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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-04

INVENTORY of our repair depart
ment shows 236 finished jobs wait
ing to be called for. Sommer, Jewe-
Ter and Optician. 3Otf.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-04
A--CENT--A- WORD
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-TEN-HOR POWER
engine and shingle mill. ]. w.
Tisdell, Ariel. 1t
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-04

A VACANCY EXISTS IN OUR
Training School for Nurses. High
school graduate preferred. Apply to
City Private Hospital, Carbondale,
Pa.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-04

FOR RENT-TEN-ROOM HOUSE
on Eleventh street with all mod
ern improvements, including fur
mace. j. E. Richmond. 57tf.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-08-04

There is one case of typhoid
fever reported from South Canaan.
"A dance will be held in the
I. o. H. Hall, White Mills, Saturday
night.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-02

glades banana is reputed to be the best in the world.
 The demand for the reclaimed land IS far in excess of the supply, and the trustees could readily dispose of their entire holdings of more than two mil lion acres. if they cared to dispose of 1t in large tracts: but their policy is to dispose of it in such a manner as to prevent monopoly Even the large sugar cane companies are being limited in the amount of their pur- chases to such acreage as they win actually need, and of the reclaimed land no one individual may purchase more than forty acres.
 Governor Broward's term of office expired on January $. 1909. Albert Waller Giichrist is his successor in office, and it was supposed. during tie gubernatorial campaign, that he was opposed to the drainage project: but if the vested interests" expected any favors of this kind at his hands, they have been disappointed. The work is going enthusiastically forward, and plans for the future are now being made on larger scale than ever be- fore. Even if the governor were cp- posed to drainage, he would probably be powerless, for the reason that his sole power in this matter is limited 70 one vote in a total of five, the other Tour members being enthusiastically In favor of it. But there has been nothing in his official acts which in- dieated any manner of antagonism.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-02

average on four hundred and twenty acres for several years, is thiTty-five tons of cane per acre, and the average available sugar content. ascertsined in the same way, is g per cent. The addition to the soil of potash and phosphoric acid does not materially increase the gross tonnage of this yield, but 1t does very materially in. crease the available sugar content.
 In the Everglades region there are, at least, four million acres of land suitable for growing enormous crops Of sugar cane; but jet us eliminate all except the four thousand square miles submerged by the outlying waters of Lake Okeechobee and which is now being reclaimed. If this area were planted in sugareane. and should yield thirty-five tons per acre. with an average available sugar content of eight per cent, the total annual pro- duction would be a little more than seven million tons, or enough to sup ply the demand in the United States for more than two years
 Another advantage of cane-farming in the Everglades is that there are no killing frosts. and the crops may be leisurely harvested all through the winter and spring This long period Of growth also gives a degree of ripeness which is largely responsible for the great sugar content.
 It has often been asked, But would not this enormous production of sug ar soon exhaust the soil?" No: with
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-02

ordinarily careful management it will grow constantly richer. Sugar con tatns no element of the soil. nor any deriYative therOf. It is a simpule car bo-hydrate. chemically expressed C12H22O11 If we translate this into common parlance it means that sug- ar is composed of one part of water and one and one-eleventh parts of carbon, which latter has it's source in the sunshine and is found in all organ. ic matter.
 The nitrogen. the potash and the phosphoric acid must be in the soil. They are the chemical agents which nature uses in making the transmuta- ton. and slight trace of them Is found in the fibre of the cane, but they constitute no part of the sugar. There fore, if the mashed cane and the scum from the boiling juice are re- turned to the soil. it will be no poorer than it was before the cane was planted. It will actually be more fer tile for sugar cane itself belongs to the nitrogen-hxing family and gradu- ally enriches the soil whereon it grows.
 Great Market Area.
 The reclamation of the Everglades also means that all the cities and towns east of the Rocky mountains may have an abundant supply of sue eulent vegetables all through the win ter, and at a reasonable price. This region is also admirably adapted to the growing of bananas. and the Ever
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-02

Everybody who knows anything about the general geography of the United States Of America has heafi Of the Everglades of Florida, but' comparatively speaking, only te" possess any real knowledge of them.
 There is even a difference of opia- ion as to just what the word ever glade" means.
 The Standard dictionary informs those who seek among it's pages the dissolution of doubts, that the Word means "a tract Of low swampy land covered mostly with tall grass. l eagerly accept this definition; be- cause it so aptly applies to the inter esting parcel of our country to which this article is devoted. It may be treason on my part. I being Flor idian. thus Co admit even the pare pos sibility that other commonwealths may possess everglades. but in or'er to have the benefit Of th95 definition II dare the risk
 How did the Everglades 1f F.Oriaa come into existenceg What dO they look likeg Of what use ar5 they to mankind? These are questions which have been asked thousands oi tunes over. hy people in all parts Of the civilized world and in all walks ot life. I shall here endeavor @ answer briefly these three question:.
 Some time during the Plloceee Age, which geologists tell us entel aay- where from three thousand Jo one million and twenty thoasan' years ago, that part of the earth exterior Tying beneath the area now known as
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-02

3-Year Old Everglade Grapefruit Tree the Florida Everglades c1oIeI and shrunk. causing the surface . 2dlge upward. very much in the same man. ne. as the shrinking of an apple dur ing the rocess of baking ca ises it's surface to become wrinkl ed
 The Beginning.
 Previous to this bulg.ng gpwa d this area was the bed of a shallow eX- Danse Of salt water, joining together the deeper waters of the Culf of Mex ico and the Atlantic ocean. In that age the water Of the sea was much more heavily laden than now with carbonate Of lime. which had been precipitated here (partly by the con fuence of fresh and salt water and partly by the action of mari 1e il- sects) into a vast eXpanse of @nral inc limestone. In process of time the dissolving of the lime resulted l the formation Of colitic limestone.
 This limestone fiat was cast uD- ward 10 a mean height of somsrhjrs like eight. feet above the level oi the sea. with a river several feet h sher bordering the water from which ii
 
 the extreme south. and most ot the salt water drained or jn hat direc- tion. passing -lrou -' .tts chan nels among roc tors and dis charging into 0 rd2 strar What was le gag i5a'v G'iuted by the raintafl and carried away through the sane o.tlet; s3 -ha- he upheaved region eventually became a shallow lake of fresh ya'sr ering about four thousand sc.afa i'es. with a' bed of solid lime one. and dotted here and there with sandblrs
 This unprOductive waste did not conform 10 natures plan of strict economy. and she at once began worF to set things right. The seeds and scions O. duatic plants came fTO-r somewhere, probably dowl. a few ir significant streams from tLe oder lands lying uOrthward, uni. i''if ue a genial environment n the tepid water of this great lake, multiplied rapidly. These plants were cf tns nitrOgen-fxing species. so that they took their food from both air and Wa ter, and when they went to rha DCttaU in decay they deposited a 1h'n layer
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-02

by a barrier of solid stone As a re suit of this further impending, the water of the lake spread out into the lower portions of the land to the northward until it attaiRed the 5lm- nit of the impounding rim, and once again poured into the sea, some of it into the Calf of Mexico on the west, some Of it into the Florida straits on the south. and some ot 1t iaf3 he At l7nttc ocean 9n the easc. The erosi in of channels has somewhat lowered the water from it's original level and the deposit of muck has raised the iand from four to twenty feet above the original limestone bed
 The Everglades Today.
 This brings us to the Everglades as they are today: about four ttcus and square miles Of level muck lana spread from four to twenty feet thick
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-02

State Canal Leading to Our Lands or a base Of solid stone. all covered with from one to threa feet ot water. and density over-grown w..h saw grass At the northern C1ge of this great waste. and extending thirty-two miles down into it. is Lake Okeecho- bee This lake covers about five hun dTed thousand acres. and, since the larger part of it's bed is at or below sea-level. its maiH body will probably remain for all time, it's warm water interposing an impossible barrier eainst the frost which might other wise sweep down in devastation upon the tender vegetation to the south ward Lake N'-ee hcbae is really rarJ of the Everglades. but it's area is not included in the estimate Of four thousand square miles.
 Standing at some point of vantage and looking out into this vast. prairie like region. one feels an inexplsinable sense of awe. l. is so great. so silent. so monotonousi Somewhere in the far hay distance there may be a lir- rle clump of trees. growing on what was once a waye-lashed sandbar, but with this exception the landscape is uniformly level-one great tangled mat of saw-grass as far as the eye can see, and all wrapped in a deep and impressive silence.
 The surface of the water on the Everglades is ordinarily about twen- ty-One feet above sea-level at mean low tide and the forces of nature would eventually reclaim the whole tract It woud probably require a long
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-02
king Facts About The Everglade:
On Project?

That it is the largest reclamation proposition in That it is of such great importance that Gov ernor and U. s. Senator were selected on the issue of "Reclalmins the Eyerglades' That the drainage district comprises territory ass large as the State Of Massaehusetts--equai 10 the area Of Rhode Island Delaware and Connecti- cut combined?
 That il is an elevated plateau with a gentle slope from Lake Okeechobee to the sea, having an average fall per mile which is greater than from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico? That the Everglades in reality prairie al most entirely free from trees2
 That Lake Okeechobee at the northern end Of the Everglades Is the second largest lake within the boundaries Of the United States-second only to Lake Michigan
 That the Everglades were ceded to the State Of Florida by the United Sates Government through Act of Congress, which provides that the state was to sell a sufficient acreage 10 balance the cost Of drainage?
 That the drainage pronounced feasible ana simple by army engineers as far back as lS4s? That the Everglades are now being reclaimed the expense of the State of FlOridag That the largest dredging firm in the Cnted States has two million dollar contract for this work and that six giant dredges are now work ing day and night 70 complete the reclamation at the earliest possible date2
 That damage of vet lands costs only fTac- ton much per acre as irrigation ot arid landsg
 That inc Everglades lie in the only truly tropical part of the United States2
 That fruit-knng frost there is so rare to be almost unknown
 That tropical trees and fruits like the cocoanut mango. avocado, papaya. banana. etc.. thrive ana can be raised commercially in this district? That citrus fruit trees into profitable bearing at least year sooner Everglade soil than pine land?
 That the Everglades offer opportunity tor the culture Of greater variety Of products than any other section of the United States
 That the EevergiadeS enjoy perhaps the most equable climate in the world varying only r degrees during the entire year between tie aver ago maximum and average minimum temperatures? That s6 degrees Is the highesl temperature recorded and that there fewer hot days over 90 degrees in the Everglades than in most northern cities. as for example Denver Cincin- natl and St. Louis?
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-02

Of black muck which was r ,1 ui- roaen. Floods and winds lrofe fis muck. and also large ma5ses .4 thc floating vegetation. down into the marrow, rock-bOund outlets } taa Sc a, which. in course Of time. they chok- cd thus farther ifgpounding be wa ter of the inland sea.
 No one KNOWS 70 what extent this prvcees had gone when ths edifn g crust on tue eastern. sOuihcT1 aIo western lorcers oi the lake 1ss.a bnIgea uewsrd. Bus we do know te~t surh s thing happened. and th1- cur fng tbe Pleisfccene Age the rock rifl around the lake vas made hi her aAi broader and the nuck-choked olt'e-s to tbe aoufhxard permanently 3ipcsed
Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-02

That it is the only part of the United States that is encircled by the Gulf Stream? That the Everglades to the Panama Canal than any other part O. the mainland O. the United states
 That this district has continuous growing sea son-tWeINe months in the year-and its crops are among the first to reach the great markets That in the Everglades you work in yoIr sbrt siee-ss tLc year around. That the EvergIade soil is exceedingly rich-a black muck and alluvia deposrl, altogether diner- ent from he ordinary saady pine land og FloTida2
 That rn Everzade acre ought to produce under intelligent cultivation. from sSeo to s1O0o and upwards yearly?
 That 500.00o acres Of Everglades when drained and planted to sugar cane should produce the 2,z46,06s tons of sugar, valued at Si57224 7sO. now imported yearly to the United States That sugar cane allowed to stand until Febru- ary or March before harvesting makes higher sugar content and that this can be done in the Everglades without danger of freezing and this IS impossible in the other southern state That ten acres q the Everglades can be made to produce profit than the average farm ot l6o acres in the North.
 That more than 25.000 ten-acre farms have al- ready been sold to northern, eastern and west ern buyers
 That the land which we are now offering you is a part of the original biz sale by the State. the proceeds Of which furnished the first real money for the drainage operations2 That the Evergiade Land Sales Company ool,- trois 10000 acres of the best located land in the Evergiaees7
 Atttt t--S NS-tti-tHs VIII tAFrhu hyA less Llel sZ50000 m improving it's lands for the heneht of the buyers?
 That the farms which the Eversade Land Sales Company has sold in less than year represen. a strip over 90 miles long and one mile wide' That the several thousand farms already sold D, this Company if arranged in sCuares tone eighth mile wide) and placed end to end. would make a string nearly 600 miles long stretching from Chicago to Washington, D C., or extending near ly half way around the borders of Fiorida wnicn has the longest shoreline of any State in the Jnionr
 PONDER OVER THESE FACTS
 What do they mean to YOU? l N T Y RE
 BIsBEE, ARIZONA
New-York tribune., 1911-03-04
MONTGOMERY VISITS BRONX
Convicted Banker Leaves Tombs
to Testify in Suit.

william X. Montgomery, under conviction
Tor Incorporating funds from the Ham
ilton Bank. of which he was the president
was taken from the Tombs yesterday to
the Second District Municipal Court of The
Bronx 10 testify in a suit in which his wife,
Mrs. Caryl A. Montgomery, was the de-
fendant. Unless the convicted banker gets
the certificate Of reasonable doubt that he
asked for yesterday In the Supreme Court,
his visit to The Bronx will be the last he
viii make for several years to the scenes
OF his former sphere of influence.
In expectation Of Montgomery coming
the courtroom was filled with his former
acquaintances, some OF them friends and
others not so friendly. But nearly every
one knew him, including Justice Tierney.
Two guards went with Montgomery from
the Tombs. They kept him n the jury
room in the courthouse until IL came his
turn TO testify. When he had finished his
testimony he was at once taken back TO
the Tombs
The suit against Mrs. Montgomery was
brought by Carl Z. Randrup, a real estate
broker. who sued for 800 commission for
obtaining for the defendant a mortgage OF
N5oo0 on some property that she owned.
Justice Tierney gave a verdict for the
plaintiff
The argument on the motion OF Mont.
gomery for a certificate OF reasonable doubt
went over to Tuesday
New-York tribune., 1911-03-04
HIGHWAYMEN DROP BOOTY
Stolen Valise, Containing 81, GOO,
Recovered Unopened.

As James Pettinger, paymaster for the
STANDARD Arch Company. of No 4l3 Las
3lyt street. was walking in East sd street
near First avenue. yesterday morning ne
was suddenly attacked by three men. one
II them hit him on the head with A cluo
and caused him TO drop vallse containing
72.0oo This money had been turned over to
Pettir-ser 10 be dishUsed by him among
the compsuy's employees. The men ted
around the corner with the bas.
The blow stunned Pettinger. but as soon
as he recovered his senses he started in
pursuit. At Second avenue he caught sight
Of the men he was after. and his shouts
induced several others 10 take up the chase
When the three men glanced back ana
saw the crowd ar their heels they dropped
the valise and made for the East River
docks. where they disappearedS
Pettinger picked up the satchel and found
that II had not been opened. He took it to
rbe offices Of the firm and then notified the
rolice. several patrolmen were put 10 work
ON the case. but no trace Of the men could
h.. found.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-04
BARON" FREE OF CHARGE
Complaint Withdrawn, Despite
Severe Criticism by Magistrate.

After a stormy scene in the jefferson
Market court caused by the withdrawal OF
a charge Of grand larceny, Richard Won
Arkovy, self styled an Austrian baron. was
discharged by Magistrate Corrigan yester-
day. Julio S Jarron, the Cuban Vice-Con-
sui in this city. who caused Arkovy's arrest
at the Hotel Plaza on Wednesday night.
was severely censured by the magistrate.
He repeated many times on the stand that
he had made a mistake in charging the
baron" with the theft Of two platinum
crucibles and wished 70 apologize for caus-
inc him so much trouble.
Magistrate Corrigan lost all patience with
Jarron and wanted 70 know how much he
had been offered to withdraw the complaint.
After severe comments by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Breckenridge and the maeis-
trate. Jarron was released from the stand
and the prisoner was discharged
Arkovy Is now out on 1900 bail awaiting
trial on q charge Of carrying spiked brass
knuckles Mime Jane Cheron. Of No. f54
West S4th street was in court with her
LAWYER. ready 10 make a charge against
Arkovy. who. she said. had pavned 2 dia-
n1ond ring which she had lent him six
months ago Magistrate Corrisan told her
to wait until the other charges had been
disposed Of.
Hugo Hunfalvv a Hungarian lawyer. ot
No. 500 Broadway. who was in court, told
the reporters that Arkovy was not baron
but the son of dentist named Arnsteln'
who later changed his name. He said tnat
he was once a corporal ia the army IN
Hungary and had TO quit He has been
employed as a salesman and in the foreign
department Of the Mutual Life Insurance
rry1,tanv
New-York tribune., 1911-03-04
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

petition in bankruptcy was filed yes
terday in the United States Circuit Court
against George J. Hoffman. a brick manu-
facturer at Stuyvesant. Columbia County,
n. Y. Creditors: Thomas Brothers. 1862:
BENJAMIN B. Doyle. s275. and Conrad f.
Hasbrouck, 800. Ii was alleged that while
insolvent, on December II. he transferred
by bill of sale TO George W Washburn
10000 bricks ana two horses. which were
about all the personal property in the
brickyard which he leased and operated.
The Wiener Brown Company. 1eweller, OF
No. 81 West 42d street. is arranging a set
tlement with creditors at 30 cents on the
dollar, payable Is cents cash and cents
each IN notes at six. nine and twelve
months. Liabilities are $l3.20O and assets
s4,5S3, consisting OF stock. $4,000. fixtures,
$500: accounts SO and cash. tl3 A petition
in bankruptcy was filed against the com
pany on February le.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-04
ORDERS TO THE CARRIERS
Iono and Short Haul Clause
Must Be Observed.
WAY OF RELIEF SUGGESTED
Commerce Commission Grants
~;me for Railroads to Readjust
Their Passenger Rates.

,,-.s,i,oton. March 3-The Interstate
,..-.-,erce Commission announced to-day
-. an examination Of the applications
slss bv various carriers for relief from
,Aa long and short haul provision OF the
s-,oretate commerce law-the fourth sec
..or-shows that in many instances the re-
,1ss NAV be gained by a proper readjust-
..o,, of their passenger tariffs.
.r,,s commission suggests that the tariffs
-, ,rsividual lines be adjusted; that the
LOT tariffs be adjusted between defined
,.osssnger territories. and. finally. that all
80 tariffs between all territories be ad-
justed A..
r, order 70 give the carriers ample time
. make the suggested readjustments, the
eo,,r,ission issued the following orders;
r,rs--That not later than July I, 1911. all
oor~isrs must have on file with this COM
cea.--.ior tariffs OF passenger fares between
,,oiots 1pon their individual lines Whlch oO-
se-,a the rule Of the fourth sectlon' except
!. so FAR as a departure has been author
tzsd hy ereCic orders of the commission.
- aiI cases where the carrier INTENDS 10
,-s-ef ,,pon charging a fare in disregard or
re- rule of the fourth sectlon ~ rI. rnusI. ps
-April T. 1911. file with the conlilllssioh 80. a
.Ari..sn statement calling attention 10 lts
ssri,catiou on file and pointing OUT tne
sspiiciSc fa-cs upon which II will insist. or
a NAV fle a new application covering only
issssoori-Not later than December l. l9ll'
-, ,,~ria.e must have on file Joint pas
s.,ec~ o, tariffs which observe the rule or me
S-~,r section. except as relieved by speclhC
.Se.e Of tre commission. IN case or an
- vritrIu the several passenger terri
.oriee as above defined.
- carriers intend 10 insist upon main
..t.i,c ioint fares within these territories
-obJp disregard the rule Of the fourth sec
~, tbev must on or before MAY /. 1911
sfo win the commission a statement re-
ts~rirc 10 their applications ALREADY on
ere and nointing out the particular fares
,-sieb win be insisted upon, or ne new
epniications covering merely the territory
and fares in question.
T.ir5-On March /. 1912. all the paSsen =
Ger tariffs both Joint and individual, OF
81 c9r-iors on file or IN effect must CD
80 -. the rrlle Of the fourth section. except
ee relief has been granted by specific orders
of the commission. .--t-. ...o,
H-aintaininc Joint fares IN disregard OF tle
so-~.b section which are not already Gov
sre5 In tho preceding paragraph they must.
~ 1fipe l. 1911. file with the commission
-r,s++en statement referring 70 the ap-
rfic3-i-r already on file and pointing OUT
re particular fares which Will be insisted
tpor. or Hle a new application covering only
Arciirsrions will be considered and dis
nosed of so as 10 carry ont the aoove
order