Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-24

townships.
The men will be in charge of Cor
poral Davies, who had command at
Penbrook and will be quartered at the
home of Mr. Smith in PaXtang. Their
station is expected to result in the
clearing out of any tramps which
may have taken to roosting in the
quarries near PaXtang and also to end.
the thieving that has been going on in
the vicinity of Oberlin and towns near
PaStang.
Mr.. White Here. H. " White,
chairman of the State Agricultural
commission, was at the Capitol to-day
to look after some business at the de-
partments.
To Attend Matches. - Adjutant
General Thomas j. Stewart will go to
State rifle matches.
Senator Here - Senator Joseph Fl.
Thompson, of Beaver Falls, was at the
Capitol to-day on business.
No Board Soon. - Governor Brum-
baugh said yesterday that he would
not name the Ohio Ship Canal board
for the present. This is taken to mean
that he will not do so until after he
returns from San Francisco.
Apple Crop Short. - From reports
made to the Bureau of Statistics of
the Department of Agriculture it is
estimated that the apple crop will be
about 100000 bushels in Pennsyl-
vania this year. Last year it ran up
to $4,000, 900 bushels. 1t will likely be
three-fifths OF a normal crop. The
crops in Lancaster and Lebanon coun-
ties will be about ninety per cent. of
the average crop; in Cumberland,
York and Perry between so and 80
per cent; Dauphin, Adams, Juniata
and Union about between 70 and 80
per cent. and in Fulton, Huntingdon,
Northumberland and Miffiin about SO
per cent
Late Papers Filed. - The time for
filing nomination petitions at the State
Capitol closes tonight. Late filings
were Carl D. Gibson, Democrat; w.
X. Ramsey, Socialist, and A. S. Hun
ter, Prohibition, Twenty fourth Con-
gressional; w. w. Chisholm, judge,
Huntingdon -Mifflin-B f ord and
Chares Palmer, Chester, superior
court.
DIR. Hunt Leaves. DIR. c. Jack
Hunt, associate chief medical inspec-
tor since 1910, has resigned from the
Department of Health to become chief
of the medical staff at sanatorium in
Clifton Springs, N. Y. DR.. Hunt, who
is a University of Pennsylvania gradu-
ate, was engaged in work in Phila-
delphia prior to coming here under
State work in number of outbreaks
of diseases and did much medical in
specting.
New Commissioner Sworn In--Rob-
ert A. Zentmyer, of Tyrone, the new
Water Supply commissioner was sworn
in at noon to-day by Secretary of the
Commonwealth Cyrus E. Woods, Mr..
Zentmyer was accompanied by At
torney General Francis Skunk Brown.
Writ on the Job. - George A. Writ,
the new chief of the State Bureau of
Forest Protection, has been working
out plans to make his bureau effective
Immediately. He will prepare the out
line in time for the next meeting of the
commission.
charters issued to-day included the
Clerks Ferry Bridge Company of
Duncannon, capital $500 to oper-
ate the historic bridge at Clark's
Ferry. The incorporators are William
Jennings, P. F. Duncan and w. w.
Wills of Duncannon.
Taking Vacation.-Louis A. Irwin,
secretary of the Industrial Board, is
taking his vacation.
Mr.. Woods Here.-Secretary of the
Commonwealth Woods came home
from Massachusetts, for brief visit to
tho Capitol yesterday. He went away
this morning
McDevttt COngratulated.-Har 3.
McDevitt was heartily congratulated
by friends to-day on his appointment
as counsel of the Economy and Eff
cheney Commission.
In Chicago To-day. Governor
Brumbaugh's party is in Chicago to-
day, where the Pennsylvanians are
rendering a luncheon. The party will
be in Omaha in the morning.
Major Hess Leaves.-Major Louis
F. Hess. of the medical department
of tho United States Army. who has
been in charge of the development of
the medical arm of the National
Guard, has been recalled to Washing
ton for assignment to more extended
duty and in reporting on his work
pays a high tribute to the efficiency of
the medical department of the Penn
sylvania militia. Major Hess con-
Quoted the instruction during last win
ter and had charge of the field hos