Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-26

ers salaries. The Pittsburgh Board
OF Education has appointed COM
mittee to cooperate with the State
Board in drafting the legislation and
other cities are expected to take
similar action.
The state education authorities
will leave Saturday for Pittsburgh
as the annual sessions of the Ma
tional Educational Association begin
IN that city with special services on
Sunday. Governor Brumbaugh is
to be one of the speakers and will
possibly sit with the state board.
State Doing Well State treas
ury receipts during the month of
June have been at a higher figure
than usual owing to the collection
or licenses of various kinds and the
gathering in of state taxes which
have been in process of protracted
settlement. 1t is expected that the
aggregate of the balances at the end
of the month will run between S10,-
O00,0 and S11,00O.0O0.
Egg Savers Again.-Agents of
the State Dairy and Food Bureau
have discovered forty-two products
which have been styled egg savers"
and egg substitutes" on sale in
pennsylvania. In a number of in
stances the mixtures do not have egg
properties and orders have been
given for prosecutions under the
misbranding act.
Can't Better Farms.-"Well drain
ed land if properly cultivated should
produce the maximum crop" says
Chas. G. McLain. farm adviser of
the Department of Agriculture.
| Just at present the shortage of farm
labor will interfere somewhat with
any drainage project, but the cost
of tile has not gone up in price with
most of other products so 1 believe
| it would be a good idea to lay in
what is needed for future use as the
price will undoubtedly advance.
There are number of implements
| that can be used to speed up the
trench digging and not have to de-
pend entirely upon hand work"
Allegheny Visitor-Representa
| tive John w. Vickerman, of Belle
vue was at the Capitol to-day on
! business.
Attending Meeting-Auditor Cen
eral Snyder is at Bedford Springs
attending the meeting of the State
Wilkes Barre Cases Of-The hear
! ings in the numerous Wilkes Barre
Railway and Luzerne Gas and
| electric complaints scheduled for
this week are off until the middle of
July.
Giving State Aid-The state en-
sineers and health inspectors at
| Loganton are giving advice and aid
in the handling of the fire ruins at
Loganton. Suggestions as to the
rebuilding of the place are being
made.
Can Build Bridge-The Franklin
county commissioners were yester-
day given permission by the State
Water Supply Commission to build
bridge over Falling Springs creek
at East King street in Franklin
county; S. A. Goldman to rebuild a
dam across Hunters Run, Turbett
township, Juniata county: Pennsyl-
vania railroad to build a bridge over
Pequea creek at it's confluence with
the Susquehanna in Lancaster
county; Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad for extension of the Robe
sonia bridge and the Allegheny
County Council of Boy Scouts of
suta creek. O'Hara township, Allie
gheny county,
Home From Canada-S. S. Ridele,
of the Department of Labor and In
dustry. is home from Canada, where
he made a study of the means to
reha abilitate soldiers invalided from
France.
VIII Reappoint Ryan-Reappoint-
ment of Michael ]. Ryan as a mem
Der of the State Public Service Com
mission is expected to be announced
at the Capitol the end of the week
as Mr.. Ryan's term, the short one
of the commission under appoint
ments in the last two years, will ex-
pire July /. His reappointment
would be for the period until the
close of the next session of the
Legislature and the Senate will have
to act on his nomination. The term
of James Alcorn as a member of
the commission will not expire until
July, 1919. No Intimations have