Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-11
ID BEAUT|FY A TOWN,
How Well Directed Efforts Will
 Produce Good Results.
WHAT ONE SOCIETY HAS DONE.

Progressive Citizens of CresskiiI. N. J.. Organize an Improvement Associa- tlon and Accomplish Wondsrs-Depot Grounds Transformed-Trsss Saved.
 Only few months ago three com outers living In small Jersey town not on q train home ward bound from New York. The conversation soon turned to the subject of improving their town.
 What Cresskil needs is an improve ment society,"" one of them remarked Nothing more was said 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 Crssskill needed an improvement societyT said he.
 w did" was the reply.
 Do you mean 1t and would you b. willing to help in forming one?"
 "Certainly. will do all can.''
 A meeting was called for the pur pose of organizing an improvement SC ciety, and nine men responded to the call After brief discussion a presi dent. vice president. secretary ant treasurer were elected and the societ. launched on it's career of good wor!s At first the membership was limited st fifteen. The dues are 9 cents month.
 For some years the citizeIts of Cress Kill had been trying to have an extra train stopped :n the morning bound for New York, but had failed. TlIe Improvement society at once tackled the problem. arranged meeting De tween their representatives and an Erie railroad official and soon secured thu promise of an extra train The meet Ing, at which the needs of the coin muters were thoroughly discussed, was very pleasant. and i'll d few weeks the extra train stopped at Crcsskill and has been well patronZed. This shows what q l,ttle organized effort will do
 The interest in the society grc5. spaee, and soHn tlc membership li.n; was raisc,l to twenty-five. More Of: cers were clecte,i and the good woi.x pushed .,3l..
 One ,of tAA p.Tec!aal streets in tAe town is well slla .al bE un avenue 0: ane trees forming :, Yeiy attractive feature. The e!pet....' l;.sl,t wires wai % strung that they ere slowly h;l surely, ruining the trees. X conllii.t tee from the Improvement society eaI4 ed the town councils attention to + condition of the trees and reQueste them to urge the electric light compal.. to prevent their wires rom t0uc!lin, the trees throughout the whole ho; ough. The request was vel. received and soon the electric light men clli of all the branches that were t9uches. the wires, and the trees have bee saved for the enjoyment of all.
 This action no doubt brought the SC ciety prominently before the public One of the councilmen, who is also i: member of the improvement society agitated the observation of a cleaning up day for the whole town. He u:'-sat 1t among his friends and fellow coune!} men. The mayor issued d proclaMia 1 t1OA LII SlA3 all lAS lSotuCAlS Cii ho II last to clean up around their homes in the morning and to assemble in tue afternoon to beautify the ground around the depot Quite large nulb Der responded, and great deal O good work was done
 Through the generosity and the eA terprlse of the councilman mentio.e, above over 200 towering shrubs Q many kinds were planted and beds lait out In the parklike grounds about Ill. depot. An expert landscape gardene' superin tended the work, while the C., lzens assisted in digging, planting. r.l!, ing up rubbish and trimming the edge. of the beds. In two days a coMM9N place piece of ground was changed iYg a pretty little park, which is improvi,l all the time. The council has plared the improvement society in charge ot this park, and It will be kept ID aae improved as the opportunity offers.
 Nearly everybody in town has take. about the change Such remarks &s "Well, the old town Is waking un { last" Quite an Improvement" Looks fine" and Good days work for Cre3s kill" were heard. Young and old, me: women and children, turned out to see the change. Commuters from neigh boring towns commented favorably O., the change.
 What Cresskill has done any tow can do if only few determined pco pie will band together and resolve t. do what they can in the line of i'm provements. The force of a good eX ample and determination not to b, easily discouraged will work wonders All the society's members vie witt each other in keeping their owl grounds clean and Improving them thus setting an example that Is bein: followed by other residents.
 Cans for waste paper and fruit peel 1ngs will be placed ili different parts 0 the town. It Is the intention of the so ciety to interest the school childre1 In the good work.
 All moneys of the society are to D