DON’T FAIL TO REGISTER.

NEXT TUESDAY, JUNE FIFTH.

1. There is only ONE day for registration, June 5, 1917.

2. Every male resident of the United States who has reached his twenty-first and has not reached his thirty-first birthday MUST register on the day set, June 5, 1917.

3. Registration is distinct from draft. No matter what just claim you have for exemption, you must register.

4. Registration is a public DUTY. For those not responsive to the sense of this duty, the penalty of imprisonment, not fines, is provided in the draft act.

CIDER MILL WAS AFIRE

ORIGIN OF BLAZE A MYSTERY

Voorheesville Residents Fought Early Blaze Monday Morning. Incendiarism Suspected.

The residents of Voorheesville were aroused from their slumber early Monday morning when an alarm of fire was sounded at one o’clock. Jack Williams, a farmer, living just east of the village was up at that hour looking after his stock, and saw fire making headway on the rear of the big building, known as the Empire Cider and Vinegar works.

Williams tried to extinguish the blaze, but was unable to do so, and he soon spread the alarm  in the village. Members of the Voorheesville Hose company No. 1 arrived on the spot in a jiffy and extinguished the fire before any large amount of damage was done. It is believed that the damage will not exceed $1,000.

The firemen and men of the village soon realized that there was evidence of incendiarism. In the rear of the building was a quantity of waste, well soaked in kerosene, and automobile tracks in the field nearby indicated that there had been a hasty departure from that part of the property.

The cider and vinegar mills occupy a considerable space near the Delaware and Hudson tracks, and not far from the D. & H. and West Shore railroad crossing. For three years the property, which was owned by the Empire Cider and Vinegar company of Rochester, has been on the market. A few weeks ago, it is said, residents of Voorheesville and vicinity were given to understand that the building was soon to be used as a munition factory. This has given rise to the belief among many people that the fire may have been set by German sympathizers.

VILLAGE NOTES.

— Have you bought a Liberty bond yet? If not, why not?

— Mrs. Peter J. Ogsbury, who has been ill for several months with a nervous breakdown, is still suffering from the effects of the continued strain. Mr. Ogsbury, who has also been quite ill, is now able to be around and on Wednesday attended the Memorial day exercises at Guilderland.  

— A baby contest will be held in connection with the “movie” show in Masonic hall on Saturday evening, June 2 and 9. Pictures of babies of Altamont will be shown on the screen each night and the audience will be asked to vote for the most popular one. The baby receiving the highest number of votes will receive a five-dollar gold piece.