Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-28
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capitol Hill and for a time there
was scurrying around the Iegis-
lature here for the weekend and by
attaches of the State Government
wondering whether they had been
asleep or their watches had become
ellaIic. Inc first changes to be
made were in the big clocks in the
Legislative halls and then the COM
mittee room clocks, which have
ialrly good regulations for accuracy,
began to show advanced conditions.
me answer was that Joseph Pyne,
VINO has been in charge of the clocks
at the Capitol for years, took time
py the torelock and as he has some
lnlI,s IKE 100 to regulate began
carry. The clocks in the rest of the
Capitol will be changed around to-
morrow Last year when daylight
saving went into effect for the first
time Pyne worked eighteen hours
TO get all of the timepieces in order
ana this year decided to distribute
his labors.
The heavy rains of yesterday have
saved many promising fields in vari-
Gus agricultural sections of the State
| according to some telephone reports
received at the Department of Agri-
culture. From what has been re-
| ported roads in western counties and
IN some of the northern tier were ac-
tuaily dusty last Sunday and Monday
and the wheat fields and fields
| Whlch mad been plowed for corn
planting and other crops were show
| ing signs of dryness that disturbed
farmers and caused inquiries at the
department. The rains have ma
terially benefited conditions saws
Deputy Secretary c.. e. Carothers.
Some very odd places are being
called on the telephone about the
time of return of the men of the
Keystone Division. Naturally many
people are interested and they are
showing an eagerness which means
that when the boys return they will
receive greeting in Harrisburg that
VIII go down in the records as un-
equalled. OF course, newspaper Of
fices get the bulk of the Inquiries.
but yesterday a minister, a doctor
and a grocer asked the Harrisburg
Telegraph for information, saying
That they had been appealed to by
relatives of soldiers. City and court
mouse offices get numerous inquiries
and even the office of the guides at
the State Capitol has been asked
about it.
S'S 10 hob SOlHS 10 Do any lack
Tor war gardens in Harrisburg this
year, and from all accounts there
VIII be plenty of men to advise
the man who plans to devote his
saved daylight to spading and
wedding. Already quite a few men
who have time on their hands after
the war rush are engaged in hunt
ing garden work in addition to their
own plantations.
CAPTAIN George f. Lumb, head of
the State Police, is in much demand
as speaker. The other night, be-
ing past president of the Rotary
Cup and having served twelve years
| IN the army, he was asked to ad-
dress the soldiers at Middletown on
| the occasion of an entertainment
given by the Rotary Club and a
NUMBER of Harrisburg musicians at
introduced by Morris S, Longaker,
who had the program in charge, as
the only professional in the party"
Longaker was merely joking but the
soldiers took it seriously and after
| the show he heard one of them
say: We'll that fellow Lumb.s
speech was certainly worth what
they paid for it," and then the cap
| tain had difficulty making it un-
fessional entertainer. -,
The newest resident of Cumber-
land county is William Hartman.
| formerly of Harrisburg, late of Ar
kansas and still more recently of
| wyoming. Mr.. Hartman has bought
a bungalow near Mechanicsburg and
has taken up his residence there.
Mr.. Hartman was graduated from
| the ('nnfrnI IE0h d.,
Becoming an engineer he worked
on the low grade line from Enola
east under Kerbaugh and afterward
| at South Forks, ConnellsVille and
! elsewhere as mining engineer and
in charge of coke ovens. Afterward
! he went to Arkansas where he man.
aged mines and laid out town sites,
going from there to Wyoming when
the coal boom struck that State.
Jfe became interested in an electric
light and power plant there several
years ago bought a farm in the
northern part of Cumberland coun-
| ty. Now he has come back to Penn
sylvania to live and has purchased a
home not far from his farm. The
west is a fine place." said he the
other day, but little old Pennsyl-
vania for me, every time"
|
sumo it's campaign for porch and
window boxes the coming spring,
now that the war is over and we
are getting back to normal ways
of living" says o. p. Beckley. "I
believe nothing could be done that
would do more to make the city
beautiful next summer at less ex-
! pense."
"The modist house where plants
have been used with good taste be-
comes attractive" chimes in f. f.
Rockwell, another plant enthusiast
who believes in window boxes but
also in perennials. Many believe
! that success in beautifying the home
place with plants varies in proper
ton to the money spent" he writes
the Telegraph. Nothing could be
farther from the truth. The most
charming results can be obtained Of
ten by the simplest arrangements.
A few dollars properly expended
will transform a whole front or
back yard and very little skill or
care is necessary in the handling
of hardy perennials."
Seedmen interviewed to-day said
the inquiries for catalogues and ad-
- IL,