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, 1918-06-13
RAISING ANIMALS FOR ARMY
Government and Farmers Cooperating
In Production of Cavalry and Ar
tillery Remounts.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of ~Agriculture.)
In order to encourage the production
of horses suitable for cavalry and light
artillery uses, the United States de-
partment of agriculture, in co-operat-
ing with the var department, has
placed in selected localities good,
sound stations of proper type and Of
fered mare wner special induce
ments to make use of them. This
plan, made possible by a provision of
congress in 1913, grew out of the diff
Guilty the government has had in Sc
curing a sufficient number of army re-
mounts. Lighthouse stock had de-
Perforated, due to the curtailed de-
mand as a result of the growing popu-
larity of motor vehicles, and farmers
had turned their attention to improv-
ing the heavier draft horse.
The plan consists primarily in plac-
ing stations of merit, registered in the
proper stud books and belonging to
the Thoroughbred, American Saddle.
Standardized, and Morgan breeds in
suitable localities in Vermont, New
Hampshire, Virginia, West Virginia,
Kentucky, and Tennessee. Mare own
ers may breed to these stations on the
following terms. The owner of the
mare agrees in writing at the time of
breeding to give the government an op-
ton on the resulting colt as q three
year-old at a stated price, which so
far has been $3.50. No service fee is
charged unless the owner of a colt
wishes to be released from the option,
in which case it is $25.
This means that practically no
money Is invested in service fees. If
the colt is purchased by the govern
ment no fee is charged, nor is there
any charge if the colt is offered to the
/ government and purchase refused be-
cause it does not qualify. The breed
err does not have to pay a service fee
on a colt which dies, which is de-
formed, or which is seriously injured,
Only sound mares that approach either
a cavalry or a light artillery type are
used. Records taken June 80, 1917,
show that 3,0S9 colts have been pro.
duced since this plan was put in op.
GRAFTON at the beginning of the breed.
ing season in 1918.
The plan has a number of advan'
tages both to the government and tc
, 1918-06-13
Ancient Soap Making.

A soap boilers shop was among the
things discovered in the excavation at
Pompeii several years ago. The city
was buried beneath volcanic ashes A.
d. 20. 1t is said that the soap found
in the shop had not lost all efficacy,
although 1t had lain under the ashes
more than eighteen hundred years.
Soap making vas quite a business in
a number of the Italian cities at the
time that Pompeii was destroyed.
Pliny the elder speaks of soap, and
says that because its price was so
high many substitutes were used,
among them a kind of glutlnous earth
and fine sand mixed in the Juice of
certain plants that made lather. His
tory tells us that the Gauls made soap
two thousand years ago by combining
beech tree ashes and goats fat
, 1918-06-13
OLD PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is PLAINTIFF article did not fulfil
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says, Take for
example DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a
preparation ! have sold sor many years
and never hesitate to recommend. for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy that l know of
has SO large a sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who nave
used the preparation, the success of DR..
Kilmers' Swamp-Root is due to the fact
that, so many people claim, it fulfls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments, corrects ur-
mary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcel Post. Address
DIR. kilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y, and
enclose ten cents; also mention this paper.
Large and medium size bottles for sale
at all drug stores.-Adv.
, 1918-06-13
Couldn't Feaze Him.

The editors brow was stern rs he
lay in wait for the erring office boy.
"Jorkinson," he said, as the urchin
came in. you asked me for the after
noon off yesterday. l gave it to you,
and then l say you on the baseball
grounds. You told me you were going
to your aunt's funeral
The office boy gIinned.
And l wasn't far wrong. was II
Did you ever see u slower game in
your life?"
, 1918-06-13
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid Of These Ualv soo,,

There's no longer the slightest need of feeling
ashamed of your freckles, as Othlne-double
Strengths guaranteed to remove these homely
spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-double
strength-from your druggist, and apply n little
of 1t night and morning and you should soon sec
that even the worst freckles have begun to dis
appear. while the lighter ones have vanished en-.
tirely. 1t is seldom that more than one ounce
Is needed TO completely clear the skin and gain
4 beautiful clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength Othine.
as this is sold under guarantee of money back
r 1t fails to remove freckles.-AdV.
, 1918-06-13


ment-This Is the Type Being Used
to Breed Army Remounts.
farmers. The brood mares are usual
ly farm work animals which generally
pay for their feed by doing farm work,
and the colts are brought up to birth
without cost. High-class stations are
available for the mare owners use.
Community breeding, which is of in
estimable value, is encouraged. The
object of the remount breeding work
is to select for and breed sound horses
possessing quality, stamina and en-
durance which conform to the army's
needs, and such animals will also be
useful for general farm work especial
ly in mountainous sections. While it
is true that the heavy draft horse is
more valuable for most farm work,
there are many sections where light
horses are better suited because of
their activity, s~ure-footedness, superb
or lung capacity and endurance.
The governments plan of aiding
farmers in producing army horses is
giving them material as well as edu-
cational aid in developing an impor-
liant phase of their farming opera
lions. Good horse power is indispen-
sable to successful farming and good
horses cannot be produced without
good sires. From the agricultural
standpoint alone, the publication says,
the remount breeding work should be
extended to other suitable localities,
to say nothing of the resultant effect
in adding to the defensive strength of
the country in a military way.
, 1918-06-13
Just eivina Him a Prod.

Il haven't anything new to sing to
you tonight, George"
"Well, give me something old, them
She broke into a refrain that was
"a song of the day" II years be-
fore.
That's very old, Clara" he remark
ed at the close.
Eyes, George, l sang that to you the
night before we became engaged"
, 1918-06-13
Kept Busy.

Bacon-How many buttons has your
wife on the back OF her dress?
ADMINISTRATIONS! Don't ask me,
for 1 don't knowl
"Why don't you know? You've but
toned it up often enough to know, /
should think"
But when I've been buttoning it
up I've been too busy to count the
number of buttons"
, 1918-06-13
Cause for Pessimism.

Ted wouldn't feel so downheart-
ed about it. A woman has been known
to change her mind.
Ned-But she's much more likely to
do it after she has said Eyes" than
when she has told you "No.''-Judge.
, 1918-06-13
BREEDING OF BEEF ANIMALS
Aim to Develop to Greatest Extent
Portions of Body From Which Are
Secured Choice Cuts.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agrlcuiture.)
In the Improvement of beef cattle
are has been taken to develop to the
greatest extent those portions of the
body from which are secured the high
priced cuts of beef. These points
should be kept in mind when selecting
breeding animals.
, 1918-06-13
Not the RenIx She Exneeted.

"Pa, should | marry Il man without
any money?'
IF you're looking to me to furnish
the cash that's the way you'll have to
marry him."
, 1918-06-13

You can't convince a girl that she
is not in love until after she gets him.
, 1918-06-13

Many a man who bowls Mt pain i'm
AGNES that he suffers in silence.
, 1918-06-13

Red Cross Bag Blue, much better, goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
, 1918-06-13
Brief News Notes
From All Parts of
Wyoming
COMING EVENTS.
tern Newspaper Union New Service.

Aug, SO-sept. ~1-Trapper's Union Re
union at Kemmerer.
sept. S-l4-Wyoming State Fair a
Sept. 1S-2O-Laramie County Fair.
, 1918-06-13

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of ~Agriculture.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02

Jefferson county reports 1900
acres of castor beans planted.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02
Insurance Department
Punta GOrdQ State Bank.
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May Sell Flour

To the county food administra-
tors, merchants, and the public
SPECIAL ORDER No. 420-A is
hereby notified to read as, follows:
wholesalers and retailers in
wheat -four are only requested
not to sell or to offer for sale any
wheat flour for the week begin
ming April 20 and ending May
9th. There will be no penalty if
they do not comply with the re-
quest, as the original order above
referred to is only intended for a
request and not an order. y
BRAXTON BEACHAM.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02
Delightful Party

Miss Anne Blanchet gave a de-
lightful party at her home Satur-
day evening, to the pupils of the
Fourth grade. A very jolly time
was spent playing games, the
most amusing of which was an
Auction game, when mysterious
packages were auctioned off, each
of which proved to be a joke when
opened.
The pupils brought several sur
prises in the form of lovely gifts,
and also many beautiful flowers,
which were all very much appre-
ciated by their former teacher.
During the games, ice-cream
and light cakes were served, and
the evening, which went all too
soon, was greatly enjoyed by all.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02

Mrs. F. M. Pate went to Fort
Ogden, yesterday, to visit friends
for a week or two.
Chas. Cochran and his son Nor
man took motorcycle ride to Ar
cadia and back, Monday evening.
Miss Alice Goulding, having
closed her school in Lee county,
came home last week to spend the
summer.
Miss Bonnie Bell Biykin left
this morning for Columbus, Miss,
where she will spend the summer
with relatives and friends.
d. G.. johnson and his daughter,
Mrs. Ora A. Doyle, after enjoying
sojOurn Of five months here,
started, this morning, on their re-
turn to their home in Clinton, Ind.
DR.. r. wv. Edwards will preach
in the Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning and evening. A
cordial invitation extended to Wis
itors.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Decker left
yesterday for Philadelphia. They
went by way of Daytona, where
they will spend a week or two be-
fore going,north.
Maj. L. B. Babcock, one of our
most popular winter residents,
left yesterday for Babcock, Deca-
tur county, Ga, where he has
large property interests.
Joe Meyrick, Joe Mayes and
Tim Stephenson Communicated
the Mayes auto this morning and
went to the aviation camps to
spend the day.
Thos. w. Turner, after a pleas
ant ten-days visit to his parents
and friends here, left this morn
ing, for Norfolk, Va, where he
will re-join the U. S. hospital ship
" Solace, " on which he is serving
as seaman.
Mrs. G. A. Page entertained a
few Of her friends Saturday af-
ternoon, April 20, in honor Of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Tanner. Con-
tests and games were given out |
which caused much laughter. At
ter delicious punch and cake were
served, everyone departed.-A
GUEST.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02
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WHAT is A POLICY p?

\ Fire Insurance Policy is a conditional
promise to pa, a sum of money.
If it is properly drawn and you comply
with your part of the contract the COM
pany will pay your fire loss up to the
amount of the policy without a question.
But if it is not properly drawn or if you
do not correctly state the facts regarding
the risk the company may not have to pay
you cent though they frequently do
purely as moral obligation.
We draw our policies so they are legal
ly as we'll as morally binding. Bring us
your policies and we will be glad to ex-
anime them and advise you if they are
properly drawn.
No charge for this service.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02
LOCAL and PERSONAL
HAPPENINGS
Interesting Events Transporting In
and About Punta Gorda
Briefly Told

Mrs. Emmett Adams attended ;
May-Day picnic at Fort Ogden
yesterday.
Herman Stewart went tt
Brooksville, yesterday, to take
charge of the ice factory there
He gets a better salary there thar
he did here, and, being energetic
and fully competent, he will earn
it. His family will follow him
later.
Nick Renses is one of those
friends whom The Herald highly
values. He is one of our most
successful truckers; and, when
reaping (?) his crops for ship
ment, he does not forget his
friends in this print-shop. During
the past week, he presented The
Herald folks with bountiful sup
plies of eggplant and tomatoes,
for which he has the thanks of the
whole family. By the by, is it
proper to use the word reaping or
harvesting in connection with the
gathering or picking of vegetable
and fruit crops? How about it,
dear little Valerie of the 5th
grade?
A mysterious fire suddenly ap-
peared right in the middle Of the
store of the Punta Gorda Dry
Goods Co., little after 500 p. m.
Tuesday. Manager R. X. Seward
was busy in the front part of the
store waiting on two ladies,
when one of them suddenly cried
out, "Mr. Seward, your store is
on frel'' and, sure enough, there
mas a blaze arising from the la
dies hat boxes beneath a table just
back of the store center. The
5laze was quickly extinguished,
having caused insignificant dam
age, but its origin is a mystery.
The only plausible theory is that
some cigarette smoker, nearly all
of whom are criminally careless,
tossed his stub amongst the hat
boxes an hour or 80 before the
blaze resulted.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02
Special Church Service

There will be special service
at the Methodist church next
Sunday morning, May 5, viz: the
presentation of a service flag in
honor of the members of that
church who have gone out to fight
the battles of our country, at
which time, instead of the regular
preaching service, the following
program will be rendered:
Opening Hymn m Scripture
Lesson.-Prayer.
Song-The Flag We Love, Pri-
mary Depts.
Presentation of the flag, Mrs.
B. F. Oswald
Response, The pastor.
Solo-Keep the Home Fires
Burning, Mrs. W. NJ. Sturdy.
Song, Young ladies class.
Address, Col. j. H. Hancock.
Song, Male quartet.
Closing Song-The Star Span
gled Banner.
Benediction
All are cordially invited.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02
A Dinner Party

Miss Byrdie Mobley entertained
the senior class of the high schoo-
and few other friends at a din.
ner party, Friday, April 10.
After delightful dinner
games were played; then a con.
test was given, in which Harold
Robinson was the fortunate one,
being a winner of the prize.
All left at a late hour, after
having had a most delightful
time.-A GUEST.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02
Notice to Teachers

Any one desiring to teach in the
DeSoto County schools during the
next school year will please write
for application blank so that same
may be filed before the assign
ment of schools next year. | will
thank you to attend to this at
once.-P. G. SHAVER, County
Supt.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02
A Surprise Party

Miss Maymie Burnham gave a
surprise party Monday evening
April 20, in honor of Miss Florrie
Provau.
Games were played, and de,
licious punch and cake were
served.
After wishing Miss Provau a
pleasant summer, and hoping to
see her back again in the winter
the guests departed.-GUEST.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02

Fields, groves and gardens in
this locality are still needing rain.
The weather is lovely, but very
dry.
Miss BERTHE Hancock returned
yesterday, to her home at Fort
Meade. For the past eight months
she attended the high school here
and, while doing so, boarded with
her aunt, Mrs. w. L. Koon.
! Miss Florrie Provau, after
attending the high school here for
the past term, during which she
boarded with her uncle, A. S.
IBurnham, returned to her home at
Nocatee, Tuesday evening.
A fre-alarm Tuesday afternoon,
was caused. by the grass and old
crossties catching fire very near
the Standard Oil tanks at the
south end of Cross street. No
damage resulted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W. Gatewood
and children are this week NOV
ing to Moore Haven, where they
hope to prosper, and whittier the
best wishes of a host of friends
follow them.
Our bank cashiers and clerks
had a strenuous time Tuesday,
balancing up the accounts and
statements to their GUS
toners. This they have to do on
the last day of every month, and
it is "some job"
Elias Keen and his daughter,
Mrs. d. J. Hobbs, with her baby,
went to Mulberry this morning,
to visit Mrs. Hobbs s maternal
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark.
Mr.. Keen will return Saturday;
Mrs. Hobbs will remain for two
weeks.
We plan to begin publishing
lext week full and complete
list of all of Punta Gorda's young
men, both black and white, who
nave entered any branch of the
government service to aid in de-
,eating the devilish intentions of
he military lords of Germany. |
Friends will please help us make
he list complete.
Arcadia News, Tuesday Ser
yeant Marcus B. Cohen, Corporal
Manuel B. Lippman and Corporal
). B. Chalmers were the guests of |
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Morqus on Sun
lay and took an auto ride to Pun
a Gorda. AS part of the group
we're Miss Ruby Whidden, Miss
Kate Carlton, Miss Bessie Wood,
Mss Irene Mckinney, Miss Nellie
Peoples. They report a splendid
ime at that famous resort.
Here is a patriotic offer: Scott
3urnham says that the people Of
his community owe him $4,000
or groceries; and, if they will
Jay him, he will invest in liberty
,Onds every cent received on
hese past due accounts. Surely,
very man with a spark of pat
iotism in him, who owes Scott
ven as much as a dime, will now
Jay him. And The Herald will
make the same iffer on all bills
Iue it up to Jan. LIST, 1918. Come
Onward, men; and, if you are
eally patriotic, as well as honest,
i L
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-05-02
Weather Forecast

Forecast for the period April
29 to May 4, inclusive:
South Atlantic and East Gulf
States-Showers first of week
with temperature above normal
and again last of week.-HENRY
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Barbed wire cuts ragged wounds, COL
lar and harness gals, heal up quickly
when Billiards. Snow Liniment is applied
It is both healing and antiseptic. Price
zoe, soc and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by
Cochran Drug Co. (adv)
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( Continued from last week.


Continued from last week.
B9lhls terrified screams soon
nM%ht Buck Mastarson on the run
NfB UHrHp. set only a short dis
HnAMn away from his snare, he had
By1W awaiting the sound of struggle
Aa1 tha cage, but had never expected
NJ Nu eaten woman in it- The Moon
men, to0, heard Beth's screaming,
HalW rUahHH to the mouth of the plt
Just a. Buck CAME running into the
NJ clearing AAeiMg the young Ameri-
can and his servants, the Moon men
MNN@ back into the underbruSh-
Ing The leopard at bay, Buck
RRd beth Out of the net She was
lily scratched, and frightened al
NhHt tO death, but otherwise safe
ld sound
NM AN THAT moment MuGa came run
ming into the clearing, intent on
Saving hfS masters daughter. His
Wild gestures and clothing, similar
tn 4hat of tia Moon men, convinced
Buck that He was also an enemy, and
Mh HaTelad hiH revolver at him. Beth,
throwing herself III the way, saved
Mrmaa'a lifa.
Beth then tcId Buck how she hap
namAa Mo ha there. They returned to-
tue trail. getting Captain Johnson,
Aamd retired to Bucks camp, where
tl1ay were watched ny the Moon men
from tlle jungle. Making a hasty
MISTER f0r the Captain they pressed
onward toward Bonda, where medi-
rAl assistance could w. obtained.
Meanwhile, In Kardar, Colonel
Leighton received information that
one Ragns, carrying the proclamation
MUf a holy war, would pass through
Kardar on his way south The Colo
Mal assigned detachment of hi
best men to intercept the messenger,
h4nt Ragus eluded them ALL and
reached an oasis some distance out
Wilde Df Bnnda, which was his ulti-
mate destination.
Im BDnda, Buck took his party to
TIC home 0f the Rev. John Webb, an
American missionary, just i'm time tn
stop the good man from taking his
entire household out off Bonda, al
ordered by REL Hari lie agreed To
accept the wounded Captain and his
daughter
Upon being apprized off their en-
trance into the city, Rel Hari order
IHu Mis men to bring the party before
him But before they arrived, the
Moon people seeing I'm opportunity,
rushed into the missionary's house.
They seized Beth, and would have
made or with her unnoticed BY the
OTHERS had mot Buck arrived on the
scene and driven them OFF,
While he was pursuing them Rel
Harris guard entered and took Beth
tO the palace of the Arab king n
(To be continued
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tural States close to what was the
eastern front.
The second factor which robbed
the Germans Of what food assistance
they might have obtained from Rus
sia was the revolutionary debauch i'm
which practically all the peasants in
dulged after the fall of the mon
archy. The large landlords were dis
possessed and their holdings divided.
The peasant farmers, instead of
planting crops, proceeded to ceIe-
brate their new freedom. Russia
produced little food during 1917 and
the situation has been little i'm
proved this year.
While the necessity for a military
decision on the western front still
will remain, the food situation in the
Central Powers may contribute a
good deal to their eventual defeat.
The feeling Of the German people in
this connection will not BE- improved
by Herbert Hoover's recent pro-
nouncement that the food crisis In
the Allied countries has been sue
cessfully passed