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The Otsego Journal NEW suBscRIPTION RATES © One Year, $1.50; Bix Months, 160 Thrée Mos., 400; Bingle Copies, fo 'Ten Cents Extra outside of county avable in savance. Vol. XLV IIL. Saturday, FANGS,\ a really great sto unforgettable. «'Silent Call.\ - A two-reel c Tuesday, Jan. 1-One of J most famous novels, great author, For comedy, we shall offer Mick: great OUR, GANG two-reelers. than this ! ! BODY'S BRIDE,\ A two-reel News Reel will also be shown. Coming Soon--\The Su MOUNT UPTON MOVIES. Dec. 29 - WILFRED LYTELL in «WOLF Indians, trappers, dog teams, etc., are used to On a par with \Brawn of the \The Girl From Porcupine.\ ed i that northern wilderness so truly pictured by CURWOOD, this pic- ture will stand up in compatison with anything ever done by this 'The stars are Faire Binney and. Lassie, Saturday, Jan. 5-HERBERT soreen in letective picture of the sort which made him. famous, \NO- ke the etory ry of the North \9<;ds, in which North\ and omedy, also. AMES OL‘iVER CURWOOD'S Filmed in the famous dog. ey Daniels and his gang in one of his You'll never see a better show RA W LINSON returns. to the Century Comedy and an International nshine Trail.\ Electric Vacu The Busy Store New Homé Sewing Machines 1900 Electric Washers Sold on Easy Time Payments F. S. ROCKWELL & CO,, um Cleaners Mt. Upton, N. Y. me nye imei NC Nep ple niet Senet pact f S O ADVAN woy-these are a few of taining a CHECKING bank, TRY IT! + Safety, Freedom from Worry, Ease of making change, getting a sure receipt, building up credit, doing business in a modern Unadilla National Bank, UNADILLA, N. Y. M E TAGES the advantages of main- ACCOUNT with this Hn seme rere Stm eye tey «pocket Knives © Razors Shaving Brushes Flash Lights Auger Bit Sets Chisel Sets Wrench Sets Carving Sets Thermos Bottles Thermos Lunch Kits, Thermos Jars Foot Warmers Blankets Sad Irons Christmas Suggestions Kodaks Sleds Skates Scissors Shears - Electric Lamps Electric Vacuum Cleaners Electric Washers Electric Irons Electric Hat Plates Electric Grills Electric Toasters Electric Heaters Electric Hal Pads Butternut Valley Hardware Co. GILBERTSVILLE, N. y. I IN BUSINESS YOU NEED GooD. EYES You are using them for hours every day, perhaps under electric or artificial light which is none too good for the eyesighi. - Therefore it would be well to have us 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 Professicea! Optemetrist SDNET. K. T. Do not let those buildings go without paint any longer. .. , A fresh stock oS Paist - OW, Brushes, Cement. | Wall Plaster, Time. Sewer Pipe. Roofing, Shin- gles, etc, on band. Plaxing ord Watching to Order. H. L CRAIN, 8 In the y Sring ROTOMOBILE LIVERY Enclosed Cars Touring Cars Ton Truck t Express trips to Sidney and Gilberts- | ville every day except Sunday 1 § F. 5. KOUK WKLL & CO., | 6a Mt. Upton, 5, Y. i Local and Long Distacce Telephones. Will Ship Calves Only on Monday bereafier. {Cattle every other Thureday, guflmfls‘; Kov. 24 WH buy airmen”: and Por any day #1 the warkes. - SINTH SROS. If: Cptom N. XT Gilbertsville; Otsego Fountyv, N. Y., December 87,1928. The Otsego Journal NEW SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, $1.50; Bix Months, T5o; Three Mos., 400 ; Bingle Qoploa,8c. Ten Coats Extra.outalde of connty payable in Advance. .' [$13.52 PER CAPITA TO RUN N. Y. STATE United States Commerce Bureau Finds That Ex- pease for Each Person in 1918 Was $8.39. Albany.-Cost of government in New York State for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922, was $141,871,167, a per capita cost of $13.52, the Com- merce Department at Washington an- nounced. In 1918 the per capita cost frs $8.39, in 1915, $8.46. The total revenue re- ceipts for 1922 were $134,031,260, or $12.65 per person, making an excess of cost over revenue of 68 cents per capita. However, the revenue receipts ox ceeded the costs for the ordinary op- erations, maintenance and payments of interest, so that the excess of per capita payments was largely on ac count of permanent {mprovements. Property and special taxes in the state in 1922 represented 54.50 per cent of the total revenue of the year, 50 per cent for 1918 and 58.2 per cent tor 1915. The \increase in property and special taxes as collected was 30.5 per cent from 1916 to 1918 and 79.9 per cent from 1918 to 192% Assessed valuation of property in New York subject to ad valorem taxa- tion in 1922 was $15,890,898,978. The taxes levied aggregated $21,457,949 for state purposes. Earnings of general departments, or compensation for services rendered by state officlals, represented 4.7 per cent of the total revenue for 1922, $.4 per cent for 1918 and 6.9 per cent for 1915. Business and non business licenses constituted 82.4 per cent of the total revenue for 1922, 38.4 per cont for 1918 and 29.3 per cent for 1915. Receipts from business licenses consist chiefly of taxes exacted from insurance and other incorporated companies, while those from non business licenses com- prise taxes on motor vehicles and amounts paid for hunting and fishing privileges. The net Indebtedness (founded and flowing debt less sinking fund assets) of New York was $17.52 per capita for 1922, $17.91 for 1918, and $18.03 for 1915. Steps for Organization Steps for organization of the assem- bly already have been taken by Re- publican leaders. T. Channing Moore of Westchester county, chairman of the Republican Caucus Committee of the lower house, has prepared a cau- cus call, which will be mailed to each of the eighty-seven members, and says: \Pursuant to custom, there will be a caucus of the Republican members of the assembly in the assembly cham- ber Tuesday, January 7, 1924, at 8 o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of se- lecting candidates for the elective of- fices of the assembly. It is important that every Republican be prosent.\ The candidates selected will be elected at noon the day following, as 'prescaibed by law. The Republican majority program is to re-elect the present officers. H. Edmund Machold of Jefferson county will be renominated as speaker; Simon L. Adler of Monroe county will bo nominated for majority leader; Fred W. Hammond of Onondaga county for clerk and Harry W. Haines of Westchester county for sergeant at arms. 'The grasp of Speaker Machold upon the assembly during the coming ses- slon is expected to be as pronounced as It was during the session of 1923. Upon the record he makes as regards the passage of Republican measures, irrespective of their defeat in the Democratic senate, Machold will predi- cate his candidacy for governor, It is said. While It is yet too early for any prospective candidate to throw his hat into the ring, two namos have been mentioned, those of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, and Colonel William Hayward, United States district attorney of New York, While his position as candidate for speaker has prevented Machold from announcing his Intentions regarding eny ambition to be the standard bear- er of his party in New York State, It is said the would like to head the ticket In the 1924 race for the guber- natorial chair, The assembly majority rolled up by the RepubMcans in the election last November !s taken by the Republican leaders to mean that the people are not behind the ideals of Governor Smith and that few, If any, of the gov- ernor's recommendations will be heed ed by the assembly. Notwithstanding this rumored aitk tude on the part of the RepubHcan leaders, Governor Smith is engaged upon an elaborate message, which will deal with water power, grade crossing elimination, better rural schools and other fasues he deems of sufficient importance to remove the inference of party sponsorship. All the assembly committees will be revised because of the fact that assemblymen are elected once a year. On the assembly side there will be a shifting of committee chairmanships because of the resignation of Senator Ralvatore A. Cotillo, who was elected a supreme court judge for the New York City District Senator Cotillo was chairman of the senate committeo on Judiciary. Senators are elected for two year terms. Immediate Auto Identification For the first time since the automo- bile was made subject to a license plate fee in the State of New York, the 1924 appHcation for a lHcense makes possible the immediate Ident- fication of the owmer of &a motor vehicle in every section of the state. Heretofore this Information was avail- able only at the offce of the Motor Vehicle Barean {n Albany, and then ouly during the houts of the éay that the office was open. Under the new aZopted fot the coming year, two coptes of the rame aed residence of the car owner 274 a complete description of the fio tor vehicle w2l be fled with the New york City Polée Defertment within hours after the Ecenee has bees Issred. This apples to erety motor vehicle Ecemss in the State of Kew York ama is mot confined to Greater New York aloza. Commenting an the heur a792 vt Ee P. Citar, smestien cf te State. Tax Commussion, s Alat the plan of\ making qulex identification of automobiles possible in all sections of the state, regardless of the resi- dence of the owner or where the II- cense was issued, represents a high type of state service in the protection of life and property, and signifiqe the elosest of co-operation between the New York Police Departmont and the State Tax Commission. \Notwithstanding the acknowledged fact,\ continued © Commissioner Gil- christ, \that the furnishing of this in- formation to the New York Police De- partment will bring about some add tional clerical work in the offices of county clerks issuing license plates, as well as in our own offices of the PMotor Vehicle Bureau, the commission cannot view the conservation of life and limb and the protection of prop- erty as a matter secondary to addi- tional elerical labor. \The people realize that the auto- mobile ig today almost the sole means of trafisportation: upon | which the criminal depends for escape from the clutches of the law. In a great many ccses the automobile is stolen. Fre- quently the police, in any of our up- state clties would be greatly assisted if they had at their disposal some means of identifying the ownership of an automobile that may be directly connected with a crime, suspected of being slolen property, or the cou- pants of which may be the objects of police suspicion. “Under the present system this information is obtainable ouly at our Albany office, which 18 open $ a. m. to 5 p. m. After January 1 this information may be had any hour of the day or night at police headquarters in New York, Very often minutes count in the apprebonsion of eriminals and suspicious characters traveling about the state by automo- bile. \If for Instance, the police of Utica have only the Hconse number of a car lerving a certain location in their city after the commission of a crime, or if they are suspicious that a car coming under their observation is stolen property and the driver-or oc- cupants are'of questionable character or appearance, they need only get in immediate touch with the New York police for any information wanted in connection with the ownership of the car,. The same would apply to police ruthorities in any section of the state, regardless of where the motor vehicle may have been originally lcensed.\ In concluding his remarks descrip- tive of the new system, Commissioner GHlichrist sald the State Tax Commis- slon is leaving no stones unturned in an effort to protect the public in'the matter of motor vehicle regulation and pledged every possible co-oper- ation with police authorities through- out the state. Fewer Deer Slain Fewer deer were killed in the Ad} rondacks this year than in any pre- ceeding season since 1918, according to Alexander MacDonald, conservation commissioner. - Reports received by Mr, Macdonald show that the number of doe killed also was less than in preceding years. Inspector Burmaster of Saranao Lake submitted a report that there wore twice as many hunters in his district as there were last year, but that the number of deer killed was only about one-third that of the pre- vious season. A canvass among guides and owners of camps bears out this statement. In one camp thirty-two bucks were killed last year and only eleven this year. Last year a party of rangers went to Cold River where they found eight does that had been shot and left on the ground. This year In going over 'the same ground they found only one. Inspector Gammon, whose district Includes Jefferson, Lowls and St. Law- rence countles, reports the number of deer taken from his district leas than last. year. Hunters reported seeing very few bucks of legal size and favor m closed porlod for several years. Inspector Underhill of Fulton, Her- kimer, Hamilton, Schoharle and Mont- gomery counties reports that the num- ber of deer killed In his territory was equal to that of last year. He also says there Is a scarcity o, food and that the does are not as fat as they should be at this season, One reason advanced for the small number of deer killed is that the num- ber killed last year was greater than the deer herds could stand, making the number of bucks less this year. Many deer also remained in the moun- tains on account of tne warm weather and were not seen by hunters in the valleys. Politeness. Lieut. Shackleton, in a bappy and manly speech which he made in re- ply to the toast of his health by Mr. Heinemann at the dinner given by that gentleman at the Savoy Hotel. told an Interesting story of politeness in the untrodden regions of the Ant arctic. His party, he said, were always er: tremely good-humored and polite, and one professor In particular attained a degree of politeness unusual | under such - trying | circumstances. | \'Are you busy, Mawson? he called out one night to another member of the party who was in the tent. \'I am,' said Mawson. \'Very busy? said the professor. \'Yes. Very busy. \\If you are not too busy, Mawson, 1 am down a crevasse' \The professor was found banging down a crevasse by his four fingers. | a position which he could not have occupied for any length of time.\ London Daily Chronicle. The Conjurer Confesses. That \the band Is quicker than the eye\ Is one of those secepting sayings Invented by someone who knew noth- Ing of confuring-or, as is more likely, by some cunning confurer who almed still farther to boodwink a gofllible public. The fact fs that the best con furer seltom makes a rapid motion, for - that- attracts | attention, even thorgs It be mot understood The tree artist to this Tine is deliberate iu an enfirely diforest . David Devant. who for years hes en Lordon with his Ingesfons *The confcrer most gosrcres, by the tote wf start by Hts #strg. te He efects Nite 2C t ~ EVER BURNING MOUNTAINS Huge Beds of Coat Afire for Ages. In the Rocky Mountains, Thigugh a long line of cliffs from Colorado to central Utah, and then southwest toward Arizons, extensive beds of coal are found, and recent geo- logical investigations Into this coal formation of the Far West has devel- oped what may be termed burning mountains, or coal beds, a fire with surface Indications of constant ecin- bustfon for ages past. Liké other coal producing States of the Rocky Mountain region, the coal fields of Utah are somewhat widely separated, and even the known fields have been comparatively little explor- ed; therefore very liitle is known of their productive areay* The edges of these beds come to the surface in these cliffs barely 1,000 feet above the bordering desert, and in ages past this corl has burned into the mountain cliffs until smothered by the accumulation of asnes and cover- Ing of superincumbent rocks. In places the heat of this burning conl has been so intense as to melt rocks, From surface appearances the fires | have gome out in these cliffs, but at one point in the canon of Prince River, where the coal is being mined, the rocks are found to be uncomfortably hot and the miners were compelled to retire for fear the fires would again break out. . Other coal felds Hg in the desert west of Green River, -At two places near tributaries of Fremont River the coals are burning, and bave been with- out cessation since they were discov- ered by the earllest explorer, At cer- tain intervais, ma the burning of the thicks beds progresses, producing cav- ernous spaces In the earth, the rocks eave in, forming veins for the freer circulation of air. Then the coal burns more fiercely and the heat be- comes so Intense as to even melt the rocks, 'The origin of, these fires has been the subject of much specula- tion? Three explanations are commonly heard among the people-the Mor- mons who fubabit this peculiar coun- try where the mountains burn, One explanation is that lightning bas by chance struck the edges of the coal fields at various times since the mountains were lifted up. Another Is that forest fires raging\ in the mountains came In contact with exposed coal. 'The more thought- ful point out that the forests in this desert reglon are too sparce for for- est fires to occur. Still another and more common ex- planation is that the Indians built their campfires under the protecting ledges of the mountains against the coal and it was thus ignited. They point to the fact that there are ruins of the habitations of cliff dwellers bore, and that in their day the coals began to burn. *The coal miner in this region sees still another possible cause for these fires. In the dry mines, and most of them are dry mines, they observe that when a quantity of water is thrown upon a heap of dry coal, it sponta- neously begins to burn, and If not protected will burn the mine. Now it can be seen that If the rocks are rent by some subterranean cause, me sometimes happens, there may be a sudden recess of water to the fresh, dry coal, causing spontaneous combus- tion. a Snalls \The Man's Oyster.\ Properly cobked the snail is both nutritious and tasty, If, however, the suggestion that it should form an article of die} here were serlously acted upon wé fear that the supply In this country would prove to be, short of the demand. But, doubtless the enall could be cultivated, as is the oyester, when it was found that It bad gmined a considerable patronage, The snail has, indeed, been called \the poor man's oyster,\ though we do pot remember to have seen It eaten raw. We know, however, mays the 'Lan- cet, that It makes an excellent fish sauce. Possibly also a few snalls in a steak and kidney pudding would increase the tastiness of this popular food. Care must be exercised in the choice of the snail for food purposes, as it ls well known that snails teed on poisonous plants, and It is the cus- tom in France to allow a few days to elapse after they have been-taken from their feeding ground In order that any poisonous matter map be eliminated. Compared with the oyster, the snail contains about 104 per cent more nu- tritious substances. The . suggestion, therefore, that the snail should be used for food is not | merely | sént- mental.-London Chronicle, Beli Made of Pipes 'There is a bell at Tokio, Japan, which is made from tobacco pipes. So says the legend Inscribed around the outside in four languages, English. Franch, German, and Japanese. The English version runs as follows: 'This bell, cast in the city of To- kio, Japan, December 10, 1892, by Tsuda Sen, is made from the metal of tobacco pipes of more than a thousand men, once slaves, now freemen.\ The story is that In 189% a woman Inissionary from America waged war on tobacco smoking and | persuaded over one thousand men to forswear the habit. They therefore bad no use for their metal pipes, which were melt- e4 dows and cast in the form of a bell. The metal | resembles brouze and the bell has a pleasant musicas ' ring. \ a The Penalty. Judge-It seems to me that I bave seen you before. Prissner-You kava, Your Honor; I gare your dacghter singing lessons. Joige-Twenty years. Locking Up. \Wad'l have fi¥icZiction over a' shige?\ , \Why the bighoay commicsemer.\ The Actor-Woud you tum Cova a Cftck? The Poct-Yes, with clearcra. The got & Eife Into our Ef it micas io Ke Halit @ coteg 6 A MODERN PROPOSAL Dialogue Which Ended In a Daffance to High Prices. {* He-You know, Celeste, what mod- ern living means. You read the p- ers, ol-courset She-Yes, George. 'And I hear all mbout It at home. Nothing but high prices. He-That's right. Everything is up but salaries and carfare. ' She-I guess that's true, Mme. Gore won't touch a waist now for any- thing under $4. He-My mother and sister go to somebody else, but I'm sure they must be all allke. good deal more kicking than he used to do. = She-Yes, and rents are way up for everything that's desirable. He-I know. I've been around. It's discouraging, Isn't It? She-A w fully. Hg after a little pause-Of course it wouldn't be fair to you to ask you to marry me. She--And I'm sure it wouldn't be fair to you If I accepted your offer, He-By Jovekgzzaste. you're an an- gel for unselfisl ss. She-I-I love you too well to be a b-burden to you. He-Confound the consequences! Who cares for high prices? Let's get married anyway? Sho-Y-yes, George, The Unexpected. The fire, not the earthquake, de- stroyed San Francisco, Few buildings really went down, and those were old brick structures of Almsy workman- ship, or wooden houses half rotted by age. In the second story of such a building slept a middle aged couple. The house settled gently forward, and out went the bed, all standing, onto the sidewalk. 'The wife sprang out of the bed on one side, and regarded her husband on the other, _ \Well she said, \this will teach you to wear a nightshirt In future!\- Will Irwin in Success. A Novel Wedding Gift. The negro woman who comes regi larly to the apartment on the appoint- ed business of Monday appenred last week In widow's weeds that she wore with an air of pride, \What can be the matter 'Liza?\ inquired the mistress, \Why you've only been married a week and here you are in mourning!\ \Well you see,\ said \Liza \I never was a regular widow before, When my last ol' man died I didn't have the money to buy a mournin' outfit, so this is a wedding present from my husband.\ Fame of Annle Laurie. The new minister was Inspecting a pawky Bcots farmer's stock, and psused to admire a donkey. \Fine donkey that, Mackenzie,\ said the minister. \What dae yo ca' him?\ \Maxwelton meenister,\ was the re- ply. \Wherefore .that, mon?\ cried the wisitor. \Because bis brays ore bonny,\ came the answer, Getting the Rings Mixed. \One r{ng for bellboy, two rings far chamberniBiid,\ read a botel guest from the printed card hanging in his room. He pressed the button and the maid appeared. \I don't want you,\ said the guest, \I rang once twice.\ \Ob replied the maid, \I thought you rang twice once.\ Forewarned. \How is the water in the bath, L sette?\ \Cold my lady. It turned baby fair- ly blue.\ \Then don't put Fido in hour or so.\ for an The Tag of Quality. \Look here, waiter, I've just found a bair in the butter.\ \Yes sir, It's m cow's bair which we always serve with it to show that It's not margarine.\ --- -- He Knew. Teacher-Now, Wille, tell us one of the principal events in Roman his- tory, and mention the date. Wille-Marc Antony went to Egypt 'cos be had a date with Cleopatra. At the Quick Lunch, \Say walter, don't you see that sign 'No Smoking!?\ Waiter-Yes, but that's only in- tended for the customers. ann- _- Good breeding is the art of making people you don't like particularly un- comfortable. \A freak, is she?\ \Yes indeed. She's two-face, fore handed, and five feet.\ Natural Inference. \Ine two women had just been In- troduced. \My husband and 1.\ said the one, \have been married nearly 10 years, and we have never bad a quarrel.\ wat's too bad.\ rejoined the oth- ed 'Any wbman deserted at the altar has my sympathy.\ MICKIE SAYS- Anyway, father does a. \A an Bp an an Aten ne ar er rre ar or eine Are fas pas hrs pae res pan pas mn as aan anhaan rare RSs HCI BC bi HK MONG our assets we like to count the only one that money cannot buy ..- your good will, and so at this Holiday Season we extend to you, not as a customer alone, but as a friend--- the best of wishes for the coming year. ' A& -_ The F. H. SMITH STORE SIDNEY, N. Y. School Supplies Are ready for the first day of school. - Send the chil- dren in-we will fit them oul. WE HAVE A FULL LINE OF Children's School Shoes Also a fine Lady's Oxford For winter wear A. H. WHEFLER & SON th tity} Store on¢0h9“F.u-yrco§n\. at the Drug Store Pleasing, Useful Gifts Sach as Hot Water Bottles, Thermos Boltles, Lasch Kits, Kodaks, Ivory Manicure Sets, Ivory Combs, Ivory Hair Brashes, Ivory Trays, Mirrors, Clothes Brushes, Hat Brushes, Military Bruspes, Cutex Sets, Safety Rszore, etc., etc. I There Is a Colgate Gift appropriate for every member of the family-.Colgste Perfomes, Toilet Waters, Tale and Compacs for mother and sisters, Colgat Preparations, - Soxps, Dental Cresms and Toilet Waters for father and the boys. | <A A Nleewttne of HOLIDAY CANDY, tom m | Yours for a R
