Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-14
Eufntng Girat

Study of the streets on Saturday
night was an interesting matter for
anyone who had the time to observe
the demeanor of the hundreds who
thronged Market and Third and
other thoroughfares in the down
town district from early in the even
ing until IL o'clock, probably more
from force of habit than ANYTHING
else. Nowhere was there much
disposition to criticise the orders for
the closing of the stores and stop
the sale of ice cream, cigars. and
magazines any more than there had
oeen against the state order locking
the doors of the places of public
amusement and saloons. Indeed.
the attitude has been marked by a
cheerfulness which would not have
been thought of before we entered
into the war. We have gone through
course of regulation of many ac-
INVITES and in way Harrisburg was
pretty well schooled in obeying or
ders long before the drastic precau-
tions promulgated to fight Influenza
and the mounting death rate. But
the old thing about the crowds in
Market street and the Square Satur-
day night was that while they SEEM
ed to have little kick against the
closing they did not hesitate to con-
gregate, to stand around in groups,
to spit over pavements and pass
around cigars. cigarets, candy and
plug tobacco. In Union Station
where the sales of even periodicals
was stopped along with the peculiar
| brands of candy dispensed at its
newsstand" there were the usual
Saturday crowds and the congregat-
| ing was a great deal more than
would have occurred in most of the
churches. There seemed to be
lack of coordination between the
health authorities and the police
authorities in regard to the street
crowds and there were more people
standing around the four corners
| of Third and Market at 9 o'clock
than would be found in a movie.
1t seemed when the fire alarm was
sounded by some miscreant at IL
| o'clock at night as though it had
been done as a piece of sarcasm to-
| ward the congregating order. The
sounding of -four" brought out
| people by hundreds and they were
jammed in South Third street and
adjoining thoroughfares as though
danger from contagion was as far
away as the steppes where influenza
is generally understood to have
started on its prostrating march
across the world. Prevention of
street crowds by the police arm
would seem to be as important as
the prohibition of the congregating
at amusement places and groceries
and the like by the health author
tiles.
There are two classes of work
ers in this community who have had
to suffer very much through influ-
enza which has struck down their
companions. They are the tele-
phone operators and the motormen
and conductors" said a physician
yesterday. II don't count us doc
tors or nurses. We are like you
newspaper people. We are eX-
pected to go always. But the tele-
phone girls have had their work
multiplied by the epidemic and the
force of operators, which is limited
anyway, has been hard hit by the
Influenza. ] fully appreciate the eff
fort to cut down calls and everyone
should avoid messages not impor-,
tant for the sake of people who
| nave " uSC IllG lcICpAOho u 6Gl
doctors or drugstores. AS for the
motormen and conductors, suppose
that they would all get sick"
Arrangements are being made by
DR.. Joseph Kalbfus, the State Game
Commission Secretary, to purchase
some 200 deer during the coming
fall and winter to stock the new
preserves in the LykenS Valley re-
gion of Dauphin county and in For
est county. Some may go into other
preserves, although reports are that
there are many deer in the South
Mountain region and in the Elk
Cameron n-Clearfield- Clinton district.
These deer will likely come from
Michigan and will be liberated after
the hunting season. The pheasants
will be turned loose in the spring.
The movement to remove the pro-
lection from red squirrels is taking
shape and will be heard OF during
the coming legislative session when
plans for advancing seasons on
blackbirds and gray squirrels will
lalso materalize. People coming here
are also talking very favorably OF
the projects for planting hickory
land beech nuts so that game may
be provided with a new food supply.
More kaffir corn has been planted
this year than expected because OF
the war conditions and pronounced
change of sentiment toward caring
for wild life is to be noticed.
Just now authorities appear to
differ on the eve of walnut Plant
ling Day." proclaimed by the Cover
nor, about the way. to plant. I. c.
Williams, the Deputy State Forestry
Commissioner. says that the hulls
should be removed and DR.. Kalbfus,
Secretary of the Game Commission
and a wild life authority, says that
the hulls should be merely crushed.
Governor Brumbaugh says that far
mers ought to provide the walnuts
for planting and farmers are in
clined to plant as many as they can
| themselves.
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