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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28

The City of NumberedDayS'



would mean for us. Murray
MY Lord should say so
Every white msn ia the camp would
30 TO gravel washing
That's Il precisely" Broulllaft
acquiepced ploomily "MsssinEsls
IL n Young tough. bat he ~ shrewd
enough. when he II sober lie had
me dead to rights, and he knew It.
Say. Victor. I'm beginning to &C
qulre great and growing respect
for MIR Stephen MaHslngale. This
field is too small for him. alto
gether too small. lie ought 10 get
lob with some Of the malefactors
OF great wealth. How did you set
tie Il finally
"Massingale WAS too shrewd "a
push me. lie told me 10 take a
week or two aud think about a.
We dropped the matter by common
consent. and on the way down Tho
valley MArsiugale pitched In bii
OF Information out of what SCENE I
10 be sheer good viii II seems that
he and his father have done a lot
Of tcst drilling mp aud down the
side Of Chlgringo at one time and
another, and he told me that there
Il bed OF micaceous shale under
our south anchorage. cautioning me
not 20 let the excavation stop until
Ne had gone thru g."
Well That vas pretty decent
OF him"
Yea. and b. shows that HardinF
wan lying when he said that the
MAnalngAleA were opposing the rec
iamation project They are frankly
IN favor Of a. Irrigation in the
Buckhkln means population. and
population will bring tho railroad
sooner or later In the matter oi
hurrying the track.lAying. Massin
gal, " only adopting modern bual
ness methods"
Two days after the arrival OF the
letter from Washington. Brouillsrd
returning from a horseback trip
found o visitor Awaiting him In the
camp headquarters
One glance at the hTaVy.facsh
man chewing an extinct cigar while
be made himself comfortable In the
only approach to a iounglng chail
that tho office afforded. wRs suf.
ficient TO awaken antagonism.
Ny name Ia Hosford and rep
resent the Niqouia Improvement
Company ~ It's manager and resi-
dent engineer said the lounsrr
You're Brillard. the government
man. ! take it,"
"Brouillard. II YOU please" vas
the crisp correction What can
W. do for YOU. Mr. Hosfordr"
A good many things first and
last. I'm two OF three days ahead
OF my outfit. and you can put the
up somewhere until : get a camp
Of my own You've go some sort
Of an engineers mess. iahc 81"
We have" said Bronillard hf.ef
~. "Youil make yourself at home
with VA. OF course
AN right so much for that par,
OF g." said the selfinyited guest
Now for the business end OF tho
deal. I'd like to 20 over your plans
for the power dam in the upper
canyon. II they look good to me
III adopt them"
Perhaps we'd better clear away
tho underbrush before We begin on
the standing timber. Mr. Hosford. .
Brouillard asid. Have you been
given 20 understand tina, this office
Is In any sense tail TO your I'm.
provemeni Company's KITE"
I haven't been given TO under.
stand anything" was the grun re.
iolnder. II won't be worth your
while TO quarrel xith as. Mr. Brouil.
lard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28
CHAPTER "
sarcs al pacsolus

n Victor Brcuillsrd had been dis.
posed 20 speculate curiously upon
the possibilities suggested BY Nj.
y. Wesley Cartwright. or had been
tempted 10 DWELL sentlmentaily up.
on the idyllic crossing OF orbits
Miss Genevieye's and his own--on
she deserts rim. there was little
leisure for either indulgence during
the strenuous early summer weeks
which followed the Cortwright In.
vsslon.
During these weeks ant.like pro,
cessions Of laborers poured into
the shut.in valley at the foot OF
Mount Chigrlngo. Almost as n By
magic populoms camp OF tents.
shelter shacks. and Indian tepees
sprang up IN the level bod.bo,tom
OF the future lake. ard daily the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28
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n. y. ~snsay-~-ths pfeschrr at ths
shurch nser our house tells good
goak which happened the other daY
when he went over so call on ef
ais members that have new eaht
n the house
Tits baby can heller louder and W
more different ways thar amy hid
ln this tuwu
a he was KeinE good a NtFguH
VIXEN the preefhsf cntWfG Va
hut evfy ourt ia while TIE Md
wood shut up 10 catch his fnd Wlnd
q fhrn the minister eucd suY some
thtns 90 mr. mailman a willie which
ts the 10 hf brother a who u lur
hsilmsns son too
willie said the preacher. yoH
ought TO he awfuiiY COED Go Yout
hahe bruther a take fine care Of
him.
W. sir. white r~plyd
II Isn't evry iitsls boy that u
blessed with a nice new bruthsr
hope not. willie SAYS back 90 him
yes. tho preacher says aliSsYs
tsest him we'll. for yoa know he
came from heaven
from heaven. Ast willie
yes. repiyd N. preacher
welt said willie. from tho way hs
hnliers all the tim. ! don't hiAms
tho angels from tossing him out. Do
tSu lahny
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28

O. EATTIES traffic officers have made APP
- peal thru The Star for thoughtful cooperation
in eliminating accidents on the streets
There should be whole-hearted response
Pedestrians should make effort quickly and
carefully on signal OF the traffic officers
AND AUTO DRIVERS SHOULD BE EVEN MORE
CAREFUL
They owe themselves and the community TO make
study OF traffic regulations Copies OF the ordinances and
helpful suggestions to be had Tor the asking at roou
Is, Public Safety building
The public often demands from the police department
that its men do their work careullyhoneStly Now We
have the police officers the traffic detail turning the
tables and asking the public to do is part carefully
honestly
They have pointed the way.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28

or narcotic drugs makes Il an ideal
remedy for children.
DIR. Caldwelrs Syrup PepsIn Is
sold In drug stores everywhere for
fifty cents a bottle. To avoid lint.
tations and ineffective substitutes.
be sure TO get DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin. See that facsimile OF
DIR. Csldwells signature and his
portrait appear on the yellow car.
ton In which the bottle is packed
\ trial bottle. free OF charge can
be obtained by writing TO Or. W. r.
Caldwell. f55 Washington ST.. Mon
tlcelio. Illinois.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28
.'CASCARETS' FOR
HEADACHE, COLDS,
LIVER, BOWELS
Enjoy life! Don't stay bilioua
sick. headachy and
constipated.
Get rid OF bad breath. sour
stomach. coated tongue,
indigestion.


They're fine, Casczrets lives
your live, clean your thirty feet
OF bowels and sweeten your stom-
ach. You eat one or two, hf4.
candy. before going 10 bed 49,
the morning your head 10 ciex
tongue is clean. stomach sweet
breath right and cold gone. Get .
box from your druggist and entoy
the incest, genuew liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced
cascarets stop sick headache. BIZ
iousness. indigestion, bad breath
and constipation.
Mothers should give q whole
Cascaret 10 cross. bilious. sick.
ieverish children any time. They
are harmless and never grippe or
atcken
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28
OUR pIppY DICTIONARY

DIPLOMAT fellow Who sends
20 roses 10 a woman on her sist
birthday.
PuBiiC-A large BODY OF peo-
pie entirely surrounded by politl
clans
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28

WI IRELESS telegraph again gets the front page BY
w the Inauguration OF the Marconi commercial service d
rect from this country Japan
II is remarkable in the annals OF the world and
for first in history be said that the East and
the West have met"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28
CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS

For your Young man friend 8
nice SGT of buttors would be ap.
propriate. All he'ii have 10 do "a
hsvc n new suit. will be 10 have
few yards % good suit material
fitted around the buttons n ne
has a birthday around Xmas. send
him a set OF buttonholes
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-28
HISTORY M 1915

A few years ago. about 1915. ws
got into 4 fuss and swung the war
guy put tax on tea. etc
Well. Norman. these days with
meat. leather flour. clothes. bat.
ter. eggs. roiaioes and fcv other
uniniportsnt necessities who's.
prices are rubbing shoulders ~ith
the moon Tor altitude bonors Ne
put np kick that has AS much
kick 20 IL as an eel has hips.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-13
Charlotte Harbor Bridge

Mr.. j. Il. Bowdoin of Charlotte
Harbor, has been writing to Con
gresham Sparkman and Senator
Fletcher urging them to do every
thing possible to expedite in the
proper departments the matter OF
the proposed bridge across the
harbor at this place.
Congressman Sparkman wrote
under date of the End nst.that he
was taking the matter up withthe
war department and would do the
best he could toward hurrying up
the necessary permit for building
the bridge.
Under date of the 7th inst. Sen
ator Fletcher wrote:
81 am just advised by the office
of the chief of engineers that the
plans for the bridge have been ap-
proved by the chief of engineers
and this afternoon are being re-
ferred to the secretary of war for
action. 1t is very likely that ac-
ton will be had shortly"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-13
CAN SEE ALL THAT GOES ON
IN PERONNE =. A PRI-
MARY OBJECT
Germans Heavily Smelling the Allies
Russians Continue TO Advance
Toward koveI The British
Have Gained Ground

London-With the capture by
the French of La Maisonette hill,
which dominates the valley of the
Somme and from which every
thing that happens in Peronne
can be observed, one of the pri-
mary objects of the Anglo-French
offensive has been achieved.
The two armies are now engag-
ed in an effort to organize and ex-
tend the limits of the ground
they have gained and in repell-
ing the German counter attacks
which are directed particularly a.
gainst the British to the north of
the river, where they succeeded
in regaining a footing in the
Trones wood. AT other points,
however, the British have been
able to make some progress, al
though necessarily slow, against
well fortified positions.
The Germans are heavily she'll
ing the allies front from Lens to
the Belgian coast but thus far
there have been no attempts at in
fantry action except for the usual
raids in which both sides engage.
The Russians continue their ad-
vance toward Covel and are now
engaged in pitched battle alonp
the banks of the Stokhod which
they have crossed at some points.
On the rest of the eastern front
while there is continuous fghtin"
at many places, no important
change occurred. Both sides are
concentrating their efforts on the
Lutsk salient to the east of Kovel.
In the Caucasus and Mesopo-
tamia the fighting between the
Turks and the Russians continues
with varying results. The wealth
er in the greater part of this reg
ion which is extremely hot, pre-
cludes any sustained efforts.
After the assault of Monday
night the British remain in pos
session of Contalmaison, holding
it against German counter-at-
tacks and furious shell fire.
Fighting continued through the
night from Ovilliers and to Bois-
selle and to Trones wood. The
British gained considerably in the
Mameitz wood and took all ex-
cept the point most furiously dis
puted, pear-shaped. The taking
of Trones wood clears the way to
the next line of German defenses.
The artillery is so close that guns
on either side are not firing on the
first line for fear of hitting their
own men. Overhead shells are
screaming past in to the reserves
to keep assistance from those in
front.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-13

Mr.. w. V. Knott has issued the
following interesting statement:
Evidence of many irregulari-
ties, some of them unintentlOnal,
but none the less damaging, have
compelled me in justice to the
thousands of friends who support
ed me in the recent primary for
governor, to institute the proceed
ings provided by law in such con-
tingencies, to determine whether
Mr.. Cats or myself was nominal
ed for that office. Mr.. Cats has
a certificate of nomination issued
by the State Canvassing Board,
and subject to the action of the
courts, based upon an apparent
lead of 260 votes out of a total of
1882 cast for this office. feel
confident that an accurate count
of the votes in the disputed
precincts will show that | am the
lawful nominee, and while | could
not accept a nomination not right
fully mine, under any clrcum-
stances, nor sacrifice the har-
mony of the party which has al
ready honored me, l would be
false to my friends and to my par
ty and my state if l supinely sur
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-13
Knott Makes a Further Statement to
the People of Florida

rendered the standard into the
hands of one not entitled to bear
it for the sake of "peace at any
price"
The course | am now pursuing
would tend to prevent, rather
than to provoke division in the
Democratic party. The present
conditions indicate much division,
whereas a correction Of errors
and fair and honest adjustment
of irregularities would satisfy the
present unsettled public mind,
and tend to consolidate and har-
monize present divisions. Any
investigation or knowledge of my
official record or acquaintance
with my personal character would
satisfy any fair-minded person
that ] do not want anything that
belongs to another man.
Realizing that in the conduct
of elections many errors may oc-
cur-and this is especially true
when an untried law such as our
"secOnd-choice primary" law is
used for the first time on a state
wide tieket-the lawmakers of
the state have wisely provided for
appropriate actions to be institut-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-13
Novel Taxation Method

Sydney, in New South Wales,
has adopted a method of taxation
which is at least unusual
Hereafter Sydney, with a popu-
latiOn of 100000, will raise almost
all OF its entire revenue from a
tex on the land.
There is no personal property
tax, and the system was adopted
on the assumption that the value
Of a city lot is due, not to the en-
terprise and industry of the own
er, but to the mere presence Of
population.
An acre of farm land may be
worth $3.50. Build city around
1T and the acre may be worth a
million dollars.
Sydney says: owe created these
big values for land and we are 60
ing to tax them to pay the expens-
es of this government. The build
mgs on the lands were erected by
the owners. We want more build
mgs, so we won't tax the owners
for building them so long as VIC
can get the necessary revenue
from the land values. +"
The principle of encouraging
improvements by exemption from
taxation is making progress all
over the world.
Sydney's move along that line
is the most radical as yet noted,
and the outcome will doubtless at
tract very general attention.
Clearwater Sun.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-13
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH OF
FLORIDA AND ITS POLICIES

checked or banished.
Not until it had been positively
established in the minds of medi
cal authorities all over the worlC
that malaria is a parasitic disease
that this parasite is carried by 8
Icertain mosquito; that even il
Rome, among the swamps that Dor
der the Tiber,a healthy man sleep
ling behind and under efficient
screening, even breathing the mi
asmatic air of that home of malar
ia, might yet be free from the dis
ease, did the Board preach the
gospel of screens as the sure pre-
ventative in Florida.
Florida's Health Board and
Florida s Health Officer have be-
lieved, and have acted upon the
belief, that the more a man comes
to an understanding of and obedi-
ence to the laws of nature, which
are the laws of God, the more in
timately will he come into con-
formity with the divine plan,
which is to work out man s saliva
tion, physically and spiritually.
The Board and its Execu-
tive Officer have a reason for the
faith that is in them. This reason
they are always willing to give
and neither the Board nor it's Ex-
ecutive Officer ever knowingly
are offensive in presenting their
reasons. They realize the weight
of responsibility that rests upon
them. They realize that it is hu-
man to make mistakes; that the
sum of all human wisdom is the
combined wisdom of all men.
Therefore, it asks and welcomes
such criticisms and suggestions
from any source as add to its
knowledge of health matters. 1t
does not invite the fault-finding
which on its face shows its birth
in prejudice and ignorance; and
the Board deplores the shifting,
self-opinionated egotism which
ridicules established facts of prov
en- scientific accomplishment.
All it asks is that its critics play
the game fair, like real sportsmen,
like honorable men, and that they
discuss honestly points Of differ
ence.-State Board of Health.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-13

|
Ity Commissioners met in regular
session, Monday, July 3rd, with
Chairman Whitehurst presiding
and w. NJ. Whitten, D. l.. Skip.
Iper, John Hagan and w. G. Wells,
Ipresent.
Moved, seconded and carried
that r. j. Davis be and he is here
by appointed county enumerator
for DeSoto county for 1916.
The notary bond of Dora Mae
Cunningham, was approved.
Notary bond of |. p. Barlow
was approved,
The notary bond of James X.
MeClclland was approved.
Notary bond of James A. Tim
berlake was approved.
The permit issued by acting
secretary of war for the construc-
tion of a bridge over Istopoga
creek, on the Sebring-Bassenge
road, near Sebring, was received
and placed on file.
The approval of the comptrol-
Ter for making the transfer from
the special fund for indebtedness
and general funds to the fine and
forfeiture fund, was received and
transmitted to the treasurer.
The hour having arrived, bids
as advertised for, for road con-
struction in special road and
bridge district No. 5, were open
ed.
Notary bond of E. B Loyless,
was approved.
By motion, seconded and carri-
ed, contract was entered into with
the Franz Safe and Lock Com
pany, of Jacksonville, for repairs.
Moved, seconded and carried,
that Chairman be and he is here
by authorized to sign an applica-
tion to the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company on behalf of
this Board for credit for freight
on road material to the amount
of 1000.
The bond of w. p. Kennedy, for
the faithful performance of his
contract for the construction of
certain culverts in special road
and bridge district No. S, was ap-
proved.
The treasurer filed his report.
By motion, seconded and carri-
ed, the following was adopted;
Inasmuch as the tax assessor
has not yet completed the assess
ment roll for 1916, the equaliza-
ton of tax be and same Is post
poned until Friday, July 21st.
Wednesday, July 9th.
The board of commissioners re-
convened with Chairman White
hurst presiding and all commits
sioners present, viz. William
Whitten, d. L. Skipper, W, G.
Wells and John Hagan.
Notary bonds of James F. Skies,
r. j. Han, Leon A. Stroud were
approved.
By motion, seconded and carri-
ed, Jane Messer was placed on
the pauper list at $5 per month.
Elizabeth Spivy, having remov-
ed from the state, her name was
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-13
More Tales of Bandit Activities
Brought to the Border

El Paso, Texas-Mexican auth
critics in Chihuahua City believe
Villa is helping if not actually
leading the bandits in their depre-
dations in Chihuahua, according
to those in close touch with Mexi-
can affairs, who reached Ameri-
can soil Tuesday. One of them said
General Trevino, in command of
the Ne facto troops, has received
word that before the Jiminez at
tack, bandits captured and sacked
a town several miles to the north
and cut off the ears of their cap
tives.
Substantiating their story of
the branding of prisoners was the
story of Mexican soldier who re-
ported to General Gonzalez, upon
his arrival in Juarez, that his ears
had been cropped after his cap
ture in Jiminez. This arrival
said the anti-American feeling in
Chihuahua City had disappeared.
Those from the CaSas Grandes
district say the arrival of the
rainy season has been a great
boon to the American soldiers of
the Pershing command, some of
whom had begun to sicken with
the continued dust storms which
had prevailed for several weeks.
He added that natives in that dis
trict cling firmly to the belief that
Villa is dead.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-07-13
GAIN BIG ADVANTAGE IN
CAPTURING LAMAISONETTE HILL

ed in the courts to determine in
cases of doubt who may be the
nominee or official rightfully chos-
en-. The power of determining
such matters has been left to the
courts, for there we find the pro-
lection of all our rights, and fc
the additional reason that our
courts are less likely to be infu-
enced by partisan considerations
than bodies more political in their
nature. A court that would per-
vert its power to veto the will of
the people as lawfully expressed
in an election would be guilty. of a
grave moral crime; a court in de-
termining, according to law and
justice, the real result of an cleo
ton, is performing its highest and
most patriotic service to the state.
In 1908, when Congressman
Mayes was denied a certificate of
nomination by the executive COM
mittee- which, under the former
law, canvassed the returns the
Supreme Court corrected the er-
ror, and Mr.. Kehoe, to whom the
certificate had been given through
the committee s errors, immediate
ly withdrew his name from the
ballot and thus the choice of the
district was upheld. Mr.. Kehoe
himself was nominated for con-
gress at the election just held.
In 1876 the Supreme Court of
Florida protected the right of the
people in their choice of Hon. Geo.
+. Drew for governor, rescuing
the state from carpetbag rule and
from the action Of the Republican
returning board, which sought to
steal the governorship, and which
by fraudulently certifying the
votes for the presidential electors,
did steal the electionfrom Samu-
ell j. Tilden and gave it to Ruth
erford B. Hayes. But for the cour-
ageous and righteous action ofthe
Supreme Court the people might
not have regained control of their
state from carpetbaggers and ne
groes.
And the Supreme Court could
have done nothing had it not been
for the powers given them by the
Constitution and the laws. In ap-
pealing now to the courts, | am
simply doing what Geo. f. Drew
did forty years ago, in the inter-
ests of democracy and of Florida.
Conditions are happily different
now, in that our present State
Canvassing Board is honorable
and upright, but having no discre-
tionary powers,- it was compelled
by law to authorize a certificate to
the apparent nominee, regardless
of the legal and equitable ques-
tions involved.
! have the utmost confidence in
our judiciary, and whether the
courts decide for me or against
me, | will know that they have
done their duty fairly and con-
scientiously, and will accept their
verdict, if unfavorable, with the
same cheerful acquiescence I
have a right to expect from my
opponent, if my contentious are
upheld.
Very respectfully,
KNnUuV