Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-11
Eurt1tt.g Gl1at

Dauphin county has more deer
roaming about in its woods than
known in half a century in opini)
or one of the city's best po,r,o.
sportsmen and there will be some
reports made at the end of tn.
hunting season by wardens whiS
VIII definitely restore the capitp
county to the list with good hunting
grounds A few years ago appear
ance of deer, even in the valleys
that line the county above the first
ridge, was the occasion for much stir
and a buck swimming the Susoue-
hanna from Perry county brought
newspaper notices. Half a doz.,
years ago, when the State game ~
thorities arranged with the Forestry
Commission for use of a part OF ,u,
Haldeman reserve in the Lyker'
valley as a game preserve. there wa.
lot of objection and men not only
said that it would not work, but
that game would raid farms. The
eastern end of the county above
GrantVllle has always had a fair
amount OF game and men said that
tne deer would wander all around.
The State authorities went ahead
and put in 40 or SO Michigan
deer, and these deer have multi
Piled and wandered, just as people
said they would, but they have pro-
vided more deer in the picturesolie
country north of Harrisburg. of
which so few people know, than has
been Known since the Civil War. The
deer are big, fine ones, too, and men
who have seen them roaming
around declare that there will be
f1ne hunting. Deer have even been
seen on first mountain, while they
nave gotten lost along Clark's and
Armstrongs creeks. It's rather an
| interesting thing to hear that deer
are to be found and to afford good
| hunting within 25 miles of Harris
| burg. They have been closer than
that in Perry and Cumberland
counties, but in our own county only
few have been shot in recent
years.
| state Game Commission officials
VINO declared ten days ago, when an
plcatlons for hunters licenses were
mace in numbers never expected
that there might be 100000 hunters
hcensed, are revising their estimates
now and say that there is a possi-
Dlllty OF 100000 or even 365. 600 he
ing reached. The number of npnli-
cantS In central counties has gone
lar beyond expectations or provis-
IONS IN the way of licenses with the
result that men are hunting with
TouhIy treasurers' receipts as their
ticenses. In the big counties there
ae peen many applicants. and
tDerhs, t biair and Lycoming coun-
ties had had unusual rusbes for ~
licenses. The abundance of ea
ans return of soldiers used to ont
uoor life in war campaigns or can, n
is responsible for the big iunip in
licenses to hunt.
pennsylvania is not going TO want
Ior wild turkeys when the season
Ior tnese birds opens on Saturday
november 10. This season runs I'M.
til the end of the month and the ba
limit is one for each hunter. Thank,
10 closed season a few wears apt
all over the State and propagatior
work, there have been mum erou
bronze BIRDS" as they are called II
some counties. reported. The open
ing or the turkey season will place
the hunting season in full swing i,
pennsylvania except for deer. whicl
VIII be legal game from Decembe
to 15. The deer and bear season
end on December Is.
The manner in which cars of har,
coal are Coming through Harris
purg from points up the Northern
central railway is rather an inter
estlng comment in itself upon th
! soft coal strike. The Lykens valle,
shipments are commencing :,
, mount and there is considerable coa
| coming from Northum berlan,
: county. incidentally, the river Goa
, demands have gone up remarkabl,
| and the river coal men are hopiii,
for an open winter because their
: is an industry that is only stoppe,
by ice.
, The Stroller, writing in the Scran
| ton Republican, makes this interest
: ing comment: "The report whicl
| County Superintendent Taylor ha
E prepared for the State Department
, of Public instruction shows that tn
farmers have continued the custom
D OF keeping their elder children from
the schools the first month or tw
= of the year so that they can help il
: gathering the crops. While this ha
l been great handicap for schoc
E work the farmers have believed
= necessary to use their children t
gather in crops which are needed il
= a complicated food situation. Su
: perintendent Taylor does not regar
n the practice as a good one and re
1 fers to it as "the old, old struggl
e between the present generation an
n the next" He declares the issu
j raised is Has the father right t
s rob his children of their deares
: right, the right to be we'll educate
Y and prepared for the struggle the
must face soon." Because of tn
practice in rural districts the count
superintendent says that many ruri
pupils do not get the education froT
the schools that they should"