Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-09
EVENING Chat

! year is program which men actively
connected with conservation and in
| terested in the remarkable work of
the States Forestry Department are
discussing as a tentative program on
forestry legislation to be submitted
to the next Governor and the Gen.
eral Assembly. The State now has
over 100000 acres of forest land
and when certain negotiations now
pending are completed this total will
be enlarged. There are also offers
FOR the safe or probably 100000 acres,
which could be taken over any time
the State has the money. The State
reserves are rapidly developing into
propositions from which there will be
some return. Timber is being sold,
water rights being prepared to lease,
SAND and stone operations made possi-
Bile and ice-cutting even being line
which can be turned to the benefit of
the State. Valuable minerals have
been found under some of the land
which has been growing up, while
six tracts are now used as game pre-
serves and an equal number are to be
laid out on others. The aim of the
conservationiStS Is to make the re-
serves big income payer because it
will enable the purchase of additional
lands where the water supplies can
be safeguarded. AS vet the auxiliary
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hoped. has not worked out. The State
authorities will not take any land
that is not thoroughly examined, talk
ing the position that land to be put
under the benefcent control of the
State, with consequent relief in part
from local taxation, should be entirely
familiar to the forestry chiefs. An
appropriation for an adequate fire
service will also be asked. The State
lost tens of thousands of dollars
worth of valuable timber last year.
At the request of many people it is
probable that in a short time Miss
Alice r. Eaton may inauAgurate a
series of book talks at the Harris
Public Library. Miss Eaton, whose
work as librarian has enabled
the library TO make the remarkable
circulation record OF 10000 books in
1914, has been q student of publica-
tions for years and her comments
upon the books of the day and on
those books which are in the lime
light because of events will be eX-
ceedingly interesting and the talks"
form an entertaining winter feature.
good story is going the rounds
about woman on a trans-Susque-
hanna car. She was q woman of re-
finement and across the aisle from her
car and for whose scalp DR.. Dixon
would offere a reward. This man was
signally vioIating the anti-spitting
law. He did 1t several times and in
the interest of health and fellow pas
sengers the feminine passenger called
the conductor
DO you allow splitting on the floor
in this carp" she asked.
The conductor, who appeared to be
a kindly disposed man, leaned over
and said: mo, but I'll raise a window
fer ye."
Colonel Lewis f. Better has thrown
up his hands. 1t is not often that
the well-known and valorous colonel
has to do that. In fact. no one has
ever known the colonel to be nom
plussed or brought to halt. 1t seems
that most of the population that was
able to get view of the report of
the Gettysburg reunion has been de-
manding a copy. The edition is linn
tied and the first installation limited
as well. But that does not matter.
writing, hailing and all but falling the
colonel to get copies.
William I. Schaffer, who made the
chief argument for the railroads in
the fare case yesterday, was a news
paperman and stenographer in his
younger days and reported courts in
Media. He is one in charge of the
publication of the appellate court re-
ports and is one of the leading legal
authorities of the States laws.
Judge John w. Kephart, of the su-
perior Court, came here from Ebens-
burg yesterday afternoon for a short
visit. He was on his way to Lancas-
ter TO attend the reception to Chief
Justice j. Hay Brown.
Harrisburg admirers of Mrs Mary
Roberts Rinehart. the Pittsburgh au-
thoress, will be interested to know
that she will sail from New York to-
night for France, where she will take
what she calls a rest from her Iabors
by working in the hospitals. She is
the wife of a physician and has some
knowledge of nursing, being a trained
nurse.
A couple of Bulgarians and Ser
vians met f=> 'front.' of the Telegraph
Building this morning. They had
been taking a few days off because of
the Greek Christmas and one spied
the map in tho big window. In an
instant consonants and vowels were
being showered all over the street.
They talked and gesticuiated and
finally one gave a snort and walked up
street. They all followed him. Ap-
parently there is no prohibition in
their lands.