Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
Ehrttt1g Gl1at

Pennsylvania fishermen are now
on the home stretch of the trout
season without any restrictions as TO
the size of trout that may be taken
for the first time in years, the act
of the Legislature approved this
week by the Governor having re-
moved. the size provision. This
change was made in response to
| representations of sportsmen that
fish under the six-tnch length gen.
orally died when they were returned
to the water after being hooked.
The understood fish have been the
cause of many arrests in recent
years and of much complaint, Tns
change was made with approval q
the State Department of Fisheries
after much investigation of the mat
ter and the discovery that few fir~
| survived being caught. Weathe.
conditions have been the cause ~
the, trout season being considerably
prolonged this year and probaba[,
more have been caught in Central
Pennsylvania counties and in the
northern tier this month than in
any July in years.
| State game authorities are e,,.
pressing the fear that there mae
/ be some cases of color blindness
| among hunters now that the amend
ments to the game code permit tha
| killing of red squirrels at all times.
This change was made because of
! the rapid increase in the number of
the squirrels and the damage they
have been doing. In some of the
rural counties the SQUIRRELS were
causing much loss for farmers and
complaints were being made to
game wardens that the animals were
| a nuisance. The results of the
| change in the law will be carefully
watched and if necessary recon-
mendation for a change may be
made two years hence.
For the first time the skunk or
| polecat is under the protection of
the State and none may be taken,
except by owners or occupants of
lands where they have made them
selves nuisance, until the fifteenth
of November. The act extending
protection to this fur-bearing animal
has become a law and State game
oncials are notifying the wardens
of its provisions.
Many amusing things come to
light in the life of q recruiting Of
ficer, and the army men assigned
to the station here are no excep-
lons. Yesterday one of them was
speaking of a letter which they had
received from "a loving widow"
, |
or a soldier, and loved to do any,
thing she could for them, and ended
with the implication that if they
might recruit another husband for
her she would be more than Obliged.
another woman wrote in that she
mad lots of money, etc., ETC., but no
, husband and suggested that if thew
saw some likely looking veteran,
they should send him along for ap-
proval. So one day a nice, robust
looking chap appeared at the can
teen and learned of the offer. He
, Immediately disappeared, but show
ed up IN few days with a broad
smile and the simple statement: "I
got the job" An interesting epi
sode came to light yesterday when
!, Wilson III. Letter. of Company M.
illth Infantry, came to claim his
, button at the station. Noticing the
ID. s. c. on his chest, the Major
asked him if he might see his cita-
tlon; and here it is: while his
. company was withdrawing to a
place of safety, Private Letter
and picking up badly wounded
. man, he continued in the withdrawal
until the point of assembly was
reached, at which time he brought
him to dressing station" The ci
tatlon makes no mention of the fact
that Private Letter himself had a
: pad shrapnel wound in the fore
head at the time.
The largest flag in Harrisburg has
been suspended in the rotunda of
the State Capitol, having been
Strung across the space at the COL
lar of the dome on stout cable.
The flag. is thirty-six feet long by
twenty-four feet wide and so great
rnfIn6n fhnk .
anything like that size.
The stowaway in the basket of the
: R-34 brings to mind the memory
S of other stowaways at one time and
another. On ship which brought
$ back part of the Old Hickory Divi-
sion. the little house forward was
3 occupied by small Russian horse,
S the size of the ponies in the circus
: The poor animal suffered violently
: from the rough seas, but uttered
S no complaint; he only looked his
S discomfort. Quite story went with
t the pony. At the time of the ST.
S Mihiel push, some members of the
4 113th Field Artillery came upon the
beast tethered to tree near an
4 abandoned Boche dugout. They
S took him in tow, and after leading
2 him about as spare blanket car
. rier through the early days of Sep
e tember, finally salvaged a machine
: gun cart and some harness. And
: ever after that BILLY" as he was
| known, was the sensation of the
e column in every town the regiment
: had to pass through, trudging along
: at the rear of his battery, his little
r cart piled high with veterinary
e equipment and other spare stuff. But
J. the saddest part of the tale comes
( now. When the regiment landed ct
: Newport News, the pony was takN
r off and lead into camp. Here sokkl
: meddling, officious officer discoverSS
I 1T and dug up ruling whereby 81
Y foreign animals had to be quarssla
Q tined for six months before beiEz1g
brought over, or some like regutA
tion. So that evening. amidst the
general grief of the entire regiment
and more especially of Doc, his
g keeper, the little horse went back
to his transport and in a few days
headed out again for France.