The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-05-24

tain the names CT the land owners
on either side of the highways. com
municate with them and learn how
many of them would be wiling to co
operate. The State Highway Com
mission may select a short stretch,
which they will treat, with the CO.
operation Of the state forester, for
the purpose of demonstrating to citi-
zens what can and ought to be DONE
With the cordial cooperation OF
our citizens, this movement, which
will cost each Individual practically
nothing, will do much to beautify and
improve our state, and at the same
time act as a protection to our high
ways"
May Cut River Kinks
Good news came to the citizens of
Salem when President James S.
Sparks, Of the Chamber of Commerce,
received a telegram from Washington
that the Board of Engineers of the
War Department had approved the
project for Strengthening Salem
River. This project had been advo-
Gated for many years, and several sur
veys OF the route have been made,
but governmental approval could not
be secured.
The Chamber of Commerce renewed
activities two years ago and never
gave up hope, collecting valuable data
to convince the engineers at Washing
ton of the importance Of having the
stream Strengthened. Numerous hear
ings have been held. and committee
from Salem, headed by Senator Col
Inns B. Allen, acting with United
States Senator Edge and Spencer
Smith, of the State coard of Com
merce and Navigation, went to Wash
ington The telegram to President
Sparks announces the result of the
conference.
With the improvement of Salem
River 1t Is proposed to develop port
at Salem to connect with the $4,000
900 port at Wilmington, Del. The
chamber has employed ]. ]. Markle as
secretary, who VIII devote his entire
time to furthering this work. and also
to get the Jersey Central Railroad to
extend its lines from Bridgeton, over
which route much of the produce from
South Jersey could be shipped for
transfer to southern points.
Warns Bus Operators
Autobus operators will be required
to bring their machines to full stop
at grade crossings. in accordance with
the 1923 law, or have violations called
to the attention Of municipal authori-
ties granted bus permits and the Pub
lie Utility Commission, which super
vises municipal grants. State Motor
Vehicle Commissioner Dill outlined
the law for the benefit of operators.
"A tabulation of autobuses and jit-
neys crossing at railroad grades shows
that at Ia crossings 1866 buses and
jitneys failed to STOP" says the COM
missioner. ut is apparent that the
operators of these buses and jitneys
either have no knowledges of the law
or else are determined to ignore it's
provisions, with the result that the
lives of the passengers of these ve-
hicles are constantly in peril"
Gypsy Moth Still Peril
In spectors of the Bureau of Stats
tics and Inspection, State Department
of Agriculture, have recently intercept
ed live caterpillars and egg masses OF
the gypsy moth at Maplewood, Glen
Rock, Paterson and Belleville, on
nursery stock received from the Amer
lean Forestry Company of Framing
ham. Mass.
This is particularly unfortunate in
view of the fact that during the past
three years over one-half million dol
lars have been expended in New Jer-
sey in determination work in Middle
sex and Somerset counties and excel
lent progress has been made" said the
department fIt is useless to continue
such work and the funds expended in
the past will have been wasted If firms
in neighboring states are allowed to re-
seed the state by sending in infested
trees A restraining order has been
sent to the offending firm, and it may
be necessary to quarantine the state of
Massachusetts and possibly all of the
New England states in order to pro-
tect New Jersey from further danger"
Standard Grades for Fruit
Slowly, but surely, New Jersey farm
ers are revising their marketing meth
DDS to meet and satisfy the public's de-
mand for guaranteed quality in farm
products. According to reports to the
State Department of Agriculture, sew
eral large organizations and many big
private growers will market crops of
fruit and vegetables this year under
what are recognized by the state and
federal departments as standard
grades.
Experiences of all large markets last
year showed that graded farm prod
ucts were in strong. demand, even
when oversupply slowed up sales of
average stock. Farmers who have
tried out the plan are said to have dis
covered that trade mark on their
graded packages, backed by the guar
antee of quality which the brand indi-