Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-17

cred every county in Pennsylvania.
Inc twenty agents of the Commits
sloner have been taking an average
or zoo samples each and the chemists
nave been working on them night
ana DAY. 1t Is expected to order
additional arrests.
"Of all of the samples which were
found not to be in accord with state
laws not one was found to contain
'formaldehyde or boric acid. They
were all found to have been watered, Z"
SAID the Commissioner. II regard
thls as a good showing. although /
am sorry to say that the results in
olcated that the skinner and the
pump were too freely used by some
dealers. Milk is selling too high to
permit any water to be added and
sold at 100 per cent. profit. The
state standard of fats is to be main
tained."
May Build Sheds.-Plans are un-
der consideration by members of the
State Armory Board, although they
/ have not reached the stage where
, final action will be taken soon, for
construction of drill sheds at the cav
| airy armories in Philadelphia and
Tyrone. The administration build
ings at these armor.es are in use. 1t
is also planned to secure estimates
on the cost of an administration
building at Reading. These projects
iare the only ones likely to be under
taken. The board has the funds
which will revert at the end of the
appropriation period a year or so
hence.
Lebanon's Share-Lebanon county
has been certified for S12,467 as its
share of the cash road tax bonus for
its second class townships.
To Award Later-Bids for con-
struction of forty-eight bids were
opened at the State Highway De-
partment, 81 proposals being re-
ceived yesterday. No awards were
made.
Increases FiIed.-The West Ches-
ter. Kennett and Wilmington Electric
Railway Co. has filed with the Pub
lie Service Commission notice of in
crease of fare from to cents and
twenty per cent. increase in exist
ing rates, while the Scranton and
Binghamton lines have filed notices
of special excursion rates to parks
which are also advances.
Weaver COmRlnlns.-George Arthur
Weaver 1921 Hunter street. Harris
burg, to-day filed complaint with the
Public Service Commission against
the action of the Harrisburg Gas
Company in cutting of the service
during controversy over an unpaid
bill
Hill Goes Home.-Capitol Hill thin
ned out considerably to-day, as al
most everyone went home to look
after things in advance of the pri-
mary election. Most of the depart
ments closed to-day until wednes-
day. The contribution collectors
were around again to-day, some of
them doing some camoufiaging, but
not very successfully.
Well Caused Sickness. - Reports
from a sanitary engineer of the
State Health Department investigat-
ing typhoid fever in Petersburg,
Huntingdon county, state that there
is total of sixteen cases. nine liv-
ing in Petersburg and seven in the
adjacent districts. The source of in
fection has been discovered to be poll
luted we'll water and principally
from one well.
Appointed Aids.-Thomas D. Cald-
we'll and James P. Mccullough were
to-day added to the list of members
of the Harrisburg Reserves who will
act as aids to Major II. NJ. Slime in
forming the Red Cross parade. They
will report to him at the Armory to-
night for instructions.