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

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road work tax, This SUM covered
the years 1910, 1911 and 1912 and
the Legislature which meets In jan
uary will be asked to care for 1913
and 1914,
The last payments made were
| S944,1S5.29 for 1911, s737,575,34
having been paid for 1910 and s201,-
959,S8 for 1919,
Payments We're only made to town.
| ships which filed reports hnd agree
ment with tho state Highway Do
partment's bureau of township
highways that an amount equaiing
what they receive from tho State has
or will he expended by the town
.''t',s for certain specified purposes.
Since - 1rst OF 1907 the state
has appropriated not far from sG.-
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 III half. superintendent
D. F. Long called attention of some
heads of departm ents to tho diff
culties confronting tho printing
trade and urged that they curtatl
their publications, In issuing leaf
.~NS 80 tot 40 pObSibko lhSy are p6-
ing hold down to one page, while
tabular work has been ordered re-
| duced to minimum.
Scale Again.-San Jose scale has
peen reported as showing more signs
oil activity this fall among orchards
| IN the northern and western sections
OF the state. Farmers and orchard
owners who are relying on natural
enemies and parasites are being de-
iuoed says State Zoologlst J. G. San
ders: 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 state
wide displays of fruit and potatoes
at the time of the midwinter 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, L.
hlgh: montgomery and Schuylkill be-
ing IN the first and Adams, Bucks
Cam bria, Carbon. Chester Cun1ber.
land, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin.
Lebanon, Monroe and Northampton
IN the second with the rest of the
State in the third.
Inc Bureau of Markets has issued
q warming that all seed corn for 1919
should be promptly tested, The
ylelo 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
neat department of the Harrisburg
Light and Power Company.
Watching Situation-"The inf1u.
enza situation in Philadelphia and at
shipbuilding points is the most se-
rlous 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 or Health, DR.. Royer last
evening, in addition to sending a de-
tail OF doctors and nurses to Boston
to help the Massachusetts, State
Health authorities, had nurses sent
to mining districts in Jefferson and
lnolana 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 Scfanton-William H. Moore,
of the Internal Affairs Departments
is in Scranton on state business,