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Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
New Variety Of Wheat.

For years E. P. House of Greeley,
Colo, has been trying to secure a cross
between winter and spring wheat,
combining the superior qualities of
each. He now seems assured of sue
cess, as both varieties. planted In al
ternate rows in. his field, are towering
at the same time, something he has
worked patiently for for three years
The aim of House is to obtain a wheat
which can be planted in either the
spring or, fall with good returns. To
get the cross of spring wheat he cross
ed the durum variety with the Egyp-
tan, which yields SO heavily. For win.
ter variety he planted Defiance and
Gold Coin. Farmers are much inter
ested in this experiment and are con-
fident with House that the new va
riety will have all the good Qualities
Of the durum and other varieties, be
hardy enough to withstand the winter
and vet be adapted for spring plant
ing.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
A Blow at Public Ownership.

No heavier blow was ever struck at
government ownership and operation
in this country than the report of the
joint congressional committee to In
vestigate the workings of the postof-
fee department After describing the
unbusineSslike, crude and wasteful
methods that have grown up the re-
port says, with admirable directness:
Under such a system large rail-
road, commercial or Industrial busi-
ness would Inevitably go into bank.
ruptcy, and the postofice department
has ayerted this fate only because the
United States treasury has been nvaila-
bic 10 meet deficiencies"
For years there has been a large
deficit always made up by dip into
the treasury. 1t is true that 1t has
been held that If the service that the
department extends free to the govern
ment and TO congressman under the
franking act were properly charged
up the deficiency would disappear
that it is merely a bookkeeping one.
The fact remains nevertheless that the
department. always runs behind. requir-
ing from s10OO0,0O0 to S14,0o0.oO0 to
pay its debts at the end of the year
Saginaw G1ich.) Courier-Herald
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
Lanedon's Lighting Loss.

A well informed citizen of Langdon.
n. D., writes:
THE city bought the electric light
plant in 1902 for $500 and added
about $4,000 in Improvements. Four
and a half years later the plant was
sold for $4,000. involving a capital loss
of $500. In addition to this there was
an operating loss of $1,000 year, max
ing total loss for four and a half
years of S17,500.
1T is not known just what the con-
ditions were, but the above statement
is the closest 1 can get, as the ac-
counts Of the lighting business were
mixed with the rest Of the city ac-
counts, and the recorder never made a
statement showing the condition of the
plant.
While the plant cost the city over
$1,000, 1t cost 1t very much more in
factional fights, as when the plant was
sold there was nothing too mean for
one side to say and do against the
other, and whatever any one wanted
whether 1t were right or wrong, he had
to fight somebody If 1t was of public
nature, as there was no harmony"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
THE LAND OF GRAVES.
Ancient Egyptians Believed In Con-
slant Reminders of Death.

To the Egyptian death was but the
beginning of a career of adventures
and experiences compared with which
the most vivid emotionSeof this life
were tame. He lived with the fear Of
death before his eyes. Everything
around him reminded him Of that
dreadful initiation int the mysteries
Of the tremendous aft,~ life for which
his present existence was but a prep
aration. His cemeteries were not hid
den away in remote suburbs: his dead
were not covered with mere grassy
mounds or q slab of stone. The whole
land was his graveyard; its whole art
was of the mortuary. Are there no
graves in Egypt that thou hast brought
US into the wilderness to die" asked
the Israelites in derision. and we may
believe that Moses WINGED at the sar-
caSm.
Egypt is the land of graves. and the
whole energy of the people that could
be spared from keeping life together
was devoted to death. The mightiest
tombs in the world-the pyramids
tudes of toiling slaves. The hills were
honeyeombed passages and galleries,
chambers, pits, all painfully excavated
In honor of the illustrious dead and
sculptured and painted with elaborate
skill to make them fit habitations for
his ghost.
Wherever he looked the Egyptian be-
held preparations for the great turning
point of existence The mason was
squaring blocks for the tomb chamber;
the potter nodded images of the gods
or bowls and jars to be placed in the
grave for the protection or refreshment
of the Ka, exhausted with the ordeals
of the underworld; the sculptor and
painter were at work upon the walls
Of the funeral chamber, illustrating the
scenes through which the ghost was to
pass or depicting the industrious life
Of the departed.
The very temples which cluster along
the levels beside the Nile were in
sense but vestibules to the tombs in
the hills behind The sacred lake. now
the weedy, picturesque haunt Of water
fowl, was then the scene of solemn
ferryings Of the dead. The tempt
walls were covered with the terrors OF
the Judgment to come. The houses OK
the living. indeed. were built of per-
ishing mud. but the homes of the dead
and the shrines where supplication was
made to the gods who ruled their fate
were made to last forever. On these
all the strength. the science and the
artistic skill of the ancient Egyptians
were cheerfully lavished.-London Sat
urday Review.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
A Preserve Owners Sick Trout.

A man whose experience as a sports
man had been limited to an occasional
days fishing In the mountains bought
for himself place with a fine trout
preserve on Long island. He looked
forward with great interest to the last
opening day, as that would be his first
opportunity to fish In his own pond,
and when the day at last arrived the
first streak of daylight found him leav-
ing his house, rod in hand.
A day or two later sportsman friend
inquired as to what luck he had had
II caught plenty of fish. and big
ones, too," responded the owner of the
preserve. There are plenty of trout
IN the pond, but they all seem to be
sick"
why. what's the matter with
them?" asked the sportsman.
We'll" answered the preserve own.
er. "to tell the truth. we were afraid
to eat them. Their flesh is pink, and !
never saw brook trout that color be-
fore"
Don't you know, man." exclaimed
the sportsman. with laugh. that any
trout will turn pink if it lives in sal.
water? Your pond empties into the
sound, and of course the trout run ir
and out. The next time you have any
Of that sort of sick trout Just senG
them in to me. and I'll eat them fol
you with pleasure New York Times
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
Tuesdav, the Fourteenth n.
july, A. D., Nineteen Hund,,', t,'
and Eight,

at the hour of eight o,clocl
matter ofpermanently impron;s Mr
streets and portions Of s, cels
within the limits of said CITY 'c,eets W
Will be considered, ana raso a orldgs
resolutions. ordinance or ordiunu ulloal
provide for the same, will hs hsiinancss il \
and considered and passed ~ o oduSX
the same or such subseonan, p'edH 4
OF said City Council as tie cons;i imeeta
or the matter. resolutions or Ssl.efsH oss.s
aforesaid may from time IN oo't.ilnaaa .i
adjourned. W tlms
That. at the time and place aso.
among the measures to be snhr.!'eaa hoieaa|
and considered by the said Citn ~
In order to accomplish the oh; .oun1
purposes aforesaid will be an y, d,s Ns al
of which the following is p tu.uans tru
which will be then and there ;nt.c ue son
considered ar read and unless u.rVsoSs sn y y!
objection be made thereto the sanau n,'aa Ns
ne passed and adopted by thus tba ny w
Council aforesaid, at a subseopenu,0 u0 Vll
ing thereof, to which the consido.l s ass
OF the matter and of the ordinanoa asl "
be adjourned, either in the sana mu sli
and form as the copy hereto snnsysS Sn !
with such changes. modificafioes
additions therein, thereof and tbsro,ms, y
the said City Council shall determp,iSn,ss
be for the best interests of the sus ni,s
Bridgeton and the attainmen, ~ y \
objects and purposes in view,
The following is a copy of sa;a !,
dinance: s"iuV
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
PAVING ou. Of the Tax Pocket.

When the municipality OF Kingston,
Canada, took over the works Of the
Kingston Gas Light company for opera
ton on municipal account the selling rate
was put at 81 per 1000 cubic feet. re-
duction Of 80 cents from the rate that
ruled when the plant was owned by ordi-
nary capitalists. The date Of the take
over was July ], 1907 Up to the LIST OF
April. 1908. 1t is figured that the works
ran behind In its charges 5000. with the
prospect that the total for the year will
be close to $4,000 The output there will
amount to not over 100000 cubic feet for
the twelvemonth.-Amer Gas Light
Journal.
When allowance is made for losi
taxes and depreciation Kingston will
find that its gas has cost more than the
S15O the company charged. 1t will
have to pay the. amount in excess OF
81 out of another pocket.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
Cumb berIand County
Orphans Court.
In the matter OF the
Estate of Giuseppe
Pernigotti, decd.

In the matter ofthe M fiiimeot Des Of contract
Estate of Giuseppe of decadent for sale
Pernigotti, dec'd' Of lands.
Notice is hereby given that on the
fo,,rth day of September next. 1908, at
,or o,clock in the forenoon, at the Court
Ionse in the City of bridgeton, the sub
scr;her. administrator of said decedeDts
Estate will apply to the Orphans Court
OF Cum berlsnd County for the fnifllment
of written contract made and entered
IN in,o hv ssid deceden', Giuseppe Perni-
gott; late of Lsndis Township, Cum ber-
land Coupuy, New Jersey, deceased, in
h;s ,;fetime. for the sale to one Rosa
Per;coni. of said Landis Township. of a
certain tract OF land, to witt
All that lot of land with the buildings
thereon erected, situate in the Township
~ I.sndis. County of Cumberland and
state of New Jersey, bounded and de-
scribed as follows, to wit:
Repinning in the centre of Ger oa Ave-,
fftaen and seven tenths rods south
easterly of the intersections of the antres
of said Genoa Avenue and Penther Road |;
thence ~ north, twenty degrees and
forty minutes east,sixty three and eighty
four hupdredths DIS to the swamp line;
thence [2) along the same south. fifty
eioht degrees and forty seven minutes
east. eight and six tenths rods to corner:
thence (3) still along said swamp line
south. forty eight degrees east, thirty
nine and forty five hundredths rods to q
corner; thence (4) south. twenty degrees
and forty minutes west, forty eight and
four hundredths rods to the centre of
said Genoa Avenue; thence (5) along the
centre of said Genoa Avenue north, sixty
nine degrees and twenty five minutes
west, forty five rods to the place of be.
ginning.
Contsining sixteen acres of land.
Dated July End. 1908.
AUGUST LEvERONE.
Administrator.
EDGAR r. JONES Proctor,
P.O. Address, Vineland, NJ.
73 st oaw
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
ORDINANCE NO.

An Ordinance to provide for tbe M,
manent improvement of carr,
streets and portions of streets s ass
determining the material to be uss
therefore, un Ter the provisions i
an act Of the Legislature entitIS
IAN Act to authorize the improva
ment OF Streets and HIGHWAYS !,
Cities Of this State and to provids ,
for the payment of the expenses n
the same" Approved June ISS
1898. and the Acts ammendsnv
thereof and supplementary thereto
/ The City Council of the City of Bridpe.
ton do ordain as follows:
Section l. That the following stream
and pt rtions of streets shall be permn.
emily improved:
Warren Street from South Pearl Stree,
to South Laurel Street: South Pearl SusR
from the North side of Glass Street to hs
South side of Willow Street; Broad Stre2
from West side of Atlantic Street to Wa,
side of Fsyette
Section 2. That said perma nent i'm
provements shall be of broken stons,
commonly called macadam, vitrifei
brick. asphalt block. or Warren Brother
Companies Bitdlithic Pavement, com.
mercially known as "Warrens' Btu.
lithic" together with underground
drains for surface water; and that thl
cutters of said proposed improved por
ton of Broad Street be of yitrified brick
Section 8. That advertisements 70
bids for said work shall be published i
two newspapers for at least once wee
for two weeks; that the contract for sal
work shall be awarded to the lowe
responsible bidder. City Council reser
ing the right to reject any or all bid
that certified check for ten per centuI
of the contract. bid shall accompany eac
bid; said check to be drawn to the ords
of the City Treasurer; that upon th
awarding of said contract the contracto
shall enter into bond to the City Q
Bridgeton in sum equal to one half th
amount OF said contract; said bond shal
| be that of surety or a guaranty com
| pany, and shall be conditioned for th
| satisfactory performance of said contract
| and upon the filing of the said bond th
| certified check of the said contractor
| shall be surrendered.
| Section 4. That the Rridgeton and
Millville Traction Company shall pave
| with the same material or other material
satisfactory to City Council. in accordance
| with the terms OF its franchise, wherever
| its tracks, turnouts or switches are situate
| on the streets above designated.
| Section 5. That this ordinance shall
| take effect Immediately.
| FRANK L. HEWITT,
| City Recorder.
Dated June 9. 1908, Gil @oaw
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
AN EYE OPENER.
chieaso's City Electrician Can See
Both Backward and Forward Now.

For years the city electrician of Chi
cago has been furnishing to the report.
ers copy about the city electric light
plant-good copy that was wired all
over the country and made the citizens
Of places that hadn't municipal plants
think that they were being robbed by
the lighting companies. He is still
furnishing copy. but it isn't good copy
for the VI. o. press bureaus The
other day Mayor Busse wrote a letter
to the city council asking for an inves-
tigation of the plant and Immediately
the city electrician began TO see things
One of the things he saw after the let
ter had opened his eyes was that of
the four stations only one was up to
date. His previous blindness to this
that il costs lot of money TO keep
plants up to date, and such an expenai-
ture might open the eyes of the tax
payers 10 the real cost of municipal
lighting.
According 10 the Chicago Post, the
city electrician stated further after
reading the mayors letter:
In fixing the actual cost of lighting
one should consider the interest on the
investment, depreciation, use Of water.
rent and like matters
This is especially interesting because
none of these items have been included
in the cost Of lights shown in the an
nual reports Of his department for the
simple reason that their inclusion would
have made it impossible 10 give the
impression that the cost of arcs was
only So or S5S year, as claimed there
in. In view Of the impending invesd-
cation the electrician admits that tl,e
cost is SIG and adds naively, I'm
doubtedly business man would make
the figure even higher" =.
Most undoubtedly, for in 1900 Has
kins & Sells, chartered accountants en-
ployed by the Reform club of New
York, declared the cost to be S99.SS.
and In 1905 Warwick, Mitchell s. Co,
chartered accountants employed by the
National Civic federation, showed tue
cost to be s100O6.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
h C6aDceTQ Of New JeTseQ

To William W. Liggirs. Ellen M. Lig-
gins his wife. Maggie Liggins, Lille
Liggins and Lille Liggins Admins
tratrix of the Estate Of J. Frank Lig
gins, Deceased:
By virtue of an order Of the Court o
Chsncery. made on the day of the date
hereof, in q cause wherein Robert +.
Bradford Is complainant and you are
defendants, you are required to appear,
plead, answer or demur to the bill of the
said complainant. on or before the Four
teenth day of July next, or the said bill
will be taken az confessed against you.
The said bill ia filed to foreclose mort
gage given by Rhoda L. Overdorf to the
complainant, da ed May 3lst, 1892, on
lands in the Fourth Ward of the City OF
Jersey; and you, William Liggins and
Maggie Liggina, are made defendants
because you own said lands or some part
thereof; and you, Ellen NJ. Liggins, are
made defendant because you may claim
10 have an inchoate right of dower in the
interest of your said husband in said
premises; and you, Lille Liggins, al
made defendant because as the widow
j. Frank Liggins YOU claim to have 9
dover interest in said premises; and you
Lille Liggins, Administrative as aforc.
said, are made defendant because as the
representative of the estate of ]. Frank
Liggins, who di-G seized of said premi
ses, you may claim to have some interes
therein.
Dated May 13, 1908.
HUGH L REEVES,
SOLICITOR of Complainant,
95 East Commerce Street.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
ORDINANCE NO. 147.

An Ordinance authorizing and direct
ing the City Council of the City Of
Bridgeton, in the County of Cumber.
land, to make application to the
Court of Chancery for an order for
the protection of the railroad grade
crossing of Irving Avenue, in said
city.
The City Council of the City of Bridge
ton do ordain as follows:
Section l. Be it ordained by the City
Council of The City of Bridgeton,D that
said City Council are of the opinion that
it is necessary for the security of human
life and that it is also necessary tor the
protection of the public that gates be
erected across Irving Avenue, where
said highway is crossed at the same grade
by the railroad tracks of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, in the City OF
Bridgeton, and that therefore, the City
Council of said City be, and they are
hereby authorized and directed 10 make
application to the Court of Chancery OF
New Jersey under and in accordance
with the provisions OF an sct of the Legis-
latCre of the State CT New Jersey. entitled
IAN Act concerning railroads" (revision
of 1903), approved April IA, 1903, for an
order or decree that the Central Railroad
of New Jersey protect the railroad grade
crossing of Irving Avenue in the CITY
of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New
Jersey.
Passed at stated meeting of City
Council held Tuesday evening, June 9th,
A. d. 1905.
ROBERT A. CRAIG,
President of City Council.
Attest:
FRANK L. HEWITT,
City Recorder.
Approved June 10, 1908.
GEORGE HAMPTON,
6 ii st oav Mayor.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
GAS To1EA.
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ORDINANCE NO. 148

An Ordinance authorizing and direct
ing the City Council of the CITY of
Bridgeton, in the County of Cumber-
land, to make application to the
Court of Chancery for an order for
the protection of the railroad grade
crossing of Irving Avenue, in said
city.
The City Council Of the City OF Bridge
ton do ordain as follows:-
Section l. Be it ordained by the City
Council of ''The City of Bridgeton,n that
said City Council are of the opinion that
1t Is necessary for the security Of human
life and that it Is also necessary for the
protection Of the public that gates be
erected across Irving Avenne, where
said highway is crossed at the same grade
by the railroad tracks OF the West Jersey
& Seashore Railroad Company, in the
City of Bridgeton, and that therefore. the
City Council OF said City be, and they are
hereby authorized and directed to make
application to the Court of Chancery of
New Jersey under and in accordance
with the provisions of an act OF the
Legislature OF the State of New Jel sey,
entitled An Act concerDing railroads. ~
(revision of 1909, approved April IA,
1903, Tor an order or decree that the West
Jersey 81 Seashore Railroad Company
protect the railroad grade crossing of
Irving Avenue, in the City of Bridgeton,
Cumberland County, New Jersey.
Passed at stared meeting of City
Council held Tuesday evening, June 9th,
A. D., 1908.
ROBERT A. CRAIG,
President of City Council.
Attest:
FRANK L. HEWITT.
City Recorder.
Approved, June 10, 1908.
GEORGE HAMPTON,
OIL 81 oaw Mayor.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
Notice to Creditors
KsrArE on EpwrN R. LAN1Ne, DECEASED

ESTATE OF EDWIN r. LANING, DEoEAshD'
DURSUANT to the order OF John r. @ TaSmS aSsnS.
Il son. Surrogate of the County OF Cumpef,,MJH fannH
made on the 22nd day of June, 1905, on apgdd ppad
deceased, notice is hereby given to the creditors
the decedent to bring in to the subscriber taV n
debts, demands and claims against the es.a ~. tro
said deceased under OATH within nine months aver ~
the date of such order. or they ~ill oe ios,m ana
barred from prosecuting or recovering the s'D'
agsinst the subscriber.
Dated June ~, 1908.
JOHN +. PERRY,
Administrator.
s-79 oawN
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
Notice to Creditors.

EsTArH OF FRAZIER LORE, DECEASED
DURSUANT to the order OF John 4. c. TnT9mSS Tnu9anS
L son, SURROGATE of the County OF Cnmn9e. mn9eaaon
made on the 9th day of April, 1905, on pasaassd
of the undersigned Administrator OF said ~ de-
notice is hereby given to the creditors Of .as dsb
cedent to bring in TO the subscriber their oeUd essd
demands and claims against the estate OF so,s so,
deceased, under oath, within nine months rever mvf
the date Of such order. or they will pe iosse ssme
barred from prosecuting or recovering tne s'
against the subscriber.
Dated April 9. 1905. ,r
Administraiot'r
Jas. s. WARz, Proctor.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
New Malay Opium Cure
Being Distributed Free by a New
York Society.

Being 0tStrtbutoo rec by q New
York Society.
Cooperating with missions in Malay.
sia, the Windsor Laboratories of New
York have secured a supply of the won.
derfu1 combre tum plant, which has done
SO much to revolutionize the treatment
of the opium habit.
A generous supply of the new remedy,
together With full instructions for its
use, and United States consular reports
bearing on the subject will be sent to
any sufferer. To obtain free supply
of this remedy and the consular reports,
addressWindsor Laboratories, Branch %,
1874 East 25th Street. New York CITY.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
Rlames Government Ownership.

Incidentally Japanese statesmen are
complaining that 1t was not so much
the cost of the war, but the purchase
and operation of japanese railways by
the government, that brought about the
present serious financial stringency in
the land of Nippon.-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09
Notice to Creditors.

ESTATE or WILLIAM G. RoBBIssos, DECEASED.
DURSOANT TO the order of John r. C. Thomp-
made on the 18th day of May. ls0s, on appiica-
ton of the undersigned Administrator of sad de-
ceased. notice Is hereby given to the creditors Of
debts, demands and claims against the estate Of
said deceased. under cath. within nine months
from the date of such ORDER, or they will be forever
against the subscriber.
Dated May 1s, 1908.
LEWIS q. ROBINSON.
Administrator.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09

The remarkable showing made by
some municipal undertakings frequent
ly is the result of accounting which
omits factors which no private concern
can ignore and remain solyent.-Chica-
go Tribune.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09

By the City Councu 90
Bridgeton to permanen,,o VI the Gil
tain streets and portions oS improve
of same. ' VI the EN-
m rnbIlc notice is hereby v,v,
CITY Council of the City ~ sffven g byi
that at q meeting of the Citu 66ridpsl
the said City, to be held AZ ~ too1neI
Chamber In the City Hall Of me me Coui
Bridgeton pioneer., 1908-07-09

On petition for ful-
illmept of contract
of decedent for sale
of lands.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-13
Noah,s Excuse.

; Capt. Pritchard of the record break.
ing Mauritania, told a group of Amer
leans on a recent voyage that sailors
life was a hard one.
1T is not so hard as it used to be
before the coming of steam,'' he said.
but it is still fearfully hard, for all
that. In fact never heard of but one
man who had a decent excuse for go
ing to sea-
"And who was he, captain?" said
Chicagoan.
NOAH the captain answered. For
if the old fellow had remained on shore
he would have been drowned"
Recovered.
II hear Brown has recovered his
reason
"Oh. yes, you know he's discharged
his doctor. Detroit Free Press.