Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-26
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If necessity for war conservation
has taken away the numerous cleo
trio signs which used to shine forthi
! in Harrisburg and make it glitter
| ing night spectacle when viewed
from distance the municipal light
ing system and the parks make tf4as
city sparkle as with jewels from
many point and war industries add
| color Tho valley of the Susquc-
hanna from Rockville bridge down
| to Highspire is a great sight in the
evening. Seen from Reservoir Parksei
Fort Washington, Marysville mouE-'i
tain or York hills it is well worth tfscA
trip to get to those vantage points.
! Bridges and River Front picked out
with electric lights, railroad yardN
gridironed with arc lamps, industrt$1
plants guarded by searchlights ana
| huge reflectors and stacks red with
flame make wonderful picture and
| when trolley cars and trains pass
about 1t adds to what the artists call
might effects" War has brought to
the iron and steel plants hereabouts
continuous operation and it seems
as though the Ressemer steel mill at
Steelton was going all the time,
showering the night with sparks or
marking the day with fire-shot
smoke; blast furnaces are flushing
the skies with reflections from casts
and cinder taps, while many stacks
fly their flame colors half a dozep3
places in the city where only dark
ness came with the end of the days
work a year ago. Harrisburg and
Steelton are smoker than ever, but
where it comes from the mills and
furnaces no one seems to mind very
much. The real smoke nuisance
comes to Harrisburg from careless
firing on trains, n practice which
tn hnN m nxyfn
costliness in the last six months.
Just why steam has to be kept so
high that it is blowing off all the
time some engines are on sidings at
Union station or standing on bridges
and the passing of trains should be
marked by trails of smoke that
streak the Monday wash in these
days of fuel conservation is one OF
the things that folks talk about.
When Charles e. Pass retires
from the office of prothonotary, he
has a future awaiting him. Mr..
Pass demonstrated the fact at that
great community gathering of upper
Dauphin county, the Loyalton pic
mic. He was called upon to conduct
that delicate operation known as
J auctioning the cakes and candy
; which the women folks put up in
such fine style and which, it may be
! added, they consider with such JUS
, tifiable pride. These packages were
sold for the benefit of the Loyalton
/ Red Cross. Mr.. Pass didn't sell
anything except the prize cake for
, less than $4. When he found man
| with means in the crowd he singled
him out and coaxed or demanded q
/ bid and he seldom failed to get II
} and when bidding was slow he an
; nounced various bids. County Treas
/ urer Mark Mumma and County So
J licitor Philip S. Meyer found that
they had bought some prize pack
r ages at about SIS each when they
! were enjoying the spring or the view,
/ Mr.. Pass found out that Fernando
| Laudermilch had appeared at the
picnic with 81 and it cost him Sc.
But one of the incidents was when
; Jesse E. B. Cunningham, who was
) at the picnic to help drill drafted
men, bought a package and when
the young woman came around to deg
liver the cake and collect the cash
| he said, Sell it over again." The
young woman looked panied and
) asked, But haven't you any FAM
, ily?"
Some of the reports sent in by
the local draft boards throughout
the state are of interest because of
ditions. but Saturday night telc-
gram which got Major w. G. MUIR
dock out of bed was a regular
searchlight. 1t came from a board
in Fayette county and announced
that claims for industrial exemptions
had "submarined class l."
The stretch of highway between
Middletown and Steelton has been
given a new name. 1t is no longer
designated as the road of frozen
waves" by people who have the i'll
luck to travel over it, but it was
christened by some people who came
a long distance to visit the depots
and who arrived at the Bolton in a
state of evaporation and interior
dislocation. When the cause was
asked a man in an automobile dus-
ter said, feelingly, I'VE have just
been over 'Bouncy- Bumpy- Bang
highway It's a credit to Dauphin
county and must make the recording
angel work" Paxtang's stretch of
state highway has rival at last.
Paul Kurzenknabe, a member of
the well-known musical family and
the bugler Of the Harrisburg Re-
serves, has been giving his time to
training Boy Scouts and other young
men to blow the calls. The other
evening one ambitious young man
arrived with an artillery trumpet
and self-confidence, announcing that
he was ready for practice. Kurzen-
knabe thought he needed instruc-
ton, but the young man disagreed.
He said that he knew "all four
calls"
"Oh, very WELL" said the bugler,
There are only forty-two."
Before The evening was over, tho
young man had doubled his list of
calls and was making echoes around
the Cumberland Valley railroad
bridge.
Spencer G.. Nauman, one of the
| younger lawyers of the city, will
leave in few days for Army service,
| having been commissioned in the re-
| mount division, whose work pertains
to the care of the horses and mules
of the military service. Mr.. Maui
| man was raised in Lancaster county
and horses have been his hobby so
that he will be able to do q part
which will be both valuable and con-