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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28
CHIEF DEVL|N'S
FUNERAL HELD
Many Pay Tribute to Fire
Hero on Staten Island.

One of the largest funerals held
on the north shore Of Staten Island
in some time, was that of Battalion
Chief William Devlin, Of the New
York fire department that was held
from his late residence, $50 Jewett
avenue, Port Richmond, who died in
st. Vincent hospital, Manhattan, as
the result of injuries received while
fighting a fire at SOC Bronze street,
Manhattan, last week.
Services were held in the Church
Of the Blessed Sacrament at West
Brighton. A great throng attended.
A solemn requiem mass was cele-
brated by Rev. Father Mulcahey,
pastor of the church and a lifelong
friend of Chief Devlin. Commits
sioner Johnson detailed six compa-
mics Of ten men each to attend the
funeral and act as an escort to Cal
vary cemetery in Brooklyn. Deputy
Chief Begin, in charge Of the de-
partment in the borough OF Rich
mond, was in command of the uni
formed escort. The pail bearers
were Deputy Chief Begin, Deputy
Chief Hayes, and Battalion Chief
Skelly, Turpeny, Andrews and Root.
When the cortege passed by Broad
way, Manhattan, the fremen, No. 10
Hook and Ladder at Fulton street,
under command of Captain McCau-
bley, stood attention as the hearse
passed slowly by and the bell on the
truck tOlled softly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28
TOTTENVILLE

Mrs. E. j. Loyett and Mrs. Abram
E. Johnson, of Amboy avenue are
at the Trenton fair today.
Miss Edna Mason, of Newark, is
visiting here.
Miss Lena Cook, of East Orange,
has returned home after a visit here.
Alfred Boyd has returned from
Port Monmouth.
John Mcdonald, Jr., night opera
tor at the Rapid Transit depot, is re-
covering from a recent illness.
Samuel Collins and his two sons
leave today for Florida.
Melvin Moore, of Butler n
has taken the position of ticket
chopper on the Rapid Transit ferry.
City Magistrate Marsh, of the sec
ond district court, has been i'll at his
home in Stapleton.
Charles Jones moved the tailor
shop in Amboy avenue adjoining his
bakery to William street yesterday
in preparation Of erecting two new
stores on the site.
B. D. Browns building in Main
street is being painted.
St. Stephens Parish Guild realized
about $25 on its recent luncheon.
Richmond Camp No. So, Wood
men of the World, met in X. of P.
hall last night.
A delegation of members OF Court
T~ottenville No. 413, Foresters OF
America, we're at the class initiation
in Perth Amboy last night.
United Council, Jr. o. U. A. NJ,
meets tonight.
Richmond Rebekah Lodge, Odd
iows, held a meeting In Odd Eel
3 ball last night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28
A.. SEWERS
HAS ACCIDENT
Stricken in Manhattan is
Taken to Hospital.

AS the result of a peculiar acct
dent in Manhattan Albert A. Sievers,
a clerk at the 8. S. White Dental
Works, at Prince Bay, is confined to
his home at 223 William street, Tot
tenyille, with a cut over his left eye
and a bruise on the same side of his
face. Mr.. Sieyers, with his wife,
went to Manhattan on Tuesday to
consult a physician at the hospital
for ruptured and cripples at Forty
second street and Lexington venue
in regard to their daughter, Miss
Anna Sievers, who is a cripple. All
three were in the hospital when Mr..
Sieyers, feeling rather faint, went
out in Forty second street to get
some air. Mrs. Sievers, finishing her
talk with the physician, came out of
the hospital and not seeing her hus-
band thought he had come home
without her.
Upon her arrival in T~ottenville
she received a telephone message
hal her husband had been found in
an unconscious condition outside of
the hospital with a cut over the eye
and side of the face. He was cared
for at the hospital all night and re-
turned to his home yesterday. A
card of the s. S. White Dental Com
pany in his pocket was the first
means of Identification that the hos
pital authorities found when the I'M
conscious la was brought in there.
The accident happened about 2
o'clock in the afternoon and 1t was
after 6 o'clock when Mrs. Sievers
learned Of 1t after the Dental Works
was called Of the telephone from
their New York office, who had been
notified by the hospital of the case.
Mrs. Sievers, when seen yesterday,
said that Mr.. Sievers would be out
again in q day or two.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28
General Markets.

RUTTER-Firm; receipts, s,s43 pack
ages, specials, per h., 2Sha28c
extras, 271aa2sc.; thirds to 1rsts, 21aac.
state dairy. common to prime, 0a2s1ac.
process, seconds to specials. 19a23hc. fac
tory. current make. l714a2oc.: paokini
stock, 16ha1Sizc.
CHEESE-Firm; receipts, 4,352 boxes
state, whole milk, specials. per h.. 14Ac.
average fancy. 14Aa14hc.
EGGS-Irregular; receipts, IS. 395 cases.
POTATOES - Weak sweets. southern
per bbl., s2.25a3.
DRESSED POULTRY-Weak; turkeys
fresh, spring. choice. per h., 13ha141to.
old, 12Ha14Hc.
MEATS-Live veal calves, common t
choice, per 100 lbs, s7.5oa1o. Is; live butter
milk and grass calves, s3a450: live calves
western and southern. $4a6.6Q
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
RECORDED ON ISLAND

The following real estate transfers
were recorded in the office of the
clerk Of the county of Richmond dur
ing the past week:
Deeds-First Ward.
Lot 1891, map National Prohibi-
ton Park, Joseph w. Hewitt, ct al,
to Elizabeth s. B. Rebman, nom.
Second Ward.
Lot 430, map Village of Concord,
David Nunamann and wife to Mary
Reinboth, $3.50.
Lots 26, 81, map Village of Edge
water, Katie McManus to John Nc
Manus, nom.
Third Ward.
f HarbOr road, Joseph Gerhard
and wife to Jacob Hartzenbuehler,
Lot 8, map Case 899-A.. National
Prohibition Park, National Prohibit
ton Park Co. to Rebecca Bryan,
nom
Lots /, 8, map Case 899-A., Ma
tional Prohibition Park; same to
Arson R. Hardy, nom.
Lots 748, 749, map S. I. Homes
Co, S. I. Homes Co. to John McMinn
and wife, $500.
FOufth ward.
500 n W Chestnut ave. and N. Y.
ave-, Alexander B. Liebe to Joseph
F. DeMoll, nom.
5.77 acres, Kreischerville, Anna
Nielsen to Gustaf Fagerlund, 500.
w First St, Henry Mark, Jr.. to
Henry Mark, Sr., nom.
Lots Is, 18, block 206, mar South
New York, Addition No. 2, Wood
Harmon Co. to Elizabeth Noble, nom.
Lots %, %, block 312, same map,
Addition No. 8, same to Harvey NJ.
Watts, nom.
Lots IT, 10, block S12, same map,
same addition, anne to William F.
Watts, nom.
Lots 81, 69, block 41O, same map,
Addition No. 4, same to Joseph
Launney and wife, nom.
Lots IS, sc, block 410, same map,
same addition, same to James Laun-
ney and wife, nom.
Lots "a, IS, block 426, same map,
same addition, same to Michael S.
Claffey, nom.
Fifth Ward.
N Wilbur St, 500 e Seguine ave.
S.. s.. White Dental Mfg. Co. to Ben
lamin Frey and wife. nom
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28
STATEN ISLAND NEWS
BAPTIST LADIES TO HAVE
OYSTER SUPPER OCT. 6

The Ladies' Aid Society of South
Baptist church, Tottenville, is COM
pleting plans for an oyster supper to
be held In the lecture room of the
church next Wednesday night, Octo-
Der 6. Mrs. George Moffett, chair
man, and a committee composed of
ladies of the society are working
hard to make the affair a success.
A menu that none but the ladies of
this organization know how to pre-
pare will be served. Oysters in
every style, with everything that
goes with them, will be on the card.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28
STOLEN BICYCLES RECOVERED

Three bicycles stolen in Totten-
vile yesterday morning have all
been recovered through the good
work Of Detective George H. Cole in
getting after the young culprits who
took the wheels. The three wheels
belonged to Fireman Wells, William
McAndrews and Thomas Lahey. The
names OF the three boys who took
the bicycles are known by the police,
but since they have recovered their
property they refused to prosecute
them. All three bicycles were re-
turned to Mr.. Lahey's house in
Tyrell street late last night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28

Of Miss Hopwood and Mr.. Gates.

Mr.. and Mrs. Gates left in their Drl-
Avate car for a honeymoon trip. They
will be at Port Arthur, the Gates sum
mel home, In six weeks and after the
list of November will make theif home
The wedding presents included some
costly diamonds and pearls from MIR.
Gates to his bride, and Mrs. John w.
Gates presented her with more than
100 pieces of costly sIlverware.
The guests from New York included
Mrs. l. E. Beaham, Mr.. and Mrs. @.
H. Frink, Mr.. Adrian Cornelius Duff
J and Mr.. c. Il. Hermann-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28
GONE
"SimpIe Remedy from Barnekov &
PETE Removed Them" Says
Society Lady.

THE best skin specialists told me
that nothing would remove my free
kles and that l would carry them to
my grave" said a well known society
woman. but I fooled them all with a
new drug, othine-double strength,
that I bought at Barnekov & PETE
fine complexion"
The action OF othine is really re-
markable, for when applied at night,
many OF the freckles disappear entire
ly by morning, and the rest have be-
gun to FADE. An ounce is usually all
that is needed. ven for the worst
case.
Be sure to ask Barnekov g. PETE 70,
the double strength othine, as this Is
sold under a guarantee of money back
II IL falls to rtmove the SIeckles.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28
MAYOR TO BUST A COMBINE.

indianapolis Commission Mems Corner
on Potatoes the Cause.
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 2S.-Mayor
Shank announces that he is deter
mined to break the corner formed by
commission men on potatoes, which
are selling here at $1.60 a bushel. and
for that purpose he has bought a car
load, which viii be placed on the city
market Saturday.
He says the r~tatoes cost 90 cents a
bushel In Michigan and will be sold
here at the Same price with the tight
added.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-28
MRS. SLAIGHT ENTERTaTNS

Mrs. Irving W. Slaight, Of john
sol avenue, Tottenville, had as her
guests yesterday afternoon the mem
bers of the Thimble Club. Mrs.
Harry Smith was also a guest. Games
were played and prizes awarded.
Mrs. Smith was awarded first prize,
oatmeal dishes, and Mrs. C. A. Mar
shall, second, butter dish. Next
week Mrs. P. j. Sprague will enter
tain.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-07

an especial consideration if man is at
tempting to operate truck patch single
handed More important yet, the trucker who
Is able to lay out some money his prop
erty will have some sort of drainage and IT.
rigating system which will carry off surplus
water in the case of tprrential showers and
will, on the other hand, enable him to water
his gardens" when rain famine comes He
will have more or less pretentious green
houses that will enable him to raise early
vegetables and to give his garden stuff an
early start under glass And he may even
have facilities for raising some products in
shade or partial shade. And SO there might
be continued almost indefinitely the enumera-
ton of tn innovations that have bettered
m-dern triRaing conditions, all the way up to
the facilities on those large truck farms
where we find miniature or narrow gauge
railways traversing the trucking area and af-
fording the means Of transferring the vege-
tables berries ETC., in one handling from the
pckers to the boats or railroad cars that are
to convey them to market.
A notable characteristic of modern methods
Of trucking is the extent TO which specialized
ton is being practiced. We still have of
course, farms by the thousand where every
thing from onions to pumpkins raised, but
we also find to an increasing extent, progress
siye men who are devoting their whole invest
ment and energy to one product and endeavor-
ing to secure that extra quality which special
ization produces and which always means
higher prices when the ultimate consumers
learn of It's presence. This explains the '1et-
tuce farms" where nothing but lettuce is cul-
tivated and the celery farms" In Michigan
and elsewhere that concentrate on this capri
cious product and the watermelon patches"
Of the southland so on through a long list
As sequel to this era of specialization has
come the practice of many truckers to- dispose
Of their products direct to the consumers OF
course this means added profits for not only
does it cut out the middleman's margin but in
many instances the trucker finds discriminate
ing city folks willing to pay him more than
the prevailing retail price in order to obtain
products OF exceptional quality and which they
can derend upon being fresh. Some truckers
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GARDEN TROUBLES

This Is the season when gardens grow. Gentle
reader, have you a garden? No? Oh, you live
In city fiat where there wouldn't be room to
stand garden up edgeways? Well move out
Of it right now and go where you can have q
garden. II you can't have one any other way,
make one Everybody makes garden in the
spring. That Is why there is such demand in
the spring for medicine that will correct bad
blood. Nobody ever planted bad blood in his
garden, but before the novice is done with it
he will discover that bad blood is about the most
successful crop he can raise If nature attended
to her business instead of hanging around wait
ing for the man to do most everything himself,
gardening would be more attractive and popular.
But nature simply will not do lick until per-
son gets the ground ready and lays it off in plats
and drills and rows and beds and things and
buys the seeds and plants them
After all that has been accomplished at great
labor and expense nature takes hold and shoves
the sprouts up out Of the soil; but no more for
when the plants have got start once they Will
grow themselves. But they won't take care OF
themselves and nature doesn't, so the man is
compelled to look after them. He has to look
after them all the time. too, because if he isn't
there to work just as hard from then to the
finish, as he did from the beginning to then,
the kind of a garden he will have will cause his
wife and children to giggle at him and prompt
his ne1ghbors to give him the horse ha-ha Be-
sides, there are the weeds and the bugs and the
rain and the drought and the chickens and the
dogs and the cats and the pigs and the boil
Weev1l and the pip and the scale and the codling
moth, and like as not somebody leaves the gate
open and the COWS get in and Well by thun-
der! It's no wonder all our troubles get their
start In garden.-William J. Hampton, in Judge
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these fashionable hotels do not demand cut
rates" because they buy In quantity. Ihey
are so glad to be assured of dependable Vege-
tables of the highest grade that they pay as
much as the same stuff would bring at retall
in the same city.
An interesting 'sside line" that has developed
in connection with twentieth century trucking
is the canning and preserving industry. We
see this tendency exempified in two ways.
First, there is disposition on the part Of
the big canning firms that put UP" tomatoes,
corn, etc, to raise their own vegetables and
in not a few instances in late years the can
ming factories have been moved ito the fields
to be near the source of supply. Secondly,
and more significant, Is the disposition of
truckers to put up in glass or tins their sur
plus products and to market them direct The
farmers wife and daughters, from time out OF
mind, have been stocking the home larder
for winter use In this manner, but 1atterly
they have taken to picking and preserving
for the great outside public as well. In many
instances where the responsibilities have be-
come too much for the women folk on the
truck farm outside help is called in-school
girls eager to earn vacation money: summer
boarders who are willing thus to pay their
way; and factory folk from the neighboring
towns who are out of work temporarily, oW-
ing to the summer "shut downs
Time was when the average farmers wife
was wont to declare that it did not pay to
can or preserve for the market, however much
pride she might take In such work for the
household and however much qualification she
might feel when her jams and stewed fruits
took the prizes at the county fair All this
stigma Of. appropriateness has passed. how
ever. wan the public will pay twenty to
thirty-fve Vents for small glass Of jelly and
as. high as one dollar for a quart jar OF pre-
served fruit it is no use to talk about it being
a thankless job even though it be hot task
On summer day. The truckers have discov-
cred that the public will always pay good and
even faEcy prices for these "by-products" il
they can have the assurance that they are
getting pure products of superior quality put
UP without the use of Injurious preservatiyes
in the sanitary surroundings of a respectable
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the trucking industry than in any other branch
of soil tling The fruit grower who has had
any experience comes to expect the 1nevltaDle
bad years" and to view them with some COM
pacency, and even the grain grower does not
look for the same ratio of profit from every
harvest. However, the truckers, particularly
those operating small farms or patches are
wont to count upon each years productive
ness at a maximum and are CORRESPONDENCE
disappointed when dame nature does not ar
range things to their liking
One explanation too, of the emphatic com
plants that are heard with reference to truck
ing conditions in an unfavorabe year is found
In the number of newcomers in the 1eld-men
and women who prior to their present venture
had never had experience In farming of any
kind. The tales told In recent years of the
profits and delights of trucking, the ease with
which the products can be disposed of, and the
comparatively small outlay required for five
or ten-acre intensive farm" have combined
to lure into the field many people who woe
to them, had no fund of experience to draw
upon. Particularly has this been the case
near our large cities where many small truck
farms have been started by city folks, either
as the side line" Of some city occupation OF
with a view to obtaining an anchorage that
would later permit migration to the country.
AS in poultry raising and other supposedly
Sget rich quick" vocations there have been a
number of more or less bitter Establishments
of late years in tn field of trucking, but, by
and large, the industry has developed ire
mendously 1t has come to be appreciated by
many Of the uninitiated that in truck garden
Ing no more than in any other field can re-
wards be obtained without hard work and that
here, as elsewhere some experience is neces-
sary and that man must expect to pay for
such experience If he has not acquired 1t at
the expense Of somebody else before he struck
out for himself. Moreover, the up-to-date
trucker has come to realize that he must de-
wise means to crcumvent nature when she
frowns just as the fruit growers have dis
covered expedents for lodging frosts and
other menaces.
One truth that is happily being brought
home to many people engaged In or contem-
plating trucking Is that little capital is of
immense advantage just as 1t is in every other
walk Of life. To be sure, the trucker who
leases his holdings or buys ION time" at favor
able terms can set up In business for a sur
prisingly small cash capital and 1t is this DOS
sibility which has attracted to the field SO
many men with very small bank accounts and
women suddenly thrown on their own re
sourcf.l. At the~same time the new entrant
who starts with nest egg" has tremend-
GUS advantage and, for one thing, he will not
be nearly so much at the mercy of the whims
of nature as his fellow trucker who has none
of the modern aids now considered essential
to successful trucking
The thicker with capital has, It goes with
out saying, a full complement Of the tools and
sensive forms ct farming, save time and labor
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ted that the methods now in vogue for keeping
celery are defective for commercial purposes
Truckers are working to solve the problem, how
ever and ultimately will succeed. So, likewise
they are striving for economies in other dlrec-
lions. For example, means have lately been
discovered for utilizing the greenhouses or forc-
ing houses for vegetable raising all through the
summer instead of allowing them to stand idle
throughout the interval. Some crops are found
to do better under glass even in midsummer.
Finally it may be noted that even the potato
has taken standing as truck crop in late years
and thousands Of acres annually planted in
early varieties of potatoes which are harvested
as soon as they attain suitable size and rushed
to market
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Al Reply Was Revised.

''They have grown very touchy y
Alaskan matters In the interior de
partment since the trouble Of the Cas
ningham claims" said coal man ~
other day.
Il had occasion some time ago e
write to the department about q
Alaskan subject that had no bearins
on the situation. I have just Teeelyea
an answer that does not commit aay
body, but IL had ON It the Initials 9
at least six persons, showing that las
reply had been thoroughly considers
and revised before 1t was started Y
my direction. ! guess they are o. fne
lookout for bombs.
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Easy to ARRANGE.

"Do you know what d fortunate W
de boy you are?" rather patronizingH
inquired a young lady Of the ladds
whose mother is her dearest cornradss
s Here, I invited mamma To go agaI
for q lovely time with ne, bit III
wouldn't because It wasn't plass
where we could take children,
she thought she'd rather be at hons
with you. But l don't blame her. q
the wide eyes grew Wistful, 'fos I
think I'd rather stay at home also \
I had a nice little boy like youl
why don't you get one? quertd
the child, briskly. It'll tell d. Johs
son to bring you the next one be finds
Il you like!'
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growing. far below with mother earth
to nourish them
Tbs growth of the trees on the roof.
has loosened the slate as the roots ex-
tended along the rafters. 1t is feared
that there will be considerable dam
age to the building in the course Of
time. Some Of the authorities believe
that the trees should be removed and
the roof repaired Others oppose the
idea on the ground that the trees
growing from the court house dome,
furnish the most effective advertise
ment that the town possesses and at,
tracts many tourists.
It is regarded as extraordinary thai
the trees should thrive with apparent
" but q trife OF earth.
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COUNTRY SCHOOL OF TODAY
Three Hundred Structures Of the
Modern Type Building in Kan
sas This Year.

Topeka, Kan,-Kansas has finally
decided that the old-fashioned, unsan-
itary, ilIlighted and poorly-appointed
schoolhouse does not produce the
best results, and more new and thor
ough1y modern schoolhouses are be-
ing built in the country school dis
tricts this year than ever before.
More school districts have issued
bonds for new buildings this year
than were ever offered to the state
school fund commission before. and
the bonds are for larger amounts.