The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-24


Georgia, where they will rest and
recuperate until Sept, LIST, and
then come home.
During the past week, the clerk
OF the weather has wasted a vast
quantity of good rain water here.
1t has rained nearly every day,
sometimes for only a few hours
and several times for about six
Teen hours of the twenty-four.
These saturatmg showers do lots
OF good, but they cause consider
able Inconvenience to house-keep-
ers and people going about.
A local reader contributes to
The Herald an interesting article
on the subject of a town manager.
If he will give us his name, we
will take pleasure in giving publ
cation to his views. His name
need not be signed to the article,
but it is an iron-clad rule of news
paper Offices that no contributed
article shall be published unless
the editor knows the name Of the
author.
Z. w. Rountree is having his
home in the southern suburbs of
town put in very attractive condi-
ton. 1t is being re-painted, re-
papered, supplied with plumbing
and other improvements. Orlan-
do Silcox, who is doing the work,
says he is going to make the
Rountree home one of the pref
test and most comfortable in all
this country.
The county commissioners held
an adjourned session Monday.
The most important business
transacted was the following
Sold the 100000 bond issue of the
Moore Haven district for $61 ,O6l
adopted the county budget as adj
vertised and fixed the tax levy
for the ensuing year and began
upon the work Of equalizin@
taxes, which work is now proceed
ing. The tax levy will appear Ill
this paper next week.
Can't grow mustard and turnlp
green's here in summer, ehg'Well,
yesterday, that expert gardener
and good friend, j. ID. Frierson,
presented to The Herald indis-
putable physical evidence to the
contrary. 1t consisted OF a big
basket filled with beautiful, ten
der mustard greens grown on his
truck farm in the suburbs. 1t was
gift keenly appreciated, be-
cause, all through these summer
months till October, we suffer
for boiled dinncrS-and so does
every body else.
King street from Marian ave-
Inueto the railway depot is an eyer
sore to every body. During rainy
times like those we are now hav-
ing, it is a mess of water and
mud, and one cannot reach or
leave the depot or the train with
out getting wet feet. Some holes
were recently dug in the street at
the depot, and, though they were
filled up, they are veritable boys,
pitfalls for pedestrians and auto
mobiles. Whether the railroad
people or the town authorities are
to blame for these disgraceful
conditions, we do not know, but
assuredly something ought to be
done to improve them.
Notwithstanding the fact that
lit is midsummer, when business
of all kinds is usually at the low
est ebb, the Seminole Hotel is
doing a remarkably fine business,
This is no doubt due to the excel
ilent management of Mr.. and Mrs.
IW. B. Sealey. AS giving some
idea Of the patronage they are re-
ceiving, we will state that, on the
18th inst, they had for dinner
thirty transients, of whom twen-
ty-one were from Fort Myers.
Last Saturday, they entertained
ffty-three guests, of whom forty
three were transientsw Of the lat
ter, eleven were from Arcadia and
twenty-seven from Dorr and
Carlstrom Fields. To be sure, the
hall game was the cause of the ex-
traordinary patronage of Satur-
day. but the register for the week