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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
Increase in Prices

\ large part of the extraordinary
increase i'm the total value OF farm
crops between 1899 and 1909 is al
tributable to higher prices. This
might be inferred from the fact that.
while the acreage of crops with acre
age reports increased only 80 per
cent the value of such crops increas-
ed 50 per cent. 1t also appears by
comparing the percentages of in
crease in the quantity of the various
individual crops with the percentages
Of increase in the value Thus. for
all cereals taken together. the pro-
duction inereaser only l., per cent.
while the value increased 19.S per
cent; for hay and forage the produc-
ton increased 23 per cent and the
value ,o.2 per cent: and for cotton
mot counting cotton sced1 the pro-
duetion increased IL. per cent and
the value 1873 per cent.
A more precise calculation of the
average increase in unit values of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
LIVE STOCK IN FLORIDA.

I'm Florida il COW Il calf colt. Il
pig, It lamb or chicken grows to ma
lurity without being checked by
thangeablc seasons. without haNin,.
its system dctitllHcd by cold wealth
O.. Any animal or fowl hat cen he
iYcp growing steadily until it is
ready Tor market IS al better quality
ard more choaply produced than in
sections whore growth IS checked by
81 unircndly climate one acre of
land will produce enough cowpcas
or velvet beans to keep Il cow in feed
fer Il year These legumcs are the
plants best known To agriculture for
cnriching the soil Pigs, sheep and
chickens thrive on peas and beans.
katlir corn and millct grow quickly
and make fine feed for chickens Pea
nuts and chufas make the fines, kind
Of bacon and hams. New Smyrna
Breeze
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24

Who will represent Polk county
IN the special session of the Lcgis
lature is matter of conjecture, Ow-
ing to the fact that A. J. Angle. ono
OF our representatives. has moved
TO Tampa and Is now citizen o:
lIillsborough county instead Of Polk
thus leaving one vacancy in the dele
cation from this county. Whether
the Governor will appoint someone
to represent the county in place o.
Mr.. Angle. remains to be seen, hut in
case he does, the various pOstOfticcs
o. the county had better get in an
extra supply of stamps.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
There are IA few newspapers

There are a few newspapers in
Florida whose editorial page looks
like a last years birds nest. and
whose editors evidently sit and pom
der while as to what they can
write. aud because they never think
of anything to say. they write a long
strccd about the probability of Park
Trammcll being Il candidate for the
United States Senate. and wind IN
by giving him advice in regard 10
what he ought or ought not To do.
One paper goes so far this week as
TO hope that he will serve out his
term rs governor" aud that if he
opposes one certain candidate they
will be dead against him. if not,
they will be for him Now. in the
first place. Mr.. Trammell has never
said anything 10 his most intimate
friends about the probability Of his
making the race for United States
senator four years hence. and in the
second place he has demonstrated in
every public office he has ever served
that he is not a ''quittcr." and ii is
the heighth of i'll taste for any one
tc even intimate that he would even
entertain such an idea. We've
scanned the papers of other States.
and il falls TO the lot of Florida TO
be about the only State blessed"
with newspapers who begin jumping
on newl yelected officials of the State
relative TO what Office they will as
pire 10 after they finish the one
whose duties they have not yet en-
tered upon. We would advise all
these so-callcd editors to take a trip
way off ten or fifteen miles from
their native habitat and thereby in
crease their mental horoscope. Ii
will do them good and the results
will he refreshing to their readers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24

Ii the women of this country who
are taking such an active part i'm
politics would spend their energy i'm
training their sons along right lines.
they would accomplish infinitely
more toward good government than
they will by working for this or that
presidential candidate. Good. en-
ergetic. watchul mothers make good
sons: good sons make good citizens /:
good citizens make good lawmakers.
office holders and voters. Nowhere
else can womans' influence be SO po-
tent and far-reaching as right in the
home Starke Telegraph.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24

In Jacksonville. where as paSsen-
ger trains arrive and depart each
day. not a single train leaves the
station from $3.50 p. m. to 7:10 a
m 1t ust happens. in the makeup
Of the schedules. that practically all
trains come and go in the daytime,
which is truly remarkable in a city
o. that size. and with such heavy
traffic
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24

II the parents of a rough diamond
could only realize the handicap the,
place in their child by starting him
out into the world without polishin,
him as much as possible. | am sure
every parent would do his utmost TO
add a touch here and a touch there
~ the personality of his Offspring
during childhood. Tor il is during
childhood that the little habits are
formed. which. taken as a whole. oil
ST. much Ia influence his future ca
rcer and station in life. refer 10
habits OF tidiness. manner, dcport-
mcnt. carriage. table etiquette. care
NJ the toilet. etc. There comes 4
time in the life of every child when
habits of this class have to be formed
and there is no reason on earth why
they should not be formed in such a
way that in later years they will no.
be a source of embarrassment TO
him. Herbert A. Parkyn. NJ. d.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
Value Of all Farm Products Not As
certained

The census has made no attcmp,
to ascertain the total net value vi
farm products for 1899. including
both that of crops and animal pro
ducts Merely to odd the value oi
these two groups uf products 10
gcther would involve extensive du-
plication. since large quantities ~
the crops reported are fed 10 the an
imals on the farms and reported Il,
livestock products II is impossible
to ascertain accurately the amount
oi such duplication. and the attempt
e. do So. which was made n the
Twelfth census. was nor considered,
satisfactory. For this reason the rel :
ative Importance of crops rs factor
in the agricultural production of the
United States cannot he determined
nrcriSely
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
II New
Tailor Shop

Mr.. Pittman, the new tailor. has
begun work in the Raymondo build
ing, room .. He comes we'll recon-
mended. He has the best line of
woolens, latest styles. Workmanship
guaranteed. Also press and clean
Mr.. Pittman is one Of the very best
cutters and filters in the State
Try him. Room ., Raymondo Bldg
sostssSas:los::i (, (, = *, !; .
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24


Like the rain sent by the AL
mighty, the cuban law compelling
the use of metal garbage receptacles
falls on the just and unjust alike.
Few would have the hardihOOd ia
class Mgr Pedro Gonzales Estrada
bishop of Havana. and DR.. Julio dc
Cardenas. mayor of the city, among
the unjust. Yet both have been fined
for ncgleeting to provide metal gar
over which they have charge. The
number of fines imposed on house.
holders, business men and others in
the so-called infect zone" for neg.
lcct to conform to the edict of the
sanitary department that all mus,
have rat-proof garbage cans, ha.
now reached 5000. These fines have
been for amounts from So to $25
and will ne, the city tidy sum
Many person scomplain that the!
have bought cans. but that they have
been stolen Although there is Z
move under way to permit the reg
istration and marking of cans, moth
ing has been done and complaint!
that cans have been stolen do no
fern an excuse for not having them
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
VALUE OF FARM
CROPS IN THE
UNITED STATES
Thirteenth Census Statistics fcr the
United States for 1909
and 1889

The total value OF the crops %
| Continental United SI2t"s in l1e.,
was, i'm round number, -, i. "a =
| GOA, as compared with $2,a99, noo.-
QUO in 1889. The increase was thus
-. iSS. 600 coo, OF s.. per cent. az
,Ording to IA statement issued today
| BY +. Dana Durand, Director OF the
bureau of the Census. Department
Of commerce and Labor The tabu-
lations showing these total results
were carried on in the agricultural
division Of the Bureau OF Census, I'M
der the supervision of l.. G. Powers,
former chief statiStican, and j. l..
Coulter. expert special agent. A bull
flctin upon which this advance state
| rent is based, showing the details
OF acreage. production and value OF
all crops for the United States. by
States. will be issued at an e;rly date
In the ease of some crops ,such a
maple sugar and sirup and forest
products OF farms, il is impossible"
to secure a disable figure showing
acreage; in certain other cases tsuch
as orchard fruits, grapes. tropical
| fruits and nuts, the number of trees
and vines OF bearing and not Of bear
! ing age is secured in lien OF acreage
The value 81 the crops for which re-
ports Of acreage We're secure !.
amounted in 1909 10 $ 1913, oO0, oOU,
or ncarl! ninr-telths of the Nalu"
Of all crops NJ The census Of 1900
the correspondence value was So. :,
noo con, or about he same per cent
Of the ynlu. of Ill crops The total
acreage OF crops with acreage report
ir 1903 WIS 3ll.2e3 .oc0 IN April
1910. the land in farms in til" United
States was reported by the census as
MY, IgS ,OOu acres, Ol Nnlth ~
Az, 900 acres We're improved The
crops with acreage reports, there
| fore. occupied -. per cent lhc to-
tai land in farms and 60 | per cent
of the total improved land Tho sam.
crops in 500 occupied 80. 600
ceres. which was 80 per cent of all
| lend in farms and iS.:.. per cent of
| the improved land While the total
acreage of farms increased rs per
cent. the acreage in these crops in
creased - per cent between 1899
and 1909. The improved land not
occupied by the crops specified con
sists chiefly if land in improved pas
lures. land occupied by ruit and nut
trees and vines. for which acrccg
was not reported. improved land ~.
ing fallow. and land in house yards
and barnyards.
| liz tOtNl Nuiit VI NIVpS III W.
was equal to $3.50 per capita OF thu
population of the United States
while the value per capita in 1889
was $39. IS Chased on the population
of the United States ON April II
1910, and June |. 1900. respective
Ily|. There were $50 500 ferns il
the United States in 1910, SO that thu
V; lue of crops of 1909 was equal Il
en- average of $3.50 per farm. Will,
the average value of crops per farm
for 1899 was $i.3
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-08-24
SiBSg RlPTION RATES:
FROM lh,. same office is issued
TIE LAKELAND NEWS

u,rkly newspaper giving re-
.,,me Of local matters, crop conui-
nns, county affairs. etc. Sent
.eywhere for $l.O0 per year.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-05
ABE ATTELL IS
A STRONG FAv0R|TE
Champion of the Bantam
weights Getting in Shape
For Kilbane Match

San Francisco. Feb. 3.-Chan1pion
Abe Attell is here for his fight with
Johnny kilbanc, which is scheduled
to come off on the twenty-second of
this month. AS a matter of course At
tells coming had been preceded by
the stories of his being doped in his
recent go with Knockout Brown, and
fight fans were not as enthusiastic in
their welcome as they might have
been. Able, of course. has little to
add to his testimony before the New
York commission on boxing, and has
taken himself to an obscure training
grounds where he will be compare
lively free from newspaper men.
Fighting fans here are inclined To
believe thai Attell has hit the tobog-
gan; thai he really did his best when
he met Brown; and they will attend
the bout with kilbane, fully expecting
to witness Il change in the feather
weight title. n a change in the title
by a knockout route. The stigma at
taching to the New York fiasco will
not prevent a. good attendance on the
bout here. for it is blieved that Kill
bane Will forever put an end to Attell
as a fighter by putting him in the has
been class.
Attell's condition is nov good. En-
perts declare that he looks good in ac-
ton. and does not give evidence of
immediate decline. This being the
case there seems little reason why he
should not have Won from Brown on
points.
Both Kilbane and Attell assert
themselves in prime condition event at
this early date. and declare they will
win with a knockout. There is much
kilbane money in evidence. although
Attell rules the favorite by Il slight
margin.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-05
WILL
WRESTLE RAICEVICE

New York. Feb. 5.-stanislaus Zby-
szko. the great Polish wrestler, and
Giovanni Raicevich, the Italian cham
pion, are to be matched to meet in a
finish contest at Madison Square Gar
den on Monday night, February IL.
Jack Herman. the manager of Zbyz-
szko, has accepted by wire the offer of
a $4,000 purse. with a bonus Of ST.
900 to the Pole upon signing the arti-
cles. with the stipulation that the
money be divided 80 per cent to the
winner and 20 per cent to the loser.
AS this agreement is entirely salts
factory to the Italian. there is nothing
to stand in the way of a match being
satisfactorily arranged, with the ex-
ception of the question of a referee.
Raicevich's manager insists that the
third man in the ring shall be, one
who understands and can talk the
Italian language. as 1t was owing to
Tom Jenkins ignorance along these
lines that resulted in the unsatisfac-
tory termination Of the last contest
between these two gentlemen. The
Pole is not handicapped in the same
manner. az he ran both, talk and UNI
derstand the English language. For
this reason. before signing articles.
Raicevich's manager will insist that
the question Of a referee be decided
at once.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-05
BURNS
HAS

New York. Feb. 5.-"I don't know
whom else 1 can beat. but Johnny
Coulon is my pie. mi If ever we meet
in a long fight l will win the bantam
weight title" said frankie Burns Of
jersey City. before going south to
meet Johnny DAILY. whom he beat has-
Oily.
Burns will have his chance to defeat
Coulon on February Is before the
West Side Athletic club of New Or
leans. when the boys cross gloves in a
twenty-round bout. Coulon has been
guaranteed $4,000. with a privilege of
30 per cent of the gate money, while
Burns will box for 80 per cent Of the
receipts.
There are many who are just as
confident in the ability of Burns to
whip the champion as the Jersey City
lad is himself. The boys met in New
York twice. and twice Burns won on
points after a hard, trying battle.
Burns. however. is a greatly i'm
proved boxer since he last met the
Logan Square warrior. Under the care
full guidance of Jimmy De Forest he
has learned how to throw his body
after Il punch and hit shorter, harder
wallops. with less expenditure of
ergy. than eve before.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-05
WILL INVADE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

San Francisco. Feb. 5.-An amhiti-
Gus expedition is being planned by
athletes of the Pacific coast The trip
will include an invasion of the Ha-
waiian islands during the months of
March and April. where a series Of
baseball II athletic games will be
held. The tentative arrangements now
under consideration call for the inclu-
sion of the Olympic baseball team and
a number of track and field athletes.
The baseball squad will contain
enough men to furnish two mines
when native teams are not available.
The athletic aggregation will in all
probability include a number OF Pa
citic coast athletes who are already in
training for the Olympic games at
Stockholm next The Olympic
a. c. has granted the members of the
track squad permission to make the
trip. since il is believed that such a
voyage will aid them materially in
their training for the international
meet. Among those who are expected
to make the trip are Ralph Rose. Ollie
S%nedigar. Peter Gebhardt and Jes
Pomeroy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-05
Noted Race Tracks of the Country
Have Been Snatched Tn by Business

New York, Feb. 5.-One by one the
famous race tracks and driving parks
In and near the big cities in the east
have been disappearing in late years,
the latest to be disposed of being
tho Famous Point Breeze track in
Philadelphia, which was recently sold
to q syndicate which will devote it to
business purposes. The track was
constructed in 1855 by an association
known as the Point Breeze Park as
ISOLATION. which included a number of
famous horse owners of that period.
The ground OH, which the course was
constructed was purchased on March
u, St Patrick day. 1856. from Jones
Bond. for : 1886. subject to an ire
deemable ground rent of l pound 5
shillfngs' ($5.60). held by the United
Swedish church. this still being in
force, never having been eXtinguish-
ed.
The course was constructed and
finished the year of it's purchase. and
was conducted in Il very exclusive
manner for members only. The gem
eral public was admitted only to the
grounds on being vouched for by a
member. No betting was allowed,
and there were no judges stand or
of tho mile. The horses were started
from the clubhouse portico, and all
the races were for glory only or pri-
vate suppers between owners of
horses contrasting. The club was con-
Quoted on the exclusive plan for three
years. when what was known at the
time as "the poor mans track" adj
Joining, was built by a lot of down
town butchers who enjoyed horse
looked the rich mans racing ground,
and the latter was finally thrown
open to the public .
little Generals" First Race.
1t was at Point Breeze that John T..
Turner. who afterward got the title
of "The Little General" first drove
in a ace for money. Turner, who
was born in the village Of Mallow.
county Cork, Ireland, owe e%ighty-two
years ago. came to this country in
1899. obtaining a position in the liv-
cry stable Of d. d. Stetson in Phila-
delphia.
Turner in his "reminiscences states
that the first race at Point Breeze
open to the public was held on May
13, 1858. a match race between the
horses Hard Road. Cornet, and
Whitehall. owned by B.. D. Stetson,
81. Randall and himself. Turner won
the race in straight heats in 2:51,
2:57 1-2. 2:252. The first ace for a
putSc N$OUJ. W udTIleSS was QeClucQ
on May 20. 1855. when William
Woodruff's bay mare. Motley Sharp
ley, peat Turner's F]renchman and
William Kings Harry in 1854, 2:5s,
1900 Harry getting the flag in the
first heat.
Dropped Racing During War.
The race course was much neglect
ed during tho war times. 1860 to
1S64-65. although on October IA.
fQE2 a ~o,,;>o1 1f ~,o1,-
ed by the association, and 1t on rec
ord that California Damsel won the
first heat Of a race against General
Butler and keystone in 2:27 IA, dis
Keystone. This was probably
the first time $3.50 was beaten on the
track.
In 1854 a regular meeting was held
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-05
CONLEY LOSES TO
JOHNNY COULON

Los Angeles, Feb. 5-Johnny Cou-
Ion of Chicago successfully de-
Tended his title as bantamweight
champion by winning from frankie
Conley of Kenosha. Wis. at the end of
twenty rounds of fierce lighting in the
Vernon arena.
Coulon landed five blows to Conley's
one. but did not seem to possess the
strength of his opponent. Conley was
in bad shape at the close of the fight.
his face being cut i'll a half dozen
places and both eyes nearly closed.
AS early as the third round. Con-
ley's face was bleeding from Coulon's
singing punches, but every round
found him boring in. head down. TAX
ing a half dozen blows for the sake of
getting in n in return. Conley's
punches. when they landed. shook the
champion to his toes and he frequent
ly gave ground before Conley. who
often found. however, a terrific punch
waiting for him when he pursued too
eagerly.
Tho fight see-sawcd through the
twenty rounds. the majority going to
the champion. The battle ended with
the men fighting head to head in a
clinch, blood from Conley's mouth
running down Coulon's back.
Before the contest started. Promot-
er Tom McCarey lined up fourteen
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-05
WEEKS
IS A FIRE FIGHTER

Spokane, WASH, Feb. 5--Albert l..
c"Boomer") Weeks. who has Just re-
ceived the appointment as chief of the
spokane fire department. succeeding
A. Harry Myers. resigned. hammered
all f1stic ambition u Of Frank Gotch,
champion wrestler, in a twelve round
bout at the Spokane Amateur Athletic
club the night of Sept. 20. 1905. The
battle was declared a draw by Eddie
Quinn. referee. who had been instruct
ed to call it. even If both men were
on their feet at the close of the twelfth
round. 1t vas Weeks last fight.
The fireman started in wildly, but
soon settled down to business and
fought the pride of Iowa to a stand
still. Gotch was f1oored by a terrific
swing In n of the early rounds and
stalled during the rest of the bout to
avoid punishment I'M earn a draw.
Mark Shaukhnessy. widely known in
sporting circles in California and along
the Pacific coast. who trained Weeks,
looked upon the fireman as champion
ship material. He showed class in box
ing bouts with Bob" Fitzsimmons
and Jim" Jeffries and once he was
hatcher to fight DR.. Roller but the
authorities would not sanction the mill.
Friends prevailed upon Weeks to quit
the fighting game and work for some
thing better. At that time he was a
member Of the fire department, work.
ing on the ladder wagon. He earned
rapid promotion from the ranks and
later became secretary to Chief N.Y.
ers.
Weeks was one Of the best semi-pro-
fessional ball. players in this part of
the northwest eight or nine years ago.
He played first base, f1elded in big
league style. was a heavy hitter and
fast as a runner. He played with the
northwestern leaguers on numerous
occasions and made good. but could
not be induced to quit the hook and
ladder wagon for the professional dia-
mond.
Weeks was born at Salem, Ore, "a
years ago and has been connected with
the Spokane fire department since
1898.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-05
c MEET
is ARRANGED

Newark. n. j., Feb. 5.-Manager
John Chapman has arranged the pro-
gram and issued the entry blanks for
the worlds championship bicycle
races that are to he held at the Nelo-
drome August %. IS and September
l. The three days racing will be the
greatest ever arranged for IL worlds
championship meet in every way.
There will be eleven races in addi-
ton to the four title events. which en-
ceeds the usual European program by
four races On account of the large
number of entries that is assured. the
pro" sprint championships will extend
over three days. The amateur sprint
championship will reach q conclusion
on the opening day, this being the on
ly M of the title events to he con-
cluded on the first day.