Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-25

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valuable timber in other States.
After a conference with 8, B. Det-
wiler. forestry inspector of the Bureau
of Plant Industry of the United States
Department Of Agriculture. Secretary
Patton decided to send I'VE members
of the field forces of the Bureau of
Zoology to Providence, r. l., where
DR.. Perley Spaulding has a laboratory
from which he is directing the work of
fighting MS serious disease in the New
England States. DR.. S%paulding has
been in charge of the blister rust sur
vey for the Federal government since
h first infestation as found in this
country.
The men chosen for the blister rust
campaign from the Pennsylvania De-
partment of Agriculture are Francis
Windle, H. E. Backus, Ira c. Cher
rington, F. l.. Holdridge and E. f.
Peirce. These men will spend two days
with DR.. S%paulding in his laboratory at
Providence and will then have three
days work in the field, studying the
disease n fitting them for scouting
in this State. Upon the completion of
the study at Providence these men
with two who are furnished by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, will take up the work of scout
ing the State on an inspection to find
If any other infestations exist.
1t is not expected that much white
pine blister rust will be found in Penn
sylvania, but Secretary of Agriculture
Patton desires the survey made at this
time in order that if infestations exist
the work Of destroying the currants
and gooseberries may be taken up and
the State may be kept free from the
disease of the white pine and many
thousands of dollars loss can be saved.
It is planned first to visit the large
plantations of pines which have re-
Gently been set out n in this work
the closest cooperation of the Fed
eral government has been promised.
Withdraws as Candidate.-Samuel
w. Smith, of Port Allegany, to-day
withdrew as a candidate on the Pro-
hibition and Washington party tickets
for State Senator in the Pwenty-ffth
Senatorial district.
Delegates acknowledgements Brum-
baugh to-day announced appointment
of the following to represent the State
at the annual session of the American
Mining Congress to be held in Chicago,
November 1916: H. n. Taylor, A.
r. Hamilton and H. NJ. Wilson. Pitts
burgh; James Neil, M~inersville; B.
Dason Coleman, Lebanon; Percy Ma
deira, Philadelphia; James Matthews.
Shamokin; John P. Demsey, Scranton;
F. i. White, Dubois; Thomas Ken
nedy, Hazleton; ]. Y. Brinton, Phila-
delphia, and W. r. Crane. State Col
lege.
State Police in FuIton.-A detail Of
State police as ordered to-day from
Greensburg to Fulton county to en-
force quarantine regulations there.
Field Bakery Captain. - The APP
~pointment of Captain Frank L. Muel-
Ter, OF Philadelphia, Third P~ennsylva-
MIA Infantry, as captain of the field
bakery being organized for the Penn
sylvania division at the Mexican bor-
der, is announced by Adjutant General
Stewart.
Weighardt Resigns.-Geo. F. Weig-
hart, assistant engineer of the State
Water Supply Commission, has re-
signed to accept the position of assist
ant water engineer of Baltimore, it
was announced yesterday. Mr.. Weig-
hardt became connected with the COM
mission in 1918. He will succeed
Robert L. Clement, who was with the
Baltimore department for so years.