Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-04
! EVENING CHAT

According to reports which are
reaching the Capitol. very few de-
mands for hunters license tag are be-
ing made in the various county seats
oil the state, although at this time last
year there was considerable stir among
hunters and demand for the tags.
The State Game Commission was for
tunate this veal in getting it's printing
done early so that there was no hold
Up up like last year, but the demands
Tor licenses haVe been Very small, The
Iect that the federal law put the
shore bird season out of business and
that protection has been extended to
various migratory birds has rather
reduced interest in hunting and il is
not expected that much demand for
licenses will be made until September
begins. Last yea the act became
effective in September and some men
q to go into the field without the
tags, having been supplied with Ger.
tiiicates showing hat they had paid
their licenses. 1t is expected that the
issuance of hunters licenses will so
over the 500. 00a mark next time.
The approach of the season for
starting school has caused a rush to
nle reports of financial operations of
districts at the Capitol and consequent
demand for payment of ap%propri-
ations. No district can be paid unless
1t files its report and the manner in
which they are being entered shows
that school directors are preparing for
the start of the sessions next month.
Some of the schools will open in rural
districts on August "a, but the bulk of
them will wait until September.
It's a matter of comment among
people in Steelton hat comparatively
few of the subjects of Austria, with
the exception of the Germans from
the provinces of Austria proper and
the MaSyars. appear to be caring a
bit what happens to the dual empire.
Most of them have served their time
in the army II those who have not
are not anxious to go back. Most of
from the southern provinces are
OF Slavic descent and their sympathies
are with the Servians. as it was two
years age With exception of a few
Dalmatians the southern provincials
are all sleeping without any worry
over the fate of their c~onglomerate
fatherland.
The numerous rains and storms this
summer have kept down the county's
bill for fighting forest fires. Hardly
any fires worth talking about have
occurred n most of those that did
take place were so small that not
much expense was involved. Ordi-
narily the forest fires cause large pay
ments by the counties, but this year
Dauphin and other counties are getting
off very well.
Colonel Henry c. Demming was
talking the other evening about gold
in Pennsylvania and remarked that it
had been found, but not in paying
quantities, in W of the neighboring
counties of Dauphin-York and Leb-
anon. The Lebanon gold is in the
Cornwall ore hills and is so scarce
that hardly $4,000 worth in a year
is mined. None has been found in
this county, although its ore beds have
been looked over carefully for traces
of the precious metals.
The construction of the new blast
n at Steelton is commencing to
attract attention, as it was in 1883
that the last OF the furnaces was built
at the steel works town. The new
furnace will be a gigantic affair, as
the oundations are very deep and
large. 1t is expected hat the foun-
dations will be finished before the end
OF summer n the erection of the
stack proper will be pushed during the
fall and winter. The excavations can
be seen below the two lower furnaces.
Send that money by wire? Nothing
doing"
This was the statement made to a
couple of bewildered foreigners at one
of the Geographic offices last night.
The foreigners ~conversed in some dia-
lect sounding like the Balkans and
then offered a higher rate. The clerk
shook his head. Then it came out
that they wanted to get the money to
furnish means for a friend TO get
1NUaV ssNNa aap'f 9anI tlot ,z~,- T.
TO get your friend out. Verstehe?
Savy? Comprehend" replied the clerk.
The two foreigners finally gave it up
as a a job. No one yet found
the town to which they wanted to
send the cash.
over a dozen Maryland cars were in
the city yesterday morning, being in
two parties of folks who stopped here
over night. One party of sixteen came
from Cumberland and the other from
Baltimore. They had been at Gettys-
burg to go over the battlefield and
then took a spin here to see the Capi-
toll. The condition of the state high
ways was complimented by one man,
who said that they were in better
shape than he expected to find them.
Up at the State Highway Depart
ment they have not gotten used to the
IolnpiiiiieHts Delns given TOT the state
of the roads. For a long time the
staff of the department received so
many rocks and brickbats that it was
not prepared for bouquets. Some of
the remarks Sbout the condition of
roads almost impossible a month ago
are very gratifying.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
Charles M. Schwab has been buy
ing moro land ndinininp the Rnth