Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-23
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The gray wolf is not extinct i'm
fehnsyiVania after all. Henry Il.
CARY the game protector in charge
OF the bounty division of the State
Game Commission, has the best sor:
OF evidence to the contrary. A ds...
or SO ago there was sent to him the
SKIN OF gray wolf five feet two
inches long from the tin of tho poso-
10 the up of the tail. shot by A. r.
winchester of near McElhattan. The
gray wolf has been considered bv
state officials as an extinct animal in
the Keystone State and this is the
llrst one that has been heard oP for
twenty years at the office of the state
Ganle commission, which keeps pretty
SloSe Iap on the game and wild ami
which was sent here for examination
SHOWS that the animal was an almost
perlect one An effort will be made
10 OBTAIN the animal for the State
Museum so that it can be mounted
III the natural history exhibit.
Travellers aboard the trains an
proachlnS Harrisburg from the south
Ward can already obtain a compre-
nenslNe ldea of how the Cumberland
valley railroad companys new con-
crete arch Nladuct across the Susque-
hanna will appear when finally COM
pleteu' Inc lower half of the bridge
Is Ilnished from shore to shore al
though some of the frame "forms"
FOR holding the concrete haven't been
removed. A spider-like trestle which
| paralleled the bridge for the electric
tramway rather interfered with a
clear sight of the structure. but the
removal of this superstructure pro-
Vldes a sweeping view. The carpent-
ers hurried the removal of the low
| Tram bridge In order that as little OBJ
struction as possible would be offered
TO stay and jam floating ice
Floating "slush' ice I'm the swift
waters of the Susquehanna below the
city dam has not greatly disturbed the
salmon fishermen. Dozens of them
put out in row boats and troll up and
down the broad stretch of water daily
despite the biting winds. incidentally
the catches that some of the First
ward Isak Waltons have landed re-
Gently indicate that the RUNNING
of the big Susquehanna fish is not
entirely over for the winter.
Two golf enthusiasts of the Colon
ial Country Club went out last Sun
day morning in the face of thirty
mile wind, a biting temperature and
snow on the ground in places. to play
a round or two of their favorite game
AS they teed off from No. 2 hole they
were hailed by a party of three on
the return trip, with
"Hey, you fellows better be care
full when you get down to the other
end of the course.
why what's wrong down there ?"
called back one OF the newcomers.
EWhy there are a couple of squir-
rels down there" was the reply, "and
they almost got u.s."
81 hope that we will be able to be-
gin our Christmas eve celebration
about the municipal tree earlier this
year than last" said Professor Dece-
wee, who will be in charge of the mu-
sic. THE singers will meet at Zion
Lutheran Church. The band will
meet there also. Promptly at 7.3O
the singers, headed by the band, will
begin their march in body to Mar
ket and Front streets. Men and wo-
men, and boys and girls will all be
lin line. In that way we hope to get
the exercises over with and the little
folks safe home at an early hour"