Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-15

gwU0SSU how to work in
-zs;s=.::sssssA the fall to avoid
trouble in summer
is to be undertaken.
DR.. ]. G. Sanders. the State
Ioologist. is the man who makes
the prophecy that there will be more
bugs than usual, and he says it will
result from the very fact that there
Is so much more agricultural activ-
tty than usual. DR.. Sanders Says
that there are more plots being
EARNED this year than ever known
before and that not only war gar
deners but farmers have more land
under cultivation. The result is that
there is so much more space for
the bugs and the, insect pests to
maneuver and feed and also to lay
eggs. The result will be that unless
people take care this fall to de-
stroy plants and to pIow down grass
which threatens to become trouble
some there will be hordes OF bugs
next year. The farm advisers and
other experts of the State are getting
ready to sound all alarm and to
recommend the burning of old stalks
ana plants SO that the eggs and what
pests remain can be wiped out and
the farmers and gardeners saved
from annoyance and loss next year.
Public Service. - Complaints of
municipalities of Bucks county
against increases in rates of the
Bucks County Public Service Com
pany, which attracted considerable
attention when filed several weeks
ago have been listed for hearing by
the Public Service Commission for
next Thursday and the following
day complaints of miners locals of
the Oneida district against reduc-
ton of train service by the Lehigh
Valley railroad will be heard The
commission has scheduled hearings
Tor four days next week, reserving
Wednesday for executive sessions
The hearings will be held in this city
and Pittsburgh. Monday will be de-
voted to arguments, including mo-
tions in cases recently decided.
Plan Hcarings.-Arrangements to
hold meeting of the State Com
pensation Board at Williamsport
are being made largely because the
bedridden condition of a claimant
in a case of some Importance will re-
quire the board to visit that city for
the first time. The board will sit in
Philadelphia September 20 and 81
and in Pittsburgh on September 27
and 2S, meeting in October in Har-
risburg, Reading, Pottsville, Altoona
and possibly Wilkes Barre or Scran-
1oii W NOholiSI dppctlS lTOH1 lHOS6
centers.
Must Be at Books.-Rigorous ac-
ton to require youngsters of school
age to be at study instead of at work
is being taken by the State Depart
ment of Labor and Industry because
of reports that owing to scarcity of
labor some minors were remaining
at work in Industries. Close inSpec-
ton of certificates and investigation
of ages reported are being made by
factory inspectors. Judging from re-
ports to State educational authorities
the enrolment will be very heavy in
Pennsylvania school houses this
fall.
Want Data Completed.-Efforts to
complete at an early day the data
required for the State Board of Pub
lie Charities to plan a general sys-
tenn for the whole State so that in
mates of prisons and almshouses
may work on county or city farms
are being made. The information
for eastern and central counties is in
hand and the western counties are
being asked to speed up their facts.
The board will work out a plan and
report it to the Governor and prob
ably ask supplemental legislation. II
is calculated that large amount OF
foodstuffs can be raised on county
farms by such labor Systematically
employed.
Board to Meet.-The State Board
of Education has been called for a
meeting to be held here Monday to
outline the policy in regard to nor
outline the policy in regard to nor
NAL schools and reports of condi-
dition of several properties will be
gone over. The State now owns all
but three of the schools.
Godcharles Away Up. - Deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Godcharles was among the first three
| at the big shoot at Atlantic City this
week.
Member visits-Representative ].
c. Mckay, of Luzerne county, was
at the Capitol to see the Governor.
Senator Here-Senator John G.
Homsher, of Lancaster county, was
a recent Capitol visitor.
Complaint Dismissed. - The Pub
lie Service Commission in an opinion
by Commissioner Killing has dis
| missed the complaint filed by the
Schuylkill Valley Milk Producers AS.
| sociation against the change oi
schedule of milk train operated by
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way Company between Reading and
Pottsville. The opinion says that
while the commission appreciates
| the extra efforts required on the part
| of the complainant, the convenience
to the greater number of the public
leads it to the conclusion that IL
would not be justified in making an
order whereby the starting time OF
| the train complained of would be
changed. I'm the complaint the
| people interested asserted that they
| had to get up hours earlier than last
year and that it was hard to keen
boys on the. farm under conditions
The Commission says that the COM
pany operates other milk trains into
Philadelphia, that they start OF
about the same time as the train
that they carry newspapers and mail
and other things for early delivery.
Johnstown's Case.-Mayor FRANKIE
| and city officials of Johnstown ap-
peared before the Public Service
Commission to-day in opposition to
the proposed increase of rates of the
Johnstown Fuel Supply Company
| which supplies gas. The city claims
that the charges are governed by q
franchise and that ready to serve
fee is not fair.
Patrick Gilday Dead. = Commits
sioner Jackson last night received
| word. of the death at Clearfield OF
Patrick Gilday. the first chief of the
State Bureau of Mediation and one
of the best known and skillful me-
diators in the country. Mr.. Gilday
was long connected with the mine
workers and was then with the
United States government as a me-
diator. He became connected with
the state government two years ago
and was highly esteemed about the
~