Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-22

in Pennsylvania to-day. These men
have been drawn from practically
the whole state and the movement
will be finished tomorrow night.
Every board in the state is getting
men ready for the, movement of
10000 white men to Camp Lee next
week, according to reports coming
here. The men to be registered on
Saturday will be classified as soon
as possible Saturday. Some of them
will go to Camp Meade, Greenleaf or
Dix next month.
Jobs Begging-Capitol Hill jobs
of minor character are going beg
ging. There are half dozen vacan-
cies in the force of men in charge of
care of the capitol and other depart
ments have places without men.
This is due mainly to the salaries
and wages paid on government con-
struction work and in industries
hereabouts.
Feeds Arc Wanted-The State De-
partment of Agriculture has asked
the thousands of poultry raisers. in
Pennsylvania and the men who
deal in supplies for domestic fowls
to. report to the offices of the de-
partment chicken feeds which con-
tain adufterations. Many instances
of weed seeds, ground hulls and the
like have been found and in some
cases the feeds were so adulterated
as to be expensive frauds. Samples
of feeds are being taken in a score
of counties.
The Country Jitney-The Public
Service Commission has listed for
consideration next month a number
of applications for jitney certificates
from rural districts, the increase in
number of which has been marked
sal. A.
be replacing stage lines. Sections of
country which have no railroads or
trolley lines are covered by the
routes of these auto bus lines, some
of which run two and three auto
mobiles and do q thriving business
on Saturdays especially. They are
nearly all running to stations near
market towns.
object to Tracks. - The borough of
Hyndman to-day entered a complaint
before the Public Service Commission
that since the order of the Railroad
Administration establishing the Penn
sylvania Railroad station as the sole
station at that place the dangers at
tending the crossing of the Baltimore
and Ohio tracks to reach the Penn
sylyania station are increased. The
state is asked to secure some relief.
Cnn Build Lines. - The Public Ser
vice Commission to-day issued an
OiueT giving the benlSh Nalley iran
sit Company right to lay number of
tracks in the city of Bethlehem as
war emergency measure, at the re-
quest of the government.
Capitol Visitors. - Visitors to the
Capitol to-day included: Referee T. c.
Seidle, Reading; Congressman Willis
j. Hulings. Oil City, and George Pat
terson, Blair county attorney.
To Attend Convention. - Dairy and
Food Commissioner James Foust will
leave the end of the week for Chi
cago to attend the convention of ma
tional dairy, food and drug officials
of whose association he is president.
More "Skips." - The Public Service
Commission to-day issued nine orders
on the Pittsburgh Railways Company,
to establish certain stops. This is
part of the general plan to improve
service in the Pittsburgh district by
skipping stops. Hundreds of stops are
enumerated in the order, which is the
third of the kind to be issued.
Inquiry Under Way. State health
inspectors have been detailed to go to
the Cumberland Valley to make an
inquiry into the reports of infantile
paralysis in Franklin county. This is
the first outbreak of any size in
months.