Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-05
Ehentrg Gllat

While many. of the acts of the Leg
islature signed by Governor Brum-
baugh have attracted wide attention
and are of far reaching effect 1t is
doubtful If any of the bills approved
has stirred up as much comment as
one Which was announced as signed
yesterday. This bill prohibits un-
naturalized foreigners from keeping
dogs. 1t was presented by a legisla-
tor from the coke regions and was
designed primarily to supplement thA
statutes prohibiting foreigners who
have not become citizens from hunting
1t does forbid 4le killing of any game
by such persons and another law, en-
acted this year. forbids them from
fishing. Some of the foreign born
folks have, through the reckfessness of
q few, spoiled hunting and fishing in
many parts of the State. Unable to
comprehend the laws they have shot
at anything and thrown dynamite into
streams. This has led to restrictive
laws, the arrests of people responsible
having failed in numerous instances
to check the disregard of law. The
new act forbids foreigners to keep
dogs. The people back OF the bill con-
tended that in some parts of the State
there were more dogs than members
of a family in a house and game suf-
fered as we'll as sheep. This condi-
ton has prevailed more in the coal and
coke regions than about here, although
there are some foreign settlements
where dogs are nuisance of the very
first class. What the dog act will do
will be to require the killing of thou
and every warden is charged with the
| duty of enforcing the act and it means
that there will be raids on foreign set
Elements and no end of trouble. The
fines for violation Tee to go to the
game propagation fund and all dogs
killed are to be reported to the game
commission. Steelton and some of the
nearby places where there are for
eign settlements will probably see
some battles over dogs.
One of the interesting things con-
nected with the overthrow of the gov
ernment suit against the Steel Cor
poration was the manner in which
Harrisburg people turned out to be
holders of the stock. The stock was
! largely held in this vicinity half a
dozen years ago, but most people got
| the idea that 1t had been sold. The
news of the dissolution brought out a
| good many smiles.
Some of the business before the
Public Service Commission this week
! was interesting because it was so
/
to pass on a lease for four poles and
| for the renting of office room in a
! building of a public utility. Another
| piece of business called for approval
! of an agreement to allow a pipe to be
run across bridge. The failure of
| the Legislature to enact bills recon-
! mended will force the commission to
| handle much of the same kind of
business in the next two years.
|
Effects of the European war are
! being shown at the offices of the rail-
| roads here in the increased demand
| for information regarding tours in this
| country. Many people have been ask
| ing about Canada and the western
states and San Francisco Is benefiting,
| or rather will benefit, at the expense
of Germany. A good many people
have been asking about tours through
the State as well.
| George H. Bles, who was yesterday
appointed Second Deputy Highway
Commissioner, has lived in this city for
SO long that he is almost a Harris
| burger. He has been connected wi -
| the State Highway Department for
| about a decade and has many friends
| in the city. He is also related to a
number of Harrisburgers.
Among visitors to Harrisburg yes
terday was Superior Court Judge
| George r. Orlady, of Huntingdon
county. The judge, who is as we'll
known to people here as though he
| was born a Harrisburger, will be re-
elected this FALL He was one of the
| original judges named to the bench.