Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

years. will disappear this week. Re- !
moval of the huge glass houses has
been completed and the boiler and
office buildings are now being de-
molished TO make room for park i'm !
provements.
Big Movements Due. Arrange |
ments for the movement of the TO- !
| 900 white men called to go to Camp |,
Lee next week for general military
| training contemplate the movement,
| of the men from 2S2 districts in spe- !
cial trains on five days. 1t will be
one of the greatest mobilizations of
drafted men since the draft began in
| the state and is forerunner of what
/ is coming later in the year. On Au-
gust 26, next Monday. there will be
ASH men sent; 2,S13 on Tuesday.
the 27th: 1868 on Wednesday. the
2Sth; 1908 on Thursday, the 29th
and LILO on Friday, the 30th.
Much Buclwheat. - Practically
every county shows an increase in |
the acreage devoted to buckwheat
this year. states a bulletin on agri- I
cultural conditions issued by the De- !
partment of Agriculture, which also
notes a report of earlv frosts in Pot /,
ter county. Spring wheat, which !
was tried in some counties of Penn |
,sylvania this year when the winter
wheat failed, is declared to be max
ing good showing. The states
average yield of hay per acre is
given as 1856 tons with York county
at the top with an average yield of
1856 tons. Only three counties, Brad
ford, Forest and Warren show the
potato crop up to the average condl-
ton. In Berks 1t is ~ per cent. and
in Lehigh SO per cent. The tobacco
acreage has been increased ten per
cent. and the condition of the crop
is 96 per cent of an average. Only
/ n per cent. of the young turkeys
raised in average years are reported
on the farms this season. Reports
of yields of 100 bushels TO the acre
of oats have been recorded from
| Chester county. Cumberland county
wheat that has been threshed is re-
| ported as running light to the acre.
To Visit Fayette-Senator William
c. Sproul and Senator Edward Z.
Beidleman, the Republican candi-
dates for governor and heutenant
governor, and Auditor General
Charles A. Snyder will go to Union
town on August 81 to attend the
meeting of the Fayette County Re
publican Committee. They viii
travel by automobile and will be at
the Lehigh county campaign open
! ing.
| Will Study Hoppers-State farm
advisers will be sent to sections OF
/ Northum berland and adjoining coun-
ties whence have come complaints
about the annoyances caused oy
grasshoppers. These pests have not
/ been as numerous as usual In eastern
/ counties this fall.
Much Butter Watered-Reports
received at the State Dairy and Food
Division indicate that many OF the
| samples of butter taken by state
agents in Pennsylvania are watcred
/ Prosecutions will be started.
Petition dismissed-The petition
/ to have Perry county attached
| to the middle district of the supreme
Court instead of the eastern district
was dismissed by the court yester-
| day because it Old not contain
! enough signers.
Now n .wage Clause. The first
! instance of a wage clause" being in
! cluded in a notice of a new schedule
with the Public Service Commission
/ by the Metropolitan Edison Company,
| of Reading. which provides that due
to INCREASED prices Of labor ana 1Ttts ma
/ schedules are to be increased fifteen
/ per cent. and that for every cent per
| hour increase the hedules are TO be
! advanced one-half of one per cent.
| provision being made for decreases as
well. Another provision is that wire.
! ETC.. on consumers properties are 10
/ be paid for by consumers, who are TO
| agree to maintain them as required
| by Insurance and municipal au-
! thorities. The Blue Ridge Water
supply Company of Pennsylvania,
! Franklin county; Mercantile Bridge
Company, Westmoreland county, and
Homestead and Mifflin Street Railway
Company, filed notices of increases,
the latter disseminating sale of school
tickets.
CouGhlin Rctires. - The fact that
! James NJ Coughlin, of Wilkes Barre,
| one of the original members OF the
! State Board of Education and a men,
/ Der of the School Code Commission,
| has resigned, leaked out to-day. Mr..
Coughlin rendered his resignation at
/ the time of his retirement from active
duties.
New Chairman. - Charles Brunner,
| of this city, has been appointed
chairman in the Public Grounds and
| Buildings Department.
Hearings TO-day.-The various ap-
! plications for crossings and contracts
were held at the Public Service Com
mission to-day by Chairman Ainey
and Examiner Phillips. The Conewa-
weeks and the Cambria county grade
crossing case held for conference
with Highway Department onicials.
Scranton Visitors. - EN-Lieutenant
Governor L. A. Watres and Mayor A.
T. Connell, of Scranton, were at the
Capitol to-day.