Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
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| ~ hSC OF nedrly .tnlrly Fennbyl-
vania corporations in certain
classification in the Auditor Gen
erals Department. all of which had
titles with the word German" in
them a year ago, has shrunk to
Just one. This branch of the state
government keeps a record of the
official designations of corpora
tions and all changes must be filed, .
with it. The movement to eliminate
the German name has grown SO
strong lately that changes of name
have been filed with frequency and
yesterday next to the last one was
altered. Most of the companies had
the form "German-American in
their names, but the bulk of them
have adopted something very diff
ferent. All evidences of Teutonic
influence seem to have disappeared.
The concerns include financial, man
ufacturing,' brewing and similar cor
porations. In the last year and
half no applications for charters
have been filed bearing the name
German and companies which had
used such designations for many
years have entered changes and
secured official sanction for the al
Iterattons.
Although it will probably be a
couple of months until the snow
flies arrangements are being made
for the construction of snow fences
at points along the Lincoln High
way where observations have
shown that they may be needed
during the coming winter. Last
year, owing to the movement of
army trucks over the Lincoln High
way that state road was kept open
by snow shovels and scrapers and
some fences were erected at points
where it was found that drifts oc-
CURED. Since that time the high
studied and additional fences will
be constructed. Most of these will
be at points on the crests of ridges.
Preparations are being made to
safeguard heavy truck movements
during the coming winter as infor-
nation reaching here is that thou
sands will be moved from factor
les to seaboard for army use.
/ BILLY Bates does not seem to care
lust how he leaves vegetables at
night and seems to think that be-
icause he is next to the police sta
ftion no one is going to come around
and steal anything" remarked
man walking along Market street,
yesterday.
"Yes, but did you notice that the
foxy Billy took care only to leave
baskets of red peppers setting out?"
said the other man.
These are the days when the doc
tors connected with the State De-
partment of Health are hitting only
the high places. The outbreaks of
influenza have been coming thick
and fast and every industrial COM
munity where men are engaged on
Iwar work has been calling for help,
all sorts OF suggestions for fight
ling the disease have been coming in
and cranks are keeping the wires
hot The hardest people to deal
with are those who think that their
business will be ruined and who in
sist that they are vital to the win
ming of the war. THE outbreak is
a serious one, but the best thing to
do is to stay in the sunshine and
keep cool about the affairs of life"
remarked DR.. B. F. Roger, State
Commissioner of Health.
Under present conditions men in
charge of dirt roads should bend
every effort to get them into good
shape for the winter. A large por-
ton of the dirt roads of Pennsyl-
vania will always remain so and
plans for improvement of others
have been set back for years by the
war" said Highway. Commissioners
J.. Denny O'Neil to-day, in discuss
ing the general road situation. The
Hast week l have come over some eX-
lcellent dirt roads. They were in
Icharge of men who understood their
business and who not only saw to it
that they were properly drained,
which is the foundation of good
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their roads and made sure that the
surfaces were crowned. Some of
these roads did not have loose
stones on them at all and were
smooth and as good as many an
improved road have encountered
in Pennsylvania"
Outbreaks of influenza reported
from the soft coal regions are being
watched with considerable anxiety
! by officers at the State Department
of Health and experienced physi-
clans will, be detailed to make OBJ
servations. Wherever possible local
families where the disease occurs
how to treat cases, but If they are
not available because of the many
nurses who have gone into army
and Red Cross service, special
nurses will be sent from dispen-
SarleS OF the department W 6lNo
| instruction. Respiratory diseases
in mining regions are considerably
| feared.
"You people in Harrisburg have
got to hustle on your Liberty Loan.
Out in our town of McKeesport we
have taken our quota and are trying
to double it," said Highway Com
missioner j. Denny O'Neil yester-
day. The men in the mills We're
all organized and many of them
took as high as $1,000"
|
| Ohicers of the Reserve Militia are
discussing plans to ask the next Leg
islature for authority and appro-
priations to permit the organization
| of enough cavalry to form a regt-
ment as we'll as one or two addi-
tional regiments of infantry and an
enlarged truck train. The Militia
now consists of three regiments of
| infantry and one squadron, four
troops of cavalry and a small truck
company.