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P i y ft^day. November

The Catskfll Mountain News

£atei«d M Sccond Class Matter in (li« Post Office At Margaretville, N; Y.

CLAKKB A. SANFOBD, Poblidicr

PUBLISHED EVERY FHIDAY

ROWLAND & HILL, Editor

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MOUNTAIN DEW Oontrilralloiw Weloomer BepTintlng

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jaws pf the trap and the leg had no feeling. . The tooy was carried home and a physician called. Hie leg did nbt improve. About mid-night the leg "game alive" and Riley experienced more pain than it seemed a human could with-stand.

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He was in the trap about four hours and carries today scars to show. It was years before he could go into a forest without the momentary fear of being caught in a bear trap.

Drive carefully. -Don't insist on your rites.

The deer season breaks on the 15th. It would be less dangerous if so many hunters did not take shots from the hip.

Many fail each year to vote. It is as simple an encounter as sip ping a glass of coke. When a man goes out from the booth he feels an exhilaration. He has com-pleted a man's duty. Watch 'em leave the polling both. Heads au:e high. Right or wrong, "I have voted."

Preparations for our mountain hibernation are being hurried. Storm windows must be washed and put in place, stopn doors painted, summer lawn and porch, hammocks and chairs stored. The fly swatters, the bats and balls, croquet sets, cowboy suits, white pants, light caps, hammock and flower bases cared for. About everything in the house has to be moved—a fall housecleaning.

The Onteora trail (don't say "the road to Kingston") is ready for travel. Concrete in both lanes is complete from Boiceville to the Woodstock turn. This makes a trip to Kingston so easy. What is better it will make a trip to the mountains by New York friends more comfortable than they can know without trying it.

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There was on the map for fall letting Margaretville through Pine Hill village. But mountain folks were taking a Rip Van Winkle nap and somebody, politician or other, histed it. If the folks wake up and don't take a 20-year nap it might be put back on.

There is an item of living not affected by Tuesday's election. It is also one on which citizens differ radically. I refer to the weather which nags to the extent an ex-perienced man wants his long ones

There is a current dissent in the northern half of the nation as to the type. The latest "poll" Indicates more men are using long ones—even if in the lightweight variety. In the days , before cars and pots of gold^programs man was particular re; his winter in-sulation. Catalogs offered a gen-erous selection. There were win-ter weight cotton, worsted ribbed> mercerized, silk and wosted, fleece lined, blue mixed, fancy striped, red union, blue, natural wool, double breasted, wool and cotton camel's hair, golden brown marino,

all wool ribbed. * * *

The present controversy is union suits versus two-piece suits, A catalog of half a century ago said, "Nearly every man has suffered the annoying tencfancy of his imdershirt to roll up his back and his drawers to drop into an uncomfortable position/'

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All this is overcome by a simple garment called the union suit. "In frontier colonies," said the catalog, some prefer the two piece," They

hitch galluses through loops and then to buttons on their pants. But most men have come to the conclusion stated in the catalog. A one-piece oufit is more sensible.

Chopping, pulling a cross-cut saw, milking, it is annoying to feel a separation of the insulation in the equatorial region. But a man must choose his own. An old chap is going to have his long ones irrespective of the younger generation who prefer to slide down hill on wooden slats instead of sitting comfortably by a fire.

A visitor asked me recently, "Do I understand New York city is spending more than fifty million dollars to dam up that trickle which flows through Margaret-ville?" When I assured him this was my understanding he was amazed,

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"Somebody sold the city slickers a bill of goods,'' was his further comment. The Delaware and tributary creeks are low and have been so for many weeks. The drouth began in July.

Come fall rains and spring floods "the trickle" Will be a raging torrent and would soon fill a vast reservoir. New York has measured local streams, for 20 years and "knows the amount of water which flows in an average year.

The d ^ is 180 feet high. The reservoir will, be 20 miles long. This means the water will be nine feet deeper each mile starting downstream from the Stone School, which is the farthest point to which the, water wUl come. T^us; if one would like to know the approximate height of the water at Arena do this. Find the distance from the Stone School to Arena, If it is three miles multi-ply by nine and secure 27. This will be the approximate depth of water, in the reservoir three miles downstream from the Stone School.

Harry Odell asked Skip Ballard one day while looking in Jud Weeks' window, "How would you like to be caught in that big bear trap?" Lauren Riley, U & D sta-tion agent who was talking to Mr. Odell, turned around to Skip and told him that he was caught in a bear trap when a lad.

Said he and other boys were playing one day in the woods when he stepped into a bear trap that neither he nor his companions saw. The heel of one shoe caught in one side of the trap lessening the great force of the big jaws as they snapped shut. Had it not been for this Mr. Riley said his leg would have been amputated.

His companions endeavored to pry open the jawsi They found tiiey were helpless and ran home, a i ^ e away, for help. The boys were so excited when they got home they could scarcely tell what was wrong. When they got the information over the men of the family got crow bars and hurried to the imprisoned boy in the woods. They SOOTI loosened ihis leg from the trap.

Sunday night Leslie McMorris of Walton ran over and killed a female bobcat about two miles from Walton on the Sidney Center road. The cat weighed 25 pounds. It was put on display Monday at the Walton GLF store where Mr. McMorris is employed. He in-tends to have the animal mounted.

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There have been rumors and reports of bobcats in the Bear Spring park. Not in many years has a bobcat been seen or killed in the town of Walton west of the Delaware. Hunters in the western part of Delaware county will do weU to be on the lookout for other cats. The one killed may have given birth to kittens last spring. A bobcat is incapable of killing adult domestic stock. It is danger-ous to lambs, calves, and little pigs which stray from farni build-ings, But I'm sure there is no cause for alarm. This extremely wild', shy creature prefers deer, white rabbits' and grouse for its diet.

The grouse hunters are flus-trated. Most of them report a good number of the birds seen and heard. Few report a day's bag limit killed. They are found mostly in thick hemlock cover and are wilder than ever. I have hunted much, have seen a number of birds, raised my gun to my sholder many times and shot not once.

Sunday I traveled a remote (Mrt road where I left my car and fol-lowed an old road up a tiny valley. The sun was bright and W£uin. Rounding a bend I came upon three grouse. Here was a chance for a double. Never have I raised a gun more quickly to cover a bird. I couldn't miss. The safety was off. I squeezed the trigger. It clicked. I'd forgotten to load the dam gun when I started. The grouse were soon out of sight,

I followed the road through the woods. It climbed) steadily. - At last I came to cleared fields. On one side stood a bam. Part of its roof had fallen. Beyond the bam was a 30-acre lake. There are no camps along its shores, no boats emd no "no trespassing" signs. Beside the bam I found the stone foundation of a house. The stones had been cut and laid carefully. Later I learned the story from an old time resident.

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Years ago a young man skilled m stone masonry bought the (deared land on the ipoimtain top. From a quarry he cut the stones, and drew them with oxen to the place he selected as a site for his house and baiini and other build-ings. To this place he brought his bride. They were successful in farming, cleared more land, opened other stone quarries.

stream. At the lower end he built a danx a hundred yards long, fifteen feet high and thick enough to be used for a wagon road. There his children played all year round, swimmings fishing, skating. « •

This family prospered. There was money enough to send each child away to school to leam profession. They ? did not return home except to visit. 1 do not know where this couple spent their last days or where they are laid to rest. For me their monument is the fine stone foundation of the buildings they erected which still is as square and true as the day it was laid.

The dam still holds water. There are fish in the lake but few people come to take. them. The road is impassable except for pedestrians. The orchard produces apples for the deer, bear and raccoons. I saw their tracks along the shore. While resting beside the lake I heard the incomparable sotind of wild geese. A flock of them circled the lake sever^ times. They must have seen me for they rose again and disappeared south ward.

I was reluctant to leave this wild spot of beauty. How long will it be before someone with a money-mkedng 4dea will build a road and sell building lots ? would like to share this with any-one who cares to hunt with me. But camps and boats and outboard motors have no place on this tranquil mountaintop lake.

Yours truly. The Mountaineer

Art Courtney Retires New York state's "Mother Hub-

bard,'' who has bought more than $50 million in various commodi-ties, turned her official market basket over to another on Monday.

Arthur J. Courtney, who 20 years ago passed a civil service test and was appointed director of stores in the State Division of Standards and Purchase, is going back into private business.

During the two decades Mr, Courtney has bought millions of dollars worth of gasoline, oUs, greases, tires, radios, clocks, wa-ter coolers, canoes, boats and .nu-merous other items. Most of the commodities, bought under con-tract, were for state institutions.

•Albany Knickerbocker News. Mr. Courtney is a frequent guest

at the home of Dr. S. W . Reed in this village. Rumor says he plans to come back to Delaware county and may go into politics. He is a former Walton merchant.

O U T the MAILBAG

labies Cases Remain Low Rabies cases in Delaware county

are much less frequent than, a year ago. The final state health report for August shows two cases. These were a cow and a fox. The preliminary report for September goes up to five. The five were cows. Total upstate cases for September are 45 and 420 for the year up to Oct, 1.

Otsego county suffered the most with 15 cases in August and 16 in, September. Sullivan had five in August and six in September. Ulster had one case in August and none in September.

ARENA FIREMEN'S

DANCE! at

Margaretville Fire Hall Due to Central School Dance*; Nov. 6, Date of This Dance

SEas Been Changed to

Fri., Nov. 12 9 to 1

BOtFND and SQUABK Mnslc by

Haynes Hawaiian Orch $1 Per Ck>iiple, Tajc bud.

Soon a weU^I^ road ran through Iris fairm fnnn one valley to the Other, t^ads of stowBv lumber, butter and pork left this

These was blood from several [farm. In front of the house was wounds made by the teeth on tiie I a: a m p , the beginning dF a fine

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Noblesville, Ind. October 25, 194$

Dear News: A year ago in September I came

to the good old Hoosier state of Bidiana to make my home and with me came the Catskill Moun-tain News.

I am very happily married and have made many good friends. But don't forget I miss my family and friends in Halcott Center and nea'r vicinities. Getting .the Cats kill .Mountain News every week makes me feel near to you all although I am over 800 miles away».

Many thinks to the Catskill Mountain News staff for sending me the paper. It sure means lot to me.

To thei News staff and my fam-ily, relatives and friends I wish you all the best of luck and happiness.

Sincerely, Mrs. Donald Mills

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"Fighting Mad With Joe Palooka

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Sunday Monday Nov. 7-8-9

Tuesday

"Two Guys from Texas'' (In Technicolor)

D E N N I S M O R G A N JACK GABSON

Wednesday Thursday Nov. 10-11

'So Evil My Love' Ray Mllland - Ann Todd

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Inside story" Marsha Hunt - Wm . Xundigan

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Classified Section

When Mother tells us how hard Junior is on shoes* we just trot out our IjITTLE YANKEE B^dil. These rug-ged, good - looking shoes hdp your boy's f ^ grow normally, too. Bri^ your youngster in today for a careful expert fitting!

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''Husbands, Wives, and Marriage u

Maybe yon read tliaf siurvey pab-Hslied recently in a national nuiga-sin^ entitled *Snsbands, Wives, and Marriage."

It showed fhftt amone happily married couples, those who criti-cized themeelvee outnumbered those who criticized the other per-son. Among unhappily married couples, it was just the opposite— e a ^ one tended to criticize the other.

That's the way it is in otur town, as I guess it is in yours. Criticism, whether ifs of a wife's taste for hats, or a husband's taste for pipe

tolmeeo end an evening glass ef ; beer or ale, is a sure start towards unhi^piness*

Aa for what motfe happy nun> riages, amptmiomhip within Ms home was listed most hnportant e f alL And from where I sit, a husband end wife who can spend an evenhtir by t h e lire—with nothing more exciting than a mellow glass of beer, and a friendly conversatioiH-are a truly wdl-matched. eonplel

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