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Oldest House in the Village.

operation here may be put into opera
tion also in other localities.
Numerous as the State agricultural
colleges may be. they do not suffice in
answering the present urgent needs OF
society in changing 10 some extent the
ruling social and economic tendency
among men. Whether agriculture has
sny special significance for the Jew. as
Jew, am not prepared to say. While
there are certain conditions which give
rise to q distinctly Jewish problem, |
can rever get myself TO look upon every
aingle question agitating society as 4
Y hoie-and this agricultural question is
such a one-from the Jewish point of
view. Jews arc neE among men, ami
icing such, everything human appeals
TO them and aTouses their interest from
the human aspect. I believe that it is
TO the benefit d Israel to pass judgment.
on every phase of social refousn on the
broader. non-denominational basis.
The special reference of social prob
lens TO ourselves as a distinct part of
the larger community has. TO my mind
too much of an apologetiG ring, and
Heaven knows that our apologetic atti-
tude is anything but conducive to the
Improvement of our position. whatever
that position may be. ] know that
there are any number OF persons who
hold that in view OF existing anti
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| POWER he has to become either 4 dec
TOR. lawyer, minister, teacher, or pro-
lessor. l doubt not but many a person
who has chosen one of the higher pro-
fessions was naturally fitted for his
calling. II is equally true. however,
that many person would have made a
better farmer II his talents had been
directed into agricultural lines. The
time is passed when persons could pre-
sumo 10 assert that intellectually is
not needed in the trades. In almost ev-
cry instance an intelligent man will
make a better mechanic than an ignor-
ant one. Mind tells, wherever it is ap-
piled and put to proper use. We must
put thought into everything we do, and
no task is credit to the worker un-
less thought is displayed by him
One word more, in conclusion. | re-
alize the marked religious benefit to
be derived from agriculture. We hear
great deal today about the unchurch-
ed. There is no one who questions that
in cities this unchurched condition of
the people is more marked than in the
country. Religious Indifference is a
disease affecting Jew and Christian
alike, and because a prevalent ailment,
it has no special causes in the Jew as
its sufferer. Any number of reasons
have been assigned for the lack of
growth in religions power. If not the
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Father Powers Magnetism.

man, in his recent book. Back to the
Soil,' makes the same point. In fact
almost every thinking man-is now con
vinced that the destruction of the slums
consummation devoutly to be wished,
will be brought about only when me1
will again take to farming. This COIN
try is rich in territory.
Those who have never travelled into
the far West and South do not realize
what great opportunities the country
offers for the settlement OF persons who
would get away from the slums of
cities. Agriculture deserves encourage
ment also for sanitary reasons. Many
of the diseases to which Jews as we'll
as others are subjected. who are de-
prived of flesh air and light, would
never affiict people as generally as they
do today and in many instances would
be replaced by renewed health and visor
tuberculosis. to which great deal of
attention has in recent years beon pe-
stowej, would be less frequent among
people than 1t unfortunately
We need to encourage agriculture on
account of the overcrowding of the So
called higher" professions and the de-
pleting of the trades and mechanical arts.
Among Jews. as well as-and, perhaps,
more frequently than-among other peo-
pfc, some have come to believe that as
soon as boy shows marked mental
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waning of it. Whatever these causes
may be. believe that none OF them Is
as much responsible for the lack OF
the proper religious spirit among people
dwelling in cities as the peculiar con-
stitution and environment OF city lite-
The urban resident must to great
extent become materialist. worshipins
the genius of man, because in contact
with the latest devices of invention
The sight of the telephone, the tela-
graph. the sky-scraper, and the theu-
sand and-one other things characteristic
of city life is sure TO eyentuate In hu-
man self-adulation. What does man see
in the city of Nature, who speaks a
various language to him who communes
with her. II is fact that in the rural
districts religion plays a greater part
than in the city. The cause for this
does not lie in the social character OF
the church in the country, but deeper.
In the country man comes face to face
with the genius OF the universe instead
of the genius of man. He finds tongues.
in trees. books in the running brooks,
sermons in stones. Why is it that Israel
was in the past a people with pro-
nounced religious talent? Because
Israel was an agricultural people. Be-
cause it was in everlasting contact
with Nature. Because 1t saw the finger
OF God in everything that met its gaze.
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ing its noble substance into merest
skipping stones aroused the intensest
indignation of all the people OF Oyster
Bay. They had high regard for the
proprieties and 1t was small woader that
they rose IN their wrath against the
individual who would mar the face OF
nature TO gild his own alien pocketbook-
Argument, entreaty. and even implied
threat were alike of no avail The man
with the whip hand would have his way
unless his ends were to be gained as
readily in some other way. To fight fire
with fire was the only way offering hopes
@. success. and the townspeople rose to
the occasion. The stranger waS obdur-
ate. The villagers were determined. They
asked his price. and he fixed high fig
ure. They told him his offer was ac-
oepted. and the legal transfer would be
made at once He went and Oyster Bay
breathed sigh of relief.
A Land Scheme Halted.
A few years after the Cooper's Bluff
incident. another stranger came to oy-
ster Bay, to exploit the place as a land
scheme. but met with little encourage
ment from those whose lands he covet-
eu III eACHdh5e lOI SOAA VI ZIG AcdihA. -io
tried his wiles without success. Prop
erty owners were willing to afford any
desirable person a place TO raise his
little hearthstone, and surround it with
all the attractions of a suburban home,
but TO sell out wholesale. and have u
generation of strangers invade the coun
try side was altogether too novel prop
ositicn to find any favor.
Baked in his efforts, the prospective
land speculator went away disgruntled.
The garden2spot which he wished to
turn into dollars and cents before he
took his flight to pastures new, was be-
yond his power to purchase.
The Vandal Revealed.
Supposing perhaps that the villagers
might feel greater interest in his
suggestions after thinking them over.
the stranger was circumspect in his Ian
guage until his visit was coming to
close. Then his wrath at being baked,
his resentment that there were lands
and people beyond the reach of gold.
overcame his previous caution
What you need here he exclaimed,
as he stepped on the
train back to New York, ''is half-doz-
en- first-class funerals" But Oyster Bay
is healthy locality. and the sturdy res
idents train up their children in their
OWN beliefs and ideals, and even the
passing Of the present generation would
hardly give any specializing stranger the.
opportunity to realize van-
iaFs usuricus interest on natures boun-
Iiful investment.
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day Times The rector is the Rev. Father
Power. young priest, who CIRCULATED
at Niagara University in Canada. in
1889 He has been here for several
years. and has won the hearty support
| of his parishioners, and the strong good
will Of all the other local wearers OF The
cloth. of whatever creed. His youth and
cordiality of manner win the hearts OF
the young people, and his congregation
shows the results of his personal ei-
fcrts.
Other Churches in the Village.
The Oldest Baptist church in New
York State is located here. and cele-
hrated this summer its 1Isth aaAiver-
sary. The minister is the Rev. Charles
s. Wightman. who has filed that posi-
ticn here for thirty years.
The Methodists have handsome
church of Colonial type, the spire re-
calling most vividly the famous Indepen-
denee Hall belfry in Philadelphia. The
pastor is The Rev. Charles Bowman.
Vacation Point for Priests.
skirting the east bay of the harbor,
on the edge of the wooded ridge run
ming from close by the Presidents
house to the water. is Cooper's Bluff.
one of the spots of greatest natural
beauty in the whole extent of Cove Neck
The locality had been vacation point
for the Jesuit order in years gone by
and in little graveyard near are the
headstones OF number of the priests
who wished to be laid to. rest where in
life they had spent many pleasant days
recuperating from the cares of their
woodwork. The low headstones are
simply made and marked merely ''Hic
facet" with the name of the departed
priest and the brief designation, IS. j."
which he had borne in his earthly ca
'reer.
Farmer Smiths Legacy.
A generation ago all Cove Neck be-
longed to Farmer Smith. who took pride
in the extent Of his lands and was never
anxious to dispose of them for the mere
wealth they would have brought at any
time. At his death the property was
divided among his heirs and this was
the opportunity for strangers to pierce
the Gordon of the previous owners ex-
clusiveness. From the heirs New
Yorker named Starr bought the shore
front and announced his determination
OF erecting a stone crusher and sand
excavator on the 7ery shores of quiet
Oyster Bay Harbo-.
The villagers were appalled,, To hear
the buzz and whirr of untiring drills
piercing the flinty bluff and the insatia-
bic iron maws of huge crushers grind
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First Presbyterian Church.

home until his :econd marriage, when.
Mrs. Roosevelt being an Episcopalian,
he took a pew at the church just across
the street.
At the south end of the church is a
small rectangular plot. with railing in
closing modest shaft and several head
stones. Local historians say the five
graves have been there fifty years. and
that the family of Wooden. in dlsposing
OF the property to the church, stipulated
that they should have ir perpetuity the
right to bury members Of the family in
the churchyard.
Dr.. Russell's Long Service.
The pastor of the church is the Rev.
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M excess ofsrtifciality. We must
lf return to the natural life-the
life of the soil-to avoid the
sadness and madness that are ever on
the increase below the false front that
humanity row presents.
Such is the argument of Rabbi Will
liam Roseman, of the Oheb Shalom Con-
grcfation. of Baltimore. Nd.
The rabbi was invited recently TO de-
liver On address at the commencement
day exercises of the National Farm
School, of Doylestown. Pa The subject
OF the address was The Significance of
Agriculture TO the Jew" and in the dis
cussiHn OF this question the rabbi said:
II ] understand correctly my place on
this program, am not expected to ad-
dress the graduates of this institution
My remarks WILL therefore, be directed
10 the larger audience which has assem-
bled en- these grounds today to reioice~in
the completion of another year of sue
cessful work. The worthy president OF
the National Farm School assigned to
me in his correspondence as the subjec:
of my remarks THE Significance of Ag-
riculture TO the jew" Realizing the great
good which institutions of this kind are
calculated to produce. l canno. help but
give expression TO the hope that In the
course Of time the happy idea put into
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~ YSTER BAY, Long Island, the
summer capital of the United
~ States, being the home of Pres
ident Roosevelt, is no city of
mushroom growth, but dates back insn
straight line TO the days of the aborig-
inal inhabitants of the country. Where
ever visitor turns he can see some OBJ
ject full of interest on account Of its
long history. The "old MILL" which is
one of the main objects of interest in
Oyster Bays long history, is located
between the railroad tracks and the
west bay. 1t was built in the reign
of Queen Anne, when that monarch, in
granting a charter, made known that the
land was given pro bono publico." 1t
is of the picturesque overshot type. and
in the days of its usefulness could be
only run at times of low water This
seeming popularity was due to the fact
that the wheel was set so low that TIE
high tides inundated it. Scientists even
say that since it's erection the shore
land has sunk through geological
changes.
Between the old mill and the village
pied By ex-Lieut Gov. William F. Shee-
han, whose recent hospitality to David
b. Hill was construed into meaning the
grooming of the Sage of Wolfert's
Roost" for the next Democratic Presi
Dental nomination.
A Bubbling Spring.
In the same vicinity is famed natural
spring, the waters of which gush from
the earth with sufficient fosce to send
them spouting fre feet into the air. An
iron pipe fountain of simple construction
has been erected here, with a homely
little basin of smooth stones at its base
Near the Mill Neck station vacation
house a philanthropy where the
working girls of New York city can
spend their vacations at trifling cost,
there is another evidence of Oyster Bays
antiquity. AS is usually the case, this
historical marker is a gravestone. IT
bears the date 1890.
Stately Christ Church.
Christ Church, Episcopal, where Mrs.
Roosevelt attend1 services, where her
children go to Sunday school. and where
the President himself is wont to go on
the Sundays he is at Oyster Bay, is d
beautiful ediice o: the Gothic type, run
ming parallel TO the street, with the altar
placed toward the east.
The parish was founded nearly 200
years ago as missionary jurisdiction CT
the main parish at Hampstead. The
cornerstone bears the date 1908. and the
church lawn is dotted with six crum-
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bling sandstone markers. bearing in
scription beginning Here Lyes" and
the dates going iack to ISL.
Interesting Parish History.
I The present edifice is the third to be
raised on the same spot The first was
the missionary chapel, which the cor
nerstone commentaries to this day. The
second was built north and south. as a
matter of convenience, because of nu-
merous graTes Df Hessian soldiers in the
church yards. These were afterward re-
moved and then the third or present
church was erected. 1t was built with
the altar to the east and the main en-
| trance at the west end
Great locust trees grow about the
church and along the parish building 10
the west and around an elliptical bit of
lawn in front of the rectory, and a
building 100 years old to the north. From
that side of the churchyard splendid
view is had of the east bay. with it's
little feet OF boats at anchor.
The Rector and His Work.
The Rector of Christ Church is the
Rev. DR.. Henry Homer Washburn, a
typical rept esentative of the dignified,
Church of England style. One of its for
mer rectors was the Rev. DR.. George r.
Vandewate,:, now one of the most prom
inent Episcopal clergymen in New York
city, whern he has charge of the parish
of st. Andrews, in Harlem.
DR.. WaBhburn has been at Christ
Church for sixteen years, and his infiu-
ence among the villagers is not limited
by religious lines, because it is founded
on the broad basis of cordial friendli-
ness, oppressive ideas, and practical
philanthropy.
Mrs. Roosevelt's Interest.
The ST. Hilda Society, for the young
women of the parish, engages the active
attention of Mrs. Roosevelt, who de-
lightg TO participate in, OF act as host
ess for, their outings. One of the prin-
cipal members OF the society is the rec
tors daughter. Miss May Washburn,
whose beauty and charm of manner have
won for her the undeniable title of the
village belle.
Oldest House in the Village.
To the west of the parish building is
the Oldest house now standing in Oyster
Bay. About it was formerly an old In
dian burying ground. AS it was the most
pretentiouu house in the village in Rev.
olutionary days, Talleyrand stopped
there over night when on his way one
time to WaBhington's headquarters, and
the immortal leader himself, tradition
says, used 10 stop there to rest on its
rortico and smoke Virginia cigar.
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DR.. Alexander G. Russell. who has been
In charge of this congregation for TWEEN
ty-six years.
In his personal views he is stricter
than his fellow-worker, DR.. Washburn,
and strongly opposed the recent Sunday
opening order at the village postofiice
The Episcopal rector refrained from in
terposing objections.
Father Powers Magnetism.
The Roman Catholic residents of Oy-
ster Bay have lately built a handsome
stone edifice. ST. Dominic's. on Anstice
Street. next 10 the district public
school, heretofore described in The Sun
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Not CITY of Mushroom Growth But One
That Can Trace Its Progress Step By Step
From the Days When the Original Red In
habitants of the Country Built Their Camp
Fires on Sagamore Hill and Hunted the
Wild Dear, the Bear, and the Panther In
Its PrimevaI Woods-L landmarks of An
cient Days and the Homes of Ancestors
Preserved With Rigorous, Loving Fidelity.
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Many Relics of Progressive Civilization to
Attract the Attention of the Visitor-The
Present DweIlers in the Quaint Long Is
land Town DeternninedIy Opposed to Any
Modern Enterprises That Tend to Mar the
the Peaceful Flow of Their Quiet Lives.
Put Ouietus to Stone Crusher Project
and Sumnnariy Ended a Land Scheme.
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William J. Youngs, formerly district at
torney of Brooklyn. and secretary to
Governor Roosevelt. is now the owner
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The Presidents Former Church.

Directly ACROSS the street from Uhrlst
Church is the First Presbyterian Church.
where Mr.. Roosevelt when youth at
tended services. His father. Theodore
Roosevelt, ST., was a regular attendant
at this church Each Sunday would find
him in a pew l. ear the front, with his
wife. their son. the future President
when at home from his college work at
Cambridge-anotle son, and two daugh-
ters. The President made this his church
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Stately Christ Church.

n ~ ANKIND is miserable from an
I'M excess ofsrtifciality We nffst
lfl return to the natural life-the
re- - ,ho snfIto avoid tho
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Needles Fire BOYS.

Great interest is being manifested
by the boys of the Santa Fe fire com
rany. says the Needles Eye. Tuesday
night, at the regular meeting. four new
members were elected, making the
membership up to the full limit
OF twenty. Wednesday night the boys
practiced various drills and made good
records, especially in the 1870 yard
dash. The run was: II. d. Moore, 26
seconds; Ford, 20 seconds; Gaffney,
"a seconds; Shew, 10 seconds; l..
Moore, % seconds; Gilbert. 25 sec
onds; c. Fitzgerald, u seconds; Z.
Fitzgerald, 23 seconds; Cumbach, 81
seconds.
1t is understood that the boys of the
Albuquerque fire company have chal-
lenged the team, and as the challenge
has been accepted, the boys hope to go
to Albuquerque soon.
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Proxies will only be recognized If
held by the citizens of the same county
from which delegates giving proxies
were elected.
County conventions must be held on
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The chairmen and secretaries of the
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Where there are no regular organ.
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A RICH STRIKE.
Pocket Containing $4,000 in Gold Was
Taken Out of the Helen
Rae Mine.

A rich strike was made in the Helen
Rae mine Saturday at Nogal, owned
by the American Mining company. A
pocket was taken out containing $780,
900 in gold.
The mine is located about three
miles from Nogal and is one of the
properties which was recently bought
by eastern capitalists together with
a number of others. The company only
recently started to work after the mine
had lain idle for several years under
the former wner
The Helen Rae mine has a record of
having produced a $500 or $500 nugget
about Is years G and has produced
some good ore. The Nogal mining dis
trict is rapidly coming to the front,
owing to the fact tbs. the American
and Eagle Mining companies are put
ting in machinery and working their
properties.
At present the county is full of pros
pectors.
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Peculiar Construction,

placing a peculiar construction on the
new irrigation law; it is %contending
that the law is intended to cover only
cases where conditions or engineer
ing difficulties are such, as that ordin-
AIRY commercial enterprises will not
take hold of the projects" Delegate
Rodey, as many others who took part
in the passage Of the law, are vigor-
ously protesting against this construc-
ton. and are %contending that every
line and sentence of the law itself as
negatives such q construction.