Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-19

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firm by A. NeYin Pomeroy, State Su-
perintendent of Public Printing and
Binding, and the first lot of the stamps
will be delivered in time for distri-
button.
The stamps will come in nine de-
nominations. the lowest 2 cents and
the highest $40. Two cents tax is
placed on each value of 500 of securi-
ties transferred. The stamps will be
OF different colors and will be sold
through the Auditor Generals depart
ment.
After Fish Pirates.-Special details
of State policemen have been made for
the lower Susquehanna valley in order
to break UP the gangs of fish pirates
which have been operating between
Sunbury and the State line. Eel boxes,
which were forbidden by State law
a Few years ago, have been found and
the State policemen have destroyed
the contrivances and the walls used
Tor driving the fish. close watch is
being kept on fishing out of season
for various kinds of fish.
Turkeys Abundant. - Reports re-
ceived at the Office of the State Game
Commission are to the effect that good
bags of wild turkeys are being made
and that the two years closed season
caused birds to appear where they had
not been seen for a long time. Pre-
liminary reports on deer for which
the season opens December 1, are
that they are fully as plentiful as in
1914.
National Co-operation.-The United
states Public Health Service has de-
tailed DR.. Lewis c. Thompson and
Ralph f. Torbet, sanitary engineer to
cooperate with the State Department
oil Health in the sanitary survey of
the Ohio river and it's tributaries. En-
gineers of the State handled the field
work on this project and the maps and
reports are now being gone over by
the United States officials. The State
and nation will cooperate in the fu-
ture policy in regard to the streams
in that section of the State.
Plenty of Apples. - "There are
enough apples to give all persons a
fair supply at a fair price," says DIR.
II. A. Surface, the States zoologist.
who has been looking up the prices
and supply of apples from the apple
belts along the South Mountain and
other parts of the State. The apple
crop is irregular in Pennsylvania and
elsewhere in America this year. In
some places there is a good crop and
in others only a partial crop. This
should set people to getting good
apples and keeping them. To keep
apples select sprayed fruit. 1t keeps
much better. Sort the fruit and all
all that has any evidence of rotting
or specks should be rejected"
Governor Lcaves-Governor Brum-
baugh left this afternoon for Easton
where he will receive the honorary de-
gree of doctor of literature tomorrow.
Mr.. Cochran Named. - Richard e.
Cochran, former deputy secretary of
the commonwealth was to-day ap-
pointed trustee of the Harrisburg
State hospital to succeed Samuel
Small, York. one of the oldest trustees
on the board. Mr.. Small did not desire
reappointment.
Whited to- Read Paper. - Willis
Whited, engineer of bridges, of the
State Highway Department, is in Pitts
burgh to-day to read a paper at the
monthly meeting of the Engineers So
ciety, of Western Pennsylvania. The
title of Mr.. Whited's paper is, "Mathe-
matical Theory of the Elastic Arch"
Capitol Visitors. Visitors to the
Capitol included Senator J. f. Graft,
Kittanning; Major ii. M. Taggart,
Francis Wilmer, Sunbury
Important Case Beard. - The Pub
lie Service commission to-day resumed
its sessions, the first hearing being the
complaint of the New Castle Box Com
pany against the City of New Castle
Water Company. in which the right of
company to charge minimum rate
for water and also the reasonableness
of the rate are involved
Sale OH Record. - The sale of the
EliZabethVilIe Light, Heat and Power
Company, of Elizzabethville, to
the Lykens Valley Light and Power
Company, has been recorded at the
State department.
Armory Board Meets. - The State
Armory Board is in session at the ad-
jutant generals office to-day. Last
night the members were guests of Gen
eral logan at dinner. The Governor
was also a guest.
DIR. Royer Returns. - DIR. b. f..
Roger, chief medical inspector, has
returned from Shippensburg where 95
cases of typhoid and one death have
been reported. He also investigated
the typhoid at Johnstown.
Fort Loudon' Day. - State Librar-
ian Montgomery Will go to Fort Lou
don tomorrow to dedicate the State
Historical Commissions marker of
that historic fort of colonial days.
Williamsport Visitors! Messrs.
Brown and Laird, of the Williamsport
Gazette and Bulletin, were among the
lGovarnor's calIers ttodav