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AND FO R T i c h J o u r n a l ADVERTISER VOL. 82 -1 T GREENKTIOH, N. Y„ WBEfSTESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1924 No. 35 T BODY FOUNDJN CISTERN ^Cambridge Man Victim of a > Brutal’ Murder. TO CONDUCT LABOR DAY TOURNAMENT OFFICERS SEEK CLUESN I VAIN W e lch F o r m e r ly Lived Here an d W a s H u s b a n d of M r s . E m i l y M itc h e ll— In T rouble H e r e Two Y e a r s A g o — J u m p e d B a il Bond.- The body of M e rton H e n r y W e lch, a native o f C a m b r id g e and a t one tim e a resident o f G r e e n w ich, w a s fo u n d S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n in a cis- Local E n g in e C o m p a n ies W i l l ‘H a v e E n g in e C o n test an d O ther Sports N e x t M o n d a y . L a b o r day w ill be celebrated in G r e e n w ich next M o n d a y by a home ta le n t firem e p ’s m u s te r at w h ich the tw o local fire com p a n ies w ill decide once more w h ich is cham p ion at the a n c ie n t and honorable sport of th r o w in g w a ter w ith h a n d engines. These com p a n ies have p r e tty w e ll dem o n strated th a t the y are better a t this gam e th a n any outside organization s th a t can be b r o u g h t ag a in s t them , b u t the y have never settled to the COUNT? FARMERS’ PICNIC AT COSSAYUNA SATIIRlf ----- ; P r o g r a m o f S p o r t s ' A r r a n g e d b y F a r m B u r e a u C o m m itte e for B ig A n n u a l O u ting . S a tu r d a y of this week the W a s h in g to n county fa r m e r s ’ picnic w i l l be held a t Tfhe D a k s , Lake C o s s a y u n a , and unless the w e a ther proves u n favorable a notable crowd is expect ed to be present. A r r a n g e m e n t s fo r the picnic h a v e been g o in g fo r w a r d under a com m ittee of the county fa r m bureau, and e v e r y th in g is i n readiness fo r a n in te r e s t in g and en joyable day. ' The G r a n v ille S ilv e r C o rnet b a n d tern a t a v a c a n t fa r m house located j So th is question is to be argued ag a in a t G r a n t ’s H o llo w , n e a r M e lrose. In- j n e x t M o n d a y . v e s t ig a t io n revealed the fa c t th a t he ! The hand enKine contest w ill be h a d been m u rdered an d the body , h e ld a t H illcrest park . It w ill be th r u s t in to the cistern for conceal- Preceded b y a parade, and after tha t m e n t. R e n s s e laer county au t h o r it ie s j a ball gam e between tw o fast team s are in v e s t ig a t in g the case, b u t so fa r | be staged. T h is w ill be follow e d have n o t discovered a n y p r o m isin g j hy the h a n d eng in e , c o n test, w h ich is clues to the crim e . I f o r a Prize o f $200- The final event satisfa c t ion o f a ll the m e m b e rs o ^ . has been engaged to fu r n is h m u s ic each o f them w h ich one is the best. | d u r in g the d a y , and dan c ing w i l l be enjoyed in the afternoon an d even- The m u r d e red m a n w a s a son of M rT an d M r s . A lb e r t W e lch, who live o f the day w ill be a w a te r fight be tw e e n the m e m b e r s o f the two co m panies. M u sic w ill be furnishe d d u r in g the day, and the m a n a g e r s of the affair in C a m b r idge. In the sp r in g o f 1922 h £ and his w ife, w h o is now kn o w n as M rs, E m ily M itch e ll, cam e to Green- i . . , - , , . . _______ | promise that there will be something w ich and conducted a popcorn busi- ! *; . .. . , ness here fo r some tim e . T h e y did , , . . . . , T ____ I n o table Labor day dom g s are an n o t g e t a lo n g h a p p ily , and on June_; . . . , , „ ing. It had been expected tha t g r o f . C h a rles M . T u c k w o u ld be present to m a k e the p r in c ipa l address of the day, b u t he has inform e d the co m m ittee tha t he w ill be unable to a t tend. H. C . ICcrshaw, a representa tive o f the D a irym e n 's league, w ill speak in his place. The com m ittee in charge of the day's p r o g r a m announces th a t a n u m b e r o f prizes, w h ich have been donated by Fort E d w a r d an d N o r t h A r g y le m e r c h a n t^, w ill be aw a r d e d to ,th e winners in the ath le tic events. As no other ] an{j other contents. Tw o baseball gam e s are scheduled 2 3of th a t year W e lch was arrested | nounce<1- it ' ook^ as though G r e e n - 1 tQ tak p place ,jurm f, t y,e as we.u I b y C h ie f of Police C o rcoran fo r firing | w ‘l'“ uc Lur ‘\‘ 'as the fo llo w in g h i t uf events: , ^ ' all the folks round about to spend; a revolvejr a t the w o m a n th r o u g h tn e hoi da ’ Horseshoe p it c h in g contest; pota- door of the house they occupied, on , e 01 _________________ to race for children 14 years or u n d e r ; the E a s to n side. W e lch h a d been J psinTninTp M IIPT ndU Boys’ dressing rate, hoy, under 16; d r in k in g , it is said, and the w o m a n ; l J | j | n l u l u iHU u l l A l 'tu c k in g d a r m n u contest, contestants :efused to let h im into the house. : lim n P O I in n i T IIIT Iflll i to *i n n K needle and d a r n in g cotton, H e was held fo r the g r a n d ju r y a n d | H lu ll u u H U llL l u l l IUN | c o u n ty a g e n t w ill fu t n is h socks; fa t released under $500 b a il, w h ich w a b I ________ * 'm a n ’s race, t wo hundred pounds; fu r n ish e d b y relatives. W e lch never H jg h e r R a t c in i,ocai School B r ing s * *KK ra r e f ° r » <>mtn only; three W - ■' ged race; 100 Yard d a 'h for m e n ; 100 Y a r d da.-h fur \y>rr,-n; tutr o f w a r, six m e n to a te a m ; shoe race; \ peanut race, -10 years or over; rope P u p ils from ru r a l districts in this showed up for tr ia l on this charge an a the bail bond was forfeited. So fa r a s ran be learned he had not“ r e turned to G r e e n w ich since th a t tim e , b u t he is reported to have visited his par- i up Q u e s tion— M iss G ibbons Ex- ’ plains y&w. I v ic in ity who are p la n n in g to attend h ig h school this year have been seek- 'p lic t n g cuntest; handcuff race fo r m ixed couples o n ly ; bout race. e n it in C a m b r idge occassionally. The body was discovered by m e n I ! . . . . .. , . __________________ , . . . t .. , m g in fo r m a tio n since the announce- whu were m a k in g repairs a t the I . I \h”h “ b~\ r r r : greenm/ich farmer m m 7 PfflMV PETITIOIS FILED; THREE OUT FOR SHF! FROM PIKES PEAK ON ACROSS MOillNG Bascom Replies to Shaffer’s Criticism. N o Contests fo r Any Other Place — Baker Draw s First-Place on B a llot — No Democratic Designations. STANDS BY FORMER STATEMENTS Lack of State E n forcem e n t Law De- pri\ es C o u n ty Officers of Pow e r, The tim e for filin g d e s ig n a t in g pe tition s for candidates in the party prim a r ies to be held Septem b e r K expired last week, and the petitions filed in tho office of the com m issi on e-rs of elections in this county show that the only contest in the prim a r ies w ill D istrict A tto r n e y A s s e rts— F e d e r a l! he fo r the R e p u b lican nom in a tion for Ollicers Ig n o r e Offers o f A id . Difficulties of M o toring at H ig h A l t i tudes— Crossing Desolate W y o m ing W a s tes. Colorado Springs, June 21.— I t to o k a good share o f the longest d a y i n tike year fo make Colorado S p r in g s for thouxh a Colorado detour is n o t a Florida detour, yet a detour is a detour, and a 1,950 foot clim b n o m a tter how evenly distributed takes tim e . A fte r scram b ling along in r- A u g u s t 23 rd, E d iti r G r e e n w ich Jo u r n a l, G ietn w ich, N. Y . S ir: sheriff. Three petitions have I about fifty miles to P a lm e r ! filed fur tlai^ nom in a tion, as follow s : J L a k e , the “top of the divide,” P e t e r 1924. N’- A u s tin B a k e r, Salem ; Berj A ms- j began to act sick in his tu m m ie , so tin, Salem ; George W . Randles, 1 headed him for a garage. The | Greenwich. Jrnan laughed at us an d said “ Y o n T h is three-cornered contest fu r the ; J ' et h>m dr°P dow n to C o lorado R e ferrin g to the letter dated Ju ly , office of sheriff is the only th in s that ! Springs and see w h a t's the m a t t e r 3 Itii tu M r. O . B. W ilb u r , published seems to be ro u s in g any interest in there. A “ g u s t 20th> Pe r ' the com ing prim a r y . N. A u s tin | N a ture has been generous to Col- tii.t me .-.pace for a few observations.! „ , . ,, . . , T.. accurately review the situ a t io n I Baker lathe org a n ization candidate, orado Springs but everything w o r t h 1* t rut- recall the circum s tances lead-! having; been endorsed by the i-oumtv t has been com m e rcialized, one itiK up to this m a t t e r : com m ittee at a m e e ting held a t Sa- d o llar please, to go inside every K h ..rtlj before the ‘-'ounty com m it- ieni a f ew weeks ago. A t that time ' fi-nce, and two dollars toll on m o s t tfi- m e e ting on Ju l y 19th I had re- , . , .. . . F ,, , Cei\, .I a letter from an o r g a n izatio n hls endo rsement was opposed b y sap- u f the roads to the big sights. It ’s in the county ask in g me to p le d g e ' porters of G. W. Randles of Green- all worth the price but i t ’s m ig h t y D iy- 'lf “ to use m y au t h o r it y for the j wich, but th e y were outvoted. Bert ' i r r i t a t in g t to the house pocketbook. e 'if'.ii em e n t o f the P r o h ibition law I A u s tin is a m o re recent entrant in ■ P raying on P ike’s''P e a k m ig h t be and - t a t in g “ t h a t this o r g a n ization ha\.ntr about eight hundred m e m b e rs , the contest. w o rth doing as you are 14,109 feet wou 4 oppose at the polls every can-! Sa t u n lay lo o m i n g the landidates | n e a rer the receiving station th a n did.i'.i* f/ir office who failed to m a k e drew fo r lirv t position on the p r im a r y , f r i,m ordinary Meccas. Prayers, how- ballot. .Mr. B a k e r jirew first placc, | ewer, are inort- in line w ith y o u r Mr. Randles second-and Mr. A u s tin rnental attitude on some of the hair- third.. The nam e s w ill appear in ( hiU Pori turn- und 'h a r p grades th a n orderS/ir-the ballot. they are wht-n you are u,n the s u m m it A ll of the o t h e r candidates on the an 'l 1 jM Make ju u r way uut over the Republican prim a ry « , r th• e - lei'- 'b i u p reel r\ck- nw a j fio m the “ mad- sucri a pledge, and th a t they were Hon-partisai).” I m a d e no reply to ti.i- i.-iter u n til after the R e p u b lican C\Ui '_, com m ittee m e e ting had de s ig n a te: me for re-nom ination. Then piil'i , lj I arose at the m e e ting and purchased by F r a n k J . M o r g a n , a . . . r *!.• • F ^ , 1 school as to the effect of this increase’ T roy architect. The cistern w a s lo- ; sta st.„ the of tl.e P- ai ■ tht o\ ■ tha is: • lo, ar an tr., Sti. eS CO: foi ti' thi ih local 'ituation a- I under- . i! which was \ try briefly, to , • tr,c< that th,. euUircement a , t ‘‘‘I nt ’.!>«■ meet ing of t In cuum j (e:n- <• -tate of New York known as m it tee in Salem Th. j are -foil 'Iullen-liage act which had im- |llUv; Member of A*-i inhly- Herbert .V Bar*.hmonii-v, Whitehall. I ' l ' t n e t A ttorney - W ) man S IC.a-- it.m . Fort E d w a rd fo u n t v clerk - <le-.rtri- W . Curry, Hudson Falls. upun the local officers duties • -p.in 'ih i l i t i e ' w ith reference to ■nforcement of tha t law , had. ■ i year ago, n u n rtj'-aiefi and •ur lornl (ifficer'i, our lo ia l mag- • -. i'Ur local ccurt'* aiul ouf cranei juries i.iu ld no longer prosecute or indict, convict p u n i'h for the m a n u facture, C raham , H a r tford. Superi nleiident of P,»or - M ilo R ( \ r u t inn a n d .s a le of liq ju r . • : that the local officer m igh t in . : t n.nal cases “ where a crim e was m it ted in his presence\ arrest J i h an act, but that the prosecu- for that offense was entirely in hands of the federal people and t ' e federal court; that the Vol- cated under the addition a t the rear in rates. It is g e n e r a lly understood -t$ail act, the Federal statute, .vas 10,000 BUSHELS OF I m - ---- __ . u . ___ * 11 ; to enforce it was ..n the m a c h inery i j .. » , t h a t the st-ate, &s in thp p&stf wii] — n . • , - . o f the fa r m house, and it w a s when ■ ’ , 1 „ ^ ™ „ erected hy an act f . . ng iess, di- the m e n sta r t e d to clean it out t h a t 1 p a y fifty dollars Per year tow a rd the . W e n t to K a n s a s to D b It, Ih e n d u s t ■ rected fro m W a s h in g t o n , am i kn«.vn h ig h school tuitio n o f a-student from I W’heat F a r m in g W ith No Re- as P r o h ib itio n < n feiceni, m unit I'orone-r - Robert ( \ille. ar.«l W i l l i a m C son Falls. S p e n a l S u r r o g a te W h itehall ^Delegates nnd alternatt to the Ri’ p u b u . an 'ta l e are as folfows- Delegates— J a m e s S. Parker, S a lem; Herbert A Bartholom e w , W h ile, hall: W y m a n S. Bascom, F o r t E d , w a rd; E u g e n e R . N o rton, Graraville! I*a\ ie', <Jra.u- ('uthbert, Iliad. W illia m Seairs. detegati*' fo m e n t i fll*' d' -rnnir ’ tc,uri-t anti- his endless ex- ,'l d in a tioii', am! .sitting close by a siai w bank let your 'o u l, m ind, heart, ir A h u t t ',er the eg<> tn.it is you, m a y be, i vpai,*! and wonder. Xo o t h e r w.i> i ,t,uise for u- weuk-kneed lo-lks to get tlier, so I was g r a t e f u l, blit a! t:,. an i :.n,e it -i eined sort o f w.c. tved to conquer m a t g r e a t n ia r 't liU - thing h> a man-n.aile ma- i-liine Pike’s F’eak 'e .’Mis to I•*- isolated, in part i,f a connected range, con- '•i-nuentiy th*’ entire i.n i e n f the h u r u o n ran be seen. Looking to ward the ea^t Colorado Springs lies ■'.(HiO feet down in the valley, m o v in g line tda-s^s a hit north uf east one ro .11 s«>e nules uf the P ike’s Peak hlgh- w a y , the hiirhe't inotoi roud in the Bauld, cu r ling and tw isting in th r ill— the discovery w a s made. Charles I. Raym o n d , Hudson F a l l s mg clim b s, nose dives and loops, to grets. I T h a t statem e n t so m.i I <-annot be challenged. In spite of M r. S r . i t f i r \- q u e s tim -u ....... .. . . „ . M r . a n . M r s . Fred W h ita k e r r e - ! tn me as to d o n : deputy sheriffs Co o roner C* . H . S p r o a t j t u itio n ra‘ ° to ?f ° . a ’ at\d the I t u r n e d F r id a y from a little ja u n t b y a n d ° thero ° ®ey c e r\ 1,1 t h ' ‘r ''u n t -v ai t . . . , . . , __ _ a ru r a l d istric t w h o holds a prelim- W h e n found a blue s h i r t w a s knot- , . ‘■ . , , , , , .. _ ■ in a r y certificate. The Greenw ich ted ab o u t the m a n s neck, in d ic a t in g . , , , v. v , , , , , ... ' school has increased its h ig h school th a t he had been strangled w ith it. ■ Ea xm a m in a ti io n by Albert Pierce. Ea«ton: Malcolm G r ille northw est is Cripple (re e k w h ich lifter thirty-two years o f m in in g still produces gold to the v a l u ^ o f nbout a m illion dollars m o n t h ly . V , , , . , , . . . i W h o is to pay the difference of $30? 4 heavy blow s from a b lu n t in s t r u m e n t, i ^ ■ _ _ . , . A c c o r d ing to M iss Rose Gibbons such as a dull axe or a piece o f iron ( pipe. T h e re were five p a r a lle l cuts o n the top o f the head, and Coroner S p r o a t said th a t these injurie s were sufficient to cause alm o s t in s t a n t death. The body was taken to D iv e r ’s u n d e r t a k in g rooms at Schaghticoke w h e re it w a s identified by his m o ther an d his sister, M r s . A lb e r t M o tsiff of C a m b r idge. It w a s tak e n to C a m b r id g e w h e r e p r iv a t e fu n e r a l serv ices wgre held M o n d a y . In te r m e n t w a s in \W o o dlands cemetery. Every effort is b e in g m a d e to d is cover a clue* to the m u r d e r and W e lc h ’s fa m ily and friends have been c|osely questioned concerning his h a b its. H is m o ther told the officers th a t she la s t saw W e lch on Ju n e 7, w h e n he visited h e r i n C a m b r idge. H e w a s then and had been fo r some tim e tra v e lin g fo r a brush concern. She reported th a t he frequently carried fro m one to tw o h u n d r e d dollars on his person, a n d one theory is th a t robbery was tne m o tive fo r the crim e . W h e n fo u n d there w a s only fifty cents in the m a n ’s pockets. There w a s also a w a tch, a fo u n t a in pen and district superintendent o f schools, I this excess is a charge upon the school district fro m w h ich the pupil rish, Ca-mibridge; Georgia N'. Salm o n , W h itehall; A n n a W . M c A r th u r , Gnun- ville. A lternate D e legates— J a n ies Gib- ties, 1 son, Salem ; Lena M . S. B row n ..Gran- These points are all in the foreground. ; Ford 0. W a r r e n , H a m p to n ; Ja y ] It t h f distance h a lf the circle is out- aughn. F o r t Edw a rd; B e tty , h a r v e s t th e ir w h e a t crop. The W h it- j prosecution by any local officer in ( M itchell, H u d s o n F a lls; H e n r y BE. e' > r \ V(?re P<?a '«■ no «c- akers natives of th is tow n a f t e r ' state court fo r a violatm : of th e ' M a nsfield, M iddle F a lls; W illia m W . , c‘‘ blotches of drifts but g r e a t ' ‘ | V o lstead aet com m e nced since the re-| N o rton, H a r t f o r d ; Jo h n G. M c A r tlin r \b i t e masses w ith only a few d a r k spending nineteen years m K a n s a s , p e a ] 0 f the M u llen-Gage act I P u tn a m : VInude W . Touhey, Thom- u n i * show ing th r o u r h . returned here last y e a r and p u r c h a s e d 1 F u r th e r , if this statem e n t is not son. ' i , , , , It was only about ten o c k u k w h e n ^ m a x o n o y c r o n e r v o . o p i u a , , jo n .g b p i q{ ; r a m.ue j a u n . u y |as he says th du |n |ithi. co lintlP S , son, S a O f V a lle y F a lls showed, how e v e r, t h a t ; ^ „„n n p r t„H w ith the school is ' a u t o m o b lle to K a n s a s , w h e re | , he fa c t re m a in s that Mr Shaffer : ville ; F -,'fthe skull had been fractu r e d by ‘ . the y w e n t a couple o f m o n ths a g o t o , w ill n o t be able to point out a n y 1 S. Vaui \ * \ TXTVirt to ¥n nn v Ih o HifFm-Onon Af XMII n . . . . . , is sent, and not upon the child de his \ parents. M iss G ibbons states th a t i a com m o n school d istric t m a y , at the tim e of its an n u a l m e e ting, pass a resolution d e t e r m in in g to w h a t h ig h I school pupils from tlia t d istrict sha ll be sent a f t e r they have eatned the p r e lim in a r y certificate. In case the • district shall fa il to take any 'a c t io n ■the C r a n d a ll frfrm .n l S p r a g n e to w n . true, w h y the clam o r for the reen-j f>olnocrats filed no desipma. ;ictm e n t by the state legislature of . . . . ., „ M r . W h ita k e r says th a t he and his the M u ile n . G a ge aet or an enforce-, t,ons folr P lnces. \n th r c,,\ n t >' P\’1' son harvested ten th o u s y id bushels of* nient a c t o f «om e k in d ? I m a r y ticket. It is expected that th e j w h e a t th is season on theiT K a n s a s N e x t I said that all that the dl«-| w ill have a ticket m the field, but f a m , an d that the crop th r o u g h o u t 1 ™c.,: attorney could do when com-j t j,js probably be named, as has . , . ” . p la in t s were m a d e to him o f a • 'ola- i , ., . - , th a t section » good. The w h e a t is ,l mn o f th(, Volstead act was to r-fer I heen tl,e Pr ^ t i c e for several years b r i n g in g $1.10 a bushel there. In the m a t t e r to the Federal enforce-1 Pa *t. hy holding a conference of spite o f this rich harvest, he hasn’ t m e n t agents. I re-affirm th a t state-j leaders sho r t ly before the p r im a r y a n y in te n t io n of g o in g back to K a n s a s nl^nt- * p o w som e thing o f ^ h a t j an(j passing round word as to a list , d e s ig n a ting \such a hig h school, it d e - jto sta y- had e n o u g h ,” he said a ' ^ d o f n j T n d T v T m u r e ' p r X - i of be w rittPn on thp ^ r ’’ volves upon the d istric t superinten-1 yesterday, “and it looks like a groodjtl(m th a t M r. Shaffer w ill be unable m a r y ha Hot. dent to determ ine the choice o f a!*- ™ 6 o u t * ^ sam e la n d show mo a district attorney in , F o r delegates and Rlternatp? to the ; h ig h school. I t is not' necessary t h a t 1 * f 1 tetV e r ted o n l y : ^ n « n n r « t « h m ; all pupils from a g iv e n district be | 2.500 bushels, and it costs a j h o n s a n d , JJlfferent Pcourse- ^ (llstrict e t - j fi,ed tI,e w mrtle!5: sent to the sam e hig h school, but ’ dollars to Put in the crop. T here is a ; „ rney o f this cc Is I m *s , m i ft 4* n a vs 4 . m w m a m ^ \s ! T ^ Is a ^ 1 co u nty. Delegates — O p h e lia H. Je w e tt, M i J . HAforminprl inHi i b ig crop in th a t section th i s year,’” he 1 I stated th a t in a num b e r of cases, 5janv']'eJ , u ^ n rtD ^ ™ i ’ each case m a y be determ ined mdi-| 5 , . , . ’ . r h«H vefprrpd eom n lRints w ith s u c h i E d w a rd ^ Eoche, W h itehall; P a trick contm u e d , “and the price is fa ir, hut i 1 \ f d letej-red com p laints w u n ucn n . H u d s o n F a lls e ii ^ ~ ■_ _ ____ _ ,, , « evidence as I had to the Prohibition] uaiey, tinason i*aus. o f a ll the fa r m e r s m m y neighborhood but had received no re- A ltern a tes— Caro Parks, A r g y le ; n o t m o re th a n tw o or three w ill h a v e ■ p iy. j in m y ietter fiie a le tte r a n y t h in g le f t a f t e r m a r k e t in g th e i r | f rom m e to the prohibition director crops and p a y in g th e i r b a n k lo a n s .” ! m d e r date of October 31, 1923, giy- , , ' in g in f o r m a tio n about a v io latio n in The tro u b le w ith w h e a t fa r m i n g in ; ( h is county and g iv in g the nam e and south-w e s tern K a n s a s , according to | (C o n tinued on Page 2) M r . W h ita k e r , is th a t there are too ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ v id u a lly . In no case w h e re a child is the holder o f a p r e lim in a r y certificate and attends a h ig h school designated by his district, o r in the absence of such designation, approved by the d istric t superintendent, is any charge for tu it io n to be collected fro m the p u p il or h is parents. I f the rates exceed those allow e d by the state, the excess is to be a charge upon a n autom o b ile license tra n s fe r card, | thg fl,g hom e d is t r ic t _ -'■vhich aided in trac in g h is ide n tity . 1 eleh’s absence fr o m th e hom e o f h is parents fo r several weeks was n o t u n u s u a l. | n-yi sustained a fractured elbow Tues- On his trip s as a salesm a n W e lch j d a jr m o r n in g w h e n a ca r in w h ich she w a s rid in g w ith h e r brother, J . M . Shields, also o f N o r t h A r g y le , turned tu r t le on the H a r t f o r d road. M rs. Shields aiid Miss Jenn iG Shields were also in the cap; b u t M r s . G illis w a s the only one to suffer m o r e t h a n m in o r in jurie s . She was tak e n to the Glens F a lls hospital. H a r r y L.- R u s s e ll, G reenw ich; I G r a n d e Frasier, Salem ; Sylvesters O U e a m , Fort E d w a rd. m a n y crop failures. O c c a s ionally they strike it rich , as th e y seem to have done th is year, b u t the profits of such a season are eaten u p by the poor years. He is entirely content to set- H u r t W h e n C a r Tumefd Over. tie dow n to N e w Y o r k sta te farm ini M rs. E lizabeth G illis o f N o r t h Ar- 1 w h e re bonanza crops m a y be 0; h a d been trav e lin g in a F o r d car, w h ich he purchased second h a n d o f a T r o y dealer las t M a y . T h is ear he .purchased on the in s t a llm e n t p ja n and h e h a d n o t com p leted the paym e n ts. N o trace o f the car\has been fo u n d , bnd the autho r ities are try in g to lo cate it. F o llow ing the discovery of the p o d y an effort was m a d e to locate Ja m e s F . H a u g h n e y , jr., w h o fortn- Accident ’ on Schuylervflle Hill. A b ig M o o n touring' car co n tain in g e r ly occupied the fa r m w h e re the j a p a r t y of to u r ists fcom Providence, I F a r m Changes N u m e rous. H o w a r d C line o f this village, fa r m broker, reports several recent tra n s actions o f interest in this section He h a s sold the C h a rles H . H u g g in s ‘ f a r m a t South H a r t fo r d , 175 acres, F r a n k E n g e l of B r o o k lyn, who FAIR AT SCHAGHTICOKE TO OPEN HONMr Rensselaer C o u n ty Show W ill H a v e F o u r D a y Session— O n ly Residents of C o u n ty C a n W in Prizes. body w a s fo u n d in the belief th a t he m i g h t 'be able to shed some lig h t on T;he trag e d y . M o n d a y he w e n t before th e d is t r ic t atto r n e y in T r o y an d told h i s stqjry, w h ic h w a s th a t lie did n o t , (C o n t in u e d on P a g e 6 ) , R . I., turn e d over on the Schuylerville h i l l som e tim e d u r in g la s t n ig h t . None o f the p a r t y w a s - injured, ih spite of the fa c t th a t the car rolled com p letely ovei?. ^T h e to p o f the m a c h ine was badly gashed. * J. ■ * s. ' ’ ■- k - kn o w n , b u t where b lis t e r in g w inds „ , , t h a t w ith e r and ru in a crop on w h ich j ^ , et ^ the fa r m e r has staked his season’s fo r t u n e s are a ls o u n k n o w n . M r . W h it a k e r is to be co n g r a tulated on h a v in g h it the K a n s a s w h e a t g a m e one laat g o o d w a llo p before g e t t in g out. T o A d d ress W o o l G row e rs. Ir v i n g B r o w n e ll o f Johnsonv ille, president o f the W a s h in g t o n and R e n s s e laer C o u n ty W o o l Grow e rs’ association, announces th a t he lias secured Jo h n J. D illo n , editor of the R u r a l N e w Y o r k e r , to speak at the a n n u a l m e e ting o f the association, w h ich w ill be held a t the opera house, E a g le B r id g e , on S a tu r d a y , Septem b e r 6, a t one o’clock. M rs. M a b e l N o r t o n ’s place on the -tate ro a d ne a r B a ttenville has been sold to George Beagley of E a s t S y r a cuse, w h o w i l l occupy it in S e p t e m ber, and Mrs. N o r ton has purchased the fa r m o f C h a rles H o w land, jr., near M iddle F a lls. The George H o w e farm s of 87 and 60 acres, located a t Belcher, have been sold to A r t h u r L. S m i t h o f S a lem , w h o takes im m e d iate possession. Whiting Milk Prices. The. W h itin g M ilk com p a n ies a n nounce the price w h ich they are p a y in g patrons of the Greenw ich, Arch- dale_ and S o u th C a m b r idge g a t h e r in g sta tio n s fo r m i l k delivered in J u l y a t $2,112 per h u n d r e d fo r m ill? te s t in g • 3.7 p e r ceait. . Plans for the Rensselaer county fa i r w h ich w i ll be held at S c h a g h ti coke Septem b e r 1 to 4 / inclusive, are being com p leted and everything u-i IE be in readiness fo r the opening nest M o n d a y , L a b o r day. M a n y entries have b e e n ’ m a d e , and the interest show n b j exhibitors gives prom ise o f a m o s t satisfactory show. This year, i s in the past since tlse fairs have been held at Schaghticoke, the exhibits for prizes w ill be lim ite d to residents o f Rensselaer cc n n tv. TTiis restriction was established lo prevefit professional prize com p e ti tors, fro m a l l over the state and fr o m other states, from ex h ibiting. It wais the decision of the fa ir association, founded on protests and com p laints fro m Rensselaer county farm e r s , tliat it was u n fe ir to qllow outside e x h i bitors to compete for prizes in a s m u c h as such exhibitors are said to be interested solely in the m o ney wcni in prizes. s Y V * 1. , V «»*•- we reached the sum m it and tlie morn- mus atmosphere was so clear th a t overythimr -t.aid out g litte r in g a n d distinct. I.atei there was eno u g h lim e to sciften r all and m a k e the dark places n i y t e r io u s and blend the • now with the white clouds th a t | Aim ted somvt lmt-s above and some= time* belnw the peak' 1 W ith four other tourists we m a d e the trip in a big Nash equipped w ith m o u n tain gears. The driver seem e d to know his car and the road so all tha t we missed was the fun of bein g scared. A F o rd played tric k s ^ w ith us all the way up and every tim e - it w o u ld pass our driver m u ttered \‘J u s t you w a it till tha t fe lle r gets ji cornin’ dow n .” Before we started 2 ha<ck hp came and whispered to me ! “T h a t fool Lizzie's had her gears •changed.\ The m o u n tain trees in this section are pinion pine, stubby lo o k in g things w ith short needles, and aspens. Then higher up are firs and spruce, irith occasional blue spruce. T h e y . all grow more sparsely tha n on the m o u n tains at home and none o f them seems large enough to be valuable as tim b e r. Strange moss-like flow e rs were grow ing above the tree line tha t I think m u st belong to a low order of p la n t life. I am not sure, Siowever, of a n y t h in g now about the gliuits o r birds for m y E a s tern books are no longer of any use and the new ones I w a n t cost too m u ch, so I ask questions. The therom e ter registered 70 de grees when we le f t in the m o r n ing, 50 degrees on the sum m it at noon, and 100 in the shade when we reached cam p at about three. Colorado w e a ther was a new style to us, cloudless days, intensely blue sfcp, a constant breeze, clearer a t mosphere th a n it ever is a t home. Tfcat all s-ounds enticing and it is (C o n tinued on P a g e 3) ' . 1 vi' -' V
