Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
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1t is a matter of interest in tn
time when forestry propositions a
oeing so much discussed to Leaf
that Dauphin county has an exec
lent chance to become one of Il
important forest reserve sectioi
ana that if plans of state officia
are workable the Haldeman reserI
OF about 1000 acres of woodland |
the mountain ridges of the Lykei
district will be tripled in size. The
are not many people who know thN
Dauphin county has an imperial
forest reserve. 1t Is located ju
south of the mining towns al
east OF Elizabethville on the ridg
and has lately been stocked wi
same by the state authorities.
maS named in honor of a prom
neht Harrisburger who owned lar
IN that section for MANY wears. TI*
latest latest proposition is to put some ii
gVV uSres or woodland owned by I'd
iniladeIphia and Reading Coal al
,oh company. The land is not
ete coal belt and the tract is pa
.ne immense holdings of the co
poIatlon in the lower end of IN
a.l.hracite an. field. 1t is all a que
.,Dil OF price and it would be a fi1
elIms TO add this range to the
serVe, which will be used not on
iioi umper but for game, being idea
located and adapted for the La
eot purpose. The purchase, If
o.'i pe consummated, would run m
suale holdings in the county wd
toward Schuylkill county and grea
~ stlnluiate interest in forestry
me State of PENNSYLVANIA has
Aones OF laws to enable it to tai
surplus of vinegar off the hand
oI the men in charge of the reel
Inatlon work of the United Stat
department. of Commerce. Info
InaIlon TO this effect has been SCI
10 washington in response to a tel
gram addressed to Governor VILLA
=. Sproul and requesting to kroN
at once what the State could do
Ilanuie a large amount of cider vim
sur Whlch seemed TO have account
lateu ana gotten under governme
supervision When the new Go{
ernor received the telegram he WI
nionplussed and the message WI
llnaliy sent to Auditor GenerI
Cnarles A.. Snyder, the chief fisc
olncer' Mr.. Snyder immediatet
seht word that the State had
FUNDS available for such purposes
0utllheu IN the message and til
department. of Agriculture addd
l's regrets that such situation
presented IN the message had arise
Pennsylvania's receipts from
cehses or automobiles have gone
unprecedented figures and tbe .nur
Der OF cars licensed has also brokd
records. thanks to the unusual
mild winter which has enabled ow,I
ers to run their cars. The recein
for 1919 licenses have passed n
$2,S0O,000 mark, which is hundred
of thousands of dollars beyond M
total for this time in any previoI.
year, and the 100000 figure is o
pected before the end of the monti
The number of pneumatic tired On
licensed thus far is over 100000.
Fully 200 deer will be placed n
the game preserves in Pennsylvani
this winter and more than 100 ha,.
been liberated since the first of I'll
year. Fifty from North CarolirH
were the first to be sent out and the'
nave been followed by % placed oI
the new game preserves in ForeI
county. The first lot was freed II
the LyS{ens Valley preserves II
Dauphin county and reported II
doing very well and similar repor
nave come from deer liberated II
preserves in Bedford, Wyoming AMI
Huntington counties. These ded'
have been fine animals and we arI
hoping to get some from Michigan.I
said DIR. kalbfus, the secretary a
the State Game Commission. md
EQUATIONS are under way for thesI
animals and next year when we ed
more preserves established in TIL
western part of the State we will
send deer there. The deer turne|
loose in Forest county are good
specimens" DR.. Kalbfus said thai
some fine. wild turkeys had alsI
been liberated in Dauphin count
and that sportsmen were co-operad n
ing in seeing that they were prd
tected. More will be bought. al
yet nothing definite has been hear|
in regard to the quail from Mexicd
.
Letters have been sent from th|
Offices of the State Game Commits
sion to Cumberland and Yorj
sportsmen calling their attention ii
the Importance of sowing kaflir corr|
buckwheat and millet this year il
sections frequented by game so thai
they will have n supply of food il
event of n hard winter next yeah
"In the majority of cases reporte|
the seed we furnished produce,
good results" said DIR. Kalbfus. "I
sportsmen are interested we will b|
glad to see that they get a suppl
for sowing this year. We have sug
gested that it be planted along th|
edges of fields near good cover fol
game"
Theodore J. Gould, one of thj
Country Club of Harrisburg golfer
few years back and who has beeI
driving at Huns lately, is home from
France. He has been a. Lieutenant
in the United States army quarter
master department and his friend
warmly welcomed him back to thi
city.
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