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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1926-01-28
Objects To Article About Pennington
Fire, But Does Not Specify
Objections.

The letter which follows was re-
ceived from the Pennington Fire
Chief following the publication last
week of an article defending the
Union Fire Company in its sincere
efforts to render that borough aid
during the burning of the historic
Baptist church. The article told of
the record run made by the Union
Company, of Lambertville, when a
phone message was received asking
for help.
When the Union Company reach
ed the fire the members sought sin
cerely to cooperate with the Flem-
ington Firemen, but afterward the
Pennington Chief directed a letter
to the Pennington Council stating
that the Union Company was q
menace to the efforts of the local
firemen."
The article in this paper merely
reflected the public opinion which
roundly denounced such ingratitude
in return for sincere expression
of cooperation from the Lambert
vile Firemen. And as an expression
of appreciation of the Pennington
Borough Council, courteous letter
was sent to the Lambertville De-
partment, enclosing check for
$4,000 as remuneration for any ex-
pense incurred by Union Company.
This speaks more eloquently than
words.
Fire Chief Reardon's letter to the
Editor follows:
Pennington, N. j..
January %, 1926.
Mr.. Gordon Cooper,
Lambertville, N. J.
Dear Sir;-Regarding certain
article or news story printed and
broadcasted in the issue of the
"Lambertville Record" dated January
81, 1926, which article contains false
and libelous statements concerning
the undersigned
BY advice of counsel hereby
request that a complete retraction
of the said false and libelous state
ments shall be made prior to Feb
ruary 6, 1926 and that such retrac-
ton shall be printed in the Lam
bertville Record and given publicity
Ato that given the original
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article
This notice is sent to you as be-
ing the advertised publisher and ed
! itor Of the Lambertville Record at
the time of issue of the statements
heretofore referred to.
Respectfully,
(Signed) JOHN P. REARDON.
ASKED TO SPECIFY
RETRACTIoNs
The following answer was sent
Mr.. Reardon as public letter, ask
ing that he specifically set forth his
objections and the retraction he
requests. The article contained,
among other things, quotation
from Mr.. Reardon's own letter to
the Pennington Council. Does he ask
that his own letter be retracted?
4 At any rate he is cordially invited
u state at any length he chooses the
specifications of his objections, and
he is assured that they will be pub
lished without change or charge. The
answer follows:
Lambertville, N. j.
January 81, 1920.
Mr.. John r. Reardon,
Pennington, N. j.
Dear Sir:-As my regular readers
will testify | have repeatedly said in
my columns that both sides should
be heard in any question. Thus my
columns are always open to the free
statements of the other side of any
article / may publish. And | have
repeatedly published articles refut-
ing my statements, and purporting
to prove the statements of the con-
tender.
The article to which you take~ex-
ception contained several phases re-
lating to the fire at Pennington, in
GLIDING excerpt from your own let
ter to the Pennington Borough Coun
ell. And as your letter demanding
retraction did not specify the phase
of my article to which you object,
| courteously ask that you state
these specifications, and | will gladly
publish them without change, to your
satisfaction.
The article published was in
good faith, and the items included
in it were secured on good author
ity which | am assured will back
the statements. A'ao, in writing the
article was guided to certain ex-
tent by similar articles in other
newspapers, including the Clinton
Democrat, the Washington Star and
the Trenton Times.
However, would be the last to
allow any misstatements to stand
uncorrected, even by myself. And SC
| freely invite your detailed refuta-
tions for equal publicity in my col
umns in indicating yourself.
NV next weeks issue is February
4th, and if you can send me your
statements by Wednesday it can be
printed in that issue, or any later
issue if you wish.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) GORDON COOPER.
Public Letter.
FIRE ENGINEERS PLEASED
WITH LETTER
The letter from the Flemingtor
Borough Council, enclosing the check
for $1,000 to the Union Fire Com.
pany, was read before the Boar
of Fire Engineers, and won theil
hearty appreciation. Chief Thomas
Thorne said that the gentlemanls
courtesy of the letter was a graft
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1926-01-28
STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH

The Mother Church of Stockton.
Services as follows: Sunday School
10 A. NJ, C. E. Society Gas P. NJ,
Preaching 7.30 P. M,
Rev.. A. G. Graham.
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SOLEBURY

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Solebury Farmers Club was
held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. C. Frampton, Saturday evening,
with "a large attendance. A splendid
supper was served by members Of the
club after which the business was
opened with Howard Paxson presid-
ing. After the reading Of the min
utes the new officers were installed:
President, Thomas C. Bagg, Sole
bury; Secretary, Mrs. Frank Magill,
Carversville. Little Nadia Romanenko
recited 1.-THE Tale of Manse." A
piano and violin duet was given
by Master Joseph Price, accompanied
/ by his father, Carol Price.
President Bagg introduced Super
vising Principal Smith, of New Hope,
County Superintendent ]. II. Hoff-
man, of Doylestown, and Carmen
Ross, of Doylestown, each of whom
gave a short talk, followed by the
speaker of the evening, DR.. Lee
! Driver, of the State Board of Educa-
4 ton at Harrisburg. He talked on the
consolidation of schools. His subject
was interspersed with humor, but
conveyed the need for consolidated
school in Solebury. He pointed out
+ the advantages to the children of
such schools, one being an incentive
to continue their education. He ad-
vocated, in reference to the trans
portation question, that if the schools
were provided, good roads would fol-
low After miscellaneous business
the meeting adjourned to meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Samson
in February.
The second meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association of the Solebury
( township schools was held in the
grammar school last Thursday with
a large attendance. Nine of the
4 ten schools of the township were
represented and many of the patrons
of the various schools participated
in the discussions. Rev. Lindsay
johnson presided. Miss Jessie Wal
ton read the minutes of the previous
meeting; Thomas Bagg reported that
the officials for the ensuing year
would be: President, Harry Foster;
vice president, George Worstall;
secretary, Miss Jessie Walton; treas
urer, Mrs. Harry Vasey; program
committee, Forrest Crooks, Harry
Vasey, Mrs. William Tinsman, Mrs
Cyrus Fell, Mrs. Lindsay Johnson.
Supervising Principal Smith, OF
New Hope, commended the teachers
on their efforts to organize loca
Parent-Teachers meetings. He sug-
gested that everyone hear DR.. Dri
yer, Of the State Board of Education
who would speak at the Solebury
Farmers Club on Saturday evening
CONTINUED on fourth page)
STOCKTON BAPTIST CHURCH
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
DEATH TRAPS FOR BIRDS


There is a tremendous mortality
among wild fowl in the states west
of the Mississippi, and the United
States biological survey says that it
is due to systems Of drainage that
ignore living conditions of migratory
wild fowl. The government bureau
has issued a statement saying that
"duck sickness" is general in some
parts Of the West, and estimates
place the number of cases at 100000
in the Bear river marshes Of Utah.
The whole difficulty seems to be a
lack of fresh water ponds in the
western country. It has been sug-
gested in the official reports that
fresh water, if diverted into places
like the Bear river marshes-and the
same condition exists generally in the
western states-would take care Of
bird life. The government recon-
mends the building of dikes miles in
length in order to flood marshes in
the west so as TO provide resting and
feeding grounds for myriads of birds
on their migrations north and south.
While ducks have decreased west of
the 100 meridian they have increased
in tremendous numbers under the fed
eral act in eastern states.
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Il MLrVeStOCk'
-. TO-,

and swine industry is a too rapidly
increasing production and this may
occur as in these classes Of livestock
the turnover is so much more rapid
than in cattle that it requires only
around two years to expand to a
maximum production which viii
naturally reflect itself in depressed
prices. However, the period just past
has taught conservatism of produc-
ton to the majority Of producers and
with the cholera situation in the Mid
die West making inrOads upon the
swine breeding herds and the fact Of
an abnormally heavy demand for
feeding sheep (the heaviest in many
years. by the feed lots of the Corn
belt due to the smaller supply of cat
tie moving; these two factors may
curtail and absorb increased prOduc-
ton sufficiently to allow a mainte-
nance of satisfactory price levels.
However, taking it all around it IS
evident that the undertOne to the cat
tie situation is stronger than on
sheep or swine.
Hog price levels seem to have al
ready commenced their downward
swing and while sheep and lamb
prices have remained virtually steady
the feeling is that they have arrived
at their peak. This is not necessar-
lily a pessimistic viewpoint as even
though decreases are experienced,
present levels are such that declines,
unless they were particularly sharp
and sustained, would not unduly dis
turb the industry.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
NOW BEST time
TO KILL MAGPIES

It is always open season on mag
pies but the best time to kill them is
during the winter when the birds are
hard pressed for food, says o. E..
Stephl, rodent control agent for the
United States biological survey. The
birds fondness for meat makes his
destruction a comparatively simple
matter and control measures recon-
mended by the biological survey are
based on this carnivorous habit. Pork
rind or suet treated with strychnine
and placed where other animals can
not reach it has been found to be
effective in killing magpies.
Discussing the habits Of the mag
pie which have caused him to fall
from grace in the eyes of man, Mr..
Stephl says:
The bad reputation Of the magpie
is due chiefly to his carnivOrOus ap-
petite. This desire for meat leads
the bird to feed upon living creatures
Stock is attacked when sick anC
weak. Branding time offers particu.
larly favorable opportunity for the
bird to satisfy his natural craving
Often large holes are pecked into az
animal, causing annoyance, loss Of
flesh and sometimes death.
Poisoning has become one Of thu
chief means Of frightening the mag
pie and operations of this kind arr
most effective in the winter wher
food is scarce. The use Of poison
bait is particularly effective whel
the ground is covered with snow
and the usual supply of food is hid
den and hard to get.
Pork rind, suet, lard or liqui,
grease may be used. One-eightl
ounce of strychnine to a square foo
of pork rind or to a quart of suet
lard or grease is recommended. Aka
loid strychnine, which is powdered il
form, is sprinkled over the carrying
agent and mixed with it. Whe.
pork rind is used the fat surface i
cut into small squares and the strych
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24

izatiOn In Armenia, but It created q
vast army Of homeless. Il Is estimated
that approximately 80 per cent Of the
homes in the tiny country were de-
strOyed and people are living In bitter
zero weather in rough dugOuts, with
out SUFFICIENT food or blankets and
practically no fuel.
A large number Of the victims are
children and many new Orphana have
been forced upon the rslisf Organise
ton for care. Approximately $1,0Oas-
600 win be required to meet the earth.
quake needs and 70 care for the chill
dren already In the OrDhanages until
June. The Golden Rule Sunday cam
paign, endorsed By President Coolidge
Is the only answer to the situation.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24

Morton Memorial Church Program.
On Friday evening of this week, a
program entitled: "The Best Christ
mas" will be rendered at 1880 o'clock,
at the Morton Memorial Methodist
church, at the corner of East Lamme
and North Church streets. On Sun
day evening, at the sans church, the
Christmas pageant, "The Kings
Tribute, will be repeated upon ur-
gent request by friends, who found It
thoroughly fine as rendered last Sun
day evening. The cast of characters
for this pageant is the following:
Spirit of Love-Mrs. Esther Rob-
erts0n.
Memory-Mrs. R. E. Hickey.
Truth-Miss Dora Richardson.
Group Of children-Corrine Dunbar,
Mae Randall, Raymond Cass and How
ard Pierce.
Shepherds-Gene Grouse, Edwin
Harding, Frederick Klein.
~Angels-Misses Agnes Brown, Be
atrice Creecy, Mamie Crum, Marie
Cloninger, Helen Jones, Ruth Hard
ing, Mamie Kimmerer and Mrs. Bor-
der.
Mary-Miss Anna NOrdquist.
Joseph-C. H. Henry.
Wise Men. M. Dunbar, Don Grit.
fin, Ben Jordan.
intermediate Girl-Miss Hazel Bor-
der.
Pianist and Directories. C. 81
Henry.
Clarinet Accompanies - Richard
Young.
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Copyright 1926 by Hoyle. j..
ARTICLE No 9

The bidding in auction is undoubted-
~ more important than the play, but
the difference is not great enough for a
player to feel that he has mastered the
game when he has mastered the bid
ding. The play of the hands viii always
be important both from an offensive
standpoint (the winning of the games),
and from a defensive standpoint (the
saving Of games). The offensive play is
important when playing with the dunn
my and it is really remarkable how
many players fail to make the most OF
their opportunities. Defensive play is
always more difficult than offensive
play because you cannot know definite
ly what your partner holds. When play
ing with the dummy, however, a player
has twenty-six cards with which to get
the best results. There is no guess work
connected with It so that If q mistake
is made, it is due to faulty use Of known
materials. The following hands Illustrate
two important principles Of dummy
play and should be carefully noted. An
analysis will be giveni in the next article
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24

One Of the valuable lessons which
came out of the chaos incident to
postwar readjustments has been that
regardless Of the line Of production
followed by the experienced producer,
he should stay with his particular
line, with reasonable Investigation,
through fair weather or foul. 1t has
been most fOrcibly proved that the.
"in-and-outer" as a general thing is
on the wrong side Of the market, par
ticularly those who endeavor to fol-
low the market with production. AS
a rule, producers who pursue these
tactics don't have the commodity
when prices are high and they do
have it when prices are low due TO
the overproductiOn, thus losing the
benefit of the law of averages ac-
cruing TO the consistent producer.
In the cattle industry the producer
who weathered the period of distress
is nov slated to reap his reward,
particularly if he retained his breed
ing stock and improved its lines.
We have had a good example of
what happened in the swine industry
to those who remained with the
business through the period of lower
price levels as their operations have
become highly profitable and the
sheepman's prosperity in recent
years has amply rewarded those who
were able to stay with their prOduc-
ton.
The only condition which may top
pie over the maintenance of the
satisfactory price levels in the sheer
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24

dramatic poster by G.. Pat
rick Nelson. prize winner in the
thousand dollar contest con-
Quoted by Henry MOrgsnthau for the
best poster for the Golden Rule Sun
day campaign Of the Near East Relief,
tells in graphic fashion the story Of
the'Armenian earthquake disaster. Pri-
MARTY intended to provide funds for
the child welfare work Of the relief
organization in Armenia, syria, Pales-
tine, Turkey, Persia, and Greece, the
Golden Rule Sunday campaign this
year win be used to collect funds for
the earthquake victims. The disaster
not only upset a large part Of the re-
constructive efforts Of the relief organ
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
BRAKE EQUALIZER
REVEN SKIDDING

A simple means of preventing skid
ding by a motor vehicle was de-
scribed by the inventor, G. L. Smith,
at a recent meeting Of the Washing
ton section of the Society of Auto-
motive Engineers in the national cap
itaL This is called a brake torque
equalizer and its function is to vary
the braking pressure on the brake
drums of the wheels On the opposite
sides Of the q as the friction or
hold Of the tires on the two sides
varies.
To accomplish this object, the in
YentOr uses bell-cranks and a con-
Meeting cross rod. The cranks are
rivOted on the axle, with their yer
teal arms connected by the cross
rod and their horizontal arms pivoted
to the brake-band operating arms.
Thus the brake arms have floating
anchorages instead Of being anchored
to fixed parts Of the chassis and are
~interacting. The brake bands, there
fore, can rotate to a limited extent
in opposite directions when unbal.
anSed forces exist; the band that
pulls the harder wiz rotate with it,
drum and the band pressure win b
reduced This action automatically
reverses the band on the opposit.
drum, and the backward movemen.
increases the pressure. hence tk.
braking pressure on the two drums
is equalized with the tire friction 81
the road.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24

work that occupied part of the after
noon. There were also several
laughable stunts performed under
the direction of Mrs. w. T. Thomp-
son, who had the dignified ladies
pitching balls to test for membership
in a basketball team and also thread
ing needles, while sitting upon the
edge of a rolling glass jug. Dinner
was served at 4:3O o'clock and Christ
mas carols were in the musical pro-
gram that accompanied.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
M. N. o. Club.

Mrs. E. H. Schumacher was host
ess for the M. N. o. club, last Monday
evening, with ten members present.
In addition to the customary program
Of visiting over ~needlewOrk, there
was, upon this OCCASION, a miniature
chimney in the center Of the dining
table, and Santa Claus made active
use of the chimney. Each club mem
Der received a choice gift package
and the packages were all compared
and admired, while the hostess served
hot tamales with red lemonade. A
brilliant Christmas tree was a dec
o~rative feature, in addition to the
chimney.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
c. C.. Card Club.

Mrs. Steve O'Donnel was hostess
for the c. C. Card club, last Thurs
day afternoon, in her home on South
Tracy avenue. The twelve members
of the club were seated about a lunch
con table at 1870 o'clock, enjoying
the charmingly served menu in the
midst of Christmas greens. Follow
ing the luncheon service, a few hours
wer spent by the club with the game
of bridge.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
Bump-Harding.

Bump-Harding.
The marriage service, uniting Mrs.
Jennie Bump of Fargo, North Dakota,
with Shade Shelton Harding of BOze-
man, was conducted by Rev. E. 7.
Standifer at the parsonage of the
Morton Memorial Methodist church,
last Saturday evening, at $3.50 o'clock.
Attending the service were Mrs. Lena
Border, Miss Ruth Harding, and
Richard Young. Mr.. and Mrs,
Harding will be at home to their
friends at GOT East Mendenhall
street, Mr.. Harding being connected
with the Montana Flour Mills COM
pany.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
E PROGRAM DAYS

supper table and it bore at least two
gift packages for each member of
the club. One gift was of real
worth and seriously desirable, while
the second package was, in each case,
of comical nature and brought much
laughter as it was opened.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
Wedding A-miversary.

Wedding Anniversary.
A company Of friends, who had sc-
cepted an invitation to apend last
Friday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. N. Wood on South Third
avenue, heard the surprising sound Of
q wedding march, played by Miss Vim
eta Lee, and then saw Rev. R. P.
Smith leading what appeared to be
a wedding party marching. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wood and Mr.. and Mrs. 7. F.
Stevenson made up the marching
party, celebrating the ceremony that
had been conducted forty-six years
before. Rev. Mr.. Smith then led the
friends in the ceremony Of heaping
congratulations upon Mr.. and Mrs,
Wood for the successful achievement
Of their As years Of united living.
Mr.. 7. F. Stevenson read a poem.
which had been written by Floyd
Wood, telling in humorous fashion Of
the details Of courtship by his par
ents. This brought gales Of laugh
ter. Then followed several Scotch
songs by William Niven, who re-
sponded generously to calls for en,
core. Refreshments were served b.
Mrs. Wood, with the help Of Mrs
Melberg and the delightful function
was closed with the singing o.
blessed BE the Tie That Binda.D tn.
guests having part IN the good tml
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24

nine sprinkled over it. The rind is
then hung in exposed places where
the birds can pick off small portions
of the poisoned fat. Shallow holes
bored into fence posts or on the roofs
of buildings male good receptacles for
other bats. Care should be taken to
keep poisoned bats out of reach Of
! domestic animals.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
Bethany Bible Class.

DaLIIdIIy DIUIt OIdoes
Twenty-three members of the Beth
any Bible class of the Presbyterian
church enjoyed the December social
session at the home Of Mrs. J. E.
Daniels on South Tracy avenue The
holiday spirit prevailed in decorations
of rooms and tables and in the hand
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24

were Messrs. and Mesdames Floyd
Wood, M. R. Wilson, ]. L. Stats, T..
F. Stevenson J.. c Nicely, E. ]. S.
Moore, John Wylie, Rev. and Mrs. R.
P. Smith, Mesdames S Grant, J. N.
Brown. Belshaw, Mehlenberg, Vineta
Lee and William Niven.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
High School Dance.

A large company of parents ac-
cepted the invitation of the High
School club named 'The Keys" to at
tend their dancing party, last Friday
evening, at the High School gymna-
stun. The Keys gave the dance for
the purpose of earning funds for use
by the athletic department of the
school and their purpose was attained
with happy success.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
R. z. 2. Club.

Christmas time was paid due re-
spect by the R. 2. 2. club, in ses-
sion last Monday evening at the home
of Mrs. Arthur Cutting. The bright
ly lighted tree found place upon the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
Elks' Dancing Party.

More than one hundred and twenty
persons enjoyed an evening of dane
ing at the Elks' home, last Thursday,
with the Eckhoff Orchestra providing
music that proved an inspiration for
happy dancing. Plans were COM
pleted, at this time, for the organi-
cation of an Elks' Dancing club, with
an enrolment Of one hundred MEM
bers.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-24
Mid Week Dancing Club.

On Tuesday evening of this week,
the Mid-Week Dancing club, to the
number of fifty couples, held happy
session at Toxic Village. The GUS
tomary program of dancing and sup
per occupied the evening.