Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-20

oPPiicants can be taken care of
plomPtly. Last year 3OS,0O0 licenses
we're issued at 81 each, the State Treas
ty IecelVlng all but ten per cent,
as Nh th went TO the county treasurers
as ss the1r remuneration for issuing the
ilcenses. Unfortunately the money
remains In the State Treasury. await
ing the settlement of the controversy
oVei speclnc appropriations, the sec
,ioh appropriatiug the income from
hunters licenses to reimbursement of
counties for payment of bounties on
scalps or noxious animals and for
game propagation being the same as
that devoting income from automobile
LICENSEES TO Improvement of highways.
Whlch is now in court
The licenses will become effeotiye
on september /, when it is expected
many persons will have secured them,
=. Empties' Have Day. - Ice cream
emptles' have reached the point of
engaging the attention of the Public
service commission. A complaint was
maze by officers of the Association of
fennsylVan1a Ice Cream Manufacture
ers before the commission against the
NaIlous express companies doing busi-
ness on the railroads In this State de-
elarihg that the rates charged for re-
turn or empty freezers are excessive
IL is probable that hearing will he
held. VIII oo
More Cycles.-Nearly 5000 more
motor cycles have been licensed for
1914 than during the period of Janu-
ary to June 20, 1913. Thus far 10
wv owners of motorcycles have paid
the $3 necessary to secure n i914
Incense. To this date last year S.54S
cycles had been licensed. The licens-
ing OF motor cycles began in 1909 and
.ne NUMBER licensed is four times the
Whole issue of the first year.
snort Line Cases.-Dates for hear
ing the remainder of the complaints
or industrial railroads against the
trunk lines for cancellation of rates
VIII be fXed by the Public Service
COMMISSION at its meeting on July Z
ana II is likely that they will be dis
posed OF during the month. Several
cases have not been heard, among
them the Northampton and Bath and
Alhpu1ppa and Southern, which in
VolVes different propositions from
those submitted. The testimony pre-
sented at hearings of the Carnegie
anu d othef steel companies in the Pitts
burgh district is being considered.
After Farm Facts.-Steps to ascer-
tain from the authorities of various
counties the number of farmers till
ing their own property and the num-
Der which are tenanted are being
taken by the State Department of
Agriculture. This information is in
tended to supplement the census of
farmers and the number and size of
Iarms taken last year 1t is the idea
TO issue this information in bulletin
form and also to give some statistics
regarding the number of farms which
nave been allowed to run down and
Wnlch 10 f<x,.,
Mr.. Small Re-eIected.-SamuelS Small
or York. was yesterday reelected
president of the trustees of the State
hospital here. George w. Reilly was
elected secretary. The new trustees
took their seats yesterday.
Attended Meeting. - Commissioner
Jackson was at Bedford yesterday aft
eTnoon to attend the conference of
the state Laundrymen's Association.
revenue is holding up fairly well. the
settlements of State taxes through its
corporation bureau being good
DIXON at CressOn. - Commissioner
Dixon spent yesterday inspecting the
State sanatorium at Cresson.
Jersey is Willing.-New Jersey yes
terday informed representatives of the |
state industrial Board at the confer |
ence in Philadelphia that it was will |
ing to unite in uniform safety stand
ards In various lines, as is the broad |
general plan of Commissioners Jack
son. Chief Inspector Palmer, George |
5. Comstock and John M. Cronin, of |
the State Industrial Board, attended |
the conference. together with r. M
Pennock. of the Department of Labor
and Industry, and Mr.. Comstock said |
that the fears expressed by some |
and others that the |
standards would force EXPENSIVE |
changes were groundless.