Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-29

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trees. 1t is estimated that the demon
straions held in the last half dozen
/ years nave added thousands of dollars
TO the fruit crops of the State and
caused the building up in southern
Fennsylvania counties of profitable ap-
pie and peach orchards.
The demonstrations began to-day in
about half the counties of the state
ana VIII go on for six or eight weeks,
/ 1t being the idea to have as many as
| possible before the roads become diff
cult TO travel in winter. The demon
strators will also show ways to prune
trees, to kill rats and other orchard
pests In addition to the insects and
also to examine twigs and prescribe for
trees ..-
The demonstrations started in this
county to-day, the first being in the
Row orchard at Wiliafnstown. To-
morrow the Emaus home orchard will
have demonstration. Franklin,
I Huntingdon, Adams, Juniata Lam
caster, Lebanon, Mif1in, Northumber-
land, Schuylkill. Snyder, Union and
\ ork series began to-day.
For next week the following in this
vicinity are announced:
Cumberland county - E. c. Bower
demonstration; Monday, December =,
| ii. NJ. Bushman, Carlisle.
Tuesday, December~T, G. Arthur
Rea, Neville.
Perry county - ]. c. Wilson DEM
| onstrator.
Wednesday. December s, Charles E.
Tressler, Newport.
Thursday December 9, c. w. Otto,
| New Germantown.
Friday, December 10. George w.
Stewart. New Bloomfield.
Huntingdon county - Z. l.. LouX,
demonstrator.
/ Saturday. December 4, George P.
Irwin, Pennsylvania Furnace.
Lebanon county - j. S. HIGHLANDER
demonstration.
Monday. December 6. Albert d.
Miller, Lebanon, r. No. 3.
Snyder county - j. 9. Wilson,
demonstration.
Monday, December 6, John H.
Shambach, Swineford.
Tuesday, December Z, Fl. II. Laub,
Jr., Beaver Springs.
Compensation Dctails.-Further de-
tails of the workmens compensation
ssytem will be worked out at a meeting
of the compensation board to be held
ION Wednesday when there will also be
a meeting of the State Insurance Fund
board to act upon applications for eX-
emption and other matters now COM
ling up before the Board. The ap-
pointments of the referees for the
compensation system have been ex-
as soon as the men are named they
Twill be summoned here for confer
ence at which the organization of the
| districts will be discussed and steps
taken to arrange for meetings in the
various districts.
Hearing Resumed.-Hearings were
Presumed by the Public Service Com
mission at Philadelphia to-day in the
Philadelphia Electric case and at
tGreens burg in the Westmoreland wa
ter case. The commissioners will not
be here all week.
Sell Early. - Commissioner Jackson
yesterday made public statement
Iurging employers to sell early and the
public to shop early to relieve the
strain on clerks and employees.
New Inspectors. - Judges of Lu-
lZerne county have named three new
mine inspectors to fill vacancies which
exist because the higher courts have
Iruled that there could be no election
this year to fill these offices. The new
inspectors are: John b. Corgan, Lu-
lZerne: Frank Kettle, Nanticoke; John
]. Stickler. Lansford.
Respite Granted.-Governor Brum-
baugh to-day issued a respite staying
I the electrocution of George II. March
and K. S. Pennington, convicted of
murder in Delaware county, from the
week of December 3 to the week of
DecenlDer : 10 permit u new oppllSd-
tion for clemency 10 be made to the
State Board of Pardons which will
meet on December 15.
Lost Account In.-Superior Court
Judge-elect ]. Henry Williams to-day
filed his expense account for the re-
cent campaign showing disbursements
of s32O7.46, of which $1,000 was paid
to the Republican State committee.
The remainder was mainly for print
ing, etc. He received no contribu-
tions.
New York Captain.-Thomas r..
Jones was to-day appointed captain of
Company X, Sth infantry, York. He
| succeeds Captain w. w. VanBaman,
resigned.
State InvoIved.-The State Highway
| Department, Sandy township, Clear
| field county; the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burgh Railroad, Reynoldsville and
Falls Creek Railroad and Dubois Trac-
! ton Company were to-day made re-
spondents in a complaint filed by resi-
dents of Falls Creek against grade
/ crossing conditions in the vicinity Of
that town before the Public Service
| Commission.
To Loan Exhibit.-G overnor Brum-
J baugh to-day approved the loan of
| the State Department of Health social
| hygiene exhibit at the Panama Pacific
exposition to the United States Gov
ernment for exhibit at the Panama
national exposition at the isthmus.
Appointed NOtary.-D. G. Welch, of
Mt. Union, was appointed a notary
| public.
Three Counties Have 1t. - State
| Health Department reports show
smallpox cases in Lackawanna, Law
renee and Blair counties. Lately there
has been one case a month.
Senator Lynch Here.-Senator w.
! NJ. Lynch, of Lackawanna, was here
to see the Governor about appoint
ments to-day.
Ask More Time. The Eastern
| Pennsylvania Light. Heat and Power
| Company to-day asked for time in
! the case brought against it by the bor-
! ough of Tamaqua over the electric
| light contract. There are prospects
| of adjustment
General Stewart Better.-Adjutant
General Thomas j. Stewart was re-
ported as better to-day.