Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-05
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building by the State in this citv he.
tore spring. Plans for starting the
Memorial bridge before new wears
oay nave been abandoned, the final
specihcations for the new Office
'l.s u.iuins TO be erected in the Park
extension to the east of the lower
wing of the Capitol have not been
approved and the studies for the
new barracks at the State Arsenal .
are not nnished. First and last. the
state VIII have between $4,000. 600
ana $4,OO0,000 of building in this
city and the indications are that it
WIN wait until spring before break
ing ground on any of them. A num-
Der of things have operated to nra-
vent an early start. In regard tn
tne bridge, hitch on the final form
vi the contract and the big bond re-
CURED developed. There are mn
,herous details in regard to the office
puaiulng, which will have almost
IoV,ooo square feet, to lay before the
So,erIor ana his colleagues on the
buildings, and these Disappointing
1eatures Will retard asking for bids.
me state Police barracks at the
Arsehal can scarcely be built within
the appropriation, but 1t is Intended
70 make a start Another thing
Wnich has developed in connection
win state offices is the remodeling
vi tee old Board of Trade building.
Wnlcn VIII not be ready before sum,
mer, 1t is said by people at the Cant
.oi' however, indications now are
that the year 1920 will be a hummer
risburg.
For the present the State is con-
nnlng itself to the filling in and
siauing OF the Capitol Park exten-
risin Un wnere huge embankments are
Using on the south side of old State
street, giving an idea of what the
SIaue OF the park and the Mall will
pe hke. The fleets of trucks which
are parked to the north of the street
VIII be moved to the five sheds being
erected at the State Arsenal prom.
erty. THESE buildings will be of steel
anu Will mouse 600 trucks. The
| trucks are owned by the armv and
loaned to the State for bighway n,,r-
poses, although they have been held
mere Tor military or any other emer-
sehcles which might arise, They at
tract much attention in Capitol PARK
extension, but do not prevent tbe
numerous football games which the
youth OF that section of the CITY an
pear TO delight in and for which thew
| afternoon
|
DR.. j. T. Rothrock. the ve+erar
SIate Forest Commissioner, is 81. but
| thaC does not seem to matter when
IL comes down to hunting. DR.. Roth
rock is the man who discovered Mont
Alto' Tor State purposes, and he has
Deen up deer hunting in that section
the last Few days and covering more
ground than men half his age.
some of the deer hunters coming
TO Harrisburg tell stories that were
related to them by farmers and Won
der what has happened to the ami
mals. There have been reports from
time to time of the damage done TO
orchards and gardens by deer and
IN some parts of Cumberland and
FRANKLIN counties the animals have
even gotten into barnyards. It is
4ot uncommon for farmers in the
! Junlata valley counties to have to
chase deer from their fields But
what hunters do not understand, and
the farmers admit, is where the deer
| go when hunting season opens and
why do they seek the woods. Two
weeks ago deer were seen close to
Elizabethville and other upper end
towns, but they have gone into the
woods that fringe the mountains in
|
into Lebanon county.
Speaking of game, there have been
some pretty tall stories told about
pheasants in Perry county. They
were not pheasants, but grouse and
they seemed to be in touch with
civilization. One man told of seeing
birds perched on telephone poles
and another said that he saw 10
| IN
vicinity OF New Germantown and
that they just looked at him. One
farmer said that a month ago he
counted four grouse right near his
barn.
In line with the plan of having a
series of addresses during the winter
on Harrisburg as it used to be, Presi-
dent B. M. Mead, of the Dauphin
County Historical Society, has ar
ranged for an address at the Decem-
Der meeting of the society by J. CAL
vim Rawn on "Old Market Square,"
Mr.. Rawn was born on Market
Square and his recollections will be
interesting. The society launched its
new program last month when Spen-
Ger c. Gilbert spoke on merchants
of so years ago and A. Carson Stamm
spoke on the school system OF 80
JSuio o6o dliu lO-udy.
DR.. C. ]. Marshall, former State
Veterinarian and now devoting him.
self to scientific work at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, has been
decorated with the British Distin-
guished Service Medal. He had
charge of the organization of the
veterinary service of the army. The
Prince of Wales conferred the deco
ration which was in recognition of
the former Harrisburger's splendid
work for animals.
More oysters are being eaten this
week than in the whole of last
month";" declared a man who handles
a big food business to-day. The
reason is the cold weather. There
are many oyster lovers in Harris
burg and they have reason to be, for
Harrisburg gets some of the finest
oysters in the land direct from the
Chesapeake inlets. However, while
there are some people who will eat
oysters in October and more in No
vember, the real oyster lover waits
until we have some spanking cold
weather, such as has come this week.
And then he turns in. Just look
around and see the number of peo-
pie eating them"