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Thursday, December 16, 1937 TUPPER LAKE FREE PRESS AND HERALD Page 5 TUPPER LAKE FREE PRESS & HERALD THE HERALD — 1896 FREE PRSSS 1931 FREE PRESS AND HERALD — 1937 OFFICIAL. NEW8PAPER OP THE VILLAGE OF TOPPER LAKE An Independent newspaper published every Thursday at No. 8 Mill Street\ Tupper Lake, New York, by the \Colonial Preu.\ Kntered M second claaa matter December 6, 1931, at the poat- offlce at Tupper Lake, New York, under the act of March 5, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Franklin, St. Lawrence, Hamilton, Jeflenon, Clinton, Warren, v and Herklmer counties, by mall, $1.60 yearly; elMwhere In the United States, $2,00; Canadian subscription*, $2.50. ' The \Tupper Lake Free Prdss and Herald\ la served by the N. BJ. A. -Service, Inc. All business communications should be ad- dreaaed to P. O. Box 1068, or 8 \UH Street, Tupper Lake, New Tork. Advertising rates will be furnished upon request. Telephone, Tup- per Lake S. LAWRENCE P. QUINN, I»ubllsher LOUIS J. SIMMONS, Editor THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1037 I i COMPULSORY EXAMINATION BEFORE MARRIAGE The proposed bill of State Senator Thomas C. Desmond which would require a medical certificate before marriage has drawn the nre of the Citizens' Medical Reference Bureau of New York, an organisation \against compulsory medicine or surgery for children and adults.\ H. B. Anderson, secretary of the organisation, turned the spotlight of publicity on the bill this week with a letter widely circulated among newspapers of this state. The letter follows: \The passage of any law which so Jeopardizes marriage as an institution that thousands of persona contemplating marriage would want to seek refuge In another state la of serious consequence to all persons In this state. I beg to call attention to the questionable character of the arguments advanced by 8tate Senator Thomas C. Desmond over Sta- tion WGNT and reported in the press in support of bis pro- posed bill for a medical certificate before marriage. 'To the Senator It may appear a 'harmless' procedure to Insert a needle Into the spine and withdraw a sample of spinal fluid, or to lnaert a needle into a blood vessel and withdraw a sample of blood,, but it cannot be denied tnat there is some risk Involved. \To the Senator laboratory tests may appear to be a means of, determining; whether or not the persons examined are free from syphilis, but to the applicant for a marriage license, these tests might be looked upon as opening the way to blackmail and Intimidation; as subjecting him to the possibility of compulsory medical treatment %g%lnst a iisassf which he la satisfied he does not have; and which surround him with an atmosphere of suspicion. It cannot be denied that theae tests are not always negative when the 11—st Is absent, nor are they always positive when the fflsnsse is present, as brought out in numerous reports appearing In medical and public health literature. The objections 'of the Citizens' Medical Reference Bureau ap- pear rather trifling to us, In comparison with the nature of the evil -which Senator Desmond's bill seeks to combat. The specters raised of \blackmail and Intimidation\ appear a bit far-fetched, and while some would doubtless rebel against being examined for a disease which \they are satisfied they do not have,\ any tnoon- venlence the examination might cause them would tie vastly over- balanced by the number of physical misfits which such a law would ferret out, before they burdened their husband, or* wife, or children with a diaestse as horrtble as syphilis. The proposed bill, as we understand It, does not forbid mar- riage of those afflicted with such a disease as syphilis. Rather, it Is intended to force the syphilitic to take proper treatment be- fore marrying and dragging a healthy person and their children Into the same disease. Instead of sidestepping the problem, forMddiag all mention of the subject of venereal disease, and leaving victims in ignorance of sane treatment ana at the msroy of sMttftMt qpkMka with \sure cures,\ Ssotto* nsjnmwr« Ml] Is a atop toward «*tBtatl elimination of such diseases, In vfctw of Us* groat good physical examination before marriage could do toward cutting down the number of physical misfits brought into the world, the embar- rassment or inconvenience It might cause to those examined seems a minor thing. THE GLOOMY SIDE OF THE PICTURE As Dorothy Thompson wrote a few weeks ago, \The capacity of this country to weather another depression, before the serious social, economic and political effects of the last one have worn off, Is one great big question mark.\ It Is this \question mark\ which Is perhaps the most unsettling factor In the current situa- tion. Industrial production »has widely declined. Securities are combing, the price depths. Business' sentiment la even worse than the business production flgures—principally, because of doubt as to the future, and fear of what the coming months may bring. In other words, the statistics are bad—but the imponderables, such as investor psychology, are a great deal worse. It is this tre- mendouly Important factor which makes the post-September drop something different than Just another recession in a long-pull re- covery movement. And it is this which Is responsible for the amai- Ing variety of present-day forecasts a» to the trend of coming events. One school. Including government officials sad other New Deal partisans, tends to minimize the recession so far a* possible, and to make it seem less severe than it actually is. Another school, •which includes those who are exceedingly opposed to all of the acts and objectives of the. Administration, tries to make the pic- ture even darker than it Is. To try to strike the happy medium, between the apostles of sweetness and light on the one hand, and the bearers of the blackest tidings on the other, is the tough Job that confronts any annalist today. First, some facts. The country has 1 \ not yet felt the full brunt of the drop, though more and more of the Impact Is be- coming visible dally. The employment isituatlon will be grave this winter. \During October, about 100,000 workers were laid off. During November, the number reached 400.000. according to the best estimates obtainable at the time this Is written. During December, it seems Inevitable that a still larger number of workers will be divorced from payrolls, and forced to look for non-existent Jobs; to subsist for a time on savings, which In the great majority of Instances are pitifully small, and finally to seek relief or charity. The Christmas buying period, with its acceleration In retail trade, will keep the unemployment rolls from* growing on a big scale this month in all probability, but the full effects will be felt In January. ' Loss of employment has not occurred evenly in all industries. According to a U.S. News survey, the personal service industries, which include domestic and professional help, employ today about as many people as in 1929. A major continued drop in Industrial production would obviously be felt In a snarp reduction of em- ployment in this bracket. Trade, distribution and finance today employ more workers than in 1929., Construction, however, has made up only one-flfth of Its losses since 1929, on the basis of flgures which do not take fully into account the current recession. The transportation industries are far under their pre-depression employment levels. The public utilities have recovered only about one-third of their depression employment losses. Figures for the manufacturing Industries are too uncertain to be quoted—the employment total of even a week or two ago la likely to be extremely high as against the employment total of even a week or two hence, as it is manufacturing which first feela a drop in consumption, and it able to ftrst trim its sails to meet the storm'. In all the Industries mentioned, with the possible exceptions of transportation and the utilities, employment will continue to drop until the recession Is ended. Some forecasters are pessimistic enough to foresee a rise in unemployment to the worst depression level, when It touched 12.0OO.0O0. One thing seems certain-it will be impossible for the'Federal government to stay out of the relief, field on a big scale, and to continue the retrenchment policy begun In the early fall. The effects would be too\ severe. The feeling ia growing in industrial quarters that, much as a balanced budget ia needed, the time for relief economy must be put off. Proposals to turn the tide are now brewing in Congress. Whether this trend comes to anything will be seen shortly. Congress can't do It all,—but It is generally believed that tangible legislation action, especially th the tax fleKl, would provide the necessary steam to get the Industrial engines turning again. The Little House with the Big Chimney CAN MISS TH'T? 10 and 1 5 years Ago In Tupper MODERN 'PIONEERS' RELIVE 1787 TREJC OF SETTLERS TO NORTHWEST TERRITORY TEN YEARS AGO •pWO Tupper Lake youths, Rosarla LaFave. 22, and Philip Boulence, 20, were held for the grand Jury ten yeara ago on a third degree burglary count. They were charged with breaking Into the Joseph Salamy store and steal- ing merchandise, after getting the proprietor out of the way by 'phoning him to \meet a friend\ downtown at Maid's corner. * • • AMATEUR naturalist* in the North Country had many un- usual Items to glean from tbje press. A species of Heal, reputed to be \harbor Win\ which oc- casionally make their way In from the sea coast up the larger rivers, was found In the Orasse River near Maasena; eagles were reported killing farmers' sheep near Crown point; lynx killed three fawns In Vermont, and southern Adirondack gentry were oiling up their guns to curb the Inroads of packs of \wild dogs\ —probably the same that brought the \wolf\ scare of a few yeara back. • • * TIMOTHY E BRUCE, \owner of three important North Coun- try franchises,\ has sold the Tup- >e/ Lake-Junction Jitney bus line to Karl Farr, the Herald reported on Dec. 15, 1927. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TUPPER LAKE waa slated for » new theatre 15 years ago. The Pond's Theatre Co., Inc, of Malone had purchased a lot from John Nepton, between the bank and Hotel Windsor, and planned to start construction of a |S8,000 theatre In the spring of 192S. The Charles Young laundry was to be moved to make way for the theatre—one of a chain projected for Potsdam, Saran&c Malone. Plattaburg and Tupper Lake. The half-finished brick wall of the proposed Pond Theatre still stands, next to Woods' Garage. It never applicants. They have undergone special training for the endeavor. They will receive f 1 a day during the trip and a bonus of $100 when the venture la completed. Ipswich turned back tune to bid the travelers Godspeed as they departed Dec. 3. Soldiers in colo- nial uniforms and villagers in co- lonial 'attire turned out, to say goodby. And there were tearful farewells as wives and sweet hearts saw their men embark on an adventure, not as dangerous, tout nearly aa thrilling as that of 160 years ago. materialized. • • * ««THE Republican presidential candidate in 1924 will ob- viously be Warren G. Harding/' the Herald quoted Herbert Hoover 15 years ago. \Moreover by 1924 the public will be highly apprecia- tive of the sanitary and progres- sive character of the policies that will have brought this country through the- reconstruction pe- riod\ . . . and then came Tea- pot Dome! « » • G. ROCKEFELLER, brother of the late John D. and owner of the great Bay Pond estate, died 15 years ago. He had spent the hunting season at hlu Bay Pond castle. • • * MISS DOROTHY SAVAGE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Savage of Tupper Lake and David H. Killeffer were married In New York City 15 years ago . . . Miss Blrdella Raymond, 33, died here that week . . . Miss Alma Martlneau of Tupper Lake was married to Julius Ricketts of Vlcksburg, Mississippi . . . Miss Laura Bone sustained minor In- juries when struck by a car driven by F. H. Slater. C. Smith opened a shooting gallery in the Etienne block at Faust that week. TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO THE Tupper Lake Business Men's Association went on record 24 yeara ago an favoring the construction of the Dougla* dam at Bartlett Carry on Upper Saranac Lake, and the late B. J. Fountain waa delegated to go to Albany in the Interests of the project. * • • DOADS in this'\area weren't so hot in those days. E. A. John- son, superintendent for the Whit- ney estate on Little Tupper Lake, had put a force of men to work cutting a winter road through (Continued on page 7) 1937 ELECTION COST FRANKLIN COUNTY $7,708 ELECTION COMMISSIONERS ASK APPROPRIATION OF $6,608 FOR NEXT YEAR — SEEK SALARY INCREASE The 1037 election cost Franklin county $7,708 it Is shown In the annual report of the Board of Elections received by the Super- visors at their session Friday morning. The « 833 for piles, $175 for 1500 for salary of co' and $1,200 for salary The report points of the and election sup- expenses, lssloner*. ilerk. that In Soldier* in colonial uniforms, and villagers In early American j dress bid farewell to the 19S7 \pioneers\ In buckskin and coonskln i caps as they start the march from Ipswich, Mam., to Marietta, Ohio. Their covered wagon is In the background. ! LODDING slowly along beside joined by a second group. Boats their ox-drawn covered wagon, were built and the party floated! a company of 37 hardy young down the river, out of the winter adventurers, garbed in buckskin of the mountains Into the spring u p™ p^tlcaliy\ the\\ salne^M The and homespun clothing, and carry- ; °[ «>e Ohio Valley to finally land . pregldentlal election of 1936 when ing heavy flintlock rifles, follow a at what » 8 now Marietta. i tha toU1 ^^ t0 ^ J^J WM winding trail across eastern \ Tbe Northwest Territory and i j 7 M2 26 United States. j«\« greatness it has achieved as An appropriation of $6,808 is Steadily they march along, 12 8l * Individual states found lt« requegtw i by me commissioners, miles a day. toward their distant, origin here. William Olrard of Tupper Lake and goal—3,000 miles away.' Before * * * j John Hughes of Constable for next they abandon their long trek the A events of the orlg- j year The repO rt also makes a path will lead across New York inal trek—minus most of the. re q UM t that the salary of each state and Pennsylvania into Ohio, \ hardships—are to be faithfully; commissioner be Increased from and on through Indiana. Illinois.: reproduced by the modern cara- jjjn t o $350 ^ ^ &t of ^ clerk Minnesota*. Wisconsin and Mlcht- van. Near the site of the original, frota $1,200 to $1,500. ^\^ meeting place, the youths will' 'ALBANY'S LIGHTED TOWER* Banking By Mail Is As Easy as Mailing Letters If you live eat ef tews; U yon cant flnd time to come to tin fcaak—If you merely want to save yourself the trip In mean weather—It Is easy and safe to bank by mall. Send for Our Booklet QTYandCClJMTIl SWINGS 14NK \A Merger of the City Savings Bank of Albany and the Albany County Savings Bank\ 1OO fTATE fT. ALBANY N.y journey, the in pageants, gan. This is 1937—the age of speed and modern distance-annihilating inventions. Plpneers In buck-skin departed from the American scene years ago. But it ia true. In pioneer fashion, this modern company— an exact duplicate of the famed Ohio Company of 1787—are re- tracing the trail of those first ad- venturers who left their New Eng- ancl homes and braved the wilder- ness to build a new nation In the Northwest Territory. This Is the nation's tribute to the settlers of the rich Northwest \ who are making the trip are col- Territory upon the aesqui-centen- lege students, selected from 5,000 nial anniversary of their adven- «^^^•«•—. ture. Although the original route ~ ~j '~. _~'^^^^,-,min.. m of Gen. Rufus Putman's original band led only from Ipswich, Mass., | to Marietta, Ohio, the modern j company will continue on through | the other states formed from the j first territorial acquisition of [ young America. j again cut trees to build boats to carry them down the Ohio. | After landing at Marietta they will continue onward visiting major cities of the six states. Six ^nights a week, throughout the en- tire four months' party takes part staged by local groups in each city. The entire celebration Is spon- sored by the government, aug- mented by individual celebrations at the various cities along the route of march The young men Ship by— Spry's Express 7 First St. Phone 417 UTICA TO LAKE PLACID Three Times Weekly—On Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday All kinds of General merchan- dise shipments carefully and reasonably handled. We make connections for forwarding shipments to all other points. 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