Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-22

Board of Educa-
cation. The Board
recently conducted an inquiry among
school districts as to the feeling in
regard to such training and found
that while quite a number had in
troduced the course others planned
to do so and some needed funds to
provide the specialized instruction.
! This fall, i is understood. physical
training has been added to the lists
in number of districts, but it will
take additional funds to make the
/ training systematic and general.
The training was taken up in n
| number of schools in conjunction
with military training last spring and
but for the closing necessitated by
/ the influenza epidemic instruction
! in physical exercises would have been
/ general in high schools in the larger
centers.
End in Sight-Sgns that the close
/ of the fiscal year of the state are at
7 hand at the financial offices of the
/ State Capitol and some checks for
| large sums are being received al
most daily on account of capital
! stock, loans or gross receipt taxes.
/ In the last few weeks a dozen checks
+ for over 100000 have been received.
] This week the receipts will run high
;as those for Monday went over
|S35O,O0O.
Mcclure Lays Down Law-"Those
who ask this commission to sanction
their holding Il monopoly in any line
OF public service must see that every
reasonable accommodation is fur
nished to the community as a whole,
whether any given service be prof. |
table or not" declared Public Serv- |
ice Commissioner ii. NJ. Mcclure in |
overruling objections to the grant
fK,.r 81. =. % -,
ience to NJ j. Luther to operate a |
jitney at Ebensburg and vicinity. The |
application was resisted by two liv- |
erymen, but II is found that Luthers |
motor buses accommodated many !
people and that one livery is con-
Quoted by a protestant with the |
air of private undertaking rather |
than a public convenience" and that |
charges have not been made in ac-
cordnace with schedule but ac- !
cording to whims of the proprietor" |
and eXorbitant prices have been !
asked for services to people who
were unable to obtain accommoda- !
tIons elsewhere.
Many in Eields-Fine weather and !
u general desire on the part of hun
ters to get out into the fields because
of the influenza epidemic are be-
lieved by men connected with the
states game work TO be reasons for
the large number of men who We're
out for the first day of the Pennsyl-
sania small game season. BY the /
game code all of the small game eX-
rept rabbits, on which the season is
closed until November, and ruffed
grouse on which the state has been
closed for a year, may be legally |
shot. Thanks TO care by sportsmen
quail were reported yesterday as
seen in many sections of the south
ern counties, while blackbirds and
pheasantS were abundant in some
sections. WoodcoCk were also re-
ported from northern countries.
Many of western counties are closed
to quail and pheasant hunting in
oVdor to allow game to increase.
So { men have reported consider
aDie planting of kaffir corn to pro-
vide food for game over the win
ter in districts where attention has |
been. given to quail.
No More Bids-No more bids will
be opened for road work at the |
State Highway Department this !
year according to present plans. The
bulk of the work proposed was not
Improved by national authorities and |
attention is now being given to COM
pleting maintenance and repair |
operations, notably on the main /
travelled highways. Erection of snow |
fences along the Lincoln highway, |
which is extensively used for army |
truck movements, is to be started |
very soon as the surveys and plans !
have been completed.
May Resume SoOn-lt is generally !
believed at the Capitol that hearings !
may be resumed by the Public Service |
Commission before many days which |
will mean numerous sessions because |
of the many cancellations this month,
owing to the outbreak of influenza.
Governor Returns-Governor Brum-
baugh returned last night from a
weekend spent in Philadelphia. He
addressed the meeting held for the
French Legion.
Does Not Sntisfy-Attorney Cen
eral Brown is quoted in Philadelphia
man note does not satisfy American
ideas.
Police Do Good Work-State police
men have been doing excellent work
in the anthracite region, especially in
preventing illegal sales OF liquors in
districts of the hard coal held where
there are many foreigners and saloon
licenses are held by men who do not
care snap about the closing order.
\ number OF arrests have been made
and guards mounted over places to
prevent consregatinS,c ,c,,.-.o.
Accept the offers-Chester county
people, who have been developing the
auxiliary forest system, nave been
following up the offer of the State
trees for reforestation. A number OF
evergreens have been set out.
Now 1O7-The number of emergency
hospitals opened by state authorities
TO fgRt influenza is now 107. The
high schools of Lewistown, Brock
wayville and Monessen have been
turned into hospitals and so has the
Elks' Club of Bristol.
Hargest MT Pittsburgh.-Deputy At
torney General Hargest is at Pitts
burg to argue the canning COM
pou1d" case in the Supreme Court.
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