Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-10
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come to stay in Pennsylvania. ac-
cording to the returns being made
by the various county treasurers to
the State Game Commission on the
hunters licenses issued. A few
years ago the issuance of a license
to woman to hunt. was a rarity
and caused much comment, but
now 1T Is nothing uncommon, and
several of the counties in the
southern part of the State, especial
ly the mountain counties, have re-
ported women taking out licenses
and they have also been issued to
women in the north central sec
ton.
The State game authorities are
arranging to place hundreds of
pheasants on the game preserves
this year, and some may be sent to
new preserves in the western part
of the State. The pheasants have
been bought in various sections, and
have been reported in prime con-
dition. They will be put in charge
of experienced wardens to distrib-
ute. The Commission has not yet
selected the preserves where beaver
will be placed, but they will likely
go into the older game reserves.
Among the PIG participants in
the recent pilgrimage of the His
torical Society of Berks County to
points of interest in Berks, Lancas-
ter and Lebanon counties was Miss
Annie l.. Boyer, of Harrisburg. 1t
was termed a Baron Stiegel Pill
grimage," because many of the
places visited are connected with
scenes of incidents in the life of
Nff.in Do
liam Stiegel, ironmaster, glass man
ufacturer, and in the latter years
| of his life (when his fortune had
Vanished), orSanist, music teacher
| and schoolmaster. Miss Boyer is a
| great-great-gr granddaughter of Bar
on Suegel, and at the special session
of the automobile eXcursionists who
made this pilgrimage, held in Zion
Lutheran Church. Mannheim, the
pastor. the Rev. ]. F. Knittle, called
attention to tablet in the church,
placed there by Mrs. Rebecca Boyer,
mother OF Miss Annie l.. Boyer, and
Observation-Disclosures of Baron Stieg-
ell: The pastor, also, described the
feast of roses" celebrated annual
~ In this church, and stated that
MISS Boyer is the recipient at this
FESTIVAL of the red rose, given by the
trustees of the church, in accordance
with the stipulation in the deed
given by Baron Stiegel, to the Lu-
theran congregation for the large
lot upon which the church was
erected, and the remaining portion
used as a burial ground. The land
was granted in 1872 for the con-
sideration of five shillings as the
annual rent "of the red rose" The
pilgrimage was the most successful
ever arranged by the Historical
Society of Berks County, and
among the participants, were rep
resented many of the most promi-
nent and influential people of
Berks county. 1t ended with a ban
quet at Grand View," near wer-
nersville.
Opening days of school generally
develop some common line of in
terest among school children and
this year, judging from the way the
youngsters have been inquiring at
the Harrisburg Public Library, it
is airplanes. More boys have as,,sS
at the Library for books on air.
planes, and how to make model,
lately, than ever known before and
the Library has been trying to meet
the demand, by ordering every book
on air machines, suitable for chill
drens reading that it is possible
to obtain. Most of the books on
the subject are more or less tech
meal, but the knowledge of details
or machines and of their appear
ance, construction individual char
acter1stics are displayed by the aver
age boy who has been around at
the Library for books on the sub
1ect is a matter of comment. Tho
interest taken by the boys and girls
in the subject is generally believed
to be due to the frequent flights
over the city the last year or so
the proximity of the Middletowr
aviation reserve depot and the
many articles printed in the news
papers about planes and the mer
who fly them. If it is possible the
Library would like to obtain models
of airplanes and any new books or
directions how to make TOW air.
planes for the juvenile aviators 70
read and to try their hands upon
If anyone wants to get a line on
the way to handle youngsters, all
that is necessary, is to watch
Charley Boyer marshal a band
when taking them through the
State Capitol. They are formed in
two lines and stay that way;
they are lined up to drink at the
fountains one at a time-and they
do it; they are told to take their
hats off and keep them off-and
they do, and they are told to be
silent-which they also do. The
Boyer parties are among the
daily sights at the Capitol and the
discipline is worth observing.
, Leo Kriner and Harry Bitner have
the highest job in Harrisburg. These
two men, who comprise a local firm
of slate and tile roofers, are spend
ing these September days WORKING
about ESQ to 260 feet above the
heads of most of the people OF Har-
risburg and do not seem to mind
the weather. In fact most OF what
happens in the city comes to them
in more or less ruffled fashion and
only an occasional pigeon or swal.
low or a rare airplane comes along
to make them realize other activi.
ties. They have the job of repair.
ing the tiles on the Capitol dome
which they won in competition with
number of firms, and have found
. about seventy-five which have to be
replaced. 1t is the first time any.
thing has had to be done to the
dome of any account since 1t was
completed in 1905.