Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-08

suddenly b come powerful, coming like
a solid wall last week of sea bass and
weak fish and have swamped the pound
nets, purse smacks and bank skiffs.
All the trains leaving Five Mile Beach,
Goth express and locals have been stop
ping and picking UP freight and car
loads of fish and taking them through
on the express schedules to the big fish
markets. Thousands of pounds have
been shipped from Ottens Harbor and
Anglesfa wharf and as a result of this
great influx of sea food the price laid
to skiff fishermen on the Anglesea
wharf last Saturday was 3 cents per
pound. 1t will now be interesting to
see how much the retailers charge for
fish 10 Philadelphia with this great
quantity of sea food being thrown on
the market. An investigation is being
carried on by a newspaper of Philadel-
phia ss to why butter fish last week
cost 80 cents per ID. in Philadelphia
when they were bringing only 5 cents
per pound on the fish wharf where they
were caught. Not only this newspaper
but also the food inspectors are watch
lug the fish situation, while Governor
Edge is taking steps to appoint a COM
mission to see that the fish situation
be worked TO better advantage ON the
part of the consumers. All the fisher
men and companies are catching all
the fish they can handle from Cape
May to Asbury Park. AS an illustra-
ton, Curtis Mathes, of I'd and
Pennsylvania avenue, Anglesea, last
Friday went out at Z O'Clock to five
fathom banks, with one man, and was
back to Anglesea wharf by noon. He
brought in eight barrels of sea bass at
200 lbs. to. the barrel, making 1900 lbs.
for which he received 8 cents per
pound; he stated that that is the price
the hand line fishermen are receiving
from the buyers at the fishing stations.
The serious accident which befell
former Judge Harrison H. Vo ,rhees, in
Philadelphia came as a blow TO his
friends at the club and on Five Mile
Beach. Judge VOORHEES, was counsel
for the yacht club and had a very i'm
portant matter in hand at the time Of
his unfortunate accident. The legal
phase will be taken care of during Mr..
Voolnees' Illness by John Switzer and
John Harris, of Camden.
There was a flag raising at DR.. L. w.
Kinks wal garden at 18th and Central
last week. DR.. and Mrs. Kirk
came down from Millville. The garden
was planted by Mr.. Ottens, and the
flag which was raised was likewise
donated by sMr. Ottens, while practi
cally all the children of North w
had a feast of ice cream cones coming
from the same source. The flag was
raised by Lieutenant Albert Hanson,
retired, of the police department of
Philadelphia and the address was made
by Robert Bright, the well-known
lawyer. The music was lead by Squire
Ely with his cornet. The refreshments
were served by Mrs. Glenn's daughters
and Mrs. Ely.
The annual meeting o the Wildwood
Yacht club was held on Memorial Day
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon in the
Yacht club building with a quorum of
trustees and twenty-five members pres
ent. The election of officers as per
nominations made at meeting of April
3Oth, 1917, resulted in the reelection of
Commodore Frank Brennan; vice-com-
modore Charles E. Harden brook; Sec
rotary and treasurer George G. Connor,
and the following twelve trustees: John
Brown, Frank E. Smith, Henry H.
Ottens, Joseph Geisenberger, Patrick
j. Conway, Frank X. Brennan, VIM.
Il. Law, Harrison HI. Voorhees,, VIM.
G. Duncan, A. II. Green, N. A. Harris
aud Albert Hanson. DR.. Kirk was
~re-appointed fleet surgeon and Patrick
J. Conway was re-appointed harbor
master. Henry H Ottens was reap
pointed chairman of the house COM
mittee to be assisted by two other
members to be appointed. Commodore
Brennan will name the balance of his
assistants at the next meeting. Harri-
son H. Voorhees, was present and at
the request OF the club made a state
ment regarding the status of the fore
closure proceedings of the yacht club
bond issue. The bonds are held by
the West Jersey Trust Company, of
Camden, who is represented by Nor
man Gray, Esq. Mr.. Voorhees, asked
that the following resolution be passed:
''That John H. Switzer, of Camden,
be and is hereby appointed attorney of
Wildwood Yacht-club to represent the