Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-06

ufal counties that the frSt week Oh
the deer hunting season was extra
good" In a comparatively small
section of Perry county warden
reported 10 bucks killed, while in
the Clearlield region there have been
many bucks shot.
The season will close December
l . and the game wardenS have been
instructed to obtain reports of the
kills. so that estimates on restocking
can be made for the coming winter
1t is believed the kill this year will
run at least $50 ahead of last year,
as there are more deer hunters out
than ever known before. So many
have been reported that State Com
mission officers believe that the ag-
gregate of hunters licenses this year
will run $4,000 ahead of the total
for 1918.
No plans have been made as yet
by the State military authorities for
organization of units of the naval
militia and it is not likely that much
will be done until the Navy Depart
ment is heard from. The State will
give the use of armories to naval
units. When the war began there
were four units of the naval militia,
two in Philadelphia and two in Erie.
The keystone which has been
mobile license tags issued by Penn
sylvania ever since it began to reg
ulate motor vehicles will disappear
with 1919. The first shipment of
tags to start out from the State High
way Department will be shipped next
week and will be plain plates with
out the keystone or the manufac-
turers' number. The numbers will
also be divided on the thousands.
First shipments will be of many thou
sands.
Public Service Commission hear
ings will be held during the coming
week in Harrisburg. Lebanon and
Pittsburgh. a long calendar having
been prepared for the later city on
Thursday and Friday. Philadelphia
will have hearings on December 10
when jitney applications will come
up. The Commission has listed hear
ing on the right of a railroad in
Lancaster county to discontinue
train service without Commission
approval for Monday and will hear
argument on contested jitney cases
from Bucks and Lycoming counties
and on alleged excessive toll road
fares in Berks county. Executive
sessions will be held Tuesday and
on Wednesday complaints against
Erie railroad crossings in Susque-
hanna county will come up with the
Marysville independent telephone
controversy. The Lebanon cases are
also listed for Wednesday and in
volve water complaints. Street
railway, natural gas, water and jit-
ney cases are listed for Pittsburgh.
Five districts have been established
by the State Department of Agri-
culture for the mid-winter State
farm products show to be held in
this city The State is supervising
the proposed show and no entry fee
Is required. AS the State raised the
largest crop of corn in it's history
this year, it is the idea to stimulate
production and improvement of
quality.
Attendance at the Cumberland
county farmers institutes was very
gratifying and it is expected that the
Franklin county series will be as
good. State officials who visited the
meetings said that there was plenty
of questioning and that the plan of
having men acquainted with the
specialties of the neighborhood was
u good one.
State Health officials are watching
the development of the diphtheria
and smallpox situations with consid
erabIe anxiety. Appeals are being
made to local health authorities to
be on their guard.
Fernando Loudermilch, of Hall
fax township, formerly steward at
the county almshouse, has been
named as watchman at the Auditor
Generals Department.
The LititZ Gas Company will next
week ask approval of the Public
Service Commission for its organi-
zation, it being reorganization of
the Lititz. Mannheim and Ephrata
Gas Company.
The Ford and Kendig Company, of
Philadelphia, has filed notice of in
crease of its stock from 100000 to
81 100000.