Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-11
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| Inose VINO have been permitted
to glance over the pocket diakes
or the late William b. Meetch wheh
contain notes and comments of lis
many big game hunts agree that
there has not been printed in ally
magazine of the outdoors anythiig
more Informative or which makls
more graphic the adventures of the
Dig game hunter. The extracts from
these diaries which appeared in thk
Telegraph day or two ago related
to his remarkable experiences :.
Alaska and with the great Alaskan
| Dear. Other entries have to do with
moose and deer hunting, the chas@
of the grizzly and his camping ~
periences in the wide areas of lnes
North American continent Mr.
Meetch was an unusual hunter in
that he was a close observer of
many things which the ordinary
huntsman would never see. He re-
peats, for instance, conversational
with famous guides and describes
with remarkable accuracy the topog-
raphy of the country over which
he hunted. He manifestly gave
| thought constantly to the habits or
the game and to the possibilities of
accident in certain contingencies.
AT the age of three score and ten
there was no abatement of his n
terest as a sportsman. The diares
cover period of fifteen or twenty
years and there is enough interest
ing material to make a book.
While the Alaskan and grizzv
pear hunts were thrilling, as We
gather from the Meetch diaries, his
encounters with the enormots
moose were not less interesting.
| Difficult shots are described and the
labor of getting the enormous
carcasses to camp involved gieat
endurance and persistence. Those
who knew Mr.. Meetch will not be
surprised that he was SO successful
In his big game hunts. He worked
out definite theories in approaching
the game and the results usually
Justified his plans for pitching camp
ano going atter the denizens of the
forest. Not the least interesting
pages in these diaries are the veni.
son lists containing the names of
friends whom he desired to favor
with the choice cuts of the deer
which he had slain. One entry
back in 1904 covers his range in
the Yellowstone Park and the Jack
son Hole country in Wyoming at
the head of Green river. Other
/,
covering the Canadian, the ROCKY
: Mountains and the Alaskan and
: Mexican hunting regions. In these
, travels, Mr.. Meetch found MANY
, traces of the aborigines and mn
merous deposits of Indian potterv
and evidences of the prehistoric
, period.
, The State of Pennsylvania is ed A.
ing to increase the number of its goH
: hsh. 1t now has a miscellan neoIh
number of trout, salmon, beav.
| er, deer, ducks, quail, horned and
meat cattle and various other faHna
l as well as park fairly well filed
t with specimens of flora of Penn's old
5 domain. lately it has been pla,inr
| gold hsh in its fountains at the
otate rouse and they have proved
= such popular attraction that ttera
> was demand for more. The Cant
tol policemen detailed at the fr1n+
OF the State House have some iot to
, Keep the fish safe from maraudne
naHus' put presence of the shining
) nsh in the great basins at either
, sac or the plaza has gone beyo,d
l tne experimental stage and it is
now the idea of Commissioner 20
, Fisheries Nathan r. Butler to Of
new lot and provide fresh entsrC
G talnment. Superintendent OF Prb-
TIC Grounds and Buildings Thomas
r 4. Iempleton says that gold fish eat
) mosquito larvae, too. $500 'U
c capitol squirrels have gotten ov,r
INTO the trees along the ConodopuiS.
;, ; JUST exactly how the officially
registered residents of the Ststa
park have gotten to that section!;,
not known, but men who have sea-
8 them scampering about under az
trees declare that they are ~
: douotedly emigrants from the can
ltoi PARK because they are tame and
!. give evidence on their embonnoirt
!, OF havlng subsisted on the bonnN
I seous rare OF the State plus the do
ntbn a.lois 1l Judge t. S. largest and
others who visit the park with nocs1
ets hlled with nuts The souirrAI,
nave became great favorites viii
plcnlckers and fishermen aIong tta
!, creek, and have the same desire fo,,
close ACQUAINTANCE that characte,
: : yes the capitol squirrels when theV
thlhk there Is anything to eat
: around. But the problem of how
they got to the creek is an intereot,
ing one. especially in view of ~
: seven-cent trolley fare that is nov,
oI1cially sanctioned for that ride
1t is rather a gratifying thing n
note that Harrisburg is away up in
the van of progressive municipaIil
ties but there are not many folks in
Harrisburg who know that TODAY,
Harrisburg stands at the head Of
the cities of it's class in nunob her ,n5
value OF enterprises, going on in tba
way of building. This fact wa
brought out yesterday during the
! conversation of the REPRESENTATIVE
OF big business concern which (
, Keeps tabs on construction OF av
! kinds. Without counting in tba /
, new Memorial bridge or the Capit,l
once building or any State enter
prises, Harrisburg has more buiId-
ing construction on now, than o,v
city of its class, said this authority