The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-10-30


on and that Is TO keep out the mis-
cradle English sparrow. These pests
ATE distributed all over the country
In box cars, where they go TO feed,
and are shut I'm, so when the car is
opened in another town, they simply
ny out, like any other tramp or hobo.
Orlando has managed to kill them so
successfully, that now when freight
trains stop I'm Orlando with them on
board, the conductors of the freights
say they refuse TO get of.
tsAn open air camp and sanitarium
for the cure Of tuberculosis by the
only cerain method known to science
life practically in the open air
is TO be opened at Jacksonville
Heights.
estate Chemist Rose says the re-
ports about Lake Miccosukie going
dry have been grossly exaggerated
The lake is lower, but contains still
an abundance of pure water. Nor
are the fish in Il dying. The present
low stage Of the water is attributed
10 the fact that the level Of the un-
derground waters is now about twen-
~ feet below the normal II will be
remembered that the two years pre-
ceding this were years of abnormal
brought in Florida. When the level
of the underground waters rises, says
Captain Rose, that of the water in
he lake will also rise.
eggs retailing at As cents a doz-
en-, and the demand for fresh country
eggs not supplied.
'*Nothing has done more TO equalize
he pleasures and comfort of county
md city life than rural free delivery
If the mails. There should be sew
sral times as many such routes in
his county as there now are. But
our Uncle Sam will not establish
such routes where the roads are not.
good nor maintain them when the
Dads are allowed to fall into a state
Of disrepair. Have a good road run
ling in front of your property, get
5our neighbors to join you in build
ng rural telephone line, adopt a
came for your farm and post it up in
'front.'. then make your farm look neat
and attractive-then see how soon
you will have an offer for your prop
erty.
'"The farmer is necessarily the "prin-
cipal beneficiary" of good country
roads, although in the past the truth
has not often come home to him with
sufficient force TO arouse him to &C.
tion in order to secure them. of
course II is a great pleasure TO drive
In n swiftly moving machine over al
smooth, hard road, but pleasure can.
not be regarded as the chief end of
life and the really great value of
good roads Is the saving Of time
and wear and tear of stock and We
hicle5 employed by farmers in NOV
ing their produce to railway stations
for distant transportation or to
neighboring cities for purposes of
trade.
t*The demonstration farm is one of
the best means possible Of engaging
the attention OF the homeseeker look.
ing over the state with a view of Sc
lecting place wherein to locate.
'"Large shipments Of strawberry
plants from North Carolina and iii.
nois are being received daily by
Lakeland growers. There were not
nearly enough plants In the country
10 supply the demand for the large
acreage that is being set this season.
So far, the prospects are splendid for
q magnificent crop of berries.
'$All Florida should unite in helping
ST. Augustine to celebrate the quad
ricentennial of the landing OF Ponce
he Leon. Not only Florida, but the
whole country, for the event to be
Is surely of supreme
lational Importance.
'+The commissioners of Escambia |
county have adopted plans for a |
court and jail building that,
I Is estimated, will cost In the neigh |
Dorhood of 100000.
''Duyal county is going to place oil
1n about four and half miles of the
county roads as an experiment.