Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-22
EVENING Chat

n. r. Butler realizes his hopes the
| fishermen of this section of the Sus-
quehanna will be able to re-establish
their shad batteries in a year or so.
The commissioner is arranging to
plant" young shad in the Susque-
hanna later in the year and the taking
of roe shad will be under way within
a short time. The shad propagation
work in the Delaware last year was
very successful and it is believed that
the shad fishing of the Susquehanna
can be made worth while with some
care. The catching of shad was
great institution hereabouts forty
years ago, there having been batteries
at McCormick's island and Spayd's
wharf and smaller affairs at other
points. while gill nets were extensively
used The fishing was spoiled for
time, but ten years ago was revived,
being shortlived, however, because the
McCalPs Ferry dam put it out of busi-
ness. The construction of the fishway
at the dam is completed and tests are
now being made to see If the fish can
get through it. If 1t works, and there
are hopes, there will be shad taken
opposite this city. The planting" of
| the fish will be In various parts of the
, river and Mr.. Butler figures out that If
| his hopes work out there will be good
| shad in the Juniata as far as Newport
and still farther up the Susquehanna.
1t all depends, say fishermen, on the
| fishway. If it does not work, other
changes will be made. Many shad are
reported about Port Deposit and they
| are going into the smaller streams
around the Maryland line, but not
coming UP because of the cold water.
| The planting" will be done at points
| to be selected later in the year The
State will have its new shad hatchery
at Torresdale working within few
months.
Flowering shrubs are already tigur-
| ing considerably in the color scheme
| of the river front. While the new
grass and tiny shoots of leaves are just
I about giving bare suggestion of
| green to the river park. the yellow
| golden bell' is adding a brighter spot
OF color. From the pumping station
| to Paxton street the trailing shrubs
, are blooming and the appearance of
this, one of the first of the Spring
blossoms, has been more than a well
| come sight to the thousands of prone.
| naders.
One of the interesting papers read
before the snow cleaners convention
| at Philadelphia last week was a dis
| cussion by a Scranton man on the
advisability of washing the accumu-
| lated snow of the streets into the sewer
| inlets. Commissioner w. III. Lynch,
of the streets and public Improvement
| department. commented on this plan,
but questioned its feasibility so far as
| Harrisburg is concerned. Possibly
| the sewers in Scranton are differently
constructed" said the commissioners
but what they do there we certainly
! couldn't do here. Our sewers are
trapped in such a way as would pro-
hibit following out this scheme"
John S. Musser who presided as
toastmaster at the Rotary Club dinner
at the Colonial Club last evening.
didn't look like himself. The fact of
| the matter is, Mr.. MusSer had been
stung; not in the figurative sense OF
the word, but literally. He motored
to his old home in Columbia on Sun
day and indulged his curiosity as q
bee fancier by visiting the hives of a
friend near that town. One of the
bees behaved as though he thought
Mr.. Musser was q. Mexican invader
and attacked with vigor the shot tax.
ing effect directly between the eyes
The general effect on the features was
to lead club members to believe that
their president had suddenly devel-
oped tendency toward taking or
flesh.
> Reginald kearns who is one of the
former Harrisburgers in Mexico. is ir
the midst of the territory disturbed
but it Is hoped by his relatives here
that he has started out of the country
, Mr.. Kearns is a nephew of Jane.
Brady, president of the First Nationa
Bank, and is connected with a larg,
mining company and has been in Mex
leo for several years. He left here
about fifteen years ago after attendin,
the Harrisburg Academy.
National Guard officers are bus,
these days telling men that the militia
men have not started for Mexico-yet
Yesterday several officers received ;
number of applications from men VIII,
wanted to enlist. The offices at tn,
Capitol have been receiving many in
quiries about the way to get into tn
service and the advice is given t.
people to apply to United States re