Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-28
will be started at the Adjutant Gen.
erals department on Monday.

will be started at the Adjutant Cen
erals department on Monday.
To Gather Herds. - According to
q Lewistown dispatch farmers OF
Mifiin county will begin the round
up this week OF herds which have
been grazing on state forest lands
under the permission given by the
Governor as O war measure. 1t was
a great advantage to many farmers.
More Paralysis. - Infantile para
lysis has appeared in Montgomery
and Northampton counties.
Fines inflicted. - State officials
have been insisting upon fines in the
suits brought for violation of the
child labor law. In many counties
men who tried to make short cuts
got $50 fines and schoolchildren
were sent back to books.
State Police Active.-State police
men have been giving a great aid to
the Federal government in rounding
up slackers. In some districts in the
anthracite field they got four men
and put them on trains for Camp
Meade. The men arrived, too.
DIR. Dixon Stands Trip Well.-Re-
ports from Commissioner of Health
Dixon are to the effect that he stood
the trip from Mont Alto to Bryn
Mawr very well.
DIR. Badly Attends. Chairman
Baldy, of the State Medical Bureau,
attended the meeting of the State
Medical Society at Pittsburgh, where
he presented the work of the bureau
in licensure and requirements.
Change in Ruling. State draft
hna ritz "a
that appeals in extraordinary cases
could be taken up by the Adjutant
General of Pennsylvania. The ori-
ginal provision was that in special
cases or those involving unusual fea-
lures that the Governor could re-
open the cases and present them to
boards again. The new order is that
the Adjutant General is to be the
officer. Local boards were to-day
informed of the latest ruling in re-
gard to aliens. Men who have been
called, examined and certified, and
who do not make claim for exemp-
ton after having opportunity to dc
so are to be considered as in mill
tary service and treated according
ly.
No Date Set.-No date has been
fixed for the conference of the Board
of Public Grounds and the landscape
architects. 1t will be held after the
Governor returns.
Mr.. Woods MISUNDERSTANDING OF
the Commonwealth Woods has re-
turned from Washington where he
discussed the soldiers votes with
War Department officials.
Men From Sydney.-The visitors
record at the State Capitol this week
contained visitors from Sydney, Aus
tralia; California, Canada and Okla
homa.
Board in Session.-The State Com
pensation Board will close up its
sessions in Pittsburgh to-day and
meet in Wllkes-Barre next Wednes-
day.
Hearings Begin.-Hearings began
in several parts of the state to-day by
the Public Service Commissioners
including the Clearfield train service
action. They will be reported on
next week.
Crop Bulletin. The State De.
partment of Agriculture has an
nounced in its bulletin that the ap.
pie crop will be considerably below
that of last year, growers reporting
the late crop below the general ave.
rage for the past ten years. Esti.
mates place the wool production ir
the state slightly above that of last
year and show that wonderful i'm.
petus has been given the sheep in.
dustry which formerly suffered 6
loss of about three per cent. an.
nually.