Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-01
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Slaymaker. an automobile tourist
from Missouri who passed through
this city last week on his way to
the seashore where he and his I.
family will spend the summer under
canvas.
"Out in the western tourist dis
trict many towns have set aside
park reservations especially for the
automobile camper" he continued.
The camp sites are furnished with
running water and shelter beneath
which have been placed buiit-in
stoves of brick on which the tourist
may prepare his meals. OF course
l know YOU have lovely hotels here
in the East for the tourist who feels
he can afford them. but for the man
who takes his family in the old Tin
Lizzie, straps the tent and bedding
on one running board and the trunk
for clothing on the other there is
no provision whatsoever and since
leaving Ohio l have kept away
from the larger cities because I
could find no place near them suit
able for camping out. People look
upon me here as something of a
tramp, but l am not. l have money
and a good business at home and 1
am taking a summer off with my
folks after a year of service for
the Government. This is my way
of taking a vacation and we are
/ having most enjoyable time. But
we do miss those western camping
| places in the vicinity of the larger
! cities. l think Harrisburg ought to
give this matter thought, as should
| every other eastern city. In the
west this summer auto camping
practice is common. ! passed scores
upon scores of outfits like mine
headed for the Rocky Mountain
tours but my folks wanted to see
the ocean and so here we are"
The Slaymaker family has q
queer outfit, from the eastern view
! point, but it travels in comfort and
stops where night overtakes it, or
where the family so desires. The
machine in which they travel has
| been refined down to the last notch
| for touring. 1t is a four cylinder
car, not a Ford, but very little
| larger. On one side is the tent,
which is made to fold out from the
side of the car and which contains
sleeping quarters for three. The
| little five year old boy sleeps IN
| the automobile itself. Under the
seats there has been arranged room
for tin dishes and cooking utensils.
toilet articles and a few grocery
| staples held in for use in emergency
but up to this time not needed. The
family will go to the Atlantic Coast.
pick out quiet spot where the
bathing and fishing are good and
after visiting Atlantic City, wildwood
ana other lively points will settle
down for the summer, starting back
home shortly after Labor Day.
| II predict that an outfit like mine
| will attract no attention whatever
in the next year or two" said Mr.,
Slaymaker to party of inquirers
| who wanted to know about his
long journey, having been attracted
by his foreign license tag. THE
idea has gained great popularity
throughout the west and l believe
that with the coming of good roads
through Iowa and Nebraska western
people from the northern section of
the country as we'll as from the
South will be found flocking to the
east in large numbers, following the
pioneer trail we have laid for them.
Some of those westbound this sum-
mer told US they expected to come
east next year"
Another stranger in town yester-
day was the Rev. Clarence Platt,
formerly a newspaperman of Har-
risburg and afterward connected
with Market Square Presbyterian
church. Mr.. Plat also is the pos
SCISSOR of an automobile and planned
70 hrfF I,f 60,
bersburg and Harrisburg from his
present location in New York State,
| near Rochester, by automobile, but
was discouraged by the wealth
er. Mr.. Plat served among the
Indians in Arizona for several years
but for the past several years has
| been preaching in New York State,
He has been spending his vacation
with his aged father in Chambers
burg.
| Unusually large numbers of doves
have taken up their abode near
| Harrisburg this year and one has
not to go far from town to hear
their cooling among the trees and
shrubbery in the fields. There was
a time, not so many years ago, that
the dove became almost extinct in
this vicinity, so closely was the bird
hunted. But with the coming of
legal protection they have returned
in large numbers and are now more
numerous than at any time within
the past ten years. Many of them
! have become tame. and while usually
very timid may be approached
within a very few feet before they
will fly. The wood thrush and the
finch also are more numerous than
usual this summer.
Some of the fishermen who were
out scouting last Saturday went to
Sherman'S creek bass fishing today.
1t was the only stream in this vicin-
ity where the water was anything
like good for angling. Wise old
rivermen say that if there is no
! more rain until the end of the week
some unusually large catches should
be made on July 4th, which is a
great fishing day in this vicinity as
the water will be clear enough for
fishing and the bass will be hungry.
DIR. c. e. L. Keen, school director
and well-known physician, has just
returned from a trip through Yellow
stone Park, following attendance
at the Rotary convention in Salt
Lake City. While in the park he
stepped into a fissure in the rocks
and broke a small bone of the foot
For time he had difficulty in get
ting around. But the trip was worth
it," he said During his visit to MANY