Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-21


peace. Boroughs and townships are
entitled to certain number Of jus
! tices and 1t happens that in some of
the rural and sparsely settled districts
there is not enough business to occupy
the attention of one justice to say
nothing of two and one magistrate is
virtually the rule. At the primary
election the names of men are inserted
for the justiceships and as the cam
didates seldom go to the trouble to
withdraw their names on the Novem-
Der ballot and they are elected. In
due course of time their names are
sent to the Capitol and commissions
are sent them.
Thus far scores of commissions have
been sent back to the State House by
recorders who state that the men
sions and as they are not taken out
within the required period the office
becomes vacant automatically.
| Lycoming county has returned 80
commissions because of failure Of Jus
tices to apply for them and Allegheny
rs. Clinton county sent back IS,
! Washington 16, Westmoreland IA,
Delaware and Erie 13 each; Schuylkill
and Clarion IL each, Mercer II, Perry
and Warren 10, Franklin and Mont
gomery Z, Lebanon, Lawrence and
Mercer 6. Others returned smaller
numbers and many counties are not
heard from.
In some cases application is made
for appointment of men to fill the va
! cancies but as a rule they remain un-
filled because of lack of anyone who
wants them.
/ Draft Misunderstanding of the
schedule for the furnishing of sup
plies to the departments of the State
government and the legislature during
the session of 1915 has been started
by the board of public grounds and
buildings, and it is expected that be-
cause of the growth of business that
the number of items will exceed the
schedule of 1913, which contained
over 100. The schedule includes
everything needed about the capitol
from paper and pencils to drafting
instruments, dusting brushes and nuts
for the squirrels which live in Capitol
park The bids for the furnishing of
the supplies will be opened in May
ana the contracts awarded for the
year beginning in June.
Abandoned Farms--Steps are being
taken by officials of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture to secure the To-
cation and acreage Of abandoned
farms IN pennsylvania so that steps
can be taken to utilize them. 1t is
the belief of State officials that the
farms actually abandoned and suffered
TO grow up in brush is smaller than
supposed and that in many farm dis
tricts farms have been allowed to run
down because of lack of means 10
reach markets. Complete data re-
garding farms is to be compiled and
made public. In addition the depart
ment Will soon issue q study of the
soils of Pennsylvania, giving detailed
Information regarding constituents in
various counties and ways and means
to bring about Improvement.
new Uniforms.-As soon as the
smaller sizes are received from the
war department the issuance of the
oiiVe drab woolen service uniform 10
organizations of the National Guard
VIII be commenced by the adiutant
general A large portion of the UNI
Iorins needed are now at tho arsenal
and General Stewart is awaiting tha
remainder. The idea is to have all of
the organizations equipped with tbis
uniform when the regular army offi-
GERS inspect the organized militia in
April. ~
| Monday Holiday.-Capitol Hill will
| ocSSi No Npuuay as a holiday and most
or the department forces thinned ont
to-day. officials and attaches going
home for the holiday. The depart-
ments will reopen Tuesday.
Delegates Named.-Goyernor Tenor
to-day announced the appointment of
these delegates to represent Pennsyl
vania at the eighteenth annual meet
| ing of the American Academy of Po-
ltlcal and Social Science, Philadel-
phia, April 3-4: Charlemagne Tower
Philadelphia; William G. BRYANT
philadelphia w. U. Hensel, Lancaster:
William Potter. Philadelphia; John p,
Elkin, Indiana; A. NJ. Fuller. Mead
vile; Edwin =. Sparks, State College:
Ethelbert d. Warfield, Easton; Henry
s: Drinker Bethlehem, and Isaac
Sharpless, Haverford.
Gone to Florida.-Attorney General
and Mrs. John c. Bell have gone to
Palm Beach for q fortnight.
In CincinnaH.-Governo Tener is
In Cincinnati to-day attending meet
ing of league masnates.
To Hear ndependents.-The Public
Service Commission has announced
that 1t will hear independent telephone
companies in objection to the proposed
rate schedule when the Bell hearing.
are ended. This may be in the sum,
mer time.
No Action in Edwards Case.-Stat,
Board of Pardons officials will not ac
on the Edwards case for several days