The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-11-09

award Of the referee is put on the
ground that the evidence showed 0
real connection between the injury and
lis direct effects and the pneumonia
without the Intervention of any inde
pendent cause or agent which in the
ordinary and usual course of things
could produce the disease and the re
sultant death. This board Is OF the
opinion that the conclusion reached by
the referee is fully justified by the
testimony"
Treasury Balance Grows.
Pennsylyania's Treasury contained
s3.625. .S30.66 at the close of October
business as compared with S2,777.
4S1.Ss at the end of September. Dur
ing October receipts were s4.7S2'
1862 and expenditures s9,93l.S3749
some school district appropriations be.
ing included in the latter.
The invested funds amount to s615.
600, including s232 900 in the school
fund and s2s3,O0O on the fire insurance
fund.
The balances in the active funds at
the end Of October. exclusive Of trans.
fers, were: General fund, s2,552, ,13S.4S;
sinking fund, 1851, HOOP; school, &c..
5s2.66; game protection and propaga.
ton. S21S,03049; game bounty, $685.
4S472; FIRE insurance. sS7192.94;
prison labor manufacturing, s46.291.S5.
Farmers institute Lecturers.
Appointments OF farmers institute
lectures and managers were announced
at the Department of Agriculture, the
section chalrmen being: e. B. Dorsett,
]. I. Campbell, w. NJ. Patton, d. II.
Watts and Seldom w. Funk.
Dates for the opening meetings are:
Dauphin County-November 1914
Gratz; November 1916, Halifax; No.
vember 17-ls, Linglestovn.
Fayette County November 1914
Old Frame; November 1915, New
Salem; November 17-1S. Perryopolis
Green County November 1914
Clarksville; November 1916, Sprag
town.
Warren County-November IL, Lots.
vile; November 1914, Chambers Val
ley; November 1916, Ashley.
Monroe County - November IL
Broadsville; November, 1916, Sciota
November 1919, North Water Gap.
To Prevent Ravase or Floods.
DR.. Samuel C. Dixon, State Commits.
sioner OF Health, chairman of the con.
ference on food control and water
conservation, held at the Capitol, at
the invitation Of Governor Brumbaugh
was authorized to appoint a committee
to draft legislation in collaboration
with the State Water Supply Commis'
sion at the closing session of the con
ference. This committee will prepare
bills embodying ideas advanced foI
regulation Of waters OF the Common.
wealth by the commission and report
to another session to be held here by
the conference just before the meeting
Of the general assembly
State College Plans Fete.
Pennsylvania Day will be celebrated
at State College on November IT,
Elaborate plans have been perfected
for the most interesting observance OF
this occasion ever attempted at Penn
State. A varied program, consisting
Of the following features, has been pre-
pared; An address by Governor Brum.
baugh, review of the student regi.
ment of 500 uniformed men, concerts
| By the musical clubs orchestra and
band; exhibitions by the schools OF
engineering and agriculture, the Senior
Glass dance and a football game be.
tween Lafayette College and Penn
State.
Four Executions For Early December
Governor Brumbaugh signed death
warrants as follows:
Junius Aston, Chester county, to be
executed the week Of December IL.
Joseph W. o'Brien. Montgomery
county, to be executed the week of De.
cember II.
Domlnick Digiso, Schuylkill county
70 be executed the week Of Decem.
Der 4.
Stanislof Woceshoski, of Beaver, to
be executed the week of December 4.
State To Inspect Dairy-Farms.
Governor Brumbaugh discussed
plans for a scientific State inspection
Of the 100000 dairy farms In Pennsyl.
vania with Commissioner of Health
Dixon and State Veterinarian Mar.
shall who will cooperate in drafting a
system. They will prepare a bill
which will be submitted to the Legis.
lature The Department of Health has
been making inspections lately but has
not the funds 10 cover the whole State
800 Camp sites Leased.
The State Department of Forestry
announced that three hundred leases
for camp sites, mostly for permanent
hunting camps, had. been granted on
State forestry reservations. Hunting.
don county leading, with forty-three,
followed by forty in Clinton, thirty-six
in Pike and twenty-eight in Clearfield.