Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-01
TO bEAiI7IFY < TQII'E,
HoW Well Difec,ad Efforts VIII
 Produce Good Results.
WHAT ONE SOCIETY HAS DONE.

{ oS' SsS'Ve Slti[efs or CresskiIl, IN. J..
 Organize an Improvement Associa-
 ten anc Accomplish, Wonders-Cepot
 Grounds ransforn7ed-Trees Saved.
 Only Il few mnnths ago three coar- 2.uterS living in H small Jersey town
 met Oil train homcwaru bound from 1 New York. The conversation soon turned to the subject of improving their i town.
 What Cresskill needs is an improve.
 ment society,"" one of them remarked. { Nothing more was Sa ad on the subject,
 and they left the train for their homes.
 A few days afterward another Cress.
 killite met the maker of the above re-
 mark. and this conversation ensued: Did you say that Cresskill needed
 an Improvement soc'ety:" said he. Il did was the reply.
 Do you mean it and would you he { willing to help in forming one"' "Certainly. 1 will fo all l can A meeting was called for the pur- pose of organizing an improvement sn- 1 clety. and nine men responded to the call. tfte: a brief discussion a pres;- ient vice president secretary and treasrrrr were cle ted and the society launched GH it's career of gool work 1t first the membership was limited to hft"eM. The dues arc .', cents :. el,2atn
 For some years ,l4e citizens uf trr><e kili hAi been tryin.-: to li"t, aa ezra train stepped n the ma>i.;'1- ho}snd for New York. but had f:.iel. 'rae Improvement s'ciety at oncr tacnl"tl the problem. alr'r"cd |, meeting tc- tween tAe.r rtI.reseA,;ttiSc; and ;}'l I..Hie railroad oiici: ;,ni soon secured the promise of :in extra Na:l. The meet ing. at which the needs of the co1l- mutcrs were thoroughly tli scl~Sed was very pleasant. and in a few weeks the extra train stopped at CreSskill and haS been well patronizcd. This shows what little organized effort will do.
 The interest ill the society gre" xpacc and soon :he membership lini; was raised to twenty y-fivc. More off cers were clected and the good work pushed along.
 One of the principal streets in the town is well shaded by an avenue o' fne trees. forming very attractive feature. The electric light wires wcf" 50 strung that they ,sere slowly, hu; surely, ruping the trees. A commit. tee from the Improvement society call cd the town councils attention to the condition of the trees and requested .hem 10 urge the electric light eonll,aay to prevent their wires from touchn. the trees throughout the whole Dor. oush. The request was well received. and soon the electric light men cut o.. all the branches that were touched hE the wires, and the trees have hces saved for the cuinTmc.t of all.
 This action no d3ubt broU;sat f',a ciety prominently before li2a p'' gl:s, One of the councilmcn, who i, a.~a :. member of the improvement Sue;c. agitatcd the observation of q clcHHiste up day for the whole town. He l}rsges 1t among his friends and fellow conUe5 men. The mayor issued a rr0c'Hll; ton urging all the residents on AI!, II last 10 clean up around their homes In the morning and to assemble i'll t5ie afternoon to bcautify the grounds around the depot Quite largo num- Der responded, and a great deal of good work was done.
 Through the generosity and the ell terprse of the councilman mentioned above over POO Towering shrubs of many kinds were planted and beds la1 out in the parklike grounds about the depot An expert landscape gardener superntended the work. while the cit izens assisted in digging, planting, rok l Ing up rubbish and trimming the edges of the beds. In two days common. place piece of ground was changed iA, a pretty little park. which is improvil.s all the time. The council has placed 1 the improvement society in charge o this park, and 1t will be kept up an,7 l improved as the opportunity offers.
 Nearly everybody lin town has talkeo about the change. Such remarks ;'~ "Well, the old town Is waking mp <
 last" Quite an Improvements" Loo, fine" and "Good days work for Cress- kill'' were heard. Young and old, ,.mca, women and children, turned out to see the change. Commuters from neigh boring towns commented favorably on the change.
 What Cresskill has done any tow:' can do if only few determined pc
 pie will band together and resolve t. do what they can in the line Of inn
 provements The force of good e.- ample and determination not to he easily discouraged will work wonders. All the societys members vie with each other in keeping their own grounds clean and improving them
 thus setting an example that is being l followed by other residents.
 Cans for waste paper and fruit peel. ings will be placed in different parts of the town It is the intention of the SO
 ciety to interest the school childTcl. 1 in the good work.
 All moneys of the society are 10 l., spent or town Improvements. TAs
 meetings are held at tho homes of thc