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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

Ave years, and furthermore the soil Of Galicia
will show through It's grain fields the scars Of the
war trenches for fifty years"
The eastern battle line is 500 miles, the western
800 miles, 900 miles together, but both hostile
forces have their own lines, which thus total
mileage of 800 Allowing for gaps, but adding
parallel secondary lines and cross trenches the
European soil Is gashed with than 5000
miles of deep and wide bitches. The soil is dis
turbed for at least twice their width. The bitches
will have to be filed II only TO eliminate OBJ
stace to agriculture. small fraction Of the
trenches may be allowed to remain and serve
useful purpose in drainage.
This estimate does not include the extensive
trenching outside the theatre of war in prepare
ton for eventuaities.
The soil is gashed with trenches and it is also
gouged out with mines, bombs and shells. mine
that blows up half regiment devastates half an
acre of ground, which would produce enough food
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

injured by war TO the extent Of several hundred
dollars, besides the loss in non-production
THE damage in the lowland countries, where
the soil is light and sandy" said Professor Nor
gan, will not be great or lasting as the In
jury In other parts Of Europe where the soil Is
heavy !. light soil responds quickly to any
treatment good bad, so II the war should end
this fall the earth in the northerly zone of fight
ing would be restored to its former state in about
two years It is far different IN the area of
heavy loan or clay, where a little neglect or i'll
treatment has most injurious results. Here the
structure is important and there Is a fine balance
Of the forces within the 'boden' You can make
a piece Of clay ground worthless for one season
simply by ploughing 1t when 1t is wet and letting
the Jumps of clay bake hard in the sun. 1t will
take four FIVE years under careful culture for
the heavy soil to recover"
The people Of Europe on short rations and
so is the soil. 1t is being starved especially OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

a NY Of the newspaper in Washington
u will tell you that if President Wilson
u could get out Of the necessity OF talking
for publication he would enjoy his job twice as
much He has himself told US how much he
misses the ability to about among the
museums and statues Of the city unattended.
1t is penalty of greatness. Willard could
scarcely expect TO call gallery in this city
without being himself the chief attraction within
its walls
And so, in this respect these two men undoubt
eddy envy the secusion so successfully engi-
neered by Francis B. Sayre, the Presidents son-in
law, since he was made assistant to President
Garfield of Williams College.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

soon become of the most valuable and re-
nowned communities in New Jersey.
This inducement proving insufficient, the man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02

offered to lay out domain in the middle of his
property which he would call Sunday Park He
proceeding to expatate upon the benefits Of
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05

of those that may accidentally
have entered.
1t is conceded that it is more
difficult to regulate these breed
ing places outside of incorporated
cities and towns, because the vol
untary efforts of individuals are
not to be depended upon, even to
protect human life and health.
The force of law is necessary. But
in cities, where population is more
congested, the problem is more Sc
rious.
Experience has shown that leg
islation, which can be enforced a
long these lines and to accomplish
these results, is difficult because
of the opposition from livery stab
lie owners, who prefer to risk the
lives of themselves and their
neighbors rather than spend the
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05

for properly, the evil wonld be
greatly diminished. The livery
stable should be foored with con-
crete and the droppings from anl-
mails should be, as soon as possible,
placed in a screened bin and the
contents, before removal, should
be saturated with kerosene or bor-
ak solution, to kill the larvae and
TO prevent the escape OF flies al
ready Matched, and the manure
should be removed in similarly
screened receptacles.
The ordinary water closet, al
ways flushed after use, is PROOF
against fly propagation, and the
earth closet, where the other is
not possible, should be screened
as carefully as the pantry, to pre-
vent the fly from reaching the de-
posits, and to prevent the escape
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05

The Starke Telegraph, com
menting upon The Herald's init
nation that the lawyers are
largely responsible for the many
miscarriages of justice IN this
state, says that, instead of blam-
ing the lawyers, we should ''rath-
er blame the jury system which
allows men who have not the sense
to get out of a shower of rain, and
whose minds are continually sway
ed from one side to the other, in
spite of the evidence, to sit as
judges. 1t is the benighted juror
who fosters the growth of the un-
scrupulous lawyer. "
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05

needed dollars for construction
and maintenance of proper equip
'ment.
The problem is not a difficult
one, because we know its elements
and the effective remedy. Yet it
is difficult of execution because of
the greed and selfshness of those
who might provide the solution.
Municipal ordinances requiring
the screening of earth closets have
been made decidedly effective, re-
ducing the typhoid rate by one
half or more. When the proper
public sentiment can be aroused
in Florida cities, the livery stables
will be made subject to similar
effective regulation. State Board
of Health Bulletin.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05
FLORIDA FARMERS
ARE ADVISED TO
GROW MORE HAY
Prices Now Beyond Reach of Av-
erage Consumer
SHOULD INCREASE ACREAGE
Much of Home Grown Hay Not
Properly Cured - Best to Use
When Cheap and Well Cured
Says Professor Spencer

Although the acreage planted
to hays has increased within re-
cent years, the demand has far eX-
ceeded the supply in the South, as
result hay is selling around $50
a ton. Very few farmers or dairy
men can afford to pay such prices
for hay. Fortunately there is no
need of it for those who are living
on farms or who control farms.
Crabgrass, beggarweed, cow
| peas and soybeans make good hay
but not enough of them are grown.
Consequently the South is inn
porting expensive hay from the
North. Furthermore sorghum,
Kaffir corn and corn can be used
for fodder as a substitute for hay
| if care is exercised in curing and
storing them.
According to A. p. Spencer,
district agent for Central and
South Florida, much of the hay
that is raised in Florida is not
cured properly. Mr.. Spencer says
that good crabgrass hay is better
than timothy and more palatable
if it is cured in the right way and
not allowed to burn or rot in the
field. Some dairymen are feeding
timothy hay to cows at $34 ton.
At that rate cowpea hay is worth
about $50 a ton, and it is extreme
ly better for the cows. Timothy
is good for working animals but
it is not suitable or profitable feed
for dairy COWS or fattening ami
mails.
Dried beet pulp is selling a.
round $37 a ton. Beggarweed
hay in comparison with the feed
ing value of the pulp is worth at
least $65 a ton and corn fodder "a
bout $40. If the farmer can pay
$35 ton for bran he could afford
to pay $65 ton for cottonseed
meal for the same amount of food.
1t is best to use home grown
products, especially when they
are cheaper and better suited to
the needs. The summer feeding
can be done largely from soiling
crops such as sorghum, corn, the
grasses and legumes.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05

Bronson TimeS-De me ocrat:-
Brother Jordan, of the Punta
Gorda Herald, is still spreading
his whisker propaganda. He not
only advocates whiskerS for men,
but he favors the breeding of
whiskers-bearing animals and says
that we should plant more goats
instead of hens.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05
MOVEMENT FOR
DIVERSIFICATION
OF CROPS IN SOUTH
Florida Farmers Experimenting
in Same
WILL BENEFIT THE STATE
An Awakening to the Possibility
of All the Year Round Indus
try-It is the Big Aim of the
Great Southland

The movement for greater di-
iversification of Ups in the South
is not only meeting results in the
chief cotton growing States, but
Florida farmers who experiment.
ed along these lines this summer
have found their experiments
quite profitable and it is to be ex-
pected that the future will see
growers of this State benefting
by the experience of pioneers in
diversification.
Reports from the Manatee Riv-
er region are that gratifying re-
suits are being attained in the
growth of sweet potatoes, rice,
corn, sugar cane and COW peas.
Growers in this section are real
izing that it is not always the high
priced crops that net them the
greatest money. They do not al
ways bring the high prices expect
ed, and experience is proving that
diversified summer crops are the
safest. Summer crops are said to
be in excellent condition and the
promise is that the producers will
reap handsomely this summer in
comparison with their profits in
preceding years.
Florida farmers, as shown by
the example of those of the Man
atee region, are awakening to the
possibilities for all the year round
industry. There is no excuse for
the ground being idle at any time
in the year Certain crops will
be found profitable in each season
of the year. Making the soil work
every day in the year will not do
the harm that comes from summer
idleness, when the fields are al
lowed to overrun with grass and
weeds. Planting such crops as
mentioned above will put real
money in the jeans of farmers Of
the State during the summer
months.
1t is argued in that section Of
the State that the farmer can do
much better than by devoting
great acreages to corn or by spec
ializing in almost any other pro-
duct. Potatoes, tomatoes and eel
cry in smaller areas together with
a good measure of corn, is a crop
found to yield handsomely. Flori-
da growers who have taken up di-
justification this summer are do
ing well. They are showing others
what can and what should be
done. Diversifcation of farm pro-
ducts is the big aim of the South
land now, and it appears that
Florida will be found doing her
share. Let's hope so.-Jackson-
vile Metropolis.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05
"A MOST SERIOUS
CONDITION THAT
AFFECTS FLORIDA
A Menace to Fruit and Vegetable
Industries
THAT rs ALLOWED TO EXIST
Transportation Rates Favor For
eign Products and Place Them
in Unfair Competition With the
Products of this State

/
Editor Punta Gorda Herald -
1t is a well known fact that,
within the last year or two, some
thing has stimulated the planting
and cultivation and importation
into the United States from Cuba
and others of the West Indian Is
lands, all the varieties of citrus
fruits and winter and early spring
vegetables which are now being
and have heretofore been produc-
ed so extensively and protitably
by Florida for the Northern and
Western markets of our country.
This is not being done to any cx-
tent in Mexico for the nonce, she
is otherwise engaged, but when
her home troubles will have ceas-
eG, there is no reason why these
industries should not be carried
on there even more profitably 3ban
in Cuba.
No later than last winter, those
of us who were so fortunate as to
have saved our beans from tho
frost which wiped out every thing
north of us, were disappointed by
not getting the fancy prices re-
sulting from these conditions, be-
cause the markets were supplied
with beans raised in Cuba, we
were told.
On account of the exterme fer
tility of the soil in Cuba, they re-
quire very little or no fertilizers.
Labor is very much cheaper there
than here. There they have no
frost at all, and / have been relia-
bly, informed that transportation
to New York from any place in
Cuba, which is reached by rail
road, is cheaper than from Florida
points of like kind.
If these are not facts, the people
should know it; but if these facts
exist, we should seek relief.
Shall we sit and wait, supinely
hugging the delusive phantom of
hope and faith until these foreign
countries shall have taken from
us our home markets? patrick
Henry, partly.)
Or, whether 'tis nobler in the
mind to suffer the sings and ar
rows of outrageous fortune, or to
take arms against sea of troub-
les, and, by opposing, end them2
shakespeare, wholly.)
This, in my mind, is solely a
business proposition, and | think
every Floridian, especially those
of us who are engaged in, or ex-
pect to become engaged in the
growing of citrus fruits or sugar
cane or early vegetables, should
appeal to the United States Con-
gress by petition and through
their Representatives ask for this
relief by placing higher protec-
tive tariff on these products,
Let us take this question out Of
politics, as the financial question
has been done, as is generally
claimed; but if they will not, then,
for one, / say, to Hades with poll
tics, for charity begins at home.
(Who said thisQ)
Yours truly,
f. M. COOPER.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05
A RENEWAL OF
WARFARE ON THE
HOUSEFLY URGED
By the State Board of Health
of Florida
LIKE AN EGYPTIAN CURSE
Should be Attacked in His Breed
ing Places-It Should be Pos
sible to Accomplish Some Sub
stantial Results

The common house fly is one of
Ihumanity's worst enemies. His
victims outnumber those Of war
and his attacks on mankind are
concluded by no treaties or sur
surrender.
He is the embodiment of filth.
He is born in filth, he spends his
destructive life in filth and he
wouldn't be living up to his in
stincts if he couldn't carry it
with him wherever he goes. Com
pared with him the buzzard is a
model of purity.
Fortunately intelligent men and
women realize that he has risen
from his former rank as mere
nuisance to that of a menace, and
they are making more or less
strenuous efforts to avoid him.
The screen in windows and doors
of our homes has become a neces-
sity instead of luxury, and we
have learned-some of us-to
keep him from our food and our
persons. With our microscopes
we have examined the loads of
filth infected with disease germs
that he carries about on his feet
and deposits wherever he lights.
But while we-some of us-have
learned to avoid him, to make eff
forts to Danish him from our liy-
ing places, we have made but lit
tie effort to lessen his numbers, to
|attack him in his breeding places.
We have been told that one heal
thy fly in a single season may be-
come the progenitor through sue
cessive generations Of several hum
.dred millions of children and
grandchildren, each as vigorous
and prolific as the old lady her
self, so that the destruction Of one
fly early in the year means the
destruction of countless potential
progeny.
If it were possible to lessen the
breeding of flies, the fight to keep
them from our kitchens and homes
would be aided correspondingly,
and it is possible to accomplish
substantial results.
The fly is not a long-distance
traveller under his own motive
power, and consequently he is
most numerous and most Of a men
ace in the neighborhood of those
places where no restrictions are
put upon his breeding. His choice
of birthplace is in stable manure
heaps where horses are kept, less
in COW stables, and vigorous and
rapid reproduction occurs i'll un-
covered garbage and human ex-
creta.
If these places could be cared
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05
FIGHTING NEAR YPRES
Heavy Cannonading Along the
British Front

Amsterdam, Holland, (via Lon
don)-Heavy fighting is in pro-
jgrsss on the British front near
Ypres. According to kilograms
from Courtrai, Belgium, the boom
of great guns and mine explosions
was audible there for hours and
it was quickly followed by a
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05
INSURANCE TRUST
HELD TO VIOLATE
LAWS OF NATION
Judge Quinton Advises Prosecut-
ion in Courts
AS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Combination Companies of Which
All Use Same Rate-Agents not
Allowed to Make Alterations
Spoke at Miami

The fire insurance trust should
be prosecuted under the federal
ANTITRUST laws as a combination in
the restraint Of trade, in the opin-
ion of Judge Alfred B. Quinton OF
Topeka, Kas., who last night ad-
dressed the North Miami Improve
ment association on the subject of
insurance and means of securing
a reduction in the present exor-
bitant rates. The rates charged
in Florida, he said, are three times
as much as charged in northerp
states.
"The fire insurance trust in this
state is a combination in the re-
straint of trade, there is NJ doubt
about that, and it could and
should be prosecuted under the
federal statute, Judge Quinton
declared. 81 have not the slight
est doubt but that if complaint
was made to the United States
district attorney and the facts
presented, that action would be
taken.
"Take the rate book which ev-
cry agent of every company has,
the same for each agent and each
company,-that is proof conclu-
sive of monopoly, combination.
The rate book itself is a violation
of the federal statute. F"
Florida Most Benighted
Judge Quinton said that the
Florida insurance laws are the
poorest in the country, "you have
practically no laws at all, ;" he
said. Every northern state to his
knowledge has passed strict in
surance laws under which the peo-
pie get fair deal, but in Florida
the laws are of and for the insur-
ance trust which Operates in
Florida on a basis of not how
cheap it will furnish insurance
but instead how much the people
will stand" +"
"The insurance laws of Florida
were evidently drawn by the Off
cials of the insurance companies
themselves" Judge Quinton de-
clared. "The laws themselves
SAVIOR of the inside workings of
these companies and the phrases
in which these laws are couched,
are similar to those formerly in ex-
istence in Texas, and a number of
northern states. "
The judge, who organized what
is today rated as one of the larg-
if not the largest mutual insurance
company in the world, has made
a thorough study of the insurance
laws of this state, and finds that
the main provisions are that the
company must name some person
in the state upon whom papers
Continued on last page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05

Sir Edwin Lambright of the
Tampa Tribune has refused to go
to congress from the First dis
trict. The First district s loss is
the Tribune's gain. - Daytona
Halifax journal.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05

That the American dollar has
enhanced in value is due to the
good sense and the respectable
morals behind the dollar.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05

steady stream of wounded men
from the vicinity of. Hooge. Most
of the casualties were from shrap-
mel wounds.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-05
THE FIGHTING
rs RENEWED ON
WESTERN FRONT
Warsaw Was Still Holding Back
the Teutons
soME TERRIFIC FIGHTING
Russians Keeping the Germans
Between Vistula and Bug-The
Entente Allies Gain Ground on
the Gallipoli Peninsula

London, England.-The Ger
mans have recommended activl-
ties on the western front. There
is heavy fighting in progress on
the British front in the neighbor-
hood of Ypres, where little fight
ing had been had for several
weeks past, according to advices
from Amsterdam, which say the
cannonading is heavy.
Warsaw is still in the hands of
the Russians, with the Germans
having gotten no nearer the city
the past few days. Advices are
to the effect that the civil popula-
tion is withdrawing by the tens Of
thousands, and the Russian army
is removing its stores of supplies
further east. There is hard fight
ing in progress to the south OF
Warsaw, where the Russians are
holding back the efforts of the
Teuton armies to complete an en-
veloping movement which would
threaten the safety of the grand
dukes army still in the Polish
capital. There has been some SAN
culinary fighting between the Wis
tula and the Bug rivers, and ac-
cording to the Russian official
statement issued at Petrograd the
czar's army has at least held its
own.
Allies Gain Ground on Gallipoli
Peninsula
The allies have improved their
position on the Gallipoli peninsula
by taking the crest of the ridge on
that division Of land, giving them
command Of the lower stretches
toward Constantinople. 1t is now
felt that this advantage will be
followed up by an attack en- masse
on the Turkish entertainments.
The ridge was taken after desper-
ate fighting in which the losses
were heavy on both sides, but the
Turks losses were greatest.
The armies of Germany and
Austria a-Hungary are being held
by the Russians to the west of
Warsaw, but they are making
progress elsewhere on the eastern
front, according to official state
ments from Berlin and Vienna,
their most determined attack evi-
IDENTIFY being that directed against
Wyszkow, a town thirty-fve miles
northeast of Warsaw.
Pursuing their policy of cutting
the communications of Grand
Duke Nicholas, heavy German
forces are attacking the railroad
linking the main Warsaw-Petro-
grad line at Ostrolenka.
The latest dispatch direct from
Warsaw coming from a CORES
pondent of the Associated Press
and dated July 81, shows that
conditions are much better than
previously indicated.
In the Vosges mountains Paris
states that the French troops took
several German trenches after in
AictinO heavy losses.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-02
z FOR GERMAN REFUGEES

estly, my English came in handy
after all, )" Then he told of exciting
things he had seen during the bonn
bardment of the German outpost in
the orient, and of hardships suffered .
by those who with him fed the city
and are now on their way back to
the Vaterland.
The other youngsters in the party,
and many Of the oldsters, too, regard
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fair" and they make no apology for
the time they spend assisting mother
nature.
But, more's the pity, beauty costs
the modern woman quite a bit. It's
not a gift that's, to be had for the
asking, though mere money will not
buy it, Habits of right living, habits
of right thinking, eternal vigilance in
warding off such foes as crows feet,
chapped lips-that is the price she
pays for her good looks.
Il have a great many friends, " said
Miss Irene Hough, the most beautiful
telephone girl in America, "but truly
believe that my best friend is my
mirror.
Nature gave me a good complex
ion, and don't intend to lose it if 1
can help it. So each evening con-
suit friend mirror and make close
examination of my face. spy out
any possible black heads that the
CRIME Of the Office are sure to leave
there. l study my lips to see if they
are smooth and of good color. l
watch for crows feet that may come
treking around my eyes, and l look
for any creases under my. chin or
around my throat.
"a business girl applies business
methods to even such affairs as pre-
serving her complexion. When find
there's need of, complexion repairs 1
do just what do when my switch
board is out Of order. l see that the
repairs are made.
81 send the black heads flying with
a good face-steaming; | smooth my
lips out with cold cream, ad | dab
cream on them every night and morn
ROY INTERPRETER F0
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San Francisco, Cal. = or kann
English sprechen; wir nur Deutch."
Thus the $50 German refugees
who recently arrived here from Using
Tau, taken by the japanese, singled
out little 12-year-old Gustav Flieth,
who spoke English as the inter
prefer for the party.
you see,' said little Gustav, mod