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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-06
Many Girls Wanted

The manufacturers of the In
tertype (typesetting machine)
write, The Herald, that they are
overwhelmed with applications
for operators from all over the
country. So many men have vol
mteered or been selected into war
service that the supply of ma
chine type-setters, has been ex-
Rnsted and there is an urgent de-
mand for girls to take the places
OF those who have gone to war.
The Herald has an Intertype
(not a MergenthaFer linotype) ;
and if any Punta Gorda girl
wishes to Ream to- run it, we will
take pleasure in giving her a,
chance. Bat she, mtlst have a
good common school education
and know how to spell and pune
tnate as well as to- read badly
written manuscript.
We can't pay learner any,
thing, but, after she has attained
proficiency, which will require,
two or three months, she can get
$500 to $4,000 week elsewhere.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-06
More About Baby Week

will Florida be the first one of
the states to go "over the top"
in saving her quota Of children
Her quota has been estimated at
approximately nine hundred.
Think of it and then think some
more. Nine hundred lives to be
saved in the state in one year and
these all children.
If the people have their hearts
in this work-and undoubtedly
they have-it will surely succeed
/ Of all the children who die under
five years of age, seventy-three
per cent die the first year, and OF
all the children who die the first
year, seventy per cent die the first
three months, eighty-two persent
the first six months, ninety foul
per cent the first nine months.
What is being done about it!
For answer attend Baby Week.
See what the Committee of the
Womens Council Of National De-
Tense and physicians of this state
are doing to have healthier and
better babies and to save more
lives of infants and children who
are to be future American citi-
zens. Much is being said and done
for the Baby campaign and Baby
Weeks are in full blast. Such
great interest and enthusiasm is
shown that good results are bound
to follow.
The proud mothers are glad to
show their well and perfectly de-
veloped babies, and the mother
with a delicate baby, or one that
is suspected of being not noaaal,
anxiously awaits the results of the
physicians examination. And this
| is interesting intensely so-be-
cause the parents are anxious to
know and the examining physi-
clans are anxious to find the de-
fects and explain to the mother
the nature of the defects-if any
exist-so that, if possible, they
may be corrected early in life.
The Florida State Health De.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-06

featuring of any kind, unless GER
+tifcates are given them covering
the purchase. These certificates
must be properly signed by the
Food Administration officials and
also by the purchaser. Home can
ming or preserving certificates
must be honored only when the
merchant is positively sure that
person making application signs
the certificate and declares that
the sugar is to be used as stated
on the certificate.
County Food Administrators
are authorized to see that these
rules as given above are absolute
ly observed. They have the au-
thority to investigate all cases
where charges of violation of the
rules by merchant or consumer
are made. They shall positively
forbid the advertising of sugar
and all campaigns which are
based on sugar as leader for
sales of other articles.-BRAX-
TON BEACHAM, Federal Food
Administrator, Orlando, Fla.
P. S.-When writing, address
Sugar Division, U. S. Food Ad-
ministration, Orlando, Fla.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-06

partment wishes to emphasize tn
great Importance at all Bab1
Weeks-and at all other times
of having the birth of every baby
registered. Unless the births are
duly registered, it is impossible
for the State Vital Statistician to
tell the percentage of babies that
die.
Every mother should see that
her baby is registered. This reg
istration should be done by the at.
tending physician within ten days
after birth Of the baby, by filing
out birth certificate and filing
with the local registrar
We hope that every mother, af-
ter attending Baby Week, will
take this slogan home with her
Better babies, better care is
the watch word everywhere. -
State Board of Health.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-06
No More Saw-Fish st. James Man
Caught Them All

|St. James City, Fla, May 10, 1918.
Editor American Eagle.
Estero, Fla.
| Dear Editor AS your paper
contains from time to time, arti-
cles in regard to unusual catches
of fish in Lee county waters, |
feel that the following will prove
Of interest to your readers:
! | had the thread company make
me a special-sized net,-one that
felt would catch several differ
Mt species of fish that have here
t0fore been considered unedible.
The first set that | made with this
le~-was April the 18th. | set the
let at shutdown on the above date,
and let it remain all night. Upon
going to the net naxt morning, the
26th, found the net contained Is
saw-fsh.
These fish ranged in length
from 8 feet 4 inches, to II feet. L
had pair of steelyards that
would weigh as high as COG
pounds. | started in and Weigh
ed the smallest. which weighed
800 pounds. Then | tried to weigh
the largest, but the hook in the
steelyards broke off, therefore I
could not weigh him; | judge that
his fish would have weighed cl;ose
700 pounds
With the broken scales I could
not weigh my catch, so | had two
disinterested parties estimate the
weight of the saw-fsh. They es-
timated that there were ALSO
pounds of them. That, am sure,
was a very conservative estimate,
for | feel that there were about
5000 pounds in the catch. All of
ne thirteen fish had perfect saws
"A few Of them broke off a tooth
now ana then on the boat as | was
aking them out of the net.
The meat of the saw-fish does
not have an offensive odor as the
bark does. I believe that it
would make good marketable
neat, especially if it were smoked
or dried
The above may look as if it
were an unusual catch for one net
OF ITO yards in length, even to an
ofd fisherman. The reason is that
during the month of April the
saW-fsh are mating and then go
IN punches. / have often seen as
many as five together during that
month, but never thirteen. until
! caught them the night of April
the 25th.
James Hord, Jr.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-06
The Sugar Situation

There is every indication that
the control of sugar supplies in
this country will remain in full eff
feet and force until the end of the
war. All manufacturers should
at once accept this probability
with serious consideration, for il
means that rather than a lessen
ing of control, more rigid pro-
gram may be instituted.
All manufacturers OF less es-
sential food products who require
the use of sugar must file state
ments by June 10th, 1918. These
statements must cover the amount
of sugar used during the first four
months of 1918; sugar on hand at
time of making statement; normal
requirements until July LIST, 1918 /;
and conditions of their business
whether increasing or decreasing,
and reasons therefor. All infor-
nation given, other than the fig
ures Of the regular statement,
must be brief and to the point.
Statement A is for manufac-
turers Of non essentials such as
soft drinks, soda waters, fruit
syrups, candy, corrections, etc.
Don't use statement A for essen
tial products. Statement B is for
ice cream, and other essential food
products plainly listed under the
heading Statement B." Don't
get mixed on the statements.
Manufacturers who have stocks
of sugar on hand must report such
stocks, whether they require more
sugar prior to July LIST or not.
Failure to make such reports will
result in denial of any amount Of
sugar after July LIST, These re-
ports must be made by June 10th.
If a manufacturer has large a.
mount of sugar and thinks he will
have no occasion to apply to the
Food Administration. and does
not take cogni2ance of this rule,
he will suffer the penalty for his
failure to make reports. and
furthermore is in danger of being
tried for boarding.
Every m erch ant. whether
wholesale ar retail is obligated to
see that these rules are enforced
AS far as his end of the transac-
tion is concerned. Merchants
must not deliver sugar for manu-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-06-06
Home Canning of Fish and Meats

~~~AAAS ~SS~~So ~-~~~ $780, ~'-~~~~
Home canning of fish and meats
should engage the attention of
housewives during the summer,
according to the Department of
Agriculture. 1t is not enough to
make jellies, jams and ketchups
in accordance with long estab-
ished customs, for new methods
of conserving food extend the
cope of possibilities in prevent
ing waste.
"Home canning of fruits and
vegetables has become so Wide
pfead that it is quite natural the
next step should be the home-can-
ming of fish and meats" said
Grants P. Lund, specialist on
home canning of meats and sea
foods, United states Department
of Agriculture. at is possible
not only to avoid waste, but also
to utilize meat scraps and soup
bones With supply of canned
meats the housewife can prepare
and serve palatable meal on
short notice with saving of both
fuel and time. 1t also makes pos
sible more varied diet, lessening
the dependence upon cured, salt
ed and smoked meats. -
Mr.. Lund advocates the steam
ressure canner. He says that as
it is; difficult to keep fresh meat
on the farm without a refligera-
tor Or an ice supply, the impor-
lance of canning becomes evident,
especially as the curing of meats
lis also difficult in certain regions,
as, for example, in the extreme
south.-Tampa Times.
AS a measure of economy i'm the
present high price Of food stuffs,
and as a contribution to the con-
servation of the food supply, in
duced DR.. Geo. S. Stone of Punta
Gorda, to take up the scientific
study of preserving fish and fish
products, especially the fish that
was supposed to be of little value,
with, the result that the doctor has
made some very valuable discov-
cries of methods of curing and
preparing fish products for food
as well as by-products, thus con-
Ivcrting every part of the fish into
food product and valuable by-pro-
ducts. DR.. Stone has patented
one machine and has another in
process of patenting for the manu-
facture of the different products,
with the result that the U. s. Gov
crnment officials have become
highly interested and appreciate
the value of these discoveries and
the work and efforts of DR.. Stone.
Millions of pounds of fish have
gone to waste and been neglected
in the waters of Florida, that
could and can be profitably util-
lied as food and other valuable
by-products.. We are assured that,
in short time, well equipped
plants will be in operation to take
care of this neglected food that is
so abundant and so badly needed
zy the nation.
Americans are VIGOROUSLY de-
fcient as fish eaters, especially
cured fish products excepting
canned salmon and sardines) less
than two pounds per capita is the
yearly consumption of cured fish
products in this country, and the
greater part of this is eaten by the
foreign-bOrn population. In Eu-
rope and the Orient cured fish
products are the principal meat
diet, because they are practically
non-periShable and are cheaper
than other meats and more nutri-
trious than any other meat or
fresh fish is 30 per cent cheaper,
pound for pound than fresh fish
at the same price, as all the water
! and waste is eliminated, leaving
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the valuable properties in concen-
trated form.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25

pine from a grove that came struggling
down the side of gulch to the brook
'eDo you know, l have a queer feel
ing that I've seen all this before" the
Irish girl said. "Of course l haven't
unless it was in my dreams. Natu-
rally I've thought about Alaska a great
deal because my father lived here"
"I didn't know that"
"Yes. He came in with the Klon-
like stampeders" She added quietly !:
''He died on Bonanza creek two years
later"
"Was he a miner?"
mot until he came north. He had
an interest in a claim. 1t later turned
out worthless"
A bit of stiff climbing brought them
to boulder field back of which rose
mountain ridge.
Beyond the boulder field the ridge
rose sharply. Gordon looked a little
obviously at Sheba.
"Are you good climber?"
"I'm sure I must be-" she answered
with a smile adorable. 81 believe I
could do the Matterhorn today"
Well up on the shoulder of the ridge
they stopped to breathe. The distant
noise of falling water came family to
them.
"We're too far to the left-must
have followed the wrong spur" Elliot
explained. Probably we can cut
across the face of the mountain"
Presently they came to an impasse,
The gulch between the two spurs ter
minated in rock wall that fell almost
sheer for two hundred feet.
The color in the cheeks beneath the
eager eyes of the girl was warm.
Lets try it," she begged.
The young man had noticed that she
was as sure-footed as a mountain goat
ana that she could stand on the edge
OF a precipice without dizziness. The
surface of the wall was broken. What
1t might be beyond he could NOT te1I
but the first fifty feet was a bit of
attractive and not too difficult rock
traverse.
1hey had been following a ledge
that narrowed till it ran out. Jutting
knobs of feldspar and stunted shrubs
growing from crevices offered toe
grips instead of the even foothold of
the rock itself. AS Gordon looked
down at the dizzy fall beneath them
his Judgment told him they had better
go back. He said as much to his COM
panion.
Inc smile she flashed at him was de-
llghtIully provocative. $50 you think
I'm 'fraid-cat, Mr.. ELLIOTT"
his inclination marched with hers.
1T was their first adventure together
and he did not want to spoil it by un-
due caution. There really was not
much danger yet so long as they were
careful.
Gordon abandoned the traverse and
The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25

most drowned. We must drive the vii
lains out of the country or send them
to prison"
"Am / a wreck?" the big Scotsman
wanted to know. 81 feel as husky as
a well-fed malamute."
"Oh, you talk. But we all know
you-how brave and strong you are.
That's why this outrage ought to be
punished. What would Alaska do if
anything happened to you?"
81 hadn't thought of that" admitted
Macdonald. 1.-THE North would have
to go out of business, / suppose. But
you're right about one thing. Mrs. Self
ridge. I'm brave and strong enough at
the breakfast table Steward, will you
bring me a double order of these
shirred eggs-and a small steak"
"Well, I'm glad you can still joke,
Mr.. Macdonald, after such a terrible
experience. All I can say is that
hope Wally isn't permanently injured"
Mrs. Selfridge sighed and passed to
her place.
The eyes of the big man twinkled.
"Our little fracas has been a godsend
TO Mrs. Selfridge. Wally and / will
both emerge as heroes of a desperate
struggle. You won't even get a men
ton. But it's a pity about Wally's
inJuries-and his singing voice"
The younger man agreed with
gravity back of which his amusement
was apparent. The share of Selfridge
in the battle had been limited to leg
work only, but this had not been good
enough to keep him from being over
hauled and having his throat squeezed.
Elliot finished breakfast and left
Macdonald looking over a long type
written document. The paper was
report Selfridge had brought in to him
from clerk in the general land of
flee. The big Canadian and the men
he represented were dealing directly
with the heads of the government de-
partments, but they thought it the part
of wisdom to keep in their employ sub
ordinates in the capacity of secret
service agents to spy upon the higher
ups.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25

be. But it's different with you, Mr..
Elliot. This wasn't your row."
81 hadn't been in a good mix-up since
/ left college 1t did me a lot of good"
'Much obliged, anyhow" He turned
his attention to a lady entering the
dining room. "'Mornin', Mrs. Self
ridge. How's Wally?"
She threw up her hands in despair.
"He's on his second bottle of liniment
already. / expect those ruffians have
ruined his singing voice. When think
of how close you both came to death
last night"
81 don't know about Wally, but
had no notion of dying, Mrs. Self
ridge. They mussed US up a bit. That
was ALL"
'But they meant to kill you, the
towards. And they almost did it too.
Look at Wally-confned to his bed
and speaking in a whisper. Look at
you--a wreck, horribly beaten up, al
The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25
CHAPTER lI-Continued.

The purser gave information to Eli
liot. "They call her Aunt Sheba, but
she's no relative of theirs. The kids
are or their way in to their father.
who i. on engineer on one of the
creeks back of Katma Their mother
died two months ago. Miss O'Neill met
them first aboard the Skagit on the
way up and she has mothered them
ever since"
The eyes of Elliot rested on Miss
O'Neill. "She loves children"
"She sure dOes-no bluff about that"
An imp of mischief sparkled in the eye
of the supercargo. mot married your.
self, are you, Mr.. Elliott"
mo"
''Hmp"
That was all he said, but Gordon felt
the blood creep into his face. This
annoyed him, so he added brusquely:
"And not likely to be-"
When the call for breakfast came
Miss O'Neill took her retinue of young
sters with her to the dining room.
Looking across from his seat at an
adjoining table, Elliot could see her
waiting upon them with fine alb
sorption in their needs.
Before they had been long in the
dining room Macdonald came in carry
ing. a sheaf of business papers. He
glanced around, recognized Elliot, and
made instantly for the seat across the
table from him. On his face and head
were many marks of the recent battle.
''Trade you a cauliflower ear for
pair of black eyes, Mr.. Elliot" he
laughed as he shook hands with the
man whose name he had just learned
from the purser.
The grip of his brown, muscular
hand was strong. 1t was in character
with the steady, cool eyes set deep be-
meath the jutting forehead, with the
confident carriage of the deep, broad
shoulders.
"YOu might throw in several other
little souvenirs to boot and not miss
them," suggested Elliot with a smile.
Macdonald nodded indifferently. ST
gave and took, which was as it should
The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25

tory for several months. I'll be in and
out of the town a good deal. hope
you'll let me see something of you"
The fine Irish coloring deepened in
her cheeks. He had way of taking
in his stride the barriers between
them, but it was impossible for her
to feel offended at this CHEEKY, vigor-
Gus young fellow with the winning
smile and the firm-set jaw. She liked
the warmth in his honest brown eyes.
She liked the play of muscular grace
beneath his well-fitting clothes. Sheba
did not know, as her resilient muscles
carried her forward joyfully, that she
was answering the call of youth to
youth.
Gordon respected her shyness and
moved warily to establish his cOn-
tact. He let the talk drift to imper-
sonal topics as they picked their way
out from the town along the messy
trail.
They were ascending steadily now
along a pathway almost too indistinct
to follow. The air was aromatic with
The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25
CHAPTER III.
The Crevasse.

For an hour before the Hannah
reached Katma Miss O'Neill was busy
getting her little brood ready. Her
heart was as tender as a Madonna to
these lambs so i'll fitted to face a frigid
waste. Their mother had been a good
woman. She could tell that. But she
had no way of knowing what kind of
man their father might be. When they
said their shifting good-bys at Katma
she was suspiciously bright and
merry. Soon the children were laugh
ing again with her.
One glance at their father who in
troduced himself to Miss O'Neill as
John Hustled, relieved her mind great
ly. His spontaneous delight at seeing
them again and his choking gratitude
to her for having looked after them
were evidence enough that this kind
eyed man meant to be both father and
mother to his recovered little folks.
Her temporary family stood on the
end of the wharf and called good-bys
to the girl. When they turned away
she went directly to her room.
Elliot was passing forward when
Miss O'Neill opened her stateroom
door to go in. The eyes of the young
woman werei blinded with tears and
she was biting her lip to keep back
the emotion that welled up. He knew
she was very fond of the motherless
children, but he guessed at an addi-
tiOnal reason for her sobs. She, too,
was as untaught as child in the life
of this frontier land Whatever she
found here-how much of hardship or
happiness or grief or woe-she knew
that she had left behind forever the
safe harborage of quiet waters in
which her life craft had always fioated.
1t came on to rain in the afternoon.
Heavy clouds swept across from the
mountains, and the sodden sky opened
like a sluice-box The Kusiak contin-
gent, driven indoors, resorted to
bridge. Miss O'Neill read. Gordon FL
liott wrote letters, dawdled over mag
azines, and lounged alternately in the
ladies' parlor and the smoking room,
where Macdonald, Strong, a hardware
merchant from Fairbanks, and a pair
of sour-dough miners had settled them
selves to a poker game that was to
last all night and well into the next
day.
OF the two bridge tables all the
players were old-timers except Mrs.
Mallory. She had come in over the
The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25
CHAPTER ~.
Acrnss the Traverse

Across the Traverse.
Elliot took off his shoes and turned
toward the traverse.
"Think I'll see if can cross to that
stairway. You had better wait here.
Miss O'Neill, until we find out if it
canbe DONE"
Sheba looked across the cliff and
down to the boulder bed two hundred
feet below. "You can never do it in
the world. Isn't there another way
up?"%
mo. The wall above us slopes out
I've got to cross to the stairway. If
| make it I'm going to get rope"
do you mean you're going back to
town for One?"
"Yes."
Her eyes fastened to his in a long
unspoken question. She read the an
swer.. He was afraid to have her try
the trough again. To get back to town
by way of their roundabout ascent
would waste time. If he was going to
The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25
ELLIOT IS INTRODUCED TO MISS o'NEILL AND WITHIN A
FEW HOURS THEY HAVE A TERRIFYING ADVENTURE

of the Gordon Elliot is
claims the boat he meets
Shea
ONe Colby Macdonald active head of the land
aboard Macdonald
by
probably his life Elliot and Macdonald
that
which threatens spoil plans of Macdonald to
unlawful exploitation of
Way Macdonads rghthand who
where he had in effort to
convince nothing Macdnalds
The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25
To BE coNTlI|

gut Not quite. '.,t,
"Father, what IS an ebo
glutton is a grown email BOZ
almost as much as a 81
The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25

Elliot discovers 'na ',.'.,t,
Sheba have mutaa, lin
and Macdonald, na'u's,i, ..,i,
onistic, become en'''
for the girls favor