m «ho*o «%« retanu fited with S®crtM»r>X I 1 ** -Btata hUrtl! , was JSI.08S Thii. , *«• dirM«5 u toOows: Mjr*; Damocrstlc. !l»t. 16 613; Nttfcosl

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Tfc* Dennocrstlr cani|>slKn fund colI fantatf fa) the Slat* commuter for use ~ I the rvreet election was 68.100 From Us fonil ths committee eapended IT . lesvinc a balance of 6CZ5.K7 tacleo* for nest year's campaUm. Me facts are disclosed In s «t*tc filed with Secretary of State __ ia» K Martin l r Ocner»t Iannis \ CoHlns. of EUsabetl tr> urer of |Mi Btate committee. Toe 116 rotttrib

> the fund rave

• way from 66 to 61.000; the con- ! «.f 61.000 belnc credited to UOontroiler Edward I Edwards. ' ' * fit e.pechrtlyjps

COMMISSION REPORT Says Need of- Rspai Is Imperative cost the State upward of 66l.600.000\to put Its roads 1c the condition they should be. scoordlng to the estiofete submitted by Colonel Edwin A. Blprens, the irbways. In bis annual demands of present-day travel will absolutely have In some way. the commissioner says, and he points out two very vital profirst, the inadequacy of the present road system, and. second, the sver-increaslng necessity of adoptln* a policy that will meet the demands i-day travel. This Utter proportion would entsll s survey of the roods and a tborouxb and uniform sbow not only the moneys expended, but the services rendered. It Is also the belief of the commissioner that for results of a permanent kind tenure of office for the road force would be ueceaaary. Commissioner Stevens calls attention to the fact that the problt fronting the Stale u made acuta by the Increasing number of automobiles. In 1611 there was every 60 persons, one for every 46 In 1616. one tor every 40 In 16X4. and Ibis year one for about every St In other words, there Is s machine lor every mile of cosniry road, eliminating the streets of the city. The commissioner says there is still further growth and he estimates that the motor vehicle output can be Increased from the present figure of about 760.000 to from 1.600,000 3.800.000 in a very short space of

tlau>_

The heavy hardens placed upon local authorities are referred Colonel Stevens, who shows that the Increase In receipts vehicles has been in no wise proportionate to the Increase In demand for assistance from the various counties Five years ago from one-third to half the amount needed to beep the main lines of traffic In repair could be met out of the motor vehicle fund This year, despite an unexpectedly Urge Inrreaao In reoeipU. it has been Impossible to provide more than about 3 per cent, of the money that should have been spent for repairs. “It Is easy to sec." states Colonel Stevens, "that the greater the growth, of the motor vehicle traffic tnd the larger the recedpU therefrom the greatcf wUl be the demand upon the countlea for repair work and the the proportional pert thereof which can be contributed from the motor vehicle fund. The situation calls for foresight and careful business management as well as for a policy which shall be ecus latently followed. "We ore ill prepared to meet the »ede of the situation. We have no exact knowledge of the travel on our roads, thetr mileage, toe cost of repair nor of the portion thereof that bas been Improved. TMs very necessary Information cannot be systema tlcally gathered under our legislation. What little lias been done In this way has been incidental to other work. acJ is too spasmodic In character to furnish any basis tor design. All we know with certainty Is that 1,668 miles have been Improved with State aid Our total rood mileage, exclusive of streets, U probably about 16,000." Cent Get Enough Water. Before the Bute Public Utilities Commission in Camden on the complaint of residents Of Pitn a ebo are eecklng an order compelling the Pitman Water Company to furnish that community wKL a more adequate supply. Winsiow B. Ingram, an Inspector, said be had made a test on a livery stable and found it altogether ImposslWe to get a prop*- stream. The lank, be said, has a capacity of 30.- . 000 gallons of water, but he found but ' 20.000 In K. The Inspector declared that the pressure was not sufficient to send a stream to the eaves of the

Deputy Revenue Collector Thomas M. Ferrell, of Class boro, is gathering of lemons, known as toe * Podderooo" Variety, some of wnich weigh two pounds. Jewish farmers living in toe vicinity of Monroeville will dedicate a synagogue. Just erected. December 6. with special ceremonies. conducted by Rabbi Leventha). of Philadelphia The Hammonton Branch of the American Needlwork Guild U cooperating with toe American Red Cross Society to provide garments ' >r wounded soldiers In Europe. A building boom which started at Pitman early In'the year Is being continued by toe erection of m number of pretty dwelling bouses. The children of toe BUckwod public schools cleared 6C( > from a food sale for the benefit of the library

fund.

Thirteen schools in Gloucester county are registered for s display at the abow of the Glassboro high

State Beard of Commerce and igaifcA ba* started action which nvure the roatlnuuuon of tbepreii,«y work lapdn the New Jersey »&*! from Bordcntown to Rari-

Bc.ith Amboy

hna passed a resolution • State project the mat the canal It has 1.500 from it* avail XfiMteur the survey and ■HBk waterway route maa *' surv eying will the direction of ng force as soon

-'•an be made

ship i-anal was year* »*o by the

William F. Royda. Grassy Sound, also filed s petition asking toe commission to compel the Wes: Jorsoy A Seashore Railroad company to stop the trains on both sides of the bridge, as was the tom until a footway was built across the stream. Under the preetnt conditions. It Is claimed, toe people ere greatly tneonveqjfnced. • Governor Silent About Wtllpsnn. "I am not going to discuss too matter." said Governor Fielder, when asked what comments, if any. he bad to make concerning State Senator Charles M. Egan's statement that a matter of gratitude for past favors Governor Fielder ought the most ardent advocates of toe nomination of H. Otto Wlttpenn for | the governorship next y< The Senator had pointed out that as Wlttpenn withdrew In favor of Fielder In 191S. FSeWer ought to reciprocate by coming out for Wlttpenn

in 1916.

Governor Fielder etsted that be did not (eel called upon to say an) thing about ton governorship ai this time. At the Wlttpenn headquarters there was also an absence of comments regarding the Egan statement. '‘Basin*’ Case/up Again. An Invr.ligalton by ttolef Justice Gammer* h.io toe claim* of lh.- State of New Jrr« m th« eull of the 1,*. high Valley l;;> ’road company, involv-

laaac DUkes. of Barnesboro. received a cow by express. It came “crated * and weighed 1.000 pounds. Bogus 60-cent p s* have made their appearance in Paulsboro. and many have fallen victims to the coins. The Swed'eshbro Board of Education bos employed Professor Stanton as musical Instructor in the schools 'The three banking institutions af Woodbury show total deposits of 61e

677.196.

There Is talk of the old school hulldlg at Clayton being converted Into a garment factory. Blackwood Is mnch Interested la rumors that a large Iron plant will be established there. Starting at a mid-week meeting for a membership of 64 toe new Men's Bible Class of the M. E. Church aocompUahed the work, when most of the leading men of Swedesboro were

enrolled.

Police and firemen at Glassboro are now summoned by ths sounding of aa electric gong Installed In front of ths firabouse. Tbe contrort for the building of the new municipal building in Swedesboro has been awarded. When It la finished. with toe two new bank buildings and a new open house, residents win feel the tow nwlil show marked pro-

The Gloucester Goaty Board of Taxation sat at Pitman to beer appeals from toe district comprising !*limaa. Wcnonah and Waablntgon township. The annual 1 meeting of Glassboro Lodge. Tall Cedars of Lebanon, was held In the Woodbury Moose Home with a Urge attendance. A. M Chew was elected Grand Tall Cedar Colored residents of nearby seettons held memorial services for the lata Booker T Washington In the colored public school Haddonfield More than 100 men are working os the new SUte road between MlUvIUe and 1*011 Elisabeth, and It Is expected to be completd in about five weeks. The Egg Harbor City fire department gave a reception to the fir* fighters of Wildwood George T. Reid. Burlington county** new farm di-mocstraror. who is directing the fight against bog cholera, has advised growers to butcher and market all pigs. Because of lack of room, children cf FraskltnvtUe are attend Ins only naif day (M-faooI sesaiou* May's Landing muskrat trappers predict a good e.-ason. and a number have already began to set their trap* along the banks of the Groat

C RATER LAKE National pork baa bsun termed by many toe eighth wonder et ths world. Nestling In the heart of a great mountain which. In ages past, was a living volcano. 6,000 feet above toe •ea, with its sapphire surface unruffled. reflecting the many-buod sajfaeee of toe 1.090 feet high crater wails which surrounded It. it is undoubtedly one of the most exquisite gems of color to be found In the world. Its blue surpasses ths blue of the Bay of Naples In richness and Intensity and weird surroundings, pregnant with mystery and solitude, are In perfect harmony with the placid repose of Its surface. Binders In many countries. high peaks, water fills, cascades, forests and fields of wild flowers to be found In many lands, but there is only one Crater lake. Individuality Is as difficult of attainment in scenery os It la In persons, and In Crater Lake Noons! park one Ends It to an extrema agree. The people of the United State* are Particularly fortuaate la the poaee* •Ion of their national pork* In that almost every one of them ha* a marked and striking Individuality and contains within its boundarla* some fea tars* which will leave a lasting Impression and will be a source of Joy

forgotten; but of all the slghta that can be had In the scenic reservations of our country, perhaps none wtXl strike the observer with suefe force

under any cir-

cumstances. be a place where tourists would be content to stay, for there U ever the mountain top with the lake beyond beckoning toe traveler to the goo) of bts pilgrimage The establishment of toe village on the rim of the crater overlooking the lake would be ideal, but in certain sea sons the snows are so late In melting that tourists might never reach tbs vllIsge In the season of their travel. The

.. to be a

double village or two stations, one at the lower lave!, which opens several weeks before the upper levels, and oae at the rim of the crater. By this means tourists may arrive at the lower station, where accommodations be found, and proceed to the rits of the crater by foot when the rood U not passable tpr vehicular traffic. At the rim of toe crater should be estsb llshed a secondary village In which ■leoping and eating accommodation! or* provided, together with stores and studios which might supply toe wants

of toe tourists.

Balling and Fishing on the Lake. The desire of toe tourist upon arriving at Orator Lake National park U to reach the rim of toe crater at the earliest time. Once there, his all-ccn-aumlng desire is to descend to the surface of toe lake end to sell upon

TMt PMANTOn SHIP, CVATCR LAKt

and will leave m lasting an Impression as Crater lake. Crater Lake National park is In the Cascade range of mountains in south era Oregon. The lake Is circular In form and about six miles In diameter, lu surface la at an elevation of 6477 feet above sea level and Is an average of 1.000 feet below toe crest of the surrounding crater rim. The | cavity In this mountain was once crater of an active volcano which, at one time or another, collapsed, leaving a receptacle several hundred feet in depth which Is now filled with sparkling blue water, clear aa a diamond and of a blue that defies description. Arranging for Tourists. To make this unique gem of exjulslte beauty available to the traveling public has been no simple problem The park Is traversed by roads from the west and from the south and the approaches ore along easy gradients and through wonderful forests and alongside beautiful canyons hut upon a closer approach to the ascent to the rim of toe crater, toe difficulty of reaching the lake becomes more and serious, and (be problems Involved In establishing proper accom inodations tor the tourists and main'aintng them throughout the season becomes more and more complex. (The superintendent's house is lociAed several miles from the rim of tty. 1 'crater and at an elevation of t- 000 ttM above sea level. This altitude.

this bluest sea about the phantom island and In the shadow of toe Jsggeo rim. After he goes this far. his next consuming desire will be to book the glorious trout which ma> be seen swimming In toq depths bqpeath hlq boat A trip of this sort wUl only fill him with a further longing to andrclg the lake on land around toe rim. so that be may drink in the sparkling colors and deeper shadows from all angles. The problem, therefore, which confronts ths secretary of the Interior Is toe development of roods and trails about the lake so that toe tourist may receive full satisfaction, and to dc this, plans have been drawn and work begun on toe roods and trails and vtlIsrc foogreas has appropriated money, which is being expended through the •car department, tor toe construction of an encircling road to be built around the crater. This rood is under construction and a material portion of It has been completed. The three entrance roads, one from Medford ou toe west, one from Klamath Falls on toe south and one along Saiui creek on the east, have been completed and are now open to travel- The trail from too ritu of the iveter to toe lake sue face Indicating toe location of toe pro posed rim village has been constructed *“<1 »1U this year be widened and Improved A lodge or hotel boa been constructed on the rim of the crater and roads connecting It with toe suIquanars at Anna level have tm«a

A UNIQUE establishment that might be colled a g but which Is officially known as toe eastern field sution of toe b forest insects of the bureau of entomology, is maintained by toe a department of the federal government In the edge of the Virginia village of Falls Church, a few miles from toe national capital. ! means, since Ha establishment In 1912. >f toe solution of many problems that tost have been vexing telephone and telegraph companies, mine owners and other large users of timber attacked by Insects, rs wall s era. manufacturers of forest products, municipal park authorities and Individual owners of wood lots. In addition to administrative buildings and laboratories, toe field station has four outdoor tnaectaries equipped with apparatus tost ts roughly the counterpart for Insect rearing of the better-known incubator* and brooders of toe poultry plane In these have been reared and studied during toe life of toe station approximately 50,000 specimens of moths, butterflies, sawflies, ants, parasitic wasps, bees, various two-wlnged files and beetles, which, by boring or In other ways, are Injurious to trees and Umber, or which In some cates, strangely enough, are beneficial. In order to have at hand forest malarial for carrying on toe experiments a plantation of 3400 young forest trass bos beer, established at toe stalkm. representing twenty-two spectoe of conifer* end sight species of hard woods. Many of toe experiment* carried an with forest product* bave related to the effectiveness of various preservatives in preventing attacks os wood by boring Insect.-. and re*alia have been secured tost have bow Immediately deflected in money saving by large users of woods No las* valuable have basn toe new processes worked out for protecting shade trees and ornamental ebrube from tbslr voracious insect enemies.

Capital Correspondents Form Cavalry Platoon T O First Lieutenant Homer M. Orontnger. Fifth United Stats* cavalry Fun Myer. Virginia, has been assigned toe task of proving to 38 Washington correspondent r that toe sword Is mightier toon toe pen—when the otherro fuses to abide by the decision of ths

pen.

Lieutenant Groolngar, bland, blaoeyed and very ••military." ts the “C. O " of * platoon of volunteer cavalry authorlr.ed taoffldally by the war do partment and composed almost entire ly of newspaper correspondents of to* nwionsl capital. They are smooth shaven, and bearded, hollow-chested sway-backed, bow-legged and knee-sprung, and when Uned up in ao , k , rr," ;r r "" 1 LUhlr mu,* rrl,.,. |„ u,. r».u7S», “ ““ *'"■** Representing newspapers in all parts of vb* ... » piled to Secretary Garrison for a course of trlLlng os rc^ralrT^T Garrison liked tne proposal. Bo did General Boott ctirf ?' Wilbur E. Wilder, commanding Fifth United Btttra*Jre£v themselves to a couree of thirty weeks, involving P’* 1 *** end 8 l £ e * Bcboot °f Muskrtry. shoot; and toe better trained ton sublet! ts in ,°J. WMr U * bu “l r to better able he will be to shoot accurately under At flru the training has been confined to^^*^ 0 * otner fundamentals along with sighting and .tmiJll dHtT ,U - ,n * rC, “ il * and m«n were put through toe regular course of We ' UlCT th * then went up for their rifle rerord. all to be^JdsjJ knd boraet commences. 1UQea wore toe work on

Mr. Wilson Ranks High as a Pardoning President P RESIDENT WILSON was shown in a new Hrht bu .. a official records of toe department of justice rav. S d * T,Uowd ,h k* and McKinley es s pardoning president." Wbvn WlUl UBrola pardons and commutation* during hi* romplst* record of first term In toe White House la complied officials of the department bo lleve Wilson will stand at toe head of the list tn toe matter of ullUxlng the executive power to grant clem ency to federal prisoners “Taft nos a merciful president but he had a Judicial mind and wes inclined to sit in Judgment on pardon applications as If be were on the bench," an official of toe department of Justice said la discussing pardon mrecords. "Wilson Is not influenced as touch br th* i ' in this way he Is much like Lincoln and M.Ktoi« UW “ by b *kn. nod RooreveU pardoned te.er tions of the department of Justice than an7^r~M ,uore 'rewnmepfig. believed crime should be punished, and where tod^.'“L . '"” ,t He was loath to Interfere " Judges and June* ^ad acted h The official record tl the pardons h,,,, bo available until Attorney General G^ore* ( ,dCl,nl ‘‘ r k<‘«» will m,*greee This report, however, will ™i T z!? hU knnuol r.oon , lost, and will not Include toe greatly increase*' ^ “P «• June IQ muutioos which the president allowed o: “tedoo. and co^‘ If RresMeat WUeoo continue hi. pr«L elenency. official, declare, be u certam to g 0 , lL «t»*d!s* sxec Utir _ — certain that no pre^Mrau of 'h"IT eiU rank w ith him tn the number c^s c , ^ ‘-*kc«ta a*l ^ *" r -'a cJscjgncj