Palisadian., 1925-11-13

and continuing for almost sixteen
cours, Bergen County enjoyed its
earliest snowfall on record. Satur-
days hot sun, however, made short
work of the light fall.
Convicted of passing counterfeit
bills in Palisades Park, James Com
EMO and Louis Messina, of New York,
were sentenced to five years in At
lanta penitentiary by Judge Bodine in
the United States District court at
Trenton. Both men have previous
prison records.
Posing as Federal agent, Wesley
Boyle, aged thirty-one, of Hoboken,
was arrested in Gutenberg as he tried
to shake down" a saloon keeper.
Boyle, who has long criminal record
attempted to dispose of his Internal
Revenue shield after his arrest. He
was held for trial.
Fifty delegates to the state conven-
tion of the w. G. T. U. held last week
at Bridgeton participated in the de-
struction of sixty barrels of beer and
forty cases Of liquor at the Cumber-
land Court house. AS the barrels
were opened and the bottles smashed,
the women sang "Old John Is Dead"
That the work of the New Jersey
Health and Educational Bureaus are
closely allied, and that public school
children should have training to de-
velop sound bodies as well as educated
minds, were factors emphasized by DIR.
Henry B. Costil in his address deliv-
cred at Trenton during the conference
conducted by county superintendent
of public schools of the state.
Greater enforcement of the Volstead
act, banishment of war, the entry of
the United States into the World
Court and the necessity for curbing
the morals of the younger generation
were included among the resolutions
adopted at the Atlantic City conven-
tion of the New Jersey Baptists. The
resolution set forth the fact that ap.
proXimately 100000 young people in
the country are said to be without any
religious training whatsoever.
I'm an effort to refute charges of
alleged prevalence of crime and vice
in Hudson County as repeatedly stat
ed during the past campaign, mer-
chants associations of that county,
and the head of every bank in the
county, without regard to politics,
Joined forces in publishing throughout
the state a full-page advertisement
denouncing such statements as
ISLANDERS.
"A resolution declaring that the man
Or woman who willfully neglects to
vote is Stacker and should lose the
privilege, was passed by the New Jer-
sey State Baptists at their recent con-
vention in Atlantic City.
-Lyndhurst Lodge, No. 1905, B. P. o.
E., are planning the early erection of
modern club house, a committee
having been appointed to select a site.
The Board of Freeholders have de-
cided to re-advertise for bids for the
construction of a sewerage disposal
plant at Bergen Pines, the lowest bid
of $35,S70, submitted by New York
firm having been considered to be too
high. The board authorized the sale
of bonds amounting to 100000 for the
furnishing and equipping of the new
tuberculosis infirmary now nearing
completion.
County Engineer Roscoe P. McClave
has announced that the Anderson ave-
pue improvement through Fairview
and Cliffside Park had been completed
alta cost of about $4,000 less than the
contract price, which was $239,700.
Owners of the farms near Oradell
condemned by the county for hospital
purposes will receive $19,5O0, settle
ment having been agreed upon.
Although the Hackensack Y. M. c.
A. drive closed with about 100000
short of the mark, 100000 of that
amount has already been raised by the
committee who are following up the
work of the drive. 1t is hoped to OBJ
tain the balance before long, in order
that work may be started early in the
spring.