The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-06-19


Democratic member and William F.
Christensen OF Orange as the Repub-
ncan. The two remaining members
viii continue in office for another
year.
The counties in which there were
Democratic changes we're Cape May.
Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean, Pas
sale, Somerset and Warren Repub-
lican members we're changed in Cape
May, Hunterdon and Salem
The Democratic appointees other
than in Essex are as follows:
Atlantic, Josephine Godfrey, Allan
tic City; Bergen, r. William Meyer,
Ridgewood; Burlington, William r.
Murphy, Bordentown; Camden, EN-
ma E. Hyland, Camden; Cape May,
John Graham, wildwood; Cumber-
land; Thomas H. Hall, vineland:
Gloucester, Harriet E. Hauck, Clay
ton; Hudson, Charles Wagner, Jersey
City; Hunterdon, Anderson T. Kim
ney, Sunnyside; Mercer, Orlo S. Hat
ton, Hamilton township; Middlesex,
Walter J. Reilly, Perth Amboy; Mon
mouth, William F. Jefferson, Manas-
/ quan Morris, Robert e. Burke, Nor
ristown: Ocean, William s. Johnson.
Point Pleasant; Passaic, Robert Barr.
Clifton; Salem, James J. Sullivan, Sa-
lem; Somerset, E. Wade Clark, North
Branch; Sussex, Edward Arnold.
Stanhope; Union, John P. Duffy, Eliz-
abeth; Warren, Mahlon N Kinney.
| Delaware.
The Republican appointees are as
follows:
Atlantic. William Hauenstein, Egg
Harbor City; Bergen, William S.
! Moore, Ridgewood; Burlington. Jo-
seph C. Kingdom, Mt. Holly; Camden.
George L. Selby. Camden; Cape May.
Edgar A. Stratton. Marmora; Cumber-
land. George w. Branin. MilIville;
Gloucester, DR.. NJ f. Lummis, Pit
man; Hudson, Paul Seglie, West Ho-
boken; Hunterdon, David H Cline,
Frenchtown; Mercer, Holmes e. La
rue. Trenton; Middlesex, John Han
son. Perth Amboy; Monmouth, VIII
liam D. Hulse, Freehold; Morris.
Frances L. Wrede. Morristown;
Ocean, William Fl. Cruiser, Lakehurst;
Passaic. Stephen Dawson, Paterson;
Salem, Charles E. Miller. Salem;
Somerset. Joseph M. Lambruskin,
Somerville; Sussex, Joseph G. Cole
man, Hamburg; Union, David S. Dom
oyan, Plainfeld; Warren, George z.
Dorcas, Great Meadows.
Jersey Wars on Tree Pests
Officials of three New Jersey coun-
ties joined Westchester county and
Long Island authorities in urging con-
certed war against the hordes of tent
caterpillars which are damaging the
eastern coast foliage to the greatest
extent of recent years Pamphlets
and letters have been sent out by the
farm bureaus of the various counties
calling for destruction Of the cater
pillar nests.
The farm demonstrator OF Middle
sex county described damage done by
caterpillars as severe. He said trees
along many country roads were vir-
tually bare of foliage. In some sec
tons there are said to be twice as
many caterpillars as last year, and an
appeal has been made to local news
papers to print items showing how
they can be exterminated by burning.
In Passaic county trees are being
sprayed by Harold Wettyen, county
farm demonstrator, and a crew of
men. Fruit trees. especially, have
been damaged there by the pests. and
farmers have resorted to unusually
heavy doses Of poison spray to kill
them. The farmers have been warned
by Mr. Wettyen that they must kill
on the vermin before they lay the
eggs or the damage may be even
greater next year.
H. c. O'Den, manager Of the Mas
sau County Farm Bureau, said that
the north shore Of Long Island was
most infested by caterpillars, although
they were prevalent throughout the
island. 1.-THE caterpillars were quite
bad last year, but they are much
worse now" he said Damage to
shade trees and shrubbery has been
extensive, and a united effort is need
ed to kill them of We are asking
the farmers and suburbanites to fight
the caterpillar and they are doing so
in earnest"
Mr.. O'Dell has no explanation for
the unusual number OF tent caterpil-
lars this spring other than that they
travel in cycles and this year seems
to be a caterpillar cycle" He said
1t was probable the parasites which
usually feed on caterpillars or their
eggs were fewer this season.
Through the agencies Of the Farm
Bureau in New Jersey, Long Island
and Westchester, a general warfare
against the caterpillar has been de-
clared in order to save the foliage and.
in some sections, the fruit crops So
much damage has been done in West
chester that the Board OF Supervisors
has made an appropriation to fight
the caterpillars and a committee is
cooperating with John G. Curtis. man
ager Of the Westchester Farm Bureau.
1t is believed that intensive destruc-