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JUDGE WHEELER SEVEN VOTES IN NASSAU MEN GET IP LAST WEEK SUPERVISORS BOARD PLUMS OF KEITH
JuHjfe Euatsre A. Wheeler died at his home on Whe^-ler Avenue. Wed- naday evening, after a year's illness, during the la*! six months of whioh he was confined to hin bed. Mr. Wheeler wns nixty nine years of age •nd had resided in Valley Stream for the past twenty-eijfht years, prior to this he lived in Brooklyn where he wss a Pasi MH))iter ot fhe Corner Stone Ijodge, No. .3fi7 F. A A. M. In 1892 the Judge, who was Master Mason at that time, delivered an ad¬ dress in response to a welcome given by Bro. Auguatua H. Marinus to its Past Master* by ibe (;orner .Stone liodge. whirh was afterwards printed In book form.
The funeral servipcs were held Sunday afternoon. Rev. Serverance of tbe Grace M. E. Church, officiat¬ ing. The body was intercd in the Grenfleld cemet«»ry.
Mr. Wheeler ia survived by a wife •nd three sons, Theodore, Georjpe and Edward.
Judipe Wheeler was a familiar figure throughout all this aection and was a daily visitor in Lynbrook. He was ^srell read on current topics and was an interesting companion. He was isrell versed in law and did con- •iderable in the way of drawing up legal papers and advising along legai lines. )
Mr. Wheeler wag connected with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for a number of yt-ars be¬ fore his removal to Valley Stream after which he was editor of The Nassau News, a newspaper which was owned by Jotlin Coyle.
Mr. Wheeler was a native of Sunk Meadow, near Smithtown, Suffolk County, and gained his education In Principal Ryan's school In East New ¦jTork. Then he followed the sea as a sailor for two years, and subse¬ quently became a grocery clerk. Ijiter ,'je engaged in the Insurance business in Now York and Brooklyn, from which he retired in 1895. He became a resident of Valley Stream In 1890.
In 1895 he was elected a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Hemp¬ stead, aerviiig for four years, his court room being at Lynbrook. He defeated ihls Democratic opponent Andrew J. MacLean, of Freeport, by 0 majority of 816 for the office of Justice.
On January 1st, when the new city nf filen Cove will commence its op¬ eration, a supervisor will represent it in the Brnrd of Supervisors, mak¬ ings fhree supervisors from the two northaide towns; two from the town of Oyster Bay, and one from North Hempstead. Hempstead will only be represented by one auperviaor. In order to make fhe representation fsir ns the town of Hempstead has one- hal f of the population of the county and! reprea* nts practically one-lialf of the Bsse.issed valuation, a new law will also go into efTect which gives-to fhe Supervisor from the Town of Hempatead, voting power nearly rommonscratc with the proportion of the county which he represent.'^.
The new law provides that the smallest unit of population shall be the basis for ascertaining the number of votes supervisors ahall be entitled to. Politicians have figured it out that the Town of Hempstead Super¬ visor wil! have three votes and that in all probability North Hempstead will also get an additional vote. This will make seven votes in the Board of Supervisors. It will also mean that in order for the Town of Hempatead to vote for things it wishes, its super-ziaor will have to team up with some one of the North- side representatives.
POSTMASTER AT LONG BEACH MISSING
Much alarm is being felt over the alleged disappearance of Postmaster Clinton Parsons. Fears are enter¬ tained by Mrs. Parsons and his inti¬ mate friends residing here that he may be a victim of foul play or that his mind may be temporarily dis¬ arranged. Even suicide is hinted as he has acted very strangely of iate.
Since his resignation was asked for by the Post Office autho.''"ie3 several months ago, there has been consider¬ able mystery concerning his where¬ abouts. For a time he would v^it his home for weekends as Mrs. Par- " sons has been acting as Postmaster tince her husband resigned. Then his visits to the village ceased cntire- « ly, although he was supposed to be in charge of the sales force for a large hat manufactoring concern in New York.
It ia surmised that he has been seen in Buffalo, but Mrs. Parsons de¬ nies these and says she has no know¬ ledge of his whereabouts.
On Thuraday two men who are said to be Government agents held a long confab with the Postmaster's wife in the village and when they left she appeared to be in a very excited atate and redoubled her efforts to locate her husband.
Mr. Parson's resig^nation it is Mlid followed ahortly after a visit from a Post Office Inspector. From that tinxe Mrs. Parsona haa been in charffa of the olHie. Somatinne ago •notber examination of the accounta of the office was made by an Inspec¬ tor and it is aaid demanded that Mr. Parsons be produced at once to ex¬ plain some irresrularitiea. It was alao admitled at this time that the Postmaster's accounts were very much mnddled.
Another thing -which surprises his friends and aeetna to confirm tha facts that he really is a victim of fowl play or became suddenly insane was his failure to attend the funeral servicea of hia father which were held In Brooklyn on Wednesday.— Long Beach Press.
SHERIFFS RESEIVE IS REjORGANIZED
The Sheriff's Resen'e in Nassau County, which for a time it was thought would be superceded in its activities by the Home Defense mem- i)er8, has been reorganized by Sher¬ iff Phineas A. Seaman, who intends to make it an effective orgranization for tho preservation of law and or¬ der in the county.
Following the outbreak of war with Germany, the Sheriff Reserve was organized in Nasau County with more than 2,000 members. Practic¬ ally every villagre had one or more companies. At the request of State officials most of the men were trans¬ ferred to a Home Defense organiza¬ tion. Since then plans have been adopted by the State authorities for a New York Guard and the members of the Home Defcn.se were without recognition and power. During the past month the work of mustering these men out of service has gone ahead.
The re-organization of the Sher¬ iff's Reserve means that Nassau County is to have an organization along the lines originally intended for the purpose of assisting the Sher¬ iff should any internal disorder arise.
Frank L. Crocker, who was the chaiman of the Nassau County Home Defense Committee, has been selected as chairman, and Samuel D. McAlister, who was named as Col¬ onel of the Nassau County Home De¬ fense Regiment, will head the Sher¬ iff's Reserves.
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Pleasant Knmity. MIl<lred~"Wouien don't have lO Miny eneniiea aa men have, do you think T" Olarence—"Maybe not, but tke wemeo seem to get more pt«»asure oat tt tlMstni."—Judge.
Quite CMiiamea VtMm^ "De ouly bit soue inea doea," aald Uade Kbeu. '1« to talk a Uttle bit. t*> otkers to da tbelr UU"
CHRIS ALBRECHT IN FRENCH VILLAGE
Several Nassau County men were remembered hy Tnt/>rnal Reven'ic Col¬ lector Harry Keith, when he named .idit'onal collectors to get the income tax.
The new jobs were made possible by the Federal War Profits Tax and the positions pay %\,^0n annually, but are only tempornry in character, or at least until the taxes are collected. The list of those appointed fol¬ lows:
.John D. Barlow, 105 Clinton Street, Jamaica.
William Scherrer, Floral Park. Henry D. Bristol, Occanside, L. I. George K. Polhemus, 2.3 Hillside Avenue, Jamaica.
Leslie S, Vallely, 10 Norwich Ave¬ nue, Jamaica.
James L. Ix>ng, Oyster Bay. Ambrose M. Husaey, 2 Orchard Street, Jamaica.
Walter A. Eldert, 158 Third Street, Union Course, L. I.
Leo F. Perry, Port Washington, L. I.
John H. Ward, Rockaway Beach. John S. Frey, 2 Delta Place, Glen- dale.
Joseph C. Jahn, Jamaica. William A. Finn, Jamaica. Joseph T. Kelly, 2438 Ralph Street, Ridgewood.
William S. McGinty, 225 Green¬ point Avenue, Long Island City.
Robert D. Crane, 407 Stratford Road, Flatbush.
John F. Cuff, Albertson, Nasaau. Harry M. Manney, 1556 Union Street.
John J. Fox, 36 Washington Street, Jamaica.
John J. Butler, 6908 Seventeenth Avenue.
George M. Goodale, Port Washing¬ ton, Nassau.
Hugh Smith, 5 Hill Place, Maspeth. Brooklyn men are: Thomas Purcell, 55 Concord Street, Joseph W. McHenry, 18 Ellery Street, William LaLiberte, 387 Gold Street, August Budolman, 453 Mc Donough Street, Eugene Gotiener, 442 Fifty-fourth Street, Sylvester V. Ryan, 383 DeGraw Street, Louis Garcia, 528 Seventy-second Street, John J. Dunn, 101 Garfield Place, Royal Gardiner, 163 Adelphi Street, George Wedlock, 208 Frost Street, John Hagen, 64 Grand Street, Martin Murray, 1029 Manhattan Avenue, Louis M. Piersall, 281 Hancock Street, James O. Leonard, 1601 St. John's Place, August Mausch, 999 Broadway, George R. Sweeney, 2217 Ditmars Avenue.
A letter has just been received by fhe family of Corp. Chris Albrecht, one of Lynbrook's representatives in France. Chris says: "Everything is fine in France except the weather, it rains nearly every day. Tiiey are living in a billet formerly occupied by French .soldiers and there is a French family ia the same billet who take them into their home every night and tell them about their son In the French army. Drill la from 8 a. m. to 11.30 a. m. dally and from 1 to 4 in the afternoon. At nie^t they go to school, so they are kept pretty busy." Chria ends by asking his folka to send ^im some caudy as tbey can't get any in France and bis sweet tooth ia working.
Tbe letter bears-the algnature of the cenaor wiliich is also on the out¬ side envelope, and beara no stamp ex¬ cept the post mark.
WOVKK KLKCT HAITAGKRH.
Membera of the home economica department of the Farm Bureau held their annual meeting Thuraday at Mineola and wer; addressed by several of the State offlcers on that work. The new board of managera are: Mra. Wilmer R. Kearna, Oceanslde; Mrs. Courtland D. Barnea, Manhaaaet; Mrs. William H. Sea¬ man, Glen Cove; Mra. John C. Baker, Great Neck; Mrs. Charlea H. Heck¬ ler, Roalyn; Mrs. John Humaaon, Lynbrook; Mrs. John Lewia Childa, Floral Park; Mrs. Alfred T. David¬ son, Freeport; Mrs. H. I. Pratt, Glen Cov«.
TkrM Kinds of QeecL tt throe kinds ot good tn tke world—getdag nood. dalng guod. aad balos gwud. Tiaa ftfvt is Mnlaml, tks d bauiiuv and ttie tklnl dtvtaa.
MASSAPEQUA LOIKIE
Massapequa Lodge F. & A. M., of Rockville Centre, elected the follow¬ ing officers for the ensuing year on Decembr 17. Worshipful Master, George J. Birch, Valley Stream; Senior Warden, Charles H. Richard¬ son, Lynbrook; Junior Warden, John F. Dempsey,- Rockville Centre; Treasurer, Robert M. Darbee, Rock¬ ville Centre; Secretary, William H. Connell, Rockville Centre; Trustt^, Samuel W. Conner, Rockville Centre. The installation will take place on Monday evening, January Tth. A service flap was presented to the Lodge by a committee appointed for that purpose, Charles Lee, Geo. J. Birch and Bernard Knoche, the pre¬ sentation speech being made by Mr. Lee, and it was accepted for the Lodpre by Past Master Connell. j The Lodge has a membership of about 360 and fifteen stars appear upon the service flag, arranged in the shape of the square and compass.
BUYS GLASSES FOR BULLDOG
Pfvud Miatreaa Discovers Cold Wind
Brings Tears to Pef s Eyes and
Takes Him to Ooullet.
One of the newMt features of the high coat of living Inveatigatlon by federal agents bas juat been revealed by United States DUtrlct Attorney Cllne of Chicago. Ue told tbe follow¬ ing fltory:
"I dropped into an ocnllaf • • coaple of days ago with • friend who bad broken hia glasses. We found that gentleman, Immaculately clad, care¬ fully fitting a pair of glaaaes on tbe pug nose of a bulldog wltb undershot jaw and bandy legs.
"Well, we bad to wait. A lady, in handsome furs, held the bulldog by the cbalu. When tbe job was done she led It away. I asked the ocuUat:
"'How do yoo teat tbe vision of a dog's eyesr He replied: *I didn't test It for vision. Ton see it waa Uke thU —the lady had ber dog out motoring. They were riding rather faat aud tha air was cold.
** 'She noticed that ^a Mttle drop of moisture gathered In the dog's eye. It trickled down bis cheek. Tbe Udy de- elded that something must be done. So she brought blm to me—tbe glasses are to protect his eyes when he goe* motoring.'
** 'How much did she pay for U^oae gtaaessr I asked.
** 'Bight doUara,' tbe ocnllat rspUed."
A Life ef Pttmtmrm. Mother, aorae pat me rl^t lato th* eM*4ai> part of Om Ma.-
$1,000,000 HOSPITAL FOR CAMP MIU^
The new million, dollar United States base hospital will be built at Camp Mill.", Mineola, L. I., under pre.sent plans. The entire face ot the camp will be changed. Low ground will be given up to drilling, and all the buildings will be place<l to the enut, where the ground is high.
Work on new barracks should be¬ gin in a few days. Bv^fore the end j of next week a company of engi- | neers, it ia expected, will begin the j reconstruction. Hot showers for the i men will bo installed by uaing steam from the Hempstead water worka. Chnng<!S will make it possible for | troops to move into pernianejit bar¬ racks in March.
Every offlcef end enlisted man at the aviation fields v^ho lives within 200 miles t.f the field, was allowed to go home for Christmas. Major Frank H. Adama ia to be promoted to a Colonelship for his work ns Qiinrterma"'ter in the departure of the Rainlww Division and the ar¬ rival of the Sunset Division.
*200,rtOO FIRE. T.OXd REACH
Fire wiped out a portion of I/mR ncflch nIone the Boardwalk early this morning. The Rlalto Theatre, a mov- ;n)f pirture house, t'.ie Hammond Aparfmrnf House, the Fuller Biiildlng and fhe Blerworth were totally des¬ troyed. The loss la eatlmated at about $200,000.
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Should Obey. Men \vho will not obey fhe "olense be clenn" ndvlce, sh>)iil(l be suLJecfed to stern(>r advice.— Kxchniiee.
Retiring from Business. All
BICYCLES
Parts and Sundries
will be sold
BELOW COST
In order to clear tlie store by December 24th, as 1 am retiring from business on that day.
Tliis is a real Clearing Out Sale, and my store is for rent.
Note tliese bargain prices:
New England Bicycles, Mud Guard, Coaster
Brakes - - $22.50
Fisk Tires _ _ $3.50 per pair
Boys' Roller Skates _ $1.25
Girls' Roller Skates _ $1.50
SIDNEY SMITH
West Merrick Road, Freeport, N. Y.
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Before going out of town to do your Chri.stmas Shopping come in and see us.
A Pew Stitireitlont
Pocket Knives, 25c up. Carving Sets, Razors. Ever-readv Flashlight?, Scout Axes, Scout Knives, Ice Skates. Roller Skates, Flexible Flyers and Fire Fly Sleighs.
Standard fifoods and right prices.
ARTHUR WHITEHOUSE
91 So. Main St.
Freeport. N. Y.
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Men's and Young Men's Winter Suits and Overcoats ^
$12.50
Formerly $18.00 to $20.00
THE HM SOUARE CLOIHES SHOP
m WesUllh Slreel N.Y. Cily
(COPY OF LETTER MAILED MR. R. F. MENENDEZ.)
OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR
TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD NASSAU COUNTY. N. Y.
ADDRESS *LL COM MUN)CAT)ONS TO
HIRAM |R. SMITH, Supervisor
TOWN HALL HEMPSTEAD, N. Y.
TELEPHONE 787 HEktPSTEAO
Hempstead, N. Y,, December 13th, 1917. Mr. R. F. Mcnendez,
136 Hale Avenue, Brooklyn, N, Y, ' ,
Dear Sir:
Referring to your inquiry of recent date in answer desire only to liring to your attention the following facts and figures: —
The assessed valuation of the Towns and County is as follows:
1916 1917 Increase
Town of Hempsicid $6G,r.,57,0!S7 $«7.877,842 $1,220,785
Town of Ovster Bay 31,^17.01:5 33,044,780 1,727.767
Town of NorKi Hempstead 31,165,310 32.038.019 872,709
Totals for County ?129,139,380 $132,960,641 $3,821,261
The above figures show that the increase in assessed values represent only the average'increase, and there has not been any special increase in individual cases the assessment is based on a 50 per cejit valuation.
The State Tax Board in equalizing the Nassau County Assessment for the purpose of apportioning the State tajc added, approximately ?92,000,OO0, to Nassau County, and our share of tie State tax is based on $224,538,799 assessed Talue. The comparative tax rates follow:
1916 1917
State County Town Total State County Town Total Inc.
Town of Hempstead .01 ¦ .65 .20 .86 .205 .96 .26 1.42 .66
Town of Oyster Bay .01 .90 .29 1.20 .205 1.316 .505 2.026 .82S
Town of North Hempstead .01 .82 .34 1.17 .206 1.29 .715 2.21 1.04
The above figures sJow that the Town rate has only Incroased six cenu and that the Town of Hempatead Ib muck lower in total than the other two Towns.
Tlie principal increases in the Budget are as follows:—
State Tax (fixed at Albany and the entire amount raised J283.273.63 forwarded to the State Treasurer).
1916 1917
' Supreme Court 112,162.06 »11,566.09
General Tax 242.655.90
Armory Tax 29,161.64
Total 112,162.06 1283,273.63 Increaae 1271,111.57
1916 1917 Increas©
Total County Budget »1,201,468.»2 11,501.339.83 |299.8T0.»1
The principal items are as follows: —
*^ 1916 1917 Increase
Mosquito Commission $47,950.00 »90.36«f »«."f«^
a.urips 131,524.00 192.995.00 61,471.00
Court House """^^''i 30.000.00 30,000.00
Roads 300,000.00 400.000.00 100,000.00
Child Welfare '....'.'.'. 14,600.00 • 25,000.00 10,600.00
County Superintendent of Poor 27,400.00 39,862.50 "."f^
Board of Prisoners (Penal Institution) Vi'T.il i«'T,'^
County Highways 3.590.43 84.083.66 30.498.13
Totals $524,984.43 $822,307.73 $297,343.30
The above is approximately tie difference in actual Budget figures. In addition lo this, however, »205.000 w«« deducted in 1916 as available balance reported by Counly Comptroller.
AU estimates are made up from recommendations by heads of Departments.
The third Tuesday in June is grievance day, at wiiich time all property owners have ao opportunity to be heard before the Board of Assessors as to their assessmentB. •
The Town of Hempstead adopted the budget system about two years ago, and It provides that all offlcers shall oa or before August 7th file with the Town Clerk estlmateB as to expenditures, and on or before September 6ih. tje Tow* Board shall make Us annual estimate, after which notice of public hearing U given; after hearing the Town Boar* adopts final budget as amended.
Have gone into tiie matter In some deUll, and trust have covered your QUeatlonB 8«tl»factorily. If there U auy further Information can secure for you shall be pleased to take It up-
Your Interests are mlae aixd hold myaelf at rour service,
Tours rery truly.
Hiaim K. SMITH, Superviaor.

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FullText	r fir* firi wAMiAV fitur. TfLv,v.rom, !v r.. fuihat. f»F;rEii»F,R fs. i«i: JUDGE WHEELER SEVEN VOTES IN NASSAU MEN GET IP LAST WEEK SUPERVISORS BOARD PLUMS OF KEITH JuHjfe Euatsre A. Wheeler died at his home on Whe^-ler Avenue. Wed- naday evening, after a year's illness, during the la! six months of whioh he was confined to hin bed. Mr. Wheeler wns nixty nine years of age •nd had resided in Valley Stream for the past twenty-eijfht years, prior to this he lived in Brooklyn where he wss a Pasi MH))iter ot fhe Corner Stone Ijodge, No..3fi7 F. A A. M. In 1892 the Judge, who was Master Mason at that time, delivered an ad¬ dress in response to a welcome given by Bro. Auguatua H. Marinus to its Past Master by ibe (;orner.Stone liodge. whirh was afterwards printed In book form. The funeral servipcs were held Sunday afternoon. Rev. Serverance of tbe Grace M. E. Church, officiat¬ ing. The body was intercd in the Grenfleld cemet«»ry. Mr. Wheeler ia survived by a wife •nd three sons, Theodore, Georjpe and Edward. Judipe Wheeler was a familiar figure throughout all this aection and was a daily visitor in Lynbrook. He was ^srell read on current topics and was an interesting companion. He was isrell versed in law and did con- •iderable in the way of drawing up legal papers and advising along legai lines. ) Mr. Wheeler wag connected with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for a number of yt-ars be¬ fore his removal to Valley Stream after which he was editor of The Nassau News, a newspaper which was owned by Jotlin Coyle. Mr. Wheeler was a native of Sunk Meadow, near Smithtown, Suffolk County, and gained his education In Principal Ryan's school In East New ¦jTork. Then he followed the sea as a sailor for two years, and subse¬ quently became a grocery clerk. Ijiter ,'je engaged in the Insurance business in Now York and Brooklyn, from which he retired in 1895. He became a resident of Valley Stream In 1890. In 1895 he was elected a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Hemp¬ stead, aerviiig for four years, his court room being at Lynbrook. He defeated ihls Democratic opponent Andrew J. MacLean, of Freeport, by 0 majority of 816 for the office of Justice. On January 1st, when the new city nf filen Cove will commence its op¬ eration, a supervisor will represent it in the Brnrd of Supervisors, mak¬ ings fhree supervisors from the two northaide towns; two from the town of Oyster Bay, and one from North Hempstead. Hempstead will only be represented by one auperviaor. In order to make fhe representation fsir ns the town of Hempstead has one- hal f of the population of the county and! reprea* nts practically one-lialf of the Bsse.issed valuation, a new law will also go into efTect which gives-to fhe Supervisor from the Town of Hempatead, voting power nearly rommonscratc with the proportion of the county which he represent.'^. The new law provides that the smallest unit of population shall be the basis for ascertaining the number of votes supervisors ahall be entitled to. Politicians have figured it out that the Town of Hempstead Super¬ visor wil! have three votes and that in all probability North Hempstead will also get an additional vote. This will make seven votes in the Board of Supervisors. It will also mean that in order for the Town of Hempatead to vote for things it wishes, its super-ziaor will have to team up with some one of the North- side representatives. POSTMASTER AT LONG BEACH MISSING Much alarm is being felt over the alleged disappearance of Postmaster Clinton Parsons. Fears are enter¬ tained by Mrs. Parsons and his inti¬ mate friends residing here that he may be a victim of foul play or that his mind may be temporarily dis¬ arranged. Even suicide is hinted as he has acted very strangely of iate. Since his resignation was asked for by the Post Office autho.''"ie3 several months ago, there has been consider¬ able mystery concerning his where¬ abouts. For a time he would v^it his home for weekends as Mrs. Par- " sons has been acting as Postmaster tince her husband resigned. Then his visits to the village ceased cntire- « ly, although he was supposed to be in charge of the sales force for a large hat manufactoring concern in New York. It ia surmised that he has been seen in Buffalo, but Mrs. Parsons de¬ nies these and says she has no know¬ ledge of his whereabouts. On Thuraday two men who are said to be Government agents held a long confab with the Postmaster's wife in the village and when they left she appeared to be in a very excited atate and redoubled her efforts to locate her husband. Mr. Parson's resig^nation it is Mlid followed ahortly after a visit from a Post Office Inspector. From that tinxe Mrs. Parsona haa been in charffa of the olHie. Somatinne ago •notber examination of the accounta of the office was made by an Inspec¬ tor and it is aaid demanded that Mr. Parsons be produced at once to ex¬ plain some irresrularitiea. It was alao admitled at this time that the Postmaster's accounts were very much mnddled. Another thing -which surprises his friends and aeetna to confirm tha facts that he really is a victim of fowl play or became suddenly insane was his failure to attend the funeral servicea of hia father which were held In Brooklyn on Wednesday.— Long Beach Press. SHERIFFS RESEIVE IS REjORGANIZED The Sheriff's Resen'e in Nassau County, which for a time it was thought would be superceded in its activities by the Home Defense mem- i)er8, has been reorganized by Sher¬ iff Phineas A. Seaman, who intends to make it an effective orgranization for tho preservation of law and or¬ der in the county. Following the outbreak of war with Germany, the Sheriff Reserve was organized in Nasau County with more than 2,000 members. Practic¬ ally every villagre had one or more companies. At the request of State officials most of the men were trans¬ ferred to a Home Defense organiza¬ tion. Since then plans have been adopted by the State authorities for a New York Guard and the members of the Home Defcn.se were without recognition and power. During the past month the work of mustering these men out of service has gone ahead. The re-organization of the Sher¬ iff's Reserve means that Nassau County is to have an organization along the lines originally intended for the purpose of assisting the Sher¬ iff should any internal disorder arise. Frank L. Crocker, who was the chaiman of the Nassau County Home Defense Committee, has been selected as chairman, and Samuel D. McAlister, who was named as Col¬ onel of the Nassau County Home De¬ fense Regiment, will head the Sher¬ iff's Reserves. E Pleasant Knmity. MIl<lred~"Wouien don't have lO Miny eneniiea aa men have, do you think T" Olarence—"Maybe not, but tke wemeo seem to get more pt«»asure oat tt tlMstni."—Judge. Quite CMiiamea VtMm^ "De ouly bit soue inea doea" aald Uade Kbeu. '1« to talk a Uttle bit. t> otkers to da tbelr UU" CHRIS ALBRECHT IN FRENCH VILLAGE Several Nassau County men were remembered hy Tnt/>rnal Reven'ic Col¬ lector Harry Keith, when he named.idit'onal collectors to get the income tax. The new jobs were made possible by the Federal War Profits Tax and the positions pay %\,^0n annually, but are only tempornry in character, or at least until the taxes are collected. The list of those appointed fol¬ lows:.John D. Barlow, 105 Clinton Street, Jamaica. William Scherrer, Floral Park. Henry D. Bristol, Occanside, L. I. George K. Polhemus, 2.3 Hillside Avenue, Jamaica. Leslie S, Vallely, 10 Norwich Ave¬ nue, Jamaica. James L. Ix>ng, Oyster Bay. Ambrose M. Husaey, 2 Orchard Street, Jamaica. Walter A. Eldert, 158 Third Street, Union Course, L. I. Leo F. Perry, Port Washington, L. I. John H. Ward, Rockaway Beach. John S. Frey, 2 Delta Place, Glen- dale. Joseph C. Jahn, Jamaica. William A. Finn, Jamaica. Joseph T. Kelly, 2438 Ralph Street, Ridgewood. William S. McGinty, 225 Green¬ point Avenue, Long Island City. Robert D. Crane, 407 Stratford Road, Flatbush. John F. Cuff, Albertson, Nasaau. Harry M. Manney, 1556 Union Street. John J. Fox, 36 Washington Street, Jamaica. John J. Butler, 6908 Seventeenth Avenue. George M. Goodale, Port Washing¬ ton, Nassau. Hugh Smith, 5 Hill Place, Maspeth. Brooklyn men are: Thomas Purcell, 55 Concord Street, Joseph W. McHenry, 18 Ellery Street, William LaLiberte, 387 Gold Street, August Budolman, 453 Mc Donough Street, Eugene Gotiener, 442 Fifty-fourth Street, Sylvester V. Ryan, 383 DeGraw Street, Louis Garcia, 528 Seventy-second Street, John J. Dunn, 101 Garfield Place, Royal Gardiner, 163 Adelphi Street, George Wedlock, 208 Frost Street, John Hagen, 64 Grand Street, Martin Murray, 1029 Manhattan Avenue, Louis M. Piersall, 281 Hancock Street, James O. Leonard, 1601 St. John's Place, August Mausch, 999 Broadway, George R. Sweeney, 2217 Ditmars Avenue. A letter has just been received by fhe family of Corp. Chris Albrecht, one of Lynbrook's representatives in France. Chris says: "Everything is fine in France except the weather, it rains nearly every day. Tiiey are living in a billet formerly occupied by French.soldiers and there is a French family ia the same billet who take them into their home every night and tell them about their son In the French army. Drill la from 8 a. m. to 11.30 a. m. dally and from 1 to 4 in the afternoon. At nie^t they go to school, so they are kept pretty busy." Chria ends by asking his folka to send ^im some caudy as tbey can't get any in France and bis sweet tooth ia working. Tbe letter bears-the algnature of the cenaor wiliich is also on the out¬ side envelope, and beara no stamp ex¬ cept the post mark. WOVKK KLKCT HAITAGKRH. Membera of the home economica department of the Farm Bureau held their annual meeting Thuraday at Mineola and wer; addressed by several of the State offlcers on that work. The new board of managera are: Mra. Wilmer R. Kearna, Oceanslde; Mrs. Courtland D. Barnea, Manhaaaet; Mrs. William H. Sea¬ man, Glen Cove; Mra. John C. Baker, Great Neck; Mrs. Charlea H. Heck¬ ler, Roalyn; Mrs. John Humaaon, Lynbrook; Mrs. John Lewia Childa, Floral Park; Mrs. Alfred T. David¬ son, Freeport; Mrs. H. I. Pratt, Glen Cov«. TkrM Kinds of QeecL tt throe kinds ot good tn tke world—getdag nood. dalng guod. aad balos gwud. Tiaa ftfvt is Mnlaml, tks d bauiiuv and ttie tklnl dtvtaa. MASSAPEQUA LOIKIE Massapequa Lodge F. & A. M., of Rockville Centre, elected the follow¬ ing officers for the ensuing year on Decembr 17. Worshipful Master, George J. Birch, Valley Stream; Senior Warden, Charles H. Richard¬ son, Lynbrook; Junior Warden, John F. Dempsey,- Rockville Centre; Treasurer, Robert M. Darbee, Rock¬ ville Centre; Secretary, William H. Connell, Rockville Centre; Trustt^, Samuel W. Conner, Rockville Centre. The installation will take place on Monday evening, January Tth. A service flap was presented to the Lodge by a committee appointed for that purpose, Charles Lee, Geo. J. Birch and Bernard Knoche, the pre¬ sentation speech being made by Mr. Lee, and it was accepted for the Lodpre by Past Master Connell. j The Lodge has a membership of about 360 and fifteen stars appear upon the service flag, arranged in the shape of the square and compass. BUYS GLASSES FOR BULLDOG Pfvud Miatreaa Discovers Cold Wind Brings Tears to Pef s Eyes and Takes Him to Ooullet. One of the newMt features of the high coat of living Inveatigatlon by federal agents bas juat been revealed by United States DUtrlct Attorney Cllne of Chicago. Ue told tbe follow¬ ing fltory: "I dropped into an ocnllaf • • coaple of days ago with • friend who bad broken hia glasses. We found that gentleman, Immaculately clad, care¬ fully fitting a pair of glaaaes on tbe pug nose of a bulldog wltb undershot jaw and bandy legs. "Well, we bad to wait. A lady, in handsome furs, held the bulldog by the cbalu. When tbe job was done she led It away. I asked the ocuUat: "'How do yoo teat tbe vision of a dog's eyesr He replied: I didn't test It for vision. Ton see it waa Uke thU —the lady had ber dog out motoring. They were riding rather faat aud tha air was cold. ** 'She noticed that ^a Mttle drop of moisture gathered In the dog's eye. It trickled down bis cheek. Tbe Udy de- elded that something must be done. So she brought blm to me—tbe glasses are to protect his eyes when he goe* motoring.' 'How much did she pay for U^oae gtaaessr I asked. 'Bight doUara,' tbe ocnllat rspUed." A Life ef Pttmtmrm. Mother, aorae pat me rl^t lato th* eM4ai> part of Om Ma.- $1,000,000 HOSPITAL FOR CAMP MIU^ The new million, dollar United States base hospital will be built at Camp Mill.", Mineola, L. I., under pre.sent plans. The entire face ot the camp will be changed. Low ground will be given up to drilling, and all the buildings will be place<l to the enut, where the ground is high. Work on new barracks should be¬ gin in a few days. Bv^fore the end j of next week a company of engi- neers, it ia expected, will begin the j reconstruction. Hot showers for the i men will bo installed by uaing steam from the Hempstead water worka. Chnng<!S will make it possible for troops to move into pernianejit bar¬ racks in March. Every offlcef end enlisted man at the aviation fields v^ho lives within 200 miles t.f the field, was allowed to go home for Christmas. Major Frank H. Adama ia to be promoted to a Colonelship for his work ns Qiinrterma"'ter in the departure of the Rainlww Division and the ar¬ rival of the Sunset Division. 200,rtOO FIRE. T.OXd REACH Fire wiped out a portion of I/mR ncflch nIone the Boardwalk early this morning. The Rlalto Theatre, a mov- ;n)f pirture house, t'.ie Hammond Aparfmrnf House, the Fuller Biiildlng and fhe Blerworth were totally des¬ troyed. The loss la eatlmated at about $200,000. /^ = Should Obey. Men \vho will not obey fhe "olense be clenn" ndvlce, sh>)iil(l be suLJecfed to stern(>r advice.— Kxchniiee. Retiring from Business. All BICYCLES Parts and Sundries will be sold BELOW COST In order to clear tlie store by December 24th, as 1 am retiring from business on that day. Tliis is a real Clearing Out Sale, and my store is for rent. Note tliese bargain prices: New England Bicycles, Mud Guard, Coaster Brakes - - $22.50 Fisk Tires _ _ $3.50 per pair Boys' Roller Skates _ $1.25 Girls' Roller Skates _ $1.50 SIDNEY SMITH West Merrick Road, Freeport, N. Y. =^ Before going out of town to do your Chri.stmas Shopping come in and see us. A Pew Stitireitlont Pocket Knives, 25c up. Carving Sets, Razors. Ever-readv Flashlight ?, Scout Axes, Scout Knives, Ice Skates. Roller Skates, Flexible Flyers and Fire Fly Sleighs. Standard fifoods and right prices. ARTHUR WHITEHOUSE 91 So. Main St. Freeport. N. Y. -^ Men's and Young Men's Winter Suits and Overcoats ^ $12.50 Formerly $18.00 to $20.00 THE HM SOUARE CLOIHES SHOP m WesUllh Slreel N.Y. Cily (COPY OF LETTER MAILED MR. R. F. MENENDEZ.) OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD NASSAU COUNTY. N. Y. ADDRESS LL COM MUN)CAT)ONS TO HIRAM R. SMITH, Supervisor TOWN HALL HEMPSTEAD, N. Y. TELEPHONE 787 HEktPSTEAO Hempstead, N. Y,, December 13th, 1917. Mr. R. F. Mcnendez, 136 Hale Avenue, Brooklyn, N, Y, ' , Dear Sir: Referring to your inquiry of recent date in answer desire only to liring to your attention the following facts and figures: — The assessed valuation of the Towns and County is as follows: 1916 1917 Increase Town of Hempsicid $6G,r.,57,0!S7 $«7.877,842 $1,220,785 Town of Ovster Bay 31,^17.01:5 33,044,780 1,727.767 Town of NorKi Hempstead 31,165,310 32.038.019 872,709 Totals for County ?129,139,380 $132,960,641 $3,821,261 The above figures show that the increase in assessed values represent only the average'increase, and there has not been any special increase in individual cases the assessment is based on a 50 per cejit valuation. The State Tax Board in equalizing the Nassau County Assessment for the purpose of apportioning the State tajc added, approximately ?92,000,OO0, to Nassau County, and our share of tie State tax is based on $224,538,799 assessed Talue. The comparative tax rates follow: 1916 1917 State County Town Total State County Town Total Inc. Town of Hempstead.01 ¦.65.20.86.205.96.26 1.42.66 Town of Oyster Bay.01.90.29 1.20.205 1.316.505 2.026.82S Town of North Hempstead .01.82.34 1.17.206 1.29.715 2.21 1.04 The above figures sJow that the Town rate has only Incroased six cenu and that the Town of Hempatead Ib muck lower in total than the other two Towns. Tlie principal increases in the Budget are as follows:— State Tax (fixed at Albany and the entire amount raised J283.273.63 forwarded to the State Treasurer). 1916 1917 ' Supreme Court 112,162.06 »11,566.09 General Tax 242.655.90 Armory Tax 29,161.64 Total 112,162.06 1283,273.63 Increaae 1271,111.57 1916 1917 Increas© Total County Budget »1,201,468.»2 11,501.339.83 299.8T0.»1 The principal items are as follows: — ^ 1916 1917 Increase Mosquito Commission $47,950.00 »90.36«f »«."f«^ a.urips 131,524.00 192.995.00 61,471.00 Court House "^^''i 30.000.00 30,000.00 Roads 300,000.00 400.000.00 100,000.00 Child Welfare '......'. 14,600.00 • 25,000.00 10,600.00 County Superintendent of Poor 27,400.00 39,862.50 ".f^ Board of Prisoners (Penal Institution) Vi'T.il i«'T,'^ County Highways 3.590.43 84.083.66 30.498.13 Totals $524,984.43 $822,307.73 $297,343.30 The above is approximately tie difference in actual Budget figures. In addition lo this, however, »205.000 w«« deducted in 1916 as available balance reported by Counly Comptroller. AU estimates are made up from recommendations by heads of Departments. The third Tuesday in June is grievance day, at wiiich time all property owners have ao opportunity to be heard before the Board of Assessors as to their assessmentB. • The Town of Hempstead adopted the budget system about two years ago, and It provides that all offlcers shall oa or before August 7th file with the Town Clerk estlmateB as to expenditures, and on or before September 6ih. tje Tow* Board shall make Us annual estimate, after which notice of public hearing U given; after hearing the Town Boar* adopts final budget as amended. Have gone into tiie matter In some deUll, and trust have covered your QUeatlonB 8«tl»factorily. If there U auy further Information can secure for you shall be pleased to take It up- Your Interests are mlae aixd hold myaelf at rour service, Tours rery truly. Hiaim K. SMITH, Superviaor.

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