Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-30
Euetttttg Gl1at

Whether it's because of the an
proach of the end of October when
festlVeness often takes a mischiev-
GUS turn and steps and gates have
] peen known to walk away, the fact
remains that electric light globes
have been leading a precarions ex-
istence around Harrisburg and if
the plans OF some men employed by
| the company owning them mater
] iaiiZe there will be some summary
| actions in aldermanic courts. The
| glopes are great round affairs and
a1tord tempting target to many a
poy, put while people connected
Win PUBIC utilities are accustom-
ed to certain percentages of loss
que 10 Juvenile behaviour the num-
Der or broken lamps is becoming o.
| nuisance. There are two or three
| sections in Harrisburg where the
GLOBES have hard time resisting
sing shot projectiles, stones and
other things and a few intersections
nave become so menaced by the ar
! tiilery practice of boys that they are
being watched. In the First Ward
| there have been lamps at some cor
| ners broken half dozen times in
a summer and in the Tenth Ward.
especially between the Susquehanna
and the Ridge" the life of a globe
is brief, troubled and catastrophe
The hill has one section where
globes are broken as often as the
commandments and another section
where well administered punish
ment has caused the globes to be
as respected as an unclaimed bull
dog. Now that "tic-tac" is at hand
the globes are regretting that they
are not made with armor and the
men in charge of maintenance are
wishing for winter winds when boys
| n faN s,,Ia
Potato growers in PENNSYLVANIA
are overlooking real money and in
dulging in practices that are "un-
economic and unnecessary" accord
ing to Guy G. Smith, the new chief
of the State Bureau of Markets, who
mas been visiting the Berks-Schuyl-
klll-Lehigh-Luzcrne potato field.
1T is our job to put the growers
into closer touch with the markets
and TO get more of our own pota-
toes sold here instead of shipping
them out and then importing"
says he. Pennsylvania's crop of po-
tatoes this year is turning out bet
ter than expected and will , be
money in the pockets of the grow
ers If they study their markets and
do not sell haphazard. Mr.. Smith
says that indications are favorable
, 100000 bushels, which will top that
of last year which he estimates
brought in something like $4,000
, 600 and he went to the fields where
, the greater part is grown and
studied local conditions. selling
methods, shipping points ands the
markets. He thinks that they need
change. Mr.. Smith made his trip
accompanied by ]. c. Gilbert, who
/ will work out the marketing report
service and he will have the assist
, ance of p. r. Taylor, former man
i ager of the Farmers Produce Ex-
/ change at Providence, r. l., son
= of DR.. William Taylor, of the United
States Bureau of Plant Industry.
Mr.. Taylor is an expert on Pennsyl-
, vania conditions as he has made
studies here for California and
; other fruit and vegetable growers,
organizations. The idea will be to
establish a marketing report SER
vice centering here and reaching
the producing regions as quick as
mails and wires can do it.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulle-
: tin in printing some interesting
anecdotes relative to the visit of the
royal Belgians to Pennsylvania, re-
marks upon the fact that many
= folks through whose State the party
r travelled got the idea that the king
> was only interested in steel mills
| and the queen in hospitals. This
' is where Harrisburg comes in and
the. Bulletin says that Estate Off
cials were surprised when Z they
> learned that the program did not
= include a visit to the Capitol. When
= the Governors secretary protested
he was asked: do you want the
King to see what you want to show
: him or do you want him to see
; what he wants to see?" "I'll find
: out" was the secretary's prompt
. rejoinder, and, going to the King he
. inquired if he did not desire to visit
{ the Capitol rather than the pipe
l bending works that was on the pro-
3 gram. 81 would not think of visit
ing the Capitol without making an
official call on the Governor" was
e Albert's reply. That the State Off
a cials and the King had decided
. wisely was shown by the interest
! the royal visitors took in Harris
!, burg's magnificent building. LIT is
the finest public building L have
, ever visited" was the Kings COM
: ment after having seen the grand
staircase and having been led
through the halls of the House and
Senate to the Governors office. One
of the objects, too, that caught the
5 Queens attention was Violet Oak
lays mural decorations in the
House of Representatives, a room
: she was loath to'leave, so enraptur-
l ed was she with its architectural
t and artistic adornment. But If
i, precedent hadn't been broken the
King might have had to be content
; ed with judging Harrisburg by its
. machine shops"
Men who had not seen each other
since the Keystone Division dis
banded, got together in the House
caucus room at the Capitol yester-
!. day for discussion of the new Ma
tional Guard. 1t was one of the
, most notable gatherings of expert
enced military men held in the
State in long time. Virtually
, every fighting unit of the keystone
: Division was represented and the
men of the Lorraine Cross and
Blue Ridge Divisions will be invit-
ed to join with them as well as men
? in the regular army and the men
1 of the Reserve Militia