Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-04
El1ettt1g Gl1at

I
come the usual newspaper reports OF
fires caused by 'over-heated fiues."
said State Fire Marshal Howard E.
Butz. 'This should not be. Dirty
chimneys and fiues are responsi -
for many fires This can and sho,~
be prevented by properly cleaning
all chimneys and fiues at freQueas
intervals, and IL done would result
In the saving of thousands of dol
lars"
Mr.. Butz points out st. Joseph.
Mo-, as an example. This town has
the unusual municipal official known
as chimney sweep" who goes by
that title and is appointed by the
mayor for two-year term and who
Is required to execute q bond for the
faithful performance of his duties.
These duties are ito sweep and clean
in faithful manner. once in each
year, all chimneys within the limits
of the city which have been in use
at least six months prior to the date
of such cleaning" Also, whenever
he shall have knowledge OF a defec-
tive fue in any building in this city, I,
to report the same without delay to
the superintendent of buildings"
Where defective flue is so reported,
the superintendent of buildings noti-
fles the owner, and IL he fails or
within twenty-four hours he is liable
to fine of not less than twenty nor
more than one hundred dollars, each
day thereafter being q separate Of
fense. 1t is the duty of the owner
or occupant of any building to have
the chimneys and flues of such
buildings swept and cleaned and the
SCOT and other matter taken there
from and removed from the promises
by the chimney sweep at least once
a year, and anyone who fails to do
so may be fined not less than five
nor more than ten dollars. The CHM
ney sweep receives from the owner
of the building 25 cents chimney
for one-story house, so cents for q
two-story house and 20 cents for
each additional story"
why cannot every city. borough,
and town in Pennsylvania adopt a
similar method of fire prevention and
q reduction of the useless fire
waste?" Mr.. Butz. asks.
"It is interesting to note the
/ growth of the club luncheon idea."
said John II. Nixon, division freight
agent of the Pennsylvania railroad.
the other day. "A few years ago it
was well nigh impossible to get
;. enough men together week after
v week to hold organization luncheons
regularly. Some four or five years
ago u few of us, all members of the
4 Rotary Club, got together for q
i weekly luncheon. We called our
> selves the Wash Day Dinner Club
6 taking the name from Monday, our
day of meeting, which is also the
Il popular laundry day in Harrisburg
households when good wives don't
= care to see their bubbles at noon.
a There were six of us at first and we
i, met about in various restaurants and
# hotels until finally enough Rotarians
: volunteered to take us down to the
;. Plaza in body. We outgrew that
h diningroom and went to the Senate.
n From there we moved to the Engi-
! neers' Club. That, also, became too
= small and we went to the Elks Club.
n About that time the Y. NJ. c. A. show
!, ed signs of having come to life and
o General Secretary Reeves invited us
n to occupy the dining room on the
second floor. But the attendance is
n outgrowing even that commodious
d room and we now have our eyes on
r the Penn-Harris. And the Rotary
4 Club lucheon has been the parent of
+ many others. Now we have well at
: tended Chamber of Commerce
~ iunaheons once q month, Kiwanis
= Club luncheons, University Club
g Luncheons and what not. We have
become a city of noon luncheons.
+ and the idea is so good that we will
IL never go back to our old plan of go
,r ing out and snatching q hasty bite
% alone, when we can have fellowship
l. and perform public service by
l. lunching in groups"
:, Newport, one OF the more pro-
" gressive Central Pennsylvania bor-
y oughs, has established an enviable
g record for itself during the time that
II the United States has been at war
N Its citizens have taken leading parts
y. in every war work activity carried
\ on in Perry county and the. towns
h people made q record for the bor-
~ ough of which they may well be
proud, in every one of these drives
ar Never once did they fail to attain
" their quota; in each of the Liberty
"a Loan, Y. M. c. A., Red Cross and
N other drives, the citizens oversub-
~ scribed the quota assigned them by
70 handsome majorities. In the latest
"a campaign, the Red Cross Christmas
Ia Roll Call, more than 1900 of the
st citizens enrolled. With only 1000
"a people in the borough, these figures
represent a membership of sixty per
70 cent of the townspeople, a record
q VI WlllSL any bo
= proud.
er
The opinions expressed regarding
,p any event that effects large part
m Of a city's population naturally de-
IT pend upon the view point of the per-
Id sons who formulate them. That this
er is true was evidenced yesterday re-
1e peatedly during the first snowfall of
le the year, when the youngsters start
IN to gleefully utilize the sleds that
so were purchased as presents for
RS Christmas. While grown ups dug out
gs their rubbers, artics and boots. and
wrapped scarfs around their necks.
tx and wondered what was the use of
+ snowstorm any way, children were
ar shouting excited greetings to each
other, and scurrying around loos-
ing for coasting hills. Every chil&
in the city who received sled for
Christmas pressed his face to the
= window panes with wide-eyeA
anxiety during the early hours ot
n the snow, and wakened yesterday
with pleasant forebodings. 1t wRS
ID not long until the sidewalks ans
streets attracted many youngsteN
q with their sleds, and staid adults b.
gan to take pleasure in tho storm.
4 too wntchinR the Riddles oQA1s