Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-05-21

baats went out TO the banks we'll laden
with fishermen who do not care what
the weather may be.
The automobilists who come to North
Wild wood, while complimentary in
their femarks regarding the majority
OF our streets, have offered some criti-
cisn on the condition of Atlantic ave-
nue., the trolly avenue, because of the
loote stones which are scattered all
over this street. 1t has been noted
that many tires have been badly dam
aged by these loose stones aud it is
assumed that the borough government
will either get this street cleaned or
repair the numerous depIessions which
occur along this magnificent ave-
nue.. Five Mile Beach needs the auto
mobiles and its patronage and will un-
~questionably get a larger percentage Of
this business than the less favored re-
sorts south Of Atlantic City. We have
at least a dozen garages; we have the
streets and the means Of entertaining
the auioist and his family, aud the re-
sorts should let nothing go undone by
which the patronage of our tourist
friends would not be encouraged.
One of our North Wildwood residents
who has been on the beach for quite
some years has recently moved to a
pretty little farm on the shore road
near Rio Grande. This man is none
other than George w. Stewart, the
hard working brlcklayer and stone
mason, who In q statement given, an
nounces that he has finally solved the
high cost of living. Mr.. Stewart, who
owns two cottages IN North Wild wood
and likewise an automobile, has
evolved the thought that q strategic
point on the shore road Is q likely place
10 get business in his line, from all
directions throughout Cape May
County. He gets q tip as TO q big job,
bounces into his auto aud goes to Ava
lon where he has been working for
the past couple of weeks, and puts over
q nice mi Returning home he bitches
the auto to his pillow and plows a couple
of acres and plants 1t with corn, or
some other succulent vegetable. After
planting a couple of acres Of truck, he
bounces into his auto and comes over
to the beach and.attempts to rent one
of his cottages. which we all know ia
somewhat of a job this spring.
In bird life on Five Mile Beach the
latest bird to make its appearances has
been the cat bird. The cat bird and
brown thrasher are renowned for their
wonderful capacity for mimicking other
birds. 1t is hard to tell at times when
these mimickers are doing their best
whether 1t is a cat bird or a thrasher.
The brush and gardens around the cot
tages. OF North Wild wood seemed to be
remarkably well filed this spring with
these two latest corners who are now
intent on locating home plots of their
own and setting about rearing their
families.
81 q year in advance for the Journal.
The Anglesea fishermen have been
putting in the past ten days fishing for
weak fish in the Delaware Bay.
| Whimsical as these fish are the fisher
men are prone to follow their diverse
routes up the coast, as they are just as
liable to sweep into Delaware Bay
where they will remain for a week OF
ten days and then disappear into deep
water and sweep up the coast into the
many waiting pounds and nets. How
ever, it 10 up to our hustling fishermen
to trail them, which they have been
doing this past week and consequently
making big catches. The electric train
which runs up at 1.20 daily via Mill
vile and Vineland is q combination
fish and passenger train. It carries
from q to three express cars and
oftimes several refrigerator cars laden
with tons of fish which are worked 10
with passenger trains and rushed
through to their destination often going
to Boston and Baltimore which towns
are tremendous fish shipping resorts,
but Of course Boston does not get the
first run of fish as we do here.
Officer lowering has registered q
determined "kick' on the fact that he
is forced to practically carry drunks
from Seventeenth street to the Angle.
sea city hall where there is some sort
of a bird cage for the protection OF
inebriates when they are unable to pro.
tect themselves. lowering says thai
he don't mind 30 much carrying a
drunk from 18th street to Anglesea on
his back, but when he has to hold his
bicycle with one hand and keep the
mosquitoes off the back of his neck with
the other. the drunk is liable to soak
him while he is thus occupied. Officer