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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

Mr.. Joseph c. Beckley. for years a
successful boiler manufacturer of
Dayton, Ohio, has recently purchased
a large tract of land in Pasco Coun-
ty. He will plant one hundred acres
to oranges and several hundred to
Natal hay and general farming. This
tract lies near the same vicinity to
that the Seaboard Air Line Railway
is developing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26
Alabama Paving Co. Landed
Contract For Street Paving;
Work To Start I'm 80 Days

After many hours of consideration
the City Commissioners last night
let the contract for street paving to
the Alabama Paving Company,
of Birmingham, whose bid was the
lowest. the amount involved being
sl76,475.66. The cost per square
yard figures s1.33, including every
thing.
The material to be used is sheet
asphalt with Barlow clay base, AMI
the bid carries with it a five-year
guarantee with surety bond.
Various materials were considered,
and an asphalt block construction
was favored, but on account of the
great additional cost, this PROPOSE
ton was finally abandoned, all TIE
Commissioners voting for the bid of
the Alabama Construction Co.
The paving covered by the con-
tract totals about twelve miles, and
includes portions of streets and ave-
nues as follows;
New York Avenue-South from
Lake Wire to Lime street; paved 90
feet wide, concrete curb and gutter.
Missouri Ayenua-South from
Lemon street to llillcrest Drive;
paved % feet wide, concrete curb
and gutter.
Dakota Avenue-To the city lin
its.
West Orange street-West from
Florida avenue to New York asenue;
paved 20 feet wide, concrete curb
and gutter
Lime Slrcet-East from New York
avenue to nsraham avenue. paved
20 feet wide, concrete curb and gut
ter.
Lake Morton Drive-From Massa-
chus it's avenue. around lake to be-
point, a distance Of about
che mile. Connecting with Lime
street on street along west side of
0 Doniel's Addition to Lakeland;
paved "a feet wide, concrete curb ?
feet out from the center line there
IF.
Palmetto Avenue-East from Lake !
Norton to Ingraham avenue; paved |
2u feet wide. concrete curb and gut !
.er.
South Ingraham Avenue-From
EAST Orange street to Mcdonald |
street; paved 16 feet wide with clay
shoulders.
East Mcdonald Street-East from
ngraham avenue to Hollingswortb
treet; paved 16 feet wide with clay L
houlders. Il
Hcllingsworth Street--East from
indiana avenue to Ingraham avenue
aved 20 feet wide with concrete I
urb and cutter.
East Orange Street-East from {
indiana avenue to Ingram avenue;
aved 20 feet wide concrete curb I
nd gutter.
Lake Avenue-North from East I
range street to Morton street: I
aved 90 feet wide, concrete curb {
nd gutter.
Morton Street-East from Lake tc I
ity limits; paved 20 feet wide to q
ngraham avenue. concrete curb aid !
utter, from Ingraham avenue to I
he city limits paved 16 feet wide
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

South Florida Ayenue-From Pal
mettO avenue to city limits; paved
80 feet wide to Highland street, con-
crete curb and gutter; Highland
street to city limits, paved 16 feet
wide with clay shoulders.
Magnolia Street-West from Flor
ida avenue TO Dakota avenue; paved
"a feet wide with concrete curb and
gutter.
North Dakota Avenue--From Mag
nolia street to Peachtree street,
paved % feet wide with concrete
curb and gutter.
Peachtree Street--West from Flcr-
ida avenue to Texas avenue; paved
81 feet wide, concrete curb and gut
ter.
Texas Avenue--North from Peach
tree street to Pear street; paved 16
feet wide with clay shoulders.
Pear Strect-West from Texas
avenue to Lincoln avenue; paved Is
feet wide, with clay shoulders
Lincoln Avenue-North from Pear
street to North street; paved 1G
feet wide, with clay shoulders.
North Street-West from Lincoln
avenue to Omohundro avenue; paved
16 feet wide with clay shoulders.
omohundro Avenue-North from
North street to city limits; paved Is
feet wide, with clay shoulders.
Lake Wire Drive--From New YORK
avenue around lake to beginning
point, distance of three-fourths Of
a mile; paved "a feet wide, concrete
curb set Is feet wide from the cen
ter line
Pine Street from Florida
avenue to Lake Wire Drive; paved
"a feet wide, concrete curb and gut
ter.
East Parker Street-From Florida
avenue to cemetery, distance OF
l,41S feet; paved 16 feet wide, with
lay shoulders.
Bay Street-East from Florida
venue to Vermont avenue; paved
20 feet wide, concrete curb and gut
err.
Vermont Avenue--North from Pay
treet to North street. To Parker
treet paved 20 feet wide, concrete
urb and gutter; from Parker street
0 North street paved is feet wide
With clay shoulders.
East Oak Street-From Massa
husetts avenue to Gilmore avenue;
aved "a feet wide, concrete curb
nd gutter.
North Florida Avenue-North
'om Myrtle street to city limits,
aved "a feet wide to North street,
,ncrete curb and gutter, from
orth street city limits, paved 16
et wide with clay shoulders.
West Lemon Street-From North
akota avenue to the city limits at
lie northwest corner of section "a,
,wnship 2S, range 90 east. Distance
$40 feet; to Lake Beulah will be
aved 23 feet wide, concrete curb
nd gutter; along Lake Beulah will
e paved "a feet wide, concrete
urb; from Lake Beulah to terminus,
aved 16 feet wide with clay shout
ers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

The Arcadia News asks the follow
ing question which has often oc
CURED to us, and obligingly prints
the answer to its own interrogation.
There is food fer reflection in this
bit of contrast. but unfortunately
those whom it might benefit are not
given to thinking. The News says
A question: Why is it that many
strong. able bodied men will tramp
ties on the railroad track 312 days in
the year. for s11o a day. in the snow
the slush. the cold rain. die of pneu-
monia prematurely, spend $50 for coal
with which to keep warm, when the
same men could make mare money
from one-half acre of strawberries in
South Florida. save the $50 spent for
coal. save one-half the cost of cloth
ing. take no chance on pneumonia, do
a thousand other profitable things.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26
TELL THE EDITOR

The newspaper man is blamed for
a whole lot CT things he cant help,
such as using Partially in NEIL
tioning visitors, giving news about
some folks and leaving others out
He simply prints all the news he can
find. Some people inform him about
such things and others do not. An
editor should not be expected TO
know the names and residences of
all your uncles, aunts and cousins.
even if he should see them get off
the train. Tell us about it It's
news that makes the newspaper, and
every man, woman and child can be
associate editor if they only will
Never apologize when You give this
bit of information. for if there lives
enc so dead that he has lost appre-
citation for such favors, he is dead.
indeed. to every virtue that imparts
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

Commencing with tonight's show
Richards. The Wizard" and COM
pany ocer an entirely new program
at the Auditorium The feature OF
the show today is The Phantom
Cannon" an amazing sensation, il
which a youn. lady actually Is shct
cut of a huge forty-twG centimetre
cannon through solid mass of iron,
steel, wood. and brass only to be
found in less than one minutes tine
securely locked within the innermost
of three large trunks hanging in
mid-air. This is only one of the III
Vulnerable effects that Richards Of
fers in today's pr gram, rs he car
ries a whole carload of wonderful eff
fects and has already proved that he
is the greatest magician that has
ever played Lakeland The show ov-
erflows with good clean comedy, is
most gorgeously staged and at times
nearly brings the audience out OF
their seats with some startling SEN
sation If you have MT already seen
Richards you had better go today
end you will 20 gain, as he will fool
you into believing that Egyptian
come tumblng out of tie
ceiling and that ducks and chickens
grow out Of nowhere.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

FOR SALE--One pet South
American monkey and one beau
tiful pet coon; will sell together
or separately including a fine cage
A bargain If taken at once. Apply
to Mr.. Richards. Auditorium The
alter, Lakeland. s1si
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

day, and is greatly delighted MI
our city and section. Mr.. Jones
in he hands Of friends, being =
quainted with Mr.. ]. n. Sterling. AZ
also with Mrs. l.. l.. Knudsen.
the Lakeland Highlands.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

while raising the berries, such as de-
veloping a young grove. fishing. hunt
ing, etc? Answer: Some men were
born to be "hewers Of wood and draw
ers of water. and they propose to
follow their calling IL their children
freeze or starve. as many of them are
doing. No more life-like picture was
ever drawn than the above, for we
have seen them by the thousands.
while the country is full of golden
opportunity.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

The building for the Sponge Ex-
change Cigar Company at Tarpon
Springs is now under way, and will
be large enough to accommodate two
hundred workmen, and it is expected
that it will be ready for business with
in thirty days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

Carloads of berries from this sec
tion are going north these days car
rying the message of Florida's
warmth and sunshine to our SILVER
ing neighbors, and bringing many
d5llars back to our growers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

Our idea of not being very busy
is to have time to read those lengthy
arguments in the daily papers relating
to the Everglades muddle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

Trying to place the Governor is
now one of the troubles of the Flori
da politician" says the Tribune. Pity;
we always preferred a man whom it
was no trouble to place.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

FOR SALE-Nice Oakland car,
good condition. Will sell at 81,
rifice. Apply to A. j. Black, {
phone BAG Black. GIG
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26
TUCKER G. BASKIN
l. A w Y + r S

L A W 7 y Il ;
Elliston Bldg. Lakeland, Ell
Special attention to Land Titles,
Deeds, Mortgages, Examination
of Abstracts and Mortgage Fore
closures
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26
DON'T EAT ORANGES
DRINK THEM

Served at all soda fountains al
i've cents per glass. Nothing but
The pure juice of the orange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26
EAT ORANGES

-. DRINK THEl
Served at all soda fountains q
five cents per glass. Nothing BIZ
the pure juice of the orange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

Cities that furnished companies to
the Second Florida Regiment are
holding mass meetings and resolut-
ing to get the boys back The spirit
and intention is GOOD, but we doubt
that the return of the soldier boys
will be greatly fastened by the pro-
cess. -
Or. Cox's chief qualifications as
successor to DR.. Porter seems to be
that he came from Alabama and was
a friend TO Gov. Cats. Fine attri-
butes, certainly. but not particularly
useful in combating an epidemic Of
yellrw fever or other pestilential
disease which may threaten us al
any time.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26
Observation-Disclosures
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
MN n1a aa0ila laslla lE4ia III is0,1zin

Mr.. NJ M. Fadely, a property own
ei CT this city, who spends much of
the time at Captiva, on the Gulf,
where he enjoys the excellent fish
ing, is up for a short stay on bust
ness to the pleasure of his many
friends who are always glad to see
him
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

Mr.. H. E. Jones, of Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, arrived in Lakeland to-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

Twelve miles OF paving. in addition
to that we already have, will give
Lakeland the best paved streets of
any city of its population in the state,
If not in the country. The character
of paving. too. is of the best, 1t be-
ing the opinion of authorities on such
matters that sheet asphalt on Bar
tow clay will make a street equal in
every respect to our present fine as
phalt streets. which have concrete
base. The Commissioners, it would
seem, acted wisely in their award OF
the contract and there is every reas-
en- to believe that the people will get
good value for the money involved.
There is a general desire that this
great Improvement shall be carried
out at the earliest possible date, and
It is much to be hoped that no compli-
cation will arise to delay or involve It,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

The Florida State Prison Farm is
said to be a success. That is. with
the labor of the convicts they are
growing potatoes and corn, and rails
Ing hogs and cattle, with satisfac-
tory results. But we are informed
by those in a position to know that
the idea of reformation has never
terminated in the prison soil CT Raj
ford. There is no effort to send out
the convict, whose labor for a num-
Der Of years has been taken as the
price of his crime, better man than
when he entered the prison. Unless
something is accomplished along this
line, we are 10th to accept the state
ment that "the Prison Farm is a
success. !" This is not written in the
spirit of criticism, but merely with
the hope that some small effort may
be made to do something else with
Florida's prisoners besides merely
wreaking the vengeance of the law
upon them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-26

CARLOAD OF SCENERY
AND AMAZING EFFECTS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
Order to Examine Final Ac.
count, Etc.

eoun n " Of Str Goais In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Ellen Touthloff,
Decedent.
The Petition of Andrew Touthlof. Jr.. as repre-
sentative of the above named decedent. together
with his final account of the administration of
said estate having been filed in this court repre-
senting. among other things that he has fully
administered said estate. and praying that said
final account of said administration be examined
Court make and enter its final decree of distri-
button of the residue of the estate of said
decedent to the persons entitled thereto. and for
the discharge of the representative and the
sureties on his bond.
1t is ordered That said petition be heard, and
said final account examined. adjusted. and if
correct, allowed by the Court. at the Probate
Court Rooms in the Court House. in the City of
Duluth in said County. on Monday the 7th day of
January, 1918. at ten o'clock a. m, and all
persons interested in said hearing and in said
matter are hereby cited and required at said
time and place to show cause if any there be.
why said petition should not be granted.
Ordered 1urther. That this order be served by
publication in the The Ely Miner according to
law.
Dated at Duluth. Mimi. Dec. l1th. 1917.
BY the Court.
Attest: sw.G ILPIN.
A.R. MORTON, Judge of Probate.
Clerk of Probate.
lSeal Probate Court. st. Louis County. Mimi
A. ]. Thomas Attorney for Representative
1914 1928
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
Handsomely Remembered

At the meeting of the Home
Gurds last week the Red Cross
yarn fund and the Mothers Club
were handsomely remembered by
the members of the guard. The
5000 surplus from the last patrio-
tic ball was equally divided
among these two organizations to
be used for the benefit of the Ely
soldiers and sailors.
At the meeting of the Ely Fire
Department held last week the
proceeds of the annual ball
amounting to a little over $50 was
also divided equally with the Red
Cross and Mothers Club to be
used for the Ely boys in the ser
vice.
Both of these donations were
thankfully received by the organ
izatiOns and the donors can rest
assured that the money will be
well and properly used. A large
number of the Ely ladies are
members of these organizations
and are leaving nothing undone
that will tend to the welfare of
our boys now in defense of hu-
manity. Those ladies who are
not members are respectfully in
vited to become members at once
Besides the work being accom-
plished for the men at the front
and in the training camps the or
carnations, are doing a great
work for the needy of our city.
Every man and woman in Ely
should become a member Of the
Red Cross in the campaign now
being called and every woman in
Ely should become a member of
the Mothers Club.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

soldiers in France and in training
camps waiting orders to cross the
sea, and to our sailors ami
marines. Thought, too, will rest
on the soldiers of our allies and
on the suffering peoples in the
war zones. That the nation will
be in just the spirit at this
Christmas time to produce 4
whole-hearted response to the
Red Cross appeal is not doubted.
AT the conclusion Of the Red
Cross membership drive there
will not be any excuse for any
one not having become a mem
Der. There are hundreds Of
thousands of persons whose
names are not on the Red Cross
roll merely by reason of their
own thoughtlessness. All these
will have the chance and be re-
minded of their patriotic duty to
join the Red Cross. In the words
Of President Wilson, the people
as whole will be afforded OPP
portunity to show the Christmas
spirit in terms of action.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
Shark Fishing Arabian Industry.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Shark fishing is quite an industry
among the Arab fishermen of Alden
The best grounds are between Alden
nd SEukra,. an Arabian port about
eleven miles east of Alden, writes Con-
ul Southland from Alden, Arabia. There
ire also good shark fishing grounds at
Makalla, another Arabian port some
distance beyond Shukra. Shark fisher
men also have good luck at most places
along the British Somaliland coast.
The usual fishing vessel is the typical
Arab sailing dhOw. Both nets and
hooks are used in fishing. The nets
are very strongly woven, the best ones
coming from the Persian Gulf, and are
from 100 to $50 feet in length and
about % feet wide. Sharks from to
Z feet in length are usually caught in
the nets, while hooks are used for the
capture of larger sizes. Fishing with
hooks is often done from small boats
and requires considerable courage, as
large fish will sometimes overturn
the boat and throw the occupants into
the water, where they have more than
an even chance of being attacked by
other sharks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

The time is past for temporiz-
ing with disloyal men and women
in this country. 1t is the mani
fest duty of all true blue patriotic
Americans to use every means in
their power to report cases of Sc
dition and disloyalty wherever ii
may rear its ugly head.
1t is said by writer that one
out OF every twenty persons III
the nation today is disloyal and
about one out of every 100 is so
openly seditious that he should
face a firing squad if he were to
receive the sort Of punishment
that is melted out by an autocra-
tic government. Anyone who
talks and acts against the govern
ment in time Of war, regardless of
the constitutional right of free
speech" which has been so sadly
abused, is a traitor and deserves
the most drastic punishment.
Our government has always
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
legend Of Hanamar's Stone.

Numerous large powders in Eng
land as we'll as in this country have
received the name of the hangman's
stone, as a result of legend which
attaches much the same story to each.
There were two fiends in the parish Of
Foremark, in Derbyshire, called the
Great and the Little Hangman's Stone,
from the boulders which they con-
tanned. The former was five or six feet
high, with an indentatiOn running
across the top. This peculiar mark
was explained by tradition, as follows:
Once upon a time thief, having
stolen a sheep, placed his booty on the
top of the stone while he rested, but
it slipped off and strangled the man
with the rope which tied the sheep to
his back, the indentation being made
by tie friction of the rope passing
back and forth in the struggles of the
dying man to extricate himself.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
The $1O0,0O0,Oo0 War Fund

Since the War Fund became
available the Red Cross has sent
commissions to France, Russia,
Roumania and Salonica.
The French Commission has
staff of S64 persons, SIT serving
without pay.
We are sending supplies to
3,423 French military hospitals.
We serve 10000 soldiers daily
at our canteens in France.
We are caring for thousands of
French and Belgian children and
refugees.
, We have established ware
houses in France with a capacity
of 100000 tons.
We have established sanitor-
ium with 1000 beds for tubercu-
losis patients.
We are carrying ON extensive
relief work in Belgium.
We operate an ambulance SER
vice which transports 1000 re-
fugees a day.
We are carrying on repair
work in devastated towns.
We have sent 100000 pounds
of milk for Russian babies.
We have given $1,O0O,O0O to
the families Of sick and wounded
French soldiers.
We have given $1,0O0,OOO to
the British Red Cross.
And We Have Only Just Begun!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

You, Mr.. Citizen, who have not
yet realized the magnitude of this
war or its Importance to you!
Take look at the situation
from a selfish viewpoint, if you
have not developed a patriotic
one. Have you ever thought of
what will happen to the luke
warm-not to say of "neutrals -
and the Germans-when the
war is over9 They are going to be
segregated, stunned, ostracised.
They won't be admitted even to
the back seats.
Ask your father-or grand
father-what happened to the
"cOpperheads" and to the luke
warm, here in Minnesota and
throughout the North, after the
Civil war.
More than a million young men
are already under arms. By
spring, the total will be several
maybe ten, millions more. When
these young men come back-and
most of them will come back
they will run this country.
There's no room in America for
neutrals.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
He Did His Best.

Great amusement was caused by the
action of yellow hammer which tried
to peck hole through castirOn Unit.
ed States mail box on post in front
of hotel in Albany, n. Y. The bird
persistently operated his beak on the
top of. the box for several intervals of
five to fifteen minutes with the result
that the paint was slightly SCARED in
several places, but so far as could be
ascertained, with no damaging effect
to the beak. Early in the forenoon the
proprietor Of the hotel, was disturbed
while reading the paper, by the sound.
He watched the performance with
amusement until some passer-by
caused the bird to fly away. The bird
returned several times during the fore
noon and pounded away on the top of
the box, at times number Of people
acting as spectators.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
More Enlistments

Corporal Belcher, in charge of
the recruiting Office in this city
reports enlisttnents of the following
the past week. These names
bring the voluntary enlistments in
the several branches of service
from this city to the total of lis as
can be seen by the Honor Roll
published in another column
These who joined the service the
past week were:
George Elaine, woodsman in the
battery of Engineers.
John A. Hill, woodsman in the
battery of Engineers.
John R. Hanson, signal depart
ment of operators.
Joseph Klobuchar, woodsman
battery of Engineers.
Ansol Skantze, truck company
battery of Engineers.
Walter Harrio, truck company
battery of Engineers.
Andrew E. Harri, infantry.