Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

<84848 year and that the
numher will be materially increased
by fall and very largely by next sum-
mer. The state has thirty-five trac-
tors and if needs arise il will in
crease this number. The other trac-
tors are owned by farmers, CONNER
cial organizations. chambers of COM
merce. farmers clubs and other as
sociations. while the number oper-
ated as are threshing machines in
certain territories has rapidly in
creased.
The State Department of Agricul-
ture has arranged TO start the sched-
ule for plowing with its tractors on
July Is, which is unusually early.
but declared TO be necessary owing
to the great demand for machines.
AS this year fields which had not
been touched by a plowshare for fif-
teen years were offered for plowing
none will be worked this fall until
inspected.
New Hearings Ordered.-The State
Compensation Board has ordered
new hearings in the claims of Louisa
White VS.. William White, Philadel-
phia: and Mrs. James G.. Steenberg
VS.. Springfield Telephone Company,
Erie county, State Insurance fund,
insurance carrier.
Commission To Meet.-The State
Game Commission will meet here
Tuesday for its annual meeting when
action will be taken on petitions for
closing OF counties to shooting of
ruffe6 grouse for one or two years
and for closing for other periods or
hunting of quail, deer. wild turkeys
and other game.
Draft Conference-Major w. G..
-~A e. HI 7Af dv-a nj
ficer, said this morning that the
scope of the conference of mep-
bers of draft boards to be held at
Wilkes Barre city hall on July 10
would be determined next week. 1t
is expected that the whole situation
relative to the draft and the an
thracity industry will be considered
and that members OF boards from
Lackawanna, Luzerne, Carbon,
Schuylkill and other coal counties
will be in attendance. Major Muir
dock will go to Washington Tuesday
10 attend a meeting at the office of
the Provost Marshal General. Major
Murdock said to-day that there had
been no developments regarding
Philadelphia boards. He will prob
ably be in Philadelphia tomorrow.
Adjutant General Beary has been
studying the Philadelphia situation,
but until he has a conference with
the Governor nothing will be deter
mined. 1t is not believed that any
office holding board members or
candidates will be removed.
Highway Bridges-Highway Com
missioner O'Neil has announced that
Highway Department forces will
baild the bridges for which no bids
were received and those for which
bids were rejected, with the excep-
ton of one in Fayette county. He
Crawford County, Hayfield township.
State Highway route IS; 10-foot
span bridge, B. W. Blystone, Cam
bridge Springs, Pa, s15e0.e6; North
cumberland county, Delaware town
ship, State Highway Route, 240. 10
foot span bridge, Walter A. God
charles, Milton, Pa, S14S0. Sullivan
county. Cherry township, State High
way Route II. 14-foot span bridge.
Dushore Construction Company.
Dushore. Pa, S1006.5s.
Big Schedule Made-The Public
Service Commission has issued an
order upon the Westmoreland Water
Company to file supplement to its
rates embodying certain charges and
rules contained in a voluminous re-
R0EN uFoAA EAu0ACS VI AAAc water
situation in Greensburg, Jeanette.
Youngwood. Irwin and other COM
munities in Westmoreland county,
the new rates to be effective on
August 1. This proceeding brings
to an end as far as litigation before
the commission is concerned one of
the largest water complaint prob
lens presented to the body. Sew
eral months ago the commission
directed the company TO design
schedule of charges which would re-
turn Sthe gross revenue allowed in
the valuation made by the state, but
the schedule submitted was not sat-
isfa ctory TO the commission and con-
ferences TO frame a new one were
held, engineers TO the commission
and the company taking part. The
company had a survey made of fix
lures on properties of 5S06 domes-
tic consumers on what are known as
SIS meters alone. The new schedule