Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-01-08
ID BEAUT|FY 4 TOWN.
How Well Directed Efforts Will
 Produce Good Results.
WHAT ONE SOCIETY HAS DONE.

Only q few iuO0tHS ago three Cof
 mnters living in bmaIi Jersey tow
 net on q train home ward bound froj
 New York The conversation 500 enrned 10 the subject Of Improving thci
 aywn.
 "What Cresskill needs Is sn improve
 ssent society,"" one or them remarked
 Nothing more was said on the subject
 and they left the train for their homes
 A few days afterWard another Cress .xillite met the maker of the above re mark, and th7s conversation ensued:
 Did you say that Cresskill needed ,xa Improvement society,"" said he.
 T did was the reply.
 Do you mean 1t and would you ht
 willing to help in forming one"
 Certainly. I will do all I can.
 A meeting was called for the pur
 pose of organizing an Improvement SO yiety, and nine mrn responded 10 the caIt After bricf discussion q presi. tput, vice president, G"cretary als5 srcasurcr were elected aud the society
 RHncL d on it's cartci Of 4s0l seo"}
 4 iist the membership WAX limited [.
 sttecn. The dues are 25 cents :: 1oDth.
 For some years tii. ritiZel,, of Cr,,4s sill had l3ern IT,. i,.e ;n has - an cx !'a rain stopped .I the i.rrllin@ boEuH Tor New iprh bl,t had failed. 'Ghr lmprovemenj society Hf oner tackis he problem, arranged T hlt'.til& i'e sween their representatives aAd al ETC sailroad official ant! S0nu secured th' promise Of an eXira tran The meet 2ng, al which the needs of the coil 1uters were thoroughly discussed, WIS very pleasant and ia a few weeks 1il4 &Ktra train stopped at Cfesskill and has been well patroniztd This shows what little organized effort will do
 The interest in thr society grew apace, and soon the incln nbership li;ni; vas raised to twenty five. More off cers were elected and the good work pushed along.
 One of the principal streets ill the sown is well shaded by an avenue o. ane trees. forming very attraciiY. feature. The electric light wires were 70 strung that they were slowly, but surely, ruining the trees. A commit Fee from the improvement society call sd the town councils attention to the condition of the trees and requested chem to urge the electric light company 70 prevent their wires from touchin. ;he trees throughout the whole bor- augh. The request was well received and soon the electric light men cut of All the branches that were touched by she wires, and the trees have bees Myed for the enjoyment of all
 This action no doubt brought tue SC siety prominently before the public One of the counciimen. who is also member of the improvement society sgltated the observation of cleaning ap day for the whole town He urget lt among his friends and fellow council men. The mayor issued q proclama lon urging all the residents on Ma. n last to clean up around their homes tn the morning and to assemble in the afternoon to beautify the grounds around the depot. Quite large num- Der responded and great deal of good work was done.
 Through the generosity and the CD serprise of the councilman mentioned above over 900 Towering shrubs of many kinds were planted and beds la4 yut In the parklike grounds about tha depot. An expert landscape gardener superintended the work, while the cit jzens assisted in digging, planting, rGk
 
 pf the beds In two days common place piece of ground was changed into 5 pretty little park, which is improvine all the time, The council has placed Ghe Improvement society in charge o Ghis park. and 1t will be kept up and improved as the opportunity offers
 Nearly everybody In town has talked about the change. Such remarks as Well. the old town Is N;t>lng up at last" Quite an Improvement "l.ooks i1ne" and Good days work for Crcss. lkill" were heard. Young and old, men. women and children, turned out to see Ghe change. Commuters from neigh boring towns commented favorably on the change
 What CreSskHl has doAA any tow. can do if only few determined peo ]pls will hand together and resolve to 10 what they can in the line of i'm Npvements The force Of 2 good ex. ample and determination ant to be easily discouraged will we wonders All the soclety's membe, vie with zach other in keeping a.ir own grounds clean and f'N" them. thus setting m eKa jS being followed by other rc 'tH4.
 Cans for waste pal., ..0 trult peel angs will bc placed in Gj,,erent parts oi Tho town It is the intention of the so Giety to interest the school children im the good work.
 All moneys of .hc society are to be ypent on town Improvements The meetings are held at the homes or t., members twice a month. As soon q Ll business has been transacted golly heart to heart lime is enjoyed Thus another pleasant feature has been added to the towns social attrnc, iIOf2N