WATER CASES TO • BE HEARD OCT. 16 Dauphin Service to Be Probed Into by Public Service Commission been lixed by tho g\\ \\ Public Service €*< Commission for ' bearing most of $ plaints from this 5 I dletown situation k justed by an order ' j „ made a short time Hummelstown cases will be heard together and there has also been listed for that day the complaint of the citizens of Progress against the Susquehanna Township Water Co., and the Lawson complaint against the Penbrook Extension Water Co. The Oak Extract Company's case 'against the Newport and Sherman's Valley Railroad is due on the six teenth as is the complaint against the York County Consolidated Water Co., from Dallastown. The Harrisburg and Valley Rail ways companies have not yet filed their answers to the complaints filed against their new fares. Some ad ditional complaints have been filed, but they are all informal, some of them so informal as to be mere growls. Information Asked. —Commanders of 160 Army camps, cantonments and training stations were to-day sent letters by Adjutant General ! Bcary asking for information us to : "Nothing So Good as ionail For indigestion" Is the Expe rience of a Nurse "I suffered for years with indi-1 gestion. Nothing helped until X be- I gan taking Tonall. Now I eat any thing and am getting fat," says j Nora Green, of Coatesvllle, Pa. "My occupation is nursing. My duties take me among sick peoplo. My experience with Tonall has been beneficial indeed. It drove all pains from my stomach. I feel all toned up, and there must be great virtu* In tho Roots, Herbs and Barks in Tonall, as it certainly is good for stomach ailments. "My wonder is why don't every body with indigestion use it. They would if they knew what good it does." This testimonial was given July 16, 1918. Tonall is sold at Gorgas' Drug Store. Harrisburg, and Marts' at jteelton. I We will win this I Nothing else really matters until we do! I The Flavor Lasts I TUESDAY EVENING, !the number of Pennsylvania soldiers I of voting age in their commands. This | information la to be used in ar ranging for tho voting of the sol ' j diers. It is now proposed to have 11 one commissioner supervise the vot ing by each 1.600 men. The taking of the votes this year will be at tended by considerably more difficul ty than last year as the men are scat tered through many organizations. In 1916 and 1917 the men were grouped largely in commands from districts of the old National Guard or where they had been drafted | from certain sections and assigned ito form new regiments. The duty of | the commissioners will be to see ! that these men get opportunity to - vote. Each commissioner will have about 100 pounds of supplies. Work oil Roads. —Workmen of the State Highway Department have j been put to redoubled work on the ! Lincoln Highway and National Pike j because of reports of big army truck i movements which are to be made j this fall. A force of men is also I engaged in repairing roads in Bea tver county which are used to connect with Ohio Stale highways. I Stock Increases. —The Pittsburgh I Outage Guage Co. of Pittsburgh has I filed notice of increase of stock from 156,000 to $50,000; Eastern Pennsyl vania Gas and Electric Co., Scran ton, $300,000 to $325,000; William Penn Mutual Building and Loan Association, Tullytown, $1,000,000 to $3,000,000; Dilworth Co., Pittsburgh, I $97,400 to $104,900. The Natural I Gas Products Co., Pittsburgh, and Kent Realty Co., Delaware county, | have filed decrees of dissolution. Big Cases Listed.—The Public (Service Commission has fixed Octo j ber 14 to hear argument in the j Springfield Consolidated Water com- I plaints and October 24 for hearings lin the Wayne Sewerage Co. com j plaints rfom suburban Philadelphia. Foust's Rej>oit.—Eighteen of the sixty-six arrests made last month by agents of the State Dairy and Food Bureau have been listed by Com missioner James Foust as for the sale of milk or cream showing evi dence of having been watered. They were officially returned as "low in ; fats" and were found in Beaver, i Blair? Chester, Clearfield, Dauphin, I Erie, Juniata, Jefferson and Luzerne | counties. Eighteen arrests for sale j of various alleged "soft" drinks con | taining anywhere from three to nine j per cent of alcohol were reported, i while twenty-two' arrests for sale of cake colored with coal tar dyes, I butter more than a fourth moisture | and olive oil made out of cotton ! seed oil. Some of the vinegar sam j pled was found to contain caramel. I 'Hunting the Pest. —State Zoologist J. C. Sanders'has detailed agents to make an inspection of potato patches and farms in the Mt. Carmel and Mahanoy City regions of the an thracite coal field and many extend his inquiries regarding presence of the European potato wart through Northumberland county and the up per end of Dauphin. State agents are now working in the Schuylkill and Carbon county mining districts and may inspect the upper end of Lehigh county. Columbia and Lackawanna will also be visited. Drills Are Off. —All drills of Re serve Militia organizations have been canceled until further notice by Ad jutant General Beary because of in fiuenza and some of the units have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness for emergency service to aid in combatting the disease. Meetings Off—Meetings scheduled | by the State Compensation Board for I Pottsville, Wilkes-Barre and Seran | ton have been canceled because of j the influenza outbreak. Ashlnnd Complains—The borough of Ashland to-day filed complaint | with the Public Service Commission against the service of the Schuylkill [ Railways Company, charging that | cars are old and unsuited for traffic | and that new transfer arrangement is I not satisfactory. \ Forest Fire Loss—Almost a quarter j of a million acres of forest land were burned over in Pennsylvania this year according to the report of the chief forest fire warden of the State Department of Forestry issued to day. From February 1 to June 1 there were 1,355 forest fires which burned over 202,338 acres and cost $26,000, while the direct loss in wood was $360,000. Centre county alone had 22,827 acres burned over, one lire in Hush township covering 8.400 acres. The area burned in state own j ed forests was 15,900 acres being held | down by the state forest fire protec | tion system. i Ely Succeeds to Swope's Position | Moses K. Ely, former bureau officer |of the stream inspection service of j the State Department of Health, was j to-day appointed chief clerk in the i bureau of engineering of the Public j Service Commission. He succeeds j Charles Swope, who goes to Washing ! ton as secretary to Senator Boles | Penrose. Mr. Ely left the Health ! Department some weeks ago. Mrs. Charles A. Snyder, wife of the auditor general, is ill at her home in Pottsville and General Snyder could not get here to-day to attend various meetings. Register of Will* James B. Shee han, of Philadelphia, to-day paid the state $103,079.98 as collateral inheri tance taxes and $82,673.54 as direct taxes. Accountant* working under ar rangements with the Public Service i Commission to-day began examina | tion of the steam accounts of the I Harrisburg Light and Power Com pany. ur. Samuel McCllnfoek Hammlll. of j the State Department -of Health's Philadelphia offices and well known here, has been designated as the physician in charge of the newly created Philadelphia district to fight influenza. Owing to Influenza the dedication of the Shenandoah High School to have been held this week and at tended by the Governor and officials has been postponed. Secretary William H. Ball repre sented the Governor at the funeral of Fire Marshal Port at Huntingdon. The Governor got here from Philadel phia early this afternoon, coming by automobile. Adjutant General Beary will go to Erie to-morrow to attend the Sol diers' Home meeting. A state quarantine for rabies has j been established for the city of Brad- I ford. HJVJRRISBURG TELEGRAPH "The Live Store" - "Always Reliable" "Always Reliable" Today as in normal times "Always Reliable" has become synonomous with the great DOUTRICH Store throughout Central Pensyl vania - It has signified a full measure of service and satisfaction and has taken on a greater meaning in these times than ever before. Many merchants are lowering their standards of quality, rather than courageously facing conditions and maintaining standards But DOUTRICHS are sticking to the standards of quality and value-giving that have been responsible for the rapid growth and excellent reputation this Live Store" enjoys —ln many instances it has meant closer margins of profit—But after all, ' to "carry on" is the wartime purpose of every patriotic business institution. Try the Dependable That Everybody Is Talking About Hart Schaffner & Marx o Kuppenheimer "Society Brand" ® Clothes Sweaters * * A good warm sweater will go The underwear season has a X??"! t0 u prev^ nt y °u fr ° m , takin ? begun in earnest at this "Live Store" - cold during the changeable weather, our large and -n. , . i , t .. c .. . varied .locks at the tempting prices we are selling The . re j a great deal of Bat " facllon m 1n able sweaters this season are bringing the sweater '° *° mar| y the best brands of "Union buyers who are looking for value, to this "Live Suits" and two-piece underwear in one store per- Store" We invested a great deal of money in haps that's why we are so busy in this department, wool sweaters this year, because we knew the We have full lines in short, stouts, tall, or regular serious condition we were approaching. sizes. Headquarters for ".Visor" and Bradley Sweaters • Munsing, Duofold and Cooper's Underwear ■ " . J> "Manhattan Shirts" "Monito Hose" "Stetson Hats" i '• ♦ J 1 • ♦ i 304 J Market Street b , ■ OCTOBER 8, 1918 Harrisburg, Pa. 11
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