Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-07

Ek-@9@ State Arsenal and
within a day or
so the canvas will be ready for the
advance details which are to report
Thursday morning. The commissary
and quartermaster officers will also
assume their duties on Thursday
morning. Major John Coolbaugh,
hof Allentown, will be the commander
of the advance details.
Most of the organizations of the
Militia will start for camp Thurs
day night as the camp will be opened
at 8 a. m. on Saturday morning. The
brigade headquarters will be es-
tablished at Reservoir Hill, the Of
ncers and men reporting by 4 p. m.
on Friday. The three regiments of
infantry. the cavalry squadron and
the motor transport company with
other auxiliary organizations being
assigned to places in the camp
reservation which has undergone an
extensive improvement in the last
year.
Practically all of the stores and
equipment lave been moved to the
camp by motor truck and much
company property will go that way.
The orders issued forbid use OF
liquors in any form. require that
particular attention" be paid to OBJ
servance of military courtesy and
that disorders will be suppressed.
During the camp the new Spring
field rifles furnished by the War De-
rartment will be issued to the Militia
and members of the Militia will be
listed for the service ribbon.
Major General w. G. Price, Jr..
who will command the new Militia
Guard. and other officers named for
the organization will visit the camp
to discuss the formation of the new
militia force. Governor Sproul will
also visit the camp.
Change in OrderS-The State Live
Stock Sanitary Board has issued a
modification of the quarantine es-
tablished some six months ago
against the Shipment into Pennsyl-
vania of horses, mules, etc. The
restrictions were placed because of
fear of spread of cattle diseases ow-
ing to army shipments. The modi-
hcation permits shipment into Penn
sylvania without restrictions, no
test chart or permit being required.
Provision is made that no animal
| affected with or exposed to CHAMBERS
may enter Pennsylvania.
The hog cholera quarantine has
been raised in six of seventeen
counties, including Philadelphia,
Lebanon and Berks counties.
Brown Rot About-State Agrcul-
tural officials have called attention
to appearance of the fungus disease
known as brown rot in many peach
orchards. Because of the weather
conditions the rot is said to be more
prevalent than usual and also to
have seriously affected cherry crops
in some sections. Owing to the
big investments in peach orchards
| and the fact that thousands OF young
trees are Just commencing to bear
the Department is urging hat the
peaches be sprayed or busted with
out delay.
Object to State-Objections filed
by a depositor and a stakeholder of
the Park Bank. of Pittsburgh, to
the proposed sale of the former site
OF the bank nave been ordered heard
by the Dauphin county court on
July IA. The application for the
approval of the sale was made a few
days ago.
Asked to Speak. DIR. Thomas E.
Finegan, State superintendent of
Public Instruction. has been invited
to deliver the address at the dedica-
tion of ~Carbondale's new high school.
Rozd BOught.-The State Highway
Department has bought for $24,0 900
the Clay and Hinkletown turnpike in
Lancaster county. and it will soon be
freed.
PhiIadeIphia's Report.-The report
in the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
system made by the city and to be
sent to the Public Service Commits
sion, shows an outlay made of $4S,-
76s,607.3S, and a value of $50, 600, 900
with SIT. 000, 900 book value.
Contracts Listed-The Public Ser
vice Commission has listed for hear
ing contracts of the York Haven Wa
ter and Power Company with Lon
donderry, Derry and Lower Swatara
townships n North and South Ann
Vile and Londonderry townships in
Lebanon county. They are for run
ming lines and will be heard next
week.
Increased Capitol. - The Raft and
Nestor Company, of this city, has
fled notice of increase of stock from
$14o, 900 to $500. 900. Storb, Snader
and Company, Lancaster, filed notice
of increase to from $1,000 900 to $780,
900.
Wart Checked.-State Department
Of Agriculture officials believe that
they have halted the potato wart,
which did so much damage in the
lower anthracite field. In the last
few days agents of the bureau of
plant industry ave been going
through the Luzerne and Carbon
country district with Federal ex-
perts and 1t is thought that the rig
orous quarantine has checked the
spread, while valuable material re-
garding the disease has been OBJ
tanned.
Big Cases Up.-The Public Service
Commission has scheduled for hear
ing on Wednesday the contracts be-
tween the Philadelphia and Reading
railway and Montgomery county for
the bridge and crossing abolition inn
provements at Conshohocken. The
work will include a bridge over the
Schuylkill river.
Greatest Road Work. - Bids for
the construction of over one hundred
miles of State highway will be opened
at the State Highway department to-
morrow, this being the largest offer
ing of road work ever made by any
State in the union If not by any coun-
try. State Highway department Of
ficials say that there has been great
interest shown by contracting firms
and that many bids are looked for
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