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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-08-10
COMMUNITY Can
CONTROL MOSQUITOES

Do You know that the mosquito
which sang his bloodthirsty song in
your ear last night was bred in your
ncighborhuod: Mosquitoes are loathc
To wander and, If they can find a host
that will entertain them, will not tray
ell more than quarter of a mile.
They may drift a few miles with the
wind, but the blame for mosquitoes
In any community can be placed win
that community. The malaria mosqui.
TO is less inclined to travel than the
ordinary mosquito.
Mosquitoes breed I'm stagnant wa
ter. They will not be found in run
ming streams except perhaps, I'm pools
Of still water at the shore. They do
rot reach maturity I'm streams or
ponds stocked with fish for fish fcde
on the larvae. Their favoritc hrC'd-
ing places are in water that is too FL
thy for fish to live in, in open sewers.
ponds. mud holes. tin cans, rain bar
rcls ciSterns and cloggcd caves
troughs.
Any community can control the mos
quitoes 10y concerted action, arcor-
ding to ]. r. Watson, cntomo'ogiNt
t. the University Of Florida Expert
ment Station. Swamps ana pools
winch contain stagnant wafer 'horld
be drained, and open sewers should
be covered. But even when this +
done, the tin cans, rain barrels and
other reccptaclcs which hold water
will supply breeding places for
enough mosquitoes to stock the whole
ncighborhood. These rcceptaclcs are
usually overlooked, because they are
not so noticeable. Every place that
holds water several days should be
drained or covered
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-08-10
LAKELAND MAY PAVE STREETS

Lakeland Aug. 4.-Lakeland has
suffered much humiliation for some
time past by reason of the condition
Of the streets leading in and out OF
the city to her fine system Of paved
streets. and many plans looking to i'm
provement of such conditions have
fallen down from time to time.
Now it looks as though this much
needed work will shortly be done. \
conference has been held by the city
commissioners and representatives OF
the chamber Of commerce and the
county commissioners, which viii
likely result in the city levying a one
mill tax which. under the new valua-
tion Of four million dollars, will Gre
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-08-10
RECOUNT ORDERED,
IN THIS COUNTY

tFrom Fridays DallyD
Yesterday Circuit Judge F. A..
Whitney granted the petition filed by
W. V. Knott, through his attorneys,
Trcadwell X Trcudwcll, asking that an
alternative writ Of mandamus directed
10 the DeSoto county "ahvrSsmg board
and the inspectors eul clerk If pre-.
ciuct No. 10, he issued from his court
IN. mandamuS, whicl was issued To-
tWu1hlc August 10, commanded that
the county canvas,ing board and the
Inspectors and clerk Of precinct No.
10, assemble, recount and canvass all
the first ana second choice votes cast
for governor in the said precinct.
Mr.. Knott in his petition declares
that in precinct No. 10, which is
Crwcsville. Mr.. Cats received twelve
first choice votes and that he rccelv-
- six. lie further declares that the
'H..rt,rs and clerk fail'l to maxi"
the returns Of the second choice votes
in a proper manner. so the canvasSing
board did not credit the same to any
one Of the candidates for governor.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-08-10

fering from lack Of these roads. Ar
cadia's interest is not bounded by dis.
trict fines, and to the end that these
roads ana bridges be built, believe
that 1t is advisable that the assessed
value Of the city proper, about 500.
900, 10 per cent. ON which would
yield $1O27OO, should be used large.
ly TO supplement at such points as
Will extend the roads. Hence under
the proposed plan, only about $1,000
Will be spent in the city proper.
Each trunk road and its tributaries
is treated as a project, and by the
terms of the petition the fund set
aside can not be used for any other
project until it is completed. Your
committee submits this proposition
for the consideration Of the tax pay.
ers affected.
10 Illustrate the effect on the ter
ritories affected under the 1918 tax
list district No. . would pay in 500.
1O1. There will be expended in this
district Sl25OOO. The two townships
in which Fort ogden lies would pay
in on a valuation Of S2il,7GS: S31..
400. 81, and there would be expended
in that territory $35,O0O under the
plan. The Istapoga untry would
pay in S44.jOO. and would get SIG.
300. including the Kissimmec bridge.
The committee will be pleased to
go into any Of these particulars and
invite criticism that will enable them
TO better their plan.
Respectfully,
ED. SCOTT
ID. /. McSWAIN,
S. ROSIN,
+. J. YELNINGTON,
+. +. PLiTT,
J. L. LIVIEGSTONE,
j. A. SIMMONS.
L. d. TRENFNETL.
4. II. KING,
GEORGE LEITNER.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-08-10
MANY OPPOSED TO
CHILD LABOR LAW

Washington, Aug. S.-Tht
proposed child labor legislation
should be submitted to the states
in the form Of a constitutions
amendment, declared Senator
Overman in Il speech in the sen.
ate Yesterday in opposition tC
the child labor bill. He said con
grcSs had no constitutional au.
thority to enact such a law.
For hundred years or more
it was almost universally cOnsid'
cred that no legislation could be
enacted which was not authOriz'
ed by the constitution" Senator
Oyerman said. "Now with many
il seems to be the theory that
anything not forbidden by the
constitution can be nacted.
That clause which says all power
not granted by the constitution Is
reserved to the people, is regard
ed lightly, and is void OF mean
ing.
"If this legislation is constitu'
tional. there will be nothing lell
to the rights of states but an ab'
solute absorption of the powers
of the fOrty-eight sovereign com
monwcalths, and there will be nc
barrier i'm the way of centrallza
tion Of all power in Washington
to which goal we are now rapidly
drifting" .
senator Ovcrman declared
that the ultimate purpose OF the
measure. under the guise OF reSu'
lotinu commerce, was to regulate
production in the manufacturers
and mills of the country.
at is indirectly to do what
Won cannot do directly he con
timed. 1T is to put a state uh'
dnr durpss and COMPEL it to DC
tbot which some states have done
i'm order to have uniformity.
AS congress has the exclusive
mower over interstate commerce
al the state has the exclusive
,,ouer 70 control its own dolneS,
ic and internal affairs anu ~
sborld be permitted TO uo ~
without question :,
"Iet the powers hu'li'r limited
no constitution remain il',,'t thi
! ." Of the reserved powers ~ 'd
~, ,,oonIe,s hands be undiSturpeu u;
l'eop', ;ntcoritv and autonomy W u,
tbe state be upheld; ehco ,.a,IJ
state pride. Capitalization VII tn,.
ha a constant menace to ihe ~, ~.
o "r q of the public, breeding z, op,
er,,rJ m and corruption. These
reserved powers are in me Peo
nIes of the states. 1t is theirs ~
rnId. II is theirs to surrender, Dut
, ,'hon onco surrendered, it can
never be regaincd.
81 say with a great Judge VINO
wrote that government Is thee.
best which, while performing an
IFS duties. interferes the least
with the lawful pursuits OF the
people. hu,i++od
senator Overman supinl.'eu
statistics to support his colllell
lion that fewer children were
committed to jails and work
bonscs in North Carolina than in
states where stringent child IA
bor laws were enforced. Stats,
Ties for 1910, he said, showed
that only 10 children in lOO,OOO
bteween If and 16 years of age
i'm North Carolina were commit
ted to jails or work houses, as
compared with 279 in Massachu-
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-08-10
ROAD COMMITTEE
MAKES REPORT

We, the good roads committee ap
pointed by the Commercial Club TO
Investigate and further the construc-
lion of roads leading into Arcadia, de-
sire to make public the following le-
port:
We find that during last wlntet I'M
der a call for meeting Of those in
terested in the improvement of roads
IN that part o fthe county which had
not already made provision fer i'm.
proved roads. an organization. cover
ing membership from almost every
settlement in the district affected was
formed and committeeman selected
from each settlement or voting pre-
clncts duly selected TO report to a
central committee the roads which
each community desired improved
and based upon those reports an out
line had been drawn for system of
roads and a resolution Of said COM
miueemen which in effect asked the
county commissioner to have "a sur
sey and estimate of cost of sail sys-
TEN made out of the current road
fond Of the districts affected each in
proportion to the expenditures to be
made in each district. And therenp-
on to invite tentative bids for the
construction of same"
That committee prcse1tcl the re-
quest to the commissioner al the
February meeting, and understood
that the survey would he made the
commissioners, however do not so
understand 1t, and no survey is in
progress.
Your committee finds by careful es-
Innate based upon recent lettings in
this county, that the system outlined
will cost about 100000: that the con-
solidated district valuations based on
1915 tax roll are in district No. ?
NSl,5OO district. No. 3 1858, 500; and
district No. S2.461, 696: a total Of
S747126 in the consolidated terrific
y. This would require a 10 per cent.
bond issue to net the 100000 re-
Qnred, which would make very SUI
able bond issue and could be retired
m thirty years by an assessment of II
mills the first year and thereafter a
SUBSTANTIAL decrease will pay the In
'sfest and retire a proportion Of he
bonds.
reading of the petition herewith
submitted showing the roads 81 Sc
lseted and concrete bridges will show
nat Of this S5O0.OOO, about 100000
viii be expended In Glass A roads,
permanent bridges and grading and
ofainage, all Of which will survive the
ne Of the bonds: less than S2OONO
efe TO be in mari or rock roads,
which viii serve as hard roads in the
ifAs Travelled parts of the roads, and
eiier years Of use will serve as a base
F part Of a permanent or finished
road, BY this means the trunk roads
70 other districts and counties can he
eA'ended to the lines, and the settle
ment roads extended beyond the
heavy sand stretches.
Your committee desires to make
year to the tax payers in its entirety
Wat We realize that Arcadia Is sur
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-08-10

cant say I like that new hat OF
yours"
yet you liked It in the store
well. 1t did look pretty when the
girl tried it on
Then the trouble started. Courier
Journal.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-08-10
OVER RIPE CROPS
MAKE WOODY HAY,

4 man who is very enthusiastic
over certain hay crop submitted fig
urcs ON the chemical analysis of tlat
crop and that Of a well known hay.
lie ran down the list and indicated
that the two compared fayorahly.
And here" he said, pointing to an
item ia the analysis of his favoritc,
"the fibre is almost eight per cent.
greater
This man did not know it, hut he
was pointing out the weak place in
his hay. High percentages Of foods
in hays are desirable, but everything
that appears on the analyses i not
desirable. If other conditions are
equal. the larger the percentage of
fibre the poorer Is the hay. Fibre Is
largely indigestible, and the more
there is in hay the smaller will he the
percentages Of valuable food elements
The fibre in a crop can be controil-
ed by the hay maker to a large eN-
tent, John NJ. Scott, animal indus
trialist to the University Of Florida
Experiment Station, reminds farmers
that the percentage Of fibre increases
20 to 20 per cent. from the time tine
first bloom appears until the seeds
are nearly ripe. The longer a crop
stands after it reaches the cutting
stage the woodier and consequently
the less valuable for hay il becomes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08
WHAT IS NEWS?

one OF the big eastern dailies headed
as important the fact. if such it were.
that President and Mrs. Wilson were
playing golf when it began to rain
and both put on raincOats and CON
tlnued the game.
some papers and many people prob
ably call such stuff as that news nav
to get it and consider the time well
spent in reading it, But is it of the
least Importance? Is it in any sense
improving? Is it novel, instructive,
amusing or in any way worth while
knowing that the president and his
WIFE put on rain coats when it rained ?
lie Is generally conceded that Mr.. Will
son knows enough to come in out Of
the rain or protect himself against It,
and his wife is presumed to have iudg-
ment enough to put on her gossamer
under such conditions.
1t is related that an editor of sur
passing acumen once explained to a
reporter that it was not news of gen
eral interest that a dog had bitten =
man but it was first page news entitI-
ed to startling caption if a man
should bite dog. That is to say that
the perfectly trivial, commonplace, or
binary, natural happenings or action
which has occurred every hour of every
day since time began and will occur
as long as humanity is unchanged is
not news. Measured by this standard
the incident in question was not news
was not worth wiring, printing or
reading. But if the nations chief ex-
ecutive had, when the rain began. TAX
en- Off his outer garments and contin
ued the golf game unconventionallv at
tired, that would have met the editor
lal definition of news.-Gate City.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08
ALL SOULS NIGHT,

Lonely, we two who loved him so.
CThe old dog and u,
Watch while the fire burns low, so low.
And dreary hours crawl by.
Ii it be true that souls may roam
The world tonight-his will come
home!
The clock strikes twelve! How still nv
room!
Hank! It's the dogs glad whine,
who, brooding, peers into the gloom!
His eyes with welcome shine!
Beyond the power of human sight.
Whom does he see, this mystic night
Is it the wind that means outside?
Who's there? Again, Who's there?
Both longing arms l open wide
And clasp-the empty air!
Tears fall unchecked-a against nv
knee
The old dog leans in sympathy!
-Mazle v Caruthers, in N. Y. Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08
VALUABLE INSTRUMENTATION.
Deer folks. Now T know WHY nditC

Deer folks: Now | know why editors
get mad. l been trying to run this pa
per while the editor is in his vakashun.
For three CD days and mites | have
been reading questions and trying to
answer them, and if | don't quit I'll be
going around talking to myself I'm
going to answer a few more then 20
to the ball game Jimmie, the office
Boy)
l. What is limberneck? (John
Jones).
Limberneck in the country is a
strange disease Of fowls and chikens.
In the city it is a disease of human
persons caused by watching fouls =
and chikins.
2. Do small COWS give condense
milk Mabel 3D.
No, Mabel. Condensed milk is made
by trying to get quart of milk into
quart milk bottle"
3. Please tell me how hash is made.
Wv. NJ.
Hash is not made-it akumulates.
10 II ali IlSIlC W lCGu HUGS corn
in-the-ear?-(G K.)
No. Put it in the trof and let them
help themselves.
5. I am in love with a homely girl
who works for us, but she don't seem
to care for me, while a pretty girl with
lots of money wants to marry me.
What shall l do?-(Will Nd
Marry the one you love and send
nae the name and address, of the other
one.
6. My hair is beginning to fall out.
What shall l do to keep it in?-
A sack
Z. Please tell me how to raise a
nice fat hog of about 500 mounds =
Get derrick. '@ #* ~
s. How can | tell when the water
is the right temperature for bathing
baby?-(Young Mother.)
II the kid gets red and hollers, the
water is too hot. If he gets blue and
shivers, it's too cold.
8. I am 40 years old, have a nice
little farm, and am thinking of taking
wife. What would you adviser
(Old Bach)
l would advise you to be keerful
whose wife you take.
10. Our red bull is chasing me
round forty-acre field. What shall
I do?- mike F.
| don't know. But don't give. up.
Mike. the editor will be back in a
Week.-L. L. De Bara in Successful
Farming.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08
MANY YOUNG FARMERS
WILL TAKE SHORT COURSE

A number of young men from this
section Of the state are planning to
enroll for the short course in agricul-
ture, which, on December LIST opens
it's thirty-frst consecutive term of
fourteen weeks instruction in better
farming methods, at the College of Ag-
riculture, University of Wisconsin, at
Madison.
According to reports from D. H. Otis
in charge of the course, already there
have been received applications from
total of fOrty-fve prospective stu
dents, living in thirty different coun-
ties Of the state. This number, Of
course will be increased steadily be-
tween now and the opening of the
term.
1t is thought that large majority Of
the men who completed their first
years study last winter, will return
for the second term of the course
In an effort to make the course of
even greater value to young men and
| women who desire fundamental train
ing in the art and science of farming
as practised in Wisconsin, the course
has been strengthened and improved
during the past year Students will
have better chance to select work in
which they are most interested, and
new instructors and equipment have
been added to render more direct serv-
ice to those who attend
Owing to the big demand for trained
poultrymen, arrangements have been
made whereby courses in poultry hus-
bandry may be taken throughout the
entire short course, instead of at re-
stricted periods as heretofore.
Six men from Grant county COM
pleted their first term of the short
course at Madison last winter, and may
enter the second year in December
They are Clark Hampton, Edwin
Krohn, and Floyd Flitsch of Lancas
ter; Wayland T. Patten, VIM. G. Hud-
tson, Roscoe R. Spencer Of Boscobel.
To. date no applications have been re-
ceived from Grant county boys who
4 desire to take the first years work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08

BY the time this is read the cleo
ton will be over and the mandate Of
the voters will be delivered.. !; Every
loyal American will gladly accept this
mandate as final, whether or not it
agrees with their personal choice and
we should all be proud that we do uni
versally accept the verdict of the peO-
pie in this great democracy without
any question of any kind. In this one
thing alone democracy triurophs and
has proven itself. Hail the U. S. A.!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08

Henry Roethe, in the current edition
of the Fennimore Times, extends a
personal word to the voters and thanks
them for his nomination on the repub-
lican ticket as state senator Henry is
glad he has so many friends and he
says his vote will be cast every time
for the reduction of taxes. Henry is for
economy, less offices, boards and COM
missions and lower taxes. He wants
the voters vote and if they are at a
loss as to where his name appears,
Henry Obligingly tells them where to
lind 1t. We agree with Henry on
many things; we agree that he has
many friends and has reason to re-
jOice in them for Henry is a likeable,
kindly man. We agree that a halt
should be called somewhere in.ascend-
ing taxes, but we do not like too
sweeping congratulations even from
so estimable a man as Henry. Some
taxes, strange to relate, are right and
necessary. 1t is also necessary to
have certain boards and commissions
and certain offices must be filled in
order to conduct the peoples business.
Assailing office holders as a class
smacks of the demagogue for what
is Henry himself but one of that class
if there is such a CLASS" Make your
platform, Henry, one of getting dol
lars value for dollar spent and don't
worry SO much about sweeping out Of
fees, commissions and boards until
you can tell the people wherein the
offices and boards have failed in their
mission.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08

Without desiring to interfere in any
arguments between Editor Kessler and
Editor Bishop arising over the recent
failure Of the democratic ticket to Sc
cure place on the ballot, the Herald
rails to see wherein the democrats
are to be blamed so much for voting
in the republican primaries. The
fault lies not in the public, but in the
nature of the law which allows indis-
criminate voting and distinctly does
not allow a party to make a free ex-
preston Of choice within itself. In
the first place the law should prevent
people from doing what it is human
nature for them to do. The democrats
do not vote in the republican primary
simply because they are democrats,
but because there is no barrier to pre-
vent them from doing so and the case
is likewise with the socialists. 1t
would probably be also the case with
the republicans were one of the other
parties the dominant party Unfor-
Iuhdtely the democrats lost their place
on the ballot and it is all nonsense to
blame Mr.. Carthew or any one else.
The republicans regretted the matter
as keenly as anybody. 1t is up to the
Wisconsin newspapers to awaken pub
nc opinion on the farcical application
OF the primary law and secure such
wise amendments as may be deemed
necessary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08

Whether Mr.. Hughes is elected or
not we subscribe ourselves to his plat
form and even after election maintain
that it contains ground for every good
citizen to stand upon. Read his utter
ances:
''You ask what road I propose to
travel? These are the milestones
which mark it.
can executive responsible to the
whole nation.
"a cabinet chosen from the ablest
Americans
"a foreign policy that stands court
eously but firmly for American rights
"a flag that protects the American
in his lawful rights wherever his legi-
innate business may take him.
"a preparation for trade competi-
ton which shall protect all groups of
American workmen.
"a government oversight of business
which will fearlessly eliminate abuses,
but will act on the assumption that
the average business man is honest.
'And finally domestic policy which
looks to industrial peace, and to sound
and permanent prosperity based upon
the development of American trade
and the building up of American in
dustries.
we Americans are in one boat
You cannot strike a blow at one group
without injury to all Common justice
and fair play will settle our difficulties
if suspicion and bitterness are let
alone. These are the principles by
which | proposed to be guided"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08
RESULT or CONE MAN" POWER.

You don't hear much talk of "Repub-
licans" and Democrats" this year. 1t
is Hughes" and Wilson" The coun-
try is becoming Independent Of both
parties and no candidate and no party
can win unless it has a program which
appeals to the people-La Crosse
Leader-Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08

In the current issue Of the. BoscobeI
Dial-Enterprise is announced the fact
that Julian D. Bradbury, formerly Of
the Fennimore Times, takes over the
management Of that paper, and that
Harlan J. Johnson steps out. The
Herald has always had the kindliest
feeling for the Dial-Enterprise as q
bright and newsy home paper. 1t feels
sure also that Mr.. Bradbury will
maintain the standards and make
many friends in his new location
Good luck to you, Julian!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08
JURORS NAME OMITTED.

John F. Baker of Lima, was left out
OF the jury list in the Kuhl case last
week by several county papers. The
list as published only gave eleven
names which is obviously not enough
for a trial
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08

A large share of the democratic
campaign fund was wrung. from the
meek and impoverished postmasters
over the country. 1t may have hurt
some, but they coughed up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-08

stop the animals from turning and
drove into ditch. He was thrown
forward his face striking the wind
shield with such force as to break the
glass and cut a wound through one
eyeball. The next day Mr.. Humphrey
went to Milwaukee with DR.. Heraty