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Beginning Apr. 6 there will be a uni- i ted drive in Suffolk County lor 812 , - , 000 , for the double purpose of placing i the 43 troops of 1 , 065 Boy Sc outs un-! der the supervision of a County Coun- ! cil with an employed executive , and of extending the movement in the county b y giving the 8000 , other boys of Scout age in the various communities ! the opportunit y to enjoy the boy- ; building benefits of the Scout pro- gram . The request made at National ' Headquarters of the Boy Scouts by a ' , number of men and women for anj organization of the Boy Scouts in Suf- folk Count y similar to that in Nassau ( Count y brought action bv the National : Council. National Field Scout Com-; missioner George W. Oakley, Jr., was i detailed to make a survey of condi- j tions. Mr. Oakley found that the ; need of a count y organization was most pressing. In deciding upon the proper organ- ization for Suffol k County, it was the ! opinion that a budget of SI2 , 000 would j be necessary in order to carry on the j work effectively. This budget per- mits the employment of a Scout Ex- ! ecutive a man trained in all the re-1 quirements of Scouting, to supervise and promote the work in the county, giving his fti)l ttme. Tdie budget : al.so makes provision for the expenses incurred by 8 Field Executives fn the 8 districts throug hout the county, the ; latter being men who volunteer their: services in working under the direc-j tion of the Scout Executive in their, districts. The budget , in addition , ' , makes provision for all necessary ! item s of expense in promoting the ] work , such as summer camp, scascout-; ing, hikes , training conferences , ral- j lies , field days , maintenance of head-] quarters etc. fn each of the 8 districts into which ! the county is divided a district com-1 mittee of representative men is in I process or organization , each commit- ' tee having a chairman , three vice- j chairmen, a secretary and a treasurer ,] with a total ^membership of 22 orj more. By virtue of their office , the! district committee officers become members of the county council. In this way there will be 48 district of- i fleers on the county council. Prob- ! abl y 20 or more other representative 1 men will also be added to the county council as members at large , making a total membership of C8 or more. The work in the county will be supervised and promoted by the County Council through its Scout Executive. The dis- trict committees have supervision of the work in their respective districts and each troop ' s affairs are super- vised by a troop committee. Without any other consideration , the splendid war service of the Scouts justified this peace-drive and it is hoped that every man , woman and . . I.ilil «'ill be a ,r Roy Scout Booster. \ CAMPAIGN TO RAISE *12, 00v FOR SCOUTS STARTS APRIL 6 lADFKWBflD'S CLAIM J ILLOWED BY SURROGATE ,-atchogue Lawyer Will Recem $238 For Service Rendered Young Soldier AilNISTBATQR TO RUN FARM „ r ,. Ky der ' s Property to Be Soli to I' ay Her Funeral Debts. --OUier probate Court Matters u, onlcr was entered this week by ^e Strong directing George r Jtaynor , as executor of the will of •ion De amater , late of Patehogue , „ P ! V Lawyer William L. Underwood : ,-s for services and disbursements „ ' ' endeavoring to procure the release J [[««-ard Dolamatcr , a son of the de- l(c ,,t from the army in the fall of 7. Howard was left a legacy of \ m \, y his father , who died in the j \ nTNov? 8. 1917 , Howard confessed j Iracit for Lawyer Underwood' s 1. which was for J240. The Pat- b«e»e attorney, however , agreed to { t, yk $238 in settlement. Mr. Kay- I „, h also directed to pay Willard (miscl) , of Patehogue , who was ap-| wiled receiver for the young man | v Supreme Court Justice Callaghan j p.m !he app lication of Underwood | .vera l weeks ago , the sum of f 12 for irvircs and expenses. The amounts a iil tn Underwood and Monsell , to- iliiii K $i r iO , arc to lie paid out of-the li'ii Vmieathed to Howard by his irtior mid t)ic remaining $150 is to > |iaiil over to his mother, Mrs. Car- ir lirlnmatcr , to retain for him un- I he returns. There is no confirma- „n of the rumor that Howard is t;iu. ((•it uf the estate of the elder Dela- ater Mr. Raynor is to pay Lawyer a!p)i .]. Hawkins $65 for acting as iianlian of the young soldier ' s in- frtsts during the proceeding* that he instituted , b y Underwood to col- c; the amount of hi *.judgment. Surrogate Strong has granted the finest of Mr. Raynor that he be krharged as executor of the estate ml as guardian of Nelson Delamater , t„ anil Morris M. Hawkins , of Ron- n.koma. has been appointed guardian I the boy, who was left $1 , 293 in lust under his father ' s will. The claim of $183 presented against ?r husband' s estate by Mrs. Dela- |awr was disallowed by the Surro- ite because it was unsupported by roof. Lawyer Underwood proved to the iiisfuction of Surrogate Strong and i.vycr Robert S. ' Pelletreau, utter- ly for the executor , that he per- imi'd the service* in a legitimate anner and was entitled to the com- msation he sought. On application of Lawyer William Underwood Surrogate Strong pncil an order Monday, directing that parcel of real estate , a boat and me household furnishings owned by c late Mrs. Lillian J. Ryder of Pat- KHQ be sold to procure funds to :y a claim of about $400 for funeral ipmses presented against her estate ; C Wallace Ruland , a Patehogue ylcrtaker. Surrogate Strong also signed an \dor on the application of Lawyer rank C. Barker giving Robert M. opton of Mattituck, permission to »t ami manage the farm of the late ««! . Stawski of Cutchogue. Lup- in is the temporary administrator of «• Stawski estate. Stawski died sev- jal months ago leaving all but about j'J «f an estate valued at upwards ' 57, 000 to his second wife and her «> triildrcn. Three children by his f- -t wife , each of whom was be- \•allied only $10 , instituted a con- it to set the will aside and al- |, JU!i\ the- taking of the testimony in \' . '• ¦ •'sc has been concluded no de- 1,11 has yet been rendered by Sur- N- 'aie Strong. As the time for plant- c is at hand it was deemed to the ' ¦ ¦ * interests of all parties concerned 1 i-c the farm planted under Mr. Wmi ' s supervision and managed by \I' \»ilil affairs of the estate arc I ''j'' wilt (1f i anc Ann Bergen, lute 1 ' \ft- Jefferson, m ake s the follow •; ' •\•('\ ¦ sifion of an estate val- ' ' : 't more than $500: Adrian J. \ , \ ¦ ' ' ¦ •'» . . son of Port Jefferson , $200 ; r,, : ' Van Nuyse Bergen , Port Jcf- i 1 \\ , \ . . son of testatrix ' s deceased - -»tei , sum ; Helen L. Bergen Over- ; ¦ •• » '' , «iiddaugh tcr , of Smithtown ::-'ni-h , K„| (| wa t c i, an(J c hain; \ , a '\ , ' ¦¦ , J5er B en . grandson , of East i ¦ '\Mt , and Florence Bergen Swez-i ¦ ' ¦ \'^noiJaughter , ot Port, Jefferson , ; ;; < \ ¦ ><); residue to Charles L. Bcr- j ¦¦ • '\» • Kelative to the bequests to! , ' «»< and grandsons , the will I I;; - \ 1 that the son , Adrian , did not ' ' . \ ¦ «\ large a p»rt of the estate : ' u , '\' • •\ »'• , Charles , for the reason (, (, ' , , ' farmer received more than ;, ' ttr of the estate left by their r -; ¦ I he testatrix said that dur- ,;, r ; , '\'' l >fettme she had g iven mi ) , ' . \ l ; , / wl daughter , Helen, mother i\, ' ,. \ ; \ n N ' 0 y«* Bergen , an amount ^. \ ' ¦ - ¦ < of what the testator ' s son . Mm '\\ rw:eivc d under the will. The 1, 1, ; ''\• named a« executors. The , , \\\'\it jA-ns ex«cuted on July 15 , »* \iitintied on [jape li> S„f(olh' s Leading Newspaper )ir ,. cs t in si/e , largest in ctaeuU- „ therefore the beat medium for \' ' advertiser* Hie Lfet fanKy Newsp#er Eastern Long bland coretnl by over thirty-five correapoadeiit* each week STATE MUST PAY PLATT $18 , 000 DAMAGES Bay Shore-Pstchogue Road Con- tract Awarded to Port Jeffer- son Man Was Cancelled CASE PENDING SEVERAL YEARS Court of Claims Handed Down a Decision Recently. —Contract Was r ' or About $200 , 000 Charles V. Piatt , of Port Jefferson, has been awarded damages to the amount of over 518,000 by the State ' Court of Claims because of the can- cellation on May 31 , 1913 , of a con- s truct for the building of a State road from Buy Shore to the Brookhaven town line. The claim has been in the courts for several years. Bids for the construction of the road were advertised and Watt , who was then in the road building business put in a bid. He was the lowest and in November , 1912 , was awarded the contract , which was for about $200 , 000. A fter he had commenced , the work of grading and had incurred a large amount of expense in order to fulfill his part of the agreement the contract was cancelled by the then State High- i way Commissioner Carlisle. The con- ! tract was cancelled through no fault of Piatt. Commissioner Carlisle de- clared he cancelled the contract be- cause of the severe criticism of , the specifications that had been made by j residents of Bay Shore and other villages through which the road passed, j The State Highway Department had ! specified a patent top for the road and j the critics believed- some other kind ] of a top should be used . The cancel-1 lation of the contract resulted in the ' loss of over $20 , 000 to Piatt so he in- ; stitutcd an action against the State ' to recover. Testimony as to the j damages was takerf in Manhattan ! •bout a year ago and this week- tile * Court of Claims handed down a de- cision in favor of Piatt for the amount ' , mentioned. The award is final. Bay- j lis A Sanborn were the attorneys of record for Piatt and the case was j tried for them by former County Jude;c ; John R. Vunk; | Political I flj e n t i o n The indications are that there will be plenty of Republican candidates for the nomination for Governor in 1920. Among the men mentioned now to head the G. O. P. ticket in this state we note: State Comptroller Eu- gene M. Travis , Secretary of State I'Yancis M. Hugo , Thaddeus C. Sweet , speaker of the Assembly, Col . Wil- liam Hayward , Senator Davenport , Col. Robert Bacon. o ' Senator George L. Thompson has been ill for a few days at his home in Kings Park , but is much improved now. j Former Assemblyman Henry A, ' Murphy, of Huntington , is being talked j about for the Republican nomination j for town clerk in that town next fall. ¦ o j It is probable that the State Leg is- lature will adjourn about April 25. , ! Former Sheriff D. Henry Brown is ,; expected to arrive ' home about the '{middle of next month . •j o . >; It is said that Mrs. Sammis intends ' to amend her bill placing the justices ,!of the peace in the town of Hunting- ; ton on a salary by including other town officials. It ig planned now to ] place the supervisor of that town on a salary of $3 , 000 per year and to pay the town clerk a salary of about ; $2, 500. j o : Southampton will bo . the third town , in Suffolk county to have a tax rc- . cciver. The other towns arc Hunt- j j ington and- Babylon. The tax re- . j ceivcr is paid a salary while the col- ; ' lector is paid in fees. In time it is I probable that every town in the county ; | wil l have a tax receiver. i o The plan to divide the town of i Brookhaven is progressing slowly. The; ' ¦ trouble is that there are so many dif- 1 i ferent ideas as to just where the di- : viding line between the north and . sou th sides should be. { ! o . ; The Southold town board ha*ts v ap-- j pointed all town officials whose terms) i expired in Apri l to fill out the year. ' ! This it made necessary by the new ' : town elections bill which changes the i i time of holding elections from spring; j to fall. Other towns will do likewise, j In all towns the supervisors arid other] i officials will ¦ ndoubUdly he appointed. ) r-O—— ; , Mrs. Ida B. Sammis , member of as- 1 J sembVy from the Second District, held ; a conference with United States Sena- ! ( tors Wadsworth and Calder on Tucs- ' [ day. Mrs . Sammis is receiving many ! complimentary press notices because j of the ability she hat shown as a legis- • ' lator. i o ¦ ¦ ' State Comptroller Travis is opposed ; to the proposed State income tax and ' : says he will fight the proposition. I I o ¦ ¦ i The fact that the Court of Appeals { decided that the Nassau county fall ! ( elections bil l was constitutional saved 1 the politicians of tho se towns a lot ; of trouble. The campaign was well. under way and the nominations had ! [ been made when the decision was hand- j !ed down. ¦ SEVEN HOUSES AT WAINSCBTT ROBBED i j Neariy Ail of the Pl aces We re Summer Horaea of Wealthy j New Yorkers THIEF FOUND IN HAY MOW ; Had Held Up a Woman on Lonely Road at Night and Asked Her for Money j The quiet little village of Wainscott i had quite an excitement recently when j seven houses in the summer colony i were bro ke n into and various articles j taken , including the summer homes of i John H. Iselin, Edward Hendrick , F. ;G. ,Weishman , Mrs. C. L. Edwards , Mrs. ' C. B. Ingraham, C. W. Pierson and R. B. Shepherd. It was tirst reported that \The Oaks. \ a tea-room and dance hall on the i Bridgehampion road near East Hamp- ton , which for some time has been ; closed, had been entered and it is re- ! ported that a woman living near there i was one night held up by a wild look - , I ing man and asked if she would give ! him some money. The children in; (that vicinity also saw him on a num- ! I bcr of occasions and the engineers of ; i the East Hampton water works | wa tched the Oaks , but he had disap- ! pca red in the meantime, next being ! seen at Wainscott. i Henry Walker , one night soon after , i observed a man answering the burg-] lar ' s description and following him saw him enter the bar n on the David Ed-i wards ' farm , which is vacated , and notified the East Hampton policemen . ' ¦ Vie next morning Officers Morford aqd McMahon , accompanied by Walker made a search of the house and barn and in the hay mow of the old barn lound the man asleep. He gave his name as Marvin Nichols , 28 years old , and it was found he was an em- ployee until a few weeks ago of Chas.| Swcnck, who conducts a farm on the . Country road. The man was sleeping; in a good double blanket and comfort- able , whic h he admitted stealing from ; the Oaks. A suitcase containing clothing was found in the hay mow which he had evidently brought with him the previ- ous night to add to his stock which was found in the cellar , wearing ap- parel of a high grade , bearing the names of high class city stores. On the -floo r of the kitchen in the F. G.| Wcishman . cottage the caretaker , C.j 11. Barnes , later found an old sweater ,; evide nt ly exc hanged for a g ood one. In; the attic were . found a number of pig- ; eons , which he said belonged to him, ' with plenty of wheat scattered around.] He was arrested for larceny and. taken before Justice Sberrill of East , Hampton , who sentenced him to 15; days in the county jail. The wearing anoarel has since been positively iden- | tified as belonging to the abov e na med ; people having homes in the Wainscott , summer colony and he will probabl y be , indicted for grand larceny later by the grand jury. Three bonds of the Gilbert Trans- portation Co., aggregating $900 , were sold at public auction in front of the Biverbead Savings Bank Building Sat- urday afternoon by Auctioneer Frank J. Corwin for SI. Former County Clerk William F. Flanagan was the purchaser. The latter also bid in for $1 twelve shares of the Brooklyn Aca- demy of Music stock. Other securities bid in by Mr. Flan- agan and the prices the y fetched were as follows: Promissory note of H. F. and V. S. Hornbeck for ?800 , overdue , with in- terest at 5 per cent, from September 1 , 1916 , and promissory note of same for $200 due January 10 , 1920 , with interest overdue , all for $200; parcel of land at Boulder , Qo., tor $200; $700 in notes secured by mortgage for deed of trust on land in Boulder for $200; 5200 worth of notes due from Anna C. Anderson , with interest at 7 per cent., with interest overdue, secured by mortgage on land in Bould- er for $80; interest in note of Maud H. Wolff amounting to $2 , 000 , interest at 7 per cent., secured by mortgage on land in Boulder , Col., for $500; ten shares of Farmers and Merchants Na- tional Bank Huntsville Ala., for $2.25; five shares of Georgia Loa n and Trust Company for S250; chattel mortgage for $500 made bv Herbert S. Reeve on a boat, Jack McGowan ; five shares of Second Avenue Railroad Company and : eleven shares of second preferred Uni- ted States Sheep Company of North Dakota , all for $1.50. John S. Howe paid $10 for a judg- ement for $25.42 with interest from ' January 4 , 1910 , against Annie B. ; Helm. All the securities were owned bv 'he ilate Miss Ruth H. Tuthill , of River- ,head and were sold by Percy L. Houscl , as attorney, to settle her estate. ! Lawyer Nathan O. Petty is the ex- ; ecutor. BARGAIN SALE OF STOCKS HERE LAST SATU RDA Y , The Masonic temple of Sayvillo will I be dedicated with impressive ccrc- I monies on Saturday evening, April 10. j William S. Farmer , of. Syracuse , 1 grand master of New York Stat* , and his jstnff , ore plnnning to participate. JWILL DEDICAT E SAYVILLK : , MASONIC TEMPLE ON APRIL 19 According to an announcement made by the big coal producers the prices of domestic sizes of coal will continue until May 1 on which date the first of a series ef five monthly advance? of 10 cents each will be made , so that, on Sept. 1 the price will have been in- , creased to the extent ot 50 cents a ton . ! COAL PRICES TO ADVANCE 10 CENTS TON ON MAY 1 The 27th Division arrived « Camp Upton Wednesday. The Jim special train bringing the troops to tfco eaaap reached the camp about sWat o ' clock and the other trains arrhrsa at inter- vals of about twenty adiavtss. The work ot muttering the nsea out will negm next Tuesday. \ \ TWENTY 9EVENTH DIVISION MEN AT CAMP UPTON A party of about fifteen Rivcrhead ( young women , chaperoned by Miss Gertrude Brandt, home demonstration , agent , went to the base hospital at j Camp Upton , Monday night and after i adding comfort and cheer to the hun-j jdreds of sick and wounded soldiers , l and having a perfectly delightful ; i time themselves , they started home ! I about eleven o ' clock. ! 1 In the middle of the woods on the ! .Middle Island road , about three miles cast of the camp the engine of the 1 big bus in which ' they were riding; \balked , \ and a fte r the genial ehauf- Ifeur had tinkered with it for more I than an hour , resorting to every means 1 known to automobile science; he was | unabie to make the pesky engine func- tion properly so he gave it iip as a ' ba d job . The cause of the trouble is : believed to have been due to dirt or water in the gasoline. ' Then the chauffeur footed it back a distance of over a mile to the Horn Tavern Farm, aroused the owner , W. ' Ruymond Pry and the latter got up, : cheerfully dressed, got his big. touring i car out of the garage and brought the chauffeur and live of the marooned , young women to Rivcrhead. Another [ bus was chartered to go . and get the ! remaining members of the party and they arrived home about 5 o ' clock in , ' a tired but remarkably cheerful con. i dition and they all agreed that it was j the end of a perfect ni ght. i - . ; THE END OF A PERFECT . ! NIGHT AT CAMP UPTON Miss Josephine Tuthill, daughter of 1 Mr. and Mrs. James N. Tuthill , of J&mesport , and William Louis Fleiseh- man , of Laurel , were married Tucs- | day evening by the Rev. Edward N. Kirby, pastor of the Jamesport Congrc- i gational church. The groom recently I returned from overseas. He was in ! the thickest of the fighting in France. FLEISCHMANN—TUTHILL A meeting of the district committee ' of the Boy Sco ut promoters will bej held at the Griffin House , Rivcrhead, ! on Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 p. ro- ut which time an organization will be perfected for the drive for funds toj be used to extend the activities of that' ; organization. Assistant District At- ; torney George W. Hildreth, chairman ' of the district committee , will pro- ) side. The drive will be held during j the week beginning April 7. BOY SCOUT PROMOTERS MEETING HERE APRIL 2 RESPONSIBLE ARMY POSITION > First Lieutenan t LeRoy R. Corwin ,; formerly of A queboguc , has been serv- ing for some time as assistant base ! personnel adjutant at St. Nazaire.j France. In a letter to the County Re-1 view requesting that his paper be 1 tent to his new address he said that ! the 77th Division should get back to| the States sometime in April or the ' earl y part of May. FORMER AQUEBOGUE BOY HAS j At a mectins! of the directors of the Suffok County National Bank , held , Monday evening Harry B. Howell who has been cashier of that institution since it was established tendered his resignation. Mr. Howell asked that his resignation be accepted as soon as Joh n Stark , a valued employee of the bank should return from France and the board could arrange matters. No action was taken on the resolution. Mr. Howell has served the bank faith- fully and well for many years and hi. -i departure is regretted very much. He has taken over the coal business of his father , the late Benjamin F. Howell and intends also to devote his attention to other misine** affairs in which he is engaged , CASHIER HOWELL RESIGNS Town Clerk Joseph W. Kratoville , a corporal in the ammunition train of the 77th Division , arrived in Newport News , Va., aboard the Finland last Sunday after spending about a year in France and participating in some of the bijrges t battles of the war. Several months ago Corporal Kratoville was stricken with typhoid fever and was confined to a hospital for some time. We are p leased to note , however , that he has made a satisfactory recovery. Corpora l Kratoville entered the army at Camp Upton on Sept. 10 , 1917. He , his cousin , John K. Kratoville , and Sergeant John C. Stark , were among the first to be sent to that camp. The Review received the following letter from Corporal Kratoville , which was written on Monday from the Red Cross debarkation hospital at Hamp- ton , the day after his return to the States: \Yesterday 1'think was the grea t- est day in all my life. Probably the phrase 'The Day of Days for Me , ' would have expressed my sentiments a little more exact. To tell you the truth I don ' t believe I could tel! you just how 1 did feci. I felt happy, glad, nrobabl v a little nervous , thinking of what was yet to come. \Anyway I am here afte r a 14 days ' trip from St. Nazairrc to Newport News , Va. The Finland is quite a large Wit and carried approximately 4,000 . sick , wounded and other troops. The first thing to greet me at the pier that made mc think of good old Long Island and home was the ship 'Mon- tauk, ' which was fo rmerly the pas- senger boat , ply ing . between Green - port, L. I., anil New London , Conn. We were transferred from the Fin- land to the Montauk and after an hour ' s ride on the Montauk we land- ed in Hampton , Va ., and now I am in what was formerly known as the Na- tional Soldiers ' Home. \This sure is a wonderful spot. From the shore Old Point Comfort can be seen and just about a mile avwivipbips can be seen at every mo- ment in the day. Last night just after mess , I took a walk along the beach and at the time the sup was about to set. There were seven bat- tleshi ps anchored off shore and I don 't believe 1 ever witnessed a more beautiful scene . \Kxpect to be here only ten days. From here i will nossibl y go to cither Camp Upton or Statcn Island. \Feeling <|uit<- well and much like my former *i'1f. Sincerel y, JOr TOW N CLERK KRATOVILLE ARRIVES IN U. S. SUNDAY Sclah B. Strong of Sctauket , uncle of Surrogate Strong, has written a letter to the newspapers raising the point that the supervisors have no right to divide Brookhaven town un- der the County Act as such a move would conflict with the provisions of the ancient patent under which the town was established and certain prerogatives granted in perpetuity to its inhabitants , says the Advance . He quotes the] patent of Governor Nichols March 7 , 1066 , and of Gov- ernor Dongan December 27 , 1685 , the former establishing the trustees to hold the property for the people , and the latter ratif ying the former. Mr. Strong says that the State Constitution , Article 8 , Section 14. or- dains- that nothing in the constitu- tion should affect any gran t of land made, by authority of the King of Great Britain or annul any charters of bodies politic. 'Therefore , '' -lie concludes , \the State hag no right to alter or divide the town and can give no right to the supervisors. \ Critics of Mr. Strong ' s point hold that it goes back to the old argumen t as to Whether the charter-established trustees are reall y governing the town or officials under the town law , the latter of which has been held by the courts to be the case. Therefore the ancien t patents could hardly be held to interfere with a movement under modern law. Nevertheless , this adds one more question to be settled, in a comp lex problem. SUPERVISORS HAVE NO RIGHT TO DIVIDE TOWN GOVERNMENT TB BUY ! CAMP UPTON SITE War Department Decides To Re- tainThlsAndFourtten Other Cantontteiite ' $1,000,000 FOR UPTON LANI Amount Expended There on C' onalruc- tlon Work is $13 ,600 ,000— Msy Oe Permanent Garrison , A Washington despatch lata last week stated that the War Depart- ment had decided to purchase tbe site of Camp Upton for $1 , 000 ,000. It has been rumored for several months that Upton would be made a permsn- cnt camp and this official announce- ment apparentl y removes all doubt of the disposition of this splendid can- tonment. This is indeed welcome new« to Suffolk County people in general and particularly so to the residents of ! villages adjacent to the camp. Thous- ands of persons have been given re- munerative employment at the camp - ever since tbe v work of clearing tbe land was commenced in the latter part oi June , 1917. It the camp U ' made a permanent garrison undoubt- edly most of the civilian help will bo sutx-tseded by soldiers , but the fact that 8 , 000 to 10 , 000 troops will be stationed there permanently will mean much in • business way to the nearby villages. According to the Government re- ports $13, 500 , 000 has been expended at Upton. ' It has been converted from a . dense woods , scrub oaks and swamps into one of the finest military cities in tbe world. It is said that Government ' s purchase will include about 6 , 000 seres between the main line of the railroad and the Middle Island road, all of which is now being used for camp purposes. All of this land is owned by Young tt Metzner , the well known bag manufacturing concern of Long IsUind City, of which Martin A. Metzner of Lake Ronkon- koms , i* a member. This Arm bought the land a number of years ago. Prior to th* time they purchased the tract it could bo bought «v* «,p. wr BtA wniffn ¦ » acre..- AW ; land on the north side of the Middle Island road that was used as-rifle range , it is understood , does not fig- ure in the present deal. . Some of the land in the main part of the camp is the finest farming laad in the . county. It the GovernsMnt does not purchase the sits it is be- lieved that the owners wilt bs able to sell it off in farms , and parts that are undesirable for farming, for fac- tory of home sites, and realise more than tbe price at which it has been offered to the Government. There arc many miles of concrete , macadam and loam roads in the camp and one of the most modern water and sewerage systems in the world. After spend- ing such an immense sum cm con- struction work it is considered vary prudent on the part *t tea Government to purchase the site. ; The War Department has also de- Lcided to purchase fourteen ethtt can- [ tonments and thirteen balloon and ! flying fields. j The following are the other can- Itonmeats with the costs ef construe- I tion anil the prices at which the sites twill be bogfht: ' Bragg, N. C., $9 ,600 , 000—JL600. 000. Custer , Mich., ?13^00jfJ0o- 4ot9*00. Devens, Mass., *n, 800jOOO-4300 , - 000. Dix , N. 1., $12,300 , 000—1676,000. Dodge , Iowa, %10M00flQQ--imfl0 *> Gordon, Ga., tU.100 , 000— H 2 5 JW0. Grant , HL, 9M,MftM0—tl<IMjM0. Jackson, S. C, JIO^OOJOOO—i«2&, - 000. Knox. Ky„ »163M, 18»-|2 1 600^W. Lee , Vs., «16,600 ,0(>0—MIWOO. Meade, Md „ ti e & O J M O - j a M f i W . Pine , Ark., 112,700^00—|400/»0. Sherman, Ohio, *12^JW0—»l. - 150, 000. Taylor, Ky.&f l00fiOQ—W&im. Twenty-seven camps and fl/teeo avi- ation fields will be abandoned. Among those that are doomed are Camp Mills, Hempstead. The War Department hsd contemplated retaining Ilstel- hurst Field , Garden City, but the price of the lend is considered toe high. The option price on the field is S1,500 , D00 , or nearly twice the . coat of tbe site of sny of the thirteen aviation centers to be purchased. The Government ha» expended *fi, 34s l 8&8 in construction work at Hazelhurst. « i DR. .E. AGATE FOSTER Who was re-elected president of ; Patehogue village last week without ; opposition. Dr. Foster is serving his | third term in that position and al- though a very busy physician he always finds * time to devote to the duties of his office. President Foster is giving that enterprising south side village a clean , progressive ami efficient government. For many years prior to his el ection as presi- dent Dr. Foster took an active part in every movement to advance the interests of Patehogue. i Supervisor B. Frank Howell has re- queste d the Rev iew to annou nc e that ! he has received half of the money due ] the school districts of Rivcrhead town] and that the trustees of the various] districts may have their quota by pr e- 1 scnting an order to Supervisor Howell. I , SUPERVISOR HOW ELL HAS RECEIVED SCHOOL MONEY i i The edition of a Brooklyn news- paper recently made mention of sta-j tistics of Suffolk county as regards its ' population , number of towns , incor- porated villages , etc Suffolk county is also \ on the map \ when it comes to money matters. Ref- erence to the county ' s business as kept by the county treasurer ' s office dis- closes tie fact that the turn-over bus- iness of ' the county for the last fiscal year which ended on October 31st last , was $2 , 405,248.28. ' The entire re- ceipts amounted to ? 1 ,187 , 795.59 This ; includes receipts from all Sources and departments. The county property on. which the i buildings stand and the buildings i themselves are worth $625 ,200.00 while the outstanding amount of bonds which were issued to pay for the buildings is only $215 , 000.00 , making the buildings and property a .net worth to the county of $410 , 200.00. Besides ' this , the county holds title to property bought in at tax sales which remained unredeemed and amounted , at the close of the fiscal yea r to almost $100 , 000.00. SUFFOLK'S BIG BUSINESS { SHOWN BY ACTUAL FIGURES CHARLES H. REDFIELD [Supervisor of Southampton Town , ' i who was appointed by the Town ! Board last week to serve until .Tan. , | 1 , 1910. The ' term for which hd was elected expire s next week..Mr. : RedAeld is now serving his third i term as supervisor. He is a well- known business man of Wcsthamp- ton Beach , being a member of the . plum bing firm of Grimshaw & Red- i i field. Town Clerk James A. Early ' I and the other Southampton town of- ficials , who. c terms expire at the . same .time , were also appointed to. ! serve out the year. J At a meeting of the memoers oi ; boards of education and school trus- tees of the county held at Pate hogue ! on Saturday it was decided to continue | the figh t for the repeal of the school tax law. Charles G. Sands , of IsJip, chairman of the trustees ' committee , 1 was chosen treasurer of the commit-; tee , and it was decided to raise a fund to defray the expenses of the campaign launched to bring about the repeal of the law. SCHOOL TRUSTEES WILL CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT Two hens owned by Mrs. Everett Hulse of Wading River , stole nests under the windwlll , out of doors in February. The first week in March one of the \biddies \ strutted proudly about with a broad of nine chicks -and the other bad two. , i A GOOD CHICK EN STORY FROM WADING RIVER
