Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-09
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and Cumberland valley counties that
some hunters having shot their legal
game went home before the close of
.ne hrst week of the hunting sea-
son. The State Game Commission
mas received several reports of this
character and in other sections has
iieard or hunters who have decided
70 continue in camp, although they
nave shot all the law allows. Deer
nave Deen reported as more than
usually numerous, due to the state
system OF propagation and the fa-
soraple weather conditions, and
aeth y. Gordon, acting secretary of
the state Game Commission, to-day
estimated that there would be at
least 5000 bucks shot II think that
Is a falr estimate" said Mr.. Gordon
To-Day The reports coming here
tell of many bucks shot the first few
Gays, and as there are more deer
hunters out than | have ever known
ana they are in counties where deer
are most to be found | think we
can TOOK Tor several hundred more
oeer pelng shot than in any previous
year Mr.. Gordon said that he eX-
pected some good bear hunting to
loIloW the announcement from his
once that there were bears TO be
shot for very little effort and as a
matter of public policy in the north
ern tier. In some of the rural conn
ties in Northern Pennsylvania farm
ers have had to watch their sheen
because of the activities of the bears
ana nave asked the State Game Com
mission to help them out. The Com
mission has called attention to the
opportunity and looks for a record
Kill of bears. This is the last week
OF the season for deer and bears.
! Success attending the various
sales of army and navy food, cloth
ing, blankets and other property not
needed for military purposes. where
conducted by municipal authorities
ana committees named by mayors or
others, will be made a subject of in
curry by State agricultural officials.
! Reports have come to this city of
the manner in which large uuanti-
i Ties of such articles were disposed
OF, some of them direct from rail
road cars and it will he decided
whether such sales could be con-
/ Quoted by cooperation between
! communities and farmers or pro-
! ducerS of food in various sections of
the State, provided carload or larger
lots were taken and cost guaranteed
/ Marketing facilities have been seri-
usly considered by the State authori-
| ties for the first time this year and
| this investigation has turned up
some instances where community
| buying occurred to meet emergencies
and where farmers could not get the
! markets they wished for their pro-
/ duce. Williamsport and other up
State cities which handled consid-
erable amounts of army food, Phila-
| delphia and Pittsburgh where sales
were conducted on large scale and
various places where community
committees secured foods for dis
tribution will be the subjects of the
inquiry.
The "reminiscences of Jacob Il.
! Miller, who frequently contributes
to The Telegraph, are of much in
terest from time TO time and his
| memory is very clear as to many
| happenings of the early days in IIar-
| risburg. Referring to the recent
/ death of Mrs. Tom Thumb he recalls
the visit of the famous General and
| his wife to this city in 1S47. ON
that occasion they appeared at the
old Shakespeare Hall on the present
site of The Telegraph Building. Mr..
Miller tells of the wonderful little
coach drawn by two spirited mousse
colored horses. In the coach were
! General and Mrs. Thumb with an
| outrider and a footman. The Gen
eral was clad in full dress suit with
top hat ana Mrs. Thumb was gowned
in the style of the Victorian era. The
appearance of the famous couple
was always the signal for great
crowd. Mr.. Miller also refers to the
first show of tribe of Indians in the
old Shakespeare Hall and to the
| lataY, Of ha
! great Ventriloquist The Indians
were particularly thrilling because
they shot coins thrown into the air
with their bows and arrows and were
Il great attraction for the boys of
the period.
From appearance of the country
round about Harrisburg quite II few
| farmers have decided to brave the
pests and the prices and have put
! i'm wheat for another year. the
wheat has been favored by the
weather conditions and in sections
/ of upper York and lower Cumber-
land counties especially. it looks
very well. In the last few years
there has been pronounced jump
, in the acreage devoted to wheat in
| this part of the State and this year
| the farmers seemed to think it was
up to them to continue.
Safety standards in most of the
industries OF Pennsylvania will have
to be overhauled as the result of eX-
perience duringS the war, new in
ventions and appliances and other
changed conditions, according to
State officials in charge of such mat
ters who are active i'm the series of
! Y,nafinuS n IispIIcS tbn nrOhlnplss nf
various industries during December.
In some establishments rules which
aroused criticisms as dangerous in
novations and requirements few
years ago have been found made
quate and employees will be bound by
! as many rules in regard to plant
management as employers The
war operations enabled many things
to be done without regard to feel
ings and with only results in mind
and some may be embodied in State
codes when the revision ends.
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