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1 I t PAilEFOUR | THE MASSENA OBSERVER I Published Every Tuesday and Friday at Massena, New York, by Northern New York Publishing Co* lac Frank E. Gannett, president; Franklin R. (Little, secretary-treasurer. LEONARD H. PRINCE, Editor RAY B. COMINS, Business Manager u aeeond TEE MASSENA OBSERVER, MASSENA, NEW YORK, TUESDAY. I'se an extra pound of butter now and then,* It will help the farmer and anything that helps the dairying indii-itry affects every person liv- ing in this area. •Mmd at the port office i* Jfasaena, New York, elan mil matter. Salai i-iptioa price Se a copy by carrier In XasaeBa. 92.00 per yma by mail anywhere in the United States outside Massena, in advance. Canadian subscriptions $2.50 per year in advance. AOVERlflSlNG RATES Maplay advertisine rate, made known on application for rate products to good advantage. T*«al i>dverti«nsr at legal rate*. Obituary notices and lO cents per line. Marriage and. death notice* -free. Farmers themselves can help, and should help. Every farmer could use more dairy It is always a j good idea to help your own business. TELEPHONE NO. 505 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Massena's eivie leaders will gather tonight for the first Chamber of Commerce banquet of the year. It is to be hoped that there will be a large attendance. Much can be accomplished at these banquets: also much time ean be frittered away. Too often some hotly debatable question is brought forth, the audience divides into sides, some speakers deal in personalities. In our opinion, a Chamber of Commerce banquet is no place to question the policies or aets of the town, village or school boards. A Chamber of Commerce banquet is a plaee where projects for Massena may be discussed, * where plans may be brought forth. Our villajre. town and school boards hold regular metings. Any person or any group of persons who may have complaints have the op- portunity to appear before these respective boards, to discuss the matter. These boards are duly elected, they are responsible to the voters. A Chamber of Commerce meeting should be a harmonious meeting. Our civic leaders are studying the problems of the community, the needs of this village. It most certainly is not a plaee to air vitrolic complaints about any public official. It should never descend into a political debate. We hold political meetings for that purpose. A Chamber of Commerce meeting can accom- plish much if all work together to study the common problems. It should be a friendly meeting. It is no place to put any publie officials \on the carpet.*\ 1%' just a little bit better cream for your eoffee. The cost is not prohibitive. And it all helps the dairying industry.. Organizations could use better cream at their suppers and banquets. While a great many suppers are held for the particular purpose of making money for some organization, yet it would be just as well if a few cents less were raised and better cream served. This is always a dairying region and we should all aim to use more dairv products. Plans for the new college at Paul Smiths arc still tentative but it is generally agreed that the college should be different from most of the academic colleges of today. Horace Lamberton, a member of the board of trustees, outlined some of the ideas to the Monday Luncheon Club yesterday. TBS HOTEL SITUATION One of Massena *s greatest needs is a hotel of adequate size. Five years ago Dec. .'). White's Hotel was destroyed by fire. The average person at that time visualized that a new, modern structure, much better than the old, would rise from the ashes. This has not happened, in fact, all the traces of that disastrous fire of five years -ago have not yet been removed. A vast amount of business is transacted in Massena \by traveling men. Massena *s .stores must buy, out of town people haye_busmess here. • White's Hotel fire did not stop this business —it merely gave it away to Ogdensburg, Ma- lone or Potsdam. Stop the first traveling man on the street and ask him where be spent the night and nine times out of ten he will tell you that he drove into Massena early in the morning after spending the night in a hotel in one of the neighboring villages. You won't be able to talk with him long, he's in a hurry for he must get to some other village for the night. Five years is a long time to awaken, to eome to the realization that Massena does^iot have adequate hotel facilities. Depression has been responsible for this delay. .. But business prospeets are brighter now. Some way should be found for the construct- ion of a hotel. If is generally admitted that it would not be a bonanza. But it is a responsibili- ty this community should shoulder. The actual return on the investment would not be large in dollars and cents, but who knows but that it might indirectly benefit Massena a great many times the cost. j Out of town people are qtilt apt to judge a community by its hotel. Every person who has tried to get regular hotel accommodations with meals in Massena in the past five years cannot have a very high opinion of this com- munity in this respect. This is unfavorable publicity for the North Country's most thriv- ing village. This hotel proposition is something for the civic leaders to get behind and work for until it is \a reality. Every person who has any financial investment in Massena should be in- tensely interested in any project that will create more favorable sentiment toward this village. It should be more vocational than academic. Young men and young women of the North Country should be able to attend that college, learn forestry', homemaking, etc. The estate in- cludes a vast amount of forested land, about (i,000 acres being \over-ripe\ timber. Here would be a great project for young men to take over,\to study forestry under the guidance of experts, the lumber to be used as a part of the income for the college. Paul Smiths hotel properties are included in the grant, that is, the controlling interest in those properties. Young men and women could learn a great deal in such practical subject*? as dietetics, hotel management, etc. m ^ m ^tm^mimiimvm^!^*^S^^^' 'IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Some wag was asked why there should be such a furore over diversion of water company funds for village purposes. Chicago has been di- verting the water out of Lake Michigan for years, robbing the St. Lawrence system, and not too much is done about that. * * Grace in Thine Eyes A War-TiNM titnrd of UM ringer Late* Kecien—S««acl t» \Sktpuxft Pie- By M. VJ ATWOOD and 0TJGHT0HT AMY H. C: >y the Sane Aatfcar*.; SYNOPSIS Ruth Wilson is running the Weekly Herald in 1917 while its young editor, John Shepard, is away to war. A loyal friend of Ruth's and John's, Mother Hen- Wenatchce, . Wash.—-I»ist year the State at Washington collect- ed $217,009 in its apple advertis- ing account, and this season prob- ably will collect as much. Gen- erally, it is agraed that the ad- vertising is a cheap means of sus- taining and broadening the mar- ket for apples. The advertising campaign Is tied in with a peculiar problem of the first apple state in tbe Union. This problem may be divided into three parts: (a) The cost of production is exceptionally high, as compared with costs in other sections, larger ly on account Of high land vataes and the necessity oC irrigating. (b) The great consuming rac- kets are at the other side of the continent, meaning that Washing- ton must pay 5a centos a travel more than eastern -growers for haulage to market. (c) There is no proof that Washington apples are better in flavor and texture than eastera apples, so their appeal must de- pend largely upon their good ap- pearance and high quality pack. *• * * Several yeai-3 ago a Committee of 15 was set up to study the problem. It was composed of five business men not engaged directly in the apple industry, five shippers and five growers. This committee heard everybody who had anything to offer on the sub- ject It conducted hearings and examined plans. Finally, it reached the conclusion that it •was necessary to use advertfe- ing to increase the consumption of apples and to maintain the place of Washington apples in the market.' A plan was drawn for voluntary assessments to be paid to an or- ganization to be known as Wash- ington State Apples Inc. One cent per bushel was to be paid by growers and coUected by ship- pers. It was agreed the plan would go into operation when 85 per cent of the growers and 95 per cent of the shippers signed. A sign-up campaign was con- ducted and the necessary quotas reached. The plan went into ef- fect with the 1936-37 season, dur- ing which $170,000 was coUected on the basis of one cent a bushel. But following the banner were but*began hurrying tt)e boys to the 14 marchers. Despite the absence of uniforms coaches. As the ssats were filled, up went windows JIS strong young arms could pry loose, and youth' Ten Years Ago, 1929 Three hundred and sixty-one babies were born, 100 people died and 04 couples were mar- ried in 3fassena during the past year, accord- ing to the books in Town Clerk F. A. Hough's office. With a bid of 23 cents premium on $100, the Dewey-Bacon Company, 50 Broadway, New York City, gave the highest bid for the $225,- 000 bond issned for the purchase of the village water system from St. Lawrence River Power Company. Miss Doris Kamsey of New York ,a former teacher in Massena, was a guest of Mrs. Els- wood Hopson on North Main St., a couple of days during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Murclie of Loon Lake, also Mr. anil Mrs. Henry King of Madrid visited recently the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Murdie, Belmont Ave. \\\ the two hundred and fifty drafted d^r^.liL - 7»Jl\l U rf%i3S'i men m townshiD an <* city ward.ffal faces, alight vjfth excitement, her hip. With her live Mary '! divisions made an impressive sight j were thrust out. The crowd surg- Ryerson and Clarence Anderson, : as they swung down the street' „J fnWQ _j «,„ „ 01 J n „ A ,„„„« t Jt young people employed in the and into the station toward the I S^SSS? 5\ n S?U2l*«*tJS~ 1 Time Recorder Works where fday coaches awaiting them on a I 2* ^^ ^°T er P** 1 ? M haiMfe munitions are made. Mary and I switch a ; thrust from the windows were Clarence are married just before j. * CHAPTRR u grasped by fatherf and mothers &«™ iS™ f ° r *&?! 2** I A » *h« dWted men entered the Clarence hates war, admits he ia «•-*;„„ *!.-,,«» *„n„™~» a physical coward! The night 1 statl0n there followed scene the\ draftees leave Ithaca Mary i^hich resulted in a ban on future *i«A. , i .. ;— :*u „ L i imass leave-taking at trams. Moth- and here and therf a boy leaned half-way out to rejieh the lips of a sweetheart straining on her tip- toes for a farewelFkiss. In the commotior taxi drive up to\ the few noticed a station or paid rinds Clarence is not with the Norton delegation. 'few rushed forward and threw * * * j then* arms about the necks of their' Cleveland shook his head. \I'm aww. Boys seeing their parents-\V attention to tie white-faced afraid not. I had the same idea! in . *£«*** b ?*< »«\• H3S ^J^L Si \5 ^ but TV* fooV^f ,«™. ti,. „™*™i J0,ned them - Girls sobbed as they ^ aIked rather unsieaddy toward but Ive looked over the crowd clmg to voutfas ^^ whom the £fthe crowd surrounding the caw. pretty thoroughly and there's no had grown up as comrades but forj w »*b difficulty he rfashed his way trace of him.\ (whom the past few weeks had|through the dense |rowd until he Mary's lips trembled and she ' brought a closer affection. j was within a few. f|et of the sta- stined a sob as Ruth reached fori The scene was not without itsition her hand and squeezed it reassur- j comedy, however. From the crowd j \Quit yer pushin|\ snarled one insly. |came lusty yells as some friend 'burly chap againit whom the As the four stood waiting, not I was spotted in»the ranks of the j young man st^mblefl. Then, see- knowing what more to say, the'departing soldiers, hum of conversation in the crowd l \Hey Bill, bring me back a # * * Some dissatisfaction sprang up because some growers did not sign and others were left to carry the load for the benefit of all. The Legislature was induced to enact a law levying an assess- ment of one cent a bushel on all apples offered for .sale as fresh fruit. That plan was in operation last year and this year. The Washington State Apple Adver- tising Commission took over the work of Washmsion State Apples Inc. Ite administration cost is re- ported to be \\very low.\ Its ad- vertising expenditures are han- dlcJ thr-jugto * «*«•« known ad- veril**r»j £lr». T**a oo*» mission ana J«w employes &nd »t:ivy ars coneer^cj hwjreiy with seeing *h&*. U.* sa*«l T.z-\Txi'ni of'tlw C?x has been made as easy as buying postage stamps. \•he tax is paid through stamps. A carload includes 756 boxes of apples. Therefore, a stamp cost- fog $7.56 is issued. There are other denominations down to one cent. A railroad will not mo-e a car unless, the proper stamp is affixed to its copy of the bill of lading. Apples may not be moved cut of the district by rail or truck without a \release\ from &• state horticultural inspector whose chief concern is enforce- ment of the pest control and grading laws. The release is no good unless the advertising stamp ia affixed. » * * Roy Matson, grower and vice- president of one of the large shipping companies, is convinced that good advertising is of value. He thinks it is esesntial that this kind of work be done. Elon Gil- bert, head of another large firm which is in the third generation pf growing, buying and shipping apples, agreed that Washington must sell its apples and that ad- vertising was a most effective help. I talked to many others in the business and they agreed. The apple business has been in red ink out here {or a long time. Many of the best informed men do not see now some of the heavy debts can be met except by writing them off or by ex- ceptionally good prices. They don't look for the latter. \We have just got to continue to grow apples,\ one man in the ' Takima VaUey told me. \When yon ask me if we are going ur stay in the apple business and continue to ship apples I say yes.' That has nothing to do with our debts. When talking about future shipments we can forget our debts. Even suppose we are forced out, the orchards still will be here and they will produce apples for the market. If I go broke an £ my orchards are taken over the new owner will operate them to get all he can out of them. Thi-3 applies to good orchards and, of course, not to the marginal one* that ought to go out of production.\ * * * The best information I eauld get was that probably 80 per ccit of the orchards will stay in pro- duction. At the beginning of th«s season it was estimated Wenat- chee would ship 18,000 carloads and Yakima 12,000. These figures have been cut down to 15,000 and 11,000. They give some idea of f the size of the industry. Those ' who stay in the industry or take it over are not going to \lay down.\ • There is strong belief that ad- vertising can help Washington to sell its apples even in the east- ern consuming areas. \Just as long as we produce a prpsnium product it is worth adverti«iri£ and I think the public will buy it,\ ?aid CiU>er*. G-'-n^ral attitude is that one c^nt a rm-«h»I , for »d- VertzgiBg is f>n?v- a drop in the bucket and shovld be, cunt::.yd by all means. —H B. SKCFJXN-GTON'. .- ' i •••••— -Wiii-ilin.iT.*-..»•••»»*-..•• — •^afcA.'.'aj.'f.aBl, seemed to hem them in a small wall of painful silence. It seemed hunk of the Kaiser's whiskers,' yelled one. \Shoot a dirty Hun for ing the button of thfe drafted man on his coat, he apologized, gruf- fly, and made ; way f for him. At that moment Mary turned and caught sight of the] late comer. \Clarence she cried, and began working her way toward him. The crowd, grateful for la new excite- WHAT A WABHBfCH -One split second and two Jives are marred forever! Two cars collide. One driver, perhaps blame- less, crippled if he survives. The other driver faces all manner of inconvenience through in- quiries and investigations —• if nothing more serious. Even if freed of responsibility, that second driver wilt carry for life the picture of his one instant of disaster. Man at best is a feeble creature with soft muscles which tear easily, and bones which crush under slight pressure. He has no chance against steel and speed. One instant and two lives marred! What a warning for those now planning to tempt fate tonight with alcohol and gasoline. Twenty Yean Ago, 1919 The members of the Dairymen's League ha this section and Beakes Dairy Company, repre- senting milk distributors, are at loggerheads again over the priee for January milk and as a rexult the milk produced by the League representati%es has been withdrawn and is now being taken to the Diamond Creamery where they are receiving League prices. Distributors, are willing to pay only $3.40 per hunredweight. According to the Warren formula, farmers claim they should be getting about $3.81. W. H. Sutherland, who has. been spending the holidays ia town, left Wednesday for Tampica.^Me^o, to look after his business in- terests there. Thirty Year* Mgo t 1909 The village of Waddington is making plans for an old home week during August. This will he the first celebration of the kind to be held in Waddintgon. The announcement is made that the Adiron- dack Radio Telephone Company will soon in- troduce its wireless telephones into this state. A fish and game association was organized in St. Lawrence County at a meeting held in Can- ton recently. The club has b\4 charter mem- bers, F. C. I lea ton of Canton is president. Mr. ami Mrs. James McEwan of Bay City. Mich., arrived in town on Monday night to spend a couple of weeks with Mr. McEwan's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Dennison. WORLD-FAMOUS SCIENTIST of tbetbaory of relativity. ItrTiCB&k. 1$ laPtnrot fisJa, ]»S«aB island. ^Required. 22C1MHB of ear ^MfflejCBeifiru i ,-jRattQ 3IIE jQaQOBn ana GbiagH-jQH tJcjisaaae nan 3a-mi.ii<in iao 3EBD :«*«** suraa •a urmBti 2G3SH ^C3( 24 He- United State*. H Wales on the skin. It Name. ^JUBSBHUB. MProsen water. Mir*. fonn of \be.** n&CFA 23 Ha* an «a. 27Tobt 31 35 3f antifciki i -VICJU* J& « foiioi 31 To harvest. 59 Person if alBc* * Gaelic. 3 Aptitude. 0 Karat*. •7 r Six freight cars were needed for shipment of a 392,000-pound hydraulic press from Tona- wanda to the seaboard, one of a number order- ed by France. This is to be used in shaping airplane wings. Maybe France thinks we are ahead of Germony on big planes. Or she might hesitate to turn for supplies to the state she is arming against, though the munitions trade seldom boggles a bouFSueh little points. Forty Yean Ago, 1899 The skating on the river has been excellent since Saturday and it has been thoroughly en- joyed by many young people. A. C. Gates of Gouverneur has been appoint- ed superintendent of the county farm for the coming year. Attorney B. S. O'Neill was in Amsterdam on Thursday last on legal business. 31 r. and Mrs. Robert Swan left on Monday for New York. The Rev. W. Wyeth. who has for some time been pastor of the Baptist Church in this vil- lage, preached his farewell sermon on Christ- mas Day. He has accepted a eall to the Baptist 1 Chorea at Adam. Center. 37 lighted coals. Stasia ami* 8' 3»*xpart varsity—v tJ<J 40 Go on (awafe) ttJfe sfrrla1lwdl0< 41 It salute. to <—»>. Hi 4$ira& 13] itfTeaming TaHBnwilL itBey. snhstanot iBeafe. 2t*%aMrJti 5a*ft> habituate JThto aToenttVe*. Sairocttc position* 41 Departed, 4tf rVynesian chestnut 49 Narrative poem. 4* Mug. hours before the sound of the band > me, Harry,\ demanded another, heralded the parade's approach tor while others shouted the hoary the station. I advice not to take any wooden At the head of the line was thej'money over in Gay Paree. ,„„, 6i «.« HW . „» „ „ cw racivc . Jt! me «^! rde J b ^, d fo \ owed by * • At least the officers succeeded in ( ment, readily made way for her the Fortunate Fifteen\ banner, restoring some sort of order and and her arms fete quickly about Clarence's necki \Oh Clarence,\ she cried. '*Fve been so worried, I knew something I i had happened to you or yoa'd have —• i been in the park as you said you In the 'would.\ j \I dont know just what did kap- } pen, Mary,\ the boy answered. «I remember feeling skk and getting out of the courthouse. Then I gneac I mast have walked about witaont knowing much whew I wm go- ing. I waa down by the lake when I realised how late it was, And then, all of a sudden, I wan afraid I wouldn't get bade in tone and they'd Chink I waa a siaitpi I stopped at a cottage, at Est«y*s, and phoned for a taxi and made him drive as fact aa he could.\ \You know rd sever let them think you were a slacker, Clar- ence,\ said Mary, etanteh]* \Bat now yen meat get on the tivja. Here a» Mr. end Mn, Cleveland and Rath. They have been asanas, too. \ The Norton party shoved its way toward the cam, the amad g*ed- naturedJy parting aa they saw that it included one of the dreihkimen. \What shall I any?\ aeke* Cter- esce of Cleveland. \Say? Why, teH them the tmtlL That you wars sick aatf we>« c*aly just able to get here.\ \Here is the ear with the Mkav ten boys,\ cried Both, as she saw the broad shoulders of Fled Wain- wright blocking a window. Oaeenee, with last hendefaeps from the Clevelands and a kiss and look of confidence and lore from Mary, turned and boarded the train. He was greeted with a chorus of yells and persiflage from those al- ready on board. \Hey here's Clarence, now,\ the four on the platform heard one of the men call out as the boy entered the car. \We'd just begun to think we'd have to send the truant officer after you.\ \Truant officer, yer eye,\ said another. \This ain't no school This is war and it's the military police that'll keep ue toein* the mark, now.\ 4? Pertaining to air. 51 Neither. 9ff Corded cjoth, 94 Dance step. \Come let's go,\now right off,\ said Mary, quickly. \1 don't want to see the train leave\ \Good idea,\ said Cleveland. \We can't do any good here, Might as well get out of this awful jam.\ As they turned to go, one of the drafted men struck up a song that must have been relayed to him by a friend in the camps: Goodbye Maw, goodbye, Paw, Goodbye mule with your old he- haw. I may not know what it's all about But you bet, by gosh, TH soon find out, And oh, my sweetheart, don't you fear, FU bring you a king for a sou- venir. Ill get you a Turk and a kaiser, too. And that's about all one feller can do. Then another, not to be outdone, chimed in with, a high tenor in contrast with the lustry bass of the first performer: Where do we go from here, hoys, Where do we go from here? Slip a pill to Kaiser Bill, And make him shed a tear. And when we see the, enemy Well chase him\ lb the rear, Oh, joy, Oh boy, t v Tfce Melting Pot It is better to give than to lend; and in the end it costs about the same. Where do we go from here? It's one I had left over and Continued on Kage 8 A North Carolina farmer, who advertised his farm for sale, gave his reason for selling: \Tc<? lazy to work.\ Motto for young housewives: \If at first you don't succeed, fry, fry again. * * * A digger among musty tombs finds a game vaguely resembling bridge was played centuries ago and, not to get personal—still is. * * * With the universal presence of the vacuum cleaner and the dust- less mop, what became of the housewife who tested the cake with the broom-straw? * '* * Hemember the good old days when stocks had to go up more than two points before the papers called it a bull rampage? * * * A waitress, by the way, may be attractive but not \fetching.\ * * « « I'm sending you this Christmas * card Upon this holy day? It keeps getting in the way. FLAPPER FANNY -mmmsnaaxttMrios.Mc. T.H.waits.**MW*»~. By Sylvia **Say, yoor cousin imt to bad. _ dance, of courae, but aJieV
