Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-31
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Very, very few properties N
risburg remain under the o~nex5
of families which held them q
tury ago. In fact, as one man
versed in realty in this city. penn
out short time ago since, thA
whose title is vested in direct
scendants of persons who held thd
at the time of the War of 1919
limited. AS for residents who
family tenure goes back to the daa
when John Harris sold lots from TIN
plan he announced in 1855 they, cal
be counted on the fingers. One de
secendant of the founder and OF the
family name owns a property and J.
there are others in that unusuat
class it is not generally known. Prob
ably one of the most interesting
title histories is that of No. Sil
South Front street 1t looks ou
on the site of the ferry John Har
ris, the settler. established over tn,
ford Indians had used before Colum
bus sailed and which natural facility
was the reason for the founding oi
what is now the State capital. Penn
got title to this property from the
English crown and patented 1t I'd
harris, who made his own dicker fol
peace with the Indians. the Penn sald
to Harris being dated 1898. Th{
executors of Settler Harris son|
John Harris, Jr, who founded th@
town, sold it in 1895 to Philip ReinI
mute. The descendants of this earlJ
Harrisburger have owned and occul
pied it ever since. 1t is now owned
by members of the Yeager family
two of whom Philip r. Yeager and
ms sister, Margaret, live on the lot
| NO one but a eager or an ancestes|
of Yeager has lived on this propi
erty from the time of the purchase
from John Harris.
This district can be relied upoY
to do it's duty in regard to the nex]
loan. While the allotment has mol
been made, l feel confident that il
Will go over nicely. The district
has not fallen down and its peopll
intend TO maintain that record,
am sure" said Donald Mccormick
the banker, who has been very active
in all Federal loan movements.
This is the last week to rum.
mage. In another week the salt
will be on. The demands for cloth.
ing and other things for Belgian'
and others have been heavy, bu
there are lots of articles in the atti,
and about other places which some
one will want to buy. HARRISBURG
has rummaged very effectively il
years gone by and has fine chanc
this year.
The Harrisburg Country Club fir
recalls that West Shore people NAV
been discussing for some time tn
thought of a community club foE4 til
Camp Hill neighborhood. The yonl
place for public gatherings no
available is the High school audAto
ium, with the fire house hall abs(
possibility and although both (
are suitable for some kinds of "a
erings, they offer no opportunity
the cultivation of community su|
or for social affairs. There is Cd
siderable sentiment for some 81
organization as would make posi-
the erection of a suitable buifd
and the encouragement of friei
associations in the vicinity, but
definite action has been taken,
is not the thought of those back
the movement to go into a couIs
club development on a large 50
but to organize modestly and
the experiment in small way U
its success is assured and a memt
ship large enough to carry a lar
burden is assured.
Speaking of Camp Hill-have w
/. ridden over Market street of th1
borough since Highway Commits
, sioner ,Sadler got his men to wor'
; there? If not there is something i
store for you. The work is no
I complete, but enough has been don
to make the thoroughfare snoot
as board and motoring over it
pleasure instead of an agony. Fror
one of the worst pieces of boroug
l highway in the State, Market stree
l has been transformed into one of tn
very best. The residents of the boz
ough to a man have arisen to ca
the term of Sadler blessed. He
get hundred per cent. vote II h
, ever ran for office over that wa,
{ Even the Democrats are saying kin
: things about him.
l And that recalls the fact ths
Camp Hill is going to have anothe
> vacancy in borough council shortI,
= James Milhouse, formerly burges
OF the town and well-known men
/ ber of the law firm of Olmsted Sn,
3 der and Miller, has bought a countr
( place in Cumberland county and wi
become a farmer as well as an a.
q torney. Some of Mr.. Milhouse
\ friends have been mean enough
suggest that he bought farm so /
could have a private golf course an
be able to play the game at hom
but the owner himself insists tn:
there is positively nothing to tt
! story.
a Harrisburg friends of David ,
\ Caldwell, of Tyrone, have sent hi
postcards of congratulations upo
his reappointment by Governs
Sproul as notary public. Mr.. CALI
, well, who is we'll known in this cit
| has served continuously as notary
Tyrone for forty-one years. H
friends believe he is the oldest