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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-08

Miss Florrie Crook, teacher at Del
ray, spent Christmas vacation with
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Crook.
E. J. McLendon, good man and
true from Hollister was doing bust
ness in the city last Tuesday.
We saw @. l. Roberts saw mill
man from Putnam Hall counting Off
Gals at the county hall on Tuesday.
Miss Gladys Brown who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. c. Coch-
rane, returned on Monday to her home
in the west.
Tom Waldron, new member of the
county board was sworn into office on
Tuesday. Thomas is big potato
grower of East Palatka.
DR.. F. E. Jenkins the well-known
we, ear and nose specialist will move
S office into the Moragne building
Mter the 18th of the month, and
severe he will have much more conve-
Witt quarters.
IL M ISIS Dorothy Merriam entertained
Colighted and delightfully."- charming
field er party at the Grand on New
agaii's night. Mrs. Kalbfield in hon
lyoff. the party rendered a number
* to ppular airs and presented each
,ro, with a pretty boqIet.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-08
INT CIT

Miss F
charming
en-, depa,
Miss !,
vile spG
week tn
H. Read
Mr.. PL
sachusett
occupying
street.
Mrs. W
a former
ter Park,
House.
Mr.. anC
spending
! this week
| of Mr.. al
| Chase ,
| of CrutcI
| start up
| holiday |;
| to get ba0
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-08
w A N r f ID.

One horse or mare, to years old;
one young Jersey cow, good mixer.
Also man to sink well about 60 feet
deep. Apply to John Seal, Edgar,
Florida. 1-1-3t
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-08

FOR SALE-A FIVE-PASSEN-
GER BUICK TOURING CAR, 1914
MODEL. WITH ELECTRIC START
Err AND ALL THE LATEST I'M
PROVEMENTS. A RARE BAR
GAIN. FOR FURTHER PARTICU-
LARS, CALL AT OR WRITE TO
THE PALATKA NEWS OFFICE.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-08
Real Estate for Sale.

Three cottages on So. 5th street be-
tween Lemon and Oak streets in Pa
latka. Must be sold under will of
VIM. Ivers deceased. 100 feet on 9Th
street by 1876 feet deep. Apply to J.
". Walton, Adm. st.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-08

For Sale or To Rent.
Two new four room houses. En-
quire at office Selden Cypress Door
Company.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-01-08

FOR SALE-Good team farm
mules, double Studebaker wagon and
harness. Apply Palatka News Office.
Lift.
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bin & house has
PstI of the time
| Chamberlin de-
|bors and friends
Them at the fu-
fids Babcock.
|arhin, presiding
/ district, Metho-
! South, held his
ing in the local
|sonville was the
RS. C. S. Gowen
5 day, and was
b guests at the
hg house began
Monday after
! Holidays. The
|e is working on
(onday began on
b Groves.
Vert F. Hubbard
| family of little
annual visit to
lakewood" last
Returned to New
! machine has at
end the ladies of
. give frequent
pws. The first
4 for Wednesday
\ was taken to a
on Saturday be.
of appendicitis
Vas in. a critical
! Mrs. Gowen are
beer, claims the
IS. He sold Il
tage (cross be-
d Red rooste,
Rock) for ST.
Did by weight al
on the feet.
| prominent CAPT.
with Mrs. Rus
and daughter
two last week
RS. c. S. Gowen
New Years bal
of tho preshv
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llV.l =. -. W
t,b' tiers, Misses j
Jacksonville W
Ca of relatives he.
nv nv. Miss Sara
Wy day from an G
" ton spent with
WI cello.
udi Miss Mary v
ack for Tallahassee
.itf at the State Co
oA Miss Beulah
Raymond Kerfe
7 week visiting f:
: Mrs. Abbie D
a during the holi
f Clarence Marsto
: c. A. Smith,
er and W. M.
visitors to Palatl
Despite the We
of Wednesday aft
about twenty five
cred at the Will
tatlon of Mr.. an,
occasion being tn
the S ason. The
fully entertained
games, the prize
ty being won bv
dleton. After
served, the guest.
upstairs, where O
randa was a fshp(
ty souvenirs for
1t was after dark
departed, and all
pleasure the aftern
wood"
We regret very
he illness of H. A.
many friends in TIL
I'm a speedy recov,
Quite a number q
ne day in Palatka
lem were Mrs. L.
!. Peck, Mrs. c. F
RS: G. c. Middleto
W. Tucker.
Mr.. and Mrs. E.
zen on the sick list
wing lagrippe viii
evalent around he
H. A. Perry motto
turday having {
evens, James Mill
wdy.
School opened N
er the Christmas
| attendance of
continue their stu
lrs. L. E. Eigel
tine Monday to
rJory back to sci
weeks vacation.
+ and Mrs. Geo
ears guests d
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25
Fort Lyon Canal and Reservoirs
BY ]. G. WASHBURN-

bers. with a beet dump and other
shipping facilities.
The same distance farther ON is
McClave. Here they have q bank.
grain elevator. alfalfa meal mill.
general store, stockyards. beet dump
and shipping facilities equal to any
small town. McClave has q popula-
ton OF $50. Four miles on down the
line Is Keesee. which has a beet
dump and everything needful as a
shipping point. Another journey Of
four miles and you reach Wiley. II
has 4 population Of about 400, with
more business houses than McCiave.
and also garage. Sugardale is the
next station. with beet dump and
good shipping facilities. Here the
road has a branch line up May Val
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25

IL capable Of takins care Of an i'm.
menss volume Of water.
The next 10 the great Adobe Greek
reservoir. with . capacity Of $500
acre fest. This y - innssss b.
sin and . natural reservoir. With .
bottom that holds like Q jug. The
only construction work ssesssasy ss
this reservoir was 70 build . short
dam across one ssd. at . vssy MONT.
nal cost. Prom The outlst gates
there 10 . ditch oas and ons.half
miles long which saDties tnto
ADOBE Greek asd carries shs water
down 70 The naia cssal. There 10
also Q dan % A1ebe Greek. asd .
ditch 70 ADOBE Crssk rssssvolr. five
miles ioss. With . eaDaeity Of co..
eoe csblc test Dse soeoed. This
ditch has . fall q five leee % ~
nile. HesSe Creek ~ A1obe
Crsek ase q Isase 80 hunlsel mites
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25

= shipping point. and very few have
to haul their beets and other crops
more than two miles. which 10 .
great saving 70 tho farmer. You
can readily see that this territory 10
very productive or . branch line Of
great railoard would never have
built through Il.
The Fort Lyon Canal has the
finest reservoir system In the world.
The first Is Timber Lake. or Horse
Greek reservoir. Il has . capacity
OF 27.50O acre feet. This reservoir
has two sources Of supply. There Il
dam across Horse Creek. and also
ditch five and one-half miles long.
which has a capacity OF 5000 cubic
feet per second. and fall Of four
cubic feet to the mile. This ditch
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25

10y. where there Il . beet dump. al.
falfs meal mill. graia elevator. and
first-ciass shipping accommodations.
Cornman u the next station. and
here there 10 also . bset dump. and
70 Il continues all the way down the
line TO the end of the csnal.
The main line Of the Santa Fs 10
only . short distance away from
these shipping poiau and small
sowns. and on the main line are 10.
Gated some very thriviss towss-
Las Animas. Lamar and Holly. With
from 5000 70 l.eo0 populaejon. each
one havias . susas factory asd from
two 70 fouP hanks. Las Aaioas 10
The county seas Of Beat couaey. aad
Lamar Of Prowess couaty.
The idsa oe 0satioaias I'll oe
ehsss ssasioos u 70 call your atteo-
eiea = ~ faee ~ fas0sso us1es
~ veet LVse saaal ~ ~ deee y
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25

OF one way that was utilised In Illl-
ing the reservoirs. The stockhold-
ers Of the company were not quite
satisfied with this. believing Il to
be inadequate. 30 It was decided 70
hire the best engineer available 70
figure out some way Of getting VA
ter from the Arkansas river 70 the
reservoirs. The name Of this en-
gineer Is u. +. Powell. Ar. Powell
went up the river about sixteen miles
above the headgate OF the main CO.
nal. He ran q line In . northeast
erly direction and came out above
both Of these reservoirs. This ca
nal. which II was decided 70 con-
struct, Is called the reservoir or
supply canal. II was built princi-
pally for filling the reservoirs. The
first thirty-five miles OF this canal
IL eighty feet wide ON the bottom.
and has capacity Of 5000 cubic fest
per second. Al the end OF the first
thirty-five miles Of the supply canal
there IL an outlet to the Horse
Greek reservoir. and from this poiAt
the canal IL sixty feet wide on the
bottom. with . capacity OF $500
cubic feet per second. 70 the Adobe
Greek reservoir.
For the construction Of this canal
the Fort Lyon Canal Company pur-
chased an immense dredge at . cost
OF 100000. II required about thres
years to construct this canal. and
while Il was being built about B.
100000 yards Of dirt were moved at
. cost Of 3.l7 cents per yard. This
work Is all completed. except %.
larging one syphon which will b.
done very soon. Water was run
through this canal all last winter %
Horse Greek. and Il was demonstrat-
cd that the supply ditch works 70
perfection. This proved that NJ.
Powell is up to the minute With his
engineering.
During the past season the water
In these reservoirs was drawn on.
but there IL still $4,000 acre test
available In them for future Ne.
with the canal completed and plsaty
Of time yet available 70 fill tAsa.
This does not cover ail ee eus NJ
esvolr system. There aes two ~
sevolfs On the maia canal thae aso
filled through or out Of The aaia
canal. the water bsiag takss oct aa1
intsrssscting The canal furlAss 1evn.
One 70 called the Thusstoa reeee.
vois. with capacity Of e.eee ssee
feet. Which q the prsssat une =
nearly full. aud the other tAe ossea
reservoir. with . capacity q G.So9
acre fest, which 10 full 70 ths limit
with thsss two reservoirs he vese
Lyoa canal has . reservoir seesaoe
capacity Of i3S.sS3 scrs test
with this Immense reservoir seee.
age capacity. backed with The vesy
early priorities from the Askas.
sas river. the Fort Lyos caaai 70 ess
Of the greatest irrigation systems y
The world. and oas Of which ~
seockholdsrs Of he Fort Lyoa Caaal
Company are very proud. TAle
great system 10 ownsd aad coatselle1
by ths farmers that use it. sal the1
are Of ths oplnlos that tAe ososy
thsy have u it u oee Il Us ~ ~
La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25

OF the largest, II not the largest. ir-
rigation project in the United States.
A am . stockholder OF the Fort
Lyon Canal Company. and also one Of
the directors. feel as though it was
my duty to tell as near as possible
the facts about the canal as know
them to be.
First. will endeavor TO give you
. description OF the main canal. and
then take up the storage canal and
reservoir systems. The main canal
Il 1l3 miles long. commencing at a
point about two miles north and one
mile west Of La Junta. II runs in a
northeasterly course to the Kansas
state line. There is an eighty-foot
headgate constructed Of cement and
brick. which will stand for ages.
and at the present time a new dam
10 being constructed near II. The
canal 10 sixty feet wide ON the bot
tom. and has . carrying capacity of
1900 cubic feet per second Of time.
Under this canal there IL 10000
acres Of irrigated land. which IL as
productive - can be found any
where. The crop yield under the
canal will verify this statement. II
Is nothing unusual to harvest crop
OF beets Of twenty-five tons to the
acre. and wheat from 80 to 50 BUSH
els per acre. besides oats. corn. bar
ley. alfalfa hay. cantaloupes. and all
kinds Of garden products In proper
ton.
There arc good markets and ship
ping points all along the line Of the
canal. The Arkansas Valley rail-
road. which II branch Of the Santa
Re. intersects the main line . Swink.
Just above the dam Of the Fort Ly-
On canal. and parallels the canal al
most 70 the end. For the first ten
miles Of the canal the marketing Ii
done On the main line OF the Santa
Re. and from that point Il is divided
bstweea the main Line snd the
branch line. La Junta 10 the near
sst market place for the west end Of
the canal. lt-has . population Of
s.eeo and the second largest railroad
shops On the Santa Fe. You are
sure Of selling anything you raise At
Il Junta. Five miles east Of Ia
Junta The shipplps station known
- Casa. and at this point viii sooa
- located . beet dump and . new
bsiage across the Askaasas river.
TAs bsides VIII - completed dusisg
ths present year.
Five nlles farther east 10 Hadley.
Here tAsss b also . bsst dump and
sAiDslss facilities for Ill kinds Of
Deo1uee. pron this point 10 drop
over 70 tAe Askaasas Valley line.
aaa hesU ~ fiaa . station known -
Mailman. With bset dump and sx-
esllsat shipping aeeomodatioaa The
tevss as1 shippins polats that ]
Win dssigaats sow ere on The Askas.
- Valley branch llns east Of Mari.
oas.
Rlxsy y ehe aext station. With
telegraph office. beet dump and
god sAiDping facilities. Four miles
fsstAss = Krsyblil. which IL another
shiD0las polat eeuippsd With beet
duDp. Another fosr miles and yos
eeoeA Dssshursa. wheFs The accom-.
-~AAa A. =. W..we.e0l
Evening star., 1915-06-12
MUST STUDY CONTRACTS.
Specifications Demand Careful Read
ing to Avoid Trouble.

Every now and then we hear a con-
tractor raising Cain because he was
caught by a tricky specification" OF
course, he blames the architect. He
himself is just as much at fault. He
should read the specifications once.
twice and three times. and then have
somebody else read them, says a writ
er I'm recent issue OF the Architect
and Engineer
The trouble is he doesn't take the
time to study them. He is anxious
to submit his bid and after the bid
has gone in and he is awarded the
contract at figure much lower than
the bids OF his competitors, he won
ders why. He goes back to the specifi-
cations and reads them more carefully,
to discover clause here and another
clause there that means dollars saved
the owner and added expense for him
self. Then the light breaks and he
curses the owner. the architect and
everybody else that had anything to
do with the plans
The other day we heard a subcon-
tractor ripping up well known arcbi-
Evening star., 1915-06-12
THE EVENING STORY.
In a Garden of Jasmine.
Copyright. 1915. by W. werner)

Copyright, 1915. by W. Werner)
It had been a long. long time since
Bancroft Stilwell had been in New
York.
He had gone out to the west tho day
that Ida Seaver. the sweetest dainti-
est creature ever brought up in
Bardstown Ia little town half days
journey from New York; had married
the young southerner, Caspar Robin
ette, and he had not been back since.
He had thrown himself into work.
and now he was big cattleman. with
more money than he knew what to
do with, but he could not forget. He
had been engaged to marry Ida. Then
her father, Scoville Seavcr. had been
elected to Congress. and Ida and her
mother had stopped in Washington
with him.
Bancroft didn't know how it came
about, but one day he received
package with his ring in ii and a
note from Ida withdrawing ner prom
Use and asking him to please forgive
her He had burned the note. but
the ring with it's lettering From Ban
to Ida seemed too Intimately part
of the beloved little blonde with the
sea blue eyes," and all through the
years Stilwell had carried it in an in
neT pOCket
In the sixteenth summer he had
spent two weeks at lake resort and
had gone back to the ranch deter
mined to put an end to his loneliness.
And now he was in New York in re-
Sponse to an urgent invitation for a
weeks visit. with the scattering
snowf1akes of raw November day
falling around him. waiting for Cor
inne Hilliard to ride with him in the
park.
One happy day in a long ago No
vember he had come here with Ida
and her parents to see a great actress.
and they had ridden in the park to-
gether. He wondered where she was
now. Away down south somewhere
walking in a garden of jasmine and
magnolia and myrtle bloom. no doubt,
with happy children calling her mother.
All, well. she had discarded him, and
now another woman, as different as
fire and dew, had let him know that
she regarded him as distinctly worth
while.
Corinne Milliard had been every
where. and had had many admirers,
but Stilwell with his lightly craving
hair and the keen brown eyes that his
men described as ''X-ray." appealed
to her more strongly than had any one
she had ever before met. And Stilwell
had begun to make plans.
She was a trifle imperious. perhaps,
and there was even hint of hardness
in her makeup, but a fellow can't
expect to find a perfect woman" he
Evening star., 1915-06-12
FIREPLACE STYLES VARY.
Designs May Be Modified to Secure
Maximum Decorative Effect,

1t goes without saying that the fire
place adds a charm to a home which
makes it more cheerful and attractive,
The number of fireplaces being installed
Is growing, and many new styles. with
and without mantels, in beautiful designs.
have been used with artistic effect, says
writer in the Brick and Clay Record
This is not only true OF city homes,
but builders of town. village and country
homes. as well us hotels and churches,
and other public builders. are making
use of decorative fireplaces. The use of
cement block in fireplace construction
permits the erection of a design which
fits in with the general scheme of the
room
Any design may be modified to Sc
cure a maximum of decorative effect.
For instance, simple fireplace of
plain construction would be a suitable
one for an office, large one, in keep
ing with the size of a rotunda, for q
hotel: an inglenook. for a den and a
variety of sitting rooms. dining rooms
and parlors with pillar effects, square
rantel or arch construction built of
plain or special faced nodded units
block or brick
. Fireplaces built of cement brick are
not of any particular size, but may be
arranged to suit the room for which
they are intended The elasticity of
this form of construction allows any
size to be easily secured. An expert
enced workman can easily erect the
fireplace. The addition Of elaborate
decorations does not ada very much to
the work of construction when brick is
the material used The workman
must, of course. have good knowl-
edge of joints, since sometimes mar
row joint is desirable, and at other
times very heavy joint.
The top of fireplace may be varied
to suit the ideas of the builder or the
house owner. For instance, decora-
tive top of cement bricks or small
blocks may be used. or d wooden shelf,
to harmonic with the rest of the fire.
place construction. For a den, book
case constructed either at the side of
or over the fireplace, or both. is often
desirable and good. One of the chief
objects for the builder to bear in mind
in any of these arrangements is SYM
metry, for. with simple, appropriate
and symmetrical design in keeping
with the surroundings. the fireplace
becomes a harmonious, attractive and
useful piece of housefurnishing.
Evening star., 1915-06-12
TRA.VELETTE
Vladiyostok,
BY NIkSAH.

In a vain effort to cast off the letters
of isolation welded by the vastness OF
her own empire, Russia built on the
shores of the Pacific a mushroom city.
such as Germany threw up in night
at Tsingtau. 1t is called Eladivostok.
tok
Ice-bound eight months of the year,
this Russian makeshift of an outlet
into the Pacific is one of the least
known ports in the world. Except to
traders and tramps of the sea, and
those few tourists who brave the dis
comforts of eighteen days in a CONT
mental railway carriage" for the priv
i1ege of conjuring with the accom-
plishment for the rest of their lives.
it might be called unvisited.
Built upon stretch of inhospitable
sand and clay. the strangely misplaced
ma gnifcence of Vladivostok amazes
and amuses the visitor. The incon-
gruity of a marble custom house on u
street hub deep with mud, and in jux-
Imposition to the corrugated iron store
room Cgodown'D of u trader, is more
easily imagined than expressed. All of
the government buildings, beginning
with the mansion of the governor. are
ornate and expensive in construction
and furnishing. Surrounded by mud
and squalor, and with only the huts of
coolies and the less pretentious resi-
dences and shops of the traders, they
stand out in amazing contrast. Huge
Cossack sentries, accoutered as IL for
immediate field service; shivering cool
les. fur-clad railway and government
officials and the unbelievable stiffness
of the place contribute to the fancy
that the Vladivostk one views from
the harbor Is some weird conception of
an artist. rather than a reality.
Commercially it is important to the
far east as the terminus of the Trans
Siberian railway, which serves that re-
mote section of the earth with a faster
mail service to Europe and America. As
a military factor it places Russia in
better position successfully to defend
her constantly growing interests in
Asia. AS an ARCHITECTURAL freak, it il
perhaps without a parallel in the world.
Evening star., 1915-06-12
REAL" BUNGALOW
Writer Tells of House Building Ex-
periences in India.

The building of an Indian bungalow
is rather an exciting experience, for
labor is plentiful and cheap and most
Iy upskilied. Also the chances of
getting just what one sets out to OBJ
tain are somewhat hazardous. for the
methods of calculations for material
and strength. as we'll as tools and i'm
piements employed, are, to say the
least, Just a little primitive" says A.
r Sarath-Roy in the building Age.
But IL is an education. and when one
is through with IL all. he has u giori-
Gus feeling. something like the glow
after a cold bath in icy weather, ac-
companied by the triumphant feeling
OF having done something big. In
fact, there is a Hindu proverb which
runs thus: "A man is man only after
he has built house, planted a tree
and begotten a SON Notice the house
is put as the first item-probably be-
cause II is the most difficult.
The architect who would specialize
1n India in building bungalows would
fare Ike the poet who dissipates his
borrowed capital in return stamps The
rafive of India has no use for a bunga-
low architect. Custom and tradition
lave definitely outlined the STYLES and
the methods OF procedure in their con-
struction- Thus every man is his own
architect When man wants to build
= bungalow he digs in his garden to
see how much money he has. then he
decides which of the four styles OF
Bungalows he will build The four
STYLES are Kuccha. with matched roof:
kutcha. with khapra roof: puckka,
with kha2ra roof. and puckka with
puckka roof
Here I may mention. before explain
Ing the above STYLES. the essential
characteristics of the Indian bungalow
"a Hindu word. pronounced correctly
as bung ga ga-low-,l:ffering from the
American bungalow. An Indian bunga-
low is never more than one story
high: has always rooms with high
walls. seldom lower than fourteen feet
and often rising to % feet high, and
must have outside light in every room
Kutcha means raw, and refers to
the bricks, which are so called IL they
are sun baked. In contradiction TO
puckka, which is kiln baked or burnt
Puckks as applied to the roof means
solid brick or concrete roof, on
which one may walk and sleep
Khapra is the word for earthen tiles
which are generally burnt red and
sometimes painted. They resemble the
so-called Spanish tile used In Cali
fornia on the roofs of the old mission
houses. In fact. they are the same
except In size.
Evening star., 1915-06-12
BANK BUYS PROPERTY
New Institution Acquires Quarters
at 18th Street and Co.
lumbia Road.

A deed has been recorded transfer
ring the ownership of the residence at
the northwest corner of 18th street and
Columbia road from Louise r. Hensey
to the Northwest Savings Bank, d
newly organized financial institution.
Tax stamps indicate a consideration of
s1S,500.
George T. Santmyer, architect has
prepared plans for remodeling the
house so as to make it suitable for
banking purposes. A one-story addi-
tion measuring fifteen by twenty feet
is to be built. The upper floors are to
be remodeled into apartments. The
worA is to cost about $3500. it is esti-
mated. Bids are due June Is.