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VENTNOR NEWS btakliM 1M7. oanai Mtwiwit at Vwrtear Ottr. ■i MUM lrarkMu hr 5 thrmob Niwa oo, nto., At TMhrtt tart tlluth Aww, Atlaatlr Ottr. N. J.. T. O. {VBKTNOU OITT. N. J.) labarriattam PriM.... .11.0« MT mi rmth h ihMM _ Had* Oaraa.Twa Oaata AATartlaiag ntM M JLwlIhAtthA. OnwmtaN tNUthi Batten at total Intarart aalMteiL OarnaulaaUtaa ahaalAha slcath hr tha writer, ate ttriiarrilr tar »o*> ttoatlaa. hat at a gaaraatea at tart faith. j. nun hrhm. ■Attar aaAwntiatar Haaacar. NSmAbuJ m AAMttJattltttt anatfAf Tat la# 97 1MT. a* Ate Part CMm at ANtoiMr City, It nr Ante, arkr Mr art at frhrrrrr ar a a. an." SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1920 ■T*M , LOOK INTO IT. According to a statement that Is pub lished in this issue Chief of Police William Sprague invites the investiga tion into the charges preferred by a local resident before’ the members of city council last Monday evening. Without being solicited Foreman of the firemen David Stuart has reauested that we also state that he desires the charges investigated, so that the de partment may be either exonerated or the evil corrected. With the heads of both departments inviting investiga tion, it should be made. If there are things that are wrong they should be looked into, and if they are right it is not right that the men should be work ed under the impression to the public that their actions have not been the proper thing. Last week we mentioned the evil of SOME of the policemen patrolling their beats by riding on the trolley cars instead of walking, over them, not that we objected to the men riding once in a while when it is really nec essary, but rather for the evil of the unprotection of the public property on their beats. We believe that the ma jority of the men have been faithful in their performance of their duties, but there are others who have been \ in the constant habit of riding up and down on the cars. We are glad to note that some of these men have been persuaded that they have been wrong and that they are now walking. AVOID THE EVIL. - We do not want to do anything that will hinder the contractors in the erec-, tion of the many buildings that are now under the course of construction in this city, but we do believe that ' e. some of them are becoming careless in * the way they are leaving their mate rials on the sidewalks and streets. Many places where building is going on, it is almost impossible to walk on the sidewalk, and other places the streets are so littered with materia} that 4t, is next td impossible for a team to get by without driving on the sidewalk. Again it is to be noted once in a while -that the materials are left without lights, which endangers those who are driving in machines on the avenues. More than one accident has been narrowly averted by the quick ness of the drivers. Other contractors are becoming careless in other actions. It being noticed on Thursday that one man was mixing Concrete on the side walk, and, another close by was trying to burn up all the rubbish from a Job, when an officer came along and told them they were doing what was wrong. It is not always the fault of the con _ tractor, as many of these little slips are caused by workmen who are unfa miliar with the laws of the city and are prone to be careless. KEEP IT UP. • Property owners in the lower end of the city are becoming active In their rights and seem to be a unit in their desire to have the city pass the ordi nance enabling them to erect the bulk heads. and assessing the costs against the property owners who are benefited. :>v 'This is one of the most important pieces of legislation that has been be ■ fore the city solons for some time and ’ the people or the city should Join to gether and show that they have the interests pf the entire city at heart Everybody is for a beautiful Ventnor 'V and we cannot have it with the irreg t ular beach front conditions that now - .prevail. DO your”part. . In several parts of the city it is no ticed that the lots haVe been burned off, and the city will continue this work, in order to make the city more presentable; now it is up to each every property owner to do their share to assist in this general clean tip. Get busy around your place and ■”»«> 'L"'< — see what you can do to make our city cleaner and better. Concerted action by all of the property owners will make such wonderful changes that they will be astounded. Do what you can to clean up, and do it as soon as you can, the sooner the better. CHIEF SPRAGUE ASK8 FOR INVESTIGATION. After reading the letter presented to Council Monday night, March 22, 1920, by one of our leading politicians and taxpayers, I, Chief Sprague, have given it my closest consideration and have decided that it would be advisa ble for the Mayor and Council to hold this investigation as soon as possible as 1 think it would be better for all concerned. By having such an investigation 1 think I will be. able to convince some of these chronic kickers and would-be leaders just how each department is run, thereby convincing them who is right, as it has been my past experi ence that some people on the outside think they know how to run such de partments better than the heads of such departments. Of course I, as head of my depart ment, know that every good thinking citizen and taxpayer can readily un derstand that this trouble has been started by some of our would-be poli ticians and the sooner this investiga tion is held and outside politics elim-’ tnated the better off we will all be. (Signed) CHIEF SPRAGUE. PASTOR AND WIFE SOON TO OCCUPY PARSONAGE. ' Those interested in the project will be glad to note that before another Is sue of “The News” comes out, the pastor’s family will be in the new home provided for them by “the con gregation of the First Congregational Church, corner of Ventnor and Frank-i ford avenues. While the condition of the roads are such that truck trans portation of goods from Philadelphia cannot be had, yet enough household “flxlns’ ” will be on hand to allow of “staying” until such time as Old Sol shall mend the roads. This improve ment marks a cycle in the history of i the Church, and stamps its activities with the mark of permanency. Had it not been for the foresight exercised In preparing this home for the pastor's family, the scarcity of houses in Vent nor would have left them without a “roof’ this spring, as has been the case with several other members of the church who have sold their homes' Those having charge of the project are receiving from every side con gratulations upon the conception and execution of it. The building is now a credit to our city, from both the standpoint of utility and from that of architecture. portHtpIteb Mr. Lytton- Brigg* Buehler Renews Friendships Made Several Years Ago While Doing Art Work. Mr. Lytton Briggs Buehler, the well known portrait painter, is vistiing his mother, Mrs. Harriett Briggs Buehler, at 112 Cambridge avenue, north, and renewing friendships made while so journing here several years ago. Mr. Buehler is at present painting a por trait of Mrs. Fannie Davison Biddle Perot, who has spent the winter at the Nixon Apts., Atlantic City. When asked for his opinion of “Modem Art" so called, Mr. Buehler said it is but the reflection of the spirit of the char otic times upon the impressionable mind of the artist who in turn express es his feelings or emotions in one or another of the various art movements to which he finds his spirit most akin and in sympathy. Painting, Poetry, Scripture and Music have been equally offered by the general upheaval ‘and desire for self-expression along with the universal wish for "self-determina tion”, and to condemn the various art movements as insane is only to ac knowledge the general madness of the age. The Portrait Painter has been least affected by radicalism in his art for he is bound to interpretation of char acter and to be successful aside from his ability to paint technically well he should be a psychologist for even the most apparently common place person has shades of personality, sub tle complexes and better moments that must be recorded and this Inter est iu interpretation of character is sufficient to keep the true Portrait Painter from reducing his subject to purely abstract forms, and further more the most modest person loves himself sufficiently well to wish the portrait created in his own image which is human if not God like accord ing to the extent of his self-esteem. GREATLY APPRECIATED CARE EXERCISED, j Mr. Kern Dodge, of Philadelphia, ! whose home was recently discovered on fire by patrolman Bert Geissinger, is a sincere believer in the watchful ness of this local patrolman and also in the thoroughness and efficiency of the volunteer and paid firemen as was evidenced by congratulatory ana thankful letters to both of them short- j ly after his visit to this city last .week.' CAMP MERRITT MEMORIAL PLANS Design Collaborated by World Famous Artists Will Mark the Spot as Hallowed Ground. By J. W. BINDER. The site selected for the Camp 'Mer rltt memorial Is a circle three hundred feet In diameter. The center of tills', circle Is the point where the two roads Knickerbocker road and Madison ave nne, Intersect. This necessitates the -taking of /a piece of property from each of the four corners. Three of GROUND PLAN PROPOSED GAMP MERRITT MEMORIAL these have been donated and the .fourth will be acquired by purchase The general design of the memorial is shown In the above picture. .Its loca tion *on the camp site is indicated by the circle on the aeroplane photograph of the camp herewith reproduced. The architects, Messrs. Harvey Wi ley Corbett and Cornelius V. R. Bogert, in speaking of the proposed Camp Mer ritt memorial said: “The memorial Is to be placed at the Intersection of Madison avenue and Knickerbocker road, in the center of £ circle, three, hundred feet In diame ter. The plot Is to be screened by a row of trees or other suitable plant ing at the outer edge of the circle, thus shutting out from view any sur rounding buildings. "The central feature of the scheme will be a monument approached by » j series of circular steps. The monu ment itself will be so designed as to convey the Idea and perpetuate the memory of the many troops that passed over this point This will he symbol I zed by a carved frieze extending around the entire base depicting the men In their various stages of prog ress and preparation at- the camp and also the victorious men upon their re turn being prepared for discharge to their homes. Tablets will also be placed setting forth the name? of the men who died at Camp Merritt while In the service. Emblems characteristic of the different branches of the service that passed through Camp Merritt will he Incorporated and the whole sur mounted by an appropriate Interpreta tion of our national emblem in sculp ture. As Camp Merritt stands out from all the other camps in the coun try in Its function of preparation ami point of departure ftfr the troops, it Is not only appropriate, but necessary in order to perpetuate Its memory, to build a memorial which will be dis tinct in character and as near to architectural perfection as Is possible to make It. The monument Itself will be on the axis of the several roadways It is the aim of the committee and the architects to make the whole memorial so impressive'that anyone entering within the circle will fefel that ha is upon hallowed ground.” Lava Und«r Ranger Field f Geologists believe that continued oil operations In the Ranger field, should they attain a depth of one mile under the surface, will prove the existence »f a live lava bed, a Ranger (Tex.) correspondent of the New York Eve-' nlng Sun writes. In the region of Caddo oil drillers have discovered that bits of the drills show evidences of In tense heat within 8,200 feet of the surface, and the heat at that depth la sufficient to discharge shots of nitro glycerin without the use of a fulmi nating cap. A peculiarity of the Ranger field jb Stephens county Is the number of cre vasses encountered In drilling through the black lime. These crevasses are filled more or leas with oil-yielding sand and when this sand is ‘'shot" the flow of petroleum rushes to the surface. Whether this rush is aided by the subterranean heat is problem atical, but It is believed that the heat has a great deal to do 'tflth the rash of the oil. WANTED.—ICrsry parses interested In Vestaer in map way to subscribe for The ▼satner News, published wesdy, ELEVEN YEARS experience on Cottage " Work in Ventnor and Chelsea, has taught us the best is the cheapest in the end. 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