The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-08-22

Eggs, 1910, 44O,JJf SdSeS, 1915. oyo,-
1856 cases !; eggs, 1918, 35S,0S5 broken,
pounds; 1919, 157 ,29O broken, pounds;
cheese, 1918, 342,951 pounds; 1919,
,443,553 pounds; butter, 1918, $780,
291 pounds; 1919, 7653,016 pounds;
poultry 1918, 2,4O7 ,259 pounds; 1919,
3e44,S So pounds; fresh meats, 1918,
81, 49,, 40 pounds; 1919, 25,013953;
fresh fish, 1918, 1,941,475; 1919, 1,794,-
100; milk and milk products, 1918,
614,420 pounds; 1919, 539,670 pounds;
edible fats and oils, 1918, 1,4S2,932
pounds; 1919, 3,214,265 pounds; game,
1918, no report; 1919, 171,267. pounds;
miscellaneous articles, 1918, 1918
packages; 1919, 21,s9O packages.
Two Bandits on Motorcycles.
Working in the most approved style
of the story books, two men entered
shanty housing so employees of
construction company doing work on
the Windsor-Hig road, two
miles from Hightstown, flashed revolv-
ers before the sleepy inmates and
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pay, amounting to nearly $1,000.
The men were heard to ride up to
the shanty on motorcycles. stop out
side and dismount. When they enter.
ed each carried revolver. There was
an air of determination about them
that gave the impression that when
they ordered the occupants to throw
up their hands they meant prompt
obedience The workmen were then
ordered to turn over their money, and
one by one they emptied their pockets
on a table in front Of the bandits.
Upon completion of the job they gath
cred the spoils and made their get
away.
Some of the victims recognized the
robbers as men who were discharged
from the employ of the construction
company short time ago and have
furnished the police with accurate de-
scriptions of them. One wore khaki
and had large scar on the back of
his head. The other wore civilian
clothes. WE aa -sa
FuSfI lTduo-SStoSy S0udi.
A thoroughly organized and aggres-
sive campaign, which will result, 1t is
believed, In uniting every influential
agency in New Jersey. Delaware,
Pennsylvania and New York in the
effort to obtain from Congress an APP
preparation for the construction of the
New Jersey ship canal, has been or
ganized by Mayor Donnelly of Tren-
ton. 1t is planned to present to Con-
gress the benefits that will accrue
from the waterway with view to
having ship canal appropriation In
cluded in the next rivers and harborS
bill.
To adopt plans for forwarding the
project convention will be held in
Newark during the latter part of Sep
tember or early In October, and prep
arations for the convention were made
at meeting of the Executive Commit
tee of the rivers and harbors congress,
held at the Downtown Club, Newark.
The speakers included J. Murray Hull
bert, dock commissioner of New York ;
SoliS hampton AipoiVs biNF-
ident of the Atlantic Deeper Water
ways Association, and. John Fl. Small.
former chairman of the rivers and har-
bors congress, of which Mayor Don
nelly is president.
Associated with Mayor Donnelly in
ment are Walter Wood Of Florence,
Charles A. Mccormick of New Bruins
wick and James NJ. Reilly, secretary
of the Newark Board of Trade.
Urges Refusal to Pay Tax.
Attorney General McCran advised
residents of New Jersey employed In
New York who may be taxed under
the New York income tax law to re-
fuse to pay the tax. The attorney
general says he will take legal steps in
their behalf if they are threatened
with compulsi0n. The law has been
declared unconstitutional in so far as
it affects persons living outside New
York state.
Mr. McCran said he expected that
the Yale & Towne case against the
New York statute would be appealed
to the United States supreme court,
and in that event he, as the attorney
general of New Jersey, and John w.
Griggs of Paterson, former United
States attorney general, as special
counsel, would participate for New
Jersey.
Offers Fine Camp Sites.
An invitation to prospective camp
ers to avail themselves of 1900 acres
of forest land in New Jersey Is ex-
tended in circular published by the
state department of conservation and
development.
Among the most attractive of the
tracts is the Stokes state forest, COM
prising 1000 acres of woodland along
the ridge and western slope of the
Kittitany mountains, Sussex county
The department also calls attention to
the mountain lake resorts, including
Culvers lake, Lake Owassa and
Swartswood lake. and to the 10000
acres of state forest extending 3J
miles along the mountains from the
Delaware Water Gap to the New York
state line.