Freeport News 19210722

              the freeport news vol i no 23 freeport long island n y friday july 22 1921 price five cent p reorganizing democrats for fall campaign party plans to enter field this fall with united front attacks on the mosquitoes residents tell of assaults by the winged pest — exter mination commission tells of efforts being made to eliminate them now arranging for primary election malone rice and riordan taking * leading part in party council a reorganization of the ih'tnocrntl parly in nassau county partlciilarl.v in llempslead town is now helm brought about in antlclpiitlou of a rei hot eampalga this fail llasflins <> the lenders and cominltleenien havi been held and us the result of i hem conferences plans have been made fo launching a campaign which the lead era untlclpato will result in success for the party this full ah a retail of a conference held wednuhday bight of last week a cimi pulkn linn been started to k a live county committee through the comlnj primary election the party is ukiiik full i>age advertisements in local pit pern und is tending circulars by niul to all enrolled members of the pitrty urging every party member to tnke i paraonal interest in the campaign one of the early features of the cam paigt will he an outlug tin details of till event have not yet been ar ranged hut it will be in the nature ol u beach party ami abore dinner ant will probably be held early in august raymond malone chairman of tin f'ounty committee kdward a klce jrove street and ieorge itlnrdun the west merrick lload real ehtute dealer ure tuklng the leading part in the cam paign the conditions which have been exposed in the county under anub llcan rule are looked upon as one of the strongest fim'tor iu-iklng for ih»m ocratlc success this yeirr aecordlng to the leuders views there wan recently published in the brooklyn bagla an edltorliil on the conditions in the county resulting in the sentencing f former heiiublleun office holders and the democrats win lake this as the outstanding note of their campaign the editorial is as follows sentences in nassau the sent 	 e of four persons to slut slut for their part in the con ptrury to sell stolen automobiles i nassau county with the connivance of the couniy oiiiiiais will do something h . l.-iii up llie sink of corruption which nassnii county bus long i 	 nt henndnl after scandal haxing un otli cini background has broken oul in tha pountj luce the daj that muenter was - allowed to kill ulmaelf in itlu 	 o jail fter he had tried to blow up the cupl toi at washington und to kill •'• i morgan and yel n'obody baa none to prison for miest offenses until now one of the men now sentenced has hiitiiential pollll.cul friends ulthourh be bad iicm otii'c in queens und uoi in na.sail herbert s llarve tlm bx sheriff of queens is aenl by justice l*ropw to slot l«u tor from tour to ten years he w.-is ronvlctail uf brld er.v in trylug to secure luluiuillty in nassau for i lie selling of * 	 ii ram aubrey ivmt 	 i < torraan plant ex tucluls in nassau couniy hov6 dol yel i i h'roughl up t»r whtewe al though tiiev have bpp 	 nvlutwr '*»>** oilier three men sentenced were cogs in the machine for stealing and selling i nl <> mobiles without the risk of ar reat ii was h sj&eum ao small and so contemptible thai cuuuty otii.iais ahould have been ashamed to be mixed up iii it i'erliaps a sense of shame will be cultivated during retirement in sing sinn but bl least cuflalug olllclals in naaaau should be war 	 i bj the breakdown ol this conspiracy io watch t|u«lr stepa niissmu may grow tired of tolerated rorruptlon engineer de mott reports on campaign again8t ce8spool breeding places in free port malaria has been eliminated in county al big league offer rhoden turnt down contract tendered by robby a i llhodes of imlie sir.tl who it us predicted in the ifreeporl n»ws h ¦ uu pic or three months atta hud the nah lugi of a big leaque player in win pre vented the v>'«s from making good its i > i •> 1 •>>«•> i his week by r*tuslll r poo trat-l to play in the natl 	 i i ¦ lie weal down to brooklyn fof a tryoai under the wat bful bye of man aiier ii bin in of the brooklyn na tiimiiis and was asked to return n the succeeding two lavs after whiehjjiv was offered a cunt.raci to pia on the new orleans natlo*al itiii'iics tunnel ib.vmi the offer tha 1100 per monlli miimi-.v mil belli h hufbcienl incentive tu work thai fai away from uoog aland ha is >»>« i corrwap 	 lewe with itiii hauill ton manager of the kasteru i^mgus which covers s kuglaud and if the offer there ll alliiutlve he bm uatw to it stainn a mosf|iilto exterminator or rather a member or an employee of the nassau county hfosqutto rxiertbl nation commission is no pleasant job when conditions are ileiul against you and wind and weather combine to set at naught all the work you have done for a ood nijin.v moons jn a statement issued by william h lie.mott cliief engineer of the nassau county mosiyillo kxterminatlou com mission it was pointed ttit hint the urea of meadow land west of sen ford has been drained over i.ihhi.ikhi feel of dltcbem having been dog and this area having been practically ellni liiated as a point of origin of or breeding ground f«>r mosquitoes the drained area of salt marshes is being constantly patrolled some light breeding placet have been found but have been eliminated as breeding grounds by the installing of new llllclles the commission lias carried 01 house to house ennvass since may nl tills year with a view to externilniit ilik the cesspool inosi|ulto or the cultw plpiens i m ri uk may and mine de clared knglneer de.mott 27(1 fards in the village were inspected and 1,108 spools containing breedings were located in connection with the upland work directed against the malaria mosquito he reports : regular inspection and oiling all held violations on the upland from luwood to kreeport north to carden city and from cireut neck to cold spring harbot south to mlneola have ieen carried on since april 15 l>ur ng this time i!,i»:u inspections have ieen made and breeding has been found mil killed ik times malaria is be ug kept well under control no new uses have been reported mo far thlh fear he explained that the recent influx f mosquitoes was from suffolk county ue to n continued period of pre alllng east winds no extermination fork is carried on east of seuford or ii suffolk county some reader8 wax eloquent about mosquitoes and 8ay 8ome caustic words about the mo8quito extermi nation commission killtor i'reeport news i didn't know whether to lauirh otit loud or turn h handspring wtea i read the mplent advice of supervisor hiram a smith in his oltlcinl orkan the dally review telling me and all and sundry concerned that if we should observe nny larjje and un usual quantity of mosquitoes in on and arpund ""• we should cull up tin office of the nassau county mosquito extermination commission at free i>oii and tcii them all about it brother smith it seems is chairman of the extermination commission and i am told is a serious num i dont know him personally hut i saw him once in ii parade and i know he walks serious ly enough in due andghttmble obedience to the request of brother smith of the kx termination commission that doesn't exterminate i hasten to sny to him thai i and thousands of preeportlans did observe large and unusual quan tities at mosquitoes in the past tarty eight hours they were not only large and unusual but extraordinarily lurire und beyond peradventure most unusual in manners and mini hers in the same humble spirit i may also tell brother smith that the mosquitoes also saw me at the same instant 1 observed them thereupon hey immediately quit their crochet in or band concerts or tioltltic or whatever it wsj they were doing und concentrated on me and my neighbors they came in conibanies battalions divisions and army cxirps — horse foot artillery and marines many of them were plainly obsessed with a deep and abiding sens e of affection for my charming tlpperary complexion for they positively declined to forsake it iwi even for the time necessary to cull up brother smith and dure or im plore him to come out und cxterinl nare them modestly and with he coming reverence for brother smith and ids kxtermlnatlon commission [ may say that i retain large and un two killed on outing of freeport elks big touring car overturns at glenwood injuring six of its occupants lindenhurst men are the victims accident happened at turn in road wheel dished in sudden swerve are we getting anywhere ledger account opened on community projects keep tabs on progress being made — some in need of agitation — freeport growth demands action to continued on two men residents nf l.indenliursl attending tha ovtttj jjf the etreeport lodge of klks of wfi'h they were member were killed wednesday und four others seriously mured the*nr in which they were rhltfik wm upset in laklnt i turn and they ere pinned un der it charles it ohllka and william kick died at the nassau eftpptta in sllne ola the injured men taken there were max gnilka wiflinm hnft and kdward 1 mccruw all of llnden hurst and robert hrown of babylon they ure expected to rafover the accident happened in glenwood at the railroad trestle the car in which edward a rice and kdward watson of i'reeport were riding was ut the heud of the procession of curs as the committee car as hlce's cur turned the curve the muilcnhurst car struck it in trying to make the curve the wheels dished and the men were thrown out the cur then turned over on them the body of the big touring enr rest ed on jnllku pick and drown who were the most seriously hurt i>r w h kmicie who was in one of the following cars assisted in ex trlcatlni the bodies and in giving first uld while ltlee rushed to the nearest house and summoned ninbulances about a score of automobiles gaily decorated left the clubhouse here wed nesday morning and were joined by others in t lie various viuhh*m on their way to the north side pnvllion there were nearly r>(k al t lie outing are we letting aajwbarei if where are we proyn-ssiii in the manner we intendfii or expected are we getting where we intended a fnst ns we wtfim ml kreeport is gfpwlag and yrowini rapidly not rhine in the number nt its inhabitants but the community is expanding far beyond the origin il ibm limits and we are not alone main taining but are expanding nil nf our civic improvements in order to know just bow fast we are expanding and developing t h well to keep track of the progress of every project we plan and then by checking up occasionally we are en project ed to tell whether i>r not we are tret r t it ir anywhere and how fnst it is possible t keep labs on tli development of ¦ community lust hs it is possible to keep books or chart the present condition ami growth of a private corporation the kreeport news lias opened a set of books on kreeport und will keep them open for inspection every week making such notes of progrea and entries of additional projects a conditions justify k.very render of this pajier is urged to in t as bookkeeper by calling atten tion 0 any entries that should be post ed or new accounts that should in opened progress garbage and ash collection work to he done by village and cost proposition to raise 10.0(m carried at raised by taxation village election march 1921 dump ing sites chosen june 11>"j1 8ewage system to he in entire village paid for by project postponed five years in 1914 bond issue cost five years ago village trustees now gathering data ti(to,000 now estlnwited at 7."io,(xh for submission at special election of to 1,000,000 proposition to build system high school annex proposed to build extension to high sites voted on in li^-ht rejected ij»w school more than doubling size on permitting condemnation nf cenie site of old kreeport cemetery cost ttfy passed march mci condemnii of site 5by000 of building 1 tlon commissioners named june 2 hearings to start august 17 municipal building proposed to have village erect suitable oemetei-y condemnation law permits building to house village offices po village to secure part of site for lice hendepjarters tire department municipal building park etc apathy headquarters trustees meeting room and opposition likely to kill this etc cost v ^. if '.¦ ' proposition war memorial library ';- prnposed to erect monumental build drive to raise subscriptions may 1020 ing to house public library honor 35,000 subscribed ground broken oll trophies and headquarters lor on site nt ocean avenue and mer leglon cost 50,000 rick roud april ho 15)21 und 10,000 more subscribed foundation com pleted june 1021 another drive pending continued on page 6 route showing territory served by pipe line boulevard s o v n vfe by ihe automobile cli4b or amfkica \ i v courtesy of brooklyn eagle and automobile club of america approve plans for boulevard on pipe line double roadway most of dis tance is scheduled auto mobile club announces cost is estimated at 10,000 per mile could be made ready for use within eighteen months on whole route potfetfal support for a pipe line boulevard is besbg iniirshnlled by the am 	 iblle riuli of america and that organisation in a statement issued 011 the subject reports much fnvor for the project in tlie oltice of state hlgtrwjrj t'oiimilssloner sisson tlie ennlneers ot tlie automobile i'luli have miide a thotoagh survey o the siluillloll both us to tlie pliysical condlt ions of the site of the boulevard the truffle condi tions to lie handled und the coat of the roadway the cost of building the boulevard is estimated at hmkm a mile the total is placed at ili.thtl.'jttl the road way could he in use in eighteen months it is declared in the statement the cost is to be apportioned to the state ity and county mlneola ofllcialdom was making ev ery effort to have the money appropri ated by the state spent on the improve ment of seaman incline which would deprive the vblagw of a much needed improvement to handle the present heavy traffic and give them instead a backwoods road that would be of pure ly local value to nearby areas the statement issued by the automo bile club of america is as follows a splendid wide state road of the most modern type twpnty-dve miles ioiir safe free from congestion pro .. a direct connection between qreatar new york and the south shore ol eiofig island this is the conduit highway as revealed in the rnpurt just issued by the automobile club of ainerlcu , m automobile owners it mirvmptropoll ¦"* tan area especially ol itrooklyn ami queens und ibi counties ot nassau and suffolk are keenly alive to the cost in time and annoyance of the con geated c 	 ittloni now existing on the roads of western long island they are linking forward eagerly to tbe lime when all this will be a tiling of the past through tl 	 penlng of ilie conduit highway with a hurface thirty leet wide all ibi way from the itldgewood reservoir highland boulevard in iirooki.mi across tjuacim niuwau to amitj » hie on the south shore the iim.si inipoiiaiii piece of t 	 1 construction ever undertaken on long island says the cluh reiiort with icnetlcial results ¦> miii m-i in 1 th ioiiiic and hot'lal 10 r tdwhsnlp hi long ishmd ami not without ellr 1 m the prosperit of tbe state kx rails iron ih , mil ¦ i,.i,-mi.-i,i l right of way now owned by the city far ilichted public ttfllrials wishing better traffic conditions un eastern m 1 land irupidt becoming intol arable c 	 wived tlie idea of ullllxlntc the hghi nl way i owned bj the e ¦ i 1 \ . front tbe udgewood re«»r olr in coiuilies i allllt ville thin trip nf lutul some twenty tn 11 lh - loll alld frolu l«l o jl ml ee w iilc is pan of i ik w aler swieni ioi ol the ui'teuge wan tu property r the old city of brooicljin and ureat fi new i'ork succeeded to the title 1 when coii-oiiiiaiioii to,,k puce in ujbi the most par the surface is un i iioge uiidi-i groiiuit ioimiiiii i ik largest of steal ssveutj *"<• inches la diameter carry water n 	 pumping iai 	 ^ into tin city a the highway will not impair the use of lie land lor water purpose tha 1 it i new ^ ark lias provided the 1 	 led laud without 1 be 1 ighl ot ua eostlng ahau hneiy uothlugi the state baa 1 	 id buildlug opportunlt hitherto uuparal i-li il 111 a well popiibitctl dkltrll t convenient approaches from lower manhattan brooklyn and queens ¦ the approaches '" ihs highway from the ills ale • < ii 1 \ ii 1 i<-ii 1 and ill 1 row lower manhattan the brooklyn bridge clinton street attd aiiihiii avenue are uaed 1 rusj the maul 1 man l.inl i hilliii-h incline nr acceas to atlantic avenue 1 in parkwa and ulenuwre avenue wluiantaburg bridge lakes one in bedford •""! atlantic avenues krom queenahoro luiiigi and jjueems hirnlr ai,i there are several eaaj rasjtes to ii new road all classes of traffic to benefit 1 1 in hlghwa is planned eearatiauy - ,, hnslnass road its utility fur the ipiii k iraiispoi lailon of lomg l-l.,ml iiiii products to the heurt uf tlie will be remignlsed at once in 1111 1 tmge 5 i . 1 .