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'fflje' A eetni lomifmal $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE fOL, CXVI NO.. 3«.\ THE OEP RELIABLE DEMOCRATIG FAMILY NEWSPAPER QF OTSECO COUNTY ESTABLISHED IN 1808 CaOPEKSTOW N, OTSEGO C OUlsTY, N . Y ., W E D N E S D A Y , A P B I E X6, li)24 W H O L E N O . 6 0 2 8 State-Wide Tax Beduction Assured AssernW.' Executive Budget and. Other llcfo m Measures of j Gov. Smith Faeins defeat for his reform pro gram in iarsp measure through the lative just closed dem o n strated his ability to’ apply the m agic balm of tax nduction to an overburdened making, secured pej- cent session the ( —twenty-live percent—from tax as Avi'll. In round numbers the taxpayers save eight and a quar ter million dollars in income taxes Tho«e vvho pay income taxes reduction, of ' a rertuetion. oi twenty-fivie .and on the last day of the cut oneThalf mill the direct ■ Governor c owners and individual home owners. ,,,5., nearer to realization by the Legislature’s approval of his consti tutional amendment. If the next ses. sions of the Legislature approves it which is probable, the people of the State will have the opportunity of doing away with an evil which has long been a disgrace td our great The right of cities to self govern ment for “which the governor has fought for a long time was passed. It is commonly called the Home Rule Enabling Act. vehicle law had the baching of the State mobile Associatic the new mot _J the bachini lobile Associat much labor was spent to give the Suite a comprehensive and adequate law. Under its p: ready have been' Freeman’s Journs y automobiles must be licens ____ ing, it is to be supposed, the women. The anldiers’ bonus bill was passed and ha.s. already’ become a law. Thank.s to the partisan opposition of thi Republican Assembly the re form measures proposed by Governor Smith f:.;!rd of passage for the pres ent, at K.a.-.t, although they were suc cessful in the Senate. * The ;u.; sure of favur s-f the propo gft fell upon deaf ears as f,o.sa! for a four-year ten „ r.or .iiid the water-power biU. Th( vv .rhing women and children of thli. State were again denied a farti cid'.t hour week. The method of its di!- f . >al by the Assembly will go j— i-i-,tory as a classic ■ ' down i- leg! lative h iJlastration of how V ordws from ndMc pAvir? are_vbeyed by their ^ (xraiits Itijunction and Penalty In llion Dumping: (Jnound Matter imping garbage and refuse oil idnd owned by Theodore W. 'Schmidtp^it- tiated in North River Street, and on' village owned land in the same lo- irence in rental values of his prop- rty since the dump has been in o^- jratibn. In his decision, Justice Martin stat- ous t othe community. US%-% held that the dump- is chiefly in- . people of comparatively small nieans there is no reason why dt should he made a place for the villaj lality in whicl: ire located is band for the conditio: e allowed to exist in j y for approximately f 01 in that i Wo^d 8:ates to the lich the and Doorer American Hartwick Woman Remembers ChurcKes Under the will of the late Mary Jane Hollister of Hartwick the Chris tian church of that village is be queathed tbe\'sum of $3,000 to be held in trust and the income used for re pairs -and running expenses; and $2,000 each to the Baptist and Metho-: dist Episcopal churches, also in trust, the income to be used for the repair of the church hui 36 CITIES WILL S,ET CLOCKS AHEAD APRIL 27 \When clocks are turned ahead an hour Sunday, April 27th, thinty-six cities of the state \ . iofal potpuliatidn of 7,133,449, the state he income ind maiiitei ngs and fc $1,500 is left home a t Lake expense to the church hiiild- The sqm of aged ministers number of in- ig the larger e Mir There are a dividual bequests. _ „ are the following: Georg^Milton Au gur, $10,000; Ernest B. Augur, $10,- 000; Maud Maples, $2,000; David the State Auto- Maples, $2,000; Frank Ezra Gage, and upon which $2,000-; Fidelia Luce, $2,000; Frank lent to give the Luce, $2,000; Harold T. Basinger, ten t t 1 ' ■ ‘ about scTO (ulation, will be living for along the _hways . these cities vill .net be friendly to the day light saving schedule, with the re sult that motor tourists will have to turn the, hands of their watches back and forth, many times or watcb out for meal time. m-tenths of 1 population, will be livinj time ahead of the rest. Rural communities : hig that connect t will .not b« Junior Speciialist Meets Local Leaders At the foods meeting in Coopers- ro I town Miss Day took up the foods pro- 5on . gram in connection with correct eating - :— ,7 , I habits, the study of food values, menu A codicil to the will makes the fol-1 plannir ' \ lowing bequests: Ora W. Murdock, $2,000; to Harold T. Basinger, $2,000; Milton Augui t B. Augur the residue. Ddicil to the will n planning and the making of posters. $2,0W ; to H a ro ld ^ . Bamnger,J$2,OOOH onta was attended by local leaders Frank E._Gage, $1,00(); to Grace j , . ) especially Field pays held tsego coun- lecially of Id at Cor and of ex it local and 1 s t , m J s i s &' co S Home $1,000; to the Rev. George G. „pii the last week i.. ... Summerson $ ^ 0 . « t ., hibits and demonstrations at local and George Milton ^ x ^ a r , Ora W. I county fairs. She discussed the ap- Murdock and Harold T. Basinger are . pupation of the Idmotia dress pattern, appointed executors under the vAll. > the-well dre.ssed girls, a cloth' ' ' .............................. le selectioi , for judging gar- girls. This basis applied to the gar- } displayed a t the New Law Ror Posting Private -was ■ J meeting. ies,Inc.,wasstion„^^^^^^^^_^^.^^ law in-relation to post-1 g ^ a U p o X I s R e p O r t c d From Schenectady ’\’I'rJ.V ! i,y tlieii\ first dsfeat in [ ini? of private parhs and private lands. thf.V • 1 My after obtaining an eitteiv Tbe new amendment provides thatj jrenr. i .: -;ige from the Governor, where land.s are posted, the notices j ---------- If. . - of the women andp=ball bear the name and address 01, ^ smallpox has recently .hil.Irv;, i M:,:i.-.ptcd him to send another the party posting, and suppues a law -, been reported from Schenectadv. The in IV. . :.J! hours of the morning onjful form of notice for the posting ot 1 ^ hj^jory pf ^hypp thi ;ji... which the Governor a private p ^ k upder the provisions, ,jjjyg initial illness of such severity iv,iJ.h -mittecl. Every manoevure of the law. The form provided reads: jfhat he was confined to bed; then, uy the Simon Legress of “Private Park. All_ persons , feeling a great deal better, he got ' used. Some Republican' warned against nunting or fishmg 1 went about the house, but absented themselves to j hereon or trespassing hei'TOii tor t noticed an eruption on his face uord and others broke 'these purposes. _ However, this does j hands. Not until the fourth day sasure not prevent or invalidate the use ot 1 pf |.],p eruption was the true state ■ I 1. Tn. ■ beat! the name and addiess of th e , p e r s o n s working in the same offii Tiif H - -ion ended with a great party, posting,rtbo land will not be patients, one of the: jam, o|. t > the week of adjournment! lawfully posted. ‘ | reported from Scotia, the other in a only bills had been received 49 of the laws of 1924. I p,*rl Who had an eruption very' like ’ ■ ' - - . ,. shown during convalescence from small pox. As nearly as eeuM A-.'oyni.j,- I JMV. It lost out by ih however for the <i- i r “ 't. i'c,s to support the meas id « ,| JMV. It lost out by.the s Rfidio Reception on Moving Train Highly Successful Demonstration Conducted by Former Cobp- erstown Resident , be . results? At the request of ' G. D. Hood, superintendent of telephone and tel egraph Service of the ‘ Rock Island railroad, the Western Electric com pany arranged to have . a radio receiving set with 'loud speaker installed in one of the cars of a spec- train th at recently carried New Law Says Every Auto Driver Must Have License By October 1st All person whomsoever who ope motor vehicles are required to 1 licenses. The term “operator” me ler than a chauffeair • drives a motor veini- the Amerie helijs at Cole demonstratic V. Adams and W. H. Capi Orange, N. J., both engine Western Eli telegraph section of Railway association ,0 Springs, Col. The was in charge of E. i of East rs of the both engineers of the ., _. srn Electric , company and the former the brother of Mrs. Frank C. Carpenter of this village and where he was at one time manager of the Bell Telephone company. A seven,-tube heterodyne set was employed for reception and the I A resume of the provisions o f the motor vehicle bill enacted b y the leg islature and now in the hands; of the Governor was printed in a recent is-, sue of The Freeman’s Journal, There; are however some additiohal points which have not been given publicity that are of interest to drivers o f cars, as it is said on good authority that the bill will be signed and became a createsreates the office le law c t inner of motor vel empowered to appoint and deputy nay be necessarj nent of the act. many m- lectors as e cnforce- SalcsmaiisHip And Advertisingr Tell ^ How One GoopersloWn S.tore Increas ed Sales $400 In First Quarter present year. are prgvid'Cd for under anpthe The clerk of each county excapt the county of Albany dr a coumty wholly included within a city shaU act as agent for the commissioner in the registration of motor Vehicles a-nd the issuance of certificates thereof, and, unless the commissioner shall othertvise direct, in the issuance of chauffeurs’ and operators’ licenses- 1 was connei i_aerial wirei 'round ystem. The ' railroad except junction id of the car water system. The car ■was _ any on any railroad ex that it had two wires running over the full length of its roof, one on each side, forming the antenne. The train left Chicago about 10 o’clock of a Saturday morning and reception continued good all the day and fevening. The next morning the passengers attended religious services being held at Omaha 350 miles away. The reception was so clear that the hearers were able to join in the hymns and bowed their heads during the momena were Whenever ii^h a cut highe)r than iomewhat prayer. Many interesting phe: record^ during the trip the trailin passed latelyately ass hi;igh approxim a h _ . - „ _____ the car the sounds were somewhat 1 decreased in intensity but imme diately returned to normal strength itely ret when the car emerj Sand or stone seemi normal strength rged from the cut. ___ led to have approje- ly the same effect so far as the observers could tell. Iron bridges or steel frame build ings, or heavy power, telegraph and telephone lines produced the same effect in a greater or less degree. On the other hand passing trains did not appear to interfere with the signal strength in any noticoablo degree. The most pronounced effect of shielding was observed^ as the train crossed the Mississippi while the Palmer school at Davenport was send ing. Between the steel spans the sig nals increased in strength momentar ily, hut as the train passed between the steel girders there was a weafc- no disturbances that iced to local electric steel gii Tlmre wen could be tn ----- ----- sources tha^ were serious. Whenever the special passed under a power line there was heavy induction, however, The1 results off the demonstration were cessful, and the ig the radio on ans of entertain- results o ------------------ rated as highly successful, question of in.-tallini )train.s as regular r meat was raised. id been received 49 of tfhe laws of 1924. from th e lawmaking hy the Gfjvcrnor from th e lawmr body, but when the smoke of the final ’ lys dears away he wiU be found to ive a heritage of nearly a thousand Higli Water Floods from small pox. As nearly as eeuM fiste m N. Y. Sections liEh water M o h aA, Hud-'.\\'“ y ™ ' h a l reaondy and SehohE^pie Tivers reached al- it record proportions last week. . . . . ..... High water in ^ S lt ' hohE^pie T ^ s reache^^^ As far contacts with' these cases bave beei sought out and vaccinated ; meanwhile further developments must be awaited. Democratic Comity . Committee Organizes Fully fifty members of the newly Jected Democratic bounty committee, j approximately half ‘of whom were women, were in attendance at the meeting for organization held at Municipal Hall at Onconta Saturday afternoon and great harmony and en thusiasm were displayed throughol The following officers Were electei Chairman—The Hon. Laveriie of Oneonta. d propoT At Schenectady the ^ feet above normal about the citjr we Hudson went sixtee mal while the S( iroportions w ater went and' wide areas e flooded.- The ______ feet above nor- Schoharie overflowed its inks carrying away bridges.and con- works, and flooding many sec- si^ ithat they rteaembled Reports on Grold On Roseboom Farm Paul Fengmam, on whose farm in Roseboom the discoYery of gold was raported, bas a, report from the s tate' laboratory showing the am o u n t. of i sold and silver contained in the samplei tested by them; also letters Tons of cart worn the Assay office a t W^ashiiigton, debris yyaS c H. C., and a Colorado .Silver corpora- Boonville state road near yveszem. bon. VSTiether the ore will prove I t is estimated that it covers six^^to rich enough for mlntng has stiR^ifco- fiivhtv fert and--is la twelve to flute ^OuT Rosebot ~ was diagnosed as Tons of earth, rock, trees and oth< debris Was carried in to the Borne- . . _ near Western. -i enough be ascertaim State Project Leader Visits Otsegro County Six Teams Form Schoharie League ^ Cooperstown this week Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. She 'i s emecially interested at this time in the organization of the food preser vation or canning project which is open to club girls from 10 tb 19 years; of age. The work in the cannihg pro] eht. serves as an excellent fore runner for girls who arS interested in the foods project this coming falL places so past two _ Nichols, Slid the orgahizatw ' ^ Borden Company Cuts Large Mellon . The Borden’s net income a fter pay- all ei^etisea anrf taxes for 1923 $21.40 a share on its common In addition to the dividends $2,863,389 was addod to the surplhS» vffiich now totals $10,681,389. 'The l®P|ratihg proffit is given SS $5,- ___ lated t l ^ feet an d 1 acceptatiy fillsd during f years by Justice Charles president ison and W< S Idl4^gh*wm teaffis this CoSeskm team * ^ i 0 h Organization^ s not refftesOnted at. the first meet- Epico^al Church at Unadilla Re-dedicated iday, April . of Palms, baptisms and re-dedication services, Archdeacon Yale Lyon, celebrant. The Work of renovaiting has been under way for several weeks. The walls have been covered with: steel lath and plastered White. The wood work is stained black walnut to cor- the handsdme old wah cel. Two nev ...o.-..v.d; the ceiling p church rewired and a new lighting sys tem, with lamps: colonial style; both choir vesting rboms have been re painted and newly furnished. New prayer books and hymnals and other articles have been added for Which many helpful gifts have been received. Schenevug Calf Has Extra Legs Raymond Dragpo of SOuth Hill hear Schehevus, is, the oWher df a freak calf, ten dayaW , Which nature provided with a couple of extra legs e animal is ■ normal iii every ipect and when in the a c t of a c t of walk- limbs. The Vnadilla Valley Has New Gas Engiiie Sta%e SchoolsMust Teach Constitution United New York, has b _ _ ___ _ or Smith and hecomo a law. ■ Several thousand trees ate -be ing distributed to farmers and other land owners in Otsego County for starting forest i roots to dry out •e planted. ]>ry re lean dead trees. loy^ they a r e ; nally mean The trees are shipped from the state nurseries carefully packed in moss and thoroughly weft. I t is of vital impsoitance th a t they 'be taken from the ex trees are. each. Tl __ in buudli 'hese bundles ;, the roots < ' open, the roots dippaed i n £ of muddyly waterater and _ th( w ;es set upright in nch and the and th e roots -covered iked down hofore \they It will kill the low the roots to be- Utica Company Plansj Record Expansion The management of the Utica Gas and Electric company is confident tfaat Central New York is destined to b e come one of the leading industrial and railroad centers of the Eaist, within a short span of time. In keeping w th the rapid de<^Bl«p- ment of an immense electrical load: indicated for the immediate futoro as sfhown by past growth, the coin- pany is planning a development ffor .the current year which will break all previous records for buildings and expansion iii the form of new ^aaits and extensions to its transmlssSon ;and distribution systems, both gas and electric. The prograno, as Arranged, in cludes new steam-electr\c p lant and a modern coal-gas, by-product plant of the Koppers type, both to be ereerted on the 80 acre plot, recently purchaaed adjacent to the company’s existing generating stations. The new steart-electric plant wvill bo known as the “Harbor Foint” stesani plant. It will be located at a paint fomacd by the bend in the Mohawk Sees Suggestions to Other Land OwTiers AACt; JLUituts^ uy if iiu xt vx , \jiv\jy erstown through The Freenoan’s Jour nal is attracting wide attention tlirougl.out the state. The Oncouta Star had the following editorial comment on the subject ixi a recent In another column of The Star this mornBg is reference tu the generous offer of WiUiain T. Hyde o f C« town, owner of two thpusani acres of land in the vicinity of Pii town, who gives notice thtat to c peieht persons he will permit & e ient free use ‘ s he will perm it & e r ;d occupancy of the: fai-ms, six or seven in nuiaihci“ for term of a t least one year, Sie condition being that those wlio ai his proposition shall be gc b e year 1924 .over the first quarter o f the preceding year was the imeresting story told a reporter of The, Freeman’s journal by a promiii- ent Cooperstoivn business man (Mon^ day moiming. Yes, it was =3, i t was the dul . josedJy the dull sea sar following the clos season and ; of an in- depressipii up and down Main stret But this store did it and without .aeular . . . . . fietaiods or im p o rt^ it other husi-r ■ ad- — ^_..od The Jmii very confident b often that proprietors are as frank, •ost of them keep their affairs to any speot m assistance o r plans, nesses of Cooperstow iem_ keep their affairs lemselyes which is very proper. It proves despite the fears of the pessimist )t dead; it' I t proves despif £imld and the wor fhat Cooperstown i s not dea its business is not dead, and that it is going forward w ’ ind it has Ihe CJopers- i it do for the business iriotor gave us the inter- wiew? Two things; viz.: Advertising and salesmanship. . Sometimes the two terms are regarded as synon ymous, and they ar& in the more gen eral sense; hut when speaking of a retail business we refer to them as distinct. By advertising we mean the aneans used to attract people to the store, and by salesrauanship, the work f the force within the store in actually disposing of goods to those who come hor,or, aboutbout one-halfne-half mileile west of I 'U of the proposition as a discus- we faced r, opposite the Barge Canal ffiai h a o m west c North Genesee street, Utica, I The initial installation will consist | of two 200,000 h. p. steam turhim with buildings and neccssi . Ateorfito.ccording .hphe propramrogram ge A to t p outlined! Coopers- by the company, the first unit will l i fertile be in operation in the early sumnner months of 1925, and the .soeond wnifc within thirty to sixty days th<ro- afte T. bring more business to Cooperstown. We have used iJie newspapers, let ters, circulars, blH boards, in fact, every means that wo could devise whereby we could attract people to our store and espe:dally, people from outside the \nllage and from other understands that a vacant liouse or | tions which have d fariii'-fooEi runs down so that it may f plan.s in advance of 1 be ‘ bettor to have thenn occupied , tornioil a pressing need, i without actual money returii than to j fhe normal growth in ma have fences and buildings doterbrat- f lines is greatly augment ing and the ---------- ’ ttee consiE G a lla^er of Oneonta, chairmait, Al mond Cramer of Cherry Valley, the Hoii. Chester A. Millesr of'Oneonta, Butts _______ Vice Chairman—^Jlrs. WIlHam T. Hyde of Cooperstown. Treasurer—Rowan D. Spraker of Cooperstown. Secretary—Charles J. Beams of isisting of P. J. ffiairmait, Al- ____________ ’o? and the Hon. Thomas P. Seaton of Richfield Springs was appointed to draft resolutions endorsing the can didacy of Gov^ Alfred E. Smith for President of the United States. Officers Elected For Children’s Farm The annual meeting of the Uhiljd- reii’s Farm, in which Mrs. Mf, T. Hyde of Cooperstown has been the moving spirit and which has proven eriidon\ and was ladies interested. The following officers President—‘Mrs. \V B ^ y > e President - were chosen: -r. s g f i . A. A State Gas Gets Franchise Order successful farmer, but be ii a thrifty business man, with financial in dently to si the question. . . . ^ , . The proposition which Mr. Hyde is makiry: is one which niijghl; possibly, appeal to other owners of other unoc^ cupied farms, of which there are a considerable suBiber throughout the county. Surely it might be b e tter to have these lands under cultivation tflian to have them untitted; and in any event it would be a contribution toward the solution o f the *^Tjack to the farm problem.” It is probahle that many of these farms do not now pay even the taxes, so that to get this done would be better than to have the lands lying entirely unproductive. ^50,000 Liquor Stock Taken at NineYch 1 aitliu. bookstore indic.ates an indi Mtion toward literature and it is easy interest the average customer in nothing else and the same is true Ny. .'ary to develop without loc^ ill accordance with its ultimate capacity for The biggest haul o f alleged intox-^ ieants ever made in Bro>ome coanty was netted by three federal agents who visited the hotel a t Nineveh Junc tion and Harpursville late Thursday* arrested the proprietors and brought two truck loads of evidence to Bing- Tfae wet goods, descrEbei by file agents a s champagne* wiries, ■whiskey and beer of the pre-Vdlstead vintage, is said to be valued a t close to ^^TOUiam S. Hinds* sail to be proprietor of Hinds’ hotel at Nineveh Junction^ and Adelbert 0. Perkins, whose hotel at Harpursvilte bears the plan. __ It is estimated that done on the plant i' will approximate whose hotel a t Harpursvilte _ bears Oneonta Hospital Crets $5,O0a iegsusy e late Hon-'W’alter Fox Memoaial Hospital e towns adjolhiing „ .hese counties of Delaware, idjoihi t viUages in roome 'reeman' cation ________ Otsego, and Ulster. As told by The I’s journal wrhen the a; cation was made the order is the result of thh consolidation o* the Southern Newew Yorkork Power Corn- N Y _____ ___ pany with the State Gas and Elec tric Company. ness Machine company At a recent meeting of the directors (hshjer Edward Crippen of the W ilber ational bank was elected presidefit succeed Mr. Brown, Robert Hall elected treasurer to succeed Mr. en and Will serve as secretary- Commimity ChiA3iP^ At Masonic Home S r I i m W d e S h L R. S. Synder of that spoke a t akanquet of in Cooperstowh. the Rev. Dr. ■who recently Bsraca class will ho available from tim ... tlie business growth of • inunity requires. , It is with the knowledge of this cmi* 1 f i j s j 't o ; ry to develop without interniis;.fiin in accordance with its ^schedule, ^f'le jj= ■ business to help comes into the g tfaat he wants— Ivise we try and ** we don’\ ' Id h: order that instance of missions interruptions, low wateir, or other unusual happenings. The a-vail- abilty of this new developmemt is ' ■ ■ ’ imittoeriL made fo pacity between the steam and electric plants, in order th at may function in the instance of missions interruptions, low wateir, c ■nrag\ timed to meet several c which the > lusiness Adver- ____ _ ______ .. irgy,^courte- !sy, service, constant attention to customers’ wants has done the trick for us and it will do the same thing fo r anyone else.” West Winfield Man JSilled In Accident Coimty Wide Clothing M eeting: irned tui iieath. D r.JF ^ b a n k a Pf field was called but the ms wken he arrived. Frank, j. W. Graves, eotohet of Her as later summoned and ai of the season there. Miss Schuinalter ties of alleged moonshine found m will give a lecture demonstration am the car were taken as evidence, the Use of Project Subject ICatteir Spring Styles 1924. —t the morning session aU. thei leaders are to come prepared t o dis cuss the clothing problems of O-fsego county. All the communities whip are planning on clothing as a project for next year should send » repr'’\\’'*— to this meetitig a s the spei assist in making ph _ -^,,-__jnt:ative le specialisfe will 3 for next y ear’s McCabe Barn Burns In Worcester Fire but at about 9 o’liock Friday evening. 'The housd was 'also damagefi by fire and water. All household goods were removed from the hoUse. The f discovered I ' ' ' Forestry Ricnic Is Planiied -isidents of Otsego, Delaware, Broome from the barn. A large —id iGhenangb counties' interested in Hnantity o f hay and a numbw of fanii forertry to be held iq early StSmew tools w e i^estw y e d . The Worcester a t Pine Grove near Unadflla -Ike date is yet to be announced. It ia Portjer H. HadseUjrendered - ............. . ^ r y good service.—Giir Wtorcceter Ice wiB j Sataiafla* i e r the J iM n ii I Gongressmah John D. C the principal speakera.