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IA1KKK WIl mi * A special town meeting will be called in the near future for the pur- pose of voting upon the proposition ito bond the town of Tompkins for I $18,000 as the town's share of the *•*•* i construction of the new bridge at Rock Rift on the state highway. The bridge is jointly in the towns of Tompkins and Walton. The two towns have already erected the abut- ments to the bridge at a cost of about $12,000. The estimated costs of the steel superstructure is about | Full Valuation of Property ____ ^_ The Only Fair Way to Tax DROPPED N A D Wlfllf AT WORK Excerpts From the Speech of State Tax Commissioner L. Graves, Delivered at Delhi at the Bi-ermial Session With County and Town Officials. According to information coming from Apex, the town of Tompkins \ | will be held responsible by a New York party for damage to his new j |Willys-Knight sedan which was badly' —3£y ! damaged Sunday afternoon when the' Clare»ce Wood of East Branch Dies Mark' car dropped into a mud hole just above Apex, in that town. Suddenly Friday. It is' said that the oil ease and transmis- 1 WAS SIXTY-NINE YEARS OF AGE. sion housing were cracked, mud guard ; **?» 2 nd f ngine bl0ck cracked - j Was Native of Wayae County, Pa.— i Much adverse comment has been i F—oral Sunday. an abstract from the > ty taxes as the town of Middletown j heard on the condition of this road j '"_•__ during the past few weeks, it being ( Our community was greatly shocked r" Again have the residents given con- crete evidence of their faith and ^ M o n d ^ S e r n o o n last a^^tures, ^IZ^ZJ i~w *t Villasre Hal! t> Alber •decide ^ o S H o P^h^Tthe""^d site of the j pay Tompkins* share.-Cannonsville f n £ r V ^ T c h u r c h on East Front Cor. . Street, to be used later on for the| _ to one in favor of the propo- Following is } $36,000 making the share of each [speech of State Tax Commissioner ; pays. |uv*ini S —~ ^-^v , - _, ! town about $18,000. A petition bear-j Mark Graves delivered May 12th, at j "By failing to assesss personal i said that it is in a worse condition \ Friday about .2 p. m. when it learned ling the required number of signa-1 Delhi, on the occasion of the biennial; property subject to taxation, the as-; than ever. Little or no work has j that Clarence Wood had dropped dead tures, has been filed with Town Clerk | visitation of the State Tax Commis- i sessors shift the burden of taxation j been done to improve the road for f while working on the town road be- Albert Adams, asking that a special i sion with the assessors, supervisors j to real property and work an in jus-; some time, the money appropriated j tween here and Harvard this side of * -•••-» MT---i—* rv^i^^^^o. r^nn.I tir*> tr> strus-fflinff farmers and home-! for this purpose being used in other the Leon Lewis place. Mr. Wood was i sections of the town. We trust some j aged 69 years and 6 months and had has more im- ! good will result from the suit and been suffering from heart trouble for ^to residents generally, and th- firemen in particular are jubilant ference of supervisors and assessors I at Delhi Tuesday. "The law requires I that property shall be assessed at i Other Hems of Interest From Onr! full or eighty per cent of value. Just By your failure to assess prv»^>cn.jrj ±w K —..^ ~ at full value as the law requires,j portant duties to perform than has! those in charge get the^owns and villages in Delaware! the local assessor. Equality of t ax a-j portant link between County lost $91,300 in the last five j tion cannot obtain unless equality of j Hancock- years, of which $13,000 were lost in; assessment prevails. The assessment- j the last twelve months," Mark Graves, roll is the foundation upon which the r | * i H / r HlTf UAIiPfi* State Tax Commissioner, toid a cot.- entire general propertv tax structure TV /I 111 j I \ [Lf Fish's Eddy Correspondent. as long as you continue the illegal under-assessment plan, the loss to over rests and if poor workmanship enters i into the preparation of the assess- ment-roll, the structure is defective. Accurate valuation is necessary; busy on this in> <• several years, this being the cause of >en Walton and; his death. Ke was born at Boyd's | Mills, Wayne Co., Pa.# and before com- I ing to East Branch thirty-eight years I ago, he resided at Oakland Valley, Sullivan Co., N. Y. June 3, 1882, he was united in marriage to Mary OIH/A/I/ I ACCC Lou ise Sulger. who survives, together tl ft 111 111 K I l l \ r \ with a son. Irvin, and daughter Mrs. Wm. Varnold, residing at home, and iMrs. Harry Ingram of Endicott. An- fKo^bTS^SS t S a S s S i r L * S. Gets B,d Brerfcs h. fees. | other ^ daughter, . M r , Roy Baxter, « 3 — " 7 7 h e soecial^lec-I May 12-Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Boies JcuTto^Tand villages' from the dis- a ~ ^ ™ « ? t « o 1 S & ^ * * * ****** * *^** * * * ^ fe£ Tears ^o^lea^inff^chil! the outcome of ^ gf^^KU^^S^aS Mr. and Mrs. Theo- ?ribution of income tax moneys will ruie and guide, and no other should,, team ^ ^ ^g£ ^ j ^ Varno j d , s K ^ te * ~ ^ L ^ L ^ ^ W M ^ I t ^ S S ^ -d .daughter , of grow because: income ^ » ° ^ *„«£ taxes are very high, j defeated by Deposit on the . ^ J - * * ^ ^ * ^ * ^ * ? TheV have been increasing rapidly; grounds last Saturday by the close | brother of Topeka, Kansas, also sur- siiea reiauvcs om» .**,v .... ~,. j payers of this county to have their Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fancher visited property under-assessed? No state --"--• •—• <">"orf too imoftr-as- 9 _ •«*--__ a_ ! _ __^ »«•;<-. AAnnTu tr\ nave Lfieii :ed rel r. and teposit ^ ^ ^ ' ^ ^ ^ n f ' b ^ i ^ r " ^ Mrs. Thos. Fadden andlE^S^on aUends to that. Last has been ^ ^ ^ l^fSf&o S H famSv of Johnson City, spent the!y?ar this county was assessed at made annually, the fost^l^OW^o be g ggM* **»g ^gj of ^ Mr . and |37,400,000 but it pafd state taxes on i__^ i« *K» ta-jf budeet Ol IWO. weeit eiiu at t«^ ^ llZ+d'-enZ**^ V<^i O<:I>ST» no Dart Of Te? vSr &UOffices and a housing rows, •*?«SM haD U„r:^n^etc will bel visited relatives and friends place for road macmnery,cv., and Mrs A. A. Fancher v.5ucu property uiiu^.-^v^-. -- Errors were vives. Funeral services_were held at his p. m., Rev. About fifty raised m the tax budget $41,690,000. You escape no part of ^ ^hU^ Pra TS%eTre n a y son h 1s! Sadl'by Jl Sues but were more Sat foca^ Ix^nses ^ v e erowrenor-1 SSly to Hancock. The feature of: late horn, Sunday at 2 p^n Rev^ that loca^\Jr*?*~~~jT {L ^ tatp taxes the eame was "Stub" France's home Ehas Jones officiating. About fiftv mousiy. The mcrea« m state ta:xe, the ame ^Jf s he fence i n me mbers of the Masonic lodge of tZgigt^^^JSzSlZgt fieS sTorfng two men ahead of Downsville of which the deceased so because " ^r*^,, collect- him Hancock scored seven runs in was a member, marched to the cem- S then U from tb? s S S which the i Vh^sixlh a^d seventh innings on hits : etery in a bc^y and had charge of the X •*? J ZlJ™ itf makes substantial by France, Doolittle, Wheeler and services at the grave. / ^S^fee^^r^ofind D^oS Dumond pitched nice ball Those present from out of town gifts to the localities IUI , seventh when Deposit were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ingram, Mr highway purposes. 52 m S i ^vrk is large work- Mrs. Jos. Finnegan. ,$41,690,000. xou e s c ^ ^ ^ " — " ' ^ V s t a n c e ihe direct state taxistarted their hitting »52^a!riii?fa dollars Mr. and Mrs. Guy Laraway of Apex,; the coun y tax by ^ £ T O not i£ n^.ware couMv tart year was [ The line up: - •work you cannot measure and cents—work that wiB repay with more than money—with a much bet- ter town and a contented, mdustri cos, happy people. Real towns ar-. made by men, and women also, not Mr. ana mrs. uu, ^^-^^ r —, ^^ ^ ^ were Sunday visitors injtown. ^Isessments down^—at least you do not [ ;re sunaay nsnws m COT,,*. , WM ..,w..o ^,.,„ __ Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Robinson of fif the county equalization is properly Hancock, and Mr. and Mrs. Gusse Wol-1 prepared. icott of Walton, were Sunday guests i "Tangible personal property owned Sat the home of Mr. and Mrs. H» K.jb y taxpayers other than business cor- porations should generally be as- Ed lest somebody else gets HWML JSOM. and lessed, with allowance made for• just result of Mondays « ^ 3 f ^ g U ^ of Long Eddy, Mr. and Mrs. I debts," he continued. Much of the haticalhr that our people believe fsamiy oa •*?** * y nv Y.^r Hor-l.Knrden on real property is due to. the The emphatically in boosting Hancock. It is well. Presbyterian Bazaar, Hlay 2tth. Chas. Proskine and daughter Hor-1 burden on real property tense and the Misses Mathilde andif a ii ure to tax personal property. 1 X"" :v. , „•-..„„ tm , -,-,._ ,,.,„,. ., w ... m . were Su „. lwhBn ^ t e of Moderate L Z l \ ^ S ^ S ^ i T r ??liicle The I V^ilO^ U41U —__— j Elaine Lindsay of Walton, were Sun-1 When people ! day guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. Pros-! the wealthy are relieved of tax on ine Woman's Guild of the Presbv-| kine a n d M r - and Mr s- P- M, Lindsay. \ personality, the burden is shifted to terian church will hold their Annual j Mr. and Mrs. Ralph DeSilva and. rea i property and hits the farmer and Bazaar in the room over Conlon's I infant daughter of Bmghamton, vis-1 the home-owner unduly hard. Store Wednesday afternoon and even-' ited Saturday^ and Sunday at the; "The assessment of personal prop- ine May 20th. The Bazaar will open j home of Josiah McKane. I erty in Delaware County is entirely r?*U ^ J m ir, Mrs - Laur a Layman of Handsome i out of proportion to the real proper- T-IT^II^_ .-„ , T ,- e i + ,-T,<r -TOT a few davs at j t .v value of the county. Slightly more ersonal property is vri»«-««.*, "reported—in a- county aggregating ,. Bake Shop, Ice Cream, Sugar Plunxl a~v *"r~-•? "V , . ^ ^ - ,,$37,000,000 of real property. Delhi - i i i s W Clam Chowder and a Witches!; gram was given m the M. E. Church has the largest personal property ''Caldron for which the services of ani bunda y evening, followed by a very assessment—about $93,000—and yet 1 tow iuw ^~ •-v \. '_ \ m^M^, i, OTe > h een se -! appropriate talk by the pastor. Aithe wealth of Walton as measured by high. If we are correct in that as^j^^s^** •— .-^ „<.«. Q ^„ nM : tU »-™™ ont nf real oroperty is sumption, Franklin paid more state: r ^toaaara, oa ^v.__ ;<• o^^iri -i^dii^ent,, c «* 9 T> m. ~* ^nTTow is visiting for a few days at j ty value of the county M Fea P tur?s of the Bazaar this y ^ R g F S £ 0 7her laughter, Mrs. S. S.San $315,000 personal £«*£*« «i« 1K» a Tea Garden, Craft Shop, "f -^— (-reported m a- county aggregating Grab-big, Flower Shop, Circus-tent, f I f pleasing Mother's-Day pro-!$37,000,000 of real property. Delhi 5??5 c & » I,** Cream. Sugar ftW^ASE L flte M. E. Church I has the largest personal property in Delaware county last year was; $63500 twenty-four hundreths of Hancock Hi one per cent of the entire state di- i Hoel, cf rect tax and in return the state gave Wheeler, lb Delaware taxes amounting to $82,00C, i Weinhauer, 2b as follows: ''S°° m iiJf' 1? Twrt-thirds personal income ; ferreno, 11 lwo-tmras> 1^^ n 337 000 Moore, rf r.ifv.o!'/ ' r ^ + ^ e 'tax!'. ..... 36,000 \ Vallequette, c One-half mortgage tax.^. vy France> cf : Wilson 3b ^ ^ One-quarter mo t or ^ ~ ; ^ ^ , ^^ a g h a n , 3 b ' ees '„ -J r-^^ ! Brewer, 3b "Equality of taxation, said Com- ; j ^ d , p missioner Graves, -cannot^ obtain m^\ less there be proper equalization "I understand you have created in ; Deposit Hi this county an Equalization Commis- Axtell> lb ion and that it has accomphshedmuch. K 1{ Nevertheless, if our ™*°™f ^ ,'J Weaver.p correct, the rates wmchit establishes iThomaSf ss leaves something to be desired. ** ~ ! chipp, 2b think your rate for Frankliii.is, A•: McK enny, cf too low and that for Bovma 100/c too, Conklin> rf j and Mrs. William Sulger, Mr. and [Mrs. A. C. Ingram, Miss Rena Ingram AB R H PO E! and LeRoy Teetsell of Endicott; Mrs. 0 Hannah Sulger, Mr. and Mrs. William 1 j Sulger and Mr. and Mrs. RalptrBax- 0 ! ter and son of Walton; Mr. and Mrs. 1 Roy Baxter and family of Cook's 0 Falls. Aside from these the house 2 ; overflowed with neighbors and friends 0'from all around this section, who had 1; come to pay their respects to their 0 ] departed friend and his-family.—East 0 Branch Cor. 1| it^Fo^TTeller have been se- \ -f^^ g 5tonwaTin'attendance j the assessment of real ^property is « ^ S f ' taxeT^han it should and S£3L DO not miss this raw oppor- j g ne f™^ f nclemen t weather. j twice that of Delhi. But this » noth g«™\ e ^ much less than it should; Snity to have your fortune told by a-msp afternoon D f ^t w eek, 1ng compared to the personal proper Bovin y £32kTa*tttf£; - «_ c c y TT4C>, <r a vP the members ofitv renort of the town of. Hancock. }Mrs._S. S. Fish gave the members of jty .report ??5 I<ls ^ no A-^^i-T^^^rT Tf r^«»teeti©n^^^ ,„ n^^ro t,^v;„^ Hon^k with real property as- 5 *J 5 4 5 2 0 3 2 1 1 4 37 AB 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 *> «J . 0 3 2 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 II Win a Prize. 10 7 24 R H 0 0 PO Ej 1 1 2- 2 0. 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 -4 0 1 0 15 0 have contributed. Sumary: Two 40 11 12 27 base hits Get busy, boys and girls of New York state, there's a chance to win a prize in connection with the coming ^ s t a t e census to be taken between 0 June 1 and 15. Florence E. S. Knapp, 0 Secretary of State, cooperating with Q the,State Department of Education, ^ is offering many cash prizes, ranging . r from five dollars to fifty dollars, for «, the best essays submitted on "The purpose and value of an accurate state census." School .suoerintend- tho rule? 'I, W.., *] ents and principals throughout X°°"",„ state have been advised of the As I view your equalization taDie. r Dumond, Weaver (2) Kelly. , rovernin <r tlie contest and will advise struck tHe^cijikiren accordingly. The con- 18th. There wilFbe of plants on sale at if you wish somethi it would be wise to hand. The menu for the Tea Shop is as follows: clam chowder and saltines 15c; Sandwiches: ham, pim-olive; and lettuce, 10 cts. each; rolls: whole- wheat, Parker-house and cinnamon Tolls, 5 cts. each; "baked beans 10 cts.; salad, fruit, jellied vegetables, fish, 15 cts. each; cheese 10c; deserts: sponge cake, strawberries, whipped cream, 20c each; fruit a la mode, 20c; Pie a la mode, 15c; pie, 10c; cake, 5c; heverages: coffee, tea, iced tea and milk, 5 cts. each. Boy's Camp at Kelsey. A-summer camp for boys is being erected at Spring Lake Farm, Kejsey, by M. Everett Hillman, of Richmond i-n tfip school nOUSe luesuav c ,i.iiu. f , j 15UJ1 nit <-"" ** — — ,,, -* .*- week The following officers | ab out one-fifth of the "wealth of A e ween.. *-»*^ r *f w 5 I . t X . j JI.I.„_ 4-V.a ,.,/>ViocT town ected for t: |^^?^^*^'Srto{f1^^eV~^ much personal proper ° f laS ele W c e ted f o V ^ h T 4 ^uini-year:' ^own"oT Mkidietown, the richest town eiec Fred Tompkins, ; m the county pays almost twent>- were ten towns JSWV """.^ fe ,' -U^A L.niop; wmie iun», *.«•--. ~----- tne^ennoren accord least lost nothing, if our rates had, ^ Dumond. 12: by Weaver lj.. test cioses June 1# ^,t-j -i;i,- T,iTT«» towns benei.ttct « _ : ^„ Q r . f a^rf six lead- There will be three prizes of $50 »-erage of first six lead- tauwi v-^x^. --- . ,^„u Dumond sions to cooperate with 't in e*tab- France lishing just rates upon which all may wheeler rely." ; Hoel Ferrello .429 ,- .286 .200 ^2l each for the three best essays sub- mitted over the state at large. Con- testants will be divided into three classes. Class 1 will consist ofjiu- ,tp. ] pils in the seventh and eighth grades *+-t I whose essays must not exceed 400 words; Class 2, to be pupils in any ware County. * To expedite* the handling of the H'ilL N. J. It « To be known^as|3i on day Mr. anu airs. XJ. vr—*«"i- -- Hancock, were callers m town Mon- da Mr. and Mrs. George Ward of East Branbh, visited at D. C. Conklin s Mill, XM. O. x« »» _- Camp Hilltop and will be under the personal supervision of a staff of ex- perienced . councellors, two of whom are helping Mr. Hillman erect the camp. It is to be a modern, up-to- date camp, electric lighted, and equipped with baseball diamond, ten- nis courts, inside basket v ball court, and all other favorite sports, includ- ing a stable of excellent saddle horses. The main building, known as Hill- ^ w top Lodge, will contain two floors, l East Branch over the State road on n m i awte semi-; account o f n o t being able to get them over the highway bridge at East for some time returned to his work at Rock Valley Tuesday. Considerable apparatus to be used in the construction of the new State Highway from East Branch to Downs- ville, was unloaded at this place dur- ing the past week. The steam shovels had to be unloaded here and taken to Hancock evened up yesterday wnen thjrd Qr fourth year h j gh sc hool District Office in Binghamton. (Deposit came to town for the f^^jclass, essays limited to 800 wordy. , ! game. The visitors were defeated by Class 3> p up ji s j n any continuation "' ~ of the i a score of 10 to 2. i school, essays limited to 400 words. ; There will be fifty-six prizes of $5 A Pretty Way Wedding. each for the best essay in each couii- •= ty from pupils in Class 1 and Class 3; A very pretty May wedding was fifty-six prizes of $5 each for^the ,1emnized at the home of Mr. and hamton. IN. I. \1n1s is ure iiiov.v..,..|oviienimMu » l r>*.~™ TVmrcrljiv even- ^, ana in iNew iurs Ans.-May 15th, 1925, a t | g 5 * 3 t o practic e has been followed; Mrs. J. H. de Graw J ^ ^ d a u S - ^ four prizes of $5 each i & j^sa^^saas Sh 7t E ^zib h et n h,^ jSgSfea£aes placrthTonfy^ oiher question you l g * £ ^ S U t e ^ t h . district. U f ^ J ^ ^ ^ g ^ ^ g E 1 need to settle" is this: will the^ Qm- ( The dis trict office will be op en aU only son of Mr and Mn^ V vention be worth your coming? In um in addition to the office aker ^ ceremony. Miss Marion addition to the--foTiner-notice-d^-- tWa1ntained by the - Cong^nian'at } formed ^ ceremony^ ^ ^ ing of Rev. W C. Robinson D,6., f Room 140, House Office B«Wing •. AHen ^ ^ enfered the 0 n e of t h e i, rges t, if not the lar R - Delhi, and Rev.^Lewis ^ ^ ^ f f ^ ^ ^ j S ^ ^ * ^ ^ 1 ^ Mrs. Keith 5 Graw acted zs |egtf awar d given for an ^ ^ ^ of Han- Hubbell, clerk. . .... . A Deitz has exchanged his Maxwell j ~ touring car with dealer Persbacker of j ^njay School Convention For Dela- Hancock for a new Maxwell sedan Frank Fish and Harley Warfield vi«stted relatives and friends in Bmg- visite« * r ~ i . . -4.„ „,. Q - +V10 iwppk- just a oire-ii"in*«-*- - 1 — r - 1 (nswitt w ±*x~ ' ' - * a«t Ua i hamton and vicinity over the week ^ introdu<>tion< - i Harold S. Tolley announces .that he] end. «, , J n e Whpre is the convention? Ans.—-:L J ooened a district office in rooms riri1r ,„ was j.ij.tv-o»A F i»^o «« ^^ --•— —- Mr. and Mrs Edgar Bonnefond 0 f ^ e /y e S gb tn terian ch^ch, Delhi, N.: gfe^ 1106 Press building at Bing- A Z2J**%£*J?3?S. Indbest essay in each county from Class Hancock, were Sunday visitors at the ; becona rr y hamton, N. Y. This is the first time 1 solemnized at thes home 01 wr * 2 a n d i n New y ork city , twenty- home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fancher T. Ans.-May 15th, 1925, at- : J*™^ prac ti ce has been followed; Mrs. J. H. de Graw J f ^ X ^ S - i four prizes of $5 each for winners in Mr. and Mrs. L, G_Carpenter rt 9 .^ hen m- A , fn this district, arid it is, expected mg, May 7th,. jhem thaw «J m *J ug J„ ; class 1 and 3, and twenty-four prizes ' 9 Now S a t you know the time and;^ it will b e a ifif^^wtoo*tej^JS^aS»«5a«v ? a like amount for winners in ClaSS Given a Fair Settlement. in Miss'Lilah Wagner went to Roscoe Tuesday and visited the High School ^ ^ ^ there. . . , „„ i,«««J AmsTerdam as being on the program, I act ~ as "secretary. Fred Tompkins, who h a s t e n home^ Ams^eruam^ ^ ^ 1 } n e n f the; ac ^ epresentat ive Tolley day's happenings. •"-**_* the announcement said: Mrs. F. Wayland Ayer of the fijl - The maintenance ot ™* u» ^y-. «w*, «, ^ -y»- d - wit-ijj' Burns of Monticello. Cosgrove mous church community school at office should be an effective means; lies of ^the bnae_ anu^ ^ ^ ^ nPt ..ir.:„ " . _ „„ o«,o^ for on npr cent Meredith, N. Y. and a very_ import- making! maid'of honor and Mr. Keith de Graw , 1 compensation hearing in Walton was S !™ s best man. The bride was given ;rnade to Edward Cosgrove «* " — VhTTaStenrncTof the district | aW a y "by her father. && H* , i g±ig^^^^^^feff^* B d ^ Bee should be an effective means! lies of the bride _ _ - . . _ . ,. t .T> &ncmin ^ establishing closer contact ^ ^ t ^ ^ ^ S ^ a r 5 o ^ a & J i l ^ ^ ^ o f ^ r * ^ " ^ i i ant factor in the Baptist Dencmina- tween t he voter and the electeo^rep , formea Qe™ r ^*^ anAin(T l%f oon£rrat . | * inrrara nf w v,^b wpre rut off at the open dining hall, while the upper contains a spacious recreation room equipped wi& g » jltettfr tadfe, nool table, couches, writing tames, The camp season opens Julr 1 and closes August 26. .„. 0<r Mr Hillman, we understand, ex- pects" at least thirty boys this season. TtuTseemsa particularly fine loca- tion f o T T W s camp as the natural s Sroundings y are^ advantageous J°* health, happiness^ and recreation.— Kelsey Cor. """^ Censns Coming Naxt Wwith. What's your name, whe d?.^ Hve, how old are you, and what do Sou'do for a living? The« i quests Sn a number of others, will b^asked between June 1 and 15 of every resi- denTof New York * * * * * " % . tion with the coming census. AU Sre wlU be thirteen qMbm « one more than in IMS, when the last state count wasmade closer coXc be- nLsed the ceremony, which was per- was given an award for 90 per cent fnd tne elected rep-farmed before a beautiful floral altar. of the loss of his right hand the KvvisiUne the Bine-! Sowing the extending of congrat : , finge rs of which were cut off at the nui, ^^g s ,-- . tPflrliers r ° ve - By J r i!lJ m 5 t : wifl be nations and best wishes the guests secon d joint in a meat cutter in Vere period upon the ^>blem^of^ac^hers. ha ^ 0 £ f ^ « ^ ^ ^ J | w S ^ ^ a delightful four-course | Fulle r's market last fall, where ha io^v^ ... -— - * u„,r Q J v n i •*•-„ fV.o Pmn.i Pnilnwinp the extending of congrat : ; fj neers D f which were cut off at the tion Sunday school work will have a resen tative. By visiting the Bing- roliowing tne exte , *> iU _ ^ 4 « K , . , _ . 1 _ .... _ .•„ %r-*« Period upon the problem of teachers hamton office, constituents will be ; Mrs Ayer is doing in our very midst enable d to receive the same courte-[„._ ;~"*LJ u r ;d P 'c table was at ™-4.U?L„„ 0 l,o TO ill tell about. And QUS trea tment and official informa-1 dinner. The brides tame w*s^_ the'things she will tell about, AHU OUS treatment ana oinciai »"^""»-| « ,,,M "* . ^Tp^rated with yellow ner scholl is a distinctively rur:.«| tJon _ ,3 though they traveled to the | tractive^ ^ o r a t e d ^w« schooL I Capital. Lawrence and Genevieve, children! Mrs. F. W. Tomlinson, director of. ^ i g h d that th5g arrangcrne nt « ^ M .„ «««.!«,« Hubbell, I Childress Work, Baptist Misionary m make | easier for Congressman Conventton ofTthe State of New York, Toll , g const ituents to obtain action will take the important matter of the. Qn matters pertaining to the Federal home and worship among children s; Government. Soldier's compensation training. Children s teachers in Dela- icases pensions for Civil and Spanish ware County cannot afford to miss ; War Veterans and widows, tax re- the inspiration of Mrs. Tomlinson for )funHa) c i v i l 8 e r v ice examinations, and this day- I requests for information from gov- Meals will be served m the church. ernment departments will be given for a nominal sum. A registration of; pr0 mpt attention." 25c for delegates will be asked as j The Congressman will personally usual to defray expenses. supervise the Binghamton office, and This convention seems to one who he made ft c l 35 g wiU welcome has the program before him the best aU visitors> when Mr . To i ey is in Delaware County has ever had. Start; Wash ington, his Binghamton secre- out early m the morning and^ arrive t ^ c Goldsmith, will be in for the very first fall of the gavel e hanre at 9:15. icnarge. Branch. Lawrence of Mr. and Mrs^Harrison—UubbelLj^niiuicn o ,.«.. M r have been quite ill the past twoiConvention L oTthe State of New York,: To n e y V s "constituents to obtain action weeks with Whooping cough. _ ' "** —'-^— *- *u« v 0 ^ 0M i It is reported that Mrs. Edna Early of Cadosia, has purchased the Thos. Dury property here. Geo. Terry, who has been quite ill the past two weeks, is reported much baiter. Rev. F. 0. Wolven of Handsome Hollow, called on friends in town Monday. GHlew-White Wedding. After a wedding trip through west- was employed. The award was for $20 a week for 219 6/10 weeks, to be paid by the insurance company. As Cosgrove was a minor and work- em New York and Canada Mr. andri n g without a permit his employer is Mrs. Whitaker will be at home Jto. liable for an equal amount as a pen- ' alty. A. E. Conner cf Walton was Cosgrove's attorney. This was Mr. Burns' first visit to Walton in his official capacity sinca his recent appointment as referee and his conduct of the hearing gave a most favorable impression. Thera were a number of other cases heard but most of the awards were small. Two Sons Killed. 5t state CVIMIV ~ — — . - m tA 9A a The enumerators will be paidj|3 a dav and two cents a name. Follow- ^ t~l .—. fWk ««nmerators for the town \ ^3jg^ m the farm at Lookout. ini are the enumerators for tne town of Hancock: Dtat No. t.MillardL Si- monson; No. 2, Letter Mriks, N^3,l Milly Sickles; No. 4, award^ M. i Read, No. 5, Mrs. Lloyd C. H ^ f c -^-^ Frank Gardner, No. 7, Mrs. Frances E. Cosgrove. The marriage of Vincent Gillow of Lookout, and Miss Willma R. White of Galilee, took place May 6, 1925, at I Honesdale. The ceremony was per-i formed by Rev. A. C. Olver at his res-1 idence on High Street. The happy] f air were attended by Bert. Gillow, ather of the groom, and Mrs. Ernest White, mother of the bride. After a brief visit with relatives and friends they will be at home with the groom's Board of Trade Notes. Cash a Little Streonwu. —Refrigeraton to Wheeler's. all sizes at m,„« wiU be a meeting of the! L^t week we announced going on niM „— frtnii Roard of Trade at the ViUage Halli a s t r i c tly cash basis after May 15th. j f o r fire-fighting at the rate of. tfnrty- on Friday evening, May 15th, at 7:80, W e find that this order is not con- rive dollars a year for eachJiydrant their friends in their apartment on Leonard Hill. Would Boy Water Works. In attempting to adjust the pres- ent tangle relative to a water supply for fhe purposes, the Livingston Manor Citizens' and Business Men s Association conferred with Dr. Frank M. Woolsey, of Hancock, at a recent meeting Nothing ~ " ^ J j ; Sunday at Middletown the two young except the fact that ^oolseywantea o »| Benedict were killed in $70,000 for ^ ^ j S L i ^ i ^ S r ^ a S B l * . Mrs. Benedict ,who consider an offer of ?50,000 a g S a ^ T S f v f a B a Ford coupe ran into another car. Mr. and Mrs. Benedict formerly resided at Hancock, he be- ing employed as electrical maintain- er on the O. & W. Ry. a'group of citizens Dr. Wooteey claims to have several offers for the water works. An offer was made to supply water ° n r^disc^TheTuesTio^bf cl^ contract £»«£*? ing the store? on Memorial Day a n d ; ^ have decided to change the_ rutejfhat orice^fOr fifteen years be signed. m July 4tbu to two weeks. But when we say! Under the former arrangement, a Made to your order. All styles. Price depends on sfae and nomber of fines. j Tea as your wants. I The Hancock Herald. —Best used cars—Fox's. —15 new silk dresses at the F. N. lv 4th, 'to two weens. u m wu^n T.~ —9 , vuu« v.~ -—~ r - --••.•. tu^iConlon Store. 5.Bo.rfha,«M.-wfc* ™,™-%™ n ?LTLZZ. KASSS.bSSLTS?g&S -*« •SS^^TSSA"* Water Company and the citizens_of j lights and batteries, at Tsrbox a. —Overland all-steel sedan $715 £. o. b. Geo. B. Fox, dealer. At FuUer's Market will be found rtTLSTnLnTerf sTafVfo7 street months credit; or part payment. Thei tr ouble between the^ Old Homestead J the large flags^ anu s t a n s _ i o r ^ ^ , ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ g^ settlement at decoration. They are on sale at Wheeler's store. Price $4.^. C. H. Searles, Secy —"Rooms for Tourists," a neatly lettered 18x24 in. sign, printed on muslin, at the Herald Office. the end of two weeks. R Hanstine. —Best used cars—Fox's. —Texaco gas and oils at Klein, Garage, Hancock. the Manor, thirty hydrants were rented for $540, which is little more than half the price asked now.—Ros- coe Review. —Best used cars—Fox's. an assortment of fresh fish. Phone orders will receive prompt attention Thomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com

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Page 1: IA1KKK WIl mi Full Valuation of Property DROPPED NAD ^ The ... 23/Hancock NY Herald/Hancoc… · IA1KKK WIl mi * A special town meeting will be called in the near future for the pur-pose

IA1KKK WIl mi * A special town meeting will be called in the near future for the pur-pose of voting upon t h e proposition

i t o bond the town of Tompkins for I $18,000 as the town's share of the

*•*•* i construction of the new bridge at Rock Rift on the s ta te highway. The bridge is jointly in t h e towns of Tompkins and Walton. The two towns have already erected the abut­ments t o the bridge a t a cost of about $12,000. The est imated costs of the steel superstructure is about |

Full Valuation of Property ____^_ The Only Fair Way to Tax

DROPPED NAD Wlfllf AT WORK

Excerpts From the Speech of State Tax Commissioner L. Graves, Delivered at Delhi at the Bi-ermial Session

With County and Town Officials.

According to information coming from Apex, the town of Tompkins \

| will be held responsible by a New York party for damage to his new j

|Willys-Knight sedan which was badly' —3£y ! damaged Sunday afternoon when the' Clare»ce Wood of East Branch Dies

M a r k ' c a r dropped into a mud hole just above Apex, in that town.

Suddenly Friday. It is'

said that the oil ease and transmis- 1 WAS SIXTY-NINE YEARS OF AGE. sion housing were cracked, mud guard ; **?» 2 n d fngine b l 0 c k c r a c k e d - j Was Native of Wayae County, Pa.—

i Much adverse comment has been i F—oral Sunday. an abstract from the > ty taxes as the town of Middletown j heard on the condition of this road j '"_•__

during the past few weeks, it being ( Our community was greatly shocked

r" Again have the residents given con­

crete evidence of their faith and

^ M o n d ^ S e r n o o n last a ^ ^ t u r e s , ^IZ^ZJ i~w *t Villasre Hal! t> Alber

•decide ^ o S H o P^h^Tthe""^d site of the j pay Tompkins* share.-Cannonsville fn£rV ^ T c h u r c h on East Front Cor. . Street, to be used later on for the| _ —

to one in favor of the propo-

Following is } $36,000 making the share of each [speech of State Tax Commissioner; pays. |uv*iniS —~ ^-^v , - _, ! town about $18,000. A petition bear-j Mark Graves delivered May 12th, at j "By failing to assesss personal i said that it is in a worse condition \ Friday about .2 p. m. when it learned ling the required number of signa-1 Delhi, on the occasion of the biennial; property subject to taxation, the as-; than ever. Little or no work has j that Clarence Wood had dropped dead tures, has been filed with Town Clerk | visitation of the State Tax Commis- i sessors shift the burden of taxation j been done to improve the road for f while working on the town road be-Albert Adams, asking that a special i sion with the assessors, supervisors j t o real property and work an in jus-; some time, the money appropriated j tween here and Harvard this side of

* -•••-» MT---i—* rv^i^^^^o. r^nn.I tir*> tr> strus-fflinff farmers and home-! for this purpose being used in other the Leon Lewis place. Mr. Wood was i sections of the town. We trust some j aged 69 years and 6 months and had

has more im-! good will result from the suit and been suffering from heart trouble for

^ t o residents generally, and th-firemen in particular are jubilant

ference of supervisors and assessors I at Delhi Tuesday. "The law requires I that property shall be assessed at

i Other Hems of Interest From Onr! full or eighty per cent of value. Just

By your failure to assess prv» >cn.jrj ±w K —..^ ~ at full value as the law requires,j portant duties to perform than has! those in charge get the^owns and villages in Delaware! the local assessor. Equality of t ax a-j portant link between County lost $91,300 in the last five j tion cannot obtain unless equality of j Hancock-years, of which $13,000 were lost in; assessment prevails. The assessment- j the last twelve months," Mark Graves, roll is the foundation upon which the r | * i H / r H l T f U A I i P f i * State Tax Commissioner, toid a cot.- entire general propertv tax structure TV /I 111 j I \ [Lf

Fish's Eddy Correspondent. as long as you continue the illegal under-assessment plan, the loss to

over

rests and if poor workmanship enters i into the preparation of the assess­ment-roll, the structure is defective. Accurate valuation is necessary;

busy on this in> <• several years, this being the cause of >en Walton and; his death. Ke was born at Boyd's

| Mills, Wayne Co., Pa.# and before com-I ing to East Branch thirty-eight years I ago, he resided at Oakland Valley, Sullivan Co., N. Y. June 3, 1882, he was united in marriage to Mary

O I H / A / I / I ACCC Louise Sulger. who survives, together t l ft 111 111 K I l l \ r \ with a son. Irvin, and daughter Mrs.

Wm. Varnold, residing at home, and iMrs. Harry Ingram of Endicott. An-

f K o ^ b T S ^ S S t S a S s S i r L * S. Gets B,d Brerfcs h. fees. | other ^ daughter, . M r , Roy Baxter,

« 3 — " 7 7 h e soecial^lec-I May 12-Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Boies JcuTto^Tand villages' from the dis- a ~ ^ ™ « ? t « o 1 S & ^ * * * ****** * * ^ * * * * * ^ fe£ Tears ^ o ^ l e a ^ i n f f ^ c h i l ! the outcome of ^ g f ^ ^ K U ^ ^ S ^ a S Mr. and Mrs. Theo- ?ribution of income tax moneys will ruie and guide, and no other should,, t e a m ^ ^ ^g£ ^ j ^ V a r n o j d , s K ^ t e

* ~ ^ L ^ L ^ ^ W M ^ I t ^ S S ^ - d .daughter , of grow because: income ^ » ° ^ f £ * „ « £ taxes are very high, j defeated by Deposit on the . ^ J ™ - ™ * * ^ ^ * ^ * ^ * ? TheV have been increasing rapidly; grounds last Saturday by the close | brother of Topeka, Kansas, also sur-

siiea reiauvcs om» .**,v....~,. j payers of this county to have their Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fancher visited property under-assessed? No state

--"--• •—• <">"orf too i m o f t r - a s -

9 _ • « * - - _ _ a_ ! _ __ *£ »«•;<-. AAnnTu tr\ n a v e Lfieii :ed rel r. and teposit

^ ^ ^ ' ^ ^ ^ n f ' b ^ i ^ r " ^ Mrs. Thos. Fadden a n d l E ^ S ^ o n aUends t o tha t . Last has been ^ ^ ^ l ^ f S f & o S H famSv of Johnson City, spent the!y?ar this county was assessed at made annually, the fost^l^OW^o be g g g M * * * » g ^ g j o f ^ M r . and |37,400,000 bu t i t pafd s t a t e taxes on

i _ _ ^ i « *K» ta-jf b u d e e t Ol IWO. w e e i t e i i u a t t « ^ ^ llZ+d'-enZ**^ V<^i O<:I>ST» n o D a r t Of

T e ? v S r &UOffices and a housing rows, •*?«SM h a D U „ r : ^ n ^ e t c will bel visited relatives and friends p lace for road m a c m n e r y , c v . , and Mrs A. A. Fancher v.5ucu property u i i u ^ . - ^ v ^ - . - -

Errors were vives. Funeral services_were held at his

p. m., Rev. About fifty

raised m the tax budget $41,690,000. You escape no part of

^ ^ h U ^ PraTS%eTrenaysonh1s! Sadl 'by J l Sues but were more S a t foca^ Ix^nses ^ v e erowrenor-1 S S l y to Hancock. The feature of: late horn, Sunday at 2 p ^ n Rev that loca^\Jr*?*~~~jT {L ^ t a t p t a x e s the eame was "Stub" France's home Ehas Jones officiating. About fiftv mousiy. The mcrea« m state ta:xe, the ame ^Jf s

h e f e n c e i n members of the Masonic lodge of

t Z g i g t ^ ^ ^ J S z S l Z g t f ieS sTorfng two men ahead of Downsville of which the deceased so because " ^ r * ^ , , collect- him Hancock scored seven runs in was a member, marched to the cem-S thenUfrom tb? s S S which the i Vh^sixlh a^d seventh innings on hits : etery in a bc^y and had charge of the X •*? J ZlJ™ itf makes substantial by France, Doolittle, Wheeler and services at the grave. / ^ S ^ f e e ^ ^ r ^ o f i n d D ^ o S Dumond pitched nice ball Those present from out of town gifts to the localities IUI , seventh when Deposit were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ingram, Mr highway purposes. 5 2 m S i ^vrk is large work- Mrs. Jos. Finnegan. ,$41,690,000. xou e s c ^ ^ ^ " — " ' ^ V s t a n c e ihe direct state taxistarted their hitting

» 5 2 ^ a ! r i i i ? f a dollars Mr. and Mrs. Guy Laraway of Apex,; the coun y tax by ^ £ T O not i£ n^.ware couMv tart year was [ The line up: -•work you cannot measure and cents—work that wiB repay with more than money—with a much bet­ter town and a contented, mdustri cos, happy people. Real towns ar-. made by men, and women also, not

Mr. ana mrs. uu, ^ ^ - ^ ^ r—, ^^ ^ ^ were Sunday visitors injtown. ^Isessments down^—at least you do not [ ;re sunaay nsnws m COT,,*. ,WM..,w..o ^, . ,„ __

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Robinson of fif the county equalization is properly Hancock, and Mr. and Mrs. Gusse Wol-1 prepared.

icott of Walton, were Sunday guests i "Tangible personal property owned Sat the home of Mr. and Mrs. H» K.jby taxpayers other than business cor­

porations should generally be as-Ed lest somebody else gets HWML JSOM. and lessed, with allowance made for• just result of Mondays « ^ 3 f ^ g U ^ of Long Eddy, Mr. and Mrs. I debts," he continued. Much of the haticalhr that our people believe fsamiy oa•*?** * yk«nvY.^r Hor-l.Knrden on real property is due to. the

The emphatically i n

boosting Hancock . I t is well.

Presbyterian Bazaar, Hlay 2 t th .

Chas. Proskine and daughter Hor-1 burden on real property tense and the Misses Mathilde a n d i f a i i u r e to tax personal property. 1 X"" :v. , „ • - . . „ „ tm, - , - , . _ , , . , „ , . . , w . . . m . w e r e S u „ . l w h B n ^ t e of Moderate L Z l \ ^ S ^ S ^ i T r ??liicle

The

I V ^ i l O ^ U 4 1 U — _ _ —

j Elaine Lindsay of Walton, were Sun-1 When people ! day guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. Pros-! the wealthy are relieved of t ax on

i n e Woman's Guild of the P r e s b v - | k i n e a n d M r - a n d M r s - P- M, Lindsay. \ personality, the burden is shifted to te r ian church will hold their Annual j Mr. and Mrs. Ralph DeSilva and. r e a i property and hi ts the farmer and Bazaar in the room over Conlon's I infant daughter of Bmghamton, vis-1 the home-owner unduly hard. S tore Wednesday afternoon and even-' ited Saturday^ and Sunday at the ; "The assessment of personal prop-ine May 20th. The Bazaar will open j home of Josiah McKane. I er ty in Delaware County is entirely r?*U ^ J

m i r , M r s - L a u r a Layman of Handsome i o u t of proportion to the real proper-T-IT^II^_ .-„ ,T,-ei+,-T,<r -TOT a few davs at j t.v value of the county. Slightly more

ersonal property is

vri»«-««.*, "reported—in a - county aggregating , . Bake Shop, Ice Cream, Sugar Plunxl a ~ v *"r~- •? "V , . ^ ^ - ,,$37,000,000 of real property. Delhi - i i i s W Clam Chowder and a Witches!; gram was given m the M. E. Church has the largest personal property ' ' C a l d r o n for which the services of a n i b u n d a y evening, followed by a very assessment—about $93,000—and yet 1 tow iuw ^ ~

•-v \. '_ \ m^M^, i,OTe> h e e n s e - ! appropriate talk by the pastor. A i t h e wealth of Walton as measured by high. If we are correct in that a s ^ j ^ ^ s ^ * * •— .- „< .« . Q ^„ n M : t U „ » - ™ ™ o n t nf real oroperty is sumption, Franklin paid more s ta te : r^toaaara , oa

• ^v.__ ;<• o^^iri -i^dii^ent,, c

«* 9 T> m. ~* ^nTTow is visiting for a few days at j ty value of the county M Fea P tur?s of the Bazaar this y ^ R g F S £ 0 7 h e r l a u g h t e r , Mrs. S. S . S a n $315,000 personal £ « * £ * « « i « 1K» a Tea Garden, Craft Shop, "f -^— (-reported m a - county aggregating Grab-big, Flower Shop, Circus-tent, f I f pleasing Mother's-Day pro-!$37,000,000 of real property. Delhi 5 ? ? 5 c & » I,** Cream. Sugar ftW^ASE L flte M. E. Church I has the largest personal property

in Delaware county last year was ; $63500 twenty-four hundreths of Hancock Hi one per cent of the entire state di- i Hoel, cf rect tax and in re turn the state gave Wheeler, l b Delaware taxes amounting to $82,00C, i Weinhauer, 2b

as follows: ' 'S°°m i iJf ' 1? Twrt-thirds personal income ; f e r reno , 11 lwo-tmras> 1 ^ ^ n 337 000 Moore, rf r . i fv.o! ' / ' r ^ + ^ e ' t a x ! ' . . . . . . 36,000 \ Vallequette, c One-half mortgage t a x . ^ . vy F r a n c e > c f : Wilson 3b ^ ^ One-quarter mo t or ^ ~ ; ^ ^ , ^ ^ a g h a n , 3b

' e e s ' „ -J r-^^ ! Brewer, 3b "Equality of taxation, said Com-; j ^ d , p

missioner Graves, -cannot^ obtain m^\ less there be proper equalization

"I understand you have created in ; D e p o s i t Hi this county an Equalization Commis- A x t e l l > l b ion and that it has accomphshedmuch. K 1{ Nevertheless, if our ™*°™f , ' J Weaver.p correct, the rates wmchit establishes i T h o m a S f s s leaves something to be desired. ** ~ ! chipp, 2b think your rate for Frankliii.is, A•: McKenny, cf too low and that for Bovma 100/c too, C o n k l i n > r f

j and Mrs. William Sulger, Mr. and [Mrs. A. C. Ingram, Miss Rena Ingram

AB R H PO E! and LeRoy Teetsell of Endicott; Mrs. 0 Hannah Sulger, Mr. and Mrs. William 1 j Sulger and Mr. and Mrs. RalptrBax-0 ! ter and son of Walton; Mr. and Mrs. 1 Roy Baxter and family of Cook's 0 Falls. Aside from these the house 2 ; overflowed with neighbors and friends 0'from all around this section, who had 1; come to pay their respects to their 0 ] departed friend and his-family.—East 0 Branch Cor. 1|

i t ^ F o ^ T T e l l e r have been se- \ - f ^ ^ g5tonwaTin'attendance j the assessment of real ^property is « ^ S f ' taxeT^han it should and S £ 3 L DO not miss this raw oppor- j g n e f™^ fnclement weather. j twice that of Delhi. But this » noth g«™\e^ m u c h l e s s than it should; Sni ty to have your fortune told by a -msp a f t e r n o o n Df ^ t week, 1 n g compared to the personal proper Bovin y £ 3 2 k T a * t t t f £ ; - « _ c cy

TT4C>, <ravP the members ofitv renort of the town of. Hancock. }Mrs._S. S. Fish gave the members of jty .report

??5I<ls^noA-^^i-T^^^rTTfr^«»teeti©n^^^ ,„ n^^ro t , ^ v ; „ ^ H o n ^ k with real property as-

5 *J

5 4 5 2 0 3 2 1 1 4

37 AB 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4

0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 1

1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

3 *> «J .

0 3 2 0 3

10 0 0 0 0 I I Win a Prize.

10 7 24 R H 0 0

PO Ej

1 1 2-2 0. 2 2 1

3 2 2 2 0 1 1 1

5 1 1 0

-4 0 1 0

15

0

have contributed. Sumary: Two 40 11 12 27

base hits

Get busy, boys and girls of New York state, there's a chance to win a prize in connection with the coming

^ s t a t e census to be taken between 0 June 1 and 15. Florence E. S. Knapp, 0 Secretary of State, cooperating with Q the,State Department of Education, ^ is offering many cash prizes, ranging . rfrom five dollars to fifty dollars, for «, the best essays submitted on "The

purpose and value of an accurate state census." School .suoerintend-

tho rule?

'I, W.., *] ents and principals throughout X°°"",„ state have been advised of the

As I view your equalization taDie. r Dumond, Weaver (2) Kelly. ,rovernin<r tlie contest and will advise struck tHe^cijikiren accordingly. The con-

18th. There wilFbe of plants on sale at if you wish somethi i t would be wise to hand.

The menu for the Tea Shop is as follows: clam chowder and saltines 15c; Sandwiches: ham, pim-olive; and let tuce, 10 cts. each; rolls: whole­wheat , Parker-house and cinnamon Tolls, 5 cts. each; "baked beans 10 cts . ; salad, fruit, jellied vegetables, fish, 15 cts . each; cheese 10c; deserts: sponge cake, strawberries, whipped cream, 20c each; fruit a la mode, 20c; Pie a la mode, 15c; pie, 10c; cake, 5c; heverages: coffee, tea, iced tea and milk, 5 cts . each.

Boy's Camp at Kelsey.

A-summer camp for boys is being erected at Spring Lake Farm, Kejsey, by M. Everett Hillman, of Richmond

i-n tfip s c h o o l nOUSe l u e s u a v c , i . i i u . f , j 1 5 U J 1 n i t <-"" ** — — , , , - * .*-week The following officers | a b o u t one-fifth of the "wealth of A e ween . . *-»*^r*fw 5 I . tX. j J I . I . „ _ 4-V.a ,.,/>ViocT t o w n

ected for t:

| ^ ^ ? ^ ^ * ^ ' S r t o { f 1 ^ ^ e V ~ ^ much personal proper

° f laSeleWceted foV^hT 4 ^u in i -yea r : ' ^own"oT Mkidietown, the richest town eiec Fred Tompkins, ; m the county pays almost twent>-were

ten towns JSWV """.^ fe ,' -U^A • L.niop; wmie iun», * .«•-- . ~----- tne^ennoren accord least lost nothing, if our rates had, ^ Dumond. 12: by Weaver l j . . t e s t c i o s e s J u n e 1#

^,t-j - i ; i , - T,iTT«» towns benei.ttct « _ : „Q r . f a^rf six lead- There will be three prizes of $50 »-erage of first six lead-

tauwi v- x . - - - . , ^„u Dumond sions to cooperate with 't in e*tab- F r a n c e

lishing just rates upon which all may w h e e l e r

rely." ; Hoel Ferrello

.429 ,-

.286

.200 ^2l

each for the three best essays sub­mitted over the state at large. Con­testants will be divided into three classes. Class 1 will consist ofjiu-

,tp. ] pils in the seventh and eighth grades *+-t I whose essays must not exceed 400

words; Class 2, to be pupils in any

ware County. „ „ * To expedite* the handling of the

H'ilL N. J. I t « To be known^as |3 i o n day

Mr. anu airs. XJ. vr—*«"i- - -Hancock, were callers m town Mon-d aMr. and Mrs. George Ward of East Branbh, visited at D. C. Conklin s

M i l l , XM. O. x« »» — _ -Camp Hilltop and will be under the personal supervision of a staff of ex­perienced . councellors, two of whom a re helping Mr. Hillman erect the camp. It is to be a modern, up-to-d a t e camp, electric lighted, and equipped with baseball diamond, ten­nis courts, inside basket v ball court, and all other favorite sports , includ­ing a stable of excellent saddle horses.

The main building, known as Hill- ^ w t op Lodge, will contain two floors, l E a s t Branch over the State road on

n m „ i a w t e s e m i - ; a c c o u n t o f n o t being able to get them over the highway bridge at East

for some time re turned to his work at Rock Valley Tuesday.

Considerable apparatus to be used in the construction of the new State Highway from East Branch to Downs­ville, was unloaded a t this place dur­ing the past week. The steam shovels had to be unloaded here and taken to

Hancock evened up yesterday wnen t h j r d Q r f o u r t h y e a r h j g h s chool District Office in Binghamton. (Deposit came to town for the f ^ ^ j c l a s s , essays limited to 800 wordy.

, ! game. The visitors were defeated by C l a s s 3> p u p j i s j n any continuation " ' ~ o f t h e i a score of 10 to 2. i school, essays limited to 400 words.

; There will be fifty-six prizes of $5 A Pretty Way Wedding. each for the best essay in each couii-

—•= ty from pupils in Class 1 and Class 3; A very pret ty May wedding was fifty-six prizes of $5 each for^ the ,1emnized at the home of Mr. and

hamton. IN. I . \1n1s is ure iiiov.v..,..|oviienimMu » l r>*.~™ TVmrcrljiv even- ^, ana in iNew iurs Ans.-May 15th, 1925, a t | g 5 * 3 t o p r a c t i c e has been followed; Mrs. J. H. de Graw J ^ ^ d a u S - ^ four prizes of $5 each i

& j ^ s a ^ ^ s a a s Sh7tE zibhetnh, j S g S f e a £ a e s

p l a c r t h T o n f y ^ oiher question you l g * £ ^ S U t e ^ t h . district. U f ^ J ^ ^ ^ g ^ ^ g E 1 need to settle" is this : will the^ Qm- ( T h e d i s t r i c t office will be op en aU only son of Mr and Mn^ V vention be worth your coming? In u m i n addition to the office aker ^ ceremony. Miss Marion addition to t h e - - f o T i n e r - n o t i c e - d ^ - - t W a 1 n t a i n e d by the - C o n g ^ n i a n ' a t } formed ^ ceremony^ ^ ^ ing of Rev. W C. Robinson D , 6 . , f Room 140, House Office B « W i n g •. AHen ^ ^ ™ ™ enfered the 0 n e o f t h e i , r g e s t , if not the larR-Delhi, and Rev.^Lewis ^ ^ ^ f f ^ ^ ^ j S ^ ^ * ^ ^ 1 ^ Mrs. Keith 5 Graw acted zs | e g t f a w a r d given for an ^ ^ ^

of Han-

Hubbell, clerk. . . . . . . A Deitz has exchanged his Maxwell j — ~

touring car with dealer Persbacker of j ^ n j a y School Convention For Dela-Hancock for a new Maxwell sedan

Frank Fish and Harley Warfield vi«stted relatives and friends in Bmg-visite« * r ~ i . . -4.„ „,.Q- +V10 iwppk- j u s t a oire-ii"in*«-*- - 1 — r - 1 (nswit t w ±*x~ ' ' - * a « t Ua i hamton and vicinity over the week ^ i n t r o d u < > t i o n < - i Harold S. Tolley announces . t ha t he] end. «, , J ne Whpre is the convention? Ans.—-:L J ooened a distr ict office in rooms riri1r,„ w a s j.ij.tv-o»A F i »^o «« ^^ --•— —-

Mr. and Mrs Edgar Bonnefond 0 f ^ e / y eS

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t e r i a n c h ^ c h , Delhi, N. : g f e ^ 1106 Press building at Bing- A Z2J**%£*J?3?S. I n d b e s t essay in each county from Class Hancock, were Sunday visitors at the ; becona r r y hamton, N. Y. This is the first time 1 solemnized at thes home 01 wr * 2 a n d i n N e w y o r k c i t y , twenty-home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fancher T. Ans . -May 15th, 1925, at-: J * ™ ^ p r a c t i c e has been followed; Mrs. J. H. de Graw J f ^ X ^ S - i four prizes of $5 each for winners in

Mr. and Mrs. L , G_Carpenter• rt 9 . ^ h e nm -

A , fn this district, arid it is, expected mg, May 7th,. jhem thaw « J m * J u g J „ ; c lass 1 and 3, and twenty-four prizes ' 9 Now S a t you know the t ime a n d ; ^ i t w i l l b e a ifif^^wtoo*tej^JS^aS»«5a«v ? a l i k e a m o u n t f o r w i n n e r s i n C l a S S

Given a Fair Settlement.

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Miss'Lilah Wagner went to Roscoe Tuesday and visited the High School ^ ^ ^ there. . . , „„ i,«««J AmsTerdam as being on the program, I a c t ~ a s"secretary.

Fred Tompkins, who h a s t e n home^ A m s ^ e r u a m ^ ^ ^ 1 } n e n f t he ; a c ^ e p r e s e n t a t i v e Tolley day's happenings. • " -**_* the announcement said:

Mrs. F . Wayland Ayer of the fijl - T h e maintenance ot ™* u » ^ y - . «w*, « , ^ - y » - • d - w i t - i j j ' Burns of Monticello. Cosgrove mous church community school at o f f i c e should be an effective means; lies of ^the bnae_ anu^ ^ ^ ^ n P t . . i r . : „ " . _ „„ o « , o ^ for on npr cent Meredith, N. Y. and a very_ import-

making! maid'of honor and Mr. Keith de Graw ,1 compensation hearing in Walton was S!™ s best man. The bride was given ; r n a d e to Edward Cosgrove «* " —

V h T T a S t e n r n c T o f the district | a W a y "by her father. && H * , i g ± i g ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f e f f ^ * B d ^ Bee should be an effective means! lies of the bride

_ _ - . . _ . ,.t.T>&ncmin^ establishing closer contact ^ ^ t ^ ^ ^ S ^ a r 5 o ^ a & J i l ^ ^ ^ o f ^ r * ^ " ^ i i ant factor in the Bapt is t Dencmina- t w e e n t he voter and the electeo^rep , formea Qe™r^*^anAin(T l%f o o n £ r r a t . | *inrrara nf wv,^b wpre ru t off at t he

open dining hall, while the upper contains a spacious recreation room equipped w i & g » j l t e t t f r tadfe, nool table, couches, wri t ing tames, S £ The camp season opens J u l r 1 and closes August 26. . „ . 0<r

Mr Hillman, we understand, e x ­pects" at least thir ty boys this season. T t u T s e e m s a particularly fine loca­t ion f o T T W s camp as the natural s S r o u n d i n g s y a r e ^ advan tageousJ°* health, happiness^ and recreation.— Kelsey Cor. """^

Censns Coming Naxt Wwith.

What 's your name, w h e ™ d ? . ^ Hve, how old are you, and what do Sou'do for a living? T h e « i q u e s t s S n a number of others, will b^asked between June 1 and 15 of every resi-denTof New York * * * * * " %

. t ion with the coming census. A U S r e wlU be thir teen q M b m

« one more than in IMS, when the las t s ta te count w a s m a d e

closer c o X c be- nLsed the ceremony, which was per- w a s g i v e n an award for 90 per cent fnd tne elected r e p - f a r m e d before a beautiful floral altar. o f the loss of his right hand the

Kvvi s iUne the Bine-! S o w i n g the extending of congrat : , f i n g e r s of which were cut off at the nui, ^ ^ g s , - - . t P f l r l i e r s r ° v e - B y J r i ! l J m 5 t : wifl be nations and best wishes the guests s e c o n d joint in a meat cut ter in Vere period upon the ^ > b l e m ^ o f ^ a c ^ h e r s . h a ^ 0 „ £ f ^ « ^ ^ ^ J | w S ^ ^ a delightful four-course | F u l l e r ' s market last fall, where ha

M » io^v^ ... -— - * u„,rQ J v — n i •*•-„ fV.o Pmn. i Pnilnwinp the extending of congrat :; f j n e e r s Df which were cut off at t he tion Sunday school work will have a r e s e n t a t i v e . By visiting the Bing- roliowing tne exte , *> i U _ ^ 4 « K , . , _ . 1 _ . . . . _ .•„ %r-*« Period upon the problem of teachers h a m t o n office, constituents will be ;

Mrs Ayer is doing in our very midst e n a b l e d to receive the same c o u r t e - [ „ . _ ; ~ " * L J u r;dP 'c table was at ™-4.U?L„„ 0l,o TOill tell about. And Q U S t r e a t m e n t and official informa-1 dinner. The br ides tame w * s ^ _ the ' t h ings she will tell about, AHU O U S t reatment ana oinciai » " ^ " " » - | « , , , M "* . ^ T p ^ r a t e d with yellow ner scholl is a distinctively rur:.«| t J o n_ ,3 though they traveled to the | t r a c t i v e ^ ^ o r a t e d ^ w « schooL I Capital.

Lawrence and Genevieve, children! Mrs. F . W. Tomlinson, director of. ^ i g h d t h a t t h 5 g a r r a n g c r n e n t « ^ M . „ «««.!«,« Hubbell, I Childress Work, Bapt is t Misionary m m a k e | e a s i e r f o r Congressman

Conventton ofTthe S ta te of New Y o r k , T o l l ,g c o n s t i t u e n t s to obtain action will take the important ma t t e r of t he . Q n m a t t e r s pertaining to the Federal home and worship among children s; Government. Soldier's compensation training. Children s teachers in D e l a - i c a s e s pensions for Civil and Spanish ware County cannot afford to miss ; W a r Veterans and widows, tax re-the inspiration of Mrs. Tomlinson f o r ) f u n H a ) c i v i l 8 e r v i c e examinations, and this day- I requests for information from gov-

Meals will be served m the church. ernment depar tments will be given for a nominal sum. A registrat ion of; p r 0 m p t at tent ion." 25c for delegates will be asked as j T h e Congressman will personally usual to defray expenses. supervise the Binghamton office, and

This convention seems to one who h e m a d e ft c l 35 g w i U w e l c o m e has the program before him the best a U v i s i t o r s > w h e n M r . T o i e y i s in Delaware County has ever had. S t a r t ; W a s h i n g t o n , his Binghamton secre-out early m the morning and^ arrive t ^ c Goldsmith, will be in for the very first fall of the gavel ehanre at 9:15. icnarge.

Branch. Lawrence of Mr. and Mrs^Harrison—UubbelLj^niiuicn o , . « . . M — r —

have been quite ill the pas t twoiConventionLoTthe S ta te of New York,: T on eyVs "constituents to obtain action weeks with Whooping cough. _ ' "** — ' - ^ — *- *u« v 0 ^ 0 M i

I t is reported t h a t Mrs. Edna Early of Cadosia, has purchased the Thos. Dury property here.

Geo. Terry, who has been quite ill the past two weeks, is reported much bai ter .

Rev. F . 0 . Wolven of Handsome Hollow, called on friends in town Monday.

GHlew-White Wedding.

After a wedding tr ip through west-

was employed. The award was for $20 a week for 219 6/10 weeks, to be paid by the insurance company.

As Cosgrove was a minor and work-e m New York and Canada Mr. andr i n g without a permit his employer is Mrs. Whitaker will be at home Jto. liable for an equal amount as a pen-

' alty. A. E. Conner cf Walton was Cosgrove's attorney.

This was Mr. Burns' first visit to Walton in his official capacity sinca his recent appointment as referee and his conduct of the hearing gave a most favorable impression. Thera were a number of other cases heard bu t most of the awards were small.

Two Sons Killed.

5t s t a t e CVIMIV ~ — — . -mtA 9A a The enumerators will be pa id j | 3 a

dav and two cents a name. Follow- ^ t~l .—. fWk ««nmerators for the town \ 3jg^ m the farm a t Lookout. i n i are the enumerators for tne town of Hancock: D ta t No. t.MillardL Si-monson; No. 2, Le t te r Mriks, N ^ 3 , l Milly Sickles; No. 4, a w a r d ^ M. iRead, No. 5, Mrs. Lloyd C. H ^ f c - ^ - ^ Frank Gardner, No. 7, Mrs. Frances E. Cosgrove.

The marriage of Vincent Gillow of Lookout, and Miss Willma R. White of Galilee, took place May 6, 1925, a t I Honesdale. The ceremony was per-i formed by Rev. A. C. Olver at his res-1 idence on High Stree t . The happy]

f air were at tended by Bert . Gillow, ather of the groom, and Mrs. Ernest

White, mother of the bride. After a brief visit with relatives and friends they will be at home with the groom's

Board of Trade Notes. Cash a Li t t le Streonwu.

—Refrigeraton to Wheeler's.

all sizes at

m , „ « wiU be a meeting of t he ! L ^ t week we announced going on niM „— — f r t n i i Roard of Trade a t the ViUage H a l l i a s t r i c t l y cash basis after May 15th. j f o r fire-fighting at the rate of. tfnrty-on Friday evening, May 15th, at 7:80, W e find tha t this order is not con- r i v e dollars a year for eachJiydrant

their friends in their apartment on Leonard Hill.

Would Boy Water Works.

In attempting to adjust the pres­ent tangle relative to a water supply for f h e purposes, the Livingston Manor Citizens' and Business Men s Association conferred with Dr. Frank M. Woolsey, of Hancock, at a recent meeting Nothing ~ " ^ J j ; Sunday at Middletown the two young except the fact t h a t ^oo l s eywan tea o » | Benedict were killed in $70,000 for ^ ^ j S L i ^ i ^ S r ^ a S B l * . Mrs. Benedict ,who consider an offer of ?50,000 a g S a ^ T S f v f a B a Ford coupe ran in to

another car. Mr. and Mrs. Benedict formerly resided at Hancock, he be­ing employed as electrical maintain-er on the O. & W. Ry.

a 'group of citizens Dr. Wooteey claims to have several offers for the water works.

An offer was made to supply water

° n r ^ d i s c ^ T h e T u e s T i o ^ b f c l ^ contract £ » « £ * ? ing the s tore? on Memorial Day a n d ; ^ have decided to change the_ rute j fhat orice^fOr fifteen years be signed. m

July 4tbu to two weeks. But when we say! Under the former arrangement, a

Made to your order. All styles. Price depends on sfae and nomber

of fines. j Tea a s your wan t s . I The Hancock Herald.

—Best used cars—Fox's.

—15 new silk dresses a t t he F . N . lv 4th, ' t o t w o weens. u m wu^n T.~ —9, v u u « v.~ - — ~ r - - - • • . • . tu^iConlon Store.

5.Bo.rfha,«M.-wfc* ™,™-%™n?LTLZZ. KASSS.bSSLTS?g&S - * « • S S ^ ^ T S S A " * Water Company and the citizens_of j l ights and bat ter ies , a t Tsrbox a.

—Overland all-steel sedan $715 £. o. b . Geo. B. Fox, dealer.

At FuUer's Market will be found

rtTLSTnLnTerf s T a f V f o 7 s t ree t months credit; or par t payment. The i t r ouble between the^ Old Homestead J the large flags^ anu s t a n s _ i o r ^ ^ , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ g ^ s e t t l e m e n t a t decoration. They are on sale a t Wheeler's store. Price $ 4 . ^ .

C. H. Searles, Secy

—"Rooms for Tourists," a neatly lettered 18x24 in. sign, printed on muslin, at the Herald Office.

the end of two weeks. R Hanstine.

—Best used cars—Fox's. —Texaco gas and oils a t Klein,

Garage, Hancock.

the Manor, thir ty hydrants were rented for $540, which is lit t le more than half the price asked now.—Ros­coe Review.

—Best used cars—Fox's.

an assortment of fresh fish. Phone orders will receive prompt a t t e n t i o n

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