Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-08
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ilaliispuIS Natural History -
clety, composed of some na.t.
lovers who have given study to 49,. -
OF the beautiful as we'll as historl.
spots in the vicinity oil the Sti...
Capital and probably found more ,
interest the general public with.i
sight of the State House dome Thu
the public knows. has arrange.
series OF excursions for -..tu.,...
that will doubtless be productive
valuable contributions to local M
Tory. rms society has explored ina
pretty places in the county back
the city, along the Paxton and tl,l
Swatara and has gone over to tns
sylvan dells of Cumberland coun,.
It's latest schedule includes n ramp.
up the valley of Fishing Creek tn. -
coming Saturday, this creek ben.
one of the prettiest of the smali,. :.
streams near Harrisburg. The neA.
Saturday, Round Top, that em.-
nence in the York hills that oNcl
looks Steelton and Marsh Run arm.
reserve spot and can be seen To-
miles around, will be visited. The.
are probably more pepole born al
sight of Round Top who are igno-
rant of what can be seen from 49,
own crown than one imagines. Oy.-
ter's bridge, Dauphin and Eberly :
Mills, which abound in places OF
interest are also on the list, whila
the middle of November Is will be
spent on Blue Mountain. Heck's and
Linglestown will close the series
The society is certainly to be con-
| graduated upon looking up and
making known the places worth
while from a natural beauty stand
| point.
This is certainly a remarkable
/ period for prices" said a friend
from the country who was looking
into the store windows along Market
street yesterday afternoon. "Only
a few years ago you could buy II
whole tongue or Il fine rooster for
somewhat under dollar. And now,
Why the prices make you stop and
think. Just take the telephone for
instance. 1t is not so long ago that
it was considered a luxury. Now it
is a necessity in the home of rail-
roader, on the farm and in the Office
of a lawyer. Telephone rates, in
spite of all that is said to the con-
trary, have been so reduced that the
average SIS year farm rate means
that one egg day pays for it. Could
anyone have conceived a few years
ago that the money from one egg
would keep a telephone at ones
elbow with it's large scope of service
working day and night, keeping tab
on prices for produce or the time
of trains. Well, times are changing
in the Susquehanna Valley"
The meeting of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce the other
evening for election of officers at
tracted much attention from men
active in Capitol Hill affairs. 1t is
not generally known that the Har-
risburg Chamber has been pretty
closely watched by the folks at the
Capitol. In a number of places
chambers have not been bowling
successes and it was argued that if
in Harrisburg, with it's diversified
interest and other things, one could
be made to not only get results, but
a strong community spirit it would
be a good example. This view point
of our affairs has been expressed
to me a dozen times and while 1t is
not complimentary, the fact that
Harrisburg met the test is rather
gratifying.
The farmers of Pennsylvania are
working too many acres and not
using their heads enough, accord
ing to some statements in the bull
letin of the State Department of
Agriculture. THE most of the farm
ers of Pennsylvania, and the same
is likely true of other states," says
the bulletin, "are working too many
acres and consequently are not doing
the work properly and thoroughly"
The point is made that too many are
content to get one hundred bushels
of corn from four acres than from
two by a change of methods. The
farmer, says the bulletin also, must
keep in mind the quality of his crops
and advertise in order that the
purchasing public may know where
to get the best" The bulletin also
asserts that the farmers must use
their brains as well as their muscles.
Some excellent wild duck shoot
ing is being reported from the Sus-
quehanna river counties by men who
: have been engaging in the sport.
The ducks have been coming up
from the southern states in large
flocks and many of them are fat and
frisky. All along the Susquehanna
from Sunbury to McCall's ferry good
sized fiocks have been observed.
! Activity at the coal mines in both
, the hard and soft coal regions is
coihIiehCih6 W pe ieheCteu III tne
| Harrisburg and Rutherford yards.
There are huge trains coming in
, filled with coal and the movement
of cars west and north to be loaded
is also gaining. Things look a good
bit like the fall of 1915 and 1916
, around the yards. The U. s. A.
, engines on the Reading are still in
! service. and if anything are hauling
> longer trains.