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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28

ing territory have recently voted in favor
of the creation of a special road and
bridge district and the issuance of $780,
10000 of bonds for the construction and
improvement of highways The town
has voted $6O,OO0.O0 in bonds for sewer
age and water works.
The location is one Of the healthiest
to be found anywhere, as is shown by
vital statistics kept by the local health
officer.
man can work out OF doors here any
and every day in the year. Prostrations
from heat never occur The climate here
~ ideal the year round.
Flowing artesian wells may be obtained
here at varying depths, and a number of
them are now in use in and about town,
some for irrigation and others for supply
ing drinking water, etc. The water from
these artesan wells contains mineral
properties and is said to possess medic
cinal value, some citizens claiming to
have been cured of various ailments by
drinking it freely. The town owns two
Of these wells, small one which supplies
a public drinking fountain and a large
ONE that supplies fire protection through
8 main laid for the purpose.
Our people are from various states and
countries and are very liberal and toler-
ant in their views and opinions. They
are hospitable to respectable strangers,
generous to their neighbors. to the poor
and needy, progressive and enterprising
to the extent of their means. law abiding
and united for the common welfare of
their community. No kinder, better peo-
pie are to be found anywhere.
There are but few dwellings or cottag=
ss for rent. but those that are renting
bring from $1,000 up per month.
Opportunities for amusement and rec
reation are varied and abundant. the
finest fishing in the world Is offereu,
there's boating, bathing and other out
door sports that may be had.
In conclusion, whatever your object
may be, whether business or pleasure.
investment or recreation, health or hap
piness of any kind. 1t will be to your in
terest to visit Punta Gorda, where a
cordial welcome awaits all good people
regardless Of whence they come or what
may be their politice or religion.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28
OUR LIMITED SENSES.
They Fail to Make Us Cosnizant Of
Many Things About Us.

If man were endowed with 200
senses, each as different from the
other and as full of perceptive pow
er as the eyes and ears, the human
race might the better be justified
for its egotism. The Scientific as
well as religious opinion that man
kind ''knows a thing or two" and
is '1ord of the beasts of the field,
the birds in the air" and over all
inanin tie nature might then be at
least more justifable than with his
present endowment of mere "hand-
fur' of sense organs.
Besides microscopic living
beings, some beneficial, some friend
ly and some inimical--witness the
virus of rabies, of cancer, of in
fantile paralysis-there are millions
and millions of real things in the
physical world beyond the reach of
our senses. Just as you feel heat.
see light, hear winds, taste nectar
and smell ozone, SO if you were
properly endowed with the extra,
necessary hundreds of different Or
gans you could sense:
Nrst.-The x rays.
Second.-The ultra violet rays.
Characterization.
Fourth.-Gamma rays.
Fifth.-Electricity.
Sixth.-Magnetism.
Standardization wireless wave
rays.
Eighth.-Beta rays of radium.
thorium, uranium.
Ninth.-Fast cathode rays from
vacuum bulbs.
Tenth.-Canal rays, electrical in
vacuum bulbs.
Eleventh. - Slow cathode rays
from incandescent bodies and chem
ical reactions.
Twelfth. - Infra-red rays that
are not felt as heat.
These and many elements, such
as oxygen. hydrogen, helium--the
alpha rays of radium-and argon,
can only be sensed by the round
about and circuitously indirect
methods.
The battle of the human race
against ito mysterious environment
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28

is an unequal one. If the victory
is always to the stronger, man has
little chance in this unfair contest.
Happily, the experimental labora-
tory. as we'll as the "catch-as-catch-
can" method of the ''try and try
again" inventor, lends gargantuan
countenance to human pounding
upon the doors of our shut-in en-
vironment. Inventors and labora-
tory workers are the Argus eyed
myriads of extra senses, which give
hope and promise to the weak NOR
tai in his exploration of the world
of real but unseen things.-Denver
News.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28
NOTICE OF sHERIFF's SALE
Town of Punta Gorda

Town of Punta Gorda
VS..
NJ G. Goldman
Under and by virtue of an execution is
sued out of and under the seal of the
Circuit Court in and for DeSoto County,
In favor of the plaintiff and against the
defendant herein, have levied upon the
following described property, to-wit:
Lots %, "a, 81 and 80, Block 81; Lots
81 and 90 Block SO; Lot /. Block 40; Lots
rs and 81. Block 40; Lots /. 2. 3, 4 and 5.
Block 8; Lot in Block M. Woods addi-
ton, all situate in the Town of Punta
Gorda.. DeSoto County, Florida, and will
offer the same for sale at public out-cry
at the west court house door, in the town
OF Arcadia, DeSoto County. Florida. on
Monday, the first day of February, A D.
1915, between the legal hours of sale on
said day, to the highest and best bidder
for cash. The same being levied upon, as
the property of the said defendant to sat
isfy said execution and costs.
j. L. DISHONG,
Sheriff, DeSoto County, Florida
Wallace Chadman,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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RATE INCREASE
/. NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFF,
GALS THINK RAILROADS
ARE ENTITLED TO
MORE REVENUE.
Products of Plow and Farmer
Who Lives at Home Should
Be Exempt From In
crease.
BY Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union

The recent action of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission in
granting an increase in freight
rates in the eastern classification
OF territory; the application Of
the roads by state and interstate
commissions for an increase in
rates, and the utterances of Pres
ident Wilson on the subject
bring the farmers of this nation
face to face with the problem of
an increase in freight rates. 1t
is the policy of the Farmers
Union to meet the issues affect
ing the welfare of the farmers
squarely and we will do so IN
this instance.
The transportation facilities Of
the United States are inadequate
to effectively meet the demands
OF commerce and particularly in
the South and West additional
railway mileage is needed to &C
commodate the movement of farm
products. If in the wisdom of
our Railroad Commissions an in
crease in freight rates is neces-
sary to bring about an improve
ment in our transportation SER
vice, and an extension of our
mileage, then an increase should
be granted and the farmer is will
ing to share such proportion of
the increase as justly belongs to
him, but we have some sugges-
tons to make as to the manner in
which this increase shall be lev
led.
Rates Follow Lines of Least Re-
sistance.
The freight rates of the nation
have been built up along lines OF
least resistance. The merchant,
the manufacturer, the miner, the
miller, the lumberman and the
cattleman have had their traffic
bureaus thoroughly organized and
in many instances they have pur-
sued the railroad without mercy
and with the power of organized
tonnage they have hammered the
life out of the rates and with I'M
restrained greed they have eaten
the vitals out of our transporta-
ton system and since we have
had railroad commissions, these
Interests, with skill and cunning,
are represented at every hearing
in which their business is in
VOWED.
The farmer is seldom repre-
scented at rate hearings as his or
CARNATIONS have never had the
finances to employ counsel to de-
velop his side of the case and as
a result, the products of the plow
bear an unequal burden Of the
freight expense.
What is Fair Rate3
We do not know what consti-
tutes a basis for rate making and
have never heard OF anyone who
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28

cRENsHAW SALMON MEAT MELTED
GEM (The Palsade creatlon) This Mel
on has an outward appearance OF an IN
rIpened Rocky Ford Canteloupe when u
is thoroughly ripened. 1t Is slightly lon
ger and a little heavier in weight The
meat is very thick and sometime the SEED
cells becoming very nearly closed II is
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28

the truest muskme.on variety In cante-
ioupe shell. This melon has become very
popular in the last several years, both
with the shipper, grower and consumer.
II Is a dependable. Good marketer, keep
err and shipper.
"rhe Crenshaw Mark" Is a standard
mark. Our seed are the truest to the
! specie, and positive in their production.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned that six months after date l
will present my vouchers to the Honor
able w. d. Bell County Judge, in and for
DeSoto County, Florida, and ask for a
final discharge as administrator of the
estate of George W. Roberts, deceased.
This the 9Th day of August, A. D., 1914.
b. r. COLEMAN,
Administrator.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28
TOWN TAXES DUE

Notice is hereby given that the town
taxes for the year 1914 are now due and
payable Monday, November End, and the
books will close on the first day of May.
All parties who pay their taxes during
the months of November, and December
are allowed a discount of two per cent,
no discount allowed after December 31st.
will be in my Office in city hall daily
8 to IL a. m. to receive payments on taxes.
p. o. GAUTIER. Tax Collector
Nov. 2, 1914.) of Punta Gorda.
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the partner
ship heretofore existing between Mrs
Stella b. McLane and Miss Maude Nor
gan, under the Style Of McLane and Nor
gan, is this day mutually dissolved. The
business will be continued by Mrs. Stella
b. McLane at the same stand as hereto
fore.
This January 20, 1915.
STELLA B. McLANE.
MAUDE MORGAN.
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We do not know what consti-
flutes a basis for rate making and
have never heard OF anyone who
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Serial No. o9359

Department Of the Interior, United States
Land Office at Gainesville, Florida,
January 9, 1915
Notice is hereby given that Sanford d.
Blazer, of Bermont, Florida, who, on Sep
TENDER s, 1911, made homestead entry,
No. 09959, for 81 of NWA of NWA,
east, Tallahassee Meridian has filed notice
of intention to make communion Proof, to
establish claim to the land above des-
crbed, before Clerk of the Circuit Court,
at Arcadia, Florida, on the 4th day of
March, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
G. w. Berry, of Bermont Florida; j. T.
Hereford, of Nocatee. Florida; c. S. Heck
man, of Bermont, Florida, p. Blazer, of
Punta Gorda Florida.
HENRY S. CHUBB, register.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28
A Bad Starr.

Ever try this keep a-smiling prop.
osition?"
Tried 1t once. but with poor sue.
cess Unfortunately started the ex,
pertinent on day that the boss felt
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-01-28
WrestIed For a Throne.

The throne of Japan was once wres-
tied for. In the ninth century two
rival claimants, sons of deceased Mi
kado, instead of waging war against
each other, decided the succession by
a wrestling match.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-22
DESIRE TO be CITIZENS.
Further Steps Taken to Free Large
Number Of Reds.

Number OF Reds.
McIntosh.-Further steps are being
taken by the federal Indian citizenship
committee to make free American citi.
ems Of a large number of young In.
dams who are DESTROYS Of obtaining
this right. During the last two weeks
Major James Mclaughlin, Of Washing
ton. D. c., inspector Of the United
States Indian service; f. A. Thack.
cry. superintendent Of the Indian
agency at Pima, Ariz., and c. G. Govey,
superintendent of the Indian agency
at Fort Yates, N. D., were in this
vicinity looking owe the situation
relative to naming Is more young In
dams for full citizenship during the
course of the mex few weeks. 1t is
the policy Of the government through
the above three members who consti-
tute the citizenship commission, to
make citizens Of Is young Indians on
this reservation each three months.
This policy is proving very popular
with the Indians themselves, and
large numbers of applications are be-
ing received by the commission ev.
cry month. Major Mclaughlin, chair
man of this commission, was former
ly superintendent of the Fort Yates
agency, and is very popular with the
Indians, who know him as their
staunch and loyal friend. He is edi.
tor Of the book, MY Friend. the In
diAn."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-22
RECORD WITHOUT A STAIN
Engineer Has Run Trains for Fifty
Two Years Without an Acct.
dent Of Any Sort.

Fifty-two years as a railroad man
New York Central railroad, without
an accident or a black mark Of any
sort against him, is the proud record
of Dennis John Cassin, who retired
from the service On August Is at the
age OF seventy years.
Cassin, an alert, keen-looking man.
with q gray mustache and gray hair.
does not show his age. Those who
have see him in the cab of the big
locomotive that pulls the Empire State
express from the Harlem yards at AL
bany would take him for a man OF
about fifty, but up at his trim little
house at 597 Walton avenue, The
Bronx, he has documents to prove that
he was born on April IS, 1874. at
Greenwich, now the City of Rensse-
laer. He became just fifty years ago
on August Is a full-fledged engineer.
His first engine was one of the old
woodworking ~"dinkies" that used to
u between Westchester county
points and the old downtown Grand
Central terminal. AS engine building
progressed he got a better type of To-
connective and finally he became the
dean and the most trusted engine
driver on the road. Despite the fact
that he started in when that sort Of
work was in its infancy, he has kept
fully abreast of the times and has
passed all the examinations that up-to-
date methods require Of railroad en-
gineers.
His prOudest possession, outside OF
his family and his record, is a diamond
ring he won some years ago in a popu-
larity contest conducted by a railroad
magazine, when he was voted, by q
big majority, the most popular en-
gineer in the United States.
In addition to the important duty OF
taking the Empire State safely to Al
bany at q mile-e-minute speed, Cassin
turns around in the Albany yards and
brings whirling back to this Fly n
other OF the crack trains Of the road.
the Southwestern limited. Better
than q mile a minute he makes 1T
times with this train.
In his time Cassin has carried mil
lions Of passengers and he can spin
many q yarn about the big men he has
had in the coaches behind him. Cover.
nors OF New York, presidents of the
United States. bankers, merchants.
mayors and famous persons of all sorts
have ridden behind Safe Dennis
Cassin. In addition to being the dean
Of the Central forces, Cassin is one OF
the oldest active railroad engineers in
the world.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-22
For Farm Boys and Birls.

neutrality-suspicious. practical farm
subjects will be offered to farm boys
and girls in the seventh annual ses-
sion Of the state college school Of
agriculture, which begins November !.
Eleven of these courses will be taken
in common by both young lei and
women, while the balance are special
courses in farm science for men, and
home economics for women.
The young men will be given par
ticular training in agronomy, animal
and dairy %husbandry, poultry culture.
concrete construction, farm machinery,
carpentering, blacksmithing, veterin.
airy and horticulture. The young wom-
en will specialize In cooking, dietetics
and serving, invalid cookery, sew
ing. art needlework, millinery, house
hold management, laundering, home
dairying, horticulture, poultry culture,
home nursing, care of children, craft
work and physical training.
The object of the school of agricul-
ture is to offer practical instruction
to those who have completed the
GlSuIu STaU0 Vi lu0 COLHI1OH BCuOOlS
but are unable to take complete high
school and college purse 1t aims to
prepare the young men and women to
become practical farmers and home
makers. The curse is held during the
five winter months only, giving the
young people seven months of the
year to make practical home use o.
their training. The course continues
thus four years, during which time
the emphasis is placed on the practical
rather than the theoretical. Due at.
etntion also is given to such cultural
subjects as English, mathematics, civ.
les, history, penmanship, spelling. etc.
More than 100 young men and won.
en- have been graduated from the
school of agriculture during the last
five years. The attendance last year
was 266. President Perisho states his
belief that the enrolment this year
will be 800 or more. This will push
the total attendance for the institu.
ton close to 1900 students for the
year 1856.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-22
~Life.saxina Devices.

Two patents, Nos. 1147464 and 1.
147465, have been issued to William
A. Utz of Fort Worth. Tex, for de-
vices for saving the occupants Of loco
motive cabs In q Of accidenA In
one patent there Is q cushioned and
asbestos-lined carrier into which .
seat may descend and the lid Of the
carrier IL connected to the seat in
such manner that as the seat descends
the lid will be automatically closed.
In the other patent the body OF the
carrier 10 composed Of . series Of steel
rings telescopically engaging each 9TH
er and folding against . stationary
top. means being provided for holding
the collapsed rings against the top
and for releasing them % they may
descend TO inclose the one TO b pro-
tected.-ecientinc American.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-22

William J.. Bryan at Atlanta, Ca.
announced that he intends to partici-
pate In politics actively during the
rest Of his life, but will not hold office.
Daniel M. Houser. president OF the
Globe Publishing Co., and publisher
OF the st. Louis Globe Democrat. died
at his home in St. Louis.
Church Howe, forty years . prom
inent republican politician Of Nebras-
ka. died at his home in Auburn, Neb.
He had served as American consul to
Sheffield and Liverpool, England.
Leo Perrin, former paying teller OF
the Cedar Rapids. Ia, National bank,
was sentenced in federal court at Ce-
dar Rapids to serve five years in the
penitentiary at Leavenworth. Perrin
robbed the bank of approximately
$40, 900 on August 4 last.
Probably the youngest ordained
minister on record Is Rev. Henry s.
Atwood, son of Rev. C. c. Atwood.
who is conducting a revival in Far
raEut, la. He Is but 16 years OF age,
and is said to have been engaged in
ministerial work for the last two
years.
1.-The Wholesale Liquor Dealers as
sociation appropriated $~50.0oO.ooo for
the campaign against the national
prohibition amendment" declared
Mrs. Frances p. Parks, correspond
ing secretary Of the National Wo-
mans Christian Temperance union at
Seattle, Wash.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-22

Az the result of injuries received
the Yale-Lehigh football game, four
Yale players will be unable to play
for several weeks.
The Chicago American league base
ball team won the championship of
Chicago from the National league.
The Americans won four games and
the Nationals one.
Yale and Lehigh played a scrappy
game Of football at New Haven,
Conn.,, sending several Yale players
OF the field before Yale came from
behind and won, Z to s.
One of the worst defeats they have
suffered In years wal administered to
the Navy football team at Annapolis,
Md, by the Pittsburg university. The
was Pittsburg At, Navy IL.
In q rather tame twelve-round bout
In Akron, Ohio, Johnny Kilbane, feac
~therweight champion, o%utpointed c.
Delaney, another Cleveland boxer.
Kilbane o~utclassed Delaney In every
round.
Sergeant J. e. Jackson, First regi.
ment, National guard Of Iowa, won
the Wimbledon cup and the title Of
champion long range rifle shot at
Jacksonville, Fla, In the matches OF
the National Rifle association.
A new worlds record in automobile
speeding was made in New York
when GIL Anderson at the new speed
way, driving at the average rate OF
1925 miles an hour, won the 350-mile
automobile race for the Astor cup and
$4,000 In prizes.
Spurred on by the terrific uproar Of
more than $500 Cleveland baseball
fans. the greatest multitude that ever
assembled to witness an amateur
game, the White Autos Of Cleveland
beat the Luxus, champions of Omaha
and the conquerors Of all teams they
had met in the west, by the score OF
II to 6.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-22
AS THE WORLD MOVES
ADVANCE OF RAIIROADING IN
ONE CENTURY.
Something Very Close to Perfection
Has Been Reached in the compar.
atively Short Time Of a Hun
bred Years.

One hundred years ago the first To-
cOmotive in the world to successfully
1aul a load of freight upon rails made
its maiden trip. Invented by George
the father OF locomo-
it made it's first run at Killing
worth colliery in England. 1t had SO
many rods strapped to its boiler that
1t had the appearance of a huge grass
hopper. 1t weighed about six tons. A
pair OF "walking-beams," resembling
those OF a modern side-wheel steamer,
turned the four wheels. There being
no cab. the engineer had to stand
while the engine was in operation. 1t
pulled eight loaded cars. which aggre-
gated a weight Of 80 tons, up a track
that had a grade of one foot in an
eighth of a mile. The test was a
grand success, the engine running
about six miles an hour. The first To-
connective to draw a train of cars in the
United States made its experimental
trip in the Lackawanna coal district
fifteen years later. This locomotive
also was the product of Stephenson. 1t
val called the Stourbridge Lion, after
the place Of its manufacture in Eng
land. It's American engineer. Horatio
Allen, ran the engine over a track Of
hemlock rails for a preliminary test.
Then he invited any gentleman in the
gathering of spectators to accompany
him. His invitation was not only re-
fused, but he was urged to give up his
foolharuy ambition. Laughing at his
advisers, he pulled the throttle wide
and dashed" away at ten miles an
hour.
Today more than s $1,000 locomotives
are in motion over the $50, 900 miles of
trackage in the United States. They
consume about $50. 900, 900 tons of coal,
and carry more than 1000, 900, 900 pas
sengers and 1900, DOC, 900 tons Of
freight annually. After adopting the
English-born child of civilization, the
United States took the lead in its de-
velopment and application, until today
It stands as the worlds greatest manu-
facturer of locomotives. Besides max
ing enough to meet the domestic de-
mand, the American manufacturers
are shipping locomotives abroad at the
rate of a dozen q week to South Amer
lea and Africa; they are disturbing the
calm of the Orient, and ri dashing
from one end of Europe to the other,
and have invaded the land Of the loco
motives birth, England. Like the
steamship, the locomotive is growing
larger and nor powerful every year.
The largest reported to be in use to-
day is a huge compound engine. which
asu 100 feet over all, and weighs
$4,000 pounds. 1t Is an oil-burner and
carries 1000 gallons of oil and 10000
gallons Of water. It cost $43,83O to
build. These giants have reached q
point where one locomotive is so long
that 1t Is hinged in the middle with q
flexible joint so that It can turn q
curve without upsetting. Thus the To-
connective has become the modern At
las that carries the burden Of the
worlds trade and population across
the continents.