Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-18
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sinall game in pennsylvania and tn
number of licensed hunters is u
around the 10000 mark, which hs
been attained by comparatively few
Ihe average man does not conside
Dauphin as one of the game cour{
ties' probably because there is nj
large game, but as matter of fact
Is one Of the good quail counti&
due to the care given to "Bby
White" by many sportsmen and d
the numerous fiocks of birds rd|
leased in this section. There an
some farms in Dauphin count
which are closed to hunting jus
because of the quail, as the farmer
realize their Importance as destroy
ers or potato bugs and other pest&
PROBABLY more experiments hayN
been made with pheasants anI
grouse in Dauphin county than thI
average man is aware of and
plans being considered mature therI
should be better hunting than eve|
along the Swatara and in the val
leys above First Mountain.
State game authorities are yer
hopeful regarding the purchase d
quail from the Mexican highland
! for stocking Central Pennsylvania
Contracts were made last summe|
and correspondence indicates thd
there will be good birds to ship. j
Is not the intention to have thI
olrds started from Mexico until thI
weather conditions here are suitabl@
The shipment of quail into PENN
sylvanla in mid-winter some year
ago was disastrous and it is noj
the plan to wait until temperatur{
mate the habitat in the platea
where the birds are trapped. Near
while, some encouraging repord
about people trapping quail for sad
| Keeping and feeding during winte'
in cooperation with the commissio'
are being received from Susque
hanna valley counties. There is ais
| much interest being shown in planI
for trapping and feeding pheasant
The state Will pay for the feeding q
| trapped birds, but require that the|
| shall be liberated where game warI
dens direct next spring. Several eY
| cellent quail traps have been trie |
out under the supervision of ID
Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of TIL
State Game Commission, and neal
Middletown good results have fol
Flowed. Some trapping has als|
been done, in York and Cumberland
| counties.
1t is probable that from two II
| three hundred deer will be purI
chased by the State Game Commis|
sion and distributed through ganI
preserves in various sections. Somi
will be placed in reserves in thI
central section, some in Schuylkit
county and the Juniata valley, anI
others in the Lykens valley regioI
of Dauphin county. The funds an
in hand to purchase the animals AMI
the only difficulties will be to obtaiI
good specimens and to get ther1
| safely delivered. The animals will
be secured in the next sixty dayI
and liberated in the early spring
Some time ago steps were taken Il
buy deer in Michigan and othe|
states, but the results have not beeI
| tabulated as some persons who hal
animals decided not to sell. Dee|
suited to the conditions in Pennsyj
vania will be bought wherever pos
sible SO that there will be animal
for the new preserves to be estah
lished. Deer are not unknown il
this county, but like the wild turI
keys, which used to be so abundant
they cling to the mountain region|
and are very shy.
There used to be some good fol
hunting in this county forty yearI
ago but there is nothing doing nov
and only an occasional red and verI
rarely a grey is caught in the ead
tern section around Hershey or uI
in the Wisconisco valley.
~
AS matter of fact there is nj
| reason why Dauphin county witt
seven or eight valleys. .traversing il
its numerous streams, the mountaiI
I land that belts the central sectioj
and the woodlands along the Conel
WACO, Swatara and MahantongI
should not furnish excellent huntinI
and fishing. State game authoritieI
are more than willing to co-operatI
m distributing quail, pheasants AMI
wild turkeys but want assurances O,
cooperation from sportsmen AMI
| farmers. Dozens of pheasant eggI
have been offered for Matching II
tfis county without takers and ii
some sections not so very far avail
from Harrisburg quail were frozej
| to death last winter. Hunting viii
not only give Harrisburgers oppori
tunities for fine sport, but also thI
chance to see the beauties of thei|
own county which are known to al
too few.
Announcement through the column
of the Telegraph yesterday that RoI
Stannard Baker will act as publicit|
calls the recent revelation thai
agent in the peace conference, re|
Baker and David Grayson are on
and the same person. Baker wal
formerly magazine writer. Break
ing down In health he went to Ami
herst, Mass, where he lived on
farm with his sister for five yearj
After this five years of country ali
he began writing again and to-da|
the world knows and loves Davi|
GraySon's Adventures in ContenI
ment," Adventures in Friendship
THE Friendly Road" "Hempfield,I i
and Great Possessions" In theS|
volumes he has caught the spirit d
the open road. Through the efforts d
Mrs. Neal Wyatt Chapline, of Sara|
sofa, Fla, q Graysonian Club wa|
organized with hiking and study d
nature as the object. The idea ha|
spread and in many towns and vii
lagos are to be found Graysonia|
clubs.
Writing from one of the great gov
burg soldier tells of q dance giveI
by number of the wounded mel
at which were present hospitd
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