Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-26
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which always attracts people from
all over the State. seems to have
aroused more interest than even the
notable session of 1918, when the
tiiosG ambitious program since the
Speclal pl session of 1906 was enacted.
rms Is largely due to the unusual
NUMBER of bills whose fate is in
uoupt' although when one studies
Ine calendar 1t Is surprising that so
MANY pllls ever got out of committee
ana that they have gotten as far as
Iley nave. The squabble over the
Lhllauelphla transit bill, which has
peen one OF the subjects discussed
| ever since the session started and
| loudly heralded; the discussion of
the mine cave" bills; the battles
over municipal legislation for Ehe
| tnree classes; the demonstrations by
| tne laDor people; the picturesque
woman suffrage campaign and the
| liquor legislation fights have all oc-
cupied so much space in the news
| papers that many people have come
10 see what kind of q Legislature
sat in 1917. The galleries were
crowded last evening and there were
many people who got the privilege
OF the floor and a number who did
| not In fact, the throng about the
| capitol was as great as at any time
since the organization of the two
branches, and II the interest is main-
tanned there will be many people
mere for the closing session. The
tense situation and the mandate of
the Speaker against paper bomb bard
ments which have been a part Of
every closing session may divest the
! wind-up of some of its amusing fea-
lures and the vaudeville and cele-
| DratlonS which have marked the
closing nights have not been arrang-
ed. The session has dragged out to
a lelgth only equaled by three in
almost forty-five years operation
under the present constitution when
1t goes beyond Wednesday it will
have had only one longer-that of
1877, the year when the Capitol
burned. The session was prolonged
because of necessity of fitting up
Grace Church. So that when the,
General Assembly of 1917 ends 1t
VIII have the record for length, al
though it will run shy on bills pass
ed, which is not such a bad thing
after all.
Mr. Bob White is in demand these
| days. He is in demand very much
in the late autumn and early winter,
but Just at present he is wanted very
much alive and not prepared for,
roasting or broiling. Farmers and
truck gardeners have awakened to
the fact that the quail is the great
est enemy to the potato bug and
have been endeavoring to get as
many of the birds as possible to
abide in their potato patches or their
gardens In Blair county q few years
ago man liberated some quail on
his property and a short time after
! wards planted many potatoes. He
noticed that the birds were very busy
in the patch and he never had such
a big crop. Dozens of quail have
been turned loose in Dauphin and
Cumberland counties in the last few
: years by the State Game Commis-
sion and people have been wonder
ing what has become of them. Now
the birds are to be heard calling in
potato patches on the outskirts of
the city every day.
Another place where quail have
taken up voting residence is the
old links of the Country Club of
Harrisburg at Lucknow, which are
shortly to be given up for the new
course at Fort Hunter. There are
couple of families of quail which
have been living in the masses of
vines and brush which have grown
fences and a few days ago four
young ones stalked solemnly through
! n bunker. The quail have also been
seen in the old Coxestown graveyard
and right near tees of the links, very
much at home.
H. V. White, of Bloomsbury, who
has given an interview to the effect
: that the States grain crop will run
!, about eighty-flve per cent. of the
normal, is the chairman of the State
Commission of Agriculture and very
much interested in the grain and
flour business. He has been active
in the State Millers' affairs, and was
the expert of the Department of La
Dor and Industry on milling when
safety standards were first taken up.
If events happen in triplet, who'll
be the next-meaning who will be
the next statesman to break a leg
while fishing? News comes that
former State Treasurer Robert K.
Young, while fishing for trout with
Ex-Governor William A. Stone, near
their club camp in Tioga county,
slipped while wading the stream, fell
on the sharp rocks and broke his
leg about two inches below the hip.
He lay helpless until his absence
alarmed the camp and a search
found him in the stream, unable to
move. He is now in tho Blossburg
Hospital. This accident follows
closely the one that happened to
I Senator Lynch, of Scranton, about
ten days ago. The Lackawanna
statesman was fishing for black bass
and got a particularly gamy speci-
men on his hook, the bass giving
him a hard tussle. In the struggle
to land the fish, Senator Lynch's foot
slipped and he went down over a
steep bank, breaking his right ankle.
He is able to get about on crutches
with his leg in a cast. Did you get
the bass " was asked of Senator
Lynch. Did I get him?" he cried:
"well you just bet ] got him, and
Furthermore, I had him for break
fast, and a better bass I never ate"