Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-27
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Realization on the part of numer-
Pous Dauphin county property own
ers, especially farmers, that the in
surance policies they have carried
on buildings and contents no longer
call for amounts which would afford
them protection against loss or re-
placements costs because the ad-
vance in the price of materials has.
resulted in more business for fire in
surance people than known at this
season for a long time. People living
in the towns had been watching the
advance in cost of materials and had
kept their policies in shape, lit
some public institutions have been
forced to increase the amount of
their insurance while corporations
have been taking precautions
amounting to many thousands of
| dollars in the same way in the Har-
risburg districts. The situation ap-
| pears to have struck many of the
farmers in Dauphin and Cumberland
| counties rather suddenly because
| they have been making many inquir-
les the last few days. The farmers
| in this section are insured in the mu-
! tual companies to a considerable ex-
tent and there appears to be a gem
! eral disposition to increase the
amounts carried so that there will
be no danger of severe loss in event
or fire. Another interesting side
light is that there has been a marked
increase in number of purchases of
lightning rods in rural districts
lately.
Status of Harrisburg dogs and
dogs belonging to Steelton and other
Doroughs and Susquehanna and
Swatara townships is a subject which
is commencing to interest constables
ana may get to the county authori-
ties for determination. Constables
IN the townships claim that there
are dogs owned in Harrisburg which
have not been licensed and which
the city authorities have not been
taking up. They blame these dogs
Tor trouble in the farming districts.
Unlicensed dogs have also turned up
IN boroughs which, it is claimed, are
owned in Harrisburg. The question
or how TO give notice to Harrisburg
owners in event that dogs are caught
in townships without licenses is a
mooted one.
Reorganization of the Harrisburg
Reserves, the State Capitals home
defense organization, which has been
proceeding under Major Henry M.
Stine, will be completed in a short
time. Two companies have been
formed under command of Captains
+. H. Hoy, Jr., and l.. V. Harvey, and
: they are being recruited from former
r members of the Reserves, while a
number of men who served with Ma
Jor Stine and a Shotgun" squad
; with the National Guard and vet
Grams of the city's infantry and cav
airy companies have joined. These
men are proving valuable in the
, training of the two units and the full
strength of the companies is almost
attained. The Reserves are uni
formed with gray shirts and hats and
n plans are being made to add to this
. equipment. Their appearance in the
! Italian war anniversary parade ellc-
tied very favorable comment. The
Reserves have been specializing in
> street work and riot duty under Ma
9 Jor Stine and a "Shot gun" squad
has been organized, composed of
men in the organization who are
thoroughly familiar with shot guns,
Including some who are experts A
, number of the Reserves are members
, of the Harrisburg Rifle Club and
! handy at the targets.
Capitol Hill officials have short
ened up the historic Keep Off the
> Grass" signs which have ornaments.
the trees in Capitol Park and beeh
a feature of the line of the old
Boardwalk" for forty years. In lay
ing out the ground in the Capitol
Park Extension some plots were
given a dressing of top soil and
seeded, one of them being at a prom
inent corner. Instead of signs order
ing or warning people to stay off the
growing grass the four corners bear
signs painted in the Capitol work
shop and bearing just the word
please" The grass has not been
disturbed.
Alexander Simpson, who sits for
the first time to-day as a justice of
the states highest court, is well
known here as he has frequently ap-
peared at hearings at the Capitol
and in the Dauphin county court. He
succeeds Justice w. p. Potter, who
was law partner of William A. Stone,
who named him. Justice Simpson is
the first justice to assume his seat
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