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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-11-16


were appointed TO view and mark out
said road.
A petition signed by c. W. Pearce
and six others asking that a public
road be granted as follows: Begin.
ming at the northwest corner Of south
half of northeast qariei, section 81,
township 81 south, range "a east
thence south to southwest corner sec.
tion 8, township SO south, range -
east, was received and granted, and
r. NJ. stidhlm, II. NJ. Albritton and
W. U. Montgomery were appointed 10
view and mark cut said road.
A petition signed by c. W. Pearce
and six others and asking that pub
lie road be granted ms follows: Be-
ginning at the northwest corner Of
south half Of northeast quarter, sec
tion "a. township 81 south, range "a
east, thence due south forty rods to
intersect with Arcadia and Belgium
road was received aud granted, and
c. W. Pearce, G. f. Gibson and
John W. Smith were appointed to
view and mark out said road.
Moved ny Commissioner Skipper.
seconded by Commissioner Written
and carried, that the treasurer be and
he Is hereby ordered to make the fol-
lowing transfers between the differ
ent road districts in order TO correct
the relations Of the districts one TO
the other:
District No. Z. transfer 10 district
No. 2, S1,279.53.
District No. .. transfer to District
No. 3, S1,26t.a9.
District NJ. /, transfer to District
No. ?, s695.75.
District No. 1. transfer to District
No. 4, s372.7C.
District 40. 3. transfer to District
No. 4, s7s6.9l.
District No. ;, transfer to District
No. 4, 1851 50.
And the comptroller concurring,
that he also transfer any balance left
in the court house fund after the pay
ment Of all outstanding warrants, 70
the general fund.
Moved. seconded and carried, that
the petition of L. c. Morgan and for.
ty-ninc others. asking that the rail
road crossings within the Fort ogden
district be ordered constructed as per
specifications attached to said petit
ton, be referred to the county attor-
ney to advise as TO whether or not the
said specifications, etc, comply with
the statutes.
! Considerat ion Of the petition Of II.
L. Delaney anf- Others, asking for a
special road and bridge district in
80, 40. Al; also the petition Of Willie
williams and others. asking for spc-
cial road and bridge district in 30,
81, 3s, 80, 30, Al, was continued to
the December meeting Of this board,
and a motion 10y Commissioner Whit
ten. seconded and duly carried pre-
vailed that a committee be appointed
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-11-16
JOHN HAGAN.
W. NJ. WRITTEN,
Committee

OUIlTIIIIVVVs
Moved by Commissioner Welles,
seconded by Commissioner Written,
and carried, that the above and fore
going report be accepted and adopt.
ed.
The following resolution was then
presented:
Whereas, a petition was filed ON
the 18th day IF October, A. d. 1916
by certain qualified electors residing
within the unbo l.le,l territory Of com.
missioner's district No. 2, of DaSoto
county, Florida, proving that the said
district be constituted into a spe .ial
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-11-16

railroad Of the streets Of the town Of
Fl. Ogden.
Specifications.
Where a ditch is necessary the
ditch shall be Of such width and depth
as win prevent water from standing
on the surface Of the road. The cross
inps shall be constructed Of clay
mari or cinders and they shall be
constructed with as little slant as
practicable, 50 as TO render easy pas
sage over the same with loaded teams
At no crossing shall the width there
Of be less than forty feet.
The above and foregoing require
ments must he complied with by you
within thirty days from the time at
which service of this notice is made
upon you.
BE IL further resolved, That n no
tice similar to the above and forego-
ing notice be given to the Charlotte
Harbor and Northern Railroad Com
pany. except that the description OF
the crossing in the said notice to the
G. II. & y. Railway Company be as
follows, to-wit:
No. l At the crossing where the
public road crosses the railroad track
ON township line between townships
Is and 80.
No. ?: At the crossing where the
public road crosses the railroad track
at Hull starion.
No. 8: At the crossing known as
Cowart's crossing, in the southwest
quarter Of southeast quarter Of sec
ton G. township 80. range "a east.
No. 4. At the crossing on the line
between sections and is, in township
80 south, range q east.
No. 3: At the crossing on range
line between ranges % and "a.
No. @: The crossing where the pub
lie road crosses the railroad track at
the Fl. Ogden station.
The foregoing resolution was pre-
scented and upon vote, was carried,
motion for lis passage having been
made by Commissioner W. NJ. Whit
ten. second by Commissioner w. g..
Welles.
Moved by Commissioner Hagan.
seconded BY Commissioner Welles and
carried, that the Charlotte Harbor
and Northern Railroad Company he
and they are hereby ordered to CON
struct and maintain crossing where
the public road crosses the said rail
road at Kinsay station. said crossing
to he in accordance with law and
that the clerk be and he is hereby or
dered to give the said railroad compa'
ny the required rotice,
Commissioner D. L. skipper was
called to the chair.
The following report was present
ed:
To the Honorable Board of County
Commissi lners of DeSoto Coun'
ty.
Gentlemen: Your committee, Il
whom was referred the petition Of b
Frank johnson and eighteen others
asking for the creation of a special
road and bridge district of certain
territory within the limits Of commits
sioner's district No ., Of this county
respectfully report that they have m
vestigated the facts and find and de
termine that said petition is not nc
cording to law as the same has bear
interpreted in the recent mandarin
proceedings before Judge Whitney, N
the petition contains a clause unau
thorized by law.
(Signed)
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nv and the Charlotte Harbor ana
Northern Railroad Company demand
ing that the crossings on their re-
spectlve roads be constructed within
the time AMI in the manner as requir'
ed Low the laws Of Florida. and the no
ticc to the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road shall be in the following form,
to'wit:
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-11-16
ELECTION CALLED BY COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FOR
DEC. 10TH.

Confined from First Page
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09
Stock Parade Fair Feature.

Secretary E. r. Petrie is working
hard in an endeavor to revive the live
stock parade at the county fair this
year. The practice Of holding this
pleasing spectacle was discontinued a
few years ago, but Secretly Petrie will
try to have such a parade held on
Thursday Of next weeks fair In for
mer years II was impossible for the
judges to finish the live stock Judging
before Friday. and the exhibitors be-
gan taking the stock from the grounds
on Friday afternoon. Now that meth
DDS have been changed and the Judging
can be completed earlier. it will be
comparatively easy to hold such a
parade. This will be a fine sight if
carried out at the coming fair Ar
rangements have been made whereby
the people will be royalty entertained
between each heat of the races during
the fair. The Flying Moores, a trapeze
troupe, numbering six, will be on hand
each day to afford some thrilling en-
tertainment. Whites roller skating
troupe will also give exhibitions Of
fancy skating each afternoon There
are four members of this troupe and
each an artist of exceptional ability.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09

| one bid being submitted in most in
l stances, and that by the company
which refused to continue furnishing
/ paper to the government at its con-
4 tract price. In other words, there an
/ pears to be a mutual understanding
among the paper trade to refrain from
/ competitive bidding for government
| business. This conduct on the part of
certain paper contractors has created
a most serious situation. At times the
government has had the greatest diff
Guilty to obtain sufficient paper TO
print the necessary records
With all the resources at its com
mand, owning, as it does, vast forests
and great water power sites adequate
to produce many times the required
quantity Of paper, the government
ought never again to be reduced to the
necessity Of begging the paper mon
opOly to furnish paper to the public
printer regardless of price.
The present acute situation only &C
centuates the condition that has long
prevailed in the purchase of paper for
the government printing Office. Though
the joint committee on printing, which
awards the contracts for paper. has
made every effort in its power to Sc
cure adequate competition and fair
prices LOT paper Tor the government
printing office, the fact remains that
there has been but little competition
for the governments business. 1t has
been charged that the prospective bid
Gers have sometimes held informal
meetings before submitting their pro-
posals to the government and have al
lCtted different items among them
selves. putting in non-competitive bids
accordingly. Every effort has been
made to break up this practice and to |
obtain sufficient evidence to prosecute |
the guilty parties, but, as in nearly all |
cases of collision, 1t has been impos-
sible to obtain evidence sufficiently |
conclusive for court proceedings. This |
question Of collision among paper
manufacturers to advance prices or
otherwise in restraint of trade, was
gone into very carefully by a select
committee Of the house which made a
pulp and paper investigation in 1908.
That committee in its report stated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09
enormous supply of good paper
making woods"
Has ExDerimented.

| AhS LIN pCAIm tHteUs
The government has already don,
considerable experimenting with var.
lous materials other than wood nulr
Tor the manufacture of paper. These
experiments have been conducted
largely by the department of agricuf.
ture. That suitable paper can be
rade from such material as COTTON
stalks, corn stalks, cereal straws
grasses, and various fibrous plants is
| no longer an experiment. 1t has been
| d1fhcult, however, to induce paper
manufacturers to take up the manu-
facture OF paper from any of these ma
terials. This attitude on the part of
| me manufacturers is believed to he
due, in many instances, to their large
holdings in wood pulp mills and heavy
Investments in timber lands. 1t ia
quite probable that they fear that the
successtul manufacture OF paper from
material other than wood pulp would
greatly depreciate the value of their
investment and encourage new and nm
desirable competition in the paper in
dustry.
Consequently it seems that the only
way TO obtain a practical test OF thesa
Cther materials for the manufact ure az
paper is for the government itself ia
undertake such a test That can onIv
De done by the establishment of a mill
on adequate size to manufacture paper
III commercial quantities. The nro-
posed mill could be used for such a
purpose as its 50-ton capacity would
oe more than sufficient to supply ma
per Tor the immediate needs OF tbe
government. Germany has already
commenced the manufacture of paner
from cotton stalks and paper experts
rave no doubt but that print paner
mace from cotton and corn stalks will
sooner or later be commercial suc.
cess. If the government can advanc.
that success IL will be OF immense
tereht TO the farmers OF the United
states who now find little or no usa
Ter their corn and cotton stalks
III the proposed mill were tn ha
erected with no other object in vieul
than that of making commercial suc.
cess or manufacturing paper from
these waste materials or the farmer
i would more than justify the pro-
POSED expenditure.
The authorized expenditure NJ 9,
100000 for a paper mill OF NOT 1asa
than so tons daily capacity ia hazel
upon expert figures submitted nv thu
tariff board through its renort raia
tive TO the pulp and news print naner
industry IN 1911 (Senate document 3,
52nd congress). This report indicates
NAT the necessary capital investment
per ton per day for a balanced miami
OF ground wood min al
'Hite mill, and paper mill. suitahlr
..l ~ ranges from $4,000 to
'Ao.uou' Tor a loo-ton plant At the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09

water power sites available in sui
able localities for such a mill.
Thls view is confirmed by a stat
r'ent which Acting Forester w.
Greeley, of the United States fore
service has just submitted to ~
joint committee on printing in r
gard to the volume OF national fora
timber suitable for pulp making mn
Pc Ses. In this statement, Mr.. Creole
says:
The commercial feasibility of
the establishment Of a pulp plant
hinges partly on the supply of tim
Der and partly on the water DOW
er available; the national forests
often combine these two factors
admirably. The western country
abounds in undeveloped water
power; to utilize these streams
In conjunction with a pulp plant
is perfectly feasible in several To-
cations of which examinations
have already been made. AS illus
tratlve of the resources of the ma
t1onal forests which can be drawn
upon, would point out an area on
the Yak river in the iiootenai ma
tional forest, Montana, where an
proximately 500,O0O,0O0 feet of
Engelmann spruce and other
woods adapted to pulp making are
to be had, with an excellent nm
developed water power site. On
the South Fork and Middle Fork
OF the Flathead river in the Flat
head national forest, Montana. are
areas. estimated to contain 900
C0O,O00 and 1,500,O0O,OO feet. re-
Spectively, of paper making
woods; in these two instances
likewise there is an opportunity
Tor cheap water power deyelon-
ment. Another pulp wood area is
found in the Selway national for
est Idaho, which has a stand OF
more than a billion feet and ex-
ceIlent water powers; again. on
the Fumes national forest, Cal
oiornia, an area has been exam
lned which contains about $50 600
CORDS or wood suitable for puIn
making and $500 horse power
awaiting development. On the
Iongass and Chugach national
forests in Alaska Is a stand az
more than 10000, 900 900 feet OF
lumber. large per cent OF which
is Engelmann spruce and western
hemlock from which can be mann
Iactured good grade of puln
water power, too. is abundant and
the Alaska projects have the added
advantage of being on tide water
Inc physical conditions in south
ern Alaska resemble in many re-
spects those of Norway and Swad-
en- which have been leading com
tries In the production of puIn and
paper. There is no question that
the Alaskan national forests are
capable OF great service TO the
country In the future. with their
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09

higher figure, which includes the cosi
CT hydraulic development, a 5O-t0H
plant, such as is proposed, would eosl
approximately S1,000,000, the author.
lied appropriation. In this regard
quote as follows from the tariff board
report, PIP. 1918:
"The lowest actual balanced
mill which we have examined IN
this regard shows $4,000. The
lowest calculations we have re-
ceived (from a professional engi-
neer) show an estimated range
from $4,000 for a PISTON mill.
with S13, 900 for a 50-ton mill,
and $4,000 for a 100-ton mill 10
$1,000 for a 200-ton mill. These
last figures do not include any
part of the cost OF hydraulic de-
Velopment, so that the totals
would be increased by THIS
amount, which, on the basis OF 70
forse power per ton, would be
$2,250 If the cost per horse power
is $50, or $3.50 at a cost per
horse power of $50 or $500 at Q
cost per horse power Of 500.
1T may be said in general terms
that under normal conditions ~
investment for hydraulic power
and fully equipped balanced plant
OF best construction and equip
ment. and a capacity OF 100 tons
per day. ought 10 be fully covered
by $4,000 per ton per day. fof
a plant of smaller capacity tns
cost would be somewhat greater.
This does not include either cosl
Of water storage facilities or pro
vision for extra grinding capaci.
TO offset lack Of such storage u
these were included the tolA
might be increased 10 S2OUVo
Either of these figures should %
taken as a liberal estimate."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09

areas are located mainly in the
Pacific northwest and in Alaska.
and offer combinations of suitable
and cheap timber with large GUAM
titles of easily developed water
power. Up to the present time it
mas not been possible TO make such
sales. The chief difficulty has been
that the western markets have
been fully supplied and, in fact.
mill capacity probably has been in
| excess OF market demands West
ern mills with the advantage of
cheap power and cheap timber
seemed to be unable to enter east
ern and middle western markets.
and the only opportunity for sue
cessful enterprises seemed to be
the more or less uncertain pos
s1bility of being able to develop
foreign and chiefly oriental mar
kets. These areas undoubtedly
Will be placed under contract as
soon as economic conditions per-
nit their development. They are
offered under terms designed to
encourage the development of the
pulp and paper industry"
Plenty of Timber.
That the national forests contain
enough timber to operate half a hun
dred mills of the size of the one pro-
posed by this bill is easily apparent
from the fact that the forest reserves
owned by the public now contain 1922
1920 acres, and slightly more than
1000 100000 board feet of timber was
sold from these reserves in 1915 This
one billion feet constitutes ripe TIM
Der which was OF no further advantage
70 The forest ond
ly its cutting was in the interests of
forest conservation. Reduced to cords
this represents an annual supply of
100000 cords. Compared with this vast
supply, 100-ton mill, or double the
capacity of the mill proposed by the
bill, would use only 1880 cords of
wood per year, according to the state
nent OF foremost paper manufactu--
ers.
David s. Cowles, president OF the
American Paper and Pulp association
In his testimony before the select COM
mittee In 1908 (Vol 2. page S93) stated
that $500 acres per year would be
5ufficient to supply pulp wood for a
lOO-ton mill cutting five cords TO the
acre. By recruiting this acreage once
N 10 years, which is believed to be
'Ufnctent time to allow a growth of
new timber. it would require
total of l12.500 acres TO keep a 100 |
on mill in operation. This, of course, |
s mere bagatelle as compared with |
he I62 900 acres in the national |
crest reservation. a large part OF |
Ahich would be available for pulp /
wood for a government plant.
There is no question. therefore, that
he government has an ample supply
Il timber for the operation OF paper
nill. and that It has any number OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09
Sunday I'm Churches.

Methodist-Dr. F. E. Shut, pastor.
Sunday morning at 1890 fourth quar-
terly communion service. Sunday
school at HAS a. N. Epworth league
rally day service at $50 o. m. All
members CT the Epworth league are
urged to be present at this service. The
pastor will conduct the evening ser
vices at 7:30.
United Presbyterian-J. B. Pollock,
pastor. Morning sermon and worship
at 1890. Sunday school at 11:45
Young Peoples meeting at $50. Even
ing sermon and worship at 1880.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09
Things Moving Lively,

The oiled roads leading to the fair
grounds are being put TO the test
Wagons loaded with stand. show and
exhibit material are continually seen
on the road leading TO the grounds
These people who are arriving thus
early are probably aware of the great
rush for preferred locations. One or
two stands are already erected and
running, while others are under course
of construction. 1t is never much of a
task for the privilege man to sell
ground space at the local fair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09
To Build Tabernacle.


The committee in charge of the com
ing revival services has arranged for &
tabernacle to be built the week fol
lowing the Mercer county fair. The
| structure will be erected upon the va
| cant space just north of the United
| Presbyterian church. A representative
| VIII be sent here by Evangelist New
| lin and he will superintend the build
ing process. The evangelist and his
party of coworkers will arrive the lat
ter part of September and the meet
ings will begin the first Of October
Personal Mention.
Mrs. Albert Farms went to Kefths-
burg to visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. c. Ogle.
Miss Irene Sandberg, who has WIS.,
tied here the past few weeks with rela-
tives, left Wednesday for Chicago,
where she will spend two weeks with
her cousin, Mrs. Angie Peterson She
will go from there to her home in
Jacksonville.
Mrs. F. NJ. Day left yesterday for Ro-
chelle, Mimi, where she will spend a
week or two at the Mayo Bros hospi-
tai.
w. d. Hart was in Woodruff yester-
day.
Mrs. F. NJ. Willie of Garden Grove,
Iowa, who is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. L. A. Davis, went to REQ yester-
day for short visit with friends.
Earl Peters arrived yesterday from
New Boston. He will visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Peters
here
Mrs. Clyde Scott left yesterday for
Reynolds, where she will visit with
Mrs. Sam Vickers.
Mrs. Maria Evans and daughter
Grace spent yesterday with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. J. Upton at Presumption.
Mrs. B. r. Winbigler spent yester-
day in Monmouth.
Miss LeOna Koran was an Aledo Wis
itor from Presumption yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Baumeister ar
rived yesterday morning from Madison,
Wis, where they have spent a few
weeks with home folk
Miss Violet Ralston came last week
from her home at HopewelI and will
spend the winter here with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. L. Wilson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09
Two Accidents.

Mrs. G. L. David fell Wednesday
from the front steps of her home, strik-
ing the cement walk and breaking her
left arm.
Isla Smith. daughter Of Mrs. Elmer
Smith, fell on Wednesday evening and
tore the ligaments loose in her left
wrist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09
ALEDO AT A GLANCE

! They will perform all the latest dances
on the rollers. Thus it is plain that
there will be no end of excellent free
exhibitions for the entertainment of
the crowds during the fair the coming
week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09

Miss Johnson Hostess.
Miss Minnie Johnson was hostess to
the Dorcas society of the Swedish
church last evening The evening was
enjOyably spent Refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09

Butterick Patterns, Fash
ion Sheets and Delineator
for October are in and
ready.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09

A melon shaped muff Of brook
mink, beautifully blended. is a
wonderful value at $3.50.
A rich Hudson Lynx muff, mel
on shape, is $500.
A big fluffy half barrel Lynx
muff with fancy silk pleating is
se.75.
Genuine Jap Mink muffs. animal
trimmed, melon shape, priced at
$1,000.
Natural Coney Muffs, full and
fluffy, $4.87.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09
Women's Fashionable New Autu

The materials are Bolivia Cloth, libel
ines, Wool Velours, Broadcloths, Serges,
Novelty Checks and Mixtures; also hand
some Fur Fabrics and rich Velvets and
Velours
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-09

White Coney sets, neck piece in
fancy half cape model with two
long satin streamers, fur tabs and
slides-can be worn in new drop
shoulder effect for fall wear or
close fitting muffler style Cor cold
weather. The muff is in the new
small round shape. This set $21.25.
A Red Fox set has novel animal
scarf. giving cape effect that can
be worn with straps over shoulder:
muff trimmed with head and tail.
price $3.50.
Nutri Beaver sets, collarette ef-
feet neck piece with cross button
fastenings to be worn up or down,
medium size muff. This set $2e.5 so.