GLENS FALLS

a village of New York: in Warren co, It is on the Delaware and Hudson railroad, and on the Hudson River, 54 miles north of Albany. The river here flows through a ravine and descends 50 feet over a precipice 900 feet long. From this the village derives its name. The river furnishes immense water power, which is used in the extensive industries, which include. lime works, saw mills, shirt, paper, and collar factories, and planing s. There isa high school, public library, a summer school for teachers, and Glen Falls Academy. Pop. 1920, 16,638. LINKA, MICHAEL IVANOVICH (1803-57), Ru . composer; laid foundation of modern Ru . music; composed A Life for the Tsar, national opera,