Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-18
NEW SCHOOLS IN
KEYSTONE STATE
State Reports Show That Western
Counties Are Building More
Than Eastern
WORKING FOR FARMERS
Movable Schools Will Be Held in
Seven Counties During Com
ing Winter


which has been keeping close watch
upon school construction for the last
two years. The plans for every build
ing were scanned by officials of the
board and many of them were erected
in rural districts from the standard
plans for small buildings furnished
free of charge by the State. Phila-
delphia is not included in the list.
Allegheny leads the list with 2S
buildings or reconstructions; Luzerne
second with 26; Westmoreland third
with 19, followed by Montgomery and
Cambria each with Is; Washington,
IA; Fayette, 13; Lackawanna, H.;
Franklin, Schuylkill and Somerset, 10;
Northumberland s and Mexican Z.
number of the small and agricul-
tural counties show erection of three
and four schools, Elk having and
Juniata 3. Dauphin, Lancaster, Della
ware, Chester. York, Berks and other
eastern counties run about 4 and s.,
while Bucks has but 2, showing that
they have been well supplied in the
past.
Movable Schools-Seven counties
of the State will have movable
schools under State auspices during
the coming winter, these schools be-
ing supplementary to the farmers in
stitute work conducted by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. The schools will
be held in Lawrence, Fulton, Fulton,
Montour, Butler, Crawford. Columbia
and Warren counties. The schools
will run from early in January to Feb
ruary Plans are also being made to
start the farmers institutes a week
carrier than usual. The sessions will
be about the same length as last year
long
State Charters-State charters have
been issued as follows: Terre Hill
Hosiery Co., Terre Hill, Lancaster
county. capital $4,000; Alfred Kohn
CO., clothing, Philadelphia, capital
100000; West Walnut Apartment
House Co., Philadelphia, capital
VIII leave Tuesday Governor
Tener and Adjutant General Stewart
Will leave for the Second and Third
Brigade camps on Tuesday. They will
go first to Selinsgrove.
To Sail Next Week-Commissio
jackson Will sail early next week for
Rotterdam and will spend some time
observing conditions in Holland, Bel
gfum, France and Germany
Roderick Home-Chief of Mines
James E. Roderick, who had been i'll
In Baltimore, has gone to his home in
Hazleton.
Big Payment Made-County Treas
urer F. ]. Harris, of Allegheny, yester-
day paid the State Treasury $131, 900.
Open Bids Tuesday-Bids for the
construction of a dozen sections of
highway will be opened on Tuesday.
They are all in the State aid list and
will connect with existing roads.
Paid ,000.-Half a million dol
lars of the States school appropri-
ations for the common schools has
been sent out from the Captol during
TINS week. The payment of the appro-
priatlon began on Monday and with
the exception of few cities and some
OF the larger horoughs the rural and
small districts were given precedence,
small counties being taken care Of
ahead of the more populous. 1t is
expected to continue the payments
along the same scale.
Big Increase.-The Home Rnilding
association, of Catasauque, has filed
notice of increase of its stock from
S1,O0O,000 to S5.000,000.
New Mutual Company.-The Han
over Mutual Fire Insurance Companv.
or Hanover, has been granted a state
charter S. ]. Rudisill is president and
ID. w. Bowersox treasurer The di-
rectors are all residents Of Hanover.
Must Comply.-Dairy and Food Com
missioner James Foust is going to
strictly enforce the provision of the
state pure food law requiring a proper
label and soft drink" bottles which
are marked with the name of the con-
coctlon and bear the words "artifcially
colored" in very small type will not be
held as complying with the law. Such
a label does not comply with the letter
or spirit of the law. holds Foust, and
the labels must contain the secondary
In such uniformity of type and color
that the entire description shall be
equally plain to the consumer.