Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-18

was determined
upon by the Board, at its recent meet
ing and it is expected that it will re-
veal some interesting conditions in
industrial communities.
The plan is to extend the survey to
the number of nonEnglish speaking
adults in the State, although this will
not be undertaken Immediately. The
data which it is hoped to secure will be
cational projects in communities where
there are many foreigners.
The Board has also authorized its
committee in charge of purchase of
normal schools to conduct negotiations
for the acquisition of the valuable
school properties at Shlppensburg, Mil
lersville. slippery Rock. Clarion,
Bloomsbury and Kutztown. The State
now owns four schools.
Monthly Meetings. - Arrangements
have ben maede for State Commission
of Agriculture to hold monthly meet
ings hereafter, the first Tuesday of
each month having been chosen. The
next meeting will be held on Decems .
ber I and various matters in connection
with extension of the work of the de-
partment and the further reorganiza-
tion of its activities will be outlined.
| Governor Brumbaugh plans to meet
with the commission. Appointment
of a deputy secretary will not be made
for the present.
Licenses Run High. - State Game
Commission officials believe that the
number of hunters licenses issued this
Iyear Will run equal to If not more than
the figures for last year. Almost 300,-
600 were issued in 1914. This year
,many nonresident licenses, which cost
$40. have been issued by counties.
Mfr. Lowry Here.-Mi!ton W. Lowry,
| of Scranton. a trustee of State Col
lege, was at the Capitol.
Granted Permission. - The Water
Supply Commission last night ap-
proved the application of S. r. Smith
for the improvements he desires to
make on the Yellow Breeches at
Grantham.
| Inspectors Here-Among the callers
on State Highway Commissioner Cum
ningham to-day were D. z. Weaver
and George l. Rudolph. inspectors of
the Department of Labor and Indus
try. located. in Pittsburgh. Messrs
Weaver and Rudolph are attending the
Welfare Efficiency and Engineering
Conference.
Captain Stewart Here.-Among tho
callers at the State Highway Depart
ment to-day was Captain Arch Stew
art, of Beaver, who is attending the
Welfare Efficiency and Engineering
Conference. Captain Stewart manu-
factured the first stiff clay paving brick
in the United States in 1885 at Brady's
Run. He has lived to see the expert
ment Of brick paving become a gen.
orally accepted practice.
To Speak at Lebanon. - Highway
Commissioner Cunningham, Chief En-
gineer Biles and Congressman Kreider
will speak at the convention of the
Lebanon county supervisors on Tues
day.
DR.. Dixon Speaks.-Dr. Samuel G.
| Dixon. State Health Commissioners.
to-day addressed the superintendents
OF the State Highway Department on
the value Of cooperation between the
departments.
Will Make Inspection.-The chief
engineer of the State Highway De-
partment will leave tomorrow morn
ing with the assistant engineers and
superintendents for an inspection of
the roads in the eastern part of the
State. The engineers and superinten-
dents were here for the efficiency
conference and the inspection and
trip back to their homes will be ac-
complished at one time.
General Stewart Home.-Adjutant
General Stewart returned to-day from
San Francisco where he attended the
National Guard convention. He was
reelected president. The general
plunged into a mass of work as soon
as he arrived and beyond saying that
the convention was a great success
had nothing to say.
Two Hearings.-The Public Service
Commission held two hearings to-
day. Commissioners Brecht and Pen
nypacker being here. They were the
Kaufman complaint about bridges in
| Lancaster county and the Standard
Chair case from Erie. The rest of
the commissioners are sitting In
Philadelphia in the Philadelphia cleo
trio case.
Harrisburg Cnarter.---A State char
ter was granted to-day to the Anast
! Belehas Co, to conduct a pool and hill
| lizard and similar establishment in this
| city. The capital is $4,000 and the
| incorporators are Anast Belehas
W. L. Windsor, Jr.. and c. C. Stroh,
of this city.
Auto PawnshOp.-Among charters
| Issued to-day was one to the Auto
Loan Co, of Pittsburgh. to conduct
a pawnshop on automobiles and their
accessories. The capital given is
| $4,000.
Records Defined.-In an opinion to
the Capitol Park Extension Commits
| sion to-day, Deputy Attorney General
| Kun defines what records shall be
considered as proper for public in
1 Spectton ana what are to be retained
| for the benefit of the Commonwealth
as matters of public policy. The
opinion establishes precedents in State
| departments, setting forth that pro
! ceedings" are to be open, but facts
regarding appraisements and other
important matters may be kept from
public inspection.
Spoke at POttsyiIIe.-Dr. H. A. Sur
face, State Zoologist, spoke to-day at
Pottsville.
Going to Pittsburgh. - Governor
Brumbaugh will leave tomorrow for
Pittsburgh where he will spend the
/ '. eek-end. He will return Monday.
Patton I'm Washington.-Secreta
of Agriculture Charles E. Patton is
! in Washington attending the meeting
of the agricultural chemists. ] w
Kellogg and G. g. Hutchison accom-
pany him.
Jefferson Again. = The Jefferson
county commissioners to-day sent a
second return of the vote on the con-
stitutional amendments. 1t was the
same as the first No one knows why
| il was sent.