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\ X \I • mi MflP'TM l¥V-/i\.l, Or Published ; ^eekf,)t by the.'Northern P#A£sfei#fj 'iquses Point, N. ¥.. ' • • ' One'Year _.:.....,......,. ,^'.$2.00 SJ.N -Months , * - - .••»»..,,».„••.«»«,, Three 'Months ..........,,.,-..»,. ..... April V\l9KL that .i # af »f : the 4 . ,t6 T&e recent ruling of the enstomsf Mon of the Treasury Depart- which makes it jujaec? ssary :|pr the owners of American; oiwned, ttti to report at any XJ, B, h hoase when States for y the the! action of the tt is pttfeaWy true that the transfer oj this service has hi the endorsement of a few of the! £ustoms H and imwlgratiOBi officers stationed at Rouses Point and it is believed , that district officials 6ave taken their mfonaation from consider ,are |K»rt by n he recommenda of toe iJiijg-tes-Breaaner' «• easterns and tamt- whom a'jftositien to j tew conditions. TUe good intentions of these men are not questioneci and. it fs freely adittd tht q admitted that ^ inspeetion «f antomobiiesj interest wfll be moved imm -Resent l«a« Nwle of tions in tlie villages to sparcelyi only-ijest settled sections In the immediate tieinty of the Boundary Wne, are two of the mmt dbt y j uest j interests of the service at heart N Bttginfeera however ,and the matter has not had the consideration and study f th ;, t?p|rE;,' -The;; proposed » statito ld fe statito% i p jKs fereove* both sons Cotners roftd MOST be plae ed'directiyat the interaecWon.o; these roads with the JKftig ~ Highly, The Canadian t . line crosses at this interseetftm, If an inspection station is built a the propped location at Overtpn'i 'mJtifnitB, aiitbmobHes coming-into the United Sfajses froin Canada will have yto'line up o» an 18 foot highway IN THE ftommOW OF CANADA and the same thing ap- plies to Northbound cars on t?. S. a.'\' This^.weuld mean an absolute blockade of tlje moat traveled road on the Northern frontier and the complete failure of, both customs and immigration inspection. ANY MADE THAT IS ATTEMPT TO CLEAR ..„„ .*.«..,- BILES THROUGH BOTH IMMI- GRATION AND CUSTOMS AT mrf __ v) „,„•— - -~— vumuwiouuu «uu aiuay two of the west destructive blows [from them that it should have had. that iiaW'v*.. K~« -«—* ~* *-- It Ja conceede{ | tuat present pro- visions for the Inspection of auto- mobiles at Rouses Point are not ail that they should be and that something should be done- to un prove conditions. But this is no reason why the Inspection service should be hastily removed from its present location to isolated points on the Border.Without first having ah intelligent investigation made to find out if it hi really jws» sfble to clear, automobile tsaffie at these points. Last Fall Mr. Hughes and Mr that have ever been aimed at the prosperity of the pepple of the! village of Rouses Point. Not only the business-interests of the village will suffer but the..matter is one that affects, either directly or in- directly, every person hi the com munity to an extent which canno be fully realized by persons unfam- iliar with the situation as it exists in Rouses Point. <. ': .\•* If there were some good reason for the proposed change; if auto* mobiles could be inspected more ef- --—\••- at the Border than it is to do in another location Rouses Point; if Government interests would benefit hi any ma- terial way by the change; then Overt 1 would be some excuse for the removal of this service from the village. But when that inspection of automobiles at the border will necessitate the ex- penditure of more than f 130,000 for two new buildings in isolated sections north of Rouses Point, at teSft n fWh one ehSBtiam of the itteir hn- possiMity of desxingr through botii imn%rs,Uon and customs^ grfmt volume of automobile traffic which uses the highway oa which i% is *rttuate4f when tt Is considered .one building if located at the inter- section of the two main highways leading into Canada through this :$gxt TWOUJS serve the interests of a etovernwent far mow stti & Mm woi* «conomic«ly t Brenner- arrived In Boosts Point at a time when traffic was very light and spent a few mixmtm at each of the proposed locations for clearing cars. They went back to Washington and a few days ago made their report ta the Secretary of the Treasury. Reliable fcttor- mation is that tfte Government hi going ahead with the expenditure of 1130,000 for iMm purpose at thhi port without- <*e -*dvic«r- W raffle engineers or of any potis- petent authority on tfte feasability of carrying oat the recommenda- tions of these men. There hi not a privajte business enterprise in the world of any - atandlng that ION AND CUSTOMS AT OVERTONS CORNERS WSJU MEET WITH COMPLETE FAIL- URE AND WILL HAVE TO BB ABANDONED. In addition no water is avail- able at the proposed location for sanitary purposes .and no houses are obtainable for quartering cus- toms and immigration officers who would hSXe to be transported to and from tlie proposed station several times daily'over roads that are almost ttnpassaMe on account of snow for several months hi the yearV* WJfWH|H|!|«r,;->..., ;: , matte* 1 --Is -being., tajtfen-; ttp M' Setjxetai^-:' of the'\Treas Point % [*nerce % fi : e% by- f; 'these ca0e is not of all of tim faC,tsin they a,otwaWy exist '\ ttaatttey '\\'' \ ot eimd ast «tey wiaiaitow jthe injp*aetical reebnwoeiidations contained in the Btughes-Brenner report, ln^so far as ^hey fei tp tb.e Fort dt Rouses dtriied oiii,. An te be? order recently tesued by ~ commissioner of customs, makes it «nttecessary for American -jnotori$ts enroute to. Canada to reports at any U, S. Custom house i when leaving the United States. The permit formerly issued for American [owned cars is abolished. ; ' ' i • • The 'issuance ; of tMs order Is a mistake that* should .foe speedily corrected. If it is not done control ef the situation ^lotxg the northern frontier will be* ftiiicfdy l<kt KNIGHTS STJ (Conthitfejd ceedingly \I Wasn't Seared* Better Go,\ and Ifthls y hs down the house he ijiomntisstoa as Chie Rouses Point p flat on its. ba<;k. er il b% ftw 1 ?)^ «st b y th customs, }m»fgrati|Sn and prohi bition eforcmt dtt _ tue entertai tha Cassavant wiH 1 several specialty songf eluding -\The Ghost which it is said she . ticularry flfte shape, male quartet which iai HaFQld AshMne, Hale Ruahlow and A. sing: old n$antati each performance. And these are only numhers that are booi, aft -Ujdlcations point to] Btandrngr theatrical ev season. Slatiuftlly big •^(©ecteai'^t.-teoth understood that bition enforcement departments of juadsr-'up : '-latfJi^atugi'i the government, Dope runners, | Mooers, Chazv and othi alien smugglers attd booUeggers will be able to travel back and ;orth across the Border without, :heck on their movements. Ameri-! jaa tourists retuni(Uig from MW.' •**;?.. j the car was taken out ot the Unit- If proyiBioti for better Inspection [ ed States and which ham arwmvi. facilities IS to be made (and it should b#) th« piae* lor the arec- tfdn of new quartsrs fox this pur- pose is directly, sorth at the pres- ent custom hous« at tfa# mtersec- tion of the two main traveled In- ternational highways of the North Country. One budding at this point, pwperly designed* and equip- ped, would provide tiu mom effic- iently atti economically- for tb* proper customs and immigration inspection at the great numbers of tobilijbt ,.. att4(,- ing towni to motor 12th and 13th. Albert U Camera ig] _ __ - --..----•..»?• «•* ada who have no state registration cards with them will be seriously inconvenienced oh re-entering the \tafted states. American automo- lles taken from the United States >y their owners and shipped back >y freight will have to be held at (Order ports where they have for- leriy been fe-admitted on thejtue eomitryiw£ K a Customs pem|| issued when | from ]fott« •A points waysehrbute to and 1 r treskl and otttsr Canadhat r „ than two would at the locations recommended .in the- Hughea- Brenher report. In addftion only aboutt halff off th b report. In addftion only abou hal o the number of cus- States; and which has accom panied tne snipping papen on the return. Hundreds, of Americans who are unfamiliar with 7 customs requirements: will go to Canada and think that it is .unnecessary to report on Ux return because it was not required on their leaving the United States, The order was issued as a \measure of economy.\ The customs revenue wiU' suffer through loss in duties and'iit fines & thousand tunes the amount any saving that will be CORM3CTION Bota^L ot ftb cat order h*s:\ pasted The; day afto] 8U CWhertar Time: 3 a.m. Place: Montreal. Persons: TSr». tsts. ' '-•'•••• '••• Birst would you if th would you br s» me if that; brjgnt is the sun s» kind oa^L ot ifttectbrlriB^aie Bouses Point Baseball Association !s composed of the following- local,; business men: T, A, SabourfB 11 F. F* 5*oy, a* F- RlVeTS, H. A,.Sa- » ftv_ hinunated dock tamer. ''' -.- —;. —mm j— •» f^ji w# *• ivtvers, toot and Immigration officers bourin asd John Toner. m i TOHS<| ft th« BQX&W; when iJbeW fhlnfs are taken into consideration, ft It small mrndnt that tine people Of Rouses Point W«re' slow . '.to- - realize\ that their government would set antia* m*t- . ter Without a thorough hivestiga- tion and without at least t»e favor- able «*|»jrts «f. competent traffic engineer* on the practicability of making such inspection at tee pro- pot^i^etm^m' : ' ; It-is understood that m plan has the approval of som* of the higher customs offlcials of \the district. These men have not given •• %» m«*W* e* &e ikfyisfcr at Rouse> Poiat the study that it should have or they would not,«d- - vise f»e-rjeao«alv«j| : |^e.lai&ectlo« service to a point on the boundary where it will be an absolute im* possibility to take care of the en- ormous amount of automobUe tr«f- 1 ' : m that pies this highway without ' •$0bpMelp : M&Mng 'ttoe m>*t twt- t^eled international route on the ' Northeastern fronaer and demoral- - j^gr twa* immigTation ma tm- .toma,- f&$#&Sfra.--iBt mm Kesvice is tr*n«ferre<l to Overtons Corners* ci» «^|\%8 */Si 4 ja|t cai» «^|%SJ8» *Q/ tar inspection on ipQ&g 00^^ .. r I-.«#ss:-&fiB««*3»i^- U'&m)$f .uijf and • where JBSfflS*\' |&H$bd and G^adian ««,r* are 1 obliged to undergo inspection oi, personnel «aS, baggage. • ..•;\' . . % : •• • Are you Bothered with spots UsfOn the the I was growtisc about er last wssK. mssn nqf eye, Fuller Hope, buttejl said, \Wen; jBsn. it's W none.\ Pu!£%tt in yortr mhale it ' ^^mmmim^m^m^mW ^H^^^IVW^r difficult ttts hat to «uik. says sstf S h to A tad Her too ' Anthoaar Beaudette Powi, VW * Maloys fl0fc». W« town, Aattooy- Mak* • • GREAT NEWS Ttm mm-nmn.i — iurth«rah«sd than d > tffc ^ \' \ . What is thst about johtfng the »*ck H«nd ^'•i-j^^j^mi,;-