Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-05
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The busy men sorting out fre.ghti
trains seem to have made a beeI.ne
for cover VIXEN the deer hunting .ee-
son began ard swan the Susnuehsn-
ma river, as alleged by quite q few
pcople. there was still good buntingI
Dauphtn county in the season
'ust closed. The hunters have mace
Some repor:5 and the gam5 warGensI
haye made others and the two COM
Dfned fndiclte that while deer and
hear did not frolic about in thiSI
county or In the eastern end OF Cum
leriand, there were about seventy
five killed in Cumberland and Perry.
most or theTu in the extreme west
ern sections or along the mountains.
The Dauphin report shows that there
were $4,000 rabbits shot in this coun-l
ty and the same number in Cumber-
land. This is considered a fair esti-
mate, because, IL there was one an.
NAL that seemed to be numerous IN
this county. it was the cottontafl:
Estimates are that the hills andl
woods of Dauphin county furnished
5000 squirrels to the game bag Qri
5000 more than Cumberland. Dau-i
phin was also ahead of Cum berIandi
on the bag of raccoons, no less than
24S being taken in this county to-
fifty over the river. One of the tDt--
teresting features of the hunting In
this county was that seventy-fve4
wild turkeys were shot in Dauphin
county. Half a dozen flocks have
been reported from First mountain
and the Conewago hills, while some
| fine big fellows were seen in the
upper end of the county. Approx
mately 600 quail were shot in this
county, about the same number as
in Cumberland. There were 100
grouse, rapidly disappearing bird.
shot in this county and seventy-fve
Iring-necked pheasants. In view Of
these figures, old Dauphin county
stands pretty well In the game line.
If that preserve which the Game
Commission wants to establish in the
Lykens Valley can be worked out,
there will be lots more game. The
only thing that stands in the way
of the preserve is the question OF
leases from coal and water compa-
MES which own the land.
There are more people eating in
their kitchens and making living
rooms out of their diningrooms
now than ever known before in Har-
risburg, can tell you," said a man
conversant with city life this morn
ing. "Since the fuel shortage start
ed and the cold weather came num-
ber of people have closed up parts
| of their houses and the days of the
| cold parlor are around again. You
| recall what 1T used to be like when
| they did not have the fire lighted
| in the parlor stove. Well, that's 1t
| again. Now folks are paying calls
J in kitchens and diningrooms Per-
haps the heatless bedrooms are all
right in the end, but it's cold to get
IL up in the morning"
MAN alive don't blame me. I'm
- having troubles of my own to get
a coal for my own house." said man
connected with coal company yes
terday afternoon. why, the yards
a of our company are bare and we
Il have to take our turn just like our
g. customers. / have not half ton in
II my cellar. We are up against it like
Y, the rest of you and We beg the rail
n roads and the coal people to send
d us coal. There are people who gave
d orders in the spring who have not
# received all they ordered and they
are down to the ton basis just like
you and I. It's mistake to jump
,r the retailer. He's having troubles of
his own between nondeliVery of coal
a and his own drivers. There are not
many men connected with coal COM.
:, panies who have much coal on
n hand"
y One of the city's businessmen de-
l. clared to-day that, while the coal
W shortage was n calamity, 1t would
Is have a good effect in the end be-
3 cause it would put the business on
@ strictly cash basis and make it cas-
re- ier all around. Next summer
IS when the coal man is hunting busi-
n ness he will have cash customers to
n. deal with and he will deliver ht-
v ly and the folks will pay promptly,
- which will be healthy" was his rath-
q er severe way of putting it.
There have been few events in
= Congress since war began which
| were followed with closer attention
than the appearance of the President
before the two Houses yesterday.
Tho bulletin boards were watched
and the telephones buzzed with in
ouiries about what the President
said and what was done. Tho inter-
est in national affairs is greater than
for long time.
PAYMENT of wagers sometimes COW
ers a long period. Miss Josie niagara
employed by the Union News Com
pany at the Pennsylvania Railroad
station Yesterday collected bet that
was made seven years ago: Miss
Magdro was employed at the Harris
burg Hospital. Another young wo-
man started q conversation on mar
riage. "I'll bet you that / will not
be the first one to we'd" said Miss
4 Magaro The amount was named
y and an agreement reached that the
first one to marry should Wltnh
twenty-four hours after the wedding
pay the amount agreed upon to the
girl remaining single. OnSthe arrival
:, of an early train from Hagerstown'
= Miss Niagara was approached Dy
young woman who remarked :Fhere
o is your money 1 was married yes
terday." 1t was n long time coming.
l. but the bet was paid.
eff the people of your city want
e the soldiers to get the mail sent to
o them they should address 1t to the
}. regiment as we'll as the camp; thats
g my advice" said n government onf-
! Ger yesterday Harrisburg has an
exceptionally large number of SOL
y diers in the camps and I think your
n better chance OF delivery IL they
are sent to the regiment"
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