Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-21

delphia when the plan of concentrat-
ing all State offices here was inaugur-
ated.
The bureau occupied three commit
tee rooms belonging to the Senate
committees, which will require them
this coming winter. Eight buildings,
including a schoolhouse, a church and
TWO warehouses in the Capitol Park
extension district are now in use by
other branches of the government and
there is nothing more available for
use In that district at present.
No Concrete Rates. - When water
rates are quoted for a dwelling they
are for family use and not for mixing
concrete and conducting small manu-
featuring declares a York county wa
ter company in filing an answer to a
complaint against its rates filed with
the Public Service Commission. 1t
developed that the customer had been
laying sidewalks and using water for
other purposes through a residential
meter.
In another case a Dauphin county
water company which had been COM
planned against because it would not
extend its mains replied in defense
that 1t was in the hands of a receiver,
and needed the money to pay its cred
itors instead of laying new mains.
A jitney operator complained
against as running without a certih-
cate replied he was not a common car
rier as he hauled only relatives
Sanders on Tour. - Zoologist ]. G.
Sanders of the Department of Agricul-
ture has just returned from q trip to
Wtlliamsport, Sunbury and Scranton,
where he conferred with the field men
who have charge of the fruit and crop
pest inspection.
Hunting Rust.-The Department of
Agriculture field agents who are scout
Stnf fa.. l,sf
blister rust have not found any traces
of this disease outside of the few nurs-
| cries where IL was known to exist
before the Statewide inspection start
| ed. The work will continue for some
time.
DR.. Iichliter Spoke. - DIR. NJ. D.
| Lichliter, chief clerk of the Depart
ment of Agriculture and Franklin
| Menges, one of the fran advisers, ad-
! dressed the meeting of the Geigertown
Farmers Club at Geigers' Mills, Berks
county to-day.
To Discuss Institutes. - The section
leaders who have charge of the Farm
| ers' Institutes throughout the State
will meet with Deputy Secretary of
| Agriculture c. Z. Carothers at the
| Capitol on Tuesday evening to plan
| for the institute work which will start
on November 1S. The section leaders
| are +. B. Dorsett, J. T. Campbell, Will
liam NJ. Patton, ID. II. Watts and Shell
don W. Funk.
Will Make Address. = Professor ].
G. Sanders, Economic Zoologist of the
Department of Agriculture will ad-
dress 4 meeting of the Montgomery
county Horticultural County Society at
Norristown on October 25 and q meet
ing of the Nenango County Farm and
Fruit Growers at Oil City on October
%.
Want New Togs. - over $4,000 has
been paid into the State Highway De-
partments automobile license bureau
since the first of the week for 1917
automobile license tags. The tags for
| this year are still being issued and
the receipts for 1916 will break all
| records. The number of motorcycles
| licensed is also a record breaker
To Inspect Armories. - Men in
| charge of armories throughout Penn
| sylvanla which are under the jurisdic-
| ton of the State Armory Board have
| been requested to make immediate in
spection of armorieS and file reports
on condition of the buildings. AS
| fast as organizations now in federal
| service are mustered out they will re-
sumo occupancy Of their armories.
The next Legislature will be asked to
provide funds for increasing armory
faclltties in number of places, due
! 10 the increase OF organizations while
! in federal service on the border.
Hunters Pay Big.-Probably $780,
600 has been paid to the State Treas
ury for 1917 hunters licenses, the
! opening of the season for small game
last Monday having caused boom in
the number of licenses sold. This
money is all held in a separate fund at
the Treasury and used for game pro-
| lection and propagation.
cartoon in Bulletin. - The cartoon
has been given a place in State publi-
cations, being used in the latest bull
letin of the State Dairy and Food di-
vision to emphasize the Importance of
preventing flies from communicating
milk and of calling attention to the
Importance of protecting food. Car
toons are also used to advance the
pure food and milk work of the divi-
sion.
Brown Starts Action. Attorney
General Brown last night retained
w. n. Trinkle, former counsel of the
Public Service Commission, as special
counsel for the prosecution of the
philadelphia coal rate cases. Mr.
Brown said he did so to prevent any
more delays. The case is to be argued
in the Dauphin county court. Coinci-
dent with the announcement of this
action by Mr.. Brown 1t was learned
that the coal tax commission ap-
pointed by Governor Brumbaugh in
tends to investigate freight rates on
anthracite coal. Judge Robert S.
1d iii OPt VI w est AH6SIeF, is Cnalr-
man of the commission, which was
appointed primarily to force a return
by coal operators of about 100000
collected to meet a State coal tax of
10 cents ton. The tax was declared
unconstitutional, after this amount
had been collected.
Preparing Big Inquiry.-The State
Commission to investigate the advance
in the price of milk is planning an
extensive series of inquiries into the
question. The meetings will be held
| in Philadelphia, but witnesses from
this section will be called
| Held Hearing.-Investigato Doho-
ney was at Chambersburg yesterday
where he held a hearing in the Com
merce street grade crossing. He is
investigating the Altoona grade cross
| ing accident to-day.
FARMER HELD PRISONER
IN TREE BY WILD HOGS