Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-16
Enrntng Chat

labor situation, according to what
has been reported here this week
by men coming to the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, has been to-
get the harvest over unusually early.
in Dauphin and nearby agriculturar
counties. This is explained by the
fact that farmers, being uncertain
about where they were going to get
help. bestirred themselves and also
had the help of organizations, COM
mittees and individuals. In some
northern counties, where harvest is
generally late, the fields are cleared
up and the oats harvest is being
finished up in record time. The
conditions have also speeded up
threshing. Field work, except plow-
ing and cultivating, is in fair shape,
although 1t is admitted here that
acreages have not been what was
hoped, because farmers could not
get the labor. Pennsylvania will
lead the state in buckwheat produc-
ton this fall and for the first time
in years fields of that grain are to
be seen in the southern counties
Prospects for good-sized crop are
reported excellent and in event that
the prices should not be attractive
for it, it will supply a big source of
cattle feed. The buckwheat has
been seen in the Susquehanna, Juni-
alta. Cumberland and Schuylkill VAL
probably ever known before.
The situation in regard to the iron
and steel market may result in
changes of specifications for con-
struction of some state bridges.
Scarcity and uncertainty regarding
structural steel prevented bids be-
ing presented in some instances and
what did come in were too high.
Concrete and stone may be specified.
although labor conditions may affect
prices for such construction.
People coming over the Mulberry
street bridge have a favorite guess
ing game these days, and that is
how high will the new Pennsylvania
railroad freight station be built. The
men at work on what is now the
top story have been making such
slow progress that many folks figure
out that the station will not go
much higher. On the other hand,
some of the observers contend that
the derrick would not be so high
unless the building was to be very
large. 1t seems hard to realize that
| the tract where the station stands
was one of the first parts of Har-
risburg to be built up and that 125
years ago it was an active part OF
the town, while later on it was the
q site of the German Lutheran Church
and of a firehouse. Further back
Meadow Lane is supposed to have
' been the result of an Indian trail
, and Harrisburgs first iron works
which James Swank, the historian
says was something like a mail.
i cry" was about where the giant
, freight station is being built.
Some of the tricks played with
Z the stage money at the picnic Of
tho Cham Of Com m arca yaSter,
!. day at John w. Eeily's famoui
cabin" were funny, indeed. Some
one handed Rudy" Alleman a bale
9 and told him to keep it out OF
sight. He did until he saw Arthur
7 D. Bacon flashing" it about rather
6 recklessly. John P. Melick, being
, connected with a financial institu.
ton. was asked to take care of
: large amount of the currency" fol
!, fear some one would steal it
s Banker William H. Nell, of Steelton
I found a big packet of 1t stuffed In
{ his hip pocket. John S. Musser, who
was rather reckless in his expendi'
l ture at the games along high
: sports" row, went around borrowing
: some of the green and yellow notes
= and John Heathccte wanted tc
S charge him six per cent.
: William Grant Miller, of Shire.
the Philadelphia Public Ledger, in
which he makes some interesting
, statements about what will happen
| when Dutch meets Dutch, as might
be said. He predicts that when the
men of the old Fourth Pennsylvania,
the pennsylvania Dutch" regiment
meet the Germans there will be
Greek and Greek contest, in which
the Prussians will run. In the
course of his letter he says: I'm the
Public Ledger of last Saturday you
speak of the surprise that the Prus'
slams feel when they hear themselve!
saluted in battle in the speech
known as Pennsylvania Dutch BY
members of the old Fourth Infantry
of Pennsylvania. This is not the
first time that the old, reliable
Dutch Fourth has come in contac
with the Germans. 1t was in Porte
Rico, in the Spanish War, that
number of German planters, hearing
Dutch being spoken by men of the
Fourth Regiment, inquired of the
writer, who speaks high German, il
the men were all Germans. 1 re-
piled in German mo, not a oneI
that we were only Americans" VI
shot their hands, at the same time
| saying, Non comprehenda! MOI
comprehenda!" I then told them
while the regiment had its Mick
leys, Bearys, Fischners, Stines, etc.
it also had it's O'Neills, Shannons
Golfers, etc. 1 also tried to explain
to them what constitutes good
American. But, sorry to say, it wal
all non comprehend to them. To
them it is only Deutschland ubei
Allies in dem Welt Well, they have
tried it, and the world will not stand
for it,
Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, pub.
Usher of the Altoona Tribune, wal
in the city yesterday for a short
, time. Col. Shoemaker will repre-.
sent the state in an inquiry as tt
defense against air raids in Europe
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Robert K. Cassatt chairman ol