CAPE MAT C0U1TT TIMES OoaaoUdxted with the So* bl« Otty Kerlew. February. 1*1*

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Entered at the Poet Office at Sea Ue City. N. J.. aa Seoood-CUae

CLEAHIHO UP BACK TATES

One of the beet mores made by the City of Sea lale City for some time was the action taken last Tuesday, directing the foreclosure of all tax titles held by the City. Hitherto when taxes were unpaid the property was told for taxes, and the title was filed In the County Clerk's office. Here It stayed, awaiting the delinquent taxpayers' owe dear time to settle np. while the City struggled along with limited borrowing capacity, and Impaired credit. As a result tax titles are held by the City for ten or fifteen yea and no taxes are paid year after year

on thu property.

Under u..- action adopted Tuesday, the City will iwecloee all these titles, secure a good marketable title to the land, which any Title Ii Company will guarantee, and will then sell this property at public aale to the highest bidder. Thus the City collects Its tax money, the property la placed In the hands of people who will pay the taxes and improve the property, anl the City as a

FALSITIES ABOUT

li ATT/ROADS

This Is the seasor for the gogue to flourish. It doesn't require the corner soapbox or the tall end of a wagon any more to bring the spellbinder before the people with tacular effect. The printed page accomplishes more In a day than cheap oratory does in a week, says the At-

lantic City Press.

This being the year of a Presidential election the man with an axe to grind Isn't waiting for a party ticket to be formulated in national conrenHe starts In long before and one particular pet subject is painting to the credolors the debased character of the railroads. The presence of watered stock is a favorite argument to dwell upon with unctuous bitterness. It seems only fair readers to decry this financial bugaboo. for the physical valuation railroad properties In the United State* has been determined under the La Pollette Act by a ten years' inquiry by a non-partisan board that estimates our railroads are aaeeeeahle today at *18.900.000.000 and there la no controverting the fact they are worth cloee to two billions more than their capitalization.

It Is fallacy that some ape . -

are declaring that the Each-Cummins | SIGHT-SEEING busses have added

This plan was carried Into effect in Wildwood last year, with the suit that that municipality doea have a dollar's worth of unpaid taxae on Us books back of 1922. More power to the Commissioners for their action. Let the foredocure work be hurried along in every poe-

CHIIDE00D IMFBESOOMS OF TEE HOME TOW* The Impressions you gleaned your home town are the imprerslons that remain with you all your life. No matter where you were born and went to school, or where you traveled alnct. your Idea of the old home town is .be Idea gleaned In

youth.

Certainly tbe children of Sea lale City will have memory of a that will hardly cause them to speak of It with pride In later life. ' tbe topic of conversation drifts to the “old borne town.” Their impreeeion w.'U be a mud bole; muddy streets wlt> pools and lakes of water for dayi. atcer a rain lu tbe gutters: their memory will cling to tbe days of half-session because rain made an afternoon session (without a boost to ford tbe gutters around tbe sc boo! house) impossible. Now this condition Is not true of the resort generally. Most of the streets are well drained and In good condition. But the one street that the children see tour tlmee every school day. twenty weeks In the year. it a street that la a disgrace to any community. We are referring Ariadne street north of Central avenue. and part of Central avenue, from Ariadne street to Nejtune

INVESTIGATIONS continue ap The fact If that these Inquiries Washington's chief news and diversion Just now—with no end In right. It has become fashionable for ladles of the “official eet” to tom “bos parties - ’ to attend t-e hearings,

e e e

MONTANA has tbe distinction of furnishing both of tbe Senate's mast relentless Investigators: Thomar * Walsh and Barto_ K. Whei Wheeler la not such an experienced hand as Walsh, bnt he is the mala cog in tbe machine that la tearing into tbe Department of Justice and Attorney General Daugherty; and tbe othc day when he had l cold la tbe bead all his fellow-probers got cold feet, at least, they did not go far with tbe Investigation until be was back on the Job again to taka

charge.

Act guarantees a railroad Income. It doea not guarantee any return to stocknolders. It provldee that a fair railroad rate Is one showing a return 6% per cent, upon the actual value of the property used In transportation In any certain territory. The provisions bear no relation to the capital'taUon and do not regard any return made upon it. It la all wrong to accept the unproven statements of the political baliyhoo, but not one In ten knows how to refute hbtoet EEPEATS rrarii.F Hamilton F. Kean believes that tbe people of this country are falrmlnded and that they believe in fair play. We agree with him. We believe too. as he does, in the honesty of tbe dtlsens of this Republic and that tg-

and

sever wllL It is constantly doing the beet we can that has made on United States. But. sometimes It is necessary that we be reminded not to take too seriously tbe muck-raking that goes on whenever an rii Such condition* Washington have arisen In all coustriee In ail times. Out own history reveals all too many similar situations. Yet, we have always through safely until today we may call ourselves the leading Nation of the World. Aa Mr. Kean points out In fils article elsewhere In this Issue, our martyred President Lincoln was being subjected to much troubles In 18*0 as is Calvin CoolIdge today. Mr. Kean doea well at this time to ask us to turn back the pages of history and read tbe mortal words of Abraham Lincoln, spoken In the dark days of 1**9, at the close of bis address on February 22nd In Cooper Union. We are In hearty accord with Mr. Kean's appeal, “let us stand by President aa our forefather* stow thelra."

to their Itinerary the “little house on K Street” wher* so many secret conferences took place In t*-* early days of tbe Harding Administration between Daugherty, Jems Smith and other officials and hang-ers-on. Tbe house la of green atone and there are few like It in the capital. where rod brick la tbe favorite

building material.

of the "Columbus crowd" when they moved Into the capital In tbs Spring of 1921. Here it was that Howard Manning-ton. friend of Harding and Daugherty, had his headquarters and dealt In liquor permits and *ransacted other legal business with those

HE FIRST WEEK in June has been set as the time tor winding up the affairs of the <8th Congress. At the earned behest of the President, Administration leaders In both houses are working toward that end. They want to have everything cleaned ip before the national political conventions get under way. For the He use It will be easy, but the Senate la In a hopeless ‘am. having turned most of its attention thus far to investl-

Favorite Saying* The flu ver owner: "Wouldn't that Jar you?" The radio orator: “Til tall the

world.”

h JgLl “ ur<1 * r * r “Well. IH Tbe Judge: "Flae." onTm* No °®* k - * * B Tbe telephone girl: "I got your number." The sausage maker: “Dog gone." The fisherman: 'Til drop a line." The author: "AH write." The seamstrees: "Darn It'." The bydro-electrlc engineer: "Dam

Why may candidate* but! their hats Into the ring, when they slip them

In so gently?

Since 30.00C bone* are killed In bull fight* in Spain every year they

ought to use flivver*

WIL’JAM JENNING Bryan's bombardman* of Oscar Underwood icadi many observers here to the conclusion that the Alabama Senator la the strongest candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. When McAdoo looked like the beet bet. Bryan trained his guns on him. but aa soon as MeAdoo’a name was brought Into tbe oil scandal. Bryan dadded the former Secretary of the Treasury was done tor. and atarUJ after Underwood. Bryan doesn't it anyone to go Into th- national rentlon with the nomination aeweo np. He la not aa out-and-out

These streets have continued

their present condition throughout three city administrations, end has* remained what they are today—almost ImpsaaabU mud-boles during

seven month* In each year. If tor no other consideration at all.

It would be thought that this ondl-

tlon would be remedied for tn* aakel

of tbe Httle ones who must use these Next thing to perpetual motion is

thotoughfaree. Wednead-y of thi* Egging up new oil trouble*. week agsia brought home the lusuf-

forsbie condition of these atrec's. Rummer la worse than winter. You wber after th* rain of a tow hour* «hrr»w a Utile ice on the grate

they were a muddy mire-and will “ nd ke *«’ the rooln «"<>>• lemnlt. so for days after all other;

streets are dry. .They do tbinga differently In Cuba.

! whet.- a vport w ri'er recently rbot a

use*ball puyer.

be la In a ' roMpttve mood." HENRY FORD'S offer tor Muscle Shoals received quick and easy approval In the House, but delays are cropping up la the Senate. South era Senators are demanding that tbc legl.Unon be brought out on th* floor and given a chance to paae. but powertul Interests are exerting e Influence to detent the Ford ...... Then. too. Senators like Norria. of Nebraska, believe that tbe nitrate and power plants should never pass out of the hands of the Government and they want to « ganlse a great federal corporation w operate the project in peace time and to have It ready for war emergencies. WHITE HOUSE officials plan pu! • ban on persons who use the Proeldent to. pubUcIty purp Mr. Ooolidge baa been embarrass number of time* by caller* whose only purpose in calling upon him was to make capital of tbs fact that they bad been received by tbe President of tbe United flutes. AH Prerid. have bad tbe same problem to contend with. It la a problem that would not aria* la any other country JA* United sutca where the Chief Executive maintain* a citree eonuci with his fellow cltlaens. making Jt difficult to draw tbe line to determine who shall be barred from tbe White House and under what conditions. JIM DAVIS, the Secretory of Labor Is the first Cabinet officer to Uk* tbe stump In Coolldge's preoonventlon campaign. He I* epeakIng la South Dakota, where tbe Johnson and LaFolletto Influence is strong Davis, by the way. 1* about U»* only memL>t. of tbe Cabinet who has not been touched by some *ort ot rcandal.

Several old EiiglUb churches way be torn Mown i ud shipped to thi*

What Are the Wild Waves Saying?

Musings of (he Office Cat

"Lost—A pocket book containing *50. and two circus tickets. Finder please return tickets.” This advertisement appeared In an Elyria. Ohio.

Correct, this sentence: "Don’t urge e. please." raid the white-haired lady. "I’m get.ing too old to dance.’*

Bob’s Farewell You can keep every klas I gave you. You can keep every golden careee. You -an keep all the tricks I taught you. And .be stories you made me conYou can keep whatsoe'er you care to, My loving—and the parties wi throw— But—plaaae—give me back what Tm Th* cold cash I wasted on you. Twas ever thus: When Noah built tbe first fleet, the humMe taxpayer got —*-—

A hick town Is a place where everybody Is auspicious of the man who won't Join four or five things. Laugh and you leara—tor toarfilltd eyea aee nothing but nrtnw George Redding deecrtbas th* loallat feeling as being when tbe telephone operator repeat* your number and then completely disappear! off the Hue. aa It were—no ring, no busy signal, no answer, no ' Otmd or bad. a person's reputation usually precedes kirn to new fields.

Nor John Henry McFlynn.

Weep, you nephews and nieces; He played with some dynamite.

And now rests in pieces.

Correct this aentecee: 1 Ilka this suit. John, raid friend wife, but I'm afraid it’s a little toe expensive. Ooagroaamen may not be In favor of tax redact .on. tut if they value

tb#*r Jobs, they'd better be.

After eeveral weeks’ study of Mah Jongs. Oludya baa broken down and coniaaead that she prefer* draw

poksr.

Terrible news from London. Doc-

tor baa a swum to make

ZEE MIDDIE-APED WOMAM What lire you going to be worth when you -each m'ddle age? Do dread its agproech? Do you fear the of thv change of life? Tbs rs to these question* depend greatly on th# manner In which you build your Ilf* before that time, the care you give to your health, th* Intereetc you develop and the plans you tom. In an extremuy oradical dIson of this subject In the January of “Hygeto" Dr. Kate C. Mead tins eome of the reai fallacies and failures. She rays "People talk about a change ol life mt fifty, meaning an unecmfortabl* change with nervous symptoms. Imaginary ‘ails,’ rheumatism la Us forms, and disorders of tht digestion, circulation, and what not." But these ar often entirely sary evils and are not the child-bearing. Frequently Bee are 'rictlma of a ulae system of education that laya atrera on ex- - neatness in housework.

qulaltion of money at the

health and good physique." Without proper interest* In lift many women become the reedy rictlma of skilful Patent medicine advertlaiig which “outdo every other suggestion by their Insidious propaganda and often

tojnek* men Urolaea.' STauSS^SdlfiSSoa^S? tb^

JUS* h* Of

Old-Fashioned Folk H. J. Barn* and E. F. Bristol accompanied by their own wives, were Cleveland viallorm Uat Tuerday and Friday.—Albion (Pa.) **»£. Thi# la tbe time of year when a man maana to aet out a lot of nttr shrubbery next spring.

Strike*

—Th# bowler's dellghi —The pitcher's dream

—The batter's nightmare —The rolling pln'r duty

—The miner's habit

Soane of the chief causes of winter •wearing: (1) frown radiator*. (2) ditto Water pipes, (J) the plumoer. (4) oil burners. (6) cold feet. (<) * omen. (7) collar buttons. (|) the weather man Add as many more pet grlevar.c* to the list as you care

to; w* won't object.

Th# fact that four doUars now do

the work that five did In 1920 Is listed aa a “Cheerful Item" by a

newspaper But If the *2

It riches brought happinera txmi- .... . -- __

legg-rs and many other such people » ,f^ n ?L,7* n, K l0 ^ <,l * coriUnu *< 1 - would laugh themaeltea to death V 11 * f0 “ ld better brace up and do

i somewhere near the work It used to.

! V“ n °m th. door

‘e* •aii paper. mo n't prevent bad luck unleaa you

* 0^,I * a *‘“Uloualy and Intelligently.

1 nofflclal report aaya half th* last I „ , ***»i*7.

June husbands art washings dishes i Dropping a sock Is a signal to

j W-leggera In Washington. Another

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In Pumpion

Fust jobs of Big Men By PHILIP P. WOWLA?

hereditary eeaator la Waahlrgui: Legally, of eowroe. thi* taa't t»

ther'e poet Ho ha* He got hto Ant Jl Uncle Seas, sad hie < chiefly ia ktWag ff la thi* work, ter he eaBsud in tkr army a* a private a* th* beginning of th* Spanish War. It was ervenl re before he fot « a’iaM he had Ha of cap* ala am th* ataff at General 8chw_e ta Cake sad Porto Rico ~bM be took ovar th*

United States Senator, died the Goveraor ot th* State appointed hi ... father'* twin la V

lor. ia thi* eeentST i I it waa during a» ■ that be araa

AtlBfeXd* Why da I 1 „T Not lor jtrv i There are a I ~ With < “ Why do I a Not tor They ar* i

Why do I Uk*

you. Ian. Whi should t toll tor yoL'

don't know why I shook. >*

But th* toot I* that I So!

roflecUvaly. ‘1 awrrtod tor fc**J*?j I'm going to hasp rh*t oa awrrrU tiU I get It." —— Clarice has a married brother * is a nal martyr. When kb i”* girl haa to taka castor oil h# e does to prove to tor that « ^ cuch bad staff after eJL

W. L. GEORGE AND HIS WIFE Across the Breakfast TaLie

A DIVORCF ccmucation

.11 °EOROL: It's dtegrasaM. >1 ought not '«* allowed that a son should be called upon aa a wli* -

MR GEORGE What aoof

" ut ’ - 1 *** that it can be helped. . „ MBS. GEORGE: No child ou/At to he aUo**^ — **** evidence for or aKa j D(l a a*r* it A wit* c *° 1 W. L. GEORGE *** lD * t her husband to* r rim. anl ea**/ ^ -to : - UR. ORORC1C NobiIm." v 1 "* 1 ‘‘ —f*^ 0 *** • 41W.. ^ Ri.ii i.», .u. Si, 22 **“