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CATSKILL MOUNTAIN NEWS Vol. 75. No. 5. Whole Number 3817. MARGARETVILLE, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1937. ESTABLISHED 1868 Price—Five Cent* Diamond Drill at Downsville Hits Tiny Coal Veins Two Strata Not More Than An Inch Thick. Nothing To Get Excited About COURT ACTION MAY STOP ROAD 150 ,Ft. Water in Dam Test Boring Under Way at Six Points. Drills Cost $1000 Each By Charles T. White The Sullivan Machinery Com- pany of Chicago, specializing in test borings, working for the New York Board of Water Supply, is making rapid progress at Downs- ville, Willowemoc, Lewbeach, Gra- hamsville, Lackawack and near Newburg, using diamond rotary •drills, and preserving a core of rock, where rock is drilled, of 1% inches, all of such cores are pre- served in wood boxes or cabinets, with proper marks for identifica- tion. At Downsville two very thin veins of anthracite coal have been encountered, but as they were less than an inch thick there is nothing to get excited about. "Anyone mining those veins would pay about $5,000 a ton to get the coal, and that does not look like a money-making proposi- tion," said Robert Harlow, in charge of the drillers on Monday last. The Downsville drillers have finished boring near the Holliday Brook, and are now on the hillside in the pasture of the 100-acre farm belonging to Rev. E. S. Travis, a former Downsville Baptist min- ister, now living in Canaan, Conn. Two eight-hour shifts are being worked, partly with local help, -checking on the progress. The local men are Bill Dutcher and Edson Smith, both of Pepacton. Mr. Harlow, who hails from Shipman, Va., carries the diamond drills around in his trouser poc- ket. They are worth $1,000 apiece, but they don't look it. It would •be useless for gangsters to "stick- up" Mr. Harlow. They wouldn't know where to dispose of the 75 diamonds in each drill after they got them. The Sullivan Company is one of the largest concerns specializing in this kind of work. They are sending a drilling gang to South Africa this month. The Downsville dam, from pres- ent indications, will have a con- crete core wall at least 100 feet down to the solid rock under the surface of the Delaware above Downsville, and the top of the dam -will rise about 150 feet above the mean surface of the ground, giving the dam about 150 feet of water at the lower end, and backing it up to Dunraven and More's Falls •on the Andes road. The villages of Pepacton, Shavertown, Union Grove, Arena and probably Dun- raven, will be submerged, and the valley transformed in appearance for more than 15 miles. Solid rock was encountered at 52 feet at the Holliday Brook bor- ing, but the drill is down 62 feet at the Travis farm without reach- ing solid rock. The intake tunnel, connecting the Downsville dam by aqueduct With the supplies at Willowemoc, lewbeach, Rondout and Neversink u»d Lackawack will be about two miles above Downsville at Miller Fear for Five Mile Stretch Be- tween Kingston and West Hurley That a taxpayers suit may be the outgrowth of the state's new alignment for the five mile stretch of four-lane concrete road which is to be built this year between Kingston and West Hurley was in- timated Monday night by Max Ferro, president of the West Hur- ley and Vicinity Taxpayers' Associ- ation, at the special meeting of the Ulster County Board of Super- visors. Mr. Ferro, who was given the privilege of the floor, said that the taking of land that belongs to the people of the state, and land that is under the care of the con- servation department, is illegal. He contended also that the Con- servation Department is granting the State Highway Department the right to this land under a sec- tion of law which does not apply to the new location of roads but to existing highways which may be straightened by the taking of for- est land on curves or to straighten existing highways. "This new lo- cation will require some 2,400 feet, from five different lots of conservation land," said Mr. Ferro, "and it is unnecessary, unwise and a great expense to the people. We don't oppose the new road. We do oppose the new location from Stony Hollow to the Zena road in- tersection where there will be a forty-eight foot fill for a distance of 1,800 feet and there is a ques- tion if such a fill will be effective for much of it will be in swamp land where a solid base is question- able." The Taxpayers' Association pres- ident further stated that he had been in communication with both Colonel Frederick Stuart Greene and Commissioner Brandt, seeing the latter in Poughkeepsie and telling him that the proposed new road could not be built for the en- gineers estimate of $485,000 and the cost would be nearer a million dollars. Home Bureau Seeks Members An enrollment drive to increase next year's Home bureau member- ship is now under way, according to Miss Beatrice Fehr, Delhi, home demonstration agent. With the exception of the achievement day rally to be held in Delhi, May 21, Home bureau activities will be dis- continued until next fall. Each of the 32 units in the county will hold enrollment drives. Prospective members will have an opportunity to interview project leaders and enroll in one or more projects for next year. Firemen Have Run The Grand Gorge firemen were called to the Joe Gallo farm, about five miles from the village Sunday afternoon. The fire was confined to the upper part of the house and little damage was done.— Grand Gorge Cor. Kellogg Principal Resigns Donald M. Charles, principal of the Kellogg central school at Treadwell has resigned that posi- tion to accept the post of super- vising principal of the Mineville. He takes the place of R. B. Vetter, a former local principal. Hollow, and run in a straight line to the Hudson River. The test boring at Downsville is scheduled to be finished by May 24, but the stay of the drillers may be pro- longed by accident. Up to the present there have been no acci- dents. The drilling is done with gas engine power. Cauliflower May Be Frozen Here To Help Prices Committee Hears Expert Who Explains Jersey Process in Detail Those Present Auction Block Here Prob- ably Ready Late in July This Year The advisory committee of the cauliflower auction for Catskill mountains met here last week to lay plans for the cauliflower auc- tion to be established here this summer. Those present were Harold Gar- rison, Arkville; chairman of the committee; Andrew Van Benschot- en, New Kingston; Leslie Stahl and Casper Bellows, Margaretville; Frank Todd, Stamford; Henry Hornbeck, Harpersfield; S. V. Dickman, Meridale; John S. Burns, Bovina, and Floyd Davis, Shaver- town. J. C. Crissey, president of the G. L. F. Margeting corporation, discussed possible location of the block with the committee. Later he introduced Dr. Frank App, who is associated with the processing of fruits and vegetables under the "Birdseye" brand. He explained that fruits and vegeta- bles from about 20,000 acres would be processed at the southern New Jersey plant this year. Cauliflower is just one of the crops for which the "freezing" method has been adopted as a method of preserva- tion. Dr. App, who is familiar with merchandising methods of western farm groups, discussed these meth- ods and how some of them might have practical application on caul- iflower in this section. The committee discussed ways and means of contacting buyers and other details of the auction set-up. It is anticipated that the auc- tion will begin operation late in July or early in August. Frederick Gosso Frederick Gosso passed away at the Benedictine hospital, Kingston, on Friday, after an illness of sev- eral weeks caused by heart trouble. The funeral services were held Monday in the Pine Hill Presby- terian church, interment in the Pine Hill cemetery. Mr. Gosso, who was forty-four years of age, is survived by his widow and three children, his mother, Mrs. Celia Hornbeck, and one brother, Earl Gosso. Heartfelt sympathy is extended to the family by friends and neigh- bors who for so many years has made his home in our village.— Pine Hill Cor. Votes Approve Bond Issue The new fire district met ap- proval at the polls at Reside's hall at Kelly Corners last Saturday by the vote of 33 for and 8 against. It is probable that the commis- sioners will soon purchase appar- atus and fire protection for the communities outside of the village will be an accomplished fact. The vote on Saturday was to appropriate $8,000 or as much of that sum as was found necessary : to purchase the equipment. PHOENICIA WATER UNSATISFACTORY Polluted Stream Runs Dry In Summer. Hearing Soon. A hearing on proposed plans for the improvement of the water sup- ply system for the Phoenicia Water District will be held about the middle of next month following the submission of the report of an engineer. The hearing had been requested by the State Department of Health to indicate what action the water board intended to take in compli- ance with the state board's recom- mendations made some time ago. A letter from the State Board of Health explaining the situation in the Phoenicia Water District stated that "the principal supply of this district is secured from a spring-fed brook on the slope of Mt. Tremper which brook is ex- posed to pollution by those who may visit its watershed." This brook fails to supply suffi- cient water during the summer, the letter said, and an auxiliary supply has, in the past been se- cured from Muddy Brook and the Esopus Creek. This auxiliary sup- ply it has been necessary to dis- infect but the results have been "unsatisfactory" because of "crude equipment." The department recommended that "a new and adequate source of supply be developed which will yield water of safe sanitary qual- ity." As an alternative, the depart- ment suggested the installation of suitable chlorinators for the treat- ment of the main and auxiliary supplies. $6,000 in Beverage Tax Channing Garrison, Delaware county treasurer, mailed checks to 15 townships in the county in the second apportionment of beverage tax money. Aggregate payment in the county was $6,293.04. Towns to which payments were made: Bovina, $197.27; Colchester, $636.85; Davenport, $76.84; De- posit, $94.30; Hamden, $299.62; Harpersfield, $323.67; Kortright, $342.86; Masonville, $218.51; Mere- dith, $331.34; Midletown, $903.71; Roxbury, $580.05; Sidney, $986.10; Stamford, $547.81; Tompkins, $426.01, and Walton, $328.10. Prominent Farmer Under Kulfe George B. Robertson, prominent farmer of the Winter Hollow sec- tion of the valley, was taken to the Margaretville hospital Tues- day evening, where he was op- erated upon for appendicitis Wed- nesday by Dr. Maurer. Friends were encouraged by the report that offending appendix was successfully removed and that he is convalescing very nicely.— New Kingston Cor. Hosier to Gain Freedom Lloyd Hosier, Delaware county's ace criminal, will not return to At- tica to serve the remainder of a five yean sentence for burglary, according to parole board officials. Hosier was released under parole several weeks ago. His most re- cent escapade, a fight in the Tre- penning home in Stamford result- ed in his arrest and sentence to the county jail for 10 days. He will serve an additional 10 days for an unpaid $10 fine. Prize Speaking Results At the prize speaking contest of the Andes Central School last Wednesday night, Virginia Hanlon took first prize and Mary Liddle, second, Floyd Titch took first for the boys and Fletcher Doig, sec- ond. At Fleischmanns Friday night, Miss Hanlon again took first place.—Andes Cor. Ulster County Not Anxious For Negro Invasion Community Is Not "Run Down at Heels" Says Mayor of Kingston Expansion Coming "Only a Beginning" Says Secretary of Negro Who Calls Himself God Ulster County has prospered for several hundred years without Father Divine and can easily con- tinue to do so, Mayor Conrad J. Heisclman of Kingston, replied in- dignantly Monday night to a state- ment by John Lamb, white secre- tary of the Negro evangelist and head of his heavenly brain trust, that the Divine Peace Mission Movement was improving the county "financially, economically and every other way." Mayor Heisclman and other Kingston officials took particular exception to Mr. Lamb's comment that "Ulster County is filled with abandoned farms, collapsing build- ings, and poor, old people who for years and years have just managed to eke out a bare living by very hai'd work." "These people would naturally object until they learn the value of this thing," said Mr. Lamb. "But wherever Father goes he draws all kinds of business and makes things prosperous. He will draw people from all parts of the world to Ulster County. He'll make property up there more val- uable and it will benefit the whole community." Ulster County will be only the beginning, Mr. Lamb added. "It will spread throughout the coun- try in the same way," he said. There are already thirty extension heavens in New York, and in twenty-nine other states, and five foreign lands, Canada, British Indies, Australia, Switzerland, and Germany. "I very much resent any state- ment that Ulster County is run down at the heels," said the May- or. "Anyone who doubts we are a progressive community should pay us a visit. Good substantial industries are always welcome here and they are the only kind we want." "The statement is ridiculous on the face of it," agreed Mr. LaMot- te. "As I see it, the threatened invasion of Father Divine and his followers will prove more a detri- ment than a benefit to Ulster County." Mr. Lamb, in an interview at the Divine "heaven" in Now York, said that although there has been tremendous expansion of the Di- vine farmlands and enterprises in Ulster County, the "promised land," during the last six months, there would be "even greater ex- pansion" during the next half year.—Kingston Freeman. Has No Assets Samuel A. Conklin, a farm work- man of Hamden, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in federal court Saturday. He owes $2,777 and has no assets. The creditors include First National Bank, se- cured for $647, and Abram Dela- meter, $403, both of Hamden, and Amasa J. Seaman, of Delancey, $800.
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CATSKILL MOUNTAIN NEWS Vol. 75. No. 5. Whole Number 3817. MARGARETVILLE, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1937. ESTABLISHED 1868 Price—Five Cent*
Diamond Drill at Downsville Hits Tiny Coal Veins
Two Strata Not More Than An Inch Thick. Nothing To Get Excited About
COURT ACTION MAY STOP ROAD
150 ,Ft. Water in Dam Test Boring Under Way at
Six Points. Drills Cost $1000 Each
By Charles T. White The Sullivan Machinery Com
pany of Chicago, specializing in test borings, working for the New York Board of Water Supply, is making rapid progress at Downsville, Willowemoc, Lewbeach, Gra-hamsville, Lackawack and near Newburg, using diamond rotary •drills, and preserving a core of rock, where rock is drilled, of 1% inches, all of such cores are preserved in wood boxes or cabinets, with proper marks for identification.
At Downsville two very thin veins of anthracite coal have been encountered, but as they were less than an inch thick there is nothing to get excited about.
"Anyone mining those veins would pay about $5,000 a ton to ge t the coal, and that does not look like a money-making proposition," said Robert Harlow, in charge of the drillers on Monday last.
The Downsville drillers have finished boring near the Holliday Brook, and are now on the hillside in the pasture of the 100-acre farm belonging to Rev. E. S. Travis, a former Downsville Baptist minister, now living in Canaan, Conn. Two eight-hour shifts are being worked, partly with local help, -checking on the progress. The local men are Bill Dutcher and Edson Smith, both of Pepacton.
Mr. Harlow, who hails from Shipman, Va., carries the diamond drills around in his trouser pocket . They are worth $1,000 apiece, but they don't look it. I t would •be useless for gangsters to "stick-up" Mr. Harlow. They wouldn't know where to dispose of the 75 diamonds in each drill after they got them. The Sullivan Company is one of the largest concerns specializing in this kind of work. They are sending a drilling gang to South Africa this month.
The Downsville dam, from prese n t indications, will have a concrete core wall at least 100 feet down to the solid rock under the surface of the Delaware above Downsville, and the top of the dam -will rise about 150 feet above the mean surface of the ground, giving the dam about 150 feet of water a t the lower end, and backing it u p to Dunraven and More's Falls •on the Andes road. The villages of Pepacton, Shavertown, Union Grove, Arena and probably Dun-raven, will be submerged, and the valley transformed in appearance for more than 15 miles.
Solid rock was encountered at 52 feet at the Holliday Brook boring, but the drill is down 62 feet at the Travis farm without reaching solid rock.
The intake tunnel, connecting t h e Downsville dam by aqueduct With the supplies at Willowemoc, lewbeach, Rondout and Neversink u»d Lackawack will be about two miles above Downsville at Miller
Fear for Five Mile Stretch Between Kingston and West
Hurley
That a taxpayers suit may be the outgrowth of the state's new alignment for the five mile stretch of four-lane concrete road which is to be built this year between Kingston and West Hurley was intimated Monday night by Max Ferro, president of the West Hurley and Vicinity Taxpayers' Association, at the special meeting of the Ulster County Board of Supervisors.
Mr. Ferro, who was given the privilege of the floor, said that the taking of land that belongs to the people of the state, and land that is under the care of the conservation department, is illegal. He contended also that the Conservation Department is granting the State Highway Department the right to this land under a section of law which does not apply to the new location of roads but to existing highways which may be straightened by the taking of forest land on curves or to straighten existing highways. "This new location will require some 2,400 feet, from five different lots of conservation land," said Mr. Ferro, "and it is unnecessary, unwise and a great expense to the people. We don't oppose the new road. We do oppose the new location from Stony Hollow to the Zena road intersection where there will be a forty-eight foot fill for a distance of 1,800 feet and there is a question if such a fill will be effective for much of it will be in swamp land where a solid base is questionable."
The Taxpayers' Association president further stated that he had been in communication with both Colonel Frederick Stuart Greene and Commissioner Brandt, seeing the lat ter in Poughkeepsie and telling him that the proposed new road could not be built for the engineers estimate of $485,000 and the cost would be nearer a million dollars.
Home Bureau Seeks Members An enrollment drive to increase
next year's Home bureau membership is now under way, according to Miss Beatrice Fehr, Delhi, home demonstration agent. With the exception of the achievement day rally to be held in Delhi, May 21, Home bureau activities will be discontinued until next fall.
Each of the 32 units in the county will hold enrollment drives. Prospective members will have an opportunity to interview project leaders and enroll in one or more projects for next year.
Firemen Have Run The Grand Gorge firemen were
called to the Joe Gallo farm, about five miles from the village Sunday afternoon. The fire was confined to the upper part of the house and little damage was done.— Grand Gorge Cor.
Kellogg Principal Resigns Donald M. Charles, principal of
the Kellogg central school at Treadwell has resigned that position to accept the post of supervising principal of the Mineville. He takes the place of R. B. Vetter, a former local principal.
Hollow, and run in a straight line to the Hudson River. The test boring at Downsville is scheduled to be finished by May 24, but the stay of the drillers may be prolonged by accident. Up to the present there have been no accidents. The drilling is done with gas engine power.
Cauliflower May Be Frozen Here
To Help Prices Committee Hears Expert
Who Explains Jersey Process in Detail
Those Present Auction Block Here Prob
ably Ready Late in July This Year
The advisory committee of the cauliflower auction for Catskill mountains met here last week to lay plans for the cauliflower auction to be established here this summer.
Those present were Harold Garrison, Arkville; chairman of the committee; Andrew Van Benschot-en, New Kingston; Leslie Stahl and Casper Bellows, Margaretville; Frank Todd, Stamford; Henry Hornbeck, Harpersfield; S. V. Dickman, Meridale; John S. Burns, Bovina, and Floyd Davis, Shaver-town.
J. C. Crissey, president of the G. L. F. Margeting corporation, discussed possible location of the block with the committee.
Later he introduced Dr. Frank App, who is associated with the processing of fruits and vegetables under the "Birdseye" brand. He explained that fruits and vegetables from about 20,000 acres would be processed at the southern New Jersey plant this year. Cauliflower is just one of the crops for which the "freezing" method has been adopted as a method of preservation.
Dr. App, who is familiar with merchandising methods of western farm groups, discussed these methods and how some of them might have practical application on cauliflower in this section.
The committee discussed ways and means of contacting buyers and other details of the auction set-up.
I t is anticipated that the auction will begin operation late in July or early in August.
Frederick Gosso Frederick Gosso passed away at
the Benedictine hospital, Kingston, on Friday, after an illness of several weeks caused by heart trouble.
The funeral services were held Monday in the Pine Hill Presbyterian church, interment in the Pine Hill cemetery.
Mr. Gosso, who was forty-four years of age, is survived by his widow and three children, his mother, Mrs. Celia Hornbeck, and one brother, Earl Gosso.
Heartfelt sympathy is extended to the family by friends and neighbors who for so many years has made his home in our village.— Pine Hill Cor.
Votes Approve Bond Issue The new fire district met ap
proval at the polls at Reside's hall at Kelly Corners last Saturday by the vote of 33 for and 8 against.
I t is probable that the commissioners will soon purchase apparatus and fire protection for the communities outside of the village will be an accomplished fact.
The vote on Saturday was to appropriate $8,000 or as much of that sum as was found necessary :to purchase the equipment.
PHOENICIA WATER UNSATISFACTORY
Polluted Stream Runs Dry In Summer. Hearing Soon.
A hearing on proposed plans for the improvement of the water supply system for the Phoenicia Water District will be held about the middle of next month following the submission of the report of an engineer.
The hearing had been requested by the State Department of Health to indicate what action the water board intended to take in compliance with the state board's recommendations made some time ago.
A letter from the State Board of Health explaining the situation in the Phoenicia Water District stated that "the principal supply of this district is secured from a spring-fed brook on the slope of Mt. Tremper which brook is exposed to pollution by those who may visit its watershed."
This brook fails to supply sufficient water during the summer, the letter said, and an auxiliary supply has, in the past been secured from Muddy Brook and the Esopus Creek. This auxiliary supply it has been necessary to disinfect but the results have been "unsatisfactory" because of "crude equipment."
The department recommended that "a new and adequate source of supply be developed which will yield water of safe sanitary quality."
As an alternative, the department suggested the installation of suitable chlorinators for the treatment of the main and auxiliary supplies.
$6,000 in Beverage Tax Channing Garrison, Delaware
county treasurer, mailed checks to 15 townships in the county in the second apportionment of beverage tax money. Aggregate payment in the county was $6,293.04.
Towns to which payments were made:
B o v i n a , $197.27; Colchester, $636.85; Davenport, $76.84; Deposit, $94.30; Hamden, $299.62; Harpersfield, $323.67; Kortright, $342.86; Masonville, $218.51; Meredith, $331.34; Midletown, $903.71; Roxbury, $580.05; Sidney, $986.10; Stamford, $547.81; Tompkins, $426.01, and Walton, $328.10.
Prominent Farmer Under Kulfe George B. Robertson, prominent
farmer of the Winter Hollow section of the valley, was taken to the Margaretville hospital Tuesday evening, where he was operated upon for appendicitis Wednesday by Dr. Maurer.
Friends were encouraged by the report that offending appendix was successfully removed and that he is convalescing very nicely.— New Kingston Cor.
Hosier to Gain Freedom Lloyd Hosier, Delaware county's
ace criminal, will not return to Attica to serve the remainder of a five yean sentence for burglary, according to parole board officials. Hosier was released under parole several weeks ago. His most recent escapade, a fight in the Tre-penning home in Stamford resulted in his arrest and sentence to the county jail for 10 days. He will serve an additional 10 days for an unpaid $10 fine.
Prize Speaking Results At the prize speaking contest
of the Andes Central School last Wednesday night, Virginia Hanlon took first prize and Mary Liddle, second, Floyd Titch took first for the boys and Fletcher Doig, second. At Fleischmanns Friday night, Miss Hanlon again took first place.—Andes Cor.
Ulster County Not Anxious For Negro Invasion
Community Is Not "Run Down at Heels" Says
Mayor of Kingston
Expansion Coming "Only a Beginning" Says
Secretary of Negro Who Calls Himself God
Ulster County has prospered for several hundred years without Father Divine and can easily continue to do so, Mayor Conrad J. Heisclman of Kingston, replied indignantly Monday night to a statement by John Lamb, white secretary of the Negro evangelist and head of his heavenly brain trust, that the Divine Peace Mission Movement was improving the county "financially, economically and every other way."
Mayor Heisclman and other Kingston officials took particular exception to Mr. Lamb's comment that "Ulster County is filled with abandoned farms, collapsing buildings, and poor, old people who for years and years have just managed to eke out a bare living by very hai'd work."
"These people would naturally object until they learn the value of this thing," said Mr. Lamb. "But wherever Father goes he draws all kinds of business and makes things prosperous. He will draw people from all parts of the world to Ulster County. He'll make property up there more valuable and it will benefit the whole community."
Ulster County will be only the beginning, Mr. Lamb added. "It will spread throughout the country in the same way," he said. There are already thirty extension heavens in New York, and in twenty-nine other states, and five foreign lands, Canada, British Indies, Australia, Switzerland, and Germany.
"I very much resent any statement that Ulster County is run down at the heels," said the Mayor. "Anyone who doubts we are a progressive community should pay us a visit. Good substantial industries are always welcome here and they are the only kind we want."
"The statement is ridiculous on the face of it," agreed Mr. LaMot-te. "As I see it, the threatened invasion of Father Divine and his followers will prove more a detriment than a benefit to Ulster County."
Mr. Lamb, in an interview a t the Divine "heaven" in Now York, said that although there has been tremendous expansion of the Divine farmlands and enterprises in Ulster County, the "promised land," during the last six months, there would be "even greater expansion" during the next half year.—Kingston Freeman.
Has No Assets Samuel A. Conklin, a farm work
man of Hamden, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in federal court Saturday. He owes $2,777 and has no assets. The creditors include First National Bank, secured for $647, and Abram Dela-meter, $403, both of Hamden, and Amasa J. Seaman, of Delancey, $800.
