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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30
Success of Two Floridians.

The Punto Gorda Herald tells of
the success that has been achieved
by two fruit growers. "What man
has done man can do" But success
depends not only on good location
but on the man himself.
Some nine years ago, Capt. Chas.
c. Davis of Punta Gorda, and Maj.
w. G.. Welles, of Nocatee, bought a
tract of forty acres of land at Owens
near Nocatee, paying 5000 for the
same. On the land was a two-acre
seeding orange grove of eighty trees,
which had been abandoned and was in
dilapidated condition The new own
ers Immediately began system of
judicious and vigorous cultivation,
with the result that the eighty trees
yielded 400 boxes of oranges the
first year and afterwards paid for all
the expense of cultivation
Six years ago, an adjoining tract
of land was bought and thirty-hve
acres were set in grapefruit and fancy
varieties of oranges. From this en-
larged grove, up to the holidays just
passed, Messrs Davis and Welles had
shipped 1000 boxes of grapefruit and
1000 boxes of oranges, leaving at
least 1000 boxes of fancy late or
anges on the trees
AS an evidence of the prolific yield
Of the trees, it may be stated that one
grapefruit tree, six years old, yielded
this season fifteen boxes, while six
others in the same row produced a
total crop of sixty-six boxes.
The crops, of course, will continue
to increase in size until the owners
have a princely income; in fact their
present income from the grove may
be fairly estimated at $1,000 a year
and in five years from now it will be
double that sum. Reckoning the cost
of cultivation at rs per cent, the net
balance will be amply sufficient to
keep the wolf from the door,
This grove, it may be remarked,
was not injured by the recent frosts
and the fruit left on the trees was not
damaged at ALL
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30
Florida's Opportunity.

In looking over the tables of farm
products, the value of corn, cotton,
hay, tobacco, sugar, potatoes, ETC.,
there is convincing argument there
that the future greatness Of Florida
lies in the more intensive. cultivation
of her soil
IT, added to her market gardening
and her oranges there were added
the per cent of agricultural crops
raised in some of the other States,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30
Tomato Profits in Florida.


A Florida correspondent of the Ru-
raj new Yorker says:
The Rev. E. V. Blackman, of Mi
ami, states in print that he rented to
Frank Cobb four acres of land Mr..
Cobb planted the ground with toma-
toes, and reported that he cleared
$4,000. P. Hansen, of DANA, sent an
itemized statement showing a net
profit of $II.oo from three acres,
with returns not all in, and A. G.
Frost from one and one-half acres of
tomatoes cleared sos. The writer is
personally acquainted with Mr.. Black
man and saw those four acres last
February and does not doubt the
truth of the statement as to the net
result. The R. NY. will no doubt
hesitate to publish accounts SO apt
to induce people to rush away to
Florida to engage in such highly lu-
crative tomato farming. To all such
the writer says ego slow" Success
everywhere depends first of all upon
the man. The railroad and those who
have land to sell want you to succeed,
and if it isn't in you and you haven't
a little capital to start they do not
want you to try. The easy jobs and
the big fortunes that are thought to
grow on every bush invariably attract
the lazy and incompetent but if you
want a mild climate and have money
enough to turn yourself and are will
ling to work, then go down and look
into the matter, and if you like the
looks of it tackle it, roll up your
sleeves and pitch in with all your
might. of mind and muscle; you are
likely to win.
E. M. Wadde11, vice-president of the
First National Bank, Miami, says in
the conclusion of an excellent publish
ed article lauding the Miami section:
Nov, while I am here to answer for
any statement made, over my own
signature after the glowing account I
have given you of this section, still
advise any persons making good liv-
ing with a comfortable home and all
his friends around him, no sickness in
his family to stay where he is, for
this is always good rule. Should
you be so unfortunate as for any
member of your family to require a
mild, healthful, tropical climate I
would advise your visiting this section
before locating Mr. Waddel1 is one
of the first corners to Miami, and has
doomed the section as perhaps no
other man has done He believes in
it's superior advantages, and yet the
extract given plainly shows the COM
mendab1e consideration and caution
of the man.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30

ton and every winter perhaps thou-
sands of poor suffering consumptives
hurry to the State hoping tor that
sure cure they have been made to be-
lieve there is kept in stock for their
benefit In many cases disreputable
physicians send their patients to
Florida as "a last resort when they
want to get rid of them and have
them die off their hands. And these
terribly afflicted people come to
Florida only to die away off from
friends and often without the ord1-
nary comforts so necessary in their
last hours.
1t is a pitiable thing to see these
poor doomed people walk the streets
or carried from the cars to some
boarding house and realize that some
one is responsible for the awful lie
being practiced on them.
Florida climate has in it durable
elements for cases not too far gone.
Many persons who now make their
home here would have died long ago
had they not escaped from the harsh
er climate of the north. If those suf-
fering with this dread disease could
make the change in time and in most
cases resolved to make this their
home comparative cure could almost
be guaranteed.
But the time is at hand when for
the good of these patients and the
actual safety of the people Of the
State they should be isolated from
the crowded towns and encouraged
to live in locations suited to their
condition where they would have the
freedom of the open air treatment at
its best.
Sanitariums should be provided in
the open pine woods or widely separ
ated cottages where the patient would
be able to receive the full benefit of
the virtue there is in the climate.
without the danger of spreading the
disease among the people who are
glad to have them come and secure
the Florida cure. 1t is a pity to have
these suffering folks come into town
and find the hotels and boarding
houses refuse to accept them, as is
now the case in many instances We
picture to ourselves how it might be
in our case if in that condition, but
this could easily be remedied by To-
eating them in places best for the
cure of the disease and by encourag-
ing those who are affected but slight
1y to live free and open air life
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30

When the years accounts are all
in and ready to figure, don't forget
to give credit to the good wife, sons
and daughters, for the excellent work
they have done toward helping to
keep the balance on the right side of
the page.-Farm Journal,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-01-30
Easy Life in Florida.

L y
Journal, is as follows:
This is Christmas morning, and it is
one to match one in the "Penerile"
Of old Kentucky. Fine oranges ripe
and golden. hang on the green-leaved
trees and fragrant flowers have their
bright places in the garden, yet there
is frost in the air and ice on the wa
ter AS the enemy sowed tares in
the night, so has he breathed his
breath of frost over this fair land of
flowers and fruits. True, this howery
land appears to be born out of sea-
son, yet a kind Providence is dis
posed to give her a summer at
winter time when flowers bloom and
fruits ripen, but as brambles grow in
gardens and tares in wheat, so must
this floral land receive its portion of
the great transgression when red sour
apples were mistaken for golden, and
cheat mistaken. for wheat. So the
world started and so it has continued
to wag and wax old, if not wise. All
nature has it's ups and downs in sea-
sons and lands and persons The rea-
sons are not known in finite wisdom
if there is such. 1t is idle and sense
less to ask questions about million
things of mystery that we know not
of, for they are all hidden within the
veil of the eternal counsel and wis
dom of the unknown eternity, or, as
we may say, time without limit, or
an eternity without beginning or end
ing.
But now, let us come down to soil
sand and see where and what we
are at. Florida is truly land of sun
shine and flowers and fruits. If these
products fail great is the fail thereof.
The golden fruit of the tropics is the
fortune of Folorida, aided by the
vegetables and berries of the sand
lands. Florida is no poor State and
will never be. The longer the State
lives the richer and more fruitful she
will be. She may be deficient in soil
to start with, but she has a wealth of
climate that is a panacea to half the
ills that half of the human beings are
heir to.
There is no danger of any man
going hungry in this State if he will
only work little, and fish and hunt
the rest of the time There is not
a district in the Union where a man
can live easier than in Florida; that
is, if he just wants to live and do
nothing else But Of course, he has
to put himself on the grade of coon
or a catamount, and catch what
comes. To do this he only wants
"shack" Of poles and palmetto fans,
and a gun and fish hook and line, re-
enforced by a little patch of sweet
potatoes, planted once in four years,
dozen orange trees, four COWS on the
range, giving quart of milk day,
and a dog. The man so fixed is in
a good fix, and can raise more and
better children than anybody else,
never to become dudes or deadbeats.
w. c.,
Late from the Penerile of Old
Kentucky.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
DEATH OF MRS. TAFT /
 StCRtTARY'S M0THFR
The End Came to Her This Morning, Shortly After Midnight.

MilIburn, Mass. Dec. Her death. which had been expected almost hour r. for awcek, was announced this morning at 12:2O from the bedside of Mrs. Louisa NJ. Taft, mother of Secre- tary of War William H. Taft Mrs. Taft was the widow of Alphonso Taft, secretary of war and attorney general oe the United States under President Grant and later, Minister to Austria and Russia. Mrs. Taft was attacked in July with acute indigestion and a gradual break down of her vigorous constitution followed.
 Secretary Taft. her son. visited her on Independence Day and left her ap- parently in nominal health to go to his summer home in Canada from which because of alarm over his mothers condition. He spent the day at her bedside and found her in less danger ous'condition than he had supposed.
 The duties of office called him to Washington. where plans for his tour or the world had been so definitely ar ranged that they could not be changed and as his mother was reported to be rallying. he proceeded to carry out the program.
 Mrs. Taft resided at the old home stead where she lived as a girl. which is now the home Of her sister. Miss, De- lia Torrey. Mrs. Taft was born in Boston Sept. 11th. 1S27. She was the daughter of Samuel Davenport Torrey. Mrs. Taft is survived by four children.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
CANNON TALKS
 ON UN|ONISM
He Incidentally Speaks of
 His Friend GOmperS
He Himself Would Be a Union Man but Not d Slave.

Washington. Dec. 7.-Speaker Cam non today expressed his sentiments to- ward organized labor and its leader, Samuel Gompers, with respect to the latter's campaign for the speakers de- feat, the occasion being call on him by d committee from the local union oi plate engravers. A set Of resolu- tions. commenting the speaker for his legislative work in behalf of the plate workers was presented by the chair han of the delegation. Charles Smith. IP reply MT. Cannon. after expressing his qualification at the confidence conveyed. entered into an informal discussion of the one-man political leadership of organized labor" He said that while he bore no cnmity to- ward the president of the federation. he did not believe that union men as American citizens. would ever accept d dictatorship over their votes. and that if he were craft worker. he would ally himself with trade union. be- cause unionism iS the vehicle of all progress toward better conditions for wage workers. While his fealty to- ward organized labor would not waver if he were affiliated with it, he as a citizen, would hold his franchise above the right of any leader to direct.
 Coincidentally. he made it plainly known that he would pursue his own ideas in legislative matters. irrespect- i've of GOmpers' opposition to Some of them. He said he knew that in some things GOmpers misrepresented the two million of men composing the or ganization which he leads. and that he had proved il by appealing to people from Gompers' arraignment of him. He said that in his latest reelection there was cast for him a larger union labor vote than ever before in his po- litical life, and that he took this as d decisive verdict.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
ANxIousLY INTEREsTEp-Ther,

is no joke about the people of the east
 being hungry for information concern ing this valley. and the supply of lit
 erature to send them is nil Yesterday Secretary Cowgirl of the board of trade got telegram from man in NOrwalk,
 Conn, asking for q booklet on Phoe-
 nix as winter resort. He is evidently
 packing his trunk right now for some
 where and Phoenix has the call. Mir. Cowgirl got busy trying to find some
 one who had a copy of the last book
 let hid out. that he could borrow long enough to send il to Connecticut. IL
 is positively cruel to withhold this life saving information about Phoenix and if supply of printed matter is not forthcoming pretty soon there will be
 an invasion of detectives sent here by wealthy eastern people to ascertain what the good things are that are be- ing kept so secretly from the world at large.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
TOWER BASES FOR
 TRANSMISSION LINE
Work of Construction Proceeding Rap idly. Camp Now This Side of mor mon Flat.

Engineer A. H. Demrick. who has charge of the building of the electric transmission line by the government from Roosevelt to this valley, was in the city yesterday. The construction crew under his direction is making good progress and is now at Mormon Flat. Camp will soon be moved to Government Wells and shortly there after the hill country will be left for the desert above Mesa City, The work being done now is the laying of cement to sustain the heavy wire, and the placing securely in the cement of the anchor bolts to which the tower frames are to be attached. Where it is necessary also the same force is clear ing the brush and making a trail for the convenience of the men who shall later be engaged in placing the towers and stringing wire. The laying of these foundations is no small task as they are placed every few hundred yards all the way from Roosevelt down to the desert. Most of the way this was nee essary as the formation was rocky and could not well be eXcavated for the tower foundations. When the desert is reached il is probable some time-hon- ored but thorough method of eXcava- ton will be employed as in the setting of big telegraph pole line. The towers will be of steel and quickly adjusted when the time comes so this work is the big half of the job.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
Appendicitis
How to Avoid It and Escape a Surgi. cal Operation, Told by One
 Who Knows.
A Simple Method That Is Always
 Efficacious.

IL has only been few years since it was discovered that a surgical oper- ation would cure appendicitis: in fact if has been but a short time since the disease was discovered and named.
 Whenever there is an inflamed con- dition of the appendix. caused by inn pacted faeces in the small cavity open ing into the intestines. you then have appendicitis.
 The older doctors used to call this Inflammation of the bowels, and were puzzled to know the cause.
 Even now. with all the knowledge we have of the disease. no medical man can tell you why We should have an appendix. why we find il. where it is. or what are it's functions. if it has any.
 The disease for which the operation k cure is usually caused by indiges- tion. and in many cases follows large and indigestible meal
 Physicians have until recently rec commended an operation. but now. as it is known that it is caused by indi- Scstion. or dyspepsia, a cure without an operation is assured.
 Where the patient is treated with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. the un- healthy conditions prevailing rapidly disappear. the stomach and intestines are placed back in their normal con- dition. every organ Of the body oper- atcs as it should, and the inflamma ton is reduced and the operation is avoided
 Conscientious physicians. who are looking after the best interests of their patients. will always keep a supply of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets handy in their office. where in cases of sudden the patient at once
 There is no record of a case of ap- pcndicltis where the stomach and bow els were in a healthy condition and properly digested the food from meal to meal.
 No better advice can be given to any one who has attacks Of indigestion. or who has been threatened with appen- dicitis than to tell him 10 go to the drug store. pay 90 cents. and take home a package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
 Whenever heartburn. gas in stomach or bowels. sour eructions. acidity or Fermentation are present. act at once. Take a dose of the Tablets and get relief as soon as possible.
 At all drugSists-50 cents.
 Send Us your name and address to- day and we will at once send you by mail sample package free. Address F. 4. Stuart Co, 150 Stuart Bldg. Marshall, Mich.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08

and the contestants. For the benefi of those not in touch w:th athletic sports. it may be stated that there arr sS points and first place entities tn, school to credit of five points and a second entities it to a credit of two points, except in the case of the mIl, relay It is good for seven points, ther, being only one place.
 One hundred yard dash-Corpstein Phoenix high school, first; Higley Phoenix high school, second; Wilson and Millett, Tempe normal school; time. I0.i seconds.
 One-half mile Tun-Shawk. Phoenix high school. first: Swiget. Tempe nor nal school, second: Shawk. Phoenix high school; Blake. Tempe normal school: time, 2:26.
 Two hundred and twenty yard dash Corpstein. Phoenix high school, first; Shelton. Tempe normal school. second; Wilkey. Phoenix high school; Sullivan Tempe normal school; time, 23 1-5 sec onds.
 One hundred and twenty yard hur- dle (high understanding, Phoenix high school. first; Hahn. Phoenix high school. second; Blome and Lynch, Tempe normal school; time. IS seconds.
 Four hundred and forty yard dash Sheldon. Tempe normal school. first: Higley. Phoenix high school. second; Dykes. Tempe normal school; time 54 3-5 seconds
 Mile run-Swigett. Tempe normal school, first; Shawk. Phoenix high school. second; Dykes. Tempe normal school: Creighton. Phoenix high school time. SIS 3-5.
 Two hundred and twenty yard hur- dle Oow hurdles)-Millet. Tempe nor nal school. first; Spaulding. Phoenix high school, second: Lynch, Tempe normal school; Hahn. Phoenix high school: time. 2S 2-5 seconds.
 Field Events: High jump-Wilkey, Phoenix high school. first: Dykes. Tempe normal school. second: otheD contestants. Miller. Tempe normal school; Sewers. Phoenix high school height feet inch.
 Pole Vault-Higley. Phoenix high school. Sewers. Phoenix high school. tied for first: other contestants, Millet. Tempe normal school and Gilleland. Tempe normal school: height s feet 2 inches.
 Hammer throw-Dykes. Tempe nor nal school. first; l.. Dykes. Tempe normal school. second; other contest ants, Smith. Phoenix high school; dis tance, = feet inches.
 Discus-Lund. Tempe normal school: Dykes. second; Smith and Thompson. Phoenix high school: distance. & feet 2 inches.
 Shot putt. Dykes. Tempe normal school, first; Meurel. Tempe normal school. second: E. Smith and F.. Smith, Phoenix high school; distance. 3l feet 2 inches
 Broad jump-J. Dykes. Tempe normal school. first: Wilkey. Phoenix high school. second; Shawk. Phoenix high school: distance. IS feet ? 1-2 inches.
 Relay race-Contestants for Phoenix high school, Higley Shawk. Wilkey and Corpstein: Tempe normal school Dykes. Blake. Sullivan and Sheldon.
 The officials were: Referee Dr. Roy Thomas: starter. C. Spaulding: clerk Of course. Prof. Jones. Phoenix high school: judges of finish. Dr. Blome and O. C. O'Dell: field judges Curtis. olson and Hough: timers. George Johnson and Prof. Aver.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
SYMPATHETIC MARKET
 VARIOUS INFLUENCES
Affect the Prices Of Stocks More or
 Less Intimately Connected.

New York. Dec. 1.-The extreme cir cularity which has been characteristic of the stock market for several days was more pronounced than ever today. Stocks connected with the copper mar ket were conspicuous in the depression especially American Smelling. The dividend on the preferred stock con- tributed 10 that stocks reduction The rise in copper stocks effected a sec ondary reaction but the latter was ir- regular. Bonds were strong.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
CATTLE AND SHEEP.

Chicago, Dec 1-Cattle receipts 800. Market steady. Reeves S3.25 d $40, cows and heifers s1.15d4.10. Texans s3.O0d 39O. calves s5.50d 100. westerns s3.O0 d 800, stockers and feeders s2.20d 425
 Sheep receipts 1000. Market steady. Natives S2.0Oh 900. western S2.00H 4.90. yearlngs $46OM 5.25. lambs s4.00d6.35. westerns $4.OOd6.25.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
UNFAITHFUl TRUSTEE
Removed From the Management of a
 California Estate.

San Francisco, Dec. 7.-The superior court of Santa Cruz county has re- moved Walter Barnett, vice president and counsellor of the California States Deposit and Trust CO. from further acting as special administrator in the estate of Ellen NJ. Colon. deceased He is accused of removing the secur- ities of the estate from the safe de- posit vaults. Charles Slack. Barnett's law partner. said he was surprised to find that the papers were not in the Naults. He added they were deliver ed to J. DalZell Brown. He is respon- sible for them and must answer to the court for them"
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
METALS.

New York. Dec. No change is re- ported in the metal market. Business was light as usual in the absence of cables. Tin was reported dull at s30.5O. Copper was nOminally un changed with lake at s13.37i9 N 1862 F. eIectrolytic s1S.12i F d13.37lk. and cast ing sI2.S7is d 1850. Lead was weak at s3.95m4.05. Spelter was weak at s4.35 GAS. Iron was unchanged
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
GRAIN.

Chicago, Dec. 7.-Wheat closed easy. May opened 1smh hc lower. went q shade higher to s1.01 $ m1.OITs. sold off to sI.O12s advanced to *1027s and closed at s1O1ss 9s. Carn was weak. May opened hc lower at 56isc. ad- vanced to 56I.c. dropped to 555sc and closed at 55ss d SC. oats were strong early in the day but later eased off. May opened isc higher at 533sc. sold between J3 $s d 5ilsc and closed at 53isc.
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
PROMINENT RAILROAD MAN.

Julius Kruthschnitt, director of main tcnance and equipment on the Harri- man lines. of Chicago, accompanied by his wife and daughter, arrived in Phoe- nix yesterday afternoon on special train. consisting of three private cars
 and remained but a short time. Sup
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08

crintendent Scott of the M. X r. and r. tI F.. met the visitors at MaricOpa. Superintendent Averell of the Tucson division of the Southern Pacifis and MT Wallace. also connected with the company. were on the train. MT. KruthsChnitt and family were on their way to the coast and the trip to Phoe-
Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
MUTINEERS TO DIE.

sailors implicated in recent mutinies here were condemned to death by court martial. Twenty-four more were giv- en varying terms of penal servitude.