Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

appears to have
ended illegal fishing in the valley, as
~Nery few reports of men being out
have been made since. The fishing
was done in the streams on the
states own forest reserve in Will
liams township, which contains a
number of fine trout streams and to
which much attention has been
given.
The Game Commission has been
cooperating with the wardenS of
the State Fisheries Commission in
efforts to break up the illegal fishing
and many arrests have been made
by game, forestry and fisheries war
dens as well as by State Police. Phe
Lykens Valley raid was made by
Warden e. w. Kelley and Special
Deputies j. B. Lightner, of this city,
and j. A. Bretz, of Lykens, with Seth
Gordon, chief clerk in the office of
the commission. Some of the men
had eight fish under the legal size.
Those arrested We're Oscar Lawley,
George kolva, Ritner Forney, Her
man Brosser, Lykens; Adam e. and
John Schwenk, Solomon Palmer and
William Shaffer, IElizabethville; Will
liam Walkinshaw, Robert Ramsey
and Horace Flynn, of Williamstown.
Dozens of arrests have been made
in eastern Pennsylvania in the last
fortnight, practically all for catch
ing trout under the legal size.
Giving Out Corn-Over a quarter
ton of kaffir corn seed of a tested
variety and. a similar quantity of
millet are being distributed to sports
mems associa tions Throughout the
state by the State Game Commission
as an experiment 20 provide food for
birds during winter months and dur
ing late spring SHOWS which may
catch the insect eating birds after
they have migclted from the south
ern states. There have been a num-
ber of experiments made by sports
men who have found that both
plants, which grow to height which
insures their :ops being above the
snow, have grains which furnish sus-
tenance to birds, especially quail and
other game birds which have hard
times in severe winters. The kaffir
corn has to be cultivated and it is
being suggested that it be planted
near game cover. Not so much care
is required for the millet. The ship
ments are being made to organiza-
tionN in widely scattered districts
which are being asked for reports.
After Mosquitoes-A study of the
situation as regards mosquito exter
mination along the Delaware river
been completed by DR.. B. f. Royer,
acting commissioner of health, and
G. e. Emerson. sanitary engineer of
the State Health Departm ent. A re-
port will be prepared for the con-
ference to be held shortly at Phila-
delphia, where the effort is to be
centered this year because of ship
building and other activities. 1t is
believed that large areas which
breed mosquitoes can be raised in
value by simple engineering such as
the building of dykes and means to-
get rid of excess water.
Session Ends-The Public Serv-
ice Commissioners have adjourned
their executive sessions for the week
without taking any action IN Phila-
delphia or Eastern Pennsylvania
eases. Hearings will be held to-
morrow, but no further executive
meeting until next week
Over 00,00O-OVer 500 automo-
bile license tags have been issued in
the last twenty-four hours. The
number passed the 100000 mark
late yesterday
BOrou2hs Urged-Several Eastern
Pennsylvania boroughs which have
not responded to the invitation of
the State Highway Department to