Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-03


ing these meet
- ings for farmers
will be changed next year under au-
thority expected to be conferred by
the Legislature and instead of lec-
lures on subjects which have been
gone over year after year there will
be efforts made to have the farmers
exchange experiences and to have
the addresses made upon topics
which are uppermost in the locality.
Where any district specializes in
product or has been afflicted with
a plant or cattle disease cogniZance
will be taken of it.
Attendance at Institutes this year
was greater than usual owing TO the
open winter and in some localities
the meetings developed into debat-
ing societies. Reports generally
showed increased acreage in grains
The closing meetings were held
Saturday in Bustleton for Philadel-
phia's farming district; and Gratz
for upper Dauphin with meetings at
Geeseytown for Blair and Prospect
for Butler. Today the final meetings
will be held in Gradyville, Delaware
county; Nixon Hall. Butler, which
will last two days, and Bald Eagle
for Blair. A few additional meet
ings to make up for some which
had to be changed will be held.
Closing Draft - Final steps to
close up the draft in Pennsylvania
will be taken soon. Eighty per cent
of the local boards have sent word
to State headquarters that records
are ready for shipping. Calls have
been sent out for additional his
torical sketches to complete the
story of the draft; lists of men who
volunteered for army or navy before
being called in the draft and data
regarding personnel of draft boards,
members of which are requested to
send photographs to the State head
quarters to form part of the second.
McCIure's Last Case - Notice that
the Public Service Commission will
not tolerate disobedience or evasion
of it's rulings in regard to jitney
service is contained in an opinion
handed down by Commissioner III.
b. Mcclure directing G. B. Henry,
j. d. Dru,ry and E. p. Christie to
stop carrying passengers between
Cresson station and the State sani-
torium. The decision says that
while some of the evidence shows
failure to grasp the effect of the
order issued last year, there indica-
tions of deliberate evasions." The |
commission directs the men to |
stop soliciting and carrying pas
sengers and says, "The commission |
will not now enforce the penalty |
for violation or the order. as it |
might do under the circumstances |
disclosed in this case, but further |
evasions will subject the respondent |
to the penalty which the law i'm |
poses" In another decision the |
commission directs the Lehigh VAL
ley Valley railroad to begin con-
struction under a bridge near Bow
mans station, Carbon county on or
before April 1.
Tree Doctors Out --Swarning
against tree vaccinators'' who offer
to treat fruit and other trees for
diseases and to inocculate them
against pests has been made by
State Zoologist j. G. Sanders.
This is the season of the year
when these tree doctors operate"
said he. 1--WE wish to put people |
on their guard and to give notice |
that the State has authority to pros
ecute under the insecticide act of
a few years ago. Some cases which
approach deliberate fraud have been
reported to u.s."
Must Show Reasons The State /
fused to approve a number of appli-
cations for fills along rivers and
smaller streams in mining districts
on the ground that it would inter-
fere with the streams. A number
of such applications have been made
with intention of doing the work
this year.
General Beary Member-Adjutant
General Beary has been named as
one of the members of the commit
tee to welcome home Allentown SOL
diers.
Attending Court.-Attorney Cen
eral largest has gone to Scranton
to argue compensation case in the
superior court.
Governor at Capital - Governor
Sproul is at the conference of the
governors at Washington.
To Give Slips.-As a result of an
agreement reached with the public
service commission the Pittsburgh.
Harmony. Butler and New Castle
Railway will give excess fare slips.
Deer From Wisconsin.-A number
of deer from Wisconsin have reach
ed this state and will go into the
Jamison City preserve.
To Discuss CASA general con-
ference on natural gas will be held
at Pittsburgh by the public service
commissioners with representatives
of the national government, Ohio,
New York and West Virginia and
the big producing companies.
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