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The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07

Punta Gorda Herald: 1t is past
the regular time of orange and grape
fruit trees to be in full bloom, and
yet not one fourth of them in this re-
gion have put out any blossoms. If
q similar condition prevails in all 9TH
er sections of the citrus belt, the fruit
crop next winter will not amount to
half as much as the crop of the winter
now ending.
The failure of the trees to bloom
during this month, as they naturally
should have done, is attributed to the
unreasonable cold and unusual dry
weather.
Some years ago, a somewhat simi-
lar condition prevailed; nevertheless,
good crop was produced, for the
trees bloomed heavily in May. 1t is
hoped that they will do the same
thing this year.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
Leads in Eight Hour Fight.

j. A. Helms, the well-known loco.
motive engineer of East Palatka, and
who is the official leader of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
of the Florida East Coast Railway,
is quite optimistic over the success
of the movement inaugurated by the
brotherhoods of railway trainmen for
an eight hour work day.
This movement" said Mr.. Helms.
embraces some 100000 train employ
es in the United States, and our de-
mands are so just that we are bound
to win. No, the fear of bringing
on a general strike is remote. There
has always existed a more harmoni-
Gus feeling between railway compa-
MES and the men who constitute the
train crews than between the en-
ployer and employee classes in other
lines of endeavor.
Last Thursday all over this land
the different lines of railroad were
rotltled by some one of the employees
selected for the purpose, of our de-
mand. 1t fell to my lot to present
the demand to our road. When !.
went to Mr.. Beckwith with it he
greeted me most cordially, saying,
Well, Jack, | hope you get what
you're AFTER"
Mr.. Helms has furnished The
News with much of the literature
gotten out by the Transportation
Brotherhood's Bureau of Publicity, |
and our readers will be enlien. aoeJ
from week to week concerning this
matter.
This week we are publishing the
brotherhoods' argument for the eight
hour day.
The railroads of the country have
until April 29th to reply to the de-
m2nds of the brotherhoods. If thev
10 not acceed, there will likely be
.urther parley. The railway broth
will do nothing to ALLEVIATE
public sentiment. There are too ma
~ men of the Jack Helms class
Imong the leaders of the movement
o colntenance anything looking to-
ward an open break. They
re patriotic Americans, and hope to
YIN their cause by the presentation
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
The Centre of Chivalry Shifts

Miami Metropolis: Says the Ocala
Star: "In Boston, Mass, a negro
came very near being lynched for ac-
costing a white girl. In Jackson
vile, a white man ruined three white
girls, and was able to get out of town
not only with his life but most of his
money. The center of chivalry seems
to be shifting" The Star should
have completed its paragraph with
the observation that the Jacksonville
man was defended by a Florida con-
gresham "on sick leave" from
Give the people all the
facts.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
ANNOUNCEMENT

W; M. Phillips, Doctor of Cbiro
practic, wishes to announce 70 liU tbo
poco neooie of Palatka that he will
ge located at the Putnam Hotel
tuesdays, Thursdays and Satnr5o"s
from to 8 p. m. each week be%;y,,
nlng Tuesday, April 4th. Dr. PbiIi;ns
is graduate Chiropractor has f;po -
years years field experience and is now r
President of the Florida CbironroOw now
surs n,s ASSOCIATION. All who wish 70
Ip what Chiropractic has
zone LOT others and can do for then,
are invited to call on the above SaHn %
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
"WHY is THIS?'

DR.. A. E. Main, dean of doctrina
and pastoral theology in Alfred The
illogical Seminary, Alfred, N. Y.
writes The News as follows:
"a college professor recently
said to me, 81 like Florida Or
anges better than CALIFORNIA;;
but when, at hotels, l ask for
Florida orange | cannot get
it. Why is this?' What shall I
answer him."
1t is admitted that the Florida
sales agencies are not as we'll organ
lied as are the agencies handling the
California fruit, but this old condi-
tion is rapidly changing. The Flori-
da Citrus Exchange, Chase & Co.,
Schrader & Co., and numerous other
lesser organizations handling large
quantities of Florida citrus fruits, are
even now approaching a perfection in
the matter of distribution that is lit
tie short of that reached by tie Cali
fornia organizations. In another year
these Florida distributing agencies
will be as near perfect .as seems pos
sible
Even now Florida oranges are
scattered to every part of the U. S.,
and this is the only complaint which
has come to US of an inability to Sc
cure our fruit. The fault lies, more
than likely, with the hotel managers,
who may have been subsidized by the
money-spending business getting or
ganizations of California, who are,
if nothing more, thoroughly alarmed |
over the increasing demand on the
part of the public, not for the "Sun-
kist," sundried, pulp-laden fruit
from California, but for the nectar
laden, sweet. ull-flavored oranges
from Florida.
California fruit, whether oranges,
peaches, plums, grapes, or whatnots,
are beautiful to look upon, but there
their superiority ends. They lack the
flavor of their less beautiful but
"yum-yum" exacting competitors
grown east of the Rockies.
Florida fruit is even now in nearly
every market in the U. S. The places t
where they are not, are few and de- t
in number. Why those no. ,
tel men will give a customer a stone
when he asks for bread is too much p
FOR US, doctor. But rest assured, =
heir sin will find them out. c
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07

The News editor met gentleman
from Michigan on the streets the
other day; he talked of the town,
which he admired-all save the school
building, which he said was certain
ly not in keeping with the progress
sive appearance of the city. SIN
my state" said he, "if a man pays
$50 in taxes, he can be sure that $50
of it goes to the public schools"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07

L. S. Light of Marion county,
dubbed in the legislature as "Oll
Facts and Figgers," is a candidate
again for the legislature. Mr.. Light
is specialist in taxation matters,
and it is well for the State at large
that he has a good chance of again
serving the people in an effort to
and equalize the tax burden
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
When Was He In the LegisIa'sH

Tho legislature, pa "Ther
age legislature, my SON" repls
Fuller Gloom, "is a debating 500
wherein nobody knows what ~
talking about, and does net care
thing about what anybody es
talking about"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
Didn't Put Anything Out

Miami Metropolis: That Davis
package law hasn't put the locker
club out of business at all. according
to a Jacksonville judge. In fact, it
didn't put anything out of business.
1t just made it possible for the LIQUOR
interests to do a little more under
hand business than they did without
the Packages"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07

Down at Okeechobee they are to
build new public school to cost
S40,000. Okeechobee is a new city,
but it starting right-on the plan
that the school is the most important
part of city, and will be just as
long as children remain the chief
crop of a city.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
Secretary Of State Will Become
President

Tampa Tribune: No matter what
may be the decision at the polls in
November, or the subsequent action
of the Presidential electors who are
then chosen, Robert Lansing will be
the President Of the United States pro
tnmpore for about twenty-four hours,
if proceedings are followed next year
President Wilson's term of office
will end at noon on Sunday, March
4, 1917. and from that hour until a
few minutes afternoon on March 8.
when the new President will take the
oath of office. Mr.. Lansing, if then
Secretary of State, will be Acting
President. 1t is said that this is the
first time in the history of the coun-
trv that the Secretary of State will
have the opportunity thus to hold
temporarily the chief office in the ma
ton. 1t does not frequently happen
that the Presidential term and ses
sion of CONGRESS- terminate simultane-
ouslv on Sunday. This will happen
next March. 1t is claimed that
though the term of the President and
President expires promptly on
March 4, that of the Cabinet members
continues until new appointees take
office. The President, in naming
men for Cabinet positions, never spe
cities any term for which they are to
serve.
If precedents are followed, and
there is no reason to believe there
will be a change Mr.. Lansing tenn
porarilv will hold office as President
of the United States, and it is claimed
he should be permitted to sleep under
the White House roof that eventful
night and to occupy a seat in the
carriage upon the journey
o and from the Capitol on Inaugural
ion dav.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
Announces And Withdraws

Last Saturday Mr.. E. w. Elliott Of
this city announced that he would be
candidate for the legislature in the
approaching democratic primaries.
The announcement was made in the
Morning Post. 1t has not appeared
in this paper nor the Times Herald.
But Mr.. Elliott has re-considered
the matter, and yesterday morning
sent to The News the following letter
announcing his withdrawal:
ITO the Voters of Putnam COUNTY,.
Owing to lack of time to make a
canvas of Putnam county and give
the time required if elected at Talla-
hassee that the Representative of Put
nam county should, l hereby announce
my withdrawal from the race for the
legislature.
| especially wish to thank my many
friends who have assured me of their
support and good wishes in the com
ing primary and trust that they NAV
have the pleasure of voting for can
didate of their choice who has the
time to devote to this very important
official position.
Cordially yours,
E. w. ELLIOTT.
Mr.. Elliott is a most capable man
and in event of his election Putnam
county would have been well repre-
sented. If he would but take our ad-
vice we would say: "Augh, STAY in:
the waters fine"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
Cordially yours,
City Election Tame Affair.

AS usual the democratic municipa
ticket had no opposition on Tuesday
The threatened revolt of the "Citi.
zens" was not in working order. due
doubtless to the fact that most of the
nominees of the mass meeting were
democrats first and "citizens" second
men who when after reforms feel
that they can obtain them quickest in
their own party. For this reason
they notified the city clerk to leave
their names off the ticket. This was
done with the exception of one or
two wards.
Mr.. w. P. Merriam was elected
mayor by practically unanimous
vote, some three or four votes being
recorded for other parties whose
names were written in.
The new aldermen elected were:
Ward Nv. N. Coffee.
Ward p. Pursley.
Ward 3-Walter McNally.
Ward 4-Leo Jacobson.
Ward 5-Fred Merrill.
Ward 7-E. E. Ramsey.
In ward two and three were seven
scattering votes for "citizens" who
had declined to run independent: two
such in ward 3, four in another ward
md four in another.
Messrs. Coffee, Pursley, Merrill and |
are new men on the board. |
'ut they are excellent men of bust
less and well qualified to manage the
lty's business. Mr.. jacobson of the
ourth ward, is experienced. having
ormerly served in that position; he
a leading business man of the city.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-04-07
: Il X X X X X X X X X 4; X X X X
WHAT LEADING STATE
EDITORS ARE SAYING.
Orange Trees Not Blooming

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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-07-28
SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW DUE
To The Lovers of Music

You can learn to play piano
and organ in one day. English
System. Example If you had
never studied Greek and were to
receive a Greek letter, it would
take you years to read it. If
that letter were to come in Eng
lish, you could read it in a
moments time.
If you take up a Greek system
of music, it will take you years
to prepare for it. If you take
up an English system, it will
take but a few hours to prepare
you to use it. If you are in
terested, call up j.. E. Wooton,
phone No. 8. Twenty minutes
before your instrument will clear
all doubts away. ADV.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-07-28
Local and Personal

j. G.. Cash, Sheriff of Greenlee
county, with headquarters at Cliff
ton, stopped off here on his way to
Fort Worth last Tuesday. The
Sheriff was on official business to
the Texas city, and had been gone
several days.
Mr.. George Birdno, of the Inter
nal Revenue Office, was in town
between trains on Tuesday of this
week. Business appertaining to
the internal revenue called him to
this place.
Roy Jones of Silver City motor
ed here Wednesday, and back to
his home Thursday morning.
His Mother accompanied him.
Ed Fry was a business visitor
in Deming Saturday evening,
motoring there with Ronald
Egon.
Constable Oscar Allen and B..
B. Ownby went to Silver City
Monday taking a prisoner to the
county jail from Hachita.
Miss Marie Marshall spent
several days at the county seat
this week on business
Mrs Gustin left on Wednesday
to spend a week with friends in
Hachita.
Mrs. L. D.. Walters left Wed
nesday for an extended visitwith
her sister in Tularosa.
L. D. Walters is in Tucson at
tending to court business. He
left Wednesday on No. 8.
Louie Champie of Bedrock was
here Wednesday.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-07-28

The new school house plans
are being considered and the
building will start soon. 1t is to
be of the same size as the old
one, and the two joined together
will make plenty of room.
Cement blocks will be used in
the construction.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-07-28
NINE DAYS ROUNDUP

Chicago is to have a nine days
Roundup beginning August 10.
Here is a good chance for some
of Grant %county's ropers and
riders, who, by the way, are as
good as any in the good old u.
S. A., to have a good time, and
incidently make some money.
The events are to be for the
Worlds Championships and will
include all Western sports from
broncho busting to fancy rope
twirling. Both men and women
will compete. Any southern
Grant county man who wants to
know more about the big Shan
Kive and Roundup can call at
the Liberal Office where we shall
be glad to furnish the inform
alton.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-07-28
SOCIAL AFFAIR AT THE
HOME OF MRS. JACKSON

Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. jackson
delightfully."- entertained a small
crowd of young people in their
home last Wednesday night.
Guessing and contest games
were the events of the evening,
with pineapple ice cream and
three courses of cake as dessert.
Those attending were Misses
McGrath, Inez Trimble,
Tassie Hardin, Mary Beam and
Fannie Lozier; Messrs. F. l..
Mormon. j. r. Palmer, Lester
Jackson, Grant Leahy, Malcolm
Cannon and C. C. Blood; Mr..
and Mrs. Earle Kerr. Mr.. Nor
mon and Liss Lozier won the
prizes in the conundrum contest,
Mr.. Blood and Miss McGrath won
the prizes for the invention and
discovery contest, and Mr..
Cannon and Miss Hardin, the
prizes in the drawing contest.
The party lasted until 100 A. M.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-07-28
SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW U
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE o PUBLICATION
ISOLATED TRACT
Public Land Sale. Department OF the Inter-
ior. u. S. Land Office at Las Cruces, N. NJ,
July 8, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that. as directed by
the Commissioner Of the General Land Offce.
under provisions Of Sec. 2455, r.. S., pursuant
TO the application Of julius C. Brock, Serial
No. Oi256S. we will offer at public sale. to the
highest bidder, but at not less than SI.25 per
acre. at 10 o'clock a. m, on the 18th day Of
September. 1916. next. at this office. the fol-
lowing tract Of land So SEH Sec. IS ;
NWhNEh NEhNWh Sec. "a T.. 20 s.. r.
n w., N. NJ. p. M This tract is ordered into
the market on a showing that the greater
portion thereof Is mountainous or too rough
for cultivation.
The sale viii not be kept open. but will be
declared closed when those present at the hour
named have ceased bidding. The person max
ing the highest bid will be required 10 imme-
diately pay 10 the receiver the amount thereof.
Any persons claiming adversely the above
described land are advised 10 hie their claims,
or objections. on or before. the time designated
for sale.
J~uly2sAug25 John L. Burnside, Register.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-07-28
CORRESPONDENCE
HACHITA

Two deserters were arrested
on Wednesday at this place.
They were from Troop H 9Th
California Cavalry. They were
at once turned over to the army
authorities here. Deputy sheriff
j. +. Cook made the arrests.
He found them about two miles
up the Arizona and New Mexico
Railroad tracks headed for Lords
burg. They claimed to have
walked all the way from Casas
Grandes, Mexico, but Deputy
Cook was not to be put off so
lightly. He received SIS, 900 for
each man, and is now taking life
easy.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-07-28
SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW DUE
no ~CONTRACTORS

Bids will be received by this
board until Saturday, July %,
1916, at Hachita, N. M, for a ce-
ment block addition to the school
house at Hachita, according to
plans and specifications now on
file in the office of j. H.. Parker,
clerk of the Board, at Hachita.
All bids must be addressed to
the clerk of the board and accom-
panied by a certified check for
10 per cent of the amount of the
bid as evidence of good faith and
security for giving a surety COM
pany bond in the full amount of
the contract price for the faithful
performance of the work. The
board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
j. II. PARKER,
Clerk of Board of Directors of
Hachita School, Hachita, N. M.
35-2t
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-07-28

A herd of about thirty Mexico
cattle were shipped from here
Wednesday by inspector Green
and Deputy j. E. Cook. They
were part of a lot which had been
struggled across from Mexico
and had been seized by the Off
GERS. They were held in Hachita
ten days before being shipped.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-24
A BOY, TWO DOGS AND A RABBIT

While j. L. Edison was riding out to
his ranch Monday morning, on horse
back, mis- two dogs trotting by his side,
a pack rabbit jumped up as they reach.
ed the summit Of the West hill and
away the dogs and rabbit went, A
small boy seeing the race at once took
sides with the rabbit and began to
call, "Comc rabbit come rabbit. J"
Whether or not the boys talk had any
effect on the rabbit is a conjecture.
Anyway the rabbit in its circling ran
between the boys legs with the dogs
still after it. Jim, in the meantime,
was having all he could DO to stay on
his horse from laughter at the antics
of the boy. The commotion gave the
rabbit chance to get away and the
boy was happy az leAst.-Silverton Ap-
peal.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-24
ORCHARDS ARE ENDANGERED

"During the past four years the
prune-raising sections Of this coast
have not harvested more than fifty
per cent of normal CROP" said c. A.
Jefferson before the Commercial club
Wednesday evening, when he requested
that body to endorse u movement
under way to cause the government
to send an expert into this territory
for a thorough investigation of condi-
tions. Polk county, according to this
authority, has been among the least
affected, yet conditions here are not
what they should be. Brown rot is
rampant in various sections of the
prune-growing area, and those engaged
in this industry DO not feel that
the Oregon Agricultural college has
exerted itself with sufficient vigor to
eradicate the evil, and hence the gen
eral demand for an expert in the en-
ploy of the national government. Ore
CONS representatives in congress
have been implored to comply with
this request, to the end that troubles
now existing among the orchards may
be eliminated and TIE prune crop re-
turned to normal.
The Commercial club readily en-.
dorsed the movement, and authorized
the secretary to forthwith address our
representatives relative to the mat
ter, urging them to send hither with
out unnecessary delay one thoroughly
experienced in the industry that the
danger now shadowing this important
crop may he determined and eradicatcd.
Dallas Observer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-24
Elk May Be Hunted
In California Seon

So abunGant are Elk becoming in
several parts of California that it will
be proper to allow some hunting with
in the next few years, according TO Di-
rector Barton w. Evermann of the Cal.
ifornia Academy of Sciences which is
aiding in the distribution of the ami
mails from the Miller & Luz ranch at
Buttonwillow, California. Reports re-
ceived show that all of the shipments
during 1914 were successful and that
the herds show every indication Of =
rapid increase in numbers. The South.
ern Raeific recently handled the fol.
lowing Elk shipments;
4 Elk Il male and 3 females) to
Mooney Park, Visalia.
| female to City Park, Fresno.
| male and females to the private
ranch of A. V. Lisenby, Fresno,
| male to the private park Of John
zapp, Fresno.
2 males and . females to Alum Rock
Park, San Jose.
! male and 3 females to A. r. fEain,
Cook, California, for the Vancouver
Pinacles Reservation.
| male and females to j. F. Dunno
for liberation ON his private ranch.
| male and 8 females to the City
Park, Santa Cruz.
females to Boulder Creek for the
Big Basin reservation.
3 males and 8 females to the City Of
Sacramento for Del Paso Park.
2 males and 10 females to Petaluma
for its public park.
2 males AMI 10 females TO Willis