Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-17

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rants and cherries. A state survey
or all such commercial establish
ments, as distinguished from those
owned by farmers or privately op-
Grated, has Just been finished.
There are 1.444 apple and peach
orchards, Adams county having the
| largest number. Throughout the
state these orchards have over
1,S0O,O0O bearing peach trees and
I25,O0o bearing apple trees with a
larger number of apple trees COM
ing along,
There are over seventy pear or
chards scattered throughout the
state which are engaged in CONNER
ciGl business and almost 100 devoted
| TO plum and prune raising for the
| general market, the bulk of them
| being in the northwestern counties.
Erie also leads in the commercial
cherry orchards which nun Der close
to ninety, while Pike boasts a crab
! apple orchard with 1000 trees md
there are nine ounce orchards, two
J of them having at least 1900 trees.
Adams county alone has 1900 ounce
! trees. The state has eleven currant
! plantations, one in Pike having 30,-
! 600 bushes, while one in Beaver has
10000.
Erie leads in vineyards, some of
them having over $4,000 vines. Many
! - them are in North East and vi
cinity.
! MIR. Billings NisitS-James $. Bill
| ings OF Pittsburgh, was on the Hill
to-day to see Auditor General Sny-
| der. He is a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for county
! treasurer of Allegheny.
ASKING Reports State draft
| headquarters Is out with a call to
all boards to finish reports as soon
as possible. The records are soon to
| be closed up.
State Attachc Dead - Joseph A.
| Tlnsman, lieutenant of engineers
| and formerly an assistant engineer
| of the division of engineering OF the
! State Department OF Health, died of
wounds while serving in France
with his regiment according to
message received at the Department
! of Health.
Three Dauphn Cases-There are
! three Dauphin applications for par
| don for the meeting of the State
! Board of PardOnS tomorrow to-
gether with some from York, Lam
caster, Schylkill and Northumber-
| land. The Board w.ll meet at 10
O'Clock and give decisions in the
evening.
DIR. Roger RctUrus-Commissi
er of Health Royer has returned
| from Chicago where he spoke at the
| public health convention. c. A. En-
erson, Jr., chief engineer, spoke on
! sewage treatment by cities at the
convention.
Derry Township Cascs-Tlle Derry
| township grade crossing \ cases,
which have been before the \Public
| Service Commission in one form or
another for months, are listed for
hearing tomorrow.
McClain PraiScd-The announce
ment 4 few days ago that Lieutenant
Governor Frank B. McClain was be-
ing talked of for Secretary of Agri-
culture, has been welcomed at the
Capitol. The, Lieutenant Governor is
praised as a man who would fill the
bill.
State Away Up-The federal re-
ports on wheat show Pennsylvania
with over 1,6R2,000 acres in wheat,
an increase of>Sight per cent. with
a condition of 9S per cent. compared
with a ten-year average.
Inquiries On-State Department |
Health officials are to-day investi- !
influenza in Blair, Northumberland, !
Tioga and Luzerne counties. The I
department stated to-day that there /
were no alarming conditions.
Demurrer Filcd-The Public Ser !
vice Commission has taken the de- |
murrer in the Union Traction Com !
pany case from Philadelphia under |
consideration and briefs Will be filed. !
LuZcrnc In-The official returns I
from LuZerne county were received /
at the department of the Secretary |
of the Commonwealth to-day and /
the final official count of the votes /
in the state will be made late to- |
day.
Jitncys AGain-The first applica-
tion for jitney certificate to be pre-
sented to the Public Service Com /
mission since the superior court ac-
ton VIII come up tomorrow when /
Howard MitZel will ask a certificate. |
Whether there will he any oppos- |
ton is not known. The Quinn case I
against the Harrisburg Railways |
Company, has been continued until !
December 2S and the steam heat /
case until December -.