Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-07
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Unless the Legislature changes
the State fish code by means of
some of the bills now pending in
the two houses, tho Pennsylvania
bass season will open on July L
and the reports reaching the State
Department of Fisheries indicate
that there will be an abundance OF
the great game fish and that there
Will be bass caught in more coun-
ties than in years. According to
commissioner Nathan r. Butler the
reports on bass are unusually favor
able from the counties in the Sus-
quehanna basin and in some of the
eastern counties planting" OF
young bass has been very success
full and fine specimens have been |
seen where no bass were to be found
few years ago. The bass season
runs under the present fish code
from July 1 to December 81 and
in the last two years hundreds of
thousands of young bass have been
distributed throughout the State
with cooperation of sportsmen. The
hatcherieS this year have been sue
| cessful with bass and more will be
sent out later in the summer. The
pike perch and pickerel seasons will
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| have been received regarding the
fish. The trout season has been in
| terrupted, especially in central and
southern Pennsylvania by the con-
tinued rains and the high water in
! many small streams. This season
| will end in August and many trout
! fishermen have reported to the Cap
| itol that trout have been thriving
| where placed the last year. The
! dam rim ont dist rihftad mora war
| ling trout last year than ever known
before and is planning extensive
planting" this fall.
Planting of the Pennsylvania oak
trees proposed for the Capitol Park
extension will be undertaken late
this year, according to present plans.
| There will be four lines of trees and
| they are to be arranged so that they
form a mall at the eastern front of
the Capitol. During the fall addi-
tional oaks will be planted in the
row dedicated to the Governors.
Just by way of illustration at the
difference in retail prices in Harris
burg it may be said that the wife
of prominent Harrisburger bought
strawberries the other morning at
one of the city markets at 35 cents
| pOA. NeNI udy some SITdWDeTTleS
were sent by friend from a neigh
boring county who had bought them
that morning not 40 miles from here
in good sized town, said to have
| been Gettysburg, and the price was
15 cents box.
Harrisburg does not need to fear
that it will lack for talent when it
comes to entertainments after the
last week, according to a newspaper
man who has had much to do with
that line of work and has time to
sit around and talk. The people who
! took part in the Skylark gave Har-
risburg something which it needs u
couple of times a year, while the
| Y. w. c. A. entertainment at Chest
nut street hall was an illustration
of what physical training can accom-
plish and little originality provide.
| This man pointed out that Harris
| burg has been shy on entertainments
| that come around periodically and
that can be looked forward to and
prepared for. There are some cities
| where May fetes and June jump
arounds and autumnal entertain
ments, all local talent and all thor
cughly prepared for, furnish things
to talk about and to enjoy.
Lake Montgomery is being torn
up by the roots. Lake Montgomery
is a periodical body of water which
forms in front of the State Library
every time it rains and is due to the
singular formation of the granolithic
walk in front of the State institution
over which DR.. Thomas Lynch Mont
gomery presides. One fourth or an
inch of rain makes large lake two
inches deep by ten feet wide and
twenty feet long. Two years ago
they started to get rid of it by drill
! ing holes through the walk, but the
drills hit the trap rock on which
, Capitol Hill knoll formed ages ago
and the water in due time backed
up. Now they are scoring the pave
ment, making drains and otherwise
ruffling up the surface of the bottom
of the lake with a runoff attachment
and fine opportunity for the rain
residue to pass on to the bosom of
the Susquehanna. And there is
great joy on Capitol Hill where over
shoes have been necessity for
many, many months.