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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-30

Or A WIFE
OF BE ALL OF A WoMAN'S LIFE.
paper Enterprise Association.)
with any degree of happiness for
ourselves or others.
Although Mother Waverly would
be shocked if told that this was the
love she had developed, that is what
makes her and those about her so un-
happy now that Dad has passed out
of her life.
l am becoming every day more and
more to understand that every WON
an should have other interests than
just her husband; another outlook
than just her home. Many woman
has loved her husband devotedly and
made him perfectly unhappy by tell
ing him so by word and deed every
minutes they we're together.
You see, little book, am very lone
some for Dick, and l am trying to
argue myself into frame of mind
where l will go about my everyday
affairs and not allow his absence to
take all the interest l have in living
out of it.
But, oh! want him with me now.
When he is away guess endoW him
with all the goodness and graces that
l long for in him-he is just Dick, my
Dick, that wooed me with the impet-
uous passion that took me off my feet
nearly four years ago. 1 forget an
other other things of our life together
during those eventful four years
only know l love Dick with all his
faults and that 1 shall love him as
long as he loves me. What shall do
when he does not love me any more
l know not
have been reading over some Of
the preceding pages, little book. and
l have wondered what the people who
neither knew Dick nor me would
think of us could they read them.
IL
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
Conditions More Satisfactory

Feb. 22:-The situation in the
truck fields is slowly being
Strengthened out and within this
week the money crops will all be
in. A few men have been plant
ing tomatoes as late as this week
After the tomato acreage is set
tied, miscellaneous paintings will
receive attention. From all the
talk heard, growers have taken
the idea to heart of raising more
food stuff and feed for horses cat
tie and chickens. On every hand
there are reports of little patches
here and there of mixed grains
and grasses. Miscellaneous truck
in small quantities is also in view.
1t is very certain now that one re-
suit of this past winter weather
meanness will be better living on
home-raised stuff at less cash out
lay. 1t is a consummation that
has long been urged and will be
approved by everyone.
A planting of interest will be an
acre at Haslett s place on the
Rock road.
This acre was lined both last
year and this with the idea Of
trying it out with clover and tim
othy. Mr.. Haslett has his seed
from Oklahoma and this acre will
be watched by all the northerners
who still yearn for this combina-
ton and think some way can be
found to raise the two things
hereabouts.
An acre of oats is planned at
another place.
More grassplantings is heard Of
every week and the crusade of the
early grass advocates is bearing
fruit now and so fast that anoth-
er twelve months may bring a
bout important changes in this
section. With the prospects of
such hay crops talk is being made
of good cattle and hogs. 1t is
rare some talk Of this sort does
not occur wherever thinking men
get together these last days.
With good truck land, graded
stock campaign in progress and
some sort of a fish market, Punta
Gords ought to become prosper
Gus.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
FRUIT GROWERS
GET A REFUND
Citrus Exchange Returns a Part
of Last Seasons Assess
menf for Marketing

The Florida Citrus Exchange on
the 18th of this month sent out a
refund of ~ cents box to the
growers on approximately q
100000 boxes of fruit that was
shipped through the exchange last
season, 1913-1914. This ~ cents
a box was over and above what
the exchange required of the as
sessment that was made for the
handling of the fruit. 1t will a
mount to approximately $4,000,
A portion of it will be coming to
Punta Gorda growers, and Man
ager j. M. Weeks Of the local as
sociation will make the distribu-
ton as soon as the funds are plac-
ed in his hands, which will be at
an early date. There is not another
marketing agency in the state,
handling citrus fruit, that would
make a refund of this kind and
the growers who shipped through
the exchange are thus benetitting
to this future extent.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
L" BEARS GARDEN"
The Pride Of It's Owenr and
Source of Much Profit

If every acre put into fall crops
had produced in proportion to
the tiny garden of "Bear" Will
liams, then truly Punta Gorda
would have been the garden spot
of South Florida.
If every acre put into truck
this winter around Punta Gorda
had brought in returns proper
tionate to this trifing bit of land
Bear" has worked, then truck
ing would really have been a
fortunate career this winter But
if such a mass Of stuff had been
raised, it is very likely the rail
road might have been short on
cars or the markets long on ev-
cry possible vegetable.
And yet there were a little Bel
gium and in the suburbs of Paris
more acres than are in cultivation
around this city that always did
produce during the year even
more per square yard than
Bear" has taken off of his little
patch. But extensive cultiva-
ton in this section, at least Of the
very painstaking French kind,
seems to be all in the future.
This "Bear" garden begins
with tiny strip on King street
beside the Hautigan building,
Behind the little shop is another
irregularly shaped patch. All
during the rains it fourished with
fluffy topped carrots, pale gray
green onions, dark red beets and
else promising speedy
returns. Salad has been kept
growing almost all the winter.
The garden runs to compact
growing things rather than those
of a sprawly type. There have
been plenty of days when this
garden has furnished majority
Of the tables with green vegeta-
bles. People refer to it with pride
as an evidence of what can be ac-
complished in the city under prop
er conditions.
What it has netted the owner is
not told but considering the a.
mount of stuff kept going in and
coming out Of it and the demand
for it, it must be champion profit
garden around here.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
Chadman Tells Us of Punta Cor.
da's Growth and It's Twin
Ambitions

Among the many who are in
town to see the Gasparilla glory
is Col. Wallace Chadman, familiar
Ily known as Wullie" the famous
Punta Gorda angler. "Wullie" is
a lawyer, and when he isn't clear
ing up some legal difficulty he at
work hitting off freak yarns for
the press. Some three years ago,
when he first reached Southern
Florida, there began to appear
marvellous tales in the big papers
in the north, and inquiries came
down by the hundred. His story
of the model fly farm was copied
far and near and a few belated in
quiries are coming to the Punta
Gorda postoffice to this day. His
modest tale of a minnow he
caught that weighed four pounds,
and his stories of the pie mine,
the Marathon flying fish, the sea
COW dairy, and others created
much comment. But the grow
ing town Of Punta Gorda needed
legal aid and he hung out his
shingle. Mr.. Chadman is willing.
to stake his life on the future of
Punta Gorda. He says they've
got two things to do over there,
and they are to divide big DeSoto
county and elect Albert w, Gill
christ to the senate.
Both are going to be done, "
declares Wullie, " "and if there
is any high class sport who doubts
it to any monetary degree within
reason, he will find a taker most
any fine day over in our town. !"
Col. Chadman says Punta Gorda
has completed a fine system of
water works and sewers and many
hundreds of feet Of sidewalk
have been ordered put down by
the council. The big Punta Cor
da hotel is open, the sea-wall
completed and the filing in about
one-third done, and an air of life
and progress pervades the town
despite the season s drawbacks.
Col. Chadman intends to run
over to st. Petersburg to attend to
some business matters before his
return to Punta Gorda.-Tampa
Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
Three Holidays Not Observed BY
Florida Schools

The next legislature should a,
mend the school laws so as to
give school children three holidays
which are not observed by the
public schools Of the state, One
of the legal holidays which the
children have at present comes at
a time when the schools are not in
session. Christmas, Thanksgiv-
ing and the Fourth of July are
the only holidays permitted in the
schools by the laws of the state.
There are three times each year
when the school children should
be given holidays in honor of our
heroic dead. Washington S
birthday (Feb, 22) and Lees S
birthday (Jan, 19) as well ME
mortal Day april 26) should be
made legal holidays in Florida
schools by the next legislature.
Are there any good reasons why
these days should not be observed
as holidays by the public schools
1t would be tiresome to begin to
recite the reasons why they should
be observed.-Pensacola News.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
School Agriculture Work

The Agricultural instructor, G.
H. Wilson, has already gotten a
fair start on the work with the
eighteen boys, who are in the
classes, and hopes to be able to in
terest them in the details so that
instead of simply being a study
they have to take, it will be a real
pleasure to them.
The county mules were used
Saturday putting the land in bet
ter shape. 1t has been decided
to make small tomato crop since
| that it is the main cash spring
crop and about 5000 plants have
already been set out. The first
planting obtained from Patrick s
Iseedbeds are already looking well
and not a plant so far was lost Of
that lot. The second lot consists
of younger plants set only last
Saturday and it will take a few
days to see them get hold.
A small part Of the land has
now been lined and tomatoes
will be put on that and the boys
will thus have the chance to OBJ
serve the difference in results be-
tween lined and unlimed soil.
Prof. Wilson is spending his
spare time out among the truckers
as he wants to familiarize himself
with the soil in this section, get
acquainted with the growers and
their experiences. He is interest
ed in the mari conditions and will
send sample for special analy-
sis to his brother, Assistant State
Chemist Wilson, at Tallahassee.
Mr.. Wilson has been fourteen
years in Florida, and since his
graduation from Gainesville, has
been especially interested in cattle
work.
He has been in Ohio, at Mans
field with Carpenter and Ross, the
great shorthorn breeders; in Iowa
with Hereford breeders and in Hi
nois at Dunham s Percheron farm
where stud contains 300 fine
French Stations. This, added to
his long Florida experience, has
fitted him for a strong interest in
South florida prospects and es-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
Miscellaneous

On the Simmons-Mawman res.
ervation quite nice lot Of mixed
truck-beets, lettuce, potatoes and
beans-is being put in.
Haslett has an acre of pepper tC
commence shipping by the first OF
April.
Patrick has an acre of squash
one of cukes, one Of beans and one
of okra in. There may be five
acres of the canal bank land be.
yond Kuykendalls property that
he will put into Irish potatoes.
f. NJ. Cooper will make an acre
Of sugar corn.
Mayor Stone thinks tomatoes
have no attraction for him at this
date and nothing else appeals to
him. SO shipping truck will not
be featured this spring.
The nice little tomato plants
that Driver thought were starting
to die on his hands refused to
give up the ghost and have taken
on both fine color and growth.
Beans and tomatoes alternating
are being played by enough men
so that a good line can be obtain
ed on results from that method
Lots of family gardeners are
planting little messes of beans.
One seed handler sold $3.50 worth
within five hours last Saturday,
no purchase being over 25c worth
and most of them less. Hodson
wax had the call among four va
rieties of seed.
Cultivation and fertilizing of
tomato crops will differ somewhat
from last spring owing to the con-
ditions under which the crops
have been put in.
Joel Bishop has a nice lot of
truck in on the old Wikle place
half an acre of cukes, same of
beans and Irish potatoes, besides
tcmatccs.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
Fine Pictures For School

Through the generosity of the
members of the class of 1913, Pun
ia Gorda school will be enriched
with a fine collection of copies of
twenty-nine Of the worlds master
pieces of Art. After leaving the
school the members Of the class,
which included the Misses Boyle,
the Misses Martin, Isad0ra Skies
and Coe Allen, wished to leave
permanent memorial i'll The
building, and decided to purchase
some good pictures. Owing to
many delays the plan has just
been carried out but in
stead of only one picture
it has been found possible to
obtain this collection of twenty
nine unframed copies. Each
measures 22x29 inches, one, The
Laughing Cavalies of Franz Halls
being colored. This will be franz
ed by the donors at once. 1t is
proposed to give an entertainment
and obtain funds wherewith to
frame the remainder when they
will be divided among the various
rooms in the building giving to all
some of the finest examples of
art known. 1t is hoped to have a
series of talks on these pictures.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
Interested In Oklahoma

j. j. Haslett has been in receipt
of several queries from substantial
residents of his old Oklahoma
home town in regard to land and
conditions around Punta Gorda.
Mr.. Haslett has answered all of
these with details, but assuring
them that the correct way is to
come to inspect things before buy
ing land. AS a result he has
word that some of these parties
will leave for Punta Gorda soon,
and Mr.. Haslett thinks their visit
may be we'll timed to see some
good looking truck crops. He
has also had letter from his old
friend, Lieut.. Governor McAhis-
ter of Oklahoma, who may visit
this section for pleasure soon. Al
together Mr. Haslett thinks there
is a very healthy interest about
this locality in his old state at this
time.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1915.
DOLLAR SPENT So TIMES
Trade-at-H Home Bill Teaches Moral
In India

Columbus, Ind.-The trade-at-
home" dollar which was put into
circulation here by Archie B.
Spurgin, president of the Retail
Merchants Association, was re-
Gently returned to him. The dol
lar was spent SO times, and Spur
gin estimates that it earned more
than $40 dollars besides teaching
the moral that it is best to trade
at home. The dollar was placed
in circulation to give people an
idea of how much good dollar
will do if spent at home.
A dollar bill was pasted inside a
bank book and instructions were
written on the fly leaf for the pos
SCISSOR of the bill to make an entry
each time the money was spent,
telling with whom it was spent
and for what. Spurgin spent it
first and after that it went to 50
different persons. 1t bought all
sorts of things, was used in pay
ing accounts, was applied on sala-
ries, helped to make change and
did every other thing a dollar has
ever been known to do.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
Giichrist Knows His Mind

Whether one is a supporter of
former Gov. Albert w. Gilchrist
of Punta Gorda, there can be no
denying that the general knows
what he wants and is never back
ward about acquainting his fell
low citizens with the fact.
just now the former Governor
ig centering his affections on the
senatorial chair being filled at
Washington by Hon. Nat Bryan
of Jacksonville. General Gilchrist
has been ambitious ever since he
was elected to the governorship to
take the next logical step on the
political ladder, which is the Unit
ed States senate. He "set his
pegs" for the senate, and it won t
be Albert Gilchrist s fault if the
1916 primary fails to land him
there.
Years ago when Albert Gill
christ was struggling youth he
announced that one day he
would be governor of Florida.
The awkard lad didn It look like
gubernatorial timber, but he had
the ability and the "stick to it"
faculty that finally landed him
there-and he made but one
try.
General Gilchrist has the ad-
mirable quality of making up his
mind firmly and sticking to a set
plan of campaign. There is
of the vacillating ten
dency in his makeup. While
others stand around and admit
that they will become candidates
for political posts provided their
friends demand it, intimating that
it will be personal sacrifice on
their part, the general openly
says: 81 want to be your senator,
and if you will give me enough Of
your votes | will be your senator"
That plan Of campaign made him
governor. Whether he can re-
peat his triumph in his new race
IS question. But he'll be found
trying. There are easier men to
beat than Gilchrist in this state
Tampa Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
THE ITALIAN TOMATO
It Has Supplanted the. American
In The English Market

A report by Commercial Agent
j. Alexis Shriver dealing with the
Italian tomato industry has just
been published by the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce
under the title Canned Tomato
Industry in Italy. F." The report
says that while America gives the
tomato to the world, Italy is to-
day teaching the rest of the world
by example how it should be rails
ed and how it should be preserved.
Italian tomatoes have practically
pushed the American product out
of the English market, and have,
in fact, gained an enormous mark
ct in the United States.
According to fairly accurate
statistics, the area planted in to-
matoes in Italy is about $4,000
acres, producing about 3S5,000
tons. The exports to this count
ry amount to 20,000,000 pounds of
canned tomatoes and tomato sau-
ce, while some S,000,000 pounds
go to South America. The total
value of the tomato exports from
Italy is well over $6,000,000. The
skins and seeds that were form
erly wasted are now utilized, the
former as stock feed and the latter
as a source of oil. The crude oil
is suitable for soapmaking and for
lamps, and the refined oil is said
to be edible.-New York Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
TIMBER MARKS
AND THE CAUSE
Shown by Invesfigafions-A Re-
suit of Storms of Which
They Are a Record

Washington Little diagonal
strcaks or wrinkles across the
grain of a piece of timber not only
betray weakness, but sometimes
indicate periods of stress through
which the wood passed when it
was growing. They may even be
taken as a sort of check on the Off
cial record of wind storms, as in
the case of some lumber tested at
the forest service laboratory at
Madison, Wisconsin.
The marks are caused by what
are called compression failures, "
which occur when the fibers bend
or buckle under a too heavy strain.
In cutting up logs collected for ex-
periments at the laboratory, it
was noticed that these compression
failures appeared on the north side
of number of trees which came
from the same locality in Florida.
By counting the annual rings of
the wood and from knowledge
of the time when it was cut in the
forest, it was decided that the
compression failures must have
been caused by a severe wind from
the south about the year 1898, In
quires were made in Florida and
it was found that a hurricane had,
in fact, swept over the region at
the time indicated
The experiments have determin-
ed that the strength of a piece of
wood may be seriously impaired
by slight compression failures
due to rough handling. Drop
ping a beam across a skid may
cause a compression failure at
the point at which the beam
strikes the skid and it will be at
this point that the beam gives a.
way when it breaks under a
strain too severe for the weaken
ed fibers to withstand. Hitherto
unaccountable breakage in hick-
Ory wagon spokes and other pre-
sumably strong material are now
attributed to compression failures
caused by wind storms in the per-
lod of growth or by hard usage in
and manufacturing
processes.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
A Special Meeting

DR.. G. w. Duke of Tampa, Fla,
will begin a series of meetings in
the Baptist church next Monday
evening at 1880 o'clG k. The
meetings are expected tc hold for
ten days or two weeks.
There will be two services a day,
3 80 p. m. and 7 80 p. m. Every
body is cordially invited to at
tend these services.
The Baptist church is holding
prayer meetings from Z 80 to s o.
clock each evening this week in
preparation for the meeting-T.
r. WOODSON, Pastor.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
Common Sense

Kipling can take a worthless
piece of paper and write a poem
on it and make it worth thous-
andS of dollars-tha's genius
Some men can write a few words
on a piece of paper aud make it
worth millions-that's capital,
The United States can take an
ounce and a quarter of gold and
make it worth $20-that' s money.
A mechanic can take material
worth $5 and make it into watch
springs worth $1000-that's skill.
There is a man in Chicago who
can take a fifty cent piece of can
vas, paint a picture on it, and
make it worth $1000-that's art.
A Greek can take an article
worth rs cents and sell it for 81
that s business. A woman could
purchase a hat for Seventy-fve
cents but prefers one worth $27-
that s fOolishnesS. A ditch digger
handles several tons of earth for
$3.50 a day-that's s labor. The
author of this can write check
for 100000, but it wouldn't be
worth d--dime-that s rough.
There are people who will tell
you that other papers are as good
as this-that s nerve. Take $3.50
and get a years subscription to
The Punta Gorda Herald-that s
common sense.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25

Rags, the young dog which R.
G.. Blount has been coaxing for
some time, had his first real good
hunt a couple of days before the
season wound up. While Rags
had had few trials before, this
was his first real days going and
Mr.. Blount is highly pleased at
the dogs performance. Rags
proved himself a true son of the
most popular dog in town, Spot
Goldstein. Spot is one of the
senior dogs and the hero of many
events purely personal as well as
in the fields. 1t is predicted that
next season Spot and Rags will
make an invincible pair for Mes
srs. Goldstein and Blount.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25
By Mrs. X. S. Lawson

pecially in this section.
While his detail makes the
school here his routine work, Prof.
Smith states that Mr.. Wilson is
sent to the Punta Gorda School
district with the understanding
that anyone in the district is en-
titled to Mr.. Wilson S advice, and
it is hoped everyone will cooper
ate to make the assignment valu-
able to the section.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25

While there is such diversity Of
views as to whether the majority
of the late tomato paintings can
get into market to win much mon
ey, a peculiarly reassuring fact
is noted. Such strong efforts
are being made by one commission
house to find packing house loca-
tion in town that it does not seem
as if this house with all the rest
of South Florida conditions well
known to them would arrange to
open up here unless they felt GER
tain that Punta Gorda would have
the stuff TO ship to advantage.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25

Good fishing has been had on
the Charlotte Harbor side the past
week. Mr.. Welsh, and Orth
Prather with his boat, got a fine
haul of fifty nice sized fish over at
the mouth of little Alligator.
Messrs. Fellows, Hefner and Mos
teller fishing from the wharf at
Charlotte Harbor pulled in nine
'as pretty red fish as have come a
shore lately. .. -..
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25

Among the Punta Gordans Wis
iting Fort Myers have been Mes
srs. Brubacher and II. p. Porter.
Mr.. George Mawman was down at
the subdivision lot auction lately
held looking into values received
for the lois.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-25

j. ID. Carmichael was a business
visitor 10 Arcadia on Saturday.