Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-20
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although the average citizen does
not realize, Dauphin county will have
Two sources Of income in 1914 for the
nrst time and the operation of one
system Will distribute funds to every
oistrict In the county, while the other
VIII materially aid the county's reve-
nues. Under acts passed by the last
!Lesisiature the State will pay half Of
| itS income from the anthracite coal
TAX TO the counties which produce an
tnracite. the money being apportioned
| on basis of population, and 1t will
also allow counties to keep all of the
! revenue from personal property tax.
Strlctiy speaking, the latter source of
% income is not new. although 1t will
tenn three-fourths of the personal
property tax was returned to the coun-
Ties where it originated. BY the new
law all OF the personally tax remains
In the county. This means clear
gam OF $4,000 or upward. In 1918
the eountys gross income from per-
SO sonar property tax was $40,9S6.94.
Inc state gave back s30.432S0. This
year and hereafter there will be no
sphtting up with Father Penn. Under
the anthracite tax every district in
Oauphln county will share in the pro-
ceeos or the anthracite tax, whether it
prooIces hard coal or not Harrisburg
pound OF coal. will get a large slice
because of population. Perhaps in the
eternal fitness of things this is fair.
because both are large consumers. es-
pecially this city. Coal-producing
Wlconisco, Lykens. Williams, Williams
town and other districts of the upper
end which furnish the far-famed
Lykens coal will get fair share. but
II VIII so happen that Derry township,
because of population, will be we'll
taken care OF. 1t is estimated that
about $4,000 will be distributed to
the county. the details and basis hay
ing been given in the Telegraph some
e .iille ago. In this connection it is in
teresting to note that Scranton and
Pottsvtlle and other cities in the hard
coai held which will share in the dis
tEloution or the proceedings are lining
up with the State in the defense Of
the constitutionality of the act. This
Is TO be tested in the Dauphin county
courts very shortly.
Nothing is funnier than the other
end of telephone conversation. es-
peclally when the telephone is in
store and there Is q girl or fellow at
the conversation business. The other
evening an agitated little miss dashed
into store in the central part of the
city and wanted to know from some
come home. Evidently the father had
not. because she turned and smiled to
her escort BY chance she mentioned
Wnere she was speaking from and
aIter the conversation made a pur.
cnase to square the use of the tele
phone. Suddenly the bell rang and
aIter some sparring 1t was found that
the young miss was the girl wanted. A
moment later she turned to the tall
teilow and said: Gee. he's coming to
TINS store to buy something" The rest
or the act was very rapid.
rather Penn is taking good care of
mis- squirrels these days and the shov-
eiers of the paths in Capitol park
make it their business to open nm tbe
ways to the trees which contain the
boxes of nuts and the pans of water
Wnlch are prepared for the four.
rooted pets of the people. The SOUR
Tels are very much on the job these
days when a foot of snow covers the
capitol Park and morning visitors to
the Hill are liable to be objects of
attack by the animals, who make
dlVe Tor any person who stands still
long enough to furnish footing.
Ex-Governor Samuel w. PENNY
packer is remarkable for his keen re-
membrance of the acts of his adminis-
tration and the other day he was talk
hiAS with q IilcHu ABOUT a law which
he had approved. IT appears that
someone is attacking the law, contend
ing that there was a lapse. Nothing
or the Kind said the former Cow
ernor. There were four DAYS in be-
tween and covered by another act that
L signed All this was ten years ago
and the former Governor has had a
busy time since that day.
Among the passengers on the Steel
City. the big Ohio Mississippi packet
which went to the bottom Of the Ohio
the other evening, were Mr.. and Mrs
George s. Comstock,- of Mechanics
burg. Mr.. Comstock. who is a mem.
per OF the state Industrial Board and
president of the Engineers Society of
PENNSYLVANIA for two years, was on a
trip to New Orleans for his health
He took the river trip for it's novelty
and he and Mrs. Comstock were
aroused from their berths in the mid
die of the night by the wreck. They
were landed without mishap.