Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
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preserve IN the LykenS valley prC
ably very few people knew that 4
commonwealth owned land in Da
pmh county. much less n game pI
serve As matter OF fact, d
state has fine forest reserve. %
uons or which win soon be reven
producing in the Williams townsl|
region. 1t amounts to 5000 acr
ana Is known as the Haldeman
serve. named I'm honor of a not
harrisburg man who owned land
mat district when the coal mig
were opened and who was interest,"
in forestry. The State game nj
serve takes up about $500 acres
that land and is surrounded nv
wire with frequent notices
| consider it one OF the nicely loeat
preserrA> and well adapted for W
| lffe,' said DR.. Joseph Kafbfas. ~
retary of the State Game Comm
sion. I'VE have placed forty-f
deer and numerous turkeys a
small game in its woods and ho
TO make upper Dauphin hunt
what 1t used to be. II the spor
men and farmers and people up IN
way VIII help us we will soon ma
the reserve worth while. The ms
thing is to prevent illegal hunti
and to keep dogs away" It is
pected that in the course of a
years there will be deer hunting
Dauphfn county after a lapse
years and that tho elusive wild I,
Key, who has been showing a ter
ency to go toward the Maryland II
VIII again give sport to cur e1
hunters within easy automob
reach.
Harrisburg people and many fol
| connected with the Legislature y
pe interested to read this about
| former senator from the Layren
| Beaver district, which comes fn
the goth division headuarters ov
seas: Lieut.. Col. Joe Thomns
former Pitt football star and Goa
has been appointed athletic direo
Tor the entire Second Army,
came over with the One Humid
and Tenth Infantry. q former Per
syivania National Guard Regime
and rendered such good service
the front lines that he was ms
lieutenant colonel of the regime
The athletic soldier now is at
| mead or sport system for the m
than 100000 men composing
second Army. The appointment ri
general satisfaction and It Is felt I
a more competent man could not
selected. The Yanks always are KID
Ior man in such a position who
actually brayed the same dang
with them. This Lieut.. Col, Thon
son did. Captain Ewing Rafferty,.
Pittsburgh, the former Prince}
athletic star. has been named
theatrical director of the Twen
Feighth Division"
Captain Lyle e, Van Vleck
Pittsburgh, formerly an officer of
eighteenth Regiment, Natio
Guard. now an officer of the d
hundred and Eleventh Infantry.
Just been promoted to the Person
Division of the American Expe
tlonary Forces at Chaumont and
on his way to take up his new dut
IL is probable that this new w
would carry an advancement in I'd
for Captain Van Week were it
for the recent order hating all n
motions. In Pittsburgh Captain
Week made his home with forr
United States District Attorney
Lowry Ifumes. Before going to
Border two years ago he was st
superintendent of highways of 3
county.
Pennsylvania's warfare on Gro
which was launched by the st
came Commission to rid farmers
nuisances and wild life, especia
insect destroying birds of the m
ace or the destroyer of nests
young, birds, has been having ~
serious results for the bIackcoa
denizens of the waste places acco
ing to reports coming here.
Game Commission recently issue,
circular to game protectors
sportsmen urging that thew t.
steps to protect the game bir
particularly those useful to farm
and for feeding of quail, which h
proved valuable in ridding fields
potato bugs and especially for Gle
ing out crows. Great numbers
crows have been reported from
dozen counties and the state auth
tiles suggested the use of corn d
tored with strychnine, but placed
that domestic animals would
get it. The open winter, howey
has caused a number of farm
and sportsmen to determine II
more active measures and instead
scattering around the poiso
grain, they have organised shot
parties and raided the roosts of
crows, shooting them down bv
score. The crows have habits
congregating and in some secti
of the state hundreds of them h
been observed within a small ara
The record of the State Highy
Department in the war shows
125 men in the army and 1t is
sible that this number may be
creased when the struggle is off
ally over. In number of distr
men entered the service for sl
periods. Chief Engineer Will
d. Uhler rose to the rank of |
tenant colonel, while w. r. M
the auditor, became a lieutenant
the navy. Q. e. Myers becam
major, while the following were
tainsC H. A. Douglas, f. E. "
ter, j. s. Ritchey, and r. c. Dorw
these being lieutenants: James
ger, j. G. English, Joseph E. Sny
James c. Fitzpatrick, Ha,
Thompson and Paul P. Porter.
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