Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-18
HUNTING Is GOOD
TRAINING FOR BOY
Will Teach Him Many Things,
DR.. Kalbfus Tells Welfare
Conference

Game Commissioners, declared with
emphasis before the session of the
Welfare conference at the House of
Il Representatives this morning:
II We can cry peace, peace all we
please, but there is no peace and there
Will be no peace until we are able to
II protect ourselves"
DR.. Kalbfus was the last speaker at
the morning session of the conference
/ but he stirred the large gathering in
his talk on the preservation of birds
II Throughout the State and declared
that hunting provides for the Ameri-
can boy the training to be our pro-
II tectors.
George S. Webster, chief of the Bu-
/; reau OF Surveys, of Philadelphia, in
J speaking on public tilities and the as
/ ISOLATION of municipalities with the
H pubic utilities commission declared
that officers of municipalities and even
H corporations were slow to go ahead
Il with projects since the obligated OFF,
Il GERS off both were responsible in
H greater degree to the people since the
II institution of the Public Service Com
II mission. He declared that one of the
II members of the Public Service Com
II mission should be an engineer of broad
II and liberal views.
HI Charles G. McLain. farm adviser on
soil drainage and water supply of the
II Department of Agriculture, addressed
II the conference on Agricultural Engi-
II neering.
H MIR. McClain said:
II Agricultural engineering covers
Il farm management, farm buildings.
Il their construction and most advantag-
Il eous location for convenience to eco
!, lnomical farm operation, the proper
II arrangement of the buildings SO as to
II require the least amount of manual
II labor for the proper care of the farm
H er's family and domestic animals upon
fpr &c h. AoIl a..
II for advantageous working of the farm.
Il the knowledge of soil conditions to
H produce the crops best adapted to
II these conditions, the drainage of the
H soil for the greatest possible produc-
H tion of crops, the study of fertilizer
requirements so as to buy only COM
H mercial fertilizers that contain the ele-
II ments of which the soil is deficient,
and also to learn which soils are best
adapted to certain crops so as to
avoid trying to grow crops not adapted
to the soil"
Snow Presides
II f. Herbert Snow, chief of the Bu-
II reau of Engineering of the Public
Service Commission, presided at the
meeting this morning and gave a most
Il interesting talk on engineering.
II DIR. Kalbfus Speaks
II DIR. Joseph Kalbfus declared that the
II State Game Commission goes as far
Il to protect the song bird as it does the
i wild turkey and the game birds and
Il that in protecting the song birds, the
destroyer Of insects it was protecting
the food supply of the people of
i Pennsylvania.
HI DR.. Kalbfus in speaking of hunting
said that it was the aiming. shooting
and camping that hardened the Amer
lean and made him an expert protec-
tor. He said that hunting tends to
II teach the man and boy the topography
II of his State and if the people generally
i only knew their splendid State they
i would not want to go anywhere else.
II Mr.. Webster was introduced by
/ Chairman Snow as the most eminent
municipal engineer in the United
| States.
| Mr.. Webster outlined the work of
the Public Service Commission in it's
| relation with the engineering depart
| ment and bureaus of Philadelphia or
any other municipality, although his
| references to public works were con-
| tanned with Philadelphia improve
! ments which have been acted upon
since the inception of the Public Ser
| vice Commission.
Before the morning session many
| of those attending the conference
Il heard the discussion of the Workmen's
Il Compensation Act held in the Senate
i Chamber. Messrs. Leech and Allen
/ told of the working of the various fea-
i lures of the new law which will be-
II come operative on January l and an
/ swered many questions that were
II asked. Numerous representatives of
/ labor organizations were present along
Il with manufacturers and business men
II from various parts of the State.
Conference Ends Tonight
Highway Commissioner Robert J.
Cunningham presided at the afternoon
,ssion. when the opening address was
made by A. P. Irwin, of Chadd's Ford.
Mr.. Irwin personally secured 1000
from citizens in Chester and Delaware
counties to aid the State in the recon-
struction of the Old Baltimore pike in
those counties.
Mr.. Irwin said Next to the public
schools. there is nothing as important
for the general welfare as good roads. -
Nicholas NJ. Edwards of Williams
port, spoke on stream pollution and
DR.. j. T. Rothrock. the first Pennsyl-
vania Commissioner of Forestry. spoke
on What Shall Pennsylvania Do With
Its Waste Lands?"
The conference will close this even
ing. when there will be an early dis
play of moving pictures, to be followed
by addresses on workmen's compensa-
tion by Francis II. Bohlen. counsel to
the Workmen's Compensation Board,
and an address by DR.. Edwin E.
Sparks, president of Pennsylvania State
College, on Education and It's Rela-
tions to Industrial Efficiency" E. J.
Stackpole, president of the Pennsylva-
mia Associated Dailies, will be chair
man of the closing session.
Safety Devices
With the Industrial Efficiency and
Welfare Exhibit in full swing at the
car barns of the Harrisburg Railways
Company, in North Cameron street.
the attention of many employers and
employees in this city and vicinity is
turned toward the safety devices and
modern appliances displayed Plumb
ing supplies, including nickeled and
brass fixtures. are featured in a large
exhibit by the H. Mueller Manufacture
ling Company. Tips on safety devices
and methods to be used in plants are
placarded in the booth of the National
Council for Safety.
A miniature playground, similar to
the large one built and maintained by
: the New Jersey Zinc Company. is part
of the attractive foreground of that
: booth. Noiseless typewriters are dem
2 onstrated by the Noiseless Typewriter
' Company. The Norton Company ex-
hibit includes several large protected
q grindstones fitted up with safety
i guards. Overland touring cars and de-
t livery trucks of the latest type are
shown by the Overland Harrisburg
Company.
Z Railroad Exhibits
II IL