464 
The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 8, 1924 
A Man Expect oS a Tractor? 
According to how the manufacturer answers 
that question, he will build his tractor. Let 
us answer the question fcr you as it is 
expressed in the Rumely OilPull 'Praetor. 
A man should expect abundant power-enough to do his heaviest 
vork 6dsxly* 
The Rumely OilPull gives you 10-YEAR DRAWBAR SERVICE—plenty 
of power for all drawbar work—MORE than the rating indicates. 
A man should expect plenty of “steady” power for belt Jobs. 
The Rumely OilPull gives you 10-YEAR BELT-POWER SERVICE. All 
the engine’s power delivered to the belt. (Remember, 40% of a tractor’s 
work is belt work.) 
A man should expect his tractor to do heavy work in hottest 
weather. 
The Rumely OilPull gives you 10-YEAR HOT-WEATHER SERVICE. 
Due to oil-cooling, it is absolutely immune to overheating troubles. 
A man should expect to use his tractor all winter if necessary. 
The Rumely OilPull gives you 10-YEAR COLD-WEATHER SERVICE. 
Oil-Cooling protects it from freezing. Triple Heat Control insures easy 
starting and efficient operation on coldest days. 
A man should expect his tractor to use cheapest fuels with a 
low upkeep expense. 
The Rumely OilPull offers you 10-YEAR OPERATING ECONOMY. 
Has held principal Fuel Economy Records for over 10 years. Also holds 
unusually low upkeep records. Average life of the OilPull Tractor is 10 
years and over. Wr | te £ or Free Books 
Just send the coupon or a postal. We will forward at once, FREE OF 
CHARGE, copies of our famous booklet “Triple Heat Control” and our big 
general catalog which shows all four sizes of the OilPull and describes many 
successful features. Get posted today. No obligation. Just send tho 
coupon or postal. 
ADVANCE'RUMELY 
THRESHER CO., Inc. la Porte, Indiana 
(Incorporated! 
The Advance-Rumelv Line includes kerosene tractors, steam engines, grain and rice 
threshers, husker-shredders. alfalfa and clover hullers, silo fillers, and motortrucks. 
Good Machinery Pays 
Only 4% to 8% of the ex 
pense of running a farm is 
for machinery. What else 
can you buy that gives such 
big returns? 
SERVICED FROM 33 BRANCHES AND WA R E HOUSES 
Advance-Rumely Thresher Co., Inc.. 
Dept. ZZ 
Send at once free copy of “Triple Heat Control” booklet 
and your OilPull Tractor Catalog. 
Name. 
Address.. 
I want every farmer to have 
my Big NEW Bargain Catalog. I am 
mighty proud of the wonderful values 
lam able to offer this year on Fence, Gates, 
| Steel Posts, Barb Wire, Roofing and Paint; I want 
you to see for yourself how much money my 
Direct from Factory 
# Freight Paid 
f plan of dealing will save you. 150 
\ / styles of Double Galvanized fence—Gates for 
mm W every purpose—Steel Posts, cheaper than wood 
' te^^-^wonderful bargains in Barb Wire, Roof- /£[ 
jfk BbSk ing and Paint—everything at 
low factory prices. You 
can’t duplicate my prices or quality else 
where. Write and get my Bargain Book 
before you buy, it will save you money. 
THE BROWN FENCE & WIRE CO. 
Dept.4310 , Cleveland, Ohio 
TiO) 
•-JV.. 
^jVEARBESf^ 
ftUr, PAINTS Sj*4 
¥ 5 ? 
When you write advertisers mention The R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a 
quick reply and a 'square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Legal Questions 
Closing of Local School 
Has a district superintendent of schools 
the right to condemn and close our dis¬ 
trict school without the taxpayers’ vote, 
and then send the children to a con¬ 
demned village school? Our school was 
closed one year ago last dune, and as 95 
per cent of the taxpayers want our dis¬ 
trict school back again, I want to know if 
we can call a special school meeting and 
vote our school back again, on the 
grounds that conditions are as bad in the 
village school as they were in our dis¬ 
trict school. Also let me know how far 
the law requires a child to walk to school, 
as some children, in our district have 
3 to 3 y 2 miles to, walk to school, j m. 
New York. - / \ 
A school commissioner may make an 
order condemning a ~ school house if he 
finds upon examination that the house is 
wholly unfit for use and not worth re¬ 
pairing. After receipt of an order from 
him to that effect the trustees shall call a 
meeting of the-district to consider the 
building of a new schoolhouse. An ap¬ 
peal may be taken from the decision to 
the district superintendent \i taken with¬ 
in the time required. 
No distance is provided by law for a 
child to walk. Parents are usually in 
terested in their children to the extent 
that if they have to walk too far the par¬ 
ents take them. n. t. 
Pupil’s Right to Tuition 
I have lived in same school district for 
the past 35 years, and have always paid 
my taxes. In the second week of Sep¬ 
tember, 1923, my grand-daughter came to 
live with me. She is oVj years old. The 
third week of September we sent her to 
school. At noon .she brought a note from 
the teacher, stating that children who did 
not start at the beginning of the school 
year could not do so until the first of Jan¬ 
uary. When school opened in January 
we sent her again. She brought a note 
from the teacher at noon, saying she 
would have to wait until the first of Feb¬ 
ruary. The first Monday in February we 
sent her again. She brought a note at 
noon saying that they have decided no 
children could enter in February. Feb. 
4. 1924, the board of education held a 
meeting. I went before the board and 
stated my case, just as I have here. They 
said it was all news to them : that they 
would investigate and let me know. My 
son. father of the child, talked with the 
chairman of the board, and he said he 
would let him know Feb. 8, but we have 
heard nothing yet. Will you tell me my 
rights, and advise me what is best to do? 
T. P. M. 
A person over five years and under 21 
years of age is entitled to attend the pub¬ 
lic schools maintained in the district or 
city in which such person rersides, with¬ 
out the payment of tuition. Non-resi¬ 
dents of the district, if otherwise com¬ 
petent, may be admitted into a school of 
the district upon the consent of the trus¬ 
tee or board of education upon terms pre¬ 
scribed by such trustee or board. In de¬ 
termining whether or not a child is a resi¬ 
dent of a particular school district, the 
inquiry will involve a mixture of law and 
question of facts in the case. The Edu¬ 
cation Department has ruled that where 
the parents of a child have surrendered 
paternal control over her and she is mak¬ 
ing her borne in another district with one 
who is exercising paternal control, with 
the consent of the parents, she must be 
regarded as a resident of the latter dis¬ 
trict for school purposes. A child living 
with its employer and attending school, 
nevertheless retains its father’s residence, 
and a charge may be made for tuition on 
the ground that he is a non-resident. 
Guided by the above you will know 
whether or not your grandchild is en¬ 
titled to instruction N. T. 
Incomplete Deed to Property 
Last Fall I purchased a small farm 
for cash. The contract called for an 
abstract of title to the property. The! 
property is described as being two par¬ 
cels of land. 1 knew the title to be good 
so did not urge the delivery of abstract, 
which was delivered at same time with 
warrantee deed. On examination I 
found that the abstract only covered one 
parcel of the property, also the Christian 
name was- spelled different in a former 
document. When I informed the party 
about the abstract not covering both 
parcels of land, he informed me thar 
when he delivered the abstract and deed 
to me, it completed the contract and 
closed the transaction. Can I compel 
him to furnish an abstract for the other 
parcel of land, and have I claim for 
damage. F. w. 
New York. 
If you made an examination of the 
abstract promptly after receiving the 
same and immediately notified the ven¬ 
dor that the abstract, was not accord¬ 
ing to the contract and demanded that 
he fulfill the contract, we would say that 
you could probably recover from him the 
value of an abstract covering the other 
parcel of land. The misspelling of the 
Christian name does not seriously af¬ 
fect your title. N. T. 
Corrugated Steel 
ROOFING? 
Freight Paid 
—as Follows 
Freight charges prepaid in 
full on all orders of roofing from this 
advertisement at prices shown to 1 llinois, 
Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, 
Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, New York 
and Pennsylvania. If your state is not in¬ 
cluded. proportionate differences in 
freight charges will be allowed. 
Order from this List! 
Galvanized Roofing 
these GALVANIZED sheets are suitable for roofing or 
siding, free from holes, squarely trimmed, recorrugated 
a nd given a coat of Red Paint f ree of charge 
No. SD-111—Heavy -weight overhauled GALVANIZED 
2^-inch Corrugated sheets—per Bquareof 100 $0 75 
Bquare feet .... ... O—— 
Painted Roofing and Siding 
No. SD-112—Standard weight overhauled painted 2H 
inch Corrugated sheets—suitable for siding— $035 
per square of 100 square feet. JL 
No. SD-113—Medium weight overhauled painted 2M-in. 
Corrugated sheet—for roofing of better Biding $085 
—per Bquare of 100 square feet.. . * ■ 
New Govenment Corrugated Sheets 
No. SD-114—BRAND NEW PAINTED 2H inch COR¬ 
RUGATED SHEETS in 22 Gauge—purchased from the 
United States Government. A wonderful value $/g 25 
-per square of 100 Bquare feet. “ 
Red and Gray Slate Coated Roll Roofing 
No.SD-115—NEW Slate Coated Roofing in rolls of 108 
square feet complete with nails and cement. $000 
Weight85 pounds. Redorgray. Perroll. A — 
No. SD-116—New Heavy Smooth Surfaced Roofing- 
Sound and durable—easily taken care of—Adopted to 
every roofing need. Complete with nails and $4 65 
cement—per roll... X — 
HARRIS BROTHERS CO. 
35th and Iron Streets, CHICAGO 
MAIL THIS COUPON NOW! 
I HARRIS BROTHERS CO., Chicago, m. I 
I Dept. SO-37 
I Fill out coupon below and we will send you 
our estimate of cost for your building without 
| obligation on your part. 
| NAME. 
I ADDRESS.. 
. Size of Building or Roof Dimensions | 
1 Kind ol Roofing Preferred 
RoofingLfS 
Buying the best 
is greater economy today than ever before. 
ARMCO INGOT IRON 
is pure rust resisting iron and lasts from five 
to ten times longer than ordinary steel roof¬ 
ing. It is by far the most economical roof in 
years of service you can buy. (We make stock 
tanks.) Write for illustrated catalog. 
American Iron Roofing Co. Sta. 73, Middletown, 0. 
EMPIRE 
WAGONS 
STEEL WHEELS 
Low Bteel wheels (plain or grooved wide 
tires) make loading and hauling easier. 
Steel Wheels to fit any axle; carry any 
load. Make any wagon good as new. 
CMOIDC Reduced prices Catalog Free 
tInrinC Mfg.Co., Box 396 Quincy. III. 
EDGEWOOD FARMS 
TO BE SOLD 
AT ONCE 
108 ACRES:—With main buildings; 12-room brick 
house, modern bath; hot and cold water, 2 large 
barns, stabling for 60 head; full set outbuildings; good 
tenant house, near R. R. and High School town, 
excellent water supply. 
88 ACRESWith good 10 room stone house, running 
water, bank barn, silo, poultry houses, etc. These 
properties adjoin; have splendid pastures; 8 acres 
timber hind all slopes to south. 
PRICEt—They must be sold and 814,000 will buy 
both properties; easy terms, write or call, REESE k 
MRIIEUMaN, 411 K. Bulletin Building, Philadelphia, P. 
Only $1424 Down 
For 
2 hwp. WITTE 
(Throttling Governor) 
Easy Terms on best engine _ 
built. BurnBkerosene,distillate.gasolineorgas. Change 
power at will. Equipped with the famous WICO 
Magneto. Other sizes, 2 to 25 H-P.—all styles. 
Write todayformy Big Engine Book. 
““Sent free—No obligation on your part. 
WITTE ENGINE WORKS 
1891 Oakland Avenue, - KANSAS CITY, MO. 
1891 Empire Building, - PITTSBURGH, PA. 
