Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-17
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Steps to frame dog license law
for the State which will afford a great
er measure of protection for farmers.
especiallytho Sc engaged in the sheen
raising industry which is increasing
IN value in agricultural counties. are
pelng taken by the State Department
OIL Agriculture, the State Game Com
mission and representatives of State
wool interests. Havoc among fiocks oe 2
sheep is reported as increasing and 2
the damages which counties must pay .
mas been running between $35, 900 and +
PaV'VVV per pear. Objections have
oeen made to the enforcement of the
present dog license law by number
oil counties, whose officials contepa
that the requirement that the county ,
should have unlicensed animals killed
10 unconstitutional. The act has been
enforced in some counties with good
results in thinning out the number of
oWhefiess dogs, instances having been
roo.t Whefe dogs were found in al
most wild state. One of the sugges-
1ions which has been made is that the
state should adopt in modified form
an English system of recurring dogs
10 De penned UP or confined withfn
yaLus alter sundown, while in other
Instances certain restrictions upon
uoss after being licensed have been
sussested. The various ideas are be-
ING studied out with the object of
naVlng future meetings to agree upon
provisions of bill to submit to the
Legislature.
state officials say that the nunber
OF building and loan associations char
tereu during the first Quarter of the
present year will probably run ahead
on on the number granted letters patent
I'm 80 any slmllar period. Such associa-
rate OF six and eight and some times
zen week and as practically all have
authorlzed capital of $1,000, 900 each
the aggregate amount of capital au-
ttihorized runs high in value. In addi-
tlon number of such organizations
have filed notices to Increase stock
from $2,O00,O00 to 5$,00O,OOO.
Dean George W. Kirchway. of the
columbia Law School, of New York.
one or the most eminent authorities on
penology in the country, is TO sneak
here next Tuesday in behalf of the
pllls to abolish capital punishment.
t1e succeeded Thomas M. Osborne as
warden of Sing Sing prison and eIab-
Grated the ideas of that noted REFORM
er' The dean will he the guest of
Bishop Darlington while in this city.
me original grants of the property
upon which the borough of Milton
stands have been Photographed by
Frederic A: Godcharles, Deputy Sec
retary of the Commonwealth, who is
editor of the Miltonian. The grants
show the signature of John Penn and
are dated right after the French and
lnulan war. The original survey is
also shown.
The Rev.. j. Rauch Stein, form
er pastor of st. Johns Reformed
Church, in this city, and lately in
GhaTge at Christ Reformed Church,
BethIehem, has accepted a call to
Christ Reformed Church, Wilkes
Barre. Mr.. stein was prominent in re-
lglous affairs when in Harrisburg and
mas many friends here.
Men who follow military matters
are OF the opinion that there should
De some steps taken to get this States
male population into such listed
shape that communities could be
| Drawn upon to furnish organizations
for defence. The number of men wiz.
can serve in the army is larger than
| many think, but at the same fimo
thefe Is such need for manufacturing.
transportation and farming that il
| MouIu require care in forming new
umts. The general belief is that in the
event of war there would be
formed a big volunteer army which
would form line of defence behind
the National Guard, which wouId
rank with the regulars. Eventually.
Wnen trained, this volunteer army
would bear the burden of the wary
|
Riding along the Riverside to. see
the Ice seemed to be a popular diver
sion Saturday and yesterday and thera
were thousands of people who went
out TO see the singular conditions GRE
ated along the banks by the ice No+
for years has the ice been piled IN
the way 1t is at present and there
nave peen some surprising formations
10 be seen between the Rockville diff
lles' and Hill island. The "front
steps appear to be going through
the situation fairly we'll although thev
are hard to find in some sections. As
ior the numerous small islands thev
iook nke nattlements now with the
ICE plled many feet into the air over
the1r tops. It's rather remarlable
when one thinks how the islands iooIS
now to realize that a few months
hence they will be green with trees.
Members of the Legislature ara
showing great interest in the CanitoI
Park extension plans and there will ba .
little discussion about bills to beautifv
the reservation. 1t is noticeable thar
among the members there are MANY
VINO regret that the State did not buv
10 the river while it was about it. A
sentiment to that effect is growing in
the state, however Harrisburgers NAV
think about it.