BOY FALLS OFF CLIFF
AT THE INDIAN LADDER 

A lad of 14 years, out for a day’s ramble, met with quite a serious accident Sunday afternoon at Indian Ladder when he slipped off a ledge and fell to the roadway below, a distance of perhaps 75 feet. He was brought to the office of Dr. Kenneth Crounse, of Altamont, where seven stitches were taken to close a scalp wound. He was then taken to the Albany hospital for an X-ray examination, which fortunately showed no fractured bones. The boy is John Newman, of 245 Sheridan avenue, Albany. 

ILLEGAL FISHING STOPPED
Announcement just received from Albany brings information that for spearing game fish and using set lines in waters where set lines are forbidden six fishermen at Thompson’s Lake settled with the conservation commission for $152.50, four of them paying $17.50 each for using set lines and the others paying $27.50 each for three pickerel. 

Acting upon a complaint that the law was being violated at Thompson’s Lake, Inspector Cassius A. Johnston in June detailed Protectors Freer and Vickers to investigate. It is a very serious matter to take a bass off the spawning bed, when the lake is robbed of at least 3,000 young bass, and furthermore, the method employed by the violators, namely, using set lines and spears, is strictly forbidden in taking game fish, and no licenses are granted for set lines in this lake. 

After watching the lake for several nights the protectors caught two men coming in with pickerel and arrested them. Later two men were caught with set lines, and upon a subsequent trip two more were caught with set lines. 

IN AND ABOUT TOWN 

Mrs. Howard Salisbury entertained her piano pupils with a hike and roast last Thursday, with swimming in the Normanskill. All reported an enjoyable outing. 

BERNE 

Charles Ball, who suffered a very painful injury while mowing last Friday, is much better at this writing and able to be around. A speedy recovery is looked for. 

NEW FIRE EQUIPMENT
HAS ARRIVED 

The new American LaFrance chemical truck ordered by the Altamont Hose company for use in fighting fires in this village and vicinity arrived here and was unloaded last Saturday. The boys are proud of their new apparatus and well they may be, for it is an up to date machine, capable of making fifty miles an hour if necessary. It is built on a Brockway chassis, and is painted a bright red color. 

The truck will carry 1,000 feet of 2-½ inch hose and 16 men. There are two 35-gallon chemical tanks which are very effective. Space is provided for a water pump, which can be purchased later at an additional cost. The cost of the entire outfit will be nearly $4,000. It is understood that a large part of this amount has already been raised, and the firemen will ask for further contributions from those whose property will receive added protection as a result of the purchase of this machine. 

The new fire sirens will arrive in a few days, and when these are placed at prominent points in the village, Altamont will feel ready for any emergency that may arise.