FISH BASKETS IN GREATDEMAND State Issues More Than 2,000 Licenses For Them; Many Outlines, Spears and Gigs nuMMI Over 2,000 11- V\ \ ft // / censes for the use W\ of flsh basketa ln rTO streams of Penn- sylvania for the first season un- SJ&wSSjQjSk der the 1919 spe- cial fishin & device I WCMußltilJ license law have : JsTlftfliSlfisral been issued by the at State Department ■S£ of Fisheries. The season will end on Saturday, November 15, and of ficials at the department say that the Susquehanna and other large streams have hundreds of such de vices in use. Every licensee must file a statement of his catches for the season within two weeks after the close of the license period. The season for outlines, also reg ulated by law and under license for the first time, also ends on Saturday. The season for use of spears and THE GLOBE " $ Fur Collar Overcoats Are the aristocrats of the Overcoat world. 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The State Board of Pardons has one of the largest lists of cases for arguments scheduled for next Wed nesday in months. There are thirty two cases to be argued, eleven other cases being either on the hold-over l or rehearing application lists. I Word received at the Capitol from j Wilkes-Barre Is that Judge H. A. i Fuller, who has been very ill, is im : proving. The Pnbllc Service Commission held argument on the Randall Gas case yesterday, this being a case where a company wants the right to discontinue service of gas. The State Compensation Board will sit at Scranton and Wilkes-Barre the latter part of the week. Allegheny County anthorlUes look for a record-breaking issue of hunt ers' licenses. Incidentally, the sports men in that county are clamoring for establishment of more forest re serves in the southeastern part of the State. The State Agricultural Department has issued a bulletin that figures studied show that Pennsylvania has 12,673,519 acres of improved farm land, 16,018,961 acres being either woodland or unproductive. It is also stated that if the decline in number of farms noted between the census taking of 1900 and 1910 keeps up the next census will show about 214,000 i farms In the State. An appeal Is to be made to farmers to make more of the land productive by raising of live stock. Fnrmers of Pennsylvania are not as well advanced with their work this year as last fall, according to the statistical bureau of the Depart ment of Agriculture. The excessive rainfall while helping wheat, rye and pasture, has Interfered with late sow ing of grain and retarded husking of corn. There is an enormous acre- • | age of corn which is delayed In a | number of counties. Warning that I this is the time to attack diseases (which have been affecting plums is : given. | A list published by the Department 'of Agriculture shows that Dauphin | County has less than 2,700 farms. I The census of 1910 showed 2,684 (against 2.844 in 1900. Cumberland I has 3.034 farms; Perry, 2,409; Juni ata, 1,695; Mifflin, 1,276; Lebanon, 1 2,525; Franklin, 4,250; Adams, 3,752: Fulton, 1.424; Huntingdon, 2,285; L T nion 1,455; Snyder, 1,845; Center, 2,608; Northumberland, 2,534; York. 8.460, and Lancaster, 10,835, the largest number in the State. The Public Service Commission lias I issued orders for the Philadelphia Suburban Gas and Electric Com- I panv, to make extensions to maiiai in Springfield Township, Delaware County, and the Homo Electric Light and Steam Heating Company, of Ty rone, to make extensions in that | place, both orders being based upon ' complaints. The Baltimore and, Ohio railroad was given an extension of the time for abolishing the grade crossing near Claysville. Washington County, until June 1, 1920. Tho Philadelphia Railways Com pany has filed notice with the Pub lic Service Commission that the United States Shipping Board has ar ranged a new one-way tariff between Third and Jackson streets, Philadel phia and Hog Island, increasing fare from five to otght cents. It is to be effective December 9. Mine Inspectors reporting to the State Department of Mines to-day generally expressed the opinion that the miners would be back at work j very soon and that efTorts of radical elements in some communities to keep men out would not amount to much. In an effort to restore the black walnut trees of Pennsylvania the State Forestry Department has un dertaken extensive seed planting at the Mont Alto nursery. Commis sioner Robert S. Conklin estimates that 150 bushels of black walnuts were planted in specially prepared ground and that they should produce 100,000 seedling trees for distribu tion next season. Many requests for such trees have come from owners of woodland who are anxious to start groves of the trees whose wood was in such demand during the war. The Public Service Commission has fixed November 24 for the argu ment in the Bell Telephone rate case. Whether further testimony will be taken has not been decided. According to Philadelphia news papers, Col. John C. Groome is be ing very seriously considered for director of public safety. The col onel has been mustered out of the army and is now back in civil life. His status as a State Department of ficial is restored automatically. Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Donaldson has been in Pittsburgh in connection with the insurance trials. Contractors on State road work up the Susquehanna valley are run ning a race with Jack Frost. They are pushing construction as rapidly as possible especially in Lycoming county. Dr. Thomas E. Finogan, state su perintendent of public instruction, addressed the State Woman Suffrage meeting in Philadelphia yesterday. G. H. Getty, one of the State hank examiners for years, has been named as receiver of the Land Trust Com pany, of Pittsburgh, to succeed the late David Hunter, Jr. Attorney General William I. Schaf fer in an interview In the Philadel phia Evening Ledger again calls at tention to the fact that liquor leg islation is not a matter for the States, but for the Federal Govern ment, in which he takes issue with Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell. Friends of Dr. J. George Beeht, first deputy superintendent of pub lic instruction, to-day telegraphed their congratulations td him on his marriage at Williamsport. John P. Dohoncy. investigator of accidents of the Public Service Com mission, is at Philadelphia investi gating the ferry accident. Prank McGnuui. of Lancaster, has offered the old McGrann mansion near that city to the State Police as a permanent headquarters. The troop is now temporarily located there, but under the law will be es tablished here, an appropriation for barracks having been made. MOORE RECOGNIZED AS PHILADELPHIA HEAD Philadelphia newspapers to-day carry extended stories that Governor William C. Sproul has determined to recognize ayor-elect J. Hampton Moore as the Republican leader of Philadelphia. This seems to have com 9 out in a conversation at Charlestown, where the mayor and a number of Philadelphlans are at tending the waterways construction and the newspaper accounts general ly agree. Tho Philadelphia Press says that the Governor agreed to consult the new mayor on all appointments and that the administration will be run on the Sproul plan of conducting the' State Government on a business basis j i The Record says that Moore is de termined to be leader and that the Governor, anxious to keep things running smoothly, will consult him and back him up. The Public Ledger goes farther and says in a Charlestown dispatch: ••Mayor-elect Moore has assumed the political leadership of the Republi can party in Philadelphia and is re cognized by Governor Sproul and the State administration as the head of the party. Definite information I rfeg Live Store > Boys' Overcoats I Cilm The Boys have been coming to the "Overcoat- : 1 Fair" every day since it opened, after school hours you find the Boys' Department as busy as a bee-hive. Harrisburg boys are turning out < [ '* * n BT eat numbers, they want to buy their Overcoats, Suit, or Mackinaw where most men do their purchasing—They are strong for Doutrichs. | , Ml 11 * Mlf*—W*^*W** M W*~ >r Vlr n~Vl) **"VI/ 1 "!! I'm i ii I Sweaters Beach Coats "Slip-Overs" have the first call this season. They are firm woven fabric fleeced inside as an outdoor gar made of medium and heavy weight yarns. The young men and nient for railroad men, teamsters and mechanics. There are so boys especially favor this style sweater-Then the light weight of these garments sold that manufacturer, can't produce ... j . .. . ~ , them fast enough to supply the demand. We had our Beach jersey weave., a button sweater that takes up very little room, Coats and Vest, shipped during the Summer month, in order to but, o , "*>y- tey certainly are comfortable, yet not bulky.— get sufficient stock ahead—we have low prices on Beach Coats and I - | £ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPI to that effect was obtained here to day from men close to the mayor elect. They cited circumstances at tending the appointment of Judge Linn to the Superior Court recently as evidence to the fact that the Gov ernor will transact all political busi ness with Mr. Moore and will make no appointments from Philadelphia without submitting his selections to the mayor. Mr. Moore virtually is responsible for the appointment of Judge Linn. The Governor consult ed him on tho matter and. it Is learn ed, accepted his suggestion. This course of procedure will be continu ed. Mr. Sproul, while retaining all gubernatorial prerogatives, will nevertheless, wohk In close political harmony with Mr. Moore in all mat ters affecting Philadelphia and Phtlndelphians. Cauada Sends Four Beavers to State The establishing of a colony of beavers Is being tried by the Stata Game Commission on Its game pro serve along Mud Run In Carbon County, being the first of Its kind In this part of Pennsylvania. This NOVEMBER 12, 1919. stream of wuter runs through the large tract of wild land, consisting of thousands of acres, owned by Gen. Harry C. Trexler, of Allentown, and who has sold a large tract to the State. About two years ago the State ac quired title to the land and after making proper arrangements re leased 20 young elk and about 50 young deer on the preserve. The 13 colony of beavers will be placed the same tract. Four large beavers were shipped by the Canadian government to the Pennsylvania State Game Commis sion, and the animals were hauled from Wilkes-Barre to Mud Run by wagon and will be released In a few days after proper provision has been made for the retention of the pre serve.