Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-29
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colors of the units of the Keystons
division in Harrisburg for display III
the rotunda of the State Capitol will
be taken soon after the Pennsylvan-
ians are demobilized. Adjutant Gen.
ereal Frank d. Beary o-day sent tu
| Governor William c. Sproul, copy
| of an order issued by the War De-
| partment that all colors, standards
and guidons of organizations shall
be turned over to the custody of the
Governors of the States from which
the majority of the men in the or
ganizations came. The United States
will retain title to the standards
and present such data as should
accompany them. The circular sug-
gests that the States take action to-
recognize the services and that
| every effort be made to assure pro-
| per care and preservation of thd
colors" and perpetuation of the rec
ords and heroic traditions of the
units. The Governor is greatly in
terested in the plan to place the
| standards in the Capitol rotunda,
where the battle flags of the Civil
war are gathered and where the
Spanish-American war standards are
also displayed. The idea is to pro-
vide new cases for the flags OF the
| pennsylvania organizations and,
when the various divisions hailing
from Pennsylvania are mustered out,
to have a formal ceremony for de-
post of the colors. Some flags have
already been received here, being.
colors carried by National Guard
regiments prior to the time they
were broken up and given Federal
army designations.
Herman L. Collins, the "Girard'
of the Philadelphia Press, who has
printed some interesting things
about Governor Sproul and his
earlier days, contributes the follow
ing to his column: II learn from a
friend that Attorney General Pal
mer. Governor Sproul and Congress
man Hicks, of New York, were
chums in their time at Swarthmore
College and that the intimacy of
student days has been kept up all
through the intervening years. Pal
mer and Sproul were roommates
and Hicks roomed next door. The
trio were members of the same lit
erary society, the same fraternity,
the same student organizations.
Each took an active part in college
affairs and won distinction in ora
torical contests. Palmer's bend was
toward literature and ancient Ian
guages; Sproul favored journalism
and managerial responsibilities;
Hicks was the athlete, playing on
the football, the baseball and the
track teams. They are all Quakers.
and they are of the same age, forty
seven. Here is one of the few points
or dlnerence: Palmer is a Demo-
crat and Sproul and Hicks are Re-
publicans' But what is partisan af-
hliation among such friends?"
Leon Lowengard, who runs the
courier, heard somewhere or other
that raising rabbits is a popular
business. At Eastertime he man
aged to purchase several bunnies
and took them to his Briggs street
nome, which Immediately became
the center of attraction for the
neighborhoods children. Since the
time of his initial purchase he has
|, been laying in supplies of grass
dandelion and such things as a rab-
bit might be interested in consum-
ing. But, strange to say, he sees no
profit in his purchase as yet. whats
more" he says, i've promised the
available supply of rabbits for sew
eral years in advance. For heavens
sake don't give me any publicity, or
I'll be liable to have a small Bolshe-
Vik army of all my friends wanting
TO beg borrow, or purchase the
creatures
For the first time in years, 1t is
said at the Capitol, every county in
Pennsylvania has an appointee on the
State lists. There were times in the
last few years when 1t looked as
though this record might be reached.
but the other day men from two
small counties were placed in po-
sitions and the State is safe.
More cattle raised in Dauphin,
Perry and Cumberland counties and
in some of the districts up the Juni-
alta valley are being bought up now
for export to Europe than for tho
domestic markets, according TO far
mers and cattle buyers who have
been in this city. The outbreak of
the war in Europe caused a boom
in cattle raising in this section of
the State, which years ago furnished
many steers and the prices offered
for export buying have proved very
attractive to farmers. There will bo
more hogs sold this year in this
section of the State than for a long
time, as many farmers have turned
attention to feeding them, although
hog cholera has caused consider
able losses in parts of the Cumber-
land valley, Dauphin county farms
have more livestock on them than
known in years, many being we'll
adapted to stock raising on a small
scale. A long time ago this business
was found quite profitable in this
county and in Perry.