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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09
RUSSIANS HOLD
RIGA AGAINST
THE GERMANS
Port Wanted by Teutons as Base
for Operations
INVADERS ARE DETERMINED
Would Open Way to Petrograd
for Spring Campaign-Czar
has Taken Command of His
Armies.

London, England-The immedi-
ate objective of the Austro-Ger-
man campaign in Russia becomes
clearer with the growing indica-
tons that the invaders need the
Baltic port of Riga not only as a
base of present operations in the
direction of Petrograd, but as win
ter quarters in ease the attempt
to reach the Russian capital should
be postponed until spring.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
is experiencing great difficulty in
bridging the portions of the Dvina
held by the Germans. The cur
rent of the river is too swift for
the construction of pontoon bridg-
es under the Russian artillery fire.
As the rainy season comes on it
viii be more difficult for the invad-
ers to bring up supplies for their
advance forces and consequently
the seizure Of Riga as a base be-
comes more vital to the success of
Won Hindenburg's plans.
The urgent necessity Of captnr-
ing Riga is indicated in IN army
order which Paris newspaper
credits to General Won Buelow.
The general exhorts his troops to
one more great effort 10 capture
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09

the port ma king it their winter
home preparal tory to marching on
Petrograd ne2 spring.
Along the bther sectors OF the
eastern front the impetus OF the
Austro- Germal n rush has been con-
siderably checked. Vienna admits
that fierce cod nter-attacks by the
Russians hav1 brought the adj
vance along tIhe Gallician border
almost to a saandstill. The right
wing of the Ahstro- German forces
is said to be contemplating an at
tack on Kiev, with Field Marshal
Won Mackensdn in command.
No exceptional actions have oc-
CURED on anyiof the minor fronts
The great artillery lombard
ment Of the French continues a
long the western line.
No official report has yet been
made on the circumstances at
tending the sinking of the Allan
Line steamship Hesperian. There
has been no change in the figures
given out by the Allan line, indl-
eating the loss of twelve passen-
gers and thirteen members Of the
crew.
In a message to President Poin-
care, Emperor Nicholas announces
that he has placed himself in COM
mand of all Russian armies.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09

of interest to a number of our idle
men, who are anxiously watching
for these openings.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09
The Newspaper in Your Town

advertising in the country
newspapers is the best investment
a country merchant can make, .
says Eric w. Allen, head of the
department of journalism in the
state university Of Oregon. "The
merchants advertising should be
news. 1t should tell something
very definite about what the store
offers, and the copy should be
changed frequently. The adver-
Using columns should be made as
interesting as any other part of
the paper, and the merchants adj
should appear with the same reg
ularity as the editors news. An
advertisement in the local paper is
by no means charity. 1t brings
big returns; first in direct business
when it is handled with a little
common sense; second, in build
ing up the community.
"The paper should be made as
important an agent of a town s
Improvement and prosperity as
the church or school. The great
problem Of the small town these
days of Capitalization and parcel
post is to make itself a good place
to live in and a pleasant place for
the country people to come. IL it
doesn't do that it is doomed to
disappear.
"No town should be so short
sighted as not to give every en-
couragement to the man who is
trying to make newspaper there.
He is in one sense the most impor-
tant citizen. He can do more for
the town both at home and abroad
than any other one man. He
should be backed up in his effort
to do business at business prices
and in business way. 1t would
be just as sensible for you to let
your schools run down as to let
your newspaper run down."
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09
WOULD CONNECT CHICAGO
WITH NEW YORK
The Type Used in One Year to
Publish Endorsements OF
Doan's Kidney Pills

OF the many kidney remedies
on the market today, none other is
recommended like Doan s Kidney
Pills. Thirty-five thousand bene-
fitted people gladly testify in the
newspapers of their own towns.
.Forty-fve hundred American
newspapers publish this home
proof of Doan s merit. The type
used in one year to tell this won
derful story would make a solid
column of metal twice as high as
the worlds highest mountain.
Placed end to end the lines of
type would reach from New York
to Chicago. These miles of wood
words told by $4,000 tongues
sound glad tidings to any Punta
Gorda sufferer who wants relief
from kidney and bladder Ills.
Here's an E. Punta Gorda case.
Don't experiment. Use the rem
edy endorsed by people you know,
w. d. Speck, carpenter, Olym-
pia Ave-, E. Punta Gorda, says:
my back often gave out on me
" nilc WORKING at my trade wE,re
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09
Opportunity is Here

"Talk about a lack of oppor
tunity in Florida to get to the
forefront" soliloquized a county
officer who seemed to be in a re-
miniscent mood; see that man
going down the street? Do you
know him." Being informed that
the newspaper man had just had
the pleasure Of meeting him for
the first time, the official continu-
ed: "Well, a few years ago he
was an orphan boy, and doubt
if he had cent to his name. His
name, by the way, is j. L. Math-
Gus, and now he is the postmaster
of Bland, the largest merchant at
that place, large ginner, large
stock raiser, a stakeholder and of
ficer in the bank, and one Of the
largest general farmers in this
section of the country. The other
day | heard him tell man that he
had thousand acres planted in
cotton this year. Talk about OPP
portunity! Man alive, it is here
All that is necessary is for some
one to grasp it as that boy did. =
Gainesville Sun.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09
Swat the Strawberry Leaf Spot
at Planting Time

About the time strawberries
Iripen this winter, the strawberry
leaf spot will put in its appear
Iance. 1t will then be too late to
spray With this disease, as with
so many others, control measures
must be taken before the disease
develops. Once the fungus gets
into the leaf tissues, spraying will
have very little effect on it. Fur
thermore bordeaux will injure
the fruit.
In many of the strawberry sec
tons growers will soon begin to
plant their new beds. Trans
planting time offers one of the
best opportunities to control the
disease. Dead leaves are fertile
source of infection because the
spores of the fungus are extant in
them. H. E. Stevens, plant path
ologist to the University of Flori-
da Experiment Station, recon-
mends that all dead leaves and all
diseased green leaves be pulled off
close to the crowns of the young
plants before they are set out.
s{hen the new growth has put
out, probably a month after the
plants have been set, they should
be sprayed with a $3.50 bordeaux
solution. This will kill any spores
of the fungus, causing the spot,
which happen to be on the leaves.
In about another month, another
spraying should be made.
The leaf spots become very num-
erous on the leaves under favora-
BILE circumstances and sometimes
almost cover the blades. They are
whitish or grayish with a purple
rim or margin.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09
ADVERTISEMENT

The postoffice, the express office
and the railway ticket Office are
three places where, if you don I
place the mon, you don't get the
goods. It's useless to agree to
settle on payday" in those
places: for payday is right then
and there. Wouldn't it be fine if
every business was conducted in
the same manner? How much
better it would be for all people
but there'd be fewer Injuries
loosened Thorn in Palm Beach
Post.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09
The Week in History

Monday, September 6.-Imperial
German Congress entertains
Gar of Russia and Emperor OF
Austria, 1872.
Tuesday, September Great fire
in London, 1866.
Wednesday, September S.-Battle
of Eutaw Springs, 1881.
Thursday, September 9.-London
bridge destroyed by fire, 1925.
Friday, September 10.-Perry Is
victory of Lake Erie, 1913.
Saturday, September Battle
of Brandywine, TIT.
Sunday, September IL. France
makes treaty of commerce with
Madagascar, 1862.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09

| have to do a lot of stopping anC
lifting. 1t WASH t long after ! be
gan taking Doan's Kidney Pill.
that the backache left. / haven
had return of the trouble for a
bout four years. ! have every
reason to speak highly of Doan I
Kidney Pills. "
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don I
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pilis--the
same that Mr.. Speck had Fos-
ter Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
N. Y.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09

Arcadia News, Sept. 2;-It is
rumored that the Wauchula Crate
and Manufacturing Company will
resume operations Monday and
will employ 1900 men. This
sounds mighty good, as it means
employment for many of the I'M
employed, which will no doubt be
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DIR. ARCHER SMITH

Physician and Surgeon
IPUNTA GORDA FLORIDA
Office at Seminole Pharmacy
Residence Phone No. 81
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09

If you send your clothes to the
Barlow Steam Laundry, you not
only get frst-class work, but miss
ing buttons are replaced and min
or repairs made without cost to
you. Specify Barlow Laundry
when you send your next lot Of
clothes out. - ladv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09

rim or margin.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-09-09

Booster envelopes, with printed
return card blank for individual s
name to be written in, Is cents
per package of twenty-five, two
packages for Is cents.-THE
HERALD.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09
Franchise Is Extended.

Narshneld- The city Of North Bend
has granted the willamstte-P Pacific
Railway company an extension Of time
on its franchise which exacted the
operation Of the railroad with through
trains from the coast to Eugene and
Portland on July Is, 1915. The con-
tract with the neighbOring municipal
ity was made In January, 1912, and
the railroad was allowed three years
to build into Coos Bay.
While the construction Of the road
has been regarded as slow by people
who have bsen looking forward for
many years past to having railroad
traffic. Il is considered now the com
pany has been as faithful and steady
In the work ~ conditions warranted.
The willamette Pacific was q difficult
piece Of work, and besides the nine
tunnels averaging from $50 to 1900
feet. three large bridges across the
Siuslaw. Umpqua snd Coos Bay re-
quired much time for assembling ma
terial and particular constructive sa-
parvigion.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09
Exports In Wheat From
Portland Take lump

Wheat shipments from Portland for
tho cereal year terminating June 30
reached q grand total Of ib.07e,7I
bushels. Of which close 10 IL, 0o0. 900
bushels were exported. The combined
wheat cargoes fiosted during the 1913
II season reached is.Seo.se6 bushels.
Of which less than 100000 bushels
were sent foreign.
Exclusive Of general cargo the grain
and -four exports represented . vaiua-
tion Of sIs. .25l. .2Bo. as against sIO,-
2is. 672 for the 1894 period. Even
facing falling OF In export lumber
valuations, due 70 the war and eonse-
quent lack Of tonnage. the total value
Of the foreign grain and lumber busi-
ness for the year represents . gain
over the former season Of $3.50. e74.
In the June summary issued by the
Merchants Exchange. that month 10
credited with wheat shipments Of s76,-
26S busheIs, while last June there were
only 27e, $40 bushels. In the yearly
summary III 10 shown that no wheat
went TO the Far East. though last sea-
son / .l7i. 353 bushels found their way
10 Far Eastern ports.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09
Fire Blight Found in Orchards.

Corvallis Fire blight has been dis
covered In orchards in Linn county .
few miles east of Corvallis by Profess
sors C. |. Lewis and r. D. Bailey. Of
the horticultural department Of the
Oregon Agricultural college. who made
an inspection trip q few days ago.
They found that the blight exists in a
number OF orchards in this vicinity and
is well establisbhed as far north ~
Albany.
Three horticnltnrists are fighting the
blight in the Monroe district. where it
was discovered last week, and one ex-
pert 10 attempting to fight it in Lane
county In the vicinity Of Junction City.
State Commissioner Parks, who has
the counties Of Benton, Linn and Lane
in his territory. has proposed to the
governor that prison labor be used to
fight the fire blight in the orchards Of
the state.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09
Albany to:Cut ThistIes.

Albany = A campaign has been
launched to eradicate the Canada this
tie from Linn county. Gale s. Hill,
district attorney. has sent out notices
TO i48 land owners OH whose property
thistIes are growing advising them
that II they do not cut the thistles
themselves the work viii be done BY
county road supervisors and the ex-
pense made lien on their land, as
provided BY law, until the county Is
reimbursed.
There are no Canada thisties In most
parts Of the county. but in one locality
they have made quite q start and are
spreading rapidly.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09
Terrific Shod Skaters Walls,
Mirrors and Windows.
ACT ATTnBuID 10 0AxK
No One Injured. but Watchmen Are
Panicy-Expet Investigation
Is Under Way at Once.

Washington. ID. CA tremendous
explosion, believed to have been caused
by some kind Of bomb or Internal ma
chine, wrecked the public reception
room on the east side Of the Capitol
building shortly before midnight Fri
day. No one was injured.
Onieials believe that the explosion
was placed by crank who desired TO
create sensation. Visitors were al
lowed In the room during the day, and
a timed machine might have been left
without attracting attention.
Superintendent Woods, Of the Capt.
tol building, summoned BY panic
stricken watchmen, made q hurried
Investigation, then telephoned for an
expert on explosives. Until the ex-
pert has made bis report, no ofiieial
statement concerning the incident will
be made public.
Part Of the ceiling and side walls Of
the room were shaken down, = huge
mirror and crystal chandelier shat
tered, and the doors blown open. One
Of the doors led into the Office Of the
vice president and IL said not to have
been opened in 40 years.
Persons who reached the Capitol
soon after the explosion said they no
ticed what smelled like burned pow
der, which persisted is or 20 minutes.
AT the time Of the explosion the
Capitol had been closed since dark and
no one was in the building except the
few watchmen on duty and telephone
The wztchman in the hall
directly below the reception room said
be was almost blown from his chair.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09
BRITISH STEAMSHIP Rf0Js SUB
MARINE 4 HOURS; Captain KIID

Queenstown-with nine dead sailor
stretched on her deck. eight men Iyina
wounded below, and her sides riddlsd
with shot and shell. the British steam
ship Anglo-CslifornIan steamed into
Queenstown harbor Tuesday morning
sfter having withstood the sttack Of .
German submarine for four hours.
The ships escape from destruction
was accomplished with no other means
Of defense than the indomitable spirit
Of her captain and crew, combined
with mastery seafnanship. which en-
abled her 70 frustrnts the efforts Of her
assailant 10 torpedo her.
The story Of how Captain PsrsIow
stood on the bridge Of the Anglo-cali-
fornian amidst a rain Of shot, and
calmly directed the movements Of his
ship until be was killed by shell, and
Of how his place was taken by his son
until British dcstroyers appeared and
the submarine was compelled 70 fee,
was told by the survivors.
The Anglo Californian left Montre-
nj for the British Isles on June "a.
The submarine was sighted at 8
o'clock Sunday morning. Captain
Parslow ordered full steam ahead and
wireless calls for assistance were sent
out. The submarine on the surface
proved TO be a far speedier craft and
speedily overhauled her, meanwhile
deluging her with shells. One shot
put the wireless apparatus ON the An
glo- Californian out Of action. Finding
he could not escape by running for 1t,
captain Parslow devoted his attention
70 maneuvering his ship to prevent the
submarine from using torpedOes edee-
lively.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09
OREGON NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST
State Has Big Balance.

Salem = The report Of State Treas
ursr Kay for six months ending June
80, just made public, shows q balance
Of 81. sos. 42s.b6 for the general fund.
Mr.. Kay said the big balance was an
assurance that the state would not
have TO pay interest on any warrants
this year.
Disbursements for the six months
totaled ss.773, ,36l.l5; receipts. s5,-
927, ,6l7.22. The balance January ]
was 81, All, l45.49. A law passed by
the recent Legislature merged all funds
In the general fund. and made Il possi-
bic for the state 10 discontinue paying
interest.on warrants.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09
HeIt, WOuId-be Assassin Of LIP.
Morgan, Nay Be Sent 70 Asylum

New. York; Frank Holt, the Cornell
instructor who shot ]. Pierpont Nor
gan, viii not, in the opinion Of Nassau
county officials, 60 to trial before q
jury for his crime. Instead, they ex-
pect that be win be sent to the hospi-
tai for the criminal insane in Mattea-
wan, there to end his days
He will be arraigned soon in Glen
Cove before Justice William z. Luys-
ter, and unless he is granted further
continuance he win be held without
bail for the Nassau county grand jury.
This does not meet until September.
and in the meantime alienists will
study him in jail at Mineola. Their
report is expected to furnish the evil
dence on which he win be sent to Mat
teawan.
This disposition Of the case win be
satisfactory to Mr.. Morgan. It at
once saves him the necessity and an
noyance Of appearing in court as a
witness against him. Mrs. Morgan is
also saved that trouble and any danger
Of annoyance in the future from the
mans escaping. Paranoia is not one
Of the diseases from which reeoveries
are made. That he is suffering from
this disease Is the positive declaration
Of DR.. Guy r. Cleghorn, the Nassau
county jail physician. whose patient
he is. DIR. Cleghorn 10 the only physi-
elan who has seen the prisoner since
he was committed. He has seen him
at least once day since he was taken
to the jail, and after his last visit said
there was no doubt as to his mental
condition.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09
10. 900 Fan Before Turks.

Berlin - The Constantinople corre-
spondent Of the Zeitung Ammittag re-
ports that the British lost 10000 men
during the last IL days fighting around
Seddul Bahr. on the Gallipoli penin-
sula. He states that he saw thousands
Of wounded sent to hospital ships,
while the dead were left unburied. His
dispatch coontinued: ..The climax Of
this awful carnage was reached July !
after three-day offensive that failed
utterly. Boats travelled to and from
the transports for hours with wounded.
The Turkish losses were lighter.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09
Eugene Plans Sales Day.

Eugene Eugene viii have 9 public
market day. on which the farmers may
bring to the city produce. probably
once a week. and offer it for sale, ac-
cording TO the plans Of 5. D. Hooper.
manager Of the promotion department
Of the Commercial club.
The date for the first day has not
yet been set, but it Is proposed to set
aside a place, probably about the pub
lie plaza, where the farmers wagons
can be parked and where the sales can
be made from the back Of the wagons.
The farmers in the district have asked
that some such plan be developed.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-07-09

tal costa. the leading items were; For
protection 10 person and property (ex
ponses OF military. naval. lighthouse
steamboat-inspoction. royonueoutter,
life.saving and immigration and naiur'
alixation soryices), t2ot,67i,000; for
expenses OF postal service, tf6t.i07.'
900; for ponsions. maintenance OF ma
tionai soldiers homes. etc, t1e2,51S,'
600; for maintenance OF legislative.
executive. and judicial Embellishments
and administration OF executive do
partmenta. tei.7sI.000; for improve
menf and maintenance OF waterways.
ti2,ebz,000; for construction OF the
Panama Canal, tl1.7li.0oo: for inter.
est on public indebtedness, t2B,2Se..
900; for outlays on public buildings
and grounds, including military posts,
and for the Bureau Of Construction and
Repair. Navy Department. t72,ess. 900;
for education principally msinten-
ance Of military and naval academies.
Indian schools. library Of congress,
agricultural experiment stations, and
study Of animal and plant industries),
ti7 7,s43. 900.
state revenues in 1918 aggregated
tss7. .6ss. 900. and the expenditures OF
the states for governmental costs dur.
Ing the same year amounted 70 e3e2.-
Jsi .eoe. or nearly t1S.ee0.e0e more
than their revenues. State revenues
and governmental cost payments IN
1908 were tles.1sS. 600 and sls6. 1900
respectively. The percentage OF In
crease In stats expenditures for gov
ernmsniai costs between 1908 and
1918 was ie6.
The revenue receipts OF counties IN
1918 we're t37e. e.0fs.oe0. and their pay.
ments for governmental costs aggre-
gated s3s5,isa.eoe. or about $4,000.
600 more than their revenue receipts.
The governmental cost payments OF
the counties increased hy es per cent
between 1893 and 1919.
The revenues Of municipalities Of
2.60e and over amounted 10 ff.ies.i07.-
00e In 1919. while their expenditures
for governmental costs aggregated sl,-
24e. .e37 900, exceeding their revenues
By moro than siss. .o0o.e 600. or about -
per capita.
The aggregate value Of state prop
critics exclusive Of those of Pennsyi
vanla, for which no data were obtain
ed In 1918 was ssss. ss.oee. The
largest tive isams. ti7S.9S4,0ee and
sise.ses.oee. represented the value OF
lands. buildings. and equipment OF ed
ucationai institutions and Of state |
houses and departmental libraries. re-
speetiveiy.
Tho value Of county properties IN |
1918 was tETe.e57. zoe. OF which
amount s2ss. .2ss. eco. or more than one
half. represented the value Of court
houses.
The value Of public properties in
1919 for incorporated places OF 2.50o
and oyer was s4.0s7.See.e0o. OF this
amount. si.Be7. .i33.eoo. or more than
Dnethlrd. represented the value OF
lands. buildings. and equipment OF
public service enterprises. The re-
covered the value OF lands.
buildings. and equipment Of the var.
Isns municipal departments. OF which
Ihe leading items were: Property Of
schools and libraries, s1.0is.b2s. 600. |
parks and other property falling un.
Ter the general head OF recreation"
Iss7.Ass.0oo.