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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
TELLS ABOUT PUNTA
GORDA'S PROGRESS
Enthusiastic Citizen Says the
Town Will Eventually An
mex Arcadia

owe are going to have a real
city at Punta Gorda some day."
enthusiastically declared Mr. w.
R. Eubank, a representative OF
the State Life Insurance COM
.pany of Missouri, who was in
Wauchula Wednesday, "and it is
only a question Of time when Pun
ia Gorda will annex Arcadia. |
was in Arcadia last Saturday and
it surprised me to see so few peo-
pie on the streets. Saturday is a
big town day, you know, and that
is the day when you expect more
people on the streets than any
other day, but last Saturday in
Arcadia. looked like a Sunday in
Punta Gorda. | had some fun
out of several Arcadia fellows
who were in Punta Gorda Mon
day when | called their attention
to the fact that there were more
people on the streets of Punta
Gorda that day-and Monday is
the dullest day in the week, you
know-than | saw in Arcadia on
Saturday. / told them that the
only time | saw any kind of a
crowd in Arcadia was when they
had a dog fight. Oh, had those
fellows goin', believe me. Yes
stree, Punta Gorda is progressing.
We are now paving our principal
streets and building a bridge ov-
er the river, and many other i'm
provements are rapidly making
us live city. SO, as ] say, we
will eventually annex Arcadia"
.Wauchula Advocate.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
Judge Whitney's Decision
Denying Road Injunction

system of county government ex.
cept in cases where local or spec.
ial laws are provided by the leg.
islature. In commenting on this
clause the Supreme Court said
This section indicates a DISPOSE
ton not to hamper the Legislature
as to county affairs, in view OF
the widely divergent needs of the
communities in the state, differ
ng so in soil, climate, population
and otherwise.
GAS to the question of vested
right in acts of 1911, | can see no
doubtful question. One can not
acquire a vested right in a statute.
That would prohibit the legisla-
ture from providing a new or nee
essary method or means for car
rying it into effectual execution.
"Much was said as to the desir-
ability, expediency and necessity
of the act of 1915. 1t must be re-
membered that the Courts do not
make the law, but are bound to
only give them rational construc-
tion and application as they are
found to exist. The legislature
must be relied upon for expedien-
cy and necessity. The courts are
much better satisfied however,
with their decisions if they can
feel that no injury, individual or
collective, has resulted from it.
So in this case, | am of course,
more satisfied that an answer set
ting up what is claimed to be the
merits Of the facts, has been filed,
because there is much that | can
well see, knowing of some Difficult
ties of other communities that
will result in great benefit and
saving, both to individuals and to
community at large, if completed
under the same economical adj
as is claimed in the
it has executed up to now.
"For the reasons given it fol-
lows that the injunction must be
denied and it is so ordered .
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
Inspects Punta Gorda Pineries

r. Il, Goodwin, prominent
pineapple grower of Fort Pierce,
while attending the meeting of
the State Horticultural Society in
Arcadia, came down and in com
pany with President A. f. Dewey
of the Punta Gorda Board Of
Trade, went out into the pincap-
pie district Tuesday afternoon,
where he observed the methods
of growing fancy Smooth Cay
ennes followed out here. Mr..
Goodwin was on program al the
Horticultural Society meeting for
a paper on pineapple growing
and intimated that he would use
some of the information gained
here in the paper he would read.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

Financial prosperi ty and
strength is greater in the United
States today than ever before
and is rising rapidly to new lev
els, is the Interpretation placed
by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency on figures made public
Wednesday showing conditions
March Z in the country's national
banks. 1T is conservatively es-
tlmated," " reads the Comptroller's
statement "that the surplus rev
enue held by the banks would be
to give a further loaning
power of $3,000,000, 900 to $4,000
100000, should the growth and
development of commerce, agri-
culture and industry call for such
a large increase,-Bartow Record
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

The Times Union reports Dan
iel Alden Reed as saying that
Florida presents the greatest
oportunity to the young man of
any state in the Union. " He said
further: Your state is in the po-
sition that some of the great mid
western states were thirty or
forty years ago No state in the
Union has the great opportunity
for growth and development that
Florida possesses. 1t only remains
for the men, and particularly the
young men, to take advantage of
it. "-Ocala Banner,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

Paraffin Oils Control Whitefly

The most serious insect enemy
of citrus is whitefy. 1t not only
injuries the tree itself but it is the
direct cause of injury and dam
age from sooty mold and purple
scales. The larvae of the white
fly secrete honey dew which af-
fords a medium for sooty mold.
Sooty mold not only discolors the
fruits but it shades the leaves and
reduces the functions of the leav-
es. 1t also affords protection to
the purple scales.
The spring brood of the white
fly is now on the wing and it is
near the close Of the flying season.
Growers should watch closely for
the disappearance of the adults,
wait ten days and then spray. The
wait is necessary to give the last
eggs laid a chance to hatch. The
spray will not kill the eggs.
J. X. Watson, entomologist to
the University of Florida Expert
ment Station, recommends one of
the parafinoils for control of the
insect. Mr.. Watson urges grow
ers to take every precaution pos
sible against the pest The fungi
which ordinarily help the grower
are not abundant this year owing
to the continued drouth, hence it
is urgently necessary to spray for
the coming brood.
This spray will also take care
of +bo ,nS+ mitp for q while
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
Sc. A COPY; S1.5O A YEAR

late IN October, 1919, by the Min
eral Products CORPORATION at
Marysvale, Utah. The produc-
tion has not been large so far,
owing to the incidents connected
With a pioneer enterprise of this
character. Though certain for
ign deposits of alunite have been
worked for potash alum, this is
the first record yield of potash
7alts as such from alunite. The
product is of high grade.
The plant of the Potash Pro-
ducts Co., of Omaha, Nebr., was
established in the spring of 1915
at Hoffland, near Alliance, in the
northwestern part of the State.
During about half of the year the
company obtained potash salts
from the brine Of an alkaline lake
in this region.
In addition to output from the
above sources, potash was mar
keted in 1915 from kelp obtained
along the Pacific coast.
Future Sources of Production
Experimental work on the pro-
duction of potash salts from diff
ferent sources was active during
the year, and in places this activ-
ity has been succeeded by the con-
struction of plants. Operations
are in progress at Searles Lake
and at Keeler, ON the shores of
Owens Lake, Cal. 1t is report
that one company is erecting a
plant near Great Salt Lake and
that another will soon be started
at the south end of the lake. The
by-product bittern at solar evap-
oration plants on San Francisco
Bay has also received some atten-
ton.
Another plant has been planned
for the extraction of potash salts
and alumina from alunite at
Marysvale, Utah.
Manufacturers of Portland ce-
ment, having had their attention
directed to a possible revenue
from by-product potash, will not
be slow in thoroughly investigat-
ing their raw material. Already
the Security Cement & Lime Co.,
near Hagerstown, Md, is report
ed to be installing a plant for the
recovery of potash salts.
Great activity has been mani
tested in experiments for the re-
covery OF potash from the silicate
rocks, such as feldspar and leu
cite, from the mica sericite, and
from greensand. The expense in
volved in obtaining potash salts
from these sources, together with
the uncertainties with which man
ufacturers will be confronted and
the keen German competition
likely to be met at the close of the
war in Europe, have tended to
discourage chemical engineers
and capitalists. However, in
many laboratories researches
have been in progress, some of
which, according to reports, offer
prospects of profitable CONNER
cial development if feldspar and
other potash-rich rocks in suffi-
cient quantity and purity can be
found and made available.
A small quantity of potash
salts was probably produced from
these silicate rocks and minerals
during 1915 and found its way in
to mixed fertilizers without inter
refinement.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
Plenty of Fish and to Spare

Punta Gorda s fine fishing is
proving more and more of an at
traction to citizens of neighbor-
ing towns. Hardly a day passes
that there is not a party here
from Arcadia or some other near
by place indulging in the sport,
And Punta Gorda welcomes all
who come-there's plenty of fish
in the bay and to spare.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

From st. Cloud comes the news
that eight thousand baskets of
strawberries were picked from
one acre. These sold at an aver
age of ten cents per quart, makes
$500 income from an acre of land.
Where clse-Y-Arcadia News.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

r. W. Conn and daughter, Miss
Louise, and cousin, Mrs. Maggie
Curry, after prolonging their
winter sojourn here, left Thurs
day to return to their home in
Louisville, KY.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

Baseball is splendid game or
it would be smothered by the i'm
mense amount Of capital tied up
in it, opines an editorial friend. Il
is the greatest game the world
has ever enjoyed.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27
FARM AND GROVE IN Fl ORIDA
Agricultural News Service University of
Agricultural News Service Univers
College of Agriculture

For the liquid spray use ! part of
commercial limesulfur to 70 parts
of water.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-04-27

When they see that Uncle Sam
is not to be bluffed, the steel
like Davy Crocket's
coon will come down.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
LEHRBAS, STAR PERFORMER
Former University of idaho Student
is Making His Mark in Athletics
in Wisconsin University

That Lloyd Lerhbas, son of Deputy
Game Warden l.. A. Lerhbas of Po-
catello and who was a student at the
University of Idaho last year, is ma
king good in athletics and study, in
the University of Wisconsin, is voiced
in a story Transcribed below, taken
from the Daily Cardinal, the student
daily in the school. 1t reads:
-Four of Wisconsins 100 fresh
men are rejoicing tonight over win
ming their numerals. In the annual
observation-disclosures dual track meet
yesterday in the gym annex Lloyd
Lehrbas, Speed" Malacher, Art
Wolf, and George Hanson got their
'19 for good work for the Frosh. Nal
acher won the quarter, Wolf got sec
ond in the 40-yard dash, and Hanson
was awarded the one lap run, while
all four made up the victorious Frosh
relay team. Young Lehrbas was the
star performer in the relay. With a
wonderful squirt after a neck and neck
race for two laps he won the relay
for the first-year men, Time 2:2,,
Lehrbas has been nicknamed the
Flying Dutchman" by his team
mates and if he keeps up his present
pace will be heard from on the var
sity next year.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
FISHING LICENSES
READY FOR PUBLIC
Supply of Fishing and Hunting Lii
censes for 1915 Have Been Received
in Moscow And Will Shortly be
Placed About County For Sale

The 1916 fish and game licenses
both resident and alien and non-res-
ident, have reached Moscow from the
state game department, and will short
ly be distributed to various parts OF
the county where they will be availa-
BILE for those desiring to purchase
them.
Though the new licenses do not be-
come effective until April 1st this will
not preclude their purchase before
that date and will entitle the holder
to hunt and fish in accordance with
the provisions Of the fish and game
laws of the state. Assistant Chief
Deputy Game Warden ]. ]. Keane
anticipates an unprecedented sale of
licenses in Latah county during the
present year. The sale during the
last year was above that of the pre-
ceding year.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28

er Mfg. Co., was awarded a contract
for supplying one Russell, Jr at $195
The Howard-Cooper Corp. was award
ed contract for supplying one Gil
max, Jr. grader at S177.50.
The board will convene again tomor-
row for the purpose of disposing of a
number of routine matters including
the approving of road overseer bonds,
considering indigency affidavits, to
consider a petition for the change in
the boundaries of road district No 80,
and to consider the application for re-
lief of road district No. 2, about
Princeton, where money is desired
from the general fund for road work
The board will also read the report
of the special committee composed of
c. B. Green, B. T. Byrns, and M. E.
Lewis of the chamber of commerce.
which investigated the feasibility of
the purchase of a motor truck for
county road work The special COM
mittee reported adversely in the mat
ter
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
WELL PLEASED
WITH INSPECTION
Adjutant General Crow Back at Boise
Speaks Highly of University Cadet
Battalion and C0mmandant F00ks

Capital News, Boise: Adjutant
! General Crow and Colonel Elmer e,
Syms Of the governors staff, are back
| from trip to Moscow where they in
spected the university cadets and were
present at the military exercises. GEN
eral Crow was enthusiastic when seen
today over the showing of the cadets.
He declared that from military
standpoint their training has been the
very best and the cadets are very eff
ficient in military maneuvers To
Second Lieutenant Herbert c. Fooks,
L. S. A, detailed to give military
training TO the cadets, is this show
ing due. says General Crow Lieu
tenant FOoRs is to be congratulated
for the manner in which he has given
military training to- the cadets" said
General Crow. He has brought ef-
methods are very thorough. The mill
tary work of the cadets proves that"
The cadets are anxious to have ma
chine gun or artillery from the state
or government. They are enthusiasts
tically for the program of prepared
ness and want military training ex-
tended at the university. The govern
ment has agreed to furnish the cadets
with the regulation olive-drab uni
forms and thew will soon no racaiVed
at the varsity.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
COUNTY BOARD
LETS CONTRACT
MADE AWARDS FOR SUPPLYING
LATAH COUNTY DURING 1916
WITH CULVERTS, ETC.
Empire Hardware Company Gets Con
tract to Furnish Drag Scrapers-
Other Business of the Board

The board of county commissioners
on Saturday last considered bids and
awarded contracts for supplying Latah
county during 1916 with culverts and
road machinery. Many bids were
submitted to the board and the prices
on the various kinds were compiled
and awards made in the lowest bid
ders. The only local firm receiving an
award was the Empire Hardware COM
pany which secured the contract for
supplying the county with drag scrap
ers, the price being 1914 each In
all cases the bids covered delivery in
Moscow.
The board awarded the contract for
supplying iron culverts to the Canton
Culvert and Silo company of Canton,
Ohio The sizes of culverts range be-
tween eight to AZ inches and the prices
range from 80 cents to $2.7O per foot,
according to sizes.
The General Machinery company of
Spokane was awarded the contract for
supplying Little Giant graders at 5000
EACH; Holt Fresno scrapers at $1675
to $1S.75, and Royal road plows No.
2 at $3.50 The Buffalo Steam Roll
er company was awarded the contract
for supplying one Square Deal Adams
grader No. 2, known as the leaning
wheel grader $240. The Russell Grad
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
GLEE CLUB AT TROY
University Organization Made De.
cided Hit There Saturday Night
And All Well Pleased

TROY, Ida, Feb 2S Especial y
The riee club of the Uni, ersity oi
Idaho rendered a very delightful pro-
gram at the Odd Fellows hall in Troy
Saturday evening. A large and ap-
preciative audience was in attendance.
All who heard this splendid program
were highly pleased
"It is rarely that such splendid
combination such as appeared here
Saturday night in concert, may be
found in an amateur organization, and
the people of Troy will long rcmem-
Der the excellent treat afforded them
in the concert given, said DR.. G. G.
Hoyt, in commenting on the program
today. ''The University of Ida
no and the state at large should
feel proud of this organization and
should extend the greatest support to
it whenever possible. Prof. Storer is
certainly entitled to great credit for
bringing the club. up to the high stand
ard it. has attained"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
TEUTON DRIVE
In CHAMPAGNE
SLACK UP OFFENSIVE IN yERDUN
AND DELIVER SURPRISE At
TACK ON FRENCH
Take 1900 Yards of Trenches and 1000
Men, is Report Given Out
at Berlin
By the United Press Associations.

by the United Press Associations
LONDON, Feb. 28.-French rein
forcements have checked the German
drive in Verdun, but the German Of
fensive has spread to Champagne, 4C
miles west of Verdun woods The
Berlin statement today virtually con-
firmed the French claim that the Yer
dun offensive had halted temporarily
Capture Trenches and Men
The Germans reported the capture
of 1900 yards of trenches at Navarin
Farm, the scene of desperate con-
f1ict in the September offensive More
than 1000 prisoners were taken. Paris
admitted the Champagne loss attribut-
ing it to surprise attack.
No Important Gains
Berlin didn't claim important gains
in the Verdun region. Meuse peninsula,
a strip Of land five miles from Verdun,
was cleared of the French who were
exhausted in attacking Douaumont
and Hardaumont.
Headed for Bras
The Germans have progressed fur
ther in the direction of Vacherauville
and Bras, four miles north of Ver-
dun, and have gained foot at Cote
Lorraine, and Woevre. The Teutons
must storm Pepper Heights before
they can take Bras.
Verdun Offensive Crumbles
PARIS, Feb. 28.-The German Of
fensive at Verdun is crumbling into
a series of local actions, dispatches
declared today.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
MANY PERISHED
FROM MEL0JA
LATEST ADVISES SAY THAT III
PERSONS SUCCUMBED AS RE-
SUIT OF SINKING OF LINER !.
Total of Seven Vessels Lost in Past
Two DayS-Mines Responsible
For Disaster

/ IOI DlSdSttI
By the United Press Associations.
LONDON, Feb 28.-Revised reports
today stated that III persons perished
when the liner Meloja, a sister ship
of the Persia, was mined off Dover
yesterday. Forty-seven of the dead
have been identified at the Dover
morgue.
The Russian vessel Petshenga was
sunk today, the seventh victim of
mines in two days. Fifteen members
of the crew have landed. The other
vessels destroyed were the British
liner Empress of Fort William, which
was mined while going to the rescue
of the Meloja, the British vessels
Birgit and Suevir, the French vessel
Trignac and the Dutch steamer Neck
lenburg.
An investigation to determine how
the Meloja was mined is proceeding.
The vessel sank within view of the
Dover docks while hundreds of people
looked on attracted by the terrific ex-
plosion The vessel turned turtle
as she sank but righted herself as
her hulk sank beneath the water. The
officers and crew remained with the
ship, many being saved afterwards.
A baby girl wrapped in blankets
and unharmed was picked up an hour
after the Meloja sank
The bodies of the captain and eight
sailors of the liner Dido which was
sunk Saturday was washed ashore at
today
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
FIRE AT PORTLAND
United Press Associations.

BY the United Press ASSOCIATIONS.
PORTLAND, Or, Feb. 28.-Two
persons were injured and six were
rescued in their nightclothes at the
result of fire in a frame building at
Fourth and Stark streets this morn
ing. The firemen fell from nearby
building and were seriously injured
A woman, attempting to escape, fell
down a stairway.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
HEPBURN PARK COMMISSIONER

BOISE, Ida, Feb. 28.-J c. White
Collar line of steamships, has been
appointed commissioner of Hepburn
Park by Governor Alexander to sue
ceed H. ]. Hull, now prosecuting at
torney of Shoshone county The ap-
pointment is for a two-year period.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEAD

BY the United Press ASSOCIATIONS.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. 2S.-John
M. Eshleman, lieutenant governor of
California, died at 5: 80 this morning
at Indyo, CAL, of tuberculosis. He
left San Francisco Friday night for
his home at Imperial. He was taken
i'll enroute and stopped at Indyo and
stayed at the Southern Pacific club
house where he died.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS
AND ELECTIONS IN 1916

March 6-Meeting of the DEM
0cratic state central committee
in Boise to set the time and
place for the Democratic state
convention to elect delegates to
the national convention.
April 20-Republican state
convention at Twin Falls to
the national convention.
June 7-Republican national
convention at ChicagO.
June Progressive national
convention at Chicago.
June 4-DemOcratic national
convention at st. Louis.
Sept. g Statwide primary
election.
Nov. General election.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES

well, Major" said the reporter,
addressing the Southern Militarist,
how are your sympathies in the war
this. morning -pro-Ally or pro-Ger-
MANI"
"Ah KANT tell yuh, suh-not aig-
sacly, suh," returned the Major. II
have not yet seen what is de price
o. cotton diss mawnin"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
REPEAL tariff ON SUGAR
By the United Press Associations.

by United Press Hssociauons.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The house
ways and means committee today vot-
ed unanimously in favor of Represent
ative Kitchens bill repeating the free
sugar clause in the tariff law.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
PASSENGER LINERS
BE WARNED FIRST
ONLY RIFT IN THE CLOUDS IN GERMAN-AMER.
ICAN SITUATION COMES BY UNITED PRESS
NOTE RE)TERATES DECISION
Lansing Handed Memorandum Today But Both He
and Ambassador Won Bernstorff Refuse to Make
Comment-Stuation Is Critical
(By United Press)

BERLIN FEB 2s-GERMANY WON'T TORPEDO PASSENGER lin
ERS WITHOUT WARNING WARFARE
AGAINST ARMED MERCHANTMEN BECOMES EFFECTIVE,
TED PRESS INFORMED ENDANGER
HUMAN LIVES ONLY WHEN STEAMER ATTEMPTS ESCAPE
Kaiser Stands By Original Plan
WASHINGTON 2S.-GERMANY'S N
TENT TORPEDO
DAY WAS HANDED TO SECRETARY
LANSING DECLINED TO COMMENT M
BASSADOR Won BERNSTORFF WAS EQUALLY UNCOMMUMCATYE
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-02-28
WHEAT DROPPED AGAIN
By the United Press Associations.

By the United Press AssOciafions.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28-May wheat
ing on the Chicago board of trade.
July wheat dropped 4Ac to s1.O6H.