Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-24
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AS far as the naked eye can observe
there is anything but a car surplus to
be noted along the four railroads en-
tering Harrisburg at this time. The
long strings of cars which used to be
observed u On sidings along the
Pennsylvania and Northern Central
railroads and which were stored on
tracks running into ouarries or even
into fields along the Reading a couple
OF years ago have disappeared or
rather have reappeared in the Ions
trains which are rolling in and out of
the city without let-up every hour of,
the twenty-four. Some idea of the
s~tupendous amount of freight being
handled can be gained by going out
on any Of the roads for a dozen or so
miles. One freight after another
whizzed by; hundreds and hundreds
OF cars are in motion in yards and
shifters are drilling in with drafts of
cars collected about the city. There is
an immense movement by day, but at
night 1t seems that still moro are
moved n the movement is constant
and continuous. If one could get on
First Mountain with a good strong
glass he would see literally thousands
OF cars on the tracks about Harris
burg. From that point the big Enola
oNN AAC SlOii5dlCu T1dTTlSDuIR
yards can be plainly seen while off
beyond the ridge which eliminates in
Reservoir park the miles of steel that
constitute Rutherford yards on the
Reading are to be made out. The
yards on the Cumberland Valley and
about Steelton can be traced. too, and
aken all together the scene is one
which will demonstrate that Harris
burg is one of the great railroad CEN
tiers of the country.
IT do not know of any reason why
earlier predictions that there will be
plenty of game for PENNSYLVANIA
sportsmen should be changed" said
Dr.. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the
state Game Commission to-day. IT
nave lust returned from a trip of sew
eral hundred miles through counties
where game is abundant II I have
seer many quail and pheasant and
have heard reports about such birds
being very plentiful. There are also
very many deer. I accompanied DR..
Charles B.. Penrose, chairman of the
commission, on the tour and we visit
ed Carbon, Sullivan, Lycoming, Tioga,
Potter and Clearfeld counties, going
70 the game preserves in those coun-
ties, which include some of the new
preserves and found everything doing
very we'll. I am satisfied that this will
be a big year for game"
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Over 5000 circulars of information
regarding ways for National Guards
men now at the border 10 pay their
taxes nave been sent out by the adju-
tant generals department in the last
two days. In addition to sending them
to regimental commanders the chief
OF staff is sending them to various off,
GERS with requests that they make it
their business to see that the soldiers
q ~ n - rf@A1 -
Der 8 is the last day on which assess
ment for taxes can be made and the
adjutant general suggests hat each
III get friends to attend to this mat
ter. 1t is likely that men active in
politics in each county will also take
steps to help the soldiers. The opin-
ion Of the Attorney General to the
ed in having soldiers vote is expected
to be made public before the end of
the week.
h problem Of keeping cool in the
scorching weather that Harrisburg has
been enduring for DAYS has been sat
lsfactorily solved SO far as one young
man in Harrisburg is concerned. Be
ing q college undergraduate and not
having as yet attained to the dignity
of an office. his time is temporarily
his own. and so he wards off heat
p"TOSJrdIlOn by selecting the latest
magazine n filling the bathtub with
deliciously cool water, in which he
places himself, a la cold storage, for
several hours each afternoon.
A big bat flying about In the corri-
doris of the Capitol attracted much at
tention yesterday about noon. No one
appeared to know where the bat came
from and it fitted about causing
much excitement among the numerous
women visitors to the building by it's
antics. Finally it was chased out into
the rotunda and swept up high above
the Abbey paintings. The next Job,
said a Capitol attache. will be to get
1T out. 1t was not to be seen the rest
Of the day.
State Commissioner of Health Dixon
was talking about infantile paralysis
yesterday afternoon and remarked
h a there was not a case to be found
in the States sanitoria and as far as he
knew in any of the institutions which
had established guarantees when the
danger became apparent. The same
condition he said had been reported
from New York where the State au-
thorities discovered that there vas not
a case among 10000 youngsters in
institutions which had taken precau-
tons. It's rather a good argument for