Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-03
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A 81 Dill received in what is
probably the oldest manner known
at the State Treasury in years has
just been added to the conscience
fund by State Treasurer Harmon
NJ. Kephart. 1t is nothing unusual
TO receive sums ranging from 81 to
SoO from people who feel that they
nave not been fair in paying taxes or
nave held out" on reports of things
taxable and the like and generally
they are anonymous. The So receipt
was unique. 1t came in a letter
| postmarked South Fork and was in
| disguised handwriting, addressed to
the State Game Commissioner. The
| Commissioner sent it to the Treas
! urer. In the letter, the writer stated
! that seven years ago he had received
| 81 as the bounty on a weasel. Now"
he wrote, II did not kill that weasel,
but ! knew [ was not entitled to it.
| won't give my name because l may
get sued. But I'm sending you the So.
|
The bronze statue of the late Ad-
| jutant General Thomas J. Stewart,
presented to the State by the officers
and men of the National Guard and
| the Keystone Division by subscrip-
| tons made at Camp Hancock, has
! been covered with the national flag
in its niche in the rotunda of the
State Capitol until the day when it
is formally unveiled. Adjutant Cen
eral Frank d. Beary will take up
the arrangement of the ceremony of
unveiling as soon as the officers of
the division are demobilized and it
may take place while the Legislature
| is in session.
Some very lofty calculating is be-
ing done in Harrisburg stores where
the soda fountain ministers to the
| palates of the people because of the
new war tax. Several Establishments
have cash registers with separate
contrivances for the war tax, appli-
ances which cost much money and
for which the merchants get no
credit from Uncle Sam and not even
kind words from the customers. In
other stores the attending sprite of
the fountain does the figuring in his
head and in others checks are made
out and the tax itemized. Mistakes
are bound to happen, but the war
has to be paid for and if you get too
hot You can always buy another
glass of soda.
It's odd how men from a small
town somewhere. men when their
lines of activity in after years are
far apart. 1t so happened that the
head of the committee in charge of
railroad matters at the convention
of the National Chamber of Com
merce meeting was George A. Post,
the noted New York authority on
transportation. The chief speaker
}, on street railways at the same great
gathering was Chairman w. d. b.
Alney, of the Public Service Com
mission of Pennsylvania. These two
men met after one of the sessions
ana the warmth of their greeting i'm
pressed some one who asked why.
We'll, they were both born in
country towns in Susquehanna
county when railroads were not well
developed" said n man who knew
both. They both went to Mon
trose and hung out their shingles
as lawyers and Post edited a news
paper Post went to Congress and
so did A!ney from the same north
ern tier district"
and while you're about it," put
in another man, that citizen talk
ing to them is another authority on
government and transportation. He's
| United States Senator A. V. Cum
minis, of Iowa, born in Greene coun-
/ ty when it didn't have even mar
row gauge railroad. Pennsylvania
is some state"
!. Capitol park extension has been
turned into baseball diamonds un-
til such time as the builders and
landscapes want to commence
business. Three diamonds have been
laid out on the lots where churches
and saloons and houses used to
, stand, the fact that no one was asked
for permission to play ball not being
noticed. Every afternoon there are
games and since daylight saving
came along the players are numer-
GUS and flies" from one diamond
much used by boys occasionally
= bounce against the granite sides OF
the Capitol. PaVementS on some of
the smaller streets in the extension
have been ripped up and some of tho
poles and wires have been taken
down which adds to availability OF
1.-THE State property for outdoor games.
The State is using the extension for
o big coal pile and storage space
while three buildings are standing
to house departments for which no
other quarters have been provided.
This lack of office room has resulted
in holding up some of the plans and
meanwhile the filling in of the two
proposed highways is going on, tons
of cinder being sumped in great
ridges across the twenty-nine acres.
One of the odd sights in the new
State domain is furnished by fruit
trees which used to stand in back
yards and which are now in bloom.