The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-17

Winter Work on Rainy Days '-Thi
was Inc very interesting topic discussed at tn
last meeting of the Deer Creek Farmers Club
! we give below the views of some of thos
Mr.. William B. Hopkins said: ION stool
Iarm there is busy work all the year around
ana on every farm there is an abundance o
WORK TO be done, but l seriously doubt whethe
IL pays to hire labor during the short cold day
OF winter and believe that it is most profitabl,
70 leave general work until spring opens"
Mf. Y. O. Smith said: There are many
things that thrifty farmer should do in BAG
weather. He has tools to clean and house
farming implements to repair and when the
weather will permit great deal of outdoor
WORK can be done to advantage. But am in
favor of his improving his mind as much as
possible during the winter season. believe
tnat we should have farmers schools, which
not only the farmer boys, but the farmer faith.
ers should gladly attend and think too that
durlng this season. when more time is at ouI
disposal, we should make especial efforts to
render our homes cheerful and attractive"
Mr.. John Silver said "As hands are more
abundant in winter they are cheaper and en-
aple one to proftably do extra work, such as
preparing firewood, cleaning underground,
such work during the off season."
Mf. Mccormick said that as dairyman he
iound abundance of work for every day in the
year and finds odd jobs much better attended
Wnen ne can be present with his labor, thus
using his head and their hands. He believes
that if labor is retained all the year a better
grade is secured,
Mr.. Ambrose Cooley does not believe that it
pays to work extra labor in the winter time.
Mr. James Lee said Gas a dairyman my
ada: was just as busy before began the dairy
| business"
Mr.. Jacobs advocated hauling hay and wood
and doing odd jobs in winter, but carrying as
little labor as possible during the uncertain
| winter weather.
wood gathered, the ice pond fixed and the odd
/ jobs done, it is best to go into winter quarters.
/ Mr. Slade says that every season brings its
W9rk, lpcludiDg the winter season. He advo-
Gates keeping things moving all the year and
/ nnSslt pays to retain good hands throughout
| the year when he has them.
| IS Me- WOrthington said: UNLESS farming is
/ more printable than is generally supposed, it
! must follow that if others are compelled to
work IL months in the year the farmer cannot
| prosper with only nine months labor. There
| are certain lines of work which can best be
| done duringthe bracing weather of winter, and
| 1t IS not the best class of labor, but the
sluggish andincompetent man who wants to
lie off for two or three months. The team,
too, if the weather permits, can be made to
earn q living and much of the work which
| crowds into sp;ing can be completed before the
| first of March,
President John Moores keeps his hands all
theyear, including one that he has been feeding
for 80 years and who now tips the beam at
$50 pounds. Hetinds as much to do in winter
as in summer and thinks wise to do it.
The proposition Of establishing an agricul-
tural school in Hartford county was taken up
and informally discussed and ELECTED much
favorable comment, about the only division of
sentiment being how the matter could be
practically managed at q moderate expense.
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Meeting of the School BOARD. The Schooi
Board held meeting at Towson on Wednes-
day with the president Mr.. Thomas B. Todd,
in the chair, and Mr.. Albert s. Cook. secretary.
Mr.. R. X. Wood, of the Mary land Steel Com
pany, appeared before the Board in the inter-
est of establishing high school at Sparrow's
Point, but no action was taken. 1t was the
opinion of several members that central high
school should be located at Highlandtown, so
as to be easily reached by pupils from Sparrows
Point. Canton. Highlandtown, Gardenville
andother villages.
Mr.. Wood spoke for the residents of Spar
rows Point, the second largest town In popu-
lation. He claimed that the expense of the
higher grades at Sparrow's Point will be less
than that of other centers where high schools
are now established. 4,
Mr.. Wood showed from the annual report
that the cost per pupil in the seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth grades for the high schools at
Reisterstown, Gainesville and Towson was
1855, 5000 and S6S.16 per annum, respective
ly. If the seventh grade, which is not strictly
high-school grade is not included, the ex-
pense per pupil is much increased. The aver
age expense of each pupil in the elementary
grades of the white schools in the county is
$17.16 per annum, the cost of maintenance in
the rural districts being higher, while that of
the larger schools in the more populous dis
tricts is considerably less. The Board took the
project under consideration.
Special privileges in schools was brought
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Roland Park school. The chart-class pupils
have been attending school from A. M. to II
noon. and in order to further the school system
it has been decided to make the hours of the
chart class from to IL 80 A. NJ. and to 2.30 p
NJ. The Roland Park people asked that the
hours of to IL A. M. remain in vogue at the
school. The Board withheld its decision.
Mr.. Thomas j. Hunter in behalf of John
Eager Howard Council, Junior Order United
American Mechanics, was granted the privilege
of presenting flag to the new Towson High
School,
The Board agreed to repair the rented build
ing for School No. o. Sd district, near Chatto-
lance. and take the cost out of the rent.
A proposition made by the Rockdale Powder
Company to remove the dynamite plant near
the school building, or erect another building
in safe locality, was accepted.
One session on rainy days was brought be-
fore the Board and held over until later
meeting, as the Board was divided.
Teachers salaries were ordered paid.
Work of the Orphans Court.-In the Bal
timore County Orphans Court this week let
tiers were granted on the following estates:
On the personal estate of Hamilton R. Polk
to the Safe Deposit and Trust Company, ad-
ministrator.
Augusta Comrades, executrix.
On the personal estate of Annie E. Walter to
Henry Walter, Administrative.
On the personal estate of George W. Gang
nagle to George w. Gangnagle, Jr, admins
traitor.
void to II. Leslie Griswold, administrator.
On the personal estate of Caroline E. DUR to
| John g. Durr, executor.
On the personal state of Josias w. Bowen to
Luther NJ. B. Willis, executor.
On the personal estate of William Hilgen-
berg to Rose Hilgenberg, executrix.
BY the will of William Dunty, late of the
| 18th district the home place on which he re-.
sided, consisting of about AZ acres with i'm
| proyements, goes to his widow and his son,
| Mr.. John w. Dunty. He also gives his widow
| at Perry Hall. Hisdaughter Laura E. Dunty.
| is to have mortgage of $500. To his son. Mr..
| William Dunty, he gave 50, and to his wife
| $40. To each of his grandsons, Harry and
| Hardy Dunty he gave 50, and to his grand
| daughter, Jessie, $40. The testator appoints
| bis widow the guardian of his son, John W.,
and daughter, Laura E. Dunty. The execu-
| tors. Edwin A. Gorsuch and Robert Dunty,
! named in the will, declined to act and letters
! were granted to William Dunty, Jr.
| The will of Josias w. Bowen was admitted
| to probate. He leaves all of his furniture to
his widow for life, and at her death $25 is to be
paid to each of his sons living at that time.
| The remainder of his estate upon the death of
| bis widow is to be equally divided among his
daughters.
| Flow Measurements of Streams.-The
| stations for measuring the flow of Gunpowder
| falls and the Little Gunpowder falls, estab-
| lished in December, 1904, by the photographic
| Branch of the United States Geological Sur
| vev, have been continued this season.
The headwaters of the Gunpowder lie in
| York county, Pa, near the Maryland line,
whence the river flows southeastward through
/, Baltimore county and discharges into Chesa-
peake Bay. Little Gunpowder falls, which is
| iribntary to the Gunpowder below the fall
/ line, forms throughout its entire length the
| boundary between Hartford and Baltimore
! counties. The rivers are similar in character,
| the slopes being steep and the powers having
considerable value on account of their prox-
| unity to the large city. A portion of the water
| aunnlv for baltimore ia taken from GuDDOWder