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W ) e AND THE ONEONTA PRESS $2.00 P E R Y E A R IN A D V A N C E t h e o l d r e l i a b l e DEMOCRATJC FAMILY NEWSPAPER OF OTSEGO COUNTY ESTABLISHED IN 1808 V O L . C X I V X O . 3 8 . COOPERSTOWX,SOTSJSGO COI7ISTY, N . Y ., W E D N E S D A Y , A P R IL 1£), 1 9 2 2 W H O L E N O . 5 9 2 4 AREifflEABLE INOTGATM W or M Apply Result In jtsego County Notice of Annual School Meeting Will Be Held First Tuesday in ■ May—More Financial Aid for S U C C E S S W 1 T H P 0 1 J I 4 R Y Barlow and Stanton Find West Virginia Plan Working W. O. Hintermister Resigns as Clerk Will Hereafter Devote Himself En tirely to Law— Carson E. Smith Elected Admirably . agriculture and markets of th a t .eetinn of the Shenandoah Valley, in h the city of Harrisonburg is the They believe that they have Secured informatiQn that can he ap- to local conditions and that will Lrincr develop Otsego County, es- that pprtion covered by the New, York and the Delaware iludson Rhilroads. T--- was a trip planned by Mr. c. v >' Ti in his position as Promotion M uc.-'cr of the Southern New Vork p.i;i ..V and Power Corporation. Thrii 1 ). Robert L. Luce of New\ Y^^ork V,,' H..rtwick, Mr. Stanton learned of ftheChesa- fifty xnile 1 Harrison- \,.w York were operating, were . , \.1 =0 he secured the cohsenx of Bureau to take Mr. Barlow and they made the investi- together. '1 . -crtion in question is in Ed.ck- IS state of New York. Eive notices of; triets that contract for the education •of their children, will, beginning with the apportionment of February 1923,; live public money on the same basis , though they maintained schools,, that is the regular district quota, the increased teachers quota of $200 and $3 on each'full thousand that the as- 11^ ................................ •ginia, II •ops, covers a period of . and consists of dent corn ■ .ithcr husked or put in the V.:.. at two years and hay two V . . !.’• cf cattle which are pastmved '■ * I '\intain country of We.st vir- ...... r.,- grown and fattened Hogs, . a'.th- and poultry constitute an t industi-y. H was stated ■: '• ■ .. .v.- Agent Chas. Wampler, th a t i,;,f .;.:t!'.' and hogn^tre kept in about , ;..i nunibei t t dairy a--’.- are grc t;go investigators believe southland county could he- irket for Otsego Ilolsteins a market for Otsego Ilolste 1 t.u* rnsey cattle and that Otsego MM IS might well learn a. lesson in luuliiy husbandry from practic vqgue there. um : tiie- positton of clerk .of the mister>' who, is how located in Coop- ' nd has. opened a laW office hereafter give his time en- ds profession. Carson E. Smith,, deputy county erk,. was appointed to fill the va- ,ncy. Mr. .Smith was formerly em- ’ ■ in the barge ! on each'full thousand th at the as- issed valuation of the district i§ less lan $100,000. Subdivisio.n 2 of said ' r that con- being en- first raise a . . . o^f one-haif of one per cehtum i, e. $5 on a thousand. Dis tricts desiring to adopt the contract plan ncLUst by a vote of the district may by a majority ___ the annual or of a special school m< ing engage a teacher and reopen the school. It is the purpose of the Stat< to close more of the one-room schooh and districts that find it convenient to contract should give this plan isideration. John B. McManus,,. District Superintem S d war was Expeditic . _ ___ __ance. _ - ----- lOtion with the of^ . , _ - _ er had made many friends by h!s uniform courtesy, and his unflagging devotion to the work. While regretting his retirement, they will anticipate r - --■” - measure of succi to which he will entire energies. Lyman J. Barnes of Worcester was lected chairman of the board and lames P, Gallagher of Oneonta, Sec- Messag“e From Wilson To Otsego Democrats Former President Pleased With Telegram Sent Last Week ' From Oneonta In response to a telegram printed in last wqth’s JourtLal sent to Ex- President Woodrow! Wilson Monday evening by Otsego County Democrats at a meeting held in Oneonta, the former president has sent the follow ing reply to Mayor Clarence C. Mil ler, Chairman of Otsego Couni Woodrow Wilson Foundatk mittee. “Hon. Clarence C. Miller, “■Oneonta, N. Y. “Your fanns, of Rockingham County ■ small, Averaging probably not re than 65 to 75 acres and each cm- nas a flock of from 150 to ’!'’ns. Few farms are without a work ing flock, yet there are no large flock'^ or specialized poultrymen -who do nothing else. The Ro,ckingliam agent .vhe accompanied the men while making their investigations, stated that the f.armer who they visited -tvho had 7-50 hens owned the largest flock vf which he knew. The iiulustry is conducted very ;..uch tile same as here, w ith two im- poiuni thirorencea, vl^; that practi cally all thickens are hatched m cus- on April floth, a.nd 2«c per hundred ' »es in Hiurisu.-ihurg, instead of pounds will be borrowed by the Ass( imis.-ltn houses in New York. The ciation for purchasing of milk plani i ” iou r message on behalf of the Dlemocrats has given me very d.tp gratification. It is very reassuring and delightful to realize that the forces are gathering \po carry on the cause of justice aiW humanity. \Woodrow Wilson.’ April M i l k ^ Bring Dairymen $1.65 The Dairymen’s League Co-Operat ive Association announces its pooled, price for March at $1.6.5 per hundred. From this sum 5c per hundred is de ducted for various expenses. $1.40 per hundred will he disbursed by check on .April 25th, a.nd 20c per hundre s an engiineer in the wice and duringring thehe t Wor metniber of the Americi force in Fr D. & H. Earnings Show Slight Gain LEAGllPUSMG SALE OF CREAM Markets Product Made _ Jte P*^9?lucers ;;||suroESSF^SALESip} ^ ^ ' Members of Pooling Ot-ggnization Have Obtained 300 Storekeepers as CustORiers So F ar Members of the Dairymen’s League Co-operative Association, Inc,, declare they have obtained big results in an amazing short time and at little OV; no expense in a “drive” to set up .marketing machinery for 'dhe distri bution of their farmer-made ice cream. According to officers of the association the success of the ers’ collective salesmanship d; •trates what can be acconvplisl of men through co-operi As told in the New York Times re cently, the Dairymen’s League Co operative Associatioji added ice cream to its list of milk products now manu factured in farmer-owned plants. The list includes condensed, evaporated lilk, butter and chi Having per:u’fecte 1 fif. nst.nnis'hefl. at the extraordinary their plans |o r the market, fhe Net incc„_ .... .. ....... .. ..... _ . _ _ rding to the detailed report is- of salesmen reported to the Utica publication last week. headquarters of the association that Tease of $4,289 in this item nearly 300 storekeepers in various ntire year’s operation repre- municipalities in league territory and Flume Gives Way Again at Colliers Bed of Clay Found Ten Feet Under Rock Bed of Channel—Another Saturday morning of the rock bottom raceway was ed out from under the tenxparary planking that had been built along the side of the channel, which will un doubtedly double the expense of re pair work and delay the use of the plant many days. ' The bottom of the raceway leading from the, dam to the plant is of na tural rock. Along the outer edge of this rock a concrete, wall was original- 'ly constructed to foiTn the channel. ;it was this iwall Which became under- • ’ ’ fell over to the river id until a mori permanent arrangement cortld be made. The water was let iiato the raceway on Friday and despite man; predictions to the contrary the plan! wall held admirably. Saturday a thing entirely unexpect ed happened. The rock bottom had i ci’evice extending parallel with .t,he wall about eight feet in from tke edge Undoubtedly the water has gradual ly worked into this seam during the years finally undermining the rock so that the terrific water pressure sud denly forced hundreds of tor •er into, the river bed. .. jt 11.61 in 1920. “it was easy to interest our farm- artly offset by reductions made ative A.isociation, ‘\because the mak- I, ----- „ , - ------- .. lilt they are ® I turning out. When a salesman starts ‘^®\*''|UUt with these two big ideas in mind, over 1920. | lie has the advantage over many .sales- in ? r s „ f L™F. Si'e'”sSd.'S■sa'\' “ “* was partly in gross income. The enmimnv’c existing r year was latter fact has been ,-lbk for the tremc ,.f the business di houses in New York. The has be largely respon- .■ tremendous development ness during the last ten An idea of the present size of the • u.-iness, can he secured from the :act that nine custom hatcheries are .n operation, the smallest of which . •la- un 1^,000 egg capacity and the \largest. 1)1,000. One operator who a 21,0i)0 egg capacity, has already pi omised to take ,39,200 eggs to hatch 1 , 1923 and has also promised to sup- !>! v 2500 chicks to one customer. Ea.r- risonburg has 3 produce houses; one, l.nown a« the City Produce Co.j is the ' irgest east of the Mississippi. This tiim handled ll^^i million dollars worth of poultry and eggs^n 1920 uni 1-^4 million dollars worth, in 1921. Feed for fattening fowls last a.,.: purchased, to the amount of o'Mi. On April 15, 30 cars of eggs had -e n placed in storage and the week i-.-evious to that date, 13,200 ^ e n s ■,< i-rc purchased. During the heigrit of •■jc sea.son, the firm employs 110 ] A demand has been growing in Ot- vgo County for a better outlet for • ggs and poultry, a large quantity of ■\hich is produced in the Otego valley *\.r\Ugh which the Southern Nerv^ork ' perates. Messrs. Stanton and Bar- 1 .w arc confident that a produce house • - louhl he established at Oneonta and •uiustry of the county, would be m- i-ea.'ird inO'^i 6r more. It was not Sidney Man Accused .quality differentials. Later the farm- of U. S. Mail Larceny;7e,.['t;“ wlhY.tSi‘'tl4 realize, it was said, that the -------- jhers realize, it was said, th at the . ............... , ciation for purchasing of milk plants at Sidney, was taken into custody ;cr will he the amount of the pool to and equipment. For this 20c, certifi.- Saturday morning, charged with lar-, distribute. cates of Indebtedness are issued, ma- ceny from the United Stahs mails by . As .-oon as an appeal was issued tuning in five years and drawing in- Postal Inspector Moses E. DiyTrea | through The Dairymen’s League terest at 6 percent. Prices are for who had been to _m-, News, the official organ of the co milk containing 3 percent butter-fat, and at tlie 201-210 mile zone. Prices to each farmer vary with the amount of butter-fat contained, and the dis tance from the market. A detailed report is issued Association, showing ,nt and in addition the aceidi One Hundred Years Ago FROM THE FILES OF THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL The premium list of the Otsego Co. Fair to be held in October Larger Appropriations For Extension Work Another of the annual supply bills, the agricultural appropriation, was passed by the senate last week, after it had reversed itself and restored the^ free seed item for ano.ther year. The bill carries approximately $37,250,000 or about a million and a half more l^an was passed by the house. The item of $360,000 for the free distribution of seeds was included in the measure as it passed the house and therefore ' ............. . discussion Whei SURROGATE’S COURT Proceedings for the Week Ending April 17, 1922 Estate site of the ealainity Sunday an.d were jiscussion When the bill is taken up astonished, at the extraordinary foi- adjustment of differences between demonstration of the power of water jhe two houses. The vote by which pressure. „ On Monday J. F. Sanborn of Nev York City, a rock expert, went ovei the situation with Mr. Graves at thi . discovering stricken out __ - - , , on reconsideration was restored by a 31 to 30 vote. The free seeds amendments were offered the appropriation 29 to 24, but .free seeds amendments were by individual senators, which served he cause of the accident made sug- to, increase the amount of money set estions for the repair 'work. Mr. aside for the departmenf of agricul- lanborn disco,vered that ten feet down ture. .Among the principal changes made in the measure by tlie senate were in creases of $500,000 to the million dol lar appropriation for agricultural ex tension work through farm agents; $525,000 to the $30,000 appropriation L r the purchase of additional forest reservf.s in the Appalachian district, and $300,000 to the $200,000 fund for eradicating the barbary hush, the wheat rust pest. .An a*idition of $75,- 000 was made to the appropriation of $175,000 for fighting the white pine blister rust, and $20,000 was provided for the extension of the leased wire market service into Texas, which ex- rts to use the service in connection tin^ Sanborn disco,vered th at ten feet down strata of pure clay. Naturally as the water worked down into this the clay became as slippery as gi'ease and it can easily be seen how the water pressure could do the Test. For the present a temporary flume will be built of planking, both side walls and bottom, to conduct the water to the plant. This will take about a month to complete. In the mean time no definite steps ■\vill he taken to make permanent repairs un til the water in the river hod is suf ficiently low to determine rwhether there are any more week strata in the rock. Until this is known it will not be safe to attempt any permanent Prof. Clarence Mathew- son Dies at New Berlin Was Well Known ThrougliouL Coun ty in Former Days as ln.structor in Terpsichorean Art at Oneonta. Estate of Rosco.e C. Dyer, late Of Edmeston. Proceeding for adminis- ■ation. Letters of administration is- led to Emma C. Dyer, sister. Estate! of George H. Warfield, late of Milforci. Proceeding to prove will. Will admitted to -probate and letters testamentary issued to Rue'z R. Mack- Estate of Amos Miller, late of the City of Oneonta, Proceeding for ju dicial settlement. Decree entered. Estate of .\nianda Moore, late of Laureirt. Prrcceding to prove will. W'P admitted to probate and letters testamentai'y .issued to Frank CaiT and Everett Sherman. Order Ci'uelty to Animals in TJown of Decatur Llwood appraisers entered. Order ! ublLsh notice to creditors entered, v-late of Mary L. Ilerington, late the City of Oneonta. Proceeding to prove will. Will admitted to pror hate and letters testamentary issued to Vivian C. II. Carr. .OrderDrder appoint-point- Sanmel II. Potte ifendorf appraisers ap and david A. Will admitted to probate and lettei-s testamentary is.suetl to Alon zo Phillips. Order appointing AHred Lape and George Payne appraisers entered. Order to publish notice to creditors entered. Estate of Emily D. Goddars, also known a.s Emma D. Goddard, late of Richfield. Proceeding to prov-e will. Citation issued returnable April 24th. Estate of Ezra B. Hurlbutt, late of ■ Unadilla. Proceeding for administra- Complaint having reached Mrs. W.'tion. Letters of administration issued T. Hyde of Cooperstown, County Agt. to Helen L. Hurlbutt, widow, of the Society for the Prevention of Estate of Chester Stoddard, late of AnimaLs, that three resL'the City of Oneonta. Proceeding for . .re earb month “ r y ' S S . ™ It is believed that before an effort is made to establish such a house, that a conference would he- had with the heads of the poultry -department at Ithaca and with the poultrjf coun cil of the Farm Bureau. These con ferences will probably’be held in tne near future. If favorably consider'' is more than likely that the inat.- 11 then he presented to the Oneonta liable information o,n livestock Has Gone From^ New York used rare judgment when he placed C. iS. 'Stanton W cha^e^ of the promotion activities of f the road. It’s only a question of time wh. 1 coffee will be used-,'jn idvertiseraeWt. every Rome. r^'L, ““ the\' . .'aporated mOk alone the Assoc sold $129,871.01 worth to the domestic trade, and $7,759.60 worth were e p..-ted. . I b . i Y . ’S '■ 'f i S e a . b i n g that one o, the let- ilk. These figures will failed to reach the party ad- ill idea of the immense dressed, Duryea went -to Baker and mrk and business that the searching him found one of the League Co-Operative As- m-arked bills in his possession. He at doing monthly. once placed Baker under arrest and , J ■ __ his arraignment followed later in the To Argue Appeal in Smith Murder Case g^rn Destroyed at Aiftording to an announcement by CoOperStOWU Jct. The barn on i T ^ e n ^ I T s Herbert W. Smith murder case will Green, who ... brirf. . , - V Cooperstown Junction, caught fire at ™ -c.. V.O v-aiocrl in the early hour on Saturday morning and with all its contents was burned the ground. The origin of the fire ‘ ’ intimation when Mr. 3 of How- 1 what is through waiting for j aiTives.’’ Officers of the association helii that by the time all three plants are turning out their product, there will be a string of dealers waiting to take every galloTi that can be produced. It is believed that the farmers’ ice demand ' at picnics, events gei' of the conduct of the about 20 by 36 feet, and in it wei ............. - ^ . Buick car, 50 hens, a cow and a qimi lelieved thal ci-eam will be in great dem: farmers’ and Sunday school county fairs and similai throughout the Summer. The theory on which the D a ir ^ e n ’s League Co-operative Association is proceeding is that the operation of a sufficient number of farmer-owned country milk plants, according facili ties for making into miUc products all milk not consumed as fluid milk, will stabilize the industry and put it on a permanent basis, Inasmuch as iriilk, one of the most perishable of foods, is produced hvery day, it must be marketed every day. Owning plants mers’ market for milk'—the not shut off these markets he has milk that must be Thus mi”'- .ugh the Mathewson was 71 years of id began his work as instructor dance when he was less that of age, his work extendinj • summed, but every \ ;aged in teaching and e Two‘Health Boards Will Act Jointly and and the Boai.. village of Schehevus, it was voted that the two boards'be eonsolidated. The State Commissioner approved the plan and notice given that the new health district be known as the Con i’. Steere, late of a. Proceeding for ntness to b entered. ;en in an- Professor Brew Meets With Dairymen B e n S S n F. Murdock.' Order to pub lish notice to creditors entered. Or der appointing E. Lee Kinnc and Jes se P. \Wells appraisers entered. ^ Estate of Mary Jane Chase, late o HarUvick. Proceeding for administra Order ap- >inting E. Lee lunne and Jesse F. oils appraisers entered. Estate of James K. Thoma, late of. iddlefield. Proceeding forvjjidiciai ttlement and sale real estate. Held The new Board consists of the fol lowing' members; E. R. Campbell, president; Georjge F. Hall, George ' Chamberlain, arid Dr. E. C. Wins Health Officer. The plaii of cohsi dation is a good one ara_d has bi worked successfully in many plai This procedure simplifies health Z i - ^ ’‘•C’M'lf'SSi&thl'p“ts‘’SafeiWASStaJai farmer ^H^not problems. o r i l r t and hfe.^Creen, who^pufchas Arnold’s Lake S & r groci Senior Expelled for Alleged Bootlegging gnd in this -work they are being aided that there must he a greater per capi- P*? ta consuihption of milk in this coun- , farmers for the first time advertis ing milk as food, with emphasis on its. effect upon health, the association's leaders say, but they are applying business methods in theif operation to protect the inferest-s of producers and . consumers alike.—New York machit how to produce clean n w'states that the college and the Farm Bureau will always haye a Dairymen’s League project in _ help ing the dalrj^en produce the highest quality of ririlk possible. He believes Estate of Mary Tarhox, late of M.il- that milk should be standardized if the Proceeding for judicial settle- consumption is to he increased and a n , Decree entered. • increase iii the consunaption of m ilk, Estate of Loren Brown, late of Mid is the salvation of the dairy bdustry. Proceeding for administra- A barn meeting was held at the ^ Loiters of aihninistration issued barn of Martin arid Maynard at Mil- Lydia A. Brown, -widow, ford Monday morning which was at- Estate of Sherill F. Edwards, late tended by twenty persons. Professor ^ .^'^g Gjty qf Oneonta. Proceeding Br'eW and Mr. BarloW were p r e s e n t , j u d i c i a l settlement. Citation is- and the latter took up the matter of | p^gj returnable May 2, at Oneonta, treating seed oats and seed _ potatoes ‘ Estate of James W. Barnum, late of and also other questions which those; Gj^eury Valley. Proceeding to prove present bimught up. TnDhe aftfernoon i admitted to probate and an enthusiastic arid large meeting was igHg-^s testamentary issued to Sylves- commissioner. Accused of bootlegg^ ing, he Waived examination, being held ririder $1,000 hail pending action ri\aS Washington. ' . of Orsino \Bhebe of Deharaon; Madison ib i f s , s-Si'Si£iS:;s; is still the best milker in. the herd. Large Shipment of Seed Potatoes Here nis variety nas oeen pneno he airiount of potatoes prod icre arid the Quality of. the s o . it i.s anticipated that it; this —ounty .......ill c w ffind •ral favoi Subscribe for The Journal. rtStaie -OT uq.eiiz.0 D u n u igam e , iai.c _ux Springfield. Proceeding to prove will. Will admitted to probate and letters testarnentary issued to Elizabeth A, Burlingame, Order to publish notice to creditors entered-; Estate of Anna L. Hall, late of Cherry Valley, Proceeding for ^ judi cial settlement.itlement. Decree eriteiitered. Decree er ;e of Anson C. Knapp, late ot , Milford. Proceeding for judicial set- tlement. Petition and vouchers to sat isfy -decree filed. Satisfaction entered, Estate of Alvin L. Countryman, late of Richfield. Troceedin-g to prove will. Held open. First Lad— ‘I ’ve got to get busy; I need a new overcoat.’’ Second, : Ditto—“What restaurant do you get\ yours from?”
