Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-28
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the Fourth, and crucial, Liberty
Loan calls to mind the fact that
Harrisburg, whether only q settle
| ment on the banks of the Susque-
| hanna with ferry and trading post
as the reason for it's existence or as
the progressive capital of the Key
stone state has never faltered when
called upon by the government" said
one of the men interested in the
war work here to-day. He was
speaking of the place Harris Ferry
and Harrisburg had enjoyed and
mentioned the fact that this was the
first fortified place on the Susque-
hanna and a rallying point in the
French and Indian war and that it
was company from Harris Ferry
that was one of the first from Penn
sylvania to join Washington at Cam
bridge and that the bones of men of
Paxton and the neighborhod were
scattered from Quebec to Savannah.
John Harris and william Maclay
had prices on their heads because
they gathered supplies here and be-
cause they accepted Continental
money. The Tories and British tried
to depreciate the money but they
| never swerVed those two men. Both
| held on to American money and
when the financial system was stabil-
lied they won their reward. In the
| Revolution when money was wanted
Harris and his neighbors supplied
| it," said the man speaking of the
| cniY.if hnra n tho
War of 1912 and in the Mexican
! war. Every war loan has found
ready subscribers here. And we
know how the people of Harrisburg
backed UP Jay Cooke in the Civil
War. We have made good on every
call for our means and we are 60
ing to do it again"
Game Commissioners John M.
Phillips project to have as many
black walnut trees planted as possible
by the people of Pennsylvania this
! fall has been given the unqualified
approval of that veteran woodsman
and hunter, DR.. Joseph Kalbfus. and
| the support of men connected with
| the state government. Robert S.
! Conklin, the State Commissioner of
| Forestry, has been an advocate of
| tree planting, especially the nut
bearing trees, for years and DR..
! Nathan c. Schaffer, State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, is out
with a proclamation that everyone
should plant tree next month. Mr..
Phillips idea of planting walnut
trees is splendid and / hope every
| one who can do so will plant as
many as possible" said DR.. Kalbfus.
THE tree is a valuable one not only
for it's wood, but for it's shade. This
is the time of the year to get ready
| for it and 1 would like to see thou
sands planted. Ten years from now
we would be thankful for 1t. The
way to plant the tree is to have it so
arranged that they can be thinned
out and be spaced about forty feet
apart. Get the nuts with the hulls
on, crush the hull slightly and
plant in about four inches of earth.
Don't forget to plant hull and ALL.
DR.. Kalbfus says that with some
systematic effort there can be large
numbers of walnut trees added to
the timber of the state and that as
the tree is valuable they can be
made a source of wealth If gone into
on an extensive scale. The black
walnut is a native tree and stands
the winters much better than the
English walnut.
Here's a little tale culled from
Red Cross gossip which will help to
appease anxious knitters: "A Har-
risburg boy stood in line the other
day at Camp Gordon waiting for
sweater to be handed out to him.
When it came to his turn he was sur
prised to receive one knitted by his
mother. She had turned it over to
! the local auxiliary, which had passed
IT on the chapter and to the Penn
sylvia MIA Delaware division. From
| division headquarters it was sent to
| Camp Gordon. 1t was identified
through a slip of paper sewed in the
sweater, bearing the name of the
boys mother.
The way people are going at the
Liberty Loan is growing to be i'm
pressive and the spirit is turning up
everywhere. In the last few days
letters have been coming to the Cap
itol and to Harrisburg business
houses which bear the slogan Yours
for the Fourth Liberty Loan"
Men connected with some of the
industrial establishments are Won
dering whether the work or fight"
order or the making of more money
than possible in normal times is go
ing to prove the largest factor in
the keeping of men chased on to pay
rolls. In the last month men have
gone to work in iron and steel, rail-
road repair and similar plants be-
cause of the Crowder order, which
bids fair 20 make the general an
historic parsonage along with John
Harris and Half King in this vicin-
ity. in numbers never known be-
fore and some of them are we'll
known changers of jobs. Others are
noted for inability to do hard work
and still others as sun gazers. They
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