Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-11
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Hundreds of ring-necked pheasants.
bought in dozen or more States, are
being distributed by wardens and
game protectors of the State Game
Commission through the southern tier
of counties as part of the game prop
agation work this Spring. These birds
are being experimental with as they
are Delng placed in districts the grouse
ana quail have abandoned or where
they have been exterminated and
they are being placed in surroundings
as near as possible to their nakXe
haunts. They will be observed an yd
some tests made in Matching the eggs
and the pheasants. A number of the
birds have been placed in the counties
at the foothills of the Alleghenies in
Guiding Somerset, Bedford Dauphin.
Franklin, Cumberland and others,
while some will be tried in agricul-
tural counties. In addition the State
Game Commission has put out num-
Der OF wild turkeys from Southern
state highlands and they have been
reported as doing very we'll. Several
shipments of deer from Northern
states are expected to be made within
few days and they will be distri-
buted to State game preserves and to
counties closed to hunting for periods
of years. The State commission men
are being assisted by sportsmen's as
sociations.
The appeal from award of Compen-
sation Referee e K. Saylor in the
Maulfair case taken yesterday will be
OF Statewide importance when de-
ctded. The question raised is whether
a man can be considered as serving
his employer when making a delivery
after store or regular hours. 1t was
held that Maulfair, who was fatally
injured in this city In January while
delivering butter, was furthering the
interests of this employer. In rebut-
tai it is contended that his work was
ended before he was struck and that
the delivery was being made as an
accommodation.
Calling out the National Guard of
| Pennsylvania appears to be a popular
amusement every place throughout
the State except at the Capitol just
now. Every time things get to an in
teresting point I'm foreign relations de-
mands pour into this city asking
whether the Guard has been called
out and when the troops will start for
Mexico. More straight tips" about
this or that organization are given
than could be packed in a bushel
basket. This or that regiment has or
ders to hold itself in readiness for
service and local pride occasionally
creates some amusing incidents. AS n
needed there is plenty of notice given
and such thing as u regiment being
started right off for the border is un
likely. Mobilization would be first.
The placing of the squirrel Guard
on the cable leading to the State Mus
cum to fend off the squirrels has at
tracted wide attention, The appli-
ance has been likened to the contriv
ances put on ship cables to keep rats
away and there are some guessing
games on whether the squirrels will
beat it out as they have done every
thing else.
The recent snowfall put an end to
building operations which had been
carried on in some sections of the city
in spite of the cold. Men who will
work in the cold winds and who do
not seem to mind outdoor work when
the mercury is down around ten or
fifteen will not work when snow falls
leven though the mercury may be at
a more endurable height than in clear
cold weather. Snow seems to be the
great blocker of OUTDOOR work Co&d
does not do it.
One of our friends who likes to
ramble in the fields and to go into
the woods is of the opinion that spring
will not be much further delayed and
that before long the frogs may bel
heard calling and the wild flowers will
} commence to appear. He says that
: in taking some walks over in theI
! Wildwood Park district he saw someI
agitation in the mud along the banksl
of the creek and in the bottom of
ponds which had been heated by theI
sun and which he knows are homesI
of frogs. 1t is his opinion that theI
; frogs will soon be stirring. The otherI
| evidence of the approach of SpringI
is that skunk cabbage has been seenI
sticking its ear-like leaves above theI
! ground. Several specimens wereI
found near the State Hospital.
{ Richard E. Cochran, prominent
lawyer of York and former deputy
: Secretary of the Commonwealth, wasI
at the Capitol yesterday on business|
with the Public Service Commission.
Mr.. Cochran has for years been fre-|
: duent visitor to this city and has many