Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-09

Banking Daniel +. Lafean. Mr.. La
fean reported 104 licenses in force
against 105 the year before and
fourteen exemptions, a decrease of
one in a year. The revenue receiv-
ed for licenses was S30O and two
calls for statements were made. The
examiners salary was $2,949 and
expenses $1,290.57 and there were
140 examinations made with travel
ing of 1856 miles.
The summary of the reports shows
the realty owned advanced from
$2,320,3S to $3.S60,667.44 in a
ed almost doubled. The increase in
assets was general. The capital in
vested went from $1.61S.742.53 to
$2,1S3, ,S20.70; surplus $914 1924
to $1,523, 3,065.51; individual depos-
its SLIPS, ,407.91 to $2,910,206.33.
Tyrone FIrst-The first unit of
the new Reserve Militia of Penn
sylvania to be mustered in will be
the troops of cavalry at Tyrone,
which will replace the Sheridan
Troop of that place and be COM
posed of men from Tyrone and
Bellefonte. Later on some organi-
cations in the Philadelphia district
will be mustered in. AS soon as
mustered the men will be sent uni
forms and equipment.
DIR. Randall Named-Dairy and
Food Commissioner James Foust
has appointed DR.. Wyatt w. Randall,
chemist of the State Department of
Health of Maryland as a member of
the joint committee on food stand
that it is up to the company to
prove its case. He has asked for a
physical valuation.
SprouI Invited-Senator William
ards of the National Association of
American Dairy, Food and Drug
officials, of which he is president.
DR.. Randall succeeds DR.. David
Kline who resigned to enter the
Army.
No Sessions Tuesday-The var
ious state boards scheduled to
meet on Tuesday will meet the fol-
lowing day as Tuesday will be a hol-
iday.
Up to the Company-W. T. Trink-
lie. of this city, counsel for the city
of Wilkes Barre, in it's action against
the Wilkes Barre company, says
C. Sproul, of Chester, candidate for
Governor, accepted an invitation to
speak at the second annual banquet
of the Native Sons of Pennsylvania,
Pittsburg Council No. l, in Pitts
burgh, on Thursday eveing, Febru-
airy 21. Chairman Harry A. Mack
ey of the State Workmen's Compen-
sation Board will also speak. State
Senator Charles II. Kline will pre-
side as POSTMASTER.
Reading Hearings-The hearings
in the protests against increase of
fare by the Reading Transit and
I ferl, nF.lyS
Lebanon counties were held at Read
Montgomery. Commissioner Killing
will have another sitting later.
Governor Leaves Governor
Brumbaugh went away yesterday for
a week or two. People at the Capt.
tol said that they did not know
where he had gone or when he
would return. 1t is believed he has
gone to one of the southern states.
Haynes to Be Named-Dr. Selden
X. Haynes, of Kingston, is under
stood to have been informed that
he will be named as chaplain of the
second regiment of the Reserve
Militia.
Smallpox Spreads-More small
poX is reported from the lumber
camps of the Norwich section of
Mexican county and state inspectors
have gotten busy to vaccinate the
lumber jacks"
Northern Central Paynlent-The
Northern Central Railroad Company
has paid the state $4,000 as state
tax.
Won Bergen Chairman-John Won
Bergen, of Scranton, Lackawanna
county commissioner, has been
selected as chairman of the COM
mission in charge of the prison farm
in northeastern Pennsylvania. It is
one of the first to get under way and
it is going strong.
SINNERS Gets Chance-IIi Sim
mers, the new superintendent of the
State Highways in Dauphin county.
is having his chance now on the
state highways. There are some bad
drifts.
Put on Farms-Fourteen workers
were placed on Pennsylvania farms
during the week ending January 90,
by the cooperative employment
system maintained by the Bureau
of Employment of the Department
of Labor and Industry and the De-
partment of Civilian Service and
Labor of the State Public Safety
Committee. Seven of the farm
laborers were placed from the Phila-
delphia office, three from the New
Castle office, two from the Pitts
burgh office and one each from the
offices in Harrisburg and Scranton.
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