mmagm

WXLUAJf A. HAVrmxr

•II time a Mction of

for the free u»e of the people of the State. It should select a location which embraces all the twet regain tee for such a park. Chief of these is a thoroogblr safe, smooth and wide beach, where bathln* can be Indulged in with freedom br women and ehill dren all three** the season. There

i, Me dty. If. J. *® only one each beech oc the coast available at this time and this is beOeeaa CUy Office: SOS Eighth Street. twe , n gt^, H ^ rbOT „„ AtiJo€1 , nd : 717 Mates! Ufa lf the State wanu snch a location.

If the aim is to secure the best arail-

~^T~c. | j~ able, and we take It for granted that malM to "ajiy* addnaa la tea >( the ,ben 11 ahonld grab the

[n|1| location qoick.

The Tom's Birer Courier has adSar at V oca ted the sett.ag aside of a part i City, of Island Beach for this purpoee. the

scheme is seconded by tn. Newark;

Call and Senator Martin, of Ocean.

r. has introduced a bill in the e for the acquiring of the land , for park purposes. In advocacy of

the Poet Oftce at t

A BILL OF DOUBTFUL

: its plan the Courier says: Here we can still And the beach as Nature formed it.

had Its hair bobbed. Should the State take It oeer. build upon It a hard road from Seeaide Park to the Inlet; It would make a

playground for thoud thousands of people.

On Its ocean front might be granted bathing coneessioes. and oo Us bay shore pier concessions. for the renting of boats, crabbing, etc. Water could be piped there from Seaside Park, and sanitary requirements could be met. The State Police could keep it in control. , , ,

Er.mWw I. of Uo ■»—»«»ltT

land Beach location in the above extract. can be said In favor of the

Avalon location and more,

the two

in tee Aaaembly a bill to repeal the! law of IflJ. which gave the State’ Board of Taxation power local ammswu to increase tertr ap•cwnenta ea private property. It was under this law that TiJnations In CapC May. as well aa older counties la the State were forced up Mat year. In favor of the repealer is tee claim that the 1123 law aids the railroada. aa with the higher sssras menu on private property the average rate U kept down and they pay

tee average rate.

There msy be some truth in this aide of the Quest loo. but when U considered the amount of taxes paid by .

the railroads of this State, the charge “ ** lm 80,114 J * r * r kjMm •avers a UCtle of railroad "baiting" b *“ £h “ M ,h,lr chtef rtmortM lift But there U another aide of the UntM " r whe «- «

question and a most apparent one. local Assessors always dU their duty

such a Uw would be nan but that they do not is known to require conment.

Wfcen th. maiur, . U l«f»rf th **'" ““* “ Legislature to change the beau of ap- _ b ^ h

port Ion ment of school mo ales from tax ratables to school population, which wao urged by the poorer coun ties of the Suu. at least part of the

Cape May

i fact North Jersey has no

Avalon shallow, smooth water ex- ) out several hundred feet. There is the finest of surf fishing and the [ inland water way and InleU afford every opportunity for boaUng. still

put up with tee conditions which

week. No. only the

j hnstaene men of Oeean City, bet tee by the interruption of IU source at light and power should eater a strong

agates: a eoattenance of tee

prevailing in the recent

will te the futere. The reason Cor this is teat the public-owned electric and

opposed the change on the ground r *' be * utT

! cured a or had Its its hair bobbed.’ but If the aborigines could return they would marvel to find their Ing and bathing grounds still undla-

sing all their natu-

that If the Assessors in the poorer counties would do their duty those 1 counties would have ample arh< monies to take care of their educ

Here the shore line Is lust aa Na- , tare designed It; here the sand dunes ! rise to a height that at a distance makes them look like chalk cliffs; , here is blended Batura! conditions of

1 cut by the critics was Cun. rrpotr with aa unrivaled beach _d. The ground taken was * nd lnUnd -aterways unsurpassed 1 U.J lb, authority of tbe “ ,1 'f” 1 ”* «•» "'t 3ff22 law. the Tax Board of that ,h * wholt undtl cllmaUc conditions munty was forced to Increase the as- whlch ca®»ot be excelled, if equaled, aeaamenu. therebv adding very con- on th * J * rmr eo * Mt - aidersbly to the loca! school funds. No ex ^* n * lr ' hl * tw «J' would be There were other counties no doubt U» reach thU beach. South in the same category. But It Is not Jer ** r ‘* ch * ln 8ute bl*bways. s between counties that theee completion, making It mu work unfairly. e “ lljr •««erifc!e from every direction. They frequently occur as between * nd “ ‘ bundant wtter «»PH7 could townships in the same county. It is 8 * *^7 obtained from arteelan weUs a well known fact that In some town- on tb * ground, or secured from ■hips valuations are kept dowi. atid 8<0,,e HAf^or. only a stone's throw

the tax rate boosted, with the puln

iMeat of keepia» down Die money paid Into county ,

while leaving ample for local pur- c * Bt * r * PopuUUon does not goaas. ThU U manifestly unfair to "'‘g* superior advantagaa of tee tte other townships In a count* as it i Ar * >oa location. Aa a matter of fact Increases their share of county ex- (he tau «‘ »o«»tk>n U Just as Mar as pen**. >»rge a popuUUon that would be It U exceed!agly hard to satisfy Uke, 7 10 w luch » P^rk. as U the everybody oo the tax Question. la form * r ln th** 4*y of almM unlUae Vth tbe thought expressed in rerwl motor traffic and good roads, tea above paragraph is a letter pub-. * few mlle * “*kea little dMarence bshed In the last issue of the Ocean ,n location of a resort. CUy Qeatteel-Ledger from a promt- But ,f C *P« county sent business man of that city and Mc,,r « P« rk our people will have former member of the County Tax to be up and doing, as U evidenced Board to the effect that the taxes of by th ® f sct that almost before we the balance cf the county are not be- knew ,ucb » •‘t* w “ »o be lac boosted te proportloa te I bos* of Ocean county’s Senator has

Oosen City. ThU may or may

acareaiv arrateherf th. I Ux,< " to U,—e 01 **** t»xes sts Tsrtsjxrf^ ‘sjs i■» cavern ment .nd th. Mrrwt.. w 1 P rasper, net only because of the . p P*«dgA^w* must be progressive and pablle-splr-

eerteinly made a good stert. If-tbt Cape May Senator will continue hU efforts throughout the imnlon be be able to aavt a million or two lars lor the uxpuyera. without harm-

ing public inti

Wildwood Journal: Senat is com' out strongly in fa Normal School for Jersey City. The Jeney Journal has commended the Senator for his stand. Mention about tbe coming gubernatorial camps gn might not be out of place here. Kepoits emanating from Trenton state that Hamilton Kean U for Whitney. Senator Edge U for McCran and that Reeves and Bright are in a receptive mood. If the Cape May county Senator received strong backing at the primaries in Hodaon county he may have a look-in at the nomination. Coukty Chamber of Commerce Wildwood Journal: The Cape May County Chamber of Commerce, which was founded several years ago. and has been the model on which several auch organisations have been estabKsbed throughout the State. U one of the interesting factors la the advancement of the county. Much more can be 4mm through tlon If tte purposes I ood. It U a claariug housa of Through IU committees and “ dsalraa at tea eiUsens at ra pluoad before the vart-

have the

r woman la Cape May

Ku«M*fe

Gloucester Daasoere i bridge acroM the Dalawure be free or will tolls be ooilectsd* That’s ■ ; question now. Thane powerful prepaI — ladetehla pram and

i the river, are

• a free bridge. _

jthat everybody pays whether they

'“r” “ r ulr ’ it “ d

wm* ■* w 10 mmuw isst keach location. North Jemey has. share of tee money under contract even within the county and with the * w *7 ot knowing what it waste and ! te have it a toll bridge, sad that la 1123 law in efiset there Is a feeling « olB K after It ’’all fours.’’ aa example * b V hf- That brldga lUi .~-m.nl. ... not o. ., -„|| Souih J.m. r mlchi proli 1—U fc b« , ^T*irIck°.hJSlL“,T

of standing by and complaining. With ' menaely. but most of m'wIU haw u

■ these cases of Ur evasions <b ® Senate Pioaideut. a live Aasep- crom the river by ferry boats Just

frequent, there blrman. and the backing of other tk *“ 4 “*- **aka »he ferry bouu fme.,

I be no occasion for such a Uw 8<~‘ b J*r*r couaUas. there U no ’ trtth^r^s 0n fOUr * •a that of 1(22. but uaUI all Asm r “^ ,n * b 7 Cape May should not J river, andire wM thlaT sw tears to aaaaas property In ae- m ‘ ke » strong fight for this Bute proposition. A big noise la being osrCaaee with the plate tetter and te- l“ rk but every civic organitatlon in ““ de °'er tbe fact that both New . tent of the law. and ell county tax ,b * county should get behind the 75 r ^* y * nd Pen “ rlr A n| a acting hoards require and enforce auch as- movement at oaee with coats off and the STbrtegm that MmiThe'D^T soaamenta. It Is questionable whether aleevea up. j ware between Camden and IU upper depriving some wholly disinterested i reaches, but those bridges have paid body of that power U good pro- 0UR neighbor, the Ocean CU/ ,bel ^ co *’ n»*ny times over and

Sentinel-Ledger, as will be seen by an ??* ht . to Jj* AfUr lhu bridge

....... ' j Its coaatruetlon. we all will favor WUATBVKB the Burlington coun- ' r * ,u ^ ,b r "Intolerable” condition 1 making It free. But uatll then, we ty grand Jury M^t have though' o' " r wt,olr communities being plunged wl11 * llck to our bargain, tee charges made Main* Praaecutor ln darknem and the orderly processes j . j. _ Xatefo. of that couaty. It U mlfont of bui ' ln — ‘«> d •ocl.l life interfmad R . * Oo—m Sl-r Uw "'<• '‘U™ 1 • »»•« I wi?J!5?JMllSlu« U. foresmeat would be promoted by the c ,,n P»ny to supply the current necea-1 to a greater extent than ever before naming of another man to fill the ,0 ’'Sb* tb«n It U admitted would be hard to Imagine anypnaltton. whlrk he mad. effective by ‘ k * 1 ’ “""'ekts will occur, but the d « ■»«« to serve —u*. o . -«po., ^ u.. rr.rkVk’rr.^j’k'-r;?; exeu. for the repeated Inconven- free the people of the necessity of IF all the bridge bill, get through tenom publl. U called on to put Paying taxes. The nearest approach at Tr.ntoci it sill be aamy to get out •*‘ h and ask* the Ocean City ,0 ,h,, ‘ bAfiPy condition U at &-itb -»»v — ■«"- ■»"« "“'SS. -’,rtr

I ted to eajoy

municipal planu at South River hare made this wonderful showing not by charging high rates but by making the rates slightly lower than these exacted by eorporaUoua. A taxless town with public-owned electricity water sold at a cheaper than Is charged by corpor rbows that someone besides ordinary politicians have been running things. It shows that men with vision, common aeaae and unselfish devotion to publie Interests have been at the helm. Thb. in turn shows that eoodei>ble nteUlgence hay been put ♦he ballot boxes on election day. “Let’s Get the Perry” Cape May Star and Wave: One ot e main tueatlons te the air at tee enent Un.e la the proponed ferry tween Lewes. Delaware and Cape •wry proposal Is one of the election - -

Bright, pres

State Senate. This promlae of a * f rr y betwem tee poinu. which

foy from AUantlc City to Cape May has been hanging over tor some Ume. and aa the laws of both States have authorised the ferry. I

county gets busy and brings premure to boar on its represents tire*, sad force aa * —

With

The ferry Is aa ahaolate _™_., and should be pat through as soon * 1: i itels. It Is high Ume teat tee emams wake up and find out what teelr repreaentatlvee are doing and «« la cm the big businem Instead of drifting here and there and getting what others don’t want. Lets get a fighting spirit back of us sad put over something worth while. A good slogan tor advanesamt te tec aom ■“‘V would he "Never Stop Fight-

Ocfo® City Bsutieel: On two nights thte VMtOMAa CUr and thu «««try wore placed in utter darknse*—on Tuesday for two • b »lf hour* and ou Thursday —* for a* three-quarter* of *ww—hy reason of trouble in the it of the AtlanUc City Eleetrie Light Company, which snppllte-!or

(act that there may have’beon^aome M.IK1. — for the lorn of tight of the ae

whenever Mule harder thaa usual, then It Is about Ume steps were taken to dy the matter It Is understood that the cause of the trouble last night wm a break la the plant In AUantlc City, b the plant overloaded? If the people of thla city and a large portion of Cape MAy county are supposed to b- given the kind of service they require, and for which the company, in all connciebce. charges enough, they should not be compelled every few nights, not only In the winter, but ;♦ vari■'U* time* throughout the manner •mods, to grope arousd | n th , dark nd auspend all activities uvitll the 1 »-Thur. lectrii light company can resume i r ,T K ^.,

Philadelphia Ledger: Washington s ae Is rather sad. It has believed '

implicitly in tee ‘‘Magad-cat’*

mate of the character of Calvin Cool-

Veteran politicians pat their ,

In the myth that there was a t --a nil tte a

“Coolidge myth.” They felt they .boaTLsT,,.

would be more than able to handle tbe kind of a Coolidge that “myth" depleted. For a matter of a little more than six mouths they have been waking to disillusions They saw

the President waip his party y galloping off with the

presidential primaries. He has created a New Guard te place of rsiy- *— os th Old Guard. His appotnt-

its have been his own. Whatever

the Senate finds itself aching lor a fight or "aashays” down the Avenue to tbe White House looking for It. It m find it. On occasion be demands that his party’s Senator* stand up and be counted for or agaiast his

Washington a year ago

thought it had Calvin Coolidge class'-

'ted. ii-fted. eroaa-indexed. I crosa-fii.d. Today it Is

somewhat dated and dixxied by the

us op or _ «A*’t forget 'The Old Town. The town that ■■toff our boyhood years—that

the prise The Mw-pmrad rood don’t pierce tr breast, hut srhlria ou madly mile west. There’, newer 1 ‘T** ‘h* 'teveller don t know what he's mimed Whatever virtues acme may hold Ute Old Home Tows is virgin cold! Though fur removed from Fa*btmtk. bar lovin’ spent ehA^ma us hute.—and. when fond aumory i min goes down, we’ll 2* , to d "Mi*—the Old Home

Phtrou: "Waiter, ted** to aaad te

this bread. "

Waller •’Tan. air. teat to tu Bmp the butter from skdiag aM 5 Bart Harria to attU uudw tea hu-

praarton that Wheteteg. V. fc a tough Job aad *-g MtoR, k

a vary daUcate aurgteul artomttau. World paaaa sorer- wU oouse. says

Dorr Newton, uatll evar member of the bridge club bettems teat tee

LA'Hwr: U to trite test tea accm«S baa murdered hB Jatker aad hi. mother, hut. ZauvJZTat Tte Jury I mak yuu to r- satohar teat ha

U only • poor orjkau-"

te* that ain’t all. motkar. Altar Saata left all tea pruaanta w* heard Um let tea cat out aff* teate dows

tea fnraacu."

•UJg. taSat thu 7um*,“ I “Ha tau’t.” retorted Ate. tudfif-

S'tZB**** * ‘roobto * raa away 0 P’ >ham. te* musa left, the h«h» •te Mck ead the hauoawigh? ” Ul ' OWkt tkw k... . I.ii.

use lAiu fox raxoAxi "r

a Umam White.

°*7 la aothla’ like mnrlBa thtyn onea la a eteuTvW IM

come acram a pair at altauam uuam *

Mra. Nowkale: -My dour, tao't teat Iron ScTr- 11 " »»>■•* Mi. M.vkki. mm M <m orekaatra at find and raufo tk* JJS" "“2 l *.»>»*»»«*»« «- —JJ.»‘~*l •w'mnSSto £ ■k.'TLST.’^at.yy " ttcfeteOteUii a teat tea abutter.” _A mother to her aou «M utter. “The shutter's abut." ih* sou dtaasj "had I eaa’t shut It any teMfof " AiRtlpNteAteMli are modmd mmd raTh*y never from tee spotlight date: We bLlS ‘rfloT-StoSE-. bf ms * “ r ' «• contlnuod streak at lute”