Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-01
Ehrntng Gllat

running OF departments of the state
government when acted upon last
summer and the increase of letter
postage form two to three cents pros
poets are that some offices on Capt.
tol Hill will run short of money be-
fore the end of this year with The
appropriation year not closing until
next June. In one or two of the Of
fces the situation has become 40
serious that the proposition of ar
ranging with the fiscal officers for
transfer OF funds or allowances for
postage Will be taken up. Since the
last legislature made up the allow
ances the business in MANY of the
omces of the state government has
increased materially and the advance
IN postal rates has brought about an
unexpected condition. The state
government requires hundreds of
| stamps day and each department
Is now jealously guarding its sup
plies against any borrowing" to
nelp out another. It is believed that
the time all of the election and other
| matters are handled that a deficit
VIII be found in some departments.
me net legislature will be. asked
to make an emergency appropria-
tion Tor postage when 1t meets next
January.
In opinion of state officials con-
versant with such matters the hunt
ing and fishing under the two codes
which the Pennsylvania legislature
OF 1917 gave to the state will be
satisfactory to the great majority
of men who follow those forms of
recreation. There was some diff
Guilty last fall because of unfa-
miliarity with the costs governing
hunting, but DR.. Kalbfus, secretary
OF the Game commission, says that
ne has heard very little dissatisfac-
tlon expressed. "As a matter of
fact" said he. 'I have heard much
compensation for the code. 1t
could not please everyone, but we
| felt that 1t was the best that could
be worked out and it needs only a
| test of time. I have not heard of
| any moves to bring about changes"
| The code is now before the fisher
men and I think that it will be ap-
preciated. All of the laws relative
to fishing have been gathered to-
gether and can be easily studied
now" is the view of Commissioner
Nathan r. Butler, of the Depart
ment of Fisheries Fishing is such
a general sport that it affects many
and | hope the code will be fol-
lowed and supported. 1t represents
the best that could be done after
long study of the problems"
There has been unusual prolonga-
tion of the agony of men who made
bets on the primary. Some of the
wagers were on contests which are
not yet cleared up and shareholders
are wondering when they will be.
Some of them declare that they want
early information.
Demolition of the old State Capt.
tol Conservatives, which have been
in the Capitol park since the early
nineties, will be started in a short
time. Preparations are being made
for the removal of the tropical plants
to greenhouses where the state will
have space for such as it is desired
to maintain for use on formal oc-
casions and the others will be sold.
Some of the extensive collections
of bulbs will also be kept and grown
in space in greenhouses, but the
great bulk of the plants and bulbs
will be sold. The gardeners have set
out very extensive beds this year
and the Capitol park will be abloom
with summer flowers. 1t is figured
out that the state can rent such
space as 1t needs and buy flowers
when desired at considerably less
money than is spent on the con-
servatories in the park, which will
have to be removed anyway when
the park extension improvements are
begun. The greenhouses have be-
come landmarks to a generation. but
have been discolored by SCOT and re-
cent hail storms have left their
mark.
Dauphin county farmers say that
they are not disturbed about the ac-
ton of the Federal government in
threatening to confiscate wheat IL it
is held much longer because the bulk
of the wheat raised in this section
has been sold. There Is compare
lively little wheat held about here.
Even the mills do not have much"
said an authority in such matters.
The farmers here saw chances to
sell at good prices and being close
to places where they could be quick
deliveries they sold last year. The
result is that this section is pretty
we'll cleaned out and some men are
wondering about their fall sowing
supply.
The State Game Commission will
join with the State Department of
Agriculture in fair enforcement of
the new dog license code. The De-
partment's bulletin on the dog law,
which is interesting hunters and
farmers, quotes the letter of Secre-
tary Kalbfus to the wardens and
sportsmen explaining the attitude
to take. DIR. Kalbfus says that the
dog law is needed, but that 1t should
not work a hardship on hunters,
while the Agricultural Department
officers say that they are after the
men who do not license their ami
mails and who are careless about
letting them run at large. The ave-
rage hunter prizes his dogs too much
to let them roam and 1t is the roam
ing dog, they claim, that kills the