Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-03
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l1drTispurB on the truck trains OF
the army the last two or three weeks
are giving this section of the State a.
fine name in eastern towns and cities
where they stop and the reason is
| they are being extended welcomes
| and the best that the land affords.
| Probably a thousand trucks have
passed through Harrisburg the last
! month or so, virtually every one of
them being. on its way right to the
dock to be loaded on transports for
France. The truck companies are
trained at camps and sent to the
factories where they are given their
vehicles and started on the way OF
late truck companies have been GO
ing into camp for the night at Camp
Hill or near Hummelstown, but a
number have taken to the circus
grounds at Twenty-first and Derry
streets, where they have bivouaced
| to the joy of the kids of the East
| End. These men have made them
! selves at home and have been given
many an addition to their mess by
the hospitaIble people of that sec
ton of the city, While the members
of the Royal Fire Company have not
only rendered them the use of bath
! rooms, but allowed their hose to
wash down the trucks. However, it
is OF the farmers that the boys OF
the truck companies speak. They
are strong for the farmers who have
stood out on the roads as they went
by and tossed them apples and
peaches and other things. penn
| sylvania farmers are all right;
hope they make a lot of money.
They're not stingy," said one raw
boned western soldier as he told of
the way the men had been given
things to eat while coming through
the Cumberland and Juniata valleys.
The bulk of the truck trains come up
from the Lincoln highway at Cham
bersburg or come down the William
Penn by way of Lewistown and then
move through Harrisburg by way of
| Reading and Easton to New York.
They are keen about Harrisburg
streets, but sore on the highways in
some OF Its neighboring boroughs.
State Librarian Thomas Lynch
Montgomery, David E. Tracy and
John Armstrong Herman have been
appointed the committee in charge
OF the nineteenth" at the Country
Club of Harrisburg. 1t should. be
understood that each hole on the
golf course of the new establish
ment of the club has committee.
Chairman Sam" Todd, of the
grounds committee, decided recently
to name men to look after each hole.
In this way he sidetracked some of
the kicks and at the same time gave
some of the observers and commen-
tators on the condition of the course
something to think about, and per-
chance, to defend. Fuel Admins
traitor Ross A. Hickok, Manager
Frank A. Robbins, Jr., of the Beth
lehem Steel; Frank Payne, Walter
II. Gather, DR.. William e. Wright,
Frank M. Eastman, Bob" McCreath.
John Hoffer, Jr., Judge" Nauman,
Food Administrator Donald McCor-
mick and lots of others have green's
to fuss with. However, when the
committee on the nineteenth" was
named they promptly held a meet
ing and sent word that it was in
had condition, very dry, and would
require at least $500 to be put into
proper shape for successful au-
tumn season.
Joe" LeCompte, the assistant
cashier of the State Treasury, who
has been running the finances of the
State, does not look like a man who
hands out millions. The other day
the man from Bradford sat down
ana inquired up a few things. When
he got through he discovered that
he had signed checks calling for
about $2,00O,000. well, I'm glad
1t was the States money. I'd have
trouble getting enough to meet that
call myself" said he.
Building and loan associations of
Pennsylvania are believed to hold
nearly million dollars worth of
liberty bonds, according to men at
the State Capitol and they will be
called upon to dispose of them un-
der the opinion of the attorney gen
eral that such bonds are not legal
investment for such organization un-
der the statutes of this State. Re-
ports made by building and loan
/ associations at the close of last wear
showed over half a million dollars
worth of such bonds owned and a.
number of organizations, notably in
Philadelphia, are said to have in
vested FUNDS in such securities since
the hrst of the year. Associations
will be notified of the attorney gem
erals decision.
Sportsmen who write letters to
] people at the Capitol declare this
. year should furnish a good second
test for the game code of 1917 and
there have been few objections made
to 1T. Some men in the northern
part of the State are not disposed
to speak kindly about ARRANGEMENT
OF seasons owing to the difference
between the climatic conditions of
Potter, for instance, and the Bed
ford district, but the balance seems
to be fair in the eyes of people here
and the fact that the bird season is
over before the deer hunters get
into the woods is important
In the story of the battling on
the Marne by the 10th regiment, in
which the men who went out as
members of the famous Fighting
Tenth Pennsylvania" are numbered,
occur the names of men we'll known
to residents of Dauphin county. Ma
jor Joseph H. Thompson is none
other than ex-senator "Joe" Thomp-
son, who has many friends here.
while Major Thomas Anderson, of
Latrobe, is known to many former
Guardsmen. Lieutenant Marshall
Barron, who captured sixty-seven
prisoners, Is Barron the old football
player who fought Steelton's elev-
en- some years ago on the gridiron.
Sergeant Blake Leighton, of AL
toona, Is well-known young man
| In the Mountain Cifu