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The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-08
Sensational Charges in the Senate Are Made and Investigation is to
 Result
LOBBY BUSY
Senator ChamberIin Out spoken in Charges Against Certain
 Officials

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-The pro- vision in the revenue bill, inserted in the measure while it was pend- ing in the Senate, designed to pro- tect the fresh fisheries business of Alaskan towns, was dropped out by the conference committee of the two houses, the House members refusing to agree to it. However, the dis cussion that followed the refusal of the House conferees to accede to the Senate's position in the matter, caused a discussion in the Senate which resulted in the ordering of an investigation of the Canadian lobby by the Senate lobby Investigating committee.
 The investigation was the direct result of a charge made by Senator George E. Chamberlain, of Oregon, when the conference committee re- ported that the so-called Ketchikan amendment had been dropped, that tue action was a "humiiating ani disgraceful surrender by the United States to the Canadian government in the interest of Canadian com merce."
 He charged that Sir Joseph Polk, one of the Canadian officials had &C., lively lobbied against the amend ment.
 The order for the lobby investi- gation was the result of resolu- ton offered by Senator Charles Cur tis. of Kansas, which was introduc- ed immediately after Senator Cham berlin made his charges, and was adopted by unanimous agreement without a vote.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-08
PRESIDENT IS
 OFF TO MAKE 4
 TALK TO W0MEA
Quits Washington and WiII Probably Remain Away For Several
 Months
CHOOSING COMMISSION

WASHINGTON. Sept 8. - Presi- dent Wilson left this city this after noon for a stay which may extend after the elections in November The Presidents first stop will be at Atlantic City where tomorrow he will make an address before the National American Woman's Suffrage Associa- tiou which Is in session there.
 Tomorrow he will leave for Shai- ow Lane and undoubtedly settle down there for the next couple Of months.
 WASHINGTON. Sept 8 The Pres. idcnt has began che work of select ing five men Co compose the tariff commission. Among those under consideration arc F M. Halstcad. chief of che customs bureau of the treasury department and Professor F. W. Taussig. Of Harvard Univer. s.ty. on political economics. and tar. ltf authority
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-08

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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24

ly ties really exist, and may be
said that he has perhaps resented,
for this reason mainly, the idea
that he should go back on his
friends and replace them with a
mechanical substitute.
With all of our automobiles and
tractors, no sane man should make
the claim that there is no need of
horses on the farm. There is a
great amount of work that The
horse can do well. For instance
in cultivating growing crops, like
corn, where the work is light and
where the natural instinct of the
horse can be trained to follow the
row and allow the farmer to at
tend strictly to the job of getting
rid of weeds, no tractor of the
present stage of development can
be said to be in competition with
the horse. For the small garden
or truck patch the horse will al
ways have first call.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24
DESTROY THE RATS!
They are Distributors of Deadly
Diseases

1t is a remarkable fact, confirm
ed by many observations, that
many physicians who have devot-
ed considerable labor to the study
Of particular disease have them
selves died OF that disease. One
of the most interesting examples
is that of John Daniel Major, born
august 16, 1884, in Breslau, a
physician and naturalist of no
mean ability. Bitten early by the
wanderlust, he studied at Wit
tenburg, took courses at many of
the schools in Germany, and final
ly went to Italy where he received
the degree of doctor of medicine
at Padua in 1860. Returning to
his own country, he resided for a
short '',,'o IN Silesia, and in 1861
married at Wittenburg, Margaret
Dorothy, a daughter of the cele-
brated Sennel5
The following year, his young
wife was stricken with plague
and died after an illness of eight
days. Distracted by his loss, Ma
jor wandered up and down Europe
studying the plague wherever he
found it in the hope that he might
discover a cure for the disease
which had bereaved him. Spain,
Germany, France and Russia were
visited by him, He settled in 1865
III Kiel, where he was made pro-
fcssor of botany and the director
of the botanical gardens. He
made frequent voyages, however,
always in quest of the remedy for
plague. Finally in 1868, he was
called to Stockholm to treat the
queen of Charles the Eleventh,
then i'll with plague. But before he
could render her any service, he
contracted the disease and died on
the third Of August.
The bubonio plague is identical
with the BLACK death of the Mid
die Ages. Primarily a disease of
rodents caused by a short dumb
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24

ing season is longer and we can
raise legumes, such as COW peas,
soy beans and velvet beans which
are very high in feeding value at
the same time enriching the soil,
while corn, sugar cane, sorghum,
millet, ETC., do well. At this rate
these crops are better here than
in any state ! visited, especially
the Japanese cane, which will pro-
duce upwards of 20 tons to the
acre. These crops are all stock
feeds and ensilage.
"The silo is saving the farmers
in the middle West and it will
prove the making of us here is
my belief. st. Johns county land
will produce double the amount
of ensilage of any county in the
middle West, and all that is nee
essary to bring the successful far
mers from the high-priced lands
of the middle West to our cheap
lands of Florida is to be able to
show them that the COW and the
hog can be produced along with
our staple crops, When this is
done we can't keep them away.
Great damage has been done the
state by INSCRIPTIONS land sharks
selling worthless lands to the man
who if properly placed would
have succeeded and been a boost
err for the state instead of a knock
err, and | found these in every
place | visited. But | know, as
Florida farmer, that we have the
best possibilities Of any state in
the Union, because of our climate,
In the Illinois vally | just had to
give up. The thermometer rang
ed daily from IS to 112 and the
humidity was so heavy that it was
almost impossible to breathe. How
my mind would turn to the good
old ocean breezes, and | register
ed a VOW that nothing but bust
ness would ever take me into the
hot summer or the cold winter of
the middle Western states again.
Notwithstanding the delight |
got from the beautiful rolling
country of Iowa and South Da-
kota in all its perfection of cult
walton and improvement, Florida is
good enough for new. B. ED
MINISTER, "Elkton, Florida, " in
st. Augustine Record.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24
Farm Horses indispensable

Today, when the tractor is com
ing into favor as a source of farm
power, there are those wild-eyed
extremists who would have us be-
heyc that the horse is bound to be
abolished from the farm. The
same propaganda was preached
when steam power replaced horse
power for driving the old time
threShCrS. AS a result of this re-
cent awaking in favor Of tractor
power, horse breeders have be-
come alarmed again at what seems
to be direct blow at their bust
ness.
Horses have been the farmers
helpers and companions when the
stress of farm work was the great
est. They have been a part of his
big farm household in which fami-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24

One great trouble of the people
of this age is that they know just
how to manage the business of
their fellows. The old maid prof
Crs her advice upon how to man
age a husband and old bachelors
can give their fathers pointers on
rearing a family of boys, The
man who would starve but for the
industry and frugality of his wife
feels capable to manage the Fl
nances of the country and people
who cannot be trusted to drive
ducks to water, will explain to
the worlds wiSeSt how to get to
heaven. The man who cannot
run a hand organ if it were fasten-
ed to him can tell you how to run
your business. And the man who
cannot run anything else on earth
knows how to run q newspaper
South Florida Sentinel
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24
Florida q Land of Promise

upon what they can be made to
produce plus the increase on ac-
count of location and environ
ment. This being the case, how
do our Florida agriculture lands
compare in value with Illinois, To-
wa, South Dakota or any other of
the great agriculture states? st.
Johns county flatwoods land
which can be bought in large bod
les for from $3.50 to 500 per
acre produces a crop of 40 bar
rels of Irish potatoes from Janu-
airy to June which this past sea-
and sold for So and $4 according
to grade on track, and six weeks
later you could not see a mule
working corn on the same ground
as the corn was so high. In Sep
TENDER and October from a ton to
a ton and half of hay will be cut
as third crop.
at is very evident to any OBJ
server that Florida has the natur-
al advantages over any and all
states agriculturally. What we
lack is experience in outstanding
our resources. The Illinois farm
er utilizes every bit of his product
while | think ! am safe in saying
that 40 per cent of the Florida
farm product is lost. And stock
raising and feeding will save this
waste, and it is very rapidly being
proven that this is a great stock
raising state. 1t is demonstrated
that we can raise beef and pork in
Florida cheaper than any other
state in the Union, as our pastur-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24

County Commissioner w. b.
Edminster as already told III
these columns has just returned
from an extensive trip through
the middle North, and in writing
TO a friend in Bunnell describing
some of the impressions of the
journey says:
"In answer to your request for
a statement from me as to the
comparative possibilities and valu-
es of Florida farming land, as to
the lands of Illinois, Iowa, South
Dakota and states from which |
have just returned after more or
less careful study of conditions, !
submit the following:
"The lands of the middle west
are in a very high state of culti-
walton and have reached their
limit. These lands sell from $3.50
to 5000 an acre and produce an
everage of so bushels of corn per
acre which sells for so cents per
bushel each year or say from 20
to IS bushels of wheat per acre
which sells for from 80 to S1.25
a hushel. only mention these
two crops to save space as they
are typical. This being the ease,
as a Florida farmer, | marveled at
the prosperity. But ] found that
all the farm owners were people
who had acquired these lands eth
er by homestead or they or their
had bought them at
cheap prices, Is, 20, 30 or 40 years
ago. Now, ! contend that the
value of the land should be based
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24

bell shaped microscopic vegetable,
the pest bacillus, it occurs il: man
in three forms; the pneumOric.
which has a death rate Of almost
100 per cent; the septic'emic,
which is nearly as fatal, and the
bubonic in which even with the
/ most modern methods Of treat
ment the mortality is about SO
per cent. 1t is a disease of COM
merce, spreading around the globe
in the body of the ship.borne rat.
1t is estimated that every case
of human plague costs the munic-
ipality in which it occurs at least
81, 500. This does not take into ac-
count the enormous loss iuc to
disastrous guarantees and the
commercial paralysis which the
fear of the disease so frequently
produces.
The disease is now treated by a
serum discovered through the
genius of Yersin. This is used in
much the same way as is diphther-
ia antitoxin.
Plague is transferred from the
sick rodent to the well man by
feas. The sick rat has an enormous
number of plague bacilli in its
blood. The blood is taken by the
flea which, leaving the sick rat,
seeks refuge and sustenance on
the body of a human being to
whom it transfers the infection.
Since the plague is a disease of
rodents, is carried from sick ro-
dents to well men by rodent feas,
safety from the disease lies in the
exclusion of rodents, not only ex-
clusion from the habitation of
man, but also from the ports and
cities Of the world. Those who
dwell in rat-proof surroundings
take no plague. Not only should
man dwell in rat-proof surround
ings, but he should also live in rat
proof surroundings. The day is
past when the rodent served a use
full purpose as the unpaid city
scavenger. Rats will not come
where there is no food for them.
Municipal cleanliness may be re-
garded as a partial insurance a.
gainst plague. The prayer that no
plague come nigh our dwelling is
best answered, however, by rat
proofing the habitations of man.
Modern sanitary science has G.
volved simple and efficient wea-
pom against the pestilence which
walketh in the darkness and
strikcth at monday, and the L.
S. Public Health Service has put
this knowledge into practical op-
Grafton and thus speedily eradicat-
ed plague wherever it has appear
ed in the United Sates.-U. S.
Pub. Health Service.
Local
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24
A PUNTA GoRDA INQUIRY
Answered BY the Statement of a
Punta Gorda Resident

When first the long series of re-
ports of Punta Gorda people who
have been relieved by Doom S Kid
ney Pills were published in the To-
cal press, great enthusiasm and in
terest were aroused. But Punta
Gorda is now inquiring Glow are
these people keeping today? How
has the benefit they received with
stood the test of time?" For
that, after all, is the essential test
of a cure. On this point doubt
can no longer exist, for after
many years those who have been
cured, emphatcally declare their
cures to be lasting,
E. Keen, blacksmith, Punta Cor
da, says: 81 have used Doan s
Kidney Pills on different occaS-
sions for kidney complaint and a
lame and aching back. They have
never failed to bring me the best
of relief. " Statement given
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24
A Burmese Sayinu,

Who aims at perfection Will be above
mediocrity; who aims at mediocrity
will be far short of it.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24
A PERMANENT CURE

OVER THREE YEARS LAT
Err, Mr.. Keen, said: " Doan s
Kidney Pills have cured me and
the cure has been permanent. |
am glad to confirm all my former
praise Of them. "
Price soc, at all dealers. Don t
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills the
same that Mr.. Keen has twice pub
licly recommended. Foster-Mi!-
burn Co, Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
ADVERTISEMENT
Press diSDatcbnS cav +bo+ Won
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24
WILL SLoANS IMMINENT RELIEVE
PAIN?

Try it and see-one application will prove
more than a column of claims. James S.
Ferguson, Phila., Pa. writes: II have had
wonderful relief since l used Sloan's Lin
iment on my knees. To think after all
these years of pain one application gave
me relief Many thanks for what your
remedy has done for me-" Don't keep on
suffering. apply Sloan's Liniment where
your pain is and notice how quick you
get relief. Penetrates without rubbing.
Buy it at any Drug Store Csc.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24
WHEN YOU HAVE A COLD

Give it attention, avoid exposure. be reg
ular and careful OF your diet, also COM
mence taking DR.. Kings New Discovery.
1t contains Ptne-Tar, Antiseptic Oils and
Balsams. Is slightly laxative. DR.. Kings
New Discovery eases your cough. soothes
your throat and bronchial tubes, checks
your cold. starts to clear your head. In a
short time you know your cold is better.
Its the standard family cough syrup in
use over 40 years. Get a bottle at once.
Keep it in the house as a cold insurance
Sold at your druggist.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24
New Bank for Tampa.

The organization of the fourth ma
tional bank for Tampa, to be known
as the National City Bank of Tampa,
has been effected with Charles A
Faircloth, of Gainesville, as president,
and with a capital stock of 100000.
The new institution will be ready for
business January 1, 1917, and will be
in it's own banking house, according
to Mr.. Faircloth.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-24

anniversary Of her admission into
the Union. She must have been
admitted into the Republican par
ty much earlier.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-18
WARNS AGAINST
RA|DUh FERTILIZER
PUBLICATION BASES ASSERTION
ON EXPERIMENTS OF lLLIN.
IS. ols UNIVERSITY
Authorities Find Methods Are Too *
pensive to be Utilized

It has been calculated that in the
five inch upper layer Of soil covering
one acre of ground there is total ra-
dunn content of about one milligram
(0.0154 grain, avoirdupois.)
Some time ago experiments at the
University of Illinois applied radiunl
salts to soil at the rate of one MILL
gram per acre, thus doubling the
amount Of radium naturally in the soil
alta cost of 800 per acre. It was
found that no appreciable benefit to
the field crops resulted.
Scientists have found that radium
emanation which is constantly rising
from the interior of the earth amounts
to 100 times as much as that given
off BY the five inch outside layer.
Therefore in order to double the
amount of radium emanation natural
ly available for farm crops, it would
be necessary to put several Thousand
dollars worth of radium salts on each
acre Of ground.
One company which handles radium
fertilizer recommends that it be ap
piled at the rate Of one pound for
each fifty square feet Of soil but even
in this costly proportion the radium'
already in the soil would be increased
by only ITO. Obviously it would be
simply throwing money away to use
1t.
The results of the University Of
Illinois experiment confirm what the,
Pathfinder has said in the past IN
warning against fake. claims made for
1adium fertilizers in advertisements il,
various publications including several
Of the muck raking type The Path
finder.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-18
SHOWS WAY TO SCARE BIRDS
Fruit Trees Protected by New ano
Unique Continuance

A unique invention designed to
scare away unwelcome birds is includ-
ed in the collection Of traps Of var.
fous kinds now being assembled for
exhibition by The biological survey III
Washington. It consists of a metal
box about foot long which is paint
cd green and intended to be hung in
Il -1paAs of5riRcsd faOA locality where
rhe birds are wont to congregate.
4 In side the BOX is a mechanism that
can be wound up, and connected with
It is series OF tiny guns which dis
charge small volleys with sufficient
noise to scare off the birds. The box
Ii loaded and wound up with time
gauge fixing the time at which the
alarm volleys are to be fired.
II 1t is to protect tree of choice
fruit the alarm may be about day
break, when the birds are looking for
their breakfast One shot after anoth
er repeated at intervals of from three
to ten minutes will scare off the in.
truders and protect the fruit.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-18
IT BURNS GAS AND CHARCOAL
New Orleans Man lnvents Safer and
3f FF's' Better Oven 4

A new gas and charcoal oven which
has been patented by its inventor. a
New Orleans man. is what he terms a
safety first laundry stove" and it can
be used to boil clothes, heat irons and
to cook upon. Tests are said to have
demonstrated that the gas-charcoal
oven costs less than the charcoal ov-
EN- to operate, besides having the ad-
tantages Of safety, cleanliness and
quick heating. The inventor points out
that the OLE, charcoal oven takes from
HALF an hour to an hour to get burning
properly, and when the washwoman is
at lunch or called away, it is consum
ing fuel without doing any work, while
in the evening it is necessary to ex-
tinguish and therefore waste the re-
manning Goals.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-18
INvEhTs NEW RAILROAD SPIKE
Simple Device that Prevents Rails
From Spreading

A new railroad spike invented at
Utica, N. Y, has three spurs attached
to the head of the shank. which curve
in, thus clasping the wood to the
spike. The Improvement claimed for
the invention is that it will prevent
water from soaking in between the
shank Of the spike and the wood. The
difficulty with the ordinary railroad
spike is that 1t permits water to soak
into the wood and thus loosen the
spike and frequently cause the rails
TO spread. This improved spike will
obyiate all this trouble. 1t can be
manufactured cheaply.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-18
UNIQUE PLANT AND PRODUCT
Fish Oil and Chicken Food Manufac-
tured on Boat

A resident of Oregon City, Ore, has
a unique plant on boat there, where
he manufactures from eels com
nercial oil; also chicken food from
the meat of the sleek and elongated
fish which he catches near the falls.
II Is an industry which is at once nov
81 yet profitable.
Twenty barrels Of oil, or some 900
gallons, were made last season. It
yielded something like $1,000. The
chicken food ran into the tons ano;
sold at $3.50 hundred pounds.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-18

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