroughfare of snow and ice, but
there are other streets where there
are masses which are so filed with
ice and dirt that they defy the sun
and it is question whether the
men are going to get around to
them. In streets where there is
considerable shade and narrow
highways where the sun does not
shine much there are patches of ice
that cause horses to slip and where
people have to watch their steps.
The youngsters are commencing to
demand removal of patches of ice
which interfere with roller skating
and playing marbles. In streets
where the surface is not paved, there
are muddy conditions which bid fair
TO make trouble for a month to
come. The frost is not all out of the
ground as yet and the gradual ooz-
ing out will make unpleasant con-
ditions for a time to come. In the
suburban districts it has been dis
covered that water lines which were
less than three feet deep were frozen
up and considerable digging will
| have to be done to clear out the
| pipes. Not only were the trees and
| bushes nipped by the frost but it
/ got in its work under ground and
! made the surface rather trouble
| some.
Pennsylvania farmers are not like
| ly to do much sowing of spring
wheat this year because of the farm
| labor situation according to people
at the State Department of agricul-
| ture. Numerous inquiries have been
! made, especially since the request
has come from Washington for an
increased production of wheat but
farmers say that they will be kept
busy maintaining normal production
in some sections and will be unable
to attempt spring wheat. The great
bulk of the wheat raised in this
state is of the winter variety.
The State Department, which has
charge of the commissioning of new
notaries public and justices of the
peace has been inundated with re-
quests for compilations of state laws
relative to those two lines of official
activity and the State Legislative
Reference Bureau may be asked to
make up a code. There have been
few subjects more legislated upon
in the last 100 years. One of the
: requests which came the other day
was for laws which would help
out green notary"
r For the first time in months clerks
l in the county recorders office have
, transcribed all the deeds which have
been filed to date at the office. How
= ever there are more than fifty mort
, cages on file to be copied, but Re-
corder Lentz said this work will be
completed before the rush which
. comes each year during the first
r few weeks of spring. Last year a
s new record was made at the office,
more instruments being received and
filed than in any other previous
year. Despite tho big increase the
! clerks kept the records almost to
' date.
One class of consumers in Harris
burg is not kicking" about the
l ruling of the Federal Food Admin
! istration regarding the sale of wheat
. flour only with equal quantities of
: other cereals. That part of the city
I population which ekes out it's exist
s. ence in boardinghouses is rather re-
e joicing at the ruling which is MAX
S ing erstwhile cautious boarding
e housekeepers indulge in certain
foodstuffs which appeal to the pal
ate of the average diner, but not to
s the taste of the clearinghouse
r keeper after she has surveyed the
+ prices on the grocers' lists For in
o stance, in more than one house these
t nights the boarders are rejoicing
over great bowls of steaming mush
and milk, and slices of delicious hot
- cornbread. The housewives just
t. have to get rid of all that surplus
cornmeal. And not least of all is the
d extra dish on the dinner tables these
days, rice pudding. which used to
t. be a luxury to the boarder. Besides,
local doctors predict q healthier
community in Harrisburg when the
I war is over. all because consumers
| have to eat a more varied menu.
"The tractor is not going to be
a remedy for everything, but it is
going to help out the farmer in
plowing his fields" said Lieutenant
Governor Frank B. McClain. "The
farmers will have a chance to rent
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