Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-15
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The state rifle matches which are
being closed up at Mt. Gretna range
and in which the Harrisburg young
militiamen are doing very we'll. date
from very early in the eighties. They
were a revival of matches which used
10 be held right after the Civil War
ana before that constituted a pas
time that everyone engaged in. After
the great rebellion, however, the
matches seemed to get more of a
mllltary flavor. In this city the
century after the town started a rifle
range and then places out on the
Hill. During the war soldiers were
framed to shoot at Camp Curtin and
Iorty years ago the members of the
National Guard had range in what
Is known as Spruce Hollow" nea,
the State Hospital. This was given
up IN favor of the range at the old
state fair grounds, better known ns
Italian Park or as near Hoffmnn's
woods" The earliest record of a
| rifle match in the National Guard at
the adjutant generals office shows
that the brigade and regimentst
| matches started in 1884, the Thir-
teenth regiment having fashion of
winning the latter. Nine years later
the rapid fire matches started, while
the governors medal matches were
| established in 1891. Since that time
the number of trophies has been
steadily increased. In the Spanish
War the matches were interrupted
by active service and none was held
in 1916 because of Mexican border
service and last year the call to arms
ended any chance of matches being
held. The Reserve Militia has re-
vived them.
Judge Eugene c. Bonniwell the
Democratic candidate for governor
who was here yesterday, and who
visited the Capitol and State Cham
Der of Commerce, being director of
the latter, had an interesting meet
ing with Governor Brumbaugh some
time ago. The Governor met the
Judge and Mrs. Bonniwell and asked
how many there were in the family.
Seven" said Mrs. Bonniwell, land
| think the children would enjoy
| Harrisburg"
well, if you come around before
January I shall be glad to show you
the city and where I live" replied
the Governor with a slight laugh.
| The Judge smiled enigmaticlly.
/ Senator Edward e. Beidleman. the
| Dauphin county candidate for lieu
tenant governor, considered he was
some marksman until he ran up
against Adjutant General Frank D.
! Beary. They were at q country home
recently and shooting at marks. The
Senator shot some chips floating on
\ the river and banged block hung
| to a tree by a swing. He was quite
successful and grew very chesty. The
General had watched the Senator and
his friends for time and then went
up and shot away the string that
held the block.
| Prof. Arthur E. Brown, head
master of the Harrisburg Academy,
is keen on getting flying start for
! the Academy this fall. Mr.. Brown
had in idea that the new buildings
would not be all needed because of
the war time. He soon changed his
mind and now he is trying to get
his boys sorted into forms. The new :
buildings are the best advertisement
the Academy ever had.
Blackbirds do not seem to be as
scared of the city as they used to he,
to use homely phrase. Some of the
birds have been observed in resi-
| dental sections of the city and the
| river front parks are as popular with
| them as the Capitol or Reservoir.
The other evening a flock of several
L
and reports from the Tenth ward
were that some had taken possession
| of trees close to a built-up section.
| The birds seem to be in large num-
bers in this section and have enjoyed
the oats harvest immensely.
Inspections made of the Capitol
Park extension this week by Warren
H. Manning, the citys landscape
q convinced i'm
the Capitol Park will some day be
the jewel of a wonderful park sys-
tenn here. "I have been right in
the midst of park development here
and I think that State street will be
a center which will be very beauti-
full" said he. 'It will connect up
with fine drives and be the way
that persons coming to Harrisburg
will enter the city. Just look at
the location of the Capitol and how
the dome is the center of things
now"
Among visitors to Harrisburg yes
terday was Jacob Seldomridge, the
active spirit of the Lancaster fair
and prime mover in the State AS
sociation Of Fairs. Mr.. Seldomridge
has been devoting time, money and
energy to having the fairs this year
stimulate the government policy of
raising more foodstuffs by making
the agricultural exhibits greater
than ever. He has been preaching
the showing of the biggest and best
products os the farm as a national
duty.
Many Harrisburg people will be
interested to learn that James r.
Wheelock, the leader of the Carlisle
Indian School Band who entered the
United States service last week, is
the same Wheelock who had led the
band over Harrisburg streets in re-
cent parades. He led the band at
the head of the great Red Cross
parade here this spring.