Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-01
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George 8. Reinoehl, the new presi-
dent OF the Harrisburg Chamber of g
commerce. has two hobbies-one- IL
.ns Bell Telephone Company and
tne other 10 fishing. Mr. Reinoehi
would sooner fish than ssboss'' souas.
particularly difficult Telephone de-
veiopment which is saying q lot. K.sEz
mat he and former President J. We
.iam bowman have much, oh, very
,nnuch' In common. Az often as their ;,
business and the weather will per-.
mft-and quite often when they :
dont,-the president and the ief-,
president may be seen with Their
Iods under their arms heading for
the river or some of the nearby
creeks. Both are members Of tks
Fishing Club.
Why" asked Mr.. Re,noshi, -do
you call 1t a Bulihead club ="
WELL" responded Bob" I.vor,
who comes as near being president =
as any man ever gets In that uni-
fish," :. :
YES" said Reinoehl, -.but + :
thought may be 1t was something
more personal"
THAT being the case" returned
Lyon, you are elected" :.
Yes said Mr.. Reinoehl yester-
DAY, Its true. 1 am fond OF fishing.
Mr.. Bowman provides the automo-
bile, Mr.. Lyon the tackle and 1 sug-
gest when 1t is time to co." -,
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DO you know what made Harris.,
burg such center of hotels in the
early days?" asked a guest at the
Penn-Harris dinner last evening who
had read the Telegraph's Evening
Chat article yesterday on old hotels
In Harrisburg. First it was the
ferry which Harris conducted, which
made Harrisburg a center of cross
state traffic. Then 1t was the stage
l routes. which found hub here. Next
came the RATS, then the canal and
finally the railroads. We had
thought that thus we had seen the
final development of the city as a
center of traffic, but now the auto
mobile has come along and no doubt
the aeroplane will be a matter of
only a short time. Always and ever
the traffic center will have hotels
and many of them, IL its people full
fills their duty and have an eye to
the prosperity of the community"
|, rTdnk ID.
McClain. who played Santa Claus at
Lancaster for the children of one OF
the homes on Wednesday, told the
, story of how he came to adopt that
role for the first time. early in
|, December, nine years ago, when I
was mayor here" he said, 'Secre-
|, tary Wharton. of the state board of
charities, came to pay visit to the
county prison. Afterward I per-
suaded him to go with me to the
Children's Home. I was standing
apart from Mr.. Wharton and the
matron when the youngsters began
crowding around me asking me
what / was going to give them for
!. Christmas. I didn't understand wha*
was UP until Mr.. Wharton confesse
, that he had told the kids that l wa
Santa Claus on an advance visit.
, When he persuaded them that there
!. was yet time for my hair and beard
= to grow long and white before Christ
mas, they accepted my fat face and
red cheeks without suspicion. In
stantly q bowling mob was at my
heels and / had difficulty in getting
out alive. Then I inquired whether
these little folks ever had real
!; Christmas with real toys, real dolls,
: real turkey and real Ice cream. The
matron replied in the negative. Y
resolved then and there that those
youngsters were going to have Z
. Christmas celebration every year,
and that I would turn Wharton
joke into reality"
A splendid tribute to Pennsylva-
MIA National Guardsmen has been
paid by Col. Asher Miner. former
!. Legislator, who left leg on the heid
of battle while commanding the
p 109th artillery, the old Ninth renh-
sylvania. Speaking of TIE battle OF
a, Apremont, where the regiment lost
heavily and he was wounded ne
. said: "The Germans soon got the
> range of our position and sent In q
terrific fire. You should have seen
the behavior of the National GUARDS
men in that battle. I am proud 70
} be a National Guardsman and PROUD
, of my companions in the state ser.
J vice. They were among the mos
n efflcient troops in the American al
e vance and the way they stood up uh-
( der the terrific barrage the Germans
r kept up incessantly was inspirihs'
: The state is making an attempt e
IS buy quail, but not much mas oseA
g heard in that line. Better LUCK -
e pected in the matter of pheasant
n and it is believed the 5000 Anne. s
t at will be secured. The orders 10.
: quail have been given to three nrna, s,
: In Mexico and the birds. as airesas
j ANNOUNCED, will be brought IN when
the climate is right. One OF the IN.
r lteresting things about this tail
:. hunting was that owing to the scar.
g icity Of quail some hunters aia not 3.
a after the biz DIS, giving then tne saa.
: consideration that they 9o e.'ssT a' n
: which are protected until w.. A. ea,
8 THE number of arrests made tol
:. shooting grouse, it may be statee
a incidentaliy. will be over twenty-hYe
= They were mainly people who sho
It through ignorance, although som'
killed from pure cussedness.