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Hs 6+ A .,4‘ T Entered at the Post 011103 at Hoosick Falls baw, . __ 3s foaf 3 From now until election the v political jobholders, tide of statements, facts and figures, ~what he should support, and whom tion firfi‘a true light; to cast aside grinding his own axe in the guise of count that man's statement because some bemon or group, on whom he protecting the down trodden. few to be able to read a newspaper coloring given by partisanship. dirh‘utes in both parties are going to to think with What he wants, what propositions, free from the haze of binder and applaud him heartily, but is taken for just what it is- political to stem the tide of depression, the di by the statement that the help is al to the smaller institutions, and to If any basic industries. , the investments of the insurance co \ banks. or any of our larger local industries which means that they are tied up large city banks. individual. Would you attempt to ir! and there in small ditches. or would responsible in the fervor of politics, sees the rest for what it is to its news or editorials, to know how much is truth and how mu <rys an appeal is made to class pr aver ripe tomato is thrown at those responsible for what has been d4O0€: |;anged animosity or antagonism to- reader is connected with any of our industries, or would be in | wards the Supervisor when we be- canal that feeds all the smaller ditches? ...,.....,.......'Proprietd:; and 'P\\1blisher ....... . Editor « b as Secqnd Class Matter. THE UNTHINKING VOTER oter will be éubjecfied to & continu- wus and pitiless bombardment of political propagands. From the radio, the press, and even from his neighbors, some of whom are bound to be will the voter be fiooded with at' ever increasing all cont#ining some modicum - of truth-all containinng appeals to his reason, appeals to his emotions, or appeals to his basic character traits, chief of which is self-interest. It is hard enough for the thinking voter, who tries to keep proper- ly informed on current conditions to arrive at a sound conclusion as to he should follow, It is most diffi- cult for the best of minds to cut through the ballyhoo and see any ques- this man's judgment because he is working for the public good; to dis- of the pesonal animosity he bears can vent his splein, in the guise of It takes a breadth of mind found in but or magazine and give true weight ch is If this be true of the thinking, well informed voter, what then 'of the unthinking voter, accustomed to following blindly who hasn't the time to read and study, who may have lacked educational advantages, | and many of whom, our loudest mouthed political orators, apparently consider, have not the facilities to think with. The answer is clear and simple, as many of the leaders and can- find out. The so-called unthinking voter is thinking as he never thought before with everything he has got he demands and the only thing he will accept without distrust and suspicion is sound, cold, simply stated ballybhoo and flag waving oratory, propositions he can look at, and to which he can apply the sound com- mon sense for which he is noted. He may laugh or weep with the spell he, like the thinking voter is going to vote for what has been so presented as to most nearly enable him to comprehend it and pass judgment on it, and all this political hokum bokum and so much wasted effort. Let us take the loud cries against the efforts that have been made stinct effort to fool the thoughtless I going to big business, big banks, big railroads, etc., with the hope that some would trickle down through the average individual. By such ejudice and at the same time an normal times, if any reader carries insurance of any kind, if he is a | ga depositor or a borrower at a bank, here or anywhere, if he owns a bond .lwhether government or otherwise, if he owns a share of sto?k. if he just as soon as the politicians uses a building and loan association, if he is a farmer, if he is any Of | permit, these things he is benefited by the strengthening of our banks and huge The average voter isn't so dumb that he doesn't know that the bonds of our railroads and big basic industriess form a large part of mpanies, and of small as well as If he thinks at all he knows that all the money needed | tion. can't be handled by our local bank with the big city banks. If the igate a field by pouring water here you turn the water into the main No- No matter who is claimed the common sense of the average voter is looking, not at the credit or the blame, but at the facts, and The Unthinking Voter Is Thinking. The organization of the so-cailed . City -| Baseball League and the | really tremendous amount of in- | terest and enthusiasm it has, rroused have been nothing more or less than a godsend Hoowueck Falls. The influence of baseball, para} ticularly of the amateur and non-. commercial brand, on - American life, has always been a wholesome one; and in a time of stress, un-, easiness and worry like the one | through which we are now passing. | any community is indeed fortunate , when it can turn a portion of ita attention and its energies to a pro- ject such as the four-ward organ- ization, which has so much of clean sportsmanship - and element whatsoever of the de- grading. . Now it is proposed that Sunday\ games be played at the Athleticl Field, and the Board of Education has signified its willingness to allow these. provided no objection to no base or vicinity - The Standard hastens to endorse the project. We confident- 1; hope that all necessary permis- | sions will be obtained and that the l league's second half season will be even more successful than the one that has just closed. t 1 TAKE A HOME VACATION Vacations spent at home may do more good than a rush trip to some , resort. I It is a common - occurence holiday seekers to - return their anfiual vacation wearier than when they left 'their homes The rush and turmoil of many crowded vacation schedules will not do a worker as much good as the same amount of Ume spent loafing and around the home. . - is this trae if the tired business man has to take with him financial worries and perpleri-. Hien about the money to pay the HDs. | for from A GODSEND 1 Somehow, moxt of us in Rensse- County have the idea that a vacation cannot be a vacation with- out a trip away from home We have lost sight of the primary pur- pose of these annual holidays, de- ugned and intended to give the body and mind a period of rest and relaxation from the strain of the usual life,. DANGEROUS® AND INSIDIOTCS Dangerous propaganda comes from the Heal's Service, which says \Helping wi'h the housework will take a man - worries and give his wife a respite from her own routine © Bad as the aho ve sentence is, the experts go fur 'e: in nutiining the benefits to be cation at home und shamelessly de- clare that \the~ scan be as much mind off business oained from a va- mental uplift (n 'caking the front yard as in gat'evng wood for a camp fire.\ The experts mas be oright but the average mar seeking a reat. is voiced by property holders in the | wif; ask, with ~ ~«'king approach- | ~ \Is ° mat oce ing a sneer, NEED UT. S RADIO CHAIN Citizens of Hoosick Falls who jis tened to the proseedings of 'the na- tinal - convent one reeently . con- ctuded in Chicas® cought to appre- ciate the value ~' he radio in per- mitting millions f Amenmcans to keep up with nat na. events The manmet .n which the pro- fleedings of the Conventions were brought to the public obviousty shows that the same can be accom- plished in regard 'to the sessions of Congress. The suggestion has been made before put it is time to urge again that the Federai Government establish a chain of radio stations that will cover the United States; ard carry to the people of this na- tign maiters of interest concern- ing their government The cost of such a project would not be exces- sive and the administration of such a syrtem ci¥ald be fairly handled. \Cit ug <4 # ; DOWN (and UP) H ~ THE VALLEY By HARRY S. VIETS '~ Eagle Bridge, N.Y. - » July 18, 1932 Editor, The Standard , Hoosick Falls, N.Y. ~ Whew, it is hot! The weather is very warm and the Eagle Bridge highway proposition is much warm- er. The developments in the road matter during the week since the last letter are most satisfactory to the author, who has yet to be con- vinced that \the buck\ has been \Think Things Through\ was the slogan presented to the Troy Ro- tary Club last week by Rev. John A. Wright of Scotia, a former pas- tor in Hoosick Falls, and which can very appropriately be applied to the Eagle Bridge highway at the beginning of the 'long drawn out affair This column has been for the reconstruction of the Hagle Bridge road from the first and the author will continue to advocate the advancement of the Hoosick valley for some time yet, regard- less of the range of the ridicule and the razing. \ 1 This column was conceived for the sole purpose of directing atten- tion to the situation prevailing in the road matter, and the author feels that there has been some ac- complishment in the achievement: when the high honor of serving as a chairman of a committee of one was bestowed upon him without boggle. Yours truly will endeavor to prove energetic and everlasting in the enterprise. It is hoped that such portions of the proposition as may be distributed among depu- ties and delegates will likewise be as diligently displayed and not dis- carded to the doldrums, This column was created at a time when Supervisor Shaw - was exploiting the Whitehouse bridge and had the eyes and the ears of the people of Hoosick in a very receptive mood. There was no in- n selling the Eagle Bridge road.\ every indication that such be consummated There is a transaction will This column bas been continued upon the srggestion nf the Rditorq of The Standard, who has always printed the matter as written, and, judging from tne replies and com- ment received, has achieved atten- There is an abundance of subject matter other than the Eagle Bridge road that has not been | touched upon and it is likely, with average voter ever gives his own bank a thought, and you bet he dO€S, ins mrqitor's sanction, will be con- he knows that bank, like an individual, deposits some part of its money elsewhere and almost invariably ig tied up with one or another of the It doesn't take an over bright person to see and \ know that big business and little business, and their individual em- ployees, big banks and little banks, and their individual customers, big insurance companies and the individual policy holder, all are so closely inter-related that you can't hurt the big organization without hurting the individual, you can't help the big organization without helping the tinued devoid of this feature. As far as the highway is concerned, the author and the paper seems-to have arrived at a parting of the way, because the- situation - has reached a point where it is very in- consistant to either ask or expect The Standard to further discourse upon a subject that is delicate and would prove distasteful and de- cidedly detrimental to its interests in view of the fact that the paper is an integral part of the Republi- can organization and the Publisher and our own Congressman have an intimate frmendship. - However, ex- tra editions of \Down and Up the Valley\ will contain such additional information relative to the Eagle Brmdge - road - that- may become available The announcement that the State Department stands ready to begin work on the reconstruc- tion of the Eagle Bridge highway was no- news - That Department made the identical announcement itself more than a year ago. In fnct. the Department has been con: sidering the- highway for- about Ave years past and its real activi ties may be said to have started «shortly previous to the time that it was suddenly discovered that Car- penter's bridge, which is in the Town of White Creek and which is on the route the proposed road will follow. was ordered closed by Washington County Superintendent of Highways Richards because of the claimed extremely unsafe con- dition The revelation made last week that the entire: highway propost tion was being held up in the same Richard's office was only amazing in the fact that it was the first time the information had appeared 'in the pubcation form - It has re- quired considerable effort upon the part of Supervisor Shaw to elicit such information which could have been ann cinced early last fall by his polit. 1. opponents with the same ease 'nat they told the Ki- wanis CW. at Hoosick Falls on | July 7 1331 *e fact that the North (Hoosick ad had been \pinned on the Eazxe Bmdge contract If there s any person in any polltisai paty 'that wuihes to ob tain Glasto tz Cchrougheut the Hoosick ~a ey all they will have to do is to fake the platform and announce when 'he Eagle Bridge road will positively be constructed. There is another channel through which such a person may endear themselves to the restdents of fhe and t>at ois to simply explain the reason for the delay of the mat- | ter in the office of the Washing- ton Coun'ty Superintendent of Highways This proposition has been hanging fre since last fail iand apparently there has been a deliberate delay on the part of someone | Lle'ts find out who and | why ° The writer does not yet feel that there has a* any time been any misdirected criticism in the matter of the Eagle Bridge highway and his reason for his position is ex- plaired more in detail for those that may be interested in the ear- ty extra editions of this colums. HARRY § VIETS successfully passed to yours truly, | A Big Year Polltimfiy _ Though it is only mid-summer, I this is already a big year politi< ‘ 'Feally, and the Capital City is aBuzz. , gossip. Naturally it would be, 'I with one of the candidates - for '| President here in Albany and 47 New York votes in the : Electoral College. Anyhow, it's going to 'be a big election, with candidates for loffices from top to bottom. With this fact in view, Chairman Macy of the Republican State Committee recently addressed a letter to all the members of that body in which were outlined two factors very essential to a successful cam- paign-proper cooperation of na- tion State and county and the wise | selection of a ticket. His views on these points will be echoed by -all rank first in political ambition. They are given below: ' e e e e e \County State and National -. fiwpemtlon” \A proper coordination of coun- ty, State and national activities so that each play its part most ef- fectively to reinforce the party campaign in the State as a whole, will add strength all along the line, and, just in the same meas- ure that full united participation and cooperation can be secured right down into each of the 84283 election districts of the State, will National, State and County success be achieved.\ 2 e e # % \Ticket Must be Wisely Chosen\ \The State ticket is, of course, an important element. 'There are eight places this year on the State ticket, the usual four, supplement- ed by a Senator, two Congressmen- at-Large and a Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. The opportunity therefore exists, if a flexible situa- tion is maintained, to distribute these places over the State as well as satisfy various groups. If each candidate on the State ticket adds definite strength to the whole, the best results will be obtained. This year of all years is 'one in which all considerations, personal and otherwise, should be subordinated to the uchievement of party vic- tow,” # % ¢ % % Off the Fence on Canal Route at Last One thing which the present campaign apparently accomplished is to get Governor Roosevelt off the fence on the matter of a route for the proposed lakes-to-sea canal. ' At various times in the past when he was asked whether he preferred the St. Lawrence oor the All-Amer- ican route through New - York State, he dodged by making the ridiculous assertion that he \favor- ed them both.\ In his eagerness to dig up some sort of a water power issue for use in the present campaign he: has finally found it necessary to {espouse the St. Law. renee \rSute ~dwhich atone would providé Such power.‘ ' a a e % Convict Labor on the Roads It will be news to most people that it has been a policy of the present State Democratic adminis- tration to use convict labor in the construction of highways during these times of unemployment, Hun- dreds of prisoners have 'been thus engn@. d, and in the past two years more than $500,000 has been spent by the State in constructing and maintaining - convict cantonments for highway construction. Where prisoners are rented out to coun: ties and towns the latter must pay the State $1 a day for their ser- vices - Action mnder the law per- mitting ghis use of convicts is not obligatory. but rests in the discre tion of the heads of the highway and prison departments, whc? are nppointed by the Governor. LJ @ e e ® The Difference Then and Now This law was enacted back in the days when there were more jobs 'han there were men,. and so did rot work a hardship on any- one while it helped keep the con vic'~ busy and saved the taxpayers some» money In building their high- wavs - Conditions are vastly dif- feren' now, however, and it is dif- fcu'' 'o understand why this \farm- who thus ing - out\ of prisoners freer out the honest unemployed wi'r families to - support should have been permitted during the pay' - ouple of years. A move to take 'he power to do this away from the department heads who now hold It is not unlikely at the pex'© session of the Legislature. a @ * * * shall You Turn on the Red ? There is an increasing confusion 'he rules of various cities and a motorist may Of mav not turn on A red light, and 'he Now York Automobile Associa- \ion is trying to do something abe . it from is headquarters here in In New York City one is permitted to turn On a red light at - most intersections, and even fortidden to turn on a green one in certain cases but the confusion is not so marked there, as an of- eet i< usually on duty at the very bu-y spots. In some other cities ard towns there is no such safe- there are con- ving direction the ed ss to what he as t towns in which spicuous signs motorist is puZz2! may do. & e e « ® Law on the Subject t a tor As a matter of fact, the 0 Ver cle Law of the State forbids a 'urn on the red unless dim ty an cfficer or in unusual Wal tion: ard it is believed that w there is damagt due to Imflmmfl lat:ons not eonforming making such f aw the 43 ~The New York Au- ; able Amoetation ts now wone ing on pm \0000 5 or naval oh raitt to mace - u. n daamation devoutly desired Wihiie seul who hold that party success should |. aie Open Friday until 9 P. M.\ 'Close Saturday at 1 P. M. -: Promptly Filled » U y ; Be Prepared With New Out-Door L =_ and Sur Porch Furniture! Enjpy the lovgly warm sunshiny days .. ...but be sure your home has plenty of comfortable and good looking Summer Furnitgre......See these values offered at July prices. =- SUN-PORCH SUITES $19.50 to $135 Three and Four Pieces ol - Tyree. piece_suite.:....includfng settee, chair and rocker..... upholstered seats..... Also 4-piece suite including settee, two chairs and table......Choice of fibre or stick reed. ' FIBRE ARM ROCKERS MAPLE ROCKERS $4.75 to $12.50 $2.50 to $6 - A splendid assortment of large, comfortable ' arm rockers. Colors: Green, rose, gold Maple rockers...... double woven seats and, 'and black combinations. ge u - backs ...... Built for service and comfort. Lanes CANOPIED RECLINING CHAIRS -__ $1.98 to $13.50 Sturdily built for ease and conifort... foot-rest included...Colorful painted siriped materials, LANN BENCHES ' $1.98 to $6.50 Hard wood slats .... FREAR'S, TROY, N.Y. le natural and green finishes. Claussified Advertisements Minimum Charge 10 Cents. PHONE UTOPIA SEEN RAPIDLY NEARING Hate-OQne Cent a Word. B amante. Connections With Foreign Countries Is Forecast. FOR SALE TO RENT Washington. -The \telephone uto- pla,\ or a time when all telephones If Wt nations can be cdnnected, is rapidly nearing in the opinion of engineers, who recently celebrated the fifty-seventh anniversary of use of the speaking device in the Uanit- ed States,. Alrendy telephone users United States enan- converse FOR SALE-Singer Sewing Ma- 'dhines in all models. . For prices and terms write Theo. Riley, Singer Representative, Cambridge, N.Y. {111111113 Worden & Son. ,, 1tg. TO RENT-Flat at 32 Lyman St., upstairs. Inquire on premises. 40tf. FOR SALE or TO RENT-10-room brick house, Wilder Ave. Inquire Thomas' Pharmacy. 43tf. 1 , TO LET Tenement, six rooms, n the Chas. Severson, 25 Lyman St. 43tf. with FOR SALE-Three-year-old Guern- users in 40° ot] liffere nun- # tries located on arm‘qixergtmtormvrig- sey Bull. Gentle and halter broke. FOR RENT-Cottagée with boat at ti \O Thomas Martin, Abbott St., 44t3. Hedges Lake, Write Lena Smith | tinents. These connections come- East Arlington, Vt. ° 4612. \ a », Vt - w- + prise a network of 32,750,000 tele. phones, or more thin 92 per cent of all such dnstruments In the world. It will be only a short time until virtually all of the rempining connections will be posstble In the opinion of government communticea: tions experts, RADIO SERVICE-Tubes batteries, nerials erected, replacement parts. William J. Ruditis, 37 Mechanic Street, Telephones 334 and 24-R. MARCEL and FINGER WAVING, ' Mic. Nervous diseases of the scalp t special care and treatment. WANTED f ! Mrs. Leon McGinnis, 7 High St. FOR*®RENT- The Wiley Sherwood farm on Cobble Hill Terms rea- sonable. Inquire The Standard Office., 45t2*, Four Countries Left. Inst named Is likely to he complet: l ed within the eurrent yenr and that with Japan should require only a WANTED--Roomers and boarders. Inquire Mrs, Antoinette Reynolds, 86 Classic St. TE. waANT TO SELL YOUR FARM UR HOME® Frequently I have | calls from prospective purgbasers relafively few months more. AC (ang can often sell property listed cording to Stanley Shonp of the ' with me. No charge for listing. communication diviston of the Pam-{send in your name and informa-} merece depart ment. tion. Forrest 8. White, Real Estate All this development has come Broker, Hoosick Falls, NY 45tf. Fresh Killed since March 10. 1876, when Alesan | oma noone meager s o der Ciraham Rell, then a youtnfu'l |,. P O U L T RY scientist. and oa , ! FOR SALE Three beef cows M , vowed. for the first tligwrl‘Tn T}? Armstrong. Boyntonvilie PMEC Milk Fed ® a CS gown Tel 15F2 Troy Rennington enuntry through electrically wired Road. i 4653. BROILERS FOWL apparatus In Bostan, poe Today four ra@m-telephone cir LOST ROASTING CHICKENS Quits: (“u-rm»: 1xhp United States with ll _ oe Free Delivery A1rapg. an t {s expected th P xP that a LOST -Pair eye glasses Rimless, Hobby Hill Poultry Farm trahsatlantie telephone cable will 'silver frame,. in or near Post Office be completed during this year. Wednesday. Reward wo OL Hoosick Falls, N.Y. Development. Holdridge, Babcock Lake Lodge. Phone 910-F2 Most of the international deveinp 4413°*. ment of telephony has come since ~ FOUTCND 19°22. At that time there were only two enuntries connected with the' Tnited States. They were Cuba and Canada. The United States !s now ceonnected with virtually every fizzldhfiftfzruecoflE-r T's; $3595:fo- country in Rurope. with Argentin®. ' tinuous voice. Speaks right up when Chile. Uroguay, Mexico. and Cuba in spoken to Very friendly and a Latin Amerlea ; with Java, Sumatra 'very nice dog, but we don't happen and Indo-China |n Asta: with Centa to need a nice dog. If the owner in Spanish Moreen, Africa: with wants him he's available at any New Zealand and Australia i time without charge for board. _: Imring the last year communica. Telephone 108-M, Hoosick Falls. FOUND>-White, black and brown Pooch Hound residing at 9 Rich T. E. NIELSEN CHIROPRACTOR Ten years in Roosick Falis 51 Church St. Ofice Hours: 9 to 12 Monti” and Friday Mornings tins were made with Hawail. thus a6t1. throsting vocal rommunications Dr Dand Armstro nearly 2000 miles eat into the Pi. aran E. ng cific on the wuy to the fing! gaal ~f VETERINARIAN Ching and Japan. The telephone industry now ranks as one of the leading ones in the Crited States in point of assets, Its investments amounted to $5.3250,- 600,000 in 1930 and officials of the Department of Commerce estimate that It spends $50,000,000 a year in improvements aloge. ; ~*~ ALL KINDS OF TAILORING Ladies' apd Misses' Clothes - Cleaned and Pressed Prices Very Reasonable 59 Classic St., Hoosick Fails Phone I7 my or Night Dynamite For Sale BLASTING | : At SHULMANS Done by Day or Job JOHNSONVIHLLE ; - Kr. snd mam C. Gifford of || 22 mm Street J. fi$fifig§b Tel. Jabascariiie FEE _ ' Troy Rave been aperding a week | with Mrg. Matilda Herrington ° he | e in TET Thege remain only four countries | Phone 221-J, Hoosick Falls. 45t3*. a having - more - than 100,000 tele | 0 0 __.. e WANTED-Will pay the highest hhfiflés with {vflh‘h {hp ' P‘OR SALE Standing hay In- xzkzzofrichfI—Tlgr‘lgm mqrchwb-v does not have connections, The®® gure of L G. Langworthy, Hoosick, Cambridg'e We STEQXTgS' nre Chinga, Japan, Russian, aml ony, 4512*. ' South Africa. The lok with the | t TO RENT-Half two-family house.,
