Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-11
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me Harrisburg Public Library for
the use of the pupils of the various
grades below the high schools. in ac-
coraance with the ARRANGEMENTS
Inaae by the library recently. The
iuhus were provided by donations
rom residents of the city who de-
sired to aid the library in placing
DOCKS within the reach of the school
chlidren In buildings which could
not be equipped with the funds at
W .ne disposal of the institution.
lheSe books have been sent to
! nineteen school buildings i'm oo -
operation with the Harrisburg
School Board, which has ar
ranged to have the pupils of the
nsner schools make the cases. The
pan is to place Libraries in the iunior
nigh schools as well. and then Uar-
risourg will have more school libra
RES than any city of its size in the
state PROBABLY in the country. At the
recent state Educational Congress in
th1s city the Harrisburg plan was
the subject of much favorable, com
ment and Miss Alice r. Eaton. the
librarian, who presented the details.
was overwhelmed with questions as
10 &c, now Harrisburg did it. The school
libraries here will likely have their
counterpart in various cities of the
state shortly and that the Young
sters who had to depend upon chance
donations of books will have oppor-
tunlty for good reading under the
| guidance of their teachers.
Herman l.. Collins, who writes the
! Glrard column in the PhiIadelnhia
Press. is a great admirer of Highway
| commissioner Lewis S. Sadler. He
mas TINS to say about him: "Mr.
oaqief mas rare gift as a man of
uhars' Each task that he takes up
IL nahuled with an enthusiastic zeal
and boyish enthusiasm as if that
were his first and only lob in the
world. Talk with Commissioner
Sadler for five minutes and he has
you thinking that the finest picture
on earth is a new stretch of State
| highway, and that the really perfect
gem is chunk of concrete which
VIII stand the stress and wear of
| twenty-five years of good service.
! None OF your cheap optimists, who
Whistles while the house burns
who has the genius of summoninp
INTO dull task good cheer, an alert
Drain and industry that never flags"
Some of the rum being consumed
IN and about Harrisburg must have
an awful kick or else the peonle who
drink it have been away from linuor
so long that it hits harder than in
Gays when people could get all thew
could buy. There have been a mum
per OF persons seen on the streets in
the evenings who have been imbib-
ing. Whether it is regularly manu-
factured or home made, it is Hard to
say, but the fact remains that thew
snow the effects. Unquestionably,
there must be some home concoctinp
going on in and about Harrisburg
because the supply here is reported
| by men who know to be limited. And
IT II is homemade stuff the example
of its victims ought to be enough.
The antics of the egg market in
New York are causing a number of
| people to think about sending their
eggs to the big city, as is always
done by some people to the total dis
regard of the home market. which is
their meal ticket most of the year.
This recalls the experience of some
people who q few years ago became
excited when a man came along and
I opuoned everything in sight because
prices We're rising. He asked that the
owners hold "for few days. the
| goods which were of the perishable
|
down because the market and his
remarks looked like ready money
The weather turned warm and some
of the goods were held until they be-
came offensive reminders that all is
not gold that glitters in stock mar
ket reports
Another story about markets
comes from people in this section
who sold their eggs at fancy price
and shipped them to New York. Be-
tween the time of shipment from
this part of the State and arrival
in New York prices were hit by
something not foretold by the
weather bureau and the sellers had
some time collecting from the S.iet-
tropolitan buyers who purchased in
such big lots.
Prospects of curtailment of rail-
road and industrial operations due
to the coal strike are already being
reflected in application for places at
the States employment agencies
!, which have proved a barometer of
even the unusual conditions prevail
ing this year. During the steel
strike applications for work jumped
at several OF the agencies and when
the coal strike began there was also
an increase. Now, when suspensions
and reductions of work due to the
coal situation will be forced, there
are men taking time by the forelock
and seeking places in lines which
will not be affected so much. One
of the odd effects is that there have
been many inquiries as to what
farmers will want, while municipal
authorities say they will be able to
command all the labor wanted for
aN
City Park authorities are taking no
chances with the elm trees planted
along the River Front. V. Grant For
rer, the superintendent of the parks,
has gone along the whole line of
trees and where one is not in good
condition he has had it fixed up. In
the last few weeks men have gone to
each tree and filled in and fertilized
where needed. One of these days
the city is going to have a magnif-
cent avenue of fine trees and the care
which Mr.. Forrer is now giving is
going long ways toward it.