Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-29
EVENING Chat

Susquehanna rivermen and people
interested in fishing are awaiting
eagerly the reports from the McCalfs
Ferry dam about shad. The late
Spring, the heavy SHOWS and the gen.
eral weather conditions have caused
the water in the wide branching river
to be so cold that people familiar with
the habits of the great food fish say
that they will never attempt to come
up the stream until the suns rays
warm up the waters. The shad we
nave been getting come from around
Perryville and Havre de Grace, where
the Susquehanna enters the Chesa-
peake Bay, and while they are styled
Susquehanna and have that delicious
flaVor which everyone appreciates they
are not yet. strictly speaking. Sus
quehanna shad. In the language of
one of the men who has followed the
river and its finy denizens for years,
Susquehanna amt Susquehanna
unit 1T gets up between York and
Lancaster counties an takes creek
water tween its gills." Down at the
great dam at McCalls Ferry, where
thousands of dollars have been eX-
pended on fishway which 1t is fondly
hoped will enable fish to get up as well
as down. they are keeping daily tab on
the iish going through. and while there
Is plenty of water reported it is de-
clared to be SO cold that no self
respecting shad will attempt it. \
good many people are skeptical about
the fishway and the people who built
IL admit that it is an experiment, but
they think that they have solved the
problem and that we will yet catch
the shad off McCormick's Island and
lSpayds wharf.
I've spent more pleasant hours in
Harrisburg than on this visit" said
Senator Boies Penrose to-day. The
Senator came here late yesterday aft
ernoon and was suffering with severe
toothache when he arrived. He went
to dentists office at once and was
back again this morning. The Sena-
tors trouble was cavity at the base
of a tooth
George F. Baer the Reading presi-
dent, who was buried to-day, was the
man responsible for the development
of the Reading in this city. When he
took charge of the company this city
was sort of way station, and realizing
the traffic to be handled, Mr.. Baer
promptly started to get new station
and simultaneously worked out the
system of handling trains so that the
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be handled easily. In fact, every de-
velopment of the Reading worth while
here came while he was president, and
in each case he personally passed upon
it, using his knowledge of Harrisburg
in disposing of it.
The campaign button season is on
and the number and variety of buttons
being displayed is rather startling.
Some of the candidates appear to have
the idea that name is all that is
needed. but there are others who are
using their photographs. Some of the
buttons are very attractively gotten up
and display their wearer's political
affiliations to nicely. But the funny
thing about 1t is that most of those
worn are shown on the coat lapels of
children.
The clearing out of the ruins of the
Aughinbaugh Press is a thing of joy
to the youngsters living in the neigh
borhood and even to school children.
They attack the big pile of papers
every day on the way to and from
school and quantities of the paper are
carted off for "scribbling." Most OF
the papers are of no earthly use and
If a kid can find a piece which has
been charred in the fire the value of
it goes up immensely. good bit of
school work has been done on paper
retrieved from the fire.