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Alfred Herbert, Ltd., Agents, Coventry, England STATE SERVICE DANIELS HONORS MEMORY OF VAN BUREN DOES OUR BALLOT LAW FORTIFY THE BOSS? NEW YORK'S DRIVE AGAINST ILLITERACY BIG MEN TO BE AT REPUBLICAN MEETING GREATEST BATTLE IN MOHAWK VALLEY PRESIDENT MCKINLEY'S LAST SPEECH PROSPECT OF BUMPER CROPS IN STATE NEW YORK CITY BATTLE IN REVOLUTION OPENING OF THE ERIE CANAL IN 1825 COMMISSION GOVERNMENT IN A BIG CITY PROGRESS OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM CHAUTAUQUA GRAPES A CENTURY OLD GERMAN SCHOOL SYSTEM A FAILURE MOTIVE OF THE LOW MURAL PAINTINGS PROTECTING HEALTH OF LAKE GEORGE AN UP-STATE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR GOOD WORK OF CITY CLUB OF NEW YORK CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION EXAMINATION Judge R. L. Luce The New York State Fair of 1918 will be held under conditions and with advantages that will distinguish it from all of its predecessors. Coming at the threshold of the harvest season of our second year of war, it will go far beyond its customary limits as an agricultural exposition and an educational agency. Its value will be greater than ever, which is simply saying that it will be in every detail abreast of the times; but in addition it will illustrate in many new and powerfully appealing ways the country's tremendous achievements in the twelvemonth since the last State Fair was held. Washington's interest is indicated by the exhibits by the Federal Departments of War, the Navy, the Interior, Commerce and Agriculture. Service Tire & Rubber Co. 302 Central Ave., Albany, N.Y. West 3079 AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE VOLUME II JULY, 1918 NUMBER 7 DANIELS HONORS MEMORY OF VAN BUREN C Secretary of the Navy visits grave of distinguished New Yorker-Political BY JAMES MALCOLM OMPARATIVELY few Americans today know that there was a president of the United States by the name of Martin Van Buren. And yet when his life and times are studied with the same interest given to men who have stood out in the nation's history, it brings to light a brilliantly able and faithful public servant. Our school children revel in the history and anecdotes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln. There are perhaps transcendant reasons why their careers should be a more open book than the lives of men who lived in less exciting times. It remains true, however, that the public service of Martin Van Buren is more deserving of the attention of the people than is usually given it. The memory of Martin Van Buren has recently been honored and brought to the attention of New York citizens by a visit of Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, to his grave in the little village of Kinderhook, 30 miles south of Albany. Secretary Daniels was the principal speaker at the Flag Day exercises in Albany, June 14. He remembered that he was near the obscure home of the eighth president of the United States. Kinderhook, a village of 600 or 700 inhabitants on the east side of the Hudson river, has a history that long antedates the Revolution. It is one of the beauty rural spots in that section of New York State and is celebrated Martin Van Buren for having given the State and nation several men of ability and prominence. Secretary Daniels, accompanied by Mrs. Daniels, Martin H. Glynn, former governor of the State, and Mrs. Glynn, journeyed from Albany to the little cemetery Sunday afternoon, June 15. Mr. Daniels placed a wreath of flowers on the grave of the most distinguished son of Kinderhook. Mr. Glynn himself, is a native of Valatie, an adjoining village of Kinderhook. When it is remembered that Martin Van Buren was |