Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-20

estimated at 26, 6,386,796 bushels, half
million more than last year. Nc
Kean, Greene, Susquehanna and Sui
lfvan counties reported quality of the
wheat los per cent as compared with
ten-year average while the mil
lion busher' counties. Lancaster,
York, Franklin, Rerks, Cumberland
and Chester. all had wheat which ran
below the recent average, although
rather slightly.
Forty of the counties of the state
showed oats crops running over 100
per cent, based on the same system,
Fayette, Union, Snyder, Huntingdon,
Adams. Sullivan and Somerset re-
porting exceptional crops. Berks was
the only one of the counties yielding
more than million bushels to rank
high over the average in quality, ac-
ccrding to the figures returned.
Fishing Good.-"From reports that
I have received from the fish war;
dens the fishing in the streams of
Pennsylvania this year was excellent
in spite of the difficulties of weather
and as for. the Lake Erie fisheries
they were greater than for a long
time" said Nathan r. Butler, State
Commissioner of Fisheries today in
summing up the fishing season. I'VE
may expect frozen streams any time
now and we are sending out young
trout to fishermen who have agreed
to plant them as long as weather
permits"
The Torresdale and other hatcher
les in eastern Pennsylvania are being
used to hatch the whitefish eggs
which have been taken in immense
quantities from Lake Erie in con-
junction with Ohio. New York and
Canadian authorities this year. In
the spring Torresdale will be large
~ used to hatch shad as the state
will specialize in these kinds of food
fish. Commissioner Butler will be in
Toronto.th latter part of the week
on joint fishing propagation work
with Canada.
Sick Ones Found-State draft off,
Gals, who have been getting numer :
Gus declarations from men quired
as to why they did not appear for
examination under the selective SER
vice law, TO the effect that they were
sick at the time are sending word
to such persons to report at once tp
their local draft boards. Notices
have been going out to many me"
who did not appear and in q number
of instances members of draft boards
have reported that men have been
rounded up and sent to camps. Thc
greatest difficulty appears to be wi IL
foreigners who have been pleading
Ignorance.
Free Trees.-The State Depart
ment of Forestry to-day announced
that anyone who wants trees for
planting in reforestation work, but
not for ornamental purposes can
have them for the asking. The state
has over 10,000,00O trees ready to
set out next spring with probably as
many more in sight for the fol-
lowing year. The state forest nur-
series raised more trees than ever
before in 1917 and the trees are to
be distributed in not less than 500
lots for reforestation, the persons Sc
curing them to pay costs of packing
and transportation and agreeing not
to sell them.
Food Arrests.-State food agents
yesterday arrested forty-seven men
for violation of the food laws and
twelve for sale of watered milk in
Philadelphia.
Fire Probes On.-Probes of sew
eral of the recent fires in the state
are under way by the State Fire
Marshals office. Suspicious circum-
stances are being followed up.
Reports on Run. - State Water
Supply men have been making in
er's run in the lower end of Steel
ton.
Want Better Housing. - State
health officials have called to atten-
ton of several local boards of health
in the state the necessity of improv-
ing housing conditions and orders
have been issued to owners of prop
critics to better the situation. This
is the second time in the course of
q year wherein the state and cities
have established cooperation to OBJ
tain Improvements. Bethlehem is
one of the places where state and
municipal officers have been work
ing together. The other places are
in the coal regions
Jitneys For Hire.-Public Service
Commission has taken under con-
sideration The evidence in the Ebens-
hHrg jitney cases wherein the point
was raised that man complained
against was not running car on a
schedule or on route, but as a liv-
cry accommodation. The commits
sion has held that as long as a man
was a common carrier with his ma
chine he had to secure a certificate.
More SmallpOx-A further spread
at Trout Run, Clinton county, from
man from Akron, Ohio, who had the
disease and did not know 1t, was re-
uortcd to the State Department of
Health to-day, the stage driver who
hauled the patient being the latest
victim. The mother-in-law of the
Ohio man is postmistress at the viii