Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-27
Ehentng G1at

Another effort to secure fire protec-
ton for Paxtang borough is to be
mace by some of the citizens of the
eouhtys youngest borough and 1t is
PROBABLE that similar steps will be
TAKEN In other places not far from
TINS city which are without fire pro-
lectlon' Probably it is because Pax
tang Penbrook, Riverside and some
o,her suburban communities are so
ci9se 10 Harrisburg that they do not
| take steps for fire protection. Oberlin
ana tne West Shore boroughs provided
tol hre companies very early, but
thoSe closest to Harrisburg are appar-
| ently relying upon the fact that the
oltS mas SO many paved streets that
access is easy and the addition of mo-
Tor apparatus to the department will
auo immensely to the mobility of the
CITY Iire service and ability to render
emergency aid. Harrisburg in tha
next month or so will have seven
pbeces OF motor apparatus. However,
TINS is no reason why the smaller
towns should not provide for their
own protection, because the element
OF tlme is serious one in a. fire. and
AGAIN when fire company is organ
l1eo IL Is not long before an adequate
s WSleI system follows. Last year an
d
pany IN Paxtang, but the organization
oi the borough upset things. Now it
Is probable that couple of Companies
VIII pc formed in suburban Harris
purg Tor local protection and they can
ne 1l great service in checking fires
III lhelr 1ncipiency.
state officials believe that the num-
per OF hunters licenses that will be
soia TINS year will be greater than in
either Of the previous years during
which licenses were issued Tbe
salmon-pink license arm tags are now
| pelng issued by the county treasurers
ana arrangements have been made for
| Justices IN remote parts of counties
10 IaGlltate hunters getting the re-
Iuireu documents in advance of the
| hunting season. Last year there were
29S,972 licenses issued at 81 each
the county treasurers retaining 10 per
| cent. Tor their trouble, while in 1919.
Inc Ihe nrst year. there were 3O5,O2s
| licenses issued. 1t will thus be seen
that while over 100000 was received.
the county treasurers did pretty well
The licenses printed this wear argre-
sue o:ooO and it is believed among
| state ofnclals that practically all will
pe sou Ihe income from this source
Is being placed in special funds by
''a'e treasurer r. K. Young.
The State is commencing to get in
az sorts and sizes and amounts of
| cnecks' The money is coming from
State tax on capital stock and some of
| the companies which exist solely on
paper are the subject of as much at
| lentlon and bookkeeping as others
winch have million dollars of assets
taNaple Tor State purposes. There ara
scores OF companies which are inactive
ana which are taxed at IS, or on a valu
atlon OF $1,000 while there are char
ters held by big electric companies or
solIe other large concerns which pay
taxes ranging anywhere from 26 cents
70 S4'f9. Some of the companies nav
| ihe taxes because it is worth while to
Keep the corporation alive" In an
other month the State tax will be
rolllng in by the hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
The usual jokers were about AZ tbA
registration places yesterday and had
run with the long-suffering recorders
OF the political compilations of Harris,
nurg hremen. One man dropped into
the registration place in one of the CEN
tIe tral wards and had almost registered
oeIore ne told the men he lived in
another district. He saved all hands
| from trouble by suddenly remember-
| ing. one wag requested to be mt
doWn as Lutheran when asked his
poHtics. another man give Prohibition
as as ms, ms animation until he found that
u. Edward Long, of waynesboro.
former chairman of the RepubIican
county. committee of Franklin, was
mere day or so ago. Mr.. Long was
chairman of the Republican State
committee in the troublous times of
1912 and is lawyer and newsna ner
this Fall. 'Uuee