Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-01
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day afternoon estimated that four
ieet of snow has fallen in Harris
burg since winter began. AS a mat
ter OF tact, 1t may be said that win
yer mas never let up since it began
ana that all records for sustained
cola weather, of the alleged "old
,ashloned kind have gone by the
boards The winter began as far as
sno" ana Ice and cold are concern
Su on december IL, as late deer
hunters who were caught in the
mountains well remember. Mr.. De-
main says that the aggregate OF the
snow Will be forty-eight inches "T
DO not know of anything ever han
penlng like that in this city. GER
talnly not as far as any records
nnlch we nave Mr.. Demains es-
innate is the official statement taken
from the observations at the weather
bureau and are the thing to go by.
The fact that the snow has eoualed
TOUR feet may be n surprise to many
people who are firmly of the belief
mat we have suffered at least six
reef OF snow. Mr.. Demain's obser-
Vatlons are taken on the Govern
ment observatory and represent the
STOW on the fiat. In the streets n
| is hard to say what the snowfall
would look like and as for the coun-
try the fall is more or less deter
mined by the drifting. There are
places in the country now where
there are two feet of snow in fields
which have not drifted. The re-
| ports of the thickness of the ice
which come to this city from tbe
Swatara, Conewago, Conodoguinet
| Sherman's, Wiconisco, Mahantonro
ana other creeks tell of ice which
runs anywhere from two to three
feet Up the Susquehanna the ice is
| ward Inst xtFla
pen if there is a thaw instead OF
a gradual coming of warmer weather
I is not safe conjecture about when
you are with a man who lives in a
| lowland.
Col. Lewis e. Beitler, who was
here yesterday to attend a meeting
OF the states "War Board" has a lot
of fun "reminiscing" Yesterday he
told the story of Rooseveit's break
neck ride from the Executive Man
sion to the Union station after the
dedlcation of the Capitol in 1906. 1t
was Col. Beitler's birthday, but he
mad other reasons for remembering
the day. In the first place the
President shot out of the Mansion
and into his carriage in record style.
even Tor Roosevelt; then he made
| the driver go so fast that he was
almost thrown out when the ba-
fouche skidded in Front street: he
made such turn at Market street
that he hit the curb and in going
| through an arch the wheels grazed
It. And" said the Colonel. "I
think Mr.. Roosevelt would have been
Wiling to take the arch along"
| -
Smallpox has spread into a dozen
counties of Pennsylvania, most of
them west of the Allegheny noun
talns, and the continuance of out
breaks, largely due to labor move
ments' Is being viewed with much
concern by officials at the State De-
partment of Health. SURVEYS of CON
dltions in Western Pennsylvania are
! being made and steps for closer CO.
operation between county and mu
nlclpal authorities and the State
Government may be taken. DIR,
samuel G. Dixon, the State Commits
sioner of Health. has ordered stud
les TO be made of all circumstances
attendlng the recent appearance of
cases in Erie, Clearfield, Center and
other counties where there have
been few weeks without new cases.
and into the cases which have an
peared in Fayette, Allegheny and
! Mercer. 1t has been found thar
most of the cases came from Ohio
or Michigan and in each instance
the state health authorities of those
states were informed of what had
! happened.
Approach of the time for COM
pleting the draft questionnaires is
causing rush for appointment of
notaries public to reach the Gov
ernor's office. They are arriving bv
the dozen every day and handling
the applications, which are endorsed
by Senators; seeing that the forms
and checks are right keeps people
going both in the office of the Gov
ernor and the department of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth. II
seems from the letters that the men
are wanted to take oaths to draft
| papers. Some of them are oddly
phrased, one man having applied for
papers as a notary republic" He
got letter with a flag printed on it.
| Some people who got more ride
than they paid for are trying to fig
IRE out why they were sent around
the Third Walnut Market Second
| street loop twice the other day.
| They got on a Third street car dt
Second street and went up Walnut.
! Then the man at the switch sent
them down Third and on around
| again. Most of them would have
appreciated the ride at any other
time, but it was the rush hour.
|
Among visitors to the city yester-
day was Robert G.. Gould, editor of
the American Food Journal of Chi
cago, one of the big trade journals
of the country. He stopped off here
to call on ]. Horace Mcfarland,
with whom he had been associated
| years ago.
Members of the Harrisburg Re-
| serves are likely to furnish a fair
quota for the new Reserve Militia
here. The Reserves will resume
their drills and shortly decide on
the scope of the spring work. Many
| of the members are eagerly awaiting
the coming OF warm weather when