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C X V I B O . 3 6 For E c o n o m y in Governnieiit jjOg.Roilins Must Cease, Says Gov ernor Smith— For Executive ^ ^ ' Budget pj,.hi\ plaii fo r reorgaili- .zinc oivi s'fi-;'liCv’»ig the s i M e ’s g o v - 'erninentai inaehinery before a non- THE OEb REUiABI-E DEMOGRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER OF OTSEGO COUNTY EStA B L ISH tb IN 1808 a o O P E K S t o W B , O l B i m O B , IT ., W ' E D B J E S D A Y , sSl-lils Sixty-five Otsego I Coi^orations Dead j - Eeflecici: of last week S m t t h „ p d . h i s es:l“hS” s; hearei-f i\ P> home and tell tlieii readea- they would have to make I'heir ajiiit:.': to the men wlio have the'pd'ver to gcant it, nlmeljs, the ^.jsend'i''’.^ ■ the Senate already has pas?P<i the ! - ■■■■\ \Thuv i- tioii »f thi' important fiinc- governraent than of public money. . sl points until- c are made. 7iiiQGld has beei es between thesi g the unceftainity of bilsi- itess\ experience is the list of ho less I tliaii sixty-fiWe Otsego county cor-- | (fissolved and their charters forfeited ,| b»y f ^ s o n of -their failure to repoilt as jr-equired by the statute. )f the list is all that is vince the reader that it „ 1 neglect that these con- : rei-ns have been di.«solved but that Chey represent tite last stirrings of :i rmany ah ill stari-ed eniterprise al^ ■ i tliough, of course, others have been $ 140,000 Sole jBid For Pjesis Property Under Fpi-eclosure Action Cuildlng and Machinery- Confirms Sale A P R I L 2 , 1 9 2 4 Cooperstown^ Girl Helps Solve Mystery ’preclosure Actiori^Includes Confirms Ss Tne buil-dihg and plant o f the Coop- ch erstp\vii Press, Inc., sold: ht noon on Hi Friday under a judgment obtained by in ter of Mr. ... J S 'm v S u tt*.« fcjrmer well known residents ir„^d^Ugh-; t E. Par- imber of the: CooperstoWr idihg positidr ly’s Syracus Reforestation In New York Advances In the list are several names that vwill sitir Up anything but tender mem- oLrios on the part 'of investors who aye long ago kissed their holding oodbye and turned to some oth< leans of making good their losses. ,To whatever reason their departui lay he ascribed, the following may e enumerated as among those o f in- Maddox Wire Belting C Cotton Factory, Otsc A.ppropr:3i.on bills are . rarely de bated. In*- Legislature may spend , «-ai-p IL er it may spend hours ma'iter of tree planting, or reforesta- debat'ii.s: i '* season in which you can sr.v- '-I'd duck on Long Island, bu: rar. 1;. i.\ there any debate upon an appr> II’.:it.iitrT)ilL > ••In .>i.br to ppopcjirly discuss this sabjiH-;. it i-- necessary to deal, first, with tl:'- ^^i'^tinr — - --- 1 in an article in Sunday’s Syracuse Po^-Stahd'aTd dpscribiiig~^the work of a class in “theatrical make-up’’ in the College of Oratory. The article which was accompanied by an cellent nicture follows in part; ■ ■’'lerine Parker and t l have bqfen furnisl ;e the opening of the spring semester at the university. Men and women have puzzled, won dered, and inquired into the contents of mysteridu.s black bond-boxes that these young wpmen have been carry- Spring primary elections the Democrat and Republican parties Were held in Gt.sego coun'ty from upon until 9 o’clock Tuesday. Or ganization candidates to -the state and national conventions a.=! weii as for membership on and eoufity committees < April 21st---State ir House Burning srentiai vote nothing of state- ide interest nor was therp any contest affeetiiig in any manner the state organizations of the parties. m, or, better still, lack I'ndcr the constitution, billsills originatedriginated inn thein I. b o i t The Governor is givei presen. - of . appixin'^-*'•' LeS.il-' ' •-*■■ a certai.'; n -tnoted power over them, that IS t>. .-*iy, he can veto an en tire item, \ubject of course, to re passage i .v r!i.- Legislature'by gn in- t-reased \-iti-, but he cannot reduce •Thii. i - iuently puls him in Ithe ipositioti .-I iK'ing obliged to accept entirely I'r.i legislative dictation, as • to an Item, c>r starve out tha't serv ice of the government entirely. “Unde.- the present system the busines- •-!\ preparing the appropria- tirin b.li i-<- to 201 men, It may Jhnvi- '-u' t-b no years ago, but at this day, wiicri the state’s business has grown tr. it.- present proportions and wnen ir.- a e|>i '•|)riation bill h as reach ed the enormous total o f §15(),000,- 000 the present method i s behind the ■;inii--' a • i • ads lo confusion, if noth ing >ror-c. ‘Tfe t; - uiive budget proposed by nit- fiiii passed by the Senate does r.ei in the slightest degree de- rraci treni the power o f the Legis- Ol kture to control the purse strin\~ ei tne -..ua-. It simply applies, constitutional law, a -better and more un- 1 .; .-tondable method of doii : m mind 'that, when file governiri/rt of the state by con- stitutien.n! mandate i s reduced to 20 4epartnu-rt>, there is afforded the dovertyor an opportunity o f sitting down, at tire table with jtist 20 men, who will form his cabinet and, then and there, preparing th e appropria tion bill. After its preparation it becomes ’Ire duty of the Gor pre.\ent it tp the Legislati i.*! his bill and the duty of it rests with him. “The amendment itsc that the froveriior shall „o ________ .Lflftslaf ire upon request and explt it or any part of it. The Legislate thereafter is at liberty to incret r decrea^-e an item, 'but f m ^ e r . ty, whic tusand; ■has over fourteei oital needing reforestation is 190,000. This, however, is a good figure as compared -with St. Lawrenee, rhich has 250,000. acrescres whichl need; _ 0,000 a w replanting, while only 704, or one omtj^ of about 400 have had due attentia i there m a y to be done i„ thla im som m l f f i i S o o n w r S m S ! \ ? w S Electric Burglar Alarm Co. Helping Members Fill Empty Coal Bins' al Club* g t o the ly under a judgmeri ____ , the Ir-Ving .Bank-Colunibia Trust company of New York Gity -Was bid in by Waldo C. J&hnston o f Coopers- town represeniting tlie jeatherstock- ing corporation -which operates the cellent bicturc Otesaga, Leatherstocking garage and “Miss'Katln other lohal property. iMr. Johnston’s oth< bid of $140,000 Was the only one re ceived\. The sale of the big plant attracted a small group of local people who crowded abovtft the entrance of the building while Earold T. Basinger, referee in tl.'’ action, read the _______________________ 'Potato A c ^ g s e esited in fV- - mr.-chase of the machin- the secret. , ]VIa,V T ifx 1 ery wei-e present and a request was made that it he offered separate from the building but under the order of the court this could not be done. On Saturday at Supreme Court hambers a't Oneonta Justice A. L. ellogg signed an order confirming the sale and directed that the pur chaser have ten days in which to pay the amount of his bid- C. E. Hotch kiss of the firm o f Davies, Auerbach & Cornell of New York pity appear- “These thirty co-eds, eager to learr ed for the plaintiff. I t is understood the disguises of the professional spot- ............ mrehaser will sell the ma-, light darling, struggle daily to learn W H O L ^ ^ O . 6 0 2 6 Motor Cases Occupy Attention of Court Adjournment Prison Term for -—Other Matters’ The Max’ch term of . County Court .Was adjourned Saturday morning un til April 21st When the ease of the People against John Wiedow of Mor ris Will be tried. Attorneys Merritt Bridges qnd Jameq J. Byard, Jr., appeared in a me Week to have the case put . over the ■ni on account of the absencp of iterial Witnesses jrax-2>uu & in Aiienuiiu up,’ Miss Parker divulged t The black boxes, ‘each apd c contain a rabbit’s foot! ‘“ No, we don’t c ingly declared iuck,’ Miss Parker laugh- d . ‘We use it to apply our rouge! There are over 30 d‘“ ferent articles in , these mysteric black boxes that the mai worrying — May Be Reduced The farmers of this ying to reduce expem barley and hay ,seem likely to about offset the expected decrease in the acreage o-f wheat and rye, These that the purdiaser wilTseirthe'ma-, light darling, struggle daily to learn farmers'^whieh”'^^^ ^ the whole rying so about. They contain plete set of “make-up” for actress.’ has o d y 40 acres ptoteO i . | Sherril An offer made by Dean Moon of taiei Kenwood, Oneida, Oneida Castle. V. ------- nnd Wampsviue have agreed with the club. The various -eceive from the secre- ... - Weekly reports that county where the children \vrilll®nthe personal accounts of his cus- plant and care for them. There is'«omers and likewise make weekly re- scarcely a district in 'the county of|» o r ts on his deliveries against the careely a district in 'th e county of||p o rts on his delivi •tsego where the necessary acre for andividual accounts lanting could not be provided; aaidl ------- ----- Agricultural News_ cost of which is practically nomia^al. d ^'t defending ment itse lf provided lor shall g before the lest and explain cost of which is practically nomm^al Why should not the schools of Otstgge mafie Arbor day this year a genuine period of tree planting? Old Herkimer Fair Grounds Change Hands Negotiatioi— ------ — mated in Herkimer whereby Fi'o-nk Carroll becomes owner of the Old “Terkimer Fair Grounds which have een conducted in recent years by Harry L. Cramer and Charles H. Putnam as Whitd City Park. J\l- though ffie definite intentions of From Station WGY Following are the special radio pro grams to be broadcast from WGY, fichencrtacly byjche New York State •4^ id: ictacly by 'Che New Faran Bureau Federation frog to 7:45 o'cl-ock p. m. on the t o , b „ a oon«ra,. im e r w h e r e b y F l 'a n k l iT o fcssor J . J*. P o r ter (Extension Ser- ' ‘ ----- vJo-J IitiprovinB our llum l Surrouna- rc to expand any activity Of state by a new item they -can do i t under the executive budget plan in a * separate hill after provision has beet made for the proper stqjport o f th« lentnt in thehe Governoi'overnor’s _ . o f t le in t G hill, is predicted upon the old s' theoryheory off thehe house-Jholuse-Jhold gownm i time homely t o t ho budget. After you have paid the ‘d the gas bill, bought the dlbthing* you Ind out now tent, paid food, the fuel can then sit down and find out how much you have leflt with which to indulge in any new luxuries. The *ew overcoat,' the phonograph or the radio come after the ibut^er, the candlestick maker. That mdd iit only will to economy, but St will la v e feet of con ^™Not t iness an i is common new owner have not been announced it is unofiicially stated that ^no of the most up-to-date amusement parks in Central New York may be con structed cn the site, A swimming pool, 60 by 200 foot is one of the prominent features of the new organization and this alono will provide something of which H-er- kimer has been in need for some time. I t ib proposed .to have an expaert w'ho has been i n charge of some of ,the largest pools in Florida take charge o f the designing and manage- halls and out of door ill be among other feat ures to be put into operation. The former Owners, Messrs, amer and Putnam iting the park sir __ that the grounds ownership of Mr, Pufenarn. 120. Prior under -the L this xodtiuK impelling more thoughtful nore dignified hatidUng o f ap- iropriatinn bills by the Legislature md it will have for its effect the ter- ‘\^ y o f ^loration that [irectorate to its fiS(-al suggei For Citizens’ Military Training Camps auy ^ a t busi^ness corpor assume responsibility for tnahagf-mrn’i, without the of a directing head? , “Our Republican frien loe with pride to the « n Wa.ihipgton of an “ fit-n.-.-ing th e people rj their own state.. ‘Thi-re was some talk last yeat at nut a \latutory budget; there is no such thing and there caft be nO sii-h ‘hiriT. The mapnel’ •anti meth- od of appropriating moffey is dealt with ir f.ic fton.stitutipn arid no last- at Pla’ttsburgh this summer may be had at the postoffice or of Dr, Floyd J. Atwell in Cooperstown and rnffor- mation in regard ‘to the camp can be obtained of them or from Sergeant Harry Diener of the U. S. reeruitdng office, 'Oneonta, Severai Ots-ego county boys have attended tmese ■ *’-\ --jst and it is pro'bauble ___ _______ „ of '\the opportui offered by the government camp be taken by many this year. The object of ’.these 'ihg together Farm Bureau } announectS li ’May^lSh! lU Federation ?Si ? ' r £ . 7 ■li Speaker to (Extension Service) ............... . May 26th. ]3aos Lee( F. B. F.) Sul.ji-et to be an- noimced later. , E rofessor M. V. Atwood (Extension Service) W liafs th e M a tter w ith Agrl- ciilt-urc? , Safe Blower May Be Adjudged Insane Alfred Lang, alias “Frank Vegrip- sky,” alias “Braamer,” who •was taken to the gehsharie jful foHo'wing a confession made to (Dtsego county officials, telling of his part in rob beries a t safe cracking jobs a t Cobles- kill. Central Bridge, Esperance and other places as told by T5ie Free man’s Journal recently, may be M - judged deranged and sent to ah in stitution for the criminal insane. Lang, since his arrival at the Scho- haiae‘ b astile has appeped much de pressed in spirit and his actions have led comity, officials to conclude tbai an examination as to his sanity be made. Judge Beckman is expected to give an order appointing exatniners in bis case, probfibly this w e e k Bids Wanted Fw^ N ctf Concrete Work The town .superintendents of the 1 hi^iy^a'vs of the towns of Otsego and j advertising for 'bids tioii^of coiicTete Work ing concern seeks 1 property. Illastrated Talk on Cabbage Growing All farmers (vithin reaching dis tance who want to make more net profit from *their farms next year should mdke a special effort to at tend the meeting to be held by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad in the reception room of the public libi-avy at Richfield Springs on Wednesday evening, April 0th. At this meeting, Ellis Reed of Cort land will fell the story of how to grow over twenty tons of cabbage per acre for fifteen consecutive year.s at a very low cost. His story will be illustrated with sixty-five lantern slides, all made from pictures taken in pmeUcal cabbage growing work. Mr. Reed is a - practical farmer and is makng money for his farm. He will teU ia a pleasing and instructive way how you can do as ivell. If you want to make more money next year, do not fail to hear Mr. Reed. Hnrlo P, Beals, county agricultural agent, will tell i^f the importance of diversified farming to obtain gre-*—* profit. His talk will bo full of gestions as to how you can increase yoar net income. Don't fail to hear Remember this is a farmers’ meet ing, arranged for farmers by farmei and rubber boots and flannel shirl will be in order. Come and ask quei tions. Bring the neighbors. Ladies are especially welcome. Everything is free and aiTangcments ‘arc being made for foUow-up work durinjg the coining season for those who vyisb it. Others are making big money in cab- sees what it doesn’t. “ Miss Patsoris, an authority in story-telling and the back-stage side of theatrical life, labors to aid tt to put the right kind of noses on right kind of faces.” Farm Bureau Works on BiHlorestation dtate and federal crop cies and summarized for country by the U. S. Depi .Agriculti ^lartment of The report, which can ed on request, contains Farmer interest in reforestation in New York State is seen in the recent Tureau appointment by Enos Lee, presidei of the New York State Farm Burea Federation, of a committee to repre sent the federation in the work of re forestation. The new committee, which was au thorized at the last annual meeting of the federation, will study refor estation problems with a view to work ing out some constructive recom mendations for legislation which -mil aid in the reforestation of unprofit able land ipped his car -— jpot until after i ............. . .... e in the United woman and her child had been taken laterially above the away and everybody else had gone, id as a result, the R was denied that his car had been rofi cr»’A\TT<avB i-n <sr\TVio _ j . 1 _______ plans for this season. Farmers of New York State are particularly interested in the outlook for potatoes. For the last two years the yield per acre in the United States has bei usual average, price has discouraged growers in some states which are far from the chief '’onsuming markets. Judging from the plans on March 1st of those farmers who report^, the acreage planted to potatoes ihsthe sitates of Michigan, Wisconsin, Mnnesota arid North Dakota will be rodmeed 129,000 bout 11 per cent below the rown last year and 26 per Judge Well fiuctant tc from ,the ssed Mmsiself ^sfate. fpr the to allow the de- 1 the pres- Louis Northrup of (Dobleskill was acquitted last •week on a charge of driving a motor ve'hicle in the to(vn of Maryland last October while in ari intoxicated condition following a trial which continued from Tuesday morning until 4 o ’clock Wednesday afternoon. The jury deliberated for about half an hour before returning its verdict. James P. Friery of Schene-vus land Francis Smith of Cobleskili mpresented'^the defense. • Ralph Newhorteiir of Milford was another defmdant who was acquitted. Newhorter’^ alleged offense consisted of driving away and not reporting an accident in the town of Oneonta w'hen Mrs. Fannie Eaton was run down by a passing car.' She was carrying her two-year-old child in her arms at the time and the little as severely injured. - ------ gfl upon the evidence which Thursday that the acci- appea ent took place on a dark and stormy light and the defendant sbpwed that iped h is car and remained on \ a the injured hild had bee ' ’ car had ! ent, howe Nqjvhorter w as Clermonte G. Tennai presented the defense. After deliberating fror I blanre. Attorney int of Clooperstown :ter deliberating fro m 5 o’clock in the afternoon until after midnight Friday the jury in the case of the People again Arn J. Warn of Rich field Springs alnnounced that they had been unable to agree upon a verdict and they were discharged by Judge Welch. Warn was indicted on a charge c lls. Hopson, 1 County N, Y. ■ery large acreage c ^ two years ago, This great redudfion ] is only partly offset by expeerted in- , creases of 19,000 acres (9 per cent) in New England, 10,000 acres (3 per cent) in New York, and 12,000 acres g-Linw « 't»a an average yield is secured there would ybe less than the usual quantity Otsego Lake la ^ summer. District of late potatoes available to meet ; market demands in this part of the country. indicted on a charge of ■ while intoxicated the , white p la y i-E o » «•» D - .L - .h ■ossini are making big bages, why not you? Herkimer Farm -Bureau Agent Leaves two yeai Herkimer County Farm [ered his resignation to directors, i n session at irsday. It was accepted and becomes effective May I5th. Mr. Davies will enter partnership with h is brother, ‘ duct of a 1ruit A. D . Davies, f o r flie last agent of the Herkimer Co^unty Bureau, ten he board 0 leridmer Thurs f and dairy farm a t Congress. Mr. Davies has been engage farm bureau work for the last seven ring the field of agriciil- Chad^vicks Lad Killed Flayingr On Trestle Harold Was fataUi - . ternoon whiles playing on & W. trestle between Dunn and the-W illowvale Bleachery when the 5:30 Richfield train overtook him before he could scramble to safety, and he fell into the bed of the creek below. He died early Tuesday morn- It is not known whether the engine struck 'him. He suffered a fracture at the base of the skull, and one side o f his body was paralyzed. Harold, with Edward and John Grant, had been playing together all afternoon, and not realizing the danger, their ■wanderings took ttiem to the railroad track. The Grant boys wefe able to run ishing train. to safety before fhe Theengineer engii years, entering^ the fielci o f agricu tural organization i .................. ishing his coi _ lepartment o f Goihell Uni’ .917. He has held suefeessi H e h as held suefeessiveiy posi- of responsibility as assistant Bureau agent in Oneida county, ant ,to former 'Farm^ Bureau ___ 3 onrusbing ____ ___ applied the bpakes, and trainmen rescued Harold from - the creek bed. Two Deer Seen • Near Oneonta C. A. C. To Start Membership Drive jrstown Auto Club ____ nmence a drive for new members. The directors. will meet this week and formulate plans for the campaign and it is expected that before the first of June the enrolln will he more thaii doubled. Px dent TenJEyclc of the State Automo bile association again has .Offered silver cups to the local dub shov the greatest gain in membership > the one \with th e largest percentage . i increase. Cooperstown has a splendid opportunity this year to \win one or both of these. Many club members and many auto o\wners who are not club meipibe’ wonder jusit what i s the reason ft_ bhe existence of the sitate association and just what becomes o f tide money whiidi they pay in dues. The state association is supported entirely by the fees paid to it 'by the Icxial clubs o f Otsego Lake last summer. District Attorney Campbell produced several itnesses \vho testified as to the mner in which Warn was driving on the occasion and showed that he finally ran into the fence at the rear o f Five-Mile Point. The defense, which was represented by James J. Byard, Jr., swore sev eral witnesses who testified that \Warn not intoxicated. One of these an occupant of the car at the time. They contended that i n Warn’s effort to pass a large motor car “'’mg in the road “he swerved out • that he ran upon the dirt and ieavorjng to get back upon the concrete went into the fence. On Wednesday Judge Welch im posed a sentence of not less than eight years and not more than sixteen upon George A. Miller who pleaded guilty to an indictment charging arson in the first degree. Miller set fire to a house and bam in the town of Una- dilla the house having been occupied a t the time by a woman and several children. fh e Court deedtirqd forfeited, the bail bond of ?500 in.the case of the People against Raiphi'Jester, of Hnar dilla indicted for forgery in the sec ond degree, a when case trict attoxi s m o v ^ Wednesdi not appear by the dis- loreau agent in Oneida cot at ito foxm er Farm Bureau Agent Charles Taylor of fierkiirier couniy, manager o f Lewis county Farm Bureau for four years, and re turning two years ago t o assume the which h e now holds here, ig his \Work in the Herkimer Farm Bureau better organ- lern methods pf farm- two deer, staying • posltii Dm _ County ] ization and mode) ig, irrigation, 1 the last two riipntbs or r, a buck and a doe, have ’ on the hillside on the Morgan , Emmons near Oneon\ta. Hav- ^ ing been fed by residents of the farm . and \vicinity they have become quite j tame and have allowed people to get . near them. During the past week dr two pri ‘ parties have Tashingiton. It has been the means o f preventing the passage of harmful laws and the advancement of much legislation that it has belie” Farm House Burns at ML Vision The home belonging to Howard Swingle, better known to some as the t farm, situated o Sr 'K Or pcrmahent-jeeforni can conae xcpp; by amGpdnient to that'doeu- lent. We now have a Board- of Es- ■ and Gon1 ■ ’ ’ of i ith t _ „-.trol, charge ■y Ilf preparing a budget and an oropi-iation bill. 'That they d id.last, i and presented it to 'the’Legjsla- ture more than two months, ago, whereupon the. Legislature 'h,egari all oveo’ again the reframiiig of an ap propriation bill which was only in troduced in both Houses hn iMaroh 10.; “The men ^ho suggested a \ ‘statu“ tpty budgetliiknow that. There is n( siricerity behind any suggestio'ii ox t statutory budget; it is camouflage; r jh a smoke‘■screen; i t is an alijP t l< a cloak to cover the real opp<>Sitioi to any improvement iri the states mdthod of dealing with her fhwral a f fairs so far a; concerned.” mote clltizensbipi patriotism and , and injntaty to in iy g , to | igatipns to le received a t the town office in Cooperstown until one o’clock^ Wednesday, April 23rd. The work to he done includes the r« nioval of the present steel trUs bridge, facing abutments and wing twenty feet back \ivith a Tei\nforeed irete jacket, and placing the rein- _ ______ him many L among the farmers ,of this c who ■Will regret to see bitn leave to ! actively in the work which ____, for the pas teaching. Dairyitten^s League April Priee» ( S r League Co-operati'v lerided by the concrete jacket, and placing L.. -------- forced concrete slab floor pavement roadway on the aevr supeTstructnre, after it is pu-t in, place on the paired abatments. No Bonus Blanks Expected Until May Information: concerning the New York State bonus received this week by Cooperstown Chapter, American Red Cross, from the director of w of the national orgariizati( ford Center, greatly to the the doe, Which is evidently soon to give birth to young. This is against the law, and dogs caught chasing deer can be shot. Timely warning is there fore given to the owner or owners of the dogs, to keep them tied up.— Ohe.- onta Star, first was first discovered in the ; starting from the chimney. Owing to Mr. Swingle’s absence, at Oneon ta on business at the time, they were i the building but suc- g mosit of the contents. ___ ____ . on busini ‘ l Y h S already b ..n t.ld by TJ. ilf af distress of Freeman’s Journal the split m -ehe The neig ago led to the formation of covered by insurahx pathy of the whole them in their loss.— Reporter. ime, they w ildm g but E of the contents, iptiy responded )wer. The tloss Second Leader Class In Millinery Work The second Home Bur leader training class in mill ' Ii ’Cfiopi llinery will mil fourth. Chapt« Yashington tpplied . the Washingl Chapters will ^ k s direeffy Geneva Man Buys Morris Newspaper The Morris Chronicle building and bifsiness 'was sold last week by B. Franklip Waite to John C, Packard o f Geneva and he has take sion. He also bought the \ \ ’ street. He is York Stake are noW all niemihers of the same foody, which is to it should be, and \whieh sbplild: lead to greatly increased influence and accomplish- WGY WUl Broadcast Doublday Field Story The story of Ddubleday field and ss- the origin of base hall at Coopeiis- ice town w ill be told over th e radio from ng W G Y , the broadcasting station of the hce. The s'ym- ccirnmunity is with loss Our iMt, Vision “Hobe’s” Utica Vacation Proves Very CJostly H. B. Van Deusen, who has worked, fiiithtfully at 'the Babcock Mfg, plant af Leonardsviile durjjjg. the winter, went to U\tica for aTlittle recreation last week arid \Was robbed Of $275, The thieves not being iving. Rinsed ater and quidkly saving. Rinsed out well with hot water and quic dried, ihay a w just the thing fox' packlhg a small Class 2-A ^ S e a m )’ ’ j Hquto ^ n r i i l T ^ ^ i S f ' j ;ed to assist bxr them out. Local rgariizationa axo _ terested in assisting and it is: suggested that cooperative arrange ments in communities would b r in g : about good results. T h e Ic-^’ ■” Cross Ghapi >d,—-Our IV bring their ia<Jy for covering, or new materiat can be frames results. T he local I lapter has ordered 100 bla ervice men will be g li — J blanks and All poss e by th is orgahkation- book and nutrition. Schoharie County Largest Farm Bureau Memhe)pffiiiR in. the Schohi >unty Farm Bureau is nearinr _ JO goal, there being 771 present, 'Fhis exceeds tptah enrollinent f or last year oft Ji 1st, This is a larger ftiembersl thiln is enjoyed by any other coni in eastern New Yprfc State. linutes O’f the regular rs gram having been set aside for that purpose. 'The message 'will be sent by H a ir y F. Davis, ediitor o f the Ot sego FaiTner. It ■will foe prepared by Mr. Davis IK I far tin JaUtml the Field Which has been __ _ tor ^ lo n g time. 'The dale . well chosen^allirig on the open- I ing of the S e ^ n in the big leagues. me (ireene county j a n wirn no cnargi Sufoscribe-tor.The JaurMiL (I