Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-14
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Il believe I know more people
IN Harrisburg than do in any other
city in the State except Chester"
said Governor William c. Sproul in
chatting about this city the other
day. And 1 like this city. Its like
a second home to me. I have been
coming here so long that l feel al
home on it's streets. 1 first came
mere as Senator, well, some years
ago, and have seen Harrisburg
develop. 1t does not seem so long
ago that 1t was somewhat conserva-
i've IN the matter of public works.
And now look at it," These remarks
py the Governor are in line with
what he has said in some speeches
ana 1t is not generally known that
since he has been Governor Mr..
Sproul has been quietly at work
to enhance the prestige of the city
as well as to carry out the plans
/ TO make the Capitol Park the civic
center of Commonwealth. While
he has not talked about it he has
| not only given directions that the
state Government is to be central
; lied here, but he has urged that
the appellate courts of the State and
| other bodies which should make the
State Capitol their headquarters
Just as similar tribunals of New
York and Ohio and other States dc
in regard to their own State. The
| Governor has noted the condition
! OF the roads in the vicinity of Har-
! risburg and even railroad schedules
which are not any too favorable to
| the states capital have even come
| under his ken. 1t is not much to
say that Harrisburg will have reason
! IN no tI L fII fnr nj IaNy
George J. Brennan, the legisla-
tive correspondent of the Philadel-
| phia Inquirer, has very important
side line these days. He is the peace
maker for the legislative Ministries
body organized to make a success sof
the biennial dinner of the Legisla.
tive Sons of st. Patrick. Mr.. Bren.
nan helped inaugurate that series oi
| dinners some years ago and he Is
going to make the musical features
of next Tuesdays gathering some
thing to remember. He has moved
piano into the Capitol and with
assistance of Quay Hewitt, House
reading clerk is training a choir that
will be worth hearing. Naturally,
| Pennsylvania will be the big SONG
of the Keystone State legislators,
BlaCkDlfuS nave COME DdCh "
Pennsylvania in numbers that have
| surprised many observers of the WIG
life of the State, according to re-
ports that have reached this city
In some sections of the State the
| birds appeared over a week ago in
large numbers and have been max
| ing themselves at home in such
manner as to cause weather wise to
believe that there will be little more
severe weather. There have beer
earlier appearances of blackbird:
than noted this year and they have
| turned up in areas greater than re.
ported thus far. but the belief Is
that there have been few times wher
the birds have come in such large
numbers. New f1ocks are reported
as arriving almost daily from the
southern states and they all appear
to be fat and active. Temperance
of the birds has caused a revival OF
the movement to have the season
for killing blackbirds advanced t6
! August / at least. Birds were Sc
numerous and annoying last year
that many farmers have asked tc
permit hunting in August, while in
/ oats raising districts, which have
been increasing lately, the damage
done by f1ocks of birds has been
| extensive. .t
Some of the members of the Leg
islaNSlre have been making inquiry
as tN the blackbird kill and have
found that it has furnished much
sport every year.
Razing of the lower walls of the
Matterhorn, the building erected
some years ago on North Fourth
street near the State Library, has
been a tribute to the solidity of the
construction of the house. Men have
declared that picks and shovels have
made little impression on the con-
crete and that as they can not use
explosives they have to show over
the walls and prepare to dog out the
foundations. The Matterhorn is al
most level with the ground and no
| one seems to want to take what is
eft away.