Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-27
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Many a Dauphin county hunter and
woodsman who read in last nights
Evening Chat the review of Henry W,
lShoemaker's passing of the bison in
Pennsylvania knows of the salt spring
IN Stony Creek Valley, Dauphin coun-
| ", which he mentions as one of the
last haunts of the buffalo in this vicin-
| lty. The salt spring known to hunters
| is not heavily impregnated but con-
tains sufficient of the mineral, togethet
with magnesia, to make 1T attractive to
deer even at this late date. 1t Is To-
Gated near the Yellow Spring Railroad
station along the Schuylkill and Sus-
quehanna branch of the Reading Rail-
way and not very far from Water Tank
station. Within the past few years
Wnon lumbermen were working in
that vicinity deer frequently came
there to drink and the workmen often
found their tracks in the soft earth in
the early morning. Stony Creek VAL
icy, by the way is one of the widest
pieces OF land in this vicinity. Be-
yond Glendale Forge the railroad, a
single track affair, runs through the
valley with high hills on either side
and only the break of Stony Creek to
break the monotony of trees and rocks
For many miles there is not habita-
ton. Bear. deer, turkey, pheasant and
and the bottom lands where the val
ley widens a little are favorite spots
| Ior raccoon. The valley, ii is said, is
wilder now than it was twenty years
ago and has fewer inha bitants. Those
who know its wooded slopes and the
lush growths of its lowlands, have no
dlfnculty in believing that the woods
buffalo once found 1t a favorite abid-
Ing place.
Probably the most graphic part OF
the book is the description of the last
great buffalo hunt in Pennsylvania
rms took place in Union county on
the last day of the year 1899. Unlike
J many other hunts, it was organized for
revenge, a herd of buffalo, maddened
| In storm, had knocked down the
cabin of Samuel McClelland and killed
his family in their fight. 1t was one
OF the most remarkable casualties eyer
reported in the State, as the animals
had literally wrecked the house. The
! settlers organized and, rounding up
| the buffaloes in the hollow near the
town or Weibert, wiped out the whole
herd.
| From all along the route of Gov
ernor Brumbaugh's Seeing Pennsyl-
van1a" tour como words of commen-
| dation for the effort to impress people
with the idea of visiting their own
great commonwealth a noted Har-
risburger has been speaking on the
Ealue OF Seeing Pennsylvania First
Tor several years. preaching his ad-
| mlrable doctrine right in the face of
the fashionable decree that American
money must be spent abroad. In some
| oil the counties which the touring
party traversed efforts are being made
70 arrange visit next year, while
| those which were not visited are ask
ing If the Governor or his friends will
NOT come that way next year. In
Johnstown the people have so appre-
clated the tour that they have for
mally thanked the Governor and have
invited Highway Commissioner Cum
| niEgham to be their guest at a dinner
in appreciation of what he made nos
slble and of what he has done for
Cambria county.
| Some of the, owners of fields con-
tanning pumpkins near the CITY had
petter lock their big round fruit to the
vines at nights or there will be some
prizes that will not mature. The Hal
rowe en- celebrations are coming aroHad
anc there are a good many scouting
parties being sent out by youth of both
sexes to locate good lantern varieties
Anyhow, 1t always seems that a
pumpkin surreptitiously obtained is
much better than one taken in tho
open market in exchange for a piece
of silver. N-0N0
The executive committee of the Ma
tlonal Historical Society has an
nounced the election of large num-
Der of Pennsylvanians as members
Among them are William ]. Rose
Ihomas I. Wierman and Henry Nc
Cormick.
among Harrisburg visitors yester-
day was Senator Horace w. Schantz
OF Lehigh county. The senator wasI
the first Republican district attorney
in his county in many years and the
first Republican senator in over 1O0I
years.