Shooting on Altamont 

Hill Sunday Night 

Edward Alves, a young man employed on state road work above this village, is in the Albany hospital as a result of two bullet wounds received from an unknown assailant Sunday night on the state road, as he and a companion were returning to the construction camp. 

The shots were heard by several in the village, and some thought that it was the exhaust from an automobile. A motorist who was coming down the hill had met the two road men who asked him to take them to the camp. He had proceeded down the hill to a point where he could conveniently turn around when he heard the shots and saw a man hurry down the hill as he was making the turn.
Alves claims he did not recognize his assailant, nor did the others. State troopers have been working on this case but have little to help them, as an exact story of how the shooting took place does not seem to be available. Whether it is the outcome of previous trouble at the camp or a case of someone fearing he would be held up and shooting first, has not yet come to light. 

It was stated at the hospital on Tuesday that Alves will recover. 

NEW SCOTLAND 

Lightning struck several trees in this vicinity during the severe storm Saturday afternoon and night. 

WESTERNER VISITS OLD HOME
FIRST TIME IN 37 YEARS 

Duanesburgh, Sept. 18 — Fred Bradt of Morris, Ill., is visiting relatives and friends at this place. Mr. Bradt is 75 years of age and went west 37 years ago, and this is his first visit to the old home where many closely related to him are still living. He has one sister living at Fonda, two sisters and a brother at Schenectady, and another brother at Guilderland, besides a large number of nephews, nieces and cousins scattered throughout Albany and Schenectady counties, where he has been spending the past three weeks. 

Mr. Bradt’s forefathers were among the first settlers of Schenectady. One of the survivors of the massacre of Feb. 1, 1690 was a mother with her baby boy, to whom he traces his ancestry. The boy’s father was slain on that night. Mr. Bradt can still point to the place in the city of Schenectady, showed him by his father, it being a family tradition, where this woman crept with her baby and hid under a brush fence during the massacre and the burning of the village. Still another ancestor died at the battle of Beukendahl, and five uncles, his father’s brothers, fought in the Civil war, a family record of which Mr. Bradt is very proud. 

Mr. Bradt expects to return to Illinois about Sept. 24th, and some of his friends here may accompany him. 

FIVE DAYS - FAIR OPENS
MONDAY - FOUR NIGHTS 

State Troopers to Perform 

State police are to have a place on the entertainment program and will trick troupe riding of daring character. Band concerts by Adams’ Tenth Infantry band of Albany and the Western Gateway band of Schenectady will be given both afternoon and evening. The State Conservation commission will have an exhibit of live pheasants at the fair. The State department expects to have a gypsy moth demonstration.