Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-26
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II the demands for hunters
licenses already being made are any
thing upon which to base an opinion.
say State Game Commission officials
there are going to be many men out
in the field for the first August hunt
ing Pennsylvania has had in a long
time. The Legislature which ad-
1ourned just month ago to-day
passed law which advanced the seas
son for hunting blackbirds from Sep
tember to August 1 because of the
damage done to fields and orchards
by the birds and also took the pro-
/ lection off the red squirrels for
much the same reason. Owing to
the early opening of the season
which will afford the first August
hunting since the days when plover
were plentiful there has been a de-
mand for the hunters license tags
which are in the hands of the State
printer. 1t is expected to send out
the first consignments early in tho
coming week and they will go main-
ly to the agricultural counties where
the birds have caused the most
| trouble, especially in oats fields.
From all accounts coming here
there are larger fiocks of black
birds about than usual and there
will be good shooting unless weather
interferes.
The State OF PENNSYLVANIA has
| hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of chestnut wood on it's pre-
| serves now with no means to get ia
to market According to officials of
the State Forestry Commission If alt
| of the dead, dying and blighted
chestnut trees now in the State for
ests could be marketed speedily at
least S1,500,000 could be realized.
! The blight has seriously affected trees
over very wide area, but the state
has not the funds to clear out the
timber and market it, although there
is a demand Pennsylvania now
owns 1,041 ,491 acres of forest land
in fifty-three State forests scattered
throughout twenty-seven counties.
The land cost the State $2,375,110.55.
Last year 4,459 acres were added
to the preserves and the first half Of
this year there were bought 9,25S
acres. An interesting fact in con-
nection with the State laws govern
ing forests is that all income from
forests go into the State permanent
school fund and they have earned
to July the sum of $191, 1,219.49.
More building enterprises are un-
der contemplation and it is expected
that the summer will not end with
out seeing a number of these pro-
jects under way. We need more
homes, large and small, and the
present tendency is toward apart
ment houses which will accommo-
date a number of families.
Those who were the guests of
Colonel CoYertat the Isle of Que
this week, and who motored along
the picturesque highway between
Harrisburg and that point were
greatly surprised to see much wheat
in shock spelling in the fields.
Scores of shocks had turned from
yellow to green through the sprout-
ing OF the wheat as a result of the
unprecedented rainy weather re-
Gently.
When the military units of Har-
risburg get the armory to which
they are entitled and which is in
evitable very soon it is probable the
building will be something more
than a mere drill hall. AS a matter
of fact, the modern armory is a
store house and club room for the
men in the State service, with such
annex as will give drill space with
out utilizing the main building
There is much interest in the forth
coming reorganization of the Ma
tional Guard and strong arguments
are being put up for concentrating
in Harrisburg as the seat of gov
ernment a unit of every branch OF
the service, including artillery and
the signal corps. But it will never
get it unless loonl enterprise pro-
vides a site, preferably fronting or
Capitol Park, in which event the
State will build it,
Governor William c. Sproul /:
not only in favor of one Office build
ing being erected in Capitol Parl
Extension, but would like to star
two. THE State government really
needs two and 1 wish we had the
money for it. We will find it mex
session." said he. The Governor {
few days ago took a walk into Parl
Extension and looked over the site
of the new building and said tina
he heartily approved of the Brunnel
plan and would like TO get it wei
started while he was in Harrisburg
, 1T would be a great thing to have
that group of buildings. We ough
to have a fine educational building
. as we'll as, building to house th'
/, offices for which we are now payin.
rent" he remarked.
.
This is the time of the year whel
phlox holds sway in the garden
| and there are many splendid speci
mems of the midsummer flower t
be seen all over the city. Som
gardens in the outlying sections ar
fairly ablaze with the different hues
Fifteen years ago phlox were littl
cared for in Harrisburg, but SOM
of the flower lovers took note of tn
= steps being taken to develop then
and from blooms of rather indiffer
ent size they have been grown un
til they are as large as a nickle.