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THE FULTON PATRIOT, WEDNESDAY, JANOARY S, 1916 PAGE THREE %• ; ! ANNUAL REPORT OF f . THE COUNTY SEALER F. 1M. French Submits to tha/Boiriof Superriior* Hi* Statafawit. ' The annual report of Frank H. French, county sealer of weights and measures, as filed with the board of supervisors last week, is an interest- : ing document. It covers 12 pages of ^ closely typewritten pages, and was a model report, complete in every detail: <. Sealer ^French was compli- mented by the county board on his report—one of the best ever, filed by arjy county official. County Sealer French, in his detail- ^ed report, prefaced it with a summary • of the many details, which is so com- prehensive and interesting, as well as instructive, that The Patriot herewith reproduces the same entire: Fulton, N. Y., Nov. 29th, 1916. To the Board of Supervisors of Os- wego County: Mr, Chairman and Gentlemen:— In compliance with Sec. 13 of Chap. 187 of the Laws of 1910, I herewith submit the following report, as County Sealer of Weights and Measures, from Nov. 20,1914 to/fftv. 20, 1^15, as follows: i During the past year there has been j issued 215 warnings, investigated 9 complaints and answered 48 calls to y0 various parts of the county, travel- w ing 3,480 miles, via rail, auto and liv- ery, devoting my whole time to the duties of the office, in the way of testing various types of weighing and measuring devices, reweighing and reineasuring commodities sold or of- remeaanrinR com fered for sale, and to observe that li i nd general t the ities sola or of inspections laws are being to iht d do we get returns for the. money ex- pended, etc?\ At this time let us take up a few facts .and figures for consideration, of one commodity, butter, and show the amount saved to the public by the enforcement of the weight and meas- ure law The loss of one-half ounce on a pound of butter equals 3% per cent. In the county of Oswego, excluding _th.e cities, with a yearly consumption of 735,434 lbs. at an average price of. 30c per pound the actual loss figures $6,895.69. Assuming that only one- half of this 'amount is sold in small quantities, this saving alone amounts to $3,447.85, caused from defective butter scales, short weight prints and trays sold as butter. This is only one of the thousand and one commodi- ties coming under the sealers' juris- diction. Although the conditions are much improved, they are not yet per- fect, and .require constant attention. • Your attention is called to the fact that there are over 100 seta of wagon scales in Oswego county, excluding the cities, scattered over an area of over 1,000 square miles, of which 81 sets are used for commercial purpos- es, including 36 sets for the weighing of coal, over which more than 11,000 tons are weighed annually, at a value of over $77,000 to the consumer. An error of one per cent on a 4-ton wag- on scale equals the variation of 80 lbs. in favor of the consumer or sel- ler, in other words a loss of $770 on coal alone. It has been ruled that 1,000 lbs. of test wi \ load complied with relating t weights and measures, at a cost to the county of $1,468.49 for the past year, of which $1,400 was appropriated as foflbws: $1,000 salary, $400 expense allow- ance. The office is furnished by the sealer out oTsalary, and duties performed vare under state civil service rules, Psince my appointment Dec 2, 1909, and located at 229 Cayuga street, Fulton, N. Y. Of the total inspections and tests of 1,677 pieces of commercial weigh- ting 1 and measuring apparatus, meas- ures show a correctness of 97.46 per cent., which is due to more attention given to the purchase of standard measures and care of same while in use. Scales show some improvement in percentage of correctness, being 77.95 per cent, this year, as compared with 1914, 74 per cent.; 1913, 68.76 per cent.; 1912, 42.2 per cent.; 1911 and 1910, better left to con- , te, the conditions found after amended weight and measure law of 1910. Weights should show 100 per cent. perfect, instead of 91.5 per cent., as a small error causes a serious error on, the platform, to the buyer or sel- ler. Of the total 333 reweighing and remeasuring of such commodities as coal, wood, ice, hay, grain, flour, dry \ and liquid groceries, vegetables, fniite, butter, milk, bread, meats, v fish, ; beverages, drugs, paints, oils, ^ etc., 28 were found incorrect. f Under violations * there has been one prosecution, and one violation of section 17 reported to superintend- ent of weights and measures, not dis- pos«doff Provisions of chapter 81, laws of 1912, as amended, are being gener- ally complied with among butchers, fish dealers, confectioners, bakers, grocers, druggists, dealers in dry poods, ice, produce, fruit, vegetables, etc, excepting the unsatisfactory conditions of dairy products, where steps have been taken to stop viola- tions upon tours of inspection, issu- ing warnings, serving notices by pub- lication and letter, and personal in- vestigations. The general conditions of all the weighing and measuring devices, used commercially, comply with the state specifications, as far as inspected, which not over 25 per cent, has been inspected once, nor one-hnlf of one that 1, . of weights should be the minimum (a full ton would be better) to make the proper test of a wagon scale to protect this loss. A part of the work mapped out for the coming year will \mean a great saving of losses to the dairymen, par- ticularly those who depend upon tbe cheese factories for their returns. This work has been started this year bat not completed, also the testing of apothecaries and troy scales and weights, the office being equipped for such testing. With the rising cost of all forms of transportation it has been found that the present expense allowance has proven inadequate to accomplish the inspections and make the tests that should be made in justice to the con- sumers and scale owners, who are ab- solutely entitled to such inspections and tests under the present laws. The foregoing are briefs of the tli tailed report on file with tbe clerk of your honorable body. AB of which is respectfully srtnn- Frank H. French, mitted. Oswego County Sealer Weights and Measures. BAPTIST CHURCH. The \Church of the Cordial Wel- come\^ invites your attention to the following announcements: The annual corporate meeting of the First Baptist society iriH be held, on Friday evening in connection with the prayer service in the chapel at 7:30 for the election of trustees whose term of office has expired and for the transaction of such other bus- ness as would properly come before the meeting. Meeting's are held every night this week in the chapel in observance of the week of prayer, except Saturday, \tSy&x^K jBWWnencing at 7:30; ail are-» cited. One of the largest classes in years received the hand of fellowship on Sunday morning last; all but two of them coming by baptism. The Ladies' Aid society is meeting this (Wednesday) afternoon in the church parlors. On Sunday morning next the pas- tor will continue the series of ser- mons on tbe second coming of Ctirist special subject, \The Judgments.** The services for next Sunday are as follows: Morning prayer, 10 a.m_ Preaching service, 10:30; sermon Judgments,\ Bible Christian Endeavor, theme, \The school, 12 na 6 p. m. Evening- worship, 7 o'clock! This will be an evangelistic service with an after meeting. The pastor life . . _ . .9 !proai required, nnd many farm scales hnve i losing and finding- his way never beorf~mspected, althoug-h there iHpain.\ is more/demand for such,' which as The Barsca class invites men not taxpayers they are justly entitled. j connected with any other class to . ittnolff dealers of coal and hay a j came and enjoy the session at 12 m. peneratldtsp-osit.ion to comply with the i o n Sunday Fawn, with few exceptions. u >' ou have ng*hurch home you Alom? educational lines to ^ers tf\ ^ *2& c ™ ^ £ ^ warnings on sealers\ certificates, cir- cular letters, law extracts, pamphlets, communications and conversations, advices to hardware dealers to pur- chase only such wciffhta, scales find measures as com ply with spec i fi ca- tions. Attention has bcttn (riven to weigh- ing 1 commodities bought and sold by the county, also the apparatus, which same do not comply with speevfica- tions and should he Riven attention. There has hepn LSTKCB up the prop- osition of certain commodities, to de- termine the corrot-T answer to the fol- Itwinc questions: \What he noli; do wo £-et from '.he office of senior of m \v<.nj;li{.s :inii niensures\ \ \Where I acquaint? WILLIAM BROWH IS PROPHET. Utota tribe of Red Men held its tinnujU meeting livst wtwk and clotted the following officers: Prophet. Willia.ni Brown; senior Stvg-ajnore, Joseph Dingle; junior sag- amore. Fred Muspravn>; chief of rec- ords. Fred BattJes; keeper of wam- pam, Andrew Dwy er ; collect or of wampum. Jeremiah Sullivan: trustee, Henry Spsnjj. ft oka Tribe is in a tUuiri&hinf con- dition. bi'Th as To membership sr.ii AHYKUTIKK IX THK PATRIOT. k E- A • •']> Y\ It wui then jwss merchants and DOLLAR V L (luou^h UK iRcn. HO Mi; m.iny ha Ka.se home VT; DDL! THE itis, help many v prosperity. WELL SPENT IS Naval Orders by Bell Wireless Just how it to posslble-to taIk\oreF wireless telephone and have the other h$if of the conversation reach yonr ear over the regular long distance tele- phone* wire, may have been like a Chi- nese puzzle to a rast percentage of the public who read of the accomplishment of such a seeming feat, recently, in connection with the testing of the Bell Wireless telephone. A diagram pub- ilstied In The Telephone Reylew, the organ of the New York Telephone Company, makes clear Just bow, and by what arrangement of telephone wires and wireless apparatus. Jt was possible for Secretary of the Navy Dap^ iels to talk to Rear Admiral Usher of the New York Navy Yard, over the wireless, and hear over the wire, on the memorable occasion when the first naval orders were given over the wire- less telephone. According to present indications this Incident will be bat tbe first act in a long and abundant history of the trans- mission of naval orders by wireless, since one of the greatest values of the new invention is the possibility it af- fords of conversing with ships at sea. The ability to reach Instantly any ship at any point on the high seas, a fact which the invention of the long dis- tance wireless telephone has brought Into the very near future, win be of in OUR UNCROWNED KING. L ITTLE George Wasitincton lived long ago. And hta heart %-&s a s pur© ^ as tbe wtnd driven snow. Ho blushed at «. lie, spurned that which la base. And with shoulders erect looked the world la the face- No meanness is told of hta life aa a boy. For truth WRS his watchword and honor his joy. At play or at work, with hatchet and pen. Ho carved tor himself a place am onf tT| &n_ LJtUo George Washington grew to a m&n r The honor and pride of his kindred and clan, No prejudice, malloe. deception or Was mixed with the- pure alloy of his life. Brave, loyaJ and true to country and creed. lie came to tiie front tn our nation's great need — Sing fortJi ye hia pratoe and n.iita.1 bella rlne. To honor the narno <rf our un- crowned king! — Marth* J . Opie. FOR THE CUISINE. How to Serve Ousi e Daintily *nd With Satisfaction. The housekeeper of eoarwmieal mind «iaould not fail to ma We a thorough study of cheeses. They go fi r toward nest to n QIea] aod *re rea 11 j They i-antaln tikru^vnous murtw and an> therefore a nmscle or cissoe imikUriK food, i'heeoe is a. ocu- centrated food, however, aod should be eatra tn *niali yuantUlca a s & relUb rather than fis the funds uieiitai ele menc of a meal. The oomn*.Hi Amerk-rm cbe^se 1B ? ii e na 11 T BTI ppustnl t o t»e t h e tuiMit di gostitle of its ftimilv. in reality U Is t »o dully dtjciesttxi «LS I.ho:9.e which are known RS rtjit' or otd ohe«s.es.. eui-ti as CamemtrtTt. Roquefort and Ilrte The house wife of systt-rn-itl.- ha tilts will stLVk tip h.T psutry with JitTtTt'Lii c ti oo*.fs for J iff fren I 11 un MS.«-*.. K O r EK v nrtn s. uuikirif rsn>biis acij for. Calculable importance to the navy. The firwt use.of this invention by theide- partment for wbom it Is destined!|o mean so much, is described in The TgJ- ephone Review, from Which we quote: At three o'clock on Friday afternoon, November 5, Secretary Daniels. Bitting at hfs dealt in the Navy^Department building in Washington, read the fol- lowing order to Rear Admiral^athan- lei E. Dsber, Commandant of tHe New York Navy Yard, Bitting in bis office in Brooklyn: \Report as soon aa practicable after h the arrlTal of the York bow soon the repairs recommended on her can be completed/' The Commandant verbally acknowl- edged receipt of the order, and then tbe Secretary asked: \How Ions before we can California off the ways?\ \\We hope tn ;ret her off In about thir- teen or fourteeo mouths.\ \Well you will want another ship in a year, wont you?\ \Yes we will be plad to have one in about a year; we would like one earlier, as we could prepare ahead,\ \I will try to do that\ The voice of the Secretary of the Nary traveled from bis office by wire to the Navy wireless tower at Arling- ton, ft distance of six and a half miles, then by Bell wireless telephone to the wireless toVer of the Western Elective Company on Its building in New York, an airline distance of 225*niles, thence by wire again to the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, a distance of foor miles, where it was beard and recognized by Rear Admiral Usher. Rear Admiral Usher spoke over the long distance telephone line to Secre- tary Dantela, a distance of approxi- mately 2'2o miles. The Secretary was enthusiastic over the demonstration, and said: \This is a miracle. We were wont to think miracles ended 1.900 years ago. yet here to-day is this crowning mir- acle. Soon I shall be able to sit at my deafe and give orders direct to com- manders of ships apOD the ocean.\ Mrs. Daniels, wife of tbe Secretary, talked with Rear Admiral Usher, and, consequently, la the first woman ever to speak over the wireless telephone. She was followed by yonng Frank Dsrflela, aged fourteen, who la. there- fore, the first boy ever to speak over the new wireles-j telephcne- The wireless message\ was also heard by the wireless operator at the Navy Yard in Charleston. Sooth Carolina, who was listening in. by the operator at the Great La tea Naval Station at C'birago. and also at the Boston, Phila- delphia and Fire Island Navy Yard Stiit ions. THE MODERN MARKET. OFFICE IN WASHINGTON MABKE\ SHOWING MONITOR SWITCH- BO ARO CON NECTING ALL DEPARTMENTS^ LD town or Tillage or metropolis i Lhere ta no qurscJon nwre vital lb.aD I come : that of til* baud ling of tiie tui-d sup- ! tt# hi; ply. tad faence the queutiwo vS uiarltfLs i ° - tn±s and ottrJiet coadiiJuus is one of i ua- ! v- r ^*- iar staDt Ln.£eppst. whether of «MIC*2\D and '\'' t-e IQ or of pride. Warjiri hji.? tract ajf its owe is.s ac La-siJlution ut **[ ;y;:*?. w. uti ihv ueweat tdea M liiie-\i'-\r jiiid sjiaitatlorj- It 1 to u^-vi the bljcger demaods ubilf. whi' h it IB fuljj exjx The deaia, or -hould we say [te ] CC^ST. ao milt o wh«:« ih« ,B tltwu-d. qu«D, of mart* t> In till p*rt of I bo \ can ****> lh * twaefiLi of tiw < modem world Ls tbe Wasblnjrtou Murte-t, lu i !iI11U: 7 «rrar.^t£i:ei;'j; fur i<he cap. New York CUr. Trher^ fur 1U3 jrain.. | r? ' E ' : t ta ^ c \ '- tf tf WuSinitoiy Wir sine* 1SV1. <.-t:ic.p&s of New York «&4 ; k« tctrvbAan in x fu r tavmntY by Its suburb*. i-sj.i.<K-Uily ihraushuia: j t*>7-\-\-'^*- Wb*;wi h.^r for*f*ibert Donhcro New Jers-ey, LJTJ doue [Heir I ™\?^ 1 '-^ S.M:«;J e-JM-i^:? to the Wi.«,b marketiDj. An artJcle appea l \IT In l&f.oz Markn a b^-ir,-d y«n a.?o. the history of thLs pa:riar\-h,a 1 rn.ii.-i.ei. % --f «-£.:•; >!£?. ti.s nu .•-..-r^ hv'a.s*«\Lfe o-ija bpads of famous >\?• w \ ,..rt far.:.:.-. '•\ -r *v» :: •\ ^ •\.•*•: \-'' L-'.'L^\ :I M-VI'! A £K>LLAR SPENT HERE j $•:% y £* K \ or tfK> in n ^nK't ovcu. ^L\ T »tuvBrc- d with (tip final dtiu'-rr ^uirw JUted Newark (N. J.) youth snea for- iner fiancee for engagement ring she refuses to retnni Arrest for intoxication was nothing new, to Middletown (N. Y.) man. He confessed that It waa the 121st time. Pup Trfth nursing bottle checked I17 glri In New Yorfjf theater, and coat boy lost 40 cents la tlp« looking after i t Pretty eighteen-year-old girl doctor on New York ambulance bus makes getting hurt not so unpleasant these days. Interned German liner In New Tort protected by special watchmen, fire- boats, trained crew #nd all sorts of automatic apparatus was Bet on Ore by a idgaretta New York man arrested in Stam- ford, Conn.; agreed toNralre extradi- tion If detectives would take him to y be bad engagement to attend, and he waa the gayest one of tbrf dancers. Her ten kittens drowned, TUlle, a New York police station cat, invaded cellars in the neighborhood until she- had stolen fifteen other kittens and taken them to station house to replace her lost family. Some Queer 500,000 NEW YORK WOMEN PLAN BIG ONE DAY STRIKE. Buffragiit* Hop« to Prov» Wom«n'* Plac« la Not Alone In th« Horn*. The great one day strike of New- York women planned to show the strength of women In the Industrial and business world, haa been decided npon at a conference of representatives of thirty women's suffrage and trade organizations. The strike will be arranged to la- dude 500,000 women workers In New- York city, btrt will extend to manj nearby commoniHes and probably mor» distant localities of Now York 8tat«. It will take place around the flrat of October and will be the forerunner of a nation wide, one day strike of wo- men that win bare the same, object- to answer th* often advanced argu- ment of the A n rt-m ffrngt\t n that \wo- man's place fa In the home.\ The conference considered the wel- fare of working girls with families de- pendent apon them who might lo«e their positions by Joining the strike. It waa afterward announced Unfit a fund w4ii be provided to take care ot them. The conference was called by Mrs~. Norman de R. Whltehoaae chairmac of the publicity committee o* the Em- pire State campaign committee < combined suffrage organizationA originator of the strike idea. 41 \There la a tremendooa dr-tall tn be arranged,\ said MTJL Wh.itehouse, '*to Insure thfl irocceiia of our plans, which will be more A <*'Sn-jt m \n a we-pk or BO. There waa no ques- tion at tbe conference today hurt that the strike 1B desirable In therf of the trade and political « repreaeateit\ GERMANS CHEER BRfTOMS. f Tr«wl*r Overjo^ W«r«hip L«t Thtm Go. cheers for mn?-n In tiae Brtl- h n.avy ta the unusuai wj n ileai nepartod from the North tiie captain and CTPW of tt» tra wier {Jtxlrtm, boJun gln.g tc hicJn arrived at Esi>K\f«. The rap.iaLD, relating tts exj« of Lh& tm wJor, tw.Ul tiJ t iba* was st£>pf«t?a in the Nc-frii s^- BriiiH.h KigaadTon. lit* pnjccpi;!;*- baou ready and d ievijj^ bLs ship la- try :/»0 Ufe Belts, e*rtaia to be When tbr- to taXe to tlio IjcaL 1 ! acai fcisJ*.* : h-%t at IL* »h'Wt *nj *\ V ••• 'j r-uii tafc« thu? hall r.-t h^njj yoa \ CROSS TO CANADIAN HERO. L r.'.cnr! F W. C .: - ; :.- ', .- Jen , H 9 j OJ:. C : - - a - •. • • , . '-•'.i.'-Uia •\•;'. • JtaE tnn.1 airtrn «|i!lt and milrf « PUBLIC TELEPHONE COIN-BOX BOOTHS IS WASHINGTON JMABK ET •\\.._,*'\
