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IfefhaniMle Mtifiiaa Mprtura. VOL.ZXXVIir.NO.49, MECHANICVILLE 8AKAT0GA COUNTY. N- Y.. SATURDAY SIORNING. APB. 3,1920. WHOLE NO 196.5 « ; \aiisrj&r Qualiit) Goes CJeetr Through There is no safer evidence upon 'which to base your sdection of a car than the experience of Dort owners. It confirms what we have said as to the reliability, the com petence and the marked econ omy of Dort performance. Saratoga County farms. Slavic Colonists Settling in Town of Greenfield. . anife tor other* mhould **nd for the \War o f out periodical, DORT DO- pubiiehpd January 15. It tolls a grsphio mtoryt- moetfy- in picture*, o f this company’s acfivi- tie* during the -war and will prove a vaii-abte sottvs- tdr t p t h fi o iptrsrpeh^ in the^bigp&rt played by the automobile irtduatry in the great conflict. Vours Max Rioter, Ushers, N. Y. D O K t v l Q - r o ' — C A ' r- f ■ \ / f r A N T There are 3,800 farmo in Saratog.a county according to the censns recently completed by Leo ftl. Allen, manager the Saratoga County Farm Buroan M^'ny interesting leatnres hare been b.ought to the attention of the public through Mr. Allen’s report, among_wbich is the information that a< Slavic colony has been started just northwest of Greenfleld Center in tbe township of Greenfield, Here, Mr, Allen reports, will be found settlers from Little Russia and Big Russia, haughty Magyar families, the wide awake Polak and several familiei^ of Dalmatians from the Adriatic, These people are rapidly colonizing ii that section of the county and It was not until the recent census was taken that it was realized the number of pcisona honaed within the aoatterec'. tracks. From ten to twelve member!:- ■oif a family reside in small sbaeka built o( slabs and covered with tin and tar paper. In some inatanoes the mort prosperous have purchased farms upon which there are located modern dwell logs. These people, Mr. Allen reports, will be found working frpm morning Co night daring the spring, summer and fall months while in the winter the majority of the men find employment in th> wood camps in the vicinity of Corinth. Up-to date modern farming machinery is litUe understood by these people wbn seem cotitcuted to work with the old fashioned implemenia. Truck farming is thv.ir specialty and aoooraiag to ic- porta of the farm bureau they are mak ing a decided suooesa of it. Although few of them have joined tht< Farm Bureau, Mr. Allen expects they will gradually overcome the feeling of dlstrnat they bear towardai most stran g e n and take advantage of the sohoolit conducted under the auspices of the local bureau. Farm labor, Mr. Allen reports, is g et ting to be a very aerioua problem in this section of the state. Although most farmers are willing to pay from |50 to f 75 a month for help, the average applicant he states, ia inexperienced and nsnally proves a failure, Farme in the vicinity of Dunning Street, located south of Sarati lOVER A STORE where Q UA U T Y 'is the thi^I Style, too, is a big consideration; price is kept within due bounds— Service is important in this store. But Quality is Paramount. On this alone stands the future of this b u sing This quality is what brings you back for your second pair of Walk-Overs. This quality is what you speak of^ to ,your friends It’s there, dollar for dollar, in Walk-Overs. . V/alk-Over Boot Shop, J.C. REYNOLDS. WALK-OVER SHOE STORE, 270 P«k-av.. T To the Enrolled Democratic Voters of Saratoga County, N. Y. THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES Will be held on April 6, 1920, and the POLLS will be OPEN from 7 o’clock in the morning to 9 o’clock in the evening. i am a candidate for member of the DEMO CRATIC STATE COMMITTEE to represent Sar atoga County. I respectfully solicit your support. If elected, I will endeavor to'UNITE the mem bers of the Democratic Party in Saratoga County. Very truly yours, J^nies D. McNulty, Saratoga Springs, N. Yv, March 27, 1920. Tliat AdditioMl Water Supply. «a«*ling. Th« Ohiulbor of Cummeruo zt Sara toga Spriogfl, at a large and entbnaiastic maetiog held at the Wordon hotel, last week Tuesday evenirg, vt>i,od onau- imonsly in favor of the euforcement in that city of the iawa agaiust gambling. Among other epeakers, former Senator Edgar T. Brackett made a stirring epeeoh, from which the following cx- (note are made: “We are -talking here tonight,\ said the Senator, “as if we were the police power of the state of New York, as if we, in session here cau repeal the crim inal law of the state. But, whatever our ;reat state of New York, I oeedure and the prooesms of crimi law etiil etandii. “Forty-seven and a half years ago 1 cam# to this city. The population of of Saratoga then was a little under 12.000. Today it ia still a little under 12.000, I d the same time the population of Qlent FalU has more than doubled, population of Mecbaoicville has rings, due to insufficient help, are be ; neglected, juat enough prod ; raised to supply the demand farmer himself, while members ;h produce he- temands of the family are working in Mecbaoicville or Btiliwater In the paper mills. The same oonditiona exist in the vicinity of Co rinth and Hadley. The farmers there are being tempted from the usual work by high prices paid in the mills, > In Gbsrlton, one of the riohont farm Ing towns in the state the same oondi- ditiuDS exist, Many of the farmers there are working in Schenectady, avoiding the high coat of living by raising their own produce and avutdlng the high renta by oummutiog on the trolley lines. The census taken by M r. Allen also shows that the majority of farmers liv ing on the east side of Saratoga Lakr are devoting their principal efforts to ity of Stillwater are making a big drivi- on dairy produce, Co. Road Superintendent Saratoga county has bacuawardid six motor trucks for use of the county highw a y d e p a r tm t-u t. John B liodginai), county t«uperii ton, dunebf highwsways, has received word from the state department that four oi the truoka are at proKont stored in Syracuse and tlio othui-s at Albany. Two of the trucks are 2-ton Pierce ArroWH, tb r u o ar« 2 ton R o ily Sp r ing - floltlM fliK) imo is a 8 ton Aviation I molt Mr. Ilodf-man rxpootod t-o hrwn the trucks dollvororl to tlio county highway d< purC'»<nt thii week. The trucks are a part of the vast number owned liy tiiu guv rniuent aftei the armistioe was signed which they imm» difitfly nm'g'tpd to fcho aevcral 8ta£ea iuid they in turn divided tht trucks among the counties Supt, llodgitiati should organize and equip a real highway sorvico for Sara toga county, covering- both winter and 3-ammer tr.illic. He should formulafe ;o program for tli« entPi-e The city of Mechanicville. must have an increased supply of water at no very distant day, or stop growing. The present sup- iiy ply would be ample, it is said, were the sales of water confined entirely to the city limits. But some people prefer to reside just outside the boundary lines if ttey can have all “modern conven iences” at the expense of other people. Some directors of manufacturing corporations paying good, big dividends, have been known to refuse to endorse the corpor ation’s notes when extra working capital was to be borrowed at the banks for a short time. They preferred to “pass the buck” to fellow directors, but were promptly on hand when dividends were distributed. The city administration thought tlie two railroads wliose ex tensive freight yards are here would be as willing to pay taxes in the tow n of Meohanicville, as in the towns of Halfmoon and Still water, but when the hearing on the boundary extension bill was given at the State Capitol last week, each railroad had a lighting sittorney present to opi>ose the desired extension. : & c h o f t l , « . ra U r o a a 8 i s m t . L ^ half the rates paid by residents who built the water works, and Johnstown, Amsterdam have all greatly have been carrying the bonds and operating the plant for thirty increased in size, u o f s r a s i know of years or more. Why should not the water rates be reduced for insiders and increased for outsiders? Would not that be simple Justice? This city is not a charity organization. But Jiow soon must the water supply be increased? There ap pears to be no great hurry Just now, except as urged by railroad interests. No new houses Are being built inside the city limits, and the houses built last year were mostly built just beyond the city boundaries. The high price of labor and material seems to preclude building next year. .Any immediate growth in popula tion is doubtful. A few houses may be built, possibly, in Hem street Park or Prog Island. ' Rejil estate activity here consists in buying and selling old buildings. Some of our citizens think the Maltaville brook should be brought here at once, even though it cost more than 1200,000, Ol liers think that brook too uncertain, and claim it will not pass th e te.'?t in dry wentliei'. Others < liiim tlie Dwaaskill brook which eujpiies inio Teiicndalu) creek tl.i’ough the larin of Wm. Close is a. larger and more certain streem. Elmer E. Woodin and John Baker make this contention, amt declare they have seen the Mal ta v i l l e brook nearly dry in seasons of drouth, when most needed. Still others of our citizens .-ire positive that water cannot be supplied to this city by the gravity system and give sufficient pressure at the hydrants for fire purposes, especially if the rail roads are allowed to use the water. They argue that a pumping station must be maintained under any plan adopted, and that water must be pumped to a standpipe on Marshall Heights, as is done at the West Virginia plant. Plum brook reservoir does not give sufficient water pressure, although it is 170 feet above So. Alaiu-st. at Dr. Crissey’s resi dence. In theory the water pres lire is 83 pounds at the City hall but in actual use this pressure dwindles to 60 pounds or less. The pre.sent system of “half filtered and half unfiltered water” is a standing joke in this city. It is said ts cost $18,000 per year to do the mixing. The pumps migl it just as well be shut down dur ing six mouths of the year when there is plenty of water without the Baker brook and the leakage from the reservoir, and $10,000 be .saved to pay on that everlasting bond issue. What this city wants is wlihe, filtered water. Everybody is sicls and tired of the yellow slop that is sent through the water mains during spring freshets and January thaws. Maltaville brook would be just as roilly at such times as Plum brook. Why not take the West Virginia filtering plant as something of a model? * The taxpayers of this city have no desire to fritter away an- otbei-$200,000 on a second two-cimt brook. “Show me” is the answer given every proposal.. One‘proposal is te take water from the Hudson river above the Stillwater dam and supply both Stillwater and Mechanicville from a srandpqie, Of course, this would mean a pumping station, but a giavity system seems to be out of the question unless the reservoir dam be pjiiced so high up in the watershed that sufficient water cannot, be impounded. The Mercury has always harbored the idea that water could be pumped from wells located near the Hudson river or Teneiida ho creek, through the soil as a nal iiml filter, as is done at Herk imer, Schenectady and Hoosick h’alJs. But perhaps the Hudson river shale precludes that plan. 'I'ime is uecessiu’y for the con sideration of any plan proposed, iMeolmnicvillohns already been stung once too often. • jL'Iii'iiH J Lay the Foundation for a Home. Act Quickly, as Choice has Value. all the pizoes in this vicinity only S|rz- togz hzs stood still, “Can’t we find oat. wbzt is the matter with Szratogs Springs? Can’t ere find oat why we have never progressed? Whoa I C3IUO hero lots ou North Broad- vay Were selling for IllOO a foot, 1 Jon’t know of any lots tliero or any- vbere clsn I d the city that' are selling f )r that price now. Why, with the ex- eptloD of the fact that a certain class if people i.ave recently been coming here aud have created au artificial uoum, no piece of property in this city or years has boett sold except ;rt a less price than the previous sak', “ A’hat is Uto trouble with n-»V Mpuud thoiP<aads aud thousands of dot- u rs on our streets aud say, 'No>v sve #iU piogrMMh’ Bat tharaU u o prog ress. Wa spend thonssndsand thous and of dollars on a sewage plant, and wc aay ‘Now we will progress.’ But we are still paralyzed. We spend thousands of dollar* UD. a lighting system and there is still no progress. Woflaally get the state to p o t in a million dollars here, and yet we are atlli living .at the same poor old dying rate. We are still living as we did forty-seven and a half years ‘What i« the trdable with us? For Gkid’s sake, it we are not willing to de> dare to the world what we are, we can at least whisper it r-^-'ng us as a Cham ber of Commerce. If we are men and ,believe in the enforcement of law that’s good enough for the rest of the state let’s be men and back op any paper or uiy man who stands for the enforce- nent of law. “I don't eare who is diatriot attorney if this eonnty. I am nearly sixty-seven fears old and a man whose polltioal career is behind him doesn’t oare about politiOB. For one, to the utmost of my ability, financial or otherwise, I pledge myself to go after and to oontione to go after any official who doesn't docent, ly en'foroe the oriminal law. “If we are men, end have any oonvic- cioos on this snbjeot let ns stond np and lay so. We have diddled and cwiadled 3 D this question long enough, If the chief business interests of the city don't want to stand up and declare that they don’t want these same miserable conditions to oontiune, then we deserve Building Lots On “Morningside Terrace” Not Excelled for residential location! Above damp, noise and smoke. Present value of from $250 to $500, bound to appreciate as the city grows. Sold on installment plan, free of interest initial payment Only $4 on each $100 of valne. $2 per month on each $100 valuation thereafter. TAXES PAID until possession given, which will be after 24 monthly paymeirTs. SELECTIVE SALES ONLY APPLY TO ' A. C. KNISKERN, OWNER, ^ Or J. A. CURTIS, Manufacturer National Bank, a wmaHm •mmmHs •mmmmmmsaJ, ♦ FARMERS ATTENTIONl ^ Fertilizers: Swift’s & Lister’s Also Conley Limestone for all Crops! FOR SALE: One Registered Yearling Holstein BuD, PrQiipect Pieterije Bonbeur, Reg, No. 270,083, H. F. H. B. A BRED FROM: Sire, De Kol Deane Pietertje, - J Reg. No. 231016, H .F.H .B , y Dam, Prospect Evaline Bonheur, S Reg. No 309262, H. F. H. B. A MAX RICHTER, Ushers, N. Y. y Phone, Jonesville, N. Y , 20 F 11 1 Current local Events. Will the next eommiulonor of public safety allow the city smbnisaee or any Primary Polling Places. Coimuia^.foiier of Accounta £ . J , Hunt hiiN MunouDoed. tbe follovTiog polliog mpleto program for tli« eiith-H county ■ plan of havi and all town snperinteadenits should | lected opealy bj S responBiblo poll plan of having tbei m a k u re g u la r superiuteudent’a office A veal n-ad | lected in Bystcui should be planned ::i rl i!l^taUcd. UUhorto, therr has been a woeful la L of system , and no organized etiort-i t\ kcf p open fcho imiin trunk highway-i it. w inter. The county superintendr or's olllcowau uot crented as a “sido lim county j p arty. the fire trucks to bs ussd for joy places for the cc>miDg primariei* to be rides? Women voters sppesr to be in -. bold April 6: , tereeted in the answer. • ■ j i,, n istriota N* s. :1 and -i, the Deeso. Which plan do voters like beet, the | wm vote in Meeker’* shop on plan of having seoret by s luixed crowd ot professional heelers? is suppo Inc,, hae lont. It wiiR plannoil for bouk - ^^0 situa- luiprovctni thing more than tho ocosh - I oua I, iiiHpci tint) of bridge In tho good old euiumrr, aud a warm chair by tho ntidiator in | And winter. ring candidates for office so- *bo Repnblioaas in tht ily by s respouBible politicsl wiW vote in Allen’s store ! on So, M ain-st. In Uistricta Xfos. 3 and • 14 the Demoorsts will vote a t the Neilscn hose house whUe the Republicans will vote at the Mumioipal building. In Dis tricts Nos. 5 and 8, the Demoorats will vote at Sohuol No, 3 on 8aratoga-ave, and the Republloaos o( those districts will vote a t School No, 2 on Ohentnufc at. In Districts Nos. 7 and 8, the Democrats will vote at the W. L, Uuwland Oheiu- leal Uose house on Alabbltt-st. and the Ropublioaus will vote at the IS, fl. Strang hose bouse on No. Thlrd-ave. ;ln Diatriot No. 0, the Domoorats aud It is said the War Chest, Ino. -will vote as a body at the city election. This I posed to mean that the War Chest, not crawled under the barn I -iod qnioUy died like a sick oat, bnt that tiou. The boys don’t explain tho situa- fcluii any too clearly. V the politicians are oiroulat- to eontinne to be pointed out as a stink ing place that’s wide open. . ‘Tt the d istrict attorney is truthful in saying he doee not know that there is gambling in this community then he't the one. man who is out on the streets of thin city and who does not know it, There is hardly anybody who cannot lead him to it. Ho can go into the flrsl barber shop or newutaud aud be di rented to It. Am I wrong? I am noarli ilxty ficvon yean old, but I think I can lead tho d i s t r ic t a t torn e y w h e r e I think thsrs ts gambling, “But the district attorney says must be shown proof, and so he solemnly iostltates his John Doe proceedings. It’s sn amazing thing that once a man ii elected to office and is invested with tlu power of enforcing the criminal law that he’s a t once stricken with blind- “We say that gainbling ia essential tt our prosperity. 1 deny it. I believt that if in 1874 we bad taken the stand (hat there should bo no gambling here, we should have today a population oi 25,000 or 50 , 000 , w ith taxable property five times what it is today. That's what the Chamber of Commerce must stand tor—anything that will increase busi M o tor E x p ress Mechanicville to Troy New “FedereJ” Truck Quick and Efficient Service. ANDREW M. RYAN, Orders Received at Cor. Park-ave. & So. Second-Ave log tho story that “the city hall are planning to raise water i»ovido tor tbo Increased salarloa of Wise Advertising. I Oannoii crackers mako a lot of noise «i’^y officials.’’ it don’t scorn possible,. I But tho noise is soon over and forgot. , inoreaso in wages and salaries will lall jlicpublloaus will both hold their prl- fO lltf to nnkFJjkJi fn f.lm A M. II. vmii niv ^agoB at ten. Ooce in-a-whilo advortlaiug ,„ay J *‘1* be p seed on real estate, it is said I make someI improssion, but its effect i.-. that no one of the five members of tbo impro ___ , __ _______ not lasting, Don’t try to build YOUK | P--''sent city council owns real estate occasional spurts of ad business vcrtlsing. Spasmodic advertising as \ rule does nob pay. Advertise conttnuously, pcrsistentl.'. OONSTRHCTIVKLY. That’s the k i.. of advertising that's built big bu.-i nesses. Aud be sure to use the mediu> that will carry your message to tl> people of Mechanicville and the am roundiug country, THE SATURDAY MKUOUllY. Th« I ’ porfuino, Ariston, at Whi’.- Political Announcement. 1 hereby announce myself as a caiidi- (late for nomination to the office of Com- nissioner of Public Safety of the City o* Mcobanicville, at the primaries on and elected that I will of the city and a^'l economic administration d I lies of the position. ROBERT D. BLUSON, II.G tl, MsshSHlsvIlU, Marsh 81, 1920. marie* fa tiio A. M, Uyati store on Bo, 3econd-ave, Political Announcement. I hereby auuoiince myself as a candi* date at the priunaries on April 20, 1920f for the office of Comniissiooet of Public 1 serve the poopi* give them an energetic administration of the “Mr. Chairman, I am nob tho owner ol Che Sarstogiao. I have doc one dollai jinvestod in it. I have no uioro acoes- CO it s columns than has any other per Hon.slfdluaybo nobas much. UiU' I oaj chat when Tho Saratoglan or any othoi Qowspapnr, or man In this town golf \laok of tho proposition that g'>mbliiq bad for tho businosB IiitorobtH of tin .slty and it must go, he’ll find mo at his hack, no matter If bo quarrels with mj dearest friend. I stand by tho man win stands by tlio enforcement of law, n. ; matter how wo may dift'er in otho. “And let me say this, that unles.s the ..fficials of this city and county who are . .. . >• I - -n V Hworn to uphold the law get the gam- Works,ot tbeC ityof MeclmuioTiUe.N. get V If acmumted at tho pri-uaries and ^ i ry o serv grievance, but because I want CO see punished any person who is fail ing to support the law, ‘-It you a re for enforcem ent of the law Stand up and be polled. If you aren’t willing to be pulled apart, don’t ' say it. But if you do mean what you j say, say i t like men. Be firm th a t this . foul spot shall be out out ot onr fair , sHv.\ I all tho people of the, city in a way that they would expect from any public oBloer whoni they may elect. JAMBay.SHBBBAN. Dated, MechandcvUle, March 1»20. uy nearly every day a t th e Oood Hope oonfeotlonary s>otv’j '’•'**'•*»* Main-*! a-i(l I’ark-nva. HERE IS A HOME: One Family Bungalow: Lot 50 X 100 feet, located on Tenth-ave. Five livi^ng rooms 'and three bedrooms concrete cellar, two hen houses, two fine spriugs, one piped to house, elec tric lights, hardwood fin ish. Price, $2,500. $1,350 can remain on bond and mortgage. R. V. Tompkins, W ROOM 1, MEAD BLOCK i MEOHAmOTILLlS. | Insurance and Ri 3 aj ElEtate Affont. ^
