Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-31
EVENING CHAT

season there has been heard about the
state Capitol renewal of the agita-
ton for the changing of the game sea-
sons so that there will be less overlap
ping of the small game season with
the period for killing deer, For years
sportsmen have been striving to reach
some agreement in regard to seasons
which can be fixed and allowed to stay
SO TOT period or years. but owing to
the dlfIerence in climate between the
northern and southern tiers this has
grown increasingly difficult and every
TWO years there is a new outburst of
objection. The deer season has been
changed three times in ten years and
there has been objection to the periods
fixed for killing woodcock, squirrels
I quail and pretty nearly everything else
AS result there has grown up a de-
mand for closing of counties to certain
KINDS OF hunting and almost a dozen
are now on the prohibition list for
deer with more in sight. The squirrel
and grouse season began fifteen days
ago and on Monday the rabbit and
quall seasons begin with the deer sea-
son, starting on November 10. The
squirrel season ends with November
ana the rabbit season with December
The grouse and pheasant season goes
TO November 80 and the quail season
TO December IA. Deer may be shot
| only between November 10 and 25. 1t
is now planned to get the sportsmen
|
| prime basis being on the conditions in
the woods. Men active in hunting are
| urging that the deer season should be
confined to December. when the leaves
are off the trees and there is less dan
J ger or hitting people who are hunting
| other game. These same people think
that the squirrel. quail and pheasant
| season should be put in November
| and that rabbits should not be shot
until around Thanksgiving Day, when
| the frosts have begun in earnest. The
whole proposition of game seasons is
one which should be put into the
| hands of the Game Commission, con-
| tend some sportsmen, because it is in
| close touch and has inaugurated the
| game preserve system. However. game
regulation is something which has
caused no end of discussion in the
| Legislature.
| A good many Harrisburgers who
were boys twenty and twenty-five years
| ago have been taking big interest in
the remains of the old arch which
passed under Front street near the
the water from the remains of Green
await run. which many years ago rose
| somewhere up along Third Street ana
came down by. way of the present
locations of Grace Church and the
| Moffitt property at Second and Pine
|
twenty-five years ago and the boys of
that day used to be told by their elders
| OF how dreadful robbers and river
pirates lurked in the arch at night
The sand flat men are keeping their
| word about the big sand island that
| formed this year in the middle of the
| Susquehanna between Calder and
Kelker streets. The island has been
! attacked by the upper Susquehanna
| flotilla and some hundreds of tons of
sand and coal have been taken out.
If the river rises there will be still
greater inroads made upon 1t.
How Importantly the dam across
| the Susquehanna figures in the status
| OF the river is already officially indi-
Gated in the daily reports that are
issued from time to time by the United
States Weather Bureau. The dam,
| which is to form a portion of Harris
| burg's improved water front, will have
certain bearing on the varying
| height of the stream and the effect of
the closing of the obstruction will
naturally require consideration in the
river reports. For instance, here is a
typical mention of the river stage and
the effect of the dam, as contained in
the Telegraph's river>statement of a
day or two ago:
The main river will continue 70
except at Harrisburg, where tho
| gradual closing of the dam will
| probably cause the river to con-
| tinue to rise slowly.
Say, have you got any campaign
| stickers?' asked a boy of a man who
was leaving the Courthouse yesterday
afternoon.
Now. what are you after?" asked
the man.
why. these stickers." said the boy,
] displaying a whole raft of campaign
| advertisements, ranging in size from a
| nickel to the top of a shoe box.
| There's more out and l want to get
whole set"
The First Mountain was visited yes
terday by numerous parties of school
! children in spite of the cold weather
and the biting winds that swept the
| river valley. The mountain attracted
the youngsters not so much because of
| the autumn tints of the leaves, but
| because the frost opened the burrs
| of the nuts, and the late cars from
| boys and girls laden with the spoils of
the woods.
Talking about First Mountain, some
| of the sportsmen of the city will be
interested to know that there are
! SOupiS VI llIlG llOChS OIL WllQ turkeys
| between the Rockville and Manada
| Gaps. One of the largest fiocks seen
in this section in years has been found
near Heckert's Gap. OF course, the
gobblers and hens are protected by
| law all the year round now, but they
are we'll worth looking at and are
becoming more or less of a nuisance
| to farm owners.
! Attendance at the children's hour at
| the Harrisburg Public Library has be-
! come so much larger than expected
| that it is possible there will be two or
three periods set aside on Saturday
mornings for the children who gather
to hear stories. In addition it is the
idea to have classes in poetry, this hay-
| ing been found to have been very
popular among boys. The attendance
| of youngsters at the library has gone
| beyond all expectations and the at
tendance in the afternoons during the
week is growing as the weather be-
comes colder.
il WELL KNOWN PEOPLE