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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09
Deus OF Che State
Briefly and Interestingly Presented in Paragraphs Cued
From Various Florida Newspapers

A new hotel is to be erected al
Milton to cost $4,000.
Sebring is enjoying a building
boom, according to late reports.
Women voted in the late city
election held in Tarpon Springs.
A peanut oil mill is another enter
prise that will be started at Moore
Haven.
Cocoa is to have an athletic asso-
citation composed of men, women and
children.
Rita, on the south shore of Lake
Okeechobee, is said to be fast de-
veloping town.
A crop of citrus fruit at Hopewell
estimated at $4,000 boxes sold re-
Gently for 100000.
Leesburg citizens will spend $4,000
of contributions to advertise the ad
vantages of that section of the state.
Fifty-six head OF hogs were sold
recently by Columbia county farm
er for $1375 and he will be selling
yet others.
Rollins college at Winter Park has
opened it's thirty-ffth year with pros
poets for one of the biggest years in
it's history.
They are swatting the loafers in
st. Petersburg; arrests are made
each day and those who wont work
are put in Jail
Lee county exhibited two hundred
varieties of the products of her soil
at the fair in Kansas City, Mo. which |
closed on the 5th inst
Jefferson county expects to harvest |
the largest crop ever of pecans this
fail, and they are already ripering
and beginning to drop.
More than 500 students were en-
rolled at the University of Florida on
its opening day; and the number is
expected to grow to 1000.
In the vicinity of Fort Myers, it is
reported that the acreage being
planted in peppers will be three times
as large as it was last season.
Marion county citizens recently !
had motorcade to Polk county, ]
where, like the Lake county motor 9
lists, they were well entertained. :
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

who go to that city during the coming
winter.
The Bradentown Board of Trade
! is encouraging the organization in
that city of brass band to furnish
music for the benefit of visitors dur
ing the coming winter.
The base ball championship of the
east coast is to be decided between
the West Palm Beach and Miami
teams in series of five games to be
played alternately in the two cities.
The largest opening day enroll
ment in it's history was the 40
pupils who entered the Florida
School for the Deaf and Blind at st.
Augustine when it opened for the
.1919-20 session.
Surgeon-General Blue of the Unit
ed States Public Health Service, adj
ViSeS that the plan for the establish
ment of leper colony on an island
eight miles off shore near Cedar
The coming of a feet of warships
and destroyers of the United States
Navy to Pensacola will bring $4,000
men to that city, but only a small
of them will seek accommo-
dations ashore as most of them will
content themselves with the accom-
aboard their ships.
Miami has a law requiring all |
to be residents of the city |
fer two weeks to become eligible to /
attend the public schools, modelled |
after the army regulation that places |
4 recruit in quarantine two weeks /
before he is placed in a regular unit |
or service. The idea in this school
aW is to prevent the introduction |
md spread of contagious diseases
amongst children.
Grace V. Howell, convicted of
murder in the first degree by a jury
n the circuit court at West Palm
2each where the case had been NOV
d on change of venue from Miami,
las been granted a new trial by
Judge E. B. Donnell on application
f her attorneys, who presented nine
Mrs. Howell was con-
icted of the murder of her husband
n Miami, but the jury recommended
mercy, which would have meant a
entence to life in prison.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Manatee is building a new hotel
and will offer attractions as well as
ample accommodations for visitors
who go to that city during the coming
winter.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Marion county citizens recently
had a motorcade to Polk county
where, like the Lake county motor
lists, they were well entertained.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

citation composed of men, women and
children.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

In the vicinity of Fort Myers, it is
reported that the acreage being
planted in peppers will be three times
as large as it was last season.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

A crop of citrus fruit at Hopewell
estimated at $4,000 boxes sold re-
Gently for 100000.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Rita, on the south shore of Lake
Okeechobee, is said to be fast de-
veloping town.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

The Bradentown Board of Trade
is encouraging the organization in
that city of brass band to furnish
music for the benefit of visitors dur
ing the coming winter.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

A peanut oil mill is another enter
prise that will be started at Moore
Haven.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

More than 500 students were en-
rolled at the University of Florida OF
its opening day; and the number is
expected to grow to 1900
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Leesburg citizens will spend $4,000
of contributions to advertise the ad-
vantages of that section of the state
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

A new hotel is to be erected al
Milton to cost $4,000.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

The base ball championship of the
east coast is to be decided between
the West Palm Beach and Miami
teams in series of five games to be
played alternately in the two cities.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Jefferson county expects to harvest
the largest crop ever of pecans this
fan, and they are already ripening
and beginning to drop.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Fifty-six head OF hogs were sold
recently by a Columbia county farm
er for $1375 and he will be selling
yet others.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Women voted in the late city
election held in Tarpon Springs.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Sebring is enjoying a building
boom, according to late reports.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Lee county exhibited two hundred
varieties of the products of her soil
at the fair in Kansas City, Mo, which
closed on the 5th inst.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

The largest opening day enroll
ment in it's history was the 10
pupils who entered the Florida
School for the Deaf and Blind at st.
Augustine when it opened for the
1920 session.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Rollins college at Winter Park has
opened it's thirty-ffth year with pros
poets for one of the biggest years in
it's history.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-09

Surgeon-General Blue of the Unit
ed States Public Health Service, ad-
vises that the plan for the establish
ment of leper colony on an island
eight miles off shore near Cedar
Keys has not been abandoned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
RICH WITH CHARM OF AGE
Old Deerfield, in Massachusetts,, One
OF the Most Interesting of New
England Towns.

Descendants of the first families will
tell you in all earnestness that the
newest house in Old Deerfield is at
least one hundred and twenty-five
years old. AS a matter of fact. this is
not a true statement, but it cannot be
called "a lie'' on the part of the in
formant, who is a Puritanical New
Englander.
The difference is all in the point of
view. For him Or for her, the half
dozen homes and the one hotel that
nave been built in the last decade do
not exist. He does not see them, but
looks right through and sees the land
scape as it was before the blot ap-
peared.
Old Deerfeld is little changed since
the Indians trailed through Massa-
chusetts on their way from Albany to
Boston. Relics of many a battle be-
tween the white man and his red
skinned foe are to be seen in the little
Pocomtuck museum, Deerfield's only
public building. Various boulders
along Main street and on the Albany
post road commemorate the many
bloody struggles to push the new from
tier westward in those early pioneer
days.
Trees that were old when Columbus
discovered America overreach Deer
fields one beautiful highway-Main
street. Their height, if not their size
OF trunk, is almost great enough to
tempt the elOQuence of native Cali
fornian.
For safetys sake plump, very
plump, purse or one that has been
stepped on by the proverbial elephant
is necessity in visiting Old Deerfield.
Her women have revived hOusewifely
industries and renewed needle and
loom artistry. Loom productions like
those that New England grandmothers
turned out. Modest signs may be seen
announcing: "Raffia Baskets" that
have earned for their weavers world
fame for design, color and fine weav-
ing; "Quilts and NeedlewOrk," that
would stagger the hurried city-bred
woman "Tatting and Knitted Lace"
photographs" now recognized on two
continents as unusual camera art, and,
finally, a Tea Room for Automobile
lists" in a house bearing the date of
1873.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
Splendid Type of Road, Well Taken
Care Of.

cases with concrete. In a number Of
streets and roads recently inspected,
brick was used to patch concrete sur
faces, and concrete used to patch brick
surfaces.
"When careless methods of this kind
are applied to the maintenance Of
public highways, the result is that a
good type of road is made to appear
unsatisfactory and unecOnOmical, and
road improvement is discouraged
particularly the cheaper types Of inn
provement, which in most localities are
the best if properly maintained. 1t is
the utter neglect of maintenance and
the many improper methods of repair
that have nodded public sentiment
against types Of roads requiring an
nual maintenance, and have led road
promoters and officials to disregard
many economical types"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
MAINTAIN ROAD AFTER BUILT
nomical Types in Disrepute,
Says Colorado Expert.

Prof. E. B. House of the Colorado
Agricultural College is firm believer
in the Importance of maintaining
road after it is built. He supplies the
following, taken from The Engineer
ing NewsRecord, and says of it "it is
so true and hits the nail so Squarely
that | quote it direct:
''The tendency in road Improvement
is to select types Of reads which re-
quire very little annual maintenance.
The general feeling among laymen
seems to be that when a road surface
requires some annual maintenance to
keep it in good shape, it is an expen-
sive type and should be avoided. Yet,
if the interest on investment and the
repairs are taken into consideration,
the cheaper wearing surface may in
many cases prove to be the more sat-
isfactory and economical.
cit is not uncommon to see roads Of
a good type constructed and then,
after they begin to show signs of wear,
to see them neglected entirely or some
method of repair or maintenance inn
posed which has been found by long
practice to be defective. When we see
mud holes in earth roads filed with
riprap, crushed stone or cinders, it is
not the engineers fault that an enor-
nous price is paid for the repair mate
rial; the road engineer knows that
proper drainage, and repairing with
earth from the side Of the road, are
the economical methods of mainte-
nance.
"Old gravel and macadam roads are
often repaired by filling ruts and de-
pressions with inferior material that
is readily displaced by traffic or
ground to dust. Bituminous surfaces
are often patched, if patched at all,
with loose stone or gravel, and in some
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
MADE RECORD HE WAS AFTER
Remarkable Performance of Engineer
on Hannibal and ST. Joseph
Line Many Years Ago.

The first fast mail on a railway
west of the Mississippi was run over
the Hannibal and st. Joseph line,
northern, Missouri railroad between
Hannibal on the Mississippi and st.
Joseph on the Missouri. This road was
completed more than 60 years ago,
and in April a test fast mail run was
made. The mails were then carried
overland from ST. Joseph to Sacra
mento, and in order to get govern
ment contract it was necessary to
establish new record for speed. The
locomotive was a crude affair, burning
wood, the rails were light, and the
track was not ballasted. Add Clark
was the engineer, and his instructions
were to make a record that would
stand for so years. Moreover, he came
near doing tin fact, he did do it, SO
far as that particular railway was
concerned. The distance from Hanni-
bal to st. Joseph is 206 miles, and the
fast mail covered the route in few
seconds over four hours, or at the rate
Of 80 miles an hour for the run. This
included two stops for fuel, but these
were brief, for small armies of men
were waiting, each with an armful of
wood.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
Scenes Set for Visitors.

In the little Barbary coast town Of
Biskra the Moorish coffee houses with
Arab customers and Turkish atmos-
phere seem like set scenes in a stage
production, while the far-famed dane
ing girls obviously exhibit their skill
for the pleasure of the foreigners
alone. Without the foreign visitor
Biskra would be an ordinary oasis
town on the edge of the desert.
Since Robert Hichens' Garden Of
Allah" was written with Biskra as the
background, many people have come to
visit the scene of the story. Others
come on doctors orders, for the eli
mate is said to be beneficial to rheuma-
tism and other diseases. Others come
merely to see the sights, which are
widely advertised.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
IMPROVED ROADS IN QUEBEC
In Five Years Government Spent $751;
774,369 for Development and
Improvement.

The development of good roads in
Quebec is a subject at present much
discussed from one end Of the prov
ince to the other. In the five years
from 1911 to 1916 the Quebec govern
ment spent S15,774, 1869 for good roads.
The following figures show the num-
Der of miles of roads systematically
maintained by the municipalities OF
Quebec, with the aid of subsidies from
the government of the provinces: In
1907, 1000 miles; in 1909, 1000 miles;
in 1911, $500 miles; in 1913. $4,000
miles; in 1915, $4,000 miles. Since
1911 more than 1914 miles Of mac
adam and 497 miles of gravel roads
have been made in Quebec.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
Dance to Attract Mate.

On some of the islands Of the Pa
cifc, in tropical South America, is
found the beautiful bird known as the
jacana. It is famous for it's so-called
love dances, which appear to be exc
cuted by the male to excite the admir-
alton of the female birds. When the
mating season approaches the jacana
will single out it's favorite lady and
try to win her admiration with all it's
bewitching maneuvers. In the dance
the wings are spread and worked in
such a manner that the beautiful col
ored feathers produce brilliant effect.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
Romans and the Dou-Star.

To Hippocrates and Pliny we owe
the pleasing affirmation that July 8 is
the day when dogs begin to go mad
the sea boils, wine turns sour, the bile
increases and becomes obnoxious and
all animals show symptoms of lassi
tuda. Human beings are peculiarly
susceptible today to "phrensies," hys-
terra and fever.
To obviate these and other discom.
forts the Romans appeased the wrath
of Canicula, the Dog Star, by sacrifc'
ing a brown dog to him as soon as he
appeared.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
EBIG SALE OF ARMY STOCK
France and America Agree on Terms
of Deal, Paris Paper Says
| $4oo, ooo, 900 in Deal.

| Paris, Aug. 9.-An agreement for
the sale of American army stocks in
France for $4OOOOO,O0O was signed,
says Marcel Hutin in the Echo De
Paris. He declares that arrangements
were made for a longtime credit, so
that France will not have to bear the
high rate of exchange which prevails
tat present.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
Corked!

A nervous old lady, on getting into
a train, discovered that horrid man
with gun was in the corner seat. u
hope that thing is not loaded" she
said. eyes, ma'am, it is" said the
man. However, I will insert this
cork in the muzzle. There! quite safe
now"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
ESCAPED CONvICTS IN FIGHT
One Killed During Battle With Guards
Near Sultan, Wash.-Fugitives
Tracked by Dogs.

Everett, Wash, Aug. Tn a battle
between reformatory guards and five
prisoners who escaped from the Mon
roe reformatory one fugitive was
killed, one slightly wounded and two
still are at large. The men were
tracked by bloodhounds to a spot near
Sultan, where a running fight took
place.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
Benefits of Good Roads.

Good roads bring automobilists.
They spend money. Good roads bring
trade and increase property values.
They attract homeseekers and indus
tries.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
Uncle Eben.

Limitation is de sincerest fiattery,'
said Uncle Eben, "but when it's car
ried too fur it's de same kind of a
compliment burglar pays you when
he takes a likin' to yoh watch"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
Hard Work Needed.

If the power to do hard work is not
talent, it is the best possible substitute
for it. Things do not turn up in this
world unless somebody turns them up.
flames A. Garfield.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
IMMENSE SUM IS REQUIRED
Three Million Dollars Needed Annually
for the Worldwide
Dry Fight.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 11.-Three
million dolles will be required annu-
ally for the worldwide prohibition
fight under the financial budget of the
World AntiSaloon league as formu-
lated at meeting of the general
finance committee here. Another meet
ing of the committee will be held t.,
Chicago in September.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
Do Not Build Roads.

Large appropriations and paper
plans for highway development do not
build roads.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21
Hard to Please.

The attitude Of certain Of the clergy
who are always protesting reminds
one of the mother in Punch who said
to the nurse, go and see what baby
is doing and tell him not to."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21

Slogan OF "Goods Roads"
From all sides echoes and re-ech0eS
the slogan Of "Good Roads,"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21

Maggie Riser rs, drawn, Peter King
ston dis, Nellie Lightfoot Sc, r. O.
Bindarr 8-4-5, r. o. Hurry GIT, r. o.
Time -2:154, 2:164, 2:174, 2:191
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-08-21

Marble Belle 2-7, dis. Margaret Dens-
more 8, dis Kentucky Lee GA, no.
Byron Chimes 1853, r.o.
Time 2:164, 2:154, 2,201, 2:174
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-04
PRESIDENT READY FOR
RETURN TRIP TO PARIS
Leaves Washington for New York
Today. After Close OF Sixty
Fifth Congress.
WORKS AT TOP SPEED ALL DAY
Finds Time for Stroll With Mrs. Will.
SON Through Matinee Crowds and
Home-Going War Workers--Stops
to Speak to Wounded Soldiers.
WORKS AT TOP SPEED ALL DAY

WASHINGTON, MARCH s.-Pres-
ident Wilson tonight was ready to be-
Sin the return journey to tho peace
conference, having transacted In the
seven days of his stay In Washington
all pending public business EXCEPT such
as Will engage his. attention at the
Capitol in the final hours tomorrow of
this Congress-. Immediately after ad- ;
iournment he will leave for New York
en- his way to Paris.
Working at top speed on the last full
the President cleared his desk SUI
fciently to get out for a walk this
afternoon with Mrs. Wilson, tramping
home going war workers. Large crowds
followed them and finally the police
had TO intervene as traffic became i'm
stopped to speak to wounded soldiers.
RECEIVES NEW ENVOY
FROM SOUTH AMERICA
After opening tho conference of
Governors and Mayors this morning in
President Wilson had his time clear
for correspondence and the signing OF
6s biils until til, shortly after noon. when
who presented hisscrcdentials.
Later he received a delegation rep
resenting farmer organizations. who
promised support to the league OF ma
tions and suggested amendm ents to
the constitution.
Secretaries Baker, Daniels and Hous.
ton called at the executive offices this
afternoon, and tonight A. Mitchell
Palmer. who becomes Attorney-Gen-
eral tomorrow. conferred with the
President.
SHOWS GRATITUDE FOR
ARGENTINA FRIENDSHIP
In welcoming the new Argentine
envoy. Mr.. Wilson expressed apprecia-
ton for the friendship OF the great
South American republic and promised
all possible assistance for tho main
tenance OF harmonious relations be-
tween the two countries.
Among the bills signed today by
the President were the river and har-
bors appropriation bill and the meas
ure validating $2.700.000,o0O worth Of
informal war contracts.
Plans for the Presidents departure
tonight remained unchanged. He will
go from the Capitol to the train Ar
riving in New York about $3.50 p. NJ.
'hc will go direct to the Metropolitan
Opera House to speak on the league
OF nations.