Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-24
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VI maj uetnODlllZa IlOn OF u
service flag of the Pennsylvania raj
road containing thousands of star
huhdi eds of them golden, whid
LOOK place at New York the 9TH
oay VAS 4 ceremony which will
lolIoN eu IN many places and in
g0pabltity LEAD TO establishment
uhiqu . records oil the war. Son
.Iiho ago the suggestion was mad
III TINS column tnat when the WI
is over ana the men are home aga
tnat the service flags which are
proudly shown in many a ,windo
and which adorn the doors and wall
OF oihces and factories and oth(
places snould be carefully preserve
anu framed as reminders of the tin
when Pennsylrania fulfilled h@
eestihy In an American crisis.
is now announced in Philadelphia
mat several of the big manufactu
ing concerns intend TO have the
service hags framed and put whe
Iney can be seen by ali visitor
Gnere are number OF flags in Ha
rispuIg which should be framed bi
cause they tell u story of patriottsi
tnSt VIII quicken the blood in veal
70 come and furnish to the seeks
aIter facts in the future evidence
tno part played by that esta ablisf
ment or institution in crucii
time which is unfortunately lacl
ing as regards earlier times, Th
service flags of the Harrisburg iro
ana steel establishments, of Pin
Street church, the Bell Telephor
COMPANY, the esty itself will h
host valuable to see in times
come and the Commonwealth
ehnsyiVania has something to sho
o me people who went from Cap
.St mn INTO the war. Some q
ZIG departments have dozens of staI
u tnese nags which are now di.
united in one flag which could stan
ior the State and furnish an incer
1--WE Tor others to perpetuate the nd
cords OF their young men and wd
men.
Inc open winter has had the effet
OF stimulating the interest OF Nh
grey squirrels in flower beds and ND
only IN Capitol park, but in varioIE
nurseries there have been some uI
rooting of bulbs which are ratba
Irritating. The SQUIRRELS are
longer limited to the State domaiI
They have voting rights now in
most every ward in the CITY AM
are influential in the life of REESE
Volr park. Some have even beeI
eeen on the city's island where th
inter plant is located and they hayI
acquaintances in Wormleysburg AMI
lamp Hill, Paxtang and the Sta 4
hospital. They keep the Capitd
poncemen busy watching the fowdI
Deus ana have more friends amonI
snS visitors to Harrisburg than
Susquehanna navigation mattsJ
are just now attracting attention Il
washington where the significant
OF the stream which taps the har|
and soft coal fields and bordeI
great farming and fruit raising, lunl
perins, munitions making and tranJ
portation centers is commencing II
be realized and contrasted witt
economic value of the fords of th|
fadkin and the shadows of the TIA
lapoosa. AS upstate business ma
who had been at Washington AM
VINO was here for a time Saturda
said while sitting in the Penn-Harri
that the northern Congressmen wer
taxing an interest in developmeu
or natural resources which augere
well. Money has been flowing int
southern river and harbor improve
ments in a way that is impressive
while we have been fussing aboll
post offices and suites for revenu
On1oers," said this visitor. '"The re
suit is that our own State which ha
some streams infinitely more capabl
of being of value to the nation tha
rivers in the southern common
wealth is being studied. The Sus
quehanna has been picked out 70
study and the theory held at Wash
ington is that the war has furnishe
make channel in the stream whic
would have been too costly to under
| take with the methods we follow
| ed before we had to set out in
yentive genius going to master tn
| Huns"
1t commences to look as thoug
the shores of Raritan river in in
State of Joe Tumulty was going I
get the big warehouses which th
War Department had planned 70
Middletown and Marsh Run arm
| reserve depots. The plans were mad
for some notable additions to thos
! important centers of stores who's
value from standpoints of securit
and accessibility were long ago re
cogniZed by the army. At first ther
were schemes started to remove TIL
establishments and to build ther
closer to New York, but from whs
has been learned this scheme wa
frustrated by some urgent repre-
sentations after the November elet
ton. Then the plans for expansie
as contemplated by long heade
army men were taken out again
but the latest information is tha
sites closer to seaboard are desire
/ for the governmental storage plant
This does not mean that the ware
houses here will be abandoned.
is possible that in the next fou
years some engagements will b
made along the Susquehanna.
|
I Grier Hersh, the York banke
who is chairman of the district ft
the new Victory Loan and who ws
here Saturday, is an enthusiastic 20
player. Although he came froI
Princeton some years ago he max.
the youths hustle on the York cour.
and has fought many a battle o
the Harrisburg and Lancaster link
II WELL KNOWN PEOPLE