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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25

$3.50; 4 cylinder Buick, $7.20 instead
of $3.50; Cadillacs, $3.50 instead of
1880; Hudsons, Chambers, Haynes
and other machines of like bore,
SLIGO instead of $3.50; Dodges, $3.50
instead of $3.50. The truck fees will
run from $1,000 for under 1000 pounds
to $27.00 for under 5000 pounds, and
$500 for each additional 1000 pounds
until the total fees reaches $4,000.
Combined weight of machine and load.
Bus fees run from $500 for machine
seating 5, to $4,000 for machine seat
ing 80 and $500 for each additional
passenger over 80. All bus, CONNER
cial and pleasure fees are reduced so
per cent ON August LIST, instead of Sep
TENDER LIST, as now.
All tractors and t~railers must be
licensed and the operator of a tractor
must have a license the same as the
operator of any other motor vehicle.
A great many have overlooked this and
are liable to a fine if they don't do it.
Another radical change is that the
makers serial number and engine
number must both be given where the
machine has them. In case of a
Ford, where they have only a motor
number, but one of course can be
given. All applications must be sworn
to before a notary public or other au-
thorized person.
Another ruling of the department
is that, unless previous license care
can be shown for machine purchased
prior to July 4, 1919, all Bills of Sale
back to that date must be shown and
all Bills of Sale for machines pur-
chased since that date must be shown
back to the original bill of sale from
the dealer. This will make a lot of
confusion, so those desiring licenses
and cannot show a previous registra-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
Regular Meeting, September 1s, 1921

The Clerk reported $2,43S.64 collected in
the Tax Department and 392.48 in the
Water Department for the week endlng
September 6, 1921.
The Water Department report showing
all taps and repairs made for the week
was received and filed.
The weekly report of the Police Depart
ment was received and filed.
The City Clerks report for the month OF
August showing $5,741.49 collected was re-
ceived and filed.
A communication from the West Jersey
Electric Company re removing OF electric
poles on Atlantic avenue between Schel-
lenger and Montgomery avenues was or
dered received and filed.
A motion was passed that the
cation from the West Jersey Electric
Company re: connecting parties skiing
for electric light in the neighborhood of
Andrew and S~usquehanna avenues be re-
ceived and'fled after a copy OF the letter
has been sent to the signers of a petition
for same.
A motion was passed hat the commune
cation from the Wildwood civic Club
thanking the Commissioners for thelr
promptness in erecting a comfort staQoh
at Glenwood avenue and appointing a
be spread upon the mlnutes
A motion was passed that the commune
cation from the Maryland Casuaity CON-
pany re: payment of one-half OF the Dill
for injuries to Thomas Supple who fell
from new boardwalk be referred TO the
Solicitor.
A motion was passed that the communl-
cation from j. c. billiard re: licensing OF
games for next year be received and Tiled
and he be sent a copy of the motion
passed last week regarding same.
A motion was passed that the communi-
cation from Wallace and Herman COM
pany. Inc, re: repairs to sewer plant be
referred to the Director of Streets for fur-
Their consideration.
a motion was passed that the report
from Walter r.. Darby of the Sinking
Accounts of the City of Wildwood
be filed as part of the minutes.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the execution of a Quit Claim Deed in
favor of Robert Bruce Wallace.
A motto nwas passed that Mr.. Joseph
b. Brown proceed with work on the "a
Painting fire escapes and repairing roof.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
CITY OF WILDWOOD, NEW JERSEY
COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Brief Transcript of the Minutes for September, 1921
W. CoURTRIGH SMITH, RALPH ARL. A1FREpr TAYLOR.
Mayor" Revenue nd Finance Streets and Public Improvements
AHREDM ROBERT KAY, MHLARD F. CAMPBELL,
OVO~" City Treasurer collector Of Taxes
JONATHAN HAND City Solicitor

A motion was passed that the resigna-
ton of S. L.. Crawford as Sewer In
spector be accepted.
A motion was passed postponing award
ing the contract for police uniforms one
week.
A resolution was adopted showing the
cost and expense of Improvement of CON
structing cement cutters under Ordinance
10.
h notice for sealed proposals for lum-
Der for completion of new boardwalk was
read. One bid was received from Ober
and Woolson. A motion was passed that
the contract for furnishing lumber for
completion of new boardwalk be awarded
to ODER and Woolson at their figure
81. 662. 90.
The notice for sealed proposals for pipe
and posts for the completion of new
boardwalk was read. One bid was re-
ceived from Samuel Clunn. A motion was
passed that the contract for furnishing
pipe and posts for completion of new
boardwalk be awarded to Samuel Clunn
at his figure $1,734.25.
A motion was passed to notify the gar
bage collector and also the Mayor of Wild
wood Crest to please stop dumping gar
bage in the limits of the City of Wildwood.
Bills were ordered paid in the amount of
So, 613. 80.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY
To George Brown Wright, Kathryn Lillian
Wright and Title Guaranty & Trust
Company of New York City, Trustee
for KATHRYN Lillian Wright. Infant: {

By virtue of an order of the Court or
Chancery of New Jersey. made on the
9th day of October, 1921, in a certain
cause wherein wildwood Crest Company,
a corporation of the State of Maine, is
complainant, and you are the defendants,
you are required to appear, plead or an
swer to the bill of said complainant on or
before the 2Sth day of December, next, or
the said bill will be taken as confessed
against you. The said bill is filed to fore
close a mortgage given by Anna F.. Wright
to Wildwood Crest Company dated Decem-
Der 26, 1913, on lands in the Borough Of
Wildwood Crest, County of Cape May and
State of New Jersey.
And you George Brown Wright are
t1ade a defendant because you are one
If the devisees under the will of Anna e.
Wright, deceased, the owner of the mort
gagged premises.
And you Kathryn Lillian Wright are
made a defendant because you are one
of the d~evisees under the will of ANN E.
Wright, deceased, the owner of the mort
gagged premises.
And you Title Guaranty & Trust Com
pany of New York City are made a de-
PENDANT because under the will of Anna
E. Wright, deceased, you are named as
Trustee for Kathryn Lillian Wright. in
FAINT, one of the d~evisees under the will of
the aforesaid ANN e. Wright, deceased,
the owner of the mortgaged premises.
Dated October 81, 1921,
LEAP, SHARPLESS & WAY,
Solicitors for Complainant,
SOC Market Street,
Camden, n. j.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
THE BERTHA A. ROAMS THE SEA
WITHOUT CLEARANCE PAPERS

Somewhere on the high seas, seek
ing vainly for a haven of refuge and
%shivering in every timber at the APP
proach of anything resembling a navy
cutter, is the rum-running schooner
Bertha A, an outlaw vessel wanted
in every port in America and not
wanted in foreign ports.
The schooner, according to a state
ment by Nicholas c. Brooks, special
agent of the Treasury Department,
has been actively engaged in rum
smuggling along the Jersey coast since
last May. She has a capacity of 1,5O0
cases, and Mr.. Brooks says she has
deposited liquor cargoes at various
times off Wildwood, Atlantic City, up
Delaware Bay and at other points, the
c~ontraband aggregating in value
nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
Her home port is Philadelphia and her
owner is said to be an Atlantic City
business man. The cargoes were
brought from Nassau.
Brooks heard several weeks ago
that the Bertha A. had put into Hamp-
ton, Va. He notified the customs Off
Gals at that port, and they detained
the vessel at his request. Brooks sent
the statement of his case to head
quarters and libel papers against the
schooner were issued by the Federal
Court in Richmond. Thursday night
the United States marshal, armed with
a warrant, appeared, to find that the
skipper, crew and boat had taken
alarm, slipped through the fingers of
the customs officials and flown.
The schooner left without clearance
papers or license. AS a matter of fact,
these documents are in Mr.. Brooks
possession and she is now an outcast
without the right to fly the American
flag. She was already liable to fines
of 100000 and subject to forfeiture on
several counts.
"The United States District Attorney
at Trenton and myself were both anx-
ious to lay hands on this vessel, and
we are quite naturally chagrined at
her escape" said Mr.. Brooks. This
is the first east of this kind | have
ever encountered, and where the
Bertha A. will go and what she will
do is beyond my imagination. She is
virtually a pirate and may just as well
hoist the Jolly Roger and be done
with it."-Public Ledger.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25

A motion was passed that a copy Of
A. N. BARRIERS communication be sent to
the three local papers.
A communication from Mrs. Souders re
installation of gas in vicinity of Burk and
Susquehanna avenues was ordered re-
ferred to the gas company and Mrs.
Souders notified of the action of the Board.
A motion was passed that the resigna-
ton of Howard Warrington be accepted.
A resolution resembling a resolution
showing cost and expense under Ordi-
nance No. 70 was adopted.
A resolution was adopted showing the
cost and expense of improvement of con-
structing cement curbs and cutters under
Ordinance No. 73.
A resolution was adopted confirming the
appointment of Otto Martinez as Sewer
Inspector and Cement Worker, at a salary
of $4,000 per month, payable semi
monthly from October 1, 1921.
A motion was passed that the petition
with 46 signers asking for change of bus
terminus be laid over for one week.
Bills were ordered paid in the amount of
$23, 157.70.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
TRAINS ON TIME

Ninety-seven per cent of the ex-
press trains operated on the seashore
lines of the Philadelphia e Reading
Railway during October, 1921, arrived
at their destinations on time. This
record is the result of a campaign be-
ing carried on by P. S. Lewis, super
intendent of the Readings seashore
lines, to make the on-time perform
ance of these trains a by-word with
the public.
During this month the Philadelphia
& Reading Railway operated 1923 ex-
press trains between Philadelphia and
Atlantic City, Ocean City, Cape May,
Wildwood, Stone Harbor and Sea Isle
City. Seven hundred and six of these
trains arrived at their destinations
on time. The remaining % trains
were delayed for causes beyond the
control of the company. On each of
Is days during October, 1921, every
express train operated on the Read
ing's seashore lines made an on-time
record of 100 per cent. On each of II
other days only one of these trains
was delayed: on each of 3 other days
two trains were delayed: and on only
2 days throughout the entire month
We're three trains late.
These fast express trains have made
the New Jersey coast resorts a part
of metropolitan Philadelphia, and the
number of regular commuters be-
tween them and Philadelphia exceeds
the number between Philadelphia and
some of its popular suburbs. The
schedules of these trains require them
to III close to a mile a minute. A
considerable part of the distance is
covered at a speed of more than a
mile a minute because of the neces-
sary slow running in and out of ter
minals and of stops enroute. The
on-time performance of these fast
trains in the face of ever-growing
traffic means that roadbeds, tracks and
signal devices must be maintained at
the highest standard the year round,
and that the huge high-speed locomo-
tives which pull them must be kept
fit for the road.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
NOTICE TO LIMIT CREDITORS
Estate OF Mary E. GartsIde. Deceased.

Estate of Mary f. Gartside, Deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Harry S. Doug
lass, Surrogate of the County of Cape
May, made ON the first day of November.
A. D. 1921, on the application of the sub
scriber, administrator of said deceased,
notice is hereby given to the creditors of
under oath or affirmation their claims
and demands against the estate of said
deceased within six months from the first
day of November, A. D. 1921, or they will
be forever barred of any action against
the subscriber.
Dated November l, A. D. 1921.
OCEAN CITY
TITLE & TRUST COMPANY,
Administrator
Proctor xKNsNsE
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
AUTOMOBILE LICENSE RULES FOR
NEXT YEAR
SYNOPSIS Of Radical Changes That All
Owners and Drivers Should Know

IN NA
Many changes of a radical nature
have beer made in the automobile IL
cense regulations for the coming year.
For the benefit of owners and drivers
we are giving some of the most I'M
portant. Hereafter no electric head
lights owe "a candle power will be
allowed. Transfers will be made from
one machine to another only and then
it must be of the same type; no trans
fer will be made from n person to
another for the same car and no trans
fer will be made from a pleasure car
to a bus or to any other class OF ma
chine.
All bus owners must exhibit their
municipal license in order to get tags
for 1922. This means jitneys that are
used about town or any other machine
that is used for hire and also refers
TO machines which take loads to the
dye works, etc.
All commercial machines are regis
tered alike no matter if they have
rheumatic or solid tires. Thus a
~grocer's delivery which has heretofore
been paying $3.50 for the year must
he weighed and license paid Tor IN
accordance with the weight OF the
machine and load capacity.
Pleasure machines cost 40 cents per
H. P. up to 80, and so cents per II. +.
for 30 or over. All ratings are paseo
on the size of the bore. A few or the
more common changes are as follows;
Overland 80, $7.2O instead OF $7.oO;
Ford. 50. 20 instead of $3.50; 6 cylinder
Ruick from 1918 up, $1O.SO instead OF
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY
no HeIen c. Garrison.
ROBERT BRIGHT,
Proctor.

To Helen C. Garrison.
BY virtue of an order of the Court of
Chancery of New Jersey, mad on the
day of the date hereof. in a cause wherein
Joshua Bush is complainant and you are
defendant, you are required to appear.
plead, answer or demur to the bill of said
complainant, on or before the 22d day of
December next, or the said bill viii be
taken as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a mort
gage given by Leah l.. Garrison, ct viz,
to First National Bank of Cape May Court
House, New Jersey, dated December z,
1916, on lands in the City of Wildwood,
N. j., and you Helen c. Garrison are made
defendant because you own said ands.
ROBERT BRIGHT,
Solicitor for Complainant,
AngleSea, n. J..
Dated October 81. 1921.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
WILDWOOD NEWS NOTES

The Ocean City Automobile Bridge
Company is paying big dividends from
its profits. 1t recently declared a
dividend of six per cent and a special
dividend of 80 per cent. The bridge
connects Ocean City with Somers
Point and nearby Atlantic City is re-
sponsible for the heavy traffic in auto
mobiles.
Five Mile Beach Humane Society.
Anyone needing the society call
Special Agent Elmer Hewitt, SIR Bell,
624-Y keystone.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
w. C-OURTRIGHT SMITH,
Mayor.
ALFRED W~INTERBURN,
City Clerk.
Regular Meeting, september 6, 1921

Regular Meeting, September 6, 1921
The Clerk reported S17.O10.16 collected
in the Tax Department and $-2,352.13 in the
Water Department for the week ending
August 81, 1921.
The Water Department report of all
taps and repairs made for the week was
received and filed.
The weekly repOrt of the Police Depart
ment was received and filed.
The Plumbing Inspectors report for the
month of August showing $685. collected
was received and filed.
The Electrical Inspectors report for the
month of August showing $124.75 collected
was received and filed.
The Building Inspectors report for the
month of August showing $4,000 collected
was received and filed.
The Collectors Search report for the
month of August showing $3.50 collected
was received and filed.
A motion was passed that the communi-
cation from c. l.. Cole, attorney, re: pay
ment of bills, Hendee VS.. City of Wild
wood, be referred to the Solicitor and he
make report at the next meeting.
A motion was passed that the commune
cation from Stanley NJ. Kalbach re: bill
for sewer repairs be referred to the So
licitor.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
cancellation in the records of the Water
Department.
A motion was passed that the Solicitor
be instructed to notify the w. J. & S. S.
r. r. Co. to abate the nuisance of stocking
engines an dthe incessant noise around
their property in the vicinity of Andrew,
Davis and Montgomery avenues.
A motion was passed that the Clerk
notify the State Board of Health that the
sewer plant which was damaged by fire is
now in working condition.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the issuance of an Improvement Note for
the grading and crawling of Atlantic ave-
nue., in the amount of $3,026.60.
The notice for sealed proposals for Po-
lice Uniforms was read. Six bids were re-
ceived, two rejected (FoX Brothers, Wild
wood, and Henderson and Company, they
not having certified checks. -Four legiti-
mate bids were laid over until next week.
A motion was passed that the bill OF
Craythorn-Nickerson Company be passed
conditionally and passed only when engi-
neer signs and approves the same.
A motion was passed that all bids rem
dered for contract work must have his
recommendation for payment in writing
and his certilication that the work has
been lone according to contract.
A motion was passed authorizing the
payment of the 80 per cent of the contract
which had been retained, to Ober and
Woolson.
Solicitor Hand reports looking up laws
on Fire Escapes to report next week.
A motion was passed that no games OF
chance, contrary to law, will be tolerated
in the limits of the City of Wildwood
and should any game be licensed under
subterfuge, said license will be revoked al
the option of the Commissioners.
Bills were ordered paid in the amount oil
IS. spa. 81.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
NOTICE TO LIMIT CREDITORS
Estate of William Franklin wentzeII

Estate of William Franklin WentzeIl,
deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Harry S. Doug
less, Surrogate of the County of Cape May,
made on the 2Sth day of September, A. D.
1921, on the application of the subscriber,
Executrix of said deceased, notice is
hereby given to the creditors of said de-
ceased to exhibit to the subscriber under
oath or affirmation their claims and de-
mands against the estate of said deceased
within six months from the 2Sth day of
September, A. D. 1921. or they will be for
ever barred of n action against the sub
scriber.
Dated September 2Sth, A. D. 1921.
BERTHA L. WENTZELL,
Executrix.
ROBERT BRIGHT,
Proctor.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
NOTICE OF SALE

To Harry C. Phillippi and Catherine j.,
his wife, and to all others to whom it
nay concern.
The undersigned hereby gives notice
the afternoon, at Conveys Storage Ware
house, S. E. corner Garfield and Holly
Beach venue Wildwood, n. j., she viii
expose for sale at public vendue, and for
cash, all the household furniture, furnish
ings and chattels enumerated on a certain
warehouse receipt No. 443, and covered by
chattel mortgage under which this sale
is held.
MINNIE LEE.
Mortgage.
ROBERT BRIGHT, Attorney,
LIST and New Jersey Aves,,
Anglesea, n. j.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND
EXPENDITURES

From the close of business August 81,
1921, to the close of business September
80, 1921.
Balance on hand Aug. 81, 1921. $50, 593.31
RECEIPTS
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25

ALFRED TAYLOR,
Streets and Public Improvements.
WILLARD f. CAMPBELL,
Collector OF Taxes.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25

BALANCE ON HAND
SEPTEMBER 80, 1921 ....... $67, O64.9 80
SINKING FUND COMMISSION
Balance on n Aug. 81. 1921 ..$4,978.26
RECEIPTS
Investments Redeemed 100000
Interest on Investments 1917
- 5,129.17
s1O.1O7.43
DISBURSEMENTS
Purchase Of Boardwalk Bonds
for Investment .............. 100000
BALANCE ON HAND
SEPTEMBER 80. 1921 ....... $3,107.43
Dated September 80, 1921.
ROBERT J. KAY,
City Treasurer.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25

For All the News Read the Journal.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25

STIRLING W. COLE,
Proctor
Evening star., 1921-02-10
California Winter

a;'Tis winter in this pleasant
land, where l have pitched my
moving tent, but goods like
snow and sleet are banned, and
frpsts don't function worth a
cent. Yet fogs come drifting
from the deep and morns and
ewes are often cold, and shivers
through your system creep, and
all the air seems damp with
mold. And then you'd like to
build a fire, good old-fashioned
roaring blaze, such as all mortal
scouts desire, on cold and clam
my winter days. But here, where
all the prospects please, and only
pro6teers are vile, you'll have
to sit around and freeze-no
man can own a cordwood pile.
We buy our wood in little sacks
which from some distant forests
came; with chunks the size of
carpet tacks we feed the sad
and ghastly flame. Our coal we
purchase by the quart, and burn
ing it seems quite a crime; no
fire can roar and rip and snort
when fed a pellet at a time. The
fog enshrouds this winter night,
it pierces through me like a
sword my lanterns burning as
! write-it's all the heat | can
afford. But there are countless
sunny days when everything is
fine and grand, and then | take
my Tyre and praise the glories
of this WondrOus land.
WALT MASON,
copyright by George Matthew Adams.D
Evening star., 1921-02-10
!. DRIVE FOR RECRUITS.
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federal Employees Union, No. 2, to
s:1 Start Campaign Monday.

An intensive campaign to recruit
the membership of Federal Employees
Union, No. 2, will be undertaken, be-
ginning Monday. The local is already
the largest unit Of the National Fed
Grafton Of Federal Employees.
!: Every branch of the union will be
called upon to meet during the next
two months to consider the topic of
adding to the membership of the
union.
These meetings will be in addition
to the regular branch meetings, and
will be devoted to ways and means
for building up the membership Of the
large local.
The union has lost m embers through
the reduction of wartime forces.
Plans to interest the newcomers to
Washington during the next admins
-fration in the union probably will be
considered.
Evening star., 1921-02-10

Order Your Floral Valentines
now of Shaffer. 900 14th. Tel. NJ. 24l6
Evening star., 1921-02-10
MRS. ADAMS T0LECTURE.
illustrated Talk on Parana and
Paraguay River Basins.

South Americas land Of milk and
honey" the basins of the Parana and
Paraguay rivers. will be the subject
OF an illustrated lecture by Mrs. Har-
riet Chalmers Adams before members
of the National Geographic Society
tomorrow afternoon and evening,
These rivers tap the most fertile
parts of Argentina and Paraguay and
the important temperate section of
Brazil.
On their estuary, 'the River Plata"
II the metropolis of the southern
hemisphere. Buenos Aires and an
other of the great cities of South
America, Montevideo.