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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-27
Adjourned Meeting
Town Council

Town Council met in adjourned
session at seven p. m., May 18th
1915. Members present were
President Trabue, Councilmer
Fries, Chadwick, Silcox and Whit
eaker.
Meeting was called to order and
minutes ofslast meeting were read
and approved.
On motion by Fries, seconded
by Chadwick and carried Clerk
was ordered to draw warrant to
pay the coupons at the Punta
Gorda bank.
On motion by Fries, seconded
by Chadwick and carried that the
city attorney be ordered to draw
up an ordinance prohibiting all
dogs from running at large in the
town of Punta GOrda.
On motion by Chadwick, second
ed by Whiteaker and carried that
the clerk submit the contract to
the Gulf Refining Co.
On motion council adjourned to
meet Tuesday, May 25th 1915
A. M. Hatch, Clerk.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-27
The Man Who Advertises

There are but two classes OF
merchants-those who ADVER.
TlSE, and those who do not. The
man who advertises has the BEST
OF THE DEAL. He keeps HIM
SELF before the public-he keeps
HIS WARES before the public
and he keeps their quality and
price uppermost in the PUBLIC
MIND. People TALK about a
man who advertises, because they
know he has something WORTH
advertising-or he wouldn't ad-
vertise.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-27
THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1915.
Monday Evening-Ciass Play

"Blundering Billy" cast of
characters: Ezra Tuttle, a rich
mine owner-Robert Waltmire.
Billy Butler, always in trouble
Carl Mobley. Lieut.. Griswold,
from PreSidio reservation-Paul
HPyman. Sing Toy, a serv-
Iant-Raymond Reid. Hank Dib-
Bile, an old salt-Ed McCann.
Dorothy Tuttle, Ezra's daughter
Laura Mcqueen. Clarina Burn
ham, a guest at Strathmore-
Pearl McGehee. Wayo San, Japa-
Inese girl-Alice Goulding. The
.Strathmore, cda, Cal.
Tuesday Evening-Music Recital
Piano, Under the Leaves, +.
IThomc-Thelma White.
Piano, Sweet Dreams of Thee,
IPhelps-Margaret McLane.
Piano, Helene, Hewitt-Ama
Mae Skies.
Voice, A Birthday, Woodman--
Grace Laubach.
Piano, Love Song, Cadman, Eth
ell Oliver.
Piano, Gigue, Mrs. A. NJ. Virgil
Elizabeth Cooper
Piano, Valse Caprice, Martin
Maudc COthran.
Piano, Merry Go Round, Engle-
nann--Dick Cooper.
Voice, Her Rose, Coombs; A
Revelation, Scott-Bessie Sandlin
Piano, Fair Poland, Wenzcl-
Anna Laubach.
Piano, Reverie D'Armour, A,
Geibel-Henrietta Harrington.
Piano, Spring Song, Mendelss-
hon-Ruth Corbett.
Vocal, Four Leaf Clover,
Coombs; Alone in Loves Garden,
Hewitt-Miss Ella M. Polk.
Violin-H. C. Goldstein; Ac-
companist, Mrs. G. w. Bair.
Wednesday Evening-Graduation
Music, Triumphal March, Koel-
mg-Miss Ella M. Polk.
Invocation.
Vocal solo, Dilctto, Luckstone
Geo. Dewey.
Address-Dr. Harvey A. Cox.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Benediction.
Laura Mcqueen, Pearl McGehee,
Alice Goulding, Carl Mobley, Will
liam p. Hayman and Edward Nc
Cam graduated from the High
School.
Nina Mae Stephens, Anna Mae
Skies, Alta Everton, Audrey
Sands, Ruth Hayman, Ula Niece
hee, Meta Gillis, Lloyd Smith,
Harold Robinson and Henry Far
rington graduated from the Eigh-
tn Grade.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-27
PUNTA GoRDA, FLORIDA,
COMMENCEMENT

The Punta Gorda Public Schools
have closed another successful
year. Principal Smith and his
corps of efficient assistants have
.endeavored to make it profitable
year to all the students, and those
graduating from both the High
school and from the Eighth Grade
are among the best and largest
classes that have ever gone out
from the school.
Several evenings have been giv-
en- over to the commencement cX.
ercises, AS they may be said to have
commenced with the services held
Sunday night in the auditorium
and to have ended with the grad
uation exercises last night.
All "cises and functions have
been largely attended and those
taking part have acquitted them
selves very crcditably.
Although home people have
been generous in rendering assist
ancc and taking part in the mu-
sical parts of the several pro-
grams, Miss Ella NJ. Polk of Ar
cadia, formerly instructor in mus
ic and expression in the Punta
Gorda school, deserves much cred
it for personally and at some in
convenience to herself having ar
ranged the program for the music
department and directed the pu-
pills taking part. She also trained
the choir and directed the musi-
cal part Of Sunday nights pro-
gram.
The address to the graduates by
DR.. Harvey A. Cox of the Univer-
sitv of Florida, who took for a
subject "Dreams, was delivered
in a mastery manner and was at
tentively listened to by a large
audience. DR.. Cox made an apt
application of his subject and adj
dressed himself in sound words to
the class.
The several programs follow.
Sunday Evening - Baccalaureate
Prelude.
Opening service.
Scripture reading.
Hymn, The Son of God Goes
Forth to War.
Anthem, How Beautiful Upon
the Mountains.
Invocation-Rev. Sistrunk.
Offertory, Abide with me, Met
calf-MisS Grace Laubach and
G. 0. Dewey.
Hymn, Softly Now the Light Of
Day.
Baccalaureate address-Rev. j.
III. Albert.
Hymn.
BenedictiOn-Rev. 7. II. Sis
trunk.
Postlude.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-27

The two Barlow newspapers
furnish fine example of the cor.
rect relationship which should ex.
ist between publishers or editors
living in the same town. Each
has nothing but kindly and cOur-
teous expressions in reference to
the other. Nothing is more use
less and wearisome to readers,
than constant pickering between
two rival newspapers.-Lakeland
Telegram.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-27

An effort to get the bill creating
Charlotte county advanced on the
calendar in the house failed, but
those favoring the bill think that
when it comes up in its regular
turn, it will pass by a good ma
Ijority.'
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-27
ITALY rs EXPECTED
TO PLAY BIG PART
IN EUROPEAN WAR
Will Sign Agreement With the
Triple Entente Powers
GAINS MADE ON TEUTONS
Forced by the Russians to Give
Ground on the San River-The
Germans Gain on the British
German Aeroplane Taken and
Sunk in the North Sea.

London-Active military and
naval operations now are under
way between Austria and Italy
but no land battles of Importance
have yet developed. Air and ma
val raids of a minor character
form the sum total of the first
twenty-fOur hours Of warfare be-
tween these former allies in the
triple alliance.
1t generally is understood Italy
has reached an agreement with
her new allies under which she
will sign the existing treaty not
to conclude separate peace.
On the eastern frontier the
signs of a check to what at one
time seemed an overwhelming
Austro-German offensive are be-
coming more and more apparent.
Even the flying wedge which was
driven into the Russian center a.
long the river San has been com
PEELED to give some ground by the
energetic counter-attacks of the
Russians.
In the west General French re-
ports that the Germans, by use of
asphyxiating gases, succeeded in
penetrating the British lines at
two points, but he claims some of
the trenches lost were regained in
the subsequent fighting. The con-
test is still raging.
Domestic politics continues to
absorb attention in England. The
membership of the new cabinet
has not yet been announced. The
delay, according to the Manches-
ter Guardian, a ministerialist or
gan, is due to insistence by the
unionists on eight places in the
cabinet. A clean sweep is look
ed for in the admiralty, where it
is expected Baron Fisher, as well
as Winston Spencer Churchill,
will go.
Italy has invaded Austria. Of
ficial announcement was made by
the Rome war office that Italian
forces had penetrated Austrian
territory along a forty-mile line
running north from the Gulf of
Trieste, and captured four towns
within two or three miles of the
frontier.
An Italian destroyer raided the
Austrian port of Buso, near the
frontier, destroying the landings,
railroad station and barracks.
Two Austrians were killed, the
first casualty officially reported in
the new campaign.
1t is regarded in London as pro-
bable that the Austro-German
army will make the first important
move by striking at the Italian
center in the direction of Verona.
Heavy fighting is in progress
once more In the west. British,
German and French forces are at
tacking at various points between
Arras and the coast. There is as
yet no sign, however, of a general
assault by the allies such as has
been predicted.
Harwich reports that a British
destroyer arrived there bringing
4 German Sub-lieutenant and mec-
from a Taube aeroplane
which was forced by engine trou-
lie to descend in the North sen. .Af-
er the Germans had been rescued
he aeroplane was sunk.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-27

Mrs. Ellen Judson Brown enter
tanned very select party at her
home in Solana on the occasion Of
the birthday anniversary Of her
guest, Mrs. A. V. Gerhardt of
Washington, D. C.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-27
THE LOWER HOUSE
KILLS SEVERAL OF
THE SENATE BILLS
Refused to Reconsider Action on
State Printing Plant
THE HANSON BILL PASSED
Providing for Compulsory Educa-
tion-It is a Local Option Meas
ure-Torrens Land Title Bill is
Passed and Charlotte County
Act Thought to Have Chance.

ACI 1uOuSub W 116NC SAo'AASS'
Tallahassee - The house. passed
bill by Mr.. Martin of Hillsboro,
authorizing board of county COM
missioners to hire, agricultural
demonstration agents. 1t then
took up senate messages and
promptly killed the bills propos-
ing a state experimental farm In
the Everglades "a measure favor
ed and recommended by the COVER
nor), the bill creating state
board of veterinary examiners,
and the resolution proposing sub
mission of a constitutional amend
ment relating to the right Of peo-
pie to bear arms.
The house also refused to re-
consider its action of last Friday
creating a state printing plant,
and on motion Of Mr.. Martin that
measure now goes to the senate for
action.
The senate has passed the bill
providing for hotel inspection.
Two pieces of legislation were
pushed forward in the legislature
Just before adjournment Monday
afternoon, when the senate passed
the Hanson bill which provides
for compulsory school attendance,
and the house passed the bill to
provide for an industrial school
for girls. The house had preced-
ed this industrial school bill with
another bill recently which pro-
vides that detention homes shall
be built in counties where juven-
lie criminals shall be kept until
tried or committed to a state in
stitutiOn.
Other bills put through the
house are:
A bill to be entitled an act to
provide for the adoption of the
"torrens land title system" by
the several counties of the state,
For the registration of title there
under, and for other purposes.
A bill to be entitled an act pro-
viding for taxation of and fixing
the rate of taxation of inheritance
es, devises, bequests, legacies and
gifts, and providing for the man
ner of enforcing payment thereof.
The senate passed the bill pro-
viding for reimbursement of the
counties Of Baker, Suwannee,
Bradford, Columbia, Jefferson,
Duval, Leon and the city Of Jack
sonville, for bonds issued and
guaranteed by these counties and
the city for the purpose of build
ing a railroad from Jacksonville
to Tallahassee many years ago,
which road is now a part of the
Seaboard Air Line. The money
was appropriated and used by the
internal improvement board be-
fore the Civil war and the counti-
es and city have never been reim-
bursed. 1t is believed the house
will concur.
Some sixteen insurance bills al
50 were put through the senate.
They are regulatory measures.
Four are yet to be acted upon.
The house spent much of Mon
dav afternoon with lengthy dis
cussion of the game commissioner
matter, killing the committees
substitute bill which would retain !
the game commissioner in the office
at increased salary. The Wilson
bill provides for enforcement of
the game laws by game wardens
appointed by the boards Of coun-
tv commissioners and abolishes
the game department.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-05-27

1t begins to look as though the
biggest reputation to be made in
the present war will be by Uncle
Sam for keeping out Of it.
, 1915-05-13

The broad valley soon narrowed. the naked rocks
closed in. and we were fairly in the canyon OF
the Rio Rimac. Twelve miles out of Chosica an
elevation of 5000 feet was reached at San Bar
tolome. Here is the first switchback, Meiggs'
original device. which enables a train to zigzag
up the face of a canyon wall without resortins
to abnormally heavy grades and rack and cog
systems.
AT Matucana. 100 feet above the sea, the hand
car, which was to be our means of descending,
was trailed on behind. Our Indian cook now
brought in coffee, prepared in the Peruvian style,
which was very acceptable. as the air was quite
chill. Then the climb continued over spider-weh
bridges, more switchbacks. and numerous tun-
nels, the tunnels of the Infernillo Little He'll
opening at either end of a bridge spanning a
chasm over one thousand feet deep. AS the train
wound and creaked along the forehead of the
mountain one could look down on the roofs of
villages miles below. ant people and ant donkey
trains. and the multitudinous little fields fenced
in with thick mud walls. which made the valley
floor a gigantic waffle iron. Above them. on a
level with ones eyes, and up and up. seemingly
to the very top of some of the mountains. we're
the old terraced fields of the ancient lncas, grass
grown now with the turf OF centuries. The old
terraces are mostly in disuse now. but the fields
and groves of the lower levels still use some Of
the old irrigation troughs. They were cut in the
rocks by a people who knew neither cement nor
iron pipe. but they follow the contours as
though plotted with a transit. Sometimes, as the
cars creep along a canyon wall half way to the
top, one can follow the silvery ribbon OF water
for miles along the face of the yellow rock.
More bridges, more switchbacks. and ever the
air grows clearer and thinner and colder The
fields and gardens are gone now, the bleak table
land country appears, and people whose hearts
or nerves are bothersome would begin to have
soroche. Below crawled burros and llama trains
carrying silver and copper ore. At Casapalca,
l3. 900 feet. Is the big smelter of this %neighbor-
hood. Here was a mud corral full of llamas,
those absurd-looking animals. seemingly a cross
between a sheep. a camel, and an ostrich. which
viewed the noisy industry with their looks of
timorous disdain.
Fourteen thousand-the chimneys OF Casapalca's
smelters were pins stuck in the carpet of the
valley miles ow-15.000-6 more. and the
train climbed up and over, and rested on the
ton of the cold, wind-swept. Andean roof. All
about we're peaks and blankets of snow. One
rose painstakingly and walked with care. Fifteen
thousand feet is a good bit of a jump to take be-
fore breakfast Behind the station Mount
Meiges climbs up another 1000 feet. whence.
through air so crystalline that one might fancy
one could walk to the summit in half an hour. t
, 1915-05-13
GOOD POINTS OF SHROPSHIRE
Ewes Are Excellent Mothers, Are Gen.
tile and Easily Handled-Lamb Is
FaVorite In Market.

Mr.. Herbert E. Powell, Ionia. Mich,
in a letter to Farm Home gives the
following reasons for his preference
for the Shropshire breed of sheep.
1. The Shropshire ewes are good
mothers under adverse conditions and
make friends of their keepers.
2. The Shropshires are the leading
attractions at the fairs in the sheep
department both as to numbers and
nice fitting. The Shropshire when
properly cared for makes a fine pic
ture and is a work of art either in pas
ture Or the show ring.
3. The Shropshire is gentle, easily
handled and a pet with the man fit to
care for sheep, and a great contrast
to the wild Merino.
A. The Shropshire lamb is the lead
ing favorite in the market. and sells to
the best advantage as Dor as it Is
large enough to dress well. The big
ger the lambs the better they sell,
provided they were well fatted. The
, 1915-05-13
EWA NoMYzZWS

looks down on both sides of the divide. To tn,
west is the long descent, to the east the chill
piateaus and snow valleys of the Andean treasure
land.
customed altitude, we ate a hearty Peruvian
breakfast, consisting of soup, salad, several meat
courses, vegetables, wine. and fresh ~strawber-
ries and cream. Leaving the general managers
car to be brought back by the next down train,
we transferred to the hand car and pushed OFF.
The experiences of the next four hours are too
Kaleidoscope for accurate or detailed description.
We started amid snow and ice, bundled up In
sweaters, overcoats. and blankets, and landed
in lemon and orange groves four hours later.
Continuously before us unrolled a grand piano.
rama, ever changing and ever more wonderful.
Where as our train had painfully toiled upward
foot by foot. we now seemed to rush down a
mile at a swoop. But two stops were made In
the LOG miles, once for a section gang repairing
track in a tunnel and again to let the up-pas-
senger train by. Going at breakneck speed, our
hand car rushed out of one black tunnel, across
a ~swaying bridge strung over the chasm Of the
Rio Rimac, and into the darkness of another
tunnel cut out of the sheer face OF the cliff. AS
we careened across the Infernillo bridge, one of
our party aptly described his impressions as a
flash of daylight accompanied by a sinking of
the heart"
In all we rushed through Al tunnels, crossed
a dozen fimsy-looking bridges. and slowed down
for eight switchbacks. The fastest kilometer
was made in Sc seconds (about 40 miles per hour,
ana the fastest single stretch or 70 kllometers
in 20 minutes (about 35 miles per hour. When
one considers the steep grades and the sharp
curves necessary to get a railroad through such
a canyon. the fact that our light hand car. travel
ing at such a speed and controlled only by a
hand brake, stayed on the rails. is the best evil
dence in the world of the excellent construction
of the line and of the vigilance of the mainte-
nance force. During our tour of South America
we had many strange and interesting expert
ences, but none for novelty, thrill. and mag
nihcence to compare with the hand-car coast
down the Oroya railway.
, 1915-05-13
IA RM
ANIMALS
SHEEP KILL HARMFUL WEEDS
Generally Agreed Animals Eat All But
Few of the Exceptionally IN
palatable Varieties.

b E. L. SHAw)
1t has been estimated that sheep
will eat 80 per cent of all troublesome
weeds. They are, in fact, commonly
used in cleaning up weeds from fields.
fence rows, road sides, stumble fields,
and corn fields. The common belief
among farmers is that weeds eaten
by sheep are so broken up in the
digestive processes that the seeds will
not terminate after passing through
the body as in the ease of other live
stock. However. weeds are rarely
permitted to go to seed II enough
sheep are turned in the field while
the weeds are young and tender.
In some Investigations carried on by
the Canadian government among a
considerable number of sheepmen to
determine the kinds of weeds eaten by
sheep, 1t was generally agreed that
sheep would all but a few
exceptionally unpalatable ones, such
as MULLEN, Scotch thistle. etc.
Where sheep have been kept. but
for some reason they have been
disposed of, a striking difference has
usually occurred in the appearance of
The farm. Weeds have sprung up and
grown where they had formerly been
kept in check. There is no better So
ution to the weed problem than a
dock of sheep.
In economy of production sheep are
not surpassed by any other domestic
animal. Besides converting waste
products into nutritious food they will
also manufacture n finished product
out of the roughage and grain of the
farm at least as cheaply as other
classes of live stock.
, 1915-05-13

When scratches develop, wash and
dry the leg perfectly. and then do not
wash again, but every three days sat
urate the skin OF the affected parts
with a mixture of half an ounce OF
c~oal-tar dip, four ounces of flowers Of
sulphur and n pint of sweet oil or
cottonseed oil. Work or abundantly
exercise the horse every day. Do not
clip the legs. See that the stable is
kept clean n well ventilated. Feed
horse lightly and keep his bowels &C.
tive.
, 1915-05-13

Chicago.-Hogs-Bulk, 90;
tight. S7.25@Z70: mixed, $7.l507.60;
heavy, $G.S5@7.5O; rough, $3.50
7,05; pigs. $5.25@6.s0.
Cattle-Native beef steers 81. m ~
$50; Western steers, $5.75@7.6o;
cows and heifers, $3.OOQs.60. calves,
$6.50W9.25.
sheep-sheep. sz.6O@s.5O; lambs
SS.25010.60.
, 1915-05-13

Shropshire lamb not only grows large,
but gets ripe easily, and the carcass
makes a fine appearance when ready
for the market.
8. The percentage of lambs to a
given number of ives is much larger
with the Shropshire than with other
mutton breeds. The Shropshire out
numbers all the other mutton breeds
combined. and is the all around favor
lite breed of sheep.
Wherever you show Shropshires you
are sure to find a large class and hot
competition. The larger and better
the show, the more honor there is in
the winning.
, 1915-05-13
DELIGHT.

I'll never forget the thrill that was given me
by my first velocipede." said the man Of millions.
only exceeded. | dare say, by the thrill given
by your first bicycle" remarked his friend.
Quite so. wish | could have got half as
much pleasure out of my first automobile"
, 1915-05-13
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.


st. Louis.-Spelter. $3.50.
New York Bar silver. soc.
Copper-Electrolytic. $500; cast
ing. SIS: 50@1e.75.
Lead-s4.15@4.20.
At London, lead. ego. 2s. Cd:
spelter, G64, los.
, 1915-05-13

Do not educate the little pigs to be
fence crawlers and breakers by hav-
ing a fence they can get through IL
they try. Fix all the fences in good
shape before the pigs are old enough
to get the habit.
, 1915-05-13
LATE
MARKET
@ v s
Wsstsrn Newspaper Union News Service
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.

Cattle.
Beef steers, cornfed, good to
choice ...............7.25@7.6s
good
Beef steers, hay fed, good to
choice . .......c......s.75@7.25
Beef steers, hay fed. fair to
good observation-disclosures
choice ............e......s.75@7.s5
Beef steers, pulp fed, fair to
good
Heifers, prime, cornfed.. ..6.50Q7.00
Cows and heifers, cornfed,
good to choice. ...........e.OO@6.5
Cows and heifers, cornfed,
fair to good. ............5.5O@s.OO
good to choice ......... s,oO@6,5O
Cows and heifers, pulp fed.
fair to good .............5.25@6.00
Cows and h~eifers, hay fed.
good to choice -. 5.75@6.4O
Cows and heifers, hay fed,
fair to good ............ 5.00@5.75
veal calves ........... S.50@11.25
Bulls . . 4.5096.O0
stays 5.00@6.5
to choice .........'..... 6.75@7.5o
EIDE and stockers, fair to
good ................6.25@6.75
Feeders and %stockers, com
mon to fair ............ 5.50@6.25
Hogs.
5000 hogs ................7-25DT.4O
Sheep.
lambs ................s.O091O.0o
Ewes . . ..7.25mS.00
fearlings ................S.50@9.00
Wethers . Recommendation
, 1915-05-13
NOT HE RoIc.

ITS no harm to dance. father. Dancing men
are in great demand these days"
What you say is quite true. my son. but you
devote too much time to it. Have you ever seen
a monument that was erected to anybody simply
because he was light on his feet?"
, 1915-05-13
JUST so.

I'm new in the cigar business. SO I'm trying
to familiarize myself with the various brands"
Learning the ropes. so to speak"
, 1915-05-13
THE BARGAIN COUNTIES

The Butcher-I have some fine eanvasbacks to
day. ma'am.
Mrs Newlywed-Do you sell them by the yardi
, 1915-05-13

New York. - Cotton - May, 9.2S;
July. $50; October, 9.89: December
1915; January. 1917; March. 10.40.
, 1915-05-13

Duluth, MISUNDERSTANDING. $500,
July, $2.03.
, 1915-05-13

Fruit.
Apples, Colo. box .........1.25@2.0O
Vegetables.
Onions, cwt., Colorado 80. 100
Potatoes Recommendations
, 1915-05-13

HINK of a continuous, thrilling. ter
rifying swoop of 100 miles in a
hand car from the top of a snow
clad mountain, over three miles
high. to the shore of a tropical
sea! Such an experience cause
one years afterwards. merely upon
thinking about it. to catch ones
breath and ones heart to miss a
beat or two, writes James Gordon
, 1915-05-13

oelllnB fTlceS.
Standard Colo, net ..............3.45
, 1915-05-13
Hogs.

Hogs.
hogs ................7.25@7.40