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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-13
FOR sALE-continued.

FOR SALE-Good woodraek, cheap.
Call at Modern Bakery.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-13

A. o. U. W.--Protection Lodge No. 2.
Meets every Monday evening at 1880
in the Mccormack hall, corner Court
and Liberty streets, C. M. Mason,
M. W; s. A, McFadden, recorder;
A. L. Brown, F.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-13

It is harder for many people to keep
money, or its better equivalent, than
to get it.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13
Prevention of Typhoid

prepared or eaten. Keep him
away from those foods, especially
that are to be eaten uncooked. No
one knows where any fly has been
or how terrible a menace be may
be to health or to life itself. But
the important thing is to prevent
him becoming infected.
In order to do this, screen all
earth closets. Screen them so
thoroughly that no fly can get in
through any little opening left
carelessly in putting up the screen.
1t doesn't cost much to have this
work done properly, and not much
to see thut the screen is always
tight and serviceabIe. But what
ever the cost, it is small in com
parison with the doctors bill, with
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13

weeks or months of lost time and
diminished energy and earning
power. small indeed. compared
with the value of a human life.
This is a homeIy subject. re-
voting even when it is studied
closely and carefully, but its i'm
portance can not be overestimated.
1t is too serious to be trified with,
too serious to take any chances on.
Neglect it and you are gambling
with life as the stakes, and the
odds are against you. State Board
of Health.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13
This Winter in Florida

The present winter, though q
mild one, has done much for Flor
ida in the way of increased popu-
latiOn and wide advertisement of
her Incompatible climate and other
advantages, and nearly every train
which crosses the State line is
bringing people here who come to
stay. The knowledge of the real
ly marvellous and unequaled re-
sources of our State is spreading
rapidly through all the North and
West, and that we have other sub
stantial advantages us well as cli-
mate 10 offer TO the outside world
Is big fact that is pulling for us
with increasing power, asserts the
Lakeland Telegram.
The great Northern dailies prob
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13
TARPON FISHING HERE
Pennsylvania Paper Comments on
Spof-Menfions First Catch

Tarpon fishing is one of the fav
orite sport with tourists in this
section; and at no place on the
Florida coast is this fish found in
larger numbers than here. :. The
Pottstown (Pa.) Ledger mentions
catch made here by a citizen of
that city, the following being an
extract from that paper:
The first tarpon of the season in
Florida was captured by Louis e.
Lessig, President of the George B.
Lessig Company, of Pottstown.
Word has been received from Pun
tn Gor,la, Fla. that Mr.. Lessig
landed a tarpon that weighed 1873
pounds, and was six feet, eight
inches in length. Mr.. Lessig
landed the immense fish in twenty
two minutes.
The tarpon is a large game fish.
The length attained by this gamey
ish is six feet, so the fish captured
by Mr.. Lesslg is above the aver
age. The form is elongated and
the color brilliant silver, darker
ON the back. The fish is common
in the warmer waters of the At
lantic Ocean and the southern
coast of the United States. In
Florida tarpon fishing at this sea-
son of the year is one of the most
fascinating pastimes and many
sportsmen 60 south expressly for
the purpose of fishing for this
gamey fish, which always puts up
II strong fight for its life. The
scales of the tarpon are unusually
large and are often used in orna-
mental fancy work.
Mr.. Lessig is staying at the
Hotel Punta Gorda in Punta Cor.
Ia, Fla.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13

Recent Visitor Writes an Interesting
Article for His Home Paper

E. NJ. Bacon of Bridgeton, n.
j., who spent several days las,
month visiting his Punta Gorda
friend, j. F. Citizens, was so
much pleased with this place and
people that, under date of Feb'y
oath, be wrote to the Bridgeton
Evening News a letter expressing
bis impressions. The letter, with
big headlines, was published on
the first page of the News in its
issue of Feb'y zSth and was as fol-
lows:
II have read with interest the
description of the places in South
ern Florida as written by my old
friend, Harry Bamford, but it
seems to me he stopped without
saying anything of the incest viii
lage in the whole State, Punta Cor
da. l have spent part of two
winters here and, have not seen
any place that can compare with
it for II quiet place to rest and
fish.
"rhe weather this year has been
ideal; about 60 degrees at night
and usually getting up to so or So
at noon. The whole village faces
on the beautiful bay of clear salt
water called Charlotte Harbor,
with the city wharf extending out
into it over three thousand feet.
This is common meeting place
for all visitors and from daylight
until dark fisherman are lined up
the whole length of the wharf
catching trout, yellow-tailed perch
and Jewish, and often shark.
Good nature and good will toward
everyone always abounds. After
supper you can hear men swap
ping fish stories on every corner.
"The boarding houses are cheap
err than elsewhere in Florida and
tho fare the very best. Oranges
are peddled on the streets for ten
cents u dozen, but the people who
grow them are so generous that it
is seldom necessary to buy any.
On this trip | have had more
oranges aud grapefruit given me
than / could eat before they spoil
ed.
"The sait water bathing is fine;
IL beach that goes off gently to any
depth. There are lots of places in
Florida more snowy than Punta
Gorda and if tourist must have
a continual round of gayety to be
happy, he or she would not he
satisfied here, but there is not a
more homelike place nor a place
where the people are more kind
and refined than they are in the
quaint little city of Punta Gorda.''
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13

FIorida's lawmakers will assem-
BILE in Tallahassee next month for
sixty days work. This session is
looked forward to with much in
terest, as it promises to be Il very
busy one. In point of talent, it
will be one of the ablest bodies
of mon ever convened in the state
and it is hoped that they will act
the part of wisdom in all their
deliberations.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13

Tampa Times:-The advocates
of the wholesale bonding plan are
afraid of the legislature, but pre-
tend to believe that the people are
with them. You are reversing
the proposition, friends; if the
people ever get a chance at the
thing they will make it resemble a
yesterdays pancake at a third
class hash. house.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13
PUNTA GORDA WILL AID
Offers Encouragement TO Projectors
of Railroad TO Charlotte
Hafbor

Last Friday nights board OF
trade meeting was devoted large
ly to discussion of Charlotte
Harbor's prospects for getting q
railroad. The matter came up fol
consideration in order that the
board rs body and the citizen
ship of Punta Gorda might work
together in an effort TO lend ma
terial encouragement to the pro-
jectors of the proposed railroad,
which it is the concensus of opinion
will prove beneficial to this sec
tion.
1t thas been stated that the new
railroad after building from Ven
ice to Charlotte Harbor will cross
the bay and come into Punta Cor
da, and it was the sentiment of
the board of trade, as expressed at
this meeting, that every thing pos
sible should be done to aid Char
lotte Harbor in getting the rail-
road and to have it build into this
city. And owing to the fact that
so few of our citizens are really
able to contribute to a cash bonus
in this effort, it was proposed to
submit to vote of the taxpayers
of the city or to the taxpayers of
the townships which would be con-
tiguous to the road, a roposition
to levy millage for the purpose
of encouraging the carrying out of
the project, the collection of same
and the payment of the money de-
rived therefrom to be made to the
railroad after the tracks are COM
pleted into Punta Gorda and the
operation of trains is commenced.
The levying of a light tax,
which will fall equally on all the
people of a section TO be benefited
is the method usually employed to
encourage the building of rail-
roads, and the board of trade by
motion of j. NJ. Weeks seconded
by j. 4. VanCamp and unani-
mously carried, pledged its mem
bers to work for such tax when
assured that the road will be built
and extended into Punta Gorda.
1t is understood that the promot-
ers of the enterprise expect this
section to make up S25, 900 of a
bonus of 100000, and the pro.
posed tax need be levied and col
lected only to an amount 10 cover
such portion of the bonus as the
people of this city or immediate
section are expected to make up.
This plan should be more ac-
ceptable to the prof ectors of the
new railroad than the method of |
raising the amount bv private
subscription as they will be as
sured of getting the amount pledg-
ed, whereas some few individuals |
who might sign subscription list
would possibly never pay the
amount put down.
The new railroad is wanted by |
Punta Gords, as we'll as by Char
lotte Harbor, and the people of
this city are ready to extend any
reasonable aid that they can; and
if assured.of the building of same
and its completion and operation
into Punta Gorda, it is believed
that they will cheerfully vote
tax on the plan already mention
ed, as an inducement. !
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13

49, 1870 opCOiHS cuitOilak
attention to Florida than any 9TH
Ter State, although the entire South
is receiving Il large measure of ad-
vertising in this way. Here, for
Instance, is the leading article of
the Cincinnati Enquirer of Tues
day of this week:
"The winter iu the Southern
States has added much to the
financial strength of the people of
that section, and has brought with
1t into nearly every State addi-
tons to the population through
migrations from other States of
hundreds and thousands of well-to-
do, energetic, hustling business.
men. These newcomers are to be-
found in the agricultural and min
eral districts of the South, as we'll
as in the cities, and the Immediate.
future, the present year and the
years to follow, will exhibit i'm
the enlargement of Southern pro-
dnction and the increase in the
volume of Southern trade the re-
suits of the brain and the Drawn
of these settlers in the South.
"When one who knew Florida
In the S0'sand COS of the last CEN
tury, in the days when the Indian
River country was reached only
by sail boats, and Palm Beach and
Miami were known only by the
adjacent waters, Lake Worth and
Biscayne bay; when Tampa was q,
rural village and Port Tampa was
non-existent, the present Florida,
with its magnificent hotels, its pop
ulous cities, its fine transportation
lines throughout the length and
breadth of the State, it's CONNER
cial ports and its profitable manu-
featuring establishments, seems
most marvellous creation in brief
period of time.
"But the changes are as great
in Alabama, in Mississippi, Louis-
lana, Texas and Arkansas. Indeed
every Southern State, from the
Delaware line around tie coast
and up to the Kansas line, has had
a most remarkable, yea, wonder
ful development and substantial,
sound growth during the past
twenty-five yesrs. The great
change came with Cleveland's first
administration, when the sectional
ban was lifted and the blight of
The civil war was banished from
his section of the country SO fay
pred by nature with waterways
ports, harbors, soil and climate.
The Soute for the past ten years
has just been getting ready for
still greater advancement in its
interests, for an even
more surprising period of pros
oerity, and for expansion of its
business along financial, CONNER
,ial, industrial and agricultural
ines that will command the re-
spect and admiration of the world
"Ihe South is ready now for
he trade that will come to It's
people by reason of the opening
If the Panama canal.
"1he South is ready now to
welcome the millions of people to
her soil which that trade will at
tract. sustain and enrich.
''The republic is ready now 10
benefit by the prosperity of the
South and participate in a gloh-
encircling commerce, the benight
influence of which will reach the
most isolated portions Of the con-
tinent."
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13

Inc pTcVouIio"s O'oh 0AAS 'SA'0,
cation, of typhoid fever is one OF
the most important matters before
the people of Florida. The State
has no greater asset than its health
fulness and no greater menace to
that healthfulness than this insidi-
Gus disease. Why should hum
dreds of lives be sacrificed every
year when they might be saved by
the exercise of simple and mex
pensive cautionary methods!
These methods are based upon
proven facts and common sense.
The disease is spread by flies
that carry the germs of infection.
These germs come from persons
who have or have had the disease.
They are developedin the intesti-
nal tracts and become available
for distribution from the excreta
of such individuals. Flies coming
into contract with such executions
carry the germs and lighting up
on food leave them there, to be
taken into the digestive systems of
other individuals. Disgusting
isn't il?
The germs increase rapidly in
their new lodgings and the doctors
soon have another case of typhoid
and another source of infection is
started. Recent psychological
Investigations have established the
fact that the conditions most favor
able for the breeding of flies exist
in the excreta of horses. Th.
conditions next favoring such
breeding are IN the stools of hu-
man beings. Where such evacu-
vations are from typhoid patients
the maggot of the fly becomes in
fected with the germs and remains
all through it's natural life q source
of danger.
The warning to be drawn from
these facts is that the earth closet
should be SO thoroughly screened
that the entrance of the fly through
the smallest opening or hole shall
be prevented. Guard agail the
contamination of the fly at all haz-
ards and then, for the sake of ad-
ditional safety, kill him.
1t has not been determined how
long typhoid fever germs may re-
main in the Syster, of the patient,
even after recovery from IN attact
of the disease. Cases are on rec
ord in which an Individual has
carried them in his system for
years and has been a constant
source Of danger and infection to
others, without ever having had
the fever himself. 1t is certain
tina; weeks, perhapo months, may
pass even in the ordinary indivi-
dual who has had the disease, be-
fore he may cease to be regarded
as a menace to the community.
AS flies migrate of their own ac-
cord over long distances or are
carried in railroad trains, automo-
biles or other vehicles, single
source of infection may be danger
Gus over wide section. 1t is per-
fectly evident that the danger is
increased in closely settled COM
munities. 1t is equally certain
that the danger decreases where
the population is less dense, but
nowhere is it danger to be disre-
garded.
What is the remedyg
First, prevent the fly from be.
coming infected.
Next, in the popular phrase
Swat the fly. Kill him wherever
you find him. Keep him out of the
house particularly out of the kitch-
en- and dining room, where food is
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-03-13

The widow who marries Sec
ond time doesn't deserve to be one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18
JUDGE TEACHES
POLITE USAGES
Rude Young raen, Who Made
Love to Strange Girl,
Are Given Fines.

Justice Carl Kuehl fined Carl John
son and James Mccullough $50 and
costs each in police court this morn
ing, following their arrest on a war
rant sworn out by Bessie McElroy,
their landlady, who resides at 1921
Fifth avenue. The men went 10 Jail.
The McElroy woman testified in
court that the men rented a room
from her last Wednesday evening.
Hardly had they unpacked their be-
longings until they entered the apart
ments of a femfline roomer. Johnson
sat down on the bed and placed his
arms about the fair one and attempt
ed TO make love. The landlady rushed
in and ordered the cheeky ones 10
their own room
Last night, according to the land
lady, the men tried the same stunt,
and when she threatened to call the
police, was informed that such action
would be followed by a carving fest.
By way of emphasizing their tough
ness, one of the men, Mccullough, is
alleged TO have seized a teacup from
the kitchen table and to have thrown
it 10 the floor where il was broken in
10 a thousand pieces. At the same
time he uttered several naughty words.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18

San Francisco, Cal, July left pro-
posals to manly may be counted as
assets, it pays to be the winner of a
Portola beauty contest.
Several proposals have been re-
ceived by Miss Emma de Velsaco,
BIO Buchanan street, who won the
contest this year from hundreds of
other fair entrants.
Miss de Velasco is much admired
and she doesn't expect to pick hus-
band by the mail order route
AT first | didn't know how to take
the proposals" she said. The writ
ers all seemed to be much in earnest.
1t is amusing, but l hope i doesnr
CT ntinue.
A man who heads his letter Pen
dleton Hill, Conn, and gives his adj
dress as a R. F. D. route and a Leeds,
Iowa man, were tied in precedence,
having written on the same day.
Another offer is from a Memphis
man. who says he is a son of Vir-
ginia judge and nephew of a COVER.
nor.
OF the several pleas this pleases
Miss de Velasco most:
Dear Miss de Velasco:
Seeing your photo and address
in a Sioux City paper, I take the
pleasure of dropping you a few
lines, as you are a working lady.
| am a working man And may
our strangership be transferred
into a relationship that we may
know each other in the future,
and that we may become happy
together, for l long for a good
companion Will not write much
at this time. Hope to receive a
letter from you soon"
Miss de Velasco will be the mode
for the poster that is to be used al
! over the country 10 advertise the
/ Portola festival
! The poster contest judges are put
| ting in many hours trying TO make {
! selection from the hundreds of excel
! lent designs submitted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18

The Chicago Tribune as to whether
he was in favor of supervision.
1t is understood the notes were
given by Charles U. Gordon, former
postmaster in Chicago, son-in-law of
the banker. They are several years
old
The exact amount of liabilities is not
known, but it is estimated at $4,000
or $4,000. The greater part of this
is in deposits of farmers in the vicin-
ity.
There have been many heavy with
drawals of deposits recently, and real
estate investments are understood fur
Their to have left Mr.. Pate unprepared
for the emergency of raising the
amount of the notes he indorsed
Mr. Pate has been banking here for
twenty years, and the shock of the
failure has nearly Frustrated him. He
is 20 years old. He declared he would
be able to pay every dollar out of
what he realizes from the sale of
realty holdings in Illinois, Indiana, and
North Dakota. He says he will turn
these holdings into cash as fast as
he can
The bank has had troubles of an.
other sort in recent years, losing con-
siderable to burglars in three raids
since 1900. These losses, it is said
however, were covered by burglary in
surance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18
FAMILY STRANDED
AT A LOCAL DEPOT

Stranded completely, a man ap-
peared at the office of Mayor Harry
NJ. Schriver this morning and ap-
pealed for aid. He stated he and his
family consisting of a wife, a 2-year-
old child and a 1-month-old babe, were
enroute from Dayton, Ohio, to Grin
nell, Iowa, and that tickets had only
been purchased to this city. He had
left his family at a local depot and
sought assistance from the mayor,
who re und the man to the Assoc
ciated Charities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18
ADVANCES TO A RELATIVE
FORCES BANK TO CLOSE

Hoopeston, Ill, July 1S.-The priv
ate bank of Alexander Pate, in Wei
lington, Iroquois county, four miles
north of here. failed yesterday. The
immediate cause was demand for the
payment OF overdue notes, Endorsed
by Mr. Pate, aggregating about $780,
600, or about half the total deposits
Of the institution.
Without supervision there is no
limit on The amount OF loans to a sin
gle person, other than the discretion
OF the private banker. Mr. Pate is
enc Of the private bankers, VINO last
fall refused to answer the inquiry OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18
CIRCUS THIEVES
OPERATE HERE
0NLAVISH SCALE
Twelve Offices Are Entered and
Ransacked - Scarcely
500 Is Secured.
WORK IN SEPARATE GANGS
Similar Depredations Reported in 9th
er Cities-Police Arrest
Two Suspects.

That an organized band of thieves
who are following in the wake of the
Ringing Brothers circus was at
work in Rock Island last night is the
belief of The police who this nc ming
received reports of five robberies of
dental offices in the Best building, six
fuel offices and junk Office. Thieves
were also at work in Davenport and
Moline, which strengthens the suppo-
sition. The Rock Island police have
been notified TO the effect that when
the big tent show was playing in
Joliet Wednesday, 16 dental offices
were robbed. in addition TO various
other establishments Hold-ups were
also numerous. The show plays in
Muscatine today and it is very likely
that the authorities there will receive
warning from the local police.
LIST OF VICTIMS.
The places entered here last night,
excluding the Best building, were, the
Carpenter Coal company, 123 Twen-
tieth street; Port Byron Lime associa-
ton, Second avenue and Twentieth
street; Rock Island Sand & Gravel
company, 119 Twentieth street; En-
pire Coal and Ice company, 215 Tween
tieth street, Rockwell Ice & Coal COM
pany, 123 Twentieth street, Mueller
Lumber company, Third avenue and
Twenty-fourth street, and the estab-
lishment of Morris & Lewis, 2300 Sec.
ond avenue
TWO GANGS.
In each instance the thieves gained
access to the premises by forcing win,
dow latches with a jimmy. OF the fuel
offices entered, but two or three were
losers, only a few dollars and some
raincoats being taken. In a number
of places, the marauders knocked the
knobs off the safes, and their work
was, on the whole, decidedly coarse
Il is the belief that one gang worked
the dental Offices. and another bunch
did the outside work. The police last
night arrested two negro roustabouts
from the circus forces, and these men
| are being held, pending an investiga
ton. Four robberies in Davenport
| on Wednesday night, are credited tC
the circus gang.
HAUL Is LIGHT.
At the Carpenter Coal company. the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18
REALTY CHANGES

Henry A Bierman to Max Villa
muth, lot II, block 167, East Moline,
$3.50.
Max Wiltamuth to Nelson w John
son, lot 16, block 167, East Moline,
$4,000.
Black Hawk Fl. r. & Savings as
sociation to Gustaf Stevens, north IS
feet of east SO feet west, lot 6, block 2,
Healy's subdivision, section 33-1S-1,
500.
George Sluth to Eugene Wheatcraft,
part lot 90, Silvis, $3.50.
Matilda Friedrickson to John Fried
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-18

that of Dr. Ames, where 81
worth of stamps were taken.
Mf-N TAKE TINE.
It is believed that the thieves start
ed in at the third floor at DR.. Ames'
Office, and then made the rounds, fin
ishing up at the Office of DR.. Mueller.
1t is believed tina they were frightened
away before they had finished their
job there.
The men evidently knew the lay OF
the ground, and chose a time when
they could pursue their work at leis-
ure, and without fear of interruption.