OAFI MAT COUNTY

SMALL BOARD ACT IS HELD VALID

GIFT OF BRIDGE A JOKC.

Trenton City Engineer So Intends, bet

Contractor Carts It OK.

City Engineer Abram Swan. Jr. Is

noted as a Joker.

When Hat. ■

Justice Swayze So Decides in

Opinion Filed at Capital

| Haveeon. who purchased the lower end of the Trenton water power and filled the stream In for building purposes. asked Swan If the bridge at mboat street belonged to him

I Sw«u tapued: "Sure, take It; that's

all right!" Harem proceeded to sell

BERGEN RAISES QUESTION the bridge and a Junk dealer began

to take It apart. „

! Now me cftmly authorities say It Is a county bridge and it comes to , light that Swan was Joking. The bridge Is half gone and everybody is mixed as to who Is going lo stand

me loss.

County Will Haws Smaller Number of Freeholders Now—Election li November Will Choose Members of New Board. (Special Trenton Correspondence.) Trenton.—Supreme Court Justice Francis J. Ssrsyse, In an opinion filed here, upheld the Gill act regarding •he freeholders situation in Bergen County, and sustained the small board of seven men as favored by me peo-

ple at large.

Justice Swmyse declares In his opinion that the small board is a constitutional body, and that was me only question before the court. The constitutionality of the Gill set pro riding for small boards of freeholders was argued before me Justice in Jersey City. The Board of Freeholders of Bergen County challenged the law on the ground mat It contravenes the general law of me State. The writ of mandamus sought against Charles F. Thompson, county clerk of Bergen, to show cause why he should not follow the provisions of the old law Instead of the Gill ‘act. was denied by Justice Swayie. The people of Bergen County have voted three times to adept the small board plan. The present board con number will be reduced to seven unde!

me 001 act.

Destroy Impure Soft Drinks. About fifty urchins, with their eyes dearly bulging out of their heads and .’every one of them with an eighteenkarat mint, watched two health Inspecters break open and turn bottle after bottle of soft drinks and turn the content* into the gutter. The boys saw what looked to them like sarsaparilla, and various flacon of ooda. dumped Into me gutter and flow to the sewer. They did not know that this stuff 'tad been condemned by the inspectors because It had been prepared with saccharine. Inspectors Lonls Cennello. of the State Board of Health, and Joseph Wbailey, of me Passaic board, went to me bottling establishment of Liebrrmsn Brothert. on Fourth street. They had been informed mat aacJ . -haiine had been used In the P re par *Son of some of the soft drinks, and when this wss admitted by the pro prletors, the Inspectors proceeded to dump the contents of about 1.600 bottles Into the gutter. Naturally It did not take the urchins long to learn wbst was going on. and It wts with difficulty that the Inspectors were able to k-ep the lads from snalcbinf. some of the bottle before they could be opened. Seek to Extradite Two. Governor Fielder asked Governor Whitman, of New York, to return Jacob Horn to Essex county to an •wer an Indictment for embcxxlement. Horn Is now In New York City. He is accused of steading iwo gold brae

lets

Another requisition was on the govornor of Delaware for Edward Smith, who is wanted in Essex county for larceny and receiving. The Indictment charges Smith with the larceny of (OH pounds of copper wire on May U. He afterwards Bed to Wtlmlng-

IN ALL PARTS OF NEW JLRSEY Telegraphed Localettes Covering the Entire State.

Scarlet Fever Epidemic Threatens. Alpba. a cement manufacturing town two miles south of Phllllpsburg. la threatened with an epidemic of scarlet fever. Hr Thomas Barber, of mis place, reported ten rases to the State auUiorit.es Because a large percentage of the population is made up of foreigners, the rapid spread of (he dlseaac It 'eared, as the foreigners show little or sc regard for quarantine regulations It was stated here mat mere was a likelihood that me public schools of Alpha would not reopen as plan oed. It being feared mat me dis>«s<mlght U- spread through the schools BiffraB 1 *! Scar** Labor Men. Mrs Ella Reeve Blooe. of Columbus. O.. executive secretary to me labor I'nloo Suffrage Campaign Committee, severely scored the recent Inaction of th New Jersey Plate Federation of Labor in not Indorsing woman suffrage In a speech before me loctil Central labor Vnlon She ha* figured largely as w atrike leader in various parts

of me country.

The action that Mrs Blooe objected to was the refusal of the F*derstlon to endorse suffrage al Its annus! con vent ion. The proposal caused bested argument* at the meeting. Oppose Exempt Move. The plan of me State prison In »l>ec«ors to exempt the lOslllon of fiscal officer at the Slate prison wss opposed at a hearing before the ('•*11 Service ••ommiasion by Ernest L t.'u»< krubusb of Newark, represent mg me State Civil Service Association. Wl.eu the |s>sitlon of »uporvi*ur. fc-marly held by Joseph P. McCormick. of Jersey (Tty. was abollshel ct me prison, the tnapectors derided to retain Mr. McCormick at fiscal o&cer. aaalrulng to hlp> duties of

higher vftict

Measures Men MeeL Arrangement* being completed, me fourth annual conference, of officials of me State and local deparments of weights and measure* met at AllanUc

City.

The conference waa held at me Hoel Alamac. Among me speakers present were Dr. S. W. Sumtton. director of me bureau of standards of me Federal Department of Commerce acd Labor; Dr. U A. Fischer, chief of me Federal dtvision of weights and measure*; Dr. Frit* Reich mam. formerly of me New York State Depart mm of Weights and Measures, snd John Virdln chief supervisor of weights and measures of Phlladelphls. Superintendent William L. Waldron of me New Jersey department submitted to me conferen c me question of drafting a bill giving It Jurisdiction over me question of testing all gas. electric, water and taximeter*. Mr. Waldron is president of Weights and Measures Official*. Want* Better Oyster Protection. With me oyster season still in Us infancy comes suggestions from Acting Health Officer Chari rs V. Cramer to me local authorities that It would be wise to adopt regulation* prohibiting me sale of raw oysters unless they are inspected and pro nounred fit by th; State Board of Health. By me law of 1>10 me State body is authorised to Inspect oyster teds and give to me owners, lessees >u>d propni-tors clean bills of health after I such inspections. Despite the popularity o! the oyster. Dr. Craster points ont that it may be contaminated with the "colic." and occasionally typhoid oaemus. and mat epidemics of typhoid fever hs-e been traced to the naUng of Infected oysters. Many of the dealers before sending oysters to market deposit mem in fresh water on partly submerged raft*, to clean out me mud and sand. As a result me oyster swells to an Increased slxe and become# white and firm, it is known as me fattening process, and in me opinion of me acting health officer little objection could be made If a guarantee were given that me procedure was carried out In clean water. Dr. ( raster contends mat me sanitary system of cleansing Is si-ldon carried out and that me oysters artgenerally floated in tidal waters of creeks and rivers which are sewage poRsied. .Steaming or boiling oysters in tbe »bel| for fifteen minute* will destroy all possible organisms of disease, added Dr. Craster. Woman Legally Dead. Mrs. Alice Jcroloman has been declared legally dead by tbi Morris County Orphans* Court, and Jacob H. Tomer, of Rutherford, appointed administrator of her estate which, so far as known, consists of about »600. which she Inherited from the estate of her brother. Frank Berger, of mat

place.

This money has been ordered distributed among her three known relaUvee, but to guard against her return. a bond by a bonding company has been taken out at the order the ixmrt and deposited with me aue-

rogae.

Mrs. Jcroloman left Morristown twenty four years ago. after her mar riser to Edward Jcroloman Nothing baa been beard from them for teen years, ibe last Information being Uiat they were traveling theatrical company under tbe name of Clark. Edward Jeroloman had a brother who lived near Plainfield, but h<- likewise has dleappeared. Outwits Mounted Thug. A negro on horseback attempted hold up Issdore Morvay In an automobile with five passengers on the State road four miles west of Mllli vtlle In the early morning. Tbe horseman blocked the road, and Morvay i suddenly Bashed his searchlight In me animals eyes, causing It lo r«ar l*ul ; Ung on ful! speed he left the high waymsn before he could recover from bis surprise. Tbe negro shouted oath* ** tbe car icassed by him sod fired three shuts after me party, none or which took cfirci. Foote Railroad Director. KoLcri O. Foote, of Morristown, a l*--mcKra! wa» named by Governor Fielder a* State director of railroads. He succeeds tbe late Slate Senator Griffith W Lewis, of Burlington The position is an honorary one and Mr Foote will service tbe unexpired term of Senator Lewis, which n until the »ew«k*u of the legislature me Mr. Foote was State dlrcvtor whim be wax tbs the Democrats, woo were in tbe majoetty In the Isflalstura of lhai •oar.

FACTORIES RUSHING WORK Cullings From Late Dispatches That Epitomise the New* of the Stats for a Week—Fishermen Report Good Luck at Coast Resorts. Many applicants for chauffeur*' IIranscs were examined at the Camden City Hall, and were given test trips by motor vehicle agent* In automo-

bllss.

The Haddonheld Borough Commls- * loners levied an assessment of f Ml.?• against me property owners along Maple and Cedar avenue* for sewer improvements. The Judges announced that Miss Laura Maytrott had woo me $50 sweepstakes prlxe offered tv me Vineland National Bank at me carnival week shows. After serving ms treasurer of me New^eld W. C. T. IT. for twenty-alx years. Mrs. Ellen Koldon has resigned because of pc or health. A canning end preserving plant Is living equipped In the former Hammonton laundry building on upper Bellevue avenue. The Slone Harbor Borough Connell hat fixed me tax rate at $L?S, as against f!.CS last year. The William Mown Fire Department baa installed an alarm system of CO boxes In different part* of me town. Twelve large automobile trucks art carrying passengers to and from me Gibbstown powder works.

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rippling iad with in the valley, following th* befter-ksown trails, getting muscles in condition again after city-bound day*, we were anxious to sae what spring waa like in th* snowy tipper country. Accordingly, as pack animals were not to be obtained for love or money, we prepared to make pack anlmala of ouraalve# and knapsack over to Mount Clark (11AM fact) on me southwestern bounder* of me park, m* most prominent peak of tbe Me—.ed group. There wer* tour of us in th* party, two men and two worn'-, and we planned to be out two eights with a comfortable margin of provision* for a third night, if necessary. Bacon, hardtack and that blaaalng to mountalnaer.. soup, made up me bulk of our commissary. re-eotorced. however, by raisins, choooolale, dried fruit, beans, spaghetti and cheese. Our persona: outfits, of course, were reduced to here

Share Aliks With th* Man. We women who "knapsack" pridt ourselves on being ab'e to do our •hare. so. while we do ntx pretend to carry such heavy packs as ms men. we carry our own outfits and a part, at least, of the general commissary supplies. Short-skirted, flsnnel-shlrt-ed. with hobnailed boots to ms knee and "shocking bad hats.” we art easy in our own doming and as tegsrdless of wind or wearner as th*

Two glass factories resumed at th* South Millville work* of Whltall. Tatum Company, snd three new shops started at me glass works of me T. C. Wheaton Company. Dr. Allen Corson has presented a handsome loving cup :o the Ocean (Tty Fishing Club Tor the member patching the largest game fish from the club pier during the preaent season. The sward win be made In More than 40 member* have already been obtained for Hammontos Lodge of Moose, now being organised. The Woods Cotton Mill, at May's Landing. Idle for 10 days for repair*, resumed operations. Former Assemblyman and Postmaster Thomas C. Klvlns I* a randtate for the Republican nomination for Mayor of Hammonton. Tbe Berlin Athletic (Tt b ha* teen reorganised with tbene officers: H. 8. Dill, manager: 8. A. Olt. treasurer; J. 8. C. Hell*, secretary. Tbe Wildwood Boy Scouts were given inninirttons in first aid by Mrs. Day. a trained nurse connected with a Philadelphia hospital. The Presbyterian Brotherhood of Wililamstown held a big community picnic at Fries' Mill*. There were sports and other amusements. The Cape Msy county Freeholders decided to widen and Improve tbe void leading Into Wildwood from th# mainland, making a first-clan* boule-

vard.

According to the annual report of Superintendent Cressman. of Atlantic county schools, me average attendance for tbe Hammonton district was tbe (bird lowest In the county. Buens Vista township ranks first Tbe State convention of the Senior Order of Cnlted American Mechanics will be held at Glass boro In October, and the Lincoln Castle will enlertalu the delegates. The campaign for equal suffrage will be the main issue for discussion at tbe annual convention of the Salem County W. C T. IT., la tbe Elmer M. E. Church. Tbe mem bent of the Allen Brown Bible Class of tbe M*y* Landing Pro* byterian Church were the guests of former Judge A. B Endirott aboard hi* mitsei. Sklbo. In a delightful trip down the Great Ey* Harbor River Cohingawood Republicans announce one candidate (or Mayer. Thomas Jack, proa blent of Council, and from all reports there will be no opposlUo d' at me primaries, lie hae served *81 Council five terms

In Little Yosemlte we made a camp beside tbe smoothly flowing Merced, and after lunch set ont on a ramble

me march, rather, as we expected to leave trails behind ua and strike acrorcountry to me base of Mount Clark. Hot Rock* to Warm Cold Beds. We bald It to be but a tribute to our skill as mountaineers, however, when we found an old sheep trail following th* very route we had planned to taka For many miles we followed It through me rolling forest east of Mount Burr King, through Starr King meadow, and out near the crest of a granite ridge near Clark Fork. Here we left It behind and struck ar-os* me open coun try. over ridge after ridge, acres* stream after stream, until we came to me northerly fork of Gray creek, where we made a camp. We had reached me altitude of about 8A00 feet, and snowdrifts lay deep all about But firewood waa abundant and our little nook among me tall Bra promised every comfort mat a knapsacker need expect. In default of extra bedding we took hot rocks to bed with us The night passed comfortably and wa were up at dawn ready for tbe as aault on Mount Clark, confident alec of succeea As we climbed me enow lay even deeper about ua. Tbs forest of fir and mountain pine gave way to me hardier whltwbark pine, the tree of Umberline. Up to me top of me ridge it crept, at the top a mere shrub, bent and twisted beneath me winter's weight of snow. As we climbed, our borixon to tbe south and west widened. We were looking across me valley of me lUUoueUe toward me snowy divide separating ua from me south fork of me Merced where lies Wawona and me splendid Mariposa gro*e of sequoias. Yoaemlte valley was but a blue rift In me forest with only its great domes. Half Dome, Ben tin el Dome and Starr King, rising into any prominence. Far different was our view to eastward from me crest. Our ridge ended o. me east In an r.brupt precipice. Through a broken "chimney" <-r windowllke aperture in me rocks, we

Washington May Be World’s Capital of Fashion W ASHINGTON—Plans for the transferring of th* di'tatorahlp of tfc* world * fashions from Paris to Washington are under way. The initial movement toward making 'hi* city the style center of the universe has been made by the chamber of commerct through negotiations with me American chamber of commerce at the J -c French capital; the proposition in ’ to •nllst th* united efforts of chants In me acham* which might result in magnificent benefits m WashThe world war has dealt stes-

nlng blow* to modistes of France Coming with a suddenness that va* startling, me con Bagration that wxt destined to envelop the greater part of me earth's Inhabitant* found me Parts firms overstocked. As a precaution for self-protection.' these same merchants upon me seats of government* in tbe nations that are not Involved in the conflict- In their search they look to Washington, the capital of the foremost neutral country, as me logical piace from which to dispense the cod* that Is to govern me fashions doling tbe years to coma. Restrictions In me matter of passports have served to turn hack buyeri from America who have annually made pilgrimages to ) aria Tbe result is that there Is a more restricted supply of foreign fashionable goods here present than at any other time when the fall fashion* are supposed to be attracting me attention of houses that cater to me elite. While there Is no formal action by which me Capital of Fashion is ferred from city to city or nation to nation, a favorable answer from the hitherto dictators Is all that D considered necessary for Washington to assume me position in tbe van.

Society Woman in Washington Has a Pet Jaguar S OCIETY baa explored some of me remotest corners of the world In qont of unique decorations for milady, but Mr*. Hazel Wilson of this city enjoys the happy distinction of being the first member of the national capitali "smart set" to possess a real. live, nndomestlcsted b. by Jaguar for a chum and com pan. jn To be sure. It Is only two months old. and no larger man a big house cat. but It has a formidable array of long, white, sharp teeth encircling its Jaws, small, pieicing. yellow eyes and a very abort temper. Although Mrs Wilson and Beauty hare been friends only a few weeks me little wild pet seems to take bis captivity as a matter of course and has already made up bis mind that Washington society Is not p'Assam habitat, ll -suty is nourished from "the bottle." Just as any otb* baby would be. and If he does not grow up to be a decent respectable Amr can citizen be can blame bis own Jungle forbear*—and what's more be hai been made to understand that If he displays any of hit vicious traits In tht presence of "company" his education will cease, bis fair companion wO desert him. and he will be hurried off to me xoo auere leas conddirttioE will be shown him. At hie owner's home In thi Thomas. Beauty Is given tbe utmost freed cm even to reclining In his mistress' rrms to receive me dally manicure aa4 bam. and when be Is real nice he is allowed to accompany his beneft 'trer* on her morning walks and drives. He showed me greatest delight one dsf when me “movie man" arrived to chronicle his funny little sBUca. At first. In true savage fashion, he tried to Intimidate his audience, but when he was told It wts quite the proper thing for well•xplolted In the "movie*" he growled bis approbation and blinked asl purred and somersaulted until me camera film was exhaust* Beauty was captured In me wilds of Brazil before hU and was sent to Mrs Wilson by a friend.

YOGCMirt Valley

Tbe Mullira township Boar Education has awarded five -uu for automobile transportation < plls to school* at lUmmonioD an Harbor City.

up toward lb* base of Half Dome. Up Cloud's Rest trail we climbed, and men pushed through the forest to me brisk of Tenaya canyon, a gorge almost as deep as Yoaemllr valley tuelf. Inaccessible to all but tbe hardiest mountaineers The great chasm, more man X.000 feet deep, ley at our feet Half Dome towered majestically against the. sky. and still farther w* could sen the ehadowed cliff* of El Capllan and me Cathedra) Rocks A Buck In VelveL My companion on this ramble elected to climb Cloud's Rest before returning to camp. »o 1 made my way back to UUl# Yosemlte alone. Near me foot of the trail, in a glorious little mountain meadow. 1 surprised s beautiful buck, tbe largest 1 have ever seen in me Sierra. His horn* wer* in velvet. and be stood so near me that 1 could see tbe quick, nervous movement of his nostril* as he watched me. For two or three minute* we stood mere regarding one another Then, wim a -■ s.iam wag of his funny little tsil. be turned and made off mrough the wood*, as unhurriedly and Indifferently as If L loo. had been a woodland creature. Perhaps I looked IL After his departuro 1 examined the meadow more doeeiy It was a little gem of lu kind, sloping from a ledge of granite that waa covered with gnarled and crooked Junipers. Al lbs first glimpse 1 thought It an unbroken sheet of the tiniest blossoms of yellow mlmulus. buL on kneeling down. II species of flower* revealed them selves, all the daintiest and *a#t delicate of their kind—yellow violets, white forget mo-nots. glltas. white u*xl (rage and the amallest pink pea I have A knapaarker'B camp Is a simple af ffclr—a bed of pine needles, a few sum as rolled together lo make a Ore place, a pUe of firewood gathered together. and there Is home By five o'clock next morning we were astir. Where one's possessions are so few. Making dishes sad packing fs s mat ter of scant ceremony, in than an -raJy for me •rail, or .'or

looked down (00 feet Into a great snow field filling all the eastern basin, and beyond this lay the cleft of me Merced canyon, and. still beyond, the magnificent snowy peaks of me summit crt-sL Lyell. McClure. Ritter. Dana, a host of others, all above 11,000 feet, all shin leg and gleaming In the brilliant sunshine with a radiance that hardly seemed to belong to this world Couldn't Get Up Clark. Well fo* us that mis glorious vision was compensation for all tbe many miles we had climbed, lor we got no farther that day—and Clark still remained unconquered. For we had anticipated me season for mountain climbing by a fortnight or more, and the slope that should have offered an easy rock climb to me summit was now a precipitous wall of treacherous snow. We bad no rope, no ice ax. not even a knife with which we might have cut steps, and the Icy edge where rock and snow met proved an Invin clble barrier to me summit Up and down me ridge we prowled over every ledge. Into every chimney only to admit ourselves defeated tu the

end.

For an hour or more we remained upon the ridge feasting our ryes on i the marvelous panorama a hundred j miles of snowy range, a mxsuiticeiii ! alpln* region, the greater part of j which la now almost InaccesUble. ] to be opened to travel by the Construe

tlon of the John Muir trail.

After luncheon lu camp a lb milt w*lk back still lay ahead of n* (> ul i defeat lay lightly upon us. many mountain summits have been our* in me past, and we bad had. alter •" the Inspiration and th.. uplift ut glorious uppei regious of snow r ,, the exhilarate.!. tb e ^ ] betn lacking Down ao^,,, 1

below of yellow p lnr , spreading arm* of * U g„

upon open ere.,. t«, ered , IU , ^ xenlta and chinquapin *e hasten** through me Happy |,ie, into our I oaemit* valley ramp.

Money Destroyed at Rate of $5,000,000 a Day R EDEEMED paper money with a nominal value of tlAdl.lSUll In JTTJHlit pieces was destroyed by tbe treasury department during the fica 1 year ended June 80. Official! estimate the note* weighed 6*0 t~ns and ttM about $6,000,000 worth waa destroy *1 each day. In 1SC5 only 70.000.000 pieces of paper money with a nominal value of I14441MZC were destroyed. Regul* Done for me destruction of pel** money have recently been codified and revised bj- the treasury depart meat The government first issued paper money in connection wim the Civil war finances, snd Secretary Chs*'* Of -onrn-** V. v . . regulations wer* based upon the sri methtrf Y* 11 ,7- 1811 * ulhorll| nf the secretary to prescribe the d d< *‘ roy ‘ n * ub0 > For circulation. Although changes In tt' tre«wry department's bu.lnras have resulted in modification ofpract^ ord*r h P .'rr 1Ur '. Ml,,b, ‘* h " 3 by ,h, ‘ r’r'FinsI regulation* Secretary Chase • c hanges d |n Jr ,,> J‘ bro * ,,e<S or form.lly revised There have been mm' bftvush. M^A<loo, ord ' r » These change# are now compiled as# coition. o°,t‘ V by burnbag'^Ex m-rien** * - P * P * r moUey •ecuriUss wer* destrcwJ tlon with th. diir 1 0 r* “hoard that this was not the safest plan In cc>nn«cbundles of money ? UUnrU »* because it ts difficult to bur* For this VTSBf.D r 'thB *, . ? ?' ““F eacspe through ms rhlmo'V maceration Juae * 5 ' 1,7 < *«hori*ed the destruction by Adoo't order. " ' Thu l >ol, <7 l» rontlnuod Is Secretary Me

Eleven-Cent Stamp Is Now Sold by Uncle Sam ipoC. 00 ^" “■ "" h * ■ “ l postage and Insurance fee on insured —■"

parcels amounting to It cents The Im .l postage rate upon parcel

post Is 11 cents upon parcels w*igb, U g .

18 and IS pounds lo the first and

sei-ond sones pa, Wages weighing seven pounds take 11 cwuls. Sj’ J In the fourth sane, u cents Is re- ^ f •lulred for two pound parcels, and In — me seventh acme for one-pound par- ■ elr Th* rate tu me seventh sane for

1 Pounds !* fi.ii. Hence It wa.