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The Otsego * Journal | NEw sueschirtion RATES One Year, $1.50; Six Months, T5o Three Mos., 400; Single Copes, 80 Ter Cents Extra ontside of county agable in savance. * Vol. XLV IIL. Saturday, Dec. 22—1411.“th popular out-door stars, in from the Saturday Evening George Pattullo. reel will also be shown. of the Golden West.\ Forty- niners. Jewelry. Watches, Clocks, Felt and Leather House Slippers. Electric Vacuum Cleaners, New ers and Heaters for Ford cars. The Busy Store MOUNT UPTON MOVIES A Century two-reel comedy and a news Tdesday, Dec. 25-Special Christmas Program- J. WARREN KERRIGAN and SYLVIA BREAMER, in First National's wonderful picture of frontier life, 'The Girl mous stage play and from the opera immortalized by Caruso, this picture presents in convincing fashion the days of the You'll Never Forget It !! an OUR GANG two-reel comedy. Coming--James Oliver Carwood's \GIRL FROM PORCUPINE.\ Make Your Selections for Xmas Gifts From Our Large Stock of Merchgndise Silverware, Fountain Pens, Searchlights, Stationery, Fancy Baskets, Thermos Bottles and Jugs, Diungrwnre, Pyrex Ware, Gloves, Mittens, Blankets, Silk and Wool Hose, Fancy Towels, Handkerchiefs, Perfumes, Neckwear, Suit Cases, Figs, Dates, Oranges, Nuts, Candies, Etc. F. S. ROCKWELL & CO,, MAYO, one of the screen's most \THE FIRST DEGREE,\ taken Post story, *The Summons,\ by Taken from David Belaseo's fa- In addition, Club Bags, Umbrellas, e Home Sewing Machines, Hood Cov- Mt. Upton, N. Y. Per Cont sented at the Bank. four per cent interest. Respectfully, RER re mle prlc flere aimee ine Dee. 8, 1923. INTEREST ; Four Per Cent Interest'on [Cortificates of Deposit and Interest Account Books Will be paid by this Bank on and after Jan. 1, 1924. Present outstanding Certificates of Deposit and Interest Account Books will draw the new rate from January l, 1924, without being pre- We invite you to deposit your funds with us and take advantage of this favorable rate of interest. Deposits may be safely sent by mail and we will return you at once & Certificate of Deposit or an Interest Account Book, either 'one earning you UNADILLA NATIONAL BANK, UNADILLA, N. Y. Pocket Knives Razors Shaving Brushes Flash Lights Auger Bit Sets Chisel Seis Wrench Sets Carving Sets Thermos Boltles Thermos Jars Foot Warmers Blankets Sad Irons Christmas Suggestions Kodaks Sleds Skates Scissors Thermos Lunch Kits, Electric Hat Plates Electric Grills Butteraut Valley Hardware Co. GILBERTSVILLE, N v. Shears Electric Lamps Electric Vacuum Cleaners Electric Washers Electric Irons Electric Toasters Electric Heaters Electric Hal Pads IN BUSINESS YOU NEED GOooD EYES You are using them for hours every day, perhaps under electric or artificiat light which is nome too good for the eyesighi. - Therefore it would be well to have as examine your eyes every little while to see how we can help you retain your sight or improve upon it No charge for our examinations. | See D. H. DARLING Professiocal Ostometrist) STDNET, K. T. Do not let those buildings go * without paint any longer. A fresh stock of Paint OF, Bruskes, Cement. Wail, Plaster, Lime, Sewer Pipe, Roofing. Shin- gles, et., on band. Plaricg and Matching to Order RDTOMOBILE LIVERY Enclosed Cars Touring Cars - Ton Truck Express trips to Siduey and Gilberts ville every day except Sunday. F. b. KOCK WELL & CO., 6a Kt. Coton. W, Y. Local and Lorg Distarce Telephoces. i A i i - WIB Ship Calves < d H. L CRAIN, /% mote Try a Want Ad in | | Oulyr on Monday bereafier. Cattle every other Thursday, meffi‘ta‘m Kov. 91 0 WH boy Skins awd For sny day Journal | They DFIMGlatime marker esults. SITE $20A, e Upton, N.V. Dt Gil Otsego County, .N. YC., Dec FILE STATE BUDGET $200,000,000 Albany Departments' Requests Do Not luclude Commissioner Green's Fund. Albany, -- Budget requests totaling nearly $200,000,000 have been filed with the Board of Estimate and Control and the Joint Legislative Committees by various state departments and in- stitutions after making up their eslf: mates for the next fiscal year. These money requests do not include those to be made by Col. Frederick 8. Greene, commissioner of public works, who has charge of highways, canals and public buildings. | Commissioner Greene's budget proposals mra being held up by the reorganization now go- ing on within the three departments. The state's expenditures for the fis- cal year of 1922 amounted to $129,608. 264. It is understood that Colonel Greene is making a survey of canal conditions with the view of determining Just how much is needed for canal operation and maintenance next year. It will be recalled that the canal during the season which has just drawn to a close could not operate to Its full capacity because the 1923 legislature did not appropriate sufficient funds to matu- tain a minimum depth of twelve feet. Reports about the Capitol have it that Colonel Greene's budget demands will in some respects represent slash ing reductions as compared with those submitted by the three departments in former years. He has effected a number of consolidations which will, It is predicted, result in a consider able saving in personal service costs. While this program is much applauded among people who like to see some regard for the taxpayers' money on the part of puble officials, the plan is mot at all popular with politicians, who are loath to see tyflr preroga- tives of patronage taken out of the Canal and Highway Departments. In former years they were the richest patronage flelds in state service. Trimming Now In Order Until the legislature sees fit to adopt a sclentfic budget system such as is advocated by Governor Smith, who is absolutely responsible to the legis- lature, the law making bodies will con- tinue to face the annual task of par Ing and pruning and trimming the financial requirements of department heads. The tentative budget is much larger than the state can afford to grant. It is the fruit of a bartering system In which one side asks as much as it feels it may be able to got away with and the other side grants as little as can be granted, except, of course, In Instances where political favoritism comes Into play. The finan- cial record of the state shows that the latter element has wielded consider uble Influence in the granting of ap- propriations. One thing which may preclude ex travagant budget requests next year is the fact that nearly all of the state departments aro headed by mon who are of Governor Smith's ogn po- litical faith and who as a bogy are anxlous to give him a chance to dom- onstrate his oft-repeated contention that bis governmental policy stands for economy and efficiency, Of course, there is the legislature to be reckoned with, especially the assembly, bocause of the power vested In the House Finance Committee to reduce or to Increase budget requests. Many weeks will pass before the work of revising the budget demands has been nccomplished. Leaders in both houses will confer with Governor Smith on the various major [tems as well as hold hearings before the finance committees on Individual de- partment requests for which addition al explanations are sought. Some of the departments, in order to expand their operation or else to Increase their efficiency, seek personal service Increases. This does not apply to all departments. The State Tax Com- mission and the state controller's of- fice ask for no salary increases. In the latter's department there is a reduc- tlon of $9,000 in personal service re- quests, Requests for Increases Among departments seeking salary Increases and new poslllgns are the State Motion Picture Commission, the State Education Department, the State Boxing Commission, State Hos- pital Commission, the State Arch tect's office, the secretary of state's department, the attorney general's of- fice, and some others. Among the recommendations submitted by the State Board of Regents is one suggest- ing that the salary of Commissfoner Frank 2. Graves of the Education De- partment be raised from {32.000 to $15,000. It is held that the present salary is much too low, Increases of $1,000 are also askei for Assistant Commissioners Geo M. Wiley and James Sullivan. now get $6,000. The depa for $46,800,000 for the next fiscal year. The allowance for the current year was $40,743,000. The increase in personal service totals $97,700 and for fixed charges and contributions $2,000,000. Among decreases there is an Item cf $15,000 for printing and advertising. The State Mofion Picture Commis- sion asks for $117,500. This year it got $113,000. The Increase is due to the proposed creation of a new deputy commissioner at $4,000 and salary jumps for several eimployees. Fees collected by the commission during the current year are expected to total $170,000. The Farms and Markets Department asks for $6,427.000, which Includes in creases for personal service totalling $92,000. This year the department re- ceived slightly over $3,000,000. Among new positions is one af radio operator at $2500 a year. A salary Increase of $2000 Is pro- posed for Charles F Rattigas, state superintendent of prisons. The Job now pays $8,050. The departrient asks for $12L000, compared with $114603, | granted by the 1928 legiwlatore The | Siste Hospital Commission asks per | somal sersice trcremses totalong 13 ©6008 Its total buiget demand Is $351, | 00% as against the $274000 | this year. The appropriston of $12, 1 SC0000 far stare boagital Improvement asks The gmwmmafim i/ The Commervation Commiseicn | Prerezses Sota tng | stake exgizeer wants more for I\s payors than be hes fois gear The ces en e me nt ye state architect seeks salary increases and new positions totalling $82,000. The secretary of state's department asks $7,000 for salary Increases, while the Civil Service Commission requests salary 'tncreases totalling $4,000. Vermin Hunt Organized The sale of hunting lconses netted the state $161,804 In 'the five months ending November 30, according to the report of Alexander MacDonald, con- servation commissioner. | This is A gain of $826,226 over the same period in 1922, Commissioner | MacDonald | turned over $228,422 to the state treasurer as the total recelbts for the five months period from all sources, which is a gain of $38,596 for the same period last year, Of this amount $46,047 was collected in fines and penalties. 'The fines from trespasses on state lands amounted to only $559 in 1923 as compared with $3,431 in 1922. Fines and penalties pald game pro- tectors of the State Conservation Com- mission in November alone amounted to $21,898.55, or nearly double the amount of collections from the same sources during November, 1922, Com- missioner Macdonald said. In the counties of Albany, Columbia, Greens, Schenectady, Saratoga, Wash- ington and Rensselaer, game protec- tors examined 2,090 hunters and 910 \Ashermen. | Their licenses bore the nemes of nowresident hunters from Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jer- sey, Ponnsylvania and Vermont. Start Vermin Hunt To save the game for the hunters which flock to the woods each season, the Eden Rod and Gun Club recently organized a vermin hunt in which the members took 114 red vsqulrrela, four crows and one-large horhed owl. The slogan of many sportsmen's clubs through the state is \The fewer ver min, the more game.\ At Rouses Point, Protector Stark de- stroyed several large hoop nets; at Cranberry lake, Protector Walter dis- covered a doe's head and skin under & brush pile and nearby picked up a pipe that served to Identify the map who killed the deer and was employed in a nearby lumber camp. The man paid $60 before Justice McAlleese of Cranberry Lake. Protector O'Donnell, while watching the trains into Rochester on one of the days of the pheasant serson, ap- prehonded a hunter with a pheasant that had been picked, The owner set- tled for the offense, Fifty cases of fllegal shooting of song birds were prosecuted by game protectors under Inspector Hanlon in the district about New York City, the defendants in every case paying the legal penalty. . 2,600 Quacks Work Plans for an immediate scrutiny of the rolls of all who practice medicine in New York State and prosécution of bogus practitioners were made at m conference in New York City be tween Augustus 8, Downing of the State Department of Education and George W. Whiteside, counsel for the State Medical Society. Mr. Downlug, who was directed by Governor Smith to Investigate reports that fraudulent practitioners were in- festing New York City and other con- ters in the state, sald he was con- vinced there were at least 2,500 fake doctors practicing in the state. This, he added, was a conservative estimate mnd included ouly those who are ac- tively engaged In diagnosing 'and pre- scribing in medical cases or offering surgical treatment. Mr. Downing has directed the administration of the laws governing the activities of those practising the professions for fifteen yeas. Splege! Held in $1,000 Bail \Dr.\ Jullus Spiegel, confessed or- ganizer of at least five alleged diploma mills, was held in $1,000 bail for the New York grand jury by Magistrate Bernard J. Dourse on a charge of grand 'larceny brought by Mrs. Kath- erine Rockfeller, one of the Incorpo: rators of the \Rockefeller Institute of Chiropractic.\ Mrs. Rockefeller, who, with her hus- band, David H. Rockefeller, conducts the Acme Stock Salt Company and the Guardian Food Company, 600 East 181st street, New York, where the chiropractic institution was to be housed, was the only witness against Spiegel. She told of paying money to Spiegel for his activities in an unsue- cessful attempt to Incorporate the in- stitution {n New York State and a later successful attempt in Delaware, payments for which she said there had been no proper accounting, Baited His Trap With Candy. There has been quite a lot of petty thieving going on in Jeffermon of late, so Saturday evening one storekeeper set a box of candy on the counter and nade arrangements to have it watched carefully. Shordly afterward four boys came in and one of them was seen to take the box, and then the proprietor appeared on the scene and recused them of taking the candy. They finally produced the box of candy and then weoted to settle, but the proprietor decided it was time to teach them a lesson, as they bave been pests for a good while. They have been making life miserable for some of the amailer boys all summer, waiting until they caught one of them alone and then all taking a hand in adminis- tering rough treatment. Help That. Was Timely. The continued barking of one dog, fortunately mot affected, aroused relatives of Mrs. Ausa Derlin, near Seurerties, Uster county, on Friday a0d an investigation revealed that Mra. Berlin, and two other dogs were bor- dering ca fation from coal gas The gas esca from a stove in the reom occapfed by Mra. Derlin After getting the window cpered end letting in the ain, Dr Iobn G Kemp wes called and co arrival be immediately began the work of resteritatizg Mrs Dertin, who, despite strekatcs e€orts ca the part of the dsctor, temained to- Egorssiots until late In the uciccstess, ard Ie pow a- the coal gre, | recover {ans ae w Jo ember 20,1928. VICINITY NEWS ITEMS Happenings of Interest Clipped From > Newsy Exchanges. Cazenovia Methodists have raised $37,000 for religious purposes in the past five years. St. Patrick's Catholic church at Oneida realized $6,810.71 from a church fair held recently. Syracuse and other sections of the state are after the boys under 18 years of age who are operating automobiles in violation of the state law. About 25 foxes are in pins at the fox farm récently established on the former Becker estate at Stamford. Congressman-elect Sweet will at- tempt to get a new postoffice building for Oneida, it is annnounced. The Munnaville Plow company opened new plant in that village with a dinner to stockholders. The village of Chittenango has been bothered with robberies, three places having been entered within a short time of each other. Forty shopmen were laid off recently in the locomotive and car shops of the New York, and Ontario Western rail- road in Middletown, David H. Waterbury is dead at Brew- erton. He was 102 years of age and is believed to have been the oldest Mason in the United States. The 127th anniversary of the Hamil- tou Baptist church was observed on a recent Sunday with appropriate exer- cises in the morning, afternoon and evening. There is a movement on foot to form a stock company and erect a business block on the site of the Oliver and Hulbert stores, Anges, recently des- troyed by fire. The Hunter's and Angler's Associn- tion of Onondaga county has indorsed the campaign now being waged by the Field and Stream magazine against the automatic shotgun, Roman Maronette, of Cortland, and Frank Sandusky and Martin Rafkin, of Syracuse, were caught burglarizing the Stark-McAlpine store in Cort» land. Officers trapped the yeggs in the store. Robert, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Buell, of Sherburne, was knocked down by a speeding auto on a recent morning and narrowly es- caped fatal injury. The driver, En- gene Degowin, of Fort Covington was arrested, plead guilty and fined $100, which he paid. ’ SIDNEY THIEF CAUGHT Edward Marsden, Desperado, 30 Years Old, Now In Canadian Jnil. J. H. Bedell's high class Paige sedan, list price $3,975, stolen early Sunday morning, November 17th, from his Willow street garage, has got back home again at the Bedell garage, ar- riving in Sidney from Montreal, Can- ada, Thursday morning, 6th inst., in charge of a detective of the Continen- tal Insurance Company, says the Sid- ney Record. After stealing the auto- mobile from Sidney, Marsden apparent- ly started north. On Wednesday, 5th inst., he crossed the great bridge to Montreal and landed into the arms of the city police. He was ordered to produce his ownership card, which of course he had neglected to take along with him. The officer got into the sedan, telling Maraden to drive to the. police station. Marsden, scenting the jig was about up, and while the machine was still under motion, jumped out of the Paige sedan and promptly stole a Dodge car to make his get away. A few hours later be was captured and in now in jail at Cornwall, Canada, about 80 miles from Montreal. The Canadian suthorities in due course will try Marsden on the charge of stea'ing the Dodge car in Montreal and when his sentence expires he will be arrested, on the \ original charge of stealing the Bedell car in Sidney on November 17. The Paige sedan returned to Sidney in a battered condition, rediator injured, plate glass broken, brakes out of commission. May Hunt on Own Lands in Season. Almost daily some . farmer asks if it is necessary to procure a license to hunt or trap on one's own farm. We here quote the exceptions made in the law, which will be found in Part IV, Section 185, and Subd. & *'Provided that thesowner or o »ne of farm land, and their immediat family or families, occupying and cal- tivating the same or the lessee or lessees thereof and their families who are actually cccupying and coltivating the same, sball have the right to bunt, kill aed take game, or trap] for bearing animals on the farm land of which be or they are bona fide owners or lessees, during the sesson when it is lawfol fo kill and take same, with out procuring sach resident license; and pro- vided that minors under sixteen years shall not be required to take- out a license to trap for-bearing ani- male.\ A Case of Nerve. The Binghariton Son: says: It is bad esough to be the victim of a forged check, but when the check passer, uses the victim's own fountsin pen to endorse the forged paper, that's] mean. Bot that's what \W H. Mik ler\ did to Merwin B. Updike of Binghamton. Bot this mas who styled Miller did store. He beaght a trouk costing $55 of Mr. Updike a=d rendered a check for payimest Hr, gave bis the chargeard wert the trouk to the address given by Hoe thin this, the tas theanch very werk Thots eects of MP fed fram: the perimg after getting ont Egg oo £ FIRED HIS OWN BUILDINGS Unadilla Man Sought To Collect Large Insurance George Miller, owner of the Potter farm two miles east of Unadilla, on which the house and barn were burned mysteriously in 'the early morning of November 7, was arrested at Gilboa Saturday night, charged with having set fire to the buildings:\ Miller, a man 50 years of age, was visiting a brother at Gilboa when State troopers arrested him. He is said to have made a frank confession of his guilt, admitting that he sought by this means to collect $14,500 insurance car- ried on the property. He is now in the county jail at Copperstown, await ing action by the grand jury. Forty years imprisonment is the penalty for first degree arson. Miller, a single man, who came to the farm about a year ago from Syra cuse, lived upstaire and Mrs. Sutton and her four children occupied the lower floor, Mr. Sutton is employed at Norwich, spending his week ends at home, and was not in the dwelling at the time of the fire. Miller cast bis vote on November 6 and then ap- parently left the village, stating that he was going to Sidney and would re- turn next night. Lhe fire was discovered at about 2 a m., by neighbors. It started in tne relr of the upstairs portion of the dwelling and bad gained such head- way by the time help arrived that it was with difficulty that Mrs. Sutton and the children were rescued. The fire did not awaken them and if the neighhbors had not been soon at the scene the family would undoubtedly bave perished. But few of their effects could be saved. Fiamee also broke out at about the same time in the rear of the large barn and that building was all ablaze by the timejthe Suttons were rescued. Nothing in the barn was saved. 'Two borses and a large quantity of farming tools and machinery were des- troyed. The structure was filled to capacity with hay snd other crops. The caftle were in the pasture for the night Suspicion soon centered upon Miller and the troopers directed their efforts toward obtaining evidence that would warrant a conviction, ~ HENRY FACES EXTRADITION Wife Charges Desertion and Motor Car He Drove Away Was Mortgaged. The Rev, Neal Dow Henry, clergy- man and Syracuse University student, and son of the Rev. C. B. Henry and Mrs. Henry of Harpursville, formerly of Worcester, who was arrested Thurs: day at San Diego, Calif,, after pursuit from Los Angeles, where he attempted to dispose uf his automobile, faces extraordinary proceedings on two charges, instead of one. - A warrant will be sworn out against the young man in police court by Henry D. Schumacher, 801 Westcott street, representing the Commercial Investment and Trust company of New York, charging violation of sec- tion'75 of the personal property law. Mrs. Dora I. Henry, of 704 Com- stock avenue swore out a warrant Suturdag, mccusing ber missing hus- band of abandonment of their child, Robert Deuel, one year old. The see- ond warrant arises from the fact Hen- ry violated terms of a chattel mort- gage agreement, made at the time of purchase of an autombile for $1,440. The clergyman agreed to keep the automobile at his residence, and diste garded clauses zof the contract by dri- viag the machine across the continent to Californie, where he fled from home. Henry left his home October 23, tell- ing his wife he was Lound for Belgi- um to attend to a real estate matter and was then going to proceed to Brewerton to lead a prayer meeting that night, As Henry generally car- ried snbstantial som of money, fears of his safety were entertained during the past two weeks of his absence, but this theory was abandoned when no trace was found of the automobile in which he drove away. Ueder Probibition. Public intoxication in Binghamton is some what on the increase. It i= certain, at least, that it is not dimin- ishing, Doring the 12 months ending November 30 no less than 1,564 intoxi- cated individuals fell into the bands of local police headquarters and lodged in the Whereas during the 12 months ending November 80, 1922, there were 1,511 similar afflicted persons who suffered a similar fate. These figures were made public last Wednesday - Binghamton Sun. MICKIE SAYS- rma ma ny All Ladies' and Children's Coats Reduced Special Prices on DRESSES and SUITS Big Assortment of Skirts, Blouses, Kimonas, Sweaters, Bath Robes Read below a few of the Specials We Are Offering See Our Handkerchief Table The Otsego sourpal NEW SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, 81.50; Bix Months, 760; Three Mos., «0; Bingle Copfes,80. Tem Certs Extra outside of county Payable in Advances AeA habeas Ra ens benet CHRISTMAS GIFTS SMITH'S We plan to make Decem- ber, 1923, the Banner Shopping Season of the year, as Coats, Suits and Dresses will all go at Closing-Out Prices and they make good gifts. 9 FU RS Silk Hosiery, Boudoir Caps, Gloves, Umbrellas, Couch Covers, Rugs, Blankets Comforts, Electric Cleaners, Bissell Sweepers \*F. H. SMITH STORE SIDNEY, N. Y. pape on on or pre song Spon be by be by pn onar unonbe peonao an an pe on ar Sneeeran as coe on uy ae pene pe anon cape onar Sepe on bn er br or or as ae ax out. Also a fine The Quality! Store on the Busy Corner. O U R School Supplies Are ready for the first day of school. Send the chil- dren in-we will fit them WE HAVE A FULL LINE OF Children's School Shoes | Lady's Oxford A. H. WHEELER & SON For winter wear Mt. Upton, N. YC. fsther and the boys.. box i=d baik, and Christmas Suggestions at the Drug Store Pleasing, Useful Gifts: Such as Hot Water Bottles, Thermos Bottles, Luoch Kits, Kodaks, Ivory Manicure Sets, Brosbes, Ivory Trays, Mirrors, Clothes Brushes, Hst Brushes, | Military Brushes, Coatex Sets, Sofety Razors, etc., ete. There is a Colgate Gift appropriate for every member of the family--Co'gate Perfumes, Toilet Waters, & Tale szd Compets for mother and sisters, Colgate S Preparatiocs, Soaps, Dental Creams and Tollet Waters for: + Ivory Combs, Ivory Shaviog - *_ A Nice Lins of HOLIDAY CANDY, tmo m # Fruits, Nuts and Groceries for the Holiday Needs, Yours for a Right Merry Christmas
