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The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03


had also caught the signal, was on
It's way 10 assist the distressed steam.
er and was standing by the Arapa-
hoe n few hours later. Another tri-
umph OF the wireless system as an ad.
iunct to ocean navigation is thus re.
corded
The report from ST. Augustine Is
that there will be about four times
as many Indians and Spaniards TO
takee part In the Ponce de Leon cele-
bration this year as there were
year ago
Pensacola is not the only city In
Florida which harbors loan sharks,
although it Is the one which Is ours
ed with an unusually large number.
II is to be hoped that the Escambia
member who promises TO introduce In
the legislature a bill TO suppress the
scandalous usury by which these men
ruin the unfortunate workingman who
has the ill.luck TO fall into their
clutches will perfect his measure so
that II will pass the scrutiny OF the
courts. II some Of these human YAM
pires could be made for once in their
lives TO do some honest work by be-
ing sentenced TO the changing IL
would be poetic justice. The law de-
fines usury and the legal rate Of In
terest. but the loan sharks know how
to get around &c, and every means OF
eyading the law should be guarded
against in the proposed measure.
The teachers who devote a lifetime
TO making the children of the country
better citizens and giving them the
means of living happier and more
useful lives than II they had grown
up in ignorance, deserve as wellN of
their country as those who suffer
wounds and inclur disease in fighting
it's battles. They are generally under
paid and connot hope TO save against
the privations OF a dreary old age.
Some of them might have done this
and even hav eacquired a competence
had they gone into some other profes-
sion or into some line of business.
Therefore the resolutions adopted bv
the state School superintendent
convention, In session at Lake City,
looking to the pensioning OF teachers
who serve in that capacity for thirty
years are worthy Of careful consider
alton on the part of the legislature.
The warning conveyed by the Uni
ted States geological survey I'm re-
cent bulletin is one that should be
needed. II is TO the effect that OBJ
servations made by that survey in
connection with the Florida geological
survey show that artesian wells are
not inexhaustible. A comparison OF
some wells that are shut off when
not I'm use with others that are al
lowed to flow continuously shows "a
decline in the head or volume Of wa.
ter from the uncapped wells after
few years, the bulletin says. The
same result from reckless misuse is
shown in Florida as I'm Indiana and
California, where wells have ceased
to flow when allowed TO waste for
years. Considering the usefulness OF
artesian wells I'm irrigation as well
as In supplying homes with potable
water, It might be well for owners
to heed the advice TO see that the
wells are capped or otherwise shut
of when not In use.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03
PAID $4,000 DAMAGE.
Government Gets That Amount From
Naval Stores Company

Jacksonville, Fla.-Ten thousand
dollars comprised a sum of money
paid to the clerk of the United
States district court as reimburse
ments for damages inflicted upon the
timber on certain government lands
in Florida by X. ]. Knight and asso-
ciated in the turpentine business, the
Consolidated Naval Stores company
and the j. p. Williams company.
There were seventeen civil actions
instituted against Knight, his asso-
ciates and the Consolidated Naval
Stores company and the J. p. VIII
liam company. The actions were for
damages for tresspass upon govern
ment lands and damage to the timber
thereon. The amount Of damages
sought in each of the seventeen cases
aggregated an immense total.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03
FLORIDA NEWS NOTES.

Indications are that there will be
half a hundred or more In the party
Of Florida orange growers who will
leave April 20 for California to study
the methods that prevail In that state
In gathering and marketing citrus
fruits.
Some recent cases I'm Florida and
elsewhere suggest that the Scotch
verdict Of mot proven" as a medium
between a verdict of guilty and one
TO the consciences OF Jurors.
Palm Beach and Daytona seem to
be still crowded with tourists TO their
full hotel capacity. Miami and st.
Augustine tell similar stories. Down
on the west coast, st. Petersburg at
least has as many tourists as IL can
well care for, and Tampa is not com.
planning of a dull season. Apparent.
~ every tourist resort In the state Is
still full OF winter visitors. This
season has been a remarkably sue
cessful one and promises to last later
into the spring than usual Then
when the summer comes every tour
ist resort in Florida will begin car
rying into effect the plans that are
already formed for adding TO their ia
cilities for housing crowds against
another season.
There is one thing the tourist who
hurries north before April misses
the song Of the mockingbirds. day
and night. They are beginning to be
heard already, soon they will be sing.
ing In every grove.
Some of the Florida East Coast
railway extension workmen who have
recently returned from the keys state
that II would surprise anyone TO see
how the work has increased during
the past few weeks and yet there Is
no let up TO getting new men on the
keys or establishing new working
points. Naturally the greatest work
had TO be done with the construction
of the numerous bridges and the con
crete and steel yiaducts, and at places
where these structures are to be
built the largest gangs Of men will be
gathered. The final stretch of the
read will be every bit as wonderful
as that FIRST built and the tourist TO
the East Coast next winter will have
new sights TO interest him.
Tampas wireless station has not
been I'm existence long. The Tampans
are Justly proud OF It's first exploit.
which has attracted notice. not only
10 It's existence, but TO It's power and
usefulness. When one day recently
the Clyde liner Arapahoe broke its
shaft OFF Cape Lookout lightship. and
sent out from her wireless apparatus
a call for help. the &c. q. d." signal,
the Tampa station caught some OF the
electric waves thus sent forth and
messages were sent by land lines to
tho home ONCE at New York, convey
ing the news. and from New York Il
was wired TO Charleston. meanwhile,
the steamer City OF Savannah, which
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03

The bill TO be offered by the State
Federation of Women's clubs, which
aims to provide that all school build
ings of more than one story shall be
provided with fire escapes, that all
doors on the first ooHr shall be hung
to swing to the outside, that the state
superintendent shall formulate tactics
Of instruction for fire drills to be used
I'm all OF the public schools In Florida,
Is one which, I'm our opinion. the Flor
ida legislature will not dare to reject.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03
Up Before the Bar.

N. II. Brown. an attorney OF Pitts
field, VT, writes: I'VE have used Dr.
Kings New Life Pills for years and
find them such a good family medi'
cine we wouldn't be without them
For Chills. Constipation, Biliousness
or Sick Headache they work wonders,
csc at s. w. ROwley's. u
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03

II Is just as well, to remind the
people OF Florida that they will be eX-
pected to present the battleship Flor
ida with a silver service when this
greatest OF American war vessels is
completed. II Is the custom, and In
such cases custom has all the weight
OF law
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03
a,d Rather Die, Doctor.

than have my feet cut off," said NJ.
l.. Bingham of Princeyille, Ill. but
you'll die from gangrene (Which has
eaten away eight toes) II you don't"
said all doctors. Instead-he used
Bueklen's Arnica Salye till wholly
cured. It's cures of Eczema, Fever
Sores, Boils. Burns and Piles astound
the world. 25c at s. w. Rowley's. II
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03

Miss Jefferson Bell is writing to the
camps OF Confederate veterans I'm
Florida, as secretary OF the state pen
sion board, 10 ascertain what are
their wishes as TO amendments TO the
present state pension law.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03

One OF the questions pressing upon
the attention OF the people Of Day.
tona and It's sister cities on the Hall
fax Is that of a handsome, commodi-
GUS concrete bridge across that tidal
river, and which bridge they wish to
be a free one. Action by the legis-
latuTe is the first need,
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
County. IS.

State of Ohio, City or Ioleuo, Lucas
County, IS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm OF f.
j. Cheney & Co., doing business in
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. ID. 1886.
(Seal.) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
Send for testimonials free.
F.. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03

Correspondence solicited from sub
scribers. Items regarding new enter
prlses in all sections Of the country
especially desired.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03

The time is coming when we VIII
have TO trim the wings OF thought 10
keep them at home.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03

Our readers will oblige US when
writing TO parties advertising in this
paper II they will state that they saw
the advertisement in The San Mate0
Item. This is little trouble and costs
nothing, but It helps US, and is in.
formation wanted by the advertiser.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03

Entered al the postoffIce at san Ma
teo. Fla, a. second-class mall mat
ter.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03

Non-subscribers receiving the San
Mateo Item will please note that It IL
sent as a sample copy.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-04-03

All bills for advertising are due
after the FIRST insertion unless other
wise contracted.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-15
"Mary's Lamb"

Mr.. Richard earle enjoyed the pleas
ant experience of appearing last even
ing before the largest audience of his
stage career-a gathering at the Au-
ditorium of more than $500 persons.
The play was again "Mary's Lamb"
Mr. Carries droll version of a French
farce, set to his own music, interpo-
lated with his own verse and infused
with his own humor-all of which are
considerably above the average of
things of their kind. Most of the mem
bers of Mr.. Carries company are new
to the entertainm and it is much
improved since it's former manifesto
ton here. Miss Cecilia Rhoda, Miss
Nellie Brewster and Miss Julia Ralph
appear in the leading wOman's roles,
and all are very entertaining. Miss
Ralph being especially so. The chorus
has several beauty spots and is
dressed after the latest and richest of
musical comedy fashlOns.-Percy
Hammond in the Chicago Pot.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-15
ANOTHER SACRIFICE.

The REPETITION of disaster in that
West Virginia coal mine is depressing
That mine should be declared to be
as safe as a mine could be; that it
should be the evident purpose of the
corporation which owns the mine,
carried to practical effect: that the
property should be maintained in mod
el condition as safeguarding the lives
of the miners: that experts should
make FIRE Iuent inspection of the prop
erty and pronounce it safe. and that,
notwithstanding all this, within a pc
Rod of fifteen days there should occur
two disasters the first with a fatality
list of fifty lives and the second with
double that number-all this describes
condition that appalls and staggers
one
This property of the Pocahontas
Consolidated Collier company repre-
Sents. as a matter of course, the in
VeStment of millions of dollars. To the
trained business mind the abandon
ment of the property is considera-
ton hardly to be entertained, but
what about the unavoidable sacrifice
OF human life? 1t is inconceivable
that it should continue even for the
profit of stockholders whose invest
ments run into the millions.
We may recognize the martyrdom of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-15
"A Winter Tale"

For the first time since Viola Allen
presented it here two or three years
ago 1.-The Winters Tale" was seen at
Macauley's last night, Charles B. Han
ford appearing as 'Leontes'' and as
"Autolycus"
The play, which is in five acts and
fourteen scenes in print is arranged
in six acts and ten scenes, and there is
little cutting in the text. The various
scenes are quite attractively staged.
Mr. Hanford has been before the
public as star for a number of years
and was well known as a member of
the Booth and Barrett cast before he
started out at the head of his own
company He hardly needs an intro
ductiOn in Louisville.
In these days of the ascendancy of
musical comedy and other varieties of
modern comedy there are few oppor-
tunities to see Shakespearian comedy
and last nights audience seemed to
thoroughly enjoy 1.-THE Winters Tale
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-15
ACCURACY IN NEWSPAPERS.

At the recent meeting of the Ameri-
can Historical society, James Ford
Rhodes and other historians paid high
tribute to the accuracy Of daily news
papers. Mr.. Rhodes said:
when we test newspaper evidence
as we do all other evidence, taking into
account the general situation. the sur
rounding influence and the individual
bias of the journalist, we shall find it
excellent authority, contributing to a
vivid narrative"
And why not pray? The first re-
quirement from every reporter an ev-
cry self-respecting newspaper in the
country. and that means the majority,
is that he shall be as accurate as pos
sible, and with all due respect to the
attorneys who deride newspapers as
authorities, their work will stand bet
ter than that Of the average witness.
And who makes history except the
people whose words and deeds the
newspapers record?
When it comes to reliable evidence
such as historians adapt the daily
newspaper of today obviously is quite
as accurate as Herodotus. Pepys. or
Saint Simon, whom historians quote
approvingly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-15
EDITOR LA TOILETTE.

La F'olIettes Weekly Magazine" is
the title of the new publication issued
by the Wisconsin senator. the first is
sue of which was published at Mad
ison, Wisconsin, under date of Janu-
airy 8. Under the caption, Claiming
our Privilege to Serve" Senator La
Toilette outlines the policy of his mag
aZine, and from his editorial leader the
following excerpts are taken:
la F'Ollette's will be a magazine of
progress, social, intellectual, institu-
tional. Moreover it will be progress
sive in the more distinctly political
sense.
can aid in making our government
represent with more fidelity the will
of the people.
In the course of every attempt to
establish or develop free government a
struggle between special privilege and
equal rights is inevitable. An acute
phase of this struggle has come upon
US suddenly. Engrossed in materi1
development We have neglected that of
our institutions. A continent of vast
richness absorbed us. Our growth was
half blind. Open-eyed at last, we were
startled to find our great Industrial or
CARNATIONS in control of politics,
government and natural resources.
They manage conventions, make plat
forms, dictate legislation. They rule
through the very men elected to repre-
sent the people.
Ten years of investigation and eX-
poSUre have disclosed corruption in
municipal, state and national govern
ment without parallel in modern his
tory.
we have made great progress. The
people now understand. For the repre-
sentative who betrays. they feel only
contempt. But they know that back
Of the bad representatives in munich
pal. state and national government
stands special privilege. the real enc
my Of their institutions. fortified with
the greatest wealth and power ever
massed for the control of government.
THE battle is on. 1t is young vet
1t will be the longest and hardest ever
fought for democracy In other lands.
the people have lost. Here we shall
win. 1t is a glorious privilege to live
in this time, and have a fire hand in
this fight for government by the peo-
pie"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-15
Fannie Ward,

Making her bow in a bright new
comedy, Miss Ward is thoroughly self
possessed, and had the benefit of a
friendly audience, which was ready
with it's applause, but she honestly won
the loudest tributes of praise she re-
ceived There is no doubt she was
very much liked, and her lively sense
of humor and her apparent earnest
ness as well as her beauty seem des-
tined to win her a following, particu-
larly among women, for she is a
wOman's star, just as are any number
of the highly prosperous young ladies
of our stage. That is to her credit. Fer
her first American tour she has chosen
a bright and pleasing new comedy,
sharpened by a delightful vein of sa-
tire, enlivened by the constant strug
gle for supremacy between Fanny and
her relatives and frightened by apt
dialogue affords Miss Ward as good a
vehicle as she could ask. 1t requires
her to be in turn both sprightly and
serious. both gay and gloomy. 1t is the
keen little thrusts that she delivers
best although she carries the scene of
rebellion, with the old butler, exceed
ingly well-Chicago Journal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-15
Ask Open River
Appropriations

Much interest was shown in the re-
port of Professor w. d. Lyman, of
Whitman college, who was a delegate
to the Rivers and Harbors convention
in Washington, d. c.. last year, and
the meeting to further the work al
ready started members of the Com
mercial club who were present last
night at the regular meeting were en-
tertained with the professors excellent
talk, which covered every detail of the
convention and a brief outline of the
addresses made by the more important
speakers.
Following the report of Mr. Lyman,
kilograms We're read tending to show
that the passage Of the appropriation
bill for carrying on the work thus far
under way, was extremely doubtful
and urging the Commercial club ia
take immediate action to notify rep
resentatives in Washington to work
for the passage of the measure pro-
viding for an appropriation of $500
600, 600. A motion stating in effect
that the club request legislators in
Olympia to notify representatives in
Washington that the passage of the
bill was greatly desired, was carried
after Dr. n. G.. Blalock had made an
earnest talk, in which he showed that
the work already done would result IN
total loss if abandoned to the mercies
of the elements for the coming year
because of a lack of money to carry it
through to completion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-15
THE NEW SUPREME JUDGE.

The appointment of Mr. NJ F. Gose,
Of Pomeroy by Governor Mead to sue
ceed to the vacancy on the supreme
court bench of the state caused by
Judge Milo A. Roots failure to quail
ify, will undoubtedly give very gener-
al satisfaction.
Mr.. GOse was appointed to the posi-
ton on the supreme court bench at
the request Of Gov-elect Cosgrove,
through his acknowledged fitness for
the position his attainments as a
lawyer, and his character as a citizen,
would have entitled him to favorable
consideration.
Mr.. Gose will carry into his new and
exalted field of labor a native talent
and ripe experience as a lawyer which
thoroughly qualify him to render the
state services of high order in one of
the most honorable and important
positions in the commonwealth, and
will enter upon his work with the con-
fidence and esteem of the bar and the
people of ashington.-Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-15
Amendments TO Primary Law

committee within five days after the
primary election.
To prevent a recurrence or the iesai
proceedings which the retiring neuteh-
ant governor has brought agalnst
Lieut. Gov. M. E. Hay, it is provided In
the proposed law that candidates may
advertise in newspapers, paying the
regular rates. 1t is restricted however,
to a simple announcement OF canoi-
dacy. giving the name, address ana
party of the candidate.
clerical error in the present law
which requires that candidates file a
statement Of their campaign expenses
is not less than ten days after the
primary election will be corrected TO
| read within 20 days.
The section Of the primary law
prohibiting the sale Of liquor on cleo
ton day. which was left out OF the
present statute, has been restored in
the Metcalf bill.
| At present all voters, except repub-
licans and democrats, are prevented
! from selecting candidates for judges,
| inasmuch as the candidate that re-
| ceives the highest number of votes at
| the primary is the only one whose
| name appears on the ballot for any
particular office. This is amended to
| provide that the two candidates who
receive the highest number of votes
shall be placed on the ballot. The Of
fetal ballot win contain double the
number of candidates for superior or
supreme judges as there are offices to
fill. The nonpartisan idea of electing
judges is made clearer. A separate
ballot for judicial candidates is pro-
vided and voter may call for the
judicial ballot without voting either
of the party ballots.
Independent voters and members Of
parties not large enough to place on
the ballot may call for and vote the
judicial ballot. The Metcalf bill
legalizes the use of stickers. Under
the present law the use Of stickers
was upheld in some counties and in
others it was prohibited.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-15

it has been agreed that January 15
is to be observed as the exact
day of his birth. AS boy he was a
lover of nature, wanderer in the
fields, a student of bird and plant life
and sentimental observer of the
stars. Among the many romances
which cluster about his life is one of
ian early love in Boston, with a sad
ending that made him a bachelor and a
wanderer.
The first trace found Of him in
history records him as being in the
territory of Ohio in 1901 with a broken
down old horse on whose back were
loaded bags of apple seed, which he
planted on the borders of Licking
creek The first orchard thus original
ed by him is now within the borders of
Licking county
He never forgot where he had
planted. When the tres were partly
grown he returned, pruned them and
disposed of them to the farmers for
transplanting. or in some cases for an
entire orchard on the spot he had orig
inally chosen. If the customer was too
poor he could have the trees for moth
| ing; if he had no cash Johnny would
take any old piece of clothing; If ne
wanted to buy the price was FTP
penny-b Bit for each tree and immed1-
ate payment was not required. john
| nv usually took note to be paid at
m indefinite date and history records
no Instance oil his having tried to col
| lect such notes, as he seemed to re
gard that when the note was written
the TRANSACTION was closed forever
His money he gave to the poor or
spent for books or for the purchase Oh
aged horses. Usually he had con-
siderable drove of old horses in his
care, many of them bought from set
tiers whom he had found abusing
them.