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K T\ 'l '(fi Sons L^wirilSe, N. Y./jSfelnrd4 January 11,10* »~ #^ ?v^V-::-^.vr^: ; ; i^^ £& TH^S l^ffePAHTUS£ GREATER SU C C*»ft $*MAN ANTICIPATED, Ho* £h« js|l,fe System Works Gut f-ejjj. iJfS&filie—As the People Be- come fcyiWlifer With the Law Its , JiJse WHl^^** fa i-pi*?^ tiie Pai wuica „•© , al\ punted 1 been an ini ssibln defeats lit the olrM- of $6 the exclusion of ife the scheme has\ taneouft success.. 1. *, F/or the convenience pf thofg who J sa t y havb occasion to send jj^gpkagps f by parcel poet the following' deScr-lp- tioa of the various zones*i,s|artin*g from, jjpttvillti as the cei^fo, has 4 fee<-!i pruned Vr ...,^. The fljst\zo7ie*v}?^cludes a&\jpoiji# Whin 50 miles bu,£ the 60 miles |gij Eludes Utica Js well as Wateftojya'' ^«n,d <?i course Carthage ^ ' .<* ' The second «one extakjG^..^'\^!^'! miles and includes Alfes&?|(^*.SyiS acuse Rochester OgdaB^JbfllSpsw*©' W)M Western Stunts of Lpwvifle Boys V^Ho; Had Gamp In the yt/oods and \\ Slept, in a Dry /flln. The ho^-.f^ieh wad stolen from the Q^fak^^p .stabjes last Tues- >au,y h m§\'$$$0^*%$% llaced to New Brsji^/^ils «o)fl§pf-.-Tiursda} mom- lng^M}M^,Wifii-m the Andrews •ft J&i»8iife#iQe/the worse for ANNUAL WORK $>F THE BOARD LENGTli R&R FIRST TIME l! ^mei^s^a'^'' They had-,J^i?a>i *%Jt ; ''lij«i^- '#008. anfcsay^t&e^ '^t'^m&r after.&eg*#p^f; *es , J r gd a»d most ot the s^ate'l#.$feb ! CSlWreh'fM American tfeyj^tiaf-•<«£ 1 J «. i i.he thl„d zo'ae attends \VlK 1 - o ^niles; froih Lo^il{,^ a<n,d*Ji •VLosgs&Zg Now York, aH t^§agg^Ei^outI''^'est corner* S^^igh; 1%$^fjj&> iCf situated and a small yjjj$p \o\g^|u^*ndyfc5'eifl border which, i|||n * v ^&b t ^imi Mix'* alJLpf New Ehgl&hdV / * ex$$S *Sje eastern halfWl the: fyest- ' M^'*^** ° £ \y\f im ^f aU o£ New Jer- * «Pf^ ce P^ *^ s faouthern' f 'tip and To- mtom ,^ ;i _ >;. ,-.. _,\•\, J-he* fourthj, pone extends 600 miles, * l and ^ncluaaa JSelaware 'vrirginia, ^ ' ^ West ^Virgini^- the south-western cor- i ^ 4 jJer ij* Pemft Ohio Michigan, •th^. Jate'-lM^st corner ft\ Indiana, north* easteya' Kentucky and the ncjfcth halft (V'-Of^Nocth Carolina fyj- JTixe Fi&l iiicitf( -i wea|fJ.\\;^:'.:Ji;:i;? , lAst f#es||f ..sfieriian Briggs, age 14 yeilsiifiina Baipi- Andorf, 18 years old, ve(^e'^jSjp^{g!*Harged wif.h -steal' ing.the faprse aad owWednesd&y \?ere arraigned^ before juBtice of the Pe'acJ;; W. .JL Hgfeto^ Briggs will bd se|i,| tolhe Jndugtriai, School at ftyjulfrg; and, Orndor^illvll^.ve a furth^JJv?^ ;ing before JM&fcicj?, 'BgietjO^to.day. %ie, ; H BES RVIISPRS REfeWED AT ILLE PAP1 WKe»e tho County Money Comes From, What It !s. Spent For, an*hat the Peuple Get for It—Total Aaa^ssaJ Valuation Tiv«lvo iyiillion^ Dollars—Not Debt AggrBgates.Only Twolvo Thousand ' —Ah Efficient and Economical ManasaanafiS: jbws horm« £e horsfe,|> ; WHW&fo s^u^^ dollare' worth of 4A*sto&.ltor. They had ;J ^SW^M-^g^--^rj^^ ^ Yery taxpayer |jutf , ^i^^feiiv f -wb'|ian and child ia m Jaiit of the fifth zone is l.QOCt jhich scarries\ it to norther^. ;centr8t»A]albiaiii*ai)d the zonf ujjgiouthBitipt I«fissourii three- 1 T^psl?;ta.#onf|^adSs;l,4du miles anl^iciudes H^stfwNorth and South. Bafc^S Neb,V K^Sfc, Ark.; eastern TesJ§PffiUs3.,. jSa!.', 'TOfetfi'ern \Ala. and morig •^•••*.^' ' . •': Ti|Bfevei|t|' or 1,800 mile Sone to- clu^sf ii^i.', .#y'o.; Tex.'J and about ha1|:^^w..-Afexic6;.' s ^ Tli.e?«i'ihth zone/jiiciudes th.e Rocky Mpu^tato atid coagigtateft Sh^-^is -da|a-. itjb.epomes. : ,^ossi-jto be held inJ nent|! ''' •fcoigiiifetP Elected.~N'ew ,,:„^i#ljers Ad.Wi(tbd. : -'». ;Jofty ^»hers ; of ' t^^riw-Vitte : Sh'apter % iA. K. fati gues^iSPere eii- terta'iii9d' ! at the home qi' th'e Regent, Mrs. Harvey T. Farrington,. pn Wed.- nesday afternoon. Mrs. Amy Ree.d assist^ij|rs, Farringtqjj-.in .enjertaih^ ingi ^^ar'Arthur ( 3ahmpk-Hm,.MTB. E^e'aie^.'H'ehles were eie:^d'>niem- h^S^lhS^Jiapter, making a present aiejifeltship of 84. !i^.;^he «tiipri of the board SB*manage- ! ^4&'te fegard to the organization of a,IjieietFof Children of the American Reyblutipn.' and the appointment of Sfap. 28th\aiid 29th as the days on j|hich to hold tlife annual military euchre parties was approved by the .ci^jtete \ A«rislhgf Vote of thanks was given to Mr. C. Fred/Boshart who recently presented the chapter with six vol- umes entitled \New York in the War of the Rebellion.\ • '\\' Mrs. William Ajigsbury, the regent of New York sta<Je, was present and gave a most interesting talk in re- gard to D. A. R. matters in general and spoke in particular of the work of the C. A. R. p, r The election oC-idelegates aftd al- ternates to the^B^tinental Oo:igress C in • During the past yeaR<4he Board of Siiperviaors of the Goi^ty of Lewis ilr&iol their regular annus;! Session and |%p special sessjonet tt^sacting the Btisin^SB of -.the cpUftt^^ .acting as di- ;r4ci6djf8 or ]|< - Corporation with over; 4 %«i§d||^^Kffet!te,d by the action of ' j| ;! '|u|©p^ars, it seems that a re-. 5 >^|? : ;^ifeome ot the more impprtffij|fc ntatte.i's'ifiiitia upon may be,,.of i^fete-- ,68fc. •'*'^f•'•'\'''•'' •??•*.'.•!'}''&$£ \;:'''^.Mst ...SReclai Ses?|%jp : '\...'\ ; r The fir.fi ; Sge:e|fti session ofpf^.fepai'd; was held o^ii^'^th of : MaK^Sgiand- at this sessibii^the boafk 9*jtrQved i' liquor <&&.'^pt^flcaf'S #im of $13,^7;!i§^!,yi/h the maps, plansi- speciSc4JUjhs and- es- timate G£ cost Of the H^risbur^, por- tion of th'e'li'owville-Copenhagen} a^||| way and made the share of the jnoiiey lb be paid by the county asajjlajjle, The total\ estimated co^p'of the road was $55,300^ of which the state's share Was 78 per cent and the town of Harrisburg 6 per cent. The board authorized a bond is-.ue of $12,361.60 to cover the Sharj of the cost to be paid by the county and town, acting under a special law which permits Lewis county to issue bonds for the towns which may run not to exceed thirty years. The is- sue authorized runs for twenty years. In other counties such bonds, issued by a county for the beneflt of a town may not run. longer than five years. The board aiuo authorized the town of Denmark to issue bonds for ?6,000 for the concrete arch (bridge over Deer river, a t Deer RivW village. A resolution was passed requesting the state highway commission to advance the order of construction of Dayan street so that it might immediately follow the building of the Harrisburg road, which reguesjt has ib.een granted hy the* cqmaMaaioi ~\ lets i\ the r &^^lnj^ftt; ; :tk?255iS.33. ;.-„y.jUqH|f^C'^Tprt/ge TaxX • I ods and practices but failed to show yieldedjthe j that the county had paid out one cent ^ : includedlphe of money for which the county had ifine of $l'50.rVA^)/ 1 0 deduotio^, 0 f ! not received full value in either ser- *>fhe: fee of t^e>JW cent which fi^| vices or f,oods. idunty treas|ir4pReceives, the baVl\ Tt Is true that certain bills were •a'nee is divided ber ee u the state and I criticised, notably those of the county the town in whicfhe business origiij. j clerk, as including Items which, in ates. The amoup: received from the | the opinion of the examiner, were il- various towns »feed from $3,827.50 legal. It was admitted that the work -V Harrisburg, r^ps l ««iKijing onllfloan of (jounty c^siiSMj..' >»' , /'** The county 'pf^Jtolfe. ,wi|t|i?elve millfen dollars oj^pilsse.d, fiation, wiH-jhave a neijV^pt^ 1 deffl after th.e i^lith^jjf ^ext^februaryif just $8;0^or ; ; Thlp 4 iy»j-a|&(>t ,seeil)jrep- r.esent \T'ecktefe .^mg&^r^ \ coun- ty '- ^teairS' v 0^pnSg\''!6y6ry ai| very iong*;!seri6 : at';l.„/... . Th^t6teWde,b{i 'of alj/the owns. village§tl&t|iip.((il 6 ! operation of%a Farm Burejiii thS.pr.ofc its of th e avterage farm cotC^i ol( ?|% creased.'by tfen per cent tjjat; resU.lt \ would tend : „to very greatly inojii|Sase the prog^erity of the county. The Special Bank Tax. L i .. The special bank tax yields ^ tlfla' following amounts: The Black Riy.er National Bank, ?1280; the First Na> tional Bank, $1040; and the Copenha-. ^en National Bank, $199.24. Whije this tax is collected by the county, the receipts ate divided among the\ towns; the villages and the schools of the towns in which the bank taxed is lp-. cate'd. The tewn of Lowvfite deceiv- ed, from the tax paid by the twp Lowville banks, $190.-44; the Vi^lage) , $504.56. and the schools, $616. \t\ I The sealer of weights and measures'^ I reported a total of 2.317 measures^ I scales and weights, of which he found I 130 incorrect and these were con 1 I demned. I The Comptroller's Criticisms. I During the year 1912, an exhaust- I ive investigation, by the Comptroller's 1 office, of the affairs of the county rer suited in various criticisms of meth- tag, which was patfhy Lowville dealers in booze, t<\ m> -received from Mon- tague. Osce?$-H<u'risburg and High- market wereJPorted \dry.\ Croghan was done and that the compensation was not excessive and that the law required the performance of the work, but it was pointed out that the paid a tax p$P|S>''West Turin $1500, i law made no specific provision for Diana $1400&^den $975, Denmark I compensation therefor and that the $962.60: The receipts;f>Bi the tax on mort- gages, 6ne-hal«ff which goes to the state and one* of which represents a sort of divid/i.-bing divided among the towns, v/'geB and schools of the county. aA\5$ed to $2,768.28. The dividend v>riesfeh* twelve cents received,^ thfijla^ of Lyons Falls to $191.4lipaj/to t» town of Diana. On the recpmins.3id£bn of the committee on highwaysmd bridges the board authorized tl^icaising of $74,355.32 by the variousj^ns, un- der section SO of tjr^&i^ay law. This sum represeM the amount which the towS6..ft!fe county are putting into £'0<?jO^fM8 year. supervisors were without legal au- thority to pay for it, although they had, for thirty years, believed that they had this ri 0 r ht. Salary for County Clerk, v This year the county clerk oml'^d to include these items in his ac< §> ot and presented bills aggregating ^?ut $750 as against some $1700 to which he would have been entitled \uhder the old practice. > The principal recommendati« n of the comptroller was that the offidp of county clerk be placed on a sasMT basis. This suggestion was folio-* d by the board of supervisors ancj salary was fixed at $3000 a yeaH u!| of which the clerk is required t^J 'is deputy and his stenograph Lt+r •J' \\..^4 JOllowihg' taMejthe, cjjP't of matting a ekage to any fiojjnt in the United ates^. It will' greatly facilitate the hand ling pf'ipackagesCif those wishing to mail tijjgm will Remember that the package^ust earn' the name and ad- .dr-ess' of the sender, that the postage iffiist be paid by affixing the special ^parcel post*stamps, not the ordinary postage stamps. In general, the express rates are a little lo'wer for the heavier packages for short distances. With this excep- tion, the new parcel post rates are very much lower than express rates/ despite the assertions of the express cempanies te the .contrary. The results of the operation of the new service in Lowville; covering the rst week are as follows: Incoming parcels 146, weighing 147 pounds. Outgoing parcels 1-17, weighing 116 pounds. Local deliveries, three weighing three pounds. Total pack- ages handled first week 296, weighing 312 pounds. Postage, $8.90. Local Value Not Appreciated- The public has not yet begun to appreciate the convenience of the parcel post for the exchange of par- cels locally, although the local rate is, on the average weight of the parcels handled, only five cents. When the farmers begin telephoning in t o the merchants to mail them a pound of fcwfe&W begin to ship to their friends ftitown a dozen eggs, the business ill rapidly increase. The merchants who first make a specialty of this class of business, by advertising that they will deliver by parcel post on rural routes, will reap a harvest of new business. _pS*fe'w »di>V,u cb w H I'liBaiUlB'lKlBtHi / eeeeeeeeeec 8B3BB0B3339 fekfefePssss'J s gggsJsgbKPSa o fckfe&feigis&ii i « : sisisfcSssBsfes s - ' g ssasfcgskgfes --. g&fefe&s&i&l 1 I •§ j; gb^safess&s |u^*g HHEL. \ <g HHHSbo&gi&K g 1 » I I ? $ it) ID t * » 01 ? I r I N 2nd zone, 50 to ICO miles 3d zone, 150 to 300 miles. 4th zone, 300 to 600 milee 5th zone, 600 to 1,000 miles. 6th zone, l.OOOto 1,400 miles 7th • zone, 1,000 to 1,400 miles. - 8th zone. all over 1.800 miles April; resulted as follows: Regent's alternate, Mrs. L. W. King; delegate, Mrs. C. Fred Boshart; 2nd alternate, Miss Vera Bush; 3rd alternate, Miss Elizabeth Arthur; 4th alternate, Mrs. Amy Reed; 5th alternate, Miss Minnie Hough; 6th alternate, Miss Ethel Wa- ters; 7th alternate, Mrs. Milton Holt; 8th alternate, Mrs. W. J. Milligan;. 9th alternate, Mrs. Jay Bowen; 10th alternate, Mrs. Leon Miller. The program consisted of a paper, \Our Possessiens,\ by Miss Veva Bush and a ppem,' \National Song,\ by Miss Helen Fowler. Victrola selections were enjoyed during the afternoon. Refreshments were served. MEETING OF LOWVILLE CLUB. Improvements and New Furnishings Have Made the Club House a Model of Its Kind and a Credit to the Village. The annual meeting of the Low- ville Club was held at the club house on Wednesday evening, with 75 of the 140- members\ present, at which time officers were elected for the ensuing year and reports of the treasurer and committees were received. The election of officers rsulted in the choice of the following gentlemen for. the offices named: President, G. A. Blackman; vice-president, W. J. Milligan; Secretary, A. Karl Arthur; treasurer, L. C. Davenport; gover- nors, Harold J. Richardson and M. A. Phillips. The report of the treasurer showed the total receipts for the year of $4563.46 and disbursements of $4405.- 25. Cash PU hand, $158.21, and in- debtedness of $2914.70. All 1912 dues were reported as paid. Extensive Ssnprovements Made. During the past year the club has made 1 extensive repairs and improve- ments to its valuable property. New hard wood floors have been laid, -an improved heating and ventilating sys- tem has been installed, two new pool tables have been installed and a new bronzc3 name plate will adorn the en- trance. Many of the rooms have have been newly decorated. The Club now has a home of which the members are justly proud and one which is a credit to the village of Lowville. That it is appreciated by its members is shown by the use which they make of the club hcuse and the popularity ef the club is re- flected in its large and constant waiting list, the membership being limited to 140. NEIGHBORS FURNISH FUNDS. Over $300 ha s been raised by sub- scription by the neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kealer of Cro- ghan with which to Idefray the ex- pense of hiring a diver to starch for the bpdy of little Daniel Kealer who was drowned on New Yigars day. Second Special Session. At the second special session, held on July 22d, the appropriation was authorized for the county share of the Dayan street improvement. The to- tal estimated cost of this work was $27,600, of which the state pays $12,- 516, the county $2,384, making $14,900 for a 14-foot roadway. The village of Lowville is to pay $12,700 fpr the ad- ditipnal width and curbs, which will be divided between the corporation and abuting property owners. A resolution was also passed au- thprfzing the building cemmittee t e approve bills for telephone, light, heat and maintenance of the county build- ings. Such bills, when approved by the building committee are paid by the County Treasurer and subsequent- ly presented by him to the board for final audit. The members of the building committee are personally lia- ble to the county for the amount of any bill approved by them and paid which may not be audited by the full board of supervisors. Regular Annual Session. The regular annual session of the board was called t o order on Novem- ber 13th, and the board organized by electing Mr. Loren J. Benton, of Mar- tinsburg, chairman, and Charles S. Mereness, Jr., of Lowville, as clerk. An analysis of the reports submit- ted to the board and the varipus ac- tipns of the board on the matter of taxation, show that the total assess- ed valuation of all real and personal property in the county, including spe- cial franchises, is $11,044,384, al- though the figures given by the comp- troller are somewhat higher. The direct state tax is one mill on the dollar, plus the sum of $1013.15, most of which latter sum is for as- sistant and confidential clerks and stenographers cpnnected with the su- preme court. ' The current tax budget is as fql- IPWS: Budget for 1913. State tax $13,227.10 Fer tax acccunts 1,400.00 Fpr general administratien. 17,619.22 Fpr civil ccurt 6,750.00 Fpr prptectien of life and property 2,000.00 For educatien 1,120.00 Fpr cprrect'ion and reforma- tion ....' 8,600.00 Court house bonds and int.. 4,600.00 For poor fund ...• 10,890.00 For highway fund 5,029.78 Total tax budget $7l,'227.10 The County Debt. The total bonded debt of Lewis, county stands at $27,354.34 of which $12,000 is represented by court house bonds, $4,000 of which will be paid off naxt' month. The balance of tho ccpunty debt is represented by bonds ftSr highway construction, amounting ti $15,354.34, which ar e a charge against the towns of Denmark and 'FUe rjporrzii'f SWfB. PtrttffiH^PJuSty superintendent of highways, shows that the total expenditures of the towns- last year, for all highway pur- poses, amounted to $127,379.16. • The report says that \with the above amount there were built 27% miles of town macadam, 6% miles of good gravel road, something like 230 miles regularly honed, 260 perman- ent sluices, 24 bridges with spans of 5 feet and over, all but one with concrete floor, several of which were built *of reinforced concrete.\ The total highway mileage of the county now stands as follows: State and county highway, 15.25 miles; town macadam, 175 miles; sur- faced with grave], 48.25 miles; shap- ed and crowned, 286 miles; not shaped and crowned, 922.5 miles; to- tal, 1445 miles- Gratifying Results of New System. Supt. Putman says in his report that the adoption of the \money sys- tem\ has shown results of an ex- tremely gratifying nature in Lewis county and have received much praise and favorable comment not only from citizens of the county but from those of other counties.\ He adds \that many ef thpse who a t first strongly opposed this system are now among the best friends which this good roads cause has.\ Preliminary resolutions for the con- construction of 97.5 miles of new county highways were adopted by the supervisors during the session. Working of Probation System. Probation Officer James J. Don- nelly reported that the four offenders who had been placed in his charge had shown the advantages of the par- ole system over committing the of- fenders to penal institutions. The cash saving to the county was esti- mated at $1200, of which $600 was represented by the expense avoided by keeping the offenders put of pris- on and $600 was represented by the earnings of the probationers. These earnings were in part applied to the restitution of stolen property and in part to the support of the families of the offenders. \ For Farm Efficiency. Outside of the regular duties of the board, its action in appropriating the sum of $500 toward the creation of a Farm Bureau was perhaps the most important action taken by the board and the one which may have the most far-reaching results. It is a well rec- ognized fact that while the agricultur- al interests of the •county are para- mount the efficiency with which the farming of the county is conducted, as compared with other sections of the country which have given especial attention to modern scientific meth- ods, is very low. Competent observ- ers have placed the average profluc- tion by the methods in vogue as low as ten per cent of its possible output. While this estimate may^J^bjj.'Jow, the Jact remain&£^»£'\\j<*yjp*h ^he office out of politics, as there is not longer any incentive to make a fight for an office the profit from which is reduced to rather less than more than a thousand dollars a year. The supervisors also applied the criticism of the comptroller to the sheriff's office and cut bis bills by some $300, which he will have to col- lect from the towns instead of from the county. They also entered into a contract with the sheriff for the board of prisoners, as required /by law. /. Well Managed County; A careful reading of the report of the comptroller anQ an equally care- ful study of the preceedings pf the board shows that while there have in the past been some technical ir- regularities in the manner of con- ducting the business of the county these irregularities have been cor- rected and that the business ,of the county is conducted with the same economy, efficiency and care that the stockholders of a private corporation would expect from a board of direc- tors. While this paper is not in ac- cord with the political faith of a ma- jority of the members of the board, there seems to be no reason to criti- cize the individual choices of the vo- ters of the respective towns, in their selection of their representatives. First ^epimk \-Bopn ^si^i^i&^iit^'fii, <jp * ••»' ' '-Filled af'AJi'^e8ikl^ni3\i'- ; *,»« * day^ftf^the court-hibuB^'.tipiJ^i spicea v *6f''the New 'i'tefe^irP payment of Agriculture, pre be one of 'Jha most interest^ .valuable• inslifcutes ever *&el£ ^ountVj. This was in part due I jrtjeliminary work which was <f v^rriij. F,,ltpss, local correspon Jth^- department, and in part '.mapageliient of the institute A. J.'T^tcoll, of Delhi, who * charts!?* ihe institute. Farifl-, ntenagement in gene: profitable .dairy management ticular were the two themes Mr. Nieoll presented, to the\. Commercial fertilizers and t clples of breeding were prese Loy/ell Roudebush, of; New Ri< Ohio, who in the evenjng gaye interesting talk on \Uncle .Saii? of the Midnight Sun.\. Mr.\$.qi' is the^sqie. survivor Of\\J!ii&-j,njp« peditioii' sent to the relief '^Mp>M in ,1884,. and his exp'erienceS-iiiC^j. •ka, wher-.e his vessel waa.^i?ecjce!j ( »jj.'' its return trip, in Berinif sea,; ; ywjr most thrilling. '''.'.\'f\-' Vjji«f • Mr. E. F. M^Donaldl-^g^l^^tgj: Department of. Educaiao>2jHs||*e, Sfeiif lusi,rated lecture on ih^^g^tiip^if^ shciWEng *he right and wip$&§rM#jj& lpcftte buildings, equip [t^m;-a.nfl^[^^ fer the pupils. *;^PL-', ; /S: 1 ? ,-i.ipw Testing Association FjJr^ ff J T'iie most importanJj,,^s' holding of the ihstit.UJef * ganization of a eow^testl tlon composed of l§;^f -tti£:! gressive dairymen 'ahjd vsji«fi| 434 cows. The nkihies.-.o^f ' n are interested in ^hj$;iasj^£ the- nuhiber 'i>p dfi^s William ArchV; ?®r'Wti 20; Elton Berrus, '?|5t?K 28; Jonas Ebersol^riOH don,, 25; W, •\ %i^ ut #l*;j Dewey, %H H.\'i.;\Lan%*a tersoB, 2S;, L. C.Biepi Sharp,' 81;;\H.' ja^^lf •Loucks, 20. few? i ' i PRI President, dent, Frank Arthur Ebersole;- directors ; and Frank Loucks. Results Which The total cost ti to be $2 a mont) tages of workj ed facts in&teai manifold tiaat the; additional value oi Kl 'ff*-,'^eat1£^_. fach. ajhe'-^g^' y actual establS^* .( by guess i^^p= •st is heglihtel'The-j ue ealf/the valu% Baptist Society Meeting. At a business meeting of the Bap- tist society held Wednesday evening Myron M. Lyman and Frank Stod- I dard were elected trustees for three years, Frank Stoddard treasurer, M. L. Webster, assistant\ treasurer *and Charles E. Butts, clerk. The following benevolence committee was named - . Myron M. Lyman, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Fulton, Mrs. EH Jones, Mrs. J. F. Kilborn, and Charles E. Butts. Rev. J. Morris,Evans gave a most interest- ing talk upon the work of the church. It was also decided to observe Passion week instead of the week of prayer The annual meeting of the Home Missionary Society of the Baptist church was held Friday afternoon. Supper was served. JANUARYS OF LONG AGO. Jan.— 1804.—Post office established at Denmark. Jan. 1, 1752.—William Cosstable bern in Dublin. Jan. 7, 1812.—First sessien of Coun- ty Court held in the new court house at Martinsburg. Jan. 8, 1849.—Gen. George Croghan, in whose honor the town of Croghan was named, died in New Orleans. Jan. 3.9, 1804.—First mail route in the Black River Valley was estab- lished. Jan. 29, 1853.—Utica and Black River Railroad Co. was organized. established by thesl^ records, would liay the whole cost 'of the associa- tion. If this statement is doubted, note the sales recently made by E:- H. Dollar, of St. Lawrence county, at the recent meeting of the New York State Dairymen's Associatipn, held in Syracuse, when he sold a yearly bull fer $1675, another bull for $765. These prices represent the value of pure bred stock, backed by actual records of sires and dams. While these bulls were all registered their chief value was net do so much to the fact that they were pure bred as t o the actual records back of them The organization of this association is doubtless but the beginning of the scientific work in the county and there is no reason why Lewis county should not crowd St. Lawrence very closely in its claims to be the great- est dairying county in the state. Officers of Lowville Lodge. At the installation of officers of Lowville Lodge, No. 134, F. & A. M., January 3d, the following were in- stalled. District Deputy Harold J. Richardson acting as installing offi- cer and S. Brown Richardson as mar- shal: Master, Dr. Burton T. Hunt; senior warden, George M. Rice; jun- ior warden, LeRoy W. Arthur; senior deacon, Claude Dekin; junior deacoii, Burdette Green; senior master of cer- emonies, George L. Goutremont; jun- ior master of ceremonies, Clarence B. Ryan; marshal, Samuel Loiselle; chaplain, Rev. Cuthbert C. Frost; ti- ler, Calvin O. Salisbury. abetft 'ljii*| Croghani Ie| sued' to '»Ma Lefever. In the mat : 6 Charles LamjtleS Montague, let$e*B have been issued* In the Supreme Cowr: held January 6th, tion papers were isS Eugene O'Brien, of Pp? chael Hurth, of LySH Jefferson Collinson;^ and Henry Casey, pjfAi An interlocutory-&ec|? was granted to Mrs* Chase's Lake. i Judgment has been'epip D. Gross Martin inf£^Sgij|j| Marilley for $455.26. %fe; AMERICAN WOMAN'$/EEl BLACK RIVER CANAL. Improvement to Be Consolidated Wi Others in a Forty Million Dollfr Proposition.—Black River Sh/rfe $17,500,000. A bill will be introduced in th/as- s.embly by Hon. John A. Jones o»ar- thage which will provide for crfjoli dating the Black River canal ii^ove- Local Chapter Spends Delid ening with Mrs. McPhiliriy|^ cade Avenue. The ladies of the local chagter *C ? ? the A. W. L., held an erijoyable |hfg%> r ,V ing at the home of Mrs. James X)£$wfo.s en Cascade avenue, \Wednesday «y«i» ing. After devetipnal exwdfce8'ii$-';..-,jp£l a business session, a litera|^>i£ogr&ia «-'\*• <* was rendered, consh lowing • numbers;^ Wing,\ Mrs, Battle Fi! FradkJiA,..,-. <S ^ H « miaa Cera IfefK- * S U»*=» J=** a 'o» r • GRAND ARMy *he home ot on Shady avenue, OF REPUBLIC. f ^ Subscribe for the Black Rive ocrat—only $1.00 per year in ; l_pem- °- B a»ey Post, N 0 snn , ia with Geor&e ;xZZ na 0 * • ment, the Carthage-to-the-Lalrf/inal, I f O f lo . J^f^L as Stalling \offieJ 18 ^!* the Chemung Canal, the GiapWte 200. were Sr? f Bal1 ^ p ° S t,' Ito Feeder and the Jamaica Bay//>rove- enine- r, ustalle <i last SatumL„ £* ; forty million df/prop. ter . \ e ^T^ T - V - Ijansjae vsh> *>*„.- t up to the pe# Jacquea r. ,° r n 7 lce commander; JaS'. Surveys have been madjm ^ U io^nS* **? Com ™er,2 \ thage to Sacketts Harbojpay of Jone . ™ e £ ^M«rtermartar, shhf^ , > Watertown, which folio* 6 river, ser ' , ^\f nt > ^yaian & PhiiWS? D. ™. \ S '_ ofl ? ee r *f. the da/«7 ment in one ositipn to put up to the pei Surveys have been mad] >•* which can be canalizei the distance. It is a matter of vg^portance |S^^J t ; . \5^ of the guajd; Vp to Lewis county andji 1 iaVe tne | Martfj support of its legisljp I j;r ani -«»e day, £*' ^uartermasterSrgSf S P e »cer; senti™, TJ sentinel, Enij I