The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-07-25
OUTLINES PLAN TO
ADVERTISE STATE
Department Opens Bureau at
Trenton to Spread the Fame
of the State.
LISTING FARMS FOR SALE.
Effective in counteracting the impress.
sion That State Consists Mainly
of Pine Barrens and Shore
Resorts.

Trenton.-As q means of advertis-
ing the exceptional advantages of New
Jersey and counteracting the impress
sion that we have only 'pine barrens"
and shore resorts there has been es-
tablished in the department of con-
servation and development land reg
istry bureau whose object is to attract
new people to the state. The func-
lions of this bureau will include:
Locating and listing all farms for
sale or rent. The records, which al
ready include several hundred farms,
will be available at all times for the
information of prospective purchas-
ers.
Finding ready made farms at low
prices for returning service men and
others interested in farming. Men
without experience who desire to farm
will be helped in securing places on
modern farms where the necessary ex-
perience may be obtained.
Recommending wild land fit for
farming which can be bought at low
cost by those ready and willing to
clear it; locating fertile swamp lands
which can be developed with capital
This effort will deal largely with in
trinsic soil values to the end that land
booming and the exploitation of nom
arabic areas shall be discouraged.
Indicating locations outside the met
ropolitan sections which are suitable
for new industries.
Portraying the attractions of the
state for pleasure seekers and making
known the fact that New Jersey, with
its nearby ocean beaches, forests,
lakes and mountains, is the ideal play
ground of the country.
Cooperating with all state depart
ments, the Agricultural Experiment
stations, county farm agents, Boards
of Trade, Chambers of Commerce,
newspapers and other agencies.
Finally, to advertise New Jersey at
home and abroad, making known its
resources by every available means.
The department emphasizes the fact
that the state, through this organiza-
ton, offers definite and reliable in
formation and advice about lands free
of cost, although without guarantee
1t is not sales agency, but aims to
bring the purchaser in direct touch
with the owner without disturbing ex.
listing arrangements between owners
and agents.
Soon to Get Trophies.
Word has been received by State
Comptroller Newton A K Bugbee
from Washington that the war depart
ment is preparing for the distribution
of war trophies to the various states
as soon as compilation of men who
served in the war from April 6, 1917
to November IL, 1918, has been com
pleted. Mr.. Bugbee wrote to Senators
Edge and Frelinghuysen with the enc
in view of securing for New Jersey q
proper superintendent of cannon, ma.
chine guns and other war trophies cap
tured by the allied forces from the
armies of the central powers.
When New Jersey has received hel
complement of these trophies they will
be apportioned by the state on pre-
rata basis to the counties, and the
counties in turn will make apportion
ments of the trophies to the various
municipalities on the basis of the mum
Der of men who served in the wal
from each municipality.
Trenton and Mercer county furnish
ed approximately $500 men for the
army, navy and marine branches OF
the federal service The law passed
by Congress for the distribution OF
the trophies provides that the trans.
portation cost shall be paid by the
federal government. As New JERSEY
furnished approximately $4,000 men
for the various branches of the serv.
Ice, the apportionment of trophies to
be assigned to this state will be large
and the initial shipments will be made
within about six months, by which
time the relics will have been trans.
ported from overseas A formidable
collection of cannon, machine gun and
other weapons will be made feature
of decoration in Mahlon Stacy Park.
which adjoins the State House al
Trenton.
Need Hayward Boys Home.
Immediate establishment of a Ioca
penal institution for Maynard boys is
advocated by Probation Officer William
n Morrison, whose attention has beer
called to .oyercrowded conditions in the
State Home for Boys at Jamesburg
where a majority of the juveniles sen
fenced by Judge Marshall are commit
ted Although the intended capacity
Of the Jamesburg institution is 600, il
has been found necessary to crowd 65.
boys into the place.
The new institution advocated by
Morrison would not only serve to re-
ieve the overcrowded condition al
Jamesburg, but would also be an inter
mediate place where boys not suffi.
GENTLY bad TO be committed to the re-
form school could be sent. Morrison
points out that when boy is convict.
ed of crime in this county there are
but two things to do with him. He