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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28
Quick and Solid Growth

The start is the hard part. At
forwards progress is easy. This
is true in business and physics.
A start has been made in this state
that is as important in business
way as anything that is known in
Florida history. We refer to the
beginning of the meat industry.
South Florida has long been a
great cattle section. The quanti-
ty has been considerable-the
quality inferior. The people have
walked up to the possibilities of all
parts Of the state in the cattle
mdus,y and to the Importance
of improving quality. The result
is cattle ranches are being started
in various parts of Florida by
wide-awake men who do not in
tend to waste money in careless
methods or inferior cattle. The
campaign for tick eradication has
produced good results and had the
best kind of an effect.
The second step is the establish
ing of packing houses. Two and
possibly three will be established
in Jacksonville. Those who pre-
pose to go into this industry are
not looking to what Florida is
now as cattle raising state, but
to what they feel sure she will be.
The announcement of the purpose
to establish these packing houses
has doubled the enthusiasm for
cattle raising and the progress in
this line is doubly accelerated. This
will mean more or larger packing
houses and more cattle ranches
and it looks as if the time is near
at hand when the state will be ex-
porting meat as it is now export
ing oranges and vegetables.
In connection with this move
ment the most interesting feature
is the impetus that has been given
to the cattle growing industry by
the announcement that the pack
ing houses were to be built. The
announcement that a sugar refin-
cry was to be established would
prove an equal stimulus to the
production of cane and sugar AT
present prices nothing promises as
good returns. The chamber of COM
merce should go after a sugar re-
tinery and if it can't bring one
here the people of Jacksonville
should raise money to build one.
Changes in Florida are revolu-
tionary-nOt gradual. In no state
does an industry spring up as
quickly as here, Twenty-one years
ago the oranges in Florida were
killed and the vegetable industry
was born. 1t attained great pro-
portions almost Immediately. We
look for the same speedy growth
Lof the meat industry and would
expect it of the sugar industry if
it were established.
These sudden growthS are not
ephemeral. They come to stay and
there is room for more of them.
Until Florida has eleven million
people and industries commensu-
rate with that population we need
not be afraid of any important
line of business being overdone.
As the opportunities increase
people will flock to the state to a.
vail themselves of them.-Florida
Times-Union.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28

long been making remarkable rec
ords in corn production and such
records can be made in all parts
of the state, if growers only re-
alize that it is wise to produce
staples as well as fancy crops
Tampa Times.
The above item is all to the
good, except that the Times has
It's geography a little mixed. The
corn yield referred to by the Lees
burg Commercial is in Marion
the cOrn-yielding county O.
Gala Banner.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28
Stop That First Cold

A cold does not get well of itself. The
process of wearing out a cold wears you
out. and your cough becomes serious if
neglected. Hacking coughs drain the
energy and sap the vitality. For AZ years
the happy combination of soothing anti
septic basams in DR.. Kings New Dis
coyery has healed coughs and relieved
congestion. Young and old can testify
to the effectiveness of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for coughs and colds Buy a
bottle to-day at your Druggist, soc.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28
Farmers Grow Big Corn Crop

In practically every section of
the state the corn acreage shows
a decided increase. This increase
is demonstrated to a large extent
in a number Of counties where
corn has not been an important
product. Newspapers from every
section report that local farmers
are going more and more into corn
growing. G. K. McQuarrie, state
agent for the University of Flori-
da Extension Division, has made
inquiries to the county agents con-
cerning the crop in their counties.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28

The st. Johns Tribune tells of
a farmer who gathered As bushels
of corn per acre from the same
ground that he had gathered a
good potato crop in May. He
now has on this same land a pea
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28

vine and crab grass hay crop that
he says will make at least a ton to
the acre. If he is industrious he
might now raise a crop of cukeS
or beans and dispose of them in
time to lay in his Christmas holi-
day goods.-Arcadia News.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28
advertiser

The stand of timber on the two
great National Forests in Alaska
is estimated by the Forest Service
as over 70 billion board feet,
while the annual growth will, it
is said, produce tons of wood pulp
a day.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28
Don't Neglect Your Cold

Neglected colds get worse. instead of
better: a stuffed head. a tight chest
must be relieved at once. DR.. Bells Pine
Tar Honey is Natures remedy. Honey
anu anu glycerine heal the irritated mem
brane, antiseptic tar lcosens the phIegm
you breathe easier and your cold is brok-
en- up: Pleasant to take, Dr. Bells Pine
Honey is an ideal remedy for children
Ss wei as grown-ups. At your Druggist
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28
Florida's Lakes and Springs

The springs of Florida are ia
nous for their volume of flow and
FOR the beauty of their waters
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-09-28

Swimming beaches ought to
grow in popularity as they be-
come less crowded.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
NEWS NOTES

The Philathae Society affair next Wednesday at the Methodist church will be a "Chinese Sociap at which Chinese selections of all kinds will be the feature,
 Joe Meherin, the very much travel ed travelling man, came in this after noon on the train. He spent a day or two at the Cases with Mir. and Mrs. Hayden and Derrick Lane.
 Miss Ruth Chandler, who was a member of the Gateway staff last summer, has written to her friend Miss Ericson that she will return this spring. She wrote from West Union, Iowa, where she is having fine time visiting her relatives.
 Robert Beach has arrived from An chorage after an absence of about a year.
 Word has been received from Mrs. WhittemOre that she has been under going treatment outside but the re- suit is not yet known.
 Recent arrivals at Anchorage from Seward were Harry Hicks and Mrs. Rose Johnson.
 Bud Whitney is reported to have a hundred young pigs on his ranch and he expects to find a market in this town and in Anchorage.
 w. S. Perkins of the Paystreak Ex- press has arrived from Anchorage.
 Christen Olsen is registered from Flat.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
CLERK OF COURT HAS THE
 LATEST PASSPORT RULINGS

On the last mail from the States Clerk of the Court J. E. Clark receiv- ed from the state department the latest rules regarding passports and also the special restrictions which have been placed upon travel in bel ligerent nations. On the face of all of the instructions and the blanks there is a piece of red card board with the words Important, New Passport Rules. Effective January 2, 1916"
 The new rules are very strict and seek to prevent all unnecessary travel to Europe. whether to belligerent or to neutral nations. After deciding that the person who applies for a passport is entitled to receive one, the following form must be gone through
 "The affidavit must be made before a clerk of a court of records either federal or state, within the jurisdic- ton of which the applicant or his witness resides.-Fairbanks Ex.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
% % % * % % % 2 q q % . * NOW GATEWAY IS [" % FOR COMMISSION %

A little weekly sheet published at Anchorage for the sole purpose of attacking the Railroad Commission has the nerve to suggest in its issue of the 10th inst that the Gateway is making an agitation about the strike over there. Readers of the Gateway in Anchorage, it is to be hoped, know that the very reverse is the case. The Gateway has always had an in- clination to minimize the matter as it believes it will be settled if agita- tion is abandoned. But the funniest thing of all is that the same paper again accuses the Gateway of being terribly friendly to the Engineering Commission. In other words this paper has been accused of being on two different sides in a week. The statements of such papers always de- pend on what they are seeking for their own purposes.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
WHEN WILL THE
 BOAT ARRIVE
AGENT OF STEAMSHIP COM PANY LOOKS FOR ONE
 ABOUT MONDAY.

Agent Wayne Blue looks for the first boat of his company to arrive here about Monday but, of course, he is careful to say that he has no more means of knowing than any of the rest of us. He cannot yet say for certain whether it was the Watson or the Evans was to have left on the 18th but he is inclined to think it is the latter The Admiral line ship was scheduled to leave about one day ahead of the Alaska Steamship Com pany's vessel. NIr. Mcdonald, need less to say, has no chance to get in formation either and the time of the arrival of the next boat can only be guessed at
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
THREE PEOPLE NOW IN
 THE GENERAL HOSPITAL
Only three people are now patients in the General Hospital There were four up to a few days ago.
A RICH STRIKE MADE AT NOME

NOME, Feb 12.-Although little information has been given out inside information is to the effect that Maus & Co.,, working on Dexter creek, have located rich pay. The details of the strike have been kept quiet, as the prospectors fear litigation, but from reliable source it is learned that they have three feet of pay that will average 20 cents to the pan. The pay is found within five feet of the grass roots, so that it is easy ground to work
 The strike is within a short dis tance of Kathleen creek, where a rich strike was made last summer There is much prospecting in progress in the district now and others have hope of finding the same pay.
 Maus G Co. have sunk three holes a hundred feet apart and have pay in an of them.-Ex.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
BIG BOWLING
 GAME COMING
FRATERNAL ORDERS WILL MEET IN CONTEST
 NEXT MONDAY.

What might be called 9 Brother hood bowling contest which is ezciy- ing the keeaest interest begins next Monday in the form of a tournament in which the select" bow,ers from the different societies of the city will participate. A beautiful silver cup has been posted as tine prize for the first tournament by Leo Nargules of the Northern. The complete rules and regulations have not been entirely prepared but Margu'es ssys that the winner will own the cup without a string to it. It may take more than one tournament to decide the final CT definite winner. Margules himself will bowl with the A. B. team, so that team should start odds on.
 The lineup will be as follows:
 Arctic Brotherhood Team: Chas. Sheldon. George Mitchell, Bill Henry. Chas. Martin and Leo Margu,es.
 Pioneers of Alaska Team: Otto Moses, Grant Carlson Ben Sweezey Crit Tolman-and a great unknown.
 B. P. O. Ers Team: Gus Seifert. manager Hejne Haascb, Frank Youngs. Sid Anderson and Frank Ennis.
 L. o. O. Moose Team: George KOsmos, Gus Mantbey Joe Anderson. Fred Johnstone and Bryce Howard.
 The games start Monday evening. the 2Sth, at D. m. Everey teom will play every other team at least once during the week. Doctors and Sur gcons admitted free. same as every body else.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
THOUSAND NEWSPAPERMEN
 MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME

Special to Gateway by United Press)
 DIES MONIES, Ia., Feb. 1O.-Near- ly 1000 newspapermen are here today for the opening of the two days ses- sion of the Iowa Press association, formed a few months ago, and al- ready one of the strongest organiza- tions of it's kind in the middlewes;. So rapidly has the association grown that it was found necessary to divide the first meeting into sections, one for the daily men, one for the weeklies and another for job men.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
THE DAVENPORT
 IS BROKEN UP
VESSEL THAT WENT ADRIFT LAST FALL IN COOK IN
 LET HAD HISTORY.

The Katie Davenport which went adrift last fall near Anchorage has been broken to sm;inereens by the ice and pieves of her are now scattered all over the Inlet She had been out all winter and took @ terrible pound irg which graudally smashed her up. The Davenport was being used in her later years as a sort of barge but was formerly a ship with a good standing. She was a clipper ship and at one time ran out of Puget Sound with lumber She was built about forty-four years ago.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
WOMEN AT HOME
 IN FRISCO SALOONS

Special to Gateway by United Press)
 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S.-The equal rights idea has invaded several San Francisco saloons. Fashionably dressed women walk in and drink alongside the men and seem just as adept as their male escorts at crook ing the elbow while resting a dainty slippered foot on the brass rail.
 In one of the Equal Rights Thirst cries, a landmark of the days of the '49 gold rush, it requires a line of white-coated bartenders working at top speed to keep abreast of the de mand for seductive South American punch that has made the place fam ous.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
LINDSEY FOR
 WAR ORPHANS
WANTS TO HELP THE CHILDREN WHO ARE LEFT WITHOUT
 HOMES BY WAR.
By CHARLES P. STEWART United Press Staff Correspondent
Special to Gateway)

Special to Gateway
 THE HAGUE, Feb. 2.-Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver has split off from what is left of the Ford party to start war relief campaign of his own. The judge went into detail about the plan today. Originally it was Mrs. ii dsey's idea but the judge has made it also his own and they will push it together. The Lindsey's proposition is to find homes for war orphans.
 Incidentally they hope to find an opportunity to develOpe a movement toward ending the war itself. Quite frankly, they came with the Ford party mainly in the hope that assOci- atiOn with Ford would give them an opportunity to interest the outomo- bile maker in their enterprise.
 "The end of the NapOlemc wars found countless thousands of orphans in institutions" says the judge, doomed to grow up without home in- huenees, alone in the world, often ill- treated and under circumstances gen
 Continued on Page Q
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
ONE WAY TO GET UP

Special to Gateway by United Press.
 CLEVELAND, Feb. 1O.-H. K. Knapp, prone to do what his name im- plies after the alarm clock rings in the morning, used to get up, shut the thing off and go back to bed and oversleep so much that he got three more arousers, put one in each cor ner of the room and now, by the time he has made the rounds and shuts them all off he's ready to stay up.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26

 IS VERY SMALL
LITTLE INTEREST IN SPECIAL ELECTION BUT NEW RULES
 WILL CARRY.

Only a hundred and eighty-five peO- pie had registered this afternoon at one o'clock and not much more than two hundred are expected altogether. The registration books will be open until 10 o'clock tonight and quite a lot more of men and women could still get themselves registered if they so wished but there is evidently very little interest and it is hardly likely that even half the voters will register. From what can be learned by speak ing to individuals around the city the new rules of election seem certain to be carried but not enough question ing has been done to make any posi- tive statement in this respect.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
TODAY'S OLDEST STORY

Special to Gateway by United Press.
 ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 12.--Buried with the body of Mrs. William Wright under six feet of sod today, was the pudding she had saved for 20 years, to serve when her son, from whom she had not heard since the Boer war, came home. Her lone waiting made her an invalid at 70.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
CHURCH SERVICES

At the M. F. church tomorrow at the hours of II a. m. and 7:3O p. m. services will be held. The respective subjects will be used: Things that Abide" Christ Manifested" Sun day school at 12. Watch for the Wednesday evening program at the church. We invite all to these meet ings.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
CAPITAL TO BE
 VERY DRY CITY
PROHIBITION LAW NOW IN CON GRESS FOR DIST. OF COL
 UMBIA VERY STRICT.

Special to Gateway by United Press.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. T.. - The Washington man who keeps bay rum for his hair and the housewife who puts vanilla in the angel cake are both likely to be visited by the Metropolitan police if Seantor Shep- pard's prohibition bill for the District of Columbia becomes a law.
 The bill now before the senate is regarded by dry authorities as the most thorough, comprehensive, iron bound, steel riveted lid ever devised The residents of the District have no vote or say as to whether they wish to venture upon so complete drought. It's all up to Congress.
 The bill not only prohibits the manufacture, sale or giving away Of liquor, but it provides that the mere possession of liquor shall be deemed sufficient evidence to convict a person of selling it.
 Search of any premises may be made unon an informal complaint. Discovery of liquor on the premises will void the lease and give the owner the right to eject the occupant. Com mon carriers are prohibited bringing alcoholic beverages into the district. Any scheme or device to evade the law shall be regarded the same as the sale of liquor. The keeper of liquor may be restrained as a common nui- sance, according to the proposed regu- lation.
 Five wholesale druggists only are to be allowed to sell wood, grain or denatured alcohol Anyone buying it must make an affidavit that he is twenty-one, not of incorporate habits and not addicted to the use of narcotic drugs.
 To obtain wine for sacramental purposes priests and ministers are required to make application to the District Commissioners, specifying for what sacramental purposes the wine is necessary, and how long the quantity applied for will last.
 The commissioners, before grant ing permit, which will cost 25 cents, must satisfy themselves that the facts are correct. Such wine will then be allowed to be imported, but must be delivered at the church between 6 in the morning and 3 in the evening.
 The sale of any liquor containing more than F of 1 per cent of alcohol is forbidden and subject to all the other restrictions of the bill. This is understood to include perfumery, favoring extracts, proprietary medi- cines, prescriptions and similar pre- parations containing more than this amount of alcohol.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
COUTTs WORKED FOR R. R.


 w. Coutts, the case against whom was dismissed after the Gateway had gone to press last evening, worked for the Railroad Commission for about two years as head packer. The case was dismissed on the motion of the complaining witness, E. E. Anderson. Mir. Coutts paid Mr. Anderson the money received on the check. The defendant has been well recommended by the Commission people.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
Train Will Go Out
 Tomorrow Morning

The train will leave with freight and passengers tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. The engine went out this afternoon just after her return to keep the line open for the train to- morrow.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
CHITINA HAS NEW
 DEMOCRATIC CLUB

Recent advices received from Chit ina tell of the new "Woodrow" Wilson Democratic Club" that has been formed in that town. The Democrats there held an enthusiastic meeting in the A. B. Hall, and M. J. Healey was elected president, and Charles O'Con- nor secretary and treasurer.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
CHINESE SOCIAL
 WEDNESDAY NIGHT

The Philatheas of the Methodist Church arc arranging to give a Chin csc social at the church next Wednes- day night, which promises to be a very unique and pleasant affair. The young ladies will be dressed in Chinese costume, and there will be Chinese music and recitations and real Chinese refreshments.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
" " |" # l" * * * # * % %
 * A. $. DANCE {" * Is POSTPONED ::

On account of weather conditions the A. B. dance scheduled for tonight will be postponed one week. The series of dances for which tickets have been sold will be extended one week longer so that holders of tickets will have the benefit of the total number of dances called for.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
ALASKA CONCERNS DIVIDEND

The North Alaska Salmon company has declared, in addition to the regu- lar monthly dividend of 75 cents, an extra dividend of $2.5O per share both payable Jan. 1. This is a total of lIla per cent. declared this year, amounting to S69,OOO on the $6OO,OOO stock outstanding-Pacifc Fisher man
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
NOMINATION AT MOOSE
 LODGE NEXT FRIDAY
Election of Officers Will Take Place
 the Friday Following.

The nomination of officers of the Moose Lodge will take place next Fri day for the coming year. The cleo tion will take place on the following Friday.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26

The very moment the emergency fund is available, and that is expected to be after the auya. of one of the two boats which are now on the wa>, contracts win be let for che cutting of a hundred thousand ties for use on the Alaska Northern railroad There is
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
NOTICE

Christianity and War" will be the topic at St. Peters church, Sunday, s p. m. Men especially invited. Ap- propriate hymns.
 Quartette: "Come Ye Disconsolate."
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
MRS. REICH DEAD

SEATTLE, Feb. S.--Mrs. Reign wife of J. D. Reign, a prominent Fairbanks merchant, died last even ing. She failed to recover from an operation performed six weeks ago.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
WIRES DOWN

The storm of last night levelled the wires to Anchorage and there was no communication with that town this morning. It is feared that the wires are down in several places.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
TRAIN ARRIVES

The train arrived this afternoon. She made Mile 34 last evening and was well on the way back early this morning. She arrived during the noon hour.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
$3O,OOO ON TIES ID
 BE SPENT HERE SOON
If Money Is Available Next Week Contracts For 100000
 Ties Will Be Let.

no means of telling what the ties will cost as the cutting of them will be let out on bids but as the price at Anchorage is about thirty-fye cents a tie the price to be paid for ties alone here in the next few months will be m the neighborhood of thirty thousand dollars.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
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 {: SHIPPING OUT * * RECORD HEAD :'

c. L. Votaw is shipping out a moOse head which is a record, he believes, for the number of points on the horns. The head has 4S points and largest known before, he says, had 42 points.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
DOCK
 WORK FINISHED

The foundation for the dock build ing was finished today and the actual dock part of the work is complete The building has to be erected yet.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26

FORT DODGE, Ia.-Clara Gerd Posendahl, young farmer who is six feet and eight inches tall and weighs 29O ponds, is married to a woman over six feet tall.
The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26

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The Seward gateway., 1916-02-26
POT POURRI PARAGRAPHS

Special to Gateway by United Press)
 NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-The Ma tional Indoor Tennis championship for men will be staged on the courts of the Seventh Regiment Tennis club here beginning today. The Florida State outdoor championship will be decided at the Palm Beach Tennis club courts February 28th.
 MINNEAPOLIS.-Of the 600 jitney buses operating here last fall, only 64 were left today.
 GRAND FORKS, N. D.-North Dakota newspaper editors have form ed mutual operative fire insurance company, for the protection of their plants.