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LEGISLATURE AMENDING DOG LAW TO SUIT CLERK GILBERT
Tem Oerk Hm* Uenht of Oaf
Oemert Thromghoat dnt Temn
•f Hetmp^ead.
The toUkming letters 'written and fWjeirW by Town Glw* Fmnklin C. Otlbert 4n relatioxi to th« much hf- aM«d dog law, *r« of « rery refrwih- ing nMufe. Gerk Gifbert on behalf of Mfl f«lkrw townsmen haa feeen fight- injf to have the L<eirhilatur« do away wiith certain abu««« in th« oM law attd to particularly incorporate cer¬ tain new featured of beneiflt to tax¬ payer! and dog o'wnen.
The letter to AaaamblyTnan Mc¬ Whinney imparta quHe trankly the information that Gilbert i« gvttin^r ihe law in the form moet %eneflcial.
State of New Yon*
Department of Farma and M«rke*a
IJffvision of Agriculture
Albany, March 2, 1918. Mr. Franklin G. Gilbert,
Town Clerk, Hempatead, N. Y.
I)ear Sir: Yours of February 28th, is at hand, and in reply womid say that no chanffe ha,s been made in the law at this writing. It is expectexl that aome amendmenta will be made, and we trust during the next thirty days, before the licensing period ex¬ piree. Yours Very truly,
C. W. 1..ARM0N,
Chief, Bureau of Statistics.
Hon. Thomaa A. McWhinney, Assemblyman, Albany, N. Y.
Dear Sir: Subsequent to our con¬ versation of Satunlay, proposed amendments to Chapter 80O, Laws of 1{<17, being commonly known as State Dog License Law, were received and I am very much pleased with the action taken by you in causing cer¬ tain suggestions which I offered to be incorporated therein.
The section ex:t)ending the expira¬ tion date of the licenses issued last July and August to June SOth, 1918, will be greatly appreciated by the 'townspeople since they will have a full twielve months license which they are justly entitled to. I notice that licenses issued between February first and July lst, 1918, will continue in lorce until July 1st, 1919. This will relieve the minds of many persons who have already taken out the 1918 license, "which reads *Dok License for years ending February 28th, 1919. It is also gratifying to leam that li¬ censes will not be necessary until the dog attains the age of six months in¬ stead of four months.
Section 134 provides for the takinpr of the census on or before July first of each year and that the census list shall be prepared in duplicate and toe alphabetically arranged. This is a very good arrangement inasmuch as the (Jensus wil be taken before the issuance of the licenses. As it is now the census would be taken after the issuance of licenses and there would be no list to report delinquents from. I also note you have caused the ten- day period to bs incorporated in Sec¬ tion 139-d, thereby giving ample time for the to-wn or city clerks to report delinquents to the justices of peace or magistrates.
Many jxjople are at loss to under¬ stand what becomes of the fees col¬ lected for dog licenses and Section 139-f covers the matter in a very
thorvajrh manner. Thl« MCtion pro¬ vide* for the pajrment of <ianiaire« to owner* of Acmnemtic knimahi or fowls atUcked, chaeeH, worri«H, injuiwi or killed by a dog (n dojc« awl after proper apprai(«*»ment hy tha Town As- seasora for the ptjrment <Tt such dam¬ ages. I mvtice this section also pro¬ vides for th* remittonce of all feee collected to the Gounty Treasure- Irr- •taad of the State Commissioner of AgrfooHure and that all hut ae^en per centum of such feea are retained by the county and after all damage suite and actual and necessary ex¬ penses are settled tM Tarious towne of the county wjll neceive their pro¬ portionate share of these fees on the first Monday of March in each year. This ia a very good feature since practicallv all of the money is kept right at home and is handled by our local offlcials.
I/ast, but not least, I note wfth a great deal of pleasure that provision is made for the establishment and maintenance of a dog pound or pooinds and the appointment of dog catchers. This question has caused all of the disturbance within the bown since tbe consta/blea had no place to Impound the dogs in case of seizure.
In conclusion please accept my sin¬ cere thanks for what you have done to remedy this law and my only hope is that the pnxposed amendments will he enacted. Youra very truly,
Franklin C. Gii^ert,
Town Clerk. Hempstead, N. Y., March 6, 1918.
SOLDIERS WRITE FROM "OVER THERE'
COUNTY TRACTOR SCHOOL STARTS IITH
P'ollowipg the completion of the plans by the Bureau of Production of the New York State Food Com¬ mission for the holdiniLj of tractor .schools it is announced that a tractor school will be held at Riverhead on March llth.
'Many requests for these tractor schools were received from the various counties of the .state, but it was iin- I>ossible to grant all of them. Suf- fFplk County, with a school at River¬ head, is fortunate in being selected the location of one tractor school. Be¬ tween 35 and 40 requests have been received; so far 19 schools have been arranged.
Because of the limited number of schools it is desirable to have each accommodate as wide a territory as possible, It is planned to have Nas¬ sau County co-operate with Suffolk.
The Riverhead school will 'l>e short, Rix days of practical work with trac¬ tors with morning and jifternoon lec¬ turer by tractor experts from the Stale Food Commission and the State College of Agriculture at Cornell, und morning and afternoon lessons on different tractors. Kach student will have the opportunity of studying at first hand the e.«isentials of tractor construction and operation. Different machines wrill be used, each in charge of its own expert.
Any person interested, who wishes to attend, should make application to R. C. Parker, as there is already jrreat Interest and it may become necessary to limit the attendance. Mr. Parker can be reached by mail or telephoiw at the office of the Suffolk County Kami Bureau, Riverhead.
The only cost will be the registra¬ tion fee of $1, whicJi will be refunded if the student does not miss moro than two sessions of the sehool. The school will start promptly at 9 a.m. Monday.
UNCLAIMED l£rfERS
Freeport, N. Y.. March 6, 1918. Berger, Frank; Croatt, J. M.; Qvutd. William; Lee, Mr, Thomat <Venue; Marael, John; Makentere, Mrs.; Oatindarffe, Mrs. G.; Ross, Thomas; Wallace, Kraeat H.; Young, }4.i»» Carrie; Yodywky, Or,, Jr
T. Bhnson Smith. P. M.
t'reeport, N. Y.
The iSoWiers' Welfare Association, oriranized last year for the welfare of the men in the Rainibow Division at Gamp Mills, and whose headquar¬ ters are at 101 Wallace street. Free- port, is constantly in touch w^ith American soldiers now in France. The Nassau Post has been tendered three letters received by the Associa¬ tion from grateful mennbers of the Camp Mills division. The most in¬ teresting of these letters is from Carl KJerop, one of the Freeport "boys" now on French soil. The Post is pleased to present the con¬ tents of the letters, believing they will be of much interest to its readers: Somewhere in France, January 20, 1918. Soldiers' Welfare Associatnon, Freeport, N. Y.
My Dear Friends: I received your Christmas package and I thank you a thousand times. It certainly w^as very kind of you to remember me, es¬ pecially being ao far away from home The articles were all very nice and useftfl and I apT>reciate them. I am going bo write just a few^ lines about our doings.
I am proud to say I was picked with three other men for a company of 2r>0 to go ¦to a training school. The course will take about six weeks and will consist of a study of wire¬ less telegraphy and radio telephonic line construction and a number of other methods of sijjnaling.
The last few weeks will be spent in the tranches under fire. The work ia very, very interesting and plenty of it.
The country is wonderful and the churches beautijul, but the houses are very old. One house in this town has a marking way back in the year ll'-U.
The i);.'^ople are a splendid lot and very kind to the soldiers. They are very happy to see so many American boys.
They are all old folks here. VVe do all we can for them. The climate is fine, not so ifwfully cold. We had plenty of snow but it disappeared this week. The grass is green and the Winter wheat i.s popping out of tho ground. We have plenty of trood food and clothing We are all work- inp^ very hard, as we expect to go into action soon; in fact we will be'' disappointed if we don't. We expect to bring this thing to an end.
1 must close, thanking you v«ry much for your kindness. Kindest regards to Mr. and Mrs. Zulzer. Sincerely yours,
Carl Kemp.
Sowiewhere in France, January 24, 1918. My Dear Friend of the Soldiers' Wel¬ fare Association: Your letter, altho delayed by the congestion of Christmas mail in France, was very ¦welcome.
So far all my needs have been tak¬ en care of by my own relatives and kind friends. .\t the present time, there is really none of the small com¬ forts which one needs lacking. Many thanks for the kind interest the As¬ sociation has shown me.
Very sincerely yours,
Carl Brown.
Somewhere in Franos, January 13, 1918. Soldiers Welfare .Association, Freeport, N. Y. My Dear Friends: I received your most kind Christmas letter the other day. I sure was -rlad to hear from Frveportj where I spent so many pleiasant eveningps while stationed at Camp Mills. 1 must say the people of Freeport treated the boys of the 149th and myself fine when we visit¬ ed your town last year, it is all the name suggests, a Free Port to all the soldiers.
I wish you would wish all mv friends in Freeport a happy new ye«r for me, also knowing yo\i are sincere in your offer, 1 know some cigars, cigaretbea or some hard candy would be very th«nkfully received by me-
On our return to Gamp Mills af¬ ter the war, I hope to visit you all once ac*'*^ *t Freeport
Sincerely, , JamM 'B. Magan , U»th F. A.. Now vt tlw Vnttni.
HOT TALK ON TWO SUPERVISORS BILL
(CONTINUED FROM PAOK 1)
Girdell V. Bro^r, powtmaster of Rockville CentPS, waa introdijcerf as m. well known Democrat, and apeakini^ in favor of the bill, said that Hemp¬ stead is paying for two milea of road ter every mtfle that i« built within ita own borders.
Supervisor Hi nun R. Smith spoke at length upon the alllairR of the coun¬ ty, contending the the idea previously advanced by Surro0ate Ho'well that Hempstead only 'wanted political con¬ trol in asking for another supervisor, is erroneooa. 'Tt js only a matter of justice," h« continued, "for Hemp¬ stead to hfcve a greater representa¬ tion on the County Board of Supervi¬ sors." The Supervisor spoke of the great cosmopolitan commuroity that has developed in Hempstead. In speaking of the great amount of traf¬ fic on the town's road he said that on a certain day he counted 18,900 autos going over the Merrick road from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. He comment¬ ed upon the distent places from which many of the antes came. "It is no more than a matter of justice," he said, "to have two Supervisors in the town o^ Hempstead. The matter is not open to debate. We are a bitr town down there and we are broad enough not to take the other two towns by the throat."
Supervisor Smith stated that the North Hempstead and Oyster Bay Supervisors are just as much in "a combination" as any two Supervisors can be. "I came to the organization of the County Board," he said, "and was told that I was to be chairman, but the clerk of the Board and the County Attorney have already been arranged for. I had nothing to say." He added his belief that ¦tfiere is a combination on the North Side be¬ tween the Democrats and Republicans and that they are g<oing to stand to¬ gether against Hen>pstead, without regard to the taxpayer or the divi¬ sion of funds. "This is a worthy bill," he concluded, "and it will appeal to bhe people of Hempstead."
Speaking for the opponents of the measure, Aasemblyman Coles said he doubted the conatitubionality of the bill, and expressed his belief that it is unsafe to give to any territory control over a large atate or muniici- pality of any kind. The Assembly¬ man asserted that the question of giv¬ ing Hempstead added representetion is not one of politics but of policy.
iSurrogate Howell took the floor of the committee several times to deny statements made by the men from Hempstead, and in turn, to hurl ac¬ cusations of unfairness in financiiil and political matters at Hempstefid town. In speaking of the two-Super¬ visor plan he said: "One Supervisor is going to be a dummy (Supervisor. One is going to the east of tihe town and another to the west. Who gets the dummy Supervisor? How long will he be one? He is going to say some day, 'I'm going to be a dummy no longer,' and will yell, 'Come on in; the water's fine. I'll vote with you.' Let each Supervisor have one vote. No one Supervisor should con¬ trol the Board. The inside of this proposition is political control and nothing else, li has been the bone of contention for years. Hempstead is the big town and uses that to con¬ trol every year." The Surrogate charged that Hempstead wants abso¬ lute political control of the Board of Supervisors.
In rebutting sitatements for Hemp¬ stead town, William S. Pettit of
WooAmere, wwM known aa a \mwjmr and civic worlter. said thht h*» had never heard so mwh camouflMre by th* objectors to the bill siwp he had feetrin tn »tten«f I/e(n»l«t.iT# (ie««imi!i. H<> asaerted thatt there i«nt any torwn in the «(mte or nation that has a pop¬ ulation as larjre as H^nrp^ead'a. "A new Suiporvieor 'will not b* « nonen> itity," he declared. "One Supfrvisor will be a gene+al managwr of tx)wn affairs and the other an assiatant manaireT, to have iuch jbonrers aa the bill deleg«t.cs to him." Counselor Pet¬ tit compHmewted Supervisor 'Smith by sayiag: 'If 'we had not elected a very capable Supervisor in Hemp¬ stead the machiinery of the town and county government would have stop¬ ped functioning Aome time ago.''
Anwng those wlio were present at yesterday's hearing in support of the bill were Asgernblyman "thonuM A. McWhinney, Jeremiah Wood of Lyn¬ brook, A. D. Kelsey, a director of the Lynbrook Bank; George L. Hub- bel of^ Garden City, Daniel Morisson and Francis IHammill, town Over¬ seers of the Poor; A. G. Patterson, Town Superintendent of Highways; Dr. J. Carl S«hmuck of Lawrence. Postmttwiter Girdell V. Brower ana Dr. Frank T. DeLano of Rockville Centre; Andrew Weston, a prominent contraKMtor of Cedarhur.st; Supervi¬ sor Hiram R. Smith and Adolph Adel- berg.
Among those who appeared against the bill were Assemblyman Franklin A. Coles, ISupervisors Cornelius E. Remsen of North Hempstead and William H. Seaman of Oyster Bay, Dr. James E. Burns, Mayor of Glen Cove; Dr. H. ly. Carr of Bayville, a well known Republican committee¬ man; William McCarthy of Min'oola, Byron C. Could of Port Was/hington and Edward Schmids of Mineola.
Counselor W'illiam S. Pettit, who has assisted Assemblyman MoWhin¬ ney in revising the bill, said to the The Nassau Post correspondent last night, in Albany, that the plan to have two-lSupervisor districte in Hempstead town would be abandoned and that the bill would be amended to provide that the candidates for Supervisor be voted for by the en¬ tire electorate of the township.
Fred D. Baij)win.
GOINERCIAL MEM HAVE "BIG NIGHT"
Friday, April 12, Is Bird Day.
The observation of Bird Day is set for this year for Friday, April 12th. Out of the deptJhs of a winter of un¬ exampled severity Freeport residente are looking forward to the return of the heralds of Spring. They have been far, have traversed seas and continents, but they are "coming over" and we must extend to them our annual welcome.
But not only because they bring more endurable days with them, days which are going to help us reduce the cost of living, but because they are fighting with us againsit the<'common enemy. The birds are our ajlies and any offense against them i* giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
They are exempt from military ser¬ vice on the fighting line, but are drafted for agricultural and horti¬ cultural service, and without them 'we can do nothing, for the birds, let us say once more, stand bet-ween us and starvation.
A. C. TRAYER WOUNDED
Freeport Corporal Reported Maimed in France.
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The "bijf ni^tit" of Iy>inr ItJand Council No. CfiO, United Ajnerican Gtmwnereial Traveler* of AnwMca, waa held in Mechanks' Hall, Free- port, hurt Saturday evening To crown the event and express the apprecia¬ tion of the Grand Council for the flne work done this year. Grand Secretary Walter M. Winn of Utka, N. Y., nuwle a splendid and comrtructive ad¬ dress. The members turned out in force to greet the distinguished visi¬ tor and preeented the folk>wring can¬ didates for initiation: John M. Keegan, Austin I. Moeebacher, Barl C. Hanford, A.'S'mibh Oakley, of Free- port; Arthur H. Kramer of Farm¬ ingdale, John H. Meyer and Albert M. Para of Mineola, and Arthur W. Thomas of Baldwin, who were de¬ lighted with the splendid manner in which they were received.
The Ray of Hope lecture wag giv¬ en in an unsurpassable manner by Past Senior Counselor J, M. Wile of Knickerbocker Council No. 114, Man¬ hattan.
Delegations were present from Ja¬ maica Council No. 460 and Hartford, Conn., Council No. 210. The Jamaica boys acknowledged that Long Island Council had won the membership con- tesit held between the two councils and invited the winners to a banquet to be given April 27th in their council rooms at Woodhaven, L. I., where a banner will be presented. The follow¬ ing officers were elected:
Senior Councilor, Walter M. Nich¬ ols ; iPast Senior Councilor, Albin N. Johnson; Junior Councilor, Charles W. Kmpp; Secretary-Treasurer, Eld- ward A Spiegel; Conductor, Leon C. Moore; I'age, Charles H. Collins; Sen¬ tinel, Charles E. Hunt; Executive Committee members, John J. Boland, Joseph Mortimer Palmer and Clif¬ ford J. Mossbacher; Delegate to Grand Council, Altoin N. Johnson; Alter¬ nates, Forrest S. I>up.bar and John J. Boland.
A good feed was provided by the entertainment committee, interspersed ¦with songs and follo'wed by smokes. The entertainment committee report¬ ed that 85 members and their 'wives enjoyed a theatre party to Brooklyn on February 21. A flashlight pic¬ ture was taken on Saturday evening of some of the aasemblage. Wil^ the addition of newr mem^rs Long Island Council will no doubt win the N©iw Yoric state membership contest in..'wliich it has so far led, in the well- known order of over 80,000 travel¬ ing men.
BALDWIN
AT THE M Y. THEATRES
"CHEER UP" KEBPS UP RPXXHWJ
Char»e« Dilllncham't Joyous ,
want, 'H^heer Up," at the HITpp* drome entered Uipon the 2ftth week d ite unfMiralleled run on Monday wiH a record of attendance to date wtalel sfurpaanes that of ill other produe tions at the big playhouse. The ni ber of performances given to d is ¦)40 snd the total i»ttendanc« || equal to the popoilation of many l*rgl cities in this country.
The new features—recentiy MV vided—in addition to the alrekdy MM list of varied spectacular anniMiiMm with the introduction af Houdljin entertaining mysteries. May Wirth'l daring agility on horseback in "TJn Circus Modem," Sybil Vane's vn interpolations ajid all the reet m__ a return trip to the biir Hippodroim a rare delight this sea»on.
As an additional ne^^ UttractiM this coming week the tout ensenAh in the hig productron -will preaani
r:ial features and the girls—"8(H them and all pretty"—will alMni their versatility and dexterity whl new dances and divertisemente in tin workshop scene and in the big aqiHttM spectecle at the close of the "Thr* Cheers." Matinees are given d«i" and the prices are within the of all.
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FOR
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To be between 11 and 12 yean of ige. Must be of grood mo: character. Apply to
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At the Cathedral, ThursdaTi at 4 P. M.
A Briener of Grand avenue, who has been ill with pneumonia for the past three -weeks, has recovered.
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Miss Mamie Wuest was given a birthday party by her uncle, Henry iHebensteit, last Saturday evening. All who attended had an enjoyable
time.
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AMplilNINE
Information -was received by Ed¬ ward P. Trayer of Columbus avenue, Freeport, Thursday that his son, Cor¬ poral Arthur C. Trayer, had been badly wounded in action in France.
Corporal Trayer enlisted with the Twenty-Third Regiment and served with it on the Mexican border. He is understood to have been transferred to the one Hundred and Sixty-Fifth Infantry (the old Sixty-Ninth Regi¬ ment) and sailed for France with the Eainbo'w Division.
The Pigs' Knuckle Club will hold ite annual supper at King's Cafe on the evening of March 16 (St. Pat¬ rick's Eve.) All members are urged to attend, as business of importance will be transacted.
No advance in price for this aO-year- old remedy-2Sc for 24 tablets—Some cold tablet! now 30c for 21 tablet*— Ficured on proportionate ixwt per tablet, you save 9'4 c when you buy Hill's—Cures Cold in 24 hours—grip in 3 days—Money back if it fails. 24 Tablet* for 25c. At any Drug Stora
Omar La-wrence, employed at Camp Upton, spent the past week with his family.
The regular monthly meeting of the Baldwin Fire Department will be held at headquarters on Monday next at 8 p.m. Nominations for the various oflices to be filled will be considered.
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