Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-20
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This is magnolia time in Harris
| burg. The numerous magnolia trees
which have been planted in various !
| gardens and yards of homes in this !
| city are commencing to show their
blooms and some of the flowers will
be at their prettiest about the period
! of the Honor March tomorrow. The
number of magnolia trees in Harris
| burg has increased very rapidly in
/ the last half dozen years. 1t Is not
so long ago that the magnolias could
! be counted on the fingers of your two
hands and when they bloomed they
were objects of as much interest as
the night blooming cereus. which by
! the way, has also materially increas-
ed 10 numbers in the last year or so.
| Now there are magnolia trees in
! many of the yards in the newer resi-
| Dental sections of the city and in
! North Front street several superb
! specimens are showing their joy at
! the coming of the spring. There are
few prettier trees than the magnolia
and the soil of Harrisburg seems to
| be we'll adapted for making them
! blossom abundantly, although the
time in which they flower appears all
too short. When the magnolias have
gone we will have the wistaria,
which vines have also increased in
numbers about Harrisburg homes in
the last few years. These vines are
noted as among the prettiest flowers
of the late spring in our city, and
some of them are over fifty years old,
notably one or two in Front street.
|
From all accounts the big SHOWS
of last week did not cause much loss
of quail, although hundreds of rob-
ms. bluebirds and other insectivor-
Gus birds were killed by starvation
or cold. The quail which went
through last winter did not suffer
much from the "onion snow which
came down so generally, although
for a time conditions were so grave
that sportsmen and farmers scatter
ed grain for them as they did in
some sections for the insect eating
birds. MY reports show that while
the severe winter killed some quail
the loss was not as great as we fear
edy' said DIR. Joseph Kalbfus, secre-
tary of the State Game Commission.
THE wardens have gone over the
field pretty we'll and while here and
there we hear of some birds being
killed we find there are many left
and that they are lively. The quail
will get along and more than repay
by their activity in killing bugs for
= what food is given them in winter
time" Since the coming of spring In
the neighborhood of 5000 pheasants
have been put out in the state game
= preserves or in the woods by the
game wardens. This lot of birds rep
resents those kept in captivity dur
- ing the winter or purchased during
the spring. Some of them are fine
. birds and it is believed this means
" we'll be more successful in propa-
cation than the distribution of eggs
.s for Matching. The wardens who were
engaged on this work have joined
with the fish wardens in enforcing
GcI, hIIt have their
u hands full with the alien pistol and
dog laws. Unfortunately there has
~ been the usual reckless killing of in
e sect eating birds in districts where
there are many foreigners"
Don't have more than twenty-five
trout at one time and be on the safe
h side" said Commissioner of Fisher
les Nathan r. Butler in answer to the
question of how many trout can a
J. man legally catch. This question has
been coming in on me by mail, over
the telephone and by telegraph ever
-e since Monday" laughed the Commls-
sioner. 1T really is matter on
which we will have to secure court
X decision. The question has come
from so many angles that I think we
should get a test in court Commls-
n sioner Butler said that in many sec
d tions men considered that they could
take trout as long as they did not
exceed the twenty-five a day, but he
re has declined to give advice and fish
l. ermen have been saying things about
the new fish code. otherwise the new
law seems to be working fairly well.
l.. "The SHOWS in the northern and
E. mountain countries prevented good
opening of the trout fishing season
and the stream conditions nave not
vet cleared up WELL" said the Com
| missioner in talking about the open
| ing of the trout season. I'VE have not
received any reports from western
PENNSYLVANIA counties that Indicate
what the opening was like, but 1 fear
that stream conditions were not
What we hoped. However, in the
southern counties we are hearing OF
good catches in spite of the recent
SHOWS. There were many fishermen
out in the southern tier and in the
Juniata and Cumberland Valleys
Next week ought to bring us some
good reports"
Staid Capitol Hill, where tradition
: rules and precedent has its habitat
has been doing a good many thlnss
since the war began, but the way
. the signs have blossomed out lor
the Liberty Loan is worth mention
+. ing. Up to this time the Capitol was
y free from signs of any sort except
when some one ran 1or opedhei VI
when a hearing or state safety con
ference was scheduled. Then the
marble stairway showed some signs
of admonition or promise. But now
there are Liberty Loan signs hung
in the corridors. placed against stat
uary, ornamenting doors and on
benches and chairs, all making tnelr
silent, but colorful appeals to puy
and buy again. And 1t may be ADDED
the Hill is doing its pant.
Gilbert II. Hassler, the commits
sion clerk of the State Department
gets almost as many freak inquiries
as Judge" George d. Thorn, VINO
uresides over the destinies of pardons
and nominating petitions. But the
= oldest he has received came from
3 Justice up the state who DEMANDED
how he was to administer law with
% lort the laws. He wanted the statutes
of the last half dozen sessions ana
did not see the humor in the sugses-
tion that he buy a digest.