Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-24
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is"iHeu eHortS 10 prevent eX-
tincton of quail in event of a. rigor-
Gus winter are being taken by the
states game force, the travelling
protectors and wardens being now at
work to get farmers and sports-
mems organizations to cooperate
with the plan of Distributing feed
where the birds are to be found. In
sections of the State where quail
nave recently been placed thew have
| peeh round useful to farmers in de-
stroylng potato bugs and other pests
ana farmers have taken charge of
the feeding, the State contributing
cost OF grain. The reports have in
uicated much activity among sports
men lorty coVeys of quail having
Deeh located since the SHOWS set in.
IL is the aim to organize the protec-
ton of the game in every connty
same Commission reports indicate
that there were fewer violations of
| me ueer law in northern iercounties
thls year than in former seasons in
spite of the fact that there were
more hunters in the woods, In the
south Mountain region a number of
uoes ana lawns were illegally killed
ana prosecutions have been ordered.
over SOO bucks were killed in the
oou.h Mountain district, establish
ing a record. The kill in the central
counties has not been tabulated.
|
Lancaster county is rated as first
IN three of the nine staple crops in
| pennsylvania by the Statistical Pm
reau of the State Department of Ag-
rlculture in summary for 1919. II
leads in wheat, corn and tobacco.
berks leads in oats and rye, Brad
lord In hay and buckwheat, Gem
tre IN barley and Lehigh in potatoes.
iork is second in wheat, corn and
TOBACCO, Lancaster in potatoes and
Crawford in hay. Westmoreland is
second in oats.
Lieutenant Colonel Laurence II.
"atres, son of EX-Lieutenant Cow
erenor l.. A. Watres, of Scranton
ana second in command of the new
iSth infantry of the PENNSYLVANIA.
National Guard, has been cited for
the distinguished service cross bv
the adJutant general of the army in
letter to Governor William c.
Sproul, the first letter of the kind to
pe received here. Other citations
nave been direct. The award is for
extraordinary heroism in the face
OF the enemy while commanding
company b, 1OSth machine gun bat
tallon, at BasileauX, France, SEN
tember ., 1918. Adjutant General
Frank ID. Beary will arrange for a
presentation of the cross at Scran-
ton In short time. Both Col. Wa
tres and his father are well known
to many residents of this city.
The address delivered before the
State Medical Society in this citv
last fall by Major w. G. Murdock
chief draft officer for Pennsylvania.
which woke up people in this State
to the real showing made by it's
sons mas been printed in pamphlet
FORM. Major Murdoch analyZed the
HSufes as reported to State head
quarters and as result gave Penn
syIVania far better standing than
1t had in some Washington issued
data.
The Susquenhanna river appears
70 20 ne very much imbued with the
CHRISTMAS spirit this year as if has
not only obligingly frozen up in
most wintry fashion, but left some
spaces where daring folks can 90
out and try their skates. The river
mas Deen running high and filled
with ice since last Tuesday, while
reports have come from its tribu
tarles that there has been hard
ffeeZlng with little left in the wav
of an excuse for shortage of ice
: next year. The surface of the frozen
river along Harrisburg shows very
rough in places, but that the ice was
J from four to ten inches thick where
there were clear spaces. Until more
cold weather comes, say men who
know the stream, it would be Just as
, well to try Wildwood Lake and other
ponds about the city for skating pur-
poses
Say, men are talking seventy five
cents pound for turkey for Christ
mas barked man in a telephone
conversation with the Harrisburg
Telegraph office. "They ought to
be arrested. It's outrageous. Who's
getting all of it? And, say, just put
this in your paper. | was out hunt
: ing and got deer. I don't care what
they charge. They can't hurt me.
Tear 'em up, though"
Attorney General William l.
Schaffer, who is chairman of the
State Constitutional Revisers, got
around "a situation that folks who
attend the meetings of that body
at the State Capitol were watching
for him to meet. For the first time
''a'S pouy VI SuCH Importance
contains women, Mrs. Barclay II.
Warburton. of Philadelphia, and
Mrs. John o. Miller, of Pittsburgh,
being commissioners. The other
day an occasion for a perfunctory
motion having arisen the ATTORNEY
General said: "It is moved by the
member from Philadelphia, Mrs.
Warburton," and so forth. A prece-
dent was established, all forms com
piled with and Mrs. Warburton
figured in the record, although to
date neither she nor Mrs. Miller had
made any remarks. A few minutes