Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-28

.SouCo tHuS lar appedTS 10 DS duOuI
the same as last year. In some coun-
ties where there is pronounced indus
trial activity the hunters have been
noticeably fewer. The decline of hunt
ing in periods of rush work began to
be noticed a few years ago and this
year has not been any exception to the
rule.
The rabbit season will open next
Wednesday and run until November
30, including both days. The shooting
of rabbits Is limited to ten in a day and
sixty in q season. From all accounts.
there are many rabbits in the state,
State propag cation having aided to in
crease the number in a dozen counties.
Electric Charters Up. - Four new
electric companies will ask the Public
Service Commission for approval of
charter applications and permission
will be sought by seven in the Lehigh
Valley to sell properties and franchises
to one big concern, the merger being
one of the most important of the year
to come up. An unusual contract
which will be considered will be one
from Scranton between an electric
company and a coal company for in
terchange of current. On Thursday at
South Bethlehem a hearing will be
held on the plans for the bridge which
Is to be built to abolish grade cross
ings between the Bethlehems
Nearly S6,00O,OOO. - Pennsylvania
will distribute $5,555.999 to $500
school districts of the State within the
next three months. the money for the
annual school appropriation being now
in sight in the State Treasury. This
is practically the same amount as was
distributed last year. In addition the
State pays a quarter of q million dol
lars to high schools and a large share
toward the salaries of superintendents.
To Help Farmers.-Plans for en-
coura ging of organization of market
ing associations and clubs among
farmers so that they can gain the
advantage of improved methods in
grading and better routing of ship
mentS to the large cities will be made
at a conference to be held here on
Tuesday by c. Il. Carothers, director of
! farmers institutes. The managers Of
the institutes and the district lecturers
will be called here for the meeting.
1.-THE institutes will start about the mid
die of November.
To Handle Cases. - According to
what is said at the Capitol, M. j.
Walsh, the veteran food inspector at
Wilkes Barre. who will be dropped on
November Is, will look after cases
which he instituted in that county.
No reason for the dismissal of Walsh
| has been made public by Secretary
Pattcn.
Perry Districts Paid.-The following
Perry county school districts have been
paid their school appropriations:
Greenwood, s1,2s2.05; Blain. s419.60;
Buffalo, s9.91.16: Howe. S542.41; Lam
disburg, S257.77, and Millerstown,
| S611.70.
Ten New Cases.-Ten new cases of
infantile paralysis have been reported
TO the State Department of Health. in
Guiding one from Lancaster. Since
July l there have been 1898 cases
reported in the state. with death rate
of 465.
former member of the Legislature,
died at his home in Reading at the
age of II.
To Meet Next Month.-The State
Workmens Compensation Board will
resume sittings In Harrisburg on No
vember g. when decisions in a number
of cases on which hearings were held
lately will be handed down. The board
has completed its Western Pennsylva-
MIA hearings and adjourned for the
month. The State Industrial Board
| has arranged for its committee on
approval of safety devices TO meet here
on the first and third Wednesdays of
each month This action was neces-
sary because of the increased number
of applications.
Mr.. Hamilton Here.-John Hamil-
ton former Secretary of Agriculture,
was here last evening for short time.
To Return Monday. Governor
Brumbaugh will return to Harrisburg
on Monday.
To Discuss PIans.-Adjutant Cen
eral Stewart said to-day that the sug-
session of Governor Brumbaugh that
he get into touch with the United
States Army engineers regarding plans
to permanently improve the Mount
Gretna camp site would be taken up at
once. General Stewart will be in
Washington shortly and will discuss
with the War Department officials the
idea of making the camp something
like Sea Girt, only considerably more
eSt tensive.
To Hear Casc.-Arrangement have
been made by the PublicService Com
mission to hear next Monday the appli-
cation of the Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington Railroad Company for
permission to put grade crossings over
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