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lljie AND THE ONEONTA PRESS $2.06 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE THE GLP RELIABLE CEMOGRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER OF OTEEGO COUNTY ESJABLISKEP IN 1808 V O X . '€ X I V ........... O Q Q P B E S T O I Y H , - O T S E G O O O l p O T V , N i Y .,. -W E D Y E ’S E A Y . , M A E C l I -8,. 19.2’2 W H O L E Y O , 5 9 1 8 MILLER’S ECONOMY Mc’S T c i u b Si)edalist Miss Pizab(Bth Masters Wilt , ' From State College of Affficulture With Junior Project Heavier Lpca;l Taxation I z e g i s l a t o r s ; Club Specialist A s sist ing: i|i County NEW JOBS Nwriy Three-quarters of a MUlioii Vo t >il P arty Machiriefy-^Dosqohite Flays Administrations eiaims. i'.avfrnoT Miller’s claims of economy .it- disputed bv Minority Lee ’ lainv' .1- Walker of ’ State College of Agriculture Here for Week N ew Assistant Begins Junior W ork •ojeet ts n. Donohue, Minority Leader L Asseinbly, well known in Coo,p^ . r,t,'\vn in a statement to the Pree- ni.i -.'s Journal. Tii-M' well known legislators he- . ;hat the present administration- ., , uniiig credit not rightfully theirs .... ;;..ike the following sbateinen s ;i, will be of interest to the tax - of Otsego county, irrespee • d party affijation, N.r administration in the history: State has been so ingenious-or rsistent as the present adminis- \,.i ii in loudly proclaiming- its al- ^conomy. The taxpayers, groaii- , :der the burden of hard times, riv too anxious to accept these but we call their •act that not one • Miller’s alleged ides and sent week Miss Nancy McNeal has been warklng with the County Lead ers. Much help was secured in the Horne Making Projects, especially the rSewing arid Foods Projects. Many splendid helps were given the ladersaders and quiteuite a littleittle illustrativellustrative le and q a l i tnaterial was made up to use in ■ demonstratioh work with the local leaders and the girls in the clubs. A interesting conference of local ‘Ls ^ true\but^ we°cairt^^^ The real work does not lie . u> the fact th at not one dol- sewing jrr making a_fe- . .immgh any act'of Governor i . 1 his legislation has been . : cause of a large increase in ■,:..tion. While he has-eflected 1 i.e saving to the taxpayers i; the State, he has per- . - legislature, by mandatory ■ .. to increase the taxes in ■' i.eicipality thi^ughout the 1 dican- leaders assert that r. iUiceii the appropriations ■ We deny that they any saving whatever. . •• tiiction has occurred was •i IMS over which they had . !. I was brought about as ; omplelion of the Cort real spirit of workinj grotip and many oth( 'tors of Club Work are essential add important for the tvide-awake boy and girl, Voluntary effort as is Club rk, means ‘J‘self-help,” whifi.li lie office building; the • Troy bridge; the pro- i...... ■ . state’s portion of the vj ■ 1 It 1 .rd Flat Bridges and •I., . . Me: I i' further appropria- ; . . canal terminal at I, ... ;■ itIV, .lutomatically relieved r-.-. h.iiiature from appropriat- c ' i. ■■,\ 1.0 which was in la.st year's V, t < a r a e way conditions of . ■ • . -ion at Marey State Hospital ! Sing IThson -and Rochester )i -I a! have relieved the pre.sent : v-!.,tin-e fivm appropriating $2,- fd. making a total reduction, u'. eniploying the slightest meas- .... .conomy, of i?6,70.S,000. The .. t • : rfaims whose judgments can- • .* 1 .ru rcased or decreased by the I' atin,- required no deficiency ap- I ■ ' .tu n this year and thereby the ■ t .,., 1 . reduced S4,222,004, the in n ‘ allowed in the 1021 bill, and •.v.thciut any exercise of economy. !' . ?a 1 in prices of food and supplies ! .;• tn. State institution.s made m - .--ary any deficiency appropria- ■ ■ t.^cri'for, thereby reducing the without th^ slightest ■on..my, unle.ss the Govenior claims ■It. . r . ’dit for the falling ninrk( 'I'l-e-e items '■'1 r.present l'ic‘i<i from la: iaim for economy i 'd.dl. r administrati( .-Minvicted ■ippropnations §2,616,S :ng a false claim for ec .standing out in this 3her, Oatafioi n-ed a s county Eh in the Junior Master is ■well qualified to lead such an important work, both fi’oin her educatiphal and practical expert, iences. She is a graduate of the Qn- taxiq Agricultural College at Duelph esting conference s held in Hartwick iernaon. On Tuesday noon a largea- meeting of leaders was held in the Chamber of Commerce Building here at Cooperstown. Today ” ^hird meeting is being held at Otego ■ the leaders in that section of the county. In addition ta giving help as to the sewing and foods work i t is the plan of the , county leaders to get be fore the local leaders through these iferenres the bigger side of Club lal work does not lie f^ith Junior E Girls Uow the ¥otes Line LFp in County Of TwentyrSeyeii Thousand Register, ed a t Election i|^_November^Only Sixteen Thousand Enrolled County Will Battle Over Richlield Will Estate of .Wealthy Richfield Woman Involved iii Cohtroyersy-.--;House ^ Maid May Get Property A.vi M districts^ of ..unty, the three smaller parties ' omitted, as the number of vot- ! small in each instance: 1920 the enrollment sho’ :> ___ ■- ---- 1 c O/iA ! Ilulii.riuil- means ‘J‘self-help,’’ whifih s the right foundation within out and girls for successful i Woi buih Accredited ;Herd Conference Here Mr. C. J. Armstrong of Milford, President of tire Otsego County Ac credited Herd Association, has ar ranged fo,r a meeting to be held in Cooperstown on Thursday, March 16, at 1 p. m. at the Chamber of Com merce buikling. This meeting is for all those people who \havc signed ap plications. fnr membership In the new association and for any others who are interested in bovine tiiberculo.sis in Otsego County. The purposie of this meeting is to adopt by-laws which have been pre pared by the Board of Directors, the preparation of articles of agreement to he entered into by the Association with its mennbeix, and to make plans for the first year’s work of the or ganization. Some 200 breeders and dairymen pave signed application for memberslnp in the Association, al- tlinugh the officers believe that at . least 350 should signify their willing ness to become members of the or ganisation before a county veterinar ian is again employed. Dr. H. B. Leonard, -Tederal Veterinarian in charge of tuberculosis eradication work in this State and Webster J. Birtlsall of the Department ef Farms & Markets are expected to be pi-esent to .assist in the making of plans. The F a m Bureau is active in pro moting the work of this .Association and the County Agent will assist in Miss Elizabeth Masters securing her B. Se. degree in Economies in 1915. The year follow-j n-M.\ ing her graduation she was dietitian! in a large Canadian hospjlal at F o r t '\ \ ' William and during tlie year taught Home-ome- Economics foror .sixix monthsonths^ati at H Economics f .s m ix,.,, ,. Mastor received a call from New York . nam., ~ :ate as lit om New York . iiamwcu Bureau Agent in Al-|. jan^. eounty and thove built up a E ■ strong' working organization during • the two.years 1919 and 191§. In ad- lUtion to.' her regular work she also ^ ' interested girls in several community i .. centers to take up Club Work. .. Fi'c».m this position Miss Master was ; M5.iiii. n. i.i called by^her own people t o again take ;! my_ car mlaries to fees; making an 165. This laVge sum o the party machine, muld not have done ; desire of, re- ist be provided Farticular attention is called to the lump sum appropriations for personal -.-rvice for the Tax Department, the Department of -Farms and^ MmketS, uie Department of\ Public Works and :he State Engineer, ^ t should be nm-asc o f § must be charg Govei-nor Miller would not have 't last year, but in the desire _ _ e Sta-e^'^En ine ii^mlnd th a t’ when d r ^ t o e n ial appropriations are made in a lump -um all the employees of such depajt- appointed with the sanction Dvalval of thehe Governor’sovernor’s uid appro of t G own Board i.f Estimate and. Control,’Witb- ..ut anv regard for Civil Service rules. While there may be some necessity far .1 lump sum appropriation for a hew .r reovganized deharbment, we ca not-conceive of a single justifieati. for a !'.imp sum appropriation for t Tav i lepartment, the Department I’uDlir* Works or tho State En^cmeoi*, unle-s it is solely fo r. political and ;“'rh’’K 5 r 4 et;r=:.d .he s - i - i ’/ s s i i i y ' Hnd debt service, they have control A New Deputy County Clerk County Clerk William I. Smith has ipointed Carson E. Smith of Herla- .d his duties. He is i Union Cullege in civil engineering and served'his country during the World War. He leaves the employ of the Mohawk Valley Abstract Com pany to come to Cooperstown and he brings the highest recommendations from his former employers and asso ciates. William Quackenbush, clerk uf Herkimer county wTite_s that he is a very fine young -man and worthy of the position. I feel confident that he can make good as deputy clerk in your office.’’ ^ _____ _ Congressman Clarke’s Stand on the Bonus Huiii rnut.s ......... i’luTry Valh-y ... I'htiTv- VaUi'y ... Total Enroirt ;. Reg. Rep. Dem. 11 I \ l-Mm.-.-t i.n intere.stod girls in several commui centers to take up Cluli ’Work. Frc*.m this position Miss Master p l i S d : a t Kamloops in British Columbia as the limt dietitian in the large Tran- p.,,,,. quille Sanitorium. .Her excellent ser- vice here in orgnizing the work' brouglit an unusually^ iittraethe offer \ '• from the Fraser Valley Dairy pally of Vancouver, B. C. lo organize and eonducl milk canipaiga.s. Thi.s heing- for the put pose of setting be-! i-i t fore the people of that dstriet th e ; i ' v value and real need of milk and its , J-’’\' ’ products in the daily, diet; incidental-j ly to sell iiiore.jrfilk. 'Following this; ■•ampaign of several lUftiidts with e x - - , celleat results Miss .Maistor started; <u, , work with the Soldier- .Settlement: r..f. v Board at Vernon, British Columbia. In | ■< this position she wa.s the first direc-' tor in charge of the ort^nization o f ’ the llome Braoeh \vark o f that Board. In addition to her regular duties she had a great, deal lo do with .the col-i onization and community work. Also numerous short courses were orgaltfz- 'e i - «•. ed arjd held throughout the district with the women ami girls relative to ^1^:'’'’'’ ome-Making Work. int.'-mi ■With this and other valiinblo exten- (|•l.,inl..■ sion services rendered both in Can-i i:i« im..! ada and New York State Miss Master 1 nu come.s highly recoramemfed and cap- | able. Local Leaders ami girls in the work will he assured of nao.'it splendid ' dstance and help. As rapidly as >i;|„.| signature and testimony of attesting-' witnesses, who were C.' B. Wilder and Herman A. Egerland. Nev ertheless, the document was o-ffered for probate before the court at Copp- erstown without the signatures. Noth ing' was brotight to light as to the mutilation of the will, and the probr lem for the proponents is to convince the court that the docurnerit was mu tilated after the death of .Miss Crouse, and not prior to her death. Among liequcsts 'other than the one men tioned is that of all paintings and solid silver, to go to an uncle, George Cook, and a large motor car to go > George A. Dockstader. To effect.the probate of the will it. will quite probably be necessary to convince the court that it was intact at the time of Mis.s Crouse’s death and that it has ‘ ---- then by parties Mis.s Crouse’s deal been mutilated sine interested, or oppos ivisions. ed to its prm It is understood that there is an other will in existence, by -which Miss Crouse makes a relative her heiress. 'I'lrhsm-elative is employed in the hum- ipacity of housemaid in a home near Springfield Center, but if she gets the property will become one of the wealthiest women of Otse county. A formidable array of legal talent l.as been engaged to look after the w!''rESr .’5 .it Richfield Springs, Charles E. Ilar- lies of Amste ' - - vVelclo’/. B. F. Spraker of Cam ..ariop Charles H. Holmes of FRO M T H E F IL E S O P T H E FR E E M A N ’S JO U R N A L March 11, 18-2 2, . J and occupied by Hr. Samuel he town of Otsego was burnt , indvding a considerable amount of An examination c Town Paupers.—The sale of the poor of the Town of Otsego commencii this village. -R.' PITCH, I. LO0.MI9. Clarke Would Limit i H olstein M embeiship Members of H ouse 1 Campaign Progressing' Proposes-Bill Cutting Representatives Officers State Association Met Otsego in Congress to 217— Breedens—Urge Team Work as Urges. Savings*’ ^ 1 Solution of xMarketing Problem f this 1 ' house of representatives .and increase j R. Zimmer, Secretary and A. W. their salaries, with a reduction o f ; Brow\ .$100 per day^or absence fro e greater efficiency es on to hYsThlidre\ ‘ to a^Tull congress, secure a more regular ( success we mast have business organk -nclance at the sessions, and make zation to help the marketing of our' ment for high grade cattle he said. The County Club is attendance i sufficient in< In speaking of the m« gressman Clarke said: “I realize that if it wei it might elii P‘i°-i\\dm iirto be sacrifice j plishment of a good t the solution of the problem, i t should - hold sale,s and maintain the confidence of the public through the sale of to become creditable animals. The principles ; but that back of the business inust be upright lovable. The County Club i.- which biisines.s mast be •ith cooperate iiireau Organizncii ' the State .Association. The Olid) is endeavoring to ' ion ^and close t \ There are six sections to the bill thYwl.sherlTthe^im S elr* ^ ---------- . have !2 ;\ste«'l „ll 1„ th,- SuxK to m t n and grow iple Want to Spdkgfid^ all throug, Volk landmarks. Quite a glamor of: «Pt>n a representative who i.s ab.scnt ,ntic tradition is shed about the 1 f''im roll call. . HoDtei: of cattle I buy \va.s his advice Mr. Bigler said: We n i l l l S i s s assistance and help. As rapid possible and as time permits Americanization work will lie si Hoped that othr\ —— ------ hiKti'-M lORfiokl iome time ag a te resunTe the practice )f law. Mr. Smith already has as sume his duties. He is a ^ ‘aduate Guernsey Breeders Plan Organization .AiTangements have been made by .Mr. C. J. Hinds of Springdield Center, Secretary of- the Otsego County ■etlers’ Association, fox' a meeting be held in the Chamber of Com- iooperstown, at •noon of March Wtii’f s,t. r 1 tried to fi.sh them from the bottom of 117 the lake, but could never locate the J* sunken equipment. Prohibition, pre- Ui'suniably, is one of the factors leading to the passing of the ancient hostel- 5 ry, from the windows of which the ! way of the weary wayfarer -rtms light- 1 through so many years. To Hold Local Leader Total Number of Cancellations Low March 2nd the total num- itract cancellations receiv- l-he H a t the Chamber of Commerce build ing and a t Edmeston, March 16, at the Grange Hall. These are all-day meet ings and will begin at 10;.S0 a. m. and close about 4 p. mx So many requests have been made :his work, that we are desirous 'ating every Home Bu- S' riobt service, tiiey nave con the amount of appropriation for personal Service and Maintenance and ' Ipm'atioh. - If there were any real (‘conornies, therefore, -they wp-uld bq shown in these- items- B'P’t 1)1113 hiH shows an increase of $174,700 in per sonal .service, and a decrease of, only §67,000 in Maintenance and Opeta- Tlie W eeks’ F arm and Home Bureau M eetings Congress: ir ‘nie\'lixo“d ’wTT-Sf; ;rth»;'eVHife* 7 . x r ¥ J r i have felt and now f-'H stronely, that '.inle.s.s the President and Secretary of the Treasury come forth with a plan for paying a bonus, that proniis- ot to materially increase taxes, I lot vote to tax young men’s fath- and mothers to g'ive the young men money morally due them, and feel that they must wait a few year\ until we can meet this just ohligatioi I ■will vote the liinit of appropriation •are of the wounded and de- of the great war, and do it world 1: ■' t '. promote the interest of the breed in every pos-dlile way, es- pedaMy by a.<.-^isting Junior Extension Leaders in the development of calf cliilis, as.'iistiiig in the organization and conduct of County Ass-ociations in putting on one or two State sales each yeai* and otherwise developing the breed through methods Which the individuals cannot use working alone. A-li persons in Otsego County who are interested in Guernsey cattle should attend this meeting. Team work is what co.unts in these 4ays. A man cannot 13X864 purebred animals reasons, that is -the men have gone ■ut nf business or for different reasr -ms have discontinued the production of milk and therefore have no good reason for continuing with the Asso ciation. Of the total numher of can- eellations 666 have withdrawn -who sell to dealers who do -iot deal with the Oo-opsiutive Association and ? milk in the majority of cases ever been pooled. I'ing the nionth of February the- -iafion received 2,577 new coil- si-ituont, and when my constituents'c-aine thing, therefore it i s up to each Lve tried to every i; it, and when my cons 0 note want that kind of a Congress man, I will go back toYiiy farm up with my boyhood and girlhood friends in the dear old hills of Delaware Coun ty, where I am, faj happier than here. ■Very sincerely, John D. Gl'arke.” Appoints New Postm aster General H e D u b l i c a n Co* Coin- m ittee Elects Chairman At a' meeting of the Repuhliean Counfev Committee held , in Oneohta Saturday Hon, .Julian C. Smith of Oneonta, at present Atssemblyman from thiss district, was, elected' chair- S t committee to succeed terman, resigneiU Sneeial bargain iMulldns.—Adv, . in coffee. Frank Miller Hide Company Buys Business Place The Miller Hide Company; the flrrr name under which',S. F'.,Frensdorf has been conducting business at Oneonta, dealirt-g’ in hides arid siniilar goods, has purchased of Mi'S. R. W. Miller the property at 34 Market street, that ;ity. large and modern hide house at tin large and modern hide house at the\ rear of the lot and facing pn a D. & H. switchswitch v^hiehv^hieh iss valuablesaluables fttrPr thehe biisi-s - Frer • - • • ’ it home - i v f t bu ness. Mr. Ftensdoi-f ia to be cphgra nlated upon - securing the property t _ - ------------X. — xs„„ the busihef\ rsaid : We must secure a | i S ^ | | : S S l s s r = i S p i lo .■cnDratloii Is that at one time tliercl Delaware Co. Villages i teoil rattle f..,Aypc,\’tiiKli;^oi)7iie! 'Ttail May Be -Wiped Out j\i;“ t e l T.tid'TS -------- - ^ 1 the slogan of the beef man, “Weed, work o.n the filled milk and oleo prob lem and wipe it out if possUde, he _ wrought throug in, all of which is to pi'o- vide still more water for Greater New York. The Catskill Mountain News, published at Mafgaretvike, says that the rumor conies from a man in authority, and that if his Training Schools „ 1 Regarding the matter, a Margaret- .......... londent says: “It has it so far from being - ex- incredible, action secure- based on faith ill the unseen is the .'1 edited method of progress,, and cio, we arc forced to believe in the unseen even in Margaretville. Ru- mor.s gather momentum each week, and no-.v hv faith, wc see the big dam which will .supply water for New traihing_ schools in the follows: ‘ Coapei ladilla, Oneonta lunty ar _ jr.stown, Edmei lUnadilla, Oneonta and 'Wo’-cester. hope that every Home Bur< ler villages which runlor ha: soon be vviped-froutHhe map. H been staled from good authority that the Ulster & Delaware railroad has been told by the city pf New A \I'k that it must be looking out for a new right of way from Highmohnt to Kn\- Schenevus Man Leases . Adirondack H otel I' We I hope th at every Home Bureau can be accMninodated at one of these centers. The president of each Home Bureau is also cordially invited to attend the first meeting so. that she will have better knowledge of this work. iVill you plegse notify the officer at house accommi mr earliest convenience which school guests and the „ )U wish to attend and enclose liames of an annex coi of your lacal leaders? The Home Bu- rooms, -two furnishe reau groups in the southern part of a garage with space the county have already had these hostelry is* located lessons, so that it will be necessary ■ - ' ' ' -tate for all those communities beginning to meet with the class lUU, iUi’ LLltf ortxffdims C cooperative marketing organ All must be finances. The particular object of the officers of the State Association in coming to Otsego County at ttiis time was to make plans to solicit joint member ship in the County ami. State .Associa tions.—E. Bliss Burton, Heeretary County Club. this work Goopersto .1 Montreal-New York s hi.g4iway ar is situated in a grove of balsam pmi ’ ■ close proximity t* m :,..,. above mehtiohod dates. M; ial effort to attend these training ; schools for you will gain a great deal : of iielp from these instructions and ijqy the work. Unadilla Woman Cause of School Strike A group of the high .school -pupifs at Avan went on strike recently in protest against the marriage of their : preceptress, Mrs. Laura Spencer, to Neil Cushing, a student of the senior .;class. Cushing is 19 years old and his wife, to whom he was married in Wellsboro, Pa.j last October, is 45 and has five children. Her first husband. property .ntaining hundred consists also merly conducted Wedgewood Stamford-in-the-Catskills and Court Inn, New Smyrna, Flo,rid; ictly on the hi.g4iway and 'lalsam pines both Mirror Frisbierisbie for- Mr, F Dies From Exposure „ A t U n a d i l l a ^ F a m L Robert Truefell of New Haven, romi., died at Unadilla last week at the age of seventy-two. years. Mr Tr.ioft-Il had lately purchased the Robert Siver farm on. Pine Hill for his sun, who is a forester in one of the western stales, and Avent there about three weeks ago to work it and do some neeilod repairinsr ' oii the buildings. He remained in the house alone with inadequate fii'c.s, and one of the uei.ghhors romenibeiTd that he had not seen him for .several d.ays and went to the house te investigate, Finding him lying on the floor in his night dothe.s, witH no fire?, and al most stiff with cold, Dr. 'White was at once summoned an<1 directed that the man be taken! to the home of Mrs. I.ucy Evans. Thus wa.s done, his wife notified. His condition, however, was so serious that recovery was im possible, and he died at 9 p, in. on Monday. hofef'rtMeSlhf ed by N. W. * \ Meredith Inn Destroyed by Fire the large summer ned and operat- ...... — — , ---- , by fire early Sunday morning, to,gether with the large part of the valuable furnishings and the adjacent Casino, the total loss being about $100,000, which is -only partially covered; by in- of the fire is i “s i The cause g no one being able to offer , explanabioh. Recommends Licen sing of Mid-W ives Licensing by the state health com-, missioner of mid-wives is proposed in' a bill introduced' recently in .the leg islature by Senator Allen J. Bloom- -- field, Republican, ©f D4sego. To Honor Mennory o f Vice Pres,^ Sberman it has been practically settled that the d ate for the unveiling of the mon ument to be erected 'as a memorial for the late 'Vice President James S. Siief- man at Utica, will he Wednesday, June 14th, flag day.
