Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-24
El1fntng Orat


Pennsylvania's State Medical So
ciety. which is holding its sixty
ninth annual meeting here this
week, Is one of the oldest organiza-
tons of the kind and has an unusual
interest for Harrisburgers. The
preliminary meetings for the organ
ization of the society were held in
harrisburg years before the Civil
war and some of the most prominent
men of the profession met here dur
ing the early days. At that time the
society was nothing like as large.
nor as influential, nor as important
In the eyes of the community as it
Is to-day. The society is one of the
strongest organizations and in three
wars had roll of honor that CLEANS
brightly indeed. Most of the meet
ings OF the society held in Harris
burg, which city has been the host
upon several occasions in the last
three decades and oftener prior TO
! the eighties, have been held at the
Capltol and have brought many en-
lnent surgeons to this city. 1t is
interesting to note that three Harris-
| burg medical men have been presi-
dents, Drs. John w. Curwen, Henry
l.. Orth and John b. McAllister. \
number have been honored by cleo
| ton to the vice presidencies.
Pennsylvania's Memorial Bridge
which will be constructed at Stat.
street and form part of the Capitol
Park development scheme is being
| q to- 4
| Oh visitors who come to Harrisburg
and visit the Capitol. Guides, who
lor years. have explained the various
points of interest about the building,
nave now added another point OF
interest and they guide visitors to
convenient window on the east side
OF the building and point out Just
Where the new bridge will be located.
Later they take the visitors to the
Senate lobby where the model of the
bridge is located. To say the least.
visitors are astonished at the mag
hlncent plans for the bridge.
Opening of bids for the Memorial
Bridge yesterday makes certain the
construction of the great structure as
part of the Capitol Park improve
ment and there was general salts
| Iacton expressed, not only at the
capitol, but in city offices that the
ngures We're within the estimates of
Dr. j. E. Greiner. I'VE will be able
10 let q contract within a week. |
thlnk, and 1 am very glad that the
hgures ran the way they did," re-
marked Governor Sproul. "The
bridge will be CO." was the COM
ment of Auditor General Charles A.
Snyder. Word of the figures was
telegraphed to Arnold w. Drummer,
| the architect, in New York
Late reports coming to the State
Department of Agriculture indicate
that the potato crop in Pennsylvania,
notably the eastern part of the State.
Is turning out better than expected
ana that in some of the regions
quarantined for the potato blight
there have been good Yields. II was
reared early in the summer that the
crop would be hard hit, although
there was large acreage in coun-
Ties Where potato raising had been
made speciality. Late reports
nave shown improved conditions.
Inc reports coming in continue to
tell or fine corn crop generally,
put 1t Is too early, say State Off
clals, to make any estimates. State
Agricultural experts are urging in
department bulletins that seed DO
tatoes be selected this fall and that
1t Is unwise to wait until next spring
and also that as much fall blowing
be done as is possible.
The State of Pennsylvania has
peen asked to furnish relief for
crickets. For the first time in rec
ord letters have been received at
the Capitol asking for information
as to the best way to get rid of the
: insects. Secretary of Agriculture
tred Rasmussen says that some of
the letters are more appeals than
anything else and that complaints
are made not of noise, but of dam
age to woolen clothing. Sweetened
vinegar in deep dish or uncooked
J vegetables dosed with arsenic are
, suggested by the State biologists as
, ways to get rid of the crickets.
Col. John B. Patrick, who attend
ed the national encampment of the
| G. A. r. at Columbus, met by acct
dent one of the lieutenants under
whom he served in the Civil War.
/ He was standing in a hotel corri-
: dor and heard a man say he was
the only survivor, so far as he knew.
: of Captain w. r. Jones independent
, company of the 9th PENNSYLVANIA
in the Civil War. Colonel Patrick
said he had been in that company.
, too. The man was Col. Eli Tor
rance, of st. Paul, we'll known in
, this State and a national officer of
= the G. A. r. The Captain was the
3 famous head of the Carnegie Steel
, Company blast furnace years ago.
= Captain "BilI" Jones'