Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
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hotel accommodations all he needs d
do Is to take glance at the registe
Or course. this week has been uI
usual because of the rush of peop1
FOR the inaugural ceremonies whid
nlled the new establishment to til
roof. as it did other places in Hal
rlsburg and even in nearby town.
But the fact is that on ordinary dan
the hotel register has been runninI
hNe, six and seven pages, all closed
written and on both sides. There al
probably many people on the list VIII
have been going to other towns I'd
accommodations and only yisitiri
Harrisburg, but who have now al
parently determined to make the|
center in this city. For years thei
have been travelling men ''makint|
this city who have said things aboJ
the hotel situation and after tranI
acting their business here have god
to other cities, Lancaster, Chamber5
burg, York. Reading and elsewheH I
to stop. Now they seem to be con
ing to Harrisburg. Similarly, til
new hotel has done good bit t
ward getting rid of the reputatid|
of a "three-day town" which clur
about the city. That means that
does roaring hotel business
three days of a week and We
much reduced amount the rest. T
people stopping at the -Harr
Saturday and Sunday have show
pretty conclusively that a good hot
does not need to be shy of gues
on week-ends. Naturally, there
many people stopping at the ne
hotel who are trying 1t out. Sor
of them are patrons of other hote
here who have decided to have
little temporary change. while othe
have come to see the new hot
Many travelling men like to drop
and try a new hotel even If it do
take them slightly out of the wa
In any event, say observers, the Pen
Harris is filling the place in Harri
burg hotel life just as well as t
building fills the old Opera Hou
corner.
The article in this column Id
night on the welcomes given to
soldiers returning from the War
1912 and the Mexican war, whi
| were taken from old newspapers
l those days, was the cause of an
cellent suggestion from one of {
older residents of the city todf
Now, when we are about to
semble the names of the Daupl
countians who were in the great "
why can not we get together
names of the men who figured in
other wars from this section. TIL
could be put into one big bloC
available to the public, which cot
be placed in the court house." 50
he. This idea of Dauphin Couu
Roll of Honor Is a most INTEREST,"
one and could be made up easily.
Lancaster are preserved the nam
of the men from this section W
figured in the French and Indi
war and the War for Independen
The histories of Harrisburg q
Dauphin county give the names
the Revolutionary soldiers TAX
from official records at the Capt.
while the state archives will furn
the names of the men from Daupl
county in the War Of 1912, The Me
can and Civil wars, as well as
Spanish war. The only trouble, "
be to get the names of the regul}
and sailors. but Washington can 81
ply those, with some little effort
the right direction.
There are many interesting stor
of the return of regiments in
sixties, especially those who ca
to Harrisburg after the great
view in Washington. Most of tn
had gone out from Camp Curtin
came back to Harrisburg for. m
ter out. Each one had some differ
feature and the files of the Har
burg Telegraph give many intere
ing accounts. Similarly, the Te
graph tells entertainingly of
return of the infantry compar
and the Governors Troop from Sp
ish war service. Company 1 ca
from Porto Rico and the troop fr
the island in the fall of 1898. ca
pany d, which was in several cam
came home the following spri
Those days were a score of ye
almost, but to those who saw
demonstrations they were as vest
day.
Men were arrested in Noveml
Pennsylvania's big hunting mo
for almost every offense mentioned
the game laws according to a sta
ment issued by the State Game Cd
mission in its monthly bulletin
prosecutions. The charges range
the way from hunting with q 'tpur
gun to shooting song birds. Virtud
every county in the State Is inclu
in the list even Philadelphia repd
ing arrest of man shooting rot
and a man hunting without lice
displayed. The bulk of the ARE
were of aliens for owning guns
dogs. in both of which instances
law in Pennsylvania Is pretty str
Hunting without licenses and W
out displaying licenses when
manded by an officer got a numbe
men into trouble, while in Allegh
four arrests for hunting on Sund
were made. Killing pheasants,
bits and raccoons out of sea
training dogs on Sundays. hav
three ferrets, taking wild birds, o
ing a golden eagle, illegal deer
doe killing. killing ruffed grouse
also on Sunday .mimicking the
of wild turkeys. illegal hunting
quail illegal taking of rabbits.
ing and selling rabbits, shoe
meadow larks. Illegal possession
ruffed grouse; Illegal bear kill
hunting with ferrets; hunting
closed seasons and interfering
officers were some of the offe
charged In addition game pro
tors caused a score of arrests of
In Erie county for spearing fish.
day hunting got men fined in
q dozen counties.
Lieut.. G0U. Beidlemdn