Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-11
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Something seems to have affected
the mulberry trees about Harris
burg and in the absence of better
| cause, people familiar with these
trees say that it is the weather. And
the strangest part about it is that
| trees which survived last winters
severity have been the most affectee
| There are number of ,so-caszS<
| weeping" mulberry trees a fancy
creation, about Harrisburg and while :
several in private yards have been
| killed this year the mulberrys in
| Capitol park have been able to sur
vive. The trees have been carefully
| inspected and no disease or inse~
seems to have ruined them, but thSe
| ar as dead as door nails. On the
other hand the States mulberry tree
right outside of the State MuseuHa.
| is thriving and has Just been pruned
and fixed up for summer so that
it can vie with the orange trees out
side the windows of Dr. Thomas
Lynch Montgomery. the State libra
rian. The cause for the deaths of
the other trees is being looked up.
The magnolia trees about the city,
which are in bloom, are attracting
much attention, but there are num-
Der of such trees which show the
effects of the cold spell some days
|
the magolias to bloom earlier than
usual in many cases and the flowers
are not as delicately shaded in many
cases as formerly, while the outside
leaves are dark brown.
The Senate of Pennsylvania has
been officially asked by American
soldiers in English camps to inter-
est itself in the return of soldiers
|
have been received by senator's and
officers asking that some action be
taken. The letters are mostly from
men who claim that they are mar
ried and that their families are suf-
fering inconvenience as Il result of
their retention in the service. One
man wrote that his pay is only $52
per month and that his family eX-
penses run about $S5. Another who
addressed The senators of Penn
sylvania" said frankly that II want
to get home just as soon as l can.'
Another asked that the newspapers
of the State be interested.
According to reports coming to the
State Capitol, anthracite coal pro-
| duction has been Speeded UP in a
number of the hard coal mines in
the last week and big shipments will
, soon be on the way is opinion of
men here. The mines in the lower
anthracite field will increase their
output it is predicted.
Pennsylvania fishermen who have
| been too eager to open the trout
season ahead of time have fallen
| into the hands of State Policemen,
| game and fish wardens by the dozen
| the last fortnight. The mild weather
and the fact that many streams
| stocked with trout in the last few
| years show numerous fish have been
! too much for some lovers of fly
) casting and they have disregarded
| the fact that the season opens on
/ April Is and gone after the trout.
| In addition to arrests for fishing
t ahead of the time the law allows
: some men have been arrested for
, having over 25 fish, the legal limit.
, DR.. J. T. Rothrock, who is being
} honored in such an unusual manner
by the States official forestry Or
ganization which he helped to create.
} in Pennsylvania" as he has been
: styled by some of the leading con-
servationists of the country. The
, doctor is eighty now and has had
notable career. He was born in
McVeytown and educated at Harvard
and the University of Pennsylvania,
: went to war, became doctor, turned
: to botany, served with the Govern
ment geological survey, held a chair
at State College, gave up fine prac-
tice at Wilkes-Barre to engage in
natural history research, explored
Canada and western States, went
through unknown Pennsylvania and
: has preached it's beauties and pos
: sobilities and dangers. He has en-
joyed life, but says once in a while
that he has had some hardships
good to reflect upon"
The opening of the tadpole season
J has developed a new industry out
on the Hill. There are some young
, sters in that section who have been
visiting Bellevue Park and gathering
in the "tads" and showing them in
; tin cans. There is a large crop this
= year and the small reptiles have a
great attraction. The traffic is in
/. marbles and tadpoles. A fine large
F tadpole is sure to command a
CLASSY, while ordinary run of the
; pond will bring only a connie"
+ Uptown kids have the turtle
f hunting fad. They have been scour-
, ing the runs and the river banks and
have numerous small turtles. One
t pair OF boys used a parental garage
as an aquarium and the father
, found two water turtles in the floor
, of his car when he started out for
! a ride. Another family discovered
minute water turtle in the gold
, fish bowl.