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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12
Monday. October End. 1915.

The Honorable Board Of County
Commissioners met I'm regular session
on Monday, October end, 1916 with
Chairman whitchurst presiding, and
Commissioners W. G. welles, John
Hagan, W. NJ. Written and d. L.
skipper present.
The minutes OF the last meeting
were read, corrected and approved.
Notary bond Of A. X. Albritton.
with r. NJ. Stdham and W. q.
Montgomery as sureties, was approx
ed.
Tax Assessor Murphy rendered the
1916 tax roll with the following war
rant:
state Of Florida, County Of DeSoto:
Personally appeared before me, II
G.. Murphy. assessor Of taxes for Dc
Soto County who, being duly sworn.
saws the above assessment roll con.
tains a true statement and description
If all persons and property in the
above county of DeSoto subject 10
taxation or liable to he assessed there.
IN, and that tho valuations thereof
So far as they were made nv him, are
inst and correct Sc far as he has been
able to ascertain.
II. G.. MURPHY,
County Assessor Of Taxes for DeSoto
County.
Sworn 10 1nd suhScrihd before me
his the Bird day OF October, A. u.
1915.
tSean r. VANCE.
Notary Public state Of Florida.
Nv commission expires April ~.
1919.
We, the undersigned commissioners
I'm and for the county of DeSoto state
Of Florida. do hereby certify that we
have carefully examined the forego-
ing assessment roll Of said county for
the year A. u. 1916, and have com
JARED the original and two copies
thereof as required h" section % Of
7hqnter $500, laws Of Florida. and
find the same 60 he correct.
L. W. wHITEHURST,
W. q. wELLES.
VIM. NJ. WRITTEN,
n. L. SKIPPER,
JOHN HAGAN.
County Commissioners.
STATE OF Florida. DeSoto County.
hereby certify that the warrant
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12

who have attended a military school
have been placed In temporary COM
mand. These are Robert Holdings
worth, Vernon Hollingsworth, Carl
Hollingsworth and Joe Summlns,
each having one, two or three squads
in charge.
Strict military discipline will be OBJ
served, and the members of the com
pany will be taught to drill under
the latest system Of military tactics.
All parents should urge their sons
to join this company, because Of the
good It will do them individually.
and because Of the encouragement il
will be, as this is the first high school
in the state to take advantage Of the
governments offer.
At the drill yesterday afternoon a
most extraordinary showing was
made, considering the fact that the
boys are all beginners.
There is a yo0dly lot OF enthusiasm
among the members, and I'm months
time each squad will be ready TO
drill as good as a regular.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12
The News the Official Paper of the Board of Public Instruction Of De-
SPLENDID FINANCIAL SHOWING OF
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

We take great pleasure in publish
ing the following financial statement
furnished by Mr.. b. Vance. account.
ant for the Board Of County Commits.
sioners:
Mr.. Editor; At this time, when the
Honorable Board Of County Commits
'ionerS are being criticised for some
things that were not done, permit
me to call attention TO one Of the
things that they have done that must
Np'ak volumes for their fidelity to
the trust imposed upon them.
refer To the condition Of the gen
eral fund Of the county on Septem-
her Both 1915, the end Of the presest
fiscal year, as compared to the report
to the comptroller on December 31st,
1914, which report indicates approx
imately the condition OF tho fund
vhen the present Board OF Commits.
sioners assumed control Of the county
affairs. ! say approximately, because
Of the fact that the previous boar'l
met in January following the report
TO the comptroller, and issued war
rants for outstanding bills, before the
present board was sworn into Office,
and. 10 I've eNGct the amount Of these
warrants shodld be added to the ne'
Indebtedness " the fund as shown III
December 31st.
Than
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12
GROWERS
ASSOCIATIONS
ANALGAMATE
WILL BUILD
Packing. House in Arcadia At An Ear
Iy Date. Represented That Not
Less Than 100 Acres of Truck is
Planted In This Section.

A joint melting of the Peace River
Truck Growers Association and the
Belgium Association was held at the
court house last Saturday for the
purpose of discussing the ACCESSIBILITY
Of consolidating the two associations
into one big organization. There was
a full attendance upon this meeting,
and it was the consensus Of opinion
Of the members present that It was
the logical thing to do for various
reasons. One Of the main objects IN
consolidating was to get all the
growers to pol their truck, so that
car lot ship nents could he secured
in order to induce buyers to come
down and purchase their products,
making settlement for same f. o. h.
the platform Of the depots.
The matter was finally voted on
md carried unanimously.
It was brought out that It was ali
solutely necessary to have a building
somewhere in Arcadia for the assem-
bling Of all truck preparatory To
grading and packing ready for ship
ment. Mr.. Grant Orr made the su.g-
cstion that n committee he appoint
ol to 90 before the Commercial club
with the request that this body lend
-pwc support TO the movement. a. ne
felt confident thar with even an en-
durScmcnt from the Commercial Club
the money needed Ia erect this build
ing could he raised among the husi.
ness men Of Arcadia.
on motion Messrs. Grant Orr, q.
y. Smith and II. $. King were ap-
pointed ms the committee to present
the matter 10 the Comcmrcial Cub.
and report back to the meeting held
last night for the purpose Of perfect
ing organization of the new body.
At this meeting the first business
transacted was the election OF off
GERS for the ensuing year, which re-
suited ms follows.
President, +, s. Market.
vice-president. c. +. McRae.
Secretary-treasurer C. r. Gibson.
BOARD Of directors: Grant Orr. r.
s. King. George Chanoles, S. II. Cdl-
pepper. G. p. Elston, J. L. Living
ston. and G. y. McRae.
The following committees were aP-
pointed by President Market:
On constitution and bylaws: b. p
s',ith. George Chandler and n. s.
King.
Committee on when AMI what &c
r.int and ~ oils: Joseph Cows. "
v r. Turl,r and r. s. Ki''e
Just at this stage Mr.. Russell KIM
was on his feet ready to make re-
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12
MINUTES OF HON. BOARD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, OCTOBER SESSION
BOARD AFTER TRANSACTN BUSINESS ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON RECESSED UNTIL WEDNESDAY THE 18TH

= Fl-4t : r. -
given under the hand Of II. G. Muir
ply, county assessor Of taxes, to Cyr-
IL Baldwin, tax collector, and attached
to the assessment roll for the county
Of DeSoto for the year A. d. 1916
has been duly recorded on page 1855
OF the minutes Of the board of county
commissioners in and for the county
aforesaid, as required by section p
Of chapter $500, laws OF Florida.
Given under my hand and seal OF
office this Bird day of October, A. d.
1910 u.t,.. .. e
(SeaD A. l.. DURANGO.
Clerk OF the Circuit Court in and for
the county OF DeSoto. BY b.
Vance, Deputy Clerk.
Moved, seconded and carried that
DR.. Y. r. Wright be and he is here
by appointed inspector of school chill
dren for the northern part Of the
county, vice II. r. Cline, now with
the state guard in Texas.
BY motion. second and carried. Mrs.
Lula Drlggors was placed on the pau
per list at 81 per month.
Moved, seconded and carried that
action on the petition to survey GER
tain roads IN districts .. 2 and (. the
same having been filed with the
hoard hc deferred until 10 O'Clock a.
m Wednesday,.
Commissioner Written fled Pc
tition signed by II. l.. Delaney and
others, asking that nm election he call
'd to vote lu1N the proposition 10
form road nonl district in the Hall
Citv-paludnle section Of the county.
The following resolution was. 10y
motion seconded and carried, adopt
ed:
Whereas, At the regular meeting
Of this board Of county commission
ers Of DpSoto county. Florida, held
during the regular meeting OF June.
1916, II was there resolved by the said
hoard to issue special drainage bonds
f"r IN" snecinl drainage district No.
10, DcSoto county. Florida, in the
srn ~ SIS OO0; and.
Whereas This was an error on the
part Of the said board OF county
commissioners, &c the amount Of
bonds called Cor and the amount Of
bonds which should have been issued
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12
b. VANCE,
Accountant.

port that the committee met with the
board Of governors and the commit
tee on new enterprises OF the Com
wcrcinl Club Monday night October
~ and presented the matter to
the members present. The board OF
governors wns so impressed with
the proposition that n committee con.
sisting Of W. NJ. Plat and n. :.
King was appointed 10 make a can.
vass among the business men Of Ar
coda Tuesday for tho purpose Of
raising n part Of the funds needed, nj
least So enthusiastic were the mem
hers present that practically 500 was
subscribed among them before leav-
ing the meeting.
After making partial canvass OF
the city Tuesday. Mr.. King reported
that they had practically enough sub
scribed as a donation by the business
mne Of Arcadia with which to erect
the building. He said they would
finish the canvass Wednesday.
On motion Of Mr.. Orr the Arcadia
Commercial Cub was extended a ris
ing vote of thanks for the endorse.
mcnt Of their proposition, and the
liberal donations Of Its members to.
wards the cause.
Mr.. J. A. Bush, Of Wauchula. n
prominent grower, who helped or
-arize the W.uchula Association sev.
cral years ago, was present, and when
called on Later for a talk stated tnnt
the growers in and around Arcadia
should feel iroud Of and appreciate
the cooperative spirit manifested 10y
The Arcadia Commercial Club. that
the record established by the mem
lcrs in providing the necessary funds
with which to erect their building Is
without n parallel in the state Of
Florida.
At the meeting last night the 'i.
formation was given out that among
the growers ai,ne that have aff.lI7t-
~ with the association. there was 10
tween 100 arl 10 acres Of truce
planted this fall and with the re-
manning ones that have not joined
the association. there would he nj
least 300 acres.
So far the truckers report the fin
est prospects for bumper crop ever
in their experience, and with favor
able weather conditions the next two
weeks. the temporary packing house
that they propose To erect To take
care Of their fail crop will be entire
~ inadequate to begin with, we
hope.
Capt. c. b. Mccall, traffic mana
ger Of the c. II. & y. Railway, was
present and made the association the
proposition 70 furnish the necessary
site for their building for the nomi-
nal rent Of O per cent. Of the esti-
mated value Of the lot BY motion
the G. II. & n. proposition was ac-
cepted with thanks. You can always
bank ON the c. II. & n. backing nj
with finances II necessary any
progressive movement along its line
Would that there were more G. Fl
& Ms in the country, and there
would be an entirely different feelin'
toward the railroads by the Ameri
can public.
The truckers will meet again Fri
dev night at the court house.
Mr.. A. d. Mercer is very III a
. -. "a HE relatives am
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12

Mrs. james w. Mercer has return
ed from Zolfo, where she spent sew
eral days at the bedside of her i'll
brother. Mr.. II. @. Bethea. We are
slad to learn that Mr.. Bethea is i'm
proving. but he is very M yet.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12

W. q. wclles, president OF the
DeSoto National Bank left yesterday
afternoon for Jacksonville. where ne
win spend n DAY or so. Mr.. welles
e on his vacation. and has not de-
eide where he win go from Jackson
vile.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12
THE WEATHER.

Maximum temperature =. .'.''sI
Minimum temperature ..''''ol
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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12
also Publishes All the County Commissioners Reports and Proceeding

Warrants outstanding De
cember 81, 1914 D.. .....S2s791 AZ
Cash In hands Of treasur-
or same date e. E. ...... $50 81
Net deficit December 81,
l7li - -, -. =. ...,S2S23O. SC
And now
Balance in treasury Sep
tember 30 1915 .........S5s90 9s
Warrants on standing the
same date e. E. .... go. 1922 90
Net balance September
30 1915 E. -. &C.. ..,..S 9I7 .02
In other words, there has been
net gain In this fund In the past two
years of S20207 81, and that without
raising the millage for this purpose,
or without being parsimonious in the
administration Of the county's affairs.
/ know that the News will lie
pleased to give these figures to the
public that the people may know OF
some Of the good things being accom-
plishcd by their representatives.
I might adj that | have been do
ing the accounting work for the coun-
ty since 1913, and this Is the nrst
time that the general fund has had
Its head above water"
Sincerely,
B. VANCE,
Accountant.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-10-12

Mr.. A. d. Mercer is very III a
his home. sd his relatives am
friends are fearful Of the worst.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-16
Crop Conditions Forecast.

WASH Present indca-
lions point to wheat crop 300, ,000,-
600 bushels smaller this year than
that Of last year. Department Of
agriculture forecasts June 8, indicat-
ed winter wheat crop of 400,
900 bushels, 10000, 900 bushels less
than forecast for May | conditions,
due largely to insects 10 Kansas and
Oklahoma, and spring wheat crop
of 246,O00, 900 bushels, due to a
decrease of s per cent 10 the acreage
from last year and to the late, wet
spring.
Forecasts for the June crop 10
Idaho have ben received from the
United States department of agrlcul-
ture. The estimate for winter wheat
Is 8.450, 900 bushels as against II,
10000 for 1915. Spring wheat will
total 100000, according to the
forecast, the crop of last year being
1920, 900 bushels.
Oats are placed at 13,60O, 900
bushels, the production last year being
l5,745,0 900. Barley will yield $780,
600 bushels, last years figures being
7,736, 600. Hay is conditioned 80
compared with the eight-year average
of 96.
The condition of pasture is Sc COM
pared with the ten-year average of
81. The forecast for apples Is 202,-
600 barrels; the production last year
being $1,000 barrels Sugar beets
are conditioned II compared with the
ten year average of "a.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-16
Important Decision.

Boise, June l0.-The Montana
Power company, the Federal Mining
and Smelling company, The Tamarack
and Custer Consolidated Mining com
pany and the Montana Power and
Thompson Falls Power company won
before the state public utilities com
mission in the complaint of the
Washington Water Power company
that they evaded the law. The com
mission dismisses the complaint.
The decision is one of the most i'm
portant that has been handed down
by the commission since its creation,
1t holds that the mining companies
are not public utilities and that the
transmission of electrical energy from
Montana to Idano on the part of the
Montana and Thompson Falls Power
companies to the several mining
companies named is interstate in it,
character, but its distribution in
Idaho comes under the Jurisdiction ol
the Idaho public utilities commission
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-16
MYSTERY OF STEEL.
Our Modern Civilization Is Based on q
Freak of Nature.

Our Modern Civilization Is Based on q
Freak of Nature.
If 1t were not for one tiny, erratic
break in natures orderly progression
we should never have had the ma :.
chinery that has brought about mod
en civilization. For we should not
have had steel. 1t is true we should
have had iron, but pure iron is almost
useless: 1t is only when a small guam
dty of carbon is added to It that 1t
becomes hard enough to take cutting
edge. Then it is called steel.
Why steel hardens is an unsolved
problem. The Scientific American re-
produces some extracts from an ad-
dress before the British Institute of
Mechanical Engineers. delivered by
Professor Arnold, who has for many
years been investigating the chemical
and mechanical relations between iron.
carbon and other metals, and Sir Rob-
ert Had6eld's experiments that called
attention to this "break" in the order
Of nature which alone makes steel pos
sible.
Nickel and cobalt are so closely re-
lated to iron in their properties and in
their position in the periodic classified
ton-atomic weights. specific gravity,
fusing point and vaience being almost
the same-that 1t might be expected
they would behave identically when
united with carbon. Not so, however
Sir Robert Hadfield found that when
the "stee" made Of nickel and cobalt
was heated or hammered the carbon
came out Of the composition and was
precipitated as graphite. II iron be-
haved this way tool steel would turn to
cast iron as soon as heated. And It is
on the fact that it does not-"a seem
ingly quite erratic departure ON ma
ture's part from her orderly plan
that modern manufacture IL founded.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-16
LOFTY Ac0MA.
Strange Indian Village Perehed High
Up In the Air.

Strange Indian Village Perehsd High
Up In the Air.
Perched on the top of q great rock in
the neighborhood OF 300 feet high
stands Acoma, in New Mexico. In some
respects the strangest village in this
country. Acoma is an Indian settle
ment of some 600 people and means
1.-The people of the rock" Though the
founding Of the village is lost in the
mist of antiquity, 1t is supposed the
Acoma Indians chose this site as q
measure of safety against the warlike
Apaches and Navajos of their day.
Their selection was made with ad
mirable Judgment, for the walls of the
rock are almost perpendicular.
The earliest Spanish explorers found
the tribe settled securely in their natu-
raj fortalice. Acoma has remained de-
lightfully untouched by the influences
Of Spanish and American civilization.
These Indians are quite well to do In
sheep and CATTLE which are pastured
on the grazing lands of the valley.
where summer villages are located and
where the minimum of effort is re.
quiIed to care for the f1ocks and herds.
Although less than twenty miles from
a railroad. the village is comparatively
unknown.
The natives do not care for curious
visitors. They do not wish to be stared
at and photographed. Nevertheless.
the irrepressible tourist with his cam
era occasionally scales the sleeps that
baffied the Navajo. Nowadays it is no
longer practicable to suppress him with
a tomahawk. so the Acoma are philo-
sophically making the best Of bad
job by collecting So day for camera
license. The gray adobe village peers
from its eyrie over miles of gray plain
dancing in the glare Of burning sun,
broken only by the sheer outlines Of
buttes and mesas.-Argonaut.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-16
CGUR D'ALENE

The farmers conference under
direction of w. j. SchoItz of Boise,
state director OF farm markets, opened
Monday. S. j. Klepfer was made
temporary chairman and Director
Scholtz as regular chairman aud
George w. York OF Standpoint as
secretary.
Miss Myrtle Dandy, daughter OF
County Auditor and Mrs. ID. T.
Danby, was married Monday 10 Day
Reynolds OF Leavenworth. Wash. the
Rev. R. ]. Hunter OF the First Pres.
byterian church officiating.
Frank Hensen of Worley pied
guilty in the district court before
Judge r. N. Dunn, last Saturday
morning, to the charge OF man.
slaughter Of Gust Strand, and was
sentenced for one and one.half years
in the state penitentiary at Boise.
Hensen struck Strand on the head
with hammer during quarrel.
Robert H. Elder, national demo-
cratic committeeman, left last Friday
for St. Louis, to attend the meeting
OF the national comm ttee OF which
he is a member, and which met before
the national convention, June IA.
Two men are being kept very busy
at the new creamery, churning he.
tween 900 and 400 pounds OF butter a
day. In four days over 700 pounds
have been turned out of the plant.
Manager Propstr1 reports that the
cream is coming 10 better than he
had expected, but he still wants more.
James Justice, special deputy
sheriff, Saturday took In pouud The
Mitchell Six auto belonging I'd Frrd
L. Tiffany, attorney. asserting that
Tiffany had .'license applied for
card without having made applica-
tion.
Ida McCrea on Saturday q ed suit
for divorce against her husband. Leon
ard McCrea, alleging cruelty and de-
serton.
Henry Viebrock, Thomas BrophJ
and Joseph Buckle have been ap-
pointed by the county commissioners
as commissioners of the newly
authorized Hayden Lake Highway
district.
(coNTINUFD ON 7. AGE TWO
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-16
Town Board
Proceedings
Business Transacted at Meeting Last
Monday Night.

QAt the meeting Of the village
trustees Monday night it was
ordered tlat the care and main
tenance Of the hydrant from which
some Of the farmers haul water, be
turned over to their complete
control under the permit granted
by the Northern Pacific Railway
company. This relieves the village
officials OF all trouble connected
with keeping the hydrant in repair.
The committee appointed to
suggest change in the location Of
the gate to the Browne Park
pasture reported that they had no
authority to have any change made
as it is private property.
A treasurer statement WINS read,
but withheld from filing until a
subsequent date. The clerk read
figures showing money expended
or apportioned during the fiscal
year ended May 1, amounting to
$456I.88 which is 1894 less than
the amonnt appropriated for that
period. However, warrants have
been drawn since May to the
amount of over $1,000, so that there
are now a number of warrants out
standing to be paid when sufficient
funds are on hand to meet them.
The board elected Ernest
Reiniger treasurer for the balance
of the fiscal year.
The clerk was instructed to pro-
cure so dog tags for 1916.
1t was ordered that a danger
sign be placed at the corner oil
First and Ceur d'Alene streets.
A. A. Berges paid So for frs'
years lease of ground on Gray
street.
Bills allowed:
Rathdrum Elec. Co. light for
May $500
Gus Roth, road work soc
, f. L. Runyou, :" 4" 2.5t
II. L. MeleadY, care city park 90 OF
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-16
Hayden Lake Literary.

The Hayden Lake Literary society
held a meeting at the Hayden Lake
school house Saturday evening, June
10, and was decided success. The
one act comedy entitled "Aunt Susan
Jones" was we'll received, and the
Young ladies of Hayden lake did re-
markably we'll Miss Crystal Goss, the
Misses Buckle, Miss Ethel Mitchan
and Clarence Mitcham taking part.
The musical program was excellent.
The reading of the editorial of the
HAYDEN Lake Sun, dealing with the
school question was well received.
There was hJx sale after the enter
taipment: the bidding was spirited,
large sum was realized, and this VIII
be spent on an ice cream social AT a
future date. Taking everything into
consideration it is the consensus OF
oninion that it was the best program
seen at Hayden lake for manY moons.
The program was in charge OF the
Misses Agnes Buckle, Cystal Goss.
Marion Casey and Vera Lacey.
JOSEF h Buckle, Jr., Sc