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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-07
OTHER POINTS OVERLOOKED

Our honored old friend, Col. r. F.
Rogers, in his letter to the Star of
last Monday, says that he thinks this
is very unpropitious time for the
friends of the old electric plant to dis
cuss its merits or contend that 8
cents per k. w. h. is right and just to
charge the consumer.
We seldom differ with Colonel Bob,
but we will differ with him this time
far enough to say that we think any
time is propitious to discuss a public
matter. We are glad Mr.. Rogers has
brought the matter up. He is not the
only person who kicks on the 8 cent
rate, and many people in town agree
with him in saying that the electric
plant should stand on its own merits,
and the city should charge only
enough for current to pay expenses
and upkeep, and not add on enough to
pay other expenses of the town gov
eminent. And, sad to say, many peo-
pie have such short memories that
they are disposed to blame the pres
emit city council for the present high
rate of current and some of the other
evils Col. Rogers alludes to.
Now the present council has not
fixed rates of current, nor incurred
extra expense, nor failed to do its
duty in collecting taxes. Tt took hold
three months ago, and has had no
chance to depart from the policy Of
it's predecessor. The council of 1914
was optimistic. 1t expected an era
Of prosperity, and set out to anti
cipate it. 1t bought large area OF
real estate that the city hasn't been
able to use, and probably won't use
for some time to come. 1t raised
salaries and made contracts for paw
ing. The Star is. not blaming the
1914 council for doing these things
1t couldn't foresee war and hare
times any more than anybody else
although it must be said that a ma.
jority of it's members seemed tt
think that the best remedy for hare
times was to go overwhelmingly II
debt. The people refused to let then
do so, and put in the present council
which is trying to carry out thu
wishes of the people as expressed By
their votes.
As for the cost of electric current
the 1913 council, at its last meeting
put the rate down to the lowest posi-
bic figure. This council gave the PEG
pie Of Ocala the lowest rate in tn,
state. It pleased the people yer!
well-was the most popular measur,
ever passed But the 1914 council
said it couldn't do business on such :
rate, and raised it, altho the onl.
electrician in the body, who had BEEF
superintendent Of the plant, vote,
against the raise, saying the plan
was making expenses, and more, a
the low rate Tt is evident from tn
help the plant gives to other object
and funds that he was right. The ma
jority of the present council is il
sympathy with the 1913 council o.
the electric current question. It be
lieves in a lower rate, and is worlxin,
to that end. At the same time, it ha
to use the money available to NEE
city obligations, or have them dishon
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ored, which we don't think Col. Rog
ers wants it to do.
The Star doesn't approve of one
man having to pay what another man
doesn't pay; nevertheless, it is being
done all the time The city council
hasn't any idea of passing up delin-
quents, but if Col. Rogers didn't have
the money to pay his taxes, he
couldn't pay them, and some of his
neighbors are in that troublesome con-
dition. The only thing to do in such
cases is to levy on their property, and
just now the city wouldn't be much
better off if it did this, for as Col.
Rogers knows, property isn't selling
very lively. So far as the Star is con-
cerned-and the Star is one of the
biggest users of current in the city
it would rather pay more for current
than see the homes of some of our
citizens sold for taxes.
Now, as for Colonel Rogers rem
] edy. He seems to think that letting
the Florida Power Co. supply current
at cents would do away with all the
trouble-as he says, consumers are
being charged dollar for % cents
worth of current, by which we sup
pose he thinks that if we take cur
rent from the said company, we will
obtain it for cents.
We don't see how the colonel figures
this out. The power company offers
us current at the switchboard for 2
cents. Our city plant is making it at
h cents. The colonel has lost sight
of the work of distribution. That is
where most of the cost comes in
1 Taking current from the power COM
pany would not do away with the
overhead charges, nor cost of distri-
i button, nor would it prevent the city
government from using electric cur.
rent revenue to pay other expenses.
We call Col. Rogers attention *
the city of Dunnellon, which uses cur.
rent furnished by the Florida Power
i Co. It's rate is about so per cent
i higher than the Ocala rate, tho it il
"a miles nearer the source of supply
We also call his attention to the fac
that Ocala has one of the loves
electric rates in the state. A few
Iobtain current for the same money
q but most of them pay more.
Colonel Rogers says: Suppose tn,
city shall say to the Florida Powel
!. Company, we will let you come int.
the city, if you will take over our oil
: light plant at its actual cash valu,
. and bind yourselves in contract t,
I furnish current directly to our citi
J zens at their homes or places of bus
| mess at cents per k. w. h. for tn
! next rs years. This proposal to then
I would cover the second point you sal,
i overlooked and if they do not accep
Eit will put my hand over my moutl
& and give you the belt"
t The Star doesn't think the Florid
) Power Co. or any other organization
5 would accept such a proposition
; If it did it would be to our temporar
/ advantage to make it, but we woul
i probably lose in the long run.
The Star would object most siren
) uously to the city making any sue
S contract. To begin with, when W
t give up our plant, we are at tn
: mercy of private parties, and mus
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-07
EXPECTED SEED HAVE ARRIVED

The big shipment of garden seed
from the United States department
of agriculture that the Star has been
expecting daily for the past six
weeks, arrived this morning. There
are over a thousand packages of
seed, each package containing a pa
per each of the following: Beet, cab
bage, carrot, tomato and turnip. Call
and get the seed, anyone and every
one wishing them Send in your
name if you wish them mailed, as
they are ready for mailing and no
postage is required. The flower seed
promised have not yet arrived.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-07

"Perhaps can offer the use of my ma
chine"
tfuI young girl appeared in the win
dow. she started as she saw the black
vandyked man. Gilbert Blye! He stood
haf dotted politely waiting their &C.
reptance.
You'd better 20. miss husked the
taxi driver This old fub'll be here
tomorrow morning
June Warner slowly stepped down.
Thank you. she managed TO muT
muir.
Il beg of you not TO mention it. The
favor is To me. Rlye CALAMITY return
ed. while the maid began to transfer
from the taxi to the other car arp load
after arm load OF unpacked clothing
Around the curve behind them Their.
dashed another limousine and a runa
bout in time for the occupants to SET
Gilbert Blye assisting June into The
luxurious Limousine. They also saw tn.
eight cylinder machine leap forward
Rlye. unconscious that they were be
ing pursued. as was the grit though
that he heard shout as they gathered
speed. and he looked back in time Il
see first the runabout and then thu
limousine swerve and slow down AMI
TO hear two loud bangs. He grinned
His driver grinned. The taxi drive
grinned. Then they whizzed away.
why. you are the little runawa.
bride, the girl In the watchP' sai'
Blye. leaning forward.
YES" And June blushed.
She felt the black eyes OF Gilber
Blye fixed upon her. Could it be pos
sible that he had followed her? Oh
no. Still. he had her address I'm he
watch and her portrait.
lyon were kind enough on the trair
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-07
THIRD EPISODE.
June Finds Work.
cAAPTeR !

NE1FAT U IL
SOWN the dark boulevard from
I'M Brynport weaved and bumped
III aud ratified lone taxicab.
- with nigh powered limousine
steadily gaining ON ii. \ black Van
dyked man III the limousine began TO
toss something out of the window as
he passed the taxi at breakneck speed
He SMILED as ne heard n loud report
like the explosion of Il revolver. then
another He knocked on the drivers
window. and as the car came TO IA
stop he looked behind The taxi tad
drawn mp He hastily replaced under
the seat the hamper in which be had
broken 10 bits ali its porcelain aud
glassware A tall. gaunt girl distinct
~ Il maid. was ont. impatiently survey
Ing the tiat tires of the taxi. when the
limousine its bright dome light sud
denly flashing up. backed alongside.
The black vandyked man stepped
down.
perhaps | can offer your passengers
the use of my machine" ne suggested
That relieved Young woman opened
the door of the taxi and poked her
head inside.
There amt anything else We can do
Miss JUNE. she whispered.
II suppose not, came sweet voice
from the taxi. and the face of beau
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CHAPTER u.

y lust where one turns from the
Concourse into the narrow lane
OF the fnterminabIe Mott street
W construction work the Moore
Limousine overlook Honoria Blye's cleo
tric. Mrs Blye let Ned alight. She
drove home Her husband had long
since preceded her From a secret
drawer OF his desk he took some pa
pers and stuffed them in his pocket;
then he called the abnormally ugly
BIye maid TO help him with a trunk
They were in the ball with the lug
gage when Honoria iet herself In She
seized the situation at a glance and
withnnt word laid hold of the Trunk
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-07

Florida vegetable growers waste
hundreds of dollars every season by
not putting up their own canned
goods. 1t is a disgrace to some COM
munities to see the hills of old tin
cans piled up as eyesores. Why are
growers so foolish? Too many do not
seem to realize that they are losing
money, unless they see some one run
ming off with it. Such men are not
taking proper care of their families
Their wives and daughters are the
ones that will do the canning, if papa
will get the machine 1t is very en-
couraging to note the advances made
by the different localities that have
boys or girls canning clubs.-F Flor
ida Growers News.
Several such. localities in Marion
county, but there can't be too many.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-07

Why do not some of the half dozen
papers in Florida who are so fright
fully afraid of the destruction of the
freedom of the press, have some
thing to say about the Scallen bill,
pending before Congress.-Miami
Herald.
The Star isn't one of the half dozen
referred to; nevertheless, it would
like to see the Herald analyze the
said bill in its usual comprehensive
but concise style.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-07
ROONEY REELECTED

At the meeting of the board of gov
errors of the Marion County Board of
Trade Tuesday night, Mr.. ]. D. Room
ey was elected secretary for another
year. The longer the board keeps
Rooney the more valuable he becomes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-04-07

The removal of the unsightly cleo
trio light poles from around the court
house square certainly meets with
the approval of every citizen with
any of the aesthetic in his soul. They
were an unsightly blotch on the
otherwise beautiful scenery and effect
about the square.-Gainesville Sun.
A good example, which Ocala will
follow as soon as able.
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cRoToN
) . = = . . o . > > - . .

Rev. Nelson filled his regular ap-
pointment here Sunday afternoon.
Roy Beggs and Hal VAIN attende
the show in Keokuk Friday.
Little Jimmie Batten who has been
sick the past week. is improving.
Mrs. Perry McFherson was shop
ping In Pennington Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray House and daugh.
ter Alberta OF Pittsburg, Kansas ar.
rived Saturday to visit their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ Grant of Croton
and Mr.. and Mrs. James House OF
Athens.
Maurice and Coast Springer, OF
near Belfast visited relatives here
Sunday.
Vesta Batten who has been visiting
her brother Collier. in Quincy, the
past month, returned home Saturday.
Mira. Eliza Watts and Mrs. Shaw
who have been attending camp meet
ing at Montrose the past week, re-
turned home Monday.
Quite number from here attended
the chautauqua at Pennington Sun
day.
Mr. Riley expected to start thresh-
ing Tuesday II the weather permits.
Mr.. Reed is very sick
Mrs. Ray Beggs and Mrs. Belegain
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Mt Pleasant to look after his prop
ertv at salem and visit his son frea
and family.
Mrs. Elmer Cook and child a..
home from Bonaparte where they ,rs
/ tied the formers parents Mr. ana N'''
William Stevens. s.or
Mrs. w. E. Simkin returned rum
Mt. Pleasant Thursday after visible
her mother Mrs. Lewis. and attenaiHs
chautauQua. "a.
After years sojourn at AFvaaa,
wyoming. Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. inefi,
we're welcomed home Thursday -.
Miss Cora Kelly has gone to Yise
relatives at Danville and at Moiin0'
III. .,,os
George wilmeth was at Des Mois aso
last week. attending grand ioue'
knights OF Pythias. ~.
; Mrs. Marion Parker returned 70 -
tumwa Thursday. ,,r.
Miss Maude CollaG came from bua,
, lington and spent last week Win iio''3
folks. ort.
Miss Lucy Parkins of Bentonsp0'"
has been visiting relatives mere : !.
Miss Anna Francv of CHICAGO
guest Of her aunt Miss Eliza ffan' q.
Miss Clara Cooper returned "
,, Louis Saturday. ,,d
Old Settlers reunion VIII &c
at Salem, August %. ,,ss
Miss Mildred Foreman uepa 1I.,
Monday evening to visit al the 10
veg Slack fcme at Belle Pane
v ..k40ead The cate City want coiu1-
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SALEM.
,~~>>eN>>>>AN>e 9

The funeral Of Mrs. Anna Jane Har-
mison was held from the NJ. E. church
at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Ser
vices were conducted by Mrs. Bessie
F, Collins OF the Friends church, as
sisted by Rev. E. 8. Helmer. The de-
ceased is survived by seven daughters
and one SON: Mrs Ola Trueblood,
Mrs. Mae Stringer, Mrs. Florence Nc
DowelI. Mrs. Bell Brown, Clifford Har-
nison. The daughters were the pail
bearers. She was laid to rest in the
East cemetery.
The last quarterly conference Of the
rear was held AZ The NJ. e. church at
1890 O'Clock Saturday morning Dis
trfct Superintendent Tenant was
present
The funeral OF Ell Hockett who
passed away at his home north OF
town, was held from the Friends
church at 2 o'clock Saturday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Swartz have
returned to Burlington, following a
visit with the latter's sister Mrs.
Jerome Eighme, and family,
Thursday James Taylor came from
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therefore almost . complete, as well
as well balanced ration: and. since
the soldiers chocolate IS now made
with a correct amount of protein In
corporated In Il. this ration represents
an IDEAL food In condensed form. A
man can live for long period and
keep In perfect health, and subsfsting
on this. emergency chocolate" alone.
MoreoYer he can carry several days
supnSx3in his pockets. Tea, coffee and
ctocoidee were all introduced at about
the same time and there has been
much speculation as to why chocolate
Is the least popular, although the most
worthy of these three substances. The
fact is that tea and coffee contains
the stronger stimulant. Strong stimu-
!ants always make rapid Roadway In
civilized countries. All three should
be regarded as drugs. Good and use
full drugs, but drugs. OF the three.
chocolate is the most valuable. Tea
ana coffee 10 thos.s who do not use
them habituaily are valuable as vital
in times of need.
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WHERE WE ARE LACKING.

State Game Warden c. E. Einshaw
liz out in statement that ought to
set some OF our heads of institutions
to thinking. He says that he had to
send to Illinois for fish c,iltnrist and
to Missouri for a successful game
breeder. Evidently, here is something
that has not received the necessary
attention at the hands OF the colleges,
saws the Burlington Hawk-Eye. It is
reported from Kansas that the s.2.e
agricultural college has been and
still is doing grand work, teaching
the farmers FISH culture. They are
advised as to the construction Of
ponds. the best kinds Of fish to be
grown in ponds and the best manner
Of managing the ponds and caring
for the fish Thousands OF Kansas
farmers are now growing fish, just as
they grew hogs and poultry in former
days, and no doubt, the fish pond be-
comes new source of income. WHAT
can be done in Kansas. surely can be
done in Iowa. by and by. perhaps. the
/ farmers will be starting artificial
ponds on the same ground where ma
ture had provided ponds and lakes,
which were drained to make way for
( corn aelds
I The game warden makes another
statement, that ought TO interest the
folks at Ames and Iowa City And
that is that the native game biTd1
cannot be induced to stay in Iowa
because of the changed conditions
/ They demand the soil as II. was before
It was cultivated and do not thrive
on cultivated ground. Mr.. HiDshav
states that this is q problem, that is
occupying hunters and bird lovers in
other states, and that to the present
no solution has been found The
native birds are in many respects pre-
ferable to imported birds. and there
is large sum. perhaps more thar
100000 available to bring back the
quail and the prairie chicken. snipe
and wood cock and other native birds
; if feasible plan can be found. Per
/. haps there is difficulty that can no
be overcome, and yet IT seems that 1
; would be worth the study and exten
: sive experiments, to be conducted b,
. competent people. IT the problem car
, be solved and II the native bird
could be induced to remain in low;
, and did become plentiful, that woul,
be worth Inah hundreds OF thousand
lof dollars to the Hawkeye state. Per
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LONGEST TROLLEY RIDE.
Come on, let's take q trolley ride"

Where TO-
ooh, let's go to Chicago
The two men boarded trolley car
at Little Falls, New York, and made
the entire trip to Chicago by trolley.
And, were they SO minded, they could
have gone on to Sheboygan, Wiscon-
sin. to May City, Michigan, to Louis
vile Kentucky. and almost to ST.
Louis
With only a. couple OF breaks IN
New York state. it is entirely pos
sfb1e for one TO travel all the way
from New York city to point near
St Louis by trolley car. The fares
will cost about $40 and the hotel
bills enroute will be about s12 extra
The trip viii require about four days
and it is needless to say that the
route is through the most picturesque
scenery in eastern America. From
New York city the trolley lines ex-
tend up the Hudson valley TO Albany
and thence up the Mohawk valley
via Schenectady ana Amsterdam
Nearly all the important cities are
connected by trolley lines after leay-
ing Syracuse.
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August II. 1915
Keokuk, Iowa ...-.-
FRIENDS WITH LIFE

FRIENDS WITH LIFE
Give me green rafters and the quiet
hills.
where peace will mix phiiter for
my Ills
Rafters OF cedar and of sycamore,
Where / can stretch out on the fras-
rant floor,
And see them peer-the softly STEP
ping shapes
By the stiII pool where hang the tart
wild grapes
There in the hills Of summer let me
lie
On the cool grass in friendship with
the sky,
Let me lie there in love with earth
and sun.
And wonder up at the lightfoot
winds that run,
Stirring the delicate edges Of the
trees
And shaking down the music of the
seas
Bring some old book-The Roumaunt
of the Rose.
A song through which the vine OF
morning blows
Let me stretch out at friends WITH
life at last,
Forgetting all the clamors of the
past
The broken dream, the flying word
unjust,
The failure, and the friendship gone
to dust.
Edwin H. Markham.
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The president has asked for de-
tailed programme for the strengthen
ing Of our national defenses. It Is
going TO be easier for the secretary
of the navy and the secretary Of war
to tell the president what we haven't
got than to indicate exactly what We
ought to have.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11

a Brooklynite has invented and
patented life-saying device which.
he says, would have prevented the
great loss of life among Titanic and
LusitaDfa passengers, had those yes
sells teen equipped with It. The IL
vento- is Thomas Matthews OF Isl
Dwight street: his device is water
proof suit, provided with a cork belt.
which. at the same time il keeps one
aHoat, confines the heat Of the body.
preventing the fatal chill which
caused TIE death Of SO many OF the
Titanic's passengers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11

John a. Snyder, a Harrisburg CPaD
letter carrier, who IS 60 years Of age,
has left for Los Angeles, where he
will Mary Mary c. StemIer. The pair
were engaged when he was IS. The
bride-to-be is now Sc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11

At the close of business Saturday.
July 81, the net balance in the gem
eral fund of the United States treas
ury was ScS,173,462 as compared with
a balance of 1892. 623,619 two years
ago under republican laws and aD-
preparations. At the end of the first
month of the new fiscal year, the
disbursements had exceeded the re-
CENTS by G1G,171,757, which is the
a7rount of deficit accumulated durins
July.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11

The Greeks were fifteen years in
preparing their attack on Troy TO re-
venge Menelaus on Paris because OF
the tickle Helen and they built 1900
ships for the enterprise Maybe the
niles would make more progress in
the Dardanelles If they accepted It
more as a Trojan undertaking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11

The Trans-Siberian railway IS pre-
pairing for the additional traffic that
will result from the establishment Of
"a line Of steamers between Vancouver
land VIadivostock Sixty thousand tons
sof rails have been ordered from the
] ackawanna Steel company, to be de-
livered in September.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11

Alfred Hertz, who left the Metro
politan Opera company In New York
last season, has Just been engaged 70
head the San Francisco symphony
orchestra for the coming season
Much is expected by the San Fran
cisco folks. who promise to give Dr.
rector Hertz ample support.
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visited Thursday with Mrs. Elsie

visited Thursday with Mrs. Elsie
Camp.
The Wainwright family Of Chicago
who have been visiting friends here
the past week. returned home Tues
day.
Mrs. Arthur Horsey and Mrs.
Francis RAines called on Mrs. Matte
Sherrick Tuesday. She has been sick,
but is some better.
Mr.. Pollard is carrying the mail
this week Is Thomas Nelson, our
mail man. II attending the chautau-
qua.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11

The Mexican bandit chiefs are now
being told by cur government that
they must keep the railroad open be-
tween Vera Cruz and Mexico City. a
natural query is: Why didn't our
government open It and keep it
open when they had the chance, more
than a year ago?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11

The pushcart market is one OF the
great institutions OF New York's east
eide. It serves real need for the
poor and fs to be given permanent
quarters under the new Manhattan
bridge
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-11

The Providence Journal calls atten-
ton TO the fact that a man In Bing-
flsmton, Conn, has made twenty quilts
thus far in the year, and yet some
people talk about women invading the
sphere Of men,
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Because OF present rates OF foreign
exchange a dollar in American gold
Is worth about 101-5 cents in England,
113 cents in Germany and 1923 cents
In France.