^y^^^^^^^f^^^^!??^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^ 20,000 PEOPLE read this paper-every week. Larj circulation than all other papers county enntbim-d. THE WASHINGTON STAR 55th YEAK—NUMBER 19 WASHINGTON, WARREN COUNTY, N. J., THURSDAY, MAY 11,1922 SUBSCRIPTION: S2.00 A YEAR". A 33 Miles of Concrete PHILLIPSBURP SHOWS FAITH IN OLD Slow Progress by MISS FULPER WITHDRAWS FROM Baseball Manager Roads in_Warren Co COMMISSIONERS-RE-ELECTS THEM Concreting Companie P. 0. FIGHT-CASWELL POSSIBILITY Announces Lineup Remarkable Rriad-Buildin BRITTON, POTTS, HOUSER DEFEAT "NO PAY" MEN Korp & Korp Arc Paving WITHDRAWS IN INTEREST OF PARTY HARMONY Old-timers and Rookies in Record of Warren The election in Phllltpsburg on, 1'cirnltl. CIcorge Hicwer. Andrew L. One Side Through New 1 Mlas Clara l-'ulper yesterday nnnouno I aminatlonH. Those who passed -with an Strenuous Spring Prac- ' Tuesday, to choose a full board of fhc Newman. -Michael J. Mnrnel and Joli eil that she lind 'withdrawn from the [ eligible percentage were ass [.stunt post- Freeholders. Jown Commissioners, developed Into it jf. Strut lion*, Village. sort of "vindication.. — -_._ " affai—r. „In_ whic..„_,.h_ Th-..^e. .*....remainin. rg, .fix raraudl.Kiteu s rai coutent for postmaster In Washington, j master -Wm. J. Caswell, Cecil IT.. Andcr- tice; New Uniforms. 0I lin L Ahead of Other Countiei the present hoard crime out with flying' on no particular pplatform, Canal Bridge Is a Problem Tho announcement startletl localpoli- | » > <l - Calvin Opdykc. colors. The choice of the voters'was' A count f otes showh s that th tlclnns*. and citizens generally, particul- In voluntarily, withdrawing, "Miss I"i, Open With Bangpr May 20 maniftmanifestedd iI n no uncnrtnfin way In j•• people off I'hlNipsbui-^ have ffaith li Over thirty-three miles of concrete favor of the three old members'of tho the Intejirity of the men who havi The Ci-fiit Wide Way wlilcrh th. arly because of the fact that Miss Ful- per has proved herself ti good loser— roads built and under construction ir •board who> ,we'rd seeking re-tt'coVIti.. !>oen represonting them and that the: sUito J.s building between Witshlngtoi per'H name was submitted to the I'ost- a "good sport," as the won "would, put AVarren county In two yetirs Is wnai and of two others who were their run- do not want I heir Commissioner to fil ami IMilllipsburg—better known as tin mnstcr General more than a month ago it. will lie an esttubllHliod fact when lh< ning mat OH. a rwilly utremious position withou Great High Way—Is moving toward: mud building HCIIHOU of 102L' cornea t< There were lfi candidates In the mad I proper compensation. The"'I'il-do-lt-fo: completion with distressing slowm to be acting postmtatrcsM pending IL per- As tho matter now stands, the Wtsl an end, according to present plans. Mcramblr, the five; highest beln^ Win. -nothing-men" made a poor tdiowlnj these fine diiyx. nancnt appointment. ingtnn postolllce situation it no ntirer This la a remarkable record, • aiu R. Potts, Evan T. James. Heclor It. with the single exception of Marshal In Washington borough the concivti This iv;iH considered cjual to an out- a solution than before Miss I'uljim wan one that probably will not bo surpassed Rritton, George I*. Ilartmnn and Join. h. Barnitt, a distinctly high-grade man in any county, of AVarren'a size in the wt,i-k has been at a standstill foi and-out appointment, especially in view recommended. ConBrcssanan Peikins 'nil the nrtnar scraps' All of which II. Houser. The.se men were elected to formerly a druggist ami now vice about a week. The grim, grimy inlxtn J'',1"?" MtJl to Inieball than breast en tin.' state for several years to. come. admln.'HUr the town affairs of Phillip*, president of the I'hlllipsburg Nationa of the fact that It was generally con- will have to take a. freslL atait If tin The completion of the Washington stands In front of. ilia St. Cloud Hotel 10 0 1 m Sl0 an<l bin:;, with a likelihood that Mr, Brit- Bank. where the work has been halted whlli ceded that Miss Kulper was Congress- appointment goes to the man with tli riitlliiisburtr road will see a continuous ton will be chosen for Mayor an the ffii" "ko'Snt" " '" " ' Ht retell of thirteen mllcH of.boautiiu Although Interest ran high tlurlL. all tin* available men have Iwen tnin man Perkins' choice of the five candi- highest average, tho olllco will fco to "M Pail Petti the manaser, saja It fluccesnor of Oeorgo W. Smith, who re- tho short hut heated campaign, It oc- ferred to tlie trolley track laying tl concrete twenty feet wide. This wit igned recently to accept olllcliil dates, alt the others being men. • Caswell, Otherwise Air. Andeison. c Hu ii-siectfullj announcra thai th» be the tangent continuous stretch ol casioned surprise that the vote was partment. Kails )ia.v« been laid from position with Ihe State I*. 0 ,R. of A. so small. In a town of about 17,000 In tlie culvert to the square. Trolley Mr. Opdyku will bo named, If tho i ul< oirnliiB glm, m,| ,)c pUlJe(1 on |m iln kind In Llus section of tlia country, J'ully appreciating tho situation, Miss l 0 lrk Satur exceeding In length any except the Ens- The plain cut tesue in Tuesday's elec- habitants, only 3.CSS votes were polled. passengers iiiM now tmnsfe-rrurl at thl la adhered to. d A ,J ". ' ." "'" " "" - tion was whether or not the- voter* Under tho law which specifies a major point, a wost-boumt e-ar awaiting then Pulper \m» withdrawn from the race In ton-Allentown rouil. tho Interest1! of party harmony. No matter how It turns out, Ptrftins *,,, i /ynsHlni.ton time, which It ivlHhed to continue in office tin- preu- ty for the first candidate (which woul near Kckel's garage, where the- work' ilamlau time and dllTeiont Irom anv- T.hjs week bids are belnB asltec Ent Commissioners who hud indirectly mean 18-15 votes), not one of the I men are now engaged tearing up th The fact Is that the civil service rulca Is in bad and already local Republic « hirt ol»e Harry Vanattu will be tho for llie> HurltettHtowntJrcat .Meadow jEtcomc linked with the recent court In the light poll received tho designat- tracks. arc unsheathing the knife for thCi i ollclal road, about six mllCH In length. Th Investigation into the town's official ed number. But under the election law rovitlc that the appointment must be ollclal arbltrr I'toplo would nevti The trolley section between the two 1 th0 > U doa h n Ilolie-Hlali-Ktown road In also to he o flnnnel.il affairs. • This led some peopio provision \i\ made that where none made from the three highest In tho ox- an ••' concrete, six miles long. The PhllllpH " bell'?-''.1 tl'iit there had liren Inosj- receives a final majority on all counts, coneri'tf sli;c'lehfs is to be paved with ?" '"' " "° ' " " burK'-MlooniHljiiry road 1M also plunncl ,s in the conduct of tho town's btisi- tho flvo high men will be consld' asphalt but Just when nobody knows. unV'i0* ?t11Km,Gllts °C Vie local team for thl« year. These throe roads, each IIPS.1. untl \v;w consequently rcspon.il> elected. Considerable of a Job Is being oi Mil bo tho slate d KBtia from Bangoi approximately HIX milea IUIIK will, with blt» for tlie hot opposition Hint aro.se. countered in ripping up the old coi STATE INSISTS ON FUELSHORTAGE Itnce <.miHhcM the> cill them up The vote was not completed at Town crete at tin* square to permit of a r< the addition of the Wiuihiiigl'in>Phll< The opimsltlon movement took pe- that \aj This is tho team that won lllwbui'Rroad, make thirty-one mites or Hall until after midnight. Tho totals laying of trolley ti-aeks. This plec CONCRETE HIGHWAY i stnei iiom Oxfoid last >ear culiar form. Although the office of of each candidate are given herewith: was not re-enforced, which is. fortunate, HITS OXFORD HARD M nl he nny concrete roadH in the county In tin -ommlHsloner pays $1,800 a year, five «uf t ? martial muaic to years 10!! Land 102a. Potts r.Tld Monahan , : 1.114 bee-Jiust. mulling less than dynumlt' Right in line with what tho STAR ushei in the 1DJJ season but the norm .veil-known citizens camo forward and 1,639 Dick 1,018 would answer in tearing it tip. The Despite ttio rather violent opposition said last week In reference, to a shor I be in new uniforma, -with In addition to this, thrco miles of new iffortti to. servo tin- town for nothing KTitton . 1.K57 Btruthers 700 road men say that tho old concroti of several businoHs men on ^laln ago of fuel that would retfult in shu o\cr> pli^er tleanlj sha\ed Tho uni- concrete between Oxford and Uuttz- -»receiving no further pay than ono Ilartman 1,43-1 Mnrnel .. 773 was a very yood piece of work. street, llackettstown, wiio want war •ting down certain Industrial plants o loims ucrc puichased in Newark last -vllle will be entirely opened this year. lotliir n yea.', wliiel: mlPht be neces- JU41 Ward .... 74' All tho grading on tln> section to be renito aubstituted for solid e-oncreto this section camo the aim ounce men I week and aie now In the vault of the This is a remarkable road build.n^ (try to make their ofTIce legal.