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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
OBITUARY

Nichola Truta. aged S8 of 4S7 Spruce street, died at the Bridgeport hospital last evening after several weeks illness of typhoid fever. He entered the hospital last Tuesday. 4 widow and several children survive him.
 The death of Julia A., widow of Frank Hogue, occurred in Middletown yesterday The deceased was 67 years of age. The remains were brought to this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23

New Haven-Hunting ghost, Po- liceman Kinney found a dog in a vacant flat in Ferry street. The ami mal had been there for four weeks and was nearly starved to death.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
AROUND THE STATE.

New Haven-Two' more policemen, Philip Reilly and Francis Keane, are up on charges that have not yet been made public.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23

Ebert o. Hull was today named by Judge Edward F. Hallen as adminis- frator of the estate of George Hrapc- sak. Francis Okleyewicz and D. R: Whitney were named as appraisers Of the estate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23

The wheeler & Wilson band will give a concert at Wood park Friday night. The band will repeat the pro- gram which will be played at Seaside park Thursday night. This is the sec ond concert of the year at Wood park.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23

Hartford-Former Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith has begun work at the headquarters of the new third party here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23

Bristol-A bull moose organization has been effected here and delegates selected for the convention in New Haven, July 30.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23

South Willington-Mentally de- ranged. Mrs. John Ricargdson drown ed herself in a pond near her home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

.EsAI s. Shipman. aged 21 years. an actor. and Anna Fink, aged A years, an actress. both of New Haven, took out marriage license at the town clerks office today.
 John Rooney's will was filed in Pro- bate court today, leaving a piece of property on Asylum street, to six chil- Nellie and Bridget, lot No. 1. of the property which has a frontage of 31( feet on Asylum street, is given. Lot No. Is left to Margaret Rooney; No 3. to Nellie; No. A. to Bridget; No. 5 to Edward Tate. the grandson: No. 6. new. and No. S. to Mamie Rooney. The will was made out Aug. 30, 1909.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23

Suffield-Because he tried to com init suicide by lying on the trolley tracks so a car would hit him, Joseph Dewski was fined $1 and costs by a justice of the peace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23

Hartford-A small Maltese kitten spent three days in tree before be- ing taken down by a lineman, little the worse for it's experience.
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Opportunity for Investment
In Jackson County

Continued from Page (section Three
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business and can prove that he knows
the business he had better catch the
first train to Jackson county and make
the fact known. They have the money
and the raw material, but so far their
still hunt for the right man has not
brought results.
In the meantime they are working
on the inexhautsible supply of lime
rock manufacturing it into building
material, and already the demand is
coming strong from all sections of
West Florida and Alabama where the
people have learned that the material
takes the place of brick and concrete
and is even less expensive than wood.
After it is manufactured the stone
looks something like the bare concrete
blocks and on account of its unsightly
appearance the stone has not been
utilized for building residences as 1t
will be in the next few years. Since
the pebble-dash houses have become
popular the limestone blocks are in
demand, covered with the pebble-d as
coating a person may get a fire-proof
building which will last for hundreds
Of years at a less cost than wooden
one can be built.
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will be the name Of the road and II
will be operated under a charter
granted by the state of Alabama. The
following officers and directors were
elected at the first meeting of the
stockholders, the personnel of which
shows what a strong institution the
new road is:
E. L. Marbury, president, Malone.
]. D. Smith, first vice president, Ma
rianna.
D. C. Carmichael, second vice presi-
dent, Dothsn.
John Sanders, general manager. Do
than.
D. w. Baker, assistant general man
ager, Dothan.
NJ. L. Dekle, treasurer, Mariana.
Directors. d. Smith, w. H. Mil
ton, ]. z. Cannon, G. c. Liddon. M.
r. Burton, R d. Daffin, c. l. Wilson,
Mariana; J. r. Faircloth, Joe Baker,
Jno. Sanders, @. II. Malone, w. S. VIII
son, 3. @. Farm Dothan; z. L. Mar
bury, Jno. w. Malone. Malone; r. A.
Willis. L. B. Smith. Greenwood.
Committee on finance-tS. H. Malone,
w. H. Milton, J. d. Smith, ]. r. Young,
Joe Baker, NJ. L. Dekle, ]. r. Faircloth,
R. A. Willis, Jno. w. Malone.
Other Roads.
Other roads are either building or
prospects are bright for actual opera
tons to begin shortly. The Jarrett
road which runs north from Mariana
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Continued from Page (Section ThreeJ
power. Who can deny the fact that
the development of power is today ex
citing men of means? Well, that 1t
should. See what is being done right
above us in Alabama. What fools we
must be to have coal shipped from a
distance at a big expense, melting our
lives away firing up boilers and wear
ing out machinery at great expense
with labor, when there is now ripping
by our very doors the dashing waters
of Chipola and other streams magnifl-
cent with their rapid shoals and falls,
smiling on man for his ignorance, tell
ing us of their wonderful power yet
living in perfect idleness. These streams
have just as much fall as others Of
which I know, whose power is being
developed. They are solid rock bottom
all through jackson county, the banks
are high, they can be damned up so
as to make little back water on lands
that are cultivated. The county needs
the power, the county will soon have
it. 1t is here, it can be sold.
Factories are needed; the wise man
viii come some day and take these
other necessities away from US, selling
them right back to Is for 1000 per
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ever and become better as time goes
on.
From Campbellton to Mariana is
one of the best stretches of hard road
to be found anywhere in the country.
Naturally it is of the sand-clay COM
position which the other roads are
sought to be made like. This road is
now being Strengthened, the hills cut
down and the low places filled in, and
when it is finished will be one of the
best roadways in the south.
Roads Are Shaded.
This county road, like almost all of
the roads, are shaded with giant oaks
and other trees, depending upon what
locality the road is in. Being thus
shaded the roads are fine for motoring
and the farmers stock are not sub
jected to the hot sun like they are in
some communities where all of the
timber along the roadway has been
felled and cut into lumber.
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for ten miles is built on the wide gauge
plan and IT is expected and reasonably
certain that its owners and the owners
or the Williams road which runs from
the Coast Line road in Alabama to
Eleanor, Fla, near Graceville will con-
meet the two and bring the road into
Mariana. The two roads are only a
few miles apart now and should they
consolidate the road would helm the
county wonderfully.
The Mariana and Blountstown road
which is now being extended into Cal
noun county on toward Port St Joe
might possibly connect with these two
roads, thus creating a through line
from the Coast Line main line in Ala
bama to the deep water harbor to the
south.
Two other roads, one from Balm
bridge and the other from Albany
have made surveys through jackson
county. Prospects are good for al
least one Of these roads being built al
an early date.
Another railroad extension which
will benefit the whole county Is the
extension Of the l.. e. N. road from
Graceville to the p. g. A. division OF
the same road. Mariana people be-
lieve this connection will be made At
that place while the Cottondale peo-
pie are equally as certain, that Cotton
dale will be the place.
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land under cultivation is very small
compared to the lands that are avail
able for farming.
The Louisville and Nashville railroad
splits the county, running east and
west. Nearly all of the red lands are
north of the railroad while nearly all
of the rine sandy loan lands are south
Of the road. The red lands are claim
ed by some to be-better for cotton and
corn and the light lands are better for
sugar cane. watermelons, and vege-
tables of all kinds. No adequate con-
ception of the various kinds of lands
may be taken from a newspaper ar
ticle when the lands Of a county are
as varied as they are in Jackson, con-
sequently persons interested in the
lands should procure a soil survey map
of the county which has been pre-
pared by the government.
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Natural Stone Industry
Is Profitable One
Continued from Page (section Three

posture to the air it becomes as hard
as rock and will withstand fire and
winds like the natural rock of Ten
nessee will.
But the demand for tie limerick
building blocks has become so great
that large plants are being located in
several parts of the county and the
rock is cut by machinery, making II
possible for the blocks to be turned
out in large quantities and at a greater
profit than by the old method.
Is a Wholesale Waste.
However, every block that is manu-
featured is a wholesale waste of a
most valuable material. An analysis
of this material shows IS per cent
pure "caco 8" whatever that may be-
and when properly manufactured will
produce so per cent quicklime.
There will be lime kilns started in
Jackson county just as soon as the
wealthy citizens get to it Right now
they are building roads and cannot at
tend TO the lime project, but they have
gone far enough into the matter and
have taken enough interest to have
the material compared with that in
Marion county where immense for
tunes are being made in the lime in
dustry and the Jackson county ma
terial viii yield a larger percentage OF
lime than the Marion county ma
terial.
II there is anyone who wants to go
into the lime industry and knows the
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Better Than Gold
Are Florida Lands
Continued from Page (section Three

Beginning to feel the awakening.
jackson county, the land of the land
kings" is wide awkae.
jackson county people have COM
mitted the objectionable offense ac-
cording to the Sherman anti trust
law. They have conspired to take
from other states the best farmers, la
borers and capitalists. There are more
than thirty thousand people in Jack
son county and almost the entire num-
Der have determined to get new blood
into their county.
So determined are they to succeed
in their plans they are selling govern
ment bonds which draw more than
four per cent interest at less than half
price. 1t sounds too good to be true,
but there are a dozen towns in the
county where they viii prove it to you.
Better than a gold mine? OF course
it is. Men who gathered unto them
selves thousands of acres of the fertile
lands years ago have become rich
without knowing how they did It. For
fifty years it has been the ambition Of
Jackson county men to acquire lands
endeavors that the county has become
known as the land of the land kings.
After Homeseekers.
Just like they were ambitious to ac-
quire lands these same men and hum
dred& of others who have been thing
the lands for them are now united 10
get homeseekers to locate in Jackson
county. After spending fifty years to
get the lands the land kings are will
ing to sell ii TO good, thrifty white
farmers who will develop it. For the
good Of the county" one said when I
asked him why he had spent his whole
life buying lands and now is willing
to part with them.
Buying homes and property in Jack
son county is not buying gold bricks
by any means. Lands are not sold by
the gallon in West Florida, but 1t will
always be best for the homeseeker to
make a personal investigation before
investing money. Not that there are
any fake land schemes operating in
Jackson county, but because the
county is such a large one and the
various sections so different a personal
visit is necessary for the homeseeker
to determine which one suits him the
best.
Rapid Settlement.
Eventually the lands of West Flor
Ida will be all taken UP by thrifty
farmers. Agriculture and horticulture
and stock raising and poultry raising
will make this one of the richest sec
tons in the world. Jackson county is
leading all other West Florida counties
in the development of these pursuits.
1t now grows more cotton than any
three counties in the state and while
in certain parts of the county one may
drive for hours without getting out of
sight Of cotton fields the proportion Of
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Road Building Being
Done by Bonding
cOntInued from Pace ! (seetion Threel

nom Moultrie. Ga. The other is a
branch OF the same road which comes
from Jacksonville to connect with the
Pensacola to the Great Lakes National
Highway. which map was selected by
the Pensacola Commercial Association.
The people of Jackson county are de-
termined to make that part of each of
these highways through their county
the best portion of the entire highway.
Bridging the Streams.
Instead of the roads being blocked
on account OF the swollen creeks and
branches after continued rains, these
streams are now bridged with sub
stantial steel and wooden bridges. The
low places are filed in and galvanized
culverts are put in which prevents any
water getting in the roads. Expen-
sfve? Certainly 1t is, but they believe
what h worth doing In that county
ought to be done right at the begin
ming.
"This road-building is expensive
and mighty hard work." one sturdy
farmer was heard to remark as he
drove his team into Mariana, but my
boys viii not have 1t to do again when
they become men," he said. They are
not building roads merely for their
own convenience, but few of the thirty
thousand people there will say they
have not already gotten ten dollars
benefit from the improved roads. They
are building roads which viii last for
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Interstate Fair Premiums
For Jackson County
Continued from Page (seotion Three)

ton and he will readily see that
boasts and Is not basing her claims
upon theories, but upon established
facts.
The exhibit from Jackson county
last year included almost every staple
article grown In the southern states,
besides a number of articles peculiar
to Florida and adapted to conditions
here as they are not elsewhere.
For instance, in the exhibit was
found as pretty cotton as was ever
taken to gin; as fine corn as ever was
fed to a Kentucky thoroughbred, Or
made into the corn bread for which
the south Is famous; as fine sweet POI
tatoes as were ever dug; as fine peaA
nuts as were ever used to fatten fifteen
cent pork, to increase the income of
the dago vender; as fine sugar cane as
ever was made into syrup to supply
the northern market or sugar to sup
ply the candy manufacturers of the
country. These and many other staple
articles were contained in this SPLEEN
did exhibit, and at the same time the
choicest of Florida oranges, delicious
grapefruit, splendid kumquats. tempt
Ing Japanese plums, unequalled Japan
csc persimmons and numerous of the
other tropical or semi-tropical fruits
and vegetables.
Only a Beginning.
1t should be remembered, too, that
agriculture has not been exploited in
this county to any very marked degree
and IL may yet be considered in its
infant stage However, there are in
Vulnerable evidences and indications
that the agricultural possibilities Of
this county are practically unlimited
A very significant and important
fact which should be borne in mind by
the reader is that the judges at the
Pensacola Interstate Fair making the
awards In the agricultural department
were government experts-every one
Of them-men who have made a life
study Of agriculture and who are alto
gether without sectional prejudice
These are the men whose verdict is
that Jackson county leads West Flor
Ida and South Alabama in agriculture.
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cent profit, as in the case of our fine
timber. I am in favor of development.
We can do it ourselves If the people
of this county will wake up and put
their monev into these necessities in
stead of hiding 1t away to await their
funerals.
Many more opportunities are in
West Florida for capital All we have
to do is to look around US and see
them Just as they have existed in
other places, and have been developed
for profit to both investor and con-
sumner
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New Railroads
Now Being Built
Built
Continued from Page (section Three

ital. The men behind the movement
have not gone into the project for
any other purpose than to make
money: there is enough business al
ready on the line of the route to in
sure a paying investment from the
day the first trip runs.
Gulf Connections.
Just what point on the gulf the
road viii touch has not been decided
upon. st. Joe appears to be the point
a majority of the stockholders prefer
at this time, but the gulf point is a
secondary matter with them now
from Dothan to Mariana is the work
at hand now. This part Of the road
is over a level, fertile, well developed
section and the building will be rushed
as rapidly as human endeavor can
do 1t.
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Modest Marie.

'Tn November, 1875" writes Marie
Bashkirtsey, the great day Of the
opera, | was nervous all day wore a
white muslin jupe unie whatever that
may bel with a wide frill at the bot
tom; corsage Marie Stuart and coilture
In harmony with the gown A very
beautiful affair Every one admired
me About the middle Of the perform
ance the feeling swept over me that
was beautiful to distraction At the
close l make my way ont between two
lines of gentlemen who stare them
selves blind, and their verdict is not
an unfavorable one One feels that.
Coming home, looked at myself in the
glass ! was Ike a queen, like a por-
trait that had stepped out Of its frame.
What a misfortune II is that instead
Of these pen scratches I cannot draw
my portrait as | was then-my mar
velous complexion, my golden hair,
my eyes black like the night, my
mouth, my hgurew
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'The last time ! was here | saw that
same woman said the man who was
waiting for his eyeglasses to be ad-
justed The optician looked across the
room 10 little woman in faded black
yes he said, "and If you should
be here three months from today you
would see her again. She comes every
three months She is a palmlst. No
body gives closer attention to the eyes
than the professional paImist. Most
Of them wear glasses and they visit an
optclan regularly. With every change
In their eyes their glasses are changed.
They have to do that to keep track
Of all the fine lines in their clients
hands.
They have keen eyes themselves,
those persons who patronlze palmists,
and are apt to pick out any number
Of little struggling lines and ask what
they mean II the palmist can't see
the lines herself she is likely to get
into trouble New York Times.
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THE PROPOSED BOND ISSUE.

Citizens of Hood River county will
no doubt receive with pleasure favor
able decision from the state Supreme
Court in the Jackson county bond case.
The sentiment toward bond issue for
good roads is very nearly unanimous
and the proposed bond issue which the
county court will submit to the voters
at a special election will undoubtedly
carry by large majority.
The good roads, which will be Sc
cured by such means, will mean much
to the Hood River Valley. As the
years pass and the highway system
becomes we'll worked out. the Hood
River Valley will be one of the most
ideal communities of the Pacific North
west. While the roads for the most
part are very good at present. macad-
amizing will make them far better.
and the Valley will appeal more
strongly as home location.
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"These people obey the letter, per
haps, but they don't obey the spirit
Of the law" The speaker was dis
cussing certain troublesome and willy
transgrcssors. He continued; "And
they don't even interpret the letter
Of the law correctly They and their
attorneys quibble like the young man
in Pike county
"a young man and his girl were
suolling in Pike county meadow
when bull dashed upon them
Stay here and protect my retreat
cried the girl You know, Reggie,
you've often said you'd face death for
my sake.
"But Reggie, who had already
spriuted dfy yards, called back over
his shoulder
DO you cal that bun deadY"-
New York Press
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BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR 1912.

For both the city Of Hood River and
the Valley as q whole the prospective
is good for a year Of excellent busi-
ness. The bright outlook for the year
that has Just begun is being felt in
business circles and tends to make
CHEEKY the merchant, business man
and orchsrdist. The Valley will see a
good healthy growth this year. M
merous clearings and Improvements Of
land will be carried on in all sections
Of the Lower and Upper Valleys.
Never did the Valley have a finer
prospect for an apple crop. Expert
estimates place the product for next
season at the million box mark. And
an estimate at this season strikes
closely to mark. The budding Of the
trees points to a bumper crop. The
estimates can be made from the buds (;
for Hood River does not have 70 wait
until the Summer has begun and after
the freezes are over; for damage by
freezing is a factor that the local
orchardist does not have to encounter.
Building in city and country has
been very great during the year just
ended. Homelike bungalows and mag
nifeent country dwellings have gone
Up by the score, dotting the community
from the furthest corner of the Upper
Valley TO the corporate limits of the
city. Building activity will be no less
marked during the next twelve months.
Architects are already making plans
for new homes that are contemplated.
The year will be good for all classes
Of people. The laborer will find work
in abundance. From the clearings of
five Hplots by individual development
will be conducted by companies and
partnerships:as we'll as by individuals
on large scales.
During the year.just begun the city
will be successful in making sale Of
it's water and street bonds. The muni-
cipal water sy ystem will be installed.
the streets will be paved and the bene-
fetal results from this and other i'm
provements will be inestimable.