Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-07-31


Murphy have consented to watch the
performance and see that no harm
comes to the participants. This event
will be looked forward to with great
interest by all those interested in spicy
performances.
Last week II. s. Commissioner John-
son, of the Navy Department, station
ed at Wilmington, Delaware was in
Anglesea taking testimony from the
skiff fishermen and party boat shippers
against the pound fishermen. There
were possibly five hundred fishermen
representing all parties, present at this
hearing and testimony was taken both
for and against the continuation of the
pound nets along the Atlantic coast.
Both sides were represented by Coun-
sci and the Coastwise Merchant &
Marine Association people were present
to protest along with the skif fisher
men. Commissioner johnson said
they had peer holding hearings from
Sandy Hook to the Virginia Capes and
that the matter was being thoroughly
investigated and would be placed be-
fore the Navy Department and Con-
gress for q decision sometime this fall.
The Wild wood Yacht Club held a
meeting last week at which meeting
Lieut.. James r.. Campbell, U. 8. N.
was among the several new members
admitted. New committees were APP
pointed and steps taken to pull off a
probable county race in the near future.
A letter was read from Commissioner
w. A. Maupay rom the Department
of Inland Waterways In which he
asked for data showing Of what COM
mercial value the water way has been
to this resort; the club went on record
with the statement from the secretary
to the effect that theIHland Waterway
has been so far of positive and practical
worth; not only has real estate border
ing on this stream been improved 10
value but commercial traffic has great
" increased SO that truck boats from
Delaware and the Delaware Bay sec
tion, hay boats, and some few barges
passing up and down have found this
waterway invaluable as otherwise they
would have to use the outside waters
at their peril. Some of these boats are
Of 100 or more tons and it shows too
that the traffic is increasing in size as
well as tonnage. 1t is acknowledged
that the waterway has advanced the
value of real estate bordering thereon
to the extent of probably 40 per cent.
increase over its former value.
For q long time there had been
rumors that a couple of Bethlehem,
Pa, business men contemplated show
Ing the people of North Wildwood how
to catch fish, and this matter had been
discussed among the political folks Of
Bethlehem to such an extsnt-thet~the
city became obsessed with the idea
that Messrs. e. F. Eobers and e. j.
Kram were the only local fishermen
that the steel regions had. With that
thought snugly ensconced in their
minds Messrs. Sobers and Kram regis
tered at the Hotel Ottens, and after
storing one of their automobiles away
in the Ottens Garage they lost no time
In boarding an Anglesea fishing boat
and left for the fishing banks. Pretty
soon-it seemed no more than an hour,
although it may have been longer
they were back to the hotel loaded
down with fish. 1t was a remarkable
catch, and while some of the people
who viewed the loaded baskets cast
aspersions that the actual fishing was
performed by these gentlemen, they
generously admitted that the fish were
really o. k. Everything would have
been well had not Mr.. Sobers ventured
the statement that they used clam bait
to catch the blue fish and that they
caught them in forty fathoms Of water,
when one of the more courageous of
spectators ventured to say they prob
ably caught them with a dollar bill as
the hook, which started a discussion as
to the veracity Of the Bethlehem fisher
men. However, giving them the bene-
fit of the doubt, the gentlemen from
Bethlehem did succeed In making q
splendid catch and which was un-
doubtly enjoyed by many personal
friends Of these gentlemen in their
home town.
W. g. Evans has just returned from
Vera Cruz where he has been on an
extended busin ess trip and is now en-
joying q vacation at the Miller cottage.
Mrs. w Gaul is visiting her sister
Mrs. w. T. Harris at the latter's cot
tage on 18th avenue.
John T. Fish is here for an indefinite