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By William J. Robbins Jr.
Recently a contemptible piece of
skullduggery, perpetrated by the
Top Brass of the Game Commission
was crammed down the throats of
the sportsmen of this State as a
dessert for a repast of blunders.
To explain this T have before me a
letter made up on a mimeograph
machine, dated April 15 and signed
by Warren Singer of the Lymanville
Rod and Gun Club. The heading in
bold type,—A SPORTSMAN LOOKS
AT THE POISON PROGRAM, and
the body of this propaganda sheet
I shall quote as written.
“Everyone is aware of ithe rea-
sons back of the Game Commission's
poison program—the protection of
human life and property.
“The sportsman has an interest
in this phase of the program equal
to that of any other citizen, because
he is also a citizen and is equally
anxious concerning his livestock—
his pets—his family. But he has an
added interest due to his stake in
wildlife of the ‘Commonwealth.
“All warm blooded animals are
susceptible to rabies: We have no
assurance that the present epidemic,
‘unless checked, will mot spread to
many other species of wild animals’
—and even fbirds.
“I am confident that the poison
baits are being carefully prepared
and placed so that they will be at-
tractive only to the meat-eating
species of wildlife—those species
generally considered predatory, and
harmful to the sportman’s interest:
Skunks, opposums, crows and foxes
~ are generally regarded as enemies of
small game and it is those species
thiat most regularly: fall victim to
poison. It is those species which
most need to be controlled, and,
from the sportsman’s standpoint, it
is those species which can best be
spared, A reduction in the numbers
of predators: should result in an up-
swing in the abundance of rabbits,”
ringnecks and ‘grouse.
“I am also” confident that ‘the
officers of the Game Commission are
capable and conscientious, .and that:
they are doing everything possible
farmer, the landowner, the sports-:
‘man and ‘the general public. Per-.
haps the most that we ‘can do as
sportsman to cooperate and support:
the Commissior is to: help in every
way possible to’ create a ‘thorgugh.
understanding of the program by all
sportsman.
“The least that we can do is to
withhold final judgement until the
program has been completed and we
have had time to evaluate results.”
(end of quote—verbatim et litera-
tim)
Space will not permit the un-
ravelling of this letter word for
word but it is apparent that a group
of sportsmen up fn [Springville are
taken for a ride on the efforts of the
employees of the Commission. What
results have there been in the north
part of the State so far as the so-
called poison program goes, is not
now, and never will be given to
those who are paying the salaries
of those in charge.
Just a week ago a farmer told me
that he saw poison being thrown
from a car ‘in the vicinity of his
farm. Suet eating birds are being
affected and so far as the officers
saying {they will gather up the un-
used pellets,—what of ‘those that
are carried to tree ‘tops etc? (Arsenic
is a minemal and lis lethal for years
and years.
Just what was in the mind of Mr.
Singer when he so graciously patted
the backs of the Commission mem-
bers will never be known either.
Did he speak for himself, or the
majority of sportsmen in his region ?
Such. compliments lead me to be-
lieve thiat this letter was drawn up
in the office of the District Super-
Visor.
Yes, I shall go one step farther
and say that the postage for this
lapologetic epistle was paid for by
the sportsmen who on the whole are
quite ethical, per capita, more-so
than those entrusted to safeguard
their interests.
Suffice to sal, that postage meter
miachine No 79206 is in the office of
the Pennsylvania Game Commission,
Forty Fort, and this was the stamp
on this most recent attempt to
obtain unearned plaudits. Nature
has done more to alleviate the epi-
demic than those in charge are
doing, and Nature recieved mo [plau-
-dits, not even a mention..
to safe-guard the interests of the -
Much more could be said in this
column but those that read it can
fill in between the lines, or draw
conclusions of their own. The alle-
gations are mine alone and reper-
cussions will be shouldered by me,
not any - sportsmen’s group with
which I am affiliated.
concerned — public — landowner—
EB
THE POST, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1952
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As my readers know, I have thus
far been pretty blue about the pros-
pects for business up to election
time next November, But, President
Truman's decision fto pull out of the
race has changed my outlook. I
fee] more optimistic mow!
FEELINGS CONTROL STATISTICS
‘When I was a boy. in Gloucester,
Massachusetts, my [Father ran a
store. He often said to me: ‘Roger.
it isn't how much money [people
have in the bank that makes (them
buy my merchandise—no sir, it's
HOW THEY FEEL!” That was good
advice in 1900, and it is still good.
Just take a look iat what's hap-
pened in the last year. You will
remember that the bureaucrats and
the brain trusters in Washington
were warning the nation that a new
wave of inflation was just ahead—
that there soon would be big short-
‘ages again. That was only twelve
short months ago. Did these short-
ages show up? They did not. Why ?
Because the people who do the buy-
ing decided to save more and buy
less. The government statisticians ||
could measure inventories, but they
couldn’t figure out people’s feelings!
EVERYBODY FEELING BETTER
In my opinion, business and the
public have both been holding back
from making decisions and buying
until after the elections. Now, how-
ever, with the President making his
historic “shall not run” decision, all
that is changed. There is a wide-
spread feeling that nearly all of his
possible successors would be more
kindly disposed to business. A feel-
ing of relief has spread through the
country from one end to the other.
Now, ‘this feeling is not something
you can measure in black and white.
You can’t put it into a graph. But,
it is the kind of thing that will make
a man go out and spend a little
more money than he would have
before. Just a month ago he may
have told his wife that “there’ll be
no new car this year.” Today, how-
ever, he may feel that things aren't
so bad after all and say: “There is
enough in the bank for a rainy day;
so, with election prospects looking
brighter, why not now enjoy the
new car?” This should cause cur-
rently high inventories to be pared
down.
SWING TO RIGHT
There is another important pos-
sibility that should not be over-
looked, With President Truman out
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YESTERDAY
From The Post of ten and
twenty years ago this week.
From the Issue of
May 1, 1942
Middle-aged and elderly ' men,
1260 of them, were registered from
this area on Monday.
Big brush fire in Fernbrook ex-
tinguished after threatening three
houses.
Herbert Lundy buys Sullivan
building, and plans remodelling to
house three modern stores, a tavern
and three second floor apartments.
It’s clean-up day in Dallas, with
Borough trucks carting off rubbish.
Teachers will register 2500 Back
Mountain families for rationing.
Rev, Frances Freeman and Rev.
Harry M. Savacool, Methodist mini-
sters of Dallas and Trucksville have
been tranferred.
Rhoda. Eddinger will be Dallas
Township's first May Queen since
1936.
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strawberries, 25 cents per quart;
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Frank Swanson, father of [Fred
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lingering illness.
Miss Frances Sayre becomes the
bride of [Stacey M. Schoonover.
Mr. and Mrs. John Merical cele-
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From the Issue of
April 29, 1932
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children between six months and
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D. F. Westover, banker, dies at
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Geneyial.
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The day the story of the molasses
and the bees appeared in this col-
umn, my colleague William Robbins,
of Fin, Fur and Feather, came over
to see me. He knows a great deal
about bees and has planned a cam-
paign by which he hopes to per-
suade them to move to -modern
living quarters. We will get the
honey-maybe.
He and I were reminiscing about
a lot of things, and finally Mr.
Robbins asked if I recalled an ex-
pedition we had been ion back in the
twenties. ‘And indeed T did.
A young man had been hunting
bear up on the morth slope of the
North Mountain range, and way
back on a rock ledge he had found
an Indian jug or water jar. It has
since been ‘examined by an expert
and pronounced genuine. and it is
still in possession of the person who
found it.
Well, this discovery caused all
kinds of excitement fin archeological
and histerical circles in Wyoming
Valley, and nothing must do ‘but a
group must have a look at the ledge
where the vase was found. So—the
expedition was formed and the date
set for a Sunday morning. William
J. Robbins, Sr. was in command.
Those under him were the present
Fin, Fur and Feather, Mr. and Mrs.
Hachita, the former a geologist with
one of the coal companies; Miss
Frances Dorrance and Mr. Tillotson,
representing ‘the Historical Society;
and Mr. and Mrs. Kent, representing
nothing.
We drove up the Bowmans (Creek
Road left the cars at Dinstels, walked
up the railroad track for a couple of
miles, then turned right and began
to climb. It was a muggy day in
late autumn and looked like rain
any minute. The going was tough,
brush, briars, stones, thorns. About
a mile or so up the mountain Mr.
Tillotson gave out. He was over
seventy, built more for comfort
than for mountain climbing. We
parked him, his umbrella, and a
paper bag containing a pair of over-
shoes, on the ground and made him
as comfortable ms ‘possible. He was
¥ certain that he was going to die,
but he didn't. One member of the
expedition stayed with Mr. Tillotson
and the rest went on.
‘We saw the place where the jug
had been found, a cleft in the rock
perhaps three fieet high and going
back five or six feet. It was easily
possible for something to have been
hidden ‘there and mot found 'for a
century or more. If some Indian
picked that place to hide his hooch,
he picked a good one. Having seen
all there was to see we started
down. The skies opened, mand the
rains came, not a gentle shower but
pg regular gully-washer. Mr. Tillot-
son, with the only umbrella, had
lots of ,takes for assistance, and he
needed it.
We had gone a mile or more. cut-
ting diagonally from our path, when
Mr. Robbins discovered a large rock
jutting out from the mountainside
five or six feet, and long enough
for all of us to get under. By that
time there was mot a dry stitch in
the crowd, and some of the hair-dos
were looking a little tired. Mr, Rob-
bins allowed as how the [place
looked as if it might have been
used for an Indian shelter, and sug-
gested that we do some digging to
see if we could find anything. With
sticks, stones, and bare hands we
dug down about a foot and ran into
red dirt which was pronounced
wood ‘ashes. We scraped around in
this stuff and found a dozen or so
small pieces of broken pottery. This
proved to everyone's satisfaction
that the Indians had used this place
and had had pottery.
Meanwhile it continued to rain
torrents. Mr. Tillotson and his es-
cort had gone on down the slope.
There was nothing for the remain-
der of the group to do but take the
storm and get for Dinstels as fast as
the slippery footing allowed. Such
a looking group of scientists have
never been seen before or since.
Having been reared in the army and
learned foresight, I had a quart
thermos of black coffee in my car.
This drink gave us a lift.
We piled into our cars, closed
them tight, turned on the heaters
and let the steam fly. Tt was the
only Turkish bath I ever had on
expedition thirty years later, Rob-
bins, Jr. and I agreed we had had
a heck of a time but lots of fun.
Yurchak And Kastor
Honored At U of P
Two Back Mountain Boys have
won. extracurricular honors at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Peter M. Yurchak, son of Mrs.
Laska B. Yunchak, of 16 N. Frank-
lin Street, Wilkes-Barre, formerly of
Goss Manor, has been elected vice
chairman of the student board of
governors of Houston Hall, the Uni-
versity’s student union: and social
center.
John A. Kastor, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred B. Kastor, of Holiday
House, Dallas, has been elected
manager of WXPN, campus radio
station.
Both are juniors in the Univer-
sity’s ‘College of Arts and Sciences.
_ higher offer was made.
“had been scourin,
Barnyard Notes
HERBERT HOOVER'S MEMOIRS
The second volume of “The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover” has
just been published by The Macmillan Company. In this volume
dealing with “The Cabinet and the Presidency, 1920-1933" Mr.
Hoover continues the story of his career, begun in the first volume.
“Years of Adventure, 1874-1920.” Each of these volumes is written
in a fascinating manner, and each is packed with action.
In the second volume 1920-1933” one is impressed with the
record of a president who sought to serve the nation during a
critical period, instead of working to perpetrate himself or a political
party in power. How one man could crowd so much public service
into one lifetime is a near miracle.
In these days of endless wars, and vacillating political leader-
ship which is afraid to stand squarely for American traditions, it
is heartening to read Mr. Hoover's memoirs which one can see are
written with absolute sincerity and a high sense of personal respon-
sibility toward a nation he loves.
Thus, he adds another chapter to the endless list of services he
has rendered his country. Mr. Hoover has brought history to life.
ABSURD
For many years, stories have been making the rounds about
wonderful discoveries which have been suppressed and buried in
the deepest depths of the deep freeze ‘by “selfish” commercial
interests. It’s impossible to know how many people believe these
fables, but the number is probably substantial. And they are some-
thing of a headache to the industries involved, which become the
targets of undeserved ill-will.
Some time ago Roger William Riis published an article in
Science News Letter, called Phantom Inventions, in which he dealt
with these stories. All of them, he observed, have four common
characteristics, “(1) they are never firsthand; (2) the hero is a
poor but brilliant inventor; (3) the villian is a wicked corporation;
(4) they are untrue.”
Some of the stories, untrue as they are, are ingenious and
fascinating. One of the oldest tells of a pill or a powder which when
mixed with water provides a motor fuel as good as gasoline at
practically no cost. This tremendous discovery, the tale runs, was
at once bought up by the oil companies and consigned to oblivion.
It’s obvious that if a man actually could produce such a compound
he would gain wealth beyond the dreams of avarice by the simple
expedient of selling it to the public—but that fact is conveniently
overlooked.
Still another tells of an amazing carburetor which will give
50 miles or so to the gallon of gas. Again, it is alleged, the oil com-
panies grabbed the patent and made sure the device will never be
marketed. No one has ever been able to find this patent in the
patent-office files, which are open to the public—but that fact is
also overlooked in the telling.
An amusing variant of this has been making the rounds
lately. It seems a man bought a new car in the low-price bracket.
When it was brought in for servicing the dealer asked how he liked
it. The owner was all enthusiasm—it was the finest running machine
he’d ever had and, on top of that, it got 50 miles to the gallon. The
dealer turned pale, lifted the car's hood and peered into the engine
compartment. He turned back to the owner and, obviously in a
state of worried excitement, said that he’d trade the highest priced
car manufactured for the machine. The owner refused, and a still
Finally, in desperation the dealer explained.
The car the man had bought, he said, was an experimental model
which had been shipped from the factory in error. The company
the nation for it, and would pay anything to get
it ‘back. There the story ends. Ther fact is, of course, that experi- ,
mental cars are not, even produced in the | ‘same plants as standard
models, and it would be impossible for one of them to be included
in the regular shipments to dealers.
Still another tall tale deals with a razor blade which will last
forever, and which was bought by a leading razor company for
millions and suppressed. The razor people made a strenuous effort
to trace this story to its source, but were unsuccessful. They said
they’d never seen such a blade, but they'd certainly like to.
Official bodies have investigated charges that astonishingly
valuable patents were being abused or suppressed. Anyone who
wished to was free to testify. But all that was ever unearthed was
rumor—never a fact.
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