Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-21
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south Cameron street between
Market and Berryhill. seems IN ba
III danger of becoming Harrishurq,s
Whte Way" This highway, the
main thoroughfare to steelton and
one OF the Oldest streets in the CITY
was until this year one of the gloom
ieS' ana darkest of thoroughfares. II
S,S TSed 10 be lined with brickyards and
iuiuper yards, but in recent yaars
nr5 peeh growing up with factories
a. warehouses;. none of which went
IN Tor much lighting. So The streat
Was Was one of those long. dark high
maSs hiaS through which cars and We.
USED TO whiz as though glad
fairi,, ~. but now. The street Is ,
o1dy d1Il.y aoiaze after dark. There are
electric signs on almost ever, othas
pulldlnS and between those bri1iiant
aHalrs and the lights on the Mil
perry street bridge and the strsat
Ights' 1t is a glittering hiebwsv
me reason is because il has haan
~, 1urhed into an "AutomobiIe row
mere are garages and sales pIaces
gnu e. repair places and each one has
oI'o,,i,e Vi,ec'rlc sign: And early in the
whar especially. just after dark.
IN mo Dlllze the old street hardly knows
ilselt' There are other streets which
nave undergone transformations as
d result or the development of the
SieStLlc sign and the automobile
st put cameron street has come to the
front more than any of them.
sass may not be biting very
t''' salu a HarrisbUrger who re-
turned from trip along the Juni-
ata yesterday, but eels are certain
~ on the jump. In an hours time
To-Day l caught seven, and the LOT
Welshed almost ten pounds. That ia
going some for this season of tha
year; This report does not differ
iluch from others that have come TO
town during the past few days. The
same hsh have not been active dur
IIls the brief interval since the be-
5 5Siiiiilile OF the season, but unusually
ilsh. Fall fish, by the way. have
Deen almost unknown among local
iishermen in recent years. Another
I'Sh that used to be plentiful but is
now not caught very often is the
large catfish. The muddy condition
OF the streams is responsible very
largely for the large catches of cells.
Few large catches of bass, or any
'4'SA 6ohlC llSll lOI lHdL mater nave
peen reported by local fishermen this
year. The reason for this, old fisher
men say, is because the water is in
SO very untaVorable condition,
III is dirty with coal dirt and mud
ana the bass refuse to take the bait.
FISHERMEN expect that fishing will be
better than for many years as soon as
the water goes down q trihe more
and clears up.
The water Just now is right for
salmon but where's a fellow gonna
get bait" as one fisherman said
nou can't get salmon bait of any
kind for love or money. So I'll guess
We'll Just have to let them go until
fall when they're so fierce they will
bite on red flannel"
Mel" James, who is putting
across the Red Cross publicity cam
paign in Harrisburg in big way
this week, is the publicity man and
general manager for the William
Penn Highway Association. James
has been identified with many news
paper campaigns, not least of which
was that for the election of Judge
Kepford, brother of the State Treas
urer, when he ran for judge of the
superior Court. When there is no
Red Cross news lying around within
reach Mel wanders out and makes
some that the editors feel is good
enough for the first page.
The State Department of Agricul Q
ture, which has been putting farm
ers and owners of garden patches
into touch with persons have every
thing in the seed line from potatoes
to beans, is being asked to locate
large quantities of cans and jars for
putting up" things to eat next win
ter. The effect of the propaganda
for increasing the food production
of the state is being noticed every
where. The number of garden
patches is enormous and people are
going at their cultivation as earnest
ly as they are saving money to meet
payments on Liberty Bonds. They
are the same way. They will get the
results of working in gardens and
vigilance against bugs and they will
also have the bonds and see the
money spent right in this country.
Ex-Speaker Charles A. Amber.
who presided over the session of the
House two years ago, was among
the interested visitors yesterday. Mr..
Amber said that he was glad to see
everyone so busy and seemed to feel
relieved that he did not have to go
through the gruelling work of the
closing fortnight of a session.
1t is a wonder tho Capitol Park
squirrels do not get Indigestion from
the varied diet that IS forced upon
them by visitors. The animals are
the great objects of "petting" by
visitors and they get overy kind of
nut from peanuts to pecans walnuts
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