Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
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about the York Hills, in Reservoir
Park, the stretches in Wildwood
Park and along the Reading Pike,
the Riverside Driveway and the
lChambers Hill Road. The trees
have been rather late in turning, but
the colors which have made au-
tumn wonderful time for a drive
or tramp are to be seen on every
hand about Harrisburg, while the
clear air these brisk mornings seems
to accentuate every hue. The colorI
scheme on Blue Mountain is re-
markable and the fact that a few
ievergreens remain Is now apparent
Bunker Hill at the mouth of the
lConodoguinet has a score of tints
on the leaves of it's trees, while
| Wildwood Park is a riot of color. II
one had the time to take a morn
ing walk to the crest of Oak Knob
lat the Reservoir the colors that
would be seen would be surprising
for their variety for even the islands
in the Susquehanna are bringing
their message that summer is over.
This Is also the time when the dah-
las are in their glory and the pro-
gress of the fioriculturists' art is
shown by the fact that the deep
red which used to be the standard
for years, until people in joke used
to say we preferred it around here
because it was the same tint as the
Pennsylvania railroads passenger
cars, Is now subordinated to the
pinks, ochres, yellows, whites and
other colors which have become as
extensive in the dahlia like as they
are with the gladiolii. The nastur-
Itium, the zinnia and the geranium
are now blooming with wonderful
strength and the morning glory
vines show their choicest blossoms
as If in defiance of Jack Frost. Be
tween garden and woodland nature
has all the colors showing about
Harrisburg now.
BIOLOGISTS who have discovered
the very destructive pest known as
the oriental peach moth in orchards
in the southern tier of counties are
getting ready for an energetic cam
paign against the bug which is de-
lcidedly migratory in its habits and
has fashion of turning up where
least expected. What makes the
pest so destructive is that it does
not conf1ne itself to the peach, but
attacks any of the class of "stone"
fruits and obtained its name because
= 1t seemed to have a dangerous affin-
r 1ty for peaches in China In opin-
: ion of people at the Capitol what
g present is that all through the state
r on line south of Easton and New
y Castle there has been much plant
d ing OF peach orchards, especially in
T the southern counties and if the
y moth gets among these investments
" 1t VIII be more of a nuisance than
4 the woolly aphis, the collar rot and
y San Jose scale and rank with the
d yelloWs' as means of damage.
e In the Cumberland Valley region
r and in western counties where peach
= orchards nave been set out men will
4 be given special instruction on
+ means to fight the pest Prof. j. G.
a Sanders, the state zoologist, is
e studying experience of other states
# and countries and reports of the
o damage done. in this part of the
n country.
t The Pennsylvania hog is going to
n put considerable amount of money
o into the pockets of farmers and
l. truck gardeners who have been
= feeding pork on the side. Accord
e ing to reports which have been COM
q ing to the State Department of Agri-
e culture there are an unusual num-
Der of pigs being raised in the state
: this year and quite a few boroughS
n have relaxed their local regulations
:. lso that they could be fed and used
3 to increase the food supply while
h getting rid of the wastes In the
z iron and coal sections of the state
# the pig pens have been next to the
IS war gardens" as a DEVELOPMENT of
II the war and the State Bureau of
o Markets has been asked score of
u times since the first of this month to
help in selling hogs on a com
munity' plan. Farmers and country
raisers of pigs have found that the
chances of getting better prices in
large markets If they can make up
8 a carload lot are improving and
this scheme has been working very
l. satisfactorily. Hogs have been mob
ilized in half dozen counties and
II shipped by the carload for the first
= time in many months.
II Men connected with the State
Highway Department are rushing
things to get highways which it is
y believed Will be much travelled this
winter into good shape before freez-
ing weather comes and by like tokens
contractors on state work are ad-
i Vancing their operations so that they
will not be subjected to the new reg
II ulations which will be imposed on
November l. In a dozen counties
construction and repair work which
must be finished this fall is being
pushed in every hour of daylight
State engineers and inspectors have
, been speeding up" the conditions.
State game wardens say that they
have had very little trouble in the
, matter of the conflict of seasons be-
] tween the federal and state game
I laws in regard to woodcock. The
United States Government, on the
theory that the woodcock is a mi
gratory bird, established an inter
state regulation which permitted
woodcock to be shot from October 1.
The opening of the states season
for hunting bears yesterday calls to
mind the fact that only a dozen
Years ago couple of bears were
sighted out about the Manada Gap
region of our county and that for
several days hunters secured the
mountains. The bears are believed
to have travelled long distances and
to have come from the western side
of the river. 1t is not so many
Years since bears were seen on the
mountains in Perry county and have
robbed hives in Schuylkill county.
WELL KNOwNI DENDI