Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-05

To many people who heard the lee
lures, the extent of the work which
Pennsylvania is doing, was a surprise
and attracted much attention as its
purposes were made plain.
! Drs. T. A. II. Sites and w. c. Mil
Ter, of the Department of Health, lee
/ tured on the work of the State De-
partment of Health for eradication of
| tuberculosis and the preventive work
of the department. The exhibits were
| in a large tent on the grounds,
| The work of the State Department
| of Labor and Industry, especially in
the adoption of safety standards and
for efficient child labor was explained
| last night by L. r. Palmer, acting
commissioner; DIR. ]. H. Price, chief
medical inspector, and others.
State Zoolosist H. A. Surface and
Director A. l.. Martin, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, also explained
what their divisions were doing.
More Game Preserves.--SiX more
game preser es will probably be es-
tablished Cn State forest reservations
in different parts of the State within
the next years if the plans of the State
Game Commission are carried out In
spections of properties have been
made in a number of counties to de-
termine land which is suitable and
which contains game, and surveys will
be made during the Fall The State
now has six such preserves, which
are tracts of forest land surrounded
! by a single wire and closed to hunt
! ing at all seasons, it being the idea
that game can go into the woods and
rest and propagate. The operation of
the preserves is said by the game off,
cials to have been very successful and
| to have aided in replenlshlng game IN
! the vicinity.
! Increases ere Big. Pennsylvania
building and loan associations have
Inot only shown steady increase in
the last six months, but have also in
cfeased their authorized capital stock
| by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
! In the last month several associations
have increased their capital authorl-
zation from S1000,000 to .S3,OOO,OOO
or 100000 The bulk of the asso-
/ Citations chartered have been organized
( in Philadelphia.
! To Hold New Mee.ing.-Forms for
standard reports on accidents drafted
at the conference held here this week
under auspices of the Department of
| Labor and Industry will be submitted
to a national conference to he held
at Chicago in short time. The forms
have been approved by representatives
of employers and employees and by
| officials of various State governments.
State Resurfacing. - Resurfacing
work mas been commenced by the re-
pair force of the State Highway De-
partment now working on the road
! improvements and long stretches of
/ a,1, ha Il hfulo .
ing given attention, especially in VI
cinity of county seats so that people
will be able to attend court. The de-
partment has increased the number
of road rollers and other equipment
and has a big force of men at work,
1t is the idea to carry the work as
long as possible into the Fall and
steps to have things ready for an early
start in the Spring will be taken.
More Wild Turlseys.-Men who have
been in the woods in the mountain
counties of Central Pennsylvania say
| that wild turkeys have not been as
numerous as they are to-day for twen
Ity-fve years, the closed season for
two years provided by the last legisla-
ture having enabled the birds to mul-
tiply. In some sections of the Juniata
Valley wild turkeys are to be seen
close to farms and the State forestry
preserves contain many of them
The shooting of wild turkeys will not
be permissible until the Fall of 1915
providing the Legislature does not
continue the closed season The act
has been of great benefit in conserving
this form of game.
May Get Lock Haven Within a
short time it is epected that negotia-
tions for the purchase of the Lock
Haven State normal school will have
been completed and If the funds are
available the school property will be
taken over. thus making four schools
of the thirteen to pass under the abso-
lutte State control. The net Legisla-
ture will be asked to make a liberal
appropriation to buy some of the 9th
ers which arc in a flourishing condi-
ton.
Justices Named.-J. D. Scott was
to-day named as justice for Tod town
ship, Huntingdon county, and H. Nj
Corbin as justice for Cassvile.
After DulSe.-A requisition was is,
sued to-day on the governor of New
Yor' for the return to Philadelphia
manufacturer, on charge of deser-
ton and nonsupport
Chambergers Here. - The Capito
was visited by many Chambersburg
people who were here on the excur.
sion The guides were busy with then
all day.
Blame the Water.-The water ha:
been blamed in the preliminary inves.
litigation of the dysentery outbreak il
Freeland and vicinity. The inquiry
lis to be pushed further next week anC
will cover a wider area.
Nurseries FTee.-State nursery in
ispectors say that reports show tha
nurseries inspected this summer have
been very free from scale. The gen
eral conditions are reported as excel
lent.
National Guard Orders.- Natlona
Guard orders show that Colonel f. w
Stillwell, commander of the Thir
teenth Infantry, has been recommis
stoned. Captain Percy II. Douglass
supernumerary First Infantry, ha
,, been dropped as unht to continue du
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