Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-07
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has sa. upon the inaugural stands
and watched five Governors take the
oath of office. He has served as chair
man of a committee TO have charge
of arrangements for induction of a
chief magistrate Of Pennsylvania and
las been been a member of the com-
mittee q couple of additional times,
Not since the days of John r. Har-
tranft has there beer a man chosen
Governor as familiar with the gov-k
ernmental activities of his native
state as Mr.. Sproul. William A. Stone
was q Congressman and Pittsburgh
lawyer; Samuel w. Pennypacker, a
judge and lover of history: Edwin 8.
Stuart, a former Mayor of Philadel-
phia and businessman, who left an
impress on business at the Capitol
when it needed it; John K. Tener
was a Congressman and banker and
Martin G.. Brumbaugh an educator
and author. Senator Sproul since he
became Senator in 1896 has achieved
notable success as a businessman
and accumulated a large and varied
amount of experience in legislative
and executive ways. In singular
measure he combines knowledge of
the state government from almost
every angle with a good bit of. the
Stuart business methods about him.
Happily for Harrisburg, too, the Sem
ator knows all about the relation of
the state to its capital. He knows
Harrisburg and it's people and has
his own ideas about the official cen
for nf fhn .
be keenly interested in the further
ance of the plan of Capitol Park ex-
tension and look for Harrisburg to do
its share in the monumental project.
n he will mingle right in Harris
burg affairs and add to an already
large number of friends here.
.
When Senator John E. Fox was
struggling to get the Capitol Park
Dill through the upper house of the
LEGISLATURE and standing right up to
IL IN spite of setbacks, Senator Sproul
was one of the men who supported
hin' Inc Governor-elect then point
ed out TO colleagues hat it was good
business to buy the property and it
Is interesting to note that it will be
developed when he is Governor.
.
Every book that goes out of the
Harrisburg Public Library during the
United War Work drive is carrying a
slip telling of the reasons for the
drive. This Is a very effective way OF
calling attention to the objects be-
cause every slip is passed along.
Thousands of books are circulated
in a week by the library and the slips
move right along.
Harry E. Lowery, the big traffic
officer who ensures the safety of ped
estrians and the good behavior of
motorists at Fourth and Market
streets, reports the luckiest incident
he ever heard of. While standing on
his corner yesterday, a little girl
came up to him and told him amid
sobs that she lost $S7 wrapped in a
package, while she was on her way
on her bicycle to pay a grocery bill.
Officer Lowery told the girl tina he
had not seen the $S7, and told her it
was as good as lost. Just then he
saw two small packages on the
street car track. See what that is
when you go by, will you?" he asked
the little girl. She picked up the two
packages and found that they were
her $S7, run over and cut in half by
a street car. She took them to a bank
and had them redeemed for new[
bills.
Just to show that all the milk of
human kindness is not dried up, here
is a story coming from the police
station.
Robert Hardinger, aged Is, was
reported as ordered away from his
home by a hard-hearted stepfather,
near Chambersburg. He made his
way on foot to the Capital City, ar
irving here a few days ago without
a cent in his ragged clothes. He was
forced to sleep in straw under the
| Gun Club three cold nights. Yester-
day morning, half starved, he tried
TO steal a bottle of milk off an up
town porch. The householder caught
him, but instead of prosecuting him,
gave him the first warm meal he had
in three days. He then turned him
over to the police department with
the request that they get him a job,
which they did, while a police news
paper reporter, gave him an over
coat, suit and shoes. The boy is now
thought to be on the road to useful
citizenship.