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THE FREEPORT NEWS VOL. I. NO. 23 FREEPORT, LONG ISLAND, N. Y., FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENT? P REORGANIZING DEMOCRATS FOR FALL CAMPAIGN Party Plans to Enter Field This Fall With United Front. ATTACKS ON THE MOSQUITOES Residents Tell of Assaults by the Winged Pest—Exter- mination Commission Tells of Efforts Being Made to Eliminate Them. NOW ARRANGING FOR PRIMARY ELECTION Malone, Rice and Riordan Taking * Leading Part in Party Council!. A reorganization of the iH'tnocrntl' parly In Nassau county, partlciilarl.v In llempslead town, is now helm, brought about In antlclpiitlou of a rei hot eampalga this fail, llasflins <> the lenders and cominltleenien havi been held, and us the result of I hem conferences plans have been made fo launching a campaign which the lead era untlclpato will result In success for the party this full. AH a retail Of a conference held WednuHday Bight of last week a cimi pulKn linn been started to K** a live county committee through the comlnj primary election. The party Is UKIIIK full I>age advertisements In local pit pern und Is tending circulars by niul to all enrolled members of the pitrty urging every party member to tnke i paraonal interest in the campaign. One of the early features of the cam paigt will he an OUtlUg. Tin; details of till* event have not yet been ar ranged, hut It will be In the nature Ol u beach party ami abore dinner ant will probably be held early In August. Raymond Malone, chairman of tin f'ounty Committee; Kdward A. Klce, (Jrove Street, and (ieorge Itlnrdun, the West Merrick lload real eHtute dealer, ure tuklng the leading part In the cam- paign. The conditions which have been exposed In the county under •anub- llcan rule are looked upon as one of the strongest fiM'tor* iU-iklng for IH»m- ocratlc success this yeirr, aecordlng to the leuders' views. There wan recently published In the Brooklyn Bagla an edltorliil on the .conditions In the county, resulting In the sentencing «>f former Heiiublleun office holders, and .the Democrats win lake this as the outstanding note of their Campaign. The editorial Is as follows: Sentences In Nassau The sent e of four persons to Slut: Slut! for their part in the Con- •ptrury to sell stolen automobiles i\ Nassau county With the connivance of the couniy oiiiiiais will d o something h, . l.-iii. up «llie sink of corruption which Nassnii county bus long i nT Henndnl after scandal haxing un otli cini background has broken oul in tha Pountj -luce the daj that Muenter was - allowed to kill Ulmaelf in Itlu o Jail ,,fter he had tried to blow up the cupl toi at Washington und to kill •'• I' Morgan, and yel n'obody baa none to prison for Miest) offenses until now. One of the men now sentenced has hiitiiential pollll.cul friends, ulthouRh be bad iicM otii'c in Queens und uoi In Na.sail Herbert S. llarve\ . tlM BX- sheriff of Queens, Is aenl by Justice l*ropw») to slot: «l«u tor from tour to ten years. He w.-is ronvlctail uf brlD er.v In trylug to secure lUlUIUIllty in Nassau -for I lie selling of * II ram Aubrey ivm t i < torraan Plant, ex- ..tucluls In Nassau couniy. hOV6 Dol yel I,,-,.,i h'roughl up t»r Whtewe, al- though tiiev Have BPP nvlutwr. '*»>** oilier three men sentenced were COgS in the machine for stealing and selling\ ,inl<>mobiles without the risk of a r reat ii was H sj&eum ao small and so contemptible thai cuuuty otii.iais ahould have been ashamed to be mixed up III It. I'erliaps a sense of shame will be cultivated during retirement In Sing Sinn, but Bl least cuflalug olllclals in Naaaau should be war i bj the breakdown ol this conspiracy Io watch t|u«lr stepa. NIISSMU may grow tired of tolerated rorruptlon ENGINEER DE MOTT REPORTS ON CAMPAIGN AGAIN8T CE8SPOOL BREEDING PLACES IN FREE PORT—MALARIA HAS BEEN ELIMINATED IN COUNTY. Al BIG LEAGUE OFFER Rhoden Turnt Down Contract Tendered by \Robby.\ AI llhodes of IMlie sir.Tl. who, it \us predicted In the Ifreeporl N»ws H • uu pic or three months atta hud the nah lugi of a big leaque player In Win, pre vented the v>'«s from making good Its I>I •> 1 •>>«•> I hi s wee k b y r*tuslll| R POO trat-l to play In the Natl >i i • lie weal down to Brooklyn fof a tryoai under the wat< bful Bye of Man aiier ii.,bin-,in of the Brooklyn Na< tiimiiis, and was asked to return <.n the succeeding two 'lavs, after whiehjJiv was offered a cunt.raci to pia) on the New Orleans Natlo*al«. itiii'iics tunnel ib.vMi the offer, tha 1100 per monlli MIIMI-.V mil belli); H HufBcienl Incentive tu work thai fai away from Uoog [aland. Ha is >»>« I,, corrwap lewe with ••itiii\ Hauill ton, manager of the Kasteru I^Mgus which covers S*>* Kuglaud, and if the offer there ll alliiutlve, he BM) UatW to It. sTainn a mosf|iilto exterminator, or rather a member or an employee of the Nassau County hfosqutto RXiertBl- nation Commission, is no pleasant Job when conditions are ileiul against you, and wind and weather combine to set at naught all the work you have done for a |OOd niJin.v moons. Jn a statement issued by William H lie.Mott. cliief engineer of the .Nassau County Mosiyillo Kxterminatlou Com- mission, it was pointed Ttit Hint the urea of meadow land west of Sen- ford has been drained, over I.IHHI.IKHI feel of dltcbeM having been dog, and this area having been practically ellni- liiated as a point of origin of' or breeding ground' f«>r mosquitoes. The drained area of salt marshes Is being constantly patrolled. Some light breeding placet have been found, but have been eliminated as breeding grounds by the Installing of new llllclles. The commission lias carried 01 house to house ennvass since May nl tills year, With a view to externilniit IliK the cesspool inosi|ulto, or the \cultw plpiens.\ I mriuK May and .Mine, de- clared Knglneer De.Mott, -,'.27(1 fards in the village were inspected, and 1,108 spools containing breedings were located. In connection with the upland work directed against the malaria mosquito, he reports: \Regular Inspection and oiling all Held violations on the upland from luwood to Kreeport, north to Carden City, and from Cireut Neck to Cold Spring HarbOT, south to Mlneola, have ieen carried on Since April 15. l>ur- ng this time I!,I»:U Inspections have ieen made and breeding has been found mil killed (IK!) times. Malaria Is be- ug kept well under control. No new •uses have been reported MO far thlH fear.\ He explained that the recent Influx >f mosquitoes was from Suffolk county, ue to n continued period of pre- alllng east winds. No extermination fork Is carried on east of Seuford or II Suffolk county. SOME READER8 WAX ELOQUENT ABOUT MOSQUITOES AND 8AY 8OME CAUSTIC WORDS ABOUT THE MO8QUITO EXTERMI NATION COMMISSION. Killtor I'reeport News: I didn't know whether to lauirh otit loud or turn H handspring wtea i read the Mplent advice of Supervisor Hiram A. Smith In his \oltlcinl orKan,\ the Dally Review, telling me and all and sundry concerned that If we should observe \nny larjje and un- usual quantity of mosquitoes\ In, on and arpund \\• We should cull up tin' office of the Nassau County Mosquito extermination Commission at Free i>oii and tcii them all about it. Brother Smith, It seems Is chairman of the \Extermination\ Commission, and I am told Is a serious num. I dont know him personally, hut I saw him once In II parade and I know he walks serious- ly enough. In due andghttmble obedience to the request of Brother Smith of the \Kx- termination\ Commission, that doesn't exterminate, I hasten to sny to him thai I and thousands of Preeportlans did observe \large and unusual quan- tities\ at mosquitoes in the past tarty eight hours. They were not only large and unusual, but extraordinarily \lurire\ und, beyond peradventure, most \unusual\ In manners and mini hers. In the same humble spirit, I may also tell Brother Smith that the mosquitoes also saw me at the same Instant 1 observed them, thereupon (hey Immediately quit their crochet- In^, or band concerts or tioltltic, or whatever It WSJ they were doing, und concentrated on me and my neighbors. They came In conibanies, battalions, divisions and army cxirps—horse, foot, artillery and marines. .Many of them were plainly obsessed with a deep and abiding sens e of affection for my charming Tlpperary complexion, for they positively declined to forsake It, IWI even for the time necessary to cull up Brother Smith and dure or Im- plore him to come out und \cxterinl- nare\ them. Modestly, and with he : Coming reverence for Brother Smith and Ids \Kxtermlnatlon\ Commission. [ may say that I retain \large and un- TWO KILLED ON OUTING OF FREEPORT ELKS Big Touring Car Overturns at Glenwood. Injuring Six of Its Occupants. LINDENHURST MEN ARE THE VICTIMS Accident Happened at Turn in Road. Wheel* Dished In Sudden Swerve. ARE WE GETTING ANYWHERE? Ledger Account Opened on Community Projects Keep Tabs on Progress Being Made—Some in Need of Agitation —Freeport** Growth Demands Action. t o Continued on Two men, residents nf l.indenliursl, attending tha ovtttj jjf the ETreeport Lodge of Klks, of wfi'h they were member*, were killed Wednesday und four others seriously Mured. The*nr In which they were rhltfiK WM upset in laklnt; I turn and they *ere pinned un- der It. Charles It. Ohllka and William Kick died at the Nassau Eftpptta] In Sllne- ola. (The Injured men taken there were Max Gnilka, Wiflinm Hnft and Kdward .1. McCruw, all of Llnden- hurst. and Robert Hrown of Babylon. They ure expected to rafover. The accident happened in Glenwood at the railroad trestle. The car In which Edward A. Rice and Kdward Watson of I'reeport were riding was ut the heud of the procession of curs, as the committee car. As Hlce's cur turned the curve the Muilcnhurst car struck It In trying to make the curve. The. wheels dished and the men were thrown out. The cur then turned over on them. The body of the big touring enr rest- ed on (Jnllku, Pick and Drown, who were the most seriously hurt. I>r. W. H. Kmicie. who was In one of the following cars, assisted in ex- trlcatlni? the bodies and In giving first uld, while ltlee rushed to the nearest house and summoned ninbulances. About a score of automobiles gaily decorated left the clubhouse here Wed- nesday morning and were Joined by others In tlie various VIUHH*M on their way to the north side pnvllion. There were nearly r>(K) al tlie outing. Are we letting aajwbarei if where? Are we proyn-ssiii); in the manner we intendfii, or expected? Are we getting Where we intended a fnst ns we wtfim Ml Kreeport is gfPWlag, and yrowini: rapidly, not Rhine In the number nT Its inhabitants, but the community is expandin g fa r beyon d the Origin] \il IBM limits, and we are not alone main- taining, but are expanding nil nf our Civic improvements. In order to know just bow fast we are expanding and developing |t \H Well to keep track of the progress of every project we plan, and then by checking up occasionally we are en- PROJECT ed to tell whether i>r not we are tret r t itir anywhere, and how fnst it i s possible t,, keep \labs\ on tli development of • community; lust HS it is possible to keep books or chart the present condition ami growth of a private corporation. The Kreeport News lias \opened a set of books\ on Kreeport, und will keep them open for inspection every week, making such notes of progrea and entries of additional projects a conditions justify. K.very render of this pajier Is urged to in t as bookkeeper by calling atten- tion (0 any entries that should be post ed or new accounts that should In opened. PROGRESS GARBAGE AND ASH COLLECTION Work to he done by village and cost Proposition to raise ?10.0(M) carried at raised by taxation. village election, March, 1921. Dump- ing sites chosen, June, 11>\J1. 8EWAGE SYSTEM To he In entire Village. Paid for by Project postponed five years In 1914 bond Issue. Cost five years ago, Village trustees now gathering data $Ti(tO,000. Now estlnwited at $7.\iO for submission at special election of to $1,000,000. proposition to build system. HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX Proposed to build extension to High 'Sites voted on In li^-Ht rejected. IJ»W School, more than doubling size, on permitting condemnation nf cenie- site of old Kreeport Cemetery. Cost ttfy passed March, MCI, Condemnii of site, |5by000; of building, 1 tlon commissioners named June 2. Hearings to start August 17. MUNICIPAL BUILDING Proposed to have village erect suitable Oemetei-y condemnation law permits building to house village offices, po- village to secure part of site for lice hendepjarters, tire department municipal building, park, etc. Apathy headquarters, trustees'meeting room, and opposition likely to kill this etc. Cost, V ^. if. '.• ' proposition. WAR MEMORIAL LIBRARY ' ; - Prnposed to erect monumental build- Drive to raise subscriptions, May, 1020. Ing to house public library, honor $35,000 subscribed. Ground broken :oll, trophies and headquarters lor on site nt Ocean avenue and Mer- Leglon. Cost, $50,000. rick roud, April HO, 15)21, und $10,000 more subscribed. Foundation com- pleted June, 1021. Another drive pending. Continued on page 6, ROUTE SHOWING TERRITORY SERVED BY PIPE LINE BOULEVARD •m i m tin + D EXPLANATION a ' DM.Iu't Hiflr -- Macadam I i Trolley tra :: Sccoiirlury »_- — Up grad •r— - Down t Caution - _Scrwol Houx«) ineclton to Conduit Highway nd (fiui rouds Ch m road or dirt roads aile dangerous plBftti ftChurchci S O V N v fe;; ! By Ihe AUTOMOBILE CLI4B Or AMFKICA \ I V COURTESY OF BROOKLYN EAGLE AND AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA APPROVE PLANS FOR BOULEVARD ON PIPE LINE Double Roadway Most of Dis- tance Is Scheduled, Auto- mobile Club \Announces. COST IS ESTIMATED AT $10,000 PER MILE Could Be Made Ready for Use Within Eighteen Months on Whole Route. POtFeTfal support for a pipe line boulevard is beSBg iniirshnlled by the Am iblle riuli of America, and that organisation In a statement Issued 011 the subject reports much fnvor for the project in tlie oltice of State HlgtrWjrj t'oiimilssloner Sisson. Tlie ennlneers ot tlie Automobile I'luli have miide a thoTOagh .survey o|' the siluillloll, both us to tlie pliysical condltions of the site of the boulevard, the truffle condi- tions to lie handled und the coat of the roadway. The cost of building the boulevard is estimated at }HMKM) a mile. The total is placed at Ili.THtl.'JTtl. The road- way could he In use In eighteen months, it is declared in the statement. The cost is to be apportioned to the state, •ity and county. Mlneola ofllcialdom was making ev- ery effort to have the money appropri- ated by the state spent on the Improve- ment of Seaman incline, which would deprive the vBlagW of a much needed Improvement to handle the present heavy traffic and give them Instead a Backwoods road that would be of pure- ly local value to nearby areas. The statement Issued by the Automo- bile Club of America Is as follows: A splendid, wide state road of the most modern type, twpnty-dve miles IOIIR, safe, free from congestion, pro- .. a direct connection between Qreatar New York and the south shore Ol EiOfig Island—this Is the Conduit Highway, as revealed In the rnpurt Just Issued by the Automobile Club of Ainerlcu. , m^^^^^^ Automobile 'owners it) MirvmpTropoll •\* tan area, especially ol' Itrooklyn ami Queens und Ibi' counties ot Nassau and Suffolk, are keenly alive to the cost In time and annoyance of the con- geated c Ittloni now existing on the roads of western Long Island. They are linking forward eagerly to tbe lime when all this will be a tiling of the past, through tl penlng of Ilie Conduit Highway, with a Hurface thirty leet wide all Ibi' way from the Itldgewood reservoir (Highland boulevard) in iirooki.Mi. across tjuacim Niuwau, to Amitj » Hie on the south shore. \The IIM.SI inipoiiaiii piece of t 1 construction ever undertaken on Long Island,\ says the cluh reiiort, \with icnetlcial results •>>MIIIM-I< In 1. ,TH IOIIIIC and HOt'lal 10 ,-\,r \ tdwhsnlp Hi Long Ishmd , am i not without ellr , 1 m the prosperit) of tbe state.\ Kx- rails iron, ih,- , Mil, • -I,.I,-MI.-I,I |,,l Right of Way Now Owned by the City \Far ilichted public ttfllrials wishing better traffic conditions un eastern m. 1 land Irupidt] becoming Intol arable) c wived tlie Idea of ullllxlntc the Hghi nl way, i«>\ owned bj the e • i 1 \. front tbe Udgewood re«»r< olr In coiuilies I,, Allllt) ville \Thin (trip nf lutul, some twenty- tn , 11,lh - loll.- alld frolU |l«l |O Jl Ml |ee| W iilc. Is pa n of I IK- W aler swien i ,\ioi ol the ui'teuge wan tu« property ,r the old city of Brooicljin and Ureat- fi- New i'ork succeeded to the title 1 when coii-oiiiiaiioii to,,k pUce, in UJBI, the most par) the surface is un- I. iioge uiidi-i'groiiuit IOIMIIIII\ IIK- largest o f steal, ssveut j *\<• Inches la diameter , carr y water n pumpin g ~iai ^ Into tin- city. A - the highway Will not Impair the 'use of (lie land lo r water purpose*, tha 1 it.\ \ i New ^ ark lias provided the 1, led laud without 1 be 1 Ighl ot ua> eostlng ahau hneiy uothlugi the state baa 1 id buildlug opportunlt) hitherto uuparal i-li il 111 a well popiibitctl dkltrll t. Convenient Approaches From Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens • -The approaches '\ Ihs Highway from the ills ale • < i i 1 \ ii 1 i<-i i 1 and il l 1 row lower Manhattan, the Brooklyn bridge, Clinton .street attd AiiiHiii, avenue are uaed 1 rusj the Maul,1,Man l.inl^,-. I- hilliii-h incline :nr- acceas to Atlantic avenue, 1 in parkwa) and Ulenuwre avenue. WlUiantaburg bridge lakes one in Bedford •\\! Atlantic avenues Krom Queenahoro luiiigi- and (jjueems hirnlr \ai,i there are several eaaj rasjtes to ii,,- new road. All Classes of Traffic to Benefit 1 1 in- Hlghwa) is planned eearatiaUy - ,, hnslnass road Its utility fur the ipiii k Iraiispoi lailon of LoMg l-l.,ml IIIII products !>>to the heurt uf tlie will be remignlsed at once In 1111 1 tmge 5. I . 1 .
