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The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-18
A Pretty Weddins.

| The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Howell
A. Davis on Laurel street WAS the
scene of very pretty, but quiet we'd
| ding on Wednesday evening at s
O'Clock, when their cousin, Miss
/ Ethel Mae LaROck, and Mr.. JOIN
! Daniel Cannon were united by Rev
VIM Wyllie, rector of St. Mark.
Episcopal church. Miss Minnie G.
Bulky was the bridesmaid and Con Il
Marvin was best man sir. H A.
Davis gave the bride away.
There were present only the inn
mediate relatives ANA Jew ultimate
friends of the contracting parties.
After the CEREMONY refreshments
We're served, Mrs Herbert Crook pre-
siding at the puEch bowl
The home was most beautifully
decorated with flowers and ever
greens.
Miss LaRock formerly resided at
Keene, New Hampshire. but has for
over year made her home with Mr.
and Mrs Davis. She lisa young lady
of many admirable traits of char
acter and numbers her friends by
the score.
Mr.. Cannon is a Palatka reared
young man, highly esteemed by all
who know him and all his friends
are extending congratulations.
The young couple have gone to
housekeeping on Kirby street and
their friends wish them many years
of happiness and prosperity.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-18
City Must Have Money.

The city of Palatka needs money
to complete and equip it's new NUM-
cipal water system and place it
where it will produce re venue.
In order to do this the council has
said that it must have $4,000.
To secure this sum it will be nee
essary for the qualified, freeholding
electors of the city to authorize the
council to borrow.
There will be an election on Mon
day, the 18th day of November, to
give this authorization-Or withhold
it. That is for the freeholding voters
to say.
One thing is certain; the work of
completing the water system cannot
go ahead without this money. There
is no way to get it except by borrow
ing. If it is not secured it not only
means that the work already accom-
plished must lie idle indefinitely.
but that all municipal improve
ments, including pavements, must be
postponed.
With this money the water works
can be completed, connected up with
the houses of the city and become a
revenue producer. AS soon as this
work is done the work of paving can
begin.
There is no other way to do it. and
therefore the people who are quail
fled to vote will do the wise thing
the only thing-by voting for the
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-18
VIII Give Right Of Way.

Col. H. NJ de Montmollin, secre-
tary of the Palatka Board of Trade,
received telegram this week from
r. w. Thompson of Boston, general
manager of the Hart Line steamers,
to the effect that his company would
give the right of way for the bridge
landing and a road at Harris Point,
opposite this city.
Mr.. Thompson's telegram also
volunteered the information that
they would build at least 100 houses
on that side of the river. 1t is well
known here that one of the Thomp-
sons was looking for investments
for some of his Boston friends year
or two ago, and Mr.. MontmollIn,
now that he recalls a conversation
with that gentleman, believes that
with the bridge an assured fact the
ThOmpsons are determined to build
up Harris point. With the bridge
at ones door leading direct to the
foot of Lemon street, Harris point
will make an ideal residence sec
ton
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-18
Makes A Pretty Display.

Since coming into the hands of
Mr.. Herbert Crook the City Shoe
store has added much to its p0pulari-
ty as trading place with the people
OF Palatka and the county. Mr..
Crook knows how to make his store
room attractive. And what he
knows any one can learn. There is
nothing secret about the process.
He simply keeps the place absolute
~ clean and furnishes it with taste.
The floor is covered with large rugs.
and there are numerous mirrors, and
everything about the place is ar
ranged with the main idea of neat
ness and coziness always in view.
Mr.. Crook now has his fall and
winter stock complete. He is the
sole Palatka agent for the celebrated
Queen Quality shoes for women-a
shoe that is Il leader for style and
wearing qualities the country over
and one that sells at popular prices.
He is also agent for the Stetson shoe
for men, as well as many others.
People who have not visited this
popular store lately will find pleasure
and profit in visit at this time.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-18
Business Not Injured.

A few men in this city have not
been able TO recover from their dis
/ appointment over the result of the
late wet or dry election. They are
mostly men who were either directly
or Indirectly related to the traffic, or
else those who had pinned their
faith to booze as the one and only in
ducement Palatka had to offer as a
place of residence or for trade. Time
will cure them.
Stories have come to the News
which have enIanated from this
source, the purport of which are to
the effect that business had all but
gone TO the demnition bow-woBs.
Don't you believe it.
Here is a sample story told the
News last week. THAT man. Coca,
who keeps a grocery and meat mar
ket on upper Lemon street, has been
ruined. His business has all gone to
smash. Why, he had to bury a car
cass and half of beef last week be-
cause it spoiled on his hands. No
one to buy
Here's what Mr.. Coca says: MY
business has fallen off a little, posi-
bly, one-fifth, during the past two
weeks, but that is because of the
forced removal of a lot of people
whom the authorities thought the
city could afford to do without.
haven't buried pound of beef or
any other kind of meat. More, am
not kicking at the trade, and if l
don't kick it would seem that others
have little occasion for it,"
Interviews with a dozen leading
merchants on the street are to the
effect that there has been no falling
off in trade since the town went dry,
and each and all of them say they
are confident that business in all
lines will steadily advance.
OF course this can not apply to
those merchants whose business was
largely with inmates of disorderly
houses, most of which have been
closed.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-18
New Paving Ordinance.

At the regular meeting of the city
council on Tuesday night an ordi-
nance was passed amending section
Z of the paving ordinance passed on
August Goth last.
The amendment has to do with the
time allowed citizens whose proper
tY lies on the streets being paved.
and under the amended ordinance,
two-thirds of the citizens proportion
must be paid in cash upon compile
ton of the paving in front of the
property, and one-third within six
months thereafter All deferred
payments will bear interest at rate
OF per cent per annum.
1t is thought that this amended
ordinance will result in securing
lower bids for the paving, and that
the better terms offered will result
in greater competition.
The bond trustees will again ad-
vertise for bids for paving Water
and Lemon streets.
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-18

Earnest
Company
! PaIatka, Fla.
! The Big New
& Store,
! New Goods,
{ Everything
J New and
! Up-tO-date.
! We now have
] for your
] inspection
! one of the most
! complete and
! up=tO-date
J stocks ever
! exhibited in
! this county.
; All the new
; creations in |
; Dress Goods, !
: Silks, |
trimmings, !
: etc. /
: A most |
; comprehensive !
; display of !
: Ladies' |
!, Ready=n1ade !
Garments, |
Coats, Skirts, !
. TailOr=made !
Suits, !
: Shirt waists, !
etc. !
While not :
one=fifth of !
this line :
has yet arrived :
on account of 5
manufacturers :
being over :
rushed, :
but we are :
receiving :
them daily and :
they are going :
almost as fast :
as they arrive. :
We are :
marking them 5
One=fourth less 8
than they :
were made to :
sell at. 3
Watch for our 3
formal Z
announcement g
next week. Z
In the mean {
The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-10-18
Chief Hasan's Clever Catch.

On the arrival of the City of Jack
sOnville on her down trip last Fri
day night, Chief of Police Hagan ar
rested two passenges who were es-
Gaping from VOlusia county, where
they had just been sentenced to paw
a fine of 81 900 each, or serve a wear
in the county Jail.
The prisoners We're Leonard Gill
and Henry Giddins of Daytora, and
they had been convicted of operating
a blind tiger.
1t seems that they made their es-
cape while allowed the liberty of
DeLand for the purpose of securing
bonds. AS soon as their absence
was noted Sheriff Turner of DeLand
notified all nearby towns. When ar
rested the men Were in hiding on
the upper deck of the boat. They
denied their identity to Chief Hagan.
but the chief had seen Gill before
and was sure of at least one of his
men. They were returned to-Volu-
STA county, where they are now serv-
Ing their sentence, which means
work on the public roads.
Gill and Giddins are well-knOwn
in DaytOna, where they ran rather
swell club house. They also sold
liquor on the sly, but grew holder
Glddins is a gambler, and is cousid-
cred pretty slick" Both are well
dressed, carefully groomed men, and
their sentence to road work for
year is not approached with that in
difference which would characterize
men accustomed to manual labor.
But County Solicitor James w.
Perkins is again in the saddle in Vo-
lusia county and with Judge Isaac
A. Stewart to impose sentences on
ones, there isn't the finest
outlook in the world in that county
Tor "blind tigers"
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AN ORDINANCE

To amend Section of an Ordinance OF
| the City of Palatka, entitled, IAN Or.
dinance to provide for the paving
and repaying streets in the City of Pal
atka, FloriJa, passed in open Council
August goth, 1907.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and City
Council of the City of Palatka, Florida
Section |. That Section of an Or
dinance of the City of Palalka, entitled
"An Ordinance to provide for the paving
and repaving streets in the City of Pal
atka, Florida" passed in open Counri'
August goth, 1907, be, and the same IS
hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
Section 7. If any person, corporation.
or company shall fail to pave any such
part of street within the prescribed time
in said notice the Board of Bond Trustees
of said city shall have the work done and
the amount contraced to be paid there
for shall be lien upon the several lots
of land fronting on such street in pro-
portion to the extent in which such own
ers are hereby required to pave such
street. Such amount may be assessed
as special tax against such lot or the
same may be enforced by suit at law or
in equity, or the said amount may be
recovered against such owner or
owners by salt before any court Of com
petent jurisdiction. The amount due or
that may become due or payable to the
City of Palatka by any person, persons,
hrm, company or corporation for paving
as herein before provided, shall be paid
by such person, persons, firm, company
or corporation in the following manner:
Two-thirds cash upon completion of the
paving in front of the property to be
charged and One-third thereof within
six months thereafter "AIl of the defer
red payments shall bear interest at the
rate of six per cent per annum from the
date of the completion of the paving in
front OF the property to be charged or
taxed for these betterments, provided
that such person, persons, firms, com
pany or corporation shall have the priv
tlege Of paying the entireamount oftheir
indebtedness, as aforesaid, upon the
completion Of such paving in front Of
their property to be charged or taxed for
these extensions, and all persons, firms,
companies, and corporations becoming
indebted, as aforesaid, who may not paw
the entire amount Of said indebtedness,
shall issue to said city negotiable obli-
cations for said installments or deferred
payments which shall be executed in
such form as may be provided by the
City Council of said CITY or said Board
Of Bond Trustees which said certificates
shall constitute lien upon the property
against which assessment is made, and
such certificates may be transferred by
said City Council or its Board Of
Bond Trustees in settlement to the con-
tractor for the paving aforesaid"
Passed in open Council this 18th day
IF October, a. D. 1907.
HOWELL A. DAVIS,
President City Council.
Attest:
j. N. BLACKWELL,
Seal Clerk City Council
Approved Oct. 18th, 1907.
F. H. WILSON,
Mayor.
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Attest:
In. BLACKWELL,
lSeall Clerk City Council.
Approved Oct 18th, 1907.
F. H. WILSON,
Mayor
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-30

was built FIVE years ago and a con-
venient barn year ago.
W. Hampton bought the Oviatt
plaos at the south end of the lake
and moved from Longmont 4 few
weeks ago. There is fve-acre tract
which has been seeded to beets. Mr..
Hampton has already improved tho
placs and will make some changes
in the house on the place later. he
has . pretty home place and but a
stones throw from church and
school.
G. A. Giboo has been in the
country two years, coming from
Omaha. He worked beets, then
rented the land, then bought a
seventeen-acre tract just south OF the
lake. Mr.. Giboo is Erick layer by
trade so is busy all the time.
A. P. Ballinger is the tenant of
the ranch owned by Mrs. M. M.
Johnson Of Longmont. This is a
AO-acre place with ninety acres Of
wheat this year, thirty of barley,
seventeen OF beets and sixty three of
alfalfa.
j. .Entwhistle is in his second
year as manager of the ]. G. Nichols
ranch south of the lake. This year
the crops are fifteen acres of beets,
sixty OF wheat, fifteen Of barley and
the balance alfalfa and potatoes.
The Bishop s. Morrison ranch is
tenanted by the Bishops. Barley,
wheat and alfalfa are the c1ops
Fourteen head Of draft and road
horses are kept on the place, some
OF them particularly good stuff,
F. Epperson has 4 auarter-section
In this neigbhorhood where he has
been located for four years. He has
thirty acres beets, eight or nine acres
OF potatoes, wheat and alfalfa.
over east of the lake country tn
the south of the Platteville mail
route u. b. Parks has been located
Tor the past nine years on the quarter
belonging to VIM. Hewlett. All.
lalla' wheat, oats and barley are
this seasons crops. Mrs. Parks is
taking her first lessons in handling
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-30

evidence is a tribute to the exceller;
indcment of the pioneer. The Mead
home has location not to be SUI
naSsed in attractiveness In the
country. II is large, roomy res
dence ON the east bank OF the lake
surrounded by shade trees, including
some magnificent pines, with shrub-
berry, orchard and mountain settirg
to make most beautiful home
Mr.. and Mrs. Mead are In California
at present sojourning for a shoEt
time. Rufus Mead, the son, has
charge of the place.
L. C. Mead has won local as We ]
as state wide recognition as put
lic-spirited citizen. He served IN
the state legislature two years, giy-
ing the benefit OF his knowledge in
various lines of legislation, main :
irrigation. He also served as COUNTY
clerk of Weld county for two years.
F. P. Waite, who recently sold bis
beautiful home here to Geo. Evans
and retired to Boulder, where last
wear he built modern seven-room
brick residence, was one OF the first
to break sod in this luxuriant lake
country. He homesteaded here in
IA. The home he established here
speaks of beauty, comfort and cor
venience. Mr.. Waite developed the
fruit possibilities of the place. max
ing a speciality of this feature. Tie
lawn, stately shade trees, rose
bushes and small fruit, with the
well.kept residence and orchard maxi
a home exceedingly desirable.
R. S. True has in Eastlake an,
other one of the fine residences for
which the lake is justly famous.
This is large, modern residence OIL
corner location with beautiful
lawn, trees aud shrubs, the accesor-
les that delight the eye and enhance
the value of residence property.
Mr.. True came to Longmont with
the colony and engaged in business
there for a short time, removing to
Highlandlake to 60 into farming in
1877. After twenty years Of ranch
ing the family moved to the lake
and all are at present occupying the
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-30

fine home there. Mrs. True ID
spending some months In southern
California.
r. S. True, jr., bought a moun-
tain ranch two years ago In the Estea
Park vicinity and a pretty cottage
has been built there for a mer
home.
Mr.. True, ST., is an expert paper
hanger and decorator. Many homes
in the vicinity bear tribute to his
skill. The Peters residence lust
completed in its interior work Is an
example Of fine workmanship in this
line.
C. l. True, a son of the family.
owns one Of the pretty cottages At
the lake, a very desirable property.
Henry Holmes is the manager of
the Holmes ranch, the fine property
situated just around the lake to the
west. The propety belongs to the
father Of the present occupant and
has the pretty home place one yets
into the habit OF expecting in this
part OF the country. Great trees in
the wide lawn make an ideal srm.
-mer home. The ranch has its own
lake and is rich in its crops. rhe
manager, In addition to his other
duties, carries mail from the sw,tch
at Highland to this place. pendino
the establishment Of regular sched.
ule on the beet road mail for Mead
Is also handled through the ,aka
Nr. Moulton of the Gilkey ranch
carries the route the remaining d;s.
tance to Mead.
George Evans, who has racon. 81,
been farming in the Windsor nsI,h
porhood but who has been of ,h,s
country nearly all his lie, is no
lucky man to gain ownership NJ tha
waite ranch and home. This ,a.
slsts OF quarter-sectioD os -
highly improved. Mr.. Evans rvod
at the lake when boy Of sovo, ,.. M
1ather owning the ranch In tbs uans
neighborhood cut in two h. ae .a.
railroad. School at one ,Imo VIC .no
kept IN the second floor Of the rros'
ent Henry Holmes residence ms ,r, :
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-30
Highlandlake, a Beau

Fan. nIace is historic as the nome
= !, -ns OF the original settlers
"a .'...,,t,," Waite.'' Mr.. Waite $
,,,.,,'rsr Vesta, was the first ch,lo
,@rn T@ in Highlandlake. The family
~ that time occupied a grahary
rbfIq the house was being put up
NJ Evans is an extensive sheep
t.s5sr and by sleight-of-hand WORK
rcnr reporter secured temporary pos
sss,ion Of the photograph taken IN
the stock yards, Chicago, OF the hrso
awe, bringing 81 on the chicago
s.,rger This was a shipment OF
Vr Evans feeding sent in the mid
die Of April. The follwing Ihurs-
dsy rhe market made another aa-
vance of 25 cents, reaching the high
wafer mark. This photo was Sc.
rnred by one of the stock Journals Oh
rho rity. Mr.. Evans shipments Tor
rho season aggregated eight carloads,
Tli, stock was partly Mexican and
narrly northen lambs. fed on corn
and alfalfa.
Geo. Ritchey, who with MIS-
Ritchey expects to summer IN the
east have a cottage on the east shore
ot the lake, which was convenient
10 Mr.. Ritchey's business at the time
NJ its erection. MIR. Ritchey man.
ared the corner store from 1895 un-
iii 1906 when he was retired by
paralysis.
C. f. Welty from the Berthoud
neiphborhood owns one OF the mod
ern, finely improved places OF the
vicinity. He has 100 acres OF land
west of the lake and last year put up
a house and barn OF 81, 600 valuation.
The former is a modern dwelling,
five rooms and bath. The place Is
rented this year and is cropped to
beets, wheat, alfalfa and potatoes.
Mr.. Welty is a cattle feeder and has
slxty-one head on the ranch at pres
ent.
W. Y. Gregg, originally from
Longmont, has been in this vicinity
for five years. He has l2O acres OF
as good land as there is. The crops
are wheat and alfalfa. A good house
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-30
an incubator. Sixty head Of cattle
are kent on this place,

an incubator. Sixty head Of cattle
are kept on this place.
G. w. Sprang is manager Of the
A. L. Gibson ranch, which consists
of half section. The bulk of the
place has been sown to wheat.
Thirty acres Of beets will be cared
for. This is Mr.. Gibson's second
year on the place. A reservoir has
been built In the yard for stock
purposes. Fine shade trees surround
the dwelling, making comfortable
home.
NJ. J. Perkins is In his fourth year
as tenant of the A. d. Holt place.
There are ninety acres Of wheat,
twenty Of beets and some alfalfa on
the three eighties. II the men folks
farm as well as the women cook At
this place there will be splendid re-
suits from that ranch.
Albert F. Peters owns three quar-
ter sections in this vicinity. Dee
Terry manages one quarter, Ed Mori-
son another, while the home quarter
Is managed by the owner. This
place has beautiful country home
just completed.
The Highland ditch furnishes most
Of the irrigation for the lake dis.
trict. This was one Of the 6Est pro.
jects In the country and has proved
one of the most satisfactory.
One Of the late Improvements in
The Greeley tribune., 1907-05-30

! Mrs. E. G. Palmer, former resi-
dent of Greeley, is the postmistress
serving the public very acceptably.
Mrs. Palmer was at one time city
treasurer of Greeley and is well
known here. The postoffice Is To-
Gated in the Ritchie store building
at the corner. Mr.. Ritchie was a
merchant here for several years and
would again 60 into the mercantile
business II his health would permit.
The lake people are deslrous of To-
eating a live merchant at this place
and any one in the field for good
country location would find it to his
advantage to look up the merits OF
this field.
Mrs. Palmer is building good
five-room residence with cement
basement and porch. The dimen-
sions are 25x3O. The building will
be a story and half and is an addi-
tion architecturally to the lake resi-
dences. Mrs. Palmer has held her
present position since the first Of
January.
The meat market is managed by
the firm of Knott & Mead. Rufus
Mead and E. H. Knott make up the
| firm and the market is known as The
Highlandlake Cash Market. They
went into business there March rs Of
the present year and already have a
frst-class reputation for the quality
of meats put up. They run routes
four days in the week, averaging
eighteen miles and may make six
day route later. The cattle and
hogs are corn fed in the yards of the
proprietors of the shop. The firm
wholesale to Berthoud. Boulder and
other points.
Mr.. Mead is the son of the pio.
neer, L. c. Mead, and has spent his
life, practically, at the lake. He
' already has ranch property of his
own, is a member of school and
! church boards and in the second
] generation is making the Mead name
: good. Mr.. Knott has lived in the
+ county all his life and bought l05
t acres of land here hve years ago.
Q He handles quArter-section belong
], ing to A. J. Daley as we'll as the
y bulk of his own place. Mr.. Knott
!. has . l, 500-acre ranch in the noun
b tains and at present has $50 head Of
Q cattle up there. He has ono of the
t prettiest residences at the lake.
4 The Knott property il . fair criterion
8 Of real estate values here. His home
8 ranch is rated 1T $50 per acre.
: Beet land last year scored twenty
8 four tons to the acre. This year
t beets in the lake vicinity show an
almost perfect stand.
8 Highlandlake was settled in 1871,
8 about the same time as Greeley and
r Longmont, and with the same desir-
i able citizenship. L. G. Mead, R. S.
II True and F. P. Waite were among
8 the early settlers, coming here in the
h seventies.
J. Mr.. Mead homesteaded here In
d 1871, having just and far-sighted
l. conception Of what such soil ana
g level, combined with irrigation pos.
II sibtlities. would make in the course
II of the years. The delectable resi-
dence and farming country now in