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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19
Father and Son.

A club man who poses as a humor-
LIST was having his shoes shined at q
railway station
And Is your father a bootblack,
too!' he asked the boy at his feet.
NO. said the 'bootblack MY father
Is farmer up the state
All said the humorist, as he
reached for his notebook to make an
entry, he believes in making hay
while the son shines"-New York
Times.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19
Safety First.

I'm sorry, sir, but I'll have to ask
you to pay In advance II | serve you
fish"
why, what do you mean? I'll re-
port you to the manager"
can't help it. sir. The last man l
served fish to got bone in his throat
and had to go to the hospital, and
the boss took the check he didn't pay
out OF my wages"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19

like twistings, which bear living pla-
ciers in every hollow of their Hottest
convolutions, and which break precjpi-
lately thousands of feet to lower
mountain masses, which, in their turn.
bear innumerable lakes of unbeliev-
able calm, offspring of the glaciers
above; these lakes, in their turn. Civ
ing birth to roaring rivers of icy wa
ter, leaping turbulently from level to
level, carving innumerable sculptured
gorges of grandeur and indescribable
beauty.
These parallel mountain masses
form a central backbone for the Ma
tional park. Their western sides slope
from the summit less precipitately.
Their eastern sides break abruptly. 1t
is on the east that their scenic DUAL.
ity becomes titanic.
To really comprehend the personal
ty of Glacier one must glance hack
for a moment into the geological past
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19
His Managers.

Can l return this necktie II its
style, color and cost do not meet with
the approval OF the board OF direct
ors?" asked the little man OF the clerk
at the haberdashery counter.
i suppose so, but tell me, please,
who are the board Of directors?"
My wife and daughters. l might
also add that they are the auditing
bureau and the committee on STYLE"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19
Disappointing.

They tell me Jacks trip abroad was
disappointing to him."
Yes, it was. He had a fine time
until he got to Greece"
Didn't he like Greece?"
"Oh, he liked it we'll enough, but
he couldn't find any one who has ever
heard of any of the Greek letter socie
ties he belongs to-"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19
Results.

Employer-Ill hire you on one con-
clifton. You must get results.
New office boy-Say, I'll get them
and the batteries and the hits and
errors within half an hour after every
game.-Judge.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19
Sufficiently Hungry.

Little Willie's mother sent him to
bed without any supper.
At o'clock, as Willie lay dismally
In his little bed in the dark, his father
appeared at the door and whispered:
Son, could you eat some honey in
the comb?"
Jimmy, dadi" Willie answered, Il
could eat it in the brush!"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19
Reversed.

how long have they been mar
ried?"
About five years"
Dld she make him a good wife?"
NO; but she made him an awfuIly
good husband Judge.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19
Early Indications.

What profession do you think your
youngest boy will follow?'
Well" replied Farmer Corntossel,
Judging from the way he likes to
play in the dirt, l think maybe he'll
be one o these land grabbers you read
so much about. Washington Star.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19

Do you know the easiest
way to keep that trimming,
buhbling boy of yours out
of mischief? 1t is a per-
picking problem, yet one
easily solved. The only way
is to turn that superabun-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19

The American hen produces NOR
wealth In year by six times than ,b,.
gold or iron mines of the Unites
States. and she doesn't get much CT ed
I for 1t
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19

The free use of whitewash or kern
sene also does wonders in getting i'd
of mites when used thoroughly owe,
every bit of the interior of the hen
home.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19
Cost Of Raisino Chick.

1t will cost not less than rs cent,
to raise a baby B~ahma chick nm m
the point of laying. Leghorn chicks
could be raised for about so cents as
they mature much earlier In life
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19
Conversations Over
Telephone zoo Long
By Cora A. Calkins, St. Louis. Mo.

reluctant to take the initiative and say good-by
Talking long telephone only prevents peonl from M
ting you which important but also prevents another member
OF the family from using the phone.
This has reference course phones as the nka
instruments already TO veminu conversations
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19

The custom of raising
the hat when passing a lady
or when speaking to one
dates back to the days when
helmets with visors were
worn. A knight, entering
a large gathering, inyari-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19

Some interesting expert.
ments have been made re-
Gently with falling bodies.
1T is stated, for instance,
that a car of broken rock
could be dumped into the
shaft of mine a mile deem
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19

All social and business
conversation over the tele-
phone could be conducted
in five or seven minutes.
Yet / have heard people
talk an hour straight. Often
each one conyersing seems
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19

BENJAMIN Franklin eaid,
mime men in ten are sui
cides."
The Indifference of indi-
viduals to their continued
personal welfare which in
spired this mark 100
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-19

WkkTFn MEN AND WOMEN. Now 10 the
49,. time to learn the ba rbAr trade Bar
beers in great demand Special rate
now open Tor 30 days. Only short time required.
TOOLS furnished and commission paid while lie arm
ing. Gall or write Moler Baber School, l3 Com
mercial St., Salt Lake City, Utah
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22

Sailow complexion is due to a torpid
iVer. Herbine purifes and strengthens
the liver and bowels and restores the
rosy bloom of health to the cheek. Price
6Oc Sold by all druggists.
advertisement
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22

were in huge castor bean plants.
She shared her treasures with
her former pupils, sending them
all seed for their gardens. The
next she heard of them they were
expecting to raise castor oil in
their own back yards.
This Lady of the Ornamentals
so loves the beautiful that often
on country automobile rides she
carries quantities of flower seed,
and scatters them along the way.
So now in many places poppics
and nasturtiums and many other
Towering monuments mark the
path that she had been, and give
bright evidence of one who is do
ing her share to make this old
world a more beautiful place to
live in.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22
SEARCHING FOR BROTHER
North Carolina Man was Recent
ly in Punta Gorda

L. J, Ellis of White Oak, N. c.,
was in the city latter part of the
past week searching for his bro
Their, Ed Ellis, who disappeared
from his home December 9, 1914
The missing man is said to have
been heard Of last in this city. 1t
is thought that he has become de-
mented over certain troubles. His
wife is dead but he has two small
children.
The missing mans description
is as folio Aged 80 years,
dark brown hair, fair complexion,
height 5 feet s inches, blue eyes
right leg, which has been broken,
appears to be slightly shorter than
the left; weight about 100 pounds,
and in frail health. He is said to
follow the carpenters trade oc-
casionally.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22
COMMITTEE ON RURAL CRED-
ITS
No Rural Credits Legislation Pass
ed as yet by Congress

Many letters received at the de
partment's Offices in Washington
indicate a widespread belief that
the last Congress passed legi9la-
ton establishing a system Of lE-
raj credits under which the Eel
eral Government advances money
directly to farmers,acc to
the Weekly News Letter of the
United States Department of AG-
riculture. No such legislation
and no such system is in opera
ton. What the congress did do
was to constitute a joint commit
tee of the Senate and the House
of Representatives to draw up "a
bill providing for the establish
ment of a system of rural credits
adapted to American needs and
conditions" The committee is to
report by January l, 1916.
This committee will have at its
disposal the information collected
in the course of two years study
by the department of the prob
lens of rural organization. In
1913 a commission was sent a.
broad to investigate European
methods &c advancing money for
agricultural Improvement; at the
same time it was realized that, to
make this investigation fruitful
conditions at home should be stud
led, and the department under
took this work in June, 1913 in
cooperation with certain educa-
tiOnal associations.
The department began by col
Ilecting information on the prevail
ing rates of interest on farm loans
in different sections of the coun-
try, the reasons for the variations,
and the sources from which the
loans were obtained, such as
banks, insurance companies, build
ing and loan associations, mort
gage companies, etc. Not only
mortgages but Short-timo leans as
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22
CLEVELAND HOTEL SOLD
George Chahoon of AuSable
Fork, N. Y. Buys Property

A transaction involving valua-
bic property at Cleveland, near
this city, was consummated Sat
urday, when Hon. Geo. ChahoOn
of AuSable Forks, n, Y. bought
of Mr.. J. A. Taylor the National
Hotel. The new owner will re-
pair and improve the house, put
ting it in modern condition
throughout and will have it in
readiness for the accommodation
of guests next season.
Mr.. Taylor, who goes to Rector,
Ark, his former home, for the
summer, will return to Cleveland
in the fall and build cottage for
his own use during the winter
season. Having other valuable
holdings at Cleveland, it is his in
tention to regularly spend a part
Of each year there.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22
Everything o. X.

Our distinguished conte m p r
AIRY, A. P. Jordan, of the Punta
Gorda Herald, and who is also
State Pure Food Inspector, paid
a high tribute to the Arcadia
stores yesterday by saying they
are all kept in splendid condition.
This is as it should be. There
is nothing more shocking to the
refined and cultivated tastes than
dirty, unsanitary stores, where
eatables are kept. Many a ven-
doris business is slack because of
his inability to see dirt, or, if see
ing it, because of his affinity for
it.-Arcadia News.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22
5000 per acre.

pow pCl dCIC'
Florida is the natural home 0
vegetables Of all kinds, and tn
many truck gardens all over tn
state bear evidence of this fact
We should produce vegetables
not only for northern markets
when the vegetables are fresh
but for canning also. We should
have canning factories in Florida
and produce vegetables to keer
them busy, and instead of buying
canned goods from California, We
should be shipping canned goods
all over the Northern and East.
9rn states in competition with
other sections.
Sugar cane fourishes in Flori-
ola. 1t grows naturally, and with
little cultivation. It's percentage
Of sugar is very high, and Florida
could supply sugar and syrup for
"a large percentage of the popula-
ton of. the East, and make a good
profit out of it.
Our citrus fruits are not bring
ing to the state all that they
should. There is a great deal of
waste in citrus fruits that should
be saved and utilized and turned
into money. Every dollar saved
by this means would be a dollar
made, after deducting the small
cost of handling this waste pro-
duct,
There is sufficient OF every
thing grown in this state, 10 dem
onstrate the value Of the produc-
ton of any one line, ana the pos
sibilities of development OF that
line.
The bringing of our agricultu-
raj products to the fore by world
wide conditions, offers Florida
her greatest opportunity. We
should embrace it, and accomplish
for the state the good that it is
possible for us to do.
And there has never been a time
like the present.-Jacksonville
Metropolis.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22
Where is Won Hindenburg

The British press is specializing
as to the whereabouts of Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg. Some
newspapers suggest that he may
attempt a diversion into Poland
as well as from Cracow, although
the idea is advanced that the sog-
gy nature of the land would seem
to prevent any large movement
except at great cost.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22

well were considered and the eff
fects Of State legislation gone into
In December, 1913, the informa-
ton already collected was laid be-
fore committees of Congress in a
series of hearings, but no rural
credits legislation was enacted,
either then or in the session which
closed on March 4, 1915. In the
meantime, however, the depart
ment took up the question of CO.
operative credit associations and
other forms of organization for
credit Improvement and has giver
active field assistance along these
lines. The department has also
rendered assistance to number
OF states in the matter of rural
credits legislation. At the pres
ent time, therefore, its work con-
sists of both investigation and
demonstration - investigation of
existing conditions and the diff
culties to be faced, and demon
Strations of the ways in which
these difficulties may be surmount-
ed.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22
Products of Florida Varied
Concluded from first page

most northern states
The corn croD Of Florida nor
ticularlv is rood nroft cron
and ifs nroduct;on is voarlv in.
creasino Ninotopn- forrtocn was
the hiopost corn cron wear Flori-
da has ever had and the corn is
of unusually GOOD o1alitv # is
said bv oxnorts that the Florida
corn is about the hardest and flint
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22

Baseball percentages are not
affected by the war in Europe.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22
What Is A "Hick"?


8 q
A $
Marks all
from the sticks
They
They
to wreh RELIABLE REAL ESTATE
the and
When the they
o away
neghbo churches schools transportation where they
half PROVIDED HE WANTED money
nghbors
a
land better drained
also the land the climate everything
A
good
~
want % No No Nc,
% YOU
Come See The Tomatoe
Blount Brothers
REAL MISUNDERSTANDING
PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22

A young man living near Punta
Gorda, whose mother died while
ne was an infant, was brought to
town a few days ago for the first
time. He had never seen a rail
road, a town or a woman. One
OF the first sights that greeted his
vision was Punta Gorda speci-
men of femininity. "Father, -
ne said, what is that?" "That
my son, is a woman, replied
father. "Well, father, | want one
OF them things, was the immed.
late rejoinder.-Zolfo Truth.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22

In the whole field of medicine there is
not healing remedy that will repair
damage to the flesh more quickly than
Billiards. Snow Liniment In cuts wounds
sprains, burns, scalds and rheumatism,
its healing and penetrating power is ex-
traordinary. Price 25c soc and $1.OO per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22

L. j. ELISE went from here to
FIT. Myers, continuing the search
for his brother. He desires to ov-
ertake him and have him placed in
a proper institution.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-22
COMPLIMENTARY TO A
PUNTA GORDA WOMAN
Mentioned as the Ornamental
Lady"-One Who Does
Things

III Oil iA UNIV PNNAA'iS .
woman's page of Sundays Tam,
pa Tribune, headed "Women Who
are Doing Things" mention is
made of various ladies who at
tended the meeting of the State
Horticultural Society, and com
Iplimentary reference is made to
Mrs. Marian A. Meadow of this
city, as follows:
Mrs. Meadow, the Ornamental
Lady
Mrs. Marian A. Meadow, of
Punta oGrda, chairman of the
committee on Ornamentals, is tru-
ly an ornamental lady in every
sense of the word. She has a
charmingly pretty face and a
sweet graciousness of manner and
the same artistic sense that has
brought her to the head of Orna-
mentals in the Horticultural AS
ISOLATION, impells her to ornament
her own charming person with
the most tasty of apparel.
She has a department in the
Florida Grower, which she has
created herself, and another hon
or that has just been added to her
list is that of second vice presi-
dent of the State Horticultural
Association.
She has been living in Florida
for eighteen years. But" she
says, 81 am of the Buckeye brand
with the GiIIetS and the rest of
them.
Her gardens at Punta Gorda
are really wonderful, and when it
is known that they have sprung
from barren sea sand, then their
wonder increases. cit was moth
ing" Mrs. Meadow declares,
"but my spirit of combativeness
that led me to see what | could do
with that soil. The first three
years | spent in Florida | hated it
because it was not the tropical
jungle | had pictured it. Then |
decided to battle with it till |
could make at least my part Of it
what | wanted it to be-"
1t was when she was a little
girl that Mrs. Meadow first be-
gan playing and then working
with flowers. Her father owned
a large nursery, so both through
inheritance and environment she
has been fitted to battle with the
sea sand until she has made it
blossom like the jungle.
GA terrible part of my life,."
said Mrs. Meadow, "and one that
has resulted in lots of good for
lots of people, was the years I
spent in Chicago. | was a school
teacher, and circumstances cast
me in a hideous part of the city
in a school filled with little fore
igners. My part of the room was
partitioned off so / couldn't even
see the trees-the few that were
to be seen throughout the win
dows. My scholars were regular
little savages, and | was miserable
until | started window gardens.
Well, before | left that school the
principal had made all the teach
erS do the same thing, and you
have no idea what a civilizing eff
feet it had on the children. From
that we went to back yard gar
dens and now they are incorpora-
ting regular Conservatives into
many of the schools of Chicago"
The first results Mrs. Meadow
had from her labors over the sea
sand of her Punta Gorda place |
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-26
SERVICE FEATURE OF CHAMBER
PLANS,

The rendering of service to its mem
bers and to the community is the outstand-
ing value OF the platform of activities OF
the Chamber of Commerce adopted by the
Board of Directors in joint session with
the campaign committee.
The Chamber of Commerce is to be
first of all strong business institution,
and will be made an important business
auxiliary to every merchant and manufac-
turer in the city. to do this it must render
bona6de and actual service to every busi-
ness man in the community, and so ev-
cry day in the year.
The agricultural division will work along
practical lines to advance the plans which
it already has under way, and to develop
and create such new plans as are deemed
necessary by the committee in charge,
from time to time, as the occasion arises.
The Chamber of Commerce has al
ways been weak in the service that it rend-
cred to the retail merchant. This service
it to be strengthened in every way so that
the large and small merchant will share
and share alike in the activities A big
practical program is before the retail divis
ion and the service to be rendered alone
will be worth more than the $4,000 per
year.
1t is good practice to take personal n
voice of just how much you are doing be-
fore you criticise or question oversight of
others
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-26
GIVES PERMANENCE TO
ORGANIZATION.
Three-Year Plan Means That Chamber
Can More Efficiently Serve the
Community.


All members of the Chamber of Com
merce, both old and new, will be asked to
sign membership blanks pledging the ap-
plicants support for three-year period.
In no other way can the membership
and the people OF Lakeland be assured that
the plans and the proposed activities of
the Chamber will be carried out as sche-
duled.
In no other way can the Chamber of
Commerce be changed into real business
institution, with business service depart
ments-mercantile, industrial, agricultural,
civic and traffic.
1t would not be business-like to install
TINS service with finances pledged for
single year
In no other way can the organization
be givens stability, permanence, standing
ana recognition as business institution
Inc work of the Chamber of Com
merce, engaged as it is in business and
city building. the biggest business anv
man or group of men can engage in.-;s far
TOO important and vital to endanoer nv an
ucertain financial future.
uncertain financial future
The Directors are pledged to the Ind
get system In putting these plans into ef-
iect, and have also pledged that there mnst
always be sufficient funds to provide in AID.
vance tor anything undertaken. In com
, ,,,ers'ai organization activities, this is
more good business" If YOU have fifth
IN the directors YOU now have ana H..
you will choose in later years and i , vn,
nave faith in Lakeland-and Won have e
every reason to have faith in hotb" .he
.nree year proposition should appeal 70
YOU and meet with your endorsement ,s >
man with business judgment. . a
and a neiGtS "a general increase in efficiency
and important features which ara W. spee,ai
slrable will be incorporated in th ,oS' , ae.
movement, namely, a new Memh.rs uem
council. which will bring into ac,;no e,SllP
IN this important body about eighty WORK na,s,
esep,t and the adoption and putting into
'''on OIL a credit rating bureau, free to
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-04-26

the members OF the organization, is most
desirable feature and one that has been
needed by every merchant and other par
ties in Lakeland. The following we'll
known citizens have had meetings and
looked into the matter carefully, and not
only endorsed the movement but have
pledged their support. The active cam
paign for members will be begun on We'd
nesday morning at o:3o o'clock, when all
pledged workers and volunteers will meet
at the Board of Trade rooms promptly at
the hour named to give two and hail.
hours work each day for three days. All
citizens who desire to have a better city
and believe in Lakeland are invited to join
and are asked to give their hearty support