Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-12
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not only in the way of light and heat
but also in the way of transporta-
ton. Delivery wagons have been
having their own difficulties to get
around and motor trucks and auto
mobiles of hitherto blameless repu-
tation have developed skidding ten
dencies and cut up pranks which
nave made more or less annoyance
1or their drivers. 1t is also to be
noted that the day of the old butter
poX has not passed. Some real old
fashioned sleighs have been showing
up on the streets and certain grocers
nave turned to the use of some sleds
OF Sledges, or whatever anyone may
desire to call them which recall old
Gays when they used to be Jumped"
II the driver did not mind and some
times II he did. But oldest of all
mas been the effect on the Capitol
eiocks; oo" There are something like
3OO clocks in the Capitol, all of
which have to be coddled and for
whom Joe Pyne is not only nurse,
put guide, counselor and friend.
Mr. Pyne says that the weather has
gwen some of the clocks collie. He
explains 1T this way: The clock is
dellcate; people leave windows
open and the clocks take cold.
Ihere is no joke about it. Clocks
to be kept fabricated. The cold air
chills the oils and the clocks slow
up That is when DIR. Pyne comes
in.
Folks up town and out on the
Hill have been wandering around
IN darkess the last few evenings and
the combiation' of no lights and
much ice on pavements has not
been pleasant. Last evening people
in Second and Green streets had
their own troubles. :ihey could
hardly see to go about. Passing
automobiles were hailed to stop and
furnish some light in a number of
instances. One man had q car stop
and throw lights on his front step
so that he could get up over the
ice and not break his neck.
Officers at state draft Headquarters
are making efforts to complete be-
fore the end of the week informa-
ton as to how all local draft boards
stand in regard to the number OF
men ready TO meet the call for the
last men under the first quota in
the selective service from the Army.
Considerable difficulty is being eX-
perlenced as in number of in
stances boards have not only to
secure men to make up their full
quota, but to replace men who were
sent to camp and rejected on ply
, slcal examination. Hundreds have
been returned from Camp Meade
alone and calls are coming for men
to replace them. 1t is said that
there are more shortages in Phila-
. delphia boards than in some of
| those up the state. According to
estimates there are about 12,700
men to- go to the three camps
Meade, Lee and Sherman--to COM
plete the first quota. The 1000 Ihen
for Camp Sherman will go Friday
and Saturday, but no date has hcen
fixed for the 1000 to go to Ice or
the 400 to go to Meade. Coene.
Frank G. Sweeney, the officer i'm
charge of draft headquarters, says
it depends upon when the informa-
tion comes in. They may go the
middle of next week, but no late
has been set.
Action of the State Board of
Public Grounds and Buildings yes
terday in agreeing to advance cash
to Miss Violet Oakley for the paint
ings for the Supreme Court CHAM
Der assures the completion not only
of the Supreme Court series, which
will be a monumental work. but of
the remaining panels for the Sen
| ate chamber. The Senate paintings
! will be completed this year.
The deer season about to close has
been very successful in many parts
of Pennsylvania noted in past years
| for deer killed and hunters fresh
| from the woods say that deer are
! more plentiful now than they have
, ever seen them. Strict compliance
/ with game laws is regarded as
| largely responsible. but there is
! some complaint on the part of
! hunters who say that in some of
| the deer camps the rule of one buck
| To q hunter each season is not being
| observed. 1t is said that the plan
| OF allowing one buck to each man
in camp works against the interests
| OF the resident hunters and the men
who go into the mountains for q
day or two. In some of the camps
the entire party hunts. whether or
not one or more of those in the
drive already have bagged deer.
with the result that one hunter
may get two or three deer IN q
season. The resident hunter, how
ever, as soon as ne bags buck
must keep out of the woods there
after and the hunter who comes in
for day or two is often prevented
from procuring. the local mans
services as guide. There is talk of
suggesting an amendment to the
LEGISLATURE requiring the man who
kills q deer to stay out of the noun
tains the remainder of the season.
Over in the South Mountains the
recent snowfall has resulted in hun
ters beginning to realize just how
many deer there's are in the woods,
although the Light crust on the snow
has made tracking difficult on ac-
count of the notice the hunter makes
when approaching a buck. One
| hunter returning the other day said
| that in the course of several hours
tramping along the top and slopes
| of one ridge near Barnitz station
he crossed at least three dozen
| separate deer trails, nearly all of
| them fresh and found numerous
places where deer had spent the
night in holes they had dug in the
snow. Hunters say that the spike
| buck shot this season are unusually
large and that the does they have