Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-04
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'Three-fourths of the counties of the
State are enforcing the dog license law
and are affording real help to farmers
and sheep and cattle raisers and there
is no reason why the others should
not do likewise" declared DR.. Joseph
Kalbfus, the State game commission
secretary, to-day THE State has re-
quired dogs in the boroughs and in tho
townships to be assessed and licensed
the same as in the city and there are
men who would be glad to pay the h-
cense fee If the authorities would be-
stir themselves. The point is raises
that the act is unconstitutional, II
| the attorney generals department mas
| ruled otherwise and we have a unit y
demand for the enforcement of the law
which will do more toward helping
| sheep raising than any other from the
farmers, the State Grange and other
| organizations. You will find that far
mers who have raised sheep for years
declare that stray dogs are the worst
enemies of cattle. The license act will
not only enable people to spot unlic-
| ensed dogs, but also bring in revenue.
What many object to is the fee to be
paid constables for killing dogs. But If
! dogs kill sheep they cost the county
money just the same. I look for the
time to come soon when every dog,
whether city or country owned to bel
| licensed and it will be lasting ben
eft to everyone owning sheep or in
terested in game propagation"
Officers who are on recruiting duty
throughout the State report that in
spite of good wages and good posi-
tions quite number of men who haveI
served in the United States army or inI
National Guard organizations are ap-|
| plying for re-enlistment. Some of theI
men who have been recruited haveI
| served in the very country in which
| the Pennsylvania Guardsmen are stall
toned and are very particular as toI
what organizations they are assigned.
The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, which
has just celebrated it's one hundred
and thirtieth birthday has the uniqueI
distinction of preserving it's name in
all that period. In an editorial on theI
subject the Pittsburgh organ of Re-
publican principles says: John Scull,
the founder, dedicated The Gazette,
three years before the adoption of the
| Constitution of the United States, tol
the service of the people, to the pro-
motion of their and the country's well
fare. 1t is a matter Of greatest pride
to the publisher of The Gazette Timesl
that in all the years since then, while
its circle of readers ever has grown.
its sphere of influence ever has wild
ened, through all the Vicissitudes oil
change and development, there hasl
| been no departure from that primary
purpose of The Gazette. This news
paper, begun as a weekly, has been
published continuously for 130 years
and always has borne that historic
title, the name given to the very first
attempt at newspaper publishing, thel
| ancient Peking Gazette hence synony-
nous with newspaper. In the coursel
of its growth and development Thel
Gazette absorbed other Pittsburgh pub
lications. For a time it was known as
The Commercial Gazette; now it is
The Gazette Times. but the honorable
| lineage from The Gazette of John Scull
never has been broken. Only one other
newspaper in the United States has al
similar record of continuous publi-
cation under one title. the Chronicle,
of Atlanta, Ga"
Decisions of the Dauphin county,
court in State taxes which have come
up in the last few years have been al
most uniformly sustained by the su-
preme court, according to well-inform-
ed lawyers and the clarification of the
law on Commonwealth taxes in the
last decade has been followed with the
! greatest interest. Pennsylvania s.
revenue from corporation taxes Isl
constantly growing and there are few
of the items which furnish 1t which
have not been reviewed as far as law
is concerned by the Dauphin county
judges.
S. B. Elliott, who was yesterday re-
appointed member of the State For
estry Commission, is one of the best
known men in forestry in Central
Pennsylvania. He is the senior mem
Der of the commission and is one of the
first men to become interested in pres
ervation of the forests by DR.. ]. n
Rothrock, the father of Pennsylvania
forestry. Mr.. Elliott is about eighty,
but spry and travels about on wagons
and bad roads without any more fa-
tigue than if travelling on a railroad.
He is keenly interested in the move
ment for auxiliary forests and is one
of the most valuable members of the
commission, seldom missing a meet
ing. For years he has been promi-
nent in Jefferson county affairs.
Terence Boals, of Boalsburg, who
organized and equipped the machine
gun company which it is proposed to
add to the First cavalry regiment, is
an enthusiastic outdoors man. He
belongs to a wealthy family and is
much interested in defense matters.
AS he organized the company his
friends would like to see him made
the captain.