Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15

agriculture. Under recent decisions
1t is held here that enforcement is
mandatory and since fair warning
has been given that licenses must be
taken out again the state authorities
will insist that county officers require
ccnstables to kill unlicensed dogs.
Hundreds of dogs were killed last
years. notably in the sheepraising
sections and by .sportsmen who found
the dogs interfering with game. In
some central counties dogs which had
almost ruined hunting prospects were
hunted and in some cases did not have
any owners.
A recent decision in northen
county that dogs without collars bear
ing llcense tags, even If they have
been regularly licensed, may be shot
Whlle running at large and doing
damage on farms is expected to make
people careful
In some of the southern counties
constables have started out to shoot
unlicensed dogs.
Six New Stations. - Only six addi-
toinal sub-statoins can be authorized
by the State Police Department and
they VIII be only until the end Of
May owing to the shortness of the
appropriation available. The depart
ment has had forty-two sub-statoins
as its list lately, but requests from
district attorneys for additional sta
toins ran over thirty. The police de-
partment will establish the stations as
having been made with the troop cap
tains by George f. Lumb, the acting
superintendent.
Public Service List. - Public Serv-
ice commissioners Samuel +. Clement,
Jr, and S. r. Shelby will sit with the
commission for the first time on Mon
day when arguments will be heard in
the Lehigh Valley Transit fare COM
n
toin tc withdraw certain ticket sales
for the Acknowledging line.
Hearings will be held in Harrisburg,
Philadelphia. Williamsport and Sha
ron next week The Philadelphia
hearings will be on Wednesday and
include Chester complaints against
traction fare increases and attacks
on the Highland Gas Company rates
in the Perkasie and Sellersville dis
trict. The Springfield Consolidated
as Will the complaint of the United
Business Mems Association against
the Bell telephone system of register
ing calls. Tie Williamsport hearing
on the complaints of the National
Railroad administration and Jersey
Shore Water Company.
Two Dozen Cases. - The calendar
for the first meeting of the State
Board of Pardons as newly consti-
tuted will contain twenty-four cases
Lieutenant Governor Edward l..
Beidleman will preside at the meet
ing for the first time on Wednes-
day.
Many BiIIs.-Members of the Legis-
lature who went to their homes over
the Linccln's birthday recess Of the
general assembly have been sending
numerous bills to the Legislature ref
erence bureau for drafting and they
viii be presented during the coming
week. The House Appropriations
r. hos oh atsern 1e r,-N
of the bills for charities. has started
to make up its list and will start on
the general appropriation bill short
". Both branches will meet Monday
night ana the first of the big hear
ings Will be held during the week.
Governor Sproul will complete more
of the administration bills. He plans
to spend considerable time in confer
ence with Attorney General Schaffer.
O'Bricn Careful.-Magistrate j. s.
O'Brien. Just appointed for Philadel-
phia by Governor Sproul has jolted
some people by saying that there will
be no wholesale issuance of warrants
by him. He says he means to give a
square deal.
Discussing River. - G ern o r
Sproul yesterday discussed the whole
proposition of the Delaware river
with the Governors of Delaware and
New Jersey. Fisheries, bridges and
other matters were taken up.
Married Do Bcst.-According to
some of the studies made by the
State Health Insurance Commission
the majority of the inmates of homes
and almhouses are those who never
married. The percentage of married
persons who are public charges is
said to be small in PENNSYLVANIA.
Want Western Lands.-Conserya-
ton people are getting ready to back
an appropriation which will enable
the state forestry system west of the
Alleghenies to be made a counterpart
of that in the eastern counties. There
are but two forests on the Ohio
watershed.
Democrats to Mcet.-The State
Democratic executive committee will
endeavor to get a congressional can
didate in the Westmoreland-B Butler
district on Monday and a meeting for
that purpose has been called for Pits
burgh. General Richard Coulter de-
clined to consider running. The Re-
publicans meet to-day to name John