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' ' • /- \ ' ~· PAGE :r\VO - ' ~~\'' . ' . \'~ ~ -' ..... ,.< ...... ~- t, ¥ '*''Ji\B'*\U}'~>i;SDAT; OOTOBER . . .. ~ . '· ·/ AliDA[ R . ~fJ.BllJOl! · · ·! s7.lk'l.'E cnmz:~~J:U9~- oF !f:Hlii 1 Kt:l=p ltlf·l 11 I M:TT}lER Jo~~~{JE IN S~A'()USEJ 'LL A ON'~ OTI.t ALL Rl(.ifjfr,_B~J'J: -: L.L'\fPS ARE MUDVY. ' . ·~f---- i.J1' ' -~~HfA Vll Y ATlfNDfD ~r . , ~: SOHNS TOWN PEOPLE $HOW 'MUCH APPJi-ECIATION F 0 R ··- THE WORK OF THE t· M. C. A.. AT OPENING OF SEASON. The mtnual fall reception of the Y. M. C. A. to the citizens of Johnstown took place Tues evenJ.rug, a.wd a1tbo' · the program was necessarily some- iwhat changed on a-cc(}unt of illness of some of tb.ose whd had consented to take part, the affair was a most suc- cessful one and the guests were hand· soonely entertained. An evidence of tM public's interest in tb.e work of th(' local association was manifested in tile, turnout and the sph•it in which all participated. T-he spacious rooms were thrown open to tb.e public and those who did not care for one kind of entertainment found plenty in othe\ portions of tlle program. The hall was attractively decorated in anh1mn col- ors and presented a striking appear- Rnee. The committee served the guests with lee cream and -cake in the alcove jUst off the reception hall. The entertalnment_in the auditorium was a rich musicale. the persons t{lk· ing part ·being some of Johru;t.own's most promising musicians and the pro- gram was listeued to with the gre,1test interest. Miss Ruth Ro'binson started the program with a piano selection, in her usual pleasing manner. after which ,._ Secret1ll'Y Broughton. wh(} was scarce- ly able to be present on account of ill· ness ,deliver!C'd a brief addr~>ss of wei· come to the guests and explained the position that the committee had foun•l ' themse!Yes in on account of a number thiit were eX!'ected to be present be- ing ill . Among thosE> who had been de- tained at hoille w <1S :\Ilss Alice CraW· f<>rd, teacher of el<><'ntion at the High school. Con~iderable regret was ex· pressed in not being able to hear her recite. The secretary also stated tha t• Master Herbert Staley wail on the sick list and had therefor,e had to disap- point the gue8ts. The quality of the program, how- ever, made up for all that was lacking in quantity, and those presept felt well satisfied with the numbers presenteq. Misses Robinson and Raymond next rendered a piano duet in a manner which captivated the listeners. ~Iiss Hazel Whitcom·b, a young lady who is fast becoming recognized as a violin· , ist of :much abll!ty, appeared at 'her best and elicited tb.e commendation of all by her skillful handling of her ln· striume'llt. Miss Robinson accompanied Miss Whitcomb on the piano. Kurt Schafer's zither solo was one • of the really pleasing features of the eveDlng and ended the program, after which the guests were invited to the gymnasium where the physical train· ing of the young men is carried on in so snccessfnl a manner. Physical in- stru€tor Wiru;low had everything in readiness and under his direction a most creditable showing was made. fl.a.1-ry W'headon ga Ye an exhibition on tp:e slack wire, doing juggling and otlleP difficult stunts. The first half of the basket ball ga:me between teams captained by Ru- port and H;mson took place. The con- test was a close one and judging from the interest manifested. basketball is to be more popular than ever this sea- son. The contest cl{)sed w:th the score of 17 to 19 in f>wor of Hanson's team. Between the halves, Wheadon anit Pierson gave an exhibition in fancy tumbling and their work was glven li·beral applause. Tile evening's entertainment closed with an exhibi- tion of fancy bag punching iby William Wagner wbich proved very entertain- ing. The work in the \gym\ was of a high order and when seen no one can mistake why Johnstown has a high standfng among the young athletes. '!·he entire affair was a grand success' and much credit is due the committee for the mannilr in which it was con- ducted, and a most prosperous winter is indicated for the association. CAR RAIDmy COAL WAGON. I regs:arY·RdACUS.E>l'~O\tt.:,.-s.-~omp ... l:a~inr£tl$seJ. inti:e I ! ' . ..: ') ~l, .. ~· .,._.·;lSI~ JI·J-lf .. ;'f:Phre\ 'Sen\\.:all'lt~·rm _\t!onVenftiion or the u to ,:tile qu~ty of\ tihe \ ·1 .1 . · , .. W.om'ants Hmne<MII:!sion&cy soclety of (}il furnished'to.eonsumm-11- has re- ~I& Pl'!lSoife\cy or· itlbfuly 'Wias 1held The Luther league of N~w ·im-k . . '\ state will hold ~i'.s fourteenth· ann,'Ual conventiO>Il in S~~c.use, Octol00r':29,, ., •, ~. ·~ved of l'lllt~ .tty .sever,al. :gr~ ·al,l.d W~nesd:ii.Y' itt Beconid PreSif>y;t.iit<l!an ' ' ll o wnd 31. The' opening session 'iViU be held in the l.<'irst Lu·thevan clrU.roh I deWers in supplies Jand is being Ir-e- ' !ili.'Ur,c\li ,.·Amster_cia:m. There were Rev. w. M. B. Glanding, pas•tor~'_on ~ ferred by them to the agent ...... \f>M,I ~ ... ·.,;;;, \'F'\ \p~\-\\~-~ .... ri;y-· ···T·. so· T-imH· delegla;tes -and v:isitors-· present-~m Tuesd•av evenin-g, in wh·ieh <iliuroh 'IIJ11 PUB~q SERVIC-\' COMMISSION wbom -they make tb.eir pure)ll!l.ses. The atU.J..,, '-\ n.vr~... 4 ..,... Schenectaldy, Albany, JohllstQiWn, the bu~lne&s sessions of the conien- CAJ[~ES AN INSPEcTION OF oil, it is said, possesses the property ot EAST CORNER· OF~Ri.RY 'AND Gto'V'ersvtlle, Saratoga, Ba111S!ton, Guil- tion will be hel-d. T.he Wed:nes;dtay STEAM AND TROLLEY }JINES caking aro111ld:the wkk of the lamp JYr OLINTON DEOLA.RED ~ derl'l!.nd, Nort'hv:ille an& otlhe: plil!K:€s even!i.ng roosion wil~ be held in-St. OF WHOLE STATE oil stove, •burning wi>lih a f!ic4e:cing BJllEN INVALID AND NOT BINl!:_ t!hroughou;t the Presbytery, numl;ler- John's c1'l'Url}h, Rev. Wllld:a:m Dnalc'h, ~ , unsteady 1\ght and -tending to smo~ lNG. ittg 300. The. aud'ito;riu:m Wla.B d~ p'Mtor, and the ral1y meeting 1 on • Sinoo·the pulblic servfce commissl'O'b. badly. eor:aJted witih ftags anq vhe 'Pl'atform Thursday evenin·g, wiiJ be held in St. second district, came into office it \The p~ioo of di! has been raised .A.n aJCtion b:a.s been commenced by w!ittJh curt fiowe:rll. Tlb;ose present Peter's church, Rev. R. Scthm'lqt, 'has caused in spections as to the physi· often en:ougb and is plenty !liigll 1\(les&rs. Geotma;n & Fraser '3JS a.tltor- from J'obnstown: Mrs. Mcintyre plastor. cal condition .and opel'ation of the fol· enough for the companies to furnish e. for Mm.. Melvina HB.rlng as com- Fraser. Mrs. M. B. Nolithrup, Mrs. The convention •has taken ·rus its lowJ\ng t~am .ond electr•~~tl~oad~ to kind fit for consumption,\ said a n_eorge A_ . Streeter, ·Mrs. W~UVatn c. s .v ~ ~ ·~ • o m1!t:tee of J•a,mes y, Ha,ring, a;gainst \' motto and topic, ·.\Unders•tan.d~ ·\e made·. !householder of this ctty. \If I were Ita:ckuey, Mrs. W_ ·u. Colgrove, Mrs. ..,., '--- J ohll Murphy .SherJff J:a.son Qo:ok lllJl:d •t .Acl,\ .a.ll>d ·the ex~cu'h'I'El eommatJtee . the only penrun _of· my 'B.cquaintance Ed'W'in :aalies, Mrs. Geor.ge Veed'ey, h'a.s tprepared a program w:M'C'h it is Steam-:- who had f.a.ult to find I would ·hE>Jie.ve and J.a;B.l€S y' :Ha;ring, jr., to deter- Mrs. Gertrude l\1cKe1ly, Miss Ase!i\eth Adtr n.d k & St T • ' B t n mine t'he :title of lbhe prop_erty looa.ted believed will result in much P'Tacti•ca1 ° ac · .....,awrence, os (} that the v-essel in which I kept it was )'Viade, Miss Anna You11glove, Miss benefit to all societies ])resent, T'lle &I ~fame, and br.a.nchlll'!;i ,Buffalo, At- to blame or <t:lm.t lmy ·lamps were n\Ot on the ·l;lprtb>west corner- of ~o·llcll. Elizalbeth Jones. ,., Per\\ . a,n,d Clinton a, venue The >aJ'i:- c.all of t'b.e committee urges aU Lu-th- tica& Arcatle; Buffialo ·Qr,eak; Bu,.alo TP•ro]!Wr·ly takeit\·cal'e of. But when I ., \' & Susqu~h>::~nna, and hrllnches: Car-· find all my neighool•s telling the same tion is :&lso brough'i:. ,to- 'h'ave a.. tru.st thage & C~nbagen; :Coltskill Moun,. st01w and leattt'fl\~ the dealers in en- df>Cla.red in favor pf J:ames, Y. Haring tadn; Cai:tP; Oa:tsk1IJ & ,T~annersville; .tirely dlffere~11-rts of the city that W'lt'll .wb.oa.e money !t is :cl'aJml!d the Dansville & Mt. MmTis;~ Delawa-re & their custome.rs· ar~·bringing the same p-rope~ -was originally pul\db\J.s~d. E4J.stern; li'ondJa, Johnst«>wn & Glover.;;· tiling t-o thei'l\ lit111in>tion, I think it is , The ,pr.operty in. queSJtion, it -will ville; Gloversville & Broadalbin; Gene· time it WI'\S lookM :after.\ be remembered, w•as S?cl•d UU>dier Sb.er· see & Wyomi.'llg: Glenfield.& Western; \There is ll'<i'fbing the matter with iff's f::>r~loS;m:e. in front of the poul.'t Ob!ampla..in & ·St. Lawrence; United the oil , said a-U> \officer qf the local house, of this city on Saltul\ morn- Shvtes &. Canada; Greenwich & Johllr agency for the Standard Oil company. ing, 01}toille>r 27, 1906. The proper- sonville: · jamestown, Chautauqua & \The trouble is in the lamps. We ty was purch-ased by John Murphy for er.a.n societies in New York and Can- adla, of w-hatever na:me a.nd however synodically rellalted, to send their full quota. of delega.tes, and asks every society to prepare a;t on'Ce to 'be pre- sented ait this convention. Helatdquwr- ters wiN be estab !iS'hed •rut the St: Cloud ho'tel, and reduced r.rutes in ra1iroads and at •hotels ·and boarding house-s have been secured. Rev. U. J. IGingensmith is chairman of the local committee, and Rev. Wi11fam Grommisoh is c'hiwirman of •the iocal erutertain.ment comri!ibtee. ONLY fOUR fiNf DAYS LAST MONTH Generally Sp 1 eaking September, 1907 Was One of the Very Worst on the Whole Calendar. There were but four pleasant days during the mont:h of September, ,according to the report ma.de by Weather Obse\\'er McLean of Glov- ersv!ille. There were thirteen cloudy and thirteen which were •partly so, w,hile seventeen days were maxked with storm. The average precipitar L k ' $1,500. There were sever•a•l persons a ·e Ellie; 1\:•ani:lna & Prattsbu:rg; llave had sevenH complaints ourselves Lake c~ 1 u.ain & 1\-Iori.ah; Dake Shore and we have investigated them thor- present bu:t the bid-ding WaJS I·ig'll.'t on & r.Uchdgan Southern: Lehigh & Hnd- oughly and find the same thing to be ac.count of the alleged quesr~iona:ble son Rh·er; Orange Oounty; Campbell true in everylihstance. Poople lay fhe!ir ti-ttle to the property, as prioT •to tlhe I:Jall C(}nnecting; P(}Cl\u-ck; J,(}Wvi!le & lamps aw.ay an summer when the eve- s·ale, Messrs. Ge~man & Frase•·, a:t a't- Beaver River; :\!Iiddleburgh & Scho- nings ar{llong and then when the fall torneys for James Y. Ha.rin•g, jr., for- harj ·e·, N=• Yor·k c~n\'~aJ & H11dson bade the s'a;le a:tid ga~e not!ice to t!he v·n ~- ·w. comes put Niem in use again without I 'l' v\r (l'enusyJ•·a 111 ·a Dl\VI\st\on) .· Ne- 1 . 1 . h . sheriff !lllld !1111 others interes-ted tha>t ~ ~ . • - ·~ c eanmg t mm\or putting t em m or- York Central, Hudmn River & Fort der in any w:ay. The wicks are hard Ama.nd'a. l\tl. Ha;ring, the defell'd!a.nt in Or ,. y 1 c · & ·the forclosure proceedings, was not ange; •• ew or > 1 h1cago St. and dry; tb.e reservoirs are full of , Louis; New York New Haven & Hal't· and nev£1r wa;s the owneT of the pro- fm·a, and bt•anc!Ies: New York & Ot· ~!~~~:;i!,.)l!~~e!~~~~= o:;f~~-eto !et i~ proper•ty to be soLd and had no l'ig1ht, \a~-.\,· N'ew York & Penns.-J•·an·a·, 1 NI\· b ed , ., d - title or interes•t in the said properlty, \ ,. \ , • urn . .... .ew :1ys .ag(} a wom{ln ag·ara .Tun~tiou; Nol\'wood & St. Law- came direct to us with a 'kick' on the but th!a't J•ames Y. Harding, jr., whom Otl P 'tt b Sh & the firm reyresented was the owner renee; s; k s nrg, awmut oil and we pouTed some from the caa Nor•thern; Rochester, Hornel!sville & slle,brought wftlr1ier into 'one of our fee of. the propertY,. The sxle wa.s L•!ek<awanna; Poughkeepsie & Enst- 1 d b rrl.er · f h con tin ned, erll ·. Rutland, and br·ai1Ches·. Schollari·e ntmpds an'\h u d It orli sefiven ours 'l.\he interests •advertised {o be sold , s ea y WJ, a {lleftr, brig t am e. We Yalley: Tunesassa & Bradford; Ulster did this for a test and it wo 1 ·ked all were purchased bY Mr. Murp•hy, & De~awnre, and branches; Una•dilla right. If everyo!le who is complaining One of the questions whic-h will have \!llle\'. f li . 1 .. , to be determined is w'hetlher· or not • J o t e 01 woulu give thilil' lamps a Inspectors :we making a thowu~h good cleaning they would find Vh.at any righ't, _title or i!l!terest Wlas oon- i·uspection of the Erie lines within the th ld b . 11 th veyed~in the sale. It has\ ueen alleg- state. di~~,_wou urn as we all ey eyer ed ·tlhat the property in question, tion for tile month was doub-led, the Electric- w.ae purchased with ·Vhe pro~eed:s of proceeds of !lhe- Harin-g proi)€>J'ty o!il churoh street, •,md with trust money in t·he b:ands of the •trus•tees of ·ame3 Y.. Haring, an -ill'compe•terut,' 'but for some reason t'he deed was ta.ken in another name and Amanda 'M. H'rer- r~infa.!l having b:en 6:68-100 ioohes. I Auburn & Syracuse; Binghamton; Tne grea.test precipitation for one dlil'Y Butialo Southern; Buffalo & Willi-ams- was 1 46-100 inel&s on the fou·. Yl!le; CA,tizens' •R. R .. Light & Power rteenth, with 30 degrees. T:he maxi- (l~isklll); Chautauqua; Cortlm>d Conn· mum or highest temperature waiS 84 degrees on the sixteentih, while tile lowest temperature wa.s 33 degrees on t:he t>wenty-sixth. The me•an te-m- pera.ture for the month was'58 7-10 deirees. During fhe entire thirty d'a:ys t'he temperature _was norma!,' Sep-tember, 1907, being nut two de- grees colder at 'any time than in the \lame month of 1906. I QL:MS:J'EAD·RODDER. ty; Elmira & Seneca Lake; ElmiTa Wa- ter, Light & Raill'oad; Fishkill; Gene- ,,a, ·waterloo, Seneca Falls & Cayuga I.Jake; Hornellsville & Cani&too; Hor· rl.elli<>ille Electric; Jamestown; New Palz, H:ighland & PoughJ;:eep.sie; Nia· g.ara Gorge; Olean; Ole>lhll, Roclt City & Bra•dford; Oneonta, CO'operstown & Ri:ellfi~ld Springs-; IDneonta & ~foliawk VaHey~ Orunge County; Oswego; PeE>ksk!ll; Penn Yan, Keuka Park & Brapehport: Port Jervis; P<fughkee)JSie Oity and W'appinger Falls; Rochel!tffi'; KILLED ASSAILANI . . ' Dff{NDIN6 HIMSUf ing lt':l.d no lell:'al Utle. Farmer At7ested l•'or l-.iul:der Con· ' ' fesses He Strnc~ Fatal Blow Dur- UIPROVING' STORE ing a QuarreL AT MANY POINTS. SCHENECT1DY, Oct. 3.-Wi-th .the thoug-ht of a t~~m he had. sen·ed in tl1e },lenitentiary\r/ankling in his' mind, .Joseph Chesectt of ·colloes: attacked Henry Gerlock, ·a farmer of Halfmoon, while the two were on their way f1·oru Cohoes . to Gerlock's farm Tuesday ll!i~ht, and was so badly beaten in tb.e encounter tb.at he died fmm the ef- At noon. ·wednesd'ay ocurred the Rochester & 1<1astem Rapfd; Rochester ma.rriage of Wi!lia;m Homer HoiLder & SulJurban; J;l.(}chester Electric; Ro· of G1oversV'ille and Miss Lena Leoitm chest-er & Sodus Bay; Rochester, C:hs,r- .,_ feots. 1'he ·two m-en are Polanders and F'inocan & Stetson, the North Wil- l'i•a.m' stre'et dealers il'l fu1'n'i'ture, are Ull3:king ' several' improvelnentf( t(} '!!heir place of busine3s, W.h!~h will consiiterably add -to the fioor space as well a.s improve t'b.e genera!! ap· pe-arance of the p!a,ce. An add!iltion 2 4 by 3 6 feet, two stories high is be- ing erected in the rear t>f the sto.re, whie>h will be used on the first floor BJS a work room and the second ffoo.r will be used in addition to tihe p_re- sent space as rooms for display of goods. ), new front is~ also being 01-mstewd, at the residence of the l{)tte & :M!anitou Beach; Syracuse J:,ake h-ad met in C(}hoes, to wi!J.ich .place bride on Main stree>t in NorbhV'ille. Snore & Northern: Syracuse Rapid Gerlock h-ad driven from his home {It Rev. T110mas 0. Grieves of Corinth, 1 Tl'ansit; Syracuse & Suburban; Wall- Halfmoon, which ~is nes,r Crescent, formerly p-astor of North M·ain st·reet kill Transit. wJIJh a load of apples. Gerlock made l\L EJ. churcb in Gloversville, was the 'l'he reports made ·bY the inspectors a bargain with Cheseck to employ llim ·offida.ting elergyman. Only the im- have in a large num•ber of cases con- f·or $20 per m<mth, and after having mediate members of the two famil-ies ilained specific recommendations as to severo! drinks the pair started for witnessed the ceremony. the remedying of physical defects and Halfmoon. \\ \ • p-l~ed in the store. , HONORS ·FOR DR. BETTS The impressive ring service of the methods of operation. These reports About 9 o'clock Tuesday morning The Universalfst state convention Met-hodiS't ehuroh WilliS used in the have be:en sent :to the companies, and they were heard quarreli:ng near the closed at Syracuse Thursday with ceremony. Miss Marvel Hodder was generally speaking, there has been a residence of J~mes Hall llt Ushers, election of officers. Rev. Dr. F. the bridesmai•d and or: Ohru'les Ar- pro,mpt response from ra:llroad C{)ID· 'but noohing ,was thought of ihe msut~lr w. Betts, of syracuse, who is alSo iington Hod'der acted as the groom's ~anies. t~t all of th~ reco=:~da- until the body of Cheseck was fo,llh><l'j pastor of the First Universa1ist attendant. • hons for_ 1mproyed physrVlal_ cond':twns yestet\(iay morniil.g ~~:bout 6 : 30 o'clock church in Gloversville, was honored FoUowing the servi-ce a, sumptuous and servxce w'~uld be compiled Wlth. by John Jones :in a· field not far from in the e!ectton. He was named as repast was served and then the cou- ,. · th where the men were heard quarreling. one of the trustees in charge of e ple left on an erlended trip •to poin•ts ABRAM NEWKIRK. Depu1y Sheriff' ll,;ubbs and Coroner next year'l5 convention, and was also in Conuect1cut, Albany an,d jn the --- Johns001, both of Mechanicsville, were ~elected, as the );.reacher of the oc- soubhern tie.r. They expec.t to lbe rut :.... l 1 Ab.am Newkirk, \- respected resi- immediately noti'!led and were soon on COS ona sermon. bome to t'heil' ma,ny friends on 8th dent {)f Amsterdam, died suddenly the ilCene. They traced wagon tracks The other officers chosen are: avenue, GloversviUe, albout Oct01ber Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock .at the to Gerlock's farm a!ll.d <placed him un• President, Frank :r. Tanner, Buffalo; 20 · •home of hi-s daughter, Mr&. W. H. doc 'al'rest. vice president; Freaerick J. Smytl:'te, 'I'he bride lraJS resi-ded in Nol'lthvl!rre Bowhal!, No. 11 Mark~t street, in 'llb·at Last night Gerlock made a confes- Rochester; secretary, Rev. J. L. all her li-fe a/Did •is very we11 known city, of .heart disease, aged 61 years. si~n tn wthlch he oomittetl killing che:. Richard, Fort Plain; treasurer, and po-pula>r theTe. ·Sihe is a;}SI) IJ)OPU· Although he had not boon feeling well seck, but •he claimed it 'IW!S in self-de· Charles 0. Terry, Hu<lson; Rev. E. Iar with many in >t:'h'is city. She .., tl _.. 1 d u- N v \'t f H ·'-' 1 t .or 1e 'PR\'• sevel\a ays, JY.u:, ew- fense. He said that 00 their Willy home . .., t>vens, o er...,.mer, was e ec- received many beautiful presents, in- kirk was a 1 ble to be a-bout, and ft was lle a,nd Oheseck had several drinks of ed as editor of \The Convention. at eluding solid silve!'W'are, house>biGld ,___ W k \ T'\ t ti \ '11 with a de,ep regret t..-t the announce- liquor from a bottle •and that Cheseck or . -..e nex couvel). on w1 furnishings and money. M.r. Hodder ment of 'his unexpected termination of stli:-rted. to upbra>id :him for being in· be held in Buffalo. is the buyer for ·the 'l<ardw.are firm l'f • j · d I • e s ourney was.r~1ve . Mr. New· s.trumental in ihaving him imprisonoo of Bat-cheller & com...,any <and is one ki k b ti!J. N k' k h .,. r 'W'lts orn on e ew Ir ome- fOf·l'lrealing a calf some years ago, a.nd of Gloversville's most prominen.i -liltead favm near Fort Hunter, in the finally struck at him with a bottle.\ young men. town of Florida. ll'or a long numbet Gerlock says be then -wrested tbe b()ll;- WHJta.ED AROUND SHAFT, NARROWLY MISSES DEATH •. l· . ~ _......_ ____ _ JOHNSTOWN FQLKS GO TO THE FONDA FAIR. .Johnstown· furnished several hun- dred of tJ1e visitors '!1.1 th~ Foll!da. fa.ir 'this afternon. From noon until after, 2 o'-cloc_k cr~wds were waiting for cars on the corneTs from Walter street w the j-ail corner and every ' car tha.t wen-t 'to that P'l'aood was taxed •to its utmost ea.p-a.city. Extra. car:;~ were ope'l'ated be!ween this city and .··onda during the early pal't. of the afternoon. fARMING WITHOUT BIRDS IMPOSSIBU One Cause of the Inct•ease of Injuri· ous Insects is the Slau~o~;hter of 'Vild Birds. / . . La'bor sa.ving inven•tions are the or- d•er of the day, a.nd tar:mers s.pe•nd large sums of money in procuring instruments to he1p tth-em dn their work. out ..,many' oif them ignore .or des-troy tilieir most valuable assis- tants. T·hose Who have in<:tu·e '<'· s•tudy of the subject tell us th'at witthout to:!Hl ~irds no farming could 'be ·ca.rri- e•d on. Every year one-tenth of al-l ' the prod nets of ag-ricult n.re is des- troyed by inset\ts. It Js sati<l that there a.re over 100,000 kinds of ·in- se'Ct•3 in the United S'~'a!tes, the ma,iO!I'· fty of which are injurious and that one in.sect-e,a'ting bdrd destroys 2,400 i~sects in a yea.r. Many believe >t:Jhat if the bkds hlad been allowed 'to mul- tiply inste-aJd of ·being destroyed the.re would now be no necessity to sp-end tJhousan•d£ of dollars every Ye>ar for insect p-o~sons. , Frank M. Chapman ~.ays th,;:t \'the economic value of bi!\ds to mn.n 'l•ies in the service they render in prevent- the ull'due increa.se of insects, in devouring small rodents, in destroy- ing seeds of harmful pl'ants and in acting as scavengers. Leading en•to- mologi•sts estimate that insects muse an annual loss of a:t least two ihundred million dollars to the agl\i·cultural i•ll'terests of the Un4ted States. . . . If we were d•eyrtve-d of tThe services of. bird·s the oorth would soon become uninhrubi.table.\ The far-mer who sees bil'ds eating his cheTries may not consider the crops they save by destroying insects, ,nor remember that it [;; not in t'lle summer 'OUily, but in •the winter also, that bi1'lis are working for h-im. 4 The cll.icka:dee, nuth·a'bclh, wood~pec ker and other birds -a:re sera.rcihin·g in bhe tree trunks and wlon.g lbhe fences for the egg:;;_ and lluried lawva.e of i·nsetits. which would, irf no\t· d1s- tu·rbed ll:atC'h out mi-llions of flying and era;woling creatur-es tha.t would destroy the garden, ol'OOa.rd and field. S·ome farmers are •begdnning to ap- prect.a.te the value of hirds res insect destroyers 'a;nd un~Jistan>d the neces- sity 4'or active me-aures to insure 1Jheir proteclion. -... 'l1b.e Department of Agr~culture reaHzing the importa,n-ce Or .a.ccu'!'ate know.lted'ge in this · d1reetiori; .has made .eJmiiiJ!i.lJJations of the stom~JWhs of forty different kinds ·of birds to see Wlhat food t'hey cont'ained. 'l'hese examdnations were ma.de from a col- lemion of 26,000 stoma;chs. A light wagon used for delivery ROCKWOOD. of years ihe was an bonm'ed' .citizen ot tle fl'Om his llss:Miant'and·.to save biro- Fort. HUmber, and was '.I'Ol'merly a !Well· \$elf was eompell%11 to strike back -with known proprietor of the Mohawk 'Val- it. He further sliYs that he finally su~ ley house lilt, that place. ·'tie resided eeeded ilf kutding'it- b1ow ~t knrekl)d there until. 23 yerur:s :al!'Gi -Wihen h<e re- Ohes.eck unc(}n~ous, ~nd tllittlting :moved to Amsterdam lht<t>-tl'lat city haii ..t!J.at :he was (}nlji'~lig;b.tly 'hllt't he car· since been his. home,' 11'6 ~'lulving lived ried hiin into 'tn~- field and Le:f\t' him f>Or the~eater part of ·tnwt time in t'e· there ' to :regafu :<conscioumess when- tll'ement. ever' he might. 1 1IDhere is cooisideuwble . ILION, . Oct. 4. .-.,... Harry Hek-- kena· of Moha.wk, art; employe of the Remingf)n· Arms complliJlY, met wlth an accident 1illurstlay a.iternoon by being ~lved on. a<. shaft, narrow- ly eS!!al!lalg death. · Hi!!. elpthes wet•e badly torn. He was taken to the offioe, Qfr,Ur, Q'N:eill, ·who-; .upon ex- ami~jj.-tl_Qp;, 10'!lnd that- :his lett arm and shoulder were..- -sprained, the ligaments and muscles of both arms b!1-!J:l¥ strll-lneq_ !l'lld 'torn, and sevflre bruJses and cuts sustained on both le~s. He was ~em~ved to his home in ~oha.wk,~where he will be laid up ~Ol' some time. lit has been found th:a,t ilhe foll-ow- ing !Mrds are espe<;i!ally good friends to the· t'al'Iner, who shon1d protect them in e:ve'fy possible way: P'fioeibe, k1ngb!ird/''C>Qd;'6ird, l:lw'rulow; ibrown tb,tai-'heT, riise-breil:stedi grosbe>ak, 'house wren, vireO'Si cwc>koo, 6riol6, the mrtous··Il.ativ~ sparrows, WaJI'b- purposes by A. W. Palmer, who con- · ' ducts a grocery at No. 56 East Ful- We had callem in .our stree1t11 last ton street, Gloversville, and a wagon Monday from Cork Center, belonging to the . Independent Coal M·r • and J.\>Irs. E. PaliDltea;r 1!>l\e company, were, considerably dam- happy over the arrlv<ad Gf a large aged Wednesday •afternon about 5 balby boy last Sund;a.y. . o'clock by peing rammed by a belt 1\tl'S. Lester Smifh ·have !:'One to line car in front of Palmer's store &tay w·Lt'h her fa.ther and mohher at !n that city. Bra.dt Mill. • The lig-bt rig stood in front of the Lester Smith and Chla.rles SteliJl'nes · • srore and the coal wagon was mov- to-ok a plelllSIUre walk ·and made a · ing a.lon.g up the sueet. When it bu.slness call a;t the county spat lalrt reached a point about opposite the\ , Tues~ay. . store, a westbound car approached. Mrs. 0. B. SneJ!l m'ade a IC'all ~ The car was in charge of l\lotorman Mrs. James Smith GU llond·ay of this · Fred Robinson w11o applied the week. ' · · · brakes, ·but the sprinkler wagon had Mrs.' Chan-ce Weaver ts ln Amster- just preceded him and made the dam viS'!t-ing her daughter. raUs very. greasy. The brakes bela, T-here w111 be prea.e:hing in the but the wheels skidded along. The Bruptfst eh!Jr~h next Snnd.a.y morn- rear trucks of the coal cart had not ing a,nd eveni·Ug. Yet cleared the track and the car struck the wagon a glancing blow about amidshlp, forcing it against \t;h~- :U,Sht wagon. ., -------~ ..... . l • w~ IN THE E&R~QUAKE · · Edward Stanton, who passE!(! Ui.rp' the San Francisco earthquake, since leaving Johnstown some time ago, 11/i!rlved h!ome safe and sound Wed- - J:J.NdaY and ia busy oa.lli.Jll,s on pld f1la4s. Found at Last J. A. Harmon, of Lizemore, West Va., says: \At last I have found tl!e perfect pill that never disappoints me; and for tM.ll 1 Einefit of others af- flicted with torpid liver and cb.ornlc constipation, w!ll say: take Dr. King's New Life Pllls.\ quara,nteed satisfactory. 25c 11t J. T. Ave)\Y •. F. \'· Ostrander, and Bradford & . .Pwk• ensoa of Broadalbin, druggists. · t The funeral will be held at the 'house ·credence given- t3r\Gerlock's slde· of -the Thursday. ll.l'ternoon at 2.30 o'clock. In- ~~ SIN•Y· ' terment will bo made at Pine Grove The dead man ·was- 40 years old and cerqetery, Trib'es Hlll. is survived by a wife. living 1n Cohoes. Gerlock has a wife and .three clt\ldren. ELIZABETH 'Ni RETtTRNS AFTER 'sTRENUous Slili\S()N .HER SIGHT NOT lMPAmiEJD. 'EHzs:betli N., ifue pacer owned\•bY . Mrs. F~anll;, Bennet•t .of .N?. 277 Ediw.a-rd O'Ne\:1: of t.lrlS .city, 'hirus r-a- Norbh M!a>ln street. GlDversville, is re. turned to Johnstown SJfter a. ·, silli covering;. from Wlhat lUig'ht, ~av~ weelts' camp-af'gu over the half mile sult.ed ln •a serious' injW1y: to 'her s' lgll,it. rings of ·B'ie stlite. The 'horse 'bas made A'bout a week •ago :M~. · it most c~(ldltabl_e· Sfr()Wing, starting six at her hUS'band's jewelry store, 8Jt' No, thues she won ·tWo fit.Sts, two si'\c()llds, 3 North .lvfa:ln stt.el:'t .. J!u 'l:;l:\lll.t_city, Wid one third,· and· \was only ·once owtside having_ some business ·In >lihe b'aae-- 6-'f the money. 'l'he h01•se 'ba'S a reeol'd ment weret down sta-Irs 'W!lt-hQut ·a; Of 2:29 ;t4, n:Jid bids ·f·a.it', to go along light. She walked · in'J;o a g:l$ jet, with ·tihe. 2:15sp!l!!lel\'! neit<t;-~~eason. • . . Wltl:C'h. toi:e lid. J[, \her ng>ht ey~ -~n · · • . •, · Plllill'fUl manner ·..a Sh-e ~$! ~en , OJil) '~1M~ ·EX'!~'YATED. -~ t'ite oftlce. of DJ;\~:\'<;., E. f'an~; 'W'Jl~, 1 -A bpnze m~!la,l ot.,~'lle. dia;te of ,¢o.§e<l t:h~ woun,~~With a e.tltJC'h • .\. ,_~~ t..S <l8, ip. lu:mor of. GUbe~.Stuart WIUJ 3<;,.few days Jt .ya.s fe·a.red tbtt!-t t~ du~ u~ 'by,· workmen ~V'aitin-g ~or ,Jo~ ~1 fb.e si3'h~till, :tlle e:re '1'\o~d. !*!- ·the' n4JW !(i{t\utty · clerk\8 ~e& -o~JV~ aul't, but lt is now a:p~n:t~.1ll)!~. 'h~ J· Main' .-tNet 'l'hurt141W. · · · ~ · ..nu ~over 'ri~ ~ :ao-.. a&t \ -~ ~ } ~\. . \\' . s'llorelf!l.rk; ·1odevh€'!11d, · shrike and meaJdow -l'arli:. The crow, trow brlj.'Ckbilrd· and cedar bird do mor-e good than h~rm. The Nld'-41-erud and swpsuckor woodpeckers may- be in':iur- ious or ~enBfiici>&l ae.cording ·to cil'- oumsta.nces, put all ·the re-st of tlle j·:wroodnoolltell'S ii.re very h.elll'ful. ,. ' · Only' t'hree kinds of .htawlts seem to be guil'tY of/ tbe ' eh'Slrges made Yit:l~lliin.rt them, the g~oslia~wk, Cooper's and sharpifiilnned, w'hlle all 'itllre ~est atr'e very helpfu~ to '!ib:e ila.l\'I!er .a,nd f'Mlitgq>OW'e'r. ' I ., .DEMOCR&'l'lc· NOMINATJO:SS ... BeJ;noot)ltlc convention ·:of~the Bl~i&!li:ilr, th~ ~ol~wtng triomt- ·\ . ,_ of'Lt-·w:R'GiiEaT· • ooifyimit'l~·' . .... • • .. .... \'j>~ :OF Tim PEOPLE OF 'mt.Pm.1il ·. ., ' 1 \ ST4T®rJSSUED BY SYRA6uSE (JlL\;.~R OF OO)OfEROE. . ' .. .... - t ·-.- sY.J;tAC't.J\S':ffi Oct. ).-Tthe Syracuse O.t{anfl~r. ·pf 'C~IlUl}ler-ce ~~~ '.issued·~ f-!>llowini' -call for, a. oonvention' to con. side!' itbe ag~!cni>tnral conditll}ns' ~>f_ New York -s'tla:te, w be held wt Syill'acuse OctO'beJ\ 23~ 24th irnd 25th: The Syracuse ChAtUber of ~:mni'ercl) belte,:es · fiiat the time is ripe for ,-a nroYem'ent '/looking towards the im- P.l'<~Y~J.IDent tif agr~eulture in New ~or& smite. . . For thE! ttah·ty years between 'tbe censi!s of l87Q and. tl;le. census (1f. iooo, the 'value of 'farm\ propeflty iu ]fe)Y York state decreased $126.ws;65't, while tJw' general :,Prosperity of :ml-e stat!l' is s!»wn by the fact that dur1ng tlhe same period the capital invested in manU•factUTeS _increased $1,2~.2ljj, F-or the twenty years frGm 1880 to 1900 tile number of males engaged in agricultural p~1rsuits decreased from 371~.931 !.\ 363,619 or 13,312, wbile dur· - i.rJg the s4.me period the number ,of males engaged iu ot)ler gainful ocenp-a· tions incr~a!led from 1,147,333 to 1,· ll60,ti10 or 8~,4 77. J!'or twenty years from 1880 to 190!) the total num~er o! farms of the state de•·r.eased from 241,0158 to ;!26, 720 f')r 14.3$. For the li!RUle period the per_centage of farms operated by .actual owners de- ct•eased fr&m 8.'3.5 to 76.1. For the dre11de between 1890 and 1!100, tbe jncrease iu tbe populatton of tile cities of the state was 1,371,543, ' while the d~rease in ilhe rural popu· ' Ia tlon waf< 115,823. it seem;; evident to the Syra<!USe Charube1· of Comruer-~e, ·therefore, that the time is :propitious fOil' an inyesti- garion into -the causes of this decline aud the d}lplication af a remedy, if a remed~· can be found. Thnt during the last few years there has be(!n nn improvement in agri'cn'· tural conditions in the state is evident l'he aYerage Yahiation _per acre.has in· .< creased and conditions in many>.:iocaji· ties of the state have -become mueh more favora~e. To corutinue tb.is .iru· provement, to hasten the ameliorati(}n of adverse eou.ditioris, should 'be the O'bject of the hour. Realizing, therefore, tj:J.at the real prosperity of a people is based upon the tilling of the soil, tb.e directors or the Syrncu~e Chamber of C(}mtnerhe llere~y t'all a coniend:ion of the poople of tihe state at the City hall, Syracuse, on Octoher 23rd, 2-!th, and 25th, to oon· si{)er the condition~ as they now exist in the rural communities of the state IDld t(} devise such remedies as in ifue apinion of the convention may seem proper. , The presence of nil persons intet·est- ed in these problems is ellli'nest!y de· sired. The_ Syracuse Chamber of ~m mcrce, Giles H. Stillwell, :president; Hnrlow C. C1ark, Secretary. Beyond t'he fact that Hon. James A. Wilson, Secretru·y of Agriculture, will be _Present and speak, the program o'f :he convention lias not definitely been ,decided upon. It is likely, however, that the discussi«>n will deal with the folrow4ng questions: , r.~a-bor. • Rrutes and transportation. N a tion.al and state legislation. Miarkets. Education. Lo>ans and ta:s:wtlon. The eontel(l:Plated course of actilon, consists of a dlsC'Usstan of 1lhese -.mat- ters hy experts 'lllon.g ifu e ind!Cilltl:ed Jines, a general discussion by the con· verution and the f-ormati-on of some per- manent orgahf2iatlon to see to the caT· ryi.'llg out of the rec~>lJilllendation of the convention. Whilel'lthe ooll &s ·lilll!de general tlle Syracuse Chamber is endeavoring t-o especially enlist the co-operati® of the New York State Gt'ange and farmers in general, the 'bankers of villlages .and. ,smaller ·toWns, ihe improvement socie- ties of the vmages,' and the busfuess ' tlrganilllationl! of the larger cities.. Once the ..con ventio'D is o:rganizoo tb.e funetloo of :the cham bet' 'Wili\Ceiise. · '~'!ST 'J'lUJ> ON SUNDA~.- . . . ~. - \- - . Traffic. on tbe Mountain Lake Road \ l .- . . :Wilt ~e SuSJ,>ended ort Tbat ~ay. J'ames A. Nellis, . m:a.Jiager Of t/he .AlddrondaxJt- Laikes T·l'iret~on_ ~mpa.ny, aJl!nounces ·that ne:x;t Snnda.y wUI iba . ' ' ~ ~ !last day on wb.-1-ch l'agnl:liJl' tl'aftlc to'-:Maunta.ia l;ake ·wll'l i)e 'ill'ail-:Qta-ia'Eid. - • 4 ... ~.~ • ~t~ .. t~t.;(1tte n~ :e.a-rs;, 'W$1 'be run ulll~!l t'li.e· weailaler ~owe so npld tli!at a demaM for tl.'ipo; WP .the -moun- tai'!l st@ ,~, created bY, Jthe mudents of. zratU.re Wismng 'to V'!CJW vile coc.~ trybi'n -th~ ,~a;t-wus ·tints. ~-- ~\ 1\, J \ '\ ~ . ,.._., - ( PIWJJ;tns,,iD.lpN'T ~,Al\IE A TICKET ;._ .: ~ _... • ,_...: 1
