Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-19
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Dauphin county's military enroll
ment' which has been regarded as
more or less a matter of routine the
IasI rev years, has been looked at
with good bit more interest the Ias-
rev weeks as result of the genera
interest being taken in preparedneS'
ana military matters. The enroB
ment is made in conformity with n4-
Conal and State laws and the repor1
are nied at Washington and in this
city. Everyone between 20 and As is
enrolled. This enrolment, it is under
stood. was made with special care this
year and many men about whose abil-
ly 10 Dear arms question was
raised were dropped. The net
result is 1924 and this is be-
neVed TO be pretty nearly right. OF
course; there are good many men
over 40 who would be pretty hefty If
II came down to fighting. However in
this number of 25,214 in the county il
is doubtful If very large percentage
mas much idea of how to handle a gun
Modern military training takes many
weeks and statistics while interesting
90 not mean much in defense as it is
instance, is shown to have enough
men to man over twelve full regi-
ments. There are not enough guns In
the city, II the arsenal is left out. to
equip half that many companies let
alone regiments.
The excellent salmon fishing to be
found now just south of the river dam
recalls the days when salmon fishing
used to be the great sport about the
same distance down the stream from
Market street, but over on the Cum
berland shore. In those days Wells
water was the great fishing place for
q md
! hooked. Salmon are still biting up
around Dauphin, says DR.. Cherrick
Westbrook, one of the salmon author
tiles, but not so many people are go
ing after them. Neither are many
trying the RIFLES" up about Maclay
street.
The Welfare conference, which
closed last night, has been the means
of bringing to Harrisburg many men
prominent in manufacturing and Off
cial affairs and bids fair to be an an
nual feature. The conference is the
outRrowth of the Engineers Conven-
tions held here in the late nineties.
Not long after the Engineers Society
was formed it held a couple of con-
ventions at the Capitol and the ex-
hibits which have been such a marked
feature ever since were inaugurated.
When the first conference was held
| In 1918 Ex-Governor Tener opened il
and the Engineers Society called it
the State cooperating through the
| then new department of labor and in
] dustry. This year the State has taken
| a more active part and has really
made 1t of wide scope in public affairs.
For years this city has been hav-
| ing conventions of secret societies and
orders of various kinds but it Is noted
| by a good many men active in such
matters that Harrisburg has not been
numerous important Masonic affairs
have been held here, but the State
gatherings have not been numerous.
\ Last night one of the men prominent
in fraternal orders said that the rea-
son was that other cities were getting
very active and that it behooved Har-
/ risburg people to stir themselves be-
cause it was no longer sufficient for
Harrisburg to merely ask for the con-
vention and get it because 1t was the
State Capital and a railroad center
Hunting must be good in this part
| of the State il the game displayed on
some of the automobiles coming into
| the city Is anything to go by The
automobile is being used more and
more for hunting, although it can
| hardly be said from the appearance
| of the disconsolate CANNES shiverihg
| in cars that the dogs enjoy that
method. Yesterday one automobile
came into the city with three dogs,
man and wild turkey on the rear
seat. Another car displayed big
branches of pine over its radiator and
mud guards and was festooned with
turkeys, rabbits and grouse, all shot
within twenty miles of Harrisburg.
|
| II the average Harrisburger only
knew it Bob White" can be heard
calling in sight of the Capitol dome
Over in Cumberland county, not a
fifteen minute ride from the city and
in view of Harrisburg quail have
been seen and heard, although they
are on land which is well protected
with tresspassing signs. There arc
quail near Reservoir park and in Pax
tang park and Wildwood has dozens
of them. The quail seem to know
where to go just now.
| .
| Among visitors to the city yester-
day was Cyrus T. Fox. of Reading,
for many years one of the active men
in the Berks county seat. Mr.. Fox
has served in important State places
and while here met many friends. He
Is still in the harness as a Republican
and as effective in his speeches as
thirty years ago.