Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-29

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are enjoying.
AT the quarterly meeting of the Mont
aomery County Association of Voluntee
Firemen. held at Silver Spring on Thurs,
day night of last week. the members agreed
that all departments of the association
should parade as unit in the District Of
Columbia firemen's parade to be held on
Labor Day, Eugene Raney, of Kensing.
'on' member of the executive committee
o. the State Firemen's Association, an.
nounced that Montgomery county stands
sixth among all counties in Maryland with
regard to value and condition of fire ap.
paratus. Local fremen regard this as a
particularly high rating in view of the fact
tnat InanyOf the counties have large cities
to raise their standard. Departments from
Sandy Spring. Hyattslown. Gaithersburg
Rockville. KensingtOn, Takoma Park. Be-
thesda. Chevy Chase and Cabin John were
represented.
Squirrel And Dove HunFing Season
The State Game Warden writes that the
open season for the hunting of Railoird is
September LIST to November 30th, inclusive.
1t is unlawful to hunt squirrel or dove in
the counties of Baltimore. Hartford AM
Howard except between November ,0tt
and December 3lst. inclusive. tits unla WI Al
to hunt squirrel or dove in Allesany OF
Garrett counties except between October
LIST and November 9th, inclusive. 1t is
lawful to hunt squirrel and dove in all other
counties. except those named above, Sep
TENDER LIST to September 30th, inclusive
closed season October LIST to November the
9Th. inclusive: then open season November
10th to December 3lst. inclusive; Federal
regulations provide December 18th as the
fastest date in any year dove can be
hunted and supersedes the State law.)
Bag limit of Railbirds. rs per day
squirrel. 10 per day. and dove. rs per day.
During the years of 1928 and 1929, nuts
of all species and acorns were scarce in the
majority of the counties of the State and
squirrels annoyed our farmers by taking
to their cornfields in quest of feed. How
ever. nuts and acorns are more plentiful
this season than tn y have been for the
past two years and we have not received
complaints from the farmers that the
squirrels were destroying their corn crops.
Due to the extreme drought which has
prevailed since early spring and which at
this time prevails. unless rain comes to
remedy conditions before September list,
it would be very inadvisable for the sports
men of this State to hunt squirrel or dove in
the counties where the law permits hunting
Of these species September LIST. as hunting
during extreme dry periods is very dan
gerous to forests and fields and serious
fires are likely to occur. Maryland has
been visited by the most serious forest fires
in history. The early forest fires. especially
those during May. destroyed thousands of
ground nesting birds and game animals.
However. reports from all sections of the
State are to the effect that game is plenti-
full in our covers.
We sincerely hope that before Septem-
Der LIST arrives, Maryland will be blessed
with bounteous rains. eliminating the dan
Ger of the fire menace and assuring the
sportsmen many joyous days afield.
Judge Gives Ruling On Duplicate
MITE
Holding that where notes are created in
duplicate purporting to be secured by a
single mortgage or trust deed. the one first
negotiated to an innocent purchaser car
ries the mortgage security. Judge Robert
B. Peter. in the circuit court here. last
Friday handed down an opinion awarding
the property involved in the Victor Lehto
case to W. W. Mechanic. whom he held to
bs the first innocent purchaser.
The case has attracted considerable at
tention among lawyers and real estate
men inasmuch as there were six persons
involved in a controversy. all of whom at
tempted to prove that they were holders
Of the note secured by the trust on the
property of Lehto. who fled jurisdiction and
has never been arrested.
According to the testimony. Lehto had
secured deed of trust on property in
Takoma Park and had used this as security
on note for $4,000. He also is said to
have issued five other notes. using the
same deed of trust as security. The notes
were alleeedly issued in the following
order: W. W. Mechanic. November 80
1927; International Finance Corporation
February IA, 1928; Ernest l.. Schmidt
February 81. 1928: Irwin 0winss. February
"a, 1928; Takoma Park Bank, April IL
1928, all of them being executed before
Washington notary public. it was claimed
When Lehto disappeared holders of the
notes attempted to collect on the property
and it was found that there we're duplicate
notes. Suits were filed by each in an effort
to force the trustees to pay the amount
TO the holders.
Judae Peter cited Missouri cases which
drew out of an almost identical manipula'
ton by a man named Joseph S. Chick and
a number of other decisions which adhered
to the rule that the first innocent purchaser
should carry the security.
Robberies Reported.