Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-23
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NNASty OuI VI u SHOW Oank
=! IS not only an unusual sight at this
ume of the year for Harrisburg peo-
PIE but illustrates extent of branch
Oh vegetable gardening that is con-
uucted right in sight of the State
capitol and of which MANY peopIe
know nothing. For long time Har-
risourg and his family thought they
were eating Kalamazoo celery when
as matter of fact it came from
right here in Harrisburg. In the
upper end of the city, especially the
lehth ward. attention has been
gwen TO celery for years and some
peus nave produced the best to be
t Iau' ~ mas been sold in stores about
Clty Wlthout a word as to 1T being
nome product when such a cours a
would not only have been pleasing
~ the customer, but stimulating to a
hoile business. In truth, there js
quite quantity of garden produce
raised either within the CITY ror 60
close TO 1t as to be Harrisburg
grown that is sold in the stores with
out the buyer being aware of the
: source of supply. Celery is onlv an
example When Harrisburg or his
wlfe goes to market it is naturally
expected that what is sold is home
raised and much ado is made over
the origin of such fine proyender
But when the garden sass'' that 10
sown and tended and raised and cut
rleht at home is sold to a store. as
a large amount of it is every month
IL loses its identity as a Harrisburg
plouuct HOW much better it would
De H. vegetables that are raised at
nome would be advertised as such
In this connection an interesting
statement has been made to Altoona
businessmen by w. S. Aaron. ono of
the merchants of the mountain citv
VINO is well known to q number of
men here and who was a delegate
TO the Chicago National convention
III 1917. Mr.. Aaron is typical of the
toona talked of, as witness the
projected Penn-Alto hotel. which
IKE our Penn-Harris, is being built
ny nome money. In any event, Mr..
aaron was asked recently for some
expression of what is needed to keen
the 1000 supply regular and business
solhs ana surprised his friends and
number of others by saying that
tNely man ought to make it his OBJ
jecI TO cultivate at least an acre of
lahu' III was so unique that it caused
comment. but Mr.. Aaron pointed out
Lnat the war caused many people to
ueNelop war gardens and that the
,essoh was one which should be
needed thereafter. The suggestion
OF the Altoona man applies to Har-
rlspurg. In 1917 and 1918 MANY n
oack lot blossomed like the rose
anu % vacant property was more care
this year we have seen remains of
OIL cabbages and other vegetables
cnoked by weeds, abandoned and
sucking melancholy tops above the
snow as reminders of the wearing
OIL or the war efforts. Which il
may be added, is needed now as
much as when the men were battling
through the Argonne.
Gong skiing with an automobile
as the tractiVe power is a. new snort
harrisburg has developed along its
river front and while it has some
elements of danger it is also filled
WIN thrills and pleasure. Hauling
sleus around on an automobile and
enjoying all the excitement of n
tobboSan slide. with an oceasio,,sI
Spill so that 1t does not hurt, has
peeh lhdulged in for quite a time
put Lhe SKI stunt is new one. A
NUMBER OF young folks tried il SIM
day night and last night and NO ono
went to Il hospital.
Jonh >. Fisher, the States Bank
ihS Commissioner, comes pretty near
noIulng the record for being AZ bis
desk at the State Capitol these davs
me Commissioner, who got his Tiv
training in Indiana county scbooIs
%nu lawyers OFFICES, is industrious
pS nature and regardless of the
flight of time by disposition. He has
! always been nnfnd in =; L
Tor working in his office long after
everyone else had gone home ana
Ior returning to his desk after sun-
per 10 advance some more work
Wnen he came to Harrisburg he not
only brought the idea of being at
work on Mondays and staying until
fridays even until Saturday, but he
aiso continued to work in the eve
nlngs. This came in mighty HANDY
this year during the strenuous davs
attending the closing UP of the
North Penn Bank because people
never needed to worry about finding
flSher. III is not uncommon for
messenger boys or bellhops to be on
the jump trying to get State officials
TO the telephones but it was simply a
case of trying the office" to get fhe
Banking Commissioner. Commits
sioner Fisher, who served eight
| n
chairman of the Capitol Investira-
ton Commission, is also a member
of the Constitutional Revision Com
ission and in the course of prepara-
ton for the latter service Just read
up the debates and everything else
connected with State Constitutions
since 1875.
James T. Walters, who retires as
county detective next month after
filling that office for almost a score
of years, not only served on the DO
lice force. but had some military
training. He was mighty active in
politics and not a few times was n
pillar in First Ward battles. When
the Harrisburg Reserves were formed
for emergency service, after the Ma
| tional 'Guardsmen started for Camp
Hancock. Jim" Walters was one OF
! the very first men to enroll and he
went over and pranced around in
the evening drills at the Island in a
way that made the younger men
among the bankers, businessmen,
railroadmen, lawyers, Capitol Hill
clerks and others who made up that
organization wonder where he got
all the energy