{ title: 'The freeman's journal. (Cooperstown, N.Y.) 1924-1996, July 09, 1924, Page 1, Image 1', download_links: [ { link: 'http://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml', label: 'application/rss+xml', meta: 'News about NYS Historic Newspapers - RSS Feed', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031249/1924-07-09/ed-1/seq-1/png/', label: 'image/png', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031249/1924-07-09/ed-1/seq-1.pdf', label: 'application/pdf', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031249/1924-07-09/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.xml', label: 'application/xml', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031249/1924-07-09/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.txt', label: 'text/plain', meta: '', }, ] }
Image provided by: Fenimore Art Museum
1 , .f r \ $2-^ PER YEAR IN ADVANCE THE OLD RELIABLE DEMOCRAtIC FAMlLV MEWSPAPER OF OfSEQO COUNTY ESTABLISHED IN 1808 ^OL. CXVI XO. 50 COOPEKSTOWN, OTSEQO COUNTY, X. Y., W E D N E SDAY, JULY 9, 1924 OovemoJ* Leads Ballotiiig \!so Makes Gaii Ral>toi> waKes uains at DemoT ctatU- National €onyention-^ McAdoo in Second Place lempcrat annual outing of tt Association of the Delaw son railroad whicl: ;Coop< ............................ ;urday, August 9th. Coolidl'\ and' family on account of the morning arriving in this the'i-r: illness of Calvin Cbolidge, 12 o’clock. Returning the Jr ar.i expressing the wish, for his^ special trains will leave CooperStown spee.lv r-.'fovery. . ' , »+ «; Al! .rts to discard the unit rule, bindir.u- 'I’v delegates having failed the ballot ir r was resumed, the first of the day reing the 78th. There was no niarkci .'hange in the situation in the rnornir !■ ' -’ting with the exception of a .^mall increase in the vote cast for Senat. r »'arter Glass, GiH* *r .>r Cox of Ohio arrived in Kew 1 I k City by airplane and in a ess at the afte] short a '01 res: state.1 tr.ti he ' the ' ifiution, t] accept It if it we ion session not a candidate for hat he would not if it were given i.aii come in the inf . He said also that gainst no candidate. , . ,.lto of the afternoon ballot- as follow 70% 48 Mc.1'1- . ... Smith ......... j.‘\ iv.vir. Under w )d .. . B - r E B ee -- 82nd Ballot j.\v. 71 Undtr-vw.d ................................... 49 M eeeeeee -I EEu ft, S.ra!-b';-y .................... 6 Over ........... 21 D a n cl-.............................. 4 i s r . y . 4, I invention then adjourned ur t > the last ballot showin P'.i - K fCy no change. Ti.i adoption of the resolution re- leasif;;; iek-gates•Ifgates fromom pledgesi Alon- fr p joun was a blow Au... i .xcea at the Democratic Na-; tioiuil c .fiventlon in session here and bif,; .* ;he night’s voting had been fii.i ht ; Governor Smith occupied fir.v. place. On the final vote of the ever,a*,' Gov. Smith had a total of -ud .McAdoo, 336. The rise in ■ b :.ai of Senator Ralston of In- ched ninety-three. ij.,; h i t.Jtal on t . Iijt h r i\.g reached 4 >ivn while Ralston showed a cidfi gain. Following are the sul:- . f the ballots late in the day: p ’. L'n.l.-r tVid-h Saul- f'xiry RooL-velt frD a v 5'’' -- 'n .............. baa' : -ry ........ .. . .. T'n.i*-! wood ......... Ri.l. •. ...f, ,. . . . . J- V.. Davis .. .. . g a y . ................... go..., bm,th ............ ..... I.’ndfrwood ., llaDtnn ...... PohMiiJ. ........ IS^EE: t r r ’ , : - - : I t a n the convehtipn*^ddiourned until 9 o'll'-ck Tuesday evening, folloWi- iiip this ballot. New Companies Set N e w Record .318% .. 66 % . 64% . 41 . 19 .. 3% ,.10O% . 22 % ,.169% . 30 65% 42% . 16% . 20 = § Ballot . ... .. = \ business 3 outlook is bright- „ ^_st six months, more have incorporated in this ' • similar penoc The During the pas companies have ?tate than during any in the history of the Seer tate’s office. A total of 10,GSl Statens office. A total of ip. com panies have incorporated since Janu- ary first. This is a gain of 346 <?oni- ^nies over the first half of is every evidence thi evidence that ill re- ►ration bureau -vnli ... yeair, A report;'by . cretalry of State Hamilton, jusffe \ issued, shows that practically evei ^ county in the state was representt this year by companies inedrporati® from within its i^undaries. B . & H. V eterans Coming A u g u st 9th ains will leave Gooperstown imber of i, B lauveiu, iYj Applegate, Mr. Passaic, N. manner in order to pn ti’ansportation accominodations. Due to the meeting coming at the height of the sumhier season it has been impossible to aiTange for din- rs at any one place in Coo it has been decided to ____ „ ------------------ . ............ , ___ ___ a basket lunch affair, each member Mrs. J. H. Nelson of Binghamton; furnishing his own lunch. A limited H. C, Rust, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Rust, number of dinners will be served at Mrs. Blauvelt, Mrs. Zimmerman, Mrs. the hotels and several of, the churches ^of the village have also ar ranged to serve dinners. The as sociation will bring its own band and two base ball teams for the. enter tainment of the day and thi'boats of Transit company trips on the Lake afternoon- The local arrangements are in charge of the executive committee of the association of which Edward Martin of Cooperstown is the chair man in cooperation with a committee of the Chamber of Commt the Otsego Lake Transit will make frequent t throughout the a Jordanville H o m e D estroyed By Fire ford and family i beautiful and commodio Jordanville by fir< near Jordan ville day morning. T1 I’clpck wh( trm home . fire early Satur- ;he familyoily retiredetirf at r 12 o'clock when apparently all was well. They were awakened shortly before 2 a. m. by the sound of the crackling timbers. The fire had made such progress that all hope of saving >on abandoned the furni the Cdarem adjoining fora are offered as terrible now located louse^ tm the structure was sol .. and the work o i removing ture was .speeSUy begun. sople of the vicii d by telephone and ing of the M. E. church bell, b one short hour, the flames had com pleted their fearful work and the en tire structure was consumed. The loss is partly covered The family are i Mason he Various conjectures as to the cause of the tflagaration but the one ich seems quite plausible Is that it might have caught from a toy balloon, which possibly may have alighted on the shingled roof. The remains of a number o f toy balloons were found in the immediate vicinity. It seems too bad that people will rsist in this treacherous amuse- acking fatality as that which oc- mt, when it may result in such a curred Saturday morning.—Our Jor- danville Reporter. A n Em p ress Likes The Cooper Novels A full house was reported for the week-end and with an unusually large number of bookings the 0-te- sa-ga is looking forwai-d to one of the largest seasons of its history. i Recent arrivals who mil spend sev eral weeks here include Dr. and Mi'S. G, W. Riley of New York City, Dr. and Mrs. O. E. Jones of Rochester, Dr, and Mrs. Thomas G, Dickson, daughter Mrs. Stark and husband of Troy, Dr. George H. Payson, New “ inswick, N. J.; Mrs. I, 0. Mayo, 5. Roger Shale, Washington, D. C.; Edward Townsend and daughter. Miss Townsend of New York City.\ Guests at the 0-te-sa-ga will be |p;eeted by practically an unchanged corps of office and house assistants. Mr. Bodwin Plumer will again act as associate manager to his father, David B. Plumer Mr. H. C. Boardman is the cashier, while Robert Marshall is at the clerk’s desk. Tlie Misses Shea and Mann will preside as usual at the switchboard. Maurice McCarthy, who has greeted guests at the 0-te- sa-ga for the past several seasons, is again in charge of the potter service while the famous cuisine is as for- lerly under the able be still more interesting what Empress it the follow- iUe of The year 1881, interesting A friend has handed u§ g clipping from an iss reeman’s Journal of the which would if we knew One of the masters of ceremoni 5 & sd me forward and placed me at nediately in front of the while Mrs. Dallas and my i were placed next to the family, alongside of the grand duchess. I was re addressed, on various topieg. led me table imi cans;” she had, ho' all, nor in my opinion • •• ind I country where -The G( If spraying is not available the first webs may he wiped out of the crotches hy hand. This work should dark days or early in the ffien the caterpillars are in and not while feeding o*n be done morning whei the webs t the leaves. other reniarl know whether our novelist, * Cooper, had lately written another book, for he was her great favorite—especially, feeding. Use one poui in such works as the \Pioneer “The lead to 50 gallons of Spy,” and the “Last of the Mohi- If spraying is not not read best pro- snded the ter-Witch.” She had not heard before of his last vork on England, and seemed sur- irised that he should write about a where he had been so little. Boys A n d Girls Like Project Work Nearly sixty per cent of the boys and girls enrolled in Junior Project Work this year have already had at least one year of experience in that work before. This figure would show that the club work appeals to those in it. In the farm projects mt of those enrolled for 1924 iir fifth year. The following summary gives the number of years the hoys,and girls have b^en enrolled ■ ' and hbmemaking projects cent of the total enrolled and the, per c for these yeai i It Subscribe for Tha Freenaani Journal, O tesaga Opens For 1924 Season ^ Mi acity House Over Week-Ehd- Many Well-Known Faces , Among Guests appointed summen hotel, opened 26th for the national convention the Zeta Psi college fraternity. There' were about 175 pres.ent from all parts of the country, and a splendid'three- day program included besides the regular sessions of the convention several brilliant social functions, among which were bridge, two ban quets and a grand ball. Regular guests of the hotel began to arrive just previous to the Fourth and among familiar names who make ractice of spending this holic practice of spending this holiday year pre-wai the 0-te-sa-ga we note Mr. and ioq . at the 0-te-sa-ga we note Mrs. A. M. Voorhis and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Traphagen of Nyack; Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Davidge, Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Alfving, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jones and Mrs. John Baylis of Scarsdale; Mr. and MrA N, A. Boyd, Mrs. Alfred Maine, E. M. Hanorahan, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Titchner, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Nelson of Bing irthern states,” he points out, “the primary _ basis of agricul ture is the production o f food. Prices paid to farrners for food materials in April were 18 per cent above tl ve-year pre-war average for Apr: 1 only two months of the entiJ panic period has this index number been lower. For 36 months, prices paid to farmers for foexi have aver-^ 122 and retail prices of food averaged 150, when the five- ir average is In each 3. Zimmerman, and Mrs. Wentz of Mr. and Mrs. E. ' 1. J. - - - “Wholesale prices occupy termediate position. Tiiis ship has continued with comparj ly little change for three years. . “Most of the handling charges a farm product after it leaves farmer’s hands are on a cost be that is about double the pre-war, so that while the fanner receives only one-fifth above pre-war, the higher handling costs make the retail price 50 per cent above pre-war, _ “Since there seems to he little likelihood of a material decline in any of the transportation or handli charges, the only way t o improve 1 prices paid to farmers is to have ,the retail price rise. Any rise in retail prices will be nearly all re flected to the farmer because h a n i ling charges will remain practically constant. “A small percentage of increase in retail prices would, therefore, make a much higher increase in prices paid to farmers.” The people o f the vicinity were merly under the able management of summoned by telephone and the ring- George McKanc, steward and Paul ing of the M. E. church bell, but in Correlly, noted chef. S. M. Femald is acting as head waiter. Miss King matron and Mrs, Barnett, h( The orchestra of six pieces com posed of very able musicians is as last year conducted Tiy Lucius Hos- mer and the first concert^ of the sea son was given last evening at 8:30. Concerts will be given every Sun day evening throughout the sum mer. A very notable event of last evening’s prograi by Mr. Walkden, Ikden is a im were violin solos m, first violinist. Mr. musician- of very high The first dance of the season was given Saturday evening and during the balance of the summer dances will be held regularly each Wednes day and Saturday evening. Move to Control T e n t Caterpillar Action to protect fruit trees aiid other varieties from attacks of the tent caterpillar, capable of causing great damage ihroufh defoliation, is urged by Commissioner Berne A. Pyrke of the Department of Farms and Markets. While this insect has not been prevalent the southern Hudson River coUntie and in New Jersey and Connecticut. Control measures are as follows: Collect and bum the masses of eggs when trees are dormant. Spray trees early in the spring ■ when foilage is half developed and later if 'the caterpillars are leding. Use one pound arsenate of lilable D. A* R. P lans To Preserve Cemeteries , The Daughters of the American Revolution are interesting themsel in seeing that old burial grounds cared for according to law. A quo tation from the law is given, in the D. A. R. 'State Bulletin as follows: “The title to every piece of land which shall have been used by the inhabitants of any town as a burial 'ei #of f thl^ ground for th space # of fourteen yars shall be deemed to be vested in ■' town and shall he .subject in supervisor of any to move grass and weeds at '1 a year, to erect and maintai fences around such hurial a cost not to exceed hee duty same manner as other corporate property o towns. It shall be th of the supervisor __ jin suitab tri ground fifty dpllaTs er or per- ities, shall •ge and paid in the other town charge.” to exceed fifty < year. The cost of any officei son, in performing such duties, shall be a town charge and paid in the same manner £ City and village markets > good opportunity to producers ishables to sell at a profit snd at a price the consumer i a yet illing to H igher RetM l Prices Reflected to Farmer conditions, icrease in retail pficei G, F. Warren, agricultiurai of the state college of agriciulture Under present only apparent waj get more foi his produ-cts ;ail prices, itipns, tl lu is by an; js, believes Dr. : ecohomii ' the First in Several Years---Asseinbles “the l relation- ral years in leml trend in farm- product be produced.* There are alwrays certain individuals whose methods of production are worth one’s observation. It is with this in view that the tour has beCn planned. The tour will assemble at the farm of Charles Jarvis in the Ply Creek Valley a t 9 :30 a. m. on the morning of Wednesday, July 30thi Mr. Jarvis is a general farmer, keeping a fair size herd of pure bred Holsteins and ,a few hundred hens. He has been successful in growing alfalfa ar kept for the past four year complete account of his business. The tour will leave for Mr. Ingall’s farm at Hartwick Seminary at 1 0 :20. The important feature of Mr, Ingall’s business is his method of crop rota tion. The tour will leave Mr. Ingalls’ at 11:15 and go to the home of Earl Green of WestviHe. Mr. Green has a small place devoted to poultry and bees. His flock consists partly of certified birds. The stop at Mr. Green’s will be of sufficient length for the basket lunch dinner and the address by Mr. Hall of the \ Death Does N o t Affect Bonus An important Adjusted Comp interpretation of the msation Act recently the appli- made, has lational Head- -rican Legion fits in case o f death before cation for compensation, is been announced a t the Mat' quarters of the Ame-rii The section of the act provides: “If a veteran dies befor-e making ap plication the amount of his adjusted service credit shall bo paid to his de pendents. Howevpi’, this amount will be only the face value o f the insuranc him; whereas, i f toe veteran hi design Would W iden New Sharon State Road Tuesday of this week, decided to ask the State Bureau of Highways for plans and specifications and estimate.s of cost for Avidening the proposed Cobleskill-Sharon road to eighteen feet width. The Board met Monday night and the subject was presented by County Engineer V . G. Rulandi. Before any steps can be taken toward the project of adding an extra two feet to the led road, the Supervisors had to e State Bureau to prepare the maps and estimates. Follmving the adoption of a resolution to this ef fect, the State Bureau mil now pro ceed with preparation of plans. 33 New Laws Effective J u ly 1st Thirty-three more laws Were added in New York State ora July 1st, in cluding one which increases the^ pay of State troopers. Another compels ice cream to contain at least 8 per t of milk fats. Farrners generally be interested in a third, appropri- _-.ig $2,500,000 for the payment of tubercular cattle klllnd. Jail Sen tences and fine^ are providC(r~i)i an other new law for motorists con victed of di’iving while drunk. There has been an unusually Imavy demand of .State Hamilton’s of- WHOLE NO. 6040 Otsego Farm M anagem ent Tour In Fly Creek Valley July 36th. All Invited an very and has Farm Management Depa f the New York State Colh ; Agriculture. He will talk on ' irrentrrent farmm managementgement problei HMl cu far mana problems. The next stop will be at F. S. Wright’s at Westford. Mr. Wright’s business is particularly well balanced inas much as he has a fairly large dairy, grows ten or twelve acres of potatoes and runs a fair size flock of hens. The tour will leave Mr. Wright’s at 2:45 and go to the farm of Claude Bulson in Sohenevus. Mr. Bulson is a pure bred Holstein breeder of note who maintains that silage is not a profitable feed for the dairy cow. A very interesting- discussion should result from this supposition. Everyone is invited to make this Insures Steady T. B. Eradication The continuation of tuberculosis eradication work throughout the en tire year beginning July 1st is prac tically insured by the recent action of the .State Department of Farms and Markets in allocating the ap propriation for tuberculosis eradica tion among the counties on the basis, of cow enumeration, and percentag( of reactors. This belief was express ed by members of the tuberculosi! eradication committee of the Nev York State Farm Bureau Federation, when ahnouncement of Commissioner; Berne Pyrke’s action was received at Ithaca. The allocation plan was suggested by the federation committee after a long study of the tuberculosis eradi cation situation in this state. The: committee which originally included H. E. Babcock, Ithaca, chairman; Jay Coryell, Ithaca, Secretary; L. A. Toan, president of the New York State Guerinsey Breeders- Association; M- E. Buckley of the Lincoln School of Agriculture; and M. C. Bond, then secrCtaiy of the New Yprk State Holstein-Priesian Association, met several times last winter to work on a plan for ridding New York’s herds of tuberculosis which would be prac tical and as inexpensive as possible to the state and to the dairymen con cerned. The committee made a report to the leading farm organizations and to the Department of Farms and Markets, recommending closer cooper ation of s^ate officials and farmers in tuberculosis eradication, The active support of farmers in the erad ication program through local or- aanizations of breeders banded to gether to rid their herds of the disease was strongly recommended. The report also recommended the state department that the ap propriation, which is $2,500,000 for this coming year, be allocated among counties on the basis of cow enumer ation and reactors. The department has accepted the recommendation and is now putting i t into action. Jay Coryell, secretary of the mittee, in commenting on the of the department stated: “C( Recalls Early Settlem ent Days Death of William D. Kirby, Father of Late Cooperstown Business Man. ^ death of William Dewey Kirby, father of the late Johil R. Kirby, a ill known Gooperstovra business in. Which occurred at his home at Bainbridge in his eighty-fifth yea:> Monday pf last week, removes :nd most substi W arn 48rainst Change In A lfalfa Practice putting II, secretary of the com- omraenting on the action o f the department stated: “Commis sioner Pyrke and his department are to be congratulated on the splendid attitude of cooperation with N< York dairymen evidenced by this i New York now being tried*out* in the* central and will facilitate the cleaning up o west, of cutting alfalfa only twice bovine tuberculosis in this state.” sad of three times. ------------ - ---------------- Spanish W orkman Is Killed a t Cherry Valley a year instead _ ___ ____ This is the suggestion of the state' coUefee at Ithaca, which admits that in some of the western tests, weeds seem to have been better controlled an^ yields increased by reducing the ZH.IirT£' X C a : “there is no knowledge as to how'^^y East Springfield, the new practices will work in New | fatal injuries Tuesday nigh ’ork. Experiments are n at Cornell University Frank M, Cisa, ag( ployed on the state iatements \If^the e results are as they have been in other states there will still remain som<I First, the lat contain i these new lai ' saling with n particularly the one dealing with mo tor vehicles. From Jnly first, all taxicabs in this state have to bonded. serious objections: e cut alfalfa hay will a considerably smaller per- intage of protein than the early cut hay, and the protein content will be much less palatable to all kinds of_ livestock than the early cut; third, the late cut -will be more stemmy and less leafy. \Fanners who are accustomed to producing high class alfalfa for sale or for home feeding will ’ consider care ‘ “ the new met time -with the best practices on suit able soils. New York farmers are. getting good results with alfalfa so far as total ydeld per acre per year, and longevity Of fields are concern- Many Young People Attend Conference A goodly number from here attended the Young People’s Con ference at Dennison’s Uorners Chm - - - - ^ the There was a banquet, at 8 o’clock, Saturday evening,’This was followed by a song seiwice. The convention again assembled Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m. Among the speakers of the after noon were Prin. Mason A. Stratton of Frankfort, Mrs. Iva Gage, No. Col umbia, the Rev. Heiiry Vruink of Corners, George Purple of South Col- umbia Gentre, Robert E. Van Deusen le Of .South iged 37 years, em- highway con struction work between Cherry Val- sustained work in New'f’sta! injuries Tuesday night at about being carried j 6 o'clock from which he died a few ‘ hours later at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown. The man was engaged in cleaning a big concrete mixer when the load ing skip dropped and caught him, causing a fractured skull, a broken hip and other injuries. He was at tended fit^t by Dr. Linden of Cherry Valley and later was removed to the Cooperstown hospital, where Dr. Bis- sell attended him. He died from shock. Coroner Getman of Oneonta was called after the man had died but he authorized Dr. Bissell to act in the capacity of coroner in signing the death certificate. The man has a brother in this country but none of the men on the job know his address. George Guerra of Woonsocket, R. I., is a cousin. Dem ocratic County Committee M eets At a meeting of the Democratic county committee held Saturday at the Hotel Oneonta at Oneonta the matter of recommending, candidates for the county offices -was left in the of -which ___ - „ - -jrry Val- irman._ The other member are Mrs. W. T. Hyde of Cooperstown, Charles J. Beames and P. J. Gallagh er of Oneonta and C. H. Naylor of Monds. This committee \vill go over the , vanous applications for pli on the ticket in the near future. The following delegates to the enti'on were elected: James ' Sehene-vus, Mrs. Almond Cricket In Mail’s Mouth Causes Death Herkimer, Miss Hazle Purph . Miss Ruth T’oWn, and the Cla: Columbia, Miss E fort and the Rev. Corners, Clarence umbia Gentre, Rob< of Saugerties, Eldred ___ .nvjlle, Donald Seymour rt and the Rev. R. Van _ _ _ I State Department c Health is that of a man seveiity-nine, who died recently off; shock caused by a cricket dropping into his mouth- It was explained he -(Was in the habit ) under a League Receives Many Kew Contracts . During the -week eadifig June 26th sixty-eight pooling contraets received by the Dairymen’s Les Co-operative association^ makini total of 2,869 new contracts s April 1st, the beginning of the fi year. Of 1,006 contracts filed since June 1st, 268 are ffoha producers who Served notices of cancellation last February and since htfcve reconsider! we reconsi Jbntracts 6(615. fa f e Subscribe for The Freeman’s Journal, ' To-W Frank- R, Van Deusen of Ridgeway of Cols \ Van ~ bert E. Van Den: [r CadWell of Jor- o£ Frank- b - 5:15 a picnic lunch was enjoyed followed hy vesp,?r services in Brown’s Grove. ..The two principal speakers of the evening -were Miss Bertha Fowler of Folts Mission In stitute an dthe Rev. Mr. Anderson of Ilipn. Their addresses Were n helpful and inspiring and ably forth the convention slogan—-“Ser __ for Christ.” Musical directors were : Allan Van Wiggerin of llion and;. Ward Robinson of Frankfort. Spe- ' cial mus ' ’ ’ danville lusic was rendered.--Our Jor- 3 Repolte Your posture while working has a vital effect upon health. Valuable hints are foufid in Bulletin H 138, “Saving -Streijgth in tbe Household,” which will be^ent ott request from the state college at ilthaca. state CO P. Fria- Cramer of Cherry Valley, Mrs, N.. Edith Brown of Oneonta _and R, D. i-vus, Mrs. A1 Valley, Mi neonta ar lerstownr- Th' electe:d: ernates were P. Priery of pf Cooperstown. lond Cramer pf Cherry Valley, A. n of Oneonta and Mrs. R. i Mrs. Schenevus, Al- Valle D. L. & W. Would Discontinue Train The Delaware Lackawanna & West ern Railway Company has made ap plication to the Public Service Com mission for permission to discontinue operation of its train No. 812 from Utica to Binghamton, The ti'ain leaves Utica at 10:30 p. m. and ar rives at Binghamton at 1 :30 a. m. In addition to the train sought to be removed, the railroad operates three trains daily each way between: Utica and Binghamton. In support of its petition the railroad company alleges train No. 812 is not reasonably required for the convenience of the travelling public, and has been-open-; ated for a long time at a substantial ooperstoWn bus: irred at his horn eighty-fifth year eekj removes one most substantial is part of the state and 3 an interesting incident of pioneer days nivy hich his grandfather figured as the chief character. Mr. Kirby’s grandfather -Was Guth- ben Kirby, who with William Guth- erie, his father-in-law, came from Litchfield, Conn., in 1787. They set tled on lands situated about three lies above Afton, which they had . irchased- of Mr. Robert Harper of Harpersville, Delaware county. They bulR their cabins and made some im provements and retui-ned the follow ing fall to Connecticut. In the spring o f 1788, they returned with their families, crossing the Hudson river at Huds sego Lake. There they constructed a float by placing boards upon two canoes, adn on this their families and household' goods were conveyed do-wn the Susquehanna to the place of set tlement. They drove through the forest some cattle and a horse, the latter of which having been subse quently lost for nearly four months, was returned to them by the Indians, Their title to these lands proved de fective—-which were based on pur chase made of the Indians. Mr. Reuben Kirby then purchased from the State a mile square of land in this same locality and he removed to the east .side of the Susquehanna river about two miles below the vil- of Bainbridge and which land eventually divided among his four sons, Reuben, Joseph, Phjnny, and Philo and tho share of Reuben Kirby has been in the family ever since and occupied by the deceased during his lifetime excepting the last thrM years, WHliam D. Kirby was a prosperous and successful farmer having lived in the village of Bainbridge but three years having moved from the farm nearby whicti had been the scene of his activities all his life and which had descended to him from his pioneer forebears. Reuben Kirby was a Revolutionary soldier. His ancestry came to Con necticut from England and wore near kinship to Oliver Grom%vcll, the great English reformer, the Kirby name then being \Kirkby.” Besides the widow t ’.. Kirby and Clairencee W Kirby daughter. Kirby, atifd idora Kirby, all of Iain- two sons, Ralph ■ Kirby, an one l kV. . „ in R. ighamton, daughtrs of Mrs. John irby, whose husband died six years ago of influenza during the epidemic. Otsego Barristers M eet A t Unadilla >y- of iption preceding the at Twin Pities, the -aety-one Wednesday of last by the president, the Hon. Charles C Flaesch. The reception preceding the banquet was held at Twin Pities, the. 'delightful home of Mr. Flaesch where aU were cordially greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Flaesch. and^ an hour spent- in informal chat and the ai . dinner was ser At this meeting the reports of officers and committees were made and the foUowing officers elected for ! ensuing year ; President, Charles Flaesch of UnadiUa; first vice- president, L. E. Walrath of Coopers town; second vice-president, AlVa Seybolt of Oneonta; secretary-treas urer, L. L. Kellogg of Oneonta; direc tors, Merrittt Bridges of Morris, 2 L. Bockes of Oi Oneonta and mevus. tester T. Backi in Jhe state rich an honorary association. . No action was tak the association either approvii approving the proposed chai.Bc i„ number of Federal court districts ■ 3 s of New York, the close o f the dinner, the mem bers repaired to the lawn where the address of the day was made by the Hon. Cuthbett W. Pound of Lockport, associate judge of the court of appeals, w-ho, With Supreme Court Justices Hill, Rhodes, Kellogg and McCann, of the sixth, and Justice Charles E, Nichols, of the third judicial district, Were guests of honor of the associa- by League Milk Prie€ Sam e A s June iducers’ milk prices for July as recommended by the Dairymen’s League Co-operative Association, Ihc., Will be the same as in June. Prices in the various classes per 100 pounds of milk (3% butterfat) at the 201-210 mile freight zone follow; Glass 1 (fluid milk,) $1,86; Class 2-A (cream), $1.70 plus skim milk value; 5S 2-B (plain condensed and ice im), $1.85; Cla|s 2-C (soft cheeses), $1.85; Class 3 (-evaporated, sweetened condensed and milk poWr- der and hard cheeses, other than American) , $1.55; Class 4-A (butter) as usual. Class 4-B (American le) same as usual. “Forests do not improve by dis- ■ a man’s muscles Use any more grow stronger woodlot is a in idleness.” The small forest and 0 takes care o f it. from the state ,
