Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
TRAPPERS ACTIVE
NYORK COUNTY
Many Fur-Bearing Animals
Are Being Taken Along
County Streams
FUR PRICES ARE HIGH
Many Big Catches Are Being
Reported Throughout
the District

Mt. Wolf, Pa, Jan. 1S.-Trapping
for fur-bearing animals, principally
muskrats and skunks, is being car
rled on quite extensively in the
upper end of the county, in fact,
more so this year than ever before.
The high prices have been an in
centive to. trappers to carry on the
enterprise on a larger scale. To-
day dealers are quoting muskrats at
from $3.50 to So, which several
years ago brought as low as is
| cents, while skunks are selling any
where from $3.50 to SO each.-Fox
Run and its tributaries are proving
popular hunting grounds for the
rats. Probably one of the most sue
cessful trappers in the vicinity is
Ellis Meisenhelder. To date he has
bagged a dozen skunks and $50
muskrats. Henry Baker made a big
haul several nights ago when .he
captured eleven skunks. Samuel
Hinkle made an even better haul,
Dagg1ng 23 skunks in a single night.
Edward Deter has a collection of 60
muskhat hides to his credit this sea-
son.-Miss Ethel Arnold recently
entertained the members of her
sunday school class at her home.
Following Sthe business session. a
social program was rendered.-Wil-
/ liam Dietz, an employe at the AM
erican Wire, Fabric Company's
plant Mt. Wolf, had one of his
nngers crushed on Monday morning,
when a heavy roll fell on the digit.
kirk Swan, of Middletown, spent
the past weekend with his wife and
relatives at this place.-Mrs. Will
nam Hannigan returned to May
town Lancaster county, after spend
ing week here as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles II. Hannigan.-
Miss Rena Hoff spent the past week.
end at York, visiting her cousin.
Miss Sarena Hoff.-C. s. Rohrbaugh.
general manager of the American
wire Fabric Company's plant, spent
MONDAY at Harrisburg-The Wom-
ans Home and Foreign Missionary
society OF st. Johns Lutheran
Church, was entertained on Tues
day evening at the home of Mrs. 10
seph Arnold.-Henry Wolf, general
manager of the Mt. Wolf Manufac-
turing Company's plant, had been
confined to his home several davs
this week by sickness.-Mrs. C. G.
Renner. of Northum berland, was a.
recent guest of the Rev. and Mrs. q
"A. Livingston, at st. Johns Luther
an carsonage.-Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Brothers and daughter, Louise, of
ely, were recent guests entertained
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Diehl.-The repetition of the home
talent production of. "The Yankee
Doodle Jubilee" last night at Emies-
vile. drew a capacity house,-The
borough council will hold a special
meeting on Tuesday night next. for
the purpose of reorganization and
to close the years work.-Postmas-
ter Charles NJ Hummer and son.
Charles, Jr., have returned from
cambridge, where they spent sew
eral days with relatives.-Mrs. Ar
thur Lehman was admitted on We'd
nesday to the Polytechnic Hospital.
York, where she underwent an
operation.-The Rev. w. ii. Ketter-
man, York, is visiting his son-in-
law and daughter, DR.. and Mrs. l..
V. Williams.-A daughter was born
recently to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ort,
Emigsvipe e.-Miss Emma Diehl,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Diehl. is recovering from pneu-
monia.-Chauncey GlotfeIter has
been discharged from the Polytechnic
Hospital. York. where he under
went an operation.-The 1T. A. H"
Sewing Circle was entertained on
Tuesday evening at the home of
Miss Laura Kunkel.-Miss Lydia
Diehl, of York, was a recent guest
entertained at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. II. Diehl.-William d. Line
burgh a director Of the Mt. Wolf
Union National Bank, has been con-
fined to bed the past en- days by ILL
ness.-Mrs. George "A. Livingston
returned from York, where she vis
tied friends and relatlves.-Edwar
Barnhart. son OF Mr. and Mrs. M.
E. Barnhart, is confined to bed by
sickness.