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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07

Unless artificial respiration is ap-
piled to the Hughes boom, Hughes
can be considered out of the picture.
So can most of the dark horses.
In looking at Hoover, Dawes and
Lowden, it is interesting or significant
or both to recall that these three
gentlemen have fought for republican
convention votes before, notably in
1924.
Hoover entered the scene in 1920,
although five months before the con-
vention he did not know his political
affiliation Hoover failed to carry any
state in the primaries and Lowden
only picked up illinois, But Hoover's
peak strength was only nine and one
half votes and Lowden once led the
field, his peak being 31l Ia. In
other words, no one paid any atten-
tom to Hoover. Now the politicians
must reckon with him, but they all
recall the time when Hoover didn't
know whether he was republican or
democrat.
Lowden's stock has since gone down
and Hoover's up. In 1924 all they
could fight for was the vice presi-
dency. Hoover wanted it and couldn't
get it. Lowden got it and announced
he didn't want it. dTheir friends,
of course, did the fighting9 Hoover
didn't enter Che voting until the
third ballot, after Lowden had turned
down the honor. and it was on that
ballot that Dawes ran away with the
show.
Much the same thing may happen
to the presidential nomination In
1928, except that no one VINO gets
it will turn it down. The same old
crowd will be there to pick its man.
Assuming that Lowden finally drops
out without being nominated, as hc
did after being nominated in 1924,
and that Dawes becomes his legatee,
Dawes and Hoover will fight it out.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
TO FIGHT FOR HARMONY
(Tucson Citizen)


though they fight
John W. Davis who
logical
be invited
at the
rehearsal
dsintegration
developments of the time. party
nationally might position
locally
democracy
the fundamentals belief
the whispers
they will hold
justification
of the democratic convention anyway
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07

! WASHINGTON = Calvin Coolidge
will be everything or nothing in the
next republican convention, and the
game these days is to guess which.
The presidents continued refusal
to make his position clear beyond
all doubt is making life miserable
nomination and their families and
friends, for thousands of federal job
holders and, last and no doubt least,
for hundreds of newspaper CORE
Spondents.
In the last month or two, it has
driven many politicians back to the
White House steps, if only for the
simple reason that they dared not
scurry elsewhere. This now seems
to be the most important of all
political developments this fall
The other two important develop
ments affecting the presidential
situation are the growing strength
of Governor AL Smith in the demo-
cratic party and the steady increase
of favorable talk about Vice President
Dawes.
The Sub-surface Dawes boom is
likely to mean very little unless the
expansion of the revived Coolidge
boom is checked in one way or
another, but, leaving the president
out of it, the opinion of the majority
seems to be that Dawes, for all MS
sudden emulation of the violet, Is
out in front. This means that most
politicians at this moment are not
taking Lowdens chances of winning
the nomination very seriously and
that they will only let Hoover grab
it from over their PROSTATE corpses
On the other hand there is a new
tendency to suspect that Lowden will
enter the convention with more dele
gates than has been commonly sup
posed, to whom Dawes will eventually
fall heir.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
With Other Editors
CAMS VINCIT
(NeW York Herald Tribune)

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Leondas him submit without battle The
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
Menus for the Family
BY SISTER MARY

BREAKFAST-Stewed figs, ce-
real, cream, tomato toast, milk
coffee.
LUNCHEON-English monkey.
picked beets. date and nut bread.
baked pears, milk, tea.
DINNER-Roast spare-ribs. po-
tatoes baked with meat. sauer-
kraut, banana and nut salad, raj
sin pie, milk, coffee.
When baking potatoes with
roast be sure to salt the vegetable
as well as the meat. Baste the
potatoes several times with the
drippings in the roaster if you
would have them an appetizing
brown.
Date and Nut Bread
One egg. tablespoons sugar,
4Etablespoons melasses,, 2 cups
graham bread -four. / cup white
-four, 11s cups sour milk. Ia
teaspoons soda. " teaspoon salt,
~ cup stoned and chopped dates,
" cup seeded and chopped rai-
sins, " cup chopped English wal
nuts ~ ~
Beat egg until light. : Beat In |
sugar, molasses and salt. Add graz
ham -four and white -four. but do
not stir into mixture. Add fruit
and nuts, dropping them into the
-four. Mix thoroughly. Add sour
milk and mix Nntil smooth. Dis
solve soda in 4tablespoons hot
water and add at once to mixture.
Beat hard for two minutes. Drop
from spoon into aa oiled and
Toured deep bread pan or two
pound coffee cans and bake one
hour in a moderately hot oven.
Copyright. 1927. NEA Service, 1ncJ
mo Breakfast Complete Without
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMES ]. MONTAGUE
THE MAN OF MYSTERY

If1E MAN OF' M SIEfC4
read about George Washington
| Quite early in my youth
/ I learned that he had little fun
And always told the truth;
I gazed at him in trousers buff
And powdered periwig
And thought he was--well not a
stuff
! But probably prig.
Then newer histories came out
Which stigmatized as 70;
The silly stories told about j.
} The grand old patriots ssasys..s (,
learned that he drank wine with
meals
Was lightly reused to wrath,
And now and then kicked up his
heels
And trod the primrose path.
And then I suddenly began
Devoutly to admire
This rare, distinguished gentleman
= Who was our country's sire.
And afterward, when I had read
That he knew how to cuss;
"Why he was quite a peach.' I said.
"Uncommonly like u.s."
But new historians unite
To reaffirm forsooth,
That Mr.. Washington was quite
A model for our youth.
And so once more I'm all upset
My beau ideal has flown,
I wish these writing men would let
George Washington alone!
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
EBSA||iRBE38

Mays Landing, N. j., makes the
newspapers pay for extra facilities at
the Lilliendahl murder trial. And
all that wonderful publicity, tool
The friend who shot the man
whose feet looked to him like rabbits
should go hunting with policeman
and get some big game.
New York's ladder burglar" is
being overemphasized we fear. Prob
ably just some young man trying
to get to the top.
The burglar who stole a type
writer must have been reading some
of the reporters stories about the
winter crime wave"
The trouble with most uplifters is
that they're SO depressing.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO

Mrs. j. D. Fox went to Ell Paso
yesterday to visit friends and do
Christmas shopping.
Mrs. Chas Raser spent yester-
day in Bisbee visiting her daugh-.
ter, Miss Margaret Kelly, who
recently underwent an operation.
Mrs. j. S. Williams, Jr., and
son, Ernest, arrived in Douglas
yesterday from Battle Creek,
where they have been for the
young mans health.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Baker and
children left yesterday for Brown
wood, Texas, to spend the holi-
days.
Paul Stevens, private secretary
of General Manager John c.
Greenway, spent a few hours in
Douglas yesterday on business.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
BUDGET BUSINESS

Budget matters will be the outstand-
ing business before the members Of
the board of trustees of the T. M. G.
A. on Friday evening. The meeting
will be started at 7 o'clock and it is
the plan that committees will also be
named to have charge Of looking after
the 1923 budget
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
INVOLVEMENT

There are now ten million people
living in New York city or within
80 miles of it which wouldn't be
SO bad if they all didn't have three
or four cars apiece
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
WORTHY

If there are any Carnegie medals
left at the end of the year the
pedestrians of the country will absorb
the surplus readily.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
SLOW JOB

Evidently Mr. Ford is waiting to
launch his new car till the newspaper
humorists have had time to think
about it.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
cOpyriEh,. W.. by rss Chicago Tribune. ,

primary campaigning
expensive dollar
Suh Investigations the
encourage
expenditures
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
Israving the Brickbats

Curious pedestrian: On what floor
of this tenement does Mrs Shanahan
live, my little man?
Guide Gagged four): The third fight
up.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
Plucked From the Plains

At Christmas
When it's Christmas, man is bigger
and is better in his part;
He is keener for the service that
is prompted by the heart
All the petty thoughts and narrow
seem to vanish for awhile,
And the true reward he's seeking
is the glory of a smile.
Then for others he is toiling and
somehow it seems to me
That at Christmas he is almost
what God wanted him to be.
Housewife: How long do you allow
eggs to cook?
Cook: Just the time it takes me
to smoke cigarette
Effie: Why hasn't daddy much
hair?
Mother: Because he. thinks lot
darling.
Effie (pause) But why have you
got such a lot, mummie?
Mother: Get on with your break
fast!
Mother, can I have those apples
on the sideboard?"
Eyes, dear1"
"Oh, I'm SO glad you said yes"
"Why, are you so hungry?"
"No-but I have eaten them al
ready"
Friend: What a horrible noise
comes from that radio set!
radio fan: Well, 1 guess you would
make just as bad noise if you were
coming out of ether.
"Fadder, desc shoes hurts me every
step I take"
Then take longer steps and dere
won't be so many hurts"
Cheap Publicity
Conductor: How old is the little
girl?
The child: Mother, I'd rather pay
the fare and keep my age to myself.
Irate parent: I'll teach you to-
make love to my daughter, sir.
Young man: 1 wish you would, old
boy, I'm not making much headWay.
.1C 10,
those little boys next door have no
Jane. Wouldn't you like to give
them something?
Archie with great enthusiasm
Oh, yes, mamma. Let's give them
Aunt Jane.
Johnny: Say, paw, I can't get these
'rithmetic examples. Teacher said
somethin about findin' the great
common divisor.
Paw Gin disgust): Great Scott
haven't they found that thing yet?
Why they were hunting for it when
I was a boy.
Mary's beau (wiating for her to
come down stairs: Is Mary your
oldest sister?
Kid brother: Yep.
Mary's beau: And who comes after
Kid brother: You and two other
guys,
"Why did you tip that boy so
handsomely when he gave you your
coat?'' e.
Look at the coat ne gave me"
She Cat county fair): Look at the
people. Aren't they numerous?
He: Yes, and amt there lot OF
them?
A hardened motorist ran down a
pedestrian
"Hey," he shouted, "while you're
under there, take look at my
brake rods"
Big Business
Floorwalker (to impatient customer,
leaving): Can't you get waited on,
madame?
Madame: No I'm afraid I came
at an unfortunate time; your sales
ladies are in conference.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07

"No Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07
Big Business

Big Business
Floorwalker (to impatient customer
leaving): Can't you get waited on
madame?
Madame: No. I'm afraid I came
at an unfortunate time; your sales
ladies are in conference.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07

A hardened motorist ran down a
pedestrian.
"Hey," he shouted, "while you're
under there, take look at my
brake rods"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07

She Cat county fair): Look at the
people. Aren't they numerous?
He: Yes, and amt there lot OF
them?
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-07

The trouble with most uplifters is
that they're SO depressing.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-07

and development.
The Board should realize that
appointments on the active com
mltsees are mace, IN a general way,
after consideration of the willing
ness ana ability of individuals and
that members of such committees
are assuming responsibilities that
will demand great effort and de-
votion to duty To large extent
the reputation of the Board repends
upon the activities of it's com
mittees and it is your Directors
earnest desire that whatever
reputation this Board now has for
responsiveness to real public need
should approach perfection in the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-07

6. Permanent Election Registra-
on-mandatory.
T. Booklet for advertising Allan
tic County
8. Soldiers us-mandatory in
crease.
8. Interest and amortization,
bond accounts.
10. Police protection on important
roads and bouleyards.
II. Large reduction in surplus
from previous year
Financial Condition
The financial condition of Allan
tic County is entirely satisfactory
and we propose to maintain om'
condition by careful
consideration of proper eXpendi-
lures and by encouraging activi-
ties that are bound to result to the
County's advantage. Increased ap-
preparations are proper gauge ~
our appreciation of the necessities
that result from greater growth
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-07


probation OF the Improvement to
the Pleasantville Boulevard
through substitution of the two
splendid bridges for the dilapi-
dated and DANGEROUS ones that eX-
listed year asa. The reconstruct
ion of the Albany Avenue Bridge,
in accordance wish the recently
awarded contract, will discharge
in fun the obligation which the
Board assumed at the time the paw
ing of the Absecon Boulevard was
undertaken.
226A5 Mics of improved Roads
At the present time the mileage
Of improved roads in Atlantic
County is 2664S, of which 1S4.39
miles are County roads and 5000
miles are State highways. This
Board os pledged to take over, as
County roads, an additional mile
age of about 16 miles in Hamilton
and Mullica Townships as soon as
the Improvements have been com
pleted under existing contracts, in
each of which the State of New
Jersey is paying rs per cent of the
cost and the Township 25 per cent,
and which work is being financed
by the Township OH agreements Of
reimbursement from Atlantic
County.
Gravel Roads
Through the discovery that the
gravel roads can be efficiently and
economically treated, for all-year
service, with tar materials we have
learned that we cannot afford to
inflict the Summers dust and the
Winters mud on the travelling pub
lie and. as rapidly as funds can be
provided for the work, we are sur
facing gravel roads with highly
satisfactory results. During the
past year about % miles of gravel
"oads have been so treated and our
present budget provides for similar
treatment to the extent of about %
miles. In addition TO this treat
ment. which is being followed up
each year by necessary patching
we are continuing 10 treat short
stretches of roads with calcium
chloride in Summer and lignin
binder in Winter and. if the Boards
present policy is maintained FOR
three or four years, the former OBJ
jections to our gravel roads, namely
the dust and the mud, will no
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-07
Mainland Real Estate Transfers
Mortified

Antonio Petrillo ct ux to Lent
L. Scalzo; s. Ii. of Mortified, 961.
81 #. w. of Shore Rd., s. 201.13 TT
by w. 25.07 fl. Nov. "a.
JohnD. Scheuer ct ux to Sara F
Kahn; lot AZ, blk. SAP Tract A
Map of Tudor Ter. Nov. "a.
Antonio Petrillo eft Tx to Ernesto
Petrillo; 1067.1S it. w. of Shore
Rd., E. SO it. by S. lis it. Nov. "A
Antonio Petrillo ct TX to Adiego
LoScalzo ct ux; 1,100.1S #. w. of
Shore Rd., 100 IT. N of Mortified,
E. SO it. by S. 125 TT. Nov. "a
John Ormrod ct ux to Lewis
Risley; N. E. H. of Jackson, $50 #.
N. w. of Second, N. E. $50 IT. by
N. W. so #. Nov. &c.
Margaret Ireland to John Ormrod
ct ux; n. e. Ii. of Jackson. $50 #
N. w. of Second. N E. $50 it. by
N. w. so it. Nov. &c.
John D. Scheuer ct ux to Howard
N. Steelman eft ux; lots II, IL, blk.
SIP. Tract A. Map of Tudor Ter.
Nov ~.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-07

immediate future.
At this time | wish to record the
Boards gratitude for the fair treat
ment accorded us by the State
Highway Department and to ex-
press our appreciation of thealways
kind reception and indulgent con-
sideration by State Highway
Engineer Sloan. Let me publicly,
at this s.n1e, thank all of the Off
GERS of the Board for their faithful
performance Of duty during the
year that has passed and the mem
bers of Committees and the entire
old Board for active and proper
discharge of duty on all occasions.
f. .FRALEY DOUGHTY, Director
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-07
ACTIVITIES OF
FREEHOLDERS TO
MAINTAIN COUNTY
Continued from Page One)
Accomplishments


Among the principal activities of
the Board undertaken or complet-
ed during the year that has just
terminated are the following:
l. Resurfacing of eight impor-
int County roads with tar
treatment.
2. Resurfacing of the Shore road
from Pleasantville to Absecon
with bituminous concrete.
8. Treatment of various County
roads with lignin binder.
4. Completion of the Dorset
Boulevard in Atlantic City and
Ventnor
.. Widening OF Absecon Boule-
ward through a section being
developed by Neptune Gardens
Inc.
6. Extention Of New Road from
White Horse Pike to Ocean
Highway in Absecon.
Z. Installing Of a modern light
ing system on Absecon Boule-
ward.
.. A modern and adequate drain
age system on Ventnor Avenue
in Margate.
3. Construction Of concrete gut
ters on Maryland Avenue in
Somers Point.
TO- Completion of a large addition
to the County Clerks Office
and alterations to the Jail, in
Guiding sewers and disposal
plant.
II. Extensive additions to the Sur
r0gate's Office.
-. The purchase of an improved
property in Egg Harbor City
for a detention school and
other purposes.
l3. Completion of concrete bridge
over Cedar Branch on Ham
montonAtsion Road.
IA. Construction OF footbridge for
the use Of pedestrians during
the reconstruction of the Al
bany Avenue Bridge.
10. Reconstruction of bridge over
Clarks Mill Stream in Port
Republic.
10. Reconstruction of bridge over
Alias Creek on Moss Mill
Road near Egg Harbor City.
IL. Reconstruction Of bridge on
Elwood Road at Weymouth.
Is Reconstruction of Beach
Thorofare Bridge on Pleasant
Vile Boulevard.
10. reconstruction of Great
Thorofare Bridge on Pleasant
vile Boulevard.
20, Awarding contract for the
reconstruction of Alban, Ave
nue. Bridge on the Pleasant
vile Boulevard.
Every one of these activities has
been favorably received by the tax
DaVpr9 with narhanc nortiouIor n ',
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-07

longer apply. The Board should
continue to encourage agricultural
development by taking over, as
tributaries to the County and State
road systems, roads that have been
improved by cooperation Of Town
ship authorities and the State
Highway Department and by main
tanning these as County roads; in
all such cases the County should
reimburse a township for its share
in the cost of such improvement
! of any road.
Departmental Efficiency Much
! The departments of the County
in charge of the Institutions for
Aged and Unfortunates have been
working with their usual efficiency
and we are continuing all former
activities in connection with Farm
Demonstration and Improvement,
Care of Dependent Children, Home
Demonstration, Mosquito EXtermin-
alton, Care of the Blind and Out
side Tubercular Treatment, Voca-
tional Schools, Nursing and others.
all of which are limited Fnly by
the available funds for their fin
ancine.
The Administration OF Justice,
through County court operations,
is costing more each year but, at
its worst,I believe that the increase
of crime is moi more rapid in Allan
tic County than in most eommun-
tiles. Reconditioning of the building
which will be devoted to \the pur-
pose of a detention school, will af-
ford improvement in the handling
of many cases and the expense of
proper care of juvenile cases, be-
tween arrest and determination OF
the cases in court, is correct in
vestment for the County
All along the line there has been
unusual harmony in the various de-
partments under the Boards super
vision and, insofar as | now know,
there has not been registered a
reasonable criticism against the
method of operation in any of these
departments.
Much Needed
Allow me to call your attention. |
for prompt and careful consider
alton, the following much needed |
activities:
l. Paving of Ventnor Avenue,
from Fredericksburg Avenue
to the Risley Channel Bridge |
on the Somers Point Boule-
ward
2. Resurfacing of the Shore road |
with biturninous concrete, (
from Pleasantville to Somers /
Point
J. Improvement of New Road, |
from MULTIPLICATION Road |
to Somers Point-Mays Land |
Road in Somers Point.
4. Improvement of road from
the Egg Harbor-Green Bank
Road TO the Atlantic County
end of the Lower Bank Bridge. |
.. Reimbursing townships for |
road improvement, under State /
aid, with particular reference
to the road, known as the |
English Creek Road, between
Pomona, on White Horse Pike.
and English Greek, on Somers |
Point-Mays Landing Road
6. Promoting, by improvement if
necessary, the construction of
Black Horse Pike through
Atlantic County.
7. Furnishing ola satisfactory
wearing surface, of tar or
-.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-07
Galloway Twp.

Gilbert End OCallaghan To
Thomas s. Collins; center lines
of Ridgewood and 10th, S. 81
dogs. 81 min. by E. 270.S4 it. Oct.
%.
Charles Edwin Puey Jr. ct ux
to Thomas w C. Hartmann.
Phila.; center Ii. of Bog Rd., s.
81 dogs. go min. by E. 216S.1 it.
Oct. 26.
Franklin F. Gilbert ct Tx to
Ernest w. Huebner ct ux; S. E
Ii. of Phila., HOP #. Gin. S. w. Of
Aloe, S. f. so #. by N. E. $50 IT
Oct %.
Joseph John Giltrap ct ux
Phila., to Ellis Cooper ct ux; lots
234, 235, Absecon Heights Ter,
and Att Suburbs. Nov. 5.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-01-07

similar material, on additional
important, County gravel
roads as rapidly a sfunds are
available.
s. Extensive planting of suitable
trees along all important
County roads and boulevards.
g. Providing of force of motor
vehicle officials, under revis-
ed legislation if necessary, for
patrolling the Shore Road, the
Pleasantville Boulevard, the
Somers Point Boulevard and
any other important County
road needing such protection.
10. Reconstruction of the inter
county bridge spanning Null
lea River at Green Bank.
II. Alterations and improvements
TO the building intended for
detention school at Egg Har-
Dor City.
II. The issuing of a booklet, for
wide distribution by the Allan
tic City Chamber of Com
merce, setting forth the vari-
Gus attractions of Atlantic
County, and to include an ac-
curate map of the County's
improved roads
There are several small bridges
and culverts on important roads
that will be referred to the Bridge
Committee, for consideration, as
soon as the annual bridge inspect
ion, now being made, is completed
The Budget Reasonable
This Board never has stood for
self-delusion or misleading the pub
lie through the making of made
quate appropriations to meet the
actual and known requirements. A
amount of the Boards
DhPOhSCo, 40 you hllOWs dl Z IidH-
latory under the law and any fail
IRE to appropriate sufficient APP
and so curtailing av-
-iyities that are higly desirable, if
not actually necessary. The new
budget has had full and careful !
in every item and an
earnest endeayor has been made to
accurately appropriate for each |
actual necessity or CRETE need. !
Large operations, of a more or less
permanent nature, will be properly |
financed by the issuing of bonds
md this is entirely justified by the
fairness of distributing the cost of
such improvements over, as nearly
rs possible, the years during which
hey will continue in efficiency.
Increases in our budget are dis
ributed through it with more or
ess uniformity but certain special
tems-some entirely new in the
1udget-requires liberal allowance,
such as:
l. Addition to Asylum, Aims
house and Tubercular Hosplt- |
al
2. Equipping the Detention |
Home
3. County Court operations.
4. Shore Road resurfacing.
5. Road and Bridge construction. |