The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-05-28
NEWS CULLED
IN NTHECAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
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o. A. DONOVAN.
spselal Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus. Ohio

of Ohio steam railroads and inter
urbanS to "curtail" time sched-
ules by a wholesale elimination of
trains and cars may soon be made
by the Ohio public utilities commits
sion. 1t is the general belief here
that the state commission only awaits
a formal complaint upon which to
base sweeping investigation. I'm
official explanation of the partial sus-
pension of train and interurban serv-
ice by the taking OFF Of certain trains
is to the effect that retrenchment is
necessary in order to pay dividends.
But the movement has become so
seemingly systematic and so persist
ent that grave doubt Is being expressed
in state commission circles as to the
sincerity Of the underlying cause
School Code Effective.
Ohio's new school code became
a part Of the statutes of the state with
the expiration of the 90-day period for
the filing of petitions for referendum
The movement to hold up the new
code by means Of a referendum, start.
ed in April, evidently was soon dropped
because no petitions for this were sent
In. May Al formal announcement
was made by Secretary of State Graves
that the school code had become a
part of the laws Of the state. The
most salient features of the code pro
vide for county supervision Of schools
more thorough instruction and train
ing for teachers and additional state
aid for weak school districts. The
changes from the present antiquated
school system will be brought about
during the summer months. In June
each county will elect county schoo
board, which will be chosen by the
various presidents of the village anG
rural school boards.
Hens to Raise Pheasants.
A new use Is to be made oi
the hen in Ohio. Requisition il
to be made upon It's services fol
the propagation Of pheasants in the
state. The hen is to hatch out
pheasant eggs, and in this way play ar
important part in the movement
started by the fish and game depart
ment Of the state agricultural commits
sion to prevent the threatened extinc
tion of pheasants in the state. Thurs
day the commission received a large
consignment Of eggs of pheasants O.
several varieties from dealers In othel
states, and these eggs are now beins
sent to farmers in different parts O.
the state to be hatched out by hens il
their own barnyards. Monaghan, Eng
lish ring-necks and Chinese pheasant
are the kinds which will be hatchet
out. The hens will proceed on tn,
theory that they are Matching out thei
own broods and will be none the wise
until the baby pheasants emerge from
the shell and begin to run around ant
do little flying. AS soon as they cal
learn to fly properly, which accom-
plishment they pick UP within few
days, the pheasants will leave thei
foster mother and take to the wood
and fields. The state has made ar
rangements with a large number o
farmers to look after the Matching o
the eggs. They will send reports t.
the commission regularly, advising a.
to the success Of the Matching expert
ment. The plan of having hens hatcl
out these eggs has worked we'll il
other states. Several thousand pair
of Hungarian pheasants purchased b,
the state during the past year are nov
at liberty in various parts of the state
According to reports they are thriving
and are increasing in number as RAP
idly as was expected.
Will Try to End Coal Strike.
Representatives of the miners an,
operators met in Columbus last weel
to see if there is any way of enc
ing the present coal strike in Ohio
which involves $4,000 miners, none O
whom are working. These represents
tives will be the guests of Gov. Cox a
dinner, and after dinner a plan will b
proposed by which wage scale ma
be worked out that will be satisfactor
to both sides. The eight subdistrict
of the state will each be represente
by an operator and a miner.
Time for Weighing In" Short.
June II is the latest date when pa
| ty candidates may file their petition
and thus get place on the primar
ballots.
Cherries VIII Be Plentiful.
Cherries will be more plentiful /
Ohio this year than they have eve
been. From all indications the GRO
will break all records" said N.
Shaw, state nursery and orchard ii
spector. Reports from all parts of tn
state are that there will be fine crol
Apples will also be plentiful. Th
crop will be nearly double what it wa
last year. There will only be half
crop of peaches. The frost devastate
this crop.
Are Food Prices Coming Down?
Are food prices really coming down
Reports that are sitting into the cal
ital point toward an actual decline
Hotels in all of the large cities ar
said to have begun to tone down tn
soaring prices that have graced thei
menu cards for some years past. TIL
price cut in many instances amount
to 20 per cent, and means a good des
to the travelling men and others VIII
depend upon hotels and restaurant
exclusively for the things they ca
One large Columbus restaurant is az
vertising heavy slash in price all tn
way down its menus.
State Bank Examiners Back.
State Bank Examiners Bert
Foley of Toledo and Harry E. Small {
Lima, just back from New York cit!
where they went to seek informatio
from the New York state examiner
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