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CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOJ,. VIII. NO. :i<i.

cape MAY, X. TMCBSUAY, 8EPTEMHEI! .1. 1!)08

-81.00 PEIi YE All

Graves’ Model Farm at Cold Spring, Demonstrating the Great Opportunities at Cape Mayl[for Raising Stock

FARMSTEAD BY THE SEA * L* J IS A BIG SUCCFSS Remarkable Results Under Spotless Conditions Obtained at Shore Resort—Philadelphian

Conducts it lor Cove

Let.sh Mitchell Hodge*, on Sunday teed trough*, which are fluah*d *ft*r

oontrluuted an article to the Phlla- each leedln*.

delphta North American. In which he at length de&crlbea the farm ot Mr. N. Z. Grave* at Cold Spring. In part

he says:

Yea. beloved, this la a farming country’ And a wonderful farming country, too. One In which fruit, grains and vegetablea thrive amazingly, and In which stock can be pasteured as profitably as In the bluegrass of Kentucky. If you think this particular statement Indicate* Indigestion of the imagination. kindly tear in mind that the Pennsylvania Railroad alone carried £5,000,000 quarts of freah milk out of this region last year! And that was after the home tolas bad had all the/ wanted, and some of chickens had come In on the deal. This single Item of ope quart of milk tar every American waa only ) pgrt of the exportation of tana produce from the seaside city of Cape May. which same required the services of more than 14,000 car* for the season’s hauling. In Cape May it Is a little matter of about live minutes walk from life on the ocean wave to down

the farm.

And while this model farm is many ways remarkable. It only pro the rare farming and stock-raising po&sioillties of this land of light house*. Mr. Graves has fixed It np a little finer than anything of the sort anywhere, but the neck Is full c lust as productive soil. Mr. Graves u a Philadelphian who makes palnl and varnish for a living and farms IB Cape May because be

loves U.

When man do things for love they (to thorn extra well, and that’s bow It comes that of all 1 saw In Cape May this farm made the deepest dent In my cerebellum. I wsa there day before yesterday, and I’m not yet used to the thought of stAdlng in the midst of s really fine agricultur al district and looking dff to sea With all my optimism. It seems * little too good to be true, though, thank* be. nothing has over yet gut

«hs* good In this world.

tyeH, this man Graves started In t> Mp. them build the Greater Cjpt its/,' which la coming along ^Slcely. thank you. and when he aaw the alt nation In Its fnll UcW he decided to farm. He bought him a few hundred acres of land alongside the to' began planning. That was the beginning of tbe big group of white and green buildings which now beautify

the seascape at this resort. Only last October the plans

completed sad the plmc* openei tbe success of tbs Farmstead has already Shan demonstrated The - dairy end farm are now running full tilt to snpply their products to tbe new Hotel Cape May. which uses their output Mr. Graves has certainly proved that the model fanr has come to stay and that It la only a matter of time and education until products of none other win be sccep

ted on tbe market

Fifteen helpers do the Work of thlt big farm. It takes such a force to ...care ter 200 head of stock and thou-

chlekenf. Of the cattle

tor every cow Mr. Gravea provides SOO cubic feet of breathing apace In barns. Is U any wonder they repay him with mUk the like of which

hard to find.

And Instead of straw or tlmlliar material, his stock rests on the finest possible bedding—special white pine t, savings. Plied up among the raftof the big barns are tons of these shavings, their great advantage being that they are absolutely sanitary and quickly absorb moisture without remaining damp. besides the bountiful pasture proded la the separate divisions of the farm, behind each barn are a number of runways, thirty yards wide and seventy-live yards long. In which the stock take exercise when not in pas-

ire.

When milking time comes a fore, of six men. each attired In white dm suite, with white aprons and caps, g about the work with speed and pr> els Ion. After each ml I ring the. clothes are sterilized. £ach milking Is weighed and th< total amount recorded, so that eacl ;ow’s record can be maintained. Th< present yield of the cows Is abon. I<R>0 quirts dally, while the chlckew .airiunti- 100 dozen eggs In the sair.

length of time.

The poultry cod of tbe farm li itself presents a little city. Th< nous?*, arranged in long rows, cove -uch ground, fnr t r s? chickens mus rowded. rivc.y bouse has a large ru way walled with wire netting. The grounds are clean and eon tain small .reet. and the bouses artkept at an even temperature by a lystem of hot and cold water pipes. Kvery part of the ground is underlaid with these pipes, and every build ing'ls warmed In winter and i

summer.

All the bulldihgs are electric

ed and connected with the office and farm bouse by telephone. And whlii the passerby, seeing the broad fields of corn and other grain and the orch ards and gardens, might think gen oral farming the object of this place,

hte .

For this

whole farm Is cultivated for the feed Ing of Its stock. Pour tall siloes, that look like lighthouses, hold, the food stuffs that are to supply the hors^z. cattle and chickens In winter, them tbe material la kept as green food for the cold days, so that. Instead of being forced to exist ar dried or prepared food, the animal, have It almost n fresh as wbei.

brought In from tbe field.

.Herbert B. Crosa.fonaer pssto.. of the First Baptist Church, of Ms: well, Nebraska, now of Csmdeif. N will occupy the pulpit of the First Baptist Church, of this city, next But day, both morning and evening. Mr. Cross is a young man and comes w?l

recommended.

\ Schools Open On Tuesday The public schools will open for th fall term ol Tuesday next. September 8th. Since the doxlng of- the schools In June, two class rooms hkve be added to the high school bul!dlng,ar.i.

. various Improvement* have been mad

-•venty-flve are Jerseys and twenty- for ttM! b^u,,- carrying on of the five Holstein Fries! (ins. all l bo rough ^booi work daring the comlngwinter.

bred* and of tbe finest stock. Inj - fad. there Is not a beast or bird on Demand Fir. Escapes

tbe grounds but of registered breed. | n,,. building inspector ha* called All tbe floors are cement. The attention of the Board of Bduca chief surprise to tbe visitor, however. Uop ^ th( . Uct th , t tb , re u fl

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Contracts Awarded for Building Sew ers on Various Avenues City Council met in regular see on on Tuesday evening, with a! nembers present except Messrs.Doai id Townsend. Mayor Melvin nominated os men srs of the Board of Health for thre< rears from September 1st, Dr. V. 11 O. Marry and George L. LovetLwhoie terms expired, and the nomination: were confirmed. Tax Collector Needles reported Si having collected during August 15.-

057.21.

An ordinance granting the Capi May. Delaware Bay and Sewell': Point Railroad the right to re-loeat* tracks on Madison avenue was pa: sed through first and second reading Mr. Ogden, of the Board of Educe tion, was present, and stated that thi use of one of tbe rooms In the Frank Mn street school building had heei withdrawn from the Alderman. In or ‘rder that the children should not heai the trial of criminal cases,which hav heretofore been heard there with del rlmcntal effect to the scholars. Th: room will now be used by the Cap May band for practicing and at

store-room for city maps.

Auxiliary telephones were ordere placed In the sleeping apartments o

the fire engineers and drivers.

The street committee ranted th Madison Avenue storm wBer sc we: and bay partially filled up with asm and requested authority to have th tame cleaned out. which was given. 1150 was voted to retain Wheelock D. 8. Indian Band over Sunday Sep tember 6lh and 7th. Labor Day. note doe at Secnrity Trust Com pany September 3rd, tor 110,000,

renewed for three months.

The contracts for the laying of the iew sewers on various avenue East Cape May were awarded. Atlantic City Construction * Supp y Company of Atlantic City, secured one contract for the price of *31.305.11, while. J. Harvey Bennett, of Cape May. secured three other con tracts at the aggregate price of $14. 660.34. Tbe vote for the awarding of the contracts was as follows: Yeas—

El well, J. Hand, 8. Hand, 6

Moore, Sayre and Ware; nays—Mr.

Shaw.

is the absence of stalls. Instead where the walls of the stalls would be, wlagia bar Iroa railings separate the cattle. These are arranged In parallel lines, with the beads of the cattle faring. In between are the

on the high school buildiny, which seems to be necessary unde, the lyw of 1897, for the use logs more than three stories high where more than thirty people

gate at one time.

Cape May Yacht Club Holds Annual Regatta On Saturday and .It Is A Grand Successs

The most exciting race of tbe day was the third, that for cruisers and cabin boats over 33 feet In length. Commodore J. Clifford Wilson's CUbeat Charles E. Wilson's Neried no fifth of a second, in the first B. L Gibbons' Meteor wsa defeated by the AUerof, of Ventnor, but there was pump trouble aboard Mr. Gibbous’ yacht and he had to close

down his engine twice.

The rules of the Cape May Yacht Club governed the races and no handl rape were allowed,the boats being derided into classes according to their lengths, following Is a summary ot

The annual power boat regatta of he Cape May Yacht Club, open for loats of dubs along the New Jersey

held Saturday in the Cape

•lay Harbor and was a great success Many boats from Wildwood. Ventnor Holly Beach and other clubs entered. Before lift races the Cape May yachtsmen entertained their guest it luncheon at tbe club house, where .. band concert was given by Wbee >ck's U. 8. Indian Band. After thi past the band and the visitors wen ut aboard a schooner anchored In :e middle of the harbor, where they

•ad a splendid view of tbe races. SUMMARY OF THE RACES

Bosta over 28 ft- Boat, Owner, Clu Start Fin Allarof, —, Ventnor 2.30.22 2.41 Meteor. B. I. Glbbov. Cape May 2.88.18 2.41

Boats under 28 feet.

Splinter, A. 6."Apple. Ventnor. 2.58.13 8.11 Toothpick, H. H. Voorhees. Cape Ms 2.58.30 3.21 Arrow, A. G. Bennett, Cape May. 2.58J0 3.21 Cruisers and Cabin boats over 33 ft Clisade, J. a Wilson. Cape May. 3.26.00 Neried, C. E. Wilson. Cape May. 3.26.00 Nereidhs, F. C. Rogers, Cape May. 3.26.00 4.01.06 Cabin or open boats between 23 and 33 feet Phyllis, William H. Chew, Cape May.3.49.00 4.24.02 Lavenia, Amos Christ, Holly Beach 3.49.00 4.25.00 Bess. B. L Gibbon, Cape May. 3.49.00 4.26.09 Princess, M. E. Hdsae. Cape May 3.49.00 4.26.18 Two Bills, Wildwood. 3.49.00 4.29JO

Boats under 23 feet.

Camden. . HoUy Beicb. 4.08.16 4J8J8 Rloml, G. D. McCreary,Jr., Cape May.4.08.16 4.29.20u Mabel, Holly Beach. 4.08.16 4.29.30 Katherine, WUdwood. 4.08.16 4.29.45 Edna. . Holly Beach.4.08.16 4.80.04

Elap’d 7

15.18 15.32

35.02 36.00 37.09 37 AS 40.40 20.23 1L03V4 21.14 21-29 31.48

Th# Indian Band , THE GOLF TOURNAMENT THE INDIAN BAND Is now here, j Whlla R. W. Wlster. of PhiladelGoea it satisfy you?—and are you phia, carried off the prise Saturday In pleased with UT The toilet sets that the men's eighteen hole handicap n

Banner Swung to Breezes

The Democratic Party of Cape May has raised a Bryan and Kern bannei at the corner of Jackson and Wash Ington streets. It is s handsome ban and Intended to create enthusl to the Bryan advocates of Cape May. Collector Sol Needles abd State Committeeman Michael Kearns were the prime movers to-

ward getting the banner.

The readers of the Cape May Dally Herald have been voting the past ten tays tor .tbe moat'popuiur youu* ma. visiter at Cape Hay this summer. Th at came to a dose at 6 o'cloci on Saturday afternoon, and botwsei. 3000 and 4000 rotes were received during tbe day. the greatest part of them coming in between three and

five.

Over 1700 votes were cast for Mr. Robert Greer, of Philadelphia, and -be therefore, led the balloting, and la declared by tbe many readers of the Herald to be the most popular visl-

a to be all thi

Robert Greer, who

ly voted for as the moot popular rlsIn Cape May In tbe Herald conwhich dosed on Saturday evening last, is a resident of Phllsdelphla,sud be and his family have been cottagers at this resort for the past eight year*, in Philadelphia he it known as ''Bob" Greer. For the past twelve yean be has been In demand

i a nampslgn orst as the “Boy <

ROBERT GREER,

Lortheaxt section of the city, where he resides, but In every ward the City of Brotherly Lov is he known, as well as the aujaci-i.l counties. He Is known to many of prominence in business and political circles, and is extremely pop: l&r with the rank and tile. He speul hit early days in wholesale grocery business with the firm of Oomly A Flannlgan. His first public offlca Executive Clerk to Alexande Crow. Sheriff. He was later Deputy Tax Receiver under Captain John Davidson, from which office he selected to be SecreUry to the Honorable John Weaver, Mayor of Philadelphia In the position as Sec-, retar j- to Mayor Weaver he served with distinct sucoeae, carrying the

commendation of hls

spect of Ms enemies for the fairness In which be administered hls office as secretory. He was later promoted to the office of Director of Supplies, which term expired at the expiration of Mayer Weaver’s term. He

we are making a special drive at the present time, are Just as pleas the purse, ms the new band is ir ear. Just think of It—s twelve piece toUet set for 41-75,while they last Can you beat the price anywhere? Come and see them and yon will be pleased with the value •e give you for the money House furnishing goods of all descrip

dal play tournament on the links of the Cape May Golf Club. Alexander Core Williams, ot Philadelphia, made the best gross score of the day, 78 being within two points of bogle for tbe eighteen holes.. R. W. Harvey, who played from scratch, came next to this record. 83, Tbe cards handed In were:—

Qr’s H'p Net

GOING! GOINGI An exceUent high lot. 40x112, on Washington street, near Schelllngcr

lot. 98x165, Devil’ Landing, and a HOUSE BOAT. 18x20. porches a! around, tin root, awnings, blue Game stove, large rug, swinging chandelier A veritable Qoatlng pleasure craft, you want any of these bargalns,cal ; once or they will be GONE. Gilbert C. Hughes, Real Estate, 214 Ocean Street, Cape May.

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■ FAQRj

The Democratic Candidates,

a meeting of the Democratic executive committee at Cape Court House yesterday, they decided resent to the Democratic v for their nomination In the primaries. Evana O. Slaughter, of WUdwood .for assemblyman, and Mr. Ingeraoll, of

Tuckahoe, tor coroner.

Shrimp Salads at Arnold's Cate.

’. Wlster

A. C. Williams L. H. Ayres W. M. Allen T. W. East wick E. K. Blspham Walter DUka

G. H. Parr

R. W. Harvey J. P. Edwards Whitten Evans J. M. E. Hildreth a C. Baker Dr. C. N. Davis Walter Cox W. K. Maasle H. F. Klnderllnc F. J. Graves J. L. Brown. J. a L. Matthews W. H. Hepburn, Jr. B. F. Talte

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