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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18
Lazy Farmers, Don't Read this

The United States Department
OF Agriculture, the state boards
and the experts all over the count
ry are urging the farmers of A
merica to cultivate every available
acre during the coming year. The
war in Europe assures the sale of
almost everything that can be
raised. Every article that is ex-
ported to feed the soldiers and the
citizens and the stock of Europe
means just that much less for
home consumption, therefore,
even with big crops of everything,
the prices will be high. If it is
not good crop year the farmer
will at least raise enough for
home use and will not have to pay
the high prices that will prevail.
Utilize every available acre for
grain, grasses and vegetables. In
many sections farmers are urged
to try double acreage of pota-
toes. 1t should not be necessary,
under proper conditions, to i'm
port potatoes into any agricultur-
al county, Put the hens and the
turkeys to work and give them
square deal. Raise pigs, cattle
and horses in as large numbers as
the accommodations of the farm
will Justify and any losses that
any farmer, planter or rancher
may have sustained last year will
be more than made good. The
war IN Europe may last for months
or years, but while it continues
there will be an active demand
for everything we produce.
Should the war end this week the
nations engaged will need all our
surplus products for a year at
least.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18
TOMATOES! OH YES.
A Fresh Attack of Tomato Fever
And It Is Contagious

A majority of the growers are
looking to tomatoes to recOup
them for some Of the losses of the
past two months. Seven days
without rain, a rapidly falling
waterlevel and reports brought
into town from all over South
Florida have combined to persu-
ade a number of men to try again.
Another persuasive factor in
bringing several to that decision
as well as making others who had
already commenced decide to in
crease their paintings has been the
temperatures reported privately
from many points north Of here.
A close analysis of the various
fields already in use at this writ
ing and to be planted before the
Goth, if no heavy rains occur, war
rants the prediction that barring
extreme low temperatures or ex-
cessive rains the chances are bet
ter than even that more money
will be made than lost on the to-
mato crop. This is based on con-
ditions of various plants being set
or already in and of the very late
seed paintings. 1t is difficult to
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18

ores having beans alternating with
tomatoes. Another three acres
is being put in tomatoes by Nc
Lane and II. B. Melton, who is on
the Rhodes farm. Melton is al
so putting in five acres of toma-
toes on the Rhodes place.
The paintings of the K. and S.
and X. and A. combinations are
still going on. Thompson at
Koon and Co.. s farm is working
on five acres of tomatoes. Barley
will be able to finish up three acres
with some of the fine plants from
J. H. Miller's.
W. F. Bridges has the four and
a half acres of Meadow land on
the section line road to Pineapple
River bridge in tomatoes and
two acres in town.
Aliens eight acres in the blight
is about ready to lay by. These
dIt uCSCIlDCu dS NCIN lIlC pldlllo
and among the really promising
things. Citizens sent to Polk
county for plants. There are 4
acres at p. w. Meadows Solana
place.
Everything at j. H. Miller's
place that is not in peppery egg
plant and beans is either showing
a fine stand of tomatoes in hills or
will be set with plants from some
of the stand.
Edmundson'S five acres of
planting is showing well. Wind
ham has not decided what the fin
al planting will count up as the
stand obtained so far doesn't suit
him and as Klondike made such a
good corn show last year more
may be put in and not so many
tomatoes.
There are a number of other
fields in and it is hopedlto have the
final figures for next week s issue.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18
Wonderful South Florida

With no advance notice of its
intention, but like bolt from the
clear sky, The Tampa Times yes
terday, January rs, issued a speci-
al "Tampa and Tampa Territory
edition of 104 pages, devoted to
Tampa and HillSborough county
in particular, and South Florida
in general. y y +" .
The edition is one of which The
Times may well feel proud. 1t is
indeed can argument for Flori-
d." as announced editorially, as
| it shows that the region is prosper
GUS. Care is exercised in the
preparation of the matter, with a
view to exactness Of statement,
"The truth being sufficiently
glowing to need no coloring." Par
ticular attention is called to the
citrus fruit industry, with 9,000,-
900 boxes for the present season,
and with 100000 boxes in sight
for the early future. Millions of
dollars in vegetables and straw
berries, the great cattle business,
and the gigantic phosphate indus
try, with $100,000,000 invested
these are some of the things that
are stressed in the edition. At
tention is also called to the great
area of Florida, greater than New
with enough yet unclear-
ed to make a fair sized empire,
and that would support millions.
The advantage of having LOO
miles of coast south, east and
west, making it possible for the
breezes of ocean and gulf to meet
and intermingle, tempering the
climate, so that here may be en-
joyed tropical fruits and flowers
the year round, is another of the
main great claims Of this wonder
full state. In fine, it is the near
est the garden of Eden that can be
found in the world and is truly
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18
Odd Bits of News

Vernon, Pa Spontaneous com
bustion in a piece of dried cheese
set fire to a house here recently
The cheese had become dry on g
shelf and the fire was discovered
in time to save the house.
Petrograd, Russia during tht
half year since vodka has beer
prohibited in Russia more than
1900 secret distilleries have beer
discovered. Many of them have
been refining shellac and convert,
ing methylated spirits into alco-
holic beverages.
Winsted, Conn., Miss Eliza,
beth M. Kilbourn, the first woman
in the world to take a stitch on a
sewing machine, died here recent
ly at the age of Sc.
Chicago, Ill.-When "Ben"
Rosenstein died here recently it
was discovered that che" was
a woman and had been married
for several years CHS" wife was
at the bedside when che" died.
The two young women had "mar-
ried" so that the husband" could
do a man S work and make more
money.
Chicago, Ill-The department
that caused the most comment at
the fashion show that opened
here this week was the one devot-
ed to smoking apparel for women.
Chicago's most exclu-
sive hotel has permitted women
to smoke in the public dining
halls for several months, but, two
or three women have made use Of
the privilege.
Post, Tex.-This town has the
most complete cotton factory in
the world, The cotton is taken
from the farmers wagons, ginned,
spun, woven into cloth and made
INTO sheets and pillow cases in
The one factory.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18
Optimism
After a Rainless Week, Spirits OF
Truckers Revived and
Work Started

Feb. 15-At this date few
truckers are to be seen sitting a
round town with folded hands
The period of patient waiting
seems to have come to some kind
of get off station and the un,
quenchable fascination of the
trucking game has every man
playing tomatoes for all they are
worth. The finest kind of spirit
and determination is being
shown by merchants and truckers.
As Lent has now begun, it is hop
ed there may at least show some
improvement in the demand for
fish. This also will affect Punta
Gorda and taken altogether the
opinion seems general that while
affairs throughout the world are
in such extraordinary state Punta
Gorda is not the worst off place
by any means.
One noticeable fact is that while
there are still the historic city
knockers whose chief need is an
M. d.. course in "trop. tabs, !"
the experienced truckers who
have come in here this year and
those who have watched the
trucking industry develop here
are already looking ahead to the
fall paintings.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18

duction of from 1919 to Is per
cent, amounting approximately to
100000 boxes for the entire cit
rus crop in Florida. If this
scheme were followed throughout
the entire state it is thought that
the output would be at least 25
per cent. greater than it is now,
and that the appearance of the
fruit would also be much better. In
one orchard, sprayed rows yielded
60 to 70 boxes of fruit while adj
joining rows which were left un-
sprayed had only about five boxes.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18
WITH THE TILLERS OF THE SOIL
By Mrs K S. Lawson

obtain fresh young plants and
none are reported available that
are of the standard size for trans
planting. In several cases
plants ordered from out of town
growers have been most unsatis-
factory or impossible. Opinions
of varying sorts are heard as to
the prospects of good yields from
some of the fields where plants are
being set which have been much
stunted in the seed beds.
George McLane, for instance,
prefers planting over twelve acres
of seed and taking his chances on
that course rather than try to
bring out such stunted plants as
could be obtained. Others feel
sure money will be made from
these plants by using nitrate of
soda for growth. One old grow
er advises nipping out the top of
all such plants. Other old timers
say they will make in time to get
some of the good money. There
is a situation in the fields that, of
course has never been seen here
before and when the results are
known it would appear that about
everything that possibly could be
determined concerning late spring
tomato crop on Punta Gorda
soils should be accessible. 1t is
suggested that this information
should be put in shape and kept
by the Board of Trade for future
reference since many new facts
will be so established and be of
permanent value to newcomers.
Every day rains hold off new
fields are becoming available for
handling. At Harry Dreggors
place out along the railroad the
waterlevel was lower on Monday
than at any time since Christmas
and land that it had not been pos
sible to work since then was in
good shape. Mr.. Dreggors had some
fine young plants rather under the
usual size but fresh and upstand-
ing to be put in on Wednesday if |
the situation kept the same. l..
A. Hawkins was planting and
would use some of the Dreggors
plants also. Patrick will keep on
planting most of this week and |
his stuff will be distributed from
Pineapple river to Solana and now
promises to count up pretty well.
The first picking from no two
fields is apt to strike the same
date. Patrick has been heard to
predict that it might happen that
this section could not gain any
precedence over. other localities
but the entire crop in South and
Central Florida jump into market
at the same time.
Mizell, himself, has been at his
own place pushing things. At
the Cooper farm the Senator has
been watching the bunch of men
Hardy Harrison has been pushing
The plants which have been stand
ing the water there have been
out, heavily fortified
and filled in from the seed beds.
On Saturday a pond on this farm
which had not been free from wa
ter since New Years was at least
showing none.
At G. j. l.. Smith s the tomatoes
in the groves have pulled through
and are starting to bloom. At
George McLane's there is a total
Of twelve and a half acres plant
ed with seed, three and a half "a
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-02-18

ga land of opportunity for the
man or woman who has a little
capital with which to make a
start and who will work and add
to that capital by development. ="
Myers Press.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-26

limited Press Leased Wire serV1ce'I
NEW YORK, April 26. G1 a. M
Germany's further successes near
WIRES do not carry the kaisers ad-
vance any distance to the west Read
ing the official Berlin report without
the aid of a map creates the impress
sion that the Germans have driven ths
French and British forces still tursa-
er westward and that the German
trenches have been advanced a fe"
villages near to Calais.
This however is not true me
Germans have been halted west of the
Yrres canal ana the centre OF the
fighting is now five miles to the east.
This peculiar situation is the result CT
the narrow front along which the tirs'
German advance last week was made.
The Germans are now holding this
hard won lane from Langemarck 10
the Ypres canal and at the same time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-26

[By Bond P. Geddes, United Press
Staff Correspondent
SYRACUSE, N. Y, April 26.-Old
ghosts today rose to haunt Coionei
Roosevelt as political Hamlet. Po-
litical sores Of the past were re-
opened and the dealings OF Roosevelt
while governor and president, Win
William Barnes and former Senator
Platt, the "easy boss" were barred:
Dead mems ashes were raked lot
evidence impunging Roosevelts past
course.
From Platt's executors, scores OF
letters were produced by Barnes TO
show how Roosevelt worked with
Platt, consulted him regarding ap.
pointments and state legislation ana
was hand in glove with the repuoil-
can machine. The evidence was the
most unfavorable yet given against
Roosevelt. Yet It saasmed not to. DIS.
turb him greatly. He frankly admit
tewd that Platt was the boss and that
he worked with him.
Roosevelt's sympathy with Barnes
opposition to denomination OF Gover-
nor Hughes was also shown by let
ters produced. But the colonel quail
fed 81 felt that the political machine
should not be used by the organiza-
ton even If they had grievances with
which I sympathized to defeat the
popular WILL
Roosevelt admitted how he met
Platt and the latter'!s son, Frank, fr7-
uuently at private breakfasts In New
York while he was governor to discuss
patronage and other matters. IN one
letter from Platts letter files. the
colonel asked that an archltect
friend be allowed to bid on govern
ment contract and asked Platt to see
that his friend was allowed to CON-
pete.
The Platt-Roosevelt letters dis
closed in detail their long and ire
ouent correspondence; their frequent
conversations over appointments ana
Roosevelt's acquiesence in Platts
wishes in many matters. Roosevelt
showed little signs that he was pur-
turbed over the revelations. He took
evident pains to hold his temper
when Attorney Barnur, succeeding
WINS in the colonefs cross examlna-
ton, went after him with the intent
of rousing the coloneIs ire.
WINS produced letters between
Roosevelt. Barnes and former Repre-
sentative Herbert Parsons, regarding
Governor Hughes denomination. Mr.
Barnes wrote to Roosevelt, on August
21, 1908, as follows: Il have burnt
my bridges on this matter (opposl-
ton to Hughes). Wadsworth, White
Hinman, Hughes or any straight re-
publican could win. If we do not nom'-
nate such a man, the state will pass
into the hands of Hughes and then
those who have made the fight Will
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-26
MURDERED MAN
FOUND IN SHOP
Doors and Windows Had Been CaA
fully Secured With New Pad.
locks and Bolts.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, April 26.-The police to-
day are seeking Clara Carton, 19
years old and known as Kitty, the
Blonde" in an endeavor to solve the
mystery Of the death Of George Ak
man, wealthy delicatessen shop pro-
prietor, whose body was found in his
shop here yesterday.
Aikman's customers notified tho
police the store had not been opened
for several days. When policemen
entered the store they found the win
dows and doors securely closed with
new padlocks and steel bolts. They
forced the doors and found Aikman's s
body under a stairway.
From letters found in the dead
mans clothing, 1t is thought he was
known in Rockford. ILL.,, and Bur
roughs, Ind.
The Carton girl had room in the
same house with the dead man and
often had been introduced as his
daughter. She formerly lived at
Kalamazoo and YorkviHe, Mich.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-26
AUSTRIA

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
VIENNA, April 24.-(via wireless
from Berlin through SayvilIe, L. l., to
the United Press, April 26.)-That
not only has the Russian assault on
the Austro-Hunaarian positions lead
ing to the carpathians completely
broken down, but that at no single
point has the enemy been able to
make any serious impression on the
Austrian line, fs the claim made at
ing the fighting up to today, declares
back with enormous losses. The COM
munique says:
"In the Carpathians the enemy's at
tacks against the Important sectors Of
the front, especially on the best roads
for invading Hungary, through the
OndaWa, Laboroza and Une valleys,
have completely failed. Baked In
these frontal attacks, the enemy tried
out thanking operations In tho valley
Of the, upper czipoka near Nasypolany
and near the source Of this river.
Here heavy fighting which lasted sew
eral days, took place, but the enemy
was unable to make any definite pro.
gress. The Russians lost many thou.
sands In killed and wounded and we
took 5000 unwounded prisoners.
In reply 70 various Russian "officIaI'
bulletins circulated abroad relating to
successes In the Carpathians, It Ia
stated that despite all efforts and sac
-lfices, the enemy have been unable
to make any real headway and they
have not made the slightest gain In
the direction Of the Uszok defiIe, their
main objective. The Austrian lines
have held firm everywhere. On the
other fronts there have been nothing
but artillery dueIs and the situation
everywhere is unchanged"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-26
What the War Moves Mean
Rv / w. T. Mason, Former European Man.
aper of the United Press.

are attempting to widen It to tho
south.
For this purpose. they have brought
up new troops southeast Of Lange'
marck and are trying to drive forward
once more to the Ypres canal aloh:'
a. wider front This objective OF
course is not Calais, which is nearly
fifty miles away over heavily en-
trenched terrain. The purpose of the
advance is now seen to be TO forcs
the British out Of Ypres.
Whether the Germans have determ-
ined on a major assault to capture
pres, cannot become known until
further efforts have been made Tha
british have undoubtedly calleu up
large reserves for holding Ypres and
they are no longer in position to os
surprised. If the Germans are TO
make further advances now, the losses
must be very great. as has always
happened to the attacking side In the
| present war.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-26
HONESTY IS a.
PARAMOUNT ISSUE
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture
Speaks at Opening Of South
ern Commercial Congress.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service !
MUSKCGEE. Okla, April 26.-De-
claring the paramount business issue
operation as the keynote of his ad-
dress, Carl Vrooman, assistant secre-
tary of agriculture. was the principal
speaker at the opening session Of
the southern commercial congress.
He divided business organization
into three types, naming those found
ed unon privilege, upon regulated COM
petition and upon cooperation. Regu.
lated competition, involving co-opera-
ton. is the method Of the day, he de-
clared.
THAT there is community, of in
tarest between the farmer and the
railroads or the banks, does not ad.
NIT of doubt, but that there is an
identity of interests does not follow"
asserted Vrooman. after they all
have worked together for their COM
mon advantage. there is left a zone
where some men by stealth or craft,
profit at the expense of others and 1t
is upon this zone that cooperation is
encroaching.
"One could not tell man with a
controlling ambition to pile up mil
lions that the quickest way to reali-
zation lies along the paths Of }egfti'
mate enterprise, The paramount Is
sue before the people today Is not the
tariff nor corporation control nor any
Of the economic or political problems
so glibly discussed by the newspa'
pers. The paramount issue Is the
psychological one of personal, funda'
mental honesty"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-26
TURKEY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
CONSTANTlNOPLE, April 2e-For
half an hour on Sunday the Russian
Black sea fleet bombarded the Boa-
phorus forts at long range. No dam
age was done.
ENTIRE FLEET ENGAGEO.
ATHENS, April 26.-The entire al
lied fleet is today sbombarding the
forts of the DardaneIIes and the forts
all along the line are replying with
vigor. The bombardment commenced
early Sunday at long range and no
account Of the damage has az yet
been revealed.
LARGE FORCE LANDED.
LONDON, April 26.-The attempt
Of tho allies to reduce the Turkish
fortifications guarding the DardaneIIes
by combined land and sea expedI.
tion already has commenced. The war
office and admiralty in brief mes.
sage issued late today says:
1--WE have landed large force on
the GaIIipoii peninsula"
It is understood here that the ex'
pedItion is under the command Of
General Sir Ian Hamilton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-26
ENGLAND

UNITED Press Leas ire Service
LONDON, Apr The press
bureau In an Off eatement today
Gays that the Br $ .roops have stop
ped two deterv g German assaults
directed fror ssschendaeIe Give
miles southe If Langemarck and
seven nortF = >of Ypres) toward the
allied lines, sssodseiende. The fight
ing is declafN to be continuing with
the utmost desperation, but the allied
lines are holding everywhere. Some
reports claim that the Germans have
been driven entirely from the west
bank Of the User canal, but the Off
ciaI reports do not make such claim.
All that is stated up to the present
time 10 that the allies are slowly re-
covering ground already ceded.
The story sent by correspondent
Of the London Daily Mail claiming
that this latest and greatest German
drive is being directed by Field Mar
shaI Won Hindenburg is not confirmed
from any other source. The report Is
not generally credited. Won Hlnden-
burg, It 10 pointed out here, has seen
all Of his service In the east. He
knows the Mazurian lake and the
eastern frontier like a mother knows
her child, and the German general
staff would hardly risk him withdraw
ing from the Russian front when the
numerical superiority Of the Russians
is taken Into consideration. It 10 sug-
cested that the report originated in
the fact that two, and possibly five
army corps Of the first line Of German
troops have been withdrawn from Pol
and and are now In action In Belgium.
The press bureau report say that
the French authorities say that be-
tween the Meuse and the MoseiIe the
Germans, after failure against Ca.
Ionne have re-attacked toward St.
Remy for the purpose Of taking
Eparges. The fighting has been very
violent but the French lines are hold.
ing fast.
An Amsterdam report received to.
day says that word received from
0hent indicates that Lieut. Roland
,carros sas not captured by the, Ger.
mana. but managed to escape. He was
forced to descend in German territory,
the report says, but escaped az there
were few Germans there. The report
10 dIsblieved here, because the Ger.
mans have claimed and the French
admitted the capture.