Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-06
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on Capitol Hill just at present is
that there never has been a time in
the last twenty years when SO many
of the places in the state government
were as unattractive from a financial
standpoint as at present. Removals
and dismissals of men are taking
place on political grounds, although
in some cases it is stated that incom-
petence is the cause for summary
separation from the state payroll,
but the fact remains that there is no
rush to take the jobs and 1t is even
possible that unless some arrange
ments are made that the state may
have trouble of its own to hold its
skilled men. 1t is one of the care
fully nurtured traditions of the Cap
itol, or rather of the people who ap-
portion the places of minor impor-
tance, that there is always a long
list of men or women just awaiting
a chance to connect with a state
place. In times of stress that is
true, but for the last few years there
has been no such waiting list and
often men have come here to TAX
places which they have refused to
consider for a moment after look
ing over the scene. AS a rule the
division of labor is so marked at the
Capitol that failure to do the work
assigned is apparent and attaches
are commencing more and more to
resent doing some other fellows
work when he is absent political
Ing" The chairmen, among whom
some removals are being made, can
get better jobs anywhere than the
| state pays them. They get SEQ u
month. 1t is a fact that engineroom
| men have taken state jobs and quit
| to go into factories within a week
| because the pay is better. Carpen-
| ters, painters and other skilled men
| can double their pay at jobs outside
of the Capitol. Hence all the talk
/ about firing" does not scare so
much. Another interesting thing is
| that the state is on a fair way to
have to buck labor union. There
are some men working for the state
in the jobs which are trades who are
| members of unions. The unions are
demanding more money. The salar-
les of the men are fixed by law. The
state dare not go over the appropria-
tion for any job.
I'VE will be unable to get quail
from Mexico to propagate in Penn
sylvania so it Is up to us to take care
of what We have and 1 am glad to
be able to say that the reports am
getting show that the quail have
come through the winter better than
many of us dared hope" said DR..
Joseph Kalbfus, discussing the quail
prospects at the offices of the State
Game Commission. I'VE have got to
protect the quail and 1 wish you
would call attention of the sports
men and the farmers to the situa-
: ton. This is the season of the year
when We must look after the game
II we are going to have any hunting
} in the fall and not only the hawks
! but the bipeds who hunt illegally are
} the dangers" DR.. Kalbfus has is
/ sued a circular to the state game
} wardens calling their notice to the
situation which has risen because
of the inability of the men who con-
tracted to trap the quail in Mexico
to get them because of weather and
, banditry and to the attitude taken by
= the United States Biological Survey
in forbidding importation this month.
= DR.. kalbfus had contracted for 10 900
: quail from Mexican highlands eX-
pecting them to be delivered this
spring when climatic and insect con-
: ditionS would be favorable for their
: living and diet. One of the steps pro-
posed for protection of the quail next
winter is to trap them and keep them
in preserves or places where it is
known they will be we'll cared for.
it is believed this plan will result
in fine birds to be turned loose in the
spring. In other words, the state
will go more extensively into the
propagating business itself The re-
ports made by game wardens on the
condition of the quail are distinctly
favorable. In some counties where
it. was feared the severely cold wea-
ther and deep SHOWS had wiped them
out the birds have been reported as
lively and far more numerous than
expected. In some western counties
scores were seen. The most favor
able reports come from counties
where sportsmen and farmers fed
the birds. In some of the central
counties organized efforts to look
after Bob White" were made and
as a result there will be birds next
fall The best records come from
the eastern counties. Wild turkeys
and pheasants are also reported to
have wintered fairly well.
"They asked us to eat new kinds
of bread and we did it. They asked
us to cut down on meat and we have
been doing it. They asked us to turn
the clock forward and we have done
it," said one of the city's prominent
businessmen to-day. "The point
want to make is that Harrisburg doz>i
it. 1t does what is ordered and
do not care what some people say
there is not city in the country that
lines up faster than Harrisburg. Ma
tional officers give orders and we do
it as a matter of course. In the LAM
guage of the late Henry Houck
"Machts NIGHTS aus" 1t has to be
done; we do it and forget all about
it. That is the Harrisburg spirit in
war time"
Superintendent Shreiner is going
to sow some seed. Mr.. Shreiner in
herited the title of farmer" when
he got the office and it has been
passed on to him. He now proposes
to go into the farming business ac-
lively in Capitol park extension.
some of the ground will be plowed
up and grass seed sowed. The park
is to be gotten ready for the big
transition.
David e. Tracy, president of the
Harrisburg Pipe Bending Company.
one of the directors of the State
Chamber of Commerce, and Paul
Littlefield, secretary of the chamber,
. have gone to Chicago to attend the
meeting of the national chamber.
Many prominent men will be speak
erS at the sessions.