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The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30
Have Practically Doubled in Past
Nine Years
SHOWING MADE BY THE
TAX ASSESSORS BOOKS
The Good Record that is Shown
From an Official Source-Fig-
ures are Given from Capitula-
tion-Last and Final Payment
on Court House Provided For.

Figures obtained from the
county tax assessors office show
that not only has property in this
county increased in value, but it
has increased to such an extent
that today DeSoto county ranks
among the foremost counties of
the state for wealth. The person
al as well as the real property is
advancing in a manner that is
gratifying, and it is caused by
healthful growth, enterprise on
the part of the citizens, and atten-
ton and alertness on the part of
the officials in getting on to the
wonderful development that is
continually going on
In the year 1908 the assessed
value of property, real and per-
sonal, was $4,250,000 in round
numbers. Gradually the increase
has been going ON, and the figures
have reached the gigantic proper
tions of So, 100000, or within few
dollars of being double. No great
boom has caused this. No infla-
tion has been offered, but this is
the natural result of a substantial
growth, backed by enterprise and :
the proper advertising of the re-
sources of the county, causing
many new settlers to come in
while the enthusiasm has taken
hold of the older residents and
caused them to make improve
ments and thus the work of in
crease has gone on.
1t may be pleasing to the tax
payers to know that the last and
final payment on the court house
has been provided for, the amount
being $4,000.
To accomplish such results has
taken careful work on the part Of
the tax assessor. For upon him
devolves the duty of making val
that will furnish enough
money to conduct the affairs of
the county. The assessment shows
that the following amounts have
been made available in the various
funds.
Fine and forfeiture ...........~..$ $500
General revenue .................. $4,000
Road fund ..........,..................... 10000
Total --..,....-..................-...-. $117,5OO
As is well known, there is a
pecial work going on in the mat
(Continued ou last na0nl
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30
Citrus Seminar Replete With Au
thorities

Charles j. Brand, Chief of the
Office of Markets and Rural Or
ganization of the United States
Department of Agriculture, is one
of the most widely known authori-
ties on marketing in the country.
Mr.. Brand will speak at the Cit
rus Seminar which will be held at
the University of Florida October
5 to s inclusive. The marketing
problem is ever present and it is
one of the most serious questions
with which the producer of citrus
fruits has to deal Mr.. Brand
will have a message which no
grower can afford to miss.
Walter 7. Swingle of the Bu-
reau of Plant Industry has been
asked to speak. He has recently
returned from Japan where he has
been studying citrus canker. His
reply has not been received, but
he has been urged to come.
In addition, all the Florida
of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture will at
tend the meeting and most of them
are ON the program to give talks.
them are S. G. Hood, who
has been carrying on drug plant
Investigations for the Bureau of
Plant Industry; w. w. Yothers,
who is doing work for the Bureau
If Entomology; j. G. Grossen-
'acher, who is investigating fruit
diseases for the Bureau of Plant
industry F. w. Stanley of the Of
ice of Public Roads and Rural En-
'ineering, and e. L. Markell, who
S carrying on pomological inves-
igations for the Bureau of Plant
industry.
Aside from these there will be
representatives of the State Plant
'oard, State Horticultural Socie-
Y, State Department of Agricul-
ure, and the Experiment Station.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30

The following is the preliminary
program of the sixth annual Cit
rus Seminar at the University Of
Florida, Gainesville. The first day
October 5 will be devoted to fertil.
izers and grove management: Op.
ening address by Dr. A. A. Muir
lphree, president Of the University
and p. I'll. Rolls, director of the
Experiment Station Florida Soils,
is. Il. Collision; Limestones and
Marls of Florida, f. H. Sellards !;
Fertilizer Experiments with Cit
rus Seedlings, B. F. Floyd; Grove
Fertilization, p. H. Rolls; Certain
Essential Oils as By-Products in
the Citrus Industry, S. c. Hood;
Soil Moisture, Investigations in
Florida, F. w. Stanley; United
States Department of Agriculture
Crop Estimate Service in Florida,
C. G. Hare.
October 6 will be devoted to cit
rus canker: Citrus Canker-lts
Cause, H. +. Stevens; Citrus Can
ker in Japan, w. T. Swingle; Cit
rus Canker and the Plant Board,
Wilmon Newell; Citrus Canker
Work, L. S. Tenny
The Future of Citrus Canker, w.
j. Krone; General Discussion of
Citrus Canker.
Other citrus diseases and pests
will be discussed October Z; Cot |
tony Cushion Scale and It's con-
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30

1t has been stated that "a man
of good judgment, steady and in
dustrious, can do better in Florida
in the fruit and vegetable growing
business than in any other State
in this country. Such men, COM
ing into the State without capital,
have made a success, even FORUM
es, but the proper land must first
be had, and there is plenty of
such land in the State, but don t
fool with land sharks. Here is
where the failures come. 1t takes
from FIVE to seven years to make
a citrus grove productive, but it
pays thereafter. In the trucking
business crops can be had in 80
days on the rich well developed
land Fort Meade Leader.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30
Citrus Seminar Program
Authorities TO Take Part

Itrol, K. w. Berger and j. r. Wat
son; The Work of the Bureau of
Entomology with Citrus in Flori-
da, w. w. Yothers; The Control
of Grasshoppers, r. N. Wilson
Nursery Inspection Service of the
Plant Board, f. NJ. OByrne; Cit
rus Diseases-how to Know and
Control Them, II. +. Stevens Sour
IScab and Its Prevention, j. G.
lGrossenbacher. !.
Marketing will be considered
October 8: Problems Confronting
the Growers of Florida, l.. d. JON
es; Charles j. Brand, chief of the
United States Department of Ag-
riculture Office of Markets and
Rural Organization will speak
Advertising Citrus Fruits, b. L.
Cooperative Demonstra-
ton Work in Florida, c. K. Nc
Quarrie; Cooperative Demonstra-
ton Work in the Citrus Districts.
A. P. Spencer; Forage Crops for
Florida, J. NJ Scott; The Agricul-
tural College, w. L. Floyd.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30

Rural credit laws are being pro-
posed mainly to catch the farmer
vote. Any farmer with a rating
can borrow money from the banks
now. That the state should loan
money to the farmer at less rate
than the merchant can borrow is
not practical, and any legislation
proposing such practice would be
knocked out in court. If all the
growers of the state would closely
cooperate, they could among
themselves establish a system of
farm loans, and in no other way
Will this ever be brought about.
Such is the practice in Germany
and other European countries.
and the note of the borrowing
farmer is endorsed by other mem
oers of the association to which he
belongs, making the loan safe and
certain the refusal of
loan to persons where character
or security is not good,-The Flor
ida Grower.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30
Growers Warned Against
"Canker Cures.

The following warning against
fake canker cures has been issued
by Wilmon Newell, plant commits
sioner of the State Plant Board:
"The occurrence of citrus can
ker in Florida has been followed,
as is always the case when any
new insect pest or disease makes
its appearance, by numerous So
called cures. Some of the exploit
ed cures are frauds,pure and sim
pie, and were devised solely for
the purpose of defrauding the cit
rus growers.
Every remedy and treatment
which has proven effective against
other fungous and bacterial dis
eases OF plants has already been
tried on citrus canker without sue
cess. Nevertheless the State
Plant Board will gladly consider
the suggestions of all interested
persons as to proposed remedies
and lines of investigation, and
people having supposed cures
for citrus canker can have them
tested in the pathological labora-
tory Of the Plant Board.
con the other hand, the Plant
Board will not countenance nor
permit the visiting of grove prop
critics by people who are selling or
testing canker cures Such in
dividuals, because their intention
is to actually seek out and visit
canker infection, are certain to
distribute the canker organisms
IN their tools and persons and are
likely to carry canker into every
,rove they visit. Owners of cit
us groves and nurseries should |
ttach no weight to the claims of I
uch persons, nor should the lat
er be admitted to grove proper
les under any circumstances.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30
PROPERTY VALUATIONS
INCREASED IN COUNTY

several feet in diameter and full
of large openings as if some worm
had been making havoc with the
plant, and the vines possess the
peculiar habit of fastening them
selves, like an airplant, upon the
fence, the building, or the nearest
object, and sucking from it the
whole life.
The fruit, which is supposed to
ripen in this climate every four
teen months, resembles in shape
an elongated cucumber with a
brownish-tinte skin which is very
rough and very unprepossessing
IN appearance. None would sup
pose the fruit would be at all
toothsome, but to peel and slice
the same and eat for the purpose
of pleasure gives one the highest
sense of enjoyment. It's flavor
can be compared to no one thing
for it embraces a tinge Of the
pineapple, the orange, the straw
berry, the peach, and all that may
seem good in the growth of ma
ture. The plant is a rarity-and
may be seen by visiting the home
nursery of Mr.. Beach.-West
Palm Beach Post.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30
MAJOR PEsTILENCEs
All Continents and Many Coun
tries Infected

According to a report just issu-
ed by the United States Public
Health Service, it viii be neces-
sary for quarantine officials to cx-
ercise unusual precautions against
the major pestilences during the
coming year. The South Ameri-
can distribution of the disease is
considered particularly important.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30
RARE AND QUEER FRUIT
J. B. Beach to Have Another Ceri,
man Ripen Before Long

Possibly the most repulsive ap-
pearing fruit grown in this To-
cality is the ceriman-the name
does not appear either in diction-
ary or cyclopedia-of which j. B.
Beach has several specimens
which are old enough to fruit
and other smaller specimens for
sale. The leaf is huge thing,
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30

Some of the yacht-owners ought
to give the names to their boats
that even the most uneducated
could decipher. l remember last
season-or was it the one before ?
= was crossing on the ferry
when we passed a fine boat. A
man beside me spelled the name !:
"P-S-Y-C-H-E-"! "Well," he adj
ded, THAT may be all right-but
it's sure the darndest way to spell
fish that | ever saw !"-Thorn in
Palm Beach Post.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30
At Least Are Such in the Vicinity
of Hastings
PAST SEASONS CROP
VALUED AT $1,500,000
Was Most Successful Season, 1862
Cars Shipped Exclusive of the
Number of Barrels that Went
by Water Route-Punta Gorda
Lands Suited to Potatoes.

AS the lands in the vicinity OF
Punta Gorda seem to be as well
suited to the production of Irish
potatoes as the lands in the
Hastings section, and there being
apparently no reason why this
should not eventually become a
great potato growing region, the
following article on the past sea-
sons Hastings potato crop, by T.
r. Higgins in "The New Flori-
d." is timely and interesting:
"The Hastings, Florida, Irish
potato season just closed, was the
most successful experienced by
the growers. In round numbers
100000 barrels-1762 cars-were
shipped, and the returns approx
mated $1,5OO,OOO.
"The number of cars is official,
being given out by the Florida
East Coast Railroad, the only
steam transportation line touch
ing that section. The average
car contains ITO barrels. In ad-
dition quite a number of barrels
were shipped via water, being
handled 0y several boat lines. Of
this number Of cars 917 were
shipped from Hastings station,
the remainder being from other
nearby stations, all in the potato
belt.
"The top track figure paid the
grower at the opening of the sea-
son was Sc barrel for No. Is,
with No. Is seventy-five cents low
er. 1t is estimated by prominent
growers that the average price for
the season was $3.50 barrel.
"The average cost of market
ing an acre of potatoes at Hast
ings is $65, including the seed, fer
tilizer and labor, and the average
yield is As barrels to the acre.
Basing the average price obtained
by the grower at as low as $4.00 a
barrel, the grower should have
made net $115 an acre. And the
potato crop at Hastings is follow
ed on the same land with corn,
and after corn a hay crop-three
crops from the same land in
year.
"The splendid success this sea-
son is attributed to the fact that
every grower has come to a reali-
zation that in order to SUCCESSFULLY
make Irish potatoes it is necessary [
to spray, beginning the operation
just as soon as the vines are from
five to seven inches high.
81 have watched the Hastings
section for five years, and time a.
gain have seen big, fine fields rap
idly approaching maturity attack ]
ed by the potato blight and de-
in few days. Time was +,
when the grower felt it unneces-
sary to spray until the blight ap- I
peared, when, it has been discov- \
cred it is too late. This led many
growers to believe that spraying
was valueless, and the failure to +
spray cost them their crops year (
lfter year. G
cit was two seasons ago the S
Florida Agricultural Experiment =
station at Gainesville, sent a rep v
to Hastings to take n
,harge of an eighty acre farm, for q
demonstration purposes. This man d
,egan spraying just as soon as the il
ines were high enough and con- q
inued every week or ten days I'M F
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30

The Tallahassee Record says
that the College for Women in
that city opened with the largest
enrolment in its history.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30

As is well known, there is
special work going ON in the mat
Continued on last page)
The Punta Gorda herald., 1915-09-30

w. R, Eubank returned last
week from a visit to his former
home in Oklahoma.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02

No how small
because we buy for less and modern business methods enable sell for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02
UnavoidabIc Accident. says jury.

The coroner's jury which irvesti-
gated the death OF James Byrel Petit
grew yesterday afternoon, returned a
verdict Of Unavoidable accident" aft
er examining Irwin Wilkes his en-
ployer, Ray Garrison, who was on
the wagon with him. Guy r. o'Mel-
veny and Claude Oliver, eye witness
es, and DR.. r. E. Ringo. the physician
called The jury found that he came
to his death by falling off a wagon
loaded with dirt and weighing about
5000 pounds the fatal injuries being
caused by the wheels passing over his
chest and by his head striking the
iron rail Of the railroad track or the
wagon wheel. The body Of the young
man was this morning shipped to
Seymour, Iowa, where his parents
live. He had only recently written
his parents that he would visit them
soon after an absence Of several
years The jury was composed OF
Frank O'Harra. II. r. Bickers. Marion
Jack, Charles Hamilton. f. s. Curl
and l. L. Mann.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02

DR.. W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian.
is in Pendleton today after having
stopped at Stanfield to examine the
sheep of Harry bartholomew which
have been dying. Mr.. bartholomew
has lost about 100 head and thought
them affected with some disease. An
examination convinced Dr. Lytle that
the mortality was caused by the ami
mails laundering from too much dry
food with too little water The sheep
had been on dry stubble at Lewiston
and there was considerable grain in
the stubble, shattered by hail. Dr.,
Lytle, who was former coach of the
Pendleton football team is very much
interested in the team this year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02
"Buckarooo to Exposition.

4. Phimister Proctors bronze
"Buckaroo," which has been on eXhi-
bition here in the Frazier Book
Store for the. past few weeks, will
probably go to San Francisco for ex-
hibtion at the exposition Mrs. Proc
tor yesterday had the "Buckaroo' >
and other bronzes packed and ship
ped to Portland for exhibition in the
Portland Art Museum, Last night a
telegram was received by President ],
V. Tallman Of the Commercial associ-
alton from w. L. Thompson, who is
in San Francisco, requesting him to
have the "Buckaroo" shipped to the
exposition at once. Mrs Proctor for
warded the request to her husband
and thinks he will comply with it,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02
Alfrcd Smith injured.

Alfred Smith Of the ]. p. smith
Livestock Co., has been nursing a
broken leg since Sunday when he
was hurt while working with some
cattle on the Frank Byrd place near
Pilot Rock Mr. Smith had injured
his leg last spring and when working
in a corral Sunday was unable to
jump out of the way quickly enough
to avoid a COW that knocked him
down In falling he broke his leg
between the ankle and knee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02
Killed Two Bucks

There are two bucks less on Mea-
dow creek as the result of a trip to
that section by a party Of Indians re-
Gently. Those in the hunting party
were Phillip Jones, Robinson Min
thorn, Allen Padawa, Amos Pond, E.
J. Conner, Paul Jones, Andrew Al
len and Joseph Thomas, They made
lhc trip horseback and celebrated the
close of the deer hunting season by
bringing down the above described
game.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02
cabin Bound in Morntalns.

While hunting in the mountains
last week, William Drumheller, Orion
Starr and Kirk Norton discovered a
cabin on a ridge above Tiger can
yon The cabin was rotted and APP
parently deserted, The men acciden-
tally stumbled over a trap door which
led into a full basement where a COM
plete layout of stoves beds, furni
ture foods, etc, We're seen and the
place seemed neatly arranged and
we'll kept. Walla Walla Union.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02
Cannot Sell Deer Heads.

1t is unlawful to sell deer meat,
deer hides, deer heads, deer horns or
any other part of a deer, according
to word received this morning by
Game Warden Tonkin from the state
department. Mr.. Tonkin asked for
an opinion in order to learn whether
or not the sale of deer heads and
antlers would be permitted under the
law.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02


Eli ParT, a quarter blood Indian
and Charley Bennett, Jr., full blood,
were arrested by the police yesterday
for being drunk and on each was
found a bottle Of whiskey. The bot
ties were Of the same size, Of the same
brand and came from the same store
Chief Manning promptly suspected
that Parr purchased them both and
gave one to Bennett. This morning
in police court, they told a strange
tale Of having secured the liquor
from an unknown whiteman. Chief
Manning produced a bartender in
court who testified 10 having sold the
liquor to Parr. Thereupon Judge Fitz
Gerald told Eli that he believed he
lied and would sentence him accord
ingiy He was given 20 days in Jail
and Bennett 10 days. Doc Rudd, the
bootlegger who stood trial yesterday.
was convicted and was given a SEN
tence Of $40 or 20 days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02
No. IS DELAYED.

Westbound passenger No, 19 was
delayed in the Pendleton yards early
this morning for nearly an hour by
the pulling out of a drawbar on one
of the cars. Traffic west of Pendle-
ton was held up up also by the acci-
dent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02

There is little likelihood that
Enoch Friedley, star guard of the P
H. S. team, viii be able to play any
more football this fall The illness
which has kept him home for some
time past has been pronounced ty'
phoid fever by the physicians. They
state it has been developing several
weeks Manual Friedley father o.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-11-02

the young man, states that his son
contracted the disease while work
ing on the farm.
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