Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-17

Brumbaugh the latter part of the
month when the scope OF the COM
Missions work will be outlined.
The commissioners spent all of yes
terday and last night examining into
the details of the divisions of the de-
paTtment and familiarizing themselves
with the methods. Each member will
make a study of conditions and OPP
lportuutues for improvement and after
the consultation with the Governor
the commission will visit State Col
| lege.
No changes will be made for the
present in the personnel of the de-
partnent and 1t is possible that it
may be several months before the re-
organization is started. The first i'm
portant move will be the appointment
of a secretary of agriculture.
Desks Need Fixing. - Most of the
desks in the hall of the House of Rep
lresentatives are undergoing repairs
and touching up after the strenuous
days of the recent legislative session,
although the number requiring atten-
ton is less than at the close of the
long session of 1918 when every desk
had something out of order. The
desks in the Senate have called for
very little repair work. The two halls
have been given a good housekeeping
lately, all of the hangings and cur
tains having been taken down and the
carpets gone over.
Smells Make Troublesome of the
odd effects of the hot wave this week
has been big increase in the number
Of complaints made to the State De-
partment of Health about nuisances.
Most of the complaints are of odors
and everyone has been found to be a
matter for remedy by local board of
health. although some complainants
paid good sized telephone tolls to in
form the State officials. The State
authorities have been speeding up
Knisely in Charge. Herm n
knisely has taken hold of the work
of collecting municipal statistics at
the Department of Labor and In
dustry. He will devise a system for
uniform reports.
Halfpenny Appointed. - William c.
| Halfpenny, of the Thirteenth ward,
Harrisburg, has been appointed a clerk
| in the Department of Labor and In
dustry. He has been a prominent Re-
publican and member of the city
committee.
/ Framed for River Coal. - Ohcials
of the Attorney Generals Department
said to-day that the anthracite coal
tax was especially framed to make cer-
tain taxation for coal dredged from
the river and that there never was
any misunderstanding about it.
Lykens Case. - The Lykens Valley
Consolidated Gas Company applica-
ton for sale of the property to the
Williamstown Company is due to so
before the Public Service Commission
on August 4.
Two Tamaqua Companies. The
Tamaqua Coal Co., and the East
Lehigh Coal Co., both of Tamaqua.
were chartered to-day with $4,000
capital each.
| More Arrests Likely-More arrests
for the sale of groceries and food pro-
ducts in this city and vicinity which
are not in accord with State laws are
| likely. State agents have been very
busy the last week
| Two New Depositories.-Two of the
| new funds into which the States cash
| has been divided have been organized
| and repositories named and two more
will soon be in shape, which will give
the State a total Of eight funds for its
| bookkeeping. The Colonial Trust Com
pany, of Pittsburgh, has been desig-
mated as the depository for the game
protection fund. which comes out of
hunters licenses, and the Diamond
Bank, OF Pittsburgh, as depository for
the bounty fund. which is also made
up from hunters licenses.