Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-17
MORE ORCHARDS To
Be GIVEN ATTENTION
DR.. Surface Has Arranged to Ex-
tend State Service through
out Counties

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4 will be placed un-
MA der the official eye
l. "sNM of the State with
~ EWS in the next few
hQHQm months and 1t is
G617N9Nf7B the belief of State
G83WvIlIf9lUH n o logist II. "A.
Surface, who is in
charge of t h is
" si''sis;'s work, that 1t will
result in a notable increase in the
Falue OF the fruit crop in half a de-
cade. 1t is the plan to extend the
state supervision of orchards and to
double the number of places where
demonstrations of scientific methods
OF controlling orchard pests are given.
For five years the State has had at
its disposal 800 orchards where lee
lures on horticulture and demonstra-
lions or spraying, pruning and other
work were given by demonstrators and
inspectors of the department, and 700
orchards, known as supervision orch
ards. where the State supervised the
work on the trees In return for these
orchards being open for inspection by
the public. Through the increased al
lowances for the orchard work DR..
Surface has arranged to increase the
number of demonstration orchards to
over 600, distributed through every
county and to start the lectures this
year, and to extend the supervision
over about 200 additional orchards.
Operators Report.--No hesitancy is
being shown by anthracite coal op-
orators of PENNSYLVANIA about MAX
ing reports of their production for
1913 to the Auditor Generals Depart
ment as about a dozen have already
been entered and it is expected from
correspondence by officials that more
will file very soon. 1t is probable that
the test of the constitutionality of the
act imposing the tax of two and
half per cent. on the value of the coal,
will be inaugurated very soon after
the State makes demand for pay
ment. 1t is the idea to send out bills
for the tax as soon as the statements
of the coal mined and prepared for
market are in hand. The operators
are entitled to be relieved of coal
mined, but used for operation of col
lieries.
Will Co-operate.-T The new State
Historical Commission. which was
named a short time ago by Governor
Tener, will be rendered the co-opera-
tion of the State Federation of His
torical Societies and of county socie-
ties as soon as it is organized The
commission was named to have charge
tion of proper objects. AS result of
federation meeting at the Capitol this
week the societies will report to the
new commission projects for COM
memoration.
Cold Storage Cases. - After three
postponements the cold storage act
test case has finally been fixed for
January % in the Dauphin county
court and no matter what the decision
may be 1t is the intention to carry up
the case to the Supreme Court for
determination of the constitutionality
of the act of 1913. The action is an
equity proceeding to restrain the dairy
and food commissioner from proceed
ing with enforcement of the act on the
ground that 1t violates the protection
to property guaranteed by the con-
stitution. A number of big Philadel-
phia firms are parties to the proceed
ing.
Pardon Board.-The State Board of
Pardons will meet on Wednesday with
six of its twenty-three cases, applica-
tions for Communication of death sem
tences. The last three sessions have
had an unusual number of such final
pleas and three of the cases to be ar
gued are of men who have already
once been refused the clemency of the
Commonwealth.
To Attend uneral.-President Pro
Tenn. Kline, of the State Senate, to-
day named the following committee of
the Senate to attend the funeral of
Senator John T. Fisher, at Shamokin,
tomorrow: Senator's Sones (chair-
MANI. Gerberich Beidleman, Catlin,
Dewitt. McNichols. Hall, Snyder, Mar
tin, Washers, Huffman, Miller, Nor
gan and Nulty. Sergeant at Arms ].
r. Bagshaw will accompany the COM
mittee.
HEARD ON THE "HIIL"
James b. Sansom. of Pittsburgh,
was a Capitol visitor.
Smallpox at Gordonville is keeping
health officers in that part of Lam
caster county busy.
George Stauffer, of Franklin county.
has been commissioned as Cumber-
land Valley Railroad officer and w. Fl.
Holland and A. j. Soulliard, of this
city, for the Pennsylvania.
Emil Swensson. of Pittsburgh, has
been named as engineer for State
bridge at New Castle.
The Kutztown State Normal basket
ball team visited the Capitol to-day
Zoologist Surface and DIR. Kalbfus
will speak at Norristown tonight.