Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-02-27
City Hall Doings


day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded
time" Shakespeare.
Did it ever occur to you that the re
cording OF Time is one Of the mos
wonderful aud vital things with which
human beings are concerned? Think
Of the many devices for the
ment of the seconds, minutes. hours
days, years and centuries! How coulo
we ever get along without time-pieces
With no means at our command t.
measure the slow but steady progress
of time. the world would be thrown
into inextricable confusion, aud chaos
would result.
Thirty days bath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have %Lhirty-one,
Except the second month alone,
Which has but twenty-eight, in
fine,
Till Leap Year gives it twenty
nine"
The total number is 1856.
The above couplets recite the best
possible arrangement that could be
made in psrceling out our solar year IN
to twelve lunar periods, designated as
months. To February fell the lot OF
being the shortest month-snd varl-
able at that as to its length. BY a
strange coincidence every fourth year
is Invisible by the figure four, and
every fourth year we add one day to
February's list of 2s-thus making such
a year $3.50 days long. These heightened
years are known as Leap years.
The process of regulating the flight Of
time referred to is known as compensa-
ton, and is the only feasible method
lhus far devised, giving "the second
month alone" prominence thereby.
To the citizens of the United States.
the month of February has especial in-
terest, because of two red -letter days
within it's limits-two days set apart
as National holidays, the 18th and I'D,
these dates representing respectively
the birthdays OF Lincoln and WASH
ington. OF the latter it was said that
he was "first in war, first in peace, and
first in the hearts of his countrymen."
OF the former, we cherish his noble
maxim-"with malice toward none,
with charity for ALL" while we mourn
the sacrifice he made that his country
might live.
Wildwood's time recorder yesterday
afternoon, showed two hours and six
teen minutes past meridian, when the
Mayor arrived ard touched the button
that set the commission machinery in
motion. His lateness was commented
Upon.
The reading of the minutes of the
preceding regular meeting consumed
4xsetly one-sixth OF an hour, and ap-
prevail Of same was Immediately NOV
ed. In days to come, city clerks may
be relieved of the minute-reading ted
ium by the substitution of phonogra-
phic reproductions; for surely "the
world do move"
The city's Golfers were not material
ly swelled by the money received In
the tax office and in the water depart
ment for the fiscal week, ending Feb
ruary 10Th. The receipts might be
described as coming in almost "neck
and neck" Tax $542 6S, water 1862 81
The part played by Joe Brown yes
was trivial and juvenile. He
did not augment the flow of natures
in one solitary instance the past
week, but diminished it that much.
This Is not as it should be, for fiocks of
geese have already north ward flown
aud robins have been seen hereabouts.
One commendable act he did, however,
in repairing a bursted service, thus saw
ing wastage of the precious liquid for
which there is no substitute, and on
which the life of the globe absolutely
depends.
Under the head of new business. a
resolution was introduced and passed
authorizing the issuance of a note for
$4,000 dated Feb. Goth, to bear six per
cent interest, in anticipation of the col
Of water rents. The proceeds of
this note will be used in paying bills
incurred by the extensions to the water
system, now under way. A new ordi-
nance was introduced relating to taxes
for the year 1920, and ordains that there
shall be assessed, raised by taxation
and collected for the fiscal year 1920,
including special school tax, the sum
of $780,, $50 Is, for the purpose of meet
ing the appropriations set forth in the
following statement of and
appropriations for the fiscal veal 1920: