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REAL ESTATE
FORSALE i„ Smithville Soath I^M
FOR SALE OR TO LET—Six-rooai honse on plot, 50x156aplenty of
fruit. Price, $1,350. FOR SALE—Five room house, large bam, plenty fmit. Plot 50x293. FOR SALE—Seven-room honse, bath, steam heat, running water, on
plot 100x600; chicken house; small fhiit. |2.500 cash; $2,800
on mortgage.
FOR SALE—Eleven-room house, piped for gas; bam and chicken
nm; abont five acres. Price, $7,200; cash, $4,0OC. Ael. 29 Wantagh. W. F. KRAFT'S MARKET. SmithviUe South
^^;>!yy//^'^/''*'^.t^////Si^W/At^'/rJo^yfUi^-^^^^
Groceries are Groceries
THE WORLD OVER ^"' BARKER'S •'¦e fresh, carefully .selected, promptly delivered. Besides we mix In the pleasure of service to the best of our ability. And all this makes our groceries just a little bit different. 88 NO. MAIN ST. Phone 160-J FREEPORT.
J. M. HCWLrETT
Haty, Feed. Btxndle Wood
Market and Garden Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Fertilizer, Dried Grains COR. CHURCH STREET AND NEW BOULEVARD, FREEPORT, N. Y. Will close at 1 P. M. on Saturdays during July, August and September
How Your Wants Are Filled
iiwmu»niiiimm»i»»»mHniin»iu»»»»»niiiiimm»»»iiiii»i
^ Do you know that the merchants in this town can fill every want of yours? fl Convince yourself. fl Read the home papers.
fl You can get anything you need in this town and at a reasonable price.
WEST POINTERS IN CONTINENT TALK
Swap Jokes by Plione During iUumni Dinner.
GATHER IN MANY CITIES.
During Cours* of Evening General!, Colonels, Majors, Captains and Lieu¬ tenants Exchange Greetings—New York Hotel Made Over to Represent Military Reservation on tbe Hudson.
New York.- From tbe .Mlantic to the Paclflc '\iV'est rolnters reiently <-elebrat- ed tbe one hundred and fourteenth an niversary of the founding of tbe Mili¬ tary academy at \\>st I'oint. In New York more tban 'M*4 dined at the Hotel Astor. as many more dined In Sau Francisco, while about 2»W sat about the tables In Chicago. In lesser num¬ bers the suns of the I'oint Kalbered lu St Louis. In New Orleans, In (Jalves- ton. In San .\ntonlo, wblle In far away Honolulu and Manila other hundreds assembled aud sauK the anthem "Hall, Alma Mater, Dear," and yelled the fa¬ mous "Rah! rah! rah!" of the "armay."
ThrouRh tbe courtesy of the Ameri¬ can Telephone comimny th" diners In New York, Cblcajjo and San l^'rancisco were linked toKctlior. and In the course of the eveniiiK >;eiiorals and colonels and majors and caiitains anil lleuten ants e.xcbaiiKeil KreetiiiKs and cracked JOk»'s at one another's expense acros." tho continent. I'or Instance, Colouel .lobn N. Belllu>:er of Governors Islaud
I'lioto b> \':i>! I'. H Assoi'i.Tlioii..
flOIiONEL EDWIN K. OLENN, CHIKK OF STAD', KASTEKS UEPARTMK.S T.
symjiathized with bis old cadet chum H'llaldrd in Cbica^'n because of the hitter's thinninj,' locks, while llulaliinl retorted by askiiij,' the Suiilli Carolina colonel why it was thai his forty odd suiiiiiiers (lid not iiiaUc him "less noisy than wus thc case when you were ilii- noisiest yoiiiiL'sicr at West roiiitJ'
.Major Ccncial .1. I'iniiklin I'.clucom iii.iiHliiiir the western ilcinirlnitiiit oi' the army, with lieadqiiai'lcis in San I'mmisco, who was the raiiMiitr otli cer .-It thc l'il. ilir coast I'lmclion, talUcd \\ith Colonel ,1. t'. 1'. Tillsoii In .New York mill \f,OtT surprised to karn thai tlic colonel was not one ofi^itA'"lucliy chaips" ehasin^' Villa. Ila(Kttif Inited States kei)t Vera ("ruz and bad I'reder¬ ick Fuiislon reniaiiiel In coinin.iini there. (Jeneral Mell. who was relieved a year wao of the bonier comtuaiul li.\ tfio ilttle Kiiiisan. would jirobably be diiectluK operatimis from San Antonio.
HrlKndier Ceneral 1':. C. Younj;. who \\as also in San l''ruiicisio, asked ('oUi uel W. M. liart, who dined iu .New Vtuk, some very jiersonal (luestious, while (ieneral Cbarles King, the fa¬ mous army novelist, who dined with the crowd in Chlcau'o, was overheard iiy the New Vorkers to tidl Colonel W. II. Hunter, who. was lii Cblcu^'o, tbat he miglit write a story based on tbe jiursiiit of raiicbo VHla. Lieutenant I'llll .Mathews of Kort Totten also }{ot a word in and told Lieutenant A. ,1. Unvls, who was in San r-rancisco. tbat West Point was sure to beat Annapolis ajrnln iie.vl fall.
The Krund ballroom of tbe Hotel .Vs tor. in wbh'b the New York diuuer was served, was made over to represent West Point.
Among those at the dinner were Colo¬ nel C. r. Townsley. the superintendent of the -Military acadeiuy; Major Cen¬ eral Ceorge W. Coetbals, governor of Ibe I'anama canal zmie; Colonel John I,. Chamberlain, inspector general of the eastern departmeut; Colonel Edwin I'. Clenn, chief of staff on Governors Island; Captain Halstead Dorey. aid on the staff of Major General Leonard Wood; (.'olonels C. P. Echols, Samuel E. Tillman of the academic staff of West Pobit; Colonel O. B. .Mitchamaml .Major W. I. iTexasi Westervelt. thc ordnance experts fnun Sandy Hook: ex-Pollce ('onimlssioners Theodore .K. Bingham and I'ouglas 1. McKay. Cap tahl Matthew B. llamm, Brigajller General II. I'. Ilislges, commandlii;: the .North Atliinrtc coast artillery dis trict; Colonel .lobn M. Carson. Ciuitaiii Georgo 1!. Goetbals. Cuptain H. J. Koehler. Cidouel C. M. Trultt. Colonel W. G. Hann, Colouel Beverly W. I>unn l.oyal I'arragut. Major W. .1. Hawkins. Colonel IVIamere Skerrett, Captain G. W. Beavers pnd William C. .Muscben helm, the last named the only diner from civilian life.
SAY HIDDEN GOLD IS MYTH.
California Travelers Find Ne Treaatire In Patagonia.
San Franctoco.-Hidden (fold In Pata¬ gonia, to which (.'aptain Thomas Owens was to lead the baud of adventurers ou the schooner .Academy, was a myth, according to four meml>er8 of the ill fated expedition, wbo returned to San Francisco on the Pacific mailer New¬ port from Ball>oa. They said that Owens' real name Is John Owen Whof- fer, that be was a iKM)r navigator and thnt for three and a balf months they sailed aimlessly around tbe Paclflc un¬ til they flnally reached tbe Colombian coast.
Tbe .\cademy left San l-'rani-Isco June 21 of last year bound for Pata¬ gonia, where Captain Owens said there was gold that rivaled thc wealth of the Inons. With him were several Callforulans who bad Invested In tbe enterprise with hopes of great gain.
Eugene L. ilalle. H. E. Rchuck, WU¬ llam Simms and H. F. Uadke, wbo came home on tbe Newport, were au¬ thority for the statement tbat Owens was Incompetent, tbat be tried to turn the Academy back to San Fruncl8«-o and that be proposed to sell tbe scbcsm- er In Callao and buy a tug to take tbem to tbe fabulous mines.
OFFICE FOR EACH CITIZEN.
California Town, With Nine Men, Hai Nine Jobs to Fill.
Coram, Cal.—Tbis town, the smallest in tbe state, bas a registered popula¬ tion of twenty-one. and only nine of these are men. <'. W. I'.akcr. a town trustee, does not want to rnn agsin. as he is Justice of the pcuce of Keswick township and has hoiKir piionirh. The other men have all ciMisentcd to accept the otlb'os. ol whiili there arc nine.
.No noinination I'ditions have bp«>ii died. The election oi, April 10 will bc conducted on the 'w rite in " lilaii. Wo men \\ ill sit on Ihe idectlon Itoanl. as it Is .-maiiist lhe l:n\ I'or candidnli's to i-oliilii- I :iii elc'l ion
.M:iyoi- (;cor;;e ()(;tiiily is ininini.' al lire-eiit in Siski.\oii county with his liarincr. <'il>' Clerk Kinyon. The <-ity inar-li.-il and cil> i rc i--!!;cr are both pme.
Thc only source ui re\eiinc is the .<¦_'."« ;i ipiarler license i ojie led from eacb of the two saloon^ Tlie luoney is atii- pie, for there are funds In the treasury and there are no «lebts.
RELATES HARDSHiPS IN PURSUIT OF VILLA
Indian Scout Says Difficulties Face U. S. Army,
Denver.—Some of the ditlicult ies that lace the United Stales army in Its pursuit of \'ill.i were told here li.\ James II. CooK. who in iss.", was rliiel' scout for the Kit:hlli I'liiled Slati^s cav.iliy Ihiit i rossed into .Mexico iind lai'liircil Geroiiimo. the .\p;iclie (hief. lie led the .\iiierii an solilicrs over uiilcli of tbe country the Inited Sitiies soldiers must c.>v(<r to ;;et \'i!lii. Ile said:
••.\ voritilhle /.one of ilciilli will have to be traversed hy the .\incriijiii tioop ors. Tliey will have to ^:o over .¦¦oiiic of the worst country in tVe world. If Villii chooses he can lii,'ht as (Jcroniino and Ills followers did—go back Into Ibe mountains, kill his liorses. scatter on foot and pick our .soldiers off ono by ono from behind rocks, it may tnke us months, even years, to got Villa.
"But no men on earth are better for the task than lhe oflicers iu cluirgo of the .\iiierlcaii expedition. I personally know I.ieutciiiiiit Colonel i>. C. Cabell, now chief of siiiff to General Pershing. He was with me on the Geroiiimo ex- Iiediliim and knows the country as well as any white man.
"The neropliiiip will assist our troops lu the cumpaiu;ii, but it cnnnot match with ull tbe ililflcultles of the region. Between the peaks nre deep canyons, sometimes 1.(h»0 feet deep and less tban forty feet wide. These ravines cannot be crossed by any except the old Indians of the country. They can get over ou foot.
"The only thing that makes tbe ex pedltlon look hopeful to me is my fnlth In the men who command it."
HEIFERS FOR FIFTY BOYS.
Illinois Bank Is to Land Stock to Farmers' Sons.
St. Louis.-Fifty boys in and near Brighton. 111., will have an opportunity given by tbe First National bank of Brighton to earn some money easily and at the .«nme time learn something of stock breeillng.
Thomas Chamberlain, cashier, will go to Wisconsin and buy flfty Holstein heifers. Tliey wlll be takeu to Brigh¬ ton and distributed among the l>oys. their parents going security for the an¬ imals. Tbe heifers will be bred, nnd the next fall they wlll be sold at auc¬ tion.
.\ll the money In excess of $40 that the animals bring wlll be given to the lioys who h.ivp cared for thom. The bnnk figures tlmt this wlll al.'^o have a u'ooil effo<t oil the grade of milk cows in that neiuliborbood.
Commuted 500,000 Miles. Tarrytov. II X. Y.~Eilgiir Falrchllds. seventy-three years old, .i!"'l at his home In i;ii7abetb street recently or apoplexy Mr. Falrchllds was tbe old¬ est <-onimiiter from this station. It Is e«tlmate<l thnt he trnveliHl riHHJCHxa miles In thirty years. :ie leaves » wife and two brothers
STEPS ARE TAKEN TO AID RED CROSS
Niitie E. A. Moree, Director of Atiantic DiYision.
MORE MEMBERS ARE SOUGHT
One of New Appointee's First Duties is to Assist In Organizing New Chap¬ ters—Morse Lately Has Been Actively Engaged In Field of Public Health. His Division Covers Large Area.
Washington.—Eruest I'. Bk-knell. di¬ rector general of civilian relief of thc American Hed Cross, aanounced the appointment of Edward A. Moree of Yonkers. N. Y.. as director of the At¬ lantic division of the Hed Cross, with headquarters In New York city.
In announcing tbe appointment Mr. BIcknell said that filling the post Is one of the steps in the campaign of the Red Cross for a million members and that one of Mr. Moree's flrst duties would be to assist In organizing new chapters and In campaigning for new meml>ers of present chapters.
The Atlantic divisiou of the Ued Cross is east and south of the Ohio river and east of tbe Mississippi river (this includes twenty-one states) and bas a population of nearly r>0.000.000 persona.
To nefe()t the position Mr. Moree re¬ signed as assistant secretary of the New York State Charities /VJd associa-
WILL TRY TO AB0LIS1 OFFICE IF HE GETS IT
EDWABD A. IIOBEK.
lion. He was a memher of the associa¬ tion's staiT for six years. As director i)f the extension work iiiul later as a.s sistant secretary he assnui'ed an lm portiiiit Ililll in organizing Ihe tiibenii losis Illo^•eulellt In thiit state. llis chief inierest and iiiliviiy in rc'cnt yciirs liaxc been in the tield of pulilic liciilth.
Ilc .-er\ci! il-- a-;sistiint to th(> s,.. rc lary of the roininission whiih ilirec \eiir;; airo iii>e-liu;:;tc(l the imblic heiilth sitiiiitioii in thai stat(> and liiiil ijiiich ii> (111 wilh rraniiiig and in seriir inu' the passa!.:e ot' the hciilth law un der which the .New York stiitc depart ment of liciiilh was rcorL.'iiiii/.ed by l>r. llcriiiaiiii .'Sl. r.igu's. .Mr. .Moree Is nii\\ advisory cNperl ^^itj,^mlili'' heiilth edn cation in ihal (li'iiartnicnt. He has been a frei|iienl spciikcr before stale and iiiitional heiilth or;;!inizatioiis on Ihe suliject of puldlc liealth (irganiza tlon 1111(1 le;;is|ation.
.Mr. .Moree vvas .New York .state man iiger of lhe Ued Cross Christmas seal sale the lirst two years tbat the State Charities -Md iissociatifni condiicleil
Ihe Sill I a state whle basis. He
mapped out the plan of campjilgn and orgiinization which hus since been fol lowed with few changes In the stale and which Inis been adopted. In many of lis chief aspects. In many other stales in the union.
Previous to entering social work .Mr. .Moree was In tho newspaiier profes sion. serving in many ciipacltles on various .New York papers, (ioiiig to New York from Elmira. Mr. Moree took lhe position of editor of the education 111 deiiaiUnent of the Brooklyn Eagle, from which position be went to tbo New York Triliune iis New Jersey edi tor. .\fter four years' service with the Tribune be resigned as night <lty edi tor and starled a newspaper iu Oneva, N. Y.. but later entered social work with the Hus.sell Sage foundation.
WANTED. A POSTMASTER.
Office Discontinued Because No One For the Job Could Be Found.
.Marinette. Wis. The poslottice at WashlngU)!! Harbor. I>oor county, lias been discontinued for tbe reason tbut III health prevented the postmaster. I.. P. (tttosen. from performing bis du ties, und be resigned.
Cncle Sam made every effort to get u man to reI^'uce the postmaster, wltb- !)iit siicce.s.s. Tbe job was not only of fereil to several, but advortlsemeuts were Inserted lu Door county paiH'rs. jffering the place to any oue wbo de sired it, hut witbout suci-ess.
The iiostolllce. which literally went begging, had to be rllscontlnued be cause no one wjjuld take It. . Thc mall patroM.s will U' supplied by rural de livery from Detroit Harbor, but the (leople are parting with their postoflBce ruefully. l>e<ause It gave tbem a gath eriug plaoe aad, as oue man put It, "lent dignity »o tb« vlllage."
Platform of Alabama Man Wtio Seeks Election.
Birmingham. .Via—l>r. John S. (Jll- lesple. who was court olerk In tbis county for twenty yeiirs. Is out as can¬ didate for county treasurer, announc¬ ing as tbe chief plank lu bis plat¬ form convictiou of tbe u.seh'ssness of the oflBce and declaring bis purpose to do everything In bis power for lis abolishment. It Is the lirst time In the history of the country, so far as known here, that a candidate for public ofhce haa run ou a platform to abolish It.
Mrs. FlorH)el Broun Olime. one of the best known educators In tbe stjite, is a candidate for membership on the Jefferson county board of i ducation. She Is the flrst woman in tbe south. so far as known here, to become a can¬ didate for an elective public otti. e. Women cannot vote In this state. She is relying ou the mon to elect her. anl ber prospects for suiiess ure gener;ill\ regarded as highly fnvorable.
James .\. Mitchell, a prominent law¬ yer of HIrmlngluim. recently published an article severely criticising the siaie supreme court for its ruling on a cn.se he bad condiu'ted before Ibat trllminil. and strongly intimated lliat the conn was unduly Influemeil. For ihis he wus I itei» to iippeiir before the i ourl find show why his license lo pric tire before it sliould not he canceled. He ausweieil this suminons hy annoiiic inu' bimseir il ciiiiilidate for chief jusiie of the supreme coart, whicb ia til id in lhi> slate by popular eleclion
TAMES WILD DUCKS. '
Madison (Wis.) Resident Has a Flock of Nearly 7'.'^ of Them.
-Madison. \\'i^ .¦ .',•) ihn k- niiiy he domesticated iimi i.-iel on the liiriii as well its til llie oi!i ¦ 'I'lic plan lia-^ been tricl l.y .1. c. Il:ilpin of ibis ciiy for the past three \iMr-. with success.
Ijlst f.ill he hild il 11..ck ol iiciirly L'dii. and when the •••\d NM'iiiher .•aine on tbey took their icirMliir "-iiirr in I he skies und tlien rctiirned lo the yiil'iK. j The wild duck .-cils f..r more than lhe tame variety l.e.;iii<e ..I the thn or uf I tbo meat.
The lirsl liinls ueic kcpi in ciipiivity by clipping the u iiii^s. hni the \i.uiig ducks ar.' as eiisijy Inin.lie.I ii< domes¬ tic ones.
These il.iiiic-!i. illed nmlliinl- rctMiti many of tlic iii-iin.ls |..''uli;ir lo wild nature. I.et one niiilliinl -liiit liinpiliu' and ill less I hiin leu niiiHiics. iiiHess souiethin.u' i- tloiic lo aiiiii. i iiileiitiLiu elsewhere, a majority wlll he llmplnc
TWINS AND BURGLARS.
Latter Left When The> Found tho Stork Had Come to the House
Kiin^iis ril\. M... I'..' ii.i-c i!ic .-lork and |ii]r:;liir- -clc.|,-,l l|,e -:iinc Iili.e lo \isit .M. II. r,r..llrt.:-..ii of .\,. .-.i | iihi.. ;i\ciii:c. Kiiii-ii--^i i.'. |]ic 1.111'Iill- h.ui III w jl lnliin\ illld ii..-.l;ii.iii- I' .'ii \ i-ii. The slork Icl'l M\i;i |...; - .Mr. P.rol lirr- son now Ifi lin- i'iiiiiT ..i si\ . Ijiiilien.
.Mr. r,roIlicr-oii h.i-i.' I to hi- More
ncM ij.ior I.. -iiniiii..ii ii il... i.>r iil .'• il. Ill, Ile honi.Ml ill. |.i. kci ii|. l!ie U-'lejihoiie. illld il- lc Ji^jlcd llie rccii- er nervously he IlmhI ii H'.i-c in tin- rear of ihc -|..ii-.
"Come ijilii K .'" he ¦ ill.! u\ i-v l he w ire. The noise increii-ed. iiml -..inclhiir,' fell. lie stei.p.il I.lll Ihc rioin il..or. i.|iii.kly lo. l;e;l it and Iniincil liom,.
Thc iwins Innin.-' iirriu'il -.ifc :uiil soiiiid and the excileiiieiil iil.iiled. lie V eni hic-k lo lhe sime.
Tel. 652.
Golden Role Market M. F. KOCH
Dealer in
Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb
Poultry and Game
in Season
74 South Main St
JOHN B. WARD
EXPERIENCED MASON AND JOBBEB
.No matter how small the job Is I wlll do It for you promptly and sat¬ isfactory. A postal card wlll bring me to you any day.
98 Raynor Street. Freeport. L. L
J. S. DeMott
Contritotor an<l Builder
Jobbing of All Kinds
.No job too large and no job loo small
Estimates given on all kinds of work in our line
LEONARD AVENUE
"'cl. 3.S9-W.
Orders
for advertising in
®l)p l^tva ^11 rh Simro
received in this office at New York Cily rates.
The New York Times is the dominant newspaper in Ncw York Cily for the advertiser who wishes to reach the intelligent, progressive and willing-to- spend.
Ihe circulation of Tlie New " York Times -both daily and .Sunday exceeds 300.000 copies - a greater circulation than that of The Herald, Sun and Tri-^ hunc combined.
The New York Times publishes more genera! ad¬ vertising, including finan¬ cial, automobile, school, railroad and slenmship ad¬ vertising, than any other New York newspaper.
and have healthy sturdy chicks ifyou use
SHAW&lRDESDIuCciiS
Manufactured \y Shaw &'Ihiesdell Co. BrpoWyn.N.Y
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Title	Nassau Post 19160331; Title
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FullText	p^ REAL ESTATE FORSALE i„ Smithville Soath I^M FOR SALE OR TO LET—Six-rooai honse on plot, 50x156aplenty of fruit. Price, $1,350. FOR SALE—Five room house, large bam, plenty fmit. Plot 50x293. FOR SALE—Seven-room honse, bath, steam heat, running water, on plot 100x600; chicken house; small fhiit. 2.500 cash; $2,800 on mortgage. FOR SALE—Eleven-room house, piped for gas; bam and chicken nm; abont five acres. Price, $7,200; cash, $4,0OC. Ael. 29 Wantagh. W. F. KRAFT'S MARKET. SmithviUe South ^^;>!yy//^'^/'''^.t^////Si^W/At^'/rJo^yfUi^-^^^^ Groceries are Groceries THE WORLD OVER ^"' BARKER'S •'¦e fresh, carefully.selected, promptly delivered. Besides we mix In the pleasure of service to the best of our ability. And all this makes our groceries just a little bit different. 88 NO. MAIN ST. Phone 160-J FREEPORT. J. M. HCWLrETT Haty, Feed. Btxndle Wood Market and Garden Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Fertilizer, Dried Grains COR. CHURCH STREET AND NEW BOULEVARD, FREEPORT, N. Y. Will close at 1 P. M. on Saturdays during July, August and September How Your Wants Are Filled iiwmu»niiiimm»i»»»mHniin»iu»»»»»niiiiimm»»»iiiii»i ^ Do you know that the merchants in this town can fill every want of yours? fl Convince yourself. fl Read the home papers. fl You can get anything you need in this town and at a reasonable price. WEST POINTERS IN CONTINENT TALK Swap Jokes by Plione During iUumni Dinner. GATHER IN MANY CITIES. During Cours of Evening General !, Colonels, Majors, Captains and Lieu¬ tenants Exchange Greetings—New York Hotel Made Over to Represent Military Reservation on tbe Hudson. New York.- From tbe.Mlantic to the Paclflc '\iVest rolnters reiently <-elebrat- ed tbe one hundred and fourteenth an niversary of the founding of tbe Mili¬ tary academy at \\>st I'oint. In New York more tban 'M*4 dined at the Hotel Astor. as many more dined In Sau Francisco, while about 2»W sat about the tables In Chicago. In lesser num¬ bers the suns of the I'oint Kalbered lu St Louis. In New Orleans, In (Jalves- ton. In San.\ntonlo, wblle In far away Honolulu and Manila other hundreds assembled aud sauK the anthem "Hall, Alma Mater, Dear" and yelled the fa¬ mous "Rah! rah! rah!" of the "armay." ThrouRh tbe courtesy of the Ameri¬ can Telephone comimny th" diners In New York, Cblcajjo and San l^'rancisco were linked toKctlior. and In the course of the eveniiiK >;eiiorals and colonels and majors and caiitains anil lleuten ants e.xcbaiiKeil KreetiiiKs and cracked JOk»'s at one another's expense acros." tho continent. I'or Instance, Colouel.lobn N. Belllu>:er of Governors Islaud I'lioto b> \':i>! I'. H Assoi'i.Tlioii.. flOIiONEL EDWIN K. OLENN, CHIKK OF STAD', KASTEKS UEPARTMK.S T. symjiathized with bis old cadet chum H'llaldrd in Cbica^'n because of the hitter's thinninj,' locks, while llulaliinl retorted by askiiij,' the Suiilli Carolina colonel why it was thai his forty odd suiiiiiiers (lid not iiiaUc him "less noisy than wus thc case when you were ilii- noisiest yoiiiiL'sicr at West roiiitJ'.Major Ccncial.1. I'iniiklin I'.clucom iii.iiHliiiir the western ilcinirlnitiiit oi' the army, with lieadqiiai'lcis in San I'mmisco, who was the raiiMiitr otli cer.-It thc l'il. ilir coast I'lmclion, talUcd \\ith Colonel ,1. t'. 1'. Tillsoii In.New York mill \f,OtT surprised to karn thai tlic colonel was not one ofi^itA'"lucliy chaips" ehasin^' Villa. Ila(Kttif Inited States kei)t Vera ("ruz and bad I'reder¬ ick Fuiislon reniaiiiel In coinin.iini there. (Jeneral Mell. who was relieved a year wao of the bonier comtuaiul li.\ tfio ilttle Kiiiisan. would jirobably be diiectluK operatimis from San Antonio. HrlKndier Ceneral 1' :. C. Younj ;. who \\as also in San l''ruiicisio, asked ('oUi uel W. M. liart, who dined iu.New Vtuk, some very jiersonal (luestious, while (ieneral Cbarles King, the fa¬ mous army novelist, who dined with the crowd in Chlcau'o, was overheard iiy the New Vorkers to tidl Colonel W. II. Hunter, who. was lii Cblcu^'o, tbat he miglit write a story based on tbe jiursiiit of raiicbo VHla. Lieutenant I'llll.Mathews of Kort Totten also }{ot a word in and told Lieutenant A. ,1. Unvls, who was in San r-rancisco. tbat West Point was sure to beat Annapolis ajrnln iie.vl fall. The Krund ballroom of tbe Hotel.Vs tor. in wbh'b the New York diuuer was served, was made over to represent West Point. Among those at the dinner were Colo¬ nel C. r. Townsley. the superintendent of the -Military acadeiuy; Major Cen¬ eral Ceorge W. Coetbals, governor of Ibe I'anama canal zmie; Colonel John I ,. Chamberlain, inspector general of the eastern departmeut; Colonel Edwin I'. Clenn, chief of staff on Governors Island; Captain Halstead Dorey. aid on the staff of Major General Leonard Wood; (.'olonels C. P. Echols, Samuel E. Tillman of the academic staff of West Pobit; Colonel O. B..Mitchamaml.Major W. I. iTexasi Westervelt. thc ordnance experts fnun Sandy Hook: ex-Pollce ('onimlssioners Theodore.K. Bingham and I'ouglas 1. McKay. Cap tahl Matthew B. llamm, Brigajller General II. I'. Ilislges, commandlii ;: the.North Atliinrtc coast artillery dis trict; Colonel.lobn M. Carson. Ciuitaiii Georgo 1 !. Goetbals. Cuptain H. J. Koehler. Cidouel C. M. Trultt. Colonel W. G. Hann, Colouel Beverly W. I>unn l.oyal I'arragut. Major W..1. Hawkins. Colonel IVIamere Skerrett, Captain G. W. Beavers pnd William C..Muscben helm, the last named the only diner from civilian life. SAY HIDDEN GOLD IS MYTH. California Travelers Find Ne Treaatire In Patagonia. San Franctoco.-Hidden (fold In Pata¬ gonia, to which (.'aptain Thomas Owens was to lead the baud of adventurers ou the schooner.Academy, was a myth, according to four meml>er8 of the ill fated expedition, wbo returned to San Francisco on the Pacific mailer New¬ port from Ball>oa. They said that Owens' real name Is John Owen Whof- fer, that be was a iKM)r navigator and thnt for three and a balf months they sailed aimlessly around tbe Paclflc un¬ til they flnally reached tbe Colombian coast. Tbe.\cademy left San l-'rani-Isco June 21 of last year bound for Pata¬ gonia, where Captain Owens said there was gold that rivaled thc wealth of the Inons. With him were several Callforulans who bad Invested In tbe enterprise with hopes of great gain. Eugene L. ilalle. H. E. Rchuck, WU¬ llam Simms and H. F. Uadke, wbo came home on tbe Newport, were au¬ thority for the statement tbat Owens was Incompetent, tbat be tried to turn the Academy back to San Fruncl8«-o and that be proposed to sell tbe scbcsm- er In Callao and buy a tug to take tbem to tbe fabulous mines. OFFICE FOR EACH CITIZEN. California Town, With Nine Men, Hai Nine Jobs to Fill. Coram, Cal.—Tbis town, the smallest in tbe state, bas a registered popula¬ tion of twenty-one. and only nine of these are men. <'. W. I'.akcr. a town trustee, does not want to rnn agsin. as he is Justice of the pcuce of Keswick township and has hoiKir piionirh. The other men have all ciMisentcd to accept the otlb'os. ol whiili there arc nine..No noinination I'ditions have bp«>ii died. The election oi, April 10 will bc conducted on the 'w rite in " lilaii. Wo men \\ ill sit on Ihe idectlon Itoanl. as it Is.-maiiist lhe l:n\ I'or candidnli's to i-oliilii- I :iii elc'l ion.M:iyoi- (;cor;;e ()(;tiiily is ininini.' al lire-eiit in Siski.\oii county with his liarincr. <il>' Clerk Kinyon. The <-ity inar-li.-il and cil> i rc i--!!;cr are both pme. Thc only source ui re\eiinc is the.<¦_'."« ;i ipiarler license i ojie led from eacb of the two saloon^ Tlie luoney is atii- pie, for there are funds In the treasury and there are no «lebts. RELATES HARDSHiPS IN PURSUIT OF VILLA Indian Scout Says Difficulties Face U. S. Army, Denver.—Some of the ditlicult ies that lace the United Stales army in Its pursuit of \'ill.i were told here li.\ James II. CooK. who in iss.", was rliiel' scout for the Kit:hlli I'liiled Slati^s cav.iliy Ihiit i rossed into.Mexico iind lai'liircil Geroiiimo. the.\p;iclie (hief. lie led the.\iiierii an solilicrs over uiilcli of tbe country the Inited Sitiies soldiers must c.>v(<r to ;;et \'i!lii. Ile said: ••.\ voritilhle /.one of ilciilli will have to be traversed hy the.\incriijiii tioop ors. Tliey will have to ^:o over.¦¦oiiic of the worst country in tVe world. If Villii chooses he can lii,'ht as (Jcroniino and Ills followers did—go back Into Ibe mountains, kill his liorses. scatter on foot and pick our.soldiers off ono by ono from behind rocks, it may tnke us months, even years, to got Villa. "But no men on earth are better for the task than lhe oflicers iu cluirgo of the.\iiierlcaii expedition. I personally know I.ieutciiiiiit Colonel i>. C. Cabell, now chief of siiiff to General Pershing. He was with me on the Geroiiimo ex- Iiediliim and knows the country as well as any white man. "The neropliiiip will assist our troops lu the cumpaiu;ii, but it cnnnot match with ull tbe ililflcultles of the region. Between the peaks nre deep canyons, sometimes 1.(h»0 feet deep and less tban forty feet wide. These ravines cannot be crossed by any except the old Indians of the country. They can get over ou foot. "The only thing that makes tbe ex pedltlon look hopeful to me is my fnlth In the men who command it." HEIFERS FOR FIFTY BOYS. Illinois Bank Is to Land Stock to Farmers' Sons. St. Louis.-Fifty boys in and near Brighton. 111., will have an opportunity given by tbe First National bank of Brighton to earn some money easily and at the.«nme time learn something of stock breeillng. Thomas Chamberlain, cashier, will go to Wisconsin and buy flfty Holstein heifers. Tliey wlll be takeu to Brigh¬ ton and distributed among the l>oys. their parents going security for the an¬ imals. Tbe heifers will be bred, nnd the next fall they wlll be sold at auc¬ tion..\ll the money In excess of $40 that the animals bring wlll be given to the lioys who h.ivp cared for thom. The bnnk figures tlmt this wlll al.'^o have a u'ooil effo<t oil the grade of milk cows in that neiuliborbood. Commuted 500,000 Miles. Tarrytov. II X. Y.~Eilgiir Falrchllds. seventy-three years old,.i!"'l at his home In i;ii7abetb street recently or apoplexy Mr. Falrchllds was tbe old¬ est <-onimiiter from this station. It Is e«tlmate<l thnt he trnveliHl riHHJCHxa miles In thirty years. :ie leaves » wife and two brothers STEPS ARE TAKEN TO AID RED CROSS Niitie E. A. Moree, Director of Atiantic DiYision. MORE MEMBERS ARE SOUGHT One of New Appointee's First Duties is to Assist In Organizing New Chap¬ ters—Morse Lately Has Been Actively Engaged In Field of Public Health. His Division Covers Large Area. Washington.—Eruest I'. Bk-knell. di¬ rector general of civilian relief of thc American Hed Cross, aanounced the appointment of Edward A. Moree of Yonkers. N. Y.. as director of the At¬ lantic division of the Hed Cross, with headquarters In New York city. In announcing tbe appointment Mr. BIcknell said that filling the post Is one of the steps in the campaign of the Red Cross for a million members and that one of Mr. Moree's flrst duties would be to assist In organizing new chapters and In campaigning for new meml>ers of present chapters. The Atlantic divisiou of the Ued Cross is east and south of the Ohio river and east of tbe Mississippi river (this includes twenty-one states) and bas a population of nearly r>0.000.000 persona. To nefe()t the position Mr. Moree re¬ signed as assistant secretary of the New York State Charities /VJd associa- WILL TRY TO AB0LIS1 OFFICE IF HE GETS IT EDWABD A. IIOBEK. lion. He was a memher of the associa¬ tion's staiT for six years. As director i)f the extension work iiiul later as a.s sistant secretary he assnui'ed an lm portiiiit Ililll in organizing Ihe tiibenii losis Illo^•eulellt In thiit state. llis chief inierest and iiiliviiy in rc'cnt yciirs liaxc been in the tield of pulilic liciilth. Ilc.-er\ci! il-- a-;sistiint to th(> s,.. rc lary of the roininission whiih ilirec \eiir;; airo iii>e-liu;:;tc(l the imblic heiilth sitiiiitioii in thai stat(> and liiiil ijiiich ii> (111 wilh rraniiiig and in seriir inu' the passa!.:e ot' the hciilth law un der which the.New York stiitc depart ment of liciiilh was rcorL.'iiiii/.ed by l>r. llcriiiaiiii.'Sl. r.igu's..Mr..Moree Is nii\\ advisory cNperl ^^itj,^mlili' heiilth edn cation in ihal (li'iiartnicnt. He has been a frei iienl spciikcr before stale and iiiitional heiilth or;;!inizatioiis on Ihe suliject of puldlc liealth (irganiza tlon 1111(1 le;;is ation..Mr..Moree vvas.New York.state man iiger of lhe Ued Cross Christmas seal sale the lirst two years tbat the State Charities -Md iissociatifni condiicleil Ihe Sill I a state whle basis. He mapped out the plan of campjilgn and orgiinization which hus since been fol lowed with few changes In the stale and which Inis been adopted. In many of lis chief aspects. In many other stales in the union. Previous to entering social work.Mr..Moree was In tho newspaiier profes sion. serving in many ciipacltles on various.New York papers, (ioiiig to New York from Elmira. Mr. Moree took lhe position of editor of the education 111 deiiaiUnent of the Brooklyn Eagle, from which position be went to tbo New York Triliune iis New Jersey edi tor..\fter four years' service with the Tribune be resigned as night <lty edi tor and starled a newspaper iu Oneva, N. Y.. but later entered social work with the Hus.sell Sage foundation. WANTED. A POSTMASTER. Office Discontinued Because No One For the Job Could Be Found..Marinette. Wis. The poslottice at WashlngU)!! Harbor. I>oor county, lias been discontinued for tbe reason tbut III health prevented the postmaster. I.. P. (tttosen. from performing bis du ties, und be resigned. Cncle Sam made every effort to get u man to reI^'uce the postmaster, wltb- !)iit siicce.s.s. Tbe job was not only of fereil to several, but advortlsemeuts were Inserted lu Door county paiH'rs. jffering the place to any oue wbo de sired it, hut witbout suci-ess. The iiostolllce. which literally went begging, had to be rllscontlnued be cause no one wjjuld take It.. Thc mall patroM.s will U' supplied by rural de livery from Detroit Harbor, but the (leople are parting with their postoflBce ruefully. l>e<ause It gave tbem a gath eriug plaoe aad, as oue man put It, "lent dignity »o tb« vlllage." Platform of Alabama Man Wtio Seeks Election. Birmingham..Via—l>r. John S. (Jll- lesple. who was court olerk In tbis county for twenty yeiirs. Is out as can¬ didate for county treasurer, announc¬ ing as tbe chief plank lu bis plat¬ form convictiou of tbe u.seh'ssness of the oflBce and declaring bis purpose to do everything In bis power for lis abolishment. It Is the lirst time In the history of the country, so far as known here, that a candidate for public ofhce haa run ou a platform to abolish It. Mrs. FlorH)el Broun Olime. one of the best known educators In tbe stjite, is a candidate for membership on the Jefferson county board of i ducation. She Is the flrst woman in tbe south. so far as known here, to become a can¬ didate for an elective public otti. e. Women cannot vote In this state. She is relying ou the mon to elect her. anl ber prospects for suiiess ure gener;ill\ regarded as highly fnvorable. James.\. Mitchell, a prominent law¬ yer of HIrmlngluim. recently published an article severely criticising the siaie supreme court for its ruling on a cn.se he bad condiu'ted before Ibat trllminil. and strongly intimated lliat the conn was unduly Influemeil. For ihis he wus I itei» to iippeiir before the i ourl find show why his license lo pric tire before it sliould not he canceled. He ausweieil this suminons hy annoiiic inu' bimseir il ciiiiilidate for chief jusiie of the supreme coart, whicb ia til id in lhi> slate by popular eleclion TAMES WILD DUCKS. ' Madison (Wis.) Resident Has a Flock of Nearly 7'.'^ of Them. -Madison. \\'i^.¦.',•) ihn k- niiiy he domesticated iimi i.-iel on the liiriii as well its til llie oi!i ¦ 'Ilic plan lia-^ been tricl l.y.1. c. Il:ilpin of ibis ciiy for the past three \iMr-. with success. Ijlst f.ill he hild il 11..ck ol iiciirly L'dii. and when the •••\d NM'iiiher.•aine on tbey took their icirMliir "-iiirr in I he skies und tlien rctiirned lo the yiil'iK. j The wild duck.-cils f..r more than lhe tame variety l.e.;iii<e..I the thn or uf I tbo meat. The lirsl liinls ueic kcpi in ciipiivity by clipping the u iiii^s. hni the \i.uiig ducks ar.' as eiisijy Inin.lie.I ii< domes¬ tic ones. These il.iiiic-!i. illed nmlliinl- rctMiti many of tlic iii-iin.ls ..''uli;ir lo wild nature. I.et one niiilliinl -liiit liinpiliu' and ill less I hiin leu niiiHiics. iiiHess souiethin.u' i- tloiic lo aiiiii. i iiileiitiLiu elsewhere, a majority wlll he llmplnc TWINS AND BURGLARS. Latter Left When The> Found tho Stork Had Come to the House Kiin^iis ril\. M... I..' ii.i-c i!ic.-lork and ii]r:;liir- -clc. ,-,l l ,e -:iinc Iili.e lo \isit.M. II. r,r..llrt.:-..ii of.\,..-.i iihi.. ;i\ciii:c. Kiiii-ii--^i i.'. ]ic 1.111'Iill- h.ui III w jl lnliin\ illld ii..-.l;ii.iii- I'.'ii \ i-ii. The slork Icl'l M\i;i ...; -.Mr. P.rol lirr- son now Ifi lin- i'iiiiiT..i si\ . Ijiiilien..Mr. r,roIlicr-oii h.i-i.' I to hi- More ncM ij.ior I.. -iiniiii..ii ii il... i.>r iil.'• il. Ill, Ile honi.Ml ill. .i. kci ii. l!ie U-'lejihoiie. illld il- lc Ji^jlcd llie rccii- er nervously he IlmhI ii H'.i-c in tin- rear of ihc -..ii-. "Come ijilii K.'" he ¦ ill.! u\ i-v l he w ire. The noise increii-ed. iiml -..inclhiir,' fell. lie stei.p.il I.lll Ihc rioin il..or. i. iii.kly lo. l;e;l it and Iniincil liom ,. Thc iwins Innin.-' iirriu'il -.ifc :uiil soiiiid and the excileiiieiil iil.iiled. lie V eni hic-k lo lhe sime. Tel. 652. Golden Role Market M. F. KOCH Dealer in Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb Poultry and Game in Season 74 South Main St JOHN B. WARD EXPERIENCED MASON AND JOBBEB.No matter how small the job Is I wlll do It for you promptly and sat¬ isfactory. A postal card wlll bring me to you any day. 98 Raynor Street. Freeport. L. L J. S. DeMott Contritotor an<l Builder Jobbing of All Kinds.No job too large and no job loo small Estimates given on all kinds of work in our line LEONARD AVENUE "'cl. 3.S9-W. Orders for advertising in ®l)p l^tva ^11 rh Simro received in this office at New York Cily rates. The New York Times is the dominant newspaper in Ncw York Cily for the advertiser who wishes to reach the intelligent, progressive and willing-to- spend. Ihe circulation of Tlie New " York Times -both daily and.Sunday exceeds 300.000 copies - a greater circulation than that of The Herald, Sun and Tri-^ hunc combined. The New York Times publishes more genera! ad¬ vertising, including finan¬ cial, automobile, school, railroad and slenmship ad¬ vertising, than any other New York newspaper. and have healthy sturdy chicks ifyou use SHAW&lRDESDIuCciiS Manufactured \y Shaw &'Ihiesdell Co. BrpoWyn.N.Y FOB SALE BT ALL D£ALERa

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