Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
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istration. Ninety-five songs which
, were sent to the Capitol in response
TO a call by DR.. Martin G. Brum-
paugh, when Governor for the muse'
Of the Keystone State to awake apd
present q song. of songs of Pennsyi-,
vania viii be allowed to remain baled
up in one of the storerooms of the
basement of the, Capitol. Songs
WHICH are still coming to the office
or the Governor will go with them.
They Will be preserved out of re-
| spect 10 the efforts which were
given to the project, but the stand-
point of the State administration Isl
that such things as songs and flowers
! or State should be the result OF
what might be called, to use aR
ancient expression, crystalization roS
i sentiment among the people, JUST
! as the Star-Spangled Banner rose tol
| be the national anthem after years
of trial of various songs. Just BET
fore he retired DIR. Brumbaugh said
one day when he had received four-l
| teen songs dedicated to 'Pennsyl-s
vania that4he had no intention yofs
umpiring q song writing contest and
that his call to the slumbering musel
was simply to stimulate interest.l
However, Che got more songs which,
were written in honor and love of
the Stateithan ever expected and the
| "do hSpt DuSy
their receipt and informing tho
/ senders, authors, publishers and adj
mirers of the works of his thought
in the matter, The variety Of songs
which reposes in the vaults of the
Capitol is remarkable. They range
from stately hymns to rhymes and
the airs of some of them verge onl
rag time" Ultimately the collec3
ton will be placed in. the State
Library for the ,edifcation of futures
generations. The bill designating ae
State song which is now in the
House will probably never get to tho
Governors desk. Suggestions fort
flowers and notices are frequently
made and beyond acknowledging
them nothing will be done.
~
Among visitors to the State Caps
litol yesterday was John B. G. Mack.
/ the State engineer of Wisconsin, who
4 stopped off here on his way home
from Washington to Madison. He
called upon Superintendent George
A. Shreiner, who escorted him
through the building. 1T is ~
magnificent building and 1 am de-
: lighted to learn that you have such
fine plan for improvement of its
surroundings" said he.
From all accounts reaching the
!, office of State Fisheries Commission,
er Nathan r. Butler, the coming
season is going to find more fisher-'
men along the streams than ever be-
fore. Fishing is becoming more and
, more popular among the men OF
Pennsylvania, said Mr.. Butler the
other day as he scanned a pile of
J correspondence having to do with
the stocking of various streams. The
) automo obile has opened up the couu-
; try and brought the streams nearer
to the cities and towns by many
miles. Daylight saving has also add
ed to the length of the evenings and
the opportunities of the anglers. So.
/ we of the fisheries department are
r trying to meet the demand by pro-
| ducing more young fish in the State
2 hatcheries. 1t is my intention to do
{ much more constructive work this
/ year than ever before. BY enlargihg'
, fish supply of the State but we pro-
; vide labor for men who need it,"
Farmers E~fhg in the county back.
of the .cjW are inquiring whetheri
the pVce of shot gun ammunition
has come down because of the num-
ber and audacity of the crows whichI
have been floating about lately.
{ Generally crows are not much of a,
l nuisance except in hard winters
D but this year they seem to be rather.
$ trying and have been raiding barn
t yards and Fostering backyards. Last
. year farmers in the Linglestown re-
gion organized a crow hunt, as was
done in York county and cleaned.
out dozens of them. In the last few
weeks crows have been invading
city dumps and probably some of,
sDr. Kalbfus' corn doctored by Game
S Wardens with strychnine would not
( be a bad prescription for Harrisburg
{ and vicinity.
Several wild ducks were OBJ
: served on the river during the rain
the other afternoon. These, so far.
S as reported, are the first of the sea-
Q son and old river men say the birds
: never begin to appear until all SER
r ious dangers of ice are past. ".
: Grant Forrer, of the park Depart
ment, has predicted all winter that
4 there would be little heavy freezing
: weather. He says all the signs in
r Wildwood park have been in that
l.. direction and the old swan that
Q makes his home in the park has de-
: elined to take up winter quarters in
/ a nearby farmyard, where he usually
: spends the cold months, preferring
(; to gather his own food from the lake
s and to spend his nights in the open.
"It was a sure sgn.' said Mr.. Forrer,
4 never knew it to fail.
That State song which refers to
farmers sowing grain in the shade
of Fort Duquesne which is in the
heart of the Pittsburgh railroad is
still being roasted. The latest from
: a rampant Pittsburgher by brevet.
i is as follows:
!, Within the shade of Fort Duquesne
!, There rips the roaring railroad train.
, Everyone reads car ads when
+ through reading newspapers in the
cars and some of those displayed
the last year have been striking. w.
P. Starkey who is just home from
Europe, gives an interesting side
L light on the war and the car ad as
he found it in England. One adver-
D tisement which was much displayed
read this way:
: LESS COAL
? Less coal for trains at home means
more ships to bring Americans.