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p I * ' *' * >H*3 % i ^ \ . <••'•• •'•••*U:\' , \ )'} .-:••\ »> V > \ V'* • ,\j|r»ia r.ltt '.,), \)J.«,Urt'i. }•- 7. *' / '/ .... > ''i.f.l i ! us . O 1 .:l 1:1 i i L \ i-;.»i; > ; ,Lowvill^,N. Y.»,&qi i IT11K 1 1 STRIKING EXAMPLE OF PROFIT- ABLE . COOPERATION. i\ n 'J6.p^ryJJIis\ Milk a.n'd^ Cream Company (1 .\ farina, '$57,090 ';Ej?£ra .^profits in , „,E;|e,\jeri Years, and Doubles Value of Assets pjs Capital of $5,000 Plus m> .Cqromoh •Sense*; ., • ...„ , .. • '' Ttwas back in 1901, something over ''i^ye&rS ago, that the farmers living ( 'n^a,r Lowville decided to go\ into the business of majrketijig tiieir milk as ,W,e}l 8$ producing ,it. -At; .that time ,,they. w-ere.at the,mercy of one .buyer, tliey-hfc'd ,g»iavanoes as to prices and disputes .•epnoerning, alleged - short • heights • : for \their product. T.he New yifrft \Milfc' Trust\ .thrpugh 'its local '; i 5'etres6n'Miv^1^a f i'Stxfe'pdsed't6 Mbay- ,,ing naif, a cent a ouart Jess than New • t-i '-F'i.-lu:!-' \V!i n\?'*.V. *jfr7~ -,'-;;!.. • .. ,;yo^fc ; .Exchange fptigqs, but the dis- ..,,c;pun,ty ( was •off 1 e^ee,y.e;ry, i mu.cli, i .^pre.. ;^^^• ,JJ ^^n^.^>Svembe'l<.''6f•.%fiat' year, tW trust .-'%$vjttfg control of the' only milk Station •> *tin^\h^fcg;.'tiougiifr'atttd -ttfnr down' the .•..- . _fthjy, -nea^y; cheese't^otd'ry, a stock j'sjibs^ripijbn r-|yas eircjilated inviting ,!. ,' f 3uJiscr|ptions jroitlie,stock of a propos- , ; ;4CiCom;pany tp;,he, incorporated with, a . ,3<5apltal \6t ;4&/0Qu\. divided into 5*00 . > shares so&^lO: each,, with a provision in 2 th'e subscription-that the subscribers ••would-' sell 'exclusively to the corpora- tion, when' 11 'gh.6u.ld \be \prepared \to . -take/their milk.,and that qne cent on --^^ac^^undred'piounds of milk deliver- ,,jejij§hquld be -deducted for dividends •, ;pn. ithg, stock and for ;uprkeep. and bet- l>:teBmsnts. < ; • . • •\-.'* -Tile stock was quickly taken up' by *4&L milk producers' and ih February J$ the following ygar the company was prepared to take trie milk produced .^y.,4|s ^stockholders. That year the * '--company aia'a-WSmess^mouii^hg-to $67,824.61. X.ajsJ.year^ ten^yesirs after organiza- tion, the.pojnp^fiy purchased 8,001,458 pounds of milk, for which it paid its • -..patrons:$1<26,3&0I57, less operating ex- • peases of one cent Oft each hundred \pounds or ?800.14-: l Tliecompa.ny owns ''tofte of; the moSt complete and sani- *' 'ta'ry'6ta.ti6Ms 'in' t\ie: State and in addi- ] t1(on!toj ; the .inilk handling equipment it has^a.*:cKees I e r niaking plant, in or- .•49i?-.tpi,be),abla to ,ta,lce>alf inilk offered • ,by }ts stiQCkTifllders, dining: the period «f hey.'yy^'productioi^'.raigardJesB of the •'\\^rTpe'rty Valued atV^ob: ' ^ ; The mjlk ,sta,tion and equipment represents .an. investment of over $16,- .' 0,00; which; ias been,:paid ior first by • §&000. capital raised at the time of < organization; second by the applica- 't-ion; of the dumpagfe charge of ohe •'celit a hundred pounds to improve- \'ta'erits for the past ten years and 'ttfird to a bond issue of $5,500 which v;a.s, made to bring the plant up to th^ strictest requirements of the New T$qrk Board of Health, which bond wissue will be paid off at the rate of • /$500 a year and this year, for the first time, the stockholders will receive actual dividends on their stock. Milk Station Is Leased, Whjle the Lowville Milk and Cream Company owns its own building, it is . rented to the Alexander Campbell Milk and Cream Company of Brook- ' lyn, at an annual rental of $800 and that company bears the expense of handling the milk. The revenue from the dumpage charge plus the rental gives the stockholders an income of about $1600 a year, enough for office expenses, interest and the payment of one bond each year and, this year, a dividend. Based oh dividend earnings, the profit in this transaction is not wor- thy of especial note. But based on actual returns for milk sold, the show- ing is most remarkable. And it is this phase of the undertaking which is of significance. The actual results ;n cash of the establishment of its own milk sta- tion by the stockholders of the Low- ville Milk and Cream Company is . shown by the following table, cover- ing eleven years: change prices, the third column the amount actually received, \vhile tjie fourth column represents ,the differ- ence between, the mpn'e^ actually j-e- ceived and the. amou*nt wfaich would have been received dto the) ®d basis. More Than 100 Per Cent a Year.: The smaller profits in 1904 are due to the fact that in tb,at year milk was, shipped for only a few months, cheese being made for a part • of Ihe. time. Eliminating that year> tHft net cash re- ceived for milk in excess of, the basis of 1-2 Cent off exdhange .pr-lcesy fias bqen $57;021.6l, or .a yearly average of $8,702.16, and it must be noted that these figures represent additional not profit to tlie dairymen stockholders of this corporation which, without risking a dollar, has in the meantime doubled the value of its assets. If the'average of the last three years be taken, the showing is'\even better, yiz; $7,186.05 per year. Last year ithe^earnings, amounted, to;,162,5 .per cent of the capital stock of the com- pany and for eleven years nave- aver- aged;lp3 ( per pent a year, ; ; ^ -The r Secret of Success. ' -The'strpr'icesr'tipon wh'ierrtlre rore- 'going'Showihg is made/ are due s&lely : t6'')3ie fact that the patrons of this milk's'tatiori own th'eir station and are therefore in a position to..dictate, pri- ces. The station is rented? annually, as noted, to the, Alexander Campbell Milk and Crgam Companj out £n ..the lease, tlievbasis, of. prices for ,the en- suing year. is>,stated,. the .basis.. used being, the quotations-iof the New York Consolidated Milk Exchange. The difference 1 between\ the terms which this cpmpany is' able to secure and the prices paid by concerns owning their own stations is represented by the table pubjfshed above. The showing is a remarkable one and illustrates how the farmers, may Solve some of the problems by sane, business-like .common-sense coopera- tion. . . ' j,.t' Other Profits: Even Greater. It is true that the company did not establish ' itself • \gjlthout' opposition from the. trust. Every effort ' was made to cripple the enterprise in the early years of its existence, but the only point at which, a corporation such as this is vulnerable lies in the co- operation of the members. By hang- ing together and resisting the bait of temporary high prices, ,t|ie, stockhojcl. ers. of the Lowville-~eonr0£fliy \have won ou^aird?li*vie-'been ablie not only to dictate the terms on which their pro.duct should be sold but have in- iftuenced the price paid.for milk,over a large area, the profits from which, to other farmers, cannot be calculat- ed. Illustrating this point it may be noted .that prior to the organization of this company, milk shippers were charged 5 cents a can for ferrying the milk across the river to New York, although the Centm! runs di- rectly into the city. This charge was at once abolished, not only in Low- ville but all along the Black River division. The saving from this item alone, to the local company, has amounted to over $50,000. Previous to the entry of this com- pany into the field, Lowville shippers were paying 32 cents a can freight to New York. This rate was promptly reduced 1 to 26 cents by placing this region in the 26-cent zone, thus ef- fecting a future saving to the patrons of the Lowville company of $60,000 since it began business and benefit- ing all shippers as well. - These two transportation items ag- gregating $110,000 are not included in the table and should be added to the $57,000 referred to above, making the total of known benefits $167,000 in 11 years. The officers of the Lowville Milk and Cream Company are: President, James Nefsey; vice-president, E. B. Curtis; treasurer, C. Fred Boshart; secretary, John D. Moore. SYSTEM ABSURD SAYS DR. BALD- WIN OF SARANAC. si'cian r'ajftiyBMre-'tj^e *'ilL be fewer nervous \recks , a„t^terial decrease in the spread of ooiltaglous diseases and \ka jncreased\j of ojur public sfthool systein.f February 1* 1^13 '•'•'&•<'• Health Commission Commends Demo- crat and Requests Papers of the State to Follow Example in Securing- and Printing Physicians' Recom- mendations. The investigation which this paper stated two weeks ago in regard to what changes were needed in the laws a,nd regulations affecting public health, In.Lewis county, in line with, the investigation which is being made by the special committee appointed by the governor, has resulted in arous- ing so much public Interst that we are unable to print niore than extracts from the many letters w.hich. have been received from physicians and from,., educators in all (parts of the county, :.;, The letters : and interviews previous- ly publisbed have not-only s^hown the interest of tlie pettp'fe of Lewis coun- ty but the Democrat investigation has set the, pace for the laiiger .iiiyestima- tion being oenducted, -by .the gover- nor's committee, as is shown .by the following letter from the secretary of the special public health committee, Mr: Homer Folks. t)nder date of Jan- uary '24th; Mr. Folks writes: \I have received copy of your pa- per of the 18th, containing the very interesting yie.ws.,-on th.e appoinmtent by Governor Sulzer of the Public Health Commission.. ... One of the best evidences of our appreciation of your enterprise is the fact that we will soon, suggest to some 60 daily papers throughout the state that they follow your example, I shall be interested to receive fu- ture issues of the paper containing refernces to the work or anything connected with public health.\ Mr. John A. Kingsbury, the assistant secretary of the committee \writes re- garding \the practical suggestions of Lewis county'physicians,\ as follows: \The Black! River Democrat is indeed rendering a most valuable service and I can assure you that the com- mission will appreciate this coopera- tion. I have this morning- suggested to the Commission that we communi- cate_ j.t. once with, the-- leadin^-paeTs^j throughout the state calling attention to the •Valuable cooperation wniqh you are rendering and asking them if they will not do likewise. The work of the commission must be completed, in so short a time that we have appreciated the difficulties in the way of our affording an opportun- ity to any considerable number of the physicians of the state to- be heard. \Your plan, if adopted by one or iriore papers in every county, will enable us to receive suggestions from practi- cally every physician in the state who has an important suggestion to lay before us for our consideration.\ FOR [PriOLNT FARMiNG LEWIS CO. FARM IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED. - Prof. Ci~£, J. Xjtts,; Port Leydeni Professor Kitts, pi^ncipal .of the Port Leyden 'high school, says, in the course of a letteiJ^whjcJi we would be glad; to-print in f'tFli; \Individual pro- gress becon)#; jrimqsslble as condi- tions esentiat to' ;JtJ#t'e' defective. A | child who -cannot'' sm ft written pas- sage cleanly or heart a ' dictated para- graph distinctly can!,comprehend but a small ,pai>t of its'contents. 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Sunday even- ing he preached in Lowville and Pn Monday evenig he^d quarterly confer- ence. Tuesday evening he held quar- terly conference and preached in Wat- son and on Wednesday he held ser- vices at Port Leyden. W. C. T. U. Social Meeting. The women of the W. C. T. U. held a social meeting at the home of Mrs. Eli Jones Wednesday evening, Jan. 22nd, with a large number present. The program was under the direction 6f Mi*s. Millard, superintendent of evangelistic work and Mrs. Fred ; Bad- lam,, Superintendent of narcotics, and consisted of songs and readings. Miss Edith Spencer rendered two whistling solos and Mrs, Mooney recited \Men and Women Nowadays,\ Mrs. Howes gave a very interesting account gf- a recent visit to the McAuley Mi' ^jgBin New York, all of which Was vjj enjoyed. Refreshments wefj Dr. Baldwin of Saranac Lake. Dr. Edward R. Baldwin, of Saranac Lake, a noted tuberculosis expert and a member of the governor's commis- sion, writes us in part as follows: \I was very ..glad to see your paper with the views of the doctors of your coun- ty on public health matters. There were some very good suggestions made, especially those in regard to reforming the administrations of lo- cal health matters by health officers. The whole system is an absolute fail- ure and the state health department knows it thoroughly and for many years has hoped that some change could be made. Without much larger appropriations for tile health depart- ment and much larger power given them over small communities, such matters as medical inspection of the school children, of control of contag- ious diseases, the reporting and quar- antine methods will certainly not amount to very much. Board of Health Condemned. The present system of local health officers is the most absurd that c.fn be imagined. There is nothing that compares with it in any civilized country of Europe. It is a relic of the ignorant past. We should abolish it as soon as -possible, in my opinion.\ The case against the boards of health, in the defence of. which we have not received a letter, may be considered as proved, but the matter of the examination of children in the public schools is one in which evi- dence may still be taken, for the in- formation of the special committee and the public. We therefore are glad to print the following extracts from letters which we would be glad to print in full if space permitted. Professor !Cn9f|elf, .rlarrisville, ' Another Yiqw et \\the- matter of sch'ool! sanitation is! presented iiu a letter - from- Profes'sof. : Grosier> pjm,'ci- pal of the Jlarrisyi^e high jschodl. Professor CrpsleK'SayB 1 : I would enT|>ha$igall5y endorse Dr. F. D. .Bigareiii&.tli.e^matter of extend- ing the medical ins'pection of schools to villages and riJEaji-, .districts. From my experience:-as- W\•p'iipil in av rural school and as 5 a \teacher in district and village' \schools''$ am thoroughly convinced that tii'e-:\.m6st earnest' ef- forts should be put \forth in a large number of school's \to bring them to eyen a fair' sanlt^r^ 'condition, to say nothing of an 'approach to that of the ideal. I hayaiftiund that papents are indifferent to this subject. :The state has. done^mugh. to break down that condition by-means of the farm^ ers' institutes'\aliS'jpther educational methdds, but there still remains the necessity for the- authorities to estab- lish a compulsory system of improve- ment. ' Trustees Too Economical. Trustees of riir^l districts are slow to adopt modern methods of ventila- tion, and as a result the children are subject to all the .dangers resulting from overheated^sGhool-rooms, vitiat- ed air and the 5 jfld-fashiohed supply- ing of fresh agri'T'There' are reliable •companies wftpj^jafcjiaiiji.'heating sys- tetris thal',;are' guarafii^ssd to ke«k the. temperature ' of the rooms unifoEm, andi ati tffie J -skm«^m§. -provide o' com- plete change of air every 20 minutes', at a\ total cost of $115 dollars or a trifle more; but nine out of ten of the trustees refuse point blank to consider the payment of that trivial amount, even when they have children of their own who attend the school and are daily sufferers from the bane- ful effects of the prevailing system. Every successful agriculturist has come to learn the necessity of proper ventilation for his cattle, horses and other animals, and yet is apparently blind to the needs of his children whom the law compels him to send to school nearly the whole time that it is in session. \.These things ought not so to be,\ and I earnestly suggest that power be given to district superin- tendents or to a visiting physician in such districts to act definitely and without delay toward a betterment of the sanitary conditions of our rural schools. Expert Should Examine Children. The state health department has taken a step within a year or two that has no \doubt done something helpful for the children of onr village and city schools, but it seems to me that a slight change in the plan would bring far better results. 1 refer to the ex- amination of the pupils regarding the PERSONALS. Chailes S Meiont-ss Tr went to \\ bany on business, Wednesday, County Treasurer ' Nicholas Arthur has been laid up with an attack of the grip. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Williams are vis= Enthusiastic Meeting of Farmers at ['itin'g their daughter in Providence^ Which Officers Are Elected and j It. T. Committees Apoi'nted.—Address by Samuel Loiselle was called to, Que- F. S. Welch, Who Explains Work- bee, Sunday, by the death of his Ing of Farm Bunaau, Now Assured, father. At a well attended meeting of the Mrs ' William Oillick of Clayton\ is Lewis County Farm Improvement As- the guest of Mlss Blla °' Horo ' sociation, held on Wednesday after- MiB MabGl A,lPn of Adams has noon at the court house, tho formal bpPn ft P pndi \S a fow days with Mrs. was ^' Hu mphrey. perfected, permanent officers elected' Mrs ' Harry Harr,B is pnt ?rt&lning.. and a committee appointed to nego- Miss Edith Jones and Miss Gladys tiate a contract which will give Lewis Jones Qf Cartlla e e - . t county th% long desired farm bureau Hop - rhal ' les V. Knapp will leave The officers elected were: Presi- next week for Washington' and other dent, E. B. Curtis, vice president o f southern points, the Lowville Milk and Cream Com- pany; vice president, Hon. F. C. Bos- hart; secretary, W. H. F. Breeze, prin- cipal of the Lowville Academy; treas- urer, J. J. Wilcox. An executive committee was ap- pointed with C. B. Arthur, chairman; the other members being Herbert F. Green, of Barnes Corners, I. - C: Brown of Greig, D. C. Markham,' Port Ley- den, and\W. D. Lewis, Turin. The membership committee is cpm- p'osed of Fred H. Loucks, chairman, F. Reid Spaulding, Copenhagen, Albert -J, Miller-,,. Constablevillei F. E. Van Ar-nam, Glenfield and Joseph' Petzoldt, Beaver Falls. A dairy committee was also' ap- pointed with Orrin F. Ross, chairman, Alfred Stiles, Glenfield, Oscar Tljayer, Talcottville, William C- Bachman, Croghan, and F. J. Guepe, Harrisburg. The association will have 24 direc- tors, of which 20 will be nominated by the granges, one for each grange in the county and four will be elected by the mebers, one for each town in the county having no grange. Committee to Negotiate Agreement York State College of Agriculture at Ithaca, the Crop Improvement Cprn- mltteg of the Council of Grain Es- chahgesVof Chicago, and: the ;N. /{. C. &. H; R.|<R. JR.' to establish a far& bu- reau for Lewis county,\ and the presi- dent and secretary were authorized to sign such an agreement. Mr. Welch Quotes Statistics. The meeting was addressed by Mr. F. S. Welch, agriculturist of the New York Central Lines, who described the workings of the farm bureau and pointed out the advantages which would follow the establishment of such ,a bureau in this county. Mr. Welch quoted the census statistics to show that the farming population of the county had decreased about 12 per cent in the 10 years from 1900, to 1910. He showed that there were in 1901 241,000 .acres of improved land in the county and that the county appropria- tion toward the farm bureau amount- ed to two-tenths of a cent per acre, or about the value of a potato. The total cost might be estimated at half a dozen potatoes per acre. He also stated that the farmers of the county are paying $478,000 per year for feed for the 36,000 cows in the county. If through the efforts of the Farm Bu- reau the growing and feeding of alfal- fa should effect a saving of only two cents per day on each cow's rations, thes aving to. the farmers would amount to $130,000 a year. If one-half of the cows, which are doubtless condition of eyes~ears teeth, eta In j boarders, were to be replaced by bet- Mrs. Mary Callahan and~ daughter 1 of Utica spent Monday with Mr. and JMrs. G. H. Smithling. ' ' I Mrs. Karl Callahan arid daughter of I Deer River spent Monday and,' Tii,eji | day with Agnes Smith)ing. • '\' '•* I Mrs. Emerson Belknap, of Port L§y-t I den, has been a guest of her brother;,' ! F. E. Boshart and, family, ( the past' I few days. • •• • -•?• ••-,w-. I Mrs. C. P . Kirley entertainre'd' a eom- I'pany of friends at dinner on the blrth- I day of her daughter', Miss \Mary Kf$8 ley ' •' -\C'R-I Clarence Ryan, advance a'ge.ht^;gft the \Too Much Johnson\ company, was in Copenhagen on business, .Wed- nesday. • • ' ..vu? J. F. Wormuth has ' rented . 'the' North house on Cascade .averiue 'and will bring his family tP 'Lowville from Port Leyden in the ne'af.fttture.- '• . Hon. E. S. K. M,errell, Frank BP^r man, George S. Reed, Edward J.a.Bg- hart and B. H. Loucks attended^, the meeting of the State Bar Association., Ernest H. Roberts, of Turin, and Harry M. Holt have both- received, ' honors at Hamilton College, the for- A committee was appointed, com-' mer in orato ry and the latter in dra- posed of Hon. C. Fred Boshart, chair-1 matic work - . . man, Orrin F. Ross and Professor' Mrs - E - s - K ' Mefrell delightfully Breeze, \to negotiate and complete the j entertained the ladies of \the Episco- agreement between the Lewis County j P a I cnurcla and a few neighbors at a Farm Association, the New York State ; P arisn tea, Tuesday afternoon at her Department of Agriculture, the New j nome on Collins street. Mrs. E. M. Beckwith of Dayan street, has been entertaining her' brother, Roy W. Jones of Seattle, Wash. Mr. JoneS is a former lieuten- ant* governor VfMIgnes^ta.\ Rev. S. W. Brown of Watertowii, district 'superintendent of the Black River district, whb\':0as~tteen~in tp\yh ! for a few days and has held quarterly conference at the M. E. church, was entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton W. Holt, on Park avenue. \Professor Percival Robertson, who succeeds Professor Billings, at the academy, began his work last Mon- day morning. Professor Robertson is a Yale man, whose home is in New Haven, Conn., where he has taught in private schools tor some time. A. Lincoln Hough, of Washington, spent a few hours in Lowville Mon- day on his way from Carthage, where he had been called on business, to his home in the former city. Mr. Hough, with Miss Minnie Hough, at- tended the President's reception on Wednesday evening. Charles J. Donnelly, late proprietor of the Lowville Herald, who has been acting as foreman of the Herald since the sale of that plant, lias severed his connection with that paper and has joined the force of the Black River Democrat, where he will take especial pleasure in seeing his friends. TI WD • - >. . -;.'\ ••;' i'y'3' ^- t ! '\f'^'^.l? FRED. 'PO.W.G.ES- .fti*A'iRP^i-|P, ,<3RANP , |vAB«JiM:«$''»::' ,'''\V-H' 1 ^ Young Man. Arrested In\''-«j«*$Htffc ^$$gtit/'a nd B ro«sf\« «&• IkWyMl* -.« r „„^.„ With SteaKn'g: ••4#P*t%$$ <. „ Held foLvQp.ndJury^Wu^f ffefiip^ < ; -in Jall#W^iihiie\Time. ''*' '•$$$& Bed Donge|p, a^rnS!^Bp7h#I been!. ,tij juris* country abput! thvffi ,year'^-^|s£^a*^ested\ by ft XjOwvlUe pf- H6er .|fji ; vSyracuse last Saturday, asd-j .was brougli|i to Lowville, charged grand larc6s$|tei3i|*'WaS arraig?i(M$' fore, jdstfce^tlato^ito MmsaW' •,'lield' *f o^^f^Mf^m \ Which' ^ 'inAptim^. * • Dong«s|f!who >s a young man ^ abpvfp^ltsaars of age with no previ^j* crimift$f§ig<,oi d is accused of st^\.- j.Rg^some, jewelry and a small amount of monep. from Tred Moien, with whom he hud been Doardmg He has- relatives in New ^ ork where he had been: w.orking befoie he came to Jg»\^~ '•vfrtief*'^ \T* * ^-SaJJtei*; leaving Lowville about the. v* * j^ sain,! time the jew eh y was missed by |;Mr\ iffioreh, Donges went to the cen tral part'.of the state and was ridm |.|;he bumpers so far as his reccllectum goes. JHe was tound unconscious be side the ramoad and ^as taken to a Syracuse hospital but does not Know what hapened to lum Probably some trainman lucked him otf the car and l'eft'hfm to die beside the track Donges may be guilty of larceny, he was doubtless tiespassing on the railroad propei ty but nevertheless the whole case seems to cajst reflections upon .onr methods ot dealmg-~.with. these.cases He is not proved gnil the .'disappearance of fie jewelry njay have b6en' a comcideliee^bat iu atiy_ event, he will no^tuwoto sroend mor*e than two •montJiBi, jit jatt tsefoW hiV\ case can even' i?e txM&idWed n in- ' dieted, there will be andthei 1 d^laV be- \ forefofe h'e can. \be tried Then stus.^\ posetihe,,is, acquire \ . '.f .guiltv, he should hav! trial and^lheseinojithsjof incft, should apply on Ms^terett \ment if he should XaH to during good behavior •**> » pe*\ f? the first place the additional work thrown upon the teachers in large schools without extra remuneration is unjust; secondly, the examination can not prove as accurate as that of a phy- sician, and consequently the best re- sults for the child are not secured. The special sense organs are too deli- ter cows, paying only $10 a year more, or if the average yield of all the cows should be increased by $5 a year, the gain to the farmers would amount to $1SO,000 more. Work Ahead for the Manager. The work of enlisting the coopera- tion of all the farmers of the county cats to be the subject to the super- j will be pushed with vigor and it is : flclal examination of one who has not j hoped that lie bureau may complete given them special study. j Its organization and have its manager HERBERT H. CROSIER, l n the neld at an early date - He win Principal Harrisville High School. sln ' eIy find Ws work cut out ror hira - j Cor the farmers of the county are ] The point has been raised by some eagerly awaiting his assistance in the j I members of the governor's committee solution of their problems. ' • that the changes involved in the rec-, ——-. ommendations which have been made PALESTINE TODAY. by the Lewis county physicans and educators would involve a large ad' ditional expense in the administration Prof. E. W. Glasby, Constableville. Professor Glasby, the ' principal of the union school of Constableville, writes: \There are many children in the rural and village schools who need a thorough medical examination but have not had it because their par- ents have either lacked the means or have' treated the matter with in- ! differnce. There are children in our I schools suffering, from defective eye- sight, defective hearing and adenoids. Others of a tubercular tendency cught to be sent into the open air and sun- shine, rather than housed in closed rooms. When we have a scheol phy- , ' Illustrated Lecture to Be Given ' Rev. J. Morris Evans of the Bap- by of the state board of health. While this may be the fact, the additional cost of enforcing efficient regulations would represent but a small part of the loss to the state through results of the presnt system. We believe that the special health committee will be justified in present- ing a report which may very largely , •' ' OBITUARY /^fe^ranWsl'iep^fds.S'ofe 1 aodgers, whose '• Seath' oc,durr$i Vf^ %ay-'at'he¥?hp?iie'-pn the 'West toad, was ,Held; irein' tfii-^ple^ Kfdge=, church Monday at To,'r#6 .o'clock.\'JftW ;: Father George L. Murray officiated. Sh§ -was 84 years of age, v . Mrs. Caroline Rack. Mrs. Caroline Back died Monday morning at her home on River street, aged about 75 years. Mrs. Back had been ill with pneumonia since Thurs- day. She leaves a sun, William Back, of Lowville, and a daughter, Mrs. Frank Kelly of Syracuse. Funeral services were held from her late home Wednesday afternoon ac 2 o'clock. Eddy C. Shumway. Eddy C. Shumway passed away at his home in West Martinsburg on Tuesday, the 28th, after an illness of several months with heart trouble. Mr. Shumway was the son of the late Chester Shumway, and was born July 30, 1859, on the farm on which he died, his entire life having been spent there. For 23 years Mr. Shumway had been, a loyal and conscientious member of the Presbyterian church of this vil- 'age, sincerely intersted in all that pertained, not only to the work of the local organization, but in all that con- cerned the growth and development of the church of Christ everywhere. Fifteen years ago he was elected a member of the session of the church, EC3l during all that period, and par- ticularly during the past ten yearsin which he filled with marked ability the important office of clerk ~d?1SW~ session, he served the church with un- , failing fidelity and with a devoted Last Invalid Pension Bill to Be Passed walchtulneSa upon all her interests, by Present House Grants Increase | Hig intimate knowledge of the Bp^V to Col. E. H. Crandall. Bill byterian system made him not 'oni^H Aided by Sulzer. j valued member of tfe e eldership of'W On Jauaury 24th, the Hout,e of Rep local church, but won apprectettv* resentatives passed the last invalid recognition in the Presbytery 6t, Wttpaf pension bill to be presented by the \ which elected him upon several ,%f* *s committee on invalid pensions at the ' casions as one of its delegates tp ^jf~^ ^ present session, which read as fol- nod, and in 1909 appointed him $ jt*,*- lows: \Be it enacted that the Secre- , commissioner to the General Assem? tary of the Interior be and hereby i& bly which met in Denver, Colorado.'?'. ; authorized and directed to place in | The funeral services were held fro^ n Jerome Wood. Jerome Wood, 66 years of age, of Lowville, died Thursday morning at his home in this village. Besides his widow, he leaves a daughter, Iva, a sister, Mrs. C. M. Waters, of Lyons Falls and two brothers, George and Morgan, of West Martinsburg. CREASED PENSIONS tist Church. ! authorized and directed to place in! The funeral services were held ftfcSjL:*\'«* The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bap- tlle pellsIoll roU > SUDJect to t he provds . > his late home Frlday atternoojl at-#4|»i. ' tist church are selling tickets for a ions and limitations of the pension ; o'clock, Rev. Cuthbert C. Frost ofHte. '/„, „;' lecture, to be illustrated by a hun-' dred slides, to be given by the pastor, on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 4th. Those who are so fortunate as to be present may be sure of an enjoyable and profitable evening. The proceeds increase the cost or the adininistra-' will be added to the church repair tion of the department of health, if fund. . accompanying that report is an analy- • • •• » <& « sis of the cost to tlie people of the | Change of Date. laws, the name of Edward H. Cran- dall, late of Company K, 111 Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of $40 i month in lieu of that he is now receiv- ing.\ The bill has' yet to pass the Senate but passage is assured. The bill to increase Col. Crandall's pension was introduced by Congress- man Mott and received the support of under , Owing to the stereopticon lecture to i Congressman, now Governor, Sulzer, a state of preventable diseases presnt conditions. The legislature j be given at the Baptist church on I personal friend of Col. Crandall's. Tbr may not be ready to take up the mat- Tuesday evening next it has been de- action of congress represents an act of ter at once but the public is entitled , cided to change the date of the pro- substantial justice and Col. Crandall's LeRpy W. King. to have the business proposition put j ductiPn of \Too Much JPhnson\ to J many friends will join the Democr: Presbyterian church, officiating. /<, The Study Club. \Pfi^ Return of Peter Grimm,\ has een receiving the attention of the Study Club, under the leadership of ; Miss Easterly, who finished tlle read 1 ing of the play at the meeting of the club last Tuesday. Aliss Easterly 'is a fascinating reader and her treat- ment of this play has, afforded t&£'< club much pleasure. The Tuesday meeting was.held at .the home of MrSt r-?s ^•O't ' ' —— Uphday Evening ferine Club 1 .''' up to it—preventable disease costs the j Monday evening, February 3rd. The ! in extending congratulations and J- state so much each year, the cost of p i ay will be put on at Odd Fellows', the hope that he may enjoy the well- Mrs\ William Crane delightfully en- \*V preventing these diseases will cost so - hall, Copenhagen, the follpwing-niglit. | earned pension for many years to tertai n^ tUe jj ond ' ax ^ y<H tf n g' frftlk ' r .. • I come - • | Club,at,its,.last meeting ,,....,\„. much. Tickets are: now' on gate. • „- J •/
