Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-06


ton and Accomplish Wonders-Depot
Grounds Transformea-Trees Saved.
! O,lv u few months ago three com
! muter> living in Il small Jersey town
met az a train lomeward bound from
| New York. The conversation soon
turned 10 the subject OF Improving their
! town
What Cresskill needs is an improve
neut soriety," one Of them remarked,
Nothing more was said On the subject,
and they LETT the train for their homes.
A few days afterward another CTess.
| kiikte met The maker Of the above re-
mark. and This cory erzation epsued:
Did vow say that Cresskill needed
an ,naprovement society,"? said he.
, # did" was the reply.
DO you mean 1t &nd would YOU be
willing to help in forming eney'
''Certsinly. will do ali can.
4 meeting was called for the pnr-
pose Of organizing an Improvement 80
ciety snd nine men responded to ths
call. After 4 brief discussion = presi,
Gent, vice president. secretary and
treasurer were elected and the society
launched on iis career OF good work.
At first the n embershfp was limited to
fifteen. The dues are 2b cents
month
For some Years the ,itizeus Of Cress-
kill had been trying te have al extra
train stopped N The mcrning hannd
for New York. bat had failed. The
Improvement society at once tackled
the problem, arranged 8 meeting be
tween their representatives and an Erie
railroad oliicial and soon secured the
promise OF III extra lraln. The meet
Ing. ri which The needs OF the cont
MUtcrs were thoroughly discussed. was
very pleasant. and in ii few weeks the
extra train stopped ut CicsshiN and has
been wcll patfon":cG. T'his shows
What Il l't;le organized e'rore viii do.
The Interest in he society row
apace, and soon she membership limit
! WIS raised 10 tsseNt :r-five. More on
GERS were elected and the good worY.
pushed alolse-.
One of the pl1ncip;l Streets Ill the
town is we'll shaded Ivy an avenue 0:
fne trees. forming q very attractive
feature. The electric light wires We're
20 strung that they were slowly but
surely, running The trees. A commit
tee from the Improvement society call
ed the town councils attention 20 the
condition of the trees and requested
them to urge the electric light company
to prevent their wires from touching
the trees throughout the whole Dor
ough. The request was well received,
and soon the electric light men cut of
all the branches that were touched by
the wires. and the trees have hee1
saved for the enjoyment Of all.
This action no doubt brought the so
ciety prominently before the public
One of the councilmen, who Is also s
member Of the improvement society
agitated the observation Of cleaning
up day for the whole town. He urged
It among his friends and fellow council
men. The mayor issued a proclama
ton urging all the residents on Ma!
II last to clean up around their homes
In 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 On
terprise Of the councilman mentioned
above over goo Towering shrubs Of
many kinds were planted and beds laid
out In the parklke grounds about he
depot. An expert landscape gardener
superintendent the work, while the cit
teens assisted in digging, planting, rak
Ing up rubbish ana trimming the edges
Of the beds. IL two days common
place piece OF ground was changed into
a pretty little pa'',d. which IS Improving
all the time. The counc', has placed
the Improvement society in charge Of
this park, and II will be kept up and
improved as the opportunity offers.
Nearly everybody IN town has talked
about the change. Such remarks IS
"Wcll. the old town Is waking NJ &
last" quite an Improvement "TocHa
hne" AMI "Goo'l days work for Creso.
kNr' were he; n. Young nd oits. men,
women and children, turned out to see
the change. to''}nuters from neigh
boring to-"As s",t:,..,ented fsvorably ON
the charn.'
What t:es'hll.l has dcae any town
can 90 If 49, few determined PEG.
pie will IT, together. and resolve to
DO what they can in the line Of Inn
provemcn>s. The force Of a good cx.
ample sud determination not to be
easily discoura ged will work wonders
All the society's members vie with
each other In keeping their OWL
grounds clean and improving them,
thus setting IN example that is being
followed by her residents.
Cans for "; paper and fruit peel
ings will be p; % n different parts OF
the town. 1t is the intention of the so.
ciety to interest the school children
In the good wo,',
ALI moneys of The society are to ir