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V : AND THE ONEONTA PRESS $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE ' t h e OLD RELIABLE DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAP e I? OF OTSEOO COUNTY V ■ ’■ ' EStABLISHEP IN 18W V ^ . ' C X I Y W . S.2. C O O P B K S T O W X , O T S E G O C O X ^ K T Y , W E D N E S D A Y , 1 9 2 2 ^ W H O E E m o . Annual Pageant of Pathto^KS^ Lo%e 15%:cel!t!nt Progratti Will Efe Seld^at “thv Otesiiga Next Monday Even- :,,o-—Benefit of Veterans’ Cam.p_ — Many Plans M a d e ___ W haf s What In Hotel ^ iEction at-^^^Weld :iriake the biisine ;afitabl©. aess. of farjning more rty demonstrations of Dostponed. Each y ^ r the Path- hensive program ahead. Interested persons are invited to tah.e their fam ilies to any of the outings scheduled and to. make them days of pleasure as well as profit. lling Demonstrations . .......... The morning will begin at 10 o’clock and those in (-the afternoon at 2 o’efockl S d f g'ST afternoon at E. Ci Winter’s, Exeter; IIS’s iu g.—;BegPfit o f vy»em.ll Pathfinders’ Lodge hgs aroused' e-root expectations fc>r their coining Ivt night of the Chaufauqua the date .< .s postponed. Each y ^ r the Path- T'le proceeds which are made up, of \ )' intary contributions, will go to the. \-..‘-erans’ Mountain Camp at Tupper 1 ',k- in the Adirondack?, There are u,.u^ands of war veterans who are, iufcriag from p s burned lungs and? ta Hi culosis. They are in great need iiospital care and fresh air and yet u;,;. ,K- to find a bed in the overcrowd, e i h,.spitals. The government is not rarnm for these men so that other i,,.-.-ance is necessary. The Ameri- L ; cuion elected a committee to es- /, , -h‘a “mountain home for the sjck a-,.i disabled who have served honor- a ill the armed forces of the“,Unit- ‘\ ‘I'liye sums have already been re- but the cost of land, buildings, f / f d“i r;T;'‘& S ‘s.r'^5\io»s^r“ T ‘ T ’T T 'g T 'c a u s s toKlay that d.- more of our sympathy and .. i.nte. During the war we felt it , aSSSisSS uu.ugh less in bulk, is equal in in- r ’c : r i . \ “S i c h \ f = anJ Harmony the elements, subside, Ap..;:.. Mininums the nine muses and v>iiii iht-m pie.sides over the arts. Tne Muses are: . Calhope—The Leader. Clio-^Ilistory. Mutit. Erate—Love Music. Euterpe—(’horal Song. Terp-ichovL—Dance. Melijornene—Tragedy. 'I^naiia -l'estival Music. c-ai-V-frep tram through a .joyous and .f .;uuione<l (lane.-. Even Flora and her : vniphs are drawn by his magic pipes. W ilier returns in musical rhythm and '.'neti suddenly, Boreas, the spirit of Me Wind sweeps in in flying fury. There is still the need of humanity i . satisfied. Order and the Muses :\av,; been called forth by .A.pollQS .'.her hut man has not yet felt the need. Fire comes forth once ■ as inspiration to kindle the iT.acMialion of men. It rises from ■ -art of the earth and climbs the ' - ghi- to light the world. , A.-a’.n the Muses united under their : al >• Calliope and with Apollo, dance • -.ant of victory, of the ultimate ' ^1 Vale°rk-^Deucher, ^the Leader '' r ... Pfithfinders, will take the part ^ ' ■..'hope ami Miss Katherine Rapp, ti... director of the pageant, .\vill be B'lrvas. h hoped there will be a large at- ■ i ii.ce as this yearly pageant has ' ■ !.)oked foiward to for some time r ! . T.hoiiies the serious and concert- ( ': ffmts of a talented g^oup. s'< - eral disVmguished visitors are ir. .-i'lg from various parts of the t .1- irv to see this pageant. .A.mong iD-i. are Doctor Frank Crane, a well know:, writer and Mr. Glenn Frank ei:*.ir of tlu* Century Magazine. M -,s V. Deucher and Mrs. Douglap Bii^iu tt are the directors. Milk Testing-Confer ence For Delawere Co. Program olWork\ TSocco Eurcio'WinS“Moaon^ -Year^Ineludes Picnics Aiffong tlift_Second=lnj«aetion--©bt^reilTi^ ' -^PrOjectr\ ^ Richfield JHotel Case A great many .stories have been cir culated regarding the above case, therefore the Editors of The Journal have ascertained the following facts: •D., '^-rcio, on the 5th dhy of De- >21, leased contained a statement that 'Wealthi Justice might purchase the hotel at a* but this option did not according to Mr. Curcio’s contention, as Mr. Curcip reseived the right ' build a dance hall on the land betwe ____ the barn. When Justice made a demand for her she included the hotel, all the Plats; August 2 Middlefield Center and in the after noon at A. S. Person’s, Mt. Vision; August 3 at E, L. Boyd’? a t Wells- bridge in the morning and at Ermhoiis Farm, Oneonta, in the afternoon; '' ugust 4 in the morning at Ira Sny- ir’s Decatur, and at Ralph Staf- rd’s, Maryland, in the afternoon. Sheep Breeders’ Picnic The annual summer meeting of the Sheep Breeders’ Association will'be held with Howard Cunningham, Mid- Center. Arthur North oJ and F. E. Robertson will be the speakers. Refreshments will be served by the Home Bureau. Mr Cunningham has a fine lot of sheej to be insi^ected. Guernsey Breeder.s’ Picnic ^ The Guernsey Breeders’ Picnic is scheduled for August 8, to be held at the farm of Mrs. Arthur Ryerson, Springfield Center. Five high class females will be sold for foundation stdek. W. E. Davis, Manager of thi State Guernsey .Association and Geo, M. White, Secretary,,will speak. Mrs. Ryerson will serve ai|^ buffet luncheon and the Home Bureau will sell ice 10 it will not be ’earn so i- __ __ . . riy one to take food. An opportunity ill be given for visitors to inspect le Ringwood Cattle. Bee-Keepers’v Picnic Karl Green, Westville, will be the i.st on August 10, of the members ised the Riehfiel B. Justice for sport __ rio Baietti , apd Net , , _ , which deed was recorded in the Otsego County, Clerk’s Office on the 2nd day of May, 1922. Mrs. Justice did not have her contract recorded and neith er did she pay the'recording tax as required by law, nor did she pay any thing on the contract’for the purchase of the hotel. The defendants in the action elain that t/e alleged option is absolutely void and even though it were a good option it. could not be enforced against Mario and Nettie Baietti who are purchasers in good faith, and accord ing to the records of the Otsego County Clerk’s office there were no incumbrances against the Richfield itel property at the tii W AmericH^n Arehery Hoiv National .Association Has De- of in -i In cohneetion with the Archery >urnament which is: to be held here ixt monthiwe are presenting a brief count off the 'Mevelo-pment of that sport conSensed from ‘^American Archery,’’ b y ^ r . Robert P,. Elmer. of Americans the con- to bows and arrows ■ivations Also Sfiknh_H®logates--to-Htrrte-G^^ VentToh in Fall-r^AuchenVaugh . J o r Assembly A county ticket was endeared and\ .delegates and alternates seleoted to attend The state eonveiition When the Otsego County ■ Democratic Com.mit- ............................ ' Tatur- lery in this country, these trees are so intermingled that it cannot be said which has had the more potent influence. From’ pre historic times to the present day the Ameriea-n Indians, though in constant ly decreasing numbers, have used boWs and arrows as their chief means of procuring food and as valuable -------- , weapons in war. Filled with tales she included the hotel, all th person- of the frontier, boys without number al property and the land where,^ _the have fashioned primitive imitatipns danqe hall was to 'be built, the ice- of the redman’s equipment and in the chair and Char Oneonta, secretary. -,,j redman’s equipment have endeavored to emulate his prowess in the hunt and on the war-path. On the other hand the white man inherits legends of the bow from mediaeval Europe, with Robin Rood standing first in his behind him__ the with Rob,,- ___ imagination and hers of Cl archers of Crecy, Agincourt, the Wars of the Roses and the Norman Con quest, with hosts of others -whom his reading of history and romance ha’ve More distant still are the - These two streams of mowed together in the foi the first archery club in which we have i^tmerica of which we have any reedrd. “The United Bowmen of America\ was founded in 1828 by Titian Ramsey Peak. This young man, born in 1800, nber of the fai ’’ Hotel property at the time of the said ^ member of the famous family ST S .IT agreed to pay. - . . . After the Baiettis had purchased the lerty Wealtha B. Justice and Nettie Baietti commenced a p tice as a tenant holding over. . the evidence of Byard, Jr., expedition under Major explored the region from the Mis sissippi to the Rocky Mountains in 1819. From the Indians he had learn ed a love for the how which he cher ished until, a few years later, it led him to and sta sport with the conditions of civiliza tion they were obliged to take as pat- i terns tne organizations already ex listing in England. Endorse Candidates isegd County ' Democrat,, ,, i met at the Oneonta Hotel Sat . The meeting was iuchenpaugh i larty in 1916 and at that timi leaten in the county by only 579 votes. Hon. :Shirley L. Huntington of One- inta, the present Surrogate, was en- lorsed for the nomination. In endors- ng Judge Huntington the party paid I tribute to the ability and popularity if a man eminently qualified to fill he position and who has sho’vra by his' previous necoi-d to be just the man for the .place. Dr. Barney Phillips of Hai-1 ■ndorsed for coroner. He is These two streams of inspiration Hon^to^be held laterJn the fall: Jolm ation of tion to be held later i: B. McManus and Mrs. Isabelle B. Hyde, both of Cooperstown; P. J . Gal lagher and Everett B. Holmes of One- mate F. H VanDeusen of Midi J. J. Burke of Oneonta. Theo gathering named as p ‘ancies P. J. ■ ■ Qm- Hundred Yeurs^ga FR O M TH E F1LES- a 0E : i ^'EB E - ^ M ^ July 29,. 1822. - BOEiNDARY LINE'\ The Montreal Herald of the 10th inst., states that the long disputed question relative to the boundary fine in the vicinity of Lake Champlain has been at leng-th decided and that Rouses Point comes within the British limits. James B. Havens has removed to the New Blacksmith Shop at the corner of the Hartwick Road near the Court House, in Cooperstown. _________ _____________ ^ A Month’s Work cm j Accredited Herd Drive 'est by Association, State and Feder al Authorities Completed— Of Animals Reactors The “drive” which was inaugurat- “ e 19 by the Accredited Herd Serious Accidents About Ticinity Hudson Car Ditched Near Springfield —Two Other Cars Collide Hlad-on ‘ Near Oneonta M. D. Bomhower, proprietor of the Prospect Garage in Oneonta, sustain ed bruises about the head and body, n;., u...... whom he was bers. Of this number 2,045 animah (21%) reacted, 1,560 of which wen grades and 485 pure-breds. The __ - -------- - ------------ - ■ ------ number- of clean herds is 183 and tee to fill vacancies P. J. ■ ‘ agher those infected 297. There were 2:i0 of Oneonta, Rowan D. Sp m of herds of the 480 which -received their Cooperstown and Charles Beames initial test during; this drive. The of Oneonta. “ \ There were no resolutions passed and no action taken upon candidates other than those pn the county ticket. Sale of “Five and Ten Cent Stable” Partiuership of Mrs. F. Ambrqse Clark m<|f Mrs. R. Penn S’milh' a Demon stration of Profit Jlkking | .. A New York dispatcfiilnst week] I of i contains the following c/f local inter ' initial test during this drive. Ihe s f £ 1 i r S H f 'the £50 receiving retest 13. The directors of the association are confident that the main reason for the large per cent of reacting ani mals found on retest, is due to the faihn-e on the part of cooperating dairymen to thoroughly dean and dis infect. They have therefore 'enter- o rrvortTnorvf- wit.b aiKl smashed into a down a 12 foot embankment hear Springfield Center a t ’about midnight Saturday. Mr. Bomhower, who rums an auto livery in connectio'ii with his garage, had taken the party, consisting of two- men and two girls, whose names could not be ascertained last evening, to Springfield Center to q dance and was retui-ning with them. They had reached a point in the road \ farm and approxi- sar the Ryerson farm and appi lately where the serious accidenl curred on July 4, when they, met a Ford car which, in passingi, sideswip- ed the Hudson, throwing it into, a tree. Mr. Bomhower lorsf control when the steering gear brake and the big car plunged fi'om the road <m;l, down a 12 foot embankment, l a r r ^ g upside down. All were thrown from Mr. Green’s. Ray P. Pollard. County Schoharie Farm Bureau will also speak. There will be plenty of time for all to get acquainted and to talk Potato Inspection Trip .Arrangements have been made by L. E. Johnson, Chairman of the Agronomy Council of the Farm Bu- i _____ m & Son, Sauqi from the Mess.rs. Alien that more than 700 bushels of certified Green Mountaih seed potatoes were pur chased last spring in .small lots bj more than 200 Ot-sego growers. .Spray ing will be in progres.s for the benefit of the visitors. Plans which have been made, call for a meeting a t Cassville, diieht is on the State, road a few iiTesTmorth of Bridgewater on. the rtica road, at 11 :-30 a. m. The party proceed from there to the Allen I. It is suggested that the day — --^'ired as an outing for pleas- a basket lunch. The program afternoon will begin 1:30 p. Poultry Tours Two tours of inspection have been arranged by the Poultry Council of the Farm Bureau of which T. H- Moi .lu s tS 'M l o , ing .Tudge :ing conference of all%he lenyaiid women in Delaware EC’-i fitpego counties who are m tne tan-r Delhi, Friday, July 28- _ All in- teri-.-ited persons, whether club mem-, hci-s or not, are cordially \hvited to atti-ud this -cotiferenoe. ’.About 29 bov^ from \the' Otsego ’ county clubs A milk testing conferem young menyaiid women m lieiawi in.Mn.ego are jjlaJaning to be p^r« An excellent pro^af ■ellent pro^am has been ar- S follOT t’lsiprciirtn of builillngs and basket .... stratlon. Otsego County Fair \ Premium List Out plaintiff pay the costs of all motions held before him in these proceedings. The plaintiff thereafter secured a show cause order from Judge A. L. Kelloj ■ ■ ■ ^ Will uti ____ . e other in the northern pi Of the county on the day followii beginning a t Hartwick. The detai itinery will-be.published in this pa] at a later date. Sheriff 4^ Prosecute UnlatvTul Motorists Found Upon the High-way of bhe eliogg, which is retonable^on ^the ,grant^^an°ffiju^tibn restraining the defendants from comniencing any ac- ___ now pendi _ tion will be argued July, at which ti [will decide •whether [will decide -whether or not ^udgd. will be permitted to render h in the proceedings before 5 plaintiff from t County— Public Safety Requires illiams ;tion Says Mr. Williams premis Dr. Hamilton Was Chosen Manager 0 % ^ ry the owner i chauffeur . S- Williai cease;\ sneriff Fred S. Williams of Cooperstoym declared Satiirday. “One encounters B safety of the highways d la-wful users and the It can be secured by dropping a pos tal to B. G. Johnson, Secretary, Coop- ’\TC fah'thiS y'ear takes place Sep- fated-' ember 5, '6, '7 and 8th and early mdi- _ '• - mighty, successful I cations point to exhibition. sondition the 29th day of Judge Kellogg J Welch The- Directors of the Otsego Ac credited Herd Association-lin^ session called by Hresident Armstronl-, July 18th, voted unanimously to elect Dr. Hamilton of 19 VVatkins Avenue, One- onla, Manager of‘the Xssociailon.’ Dr. Haniil.ton will devote two days a week, Wednesday and Saturday, at the of fice of the Association in Coopers town at the Chamber of Commerce. .All matters pertaining-^o^ui^rculo- sis Eradication will bels®«|ined by Dr. Hamilton, His telepl^tf’ num ber in Oneonta is 855-J wheiuS3|e niay be called when not op field r>r at the Cooperstown office. The Association also voted to pur chase a disinfecting outfit for use of ouc ---- , J „ it.s members. Spraying and materials ing worse each week and serjous ac- will be furnished^ at cost by the As- cidents have been averted in large .c-ociafion and spraying outfit will be part only because of rare good lUck. charge of a conopetent mat Golf on One of County’s Oldest Links corned this more active exerci ed States, armed with anything from Indian weapons to the finest imported Englisih goods. T h e ‘ Chicago Archery Association, conceived the idea ofv cdordmating all this energy and so they;issTrfd_. a call ir .SerrfeSoriT S ’“SL „„d wheye Maurice Thompson was then manufacture of living, to consider’the propriety o f '$2.00. creating a National Arehery Associa- Clas part only because of rare good lUuiv. They may get along safely for weeks and months, but when an emergency arises they are not competent to han dle an insti-ument so dangerous as a motor ear, a n \ h is my intention f5 ■\ upon the roads and pders until respect anifested by all. •18 years of other nserS v Subscribe for The Journal. upkeep.. The' some of them . ?ce, One of the •ecrow,\ because of I, won $2,000 in stakes ! sold for $2,000. An- icion,\ bought for the credit to an excellent eye for horse flesh, with which both of the sports women are endowei sB'S; In Otsego County h'ly Creek Valley was aroused to indignation on Sunday afternoon, July ninth when August Wertesch over drove a poor grey horse belonging to Frank Lulek. Say August Milk Prices ■ WiU’Be Higher Producers’ nljlk prices fo r . Augus Will he pi-acticalla lo a quart bight than those prevaiimg for July, ac cording to the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Da-irymen’s League Cooperative Association, Inc., at their meeting in New York City, July 19 and 20. Prices recommended for August iTgeai and taken Wertesch phu of o-verdvirtn night so I Jail unt'' the fine was paid. Wertesch said thai : as follows: 1—MJlk used for fluid chiefly : and ice for the cream. 01 CIUOB in eigni, ciui-'s. Jiac u i s a ‘*‘- | a ailieivni-uix ux xuii,.y ceiixa a iiun- zation was duly effected, with MaTirice | dred pounds; Class 3 B, milk to ibe Thompson as president, and it was /manufactured chiefly into the form of voted to hold the first Grand National- fancy hard cheese, price to be deter- ------- ’ -Li:—- 1 . . market quotati-\'- ■ i r t ^ s e d diffe Tournament at Ohicaj daysv in August, 1879. Thi.s tournament irdered, i go, for three j m S on tl I butter plus /ions of lifferential coming and the two ears naet headon. Mr.'. Iliqison wa.s thrown through the wind.-ihii’ld, landing, on the radia tor, while the others in both cars were tos.sed about and -shovvereil with broken gla.\ all of them cut-s. Ur. J. M. MctTellan ira receiving was- called ^ jnuusoii subicuiiuu an i uivii. 1 awoss her forehead which required „ ® nine stitches to close and suffered ..ouiity somewhat f;om •shoi-k. Her luishand 3 upon sustained several bad gashes on his forehead. Their 12 year-old laughter had three deep gashes, < -ing. He was fined lable to pav th_‘ fine that brought' to the County 3 following day when It is reported that it he had learned a Horn. Waited* L. Brown Succeeds Geo. I. Wilber of her -head, No.ne of the Markley family were badly injured. Successful Benefit For The Little Paper The cafeteria-cabaret, given oh the north \lawn of the Otesaga Saturday night Was a great success socillly, and As Presillent of the Board of Mana- financial result will add an appreciable „ t , «,e 0 » o „ .a SU,.e Normal ,^Iigol j fenders’ League,” which hqs been Hon. Walter L. B r o ^ was unani-,published for several montlia through mously chosen as president of the lb- the enterprise of Mrs. W. T. Hyde, cal »<ird of managers i,f the Oneon- agent Connt, S<,e»t|, tendance which still remains unbrok- Ln -the way along the line and are en. A brass band furnished musicj ■^v’elcoihe ne'ws to farmers. The June caddies pnllecteel the arrows while the'pNce for Class i milk testing three luxurious archers sifiped refresh- per cent a t the*201-219 mile zone was m-ents. Society, in force, lent the $1.75. The July price fot the same glamor of its presence and about tiwo 1 Nass -was $2,22, and the price for id dollaA worth of prizes, in 1 August as recommended- by the nedals and merchandise, was x,eague means anotjher Ic per quart of 1 competed for. Precedents were _es- -rai^a, or ,$2,69, The !ihks''may i S ^ t y V e ' Douffi\^oric' Eoundf Tl 1 - Large tfeplay of \c%kery. Frank] \Tie'chicft'«fec^ [ulkins.—xAdvertisemSite ‘ | wffei the geh%^al recogtiifclop o-f the Subscribe for The Journal. I ’ he reached by the steam ^ ^ , then comm , on September ....... ....... .^-3 schoo was the only one c( the logical choJee. Gf the original board named in 1887, Mr. Brovim and Willard E. Ya ger, aisd of Oneonta are the only members now surviving and remaiising members, Reuben Reynolds, the Only other sur-viving meiifber of the or- -ally ceased to be a member.., N. A. A. as the center of influence in archery and of its annual tourna ment as the one pre'iminent arehery ivpnt of the j small piece of I silver and boilin ■ <,¥■- 4(; •- : ■ T-'k • I I e Otsego County Society sntion of Criipltv to Ani- The summer re.sidehtrf of CoOp- irsto-wn were present in large num- lers, and many of the younger s .ppeared ip costume. Ther introduced Miss Elizabeth Patterson, the editor, who spoke about “The Littie Paper” and the work it seeks to do. After this subscriptions were taken, The management of thp h-otel very gdnero'usly contributed the place and excellent service, and Mrs. Waldo C. iStpn has the gratitude of all foil h hard work in organizing and ucting the party. Fourteen Year 01d\ Boy Wants H ^ e Mrs. Joseph Brady, County Ageht _/r the Society of Pi’eventioh of Cruel ty tO; Children, has a foui-teeii'year-old boy who is anxious to find a good home on a farm. Address cornnfqnicai- tiohs to Mrs. Brady ’at Cooperstown.
