Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02
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| so close to the towns the last twoI
weeks that the campaign of theI
State Game Commission to kill Off
the 'black-coated nuisances has made
big headway and hundreds of birds
have been killed by poisoned corn,
Game wardens have started to thin
out the crows in over fifteen coun-
ties and they say it is surprising the
number of the birds to be seen in
spite of the migrations to southern
states which were observed early in
the winter. In several counties. Hike
YORK ana Chester, where there have
peen Dig crow roosts, the wardens
have had the assistance of farmers
who have gone out with guns and
shot scores of them. In other coun-
ties crows which ventured into barn
yards and went after chicken feed
were killed without difficulty. The
game officers say that the killing of
the crows by the use of poisoned
corn VIII be The means of saving
many quail and pheasants, which
half-starved by the inability to get
food in'the rigorous winter and with
| vitality lowered by the cold, would
nave fallen easy victims to the
| crows. In some sections where grain
was scattered about for the game
plrds by sportsmen crows had to be
driven of. Repeated tests have
| shown that there is little danger in
! poisoning corn as far as game on
| domestic fowls are concerned. but
| that the use of strychnine will finish
| crow in short order. The birds
are so ravenous that they have gone
! in hocks to places where corn is Id
be had and there has been a
slaughter which should relieve far
| merS from annoyance next summer
AS soon as the weather is more fa
Voraple the poisoning is to be taker
| up on an extensive scale in sections
| which are now almost inaccessible
According to the game officials IL /
were not for the sportsmen feedine
quail there would not be manI
coveys left. With two and thre
feet of snow there is not mucI
chance for the birds, especially
there are crows around.
1t Is not generally known to Har
rfSburgerS that every time JOIN
Drew comes to Harrisburg he visit
the State Capitol and since the of
flee of the guides was established h
has never failed to write his nam
from Philadelphia, which is hi
nome. Years ago, and Mr. Drew ha
been playing in Harrisburg for prob
ably forty years, MIR. Drew used 4
go to the old State Capitol. Wher
he was taken by member of hi
! family when he was a boy. Sine
the new Capitol was built he ha
seldom missed chance to g
through 1t and to look at the paint
ings.
Speaking of the Capitol painting
, 1t Is awful to have to listen to som
OF the chance remarks which noa
about from people who have haz
ideas about the figures. There ar
, few state capitols that contain paint
! ings anything like those in this city
, probably none. The paintings her
embody the history of the state an
yet the average person who visl;
the capitol has q haZy idea of In
' men who made Pennsylvania IN
E other day a man was eXplainin
{ that the heroic figure of Sir Waite
: Raleigh, who had the original pa
! tent for this part OF the land, wa
William Penn i'll his younger daysH
while the Moravian trombone choi
l at Bethlehem shown in Van Ingen'
south corridor series was declare
by another to be the proclaiming
the Declaration of independence
Most OF the Abbey paintings in III
rotunda are beyond the ken of i
mortals and the silence with whic
people study them is interesting.
, The promotion of w Brook
Moore, passenger trainmaster on
the Middle division of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, to the place
trainmaster" iA further recogni
, ton of efficient service. Howeyel
= this popular official, according to re
/ ports, will not be long in service
/ Before the close of the present Yea
l ne VIII Join the Honor Roll" Whe
' all is told his record will furnis
. some interesting reading. Brooke,
l as he Is best known, is q pioneer
. state railroad business. His caree
started with the Pennsy when
dozen Of trains east and west wer
considered about all that could b
handled. He grew UP with tn
Pennsy in the Harrisburg distric
and when it became necessary [
take care of from fifty to 100 trains
he was equal to the occasion
Throughout the Pennsylvania rail
road system this official is recog
nlzed as a practical train runneI
When it was necessary to get out
new schedule Moore was sent fol
Since he became passenger train
master there has not been sched
ule change on the main line of tn
Pennsy in which he did not figur
prominently. He was also one q
the originators of the Veteran EN-
ployes' Association and his ac
quaintance with old-timers brougl
good results in starting these OF
ganizations. For many years h
was a resident of Harrisburg, an
since he removed to Altoona he ba
been n frequent visitor here. /
the summertime he lives along tn
Juniata river near Auueducf in
cozy summer cottage. His army
friends wish for him many years
happiness after he has quit his aC
tive duties.
State Commissioner of HeaI
Samuel G. Dixon, although al, h1
as close a grip upon the affairs
his department as when he is her
The Commissioner calls up the Can
tol on the long distance teIephoi
and each evening knows what h
been done during the day.