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r a n d F O R T ED W J^RD A D V E R T ISER _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ '■ 1 {# ' t VOL. 82 G R E E N W I C H , Nf. Y „ fflB g f f iE B D A Y , JULY 16, 1924 No. 29 REPUBLICANS 10 FIRE TO PLACE TRAFFIC BEACiS ON OUR BUSY « S CONSOLIDATED CllfUr } jQampaign to ‘ be Opened at Committee Meeting.* . ROOSEVELT TO O H S SPEAKERS S Congressman' Parker Will Entertain / Mopibers- of County Committee ami 5 ” Prominent Republicans at Luncheon ^ —Tf> Becomntcnd County Ticket. Nearly all of the members of the Republican coanty committee are ex- \ pected to be present Saturday after- 1 noon of this week, when Congressman James S.- Parker, county, chairman, j will entertain the committee members at a lunclfeon at his home in Salem. There are 168 members of the coun ty committee, and nearly all of them have accepted the invitations recent ly sent out for the' luncheon. In ad- f dition a few prominent Republicans of the county who are not members ' of the committee have heen invited. The luncheon will be served at one 1 q’clock, standard time, im a large tent ; to be erected on the lawn at Mr. Park- ! er’s home. That is it will if the skies ! smile on the occasion. In case the . day should be rainy, lunckSon will be served in the court house which is near the grounds. ' The Washington county Republi- ' cans will not be the only distinguished, guests at the luncheon. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secre tary of the navy, and his wife will be t esent for the occasion, and he will bo one of the principal speakers of the day. Other prominent Republi cans have been invited, and assur ances have been received today that ' Congressman Frank Crowther of * Schenectady will be present, and still others are expected. Mr. Parker stated today' that while ^ h e would like to entertain all the Re publicans of this vicinity on this oc casion, it is obviously impossible to serve luncheon fco more than com mittee members and a few other guests. He said, however, that he hoped tho people of Salem and vi cinity would come in to hear the ‘ speaking which will follow the lunch eon. This meeting will constitute! the opening Run of the presidential cam paign in Washington county, and one of its aims will be to discuss plans for the party activities in prepara tion for rolling up a record-breaking majority in the county for Coolidge and Dawos and for the state ticket. ‘It is the opinion of well informed Re publicans that tho national ticket this year is exceptionally strong in ~tii!i\secQon7and that \tlie- ttaarce- is- good of exceeding all previous records in Republican majorities. Following the luncheon and speech es by Colonel Roosevelt and 'Others, a business meeting of thp county com mittee will be hold in the court house. At this time it is understood that names will be proposed for endorse ment as organization candidates for county officers. There is. it is said, a pretty good understanding among the leading Republicans of the county that most of the present county offi- cercers will be endorsed for renomi nation, and it .is not expected that there will bp any very serious dis sension develop in the business meet ing. Would Sell to Adirondack Company. Charles S. Wood, owner of the 'Lake George and Bolton road light and power company a£ Caldwell, Warren county, has applied to the public serv ice commission for permission to sell the business to the Adirondack Power ^Mid Light ’ corporation. Mr. Wood’s jljition said the demand for elec- jficity constantly was increasing and lhat if he should continue in business it Would be necessary to build a new plant or buy and resell energy from other companies. Fatal Accident Near Hoosick Falls* One man was killed and another badly injured when an automobile, forced from tbo road, struck a. guard rail on the state highway at Geer Hollow, near Hoosick Falls,, at two o’clock Sunday niominfe. Arnold Jones ,pi Williamsto-wn, Mass., died in the Troy hospital, of shock and exposure after his left leg had been crushed -and his right leg broken. Gordon M il ler of Bennington, Vt., is in the hos pital in that city with a broken hip( internal injuries and cuts and bruisess fjti', (pwi^'qtlier were ’flung down a«; ^fetoaakmeplrtut-BBxjped injury* ^ 1 \ * * * y * ■* t Electrically Lighted Standards An choret! in Concrete to Guide Auto mobiles on Proper Course. Stork and Offices for Local Cpi* cern Will be Complete and MotSera in Every Respect. , At a regular meeting of the board of trustees Monday evening there was little business other than Che paying of the usual semi-monthly bills and discussion of routine matters. Street Commissioner Lane reported regarding, the work accomplished in his department, which includes the oiling of the village streets and doing some graveling on Woodlawn avenue. At present he is “doing his haying,’* he stated, and added that it'is quite a job, as there is much grass to cut along some of the village streets. There was some discussion concern ing the placing of two electric traffic beacons, which have been purchased by the village' to take the place of the “silent policemen” on a couple of the principal comers. It was decided that one of these beacons should bo at the corner of Main street and Washing ton square and the other at Main and Bridge streets, *' The exact location of the one at Washington square has been a subject of considerable discussion, and a form in which the concrete base. for the beacon will be cast has been tried out in various positions. As these beacons will be anchored in a concrete base yeighing a ton or so, it is an ticipated that they will be treated with more respect than the flimsy steel and ssfood affairs that have been used here in the past. Every now and then some heedless automobilist nftis down one of the present traffic guides and goes on his way, leaving the '‘po liceman” to be taken tr> the repair shop. If they take similar liberties With the new devices it is expected that it will be the car that will need repairs. DAIRY ASSOCIATIONS-SEEK WAV TO HIGHER PRICES Organizations Outside of Dairymen’s Leaguo Name Committee lo Rec ommend Method of Procedure. Dairy interests of New York and n ■ighboring states met at hotel Utica Snturday and decided to appoint a committee of five to make recom mendations regarding inadequate prices received by fanners for milk. The Dairymen's League was not rep resented at the meeting, tbeir repre sentatives having withdrawn from an earlier session after disagreeing with the delegates of the smaller organi zations over question s of the method to be followed in dealing with the situation. A resolution offered by C. Fred Boshart of Lowville recited that the farmers face bankruptcy because milk prices are ruinously low. The committee named consiste-d of Roscoe Sargent of Sandy Creek, C. Fred Boshart, Losvville, C. F. Bieler, Syracuse, C. W. Nesvton, Buffalo and F. W. Bauder, Fort plain. They rep resented the eastern states Sheffield Producers, non-pool association, in dependents, and State Dairymen's as sociation. Those present included also B. G. V'analstjfcne, Canajoharie: Fred E. Miller, Ulster Park; C. \V. Halliday, N'orth Chatham, W. S. Rhodes, Little Falls; S. A. Piszczek, Newport, and John J. Dillon, New York. The committee heard the reports of the Massachusetts and Vermont colleges of agriculture on co-operative marketing of teilk and commend tfieni. # , Hebron Farmer a Suicide. Wilson Moffitt, 1 aged fifty-four years, committed suicide at his homo Monday morning by shooting him self in the head with a rifle. The wound svlis not immediately fatal, but he bled to death before the arrival of a physician. * His wife, who was in the kitchen, heard the shot and went to the bedroom where she found her husband in a dying condition. No cause is assigned foV the suiefde, Be sides his wife, Moffitt is survived by five young children. Car Found .Abandftmed. The Ford car which was stolen from Horton Brownell's barn, near Fly Summit, Saturday night, was located yesterday in a field south of Johnson ville, where it had been abandoned, Aside from a flat tire, the car did not appear to be damaged. A. pair of pliers and a wrencli were missing from tlte equipment. ■ 'Mr. _ Brownell was notified 6f the -find and has re- I The Consolidated Electric company |s i moving its offices and sto-re fmm | the building on. Washington square, [which has been its headquarters for I many years, to the Wilmarth Hock on Main street, purchased some months ago, and which has been extensively* remodeled for the Company’s -use. The* work of removaj will occrnpy sev eral days yet. When i t is completed the local concern will have ome of tjie most completely equipped electrrieal | stores to be found outside of the | larger cities, as well as every- modern office facility. Workmen have been emplpyed sdnee early in the spring in naaking changes and' improvements to the shutting, which was formerly occupied by CCro.- nin Brothers’ store. The main floor has been fitted Bp as*an office and- show rooms. The efiiees occupy the rear of the store, and the entire faonfc ■is to be 'devoted to the displaying and demonstrating of modem electrical devices. Although these are> not- all in position yet, there axq many appli- wives. Efectrical ranges, water heat ers, washing machines, a refrigerator that does away with the visits of the iceman, dishwashers, an irotting ma- hine, and a large variety of the irnore common electrical household aids are already on display, A. large assort ment of electric light fixtures will also be shown on this floor. In the basement of the building sui ek'ctnc-ai workshop has been i nstaDled, and a portion of tlie spare is used for the storage nf supplies. A ne-sv stwam heating plant has also been installed here, which will furnish heat for the ontiro building, including t&e com pany's tenants on the second and tUiird floors. The basement hats been ex tended under tho sidewalk, wfiiere orage for coal is provided. At the rear of the building a •con crete vault haa been built svliich will furnish fire proof storage for 'books and records. Back of the biEildin.g i-= ' l garage which lias been built to house the company’s service tracks. Th fro are still a few inls&ing touches to be made ora the building; fhe office furniture is yet to be moved in, and arrangement of the stock of the store is to be coirs pie ted - When this is done the new prtore will hp a most attractive and Interesting p luce to visit. Wants B ub Line to Salem. A hearing will be held ire. Albanv Wednesday. July 2.1?, at 2:30 p.m . by the Public Service commission on the ■application of Wirser's —Atato - Be1\ line, Inc., of Troy, for a c-ertiffeonte for the operation of a motor-bus line between Troy and Salem. 11 is pro nosed to operate by tbe way of the villages of Valiev Falls, Cambridge nnd Salem. According to She peti tion filed witli tlie commission, the •company propose? to commence op erations June 1, 1925, “ to operate dur ing the months of June, July, Ainmist and September in each year there after. and at such oilier itnd aiddi I tinn times as traffic- warrants.” VSVae-1 er’« Auto Bus line now operates buses between Troy and Cambridge and be tween Troy and liennington, Vt. i 111 HO ffit DEEIM n i l £. . • To Convene at Hudson Falls Court House. CANAL BPM PSTION UP Other Matters Also To Come Before ( wunfy Board—Clerk’s Office Ex pected to IJa.ve Mar? Work From ' New Moto«r Law A -pedal meeting: of the..Washing- toi: uiunty board ozf supervisors has foe* n called to be iield at the court hou-c, Hudson'Falls, Friday of this Wn-k at one o ’clock. It is under st\ >il that there ar«e several matters of mineral interest to come before thi board at tlaat time. di c subject scheduled to be brought ap i' the recent action of the state department of pabldc works in noti- ^ n . all towns in -which are located brides over the state canals* that £J»e maintenance of “ such bridges will hereafter be up to tlie towns in which this are located, or in case they are alpci county line briSges, to the towns and * mnty. Several towns in this counts are inte-reste-d in this decision afl'i mere is a possnbility that an ef fort ii,ay be made to have its legality te f- l in the courts, _ .«». ■ Am. ng. the bridges in this vicinity thi.' are affected bj- this decision are the \i Kyle street bmdge in the town s .lapre of Fort Edward and the •• over the H udson river at erville. Bcfth these bridges are nt need of repairs, and the io- •horities in tfce towns affected • king to plac*e the responsibil- making them on the state. In ,. t -st it i« unflerstood that the . ranee has aNvays been at the - expense. board will also, it is reported, n.ed to consicier the affect of ew motoT vcfiiicle law on the to be doive at tbe co-unty clerk’s office, and to nsako an adjustment of salarii accordingly. and fciri ; Scl. in i cal are ity the ma sta' 1 be the ■Wi HIGHER T E L N I RATES fOB G H lllE CO. PATRONS Increase in Bates Affects Many Sec tions in this County—To be Effect ive Augnsth- Vof eusd .the Car.v »! ar »'S I.egionaires to Have Clannbak«e. Plans for {die Anwican Legion •■ounty convention and clam bake be held at Lake Cossayuna Jul^ 30 are being completed and a large at tendance is expected. Leg-ion men are \'ery enthusiastic over tfae oppor tunity to get acquainted with Legion naires throughout the county. ZFirst State Vice-Commander Samuel Mron- nsvitz and Second State Y3ce (Com mander L .L. Connors are \to attend and invitations have been exte-nded State Commander E. E. Spafforda and District Chairman 'W. H. Wilder. It is hoped that they ■will be present that day. All Washington county post eonimanders have been furnnshed with tickets for sale to tho.se a~pp3y- inglv Schuylerville to Build Schoaal. By a vote of 245 to 14S tB'e Schuy lerville school district yesterday? de cided to purchase what is lmo\v=-n as the Harris lot, located at tlie corner of Broadway and Spring street, for the erection of a new school buiLding. The cost of the property\ was $4,000. The district is to erect a new build ing to take tlie place of the present one, which has been condeinne-d as inadequate and in bad condition, A J a is Jl K n ti»n )jond issue of $180,009 has t»een siuth- orized; to pay. for the ‘ftefor buiSdjtig. - fpi&t- V.; The Granville Telephone ^ompaijy . .f Granville which has eleven ex- , hanges located in tthis county and in \ erxnont has filed with the public ^iirvjceJcoinniissioii a new tariff, re- \ -ing certain of its present schedules. The changes are tu become effective VJgust 1. ' Seven of the company's • changes are in NWw York state anrt f iir in Vermoiv i. bu t three of the \ er- •i,.int exchanges < upply service to me l^Jlities in this state. The new scbedule>s propose to ilis- • utinue the JJortth Grans ilU- cr inge and transfer the localities nosv ■ved from tliere to) the Grans ille ex- 1 mge. Other changes proposed are ■ substance as foil ows; 'iranvdlle and 'Whitehall exchanges: i siness individual and two-party ' es each incre.up*d 25c per month; ■ 'idence individual! line increase 50c ; r month, and fi>-ur-party residence ■vice increased 1 .>c a month; two- i ,rty residence ser s*ice discontinued. Fort Ann, t'lemcns and Rupert, Vt., • changes: Business individual line ’ reased 50o per month, and four- i ,rty line per month; two-party 1 • e business ser*vice discontinued; i' sidence individual line and four- I'.irty line each increased 25c per m , >nth; two-party residence service '^continued. Cambridge, Salem and Poultney, Vt. • \changes; Business individual and t 'o-party lines anfl residence individ- ud and four-party lines each in- leased 25c per month; two-party service discoTitinuefl. Nfo changes ate proposed in the F:iir Haven, Tt., eKchange. Certain other clisnges are provided in charges for pn'ivate branch ex change service, rec«eivingf line service, -ervice lines and stations and specifll instruction. ACCfDCKT PROVES FATAL ' TO JOHN A. NI’DOUGAil Former Greenwich Resident Died Sunday N\ ight in Glens Falls Hos pital—Was Injured July 1. John- A. McDougall, formerly a leading business man of this village, died Sunday nij?ht at the Glens Falls hospital svhere he had been taken about tsvo weeks before following in juries he received in an automobile accident at Northumberland. Death is said to have been due to pneumonia, sVhieh developed after an operation. Mr. McDougall was sixty-eight years of age and was a native of A r gyle. Nearly fort# years ago he came to Greenwich and in partnership with John Houston opened a dry goods store under the firm name of MeBau- gall and Houston. _ Later Mr. Houston retired from the firm and Mr. Mc Dougall carried on the business alone. For some years his store was located in the Wilmarth building, now occu pied by the Consolidated Electric com pany. He also established a store in Schuylerville which he operated in connection with his Greenwich store. During- his residence here, Mr. Mc Dougall occupied a prominent position in the community. He was active in the Reformed church and svas at one time president of the village. Some fifteen years ago Mr. McDou- jrall retired from business here and later sold his Schuylerville store. He continued to live here for a time, but removed a few years ago to Glens Falls, where he had since made his home. Jfia J r > The accident in svhich Mr. McDou gall received the injuries svhich were indirectly the cause of his death oc curred Tuesday, July 1. He had been in Greenwich to visit friends that day, and on his way home stopped at the office of John Sherman at Northum berland. On leaving Mr. Sherman’s office hq started to cross the road. After waiting for a car to pass, he stepped into the road ahead1 of a car driven by Mrs. John Harris of Thom son and was struck and carried some distance on the front of the car. - He sustained a compound fracture of one leg and other injuries. It was not be lieved. hosvever, that he was fatally hurt, and the news of his death came as a severe shock to his many friends. Mr. McDougall’s funeral services were conducted this afternoon at the home of Jesse T. Mack in Glens Falls. Interment was in the Argyle ceme tery. ^ He is survived by his wife, one brother, William J. McDougall of A r gyle, and a sister, Mrs. Kate McDou gall. , BIFORCING VOLSTEAD LAW ' \ ' i H E M VILLAGES Federal Officers Visit Hudson Falls and Schuylerville—-Four Held for Federal CJrand Jury. KUSEMA STILL TRAVELING TOWARDS THE SETTING SIIK Killed by Xightning. Joseph Lucia, a Fanner near Platts burgh, was ldlled 13 > \ a stroke of light ning Saturday afternoon while he was driving his cows ho»ine. He was tsven- ty-twdT years old (uid recently moved thsre from isVrtlkmipton, Mass. f, »■! •vfe- r Federal prohibition officers were ac tive in some near-by villages last sveekj and as a result several men were held for the federal g-rand jury on harjres of violating the Volstead lasv. Thursday afternoon two federal offi cers with Chief of Police Usher and i’atrolman Hart of Hudson Falls raid ed three places in that village. They fnund a large quantity nf alleged un- Iasvful beverages svhich they took to the court house. After securing sam. pies the contents of many jugs and bottles svas poured into the sewer svhile a large crowd looked on. Chief Usher made a statement to the spec tators during the destruction of the liquor to the effect that about fifteen other places in Hudson Falls would be cleaned up in the near future. The same day the officers vis.ited Schuylerville and evidence was se cured against Gilbert Pechette, who has a place on Burgoyne street. J . H. Hughes’ place was also visited, but according to the reports only near beer and similar beverages were found and the proprietor was not held. The accused men were arraigneo before U, S. Commissioner Herman Metzner .Friday aaid held in $1,000 bail each for appearance before the fed eral grand jury. The Hudson Falls men held were John Sipoewicz, 44 Feri-y street; Napoleon LaBarge, 23? Main street, and Walter LaPoint, Main street and Grove avenue. Hudfson Falls Votes Against Purchase At a special election in the village of Hudson Falls yesterday a proposi tion to purchase the Park garage in that village at a cost of $35,000 was decisively beaten. The vote was 399 against and 134 in favor of the pur chase. The plan was to use the build ing for a fire house and other munici pal purposes. It had the backing of Village President Paris. Many Interesting Scenes Noted im Travels Westward by Our Corxea- pondent^Who is Country Touring. The latest news from Miss Eliza- ' beth W. Alexander o f Greensvich and. M b s . Frank A. Hill o f Salem, who for the past year have been touring the country in a house car, is that they have arrived at Y-ellosvstone park on their westward journey. ' Miss Alexander’s letters from Flor ida during the winter and others de scribing the further progress of their trip are familiar to readers of this, paper. The following installment of her story tells of the country and in cidents of their journey from Illinois into Nebraska: Zion—the good but not the beau tiful— svnrships God according to its own ideas away back in Illinois, but it svas too amusing to pass up. The town ’ is John Alexander Dowie's prodigy but before learning that It- seemed we svere either drunk or crazy for every corner has a sign board with fearsome biblical quota tions .or such statements as “ The place svhere it is hard to do wrong, easy to do right,” and “No intoxicat ing liquors, tobacco, vulgarity or pro fanity allowed in Zion.” It has no tourist camp so we couldn’t stay. Driving west on the Lincoln high way through Illinois is so easy that it is dangerous, makes one sleepy, perfect roatltt, perfect farms, build ings, towns, V.\ fat and sleek, just like a middle-aged woman who ought to count her calories and go on a diet. Even the birds must get too heavy or lazy for we saw dozens dead in the roads here and in easvterrr Iowa as if they had been lift by swift ly moving cars. Every town in Illinois from 500 to 50,000 compares favorably with the farms, in buildings, pavements, streets and parks and ranks far ahead of Nesv York or eastern towns of equal size. Is it because the com munities are richer and more ener getic, or because they were born later when the country had a better start? Whatever the cause all this middle-west section. Illinois, Iosva, Nebraska, hits one’s eastern conceit hard. In the winter I wanted to be a Florida farmer and raise three crops a year, but nosv thi- solidity and peace, and the black dirt here appeal. Just to look at the country side the farm buildings, each in a cluster of trees, seem ' so close to gether that you think svhat small farms, but svhen you measure a field with the speedometer you find it only takes about four average fields to make a big farm. Cedar Rapids, Iosva, May 29.— \Gabriel Snubbers keep you on your seat.’ If they do Iowa ought to fur nish snubbers free for you surely can't stay un your seat svithout ’em. The first thirty miles though in Iowa svere concrete, then a detour up a wild looking hill, svhere some humor ous road builder had s-rected a big 'ism, ‘‘Yes, we have five miles more pavement.\ Cedar Rapids is an open-arms sort if place with six fine bridges cross ing the river in the city. They must have tremendous ta^es in these towns but every native is boosting, never a knocker. We happened to ;,ark svithin a few doors nf the home .f Mrs. Harriet Arnott and daugh ter, Mrs. Charles Arnott, formerly of Salem, svho entertained us at dinner Memorial day. Iowa is said to have more automo biles per capita than any other state in tho I'mon. The reason is obvi ous, such losv rod taxes everyone has money to buy cars. The roads arei wide and well graded but surfaced with just dirty dirt that was bound to be “slick” and rough ss'ith five thunder showers in the four days we took to cross the state. The shosvers were nasty, came up in a minute and just slung water and hail on stretches only a few miles wide, but they surely made a mess of the roads where they hit. Marsljaltosvn, Iosva, May 31.—Mar- - shaltown, seemed our best bet for over Sunday. We seldom drive on Sunday. It’s svicked—-too much traf fic. The municipal park svas a poem, but too far out to walk in for Sun day dinneh so we went marketing with the good farmers and their wives who had driven in tosvn for Saturday afternoon. Our outfit aroused a lot of curiosity. The old fellows ke“pt walking by, pulling their chin whiskers and peeking out of the corner of their eye^s so I couldn’t re- (Continued on page three) • J l f S l i . & , '■#4$ • H ■' > t m ' ■ W ^df -■ '‘W0 5^41 - „ ' 'li$- h m v ; j * r ^ i vV: ij ? 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