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PAGi: SIX THE COLU^^IBIA REPUBLICAN. rU E S B ^ , MARCH 19J-I HALISELLSWORIH CASEWfONESDAY Defendant Acquitted Wken Chemist Was Unable to Tell Alcoholic Content of Bever age When it Was Seized. W h e n the chem ist called W e d n es day, a fternoon by the prosecution in .the case of The People vs H a rry Ellsw o rth, charged w ith violation of th e Volstead act, was unable to tes tify w h a t, if any. was the al30j;olic contents of alleged beer seized in the d e fendant’s place on the night of D e cem b er 23rd last, the case w a s dis m issed and the defendant discharged. The sudden clim ax cam e w ithout w a rning and the D istrict A ttorney w a s surprised by the testim o n y . The chem ist, L. I. Doghry, form e rly w ith the K n ickerbocker C em ent Co., of G reenport, w a s called afte r testi m o n y relative to th e visit of Public Safety Com m issioners and police offi cers to M r E llsw o rth’s Colum b ia street place had been given. Six w it nesses had previously been on the stand and The People w e re alm o st ready to rest. M r Doghry testified th a t he m ade his analysis on Jan u a r y 2.5, 1022, one m o n th and two days afte r it had been taken by tb e police Officers. On direct exam ination he told th a t a t th a t tim e the beverage contained 2.7 p e r cent alcohol by volum e. On th e cross-exam ination he was asked w h a t the alcoholic contents w e re on De cem b er 23rd, 1021, w h e n it w a s ta k en. H e said he did not know. H e was asked if he could testify w h e ther it contained any alcohol on Decem ber 23, 1921, by his analysis on J a n uary 25, 193-2. He testified t h a t from his experience h e w o u ld be unable to D a n iel V. M cName’e, attorney for the defendant, then moved for the dismissal. The court allowed D is trict A ttorney John C. T racy to fu r th e r question th e w itness and then p u t th e pointed question again to th e chem ist, to learn if he could or could not testify if th e beverage on th e night it was tak e n contained m o re than one-half of one per cent, could not. The prosecution had no fu r th e r witnesses along this line and the mo tion to dism iss was granted. The cise w e n t to trial W e d n esday m o rning .lefore County Judge Tsadore B o o k stein of Albany, who exchanged w ith Judge C randall because the fo r m e r was legally disqualified to sit in a case in A lbany county. Judge C randall therefore held court there. ■ T h e ju r y was secured Tuesday m o rning and a t the opening of the afternoon session D istrict A ttorney Tracy opened, stating t h a t they w o u ld show th a t -on th e evening of Decem ber 23, 1931, the pool-room of H a rry Ellsw o rth, th e defendant, located Colum b ia street, this city, was visited by two police offleens accom p anied two Public Safety■ Commissione th a t 16 bottles of w h a t they con tended w a s beer, a keg of cider and a bottle containing a red liquid, w e re taken. lie .said th a t the defend: returkjfhom N.Y. CONFERENCE Miss E d ith Ca.sey, of this city, rr tu rn e d Thursday from New York, w h e re .she attended the tw e lfth annual conference of th e county children’s a.gents of the i5tate C h o rities Aid As sociation on M o nday and Tuesday. iliss Casey is children’s agent for this county. Special interest is attach e d to this year’s conference since on Itfay 11 the association celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its founding. Homer Folks, secretary of the a.s- sociation, declared th a t of all th e achievem ents of the associatioi beeen m o re impi ity years, lortant th: .an th e estab- GOOD SEED iS IMPOR TANT CONSiDERATIQN Geneva, K. Y., M arch 22—-With approachpproach off thehe plantinjlanting the a o t p season, the backyard gardener..and the .farmer. alike are tu rn in g th e ir attention the 600 d catalogs, and the seed an a lyst at the New Yprk -Agricultural E x p e rim e n t Station here Is pro-mpted to rem ind them th a t, i n . the rush secure seed, im p o rtan t points in seed buying m a y be overlooked. Good seed, it is pointed out, m eans live seed th a t v.qll germ inate, reaiflily and seed t h a t is free from weed seeds. The announcem e n t is m ade \ th a t the Seed Testing L a b o ratory a t the S ta tion is prepared to aid purchasers of - seed by m a k ing purity and germ ina- hshm e n t of these county agencies f o r ; children These have m tcum iC .eam ter-jt t p A ,n .-nil p a r ts of th e State in th e ' needy children and have % y ke>g of cider and bottle containin red liquid. The characterizatic C ommissi Of w h a t g a red lit t h a t th e liad been charged by indictm e n t the grand ju ry of violation of th e prohibition law. J). V. jVb^Namee, who w ith Miss C a therine M u rphy, represented the defendant, announced they w o u ld not open at t h a t time. W illiam Petry, Com m issioner of Public Safety, testified as to th e visit to the E llsw o rth place with. Comm is sioner S. V. W h itbeck and Police Offi cers K e n n edy and K e n d all and the taking of th e 16 bottles. H e described the interior of the place and its fu r nishings. H e said th e IG bottles were found und e r th e bar, also found this as “w ine” w a s stricken out. H e testified the bottles were placed in a bag and taken to police h e a d quarters Where they were turned oxer to Thoma.s giater, then Ser- H e was subjected to a rigid cross- eyam ination as to police departm e n t instructions relative to the E lls w o rth place. Comm issioner P e tr y said th a t th e officers who visited the place were not sent there by him , but by th e Chief. Asked why he perm itted a police visit to the place an hour later th a t night, he testified he did not w a n t to interfere with the Chief. W h e n asked if he h a d tasted th e bev erage in one of -th e bottles he said “No,” and w h e n asked w h y said be cause he had never tasted any beer. Officer Uffiomas K e n n edy said he h a d been on the departm e n t close to 29 years and told of the visit and of Officer K e n d all first finding the 16 bottles under the \coolei'.” On cross- 4 >xamination he stated he had tasted- th e conterits of th e one open bottle and they took this w ith the other. bottles to headquarers. H e testified it was the only tim e th a t day he had searched the place and had been one of the police officers s tationed in front of the place various nights from 9 o'clock until closing lim e. H e said every officer had to do it. H e said th a t Dr W liitl)eck stood at one end of tbe b a r and took n o - p a r t in the raid. ' * Officer K e n d all testified th a t he ran his night-stick along u n d e r the b a r and cam e across the *16 bottles and he reached down and brought th e m out. H e testified it was the first tim e he h a d taken anything out of th e place. • Thom a s Slater, Police Sergeant at th a t tim e , testified as to receiving the bottles and tu rn in g them over to C h ief Cruise. Chief of Police John Cruise, Jr., testified he h a d been on th e force 34 years and was appointed Chief in 1917. H e testified as to receiving th e bottle.^ and of tu rn in g them over to th e D istrict A.ttorney. ttorney. On eross-ex- am ination he testified h a d t-een. stationed ir w e lfare laid the foundations of a sound pro gram of social service not only children b u t to, the sick and other public dependents. M r F o lks called attention to the ex trao r d in a ry num b e r of im p o rtan t bills pertaining to child w e lfare enacted a t the legislature ju s t closed, saying t h a t against such a background as county agents have produced, could such an advanced m e a sure have been passed. He referred p a r ticularly to the bill for county boards of child w e lfare, largely m o d eled a f ter the D u tchess county m e a sure p re pared by this association several years w h ich was in tu r n based upon experience and w o rk of a D u tch- county S. C. A. A. C h ildren’s! Even m o re im p o rtant, he thought, is th e bill establishing county juven ile courts which will assure the indi vidual care and understanding for the neglected and delinquent child, which th e county agents provide fo r th e de pendent child. chaseid w ith out reliable inforniation APPOINTED ON THE ‘^BLUE BOOK'^ SLOT ving is from “T.ho Blue Book,” pufbili'shed a t CMcJigo, M ardh 2, 1922. M r Vinson is ,thn huVband of M arie A. Coleman, di'augihtcr of Jam 'ss Coleman, of State street, this c’ty: • T h e Blue Book announces the addi tion to its iSta'fif of a v«-ry vr.lu-Jble asset in th e person of H a rry H . V in son, photographer. M r Vinson, who is poipularly know n as the “H o m e P o rtraits Pht-tog. able clientele since his arrira'l in A l bany P a r k a short tim e ago, has an enviable record. ■He' graduated from the U n iversity of C alifornia; seiwed a long- oppr.-n- ticeshiip w ith H a rtstoolf, San S'luncis- oo’s leading photographer, enli.-ftod in the arm y during th e WY-r-icI W a r, w h e re he became a 'Chief Instruotor in the signa}. coups school o ' photo graphy stationed a t Colum b ia Univvir. sity, N. Y., after his clisciJ>.rg-3 .•.rom the service in 1919, M r V li-to i Ibi- cam e associated Avith “W'li'it-3,” -lue big Nerw Y o rk theatrical p h o tograph er, an d later witili UndeiTwoo-d and Underwood: then for two years he as to its origin or age. “The corn field and the garden are pensive seed testers,” says th e seed lalyst, and asks, “W h y p lan t old seed which slow w e ak gro-w'th, or seed foul w ith weed seeds? It is m u ch easier to^Keep out noxious weeds th a n to eradicate them .” The Seed L a b o r a tor 5 r tests seeds for p lanting free of charge, while there is a sm all fee collected -When the seed is to be .sold. These tests show how m u ch of th e seed will, ger m inate, and also the am o u n t and kind of weed seeds and trash present in th e sam p le. T ruck croip seeds, especially corn an d cabbage, should toe carefully tested in th e opinion of the station seed analyst, because w ith these crops m u ch depends u.pon a quick, s trong grow th from th e start, and vigorous seed m a y m e a n the difference be tween success and failure. Lbider th e present seed law, field crop seeds m u s t be fully labelled be fore they are placed on sale. This label show s the germ ination and p u ri ty of the seed, and the Ifuyer is imged to exam ine th e label in order to toe sure th a t h e is purchasing high grade seed. V e g etable seeds are not label-, led in this m anner, so th e buyer m u st, depend on th e old i-eliable seedsm e n fo r good vegetable seeds w h ich will com e tru e to nam e and w h ich are adapted to each locality. “T h e re are no bargains in seeds,” says th e seed analysit. “Cheap see’ds are cheap because they are lo-w in quality. A low price is th e b a it on the hook fo r those who are deceived into -buyllng seed of unkown origin, low in viability, and foul w ith weed seeds. The highest grades of seeds are always t h e cheapest in th e end.” The experim e n t station has p r e p a r ed a brief sum m a ry of th e seed law, together w ith th e rules and reg u la tions governing seed testing, which m ay be had upon aplication to the seed analyst. FORMER HUDSON MRN KlUEDRYCRASH Gatskill, M arch 21— I'lie body of F ran k M. Thom as, 55, who was killed la.t.e .Sunday night when his autom o bile skidded and ovei'turned on the -o a d from K ingston w a s brougl-y; h e r e Monday. T'homa.s witfi iiif. son Fred, was on .his w a y to Cat.skill in hi.s Ei.gin Sir car and had negotiated the slippery roadw ay until he cam e to the Qiill south ■ of the Sc.hoentag hotel, albout ies. This is dently the car m ile south of Saugerties d a ngeroi g e r o u s spot. E v id n skidded, as it was found to ha^ swerved com p letely aro e n d and also to have overturned. Thom as was crushed under the car. His son, Fred, who was w ith him, was b u t slightly F ran k Thom as was well known personally and througih his business operations in this section. H e had been recently interested in a ooncern at R ed H o o k b u t came to Gatskill the p a s t w inter an d took up his resi dence on Spring street. H e is su r vived by his widow, I d a M ae Thom as, and two sons, F red and F ran k , Jr. His only know n business here was the malvfing of certain extracts which he sold to druggists. F r a n k M. Thom'as spent his hoy- hoo'd in Hudson, w h en his father was in the bottling 'business here and did an extensive business in soft drinks. He had m a n y friends here who will! *he b rick to m a rk e t be- wifVi 6 tllG pl'iCG UrGclI'CS. T llG r e IS a feeling in th e trad e th a t the days of '$ i 7 j P e r .^housand common 'brick are 'alnfo'st 'o-vier,'\ev6n w ith th e prospect of epforc.ed .sh u t down. Technical ■journals of'tih'e l6'uildln|g’ trades say it hricik of th e hes^ quality \ w i i r 'Again touch $f7 w h o le sale;;; b u Q D a iuing a p rotracted strike soft ^pialj mines, the next few weeks will protoahly m a rk the peak of common b rick prices for this p a r t of a t least. lICK MARKET AT ITS HIGHEST Now $16 Per Tkousand New York Because Few Barges Can Cut Thru Ice— $ 17 Market is Unlikely. W ith Hudson river brick selling at $16 .a thousand, th e re Is a rush am o n g brickma-kers of th e lower Hudson river to g e t .t h e i r supply to th e New York m a rket wdiich is practicalily ex haust eid. Six (barge loads of brick from Hav- -prst-raw -nTECnaged to get through the ice of th e lower H u d son several diay.s aig'o w ith a total cargo of 1,800,000 ■brick. The-r-.$ix barges arrived at the Wesit Forty-second eti'ee't w iholesale docks before th e b rick m a rket opened a t 9 and a t 10 o’clock th e m a rket ■' entirely 'sold out. Ihven'ty-eigM bares were brought Hiryersitfaw- from Netv Y o rk and th e path they cut througih the lower H u d son ice flows enaibled the six loaded barges to get to New Y o rk to pret^ent ah actual brick fam ine. Since Fridhy ■■the H a v e rstraw m a n u factu r ers' ha^vfe -used every availalble lalborer ■to load \ the new ly arrived barges in DEAGDEFAliERS''*^ FARE BEHER Utica, March : —AniioiincGment is i.nade by the Dairymen.^ Leagaie Co- Operative Association in their regular mon.thiy statement and letter wOiich learn w ith sorrow of his tragic death,. He Avas a chioken fancier and s.everal years ago w h en th e poultry shows, w e re held h e r e he renewed old ac quaintances while m aking exhibits and carrying off imany prizes. WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEVELOPING RAPIDLY county along industrial and agricul- ! duringurinj th e next tw e n ty tu r a l lines d The developm e n t of W e s tchester years will have to be based on an in- .. . . „ , , crease in populatic visited conventions of plhotographcrsI resent figure, to one or two m illion throuig'hoiut th e counti-y, d e m o n s trat-| .jpeoivlinn to Tbov ihg artificial li.ghting. H e is a iiiemlber of the Pho-tograph- ers’ Association oif A m erica. WILL PRESENT A PLAY. Elizaville, M arch 21— The Ladies Aid Society Aviil hold an all day m eeting in the hall Thursday M arch 23rd. ’The Glee Club will give a dram a “W oding U n d e r D ifficnhy,” followed iiy a m instrel show, Fv'iiday evening jM'anc'h 24tli. Everybody is invited to attend. held' in M rs Eugene Sm ith h a s retu er home, having spent a W( All d a N iver in iiurton Pa'alm h e r sistei dang' iek w'i'th Hudso: a tier and .o'k, spent Sun- Wrlg^iht and fa- icur'tis H a m has sold his farm to V. S h a rp of Red Hook. Air and Mrs Ja.m Avill move to Cohoes the first of 'Miss Susan Leavey is in po< and is confined' to h e r bed. .Mr and iYlrs H e n ry Seism will move ; p a r t of t'he house tvith M*rs E d n a spent i\Trs P( Olaience B a therick and daugh- the w e e k -end w ith h e r sis te r i\Trs P e ter Plass in R ed Hook. Isaac Boyd has purchased a F o rd road-ster. Miss M innie P e e r oif Copake spent th e w e ek-end w ith h e r parnits. Air and M rs John Peer. Miss Hild'a Popp of N e w 'Y o rk . is a guest of h e r parents, M r and Airs Fred' Popp. M rs R o s a Leacli h a d the m isfor tune to lose h e r horse last week. PI. Sharp rem a ins about t h e Same. S. B. Shook and H e n ry Seism are confined to their hom es With the grip. HUDSON MAN HAS A BIG CONTRACT Sm ith P a tterson Son, local con tractors, hav'e closed a con tract -\vith the A tlantic Alills, Inc., of Stottville, excavate nearly two tliousand yards of earth for a new W eave Shop. 'Phis will em p loy a num b e r of m en and team s, and tb e w o rk will be started as soon as the w e a ther per- Ellsw o rth place by him because of com p laints received. D r Sherwood V. \Whitbeck Com- mwfiioner of Public Safety, told of the v isit'an d the seizure; said he had conversation w ith' th e defendant over th e cash register w h ich would not open. “You ddi not take any heavy p a r t in the ra id ? ” Air AIcNa- xsked. “No, I did not m ean to.” said the witness. w a s th e n th e Chem ist 'was called and th e case ended, by tbe court or- th a t an officer (lei’ing tlie jury to acquit the defend- front of tb e ant. planning expert, speaking a t a forum luncheon given in the Hotel Commodore, New York, crease in popula tio n from 344,000, the ------ p r e s e n t figure , to one o r tw o m illio n .e m o n s trat- j a c c o rdin g to Th o m a s A d a m s .English ■and C anadian town-] making a t a foru m by th e W e s tchester C o unty C h am b er of Commerce. Air A d a m s said: “W e s tchester county can show th e w o rld th a t tow n and country are one in the ideal governm e n t of any com m u n ity. There m u s t be some relation betw e en industrial and agricultural progress; otlierwise W e s tchester will m e rely rem a in a dorm intory for New York city. Pleretofore j’ou have a l lowed town and country to becom e discoved. A cour ty planning com m is sion ought to supervise th e purchase of ti’acts fo r park s and study th e in dustries Avh'ich really form the root of W e s tchester’s prosperity.” A resolution intre way Commission, was adopted urging G o v e rnor Alillor to sign four bills reg ulating the system of pax'ks in West chester county. The P e e k s k ill-B e a r M o u n tain bi'idge bill would authorize th e erection of a bridge across th e H u d son river at Peekskill. The Mo- hansic P a r k bill would perm it W e s t chester county at a cost of $ l . t o buy for p a r k developm e n t a 1,000-acre trac t a t Yorktow n , acquired by th e .State for industrial ; condem n ed. 1 p u rposes but later FREE HOSPITAL BEING . PLANNED BY MASONS The G rand M aster of Alasons in the State of Neav York. R o b e rt H. R o b in son, announces to 270,000 m em b ers of the croift in -the E m p ire State th a t on M ay Sth, th e re wl'll open in Alaidi- son Square G a rden New Y o rk city, an'd continue through th e Aveek a n ex- iposition to raise funds for th e m a in tenance of th e U tica H o s p ital an d toe know n as 'the Alason'ic floor. G rand S e c retary Judson K e n w o rthy says the th e Sailors’ and Soldiers’ H o s p ital in. Ti'tica Avill be able to care for its OAvn e.x'penses in a fcAY y ears, thus relieving- the order of all financial reaponsibni- ty. 'niG estaJbliahiment of the Alaso- nic floor in the New York city hfs- P’itaiil is b u t th e initial step in the erection of a buiding to be knoAvn as th e Alasonic F ree H o spital; Avhere the poor and needy m ay receive th e best care fo r a floor in the new B road .street hospital in N cav York city to p r o fession a l treatim e n t free of charge. Union ,St. Pi'opoi'ty Sold. 'Tile residential propeaty a t 540 Union street a couple of doors beloAV the Macy luimiber yard, hihs been pur- ch'ased by Airs Bessie LayATnsky, of No. 3 South F r o n t street, w h o has m ade th e purchase ■ fo r invesibment WILL DODDLE THE OOUNTY GOMMITP At a m e e ting of the County Com m ittee of the Am erican Legion held Tuesday noon, th e resolution calling; for the doulbling of flie representation* in the comlm^'ttee w a s ratified. By this arrangem e n t. Hudson posit will have 6 committee^men and th e other posts 2 each. The invitation of \Valatie P o s t to hold the 1922 coun-.y convention in. th a t village was accepted. The Chatham ' Posit extended an in vitation to the comimittee to be t h e ir guests Avihen a dinner will be gliven in honor of State C o m m ander W illiam ' Deeg’an a t Ohatihaim. The Coluimibia' County Legion will suibscri/be ?260 and grre a \lean-to” for the Legion m o u n tain cam p in the Aldirondaoks fo r sick and disabled A’^e'terans. ‘ ADJOURNS TERM OF lUNINn COURT As there \Was no fu r th e r business toeflore th e County Court Wednesday m o rning. Judge Bookstein adjouvn' ed the. term to chai'n'bers and dis- chai’ged 'the jurors. Judge Bookstein, Avho exchanged With Judge Craiidell, Avas apointed to fill the unexpired tenm of Judge Addington of Albany county. H e is a law partner Daniel Dugan, of Albany. Judge B'oc/kistein pro.sided very ably over the one case th a t was tried toefore him , h e r e and m ade a m o st favoraible im pression. R|ST UNDER E’S'INCOME LAW ■ ’S.'-he f lS f-g T r lli iif the history of the State'-JJiiTdbme'te fkw for filing allag- '-Was m ade on Tues- dayf^-'-1totyordiri^^%'6 announcem ent by thA- S W TaSy--Commission. HymaTr .FeldrfranV-^SloHifnig' m a n u facturer Af Roch'eSteff'*-^ai^’''aT’restea charged in tAVO'dnd[lctffientS^*v^rth filing false and fraudulent State incom e tax returns fo r 1^^9--''an'd-'^F^^'fi; (He wa.s released in ?l,01DP’‘-” Kdrh 'The Indictm ent of Feld'nMnr ’i't’^fs m a rks the begin ning;' oF-a^^dglermined. eCfort on the p a r t of the’^Tax^-eomlmisslon to de- ■monstrate th a t there are teeth in the State\ in'c'djhe\'tax 'law. “R ecords is r.oAv being m ailed to the dairym en that the pooled price fo r F e b r u a r y m ilk Avill be ?1.37. This is the pooled ■price alloAved to the farm e r for 3 per cent m ilk in th e 201-210 m ile zone afte expenses for adm inretration and advertising 'have been deducted. This is 29 cents p e r hundred pounds m o re than th e aA-erage price received by the farm e rs in sixteen other organiz ed ni'ilk associations. Of course even w ith this the prices to dairym e n are still under the cost of production, for dairym e n in com m o n w ith other fa r mers, have suffered th e ir share of the dififioult economic times, b u t the fa r m ers who have pooled their m ilk throATgh the League are in b e tter shape th a n dairy farm e r s are else- whei-e OA-en Avhere chose other fa r m ers are organized. On th e pooled m ilk alone dairym e n of this section -=ave because of the pooling plan $5'50,67S.81 for the m o n th of F e b ruary over other organized dairy fa r m ers. General M anager W. W. Hovey’s report shows th a t the total oiniint of pooled m ilk handled th rough the 850 plant's operated by dealers and th e SI plants operated ’toy the Asso ciation dur'inig F e b ru a ry was 189,- 889,245 pounds. Of th is am o u n t 44 per cent Avas sold as fluid m ilk, 22 p e r cents as cream, ice-cream ami so-ft cheese, 15 p e r cent as evaporated and condensed m ilk an d 5 per cent as b u tter and A m erican cheese. 29,- 2(5!5.,282 poulnds of this m ilk was handled through the League’s own plant's. Total sales for Jan u a r y m ilk am o u n ted to $5,526,726.91 of Avhich $4,884,721.02 was received for fluid m ilk sold to dealers. The total sales o!f m ilk and m ilk products through th e plants operated by the League during Jan u a ry Avas $641,992.88. A striking increase over DeeemJber is Shown in the sales of the League’s evaporated m ilk. The dom estic sales for Jan u a ry to'tal $64,358.29 as against $37,145.14 Tor Decemtoer. Foreiig'n sales of Lealgue evaporated m ilk for Jan u a ry am o u n ted to $71,- 215.65 as against $3,217.42 fo r Dec- em/ber. m m m w j MPLEIED F0^■ STEELjUNIHERE Magazine Tells of Hudson City Steel Co.’s Plans— ^Would Erect 6 Buildings Here at a Cost of $900,000. A b o u t two .months ago represen- xatives of “The Hudson City Steel Co.” w e re in H u d son and conferred with. Secretary D a u g h e rty about securin.g a site along the river front. A t th a t tim e it w a s understood th e com p any w a s undecided w h e ther to locate in H u d s o n or Beacon. The site here could not be purchased, it is und e r stood, and no furtlher negotiations were carried on w ith th e Chamiber of 'Com.mercer'\'^”' The announcem ent as m a d e by the anagazine, Avhicih is considered an au- -thority in th e iron and steel industry, was read AVith surprise W ednesday, an d no one could be found who knew of th e contem p lated location of the p lan t in Hudson. Tihe Chem ical & Afetallurgical E n gineering, th e nationally know n trade m a g a z ine given to th e iron, steel and Other metal industry of th e a i Avorld, in its issue of ATardh 22, 1923, says: — “The Hudson^.City S teel’ Co. Broadw ay, New .Yprk city, has plans nearing co m p letion fo r th e erection of its proposed,new p lan t a t Hudson, to coimprise. six 1-story buildings, equipped fo r .g e n e r a l steel products m a n u facture, estim a ted ’ to cost close to $900„00'0, Avith m achinery. TJie w o rk will be com m enced a t an earfp date. Dwilgilit P. Robinson A Co., 125 E a s t 46th S,t., New Y o rk, 'a r e en g in e e r s .” U n d e r th e h e a d of “C o n structive News” th e EHe'ctri'cal 'World says: H u d son, N Y .—^The H u d s o n City Steel conporation, 233 B roadw a y /N e w York, w ill build a pow e r house in- connection w ith its proposed - steel w o rks a t H u d son, com p rising six one- sto r y buildings, to cost $1,000,000. D w ight P. Robenson & C o m p a n y ,’ 125 E a s t Fonty-sixth street. New York, are engineers. GOTHAM TO CONTINUE SAVING OF DAYUGHT New Y o rk city AVill haA’^e d a y ligh t , . - _____ _______ _ saving again this sum m e r, except in j S p rings hias given assurance t h a t day- Sai'atoga To Renew D a y llgm Saving The City Council of Saratoga th e unlikely event of th e B o a rd of [ light saving wil 'be observed- there A lderm e n repealing th e ordinance i t ; a g a in this su'mimer. A lthough th e pre- ----------- passed unanim o u sly last spring. The s e n t ordinance establishes a tim e the -peM b n M J h ^^ ta x bureau show daylight saving period will begin a t 2 change for eadh year, m a k ing a vote th a t 9(F p e r - c ® t'-p f trie taxpayers un- a. m. on the last Suiiday in A p ril a n d j unnecessary, th e Council by a u n a n i- and frank,” I will continue until the last Sunday in -m'ous vote passed, a resoi ‘ a'nfi'cmniceihT<Si?t 'a d d ed. d . iSeptember, fl HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY ELECTS A t the annual m e e ting of th e W o m a n ’s H o m e M issionary Society of the Presbyterian church, held a t the hom e of Miss Madeline Folger^ the follOAVing- officers Avore elected fo r the coming- y e a r:— President—-Miss Louise Power. Vice Pi-esident— ^Miss Ju lia D. Sey- Secretary—'Mrs Willia-m B. Wood. qh-easurei-— Mi-s A, M. T ra’cy, The reports of the J''ear’s Avork Avere m o st encouraging and the offerings of the society th e largest in m any years. MAKING TENS OUT OF DOLLAR BILLS W a tch your ten d o llar bills; th e y m a y b e ones. A lso yo-m- tAventies; they m a y be AV.tos. Atoout a year ago a one d o llar bil raised to a ten Avas fou n d in one of th e b a n k s of th e city a t the end o f tb e day’s Avoi-k. The bill Avas raised by pasting' th e figure.s “10”' in th e corner o f the one, th e .figure 1 being cut from th e sm a ller ■bill. Several 'bills sim ila r ly raised h a v e appeared in th e city du r in g th e p a s t Aveelc or ten days and am o n g th o s e Avho hiaA-e accep ted them at th e ir fa c e A'alue h a v e been business men of some repute for kno-AViiig mo n e y A v h e n th e y se e it. NIGHT LINE STEAMERS TO START ON MARCH 31 A n n o u n c em ent is. m ade by C. W. Fischer, general agent of th e H u d son ■\on Company, th a t th e night fleet will re.sume operations M arch 31. It is expected th e river Avill b e en tirely clear of ice by th a t time. The passenger and freight rates w ill be substantially lowered thig season, On New Time Table. The B h inebeck F e rr y Avill run on Spring tim e taJble camimencing Avith Sunday next, M arch 26th, as is shown in an o th e r colum n of this paper. The first trip Avill leave a t 6:20 a. m. from purposes. T h e p roperty belonged to j K ingston and 6:40 a. m. from R'hine- David Berstein, ’who has a ta ilo r in g ‘ cliff. The last trip Aviii leave icing- sbo.p a t 20 5 W a rren street, and isstoii 7:00 p, 111., find UliinGolifif at planning on giving xvp his business 7:30 p. m. The intervening tri'PS ll’ni 'llOl’fi a n d I’oinovihg to Chicago. .be run at fo r ty m inute intervals. the^ a'nfi'^niceiiS'(Si?t 'a d d e iSeptem b er, five m o n th s in all. tinue the or dim isolution to co n - m R M E R S AUCTION AND\ GOLDEN SALES RULE DAY MONDAY APRILS 1922 AUCTION BEGINS AT 11 A. M. Place—PLASS LIVERY STABLE, Sixth St. and Cherry Alley Hudson Merchants have taken up the Neoslia Plan of Coop erative Monthly Trading Days, a plan endorsed by the Columhia County Farm Bureau and State AgTiciiltural College. ■ One of the features is the Farmers’ Auction. Farmers are requested and urged to bring articles which they wish to sell to Hudson on that day. Bring .surplus farming implements, buggies, wagons, harness, furniture and live stock. There will be no .expeifse to you for the first sale. THIS WILL BE A BIG DAY IN HUDSON COME AND BRING YOUR SURPLUS ARTICLES FOR SALE To secure proper advertisement you should list your offer ings at once. Fill in the attached blank and send to the Hudson Chamber of Commerce, 540 Warren Street, AT ONCE. fa r m e r s ’ Auction Committee; I will list the following articles for sale at the Farmt-j-’o’ x\iic- tion on April 3rd, 1922; Sign here.
