Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-02

EZ---=rH monwealth for
sssszz1 sssssssaD abolition of the
| road work tax, This sum covered
the years 1910, 1e11 and 1912 and
the Legislature which meets In Jan
uary will be asked to care for 1913
and iet4.
The last payments made were
s944,155,29 for te1t, sTs7575,3 "a
having been paid for 1910 and s201,-
95g,88 for 1919,
Payments were only made to town.
ships which filed reports and agree
ment with the State Highway Do
partments bureau OF township
highways that an amount equaiing
what they receive from tho State has
or will he expended by the town
ship for certain specified purposes,
Since tho first of 1907 the state
has appropriated not far from &c.
100000 Under township acts.
War Hits Rcpairs.-State reports
are commencing to feel tho effects of
the war and some which Used to be
spread over hundreds Of pages have
been cut In half Superintendent
D. f. Long enlled attention of some
heads OF departments to tho Diff
culties confronting the printing
trade and urged that they curtail
SAOiA paSaESutlOIs' AL iobuiIlB AedL-
lets as far as possible they are be-
ing held down to one page, while
tabular work has been ordered re-
duced to a minimum.
Scale Again.-San Jose scale has
oeen reported as showing more signs
ot activity this fall among orchards
IN the northern and western sections
or the state. Farmers and orchard
owners who are relying on natural
enemies and parasites are being de-
iuded says State zooiogIst J. G. San
oers. Mnny trees have been dam
aged, according to reports of State
Inspectors,
<Midwintcr show.-The State De-
partment of Agriculture has an
nounced arrangements for stats-
wide displays of fruit and potatoes
at the time of the mtdwinter farm
products exhibition to be held in
Harrisburg in January under aus
pices of the Department. Grain
and other products will bo in COM
petition and eleven classes have been
arranged for apples with classes for
pears, ounces and other fruits to-
gether with walnuts, chestnuts and
shellbarks. All fruit must be Penn
sylvania grown. The state has been
divided Into three districts for the
potato show. Berks, Columbia, Le-
nlgh. Montgomery and Schuylkill be-
ing in the first and Adams, Bucks.
cam oria, Carbon, Chester. Cumber-
land, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin.
Lebanon, Monroe and Northampton
IN the second with the rest of the
State in the third.
The Bureau of Markets has iss,ed
a warning that all seed corn for 1910
should be promptly tested. The
yleid OF Pennsylvania corn this year
is stated to be nine per cent. below
the ten-year average of 81 per cent.
Nothing Done Yet-Public Service
commission officials said to-day that
nothing had yet been done about ex-
animation OF books of the steam
heat department of the Harrisburg
Light and Power Company.
Watching Situation-"The inf1u-
enza situation in Philadelphia and at
shipbuilding points is the most Sc
rious in Pennsylvania to-day. We
nave had no reports of other out
breaks OF serious nature to-day"
said DR.. B. F. Royer, State Commits
sloner OF Health. DR.. Roger last
evening. In addition to sending a de-
tall OF doctors and nurses to Boston
to help the Massachusetts State
to mining districts in Jefferson and
Indiana counties which had reported
the disease. So far very few cases
have appeared at the Capitol.
Comes Up Next Weck-Members
of the Public Service Commission
will start consideration of the Phil
adelphia Rapid Transit lease next
Monday, when the next executive
session will be held. The answer of
the company to the questionnaire is
expected in a few days.
Inspecting Highway - Highway
Commissioner O'Neil is busy inspect
ing the Lincoln highway where the
entire maintenance force of the de-
partment as far as can be assem-
bled, is at work repairing for the
winter movement of Army trucks.
Board TO Meet-The State Fores-
try Commission will met Friday at
its offices.
At Scranton-William H. Moore.
of the Internal Affairs Department,
is in Scranton on state business.