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lleCtenMlf Jiatoftoa llfrm® /OL. x i x y m . N 0 . 48 , M B C HANICVILLE. 8A E A T O G A COUNTY. N. Y.. SA T U R D A Y SlORNING. M AB. 27,1920. W H O O N O 1 » G 4 f X, Drop I r ' ' ■ aiTci. inspect the the immense stock of fme Dry Goods offered at this store Evety Department now has attractions .of g^reat value Silk Hosiery Siik Underwear HfndBags UmbreUas*Silk rowel'Scts K n f t U n d ^ e e r BathRoba Skating Scarfs . Camisoles-Silk iUmonas Comfortables Sheets & Pillow Cases D r ^ U o o j^s Muslin Undecwetu Sweaters ' Middy DrCMO Current local Events, j . J q j Sunimer Politically. ^ Taxpayer’s Comments loe and anow melted very rapidly the earlyr partart off thishis week,eek, buti freezing p o t w b weather every night checked freal oondltiona. How many new concrete aidewalks will be bnilO tbla year? Will that pro poaed nniform concrete welk on the eact aide of 8 o . Main-at. be realized? The critics who inaiated on t a k i ^ ' tho management Of the remo.val of tho winter’s accumolation of snow, a* few days ainoe, now find the job waa done remarkably well without any of their School taxes laat year were ^ per cent higher than the previous year and there is promise of a similar in crease this year. House rents will finally be forced up in the same p^por> Will the city authoritiee allow that alleged slanghter hnnae just west o( Dutch Gap to be maintained anothei season, That sign is no compliment to the oDy when seen from paaelng rail road trains, trolley oars and antomo- bilea. The politicians all predict that the coming city election will be exceedingly hot and nneertain. The prevailing unrest, the high prices for food and clothing, the increase of official salaries, the widespread rent distnrbances,. the extremely burdensome taxation and the certain prospect that taxes will be still higher^ the W ar Chest, Inc, controversy, the bitterness engendered by prohibition, and wofnan suffrage, a n i the labor agitation, will all combine to make voters ugly and send them to the polls d e termined to pnnish somebody. \ Members of the City Council are to be elected in May to succeed Commissioner of Public Works James K. Smith,,and Commissioner of Public Safety N. M. Austin. Many appoint ments with salaries attached are involved in the flection of snc- •^cessors to these two officials. The presidential primaries April 6, may. s tart the p o t boiling.' The election in November will bb a “corker.'’ The whole surame)* will be politically hot. Sell That Francesrst. Bridge. Bditor The Merourj On looking over tlio general budgel adopted by the City Cbuncil March 8th, and reported in the Hudson. Valley Tlmea, my atteptinn waa directed to the numerous times the item of sail as surprised to tfi gregate was 142,180,00, and “Office fix- There is no good reason why this city should not at once sell that Frances-st, canal bridge to the junk c^ealer, and apply Frog Island bas been informed bj Judge Jack Welch, it is said, that if that emerald isle waa annexed to this city ' the-proceeds of su ch sale to the removal ’of the bridge approach- bl*.‘*ppiw ” ''5' «« ‘\e atandoned bowever, for fire proteottoo and house-1 Champlain, canal. It need not require the services ol a Philadel- hoid purposes, and with eherpor dtreei phia lawyer to decide that the bridge is owned by the city just lig h tin g ,________________ as surely as its approaches are owned. The State doesn’t care a flip for either property. • Get o u t the gas burnfefs and burn th a t bridge down without |: | | j What rich soil ou which to pasture the deffiy, Commissioner Jas. R. Smith, Thereris no use of waiting frisky goat That is where George w, until mid-summer, neither are “forty-eleven” special meetings council necessary to be h eld over this two-cent matter. Truckmen can use the Hill-sb. canal crossing;while the bridge is being removed. It may y et be necessary to fence in that danger ous canal aqueduct if it is not soon filled., Iron railings have iieen placed on WilViam-st. and XJnderwoo.d-st. in less dangerous places.^ pcared. 1 was surprised to ffind the a'g- ,180.00, and “Office fix- j^nses,” f 180, “Other Bxpeasea,’’ |2,900, and “Traveling BxpQ&seV 1290. --These amounts do not inejude colleo-’; tiou o f garbage, which is-alik) labor, nor the |4,000 for elpc^tion expenses. I wonder what is meant by “Office E x -■ penses?'’ Penp, ink and paper would, scipni' to be the only olBoe expenaee, ae ] printibg^is another item,' ^‘Otber Bx j pensea”. aggregating f2,800; what oanj that be? Is it oamoofli belongs in the sialary (mlumn? Inaamnoh as there is no money in the city treasury general fund, and it neoossaryto trabsfer every available dollar remaioing in any fundi to the general fund, with which to pay salaries, it seems to me and a great other taxpayers, that the Stree Oommiseioner might do a little for hi money. He could, a t least, remive iittie'of the snow Jrom the vicinity of the sewer openings so tbe ^ afer oouid run away when the snow began to melt. There ‘bas not been enough work done orth udiile 'to oflage and rightly\ ' S'e, winter to make it worth tion it. BAKER BROS. CO. Mechanicville, N, Y. A STORE where Q U A U T Y is the thing! Style, too, is a big consideration; price is kept V yrithin-due bounds— ^ Jt* Service is important in this store. But Quality is Paramount d h thi^ idone stands the future of this businesa This qu^ity .is w ^ t brings yoii back for your second pair of Walk-Overs. This quality is what you speak qf to your friends It’s there, fiollar for dollar, in Walk-Overs. Walk-Over Boot Shop, .» J. C. REYNOLDS. WALK-OVER SHOE STORE, 270 Park-ave. I To thfe EnroLed Demofratic Voters’ of Saratoga County, N. Y- THE DEMOCRATIC'PRIMARIES Wai be held on April 6, 1920, and the POLLS will be OPEN froni 7 o’clock in the morning to 9 o’clock in the evening. I am a^ candidate for member of the DEIMO* CRATIC STATE COMMITTEE to reprnent Sar- atoga County. I respectfully solicit your support. If elected, 1 will endeavor to UNITE the mem bers of the Democratic Party in Saratoga County. Very truly yours, James P. McNulty, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., March 27, 1920. 1 Who will buy the iihandoned canal ianda iu the p'rog lalaud district, which zre tobeabid .by the Stote, May 12? What rich aoi.1 ou which to pasture the friaky goat That is where George W, Villy found the famoua Odd Fellows’ gbat now .making a tour of the United Staten and “neeing America firnt.’’ Fro(4 Island baa not yet been ineorporafed and can’t buy that land, Utencc It moat be sold to private partien. Champion ^ Burglar, I d the raand up of a fifteen year old yo^h, the mystery of aeverai of the recent Bnrglariee in this city has been Wltlii solved. WltUam'Connelly, who reside* at No. 12 Wfillam-nt, waa taken into cuatody last Thursday morning and hrsl was charged with being a timant from school; While beiijg questioned abonl •hie nohool attendano tioed Williain was. pretl , the officers no ity well dressed irking and having ipervilidn for the past Bly^ ire whereupon t olotbiug had for a youngster hot had him auder snpe few week's closely questioned ,him in rsgsrd to his attlra whereupon^ be ad .milted that The officers then questioned him in matters pertaining to other burglariei and Connelly oonfenecd that he was re sponsible for breaking into J. H. Mas eey’s place on Feb. 28 where he pro cured an overcoat and W. Heeley’s con fcotionery store the same date where he took about f40. H. D. Saftord’a hard ware atore he robbed on Hareh 4, when he purloined two revolvers and a half a . dozen fiaahiights and a watch On tho night, he' entered the tailor shop of Mike Oommeratta where he picked out the suit bf olothee andl overcoat h< waa wearing a t the time of his srrest. On March 12 he enteredi the grooer,v store Aud market of James Argotsingei where he enriched b<m<telf to thr amount of alx.ut 87 50 [..auf, vVedueHda.\ night he found himaolf “broke agalo’’ and going homo at au early hour teiired • M bis parents thought for the night. | meeting Monday afternoon, it but when ever., one io the bouse bad i that the Conooil The people have been compelled to ■ pen channels'tb the car tracks to keep ilks. Give Vehicles More Room. Park-ave. is''so narrow betrweeii State-st. and the D. & H. raili'oad tracks that vehicle and trolley car congestidn is likely to occur at that i)oint at most anyjtime. Canal-st. is^stui more narrow and pours considerable m o torcar tmffic into Park-ave, ned# the former lift bridge canal crossing. Here is a dangerous “pocket” for vehicles of every description, rhe number of which will soon be amazingly increasetl. Is any relief available for rbese conditions? Every vehicle driver in this city would appr^.-iate the speedy- removal of the iron railings which prevent .th^m from, turning into the new State-st. for a short out to Hi! 1st., o r from using the filled in street in Irout of the Flanagan!‘building to turn a track or park a motor car. It is n o t' necessar.\>^ to wait for settled weather iu Older to make a start on this’inexpensive improvement. That iron railing now compels vehicle drivers to make a very sharp turn to and from -the old towpath, to the serious a n noyance of pedestrians along Pavk-ave. The d ir t from the cellar of the new school -i^uilding will soon be exhausted for use in filling the old,canal bed. City Council Meeting. iMiny Tuesday to at- utba cityexteneioiii by the C oudo U. ______ A notloo WM ntoelTed from thr T h o ™ ,o ,.n a .11 the c.!tr romnl.-1 w . , . l o ’A lb.» r T u . « U , t o . t . - - tend the hearing c nnels'tb the car tracks to keep he water from flooding the sidewalks, <' flagrant imposition on the Bndson •'alley railway, and I would not be sur-. | prised to l<?aro a bill had. been pre- icntcd for daoiages^oanscfi by people 'leing forced tadrain tbe water into tbe ar tracks, as tb(S natural ehannel, the .utters, had not been attend*-d to. The /ator running in th ■ tracks has fr<>z.-if iny number of tiiNos and caused I iudson Valley enormous expenso pick i t out to keep the oars rhouiog,. In n y opiulQO, the trouble with City le there are too many figure hi and not enough workers; Taka foi staeoe, the Polioe Department, with budget of f7JI90, itemized as, Salaries, #7,800; traveling, #100; joffioe expenses, #40; pnrohaae of equipment, #2,500; maiotelnaaoe. of equipment, #25; ma terial and supplies, #25^ other expenses, #76. What office expenses do (iiey have? What “other expenses’’ do they What “equipment” is furnished? What “equipment” is maiutaiiied? Why do we need, so mi^ny Folice- Why should not the Chief do regular These and many other queetlona are being asked by a'Rreat many taxpayers. I DOtioethis item in the estimated roTenees for 1920, “Canal land surplus, I #2,000.’’ This money should n.ot be in-'j | ^nded but put at interest, and tbe #8,000, owed tbe City by indlTiduals who.are oooupying land the City has been bonded for, should be oolleoted a t onoe as other oitles have which bought oanal lands, and plaoed a t interest to meet the bonds as they oome due. Anot&er item is #4,000, of unoolleoted taxes of former years. Why nro they ,aot oolleoted? They are not much of an assess nboolleoted,.io tbe opinion of , t a x p a y e r . Lay the Fouhdatipn for a JHome. Act.Quickly, as Choice ha# Value. ♦ Buildii^' Lots Gn ‘‘Morningsirie Teriace” .Nbt Excelled for residential localiOBi! | Above dainp- rtoise and smoke. .Present value of-^1 from $250 to ^500, bound to apprieciiate as the cily^grow#..\ Sold on installment plan, feeq of interest Inilial payme^nt Qql^ $ 4 #li each $.100 of'vaine.- ^'$^ per- mbn,th on each $ 100 valuation thereafter^ , TAXES PAID uniti poislbssion given, which will be , ‘ after ’24 monthly payment#. V ‘ SELECTIVE SA tlS * /I P P L V * 'T C '\ '' ' I ^ A. C. J^lSK fekN, b w i M I Or J. A. CURTIS, jytanlSfacturers NatloMl Bd American Business ; Corporation, ' , -An li()!(Tiii,a: ('-onipaRy offeriiig, in RA i-J-.u'i < (V I ii«i juve.stment safety and profits... deiiyul iToni tlip» oi)*^ratiuns.o£ {vnnmberotfvo'mpanies^;* of broadly d.\artivitios.’' ,- ' Thi- i.s ibc orniip invp-^tment p^an,sosuccessfnlly liy \\(4i .investors l)ecau^,-of tfie grea'er degiee <>i'Apei;raanpm y oI ^rairig minimized risk. , \ . . Circular L 4.< II r e q u ^ ^ -'^. ; ' R. 1 McGLElXANIY & C a ; - I . .100 ,N«w York, '• • ^ • l/’.c tl H'-)r'“iei3tnrtvq . . ■ ' ’»•' Joseph Radlow, Ten Eyck, Albany, bill, providing for extondlug the pres ent city limits, At the Conlmon Council' should ettend. Amsi I to bed Willium started out and the 1 was presented for inspeotion showing pisce he visited was Weslej ' thb new and old o itj booodariee. ' The Davoe’a luuch cart where bo procured old boundaries show an area of but 582’ about #4 io change and a supply of cig acres while with the now line it will arettes. Next in line wus Gilbert Dc comprise 1270 acres, door. .lx . . . tb .l,n o l, o „ l . Her. lx. at the Cit.y Hail and adopted the budget helped bimself to #3 io change which bad been left in the cash register snd also added ' to Ills supply of cigars and tobacco. Then William strolled up to Baratoga ate. where be tried the back door of the oigar store oundneted by Rjlton Dunbar ard wi‘h s flttfr rlf»rt on Ms part tbo .door yielded and Mr. Dunbar was sep arated from wbutever change ho had ilfeft in his register and a few cans ol tobacco, From hero Williauii went ovei to the coal ofiioo of C .R o b lu s o u and forcing a rear window- entered. The only thing available here was coal and whereas William wasn’t looking for the stuff that burns but rather preferred smokes he made bis exit taking nothing ** made out and propdead a t tbe last meeting calling 168,68,000,00 for an appi #116,000,00, # of raised by taxation. 'biol iriation of is^to be ring t of salaries of chief of polioe, patrolmen, 5 4 > - 0 o o -D»OO»« 6 !r^ s 0 »' houzontsl tnbo boikirs^ the pumping 5tflr BflSkCtbflll UBITIBS* Jlp ing station snd found its ^general condi tion good, no leakage,. a*nd safety valvf and watr r gauges fre<« end eleac, Acting City Attorney Jssees Noon an reported that upoir anvenUgatiuD and search it wsh leanietl *th« Franoes-st. bridge belonged to the. iCiry o< JHeeban- icvilJe. Tho^ questiou -in the mahtcr arose ’ over the purebuiaof tbe cans) laud from the State. Upen this infor mation the sale or.di'sposall of the bridg<- was left in tho bi|nds,pf Comnsissione)' of Pubtiq Works James B. SImith. The question of aesoMiog the *%quat • terh\ on the recently purebssod!. canaj InrdH was dlsouRsed at length iuid ft w»i» ^llnhlly dtoldeii ~0r$b to as»ertolr what action has b(wn laken in lihifTre- ga)d in other cities who buvo Ifkswiso The Halfmoon basketball five of Ibis city waa defeated last Saturday night by the Kavananghs ol Waterford in armory at Hoosick Fails. Thr look in their shooting. Cole of: locals, was the only man to score a single point for tbe local quintet,I mak ing one field basket in tbe first half of the game. Every man ol the Waterford score a t least 2 points, Helwig rb03 had txtaibition starring for this team. This was oi an exhibiti game and was outside the Northern Now York State League The final score was 12 te 2 in favor of the Waterford team. clerk of commissioner of accounts .u p -, erintendent of streets and health ! f,..t bv the »nn„i.ei ® by th e appraisal value on the- lendi j» l t o . o l,n « lclp .l b ia U lw » d by leg. I , -o p U d . , ^ ,, ^ J Bills from various departments were, ^ ...d -™ d o M .» d p,b.. The report of the health officer, Or. waited lon| Wm. Van Doren, waa read and showed the city practically free from diaeaee, people ig enongb.—Ed) The committee recently appointed! ko l Mayor Burke foe the purpoee of ia-| moon ( the jll mak- | l lalfof IHI -Iwig * leo^ ? guo I >r of 1 •6 of ■ I Motor Express Meclianieville to . Tfpy New “Federal” Truck ; Quick and Efficient Service. no to 19, defeated the Delawaros of Sara toga in that city for the third time last Saturday, taking two games a t Mochan ioviile and tho final on tbe Delawaree’ court. The Juniors were eomowha* handicapped, in, the first half, as tbej wore not used to amateur rules, they -ave Saratoga its score on fouls. In halt ANDREW M. RYAN, Orders Received at Cor. Park-ave. & So. Second*ave second score on fouls, the Juniors played at .. t t o toe present city watoi Jf'tJheAoor while Lake and Dalton, tioned whether tbe regular carting away > ,x. ' this street by tb o ! CfommisMonor of Public V ypCfonneily has been a u-j.iblos j ue boy , tothe local polioe imfore. In Jaii. 18. 1016, be was sentenced tov the St.ate , called the Council’s attention to idustrial school at Rochester. later condition of Lee-st. which he reports as - „ ' ' ’ m pc „ s was paroled from there but re com literally strewn with garbage and ques- t^namner with Mi itted Sept. 14, 1917, when it was tioned whether tbe regulai ■oved ho was responsible for the burg of thegai^.^„ ---------------------- — ry of Walter Miller's store from collector was being attended to, i This waa the flrdl meeting of this com b . , . b . « » i , ,20. II. b „ b ..„ b » . . : „ . . . i p i T J f T h f ; ™ . ! from the al^ve iustitution for about six chief Grlmloy advising tbe Council Z d iU o n of , week* but biw made excelleut use of bis j. h , Nesbitt and T. J. Murphy had ® time while here His caso will be oall< »i pesigned from the W. B, Nelson Hose Co , later, being left open for further It a letter was also reed from the W. L. itigatioo. ^ Howland Ohemio.^1 Oo„ advising that Harry L. Clark, who entored tho com. pany in 1901 and had been on tho active ’list until 1920, had resigued from the md beoD plaoed eye-opening game, showing up the Sara itogians with their brilliant passvyorl. Butler, McKean parts of lards, held the Baratoga team t leld basket score in tbe second half Wise Advertising.! Bou. impossible owing to> condition of the roads Icadliig'fi> the city reservoir. Cannuu c rackers make a lot of itoino 1620 , had resigned from the '*’*'** ’’\'y question considered -was But the noise is soon over and forge t- active list and been plaoed on tho hono-! ‘!l« a n alysis of tho ptvweui i.„. o . . , . , . . . . , b i „ » a y .,« .i .x L y ............................................. make some Improssion, but iltfr effect is The same action had I mpmi taken in not lasting, Don’t try to build YOU II regard to Adelarde Berthofot, who has business by occasional spuirts of sd- served as an active fireman for tho past vertisiog. Spasmodic advertising a^ a seven years. An exempt certificate rule does not pay. | was requested from the Council for both ' of these men. The Howlands also ad vised that they had elected Henry Bue- and C. J. Steves to membership. Their action was unanimously confirmed supply met Monday evening 'in the ';i?ui Mayor Burke and , ffieild baMtet score ; Works James R .' The Jumoss now claim the Junior Cham . rioDsbipiof Northern New York State, a »d.areiready to meet ail teams wishing ton isoiqpeto with them, • A FEW DONFS Don't ciili'lRtlo exclUHlvcncss. 1 Don’t bocointi wholly HPlf-ccntci’ed 1 Don’t eat more than you feel you ; have to. I non’s. count uDon any “fniH” which t crcole. 1th explained the preseni the water supply and gave <2i».iHiibba .of the consumption., In- itigation by tho oormplttoo up to thin le has been, impossible owing to> tbo Advertise continuously, persisteolly, it’s the kind CONSTRUCTIVELY.' Thai of advertising that’s built big busi nesses. And be sure to use the medium that will carry your message to the | Buolukos Bros, are making people of MechaDicville and tbe aur-.< dy nearly every day at the rounding country, THE SATURDAY ’ confectionary ator’e, MKROUHY. ja 4 Park-ave. Buolukoe Broe. are making fresh esn- Good Hope re, oorinr ; Of IMaiq-.\ , Comiuissiouer Smith and Mayor llurko agreed to eiidcavcr to have M r. WiJcott of Albany, a water bacteriologist, )»res- ent .ab the next meeting. The meeting then adjourned onday eveniog, April 12. Mi ,, , . X .a ■*, ie«heonIya --------- - ----- Monday eveniDg, Apni 12. Mcsanwbilfl . , .-..v s-- ou+'Mno-ma. an investigation of ^ StartostantanS o u s hot water hlatcr 1 eieotric oarbonator,and electric water rectiv* i®tor. Its products are manufactured ing the biggost wages ever knowu^ mi moet sanitary e o n ji^ n s . merohanta who have goods to tiu-ll { Thsi m w perfume, Ariston, a t Whit- should advertise in,Tbe Mweury. Don’t forget that there are no ex press trains to the summit^ of success The G004, .Hope Confseci-im ry ssore, vbtho corner of Maln-st. and Park-ave., is «he only store of its kind in the city bo made and a report rendered, Workers in this city are n Rates May Increase ! Get your Automobile Liability Insurance now and Save Money. By purchasing through this agency ydu will get^ the same prompt, just and- courteous treatment which has been shown . each (rf my clients who has been unfortunate enough to have had accidents. I : - ! 5 D V T-rxwwuwai/swso HOOM 1, MBAD . BLOCK 1 : K* V. I o m p k ins^ n meohaniovillb . I I Insurance and Beal BlE tate Agent. |
